Matt Schow charges to the Happy Harry's Midwest Mod victory

Matt Schow & family in RydellCars.com victory lane. Photo by Mike Spieker.

By Mike Spieker

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (May 31, 2019) – Reise Stenberg has been nearly unstoppable as of late in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified ranks. The Argusville, N.D. driver scored the season opener win at River Cities, collected the Jeff Carpenter Memorial win at Jamestown Speedway last Saturday night before picking up another win at Norman County Raceway in Ada, Minn. on Thursday. Stenberg lined up on the pole for the 18-lap Happy Harry’s main event and looked poised to claim another win. Stenberg jumped out to the early lead over Lance Schill. 

Schill rode right in Stenberg’s tracks for the first five laps until the two made contact, which sent Stenberg around. The caution was called on Schill as Stenberg reassumed the lead. Austin Hunter and Matt Schow had a good battle going on for second until Hunter pulled off the speedway. Schow then moved up to challenge his brother-in-law, Stenberg, for the lead. Schow and Stenberg ran wheel to wheel for several laps before Schow cleared for the lead exiting turn two with seven to go.

Once out front, Schow checked out and took the win.

​RESULTS:
​Feature (18 Laps): 1. 2S-Matt Schow, [9]; 2. 87S-Reise Stenberg, [2]; 3. 6R-Nate Reynolds, [4]; 4. 5-Aaron Blacklance, [3]; 5. 6-Dean Eggebraaten, [7]; 6. 21-Todd Johnson, [14]; 7. 21L-Jarett Lovcik, [8]; 8. 23-Scott Vasichek, [6]; 9. 17S-Lance Schill, [1]; 10. B0-Jory Berg, [10]; 11. 16-Randy Thompson, [15]; 12. B4-Tim Berg, [16]; 13. 28S-Ryan Schow, [12]; 14. 41-Tyler McClellan, [21]; 15. 57-Nathan Raasakka, [20]; 16. 10T-Tom Morriseau, [17]; 17. 39-Jamie Dietzler, [11]; 18. (DNF) 20K-Kyle Lovcik, [19]; 19. (DNF) 00-Steve Hougard, [18]; 20. (DNF) 44-Austin Hunter, [5]; 21. (DNF) 188-Hunter Hougard, [13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2S-Matt Schow, [1]; 2. 6R-Nate Reynolds, [2]; 3. 23-Scott Vasichek, [3]; 4. B0-Jory Berg, [6]; 5. 188-Hunter Hougard, [5]; 6. B4-Tim Berg, [4]; 7. (DNF) 57-Nathan Raasakka, [7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Dean Eggebraaten, [1]; 2. 44-Austin Hunter, [3]; 3. 87S-Reise Stenberg, [4]; 4. 39-Jamie Dietzler, [6]; 5. 21-Todd Johnson, [5]; 6. 10T-Tom Morriseau, [2]; 7. 20K-Kyle Lovcik, [7]

​Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Aaron Blacklance, [2]; 2. 17S-Lance Schill, [7]; 3. 21L-Jarett Lovcik, [6]; 4. 28S-Ryan Schow, [4]; 5. 16-Randy Thompson, [1]; 6. 00-Steve Hougard, [3]; 7. (DNF) 41-Tyler McClellan, [5]