Track champions crowned at MCS

Plainsman staff
Posted 8/19/18

Saturday car races at Miller Central Speedway

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Track champions crowned at MCS

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MILLER — David McDonald of Huron held off Brian Diede of Huron for the victory in the WISSOTA late model feature race on Saturday at Miller Central Speedway. The victory, which was McDonald’s eighth win at the track, capped two consecutive nights of racing at MCS.
McDonald overtook Curt Gelling of Aberdeen for the lead on the third lap, but had Gelling and Kent Arment nipping at his heels during the final laps. Gelling and Arment tangled on the final lap to slow the race and force a two-lap sprint to the finish.
On the ensuing restart, Blair Nothdurft’s car stalled coming to the green flag and would collect three other cars in the mishap. After re-racking the field for a second shot at the finish, Diede was able to get a run on the high side of the track coming out of turn four on the final lap to create the dramatic finish. McDonald would take the checkered flag less than a half a second ahead of Diede.
Josh Skorczewski was third, followed by Arment and Kelly Duffy of Winner.
Skorczewski was able to secure his second late model track championship in three years at the Miller track. Dustin Arthurs of St. Lawrence was second, followed by Gelling.
McDonald also topped the late model field on Friday, winning the feature race. Arment was second, followed by Diede, Chad Becker of Aberdeen and Gelling.
Cole Searing of Huron earned his first WISSOTA Midwest modified feature win on Saturday at Miller Central Speedway.
Searing passed Cory Berquist of Huron on the lap six and remained out front the rest of the main event. David Carson of Huron was second, followed by Lorin Johnson of Miller, Brad Kopecky of Miller and Dylan Zabel of Selby.
Johnson secured his 12th Midwest modified track title at his home track since 2007. Berquist was second in the season standings, followed by Jayme Peterson of Highmore.
Berquist led from start to finish to secure his third win in the Midwest modified feature on Friday. He held off Searing for the win. Carlson was third, followed by Johnson and Scott Hansen of Garden City.
Trevor Nelson of Warner recorded the sweep in the WISSOTA super stock division, by earning wins on both nights.
Saturday’s win was his fifth feature win at the speedway. Kelly Duffy of Winner got past Searing on a late restart to claim the second spot. Searing was third, followed by Kipp DeGroot of Platte and Jeremy North of Huron.
Searing captured his third straight super stock track title in Miller, while North and DeGroot were second and third, respectively.
Nelson led Searing across the finish line for the win on Friday. Duffy was third, followed by DeGroot  and Caleb Yost of Miller.
Ferlin Sheridan of Aberdeen inked his first feature win in the pure stock  feature race on Friday and added a second on Saturday.
Sheridan worked his way through the pack to take the lead on the eighth lap and secure the win on Friday. Jordan Rawstern of Blunt was second, followed by Mike Hammill of Miller, Destrie Morris of Miller and Curtis Johnson of Miller.  
It didn’t take Sheridan nearly as long to reach the front of the field on Saturday, as he passed Hammill for the lead on the third lap and recorded the win. Hammill was second, followed by Johnson, Rawstern and Colton Fryer of Aberdeen.
Rawstern collected his second track title in the pure stock division in the past three years. Hammill was second, followed by Johnson.
Broc Stout of Winner and Zack Pollock of Miller were the feature winners in the WISSOTA street stock division on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
Stout made his way past Pollock for the lead on the third lap en route to the victory on Friday. Despite blowing a radiator hose with two laps to go, Pollock held on for second, followed by Preston Blackwell of Miller, Chris Serr of Aberdeen and Michael Bogh of Huron.
Pollock held the lead from start to finish on Saturday to secure his third feature win. Serr was second, followed by Stout, Cole Phillips of Winner and Blackwell.
Stout, who has 23 career feature wins in Miller, won his second street stock track title in the past three years. Serr was second and Pollock was third.
After winning the WISSOTA modified feature race on Friday, Alex Guthmiller of Huron won his first track championship with a runner-up finish on Saturday.
Guthmiller pulled away for his seventh feature win on Friday, with Tyler McDonald of Huron taking second. Dale Ames of Huron was third, followed by Jordan Foster of Henry and Gelling.
McDonald held off Guthmiller for the win on Saturday. It was his 12th main event win. Nick Wranek of Tea was third, followed by Gelling and Ames.
Ames was second in the final modified standings, followed by Arment.
Next up at Miller Central Speedway will be the Fourth Annual Dog Days of Summer Big Dog event at 7 p.m. Saturday. The late model division will pay $1,500 to win, while other top prizes will by $80 for modifieds, $600 for super stocks and $500 for Midwest modifieds.

