Wade Nygaard running his Auto Finance Super Center #9 at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, ND. Photo by Tim Johnson.
By Mike Spieker
GRAND FORKS, ND (April 21) - 2015 will mark the silver anniversary for Wade Nygaard behind the wheel of a winged Sprint Car. Throughout his career, Nygaard has amassed 247 wins in 360 and 410 competition, as well as multiple River Cities Speedway track championships and Northern Outlaw Sprint Association series championships. Nygaard currently drives the Rider/J&J #9N for Joan and Bob Mullen, but has also driven for Betty and Eric Nygaard, Halls Motorsports in Australia, Wayne Anderson, Doug and Todd Slocum, and participated as an owner/driver as well.
GRAND FORKS, ND (April 21) - 2015 will mark the silver anniversary for Wade Nygaard behind the wheel of a winged Sprint Car. Throughout his career, Nygaard has amassed 247 wins in 360 and 410 competition, as well as multiple River Cities Speedway track championships and Northern Outlaw Sprint Association series championships. Nygaard currently drives the Rider/J&J #9N for Joan and Bob Mullen, but has also driven for Betty and Eric Nygaard, Halls Motorsports in Australia, Wayne Anderson, Doug and Todd Slocum, and participated as an owner/driver as well.
Since NOSA's establishment in 1994, Nygaard has claimed 113 wins and sits second on the River Cities Speedway all-time wins list with 50 career victories. Arguably, Nygaard's two best seasons to date came in 1998 and 2001 where he picked up 14 wins a piece in NOSA competition, which is the second-most wins any driver has picked up in one season.
Nygaard and the Auto Finance Super Center team kicked off 2015 in early April at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, NE where they picked up a 7th place finish among some of the best 360 drivers in the country.
The 25th anniversary campaign will continue May 1st for Nygaard at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks.
Sponsors on Nygaard's #9 Outlaw Sprint Car include:
Auto Finance Super Center
C&M Ford
Icon Architectural Group
The Ground Round
Tire One
Valley Oral Facial Surgery
Dahlstrom Motors
DeMers Stor-All
J.J. Const. Inc
Nygaard and the Auto Finance Super Center team kicked off 2015 in early April at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, NE where they picked up a 7th place finish among some of the best 360 drivers in the country.
The 25th anniversary campaign will continue May 1st for Nygaard at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks.
Sponsors on Nygaard's #9 Outlaw Sprint Car include:
Auto Finance Super Center
C&M Ford
Icon Architectural Group
The Ground Round
Tire One
Valley Oral Facial Surgery
Dahlstrom Motors
DeMers Stor-All
J.J. Const. Inc
Nygaard's familiar yellow Budweiser #9. Photo by Tim Johnson.
In 1999 Wade Nygaard captured his third Northern Outlaw Sprint Association (NOSA) Championship. This photo shows Wade coming off turn four at Winnipeg's Victory Lane Speedway, (now Red River Co-op Speedway) back in August of '99. Photo by Tim Johnson.
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Nygaard piloting the Buffalo Wild Wings #9x at River Cities Speedway. Photographer unknown.
Nygaard at the "Sprint Car Capital of the World" Knoxville Raceway in 2006. Photo by Steve Hardin.
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