**River Cities Speedway**

2300 Gateway Drive

PO Box-5205

Grand Forks, ND 58206

701-780-0999

(Formerly Grand Forks Speedway)

Race Results for Friday July 17th, 2009

Sprint Cars - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	6	8	Casey Mack	East Grand, Mn	35
2	4	5	Dave Glennon	Casselton , Nd	33
3	7	9	Wade Nygaard	Grand Forks, Nd	32
4	8	13	Mark Dobmeier	Grand Forks, Nd	31
5	9	6N	Greg Nikitenko	Minot , Nd	30
6	2	18	Ryan Wilson	Superior , Wi	29
7	13	10TR	Bob Martin	East Grand, Mn	28
8	11	22	Jason Linnell	East Grand, Mn	27
9	16	11	Nick Shirek	Thompson , Nd	26
10	15	99	Jordan Graham	Grand Forks, Nd	25
11	3	4W	Greg Hall	-	24
12	14	50	Ryan Flaten	Grand Forks, Nd	23
13	10	27	Chris Ranten	East Grand, Mn	22
14	12	35	Brenden Wilde	Thief River, Mn	21
15	5	81	Chris Burke	Grand Forks, Nd	20
16	1	14	Tom Egeland	Climax , Mn	19
17	17	1	Chris Shirek	Thompson , Nd	18

Sprint Cars - Heat 2

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	6	8	Casey Mack	East Grand, Mn	10
2	4	81	Chris Burke	Grand Forks, Nd	9
3	8	13	Mark Dobmeier	Grand Forks, Nd	8
4	7	9	Wade Nygaard	Grand Forks, Nd	7
5	2	27	Chris Ranten	East Grand, Mn	6
6	1	35	Brenden Wilde	Thief River, Mn	5
7	5	50	Ryan Flaten	Grand Forks, Nd	4
8	3	1	Chris Shirek	Thompson , Nd	3

Sprint Cars - Heat 1

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	2	18	Ryan Wilson	Superior , Wi	10
2	4	5	Dave Glennon	Casselton , Nd	9
3	1	14	Tom Egeland	Climax , Mn	8
4	3	4W	Greg Hall	-	7
5	6	6N	Greg Nikitenko	Minot , Nd	6
6	8	22	Jason Linnell	East Grand, Mn	5
7	9	10TR	Bob Martin	East Grand, Mn	4
8	5	99	Jordan Graham	Grand Forks, Nd	3
9	7	11	Nick Shirek	Thompson , Nd	2

Late Models - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	4	35	John Halverson	Bagley , Mn	35
2	5	7P	Joey Pederson	East Grand, Mn	33
3	12	4*	Harold Schill	West Fargo, Nd	32
4	16	14	Todd Johnson	Petersburg , Nd	31
5	18	52	James Sangrait Jr.	Park River, Nd	30
6	14	35L	George Ledin	Grand Rapids, Mn	29
7	2	54	Tom Balcaen	Lorette , Mb	28
8	7	12S	Brad Seng	Grand Forks, Nd	27
9	13	3	Ryan Solberg	Goodridge , Mn	26
10	11	11SR	Shawn Holden	Winnipeg , Mb	25
11	1	42JR	Matthew Jarvis	Gilby , Nd	24
12	6	9	Steve Anderson	Grand Forks, Nd	23
13	9	11	Troy Schill	Grand Forks, Nd	22
14	15	22M	Josh Maurstad	Warren , Mn	21
15	3	42	Mike Bruns	Fargo , Nd	20
16	10	99	Doyle Erickson	Bagley , Mn	19
17	19	28	Jeff Provinzino	Hibbing , Mn	18
18	8	T1	Tom Corcoran	East Grand, Mn	17
19	17	19	Brandon Burke	Grand Forks, Nd	16

Late Models - Heat 3

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	2	T1	Tom Corcoran	East Grand, Mn	10
2	1	11	Troy Schill	Grand Forks, Nd	9
3	3	35	John Halverson	Bagley , Mn	8
4	6	4*	Harold Schill	West Fargo, Nd	7
5	4	22M	Josh Maurstad	Warren , Mn	6
6	5	52	James Sangrait Jr.	Park River, Nd	5

Late Models - Heat 2

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	42	Mike Bruns	Fargo , Nd	10
2	2	42JR	Matthew Jarvis	Gilby , Nd	9
3	4	54	Tom Balcaen	Lorette , Mb	8
4	6	11SR	Shawn Holden	Winnipeg , Mb	7
5	5	35L	George Ledin	Grand Rapids, Mn	6
6	3	19	Brandon Burke	Grand Forks, Nd	5

