Clash at Casino victories to Thomas, Randt brothers, Dumpert, Kromschroeder and Kast

The second annual Clash at Casino was held at Casino Speedway in Watertown on Saturday with a big field of 110 cars on hand.

Not surprisingly, with 110 cars on a quarter-mile bullring, it was a long night. It ended up being a good night for the Randt brothers while Joe Thomas of Glyndon picked up his second big Wissota Modified win in as many nights.

A nice 28-car Tri State Late Model contingent signed into Casino, racing for $2,500 to win. Superman Mike Stearns of Aberdeen jumped out front of the Tri-State Late Model feature over Cory Dumpert of Newman Grove, Neb., with Charlie Olsen of Hendricks in third.

It wasn’t long before Stearns caught the back of the field.  Cody Thompson of Sioux City was running fourth and Shane Edginton, riving Scott Ward’s 37 Longhorn for a second straight night, was in fifth.

Dumpert went for the slider and took the lead on Lap 10 while Edginton climbed to fourth. Dumpert was setting a feverish pace in his 77 and built a one-second advantage on Stearns, who was being pursued by Olsen.

The heavy lapped traffic nearly cost Dumpert who made contact with the  27 of Chris Palsrok but both went on without issue.  In fact Dumpert started to run away as Stearns, Olsen and Edginton put on a great show for second.  Edginton would move into the spot briefly but Stearns regained it – but they were almost 3 seconds behind Dumpert.

The first caution waved on lap 22, and on the restart Stearns took a shot on the outside but couldn’t make the pass. And it was all Dumpert from there as he stretched the lead to 3.3 seconds with eight to go. Stearns had about a car length on Edginton. Also running well was Trevor Walsh of Watertown in sixth, who wasn’t far behind fifth-place Olsen.

Again lapped traffic  came into play but by then Dumpert had a straightaway lead. Stearns cut almost two seconds off the lead but ran out of laps as Dumpert, who entered the night second in the Tri-State, won by a solid 1.3 second margin. Stearns was second, Edginton third, Thompson fourth and Olsen fifth. Ther ewas only one caution in the race.

I’ll be honest I don’t know much about Dumpert, who had only one feature win on the year going into the night (which as Aug. 9 at a Tri-State race in Mason City).  He was clearly the class of the field on this night.

Twenty-three Wissota Midwest Modifieds were on hand, and Landyn Randt was the early leader over Todd Stark of Watertown. Stark however was working the lower lane and challenging Randt for the lead. Tommy Nichols, Dawson Zabel and Madison veteran Scott Tofte settled into the top five.

The first yellow flew for Dakota Larsen’s spin in turn four.  Randt resumed up front as Stark gave chase. Zabel was trying a low line to get around Nichols while Chance Kodet climbed into the top five. The second caution flew as a few cars were turned around in turn four. Under the yellow, Stark would pull into the pits with an issue, ending his hopes for a win.

Two cars I was watching back in the field – Jake Smith of St. Joseph, who won the Jeff Carpenter Memorial at Jamestown last week, and Ryan Flaten of Madison, who has been the top runner in western Minnesota. Smith had climbed up ninth while Flaten was in 11^th with 16 to go.

Randt got a good restart as Zabel and Nichols raced side-by-side for second. Kodet had moved to fourth and Tofte was in fifth. Nick Shumansky of Perham had climbed to sixth and was looking to pressure Tofte.

 Randt stretched the lead to 1.8 seconds when the caution came out with 12 to go, which was the third of the race. He resumed his lead as Nichols and Zabel continued a duel for second. There was a huge battle for fourth between Kodet, Tofte, Jake Wranek of Sioux Falls and a charging Flaten. The fourth caution flew for Trevor Rush’s 25R which was turned around in the fourth turn.

Randt, second in the Wissota national points, was the class of the field on this night.  The best race was for second between Nichols and Zabel who ran side-by-side, and clean, for several laps. Wranek had moved to fourth and Smith had climbed to fifth when two cars spun for the fifth caution.

The race, plagued by cautions, saw its sixth yellow involving three cars involved. The 6 of Nick Risacher of Canby felt the worst of that deal with some hard contact into the turn four wall.

No one had anything for Randt over the final laps as he pulled away to the win by 1.1 seconds. Zabel was second, Smith was third, Nichols fourth and Wranek fifth. Despite the many cautions, 19 of the 23 starters finished.

The national point leader Levi Randt is eying wins down the stretch of the regular season as he fights with Cole Greseth of Harwood and Keith Tourville of Janesville for the national crown. While Tourville and Greseth were battling each other in Jamestown, Randt had a chance to pick up another valuable win.

Joe Martin of Willmar took the lead but it wasn’t long before Randt was challenging for the top spot.  Tony Miller of Browns Valley spun in turn four and several cars spun to avoid contact to bring out the first caution. The good news was that there was no major damage as a result.

After another caution Randt was still in pursuit of Martin with Jayden Bogh in third and Andy Rossow of Florence in fourth.  Martin and Randt opened some distance. Tyler Lamb of Clark and Wade Tirrel of White had a good duel for the fifth spot.

Randt  would take over the lead in lapped traffic and things intensified. Martin went into turn three too hot and got into Randt, with both cars spinning. Martin was charged with the yellow.

Randt’s 11R had a left front go down but he elected to stay out there. Bogh was now in second and Maria Broksieck of Goodwin had quietly climbed her way to third. Rossow was running a solid fourth.

Despite the flat left-front tire, Randt wasn't denied as he won by almost a second.

Broksieck edged Bogh for the runner-up spot. Broksieck started 11th. Bogh was third, Rossow fourth and Tirrel fifth.

