“Air-corp Aviation Young Guns Night”
Bemidji Speedway
With the season points battle heating up and only a few nights of regular season race night left the drivers and crews were anxious to try build on their point totals. It was Aircorp Aviation “Young Guns Night” with all drivers 20 and under introduced to the fans during intermission. 21 drivers, under 21, were introduced to an appreciative crowd.
Next Sunday the track, along with The United Way and McKinnon Company, will be hosting a “Back to School Drive”. Fans are encouraged to bring School Supplies, Hygienne products, hats and Gloves and Snack items.
Also next Sunday along with the regular race card an exhibition of a new class coming to Bemidji Speedway next season. Crown Vics will hold a exhibition race for the fans. All racing will begin at 5:PM.
Wissota Street Stock Feature:
The first feature race of the night was the Wissota Street Stocks with Deryk Weleski on the pole and Chris Dudley to his right. Dudley blasted to the lead with Weleski second and Weston Ramsrud charging the back of the pack into third. In a flag to flag race Dudley completed the clean sweep of the streets in picking up the win his second of the summer.
Bemidji Mini Stocks Feature:
In the Bemidji Mini Stocks it was Cody Meyers and Nick McCann in row one for the start. The race got off to a bad start for Meyers as he sustained a flat tire and had to pit for repairs and restart tailback. Moving up into the front row was Cameron Schwinn. With the green flag waving Cameron took the lead with dad Conrad second and McCann third. Several caution flags waved slowing the racing and dropping several cars out for repairs including Conrad Schwinn who would charge up from tailback to regain a top three spot. The three of Schwinn, McCann and Schwinn pulled away from the pack with McCann racing low on the track and after several attempts passed Cameron Schwinn for the lead. Conrad followed into second as the checkered flag waved. McCann completed the clean sweep and picked up his fourth feature win at Bemidji.
Wissota Pure Stocks Feature:
The Wissota Pure Stocks original line up had Caylyn Binkley and Austin Carlson in the front row but the first lap was halted with the crash of Binkley and Carlson on the front straight. Binkley was sent tailback and Carlson had to pit for repairs and came back on track also tailback. With the new front row of Cameron Labelle and Landon Weeks it was newcomer to the pure stocks LaBelle gaining the lead with Jake Smith chasing him. Weeks drove into the infield with mechanical issues. Charging up from his fourth row starting position Kade Leeper was on the move into third place with Mason Smith on his bumper. Leeper moved up high on the track and passed Jake Smith for second. LaBelle held his line and picked up his first feature win of the summer in the pure stocks with Leeper and Jake Smith in the top three.
Wissota Midwest Modifieds Feature:
Hunter Weeks and Josh Beaulieu led the pack of Wissota Midwest Modifieds to the green flag waving by flagman Lynn Johnson. Weeks and Carter Matthews are locked in a tie for the season points championship prior to this race. Weeks grabbed the early lead with Beaulieu and Skyler Smith in the top three and right behind Smith was Matthews. Matthews raced up side by side with Smith for third. Following a caution for a spin the leader Weeks held his lead with Beaulieu and Smith still in the top three but charging up from his third row start was Brennan Schmidt moving into the fourth spot ahead of Matthews. Beaulieu challenged Weeks inside the 1-2 turns racing side by side Weeks held off the challenge. Again and again Beaulieu raced up side by side with Weeks then down the front straight Beaulieu caught and passed Weeks for the lead. With opening, Smith also raced passed Weeks to take the second spot behind Beaulieu. In an excellent race with fans enjoying the on track battles Beaulieu took the checkered flag with Smith and Weeks in the top three. It was Beaulieu’s first win of the summer at Bemidji.
Wissota Hornet Feature:
Colten Lodermeier and Adam Kessler led the pack of Hornets down the front straight to the green flag with Kessler taking the lead into turn one. Lodermeier and Chad Reller were close behind him. Kessler was flying on the track and quickly built a sizeable lead over his competitors. William Lange moved up to pass Reller for third. In a flag to flag race Kessler completed the clean sweep of his races for his first win of the summer. Lodermeier and Lange held the second and third spots.
Wissota Mod Four Feature:
Brooke Erickson and Ashton Schwinn, the number one and two leaders in points at Bemidji Speedway held row one of the mod four start. Schwinn grabbed control early with Erickson and Dexyn Habraken in second and third. The top three pulled away from the field. A caution slowed the action and brought the field back together for a restart. Once again Schwinn gained the advantage with Erickson battling with Habraken for second. Door to door the two raced with excellent control side by side with Habraken finally making the pass for second behind Schwinn. Schwinn picked up seventh feature win and added to his season leading point total with the clean sweep. Habraken and Erickson were second and third.
Wissota Super Stocks Feature:
The final race of the night was the Wissota Super Stocks. Alexa Gross and Brandon Bahr were in row one for the start. The two battled for the lead into turn one and both slid sideways bringing out the yellow flag and sending both tailback for the restart and moving Cameron LaBelle and Matt Sparby to the front row. LaBelle took the lead into turn one with Sparby in the lead our of turn two. Coming out of turns 3-4 it was a three wide battle with LaBelle, Sparby and Dalton Carlson charging into the front straight. The yellow flag waved again with multi car spin out in turn four. Sparby and LaBelle both were sent tailback. Carlson gained the front position with Alan Cleveland and Nic Lewis in the top three. Another caution but this time for debris on the track brought the field back to a restart with Carlson in the lead and Lewis and Brandon Bahr charging from tailback all the way back into the top three. Bahr and Labelle dueled for the second spot with Bahr taking the back up spot behind Carlson who picked up his fifth title of the summer at Bemidji. Bahr ran a fantastic race with Labelle third.
