May 10th 2007 Norman County Raceway Race Report From KRJB 106.3 FM:
Date Posted:  May 12th, 2007
Written By:  Jim Birkemeyer 
 
Week two of racing at Norman County Raceway in Ada, Minnesota was again filled with thrills, spills, roll-overs and a Midwest mod's feature that saw five cars taken from the track with tow-trucks and out of the race with one mishap between the third and fourth corners. The Mod-Fours also had a end over end flip and roll-over with Scott Beckman being the unfortunate driver. Fortunately, all drivers were safe after the accidents. Many drivers and pit-crews will be busy before the next race!

Here's the race results from Thursday May 10th at Norman County Raceway. A total of 76 cars and drivers and a crowd of again over 500 to enjoy the racing excitement.

4-Cylinders:
Heat One: first danny westman, second duane opdahl, third dan bolstad.
Heat Two: first troy kuehl, second bill beckman, third patrick lundon

Feature Results: first dan bolstad, second danny westman, third tyler hall, fourth duane opdahl, fifth bill beckman. (bolstad finished ahead of westman by a bumper at the photo-finish)

Pure Stocks:
Heat One: first ken crane, second bill beckman, third brandon hilliard
Heat Two: first tim shiek, second paul olson, third dean lundon.

Feature Results: first ken crane, second tim shiek, third kenny domogalla, fourth dean lundon, fifth andrew lundon.

Mod Fours:
Heat One: first david moe, second jay lere, third scott abrahamson.
Heat Two: first cody erickson, second shayne laske, third corry vanmil.

Feature Results: first shayne laske, second cody erickson, third david moe, fourth corry vanmil, fifth cory ohnstad. (laske has won the feature the first two weeks at ncr)

Midwest Mods:
Heat One: first dustin strand, second ron sauer, third danny strem
Heat Two: first chris tuchscherer., second travis sauer, third jake bitker.
Heat Three: first rich pavlicek, second brock gronwold, third derek bernstien

Feature Results: For the second consecutive week, the Midwest Mods feature was shortened. There were two cautions before a lap was completed. The third yellow flag came after one lap completed. Five caution flags were out with 11 laps to go. After another yellow flag, the race was shortened to five laps remaining. With two laps to go, another yellow caution flag. The race resumed and Travis Sauer (who was in the pole position) raced to the win. All the accidents and cautions were happening behind Sauer who had to hold off Brock Gronwold at the end. Finishing third was Chris Tuchscherer, fourth was Ron Sauer, fifth Brett Abrahamson. Tom Borgen finished sixth. These six cars were the only cars that finished the accident and caution flag filled race of the 19 cars that started.

Modifieds:
Heat One: first blake jegtvig, second michael greseth, third jason grimes.
Heat Two: first alex engelstad, second brian strand, third steven pfeifer
Heat Three: first dev malmlov, second jason miller, third david riopelle

Feature Results: (the 17 laps went green to checkered flag) first dev malmlov, second brian strand, third michael greseth, fourth alex engelstad, fifth jason miller.

You're invited to come watch "the big boys play" next Thursday night at the Norman County Raceway in Ada, Minnesota. Pit gates open at 4:30pm, hot laps at 6:30pm, racing at 7pm.  "Revv-up" to racing with the rev-up radio race show on KRJB Radio 106.3fm starting at 6:30 Thursday. nights. The "ncr fast - track race report" is friday morning at 11am on krjb 106.3fm.

NW Minnesota / North Dakota Lawn Mower Race Series Details Coming Soon:
Date Posted:  May 12th, 2007
Written By:  Terry Blacklance 
 
Plans are in the works for a Northwest Minnesota / North Dakota Lawn Mower Racing Series for two divisions of riding lawn mowers.  Drivers interested in participating in this Lawn Mower Racing Series can view the rules and entry form below.  A racing schedule is currently being developed and will be posted once its finalized.

2007 MDRA LAWN MOWER RACING SERIES -  ENTRY FORM

MDRA 2007 LAWN MOWER RACING SERIES - General Rules

2007 MDRA LAWN MOWER RACING SERIES - Super Stock Rules

2007 MDRA LAWN MOWER RACING SERIES - Outlaw Rules

Pederson & SanGrait Pick Up DTRA Wins.  Dobmeier & Wittner Also Victorious:
Date Posted:  May 13th, 2007
Written By:  Mike Orness 
 
After cancellation of last week’s program due to weather, River Cities Speedway was back on track with their Premier Racing Series. An abundant amount of cars entered the pits with some new faces and car numbers since Red River
Valley Speedway cancelled their program because of rain. Also some new Street Stock and Midwest Mod drivers that just weren’t ready the first week. The track was fast and heavy which was totally different than the prior race night.

