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VHS Series: World of Outlaws Late Models – June 8, 1989 (Red River Valley Speedway)

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From the Jaime Schulz video collection.
A complete night of racing from Thursday, June 8, 1989, at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, ND. Classes running that night were the World of Outlaws Late Models with the supporting class, WISSOTA Modifieds.

 

Race results and recap from the Inside Track newspaper – June 1989:
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Kevin Thompson tops WoO/LM field at West Fargo (By Gary L. Nelson)

West Fargo, N.D. – Kevin Thompson’s qualifying time Thursday, June 8 for the World of Outlaws late model series at Red River Speedway, was just over one-half second slower than Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark.

That should have told the competition something. Moyer has been tough to beat in the WoO/ALMA series throughout the country.

The Grand Forks, N.D. driver went on to lead the 30-lap feature flag to flag for the $4,000 win.

He had plenty of competition behind him as Mitch Johnson of Fargo, second fastest qualifier in his special outlaw car, nudged Thompson’s left rear panel coming around the third and fourth turns of the last lap.

Johnson said he wanted to win the race and hoped the tap would give him the edge he needed to win.

“There was a lot of dollars difference between first and second place,” said Johnson. His strategy didn’t work as Thompson stayed in line for the win. Johnson’s right front was damaged and he went to the wall. He came out of it for a fourth place finish.

“Oh well, they still paid at least $1,000 for 10th place,” Johnson said as he and the crew fixed the car after the feature.

Thompson, meanwhile, was basking in the glory of winning the big event and the big paycheck.

“We used pretty much the usual setup for the car,” Thompson said. “The track was good and tacky.”

His last major win in a big late model race was the Winnipeg Speedway Players 100 last fall.

He joined the five-day WoO/ALMA series in Fargo, the third night of the series which began June 4 at Impact Speedway near Madison, Wisc. Moyer won that race.

The second night was at Shawano Speedway in Shawano, Wisc. Rich Egersdorf of St. Paul won that race.

The $150,000 series was put on by Gary, Bob and Ted Cook, owners of Cedar Lake Speedway at Somerset, Wisc. The tour moved to Superior, Wisc. Friday and concluded at Cedar Lake Saturday, June 10.
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RESULTS

WISSOTA Modifieds
Heat 1 – 1. Tom Cummings, Grandin; 2. Les Pritchard, Roland, Manitoba; 3. Mike Hoaby, West Fargo; 4. John Corell, Jamestown; 5. Corky Thomas, Nielsville, Minn.

Heat 2 – 1. Jay McDonald, Fargo, Mike Spaulding, Bemidji, 3. Dave Stork, Morris; 4. Mike Sitzman, Fargo, 5. Jim Jacobson, Pelican Rapids

Trophy – 1. Storck; 2, McDonald; 3. Hoaby

Feature: 1. Hoaby, 2. Spaulding, 3. Brock Anderson, Moorhead, 4. Pritchard, 5. Thomas, 6. Steve Pavlicek, Moorhead, 7. Jacobson, 8. Brian Hanson, Jamestown, 9. Greg Freitag, Wolverton.

Outlaw Late Models:
Heat 1 – 1. T.J. Pauschert, Carlisle, Ark., 2. Todd Anderson, Amery, Wisc., 3. Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark., 4. Pete Parker, Green Bay, Wisc., 5. Brian Strand, Brocket, N.D.

Heat 2 – 1. Larry Seckerson, Eldridge, N.D., 2. Rick Aukland, Fargo, 3. Steve Francis, Ashland, Ky., 4. Mitch Johnson, Fargo, 5. Tom Nesbitt, Thunder Bay, Ontario

Heat 3 – 1. Scott Bloomquist, Mooreburg, Tenn., 2. Larry McDonald, Witchita, Kan., 3. Willie Kraft, Lakefield, Minn., 4. Steve Fegers, Mound, Minn., 5. Kevin Thompson, Grand Forks.

