5/29/2017
Greenbush Race Park
Strand, Dykoff, and Reynolds pick up opening night wins at Greenbush Race Park
The opening night for the 2017 WISSOTA PolyDome Dirt Track Series at the Greenbush Race Park saw 61 cars check in at the pit gate. It was a good turnout despite the questionable weather forecasted for the area. But the rain held off and fans were treated to a great night of racing.
The WISSOTA Modifieds would send 21 cars to the feature and it would be 15 yr. old Nathan Sletto of Brandon, MN to lead them to the green. Sletto would lead the first lap before the first caution would fly on lap two for the spinning Ryan Kereluk. On the restart Fannystelle, MB driver Jerome Guyot would get by Sletto and lead the next seven laps before the caution would come out again. On this restart, it would be third place runner Ward Imrie of Winnipeg, MB taking the second spot from Aaron Holtan of Newfolden, MN, two laps later Imrie would pass Guyot on the high side coming out of turn four. Meanwhile Dustin Strand of Grand Forks, ND was quietly working his way to the front and would pass Guyot for second on lap 14. With two to go Strand would grab the lead from Imrie coming out of turn four, as both drivers were working in lapped traffic. Imrie would make one last charge but would fall about a bumper short as Strand would pick up the win. Guyot would finish third. Heat wins would go to Sletto, Holtan, Kereluk, and Gavin Paull.
Kyle Dykoff of Perham, MN would lead the 10 car Street feature to the green. The race was slowed by only two cautions the first on lap 10 when rookie Taylor Jacobson spun in corner three and collected second place runner Jeremy Gust of Strathcona, MN. Gust sustained a lot of right side damage but was able to continue. Three laps later it would be Gust bring out the last caution as he spun in four setting up a green, white, checkered finish. Aaron Blacklance of Thief River Falls, MN, would try make a run for the win but Dykoff was able to pick up the win and the sweep with Blacklance finishing second and Ryan Johnson of Karlstad, MN winning his heat and finishing third.
12 cars would take the green for the Midwest Modified feature and it would be Nate Reynolds of Edinburg, ND picking up the win and the sweep as the race went caution free. Zach Dockter of Norwich, ND would get the other heat win.
Jerome Berger of Roseau, MN would take the early lead in the nine car Pure Stock feature, and the first yellow flew on lap six for Ethan Larson of Newfolden, MN for a smoking right rear tire. On the restart, third place runner Larry Niebel of Ile Des Chenes, MB would get by Jared Palm of Warroad, MN coming out of corner two. With two to go Cory Peterson of Red Lake, MN would come to a stop on the front stretch bringing out the last caution, and would also send leader Berger to the tire change area with a flat right rear. This would set up a green, white, checkered, finish handing the lead to Niebel. On the restart Niebel's car would appear to sputter and Palm would take advantage of it grabbing the lead and picking up the win and the sweep. Niebel would recover and finish second and A.J. Lane of Williams, MN third.
Kelly Steele of International Falls, MN would lead 14 of the 15 laps in the Outlaw Mini Mod feature, and for those 14 laps Tyler Jonson of International Falls, MN never let Steele get more than a car length ahead. With the checkered in the air coming out of corner four Jonson was able to get under Steele and beat him to the line for the win. Steele would win the heat.
The Greenbush Race Park wraps up the Memorial weekend holiday with racing on Sunday Evening.
Up next for the fastest 1/4-mile dirt track in Northwestern Minnesota will be Saturday night June 3 with all six classes running, Modifieds, Streets, Midwest Modifieds, Pure Stocks, Lightning Sprints, and 4 cylinders. Gates open at 4:30pm, cutoff for the draw is at 6pm with the green flag flying at 7pm sharp. Reminder to all racers transponders are MANDATORY, and if you plan on racing at the Race Park, you need to claim your drivers profile at MyRacePass.
