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Chad Becker earns pole for 92-lap, $9,200-to-win Seitz Memorial feature

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (September 6, 2024) – The 18th annual John Seitz Memorial continued on Friday night with 196 cars among five divisions, including 62 Late Models, checked in for action.

Qualifying prelims for the Late Model portion of the John Seitz Memorial began with seven 15-lap heat races, which were won by Michael Greseth, AJ Diemel, Cole Searing, Nick Panitzke, Dustin Strand, Aaron Turnbull and Scott Ward.

The 15-lap Go Hard or Go Home pole dash was led to green by Greseth and Chad Becker with Becker leading the open circuit. Greseth battled side by side with Becker for the first few circuits until Becker cleared for the lead and began to pull away.

Greseth then had to fend off challenges from Aaron Turnbull and Dustin Strand as Becker drove away to a 2.8 second advantage and the win. Greseth finished second to earn a front row starting spot alongside Becker for tomorrow night’s $9,200-to-win Seitz Memorial main event. Turnbull and Strand finished third and fourth, respectively, and will make up the second row.

Tyler Peterson came from ninth to score the Big Al Delaine Memorial feature win in the WISSOTA Modifieds. Peterson took advantage of a few early race cautions to move up to the second position by lap four. From there he stalked the No. 6 of Dale Ames. Both front runners ran the low side of the speedway until Ames’ car pushed in turn two opening the door for Peterson.

Peterson never hesitated as he took the point and went on to lead the final 29 laps. Dustin Strand drove from seventh to second as Ames, Blake Jegtivg and Kevin Adams completed the top five.

Jordan Henkemeyer led wire-to-wire to win the WISSOTA Super Stock feature. The win was Henkemeyer’s first of his career at River Cities Speedway. The driver out of Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, who currently sits seventh in the WISSOTA National Super Stock point standings, took the win by just under a second over Dave Mass. Trevor Nelson, Terran Spacek, and Jeremy North rounded out the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models
Heat 1 (15 Laps): 1. 17-Mike Greseth[2]; 2. 12-Chad Becker[6]; 3. 55C-Chad Mahder[3]; 4. 7P-Joey Pederson[1]; 5. 44-Cole Schill[4]; 6. 6M-Jeff Massingill[5]; 7. 57H-Nathan Higginbotham[8]; 8. 2-Cole Babcock[9]; 9. (DNF) 81X-Matt Sparby[7]

Heat 2 (15 Laps): 1. 10C-Cole Searing[4]; 2. 5G-Scott Greer[2]; 3. 42S-Don Shaw[6]; 4. 2S-Josh Skorczewski[1]; 5. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[5]; 6. 27P-Tucker Pederson[8]; 7. 21S-John Seng[9]; 8. 33-Ryan Dahl[7]; 9. 11-Troy Schill[3]

Heat 3 (15 Laps): 1. 58-AJ Diemel[2]; 2. 17S-Lance Schill[3]; 3. 2-Dave Mass[7]; 4. 2K-Rusty Kollman[8]; 5. 13L-Bryan LePier[6]; 6. F9-Brandon Fuller[1]; 7. 42-Matthew Jarvis[5]; 8. 21-Todd Frank[9]; 9. 77-Corey Seckerson[4]

Heat 4 (15 Laps): 1. 22-Nick Panitzke[1]; 2. 27-Jake Redetzke[4]; 3. 20-Trevor Anderson[6]; 4. 92-Shane Edginton[9]; 5. 12F-Greg Friestad[2]; 6. 11JR-Shane Holden[3]; 7. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[7]; 8. 97-Dan McNamee[8]; 9. (DNF) 02-Dan Dowling[5]

Heat 5 (15 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand[2]; 2. 12S-Brad Seng[1]; 3. 28-Sam Mars[7]; 4. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[5]; 5. 5-Josh Zimpel[3]; 6. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[4]; 7. 29K-Ryan Kereluk[8]; 8. 4C-Brandon Corbett[9]; 9. 25-Jamie Trautner[6]

Heat 6 (15 Laps): 1. 37-Scott Ward[2]; 2. 4J-Lee Grosz[9]; 3. 28P-Jeff Provinzino[8]; 4. 14-Brody Troftgruben[1]; 5. E85-Jason Strand[3]; 6. 00-Mitch Johnson[4]; 7. 9-Steve Anderson[7]; 8. (DNF) 13-John Buchner[6]; 9. (DNF) 57-Blake Higginbotham[5]

