Wilke walks away with series debut at Norman County

ADA, Minn. (June 8, 2023) – A new era of Sprint Car racing in the Red River Valley got underway on Thursday night at Norman County Raceway with the first event for the Superior Customs Red River Sprint Series. 

A modest field of six cars were checked in with Brandon Rekow and heat winner Tye Wilke on the front row for the 12-lap feature. 

As the green flag flew, Wilke took the lead exiting turn two and pulled away from Rekow. 

Rekow, Morgan Nyquist, Andy Pake, and Ty Hanten all battled for second through fifth behind Wilke. 

Wilke quickly opened up a full straightaway lead around the three-eighths mile oval and never looked back. The driver out of Detroit Lakes, Minn. checked out and picked up the win by an impressive 7 seconds. 

Lap Leaders: Tye Wilke
Keith Berger Realtor - Century 21 FM Realty Hard Charger: Morgan Nyquist

RESULTS:
A Feature: 1. 72-Tye Wilke[2]; 2. 69-Brandon Rekow[1]; 3. 39-Morgan Nyquist[5]; 4. 64-Andy Pake[3]; 5. 13-Ty Hanten[4]; 6. (DNF) 15-Laela Eisenschenk[6]

Heat 1: 1. 72-Tye Wilke[3]; 2. 64-Andy Pake[5]; 3. 39-Morgan Nyquist[1]; 4. 13-Ty Hanten[4]; 5. 69-Brandon Rekow[6]; 6. (DNS) 15-Laela Eisenschenk

Lap Leaders: Ty Hanten (1-3); Tye Wilke (4-12)

Keith Berger Realtor - Century 21 FM Realty Hard Charger: Andy Pake

RESULTS:
A Feature: 1. 72-Tye Wilke[6]; 2. 64-Andy Pake[8]; 3. 18-Tyler Rabenberg[4]; 4. 10-Trevor Serbus[10]; 5. 13-Ty Hanten[2]; 6. 39-Morgan Nyquist[1]; 7. 3M-Marcus Rothenbacher[5]; 8. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[9]; 9. 69-Brandon Rekow[7]; 10. 4S-Jeremy Snow[11]; 11. 84-Joshua Johnson[3]; 12. (DNS) 3K-Paul Kautzman

Heat 1: 1. 10-Trevor Serbus[1]; 2. 64-Andy Pake[3]; 3. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[2]; 4. 13-Ty Hanten[5]; 5. 39-Morgan Nyquist[4]; 6. (DNS) 4S-Jeremy Snow

Heat 2: 1. 72-Tye Wilke[1]; 2. 69-Brandon Rekow[4]; 3. 18-Tyler Rabenberg[3]; 4. 3M-Marcus Rothenbacher[5]; 5. 84-Joshua Johnson[2]; 6. (DNS) 3K-Paul Kautzman