Races will also be held Sept. 1 and 8 at Miller Central Speedway.

Saturday results
WISSOTA Late Model
Main: 1. David McDonald, Huron 2. Brian Diede, Huron 3. Josh Skorczewski, Aberdeen 4. Kent Arment, Aberdeen 5. Kelly Duffy, Winner 6. Jordan Tollakson, Montevideo, Minnesota 7. Jordan Heiman, Sioux Falls 8. Dustin Arthur, St. Lawrence 9. Brandon Moser, Aberdeen 10. Rich Thomas, Aberdeen 11. Mike Jager, Gettysburg 12. Lyndon Bolt, Rapid City DNF: Blair Nothdurft, Sioux Falls; Curt Kranz, Watertown; Curt Gelling, Aberdeen; John Hoefert, Sioux Falls; Chad Becker, Aberdeen
Heat 1: Diede, Gelling, McDonald, Duffy, Moser, Thomas
Heat 2: Kranz, Nothdurft, Jager, Arthur, Bolt, Becker
Heat 3: Arment, Skorczewski, Tollakson, Hoefert, Heiman
WISSOTA Modified
Main: 1. Tyler McDonald, Huron 2. Alex Guthmiller, Huron 3. Nick Wranek, Harrisburg 4. Curt Gelling, Aberdeen 5. Dale Ames, Huron
Heat: Guthmiller, McDonald, Wranek, Ames, Gelling
WISSOTA Super Stock
Main: 1. Trevor Nelson, Warner 2. Kelly Duffy, Winner 3. Cole Searing, Huron 4. Kipp DeGroot, Platte 5. Jeremy North, Huron 6. Cody Martin, Mitchell 7. Caleb Yost, Miller 8. Bowdry Morris, Miller 9. Billy Prouty, Alexandria 10. Austin Arbogast, Huron DNF: Kyle Elsen, Bath
Heat 1: Nelson, Searing, Martin, Prouty, Elsen, Morris
Heat 2: DeGroot, Duffy, North, Yost, Arbogast
WISSOTA Midwest Modified
Main: 1. Cole Searing, Huron 2. David Carlson, Huron 3. Lorin Johnson, Miller 4. Brad Kopecky, Miller 5. Dylan Zabel, Selby 6. Scott Hansen, Garden City 7. Brian Bachmann, Pierre 8. Brock Gronwold, Fergus Falls, MN 9. Camden Myers, Ethan 10. Tanner Zweifel, Faulkton 11. Justin Williams, Gillette, Wyoming 12. Lane Johnson, Miller 13. Britt Williams, Fort Pierre 14. Nathan Jager, Aberdeen 15. James Reiner, Wessington Springs DNF: Jaymie Peterson, Highmore; Cory Berquist, Huron; Robert Harder, Huron; Jeff Rawstern, Blunt; Matt Heinzerling, Spearfish; Tanner Grohs, Wessington Springs; Dawson Zabel, Selby; Spence Pollock, Orient
Heat 1: Searing, Carlson, Gronwold, Bachmann, Williams, Myers, Harder, Grohs
Heat 2: Peterson, Da. Zabel, Hansen, Reiner, Pollock, Williams, Jager
Heat 3: Zweifel, Kopecky, Berquist, Lo. Johnson, Dy. Zabel, La. Johnson, Heinzerling, Rawstern
WISSOTA Street Stock
Main: 1. Zach Pollock, Miller 2. Chris Serr, Aberdeen 3. Broc Stout, Winner 4. Cole Phillips, Winner 5. Preston Blackwell, Miller 6. James Hoing, Kimball 7. Clifford Houser, Kimball 8. Travis Oxandaburu, Huron 9. Blayne Baloun, St. Lawrence 10. Luke Johnson, Miller 11. Jordan Kott, Platte DNF: Dave Brooker, Tulare
Heat 1: Pollock, Houser, Serr, Baloun, Oxandaburu, Johnson
Heat 2: Blackwell, Stout, Hoing, Phillips, Kott, Brooker
Pump N Pak Pure Stock
Main: 1. Ferlin Sheridan, Aberdeen 2. Mike Hammill, Miller 3. Curtis Johnson, Miller 4. Jordan Rawstern, Blunt 5. Colton Fryer, Aberdeen 6. Destrie Morris, Miller DNF: Paxton George, Rapid City
Heat: Rawstern, Hammill, Fryer, Johnson, Sheridan, Morris, George

