8/19/2017
Greenbush Race Park
Dykhoff captures the Battle for the Bandit at Greenbush Race Park
It was a gorgeous day for racing for the Wissota PolyDome Dirt Track Series at the Greenbush Race Park, as 85 cars were signed in and ready to race.
The night was dubbed as the "Battle for the Bandit". Rick Johnson was known as the Border Bandit, and was the Race Park's first Streets point’s champion, who passed away in May of this year. Kyle Dykhoff of Perham, MN was lucky enough to draw the number 90 chip in the redraw and that put him on the pole for the 30 lap feature race. Dykhoff used that to his advantage and grabbed the early lead with outside pole sitter Art Linert of Badger, MN a close second. A couple of early cautions slowed the pace a bit but there was great racing throughout the lineup. The final caution flew on lap 17, and by lap 20 Linert was caught by Jonny Carter of Lisbon, ND The duo raced side by side for a couple of laps before Carter passed Linert on the backstretch on lap 22. One lap later it was Ryan Johnson of Karlstad, MN getting by Linert. Carter got to the bumper of Dykhoff in the closing laps, but couldn't make the pass and Dykhoff picked up the sweep and his second win of the year and his biggest payday to date with the $1790.00 first place check. Carter would finish second and Johnson third. Linert and John Halvorson of Warren, MN won the other heats.
The 12 car Modified feature was led to the green by Jordan Wahl of Greenbush, MN but it would be outside pole sitter Shawn Teunis of West St. Paul, MB to lead the early laps. Wahl would pass Teunis on the backstretch for the lead on lap four. Shawn Teunis brought out the last caution on lap 14, and that put everyone on Wahl's back bumper, including cousin Dustin Wahl of Greenbush, MN Dustin started in the sixth spot and by the time they made it back to the flag stand, he had the top spot. Dustin would go on to pick up the sweep and win number two on the year. Rick Delaine would finish second and win his heat, while J. Wahl would finish third.
It would take three attempts for the 14 car Midwest Modified to get one lap in, and the final caution came on lap three. Doug VanMill of Bagley started from the pole and led the early laps, but Hunter Hougard of Warren, MN would get by VanMill coming out of corner four on lap six. Four laps later it would be Gary James Nelson of Blackduck, MN passing Hougard coming out of corner four for the lead. Hougard didn't give up as he raced Nelson hard to the finish, but it would be Nelson picking up his second win of the year, Hougard would finish second and win his heat, and Justin Olson of Thief River Falls, MN would finish third. Shane Wahl of Greenbush, MN would get the other heat win.
The NOSA Sprints made their last appearance of the year at the Race Park, and the 16 car field was lead to the green by Nick Omdahl of East Grand Forks, MN. Omdahl held the lead through two early cautions and until lap 12 when Wade Nygaard of Grand Forks, ND blew by Omdahl on the outside going down the front stretch. Nygaard held the lead for another seven laps when in corner four he had some light contact with Cale Mack of East Grand Forks, MN which caused the rear of Nygaard’s top wing to fall and at the same time lost the lead to Austin Pearce of Grand Forks, ND. Nygaard continued to race with no downforce, but Pierce went on to pick up the sweep and his fourth win at the Race Park. Nygaard couldn't hold off Jade Hastings of Grand Forks, ND, who finished second and Omdahl who finished third. Nygaard would win his heat and finish fourth and did a wheelie as he crossed the line.
Only eight cars took the green for the Pure Stock feature, but it was probably the most entertaining feature of the evening. Jerome Berger of Badger, MN would start third and lead the first two laps before he got crossed up in corner four handing the lead over to chief rival Jared Palm of Warroad, MN. Two laps later Berger would retake the lead coming out of turn four. Over the next seven laps Berger and Palm would never be more than a car length apart racing those laps side by side. The final caution came with four to go and the pair picked up where they left off on the restart. The two never touched once in their close racing and it would be Berger to get the sweep and his third win of the year, Palm would finish second and Ethan Larson of Newfolden, MN third.
The Lightning Sprints would send 17 cars to take the green flag. Before they got one lap in Brandon Johnson of Holt, MN starting 16th, slid off corner three. Alex Truscinski of Greenbush, MN started on the pole and led the first three laps until Dexter Dvergsten of Greenbush, MN down the backstretch. But it was Johnson that was on a mission. Johnson used the high side to his advantage and when the next yellow flew on lap 10 he was in the second spot. The final caution set up a green, white, checkered finish. On the restart Dvergsten was able to hold off the hard charging Johnson to pick up the sweep and his first win on the year. Johnson would finish second and Truscinski would win his heat and finish third. Presley Truedson of Kennedy, MN would get the other heat win.