The track was packed and race ready for the first heat race of three for the Unicel Street Stocks. Greg Neumann jumped out to an early lead and led every lap to cross the finish line ahead of Any Thompson and Rick Beier. Steffen Snare held off Aaron Olson and Jim Geringer to win heat two. Dan McNammee of Arvilla took the checkered flag first for the last street stock heat race ahead of Dale Fugleberg and Henry Peters.

The Dempsey Truck Service Midwest Modifieds were next on the track also running three heat races. Gary Sonstelie dominated the first heat race over Chris Vargason and Ryan Schroeder. Bobby Eckerdt crossed the finish line ahead of the first weeks feature winner, Dustin Strand. James Sangrait finished a strong third. Brock Gronwold who made the tow north because of the rainout in West Fargo , borrowed some Goodyear tires from Dyrdahl and won his first DTRA heat race. Joe Freeman and Gary Nelson Jr finished second and third to wrap up the heat races for the Midwest modified class.

The DTRA Super Late Models who are supported by Atek Auto Parts ran three heat races of almost 10 cars each. Joey Pederson raced forward to claim the first heat race win over Brad Seng and James SanGrait. During a caution Howie Schill pulled off the track after running third. The second heat race was won by the first week’s feature winner, Mike Balcaen. Stevie Anderson and Dale Skytland finished just behind Balcaen. Ryan Corbett looked fast and didn’t make any mistakes to capture the third heat race win. Youngster, Cody Skytland finished second ahead of Troy Olson who made his first RCS appearance.

There were twenty four NOSA Sprint Cars on hand sponsored by Eide Motors. Jason Linnell was a rocket and easily won the first heat race over Jeff Vonasek and Scott McDonald. Bob Martin won the second heat race by not making any mistakes and held off Tom Egeland. Dave Sobczak finished third. Mark Dobmeier started in the second row and raced his way to the front with Nygaard in pursuit. Dobmeier crossed the line ahead of Nygaard, with Austin Monson third.

There were two B-Mains that were needed. One for the street stocks and one for the late models. Steve Jose took the checkered flag to transfer to the feature along with Tyson Anderson, Joe Potter and Kris Austreng. There were eight late models that ran the b-main with Tom Balcaen taking the checkered flag. Todd Truedson, Brandon Fuller, Howie Schill, Ricky Weiss all transferred to the feature also.

The Unicel Street Stock Feature event had Kerry Austreng and Henry Peters on the front row to start the fifteen lapper. Witner and Peters battled for the lead while Olson and Thompson and Geringer mixed it up. Snare made his way up to the front just before a caution came out for a multi-car pileup on the frontstretch. After the officials got the frontstretch cleared, Wittner lead the field around to take the green flag. Peters and Snare moved up to challenge for the lead but it was Snare that would secure the second spot over Peters. Olson, Beier, and Thompson all were racing for a top five spot when another caution came out with three laps to go. Wittner held the lead with Snare second followed by Peters and Olson with the field taking the green flag once more. Wittner crossed the finish line first with Snare right behind him. Peters, Olson and Geringer rounded out the top five, with Tyson Anderson finishing sixth after transferring out the consi.

Up next was the Dempsy Truck Service Midwest Modified feature that had the whole crowd on the edge of their seat the entire feature. Gary Sonstelie and Joe Freeman sat on the front row with Riopelle and Schroeder in the second row. When the green flag dropped it was Sonstelie that burst out to the lead with Riopelle and Strand chasing him. SanGrait had dropped back a couple spots, but then hit the afterburner and burst up to challenge for the lead. There were about 6 cars that were racing for the top three positions at many times during the caution free race. With the track being very tacky and fast, there was some rubbin back and forth, but from a fans perspective it was a great race. Schmidt, Eckerdt, Strand , Sonstelie, Riopelle all had a chance to win it and at times they were three wide in the corners battling for the top spots. In the end it was Sangrait who had about a straightaway lead over Sonstelie and Strand . With only two laps to go, Riopelle slowed and pulled off ending his chance for a top 5 finish. Schmidt and Eckerdt traded some paint for that fourth spot. With the checkered flag in the air, SanGrait won with Sontelie and Strand trailing him. Schmidt and Eckerdt finished in front of Nelson and Lepier. Gronwold and Dale Kraling were in the mix for a potential top six finish but settled for eighth and ninth.

