66th anniversary season kicks off at Chateau Speedway

May 14, 2022 | by Matthew Grage

A wet cold Spring finally dried up and the 2022 Racing Season got underway Friday Night at Chateau Speedway in Lansing. Track Officials have had a tough time getting The Track ready as up until a week ago the racing surface was so saturated that they could not get on it. Several events were lost due to the wet conditions. A frost buster season opening Enduro race was to be run by SMP promotions in April but that was lost to the weather. Than the big 2 night season opener last weekend was called off due to weather as well. That Opener was to include the James Krejci Memorial Midwest Modified Event on Friday Night the 6th as well as the USRA B Mod Summit Shoot Out and WISSOTA Race of Champions qualifier events on Saturday. Plans are to reschedule all of those events during the year.

Friday Night Marked the debut of the Skjeveland Enterprises USRA Stock Cars which opened up with the most exciting pass of the night for the lead in their main event. Travis Shipman of Mason City Iowa along with Blake Adams of McIntire Iowa and Chris Toot of Albert Lea crossed the start finish line three wide to complete lap seven with Shipman having the advantage by a nose. As they sorted out Travis took control with Adams falling in line second. The two ran that way all the way to the end with Dan Mackenthun of Hamburg coming on strong down the stretch to take third. Adams did have a heat win on the nigh while Darin Toot of Albert Lea taking the othe heat win.

The French’s’ Repair USRA A Mods were back to show off their high flying speeds as well with AJ Hoff of Mantorville leading the way. Hoff started on the outside

pole for the main event and lead Kylie Kath of Claremont around for the first seven laps before Jason Cummins of New Richland moved into second. Jason took the lead momentarily as they completed lap nine but AJ came back the next lap and lead the rest of the way to the checkers. Kath took third ahead of Ryan Wetzstein who put on a nice show coming through the field from a row five starting spot. Ryan and Kylie had the classes heat wins.

Double M Transport USRA B Mods had a nice opening night field of nineteen cars. Defending Track Champion Noah Grinstead worked from a row six starting spot to the front take the win. Brandon Hare of Elma Iowa lead most of the first fourteen laps before Grinstead poked his nose to the front. Dan Wheeler of Savage who lead a lap early came home in third. Grinstead also had a heat win with Zach Elward of Hayfield and Jett Sorensen of Rochester taking the other two wins.

Jake Smith of St Joseph picked up where he left off last fall. Smith won the Season Finale race last season and took the season opener Friday Night in the Hansen Tire WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds. Greg Pfeifer Jr of Austin worked from row three up to second on lap four and chased him the whole race but had nothing for him. Adam Martinson of Blaine came home in third. Pfeifer did take one of the heat wins with the other going to Dano Ostrander of Deer Creek.

Nate Coopman worked the field from a row three starting spot to take the Manke’s Outdoor Equipment Chateau Hornets Feature. Brian Schott who lead the first half of the race came home in second. Schott took a head win along with Maison Poston of Red Wing.

Power 96 Chateau Pure Stocks went caution free as PJ Duchene of Faribault picked up a Feature win to start the season. Andrew Eischens of Taopi outdueled Michael Wick of Faribault for second in the final laps. Eischens garnered a heat win as did Jack Paulson of Morristown.

Next Friday Night will be another full night of racing action with all 6 classes back in action with the first green flag scheduled for 7:15.

Power 96 PURE STOCKS

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 44D-PJ Duchene-Faribault [4]; 2. 7X-Andrew Eischens-Taopi [8]; 3. 17-Michael Wick-Faribault [5]; 4. 31R-Raey Hastings IV-Austin [1]; 5. 75N-Dylan Nirk-Blooming Prairie [3]; 6. 2-Troy Maas- Faribault [7]; 7. 96-Kyndra Guttormson-Chatfield [6]; 8. 33-Jim Briggs-Waseca[13]; 9. 4-Joshua Bentzen-Owatonna [10]; 10. 31G-Michael Gift-Faribault [12]; 11. 5V-Viola Brannan-Kasson [17]; 12. (DNF) 69-Brandon Wiedeman-Austin[14]; 13. (DNF) 17P-Jack Paulson-Morristown [9]; 14. (DNF) 1-Jack Maas- Faribault [2]; 15. (DNF) 44-Trey Hoppe-New Richland [11]; 16. (DNS) 71-Jamie Tapp-Myrtle ; 17. (DNS) 00-Bobby Crews-Austin

