Diemel claims Prelude to the Johnny; Greseth crowned NLRA champion

By Mike Spieker
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. September 9 - AJ Diemel, Lucas Rodin, and Parker Anderson were victorious Thursday night at the Prelude to the Johnny at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks.

Don Shaw and Dustin Strand shared the front row in the 25 lap NLRA Late Model main event. Shaw led at the start, and remained up front until a caution with five laps remaining.

The caution allowed fifth starter AJ Diemel one final shot at the win. Diemel pulled even with Shaw on the restart, making the pass for the win with two laps remaining. Dustin Strand finished third.

Mike Greseth finished fifth in the race, and in doing so, scored the NLRA season championship. Greseth won six times with the series in what was also his rookie season.

Jory Berg and Preston Carr brought the field to the green in the WISSOTA Midwest Mod feature. Carr led the opening dozen laps before his night came to an early end. Lucas Rodin, who started fifth, took the point from there and went on to win over Rusty Kollman and Aaron Blacklance.

Parker Anderson and James Meagher shared the front row to start the WISSOTA Street Stock finale. Anderson and Justin Vogel waged door-to-door war in the closing laps, but it was Anderson who scored the win by .051 seconds over Vogel. Aaron Blacklance finished third.

WISSOTA Late Models:
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 58-AJ Diemel[5]; 2. 42S-Don Shaw[1]; 3. 71S-Dustin Strand[2]; 4. 12S-Brad Seng[13]; 5. 17G-Mike Greseth[10]; 6. 14-Brody Troftgruben[18]; 7. 27-Jake Redetzke[4]; 8. 17-Lance Schill[6]; 9. 37-Scott Ward[17]; 10. 2-Dave Mass[12]; 11. 10-Cole Searing[16]; 12. 5E-Shane Edginton[8]; 13. 10B-Mike Balcaen[3]; 14. 1 2-Bryce Sward[15]; 15. 37JR-Morgan Ward[20]; 16. 55C-Chad Mahder[21]; 17. 44-Cole Schill[14]; 18. 9-Steve Anderson[23]; 19. 10R-Kevin Robertson[22]; 20. (DNF) C4-Ryan Corbett[9]; 21. (DNF) 9R-Erik Robertson[24]; 22. (DNF) 21-Aaron Turnbull[19]; 23. (DNF) T1-Tom Corcoran[11]; 24. (DNF) 9A-Blake Anderson[25]; 25. (DNF) 2*-Cole Babcock[7]; 26. (DNF) 7P-Joey Pederson[26]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 10-Cole Searing[2]; 2. 14-Brody Troftgruben[4]; 3. 37JR-Morgan Ward[8]; 4. 32-Jordan Tollakson[5]; 5. 7P-Joey Pederson[15]; 6. 9-Steve Anderson[6]; 7. F9-Brandon Fuller[7]; 8. 11-Troy Schill[1]; 9. 1M-Nicholas Minske[12]; 10. 9A-Blake Anderson[10]; 11. 14M-Greg Moore[13]; 12. 16S-Jeff Hapala[11]; 13. 5S-Chris Smeby[14]; 14. (DNF) 10R-Kevin Robertson[9]; 15. (DNF) 15*-Ryan Mikkelson[3]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 37-Scott Ward[1]; 2. 21-Aaron Turnbull[3]; 3. 55C-Chad Mahder[4]; 4. 20-Trevor Anderson[2]; 5. 29K-Ryan Kereluk[5]; 6. 12F-Greg Friestad[7]; 7. 73-David Carlson[8]; 8. 28-Cory Dumpert[9]; 9. 71-Steffen Snare[12]; 10. 9R-Erik Robertson[6]; 11. 35-George Ledin Jr[10]; 12. 47-Kreig Kasin[13]; 13. 3-Clarence Washburn[11]; 14. 42-Matthew Jarvis[14]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 42S-Don Shaw[2]; 2. 2*-Cole Babcock[3]; 3. T1-Tom Corcoran[7]; 4. 11-Troy Schill[1]; 5. 21-Aaron Turnbull[8]; 6. 9-Steve Anderson[6]; 7. 73-David Carlson[4]; 8. 16S-Jeff Hapala[9]; 9. 47-Kreig Kasin[5]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 5E-Shane Edginton[5]; 2. 27-Jake Redetzke[7]; 3. 2-Dave Mass[3]; 4. 37-Scott Ward[9]; 5. 14-Brody Troftgruben[8]; 6. 9R-Erik Robertson[2]; 7. 10R-Kevin Robertson[1]; 8. 3-Clarence Washburn[6]; 9. (DNF) 7P-Joey Pederson[4]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 71S-Dustin Strand[2]; 2. C4-Ryan Corbett[1]; 3. 12S-Brad Seng[6]; 4. 10-Cole Searing[5]; 5. 55C-Chad Mahder[9]; 6. F9-Brandon Fuller[3]; 7. 28-Cory Dumpert[8]; 8. 1M-Nicholas Minske[7]; 9. 5S-Chris Smeby[4]

