River Cities Speedway honors Nick Minske on rare Tuesday night racing program

​GRAND FORKS, N.D. (July 2) – River Cities Speedway staff, drivers and fans remembered Street Stock and Late Model driver Nick Minske during pre-race ceremonies on Tuesday night. Minske, who competed at River Cities weekly for over a decade, passed away June 21st after succumbing to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. 

Following the national anthems, Mark Dobmeier took Minske’s Late Model around the track with a few hundred drivers and crew members surrounding the embankment in turns one and two. 

It was an action-packed night of feature action with Mark Dobmeier, Nick Omdahl, Dustin Wahl, Dustin Strand, Matt Schow and Braden Brauer all visiting RydellCars.com Victory Lane. 

Mark Dobmeier won the Buffalo Wild Wings NOSA feature after a great race-long battle with Brendan Mullen. Both drivers started on the front row with Dobmeier taking the lead first before Mullen grabbed the point with a textbook slider in turn two on lap eight. Mullen went on to lead the most laps of the 26-lapper, 14, but it wasn't enough to get his first River Cities since last September. Dobmeier reclaimed the lead with a slide job of his own with five to go and went on to his 189th career NOSA win and fifth of 2024. 

Dustin Wahl raced to a big lead in the WISSOTA Modified feature and held off a hard charging Dustin Strand by 1.7 seconds at the checkers. Sixth starting Strand moved into second with 12 to go and had a 2.8-second deficit to Wahl, but ate into his lead lap after lap. Wahl was too fast, however, and went on to pick up his first win at River Cities since he swept Hornet action in September of 2004. 

Last year's WISSOTA Street Stock national runner-up, Braden Brauer, dominated the 21-lap Big Al's Construction Street Stock feature. Greg Jose led early but his night ended early after he was spun in turn four, collecting Seth Klostreich. Klostreich was able to continue. 

Brauer inherited the lead for the Evergreen Insurance restart and never looked back, picking up the win by over five seconds over Sunday night's winner Trey Hess. The win was the fourth for the driver who traveled 6-and-a-half hours to River Cities Speedway from Eyota, Minnesota. 

Matt Schow ran unchallenged to the Happy Harry's Midwest Modified win. It was his second of the season at the Bullring. 

Dustin Strand was untouchable in the Cirrus Aircraft WISSOTA Late Model feature. The East Grand Forks, Minnesota driver took the lead from seventh on lap eight and proved he was the class of the field. Strand held a 4.3 second lead until a yellow flew with four to go. The restart posed no threat for the four-time NLRA Late Model champion as he cruised to the checkers. 

West Fargo’s Amelia Eisenschenk started on the pole and scored her career-best Late Model finish in fourth. Brad Seng, early race leader Shane Edginton, Eisenschenk and Brody Troftgruben rounded out the top five. 

Jordan Graham and Zach Omdahl were set to bring the May 17th make-up feature for the NOSA Sprints to green to end Tuesday's action but during warm-up laps for the race, Mark Dobmeier went for a tumble in turn three.

While the track was being repaired, Dobmeier and crew were able to make repairs to the No. 13 and return to start at the rear of the field. It was apparent from the outset, however, that the damage wasn't completely removed from the car as Dobmeier was only able to climb back to eighth.

Up from it was Zach Omdahl setting a torrid pace early both before and after Jack Croaker also got upside-down on the second lap in the third turn.

At the midway point, Nick Omdahl reeled-in his cousin Zach to battle for the lead. Nick Omdahl took the point off turn four coming to 12 to go.

Jade Hastings and Brendan Mullen battled for the third spot as Nick Omdahl began to pull away from the field.

The final 24 laps went green-to-checkered with Nick Omdahl winning for the first time at River Cities since July 22, 2022. Hastings, Mullen, Zach Omdahl, and Jordan Graham.

Racing action continues on Friday night, July 12th, as the Premier Racing Series will be joined by the NLSA Lightning Sprints with a start time of seven o'clock.

