The 70th season of racing at Casino Speedway begins with field of 68 cars

Two Watertown and two Aberdeen drivers kicked off the 70th season of racing at Casino Speedway with feature victories on Mother's Day.

A field of 68 cars were on hand for opening night on Sunday with racing in all six regular classes at the local track.

Mike Nichols of Watertown topped the field in the 20-lap Midwest modifeds feature and Tony Croninger of Watertown took the checkered flag in the 18-lap Gen X late models feature.

Aberdeen winners include Chad Becker, who took the 25-lap late model feature, and Mike Stearns, who won the 20-lap modified main.

Jayden Bogh of Huron (street stocks, 20 laps) and Adam VanDerostyne of Canby, Minn. (hornets, 12 laps) also added feature wins.

All six classes of racing is scheduled for next Sunday's program at 6:30 p.m.

LATE MODELS

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 12-Chad Becker[1]; 2. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[7]; 3. 85-Jayson Good[8]; 4. 87-Curt Kranz[5]; 5. 4J-Lee Grosz[3]; 6. 37-Scott Ward[11]; 7. 20-Trevor Anderson[14]; 8. X-Chuck Swenson[9]; 9. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[4]; 10. 12S-Trajan Schmidt[6]; 11. 14-Nick Schmidt[10]; 12. (DNF) 11-Roger Bitz[12]; 13. (DNF) T3-Rich Thomas[13]; 14. (DNF) 73M-David Carlson[2].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 85-Jayson Good[1]; 2. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[2]; 3. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[7]; 4. 87-Curt Kranz[6]; 5. X-Chuck Swenson[5]; 6. 37-Scott Ward[3]; 7. T3-Rich Thomas[4].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4J-Lee Grosz[2]; 2. 12-Chad Becker[1]; 3. 12S-Trajan Schmidt[3]; 4. 73M-David Carlson[5]; 5. 14-Nick Schmidt[4]; 6. 11-Roger Bitz[7]; 7. (DNF) 20-Trevor Anderson[6].

MODIFIEDS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 24S-Mike Stearns[6]; 2. 13-Cayden Schmeling[1]; 3. 7-Bryce Borgen[8]; 4. 20-Trevor Anderson[5]; 5. 51T-Tim Thomas[3]; 6. 15-Tony Konold[4]; 7. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[9]; 8. 65-Dave Brooker[10]; 9. (DNF) 6ST-Joseph Thomas[7]; 10. (DNF) 57-Duke Erickson[2]; 11. (DNS) 10H-Nate Heinrich.

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Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24S-Mike Stearns[1]; 2. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[4]; 3. 15-Tony Konold[3]; 4. 20-Trevor Anderson[5]; 5. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[6]; 6. 65-Dave Brooker[2].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Cayden Schmeling[1]; 2. 57-Duke Erickson[3]; 3. 7-Bryce Borgen[5]; 4. 51T-Tim Thomas[4]; 5. (DNF) 10H-Nate Heinrich[2].

MIDWEST MODIFIEDS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 67-Mike Nichols[6]; 2. 28-Tommy Nichols[7]; 3. 34J-Derek Rieck[3]; 4. 54-Todd Stark[4]; 5. 69R-Terry Reilly[2]; 6. 31-Scott Hansen[8]; 7. 3-Luke Johnson[5]; 8. 4-Nick Perry[10]; 9. 12-Logan Redlin[9]; 10. 56D-Doug Neitzel[11]; 11. (DNF) 54H-Chad Williamson[1].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Mike Nichols[3]; 2. 28-Tommy Nichols[4]; 3. 34J-Derek Rieck[2]; 4. 3-Luke Johnson[5]; 5. 12-Logan Redlin[1]; 6. 56D-Doug Neitzel[6].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 69R-Terry Reilly[3]; 2. 31-Scott Hansen[2]; 3. 54-Todd Stark[4]; 4. 54H-Chad Williamson[1]; 5. 4-Nick Perry[5].

STREET STOCKS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 20JR-Jayden Bogh[2]; 2. 31-Jason Marko[5]; 3. 73-Cory Giessinger[1]; 4. 01-Chris Serr[4]; 5. 95-Jayden Michaelsohn[6]; 6. 58-Wade Tirrel[11]; 7. 12-Al Schmidt[3]; 8. 99-Andy Rossow[7]; 9. 80-Tony Miller[10]; 10. E30-Cooper Butterfield[12]; 11. (DNF) 04-Tommy Pogones[9]; 12. (DNF) 14-Maria Broksieck[8]; 13. (DNF) 0-Wyatt Brooker[13].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Maria Broksieck[1]; 2. 73-Cory Giessinger[3]; 3. 95-Jayden Michaelsohn[2]; 4. 99-Andy Rossow[4]; 5. 04-Tommy Pogones[7]; 6. 58-Wade Tirrel[6]; 7. E30-Cooper Butterfield[5].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20JR-Jayden Bogh[2]; 2. 31-Jason Marko[1]; 3. 12-Al Schmidt[3]; 4. 01-Chris Serr[6]; 5. 80-Tony Miller[4]; 6. (DNF) 0-Wyatt Brooker[5].

HORNETS

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 5-Adam VanDerostyne[3]; 2. 555-Bradley Rossow[1]; 3. 79-Joshua Gebhart[6]; 4. 10B-Curtis Borstad[7]; 5. (DNF) 25-Brayden Begalka[2]; 6. (DNF) 7-Jerik Stabler[5]; 7. (DNF) 98-Brett Alexander[4].

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Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 25-Brayden Begalka[2]; 2. 7-Jerik Stabler[3]; 3. 5-Adam VanDerostyne[1]; 4. 555-Bradley Rossow[4]; 5. 98-Brett Alexander[6]; 6. 79-Joshua Gebhart[7]; 7. 10B-Curtis Borstad[5].

GEN X LATE MODELS

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 8T-Tony Croninger[1]; 2. 15-Trevor Walsh[2]; 3. 87-Curt Kranz[6]; 4. 22N-Curtis Newberg[3]; 5. 14-Scott Harrington[8]; 6. 20-Doug Walsh[5]; 7. 1-Konner Sperle[7]; 8. (DNF) XJR-Hope Swenson[9]; 9. (DNF) 811-Bodie Croninger[4]; 10. (DNF) 40+-Ryan Shepherd Sr[11]; 11. (DNF) 11X-Brittany Swenson[12]; 12. (DNS) 22-Brady Mellendorf.

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Doug Walsh[3]; 2. 22N-Curtis Newberg[6]; 3. 8T-Tony Croninger[5]; 4. 1-Konner Sperle[2]; 5. XJR-Hope Swenson[4]; 6. 40+-Ryan Shepherd Sr[1].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 811-Bodie Croninger[2]; 2. 87-Curt Kranz[5]; 3. 15-Trevor Walsh[4]; 4. 14-Scott Harrington[3]; 5. 22-Brady Mellendorf[1]; 6. (DNF) 11X-Brittany Swenson[6].

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MONTEVIDEO, Minn. — Featured winners in Friday's season-opening program included Coltyn Schuler of Montevideo, pure stocks; Jerik Stabler of Mitchell, hornets; David Simpson of Thunder Bay, Ontario (Canada), Midwest modifeds; Kevin Adams of Cameron, Wis., modifieds; Mike Jans of Clarkfield (Minn.), street stocks and Bailey Rosch of Alexandria (Minn.), super stocks.

Complete racing results can be found at myracepass.com.

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