Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 2 Danny Westman Greenbush, MN
2 54 Don Byfuglien Roseau, MN
3 6 Daniel Bolstad Battle Lake, MN
4 96 Troy Kuehl Glyndon, MN
5 13F Michael Fox Mahnomen, MN
6 468 James Cooper Mahnomen, MN
7 9 David Bolstad Fergus Falls, MN

Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 30-O Duane Opdahl Fertile, MN
2 21 Marcus Lundon Mahnomen, MN
3 33C Christopher Christian Fertile, MN
4 13 Wayne Niemi Felton, MN
5 24PK John Hintz Ada, MN
6 3D Jesse Vega Ada, MN
7 34C Michael Griffin Detroit Lakes

Feature
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 12 Scott Beckman Mahnomen, MN
2 60 Tyler Hall Fertile, MN
3 6 Daniel Bolstad Battle Lake, MN
4 8 Nick Duncan Glyndon, MN
5 2 Danny Westman Greenbush, MN
6 96 Troy Kuehl Glyndon, MN
7 21 Marcus Lundon Mahnomen, MN
8 30-O Duane Opdahl Fertile, MN
9 54 Don Byfuglien Roseau, MN
10 13 Wayne Niemi Felton, MN
11 187 Eric Lundon Waubun, MN
12 13F Michael Fox Mahnomen, MN
13 468 James Cooper Mahnomen, MN
14 34C Michael Griffin Detroit Lakes,
15 42 Shane Bruns Fargo, ND
16 3D Jesse Vega Ada, MN
17 33C Christopher Christian Fertile, MN
18 24PK John Hintz Ada, MN
19 9 David Bolstad Fergus Falls, MN
20 62X Tom Andring Detroit Lakes, MN

Pure Stocks
Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 28 Dean Lundon Mahnomen, MN
2 45 Paul Olson Barnesville, MN
3 31X Tim Shiek Fargo, ND
4 68 Taylor Weight Marion, ND
5 48 Kenny Domogalla Detroit Lakes, MN
6 8 Dennis Johnson Glyndon, MN
7 43L Andrew Lundon Mahnomen, MN
8 01H Kodey Hegreberg Halstad, MN

Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 26 Kenneth Crane Mahnomen, MN
2 9 Chad Geray Mahnomen, MN
3 96 Jobie Gutzmer Erhard, MN
4 8J Luke Johnson Glyndon, MN
5 12X Aaron Kappes Ada, MN
6 70 Joe Miller Bejou, MN
7 13 William Beckman Mahnomen, MN
8 54D Derik Eiter Fargo, ND

Feature
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 45 Paul Olson Barnesville, MN
2 68 Taylor Weight Marion, ND
3 8 Dennis Johnson Glyndon, MN
4 28 Dean Lundon Mahnomen, MN
5 31X Tim Shiek Fargo, ND
6 9 Chad Geray Mahnomen, MN
7 48 Kenny Domogalla Detroit Lakes, MN
8 43L Andrew Lundon Mahnomen, MN
9 96 Jobie Gutzmer Erhard, MN
10 01H Kodey Hegreberg Halstad, MN
11 26 Kenneth Crane Mahnomen, MN
12 12X Aaron Kappes Ada, MN
13 8J Luke Johnson Glyndon, MN
14 70 Joe Miller Bejou, MN
15 13 William Beckman Mahnomen, MN
16 54D Derik Eiter Fargo, ND

Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 71 Dustin Strand Grand Forks, ND
2 3 Derek Bernstien Enderlin, ND
3 15 Ryan Mikkelson Jamestown, ND
4 22 Arvid Broden Gary, MN
5 07 Steve Halberg Mahnomen, MN
6 87A Kylie Abrahamson Merrifield, MN
7 19B Jake Bitker Halstad, MN
8 8M Guy Mosher Fertile, MN
9 10E Craig Engelstad Fertile, MN

Feature
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 2G Brock Gronwold Fergus Falls, MN
2 71 Dustin Strand Grand Forks, ND
3 3 Derek Bernstien Enderlin, ND
4 15 Ryan Mikkelson Jamestown, ND
5 48 Karl Tollefson Beltrami, MN
6 17 Harland Morehart Eyota, MN
7 8S Danny Strem Fertile, MN
8 87A Kylie Abrahamson Merrifield, MN
9 77J Charles Jensen Glyndon, MN
10 22 Arvid Broden Gary, MN
11 19B Jake Bitker Halstad, MN
12 88 Timothy Bakewell Fargo, ND
13 10X James Olson Barnesville, MN
14 52A Brett Abrahamson Merrifield, MN
15 8M Guy Mosher Fertile, MN
16 07 Steve Halberg Mahnomen, MN
17 9P Erik Pratschner Fargo, ND
18 10E Craig Engelstad Fertile, MN

Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 7J Rick Jacobson Wilton, MN
2 21M Dev Malmlov Moorhead, MN
3 12 Jimmy Stene Ada, MN
4 Z28 Mark Trautner Mahnomen, MN
5 6B Blake Borgen Perley, MN
6 96A Alex Engelstad Beltrami, MN
7 95 Mark Esala Thief River Falls, MN

