Richardson Scores his First
Brad Erickson
Menomonie, Wisconsin, on July 22, 2022, Markquart Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, Fiat, of Menomonie and Cardinal Glass Industries of Menomonie sponsored the racing action with the WISSOTA Modifieds, Super Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Street Stocks, and RCS Hornets all in action. Winners on the evening included Jason Richardson, Ron Mahder, Tom Karis, Andrew Hanson, and Brandon Gleiter.
The WISSOTA Modifieds had two heats with Shane Halopka and Adam Hensel each earning victories. The feature had two yellows within the first laps, but thereafter it ran green all the way to the checkered flag. It was Jason Richardson taking the initial lead with Cory Williams and AJ Roschen going door to door for second. The final restart of the event saw seventh starting Adam Hensel drive into second and set chase after Richardson out front.
At the halfway point, Richardson was looking stout leading in the high line, but Hensel was lurking in his shadow. Halopka had moved to third and eighth starting Ashley Anderson was running closely in fourth. Cory Mahder had also raced from tenth to fifth.
With three laps remaining Anderson overtook third position and Hensel turned up the heat even further on Richardson for the lead. Richardson led at the white flag, but Hensel used a power slider in turns three and four to take over the point coming to the checkered flag. Richardson, seeking his first ever victory outside of carts earlier in his career, was not done though. He was not giving up on this one and crossed under Hensel, got a run down the front stretch, and won at the line by a 0.039 second margin of victory. Hensel finished a very stout and close second as Anderson, Halopka, and Mahder rounded out the top five.
Joe Miller and Ron Mahder each won WISSOTA Super Stock heats and Jonathan Dachel lea the first lap of the feature from the pin. Ron Mahder moved to the lead below Dachel on lap two and he set out to run away and hide. Jesse Redetzke overtook second, but the only slow down of the race gave the position back to Dachel. The restart looked as if Redetzke had something for the leader as he overtook second and challenged for the front. It wasn’t to be though as Mahder held strong and then began to pull away to win in an impressive resurgence of his dominance of days of old.
Redetzke finished runner up as Ben Hillman used his trademark high groove to move from running fifth with two laps remaining, after starting eighth, to finish third. It was Andrew Davis in fourth and Jason Quarders scored in fifth.
Josh Wahlstrom and Tom Karis won the WISSOTA Midwest Modified heats. Speaking in renewed fire from days gone past, Tom Karis proved he can still get it done, as he too won the feature, and just like Mahder, it has been two weeks running. However, firstly it was Reese Schlosser looking very good out front for the initial three laps. Karis caught him though, after starting fourth on the field. Karis scooted into the night and although there was one stoppage for a spin, it didn’t stop him from pulling out to a lead that was beyond solid. Nick Ayotte raced from seventh to second as Jay Richardson, Austin Chyba, and Travis Anderson rounded out the top five.
Braden Brauer won the WISSOTA Street Stock heat as he was chased to the finish by Andrew Hanson. The fortunes were turned as Brauer chased Andrew Hanson for the feature win. Hanson led every lap as Brauer tired in vain to snatch the point away but finished second. Kolton Brauer, Ron Hanestad, and Dustin Doughty filled out the top five.
Preston Coombs and Brandon Gleiter each scored RCS Hornet heats, but it was Vanessa Seipel looking very strong out front of the feature as she overtook the lead from Justin King on lap two. Her advantage disappeared after a multicar caution in turns three and four, but she held strong as Roy Cooper and Gleiter ran door to door in second. With four laps remaining, Gleiter had taken second and then took over the lead. He led Seipel, who didn’t go away, to the checkered flag. Cooper finished third, Coombs fourth, with King in fifth.
The Red Cedar Speedway returns to action on Thursday, July 28, 2022, for night one of the Dunn County Fair. It will be the Dave Shackleton Memorial with the Fast Lane Super Stock Series, Mechanics Race, and Street Drags sponsored by Shackleton Tree Service and TMS Auto. They will be joined by the USRA Late Models, WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, and RCS Hornets.
They will return again on Friday, July 29, 2022, for night two of the Dunn County Fair, featuring Steffes Street Stock Tour with WISSOTA Street Stocks, Late Models, Modifieds, Midwest Modified, and the Vintage Stock Cars.
