Watertown's Scott Ward takes late model feature during special Saturday night racing program

WATERTOWN — Scott Ward of Watertown brought home big prize during The Clash at Casino Speedway on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025.

The event featured 30 cars as part of the Tri-State Late Models and also included 19 hornet, 19 modified, 17 street stock, 17 super stock and 14 Midwest modified drivers.

Ward topped fellow Watertown driver Trevor Anderson in the 40-lap late model feature, earning $3,000 for the victory.

Matthew Dittman of Lake Lillian, MN won the 30-lap hornets feature, which included a $2,000 prize.

Shane Sabraska of Rice, MN also had a big night. he won the 25-lap modified and 20-lap super stock features. The modified win paid $1,200 and the super stock win $1,000.

Other feature winners include Levi Randt of Siren, WI (street stocks, $1,200) and Mike Nichols of Watertown (Midwest modifeds, $1,200).

Racing returns to Sunday night on Sunday, Aug. 24 with a scheduled program that will include free grandstand admission. Late models, modifieds, Midwest modifieds and street stocks will race in the program, which is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.

Midwest ModifiedsA Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 67-Mike Nichols[1]; 2. 19X-James Trantina III[6]; 3. 5C-Justin Bjorklund[2]; 4. 31-Scott Hansen[3]; 5. 28T-Scott Tofte[8]; 6. 28-Tommy Nichols[5]; 7. 3JR-Lane Johnson[4]; 8. 55-Jordan Kienow[10]; 9. 4T-Troy Randall[12]; 10. 86-Carter Frost[13]; 11. 25R-Trevor Rush[14]; 12. (DNF) 33-Todd Stark[9]; 13. (DNF) 15-Jayme Peterson[7]; 14. (DNF) 15F-Ryan Flaten[11].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Mike Nichols[2]; 2. 3JR-Lane Johnson[4]; 3. 28-Tommy Nichols[5]; 4. 15-Jayme Peterson[6]; 5. 55-Jordan Kienow[1]; 6. 4T-Troy Randall[3]; 7. 25R-Trevor Rush[7].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Scott Hansen[1]; 2. 5C-Justin Bjorklund[5]; 3. 19X-James Trantina III[3]; 4. 28T-Scott Tofte[4]; 5. 33-Todd Stark[6]; 6. 15F-Ryan Flaten[7]; 7. 86-Carter Frost[2].

Street StocksA Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 11-Levi Randt[4]; 2. 14-Maria Broksieck[3]; 3. 2-Joe Martin[8]; 4. 80-Tony Miller[6]; 5. 99-Andy Rossow[7]; 6. 31-Jason Marko[9]; 7. 49-Broc Stout[12]; 8. 17-Matt Goth[17]; 9. 58-Wade Tirrel[5]; 10. 20-Michael Bogh[10]; 11. 1X-Clifford Houser[11]; 12. 81-Travis Oxandaburu[14]; 13. 12-Al Schmidt[13]; 14. X-Dexter Wipf[16]; 15. (DNF) 20JR-Jayden Bogh[2]; 16. (DNF) 11S-Scott Gladis[15]; 17. (DQ) 73-Cory Giessinger[1].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20JR-Jayden Bogh[1]; 2. 58-Wade Tirrel[2]; 3. 11-Levi Randt[6]; 4. 2-Joe Martin[4]; 5. 31-Jason Marko[3]; 6. 49-Broc Stout[7]; 7. 12-Al Schmidt[5]; 8. X-Dexter Wipf[8]; 9. 17-Matt Goth[9].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Cory Giessinger[2]; 2. 14-Maria Broksieck[4]; 3. 80-Tony Miller[3]; 4. 99-Andy Rossow[6]; 5. 20-Michael Bogh[5]; 6. 1X-Clifford Houser[8]; 7. 81-Travis Oxandaburu[7]; 8. 11S-Scott Gladis[1].

ModifiedsA Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[1]; 2. 6T-Joseph Thomas[5]; 3. 24S-Mike Stearns[4]; 4. 15-Tony Konold[2]; 5. 14-Adam Brotherton[3]; 6. 21X-Travis Saurer[7]; 7. 26G-Ryan Gierke[13]; 8. 6-Dale Ames[11]; 9. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[15]; 10. 10H-Nate Heinrich[14]; 11. 6X-Bryce Sward[9]; 12. 81-Jordan Duray[12]; 13. 13-Cayden Schmeling[6]; 14. 8-Andy Brooker[16]; 15. 96-Erv Grossman[18]; 16. 17-Tyler Gefroh[19]; 17. 18-Aaron Sowers[17]; 18. (DNF) 24-Brandon Dolman[8]; 19. (DNF) 11Z-Dylan Zabel[10].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Adam Brotherton[1]; 2. 15-Tony Konold[5]; 3. 24-Brandon Dolman[2]; 4. 6T-Joseph Thomas[10]; 5. 6X-Bryce Sward[6]; 6. 81-Jordan Duray[4]; 7. 10H-Nate Heinrich[8]; 8. 8-Andy Brooker[7]; 9. 96-Erv Grossman[9]; 10. (DNF) 17-Tyler Gefroh[3].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[2]; 2. 24S-Mike Stearns[4]; 3. 13-Cayden Schmeling[5]; 4. 21X-Travis Saurer[7]; 5. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[1]; 6. 6-Dale Ames[8]; 7. 26G-Ryan Gierke[9]; 8. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[3]; 9. 18-Aaron Sowers[6].