Only two weekends remain in the 2017 race season for the fastest 1/4 track in Northwest Minnesota, and up next is the Jack Grahn memorial with the NLRA Late Models paying $1,500 to win. Also racing that night will be the Modifieds, Streets, Midwest Modifieds, Pure Stocks and Lightning Sprints. Gates open at 4pm with the cutoff for the draw at 6pm and the green flag dropping at 7pm sharp. For more info on the Late Model payouts check out our website at www.greenbushracepark.com, or our Facebook page at Official Greenbush Race Park.
Results -
410 Sprints - Winged | Northern Outlaw Sprint Association
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 2A-Austin Pierce, [7]; 2. 8H-Jade Hastings, [6]; 3. 0-Nick Omdahl, [1]; 4. 9N-Wade Nygaard, [8]; 5. 26-Blake Egeland, [12]; 6. 20A-Jordan Adams, [4]; 7. 99-Jordan Graham, [13]; 8. 51-Alex Larson, [10]; 9. 14-Tom Egeland, [5]; 10. 42-Rick Bates, [14]; 11. 4M-Cale Mack, [3]; 12. 27-Nick Ranten, [9]; 13. 24-Jon Sorenson, [15]; 14. 12-Brayden Pengilly, [11]; 15. (DNF) 10TRB-Bob Martin, [16]; 16. (DNF) 31-Shane Roemeling, [2]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 9N-Wade Nygaard, [4]; 2. 14-Tom Egeland, [3]; 3. 8H-Jade Hastings, [6]; 4. 31-Shane Roemeling, [7]; 5. 51-Alex Larson, [5]; 6. 26-Blake Egeland, [2]; 7. 24-Jon Sorenson, [1]; 8. 42-Rick Bates, [8]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 2A-Austin Pierce, [2]; 2. 20A-Jordan Adams, [3]; 3. 4M-Cale Mack, [5]; 4. 0-Nick Omdahl, [7]; 5. 12-Brayden Pengilly, [4]; 6. 27-Nick Ranten, [8]; 7. 99-Jordan Graham, [6]; 8. (DNF) 10TRB-Bob Martin, [1]
Modifieds
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 74-Dustin Wahl, [6]; 2. 1R-Rick Delaine, [7]; 3. 47-Jordan Wahl, [1]; 4. 29K-Ryan Kereluk, [4]; 5. 2-Aaron Holtan, [8]; 6. 21J-Joe Chaplinski, [10]; 7. 007-Jason Johnson, [3]; 8. 33-Ryan Hagen, [12]; 9. 57-Michael Tiani, [11]; 10. 81-Jordan Duray, [5]; 11. 64-Shane Wahl, [9]; 12. (DNF) 39-Shawn Teunis, [2]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Dustin Wahl, [1]; 2. 2-Aaron Holtan, [6]; 3. 39-Shawn Teunis, [5]; 4. 007-Jason Johnson, [4]; 5. 64-Shane Wahl, [2]; 6. 57-Michael Tiani, [3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1R-Rick Delaine, [5]; 2. 81-Jordan Duray, [3]; 3. 29K-Ryan Kereluk, [2]; 4. 47-Jordan Wahl, [1]; 5. 21J-Joe Chaplinski, [6]; 6. 33-Ryan Hagen, [4]
Midwest Modifieds
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 74-Gary James Nelson, [7]; 2. 188-Hunter Hougard, [3]; 3. 169-Justin Olson, [6]; 4. 8T-Doug VanMill, [1]; 5. 00-Steve Hougard, [9]; 6. 64-Shane Wahl, [2]; 7. 35-John Halvorson, [4]; 8. 6R-Nate Reynolds, [8]; 9. 24X-Benjamin Silliker, [10]; 10. 6-Dean Eggebraaten, [11]; 11. 35F-Davis Forst, [13]; 12. (DNF) 96-Brent Loftsgard, [12]; 13. (DNF) 16-Skyler Smith, [5]; 14. (DNF) 7P-Cory Peterson, [14]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 188-Hunter Hougard, [5]; 2. 35-John Halvorson, [6]; 3. 74-Gary James Nelson, [1]; 4. 16-Skyler Smith, [2]; 5. 00-Steve Hougard, [7]; 6. 6-Dean Eggebraaten, [4]; 7. 35F-Davis Forst, [3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 64-Shane Wahl, [1]; 2. 169-Justin Olson, [4]; 3. 6R-Nate Reynolds, [5]; 4. 8T-Doug VanMill, [6]; 5. 24X-Benjamin Silliker, [3]; 6. 96-Brent Loftsgard, [2]; 7. (DNF) 7P-Cory Peterson, [7]
