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Peterson, Berg & Greseth grab Friday wins at River Cities heading into the holiday weekend

By Steven Young

GRAND FORKS, ND (July 2) - River Cities Speedway kicked off July with a Thursday night special leading into America’s 250th birthday. Cole Greseth and Tyler Peterson remained dominant in the WISSOTA Street Stock and Late Model divisions, while Jory Berg made his first appearance in victory lane in 2026 in the WISSOTA Midwest Mod division.

Cole Schill and Brad Seng paced the field at the beginning of the 20-lap Late Model feature. Seng led the opening lap ahead of Schill and Dustin Strand, as the latter moved around the high side of Schill on the fourth lap to take second. Strand began to hunt down Seng for the lead as the lead pair split a lapped car going into turn one on lap six.

Seng and Strand made a little contact at the top of turn two after lapping the slower vehicle, which allowed Schill to close back in, making it a three-car race at the top of the order. Just before the first caution on lap eight, sixth-starter Tyler Peterson made his first appearance in the now four-car battle for the lead.

Strand ducked to the inside of Seng coming off of turn four in a bid for the lead at the end of the ninth lap, but the battle at the top of the field allowed Peterson, who was now running third, to close and make it a three-car battle for the lead.

Peterson executed a slide job for second in turn two on the 12th lap. Strand appeared to begin diamonding off the third and fourth turns when he and Schill made contact as they battled for third in turn four. Strand headed pitside during the caution, ending his evening. John Buchner rolled his No. 5 machine on the ensuing restart. He was uninjured in the slow flop over.

During the 10 minute cleanup, Seng, who was looking for his first win at the speedway since 2022, pulled into the pit area briefly, relinquishing the lead and giving Peterson, who had been running third, the lead on the following restart.

Jason Strand and Brody Troftgruben were the other big winners following the red flag period, as Strand moved into second with Troftgruben in third. Strand and Troftgruben went side-by-side for second on the final restart with three to go, but it was all Peterson for the remainder of the race as he won his third Late Model feature of the season at the speedway. Jason Strand, Troftgruben, John Seng, and Joey Pederson rounded out the top five.

Brennan Schmidt and Jory Berg made up the front row in the 20-lap WISSOTA Midwest Mod feature, with neither driver having a win at the speedway coming into the night. Berg led the opening lap ahead of Schmidt and Austin Hunter in the top three. Schmidt bobbled in turn two on the third lap, allowing Hunter to take second and Kenna Breidenbach to close in for the third spot.

Breidenbach and Aaron Blacklance went side-by-side for fourth in what became the best battle on the track before a caution on the fifth lap. Berg continued to lead ahead of Hunter and Schmidt as the race resumed and Blacklance moved in on Schmidt for second.

Following another slow down on lap seven, Berg continued to use the low side to his advantage as Hunter abandoned the top in an effort to keep pace with the leader. Berg continued to lead through further slowdowns on laps eight and 10 as Blacklance moved past both Schmidt and Hunter to move into the runner-up spot.

Blacklance cut into Berg's lead in traffic in the closing laps, but Berg went on to win his first of the season at the speedway. Hunter, Schmidt, and Breidenbach completed the top five.

Logan Hayes and Adam Dehne led the 20-lap WISSOTA Street Stock feature to green. Dehne led the opening circuit as Cole Greseth and Greg Jose split Hayes to move into second and third, respectively, with rookie Aaron Sigerud following them into fourth.

Dehne and Greseth began to pull away from the rest of the field, but Dehne appeared to break going into turn three on the third lap, causing Jose to run into the back of the now powerless No. 77D, and bring out the caution. Jose continued with the bumper of the No. 28 pushed back as sophomore competitor Blaine Barnes took third from Sigerud on the restart.

Greseth and Jose continued to be the class of the field in the division at the front of the field as Greseth continued to lead following the second caution on the eighth circuit. Greseth rebuilt an advantage of 1.5 seconds at the front of the field at the midway point and led the final 19 laps for his 16th feature win of the season and 16th career win in Grand Forks. Jose, John Halvorson, Josh Barker, and Doug VanMill completed the top five.

