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Weiss Dominates Seitz Weekend; Strand Captures Third Series Title

9/12/2018

Ricky Weiss won all three features contested at River Cities on the John Seitz Memorial weekend.
Dustin Strand won the pole dash, and clinched his third series title with a fourth place run on Saturday afternoon.
Mike Spieker photos.

It was a big weekend for two-time series champion Ricky Weiss, driver of the No. 7 Keewatin Truck Service Bloomquist, as he won all three main events contested during the 12th annual John Seitz Memorial weekend at the River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks.

Schatz Doubles Up For Third Time At River Cities

8/21/2018

Donny Schatz won both the NLRA and World of Outlaw features at River Cities last Friday. Mike Spieker photo.

For the third time in his career, Donny Schatz, driver of the No. 15 Fargo Petro Rocket, won the NLRA feature, and followed that up with winning the World of Outlaws Sprint Car main event at the River Cities Speedway. The win in the Late Model is his second of the season, and his seventh with the series overall. That puts him in a tie with current series regular Troy Schill, driver of the No. 11 Mid Ag Dispatch MasterSbilt, and former series champion Troy Olson.

NLRA Event Preview - Third Appearance With The Outlaws At Red River Valley

8/15/2018

Travis Robertson (1R), Erik Robertson (9R), and Jeff Hapala (16S) go three-wide at the Red River Valley Speedway last year.
Mike Spieker photo.

This Saturday night, August the 18th, the NLRA will co-headline for the third and final time this season with the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series at the Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, ND. The race is scheduled to be the eleventh appearance by the series to the third-mile oval on the Red River Valley Fairgrounds.

NLRA Event Preview - Buffalo City Showdown At Jamestown Speedway

8/1/2018

Ryan Corbett (C4), Brad Seng (12S), and Zach Naastad (Z17) go three-wide at last year's Stock Car Stampede.
Speedway Shots photo.

This Saturday night, August the 4th, the NLRA will make it's only appearance this season at the Jamestown Speedway in Jamestown, ND. This is scheduled to be the 23rd visit by the series to the high-banked quarter-mile oval on the Stutzman County Fairgrounds, and the first visit in two years, after last season's visit was lost to rain at five o'clock.

NLRA Event Preview - Prelude to the Johnny

9/6/2017

Steve Anderson (9) and Brody Troftgruben (14) race side-by-side at River Cities on track championship night.
Mike Spieker photo.

The 20th season of NLRA action comes to a close this Thursday night at the River Cities Speedway with the seventh running of the 'Prelude to the Johnny' that kicks off the eleventh annual John Seitz Memorial weekend.

Weiss And Shaw Split Labor Day Double At Viking

9/5/2017

Ricky Weiss (7) and Don Shaw (42S) battle door-to-door for the lead on Saturday night at the Viking Speedway.
Mike Spieker photo.

Last weekend at the Viking Speedway in Alexandria, MN, NLRA point leader Ricky Weiss, driver of the No. 7 Derrick's Sandblasting Bloomquist, and Don Shaw, driver of the No. 42S Sure Step Victory, finished one-two both nights, with Weiss taking the opening night, and Shaw coming out victorious on Sunday.

NLRA Event Preview - Greenbush Race Park

8/24/2017

Cole Schill (44), Terry Blacklance (105), and Steffen Snare (71) in three-wide action at Greenbush. Mike Spieker photo.

This Saturday night, August the 26th, the NLRA will race the eleventh event of the series 20th anniversary season, returning for the second and final time this season to the high-banked quarter-mile Greenbush Race Park in Greenbush, MN.

Brad Seng, driver of the No. 12S Schill Construction MB Custom, won his first NLRA series feature of the season at Greenbush on July 15th. The win was Seng's fourth in Greenbush. Seng lead flag-to-flag in a race that went green-white-checkered.

NLRA Event Preview - Red River Valley Speedway

8/23/2017

Mike Spieker photo.

By Mike Spieker

WEST FARGO, N.D. (August 23, 2017) – Tonight, Red River Valley Speedway plays host to the best Late Model drivers in the upper Midwest as the Northern Late Model Racing Association (NLRA) takes on the semi-banked three-eighths mile clay oval. The event, which is presented by The Forum, Bernie’s Wine & Liquor, Corwin Automotive, and Inland Truck Parts & Service, will mark the first and only appearance of the season by the 650+ horsepower, full bodied machines.

Schatz And Seng Tops On Three Race Stretch

8/22/2017

Donny Schatz in victory lane at River Cities (right) and Brad Seng in victory lane in Devils Lake (left).
Schatz photo by Mike Spieker.

Donny Schatz and Brad Seng were the big winners in NLRA action last week, with Schatz scoring wins at the Red River Co-op and River Cities Speedways, and Seng tallying another win at the Devils Lake Speedway.

On Thursday night at the Red River Co-op Speedway in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Donny Schatz parked the No. 15 Fargo Petro Rocket in victory lane.

Donny Schatz Doubles Up At River Cities

8/19/2017

Donny Schatz took the lead from point leader Ricky Weiss on lap 16 and continued on to win for the second straight event with the NLRA Friday night at the River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks. The win is Schatz's fourth career series victory, and third in NLRA action at River Cities. Schatz, for the second time in his career, went on to win the World of Outlaws Sprint Car feature also. Weiss finished second, with Brad Seng, Dustin Strand, and Shane Edginton, who started 19th, rounding out the top five. Jeff Hapala was the hard charger, improving 16 spots from 24th to finish eighth. Weiss will take a 60 point lead over Dustin Strand into Saturday nights event at the Devils Lake Speedway.
Mike Spieker photo.