The Inside Dirt

The World of Outlaws will be running at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo tonight, and the track looks pretty good. Not bad, considering last night’s weekly races were called off because of soggy conditions.

Fargo’s Donny Schatz won the A-main feature last night at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D.

I’ll provide live updates as often as I can. I’ll post all of the results from the time trials, qualifying heats, the dash and A-main feature.

UPDATES——

7:26 p.m.-Late Models are on the track for some hot laps.
8:02 p.m.-Time trials are underway.

8:33 p.m.-Time trials have finished, and Donny Schatz has recorded the fastest qualifying time. Here are the results:

1, Donny Schatz, 16.410. 2, Craig Dollansky, 16.438. 3, Danny Lasoski, 16.449. 4, Jason Meyers, 16.452. 5, Kraig Kinser, 16.544. 6, Lucas Wolfe, 16.550. 7, Steve Kinser, 16.554. 8, Jac Haudenschild, 16.601. 9, Tony Bruce, 16.602. 10, Jason Sides, 16.711. 11, Sam Hafertepe Jr., 16.787. 12, Leigh Thomas, 16.812. 13, Brian Ellenberger, 16.885. 14, Justin Berg, 16.968. 15, Greg Nikitenko, 17.001.
16, Chris Shirek, 17.006. 17, Joey Saldana, 17.019. 18, Lou Kennedy Jr., 17.065. 19, Ryan Wilson, 17.070. 20, Casey Mack, 17.142. 21, Wade Nygaard, 17.281. 22, Bob Martin, 17.391. 23, Thomas Kennedy, 17.550. 24, Shane Roemeling, 17.714. 25, Nick Shirek, 17.767. 26, Dave Glennon, 17.783. 27, Brant O’Banion, 17.795. 28, Jordan Graham, 17.904. 29, Todd Mickelson, 18.057.

8:58 p.m.-Heat races for local Late Models are done. Heat races for Outlaws about to start. I’ll update after all are finished.

9:03 p.m.-Todd Mickelson violently crashes into wall in Turn 2 on the first lap of first qualifying heat. Was able to get out of the car and is OK.

9:47 p.m.-Here are the results of the qualifying heats. Schatz, Sides, Lasoski and Meyers win their heats.
First heat: 1, Schatz. 2, Saldana. 3, Bruce Jr. 4, K. Kinser. 5, Nygaard. 6, N. Shirek.
Second heat: 1, Sides. 2, Wolfe. 3, Dollansky. 4, Berg. 5, L. Kennedy Jr. 6, Martin. 7, Glennon.
Third heat: 1, Lasoski. 2, Hafertepe Jr. 3, S. Kinser. 4, Nikitenko. 5, T. Kennedy. 6, Wasmund. 7, Wilson. 8, O’Banion.
Fourth heat: 1, Meyers. 2, Haudenschild. 3, C. Shirek. 4, Thomas. 5, Mack. 6, Roemeling. 7, Graham. 8, D. Lawson.

10:33 p.m.-B-main about to start.
10:56 p.m.-Qualifiers from B-main: 1, Martin. 2, Ellenberger. 3, Roemeling. 4, N. Shirek.

11:02 p.m.-Dash results. Haudenschild wins.
1, Haudenschild. 2, Dollansky. 3, Saldana. 4, Meyers. 5, Sides. 6, K. Kinser. 7, Schatz. 8, Lasoski. 9, Wolfe. 10, Hafertepe Jr.

11:23 p.m.-Brad Seng of Grand Forks, N.D., took first in the Late Models feature. Outlaws A-main coming up.

11:48 p.m.-Jason Meyers wins a great feature where he and Craig Dollansky battled the whole way. Schatz takes fourth.

Top 10: 1, Meyers. 2, Dollansky. 3, Haudenschild. 4, Schatz. 5, Saldana. 6, Lasoski. 7, K. Kinser. 8, Sides. 9, S. Kinser. 10, Hafertepe Jr.

Red River Valley Speedway’s weekly races for Friday have been called off due to wet track conditions and muddy pit areas.

The track is still hoping to run the World of Outlaws show on Saturday, which is slated to start at 6 pm.

The weather is nearly perfect out at West Fargo’s Red River Valley Speedway, and races are scheduled to start at 7 p.m.

I’ll provide updates as the races go on, with top fives from each feature. I’ll also provide any interesting tidbits from the heat races.

The World of Outlaws won’t be at RRVS until next week, but if you want to beat the rush for Donny Schatz garb, they’re selling various items at the track tonight.

 Features are underway at the half-mile.

Street Stocks: 1, Jason Babcock, Horace, N.D. 2, James Tandeski, West Fargo. 3, Ryan Pommerer, Oriska, N.D. 4, Clare Miller, Enderlin, N.D. 5, Chris Ritter, Barnesville, Minn.

