Field of 78 cars on hand for first racing program at Watertown racetrack since mid-July

WATERTOWN — For the first time in nearly a month, Mother Nature failed to put the kibosh on a scheduled racing program at Casino Speedway.

A field of 78 cars competed on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025 at the local race track. The previous three Sunday night events and six of the past eight racing programs have been wiped out by the weather.

Jeff Rohner of Willmar, MN won his fifth hornets feature of the season and Chad Becker of Aberdeen took his fourth late model main.

Other feature winners were Trevor Walsh of Watertown, Gen X late models; Maria Broskieck of Goodwin, street stocks; Adam Brotherton of Huron, modifieds; and Ryan Flaten of Madison, MN, Midwest modifieds. Walsh's feature win was his third of the season at Casino. Broksieck won for the second time and Flaten and Brotherton each recorded their first victories.

The Clash, featuring the Tri-State Late Models, is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16.

Midwest ModifiedsA Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 15-Ryan Flaten[1]; 2. 28-Tommy Nichols[4]; 3. 1Z-Dawson Zabel[6]; 4. 69R-Terry Reilly[7]; 5. 33-Todd Stark[8]; 6. 8-Jason Anderson[3]; 7. 31-Scott Hansen[5]; 8. 11-Kyle Schell[12]; 9. 3-Luke Johnson[10]; 10. 2DR-Tom Neitzel[9]; 11. 56D-Doug Neitzel[13]; 12. 25R-Trevor Rush[15]; 13. (DNF) 28T-Scott Tofte[2]; 14. (DNF) 22-Shawn McFarlane[11]; 15. (DNF) 86-Carter Frost[14].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28T-Scott Tofte[1]; 2. 1Z-Dawson Zabel[4]; 3. 69R-Terry Reilly[6]; 4. 28-Tommy Nichols[7]; 5. 2DR-Tom Neitzel[2]; 6. 22-Shawn McFarlane[8]; 7. 56D-Doug Neitzel[5]; 8. 25R-Trevor Rush[3].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Ryan Flaten[1]; 2. 33-Todd Stark[3]; 3. 31-Scott Hansen[5]; 4. 8-Jason Anderson[4]; 5. 3-Luke Johnson[7]; 6. 11-Kyle Schell[2]; 7. 86-Carter Frost[6]

Street StocksA Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 14-Maria Broksieck[1]; 2. 31-Jason Marko[6]; 3. 99-Andy Rossow[8]; 4. 17-Matt Goth[4]; 5. 314-Tyler Lamb[3]; 6. 95-Jayden Michaelsohn[2]; 7. 80-Tony Miller[5]; 8. 12-Al Schmidt[7]; 9. X-Dexter Wipf[10]; 10. (DNF) 73-Cory Giessinger[9]; 11. (DNS) 11-Scott Gladis.

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Andy Rossow[2]; 2. 17-Matt Goth[1]; 3. 31-Jason Marko[5]; 4. 80-Tony Miller[3]; 5. 73-Cory Giessinger[6]; 6. X-Dexter Wipf[4].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Maria Broksieck[1]; 2. 314-Tyler Lamb[2]; 3. 12-Al Schmidt[5]; 4. 95-Jayden Michaelsohn[4]; 5. (DNF) 11-Scott Gladis[3].

Gen X Late ModelsA Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 15-Trevor Walsh[4]; 2. 33-Jeff Nelson[3]; 3. 19-Tyler McFarland[1]; 4. 10X-Blake Swenson[5]; 5. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[2]; 6. 00-Kevin Youngquist[9]; 7. 75-Cade Skytland[11]; 8. 11X-Brittany Swenson[10]; 9. (DNF) 811-Bodie Croninger[7]; 10. (DNF) XJR-Hope Swenson[8]; 11. (DNF) 87-Curt Kranz[6]; 12. (DNF) 12-Brandon Fisher[12].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 811-Bodie Croninger[4]; 2. 10X-Blake Swenson[5]; 3. 15-Trevor Walsh[2]; 4. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[1]; 5. 00-Kevin Youngquist[3]; 6. 75-Cade Skytland[6].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 87-Curt Kranz[5]; 2. 19-Tyler McFarland[2]; 3. 33-Jeff Nelson[3]; 4. XJR-Hope Swenson[1]; 5. 11X-Brittany Swenson[4]; 6. 12-Brandon Fisher[6].