In the Legends, Sean Johnson came out on top, while Andy Pake won in Sprint action.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[6]; 2. E85-Jason Strand[9]; 3. 14-Brody Troftgruben[4]; 4. 21S-John Seng[17]; 5. 7P-Joey Pederson[8]; 6. 6-Nick Corbett[10]; 7. 44*-Cole Schill[1]; 8. 27P-Tucker Pederson[11]; 9. 10C-Cole Searing[5]; 10. 22B-Josh Beaulieu[12]; 11. 12S-Brad Seng[2]; 12. 93-Kelsi Pederson[13]; 13. 25-Jamie Trautner[21]; 14. 39-Jamie Dietzler[20]; 15. 42-Matthew Jarvis[23]; 16. 00-Ben Hunt[24]; 17. (DNF) 4-Dylan Langevin[7]; 18. (DNF) 49-Collin Compson[22]; 19. (DNF) 5E-Shane Edginton[15]; 20. (DNF) 5-John Buchner[16]; 21. (DNF) 4C-Brandon Corbett[14]; 22. (DNF) 29K-Ryan Kereluk[18]; 23. (DNF) 13*-Shane Nelson[25]; 24. (DNF) 71-Dustin Strand[3]; 25. (DNF) T 1-Tom Corcoran[19]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12S-Brad Seng[2]; 2. 44*-Cole Schill[4]; 3. E85-Jason Strand[6]; 4. 93-Kelsi Pederson[1]; 5. 21S-John Seng[3]; 6. 25-Jamie Trautner[5]; 7. 00-Ben Hunt[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Brody Troftgruben[2]; 2. 10C-Cole Searing[6]; 3. 6-Nick Corbett[3]; 4. 4C-Brandon Corbett[1]; 5. 29K-Ryan Kereluk[4]; 6. 49-Collin Compson[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand[1]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[4]; 3. 27P-Tucker Pederson[2]; 4. 5E-Shane Edginton[6]; 5. T 1-Tom Corcoran[5]; 6. 42-Matthew Jarvis[3]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 7P-Joey Pederson[1]; 2. 4-Dylan Langevin[2]; 3. 22B-Josh Beaulieu[4]; 4. 5-John Buchner[3]; 5. 39-Jamie Dietzler[5]; 6. (DNS) 13*-Shane Nelson

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. BO-Jory Berg[2]; 2. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[6]; 3. 44-Austin Hunter[4]; 4. 32B-Brennan Schmidt[1]; 5. 15-Kenna Breidenbach[3]; 6. 57-Nathan Raasakka[8]; 7. 7-Kody Machart[5]; 8. 77B-Logan Bauer[10]; 9. 54-Terry Nelson[13]; 10. 6K-Noah Bitz[7]; 11. (DNF) 19-Casey Jenkins[9]; 12. (DNF) 39-Colin Dietzler[12]; 13. (DNF) 23-Ryan Johnson[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[1]; 2. 44-Austin Hunter[4]; 3. 6K-Noah Bitz[2]; 4. 7-Kody Machart[6]; 5. 19-Casey Jenkins[5]; 6. 23-Ryan Johnson[3]; 7. (DNF) 54-Terry Nelson[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Kenna Breidenbach[1]; 2. 57-Nathan Raasakka[2]; 3. BO-Jory Berg[5]; 4. 32B-Brennan Schmidt[6]; 5. 77B-Logan Bauer[3]; 6. 39-Colin Dietzler[4]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 19G-Cole Greseth[6]; 2. 28-Greg Jose[4]; 3. 35-John Halvorson[7]; 4. 99-Josh Barker[11]; 5. 8T-Doug VanMill[8]; 6. 19-Kyle Bertram[12]; 7. B1*-Blaine Barnes[5]; 8. 29XT-Aaron Sigerud[3]; 9. 29P-Charlie Paradis[10]; 10. (DNF) 00-Logan Hayes[1]; 11. (DNF) 49S-Trey Hess[9]; 12. (DNF) 77-Adam Dehne[2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Greg Jose[1]; 2. 35-John Halvorson[4]; 3. 19G-Cole Greseth[6]; 4. 8T-Doug VanMill[3]; 5. 49S-Trey Hess[2]; 6. 99-Josh Barker[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. B1*-Blaine Barnes[1]; 2. 77-Adam Dehne[6]; 3. 00-Logan Hayes[2]; 4. 29XT-Aaron Sigerud[3]; 5. 29P-Charlie Paradis[5]; 6. (DNF) 19-Kyle Bertram[4]

