News from the Source

Dobmeier Defends Northern Turf:

Norman County speedway was met with 36 of the best of the upper Midwest featuring the Bumper to Bumper IRA and the Buffalo Wild Wings King of the Wings NOSA Sprint Car Series.

Christopher Thram was fastest in hot laps and fastest in qualifying group A. Jake Neuman would be fastest in group B.

Heat races were won by Mark Dobmeier, Andy Pake, Laela Eisenschenk, and Jake Blackhurst. The dashes were won by Jake Neuman and Scotty Thiel.

The feature started with an anxious start when the 15 of Amelia Eisenschenk would spin on the breakout of the four wide, collecting the 87A. Both would take a trip to the work area and return to the tail of the field.

Thiel would begin the race with an early lead, having the rest of the field in a different zip code with Jake Blackhurst and Neuman would have to play catchup. Early in the race, the 85J of Logan Julien would make contact with the turn 2 tractor tire but we would keep the field green. Shortly after Julien’s contact with turn 2 tire, Goodno and Pake collide and Pake spin in 2

With only two laps in it would be 73, 3N, 96, 13, 22, and the 24T. Thiel would be looking for third win in the 2024 season. Dobmeier hunting down 96 as the top NOSA contender. Restart the field and Thiel would already have a commanding lead. Dobmeier would make the move for a podium spot with 16 to go.

Thiel would see lap traffic with 5 laps in the books until heartbreak would arise for the Big Wheel as he would plant his right rear tire over the cushion sending the 73 over the track bringing out a caution. It would be 3N, 13, 96, 24T, 22 top 5 on the restart

Jake Neuman and Dobmeier would lead the field to green - Blackhurst married to the bottom side trying to make it work once more time on the restart. Christopher Thram would pass Blackhurst for third at the flag stand, but Blackhurst would steal it back in turn 2. Schlafer would try to break into a top 5 finish as Dobmeier would close in on Jake Neuman with 10 to go.

Neuman would see traffic with only .7 seconds separating the 3N and 13 with 7 laps to go. Dobmeier would continue to close the gap between his 13 and the 3N of Neuman.

With 10 laps remaining, Dobmeier would use all the conjured up speed and rocket around Neuman in turns 3 and 4 taking the lead.

We would draw out a final caution
YELLOW in turn 2 for Colton Young. On that restart it would be the 13, 3N, 24T, 96, 25 top 5 with 8 laps to go. They would go three wide and Blackhurst would take third and begin to reel in Neuman. Behind them, Schlafer would battle for 5th

19 laps in goodno and Schlafer side by side and 5 to go for Dobmeier, Jade Hastings making an appearance in the rear view mirror of Schlafer.

3 to go for Dobmeier and Neuman would go over the cushion and slide back as the white flag would wave, surrendering second to Blackhurst. Checkered would wave for Dobmeier for night one of the Buffalo Wild Wings King of the Wings event. Jake Blackhurst second and Christopher Thram would round out the podium.

The action continues tomorrow night (Friday) and Saturday night as the two series battle at the River Cities Speedway. Watch the action live on FloRacing.

Thank you again to Todd and Susan LaHaise for all your support and making this all happen this weekend.

Keep up to date with point standings throughout the weekend here: www.irasprints.com/standings

Watch the action live on FloRacing: https://flosports.link/48KXHH

A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:33:09.859

1. 13-Mark Dobmeier[5]; 2. 96-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 3. 24T-Christopher Thram[6]; 4. 3N-Jake Neuman[2]; 5. 25-Danny Schlafer[14]; 6. 22-Riley Goodno[7]; 7. 8H-Jade Hastings[12]; 8. 11M-Brendan Mullen[8]; 9. 16C-Tylar Rankin[24]; 10. 0-Nick Omdahl[18]; 11. 14T-Tim Estenson[21]; 12. 73-Scotty Thiel[1]; 13. 21-Will Gerrits[19]; 14. 85J-Logan Julien[15]; 15. 25T-Travis Arenz[23]; 16. 87A-Austin Hartmann[11]; 17. 64-Andy Pake[3]; 18. 2W-Scott Neitzel[22]; 19. 33B-Scott Broty[13]; 20. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[9]; 21. 4-Colton Young[20]; 22. 8-Jack Croaker[16]; 23. (DNF) 27-Weston Olson[17]; 24. (DNS) 65-Jordan Goldesberry

B Feature 1 12 Laps | 00:15:35.208

1. 14T-Tim Estenson[1]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 3. 25T-Travis Arenz[2]; 4. 16C-Tylar Rankin[13]; 5. 17-Zach Omdahl[3]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz[6]; 7. 26E-Blake Egeland[8]; 8. 41T-Travis Strandell[12]; 9. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[7]; 10. 52-Adam Sobolik[10]; 11. 50-Brad Flaten[5]; 12. 78-Bill Wagner[11]; 13. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[9]; 14. 52S-Cody Schlafer[14]

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:01:01.240

1. 73-Scotty Thiel[3]; 2. 64-Andy Pake[1]; 3. 13-Mark Dobmeier[5]; 4. 22-Riley Goodno[2]; 5. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[4]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:07:55.906

1. 3N-Jake Neuman[1]; 2. 96-Jake Blackhurst[3]; 3. 24T-Christopher Thram[4]; 4. 11M-Brendan Mullen[5]; 5. (DNS) 65-Jordan Goldesberry

