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Late model driver Chad Becker of Aberdeen claims titles at both area racetracks

Roger Merriam, Watertown Public Opinion
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WATERTOWN — Six drivers were crowned 2023 points champions after the Track Championships were held Sunday night at Casino Speedway in Watertown.

Chad Becker of Aberdeen won the late model points title for the fifth-straight year and Maria Broksieck of Goodwin (street stocks), Adam VanDerostyne of Canby, Minn. (hornets) and Tony Croninger of Watertown (limited late models) each repeated as champions from 2022.

First-time points champions included Tommy Nichols of Watertown, Midwest modifieds; and Joseph Thomas of Fargo (N.D.), modifieds.

Sunday's feature winners included Becker, late models (fifth); Peterson, modifieds (third); Mike Nichols of Watertown, Midwest modifieds (third); Justin Vogel of Brooten (Minn.), street stocks (first); Bradley Rossow of Florence, hornets (fourth) and Curt Kranz of Watertown, limited late models (first).

The Busch Light Draw/Re-Draw Showdown, featuring all six regular classes of cars, is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Casino Speedway Final 2023 Points: https://www.myracepass.com/tracks/1275/points

Sunday's Results

Chad Becker won the 2023 late model points title at Casino Speedway in Watertown. Becker also won the late model points title at Brown County Speedway in Aberdeen.
Chad Becker won the 2023 late model points title at Casino Speedway in Watertown. Becker also won the late model points title at Brown County Speedway in Aberdeen.

LATE MODELS

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 12-Chad Becker[1]; 2. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[3]; 3. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[5]; 4. 12S-Trajan Schmidt[7]; 5. 748-Kyle Jensen[2]; 6. 87-Curt Kranz[11]; 7. 51-Justin Karlen[4]; 8. 20-Trevor Anderson[14]; 9. 85-Jayson Good[8]; 10. 1-Ryan Engels[6]; 11. 10X-Blake Swenson[9]; 12. 73M-David Carlson[10]; 13. 03-Dave Thomas[13]; 14. (DNF) T3-Rich Thomas[12].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12S-Trajan Schmidt[2]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[3]; 3. 85-Jayson Good[1]; 4. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[5]; 5. 10X-Blake Swenson[7]; 6. 87-Curt Kranz[6]; 7. 03-Dave Thomas[4].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Chad Becker[2]; 2. 51-Justin Karlen[1]; 3. 748-Kyle Jensen[3]; 4. 1-Ryan Engels[7]; 5. 73M-David Carlson[5]; 6. T3-Rich Thomas[4]; 7. (DNF) 20-Trevor Anderson[6].

Joseph Thomas of Fargo (N.D.) won the 2023 modifieds points title at Casino Speedway in Watertown.
Joseph Thomas of Fargo (N.D.) won the 2023 modifieds points title at Casino Speedway in Watertown.

MODIFIEDS

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[4]; 2. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[5]; 3. 6-Dale Ames[7]; 4. 10H-Nate Heinrich[6]; 5. 13-Cayden Schmeling[11]; 6. 57-Duke Erickson[10]; 7. 50-Tim Waba[9]; 8. 65-Dave Brooker[2]; 9. 91-Gerald Thorstad[12]; 10. 15-Tony Konold[1]; 11. (DNF) 12D-Mike Stearns[3]; 12. (DNF) 15R-Ryan Flaten[8].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[6]; 2. 65-Dave Brooker[2]; 3. 6-Dale Ames[5]; 4. 15R-Ryan Flaten[4]; 5. 50-Tim Waba[1]; 6. 13-Cayden Schmeling[3].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12D-Mike Stearns[6]; 2. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[1]; 3. 10H-Nate Heinrich[4]; 4. 15-Tony Konold[3]; 5. 57-Duke Erickson[2]; 6. 91-Gerald Thorstad[5].

Tommy Nichols of Watertown won the 2023 Midwest modifieds points title at Casino Speedway in Watertown.
Tommy Nichols of Watertown won the 2023 Midwest modifieds points title at Casino Speedway in Watertown.

MIDWEST MODIFIEDS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 67-Mike Nichols[2]; 2. 31-Scott Hansen[7]; 3. 34J-Derek Rieck[1]; 4. 28-Tommy Nichols[5]; 5. 3L-Luke Johnson[4]; 6. 3JR-Lane Johnson[10]; 7. 54-Todd Stark[3]; 8. 12-Logan Redlin[6]; 9. 2D-Doug Neitzel[11]; 10. (DNF) 17V-Colton Vogel[9]; 11. (DNF) 2DR-Tom Neitzel[8].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 54-Todd Stark[2]; 2. 34J-Derek Rieck[4]; 3. 2DR-Tom Neitzel[3]; 4. 12-Logan Redlin[1]; 5. 17V-Colton Vogel[5]; 6. 2D-Doug Neitzel[6].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3L-Luke Johnson[2]; 2. 28-Tommy Nichols[3]; 3. 67-Mike Nichols[5]; 4. 31-Scott Hansen[4]; 5. 3JR-Lane Johnson[1].