Feature
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 7J Rick Jacobson Wilton, MN
2 71 Brian Strand Bemidji, MN
3 Z28 Mark Trautner Mahnomen, MN
4 11 Steven Pfeifer West Fargo, ND
5 21M Dev Malmlov Moorhead, MN
6 2J Blake Jegtvig Hawley, MN
7 128 Jamie Trautner Felton, MN
8 12 Jimmy Stene Ada, MN
9 6B Blake Borgen Perley, MN
10 22 Mike Tiani Newfolden, MN
11 54 Cullen Brown Fergus Falls, MN
12 5R David Riopelle Argyle, MN
13 21J Lance Johnson West Fargo, ND
14 17 Michael Greseth Harwood, ND
15 95 Mark Esala Thief River Falls, MN
16 96A Alex Engelstad Beltrami, MN

Checkers For Geringer At Devils Lake Speedway
Date Posted:  July 2nd, 2007
Written By:  Mike Orness

The last race for June ended with a Street Stock Special in place of the Firecracker 40 which was pushed back a weekend. Beautiful weather greeted fans and drivers as they started arriving for the nights races with a slight breeze out of the south. A total of forty-seven teams signed in at the gate with the Hornet heat races first on the track just after the drivers meeting.

Richard Barnes and Scott Vasichek both picked up the wins during the two heat races. Barnes passed early race leader Bryan Russell to win the first heat while Vasichek led every lap of the second heat race. The Hornet B-Main Feature winner was Howard Strand of Brocket ND . Howard started outside the front row and passed Mitchell Swenning for the lead. Nathan Krumwiede also passed Swenning for the second spot in the closing laps. The two heat race winners started on the front row for the Hornet feature and Vasichek grabbed the lead first with Barnes and Russell chasing him. After the first caution, Barnes looked inside of Vasichek and was able to pass him after a lap or two racing sided by side. On the next lap Russell was also able to get past Vasichek. That is the way they finished as Barnes won his fifth straight feature. Dustin Ebensteiner and Brandin Nelson rounded out the top five spots.

Two cars from Langdon won the Pure Stock heat races, Lance Schill and Aaron Restad. Two cars that were evidently numbered and lettered after their favorite Nascar drivers, Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart. Schill came from the third spot to take the lead and the win. Retired Hornet driver, Jason Schuh was second with another former hornet driver James Ackerman in third. Aaron Rested started outside pole the second heat race and won with Travis Aljets second and Lee Dahl a very close third when the checkered flag flew. During the Pure Stock feature, a caution on the first lap in turn four sent Aljets to the rear. Schill ended up leading every lap to claim his third straight feature win but not without some pressure from Aljets who eventually made his way back up to second late in the race and after three other cautions for other drivers. Kevin Kollman was third, Jason Schuh fourth, and Kristen Arends fifth after changing a tire midway through the race.

The DTRA/MDRA Service Tire Midwest Modifieds ran two heat races with Jason Halverson leading the majority of the laps during the first heat race until Bobby Eckerdt passed him with a few laps remaining to claim the win. Halverson held on to second with Stoney Kruk third. During race action of the second heat race Ryan Schoeder grabbed the lead first from the pole position but Dustin Strand would eventually take over the spot on the next lap. Schroeder slipped up in a corner and lost a spot to Sobolik but was able to get past him to finish in the second spot when
Strand took the checkered flag. Sobolik held off a charge from Vargason to finish third. The Feature race was entertaining as the group of drivers took the checkered flag, they bunched up and looked like Kruk got the worst of it with some suspension damage with a yellow flag needed. The field was restarted with Strand inheriting the outside pole spot when Gage couldn’t make the call to start after the first caution. Strand was able to grab the lead on the start with Halverson and Eckerdt running second and third. Sobolik and Schroeder were also battling for a top five finish through the next two cautions. Strand was able to hold off challenges from Eckerdt and Halverson by protecting the bottom line. If Strand made a mistake, Eckerdt and Halverson were right there to capitalize on the mistake. But Strand never did make the mistake Eckerdt was hoping for and Strand went on to take the checkered flag. Sobolik was able to claim the fourth spot as Hultstrand passed Vargason for the fifth spot. On the last lap Halverson was able to get past Eckerdt for the second spot. After the Street Stock feature, officials made the statement that Strand was disqualified for not going through the teching process. That would give the win to Halverson, his first of this racing season.

The Street Stock special was moved up a week and they ran their feature race last but first some notes about their heat races. Rick Beier started on the pole of the first heat race and led every lap with some challenge early on from Cliff Reeves. Snare started dead last and made his way up to finish third to Beier and Reeves. Neumann and Fugleberg raced eachother for the fourth spot with Kyle Leake in the mix. But it was Neumann that finished ahead of Fugleberg and Leake. The second heat race was won by Geringer who led every lap. Mark Schwan was running second for awhile until Scott Messner and Rodney Hulst started to apply a little more pressure. Messner was able to get past Schwan as did Hulst a couple laps later and that is the way they crossed the line when Geringer took the checkered flag. The Street Stock special feature event was last on the evening’s schedule of events with Beier and Neumann on the front row. Reeves and Fugleberg started in the second row with Snare and Schwan right behind them. When the green flag was dropped, Beier was the first to grab the lead with Snare picking up a couple spots during the first lap. Geringer moved up to the fifth spot from the eighth spot as did Messner who was running in sixth after starting tenth while Beier was leading. With fourteen laps to go, it looked like Snare got stuck on the highside and slipped backwards a few spots. This allowed Messner and Geringer to get past Neumann and then also past Snare. Snare was now running in the fourth spot. On the next lap Geringer snuck past Beier using the very bottom groove. After one more caution and eight laps to go, Geringer protected the bottom and held off a charge by Snare who made his way back up to second by passing Beier and Messner. In the closing laps Geringer didn’t make any mistakes and took the checkered flag for the second time at Devils Lake Speedway this year and picked up the trophy for the special event. Snare settled for second, Messner third, Beier fourth and Neumann fifth by holding off Fugleberg. Reeves salvaged a seventh place finish ahead of Hulst and Schwan.

