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DQ Hands Cale Arneson first RRVS Modified Win

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By Mike Spieker

WEST FARGO – Many race fans left Red River Valley Speedway Thursday night thinking Austin Arneson won the night’s 42 lap IMCA Modified feature. However, Arnesen came up 25 pounds light at the scales. That handed the win over to Austin’s brother, Cale, who followed Austin to the checkered flag.

Last Friday’s winner, Michael Greseth of Harwood, jumped out to the early lead as the green flag waved on the Modified feature. Greseth looked to have the car to beat in the first handful of laps before he was forced to retire from the event prematurely with mechanical issues.

That gave the lead to Johnny Scott. Once assuming the lead, the New Mexico driver checked out from the field and seemed to have the race in hand.

With six laps remaining and a full straightaway lead over Austin Arneson, Scott also suffered a catastrophic failure as a broken j-bar forced him pitside.

“We didn’t have the fastest car tonight,” said Austin Arneson after the race in victory lane. “We’ve been testing on the setup here as of late and we were just too tight tonight. Johnny [Scott] is a good friend of ours and that’s a heck of a tough way to lose a race.”

The night was dedicated to injured Fargo driver Mike Bruns, Sr., who traveled with Arneson as a crew member for several years.

“This is Mike Bruns’ race and he’s a great family friend,” Arneson said. “He was on the road with us for the last five seasons and every big race I’ve won he has been side by side with me.”

A benefit was held for Bruns during the intermission and Austin Arneson offered to add to that total by donating all of his winnings before knowing he would later be DQ’d.

For Cale, the win was his first in IMCA Modified action at RRVS

Chris VanMil backed up his win at Buffalo River Race Park’s season opener and claimed the IMCA Sport Mod feature race. .

Brandon Schmidt went back-to-back in the IMCA hobby stock as he visited KRJB Victory Lane in his No. 219 machine. Fifteen-year-old Tim Estenson, who flipped his INEX legend last Friday night, rebounded to score his fourth win of the season.

Kelly Jacobson grabbed his first career IMCA stock car win by holding off Minot’s Scott Yale on the final lap.

Racing continues Friday night at Red River Valley Speedway for the final night of the Dakota Cat 100.

Greseth Grabs First RRVS Modified Feature Win

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By Mike Spieker

WEST FARGO – Red River Valley Speedway was back in action Friday night with a strong field of 85 race cars in attendance among the five racing division. Michael Greseth, Jesse Skalicky, Baiden Heskett, Aaron Olson, and Brandon Schmidt all visited KRJB 106.5FM Victory Lane.

Harwood’s Michael Greseth picked up his first IMCA modified win of the season, despite starting outside of the fifth row. Greseth began moving forward at the drop of the green flag, picking off 10 cars in the first 10 laps.

With 12 circuits remaining in the 20-lap feature, Greseth stole the lead away from pole sitter, Michael Johnson, at the flagstand.

From there, Greseth built up a comfortable lead to take the victory over Dave Shipley and Tyler Peterson, who both started outside of the top 10. Johnson and Tyler Hall rounded out the top five.

Jesse Skalicky’s phenomenal start to the 2017 season continued during the IMCA Sport Mod feature. The Fargo driver started mid-pack in the 11th position but quickly made his way through the field. Skalicky topped the top three on lap five, but Moorhead’s Luke Johnson held a comfortable lead up front.

A caution with 10 to go gave Skalicky the break he needed as he started right on Johnson’s rear bumper for the restart. Skalicky was able to get by Johnson’s No. 8J machine, before checking out from the pack. Skalicky went on to record his third win of the season at RRVS to remain undefeated at the West Fargo dirt oval.

Fargo’s Kelly Jacobson charged from 17th to finish second.

Aaron Olson topped the field of IMCA stock cars with a late race pass on Duffy Froemke for the lead. After Froemke led the majority of the feature, a restart with six to go was the deciding factor. Olson stormed by Froemke with four laps to go to claim his third victory of the young 2017 season.

