Track: Elko Speedway (MN)
Date: Saturday, September 2, 2023
Winners: Jackson Kottschade (Bandoleros – both features); Baiden Heskett (Legends – both features)
Photo credit: 7K Racing and Jason Searcy
Results from Race Monitor.
ADDED: STORY BY JASON D. SEARCY (results below)
Elko Speedway 9/2/23 by Jason D Searcy
The INEX sanctioned Legends division raced two 20 lap feature events during Eve of Destruction at Elko Speedway over Labor Day weekend. Baiden Heskett #75 from Hastings (MN) won both of the races.
The first race was marred by 5 yellow flags and an oil soaked surface that slowed the pace. Mark Anderson Jr #8 led the first lap and #87 Robby Carter led the second lap, Heskett took over the top spot on lap 8 and held on to the end, Heskett won by 1.482 seconds. Fast-timer #8 Colin Stocker finished second, #158 Ryan Johnson was third, #12 Ayrton Brockhouse fourth and #3 Dirk Henry was fifth of the 20 cars competing.
The second race also had Heskett winning, it had Casey Traxler #13 leading early, Dirk Henry led on lap 3 until he was involved in an incident and had to come back from the rear of the field. Heskett and Colin Stocker fought for the lead and another caution occurred, Stocker tapped out and went to the back of the pack meanwhile Henry was making his way back to the front. Heskett ended up winning the race by 2.536 seconds, it was his sixth win of the season at ELKO, if he would not have missed two race nights due to work reasons, he would be in the hunt for the point title. Dirk Henry raced up through traffic to finish as the runner up, Ayrton Brockhouse was third, Robby Carter fourth and Ryan Johnson finished fifth.
Colin Stocker now has an 81 point lead over Ayrton Brockhouse in the race for the Legends point title at ELKO.
The INEX sanctioned Bandoleros raced two 12 lap feature events at Elko Speedway on Saturday night.
Jackson Kottschade #07 from Ramsey (MN) won both events. Both races had three yellow flags, Jaden Miller-Schmitz #64 led the first 4 laps in the first feature until getting tangled with #32 Colton Roe Pershall, both cars went to the back opening the door for Kottschade who ended up winning by 0.548 seconds. Colton Roe Pershall moved up from the back to finish second, Leighton Rose #18 was third, #89 Makaydee Konop was fourth and Jaden Miller-Schmitz finished fifth of the 12 cars entered.
Logen Carter #75 led the first lap of the second feature event, Colton Roe Pershall led the second lap until Jackson Kottschade took over on lap 5. Kottschade won by 0.717 seconds for his seventh feature win of the season at ELKO. Leighton Rose finished second, Colton Roe Pershall was third, Makaydee Konop fourth and Logen Carter finished fifth.
13 year old Jackson Kottschade now leads Leighton Rose by 44 points in the race for the 2023 Bando Championship at ELKO.
For full results, point standings and photos go to www.ElkoSpeedway.com
BANDOLERO FEATURE 1
1 #B07 JACKSON KOTTSCHADE
2 #B32 COLTON PERSHALL
3 #B18 LEIGHTON ROSE
4 #B89 MAKAYEE KONOP
5 #B64 JADEN MILLER-SCHMITZ
6 #B75 LOGEN CARTER
7 #B8 THOMAS PORETSKY
8 #B11 MACI RYAN
9 #B99 JAMIE DOUGHERTY
10 #B21 AIDEN KUBISZEWSKI
11 #B56 GEORGE BROCHMAN
12 #B59 CALEB HAWES
BANDOLERO FEATURE 2
1 #B07 JACKSON KOTTSCHADE
2 #B18 LEIGHTON ROSE
3 #B32 COLTON PERSHALL
4 #B89 MAKAYEE KONOP
5 #B75 LOGEN CARTER
6 #B11 MACI RYAN
7 #B21 AIDEN KUBISZEWSKI
8 #B59 CALEB HAWES
9 #B56 GEORGE BROCHMAN
10 #B99 JAMIE DOUGHERTY
11 #B8 THOMAS PORETSKY
12 #B64 JADEN MILLER-SCHMITZ
LEGENDS FEATURE 1
1 #LG75 BAIDEN HESKETT
2 #LG8s COLIN STOCKER
3 #LG158 RYAN JOHNSON
4 #LG12 ARYTON BROCKHOUSE
5 #LG3h DIRK HENRY
6 #LG13 CASEY TRAXLER
7 #LG8A MARK ANDERSON JR
8 #LG97 JACOB BAKER
9 #LG07 RIDGE OIEN
10 #13/9 GENE TRAXLER
11 #LG55 JUSTIN KIMBALL
12 #LG31 GREG ERHARDT
13 #LG20 ZACH GEIGER
14 #LG11B CAMERON BENSON
15 #LG11M WYATT MOREN
16 #LG87 ROBBY CARTER
17 #LG18 AYDEN BROCKHOUSE
18 #J3 JUSTIN ZIEMIECKI
19 #LG24 GAGE SCHMIDT
#LG10 CHASE KIMBELL
LEGENDS FEATURE 2
1 #LG75 BAIDEN HESKETT
2 #LG3h DIRK HENRY
3 #LG12 ARYTON BROCKHOUSE
4 #LG87 ROBBY CARTER
5 #LG158 RYAN JOHNSON
6 #LG8s COLIN STOCKER
7 #LG13 CASEY TRAXLER
8 #LG8A MARK ANDERSON JR
9 #LG97 JACOB BAKER
10 #LG07 RIDGE OIEN
11 #LG31 GREG ERHARDT
12 #LG18 AYDEN BROCKHOUSE
13 #LG55 JUSTIN KIMBALL
14 #13/9 GENE TRAXLER
15 #LG24 GAGE SCHMIDT
16 #LG10 CHASE KIMBALL
17 #LG11B CAMERON BENSON
18 #LG11M WYATT MOREN
19 #J3 JUSTIN ZIEMIECKI
