6/28/25 Hibbing Speedway Regular Race

The points season at Hibbing Speedway continued on Saturday, June 28th in 4 WISSOTA divisions. The Midwest Modifieds were scheduled off for the night while track conditions improved and tight racing ensued around the 1/4 mile speedway.

The WISSOTA Hornets took to the track for a 12-lap contest. For a majority of the race, it was a 3 dog contest between Pierz’s Colton Lodermeier, Brainerd’s Russell Kiker Jr., and Kettle River’s Nikota Larson. Larson would emerge late with the race lead and claim victory in his first trip to Hibbing for the 2024 season. Kiker and Lodermeier followed.

Next up on the docket was the WISSOTA Late Models in a 20-lap battle. Hibbing’s Kyle Peterlin took advantage of a pole redraw, taking the lead early ahead of fellow front-row starter Kevin Burdick. Burdick would do all he could while chasing Peterlin but could not quite catch up. Peterlin was able to bring it home on top, with Burdick and Jeff Massingill rounding out the podium.

The WISSOTA Super Stocks would contest a 20-lap fight next, with Tristan LaBarge and Trevor Arens leading the field to green. LaBarge won the first two features of the season, but did not run away with the feature event by any means. Early challenges came from the likes of Austin Blom, Dexton Koch, and Rick Simpson. By Lap 7, LaBarge continued to lead, but a different LaBarge had jumped into the second spot: Tristan’s cousin, Andy. Andy had gone through his fair share of struggles to begin the season, but was finally putting together a strong run. The race was littered with cautions, but a green-white-checkered finish produced one of the closest finishes we will get all season. In a good, hard-nosed battle, Andy edged out Tristan at the line for the win by only 0.012 seconds! Simpson would complete the podium.

The WISSOTA Modifieds would round out the night with 20 laps of their own. Defending track champion Andrew Inman would lead early, but he surrendered the lead to Hibbing’s Tyler Kintner by lap 8. Inman would hold onto the second spot for 4 more laps before spinning out and heading to the back of the field. This left Bob Broking, Mervin Castle III and Jeffrey Wood to battle it out behind Kintner. Broking used the high side of the speedway to his advantage, falling to 3rd on lap 14 but remaining in 2nd otherwise. Broking would get a huge run of steam with 2 laps to go, passing Kintner and being declared the official race leader of lap 19. Broking and Kintner gave it their all and raced to the second photo finish of the evening, where Broking edged Kintner out by 0.258 seconds. Wood finished 3rd, 2.5 seconds behind Kintner and 0.053 ahead of Castle.

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 Late Models
A Feature (20 Laps)
1. (1) 23 Kyle Peterlin – Hibbing
2. (2) 30 Kevin Burdick – Proctor
3. (3) 6M Jeff Massingill – Keewatin
4. (8) 45J Johnny Broking – Grand Rapids
5. (10) F15 Devin Fouquette – St. Cloud
6. (4) 16 Derek Vesel – Hibbing
7. (14) 79 Kevin Carlson – Carlton
8. (9) 37X Skeeter Estey – Kelly Lake
9. (12) 13 Roger Paolo – Hibbing
10. (6) 22 Jack Koranda – Bluffton
11. (11) 35 George Ledin Jr. – Britt
12. (7) 28 Jeff Provinzino – Hibbing
13. (13) 71 Zach Wohlers – Cohasset
14. (5) 54 Rick Niemi – Eveleth (DNS)

Heat 1
54 Niemi, 22 Koranda, 6M Massingill, 23 Peterlin, 37X Estey, 35 Ledin, 71 Wohlers

Heat 2
30 Burdick, 16 Vesel, 45J Broking, 28 Provinzino, F15 Fouquette, 13 Paolo, 79 Carlson

WISSOTA Modifieds
A Feature (20 Laps)
1. (4) 45 Bob Broking – Grand Rapids
2. (5) 22 Tyler Kintner – Hibbing
3. (2) 55W Jeffrey Wood – Chisholm
4. (3) 2 Mervin Castle III – Grand Rapids
5. (9) 55 Jeff Wood – Chisholm
6. (1) 11JR Andrew Inman – Canyon
7. (8) 4S Steve Stavenger – Gilbert
8. (6) M2 Chris Magistad – Floodwood
9. (7) 51E Peyton Emerson – Grand Rapids

Heat
45 Broking, 55W Wood, 2 Castle, 11JR Inman, 22 Kintner, M2 Magistad, 51E Emerson, 4S Stavenger, 55 Wood

