7/29/2017
Greenbush Race Park
Linert grabs third win, Holtan and Nelson get first wins at Greenbush Race Park
It was a hot muggy night for the Wissota PolyDome Dirt Track Series at the Greenbush Race Park this past Saturday, but that didn't keep away the drivers or fans as 70 cars signed in at the pit gate.
This night was in remembrance of Brad Wall a young Street driver who raced quite often at the Race Park that lost his life this past March in an auto accident. Art Linert of Badger, MN would lead the 15 car field to the green and was in control early. Through three early cautions, the last coming on lap six, Linert was out in front of the pack and was never challenged for the top spot. There was still plenty of great racing going on behind the leader between Chase Boen of Karlstad, MN and Jesse Teunis of West St. Paul, MB for the second and third spot, and a four car battle for the fourth through seventh spots between Mike Olson of Lancaster, MN, Trey Hess of Lakota, ND, Jeremy Gust of Strathcona, MN, and Ryan Johnson of Karlstad, MN. When the checkers flew it was Linert picking up his third win of the year and a sweep of the night. Boen was able to hold off Teunis for the second spot, and Teunis would finish third. Johnson would win his heat with the other heat win going to John Halvorson of Warren, MN.
Davis Forst of Badger, MN would lead the 11 car Midwest Modified feature to the green, but it would be outside pole sitter Steve Hougard of Strandquist, MN to take the early lead. Hougard led the first four laps until Gary James Nelson of Blackduck, MN made the pass for the top spot coming out of corner four. A couple laps later Aaron Blacklance would get by Hougard for second, Blacklance then began to chase down the leader. Blacklance made Nelson work for the win as the pair were never more than a couple of car lengths apart as the race went 15 laps caution free with Nelson picking up his first win of the year at the Race Park, Blacklance finished second and won his heat while Justin Olson of Thief River Falls, MN won his heat.
The 12 car Modified feature was plagued by cautions. Tony Caissie of Winnipeg, MB led the first lap but Ryan Schroeder of Devils Lake, ND passed Caissie for the lead in turn two. Schroeder would hang on to his top spot through three cautions before Newfolden, MN driver Aaron Holtan passed him coming out of corner four on lap nine. The final 10 laps were run caution free and Holtan had to hold off Schroeder to pick up his first win at the Race Park this year. Schroder finished second and won his heat while Dustin Wahl of Greenbush, MN would finish third. James Wall of Winkler, MB would get the other heat win.
Outside pole sitter Chad Hagen of Thief River Falls, MN charged to the early lead in the 12 car Pure Stock feature. Cautions on lap two and again on three kept everyone close early and seven time winner Jared Palm of Warroad, MN took advantage of that on the last restart passing two cars to jump to the second spot. Hagen developed mechanical problems and had to pull off handing the lead to Palm on lap eight. The last caution flew on lap 10 and for the last five laps Ethan Larson of Newfolden, MN pushed Palm hard, but Palm was able to hold off Larson for a sweep and his eighth win of the year. Larson finished second and Darryl Heintz of East St. Paul, MB third. Hagen would get the other heat win.
The 18 car Lightning Sprint feature also had their share of cautions, two before they completed one lap highlighted by Ryan Davis of Thief River Falls, MN going end over end off corner four. Davis was OK, the car, not so much. Brandon Johnson of Holt, MN was able to get the lead and again some early cautions slowed the race. The race went caution free for the last nine laps with Johnson in control and the next four spots up for grabs. Alan Truscinski of Greenbush, MN and Kelsi Pederson of East Grand Forks, MN were battling for second and third when Truscinski slowed and Dexter Dvergsten of Greenbush, MN made the most of the opportunity and vaulted into the second spot past Pederson. Johnson would go on to pick up his fourth win of the year with Dvergsten finishing second and winning his heat, Pederson would finish third and win her heat. Alan Truscinski would win the other heat.
Up next for the fastest 1/4 mile track in Northwestern Minnesota is the Donnie Byfuglien memorial for the Pure Stocks, paying $1,000 to win. All six classes will be racing that night including the Modifieds, Streets, Midwest Modifieds, Lightning Sprints, Pure Stocks, and 4 Cylinders. Gates open at 4pm, draw cutoff is at 6pm, and racing getting started at 7pm sharp. For more info check us out on the web at www.greenbushracepark.com, or on Facebook at Official Greenbush Race Park.
