6/3/2017
Greenbush Race Park
Strand, Reynolds, Gust, Palm, and Truedson win at Greenbush Race Park
A hot a breezy night greeted racers and fans at the Greenbush Race Park for the second weekend of racing for the WISSOTA PolyDome Dirt Track Series.
Pole sitter Jordan Wahl of Greenbush, MN, would lead the 15 car Midwest Modified field to the green. Wahl would lead the early stages of the race but was followed closely by Aaron Blacklance of Thief River Falls, MN and Shane Wahl of Greenbush, MN. The first caution would come on lap 5 when John Halvorson of Warren, MN would spin in three and four. One lap later it would be Shane Wahl spinning in the same spot. Nate Reynolds of Edinburg, ND had worked his way to the second spot on the restart after starting ninth, and on lap eight would pass Wahl in corner four for the lead. Reynolds would go on to pick up his second feature win in as many weeks and a sweep of the evening. Jordan Wahl would finish second and Hunter Hougard third. Justin Olson and Shane Wahl would collect the other heat wins.
16 year old Bryton Foss of Greenbush, MN would lead the 19 car Modified feature to the green flag and it would take two attempts before they could get one lap in. The second yellow for Foss as he spun in front of the entire field in corner four. On the restart it would be Ryan Kereluk of St. Andrews, MB to lead the next six laps before Dustin Wahl of Greenbush, MN would pass Kereluk in corner two for the lead. Two laps later Dustin Strand of Grand Forks, ND passed Wahl out of corner four for the lead only to have it wiped out by a yellow on lap nine. Strand would take the lead two laps later as he used the high side to get past Wahl coming out of turn four. Strand would lead the last nine laps to pick up his second win in a row and a sweep of the evening. Wahl would finish second and win his heat, and Mark Esala of Thief River Falls, MN came from 11th to finish third. The other heat win went to Ward Imrie of Winnipeg, MB.
Jeremy Gust of Strathcona, MN would lead the eleven car Street feature to the green flag and would take the lead from the get go. Gust was pressured early by Dave Meyer of Thief River Falls, MN and Jesse Teunis of West St. Paul, MB. The only caution of the race came on lap four when Art Linert of Badger, MN spun coming out of corner four. On the restart Gust would have to hold off Meyer and Teunis once again but did manage to build a small lead. The race would then become a three car battle for the second spot as Ryan Johnson of Karlstad MN would pass Teunis for second with three to go, but Gust had built a comfortable lead, and would go on to pick up his first win and sweep of the year. Johnson would finish second and win his heat, and Teunis would finish third.
Fifteen cars would take the green for the Lightning Sprint feature and it would be 15yr old pole sitter Presley Truedson of Kennedy, MN to grab the early lead. The young lady would hold off an early challenge from Brandon Johnson of Holt, MN, even threw two early cautions. She would lead all 15 laps to pick up her first feature of the year, Johnson would finish second and win his heat, and Dexter Dvergsten of Greenbush, MN would finish third and win his heat. Kelsi Pederson of East Grand Forks, MN would win her heat.
Ethan Larson of Newfolden, MN would lead the first 11 laps of the Pure Stock feature before Jared Palm of Warroad, MN would pass him coming out of corner four. Palm would go on to pick up his second checkered flag of the year and a sweep of the evening. Jerome Berger of Roseau, MN would finish second and win the other heat, and Larson would finish third.
John Currant of Bemidji, MN would lead all 12 laps of the caution free 4 Cylinder feature for the sweep, Katie Ahrndt of Hawley, MN would finish second and Macey Anderson of Viking, MN would finish third.
Up next for the fastest 1/4 dirt track in Northwestern Minnesota will be another regular night of racing on June 10th, featuring all six classes, Modifieds, Streets, Midwest Modifieds, Pure Stocks, Lightning Sprints and 4 Cylinders. At intermission we will be handing out point plaques to the top three drivers in each class from the 2016 racing season. Gates open at 4:30pm, with the draw cutoff at 6pm and the racing starting at 7pm sharp. Check us out at www.greenbushracepark.com, or on Facebook at Official Greenbush Race Park.
