Devils Lake Speedway hosted another right of racing Saturday June 15. Ryan Cousins took home the hardware in Trophy Class.
Joe Armstrong of Crary, ND, had to find a new line to get past Joe Ree of Belcourt, ND, to cruise his way to Victory Lane Saturday night. But not without some competition from Austin Harris. Harris made gains on running Armstrong down in the final laps of 15 lap feature. Armstrong was able to hold Harris off to get his 1st win of the 2024 season. 1st Joe Armstrong, 2nd Austin Harris, 3rd Kyle Charette, 4th Chris Unrau and 5th Joe Ree.
Wissota Street Stocks was a battle of the 2 front runners for the Wissota National Points chase at the Devils Playground as the current National Points Leader, Brayden Braurer, faced off with the Number 2 points chaser Ty Agen. Agen of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin made the 478 Mile trip in his quest for the National Title. The 2 young guns battled an already tough battle of Veteran Local Street Stock field. At one point in time early in the race. The field was 6 wide going down the front stretch of the race track. Ty Agen would move up 5 positions to take the checkered flag. Brayden Braurer would move up 6 positions to finish 2nd. Trey Hess would finish 3rd. Kasey Ussatis would finish 4th and Rookie Brodee Eckerdt would finish 5th.
The Wissota Midwest Mod feature was filled with close side by side battles. Jory Berg was called for an early caution that caused a chain reaction of unfortunate circumstances for a number of drivers. Berg did drive his way back through the field and attempted to catch Ryne Uhrich and Jarred Klein at times almost making it 3 wide for the lead. Uhrich was leading with 3 laps to go when he spun out and contact was made with Alex Johnson of Karlstad MN ending Uhrichs night. Klein would take the 1st place position and battle his way to the checkered flag with Jory Berg settling for 2nd place. Jaden Varnson would finish 3rd. Bailey Cousins would finish 4th and Cylen Vargason would round out the Top 5.
The Wissota Late Models presented an emotional Win for the Rookie Tucker Pederson as this was not only his 1st Late Model Win, but it was his 1st trip to Victory Lane since the passing of his Mom, Julie Pederson. The win didn’t come easy as in the closing laps veteran driver Jason Strand was nipping on his heels. Pederson held off the tough veteran field to win his 1st Late Model feature since making the jump to Wissota Late Models from Wissota Street Stocks this year. Jason Strand would finish 2nd. Dustin Strand charged the field moving up 5 positions to finish 3rd. Brody Troftgruben moved up 6 positions to finish 4th and Rusty Kollman would round out the Top 5.
The NLRA Late Models will be in Action at the Devils Lake Speedway this Saturday June 22nd for the 40 Lap $5,000 to win 6th Annual Walhalla Building Center Golden Hammer Classic. Hot Laps will start at 6 p.m. and Racing with starting at 7 p.m.
