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07.31.20

CAYDEN CARTER WINS "12K-TO-WIN K-TOWN KLASH" AT MISSISSIPPI THUNDER SPEEDWAY!

Crapser & Spilde Also Winners During Inaguarl Casey Knutson Memorial!

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By Dan Bailey
FOUNTAIN CITY, WI (Friday July 31, 2020) – On an evening to celebrate the life and memory of Casey Knutson, spectators were treated to incredible battles for position that would have made even Casey's seemingly eternal smile even larger; the cheers were a bit louder, the tears were a bit heavier and a huge turn out at MISSISSIPPI THUNDER SPEEDWAY celebrated with a bit more enthusiasm that would have made Casey proud!

By the time the final checkered flag was waived, Cayden Carter pocketed the huge 12K+ payout as winner of the "K-TOWN KLASH; with Cory Crapser & Scott Spilde joining the celebration as winners in the Rivercity Manufacturing USRA Modified and Jailhouse Saloon USRA Hobby Stock features during "The Inaugural Casey Knutson Memorial"!

CARTER WINS K-TOWN KLASH FEATURE

"I know that this evening is so special," commented Cayden Carter from Victory Lane after winning the "12K-To-Win K-TOWN KLASH - The Inaugural Casey Knutson Memorial", "I can see by this amazing turnout of fans in the grandstands, and even racers in the pits, just how special Casey was to everybody."

Not a mention of the $12,000+ dollars that he'd just won, not his car, not his driving . . . but, Casey.

If the evening could be summed up in one instant, that might have been it; that was basically the feeling everyone was experiencing. Earlier in the night, during the "Live Trackside" radio broadcast, former competitors of Knutson's, Alex Williamson and Colby Mann mirrored the sentiment, "Heck, even if there was NO payout tonight, and I had to spend extra money just to race . . . I'd be here for Casey," commented Mann.

All in all, the turnout was impressive, and not the least be surprising: Casey Knutson Memorial T-Shirts were sold out within minutes of the grandstands being opened, a new attendence record (in both the grandstands and pit area) was set & 79 Blackhorse Bar & Grill USRA B-Mods took to the track - joining the 135 total competitors (in just three divisions) for an opportunity to be a part of the evening.

From the drop of the green flag, Oskaloosa, IA's Cayden Carter jumped from the outside of the front row to lead a lion's share of the 40-lap feature. The #24C of Jim Chisholm gave chase, and in the closing laps, actually took over the lead for a couple circuits of "The Big 1/3-Mile", before Carter reclaimed the top spot and raced into Victory Lane to claim the 12K+ pay check.

The top two were followed beneath the waiving checkered flags by the #65 of Lebanon, MO's Kris Jackson in third and MTS regulars Parker Hale and Taylor Skauge in fourth and fifth, respectively.

Fall Creek, WI's Josh Smith won the "Non Qualifier's Feature".

CRAPSER CAPTURES $3000 A-Mod FEATURE

Cory Crapser picked a perfect evening to return to MISSISSIPPI THUNDER SPEEDWAY's Victory Lane - turning in a 'clean sweep' to do so (winning both the evening's first A-Mod heat race and the $3,000-To-Win Feature).

"It has been a while since I've been able to celebrate here," smiled Crapser after the win, "I'm just glad that on a night like tonight I was able to make it happen."

Crapser was able to keep Elk Mound, WI speedster A.J. Diemel behind him for the win with two-time former track champion Lucas Schott completing the top-3.

SPILDE KEEPS THE WINS COMING

Just one evening earlier Cresco, IA's Scott Spilde raced to a USRA Hobby Stock Feature win in Mason City, IA . . . but Friday Night's Victory meant more. "YES!" Shouted Spilde in Victory Lane, while still strapped into his #18 Jailhouse Saloon USRA Hobby Stock, "This one is for Casey!!"

Chris Hovden and Jason Borsheim followed across the finish line in second and third, respectively.