Results
Modifieds
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 71S-Dustin Strand, [9]; 2. 74-Dustin Wahl, [7]; 3. 95-Mark Esala, [11]; 4. 2-Aaron Holtan, [15]; 5. 1R-Rick Delaine, [6]; 6. 29K-Ryan Kereluk, [5]; 7. 71-Brian Strand, [19]; 8. 81-Jordan Duray, [4]; 9. 64-Shane Wahl, [10]; 10. 57-Michael Tiani, [18]; 11. 7F-Bryton Foss, [1]; 12. 27-Chris Unrau, [14]; 13. 39-Shawn Teunis, [12]; 14. 92-Justin Bronk, [13]; 15. 18-Scott Messner, [17]; 16. 33-Ryan Hagen, [16]; 17. (DNF) 21J-Joe Chaplinski, [2]; 18. (DNF) 75-Jamen Foss, [3]; 19. (DNF) 10W-Ward Imrie, [8]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Dustin Wahl, [2]; 2. 75-Jamen Foss, [6]; 3. 7F-Bryton Foss, [3]; 4. 64-Shane Wahl, [4]; 5. 92-Justin Bronk, [5]; 6. 33-Ryan Hagen, [7]; 7. (DNF) 71-Brian Strand, [1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10W-Ward Imrie, [2]; 2. 21J-Joe Chaplinski, [4]; 3. 81-Jordan Duray, [3]; 4. 95-Mark Esala, [5]; 5. 27-Chris Unrau, [6]; 6. 18-Scott Messner, [1]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 71S-Dustin Strand, [6]; 2. 29K-Ryan Kereluk, [2]; 3. 1R-Rick Delaine, [5]; 4. 39-Shawn Teunis, [1]; 5. 2-Aaron Holtan, [3]; 6. 57-Michael Tiani, [4]
Midwest Modifieds
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 6R-Nate Reynolds, [9]; 2. 47-Jordan Wahl, [1]; 3. 188-Hunter Hougard, [10]; 4. 169-Justin Olson, [6]; 5. 40-Patrick Sobolik, [8]; 6. 00-Steve Hougard, [12]; 7. 28H-Logan Hamness, [13]; 8. 19D-Noah Metzger, [15]; 9. 64-Shane Wahl, [4]; 10. 55-Murray Kozie, [7]; 11. 921-Rick Fehr, [5]; 12. 13-Alex Johnson, [14]; 13. (DNF) 26-Chelsey Hamness, [11]; 14. (DNF) 35-John Halvorson, [3]; (DQ) 5BA-Aaron Blacklance, [2]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 169-Justin Olson, [2]; 2. 40-Patrick Sobolik, [4]; 3. 921-Rick Fehr, [3]; 4. 188-Hunter Hougard, [5]; 5. 28H-Logan Hamness, [1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 64-Shane Wahl, [2]; 2. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance, [3]; 3. 55-Murray Kozie, [4]; 4. 26-Chelsey Hamness, [1]; 5. 13-Alex Johnson, [5]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 6R-Nate Reynolds, [1]; 2. 35-John Halvorson, [2]; 3. 47-Jordan Wahl, [4]; 4. 00-Steve Hougard, [5]; 5. 19D-Noah Metzger, [3]
Lightning Sprints
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 2K-Presley Truedson, [2]; 2. 22-Brandon Johnson, [4]; 3. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [9]; 4. 9-Kevin Thomas Sr., [5]; 5. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [3]; 6. 13-Alan Truscinski, [7]; 7. 11M-Brendan Mullen, [15]; 8. 100-Jason Berg, [8]; 9. 30M-Parker Monroe, [14]; 10. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [13]; 11. 18-Ryan Davis, [16]; 12. (DNF) 10-Alex Truscinski, [1]; 13. (DNF) 1-Mark Williams, [12]; 14. (DNF) 24-Brett Schmiedeberg, [6]; 15. (DNF) 18E-Charles Davis, [10]; (DNS) 16-Kyle Cole,
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Brandon Johnson, [4]; 2. 10-Alex Truscinski, [2]; 3. 9-Kevin Thomas Sr., [5]; 4. 18E-Charles Davis, [1]; 5. 1-Mark Williams, [3]; 6. 30M-Parker Monroe, [6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [4]; 2. 2K-Presley Truedson, [1]; 3. 24-Brett Schmiedeberg, [6]; 4. 16-Kyle Cole, [3]; 5. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [5]; 6. (DNF) 11M-Brendan Mullen, [2]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [2]; 2. 13-Alan Truscinski, [3]; 3. 100-Jason Berg, [1]; (DNS) 18-Ryan Davis,
Pure Stock
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 11X-Jared Palm, [8]; 2. 65-Jerome Berger, [5]; 3. 50-Ethan Larson, [3]; 4. 7-Cory Peterson, [1]; 5. 0-Chad Hagen, [2]; 6. 11-Juliann Salazar, [6]; 7. 2-Ryan Weston, [4]; 8. (DNF) 68B-Austin Brekkestran, [10]; 9. (DNF) 22-Kurt Weston, [9]; 10. (DNF) 87-Alan Lane, [7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 65-Jerome Berger, [2]; 2. 2-Ryan Weston, [4]; 3. 50-Ethan Larson, [5]; 4. 11-Juliann Salazar, [3]; 5. 22-Kurt Weston, [1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11X-Jared Palm, [2]; 2. 87-Alan Lane, [3]; 3. 7-Cory Peterson, [4]; 4. 0-Chad Hagen, [1]; 5. 68B-Austin Brekkestran, [5]
4 Cylinders
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 28-John Current, [2]; 2. K80-Katie Ahrndt, [4]; 3. 88-Macey Anderson, [1]; 4. 25-Jordan Thayer, [3]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28-John Current, [1]; 2. K80-Katie Ahrndt, [2]; 3. 88-Macey Anderson, [3]; 4. 25-Jordan Thayer, [4]
Street Stocks
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 96-Jeremy Gust, [1]; 2. 25-Ryan Johnson, [7]; 3. 70-Jesse Teunis, [4]; 4. 87M-Dave Meyer, [2]; 5. 48-Chase Boen, [11]; 6. 17V-Casey Vargason, [6]; 7. 2L-Art Linert, [5]; 8. 17-Mike Olson, [9]; 9. 35-John Halvorson, [3]; 10. 25RIP-James Wall, [8]; 11. 4J-Taylor Jacobson, [10]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 96-Jeremy Gust, [2]; 2. 2L-Art Linert, [4]; 3. 35-John Halvorson, [3]; 4. 87M-Dave Meyer, [6]; 5. 17-Mike Olson, [5]; 6. 48-Chase Boen, [1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Ryan Johnson, [3]; 2. 70-Jesse Teunis, [5]; 3. 25RIP-James Wall, [2]; 4. 17V-Casey Vargason, [4]; 5. 4J-Taylor Jacobson, [1]
Article Credit: Keith Cumming
Submitted By: Shelly Linert