Maria Broksieck of Goodwin won the 2023 street stocks points title at Casino Speedway in Watertown.
Maria Broksieck of Goodwin won the 2023 street stocks points title at Casino Speedway in Watertown.

STREET STOCKS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 10-Justin Vogel[1]; 2. 31-Jason Marko[2]; 3. 14-Maria Broksieck[8]; 4. 17-Matt Goth[6]; 5. 314-Tyler Lamb[4]; 6. 80-Tony Miller[10]; 7. 12-Al Schmidt[9]; 8. 86-Dylan Hartley[7]; 9. C30-Cooper Butterfield[12]; 10. 99-Andy Rossow[3]; 11. 81-Travis Oxandaburu[13]; 12. 0-Wyatt Brooker[5]; 13. (DNF) 58-Wade Tirrel[11].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Maria Broksieck[2]; 2. 314-Tyler Lamb[4]; 3. 0-Wyatt Brooker[1]; 4. 10-Justin Vogel[7]; 5. 12-Al Schmidt[6]; 6. 58-Wade Tirrel[5]; 7. 81-Travis Oxandaburu[3].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Jason Marko[2]; 2. 99-Andy Rossow[1]; 3. 17-Matt Goth[6]; 4. 86-Dylan Hartley[3]; 5. 80-Tony Miller[4]; 6. C30-Cooper Butterfield[5].

Adam VanDerostyne of Canby (Minn.) won the 2023 hornets points title at Casino Speedway in Watertown.
Adam VanDerostyne of Canby (Minn.) won the 2023 hornets points title at Casino Speedway in Watertown.

HORNETS

A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 555-Bradley Rossow[2]; 2. 87T-Adam VanDerostyne[4]; 3. 81-Nathan Smith[3]; 4. 98-Brett Alexander[1]; 5. PU-Raiden Helwig[5]; 6. (DNS) 10B-Curtis Borstad.

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 81-Nathan Smith[2]; 2. 555-Bradley Rossow[4]; 3. 98-Brett Alexander[1]; 4. 87T-Adam VanDerostyne[3]; 5. PU-Raiden Helwig[6]; 6. (DNS) 10B-Curtis Borstad.

LIMITED LATE MODELS

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 87-Curt Kranz[2]; 2. 15-Trevor Walsh[3]; 3. 8T-Tony Croninger[1]; 4. 811-Bodie Croninger[5]; 5. 14-Scott Harrington[4]; 6. 20-Doug Walsh[6]; 7. 27-Jarrett Huus[7]; 8. (DNF) 14B-Ryan Bjerke[8]; 9. (DNS) 10B-Scott Borstad.

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 87-Curt Kranz[2]; 2. 15-Trevor Walsh[1]; 3. 811-Bodie Croninger[3]; 4. 8T-Tony Croninger[8]; 5. 14-Scott Harrington[5]; 6. 20-Doug Walsh[6]; 7. 27-Jarrett Huus[7]; 8. 14B-Ryan Bjerke[9]; 9. (DNF) 10B-Scott Borstad[4].

Tony Croninger of Watertown won the 2023 limited late models points title at Casino Speedway in Watertown.
Tony Croninger of Watertown won the 2023 limited late models points title at Casino Speedway in Watertown.

Brown County Speedway

ABERDEEN — The Track Championships were held Friday and Saturday and five drivers won season points titles at the racetrack.

Season champions included Chad Becker of Aberdeen, late models; Chris Serr of Aberdeen, street stocks; Mike Stearns of Aberdeen, modifieds; Jeremy North of Huron, super stocks; and Taylor Schmidt of Bath, Midwest modifieds.

The Big Buck Nationals will be held Thursday through Saturday at BCS. Racing starts at 7 p.m. each night.