Baiden Heskett picked up his first win in the INEX legends, while Brandon Schimdt found victory in the IMCA hobby stocks.

Racing continues next Thursday and Friday night at Red River Valley Speedway with the running of the inaugural two-night Dakota Cat 100.

RESULTS

IMCA Modifieds:
Feature – 1. Michael Greseth, Harwood, N.D.; 2. Dave Shipley, Argusville, N.D.; 3. Tyler Peterson, Hickson, N.D.; 4. Michael Johnson, Moorhead, Minn.; 5. Tyler Hall, Fertile, Minn.

IMCA Sport Mod:
Feature – 1. Jesse Skalicky, Fargo, N.D.; 2. Kelly Jacobson, Fargo, N.D.; 3. Taylor Grover, Shelly, Minn.; 4. Greg Larson, Kindred, N.D.; 5. Chriss VanMil, Barnesville, Minn.

IMCA Stock Cars:
Feature – 1. Aaron Olson, Mekinock, N.D.; 2. Duffy Froemke, Lisbon, N.D.; 3. Rick Schulz, Horace, N.D.; 4. Eric Harpole, Bismarck, N.D.; 5. Kelly Jacobson, Fargo, N.D.

IMCA Hobby Stocks:
Feature – 1.Brandon Schmidt, Hillsboro, Minn.; 2. Tim Church,; 3. Kasey Ussatis, Nome, N.D.; 4. Maranda Borg, Harwood, N.D.; 5. Torey Fischer, West Fargo, N.D.

INEX Legends:
Feature – 1. Baiden Heskett, Shakopee, Minn.; 2. Josh Julsrud, Barnesville, Minn.; 3. Andrew Jochim, Glyndon, Minn.; 4. Kaitlyn Skalicky, Fargo, N.D.; 5. Brian Hanson, Jamestown, N.D.

Skalicky Drives From 18th to Win Sportmod Feature, Arneson Wins Mods From 11th

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By Mike Spieker

WEST FARGO, N.D. (May 12, 2017) – Just as he did on opening night, Jesse Skalicky parked his IMCA Sportmod in KRJB 106.5FM Victory Lane for his second consecutive win at Red River Valley Speedway on Friday. The Fargo driver started back in the 18th position for the 18-lap Eide Bailly feature, but quickly found his way into the top ten by lap three.

The defending RRVS Sportmod track champion cracked the top five on lap five before taking the lead with eight circuits remaining.

“That was a blast, I’m out of breath,” said Skalicky in victory lane. “This Fury Chassis was amazing. We were fast in the heat but hit the wall. I can’t tell you how much was wrong with the car. We didn’t quit working on it until the minute we went out and I didn’t know how the car was going to handle. This crew definitely won this one tonight.”

Austin Arneson also went back-to-back at RRVS on Buffalo River Sales, Drainage Solutions & AM970 WDAY night, winning the All Finish Concrete Modified feature. Arneson wheeled his way to the front after starting back in the 11th position.

“It took a lot of patients,” said Arneson in victory lane. “The track one kind of one-laned right away, but things slowed down and it came down to finesse.”

Tyler Peterson came home second, followed by defending track champion, Rob VanMil, Michael Greseth, and Dave Shipley.

Thursday night’s winner at Norman County Raceway, Luke Johnson, came from 11th to finish in the runner-up position as Chris VanMil rounded out the podium.

Fifteen-year-old Fargo native, Tim Estenson, picked up the Petermann Seeds INEX legends feature win. Estenson held off defending track champion, Josh Julsrud, and Andrew Jochim for his first career win at RRVS.

Duffy Froemke picked up the Audio Garage IMCA stock car win, while Cory Tammen found victory in the Fargo Force super stock feature.