B-main – Kevin Gundaker, St. Louis, Mo., 2. Tom Steuding, Altoona, Wisc. 3. Steve Egersdorf, St. Paul, 4. Lyle Gehrke, Watertown, S.D., 5. Rick Egersdorft, St. Paul, 6. Randy Schilling, Britton, S.D., 7. Duane Wadeson, Leonard, N.D.

A-main – 1. Thompson, 2. Moyer, 3. Bloomquist, 4. Johnson, 5. Phillips, 6. McDaniels, 7. Fegers, 8. Lance Matthees, Winona, Minn., 9. Francis, 10. Steve Egersdorf, 11. Dennis Moser, Aberdeen, 12. Nesbitt, 13. Rick Egersdorf, 14. Ron Anderson, Watertown, S.D., 15 Gehrke, 16. Wadeson, 17. Schilling

FASTEST QUALIFYING TIMES
Moyer – 18.738, 2. Johnson – 19.218, 3. Thompson – 19.396, 4. Parker – 19.655, 5. Aukland, – 19.708, 6. Bloomquist – 19.708, 7. Pauchert – 19.765, 8. Seckerson – 19.837, 9. Fegers – 19.839, 10. Anderson – 19.912
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Red River Valley Speedway Details:
– Current Size/Composition: 3/8 mile dirt track
– Location: Red River Valley Fairgrounds in West Fargo, North Dakota
– Weekly Classes: IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, and INEX Legends
– Race Night: Friday Nights at 7:00pm

Connect with Red River Valley Speedway:
– Phone: 701-388-6637 or 701-388-(MODS)
– Website: redrivervalleyspeedway.com
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– Snapchat: rrvspeedway

Vintage Racing Videos

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We love to watch vintage race footage! (“Vintage”: Any race that’s been recorded on VHS tape or previous formats.) This video is from the Jeff Hapala home video collection. It features racing from the Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, ND around the 1972 racing season. It was originally shot on 8mm film.

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Twists And Turns

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Are you ready for the racing season? The Racing Life is. So to get you in the mood… we made this video. It was a NASCAR commercial that we re-edited with a dirt track twist. It’s a short recap of some of the best video from the last 3 years of traveling to the area tracks for The Racing Life.

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TRL Replay – Episode 2

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Since we’ve been on the topic of Wee Town Outlaw Speedway this week, we thought we’d post this TRL replay from our first season. It was only our 2nd episode and it featured the Greseth family and track announcer, Ron Krog. Ron has a long history with Wee Town and briefly talks about his involvement with the track when it was first built.

On the show: The racing family of Todd Greseth, #17 WISSOTA Modified driver Mike Greseth, Track Official Matt Greseth, AJ Greseth, Kayla Greseth, Sheila Greseth. And also on the show: Legendary Track Announcer Ron Krog. Plus Kids Corner with Hunter Fischer & #E85 WISSOTA Modified driver Jason Strand, Question Of The Week and Fan Pictures Of The Week!

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The Track That Nature Owns

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The Racing Life spent a beautiful Sunday afternoon traveling to the old abandoned Wee Town Outlaw Speedway near Fergus Falls, MN. The 1/2 high-banked track held it’s last race back in 1993 not knowing it wouldn’t return in 1994. Water completely took over the track making it impossible to operate anymore. To view a picture gallery of our trip to Wee Town, click on our Facebook link HERE.

The Racing Life is turning this into a video project and is looking for any old video footage, pictures or memorabilia from the track. If you have anything please e-mail Scott Sailer at scott@theracinglife.com.

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TRL Replay:

On the show: NASCAR legend/#9 USMTS Modified driver, Ken Schrader. NASCAR driver/#36 USMTS Modified driver, Kenny Wallace. And NASCAR Champion/#14 WISSOTA Late Model driver, Tony Stewart. Plus Fan Pictures Of The Week!

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