Due to the wash out of the Howie Schill Memorial originally scheduled for its fourth running at Red River Valley Speedway three weeks ago, the event has replaced the Prelude to the Johnny as the NLRA season championship Thursday night at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, ND. The addition of "The Howie" to the beginning of the 18th edition of the John Seitz Memorial makes this arguably the most significant weekend of racing at the Grand Forks oval, which is winding down its 70th season of weekly competition.

The originally scheduled prelude was to pay $1,892 as the winner's share, but the Howie Schill Memorial will bring its payout from the rainout at Red River Valley Speedway and its $2,404 winner's share and a guaranteed $444 to start.

The fourth running of "The Howie" honors Howie Schill, who passed away late in 2020. Schill turned many laps with John Seitz up until Seitz's passing early in 2007. The moving of "The Howie" to River Cities will be the second time a Schill will be honored at River Cities this season after Howie's dad Harold, Sr. was inducted in the Speedway Hall of Fame on August 2nd.
Three-time series champion Mike Greseth has won "The Howie" twice (the first and third,) with Don Shaw winning the second running in 2023, all of which were held at Red River Valley Speedway.

Dustin Strand heads into the weekend as the series point leader in the No. 71 Q&Z Plumbing & Heating Longhorn by 54 over Howie's son Cole Schill. Schill won the I-94 points title last Friday as Strand won the River Cities title. Strand also won his 17th Late Model feature of the season last Sunday night at Greenbush Race Park in Greenbush, MN.

The NLRA has crowned their series champion on the Thursday night of "The Seitz" since 2011. Only six times has a series regular won the event with Dustin Strand and then series regular Ricky Weiss each winning "The Prelude" twice. Brad Seng and Lance Schill are the other locals to defend home turf against the perennial influx of talent this event has boasted for the past 17 runnings.

Brody Troftgruben heads into the final points night third in the standings in his No. 14 Gateway Auto Tech Longhorn with Brad Seng fourth in the No. 12S S&S Transport MB Custom and Shane Edginton rounding out the top five in the Red River Messenger/Courier No. 5E.

Brandon Corbett is sixth in the Acres & Shares No. C4 with John Seng seventh in the No. 21S TRENDLess Designs MB Custom and Cole Babcock eighth in the No. 2* Wicked Wraps & Fab Rocket XR1. Tyler Peterson in the No. 1TPO QuickLift Rocket XR1 and Rusty Kollman and his No, 2RK Carrington Drug MB Custom complete the current top ten.

Racing begins at seven on Thursday night. For more information, visit rivercitiesspeedway.com

​The NLRA season has come to its penultimate event with this weekend's running of the Howie Schill Memorial at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, ND. The event is slated to be the fourth running of the event which honors No. 4 himself, Howie Schill, the series' first ever winner in 1998. The events, which run on Friday August 16th and Saturday August 17th, are scheduled to be the 17th and 18th events held by the series on the Red River Valley Fairgrounds and the 16th and 17th on the current one-third mile configuration.

​The fourth annual running of this event honors the memory of long-time NLRA regular and former series president Howie Schill, Jr., who passed away in 2020. Schill won three series features in his career including the first ever race at Victory Lane Speedway in Winnipeg in 1998.

His son Cole Schill, driver of the No. 44* Mid Ag Dispatch MB Custom, will head into the weekend just 54 points back of the series point lead and is the co-point leader at I-94 Speedway in Fergus Falls. Howie's father Harold was inducted into the River Cities Speedway Hall of Fame two weeks ago.

Dustin Strand, driver of the No. 71 Q&Z Plumbing and Heating Longhorn, heads into the weekend as the series point leader and is the most recent winner at Red River Valley, winning the series first visit of 2024 on June 14th. Don Shaw was second in June and was followed home in the top five by Travis Robertson, Lee Grosz, and Cole Schill.

