6/11/2017
Greenbush Race Park
Esala, Hougard, and Halvorson get WISSOTA wins at Greenbush Race Park
Early morning showers cast some doubt as to whether there would be any racing at all at the Greenbush Race Park, but the rain was short lived and allowed the track crew to get to work to prepare for the evenings racing. The sun come out early in the afternoon and a good stiff breeze really helped dry things up, and by race time everything was ready to go.
Chase Boen of Karlstad, MN would lead the 11 car Street feature to the green and lead the first two circuits before outside pole sitter John Halvorson of Warren, MN would pass Boen coming out of corner four for the lead. Boen would return the favor six laps later in the same spot. Halvorson would get the lead back just a couple laps later and the pair never got more than a car length away from one another. Also in the mix was Art Linert of Badger, MN. Linert was never more than a fender away in the third spot. In the closing laps Halvorson would extend his lead and the race would be for the second spot. With one to go Linert would get under Boen out of two and the two would race side by side down the backstretch and into three and four. But it would be Linert winning the drag race to the flag stand to take the second spot. Halvorson would get his first win of the year and Boen would come across third, but would later be DQ'd in tech. Linert also won his heat with the other heat win going to Jesse Teunis of West St. Paul, MB.
14 Modifieds rolled to the track to take the green and it would be Jamen Foss of Greenbush, MN to lead the early laps. Foss would hold his lead through the first caution but on lap six, fourth place starter Mark Esala of Thief River Falls, MN would pass Foss in three and four for the lead. Esala would continue to hold the top spot with Foss running second and the real race being for the third spot between Aaron Holtan of Newfolden, MN and Jordan Duray of Halma, MN. The final caution flew with one to go setting up a green, white, checkered finish. On the single file restart, Esala would hold everyone one off to pick up his first ever win at the Park, Foss would come home second and win his heat, while Duray would get by Holtan to get third. Dustin Wahl of Greenbush, MN would win the other heat.
The Hamness siblings of Strathcona, MN would sit on the front row of the 11 car Midwest Modified feature, and it would be Logan to lead the first four laps. A caution would put everyone on his bumper and on the restart Patrick Sobolik of Hallock, MN would pass Hamness coming out of corner two for the lead. Sobolik would lead the next four laps before the final caution of the night came out for Jordan Wahl of Greenbush, MN. On this restart, Sobolik would lose his lead in corner two as both Hunter Hougard of Warren, MN and Nate Reynolds of Edinburg, ND would get by. Hougard started seventh and Reynolds eighth and the two would race each other hard, but it would be Hougard to stop Reynolds' winning streak as he picked up his first win of the year, Reynolds would finish second and win his heat, and Sobolik would finish third. Wahl would win the other heat.
Ethan Larson of Newfolden, MN has led laps in Pure Stock features but has never been able to put it all together for a win. Unfortunately that trend continued, as Larson would start from the outside pole and lead the first four laps before Jerome Berger of Roseau, MN would pass him coming out of corner four and it would be Larson to bring out the first yellow by spinning in corner two. Jared Palm of Warroad, MN would start third on the restart and would pass Berger for the lead coming out of corner two. The last caution flew two laps later but it would be Palm holding off Berger to pick up his third win in a row and sweep of the evening, Berger would finish second and A.J. Lane of Williams, MN third.
Kevin Thomas Sr. of Cullman, AL sat on the pole and lead the 16 car Lightning Sprint feature to the green. Thomas held off early challenges from Brenden Mullen of Grand Forks, N.D., and Presley Truedson of Kennedy, MN. Thomas would maintain his lead even through three cautions with the last caution coming on lap 11. On that restart, Dexter Dvergsten of Greenbush, MN would get by Truedson for the second spot, but couldn't catch Thomas. Thomas picked up his first ever win at the Park, Dvergsten would finish second and win his heat, and Truedson third and win her heat. Alan Truscinski of Greenbush, MN picked up the other heat win.
John Current of Bemidji, MN grabbed the lead on lap five of the 12 lap 4-Cylinder feature en route to his second consecutive win and sweep of the evening. Macey Anderson of Viking, MN finished second and Katie Ahrndt of Hawley, MN third.
Up next for the fastest 1/4 dirt track in Northwestern Minnesota is the "Dugan" Nelson memorial for the Midwest Modifieds. Also running that night will be the Modifieds, Streets, Pure Stocks, and Lightning Sprints. Gates open at 4:30 pm, cutoff for the draw is 6 pm with the racing starting at 7 pm sharp. Please join us on Facebook at Official Greenbush Race Park or on the web at www.greenbushracepark.com.
