To get the night started off, there were two heat races for the Transystem sponsored Street Stocks. Dan McNamee used the outside pole spot to grab the lead first and went on to claim the win over Tyson Anderson who finished second and third place finisher Rodney Hulst. Current points leader, Steffen Snare won the second heat race from the third starting spot. Joe Potter passed Blacklance for the second spot with Blacklance finishing third.

Their Feature Event for the night had McNamee and Brevik on the front row with Hulst and Blacklance in the second row.  Brevik would grab the lead first and continue with the lead through the first caution. By that time Snare had made his way up to challenge for the lead just before the second caution came out. The race was for the top five spots as Anderson, Brevik, McNamee and Potter all raced hard for one of those spots. A restart with just three laps to go reset the field but Snare was too fast for the rest to catch and captured another feature win while adding to his point lead. Tyson Anderson was second in front of Potter who started seventh on the grid. After spinning in front of the rest during the heat race, Rick Beier stormed through the field to finish fourth after starting eleventh and Brevik held on to the fifth finishing spot.

Hawk's Hobby Heaven sponsored Midwest Modifieds continue to have the largest field of cars, as they were split into four heat races. Matt Schow started on the pole of the first heat race and won the race easily with the best race between the rest of the field. First time visitor Lon Vettleson finished second with Tyler Reimer advancing a spot for third. Aaron Olson grabbed the lead during the second heat race and didn't look back till the checkered flag flew. Rod Peterson was second as Zach Naastad passed Schroeder for the third spot. Bryan Kakela won his first heat race of the season over racing buddy, Lance Schill. Schill was not able to pass him and settled for the second spot ahead of Ryan Schow. Pole-sitter, Chad Jensen outlasted the charge of Dustin Strand in the final heat race for the win. Approximately a third of a car length separated the two across the line. Adam Gajeski held on to third after starting second.

Four cars transferred out of the consolation race, which were, Zach Bruer, Bryan Lepier Dave Blasey and Todd Johnson. For the eighteen lap feature race, Matt Schow and Rod Peterson led the nineteen cars to take the green flag. The cautions started as early as the first lap and lasted throughout the race adding up to seven yellows total for various cars. Schow grabbed the early lead with pressure immediately for the lead. Peterson passed Schow for the lead just shortly into the feature wit Kakela also getting past Peterson for second. After a pileup on the restart with just a few laps into the race, Gajeski looked to get the worse of the damage and could not continue. Rod Peterson continued to lead the field the rest of the way to the checkered flag. This left the battle for second place to be decided.

Schow slipped back under green flag runs and still finished a very respectable fourth place in the end. Strand and Olson were left to settle the second and third spot. Both raced hard for the spot and with one lap to go, Strand and Olson were side by side as contact was made between the two with Strand suffering a break of the left front but was still able to wheel it around for  a third place finish. Olson followed Peterson under the checkers for the second spot with Gary Nelson Jr. an Tim Berg gaining ten spots to finish fifth and sixth.

Chris Shirek grabbed the lead in the first NOSA race of two for a brief time until last week's feature winner, Casey Mack passed him for the lead and win. Shirek held on to second with Nygaard third from the sixth starting spot. The only other driver to win a feature race at RCS this year is Bob Martin. Martin started sixth and grabbed the lead early to continue on for the win. Dobmeier started seventh but was not able to catch Martin. Tom Egeland started on the pole and held on for a top three finish.

The Feature Event for the NOSA Outlaw Sprints, sponsored by Nissan Honda of Grand Forks, seen all seventeen cars start. Through troubles with the lighting system, Mark Dobmeier was able to navigate through the field from the eighth starting spot to capture the win. Chris Shirek led early on, but would slip back in the field to finish outside the top five. Wade Nygaard was able to move forward and finish a strong second with Martin finishing third. Last week's feature winner, Casey Mack, finished fourth with Minot native Greg Nikitenko fifth after starting twelfth.

