RECAP: Dobmeier, Pederson, Schill & Johnson visit RydellCars.com Victory Lane

Mark Dobmeier, Buffalo Wild Wings NOSA Sprint Car winner.

Joey Pederson, Performance Auto Late Model winner.

Lance Schill, Happy Harry's Midwest Mod winner.

Ryan Johnson, Wells Concrete Street Stock winner.

By Mike Spieker

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (August 25, 2017) – Despite threatening skies all round most of the afternoon and evening, River Cities Speedway was able to get the complete night of racing in with no delays. Joey Pederson, Lance Schill, and Ryan Johnson claimed WISSOTA PolyDome Dirt Track Series wins, while Mark Dobmeier raced to the Buffalo Wild Wings NOSA Sprint Car victory. ​

Joey Pederson scored his second Performance Auto WISSOTA Late Model win Friday at the Bullring. Pederson led all but one of the 20 laps during the main event, but he had his hands full with multiple contenders throughout the duration of the race.

In the early going, Bill Mooney appeared to have the faster car and put pressure on Pederson for the lead. Around the halfway point, Mooney had a run on Pederson in turns one and two, but he ran out of real estate exiting the corner and got into the back of Pederson. As a result, Pederson spun around, bringing out the caution, which was charged to Mooney.

On the restart, Pederson jumped out to the lead once again, but he was soon challenged by defending WISSOTA Late Model national champion, Dustin Strand. Strand momentarily took the lead with five to go, but Pederson fought back to regain the point.

The two veteran drivers then went head to head for the remainder of the event. With the white flag in the air, Strand tried to make something happen on the low side of the speedway. He hit the moisture on the bottom of turns three and four and pulled even with Pederson, but Pederson had the momentum up top. At the Valley Sunrise Properties Flagstand, Pederson edged out Strand by a mere one-tenth of a second.

Travis Robertson scored a career-best third place finish, as Zach Naastad and Shane Edginton rounded out the top five.

Lance Schill resumed his River Cities hot streak in the Happy Harry’s WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds. Schill picked up his fifth consecutive win at the three-tenths mile dirt oval, as well as the clean sweep of the night after winning his heat earlier in the night.

The Langdon driver took the lead from Nate Reynolds on lap two of 18 and went on to lead the rest of the event. Reynolds remained in contention throughout the race, but wasn’t able to muster up enough to get back by the Schill Construction No. 17.

The win was Schill’s fifth Midwest Mod win of the season at River Cities and sixth overall.

Wells Concrete WISSOTA Street Stock point leader, Ryan Johnson, extended his advantage over Daniel Aberle with his division-leading seventh win of the season.

Johnson led all 15 laps in what was a dominating performance by the Karlstad, Minn. driver. All the action was behind Johnson in the closing laps, Matt Beehler, Aaron Blacklance, Adam Burrows and James Meagher all battled for the final two podium positions.

In the end, Johnson took the win by over three seconds over Beehler and Burrows. Daniel Aberle and 13th place starter, Dan McNamee rounded out the top five. Tucker Pederson was the hard charger of the race, advancing from 15th to sixth.

Mark Dobmeier cruised to yet another Buffalo Wild Wings NOSA Sprint Car feature win. Dobmeier took the lead from Chris Ranten on lap 11 with a big slide job in turns one and two. Dobmeier dove to the inside of Ranten and slid up the track as the two drivers made heavy contact. Ranten jumped over the left rear of Dobmeier as he tried to dive to the inside of the No. 13, which sent Ranten’s front wheels four feet into the air.

Both drivers were able to regain the handle on their machines, with Dobmeier leading, while Wade Nygaard took advantage to slip into second.

Austin Pierce quickly moved by Ranten for the third spot before chasing down Nygaard and taking second.

With five laps to go, a caution waved which put Pierce right on the rear bumper of Dobmeier for the restart. However, a broken driveline component forced Pierce pitside and out of the event. Pierce’s DNF brought an end to his NOSA top five streak, which dated back to May 12th.