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 17P-Jack Paulson[6]; 2. 44D-PJ Duchene[1]; 3. 2-Troy Maas[3]; 4. 4-Joshua Bentzen[5]; 5. 75N-Dylan Nirk[2]; 6. 44-Trey Hoppe[7]; 7. 33-Jim Briggs[4]; 8. 69-Brandon Wiedeman[8]; 9. 5V-Viola Brannan[9]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 7X-Andrew Eischens[1]; 2. 17-Michael Wick[4]; 3. 1-Jack Maas[8]; 4. 31R-Raey Hastings IV[2]; 5. 96-Kyndra Guttormson[3]; 6. 31G-Michael Gift[6]; 7. (DNF) 00-Bobby Crews[5]; 8. (DNF) 71-Jamie Tapp[7]

Double M Transport USRA B-MODS

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 99-Noah Grinstead-Austin [12]; 2. 56H-Brandon Hare-Elma IA[2]; 3. RED1-Dan Wheeler-Savage[1]; 4. 15Z-Zach Elward-Hayfield [3]; 5. 22C-Michael Johnson-Austin [18]; 6. 15-Cole Neisius-Hastings [4]; 7. 54-Jett Sorensen-Rochester [10]; 8. 1Z-Zach Davis-Lonsdale [7]; 9. 02K-Hunter Kennedy-St Ansgar IA [16]; 10. 83R-Kullen Kath-Owatonna [8]; 11. 20S-Kevin Johnson-Austin [11]; 12. 38-Kenny Wytaske-Austin [6]; 13. 45-Cole Lonergan-Dexter [9]; 14. 7M-Matt Tighe-Austin [17]; 15. 5-Michael Meyer-New Richland [15]; 16. 11-Joel Schmit-La Crescent [5]; 17. 81K-Caleb Korpi-Claremont [14]; 18. 21-Rian Leichtnam-Grand Meadow [19]; 19. (DNF) 88DH-Dylan Hutkowski-Saint Charles [13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15Z-Zach Elward[6]; 2. 45-Cole Lonergan[3]; 3. 1Z-Zach Davis[5]; 4. 11-Joel Schmit[1]; 5. 88DH-Dylan Hutkowski[7]; 6. (DNF) 02K-Hunter Kennedy[2]; 7. (DNF) 21-Rian Leichtnam[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Noah Grinstead[1]; 2. 56H-Brandon Hare[3]; 3. RED1-Dan Wheeler[5]; 4. 83R-Kullen Kath[6]; 5. 81K-Caleb Korpi[4]; 6. (DNF) 7M-Matt Tighe[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 54-Jett Sorensen[3]; 2. 15-Cole Neisius[2]; 3. 38-Kenny Wytaske[1]; 4. 20S-Kevin Johnson[6]; 5. 5-Michael Meyer[5]; 6. (DNF) 22C-Michael Johnson[4]

French’s Repair USRA MODIFIEDS

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 55H-AJ Hoff-Mantorville [2]; 2. 71-Jason Cummins-New Richland [6]; 3. 83-Kylie Kath-Claremont [1]; 4. 90-Ryan Wetzstein-West Concord [10]; 5. 99-Josh Angst-Winona [7]; 6. 23-Darwin Karau-Kasson [3]; 7. 77-Jacob Stark-Austin [4]; 8. 02-Jacob Dahle-Morristown [9]; 9. 7S-Todd Stinehart-Waseca [14]; 10. Z29-AJ Zvorak-Blooming Prairie[11]; 11. 35JR-Garitt Wytaske-Austin[8]; 12. (DNF) 90X-Steve Wetzstein-West Concord[13]; 13. (DNF) OD-Thomas Rolfes-Carpenter IA [12]; 14. (DNF) 70-Greg Jensen-Albert Lea[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 90-Ryan Wetzstein[3]; 2. 55H-AJ Hoff[1]; 3. 71-Jason Cummins[4]; 4. 99-Josh Angst[7]; 5. 02-Jacob Dahle[6]; 6. Z29-AJ Zvorak[5]; 7. (DNF) 90X-Steve Wetzstein[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 83-Kylie Kath[4]; 2. 35JR-Garitt Wytaske[2]; 3. 23-Darwin Karau[5]; 4. 77-Jacob Stark[6]; 5. 70-Greg Jensen[3]; 6. 7S-Todd Stinehart[7]; 7. OD-Thomas Rolfes[1]

