On Saturday Night i decided to head to the races because my family was staying at the Bayside Cabins near the town of Backus, Minnesota i decided to make the trip to the North Central Speedway in Brainerd, Minnesota for a great night of racing on a hot and steamy night. Brainerd is about 40 minutes south of Backus, Minnesota.
As temperatures reach 90 degrees, fans and drivers still entered the north central speedway to enjoy the fun filled night of racing action for all the Wissota divisions plus the Vintage Cars.
In the Vintage Cars features, first the Full Body Legend cars the #4C from Breezy Point, Minnesota would lead the first 2 laps but on the restart after a caution on lap 2 when the #55 car spun in turn 3 & 4 he was passed by the #4 car for the win. In the Super Modified division, the #31 car took the early race lead but was passed on lap 5 by the 03 of Dennis Olson.
The first feature of the night was the Hornet Feature, Ashley Mehrwerth would has been on a roll in the first few weeks of this division at the North Central Speedway look to be cruising on to the win but was passed with 3 laps to go by Clint Walstrom. Walstrom would take the win, Mehrwerth would take 2nd, David Deters would take 3rd, Greg Boje was 4th and Brandon Mehrwerth rounded out the top 5.
WISSOTA Modifieds were up next for their feature, the car count was down do to a special in Alexandria, Minnesota. Don Eischens would teake the lead right away and lead the entire 20 lap feature that went green-to-checkered. Shane Sakraski, Jeff Hart, Charles Cooper IV and Justin Jones would complete out the top 5.
Up next was the NCS Pure Stocks for their 15 lap feature. This feature was caution plagued. Chris Seidel would lead the first 3 laps but he would be passed by Gary Ohnstad Jr on lap 4. Shortly after Ohnstad took the lead the first caution came out for Johnny Moe and Cory Loderemeier getting together i turn 4. Before they could get another lap in the books 2 more cautions came out, first for Corey Hill stopping in turn 1 & 2 and then for Nick O'Brien in turn 4. Finally they were able to get going and Ohnstad continued to lead it but 4 laps later another caution came out this time for Bill Nelson spinning on the frontstretch. Ohnstad resumed command on the double file restarts but 5 laps later on lap 13 Nelson and Dale Boser got together then on the restart again there was another caution came out when 3 cars got together in turn. Normally if they get 5 cautions in a race they dock 5 laps but since the race was with only 2 laps to go it was finished and Ohnstad was able to hold on to the win. Robert Mueller, Mike Smude, Richard Nelson and Cory Loderemeier would finished 2nd through 5th.
The WISSOTA Street Stocks were next out on the track for their 15 lap feature but before they could get 1 lap in the books, the first caution was for Todd Wooden would spin in turn 2 after contact with Tim Johnson. When the race got going Christina Wollak would take the lead, she would look to be cruising away but then just 4 laps in the race the only other race caution would come out when Bryan Carstensen would stop on the frontstretch. Wollack would now have Tim Johnson on her back bumper on the restart but when on lap 6 Johnson would make the pass for the lead but Wollack would stay close the remainder of the race but fall back to 4th in the end. Johnson would take the win, Dan Severson was 2nd, Jack Petersen was 3rd, Wollack was 4th and Howard Kropuenske was 5th.
In the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds feature which also went 15 laps. Again before 1 lap was completed the first caution came out when Marc Miller lost his front end going in turn 1. Dan Severson would take the lead on lap 1 but was passed on lap 2 by Justin Jones. Jones would hold on to the top spot through the only other race caution on lap 7 when Rob Kugel stopped in turn 2. Jones would hold on to the top spot until lap 13 when Shane Sabraski would make the pass for the lead and go on and take the win. Jones, Dan Ebert, Chuck Olson and Danny Vang would round out the top 5.
