6/24/25 Hibbing Speedway Regular Race with Street Stocks

Blake Adams took the headlines during the first Tuesday night tango of the 2025 season at Hibbing Speedway, claiming a pair of Feature wins in double duty between the Modified and Midwest Modified divisions.

The night of features started off with the 10-car WISSOTA Super Stock field, where Dalton Carlson claimed his first Hibbing win of 2025 in a dominant 8th-to-1st performance where he was in the lead spot by lap 7. Doug Koski led the 1st lap but slowed entering turn 1, losing a drive shaft in the process. Trevor Arens would inherit the lead until Carlson piloted around him. Arens would go on to catfish around the bottom of the speedway in 2nd place for most of the rest of the race. Austin Blom would claim the spot on Lap 19 and 20 of the contest, but was disqualified in post-race technical inspection. Arens was officially named the 2nd-place finisher, with Mikey Vajdl completing the podium.

Next was the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds who brought a strong field of 28 cars to do some 1/4 mile bullring racing. After a B Main, the Feature field started with 24 competitors going for 20 laps. Matthew Cunha led the first 3 laps but 5th-starting Blake Adams was quick to take command of the field, doing so by lap 4. Also making his way up through the field early was 7th-starting Canadian Garrett Paull, who was up into 2nd by lap 5. Paull would battle it out with the likes of Cunha, Michael Blevins Sr. and Mikey Blevins for the majority of the race, but settled into 2nd by the time the checkers came out. Blevins Sr. took the final podium spot.

The 3rd feature up was the return of the WISSOTA Street Stocks to the Hibbing Speedway for the first time in 20+ years. There ended up being 9 cars on the property, with many racers coming from all over WISSOTA-land to chase national points opportunities. The 15-lap contest was led green-to-checkers by 20-year-old Tommy Pogones, who finished a whopping 6 seconds ahead of 2nd place. That 2nd place competitor would come to be Grand Forks, North Dakota’s Trey Hess, who was sent to the tail early on due to contact causing a caution. Hess still raced inside the top 5 on 14 of the 15 laps, passing Kolton Brauer on lap 10 to solidify his runner-up placement. Brauer would fall just short of Hess to claim the bronze.

With the WISSOTA Late Models scheduled to be off, the WISSOTA Modifieds took the spot of “headline” class, albeit with only a 9-car field. Jeffrey Wood would jet out to the lead early before Blake Adams once again came creeping into and out of view of his competition. Adams took the top spot on lap 5 of this one, and it was smooth sailing in the cowboy up conditions for the remainder of the 20-lapper. The 16-year-old finished ahead of Wood and track points leader Tyler Kintner.

The nightcap was once again the WISSOTA Hornets. A few competitors from out of town made the trip over to Hibbing to chase those precious national points. One of those was Brainerd’s Russell Kiker Jr., who would lead the first lap but end up looping it in turn 1. Hometown driver Brady Fosso would inherit the lead from there, and a tough battle would ensue with WISSOTA national points leader Bobie Arnes from Foreston. Fosso and Arnes traded the lead a few times ahead of lady drivers McKenna Folstad and Jada Lore, with an elated Arnes crossing the checkers in first place after the 12 scheduled laps ahead of Fosso and Folstad.

A regulation night of racing minus the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds is on tap for Saturday, June 28th. The WISSOTA Late Models, WISSOTA Modifieds, WISSOTA Super Stocks and WISSOTA Hornets fill out the card. Then, on Tuesday, July 1st, the Iron Man Late Model Invitational returns with a $5,000-to-win headliner for the WISSOTA Late Models featuring former NASCAR racer Ryan Newman in competition. The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and WISSOTA Hornets fill out the undercard for the Iron Man with another crucial night of national points on the line.

