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Thursday, Sept. 7th: NLRA Late Models (full show - $1,192 to win) Sprints (full show) Midwest Modifieds (full show - $350 to win) Street Stocks (full show - $500 to win) Friday, Sept. 8th: Late Models (heats and $920 to win pole dash) NOSA Sprints (full show) Modifieds (full show - $700 to win) Midwest Modifieds (full show - $500 to win) Saturday, Sept. 9th: Late Models (B's, last chance race and $9,200 to win feature) Modifieds (full show - $920 to win) Midwest Modifieds (full show - $920 to win) Street Stocks (full show - $920 to win)
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By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (August 18, 2017) – Donny Schatz had a night for the record books Friday at River Cities Speedway. The Fargo driver picked up wins in both the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series main event, as well as the NLRA late model feature.  Photo courtesy of SLS Promotions. By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, ND (August 18, 2017) – Twenty-five year old Watertown, Conn. driver, David Gravel, has been one of the most impressive up-and-comers the World of Outlaws have seen in its youth movement over the last couple of years. Gravel is having a break out season in 2017, compiling 13 victories to date, which is second-most on the Outlaw tour to Donny Schatz. Favorite Track: River Cities Speedway tops list for Greg Wilson on the World of Outlaws Tour8/18/2017  Chris Seelman photo. GRAND FORKS, N.D. — August 15, 2017 — The famed Eldora Speedway in Ohio is Greg Wilson’s home track and while the historic oval is near the top of his list of venues he enjoys racing at, one track trumps even Eldora for him. That track is River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Wilson cites the high-banked bullring as his favorite track in the entire country. And he’s seen quite a few as he travels from coast-to-coast with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series.
 David Gravel (5) and Jason Sides (7) battle side by side. Ken Simon photo. GRAND FORKS, N.D. — August 14, 2017 — The 2nd Leg of the Northern Tour Presented by American Tire Service Inc. for the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series will take the green flag on Friday, August 18 at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks. In the 1st Leg of the Northern Tour in June, David Gravel was victorious at the high-banked bullring over Kerry Madsen and Donny Schatz. For Gravel, it was his first win at the track and snapped a four-race win streak that Schatz had been on at the track with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series. Schatz returns to his home state this week fresh off his 10th win the Knoxville Nationals. This edition of The Breakdown sets the stage for the 2nd Leg of the Northern Tour presented by American Tire Service for the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series at River Cities Speedway, which kicks off a tripleheader weekend in the state of North Dakota for the series.
 Don Shaw | Photo by Rick Rea
By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (August 11, 2017) – River Cities Speedway’s Premier Racing Series hosted five different racing divisions on Friday night with the addition of the NLSA Lightning Sprints. World of Outlaws return to River Cities Speedway for 2nd Leg of the Northern Tour on August 188/7/2017  GRAND FORKS, N.D. — August 7, 2017 — The 2nd Leg of the Northern Tour Presented by American Tire Service Inc. for the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D., is just around the corner on Friday, August 18. Earlier this season, David Gravel was victorious at the high-banked bullring for the first time in his career with the Outlaws.
 By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (August 4, 2017) – Twenty-seven Buffalo Wild Wings NOSA Sprints made up the starting grid for Friday night’s main event. Casey Mack picked up his first River Cities Speedway feature win of the season in a dominating performance. “It feels good to get back to victory lane in Grand Forks. I feels good to win other places, but winning at River Cities Speedway is something even more special,” said Mack in RydellCars.com Victory Lane. “The car was working really good pretty much everywhere tonight. I could hit the cushion whenever I needed to.”  By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (August 4, 2017) – After destroying his car the week before, Travis Robertson rolled out a brand new MasterSbilt Friday night and put it on the pole of the Performance Auto Late Model feature. As the green flag flew, Robertson and Zach Naastad raced into turn one, with Naastad grabbing the point.  By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (August 4, 2017) – The start of the Happy Harry’s Midwest Modified feature was plagued by caution flags. However, once the race had a nice green flag stretch, Ricky Hamel emerged as the leader with Jeremy Lizakowski and Eric Haugland running second and third, respectively.  