Heat 7 (15 Laps): 1. 21T-Aaron Turnbull[3]; 2. 6R-Nate Reynolds[2]; 3. 85-Jayson Good[5]; 4. 50-Ryan Corbett[7]; 5. 11S-Casey Stremick[1]; 6. 21F-Gunner Frank[8]; 7. 88-Steve Hucovski[6]; 8. 56-Laine Schwehr[4]
Go Hard or Go Home Pole Dash (15 Laps): 1. 12-Chad Becker[2]; 2. 17-Mike Greseth[1]; 3. 21T-Aaron Turnbull[4]; 4. 71-Dustin Strand[6]; 5. 10C-Cole Searing[7]; 6. 37-Scott Ward[5]; 7. 58-AJ Diemel[8]; 8. 4J-Lee Grosz[3]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[1]; 2. 88-Paul Veert[2]; 3. 111-Jason Halverson[4]; 4. 11R-Landyn Randt[5]; 5. 15G-Landon Gross[3]; 6. 77X-Dylan McCaughan[6]; 7. 8S-Jason Schuh[8]; 8. 115-Kalin Honer[7]; 9. 29-Cylen Vargason[10]; 10. 47-Memphis Klassen[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 87S-Reise Stenberg[1]; 2. 35-Tanner Theis[3]; 3. 11K-Travis Klein[2]; 4. 169-Justin Olson[5]; 5. 73-Onyx Johnson[6]; 6. 17S-Lance Schill[7]; 7. 15TRX-Chris Edmonds[9]; 8. 08-Frank Veert[10]; 9. 30-Cole Neset[8]; 10. 27-Adam Unrau[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2S-Matt Schow[2]; 2. 40D-Blake Adams[6]; 3. 18XX-Connor Drewry[3]; 4. 16-Skyler Smith[7]; 5. 4B-Brandon Rehill[1]; 6. 28S-Ryan Schow[8]; 7. 007-Alex Johnson[9]; 8. 7T-Connor Graff[4]; 9. (DNF) 69T-Nick Thoreson[5]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Austin Hunter[4]; 2. 1Z-Dawson Zabel[6]; 3. 15-Glen Manning[8]; 4. 33A-Austin Overwater[7]; 5. 7B-Bailey Cousins[2]; 6. 77JR-Brody Kraft[9]; 7. 07HD-Jesse Mckuski[1]; 8. (DNF) 188-Hunter Hougard[5]; 9. (DNF) 77B-Logan Bauer[3]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Phil Christlieb[1]; 2. 29X-Brandon Bahr[5]; 3. 16L-Brenden Luschinski[8]; 4. 23-Scott Vasichek[7]; 5. 15R-MaKenna Romuld[9]; 6. 20-Nick Audette[3]; 7. 24Z-David Hangsleben[2]; 8. 19-Darrin Lawler[4]; 9. 24JR-Rebecca Stutsky[6]

WISSOTA Modifieds
A Feature (35 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[9]; 2. 71-Dustin Strand[7]; 3. 6-Dale Ames[2]; 4. 2J-Blake Jegtvig[3]; 5. 40A-Kevin Adams[18]; 6. 6X-Zach Johnson[5]; 7. 33C-Cole Chernosky[12]; 8. 24S-Mike Stearns[15]; 9. 22B-Josh Beaulieu[13]; 10. 2G-Brock Gronwold[10]; 11. 10W-Ward Imrie[6]; 12. 74-Dustin Wahl[16]; 13. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[20]; 14. 12P-Brandon Pelepetz[14]; 15. 81-Jordan Duray[24]; 16. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[8]; 17. 16-Brenden Luschinski[19]; 18. 1R-Rick Delaine[25]; 19. 5C-Preston Carr[23]; 20. 31-Eric Klassen[11]; 21. 37-Scott Ward[21]; 22. 33-Jeff Nelson[22]; 23. 39-Shawn Teunis[17]; 24. (DNF) 6ST-Joseph Thomas[4]; 25. (DNF) 26G-Ryan Gierke[1]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 39-Shawn Teunis[9]; 2. 16-Brenden Luschinski[1]; 3. 37-Scott Ward[2]; 4. 5C-Preston Carr[3]; 5. 36-Ryan Cousins[11]; 6. 13-Cayden Schmeling[5]; 7. 18P-Tevin Poluyko[8]; 8. 5H-James Hanley[6]; 9. (DNF) 27-Chris Unrau[7]; 10. (DNF) 32-Jesse Young[4]; 11. (DNF) 88-Tanner Williamson[10]; 12. (DNS) 121-Dano Ostrander

