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Watertown's Scott Ward earns $3,000 purse by winning late model feature at Casino Speedway

roger merriam, watertown public opinion
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WATERTOWN — Scott Ward of Watertown capped his Sunday night by winning the big feature races during the 12th Marilyn Olson Memorial racing program at Casino Speedway.

Seventy-eight cars competed on Sunday, including a field of 32 late model drivers competing for a $3,000 prize to the 40-lap feature winner.

That turned out to be Ward.

Bradley Rossow of Florence (hornets), Luke Johnson of Miller (Midwest modifieds), Tommy Pogones of Princeton, Minn. (street stocks) and Dustin Holtquist of St. Cloud, Minn. (Mod Fours) also won features during the program.

All six regular classes will be on hand Sunday for a Father's Day racing program that is set to start at 6:30 p.m.

LATE MODELS

A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 37-Scott Ward[4]; 2. 28-Jeff Provinzino[3]; 3. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[8]; 4. 30-Kevin Burdick[5]; 5. 12-Chad Becker[7]; 6. 7A-Shane Sabraski[17]; 7. 54-Rick Niemi[22]; 8. 15*-Ryan Mikkelson[6]; 9. 21F-Gunner Frank[16]; 10. 85G-Jayson Good[2]; 11. 87-Curt Kranz[10]; 12. 10-Cole Searing[1]; 13. 04JR-Adam Ayotte[20]; 14. 4J-Lee Grosz[12]; 15. 6M-Jeff Massingill[15]; 16. 21-Todd Frank[13]; 17. 7-Joel Bennett[23]; 18. 57-Chad Williamson[11]; 19. 63-Patrick Kelley[24]; 20. 73M-David Carlson[19]; 21. (DNF) 23-Matt Gilbertson[9]; 22. (DNF) 20-Trevor Anderson[18]; 23. (DNF) 07-Cory Crapser[14]; 24. (DNF) 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[25]; 25. (DNF) 10X-Blake Swenson[21].

B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[2]; 2. 20-Trevor Anderson[1]; 3. 73M-David Carlson[3]; 4. 04JR-Adam Ayotte[7]; 5. 10X-Blake Swenson[9]; 6. 54-Rick Niemi[6]; 7. 7-Joel Bennett[10]; 8. 51-Justin Karlen[5]; 9. 12S-Trajan Schmidt[11]; 10. 14-Nick Schmidt[4]; 11. 63-Patrick Kelley[8]; 12. T3-Rich Thomas[15]; 13. 11-Roger Bitz[13]; 14. (DNF) 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[14]; 15. (DNS) 27-Tyler Myers; 16. (DNS) X-Chuck Swenson.

Scott Ward of Watertown (top), shown racing against his daughter Morgan Ward Grosz earlier this season, took home the $3,000 big prize for winning the 40-lap late model feature during the 12th Marilyn Olson Memorial on Sunday, June 9, 2024 at Casino Speedway.
Scott Ward of Watertown (top), shown racing against his daughter Morgan Ward Grosz earlier this season, took home the $3,000 big prize for winning the 40-lap late model feature during the 12th Marilyn Olson Memorial on Sunday, June 9, 2024 at Casino Speedway.

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 85G-Jayson Good[3]; 2. 28-Jeff Provinzino[4]; 3. 21-Todd Frank[1]; 4. 21F-Gunner Frank[2]; 5. 7A-Shane Sabraski[6]; 6. 04JR-Adam Ayotte[5]; 7. 10X-Blake Swenson[8]; 8. 12S-Trajan Schmidt[7].

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 37-Scott Ward[2]; 2. 15*-Ryan Mikkelson[3]; 3. 07-Cory Crapser[1]; 4. 87-Curt Kranz[6]; 5. 20-Trevor Anderson[4]; 6. 51-Justin Karlen[7]; 7. 7-Joel Bennett[5]; 8. (DNF) 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[8].

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 10-Cole Searing[4]; 2. 12-Chad Becker[3]; 3. 4J-Lee Grosz[1]; 4. 6M-Jeff Massingill[2]; 5. 73M-David Carlson[5]; 6. 63-Patrick Kelley[6]; 7. (DNF) 11-Roger Bitz[7]; 8. (DNS) X-Chuck Swenson.