On the restart, Dobmeier raced away from the field to claim his fourth win of the season at RCS. Ranten recovered to finish second, while Nygaard, Jordan Adams and Nick Omdahl rounded out the top five.

SUMMARY
WISSOTA Late Models:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7P-Joey Pederson, [2]; 2. 71-Dustin Strand, [4]; 3. 1R-Travis Robertson, [8]; 4. Z17-Zach Naastad, [3]; 5. 4-Shane Edginton, [18]; 6. 10-Mike Balcaen, [9]; 7. 4C-Ryan Corbett, [10]; 8. T1-Tom Corcoran, [7]; 9. 11-Troy Schill, [11]; 10. 71S-Steffen Snare, [13]; 11. 9-Steve Anderson, [16]; 12. 14-Brody Troftgruben, [15]; 13. 2-Bill Mooney, [1]; 14. F9-Brandon Fuller, [12]; 15. 1M-Nicholas Minske, [17]; 16. (DNF) 7W-Ricky Weiss, [6]; 17. (DNF) 12S-Brad Seng, [5]; 18. (DNF) 345-Bryce Reimer, [14]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Bill Mooney, [2]; 2. 71-Dustin Strand, [1]; 3. T1-Tom Corcoran, [3]; 4. 4C-Ryan Corbett, [5]; 5. 71S-Steffen Snare, [6]; 6. 9-Steve Anderson, [4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7P-Joey Pederson, [1]; 2. 12S-Brad Seng, [2]; 3. 1R-Travis Robertson, [3]; 4. 11-Troy Schill, [5]; 5. 345-Bryce Reimer, [6]; 6. (DNF) 4-Shane Edginton, [4]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Z17-Zach Naastad, [2]; 2. 7W-Ricky Weiss, [6]; 3. 10-Mike Balcaen, [1]; 4. F9-Brandon Fuller, [3]; 5. 14-Brody Troftgruben, [4]; 6. 1M-Nicholas Minske, [5]

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17S-Lance Schill, [2]; 2. 6R-Nate Reynolds, [1]; 3. 2S-Matt Schow, [4]; 4. 96-Jeremy Lizakowski, [6]; 5. 1S-Scott Bintz, [9]; 6. 44-Austin Hunter, [14]; 7. B0-Jory Berg, [3]; 8. 29X-Brandon Bahr, [10]; 9. 39-Jamie Dietzler, [7]; 10. 87S-Reise Stenberg, [12]; 11. 6-Dean Eggebraaten, [11]; 12. 23-Scott Vasichek, [21]; 13. 35-John Halvorson, [15]; 14. 57-Nathan Raasakka, [5]; 15. 01-Zach Bruer, [17]; 16. 22S-Tyler Schow, [22]; 17. 8-Jason Schuh, [20]; 18. 21-Todd Johnson, [13]; 19. (DNF) 28S-Ryan Schow, [8]; 20. (DNF) 17-Dallas Brevik, [19]; 21. (DNF) 43-Dean Selmanson, [18]; 22. (DNF) 96B-Brent Loftsgard, [16]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6R-Nate Reynolds, [1]; 2. 28S-Ryan Schow, [3]; 3. 39-Jamie Dietzler, [4]; 4. 29X-Brandon Bahr, [8]; 5. 21-Todd Johnson, [6]; 6. 96B-Brent Loftsgard, [5]; 7. (DNF) 8-Jason Schuh, [2]; (DNS) 22S-Tyler Schow,
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17S-Lance Schill, [4]; 2. 2S-Matt Schow, [1]; 3. B0-Jory Berg, [3]; 4. 6-Dean Eggebraaten, [2]; 5. 44-Austin Hunter, [7]; 6. 01-Zach Bruer, [5]; 7. 17-Dallas Brevik, [6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 96-Jeremy Lizakowski, [2]; 2. 1S-Scott Bintz, [6]; 3. 57-Nathan Raasakka, [1]; 4. 87S-Reise Stenberg, [7]; 5. 35-John Halvorson, [4]; 6. 43-Dean Selmanson, [3]; 7. (DNF) 23-Scott Vasichek, [5]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 25-Ryan Johnson, [1]; 2. 18B-Matt Beehler, [3]; 3. 18A-Adam Burrows, [6]; 4. 33-Daniel Aberle, [2]; 5. 29-Dan McNamee, [13]; 6. 27P-Tucker Pederson, [15]; 7. 7-James Meagher, [4]; 8. 18X-Riley Gregoire, [16]; 9. 21J-Brian Johanson, [8]; 10. 24T-Tiffany Noreikis, [17]; 11. 11P-Jeremiah Porter, [19]; 12. 9-Jason Rethemeier, [18]; 13. (DNF) 03-Bryce Reimer, [5]; 14. (DNF) 105-Terry Blacklance, [9]; 15. (DNF) 1M-Nicholas Minske, [12]; 16. (DNF) 76-Ron Olafson, [14]; 17. (DNF) 35-John Halvorson, [10]; 18. (DNF) 00-Dustin Ebensteiner, [11]; (DQ) 39-Aaron Blacklance, [7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 39-Aaron Blacklance, [2]; 2. 33-Daniel Aberle, [4]; 3. 03-Bryce Reimer, [6]; 4. 35-John Halvorson, [7]; 5. 29-Dan McNamee, [3]; 6. 18X-Riley Gregoire, [5]; 7. 11P-Jeremiah Porter, [1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7-James Meagher, [2]; 2. 105-Terry Blacklance, [6]; 3. 21J-Brian Johanson, [4]; 4. 00-Dustin Ebensteiner, [5]; 5. 76-Ron Olafson, [1]; 6. 24T-Tiffany Noreikis, [3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 18A-Adam Burrows, [2]; 2. 18B-Matt Beehler, [1]; 3. 25-Ryan Johnson, [4]; 4. 1M-Nicholas Minske, [3]; 5. 27P-Tucker Pederson, [6]; 6. 9-Jason Rethemeier, [5]