Race results
5 entries
Wissota Street Stocks
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 70-Chris Dudley[2]; 2. 39-Deryk Weleski[1]; 3. 67-Weston Ramsrud[5]; 4. 29P-Charlie Paradis[4]; 5. 29XT-Aaron Sigerud[3]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 70-Chris Dudley[3]; 2. 39-Deryk Weleski[4]; 3. 29XT-Aaron Sigerud[2]; 4. (DNF) 29P-Charlie Paradis[1]
Bemidji Mini Stocks A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 50-Nick McCann[2]; 2. 6-Conrad Schwinn[5]; 3. 94-Cameron Schwinn[3]; 4. 77-Hayden Engen[7]; 5. 5-Cody Meyers[1]; 6. 18-Danny Schwinn[14]; 7. (DNF) 72-Evan Hepsak[4]; 8. (DNF) 3E-Easton Derby[8]; 9. (DNF) 3H-Kaylie Hunter[13]; 10. (DNF) 87-Kurt Derby[11]; 11. (DNF) 7G-Jayme Gordon[9]; 12. (DNF) 7F-Karlie Feda[6]; 13. (DNF) 26-Brooke McCann[12]; 14. (DNS) 7-Jason Hunter Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Hayden Engen[4]; 2. 5-Cody Meyers[5]; 3. 7F-Karlie Feda[2]; 4. 94-Cameron Schwinn[7]; 5. 7G-Jayme Gordon[6]; 6. 87-Kurt Derby[1]; 7. 26-Brooke McCann[3] Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Nick McCann[1]; 2. 6-Conrad Schwinn[4]; 3. 3E-Easton Derby[6]; 4. 72-Evan Hepsak[5]; 5. 7-Jason Hunter[3]; 6. (DNF) 3H-Kaylie Hunter[2]; 7. (DNS) 18-Danny Schwinn 13 entries A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 87-Cameron Labelle[3]; 2. 3-Kade Leeper[8]; 3. 86J-Jake Smith[6]; 4. 21-Mason Smith[5]; 5. 62-Joshua Bitker[10]; 6. 35B-Josh Berg[12]; 7. 55-Aaron Bitker[7]; 8. 7K-Quintyn Karl[9]; 9. 57-Austin Carlson[2]; 10. 38-Nate Zanter[13]; 11. (DNF) 25-Caylyn Binkley[1]; 12. (DNF) 18B-Alex Berg[11]; 13. (DNF) 9L-Landon Weeks[4] Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9L-Landon Weeks[2]; 2. 21-Mason Smith[5]; 3. 55-Aaron Bitker[3]; 4. 25-Caylyn Binkley[4]; 5. 3-Kade Leeper[7]; 6. 62-Joshua Bitker[1]; 7. 18B-Alex Berg[6] Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 86J-Jake Smith[1]; 2. 87-Cameron Labelle[4]; 3. 57-Austin Carlson[5]; 4. 38-Nate Zanter[2]; 5. 7K-Quintyn Karl[6]; 6. (DNF) 35B-Josh Berg[3] 7 entries A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 74B-Josh Beaulieu[2]; 2. 16-Skyler Smith[3]; 3. 9W-Hunter Weeks[1]; 4. 32-Brennan Schmidt[5]; 5. 07-Carter Matthews[4]; 6. 15-Landon Gross[6]; 7. 21W-Bruce Hislaw[7] Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Brennan Schmidt[2]; 2. 9W-Hunter Weeks[4]; 3. 74B-Josh Beaulieu[3]; 4. 07-Carter Matthews[1]; 5. 16-Skyler Smith[7]; 6. 15-Landon Gross[5]; 7. (DNF) 21W-Bruce Hislaw[6] 7 entries A Feature (10 Laps): 1. 8X-Adam Kessler[2]; 2. 21-Colton Lodermeier[1]; 3. 40-William Lange[3]; 4. 28R-Chad Reller[4]; 5. 28-Logan Delaney[5]; 6. 72-Aiden Kessler[6]; 7. 67A-Avery Ramsrud[7] Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8X-Adam Kessler[3]; 2. 40-William Lange[4]; 3. 21-Colton Lodermeier[6]; 4. 28-Logan Delaney[2]; 5. 28R-Chad Reller[1]; 6. 72-Aiden Kessler[5]; 7. 67A-Avery Ramsrud[7] 8 entries Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Ashton Schwinn[1]; 2. 10-Dexyn Habraken[2]; 3. 6-Conrad Schwinn[8]; 4. 99E-Brooke Erickson[3]; 5. 25-Jordan Thayer[4]; 6. 11C-Cody Bush[6]; 7. (DNF) 26L-Lily Knute[5]; 8. (DNF) 29J-Jayden Bahr[7] 8 entries A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 57-Dalton Carlson[5]; 2. 29-Brandon Bahr[2]; 3. 27C-Cameron Labelle[3]; 4. T26-Nic Lewis[7]; 5. 81X-Matt Sparby[4]; 6. X81-Alexa Gross[1]; 7. 4A-Allan Cleveland[6]; 8. (DNF) 72-Mike Johnson[8] Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27C-Cameron Labelle[1]; 2. 81X-Matt Sparby[2]; 3. 29-Brandon Bahr[3]; 4. 57-Dalton Carlson[6]; 5. X81-Alexa Gross[4]; 6. 4A-Allan Cleveland[5]; 7. T26-Nic Lewis[7]; 8. 72-Mike Johnson[8] Wissota Pure Stocks
Wissota Midwest Mods
Wissota Hornets
Wissota Mod Fours
Wissota Super Stocks