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 30-Kevin Burdick[2]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[3]; 3. 23-Matt Gilbertson[4]; 4. 57-Chad Williamson[6]; 5. 14-Nick Schmidt[5]; 6. 54-Rick Niemi[1]; 7. (DNF) 27-Tyler Myers[7]; 8. (DNF) T3-Rich Thomas[8],

My Race Pass Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 28-Jeff Provinzino, 00:14.583[5]; 2. 85G-Jayson Good, 00:14.643[8]; 3. 21F-Gunner Frank, 00:14.712[7]; 4. 21-Todd Frank, 00:14.729[4]; 5. 04JR-Adam Ayotte, 00:14.863[3]; 6. 7A-Shane Sabraski, 00:14.974[1]; 7. 12S-Trajan Schmidt, 00:15.032[6]; 8. 10X-Blake Swenson, 00:15.280[2].

My Race Pass Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 20-Trevor Anderson, 00:14.390[3]; 2. 15*-Ryan Mikkelson, 00:14.430[8]; 3. 37-Scott Ward, 00:14.496[2]; 4. 07-Cory Crapser, 00:14.741[5]; 5. 7-Joel Bennett, 00:14.775[7]; 6. 87-Curt Kranz, 00:14.853[6]; 7. 51-Justin Karlen, 00:14.893[4]; 8. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz, 00:14.935[1].

My Race Pass Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 10-Cole Searing, 00:14.359[3]; 2. 12-Chad Becker, 00:14.436[1]; 3. 6M-Jeff Massingill, 00:14.591[7]; 4. 4J-Lee Grosz, 00:14.653[6]; 5. 73M-David Carlson, 00:14.789[4]; 6. 63-Patrick Kelley, 00:15.287[2]; 7. (DNS) 11-Roger Bitz, 00:19.106; 8. (DNS) X-Chuck Swenson.

My Race Pass Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 23-Matt Gilbertson, 00:14.214[2]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson, 00:14.627[7]; 3. 30-Kevin Burdick, 00:14.669[5]; 4. 54-Rick Niemi, 00:14.824[6]; 5. 14-Nick Schmidt, 00:14.917[3]; 6. 57-Chad Williamson, 00:14.958[4]; 7. 27-Tyler Myers, 00:15.260[1]; 8. T3-Rich Thomas, 00:15.368[8].

MIDWEST MODIFIEDSA Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 3-Luke Johnson[1]; 2. 54-Todd Stark[4]; 3. 69R-Terry Reilly[2]; 4. 31-Scott Hansen[3]; 5. 67-Mike Nichols[7]; 6. 34J-Derek Rieck[8]; 7. 1-Jake Wranek[6]; 8. 19-Kyle Bertram[11]; 9. 12-Logan Redlin[9]; 10. (DNF) 28-Tommy Nichols[5]; 11. (DNF) 54H-Chad Williamson[10].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Scott Hansen[2]; 2. 28-Tommy Nichols[1]; 3. 69R-Terry Reilly[4]; 4. 3-Luke Johnson[3]; 5. 12-Logan Redlin[5]; 6. 19-Kyle Bertram[6].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 54-Todd Stark[1]; 2. 34J-Derek Rieck[2]; 3. 67-Mike Nichols[5]; 4. 1-Jake Wranek[3]; 5. 54H-Chad Williamson[4].

STREET STOCKS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 04-Tommy Pogones[1]; 2. 14-Maria Broksieck[4]; 3. 95-Jayden Michaelsohn[9]; 4. 12-Al Schmidt[2]; 5. 0-Wyatt Brooker[12]; 6. E30-Cooper Butterfield[14]; 7. 31-Jason Marko[8]; 8. 01-Chris Serr[7]; 9. 80-Tony Miller[11]; 10. 58-Wade Tirrel[3]; 11. 4-Trey Hess[6]; 12. 12G-Grady Myers[5]; 13. 711-Kenneth Clements[13]; 14. 73-Cory Giessinger[16]; 15. 20JR-Jayden Bogh[15]; 16. (DNF) 99-Andy Rossow[10].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 01-Chris Serr[2]; 2. 04-Tommy Pogones[1]; 3. 4-Trey Hess[3]; 4. 12-Al Schmidt[5]; 5. 95-Jayden Michaelsohn[4]; 6. 80-Tony Miller[8]; 7. (DNF) E30-Cooper Butterfield[7]; 8. (DNF) 20JR-Jayden Bogh[6].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Maria Broksieck[6]; 2. 31-Jason Marko[3]; 3. 12G-Grady Myers[1]; 4. 58-Wade Tirrel[5]; 5. 99-Andy Rossow[8]; 6. 0-Wyatt Brooker[4]; 7. 711-Kenneth Clements[2]; 8. (DNF) 73-Cory Giessinger[7].