The final feature of the night was the WISSOTA Super Stocks for 20 laps. Derek Sweet would jump out to the early lead but the first caution came out on lap 3 when Tim Johnson would spin in turns 1 & 2 and then Sweet would be passed by point leader Don Eischens, who won the Modified Feature earlier in the night but another race caution would come out on lap 9 when Tony Schaefer would spin in turn 2. Eischen still held on to the lead for a few more laps but then on lap 14 the final race caution came out when Sweet would spin in turn 4. On the restart, Eischen would be passed by Jake Goetze. Goetze would go and take the win, Eischen would fall back to the 10th. Finishing behind Goetze was John Yilek, Brett Dulas, Tim Johnson and Derek Sweet.
Racing action came to and end at 10:26 pm. It was a great night of racing action. I have to thank Promotor Tim Boeder for putting on a great show depsite the hot weather. Tim and his staff do a great job and wish them the best and they hope to see you at the North Central Speedway.
Some big events you might want to check out at the North Central Speedway is the Monster Truck Show on June 4th, Kouba Memorial plus UMSS Sprints on June 5th, Race Minnesota Modified Series Race on June 16, World of Outlaw Sprint Cars on July 3rd, USMTS on July 15th, The Mighty Axe Nationals September 4th and 5th or the 2nd Annual "Big Daddy 37" Extravaganza on September 6th.
Results:
NCS Hornets
Feature: Clint Walstrom, Ashley Mehrwerth, David Deters, Greg Boje, Brandon Mehrwerth, Michell Kitridge, Charlie Young, Hannah Fliss, Logan Bauman, Clay Christopherson, Sammantha Esler, Cassandra Kendall, Jonny Sharpnack
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Feature: Shane Sabraski, Justin Jones, Dan Ebert, Chuck Olson, Danny Vang, Dan Severson, Ryan Studanski, Louis Wermter, Travis Wermter, Tom Gill, Larry Menk, Scott Engholm, Rob Kugal, John Thompson, Jim Meyer, Marc Miller, Will Kendall
Heat one: Sabraski, Severson, Jones, Studanski, T. Wermter
Heat two: Gill, L. Wermter, Vang, Engholm, Meyer
Heat three: Ebert, Olson, Thompson, Miller, Menk
WISSOTA Modifieds
Feature: Don Eischens, Shane Sabraski, Jeff Hart, Chuck Cooper, Justin Jones, Fred Aschenbauer, Ryan Canon, Jerry Esler
Heat: Hart, Eischens, Sabraski, Cooper, Canon
NCS Pure Stocks
Feature: Gary Ohnstad Jr, Robert Mueller, Mike Smude, Richard Nelson, Cory Lodermeier, Bill Nelson, Brad Nelson, Jonny Moe, Dale Boser, Danny Dik, Devin Larson, David Dosh, Jamie Nelson, Corey Juaire, Keegan Voss, Corey Hill, Clayton Caird, Aaron Fenstermaker, Nick O�Brien, Chris Seidel, Max Dondelinger
Heat one: Smude, Moe, O'Brien, Boser, Nelson
Heat two: Ohnstad jr, Seidel, Juaire, B. Nelson, Dik
Heat three: Mueller, Caird, Dosh, J. Nelson, Dondelinger
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature: Tim Johnson, Dan Severson, Jack Peterson, Christina Wollak, Kurt Loftis, Dan Bartick, Mike Kuhlman, Jacob Jordan, Mike Nelson, Wade Blumke, Dan Allord, Brandon England, Bryan Carstensen , Todd Wooden, Ron Wasson
Heat one: Severson, Peterson, Wooden, Loftis, Jordan
Heat two: Johnson, Blumke, Wollak, Bartick, Englund
WISOTA Super Stocks
Feature: Jake Goetze, John Yilek, Brett Dulas, Tim Johnson, Derek Sweet, Seth Kramer, John Kropuenske, Tim O'Brien, Dave Read, Don Eischens, Joel Schmit, Todd Walock, Tony Schaefer, Don Sergent.
Heat one: O'Brien, Sweet, Read, Dulas, Walock
Heat two: Eischens, Yilek, Goetze, Kropuenske, Kramer