There were sixteen WISSOTA Late Model drivers entered for the night split into two heat races. Rookie, Josh Maurstad started outside the pole in the first heat race and won over Troy Schill and Steve Anderson, who finished second and third. In the second heat race, Doyle Erickson started on the pole and led every lap enroute to the win. Brad Seng had the closest opportunity to pass Erickson, but had to settle for the second finishing spot. Fuller, who had not been out on the track till this race, finished third.

The WISSOTA Late Model Feature Event started with the two heat winners on the front row and Steve Anderson with Troy Schill in the second row. Erickson grabbed the lead first and continued on to earn his first feature win of 2009 at RCS. The fastest car was Brad Seng who started eighth and finished second. Troy Schill had to race hard to hold on to his spot throughout the race and finished just behind Seng in third after starting fourth. Anderson slipped back a few spots and was passed by Joey Pederson who finished fourth and Anderson finished with a top five finish.

All information about the rest of the 2009 season including the upcoming World of Outlaws Sprint Car race in August can be found at rivercitiesspeedway.com. The speedway will finish out the month of July with the Premier Racing Series on July 31st, sponsored by StaMart and the Broken Drum. There will be two regular race nights in August before the Outlaws arrive on August 21st.

Summary

NOSA Sprints
Feature - Dobmeier, Nygaard, Martin, Mack, Nikitenko, Hall, C. Shirek, N. Shirek, Graham, Flaten, Ko. Fedyk, Ky. Fedyk, Roemeling, Wilde, Fredrickson, Ranten, Egeland

Heat 1 - Casey Mack, Chris Shirek, Wade Nygaard, Nick Shirek, Jade Fredrickson, Chris Ranten, Brenden Wilde, Kohlan Fedyk, Shane Roemeling
Heat 2 - Bobby Martin, Mark Dobmeier, Tom Egeland, Greg Hall, Jordan Graham, Greg Nikitenko, Kyle Fedyk, Ryan Flaten

WISSOTA Late Models
Feature - Erickson, Seng, T. Schill, Pederson, Anderson, Maurstad, H. Schill, Corbett, Halvorson, Bruns, Corcoran, Fuller, Johnson, Holden, Buness, Burke

Heat 1 - Josh Maurstad, Troy Schill, Steve Anderson, Joey Pederson, John Halvorson, Mike Bruns, Tom Corcoran
Heat 2 - Doyle Erickson, Brad Seng, Brandon Fuller, Ryan Corbett, Shawn Holden, Todd Johnson, Craig Buness, Brandon Burke

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Feature - Peterson, Olson, Strand, M. Schow, Nelson Jr., Berg, LePier, Bruer, T. Reimer, Johnson, Vasichek, R. Schow, Schill, Naastad, Vettleson, Kakela, Schroeder, Gajeski, Jensen, Blasey

Consi - Bruer, LePier, Blasey, Johnson, Aljets, Drake, Sonstelie, Ness, W. Reimer, Thompson, Byzewski

Heat 1 - Matt Schow, Lon Vettleson, Tyler Reimer, Scott Vasichek, Dave Blasey, Dustin Ness, Wes Drake
Heat 2 - Aaron Olson, Rod Peterson, Zach Naastad, Ryan Schroeder, Zach Bruer, Bryan LePier, Todd Johnson
Heat 3 - Bryan Kakela, Lance Schill, Ryan Schow, Gary Nelson Jr., Adam Thompson, Tony Byzewski, Gary Sonstelie
Heat 4 - Chad Jensen, Dustin Strand, Adam Gajeski, Tim Berg, Travis Aljets, Warren Reimer

WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature - Snare, Anderson, Potter, Beier, Brevik, Reimer, Blacklance, Neuman, Rassier, Leake, Hulst, Wall, McNamee, Jose

Heat 1 - Dan McNamee, Tyson Anderson, Rodney Hulst, James Wall, Bryce Reimer, Rick Beier, Greg Neumann
Heat 2 - Steffen Snare, Joe Potter, Aaron Blacklance, Dallas Brevik, Kelsey Leake, Adam Rassier, Steve Jose

Career First For Halvorson While Strand Continues Streak:
Date Posted:  July 17th, 2009
Written By:  Mike Orness, Orness Creations
 
The Premier Racing Series was back after a week off with the World of Outlaw Late Models in town last week. This week’s races were sponsored by Gateway Cenex and Interstate Power which seen two new faces in the Rydellcars.com Victory Lane. A first River Cities Speedway win and a First Career win in that division. But first the speedway owners presented the 2008 Points Champions and the top five drivers their awards to the fans just after the hotlap session.