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 58-AJ Diemel[5]; 2. 17-Lance Schill[1]; 3. 44-Cole Schill[2]; 4. 20-Trevor Anderson[4]; 5. 32-Jordan Tollakson[7]; 6. 12F-Greg Friestad[3]; 7. 9A-Blake Anderson[8]; 8. 71-Steffen Snare[9]; 9. 42-Matthew Jarvis[6]

Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 17G-Mike Greseth[3]; 2. 10B-Mike Balcaen[2]; 3. 1 2-Bryce Sward[6]; 4. 15*-Ryan Mikkelson[8]; 5. 29K-Ryan Kereluk[5]; 6. 37JR-Morgan Ward[7]; 7. 35-George Ledin Jr[4]; 8. 14M-Greg Moore[1]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 19-Lucas Rodin[5]; 2. 2-Rusty Kollman[4]; 3. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[3]; 4. 71-Trent Grager[8]; 5. 2S-Matt Schow[7]; 6. 87S-Reise Stenberg[18]; 7. 111-Jason Halverson[17]; 8. B0-Jory Berg[1]; 9. 12-Jaden Varnson[10]; 10. 35-Tanner Theis[12]; 11. 16-Randy Thompson[15]; 12. 86C-Darren Pfau[21]; 13. 39-Jamie Dietzler[6]; 14. 57-Nathan Raasakka[13]; 15. 33-Jeff Nelson[19]; 16. 54-Terry Nelson[23]; 17. 27-Les Schoon[22]; 18. 29X-Brandon Bahr[20]; 19. 18X-Connor Drewry[16]; 20. 33G-Connor Graff[14]; 21. 8-Jason Schuh[24]; 22. 007-Alex Johnson[9]; 23. (DNF) 77B-Logan Bauer[11]; 24. (DNF) 5C-Preston Carr[2]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 111-Jason Halverson[2]; 2. 87S-Reise Stenberg[4]; 3. 33-Jeff Nelson[1]; 4. 29X-Brandon Bahr[8]; 5. 86C-Darren Pfau[3]; 6. 27-Les Schoon[6]; 7. 54-Terry Nelson[11]; 8. 8-Jason Schuh[9]; 9. 88-Chad Puschinsky[12]; 10. (DNF) 06-Chris Vargason[10]; 11. (DNF) 21-Joel Olson[7]; 12. (DNF) 15C-Chris Edmonds[5]; 13. (DNS) 2R-Jeff Reed

