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ST. CLOUD, MN (SEPT. 12, 2022) – As the racing season is winding down, the WISSOTA Promoters Association is proud to announce the Allstar Performance State Champions for the 2022 racing season. Each state champion will receive a product certificate from Allstar Performance. All eight WISSOTA divisions were represented in the Minnesota State Championship standings. Danny Vang recorded three wins in his rookie season and that aided him winning the Late Model title. Shane Sabraski had a tight...more

Cory Jorgensen just wrapped up his 39th season behind the wheel of a race car during the 2021 campaign and the Duluth, Minnesota veteran capped off an 18-win season with his second WISSOTA Pure Stock National Championship at season’s end. Jorgensen, who won his first national title in 1999, entered 35 events during the 2021 season and raced to wins in 18 of those events, plus he was able to finish inside the top five in 32 of the 35 races he started, en route to edging 2021 National Champ Chad...more

Second-generation racer Jake Smith from St. Joseph, Minnesota raced to a career-best 21 feature wins during the 2022 season en route to the WISSOTA Midwest Modified National Championship for his efforts. Smith was able to outrun runner-up David Simpson by 75 points in the final national points tally. Jake, who won the 2019 WISSOTA Hornet National title the year after his sister Brittany won the WISSOTA Hornet National Championship in 2018, comes from a family of racers as his dad Bob had a...more

2021 WISSOTA Super Stock Champion Shane Sabraski set out on his 2022 season just like he does every year – race a lot, run well, hopefully win races and let the chips fall as they may as far as points are concerned, but it took about 2 weeks into this past season for Shane to know that he was going to be in the hunt for his second straight WISSOTA Super Stock National Championship after he won features in 8 of his first 10 starts and by the end of the 2022 season, he amassed a staggering 35...more

Aberdeen, South Dakota racer Chad Becker raced to his 3rd WISSOTA Late Model National Championship during the 2022 season after a 14-win season catapulted him to the top of the list and led to the title at season’s end. Chad, who’s nickname is the Hotshoe, proved to be just that as he raced to those 14 victories at five of WISSOTA’s top tracks, including the Brown County Speedway in his hometown of Aberdeen, plus he was able to race to victories at the Casino Speedway in Watertown, SD; at the...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

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

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

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

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