Another great day at the Grand Rapids Speedway

GRAND RAPIDS— Grand Rapids Speedway held another great day of racing on Thursday. This race there were no WISSOTA Modifieds, but were WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, Hornets, Pure Stocks, Late Models, Supers and Northern Renegade Sprint Cars. At intermission there were kids power wheel races which were also very competitive. Mavrik Wohlers, Kyah Krzoska, Colt Broking and Kane Massingill all had a great time and made it to victory lane in their power wheels getting an early start to their future racing career! Cobie School and Vetta Perrin also were big winners after they were chosen to take home a bike.

The Northern Renegade Sprint cars were out on the track first. John Vaillancourt quickly stole the lead, while Paul Schultz raced quickly to second. Chris Lewis challenged low on the back of the track for second and wasted no time to steal it. Zach Olson, K.C. Hawkinson, Schultz and Ken Hron all bunched together to race out for position. A few cautions halted the race when a couple drivers spun out. Ken Hron was then out front of the pack and Chris Lewis snuck up and looked to challenge Hron but Hron did not give it up. Hawkinson secured third, while Olson kept close in fourth. Schultz was then able to round off the top five for the evening.

18 WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds then rolled onto the track with Blake Adams and Michael Blevins out of the poll positions. Adams stole the lead right away and Blevins raced in behind him. Don Smith then raced to third and kept close to Blevins. A caution then halted the race due to some spun drivers. The drivers got lined up and going again and Adams kept out in the lead, Blevins looked close on Adams but Adams did not give it up. Don Smith kept in his third position. Mikey Blevins made a quick move to secure fourth but Kaden Woodie looked high and low on him. David Simpson also neared Woodie and Blevins, but Blevins was able to secure the position from the two by the checkered flags.

Doug Koski and Kevin Salin led the WISSOTA Super Stocks out onto the track for their feature for the evening. The drivers got going and quickly a caution flag came out when a driver spun in corner four. Koski kept out front while Curt Myers and Maxwell Dondelinger battled for second. Cole Chernosky looked low on Dondelinger and inched up and around. Myers inched up on Koski and looked to challenge, he quickly challenged and moved around to secure the lead. Koski now raced in second, Chernosky raced in third, Dustin Nelson then raced to fourth and Dondelinger secured fifth. Chernosky looked to stick his nose in on Koski to steal second and after a couple laps he was successful. Myers secured the win, Chernosky, Nelson, Koski, and Dondelinger rounded off the top five for the evening.

The WISSOTA Late Models then rolled onto the track and had a quick and fast racing feature. Mark Heinle and Ben Heinle were out on the poll positions, but on green Johnny Broking wasted no time to steal the lead and secure it. Heinle raced in second but Shane Sabraski was moving his way up and challenged him and stole second when Heinle got too high on the track. Sabraski then went on to catch Broking as they both pulled away from the rest of the pack. B. Heinle then secured third, while Jeff Provinzino, Harry Hanson and Jeff Massingill raced out for positioning, challenging one another. They went back and forth with each other until the checkered flags. Broking stole a win, Sabraski, Heinle, Provinzino, and Hanson ended up with a top five win for the evening.

Karen Pushinsky and Brandon Pushinsky led the WISSOTA Pure Stocks out on the track B. Pushinsky stole the initial lead on green, but Austin Carlson snuck low and stole the lead after a short couple laps. Jake Smith was following and showed his nose to B. Pushinsky while Chaston Finckbone joined in to challenge also. Finckbone, Pushinsky, Smith and Barsness all bunched up for positioning. Finckbone quickly raced around and was able to steal the lead, while Carlson, Barsness, and Smith all drove around Pushinsky. Barsness and Carlson raced to the checkered battling, but Barsness was able to secure second, Carlson secured third. Smith then kept Pushinsky behind and secured fourth.

A field of 19 WISSOTA Hornets then drove onto the track for their feature of the evening Cade Johnson and Easton Pfeiffer were out on the poll positions. The racers had a rough start with a couple caution flags being thrown right away. Johnson kept out front with Riley Ament and Pason Patrin battling for second until another caution flag was thrown. The drivers then had to have a single file line up due to recurring caution flags. Johnson, Ament, Patrin, McKenna Folsetad, and Tristen McLynn lined up in top five positions. Patrin then battled outside of Ament for second while McLynn battled low on Folstead. Patrin then made a quick move around Johnson and stole the lead while McLynn then followed behind into second. Folstead quickly moved around Johnson as well, as Johsnon secured fourth when Ament raced in fifth. Patrin took the win for the evening, McLynn, Folstead, Johnson and Ament took top five wins for the evening.

