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Turnbull Dominates 13th Annual John Seitz Memorial at River Cities Speedway

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (September 7, 2019) – Aaron Turnbull became the 11th different winner of the John Seitz Memorial on Saturday night at River Cities Speedway after a dominating performance in the 92-lap main event.

The Estevan, Saskatchewan driver started fifth on the grid and led the final 43 laps en route to the win.

“I would have never thought in a million years. There are so many good cars here. I can’t believe it,” said an elated Turnbull in victory lane.

River Cities Speedway regulars Brad Seng and Dustin Strand led the field to the green for the $9,200-to-win main event with Strand taking the early lead. Strand led the first 14 circuits until he was forced into the infield when he lost the brakes on his machine.

Turnbull inherited the lead but had his hands full with fellow Canadian, Shane Edginton. The two raced hard for the lead amid lapped traffic until Edginton took the point on lap 27. Edginton led up to and after the scheduled fuel stop on lap 42.

A battle for the lead ensued again as Turnbull found another gear in his Millar powered MB Customs No. 21. Turnbull took the lead once again on lap 49 and quickly checked out from the rest of the field.

Turnbull had the race in hand until a late-race caution put A.J. Diemel, a two-time Seitz Memorial champion, right behind him for the restart.

“I thought I was done for with those cautions at the end. I looked up at the board and saw the 58 [Diemel] and the 27 [Jake Redetzke] behind me,” said Turnbull. “I had been running the bottom the whole race and I didn’t know where to go for the restarts. I was waiting for the 58 to pull up alongside of me. I saw somebody’s nose at one point. I don’t know if it was Diemel or a lapped car, but once I saw that I stepped it up another 10 percent.”

The final restart came with three laps to go. Turnbull held off Diemel with relative ease to pick up the win by just over a second at the checkers.

Diemel finished second, followed by 19th-place starter Don Shaw. Shaw started the night by wheeling his way from 13th to second in B-main number two to transfer into the main event.

Saturday was only Turnbull’s 10th Late Model start of the year, one of which included a top 10 with the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Models at River Cities in July.

Tyler Peterson is no stranger to RydellCars.com Victory Lane at the Bullring. The Hickson, N.D. driver returned to victory lane in his WISSOTA Modified as he swept the weekend in convincing fashion. Peterson took the lead from Clayton Wagamon on lap seven. With Ward Imrie in tow, the top two drivers distanced themselves from the rest of the field.

While Peterson led the final 18 laps, Imrie was hot on his heels for the majority of the race. Imrie attempted a slide job on a pair of late-race restart, but Peterson was able to hold him off and race to the win.

Nate Reynolds held off Lance Schill to pick up the Happy Harry’s WISSOTA Midwest Modified win. With two laps to go, a huge pile up on the front straightaway occurred after the third and fourth place runners got together. No less than 13 were involved, many of which were heavily damaged, including Reise Stenberg who got upside down as a result of contact.

When the race resumed, only seven of the original 25 starters took the green flag. Reynolds ran a perfect pair of laps around the three-tenths mile oval to edge out Schill for the win.

The Wells Concrete WISSOTA Street Stock feature looked to be a two-horse race early on. Daniel Aberle and Doug VanMill broke away from the pack as they put on a great battle for the lead.

A restart with six to go brought new life to third-place runner, Bob Banish Jr. Banish went to the top side of the speedway to move past VanMill for second. From there, he set his sights on Aberle. Banish and Aberle raced side by side all the way to the checkers as Banish picked up the win by a half car length at the North Dakota Eye Clinic Finish Line.

SUMMARY
WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature (92 Laps): 1. 21-Aaron Turnbull, [5]; 2. 58-A.J. Diemel, [11]; 3. 42S-Don Shaw, [19]; 4. 4-Shane Edginton, [4]; 5. 27-Jake Redetzke, [20]; 6. 15-Cody Skytland, [17]; 7. 55C-Chad Mahder, [21]; 8. 12S-Brad Seng, [1]; 9. 6M-Jeffrey Massingill, [10]; 10. 10-Mike Balcaen, [8]; 11. 2-Bill Mooney, [26]; 12. 32-Jordan Tollakson, [18]; 13. 18X-Shawn Meyer, [12]; 14. 44-Cole Schill, [13]; 15. 16W-Thomas Weisgram, [3]; 16. 14-Brody Troftgruben, [9]; 17. 11D-Pat Doar, [6]; 18. 03-Casey Meyer, [25]; 19. 71G-Trent Grager, [16]; 20. 29K-Ryan Kereluk, [23]; 21. (DNF) T1-Tom Corcoran, [7]; 22. (DNF) 7P-Joey Pederson, [14]; 23. (DNF) 4C-Ryan Corbett, [15]; 24. (DNF) 71-Dustin Strand, [2]; 25. (DNF) 71S-Steffen Snare, [22]; 26. (DNF) 28-Jeff Provinzino, [24]

B Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 15-Cody Skytland, [3]; 2. 42S-Don Shaw, [13]; 3. 55C-Chad Mahder, [1]; 4. 29K-Ryan Kereluk, [4]; 5. 03-Casey Meyer, [7]; 6. 1R-Travis Robertson, [11]; 7. 11M-Paul Mueller, [10]; 8. 2D-Dan Dowling, [6]; 9. 84X-Joshua Johnson, [5]; 10. 81X-Matt Sparby, [9]; 11. 3-Clarence Washburn, [12]; 12. 1M-Nicholas Minske, [8]; 13. 11H-Shane Holden, [2]

B Feature 2 (20 Laps): 1. 32-Jordan Tollakson, [5]; 2. 27-Jake Redetzke, [11]; 3. 71S-Steffen Snare, [4]; 4. 28-Jeff Provinzino, [3]; 5. 70-Jesse Teunis, [1]; 6. Z17-Zach Naastad, [9]; 7. 11-Troy Schill, [7]; 8. 35-George Ledin Jr, [2]; 9. 2-Bill Mooney, [12]; 10. 9-Blake Anderson, [8]; 11. 2*-Cole Babcock, [10]; (DNS) F9-Brandon Fuller,

Dash 1 (15 Laps): 1. 12S-Brad Seng, [2]; 2. 71-Dustin Strand, [3]; 3. 16W-Thomas Weisgram, [4]; 4. 4-Shane Edginton, [6]; 5. 21-Aaron Turnbull, [7]; 6. 11D-Pat Doar, [8]; 7. T1-Tom Corcoran, [1]; 8. 10-Mike Balcaen, [5]

Last Chance Race (15 Laps): 1. 03-Casey Meyer, [1]; 2. Z17-Zach Naastad, [4]; 3. 11-Troy Schill, [6]; 4. 1R-Travis Robertson, [5]; 5. 11M-Paul Mueller, [7]; 6. 81X-Matt Sparby, [13]; 7. 70-Jesse Teunis, [2]; 8. 9-Blake Anderson, [10]; 9. 2D-Dan Dowling, [9]; 10. 35-George Ledin Jr, [8]; 11. 1M-Nicholas Minske, [3]; 12. 2*-Cole Babcock, [12]; 13. (DNF) 84X-Joshua Johnson, [11]

Heat 1 (15 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand, [2]; 2. 4-Shane Edginton, [5]; 3. 58-A.J. Diemel, [7]; 4. 55C-Chad Mahder, [6]; 5. 29K-Ryan Kereluk, [3]; 6. 15-Cody Skytland, [9]; 7. Z17-Zach Naastad, [4]; 8. 1R-Travis Robertson, [8]; 9. (DNF) 42S-Don Shaw, [1]

Heat 2 (15 Laps): 1. 12S-Brad Seng, [8]; 2. 14-Brody Troftgruben, [4]; 3. 4C-Ryan Corbett, [1]; 4. 70-Jesse Teunis, [6]; 5. 28-Jeff Provinzino, [2]; 6. 03-Casey Meyer, [5]; 7. 81X-Matt Sparby, [3]; 8. (DNF) 3-Clarence Washburn, [7]

Heat 3 (15 Laps): 1. 11D-Pat Doar, [5]; 2. 44-Cole Schill, [1]; 3. 71G-Trent Grager, [2]; 4. 11H-Shane Holden, [6]; 5. 71S-Steffen Snare, [4]; 6. 2D-Dan Dowling, [3]; 7. 1M-Nicholas Minske, [8]; 8. 2*-Cole Babcock, [7]

Heat 4 (15 Laps): 1. 21-Aaron Turnbull, [2]; 2. T1-Tom Corcoran, [8]; 3. 18X-Shawn Meyer, [6]; 4. 35-George Ledin Jr, [1]; 5. 84X-Joshua Johnson, [5]; 6. F9-Brandon Fuller, [3]; 7. (DNF) 27-Jake Redetzke, [4]; 8. (DNF) 2-Bill Mooney, [7]

