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Troftgruben leads list of River Cities winners on opening night, along with Hunter and Klostreich

GRAND FORKS, ND (May 10) - River Cities Speedway opened its doors to the 2024 season Friday, May 10. Winners in WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action included Brody Troftgruben, Austin Hunter, and Seth Klostreich.

Lance Schill was the leader on the inital start in the WISSOTA Late Models, ahead of a battle for second between Strand and Troftgruben, before a caution for Tucker Pederson brought the field to a halt with no laps scored.

Following the restart, Troftgruben jumped out into the top spot, ahead of Schill, Strand, Greg Moore and John Seng.

With five laps complete, Troftgruben began to catch lapped traffic, as Schill and Strand battled for second right on his heels. Strand got by Schill on the bottom to take the spot, but as the field came back-around to the start-finish line, a caution in the back for a spun car brought the field to a rocky halt, with cars in the front of the pack then scattered into turn one; Strand and Schill were involved. Strand was taken off the track on the hook, while Schill continued.

Troftgruben led the field back to green, with Schill, Ryan Corbett, John Seng and Brad Seng behind in the top five. Corbett powered by Schill into second, as the Sengs battled for fourth. Corbett hit a rut and badly upset the car a lap or so later, retiring from the feature.

With eight laps to go, Troftgruben was again making his way through the back of the pack, with a straightaway advantage over Schill. Troftgruben drove on to the victory, as Schill, Brad Seng, ninth-starter Joey Pederson and Nathan Higginbotham completed the top five.

Austin Hunter and Reise Stenberg battled back and forth for the lead in the initial stages of the WISSOTA Midwest Mod feature. Hunter secured the spot with about four laps scored before a caution for debris reset the field.

Hunter jumped back out to the lead following the restart, with Jory Berg getting by Stenberg to second. Ted Doell and Matt Schow were top-five runners. Schow got by into third with 10 laps to go, while Stenberg left the track.

With five to go, Schow got by Berg and began to track down Hunter. As Hunter navigated lap traffic, Schow was right to his deck lid, but Hunter was able to pull back out with two laps left and drove off to the victory, his first of the season. Schow, Berg, Doell and Jamie Dietzler completed the top five.

Chris Dudley led the first lap of the WISSOTA Street Stock feature, before Seth Klostreich got by to the front to complete the second lap. Cole Greseth quickly moved into second from his fifth starting spot and was right on the bumper of Klostreich.

With six laps scored, Klostreich began to stretch his lead, as Greseth held second, and Aaron Blacklance was side by side with Dudley for third. Trey Hess was fifth.

Five laps later, Klostreich began to work through lapped traffic and Greseth closed back in. With four laps to go a caution for Greg Jose brought the field back together. Klostreich was able to hold on to score the victory, with Greseth and Blacklance nipping at his heels in the top three. Dudley and Hess completed the top five.

Jade Hastings and Dexter Dvergsten were winners in the Sprint classes to close out the evening’s program.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 14-Brody Troftgruben[1]; 2. 17S-Lance Schill[2]; 3. 12S-Brad Seng[8]; 4. 7P-Joey Pederson[9]; 5. 57H-Nathan Higginbotham[10]; 6. 2*-Cole Babcock[17]; 7. 21S-John Seng[6]; 8. 4C-Brandon Corbett[12]; 9. 29K-Ryan Kereluk[11]; 10. 33-Ryan Dahl[21]; 11. 70-Jesse Teunis[18]; 12. 27P-Tucker Pederson[16]; 13. 42-Matthew Jarvis[24]; 14. 97-Dan McNamee[20]; 15. (DNF) 57-Blake Higginbotham[15]; 16. (DNF) F50-Ryan Corbett[14]; 17. (DNF) 9A-Blake Anderson[22]; 18. (DNF) 71S-Dustin Strand[4]; 19. (DNF) 56-Laine Schwehr[3]; 20. (DNF) 6R-Nate Reynolds[23]; 21. (DNF) 14M-Greg Moore[7]; 22. (DNF) 17-Jim Harris[13]; 23. (DNF) T 1-Tom Corcoran[19]; 24. (DNF) 17G-Mike Greseth[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Brody Troftgruben[7]; 2. 56-Laine Schwehr[3]; 3. 21S-John Seng[4]; 4. 57H-Nathan Higginbotham[1]; 5. 17-Jim Harris[8]; 6. 27P-Tucker Pederson[5]; 7. (DNF) 9A-Blake Anderson[6]; 8. (DNF) 6R-Nate Reynolds[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 71S-Dustin Strand[3]; 2. 17G-Mike Greseth[1]; 3. 14M-Greg Moore[4]; 4. 29K-Ryan Kereluk[5]; 5. F50-Ryan Corbett[8]; 6. 2*-Cole Babcock[2]; 7. T 1-Tom Corcoran[7]; 8. 33-Ryan Dahl[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 12S-Brad Seng[1]; 2. 7P-Joey Pederson[4]; 3. 17S-Lance Schill[5]; 4. 4C-Brandon Corbett[2]; 5. 57-Blake Higginbotham[6]; 6. 70-Jesse Teunis[7]; 7. 97-Dan McNamee[3]; 8. (DNF) 42-Matthew Jarvis[8]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 44-Austin Hunter[1]; 2. 2S-Matt Schow[8]; 3. BO-Jory Berg[4]; 4. 95-Ted Doell[3]; 5. 39-Jamie Dietzler[5]; 6. 28S-Ryan Schow[7]; 7. 17S-Lance Schill[11]; 8. 29-Cylen Vargason[14]; 9. 8-Tyler Doell[17]; 10. 15-Landon Gross[15]; 11. 1S-Scott Bintz[19]; 12. 007-Alex Johnson[18]; 13. 15TRX-Chris Edmonds[9]; 14. (DNF) 13-Devyn Weleski[6]; 15. (DNF) 87S-Reise Stenberg[2]; 16. (DNF) 188-Hunter Hougard[10]; 17. (DNF) 34-Ryne Uhrich[16]; 18. (DNF) 12-Jaden Varnson[12]; 19. (DNS) 46J-Taylor Jacobson; 20. (DNS) 77JR-Brody Kraft; 21. (DNS) 77X-Dylan McCaughan; 22. (DNS) 57-Nathan Raasakka

