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Landon Runge wins Dirt Wars at the Estevan Motor Speedway

Runge won a tie-breaker with 2022 Dirt Wars champion Kruz Wilson.
David Willberg
David Willberg
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Landon Runge, 52, pictured racing Max Beeter, 47, and Connor Hanson, 15, won the Riley Raynard Dirt Wars competition. David Willberg

ESTEVAN - The Estevan Motor Speedway showcased its hobby stock class during the weekend, thanks to the Riley Raynard Dirt Wars races.

The hobby stock driver who accumulated the most points during feature races on Saturday and Sunday night was declared the dirt wars champion.

Landon Runge and Kruz Wilson finished tied for top spot with 75 points each. Runge was fourth on Saturday and third on Sunday, while Wilson was third on Saturday and fourth the following day. Runge won the tie-breaker because he passed more drivers during the weekend.

Wilson won Dirt Wars last year.

Kaiden Hjorteland was the winner of Saturday night's feature race. He was the class of the field, grabbing the leader early on and withstanding challenges from several drivers. Connor Hanson was second.

Brandon Beeter was first on Sunday, finishing ahead of Diezel Raynard.

Other results from Saturday night's program were:

•Steven Pfeifer won the modified feature. He passed Joshua Rogotzke midway through the race and took a large lead, only to have the field bunched up for the final laps. Kody Scholpp pressed Pfeifer for first late in the race.

•Austin Daae nearly led wire-to-wire in the stock car feature, finishing a couple of seconds ahead of Chris Hortness.

•Robbi Rosselli won the sport mod feature. Rosselli passed Rylan Raynard with a few laps remaining in a caution-plagued feature, and then faced his stiffest challenge from Gabriel Deschamp.

•Brogan Wagner was a convincing winner in the slingshot class over Sladen Pfeifer. The two young racers had engaged in a thrilling duel in their qualifying heat. 

Results from the other feature races on Sunday were:

•Pfeifer won the modified feature to complete the weekend sweep. Aaron Turnbull was second.

•Adam Goff won the stock car feature, with Daae finishing second.

•Rylan Raynard won the sport mod feature, finishing ahead of reigning track champion Leevi Runge.

•Landon Gaudreau was the slingshot feature winner, finishing ahead of Jacek Ashworth.

The next program at the track will be a regular points night on Aug. 12.