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Long and Holtquist hold court over both eastern and western WISSOTA rivals during night one of Gillette’s annual Clash

GILLETTE, WY (August 30) - Gillette Thunder Speedway opened the gates to race fans and drivers Friday for the first night of their three-day East-West Clash. Now in its 24th year, the special event has played host to many thrilling battles among the western WISSOTA and eastern WISSOTA Country competitors, and has often been a must-visit for national points chasers. Friday night the western WISSOTA wheelmen topped their eastern foes, with wins by Austin Long and Dustin Holtquist in the WISSOTA Midwest Mods and Mod Fours, respectively.

Long led from start to finish in the Midwest Mods, jetting off to the eventual victory by a second over second-place finisher Tony Leiker. Troy Leiker, Kyle Harkin, and Darin Hauff were top-five finishers for the first night of competition.

In the Mod Fours, Holtquist’s dance to the front started in fifth. With about five to go, he made his way past polesitter Dean Larson to take the win, his 10th of the season. Larson settled for second ahead of Kyle Hardesty, Rob Arlaud, and 14th-starter Blake Erickson in the top five.

In the track’s other action, Dustin Anderson (IMCA Mods), Brett Konst (IMCA Hobby Stocks), and Eddie Kirchoff (Late Models) drove to opening-night victories.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 33-Austin Long[1]; 2. 18-Tony Leiker[3]; 3. 17-Troy Leiker[5]; 4. 31-Kyle Harkin[7]; 5. 4-Darin Hauff[2]; 6. 99-Doyle Erickson[9]; 7. 5F-Connor Friske[4]; 8. 31H-Scott Hansen[11]; 9. 391-Matthew Drake[13]; 10. T3-Travis Soper[10]; 11. 25-Justin Will[12]; 12. 55B-Austin Baumberger[6]; 13. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[18]; 14. 94R-Ryan Nash[15]; 15. 509-Brennan Davis[19]; 16. 25K-Kolby Weight[20]; 17. 29-Ty Miller[14]; 18. 12-Alexis Manning[16]; 19. 23J-Jay Will[17]; 20. (DNF) 64-Joel Morris[8]

Heat 1 (12 Laps): 1. 33-Austin Long[2]; 2. 17-Troy Leiker[8]; 3. 99-Doyle Erickson[9]; 4. 94R-Ryan Nash[5]; 5. 29-Ty Miller[1]; 6. 585-Zach Willingham[7]; 7. 54-Tom Manning[3]; 8. 28-Dawson Stoner[6]; 9. 14M-Sean McHenry[4]

Heat 2 (12 Laps): 1. 4-Darin Hauff[3]; 2. 55B-Austin Baumberger[7]; 3. T3-Travis Soper[4]; 4. 56-Norman Jackson[2]; 5. 23J-Jay Will[1]; 6. 67-Rex Conrad[9]; 7. 50-Paul Parks[6]; 8. 30-Jeremy Cole[8]; 9. 77E-Trent Edwards[5]

Heat 3 (12 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Leiker[2]; 2. 31-Kyle Harkin[3]; 3. 31H-Scott Hansen[1]; 4. 391-Matthew Drake[4]; 5. 509-Brennan Davis[7]; 6. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[5]; 7. 333-Travis Long[6]; 8. 11-Danny Dwyer[8]; 9. 19-Martin Choate[9]

Heat 4 (12 Laps): 1. 5F-Connor Friske[4]; 2. 64-Joel Morris[3]; 3. 25-Justin Will[6]; 4. 12-Alexis Manning[1]; 5. 25K-Kolby Weight[8]; 6. C4-Toby Smith[2]; 7. 46K-Katie Rush[7]; 8. 57H-Robby Howie[5]

