 By Mike Spieker GRAND FORKS, ND (July 29) - Fresh off his King Pin Klash victory Thursday night at Norman County Raceway, Travis Robertson started on the pole and picked up his sixth win of the season at River Cities in the Wells Concrete Street Stocks. Outside pole sitter Mike Olson grabbed the lead over Robertson on the opening lap, but Robertson battled back to claim the point on lap three. Once out front, Robertson built up a lead he would not relinquish as he went on to get career win number 40. Adam Burrows finished a close second as Mike Anderson, Steven Richards, and Rick Schulz rounded out the top five. WISSOTA Street Stocks: Feature - Travis Robertson, Adam Burrows, Mike Anderson, Steven Richards, Rich Schulz, James Meagher, Mike Olson, Daniel Aberle, Greg Jose, Casey Vargason, Bryce Reimer, Chase Boen, Matt Beehler, Riley Gregoire, Ryan Flaten, Tiffany Noreikis, Josh Barker, Casey Vargason, Chase Boen, Dan McNamee, Jim Geringer, Ryan Johnson Heat 1 - Robertson, Anderson, Gregoire, Vargason, Rethemeier, Jose, Aberle, Johnson Heat 2 - Schulz, Olson, Lee, McNamee, Reimer, Geringer Heat 3 - Flaten, Burrows, Meagher, Boen, Beehler, Noreikis, Barker
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 By Mike Spieker GRAND FORKS, ND (July 29) - For the first time since June 14, 2013, Austin Hunter topped the full field of 22 Happy Harry's Midwest Modifieds and parked his machine in RydellCars.com Victory Lane. Hunter started on the pole and led all 18 laps, but had his hands full with Jason Strand. The driver of the #E85 charged up from the fifth starting position and harassed Hunter in the final laps, but came up short as Hunter went on to take his second career win at River Cities. Strand and Reise Stenberg, who charged from 18th, rounded out the all-Millenium Chassis podium. Nate Reynolds came from 11th to fourth, while Skyler Smith drove from 22nd to finish fifth. WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds: Feature - Austin Hunter, Jason Strand, Reise Stenberg, Nate Reynolds, Skyler Smith, Todd Johnson, Jamie Dietzler, Alex Langland, John Halverson, Justin Olson, Matt Schow, Scott Vasicek, Ryan Schow, Dean Eggebraatgen, Zach Bruer, Dallas Brevik, Joe Henninger, Dean Selmanson, Lance Schill, Darren Pfau, Preston Carr, Gary Nelson B-Feature - Olson, Smith, Jeremy Lizakowski, Jeremy Castro, Jory Berg, Tyler Perkerewicz, Brandon Warnke, Taran Langland Heat 1 - Schill, Hunter, Johnson, Dietzler, Berg, Perkerewicz Heat 2 - Carr, Pfau, R. Schow, Vasichek, Stenberg, Smith, Olson Heat 3 - Strand, Langland, Reynolds, Eggebraaten, Brevik, Warnke, Castro Heat 4 - Nelson, Halverson, Bruer, Henninger, Selmanson, Langland, Lizakowski  By Mike Spieker GRAND FORKS, ND (July 29) - Dustin Strand topped the 19-car Up North Financial Late Model field, but it took him all 20 laps to get it done. The race began with a three wide battle for the lead with Joey Pederson, Strand, and Brad Seng. Pederson and Seng took the top two positions and battled door to door for the next three circuits before Pederson took sole possession of the point. Strand took second away from Seng on lap six and set his sights on Pederson. In the closing laps, Pederson's five car length lead over Strand evaporated as he encountered lapped traffic. After a few tense moments, Pederson cleared the traffic coming to the white flag, but as he entered turn one he nearly spun out his #7P machine which opened the door for Strand, who took full advantage. Strand took the lead exiting turn two and went on to take the win over Pederson, Seng, Zach Naastad, and Mike Balcaen. WISSOTA Late Models: Feature - Dustin Strand, Joey Pederson, Brad Seng, Zach Naastad, Mike Balcaen, Bill Mooney, Steffen Snare, Cole Schill, Kevin Robertson, Brandon Fuller, Shane Edginton, Ryan Corbett, Jeff Hapala, Erik Robertson, Tom Corcoran, Steve Anderson, Bryce Reimer, John Halverson, Mike Martin Heat 1 - Strand, Fuller, Balcaen, Snare, K. Robertson, Martin, Reimer Heat 2 - Seng, Pederson, Naastad, Halverson, Corbett, Edginton Heat 3 - Schill, Anderson, Mooney, Corcoran, E. Robertson, Hapala  By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, ND (July 29) - Twenty-three NOSA Outlaw Sprint Cars made up the starting grid for the 25-lap Buffalo Wild Wings main event. Trent Stengl jumped out to the lead over his front row counterpart, Zach Wilde, and built up a fairly comfortable lead. By lap 10, fifth starting Bobby Martin had reeled in Stengl and made the pass for the lead with Casey Mack in tow. The complexion of the race changed drastically on lap 18 as Martin slid off the banking down the back stretch, while Stengl simultaneously flipped in turn four, triggering the red flag. The end result had Martin restarting at the tail of the field, while Stengl was finished for the