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Strand, Hunter and Jose hoist hardware after Friday night bullring action at River Cities Speedway

GRAND FORKS, ND (June 6) - River Cities Speedway was back in action Friday, June 6, playing host to their regular racing program including the WISSOTA Late Models, Midwest Mods and Street Stocks, as well as the Sprints.

In WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action, Dustin Strand, Austin Hunter and Greg Jose topped their A-mains at the Grand Forks Bullring, while Jade Hastings was victorious in the 410 Sprints.

Strand started from the pole in the WISSOTA Late Model feature, gained the lead immediately and led the field through the first 11 laps. After fighting back and forth with Shane Edginton for the top spot just past the halfway point through heavy lapped traffic in what was a thrilling battle, he secured the lead and jetted off to a more than 2-second advantage at the checkered flag. Joey Pederson was second, Jason Strand was third, 15th-starter Tyler Peterson worked his way forward to fourth, and John Seng completed the top five. Edginton, who had been second for much of the race, retired from the race with a handful of laps to go.

Hunter worked his way forward from fifth to second in the opening lap of the WISSOTA Midwest Mod feature, taking the lead from race-long pacesetter Tanner Theis about seven laps later. From there, he moved out to a more than 2-second lead on the field and garnered the victory, his second of the 2025 season. Polesitter Theis had to settle for second, Memphis Klassen was third, Cylen Vargason was fourth and Jory Berg rounded out the top five.

Jose’s trip to the front of the WISSOTA Street Stock feature started in the fourth row. After a back-and-forth battle with Weston Ramsrud for second, a caution fell with just three laps to go. Following the restart he secured second once again, and looked ahead to race-long leader Seth Klostreich. With just one lap to go, Jose made his move along the inside line and nipped Klostreich for the victory by .007 seconds at the line. Klostreich, Ramsrud, John Halvorson and Josh Barker completed the top five.

Jade Hastings topped Mark Dobmeier and Andy Pake in the Sprint A-main.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand[1]; 2. 7P-Joey Pederson[4]; 3. E85-Jason Strand[5]; 4. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[15]; 5. 21S-John Seng[2]; 6. 8R-Travis Robertson[7]; 7. 12S-Brad Seng[23]; 8. 56-Laine Schwehr[9]; 9. 00-Mitch Johnson[8]; 10. T 1-Tom Corcoran[6]; 11. 44*-Cole Schill[22]; 12. 70-Jesse Teunis[13]; 13. 27P-Tucker Pederson[21]; 14. 2-Rusty Kollman[10]; 15. 50-Ryan Corbett[14]; 16. 16S-Jeff Hapala[17]; 17. 4C-Brandon Corbett[19]; 18. 39-Jamie Dietzler[16]; 19. 11-Troy Schill[24]; 20. 10R-Kevin Robertson[12]; 21. 25-Jamie Trautner[18]; 22. 93-Kelsi Pederson[20]; 23. F9-Brandon Fuller[11]; 24. (DNF) 5E-Shane Edginton[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. T 1-Tom Corcoran[1]; 2. 7P-Joey Pederson[3]; 3. 56-Laine Schwehr[4]; 4. 70-Jesse Teunis[2]; 5. 16S-Jeff Hapala[6]; 6. 97-Dan McNamee[5]; 7. 33-Ryan Dahl[8]; 8. (DNF) 9R-Erik Robertson[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. E85-Jason Strand[2]; 2. 8R-Travis Robertson[4]; 3. 2-Rusty Kollman[3]; 4. 50-Ryan Corbett[5]; 5. 25-Jamie Trautner[1]; 6. 27P-Tucker Pederson[7]; 7. (DNF) 12S-Brad Seng[6]; 8. (DNF) 84-Joshua Johnson[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 5E-Shane Edginton[3]; 2. 71-Dustin Strand[6]; 3. F9-Brandon Fuller[2]; 4. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[7]; 5. 4C-Brandon Corbett[1]; 6. 29K-Ryan Kereluk[5]; 7. 47-Kreig Kasin[4]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 21S-John Seng[1]; 2. 00-Mitch Johnson[2]; 3. 10R-Kevin Robertson[3]; 4. 39-Jamie Dietzler[4]; 5. 93-Kelsi Pederson[7]; 6. 11-Troy Schill[5]; 7. (DNS) 44*-Cole Schill

