6/12/2021
Greenbush Race Park
Greenbush Race Park checkers to Greseth, Nordhagen and Blacklance
A beautiful day turned into a beautiful night for racing at the Greenbush Race Park as 64 cars checked into the pits hoping to get the checkered flag at the end of the night.
The NLRA Wissota Late Models were making their first appearance of the summer with 17 cars headed to the track for their feature. First time visitor to the Park, Bryce Sward of Nelson, MN, would lead the first lap from his inside second row starting position, but a caution after lap one prevented him from getting to far ahead of the rest of the field. When they come around to complete lap two, we had a new leader in Dustin Strand of East Grand Forks, MN. Late Model rookie driver Mike Greseth of Harwood, ND would chase Strand for the next 18 laps, at times through lapped traffic, and Greseth would make the pass for the lead in corner four with six to go. Caution would fly one lap later and give the leaders a traffic free track to work with. Greseth was able to hold everyone off to get the win. Strand would finish second but would have to hold off a challenge from Cole Schill of Horace, ND. Heat wins went to Strand, Sward and Cole Babcock of Rothsay, MN.
The Wissota Midwest Modifieds would send 17 cars to the track for their feature, and just like one week ago, this race was filled with cautions. Aaron Blacklance of Thief River Falls, MN, would pass Scott Kaml of Greenbush, MN, out of corner two on a restart for the lead with 11 to go. After several more cautions, officials decided to go to a green, white, checkered finish. After two tries at that the raced was called giving the win and sweep to Blacklance. Justin Olson of Thief River Falls, MN, would win his heat and finish second. Harley Kroening of Bemidji, MN, would start outside of row six and finish third. The other heat win went to Shane Wahl of Greenbush, MN.
The 14 car Wissota Street feature saw a good battle early as Aaron Blacklance and Tucker Pederson of East Grand Forks, MN, swapped the lead twice in the first five laps. Blacklance would get the lead back on a restart out of corner four. The last caution came with five to go and would set up a great race to the checkers. Blacklance and Ryan Johnson of Karlstad, MN, put on a great show with Blacklance running the cushion and Johnson the middle of the track. It was a drag race out of corner four with Blacklance getting his second feature win and sweep of the night. Johnson would finish second while Greg Jose of Grand Forks, ND would win his heat and finish third. Pederson would pick up the other heat win.
The Wissota Pure Stocks would have one caution flag before getting one lap in and then would click off 15 caution free laps. Steve Nordhagen of Thief River Falls, MN, would pick up his first win of the year and was never challenged for the lead. The real race was for the second and third spot between Deryk Weleski of Bemidji, MN, and Dusty Caspers of Bagley, MN. The two ran side by side for five laps before Caspers finally got by Weleski. Caspers would finish second and Weleski would get the lone heat win and finish third.
For the five years the Greenbush Race Park has hosted the Outlaw Mini Mods, Kelly Steele of International Falls, MN, has been the guy to beat. In that time Steele has 13 wins and he added one more to the total as he won going away. International Falls, MN, drivers Justin Besch and Tyler Jonson would finish second and third with Jonson winning the lone heat.
Up next for the Park, the Limited Late Models will make their first ever visit and they will be joined by the Modifieds, Midwest Modifieds, Pure Stocks, and 4 Cylinders. Pit gates open at 4:30, Grandstands at 5:30, draw cutoff is at 6pm with the green flag flying at 7pm sharp. For more info check out our Facebook page at Official Greenbush Race Park or on the web at http://www.greenbushracepark.com. We will see you at the Park.
