By Butch Knouse
for the Plainsman

MILLER — It was a hot, humid, windless night at the Miller Central Speedway. The heat took a toll on the crowd and the car count, but the lack of wind kept the track in excellent shape. The evening was sponsored by Ellwein Brothers, the local Budweiser distributor and there were 59 cars on hand.
The Pump N Pak Pure Stocks were up first with Jordan Rawstern leading all the way and winning over Curtis Johnson and Mike Hammill. It was Rawstern’s 12th feature win at the speedway.
The WISSOTA Street Stocks were next with James Hoing leading from the pole position and fighting off the field through several restarts to win his first feature at the Miller Central Speedway over Broc Stout, Blayne Baloun, Zach Pollock and Cole Phillips.
FYI, James Hoing also has wins at Hartford and Wagner.
The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds rolled off 18 strong with Lorin Johnson moving from fifth position to take the win over Scott Hansen, Spence Pollock, Cory Berquist and Kyle Knouse. It was Johnson’s 77th Mid Mod feature win and his 125th overall feature win at the speedway.
The WISSOTA Modifieds were heat thinned like the Pure Stocks. Tyler McDonald led all the way over Alex Guthmiller, Nick Wranek and Lorin Johnson. It was Tyler’s 11th feature win at Miller.
The WISSOTA Super Stocks had Trevor Nelson and Cole Searing racing through the field to the front with Nelson winning over Searing. Casey Hanson, Kipp DeGroot and Jeremy North rounded out the top five. It was Trevor’s third feature win at the track.
The WISSOTA Late Models put on the race of the night. A three car spin on the first lap slowed things down, but David McDonald quickly went to the front from sixth. Brian Diede closed in and passed McDonald for the lead in turn three but a yellow nullified the pass and McDonald got the lead on the restart and promptly ran away from the field for his sixth Late Model feature win, followed by Diede, Curt Gelling, Mike Jager and Blair Nothdurft.

There will be races both Friday and Saturday night this week. Saturday night is the Season Championship night with point champions crowned in all six divisions. If Saturday rains out, the points finale will be moved to September 1. There will be racing September 1 and 8 regardless. They will be for WISSOTA National Points. Starting time is always 7 p.m.

WISSOTA Late Model main: 1. David McDonald, Huron; 2. Brian Diede, Huron; 3. Curt Gelling, Aberdeen; 4. Mike Jager, Gettysburg; 5. Blair Nothdurft, Sioux Falls; 6. Dustin Arthur, St. Lawrence; 7. John Hoefert, Sioux Falls; 8. Brandon Moser, Aberdeen; 9. Nick Grehl, Hitchcock; 10. Rich Thomas, Aberdeen; DNF: Josh Skorczewski, Aberdeen; Chad Becker, Aberdeen; Curt Kranz, Watertown
Heat 1: Nothdurft, Jager, Arthur, Moser, Grehl, Skorczewski
Heat 2: McDonald, Diede, Gelling, Hoefert, Kranz, Thomas
WISSOTA Modified main: 1. Tyler McDonald, Huron; 2. Alex Guthmiller, Huron; 3. Nick Wranek, Harrisburg; 4. Lorin Johnson, Miller; DNF: James Hanley, Cresbard.
Heat: McDonald, Wranek, Guthmiller, Johnson, Hanley
WISSOTA Super Stock main: 1. Trevor Nelson, Warner; 2. Cole Searing, Huron; 3. Casey Hanson, Badger; 4. Kipp DeGroot, Platte; 5. Jeremy North, Huron; 6. Cody Martin, Mitchell; 7. Caleb Yost, Miller.
Heat: Hanson, Nelson, DeGroot, Martin, Yost, North, Searing
WISSOTA Midwest Modified main: 1. Lorin Johnson; 2. Scott Hansen, Garden City; 3. Spence Pollock, Orient; 4. Cory Berquist, Huron; 5. Kyle Knouse, Huron; 6. Jayme Peterson, Highmore; 7. Dylan Zabel, Selby; 8. James Reiner, Wessington Springs; 9. Dawson Zabel, Selby; 10. Brian Bachmann, Pierre; 11. Britt Williams, Fort Pierre; 12. Brad Kopecky, Miller; 13. Scott Phillips, Huron; 14. Jeff Rawstern, Blunt; DNF: Robert Harder, Huron; Blake Meyer, Huron; Shaun Cooper, Pierre; Jordan Kienow, MIller DNS: Tanner Grohs, Wessington Springs
Heat 1: Pollock, Hansen, Peterson, Da. Zabel, Kopecky, Cooper, Phillips
Heat 2: Johnson, Reiner, Berquist, Bachmann, Kienow, Rawstern
Heat 3: Knouse, Dy. Zabel, Williams, Harder, Meyer, Grohs
WISSOTA Street Stock main: 1. James Hoing, Kimball 2. Broc Stout, Winner 3. Blayne Baloun, St. Lawrence 4. Zach Pollock, Miller 5. Cole Phillips, Winner 6. Andy Rossow, Florence 7. Preston Blackwell, Miller 8. Chris Serr, Aberdeen 9. Clifford Houser, Kimball 10. Luke Johnson, Miller 11. Troy Murner, Rapid City DNF: Travis Oxandaburu, Huron
Heat 1: Blackwell, Rossow, Baloun, Murner, Johnson, Oxandaburu
Heat 2: Pollock, Serr, Hoing, Stout, Phillips, Houser
Pump N Pak Pure Stock main: 1. Jordan Rawstern, Blunt 2. Curtis Johnson, Miller 3. Mike Hammill, Miller
Heat: Rawstern, Johnson, Hammill

PHOTO COURTESY OF ALLEN BECKER
Trevor Nelson of Warner holds the inside line against Cody Martin of Mitchell in a WISSOTA Street Stock heat race Saturday night at Miller Central Speedway.