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
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
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.
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