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Long-time WISSOTA Midwest Modified and Modified pilot Danny Vang from Deerwood, MN made the leap into the full-fendered WISSOTA Late Model division in 2022 and had an incredibly successful season, which earned him the title of the 2022 WISSOTA Late Model Rookie of the Year when the season wrapped up. Vang, who had a very successful Midwest Modified and Modified career, entered his 29th season of racing action during the 2022 campaign. He started his career in Go Karts back in 1993 and ran...more

Nick Shumanksy, from Perham, Minnesota, topped all WISSOTA Street Stock Rookies on his way to earning the 2022 WISSOTA Street Stock Rookie of the Year title at the conclusion of the 2022 racing season. Nick won the Rookie title by a wide margin of 419 points over his nearest competitor, Nathan Smith from Watertown, South Dakota. Nick, who moved into the Street Stock class in 2022 after a limited two-year career in the WISSOTA Pure Stocks in 2020 and 2021, entered 34 events this past season at...more

Carter Matthews who hails from Clearbrook, Minnesota, raced to the 2022 WISSOTA Hornet Rookie of the Year title at the conclusion of this past season with an 8-win season during the 56 events that he entered, topping all Hornet rookies with 2167 points. During Carter’s 2022 season, he competed at 13 WISSOTA-sanctioned tracks including the Bemidji Speedway in Bemidji, MN; the Grand Rapids Speedway in Grand Rapids, MN; the Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, WI; the Ogilvie Raceway in Ogilvie, MN;...more

Duluth, Minnesota’s Tyler Kachinske began his racing career in the WISSOTA Hornet division in 2018 and after a two-year career in the Hornets, he moved into the Pure Stocks in 2020, before taking the 2021 season off and since WISSOTA did not recognize national points during the Covid-19 year of 2020, Tyler was able to compete as a rookie in 2022 and raced his way to the 2022 WISSOTA Pure Stock Rookie of the Year title at year’s end. Tyler, who’s mom Christy, step-dad Nate and step brother Nate...more

Nathan Grehl, who hails from the small South Dakota town of Hitchcock, raced to the 2022 WISSOTA Super Stock Rookie of the Year title this season, picking up a pair of feature wins along the way. Nathan entered 32 WISSOTA-sanctioned events during the 2022 season at seven WISSOTA tracks including the Brown County Speedway in Aberdeen, SD; the Fiesta City Speedway in Montevideo, MN; the Miller Central Speedway in Miller, SD; the Dakota State Fair Speedway in Huron, SD; Madison Speedway in...more

20-year-old Tyler Sikkenga just capped off his first season behind the wheel of any type of dirt race car and raced to the WISSOTA Mod Four Rookie of the Year title for his efforts. Sikkenga, from Gillette, Wyoming, entered 38 events during the 2021 season and raced to an impressive five victories during his rookie campaign. Tyler snagged the ROY title by a thin 17 point margin over fellow Gillette, WY rookie Braddy Taylor. Tyler’s wins came at the Sheridan Speedway in Sheridan, WY; the Casper...more

Waconia, Minnesota’s Justin Schelitzche is your 2022 WISSOTA Hornet National Champion! Justin entered his 14th season of racing during this past season and raced to an incredible season, topped by winning the national title at season’s end. Of the 46 WISSOTA-sanctioned events that Justin entered, he not only won 18 of them, but only finished outside of the top ten in one of the events that he entered, while finishing inside the top five in 41 of the 46 events he competed in. Schelitzche...more

Starbuck, Minnesota’s Kyle Dykhoff is fresh off capturing the 2022 WISSOTA Street Stock National Championship after completing a dream season, which consisted of 27 victories en route to the national title. Dykhoff, who started racing 13 years ago and spent his first two years in the Pure Stock division before running a Midwest Modified for three years and competing mostly in the Street Stock class for the better part of ten seasons had his best season to date this past year and was fortunate...more

Dustin Holtquist, who resides in St. Cloud, MN entered his 20th season behind the wheel of a race car during the 2022 season and raced to the WISSOTA Mod4 National Championship for his efforts this season. Dustin’s career started in the Two Man Cruiser class at Fiesta City and Canby back in 2003. After racing them for several years, he bought a Super Stock and ran in that division for a couple years until his daughter was born. After that, he raced a Cruiser for a bit until he and a buddy...more

Unlike the 2021 WISSOTA Modified National Championship that came down to the final lap of the final race of the season, this year back-to-back champion Tyler Peterson could breathe a little easier down the stretch run as he held a manageable lead over runner up Shane Sabraski during the final month of the season to solidify his second straight national title. In fact, Peterson, from Hickson, ND ended up with a 59-point margin over Sabraski after winning 13 of his last 17 starts and ending his...more