July 7^th will be the Firecracker 40 Midwest Modified Special sponsored by Lake Chevrolet . There should be a great field of cars for this event as Jamestown and RRVS will not be running that class of cars. The winner will receive $1000 and each starter of the feature will get $100. The Service Tire Midwest Modified Tour will be at River Cities Speedway the night before. For more information on Devils Lake Speedway, visit www.devilslakespeedway.com

DEVILS LAKE SPEEDWAY JUNE 30TH RACE RESULTS SUMMARY

DLS Hornets:
Heat 1
1. Richard Barnes
2. Bryan Russell
3. Rod Cavanaugh
4. Shawn Weltikol
5. Mitchell Swenning
6. Tiffany Sten
7. Nathan Krumwiede

Heat 2
1. Scott Vasichek
2. Dustin Ebensteiner
3. Tyson Ackerman
4. Brandin Nelson
5. Howard Strand
6. Tracy Kraft
7. Maranda Arends

Consi -
1. Howard Strand
2. Nathan Krumwiede
3. Mitchell Swenning
4. Tiffany Sten
5. Tracy Kraft
6. Maranda Arends

Feature
1. Richard Barnes (1)
2. Bryan Russell (3)
3. Scott Vasichek (2)
4. Dustin Ebensteiner (4)
5. Brandin Nelson (8)
6. Tyson Ackerman (6)
7. Rod Cavanaugh (5)
8. Schawn Weltikol (7)

MDRA Pure Stocks:
Heat 1
1. Lance Schill (3)
2. Jason Schuh (2)
3. James Ackerman (4)
4. Kevin Kollman (5)
5. Curt Olson (1)

Heat 2
1. Aaron Restad (2)
2. Travis Aljets (4)
3. Lee Dahl (3)
4. Kristen Arends (1)

Feature
1. Lance Schill (1)
2. Travis Aljets (4)
3. Kevin Kollman (7)
4. Jason Schuh (3)
5.Kristen Arends (8)
6. James Ackerman (5)
7. Lee Dahl (6)
8. Aaron Restad (2)
9. Curt Olson (DNS)

Heat 2
1. Jim Geringer (2)
2. Scott Messner (5)
3. Rodney Hulst (4)
4. Mark Schwan (1)
5. Alex Cavanaugh (3)
6. Greg Jose (6)

Feature
1. Jim Geringer (8)
2. Steffen Snare (5)
3. Scott Messner (10)
4. Rick Beier (1)
5. Greg Neumann (2)
6. Dale Fugleberg (4)
7. Cliff Reeves (3)
8. Rodney Hulst (7)
9. Mark Schwan (6)
10. Greg Jose (12)
11. Kyle Leake (11)
12. James Meagher (13)
13. Alex Cavanaugh (9)

Heat 2
1. Dustin Strand (4)
2. Ryan Schroeder (1)
3. Patrick Sobolik (3)
4. Chris Vargason (5)
5. Barry Gage (2)

Feature
1. Jason Halverson (1)
2. Bobby Eckerdt (10)
3. Patrick Sobolik (5)
4. David Hultstrand (7)
5. Chris Vargason (3)
6. Ryan Schroeder (8)
7. Bryce Beck (9)
8. Barry Gage (2)
9. Stoney Kruk (6)
10. Dustin Strand (4)

Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 6 Daniel Bolstad Battle Lake, MN
2 9 David Bolstad Fergus Falls, MN
3 13F Michael Fox Mahnomen, MN
4 30-O Duane Opdahl Fertile, MN
5 33C Christopher Christian Fertile, MN
6 8 Nick Duncan Glyndon, MN
7 187 Eric Lundon Waubun, MN

Feature
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 96 Troy Kuehl Glyndon, MN
2 12 Scott Beckman Mahnomen, MN
3 60 Tyler Hall Fertile, MN
4 30-O Duane Opdahl Fertile, MN
5 9 David Bolstad Fergus Falls, MN
6 13F Michael Fox Mahnomen, MN
7 21 Marcus Lundon Mahnomen, MN
8 13 Wayne Niemi Felton, MN
9 8 Nick Duncan Glyndon, MN
10 24PK John Hintz Ada, MN
11 33C Christopher Christian Fertile, MN
12 187 Eric Lundon Waubun, MN
13 6 Daniel Bolstad Battle Lake, MN

Pure Stocks
Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 48 Kenny Domogalla Detroit Lakes, MN
2 28 Dean Lundon Mahnomen, MN
3 9 Chad Geray Mahnomen, MN
4 31X Tim Shiek Fargo, ND
5 12X Aaron Kappes Ada, MN
6 43L Andrew Lundon Mahnomen, MN

Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 45 Paul Olson Barnesville, MN
2 2 Francis Lundon, Jr Waubun, MN
3 26 Kenneth Crane Mahnomen, MN
4 70 Jason Keller Bejou, MN
5 96 Jobie Gutzmer Erhard, MN
6 13 William Beckman Mahnomen, MN

Feature
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 45 Paul Olson Barnesville, MN
2 28 Dean Lundon Mahnomen, MN
3 31X Tim Shiek Fargo, ND
4 12X Aaron Kappes Ada, MN
5 2 Francis Lundon, Jr Waubun, MN
6 70 Jason Keller Bejou, MN
7 13 William Beckman Mahnomen, MN
8 43L Andrew Lundon Mahnomen, MN
9 9 Chad Geray Mahnomen, MN
10 26 Kenneth Crane Mahnomen, MN
11 48 Kenny Domogalla Detroit Lakes, MN
12 96 Jobie Gutzmer Erhard, MN

Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 6 Conrad Schwinn Little Falls, MN
2 40 Corry VanMil Lake Park, MN
3 007 Tyler Elser Fargo, ND
4 1X Cody Erickson Ulen, MN
5 37 Dean Larson Pennock, MN
6 28 Jay Lere Moorhead, MN
7 97 Justin Schneider Willmar, MN

Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 55 Matthew Greseth Harwood, ND
2 14 Matthew Ohnstad Harwood, ND
3 8 James Hanson ,
4 27H Paul Hartman Willmar, MN
5 16 Josh Abrahamson Moorhead, MN
6 36 Ryan Buer Willmar, MN
7 79 Tony Mack Buxton, ND

Heat 4
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 7W Chad West Twin Valley, MN
2 77 Brady Dyrdahl Shevlin, MN
3 15 Scott Abrahamson Moorhead, MN
4 48N Larry Niemi Mahnomen, MN
5 27 Bryan Sunde Glyndon, MN
6 24 David Moe Solway, MN

Feature
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 30 Shayne Laske Moorhead, MN
2 007 Tyler Elser Fargo, ND
3 55 Matthew Greseth Harwood, ND
4 73 Steve Johnson Alexandria, MN
5 40 Corry VanMil Lake Park, MN
6 6 Conrad Schwinn Little Falls, MN
7 87 George Simmens Grand Rapids, MN
8 7W Chad West Twin Valley, MN
9 27H Paul Hartman Willmar, MN
10 37 Dean Larson Pennock, MN
11 16 Josh Abrahamson Moorhead, MN
12 1X Cody Erickson Ulen, MN
13 28 Jay Lere Moorhead, MN
14 8 James Hanson ,
15 15 Scott Abrahamson Moorhead, MN
16 2H Fran Hauber Park Rapids, MN
17 79 Tony Mack Buxton, ND
18 48N Larry Niemi Mahnomen, MN
19 76 Scott Sailer Fargo, ND
20 36 Ryan Buer Willmar, MN
21 14 Matthew Ohnstad Harwood, ND
22 97 Justin Schneider Willmar, MN
23 77 Brady Dyrdahl Shevlin, MN
24 27 Bryan Sunde Glyndon, MN
25 21 Dustin Knutson Bemidji, MN
26 24 David Moe Solway, MN
27 6M Eric Monson Harwood, ND

Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 10TR Bob Martin East Grand Forks, MN
2 33 Scott McDonald East Grand Forks, MN
3 4J Lee Grosz Harwood, ND
4 81 Chris Burke Grand Forks, ND
5 31 Shane Roemeling Grand Forks, ND
6 K9 Kenny Melanson Duluth, MN
7 17 Dave Sobczak Winnipeg,

Feature
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 21K Lou Kennedy, Jr Winnipeg,
2 10TR Bob Martin East Grand Forks, MN
3 4J Lee Grosz Harwood, ND
4 33 Scott McDonald East Grand Forks, MN
5 92 Mike Sitzmann Fargo, ND
6 81 Chris Burke Grand Forks, ND
7 K9 Kenny Melanson Duluth, MN
8 31 Shane Roemeling Grand Forks, ND
9 20K Thomas Kennedy Winnipeg,
10 8 Casey Mack East Grand Forks, MN
11 34 Scott Butz Harwood, ND
12 35 Brenden Wilde Thief River Falls, MN
13 14 Tom Egeland Climax, MN
14 7 Dan Wiskow Roseau, MN
15 17 Dave Sobczak Winnipeg

Hot Summer Nights, Hot Racing Action At River Cities Speedway
Date Posted:  July 9th, 2007
Written By:  Mike Orness

On a night where the temps were about the hottest they’ve been all summer, seventy-three teams entered the back gate for the Premier Racing Series sponsored by Aaron’s Sales & Lease of Grand Forks . It was also Hugos Family Fun night in which a lucky kid would win a bicycle given by the Grand Forks County Sheriffs Department. Going into the night, Snare was the point leader over Geringer in the Unicel Street Stocks, while Strand held a huge lead over SanGrait in the Dempsey Truck Service Midwest Modifieds.  Joey Pederson and Mike Balcaen continue the tightest points race of all classes with Pederson only one point ahead of Balcaen in the Atekparts.com Late Models. Mark Dobmeier continues to lead the Eide Motors Sprint point standings by thirty-five over Jason Linnell.

To get the night started, eighteen drivers were split into three heat races for the Street Stocks. Dave Wittner won the first heat from the pole with Greg Jose second. Steffen Snare also won from the pole in the second heat over Bryce Reimer. Kyle Leake held off Jim Geringer for the win to conclude the third heat race for the Unicel MDRA/DTRA Street Stocks.

Two heat races were scheduled for the Dempsey Truck Service Midwest Modifieds. Ryan Schroeder and Chris Vargason lead the field around to take the green flag for the first heat. Vargason lead every lap except the last when Schroeder passed him to take the checkered flag. James SanGrait passed Joe Freeman to capture the win during the second heat race. SanGrait started outside the front row with Freeman on the pole.

Doyle Erickson added a heat race win to his totals this year during the first heat race for the Atek Parts DTRA Late Models. Erickson passed Anderson for the lead with Balcaen moving up one spot to finish second with
Anderson third. James SanGrait and troy Schill started on the front row for the second heat race, with SanGrait taking the checkered flag first after passing Schill for the lead Pederson started in the last row and moved forward to finish fourth behind Seng.