Three-time series champion Mike Greseth won last season's Schill Memorial over veterans Mitch Johnson and Mike Balcaen. Greseth won the first Schill Memorial in 2021 with Don Shaw winning the second running in 2022.

This year's two-day Howie Schill Memorial will see the winner's share go up from $1,250 on Friday night to $2,404 on Saturday. Start money will also increase from $250 on Friday to $444 on Saturday night.

Dustin Strand's win at RRVS in June made him the winningest driver in series history at the track winning the third of his career there. Mike Greseth's two Schill Memorial has him in a tie for second with Brad Seng, driver of the No. 12S S&S Transport MB Custom, though his first win was in the series debut at the Fairgrounds at the old half-mile in 2009.

Following Strand and Schill in the series points with three races remaining are Brody Troftgruben and his No. 14 Lundquist Custom Longhorn, Brad Seng, and Shane Edginton, who rounds out the top five in the Red River Messenger/Courier No. 5E.

Racing begins at seven both nights. For more information, visit redrivervalleyspeedway.com

​Dustin Strand collected his 33rd, 34th, and 35th career series wins last week, sweeping the NLRA three-race mini-series which started Thursday night at Victory Lane Speedway in Winnipeg, MB, continued Friday night at River Cities Speedway and concluded Saturday at Devils Lake Speedway near Doyon, ND.

Cole Schill and Shane Edginton led the field to green Thursday night for the first 25-lapper of the week at Victory Lane Speedway. Edginton led in the Polymer Shapes No. 5E coming out of turn two on the opening lap with Jason Strand pulling the No. E85 North Dakota Corn Council Rocket XR1 to the inside of Schill’s No. 44* Mid Ag Dispatch MB Custom, taking the second spot at the end of the opening lap.

The pair remained side-by-side as Edginton pulled out to a half straightaway advantage. Schill took the second spot back at the end of the second lap as Dustin Strand moved the No. 71 Q&Z Plumbing & Heating Longhorn to the inside of Jason Strand in a battle for third.

Strand took third in turn three and began to reel in Schill for the runner-up spot. Edginton continued the lead through some light lapped traffic at the midway point. The top three remained an equal distance apart before the first caution of the race with ten to go.

The initial restart attempt was erased by a pile up in turn one as Jason Strand and Scott Greer made contact with a bunch of other drivers spinning to avoid contact. Greer was able to continue and held the fourth spot while Jason Strand's night came to an end.

Dustin Strand took second on the restart and began to reel in Edginton for the lead with five to go. Strand ducked to the inside of Edginton for the first time as the two went door-to-door. coming off of turn four, but Strand took the lead as the lead duo crossed under the flag stand with four to go.

Strand pulled away in the closing laps and picked up the victory over Edginton, Cole Schill, Brody Troftgruben, and Scott Greer.

Friday night’s feature at River Cities saw Tyler Peterson and Ryan Corbett share the front row at the start of the second 25-lap feature of the weekend. Peterson led the opening lap in the No. 1TPO QuickLift Rocket XR1 over Corbett’s No. 50 Corbett Trucking MB Custom and Brad Seng and his No. 12S S&S Transport MB Custom.

Seng used the low side of the bullring to move past Corbett on the third lap bringing Jason Strand with him as Strand and Corbett went side by side.

With Peterson leading over Seng following a lap six caution, Jason Strand and Seng remained side-by-side for most of the lap in a battle for second with Seng remaining second. Jason Strand was then challenged by Dustin Strand who took the third spot.

The pair of Strands went side-by-side on a couple of occasions in the following laps, though Dustin Strand continued on to battle with Brad Seng for the second spot. Tyler Peterson started working lap traffic with 15 to go as Strand took second for good with 14 to go.

Peterson split a pair of lap cars in his attempt to put some ground between himself and Strand at the midway point. Peterson had another pair of lap cars slow his momentum with eight to go allowing Strand to pull within a car length of the lead.

