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Potter, Veert, and Pederson Win WISSOTA Features, Dobmeier
Doubles Up Again:
Date Posted: June 1st, 2009
Written By:
Mike Orness, Orness Creations
A
new week and some warmer weather led to some new faces in the
Rydell Chevy Victory Lane. The one repeat feature winner was
Mark Dobmeier in the NOSA Outlaw Sprint division. Whitey's and
Miller Lite were the nightly sponsors of the race for what
turned out to be one of the best attendance nights for 2009.
In
the Transystems Street Stock division, feature winner from
last week, Tyson Anderson won the second of two heat races,
while Greg Neumann won the first heat race from the pole.
During the feature event on the opening lap, there was a
caution for Bryce Reimer which would move the outside row up
on spot with him tagging the field on the restart. This put
Joe Potter outside Greg Neumann on the front row. Potter and
Neumann raced side by side for the first lap, but then it was
all Potter till the closing laps. As the laps clicked away,
Steffen Snare closed in on Potter and just before the last
caution, Snare was setting up to make the pass on Potter for
the lead. The field was reset for the last few laps, and
Potter raced across the finish line a half car length lead
over Snare. Last weeks feature winner, Tyson Anderson finished
a strong third with Rick Beier and James wall rounding out the
top five positions.
The
Hawks Hobby Heaven Midwest Modified division seen three heat
races with a total of twenty-three cars entered. Traveler,
Scott Bintz, a Jamestown Speedway regular won the first heat
race from outside the pole. Zach Naastad of Hatton, ND also
started outside the pole and won the second heat race with
Todd Johnson advancing from the sixth starting spot to finish
second to Naastad. Canadian, Paul Veert bested the others in
the third heat race, leading every lap from the pole.
All
twenty-three Midwest Modifieds started the feature event with
Paul Veert and Rod Peterson on the front row. This feature
race was caution filled as many did not finish including the
2008 track champion, Dustin Strand.
Strand
was involved in a wreck on the front stretch
which he could not avoid, with two other cars starting the
melee. Through all the restarts, Veert held on to the lead and
won the feature race with Lance Schill having one of his best
runs to date as a rookie in the class. Schill finished second
to Veert with Todd Johnson advancing from the ninth spot to
finish third. Scott Bintz added another top five by finishing
fourth as did Bryan LePier, who picked up the hard charger
award by advancing ten spots and finishing fifth.
In
WISSOTA Late Model race action, last weeks feature winner Brad
Seng won the second of two heat races with Howie Schill of
West Fargo picking up the win in the first heat race. The
feature event seen Brandon Burke of Grand Forks lead almost
every lap, and through a couple of cautions, he held onto that
lead with Corcoran, Schill and Pederson knocking at the door.
With about ten laps complete, Pederson had moved up to
challenge Burke for the lead and with three more rounds,
Pederson passed Burke in turn four for the lead. Pederson
entered Victory Lane for the first time in 2009, a win which
Burke would have wanted but still ran strong to finish in the
second spot ahead of Veteran, Corcoran. Howie Schill crossed
the line for fourth ahead of traveler Jeff Provinzino.
A
total of eighteen NOSA Outlaw Sprints supported the night
sponsored by Nissan Honda of Grand Forks. Mark Dobmeier made
the only return visit to victory lane by passing Casey Mack
roughly ten laps into the feature in traffic. Mack won the
first heat race of the night with Bob Martin second, both made
up the front starting row. Nygaard moved up three spots to
finish third. Dobmeier also won the second heat race after
starting seventh. Dan Wiskow looked to be comfortable leading
the second heat till the pass but still finished second with
Brenden Wilde third. The feature race had plenty of action in
the caution free twenty-five laps. Martin, Mack, Nygaard raced
three wide at times with Nygaard in the mix also. Lap traffic
played a part and Martin nabbed the second finishing spot with
pole-sitter, Mack, third.