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 40A-Kevin Adams[1]; 2. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[3]; 3. 33-Jeff Nelson[2]; 4. 81-Jordan Duray[7]; 5. 22-Davey Mills[5]; 6. 12-Tony Caissie[6]; 7. 77R-Ryan Schroeder[11]; 8. 25-Ryan Johnson[10]; 9. 57-Michael Tiani[9]; 10. (DNF) 1R-Rick Delaine[4]; 11. (DNS) E85-Jason Strand

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand[1]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[3]; 3. 33C-Cole Chernosky[5]; 4. 12P-Brandon Pelepetz[8]; 5. 1R-Rick Delaine[4]; 6. 22-Davey Mills[7]; 7. 39-Shawn Teunis[6]; 8. (DNF) 36-Ryan Cousins[2]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 2J-Blake Jegtvig[2]; 2. 2G-Brock Gronwold[3]; 3. 74-Dustin Wahl[4]; 4. 40A-Kevin Adams[7]; 5. 37-Scott Ward[8]; 6. 12-Tony Caissie[5]; 7. 57-Michael Tiani[6]; 8. (DNF) 25-Ryan Johnson[1]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 6-Dale Ames[4]; 2. 31-Eric Klassen[2]; 3. 22B-Josh Beaulieu[5]; 4. 33-Jeff Nelson[3]; 5. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[7]; 6. 27-Chris Unrau[6]; 7. 18P-Tevin Poluyko[8]; 8. (DNS) 121-Dano Ostrander

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[2]; 2. 6X-Zach Johnson[5]; 3. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[7]; 4. 24S-Mike Stearns[8]; 5. 13-Cayden Schmeling[4]; 6. 81-Jordan Duray[6]; 7. E85-Jason Strand[1]; 8. (DNF) 77R-Ryan Schroeder[3]

Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 26G-Ryan Gierke[7]; 2. 10W-Ward Imrie[5]; 3. 16-Brenden Luschinski[4]; 4. 5C-Preston Carr[3]; 5. 32-Jesse Young[1]; 6. 5H-James Hanley[2]; 7. (DNF) 88-Tanner Williamson[6]

WISSOTA Street Stocks
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10V-Justin Vogel[1]; 2. 35-John Halvorson[2]; 3. 30-Seth Klostreich[4]; 4. 19H-Hunter Carter[5]; 5. 69-Stoney Kruk[8]; 6. 34-Billy Binkley[6]; 7. 00-Dustin Ebensteiner[7]; 8. 29-Rachael McNamee[9]; 9. 0007H-Austin Dueck[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Cole Greseth[5]; 2. 18-Scotty Messner[2]; 3. 4-Trey Hess[6]; 4. 26-Ty Agen[8]; 5. 28-Greg Jose[9]; 6. 91-Shane Swenson[3]; 7. 24-Ashley Wampler[4]; 8. 99-Josh Barker[7]; 9. 14-Lindsay Durocher[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2U-Kasey Ussatis[1]; 2. 34JR-Braden Brauer[9]; 3. 20JR-Jayden Bogh[7]; 4. 17-Nick Shumansky[2]; 5. 11R-Levi Randt[5]; 6. 18J-Justin Peterson[8]; 7. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[3]; 8. 49-Rodney Hulst[4]; 9. 7HD-Stan Dueck[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 127-Parker Anderson[1]; 2. 13-Devyn Weleski[3]; 3. 11-Kyle Dykhoff[4]; 4. 20-Andrew Hanson[6]; 5. 10T-Darek Turner[8]; 6. 62-Jayson Bronk[2]; 7. 01-Chris Serr[7]; 8. 7-James Meagher[5]

WISSOTA Super Stocks
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[2]; 2. 2-Dave Mass[12]; 3. 71-Trevor Nelson[1]; 4. 22-Terran Spacek[13]; 5. 20-Jeremy North[3]; 6. 81X-Matt Sparby[7]; 7. 5-Jason Havel[8]; 8. 76-Doug Koski[9]; 9. 81B-Doug Bolt[5]; 10. T26-Nic Lewis[6]; 11. 65-Ron Reed[4]; 12. (DNF) 4A-Allan Cleveland[11]; 13. (DNS) 26M-Garrett Masurka

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