Bradley Rossow of Florence (555) won the hornets feature during the 12th Marilyn Olson Memorial on Sunday, June 9, 2024 at Casino Speedway.
Bradley Rossow of Florence (555) won the hornets feature during the 12th Marilyn Olson Memorial on Sunday, June 9, 2024 at Casino Speedway.

HORNETS

Feature: A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 555-Bradley Rossow[3]; 2. 68JR-Nathan Telkamp[2]; 3. 5AR-Adam VanDerostyne[4]; 4. 79-Joshua Gebhart[1]; 5. (DQ) 25X-Nathan Smith[5].

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 555-Bradley Rossow[3]; 2. 5AR-Adam VanDerostyne[4]; 3. 68JR-Nathan Telkamp[5]; 4. 79-Joshua Gebhart[1]; 5. 25X-Nathan Smith[2].

MOD FOURS

Feature: A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[1]; 2. TB81-Tommy Bawden[5]; 3. 5-Robert Holtquist[2]; 4. 21-Blake Hawker[4]; 5. 7L-Tyler Larson[7]; 6. 14T-Rowan Tramm[6]; 7. 37-Dean Larson[9]; 8. 7A-Alexander McFarlen[8]; 9. 31J-Jordan Fischer[11]; 10. 3G-Craig Gertsema[10]; 11. 4T-Tristan Torres[12]; 12. 7-Rob Arlaud[13]; 13. D5-Doug Frederick[14]; 14. (DQ) XL1-Chad Funt[3].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. XL1-Chad Funt[1]; 2. 21-Blake Hawker[3]; 3. TB81-Tommy Bawden[4]; 4. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[5]; 5. 37-Dean Larson[7]; 6. 31J-Jordan Fischer[2]; 7. 7-Rob Arlaud[6].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14T-Rowan Tramm[1]; 2. 5-Robert Holtquist[2]; 3. 7L-Tyler Larson[5]; 4. 7A-Alexander McFarlen[3]; 5. 3G-Craig Gertsema[6]; 6. 4T-Tristan Torres[7]; 7. D5-Doug Frederick[4].

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Brown County Speedway

ABERDEEN — Rain wiped out the end (and most of the features) of Friday night's racing program at Brown County Speedway.

Heat races in all classes along with qualifying races in the Tri-State Late Models Series, were completed but only the street stock feature was completed before the races were called off.

Chad Becker of Aberdeen won the B feature for late models. Kent Arment and Josh Skorczewski of Aberdeen and Jayson Good of Watertown each won heats and qualifying races and Lee Grosz of Watertown also won a qualifying race.

Other areea drivers who won heat races included Todd Stark of Watertown, Midwest modifieds; Maria Broksieck of Goodwin, street stocks; and Trevor Nelson of Wartern and Stewart Schipke of Aberdeen, super stocks.

Another racing program is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday.

LATE MODELS

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 12-Chad Becker[2]; 2. 73M-David Carlson[3]; 3. 15M-Shane DeMey[7]; 4. X-Chuck Swenson[1]; 5. C5-Chris Palsrok[4]; 6. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[13]; 7. 14J-Jayke Glanzer[10]; 8. 71-Mike Benson[9]; 9. XA-Alissa Palsrok[5]; 10. 64-Russell Beadle[11]; 11. 9J-Jared Jelsma[12]; 12. 11-Roger Bitz[8]; 13. (DNF) 27-Tyler Myers[6]; 14. (DNS) 32-Pat Weisgram; 15. (DNS) T3-Rich Thomas,

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 04-Tad Pospisil[3]; 2. 4J-Lee Grosz[1]; 3. 14-Chase Alves[2]; 4. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[5]; 5. X-Chuck Swenson[6]; 6. 27-Tyler Myers[7]; 7. 64-Russell Beadle[4],

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 9-Kent Arment[1]; 2. 37-Scott Ward[6]; 3. 18-Chase Gelling[3]; 4. 22-Gary Brown Jr[4]; 5. 12-Chad Becker[5]; 6. 15M-Shane DeMey[2]; 7. (DNF) 10CO-Charlie Olsen[7],

