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LABOR DAY DUAL HAS FANS ON EDGE OF THEIR SEATS 

by Bill Nelson

SPRING VALLEY, MN (September 4) - The BP WISSOTA Street Stocks pulled onto the track for the first feature event of the Baudoin Oil, BP Labor Day Dual event on this cool Saturday night.  Nicholas Schwebach jumped out to the early lead with Shaun Mann and Mike Blowers racing for second.  Troy Voth caught Mann and started racing for the second spot as Blowers had pulled out into second.  With three down Voth moved into third with Donny Ganz following through to fourth.  With four down Ganz started to race with Voth for the third spot behind them a tight pack formed with five cars battling for position.  Blowers stayed close to Schwebach and was working to his inside with seven completed while Danny Hanson worked into the top five.  With nine down Blowers and Schwebach were side by side for the lead.  Hanson worked into fourth and was chasing Ganz down as the caution flew with ten down.  On the restart Blowers led with Ganz in second and Hanson now into third.  Two laps later Ganz took over the lead while Blowers ran in second.  Hanson sat in third as the top three were all close.  AJ Zvorak and Schwebach raced for fourth as the laps clicked down. With fifteen down Hanson, Blowers and Ganz were three wide for the lead and as the white flew Ganz held the point by a slight margin over Hanson.  Exiting turn four Hanson took over the lead and took home the checkers for his eleventh win of the season tying Travis Krause and Jim Gustafson for most wins in a season all in street stock competition.

Cory Davis wrestled away the early lead from Harlan Morehart in the US ARMY WISSOTA Super Stocks.  Cole Queensland quickly moved around Morehart for the second spot as a tight pack raced for position behind them.  Jeff Brauer and Tony Bloom worked into third and fourth as Queensland started to gain on Davis up front.  With six laps completed Queensland was on Davis's rear bumper looking for room to make a pass.  Davis held him off and as t he two raced for the spot Brauer quickly gained on them.  A caution with eight down saw Davis leading, Brauer and Queensland side by side for second while Gary Wiersgalla worked into fourth ahead on Bloom.  Ten down and Brauer now in second started to gain on the leader but pushed up in turn four on lap  twelve allowing Queensland to moved back into the spot.  With fourteen complete Brauer and Queensland swapped racing grooved with Brauer moving back into the second spot as Davis cruised out front.  Davis took home the win followed by Brauer and Queensland.

Next up were the highlighted features of the night with the Corn Belt Clash Late Model Series up first.  The front three rows stayed in formation for a lap until Jeff Larson took control of the event in front of Nick Beyenhof.  Chad Simpson sat in third while Chris Simpson and Brad Waits battled for fourth on lap two.  A caution with three complete saw Larson leading while midpack Dennis Hillson rolled his machine on the front stretch bringing out another caution. This time on the restart Larson led with Waits working into second.  Larson got loose off of four and came down slightly bumping into Beyenhof who then bumped into Chad Simpson.  All three drivers kept going with Larson still holding a slight edge over Waits.  Beyenhof was in third with Chris Simpson now in fourth.  Eight completed saw Chad Simpson, Chris Simpson and Adam Hensel racing three wide for fourth.  Chris Simpson took the spot and moved under Beyenhof for third in one move.  With ten complete Waits was working low on Larson up front as lap traffic looked to take part in this one.  Thirteen down and Larson was still leading with Waits in second but the Simpson brothers were right there behind Waits as the top four weaved through lap traffic.  Chris Simpson worked into second on lap fifteen while Waits and Chad Simpson raced for third.  Two laps later Chris Simpson took over the point as Larson dropped back to fourth after getting held up by a slower car.  Chad Mahder took over fourth on lap twenty one as another caution flew.  On the restart Chris Simpson led with Waits in second, Mahder and Chad Simpson raced for third.  Mahder took over third while up front the battle really heated up.  Waits raced up high and Chris Simpson down low as they went side by side for the lead.  Waits took the spot with twenty six completed.  With thirty complete Chad Simpson started to work low on Chris for second.  Chad took the spot and quickly gained ground on Waits up front.  Chad Simpson took the lead on lap thirty three with Waits in second.  Chris Simpson in third with Mahder and Hensel rounding out the top five as they completed the last two circuits.  Chad Simpson took home the win and the series crown for the Corn Belt Clash Late Model Series.

