Ward, Tesch win twice at Autumn Classic in Watertown
By the P.O. Sports Staff
More than 100 cars competed Friday and Saturday in the third Autumn Classic at Casino Speedway.
Scott Ward of Watertown (late models) and D.J. Tesch of Brandt (limited late models) collected feature wins each night.
Saturday’s other feature winners were Brent Dutenhoffer of Watertown, modifieds; Scott Hansen of Garden City, Midwest modifieds; Kyle Dykhoff of Starbuck (Minn.), street stocks; and Payton Asche of Granite Falls (Minn.), hornets.
Friday’s other feature winners were Mike Nichols of Watertown, Midwest modifieds; Tyler Peterson of Hickson (N.D.), modifieds; Wade Tirrel of White, street stocks and Corey Mehrwerth of St. Stephen (Minn.), hornets.
Third Autumn Classic
Friday-Saturday at Casino Speedway
Friday’s Results
STREET STOCK
• Feature — 1. Wade Tirrel, White; 2. Chris Serr, Aberdeen; 3. Brady Lacher, Milbank; 4. Matt Goth, Huron; 5. Cory Moser, Aberdeen; 6. Travis Oxandaburu, Huron; 7. Andy Rossow, Florence; 8. Jaida Sanderson, Aberdeen; 9. Jakob Browning, Watertown. DNF: Tyler Lamb, Clark; Adam Butterfield, South Shore; Nicholas Green, Watertown; Maria Broksieck, Goodwin and Josh Long and Cody Olson of Canby (Minn.); DNS: Brian Pearson, Toronto.
• First Heat — 1. Tirrel; 2. Lacher; 3. Broksieck; 4. Pearson; 5. Butterfield; 6. Oxandaburu; 7. Browning; 8. Olson.
• Second Heat — 1. Serr; 2. Rossow; 3. Sanderson; 4. Goth; 5. Lamb; 6. Long. DNF: Green.
MIDWEST MODIFIEDS
• Feature — 1. Mike Nichols, Watertown; 2. Tim Kanten, Milan (Minn.); 3. Troy Randall, Watertown; 4. Tommy Nichols, Watertown; 5. Tony Croninger, Watertown; 6. Derek Rieck, Ortonville (Minn.); 7. Scott Hansen, Garden City; 8. Les Schoon, Watertown; 9. Justin Bjorklund, Glenwood (Minn.); 10. Danny Hall, Watertown; 11. Darren Engesser, Gary; 12. Tate Block, Florence; 13. Corbin Erickson, Sioux Falls; 14. Tom Neitzel, Watertown; 15. Jason Dargatz, Webster. DNF: Scott Harrington, Waubay; Clint Erickson, Sioux Falls and Todd Randall and Charles Hanten of Watertown. DNS: Red Anderson, Waubay.
• B Feature — 1. Block; 2. Neitzel; 3. Erickson; 4. Todd Randall; 5. Dargatz; 6. Cameron Lindberg, Watertown. DNF: Damon Hoftiezer, Fort Pierre. DNS: Britt Williams, Fort Pierre; Tyler McFarland, Goodwin and Jeff Rawstern, Blunt.
• First Heat — 1. Kanten; 2. T. Nichols; 3. Hall; 4. R. Anderson; 5. Hanten. NNF: Dargatz, Williams Rawstern and Lindberg.
• Second Heat — 1. Hansen; 2. Troy Randall; 3. Schoon; 4. Rieck; 5. Bjorklund; 6. Todd Randall; 7. Block; 8. Neitzel.
• Third Heat — 1. M. Nichols; 2. Harrington; 3. Croninger; 4. Engesser; 5. Clint Erickson; 6. Corbin Erickson; 7. Hoftiezer. DNF: McFarland.