Lightning Sprints
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [2]; 2. 22-Brandon Johnson, [16]; 3. 10-Alex Truscinski, [1]; 4. 2K-Presley Truedson, [4]; 5. 11M-Brendan Mullen, [9]; 6. 2-Corey Olson, [8]; 7. 13-Alan Truscinski, [6]; 8. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [3]; 9. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [12]; 10. 40-Lawrence Veralrud, [11]; 11. 16C-Kyle Cole, [7]; 12. 100P-Brayden Pengilly, [10]; 13. 19-Brad Borowicz, [15]; 14. (DNF) 44-Jim Hadfield, [14]; 15. (DNF) 7-Dan Wiskow, [18]; 16. (DNF) 6H-Brody Hutton, [13]; 17. (DNF) 4-Eric Johnson, [5]; (DNS) 18-Ryan Davis,
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Alex Truscinski, [4]; 2. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [6]; 3. 11M-Brendan Mullen, [2]; 4. 40-Lawrence Veralrud, [3]; 5. 6H-Brody Hutton, [1]; 6. 19-Brad Borowicz, [5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2K-Presley Truedson, [3]; 2. 4-Eric Johnson, [4]; 3. 13-Alan Truscinski, [6]; 4. 100P-Brayden Pengilly, [5]; 5. 44-Jim Hadfield, [2]; 6. (DNF) 22-Brandon Johnson, [1]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [5]; 2. 2-Corey Olson, [3]; 3. 16C-Kyle Cole, [2]; 4. (DNF) 21-Steve Hildebrand, [1]; (DNS) 18-Ryan Davis, ; (DNS) 7-Dan Wiskow,
Pure Stock
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 65-Jerome Berger, [3]; 2. 11X-Jared Palm, [5]; 3. 50-Ethan Larson, [2]; 4. 7-Cory Peterson, [4]; 5. 0-Chad Hagen, [7]; 6. 68B-Austin Brekkestran, [6]; 7. 16-MiKara Johanson, [8]; 8. (DNF) 87-Alan Lane, [1]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 65-Jerome Berger, [1]; 2. 11X-Jared Palm, [5]; 3. 7-Cory Peterson, [2]; 4. 50-Ethan Larson, [4]; 5. 87-Alan Lane, [6]; 6. 68B-Austin Brekkestran, [3]; 7. 0-Chad Hagen, [7]; 8. 16-MiKara Johanson, [8]
Street Stocks
A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 11-Kyle Dykhoff, [1]; 2. 46-Jonny Carter, [9]; 3. 25-Ryan Johnson, [6]; 4. 39-Aaron Blacklance, [3]; 5. 2L-Art Linert, [2]; 6. 70-Jesse Teunis, [5]; 7. 17B-Brent Olson, [10]; 8. 10-Justin Vogel, [17]; 9. 35-John Halvorson, [4]; 10. 96-Jeremy Gust, [15]; 11. 105-Terry Blacklance, [7]; 12. 27P-Tucker Pederson, [8]; 13. 48-Chase Boen, [16]; 14. 4J-Taylor Jacobson, [13]; 15. 88-Tristan Johnson, [12]; 16. 21J-Brian Johanson, [14]; 17. (DNF) 11F-Brandon Fah, [11]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 35-John Halvorson, [2]; 2. 70-Jesse Teunis, [1]; 3. 27P-Tucker Pederson, [4]; 4. 17B-Brent Olson, [3]; 5. 4J-Taylor Jacobson, [6]; 6. 48-Chase Boen, [5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2L-Art Linert, [1]; 2. 39-Aaron Blacklance, [4]; 3. 25-Ryan Johnson, [3]; 4. 11F-Brandon Fah, [5]; 5. 21J-Brian Johanson, [6]; 6. 10-Justin Vogel, [2]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Kyle Dykhoff, [2]; 2. 46-Jonny Carter, [4]; 3. 105-Terry Blacklance, [1]; 4. 88-Tristan Johnson, [3]; 5. 96-Jeremy Gust, [5]
Article Credit: Keith Cumming
Submitted By: Shelly Linert