MISSISSIPPI THUNDER SPEEDWAY returns to green-flag action Friday August 14th with the "USRA LATE MODEL SPECIAL PRESENTED BY RJ’S FAST TRACKS & TWO BROTHER’S AUTO".

7:30 Opening Ceremonies will be followed by green-flag action from Centerville Welding and Repair USRA Late Models, Black Horse Bar & Grill USRA B-Mods, Jailhouse Saloon USRA Hobby Stocks, & Sunshine Refuse MTS Hornets!

Adult Grandstand admission just $15
Senior Citizens (65 & Older) only $13
College Students (23 & Younger) and Teens (13-17) only $5
Children 12 & under ABSOLUTELY FREE!

MISSISSIPPI THUNDER SPEEDWAY is located 3.0 miles north of Fountain City on Wisconsin Highway 35. For more information, call 608-687-3282 or visit www.MississippiThunder.com on the World Wide Web.

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MISSISSIPPI THUNDER SPEEDWAY is presenting its 12th season of top-notch dirt track action in Fountain City, WI. The high-banked 1/3 mile dark-clay oval has becoming known as one of the best speedways in the upper Midwest presenting dirt track racing in a fan and family friendly atmosphere Friday nights throughout the racing season.

For all details, continue visiting the MISSISSIPPI THUNDER SPEEDWAY web site: www.MississippiThunder.com

RESULTS - FRIDAY JULY 31ST

7/31/2020 at Mississippi Thunder Speedway

USRA B-Mods

A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 30M-Cayden Carter[3]; 2. 24C-Jim Chisholm[6]; 3. 65-Kris Jackson[12]; 4. 28H-Parker Hale[5]; 5. 32-Taylor Skauge[1]; 6. 95X-Shaun Walski[8]; 7. 2-Andrew Bleess[15]; 8. 81-Jared Boumeester[11]; 9. 7R-Tommy Richards[18]; 10. 3JR-Shane Halopka[7]; 11. 30-Tony Bahr[27]; 12. 9M-Justin O'Brien[17]; 13. 95-Eric Thill[21]; 14. 53-Alex Williamson[2]; 15. 85-Ben Moudry[22]; 16. 7B-Rodney Sanders[30]; 17. 17B-Zach Benson[28]; 18. 98-Kyle Anderson[31]; 19. 510-Cody King[16]; 20. 02-Cole Denner[24]; 21. 21-Ryan Olson[26]; 22. 20J-Jeremy Grantham[23]; 23. 16-Dan Hovden[19]; 24. 83X-Kadden Kath[14]; 25. 7C-Cole Christensen[9]; 26. 8X-Josh Roney[25]; 27. 28P-Jimmy Patzner[33]; 28. 43-Zach Brom[34]; 29. (DNF) 56H-Brandon Hare[29]; 30. (DNF) 2M-Brandon Maitland[10]; 31. (DNF) 25C-Cody Thompson[13]; 32. (DNF) 18W-Tyler Werner[32]; 33. (DNF) 60-Colby Mann[20]; 34. (DNF) 18-JC Morton[4]

Non-Qualifiers Feature (20 Laps): 1. 21J-Josh Smith[4]; 2. 25-Joe Chisholm[10]; 3. 42-Dan Christopher[6]; 4. 21D-Dom Mueller[2]; 5. 75-Cole Suckow[3]; 6. 17BB-Matthew Buddenberg[8]; 7. 6-Danny Sacquitne[18]; 8. 10T-Trevor Fecht[14]; 9. 40-Bob Cisewski[15]; 10. 22-Brian McGowen[5]; 11. 54-John Feirn[11]; 12. 40X-Erik Kanz[7]; 13. 12D-Joe Docekal[17]; 14. 12V-Matt Vandenlangenberg[13]; 15. Z28-Randy Zimmerman[16]; 16. 29-Lilli Reps[19]; 17. 88-Brady Boland[21]; 18. (DNF) 3A-Taylor Ausrud[1]; 19. (DNF) 52-Hunter Nelson[20]; 20. (DNS) 5-Dakota Foster; 21. (DNS) 2B-Nathan Butterfield

