Third time is the charm: After two rainouts, 2022 season opens at Casino Speedway

Roger Merriam, Watertown Public Opinion
·5 min read

Five drivers kicked off the 2022 racing season at Casino Speedway with feature wins on Sunday night.

After two rainouts to start the season, a field of 72 cars compete for honors. Sunday's program included late models, modifieds, Midwest modifieds, street stocks and hornets.

Josh Skorczewski of Aberdeen (late models) and Tyler Peterson of Horace, N.D. (modifieds) each won 25-lap features.

Adam Brotherton of Huron (Midwest modifieds) and Maria Broksieck of Goodin (street stocks) took 20-lap mains and Payton Asche of Granite Falls (Minn.) won the six-lap hornets feature.

Another racing program is scheduled for Sunday at 6:30 p.m. Limited late models will also be on hand along with the five classes of cars from the opening night.

LATE MODELS

• Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2S-Josh Skorczewski[6]; 2. 11-Denver Nickeson[4]; 3. 10X-Blake Swenson[1]; 4. 37-Scott Ward[12]; 5. X-Chuck Swenson[2]; 6. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[3]; 7. 17J-John Winge[10]; 8. 18G-Chase Gelling[15]; 9. 12S-Trajan Schmidt[8]; 10. 71-Scott Olson[7]; 11. 3-Dave Thomas[11]; 12. (DNF) 12-Chad Becker[5]; 13. (DNF) 15-Trevor Walsh[14]; 14. (DNF) 87-Curt Kranz[9]; 15. (DNF) T3-Rich Thomas[18]; 16. (DNS) 27-Dylan Fitzpatrick; 17. (DNS) 10-Cole Searing; 18. (DNS) 51-Justin Karlen.

• Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. X-Chuck Swenson[3]; 2. 12-Chad Becker[4]; 3. 2S-Josh Skorczewski[8]; 4. 10X-Blake Swenson[6]; 5. 87-Curt Kranz[9]; 6. 17J-John Winge[2]; 7. 3-Dave Thomas[7]; 8. (DNF) 18G-Chase Gelling[5]; 9. (DNF) 51-Justin Karlen[1].

• Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[4]; 2. 11-Denver Nickeson[3]; 3. 71-Scott Olson[9]; 4. 12S-Trajan Schmidt[6]; 5. (DNF) 37-Scott Ward[8]; 6. (DNF) 10-Cole Searing[1]; 7. (DNF) 15-Trevor Walsh[2]; 8. (DNF) 27-Dylan Fitzpatrick[7]; 9. (DNF) T3-Rich Thomas[5].

WISSOTA MODIFIEDS

• A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[5]; 2. 6-Dale Ames[2]; 3. 48-Brent Dutenhoffer[8]; 4. 15-Tony Konold[6]; 5. 4J-Lee Grosz[10]; 6. 13-Cayden Schmeling[13]; 7. 51T-Tim Thomas[9]; 8. 14-Nick Schmidt[3]; 9. 20-Trevor Anderson[4]; 10. 65-Dave Brooker[11]; 11. (DNF) 7T-Joseph Thomas[1]; 12. (DNF) 24S-Mike Stearns[7]; 13. (DNF) 50-Tim Waba[12].

• Modifieds Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24S-Mike Stearns[2]; 2. 14-Nick Schmidt[1]; 3. 6-Dale Ames[6]; 4. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[5]; 5. 51T-Tim Thomas[4]; 6. 65-Dave Brooker[7]; 7. 13-Cayden Schmeling[3].

• Modifieds Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Trevor Anderson[2]; 2. 7T-Joseph Thomas[5]; 3. 48-Brent Dutenhoffer[1]; 4. 15-Tony Konold[3]; 5. 4J-Lee Grosz[6]; 6. 50-Tim Waba[4].