With the crowd fired up after the Midwest Modified feature, the DTRA Super Late Models rumbled up on the track sponsored by Atek Auto Parts. With the field almost ready to go, Howie Schill stopped on the front stretch with a left rear tire issue and was assisted to the pits and not able to start the feature. Cody Skytland and James SanGrait led the field around for the green. Doug Amundson and Dale Skytland were in the second row. It looked as if SanGrait was on a mission just like in his Midwest Modified as he shot out to the lead. Then a strong running Joey Pederson showed up to challenge for the top two spots with Pederson overtaking SanGrait on the low side. Mike Balcaen also appeared and was challenging Cody Skytland for the third spot. While the race went green for awhile, Sangrait seemed to slow which brought out a caution and pull off with what seemed to be a tire issue. Also pulling off the track was Hapka, Anderson and Weiss. Before the green was given Pederson, Weiss made it back on the track. In the closing laps, Pederson was too strong for Balcaen to get past him as Seng looked to get past both Skytlands. Cody ended up slipping back a few spots which allowed Troy Olson to move up a spot or two. When the checkered flag was in the air, Pederson crossed under it first with Balcaen and Seng following. Dale Skytland held his own and finished fourth with Olson chaulking up a top five finish.

The high powered NOSA Outlaw Sprints were the last feature of the night. Vonasek and Linnell were on the front row with Roemeling and McDonald just behind them. On the start, Linnell looked to be the one to beat with Monson and Dobmeier making their way up to challenge for the lead. With about five laps complete, Dobmeier found his way past Linnell for the lead. After two cautions, Dobmeier still held the lead with Linnnell and Monson not far behind, after the restart, Bob Martin motored his way through some traffic to move into a top five spot. A third caution came out when Chris Shirek, Lou Kennedy Jr., and Richard Rogers tangled in the middle of turns one and two, with all being assisted pitside. After the field was given the green flag again, Dobmeier continued to make some distance on the rest of the field with Linnell and Martin racing for the second spot. It would be Martin that secured the second spot then Linnell and Monson. After two more brief cautions, the field basically stayed the way they were running with Dobmeier picking up his first win at River Cities Speedway in 2007. Martin was second, followed by Linnell, Monson, and McDonald.

  RIVER CITIES SPEEDWAY MAY 11TH RACE RESULTS SUMMARY  

DTRA/MDRA Street Stocks
Heat #1

1. 63-Greg Neumann

2. 3-Andy Thompson

3. 23-Rick Beier

4. 12L-Kyle Leake

5. 88-Sheldon Peterson

6. 18-Scott Messner

7. 93-Steve Jose

8. 25K-JR Mutcher

9. 44X-Britton Smith

Heat #2

1. 71-Steffan Snare

2. 14-Aaron Olson

3. 12-Jim Geringer

4. 44W-Dave Wittner

5. 43-Dan Arends

6. 105-Terry Blacklance

7. 10-Joe Potter

8. 27-Tyson Anderson

Heat #3

1. 29-Dan McNamee

2. 66-Dale Fugelberg

3. 40-Henry Peters

4. 22-Kerry Austreng

5. 15-Rodney Hulst

6. 03-Bryce Reimer

7. C4-Cliff Reeves

8. 420-Don Jimison

9. 99-Kris Austreng

Feature

1. 44W-Dave Wittner

2. 71-Steffan Snare

3. 40-Henry Peters

4. 14-Aaron Olson

5. 12-Jim Geringer

6. 27-Tyson Anderson

7. 23-Rick Beier

8. 29-Dan McNamee

9. 12L-Kyle Leake

10. 63-Greg Neumann

11. 10-Joe Potter

12. 18-Scott Messner

13. 3-Adam Thompson

14. 03-Bryce Reimer

15. 66-Dale Fugelberg

16. 88-Sheldon Peterson

17. 15-Rodney Hulst

18. 93-Steve Jose

19. 99-Kris Austreng

20. 14-Aaron Olson

21. 44X-Britton Smith

22. 22-Kerry Austreng

23. 43-Dan Arends

1. 18X-Gary Sonstelie

2. 6C-Chris Vargason

3. 77R-Ryan Schroeder

4. 32-Brett Schmidt

5. 22-Rod Peterson

6. 29-Ron Olafason

7. 7-Dale Kraling

8. 35-John Halvorson

Heat #2

1. B1-Bobby Eckerdt

2. 71-Dustin Strand

3. 53-James SanGrait

4. 575-Jesse Olson

5. 13-Brian LePier

6. 54-David Hulstrand

7. 81X-Matt Sparby

Heat #3

1. 2G-Brock Gronwold

2. 2-Joe Freeman

3. 74-Gary Nelson Jr.

