Brooke Tatnell of San Souci, NSW, Australia drove the DeWall Racing No. 16 into Victory Lane at Huset’s Speedway in Brandon for the first time this season Sunday.
Tatnell held onto the top spot throughout the 25-lap 410 Sprint Cars to earn his first feature triumph at the track since 2006.
A pair of early red flags and two late cautions that collected a trio of drivers running inside the top four, were the only moments that allowed the other racers to close to the rear bumper of Tatnell. However, on each restart and through traffic Tatnell was nearly flawless en route to the victory by 1.892 seconds.
“It’s pretty cool to have this thing up front,” Tatnell said. “The DeWall race team is a family atmosphere. What makes this race team tick is Doug DeWall’s heart. It’s not money. It’s not because he wants to have a race car. It’s because of his heart. You race fans are what give him that heart to keep on going because I know several years ago Doug was ready to quit. Hopefully we keep rejuvenating him.”
Tatnell had also set quick time during qualifying to start the night.
The second- and third-place finishers for the 410s had their career bests at Huset’s Riley Goodno (Knoxville) and Kaleb Johnson (Sioux Falls).’
“Hats off to Brooke,” said Johnson. “He drove a good race and so did Riley. I kind of got lucky there with Justin and Jack kinda getting together, but we’ll take it however we can get it and try to keep improving from here.”
Sam Henderson (Sioux Falls) won the RaceSaver Sprint Car feature, with Colby Klaassen (Little Rock) winning in the Late Model Street Stocks class.
Jackson Motorplex
Racing resumes at Jackson Motorplex Tuesday as they’ll try again to kick off the Bank Midwest IMCA Series.
The first event on May 17 was rained out.
On the schedule are IMCA Modifieds ($1,000 to win), IMCA Stock Cars ($1,000 to win), IMCA Sport Mods ($1,000 to win), IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts.
Other dates in the series are July 15 and July 26.
Speedweek, sort of
Sprint car drivers and fans in the area are going to be treated to a makeshift speedweek featuring seven 410 winged sprint car races in a nine-day span.
Jackson Motorplex hosts the first two rounds of The Border Battle featuring the Northern Outlaw Sprint Association Friday and Saturday.
The opening night pays $4,000 to win, with Round 2 providing the winner $5,000.
Also, the Jackson Racing Hall of Fame induction begins at noon on Saturday at the Intivity Center at AGCO. A social hour will follow in the Beer Garden at Jackson Motorplex starting at 4:30 p.m.
This year’s hall inductees are William Slawson, Jon McCorkell and Rosy's Raceland.
The attention then shifts down I-90 to Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, S.D. for a $4,000-to-win event on Sunday.
There is a Triple Crown Bonus of $10,000 for a driver who is able to win the A Main during all three nights of the tripleheader.
The World of Outlaws then moves into Huset’s for four straight nights beginning on Wednesday, June 22 with a $10,000-to-win event. That is a makeup event that was rained out last week.
That will be followed June 23-25 by the inaugural Huset’s High Bank Nationals.
The first night will pay $15,000 to win and $1,000 to start; the second night offers $20,000 to win and $1,500 to start; and the finale providing $100,000 to win and $3,000 to start.
MSTS
The Midwest Sprint Touring Series held two events this weekend, running Friday at Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids and Saturday at I-90 Speedway in Hartford, S.D.
In Friday’s 25-lap MSTS feature at Rocky, Kaleb Johnson (Sioux Falls) was first, followed by James Broty (Lonsdale) and Eric Lutz (Sioux Falls).
Matt Wasmund (Jackson) was 10th in the A after a third-place finish in his heat race.
On Saturday at Hartford, Lutz was the winner of the 25-lap A Main, with Troy Schreurs (Baltic, S.D.) second and Brant O'Banion (Parker, S.D.) third.
John Lambertz (Sioux Falls) was first in the 305 feature at Hartford Saturday with Jesse Lindberg (Sioux Falls) second and Nick Barger (Madison, S.D.) third. Brandon Halverson (Jackson) placed 13th.
