Race Results for Friday July 3rd, 2009
Race Report Below Results

Late Models - Feature

Sprint Cars - Feature

Midwest Mods - Feature

Street Stocks - Feature

Prepared by Orness Creations

Grand Forks, ND 7/3/09

After a week of the races being cancelled due to funnel clouds and tornado sirens, the Premier Racing Series was back underway last Friday with Midseason Championship Night. The night was sponsored by Pepsi and Aaron’s Sales & Lease both of Grand Forks, ND.

Steffen Snare started out the night by winning the first of two heat races for the WISSOTA Street Stocks. Tyson Anderson won the second heat race over Henry Peters and James Wall, who both raced side by side through the race for a handful of laps. Steffen Snare continued his dominance in the Street Stock division by winning the Transystems Feature Event. This would be Snare’s third continuous clean sweep of the year in as many as five events. Potter Anderson, Peters, and Wall rounded out the top five spots.

The dominant driver as of late in the Midwest Modified division is Dustin Strand, who continues to win at area tracks and sits in the top five in national points. Todd Johnson got the heat races started off, by winning the first of three heats. Johnson bettered LePier and Kakela for the win, and is currently the Track Points leader. Aaron Olson who is currently second in track points won the second heat race over Lance Schill and Adam Gajeski. Dustin Strand won the last heat race over teammate, Zach Naastad and Scott Vasichek. During the feature event there was a caution on the first lap which reset the field and it was Aaron Olson that would get the lead first from Polesitter, Johnson. Strand, who started third was able to get by Johnson for the second spot and continued on to look under Olson for the lead. The two both tried the top and bottom groove, but Strand got by and led the rest of the way to the ND Eye Clinic Finish Line, less a left rear spring. LePier finished second after starting fourth, and Olson, Johnson and Bintz finished out the top five spots. This would be Strand’s second straight clean sweep and third win in a row for the season at RCS.

Harold Schill Jr. picked up his third heat race win, to get the Late Model action started. Schill was chased across the line by Troy Schill, and Tom Corcoran. All of which are in the top five in track points. Seng, who sits just outside the top spot in points won the second heat race of the night. Seng was followed by Joey Pederson and Steve Anderson. Harold Schill and Brad Seng made up the front row of the Late Model feature event and it would be Seng that would grab the top spot and lead the way to the checkers with plenty of racing just behind him. Troy Schill, Corcoran, Harold Schill and Pederson all exchanged spots throughout the race. Anderon even entered the mix at times and at the end it was Pederson and Troy Schill that would claim the two spots behind Seng with Corcoran hanging on to the fourth spot just ahead of Steve Anderson who passed Harold Schill for a top five finish.

A makeup feature event was scheduled in the NOSA Outlaw Sprint division this night, but first it was the three heat races. Mark Dobmeier started on the pole for the first heat race and won with Casey Mack passing Linnell for the second spot after starting third. Polesitter, Wade Nygaard won the second heat race with Lee Grosz finishing second after starting fifth. Ryan Flaten bested the rest of the field, finishing in the third spot. A scary moment in the third and final heat race as Chris Shirek was leading the race, and lost a right rear tire into the west grandstands. The tire bounced high enough, which allowed fans to clear the seating area and Bounced once again into the main grandstand. No spectators were hurt, but have a great story to tell. With Shirek off on the hook, Bob Martin cruised to win his third heat race of the year. Lou Kennedy Jr. was second after starting fifth with Nick Shirek finishing in the third spot. Bob Martin also won the makeup feature. Dave Glennon held the lead for the first part of the race but slowed with just a handful of laps complete to bring out a yellow. The race resumed with Martin leading. By this time Dobmeier had made his way up to challenge Martin, and in fact passed him, but was voided by a yellow. After the restart, Dobmeier did get past Martin for the lead, but was confronted with some lap traffic and spun off turn one and was not able to continue. Martin led the field the rest of the way to capture his first win at River Cities in 2009.