4. 5R-Dave Riopelle

5. 9J-Jason Strand

6. 7X-Dustin Ness

7. 26Z-Johnny Zastrow

8. 40-Patrick Sobolik

Feature

1. 53-James SanGrait

2. 18X-Gary Sonstelie

3. 71-Dustin Strand

4. 32-Brett Schmidt

5. B1-Bobby Eckerdt

6. 74-Gary Nelson Jr.

7. 13-Brian LePier

8. 2G-Brock Gronwold

9. 7-Dale Kraling

10. 29-Ron Olafason

11. 35-John Halvorson

12. 26Z-Johnny Zastrow

13. 9J-Jason Strand

14. 81X-Matt Sparby

15. 575-Jesse Olson

16. 54-David Hultsrand

17. 7X-Dustin Ness

18. 5R-Dave Riopelle

19. 77R-Ryan Schroeder

20. 40-Patrick Sobolik

21. 22-Rod Peterson

22. 2-Joe Freeman

NOSA Outlaw Sprints
Heat #1

1. 22-Jason Linnell

2. 12-Jeff Vonasek

3. 33-Scott McDonald

4. 35-Brendon Wilde

5. 81-Chris Burke

6. 5-Dave Glennon

7. 21K-Lou Kennedy Jr.

8. 8-Casey Mack

Heat #2

1. 10-Bob Martin

2. 14-Tom Egeland

3. 17-Dave Sobczak

4. 92-Mike Sitzman Jr.

5. 41-Jade Fredrickson

6. 1-Chris Shirek

7. 4-Lee Grosz

8. 50-Ryan Flaten

Heat #3

1. 13-Mark Dobmeier

2. 9-Wade Nygaard

3. 14M-Austin Monson

4. 31-Shane Roemeling

5. RX-Richard Rogers

6. 99-Jordan Graham

7. 91K-Kyle Fedyk

8. 11-Nick Shirek

Feature

1. 13-Mark Dobmeier

2. 10-Bob Martin

3. 22-Jason Linnell

4. 14M-Austin Monson

5. 33-Scott McDonald

6. 17-Dave Sobczak

7. 92-Mike Sitzman Jr.

8. 8-Casey Mack

9. 5-Dave Glennon

10. 81-Chris Burke

11. 4-Lee Grosz

12. 50-Ryan Flaten

13. 99-Jordan Graham

14. 11-Nick Shirek

15. 12-Jeff Vonasek

16. 91K-Kyle Fedyk

17. 14-Tom Egeland

18. 1-Chris Shirek

19. RX-Richard Rogers

20. 21K-Lou Kennedy Jr.

21. 41-Jade Fredrickson

22. 31-Shane Roemeling

DTRA Super Late Models

Heat #1

1. 7P-Joey Pederson

2. 12S-Brad Seng

3. 52-James SnaGrait

4. 18-Dustin Hapka

5. T1-Tom Corcoran

6. 12-Matt Aukland

7. 54-Tom Balcaen

8. F9-Brandon Fuller

9. 4-Harold Schill

Heat #2

1. 10-Mike Balcaen

2. 9-Steve Anderson

3. 75-Dale Skytland

4. 28-Doug Amundson

5. 11K-Jeremy Keller

6. U1-Dave Tyrchniewicz

7. 77-Brady Dyrdahl

8. 99-Doyle Erickson

9. 7-Ricky Weiss

Heat #3

1. 5C-Ryan Corbett

2. 75JR-Cody Skytland

3. 0-Troy Olson

4. 11-Troy Schill

5. 84-Mike Johnson

6. 4N-Nolan Olmstead

7. 8-Todd Truedson

8. 09-Brandon Burke

9. 21-Chad Corbett

10. 12P-Tom Thompson

B-Main

1. 54-Tom Balcaen

2. 8-Todd Truedson

3. F9-Brandon Fuller

4. 4-Harold Schill

5. 7-Ricky Weiss

6. 77-Brady Dyrdahl

7. 21-Chad Corbett

8. 09-Brandon Burke

Feature

1. 7P-Joey Pederson

2. 10-Mike Balcaen

3. 12S-Brad Seng

4. 75-Dale Skytland

5. 0-Troy Olson

6. 75JR-Cody Skytland

7. T1-Tom Corcoran

8. 11-Troy Schill                      

9. 28-Doug Amundson

10. U1-Dave Tyrchniewicz

11. 84-Mike Johnson

12. 5C-Ryan Corbett

13. 9-Steve Anderson

14. 4N-Nolan Olmstead

15. F9-Brandon Fuller

16. 7-Ricky Weiss

17. 54-Tom Balcaen

18. 12A-Matt Aukland

19. 8-Todd Truedson

20. 52-James SanGrait

21. 18-Dustin Hapka

22. 11K-Jeremy Keller

Geringer, Strand, & Restad Earn Devils Lake Speedway Season Opener Wins:
Date Posted:  May 13th, 2007
Written By:  Mike Orness
 
