As safety workers were cleaning up the scene, heated words between Roemeling and Nygaard turned into a scuffle. The drivers were quickly separated and returned to their respective trailers.
As the race resumed, Pierce quickly checked out from the rest of the field. At the halfway point, Dobmeier, a Blazin’ Challenge qualifier, moved from sixth to fourth with a big slide job on Jade Hastings and Mullen in turn four, but he slid off the top of turn two on the following lap to bring out the caution.
On the restart, Pierce and Chris Ranten went to battle, trading big time slide jobs at each end of the speedway. Pierce held on to the point as Ranten remained within striking distance. At the checkers, Pierce took the win – his fifth of the season at River Cities, as Ranten and Hastings rounded out the podium. Nick Omdahl and 14th-place starter, Nick Ranten, rounded out the top five.
RESULTS:
A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 2A-Austin Pierce, [8]; 2. 27-Chris Ranten, [6]; 3. 8H-Jade Hastings, [5]; 4. 0-Nick Omdahl, [3]; 5. 55-Nick Ranten, [14]; 6. 11M-Brendan Mullen, [4]; 7. 10TRB-Bob Martin, [7]; 8. 13T-Ty Hanten, [16]; 9. 20A-Jordan Adams, [20]; 10. 26-Blake Egeland, [17]; 11. 14-Tom Egeland, [15]; 12. 99-Jordan Graham, [9]; 13. 22-Tanner Wisk, [11]; 14. 47-Sabrina Hockenson, [12]; 15. 41T-Travis Strandell, [13]; 16. 8C-Jack Croaker, [2]; 17. 13-Mark Dobmeier, [18]; 18. 35-Brenden Wilde, [10]; 19. 9N-Wade Nygaard, [19]; (DQ) 31-Shane Roemeling, [1]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 20A-Jordan Adams, [4]; 2. 31-Shane Roemeling, [3]; 3. 9N-Wade Nygaard, [11]; 4. 13-Mark Dobmeier, [9]; 5. 26-Blake Egeland, [1]; 6. 8C-Jack Croaker, [5]; 7. 13T-Ty Hanten, [6]; 8. 0-Nick Omdahl, [8]; 9. 11M-Brendan Mullen, [7]; 10. 8H-Jade Hastings, [10]; 11. 14-Tom Egeland, [2]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 27-Chris Ranten, [4]; 2. 2A-Austin Pierce, [1]; 3. 99-Jordan Graham, [2]; 4. 10TRB-Bob Martin, [8]; 5. 22-Tanner Wisk, [6]; 6. 35-Brenden Wilde, [9]; 7. 47-Sabrina Hockenson, [7]; 8. 41T-Travis Strandell, [5]; 9. (DNF) 55-Nick Ranten, [3]