River Cities Speedway Recap – July 14

Photo by Robert Dusso.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (July 14, 2017) – The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Cars made their annual visit to River Cities Speedway Friday night. Despite Mother Nature’s best attempt to wash out the show, the entire night was ran in its entirety, albeit with a lengthy rain delay.

The night, which was presented by Acme Tools, featured NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Rusty Wallace as the grand marshall.

The Schill Construction Modifieds made their second appearance at River Cities Speedway with 29 cars in attendance. Just like their main event on June 9th at The Bullring, it came down to Dustin Strand and Ward Imrie.

This time the win went to Strand.

Imrie took the lead from the pole position to start the 20-lap feature as Lance Schill filed into the second spot. On lap seven, Strand, who started back in sixth, took the runner-up spot from Schill and set his sights on Imrie.

As the laps wound down, it looked as though Imrie was poised to defend his from a few weeks prior.

“That 10 car was pretty quick tonight,” said Strand of Imrie. “I would have liked to have seen a yellow there at the end to put some heat on him, but I was happy to see those lapped cars. It worked out in our favor.”

Strand closed in on Imrie in the final laps before steal the point on the final lap to take the win by 0.185 at the line.

Jade Hastings claimed his first career win at River Cities Speedway Friday night as he topped a stout field of 26 Buffalo Wild Wings NOSA Sprints. Hastings took the lead on lap eight and held off the field restart after restart to park his No. 8H machine in RydellCars.com Victory Lane.

“Oh man, I won my first race two weeks ago and I thought that was the best thing ever, but I was way wrong. Tonight is way better,” said the 19-year-old Grand Forks driver.

Jordan Graham and Austin Pierce led the field to the Valley Sunrise flagstand at the drop of the green flag. Pierce used the cushion to drive around Graham for the lead on the opening lap as Thomas Kennedy followed Pierce into second.

A caution on lap four set up a restart, where Kennedy battled Pierce for the lead. As they charged into turn three, something broke on Kennedy’s machine, which sent him spinning to a stop. Kennedy was not able to continue and was done for the night.

As the race resumed, Pierce cruised out to the lead and opened up a comfortable advantage. Pierce encountered lapped traffic in a matter of laps as he set a blistering pace around the three-tenths mile dirt oval.

On lap eight, Pierce made contact with a lapped car, which spun him around in turn four, bringing out the yellow. Pierce was forced to restart in 22nd, but he wouldn’t stay back there long.

Hastings inherited the lead on the restart, while Wade Nygaard and Bob Martin fought for second.

A restart with 10 to go resulted in a three car pile that collected Casey Mack, Mitch Mack, and Trent Stengl. Only Stengl was able to continue. He was able to rebound for a 13th place finish.

One last caution flew with two laps to go, which put Nygaard right on the tail tank of Hastings.

“I needed that last caution. I was getting pretty tired in the car,” continued Hastings. “Plus it helped to burn off some more fuel to make the car a little lighter. I saw Wade peak his nose under me. He’s my boss so I know he was trying to make me scared a little.”

Hastings was able to fend off the nine-time and defending NOSA champion in the final laps to claim the coveted victory.  

Shane Clanton took the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model win. Clanton led all 50-lap enroute to securing his first win at The Bullring.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand, [6]; 2. 10W-Ward Imrie, [1]; 3. 48-Jerome Guyot, [4]; 4. 17-Lance Schill, [3]; 5. 5G-Scott Greer, [5]; 6. 74-Dustin Wahl, [8]; 7. 1R-Rick Delaine, [13]; 8. 81-Jordan Duray, [2]; 9. 22-Rick Hamel, [11]; 10. 5P-Ryan Pommerer, [7]; 11. 73P-Rene Poluyko, [17]; 12. 99-Jake Wildman, [22]; 13. 29K-Ryan Kereluk, [12]; 14. 57-Michael Tiani, [14]; 15. 2-Aaron Holtan, [23]; 16. 22M-davey mills, [9]; 17. 7J-Richard Jacobson, [16]; 18. 21J-Joe Chaplinski, [24]; 19. 32-Eric Haugland, [18]; 20. 55-Bryan Dyrdahl, [19]; 21. 27-Chris Unrau, [15]; 22. 4N-Nolan Olmstead, [21]; 23. 1-Jeff Pritchard, [10]; 24. (DNF) 39-Shawn Teunis, [20]