B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 391-Matthew Drake[3]; 2. 29-Ty Miller[5]; 3. 94R-Ryan Nash[1]; 4. 12-Alexis Manning[4]; 5. 23J-Jay Will[6]; 6. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[11]; 7. 509-Brennan Davis[7]; 8. 25K-Kolby Weight[8]; 9. 67-Rex Conrad[10]; 10. 585-Zach Willingham[9]; 11. 50-Paul Parks[14]; 12. 333-Travis Long[15]; 13. 30-Jeremy Cole[18]; 14. 28-Dawson Stoner[17]; 15. 77E-Trent Edwards[22]; 16. 56-Norman Jackson[2]; 17. 14M-Sean McHenry[21]; 18. 57H-Robby Howie[20]; 19. 11-Danny Dwyer[19]; 20. (DNF) 19-Martin Choate[23]; 21. (DNF) 54-Tom Manning[13]; 22. (DNF) C4-Toby Smith[12]; 23. (DNF) 46K-Katie Rush[16]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[5]; 2. 37-Dean Larson[1]; 3. 45-Kyle Hardesty[3]; 4. 7-Rob Arlaud[4]; 5. 99O-Blake Erickson[14]; 6. 86-David Jozwiak[6]; 7. 114-Khi Jackson[12]; 8. 55-Shelli Lind[9]; 9. 87B-David Brown[10]; 10. 99-Brooke Erickson[15]; 11. S16-Teresa Schuler[16]; 12. 307-Dax Reher[8]; 13. 77-Casey Schilling[13]; 14. 69-Mike Lind[7]; 15. 56-Duane Manning[20]; 16. 4T-Branden Torres[19]; 17. 17B-Loyal Brown[18]; 18. 52-Brody Grenz[17]; 19. 5-Robert Holtquist[2]; 20. 8W-John Smith[11]; 21. 25-Ryanne Keesling[21]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Dean Larson[2]; 2. 7-Rob Arlaud[7]; 3. 69-Mike Lind[1]; 4. 87B-David Brown[5]; 5. 77-Casey Schilling[3]; 6. S16-Teresa Schuler[6]; 7. 4T-Branden Torres[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Robert Holtquist[6]; 2. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[7]; 3. 307-Dax Reher[2]; 4. 8W-John Smith[4]; 5. 99O-Blake Erickson[3]; 6. 52-Brody Grenz[5]; 7. (DNF) 56-Duane Manning[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 45-Kyle Hardesty[7]; 2. 86-David Jozwiak[2]; 3. 55-Shelli Lind[3]; 4. 114-Khi Jackson[1]; 5. 99-Brooke Erickson[4]; 6. 17B-Loyal Brown[6]; 7. 25-Ryanne Keesling[5]

IMCA Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 100K-Brett Konst[2]; 2. 45-Travis Landauer[12]; 3. 40-Mike Matlock[1]; 4. 7D-Russ Dalgarn[4]; 5. 39-Orrin Matlock[6]; 6. 00K-Tracy Konst[8]; 7. 3-Dillon Johnson[15]; 8. 85-Douglas Pudwill[9]; 9. 6S-Sean Weber[5]; 10. 10K-Lori Konst[7]; 11. 24K-Casey Rose[11]; 12. 09DR-Russell Brown[14]; 13. (DNF) 14-Austin Rusk[16]; 14. (DNF) 06DW-Justin Blaszkowski[13]; 15. (DNF) 5K-John Lynch Jr[10]; 16. (DNF) 89-Abigail Boggs[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 40-Mike Matlock[2]; 2. 89-Abigail Boggs[4]; 3. 6S-Sean Weber[3]; 4. 10K-Lori Konst[1]; 5. 85-Douglas Pudwill[8]; 6. 24K-Casey Rose[6]; 7. 06DW-Justin Blaszkowski[7]; 8. 3-Dillon Johnson[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 100K-Brett Konst[3]; 2. 7D-Russ Dalgarn[2]; 3. 39-Orrin Matlock[4]; 4. 00K-Tracy Konst[1]; 5. 5K-John Lynch Jr[6]; 6. 45-Travis Landauer[8]; 7. 09DR-Russell Brown[7]; 8. 14-Austin Rusk[5]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 8A-Dustin Anderson[1]; 2. E5K-Eddie Kirchoff[5]; 3. 52-Darran Conrad[2]; 4. 26-Crist Pittenger[11]; 5. 25-Hank Berry[14]; 6. 13-Brent Nielsen[9]; 7. 25R-Bryan Renken[12]; 8. 29-Alan Farley[13]; 9. 08-T J Martell[17]; 10. 9-Jack Hubbard Jr[18]; 11. 14-Caden Roberts[16]; 12. 550K-Kyle Anton[19]; 13. 45-Travis Davis[10]; 14. (DNF) 44-Eric Mass[3]; 15. (DNF) 8C-Chad Andersen[7]; 16. (DNF) 12S-Jason Schierkolk[8]; 17. (DNF) 2J-Jerry Martin[4]; 18. (DNF) 0-Peyton George[15]; 19. (DNF) 99-Nathan Slocum[6]; 20. (DNF) 50-Wade Manning[20]

