Gelling earns victory at Miller Central Speedway

By Butch Knouse
MILLER — The WISSOTA late models put on the race of the night on Saturday at Miller Central Speedway.
Lyndon Bolt led the first fourteen laps, but with four cars closing in, Bolt made the wrong move around a lapped car and suddenly found himself in fifth.
Curt Gelling took the lead and held on for his sixth win at the Miller Central Speedway, with Kelly Duffy, David McDonald, Kent Arment and Chad Becker rounding out the top five.
The Pump N Pak pure stocks led off the feature races with Kyle Elsen moving from fourth to first on  the start and leading all the way over Jordan Rawstern, Luke Johnson, Mike Hammill and Brandon Hammill. It was Elsen’s eighth feature win at the Speedway.
In the WISSOTA street stock main, Broc Stout moved from third to the lead on the first lap. Stout led the first six laps and then spun out in turn two. Preston Blackwell took the lead on the restart and scored his fourth feature win, all of which have come in the last six races. Andy Rossow, Blayne Baloun, Clifford Houser and Stout rounded out the top five.
The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds were up next. Dylan Zabel led the first seven laps before Lorin Johnson ran him down and scored his 70th mid mod feature win at the speedway, followed by Kyle Harkin, Zabel, Camden Myers and Lane Johnson
The WISSOTA modifieds started with Nick Grehl leading the first nine laps before Kent Arment reeled him in. Arment went on to his 13th mod feature win and 598th career win over Tyler McDonald, David Carlson, Duane Zabel and Justin Boomsma.
The WISSOTA super stocks put on a show with Kipp DeGroot leading the first lap by a foot over Kip Myers. Myers took the lead, but a yellow put DeGroot back in front. This time it took three more laps for Myers to take over and win his eighth super stock feature at Miller over, Cole Searing, DeGroot, Tyler Anglin and Dale Tomes.
The races will return to Sunday night this week with all classes competing, starting at 7 p.m.

Summary

WISSOTA Late Model
Main: 1. Curt Gelling, Aberdeen 2. Kelly Duffy, Winner 3. David McDonald, Huron 4. Kent Arment, Aberdeen 5. Chad Becker, Aberdeen 6. Lyndon Bolt, Rapid City 7. Dustin Arthur, St. Lawrence 8. Quentin Myers, Pukwana 9. Brian Diede, Huron 10. Curt Kranz, Watertown 11. Rich Thomas, Aberdeen 12. James Hoing, Kimball DNS: Roger Bitz, Aberdeen
Heat 1: Becker, Arment, Arthur, Kranz, Myers, Hoing, Bitz
Heat 2: McDonald, Bolt, Gelling, Duffy, Thomas, Diede
WISSOTA Modified
Main: 1. Kent Arment, Aberdeen 2. Tyler McDonald, Huron 3. David Carlson, Huron 4. Duane Zabel, Selby 5. Justin Boomsma, Hitchcock 6. Nick Grehl, Hitchcock 7. Nick Wranek, Harrisburg DNF: Dale Ames, Huron
Heat: Grehl, Zabel, Carlson, Arment, Ames, Wranek, Boomsma, McDonald
WISSOTA Super Stock
Main: 1. Kip Myers, Ethan 2. Cole Searing, Huron 3. Kipp DeGroot, Platte 4. Tyler Anglin, Ipswich 5. Dale Tomes, Dell Rapids 6. Caleb Yost, Miller 7. Cody Martin, Ethan DNF: Colton Fryer, Aberdeen; Kelly Duffy, Winner
Heat: Myers, Duffy, Searing, Tomes, DeGroot, Anglin, Martin, Yost, Fryer
WISSOTA Midwest Modified
Main: 1. Lorin Johnson, Miller 2. Kyle Harkin, Hermosa 3. Dylan Zabel, Selby 4. Camden Myers, Ethan 5. Lane Johnson, Miller 6. Cole DeJong, Cavour 7. Spence Pollock, Orient 8. Tanner Zweifel, Watertown 9. Britt Williams, Fort Pierre 10. Jaymie Peterson, Highmore 11. Nathan Grehl, Hitchcock 12. James Reimer, Wessington Springs 13. C.J. Johnson, Ethan 14. Jeff Rawstern, Blunt 15. Rodney Cook, Lake Preston
Heat 1: Pollock, Reimer, Zabel, Harkin, Zweifel, Myers, DeJong, Rawstern
Heat 2: La. Johnson, Lo. Johnson, Williams, C.J. Johnson, Peterson, Grehl, Cook
WISSOTA Street Stock
Main: 1. Preston Blackwell, Miller 2. Andy Rossow, Florence 3. Blayne Baloun, St. Lawrence 4. Clifford Houser, Kimball 5. Broc Stout, Winner 6. Nathan Davis, Spearfish 7. Curt Grace, Miller 8. Travis Oxandaburu, Huron DNF: Robert Ross, St. Lawrence
Heat: Baloun, Stout, Blackwell, Ross, Rossow, Houser, Grace, Oxandaburu, Davis
Pump N Pak Pure Stock
Main: 1. Kyle Elsen, Aberdeen 2. Jordan Rawstern, Blunt 3. Luke Johnson, Miller 4. Mike Hammill, Miller 5. Brandon Hammill, Miller 6. Tom Koster, Mitchell DNF: Cassy Muilenburg, Mitchell
Heat: Elsen, M. Hammill, Rawstern, Johnson, B. Hammill, Koster, Muilenburg

Photos:

David Carlson of Huron, left, leads Kent Arment of Aberdeen during a WISSOTA modified heat race on Saturday at Miller Central Speedway.

In the next photo, from left, Travis Oxandaburu of Huron, Andy Rossow of Florence, Curt Grace of Miller and Preston Blackwell of Miller battle for position during their WISSOTA street stock heat race on Saturday at Miller Central Speedway.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF ALLEN BECKER/CORNER 4 PHOTOGRAPHY