Thursday night's visit to the three-eighths mile Otter Tail County speed plant will be the first events at I-94 for both 410 sprint series. Thursday's race will also be just the third 410 race at the track, and first since 2013-14 when the World of Outlaws made a pair of stops in Fergus Falls. The 2014 race was won on a flat right rear tire by Oregon native Roger Crockett in the Buffalo Wild Wings No. 82. On Friday night, both series will kick off the King of the Wings double header at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks. | Austin Pierce won night one of the double header last season. Speedway Shots photo. |
And after leading 55 of the 60 laps run during last year's feature, 2020 series champion Jade Hastings will be ready for redemption this weekend in his Ault Construction No. 8H.
Team IRA is currently led by Lubbock, Texas native and series rookie Brenham Crouch, who sits atop the current series standings. Jordan Goldesberry, the defending series champion, and longtime series regular Russel Borland are second and third respectively.
Another driver to look out for is the most recent IRA winner Travis Arenz. Arenz, another rookie with the series this season, picked up his first ever series win at Wisconsin's Plymouth Dirt Track on July 1st.
Joining the IRA and NOSA on the all-Sprint Car card will be the debut of the Superior Customs Red River Sprint Series, the Western and Northern Renegade Non-Wing Sprints, and the POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints.
Mark Dobmeier heads into the weekend with a 13-point lead over Jade Hastings with Brendan Mullen third in the Native Nations Cannabis No. 11M. Nick and Zach Omdahl round out the top five with Nick in fourth in the CMS No. 0 and Zach in fifth in the Minn-Kota Power Co-op No.17
Blake Egeland is sixth in the Engelstad Farms No. 26, with Jack Croaker seventh in the Hugo's Family Marketplace 8-Ball, and Jordan Graham eighth in the Advanced Tile & Stone No. 99.
Tom Egeland, driving the Egeland Racing Engines No. 14 and rookie point leader Adam Sobolik, driver of the Evil Iron Classics No. 52 round out the top ten.
Races begin at seven all three nights. For more info, log on to i94speedways.com and rivercitiesspeedway.com.
If you can't make it to the track, all three nights will be streamed live on floracing.com.