8/5/2023
Greenbush Race Park
Schill, Gust and Imrie find victory lane at GRP
A cloudy and cool day turned into a beautiful night for racing as the Greenbush Race Park hosted the MinnKota POWERi Lighting Sprint Nationals.
The Wissota Midwest Modified feature would send 14 cars to take the green and two early cautions was the only thing that slowed down Lance Schill. Schill was never challenged for the lead as he lead from green to checkered for his first win of the year and a sweep of the night. Gary James Nelson finished second and Justin Olson third. Paul Veert picked up the other heat win.
The 12 car Wissota Street feature ran 15 laps caution free and it was Terry Blacklance leading the way the first half of the race. Chase Boen got by Blacklance coming out of four with seven to go, and just three laps later, coming from his eighth place starting spot, Jeremy Gust got by Boen out of corner two as Gust went back-to-back for his second win of the year and a sweep of the night. Boen finished second and John Halvorson third. Blacklance picked up the other heat win.
The Wissota Modified feature sent 11 cars to take the green. A couple early cautions was the only thing that slowed this feature as Jordan Duray lead the way early. Just past the halfway point, Duray bobbled in corner four and Ward Imrie was right there to capitalize on Duray's mistake. Imrie went unchallenged over the last nine laps for the win and the sweep. Duray finished second and Aaron Blacklance was third. Nick Jacobson picked up the other heat win.
The MinnKota POWERi Lightning Sprints invaded the Park on night three of a four-night swing. Thirty-five drivers from Quebec to California signed in and were ready to race. Twenty-four cars took to the track for a 40-lap feature that would have a competition yellow at lap 15. Alex Therrien was out in front as two cautions kept everyone close. Therrien was able to hold everyone off to the competition yellow. After the mandatory pit stop, the battle for the lead became more intense. Grant Sexton passed Therrien out of corner four with 26 to go. Eight laps later Therrien got by Sexton in the same spot he was passed. Dexter Dvergsten made his run at the top spot coming out of four with 10 to go, but when they exited corner two, Therrien was back in front. The final caution came with six to go, but Therrien got a good jump on the restart on his way to pick up the checkers. Sexton finished second and Dvergsten third. Grant Sexton and Eric Sunborg won the B mains and heat wins went to Dylan Langevin, Therrien, Alan Truscinski and Andrew Kiedrowski.
Up next at the Park will be just a regular night of racing featuring the Wissota Modifieds, Streets, Midwest Modifieds and Pure Stocks along with the MinnKota POWERi Lightning Sprints. Pit gates open at 4:30, grandstands at 5:30. Cutoff for the draw is at 6pm with racing getting under way at 7pm sharp. For more info follow us on Facebook at Official Greenbush Race Park, or on the web at http://www.greenbushracepark.com.
35 entries
LIGHTNING SPRINTS
A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 21-Alex Therrien[2]; 2. 44-Brent Sexton[1]; 3. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[10]; 4. 13-Alan Truscinski[4]; 5. 13J-Josiah King[19]; 6. 24L-Jeremy Lafleur[16]; 7. 4-Dylan Langevin[9]; 8. 29-Stephane St Laurent[14]; 9. 24B-Johnny Boos[5]; 10. 16-Eric Sunborg[18]; 11. 24-Bryce Haugeberg[11]; 12. 16N-Mike Neau[21]; 13. 7-Josh Flood[20]; 14. 61-Jesse Fernandez[3]; 15. 3F-Chris Crowder[6]; 16. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski[7]; 17. 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[8]; 18. (DNF) 87-Matthew Taves[12]; 19. (DNF) 3S-Grant Sexton[17]; 20. (DNF) 5-tyler trengove[22]; 21. (DNF) 55H-Mark Heinert[15]; 22. (DNF) 18E-Emmitt Isane[13]; 23. (DNF) 22-Chase Fischer[23]; 24. (DNF) 27-Weston Olson[24]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 3S-Grant Sexton[3]; 2. 13J-Josiah King[1]; 3. 16N-Mike Neau[2]; 4. 22-Chase Fischer[9]; 5. 31-Steve Becker[4]; 6. 21B-BJ Sauer[8]; 7. 11X-Brock Purvis[7]; 8. 11B-Loki Bjerke[10]; 9. 10C-Chasity Younger[6]; 10. 40-Evan Yanish[5]