Devils Lake Speedway opened this past weekend with the first races for 2007. Weather played a factor in postponing the first race last weekend. Devils Lake Speedway will be running under a new banner this year, Midwest Dirt Racing Association and the growing Dirt Track Racing Association. These two associations will be part of the Midwest Modified class and the Street Stock class. The Pure Stocks will be racing under the MDRA rules and guidelines. Both DTRA and MDRA are drivers associations and seem to fit the growing trend for the drivers voice.

The ever popular Hornets were the first to hit the track with Richard Barnes of Grand Forks winning the first heat race holding off Bryan Russell. Tony Obregon led all but the last 50 feet of the second heat race when he made contact with the front wall allowing Alex Cavanaugh to pick up the win. Obregon’s car will bear the number 92 in memory of late model driver John Seitz. The third heat race was won by Scott Vasichek of Michigan , ND, with no competition after the first lap.

The MDRA Pure Stocks ran one heat race with the yellow flag flying on the first lap. Lee Dahl’s right rear tire came off the car ending his chance for a checkered flag. Mark Tuenge took a three car lead over Aaron Restad and led all but the last lap as Tuenge slipped a little high in turn two allowing Restad past. Kevin Kollman picked up the third spot.

The MDRA Street Stocks ran two heat races of six cars each. Rick Beier of Thief River Falls, MN was able to hold off Jim Geringer of Harwod, ND to win the first heat race with Rodney Hulst third. Steffen Snare continued his winning ways by taking the 2^nd heat race checkered flag over Dan Arends and Greg Neumann.

The Service Tire/Goodyear Midwest Modifieds at Devils Lake are part of the two track series that was developed between River Cities and Devils Lake . There were eleven cars that raced two heat races with one unable to make the call in the second heat race. Bobby Eckerdt chased Dustin Strand pretty much the whole race and wasn’t able to get past him. Strand picked up his first DLS heat race win of 2007. Dave Hultstrand started outside Chris Vargason for the second heat race and pulled out to lead at the drop of the green flag. Vargason settled for second with Bryce Beck of Minot, ND third.

After a short intermission the Hornet b-main was ran with Dustin Ebensteiner picking up the win and trophy over Rod Cavaugh. The Hornet feature race started with Richard Barnes and Alex Cavaugh on the front row. The first lap was not complete as contact between some cars left debris on the track, and officials called a jump start on Barnes penalizing him two spots on the restart. On the restart it was Russell that was able to sneak up to the lead with Cavanaugh, Barnes and Vasichek chasing him. Russell led every lap to claim the win with Barnes second, & Vasichek third.

Aaron Restad started the Pure Stock feature on the pole with Mark Tuenge outside of him. Both put on a great race for the first spot with Tuenge out front. Tuenge had some bad luck as his right front tire came off in the closing laps giving the lead to Restad. Kollman was able to hold off Arends for second.

The next event was the MDRA/DTRA Street Stock feature race with all twelve cars starting the feature. McNamee and Pederson started on the front with Messner and Neumann in the second row. On the start it was McNamee to the lead with Geringer and Snare in pursuit. Geringer was able to get past McNamee with eleven laps to go, and carried on for the win. Snare pressured Geringer but wasn’t able to get past him and settled for second. During a late race caution McNamee slowed on the backstretch with mechanical problems. Messner, Arends, and Reeves battled for the next spot with Beier in the mix. Beier was able to secure the third spot with Messner and Reeves rounding out the top five spots.

The feature race for the Midwest modifieds was the last event of the night sponsored by Service Tire of Devils Lake. Jason Halverson drew the front row with Ryan Schroeder outside pole. Strand and Vargason composed the second row. On the first lap it was Strand that was able to find the front the quickest. Kruk and Eckerdt were racing for second as the yellow flag waved for Jeff Halverson. On the restart, Strand led the field and was able to keep the top spot with Eckerdt hot on his trail. Kruk and Schroeder mixed it up a little, then Kruk put a couple of cars between them. Strand held off Eckerdt for the first feature win at DLS for 2007. Jason Halverson rounded out the top five with a strong run. The Orness Creations hard charger award went to Eckerdt who advanced the most positions.