By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (August 4, 2017) – Tiffany Noreikis jumped out to the early lead of the Wells Concrete Street Stock feature. The young lady of Warren, Minn. paced the field for the first five circuits around the high-banked bullring until another Warren driver, John Halvorson, made the pass for the lead.  By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (July 28, 2017) – Austin Pierce took the lead of the Buffalo Wild Wings NOSA Sprint Car feature on the opening lap as Wade Nygaard filed into second. However, the race was quickly slowed for a spin in turn four.  By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (July 28, 2017) – Brandon Fuller and Steffen Snare battled for the lead in the early going of the Performance Auto Late Model feature. Fuller held off Snare until the first caution flew on lap two. On the restart, Tom Corcoran moved into the second spot as Snare and Travis Robertson followed in third and fourth.  By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (July 28, 2017) – Scott Greer jumped out to the early lead of the Schill Construction Modified feature. On lap three, Ryan Schroeder was battling with Nolan Olmstead for second when Schroeder jumped over the right rear of Olmstead and slid off the track at a high rate of speed. Schroeder was unable to continue the race, while Olmstead restarted in the second position.  By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (July 28, 2017) – Lance Schill took the Happy Harry’s Midwest Modified feature win after starting back in the 14th position. The race was was red flagged on the opening lap after Jason Halverson flipped end over end off the turn three embankment. Halverson made contact with another car down the back straightaway before his car high-centered at the crown of the track and dug into the surface. Halverson walked away uninjured. On the restart, Jeremy Castro and Preston Carr battled for the lead with Carr eventually taking the top spot. Carr led until lap seven, when he lost the handle on his No. 5C machine and spun in front of the field. A total of six cars were involved, but they all were able to rejoin the field for the restart. From there, Todd Johnson and Jesse Aho fought for the lead as Schill stalked them in third. With three laps to go, Schill drove by Johnson and Aho to take the lead. Once out front, Schill checked out from the field as he cruised to the win. RESULTS: A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 17S-Lance Schill, [14]; 2. 21-Todd Johnson, [8]; 3. 25A-Jesse Aho, [6]; 4. 22-Rick Hamel, [18]; 5. 44-Austin Hunter, [11]; 6. 74-Gary Nelson, [12]; 7. 10C-Cole Haugland, [5]; 8. 188-Hunter Hougard, [16]; 9. 35-John Halvorson, [20]; 10. 14-Jeremy Castro, [1]; 11. 01-Zach Bruer, [22]; 12. 4H-Grant Hall, [13]; 13. 55-Murray Kozie, [19]; 14. (DNF) 77R-Ryan Schroeder, [10]; 15. (DNF) 5C-Preston Carr, [2]; 16. (DNF) 16-Randy Thompson, [21]; 17. (DNF) 57-Nathan Raasakka, [17]; 18. (DNF) 96L-Jeremy Lizakowski, [15]; 19. (DNF) B0-Jory Berg, [3]; 20. (DNF) 6R-Nate Reynolds, [7]; 21. (DNF) 17-Dallas Brevik, [9]; 22. (DNF) 111-Jason Halverson, [4] B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 16-Randy Thompson, [2]; 2. 01-Zach Bruer, [3]; 3. 12-Jaden Varnson, [4]; 4. B4-Tim Berg, [1]; 5. M1-Ryan Oppegaard, [6]; 6. 96-Brent Loftsgard, [9]; 7. 77B-Logan Bauer, [7]; 8. 43-Dean Selmanson, [10]; 9. (DNF) 3L-Logan Salazar, [5]; 10. (DNF) 84-Travis Traut, [8] Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. B0-Jory Berg, [2]; 2. 111-Jason Halverson, [5]; 3. 17-Dallas Brevik, [3]; 4. 4H-Grant Hall, [1]; 5. 57-Nathan Raasakka, [7]; 6. B4-Tim Berg, [8]; 7. 3L-Logan Salazar, [4]; (DNS) 43-Dean Selmanson, Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25A-Jesse Aho, [1]; 2. 21-Todd Johnson, [4]; 3. 77R-Ryan Schroeder, [2]; 4. 17S-Lance Schill, [6]; 5. 22-Rick Hamel, [7]; 6. 16-Randy Thompson, [5]; 7. M1-Ryan Oppegaard, [8]; 8. 96-Brent Loftsgard, [3] Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 6R-Nate Reynolds, [5]; 2. 14-Jeremy Castro, [2]; 3. 44-Austin Hunter, [7]; 4. 96L-Jeremy Lizakowski, [3]; 5. 55-Murray Kozie, [1]; 6. 01-Zach Bruer, [4]; 7. 77B-Logan Bauer, [6] Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 10C-Cole Haugland, [3]; 2. 5C-Preston Carr, [1]; 3. 74-Gary Nelson, [6]; 4. 188-Hunter Hougard, [7]; 5. 35-John Halvorson, [4]; 6. 12-Jaden Varnson, [2]; 7. 84-Travis Traut, [5]  By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (July 28, 2017) – Trey Hess and Brandon Fah battled for the race lead in the early going of the Wells Concrete Street Stock feature. Hess took sole position of the point on lap two as Dustin Ebensteiner followed Hess into the second spot.  The Schill Construction Modifieds return to River Cities Speedway this Friday night! They join a stout lineup of Premier Racing Series action, including...
