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Eder Roars from 6th Row to Win First Labor Day Shootout

The 2025 Structural Buildings WISSOTA Late Model Challenge Series powered by Momentum Truck Group, Freightliner, Western Star and driven by Minnesota Truck Headquarters continued a five night Labor Day weekend swing as the series rolled into the Hibbing Speedway in Hibbing, Minnesota for the 47th running of the Bill Engelstad Labor Day Shootout and saw Cameron, Wisconsin’s Kevin Eder race off the inside of the sixth row to charge forward en route to his first Challenge Series victory and his first Labor Day Shootout championship.

The first night of the two-day invitational night event saw Shane Sabraski trip the clock at a 13.714 second lap to set fast time honors. Joel Bennett, Jeff Provinzino, Johnny Broking and Dave Mass topped the four qualifying heat races early in the night’s program and Gunner Frank won the night’s b-main to set the feature starting lineup.

After heat race action was completed, Bennett and Sabraski earned the front row for the night’s $3,000 to win, 40-lap feature event, but Bennett wasn’t able to start due to mechanical issues, so after the starting lineup was crisscrossed, Sabraski got the upper hand on the initial start and lead the field into turn number one and lead the opening lap.

As the field rumbled down the backstretch on the opening lap, Kevin Burdick slid to the inside of Sabraski for the lead and the two drag raced into turn one, where Sabraski threw a slider on Burdick and as Burdick tried to turn under the #7A, his machine got out from under him and he turned himself around, bringing out the first caution of the night.

On the restart, Sabraski took back off out front with Mass and Broking running in a side-by-side battle for second, while Kyle Peterlin and Provinzino were also wheel to wheel just behind in a battle for 4th.

Ryan Mikkelson got turned around on lap five, bringing out the second caution of the race and bunching the field back up once again and allowing the rest of the field to have a shot at Sabraski out front. When the field went back green, Provinzino took a stab at Sabraski for the lead and the pair raced side by side for several laps until Provo took command. At the same time, Kevin Eder, who started 11th, joined the battle for 3rd with Broking and Mass in what was a great race within the race to watch.

Sabraski lead at the halfway point over Provinzino, Broking, Eder and Mass, but the final caution flew on lap 24, changing the complexion of the event with just 16 laps remaining.

On the restart, Eder was able to do what he had been doing all race long and drove on the extreme low line around the speedway and was able to steal second on lap 25 and then charge into the lead on lap 27. Eder would never look back, racing to his first career Challenge Series victory and first Labor Day Shootout title in the process. Provinzino and Sabraski would continue their battle for second over the final circuits, with Provinzino coming out on top in second and Sabraski racing across the finish line in third for the final podium spot.

Shane Sabraski won the WISSOTA Modified and Super Stock features, while Tyler Vernon won the Midwest Modified main event and Brady Fosso won the Hornet feature, with Team Canada winning the inaugural Engelstad Cup to cap off the night.

Tonight’s contingency award winners included:
Collins Bros. Towing Long Tow Award – Todd Frank (408 miles)
Hiller Auction Quick Qualifier Award – Shane Sabraski (13.714 seconds)
MyRacePass Pole Award – Joel Bennett
Olsen Custom Farms Hard Luck Award – Joel Bennett
Wehrs Machine Hard Charger Award – Mike Bellefeuille (+13)
GTX Rookie of the Race – Devin Fouquette
MD3 Lap Leader Award – Shane Sabraski (23 laps)
Victory Fuel Top Three Finishers – Kevin Eder (1st), Jeff Provinzino (2nd), Shane Sabraski (3rd)

The random pit meeting drawing winners included:
*postponed to Sunday, August 31st
Hoosier Racing Tire
Gorsuch Performance Solutions
Velocita USA
Champ Pans
Deatherage Racing Opticians
Joe Provo Racewear

Full results can be found on MyRacePass.com

The Hibbing Speedway in Hibbing, MN hosts the next series event on Saturday, August 31st, featuring night two of the annual Labor Day Shootout

For upcoming schedule information and tickets, visit www.WISSOTAChallengeSeries.com.

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