NLSA Points Battle Heats Up Heading into Season Finale at River Cities

Dvergsten & Truscinski claim wins at Greenbush season finale

Kelsi Pederson leads the NLSA points heading into the final night on Sept. 14th.

By Mike Spieker
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(September 5, 2018) – The stage is set for an exciting battle to decide the 2018 Northern Lightning Sprint Association points champion under the bright lights of River Cities Speedway on September 14th. 

Dexter Dvergsten - Saturday night winner at Greenbush. Valerie Truscinski photo.

East Grand Forks’ Kelsi Pederson will enter the final race of the season with a slim lead over the father-son duo of Alan and Alex Truscinski of Greenbush. Alan currently sits nine points behind Pederson, while Alex is still within striking distance at 16 points back.

In the series’ three prior visits to River Cities Speedway this season, Pederson and Alan Truscinski each have a win apiece. Dexter Dvergsten is the most recent winner at the speedway.

Pederson extended her points lead by three markers over the weekend at Greenbush Race Park. Greenbush wrapped up its 2018 season with a Labor Day weekend doubleheader. Pederson finished third on Saturday and second on Sunday, which bested Alan Truscinski’s second place effort on Saturday and sixth place finish on Sunday.

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Alex Truscinski - Sunday night winner at Greenbush. Valerie Truscinski photo.

Dvergsten led all 15 trips around the high-banked three-tenths mile dirt oval on Saturday night to pick up his sixth win of the season. Alan Truscinski, Pederson, Zak Kwiatkoski and Mark Williams rounded out the top five. 

On Sunday, Alex Truscinski continued his Greenbush dominance by claiming his sixth win of the season at the speedway and seventh win overall. Truscinski moved by Kyle Cole and Kwiatkoski on lap three to take the point. Once out front, Truscinski never relinquished the lead. Pederson moved into the second spot with six laps to go, but Truscinski went on to take the checkers by over 2.5 seconds. 

RESULTS:
9/1/18 - Greenbush Race Park:
A Feature  (15 Laps): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [1]; 2. 13-Alan Truscinski, [5]; 3. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [3]; 4. 17K-Zachary Kwiatkoski, [7]; 5. 1-Mark Williams, [8]; 6. 22H-Dylan Herman, [6]; 7. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [2]; 8. 10-Alex Truscinski, [4]; 9. 40-Lawrence Veralrud, [9]; 10. 16C-Kyle Cole, [13]; 11. 2-Clifford Steyn, [10]; 12. 100-Jason Berg, [11]; 13. 44-Jim Hadfield, [12]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Alex Truscinski, [5]; 2. 17K-Zachary Kwiatkoski, [1]; 3. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [6]; 4. 22H-Dylan Herman, [7]; 5. (DNF) 40-Lawrence Veralrud, [4]; 6. (DNF) 44-Jim Hadfield, [3]; (DNS) 16C-Kyle Cole,
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [1]; 2. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [3]; 3. 13-Alan Truscinski, [5]; 4. 1-Mark Williams, [2]; 5. 2-Clifford Steyn, [4]; 6. 100-Jason Berg, [6]

9/2/18 - Greenbush Race Park:
A Feature  (15 Laps): 1. 10-Alex Truscinski, [5]; 2. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [7]; 3. 17K-Zachary Kwiatkoski, [2]; 4. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [8]; 5. 16C-Kyle Cole, [1]; 6. 13-Alan Truscinski, [6]; 7. 40-Lawrence Veralrud, [11]; 8. 22H-Dylan Herman, [9]; 9. 100-Jason Berg, [3]; 10. 2-Clifford Steyn, [13]; 11. 1-Mark Williams, [4]; 12. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [10]; 13. 44-Jim Hadfield, [12]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Alan Truscinski, [3]; 2. 1-Mark Williams, [1]; 3. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [4]; 4. 10-Alex Truscinski, [7]; 5. 22H-Dylan Herman, [5]; 6. 40-Lawrence Veralrud, [6]; 7. 2-Clifford Steyn, [2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [4]; 2. 16C-Kyle Cole, [1]; 3. 17K-Zachary Kwiatkoski, [2]; 4. 100-Jason Berg, [3]; 5. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [5]; 6. 44-Jim Hadfield, [6]

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