Twenty-four NOSA Sprint Car teams entered and were split into three heat races. Mark Dobmeier won the first heat from the back row with a last lap pass on Casey Mack who had started in the second row after Tom Cummings elected to start in the back instead of on the pole. During the race, Austin Monson cartwheeled his sprint car on the backstretch after contact with Roemeling. Austin was ok after being checked by track paramedics. The second heat race had Wiskow and Egeland on the front row and the caution flag flew before one lap was complete for Linnell with mechanical issues. When the race was restarted it was Egeland and McDonald out to the lead first. Egeland held the lead for a brief period then McDonald passed him for the lead and the win. Wade Nygaard came from the back row to claim second with Egeland third. Graham and Nikitenko lead the third flight of sprints to the green flag with Fredrickson and Glennon in the second row. On the start it was Nikitenko that grabbed the lead and led most of the race until Glennon passed him late in the race for the win. Chris Shirek came from the back row to finish third ahead of Fredrickson.

During the Hugos & Nestle candy toss during the intermission, officials worked the track, and drivers completed the redraws in the pit area. Once the lineups were completed the Unicel MDRA Street Stocks made their way onto the track with Wittner and Jose on the front row. Current point leader, Snare started in the eighth spot with Geringer in the next row. Wittner grabbed the lead immediately with Beier moving up quickly from the fifth spot. With just seven laps to go, Snare had made his way up to the third spot and looked to take the second spot from Beier when the caution flag waved. Snare was scored second and fronstretch flagman, Gordy Tuel lined up the rest of the field behind Wittner. The race went green to checkered after that with Snare unable to get past Wittner for the lead and actually slipped back one spot with Beier passing him for the second spot. Jim Geringer finished fourth with Potter fifth after starting sixth.

The next Premier Racing Series division to race their feature was the Dempsey Truck Service Midwest Modifieds. Joe Freeman and Dave Hultstrand were on the front row with Gary Sonstelie and Dustin Ness behind them on the start. Freeman and Hultstrand raced for the first spot while Hultstrand eventually would pull out to lead just shortly after the first caution. The second caution flew when the lineup wasn’t correct so the officials realigned the field and gave them the green. The third caution came out and turned to a red flag when SanGrait was racing hard for the lead and ended up rolling over coming out of turn two. Contact between the leader, Hultstrand, and SanGrait is what caused the wreck, but James was ok and was happy to conduct a short interview by Norm King, the RCS roving reporter. Hultstrand went to the pits with a flat left front tire and didn’t come back which gave the lead to Joe Freeman. Sonstelie followed Freeman to the next green flag. Two more cautions would fly for minor incidents, and with seven laps to go, strand was challenging for the lead from the eleventh starting spot. Strand was able to complete the pass and win the feature with Sonstelie also sneaking past Freeman for the second spot. Rod Peterson chased Freeman across the line for fourth and after going tailend earlier in the race, Bryan LePier finished fifth.

There were sixteen Atek Parts Late Model starters for their twenty lap feature with Troy Schill and Ricky Weiss on the pole. Cody Skytland and Joey Pederson started in the second row. When the green flag dropped it was a race for second as Troy Schill jumped out to lead the first lap. Pederson, Skytland, Weiss were racing hard for the second spot when Balcaen moved into the picture with four laps complete. Pederson held on to the second spot with Skytland third when the yellow flag waved for Erickson. With the field realigned, they were given the green again. This time the yellow waved for cars that went off the track which were Anderson and Jacobson. They were sent tailend and the green flag was given to Troy Schill who was still leading the race. With just three more laps complete, Pederson made his move on Schill for the lead. At the same time, Balcaen and Seng passed Weiss for the fourth and fifth spot. The last caution of the night came out with eleven laps to go and Pederson in the lead. Under green flag racing again, Seng motored past Schill and Skytland to claim the second spot with Balcaen in tow. In the closing laps, Pederson held a comfortable lead with Send and Balcaen racing for the second spot. Soon Erickson moved into the picture after making his way through the field from a early race caution. When Pederson crossed the checkered flag, Erickson had just passed Balcaen to secure the third spot but couldn’t get past Seng who finished second. Balcaen was fourth as Dale Skytland added a top five finish to his stats

The last feature event of the evening was being pushed off from the pits once Pederson’s victory lane photos were taken. The Eide Motors NOSA Sprint Car twenty-five lap feature was set with Dobmeier and Shirek starting at the back for this race. Egeland and Nikitenko led the field of twenty-three drivers to the green flag. McDonald and Egeland raced eachother tight, just like the heat race, but it was McDonald that was scored as the leader when the first caution flag was thrown for Nick Shirek in turn four. With just three laps complete Dobmeier was already up to twelfth after starting in the back. McDonald led the field back to the green flag as Nygaard worked his way up from the eighth starting spot to third. Glennon, Mack, and Martin put on a great show for the fans as they were racing for the fourth spot with seven laps complete. Martin passed Glennon, then the caution flag waved for Lee Grosz who evidently slipped off the track. That yellow had just came out after Nygaard passed McDonald for the lead the previous lap. With just sixteen laps to go, there were two more cautions for cars that spun as Dobmeier was closing in on the top three spots. Under green again Dobmeier passed McDonald for the second spot but ironically would be voided with thirteen laps to go for a caution flag. The flag was restarted as Nygaard led the field. On the start, Wiskow’s left rear tire came off coming to the cone on the frontstretch. Nygaard was getting tested as there were two more cautions that came out in the closing laps with Dobmeier right behind him. With just a few laps to go, Dobmeier’s front wing came loose which made him work at steering the car more. Nygaard increased his lead a little while Martin had secured the third spot over Glennon. Once Wade held off Dobmeier and crossed under the checkered flag, Mack claimed the fifth spot over McDonald with Glennon finishing behind Martin. Props to the Austin Monson team that pieced back together their car to start the feature after the nasty wreck in the heat race. Wade Nygaard claimed his first win at River Cities Speedway this year, by holding off Dobmeier who started in the last row.