The final race of the night was the United States Modified Touring Series Hunt for the Championship.  It was announced before the start of the race that Randy and Patti Eastvold of Hanson Tire in LeRoy were kicking in an additional $1000 to the feature winner making the show a $4,000 to win race.  Nate Wasmund rocketed out front on the drop of the green with Mike Sorensen working past Tommy Weder Jr. for  the second spot.  Kevin Pittman and Ron VerBeek ran inside the top five early on.  A restart with three down saw Wasmund leading and Pittman working into third.  Steve Wetzstein and VerBeek raced for fourth.  With five down Sorensen moved back into second while Wetzstein, VerBeek and Pittman now raced for third.    Wetzstein took the third spot.  Ryan Gustin sati in sixth in front of a large pack of cars battling for position three and four wide through the fifteenth spot.  Wasmund continued to lead on lap eleven as Pittman and VerBeek continued their race for fourth just in front of Gustin and Jason Hughes.  VerBeek took over fourth on lap thirteen while up front Sorensen and Wetzstein gained on the leader.  Eighteen laps into the feature and Hughes worked past VerBeek for the fourth spot.  With twenty one competed the top four were running close with the top three on the bottom of the speedway and Hughes up against the cushion.  Hughes took over third on lap twenty four but Wetzstein fought back on lap twenty five.  On lap twenty eight Sorensen made his move for  the lead and raced Wasmund for  the point.  Wasmund kept the spot and with twenty nine down Wetzstein was now working Sorensen for second.  Sorensen again pulled alongside of Wasmund on lap thirty and then took the lead.  Four laps later Wasmund, Hughes and Wetzstein were three wide for the second spot.  Hughes took it on lap thirty five.  As the white flag flew on the event lap traffic looked to come into play.  Sorensen played them perfectly taking home the win over Hughes.  Wetzstein moved into third while Wasmund came in fourth ahead of VerBeek.

Early in the day the Truck Country Slingshots took to the Button Buck Speedway.  The junior division was up first with Derek Clement taking the early lead while Jackson Koster sat on his bumper.  Garrett Koster ran in third ahead of Dylan Buckland.  Buckland and Lexi Schott raced for fourth with two down.  Buckland held onto the spot as Dustin Sorensen worked past Schott for the fifth spot.  Up front it was all Clement as he pulled away from the field.  The Koster brothers came home second and third ahead of Sorensen and Matthew Schliesman.

in the Pee-Wee division it was all Jackson Hale as he took the early lead over Keagan Einck.  On lap two Einck had an off track excursion with Spencer Ihrke now working into second with Garrett Koster following through to third.  Einck rejoined in fourth with Jim Chisholm in fifth.  Hale took home the win in dominating fashion.

In the Senior Division Derek Clement jumped out front with Jeremy Paulson and Matthew Schliesman racing for second.    Paulson took second while Brady Keefe and Dylan Buckland rounded out the top five.    Dustin Sorensen worked past Buckland to take over fifth on lap three while Paulson ran behind Clement trying to work in a little different line.  With eight down lap cars came into play, Clement cleared them easily while Paulson was briefly held up.  With twelve laps completed Paulson had reeled in Clement up front while Sorensen worked past Keefe for fourth.  As the checkers were ready to wave Paulson ran in high in turn three cut down and under Clement out of four to take home the win by a couple feet.

United States Modified Touring Series

Feature - Mike Sorensen, Jason Hughes, Steve Wetzstein, Nate Wasmund, Ron VerBeek, Kelly Shryock, Kevin Pittman, Joel Alberts, Ryan Gustin, Lucas Schott, Colt Mather, Rodney Sanders, Nate Caruth, Tommy Myer, Mike Steensma, Doug Hillson, Mike Spaulding, Bob Timm, Johnny Scott, Tommy Weder Jr., Ryan Ruter, Jason Krohn, Jon Tesch, Dereck Ramirez, Jay Ihrke, Josh Angst

"B" Feature 1 - Wetzstein, Shryock, Myer, Angst, Ron Konkel, Zack VanderBeek, Joe Horgdal, James Parker, Jeff Larson, Mike Hansen, Jason Cummins, Darrin Walch, Darwin Karau, Joe Wernecke, Les Duellman

"B" Feature 2 - Sanders, Gustin, Timm, Spaulding, Todd Scharkey, Dwaine Hanson, Brad Dierks, Jeff Schluetter, Brandon Aggen, Ryan York, Tom Brink, Bill Clemens, Dan Bohr, Curt Myers, Corey Dripps

"B" Feature 3 - Mather, Scott, Schott, Steensma, Al Hejna, Tim Donlinger, Bobby Swanson, Stormy Scott, Mark Noble, Greg Jensen, Don Gerritsen Jr., Chase Junghans, Chris Gilbertson, Ted Marrs, Jay Poidinger