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 16-Dan Hovden[2]; 2. 20J-Jeremy Grantham[10]; 3. 30-Tony Bahr[1]; 4. 18W-Tyler Werner[4]; 5. 21J-Josh Smith[5]; 6. 17BB-Matthew Buddenberg[14]; 7. 28P-Jimmy Patzner[12]; 8. 40-Bob Cisewski[9]; 9. 17-Jeremy Chambers[8]; 10. (DNF) 63JR-Calvin Iverson[7]; 11. (DNF) 43-Zach Brom[6]; 12. (DNF) 999-Brian Osantowski[15]; 13. (DNF) 20K-Kyle Brown[11]; 14. (DNF) 10-Adam Mietzner[3]; 15. (DNF) 24-Zac Mahlstadt[13]; 16. (DNF) X8-Steve Flury[16]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 60-Colby Mann[2]; 2. 02-Cole Denner[1]; 3. 17B-Zach Benson[6]; 4. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[3]; 5. 22-Brian McGowen[4]; 6. 5-Dakota Foster[5]; 7. 2B-Nathan Butterfield[8]; 8. Z28-Randy Zimmerman[7]; 9. 14-Steven O'Brien[11]; 10. 36K-Jayden Larson[10]; 11. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[12]; 12. 22T-Ryan Thorsten[15]; 13. 7-Adam Rogich[14]; 14. 88-Brady Boland[9]; 15. 30MM-Michael McKay[13]

B Feature 3 (12 Laps): 1. 95-Eric Thill[2]; 2. 8X-Josh Roney[1]; 3. 56H-Brandon Hare[5]; 4. 21D-Dom Mueller[3]; 5. 42-Dan Christopher[4]; 6. 25-Joe Chisholm[12]; 7. 12V-Matt Vandenlangenberg[6]; 8. 12D-Joe Docekal[8]; 9. B52-Dan Herman[10]; 10. 11-Darren Engesser[9]; 11. 96-Isaiah Rowe[11]; 12. 52-Hunter Nelson[7]; 13. 43T-Jake Timm[15]; 14. (DNF) 12-Bracken Smith[13]; 15. (DNF) 09R-Dax Schwanke[14]

B Feature 4 (12 Laps): 1. 85-Ben Moudry[2]; 2. 21-Ryan Olson[3]; 3. 7B-Rodney Sanders[4]; 4. 75-Cole Suckow[1]; 5. 98-Kyle Anderson[8]; 6. 40X-Erik Kanz[5]; 7. 54-John Feirn[7]; 8. 10T-Trevor Fecht[11]; 9. 6-Danny Sacquitne[15]; 10. 38-Michael Wytaske[6]; 11. RED1-Dan Wheeler[9]; 12. 77R-Derek Roney[14]; 13. 29-Lilli Reps[13]; 14. 454-Patrick Kelley[10]; 15. (DNS) 28-Dayton Swatek

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 53-Alex Williamson[4]; 2. 02-Cole Denner[2]; 3. 30-Tony Bahr[6]; 4. 9M-Justin O'Brien[10]; 5. 21-Ryan Olson[9]; 6. 63JR-Calvin Iverson[5]; 7. 98-Kyle Anderson[7]; 8. 454-Patrick Kelley[1]; 9. 28-Dayton Swatek[3]; 10. 09R-Dax Schwanke[8]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 18-JC Morton[3]; 2. 8X-Josh Roney[2]; 3. 10-Adam Mietzner[1]; 4. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[6]; 5. 21J-Josh Smith[7]; 6. Z28-Randy Zimmerman[4]; 7. 12D-Joe Docekal[9]; 8. 20K-Kyle Brown[8]; 9. 24-Zac Mahlstadt[5]; 10. (DNF) 43T-Jake Timm[10]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 7C-Cole Christensen[2]; 2. 32-Taylor Skauge[9]; 3. 60-Colby Mann[4]; 4. 21D-Dom Mueller[6]; 5. 18W-Tyler Werner[8]; 6. 52-Hunter Nelson[3]; 7. 40-Bob Cisewski[1]; 8. 14-Steven O'Brien[5]; 9. 30MM-Michael McKay[7]; 10. (DNS) X8-Steve Flury

