JACKSON, Minn. — Matt Juhl and Michael Stien scored sprint car victories on Friday evening at Jackson Motorplex, which hosted the Barb Wieskus Memorial during a special night that was presented by Holiday Inn Fairmont.
Eric Lutz led all but the first three laps of the Midwest Sprint Touring Series and Midwest Power Series 360 winged sprint car feature, which paid $3,000 to win in honor of Barb Wieskus. However, Lutz failed post-race inspection and Juhl, who crossed the finish line second, was declared the feature winner.
Roger Crockett advanced from eighth to second to garner the Hard Charger Award and a bonus from the Wieskus Family for passing the most cars. Skylar Prochaska placed third, Justin Henderson ended fourth and Brooke Tatnell rounded out the top five.
Juhl set a new track record for 360 sprint cars during his group’s qualifying session. Henderson was quick time in his group.Â
Stien led the final 16 laps of the 20-lap Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series to become the third different division winner in three races at Jackson Motorplex this season.
Polesitter Bayley Ballenger stuck the bottom and maintained the top spot throughout the first four laps before the first of three cautions occurred on lap five. Stien used a higher lane to drive around Ballenger in turn two on the restart and he built a three-second advantage before a pair of cautions just after the midpoint of the race bunched the field together.
By that point Dusty Ballenger had maneuvered from the ninth starting spot into the runner-up position, but Stien was efficient throughout the second half of the race to win by 0.648 seconds. Jody Rosenboom hustled from 11 th to third with Jacob Hughes placing fourth and Trevor Serbus fifth.
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JACKSON, Minn. — Matt Juhl and Michael Stien scored sprint car victories on Friday evening at Jackson Motorplex, which hosted the Barb Wieskus Memorial during a special night that was presented by Holiday Inn Fairmont.
Eric Lutz led all but the first three laps of the Midwest Sprint Touring Series and Midwest Power Series 360 winged sprint car feature, which paid $3,000 to win in honor of Barb Wieskus. However, Lutz failed post-race inspection and Juhl, who crossed the finish line second, was declared the feature winner.
Roger Crockett advanced from eighth to second to garner the Hard Charger Award and a bonus from the Wieskus Family for passing the most cars. Skylar Prochaska placed third, Justin Henderson ended fourth and Brooke Tatnell rounded out the top five.
Juhl set a new track record for 360 sprint cars during his group’s qualifying session. Henderson was quick time in his group.Â
Stien led the final 16 laps of the 20-lap Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series to become the third different division winner in three races at Jackson Motorplex this season.
Polesitter Bayley Ballenger stuck the bottom and maintained the top spot throughout the first four laps before the first of three cautions occurred on lap five. Stien used a higher lane to drive around Ballenger in turn two on the restart and he built a three-second advantage before a pair of cautions just after the midpoint of the race bunched the field together.
By that point Dusty Ballenger had maneuvered from the ninth starting spot into the runner-up position, but Stien was efficient throughout the second half of the race to win by 0.648 seconds. Jody Rosenboom hustled from 11 th to third with Jacob Hughes placing fourth and Trevor Serbus fifth.