Nygaard advanced four spots for fourth
as Chris Shirek finished with a top five after starting
eleventh. Lee Grosz of Harwood ND, had trouble in the heat
race, tangling on the start, hand an awesome run from
eighteenth to finish one spot out of the top five!
River Cities month of June has the WOO Sprints coming on June
19th with the NLRA Late Models. The following night on June
20th, the NLRA will be at the RRVS in West Fargo when the WOO
Sprints are there. But between then we still have two Friday's
of the Premier Racing Series action June 5th and 12th.
The
NLRA Late Models will be at the Jamestown Speedway June 6th.
Visit rivercitiesspeedway.com for more information.
Summary
NOSA Outlaw Sprints
Heat 1 - Casey Mack, Bob Martin, Wade Nygaard,
Jason Linnell, Nick Shirek, Chris Shirek, Chris Burke, Chris
Ranten, Kevin Lawson
Heat 2 - Mark Dobmeier, Dan Wiskow, Brenden Wilde, Shane
Roemeling, Ryan Flaten, Dusty Lawson, Jordan Graham, Tom
Egeland, Lee Grosz
Feature - Dobmeier, Martin, Mack, Nygaard, C. Shirek, Grosz,
Wiskow, Flaten, Burke, N. Shirek, Linnell, Roemeling, Graham,
K. Lawson, Ranten, Wilde, D.Lawson, Egeland
WISSOTA Late Models
Heat 1 - Harold Schill Jr., John Halvorson,
Mike Bruns, Jeff Provinzino, Steve Anderson, Doyle Erickson,
Troy Schill
Heat 2 - Brad Seng, Tom Corcoran, Joey Pederson, Brenden
Burke, Ricky Weiss, Tom Balcaen, Randy Baker
Feature - Pederson, Burke, Corcoran, Schill, Provinzino, Seng,
Schill, Anderson, Erickson, Bruns, Balcaen, Halvorson, Baker,
Weiss
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Heat 1 - Scott Bintz, Rod Peterson, Dustin
Strand, Scott Vasichek, Victor Kaml, Tyler Reimer, Dustin
Ness, Tony Byzewski
Heat 2 - Zach Naastad, Todd Johnson, Aaron Olson, Patrick
Sobolik, Bryan Kakela, Zach Bruer, Adam Thompson, Wes Drake
Heat 3 - Paul Veert, Lance Schill, Adam Gajeski, Dave Riopelle,
Bryan LePier, Chad Jensen, Warren Reimer
Feature - Veert, Schill, Johnson, Bintz, LePier, Olson,
Gajeski, Riopelle, Ness, Jensen, Kaml, Sobolik, Kakela, Drake,
W. Reimer, T. Reimer, Vasichek, Naastad, Peterson, Strand,
Bruer, Thompson, Byzewski
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Heat 1 - Greg Neumann, Bryce Reimer, Ryan
Johnson, Dave Witner, Kelsey Leake, Darren Schmidt, James Wall
Heat 2 - Tyson Anderson, Rick Beier, Joe Potter, Steffen
Snare, Dan McNamee, Dallas Brevik, Adam Rassier
Feature - Potter, Snare, Anderson, Beier, Wall, McNamee,
Witner, Reimer, Leake, Schmidt, Rassier, Neumann, Johnson,
Brevik
Seng, Olson, and Anderson Earn First Checkered Flag at River
Cities For 2009
Date Posted: May 28th, 2009
Written By:
Mike Orness, Orness Creations
River Cities
Speedway in Grand Forks, ND finally completed one night of
racing for 2009 after the four previous weeks were cancelled
due to mother natures unwillingness to cooperate. Even this
night was bleak when the skies opened up and dumped a small
amount of rain on the speedway. But that was not enough to
cancel the races that were sponsored by Tesoro and Canad Inns.
It also didn’t stop Brad Seng from sweeping the competition in
the Late Model division.