The win for Randt was No. 25 on the season.  Greseth, by the way won at Jamestown .

Tony Konold of Clear Lake and Joe Thomas of Glyndon were fighting for the Wissota Modified lead and made contact in turn four but a wreck was avoided. Konold would take the lead with Thomas second and Ryan Gierke of Villard in third.

The first caution flew for Dylan Zabel’s spin in turn one. When the race resumed Gierke joined the battle for the lead which saw some three-wide racing. Konold was holding on with Thomas running the middle and Gierke in the ditch. Former national champion Dave Cain  was lurking in fourth.

Brandon Dolman of Evansville and Nate Heinrich of Bellingham went around in turn four for the second caution with 20 to go. Dolman went to the tail. Konold was holding on for dear life up front with Thomas all over hi. Thomas would pull the slider for the lead and Cain followed into second, running in the ditch. Gierke got around Konold for third, and Konold then found pressure from Stearns, who won the USMTS show at Casino earlier this summer.

Thomas opened about a .7 second lead on Cain, who was perfectly comfortable running in the ditch. Stearns had cleared Konold for fourth. Cain, always methodical, was patient and looking for an opening and with four to go was within a car length.

Ryan Flaten’s 15 car stalled just off the frontstretch to bring out the caution with four to go. On the restart Cain chose the outside, looking to make a run over the final few laps, but Thomas would prevail for his second big win in as many nights. Thomas won the Gierke Memorial at I-94 EMR Speedway on Friday, taking home $2,626 for that win, and added $1,500 for Saturday’s win.

Cain edged Gierke for second with Stearns going from 11th to fourth. Brandon Dolman got back to fifth.

Former national champion Dexton Koch led the Wissota Super Stock feature with Trevor Nelson of Warner in second. Dylan Kromschroeder was fighting North for fourth with Travis Scott of Glenwood in fifth. This would be the best feature finish of the night.

Koch built a half-straightaway lead on Kromschroeder, who had gotten around Nelson for second. Scott moved around North for the fourth spot.

Koch controlled most of the race but lapped traffic allowed Kromschroeder to close the gap quickly. And Kromschroeder wasn’t through. He made a charge on the final lap out of turn four and nipped Koch at the line by .083 seconds. That win was a true example of persistence paying off.

Koch settled for second with Nelson third, Scott fourth and North fifth. The caution-free main event lasted six minutes.

It was a wild fight at the front early in the Wissota Hornet feature with Matt Dittman of Lake Lillian taking the lead. But Christian Kast of Fairmount was working a higher line and would take the lead. Adam VanDerostyne of Canby was third with Matthew Moes in fourth and Gebhart in fifth.

It was a breakaway for the top three with VanDerostyne and Dittman racing side-by-side for second.  In fact VanDerostyne and Dittman were making some contact as they raced hard for the second spot while Kast built a 2-3 car length lead.

Kast was in control at the front and Dittman would clear VanDerostyne for second. Kast won for the ninth time in 2026. Dittman was second, VanDerostyne third, Dalten Pedersen of Estelline was fourth and Paxton Tjaden of Boyd was fifth.

Casino Notes

--Former Wissota Midwest Modified driver Scott Harrington of Waubay was in a Wissota Late Model for the third time in 2026.  Harrington raced Gen X Late Models last year and was a strong runner in the mid mods.

--Bradley Rossow’s 999 machine ended up on its side during the first Wissota Hornet heat. Rossow was able to climb out of the car and was OK but the car was damaged.

--Travis Saurer of Elizabeth brought his 21x Wissota Modified to town, and finished third in his heat but did not make the call for the feature.

Jamestown wins to Greseth, Hansen, Wilkinson, Rodin and Olson

 

In a battle of two national point contenders, Cole Greseth of Harwood won the Wissota Street Stock feature over Keith Tourville Saturday night at Jamestown Speedway. Greseth is second in the national points and Tourville is third. Bob Banish Jr. of Jamestown was third, Billie Christ of Jamestown was fourth and Kasey Ussatis of Nome was fifth.

Lindsey Hansen of Fargo captured the IMCA Modified feature with Andrew Kapp of Jamestown second. Jordan Sours of Lisbon was third, Travis Tooley of Dickinson fourth and Travis Traut of Jamestown was fifth.

Brent Wilkinson of Jamestown won the Bomber feature over Dustin Hinrichs of Carrington. Joe Jacobson of Jamestown was third, Gavin Edinger was fourth and Billy Carow of Jamestown fifth.

Lucas Rodin of Marion won the Wissota Midwest Modified feature with Jaren Wibstad of Jamestown second. Kyle Anderson of Jamestown was third, Aaron Michel of Jamestown fourth and Matthew Duchscherer of New Rockford was fifth.

Ty Olson of Mandan won the INEX Legend main event. Austin Wiest of Bismarck was second, Donavin Wiest of Wishek third, Andrew Bargmann of Bismarck fourth and Noah Madler of New England fifth.

Saturday notes

--Aaron Blacklance of Thief River Falls won the Wissota Midwest Modified feature Saturday night at Greenbush Race Park. Justin Olson of Thief River Falls was second. Jeremy Gust of Strathcona won the Wissota Street Stock feature while Aaron Holtan of Newfolden won the Wissota Modified main event.

--Greg Jose of Grand Forks won the Wissota Street Stock feature Saturday night at Devils Lake Speedway.  Blaine Barnes of Grand Forks was second.  Jory Berg of Grand Forks won the Wissota Midwest Modified feature with Kenna Breidenbach of Grand Forks second.

Viking Speedway in Alexandria was off this week.