Brown County Speedway Final 2023 Points: https://www.myracepass.com/tracks/1214/points

Saturday's Feature Races

Late Models: 1. 12B-Chad Becker[9]; 2. 2S-Josh Skorczewski[5]; 3. 20-Trevor Anderson[13]; 4. 85-Jayson Good[8]; 5. 16-Thomas Weisgram[19]; 6. 21X-Dustin Arthur[7]; 7. 11MB-Blaine Doppler[4]; 8. 51-Justin Karlen[10]; 9. 52X-David McDonald[14]; 10. 14-Eric Edwards[20]; 11. 18G-Chase Gelling[6]; 12. 7-Mike Rohwedder[3]; 13. 03-Dave Thomas[18]; 14. 2T-Todd Thomas[12]; 15. 32-Pat Weisgram[17]; 16. T3-Rich Thomas[16]; 17. (DNF) 11-Roger Bitz[15]; 18. (DNF) 57-Chad Williamson[1]; 19. (DNF) 75S-Mike Jager[2]; 20. (DNF) 11B-Paul Mueller[11].

Midwest Modifieds: 1. 1Z-Dawson Zabel[1]; 2. 28W-Brennon Weight[8]; 3. 36-Jaren Wibstad[6]; 4. 14-Adam Brotherton[9]; 5. 1-Jake Wranek[3]; 6. 19-Lucas Rodin[22]; 7. 12C-Eric Cease[12]; 8. 15S-Taylor Schmidt[10]; 9. 82-Connor Blumhardt[5]; 10. 4B-Arin Beyer[7]; 11. 31-Scott Hansen[24]; 12. 54-Todd Stark[26]; 13. 55-Jordan Kienow[19]; 14. 3L-Andrew Lehr[20]; 15. 11-Kyle Schell[4]; 16. 4-Nick Perry[2]; 17. 69-Britt Williams[15]; 18. 77J-Nathan Jager[11]; 19. 2DR-Tom Neitzel[16]; 20. 12-Logan Redlin[23]; 21. 99MC-James Irwin[18]; 22. 2D-Doug Neitzel[17]; 23. 21K-Kagan Cutler[14]; 24. (DNF) 24-Ryan Ost[13]; 25. (DNF) 51-Toby Eilers[21]; 26. (DNF) 15-Jayme Peterson[25].

Modifieds: 1. 12D-Mike Stearns[5]; 2. 6-Dale Ames[4]; 3. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[8]; 4. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[1]; 5. 14-Eric Edwards[6]; 6. 23-Derek Hanson[11]; 7. 42-Chaun Peterson[15]; 8. 36-Tyler Anglin[9]; 9. 57-Patrick Adler[16]; 10. 13-Cayden Schmeling[3]; 11. 32-Jesse Young[10]; 12. 36G'S-Garrett Gross[2]; 13. 65-Dave Brooker[13]; 14. 9K-Kamryn Arment[12]; 15. 5H-James Hanley[14]; 16. (DNF) 15-Tony Konold[7).

Street Stocks: 1. 59-Kyle Anderson[9]; 2. 14-Maria Broksieck[7]; 3. 2U-Kasey Ussatis[12]; 4. 17G-Chris Gonska[2]; 5. 18-Jeromy Thorstenson[5]; 6. 12-Spence Pollock[17]; 7. 24-Ashley Wampler[1]; 8. 0-Wyatt Brooker[3]; 9. 14S-Jaida Sanderson[6]; 10. 37W-Ferlin Sheridan[14]; 11. 46-Cory Moser[11]; 12. 7M-Eric Mehlhaff[15]; 13. 99-Mike Sobolik[10]; 14. (DNF) 01-Chris Serr[8]; 15. (DNF) 54-Jodie Michaelsohn[4]; 16. (DNF) 20JR-Jayden Bogh[16]; 17. (DNF) 17-Colton Fryer[13]; 18. (DNF) 18H-Dusty Hyatt[18].

Super Stocks: 1. 71-Trevor Nelson[9]; 2. 17J-Matt Johnson[7]; 3. 33-Stewart Schipke[5]; 4. 20-Jeremy North[8]; 5. 19-Kyle Elsen[3]; 6. 5-Brad Kopecky[4]; 7. 23-Mark Abeln[6]; 8. 2-Nathan Grehl[1]; 9. 32-Dominique Menzia[2]; 10. 3-Tracy Christensen[13]; 11. 7K-Kody Lehr[15]; 12. 65-Luis Chavez[14]; 13. 7-Derek Zastrow[10]; 14. 23JR-Kaden Kampa[12]; 15. (DNF) 13-Josh Fischer[16]; 16. (DNF) 22-Bryson North[11]; 17. (DNF) 67-Austin Arbogast[18]; 18. (DQ) 40-Shawn Schnabel[17].

