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Watertown drivers Mike Nichols, Tony Croninger among Sunday's feature winners

Roger Merriam, Watertown Public Opinion
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Seventy-six cars in all six regular classes were on hand for the Big Shots Fireworks Independence Day Shootout on Sunday at Casino Speedway.

A fireworks display was held after the racing program. There will be no racing program this Sunday at Casino Speedway because of a scheduled summer break. Racing will resume on Sunday, July 16.

Chad Becker of Aberdeen continued his solid season by winning his third late model feature of the year. Mike Nichols of Watertown (Midwest modifieds), Carter Matthews of Clearbrook, Minn. (hornets) and Tony Croninger of Watertown (limited late models) each recorded their second feature wins of the season.

First-time feature winners this season include modified driver Mike Stearns of Aberdeen and street stock driver Justin Vogel of Brooten, Minn.

Modified drivers Mike Stearns of Hecla (24S) and Duke Erickson of Sioux Falls (57) drove two of the 76 cars that competed in the Big Shots Fireworks Independence Day Shootout at Casino Speedway on Sunday, July 2, 2023. Stearns captured his first modified feature win of the season.
Modified drivers Mike Stearns of Hecla (24S) and Duke Erickson of Sioux Falls (57) drove two of the 76 cars that competed in the Big Shots Fireworks Independence Day Shootout at Casino Speedway on Sunday, July 2, 2023. Stearns captured his first modified feature win of the season.

LATE MODELSA Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 12-Chad Becker[1]; 2. 87-Curt Kranz[3]; 3. 85-Jayson Good[5]; 4. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[6]; 5. 16-Thomas Weisgram[4]; 6. 20-Trevor Anderson[7]; 7. 1-Ryan Engels[2]; 8. 10X-Blake Swenson[12]; 9. 73M-David Carlson[10]; 10. 15-Trevor Walsh[8]; 11. 51-Justin Karlen[14]; 12. 17J-John Winge[11]; 13. 57-Chad Williamson[13]; 14. 03-Dave Thomas[9]; 15. T3-Rich Thomas[15]; 16. (DNF) 24M-Cody Martin[16].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[4]; 2. 87-Curt Kranz[3]; 3. 15-Trevor Walsh[5]; 4. 12-Chad Becker[8]; 5. 03-Dave Thomas[2]; 6. 17J-John Winge[6]; 7. 57-Chad Williamson[7]; 8. T3-Rich Thomas[1].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Ryan Engels[2]; 2. 20-Trevor Anderson[1]; 3. 16-Thomas Weisgram[3]; 4. 85-Jayson Good[6]; 5. 73M-David Carlson[4]; 6. 10X-Blake Swenson[8]; 7. 51-Justin Karlen[5]; 8. 24M-Cody Martin[7].

MODIFIEDS

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 24S-Mike Stearns[4]; 2. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[7]; 3. 15-Tony Konold[2]; 4. 6-Dale Ames[1]; 5. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[6]; 6. 13-Cayden Schmeling[5]; 7. 57-Duke Erickson[8]; 8. 51T-Tim Thomas[3]; 9. 15X-Kenny Mayer[9]; 10. (DNF) 50-Tim Waba[10].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Cayden Schmeling[1]; 2. 24S-Mike Stearns[3]; 3. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[5]; 4. 51T-Tim Thomas[4]; 5. 15X-Kenny Mayer[2].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[1]; 2. 6-Dale Ames[4]; 3. 15-Tony Konold[5]; 4. 57-Duke Erickson[3]; 5. 50-Tim Waba[2].

MIDWEST MODIFIEDS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 67-Mike Nichols[2]; 2. 34J-Derek Rieck[6]; 3. 54-Chad Williamson[5]; 4. 29-Alan Farley[1]; 5. 5C-Justin Bjorklund[4]; 6. 33C-Cole Boston[7]; 7. 3JR-Lane Johnson[12]; 8. 31-Scott Hansen[8]; 9. 28-Tommy Nichols[9]; 10. 1-Jake Wranek[11]; 11. 61-Zach LaQua[14]; 12. 11R-Landyn Randt[16]; 13. 3L-Luke Johnson[10]; 14. 12-Logan Redlin[18]; 15. (DNF) 2DR-Tom Neitzel[19]; 16. (DNF) 2-Doug Neitzel[13]; 17. (DNF) 51-Toby Eilers[15]; 18. (DNF) 82-Connor Blumhardt[3]; 19. (DNF) 89H-Charles Hanten[17].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 29-Alan Farley[1]; 2. 28-Tommy Nichols[4]; 3. 67-Mike Nichols[6]; 4. 3L-Luke Johnson[3]; 5. 2-Doug Neitzel[7]; 6. 11R-Landyn Randt[5]; 7. 2DR-Tom Neitzel[2].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 34J-Derek Rieck[2]; 2. 33C-Cole Boston[4]; 3. 82-Connor Blumhardt[6]; 4. 1-Jake Wranek[3]; 5. 61-Zach LaQua[5]; 6. 89H-Charles Hanten[1].