The NOSA Main Event was the last feature of the evening. Heat winners, Nygaard and Dobmeier made up the front row, and it was Dobmeier that would get the lead with Nygaard and Martin in tow. Just a few laps into the race, the leaders encountered lap traffic. Dobmeier continued to lead, and with about seventeen laps to go, Nygaard looked past Dobmeier for the lead, but then a caution would come out. Dobmeier led the rest of the race through seventeen green flag laps. Like the late model feature the action was behind the leader as Nygaard, Kennedy, Martin and Mack all mixed it up back and forth. As Dobmeier secured his fourth win in 2009 at RCS, Nygaard was able to get back the second spot with Bob Martin third. Casey Mack was able to get past Kennedy and finish fourth with Kennedy settling for fifth.

This week is the WOO Late Models at River Cities Speedway! Venue information can be found at rivercitiesspeedway.com or on their Facebook Fan Page. Then to finish out the month of July will be three straight Friday’s of the Premier Racing Series at the Action Track. THE ONLY track in the upper Midwest to run Late Models and Outlaw Sprints WEEKLY.

Summary

WISSOTA Street Stocks

Feature – Snare, Potter, Anderson, Wall, Peters, Hulst, Blacklance, Jose, Brevick, Reimer, Leake, Rassier, McNamee

Heat 1 – Steffen Snare, Joe Potter, Steve Jose, Dallas Brevick, Aaron Blacklance, Adam Rassier, Greg Neumann, Lyle Sanda

Heat 2 – Tyson Anderson, Henry Peters, James Wall, Bryce Reimer, Dan McNamee, Rodney Hulst, Kelsey Leake

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds

Feature – Strand, LePier, Olson, Johnson, Bintz, Schill, Kakela, Naastad, Gajeski, Peterson, Smith, Kaml, M. Schow, Vasichek, W. Reimer, Bruer, Schow, T. Reimer, Thompson

Heat 1 – Todd Johnson, Bryan LePier, Bryan Kakela, Victor Kaml, Adam Thompson, Matt Schow, Tony Byzewski, Rod Peterson

Heat 2 – Aaron Olson, Lance Schill, Adam Gajeski, Zach Bruer, Kary Larson, Warren Reimer, Ryan Schroeder, Dustin Ness

Heat 3 – Dustin Strand, Zach Naastad, Scott Vasichek, Scott Bintz, Skyler Smith, Tyler Reimer, Schow, Dave Riopelle

Consi – Peterson, Schow, Byzewski, Schroeder, Ness

WISSOTA Late Models

Feature – Seng, Pederson, T. Schill, Corcoran, Anderson, H. Schill, Burke, Halvorson, Bruns, Balcaen, Jarvis, Holden, Solberg, Johnson, Erickson

Heat 1 – Howie Schill, Troy Schill, Tom Corcoran, Doyle Erickson, John Halvorson, Todd Johnson, Shawn Holden, Tom Balcaen

Heat 2 – Brad Seng, Joey Pederson, Steve Anderson, Brandon Burke, Mike Bruns, Matthew Jarvis, Ryan Solberg

NOSA Outlaw Sprints

Feature – Dobmeier, Nygaard, Martin, Mack, Kennedy Jr., C. Shirek, Grosz, N. Shirek, Flaten, Nikitenko, Linnell, Graham, K. Fedyk, T. Kennedy, Burke, Ranten, Lawson, K. Fedyk, Hall, Berg, Fuchs, Egeland, Roemeling, Glennon, Bork

Heat 1 – Mark Dobmeier, Casey Mack, Jason Linnell, Shane Roemeling, Thomas Kennedy, Dave Glennon, Brenden Wilde, Dusty Lawson, Kohlan Fedyk

Heat 2 – Wade Nygaard, Lee Grosz, Ryan Flaten, Jordan Graham, Kyle Fedyk, Chris Ranten, Tom Egeland, Greg Hall

Heat 3 – Bob Martin, Lou Kennedy Jr., Nick Shirek, Greg Nikitenko, Chris Burke, Justin Berg, Brian Fuchs, Chris Shirek

Makeup Feature – Martin, Nygaard, Kennedy Jr., Grosz, Burke, N. Shirek, Berg, T. Kennedy, Flaten, Graham, Lawson, Mack, Dobmeier, C. Shirek, Glennon, Wilde, Roemeling, Ranten