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Aberdeen's Chad Becker finishes third in 40-lap feature during 11th Marilyn Olson Memorial

Roger Merriam, Watertown Public Opinion
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Tyler Peterson of Hickson (N.D.), center, won the 40-lap Wissota Late Model Challenge Series special that was the highlight of the 11th Marilyn Olson Memorial racing program at Casino Speedway on Sunday, June 11, 2023. John Kaanta of Elk Mound (Wis.), left, was second and Chad Becker of Aberdeen (right), third.
Tyler Peterson of Hickson (N.D.), center, won the 40-lap Wissota Late Model Challenge Series special that was the highlight of the 11th Marilyn Olson Memorial racing program at Casino Speedway on Sunday, June 11, 2023. John Kaanta of Elk Mound (Wis.), left, was second and Chad Becker of Aberdeen (right), third.

Tyler Peterson of Hickson (N.D.) earned the big paycheck Sunday night during the 11th Marilyn Olson Memorial racing program at Casino Speedway.

The event included the Wissota Late Model Challenge Series and also was the final day of the Troy Benson Tribute Tour. Twenty-six late model drivers were on hand along with Midwest modifieds, street stocks and hornets.

Peterson won the 40-lap late model feature and the $3,000 prize that came with it. John Kaanta of Elk Mound (Wis.) was second and Chad Becker of Aberdeen third.

It was Peterson's first feature win of the season at Casino. Tommy Nichols of Watertown (Midwest modifieds), Jason Marko of Watertown (street stocks) and Bradley Rossow of Florence (hornets) also recorded their first feature wins of the year.

Racing continues Sunday night at 6:30 p.m. with the Father's Day Ice Cream Night and Moonshine Modified Tour. All six regular classes of cars will be racing.

Late Models

Structural Buildings Inc A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[2]; 2. 85-John Kaanta[1]; 3. 12-Chad Becker[4]; 4. 44-Darrell Nelson[6]; 5. 20-Trevor Anderson[3]; 6. 10-Cole Searing[16]; 7. 27-Jake Redetzke[7]; 8. 28S-Sam Mars[8]; 9. 6M-Jeff Massingill[9]; 10. 11-Pat Doar[5]; 11. 24M-Cody Martin[14]; 12. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[15]; 13. 748-Kyle Jensen[20]; 14. 87-Curt Kranz[17]; 15. 51-Justin Karlen[11]; 16. 4T-Donald Thomas[23]; 17. (DNF) 73M-David Carlson[19]; 18. (DNF) 1-Ryan Engels[10]; 19. (DNF) 85G-Jayson Good[25]; 20. (DNF) 15-Trevor Walsh[21]; 21. (DNF) 10X-Blake Swenson[13]; 22. (DNF) 57-Chad Williamson[18]; 23. (DNF) 15*-Ryan Mikkelson[12]; 24. (DNF) 03-Dave Thomas[22]; 25. (DNF) X-Chuck Swenson[24]; 26. (DNS) 71-Scott Olson.

Garage Tech Xtreme Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 85G-Jayson Good[2]; 2. 11-Pat Doar[3]; 3. 44-Darrell Nelson[4]; 4. 15*-Ryan Mikkelson[1]; 5. 6M-Jeff Massingill[7]; 6. 24M-Cody Martin[8]; 7. 748-Kyle Jensen[6]; 8. 03-Dave Thomas[5]; 9. (DNF) X-Chuck Swenson[9].

Marvs Trailers Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 20-Trevor Anderson[2]; 2. 12-Chad Becker[3]; 3. 27-Jake Redetzke[4]; 4. 51-Justin Karlen[1]; 5. 10X-Blake Swenson[6]; 6. 10-Cole Searing[7]; 7. 57-Chad Williamson[8]; 8. 15-Trevor Walsh[5]; 9. 4T-Donald Thomas[9].

QFRcom Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[2]; 2. 85-John Kaanta[4]; 3. 28S-Sam Mars[3]; 4. 1-Ryan Engels[1]; 5. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[5]; 6. 87-Curt Kranz[6]; 7. 73M-David Carlson[7]; 8. (DNS) 71-Scott Olson.

Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 44-Darrell Nelson, 00:14.119[7]; 2. 11-Pat Doar, 00:14.770[2]; 3. 85G-Jayson Good, 00:14.801[1]; 4. 15*-Ryan Mikkelson, 00:14.930[6]; 5. 03-Dave Thomas, 00:15.083[9]; 6. 748-Kyle Jensen, 00:15.261[8]; 7. 6M-Jeff Massingill, 00:15.280[3]; 8. 24M-Cody Martin, 00:15.531[5]; 9. X-Chuck Swenson, 00:18.318[4].

Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 27-Jake Redetzke, 00:14.241[4]; 2. 12-Chad Becker, 00:14.338[3]; 3. 20-Trevor Anderson, 00:14.429[9]; 4. 51-Justin Karlen, 00:14.460[7]; 5. 15-Trevor Walsh, 00:14.462[5]; 6. 10X-Blake Swenson, 00:14.467[6]; 7. 10-Cole Searing, 00:14.540[1]; 8. 57-Chad Williamson, 00:14.864[2]; 9. 4T-Donald Thomas, 00:16.066[8].

Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 85-John Kaanta, 00:13.587[4]; 2. 28S-Sam Mars, 00:13.802[7]; 3. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson, 00:13.905[6]; 4. 1-Ryan Engels, 00:14.003[5]; 5. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz, 00:14.052[8]; 6. 87-Curt Kranz, 00:14.111[2]; 7. 73M-David Carlson, 00:14.557[3]; 8. 71-Scott Olson, 00:15.114[1].

Midwest Modifieds

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 28-Tommy Nichols[2]; 2. 67-Mike Nichols[4]; 3. 3JR-Lane Johnson[7]; 4. 31-Scott Hansen[3]; 5. 14-Adam Brotherton[6]; 6. U2-Cory Berquist[1]; 7. 54-Chad Williamson[8]; 8. 5-Luke Lick[5]; 9. 19-Tyler McFarland[10]; 10. 2DR-Tom Neitzel[11]; 11. 3L-Luke Johnson[9]; 12. 12-Logan Redlin[13]; 13. (DNF) 56D-Doug Neitzel[12].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Scott Hansen[2]; 2. 67-Mike Nichols[3]; 3. 28-Tommy Nichols[1]; 4. 3JR-Lane Johnson[4]; 5. 3L-Luke Johnson[5]; 6. 2DR-Tom Neitzel[7]; 7. 12-Logan Redlin[6].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. U2-Cory Berquist[2]; 2. 14-Adam Brotherton[4]; 3. 54-Chad Williamson[3]; 4. 5-Luke Lick[1]; 5. 19-Tyler McFarland[5]; 6. 56D-Doug Neitzel[6].

Street Stocks

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 31-Jason Marko[7]; 2. 99-Andy Rossow[6]; 3. 14-Maria Broksieck[8]; 4. 314-Tyler Lamb[4]; 5. 86-Dylan Hartley[3]; 6. 12-Al Schmidt[5]; 7. 80-Tony Miller[9]; 8. C30-Cooper Butterfield[2]; 9. (DNF) 73-Cory Giessinger[1]; 10. (DNS) 58-Wade Tirrel.

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Cory Giessinger[1]; 2. 314-Tyler Lamb[5]; 3. 12-Al Schmidt[4]; 4. C30-Cooper Butterfield[3]; 5. (DNF) 58-Wade Tirrel[2].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Jason Marko[1]; 2. 14-Maria Broksieck[5]; 3. 99-Andy Rossow[2]; 4. 86-Dylan Hartley[4]; 5. 80-Tony Miller[3].

Hornets

A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 555-Bradley Rossow[3]; 2. 5AR-Adam VanDerostyne[4]; 3. 25-Brayden Begalka[5]; 4. 68JR-Nathan Telkamp[2]; 5. (DNF) 81-Nathan Smith[6]; 6. (DNF) 10B-Curtis Borstad[1].

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 5AR-Adam VanDerostyne[2]; 2. 555-Bradley Rossow[1]; 3. 25-Brayden Begalka[3]; 4. 68JR-Nathan Telkamp[6]; 5. 10B-Curtis Borstad[5]; 6. (DNF) 81-Nathan Smith[4].

Brown County Speedway

ABERDEEN — The Friday night racing program at BCS, which featured the Steffes Street Stock Tour, was rained about about midway through the event.

Feature races were not held and will be made up in the coming weeks.

This week's racing program, set for 7 p.m., will include the Moonshine Modified Tour.

Late Models

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Chad Becker[6]; 2. 10-Cole Searing[5]; 3. 73M-David Carlson[4]; 4. 9-Kent Arment[1]; 5. T3-Rich Thomas[3]; 6. (DNF) 10X-Blake Swenson[2]; 7. (DNF) 4T-Donald Thomas[7].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2S-Josh Skorczewski[6]; 2. 75S-Mike Jager[4]; 3. 21X-Dustin Arthur[5]; 4. 7-Mike Rohwedder[2]; 5. 10B-Robert Bitz[3]; 6. (DNF) 03-Dave Thomas[1].