Heat 5 (15 Laps): 1. 16W-Thomas Weisgram, [1]; 2. 6M-Jeffrey Massingill, [4]; 3. 10-Mike Balcaen, [8]; 4. 7P-Joey Pederson, [7]; 5. 32-Jordan Tollakson, [5]; 6. 11-Troy Schill, [6]; 7. 9-Blake Anderson, [2]; 8. 11M-Paul Mueller, [3]
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 6R-Nate Reynolds, [3]; 2. 17S-Lance Schill, [9]; 3. 39-Jamie Dietzler, [10]; 4. 2S-Matt Schow, [18]; 5. 34-Troy Randall, [21]; 6. 2R-Jeff Reed, [5]; 7. 81X-Matt Sparby, [20]; 8. (DNF) 57-Blake Higginbotham, [2]; 9. (DNF) B0-Jory Berg, [7]; 10. (DNF) 87S-Reise Stenberg, [8]; 11. (DNF) 44-Austin Hunter, [16]; 12. (DNF) 88-Paul Veert, [22]; 13. (DNF) 735-Tanner Theis, [14]; 14. (DNF) 4B-Brandon Rehill, [6]; 15. (DNF) 5C-Preston Carr, [1]; 16. (DNF) 14-Scott Harrington, [19]; 17. (DNF) 27-Les Schoon, [24]; 18. (DNF) 188-Hunter Hougard, [4]; 19. (DNF) 2G-Brock Gronwold, [15]; 20. (DNF) 29X-Brandon Bahr, [23]; 21. (DNF) 12-Jaden Varnson, [17]; 22. (DNF) 24-Victoria Stutsky, [13]; 23. (DNF) 11S-Darren Engesser, [25]; 24. (DNF) 28S-Ryan Schow, [12]; 25. (DNF) 61-Zach LaQua, [11]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 12-Jaden Varnson, [2]; 2. 14-Scott Harrington, [1]; 3. 34-Troy Randall, [3]; 4. 29X-Brandon Bahr, [7]; 5. 5-Aaron Blacklance, [4]; 6. 20-Nick Audette, [5]; 7. 4H-Grant Hall, [6]; 8. 20K-Kyle Lovcik, [8]; 9. 8-Shawn Roy, [9]; 10. E3-Ethan Friesen, [15]; 11. 8S-Jason Schuh, [17]; 12. 19-Darrin Lawler, [16]; 13. 69-Stoney Kruk, [10]; 14. 88JR-Frank Veert, [14]; 15. 25-Cody Wall, [11]; 16. 88P-Chad Puschinsky, [13]; 17. (DNF) 22S-Tyler Schow, [12]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 2S-Matt Schow, [1]; 2. 81X-Matt Sparby, [2]; 3. 88-Paul Veert, [14]; 4. 27-Les Schoon, [12]; 5. B4-Tim Berg, [9]; 6. 11S-Darren Engesser, [3]; 7. 41-Tyler McClellan, [8]; 8. 23-Scott Vasichek, [13]; 9. (DNF) 10T-Tom Morriseau, [10]; 10. (DNF) 111-Jason Halverson, [4]; 11. (DNF) 16-Randy Thompson, [16]; 12. (DNF) 54-Lance Relf, [17]; 13. (DNF) 33A-Austin Overwater, [6]; 14. (DNF) 00-Steve Hougard, [5]; 15. (DNF) 56-Laine Schwehr, [7]; 16. (DNF) 28-Ryan Sichewski, [11]; 17. (DNF) 21L-Jarett Lovcik, [15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 188-Hunter Hougard, [1]; 2. 24-Victoria Stutsky, [3]; 3. 2S-Matt Schow, [4]; 4. 81X-Matt Sparby, [7]; 5. 29X-Brandon Bahr, [2]; 6. 4H-Grant Hall, [9]; 7. 27-Les Schoon, [6]; 8. 21L-Jarett Lovcik, [5]; 9. 19-Darrin Lawler, [8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5C-Preston Carr, [3]; 2. 17S-Lance Schill, [4]; 3. 44-Austin Hunter, [5]; 4. 14-Scott Harrington, [8]; 5. 33A-Austin Overwater, [1]; 6. 8-Shawn Roy, [7]; 7. 88P-Chad Puschinsky, [6]; 8. 88JR-Frank Veert, [9]; 9. (DNF) 54-Lance Relf, [2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2R-Jeff Reed, [1]; 2. 57-Blake Higginbotham, [6]; 3. 61-Zach LaQua, [7]; 4. 34-Troy Randall, [5]; 5. 56-Laine Schwehr, [4]; 6. 69-Stoney Kruk, [3]; 7. 25-Cody Wall, [8]; 8. 