July 13^th will be the next Premier Racing Series and will be held during the Grand Forks County Fair! July 11^th through the 15^th will be very busy for the Fairgrounds, including concerts, lawnmower races, demo derby, racing, along with all the midway rides and 4-H activities. Visit www.grandforksfair.com for more information.

DTRA - www.dtraracing.com
 
NOSA - www.nosasprints.com
 
RCS - www.rivercitiesspeedway.com
 
MDRA - www.midwestdirtracing.com

 RIVER CITIES SPEEDWAY JULY 6TH RACE RESULTS SUMMARY

MDRA/DTRA Street Stocks

Heat #1

1. 44W-Dave Wittner

2. 93-Greg Jose

3. 23B-Rick Beier

4. 10-Joe Potter

5. 27-Tyson Anderson

6. 420-Don Jimison

Heat #2

1. 71-Steffan Snare

2. 03-Bryce Reimer

3. 88-Sheldon Peterson

4. 2-Darren Erickson

5. 63-Greg Neumann

6. 20-John Halvorson

Heat #3

1. 12L-Kyle Leake

2. 12-Jim Geringer

3. 15-Rodney Hulst

4. 3-Adam Thompson

5. 66-Dale Fugelberg

6. 44-Paul Heaton

Feature

1. 44W-Dave Wittner

2. 23B-Rick Beier

3. 71-Steffan Snare

4. 12-Jim Geringer

5. 10-Joe Potter

6. 12L-Kyle Leake

7. 63-Greg Neumann

8. 88-Sheldon Peterson

9. 15-Rodney Hulst

10. 3-Adam Thompson

11. 66-Dale Fugelberg

12. 44-Paul Heaton

13. 27-Tyson Anderson

14. 2-Darren Erickson

15. 03-Bryce Reimer

16. 20-John Halvorson
17. 93-Greg Jose

DTRA/MDRA Midwest Modifieds

Heat #1

1.77R-Ryan Schroeder

2. 6C-Chris Vargason

3. 311-Andy Neumann

4. 7X-Dustin Ness

5. 13-Bryan LePier

6. 71-Dustin Strand

7. 22-Rod Peterson

8. 5R-Dave Riopelle

Heat #2

1. 53-James SanGrait

2. 2-Joe Freeman

3. 35X-Dan Ness

4. 18X-Gary Sonstelie

5. 54-David Hultstrand

6. 81X-Matt Sparby

7. 40-Patrick Sobolik

Feature

1. 71-Dustin Strand

2. 18X-Gary Sonstelie

3. 2-Joe Freeman

4. 22-Rod Peterson

5. 13-Bryan LePier

6. 35X-Dan Ness

7. 7X-Dustin Ness

8. 40-Patrick Sobolik

9. 5R-Dave Riopelle

10. 81X-Matt Sparby

11. 77R-Ryan Schroeder

12. 311-Andy Neumann

13. 6C-Chris Vargason

14. 53-James SanGrait
15. 54-David Hultstrand

DTRA Super Late Models

Heat #1

1. 99-Doyle Erickson

2. 10-Mike Balcaen

3. 9-Steve Anderson

4. 7-Ricky Weiss

5. 75JR-Cody Skytland

6. 75-Dale Skytland

7. 35-John Halvorson

8. 28-Doug Amundson

Heat #2

1. 52-James SanGrait

2. 11-Troy Schill

3. 12-Brad Seng

4. 7P-Joey Pederson

5. T1-Tom Corcoran

6. 09-Brandon Burke

7. 37-Mark Jacobson

8. U1-Dave Tyrchniewicz

Feature

1. 7P-Joey Pederson

2. 12-Brad Seng

3. 99-Doyle Erickson

4. 10-Mike Balcaen

5. 75-Dale Skytland

6. 9-Steve Anderson

7. 11-Troy Schill

8. 75JR-Cody Skytland

9. 09-Brandon Burke

10. 7-Ricky Weiss

11. T1-Tom Corcoran

12. U1-Dave Tyrchniewicz

13. 28-Doug Amundson

14. 37-Mark Jacobson

15. 35-John Halvorson
16. 52-James SanGrait

NOSA Outlaw Sprints

Heat #1

1. 13-Mark Dobmeier

2. 8-Casey Mack

3. 10-Bob Martin

4. 4J-Lee Grosz

5. 35-Brendon Wilde

6. 69-Tom Cummings

7. 31-Shane Roemeling

8. 14M-Austin Monson

Heat #2

1. 33-Scott McDonald

2. 9-Wade Nygaard

3. 14-Tom Egeland

4. 21K-Lou Kennedy Jr.

5. 92-Mike Sitzman Jr.