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 85-Jayson Good[1]; 2. 7C-Benjamin Chukuske[2]; 3. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[3]; 4. 07B-Corey Bosma[5]; 5. 73M-David Carlson[4]; 6. 11-Roger Bitz[6]; 7. (DNS) T3-Rich Thomas,

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 2S-Josh Skorczewski[1]; 2. 762-Blair Nothdurft[2]; 3. 24M-Cody Martin[3]; 4. 45R-Dyllan Ricks[4]; 5. C5-Chris Palsrok[5]; 6. 71-Mike Benson[7]; 7. 9J-Jared Jelsma[6],

Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 17-Mike Greseth[1]; 2. 20-Trevor Anderson[2]; 3. 16-Thomas Weisgram[3]; 4. 14S-Nick Schmidt[4]; 5. XA-Alissa Palsrok[7]; 6. 14J-Jayke Glanzer[6]; 7. (DNS) 32-Pat Weisgram,

Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 4J-Lee Grosz, 00:13.840[6]; 2. 14-Chase Alves, 00:14.200[3]; 3. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:14.217[5]; 4. 64-Russell Beadle, 00:14.347[4]; 5. 26JR-Corey Zeitner, 00:14.437[1]; 6. X-Chuck Swenson, 00:14.459[7]; 7. 27-Tyler Myers, 00:14.610[2],

Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 9-Kent Arment, 00:13.614[4]; 2. 15M-Shane DeMey, 00:13.839[1]; 3. 18-Chase Gelling, 00:13.854[6]; 4. 22-Gary Brown Jr, 00:13.875[2]; 5. 12-Chad Becker, 00:13.893[7]; 6. 37-Scott Ward, 00:14.002[5]; 7. 10CO-Charlie Olsen, 00:14.089[3]

Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 85-Jayson Good, 00:13.716[4]; 2. 7C-Benjamin Chukuske, 00:14.027[3]; 3. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz, 00:14.066[1]; 4. 73M-David Carlson, 00:14.191[7]; 5. 07B-Corey Bosma, 00:14.528[5]; 6. 11-Roger Bitz, 00:15.337[6]; 7. T3-Rich Thomas, 00:15.337[2],

Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 2S-Josh Skorczewski, 00:13.743[1]; 2. 762-Blair Nothdurft, 00:14.798[5]; 3. 24M-Cody Martin, 00:14.798[7]; 4. 45R-Dyllan Ricks, 00:14.798[2]; 5. C5-Chris Palsrok, 00:14.798[3]; 6. 9J-Jared Jelsma, 00:14.798[6]; 7. 71-Mike Benson, 00:14.798[4],

Qualifying 5 (3 Laps): 1. 17-Mike Greseth, 00:13.614[1]; 2. 20-Trevor Anderson, 00:13.704[3]; 3. 16-Thomas Weisgram, 00:13.892[7]; 4. 14S-Nick Schmidt, 00:14.089[4]; 5. 32-Pat Weisgram, 00:14.248[2]; 6. 14J-Jayke Glanzer, 00:15.095[6]; 7. XA-Alissa Palsrok, 00:15.095[5],

MIDWEST MODIFIEDS

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 54-Todd Stark[2]; 2. 15-Taylor Schmidt[3]; 3. 77-Jarod Klein[6]; 4. 24X-Ryan Ost[5]; 5. 12-Eric Cease[1]; 6. 82-Connor Blumhardt[4]; 7. 77J-Nathan Jager[7]; 8. 11X-Kenny Watson[8],

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Jordan Kienow[2]; 2. 1-Jake Wranek[6]; 3. 11-Kyle Schell[7]; 4. 51-Toby Eilers[3]; 5. 99MC-James Irwin[5]; 6. 70-James Embree[1]; 7. 0-Paxton George[4]; 8. (DNF) 99X-Jerad Summers[8],

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 36-Jaren Wibstad[1]; 2. 1S-Scott Bintz[3]; 3. 19-Lucas Rodin[6]; 4. 1Z-Dawson Zabel[2]; 5. 28W-Brennon Weight[7]; 6. 3-Luke Johnson[5]; 7. (DNF) 22-Matt Heinzerling[4],