RESULTS:
All Finish Concrete IMCA Modifieds:
A Feature: 1. 10-Austin Arneson[11]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[7]; 3. 4D-Rob VanMil[6]; 4. 17G-Michael Greseth[10]; 5. 72-Dave Shipley[9]; 6. 91-Jarrett Carter[5]; 7. 21M-Dev Malmlov[16]; 8. 99-Cale Arneson[21]; 9. 17-Rich Pavlicek[4]; 10. 4500-Cody Peterson[14]; 11. 52-Brennan Borg[1]; 12. 51T-Tim Thomas[2]; 13. 4*-Cameron Bintz[20]; 14. 25-Karmith Christensen[23]; 15. K9-Tom Cummings[24]; 16. (DNF) 38-Tailin Tommerdahl[15]; 17. (DNF) 34C-Michael Griffin[8]; 18. (DNF) 21-Jamie Schulz[19]; 19. (DNF) 16M-ANDREW MICHEL[17]; 20. (DNF) 12C-Nickolis Curtis[18]; 21. (DNF) 33-Allen Kent[12]; 22. (DNF) 84-Michael Johnson[3]; 23. (DNF) 30-Adam Fischer[13]; (DNS) 11M-OWEN SIEBERT

Heat 1: 1. 4D-Rob VanMil[4]; 2. 84-Michael Johnson[3]; 3. 33-Allen Kent[7]; 4. 30-Adam Fischer[2]; 5. 16M-ANDREW MICHEL[6]; 6. 99-Cale Arneson[5]; 7. K9-Tom Cummings[1]

Heat 2: 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[4]; 2. 72-Dave Shipley[5]; 3. 52-Brennan Borg[2]; 4. 4500-Cody Peterson[3]; 5. 12C-Nickolis Curtis[1]

Heat 3: 1. 17-Rich Pavlicek[3]; 2. 17G-Michael Greseth[5]; 3. 34C-Michael Griffin[4]; 4. 38-Tailin Tommerdahl[2]; 5. 21-Jamie Schulz[1]; 6. (DNF) 11M-OWEN SIEBERT[6]

Heat 4: 1. 10-Austin Arneson[5]; 2. 91-Jarrett Carter[3]; 3. 51T-Tim Thomas[2]; 4. 21M-Dev Malmlov[4]; 5. 4*-Cameron Bintz[6]; 6. (DNF) 25-Karmith Christensen[1]

Eide Bailly IMCA Sport Mods:
A Feature 1: 1. 3S-Jesse Skalicky[18]; 2. 8J-Luke Johnson[11]; 3. 44D-Chris VanMil[9]; 4. 69T-NIck Thoreson[12]; 5. 3X-Andy Wagner[8]; 6. 44-Greg Larson[1]; 7. 51-Kelly Jacobson[10]; 8. 5T-Matt Talley[21]; 9. 77-Charles Jensen[6]; 10. 6-Austin Veralrud[22]; 11. 22J-Vince Jegtvig[7]; 12. 12T-Brandon Tendeland[5]; 13. 47-Kreig Kasin[14]; 14. E-6-Ryan Veralrud[19]; 15. (DNF) 1RM-Taylor Grove[23]; 16. (DNF) 33-Ryan Dahl[15]; 17. (DNF) 2D-Dan Dowling[13]; 18. (DNF) 19C-Dustin Hartwig[3]; 19. (DNF) 22-Brian Schaffer[16]; 20. (DNF) 55-Kenneth Bye[2]; 21. (DNF) 15-Matthew Clark[17]; 22. (DNF) 76-Riele Sailer[20]; 23. (DNF) 13C-Paul Colvin[4]

Heat 1: 1. 13C-Paul Colvin[3]; 2. 3X-Andy Wagner[5]; 3. 69T-NIck Thoreson[7]; 4. 51-Kelly Jacobson[6]; 5. 2D-Dan Dowling[2]; 6. 22-Brian Schaffer[8]; 7. E-6-Ryan Veralrud[1]; 8. 6-Austin Veralrud[4]