MIDWEST MODIFIEDS

• A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 14-Adam Brotherton[1]; 2. 11X-Austin Chyba[4]; 3. 67-Mike Nichols[7]; 4. 31-Scott Hansen[6]; 5. 14H-Scott Harrington[13]; 6. 34J-Derek Rieck[8]; 7. 19-Tyler McFarland[10]; 8. 61-Zach LaQua[2]; 9. 16T-Tim Kanten[12]; 10. 1-Jake Wranek[11]; 11. 28-Tommy Nichols[9]; 12. 32-Lindsey Hansen[18]; 13. 3-Lorin Johnson[14]; 14. 56D-Doug Neitzel[17]; 15. (DNF) 2DR-Tom Neitzel[16]; 16. (DNF) OK-Cameron Lindberg[15]; 17. (DNF) 3JR-Lane Johnson[3]; 18. (DNF) 54-Chad Williamson[5].

• Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11X-Austin Chyba[1]; 2. 3JR-Lane Johnson[5]; 3. 54-Chad Williamson[8]; 4. 61-Zach LaQua[3]; 5. 28-Tommy Nichols[7]; 6. 1-Jake Wranek[2]; 7. 14H-Scott Harrington[4]; 8. OK-Cameron Lindberg[6]; 9. 56D-Doug Neitzel[9].

• Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Mike Nichols[1]; 2. 14-Adam Brotherton[4]; 3. 34J-Derek Rieck[2]; 4. 31-Scott Hansen[7]; 5. 19-Tyler McFarland[3]; 6. 16T-Tim Kanten[8]; 7. 3-Lorin Johnson[6]; 8. 2DR-Tom Neitzel[9]; 9. (DNF) 32-Lindsey Hansen[5].

STREET STOCKS

• A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 14-Maria Broksieck[8]; 2. 99-Andy Rossow[4]; 3. 11-Kyle Dykhoff[11]; 4. 12-Al Schmidt[3]; 5. 31-Jason Marko[6]; 6. 54-Jodie Michaelsohn[1]; 7. 73-Cory Giessinger[5]; 8. 20-Michael Bogh[2]; 9. 47-Russell Carlson[12]; 10. 17-Matt Goth[7]; 11. 86-Dylan Hartley[10]; 12. 80-Tony Miller[13]; 13. 17J-Jay Brakke[14]; 14. 81-Nathan Smith[15]; 15. (DNF) 10-Justin Vogel[9].

• Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Jason Marko[2]; 2. 14-Maria Broksieck[4]; 3. 99-Andy Rossow[1]; 4. 54-Jodie Michaelsohn[7]; 5. 10-Justin Vogel[5]; 6. 11-Kyle Dykhoff[6]; 7. 80-Tony Miller[3]; 8. 17J-Jay Brakke[8].

• Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Al Schmidt[1]; 2. 20-Michael Bogh[5]; 3. 17-Matt Goth[6]; 4. 73-Cory Giessinger[3]; 5. 86-Dylan Hartley[2]; 6. 47-Russell Carlson[4]; 7. (DNF) 81-Nathan Smith[7].

HORNETS

• A Feature (12 Laps): 1. 92-Payton Asche[6]; 2. 92X-Jeff Asche[2]; 3. 555-Bradley Rossow[3]; 4. 68JR-Nathan Telkamp[7]; 5. 07-Carter Matthews[5]; 6. 10B-Curtis Borstad[8]; 7. (DNF) 25-Brayden Begalka[1]; 8. (DNF) 87T-Adam VanDerostyne[4].

• Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 87T-Adam VanDerostyne[1]; 2. 07-Carter Matthews[3]; 3. 92X-Jeff Asche[5]; 4. 555-Bradley Rossow[4]; 5. 25-Brayden Begalka[7]; 6. 92-Payton Asche[6]; 7. 68JR-Nathan Telkamp[2]; 8. 10B-Curtis Borstad[8].

This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: Third time is the charm: After two rainouts, 2022 season opens at Casino Speedway