Friday's Feature Races

Late Models: 1. 12B-Chad Becker[8]; 2. 16-Thomas Weisgram[5]; 3. 2S-Josh Skorczewski[7]; 4. 20-Trevor Anderson[6]; 5. 85-Jayson Good[9]; 6. 73M-David Carlson[13]; 7. 52X-David McDonald[4]; 8. 11M-Blaine Doppler[14]; 9. 18G-Chase Gelling[10]; 10. 32-Pat Weisgram[18]; 11. 21X-Dustin Arthur[23]; 12. 7-Mike Rohwedder[11]; 13. 57-Chad Williamson[22]; 14. 75S-Mike Jager[12]; 15. T3-Rich Thomas[20]; 16. 2T-Todd Thomas[17]; 17. (DNF) 14-Nick Schmidt[15]; 18. (DNF) 03-Dave Thomas[19]; 19. (DNF) 11B-Paul Mueller[2]; 20. (DNF) 51-Justin Karlen[3]; 21. (DNF) 5M-Tyler McDonald[1]; 22. (DNF) 10X-Robert Bitz[16]; 23. (DNF) 11-Roger Bitz[21].

Midwest Modifieds: 1. 3JR-Lane Johnson[4]; 2. 19-Lucas Rodin[7]; 3. 3SR-Lorin Johnson[6]; 4. 28W-Brennon Weight[21]; 5. 31-Scott Hansen[5]; 6. 36-Jaren Wibstad[15]; 7. 54-Todd Stark[8]; 8. 15S-Taylor Schmidt[11]; 9. 82-Connor Blumhardt[2]; 10. 12C-Eric Cease[24]; 11. 24-Ryan Ost[20]; 12. 69-Britt Williams[23]; 13. 51-Toby Eilers[14]; 14. 77J-Nathan Jager[18]; 15. 3L-Andrew Lehr[17]; 16. (DNF) 4-Nick Perry[22]; 17. (DNF) 3-Luke Johnson[3]; 18. (DNF) 15-Jayme Peterson[9]; 19. (DNF) 11-Kyle Schell[13]; 20. (DNF) 1Z-Dawson Zabel[12]; 21. (DNF) #1-Tony Smith[10]; 22. (DNF) 1-Jake Wranek[19]; 23. (DNF) 55-Jordan Kienow[1]; 24. (DNF) 12-Logan Redlin[16].

Modifieds: 1. 6-Dale Ames[4]; 2. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[8]; 3. 15-Tony Konold[7]; 4. 12D-Mike Stearns[5]; 5. 13-Cayden Schmeling[3]; 6. 14-Eric Edwards[9]; 7. 23-Derek Hanson[1]; 8. 36-Tyler Anglin[6]; 9. 36G'S-Garrett Gross[14]; 10. 57-Patrick Adler[11]; 11. 5H-James Hanley[12]; 12. 65-Dave Brooker[10]; 13. 9K-Kamryn Arment[13]; 14. (DNF) 11Z-Dylan Zabel[16]; 15. (DNF) 32-Jesse Young[2]; 16. (DNS) 42-Chaun Peterson.

Street Stocks: 1. 59-Kyle Anderson[10]; 2. 14-Maria Broksieck[4]; 3. 27P-Tucker Pederson[9]; 4. 19X-Kyle Bertram[5]; 5. 99R-Andy Rossow[8]; 6. 20JR-Jayden Bogh[1]; 7. 01-Chris Serr[6]; 8. 18H-Dusty Hyatt[12]; 9. 54-Jodie Michaelsohn[3]; 10. 18-Jeromy Thorstenson[15]; 11. 24-Ashley Wampler[11]; 12. 0-Wyatt Brooker[13]; 13. 14S-Jaida Sanderson[17]; 14. 7M-Eric Mehlhaff[2]; 15. 17G-Chris Gonska[16]; 16. 17-Colton Fryer[14]; 17. 80-Tony Miller[18]; 18. 99-Mike Sobolik[19]; 19. (DNF) 2U-Kasey Ussatis[7]; 20. (DQ) 46-Cory Moser[20].

Super Stocks: 1. 71-Trevor Nelson[8]; 2. 17J-Matt Johnson[6]; 3. 2-Nathan Grehl[2]; 4. 20-Jeremy North[7]; 5. 23-Mark Abeln[16]; 6. 5-Brad Kopecky[3]; 7. 19-Kyle Elsen[4]; 8. 67-Austin Arbogast[10]; 9. 7-Derek Zastrow[1]; 10. 32-Dominique Menzia[9]; 11. 33-Stewart Schipke[5]; 12. 65-Luis Chavez[12]; 13. 7K-Kody Lehr[13]; 14. 23JR-Kaden Kampa[14]; 15. 6S-Bob Schumacher[11]; 16. (DNF) 13-Josh Fischer[15].

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This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: Ten drivers claim season championships at Watertown and Aberdeen speedways