Devils Lake Speedway will be back in action next Saturday with a Pure Stock Special and full race program sponsored by Miller Lite. May 26^th will be the Memorial Day weekend Special with a full race program and $5 tickets to all motorcycle riders that will be in the area for the Memorial Day Bike Rally.

  DEVILS LAKE SPEEDWAY MAY 12TH RACE RESULTS SUMMARY  

DLS Hornets:
Heat 1 – Barnes, Russell, Tronson, M. Arends, Ebensteiner, R. Cavanaugh, Kirchgasler
Heat 2 – A. Cavanaugh, H. Strand, Swenning, Schuh, Sten, Obregon
Heat 3 – Vasichek, Wiesz, Ackerman, Landeis, Whetzel, Kraft

B-Main – Ebensteiner, Cavanaugh, Sten, Kraft, Kirchgasler, Whetzel
Feature – Russell, Barnes, Vasichek, Cavanaugh, Tronson, Landeis, Arends, Wiesz, Swenning,
Strand , Ackerman, Schuh

MDRA Pure Stocks:
Heat 1 – Aaron Restad, Mark Tuenge, Kevin Kollman, Kristen Arends, Travis Bachmeier, Lee Dahl

Feature – Restad, Kollman, Arends, Bachmeier, Tuenge, Dahl

DTRA/MDRA Street Stocks:
Heat 1 – Rick Beier, Jim Geringer, Rodney Hulst, Mark Schwan, Nathan Pederson, Dale Fugleberg
Heat 2 – Steffen Snare, Dan Arends, Greg Neumann, Scott Messner, Dan McNamee, Cliff Reeves

Feature – Geringer, Snare, Beier, Messner, Reeves, Arends, Hulst, Fugleberg, Neumann, Schwan, McNamee, Pederson

DTRA/MDRA Midwest Modifieds:
Heat 1 – Dustin Strand, Bobby Eckerdt, Jason Halverson, Stoney Kruk, Ryan Schroeder, Joey Gage
Heat 2 – David Hultstrand, Chris Vargason, Bryce Beck, Jeff Halverson, Patrick Sobolik
Feature – Strand , Eckerdt, Kruk, Schroeder, Halverson, Sobolik, Hultstrand, Vargason, Beck, Gage, Halverson

May 17th 2007 Norman County Raceway Race Report From KRJB 106.3 FM:
Date Posted:  May 19th, 2007
Written By:  Jim Birkemeyer 
 
It was a dry track in week three racing at the Norman County Raceway in Ada, Minnesota Thursday night. A total of sixty-nine cars an attendance of 589 enjoyed a quick night of racing. Shayne Laske of Moorhead continues to rule the mod-four class, winning his third consecutive feature. Paul Olson raced his way back to the feature winner circle in pure-stocks, Danny Westman also won his second feature at NCR in four-cylinders. Brian Strand and Dustin Strand also took feature wins. Here's all five classes of racing results.

4-Cylinders:
Heat One: first tyler hall of fertile, second don byfuglien of roseau, third joe halberg of mahnomen.
Heat Two: first danny westman of greenbush, second dan beckman of mahnomen, third duane opdahl of fertile.

Feature Results: first danny westman, second troy kuehl of glyndon, third tyler hall, fourth joe halberg, fifth don byfuglien.

Pure Stocks:
Heat One: first paul olson of barnesville, second dean lundon of mahnomen, third kenny domogalla of detroit lakes.
Heat Two: first ken crane of mahnomen, second tim shiek of fargo, third chad geray of mahnomen.

Feature Results: first paul olson, second dean lundon, third tim shiek, fourth ken crane, fifth kenny domogalla.

Mod Fours:
Heat One: first cody erickson of ulen, second cory vanmill of lake park, third shayne laske of moorhead.

Feature Results: first shayne laske, second matt ohnstad of harwood, third cory vanmil, fourth david moe of solway, fifth dean lundon of mahnomen.

Midwest Mods:
Heat One, first karl tollefson of beltrami, second dustin strand of grand forks, third travis sauer of dalton.
Heat Two: first, brock gronwold of fergus falls, second derek bernstein of enderlin, north dakota. Third arvid broden of gary.

Feature Results: first dustin strand, second karl tollefson, third brock gronwold, fourth derek bernstein, fifth ryan mikkelson of jamestown, north dakota.

