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Schill Claims NLRA Finale during Prelude to the Johnny; Strand Claims Fourth Series Title

RIVER CITIES, N.D. (09/05/20) - The 23rd season for the NLRA Late Models came to a close on Thursday night during the Prelude to the Johnny at River Cities Speedway with a season-high 50 teams checked in.

Lance Schill, who made his return to Late Models in 2020, scored his first career NLRA win and his second Late Model win at River Cities Speedway of the season.

Schill brought the 27-car field to the green flag for the 25-lap $1,492-to-win main event. After a couple of early cautions, Schill took command of the race lead and built up a comfortable advantage.

Schill found himself mired in heavy lapped traffic at the midway point of the race, which allowed Joey Pederson and Aaron Turnbull to close in.

With nine to go, Schill was having trouble getting around lapped traffic. Pederson drove around Schill to take the point, but just as he did a lapped car spun in front of Schill and Turnbull to bring out the yellow.

The last completed lap showed Schill as the leader which put the No. 17 back out front for the ensuing restart.

Pederson pulled alongside Schill in turns one and two on the restart, but couldn’t muster up the speed to drive by him again. Schill withstood the pressure while Turnbull took second.

Schill went on to claim “the biggest win of his career” as the Langdon, N.D. driver put it in RydellCars.com Victory Lane after the race.

Turnbull, 2020 NLRA series champion Dustin Strand, Jeffrey Massingill and AJ Diemel rounded out the top five.

“This is pretty awesome,” said Schill. “It’s been a dream (to win the Seitz Memorial), there’s not a better race or a better memorial for a better guy. Just to be a part of it is awesome. Then for my wife to draw us the pole... I was just going to try to run it as hard as I could.”

With the third place finish, Strand wrapped up his fourth career NLRA series championship.

“This year was obviously a little messed up with the shorter year. We only ran about half the races. But we race with a good group of guys and it’s an honor to win this deal,” said Strand after the race.

Matt Schow led all 20 laps in the Happy Harry’s Bottle Shop WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature. Schow, who started on the pole, had fellow front row starter Jory Berg right in his wheel tracks throughout the entirety of the race. Both drivers drove the extreme low side of the speedway.

Heading into the final set of corners on the last lap, Schow clipped the infield tire in turn three, upsetting the race car. Schow got squirrly exiting the corner, which allowed Berg to close in. Berg made heavy contact with the rear of Schow coming to the checkers, spinning Schow across the finish line.

Berg beat Schow to the finish line, but Berg was charged for the caution in a yellow/checkered finish, giving the win to Schow and relegating Berg back to 19th. Jamie Dietzler was scored in second.

Aaron Blacklance led early in the Big Al’s Construction WISSOTA Street Stock feature, however a left front steering component failure ended his night early. That led to a battle for the lead between Jonny Carter and Dustin Ebensteiner.

Carter took the lead and opened up a five car length lead. Kyle Dykhoff took the second position from Ebensteiner and looked to close in on Carter.

Carter was too fast, however, as he cruised to the victory.

WISSOTA Late Models
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 17-Lance Schill[2]; 2. 21-Aaron Turnbull[8]; 3. 71S-Dustin Strand[7]; 4. 6M-Jeffrey Massingill[13]; 5. 58-AJ Diemel[22]; 6. 7P-Joey Pederson[3]; 7. 55C-Chad Mahder[6]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz[12]; 9. 12S-Brad Seng[20]; 10. 18X-Shawn Meyer[5]; 11. 37JR-Morgan Ward[14]; 12. 12-Chad Becker[21]; 13. 32-Jordan Tollakson[17]; 14. 42S-Don Shaw[18]; 15. 44-Cole Schill[4]; 16. 15*-Ryan Mikkelson[16]; 17. 71-Steffen Snare[1]; 18. 9-Steve Anderson[26]; 19. 14-Brody Troftgruben[23]; 20. 1 2-Bryce Sward[10]; 21. 4V-Billy Vogel[11]; 22. 03-Casey Meyer[27]; 23. (DNF) 10R-Kevin Robertson[15]; 24. (DNF) 45-Dustin Bluhm[19]; 25. (DNF) 9A-Blake Anderson[24]; 26. (DNF) T1-Tom Corcoran[9]; 27. (DNF) 16S-Jeff Hapala[25]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 45-Dustin Bluhm[3]; 2. 12-Chad Becker[2]; 3. 2-Dave Mass[7]; 4. 02-Dan Dowling[1]; 5. 20-Trevor Anderson[4]; 6. 2*-Cole Babcock[8]; 7. 1M-Nicholas Minske[12]; 8. 71X-Cory Tammen[10]; 9. 18-Dustin Hapka[5]; 10. 9-Steve Anderson[9]; 11. 16S-Jeff Hapala[6]; 12. 9A-Blake Anderson[11]; 13. 3-Clarence Washburn[17]; 14. 105-Ryan Dahl[14]; 15. 9R-Erik Robertson[13]; 16. 5-Jacob Wilde[15]; 17. (DNF) 11-Troy Schill[16]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 12S-Brad Seng[1]; 2. 58-AJ Diemel[3]; 3. 2S-Josh Skorczewski[2]; 4. 37-Scott Ward[10]; 5. 10-Cole Searing[5]; 6. 14-Brody Troftgruben[7]; 7. C4-Ryan Corbett[6]; 8. 71G-Trent Grager[9]; 9. F9-Brandon Fuller[8]; 10. 03-Casey Meyer[11]; 11. 54-Terry Nelson[13]; 12. (DNF) 35-George Ledin Jr[12]; 13. (DNF) Z17-Zach Naastad[4]; 14. (DNS) 47-Kreig Kasin; 15. (DNS) 7X-Jesse Glenz