410 Sprints - Winged:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 64-Andy Pake[3]; 2. 8H-Jade Hastings[4]; 3. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[1]; 4. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier[6]; 5. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[5]; 6. 31A-Austin Pierce[9]; 7. 27-Weston Olson[2]; 8. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[7]; 9. 52-Adam Sobolik[14]; 10. 26-Blake Egeland[11]; 11. 17-Zach Omdahl[8]; 12. 10-Alex Truscinski[10]; 13. 41T-Travis Strandell[15]; 14. 0-Nick Omdahl[12]; 15. 50-Brad Flaten[13]; 16. 99JR-Brody Graham[20]; 17. (DNF) 4-Colton Young[16]; 18. (DNF) 84-Joshua Johnson[18]; 19. (DNF) 14-Tom Egeland[17]; 20. (DNF) 6-Zach Wilde[19]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier[2]; 2. 64-Andy Pake[3]; 3. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[4]; 4. 10-Alex Truscinski[5]; 5. 50-Brad Flaten[7]; 6. 4-Colton Young[6]; 7. (DNF) 6-Zach Wilde[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[1]; 2. 27-Weston Olson[3]; 3. 8H-Jade Hastings[4]; 4. 26-Blake Egeland[2]; 5. 52-Adam Sobolik[5]; 6. 14-Tom Egeland[6]; 7. (DNF) 84-Joshua Johnson[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Zach Omdahl[2]; 2. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[1]; 3. 31A-Austin Pierce[4]; 4. 0-Nick Omdahl[3]; 5. 41T-Travis Strandell[6]; 6. (DNF) 99JR-Brody Graham[5]

Legends:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 58-Sean Johnson[4]; 2. 7T-Ty Olson[6]; 3. 29-Ryan Braseth[3]; 4. 22-Regan Reinke[12]; 5. 25-Alexander Clark[7]; 6. 79-Scott Richardson[8]; 7. 11-Mason Lemar[1]; 8. 97-Howie Briss[15]; 9. 27-Carter Restad[19]; 10. 9R-Tyler Riewer[5]; 11. 8R-Tanner Riewer[10]; 12. 4E-Easton Olson[14]; 13. 21-Noah Lewis[9]; 14. 57-Dylan Johnson[17]; 15. 55-Andrew Clark[16]; 16. 24-Shaun Erickson[11]; 17. (DNF) 12-Owen Broden[18]; 18. (DNF) 22Z-Zach Reinke[2]; 19. (DNF) 2J-Joseph Lewis[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 79-Scott Richardson[2]; 2. 22Z-Zach Reinke[4]; 3. 9R-Tyler Riewer[5]; 4. 8R-Tanner Riewer[1]; 5. 2J-Joseph Lewis[7]; 6. 55-Andrew Clark[3]; 7. 57-Dylan Johnson[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Mason Lemar[1]; 2. 25-Alexander Clark[2]; 3. 21-Noah Lewis[3]; 4. 24-Shaun Erickson[5]; 5. 4E-Easton Olson[6]; 6. (DNF) 12-Owen Broden[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7T-Ty Olson[6]; 2. 29-Ryan Braseth[4]; 3. 58-Sean Johnson[2]; 4. 22-Regan Reinke[1]; 5. 97-Howie Briss[3]; 6. (DNF) 27-Carter Restad[5]