Two laps later, another pair of lap cars again slowed Peterson's pace allowing Strand to remain close. With Peterson running low and Strand running high with four to go, the pair swapped lines with Peterson slamming the door going into turn three initially but slipped up allowing Strand to take the lead.

Strand led the final four laps to pick up the victory over Tyler Peterson, Brad Seng, Jason Strand, and Ryan Corbett.

Cole Schill and Brody Troftgruben brought the final 25-lap feature to green Saturday night at Devils Lake Speedway. Schill led the opening lap with Dustin Strand moving to the inside of Troftgruben’s No. 14 Lundquist Custom Longhorn for the second spot.

Troftgruben used the outside of the third-mile oval to take the lead on the third lap and brought Dustin Strand with him into the second spot. Strand’s first attempt to take the lead from Troftgruben came on lap seven, moving to the leaders inside, though Troftgruben held on to the position.

The pair remained door-to-door for the lead in turn three just before the midway point with Strand taking the lead shortly thereafter. Strand entered lap traffic with ten to go but was able to continue to pull away from Troftgruben as he worked his way through the back of the field.

Strand approached the thickest lapped traffic with four to go with Strand having to abandon the bottom to lap a pair of cars using the middle of the track. Strand continued to hold the lead which by this point was by nearly a straightaway.

Strand continued on for the victory over Troftgruben, Cole Schill, Tyler Peterson, and Joey Pederson.

Strand’s sweep helped him regain the point lead over Cole Schill. Strand will carry a 54-point lead into the Howie Schill Memorial on August 16th and 17th at Red River Valley Speedway.

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The NLRA would like to thank tour sponsors, Performance Auto, Wes’ Plumbing, S & S Transport, Adams Automotive and Machine, White Water Truck Wash, Grand Forks Subaru/Kia, Signs by deSigns, Storbakken & Sons Construction, Millar Engines, Gateway Cenex, SRT Specialties, Q & Z Plumbing, Fargo Forum, Hugo’s Family Marketplace, EGF American Legion Post 157, Greg’s Lawn Care, Checkered Flag Services, Smeby Construction, Advanced Drain Systems, Signature Graphics & Apparel, and contingency sponsors, Performance Auto, Schaeffer’s Oil & Lubricants, Hoosier Tire North, and FYE Motorsports Promotion, for their continued support.  

The NLRA is set to embark on its final three-race weekend of the season this weekend which starts with Thursday's return to Victory Lane Speedway just south of Winnipeg, MB, Canada. The series will also take part in Friday's 'Big Motor Mania' at River Cities Speedway with the three-race swing ending Saturday night at Devils Lake Speedway near Crary, ND.

The races Thursday night at Victory Lane will be the first at the four-tenths mile oval since 2018 when Dustin Strand picked up the victory. The series made its debut at the Speedway in 1998 in a race originally scheduled for June 17th but was postponed to June 25th. The Lare Howie Schill picked up the win that night 26 years and one month ago.

Scott Greer leads the season points at Victory Lane so far in 2024. His three main event wins have helped him carry a 14-point lead over Kevin Sexton. Both drivers are former NLRA feature winners. Sexton also has a win at Victory Lane this year as does third place driver in points Shane Holden.

On Friday at River Cities, weekly Late Model action returns to the Bullring for just the third time since June 7th. Brad Seng, driver of the No. 12S S&S Transport MB Custom, leads the standings at River Cities so far this year by just four markers over Dustin Strand. Strand is a four-time winner in five starts in Grand Forks this season in the No. 71 Q&Z Plumbing & Heating Longhorn.

Brody Troftgruben, who won the season opener in the No. 14 R&R Dirt and Gravel Longhorn, is third in points with Ryan Corbett and his No. 50 Corbett Trucking MB Custom and Joey Pederson and his No. 7P Dahlstrom Motors Rocket XR1 complete the top five.

