A.J. Hoff won the USRA Modified main event.

A wet cold spring finally dried up and the 2022 racing season got underway Friday night at Chateau Speedway in Lansing, Minn.

Track officials have had a tough time getting the track ready as up until a week ago the racing surface was so saturated that they could not get on it. Several events were lost due to the wet conditions.

Friday night marked the debut of the Skjeveland Enterprises Medieval USRA Stock Cars which opened up with the most exciting pass of the night for the lead in their main event.

Travis Shipman of Mason City, Iowa, along with Blake Adams of McIntire, Iowa, and Chris Toot of Albert Lea crossed the start-finish line three-wide to complete lap seven with Shipman having the advantage by a nose.

As they sorted out, Shipman took control with Adams falling in line second. The two ran that way all the way to the end with Dan Mackenthun of Hamburg coming on strong down the stretch to take third.

Adams did have a heat win on the night while Darin Toot of Albert Lea taking the othe heat win.

The French’s’ Repair USRA Modifieds were back to show off their high flying speeds as well with A.J. Hoff of Mantorville leading the way.

Hoff started on the outside pole for the main event and led Kylie Kath of Claremont around for the first seven laps before Jason Cummins of New Richland moved into second.

Cummins took the lead momentarily as they completed lap nine but Hoff came back the next lap and led the rest of the way to the checkers.

Kath took third ahead of Ryan Wetzstein who put on a nice show coming through the field from a row-five starting spot. Wetzstein and Kath had the heat wins for the class.

Double M Transport USRA B-Mods had a nice opening night field of 19 cars.

Defending track champion Noah Grinstead worked from a row-six starting spot to the front take the win. Brandon Hare of Elma, Iowa, led most of the first 14 laps before Grinstead poked his nose to the front.

Dan Wheeler of Savage, who led a lap early, came home in third. Grinstead also had a heat win with Zach Elward of Hayfield and Jett Sorensen of Rochester taking the other two heats.

Next Friday nNight will be another full night of racing action with six classes back in action with the first green flag scheduled for 7:15 p.m.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Chateau Speedway, Lansing, Minn.
Friday, May 13, 2022

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

USRA MODIFIED

Heat #1:
1. (3) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
2. (1) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
3. (4) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.
4. (7) 99 Josh Angst, Winona, Minn.
5. (6) 02 Jacob Dahle, Morristown, Minn.
6. (5) Z29 A.J. Zvorak, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
7. (2) 90X Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (4) 83 Kylie Kath, Claremont, Minn.
2. (2) 35JR Garitt Wytaske, Austin, Minn.
3. (5) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
4. (6) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
5. (3) 70 Greg Jensen, Albert Lea, Minn.
6. (7) 7S Todd Stinehart, Waseca, Minn.
7. (1) OD Thomas Rolfes, Carpenter, Iowa

Feature:
1. (2) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
2. (6) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.
3. (1) 83 Kylie Kath, Claremont, Minn.
4. (10) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
5. (7) 99 Josh Angst, Winona, Minn.
6. (3) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
7. (4) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
8. (9) 02 Jacob Dahle, Morristown, Minn.
9. (14) 7S Todd Stinehart, Waseca, Minn.
10. (11) Z29 A.J. Zvorak, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
11. (8) 35JR Garitt Wytaske, Austin, Minn.
12. (13) 90X Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
13. (12) OD Thomas Rolfes, Carpenter, Iowa
14. (5) 70 Greg Jensen, Albert Lea, Minn.

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 67 Darin Toot, Albert Lea, Minn.
2. (2) 87 Travis Shipman, Mason City, Iowa
3. (3) 7X Andrew Eischens, Taopi, Minn.
4. (4) 29S Josh Sousa, Alden, Minn.
5. (5) 92 Dan Mackenthun, Hamburg, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 14A Blake Adams, McIntire, Iowa
2. (4) 67II Chris Toot, Albert Lea, Minn.
3. (1) 32 Jason Newkirk, Austin, Minn.
4. (3) 16K Kevin Vogt, Rose Creek, Minn.
5. (5) 18X Daniel Eckblad, St. Peter, Minn.

Feature:
1. (7) 87 Travis Shipman, Mason City, Iowa
2. (5) 14A Blake Adams, McIntire, Iowa
3. (10) 92 Dan Mackenthun, Hamburg, Minn.
4. (3) 67II Chris Toot, Albert Lea, Minn.
5. (4) 67 Darin Toot, Albert Lea, Minn.
6. (8) 7X Andrew Eischens, Taopi, Minn.
7. (1) 18X Daniel Eckblad, St. Peter, Minn.
8. (6) 32 Jason Newkirk, Austin, Minn.
9. (2) 16K Kevin Vogt, Rose Creek, Minn.
10. (9) 29S Josh Sousa, Alden, Minn.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (6) 15Z Zach Elward, Hayfield, Minn.
2. (3) 45 Cole Lonergan, Dexter, Minn.
3. (5) 1Z Zach Davis, Lonsdale, Minn.
4. (1) 11 Joel Schmit, La Crescent, Minn.
5. (7) 88DH Dylan Hutkowski, St. Charles , Minn.
6. (2) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
7. (4) 21 Rian Leichtnam, Grand Meadow, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
2. (3) 56H Brandon Hare, Elma, Iowa
3. (5) RED1 Dan Wheeler, Savage, Minn.
4. (6) 83R Kullen Kath, Owatonna, Minn.
5. (4) 81K Caleb Korpi, Claremont, Minn.
6. (2) 7M Matt Tighe, Austin, Minn.

Heat #3:
1. (3) 54 Jett Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
2. (2) 15 Cole Neisius, Hastings, Minn.
3. (1) 38 Kenny Wytaske, Austin, Minn.
4. (6) 20S Kevin Johnson, Bakersfield, Calif.
5. (5) 5 Michael Meyer, New Richland, Minn.
6. (4) 22C Michael Johnson, Austin, Minn.

Feature:
1. (12) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
2. (2) 56H Brandon Hare, Elma, Iowa
3. (1) RED1 Dan Wheeler, Savage, Minn.
4. (3) 15Z Zach Elward, Hayfield, Minn.
5. (18) 22C Michael Johnson, Austin, Minn.
6. (4) 15 Cole Neisius, Hastings, Minn.
7. (10) 54 Jett Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
8. (7) 1Z Zach Davis, Lonsdale, Minn.
9. (16) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
10. (8) 83R Kullen Kath, Owatonna, Minn.
11. (11) 20S Kevin Johnson, Bakersfield, Calif.
12. (6) 38 Kenny Wytaske, Austin, Minn.
13. (9) 45 Cole Lonergan, Dexter, Minn.
14. (17) 7M Matt Tighe, Austin, Minn.
15. (15) 5 Michael Meyer, New Richland, Minn.
16. (5) 11 Joel Schmit, La Crescent, Minn.
17. (14) 81K Caleb Korpi, Claremont, Minn.
18. (19) 21 Rian Leichtnam, Grand Meadow, Minn.
19. (13) 88DH Dylan Hutkowski, St. Charles , Minn.

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