Seng started
outside pole in both the heat race and the feature and led the
rest of the competitors around to the checkered flag. 2008
track champion, Joey Pederson finished second to Seng in the
heat race with Corcoran and Halvorson crossing the finish line
behind them. In the second and last heat race for the late
models, Troy Schill picked up the win with Erickson and
brother Howie Schill behind him. During the feature race, Troy
Schill was running with Seng, but exited the track early in
the race when his motor let go. Through three cautions, Seng
led the race with some pressure from a eager Pederson that
would prove to bite him late in the race when trying to find
his way past Seng for the win. Pederson slipped up a little in
the corner which allowed Howie Schill to get past him for the
second finishing spot. Pederson held on for the third spot
with Doyle Erickson advancing three spots to finish fourth.
John Halvorson and Tom Corcoran raced hard for a top five
finish throughout the race, but it was Halvorson that finished
fifth when the checkers were in the air.
There were three heat races in the Midwest
Modified division sponsored by Hawk’s Hobby Heaven. Rookie,
Lance Schill won the first heat race after passing Adam
Thompson for the lead. Thompson was later passed by Scott
Vasicheck and finished in the third spot. Dustin Strand led
the second heat race until Ryan Schroeder passed him on the
last lap to pick up the win. Aaron Olson finished in the third
spot coming from the back row. Todd Johnson looks to be fast
this year, and won the third and final heat race by besting
Adam Gajeski who finished second and pole-sitter Naastad
finished third.
Aaron Olson started on the pole of the feature
race and lead the field across the ND Eye Clinic finish line
with Todd Johnson advancing from the seventh spot to finish
second. Heat winner Ryan Schroeder started third and finished
third with Gajeski fourth after starting ninth. Adam Thompson
had a great run by staying in the top five throughout the race
and finished fifth holding off Scott Vasichek.
There were two Transystems Street Stock heat
races, which were won by Steffen Snare and Rick Beier. Tyson
Anderson followed Snare across the line for the second spot in
the first heat, with Bryce Reimer third. James Wall chased
Beier in the second heat race to finish second, with Greg
Neumann third. The main event started all twelve cars, with
Tyson Anderson taking control of the race and cruising to his
first feature win of 2009 and second career win. Snare started
midpack and was held off by Joe Potter, who finished second.
Bryce Reimer had a great run staying in the top five most of
the race and finished fourth ahead of Rick Beier.
In NOSA Outlaw Sprint race action, there were
three heats and a total of twenty-two drivers entered to
compete in the Nissan Honda of Grand Forks sponsored division.
Mark Dobmeier started on the pole and won the first heat race.
Jason Linnell held off Lou Kennedy Jr. to win the second heat
race. Thomas Kennedy looked to have a handle on his ride,
cruising to the win in the last heat race of the night with
Bobby Martin chasing him across the line. At the start of the
feature event, Dobmeier would sit on the pole, but during
warmup laps, pulled in with transponder issues. He later
joined the field in the starting spot to take the first green
flag. He then took control of the race with Nygaard and Lou
Kennedy Jr, applying pressure throughout the race. Linnell
hung in there also and raced Thomas Kennedy for a top five
spot. Bob Martin and Lou Kennedy Jr. both pulled in late in
the race with mechanical issues, ending their run to chase
down Dobmeier who took the checkered flag and started off the
season where he left off last year. Nygaard was running second
with Linnell and him exchanging spots, but lap cars would
prove to bite Nygaard as he ended up making contact with Wilde
in turn four on the last lap. Linnell was scored second with
Thomas Kennedy finishing strong in the third spot. Tom Egeland
was fourth and Ryan Wilson finished fifth after starting
eleventh.
Whitey’s and Miller Lite will be the sponsors
this coming Friday at the Action Track. The Premier Racing
Series will start with hotlaps at 6:30 and racing at 7 PM.
