ASHLAND — The third annual Farm Stock Special saw nearly 100 cars compete at ABC Raceway on a comfortable evening near the south shore of Lake Superior, with enhanced purses offered for the WISSOTA Modifieds, WISSOTA Super Stocks and WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds. The event is the raceway’s salute to northland farmers and agricultural employees.
Feature wins on Thursday night at the ABC Raceway were a long time in coming for Jody Bellefeuille and Shane Kisling. For Tyler Vernon, his win was particularly satisfying.
It had been a year longer since Butternut’s Kisling had parked his Super Stock in ABC’s Victory Lane — August 2017. He started on the pole and led every lap for his $1,000 payday and his 15th career feature win here.
After a four-car get-together at the start, Kisling cleared Patrick Beeksma to claim the point and pulled a few lengths ahead of a three-car dogfight that included Beeksma, of Ironwood, Terran Spacek, of Phillips, and Shane Sabraski, of Rice, Minnesota. Spacek soon won that battle and then restarted on Kisling’s back bumper, with Sabraski alongside, after a lap 3 stoppage for a three-car spin.
The battle between the three leaders was thrilling and close — as it turned out, a little too close for Sabraski, who tapped the back of Kisling’s car on lap 8, causing the leader to spin in front of the field. With Sabraski out of the mix for the final 12 laps, it was just a matter of Kisling holding his line and eventually pulling to a 1.19-second advantage at the checkers over Spacek.
The pair were well ahead of 11th-starting Shawn McFadden, of Ashland, who clawed his way to third just ahead of DJ Keeler and Beeksma.
RESULTS
WISSOTA Modifieds
Feature: 1-10: Jody Bellefeuille, Carlton, Minn; Shane Sabraski, Rice, Minn; Kennedy Swan, Chippewa Falls; Justin Weinberger, Elk Mound; Nick Oreskovich, Mason; Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn; Brandon Copp, Brule; Mike Anderson, Jim Falls; Kaden Blaeser, Chippewa Falls; Jeff Spacek, Phillips.
11-20: Jake Hiatt, Mason; Jake Smith, St Joseph, Minn; Tyler Vernon, Mason; Dave Cain, Corcoran, Minn; Aiden Hoffman, Rice Lake; Donnie Lofdahl, Duluth, Minn; Duane Dale, Hibbing, Minn; Andrew Mackey, Duluth, Minn; Marcus Dunbar, Marenisco, Mich; Brady Uotinen, Superior.
21-23: Devin Fouquette, St Cloud, Minn; Brandon Mehrwerth, Foley, Minn; Steve Lavasseur, River Falls.
Heat 1: J Spacek; Blaeser; Hiatt; Dunbar; Lofdahl; Dale.
Heat 2: Bellefeuille; Oreskovich; Copp; Cain; Hoffman; Lavasseur.
Heat 3: Weinberger; Gierke; Mackey; Uotinen; Mehrwerth; John Kallas, Hurley.
Heat 4: Swan; Sabraski; Anderson; Smith; Fouquette; Vernon; Jack Rivord, Superior.
Semi-Feature: Dale; Lavasseur; Vernon; Kallas; Cole Spacek, Phillips; Pat Cook, Washburn; Rivord.
WISSOTA Super Stocks
Feature: 1-10: Shane Kisling, Butternut; Terran Spacek, Phillips; Shawn McFadden, Ashland; DJ Keeler, Superior; Patrick Beeksma, Ironwood, Mich; Curt Myers, Cameron; Kyle Copp, Brul; Steve Stuart, Ashland; Scott Lawrence, Superior; Shane Sabraski, Rice, Minn.
11-20: Andy Grymala, Superior; Eric Olson, Ladysmith; Joey Jensen, Forest Lake, Minn; Don Livingston, Washburn; Jason Garner, Iron River; Paul Gucinski, Superior; Myron Basina, Bayfield; Trenton Bond, Iron River; Matt Deragon, Ashland; Darin Meierotto, Superior.
Heat 1: Jensen; Beeksma; Spacek; Lawrence; Meierotto; Deragon; Basina.
Heat 2: Myers; Olson; Keeler; McFadden; Gucinski; Bond.
Heat 3: Stuart; Kisling; Sabraski; Copp; Livingston; Grymala; Garner.
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Feature: 1-10: Tyler Vernon, Mason; Joey Jensen, Forest Lake, Minn; Paul Ripley, Duluth, Minn; Cole Boston, Lindstrom, Minn; William Moelter, Elk Mound; Marcus Dunbar, Marenisco, Mich; Jake Smith, St Joseph, Minn; James Vendela, South Range; Andy Jones, Princeton, Minn; Jesse Polson, Superior.
11-20: Paul Suzik, Ironwood, Mich; David Baxter, Eau Claire; Cody Carlson, Superior; Ryan Savoy, Superior; Tanner Hicks, Ashland; Ryan Barningham, Bayfield; Jimmy Latvala, Solon Springs; Ross Fuhrman, Ashland; Reagan Ruffi, Iron River; Cory Jorgensen, Duluth, Minn.
21-22: Matt Jacobson, Bessemer, Mich; Bryan Lund, Ashland.
Heat 1: Dunbar; Boston; Jones; Ripley; Barningham; Lund; Fuhrman; Savoy.
Heat 2: Jensen; Vernon; Carlson; Hicks; Suzik; Ruffi; Jacobson.
Heat 3: Smith; Moelter; Polson; Vendela; Baxter; Latvala; Jorgensen.
WISSOTA Pure Stocks
Feature: 1-5: Dusten Holub, Chetek; Eric Crosby, Amery; Aaron Bernick, Duluth, Minn; Shane Basina, Bayfield; Zene Anderson, Superior.
Heat: Crosby; Brent Mindock, Prentice; Holub; Bernick; Basina; Anderson; RJ Holly, Marengo.
Berglund Customs ABC Six-Cylinders
Feature: 1-9: Shane Basina, Bayfield; Jakob Bond, Mason; Mathew Rohlfing, Cable; Cody Eichmann, Park Falls; Justin Pratt, Glidden; Jimmy Stearns, Superior; Adam Traaholt, Ashland; Roger Walker, Phillips; Mady Anderson, Mason.
Heat 1: Walker; Eichmann; Stearns; Traaholt; Travis Swanson, Ashland.
Heat 2: Basina; Rohlfing; J Bond; Pratt; M Anderson; Alex Bond, Iron River; Jim Anderson, Cable.
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