Heat 1 - Sorensen, Hughes, Hansen, J. Scott, Cummins, Donlinger, Steensma, Noble, Myer

Heat 2 - Tesch, Alberts, Ruter, Mather, Sanders, VanderBeek, York, Dierks, Myers

Heat 3 - Pittman, Wasmund, Scharkey, Schott, Poidinger, Bohr, Duellman, S. Scott

Heat 4 - VerBeek< Caruth, Junghans, Karau, Konkel, Gerritsen Jr., Schluetter, Horgdal

Heat 5 - Ramirez, Krohn, Shryock, Timm, Aggen, Wernecke, Jensen, Clemens

Heat 6 - Ihrke, Hillson, Hanson, Walch, Spaulding, Angst, Larson, Marrs

Heat 7 - Weder JR., Wetzstein, Gustin< Swanson, Hejna, Dripps, Brink, Parker, Gilbertson

Corn Belt Clash Late Models

Feature - Chad Simpson, Brad Waits, Chris Simpson, Chad Mahder, Adam Hensel, Greg Kastle, Doug Herrick, Jason Rauen, Keith Foss, Joe Ludemann, Justin Kay, Jake Meier, Jeff Larson, Nate Beyenhof, Nick Herrick, Todd Gehl, Jordan Yaggy, Nick Kramer, Roger Torgerson, Don Schaefer, Nick Beyenhof, Dean Wagner, Andy Altenburg, Paul Watters, Jerry Bloom, Dennis Hillson

Heat 1 - Hensel, Wagner, Ch. Simpson, Ni. Beyenhof, Na. Beyenhof, N. Herrick, Schaefer, Ludemann

Heat 2 - Ch. Simpson, Rauen, Kay, Foss, Hillson, D. Herrick, Kramer, Meier, Bloom

Heat 3 - Waits, Mahder, Larson, Gehl, Yaggy, Kastle, Altenburg, Torgerson, Watters

BP WISSOTA Street Stocks

Feature - Danny Hanson, Donny Ganz, Mike Blowers, AJ Zvorak, Nicholas Schwebach, Shaun Mann, Dan Holland, Troy Voth, Kevin Hager, Kory Adams, Ross Spitzer, Briana Grinstead, Brent Holland, Ben Goldsmith, James Weber

Heat 1 - Voth, Ganz, Zvorak, Blowers, Adams, Hager, Weber, Grinstead

Heat 2 - Hanson, Mann, Schwebach, D. Holland, Spitzer, Goldsmith, B. Holland

US ARMY WISSOTA Super Stocks
Feature - Cory Davis, Jeff Brauer, Cole Queensland, Gary Wiersgalla, Tony Bloom, Kevin Hager, Rick Lisowski, Dave Solum, Ronnie Malecki, Harlan Morehart, Michael Hofer, Ryan Siegle

Heat 1 - Queensland, Davis, Hager, Malecki, Lisowski, Wiersgalla

Heat 2 - Brauer, Bloom, Solum, Morehart, Siegle, Hofer

Button Buck Speedway
North Country Slingshots

Junior Division

Feature - Derek Clement, Jackson Koster, Garrett Koster, Dustin Sorensen, Matthew Schliesman, Lexi Schott, Dakota Kelly, Dylan Buckland, Bailey Karau

Heat One 1 - Buckland, Schott, G. Koster, Sorensen, Schliesman

Heat One 2 - Clement, J. Koster, Karau, Kelly

Heat Two 1 - G. Koster, Sorensen, Schliesman, Schott, Buckland

Heat Two 2 - J. Koster, clement, Karau, Kelly

Pee-Wee Division
Feature - Jackson hale, Spencer Ihrke, Garrett Koster, Keagan Einck, Jim Chisholm, Dakota Kelly
Heat One 1 - Hale, Ihrke, Kelly
Heat One 2 - Koster, Einck, Chisholm

Heat Two 1 - Hale, Ihrke, Kelly

Heat Two 2 - Einck, Chisholm, Koster

Senior Division

Feature - Jeremy Paulson, Derek Clement, Matthew Schliesman, Dustin Sorensen, Brady Keefe, Dan Olson, Parker Hale, Lexi Schott, Nia Gardner, Dylan Buckland, Pee-Wee Derwin, Bailey Karau
Heat One 1 - Olson, Sorensen, Schliesman, Schott, Buckland, Derwin
Heat One 2 - Clement, Keefe, Gardner, Paulson, Karau

Heat Two 1 - Buckland, Schliesman, Schott, Derwin, Sorensen, Olson

Heat Two 2 - Clement, Paulson, Gardner, Keefe, Karau