Tickets for the upcoming World of Outlaws races are on sale
now, and those dates are June 19th for the WOO
Sprints, and July 10th for the WOO Late Models. For
more information visit the tracks website at
rivercitiesspeedway.com
Summary
NOSA Sprints
Heat 1 – Mark Dobmeier, Wade Nygaard, Tom
Egeland, Austin Pierce, Shane Roemeling, Jordan Graham, Chris
Ranten, Casey Mack
Heat 2 – Jason Linnell, Lou Kennedy Jr, Chris Shirek, Ryan
Wilson, Chris Burke, Nick Shirek, Zach Wilde
Heat 3 – Thomas Kennedy, Bob Martin, Ryan Flaten, Todd
Mickelson, Brenden Wilde, Justin Berg, Dan Wiskow
Feature – Dobmeier, Linnell, T. Kennedy, Egeland, Wilson,
Roemeling, Nygaard, C. Shirek, Flaten, N. Shirek, Pierce,
Graham, Ranten, Wiskow, Berg, B. Wilde, Kennedy Jr.,
Mickelson, Martin, Z. Wilde, Mack, Burke
WISSOTA Late Models
Heat 1 – Brad Seng, Joey Pederson, Tom
Corcoran, John Halvorson, Mike McCaughan, Steve Anderson,
Matthew Jarvis
Heat 2 – Troy Schill, Doyle Erickson, Harold Schill Jr.,
Brandon Burke, Mike Bruns, Tom Balcaen, Randy Baker
Feature – Seng, H. Schill, Pederson, Erickson, Halvorson,
Corcoran, Anderson, Jarvis, McCaughan, Balcaen, Baker, Bruns,
Burke, T. Schill, Buchner.
(Unofficial, I scored the two 42 cars (Bruns and Jarvis)
opposite, But will have to double check)
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Heat 1 – Steffen Snare, Tyson Anderson, Bryce
Reimer, Kelsey Leake, Henry Peters, Steve Jose
Heat 2 – Rick Beier, James Wall, Greg Neumann, Joe Potter,
Adam Rassier, Dallas Brevik
Feature – Anderson, Potter, Snare, Reimer, Beier, Wall,
Neumann, Leake, Jose, Peters, Brevik, Rassier
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Heat 1 – Lance Schill, Scott Vasichek, Adam
Thompson, Zach Bruer, Tony Byzewski
Heat 2 – Ryan Schroeder, Dustin Strand, Aaron Olson, Bryan
Lepier, Paul Veert, Rod Peterson
Heat 3 – Todd Johnson, Adam Gajeski, Zach Naastad, Dave
Riopelle, Tyler Reimer, Chad Jensen
Feature – Olson, Johnson, Schroeder, Gajeski, Thompson,
Vasichek, Strand, Riopelle, Naastad, Lepier, Peterson, Schill,
Bruer, Jenson, T. Reimer, W. Reimer, Byzewski, Veert
Midwest Dirt Racing Association Put It's
Driver Members Ahead of the Game:
Date Posted: May 23rd, 2009
Written By:
Terry BlackLance
In 2009 the Midwest Dirt Racing
Association members will be a part of an organization that
works for and with them, and with today's economy that is
hugely important. Not only will member drivers be able to
receive a FREE Raceceiver for being a member but each driver
will be a part of an organization that will deliver other
excellent benefits that drivers are looking for. The MDRA has
become one of the regions most respected driver organizations
with upper Midwest promoters and the membership base is
continually working on ways to maintain and improve not only
the street stock class, but other race divisions as well. Our
drivers not only receive a respected voice with promoters, but
potential sponsors as well recognize the efforts put out by
the MDRA. Driver members of the MDRA are eligible for select
increased payouts, discounts on race products and services,
and a year end point fund estimated at nearly $10,000.00 for
2009. This season MDRA driver members will be competing for
that point fund at any track that reports to Speednet Direct.
Drivers in any region can be members and take advantage of
it's benefits and voice, as long as a membership has been
registered for. At the end of the 2009 season points will be
collected and the point fund put together will be distributed
to ALL drivers participating, with a guarantee of EVERY driver
receiving their membership $50 back.