Race Results

WISSOTA Modifieds
A Feature (20 Laps)
1. (4) 40D Blake Adams – Cameron, WI
2. (2) 55W Jeffrey Wood – Chisholm
3. (1) 22 Tyler Kintner – Hibbing
4. (6) 55 Jeff Wood – Chisholm
5. (5) 11JR Andrew Inman – Canyon
6. (8) 37X Skeeter Estey – Kelly Lake
7. (3) M2 Chris Magistad – Floodwood
8. (7) 12 TJ Heinle – Bovey
9. (9) 45 Bob Broking – Grand Rapids

Heat
11JR Inman, 40D Adams, 55W Wood, 22 Kintner, M2 Magistad, 55 Wood, 12 Heinle, 37X Estey, 45 Broking

WISSOTA Super Stocks
A Feature (20 Laps)
1. (8) 57 Dalton Carlson – Cohasset
2. (3) 01 Trevor Arens – Hibbing
3. (4) 41 Mikey Vajdl – Chisholm
4. (2) 11 Kevin Salin – Iron
5. (10) 40C Chaston Finckbone – Grand Rapids
6. (5) 47J Justin Barsness – Grand Rapids
7. (6) 30S Dan Severson – Crosby
8. (1) 76 Doug Koski – Chisholm
9. (9) 79A Andy LaBarge – Hibbing (DNS)
10. (7) 3B Austin Blom – Saginaw (DQ)

Heat 1
41 Vajdl, 76 Koski, 57 Carlson, 01 Arens, 79A LaBarge (DNS)

Heat 2
47J Barsness, 30S Severson, 3B Blom, 11 Salin, 40C Finckbone

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
A Feature (20 Laps)
1. (5) 40D Blake Adams – Cameron, WI
2. (7) 16 Garrett Paull – Fort Frances, ON
3. (9) 10 Michael Blevins Sr. – Hibbing
4. (8) 41 Tyler Vernon – Mason, WI
5. (2) 10JR Mikey Blevins – Hibbing
6. (1) 10X Matthew Cunha – Chisholm
7. (13) 15 Sam Blevins – Hibbing
8. (12) 7A Eric Anderson – Chisholm
9. (11) 11X Scott Thompson – International Falls
10. (23) 22 Chad VanDuker – Forbes
11. (18) 71 Jacob Anderson – Superior, WI
12. (19) 14* Adam Shinn – Duluth
13. (20) M2 Chris Magistad – Floodwood
14. (15) 45 Keegan Kough – Proctor
15. (14) 26K Sam Kolar – Marble
16. (22) 17K David Kivi – Nolalu, ON
17. (24) 14G Brant Gruba – Britt
18. (3) 21R Ross Siiter – Esko
19. (21) 32M Mia Musel – Cloquet
20. (4) 91 Andy Davey – Hibbing
21. (10) 18X Dylan Miller – Hibbing
22. (6) 69 Justin Bassa – Cotton
23. (17) 62K Ryan Kough – Isabella
24. (16) 76 Keith Koski – Hibbing

B Main
32M Musel, 17K Kivi, 22 VanDuker, 14G Gruba, 10Z Cade Johnson (Iron), 22E Ethan Elhardt (Bovey), 62 Jerry Morgan (Brainerd), 68G Eric Gruba (Embarrass)

Heat 1
16 Paull, 21R Siiter, 10 Blevins, 15 Blevins, 62K Kough, 32M Musel, 68G Gruba

Heat 2
10JR Blevins, 41 Vernon, 18X Miller, 26K Kolar, 71 Anderson, 14G Gruba, 22E Elhardt

Heat 3
10X Cunha, 69 Bassa, 11X Thompson, 45 Kough, 14* Shinn, 17K Kivi, 62 Morgan

Heat 4
40D Adams, 91 Davey, 7A Anderson, 76 Koski, M2 Magistad, 22 VanDuker, 10Z Johnson

