Race Recap
June 13, 2026 - Elko, MN
By Jason D Searcy
Motorsports, Music and MAW Wrestling combined for a fun FUKU Fest at Elko Speedway on Saturday.
The 30 lap racing main event was in the motorcycle powered INEX sanctioned Legend Cars. Fifteen cars competed for the trophy with a young 10 year old racing phenom Frank Jirik from New Prague (MN) pulling off the win. Jirik started the race in the fourth row and methodically picked his way to the front of the pack. Will Smith #26 led the early portion of the race until defending Champion #12 Ayrton Brockhouse raced him side by side and took the lead on lap 8. With the help of a couple caution periods that bunched up the field, Jirik was able to make his way to the front and pass Brockhouse for the lead on lap 17. Jirik then extended his lead and won by 1.655 seconds, it was the second win of the season for Jirik who just graduated fourth grade. 16 year old Ayrton Brockhouse held on to finish second place, #87 Robby Carter finished third, Will Smith was fourth and #2 Tyler Sjoman was fifth. Dirk Henry #3 and Mark Anderson Jr #8 won the two heat races and Robby Carter was the fast timer in qualifying with a lap of 15.683 seconds.
Drivers came from all over Minnesota, Wisconsin and even Illinois to compete in the Outlaw 4 and 6 cyl Mods race at Elko Speedway during FUKU fest, their main event was a 30 lap feature. Veteran driver Phil Malouf #32 from Manitowish Waters (WI) won the highly competitive affair even though he started 7th out of the 15 cars competing. Shawn Grabinger #22 led the opening laps until #41 Ashley Bell took the top spot on lap eight. Tim Anderson #27a grabbed the lead on lap 11 until a caution happened half-way through the race on lap 15. Off the restart Malouf motored to the top spot and never looked back, he won by 0.927 seconds. Tim Anderson finished second place followed by #31 Joe Kuehn, #82 Mark Deway and #A1 Josh Willhite. Ashley Bell and Tim Anderson won the heat races with Joe Keuhn scoring the fastest lap in qualifying with a time of 16.249 seconds.
The INEX sanctioned Bandolero division raced an extended 20 lap feature event on Saturday. This was a caution filled race with lots of action on the track. Christopher Flynn #5 from Farmington (MN) won the race, it was his fourth win of the season at ELKO. Flynn took the lead on the first lap, he was passed by #21 Aiden Kubiszewski on lap four but retook the lead the next lap and then held on through four different yellow flags and challenging restarts, Flynn won the race by 0.641 seconds. Roman Crow #27 finished the race second place followed by #11 Adriana Hawes, #59 Caleb Hawes and #8 Thomas Poretsky. The Heat race winners were Christopher Flynn and #52 Andrew Brelji and the fast-timer in qualifying was Roman Crow with a lap time of 15.857 seconds.
The newest division of racing at Elko Speedway is the Crown Vic class. They are affordable stock-type cars with only safety modifications allowed. Seven cars competed on Saturday of FUKU fest. A former four time ELKO Champion who has not raced on a full-time basis in 10 years, Doug Brown #14 from Prior Lake (MN) won the race. Brown was able to pass former Bando Champion #10 Danny Mann on lap two to take the lead. Brown then weaved his way past some lapped traffic and won by 2.237 seconds at the finish line during this 20 lap cautionless race. It was the first win of the season for Brown. Danny Mann finished second place, #62 Tom Doten was third, #47 John Kabat was fourth and #13 Matt Frye was fifth. Tom Doten was the heat race winner and Doug Brown was the fastest in qualifying with a lap time of 18.016 seconds.
The High School Racing Association is a new league where high school students 14-19 years old can build a car and then represent their school and race other competitors at various tracks around Minnesota, Wisconsin and now Michigan. Kennedy Krueger #34 from Sparta (WI) won the 15 lap feature event with #19 Lilly Estenson from Whitehall (WI) finishing second place. The margin of victory was 2.332 seconds. Krueger also won the heat race and qualifying with a time of 18.692 seconds.
Cory Sampson from St Paul (MN) driving his Dodge Challenger Hellcat won the Burnout contest and Eli Kemp from Lakeville (MN) won the Spectator Drags with his 2005 Nissan 350z.
All results are UNOFFICIAL for this press release.
For full results go to ElkoSpeedway.com <http://elkospeedway.com> or MyRacePass and search Elko Speedway.
MAW wrestling entertained the crowd with some great bouts before the races and during intermission and the group SWAG performed in Champions lounge after the race concluded.
ELKO Drive-in is now in operation and the movie Jurassic Park was shown at Dusk. A full schedule of movies for the summer will be revealed soon on social media, follow Elko Speedway on FaceBook, Instagram and TikTok.
Elko Speedway is a 3/8th mile high banked asphalt race track with stadium seating located in Elko-New Market Minnesota just 30 minutes South of the Twin Cities.
FUKU energy drink is a Minnesota based brand and available at DrinkFUKU.com <http://drinkfuku.com>
Up Next at ELKO is an Eve of Destruction on Saturday June 20th with NASCAR sanctioned racing, five divisions of cars plus Hunter Howell stunts, ATV Big Air Tour, Drifters, Petting Zoo, Spectator Drags, School Bus races and much more. Gates open at 4pm, racing at 5pm. Get more information at ElkoSpeedway.com <http://elkospeedway.com>
Leave a Reply