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 30M-Cayden Carter[8]; 2. 95X-Shaun Walski[7]; 3. 28H-Parker Hale[9]; 4. 7R-Tommy Richards[10]; 5. 40X-Erik Kanz[3]; 6. 54-John Feirn[4]; 7. 88-Brady Boland[1]; 8. 96-Isaiah Rowe[5]; 9. 12-Bracken Smith[2]; 10. (DNF) 6-Danny Sacquitne[6]

Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 81-Jared Boumeester[1]; 2. 510-Cody King[3]; 3. 83X-Kadden Kath[8]; 4. 22-Brian McGowen[4]; 5. 43-Zach Brom[5]; 6. 38-Michael Wytaske[7]; 7. 11-Darren Engesser[2]; 8. B52-Dan Herman[9]; 9. 29-Lilli Reps[6]; 10. 77R-Derek Roney[10]

Heat 6 (10 Laps): 1. 65-Kris Jackson[1]; 2. 75-Cole Suckow[2]; 3. 95-Eric Thill[4]; 4. 16-Dan Hovden[9]; 5. 17B-Zach Benson[3]; 6. 17-Jeremy Chambers[6]; 7. RED1-Dan Wheeler[5]; 8. 10T-Trevor Fecht[7]; 9. 17BB-Matthew Buddenberg[8]; 10. 999-Brian Osantowski[10]

Heat 7 (10 Laps): 1. 25C-Cody Thompson[1]; 2. 2M-Brandon Maitland[5]; 3. 2-Andrew Bleess[7]; 4. 42-Dan Christopher[3]; 5. 12V-Matt Vandenlangenberg[2]; 6. 56H-Brandon Hare[9]; 7. 20J-Jeremy Grantham[6]; 8. 28P-Jimmy Patzner[8]; 9. 25-Joe Chisholm[10]; 10. 22T-Ryan Thorsten[4]

Heat 8 (10 Laps): 1. 24C-Jim Chisholm[2]; 2. 3JR-Shane Halopka[9]; 3. 85-Ben Moudry[4]; 4. 7B-Rodney Sanders[1]; 5. 5-Dakota Foster[6]; 6. 2B-Nathan Butterfield[3]; 7. 36K-Jayden Larson[5]; 8. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[8]; 9. 7-Adam Rogich[7]

USRA Hobby Stocks

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 18S-Scott Spilde[4]; 2. 07-Chris Hovden[6]; 3. 82J-Jason Borsheim[9]; 4. 34-Chris Dahl[1]; 5. 7-Steve Dwyer[8]; 6. 18-Cody Rollinger[7]; 7. 27H-Austin Hoeft[15]; 8. 14W-Brady Williamson[22]; 9. 75-Michael Minnier[2]; 10. 94-Kevin Hager[10]; 11. 14-Arthur Schott[5]; 12. 48K-Scott Kunda[20]; 13. 7D-Devin Holthaus[14]; 14. 49-Dean Pronschinske[17]; 15. 70-Steve Holthaus[11]; 16. 18JR-Gavin Bartel[21]; 17. 71-Jonathan Hansen[18]; 18. 35T-Logan Timm[12]; 19. 11J-Jacob Lynch[24]; 20. 26-Andy Anderson[19]; 21. 32-Caylee Kjos[23]; 22. (DNF) 28-Randy Swatek[3]; 23. (DNF) 16-Jake James[13]; 24. (DNS) 11-Levi Sand

