By Ben Deatherage
MINOT, N.D. (Aug. 24, 2025) — Caden Appelt of Minot pocketed $4,000 in the 40-lap Sunoco IMCA Hobby Stock feature at Nodak Speedway, winning the inaugural Bonnie Beeter Memorial. The victory was his 11th of the season in the B&B Racing Chassis Northern Region, with eight of those coming at the North Dakota State Fairgrounds 3/8-mile oval.
Appelt got the jump from his third-place starting position to lead the opening lap, but 2022 Estevan Motor Speedway champion Kaden Tuchscherer quickly applied pressure on the high side. Tuchscherer took the point on lap 12 following several laps of side-by-side battling with Appelt, whose preferred low line eventually gave way. The two checked out from the field and resumed their duel again by lap 22.
A lap-23 caution reset the field, and Appelt regained the lead on lap 28 with a slider in turn two. Two-time Nebraska State champion Travis Landauer closed in with a run on the bottom, while 2022 McLean County Speedway champion Trever Haas battled him for second. That fight allowed Appelt to pull away late and secure the landmark win. Landauer claimed second over Haas at the stripe.
Scholpp Scores Stock Car Thriller in Photo Finish
Kyle Scholpp from Lampman, Saskatchewan, topped a green-white-checkered dash to win the Sunoco IMCA Stock Car feature at Nodak Speedway by just 0.065 seconds. The triumph was Scholpp’s fifth win of the season in the EQ Cylinder Heads Northern Region and his second at the Playground of Power.
Two-time Nodak Stock Car champion Mike Hagen paced the opening lap before Cody St. Croix took over. St. Croix checked out early, but Scholpp charged from his fifth starting spot and grabbed the lead on lap eight. Multiple cautions kept the field tight, including a late yellow that set up the two-lap shootout.
Six-time North Dakota Modified state champion Marcus Tomlinson, this year’s McLean County Speedway Stock Car champ, made a final-lap bid on the bottom but came up just short as Scholpp held strong on the top. Hagen settled for third behind Scholpp and Tomlinson.
Deschamp Dominates SportMods for Another Nodak Win
Westhope’s Gabriel Deschamp rolled to his fourth Nodak Speedway victory of 2025 in the Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern SportMods. The win was also his 22nd of the season and capped a stellar weekend sweep with three victories.
Track champion Chad Stratchen led early before Deschamp powered into the top spot on lap three. From there, the two-time Tougher Than Dirt Tour champion quickly pulled away, navigating lapped traffic by lap eight. Multiple cautions slowed the pace, but none slowed Deschamp.
Unchallenged in the closing laps, Deschamp cruised to the win ahead of 2024 McLean County Speedway champion Cole Hanshew, who charged late to finish second. Stratchen completed the podium in third.
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