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Brennan Schmidt (Steven Young Photo)

Schmidt scores a second Midwest Mod win of the week and Greseth grabs another Street Stock snack at River Cities

GRAND FORKS, ND (August 15) - Brennan Schmidt and Cole Greseth hoisted the River Cities Speedway trophies in victory lane Friday, as the speedway hosted another night of its Premier Racing Series, as well as bus races.

Schmidt started from the front row of the WISSOTA Midwest Mod feature, taking the lead on lap one and keeping out front for all 20-laps. He held off 12th-starter Austin Hunter for the win following a caution with just two laps to go. Hunter, who had closed the gap to .312 of a second at the finish line, had to settle for second, while 17th-starter Connor Drewry improved 14 spots to third. Aaron Blacklance and Frank Veert completed the top five.

Cole Greseth (Steven Young Photo)

In the WISSOTA Street Stocks, Greseth started on the pole and held off a charging Trey Hess to garner the victory, crossing under the checkered flag just .254 of a second ahead of Hess after a many-lap battle for the top spot. Ninth-starter Doug VanMill, Greg Jose and John Halvorson were top five finishers.

Sean Johnson scored the win in the Legends feature, while Jade Hastings drove from the pole to victory lane in the 410 Sprints.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 32B-Brennan Schmidt[3]; 2. 44-Austin Hunter[12]; 3. 18X-Connor Drewry[17]; 4. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[6]; 5. 08-Frank Veert[9]; 6. 29-Cylen Vargason[14]; 7. BO-Jory Berg[10]; 8. 8S-Jason Schuh[2]; 9. 07-Carter Matthews[15]; 10. 16-Skyler Smith[4]; 11. 47K-Memphis Klassen[11]; 12. 54-Terry Nelson[18]; 13. 47-Malachi Klassen[16]; 14. (DNF) 57-Nathan Raasakka[8]; 15. (DNF) 6-Dean Eggebraaten[5]; 16. (DNF) 15-MaKenna Romuld[7]; 17. (DNF) 87-Chris Kruk[13]; 18. (DNF) 9W-Hunter Weeks[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15-MaKenna Romuld[1]; 2. 16-Skyler Smith[3]; 3. 08-Frank Veert[2]; 4. BO-Jory Berg[4]; 5. 87-Chris Kruk[5]; 6. 47-Malachi Klassen[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 32B-Brennan Schmidt[1]; 2. 57-Nathan Raasakka[3]; 3. 9W-Hunter Weeks[2]; 4. 47K-Memphis Klassen[6]; 5. 29-Cylen Vargason[5]; 6. (DNF) 18X-Connor Drewry[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Dean Eggebraaten[1]; 2. 8S-Jason Schuh[2]; 3. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[4]; 4. 44-Austin Hunter[5]; 5. 07-Carter Matthews[6]; 6. (DNF) 54-Terry Nelson[3]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 19-Cole Greseth[1]; 2. 4-Trey Hess[5]; 3. 8T-Doug VanMill[9]; 4. 28-Greg Jose[6]; 5. 35-John Halvorson[8]; 6. 18-Scotty Messner[3]; 7. 99-Josh Barker[16]; 8. 91-Shane Swenson[4]; 9. B1*-Blaine Barnes[2]; 10. 69-Stoney Kruk[12]; 11. 65-Jerome Berger[13]; 12. 37-Chris Ekren[14]; 13. 29-Rachael McNamee[15]; 14. 00-Logan Hayes[17]; 15. 29P-Charlie Paradis[18]; 16. (DNF) 06-Drew Peterson[10]; 17. (DNF) 96-Jeremy Gust[7]; 18. (DNF) 49-Rodney Hulst[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Scotty Messner[1]; 2. 96-Jeremy Gust[2]; 3. 4-Trey Hess[6]; 4. 06-Drew Peterson[3]; 5. 65-Jerome Berger[4]; 6. 99-Josh Barker[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 8T-Doug VanMill[2]; 2. 35-John Halvorson[4]; 3. B1*-Blaine Barnes[1]; 4. 49-Rodney Hulst[3]; 5. 37-Chris Ekren[5]; 6. 00-Logan Hayes[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Greg Jose[2]; 2. 91-Shane Swenson[1]; 3. 19-Cole Greseth[5]; 4. 69-Stoney Kruk[3]; 5. 29-Rachael McNamee[4]; 6. 29P-Charlie Paradis[6]