WISSOTA Hornets
A Feature (12 Laps)
1. (6) 94A Bobie Arnes – Foreston
2. (2) 27 Brady Fosso – Hibbing
3. (7) 25K McKenna Folstad – Hibbing
4. (4) 24JR Jada Lore – Embarrass
5. (1) 13K Russell Kiker Jr. – Brainerd
6. (3) 79JR Mikayla LaBarge – Keewatin
7. (5) 4 Brian Barker – Kelly Lake
8. (10) 81R Ryker Larson – Grand Rapids
9. (15) 188 Ian VanVickle – Hibbing
10. (9) 44 Olive Henagin – Marble
11. (11) 24 Jerry Adams – Buhl
12. (14) 08 Shayne Houle – Marble
13. (16) 21 Tiffani Hauta-Sanders – Hibbing
14. (13) 22 Paige Kintner – Hibbing
15. (12) 50Z Jaz Ziebol – Cloquet
16. (17) 13TB Anastashia Chavez – Babbitt
17. (8) R20 Riley Terry – Floodwood

Heat 1
94A Arnes, 24JR Lore, 79JR LaBarge, R20 Terry, 44 Henagin, 24 Adams, 22 Kintner, 188 VanVickle, 13TB Chavez (DNS)

Heat 2
13K Kiker, 25K Folstad, 27 Fosso, 4 Barker, 81R Larson, 50Z Ziebol, 08 Houle, 21 Hauta-Sanders

WISSOTA Street Stocks
A Feature (15 Laps)
1. (1) 04 Tommy Pogones – Princeton
2. (8) 4 Trey Hess – Grand Forks, ND
3. (3) 34J Kolton Brauer – Eyota
4. (7) 67 Weston Ramsrud – Bagley
5. (5) 86 Layla Chaplin – Cameron, WI
6. (6) 12K Chase Kivi – Nolalu, ON
7. (4) 92R Courtney Rose – Gordon, WI
8. (2) 34 Billy Binkley – Puposky
9. (9) 19J Jenna Herrman – Rice Lake, WI

Heat 1
04 Pogones, 86 Chaplin, 92R Rose, 12K Kivi

Heat 2
4 Hess, 34J Brauer, 67 Ramsrud, 34 Binkley, 19J Herrman

Hibbing Speedway Points Chases
WISSOTA Late Models
30 Kevin Burdick 106, 45J Johnny Broking 104, 6M Jeff Massingill 103, 37X Skeeter Estey 99, 16 Derek Vesel 91, 12X Ben Heinle 86, 54 Rick Niemi 85, 23 Kyle Peterling 85, 79 Kevin Carlson 82, 12 Mark Heinle 81

WISSOTA Modifieds
22 Tyler Kintner 159, 11JR Andrew Inman 147, 55W Jeffrey Wood 143, M2 Chris Magistad 136, 45 Bob Broking 135, 12 TJ Heinle 131, 55 Jeff Wood 96, 37X Skeeter Estey 95, 21 Matt DePiero 85, 40D Blake Adams 54

WISSOTA Super Stocks
57 Dalton Carlson 158, 41 Mikey Vajdl 154, 76 Doug Koski 146, 01 Trevor Arens 144, 40C Chaston Finckbone 143, 47J Justin Barsness 140, 11 Kevin Salin 136, 19 Tristan LaBarge 111, 79A Andy LaBarge 100, 30 Dan Severson 91

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
10JR Mikey Blevins 151, 10 Michael Blevins Sr. 144, 91 Andy Davey 139, M2 Chris Magistad 139, 15 Sam Blevins 136, 7A Eric Anderson 132, 10X Matthew Cunha 131, 22 Chad VanDuker 129, 18X Dylan Miller 126, 26K Sam Kolar 124

WISSOTA Hornets
25K McKenna Folstad 161, 27 Brady Fosso 161, 24JR Jada Lore 148, 4 Brian Barker 133, 79JR Mikayla LaBarge 132, 188 Ian VanVickle 123, 21 Tiffani Hauta-Sanders 116, 22 Paige Kintner 110, 38 Calvin Skaja 106, 46 Louis Skaja 93