Truscinski, Dvergsten & Pederson race to Wins

Kelsi Pederson - Jamestown Speedway winner

Dexter Dvergsten - Tri County Speedway Night #2 Winner

Alan Truscinski - Tri County Speedway Night #1 Winner

(All photos by Valerie Truscinski.)

By Mike Spieker

(July 20, 2018) – The NLSA Lightning Sprints hit the road last weekend on a big three-race swing through south central North Dakota. The action kicked off at Tri County Speedway in Wishek, N.D. on Thursday night. 

A stout field of 18 Lightning Sprints were checked in for the first of two nights at Tri County. Alan Truscinski of Greenbush, Minn. started on the outside of the front row and raced to the win. Truscinski was followed to the line by pole sitter, Josh Abrahamson. Dexter Dvergsten, Kelsi Pederson and Presley Truedson rounded out the top five.

Sixteen drivers made the call for Friday’s event at Tri County. Lawrence Veralrud and Dvergsten made up the front row for the 20-lap main event. Dvergsten grabbed the lead from Veralrud and went on to take the win. Dvergsten held off Thursday’s winner, Truscinski, as Pederson, Tim Estenson and Veralrud rounded out the top five.

Estenson had to charge from 16th to finish in the fourth position.

The NLSA Lightning Sprints made their first-ever stop to Jamestown Speedway in Jamestown, N.D. on Saturday night. Kelsi Pederson took the inaugural win as she led all 20 laps from the outside of the front row. Pederson held off Truscinski, Kwiatkoski, Alex Truscinski and Mark Williams.

This weekend the series will return to Greenbush Race Park on Saturday and Buffalo River Race Park on Sunday. Sunday’s event will have double features at the semi-banked quarter-mile. The first set of features will be a makeup from July 8th.

RESULTS
Tri County Speedway - 7/12/18:

A Feature: 1. 13-Alan Truscinski, [2]; 2. 16-Josh Abrahamson, [1]; 3. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [6]; 4. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [7]; 5. 2-Presley Truedson, [11]; 6. 1W-Mark Williams, [8]; 7. 100-Jason Berg, [17]; 8. 10-Alex Truscinski, [15]; 9. 40-Lawrance Veralrud, [9]; 10. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [12]; 11. 789-Clifford Steyn, [10]; 12. 22-Dylan Herman, [14]; 13. 100K-Kelly Koehmstedt, [16]; 14. 19-Brad Borowicz, [13]; 15. 17K-Zachary Kwiatkoski, [5]; 16. 44DD-James Hadfield, [18]; (DNS) 6J-Tim Estenson, ; (DNS) 2S-Mike Schmiedeberg,

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Josh Abrahamson, [6]; 2. 2S-Mike Schmiedeberg, [3]; 3. 789-Clifford Steyn, [2]; 4. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [4]; 5. 19-Brad Borowicz, [5]; 6. 100-Jason Berg, [1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17K-Zachary Kwiatkoski, [2]; 2. 13-Alan Truscinski, [5]; 3. 40-Lawrance Veralrud, [3]; 4. 1W-Mark Williams, [6]; 5. 22-Dylan Herman, [4]; 6. 100K-Kelly Koehmstedt, [1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 6J-Tim Estenson, [2]; 2. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [1]; 3. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [4]; 4. 2-Presley Truedson, [5]; 5. 10-Alex Truscinski, [3]; 6. 44DD-James Hadfield, [6]

Tri County Speedway - 7/13/18:
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [2]; 2. 13-Alan Truscinski, [3]; 3. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [5]; 4. 6J-Tim Estenson, [16]; 5. 40-Lawrance Veralrud, [1]; 6. 10-Alex Truscinski, [9]; 7. 17K-Zachary Kwiatkoski, [6]; 8. 1W-Mark Williams, [13]; 9. 100-Jason Berg, [8]; 10. 79-Clifford Steyn, [10]; 11. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [7]; 12. 19-Brad Borowicz, [12]; 13. (DNF) 16-Josh Abrahamson, [4]; 14. (DNF) 2-Mike Schmiedeberg, [11]; 15. (DNF) 44DD-James Hadfield, [15]; (DNS) 22-Dylan Herman,

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17K-Zachary Kwiatkoski, [6]; 2. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [2]; 3. 100-Jason Berg, [3]; 4. 19-Brad Borowicz, [1]; (DNS) 6J-Tim Estenson, ; (DNS) 44DD-James Hadfield,

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [3]; 2. 13-Alan Truscinski, [4]; 3. 40-Lawrance Veralrud, [5]; 4. 79-Clifford Steyn, [2]; 5. (DNF) 22-Dylan Herman, [1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [1]; 2. 16-Josh Abrahamson, [4]; 3. 10-Alex Truscinski, [3]; 4. 2-Mike Schmiedeberg, [2]; 5. 1W-Mark Williams, [5]

Jamestown Speedway - 7/14/18:
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [2]; 2. 13-Alan Truscinski, [3]; 3. 17K-Zachary Kwiatkoski, [4]; 4. 10-Alex Truscinski, [5]; 5. 1-Mark Williams, [7]; 6. 6J-Tim Estenson, [14]; 7. 79-Clifford Steyn, [8]; 8. 40-Lawrence Veralrud, [9]; 9. 2-Mike Schmiedeberg, [1]; 10. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [11]; 11. 100-Jason Berg, [13]; 12. (DNF) 16-Kyle Cole, [10]; 13. (DNF) 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [6]; 14. (DNF) 19-Brad Borowicz, [12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Alan Truscinski, [3]; 2. 17K-Zachary Kwiatkoski, [7]; 3. 11-Dexter Dvergsten, [4]; 4. 1-Mark Williams, [6]; 5. 16-Kyle Cole, [1]; 6. 19-Brad Borowicz, [2]; 7. 6J-Tim Estenson, [5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 93-Kelsi Pederson, [2]; 2. 10-Alex Truscinski, [1]; 3. 2-Mike Schmiedeberg, [4]; 4. 79-Clifford Steyn, [3]; 5. 40-Lawrence Veralrud, [5]; 6. 21-Steve Hildebrand, [6]; 7. 100-Jason Berg, [7]