This Friday night, July the 23rd, the NLRA returns to action at the River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks to honor one of its own. The series will take to the track in honor of longtime series regular Howie Schill who passed away last December. Howie was the series first ever feature winner at the Victory Lane Speedway in Winnipeg in 1998, and won the first River Cities points title the following year in 1999.
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Mike Greseth in victory lane at River Cities on Thursday night. Speedway Shots photo. "Super Rookie" Mike Greseth took the lead on lap ten and went on to score his fourth NLRA win of the season Thursday night at the Wayne Anderson Cup at the River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks. Greseth's win also made him the first repeat winner at the speedway this season. Defending series champion Dustin Strand finished second, while Shane Edginton's third place run was enough to jump back into second in the series points. Brad Seng and Cole Schill rounded out the top five. Bryce Sward won the hard charger award, moving up from 20th to ninth. Greseth will keep the SRT Specialties and TNT Coatings point leader spoiler, as he'll carry a 34 point lead over Edginton into the next series race, the Howie Schill Memorial at River Cities on July 23rd.
Full Results Updated Points Tom Corcoran (T1) and Jason Strand (E85) battle at River Cities earlier this season. Speedway Shots photo. This Thursday night, July the 8th, the NLRA will be back in action at the River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks as part of the first night of the inaugural Wayne Anderson Cup. The event will be the 46th at the quarter-mile Bullring, and will honor one of the men that built the track into the success that it is today.
Don Shaw in victory lane in Devils Lake. Speedway Shots photo. Don Shaw won his 12th career NLRA feature Saturday night at the Devils Lake Speedway near Crary, ND. Shaw took the lead from Cole Babcock on lap seven, and continued on to park the Shaw Trucking No. 42S in victory lane. The win broke a tie with Zach Johnson on the series all-time wins list as Shaw now sits alone in eighth on the list. Tyler Peterson wheeled Donny Schatz's No. 15 to a runner-up finish in just his second night in the car. Brandon Fuller and Dustin Strand finished third and fourth respectively, while rookie Jason Strand scored his first top five, finishing fifth. Brody Troftgruben won the hard charger award, improving 15 spots to finish 6th. Mike Greseth's eighth place run was good enough to keep the point lead, which is now ten markers ahead Brad Seng who passed Shane Edginton for second in the standings. Bryce Sward and Dustin Strand complete the top five. NLRA series action continues Sunday night at the River Cities Speedway. The races start at six.
Full Results Updated Points Mike Greseth in victory lane on Thursday night. Speedway Shots photo. Mike Greseth started second, and lead flag to flag for his third NLRA feature win of his incredible rookie season. Greseth previously parked the No. 17 Quality Engines Rocket XR1 in victory lane with the NLRA at Grand Rapids Speedway and at the Greenbush Race Park. The win also gives Greseth back the point lead, as he'll head into Saturday's 3rd Annual Golden Hammer Classic at the Devils Lake Speedway up four points on Shane Edginton. Brad Seng finished as the runner-up Thursday night, and he'll be just 14 markers back of the lead in the standings heading into Saturday. Pat Doar, Edginton, and Tyler Peterson, making his Late Model debut in the No. 15 Fargo Petro Rocket, rounded out the top five. Cole Schill rebounded from mechanical woes in his heat race to win the hard charger award, as he climbed from 19th to ninth.
Full Results Updated Points Joey Pederson (7P), Shane Edginton (5E), and Brody Troftgruben (14) battle at River Cities last Friday. Speedway Shots photo. This week, the NLRA returns to action, with three big races on tap at the Norman County Raceway in Ada, MN, The Devils Lake Speedway near Doyon, ND, and at the River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks.
Two-time NLRA winner Mike Greseth in action. Speedway Shots photo. Mike Greseth took the lead from Dustin Strand on lap 19, and continued on to his second NLRA series win of the season Saturday night at the Greenbush Race Park in Greenbush, MN. Greseth previously parked the No. 17 Quality Engines Rocket XR1 in victory lane at the Grand Rapids Speedway in Grand Rapids, MN. Strand finished second, with Cole Schill in third, Shane Edginton fourth, and Bryce Sward in fifth. Edginton was the hard charger, as he went from ninth to fourth. Edginton will also head into the next NLRA event as the series point leader by 22 markers over Greseth. Brad Seng, Sward, and Strand round out the current top five in points. NLRA series action continues on Thursday June 24th at the Norman County Raceway in Ada, MN.
Full Results Updated Points Blake Anderson (9A) Mike Greseth (17) and Kreig Kasin (47) battle at the Buffalo River Speedway last Sunday. Speedway Shots photo. This Saturday night, June the 12th, the series will head to the Greenbush Race Park in Greenbush, MN, for the first time this season and for the 32nd time overall to the high-banked Roseau County oval the measures in at between a quarter and a third of a mile.
Dustin Strand (left Richard Keech photo;) and Ryan Mikkelson (right; Speedway Shots photo) split the NLRA shows at I-94 and Buffalo River last weekend.
Dustin Strand and Ryan Mikkelson split the pair of NLRA races run last weekend at the Sure Step I-94 Speedway in Fergus Falls, MN and at the Buffalo River Speedway in Glyndon, MN. Strand's win was his twenty-fifth win with the series, while Mikkelson became the second first time winner with the series on Sunday night.
Brad Seng (12S) and Mike Greseth (17) swap the lead at Grand Rapids last Thursday. Speedway Shots photo. It's a big week of racing ahead for the NLRA Late Model series, as the series will run for the first time this season at the River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks on Friday night, co-headlining with the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series. On Saturday night, the series will be part of the Dick Johanneck Memorial at the Sure Step I-94 Speedway in Fergus Falls, MN. The weekend ends on Sunday with the return to the Buffalo River Speedway in Glyndon, MN for the first series event at the track since 2015.
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