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Wytaske Wins Tight Midwest Modified Feature
By Bill Nelson
July 15 - Spring Valley MN - A good field of cars and a nice crowd for a 90+
degree day in Southern Minnesota saw great track conditions for the hot windy
and humid day. Gillund Enterprises with their Justice Brothers products was on
hand along with Admiral Merchants trucking to great the fans and racers at the
speedway.
Craig Bentzin jumped out to the early lead in the Dirt Doctor Trucking WISSOTA
Midwest Modified race while the field circuited the speedway in two and three
wide formation early on in the race. Albert and Kenny Wytaske were
racing three wide with Ben Anderson for the second spot as Bentzin
worked to find the quick way around the speedway. Albert took control of
the second spot while Anderson found his hands full with Jimmie Arnold on lap
three. With twelve to go in the eighteen lap feature event the field
still had great battles going from sixth on back but the Wytaske’s still
were racing hard for the second spot up front. Arnold held onto the fourth
spot as he watched the Wytaske duel. Ten to go and Bentzin was still
cruising up front. With three more laps completed the caution flag flew
as Bryan Hernandez slowed quickly on the front stretch. Thee restart saw
the same formation with Bentzin out front and the Wytaske’s racing for
second. Kenny took control of the spot with Arnold following him through
to third. Kenny moved up to race with Bentzin for the lead with three to
go while Arnold followed closely on his bumper. Kenny slipped up in
three allowing Arnold and Bentzin to move back alongside. Bentzin then
pushed up in two with two left allowing Wytaske and Arnold back by.
Kenny cruised from their to the checkers followed by Arnold, Bentzin and
Albert and Anderson across for fourth in a photo finish.
In the Sunplace Tanning WISSOTA Street Stocks Ryan Goergen took advantage of
the pole position and took the early lead with Scot Nelson moving quickly into
third from his fifth starting spot. A quick caution on the second lap
saw a restart with four cars battling for the fifth spot exiting turn
two. Brad Dennis got the worst of the attempted racing action as his car
rolled and the pirouetted on top of the backstretch wall coming down hard on
the wall roof first. Quick acting rescue personnel were on hand to
evaluate the situation. At the time of this writing the update is good
with only bruising found during the observation at the hospital, we wish
Bradley a quick recovery and hope to see him behind the wheel again
soon. On the restart Nelson charged into the lead with Crapser quickly
working up through the field after going tail end on the first restart.
Ten to go and Nelson was still up front with Chuck Nerland having a great run
in second, Danny Hanson in third and Crapser in fourth. Jim Gustafson
was in fifth as the top five slowly pulled away from the field. Six to
go and Crapser pulled alongside of Hanson for third, Hanson quickly slowed and
into the infield with a flat tire moving Shawn Reed into fourth. With
four to go Crapser brought out the caution as a flat tire ended his run.
Gustafson moved into second on the restart with Nerland and Reed all following
him home behind Nelson who took the win.
Chris Groth led every lap of the Sunplace Tanning WISSOTA Super Stock race
jumping out from his second starting spot on the first lap. Positions four
through twelve were three and four wide in the pack as Jason Gabrielson moved
into the second position and hanging tight with Groth up front. Dustin
Nelson quickly moved into third as he looked to be charging his way to the
front in a hurry. Bobby Swanson and Chris Klinger hooked together
briefly as they raced for fourth sliding them back through the field as the
cars unhooked and got back up to speed. Fourteen to go and Tyler Rubin moved
into fourth with a very fast car as Nelson started gaining on Gabrielson for
second. Two laps later Gabrielson pushed up in four allowing Nelson to
move into second. Dave Haberman was also on a march as he moved into the
top five. A caution with seven to go bunched the field back up. On
the restart seventeenth starting Cory Mahder moved up to race with Rubin for
the fourth spot. Another caution flew and on the restart Gabrielson and Nelson
raced for second behind Groth. Gabrielson took the spot with three to go
and Mahder started to work on Nelson. A final caution with three to go
saw a single file restart and looked to finish the race in that order until
turn four got Gabrielson again allowing Nelson and Mahder to move past as he
dropped back to fourth. Groth won the race virtually unchallenged.
Ben Mattick paced the field for the Kramer Motorsports WISSOTA Late Model
event with front row started Troy Brand. Mattick jumped into the lead
from the drop of the green while Mike Prochnow quickly moved past Brand for
second. Brand quickly fell victim to Doug Herrick next with Jake
Redetzke sitting in fifth. Mattick kept his car straight and tight
throughout most of the feature and quickly started to pull away from the
field. Chad Mahder moved into fifth and then started to pressure
Redetzke for the fourth spot. Eighteen to go and Mattick had pulled out
to a good ten car lead while Redetzke and Mahder ran side by side for fourth
in a great battle. The fourth place battle continued for three more laps
as they ran down Herrick in the third spot while up front Prochnow was finally
gaining some ground on Mattick. Lapped traffic started to come into play
with twelve laps completed as Mattick smoothly worked through the slower
cars. Working the lapped traffic though allowed Prochnow to make up some
ground and move within a couple lengths of the leader. Mattick led the
green flag race all the way to the checkers as he took home his first win of
the season. Prochnow was second with Mahder, Redetzke and Adam Hensel
rounding out the top five.