There were fifteen WISSOTA Street Stocks entered for the night, split into two heat races. Tyson Anderson picked up his third heat race win of the season by beating Jose and Reimer across the line. Dan McNamee won his first heat race of the year from the third starting spot with Snare close behind him. Potter raced from the seventh starting spot to finish third. Half of the cars that started the feature race finished in what was a scary finish with just a few laps to go. Jose led the majority of the race and was challenged by Snare and Anderson for the lead at various times. The three were running hard when contact put Jose upside down at the track exit to the pits. Anderson was not able to continue. This left Snare in first and he continued on to win his fourth feature of the season. Reimer was second with Neumann, Wall and Potter rounding out the top five.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds ran four heat races and had a total of twenty-six teams. Bryan LePier won the first heat race from the pole and was the best race for the lead out of all the heats. Gajeski raced hard for the second spot from the sixth starting spot. Schroeder finished just behind Gajeski to give him a top three finish. Chad Jensen won the second heat race also from the pole with fourth starter, Bintz, in the runner up spot. Vasichek started third and finished third. The third heat race was won by outside pole-sitter, Dustin Ness. Sonstelie started on the pole and held off Aaron Olson for the second spot. Point leader going into the night was Todd Johnson. Johnson won the last heat race from the pole with sixth starter Strand finishing second. Rod Peterson advanced a spot to finish third. Sobolik, Thompson, Schill, and Matt Schow all raced their way into the feature finishing in that order of the consi.

Dustin Ness and Gary Sonstelie made up the front row for the Midwest Mod feature event. Troubles on the start sent Sonstelie to the back which moved up the outside row one spot. Ness led a handful of laps through a couple cautions but couldn’t hold off Strand as he took the lead with about thirteen laps to go. Strand continued on to claim the checkered flag with Ness racing hard to keep that second spot. Jensen started fourth and finished third ahead of Olson and Vasichek who both advanced from midpack. Sobolik had a strong run advancing from the consi and finishing seventh in the feature.

There was one team short of twenty WISSOTA Late Models. They were split into three heat races with Joey Pederson winning the first heat race followed by Seng and Anderson. Mike Bruns started on the pole for the second heat and won that race by holding off Jarvis and Balcaen. Tom Corcoran used the pole spot to his advantage and winning the last heat race over Troy Schill and John Halvorson.

The WISSOTA Late Model feature event started all nineteen teams with Jarvis and Balcaen leading the field around to the green. Balcaen grabbed the lead and led the race over the halfway point. Seng and Pederson moved into the picture challenging for the lead in lap traffic. Seng actually passed Balcaen for the lead, but was voided because of a yellow flag. The field reset and was back under green. Seng could not get past the leader and spun in the closing laps and still finished eighth. Tonight it was John Halvorson that grabbed the lead and the spotlight for his first feature win in the late model division. Halvorson passed the leader on the low side out of the corner. Pederson also got past Balcaen for the second spot with Howie Schill racing from the twelfth starting spot, finishing third. Rounding out the top five spot from way back in the field were Todd Johnson and James SanGrait.

Seventeen NOSA Outlaw Sprints checked in the back gate with them being split into two heat races. Ryan Wilson of Superior, WI won the first heat race from outside the pole with Dave Glennon second and pole-sitter, Tom Egeland third. Chris Burke grabbed the lead in the second heat race and led every lap. Casey Mack passed for the lead & win, out of turn four coming to the checkered flag. Burke finished second with Dobmeier third after starting at the back of the eight-car field.