Modifieds:
Heat One: first, blake jetvig, second blake borgen, third michael greseth.
Heat Two: first brian strand of bemidji, second steve pfeifer of west fargo, north dakota. Third alex engelstad of beltrami.

Feature Results: first brian strand, second ricky jacobson of wilton, third alex engelstad, fourth steve pfeifer, fifth dev malmlov of moorhead.

Total attendance was 598. All students in grades k-12 continue to get in free when they bring a canned food item. This week 127 cans of food were collected. All collected food after next week will be donated to local food shelves. Next week will be "relay for life" night at NCR. All Norman County American Cancer Society relay for life teams are invited to the Norman County Raceway to fundraise for the relay for life event in Norman County. Pit gates open at 4:30, hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7pm. The "revv up to racing" radio show is on KRJB Radio 106.3fm from 6:30 to 7pm. Listen for the "NCR fast track report" each Friday at 11am on KRJB 106.3fm.  We'll see you next Thursday at the Norman County Raceway in Ada, Minnesota --- " where the big boys come to play"!

Steve Jose led the field around to the checkered flag only to get passed by last weeks feature winner Dave Wittner. Wittner made his move around McNamee and Jose on the last lap to pick up the heat race win from the sixth starting spot. Aaron Olson use the front row starting spot to his advantage and let the rest of the drivers battle for the second spot during the second heat race. Olson led every lap while Geringer weaved his way through the field from the last row. Beier then held off Geringer to pick up the second spot when the checkered flag was in the air for Olson. Greg Neumann drove right to the front at the start of the third heat race and led every lap to claim the heat race win. Steffen Snare started outside second row, but couldn’t make his move to the first position and settled for second. Arends was third after starting sixth.

Six DTRA/MDRA Midwest Modifieds started the three heat races lined up for the evening, with the first heat race won by Dustin Strand from outside the front row. Eckerdt & LePier both advanced on spot to finish second and third, while Nelson came from the back row to finish fourth in a race with no cautions. John Halvorson was the fastest during the second heat and picked up his first heat race win this year at RCS. Jesse Olson was second after starting on the pole with SanGrait third holding off Sobolik.   Gary Sonstelie also won from the outside front row starting spot with Schroeder advancing two spots for second while the pole starter Hultstrand slipped two spots to finish third.

The DTRA Super Late Models ran their three heat races next with Dyrdahl and Pederson on the front row to lead the first six cars to the green flag. Pederson took the lead and didn’t look back till the checkered flag was in the air. The second heat race was short two drivers that had 9 in their car numbers. Fuller and Burke were not able to start. Erickson started on the pole and led every lap with the same finishing order as they started. Mike Balcaen grabbed the lead in the final heat race from the pole and added another win to his statistics. Ryan Corbett was running third with Seng when his car wouldn’t turn and ended up in the water barrels in turn four. Corcoran was third after starting fifth.

The NOSA Sprints also ran three heat races with eight cars in each heat race. Vonasek and Roemeling led the first heat around to the green flag with Vonasek getting the jump which officials called back and sent him two spots back for a restart. That put Chris Shirek on the pole with Roemeling outside of him. Shirek led the first few laps but was overtaken by McDonald and Linnell. McDonald went on to take the checkered flag with Linnell in tow. Dobmeier came from the back row to finish third. On the start of the second heat race, Kennedy looked as if he could make an opening where there wasn’t enough room and ended up sending outside pole sitter, Nick Shirek into the front wall. The yellow came out and Shirek was helped pitside. Kennedy was able to find his way to the front during the first lap and continued on to the checkered with Burke in tow from the sixth starting spot. Mike Sitzmann Jr looked strong in the third heat race, leading most of the laps from the outside pole spot. Nygaard soon made his move to claim the lead with about 4 laps to go. Sitzmann finished second with pole sitter Fredrickson third.

With all the heat races wrapped up in just over an hour, a short intermission was taken for the drivers to redraw and the fans to grab some grub. Officials also took a look at the track and ran some packers over the loose mid to pack it back in for the features.

The Unicel Street Stock fifteen lap feature started twenty-two cars with Blacklance not making the call. Leake and Jose led the field to the green flag to start. Not far into the feature the red flag was flying as Paul Heaton took a ride off the track in his first visit to RCS. He was ok and after the cleanup the field was restarted with Leake leading Geringer, Snare, and Hulst. With ten laps to go, Snare had made his move to claim the lead over Leake. Geringer couldn’t find the line around Leake and Snare used the lower groove to his advantage. The field ran the lap counter down to about five laps to go and then the yellow came out for the third and last time for Potter, who seemed to get turned and collected Anderson and Mutcher. Mutcher changed a tire and started tailend with Potter. With Snare leading the field, the race was on for the third spot between Wittner who came from the eighth spot and Beier. They raced hard for that spot and in the closing laps Wittner was able claim the third spot with Leake fourth and Beier fifth. Snare grabbed his first win of the year at RCS just ahead of Geringer who had won the season opener.