Results
Modifieds
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 2-Aaron Holtan, [7]; 2. 77R-Ryan Schroeder, [5]; 3. 74-Dustin Wahl, [8]; 4. 57-Michael Tiani, [4]; 5. 8T-Doug VanMill, [9]; 6. 33-Ryan Hagen, [3]; 7. (DNF) 12-Tony Caissie, [1]; 8. (DNF) 007-Jason Johnson, [6]; 9. (DNF) 25RIP-James Wall, [2]; 10. (DNF) 47-Jordan Wahl, [10]; 11. (DNF) 81-Jordan Duray, [13]; 12. (DNF) 21J-Joe Chaplinski, [12]; (DNS) 64-Shane Wahl,
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 77R-Ryan Schroeder, [2]; 2. 007-Jason Johnson, [1]; 3. 12-Tony Caissie, [4]; 4. 57-Michael Tiani, [5]; 5. (DNF) 64-Shane Wahl, [3]; 6. (DNF) 21J-Joe Chaplinski, [7]; 7. (DNF) 81-Jordan Duray, [6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25RIP-James Wall, [2]; 2. 2-Aaron Holtan, [4]; 3. 74-Dustin Wahl, [6]; 4. 33-Ryan Hagen, [1]; 5. 8T-Doug VanMill, [3]; 6. 47-Jordan Wahl, [5]
Midwest Modifieds
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 74-Gary James Nelson, [4]; 2. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance, [6]; 3. 6R-Nate Reynolds, [8]; 4. 35-John Halvorson, [3]; 5. 00-Steve Hougard, [2]; 6. 169-Justin Olson, [7]; 7. 19D-Noah Metzger, [9]; 8. 35F-Davis Forst, [1]; 9. 24X-Benjamin Silliker, [11]; 10. 26-Chelsey Hamness, [12]; 11. 99-Ed Lehrke, [10]; (DNS) 64-Shane Wahl,
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 169-Justin Olson, [2]; 2. 74-Gary James Nelson, [4]; 3. 00-Steve Hougard, [1]; 4. 35F-Davis Forst, [5]; 5. 19D-Noah Metzger, [6]; 6. 24X-Benjamin Silliker, [3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance, [1]; 2. 35-John Halvorson, [5]; 3. 6R-Nate Reynolds, [3]; 4. 64-Shane Wahl, [6]; 5. 99-Ed Lehrke, [2]; 6. 26-Chelsey Hamness, [4]
Lightning Sprints
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 22-Brandon Johnson, [3]; 2. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [4]; 3. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [2]; 4. 2K-Presley Truedson, [9]; 5. 10-Alex Truscinski, [8]; 6. 13-Alan Truscinski, [1]; 7. 40-Lawrence Veralrud, [13]; 8. 16C-Kyle Cole, [12]; 9. 17K-Zachary Kwiatkoski, [16]; 10. 30M-Parker Monroe, [14]; 11. 19-Brad Borowicz, [11]; 12. (DNF) 11M-Brendan Mullen, [7]; 13. (DNF) 2-Corey Olson, [6]; 14. (DNF) 21-Steve Hildebrand, [15]; 15. (DNF) 9-Kevin Thomas Sr, [5]; 16. (DNF) 18D-Brittany Efteland, [18]; 17. (DNF) 18-Ryan Davis, [10]; 18. (DNF) 43-Jim Hadfield, [17]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [2]; 2. 10-Alex Truscinski, [1]; 3. 9-Kevin Thomas Sr, [6]; 4. 2K-Presley Truedson, [5]; 5. 40-Lawrence Veralrud, [4]; 6. 17K-Zachary Kwiatkoski, [3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [4]; 2. 22-Brandon Johnson, [6]; 3. 18-Ryan Davis, [1]; 4. 30M-Parker Monroe, [3]; 5. 19-Brad Borowicz, [5]; (DNS) 43-Jim Hadfield,
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Alan Truscinski, [4]; 2. 11M-Brendan Mullen, [2]; 3. 2-Corey Olson, [5]; 4. 16C-Kyle Cole, [3]; 5. (DNF) 21-Steve Hildebrand, [1]; (DNS) 18D-Brittany Efteland,
Pure Stock
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 11X-Jared Palm, [6]; 2. 50-Ethan Larson, [11]; 3. 42-Darryl Heintz, [7]; 4. 2B-Brent Olson, [5]; 5. 68B-Austin Brekkestran, [4]; 6. 96-Eric Hagen, [1]; 7. 42G-Jace Gust, [10]; 8. 16-MiKara Johanson, [12]; 9. (DNF) 87-Alan Lane, [3]; 10. (DNF) 11-Juliann Salazar, [9]; 11. (DNF) 0-Chad Hagen, [2]; 12. (DNF) 65-Jerome Berger, [8]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11X-Jared Palm, [2]; 2. 65-Jerome Berger, [3]; 3. 42-Darryl Heintz, [4]; 4. 2B-Brent Olson, [6]; 5. 11-Juliann Salazar, [1]; 6. (DNF) 50-Ethan Larson, [5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Chad Hagen, [2]; 2. 68B-Austin Brekkestran, [5]; 3. 87-Alan Lane, [3]; 4. 96-Eric Hagen, [1]; 5. 42G-Jace Gust, [6]; 6. (DNF) 16-MiKara Johanson, [4]
Street Stocks
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 2L-Art Linert, [1]; 2. 48-Chase Boen, [3]; 3. 70-Jesse Teunis, [5]; 4. 4H-Trey Hess, [14]; 5. 96-Jeremy Gust, [6]; 6. RJ25-Ryan Johnson, [8]; 7. 17-Mike Olson, [7]; 8. 17V-Casey Vargason, [10]; 9. 35-John Halvorson, [9]; 10. 21J-Brian Johanson, [11]; 11. 8-Rod Wolfe, [12]; 12. (DNF) 99-Josh Barker, [15]; 13. (DNF) 4J-Taylor Jacobson, [4]; 14. (DNF) 25-Cody Wall, [13]; 15. (DNF) 105-Terry Blacklance, [2]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2L-Art Linert, [3]; 2. 17-Mike Olson, [5]; 3. 4J-Taylor Jacobson, [2]; 4. 17V-Casey Vargason, [1]; 5. 25-Cody Wall, [4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. RJ25-Ryan Johnson, [1]; 2. 96-Jeremy Gust, [3]; 3. 70-Jesse Teunis, [2]; 4. 21J-Brian Johanson, [4]; 5. 4H-Trey Hess, [5]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 35-John Halvorson, [2]; 2. 48-Chase Boen, [4]; 3. 105-Terry Blacklance, [1]; 4. 8-Rod Wolfe, [5]; 5. 99-Josh Barker, [3]
Article Credit: Keith Cumming
Submitted By: Shelly Linert