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 44-Cole Schill[5]; 2. 4V-Billy Vogel[1]; 3. 6M-Jeffrey Massingill[6]; 4. 02-Dan Dowling[2]; 5. 20-Trevor Anderson[7]; 6. 2-Dave Mass[8]; 7. 71X-Cory Tammen[3]; 8. (DNF) 5-Jacob Wilde[9]; 9. (DNF) 11-Troy Schill[4]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 7P-Joey Pederson[2]; 2. 71S-Dustin Strand[4]; 3. 37JR-Morgan Ward[1]; 4. 12S-Brad Seng[7]; 5. Z17-Zach Naastad[3]; 6. 14-Brody Troftgruben[5]; 7. 37-Scott Ward[6]; 8. 9R-Erik Robertson[8]; 9. (DNF) 47-Kreig Kasin[9]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 18X-Shawn Meyer[1]; 2. 55C-Chad Mahder[8]; 3. 10R-Kevin Robertson[2]; 4. 12-Chad Becker[3]; 5. 18-Dustin Hapka[7]; 6. 2*-Cole Babcock[4]; 7. 9A-Blake Anderson[6]; 8. 3-Clarence Washburn[5]

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 17-Lance Schill[2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[4]; 3. 15*-Ryan Mikkelson[1]; 4. 2S-Josh Skorczewski[5]; 5. 10-Cole Searing[8]; 6. F9-Brandon Fuller[6]; 7. 03-Casey Meyer[7]; 8. 105-Ryan Dahl[3]

Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 71-Steffen Snare[2]; 2. T1-Tom Corcoran[3]; 3. 32-Jordan Tollakson[5]; 4. 45-Dustin Bluhm[6]; 5. 16S-Jeff Hapala[7]; 6. 9-Steve Anderson[1]; 7. 1M-Nicholas Minske[4]; 8. (DNF) 7X-Jesse Glenz[8]

Heat 6 (10 Laps): 1. 1 2-Bryce Sward[1]; 2. 21-Aaron Turnbull[2]; 3. 42S-Don Shaw[5]; 4. 58-AJ Diemel[8]; 5. C4-Ryan Corbett[6]; 6. 71G-Trent Grager[7]; 7. 35-George Ledin Jr[4]; 8. 54-Terry Nelson[3]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 2S-Matt Schow[1]; 2. 39-Jamie Dietzler[4]; 3. 188-Hunter Hougard[7]; 4. 17-Lance Schill[17]; 5. 77R-Ryan Schroeder[3]; 6. 28S-Ryan Schow[10]; 7. 6R-Nate Reynolds[18]; 8. 46-Cole Neset[5]; 9. 32F-Chad Fouquette[16]; 10. 67-Mike Nichols[9]; 11. 28-Tommy Nichols[6]; 12. 29X-Brandon Bahr[14]; 13. 2R-Jeff Reed[12]; 14. 57-Nathan Raasakka[15]; 15. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[8]; 16. 96L-Jeremy Lizakowski[19]; 17. 33-Jeff Nelson[23]; 18. 87S-Reise Stenberg[24]; 19. 11S-Darren Engesser[20]; 20. 12-Jaden Varnson[21]; 21. B0-Jory Berg[2]; 22. (DNF) 8-Jason Schuh[13]; 23. (DNF) 4-Michael Miller[11]; 24. (DNF) 21-Jake Smith[22]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 17-Lance Schill[4]; 2. 6R-Nate Reynolds[6]; 3. 96L-Jeremy Lizakowski[1]; 4. 11S-Darren Engesser[3]; 5. 12-Jaden Varnson[12]; 6. 21-Jake Smith[5]; 7. 33-Jeff Nelson[7]; 8. 87S-Reise Stenberg[16]; 9. 27-Les Schoon[2]; 10. 33G-Connor Graff[10]; 11. 55-Dustin Burke[14]; 12. 01-Zach Bruer[18]; 13. 69R-Terry Reilly[17]; 14. 57X-Blake Higginbotham[15]; 15. 735-Tanner Theis[13]; 16. (DNF) 77B-Logan Bauer[11]; 17. (DNF) 91-Richard Reed[8]; 18. (DNF) 16-Randy Thompson[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2S-Matt Schow[2]; 2. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[1]; 3. 29X-Brandon Bahr[3]; 4. 188-Hunter Hougard[9]; 5. 27-Les Schoon[7]; 6. 21-Jake Smith[8]; 7. 16-Randy Thompson[4]; 8. 735-Tanner Theis[6]; 9. (DNS) 01-Zach Bruer

