Shane Edginton (4) and Mike Balcaen (10) battle at last season's Double at Viking. Edginton heads into Viking as the most recent series winner, while Balcaen is the current Wissota national point leader. Mike Spieker photo.
This weekend, the NLRA will head south for the Traditional Labor Day Double at the Viking Speedway in Alexandria, MN. The races are scheduled to be the 42nd and 43rd races for the series at the 'High Flyin' Half Mile' on the Douglas County Fairgrounds, the most times a track has hosted the NLRA in series history.
| Last season at the Viking Double, Ricky Weiss, driver of the No. 7 Derrick's Sandblasting Bloomquist, and Don Shaw, driver of the No. 42S Shaw Trucking Victory, split the weekend. Weiss won Saturday's race, while Shaw scored the victory on the Sunday portion of the double. Both drivers also scored second place runs on the night the other won at last season's Double. Weiss' win put him closer to clinching his second series title, while Shaw's win put him closer to winning the Wissota National Championship. Both drivers went on to clinch those respective titles. Weiss and Shaw also split this season's Memorial Day double header with the Wissota Challenge Series at the Speedway. The most recent NLRA winner is Shane Edginton, driver of the No. 4 General Signs Victory, who picked up his first win in two years last Saturday night at the Greenbush Race Park in Greenbush, MN. Edginton scored a third place finish on Saturday and a fourth place run on Sunday at last season's Double Header. |  Dustin Strand will take a slim 16 point lead into the weekend. Speedway Shots photo. Related |
The only other series regular to score two top tens at the Double last season was Brad Seng, driver of the No. 12S Bergstrom Electric MB Custom. Seng finished sixth and third respectively last September. Seng scored a seventh and a sixth during the Challenge Series double in May.
Ryan Corbett, driver of the No. C4 Dempsey's Truck Service MasterSbilt, was the only other series regular to score a top ten during last season's Double, chalking up a ninth place run on the Sunday portion.
Dustin Strand used a fifth place run at Greenbush last Saturday to move the No. 71 Red Headed Rebel Brews Millenium SRT to the top of the series standings. He will take a slim 16 point lead over Brad Seng into the Double.
Ryan Corbett, driver of the No. C4 Dempsey's Truck Service MasterSbilt, was the only other series regular to score a top ten during last season's Double, chalking up a ninth place run on the Sunday portion.
Dustin Strand used a fifth place run at Greenbush last Saturday to move the No. 71 Red Headed Rebel Brews Millenium SRT to the top of the series standings. He will take a slim 16 point lead over Brad Seng into the Double.
Mike Balcaen, driver of the No. 10 Mission Transport Black Diamond, will head into Alexandria third in the series standings, and with the Wissota National point lead.
Shane Edginton and Troy Schill, driver of the No. 11 Todd's Electric MasterSbilt, currently round out the top five.
Brody Troftgruben, driver of the No. 14 R&R Landscaping Rocket, is sixth in the series standings, with Bill Mooney moving back up to seventh after his third place run at Greenbush in the No. 2 OMG Candy MasterSbilt.
Jesse Teunis, driver of the No. 70 St. Andrews Towing MasterSbilt, will head into his Viking Late Model debut eighth in the standings. Ryan Corbett and Joey Pederson, driver of the No. 7P Channel Seed Victory, round out the current top ten.
Racing begins at six on both nights at Viking. For more information, check out our Tracks page, or visit vikingspeedway.myracepass.com.
Previous NLRA Feature Winners at the Viking Speedway:
2017 - Ricky Weiss on September 2; Don Shaw on September 3
2016 - Don Shaw on September 3; Don Shaw on September 4
2015 - Brad Seng on May 23; Don Shaw on September 5; Brad Seng on September 6
2014 - Ricky Weiss on May 24; Brad Seng on May 25; Ricky Weiss on August 30; Jeff Wildung on August 31
2013 - Pat Doar on May 25; Zach Johnson on May 26; Zach Johnson on September 1
2012 - Zach Johnson on Sept. 1; Jeff Wildung on Sept. 2
2011 - Pat Doar on May 28; Joel Cryderman on May 29; Jeff Wildung on Sept. 3; Jeff Wildung on Sept. 4
2010 - Jeff Wildung on May 29; Zach Johnson on May 30; Jeff Wildung on Sept. 4; Zach Johnson on Sept. 5
2009 - Matt Aukland on May 23; Jeff Wildung on May 24
2008 - Justin Fegers on May 24; Zach Johnson on May 25; Zach Johnson on August 30; Jeff Wildung on August 31
2007 - Mitch Johnson on May 26; Mitch Johnson on May 27; Dave Mass on Sept. 1; Zach Johnson on Sept. 2
2006 - Mitch Johnson on May 27; Jeff Wildung on May 28
2005 - Mitch Johnson on May 29; Brad Seng on July 9; Jeff Wildung on August 27
2004 - Mike Balcaen on August 28
2003 - Jeff Wildung on May 31
The NLRA would like to thank Tour Sponsors: Wes' Plumbing, S&S Transport, Performance Auto, Adams Automotive & Machine, White Water Truck Wash, Day Dreams, Grand Forks Subaru/Kia, BOSS Signs & Graphics, Storbakken & Sons Construction, Cartunz, Generous Jerry's/Gold Silver Exchange, A&L Siding, Millar Engines, Todd's Electric, Gateway Cenex, Fastlane Racing Equipment, Q&Z Plumbing, On The Edge, Fargo Forum, Hugo's, Eagles, and Contingency Sponsors: Speedway International Fuel, Hi-Per Flex, Schaeffer's Oil & Lubricants, Hoosier Tire North, and FYE Motorsports Promotion, for their support.
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