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18JR-Gavin Bartel[2]; 2. 14W-Brady Williamson[3]; 3. 32-Caylee Kjos[1]; 4. 11J-Jacob Lynch[8]; 5. 282X-Tommy Hansen[6]; 6. 12-Hunter Johnson[5]; 7. 78-Jeremy Braadland[7]; 8. 96-Jack Dunbar[4]; 9. 38B-Brooke Schwebach[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 94-Kevin Hager[5]; 2. 07-Chris Hovden[7]; 3. 35T-Logan Timm[2]; 4. 16-Jake James[4]; 5. 49-Dean Pronschinske[3]; 6. 32-Caylee Kjos[1]; 7. 12-Hunter Johnson[6]; 8. 38B-Brooke Schwebach[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Steve Dwyer[2]; 2. 14-Arthur Schott[1]; 3. 34-Chris Dahl[4]; 4. 7D-Devin Holthaus[7]; 5. 71-Jonathan Hansen[3]; 6. 18JR-Gavin Bartel[5]; 7. 282X-Tommy Hansen[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Cody Rollinger[3]; 2. 70-Steve Holthaus[2]; 3. 28-Randy Swatek[4]; 4. 27H-Austin Hoeft[7]; 5. 26-Andy Anderson[5]; 6. 14W-Brady Williamson[6]; 7. 78-Jeremy Braadland[1]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 18S-Scott Spilde[1]; 2. 75-Michael Minnier[3]; 3. 82J-Jason Borsheim[4]; 4. 11-Levi Sand[6]; 5. 48K-Scott Kunda[5]; 6. 96-Jack Dunbar[7]; 7. (DNF) 11J-Jacob Lynch[2]

USRA Modifieds

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 07-Cory Crapser[2]; 2. 89-AJ Diemel[1]; 3. 69-Lucas Schott[5]; 4. 19-Dustin Sorensen[6]; 5. 21-Jacob Bleess[7]; 6. 20-Rodney Sanders[10]; 7. 99-Josh Angst[3]; 8. 10C-Cayden Carter[8]; 9. 62-Hunter Marriott[12]; 10. 35B-David Baxter[11]; 11. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[4]; 12. 94-John Doelle[15]; 13. 24-Brad Waits[9]; 14. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[14]; 15. 49-Jake Timm[13]; 16. 20S-Brandon Schmitt[18]; 17. 42-Paul Niznik[16]; 18. 23K-Erik Kanz[20]; 19. 19SB-Lance Mari[21]; 20. 27X-Calvin Iverson[24]; 21. 6T7-Brian Albrecht[19]; 22. 13-Ryan Konkel[17]; 23. 31-Bill Stettner[25]; 24. (DNF) 15W-Alex Williamson[22]; 25. (DNF) 3F-Cole Ferguson[23]; 26. (DNF) F1-Chase Friendt[26]; 27. (DNS) 782-Miah Christensen

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 07-Cory Crapser[1]; 2. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[2]; 3. 20-Rodney Sanders[5]; 4. 49-Jake Timm[3]; 5. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[7]; 6. 42-Paul Niznik[4]; 7. 6T7-Brian Albrecht[8]; 8. 15W-Alex Williamson[6]; 9. 27X-Calvin Iverson[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Josh Angst[4]; 2. 69-Lucas Schott[6]; 3. 89-AJ Diemel[8]; 4. 35B-David Baxter[7]; 5. 62-Hunter Marriott[9]; 6. 13-Ryan Konkel[1]; 7. 23K-Erik Kanz[5]; 8. (DNF) F1-Chase Friendt[2]; 9. (DNF) 782-Miah Christensen[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jacob Bleess[5]; 2. 10C-Cayden Carter[4]; 3. 19-Dustin Sorensen[7]; 4. 24-Brad Waits[9]; 5. 94-John Doelle[6]; 6. 20S-Brandon Schmitt[2]; 7. 19SB-Lance Mari[3]; 8. 3F-Cole Ferguson[8]; 9. 31-Bill Stettner[1]

full results

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