BARROWS — Tim Gonska collected his first career win in Stock Car and Mod Four driver Tommy Bawden made it two wins in two weeks Saturday, May 8, at North Central Speedway.
Gonska, the 2020 Hobby Stock points champion, started the season in a new class with the Stock Cars and had a top-five finish in his first two races including his first-place finish Saturday.
Only four cars made the feature event, but Gonska started out front and never gave up the lead, finishing in front of Erick Thiesse and Thomas Arndt.
Bawden had the best season in terms of wins of any driver last year on his way to the Mod 4 points championship and so far this season he has served notice that 2020 wasn’t a fluke. He picked up his first trophy of the season last week and Saturday night he made it two in a row.
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Starting from the fourth row, Bawden finished in first place in the 15-lap feature in front of Gerrald Nohner, who also has a feature win this season, and Sklyer Smith, who has three top-five finishes in three events.
Eighteen Sport Compact drivers completed 15 caution-free laps and it was the 2JR car of Greg Kohl crossing the finish line first to make it three feature wins in the first three weeks for the 2020 track champion. Kaleb Ruikka took second place followed by Nathan Kohl in third.
Last year was a good year for Sportmods driver Brendon Yamry. He finished in seventh place in the points race with five top-five finishes in 13 races.
In just the third race of the 2021 season, Yamry drove to the top spot after three caution flags on the first lap and stayed there to win his first race of the new season. Veteran driver Mark Martini wasn’t able to chase Yamry down and took the second spot, followed by Jake Hagemann.
Dave Johnson held off a challenge from Chris Seidel and took the checkered flag for the Hobby Stock feature. The win was Johnson’s first of the season who won three races last season and finished in second place behind Gonska.
It was veteran driver Tim Johnson leading all 20 feature laps and taking first place for the Super Stock race, and Shawn Fletcher passed Chuck Olson midway through the Modified feature event and took his first checkered flag of the season.
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Results from Saturday, May 8
IMCA Modifieds
Feature: 1-Shawn Fletcher, 2-Aaron Johnson, 3-Chuck Olson
Heat 1: 1-Aaron Johnson, 2-Ryan Putnam, 3-Erick Thiesse
Heat 2: 1-Chuck Olson, 2-Shawn Fletcher, 3-AJ Viehauser
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WISSOTA Super Stock
Feature: 1-Tim Johnson, 2-Dylan Nelson, 3-Dustin Nelson
Heat 1: 1-Dustin Nelson, 2-Kevin Salin, 3-Austin Niemeyer
IMCA Sportmods
Feature: 1-Brendon Yamry, 2-Mark Martini, 3-Jake Hagemann
Heat 1: 1-Dru Nelson, 2-Torey Fischer, 3-Zachery Schreder
Heat 2: 1-Mark Martini, 2-Tom Anderson, 3-Brendon Yamry
Heat 3: 1-David Siercks, 2-Justin Jones, 3-Chris Siercks
WISSOTA Mod Four
Feature: 1-Tommy Bawden, 2-Gerrald Nohner, 3-Skyler Smith
Heat 1: 1-Skyler Smith, 2-Gerrald Nohner, 3-Jamie Lenarz
Heat 2: 1-Chad Funt, 2-Abby Garin, 3-Cody Mason
Heat 3: 1-Tommy Bawden, 2-Josh Litzau, 3-Jonathan Feda
IMCA Stock Car
Feature: 1-Tim Gonska, 2-Erick Thiesse, 3-Thomas Arndt
Heat 1: 1-Erick Thiesse, 2-Tim Gonska, 3-Kris Peterson
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature: 1-Dave Johnson, 2-Brandon Bombardo, 3-Chris Seidel
Heat 1: 1-Chris Seidel, 2-Brandon Bombardo, 3-Chase Peterson
Heat 2: 1-Dave Johnson, 2-Tim Otterness, 3-Sott Herron
IMCA Sport Compacts
Feature: 1-Greg Kohl, 2-Kaleb Ruikka, 3-Nathan Kohl
Heat 1: 1-Jenna Hagemann, 2-Josh Maleski, 3-Austin Raths
Heat 2: 1-Greg Kohl, 2-Nathan Kohl, 3-Harry Ruikka
Heat 3: 1-Kaleb Ruikka, 2-Trista Pankratz, 3-Alyssa Nelson
Results from Saturday, May 1
IMCA Modifieds
Feature: 1-Branon Beckendorf, 2-Casey Arneson, 3-Shawn Fletcher
Heat 1: 1-AJ Viehauser, 2-Scott Engholm, 3-Dalton Magers
Heat 2: 1-Billy Kendall III, 2-Kollin Hibdon, 3-Casey Arneson
Heat 3: 1-Shawn Fletcher, 2-Brandon Beckendorf, 3-Aaron Johnson
WISSOTA Super Stock
Feature: 1-Kevin Burdick, 2-Dustin Nelson, 3-Tim Johnson
Heat 1: 1-Dustin Nelson, 2-Chris Wark, 3-Austin Niemeyer
Heat 2: 1-Travis Scott, 2-Dylan Nelson, 3-David Dosh
Heat 3: 1-Tim Johnson, 2-Kevin Burdick, 3-Butch Butcher
IMCA Sportmods
Feature: 1-Jake Hagemann, 2-Tim Bergerson, 3-Mark Martini
Heat 1: 1-Zach Davis, 2-Jake Hagemann, 3-David Siercks
Heat 2: 1-Torey Fischer, 2-Mark Martini, 3-Adam Bohlman
Heat 3: 1-Justin Jones, 2-Chris Siercks, 3-Zachery Schreder
WISSOTA Mod Four
Feature: 1-Tommy Bawden, 2-Chad Funt, 3-Jamie Lenarz
Heat 1: 1-Tommy Bawden, 2-Jamie Lenarz, 3-Brandan Woods
Heat 2: 1-Gerrald Nohner, 2-Chad Funt, 3-Josh Litzau
IMCA Stock Car
Feature: 1-Tim Pessek, 2-Dan Mackenthun, 3-Erick Thiesse
Heat 1: 1-Josh Larsen, 2-Dan Mackenthun, 3-Robert Waechter
Heat 2: 1-Alex Dostal, 2-Brent Uecker, 3-Robert Waechter Jr.
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature: 1-Cory Probst, 2-Brandon Bombardo, 3-Tim Otterness
Heat 1: 1-Cory Probst, 2-Matt Olson, 3-Mason Goettl
Heat 2: 1-Ben Reierson, 2-Dave Johnson, 3-Rod Manthey
Heat 3: 1-Tim Otterness, 2-Jonathan Schroeder, 3-Chris Seidel
IMCA Sport Compacts
Feature: 1-Greg Kohl, 2-Travis Roush, 3-Jenna Hagemann
Heat 1: 1-Greg Kohl, 2-Nathan Kohl, 3-Jenna Hagemann
Heat 2: 1-Nick McConnell, 2-Alyssa Nelson, 3-Isaiah Carner
Heat 3 1-Travis Roush, 2-Kaleb Ruikka, 3-Tristan Raths