88-Paul Veert, [2]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 4B-Brandon Rehill, [1]; 2. 39-Jamie Dietzler, [4]; 3. 2G-Brock Gronwold, [6]; 4. 11S-Darren Engesser, [5]; 5. 111-Jason Halverson, [8]; 6. B4-Tim Berg, [2]; 7. 23-Scott Vasichek, [7]; 8. E3-Ethan Friesen, [3]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. B0-Jory Berg, [1]; 2. 735-Tanner Theis, [3]; 3. 12-Jaden Varnson, [4]; 4. 5-Aaron Blacklance, [5]; 5. 00-Steve Hougard, [7]; 6. 10T-Tom Morriseau, [6]; 7. 28-Ryan Sichewski, [8]; 8. (DNF) 16-Randy Thompson, [2]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 87S-Reise Stenberg, [1]; 2. 6R-Nate Reynolds, [6]; 3. 28S-Ryan Schow, [7]; 4. 20-Nick Audette, [2]; 5. 20K-Kyle Lovcik, [5]; 6. 41-Tyler McClellan, [8]; 7. 22S-Tyler Schow, [3]; 8. (DNF) 8S-Jason Schuh, [4]
WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 65-Robert Banish Jr, [13]; 2. 33-Daniel Aberle, [1]; 3. 8T-Doug VanMill, [3]; 4. 35-John Halvorson, [4]; 5. 4-Trey Hess, [18]; 6. 27JR-Parker Anderson, [11]; 7. 5H-Jason Havel, [17]; 8. 48-Chase Boen, [5]; 9. 00-Dustin Ebensteiner, [21]; 10. 29-Dan McNamee, [9]; 11. C4-Cliff Reeves, [15]; 12. 7-James Meagher, [23]; 13. 27P-Tucker Pederson, [20]; 14. (DNF) 03-Bryce Reimer, [24]; 15. (DNF) 30-Seth Klostreich, [10]; 16. (DNF) 21J-Brian Johanson, [16]; 17. (DNF) 18-Scotty Messner, [22]; 18. (DNF) 3L-Zach Lee, [2]; 19. (DNF) 10-Joe Potter, [12]; 20. (DNF) 75-Nick Linert, [14]; 21. (DNF) 105-Terry Blacklance, [19]; 22. (DNF) 25-Ryan Johnson, [8]; 23. (DNF) 28-Greg Jose, [7]; 24. (DNF) 5-Bradon Miller, [6]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 5H-Jason Havel, [3]; 2. 4-Trey Hess, [2]; 3. 105-Terry Blacklance, [4]; 4. 27P-Tucker Pederson, [7]; 5. 00-Dustin Ebensteiner, [5]; 6. 18-Scotty Messner, [6]; 7. 7-James Meagher, [10]; 8. 03-Bryce Reimer, [8]; 9. 17-Adam Rassier, [12]; 10. 87M-Dave Meyer, [11]; 11. 1J-Cody Armstrong, [13]; 12. 99-Josh Barker, [14]; 13. (DNF) 91-Shane Swenson, [1]; 14. (DNF) 92-Megan McNamee, [9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3L-Zach Lee, [2]; 2. 28-Greg Jose, [1]; 3. 33-Daniel Aberle, [10]; 4. 30-Seth Klostreich, [8]; 5. 21J-Brian Johanson, [3]; 6. 4-Trey Hess, [6]; 7. 5H-Jason Havel, [9]; 8. 27P-Tucker Pederson, [4]; 9. 7-James Meagher, [5]; 10. 17-Adam Rassier, [7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 8T-Doug VanMill, [1]; 2. 25-Ryan Johnson, [2]; 3. 27JR-Parker Anderson, [4]; 4. 48-Chase Boen, [10]; 5. 75-Nick Linert, [6]; 6. 91-Shane Swenson, [3]; 7. 00-Dustin Ebensteiner, [5]; 8. 18-Scotty Messner, [9]; 9. 87M-Dave Meyer, [7]; 10. 1J-Cody Armstrong, [8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 35-John Halvorson, [1]; 2. 5-Bradon Miller, [3]; 3. 29-Dan McNamee, [5]; 4. 10-Joe Potter, [7]; 5. 65-Robert Banish Jr, [10]; 6. C4-Cliff Reeves, [9]; 7. 105-Terry Blacklance, [4]; 8. 03-Bryce Reimer, [6]; 9. 92-Megan McNamee, [2]; 10. (DNF) 99-Josh Barker, [8]

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