The three-race mini-series concludes at Devils Lake Speedway on Saturday night where Tyler Peterson is the most recent winner. Peterson won the $5,000 Golden Hammer Classic two weeks ago. Dustin Strand is the other series winner at the three-tenths mile oval this season, winning the opener on May 11th.

Troftgruben and Tucker Pederson are the other feature winners at Devils Lake this season. Pederson, driver of the No. 27 North Dakota Eye Clinic MB Custom, won his first career Late Model feature, leading all 25-laps in his eighth career start on June 15th.

Strand leads the points at the track this season by ten points over Cole Schill and his No. 44 Mid Ag Dispatch MB Custom. Joey Pederson and Brody Troftgruben are third and fourth respectively. Rusty Kollman completes the top five in the No. 2RK Kollman Furnace Repair MB Custom.

Cole Schill leads the NLRA series points by 38 over Dustin Strand heading into the weekend. Brody Troftgruben and Brad Seng are third and fourth with Shane Edginton rounding out the top five in the Red River Messenger Courier No. 5E.

Racing begins at seven each night.

For the second year the series will head south to Brown County Speedway to be part of one of the area's crown jewel events with the annual running of "The Rumble." These are scheduled to be just the fourth and fifth visits for the series to the third-mile oval in Northeast South Dakota in as many visits to the Rushmore State since 2004 when Kent Arment defended home turf against the NLRA.

Last season at "The Rumble," Tyler Peterson was the eventual champion of the event after winning the opening night in the No. 1TPO QuickLift Rocket XR1. Chase Gelling won the points paying feature on Saturday night before Peterson took home all the marbles in The Rumble feature.

Peterson has already banked more cash this month as he is the most recent NLRA series winner, taking home $5,000 after last Saturday's 6th Annual Golden Hammer Classic at Devils Lake Speedway.

It won’t be easy for any NLRA regular this weekend, not just from a standpoint of not having many laps at Brown County, but the fact that the speedway has a strong group of local runners that contend for wins wherever they run.

Multi-time WISSOTA National Champion Chad Becker leads the points at his home track and has two wins in Aberdeen so far this season. Jayson Good is second in points with Gelling third. The standings also show the likes of Dustin Arthur, Josh Skorczewski, and Kent Arment who will likely be contenders this weekend.

Another NLRA regular that fared well at The Rumble was Brody Troftgruben, driver of the No. 14 Lundquist Custom Longhorn, as he scored two top fives, finishing fifth and fourth respectively.

This will also be one of the richest purses in series history as Friday night's event will pay the winner $2,566 with $300 to start. Saturday's winner will take home $6,660 with the main event paying $500 to start.

Cole Schill will head into the weekend as the series points leader. The driver of the No. 44* Mid Ag Dispatch MB Custom leads by 62 over four-time series champion Dustin Strand and his No. 71 Q&Z Plumbing & Heating Longhorn. Brad Seng is third in the No. 12S S&S Transport MB Custom with Shane Edginton fourth in the Red River Messenger Courier No. 5E and Rusty Kollman fifth in the No. 2RK Kollman Furnace Repair MB Custom.

Racing starts at seven on both nights and includes racing for the Street Stock Tour. If you can't make it out, make sure to tune into DRC.TV. For more information visit browncountyspeedway.org

​Tyler Peterson led the final 32 laps en route to the $5,000 payday, winning the sixth annual Walhalla Building Center Golden Hammer Classic at Devils Lake Speedway near Doyon, ND on Saturday night. Peterson's win is his third series win of the year as he now sits one win shy of becoming the 13th member of the 10-win club after scoring his 9th career series.

​The front row set up a rematch of last year's Classic as 2023 runner-up Tyler Peterson lined his No. 1TPO AllFab Rocket XR1 on the pole next to last year's champion Joey Pederson and his No. 7P Rocket XR1 sponsored by Dahlstrom Motors.