SUMMARY

NOSA Sprint Cars:
A Feature (26 Laps): 1. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier[2]; 2. 11M-Brendan Mullen[1]; 3. 8H-Jade Hastings[11]; 4. 8-Jack Croaker[4]; 5. 0-Nick Omdahl[5]; 6. 2JR-Kelly Miller[6]; 7. 52-Adam Sobolik[8]; 8. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[3]; 9. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[7]; 10. 4-Colton Young[13]; 11. 99-Jordan Graham[14]; 12. 41T-Travis Strandell[17]; 13. 50-Brad Flaten[16]; 14. 25-Jerzee Rosinski[20]; 15. 19B-Dustin Burke[18]; 16. (DNF) 27-Weston Olson[9]; 17. (DNF) 26-Blake Egeland[10]; 18. (DNF) 10-Alex Truscinski[15]; 19. (DNF) 17-Zach Omdahl[12]; 20. (DNF) 49-Kim Young[19]

May 17th makeup feature (25 Laps): 1. 0-Nick Omdahl[3]; 2. 8H-Jade Hastings[5]; 3. 11M-Brendan Mullen[15]; 4. 17-Zach Omdahl[2]; 5. 99-Jordan Graham[1]; 6. 27-Weston Olson[10]; 7. 4-Colton Young[9]; 8. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier[6]; 9. 41T-Travis Strandell[13]; 10. 52-Adam Sobolik[11]; 11. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[12]; 12. 50-Brad Flaten[14]; 13. (DNF) 8-Jack Croaker[4]; 14. (DNS) 10-Alex Truscinski; 15. (DNS) 26-Blake Egeland

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[1]; 2. 0-Nick Omdahl[3]; 3. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier[4]; 4. 8H-Jade Hastings[2]; 5. 4-Colton Young[5]; 6. 50-Brad Flaten[6]; 7. (DNS) 25-Jerzee Rosinski

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Adam Sobolik[1]; 2. 11M-Brendan Mullen[4]; 3. 27-Weston Olson[2]; 4. 17-Zach Omdahl[3]; 5. 99-Jordan Graham[5]; 6. 41T-Travis Strandell[6]; 7. 49-Kim Young[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2JR-Kelly Miller[1]; 2. 8-Jack Croaker[3]; 3. 26-Blake Egeland[2]; 4. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[4]; 5. 10-Alex Truscinski[5]; 6. 19B-Dustin Burke[6]

Qualifying 1 (1 Laps): 1. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier, 00:10.483[14]; 2. 11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:10.565[1]; 3. 15-Laela Eisenschenk, 00:10.718[3]; 4. 0-Nick Omdahl, 00:10.774[18]; 5. 17-Zach Omdahl, 00:10.822[11]; 6. 8-Jack Croaker, 00:10.872[13]; 7. 8H-Jade Hastings, 00:10.911[9]; 8. 27-Weston Olson, 00:10.969[8]; 9. 26-Blake Egeland, 00:11.016[17]; 10. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:11.088[4]; 11. 52-Adam Sobolik, 00:11.271[10]; 12. 2JR-Kelly Miller, 00:11.356[16]; 13. 4-Colton Young, 00:11.369[2]; 14. 99-Jordan Graham, 00:11.386[19]; 15. 10-Alex Truscinski, 00:11.456[5]; 16. 50-Brad Flaten, 00:12.222[7]; 17. 41T-Travis Strandell, 00:12.564[20]; 18. 19B-Dustin Burke, 00:12.783[6]; 19. 25-Jerzee Rosinski, 00:12.967[15]; 20. (DNS) 49-Kim Young, 00:12.967

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:
A Feature (21 Laps): 1. 2S-Matt Schow[3]; 2. 44-Austin Hunter[4]; 3. 39-Jamie Dietzler[6]; 4. 16T-Tim Kanten[14]; 5. 32B-Brennan Schmidt[1]; 6. 29-Cylen Vargason[2]; 7. 15-MaKenna Romuld[10]; 8. 32-Eric Haugland[7]; 9. 3T-Alex Tschakert[9]; 10. B10-Brody Kraft[11]; 11. 15TRX-Chris Edmonds[13]; 12. (DNF) 10-Michael Blevins Sr[8]; 13. (DNF) 47-Memphis Klassen[12]; 14. (DNF) 10S-Sam Blevins[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 39-Jamie Dietzler[2]; 2. 10S-Sam Blevins[4]; 3. 32-Eric Haugland[6]; 4. 32B-Brennan Schmidt[1]; 5. 3T-Alex Tschakert[3]; 6. B10-Brody Kraft[5]; 7. (DNF) 15TRX-Chris Edmonds[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2S-Matt Schow[2]; 2. 29-Cylen Vargason[1]; 3. 44-Austin Hunter[7]; 4. 10-Michael Blevins Sr[6]; 5. 15-MaKenna Romuld[5]; 6. (DNF) 47-Memphis Klassen[4]; 7. (DNF) 16T-Tim Kanten[3]

