Steve Wetzstein won the USRA Modified main event.

Temperatures were a bit cool for racing action Friday night at the Chateau Speedway powered by Garlick’s Water but some fast action warmed everybody up.

One of the biggest highlights of week two of the 2022 season was the return of an old friend to victory lane.

USRA Modified Driver Steve Wetzstein of West Concord who has been in and out of car the last few years found his way back to Chateau Speedway Victory Lane for the first in almost three years. Last time Steve brought him a Feature win at The Track was June 14, 2019, and he did it with a thrilling three-wide pass for the lead.

His son, Ryan Wetzstein, led the first 18 laps but a three-wide scramble off a restart with the two of them and Dustin Sorensen of Rochester saw Steve Wetzstein take over the top spot and power away for the win.

Sorensen took second ahead of Rodney Sanders of Happy, Texas; Jason Cummins of New Richland; and Jacob Bleess of Chatfield. Ryan Wetzstein faded to sixth.

Bleess and Sorensen took the classes heat wins.

Twenty-five USRA B-Mods were scheduled for their main event but three drivers failed to make the grid.

In the end it was Hunter Kennedy of St. Ansgar, Iowa, who led flag to flag for his first feature win of the year.

Noah Grinstead of Austin pushed him to the checkers challenging him. Third went to Michael Johnson of Austin ahead of Jett Sorensen of Rochester who came from back in row nine for a solid top-five finish ahead of Brandon Hare of Elma, Iowa.

Grinstead, Hare and Trevor Fecht of Ankeny, Iowa, scored heat wins in the class.

Medieval USRA Stock Cars were led for the second week in a row by Travis Shipman of Mason City, Iowa.

Shipman scored the lone heat win as well. Chance Larson of Dunnel chased him home in both events.

Chateau Speedway now turns its attention to the big $10,000-to-win USMTS special next Friday, May 27. The USMTS Modifieds will be running in the area for much of the Memorial Day Weekend and will make their Friday night stop in Lansing.

Running along with the USMTS Modifieds will be USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods plus Wissota Midwest Modifieds.

The first green flag is scheduled for 7:15 p.m.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Chateau Speedway, Lansing, Minn.
Friday, May 20, 2022

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (3) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
2. (5) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
3. (1) 83 Kylie Kath, Claremont, Minn.
4. (4) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.
5. (2) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
6. (7) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
7. (8) OD Thomas Rolfes, Carpenter, Iowa
8. (6) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
2. (3) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
3. (6) 90X Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
4. (7) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
5. (4) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
6. (5) Z29 A.J. Zvorak, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
7. (2) 8L Lyle Sathoff, Sherburn, Minn.

Feature:
1. (10) 90X Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
2. (5) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
3. (6) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
4. (8) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.
5. (7) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
6. (2) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
7. (3) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
8. (1) 83 Kylie Kath, Claremont, Minn.
9. (11) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
10. (4) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
11. (12) Z29 A.J. Zvorak, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
12. (9) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
13. (14) 8L Lyle Sathoff, Sherburn, Minn.
14. (15) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
15. (13) OD Thomas Rolfes, Carpenter, Iowa

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat:
1. (1) 87 Travis Shipman, Mason City, Iowa
2. (4) 95 Chance Larson, Dunnel, Minn.
3. (2) 7X Andrew Eischens, Taopi, Minn.
4. (3) 16K Kevin Vogt, Rose Creek, Minn.
5. (7) 32 Jason Newkirk, Austin, Minn.
6. (6) 29S Josh Sousa, Alden, Minn.
7. (5) 14A Blake Adams, McIntire, Iowa

Feature:
1. (4) 87 Travis Shipman, Mason City, Iowa
2. (3) 95 Chance Larson, Dunnel, Minn.
3. (1) 7X Andrew Eischens, Taopi, Minn.
4. (2) 16K Kevin Vogt, Rose Creek, Minn.
5. (5) 29S Josh Sousa, Alden, Minn.
DNS – 14A Blake Adams, McIntire, Iowa
DNS – 32 Jason Newkirk, Austin, Minn.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 56H Brandon Hare, Elma, Iowa
2. (6) 15Z Zach Elward, Hayfield, Minn.
3. (8) 83R Kullen Kath, Owatonna, Minn.
4. (4) 15 Cole Neisius, Hastings, Minn.
5. (3) 29 Lilli Reps, Utica, Minn.
6. (5) 07 Logan Alseth, Winona, Minn.
7. (9) 54 Jett Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
8. (7) 17 Klay Beemer, Fairmont, Minn.
9. (2) 21M Brandon McFarland, Austin, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 10T Trevor Fecht, Allison, Iowa
2. (5) 22C Michael Johnson, Austin, Minn.
3. (2) 52 Hunter Nelson, Peterson, Minn.
4. (6) 81K Caleb Korpi, Claremont, Minn.
5. (4) 21 Rian Leichtnam, Grand Meadow, Minn.
6. (3) 27X Max Anderson, Madison Lake, Minn.
DNS – 11J Jacob Lynch, Winona, Minn.
DNS – 64 John Ross, Mankato, Minn.

Heat #3:
1. (5) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
2. (3) 45 Cole Lonergan, Dexter, Minn.
3. (7) RED1 Dan Wheeler, Savage, Minn.
4. (4) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
5. (2) 5 Michael Meyer, New Richland, Minn.
6. (8) 96 Isaiah Rowe, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
7. (1) 88DH Dylan Hutkowski, Saint Charles , Minn.
DQ – (6) 2C Cole Bennerotte, Byron, Minn.

Feature:
1. (1) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
2. (5) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
3. (6) 22C Michael Johnson, Austin, Minn.
4. (17) 54 Jett Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
5. (7) 56H Brandon Hare, Elma, Iowa
6. (8) 15 Cole Neisius, Hastings, Minn.
7. (10) RED1 Dan Wheeler, Savage, Minn.
8. (4) 83R Kullen Kath, Owatonna, Minn.
9. (11) 15Z Zach Elward, Hayfield, Minn.
10. (12) 45 Cole Lonergan, Dexter, Minn.
11. (2) 81K Caleb Korpi, Claremont, Minn.
12. (13) 29 Lilli Reps, Utica, Minn.
13. (16) 07 Logan Alseth, Winona, Minn.
14. (9) 10T Trevor Fecht, Allison, Iowa
15. (15) 5 Michael Meyer, New Richland, Minn.
16. (21) 11J Jacob Lynch, Winona, Minn.
17. (18) 17 Klay Beemer, Fairmont, Minn.
18. (3) 52 Hunter Nelson, Peterson, Minn.
19. (19) 88DH Dylan Hutkowski, Saint Charles , Minn.
20. (20) 21M Brandon McFarland, Austin, Minn.
21. (22) 2C Cole Bennerotte, Byron, Minn.
22. (14) 21 Rian Leichtnam, Grand Meadow, Minn.
DNS – 27X Max Anderson, Madison Lake, Minn.
DNS – 96 Isaiah Rowe, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
DNS – 64 John Ross, Mankato, Minn.

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