B Feature 1: 1. 4N-Nolan Olmstead, [1]; 2. 99-Jake Wildman, [5]; 3. 2-Aaron Holtan, [4]; 4. 21J-Joe Chaplinski, [2]; 5. 33-Murray Temple, [8]; 6. 9-Lee McRae, [3]; 7. 77-Brady Dyrdahl, [7]; 8. 64-Shane Wahl, [6]; (DNS) 4J-Tim Jackson,

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Dustin Wahl, [5]; 2. 5P-Ryan Pommerer, [1]; 3. 22M-davey mills, [3]; 4. 1R-Rick Delaine, [4]; 5. 73P-Rene Poluyko, [8]; 6. 4N-Nolan Olmstead, [7]; 7. 99-Jake Wildman, [6]; 8. 33-Murray Temple, [2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Lance Schill, [1]; 2. 48-Jerome Guyot, [5]; 3. 1-Jeff Pritchard, [2]; 4. 57-Michael Tiani, [3]; 5. 32-Eric Haugland, [7]; 6. 21J-Joe Chaplinski, [4]; 7. 64-Shane Wahl, [6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand, [1]; 2. 81-Jordan Duray, [3]; 3. 22-Rick Hamel, [2]; 4. 27-Chris Unrau, [5]; 5. 55-Bryan Dyrdahl, [7]; 6. 9-Lee McRae, [4]; 7. (DNF) 4J-Tim Jackson, [6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 10W-Ward Imrie, [3]; 2. 5G-Scott Greer, [6]; 3. 29K-Ryan Kereluk, [5]; 4. 7J-Richard Jacobson, [7]; 5. 39-Shawn Teunis, [1]; 6. 2-Aaron Holtan, [4]; 7. 77-Brady Dyrdahl, [2]

NOSA Sprint Cars:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 8H-Jade Hastings, [3]; 2. 9N-Wade Nygaard, [8]; 3. 2A-Austin Pierce, [2]; 4. 20A-Jordan Adams, [7]; 5. 10TRB-Bob Martin, [5]; 6. 13T-Ty Hanten, [16]; 7. 14-Tom Egeland, [23]; 8. 0-Nick Omdahl, [11]; 9. 26-Blake Egeland, [14]; 10. 51-Alex Larson, [25]; 11. 35-Brenden Wilde, [15]; 12. 6-Zach Wilde, [26]; 13. 7-Trent Stengl, [6]; 14. 4M-Cale Mack, [21]; 15. 91M-Jackson Moffett, [17]; 16. 12-Brayden Pengilly, [19]; 17. 99-Jordan Graham, [1]; 18. 24-Jon Sorenson, [22]; 19. 6N-Greg Nikitenko, [9]; 20. (DNF) 27X-Trevor Mell, [13]; 21. (DNF) 22-Tanner Wisk, [12]; 22. (DNF) 92-Mitch Mack, [10]; 23. (DNF) 31-Shane Roemeling, [24]; 24. (DNF) 8-Casey Mack, [18]; 25. (DNF) 21K-Thomas Kennedy, [4]; 26. (DNF) 47-Sabrina Hockenson, [20]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 21K-Thomas Kennedy, [1]; 2. 10TRB-Bob Martin, [4]; 3. 2A-Austin Pierce, [6]; 4. 99-Jordan Graham, [7]; 5. 91M-Jackson Moffett, [3]; 6. 26-Blake Egeland, [8]; 7. 47-Sabrina Hockenson, [5]; 8. (DNF) 31-Shane Roemeling, [9]; 9. (DNF) 6-Zach Wilde, [2]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 8H-Jade Hastings, [1]; 2. 20A-Jordan Adams, [5]; 3. 22-Tanner Wisk, [2]; 4. 92-Mitch Mack, [6]; 5. 0-Nick Omdahl, [8]; 6. 13T-Ty Hanten, [7]; 7. 8-Casey Mack, [9]; 8. 4M-Cale Mack, [3]; 9. 24-Jon Sorenson, [4]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 7-Trent Stengl, [2]; 2. 9N-Wade Nygaard, [6]; 3. 6N-Greg Nikitenko, [4]; 4. 27X-Trevor Mell, [3]; 5. 35-Brenden Wilde, [5]; 6. 12-Brayden Pengilly, [1]; 7. (DNF) 14-Tom Egeland, [7]; 8. (DNF) 51-Alex Larson, [8]