WISSOTA Modified Feature (20 Laps): 1. R2-Jason Richardson[1]; 2. 44-Adam Hensel[7]; 3. 81-Ashley Anderson[8]; 4. 3JR-Shane Halopka[6]; 5. 55-Cory Mahder[10]; 6. W-Cory Williams[2]; 7. T40-Danny Thomas[4]; 8. 18W-Wayne Poteet[9]; 9. (DNF) 71-AJ Roschen[3]; 10. (DNF) 05-Jake Hartung[5]; 11. (DNF) M20-Thomas Mittlestadt[11]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3JR-Shane Halopka[3]; 2. 05-Jake Hartung[2]; 3. T40-Danny Thomas[1]; 4. R2-Jason Richardson[4]; 5. (DNF) M20-Thomas Mittlestadt[6]; 6. (DNF) 55-Cory Mahder[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Adam Hensel[2]; 2. 71-AJ Roschen[3]; 3. 81-Ashley Anderson[4]; 4. W-Cory Williams[5]; 5. 18W-Wayne Poteet[1]
WISSOTA Super Stock Feature (18 Laps): 1. 55-Ron Mahder[5]; 2. 207-Jesse Redetzke[6]; 3. 22JR-Ben Hillman[8]; 4. 20*-Andrew Davis[7]; 5. 28-Jason Quarders[4]; 6. 17-Lucas Christiansen[10]; 7. 34-Joe Miller[2]; 8. 14L-Dylan Leu[12]; 9. 72-Bruce Lutz[9]; 10. 15-Jonathan Dachel[1]; 11. 37-John Garrity[11]; 12. (DNF) 8-Matthew Larson[3]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 34-Joe Miller[1]; 2. 207-Jesse Redetzke[6]; 3. 28-Jason Quarders[2]; 4. 15-Jonathan Dachel[5]; 5. 72-Bruce Lutz[4]; 6. 37-John Garrity[3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Ron Mahder[1]; 2. 20*-Andrew Davis[2]; 3. 22JR-Ben Hillman[4]; 4. 8-Matthew Larson[3]; 5. 17-Lucas Christiansen[6]; 6. 14L-Dylan Leu[5]
WISSOTA Midwest Modified Feature (18 Laps): 1. 92-Tom Karis[4]; 2. 04N-Nick Ayotte[7]; 3. R1-Jay Richardson[6]; 4. 11X-Austin Chyba[5]; 5. 37-Travis Anderson[10]; 6. 21-Reese Schlosser[1]; 7. T25-Mark Thomas[8]; 8. 89-Matt Klukas[2]; 9. 19-Josh Wahlstrom[3]; 10. 2B-Ryan Bauer[11]; 11. 68-Shadow Kitchner[9]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Josh Wahlstrom[3]; 2. 21-Reese Schlosser[2]; 3. 04N-Nick Ayotte[4]; 4. 89-Matt Klukas[6]; 5. 68-Shadow Kitchner[5]; 6. 2B-Ryan Bauer[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 92-Tom Karis[1]; 2. R1-Jay Richardson[4]; 3. 11X-Austin Chyba[2]; 4. T25-Mark Thomas[3]; 5. 37-Travis Anderson[5]
WISSOTA Street Stock Feature (15 Laps): 1. 20-Andrew Hanson[2]; 2. 34JR-Braden Brauer[4]; 3. KOL34-Kolton Brauer[3]; 4. 71H-Ron Hanestad[1]; 5. 18T-Dustin Doughty[5]; 6. (DNF) 10B-Dylan Baskin[6]; 7. (DNS) 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 34JR-Braden Brauer[1]; 2. 20-Andrew Hanson[4]; 3. 18T-Dustin Doughty[2]; 4. KOL34-Kolton Brauer[7]; 5. 71H-Ron Hanestad[3]; 6. 10B-Dylan Baskin[5]; 7. (DNF) 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[6]
RCS Hornet Feature (10 Laps): 1. 20-Brandon Gleiter[7]; 2. 42-Vanessa Seipel[4]; 3. 9JR-Roy Cooper[6]; 4. 15C-Preston Coombs[5]; 5. 357-Justin King[1]; 6. 3-Alexander Lessard[3]; 7. 357X-Dan Brzozowski[8]; 8. 92-David Tonkin[9]; 9. (DNF) 9SR-Scott Cooper[2]; 10. (DNS) 35-Parker Foster
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 15C-Preston Coombs[1]; 2. 42-Vanessa Seipel[2]; 3. 3-Alexander Lessard[3]; 4. 9SR-Scott Cooper[4]; 5. 92-David Tonkin[5]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 20-Brandon Gleiter[1]; 2. 9JR-Roy Cooper[3]; 3. 357-Justin King[2]; 4. 357X-Dan Brzozowski[5]; 5. 35-Parker Foster[4]