Casey Mack joined Bob Martin as the only other driver to beat Mark Dobmeier at RCS this year, not including the WOO event. Mack was fast but also had some luck fall his way. Ryan Wilson actually led the event till a yellow, and he had to restart at the tail which gave the lead to Hall. Hall led the field to the next green, but spun on the first corner giving the lead to Mack. Mack led every lap to the checkered flag claiming his first win this season at River Cities Speedway. Dave Glennon had a strong run finishing second to Mack with Nygaard and Dobmeier chasing him down throughout the end of the race. Minot native, Greg Nikitenko rounded out the top five.

The Premier Racing Series will finish out the month of July with two more regular season Friday Nights, with July 31^st being Hall of Fame night. August 21^st will be the second visit of the World Of Outlaw Sprint Cars. Tickets are on sale now. Visit rivercitiesspeedway.com for ordering info or the latest race reports, news and results

Summary

NOSA Outlaw Sprints
Feature – Mack, Glennon, Nygaard, Dobmeier, Nikitenko, Wilson, Martin, Linnell, N. Shirek, Jordan Graham, Greg Hall, Ryan Flaten, Chris Ranten, Brenden Wilde, Chris Burke, Tom Egeland, C. Shirek

Heat 1 – Ryan Wilson, Dave Glennon, Tom Egeland, Greg Hall, Greg Nikitenko, Jason Linnell, Bob Martin, Jordan Graham, Nick Shirek
Heat 2 – Casey Mack, Chris Burke, Mark Dobmeier, Wade Nygaard, Chris Ranten, Brenden Wilde, Ryan Flaten, Chris Shirek

WISSOTA Late Models
Feature – Halvorson, Pederson, H. Schill, Johnson, SanGrait, Ledin, Balcaen, Seng, Solberg, Holden, Jarvis, Anderson, T Schill, Maurstad, Bruns, Erickson, Provinzino, Corcoran, Burke

Heat 1 – Joey Pederson, Brad Seng, Steve Anderson, Doyle Erickson, Ryan Solberg, Todd Johnson, Jeff Provinzino
Heat 2 – Mike Bruns, Matthew Jarvis, Tom Balcaen, Shawn Holden, George Ledin, Brandon Burke
Heat 3 – Tom Corcoran, Troy Schill, John Halvorson, Harold Schill Jr., Josh Maurstad, James SanGrait

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Feature – Strand, Ness, Jensen, Olson, Vasichek, Bintz, Sobolik, Veert, Sonstelie, Schill, Thompson, Berg, Gajeski, M. Schow, Bruer, Peterson, Johnson, Naastad, Schroeder, LePier

Consi – Sobolik, Thompson, Schill, M Schow, Drake, Reimer, Riopelle, Friestad, R Schow, Byzewski

Heat 1 – Bryan Lepier, Adam Gajeski, Ryan Schroeder, Timothy Berg, Patrick Sobolik, Greg Friestad, Warren Reimer
Heat 2 – Chad Jensen, Scott Bintz, Scott Vasichek, Zach Bruer, Adam Thompson, Lance Schill, Wes Drake
Heat 3 – Dustin Ness, Gary Sonstelie, Aaron Olson, Paul Veert, Matt Schow, Ryan Schow
Heat 4 – Todd Johnson, Dustin Strand, Rod Peterson, Zach Naastad, Davy Riopelle, Tony Byzewski

WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature – Snare, Reimer, Neumann, Wall, Potter, Leake, Anderson, Jose, Hulst, McNamee, Johnson, Rassier, Schmidt, Brevik, Sanda

Heat 1 – Tyson Anderson, Steve Jose, Bryce Reimer, Ryan Johnson, Adam Rassier, Darren Schmidt, Lyle Sanda, James Wall
Heat 2 – Dan McNamee, Steffen Snare, Joe Potter, Greg Neumann, Rodney Hulst, Dallas Brevik, Kelsey Leake