It took two attempts to get the race underway, but Pederson picked up where he left off last year, leading the opening lap over Peterson and series point leader Cole Schill in the No. 44* Mid Ag Dispatch MB Custom.

Pederson and Peterson went door-to-door for a few laps with five complete before Peterson took the lead on lap nine. Following caution number two on lap 14, three-time series champion Mike Greseth and Jason Strand moved into second and third respectively.

Strand was the runner-up initially as he ran the cushion in the No. E85 North Dakota Corn Council Rocket XR1. Another caution two laps later saw Montevideo, MN native Matt Gilbertson move into second as Brad Seng moved in on Strand for third in the No. 12S S&S Transport MB Custom.

Just past the midway point, Peterson was ahead by a straightaway but his lead was erased four laps later by caution number four with 14 to go and caution number five one lap later.
Once the race resumed, Strand and Greseth again ran second and third as Peterson rebuilt his advantage in front of the field.

In the closing laps Strand and Greseth reeled in Peterson and began a three-car battle for $5,000. On the final lap it was Greseth, who was running the bottom of the speedway in the No. 17 Quality Engines Rocket XR1, who made the last gasp effort to take the win. He pulled even in turns three and four but ran out of laps as Peterson went on to victory. Jason Strand, Matt Gibertson, and Brad Seng completed the top five.

“I was running high over here through the middle and down there and then all of a sudden my stick signals went from, “you're doing good buddy to smash here's Michael out of nowhere,” Peterson said post race about the close finish. “The middle got super dirty over here and I probably lost two seconds on one lap but hats off to Devils Lake the track was awesome. I almost got myself beat on the bottom and I was running the top so two lanes there for sure.”

Peterson, Brad Seng, Tucker Pederson, and Cole Schill were the heat winners with Brandon Corbett winning the B Main. Shane Edginton was the Speedwerx hard charger, improving 17 spots to finish sixth.

NLRA action continues Friday and Saturday July 19th and 20th at Brown County Speedway in Aberdeen, SD as the series takes part in the annual running of ‘The Rumble.’

​This Saturday night, July the 13th, the series returns to Devils Lake Speedway near Crary, ND for the 6th running of the $5,000-to-win Golden Hammer Classic presented by Walhalla Building Center. The race, rescheduled from the rainout last month, will be the second of the season at the three-tenths mile oval and 34th visit overall for the series at the speedway.

​​The series opened the 2024 campaign on May 11th at Devils Lake where Dustin Strand picked up his 30th career NLRA series win in the No. 71 Walhalla Builders Longhorn. The win was the first of Strand's series leading three wins so far this season.

Shane Edginton was second in the Red River Messenger Courier No. 5E and Kevin Robertson rounded out the podium in the H. Anderson Concrete No. 10R.

NLRA point leader Cole Schill was fourth on May 11th in the No. 44 Mid Ag Dispatch MB Custom and was followed home by Cole Babcock in the No. 2* Wicked Wraps & Fab Rocket XR1.

A couple more drivers to look out for this Saturday will be from the Pederson family. The most recent winner at Devils Lake is Tucker Pederson who drives the No. 27P North Dakota Eye Clinic MB Custom. Pederson led all 25 laps for his first career Late Model victory in just his eighth start. Pederson also collected his first top ten with the series on May 11th at Devils Lake.

Joey Pederson heads into the weekend as the defending champion of the Classic, winning the event that was also rescheduled in 2023, this time to August. Pederson, driving the No. 7P Dahlstrom Motors Rocket XR1, held off Tyler Peterson for the $5,000 win last season.

Brody Troftgruben, driver of the No. 14 Applegren Construction Longhorn, in the other driver with a Devils Lake victory at Devils Lake this season, That win came on June 8th in weekly action.

Dustin Strand and Brad Seng, driver of the No. 12S S&S Transport MB Custom, lead all drivers with five previous series wins at Devils Lake, though only two drivers have multiple wins in 9 previous races at the track since 2020.