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 27P-Tucker Pederson[2]; 2. 44*-Cole Schill[10]; 3. 29K-Ryan Kereluk[3]; 4. 12S-Brad Seng[7]; 5. 97-Dan McNamee[1]; 6. 33-Ryan Dahl[5]; 7. 11-Troy Schill[4]; 8. 9R-Erik Robertson[8]; 9. 84-Joshua Johnson[9]; 10. 47-Kreig Kasin[6]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 44-Austin Hunter[5]; 2. 35-Tanner Theis[1]; 3. 47K-Memphis Klassen[2]; 4. 29-Cylen Vargason[8]; 5. BO-Jory Berg[6]; 6. 007-Alex Johnson[4]; 7. 7B-Bailey Cousins[3]; 8. 88-Paul Veert[11]; 9. 15-MaKenna Romuld[9]; 10. 57-Nathan Raasakka[12]; 11. 47-Malachi Klassen[13]; 12. 08-Frank Veert[10]; 13. 77B-Logan Bauer[7]; 14. E15-Mavrik Strand[14]; 15. (DNS) 54-Terry Nelson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. BO-Jory Berg[2]; 2. 44-Austin Hunter[1]; 3. 47K-Memphis Klassen[5]; 4. 7B-Bailey Cousins[3]; 5. 15-MaKenna Romuld[7]; 6. 88-Paul Veert[4]; 7. 47-Malachi Klassen[6]; 8. E15-Mavrik Strand[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Tanner Theis[1]; 2. 29-Cylen Vargason[6]; 3. 007-Alex Johnson[5]; 4. 77B-Logan Bauer[4]; 5. 08-Frank Veert[7]; 6. 57-Nathan Raasakka[3]; 7. (DNS) 54-Terry Nelson

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 28-Greg Jose[7]; 2. 30-Seth Klostreich[2]; 3. 67-Weston Ramsrud[8]; 4. 35-John Halvorson[1]; 5. 99-Josh Barker[3]; 6. B1*-Blaine Barnes[12]; 7. 7-James Meagher[4]; 8. 49-Rodney Hulst[9]; 9. B23-Eric Blumke[11]; 10. (DNF) 37-Chris Ekren[5]; 11. (DNF) 19-Cole Greseth[6]; 12. (DNF) 29-Rachael McNamee[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Cole Greseth[4]; 2. 30-Seth Klostreich[3]; 3. 67-Weston Ramsrud[6]; 4. 99-Josh Barker[5]; 5. 49-Rodney Hulst[1]; 6. B23-Eric Blumke[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7-James Meagher[4]; 2. 28-Greg Jose[5]; 3. 35-John Halvorson[2]; 4. 37-Chris Ekren[1]; 5. 29-Rachael McNamee[3]; 6. B1*-Blaine Barnes[6]

410 Sprints:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 8H-Jade Hastings[4]; 2. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier[6]; 3. 64-Andy Pake[2]; 4. 31A-Austin Pierce[13]; 5. 0-Nick Omdahl[1]; 6. 8-Jack Croaker[3]; 7. 11M-Brendan Mullen[8]; 8. 10-Alex Truscinski[10]; 9. 27-Weston Olson[19]; 10. 18-Tyler Rabenberg[9]; 11. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[5]; 12. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[16]; 13. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[7]; 14. 4-Colton Young[11]; 15. 99-Jordan Graham[17]; 16. 9-Dominic Dobesh[15]; 17. 52-Adam Sobolik[24]; 18. 17-Zach Omdahl[14]; 19. 26-Blake Egeland[18]; 20. 72K-Kate Taves[12]; 21. 41T-Travis Strandell[20]; 22. 50-Brad Flaten[23]; 23. 25-Jerzee Rosinski[22]; 24. 14-Tom Egeland[21]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Nick Omdahl[2]; 2. 64-Andy Pake[1]; 3. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[3]; 4. 8-Jack Croaker[4]; 5. 31A-Austin Pierce[7]; 6. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[6]; 7. 27-Weston Olson[5]; 8. 25-Jerzee Rosinski[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier[4]; 2. 8H-Jade Hastings[3]; 3. 18-Tyler Rabenberg[1]; 4. 4-Colton Young[8]; 5. 17-Zach Omdahl[2]; 6. 99-Jordan Graham[5]; 7. 41T-Travis Strandell[6]; 8. 50-Brad Flaten[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11M-Brendan Mullen[4]; 2. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[2]; 3. 10-Alex Truscinski[5]; 4. 72K-Kate Taves[1]; 5. 9-Dominic Dobesh[3]; 6. 26-Blake Egeland[8]; 7. 14-Tom Egeland[6]; 8. 52-Adam Sobolik[7]