8/25/2018
Greenbush Race Park
Edginton, Nelson, and Gust get wins at GRP
Questionable weather in the area would greet racers and fans as the NLRA Late Models would make their last appearance of the year at the Greenbush Race Park.
Outside pole sitter Mike Balcaen of Winnipeg, MB, would take the early lead in the 13 car, 25 lap race for the NLRA Late Models. The race was slowed by only two cautions, the last on lap 11, but Balcaen held his lead. But eight laps later, fellow Winnipeg racer Shane Edginton would pass Balcaen coming out of corner two for the lead. Edginton would go on to pick up his first NLRA win at the Park. Balcaen would finish second and win his heat, while a good battle for third and fourth as Bill Mooney of Selkirk, MB, edged Joey Pederson of East Grand Forks for third. Brad Seng of Grand Forks, ND picked up the other heat win.
The Midwest Modifieds would send 11 cars out for their feature. Patrick Sobolik of Hallock, MN, was in control for 14 of the 15 laps. Justin Olson of Thief River Falls, MN, had the lead briefly out of corner two, and it was three wide out of corner four as Gary James Nelson of Ponemah, MN, used the high side to pick up the win. Olson would finish second and Sobolik third. Shane Wahl of Greenbush, MN, and Aaron Blacklance of Thief River Falls, MN, got the heat wins.
Only six Street cars were on hand for their feature and Chase Boen of Karlstad, MN, lead the first four laps, when some contact in corner two with Jeremy Gust of Strathcona, MN, would give Gust the lead. Gust went on to get the win, his first of the year, Boen would finish second and Casey Vargason of Edinburg, ND third. Tucker Pederson of East Grand Forks, MN, would get the heat win.
The Modified feature was rained out and will be made up this Saturday September 1st.
The 13 car Lightning Sprint feature would have a slight weather delay about mid-way through their feature. But it was Alex Truscinski of Greenbush, MN, that was in control. Dexter Dvergsten of Greenbush, MN, made it interesting in the closing laps, but Truscinski went on to get his fifth win of the year and a sweep of the evening, Dvergsten would finish second, and Alan Truscinski of Greenbush, MN, third and get the other heat win.
Stan Olson of Thief River Falls, MN, would lead the first seven laps of the 10 car Pure Stock feature, but Darryl Heintz of East St. Paul, MB, would take the lead coming out of corner four. Heintz went on to pick up win number four on the year. A.J. Lane of Williams, MN, and Jared Palm of Warroad, MN, wouldn't make it easy for Heintz as they finished second and third respectively. Palm and Olson picked up the heat wins.
The 2018 racing season at the Greenbush Race Park will come to a close with two nights of racing on Saturday September 1st starting at 7 pm and Sunday September 2nd starting at 6 pm. Classes racing both nights will be Modifieds, Streets, Midwest Modifieds, Pure Stocks, Lightning Sprints, and 4 Cylinders. Saturday gates open at 4 pm with the cutoff for the draw at 6 pm and racing at 7 pm sharp. Sunday gates open at 3 pm, draw cutoff is 5 pm and racing starts at 6 pm sharp. Sunday is also fan appreciation night. Also weather permitting there will be a powder puff and mechanics race. For more info check out our website at http://www.greenbushracepark.com, or check us out on Facebook at Official Greenbush Race Park.