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 39-Jamie Dietzler[1]; 2. 46-Cole Neset[4]; 3. 8-Jason Schuh[2]; 4. 96L-Jeremy Lizakowski[3]; 5. 11S-Darren Engesser[6]; 6. 6R-Nate Reynolds[7]; 7. 33G-Connor Graff[5]; 8. 55-Dustin Burke[8]; 9. 87S-Reise Stenberg[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. B0-Jory Berg[2]; 2. 28-Tommy Nichols[3]; 3. 2R-Jeff Reed[1]; 4. 4-Michael Miller[7]; 5. 32F-Chad Fouquette[8]; 6. 91-Richard Reed[6]; 7. 77B-Logan Bauer[5]; 8. (DNF) 69R-Terry Reilly[4]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 77R-Ryan Schroeder[2]; 2. 67-Mike Nichols[1]; 3. 28S-Ryan Schow[4]; 4. 57-Nathan Raasakka[5]; 5. 17-Lance Schill[6]; 6. 33-Jeff Nelson[3]; 7. 12-Jaden Varnson[7]; 8. 57X-Blake Higginbotham[8]

WISSOTA Street Stocks
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 46-Jonny Carter[4]; 2. 11-Kyle Dykhoff[12]; 3. 25-Ryan Johnson[5]; 4. 00-Dustin Ebensteiner[3]; 5. 5H-Jason Havel[21]; 6. 48-Chase Boen[14]; 7. 2U-Kasey Ussatis[15]; 8. 4-Trey Hess[19]; 9. 28-Greg Jose[23]; 10. 8T-Doug VanMill[18]; 11. 33-Daniel Aberle[9]; 12. 27-Parker Anderson[22]; 13. 34-Ryne Uhrich[13]; 14. 96-Jeremy Gust[24]; 15. 30-Seth Klostreich[20]; 16. 65-Jerome Berger[6]; 17. 00C-Brandon Corbett[8]; 18. 7-James Meagher[10]; 19. (DNF) 10-Joe Potter[11]; 20. (DNF) 5J-Royce Jawaski[2]; 21. (DNF) 87-Alan Lane[17]; 22. (DNF) 29-Dan McNamee[16]; 23. (DNF) 3L-Zach Lee[7]; 24. (DNF) 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[1]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 87-Alan Lane[1]; 2. 8T-Doug VanMill[4]; 3. 4-Trey Hess[3]; 4. 30-Seth Klostreich[2]; 5. 5H-Jason Havel[7]; 6. 27-Parker Anderson[8]; 7. 28-Greg Jose[5]; 8. 96-Jeremy Gust[10]; 9. 99-Josh Barker[11]; 10. 21J-Brian Johanson[6]; 11. 1J-Cody Armstrong[14]; 12. 5-Bob Smith[13]; 13. 5S-Chris Smeby[12]; 14. 27P-Tucker Pederson[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[4]; 2. 00C-Brandon Corbett[2]; 3. 33-Daniel Aberle[5]; 4. 87-Alan Lane[1]; 5. 2U-Kasey Ussatis[8]; 6. 27-Parker Anderson[6]; 7. 5S-Chris Smeby[7]; 8. (DNF) 1J-Cody Armstrong[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 65-Jerome Berger[1]; 2. 46-Jonny Carter[5]; 3. 34-Ryne Uhrich[2]; 4. 48-Chase Boen[6]; 5. 29-Dan McNamee[8]; 6. 28-Greg Jose[7]; 7. 27P-Tucker Pederson[3]; 8. 5-Bob Smith[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 5J-Royce Jawaski[2]; 2. 25-Ryan Johnson[5]; 3. 11-Kyle Dykhoff[1]; 4. 10-Joe Potter[7]; 5. 8T-Doug VanMill[4]; 6. 5H-Jason Havel[3]; 7. 96-Jeremy Gust[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Dustin Ebensteiner[2]; 2. 3L-Zach Lee[4]; 3. 7-James Meagher[5]; 4. 30-Seth Klostreich[3]; 5. 4-Trey Hess[7]; 6. 21J-Brian Johanson[1]; 7. 99-Josh Barker[6]

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