6. 81-Chris Burke

7. 7-Danny Wiskow

8. 22-Jason Linnell

Heat #3

1. 5-Dave Glennon

2. 6-Greg Nikitenko

3. 1-Chris Shirek

4. 41-Jade Fredrickson

5. 17-Dave Sobczak

6. 11-Nick Shirek

7. 99-Jordan Graham

8. 50-Ryan Flaten

Feature

1. 9-Wade Nygaard

2. 13-Mark Dobmeier

3. 10-Bob Martin

4. 5-Dave Glennon

5. 8-Casey Mack

6. 33-Scott McDonald

7. 92-Mike Sitzman Jr.

8. 17-Dave Sobczak

9. 21K-Lou Kennedy Jr.

10. 14-Tom Egeland

11. 50-Ryan Flaten

12. 4J-Lee Grosz

13. 35-Brendon Wilde

14. 41-Jade Fredrickson

15. 99-Jordan Graham

16. 11-Nick Shirek

17. 1-Chris Shirek

18. 31-Shane Roemeling

19. 6-Greg Nikitenko

20. 7-Danny Wiskow

21. 81-Chris Burke

22. 69-Tom Cummings
23. 14M-Austin Monson

The first heat races of the night were the four cylinder Hornet cars. There were two heat races with the first heat race win going to Scott Vasichek. Tiffany Sten led the race early on but was passed Vasichek with a couple laps complete. Bryan Russell finished second to Vasichek with Justin Myers picking up third place. Current point leader, Richard Barnes drew the pole for the second heat race and led every lap to pick up another heat race win. Brandin Nelson and Mitchell Swenning chased him across the line.

There was one Pure Stock heat race for the night with Kristen Arends and Kevin Kollman on the front row. When the green flag dropped Kollman grabbed the lead first but was eventually overtaken by Lance Schill who started in the third row. Schill continued to lead every lap thereafter and picked up the heat win. Kollman finished second with Jason Schuh third.

For the MDRA/DTRA Street Stocks, there were two heat races with the current point leader, Steffen Snare on the pole for the first heat race. Snare grabbed the lead when the green flag dropped. Greg Neumann ran second with Joe Potter third for most of the race. Potter was able to get underneath Neumann for the second spot with two laps remaining. Snare won the heat race with Potter second and Neumann third. Dale Fugleberg came from the last row to finish fourth. The second heat race for the street stocks had Cliff Reeves and James Meagher on the front row. Reeves grabbed the lead right away with Wittner second. Meagher got a little loose in turn two which forced Geringer to slow and avoid him. Geringer lost a lot of ground to the leaders, but salvaged a fourth place finish to Reeves who grabbed the heat race win. Wittner was second and Rick Beier third.

There were twenty-three Midwest Modified teams that entered the Firecracker 40 sponsored by Lake Chevrolet . There were three heat races with the first heat race won by Rich Pavlicek of Fargo, ND . Pavlicek started outside Ryan Restad on the front row. LePier and Klaudt were in the second row and all put on a dash for the lead, but it was Pavlicek in the end that was in the lead. Restad placed second ahead of Kenny Klaudt of Bismarck, ND . During the start of the second heat race, Josh Eberhardt and Karl Tollefson put the pressure on Patrick Sobolik who started on the pole. Tollefson grabbed the lead from the outside pole position and then Eberhardt passed Tollefson for the lead two laps later with Sobolik running third. After a lap one caution charged to Dustin Nelson, Nelson made his way back through the field to challenge Tollefson and Tuchscherer for the second spot. When Eberhardt took the checkered flag it was Nelson in second and tuchscherer third. Tollefson finished fourth with Sobolik fifth. The third and final heat race of the night had the current track points leader starting fourth with Jason Halverson on the pole and Tim Compson outside of Halverson. On the start there was a caution which restarted the field in the came order. On the second start it was Halverson who grabbed the lead first with
Strand moving up to the second spot. Strand eventually passed Halverson for the lead and led every lap thereafter for the heat win. Halverson held off Tony Johnson and Bobby Eckerdt who started in the back of the heat race.

Officials took a brief intermission to work the track and get the lineups posted for the feature races of the night. There was a candy toss for the kids from the flagstand along with some trivia from track announcer Terry Blacklance. With the track prepared for the features the first feature of Hornets was ready to go.

The Hornet feature was lined up according to the finish of the two heat races. The inside row was the inverted finish from the second heat race, and the outside starting spots were the inverted finish of the first heat race. With the field given the green flag there was no laps complete as the yellow flag waved for contact and a car stopped on the track. On the second restart Sten was scored as the leader with Krumwiede second. By the completion of the second lap, Barnes and Vasichek had made their way through the field and were looking to take over the lead. On the next lap, Barnes passed sten for the lead and went on to win his sixth consecutive race. Bryan Russell claimed the second spot over Vasichek in third. Sten rounded out the top five with Krumwiede ahead of her crossing the checkered flag.

Mark Tuenge and Aaron Restad started the Pure Stock feature on the front row with Lee Dahl and James Ackerman in the second row. On the start Restad raced to the lead with Dahl in second and Ackerman . A couple laps later Lance Schill moved into the second spot by passing Ackerman as Kollman slipped back. With just four laps to go, Schill passed Restad for the lead and led every lap till the checkerd flag came out to claim his fifth consecutive feature win. Restad was second to Schill with Mark Schwan third, Jason Schuh fourth and Kevin Kollman fifth.