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 54-Chad Williamson[2]; 2. 31-Scott Hansen[4]; 3. 5C-Justin Bjorklund[1]; 4. 3JR-Lane Johnson[3]; 5. 51-Toby Eilers[5]; 6. 12-Logan Redlin[6].

STREET STOCKS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 10-Justin Vogel[6]; 2. 99-Andy Rossow[3]; 3. 26-Ty Agen[11]; 4. 314-Tyler Lamb[8]; 5. 73-Cory Giessinger[13]; 6. 31-Jason Marko[2]; 7. 86-Dylan Hartley[7]; 8. 80-Tony Miller[9]; 9. 92-Payton Asche[12]; 10. 17B-Rachel Boston[15]; 11. (DNF) KOL34-Kolton Brauer[10]; 12. (DNF) 58-Wade Tirrel[4]; 13. (DNF) 14-Maria Broksieck[1]; 14. (DNF) 11-Levi Randt[16]; 15. (DNF) 19-Kyle Bertram[5]; 16. (DNF) C30-Cooper Butterfield[17]; 17. (DNF) 37W-Ferlin Sheridan[14].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Kyle Bertram[3]; 2. 14-Maria Broksieck[2]; 3. 10-Justin Vogel[1]; 4. KOL34-Kolton Brauer[6]; 5. 73-Cory Giessinger[4]; 6. 11-Levi Randt[5].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Andy Rossow[1]; 2. 58-Wade Tirrel[6]; 3. 80-Tony Miller[5]; 4. 26-Ty Agen[4]; 5. 37W-Ferlin Sheridan[3]; 6. C30-Cooper Butterfield[2].

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 314-Tyler Lamb[2]; 2. 31-Jason Marko[3]; 3. 86-Dylan Hartley[5]; 4. 92-Payton Asche[1]; 5. 17B-Rachel Boston[4].

HORNETS

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 07-Carter Matthews[5]; 2. 87T-Adam VanDerostyne[3]; 3. 81-Nathan Smith[4]; 4. 98-Brett Alexander[2]; 5. (DNF) 555-Bradley Rossow[1].

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 555-Bradley Rossow[4]; 2. 87T-Adam VanDerostyne[3]; 3. 81-Nathan Smith[2]; 4. 07-Carter Matthews[1]; 5. 98-Brett Alexander[5].

LIMITED LATE MODELS

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 8T-Tony Croninger[2]; 2. 87-Curt Kranz[1]; 3. 14-Scott Harrington[4]; 4. 27-Jarrett Huus[3]; 5. 20-Doug Walsh[5]; 6. 811-Bodie Croninger[8]; 7. 12-Trajan Schmidt[7]; 8. 40-Ryan Shepherd Sr[9]; 9. (DNF) 10B-Scott Borstad[6].

Heat 1 (7 Laps): 1. 20-Doug Walsh[1]; 2. 8T-Tony Croninger[4]; 3. 14-Scott Harrington[6]; 4. 87-Curt Kranz[3]; 5. 27-Jarrett Huus[5]; 6. 10B-Scott Borstad[2]; 7. 12-Trajan Schmidt[8]; 8. 811-Bodie Croninger[7]; 9. 40-Ryan Shepherd Sr[9].

Carter Matthews of Clearbrook (Minn.) won his second hornets feature race of the season during the Big Shots Fireworks Independence Day Shootout at Casino Speedway on Sunday, July 2, 2023. Also shown is Watertown's Nathan Smith.
Carter Matthews of Clearbrook (Minn.) won his second hornets feature race of the season during the Big Shots Fireworks Independence Day Shootout at Casino Speedway on Sunday, July 2, 2023. Also shown is Watertown's Nathan Smith.