Late Models - Heat 1

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	2	7P	Joey Pederson	East Grand, Mn	10
2	1	12S	Brad Seng	Grand Forks, Nd	9
3	3	9	Steve Anderson	Grand Forks, Nd	8
4	5	99	Doyle Erickson	Bagley , Mn	7
5	4	3	Ryan Solberg	Goodridge , Mn	6
6	6	14	Todd Johnson	Petersburg , Nd	5
7	7	28	Jeff Provinzino	Hibbing , Mn	4

Midwest Mods - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	8	71	Dustin Strand	Grand Forks, Nd	35
2	3	7X	Dustin Ness	Erskine , Mn	33
3	2	12J	Chad Jensen	Grand Forks, Nd	32
4	11	14	Aaron Olson	Mekinock , Nd	31
5	10	23V	Scott Vasichek	Michigan , Nd	30
6	6	1S	Scott Bintz	Jamestown , Nd	29
7	17	40	Patrick Sobolik	Fordville , Nd	28
8	15	88	Paul Veert	Winnipeg , Mb	27
9	7	18X	Gary Sonstelie	Winger , Mn	26
10	19	17	Lance Schill	Langdon , Nd	25
11	18	3	Adam Thompson	Thompson , Nd	24
12	13	B4	Timothy Berg	Grand Forks, Nd	23
13	5	99	Adam Gajeski	Stephen , Mn	22
14	20	2S	Matt Schow	Mcintosh , Mn	21
15	14	01	Zach Bruer	Fisher , Mn	20
16	12	22	Rod Peterson	Thief River, Mn	19
17	4	21	Todd Johnson	Petersburg , Nd	18
18	16	Z17	Zach Naastad	Grand Forks, Nd	17
19	9	77R	Ryan Schroeder	Devils Lake, Nd	16
20	1	13	Bryan Lepier	Bemidji , Mn	15

Midwest Mods - B-Main

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	40	Patrick Sobolik	Fordville , Nd	0
2	2	3	Adam Thompson	Thompson , Nd	0
3	8	17	Lance Schill	Langdon , Nd	0
4	3	2S	Matt Schow	Mcintosh , Mn	0
5	9	55	Wes Drake	Thief River, Mn	0
6	7	23R	Warren Reimer	Cavalier , Nd	0
7	4	5R	Davy Riopelle	Argyle , Mn	0
8	5	12	Greg Friestad	West Fargo, Nd	0
9	10	28	Ryan Schow	East Grand, Mn	0
10	6	1-70	Tony Byzewski	Grand Forks, Nd	0

Midwest Mods - Heat 4

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	21	Todd Johnson	Petersburg , Nd	10
2	6	71	Dustin Strand	Grand Forks, Nd	9
3	4	22	Rod Peterson	Thief River, Mn	8
4	5	Z17	Zach Naastad	Grand Forks, Nd	7
5	3	5R	Davy Riopelle	Argyle , Mn	6
6	2	1-70	Tony Byzewski	Grand Forks, Nd	5

Midwest Mods - Heat 3

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	2	7X	Dustin Ness	Erskine , Mn	10
2	1	18X	Gary Sonstelie	Winger , Mn	9
3	4	14	Aaron Olson	Mekinock , Nd	8
4	5	88	Paul Veert	Winnipeg , Mb	7
5	6	2S	Matt Schow	Mcintosh , Mn	6
6	3	28	Ryan Schow	East Grand, Mn	0

Midwest Mods - Heat 2

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	12J	Chad Jensen	Grand Forks, Nd	10
2	4	1S	Scott Bintz	Jamestown , Nd	9
3	3	23V	Scott Vasichek	Michigan , Nd	8
4	2	01	Zach Bruer	Fisher , Mn	7
5	7	3	Adam Thompson	Thompson , Nd	6
6	5	17	Lance Schill	Langdon , Nd	5
7	6	55	Wes Drake	Thief River, Mn	4

Midwest Mods - Heat 1

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	13	Bryan Lepier	Bemidji , Mn	10
2	6	99	Adam Gajeski	Stephen , Mn	9
3	4	77R	Ryan Schroeder	Devils Lake, Nd	8
4	7	B4	Timothy Berg	Grand Forks, Nd	7
5	5	40	Patrick Sobolik	Fordville , Nd	6
6	2	12	Greg Friestad	West Fargo, Nd	5
7	3	23R	Warren Reimer	Cavalier , Nd	4

