Wetzstein, Adams, Johnson pick up Hanson Tire Night wins at Chateau Speedway

Michael Johnson won the USRA B-Mod main event.

Michael Johnson won the USRA B-Mod main event.


Temperatures were plenty warm for Friday night's Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series action at Chateau Speedway powered by Garlick’s Water, and the drivers responded with one of the quickest shows of the season.

Drivers rolled through the heats in less than an hour and took less than an hour and a half to put together six action-filled feature events as Hanson Tire of Austin sponsored the night.

In Double M Transport USRA B-Mod action current points leader Michael Johnson of Rose Creek picked up his third feature win of the season.

Johnson started back in row three and made a quick charge to second before taking over the lead on lap 7 from Cole Neisus of Hastings.  Hunter Kennedy of St. Ansgar, Iowa, moved into second at the end.

Neisus had a heat win on the night as did Caleb Korpi of Claremont.

Blake Adams of McIntire, Iowa, scored his first feature win of the year in the Skjeveland Sanitation Medieval USRA Stock Cars. Adams started on the front row and lead flag-to-flag as the field went caution-free for the race.

Current points leader Travis Shipman of Mason City, Iowa, came home in second ahead of heat winner Chris Adams of McIntire, Iowa.

The French’s Repair USRA Modifieds went caution-free for the first time this year as Steve Wetzstein of West Conocrd scored his second feature win of the year.

Wetzstein made a big move from the outside of row two to second in turns one and two and went to the point in turns three and four and never looked back as he raced off to the win.

His son, Ryan Wetzstein, of West Concord worked his way up to second ahead of Cole Anderson of LeCenter.

Steve Wetzstein also had a heat win on the night giving him the sweep for the class. The other heat win went to Jason Cummins of New Richland.

The track's 66th anniversary season continues next Friday night, July 29, with action in all six classes getting underway with the first green flag at 7:15 p.m.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Chateau Speedway, Lansing, Minn.
Friday, July 22, 2022

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 90X Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
2. (4) 97 Cole Anderson, Le Center, Minn.
3. (2) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
4. (3) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
5. (5) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
6. (6) 55 Casey Schlichting, Clear Lake, Iowa

Heat #2:
1. (4) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.
2. (2) 1A Dwaine Hanson, Lakefield, Minn.
3. (3) Z29 A.J. Zvorak, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
4. (5) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
5. (1) OD Thomas Rolfes, Carpenter, Iowa

Feature:
1. (4) 90X Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
2. (5) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
3. (1) 97 Cole Anderson, Le Center, Minn.
4. (3) Z29 A.J. Zvorak, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
5. (8) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
6. (10) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.
7. (7) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
8. (9) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
9. (2) 1A Dwaine Hanson, Lakefield, Minn.
10. (6) OD Thomas Rolfes, Carpenter, Iowa
11. (11) 55 Casey Schlichting, Clear Lake, Iowa

USRA STOCK CARS

Heat:
1. (2) 14A Chris Adams, McIntire, Iowa
2. (1) 14 Blake Adams, McIntire, Iowa
3. (6) 7X Andrew Eischens, Taopi, Minn.
4. (4) 87 Travis Shipman, Mason City, Iowa
5. (5) 32 Jason Newkirk, Austin, Minn.
6. (7) 29S Josh Sousa, Alden, Minn.
7. (3) 21 Jesse Stahl, Austin, Minn.

Feature:
1. (3) 14 Blake Adams, McIntire, Iowa
2. (4) 87 Travis Shipman, Mason City, Iowa
3. (1) 14A Chris Adams, McIntire, Iowa
4. (5) 7X Andrew Eischens, Taopi, Minn.
5. (7) 21 Jesse Stahl, Austin, Minn.
6. (2) 32 Jason Newkirk, Austin, Minn.
7. (6) 29S Josh Sousa, Alden, Minn.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 81K Caleb Korpi, Claremont, Minn.
2. (1) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
3. (3) 08K Toby Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
4. (6) 20S Kevin Johnson, Adams, Minn.
5. (4) 7M Matt Tighe, Austin, Minn.
6. (7) 5 Michael Meyer, New Richland, Minn.
7. (5) 4 Greg Brooks, Spring Valley, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 15 Cole Neisius, Hastings, Minn.
2. (4) 22C Michael Johnson, Rose Creek, Minn.
3. (3) 17 Klay Beemer, Fairmont, Minn.
4. (5) 28 Autum Winters, Mason City, Iowa
5. (2) 5B Jason Pugh, Clovis, Calif.
6. (6) 21M Brandon McFarland, Austin, Minn.
DQ – (7) 77 Colton Weigel, Glenville, Minn.

Feature:
1. (6) 22C Michael Johnson, Rose Creek, Minn.
2. (5) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
3. (4) 20S Kevin Johnson, Adams, Minn.
4. (9) 08K Toby Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
5. (10) 5 Michael Meyer, New Richland, Minn.
6. (14) 77 Colton Weigel, Glenville, Minn.
7. (2) 15 Cole Neisius, Hastings, Minn.
8. (1) 7M Matt Tighe, Austin, Minn.
9. (12) 5B Jason Pugh, Clovis, Calif.
10. (11) 4 Greg Brooks, Spring Valley, Minn.
11. (3) 17 Klay Beemer, Fairmont, Minn.
12. (7) 28 Autum Winters, Mason City, Iowa
13. (8) 81K Caleb Korpi, Claremont, Minn.
14. (13) 21M Brandon McFarland, Austin, Minn.

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