Results
5 entries
OUTLAW MINI MODS
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 69-Kelly Steele[4]; 2. 10-Justin Besch[5]; 3. 18J-Tyler Jonson[3]; 4. 81-Jerry Larson[2]; 5. 11-Levi Randt[1]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18J-Tyler Jonson[2]; 2. 81-Jerry Larson[4]; 3. 11-Levi Randt[1]; 4. (DNF) 69-Kelly Steele[3]; 5. (DNF) 10-Justin Besch[5]
17 entries
WISSOTA MIDWEST MODS
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[9]; 2. 169-Justin Olson[8]; 3. 11H-Harley Kroening[12]; 4. 180-Scott Kaml[1]; 5. 5W-Jacob Wilde[10]; 6. 47W-Tony Wensloff[13]; 7. 15C-Chris Edmonds[5]; 8. 48J-Justin Johnson[17]; 9. 64-Shane Wahl[6]; 10. B1-Ronnie Novacek[4]; 11. 77-Ryan Anderson[14]; 12. 18X-Connor Drewry[2]; 13. 21-Joel Olson[15]; 14. 8-Sherman Rogalski Sr[3]; 15. (DNF) 333-Sherman Rogalski Jr[11]; 16. (DNF) 33G-Connor Graff[16]; 17. (DNF) 99-Ed Lehrke[7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[6]; 2. 180-Scott Kaml[5]; 3. B1-Ronnie Novacek[2]; 4. 5W-Jacob Wilde[4]; 5. 47W-Tony Wensloff[3]; 6. 21-Joel Olson[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 169-Justin Olson[1]; 2. 18X-Connor Drewry[3]; 3. 8-Sherman Rogalski Sr[5]; 4. 333-Sherman Rogalski Jr[4]; 5. 77-Ryan Anderson[2]; 6. (DNS) 48J-Justin Johnson
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 64-Shane Wahl[3]; 2. 15C-Chris Edmonds[2]; 3. 99-Ed Lehrke[4]; 4. 11H-Harley Kroening[5]; 5. (DNS) 33G-Connor Graff
9 entries
WISSOTA PURE STOCK
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 74-Steve Nordhagen[2]; 2. 5-Dusty Caspers[5]; 3. 39-Deryk Weleski[1]; 4. 42-Jace Gust[6]; 5. 77E-Tra Ewalt[3]; 6. 17N-Faith Novacek[8]; 7. 72-Dakota Johnson[9]; 8. 88-Macey Anderson[7]; 9. 26-Kyle Davis[4]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 39-Deryk Weleski[1]; 2. 74-Steve Nordhagen[3]; 3. 26-Kyle Davis[2]; 4. 77E-Tra Ewalt[8]; 5. 5-Dusty Caspers[4]; 6. 42-Jace Gust[7]; 7. 88-Macey Anderson[6]; 8. 17N-Faith Novacek[9]; 9. 72-Dakota Johnson[5]
17 entries
WISSOTA STREET STOCK
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[2]; 2. 25-Ryan Johnson[1]; 3. 28-Greg Jose[7]; 4. 4-Trey Hess[6]; 5. 34U-Ryne Uhrich[5]; 6. 87-Alan Lane[9]; 7. 21-Cadin Brekkestran[15]; 8. 00C-Brandon Corbett[12]; 9. 5S-Chris Smeby[17]; 10. 99-Josh Barker[8]; 11. 30-Seth Klostreich[3]; 12. (DNF) 27P-Tucker Pederson[4]; 13. (DNF) 48-Paul Boen[16]; 14. (DNF) 87M-Dave Meyer[10]; 15. (DNF) 0-Chad Hagen[11]; 16. (DNF) 65-Jerome Berger[13]; 17. (DNF) 34-Bill Gustafson[14]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27P-Tucker Pederson[1]; 2. 25-Ryan Johnson[6]; 3. 4-Trey Hess[5]; 4. 87M-Dave Meyer[2]; 5. 65-Jerome Berger[3]; 6. (DNF) 48-Paul Boen[4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Greg Jose[4]; 2. 99-Josh Barker[5]; 3. 87-Alan Lane[3]; 4. 0-Chad Hagen[6]; 5. 34-Bill Gustafson[2]; 6. (DNF) 5S-Chris Smeby[1]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[1]; 2. 34U-Ryne Uhrich[2]; 3. 30-Seth Klostreich[3]; 4. 00C-Brandon Corbett[5]; 5. 21-Cadin Brekkestran[4]
17 entries
WISSOTA LATE MODEL
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 17-Mike Greseth[1]; 2. 71S-Dustin Strand[5]; 3. 44-Cole Schill[4]; 4. 5E-Shane Edginton[9]; 5. 1 2-Bryce Sward[3]; 6. 71-Steffen Snare[10]; 7. 12S-Brad Seng[6]; 8. 10-Kevin Robertson[8]; 9. E85-Jason Strand[13]; 10. 14-Brody Troftgruben[7]; 11. 7P-Joey Pederson[16]; 12. 9-Steve Anderson[12]; 13. 9R-Erik Robertson[14]; 14. 9A-Blake Anderson[11]; 15. 21-Brady Pengilly[15]; 16. 2-Cole Babcock[2]; 17. (DNF) 11-Troy Schill[17]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 2-Cole Babcock[2]; 2. 17-Mike Greseth[4]; 3. 14-Brody Troftgruben[1]; 4. 71-Steffen Snare[6]; 5. E85-Jason Strand[3]; 6. 7P-Joey Pederson[5]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 71S-Dustin Strand[1]; 2. 44-Cole Schill[5]; 3. 10-Kevin Robertson[4]; 4. 9A-Blake Anderson[2]; 5. 9R-Erik Robertson[3]; 6. 11-Troy Schill[6]
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 1 2-Bryce Sward[2]; 2. 12S-Brad Seng[5]; 3. 5E-Shane Edginton[1]; 4. 9-Steve Anderson[3]; 5. 21-Brady Pengilly[4]
Article Credit: Keith Cumming
Submitted By: Shelly Linert