WISSOTA Street Stocks: 
A Feature (21 Laps): 1. 34JR-Braden Brauer[8]; 2. 4-Trey Hess[6]; 3. 35-John Halvorson[5]; 4. 67-Weston Ramsrud[9]; 5. 99-Josh Barker[1]; 6. B23-Eric Blumke[10]; 7. 30-Seth Klostreich[4]; 8. 03-Bryce Reimer[3]; 9. 29-Joe Potter[12]; 10. (DNF) 7-James Meagher[11]; 11. (DNF) 28-Greg Jose[2]; 12. (DNF) 19-Cole Greseth[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 35-John Halvorson[1]; 2. 30-Seth Klostreich[3]; 3. 19-Cole Greseth[5]; 4. 28-Greg Jose[6]; 5. 67-Weston Ramsrud[2]; 6. 7-James Meagher[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Trey Hess[5]; 2. 34JR-Braden Brauer[4]; 3. 03-Bryce Reimer[2]; 4. 99-Josh Barker[3]; 5. B23-Eric Blumke[1]; 6. 29-Joe Potter[6]

WISSOTA Late Models:
A Feature (21 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand[7]; 2. 12S-Brad Seng[5]; 3. 5E-Shane Edginton[6]; 4. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[1]; 5. 14-Brody Troftgruben[8]; 6. E85-Jason Strand[12]; 7. 21S-John Seng[2]; 8. 44*-Cole Schill[9]; 9. 50-Ryan Corbett[10]; 10. 6R-Nate Reynolds[13]; 11. 7P-Joey Pederson[11]; 12. 32-Eric Haugland[15]; 13. 17S-Lance Schill[16]; 14. 27P-Tucker Pederson[4]; 15. 4C-Brandon Corbett[14]; 16. 14M-Greg Moore[17]; 17. 9A-Blake Anderson[22]; 18. 97-Dan McNamee[19]; 19. (DNF) 56-Laine Schwehr[20]; 20. (DNF) F9-Brandon Fuller[3]; 21. (DNF) 12F-Greg Friestad[18]; 22. (DNS) 21-Brady Pengilly

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[1]; 2. 5E-Shane Edginton[8]; 3. F9-Brandon Fuller[3]; 4. 50-Ryan Corbett[2]; 5. 6R-Nate Reynolds[6]; 6. 17S-Lance Schill[7]; 7. 97-Dan McNamee[4]; 8. 9A-Blake Anderson[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand[6]; 2. 27P-Tucker Pederson[3]; 3. 12S-Brad Seng[4]; 4. 7P-Joey Pederson[7]; 5. 4C-Brandon Corbett[2]; 6. 14M-Greg Moore[5]; 7. 56-Laine Schwehr[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 44*-Cole Schill[1]; 2. 21S-John Seng[2]; 3. 14-Brody Troftgruben[6]; 4. E85-Jason Strand[4]; 5. 32-Eric Haugland[7]; 6. 12F-Greg Friestad[3]; 7. 21-Brady Pengilly[5]
WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature (21 Laps): 1. 74-Dustin Wahl[2]; 2. 71-Dustin Strand[6]; 3. 10W-Ward Imrie[8]; 4. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[5]; 5. 7-Bryce Borgen[3]; 6. 22-Davey Mills[9]; 7. 43-Lance Schilling[10]; 8. 22B-Josh Beaulieu[15]; 9. 51T-Tim Thomas[12]; 10. 81-Jordan Duray[13]; 11. 16-Brenden Luschinski[11]; 12. 25-Ryan Johnson[4]; 13. 57-Michael Tiani[14]; 14. 96-Erv Grossman[16]; 15. 27-Chris Unrau[17]; 16. (DNF) 6ST-Joseph Thomas[7]; 17. (DNF) 77R-Ryan Schroeder[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Bryce Borgen[1]; 2. 77R-Ryan Schroeder[8]; 3. 74-Dustin Wahl[5]; 4. 25-Ryan Johnson[6]; 5. 22-Davey Mills[7]; 6. 16-Brenden Luschinski[9]; 7. 81-Jordan Duray[2]; 8. (DNF) 22B-Josh Beaulieu[3]; 9. (DNF) 27-Chris Unrau[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10W-Ward Imrie[1]; 2. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[5]; 3. 71-Dustin Strand[8]; 4. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[2]; 5. 43-Lance Schilling[6]; 6. 51T-Tim Thomas[3]; 7. 57-Michael Tiani[4]; 8. (DNF) 96-Erv Grossman[7]