Johnson Records 5th RCS Win of 2017

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.

Steven Richards followed Halvorson into second as a three wide race for third developed behind them. A caution with seven laps in the books reset the field.

On the restart, Halvorson continued to lead Richards as Ryan Johnson secured the third spot. With five laps to go, Johnson moved into second as he drove around the outside of Richards exiting turn two. Just as he did that, Halvorson’s No. 35 machine broke, which brought his night to an end and handed Johnson the lead.

Once out front, Johnson cruised to his fifth win of the season at RCS. Richards, Dustin Ebensteiner, Nick Minske, and Casey Vargason rounded out the top five.

RESULTS:
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 25-Ryan Johnson, [9]; 2. 3-Steven Richards, [7]; 3. 00-Dustin Ebensteiner, [14]; 4. 1M-Nicholas Minske, [12]; 5. 17-Casey Vargason, [3]; 6. 4-Trey Hess, [4]; 7. 29-Dan McNamee, [8]; 8. 33-Daniel Aberle, [16]; 9. 7-James Meagher, [6]; 10. 27P-Tucker Pederson, [15]; 11. 18B-Matt Beehler, [17]; 12. 48-Chase Boen, [10]; 13. 99-Josh Barker, [2]; 14. 42-Darryl Heintz, [11]; 15. (DNF) 24T-Tiffany Noreikis, [1]; 16. (DNF) 35-John Halvorson, [5]; 17. (DNF) 76-Ron Olafson, [19]; 18. (DNF) 11F-Brandon Fah, [13]; (DNS) 77-Benjamin Coopland,

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7-James Meagher, [2]; 2. 35-John Halvorson, [7]; 3. 4-Trey Hess, [1]; 4. 48-Chase Boen, [5]; 5. 11F-Brandon Fah, [6]; 6. 27P-Tucker Pederson, [3]; 7. 18B-Matt Beehler, [4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Ryan Johnson, [1]; 2. 29-Dan McNamee, [2]; 3. 17-Casey Vargason, [4]; 4. 42-Darryl Heintz, [3]; 5. 00-Dustin Ebensteiner, [6]; 6. 33-Daniel Aberle, [5]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 24T-Tiffany Noreikis, [1]; 2. 3-Steven Richards, [5]; 3. 99-Josh Barker, [6]; 4. 1M-Nicholas Minske, [4]; 5. (DNF) 77-Benjamin Coopland, [2]; (DQ) 76-Ron Olafson, [3]