Manke’s Outdoor Equipment HORNETS

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 9-Nate Coopman-Mankato [6]; 2. 21S-Brian Schott-Red Wing[2]; 3. 19-Jerry Coopman-Mankato[7]; 4. 3D-Daniel Bjonfald-Bloomington [4]; 5. 0A-Brian Adams-Montgomery [3]; 6. 511JR-Maison Poston-Red Wing [5]; 7. 16-Brady Albertson-Sauk Rapids [9]; 8. 15-Bo Noble-Faribault [12]; 9. 45-Matthew Welch- Waseca [8]; 10. 97X-Carter Kmett-Rochester [11]; 11. (DNF) 511-Shawn Poston-Red Wing [10]; 12. (DNS) 77-Aaron Morgan-Albert Lea ; 13. (DNS) 19C-Colin Wittenberg-Hastings

Heat 1 (5 Laps): 1. 511JR-Maison Poston[1]; 2. 19-Jerry Coopman[7]; 3. 511-Shawn Poston[4]; 4. 77-Aaron Morgan[2]; 5. 45-Matthew Welch[3]; 6. (DNF) 15-Bo Noble[6]; 7. (DNF) 19C-Colin Wittenberg[5]

Heat 2 (5 Laps): 1. 21S-Brian Schott[2]; 2. 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[3]; 3. 16-Brady Albertson[5]; 4. 0A-Brian Adams[4]; 5. 9-Nate Coopman[6]; 6. 97X-Carter Kmett[1]

Hansen Tire WISSOTA MIDWEST MODS

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 21-Jake Smith-St Joseph [1]; 2. 00JR-Greg Pfeifer Jr-Austin [5]; 3. 24M-Adam Martinson-Blaine [4]; 4. 83X-Kadden Kath-Owatonna[3]; 5. 17-Trevis Underdah-Northfield l[6]; 6. 83K-Kobie Kath-Owatonna [7]; 7. 25W-Dano Ostrander-Deer Creek[8]; 8. 79-Jeremy Misgen-New Richland [10]; 9. 35-Tony Bloom-Grand Meadow [9]; 10. 25-Brandon Hines-Becker [2]; 11. 79H-Luke Hainka-Wannamingo [12]; 12. 33-Darryl Hainka-Wannamingo [13]; 13. (DNF) 27-Brandon Underdahl-West Concord[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25W-Dano Ostrander[2]; 2. 83K-Kobie Kath[4]; 3. 17-Trevis Underdahl[6]; 4. 83X-Kadden Kath[3]; 5. 35-Tony Bloom[1]; 6. 27-Brandon Underdahl[5]; 7. 33-Darryl Hainka[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 00JR-Greg Pfeifer Jr[2]; 2. 25-Brandon Hines[3]; 3. 24M-Adam Martinson[6]; 4. 21-Jake Smith[5]; 5. 79-Jeremy Misgen[4]; 6. 79H-Luke Hainka[1]

Skjeveland Sanitation USRA STOCK CARS

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 87-Travis Shipman-Mason City IA [7]; 2. 14A-Blake Adams-McIntire IA[5]; 3. 92-Dan Mackenthun- Hamburg[10]; 4. 67II-Chris Toot-Albert Lea [3]; 5. 67-Darin Toot[-Albert Lea 4]; 6. 7X-Andrew Eischens-Taopi [8]; 7. 18X-Daniel Eckblad-St Peter [1]; 8. 32-Jason Newkirk-Austin [6]; 9. 16K-Kevin Vogt-Rose Creek [2]; 10. (DNF) 29S-Josh Sousa-Alden [9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Darin Toot[1]; 2. 87-Travis Shipman[2]; 3. 7X-Andrew Eischens[3]; 4. 29S-Josh Sousa[4]; 5. 92-Dan Mackenthun[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14A-Blake Adams[2]; 2. 67II-Chris Toot[4]; 3. 32-Jason Newkirk[1]; 4. 16K-Kevin Vogt[3]; 5. 18X-Daniel Eckblad[5