If you're a driver that would like to know how to become a
member you'll find the simple driver registration available
here. It's not too late to start taking advantage of your
MDRA membership TODAY.
Fast Racing Promotions
Inc and FAST Graphix of Thief River Falls to Award Extra Money
To MDRA Members
Throughout 2009 Season:
Date Posted: May 23rd, 2009
Written By:
Terry BlackLance
In 2009 Fast Racing Promotions
Inc. of Thief River Falls will be rewarding MDRA member
drivers extra CASH on select nights, making your MDRA
membership even more appealing. NOT only will drivers have
the chance for some added cash, but the driver who wins the
MDRA points championship in 2009 will receive a $200
certificate toward their 2010 FAST Graphix race car graphics
package as well. FAST Graphix is a full service vinyl
graphics business including design and installation for
Northwest Minnesota specializing in simple race car graphics
packages starting at $150.00
For more information about Fast Graphix or to order your
graphics package call 218-686-5020
FREE Raceceivers With MDRA Membership in
2009:
Date Posted: May 4th, 2009
Written By:
Terry BlackLance
Midwest Dirt Racing Association
would like to introduce a 2009 MDRA Membership benefit package
which will include with each paid membership and agreement the
drivers Raceceiver which will be required at
River Cities Speedway and many other Wissota tracks this
season. The Raceceiver has become one of racings most
convenient tools for drivers and tracks to communicate during
a race program, and has proven to not only speed up a nightly
program, but make it safer for the drivers involved.
With the Raceceiver track officials are able to communicate
with the drivers while on the track through a radio frequency
and ear buds that the driver wears under their helmet.
Raceceivers are growing more popular with tracks across the
country and have been used in NASCAR for many years. In
2009 the Raceceiver cost has varied some, but River Cities
Speedway has informed the MDRA that they will offer the units
to its driver members for approximately $100.
In the 2009 MDRA Membership drivers that purchase a membership
will receive their RACECEIVER for FREE, a minimum $100 benefit
for the $50 MDRA membership putting drivers ahead $50 before
they hit the track. Drivers who have already purchased
their Raceceivers previously at another facility or through a
catalog or online…..you too will still receive a $50 credit
toward your 2009 MDRA membership agreement. Raceceivers
will be available at River Cities Speedway and most any other
Wissota tracks that require their use.
MDRA Membership RACECEIVER BENEFIT:
1. Driver MUST be a paid MDRA member including the membership
agreement
2. ALL MDRA members will receive your RACECEIVER for free at
River Cities Speedway ONLY
3. Drivers who have purchased their RACECEIVER previously or
through any other means will receive a CREDIT toward your 2009
MDRA membership, a $50 value or in essence your membership
FREE upon completion of the MDRA membership form.
If you are a driver that would like to either become a member
of the Midwest Dirt Racing Association and receive your
Raceceiver for FREE, membership forms will be available on
this site or by seeing one of the 2009 MDRA board members
including Joe Potter, Jim Geringer, Steffan Snare, Dale
Fugelberg, Dan McNamee, Val Geringer, and Terry BlackLance, or
by calling the MDRA at 218-686-5020 and email at
midewestdirtracers@hotmail.com
River Cities Speedway And MDRA Announce
2009 Point Fund Raffle:
Date Posted: May 4th, 2009
Written By:
Terry BlackLance
During the 2009 race season
River Cities Speedway and its driver organizations will be
teaming up with an attempt to build the driver point funds
through a raffle ticket program to begin within the next few
weeks. The MDRA board has entered into an agreement to
aid in the sale of these raffle tickets through its membership
drivers which WILL in turn build an already increasing MDRA
driver fund. ALL MDRA drivers will be required to sell
these raffle tickets during the season that will be given out
upon completion of your membership agreement.