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Late ModelsA Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 12-Chad Becker[2]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[3]; 3. 85-Jayson Good[4]; 4. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[5]; 5. 24S-Mike Stearns[1]; 6. 10C-Chad Olsen[7]; 7. 20-Trevor Anderson[8]; 8. 37-Scott Ward[9]; 9. 4J-Lee Grosz[14]; 10. 20W-Trevor Walsh[10]; 11. 1K-Konner Sperle[11]; 12. 748-Kyle Jensen[6]; 13. 87-Curt Kranz[18]; 14. 57-Chad Williamson[13]; 15. X-Chuck Swenson[12]; 16. 73M-David Carlson[16]; 17. T3-Rich Thomas[17]; 18. (DNF) 3T-Tyler Thomas[15].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24S-Mike Stearns[2]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[1]; 3. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[3]; 4. 20W-Trevor Walsh[4]; 5. 57-Chad Williamson[6]; 6. 73M-David Carlson[5].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10C-Chad Olsen[1]; 2. 20-Trevor Anderson[2]; 3. 12-Chad Becker[5]; 4. 1K-Konner Sperle[6]; 5. 4J-Lee Grosz[4]; 6. T3-Rich Thomas[3].

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Scott Ward[1]; 2. 85-Jayson Good[3]; 3. 748-Kyle Jensen[5]; 4. X-Chuck Swenson[2]; 5. 3T-Tyler Thomas[6]; 6. 87-Curt Kranz[4].

ModifiedsA Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 14-Adam Brotherton[2]; 2. 24S-Mike Stearns[1]; 3. 15-Tony Konold[4]; 4. 13-Cayden Schmeling[3]; 5. 15X-Kenny Mayer[8]; 6. 10H-Nate Heinrich[6]; 7. 17-Tyler Gefroh[5]; 8. 8-Andy Brooker[7]; 9. (DNF) 18-Aaron Sowers[9].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24S-Mike Stearns[2]; 2. 15-Tony Konold[1]; 3. 14-Adam Brotherton[4]; 4. 13-Cayden Schmeling[3]; 5. 17-Tyler Gefroh[5]; 6. 10H-Nate Heinrich[9]; 7. 8-Andy Brooker[8]; 8. 15X-Kenny Mayer[6]; 9. (DNF) 18-Aaron Sowers[7].

HornetsA Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 08-Jeff Rohner[12]; 2. 3-Adam VanDerostyne[3]; 3. 275X-Travis Bruns[5]; 4. 95-Brett Moffenbier[10]; 5. 43-Brandon Downs[4]; 6. 03-Christian Kast[6]; 7. 988-Dean Roe[1]; 8. 81-Nathan Smith[7]; 9. 87TJR-Paxton Tjaden[9]; 10. 69-Skylar Burgher[13]; 11. (DNF) 71X-Adam Castle[11]; 12. (DNF) 555-Bradley Rossow[8]; 13. (DNS) 79-Joshua Gebhart.

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 3-Adam VanDerostyne[5]; 2. 81-Nathan Smith[3]; 3. 43-Brandon Downs[4]; 4. 555-Bradley Rossow[6]; 5. 87TJR-Paxton Tjaden[2]; 6. 71X-Adam Castle[1]; 7. 69-Skylar Burgher[7].

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 275X-Travis Bruns[6]; 2. 988-Dean Roe[2]; 3. 03-Christian Kast[5]; 4. 79-Joshua Gebhart[1]; 5. 95-Brett Moffenbier[3]; 6. 08-Jeff Rohner[4].

Miller Central Speedway

MILLER — Josh Skorczewski of Aberdeen (late models) and Trevor Nelson of Warner (super stocks) each won feature races on Friday, Aug. 8.

Mike Stearns of Aberdeen won a late model heat rces. Stewart Schipke of Aberdeen and Nelson ecah won super stock heats.

The Tri-State Late Models series is scheduled to race on Friday, Aug. 15.

Fiesta City Speedway

MONTEVIDEO, MN — Canby drivers Josh Long (streest stocks) and Adam VanDerostyne (hornets) collected feature wins on Friday, Aug., 8.

VanDerostyne also won a heat race along with area drivers Scott Tofte of Madison and Shane Dejong of Boyd in the Midwest modified class.

Another racing program is scheduled for Friday at 7 p.m.

Other area racetracks

The Friday, Aug. 8 racing program at I-94 Speedway in Fergus Falls, MN was called off because of the weather.

There were no scheduled racing events over the weekend at Brown County Speedway in Aberdeen and Madison, MN Speedway.

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