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:11:23.969

1. 13-Mark Dobmeier[2]; 2. 24T-Christopher Thram[4]; 3. 73-Scotty Thiel[3]; 4. 85J-Logan Julien[7]; 5. 27-Weston Olson[5]; 6. 17-Zach Omdahl[1]; 7. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[6]; 8. (DNF) 99-Tyler Brabant[8]; 9. (DNS) 10S-Josh Swangler

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:10:08.538

1. 64-Andy Pake[1]; 2. 87A-Austin Hartmann[2]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[4]; 4. 33B-Scott Broty[5]; 5. 21-Will Gerrits[8]; 6. 50-Brad Flaten[9]; 7. 14T-Tim Estenson[3]; 8. 16C-Tylar Rankin[6]; 9. (DNS) G5-Gage Pulkrabek

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:08:49.899

1. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[1]; 2. 11M-Brendan Mullen[2]; 3. 25-Danny Schlafer[5]; 4. 3N-Jake Neuman[4]; 5. 0-Nick Omdahl[6]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz[7]; 7. 25T-Travis Arenz[3]; 8. 52-Adam Sobolik[8]; 9. (DNF) 52S-Cody Schlafer[9]

Heat 4 8 Laps | 00:06:32.764

1. 96-Jake Blackhurst[3]; 2. 8H-Jade Hastings[2]; 3. 22-Riley Goodno[4]; 4. 8-Jack Croaker[1]; 5. 4-Colton Young[7]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]; 7. 26E-Blake Egeland[6]; 8. 41T-Travis Strandell[9]; 9. 78-Bill Wagner[8]

Qualifying 1 | 00:01:15.000

1. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:13.850[7]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:13.962[17]; 3. 73-Scotty Thiel, 00:14.002[3]; 4. 14T-Tim Estenson, 00:14.082[4]; 5. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 00:14.092[16]; 6. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:14.097[11]; 7. 17-Zach Omdahl, 00:14.098[1]; 8. 64-Andy Pake, 00:14.256[6]; 9. 27-Weston Olson, 00:14.262[12]; 10. 33B-Scott Broty, 00:14.304[5]; 11. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk, 00:14.377[8]; 12. 16C-Tylar Rankin, 00:14.409[15]; 13. 85J-Logan Julien, 00:14.529[10]; 14. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:14.666[2]; 15. 99-Tyler Brabant, 00:14.668[9]; 16. 21-Will Gerrits, 00:14.726[18]; 17. 10S-Josh Swangler, 00:16.019[13]; 18. 50-Brad Flaten, 00:16.069[14]

Qualifying 2 | 00:00:28.709

1. 3N-Jake Neuman, 00:14.114[10]; 2. 22-Riley Goodno, 00:14.267[14]; 3. 25T-Travis Arenz, 00:14.345[18]; 4. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 00:14.349[1]; 5. 11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:14.358[6]; 6. 8H-Jade Hastings, 00:14.436[2]; 7. 15-Laela Eisenschenk, 00:14.495[9]; 8. 8-Jack Croaker, 00:14.497[17]; 9. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:14.559[13]; 10. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:14.560[3]; 11. 0-Nick Omdahl, 00:14.650[11]; 12. 26E-Blake Egeland, 00:14.658[16]; 13. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:14.690[5]; 14. 4-Colton Young, 00:15.055[12]; 15. 52-Adam Sobolik, 00:15.284[8]; 16. 78-Bill Wagner, 00:15.284[15]; 17. 52S-Cody Schlafer, 00:15.604[4]; 18. 41T-Travis Strandell, 00:16.527[7]

Hot Laps 1 | 00:04:55.000

1. 24T-Christopher Thram[7]; 2. 96-Jake Blackhurst[19]; 3. 25-Danny Schlafer[31]; 4. 73-Scotty Thiel[3]; 5. 11M-Brendan Mullen[24]; 6. 0-Nick Omdahl[29]; 7. 26E-Blake Egeland[34]; 8. 22-Riley Goodno[32]; 9. 64-Andy Pake[6]; 10. 17-Zach Omdahl[1]; 11. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[8]; 12. 3N-Jake Neuman[28]; 13. 25T-Travis Arenz[36]; 14. 8-Jack Croaker[35]; 15. 8H-Jade Hastings[20]; 16. 4-Colton Young[30]; 17. 33B-Scott Broty[5]; 18. 99-Tyler Brabant[9]; 19. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[2]; 20. 78-Bill Wagner[33]; 21. 4K-Kris Spitz[23]; 22. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[27]; 23. 52-Adam Sobolik[26]; 24. 21-Will Gerrits[18]; 25. 2W-Scott Neitzel[21]; 26. 52S-Cody Schlafer[22]; 27. 41T-Travis Strandell[25]; 28. 50-Brad Flaten[14]; 29. 85J-Logan Julien[10]; 30. 27-Weston Olson[12]; 31. 87A-Austin Hartmann[11]; 32. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[17]; 33. 16C-Tylar Rankin[15]; 34. 10S-Josh Swangler[13]; 35. 13-Mark Dobmeier[16]; 36. (DNS) 14T-Tim Estenson

• Madeline Schultz on Jul 19, 2024
• Article Date: 7/18/2024 by Madeline "Chatty Madi" Schultz