The raffle should be something easy to sell by the drivers as
some great prizes will be awarded at the end of the season
including;
Year supply of Pepsi
Gas Grill that is in the shape of an engine
One $200 CASH prize
and…….the GRAND Prize which features TWO season passes to
River Cities Speedway including ALL specials! (over $1000
value)
MDRA drivers will receive three packs of tickets upon
completion of your membership agreement and be required to
sell these tickets during the 2009 season. A $120 cheque
will be collected when drivers pick their tickets up and will
be post dated to August 1st 2009 in order to allow time for
drivers to sell their tickets prior to the check being cashed
by River Cities Speedway. ALL funds raised will be
distributed to the driver organizations following the 2009
season to be awarded through their club point funds. The
cheque of $120 is being collected to ensure that ALL tickets
will be sold and drivers who turn in the cash they collect
during the sale time will get their cheque BACK.
Raffle tickets will be $5 each or can be sold three for $10.
Drivers will be accountable for three packs and again will
provide a $120 when they receive their tickets to ensure ALL
tickets will be sold. As part of your MDRA membership
agreement driver members will be required to sell these raffle
tickets as part of your membership.
Again this is an agreement between River Cities Speedway and
the MDRA and ALL MDRA members will be eligible for point fund
dollars as part of the 2009 season.
MDRA Opens Membership
Up To ANY Drivers Across the "Midwest":
Date Posted: May 4th, 2009
Written By:
Terry BlackLance
In 2009 the MDRA (Midwest Dirt
Racing Association) will open its membership up to ANYONE that
is interested in maintaining and building the sport of dirt
track stock car racing. The MDRA which was launched in
2007 has primarily been a Street Stock drivers club at River
Cities Speedway and Devils Lake Speedway in North Dakota but
in 2009 the goal of the MDRA is to build on that membership
and offer drivers in the Street Stock class across the Midwest
an organization that offers its drivers a chance to help
maintain and BUILD the street stock class which has seen
somewhat a declining enrollment over the past few years.
In the 2008 season the MDRA put together and offered its
driver members an approximated $10,000.00 point fund which was
paid out to EVERY driver that participated. “Our point
fund was UNIQUE in 2008 and was actually paid to its driver
members throughout the season when they needed it most” says
Terry BlackLance the MDRA Director of Operations. “We
wanted to be sure that our membership was going to be able to
participate and keep coming to the track when fuel was $4 per
gallon”. So the MDRA modified its previous point fund
using a formula that sent its membership drivers a check in
addition to their nightly winnings every time they raced.
In 2009 the MDRA will revert back to the 2007 point fund
program and again be awarding its members it’s own point fund
at the end of the season based on points accumulated during
the season wherever the Street stock class is offered.
MDRA benefits include:
1. FREE Raceceiver with paid MDRA membership and agreement
2. 2009 point fund participation
3. Discounts on various products throughout the year
4. Driver profile on
www.midwestdirtracing.com
5. FREE classifieds on MDRA web site
6. Other special offers yet to be announced
7. Respected voice with tracks across the Midwest
8. Association fund raising opportunities for the class
Drivers interested in joining the Midwest Dirt
Racing Association for the 2009 Racing Season may do so by filling out an
MDRA Driver Membership Form located below or emailing us at
midwestdirtracing@hotmail.com.
2009 MDRA Driver Membership Form
Driver Profiles To Be Featured On MDRA
Web Site In 2009:
Date Posted: May 4th, 2009
Written By:
Terry BlackLance
In 2009 the MDRA will be
featuring its driver members on our
www.midwestdirtracing.com web site. Forms will be
available on this site or on the back of the 2009 membership
form. We are requesting drivers to completely fill the form
out and send them in with your membership to be posted on the
site during the 2009 season. A current photo of the driver
and his car along with a driver profile will appear on the
site giving drivers great visibility and exposure for your
sponsors. This feature is available for MDRA drivers ONLY and
offered as a membership benefit. JPG photos can be emailed to
the MDRA at
midwestdirtracing@hotmail.com
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