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May 22—GRAND FORKS — The opening leg of the Wayne Anderson Cup at River Cities Speedway on Thursday night had it all — a handful of yellow flags, lapped traffic, hard racing and a few wicked crashes.
And, as the checkered flag came down, last year's champion again has a leg up on winning another title.
Jade Hastings passed Mark Dobmeier with two laps to go to win the 30-lap event at The Bullring, giving him the early lead in the in-season, four-race event that honors the memory of Anderson — one of the founding members of RCS. Hastings was last season's Cup champion.
"We've been really fast so far," said Hastings. "We should be three-for-three this season but I'll take one-for-three. It's still a good ratio."
Dobmeier grabbed the lead from Blake Egeland eight laps into the event. But Hastings steadily gained on Dobmeier in the closing laps. With four laps to go, Dobmeier led Hastings by 0.851 seconds.
With two to go, Hastings caught Dobmeier in Turns 1 and 2. He then cleared the career NOSA wins leader, setting up a wild white flag lap.
In Turn 3, Dobmeier was running the high side, hoping to set up a last corner pass for the win.
But he became tangled up with a lapped car and wildly flipped end-over-end. It was one of the more wicked crashes at RCS in recent seasons.
"Really, it was just a bunch of hard racing," said Dobmeier. "As the race went on, it turned into a one-laner up top and the lapped cars were not much slower than us. It was really hard to pass. The only way to get around them was by using some death sliders, basically. When Jade got by me, we were kind of swapping the lead back and forth and it was who got through the lapped cars better. We were both slicing and dicing with some lapped cars down the backstretch. One slipped up and came up on the track."
Dobmeier wasn't hurt. But his car is totaled.
"The frame looks like a banana," he said.
Hastings also said the feature was fun, but a wild race to navigate.
"That was a fun race in traffic," said Hastings. "I don't know where to start. It seemed like cars were coming at us two and three at a time. There was just nowhere to go. But once we got all balled up behind those guys, I started to feel the race coming to me. Everything was just coming my way and I was hitting my marks nice and smooth."
Egeland finished second followed by Andy Pake, Alex Truscinski and Nick Omdahl. Pake was the feature's hard charger, coming from the 20th starting position.
In the 25-lap late model feature, Tyler Peterson passed pole-sitter Brad Seng for the lead with 11 laps to go. Peterson managed to hang on, beating Shane Edginton to the checkered flag by 1.358 seconds. Seng was third, followed by Brody Troftgruben and Cole Schill.
For Peterson, it was his second win this season and the 222nd of his career.
Peterson ran the high groove for all 25 laps. "It was so slick on the bottom," he said. "I was committed to the top."
There were five classes that raced Thursday night. Streets, Midwest modifieds and legends also were on the schedule.
Dylan McCaughan won the Midwest modified feature. The Canadian driver beat Memphis Klassen by 1.924 seconds. Jory Berg was third. McCaughan also had the fastest lap time of 13.745 seconds.
Cole Greseth won the 20-lap streets event, leading from green to checkered. John Halvorson was second, Weston Ramsrud third, Blaine Barnes fourth and Charlie Paradis fifth. Greseth won by 3.823 seconds.
Scott Richardson of Pelican Rapids, Minn., won the legends feature.
The World of Outlaws is next on the RCS schedule. The country's top sprint car drivers will race next Friday, May 29.
River Cities Speedway
Thursday's results
Legends
Feature — 1. Scott Richardson, 2. Colton Miller, 3. Carter Restad, 4. Alexander Clark, 5. Howie Briss
Streets
Feature — 1. Cole Greseth, 2. John Halvorson, 3. Weston Ramsrud, 4. Blaine Barnes, 5. Charlie Paradis
Midwest modifieds
Feature — 1. Dylan McCaughan, 2. Memphis Klassen, 3. Jory Berg, 4. Brennan Schmidt, 5. Austin Hunter
Late models
Feature — 1. Tyler Peterson, 2. Shane Edginton, 3. Brad Seng, 4. Brody Troftgruben, 5. Cole Schill
Sprints
Feature — 1. Jade Hastings, 2. Blake Egeland, 3. Andy Pake, 4. Alex Truscinski, 5. Nick Omdahl
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And, as the checkered flag came down, last year's champion again has a leg up on winning another title.