Mod Fours: 1, Corry VanMil, Lake Park, Minn. 2, Rob VanMil, Hawley, Minn. 3, Josh Abrahamson, Moorhead. 4, Brennan Borg, Fargo. 5, Jim Erdmann, Horace, N.D.

Midwest Modifieds: 1, Jason Strand, Portland, N.D. 2, Brock Gronwold, Fergus Falls, Minn. 3, Randy Klein, Fargo. 4, Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn. 5, Rich Pavlicek, Casselton, N.D.
–That was an awesome race. Strand and Gronwold battled back and forth for the final six laps, with Gronwold leading five of them. Strand made a nifty move on the second turn of the final lap to get underneath and held on.

Modifieds: 1, Blake Jegtvig, Hawley, Minn. 2, Mitch Johnson, Hickson, N.D. 3, Michael Greseth, Harwood, N.D. 4, Scot Danzeisen, Herman, Minn. 5, Corky Thomas, Fargo.

Super Stocks: 1, Todd Carter, Lisbon, N.D. 2, Corky Thomas, Fargo. 3, Ty Hanten, West Fargo. 4, Dave Shipley, Fargo. 5, Jeff Hapala, Fargo.

Late Models: 1, Matt Aukland, Fargo. 2, Jeremy Keller, Bismarck, N.D. 3, Cody Skytland, Fargo. 4, Greg Meyer, Wahpeton, N.D. 5, Mike Johnson, Fargo.

Modifieds make-up: 1, Blake Jegtvig, Hawley, Minn. 2, Scot Danzeisen, Herman, Minn. 3, Corky Thomas, Fargo. 4, Mitch Johnson, Hickson, N.D. 5, Dev Malmlov, Moorhead.

*The Modifieds are running two features tonight. One of them will be the make-up for the May 30 race.

As usual, it looks like Buffalo River Race Park has dodged another bullet from the weather, and are about to get started here.

I’ll provide live updates again from the feature races as soon as they are finished. If anything happens in the heat races, I’ll also throw that on here, too.

Heats wrapped up, and with inclement weather a possibility, the features are already underway.

Road Hogs: 1, Shawn Johnson-Chad Johnson. 2, Ernie Geist-Chris Johnston. 3, Sean Johnson-Dylan Johnson. 4, Brian Petermann-Alison Petermann. 5, Zane Seelye-Pete Seelye.

Legends: 1, Chad Sogge, Barnesville, Minn. 2, Patrick Brejcha, Wahpeton, N.D. 3, Kasey Kurtz, Perham, Minn. 4, Marv Priem. 5, Andrew Sommerfeld, Bismarck, N.D.

Mod Fours: 1, Rob VanMil, Dilworth. 2, Dean Larson, Pennock, Minn. 3, Cory Ohnstad, Harwood, N.D. 4, Josh Abrahamson, Moorhead. 5, Troy Kuehl, Glyndon, Minn.

Midwest Modifieds: 1, Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn. 2, Scott Bintz, Jamestown, N.D. 3, Ron Saurer, Dalton, Minn. 4, Rich Pavlicek, Casselton, N.D. 5, Ryan Mikkelson, Jamestown, N.D.

Hornets: 1, Ben Lage, Fargo. 2, James Cooper, Mahnomen, Minn. 3, Shawn Dement, Fargo. 4, Shane Steinhaus, Fargo. 5, Bryce Mueller, Mahnomen, Minn.

Pure Stocks: 1, Derik Eiter, Fargo. 2, Jesse Skalicky, Fargo. 3, Brad Lee, Dilworth. 4, Luke Johnson, Glyndon, Minn. 5, Randall Henriksen, Glyndon, Minn.

Modifieds: 1, Blake Jegtvig, Hawley, Minn. 2, Rick Jacobson, Wilton, Minn. 3, Mike Stearns, Hecla, S.D. 4, Paul Engelstad, Beltrami, Minn. 5, Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn.

There might actually be auto races at West Fargo’s Red River Valley Speedway tonight.

I’m not kidding.

There was a few sprinkles, and some threatening weather to the west, but it looks like that’s heading south. Fargo has been rained out the last four weeks.

I’ll provide live updates as the night goes on, and I’ll post top fives from each feature race.

Late start to the opener. Races should begin around 7:25 p.m.

Features are underway.

STREET STOCKS
1, Levi Babcock, Fargo. 2, Ryan Pommerer, Oriska, N.D. 3, Nic Klein, Fargo. 4, Jason Babcock, Horace, N.D. 5, Royce Jawaski, Kindred, N.D.

Great race. Levi Babcock holds off a crowd over the final two laps.