evening. Casey Mack inherited the lead and looked to have the race in hand, but a late race caution gave the hard charging Mark Dobmeier the one chance he needed. On the lap 22 restart, Dobmeier dove to the inside of Mack in turn one and completed a nice slide job to take the point. Once out front, Dobmeier cruised to RydellCars.com Victory Lane and picked up his eighth consecutive win at the Bullring, which broke Super Stock driver, Jerry Messner's, win streak record that was set in 2000. RESULTS: Feature - Mark Dobmeier, Casey Mack, Austin Pierce, Wade Nygaard, Nick Omdahl, Chris Ranten, Shane Roemeling, Jade Hastings, Jordan Adams, Jordan Graham, Bobby Martin, Brenden Wilde, Tom Egeland, Alex Larson, Zach Wilde, Jackson Moffett, Murray Temple, Lawrence Veralrud, Jon Sorenson, Mitch Mack, Thomas Kennedy, Trent Stengl, Blake Egeland Heat 1 - Martin, Z. Wilde, Ca. Mack, Kennedy, Larson, B. Egeland, Hastings, Sorenson Heat 2 - Pierce, Stengl, Graham, Ranten, Adams, T. Egeland, Moffett, Temple Heat 3 - M. Mack, Omdahl, Dobmeier, Nygaard, Roemeling, B. Wilde, Veralrud
By Mike Spieker GRAND FORKS, ND (July 28) - This Friday night racing continues at River Cities Speedway with the AFCO Race of Champions Qualifier for the WISSOTA Late Models, Midwest Mods, and Street Stocks. The winner of each feature will be granted a starting spot in the AFCO Race of Champions event at the WISSOTA 100 in Huron, SD in September. On the Sprint Car side of tomorrow night's schedule, Mark Dobmeier will be trying to do something no other driver has done in River Cities Speedway history*. Coming in, Dobmeier has won the last seven consecutive NOSA Sprint Car races at the three-tenths mile bullring, which broke his previous Sprint Car record of six wins in a row and ties him with former Super Stock driver, Jerry Messner, for the overall win streak record. If Dobmeier has one thing on his side, it's momentum. The Grand Forks, ND pilot has won his last five races in a row between River Cities and Badlands Motor Speedway and looks to be peaking at the right time of the season with the Knoxville Nationals coming up in just two weeks. The green flag flies at 7pm sharp. Save $3 per adult by purchasing your ticket at Home of Economy, University Station, Gateway Cenex, StaMart, ElRoco Bottle Shop, or Northdale Oil! Students receive 50% off the ticket price with a valid Student ID. *River Cities Speedway history (1999-present), does not include results from Grand Forks Speedway (1950's-1998)  Photo by Mike Spieker | Speedway-Shots.com By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, ND (July 22) - For the 13th time in his career, Travis Robertson parked his Tires Plus #10R in RydellCars.com Victory Lane. Robertson started eighth in the 20-car grid, but cruised through the field to take the lead on lap four. Robertson was chased all race long by Ryan Flaten. The two drivers both had 12 career wins at River Cities entering the night and fought hard for the victory in the closing laps. As the checkers flew from the Sunrise Valley Properties flag stand, Robertson edged out Flaten, who was followed to the line by Dan McNamee, Nick Minske, and Chase Boen.  Photo by Mike Spieker | Speedway-Shots.com By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, ND (July 22) - The Happy Harry’s Midwest Modified feature came down to Langdon’s Lance Schill and Edinburg’s Nate Reynolds.  Mike Spieker Photo | Speedway-Shots.com By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, ND (July 22) - The Up North Financial Late Model feature was an elbows up, hold your breath kind of race. Bill Mooney of Selkirk, MB paced the 19-car field to the green flag and grabbed the early lead over outside pole sitter, Ryan Corbett.  By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, ND (July 22) - Greg Nikitenko and Nick Omdahl paced the field of 24 NOSA Sprints to the green flag for their 25-lap Buffalo Wild Wings A-main.   By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, ND (July 21) - Racing returns to the high banks of River Cities Speedway this Friday night with a full show of Premier Racing Series action. The Wells Concrete Street Stocks, Happy Harry’s Midwest Modifieds, Up North Financial Late Models and Buffalo Wild Wings Sprint Cars will all make up the 11th event of the 2016 season at the legendary bullring. During intermission the 2016 class of the River Cities Speedway Hall of Fame will be inducted on the main stage on the front stretch. The green flag flies at 7pm sharp. Save $3 per adult by purchasing your ticket at Home of Economy, University Station, Gateway Cenex, StaMart, ElRoco Bottle Shop, or Northdale Oil! Students receive 50% off the ticket price with a valid Student ID. Ticket Rainout Refund |
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