Heat 1 (12 Laps): 1. 8A-Dustin Anderson[1]; 2. E5K-Eddie Kirchoff[4]; 3. 13-Brent Nielsen[2]; 4. 29-Alan Farley[7]; 5. 14-Caden Roberts[5]; 6. 0-Peyton George[6]; 7. (DNF) 55-Marty Erivez Jr[3]

Heat 2 (12 Laps): 1. 52-Darran Conrad[4]; 2. 99-Nathan Slocum[2]; 3. 45-Travis Davis[3]; 4. 50-Wade Manning[1]; 5. 9-Jack Hubbard Jr[5]; 6. 00-Ernie Acuna[7]; 7. 46X-Darren Fischer[6]

Heat 3 (12 Laps): 1. 44-Eric Mass[1]; 2. 8C-Chad Andersen[2]; 3. 26-Crist Pittenger[5]; 4. 25-Hank Berry[6]; 5. 85X-Brett Pudwill[3]; 6. 08-T J Martell[4]

Heat 4 (12 Laps): 1. 2J-Jerry Martin[6]; 2. 12S-Jason Schierkolk[3]; 3. 25R-Bryan Renken[4]; 4. 550K-Kyle Anton[5]; 5. 46-Adam Boggs[2]; 6. (DNS) 3B-Brian Brennan

B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 29-Alan Farley[1]; 2. 25-Hank Berry[3]; 3. 0-Peyton George[9]; 4. 14-Caden Roberts[5]; 5. 08-T J Martell[10]; 6. 9-Jack Hubbard Jr[6]; 7. 550K-Kyle Anton[4]; 8. 50-Wade Manning[2]; 9. 46-Adam Boggs[8]; 10. (DNF) 85X-Brett Pudwill[7]; 11. (DNF) 00-Ernie Acuna[14]; 12. (DNF) 46X-Darren Fischer[13]; 13. (DNF) 55-Marty Erivez Jr[12]; 14. (DNS) 3B-Brian Brennan

Late Models:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. E5K-Eddie Kirchoff[2]; 2. 47-Lynn Amick[1]; 3. 75S-Mike Jager[7]; 4. 97-Dan Henrikson[5]; 5. 10T-Trevor Geist[6]; 6. 10G-Don Geist[3]; 7. 71-Morris Oberle[10]; 8. M91-Heather Mertens[8]; 9. 25-Hank Berry[4]; 10. (DNS) 8-Ed Kirchoff

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 47-Lynn Amick[1]; 2. 10G-Don Geist[3]; 3. 97-Dan Henrikson[4]; 4. 75S-Mike Jager[5]; 5. (DNS) 8-Ed Kirchoff

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. E5K-Eddie Kirchoff[5]; 2. 25-Hank Berry[2]; 3. 10T-Trevor Geist[3]; 4. M91-Heather Mertens[1]; 5. 71-Morris Oberle[4]