Street Stocks - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	8	71	Steffen Snare	Hallock , Mn	35
2	3	03	Bryce Reimer	Cavalier , Nd	33
3	5	63	Greg Neumann	Niagara , Nd	32
4	15	24	James Wall	Winkler , Mb	31
5	7	10	Joe Potter	East Grand, Mn	30
6	14	12L	Kelsey Leake	Emerado , Nd	29
7	6	27	Tyson Anderson	Grand Forks, Nd	28
8	2	82	Steve Jose	Grand Forks, Nd	27
9	10	15	Rodney Hulst	Grand Forks, Nd	26
10	4	29	Dan McNamee	Arvilla , Nd	25
11	1	25	Ryan Johnson	Karlstad , Mn	24
12	9	17R	Adam Rassier	Grand Forks, Nd	23
13	11	16	Darren Schmidt	-	22
14	12	17	Dallas Brevik	Grand Forks, Nd	21
15	13	17S	Lyle Sanda	Northwood , Nd	20

Street Stocks - Heat 2

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	3	29	Dan McNamee	Arvilla , Nd	10
2	5	71	Steffen Snare	Hallock , Mn	9
3	7	10	Joe Potter	East Grand, Mn	8
4	6	63	Greg Neumann	Niagara , Nd	7
5	1	15	Rodney Hulst	Grand Forks, Nd	6
6	2	17	Dallas Brevik	Grand Forks, Nd	5
7	4	12L	Kelsey Leake	Emerado , Nd	4

Street Stocks - Heat 1

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	4	27	Tyson Anderson	Grand Forks, Nd	10
2	8	82	Steve Jose	Grand Forks, Nd	9
3	6	03	Bryce Reimer	Cavalier , Nd	8
4	3	25	Ryan Johnson	Karlstad , Mn	7
5	5	17R	Adam Rassier	Grand Forks, Nd	6
6	7	16	Darren Schmidt	-	5
7	1	17S	Lyle Sanda	Northwood , Nd	4
8	2	24	James Wall	Winkler , Mb	0

Career First for Halvorson while Strand Continues Streak

Prepared by Orness Creations

Grand Forks, ND 7/17/09

The Premier Racing Series was back after a week off with the World of Outlaw Late Models in town last week. This week’s races were sponsored by Gateway Cenex and Interstate Power which seen two new faces in the Rydellcars.com Victory Lane. A first River Cities Speedway win and a First Career win in that division. But first the speedway owners presented the 2008 Points Champions and the top five drivers their awards to the fans just after the hotlap session.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Summary

WISSOTA Late Models

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

Heat 1 – Joey Pederson, Brad Seng, Steve Anderson, Doyle Erickson, Ryan Solberg, Todd Johnson, Jeff Provinzino

Heat 2 – Mike Bruns, Matthew Jarvis, Tom Balcaen, Shawn Holden, George Ledin, Brandon Burke

Heat 3 – Tom Corcoran, Troy Schill, John Halvorson, Harold Schill Jr., Josh Maurstad, James SanGrait

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds

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

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

Heat 4 – Todd Johnson, Dustin Strand, Rod Peterson, Zach Naastad, Davy Riopelle, Tony Byzewski

Heat 3 – Dustin Ness, Gary Sonstelie, Aaron Olson, Paul Veert, Matt Schow, Ryan Schow

Heat 2 – Chad Jensen, Scott Bintz, Scott Vasichek, Zach Bruer, Adam Thompson, Lance Schill, Wes Drake

Heat 1 – Bryan Lepier, Adam Gajeski, Ryan Schroeder, Timothy Berg, Patrick Sobolik, Greg Friestad, Warren Reimer

WISSOTA Street Stocks

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

Heat 2 – Dan McNamee, Steffen Snare, Joe Potter, Greg Neumann, Rodney Hulst, Dallas Brevik, Kelsey Leake

Heat 1 – Tyson Anderson, Steve Jose, Bryce Reimer, Ryan Johnson, Adam Rassier, Darren Schmidt, Lyle Sanda, James Wall

NOSA Outlaw Sprints

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

Heat 2 – Casey Mack, Chris Burke, Mark Dobmeier, Wade Nygaard, Chris Ranten, Brenden Wilde, Ryan Flaten, Chris Shirek

Heat 1 – Ryan Wilson, Dave Glennon, Tom Egeland, Greg Hall, Greg Nikitenko, Jason Linnell, Bob Martin, Jordan Graham, Nick Shirek