The MSTS is idle for about a month before racing on back-to-back nights, Thursday, July 14 at Park Jefferson International Speedway in North Sioux City, S.D. and Friday, July 15 at Jackson Motorplex. The Racesaver Sprint Car Series will also run in Jackson.
Knoxville Raceway
Brian Brown (Grain Valley, Mo.) scored one for the Knoxville Raceway regulars with a win over the World of Outlaws Saturday.
Brown tied Terry McCarl’s win total of 59 for third all-time at Knoxville and earned $10,000 in the process.
Rounding out the top five were Brad Sweet (Grass Valley, Calif.), Spencer Bayston (Lebanon, Ind.), Donny Schatz (Fargo) and Carson Macedo (Lemoore, Calif.). Brent Marks (Myerstown, Penn.) had won Friday’s A main.
Clint Garner (Sioux Falls) won his third 360 A Main of the season Saturday and the 46th of his career.
Chase Randall (Waco, Tex.) was second, Terry McCarl (Altoona) third and Kaleb Johnson (Sioux Falls) fourth. Johnson had set quick time earlier and was second in his heat.
Skylar Prochaska (Lakefield) finished ninth in the 360 A Main after being 18th in qualifying and second in his heat.
Fairmont Raceway
There’s racing scheduled again Wednesday at Fairmont Raceway with USRA B-Mods, USRA Hobby Stocks, USRA Modifeds, USRA Stock Cars and USRA Tuners on the program.
Last week’s feature winners:
B-Mods: Jared Boumeester, Waseca
Hobby Stocks: Jeremy Crimmins, Fort Dodge
Modifieds: Josh Ruby, Lakota
Stock Cars: Derek Green, Granada
Tuners: Jerry Coopman, Mankato
Point standings (top 10)
B-Mods
1. Jared Boumeester, Waseca 300
2. Kullen Kath, Owatonna 285
3. John Ross, Mankato 259
4. Michael Meyer, New Richland 243
5. Ryan Westman, Ormsby 231
6. Klay Beemer, Fairmont 228
7. Zach Elward, Hayfield 182
8. Corbin Erickson, Sioux Falls 168
9. Ridge Larson, Northrop 144
10. Randy Winter, Winnebago 87
Hobby Stocks
1. Dustin Gulbrandson, Sioux Falls 295
2. Parker Larson, Lewisville 274
3. Greg Sidles, Fairmont 261
4. Parker Anderson, Welcome 251
5. Gavin Bussinger, Granada 233
6. Jonathon Hynes, Winnebago 212
7. Angie DeBoer, Fairmont 206
8. Tracy Halouska, Worthing, S.D. 165
9. Chad Volk, Lake Crystal 156
10. Ernie Dailey, Worthington 148
Modifieds
1. Kylie Kath, Claremont 263
2. Josh Ruby, Lakota 262
3. Lyle Sathoff, Sherburn 243
4. Roger Nielsen, Fairmont 241
5. Travis DeBoer, Fairmont 237
6. Don Gerritsen Jr., Rock Rapids 227
7. Duke Erickson, Sioux Falls 182
8. J.T. Wasmund, Pine Island 169
9. Dwaine Hanson, Lakefield 123
10. Rodney Sanders, Happy, Tex. 100
Stock Cars
1. Luke Sathoff, Jackson 273
2. Chance Larson, Dunnell 253
3. Nathan Roiger, Sanborn 227
4. Justin DeBoer, Granada 204
5. Ben Petersen, Swea City 202
6. Derek Green, Granada 200
7. Levi Feltman, Jackson 167
8. Jeffrey Larson, Reading 95
9. Chanse Hollatz, Clear Lake 91
10. Austin Brands, Boyden 87
Tuners
1. Jaedon Erickson, Welcome 286
2. Alan Lahr, Nicollet 273
3. Nate Coopman, Mankato 268
4. Jason Bolte, Odin 249
5. Jerry Coopman, Mankato 187
6. Brandon Hartmann, Fairmont 173
7. Stephanie Coopman, Mankato 126
8. RJ Esqueda, Granada 91
9. James Brewer, Windom 84
10. Dale Gatton, Fairmont 76