Cole Schill carries a 14 point lead over Dustin Strand heading into Saturday night. Brody Troftgruben, Brad Seng, and Shane Edginton complete the top five.

Racing action begins at seven o'clock on Saturday night. For more info make sure to like Devils Lake Speedway on Facebook.

Dave Mass sent the home crowd happy Friday night as he beat the travelers of the Northern Late Model Racing Association, winning his third career feature with the series last Friday night at I-94 emr Speedway in Fergus Falls, MN. Mass, who won the series return to the Speedway back in 2021, got redemption as he had mechanical issues steal a possible King of the Dirt title while leading at the three-eighths mile oval three-weeks ago.

​Brody Troftgruben, driving the No. 14 Applegren Const. Longhorn, and Cole Schill led the field to green in the 25-lap, 29-car main event as I-94 joined most racetracks in the area to start the 2024 season in trying to beat incoming rain. Troftgruben and Schill ended the first lap door-to-door, but Schill was the clear leader in the Mid Ag Dispatch No. 44* at the end of the second circuit.

Lap four ended with Tyler Peterson as the leader in the No. 1TPO Enclave Rocket XR1 while Mass completed the top three. A pair of lap seven cautions slowed the pace but when the race went back green it was Mass going three wide with Schill and Peterson in turn two but it was the high-riding Mass that took the top spot.

Peterson remained second while Schill did his best to hold on to third over 800-time feature winner in multiple classes Shane Sabraski who was making his series debut.

Mass continued to lead at the midway point as he was looking for the 582nd feature win of his career. Mass started working heavy lapped traffic with seven to go as Schill reeled in and passed Peterson for second.

Schill erased Mass's advantage with three to go as the leaders continued to work traffic, but Mass was able to put a pair of lappers between him and Schill and continue on to victory. Peterson, Sabraski, and Shane Edginton rounded out the top five.

Cole Babcock, driver of the No. 2* Wick Wraps & Fab Rocket XR1 joined Peterson, Schill, and Shaw as the heat winners. Dave Mass won the AFCO award for his third series triumph while Greg Friestad won the SpeedWerx Hard Charger, improving 12 spots in the main event. NLRA action continues July 13th at Devils Lake Speedway near Crary, ND.

Dustin Strand won his 31st career NLRA feature Friday night at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks. Strand's second win with the series this season happened in the final few feet of the main event as he stole the victory from Shane Edginton as the pair came to the checkered flag.

Shane Edginton moved the Polymer Shapes No. 5E to the inside on the ensuing restart and took the lead on the eighth lap. Edginton led through a caution then a second red flag for Greg Moore who exited the No. 14M West End Hide & Fur T&E ok after a tumble outside of turn two.
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Edginton kept Strand behind him on the final restart with 12 laps left and continued to hold the point at traffic became an issue in the closing laps.

​Jason Strand was third with Cole Schill fourth in the No. 44* Mid Ag Dispatch MB Custom and Ryan Corbett fifth in the Corbett Trucking No. 50. Joey Pederson, Schill, Strand, and John Seng were the heat winners.

Pederson's night ended as his No. 7P Dahlstrom Motors Rocket XR1 became involved in the red for Eisenschenk. John Seng appeared to have lost a power plant after winning the final heat in the No. 21S TRENDLess Designs MB Custom. 27 cars signed in for action at River Cities on Friday night.

The series heads to West Fargo, ND next with the first of three visits to Red River Valley Speedway on Friday night June 14th.