Heat 2: 1. 44-Greg Larson[1]; 2. 8J-Luke Johnson[5]; 3. 44D-Chris VanMil[4]; 4. 12T-Brandon Tendeland[8]; 5. 47-Kreig Kasin[7]; 6. 15-Matthew Clark[2]; 7. 76-Riele Sailer[6]; 8. (DNF) 1RM-Taylor Grove[3]

Heat 3: 1. 22J-Vince Jegtvig[4]; 2. 77-Charles Jensen[3]; 3. 19C-Dustin Hartwig[2]; 4. 55-Kenneth Bye[1]; 5. 33-Ryan Dahl[7]; 6. (DNF) 3S-Jesse Skalicky[6]; 7. (DNF) 5T-Matt Talley[5]

Petermann Seeds INEX Legends:
A Feature: 1. 14T-Tim Estenson[10]; 2. 18-Joshua Julsrud[8]; 3. 21-Andrew Jochim[11]; 4. 8JR-Kaitlyn Skalicky[7]; 5. 15-Mariah Henriksen[3]; 6. 5-Dean Julsrud[9]; 7. 72-Tye Wilke[6]; 8. 79-Scott Richardson[2]; 9. D1RT-Tony Brockhouse[17]; 10. 7-Cade Sogge[5]; 11. 29-Brandon Erickson[16]; 12. 29B-Ryan Braseth[12]; 13. 20-Alex Braseth[13]; 14. 9-Jerret Julsrud[4]; 15. 24-Shaun Erickson[15]; 16. B1-Brody Carlsrud[14]; 17. (DNF) 58-Sean Johnson[1]

Heat 1: 1. 14T-Tim Estenson[6]; 2. 18-Joshua Julsrud[5]; 3. 58-Sean Johnson[1]; 4. 72-Tye Wilke[4]; 5. 29B-Ryan Braseth[2]; 6. 24-Shaun Erickson[3]

Heat 2: 1. 21-Andrew Jochim[6]; 2. D1RT-Tony Brockhouse[5]; 3. 15-Mariah Henriksen[2]; 4. 79-Scott Richardson[1]; 5. 20-Alex Braseth[3]; 6. 29-Brandon Erickson[4]

Heat 3: 1. 5-Dean Julsrud[4]; 2. 9-Jerret Julsrud[1]; 3. 8JR-Kaitlyn Skalicky[3]; 4. 7-Cade Sogge[2]; 5. B1-Brody Carlsrud[5]

Audio Garage IMCA Stock Cars:
A Feature: 1. 21-Duffy Froemke[3]; 2. 1-Kelly Jacobson[2]; 3. 49-Tim Compson[4]; 4. 76Z-John Sandvig[1]; 5. 04-Cody Dignan[5]

Heat 1: 1. 21-Duffy Froemke[3]; 2. 04-Cody Dignan[5]; 3. 1-Kelly Jacobson[2]; 4. 49-Tim Compson[4]; 5. 76Z-John Sandvig[1]

Fargo Force Super Stocks:
A Feature: 1. 71-Cory Tammen[3]; 2. 43-Brian Bernotas[5]; 3. 10W-Blake Whitlock[6]; 4. 29*-Jeff Crouse[4]; 5. 76-Jonathon Miller[7]; 6. 11-William Wadeson[8]; 7. 40-Shawn Schnabel[2]; 8. 4A-Allison Cleveland[10]; 9. (DNF) 49-Tim Compson[1]; 10. (DNF) 75-Brandon Langer[9]

Heat 1: 1. 43-Brian Bernotas[2]; 2. 71-Cory Tammen[5]; 3. 49-Tim Compson[1]; 4. 10W-Blake Whitlock[4]; 5. 75-Brandon Langer[3]

Heat 2: 1. 29*-Jeff Crouse[2]; 2. 76-Jonathon Miller[3]; 3. 11-William Wadeson[4]; 4. 40-Shawn Schnabel[1]; 5. 4A-Allison Cleveland[5]

Arneson Dominates Modified Feature, VanMil Wins Stock Car Debut

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By Mike Spieker

WEST FARGO, N.D. (May 5, 2017) – Racing returned to Red River Valley Speedway last Friday night with 99 cars checked in among five different divisions. Warm temperatures and sunny skies helped bring in a huge crowd, who saw fantastic racing all night long on the semi-banked three-eighths mile dirt oval.