STREET STOCKS

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 34JR-Braden Brauer[8]; 2. 14-Maria Broksieck[2]; 3. 20-Michael Bogh[1]; 4. 17G-Chris Gonska[3]; 5. 20JR-Jayden Bogh[4]; 6. 12-Grady Myers[6]; 7. 54-Jodie Michaelsohn[10]; 8. 2U-Kasey Ussatis[9]; 9. 95-Jayden Michaelsohn[7]; 10. 37W-Ferlin Sheridan[15]; 11. 77D-Adam Dehne[12]; 12. 711-Kenneth Clements[11]; 13. 7M-Eric Mehlhaff[13]; 14. 4M-Mike Mund[19]; 15. 0-Wyatt Brooker[17]; 16. 99-Mike Sobolik[18]; 17. 52X-Ava Gonska[16]; 18. 18-Taryn Thorstenson[20]; 19. (DNF) 46-Cory Moser[14]; 20. (DNF) 01-Chris Serr[5],

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Maria Broksieck[1]; 2. 20JR-Jayden Bogh[2]; 3. 20-Michael Bogh[4]; 4. 54-Jodie Michaelsohn[6]; 5. 7M-Eric Mehlhaff[5]; 6. 52X-Ava Gonska[3]; 7. 18-Taryn Thorstenson[7],

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 34JR-Braden Brauer[1]; 2. 01-Chris Serr[5]; 3. 17G-Chris Gonska[6]; 4. 711-Kenneth Clements[3]; 5. 46-Cory Moser[7]; 6. 0-Wyatt Brooker[2]; 7. (DNF) 4M-Mike Mund[4],

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2U-Kasey Ussatis[3]; 2. 12-Grady Myers[2]; 3. 95-Jayden Michaelsohn[4]; 4. 77D-Adam Dehne[1]; 5. 37W-Ferlin Sheridan[5]; 6. 99-Mike Sobolik[6].

SUPER STOCKS

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Trevor Nelson[6]; 2. 2-Nathan Grehl[4]; 3. 22-Bryson North[5]; 4. 19-Kyle Elsen[3]; 5. 23JR-Kaden Kampa[1]; 6. 65-Luis Chavez[2]; 7. (DNF) 40-Shawn Schnabel[7],

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Stewart Schipke[1]; 2. 17J-Matt Johnson[3]; 3. 23-Mark Abeln[6]; 4. 7K-Kody Lehr[4]; 5. 67-Austin Arbogast[2]; 6. 7-Derek Zastrow[5]; 7. 32-Dominique Menzia[7],

Fiesta City Speedway

MONTEVIDEO, Minn. — Darin Engesser of Gary and Derek Rieck of Ortonville (Minn.) won Midwest modifeds' features during the Street Stock Tour and Late Model Challenge Series doubleheader that concluded on Saturday.

Engesser won Friday's feature and Rieck took Saturday's.

Rieck and Jacob Aarhus of Canby (Minn.) each won Midwest modifieds heat races on Friday. Rieck also won a Midwest modifed heat on Saturday. Joe Arndt of Ortonville won a pure stock heat and Zachary Flickinger of Madison (Minn.) a street stock heat on Saturday.

Another racing program is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday.

Dakota State Fair Speedway

HURON — Four area drivers won feature races during the Wheel Jam Wild Race Car Night on Thursday and the Wheel Jam Challenge Cup XXII on Saturday at Dakota State Fair Speedway.

On Friday, Maria Broksieck of Goodwin (street stocks), Trevor Nelson of Warner (super stocks) and Josh Skorczewski of Aberdeen (late models) each won feature races. Chad Becker of Aberdeen won the late model feature on Saturday.

Friday's heat winners included Josh Long of Canby (Minn.) and Andy Rossow of Florence, street stocks; Scott Hansen of Garden Citry, Midwest modifieds; Nelson, super stocks; and Skorczewski and Charlie Olsen of Hendricks (Minn.), late models.

Hansen also won the Midwest modified heat on Saturday and Lee Grosz and Curt Kranz of Watertown and Skorczewski, Chase Gelling and Becker of Aberdeen won late model heats.

The next racing program at DSFS is the Bauman Agency Harvest of Champions on Aug. 17.

Others

There were no scheduled weekend racing programs at Miller Central Speedway and Madison (Minn.) Speedway. Racing resumes on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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