World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Models:

Feature: 1. 25- Shane Clanton[1]; 2. 91- Tyler Erb[2]; 3. 1- Brandon Sheppard[9]; 4. 157- Mike Marlar[8]; 5. 18- Eric Wells[3]; 6. 44- Chris Madden[7]; 7. 33x- Chad Mahder[5]; 8. 2c- Joey Coulter[11]; 9. 18c- Chase Junghans[18]; 10. 40B- Kyle Bronson[17]; 11. 7W- Ricky Weiss[10]; 12. 90- Lance Matthees[14]; 13. 28- Jimmy Mars[16]; 14. 9- Devin Moran[7]; 15. 1*- Chub Frank[4]; 16. 25s- Chad Simpson[13]; 17. 71- Dustin Strand[20]; 18. 99j- Frank Heckenast Jr[6]; 19. 14m- Morgan Bagley[23]; 20. 11- Pat Doar[19]; 21. 12s- Brad Seng[21]; 22. 58- A.J. Diemel[12]; 23. 15- Justin Duty[24]; 24. 7- Rick Eckert[15];

Last Chance Showdown 1: 1. 40B- Kyle Bronson[1]; 2. 11- Pat Doar[2]; 3. 12s- Brad Seng[3]; 4. 15- Justin Duty[4]; 5. 4- Shane Edginton[6]; 6. Z17- Zach Naastad[5]; 7. 7p- Joey Pederson[8]; 8. 1R- Travis Robertson[9]; 9. 2- Bill Mooney[7];

Last Chance Showdown 2: 1. 18c- Chase Junghans[2]; 2. 71- Dustin Strand[3]; 3. 9- Devin Moran[5]; 4. 77- Jordan Yaggy[1]; 5. 10- Mike Balcaen[6]; 6. 6m- Jeff Massingill[4]; 7. 1m- Nick Minske[7]; DNS. 14m- Morgan Bagley[8]

Heat 1: 1. 25- Shane Clanton[1]; 2. 33x- Chad Mahder[3]; 3. 1- Brandon Sheppard[4]; 4. 25s- Chad Simpson[2]; 5. 40B- Kyle Bronson[5]; 6. 12s- Brad Seng[7]; 7. Z17- Zach Naastad[6]; 8. 2- Bill Mooney[8]; 9. 1R- Travis Robertson[9]

Heat 2: 1. 91- Tyler Erb[2]; 2. 44- Chris Madden[1]; 3. 7W- Ricky Weiss[3]; 4. 90- Lance Matthees[4]; 5. 11- Pat Doar[7]; 6. 15- Justin Duty[5]; 7. 4- Shane Edginton[8]; 8. 7p- Joey Pederson[6]

Heat 3: 1. 157- Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 99j- Frank Heckenast Jr[2]; 3. 2c- Joey Coulter[3]; 4. 7- Rick Eckert[4]; 5. 77- Jordan Yaggy[6]; 6. 71- Dustin Strand[5]; 7. 9- Devin Moran[7]; 8. 1m- Nick Minske[8]

Heat 4: 1. 1*- Chub Frank[2]; 2. 18- Eric Wells[6]; 3. 58- A.J. Diemel[3]; 4. 28- Jimmy Mars[5]; 5. 18c- Chase Junghans[4]; 6. 6m- Jeff Massingill[7]; 7. 10- Mike Balcaen[8]; 8. 14m- Morgan Bagley[1]