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A night for first time winners at GRP

The Greenbush Race Park finally caught a break and missed out on some rain that fell in the area Friday night, and this would set up for a great night of racing on Saturday evening.

Connor Graff of Greenbush, MN, would sit on the pole for the Midwest Modified feature, and he used it to his full advantage as he quickly got out in front of the 10-car field. Ed Lehrke of Hallock, MN, and Shane Wahl of Greenbush, MN, made sure Graff didn't run away with it. Graff was on a rail, but a caution on lap eight would put everyone on his back bumper and also took out a handful of cars. On the restart Graff would now have to contend with Patrick Sobolik of Hallock, MN, and Gary James Nelson of Ponemah, MN. Sobolik would pose the biggest challenge and late in the race Graff and Sobolik would swap the lead, but it would be Graff edging Sobolik at the line to pick up his first ever GRP feature win and sweep of the evening. Sobolik would finish second and Nelson third. The other heat win went to Tyler McClellan of Laporte, MN.

James Meagher of Grand Forks, ND was looking to pick up his second feature win is as many nights in the 12 car Street feature. Meagher started outside pole and was out in front early. A couple of early cautions kept the field close. Chase Boen of Karlstad, MN, started 5th and on lap 12 after Meagher bobbled in four grabbed the lead. One lap later the last caution flew setting up a green, white, checkered finish. Boen would hold everyone off to get the win and end a two-year dry spell at the Park. Meagher would finish second and Jeremy Gust of Strathcona, MN, third. John Halvorson of Warren, MN, and Gust would get the heat wins.

Mark Esala of Thief River Falls, MN, was out in front early for the 11 car Modified feature. Shane Wahl of Greenbush, MN, and Aaron Holtan of Newfolden, MN, made sure Esala knew he had company. Two cautions on lap 13 would set up a green, white, checkered finish and coming to the white flag, Holtan would make his move out of corner four for the lead and go on to get the win and sweep. It was Holtan's first Park win since 2018. Esala finished second and Dustin Wahl of Greenbush, MN, third. Shane Wahl would pick up the other heat win.

Macey Anderson of Viking, MN, looked strong early in the 14 car Pure Stock feature. Anderson would lose the lead on lap four to Steve Nordhagen of Thief River Falls, MN, in corner two. Ryan Hagen of Thief River Falls, MN, would get by Anderson on a restart one lap later. But by lap eight, both Nordhagen and Hagen went up in smoke handing the lead back to Anderson. This race would also come down to a green, white, checkered finish and Anderson would hold off a hard charging Dusty Caspers of Bagley, MN, to go on and get her first ever GRP feature win. Caspers would finish second and win his heat and Ryan Anderson of Newfolden, MN, third. Hagen would get the other heat win.

In the Outlaw Mini Mod feature, Justin Besch of International Falls, MN, would out run Tyler Jonson of International Falls, MN, to pick up his first ever GRP feature win. Jerry Larson of Grand Rapids, MN, would finish third and Kelly Steele of International Falls, MN, would get the heat win.

John Current of Bemidji, MN, would sweep the evening for his third feature win of the year in the 4 Cylinders. Kalin Honer of Laporte, MN, was second and Shannon George of Bagley, MN, third.

Up next at the Park we will see racing from the Modifieds, Streets, Midwest Modifieds, Pure Stocks, and Outlaw Mini Mods. Pit gates open at 4:30 pm and grandstands open at 5:30 pm. Draw cutoff is at 6 pm with racing getting under way at 7 pm. Remember masks and social distancing are suggested. The Baker Cup race let be postponed until next year due to the Covid-19.