Buffalo Wild Wings NOSA Sprint Cars Performance Auto Late Models Happy Harrys Midwest Mods Wells Concrete Street Stocks Green flag drops at 7pm!  Dustin Strand in RydellCars.com Victory Lane with his family. Robert Dusso photo. By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (July 14, 2017) – The Schill Construction Modifieds made their second appearance at River Cities Speedway with 29 cars in attendance. Just like their main event on June 9th at The Bullring, it came down to Dustin Strand and Ward Imrie. This time the win went to Strand. Imrie took the lead from the pole position to start the 20-lap feature as Lance Schill filed into the second spot. On lap seven, Strand, who started back in sixth, took the runner-up spot from Schill and set his sights on Imrie. As the laps wound down, it looked as though Imrie was poised to defend his from a few weeks prior. “That 10 car was pretty quick tonight,” said Strand of Imrie. “I would have liked to have seen a yellow there at the end to put some heat on him, but I was happy to see those lapped cars. It worked out in our favor.” Strand closed in on Imrie in the final laps before steal the point on the final lap to take the win by 0.185 at the line. RESULTS: A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand, [6]; 2. 10W-Ward Imrie, [1]; 3. 48-Jerome Guyot, [4]; 4. 17-Lance Schill, [3]; 5. 5G-Scott Greer, [5]; 6. 74-Dustin Wahl, [8]; 7. 1R-Rick Delaine, [13]; 8. 81-Jordan Duray, [2]; 9. 22-Rick Hamel, [11]; 10. 5P-Ryan Pommerer, [7]; 11. 73P-Rene Poluyko, [17]; 12. 99-Jake Wildman, [22]; 13. 29K-Ryan Kereluk, [12]; 14. 57-Michael Tiani, [14]; 15. 2-Aaron Holtan, [23]; 16. 22M-davey mills, [9]; 17. 7J-Richard Jacobson, [16]; 18. 21J-Joe Chaplinski, [24]; 19. 32-Eric Haugland, [18]; 20. 55-Bryan Dyrdahl, [19]; 21. 27-Chris Unrau, [15]; 22. 4N-Nolan Olmstead, [21]; 23. 1-Jeff Pritchard, [10]; 24. (DNF) 39-Shawn Teunis, [20] B Feature: 1. 4N-Nolan Olmstead, [1]; 2. 99-Jake Wildman, [5]; 3. 2-Aaron Holtan, [4]; 4. 21J-Joe Chaplinski, [2]; 5. 33-Murray Temple, [8]; 6. 9-Lee McRae, [3]; 7. 77-Brady Dyrdahl, [7]; 8. 64-Shane Wahl, [6]; (DNS) 4J-Tim Jackson, Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Dustin Wahl, [5]; 2. 5P-Ryan Pommerer, [1]; 3. 22M-davey mills, [3]; 4. 1R-Rick Delaine, [4]; 5. 73P-Rene Poluyko, [8]; 6. 4N-Nolan Olmstead, [7]; 7. 99-Jake Wildman, [6]; 8. 33-Murray Temple, [2] Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Lance Schill, [1]; 2. 48-Jerome Guyot, [5]; 3. 1-Jeff Pritchard, [2]; 4. 57-Michael Tiani, [3]; 5. 32-Eric Haugland, [7]; 6. 21J-Joe Chaplinski, [4]; 7. 64-Shane Wahl, [6] Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand, [1]; 2. 81-Jordan Duray, [3]; 3. 22-Rick Hamel, [2]; 4. 27-Chris Unrau, [5]; 5. 55-Bryan Dyrdahl, [7]; 6. 9-Lee McRae, [4]; 7. (DNF) 4J-Tim Jackson, [6] Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 10W-Ward Imrie, [3]; 2. 5G-Scott Greer, [6]; 3. 29K-Ryan Kereluk, [5]; 4. 7J-Richard Jacobson, [7]; 5. 39-Shawn Teunis, [1]; 6. 2-Aaron Holtan, [4]; 7. 77-Brady Dyrdahl, [2]  By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (July 14, 2017) – Jade Hastings claimed his first career win at River Cities Speedway Friday night as he topped a stout field of 26 Buffalo Wild Wings NOSA Sprints. Hastings took the lead on lap eight and held off the field restart after restart to park his No. 8H machine in RydellCars.com Victory Lane.  By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (July 7, 2017) – Ryan Johnson scored his third RCS win of 2017 in the Wells Concrete Street Stocks. Johnson led all 15 laps around the three-tenths mile oval. Johnson looked to check out from the field in the early going as Dan Aberle followed in second. Nick Minske, Dan McNamee, and Matt Beehler all vie for position in the top five as things got sorted out early on. With five laps to go, a caution gave Aberle a shot at Johnson, but the Karlstad, Minn. driver was able to fend off Aberle in the final stages to take the win. Dan McNamee, Matt Beehler, and Aaron Blacklance rounded out the top five. Johnson now holds a somewhat comfortable 36 point lead over Dan Aberle atop the River Cities Speedway Street Stock point standings. Positions three through five are separated by just seven points as Chase Boen, McNamee, and Beehler round out the top five in points, respectively.  Mike Spieker photo. By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (July 7, 2017) – A B-main narrowed the 29-car Happy Harry’s Midwest Modified feature to the fastest 24 for their 18-lap main event. Defending track champion, Austin Hunter, led the field on the opening lap as Rick Hamel and Todd Johnson filed into second and third, respectively. |
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