Brown County Speedway

ABERDEEN — Jade Hastings of Grand Forks (N.D.) won the NOSA Sprints special during Friday night's racing program at Brown County Speedway.

Chad Becker of Aberdeen won his third-straight late model feature.

Dawson Zabel of Selby (Midwest modifieds), Tony Konold of Clear Lake (modifieds) and Nathan Grehl of Hitchcock (super stocks) each won their first features of the season.

NOSA SPRINTSA Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 8H-Jade Hastings[1]; 2. 13-Mark Dobmeier[4]; 3. 11M-Brendan Mullen[5]; 4. 8-Jack Croaker[3]; 5. 0-Nick Omdahl[2]; 6. 10S-Josh Swangler[7]; 7. 99-Jordan Graham[8]; 8. 41T-Travis Strandell[14]; 9. 4W-Matt Wasmund[11]; 10. 52-Adam Sobolik[13]; 11. (DNF) 17-Zach Omdahl[10]; 12. (DNF) 14-Tom Egeland[12]; 13. (DNF) 26-Blake Egeland[9]; 14. (DNF) 17B-Ryan Bickett[6].

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 11M-Brendan Mullen[7]; 2. 17B-Ryan Bickett[3]; 3. 0-Nick Omdahl[6]; 4. 26-Blake Egeland[4]; 5. 17-Zach Omdahl[5]; 6. 14-Tom Egeland[2]; 7. 52-Adam Sobolik[1].

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 8H-Jade Hastings[2]; 2. 8-Jack Croaker[3]; 3. 13-Mark Dobmeier[5]; 4. 10S-Josh Swangler[6]; 5. 99-Jordan Graham[7]; 6. 4W-Matt Wasmund[4]; 7. 41T-Travis Strandell[1].

LATE MODELS

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 12-Chad Becker[8]; 2. 10-Cole Searing[14]; 3. 2S-Josh Skorczewski[9]; 4. 21X-Dustin Arthur[18]; 5. 16-Thomas Weisgram[1]; 6. 18G-Chase Gelling[5]; 7. 73M-David Carlson[2]; 8. 20-Trevor Anderson[7]; 9. 10X-Blake Swenson[23]; 10. 87-Curt Kranz[6]; 11. 11B-Ben Mickelson[17]; 12. 10R-Kevin Robertson[21]; 13. 32-Pat Weisgram[15]; 14. 7-Mike Rohwedder[3]; 15. 11M-Blaine Doppler[12]; 16. 11-Roger Bitz[22]; 17. 03-Dave Thomas[13]; 18. 9R-Erik Robertson[10]; 19. (DNF) 10B-Robert Bitz[16]; 20. (DNS) 9-Kent Arment; 21. (DNS) 85-Jayson Good; 22. (DNS) T3-Rich Thomas; 23. (DNS) 2T-Todd Thomas.

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18G-Chase Gelling[5]; 2. 73M-David Carlson[2]; 3. 7-Mike Rohwedder[6]; 4. 9R-Erik Robertson[1]; 5. 03-Dave Thomas[4]; 6. 10B-Robert Bitz[3]; 7. 2T-Todd Thomas[8]; 8. (DNF) 10X-Blake Swenson[7].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Trevor Anderson[2]; 2. 9-Kent Arment[6]; 3. 2S-Josh Skorczewski[5]; 4. 85-Jayson Good[3]; 5. 10-Cole Searing[8]; 6. 11B-Ben Mickelson[1]; 7. T3-Rich Thomas[7]; 8. 11-Roger Bitz[4].

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Chad Becker[2]; 2. 16-Thomas Weisgram[3]; 3. 87-Curt Kranz[7]; 4. 11M-Blaine Doppler[4]; 5. 32-Pat Weisgram[1]; 6. 21X-Dustin Arthur[6]; 7. 10R-Kevin Robertson[5].

