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Pederson and Snare Sweep Their Respective Divisions; Dobmeier Still Undefeated

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Grand Forks, ND 6/5/09

Unseasonably cold weather greeted drivers and fans last Friday at River Cities Speedway to kickoff the month of June. But that didn’t cool down Joey Pederson. Pederson entered the Rydell Chevrolet Victory Lane for the second straight week and Mark Dobmeier still is undefeated in the NOSA sprint class. Lyon’s Auto Supply and the Kem Shriners sponsored the nights racing activities as seventy-four teams checked in the backgate.

To get the Premier Racing Series started for the night there were two Street Stock heat races which were won by Steffen Snare who started fourth and Bryce Reimer who sat on the pole and led everyone to the checkered flag. Runner-ups in both heats were Tyson Anderson and Rick Beier. During the feature race sponsored by Transystems, Bryce Reimer took a wild ride down the front stretch as his number three machine rolled a few times. Reimer started third and was checked by the paramedics and was ok. This would reset the field for another restart minus those cars not able to continue after the first caution. Steffen Snare was able to race his way to the front from the fifth starting spot and cross the North Dakota Eye Clinic finish line ahead of ninth starting James Wall. Greg Neumann finished third as he was chased across the line by Dan McNamee and Aaron Blacklance.

The largest division of the night was the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds. Twenty-four drivers were split into three heat races. Patrick Sobolik was the fastest in the first heat race, besting Davy Riopelle and a visiting Bret Schmidt. Todd Johnson used his pole position to his advantage and grabbed the win in the second heat race over Rod Peterson and Skyler Smith. Bryan LePier won the third heat race from the pole by holding off Dustin Strand and Aaron Olson who snuck past Zach Naastad for the third spot. Officials ran a consi taking the top four cars to the Hawks Hobby Heaven feature event which started twenty two cars. Bret Schmidt was the driver who advanced the most positions, starting ninth and finishing a strong third. Aaron Olson put the heat on Dustin Strand late in the feature but was unable to pass Strand who ran the high groove for most of the night. Strand picked up his first win at River Cities Speedway for 2009 after starting third. Olson, who won the first week, settled for second with Schmidt third. Heat winner Sobolik held on to the fourth spot after starting outside the front row, and Todd Johnson advanced three spots to finish fifth by passing Rod Peterson and Bryan LePier.

Brandon Burke has stepped up his program some with some very strong performances to start the year off. The driver won the first WISSOTA Late Model heat race of the night, besting Corcoran, Erickson and the rest of the field. Last week’s feature winner, Joey Pederson won the second heat race with Brad Seng and Howie Schill finishing second and third. The Feature event seen Burke grab the lead from the second starting spot, only to lose it to a fast Troy Schill who started on the pole. Schill led basically half the race until Pederson found his way past him with eleven laps to go. Pederson started sixth and crossed the ND Eye Clinic finish line first to sweep the division for the night and chalk up his second straight win. Schill was able to hold on to the second finishing spot with Doyle Erickson holding on to his starting spot and finish third. Ricky Weiss and Howie Schill raced for a top five spot, but both seemed to slow after the two made contact low in turns three and four. Howie Schill finished ninth as Weiss slowed to bring out a caution and was assisted to the pits on the hook. Tom Corcoran also held on to his starting spot as he finished fourth and Brad Seng, who started eighth, advanced to collect a top five finish. Steve Anderson advanced the most positions on the night by starting twelfth and finishing one spot outside the top five.

Bobby Martin started off his night with a win, advancing from the sixth starting spot in the first of two NOSA sprint car heat races. Lee Grosz was just behind him after starting fifth as outside pole sitter, Lou Kennedy Jr. held on for the third finishing spot. Chris Burke was the fastest in the second and last heat race. Burke started third and crossed under the ckeckered flag with Jason Linnell in tow. Jordan Graham has also stepped up his program and finished a strong third with Flaten and Dobmeier behind him. Fire & Safety crews were busy as Roemeling rolled his sprinter which involved Dan Wiskow.