The NLRA would like to thank tour sponsors, Performance Auto, Wes’ Plumbing, S & S Transport, Adams Automotive and Machine, White Water Truck Wash, Grand Forks Subaru/Kia, Signs by deSigns, Storbakken & Sons Construction, Millar Engines, Gateway Cenex, SRT Specialties, Q & Z Plumbing, Fargo Forum, Hugo’s Family Marketplace, EGF American Legion Post 157, Greg’s Lawn Care, Checkered Flag Services, Smeby Construction, Advanced Drain Systems, Signature Graphics & Apparel, and contingency sponsors, Performance Auto, Schaeffer’s Oil & Lubricants, Hoosier Tire North, and FYE Motorsports Promotion, for their continued support.  ​

Tyler Peterson collected his seventh and eighth NLRA series wins last weekend, sweeping the pair of series races run at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks on Friday night and I-94 emr Speedway in Fergus Falls on Saturday. Peterson, driving the No. 1TPO QuickLift Rocket XR1, has already in just over one season of Late Model competition moved into a tie with Shane Edginton for 13th on the series all-time wins list.

When the race went on a long green flag stint, a near four wide battle between Pederson Greseth, Mike Balcaen and Tyler Peterson coming off of turn two shook up the order, though Pederson remained third at that point.

​Just before the midway point, Tyler Peterson and Greseth made it past Pederson to complete positions three through five while Cole Schill and Ryan Corbett began to work lap traffic.

Heavy lap traffic allowed Corbett to show his nose on Schill with Peterson reeling in both to make it a three-car battle for the lead with ten to go.

Five circuits later, you could have thrown the proverbial blanket over the top three cars as Tyler Peterson made his way around both Corbett, and then Schill to take the lead. Schill didn't go without a fight, however, as the pair remained side by side, nearly splitting a lap car with three to go.

The final caution of the race set up a green-white-checkered finish. Though Peterson went unchallenged in the final pair of laps to pick up the victory over Corbett, Schill, Greseth, and Pederson.

“Our team man, we hound. We don't follow lap cars,” Peterson said in victory lane. “It doesn't matter the situation… well sometimes if it's rubber you follow them, but besides that, lapped cars are such a speed killer. Leave it to River Cities…  I love this place. We definitely had to work for that one. I hope the fans enjoyed that because I was giving her my all there. I had nothing left in the tank.”

On Saturday night at I-94 emr Speedway, defending King of the Dirt winner Brad Seng and I-94. regular Dave Mass brought the field to green to start the 30-lap Dick Johanneck Memorial main event. Mass took the point early and brought teammate Don Shaw with him in a second as Tyler Peterson moved in on Brad Seng’s No. 12S S&S Transport MB Custom for third.

Mass continued to lead following the first caution on lap four as Seng took third back and raced Shaw again for second. Mass and Shaw pulled away from the rest of the top five, however, leaving Peterson and Seng to battle for the third spot. 

It remained Mass, Shaw, and Seng through ten laps until Mass brought out the second yellow flag of the race when his left front failed him giving Shaw the lead for the restart.

Peterson took second on the restart and immediately moved to the inside of Shaw in a bid for the lead which he took coming off a turn four. The pair made a little bit of contact in turn two on the following lap, but it was Peterson who led before the final caution just before the midway point.

Peterson led the field back to green, but the big mover on this restart was Dustin Strand who went three-wide in his No. 71 Q&Z Plumbing & Heating Longhorn with Seng and Shaw coming off of turn four to take second.

Behind them Cole Schill and Shane Edginton, driver of the General Signs No. 5E, went three wide with Seng in a battle for fourth as jockeying for position continued at I-94. The leaders worked lapped traffic with ten to go but the top three remained the same for the duration of the race as Peterson went on to sweep the weekend over Strand, Shaw, Edginton and Schill.

It's awesome. We've had the car for quite a while now to {win the King of the Dirt.] It's definitely been on my list,” Peterson said about winning King of the Dirt. “I'm super excited to get this one for my team. The racetrack was pretty good. It started latching up at the end, but these big tire cars do that. I just had to get to the lead before it did and we got lucky and found the bottom on that restart and got by Shaw and it was smooth sailing from there.”

NLRA action continues Friday night June 7th as the series co-headlines with the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series at River Cities Speedway with racing beginning at seven o’clock.