MIDWEST MODIFIEDS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 1Z-Dawson Zabel[2]; 2. 77-Jarod Klein[9]; 3. 11-Kyle Schell[3]; 4. 31-Scott Hansen[18]; 5. 3JR-Luke Johnson[12]; 6. U2-Cory Berquist[5]; 7. 15-Taylor Schmidt[17]; 8. 3SR-Lorin Johnson[8]; 9. 69-Britt Williams[4]; 10. 82-Connor Blumhardt[6]; 11. 37-William Hein[1]; 12. 77J-Nathan Jager[14]; 13. 51-Toby Eilers[10]; 14. 99MC-James Irwin[13]; 15. (DNF) 1X-Tyler Bitz[19]; 16. (DNF) 21K-Kagan Cutler[16]; 17. (DNF) 12C-Eric Cease[11]; 18. (DNF) X-Timothy Skeide[15]; 19. (DNF) 55-Jordan Kienow[7].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Kyle Schell[2]; 2. 77-Jarod Klein[6]; 3. 82-Connor Blumhardt[5]; 4. 51-Toby Eilers[1]; 5. 99MC-James Irwin[3]; 6. (DNF) 15-Taylor Schmidt[7]; 7. (DNF) 31-Scott Hansen[4].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1Z-Dawson Zabel[3]; 2. 37-William Hein[1]; 3. 69-Britt Williams[4]; 4. 12C-Eric Cease[5]; 5. 77J-Nathan Jager[2]; 6. 21K-Kagan Cutler[6].

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. U2-Cory Berquist[6]; 2. 3SR-Lorin Johnson[5]; 3. 55-Jordan Kienow[4]; 4. 3JR-Luke Johnson[1]; 5. X-Timothy Skeide[3]; 6. (DQ) 1X-Tyler Bitz[2].

MODIFIEDS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 15-Tony Konold[2]; 2. 9-Kent Arment[6]; 3. 36-Tyler Anglin[4]; 4. 24S-Mike Stearns[8]; 5. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[5]; 6. 6-Dale Ames[7]; 7. 36G'S-Garrett Gross[3]; 8. 9K-Kamryn Arment[1]; 9. 23-Derek Hanson[9]; 10. 65-Dave Brooker[11]; 11. 57-Patrick Adler[12]; 12. 32-Jesse Young[14]; 13. 42-Chaun Peterson[13]; 14. (DNF) 17-Tyler Gefroh[10].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Dale Ames[1]; 2. 24S-Mike Stearns[2]; 3. 9K-Kamryn Arment[3]; 4. 36-Tyler Anglin[7]; 5. 23-Derek Hanson[5]; 6. 65-Dave Brooker[6]; 7. 42-Chaun Peterson[4].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[1]; 2. 15-Tony Konold[4]; 3. 9-Kent Arment[5]; 4. 36G'S-Garrett Gross[3]; 5. 17-Tyler Gefroh[7]; 6. 57-Patrick Adler[2]; 7. 32-Jesse Young[6].

SUPER STOCKS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 2-Nathan Grehl[2]; 2. 33-Stewart Schipke[6]; 3. 20-Jeremy North[5]; 4. 17J-Matt Johnson[4]; 5. 18R-Corey Roberts[7]; 6. 13-Josh Fischer[1]; 7. 23-Mark Abeln[9]; 8. 67-Austin Arbogast[3]; 9. 19-Kyle Elsen[15]; 10. 65-Luis Chavez[11]; 11. 5-Brad Kopecky[8]; 12. 7-Derek Zastrow[13]; 13. 7K-Kody Lehr[10]; 14. (DNF) 32-Dominique Menzia[12]; 15. (DNF) 23JR-Kaden Kampa[16]; 16. (DNF) 3-Tracy Christensen[14]; 17. (DNF) 40-Shawn Schnabel[17]; 18. (DNF) 10W-Blake Whitlock[18]; 19. (DNS) 6S-Bob Schumacher.

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17J-Matt Johnson[2]; 2. 67-Austin Arbogast[1]; 3. 13-Josh Fischer[7]; 4. 7K-Kody Lehr[6]; 5. 7-Derek Zastrow[3]; 6. (DNF) 23JR-Kaden Kampa[4]; 7. (DNS) 6S-Bob Schumacher.

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Jeremy North[1]; 2. 2-Nathan Grehl[3]; 3. 18R-Corey Roberts[4]; 4. 65-Luis Chavez[5]; 5. (DNF) 3-Tracy Christensen[6]; 6. (DNF) 40-Shawn Schnabel[2].

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Stewart Schipke[4]; 2. 5-Brad Kopecky[1]; 3. 23-Mark Abeln[5]; 4. 32-Dominique Menzia[3]; 5. (DNF) 19-Kyle Elsen[2]; 6. (DNF) 10W-Blake Whitlock[6].

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This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: Boom! Six drivers win features on fireworks night at Casino Speedway