MOHAWK SALVAGE WISSOTA LATE MODELS

A Feature 1: 1. 45J-Johnny Broking[3]; 2. 7A-Shane Sabraski[5]; 3. 12X-Ben Heinle[2]; 4. 28-Jeff Provinzino[8]; 5. 7-Harry Hanson[4]; 6. 6M-Jeff Massingill[6]; 7. 42S-Don Shaw[7]; 8. 12-Mark Heinle[1]; 9. 212-Mike Klippenstein[9]; 10. (DNF) 13-Roger Paolo[10]

Heat 1: 1. 7-Harry Hanson[2]; 2. 7A-Shane Sabraski[1]; 3. 12-Mark Heinle[3]; 4. 42S-Don Shaw[5]; 5. 212-Mike Klippenstein[4]

Heat 2: 1. 45J-Johnny Broking[1]; 2. 28-Jeff Provinzino[5]; 3. 6M-Jeff Massingill[3]; 4. 12X-Ben Heinle[4]; 5. 13-Roger Paolo[2]

19 entries

AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRIC WISSOTA HORNETS

A Feature 1: 1. 73-Payson Patrin[8]; 2. 47J-Tristen McLynn[9]; 3. 25K-McKenna Folstad[5]; 4. 10Z-Cade Johnson[1]; 5. 10A-Riley Ament[4]; 6. IV188-Ian Vanvickle[7]; 7. 40R-Bonnie McLynn[3]; 8. R20-Riley Terry[15]; 9. 18A-Derek Ament[6]; 10. 11-Tucker Smith[17]; 11. 24-Kyleah Kaslow[18]; 12. (DNF) 88-Asher Tuttle[12]; 13. (DNF) 81R-Ryker Larson[10]; 14. (DNF) 33L-Lee Wilson Jr[11]; 15. (DNF) 10-Easton Pfeiffer[2]; 16. (DNF) 16-Joey Tracy[13]; 17. (DNF) 13K-Anastashia Chavez[16]; 18. (DNS) 27-Brady Fosso; 19. (DNS) 33J-Abbey Kraabel

Heat 1: 1. 73-Payson Patrin[6]; 2. 10Z-Cade Johnson[1]; 3. 18A-Derek Ament[2]; 4. 81R-Ryker Larson[5]; 5. 24-Kyleah Kaslow[7]; 6. (DNF) R20-Riley Terry[3]; 7. (DNF) 11-Tucker Smith[4]

Heat 2: 1. 47J-Tristen McLynn[5]; 2. 40R-Bonnie McLynn[3]; 3. 10-Easton Pfeiffer[6]; 4. 33L-Lee Wilson Jr[4]; 5. (DNF) 27-Brady Fosso[2]; 6. (DNF) 13K-Anastashia Chavez[1]

Heat 3: 1. 25K-McKenna Folstad[3]; 2. IV188-Ian Vanvickle[6]; 3. 10A-Riley Ament[5]; 4. 88-Asher Tuttle[1]; 5. 16-Joey Tracy[4]; 6. 33J-Abbey Kraabel[2]

10 entries

SUPER ONE FOODS WISSOTA PURE STOCKS

A Feature 1: 1. 40C-Chaston Finckbone[8]; 2. 47J-Justin Barsness[5]; 3. 57-Austin Carlson[6]; 4. 86J-Jake Smith[7]; 5. 88B-Brandon Puschinsky[2]; 6. 22E-Ethan Elhardt[4]; 7. 18B-Alex Berg[9]; 8. 7-Bob Klein[3]; 9. 8-Karen Puschinsky[1]; 10. (DNF) 81X-Alexa Sparby[10]

Heat 1: 1. 86J-Jake Smith[2]; 2. 57-Austin Carlson[5]; 3. 88B-Brandon Puschinsky[4]; 4. 8-Karen Puschinsky[3]; 5. (DNF) 81X-Alexa Sparby[1]

Heat 2: 1. 40C-Chaston Finckbone[4]; 2. 47J-Justin Barsness[5]; 3. 22E-Ethan Elhardt[3]; 4. 7-Bob Klein[2]; 5. 18B-Alex Berg[1]

