Brad Seng won his fifth NLRA series feature of the season, and second at the Viking Speedway in Alexandria, MN on Sunday night. The win is also Seng's 31st career series victory. Seng took advantage of a mistake by then-leader Ricky Weiss with three to go, and lead the remainder of the race. Dustin Strand finished second, with Weiss falling back to third, while Jeff Wildung and Cole Schill rounded out the top five. Strand's runner-up finished coupled with a DNF by Mike Balcaen, sees Strand move atop the series standings for the first time since the series left the Norman County Raceway in Ada, MN on June 25. Strand now leads by 32 points over Seng, with Balcaen falling back to third, 38 points back of Strand, with one race remaining. The season finale takes place this Thursday night at the River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, ND, with the running of the annual 'Prelude to the Johnny' on John Seitz Memorial weekend. Click on the highlighted words for full Results and updated Points here. Photo of Brad Seng at speed on Friday night at the I-94 Speedway in Fergus Falls, MN, courtesy of Mike Spieker.
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Don Shaw lead flag-to-flag, winning his second NLRA series feature Sunday afternoon at the Viking Speedway in Alexandria, MN. The feature was postponed from last nights' rain out. The win is also Shaw's third career series triumph. Cody Skytland, Ricky Weiss, Jeff Wildung, and Dustin Strand rounded out the top five. Strand will take an eight point lead into tonight's program in Alexandria. Full results of this afternoon's race, and updated points can be found on our website, with live updates of tonight's program on our facebook, and twitter sites to follow. Photo courtesy of Traci Palya.
For the sixth consecutive season, and eighth overall, the NLRA is scheduled to run its' annual Labor Day double header this Saturday night, September the 5th, and Sunday night, September the 6th, at the Viking Speedway in Alexandria, MN. The races are scheduled to be the second and third appearances by the series during this, the 50th year of racing at the big half-mile oval on the Douglas County Fairgrounds. A pair of rain-outs claimed two previous series events on Sunday May 24th, and during the heat races on Saturday June 27th. The races are scheduled to be the 36th and 37th appearances by the series at the Viking Speedway, the most of any track on the NLRA calendar.
The NLRA series takes to the track two times this week with races at two very different race tracks, first On Thursday night, July the 30th, at the Norman County Raceway in Ada, MN, and on Saturday night, August the 1st at the Jamestown Speedway in Jamestown, ND. First on Thursday night, the series makes its' third and final appearance this season, and 16th overall at the three-eighths mile oval on the Norman County Fairgrounds. Ricky Weiss in the No. 7 Derrick's Sandblasting Bloomquist, swept the fair races in June, with Mike Balcaen, driver of the No. 10 Northstar Canada Black Diamond, Cole Schill, driver of the No. 44 Rivinius Ranch MasterSbuilt by JMR, and Dustin Strand, driver of the Q&Z Plumbing & Heating No. 71, also collecting top tens on both nights.
The busiest stretch of the NLRA season continues this week with a demanding run of five races in as many nights. The action starts on Wedesday night, June the 24th and Thursday night, June the 25th at the Norman County Raceway in Ada, MN. On Friday night, June the 26th, the drivers will head south to make the series first appearance at the I-94 Speedway in Fergus Falls, MN. Saturday night, action continues for the second time this season at the Viking Speedway in Alexandria, MN, before the five race swing ends on Sunday night at the Buffalo River Race Park near Glyndon, MN.
The NLRA season is set to invade the Jamestown Speedway, in Jamestown, ND, for the 20th time in series history on Saturday night, June the 13th. The quarter-mile oval on the Stutzman County Fairgrounds is a favorite of many the NLRA series regulars, and it returns to the NLRA schedule for two races in 2015. Two-time, and defending NLRA series champion Brad Seng, driver of the No. 12S S&S Transport MB Custom won last years' event in Jamestown, his first since 2003, and third overall, and finished runner-up to Jeff Wildung at the 43rd running of the Stampede last September.
Brad Seng won his 27th career NLRA series feature Saturday night at the Viking Speedway in Alexandria, MN, while rain claimed night two Sunday night. On Saturday night, Brad Seng, driver of the No. 12S S&S Transport MB Custom, took the lead from Cody Skytland, driver of the No. 75 Langdon Implement MastersBuilt by JMR, with 10 laps to go, and lead the remainder of the event. Jeff Wildung, in the Veit Companies No. 50 was running fourth with three to go when he went pitside, while Ricky Weiss in the No. 7 Derrick's Sandblasting Bloomquist and Zach Johnson, driver of the No. 73 Shaw Trucking Pierce swapped the third and fourth positions after Wildung's exit.
Ricky Weiss and Jeff Wildung each collected their 12th career NLRA series victories last weekend during the series' traditional labor day double header at the Viking Speedway in Alexandria, MN. Weiss won his second NLRA series feature of the season at the Viking Speedway on Saturday night. Weiss and Jeff Wildung battled for the lead early until Wildung broke while running second on lap 17. |
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