FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. (May 2, 2025)—Joe Chisholm of Osage, Iowa, surged from the eighth starting position to claim victory in the USRA Modified main event during the opening night of the Dairyland Showdown at the Mississippi Thunder Speedway on Friday night.

The event showcased intense competition byfeaturing the USRA KEVKO Racing Northern Lights Modified Series presented by Real Racing Wheels on the one-third-mile high-banked clay oval.

Chisholm outpaced a strong field, finishing ahead of Keith Foss of Winona, Minn., who started on the pole and secured second place. Jacob Bleess of Chatfield, Minn., rounded out the podium in third, followed by Brandon Davis of Hayfield, Minn., in fourth and A.J. Hoff of Mantorville, Minn., in fifth.

Rodney Sanders of Happy, Texas, made a notable charge from the 19th starting spot to finish sixth, followed by Kaden Blaeser of Chippewa Falls; Lucas Schott of Chatfield, Minn.; Taton Hansen of Spicer, Minn.; and Shaun Walski of Rollingstone, Minn.

Notable finishes included Schott, who recovered from a ninth-place heat finish to take eighth in the A Feature, and Hansen, who climbed from 18th to ninth. The B Feature was topped by Sanders, with Ryan Wetzstein of West Concord, Minn., and Alex Williamson of Rushford, Minn., also advancing to the main event.

The Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series doubleheader continues at Mississippi Thunder Speedway on Saturday with the USRA Kevko Racing Northern Lights Modified Series presented by Real Racing Wheels offering a $3,000-to-win feature. For more information, visit www.mississippithunder.com.

​OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Mississippi Thunder Speedway, Fountain City, Wis.
Friday, May 2, 2025

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown.

USRA MODIFIEDS

Qualifying 1:
1. (6) 50III Brandon Davis, Hayfield, Minn., 14.9
2. (14) 95X Shaun Walski, Rollingstone, Minn., 14.99
3. (7) 20Q Cole Queensland, Grand Meadow, Minn., 15.07
4. (15) 11X Tom Berry Jr., Marshalltown, Iowa, 15.15
5. (11) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla., 15.21
6. (2) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn., 15.23
7. (5) 27X Calvin Iverson, Eleva, Wis., 15.27
8. (8) 28 Parker Hale, Grand Meadow, Minn., 15.31
9. (1) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn., 15.33
10. (10) 24 Dylan Goettl, Chippewa Falls, Wis., 15.34
11. (3) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, 15.37
12. (12) 428 Kaden Blaeser, Chippewa Falls, Wis., 15.38
13. (16) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn., 15.57
14. (9) 2C Cole Bennerotte, Byron, Minn., 15.58
15. (17) 14 Caden Neisius, Hastings, Minn., 15.77
16. (4) T23 John Toppozini, Thunder Bay, Ont., 15.86
17. (13) 16 Dave Schoenberger, Beaver Dam, Wis., 16.03
DNS - 99 Josh Angst, Winona, Minn, NT

Qualifying 2:
1. (9) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn., 14.86
2. (12) 95 Keith Foss, Winona, Minn., 14.94
3. (8) 94JR John Doelle, Arcadia, Wis., 15.03
4. (10) 97JR Landon Volkman, Rushford, Minn., 15.14
5. (1) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa, 15.19
6. (6) 5D Devon Havlik, Waterloo, Iowa, 15.19
7. (14) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa, 15.2
8. (5) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn., 15.21
9. (15) 43 Zach Brom, Winona, Minn., 15.21
10. (4) 07 Cory Crapser, Chippewa Falls, Wis., 15.39
11. (16) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis., 15.55
12. (3) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis., 15.58
13. (11) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn., 15.58
14. (7) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn., 15.63
15. (13) 21N Ben Nading, Ankeny, Iowa, 15.65
16. (2) 87H Harley Dais, Winona, Minn., 15.71
DNS - 29H Joe Horgdal, Mantorville, Minn., 15.71

Heat 1:
1. (1) 50III Brandon Davis, Hayfield, Minn.
2. (3) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
3. (2) 20Q Cole Queensland, Grand Meadow, Minn.
4. (4) 27X Calvin Iverson, Eleva, Wis.
5. (5) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
6. (6) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
7. (7) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
8. (8) 14 Caden Neisius, Hastings, Minn.
9. (9) 16 Dave Schoenberger, Beaver Dam, Wis.

Heat 2:
1. (1) 95X Shaun Walski, Rollingstone, Minn.
2. (3) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
3. (6) 428 Kaden Blaeser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
4. (4) 28 Parker Hale, Grand Meadow, Minn.
5. (8) T23 John Toppozini, Thunder Bay, Ont., Can.
6. (7) 2C Cole Bennerotte, Byron, Minn.
7. (2) 11X Tom Berry Jr., Marshalltown, Iowa
DQ - (5) 24 Dylan Goettl, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
DNS - 99 Josh Angst, Winona, Minn.

Heat 3:
1. (1) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
2. (4) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
3. (6) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis.
4. (2) 94JR John Doelle, Arcadia, Wis.
5. (7) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
6. (5) 43 Zach Brom, Winona, Minn.
7. (8) 21N Ben Nading, Ankeny, Iowa
DQ - (3) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
DNS - 29H Joe Horgdal, Mantorville, Minn.

Heat 4:
1. (1) 95 Keith Foss, Winona, Minn.
2. (3) 5D Devon Havlik, Waterloo, Iowa
3. (5) 07 Cory Crapser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
4. (2) 97JR Landon Volkman, Rushford, Minn.
5. (4) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
6. (7) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
7. (6) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis.
8. (8) 87H Harley Dais, Winona, Minn.

B Feature:
1. (1) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
2. (5) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
3. (4) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
4. (3) 43 Zach Brom, Winona, Minn.
5. (12) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
6. (8) 14 Caden Neisius, Hastings, Minn.
7. (2) 2C Cole Bennerotte, Byron, Minn.
8. (6) 21N Ben Nading, Ankeny, Iowa
9. (9) 87H Harley Dais, Winona, Minn.
10. (11) 24 Dylan Goettl, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
11. (7) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis.
12. (10) 16 Dave Schoenberger, Beaver Dam, Wis.
DNS - 11X Tom Berry Jr., Marshalltown, Iowa
DNS - 99 Josh Angst, Winona, Minn.
DNS - 29H Joe Horgdal, Mantorville, Minn.

A Feature:
1. (8) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
2. (1) 95 Keith Foss, Winona, Minn.
3. (3) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
4. (2) 50III Brandon Davis, Hayfield, Minn.
5. (6) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
6. (19) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
7. (10) 428 Kaden Blaeser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
8. (15) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
9. (18) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
10. (4) 95X Shaun Walski, Rollingstone, Minn.
11. (9) 20Q Cole Queensland, Grand Meadow, Minn.
12. (13) 27X Calvin Iverson, Eleva, Wis.
13. (22) 43 Zach Brom, Winona, Minn.
14. (21) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
15. (20) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
16. (11) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis.
17. (14) 94JR John Doelle, Arcadia, Wis.
18. (16) T23 John Toppozini, Thunder Bay, Ont., Can.
19. (17) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
20. (7) 5D Devon Havlik, Waterloo, Iowa
21. (12) 07 Cory Crapser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
22. (5) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
DNS - 28 Parker Hale, Grand Meadow, Minn.
DNS - 97JR Landon Volkman, Rushford, Minn.

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