Results -
WISSOTA Modifieds
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand[9]; 2. 10W-Ward Imrie[5]; 3. 48-Jerome Guyot[3]; 4. 2-Aaron Holtan[4]; 5. 16-Gavin Paull[7]; 6. 74-Dustin Wahl[12]; 7. 3S-Nathan Sletto[1]; 8. 1R-Rick Delaine[6]; 9. 92-Justin Bronk[11]; 10. 81-Jordan Duray[13]; 11. 57-Michael Tiani[8]; 12. 29K-Ryan Kereluk[2]; 13. 75-Jamen Foss[10]; 14. 18J-Tyler Jonson[17]; 15. 39-Shawn Teunis[15]; 16. 21J-Joe Chaplinski[19]; 17. 7F-Bryton Foss[16]; 18. 33-Murray Temple[20]; 19. 64-Shane Wahl[14]; 20. 95-Mark Esala[18]; 21. 33H-Ryan Hagen[21]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Gavin Paull[4]; 2. 57-Michael Tiani[2]; 3. 71-Dustin Strand[3]; 4. 81-Jordan Duray[5]; 5. 18J-Tyler Jonson[1]; 6. 33H-Ryan Hagen[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 29K-Ryan Kereluk[2]; 2. 1R-Rick Delaine[3]; 3. 75-Jamen Foss[5]; 4. 64-Shane Wahl[4]; 5. 95-Mark Esala[1]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3S-Nathan Sletto[5]; 2. 48-Jerome Guyot[3]; 3. 92-Justin Bronk[2]; 4. 39-Shawn Teunis[4]; 5. 21J-Joe Chaplinski[1]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Aaron Holtan[2]; 2. 10W-Ward Imrie[3]; 3. 74-Dustin Wahl[4]; 4. 7F-Bryton Foss[5]; 5. 33-Murray Temple[1]
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 6R-Nate Reynolds[2]; 2. 188-Hunter Hougard[1]; 3. 6Z-Zach Dockter[4]; 4. 85-Jamie Davis[7]; 5. 169-Justin Olson[5]; 6. 40-Patrick Sobolik[3]; 7. 64-Shane Wahl[6]; 8. 35-John Halvorson[9]; 9. 00-Steve Hougard[8]; 10. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[10]; 11. 47-Jordan Wahl[11]; 12. 4B-Brandon Rehill[12]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6R-Nate Reynolds[4]; 2. 188-Hunter Hougard[1]; 3. 169-Justin Olson[5]; 4. 85-Jamie Davis[2]; 5. 35-John Halvorson[3]; 6. 47-Jordan Wahl[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 6Z-Zach Dockter[4]; 2. 40-Patrick Sobolik[2]; 3. 00-Steve Hougard[1]; 4. 64-Shane Wahl[3]; 5. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[5]; 6. 4B-Brandon Rehill[6]
Outlaw Mini Mods
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Jonson[1]; 2. 69-Kelly Steele[5]; 3. 14F-Blake Ferris[2]; 4. 19J-Jack Rivord[3]; 5. 71-Dave Zaren[7]; 6. 78-Nate Erickson[8]; 7. (DNF) 4AL-Dane Olson[6]; 8. (DNF) 81-Jerry Larson[4]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 69-Kelly Steele[4]; 2. 19J-Jack Rivord[1]; 3. 1-Tyler Jonson[6]; 4. 14F-Blake Ferris[2]; 5. 81-Jerry Larson[3]; 6. 4AL-Dane Olson[5]; 7. 71-Dave Zaren[7]; 8. 78-Nate Erickson[8]
Pure Stock
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 11X-Jared Palm[4]; 2. 42L-Larry Niebel[6]; 3. 87-Alan Lane Aj[2]; 4. 65-Jerome Berger[3]; 5. 2-Ryan Weston[1]; 6. 0-Chad Hagen[8]; 7. 68B-Austin Brekkestran[9]; 8. (DNF) 7-Cory Peterson[7]; 9. (DNF) 50-Ethan Larson[5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11X-Jared Palm[1]; 2. 65-Jerome Berger[4]; 3. 87-Alan Lane Aj[2]; 4. 2-Ryan Weston[6]; 5. 50-Ethan Larson[8]; 6. 42L-Larry Niebel[3]; 7. 7-Cory Peterson[7]; 8. 0-Chad Hagen[5]; 9. 68B-Austin Brekkestran[9]
WISSOTA Street Stocks
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 11-Kyle Dykhoff[1]; 2. 39-Aaron Blacklance[5]; 3. 25-Ryan Johnson[6]; 4. 2L-Art Linert[7]; 5. 35-John Halvorson[10]; 6. 70-Jesse Teunis[8]; 7. 87M-Dave Meyer[3]; 8. 96-Jeremy Gust[2]; 9. 48-Paul Boen[4]; 10. (DNF) 4J-Taylor Jacobson[9]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Ryan Johnson[2]; 2. 48-Paul Boen[3]; 3. 70-Jesse Teunis[4]; 4. 87M-Dave Meyer[5]; 5. 4J-Taylor Jacobson[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Kyle Dykhoff[2]; 2. 2L-Art Linert[1]; 3. 39-Aaron Blacklance[4]; 4. 96-Jeremy Gust[3]; 5. (DNF) 35-John Halvorson[5]
Article Credit: Keith Cumming
Submitted By: Shelly Linert