Friday results
WISSOTA Late Model
Main: 1. David McDonald, Huron 2. Kent Arment, Aberdeen 3. Brian Diede, Huron 4. Chad Becker, Aberdeen 5. Curt Gelling, Aberdeen 6. Josh Skorczewski, Aberdeen 7. Blair Nothdurft, Sioux Falls 8. Lyndon Bolt, Rapid City 9. Nick Grehl, Hitchcock 10. Kelly Duffy, Winner 11. Dustin Arthur, St. Lawrence 12. Curt Kranz, Watertown 13. Brandon Moser, Aberdeen 14. Mike Jager, Gettysburg 15. Rich Thomas, Aberdeen DNF: Tim Nelson, Madison
Heat 1: Skorczewski, Grehl, Arment, Becker, Diede, Arthur, Kranz, Moser
Heat 2: Gelling, McDonald, Duffy, Bolt, Jager, Nothdurft, Thomas, Nelson
WISSOTA Modified
Main: 1. Alex Guthmiller, Huron 2. Tyler McDonald, Huron 3. Dale Ames, Huron 4. Jordan Foster, Henry 5. Curt Gelling, Aberdeen 6. Arne Anderson, Watertown DNF: Kent Arment, Aberdeen
Heat: Guthmiller, McDonald, Foster, Arment, Ames, Gelling, Anderson
WISSOTA Super Stock
Main: 1. Trevor Nelson, Warner 2. Cole Searing, Huron 3. Kelly Duffy, Winner 4. Kipp DeGroot, Platte 5. Caleb Yost, Miller 6. Billy Prouty, Alexandria 7. Austin Arbogast, Huron 8. Jeremy North, Huron
Heat: Nelson, Searing, Duffy, Prouty, Yost, North, DeGroot, Arbogast
WISSOTA Midwest Modified
Main: 1. Cory Berquist, Huron 2. Cole Searing, Huron 3. David Carlson, Huron 4. Lorin Johnson, Miller 5. Scott Hansen, Garden City 6. Cole DeJong, Cavour 7. Dylan Zabel, Selby 8. Lane Johnson, Miller 9. Jayme Peterson, Highmore 10. Tanner Zweifel, Faulkton 11. Spence Pollock, Orient 12. James Reiner, Wessington Springs 13. Brian Bachmann, Pierre 14. Justin Williams, Gillette, Wyoming 15. Robert Harder, Huron 16. Tanner Grohs, Wessington Springs DNF: Brad Kopecky, Miller; Dawson Zabel, Selby; Jeff Rawstern, Blunt
Heat 1: Hansen, Carlson, Reiner, DeJong, Williams, Pollock, Da. Zabel
Heat 2: Lo. Johnson, Kopecky, La. Johnson, Grohs, Zweifel, Bachmann
Heat 3: Dy. Zabel, Searing, Berquist, Peterson, Harder, Rawstern
WISSOTA Street Stock
Main: 1. Broc Stout, Winner 2. Zack Pollock, Miller 3. Preston Blackwell, Miller 4. Chris Serr, Aberdeen 5. Michael Bogh, Huron 6. Cole Phillips, Winner 7. Luke Johnson, Miller 8. James Hoing, Kimball 9. Clifford Houser, Kimball 10. Travis Oxandaburu, Huron 11. Blayne Baloun, St. Lawrence 12. Jordan Kott, Platte
Heat 1: Hoing, Stout, Blackwell, Serr, Houser, Oxandaburu
Heat 2: Pollock, Bogh, Phillips, Johnson, Kott, Baloun
Pump N Pak Pure Stock
Main: 1. Ferlin Sheridan, Aberdeen 2. Jordan Rawstern, Blunt 3. Mike Hammill, Miller 4. Destrie Morris, Miller 5. Curtis Johnson, Miller
Heat: Rawstern, Sheridan, Hammill, Johnson, Morris.

PHOTOS BY ALLEN BECKER/CORNER 4 PHOTOGRAPHY
Spence Pollock of Orient (57), Scott Hansen of Garden City (31) and Britt Williams of Ft. Pierre (69) battle for position during the WISSOTA Midwest modified feature race on Saturday at Miller Central Speedway.

In the next photo, Mike Jager of Gettysburg (75s), Lyndon Bolt of Rapid City (3x) and Rich Thomas of Aberdeen run three wide during their WISSOTA late model heat race on Friday at Miller Central Speedway.