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Trevor Anderson[1]; 2. 18G-Chase Gelling[5]; 3. 24M-Cody Martin[2]; 4. 85-Jayson Good[4]; 5. 2T-Todd Thomas[6]; 6. (DNS) 11-Roger Bitz.

Midwest Modifieds

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Jarod Klein[1]; 2. 14-Adam Brotherton[5]; 3. 69-Britt Williams[2]; 4. 1Z-Dawson Zabel[6]; 5. 55-Jordan Kienow[8]; 6. 12C-Eric Cease[7]; 7. (DNF) 82-Connor Blumhardt[4]; 8. (DNS) 1X-Tyler Bitz.

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Tommy Nichols[4]; 2. 3JR-Lane Johnson[3]; 3. 37-William Hein[7]; 4. 3SR-Lorin Johnson[6]; 5. 12-Logan Redlin[8]; 6. 77J-Nathan Jager[2]; 7. (DNF) 1S-Jason Grimes[5]; 8. (DQ) 99MC-James Irwin[1].

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Taylor Schmidt[4]; 2. 51-Toby Eilers[1]; 3. 31-Scott Hansen[6]; 4. 28W-Brennon Weight[3]; 5. 3-Luke Johnson[2]; 6. (DNF) #1-Tony Smith[7]; 7. (DNF) 21K-Kagan Cutler[5].

Modifieds

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Tony Konold[1]; 2. 24S-Mike Stearns[8]; 3. 32-Jesse Young[6]; 4. 65-Dave Brooker[2]; 5. (DNF) 10H-Nate Heinrich[3]; 6. (DNF) 4J-Lee Grosz[5]; 7. (DNF) 5H-James Hanley[4]; 8. (DNF) 23-Derek Hanson[7].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 36G'S-Garrett Gross[1]; 2. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[6]; 3. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[4]; 4. 9-Kent Arment[2]; 5. 6-Dale Ames[5]; 6. 42-Chaun Peterson[3]; 7. 9K-Kamryn Arment[7]; 8. (DNS) 17-Tyler Gefroh.

Street Stocks

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19B-Kyle Bertram[1]; 2. 37W-Ferlin Sheridan[2]; 3. 18-Jeromy Thorstenson[7]; 4. 59-Kyle Anderson[5]; 5. 99R-Andy Rossow[6]; 6. 79-Jaden Christ[8]; 7. 26-Ty Agen[3]; 8. (DNF) 5-Royce Jawaski[4].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 01-Chris Serr[2]; 2. 54-Jodie Michaelsohn[4]; 3. 18H-Dusty Hyatt[3]; 4. 10V-Justin Vogel[7]; 5. 24-Ashley Wampler[6]; 6. (DNF) 17-Colton Fryer[5]; 7. (DNF) 32-Clay Gentzkow[1]; 8. (DNF) 7M-Eric Mehlhaff[8].

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Maria Broksieck[1]; 2. 20J-Jay Schlotfeldt[3]; 3. 20-Michael Bogh[6]; 4. 17G-Chris Gonska[4]; 5. 10T-Darek Turner[2]; 6. 0-Wyatt Brooker[7]; 7. (DNF) 46M-Cory Moser[5].

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 1S-Scott Bintz[1]; 2. 46-Jonny Carter[7]; 3. 20JR-Jayden Bogh[4]; 4. 2U-Kasey Ussatis[3]; 5. 19H-Hunter Carter[5]; 6. 14S-Jaida Sanderson[6]; 7. (DNF) 19-Todd Carter[2].

Super Stocks

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3E-Corey Elward[2]; 2. 17J-Matt Johnson[4]; 3. 20-Jeremy North[6]; 4. 32-Dominique Menzia[1]; 5. 19-Kyle Elsen[3]; 6. 7-Derek Zastrow[5].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18R-Corey Roberts[1]; 2. 13-Josh Fischer[2]; 3. 10W-Blake Whitlock[4]; 4. 33-Stewart Schipke[3]; 5. 40-Shawn Schnabel[6]; 6. (DNF) 67-Austin Arbogast[5].

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Mark Abeln[1]; 2. 71-Trevor Nelson[3]; 3. 2-Nathan Grehl[6]; 4. 23JR-Kaden Kampa[2]; 5. 65-Luis Chavez[4]; 6. 7K-Kody Lehr[5].

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