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Results
WISSOTA Midwest Mods
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 33G-Connor Graff[1]; 2. 40-Patrick Sobolik[4]; 3. 74-Gary James Nelson[7]; 4. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[9]; 5. 47-Jordan Wahl[8]; 6. (DNF) 99-Ed Lehrke[2]; 7. (DNF) 64-Shane Wahl[3]; 8. (DNF) 3L-Logan Salazar[10]; 9. (DNF) 41-Tyler McClellan[5]; 10. (DNF) 88P-Chad Puschinsky[6]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33G-Connor Graff[1]; 2. 74-Gary James Nelson[3]; 3. 40-Patrick Sobolik[5]; 4. 47-Jordan Wahl[2]; 5. (DNF) 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Tyler McClellan[2]; 2. 99-Ed Lehrke[1]; 3. 64-Shane Wahl[4]; 4. 88P-Chad Puschinsky[3]; 5. (DNF) 3L-Logan Salazar[5]
WISSOTA Modifieds
A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 2-Aaron Holtan[4]; 2. 95-Mark Esala[2]; 3. 74-Dustin Wahl[7]; 4. 25-Jamie Trautner[11]; 5. 22-Davey Mills[5]; 6. 81-Jordan Duray[6]; 7. 99-Doyle Erickson[8]; 8. 64-Shane Wahl[3]; 9. 57-Michael Tiani[9]; 10. (DNF) 18-Scotty Messner[10]; 11. (DNF) 007-Gary Johnson[1]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 64-Shane Wahl[3]; 2. 99-Doyle Erickson[5]; 3. 81-Jordan Duray[2]; 4. 74-Dustin Wahl[4]; 5. 57-Michael Tiani[6]; 6. (DNF) 25-Jamie Trautner[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Aaron Holtan[1]; 2. 22-Davey Mills[4]; 3. 007-Gary Johnson[2]; 4. 95-Mark Esala[3]; 5. 18-Scotty Messner[5]
WISSOTA Pure Stock
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 88-Macey Anderson[2]; 2. 5-Dusty Caspers[8]; 3. 77-Ryan Anderson[3]; 4. 21-Cadin Brekkestran[11]; 5. 42-Jace Gust[12]; 6. 14J-Haley Jones[10]; 7. 81A-Jeremy Anderson[7]; 8. (DNF) 65-Brent Walsh[5]; 9. (DNF) 17N-Faith Novacek[13]; 10. (DNF) 11-Devyn Weleski[4]; 11. (DNF) 0-Ryan Hagen[1]; 12. (DNF) 74-Steve Nordhagen[6]; 13. (DNF) 78-Robbie Hruby[9]; 14. (DNS) 68B-Austin Brekkestran
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Ryan Hagen[2]; 2. 74-Steve Nordhagen[1]; 3. 88-Macey Anderson[3]; 4. 81A-Jeremy Anderson[7]; 5. 78-Robbie Hruby[5]; 6. 21-Cadin Brekkestran[6]; 7. (DNF) 68B-Austin Brekkestran[4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Dusty Caspers[6]; 2. 77-Ryan Anderson[4]; 3. 11-Devyn Weleski[2]; 4. 65-Brent Walsh[5]; 5. 14J-Haley Jones[7]; 6. 42-Jace Gust[1]; 7. 17N-Faith Novacek[3]
WISSOTA Street Stock
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 48-Chase Boen[5]; 2. 7-James Meagher[2]; 3. 96-Jeremy Gust[3]; 4. 35-John Halvorson[4]; 5. 65-Jerome Berger[10]; 6. 29-Dan McNamee[9]; 7. 27P-Tucker Pederson[7]; 8. 87M-Dave Meyer[11]; 9. 87-Alan Lane[1]; 10. 8T-Doug VanMill[6]; 11. 34-Bill Gustafson[12]; 12. 25-Ryan Johnson[8]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 96-Jeremy Gust[2]; 2. 8T-Doug VanMill[4]; 3. 48-Chase Boen[3]; 4. 25-Ryan Johnson[5]; 5. 29-Dan McNamee[1]; 6. 87M-Dave Meyer[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 35-John Halvorson[2]; 2. 27P-Tucker Pederson[1]; 3. 7-James Meagher[4]; 4. 87-Alan Lane[6]; 5. 65-Jerome Berger[5]; 6. 34-Bill Gustafson[3]
Outlaw Mini Mods
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 10-Justin Besch[1]; 2. 18J-Tyler Jonson[4]; 3. 81-Jerry Larson[2]; 4. 84J-Trevor Johnson[6]; 5. (DNF) 48J-Justin Johnson[3]; 6. (DNF) 69-Kelly Steele[5]; 7. (DNF) 29-Cylen Vargason[7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 69-Kelly Steele[4]; 2. 10-Justin Besch[2]; 3. 48J-Justin Johnson[3]; 4. 18J-Tyler Jonson[6]; 5. 81-Jerry Larson[5]; 6. 84J-Trevor Johnson[1]; 7. 29-Cylen Vargason[7]
4 Cylinders
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 28-John Current[4]; 2. 115-Kalin Honer[5]; 3. 87-Shannon George[2]; 4. 90-Cory Nelson[3]; 5. 88B-Brandon Puschinsky[6]; 6. (DNF) 9-Waylon Current[1]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28-John Current[1]; 2. 115-Kalin Honer[3]; 3. 90-Cory Nelson[6]; 4. 87-Shannon George[4]; 5. 9-Waylon Current[2]; 6. 88B-Brandon Puschinsky[5]

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