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Mike Balcaen with his wife and crew in victory lane at Devils Lake last Saturday night. Mike Spieker photo.
Five-time series champion, Mike Balcaen, driver of the No. 10 Enns Brothers Black Diamond, won in dominant fashion last Saturday night, winning the series season opener at the Devils Lake Speedway, near Crary, ND.
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 Dustin Strand (71), Brody Troftgruben (14), Brad Seng (12S), and Ricky Weiss in rush hour traffic down the backstretch at Devils Lake last Saturday night. Mike Spieker photo. This Saturday night, the NLRA is set to take to the Devils Lake Speedway near Crary, ND for the 22nd time in series history. The high-banked, third-mile oval is featuring some big changes that were made over the off-season.
 Shane Edginton (4) and Dustin Strand (71) battle at River Cities last Friday night. Mike Spieker photo. The NLRA is set to lift the lid on its' 21st season of competition this Friday night at the River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, marking the 34th NLRA event at the speedway.
The quarter-mile bullring on the Grand Forks Fairgrounds opened its' 2018 campaign last Friday night, where two-time and defending NLRA series champion Ricky Weiss, driver of the No. 7 Derrick's Sandblasting Bloomquist won the main event.  Donny Schatz (15) and Bill Mooney (2) race door-to-door at River Cities in June. Mike Spieker photo. Another big week lies ahead during this 20th anniversary season for the NLRA and it's series regulars, as the series will run three races in as many days, with races at the Red River Co-op, River Cities, and Devils Lake Speedways.
 Ricky Weiss in victory lane at Devils Lake Saturday night. Mike Spieker photo. Ricky Weiss won his first NLRA series feature of the season Saturday night at the Devils Lake Speedway near Doyon, ND. The win is Weiss' 19th career series victory, and his first with the series in nearly two years. Weiss took the lead from early leader Dave Smith, then held off a hard charging Dustin Strand at the line for the victory.
 Ricky Weiss won his first NLRA series feature of the season Saturday night at the Devils Lake Speedway near Doyon, ND. The win is Weiss' 19th career series victory, and his first with the series in nearly two years. Weiss took the lead from early leader Dave Smith, then held off a hard charging Dustin Strand at the line for the victory. That finish set up an impromptu rematch of the pairs close finish in August of 2015 in Devils Lake, when Weiss lead the whole race with the exception of the final 30 feet when Strand stole the win at the line. Cole Schill, Bill Mooney and Minot's Robert Hellebust rounded out the top five. Weiss and Strand, who have won five of the last seven Wissota national championships, are now tied atop the NLRA point standings.
 The Northern Late Model Racing Association's 20th season of action will feature 17 big events during this anniversary season. In 1998, the Grand Forks, ND based racing series debuted with four races on its' initial slate of races, setting a foundation that the series continues to build off of today.
The 2017 season will begin on June 16th, as the series will co-headline events at the River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks with the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series. Both series will make the 80 mile trip south to race together again at the Red River Valley Speedway in Fargo the following night.  Dustin Strand, driver of the No. 71 Q&Z Plumbing & Heating Millenium, picked up his fourth win of the season Saturday night at the Devils Lake Speedway. Strand took the lead on a late restart and won his ninth NLRA series feature, putting him alone in eighth on the series all-time wins list.
Strand has been on a hot streak lately, as he has won four of the last six NLRA features, sweeping the season series in Devils Lake, along with winning a Modified feature at the Speedway two weeks ago.  Dustin Strand picked up his fourth win of the season Saturday night at the Devils Lake Speedway. Strand took the lead on a late restart and won his ninth NLRA series feature, putting him alone in eighth on the series all-time wins list. Strand has been on a hot streak lately, as he has won four of the last six NLRA features, sweeping the season series in Devils Lake, along with winning a Modified feature at the Speedway two weeks ago. Strand was followed to the line by Bill Mooney, who lead 15 of the first 16 laps of the main event, and Mike Balcaen, who finished third. Twin No. 12 machines were piloted by Veteran Lance Matthees, who finished fourth, and Brad Seng who rounded out the top five. Strand's win helped him leap frog over Shane Edginton into the second spot in the series standings, as he'll sit 52 markers behind Seng as the series heads to the Red River Co-Op Speedway in Winnipeg on Thursday night.
Full Results. Current Points. 
This Saturday night, August the 20th, the NLRA will head west for the 19th time in series history to the Devils Lake Speedway near Crary, ND. For the third time this season, the NLRA will share the stage with the Northern Outlaw Sprint Association.
The upper-midwest's two premier racing series co-headlined events at the Red River Valley Speedway on July 17, and the Greenbush Race Park on July 30. This will be the first time in the 16 year history of the Devils Lake Speedway, which started out as the SAAGA International Speedway in 2000, that Late Models and Sprint Cars have raced on the same night at the track. |
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