MODIFIEDS
• Feature — 1. Tyler Peterson, Hickson (N.D.); 2. Matt Gilbertson, Montevideo (Minn.); 3. Mike Stearns, Hecla; 4. Joseph Thomas, Glyndon (Minn.); 5. Brent Dutenhoffer, Watertown; 6. Dale Ames, Huron; 7. Trevor Anderson, Watertown; 8. Kenny Mayer, Hazel; 9. Tyler Anglin, Aberdeen; 10. Matt Jeratowski, Madison; 11. Arne Anderson, Watertown; 12. Dusty Seitz, Madison. DNF: Tony Konold, Clear Lake; Alex Guthmiller, Huron; Tim Thomas, West Fargo (N.D.); Corky Thomas, Glyndon (Minn.); Kent Arment, Aberdeen; Jayson Good, Watertown; Tim Waba, Watertown; Chris Moore, Madison and Ryan Engels, Watertown.
LIMITED LATE MODELS
• Feature — 1. D.J. Tesch, Brandt; 2. Tony Croninger, Watertown; 3. John Kaiser, Lake Norden; 4. Ryan Bjerke, Clear Lake; 5. Scott Borstad, Volga; 6. Tony Robertson, Watkins (Minn.); 7. Keith Konold, Brandt; 8. Dustin Johanneck, Litchfield (Minn.); 9. Andrew Tsdal, Fergus Falls (Minn.); 10. Blake Saathoff, Alexandria (Minn.). DNF: Kyle Jensen, Brookings; Zack Tysdal, Fergus Falls (Minn.) and Levi Kreger, Clear Lake.
• First Heat — 1. Kaiser; 2. Konold; 3. Saathoff; 4. Jensen; 5. Robertson; 6. A. Tysdal; 7. Kreger.
• Second Heat — 1. Tesch; 2. Bjerke; 3. Croninger; 4. Borstad; 5. Z. Tysdal. DNF: Johanneck.
LATE MODELS
• Feature — 1. Scott Ward, Watertown; 2. Chad Becker, Aberdeebn; 3. Kent Arment, Aberdeen; 4. David Carlson, Huron; 5. Trevor Anderson, Watertown; 6. David McDonald, Huron; 7. Curt Kranz, Watertown; 8. Chad Williamson, Watertown; 9. Tyler McDonald, Huron; 10. Trevor Walsh, Watertwn; 11. Chuck Swenson, Watertown; 12. Rich Thomas, Aberdeen. DNF: Morgan Ward, Watertown; Denver Nickson, Veblen; D.J. Tesch, Brandt and Ryan Engels, Watertown.
• Fierst Heat — 1. S. Ward; 2. Arment; 3. Carlson; 4. Engels; 5. Nickeson; 6. T. Anderson; 7. Williamson; 8. Thomas.
• Second Heat — 1. Swenson; 2. Tesch; 3. Becker; 4. D. McDonald; 5. Walsh; 6. M. Ward; 7. T. McDonald; 8. Kranz.
HORNETS
• Feature — 1. Corey Mehrwerth, St. Stephen (Minn.); 2. Jacob Aarhus, Canby (Minn.); 3. Adam VanDerostyne, Canby (Minn.); 4. Kevin Block, Waubay; 5. Jerik Stabler, Letcher. DNF: Scott Ireland, Dawson (Minn.). DNS: Nathan Smith and Logan Pearson, Watertown.
• First Heat — 1. Mehrwerth; 2. Aarhus; 3. VanDerostyne; 3. Blcok; 5. Ireland. DNF: Stabler, Smith and Pearson.
Saturday’s Results
STREET STOCK
• Feature — 1. Kyle Dykhoff, Starbuck (Minn.); 2. Rossow; 3. Moser; 4. Lamb; 5. Tirrel; 6. Goth; 7. Long; 8. Pearson; 9. Sanderson; 10. Oxandaburu; 11. Green; 12. Broksieck; 13. Browning. DNF: Lacher, Olson, Chad Willmott of White, James Stands III of Rapid City, Paul Haider of Watertown and Casey Carstens of Mitchell. DQ Serr.
• First Heat — 1. Dykhoff; 2. Broksieck; 3. Serr; 4. Green; 5. Pearson; 6. Browning. DNF: Carstens.
• Second Heat — 1. Tirrel; 2. Willmott; 3. Goth; 4. Lacher; 5. Long; 6. Moser; 7. Olson.
• Third Heat — 1. Rossow; 2. Lamb; 3. Oxandaburu; 4. Sanderson; 5. Stands III; 6. Haider.
