Dakota State Fair Speedway
Wildung edges Becker for $4,000 in Huron
Jeff Wildung picked up $4,000 in Huron, S.D. (crpphotos.com)
HURON, S.D. (May 11) — Jeff Wildung of Nassau, Minn., tracked down race-long leader Chad Becker of Aberdeen, S.D., in the closing laps Saturday at Dakota State Fair Speedway, making the winning pass for a $4,000 victory on WISSOTA's Blaine Brothers Challenge Series. | Slideshow
Wildung, who broke leading the previous night’s race in Huron, rallied from his 10th starting spot for the 40-lap victory while Becker, who started outside the front row, settled for second. Pole-starting Lance Matthees of Winona, Minn., was third followed by Brad Seng of Grand Forks, N.D., and Kyle Peterlin of Hibbing, Minn.
Pat Doar of New Richmond, Wis., who won Friday’s season opener for the WISSOTA tour, started 20th and finished 14th on Saturday in a caution-free feature on a cold night.
Becker jumped to the lead over Matthees at the outset while Wildung worked his way into the top five after just 10 laps. At the halfway mark, Becker led Matthees, Seng and Wildung in a tight pack.
The higher-running Wildung took third from Seng, then took the second spot from Matthees on lap 28. While Becker faced lapped traffic, Wildung closed the gap in the closing laps, then moved to the low groove to overtake Becker late.
Notes: Wildung’s Rocket Chassis is sponsored by Veit and Lucas Oil. ... Wildung was the 2007 series champion. ... He owns nine career series victories; his previous victory came June 10 at Dacotah Speedway in Mandan, N.D. ... The temperature at feature time at Huron was 40 degrees. ... Drivers failing to make the feature lineup: John Bey, John Winge, Kelly Duffy, Zach Wohlers, Josh Skorczewski, Chad Chenoweth and Jordan Heiman. ... Series competitors return to Huron on June 1 for the $6,300-to-win Challenge Cup, the tour's richest race.
BBCS @ Dakota State Fair: (1) Jeff Wildung, (2) Chad Becker, (3) Lance Matthees, (4) Brad Seng, (5) Kyle Peterlin, (6) Don Shaw, (7) Dustin Strand, (8) Zack Johnson, (9) Shawn Kirwin, (10) Curt Gelling, (11) Jake Redetzke, (12) Brian Diede, (13) Kent Arment, (14) Pat Doar, (15) David McDonald, (16) John Kaanta, (17) Jeremy Keller, (18) Mike Balcaen, (19) Mike Stadel, (20) Nick Herrick, (21) Eric Mass, (22) Jordan Yaggy, (23) Quentin Myers, (24) Casey Hanson, (25) Marshall Fegers. Heat race winners (among 35 cars): Shaw, Herrick, Fegers, Peterlin. Consolation winner: Keller.