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 95-Ted Doell[3]; 2. 39-Jamie Dietzler[7]; 3. 13-Devyn Weleski[5]; 4. 188-Hunter Hougard[6]; 5. 46J-Taylor Jacobson[1]; 6. 34-Ryne Uhrich[8]; 7. (DNF) 77JR-Brody Kraft[4]; 8. (DNF) 57-Nathan Raasakka[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2S-Matt Schow[3]; 2. 87S-Reise Stenberg[2]; 3. 44-Austin Hunter[6]; 4. 17S-Lance Schill[1]; 5. 29-Cylen Vargason[4]; 6. 8-Tyler Doell[7]; 7. 1S-Scott Bintz[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 15TRX-Chris Edmonds[1]; 2. BO-Jory Berg[2]; 3. 28S-Ryan Schow[3]; 4. 12-Jaden Varnson[4]; 5. 15-Landon Gross[7]; 6. 007-Alex Johnson[5]; 7. (DNF) 77X-Dylan McCaughan[6]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 30-Seth Klostreich[2]; 2. 19-Cole Greseth[5]; 3. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[8]; 4. 70-Chris Dudley[1]; 5. 4-Trey Hess[4]; 6. 67-Weston Ramsrud[3]; 7. 35-John Halvorson[7]; 8. 99-Josh Barker[9]; 9. 49-Rodney Hulst[11]; 10. B2-Brodee Eckerdt[13]; 11. 37-Chris Ekren[12]; 12. 34-Billy Binkley[14]; 13. 92-Mason Scholin[15]; 14. 29-Rachael McNamee[17]; 15. (DNF) 12W-Chris Welk Jr[16]; 16. (DNF) 28-Greg Jose[6]; 17. (DNF) 7-James Meagher[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 30-Seth Klostreich[3]; 2. 4-Trey Hess[5]; 3. 35-John Halvorson[4]; 4. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[7]; 5. 99-Josh Barker[2]; 6. 49-Rodney Hulst[1]; 7. B2-Brodee Eckerdt[8]; 8. 92-Mason Scholin[9]; 9. 29-Rachael McNamee[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Cole Greseth[4]; 2. 70-Chris Dudley[1]; 3. 67-Weston Ramsrud[8]; 4. 28-Greg Jose[5]; 5. 7-James Meagher[3]; 6. 37-Chris Ekren[2]; 7. 34-Billy Binkley[7]; 8. 12W-Chris Welk Jr[6]

410 Winged Sprints:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 8H-Jade Hastings[4]; 2. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[9]; 3. 13-Austin Pierce[5]; 4. 27-Weston Olson[10]; 5. 8-Jack Croaker[1]; 6. 52-Adam Sobolik[8]; 7. 0-Nick Omdahl[6]; 8. 4-Colton Young[12]; 9. 41T-Travis Strandell[13]; 10. 50-Brad Flaten[15]; 11. (DNF) 11M-Brendan Mullen[3]; 12. (DNF) 10S-Josh Swangler[2]; 13. (DNF) 14-Tom Egeland[11]; 14. (DNF) 17-Zach Omdahl[7]; 15. (DNF) 78-Bill Wagner[14]; 16. (DNF) 26-Blake Egeland[16]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8H-Jade Hastings[4]; 2. 0-Nick Omdahl[1]; 3. 8-Jack Croaker[3]; 4. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[7]; 5. 10S-Josh Swangler[2]; 6. 14-Tom Egeland[6]; 7. 41T-Travis Strandell[5]; 8. 78-Bill Wagner[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Adam Sobolik[1]; 2. 13-Austin Pierce[4]; 3. 11M-Brendan Mullen[3]; 4. 17-Zach Omdahl[2]; 5. 27-Weston Olson[5]; 6. 4-Colton Young[6]; 7. 50-Brad Flaten[8]; 8. (DNS) 26-Blake Egeland

Lightning Sprints:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[2]; 2. 72-Kate Taves[5]; 3. 22-Bryce Haugeberg[6]; 4. 87-Matthew Taves[14]; 5. 1W-Mark Williams[12]; 6. 12-Loki Bjerke[11]; 7. 7S-Sean Enright[9]; 8. 21B-Hunter Bugge[10]; 9. (DNF) 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[7]; 10. (DNF) 40E-Evan Yanish[4]; 11. (DNF) 24-Jake Haugeberg[13]; 12. (DNF) 04-Richard Rygg[8]; 13. (DNF) 93-Kelsi Pederson[3]; 14. (DNF) 19S-Travis Surerus[1]; 15. (DNS) 8-Brady Heilman

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Bryce Haugeberg[5]; 2. 93-Kelsi Pederson[4]; 3. 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[2]; 4. 40E-Evan Yanish[6]; 5. 7S-Sean Enright[1]; 6. 1W-Mark Williams[3]; 7. 21B-Hunter Bugge[8]; 8. (DNF) 24-Jake Haugeberg[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 72-Kate Taves[1]; 2. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[5]; 3. 19S-Travis Surerus[6]; 4. (DNF) 04-Richard Rygg[3]; 5. (DNF) 8-Brady Heilman[2]; 6. (DNF) 12-Loki Bjerke[4]; 7. (DNS) 87-Matthew Taves