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. B0-Jory Berg[4]; 2. 71-Trent Grager[1]; 3. 19-Lucas Rodin[8]; 4. 77B-Logan Bauer[2]; 5. 33G-Connor Graff[3]; 6. 33-Jeff Nelson[7]; 7. 111-Jason Halverson[10]; 8. 27-Les Schoon[9]; 9. 8-Jason Schuh[5]; 10. (DNF) 2R-Jeff Reed[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Rusty Kollman[2]; 2. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[6]; 3. 12-Jaden Varnson[5]; 4. 2S-Matt Schow[9]; 5. 16-Randy Thompson[3]; 6. 18X-Connor Drewry[8]; 7. 87S-Reise Stenberg[4]; 8. 21-Joel Olson[1]; 9. 06-Chris Vargason[7]; 10. 88-Chad Puschinsky[10]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 5C-Preston Carr[4]; 2. 007-Alex Johnson[1]; 3. 39-Jamie Dietzler[6]; 4. 35-Tanner Theis[3]; 5. 57-Nathan Raasakka[2]; 6. 86C-Darren Pfau[5]; 7. 15C-Chris Edmonds[7]; 8. 29X-Brandon Bahr[8]; 9. 54-Terry Nelson[9]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 27-Parker Anderson[1]; 2. 10V-Justin Vogel[8]; 3. 539-Aaron Blacklance[5]; 4. 33-Daniel Aberle[6]; 5. 65-Jerome Berger[7]; 6. 30-Seth Klostreich[3]; 7. 25-Ryan Johnson[14]; 8. 35-John Halvorson[4]; 9. 27P-Tucker Pederson[11]; 10. 4-Trey Hess[10]; 11. 8T-Doug VanMill[9]; 12. 12X1-Kurt Becken[19]; 13. 29-Dan McNamee[20]; 14. 10-Joe Potter[15]; 15. 19-Cole Greseth[16]; 16. 1CJ-Jason Halverson[22]; 17. 21J-Brian Johanson[21]; 18. 22-Alex Minks[13]; 19. 48-Chase Boen[17]; 20. (DNF) 10T-Darek Turner[23]; 21. (DNF) 43-Rory Opp[12]; 22. (DNF) 99-Josh Barker[24]; 23. (DNF) 7-James Meagher[2]; 24. (DNS) 31-Jason Marko

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 48-Chase Boen[4]; 2. 31-Jason Marko[8]; 3. 12X1-Kurt Becken[11]; 4. 29-Dan McNamee[7]; 5. 21J-Brian Johanson[12]; 6. 1CJ-Jason Halverson[14]; 7. 10T-Darek Turner[16]; 8. 99-Josh Barker[6]; 9. 00-Terry Blacklance[5]; 10. (DNF) 03-Bryce Reimer[13]; 11. (DNF) 87-Alan Lane[10]; 12. (DNF) 34R-Ryne Uhrich[1]; 13. (DNF) 51L-Justin Lundeen[15]; 14. (DNF) 34-Bill Gustafson[9]; 15. (DNF) 1J-Cody Armstrong[2]; 16. (DNS) 67-Weston Ramsrud

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Daniel Aberle[1]; 2. 10V-Justin Vogel[3]; 3. 65-Jerome Berger[7]; 4. 25-Ryan Johnson[6]; 5. 19-Cole Greseth[8]; 6. 99-Josh Barker[2]; 7. 87-Alan Lane[4]; 8. (DNS) 10T-Darek Turner

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 539-Aaron Blacklance[2]; 2. 7-James Meagher[7]; 3. 4-Trey Hess[4]; 4. 1J-Cody Armstrong[1]; 5. 67-Weston Ramsrud[6]; 6. 00-Terry Blacklance[8]; 7. 12X1-Kurt Becken[5]; 8. 03-Bryce Reimer[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 30-Seth Klostreich[3]; 2. 35-John Halvorson[6]; 3. 43-Rory Opp[1]; 4. 27P-Tucker Pederson[7]; 5. 34R-Ryne Uhrich[8]; 6. 31-Jason Marko[4]; 7. 34-Bill Gustafson[2]; 8. 1CJ-Jason Halverson[5]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Parker Anderson[5]; 2. 8T-Doug VanMill[1]; 3. 22-Alex Minks[2]; 4. 10-Joe Potter[6]; 5. 48-Chase Boen[4]; 6. 29-Dan McNamee[3]; 7. 21J-Brian Johanson[7]; 8. 51L-Justin Lundeen[8]