For the third straight race night the DTRA/MDRA Dempsey Truck Service Midwest Modifieds seemed to put on quite a show for the fans as the race for the lead and top five spots was exciting throughout the eighteen laps. Last weeks feature winner and Sobolik composed the front row with Hultstrand and Eckerdt in the second row. On the start, SanGrait held the lead with Eckerdt slipping in behind him. Eckerdt found his way to the front on the next lap. The first caution flag flew for Sparby with four laps complete. At this point Strand had made his way up to the fourth spot after starting tenth. When the race resumed, Eckerdt still had the lead as the top five all raced hard for the same spot. Strand had just taken the second spot from SanGrait when the next caution flag flew for Jesse Olson. SanGrait held on to the second spot for the restart with Eckerdt leading. With eleven laps to go, Strand had secured the second spot and was right behind Eckerdt looking to take over the lead. LePier and SanGrait raced for the third spot with LePier being scored in that spot for that lap, then SanGrait passed him back shortly before the next caution for Hultstrand. This would setup a shootout for the last six laps for anyone in the top six. Eckerdt was running the middle to top line, which is Strands favorite. So Strand ended up trying the lower groove and completed the pass on Eckerdt with just two laps to go. While this unfolded, the race for a top five spot also was close as Gary Nelson, LePier, SanGrait and Halvorson all raced hard. Sobolik and Riopelle were also in the mix, but fell back late in the race to finish outside the top five. Strand crossed under the checkered flag first for his second DTRA win in three tries, with Bryan LePier sneaking past Eckerdt out of turn four for the second spot. SanGrait scored fourth just ahead of Nelson.

Eighteen drivers were scheduled to start the twenty lap ATEK Parts Feature race with Burke not able to start. Ryan Corbett took the green flag for the points but then pulled off. Veteran, Tom Corcoran drew the pole with Doug Amundson outside of him to lead the field around to the green flag. Balcaen and Erickson were in the second row to start as Corcoran grabbed the lead on the start. Shortly after a brief caution for Amundson, Corcoran led Balcaen, Pederson and the rest of the field to the restart. After a few more laps, the yellow waved again as Dyrdahl and SanGrait made contact coming out of turn four. Officials charged the yellow to Dyrdahl and realigned the field behind Corcoran for the restart. The race then went caution free with Corcoran able to hold off Balcaen and Pederson. Corcoran added to his 200+ feature wins as the fans were treated to the third different driver in victory lane this year for the late models. Pederson passed Balcaen to secure the second spot, while Erickson finished fourth ahead of
Anderson , both having a great run.

The NOSA Outlaw Sprints are typically the last feature of the night and with the threat of rain all night, the program was moving along smoothly. Officials kept their eye on the sky as the drivers were getting pushed off for the twenty five lap Eide Motors Feature race. Lee Grosz and Mike Sitzmann Jr led the field of twenty three sprints around for the green flag. On the first lap, Graham got loose at the top of turns one and two, but saved it without incident with the rest of the drivers. But then in the middle of turns three and four he rolled off the top of the track which brought out the red flag. Graham was ok and was assisted back to the pits on the hook. One lap had been completed, so the officials radioed down on the Raceceivers to the drivers the lineup. Within a couple of parade laps we were back under full race speed. Nygaard was leading the race with Sitzmann second and Linnell chasing them after starting seventh. With eighteen to go, Sitzmann was scored the leader and continued to lead until the next caution flag waived for Tom Egeland who got upside down on the backstretch. Upon the restart with Sitzmann leading, Linnell, Dobmeier, and Nygaard all had their plans of getting to the front, but it was Sitzmann who was able to lead more laps until Dobmeier slid past him coming up on traffic. Nygaard slipped back a couple of spots, but then found a new line and caught Dobmeier in the closing laps. Sitzmann Linnell and Lee Grosz rounded out the top five finishing spots as Dobmeier held off Nygaard for his second win this season at RCS from the ninth starting spot.

River Cities Speedway would like to remind you of the June 12 ^th WoO Late Model show, June 29 ^th WoO Sprints, and as always the Premier Racing Series every Friday night throughou