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Lindquist Steps Down After 2-Year Interim Term as WISSOTA Executive Director
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11/14/2023

11/14/2023

WISSOTA


Lindquist Steps Down After 2-Year Interim Term as WISSOTA Executive Director

Effective immediately, Rod Lindquist has ended his two-year term as WISSOTA’s
Interim Executive Director with the end of the 2023 season. The WISSOTA
Promoter’s Association, Inc. just concluded it’s end of year championship awards
banquet and annual promoter’s meetings this past weekend and dolled out over
$600,000 in cash and awards for the year after wrapping up a banner season for
the eight-division sanctioning body, which consists of tracks in Wisconsin,
Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Canada.

The WISSOTA Board of Directors and staff would like to thank Rod for everything
he has done during his term with the organization and wish him nothing but the
best in his future.

Current WISSOTA Vice-President Nikki Elton will be the point of contact in the
short-term moving forward with board members Mike Jordet and Denny Niess
handling sponsorship sales and advertising for the organization.
Nikki can be contacted via email at nikki@wissota.org at or via phone at (320)
221-6350.

For sponsorship and advertising inquiries, interested parties can contact
Mike at mike@wissota.org or (320)-290-8898
Denny at denny@wissota.org or (320)-492-6509

For more information, log on to www.WISSOTA.org.


Submitted By: Camryn Sullivan

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