Results
Modifieds
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Jordan Duray, [3]; 2. 92-Justin Bronk, [2]; 3. 1R-Rick Delaine, [5]; 4. 29K-Ryan Kereluk, [6]; 5. 007-Gary Johnson, [1]; 6. 33-Ryan Hagen, [4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Aaron Holtan, [1]; 2. 74-Dustin Wahl, [5]; 3. 57-Michael Tiani, [2]; 4. 95-Mark Esala, [3]; 5. 64-Shane Wahl, [4]
Midwest Modifieds
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 74-Gary James Nelson, [3]; 2. 169-Justin Olson, [4]; 3. 40-Patrick Sobolik, [2]; 4. 3L-Logan Salazar, [10]; 5. 188-Hunter Hougard, [8]; 6. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance, [7]; 7. 5L-Lon Vettleson, [12]; 8. 35F-Davis Forst, [5]; 9. 7P-Cory Peterson, [9]; 10. (DNF) 16R-James Foley, [1]; 11. (DNF) 64-Shane Wahl, [6]; (DNS) 26-Dale Hamness,
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 64-Shane Wahl, [2]; 2. 74-Gary James Nelson, [5]; 3. 169-Justin Olson, [6]; 4. 16R-James Foley, [1]; 5. 7P-Cory Peterson, [4]; 6. 26-Dale Hamness, [3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance, [2]; 2. 40-Patrick Sobolik, [4]; 3. 188-Hunter Hougard, [5]; 4. 35F-Davis Forst, [6]; 5. 3L-Logan Salazar, [3]; 6. 5L-Lon Vettleson, [1]
NLRA Late Models
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 4-Shane Edginton, [6]; 2. 10-Mike Balcaen, [2]; 3. 2-Bill Mooney, [5]; 4. 7P-Joey Pederson, [3]; 5. 71-Dustin Strand, [8]; 6. 11-Troy Schill, [7]; 7. 71S-Steffen Snare, [9]; 8. 12S-Brad Seng, [1]; 9. 14-Brody Troftgruben, [10]; 10. 55-Mike Martin, [12]; 11. 4K-Ryan Kereluk, [13]; 12. 70-Jesse Teunis, [11]; 13. (DNF) 4C-Ryan Corbett, [4]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 12S-Brad Seng, [1]; 2. 7P-Joey Pederson, [6]; 3. 4-Shane Edginton, [2]; 4. 71-Dustin Strand, [7]; 5. 71S-Steffen Snare, [5]; 6. 70-Jesse Teunis, [3]; 7. 4K-Ryan Kereluk, [4]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 10-Mike Balcaen, [2]; 2. 4C-Ryan Corbett, [1]; 3. 2-Bill Mooney, [4]; 4. 11-Troy Schill, [6]; 5. 14-Brody Troftgruben, [3]; 6. 55-Mike Martin, [5]
Lightning Sprints
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 10-Alex Truscinski, [2]; 2. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [5]; 3. 13-Alan Truscinski, [4]; 4. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [7]; 5. 100-Jason Berg, [13]; 6. 40-Lawrence Veralrud, [1]; 7. 17K-Zachary Kwiatkoski, [8]; 8. 1-Mark Williams, [12]; 9. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [6]; 10. 16C-Kyle Cole, [9]; 11. (DNF) 22H-Dylan Herman, [10]; 12. (DNF) 2-Clifford Steyn, [11]; 13. (DNF) 2K-Presley Truedson, [3]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Alex Truscinski, [1]; 2. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [2]; 3. 40-Lawrence Veralrud, [5]; 4. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [7]; 5. 16C-Kyle Cole, [3]; 6. 2-Clifford Steyn, [4]; 7. 100-Jason Berg, [6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Alan Truscinski, [4]; 2. 2K-Presley Truedson, [6]; 3. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [3]; 4. 17K-Zachary Kwiatkoski, [5]; 5. 22H-Dylan Herman, [1]; 6. 1-Mark Williams, [2]
Pure Stock
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 42-Darryl Heintz, [5]; 2. 87-Alan Lane, [7]; 3. 11X-Jared Palm, [8]; 4. 81A-Jeremy Anderson, [4]; 5. 65-Brent Walsh, [9]; 6. 81-John Duray, [6]; 7. 69X-Stanley Olson, [1]; 8. 68B-Austin Brekkestran, [3]; 9. (DNF) 0-Chad Hagen, [10]; 10. (DNF) 113-Kendra Westlund, [2]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11X-Jared Palm, [2]; 2. 68B-Austin Brekkestran, [1]; 3. 42-Darryl Heintz, [3]; 4. 81A-Jeremy Anderson, [5]; 5. 65-Brent Walsh, [4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 69X-Stanley Olson, [1]; 2. 87-Alan Lane, [5]; 3. 81-John Duray, [4]; 4. 113-Kendra Westlund, [2]; 5. 0-Chad Hagen, [3]
Street Stocks
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 96-Jeremy Gust, [2]; 2. 48-Chase Boen, [1]; 3. 17V-Casey Vargason, [6]; 4. 35-John Halvorson, [5]; 5. 8T-Doug VanMill, [3]; 6. 27P-Tucker Pederson, [4]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27P-Tucker Pederson, [1]; 2. 96-Jeremy Gust, [2]; 3. 35-John Halvorson, [6]; 4. 48-Chase Boen, [5]; 5. 8T-Doug VanMill, [4]; 6. 17V-Casey Vargason, [3]
Article Credit: Keith Cumming
Submitted By: Shelly Linert