Super StocksA Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[1]; 2. 78K-Dexton Koch[2]; 3. 67-Austin Arbogast[4]; 4. 71X-Travis Scott[17]; 5. 71-Trevor Nelson[3]; 6. 19X-James Trantina III[8]; 7. Y5JR-Gerrit Van Liere[13]; 8. 22N-Dan Nissalke[9]; 9. 5-Brad Kopecky[12]; 10. 22-Bryson North[10]; 11. 7K-Kody Lehr[11]; 12. 65-Luis Chavez[14]; 13. (DNF) 33-Stewart Schipke[5]; 14. (DNF) 03-Wyatt Schweigert[15]; 15. (DNF) 20-Jeremy North[6]; 16. (DNF) 711-Kenneth Clements[16]; 17. (DNF) 7-Derek Zastrow[7].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 78K-Dexton Koch[2]; 2. 20-Jeremy North[1]; 3. 67-Austin Arbogast[7]; 4. 33-Stewart Schipke[9]; 5. 22-Bryson North[4]; 6. 7K-Kody Lehr[5]; 7. Y5JR-Gerrit Van Liere[3]; 8. (DNF) 711-Kenneth Clements[8]; 9. (DNF) 71X-Travis Scott[6].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[7]; 2. 71-Trevor Nelson[4]; 3. 7-Derek Zastrow[2]; 4. 19X-James Trantina III[6]; 5. 22N-Dan Nissalke[8]; 6. 5-Brad Kopecky[5]; 7. 65-Luis Chavez[3]; 8. 03-Wyatt Schweigert[1].

HornetsA Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 22-Matthew Dittman[3]; 2. 3-Adam VanDerostyne[8]; 3. 7-Dylan Tirrel[5]; 4. 275X-Travis Bruns[2]; 5. 03-Christian Kast[1]; 6. 42-Eli Green[9]; 7. 25-Brayden Begalka[18]; 8. 81-Nathan Smith[14]; 9. 43-Brandon Downs[12]; 10. 555-Bradley Rossow[11]; 11. 71X-Adam Castle[17]; 12. 988-Dean Roe[13]; 13. 411-Cameryn Taylor[19]; 14. (DNF) 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[6]; 15. (DNF) 95-Brett Moffenbier[7]; 16. (DNF) 87TJR-Paxton Tjaden[10]; 17. (DNF) 22A-Austin Raths[4]; 18. (DNF) 69-Skylar Burgher[16]; 19. (DNF) 23-Taryn Thorstenson[15].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 275X-Travis Bruns[2]; 2. 22-Matthew Dittman[3]; 3. 7-Dylan Tirrel[4]; 4. 3-Adam VanDerostyne[6]; 5. 87TJR-Paxton Tjaden[5]; 6. 555-Bradley Rossow[8]; 7. 81-Nathan Smith[7]; 8. 23-Taryn Thorstenson[10]; 9. 69-Skylar Burgher[1]; 10. 71X-Adam Castle[9].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 03-Christian Kast[4]; 2. 22A-Austin Raths[1]; 3. 95-Brett Moffenbier[2]; 4. 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[7]; 5. 42-Eli Green[9]; 6. 43-Brandon Downs[6]; 7. 988-Dean Roe[8]; 8. (DNF) 25-Brayden Begalka[5]; 9. (DNF) 411-Cameryn Taylor[3].

Tri-State Late ModelsA-Main Event (40 Laps): 1. 37-Scott Ward[2]; 2. 20-Trevor Anderson[6]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski[3]; 4. 51W-JT Wasmund[10]; 5. 24S-Mike Stearns[4]; 6. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[20]; 7. 21X-Travis Saurer[8]; 8. 15M-Shane DeMey[9]; 9. 1K-Konner Sperle[15]; 10. 1-Ryan Engels[18]; 11. 57-Chad Williamson[19]; 12. 73M-David Carlson[22]; 13. 4K-Keith Schenkel[16]; 14. 71-Mike Benson[23]; 15. C5-Chris Palsrok[12]; 16. (DNF) 2S-Josh Skorczewski[1]; 17. (DNF) 5L-Dustin Larson[21]; 18. (DNF) 85-Jayson Good[5]; 19. (DNF) 07B-Corey Bosma[24]; 20. (DNF) 10C-Chad Olsen[17]; 21. (DNF) 8-Lane Brenden[14]; 22. (DNF) 10CO-Charlie Olsen[13]; 23. (DNF) 66Z-Elijah Zevenbergen[11]; 24. (DNF) 7L-Jeffrey Larson[7].