The feature for the MDRA/DTRA Street Stocks was next as they rolled up onto the track for fifteen laps. Joe Potter and Jim Geringer lined up on the front row with Neumann and Wittner in the second row. When the green flag dropped it was Potter and Geringer that raced side by side along with Neumann and Wittner side by side for almost two laps till Potter claimed the lead with Geringer falling in behind him. The first caution came out when Arends made contact with Fugleberg which forced him off the backstretch. Once the field was realigned with Potter out front, the rest were double file and given the green flag. Potter continued to lead, but was heavily pressured by Geringer and soon Snare as he made his way up from the ninth starting spot. With all the front runners crowding the bottom of the track, Snare snuck in below Geringer for the second spot. Two laps later Snare did the same with Potter to claim the lead. The next caution came out when Neumann made contact with the front wall. The field was lined up again and given the green one last time for the remainder of the race. Snare pulled out to about a four car lead with Potter and Geringer chasing him. Late in the race Rick Beier put some pressure on Geringer for the third spot was unable to complete the pass. Snare won the feature race with Potter and Geringer in tow. Beier was fourth after starting seventh and Wittner was fifth from the fourth starting spot.

The last feature of the night was the forty lap Firecracker 40 for the DTRA/MDRA Midwest Modifieds sponsored by
Lake Chevrolet . All twenty three cars would start the feature lined up straight up from the heat races. The first two heat race winners, Rich Pavlicek and Josh Eberhardt made up the front row with the third heat race winner inside the second row. On the first lap, in the middle of turns one and two was a pile up of cars who couldn’t avoid the contact between Eberhardt and Pavlicek. Jerry Theis who started back in seventieth ended up with the worst damage to the left front and was unable to continue. Pavlicek look to escape anything major, but pitted to check things out.

The field was lined back up and given the green flag. Another caution for Halverson who spun in turn four. Andy Neumann pitted with a left front flat and started tailend. Once again the field was lined up with no laps complete. This time Dustin Strand grabbed the lead with Eberhardt second and Restad pressuring them for the lead. With two laps complete the yellow flag flew again. This time there were two other cautions and many yellow flag laps. The green was given to Strand who held the lead out front and the rest of the field double-file. The scoreboard now read four laps complete instead of two, and the race went green for quite awhile as all the drivers crowded the bottom groove. Soon Tollefson and Johnson tried the next groove up. At times they were two and three wide as the race was for spot within the top five between six different cars. Eberhardt continued to hold onto second with Restad third Eckerdt fourth and Tollefson fifth. The sixth caution came out for Edwards.

The field was lined up again and given the green. On the restarts, drivers would actually be three wide in the corners. Some gained some spots and some lost spots. This restart seen Eberhardt slip backwards with Restad and Tollefson racing for the second spot. During all of this action up front, Pavlicek made his way through the field and was racing for a top five spot with about 8 laps remaining. After a brief caution for Vargason, the field was once again under green flag racing. On this restart Pavlicek moved into the top five with Eckerdt and Eberhardt slipping back two spots. With just six laps to go, Strand continued to lead the field with Tollefson running second briefly then Pavlicek passing him to claim the spot. Eckerdt made his way back up to the fourth spot with Restad in the mix also when another caution for Klaudt came out. The field was realigned and given the green flag again. With no laps complete contact between Tuchscherer and Nelson brought out the second to last caution.

There was one other caution once the field was given the green flag again and that was for contact between Tony Johnson who drove over Nelsons left front tire, then proceeded to run into the back of Tim Compson and spin him out in front of the flagstand. That was the final caution, but meanwhile up front the restarts were the most exciting as the top five drivers all had a chance for the second spot. Some crowded the bottom while others made the next groove up work for them. With the double-file restarts the last few laps made it exciting and in the final laps Restad made his way back up from the fourth spot to claim the second spot over Pavlicek as Dustin Strand took the checkered flag and won the Firecracker 40. Bobby Eckerdt raced from the twelfth spot to finish fourth in front of Josh Eberhardt who finished fifth. Karl Tollefson from Beltrami, MN was once in second and raced hard throughout the night finished in the sixth spot slipping back on the last restart. Reinke finished seventh after starting in the eighteenth spot with Ryan Schroeder finishing in eighth coming from the sixteenth spot. Andy Neumann, who raced his second race of the year finished ninth with Jason Halverson tenth.

Devils Lake Speedway will be back in action this Saturday as it is Kids Night! Kids 12 and under will be admitted for free. They also will have a chance to ride in the racecars as drivers will give them rides around the racetrack. Get there early so this can be completed before the races! All classes will be racing the next two Saturday’s as Devils Lake Speedway will be gearing up and promoting their next Midwest Modified $1000 to win race on July 28^th .

DEVILS LAKE SPEEDWAY JULY 7TH RACE RESULTS SUMMARY

DLS Hornets
Heat 1
1. Scott Vasichek
2. Bryan Russell
3. Justin Meyers
4. Steve Tronson
5. Nathan Krumwiede
6. Tiffany Sten

Heat 2
1.  Richard Barnes
2.  Brandin Nelson
3. Mitchell Swenning
4. Rod Cavanaugh
5. Howard Strand
6. Tracy Kraft

Feature
1. Richard Barnes
2. Bryan Russell
3. Scott Vasichek
4. Nathan Krumwiede
5. Tiffany Sten
6.  Howard Strand
7. Steve Tronson
8. Mitchell Swenning
9. Justin Meyers
10. Brandin Nelson
11. Rod Cavanaugh
12. Tracy Kraft

MDRA Pure Stocks
Heat 1
1.  Lance Schill
2. Kevin Kollman
3. Jason Schuh
4. Kristen Arends
5. James Ackerman
6. Lee Dahl
7. Aaron Restad
8. Mark Tuenge

Feature
1. Lance Schill (8)
2. Aaron Restad (2)
3. James Ackerman (4)