Just as he did during last year’s season opener, Austin Arneson took the early lead of the All Finish Concrete IMCA Modified main event and never looked back. The Fargo driver pulled away from the 29-car field at the drop of the green flag before running off to an advantage of over a straightaway. Behind him, Billy Kendall and Mike Greseth were engaged in a fierce battle for the runner-up spot that intensified when they encountered lapped traffic.

Kendall held off Greseth to take second position at the checkers, but that all took place nearly seven seconds behind the race winner Arneson.

Dave Shipley and Austin brother, Cale Arneson, rounded out the top five.

Veteran auto racing driver Corry VanMil scored Red River Valley Speedway’s (RRVS) first-ever Audio Garage IMCA Stock Car feature win.

“This feels great,” said VanMil, who had to sit out the 2016 season due to health concerns.

The Lake Park, Minn. driver started fourth on the starting grid but charged into the lead on the opening lap. From there VanMil drove away from the field as the pack fought for the runner-up position.

“I didn’t know if I was going to finish the race,” continued VanMil. “The car was overheating and spitting water like crazy. I thought I was going to run out of cover-ups on my helmet.”

VanMil went on to lead every lap in the main event, adding another historic win to his legendary RRVS résumé.

Fargo’s Jesse Skalicky found victory lane in the Eide Bailly IMCA Sport Mods. The defending RRVS track champion drove by Luke

Tim Church edged out Dana Brandt in a wild A Transmission City IMCA Hobby Stock finish. Church, the 2016 IMCA Hobby Stock national rookie of the year, led all 12 circuits and took the checkers 0.352 seconds ahead of Brandt.

A pair of Shakopee, Minn. drivers led the field to the checkers during the Petermann Seeds INEX legends main event as Tim Brockhouse topped Baiden Heskett.

RESULTS

IMCA ModifiedS:
FEATURE – 1. Austin Arneson, 2. Billy Kendall, 3. Mike Greseth, 4. Dave Shipley, 5. Cale Arneson, 6. Dev Malmlov, 7. Darren Pfau, 8. Michael Griffin, 9. Tyler Peterson, 10. Dale Kraling, 11. Rob VanMil, 12. Jarrett Carter, 13. Rich Pavlicek, 14. Cody Peterson, 15. Billy Vogel, 16. Tyler Hall, 17. Michael Johnson, 18. Ryan Restad, 19. Tailin Tommerdahl, 20. Brennan Bord, 21. Adam Fischer, 22. Karmith Christensen, 23. Tim Thomas, 24. Tom Cummings, 25. Terry Sahr, 26. Ed Conlin, 27. Jamie Schulz, 28. Trent Grager, 29. Nick Curtis.

IMCA Stock Cars:
Feature – 1. Corry VanMil, 2. Tim Compson,3. Eric Harpole, 4. Duffy Froemke, 5. Taylor Stenvold, 6. Rick Schulz, 7. Kelly Jacobson, 8. John Sandvig, 9. Rob Stevnold

SportMods:
Feature – 1. Jesse Skalicky, 2. Luke Johnson, 3. Luke Krogh, 4. Kelly Jacobson, 5. Phillip Keller, 6. Kelly Henderson, 7. Erik Laudenschlager, 8. Matt Talley, 9. Kyle Keller, 10. Chris VanMil, 11. Andy Wagner, 12. Vince Jegtvig, 13. Chaz Mosby, 14. Taylor Grove, 15. Austin Veralrud, 16. Charles Jensen, 17. Brandon Tendeland, 18. Paul Colvin, 19. Tom Elliot, 20. Dustin Hartwig, 21. Matt Clark, 22. Dan Dowling, 23. Kenneth Bye, 24. Billy Michaelsohn, 25. Greg Larson