The Bigelow Homes USRA Modifieds provided another exciting night of racing
action as they took to the track. Jay Poidinger led the pack into turn
one while Tim Donlinger took over the lead exiting turn two. Going into three
Steve Arpin challenged Donlinger for the lead and completed the pass in turns
one and two the next lap. Mike Sorensen was quickly moving forward as he
moved into third with Ryan Ruter in fouth. Twenty to go found Poidinger, Mike
Spaulding and Doug Hillson in a great race for fifth while Sorensen and
Donlinger raced for second. A caution flew and on the restart Spaulding
flew between Ruter and Donlinger for the third spot as Sorensen set out after
Arpin. Most of the field at this time was dancing the high line around
the tops side of the speedway. Another caution with fifteen to go saw
Arpin continue to lead up front. Spaulding and Sorensen raced for second
as Nate Wasmund moved up to race with Ruter for fourth. Arpin was
flying around the high side with Sorensen in second. Ruter was now
racing Spaulding for third with Bob Timm and Wasmund behind them. Over
the following ten circuits Arpin stayed out front with Sorensen running just
slightly below him but not able to move past. The third through sixth
place battles continued to provide the entertainment for the crowd as they ran
in tight formation changing positions with every lap. At the checkers it
was Arpin taking home the win, Sorensen second with Ruter, Spaulding and Timm
rounding out the top five in a great race to end the evening.
Racing action resumes next Saturday with a 6:00 start time.
Don’t forget about the upcoming World of Outlaws two-one day shows on the 28
& 29th of July with the WISSOTA Super Stocks running both nights of the
event. Tickets are still on sale for this exciting event.
WISSOTA Late Models
Feature - Ben Mattick, Mike Prochnow, Chad Mahder, Jake Redetzke, Adam Hensel,
Jay Ihrke, Barry Underdahl, Kevin Keuhn, Troy Brand, Jerry Bloom, Andrew
McKay, Paul Novotny, Roger Herrick, Joe Ludemann, Nick Kramer, Nick Herrick,
Tony Bloom, Doug Herrick
Heat 1 - Redetzke, Prochnow, Hensel, Brand, Underdahl, J. Bloom, Keuhn,
Novotny, Ludemann
Heat 2 - Ihrke, D. Herrick, Mattick, N. Herrick, Mahder, McKay, Kramer, R.
Herrick, T. Bloom
USRA Modifieds
Feature - Steve Arpin, Mike Sorensen, Ryan Ruter, Mike Spaulding, Bob Timm,
Nate Wasmund, Brain Shaw, Terry Timmerman, Doug Hillson, Hank Rollinger Jr.,
Josh Mattick, Jay Poidinger, Joe Wernecke, Bob Fisher, Dave Wytaske Jr., Mike
Budensiek, Tim Donlinger, Chad Vaith
Heat 1 - Sorensen, Timm, Ruter, Donlinger, Timmerman, WErnecke, Rollinger Jr.,
Fisher, Budensiek
Heat 2 - Shaw, Spaulding, Arpin, Poidinger, Hillson, Mattick, Wasmund, Wytaske
Jr., Vaith
WISSOTA Super Stocks
Feature - Chris Groth, Dustin Nelson, Cory Mahder, Jason Gabrielson, Dave
Haberman, Ryan Siegle, Cole Queensland, Chris Klinger, Kurt Kromschroeder,
Bobby Swanson, Brian Fetting, Lucas Peterson, Kevin Hager, Josh Bartel, Tyler
Rubin, Raymond Rehbein, Jared Boumeester
Heat 1 - Siegle, Rubin, Kromschroeder, Gabrielson, Peterson, Hager, Fetting,
Bartel, Mahder
Heat 2 - Swanson, Klinger, Groth, Nelson, Haberman, Boumeester, Queensland,
Rehbein
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Feature - Kenny Wytaske, Jimmie Arnold, Craig Bentzin, Albert Wytaske, Ben
Anderson, Bob Bunne, Jerry Young, Gregory Jensen, Sean Hemker, Joel Alberts,
Harlan Morehart, Heather Rayman, Adam Stowell, Joe Haberman, Josh Michel,
Steve Arpin, Jeff Brauer, Eric Mauer, Bryan Hernandez, Andrew Wiste, Sam
Siskow, Mike Paulson, Tim Siskow
“B” Feature - Young, Jensen, Stowell, Haberman, Colby Showers, Dennis
Glassel, Jeff Brua
Heat 1- Brauer, K. Wytaske, Arpin, Alberts, Mauer, Stowell, Glassel
Heat 2 - Anderson, Bunne, M. Wytaske, Paulson, Wiste, Jensen, Haberman, Young
Heat 3 - Bentzin, Arnold, Hemker, Morehart, S. Siskow, Brua
Heat 4 - A Wytaske, Hernandez, Rayman, T. Siskow, Michel, Showers
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature - Scot Nelson, Jim Gustafson, Chuck Nerland, Shawn Reed, Fred Prudoehl,
Danny Hanson, Ernie Kramer, Cory Crapser, Ryan Goergen, Tony Horsman, Michael
Conrad, Brad Dennis, Dan Holland, Joe Sattre, Scott Olson
Heat 1 - Crapser, Prudoehl, Nelson, Gustafson, Hormsna, Bennis, Reed, Holland
Heat 2 - Olson, Hanson, Nerland, Goergen, Kramer, Sattre, Conrad
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