Ryan Schow claims first ever Midwest Modified win at River Cities

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (June 14, 2019) – The River Cities Speedway pit area was packed on Friday night with 78 cars checked in among the four divisions, led by the Happy Harry’s Midwest Mods with 27 entries.

Ryan Schow claimed his first career Midwest Modified feature win over a stacked 22-car field. Schow took the lead from Randy Thompson on lap seven of 18. Once out front, Schow had to contend with Lance Schill. Schill was all over the rear bumper of Schow as Ryan’s brother, Matt, moved his way into the third spot.

In the closing laps, Ryan Schow distanced himself from Schill, while Matt closed in on him.

Ryan Schow took the checkers unchallenged, but after crossing the line, Ryan suffered a catastrophic rear end failure in turn one. He was unable to drive his No. 28 machine around to the front stretch so Ryan hitched a ride from Matt into RydellCars.com Victory Lane. It was smiles all the way around for the Schow brothers as they grabbed two podium positions. Schill hung on to grab second over Matt.

The 25-lap Buffalo Wild Wings NOSA Sprint Car feature got off to a rocky start as Nick Ranten and Nick Omdahl got upside down in separate incidents. Ranten was unable to continue, while Omdahl rejoined the field with a new top wing and no nose wing.

Front row starters, Jordan Adams and Shane Roemeling traded the top spot early on until Jade Hastings took the point on lap five. Hastings opened up a big lead at the midpoint of the race. Seventh place starter, Austin Pierce, moved up to second and slowly began reeling in Hastings.

Omdahl was also on the move in his battered No. 0 machine. Omdahl tip-toed around the low side of the speedway and made it as high as third and finished in fourth.

Pierce showed his nose under Hastings amid lapped traffic in the closing stages, but Hastings got up on the wheel and drove to the victory.

Pierce and Wade Nygaard rounded out the podium.

Dustin Strand charged from the fourth position to claim the Performance Auto WISSOTA NLRA feature win. Mike Balcaen led the opening lap before Strand powered to the lead using the outside of the speedway. Once in the lead, Strand checked out from the rest of the field, claiming the win by over four and a half seconds in the caution-free 20-lapper.

Brad Seng grabbed third over Joey Pederson. Shane Edginton rounded out the top five.

Ryan Johnson raced to the Wells Concrete WISSOTA Street Stock feature win. Trey Hess, who was in search of his first career Street Stock win at River Cities, started on the outside of the front row and led the field until eight laps remained. Behind him, a hornet’s nest developed as Johnson, Daniel Aberle, and Doug VanMill all closed in on Hess. Exiting turn four, Johnson and Aberle went three wide with Hess. Hess and Aberle made heavy contact as Johnson took the point.

Aberle was all over Johnson in the closing laps, but Johnson held on to pick up his first River Cities Speedway win of the season and his second win of the season overall. Aberle, VanMill, Bryce Reimer and Adam Burrows rounded out the top five.

NOSA Sprints:

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 8H-Jade Hastings, [4]; 2. 2A-Austin Pierce, [7]; 3. 9N-Wade Nygaard, [6]; 4. 0-Nick Omdahl, [3]; 5. 31-Shane Roemeling, [1]; 6. 8C-Jack Croaker, [11]; 7. 13T-Ty Hanten, [5]; 8. 26-Blake Egeland, [16]; 9. 20A-Jordan Adams, [2]; 10. 22-Tanner Wisk, [14]; 11. (DNF) 14-Tom Egeland, [13]; 12. (DNF) 47-Sabrina Hockenson, [15]; 13. (DNF) 11M-Brendan Mullen, [10]; 14. (DNF) 27-Chris Ranten, [8]; 15. (DNF) 55-Nick Ranten, [12]; (DNS) 10TRB-Bob Martin,

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 20A-Jordan Adams, [5]; 2. 9N-Wade Nygaard, [7]; 3. 8C-Jack Croaker, [3]; 4. 13T-Ty Hanten, [6]; 5. 27-Chris Ranten, [8]; 6. 11M-Brendan Mullen, [4]; 7. 14-Tom Egeland, [2]; 8. 47-Sabrina Hockenson, [1]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 31-Shane Roemeling, 2. 0-Nick Omdahl, 3. 8H-Jade Hastings, 4. 2A-Austin Pierce, 5. 22-Tanner Wisk, 6. 55-Nick Ranten, 7. 10TRB-Bob Martin, 8. 26-Blake Egeland

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:

Feature (18 Laps): 1. 28S-Ryan Schow, [1]; 2. 17S-Lance Schill, [6]; 3. 2S-Matt Schow, [5]; 4. 44-Austin Hunter, [3]; 5. B0-Jory Berg, [10]; 6. 21L-Jarett Lovcik, [14]; 7. 16-Randy Thompson, [2]; 8. 10C-Cole Haugland, [12]; 9. 21-Todd Johnson, [4]; 10. 6-Dean Eggebraaten, [18]; 11. 20-Nick Audette, [9]; 12. 39-Jamie Dietzler, [21]; 13. 87S-Reise Stenberg, [19]; 14. RED1-Dan Wheeler, [8]; 15. 24-Victoria Stutsky, [7]; 16. 01-Zach Bruer, [15]; 17. 57-Nathan Raasakka, [17]; 18. 23-Scott Vasichek, [20]; 19. (DNF) 6R-Nate Reynolds, [22]; 20. (DNF) 12-Jaden Varnson, [13]; 21. (DNF) 10T-Tom Morriseau, [16]; 22. (DNF) 5-Aaron Blacklance, [11]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 39-Jamie Dietzler, [2]; 2. 6R-Nate Reynolds, [4]; 3. 87-Chris Kruk, [1]; 4. B4-Tim Berg, [5]; 5. 32-Eric Haugland, [7]; 6. 33A-Austin Overwater, [6]; 7. 96-Brent Loftsgard, [3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17S-Lance Schill, [7]; 2. 44-Austin Hunter, [2]; 3. 20-Nick Audette, [1]; 4. 12-Jaden Varnson, [3]; 5. 57-Nathan Raasakka, [4]; 6. 87-Chris Kruk, [5]; 7. B4-Tim Berg, [6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Todd Johnson, [2]; 2. 28S-Ryan Schow, [4]; 3. B0-Jory Berg, [7]; 4. 21L-Jarett Lovcik, [6]; 5. 6-Dean Eggebraaten, [3]; 6. 39-Jamie Dietzler, [5]; 7. 33A-Austin Overwater, [1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Victoria Stutsky, [2]; 2. 16-Randy Thompson, [1]; 3. 5-Aaron Blacklance, [3]; 4. 01-Zach Bruer, [5]; 5. 87S-Reise Stenberg, [6]; 6. 96-Brent Loftsgard, [7]; 7. (DNF) 32-Eric Haugland, [4]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. RED1-Dan Wheeler, [1]; 2. 2S-Matt Schow, [3]; 3. 10C-Cole Haugland, [4]; 4. 10T-Tom Morriseau, [2]; 5. 23-Scott Vasichek, [5]; 6. 6R-Nate Reynolds, [6]

WISSOTA Late Models:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand, [4]; 2. 10-Mike Balcaen, [2]; 3. 12S-Brad Seng, [6]; 4. 7P-Joey Pederson, [8]; 5. 4-Shane Edginton, [7]; 6. 14-Brody Troftgruben, [9]; 7. T1-Tom Corcoran, [3]; 8. 29K-Ryan Kereluk, [10]; 9. 2-Bill Mooney, [15]; 10. 2*-Cole Babcock, [1]; 11. 1M-Nicholas Minske, [11]; 12. 11-Troy Schill, [12]; 13. 9-Blake Anderson, [13]; 14. 345-Bryce Reimer, [14]; 15. (DNF) 4C-Ryan Corbett, [5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand, [1]; 2. 7P-Joey Pederson, [3]; 3. 10-Mike Balcaen, [5]; 4. T1-Tom Corcoran, [6]; 5. 14-Brody Troftgruben, [7]; 6. 1M-Nicholas Minske, [8]; 7. 9-Blake Anderson, [2]; 8. (DNF) 2-Bill Mooney, [4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4C-Ryan Corbett, [2]; 2. 2*-Cole Babcock, [3]; 3. 4-Shane Edginton, [6]; 4. 12S-Brad Seng, [5]; 5. 29K-Ryan Kereluk, [1]; 6. 11-Troy Schill, [7]; 7. 345-Bryce Reimer, [4]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 25-Ryan Johnson, [6]; 2. 33-Daniel Aberle, [5]; 3. 8T-Doug VanMill, [8]; 4. 03-Bryce Reimer, [7]; 5. 18B-Adam Burrows, [10]; 6. 48-Chase Boen, [3]; 7. 7-James Meagher, [1]; 8. 3L-Zach Lee, [13]; 9. 5-Bradon Miller, [20]; 10. 30-Seth Klostreich, [12]; 11. 43-Dan Arends, [15]; 12. 17-Mike Olson, [14]; 13. B2-Brodee Eckerdt, [19]; 14. (DNF) 4-Trey Hess, [2]; 15. (DNF) 29-Dan McNamee, [4]; 16. (DNF) 92-Megan McNamee, [18]; 17. (DNF) 18X-Riley Gregoire, [11]; 18. (DNF) 27P-Tucker Pederson, [16]; 19. (DNF) 99-Josh Barker, [17]; 20. (DNF) 35-John Halvorson, [9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Daniel Aberle, [3]; 2. 03-Bryce Reimer, [7]; 3. 48-Chase Boen, [1]; 4. 18B-Adam Burrows, [5]; 5. 3L-Zach Lee, [4]; 6. 27P-Tucker Pederson, [6]; 7. 92-Megan McNamee, [2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 35-John Halvorson, [4]; 2. 8T-Doug VanMill, [2]; 3. 25-Ryan Johnson, [7]; 4. 18X-Riley Gregoire, [5]; 5. 17-Mike Olson, [3]; 6. 99-Josh Barker, [6]; 7. B2-Brodee Eckerdt, [1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7-James Meagher, [3]; 2. 4-Trey Hess, [1]; 3. 29-Dan McNamee, [5]; 4. 30-Seth Klostreich, [6]; 5. 43-Dan Arends, [2]; 6. (DNF) 5-Bradon Miller, [4]