NOSA 410 Sprint Cars:
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 13-Mark Dobmeier, [4]; 2. 27-Chris Ranten, [2]; 3. 9N-Wade Nygaard, [1]; 4. 20A-Jordan Adams, [12]; 5. 0-Nick Omdahl, [3]; 6. 8H-Jade Hastings, [5]; 7. 6-Zach Wilde, [8]; 8. 26-Blake Egeland, [22]; 9. 31-Shane Roemeling, [6]; 10. 13T-Ty Hanten, [11]; 11. 4M-Cale Mack, [16]; 12. 14-Tom Egeland, [19]; 13. 99-Jordan Graham, [13]; 14. 22-Tanner Wisk, [15]; 15. 24-Jon Sorenson, [20]; 16. 3M-Marcus Rothenbacher, [10]; 17. 12-Brayden Pengilly, [18]; 18. (DNF) 51-Alex Larson, [14]; 19. (DNF) 10TRB-Bob Martin, [9]; 20. (DNF) 2A-Austin Pierce, [7]; 21. (DNF) 8-Casey Mack, [21]; 22. (DNF) 1AJ-Trevor Mell, [17]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 9N-Wade Nygaard, [2]; 2. 13-Mark Dobmeier, [7]; 3. 2A-Austin Pierce, [1]; 4. 3M-Marcus Rothenbacher, [8]; 5. 99-Jordan Graham, [4]; 6. 4M-Cale Mack, [5]; 7. 14-Tom Egeland, [6]; 8. (DNF) 26-Blake Egeland, [3]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 27-Chris Ranten, [3]; 2. 8H-Jade Hastings, [2]; 3. 6-Zach Wilde, [4]; 4. 13T-Ty Hanten, [5]; 5. 51-Alex Larson, [6]; 6. 1AJ-Trevor Mell, [7]; 7. (DNF) 8-Casey Mack, [1]
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 0-Nick Omdahl, [4]; 2. 31-Shane Roemeling, [2]; 3. 10TRB-Bob Martin, [3]; 4. 20A-Jordan Adams, [1]; 5. 22-Tanner Wisk, [7]; 6. 12-Brayden Pengilly, [5]; 7. 24-Jon Sorenson, [6]