WISSOTA Super Stocks
A Feature (20 Laps)
1. (8) 79A Andy LaBarge – Hibbing
2. (1) 19 Tristan LaBarge – Kelly Lake
3. (6) 77K Rick Simpson – Thunder Bay, ON
4. (9) 57 Dalton Carlson – Cohasset
5. (3) 3B Austin Blom – Saginaw
6. (2) 01 Trevor Arens – Hibbing
7. (7) 76 Doug Koski – Chisholm
8. (5) 41 Mikey Vajdl – Chisholm
9. (13) 11 Kevin Salin – Iron
10. (15) 40C Chaston Finckbone – Grand Rapids
11. (10) 42 Jake Luark – Princeton
12. (4) 78K Dexton Koch – Becker
13. (12) 41X Brian Vajdl – Chisholm
14. (11) 47J Justin Barsness – Grand Rapids
15. (14) 30 Dan Severson – Crosby

Heat 1
77K Simpson, 78K Koch, 19 LaBarge, 01 Arens, 57 Carlson, 47J Barsness, 11 Salin, 40C Finckbone

Heat 2
76 Koski, 3B Blom, 79A LaBarge, 41 Vajdl, 42 Luark, 41X Vajdl, 30 Severson

WISSOTA Hornets
A Feature (12 Laps)
1. (8) 26N Nikota Larson – Kettle River
2. (4) 13K Russell Kiker Jr. – Brainerd
3. (1) 21L Colton Lodermeier – Pierz
4. (7) 94A Bobie Arnes – Foreston
5. (3) 79JR Mikayla LaBarge – Keewatin
6. (9) 9 Nick Ruzich – Hibbing
7. (2) 188 Ian VanVickle – Hibbing
8. (11) 27 Brady Fosso – Hibbing
9. (21) 25K McKenna Folstad – Hibbing
10. (5) 96 Trenton Beel – Hibbing
11. (15) 34 Selena Owen – Thunder Bay, ON
12. (6) 4 Brian Barker – Kelly Lake
13. (16) 03 Christian Kast – Fairmont, ND
14. (14) 24JR Jada Lore – Embarrass
15. (20) 21 Tiffani Hauta-Sanders – Hibbing
16. (18) 50Z Jaz Ziebol – Cloquet
17. (13) 27.5X Travis Bruns – Alexandria
18. (17) 24 Jerry Adams – Buhl
19. (12) 71 Nathan Bird – Kelly Lake
20. (19) 22 Paige Kintner – Hibbing
21. (10) 10 Easton Pfeiffer – Bovey
22. (22) 13TB Anastasia Chavez – Babbitt (DNS)

Heat 1
96 Beel, 21L Lodermeier, 13K Kiker, 10 Pfeiffer, 27.5X Bruns, 03 Kast, 22 Kintner, 13TB Chavez (DNS)

Heat 2
188 VanVickle, 9 Ruzich, 79JR LaBarge, 27 Fosso, 24JR Lore, 24 Adams, 21 Hauta-Sanders

Heat 3
26N Larson, 4 Barker, 94A Arnes, 71 Bird, 34 Owen, 50Z Ziebol, 25K Folstad

Hibbing Speedway Points Chases
WISSOTA Late Models
30 Kevin Burdick 160, 45J Johnny Broking 154, 6M Jeff Massingill 154, 37X Skeeter Estey 143, 16 Derek Vesel 140, 23 Kyle Peterlin 138, 79 Kevin Carlson 125, 54 Rick Niemi 106, 28 Jeff Provinzino 91, 22 Jack Koranda 88

WISSOTA Modifieds
22 Tyler Kintner 208, 55W Jeffrey Wood 194, 11JR Andrew Inman 193, 45 Bob Broking 190, M2 Chris Magistad 178, 55 Jeff Wood 138, 12 TJ Heinle 131, 2 Mervin Castle III 100, 37X Skeeter Estey 95, 21 Matt DePiero 85

WISSOTA Super Stocks
57 Dalton Carlson 206, 41 Mikey Vajdl 199, 76 Doug Koski 195, 01 Trevor Arens 191, 40C Chaston Finckbone 182, 47J Justin Barsness 177, 11 Kevin Salin 177, 19 Tristan LaBarge 163, 79A Andy LaBarge 154, 30 Dan Severson 126

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
27 Brady Fosso 207, 25K McKenna Folstad 203, 24JR Jada Lore 187, 79JR Mikayla LaBarge 182, 4 Brian Barker 177, 188 Ian VanVickle 173, 21 Tiffani Hauta-Sanders 152, 22 Paige Kintner 141, 9 Nick Ruzich 138, 96 Trenton Beel 128