11 entries

COORS LIGHT WISSOTA SUPER STOCKS

A Feature 1: 1. 33-Curt Myers[4]; 2. 33C-Cole Chernosky[5]; 3. 46-Dustin Nelson[7]; 4. 76-Doug Koski[1]; 5. 44-Maxwell Dondelinger[3]; 6. 81X-Matt Sparby[9]; 7. 7A-Shane Sabraski[6]; 8. 57-Dalton Carlson[10]; 9. 37-John Garrity[8]; 10. 40-Ellen Lange[11]; 11. (DNF) 11-Kevin Salin[2]

Heat 1: 1. 44-Maxwell Dondelinger[2]; 2. 33-Curt Myers[5]; 3. 46-Dustin Nelson[4]; 4. 37-John Garrity[1]; 5. 81X-Matt Sparby[3]; 6. 40-Ellen Lange[6]

Heat 2: 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[2]; 2. 7A-Shane Sabraski[4]; 3. 76-Doug Koski[1]; 4. 11-Kevin Salin[3]; 5. 57-Dalton Carlson[5]

18 entries

CARQUEST AUTO PARTS WISSOTA MWM

A Feature 1: 1. 40D-Blake Adams[1]; 2. 10B-Michael Blevins Sr[2]; 3. 86-Don Smith[4]; 4. 10S-Sam Blevins[5]; 5. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[6]; 6. 980-Kaden Woodie[8]; 7. 70-David Simpson[9]; 8. 26K-Sam Kolar[11]; 9. 10X-Matthew Cunha[15]; 10. 10-Mervin Castle III[7]; 11. 11X-Scott Thompson[12]; 12. 44-Brayden Rewertz[13]; 13. 21R-Ross Siiter[16]; 14. 27X-Brandon Hamlin[3]; 15. 62-Jerry Morgan[17]; 16. 31-Randy Haupt[10]; 17. (DNS) 9W-Hunter Weeks; 18. (DNS) 19-Darrin Lawler

Heat 1: 1. 980-Kaden Woodie[2]; 2. 86-Don Smith[4]; 3. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[3]; 4. 31-Randy Haupt[1]; 5. 44-Brayden Rewertz[5]; 6. 21R-Ross Siiter[6]

Heat 2: 1. 10-Mervin Castle III[2]; 2. 10B-Michael Blevins Sr[4]; 3. 27X-Brandon Hamlin[1]; 4. 26K-Sam Kolar[5]; 5. 9W-Hunter Weeks[6]; 6. (DNS) 19-Darrin Lawler

Heat 3: 1. 40D-Blake Adams[1]; 2. 10S-Sam Blevins[2]; 3. 70-David Simpson[5]; 4. 11X-Scott Thompson[3]; 5. 10X-Matthew Cunha[6]; 6. 62-Jerry Morgan[4]

17 entries

KELLER FENCE COMPANY NORTHERN RENEGADES

A Feature 1: 1. 46H-Ken Hron[8]; 2. 5J-Chris Lewis[4]; 3. 46-KC Hawkinson[1]; 4. Z15-Zach Olson[9]; 5. 101-Paul Schultz[3]; 6. 17B-Erik Bjorklund[5]; 7. 2-Teal Arnason[11]; 8. 15E-Peyton Emerson[15]; 9. 36-Tyler Wass[7]; 10. 76-Edison Aldrich[6]; 11. 17C-Hunter Colton[13]; 12. 17-Mariah LaPatka[14]; 13. 1-Tony Gernert[12]; 14. (DNF) 24-Terry Lillo[17]; 15. (DNF) 95-John Vaillancourt[2]; 16. (DNF) 92-Danny Wait Jr[10]; 17. (DNF) 29-Chris Sirucek[16]

Heat 1: 1. 5J-Chris Lewis[2]; 2. 46H-Ken Hron[4]; 3. 36-Tyler Wass[1]; 4. 46-KC Hawkinson[5]; 5. Z15-Zach Olson[6]; 6. 2-Teal Arnason[7]; 7. 17C-Hunter Colton[3]; 8. 17-Mariah LaPatka[8]; 9. 15E-Peyton Emerson[9]

Heat 2: 1. 95-John Vaillancourt[3]; 2. 101-Paul Schultz[1]; 3. 17B-Erik Bjorklund[6]; 4. 76-Edison Aldrich[5]; 5. 92-Danny Wait Jr[2]; 6. 1-Tony Gernert[4]; 7. (DNF) 29-Chris Sirucek[7]; 8. (DNF) 24-Terry Lillo[8]