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The 2024 FYE Motorsports MTH Modified Nationals Wrapped Up Sunday Night With Some Incredible Race Action at the Big O.

By: Tami Jo Kuehn

Ogilvie, MN (May 26) – Sunday night’s race program at Wagamon’s Ogilvie Raceway wrapped up the 2024 FYE Motorsports Minnesota Truck Headquarters Modified Nationals powered by Wehrs Machine and Superior Fuel. 103 drivers signed in for the night of WISSOTA Dirt Track Race Action and put on an incredible night of door-to-door racing, and at the end of the night, Jake Smith, Dexton Koch, Ryan Gierke, Dustin Holtquist and Payson Patrin claimed the hardware.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds started the night’s features, and they struggled in the beginning to get some laps underway with a few cautions occurring. Once the drivers got warmed up, William Moelter and Jake Smith were side by side for first with Jason VandeKamp, David Swearingen and Zach Benson three wide for third. Moelter and Smith had been battling for a few laps when Smith edged out the point. Moelter held second but soon, VandeKamp and Benson drove to his doors, and they raced three wide. VandeKamp broke away with the second point and set his sights on Smith for the lead. Battles for positions remained three wide for multiple points throughout the field, as VandeKamp reeled in Smith. With seven laps to go, VandeKamp was within a second of Smith with slower traffic in sight. Smith felt the heat of Vandy’s #16 at his rear, but Smith made his way through the slower traffic effortlessly, and Jake Smith took the checkers. Jason VandeKamp settled for second with David Swearingen, Zach Benson and William Moelter grabbing top points.

Terran Spacek and Cole Chernosky brought the WISSOTA Super Stocks around the Big O for the next feature, and when the green dropped, Jordan Henkemeyer raced to their doors to go three wide for the lead. Spacek was in first at the end of lap one, as Henkemeyer and Chernosky saw Dexton Koch at their door. After the drivers raced three wide for second, Koch secured the point and chased after Spacek. Koch caught Spacek and applied pressure for the lead as a caution was triggered. Spacek was in command as the race resumed, but Koch sped to his door. Spacek and Koch pulled away from the field and began a multi-lap battle for first. The top two drivers remained glued to one another and swapped for first at the line lap after lap. Koch had a slight lead over Spacek for a couple laps, but they caught slower traffic, and Spacek raced back to Koch’s door. They again swapped for the top point until Koch finally broke free from Spacek. Dexton Koch put space between him and the competition the final couple laps, and soon took the win. Remaining top points went to Terran Spacek, Dylan Kromschroeder, Matthew Larson and Cole Chernosky. Also for the first time ever, Dexton Koch swept the Mod Nationals feature races by winning each night, which earned him the Superior Fuel Sweep Bonus.

JT Johnson and Kaden Blaeser brought the WISSOTA Modifieds to the line for the next feature and Johnson took the lead. The first lap was scored before a caution occurred, but Johnson remained in the lead. Blaeser held second and kept close to Johnson while another yellow flew. Johnson and Blaeser retained first and second on the restart, however Jody Bellefeuille moved forward and took over the top point. Johnson came back to challenge Bellefeuille and they were side by side for the lead. Bellefeuille broke away from Johnson as Ryan Gierke came through the traffic. Gierke, who started ninth, took third, second and soon, passed Bellefeuille for first. Gierke began to put space between him and his competition as laps passed. Gierke had his cruise set and encountered slower traffic as all eyes were on the battles for top points. Blaeser and Bellefeuille raced for second, Wagamon and Johnson fought for fourth, with slower traffic mixed in. Cars covered the entire race surface with Gierke still cruising on his own in the lead. With lapped traffic all around, Bellefeuille, Blaeser, Wagamon and Johnson were nearly four wide for second the white flag lap. They remained close until the checkers flew, and points two through five were awarded to Jody Bellefeuille, JT Johnson, Clayton Wagamon and Kaden Blaeser while Ryan Gierke claimed the win.

Tyler Larson, Tommy Bawden and Dustin Holtquist shot out of turn four and raced three wide for first when the green dropped for the WISSOTA Mod Four feature. A caution quickly occurred for a mess of cars in turn one and the drivers were slowed and reset. On the following restart, Dustin Holtquist took the lead and the same top three drivers battled for first when Robert Holtquist suddenly rolled on the front stretch. The race went red and drivers stopped as Robert was tended too and was ok. The drivers retook the green with Tyler Larson in the top point and Larson immediately stretched his lead. D. Holtquist however, reeled the #7L of Larson in as laps passed, and soon, Holtquist challenged Larson for the lead. Dustin Holtquist took the point, set his cruise the remaining laps to take the win with Tyler Larson, Tommy Bawden, Connor Hass and Blake Hawker as the top drivers.

The WISSOTA Hornets wrapped up the night with Jenna Hagemann and Payson Patrin on row one. As the green waved, Patrin claimed first and quickly established a solid lead. Hagemann held on to second with Jonathan Aderman in third. After a few laps, Aderman retired to the infield and Bobie Arnes assumed third. Payson Patrin held the lead the race entirety and took the checkered flags with Jenna Hagemann, Bobie Arnes, Anthony Jensen and Randy Jacoboski as the finishing drivers.

With the final checkers waving, the 2024 Mod Nationals was in the books after some incredible racing over the multi-day race event. Thank you to all the fans and drivers who joined us between the Princeton Speedway and Ogilvie Raceway for three nights of race action. We will be back next Saturday for our Meet the Drivers Kids Night and we look forward to seeing you at the Big O!

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