410 Sprints - Winged:

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 8H-Jade Hastings[1]; 2. 64-Andy Pake[7]; 3. 0-Nick Omdahl[10]; 4. 8-Jack Croaker[2]; 5. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[9]; 6. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier[6]; 7. 26-Blake Egeland[5]; 8. 27-Weston Olson[4]; 9. 6-Zach Wilde[18]; 10. 10-Alex Truscinski[11]; 11. 4-Colton Young[21]; 12. 52-Adam Sobolik[8]; 13. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[14]; 14. 72K-Kate Taves[20]; 15. 17-Zach Omdahl[15]; 16. (DNF) 11M-Brendan Mullen[13]; 17. (DNF) 31A-Austin Pierce[3]; 18. (DNF) 14-Tom Egeland[19]; 19. (DNF) 41T-Travis Strandell[12]; 20. (DNF) 49-Kim Young[17]; 21. (DNS) 99JR-Brody Graham

Heat 1 (9 Laps): 1. 8H-Jade Hastings[1]; 2. 27-Weston Olson[2]; 3. 64-Andy Pake[4]; 4. 0-Nick Omdahl[3]; 5. 11M-Brendan Mullen[6]; 6. 99JR-Brody Graham[7]; 7. (DNF) 14-Tom Egeland[5]

Heat 2 (9 Laps): 1. 8-Jack Croaker[1]; 2. 26-Blake Egeland[3]; 3. 52-Adam Sobolik[2]; 4. 10-Alex Truscinski[6]; 5. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[5]; 6. 49-Kim Young[7]; 7. (DNF) 72K-Kate Taves[4]

Heat 3 (9 Laps): 1. 31A-Austin Pierce[4]; 2. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier[1]; 3. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[6]; 4. 41T-Travis Strandell[3]; 5. 17-Zach Omdahl[2]; 6. 6-Zach Wilde[7]; 7. (DNF) 4-Colton Young[5]

Legends:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 58-Sean Johnson[8]; 2. 7-Kody Machart[6]; 3. 28-Joshua Wiest[3]; 4. 79-Scott Richardson[7]; 5. 29-Ryan Braseth[1]; 6. 27-Carter Restad[4]; 7. 25-Alexander Clark[2]; 8. 97-Howie Briss[10]; 9. 412-Brandon Bunnis[15]; 10. 13-Ben Lundquist[9]; 11. 21-Noah Lewis[13]; 12. 2J-Joseph Lewis[16]; 13. 11D-Shawn Dement[11]; 14. 43B-Caden Bunnis[5]; 15. 55-Andrew Clark[14]; 16. 24-Shaun Erickson[17]; 17. 12-Owen Broden[18]; 18. (DNF) 8R-Tanner Riewer[12]; 19. (DNF) 33-Robert Andring[19]; 20. (DNF) 15-Thomas Lewis[20]; 21. (DNS) 9-Levi Lease

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Kody Machart[2]; 2. 79-Scott Richardson[5]; 3. 27-Carter Restad[1]; 4. 97-Howie Briss[3]; 5. 21-Noah Lewis[6]; 6. 2J-Joseph Lewis[7]; 7. 33-Robert Andring[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 29-Ryan Braseth[2]; 2. 28-Joshua Wiest[6]; 3. 25-Alexander Clark[1]; 4. 11D-Shawn Dement[4]; 5. 55-Andrew Clark[7]; 6. 24-Shaun Erickson[3]; 7. 15-Thomas Lewis[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 58-Sean Johnson[7]; 2. 13-Ben Lundquist[2]; 3. 43B-Caden Bunnis[3]; 4. 8R-Tanner Riewer[5]; 5. 412-Brandon Bunnis[1]; 6. 12-Owen Broden[4]; 7. (DNF) 9-Levi Lease[6]

Scott Hughes