B-Main (12 Laps): 1. 10C-Chad Olsen[1]; 2. 1-Ryan Engels[3]; 3. 57-Chad Williamson[2]; 4. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[6]; 5. 5L-Dustin Larson[5]; 6. 73M-David Carlson[8]; 7. 87-Curt Kranz[9]; 8. 16-Thomas Weisgram[13]; 9. 14N-Nick Schmidt[10]; 10. 07B-Corey Bosma[11]; 11. (DNF) 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[4]; 12. (DNF) 748-Kyle Jensen[7]; 13. (DNF) 71-Mike Benson[12]; 14. (DNF) XA-Alissa Palsrok[14].

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 2S-Josh Skorczewski[2]; 2. 85-Jayson Good[1]; 3. 15M-Shane DeMey[4]; 4. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[3]; 5. 10C-Chad Olsen[5]; 6. 5L-Dustin Larson[7]; 7. 87-Curt Kranz[8]; 8. 16-Thomas Weisgram[6].

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 24S-Mike Stearns[1]; 2. 7L-Jeffrey Larson[2]; 3. 51W-JT Wasmund[3]; 4. 8-Lane Brenden[4]; 5. 57-Chad Williamson[6]; 6. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[5]; 7. 14N-Nick Schmidt[8]; 8. XA-Alissa Palsrok[7].

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 37-Scott Ward[2]; 2. 20-Trevor Anderson[1]; 3. 66Z-Elijah Zevenbergen[4]; 4. 1K-Konner Sperle[3]; 5. 1-Ryan Engels[5]; 6. 748-Kyle Jensen[6]; 7. 07B-Corey Bosma[7].

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[1]; 2. 21X-Travis Saurer[2]; 3. C5-Chris Palsrok[4]; 4. 4K-Keith Schenkel[3]; 5. 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[5]; 6. 73M-David Carlson[7]; 7. 71-Mike Benson[6].

Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 85-Jayson Good[4]; 2. 2S-Josh Skorczewski[6]; 3. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[1]; 4. 15M-Shane DeMey[5]; 5. 10C-Chad Olsen[7]; 6. 16-Thomas Weisgram[3]; 7. 5L-Dustin Larson[8]; 8. 87-Curt Kranz[2].

Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 24S-Mike Stearns[2]; 2. 7L-Jeffrey Larson[6]; 3. 51W-JT Wasmund[5]; 4. 8-Lane Brenden[1]; 5. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[3]; 6. 57-Chad Williamson[4]; 7. XA-Alissa Palsrok[8]; 8. 14N-Nick Schmidt[7].

Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 20-Trevor Anderson[1]; 2. 37-Scott Ward[5]; 3. 1K-Konner Sperle[4]; 4. 66Z-Elijah Zevenbergen[3]; 5. 1-Ryan Engels[2]; 6. 748-Kyle Jensen[6]; 7. 07B-Corey Bosma[7].

Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[5]; 2. 21X-Travis Saurer[3]; 3. 4K-Keith Schenkel[7]; 4. C5-Chris Palsrok[2]; 5. 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[4]; 6. 71-Mike Benson[6]; 7. 73M-David Carlson[1].

Here's weekend highlights from other area tracks:

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Miller Central Speedway

MILLER — The Tri-State Late Models were also part of the final racing program of the 2025 season at Miller Central Speedway on Friday, Aug. 15.

Josh Skorczewski of Aberdeen topped a field of 20 late models to win the $2,000 feature. Trevor Anderson of Watertown finished second. Skorczewski and Mike Stearns of Aberdeen each won heat and qualifying races in the division.

Maria Broksieck of Goodwin (street stocks) and Trevor Nelson of Warner (super stocks) each also won features and heat races.

Neil Nelson of Aberdeen (pure stocks) and Dawson Zabel of Selby (Midwest modifieds) each took second in features. Zabel also won a heat race.

I-94 Speedway

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — Trevor Walsh of Watertown won the Gen X late models feature on Friday, Aug. 15 at I-94 Speedway.

Tommy Nichols of Watertown won a Midwest modified heat race.

Another racing program is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 22.

Fiesta City Speedway

MONTEVIDEO, MN — Darren Engesser of Gary, SD took second in the Midwest modifed feature on Friday, Aug. 15 at Fiesta City Speedway.

C.J. Eilers of Canby won a late model heat race.

The season championship is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 22 at 7 p.m.

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