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 Three-wide action at I-94 Speedway during the opener on May 3rd. Speedway Shots photo. With rain being the rule and not the exception so far this spring, the NLRA hopes to roar into Summer with a pair of races this weekend as the series makes its first appearance of the 2024 campaign at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks on Friday night before heading south to I-94 emr Speedway for the King of the Dirt event on Saturday.
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 The field comes to the green at last year's Watermelon Cup at Dead Horse Creek. Speedway Shots photo. The NLRA returns to action this weekend for two nights of action at Dead Horse Creek Speedway in Morden, MB, Canada as the series will make its debut at the track and return to Canada for the first time in nearly six years to take part in the inaugural McNaught Cup.
Dead Horse Creek Speedway, formerly ALH Motor Speedway, in Morden, MB reopened last season with a brand-new racing surface and hosted two race weekends which included Late Models on night two of the Watermelon Cup last July.  Dustin Strand became the second driver in series history to eclipse the 30 win mark with his opening night victory at Devils Lake Speedway last Saturday night.
Brody Troftgruben and Steve Anderson brought the field to green at the start. Dustin Strand rode the cushion in the No. 71 Walhalla Builders Longhorn through turns one and two to move into the third spot and made it a three-car battle for the lead on lap number two.  The 17th John Seitz Memorial saw NLRA regulars run strong all weekend capped off by Shane Edginton’s $9,200 triumph in the No. 5E Performance Auto MB Custom during Saturday night’s 92-lap finale, becoming the first series regular since Ricky Weiss to win the race since 2018. Mike Greseth matched a feat on Thursday night only accomplished by one other series driver, winning his third straight series title in the No. 17 Superior Customs Rocket XR1, matching John Seitz’s three straight titles from 2003-05.
 Brody Troftgruben (14), Shane Edginton (5E), and Brad Seng (12S) battle at River Cities last Friday night. Speedway Shots photo. Kicking off the three-day 17th annual John Seitz Memorial at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks will be the 14th running of the 'Prelude to the Johnny' which gives the series the opportunity to crown its champion on home turf while the field of around 50 drivers get a night of racing at the high-banked quarter-mile Bullring under their belts before the qualifying heat races on Friday night.
 Mike Greseth, driver of the No. 17 Superior Customs Rocket XR1, put himself in prime position to secure his third consecutive series championship over the holiday weekend, winning both features held at Greenbush Race Park in Greenbush, MN. The victories were Greseth's 16th and 17th series victories in just 55 series starts since his debut in May of 2021. The victories also earned him an 84-point lead heading into Thursday night's season finale during the running of the 'Prelude to the Johnny' at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks which kicks off the John Seitz Memorial weekend.
 We're down to the final three events of the 2023 campaign with two of which scheduled for Labor Day weekend as the series will head back to Greenbush Race Park in Greenbush, MN for a double header on this holiday weekend. The races will be the fourth and fifth held at the high-banked Roseau County oval that measures just over one-quarter mile. These races will also be the 42nd and 43rd for the series at the track and will be the 19th and 20th of the series' season which would be the first time the series has run 20 events in a season since 2003, and just the second time that the series has run 20 times in a season in its 26 season history.
 One of the biggest weeks of racing in series history is in the books as Chad Becker and Mike Greseth split victories during the two-night Howie Schill Memorial at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, ND while Joey Pederson scored the $5,000 triumph Saturday night at Devils Lake Speedway, winning the fifth annual Golden Hammer Classic.
 Three more big events with big money on the line lie ahead for the Northern Late Model Racing Association this weekend starting Thursday night in West Fargo, ND when the series returns to Red River Valley Speedway for the first of two consecutive nights in memory of former series regular Howie Schill. Following Friday night's $2,404-to-win top prize is handed out, the series will head northwest back to Devils Lake Speedway near Doyon, ND to make up the previously postponed Golden Hammer Classic which will hand $5,000 to the victor.
Tyler Peterson (Norman County; left and Greenbush; right) and Mike Greseth (River Cities; center) were last week's NLRA main event winners. Photos by Speedway Shots and Lisa Jean Designs. It was another great weekend if you were, or still are, a Modified ace, as two of the most impressive additions to the NLRA series in recent years split the weekend. Two-time and defending series champion, and current point leader, Mike Greseth picked up his 14th series win Friday night at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, while rookie Tyler Peterson won his fourth and fifth features of the season at Norman County Raceway in Ada, MN and Greenbush Race Park in Greenbush, MN.
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