Jade Hastings passed Mark Dobmeier with two laps to go to win the 30-lap event at The Bullring, giving him the early lead in the in-season, four-race event that honors the memory of Anderson — one of the founding members of RCS. Hastings was last season's Cup champion.
"We've been really fast so far," said Hastings. "We should be three-for-three this season but I'll take one-for-three. It's still a good ratio."
Dobmeier grabbed the lead from Blake Egeland eight laps into the event. But Hastings steadily gained on Dobmeier in the closing laps. With four laps to go, Dobmeier led Hastings by 0.851 seconds.
With two to go, Hastings caught Dobmeier in Turns 1 and 2. He then cleared the career NOSA wins leader, setting up a wild white flag lap.
In Turn 3, Dobmeier was running the high side, hoping to set up a last corner pass for the win.
But he became tangled up with a lapped car and wildly flipped end-over-end. It was one of the more wicked crashes at RCS in recent seasons.
"Really, it was just a bunch of hard racing," said Dobmeier. "As the race went on, it turned into a one-laner up top and the lapped cars were not much slower than us. It was really hard to pass. The only way to get around them was by using some death sliders, basically. When Jade got by me, we were kind of swapping the lead back and forth and it was who got through the lapped cars better. We were both slicing and dicing with some lapped cars down the backstretch. One slipped up and came up on the track."
Dobmeier wasn't hurt. But his car is totaled.
"The frame looks like a banana," he said.
Hastings also said the feature was fun, but a wild race to navigate.
"That was a fun race in traffic," said Hastings. "I don't know where to start. It seemed like cars were coming at us two and three at a time. There was just nowhere to go. But once we got all balled up behind those guys, I started to feel the race coming to me. Everything was just coming my way and I was hitting my marks nice and smooth."
Egeland finished second followed by Andy Pake, Alex Truscinski and Nick Omdahl. Pake was the feature's hard charger, coming from the 20th starting position.
In the 25-lap late model feature, Tyler Peterson passed pole-sitter Brad Seng for the lead with 11 laps to go. Peterson managed to hang on, beating Shane Edginton to the checkered flag by 1.358 seconds. Seng was third, followed by Brody Troftgruben and Cole Schill.
For Peterson, it was his second win this season and the 222nd of his career.
Peterson ran the high groove for all 25 laps. "It was so slick on the bottom," he said. "I was committed to the top."
There were five classes that raced Thursday night. Streets, Midwest modifieds and legends also were on the schedule.
Dylan McCaughan won the Midwest modified feature. The Canadian driver beat Memphis Klassen by 1.924 seconds. Jory Berg was third. McCaughan also had the fastest lap time of 13.745 seconds.
Cole Greseth won the 20-lap streets event, leading from green to checkered. John Halvorson was second, Weston Ramsrud third, Blaine Barnes fourth and Charlie Paradis fifth. Greseth won by 3.823 seconds.
Scott Richardson of Pelican Rapids, Minn., won the legends feature.
The World of Outlaws is next on the RCS schedule. The country's top sprint car drivers will race next Friday, May 29.
River Cities Speedway
Thursday's results
Legends
Feature — 1. Scott Richardson, 2. Colton Miller, 3. Carter Restad, 4. Alexander Clark, 5. Howie Briss
Streets
Feature — 1. Cole Greseth, 2. John Halvorson, 3. Weston Ramsrud, 4. Blaine Barnes, 5. Charlie Paradis
Midwest modifieds
Feature — 1. Dylan McCaughan, 2. Memphis Klassen, 3. Jory Berg, 4. Brennan Schmidt, 5. Austin Hunter
Late models
Feature — 1. Tyler Peterson, 2. Shane Edginton, 3. Brad Seng, 4. Brody Troftgruben, 5. Cole Schill
Sprints
Feature — 1. Jade Hastings, 2. Blake Egeland, 3. Andy Pake, 4. Alex Truscinski, 5. Nick Omdahl
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