Hobby Stocks:
Feature – 1. Tim Church, 2. Dana Brandt, 3. Andrew Bertsch, 4. Tim Shiek, 5. Brandon Schmidt, 6. Torey Fischer, 7. Kasey Ussatis, 8. Maranda Borg, 9. Troy Bertsch, 10. Alyssa White, 11. Nick Nelson, 12. Eric Novacek

Legends:
Feature – 1. Tim Brockhouse, 2. Baiden Heskett, 3. Andrew Jochim, 4. Casey Hendriksen, 5. Tim Estenson, 6. Dean Julsrud, 7. Tony Brockhouse, 8. Brian Hanson, 9. Josh Julsrud, 10. Kaitlyn Skalicky, 11. Brandon Erickson, 12. Tye Wilke, 13. Cade Sogge, 14. Alex Braseth, 15. Shaun Erickson, 16. Jerret Julsrud, 17. Mariah Henriksen, 18. Ryan Braseth, 19. Brody Carlsrud, 20. Scott Richarson, 21. Sean Johnson, 22. Dylan Johnson

MyRacePass Registration

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All drivers must complete MyRacePass registration before competing at Red River Valley Speedway and each track that they race at. After completing MyRacePass registration, then you can claim your MyRacepass profile. (Use the links below)

All drivers must also have sent in their competitor’s license application to their sanctioning body before their first race.

And drivers need to fill out a W9 and bring to the track for their first race.

 STEP 1

Click on the “REGISTER” button to register for the 2017 race season at Red River Valley Speedway

(There cannot be duplicate car numbers in each class and so you’ll have to enter your 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th choices. It’s a first-come, first-served situation.)

(If you need to view an example of Driver registration, click HERE)

STEP 2

Click on the “CLAIM PROFILE” button to claim your MyRacePass profile

(If you need more detailed instructions on how to claim your MyRacePass profile, click HERE)

 

Tickets on sale for World of Outlaws return to Red River Valley Speedway on June 17

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WEST FARGO, N.D. — February 1, 2017 — Tickets are now on sale for the “Duel in the Dakotas” on Saturday, June 17 at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, North Dakota, featuring the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series and can be purchased online at slspromotions.ticketforce.com or by calling SLS Promotions at 815-344-2023.

In the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series last visit to Red River Valley Speedway in 2012, three-time series champion Sammy Swindell was victorious. Swindell started on the pole and led early, before Chad Kemenah took the top spot on the ninth lap. Swindell would re-take the lead with just eight laps remaining to earn his seventh-career A-Feature win at the track.

Donny Schatz, who calls Fargo home, has won four times at the track, including winning both nights of the 2006 “Duel in the Dakotas.” Schatz has won at least once at every track in his home state that the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series has competed it. He raced with the Outlaws for the first time at Red River Valley Speedway as a teenager in 1993, finishing 15th.

Battling Schatz in 2017 is a talented group of full-time competitors, including 2013 series champion Daryn Pittman, Brad Sweet, who is Pittman’s teammate at Kasey Kahne Racing, Joey Saldana, who driving for a new team co-owned by NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in 2017, David Gravel, who finished a career-best third in points last year, Shane Stewart, who won eight A-Feature races last season, Jason Johnson, the reigning Knoxville Nationals winner and veteran drivers Jason Sides, Paul McMahan and Greg Wilson.

Young drivers Logan Schuchart, Jacob Allen and Clyde Knipp are all set to hit the road again in 2017, as is rookie contender Brent Marks from Pennsylvania.

Tickets for the “Duel in the Dakotas,” featuring World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series event at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, North Dakota, on Saturday, June 17 can be purchased online at slspromotions.ticketforce.com or by phone at 815-344-2023.

For more information on tickets, visit http://slspromotions.ticketforce.com.

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Awards Banquet

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