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Midwest modified drivers Darren Engesser of Gary (11S), Tom Neitzel of Watertown (2DR), Taylor Schmidt of Aberdeen (15) and Scott Hansen of Garden City (31) battle in a heat race during the season-opening Mother Day’s racing program on Sunday, May 10, 2026, at Casino Speedway in Watertown.

WATERTOWN — The second stock car racing progam of the season was wiped out by rain on Sunday, May 17, 2026, at Casino Speedway.

The 11th Casino Speedway Memorial is scheduled for Sunday, May 24 and will feature all six regular classes of cars: late models, Gen X late models, modifieds, Midwest modifieds, street stocks and hornets.

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Racing is scheduled to open at 5 p.m.

Below are highlights from other weekend racing events throughout northeastern South Dakota and west central Minnesota (for complete results from all area races, visit myracepass.com).

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Brown County Speedway

ABERDEEN — The third weekly program of the 2026 season at Brown County Speedway was h3eld on Friday, May 15.

Super stock driver Trevor Nelson of Warner won his third-straight feature of the season. Aberdeen drivers Chad Becker (late model) and Mike Stearns (modifieds) and Huron’s Nick Perry (Midwest modifieds) each won their second features.

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Broc Stout of Winner (street stocks) and Ryan Erdahl of Jamestown, ND (legends) also added feature victories.

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Area drivers who won heat races included Becker and Stearns, late models; Eric Cease of Bath, Taylor Schmidt of Aberdeen and Lorin Johnson of Miller, Midwest modifieds; and Stearns and Garrett Gross of Aberdeen, modifieds.

The field included 80 cars: 19 Midwest modifieds, 18 street stocks, 12 super stocks, 12 late models, 11 modifieds and eight legends.

Another weekly racing program is scheduled for Friday, May 22 at 7 p.m.

Watertown Gen X late model drivers Hope Swenson and Trevor Walsh (15) race during the season-opening racing program at Casino Speedway in Watertown on May 10, 2026. The May 17 program at Casino Speedway was wiped out by rain. Walsh did get some racing in over the weekend, winning the Gen X late model feature at I-94 Speedway in Fergus Falls, MN on Friday, May 15.

Dakota State Fair Speedway

HURON — Area drivers Maria Broksieck of Goodwin, Scott Hansen of Garden City, Brad Kopecky of Miller and Mike Stearns of Aberdeen each won feature races on Saturday, May 16.

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Broksieck won the street stocks feature, Hansen Midwest modifieds, Miller super stocks and Stearns late models.

Chad Becker of Aberdeen won a late model heat race during the program, which featured 58 cars (16 street stocks, 14 Midwest modifieds, nine super stocks and nine late models).

Another racing program is scheduled for Saturday, May 23 at 7 p.m.

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MONTEVIDEO, Minn. — Ryan Flaten of Madison, MN won both the Midwest modified and modified features on Friday, May 15.

The Midwest modified feature win was his second of the season at FCS.

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Jason Best of Clarkfield, MN (pure stocks) and Keith Tourville of Janesville, MN (street stocks) each also won their seconds features in three weeks.

Bailey Rosch of Alexandria, MN (super stocks) and Williams Large of Staples, MN (hornets) also won feature races.

Flaten also won Midwest modified and modified heat races. Area hornets drivers Bradley Rossow of Florence and Adam VanDerostyne of Canby, MN also added heat wins.

There were 76 cars on hand, including 18 hornets, 17 Midwest modifieds, 16 street stocks, nine super stocks, eight pure stocks and eight modifieds.

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A Hornets Special kicks off the racing program scheduled for Friday, May 22 at 7 p.m.

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I-94 Speedway

FERGUS FALLS, MN — Trevor Walsh of Watertown won the Gen X late models feature during the Wissota Late Model Challenge Series Special at I-94 Speedway on Friday, May 15.

Minnesota drivers won the other features, including Kevin Burdick of Proctor (late models), Tanner Bitzen of Brandon (Midwest modifieds), Kyle Dykhoff of Starbuck (street stocks) and Jeff Rohner of Willmar (hornets).

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The NRCA Late Models will be part of Military Appreciation Night scheduled for Friday, May 22 at 7 p.m.

Follow Watertown Public Opinion sports reporter Roger Merriam on X (formerly known as Twitter) @PO_Sports or email: rmerriam@thepublicopinion.com

This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: Highlights from weekend stock car racing programs

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