After all the fireworks shows in the valley last night, Montana Raceway Park provided the Twisted Tea and Jesco Marine and Power Sports Super Late Model 125. As the Bandoleros, Bombers, Hobby Stocks and Super Late Models participated in the Firecracker USA shootout, some qualifying records were put to the test, and an amazing performance in the main highlighted the festivities.

The Bandoleros class got to see a new face in the winner’s circle, with 9-year-old Race Sasser winning the trophy dash in his first-ever victory in the class.

The other big story of the night was Tyler Emond, who managed to win every race besides the trophy dash. Emond qualified with the fast time, won the heat race, and capped the night off with a first place finish in the main event.

In the Bomber class, Wes Miljies started the night off on fire, qualifying with the fast time, winning the trophy dash and the heat race. In the end, Troy Pilgram won the main event and Miljies finished third.

The Hobby stocks this year are some of the fastest and most competitive in the history of the class, with almost every race a photo finish. “Smilin” Matt Gollehon and Ricky “Bobby” Mitchell managed to have a perfect split, with Gollehon winning the trophy dash and the A heat race, and Mitchell shake ‘n’ baking his way to the fastest qualifying time and a main event victory. Ed Linn also came away with a victory in the B heat race.

The main event was the Super Late Model 125. This race is typically a highly regarded one to Super late drivers as it is the last chance to get their cars on the track before the biggest race of the year, the Coors Light Montana 200.

The night saw a show as spectacular as any. Alex Lessor won the last main event for the Super Late Models and to repeat in spectacular fashion, having the fast time in qualifying and winning his heat dash. Bodie Morton finished close behind, followed by Trevor Emond.

Twisted Tea and Jesco Marine and Power Sports Super Late Model 125

Bandoleros

Qualify        

1 Tyler Emond 15.909 

2 Daniel Watkins 16.505 

3 Race Sasser 17.037 

4 Ray Oakley 17.403 

5 Courtney Mitchell 19.161 

6 Dustin Mitchell 19.441 

7 Nicholas Knudsen 23.869 

Dash

1 Race Sasser

2 Ray Oakley

3 Courtney Mitchell

4 Dustin Mitchell

Heat

1 Tyler Emond

2 Race Sasser

3 Ray Oakley

4 Daniel Watkins

5 Courtney Mitchell

6 Dustin Mitchell

7 Nicholas Knudsen

Main

1 Tyler Emond

2 Ray Oakley

3 Race Sasser

4 Courtney Mitchell

5 Dustin Mitchell

6 Nicholas Knudsen

7 Daniel Watkins

Bombers

Qualify

1 Wes Miljies 16.797 

2 Troy Pilgram 16.921 

3 Bill Warburton 16.967 

4 Justin Buckmiller 17.184 

5 Jon Davisson 17.191 

6 Jaime Peterson 17.518 

7 Mike Rowe 18.68   

Dash

1 Wes Miljies

2 Bill Warburton

3 Troy Pilgram

4 Justin Buckmiller

Heat

1 Wes Miljies

2 Bill Warburton

3 Justin Buckmiller

4 Jon Davisson

5 Troy Pilgram

6 Mike Rowe

7 Jaime Peterson

Main

1 Troy Pilgram

2 JustinnBuckmiller

3 Wes Miljies

4 Jaime Peterson

5 Jon Davisson

6 Mike Rowe

7 Bill Warburton

Hobby Stocks

Qualify                                                                

1 Rick Mitchell 14.999 

2 Cory Kruse 15.131 

3 Matt Gollehon 15.363 

4 Wil Voth 15.427 

5 Ryder Rindy 15.548 

6 Kyle Basler 15.569 

7 Bill Martin 15.749 

8 Ed Linn 15.791 

9 Dave Swope 15.846 

10 Cole Linn 15.86   

11 Troy Pilgram 15.966 

Dash                                                                    

1 Matt Gollehon

2 Rick Mitchell

3 Wil Voth

4 Cory Kruse

B Heat                                                                 

1 Ed Linn

2 Kyle Basler

3 Bill Martin

4 Dave Swope

5 Cole Linn

A Heat                                                                

1 Matt Gollehon

2 Wil Voth

3 Cory Kruse

4 Rick Mitchell

5  Ryder Rindy

Main                                                                    

1 Rick Mitchell

2 Matt Gollehon

3 Wil Voth

4 Ed Linn

5 Dave Swope

6 Bill Martin

7 Cory Kruse

8 Kyle Basler

9 Cole Linn

10 Ryder Rindy

Super Late Models

Qualify                                                                

1 Alex Lessor 12.92   

2 Giles Thornton 13.105 

3 Bodie Morton 13.116 

4 Agni Howell 13.162 

5 Trevor Emond 13.166 

6 Tylor Schweiger 13.215 

7 Dave Garber 13.229 

8 Brandon Sickler 13.311 

9 Brock Denney 13.366 

10 Tim Elliott 13.369 

11 Clint Habart 13.374 

12 Cory Wolfe 13.376 

13 Dalton Halden 13.411 

14 Joey Bird 13.414 

15 Corey Allard 13.433 

16 Marvin Stone 13.869 

Dash                                                                    

1 Brandon Sickler

2 Trevor Emond

3 Clint Habart

4 Tylor Schweigert

B Heat                                                                 

1 Joey Bird

2 Cory Wolfe

3 Clint Habart

4 Corey Allard

5 Tim Elliott

6 Marvin Stone

7 Dalton Halden

A Heat                                                                

1 Alex Lessor

2 Dave Garbe

3 Giles Thornton

4 Trevor Emond

5 Bodie Morton

7 Agni Howell

Main                                                                    

1 Alex Lessor

2 Bodie Morton

3 Trevor Emond

4 Joey Bird

5 Agni Howell

6 Tim Elliott

7 Clint Habart

8 Dave Garber

9 Corey Allard

10 Marvin Stone

11 Cory Wolfe

12 Brandon Sickler

13 Brock Denney

14 Dalton Halden

15 Giles Thornton