MIDWEST MODIFIEDS
1, Brock Gronwold, Fergus Falls, Minn. 2, Bryce Borgen, Perley, Minn. 3, Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn. 4, Ryan Fike, Jamestown, N.D. Ryan Mikkelson, Jamestown, N.D.

PURE STOCKS
1, Nick Skalicky, Glyndon, Minn. 2, Derik Eiter, Fargo. 3, Tyler Pfaff, Enderlin, N.D. 4, Tim Shiek, Fargo. 5, Paul Olson, Barnesville, Minn.

SUPER STOCKS
1, Todd Carter, Lisbon, N.D. 2, Corky Thomas, Fargo. 3, Dave Shipley, Fargo. 4, Kevin Robertson, Enderlin, N.D. 5, Ty Hanten, West Fargo.

MODIFIEDS
1, Corky Thomas, Fargo. 2, Blake Jegtvig, Hawley, Minn. 3, Michael Greseth, Harwood, N.D. 4, Jason Grimes, Jamestown, N.D. 5, Dev Malmlov, Moorhead.

LATE MODELS
1, Matt Aukland, Fargo. 2, Michael Johnson, Fargo. 3, Cody Skytland, Fargo. 4, Jeremy Keller, Bismarck, N.D. 5, Greg Meyer, Wahpeton, N.D.

There have been a glut of cancellations around area tracks, but Buffalo River Race Park is set to roll tonight.

Both Norman County Raceway in Ada, Minn., and Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo have had to cancel their openers twice this season.

But things are different at BRRP, as usual. The Glyndon, Minn., track did not have to cancel one night of racing last season, and they’re off to a perfect start this year with gorgeous weather and a great looking track. Sounds like there will be more than 100 cars here tonight, which isn’t too shabby.

I’ll provide live updates on this post from the features, and I’ll deliver some updates throughout the heats if anything out of the ordinary occurs.

Stay tuned.

UPDATES:

The second heat of the Modifieds looks like it would make a good feature. Blake Jegtvig, Mike Greseth, Travis Saurer, Trevor Saurer and Ross Romdalvik, just to name a few.

FEATURES (top five)

Legends: 1, Cam Schafer, Glenwood, Minn. 2, Ivan Sailer, Bismarck, N.D. 3, Chad Sogge, Barnesville, Minn. 4, Donavin Wiest, Wishek, N.D. 5, Paul Morman, Wishek, N.D.

Mod Fours: 1, Rob VanMil, Dilworth. 2, Dean Larson, Pennock, Minn. 3, Josh Abrahamson, Moorhead. 4, Corry VanMil, Lake Park, Minn. 5, Tyler Larson, Pennock, Minn.

Midwest Mods: 1, Rich Pavlicek, Casselton, N.D. 2, Kenny Klaudt, Bismarck, N.D. 3, Jeff Nelson, Perham, Minn. 4, Lance Schill, Langdon, N.D. 5, Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn.

Pure Stocks: 1, Paul Olson, Barnesville, Minn. 2, Luke Johnson, Glyndon, Minn. 3, Tyler Pfaff, Enderlin, N.D. 4, Brad Lee, Dilworth. 5, Randall Henrikson, Glyndon, Minn.

Modifieds: 1, Blake Jegtvig, Hawley, Minn. 2, Dano Ostrander, Princeton, Minn. 3, Alex Engelstad, Beltrami, Minn. 4, Trevor Saurer, Dalton, Minn. 5, Jason Thoennes, Garfield, Minn.

Hornets: 1, James Cooper, Mahnomen, Minn. 2, Gregory Umlauf, Fergus Falls, Minn. 3, Nicholas Duncan, Glyndon, Minn. 4, Spencer Kuehl, Glyndon, Minn. 5, Raphael Thomason, Glyndon, Minn.

Norman County Raceway’s website has a new look, and their season schedule is also online.

The Ada, Minn., track will open on April 30, with a test and tune slated for the week before on April 23.

NCR also has a couple of two-day shows scheduled. The first is on June 24-25 (that’s a Wednesday and a Thursday), and that one features Late Model, Midwest Modified and Mod Four specials.

There will also a be a two-day show on July 9-10 (Thursday and Friday) where Super Stocks will be included both nights.

Check out the site right here.

Schedules for a couple of local race tracks have been released, as both Red River Valley Speedway and Buffalo River Race Park are set.

The West Fargo track will open on Friday, May 1, while the Glyndon track will open Sunday, May 10. At BRRP, the points championship will be Sept. 6, with the Corncob Nationals the following weekend. At RRVS, the World of Outlaws show is June 20, and the season championship is Aug. 28. RRVS is also running Saturday shows on May 30 and Aug. 1.

The RRVS schedule is available here. The Buffalo River Race Park schedule is available here.

This means racing season is right around the corner. Now I have to go shovel the foot of snow off my driveway.