The WISSOTA Modifieds heats were won by Kevin Adams and Jason Richardson but it was Cory Mahder coming from eleventh on the starting grid to a convincing win at feature time. Sam Fankhauser led from the pole as Steve Hallquist moved into second in his brand new MB Customs modified. The early running saw Kevin Adams in third, Ashley Anderson in fourth, and Mark Hanson running fifth.
Hallquist began to make a move and pulled side by side with the leader and edged into the lead as Anderson used the high line to overtake second. Anderson wasn’t done, however, as he used the ultra-high line to run down the leader and take over the position in swift fashion. As Anderson checked out on the field, racing action was intense behind him.
Suddenly, Anderson’s motor let go and in a great plume of smoke in turn two, his night came to an end. He coasted down the backstretch and was able to clear the raceway with no caution flag. It was Hallquist back in the lead but a charging Mahder was closing rapidly. Jason Richardson brought out the only caution flag of the event with a turn two spin and the field was reset.
The restart saw Hallquist up front with Mahder, choosing the outside of row two putting Kevin Adams on his inside. As Hallquist led them to green through the middle of the track, Adams dove under the leader and moved up in front of him. However, Mahder dove down from the high side and made it a three car battle coming off of turn two. Mahder was fast as he took the point coming down the backstretch as Hanson followed through into third.
From there, Mahder stretched his legs to the finish line for the impressive win. Adams finished second in front of Hanson as Hallquist came home in fourth. Kevin Eder rounded out the top five at the checkered flag.