MIDWEST MODIFIEDS
• Feature — 1. Hansen; 2. Harrington; 3. M. Nichols; 4. Bjorklund; 5. Croninger; 5. Engesser; 7. Schoon; 8. Co. Erickson; 9. T. Nichols; 10. Kanten; 11. Williams; 12. Hall; 13. Cl. Erickson; 14. Anderson; 15. Hoftiezer; 16. Neitzel. DNF: James Reiner, Wessington Springs; Rieck, Todd Randall, Block, Dargatz and Lindberg. DQ: Troy Randall.
• First Heat — 1. Kanten; 2. Harrington; 3. M. Nichols; 4. Bjorklund; 5. Cl. Erickson; 6. Reiner; 7. Hoftiezer; 8. Lindberg.
• Second Heat — 1. Rieck; 2. Schoon; 3. Block; 4. Co. Erickson; 5. T. Nichols; 6. Todd Randall; 7. Anderson; 8. Dargatz.
• Third Heat — 1. Croninger; 2. Engesser; 3. Hansen; 4. Troy Randall; 5. Williams. DNF: Neitzel and Hall.
MODIFIEDS
• Feature — 1. Dutenhoffer; 2. Gilbertson; 3. C. Thomas; 4. Erickson; 5. Peterson; 6. J. Thomas; 7. Ames; 8. Konold; 9. Steans; 10. T. Anderson; 11. A. Anderson; 12. Mayer; 13. Waba; 14. T. Thomas; 15. Arment; 16. Anglin; 17. Jeratowski; 18. Schmidt; DNF: Chad Olsen of Hendricks (Minn.); Weisgram, Williamson, Good, Guthmiller and Seitz.
• First Heat — 1. Erickson; 2. Gilbertson; 3. A. Anderson; 4. Seitz; 5. T. Thomas; 6. T. Anderson. DNF: Williamson and Waba.
• Second Heat — 1. J. Thomas; 2. C. Thomas; 3. Olsen; 4. Ames; 5. Good; 6. Mayer; 7. Jeratowski; 8. Pearson.
• Third Heat — 1. Konold; 2. Dutenhoffer; 3. Stearns; 4. Weisgram; 5. Arment; 6. Guthmiller; 7. Anglin; 8. Schmidt.
LIMITED LATE MODELS
• Feature — 1. Tesch; 2. Konold; 3. Jensen; 4. Croninger; 5. Bjerke; 6. Johanneck; 7. Z. Tysdal; 8. Borstad; 9. A. Tysdal; 10. Kreger. DNF: Kaiser, Saathoff, Robertson and Tirrel.
• First Heat — 1. Tesch; 2. Konold; 3. Croninger; 4. Jensen; 5. Johanneck. DNF: Tirrel and A. Tysdal.
• Second Heat — 1. Kaiser; 2. Bjerke; 3. Saathoff; 4. Borstad; 5. Robertson; 6. Kreger; 7. Z. Tysdal.
LATE MODELS
• Feature — 1. S. Ward; 2. M. Ward; 3. Walsh; 4. Arment; 5. Tesch; 6. Carlson; 7. Becker; 8. Kranz; 9. Nickeson; 10. Jeff Hartley, Watertown; 11. Chad Olsen, Hendricks (Minn.); 12. R. Thomas. DNF: T. Anderson, Williamson and Swenson.
• Fierst Heat — 1. Arment; 2. M. Ward; 3. Kranz; 4. T. Anderson; 5. Becker; 6. Hartley; 7. Walsh; 8. Thomas.
• Second Heat — 1. Olsen; 2. Williamson; 3. Carlson; 4. Ward; 5. Swenson; 6. Nickeson; 7. Tesch.
HORNETS
• Feature — 1. Payton Asche, Granite Falls (Minn.); 2. Aarhus; 3. Curtis Huseth, Underwood (Minn.); 4. Cayden Schmeling, Watertown; 5. Smith. DNF: Riley Lorensen of Willmar (Minn.), Dustin Miller of Boyd (Minn.) and Block.
• First Heat — 1.. Miller; 2. Aarhus; 3. Asche; 4. Lorensen; 5. Block; 6. Smith; 7. Schmeling. DNF: Huseth.