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 16-Eric Sunborg[3]; 2. 7-Josh Flood[2]; 3. 5-tyler trengove[1]; 4. 27-Weston Olson[8]; 5. 1W-Mark Williams[7]; 6. 91-Mike Tindell[4]; 7. 23-Gerald Hatlestad[5]; 8. 20-Jasmyn Hatlestad[6]; 9. (DNS) 3-Alan Therrien
Dash 1 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Brent Sexton[2]; 2. 21-Alex Therrien[1]; 3. 61-Jesse Fernandez[6]; 4. 13-Alan Truscinski[7]; 5. 24B-Johnny Boos[8]; 6. 3F-Chris Crowder[5]; 7. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski[3]; 8. 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[4]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 4-Dylan Langevin[1]; 2. 61-Jesse Fernandez[9]; 3. 18E-Emmitt Isane[5]; 4. 24-Bryce Haugeberg[8]; 5. 3S-Grant Sexton[3]; 6. 31-Steve Becker[6]; 7. 11X-Brock Purvis[2]; 8. 1W-Mark Williams[7]; 9. (DNS) 3-Alan Therrien
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 21-Alex Therrien[2]; 2. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[3]; 3. 24B-Johnny Boos[8]; 4. 29-Stephane St Laurent[7]; 5. 16N-Mike Neau[4]; 6. 13J-Josiah King[9]; 7. 23-Gerald Hatlestad[5]; 8. (DNF) 21B-BJ Sauer[1]; 9. (DNF) 11B-Loki Bjerke[6]
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 13-Alan Truscinski[2]; 2. 3F-Chris Crowder[6]; 3. 24L-Jeremy Lafleur[1]; 4. 55H-Mark Heinert[5]; 5. 16-Eric Sunborg[3]; 6. 7-Josh Flood[7]; 7. 10C-Chasity Younger[4]; 8. 40-Evan Yanish[9]; 9. (DNF) 22-Chase Fischer[8]
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski[2]; 2. 44-Brent Sexton[4]; 3. 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[8]; 4. 87-Matthew Taves[7]; 5. 5-tyler trengove[5]; 6. 91-Mike Tindell[1]; 7. 20-Jasmyn Hatlestad[3]; 8. (DNF) 27-Weston Olson[6]
11 entries
WISSOTA MODIFIEDS
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 10W-Ward Imrie[4]; 2. 81-Jordan Duray[3]; 3. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[7]; 4. 32-Nicholas Jacobson[6]; 5. 40-Patrick Sobolik[2]; 6. 73P-Rene Poluyko[5]; 7. 16-Brenden Luschinski[8]; 8. 39-Shawn Teunis[10]; 9. 25-Ryan Johnson[9]; 10. 57-Michael Tiani[11]; 11. 33-Ryan Hagen[1]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10W-Ward Imrie[1]; 2. 73P-Rene Poluyko[2]; 3. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[6]; 4. 81-Jordan Duray[4]; 5. 25-Ryan Johnson[5]; 6. 57-Michael Tiani[3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Nicholas Jacobson[4]; 2. 40-Patrick Sobolik[2]; 3. 16-Brenden Luschinski[5]; 4. 33-Ryan Hagen[1]; 5. 39-Shawn Teunis[3]
14 entries
WISSOTA MIDWEST MODS
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 17S-Lance Schill[1]; 2. 74-Gary James Nelson[4]; 3. 169-Justin Olson[6]; 4. 15TRX-Chris Edmonds[2]; 5. 08-Frank Veert[10]; 6. 29-Cylen Vargason[12]; 7. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[8]; 8. 33G-Connor Graff[7]; 9. 88-Paul Veert[5]; 10. 18X-Connor Drewry[9]; 11. 188-Hunter Hougard[13]; 12. 7P-Cory Peterson[14]; 13. 007-Alex Johnson[3]; 14. (DNF) 21J-Joel Olson[11]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17S-Lance Schill[3]; 2. 15TRX-Chris Edmonds[5]; 3. 169-Justin Olson[1]; 4. 74-Gary James Nelson[7]; 5. 18X-Connor Drewry[4]; 6. (DNF) 29-Cylen Vargason[6]; 7. (DNF) 188-Hunter Hougard[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Paul Veert[1]; 2. 007-Alex Johnson[2]; 3. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[6]; 4. 33G-Connor Graff[4]; 5. 08-Frank Veert[7]; 6. 21J-Joel Olson[3]; 7. (DNF) 7P-Cory Peterson[5]
12 entries
WISSOTA STREET STOCK
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 96-Jeremy Gust[8]; 2. 48-Chase Boen[7]; 3. 35-John Halvorson[6]; 4. 105-Terry Blacklance[2]; 5. 65-Jerome Berger[5]; 6. 67-Weston Ramsrud[9]; 7. 0-Chad Hagen[4]; 8. 21-Cadin Brekkestran[1]; 9. 69-Jayson Bronk[12]; 10. 99-Josh Barker[10]; 11. 7-James Meagher[3]; 12. 29-Rachael McNamee[11]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 96-Jeremy Gust[2]; 2. 0-Chad Hagen[4]; 3. 48-Chase Boen[3]; 4. 21-Cadin Brekkestran[5]; 5. 67-Weston Ramsrud[6]; 6. 29-Rachael McNamee[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 105-Terry Blacklance[1]; 2. 35-John Halvorson[4]; 3. 7-James Meagher[5]; 4. 65-Jerome Berger[3]; 5. 99-Josh Barker[6]; 6. 69-Jayson Bronk[2]
Article Credit: Keith Cumming
Submitted By: Shelly Linert