The twenty-five lap feature event sponsored by Nissan Honda of Grand Forks went caution free and seen Mark Dobmeier rise to the top by passing Casey Mack who led the first part of the race. This was in lap traffic and Mack got held up by a lap car in the line he chose to run. Dobmeier started tenth on the grid with Nygaard just inside him in the ninth starting spot. Nygaard also slipped past Mack to claim the second finishing spot. Mack started third and finished third. Jordan Graham had one of his best ever runs this night by finishing fourth with heat winner Bobby Martin fifth. Pole-sitter, Lou Kennedy Jr. finished just outside the top five with Chris Shirek advancing ten spots to finish seventh. Grosz, Flaten and Burke all slipped back a little but still finished with a top ten.

The Outlaws are coming, June 19^th for Father’s Day! WoO Sprints with the NLRA Late Models will be the two classes that night. The following night the two organizations will travel south to take to the big half mile at RRVS in West Fargo. But before that we still have one more Premier Racing Series event June 12^th, sponsored by Hugo’s and Big Jims Tire. Visit rivercitiesspeedway.com for schedule information, results and photos.

Summary for 6/05/09

NOSA Sprints

Feature – Dobmeier, Nygaard, Mack, Graham, Martin, L. Kennedy, C. Shirek, Grosz, Flaten, Burke, Glennon, N. Shirek, Fedyk, Ranten, Wilde, T. Kennedy, Linnell, Wiskow, Roemeling

Heat 1 – Bob Martin, Lee Grosz, Lou Kennedy Jr., Casey Mack, Wade Nygaard, Kyle Fedyk, Chris Ranten, Thomas Kennedy, Nick Shirek, Chris Shirek

Heat 2 – Chris Burke, Jason Linnell, Jordan Graham, Ryan Flaten, Mark Dobmeier, Dave Glennon, Brenden Wilde, Dan Wiskow, Shane Roemeling

WISSOTA Late Models

Feature – Pederson, T. Schill, Erickson, Corcoran, Seng, Anderson, McCaughan, Bruns, H. Schill, Balcaen, Burke, Jarvis, Baker, Weiss, Halverson

Heat 1 – Brandon Burke, Tom Corcoran, Doyle Erickson, Ricky Weiss, Mike McCaughan, Matthew Jarvis, Randy Baker

Heat 2 – Joey Pederson, Brad Seng, Harold Schill, Troy Schill, Mike Bruns, Steve Anderson, John Halvorson, Tom Balcaen

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds

Feature – Strand, Olson, Schmidt, Sobolik, Johnson, Peterson, LePier, Naastad, Smith, Ness, Schill, Anderson, Schroeder, Vasichek, Bruer, Friestad, Riopelle, Drake, Bysewski, Thompson, Gajeski, Schow

Consi – Schow, Friestad, Gajeski, Drake, W. Reimer, T. Reimer

Heat 1 – Patrick Sobolik, David Riopelle, Bret Schmidt, Ryan Schroeder, Mike Anderson, Zach Bruer, Tyler Reimer, Adam Gajeski

Heat 2 – Todd Johnson, Rod Peterson, Skyler Smith, Dustin Ness, Lance Schill, Scott Vasichek, Wes Drake, Greg Friestad

Heat 3 – Bryan LePier, Dustin Strand, Aaron Olson, Zach Naastad, Adam Thompson, Tony Byzewski, Warren Reimer, Matt Schow

WISSOTA Street Stocks

Feature – Snare, Wall, Neumann, McNamee, A. Blacklance, Brevick, Rassier, Leake, Schmidt, Puffe, T. Blacklance, Potter, Beier, Anderson, Jose, Reimer

Heat 1 – Steffen Snare, Tyson Anderson, Steve Jose, Joe Potter, James Wall, Dan McNamee, Darren Schmidt, Adam Rassier

Heat 2 – Bryce Reimer, Rick Beier, Terry Blacklance, Dallas Bevick, Greg Neumann, Dustin Puffe, Aaron Blacklance, Kelsey Leake

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