Dvergsten, Truedson & Estenson Victorious with NLSA
By Mike Spieker
(August 15, 2018) – It was another busy weekend for the Northern Lightning Sprint Association with four main events on tap over the course of three days. The action kicked off Friday night at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D. as the NLSA Lightning Sprints made their third appearance of the season at the Bullring.
On Saturday, the series returned to one of its home tracks, Greenbush Race Park in Greenbush, Minn. Kelsi Pederson and Alan Truscinski led the field to the green flag for the 15-lap feature with Pederson grabbing the early lead. Pederson paced the pack until Presley Truedson made a pass for the lead exiting turn four on lap six.
Truedson went on to claim the win – her second of 2018 – over Pederson. Alex Truscinski, Dvergsten and Alan Truscinski rounded out the top five.
The weekend came to a close Sunday evening at Buffalo River Race Park in Glyndon, Minn. In addition to the regularly scheduled show, the NLSA Lightning Sprints also ran a make-up feature from the July 8 rainout.
In the first feature, a lot of good race cars got torn up, unfortunately. It started when a gaggle of cars got together in turn two, which resulted in Presley Truedson getting hooked in the right rear tire. Truedson went upside down. She was okay, but she was done for the night.
On the ensuing restart, another incident resulted in Jason Berg getting upside down on the front straightaway. The Fargo driver’s No. 100 machine made contact with the wall before coming to rest on all fours. Berg was okay as well.
In dominating fashion, NLSA rookie, Tim Estenson, led every lap of both features. His first win of the evening was also his first career NLSA win. In the regularly scheduled feature, Estenson was followed to the line by Pederson, Alan Truscinski, Josh Abrahamson and Alex Truscinski.
In the make-up feature, Lawrence Veralrud finished a distant second to Estenson. Abrahamson, Pederson and Mark Williams rounded out the top five.
RESULTS:
8/10/18 – River Cities Speedway:
A Feature (12 Laps): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [3]; 2. 2T-Presley Truedson, [2]; 3. 13-Alan Truscinski, [4]; 4. 10-Alex Truscinski, [7]; 5. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [6]; 6. 100-Jason Berg, [9]; 7. 2S-Clifford Steyn, [11]; 8. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [5]; 9. (DNF) 44D-Jim Hadfield, [8]; 10. (DNF) 11M-Murray Temple, [10]; (DNS) 22H-Dylan Herman, ; (DNS) 30M-Parker Monroe,
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [1]; 2. 2T-Presley Truedson, [4]; 3. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [3]; 4. 10-Alex Truscinski, [5]; 5. 100-Jason Berg, [2]; 6. 2S-Clifford Steyn, [6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Alan Truscinski, [1]; 2. 30M-Parker Monroe, [5]; 3. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [6]; 4. 44D-Jim Hadfield, [4]; 5. (DNF) 11M-Murray Temple, [2]; 6. (DNF) 22H-Dylan Herman, [3]
8/11/18 – Greenbush Race Park:
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 2K-Presley Truedson, [3]; 2. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [1]; 3. 10-Alex Truscinski, [6]; 4. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [5]; 5. 13-Alan Truscinski, [2]; 6. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [8]; 7. (DNF) 100-Jason Berg, [9]; 8. (DNF) 16C-Kyle Cole, [4]; 9. (DNF) 2-Clifford Steyn, [10]; 10. (DNF) 22H-Dylan Herman, [7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Alan Truscinski, [3]; 2. 16C-Kyle Cole, [1]; 3. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [4]; 4. 10-Alex Truscinski, [5]; 5. 2-Clifford Steyn, [2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [5]; 2. 2K-Presley Truedson, [4]; 3. 22H-Dylan Herman, [1]; 4. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [2]; 5. 100-Jason Berg, [3]
8/12/18 – Buffalo River Race Park:
A Feature: 1. 14T-Tim Estenson, [2]; 2. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [6]; 3. 13-Alan Truscinski, [7]; 4. 16A-Josh Abrahamson, [5]; 5. 10-Alex Truscinski, [8]; 6. 40-Lawrence Veralrud, [4]; 7. 1-Mark Williams, [9]; 8. (DNF) 22-Dylan Herman, [1]; 9. (DNF) 100-Jason Berg, [3]; 10. (DNF) 16-Kyle Cole, [11]; 11. (DNF) 2-Presley Truedson, [10]
Heat 1: 1. 13-Alan Truscinski, [4]; 2. 16A-Josh Abrahamson, [3]; 3. 100-Jason Berg, [2]; 4. 22-Dylan Herman, [1]; 5. 1-Mark Williams, [5]; 6. 16-Kyle Cole, [6]
Heat 2: 1. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [3]; 2. 10-Alex Truscinski, [4]; 3. 40-Lawrence Veralrud, [2]; 4. 14T-Tim Estenson, [1]; 5. 2-Presley Truedson, [5]
8/12/18 – Buffalo River Race Park (Make-up from July 8):
A Feature: 1. 14T-Tim Estenson, [2]; 2. 40-Lawrence Veralrud, [6]; 3. 16-Josh Abrahamson, [3]; 4. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [7]; 5. 1-Mark Williams, [1]; (DNS) 100-Jason Berg, ; (DNS) 4-Eric Johnson, ; (DNS) 17K-Zachary Kwiatkoski,
Heat 1: 1. 16-Josh Abrahamson, [5]; 2. 17K-Zachary Kwiatkoski, [6]; 3. 14T-Tim Estenson, [3]; 4. 4-Eric Johnson, [7]; 5. 1-Mark Williams, [1]; 6. 40-Lawrence Veralrud, [4]; 7. (DNF) 93-Kelsi Pederson, [8]; 8. (DNF) 100-Jason Berg, [2]
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