Results
Modifieds
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 95-Mark Esala, [4]; 2. 75-Jamen Foss, [2]; 3. 81-Jordan Duray, [6]; 4. 2-Aaron Holtan, [7]; 5. 92-Justin Bronk, [11]; 6. 74-Dustin Wahl, [8]; 7. 7F-Bryton Foss, [9]; 8. 57H-Nathan Higginbotham, [12]; 9. 33-Ryan Hagen, [14]; 10. 57-Michael Tiani, [5]; 11. (DNF) 64-Shane Wahl, [3]; 12. (DNF) 25RIP-James Wall, [13]; 13. (DNF) 21J-Joe Chaplinski, [1]; 14. (DNF) 65-Ron Reed, [10]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 75-Jamen Foss, [2]; 2. 95-Mark Esala, [1]; 3. 81-Jordan Duray, [4]; 4. 2-Aaron Holtan, [7]; 5. 7F-Bryton Foss, [5]; 6. 92-Justin Bronk, [6]; 7. 25RIP-James Wall, [3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Dustin Wahl, [1]; 2. 57-Michael Tiani, [2]; 3. 21J-Joe Chaplinski, [3]; 4. 64-Shane Wahl, [5]; 5. 65-Ron Reed, [4]; 6. 57H-Nathan Higginbotham, [6]; 7. 33-Ryan Hagen, [7]
Midwest Modifieds
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 188-Hunter Hougard, [7]; 2. 6R-Nate Reynolds, [8]; 3. 40-Patrick Sobolik, [4]; 4. 88-Paul Veert, [11]; 5. 169-Justin Olson, [6]; 6. 25-Cody Wall, [5]; 7. 47-Jordan Wahl, [3]; 8. 64-Shane Wahl, [9]; 9. 26-Chelsey Hamness, [1]; 10. (DNF) 13-Alex Johnson, [10]; (DQ) 28H-Logan Hamness, [2]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 47-Jordan Wahl, [4]; 2. 25-Cody Wall, [1]; 3. 188-Hunter Hougard, [6]; 4. 169-Justin Olson, [3]; 5. 64-Shane Wahl, [2]; 6. 88-Paul Veert, [5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 6R-Nate Reynolds, [2]; 2. 40-Patrick Sobolik, [1]; 3. 26-Chelsey Hamness, [3]; 4. 28H-Logan Hamness, [5]; 5. 13-Alex Johnson, [4]
Lightning Sprints
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 9-Kevin Thomas Sr., [1]; 2. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [5]; 3. 2K-Presley Truedson, [4]; 4. 11M-Brendan Mullen, [2]; 5. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [7]; 6. 13-Alan Truscinski, [3]; 7. 18E-Charles Davis, [17]; 8. 40-Lawrence Veralrud, [8]; 9. 30M-Parker Monroe, [6]; 10. 100-Jason Berg, [9]; 11. (DNF) 10-Alex Truscinski, [14]; 12. (DNF) 1-Mark Williams, [11]; 13. (DNF) 24-Brett Schmiedeberg, [10]; 14. (DNF) 6H-Brody Hutton, [12]; 15. (DNF) 18-Ryan Davis, [13]; 16. (DNF) 21-Steve Hildebrand, [15]; (DNS) 16-Josh Abrahamson, ; (DNS) 16C-Kyle Cole,
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2K-Presley Truedson, [1]; 2. 9-Kevin Thomas Sr., [6]; 3. 100-Jason Berg, [3]; 4. 24-Brett Schmiedeberg, [4]; 5. 18E-Charles Davis, [2]; 6. (DNF) 18-Ryan Davis, [5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Alan Truscinski, [2]; 2. 11M-Brendan Mullen, [6]; 3. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [5]; 4. 6H-Brody Hutton, [1]; 5. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [4]; 6. (DNF) 16-Josh Abrahamson, [3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [1]; 2. 40-Lawrence Veralrud, [2]; 3. 30M-Parker Monroe, [6]; 4. (DNF) 1-Mark Williams, [3]; 5. (DNF) 10-Alex Truscinski, [5]; (DNS) 16C-Kyle Cole,
Pure Stock
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 11X-Jared Palm, [5]; 2. 65-Jerome Berger, [4]; 3. 87-Alan Lane, [3]; 4. 50-Ethan Larson, [2]; 5. 7-Cory Peterson, [6]; 6. 0-Chad Hagen, [1]; 7. (DNF) 68B-Austin Brekkestran, [7]; 8. (DNF) 11W-Devyn Weleski, [8]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11X-Jared Palm, [1]; 2. 50-Ethan Larson, [4]; 3. 65-Jerome Berger, [8]; 4. 0-Chad Hagen, [6]; 5. 87-Alan Lane, [2]; 6. 7-Cory Peterson, [7]; 7. 68B-Austin Brekkestran, [3]; 8. 11W-Devyn Weleski, [5
4 Cylinders
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 28-John Current, [3]; 2. 88-Macey Anderson, [1]; 3. K80-Katie Ahrndt, [2]; (DNS) 21-Brandon Halvorson,
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28-John Current, [4]; 2. 88-Macey Anderson, [1]; 3. K80-Katie Ahrndt, [3]; 4. (DNF) 21-Brandon Halvorson, [2]
Street Stocks
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 35-John Halvorson, [2]; 2. 2L-Art Linert, [5]; 3. 87M-Dave Meyer, [4]; 4. 70-Jesse Teunis, [7]; 5. 25-Ryan Johnson, [8]; 6. 27P-Tucker Pederson, [6]; 7. 96-Jeremy Gust, [9]; 8. 17V-Casey Vargason, [3]; 9. 4J-Taylor Jacobson, [11]; (DNS) 18B-Adam Burrows, ; (DQ) 48-Chase Boen, [1]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 70-Jesse Teunis, [6]; 2. 87M-Dave Meyer, [2]; 3. 27P-Tucker Pederson, [1]; 4. 17V-Casey Vargason, [4]; 5. 96-Jeremy Gust, [5]; 6. 4J-Taylor Jacobson, [3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2L-Art Linert, [2]; 2. 25-Ryan Johnson, [4]; 3. 48-Chase Boen, [1]; 4. 35-John Halvorson, [5]; 5. 18B-Adam Burrows, [3]
Article Credit: Keith Cumming
Submitted By: Shelly Linert
