Gulbrandson off to champion’s start at Nobles County Speedway

Four-time national champion Dustin Gulbrandson won the Cook Racing Supplies USRA Hobby Stock feature.

Four-time national champion Dustin Gulbrandson won the Cook Racing Supplies USRA Hobby Stock feature.


Dan Strandberg began the 2017 season with three straight wins in the Cook Racing Supplies USRA Hobby Stock division en route to a track title. Four-time defending USRA Hobby Stock national champion Dustin Gulbrandson of Sioux Falls, S.D., will attempt to start this season with three consecutive victories after winning Saturday night's feature.

From the pole, Gulbrandson led every lap for his second win in as many weeks. Fellow TDR Chassis racer Tyler Schlumbohm battled with Strandberg, swapping second and third a couple of times. Strandberg eventually won the race for second ahead of Schlumbohm, Keeran Sampson and Austin Jahnz. A winner of one of the "B" Features, Jahnz passed nine cars in coming from 14th to fifth.

There was no shortage of excitement in the Holley USRA Stock car division. Justin Regnerus of Middleburg, Iowa, led early while Luke Sathoff moved up from seventh. Sathoff eventually grabbed the lead while a remarkable side-by-side battle raged between Levi Feltman and Roger Verdoorn, who moved up from ninth.

The attention-grabbing action may have overshadowed Sathoff’s march to his first win of the season as he pulled away from the two. Feltman re-took second from Verdoorn before the finish. Jon DeBoer outlasted Spenser Kalass in a similar bout for fourth.

Miah Christensen and Justin Luinenberg were front and center again after the two raced each other for the win in last week’s Out-Pace USRA B-Mod feature—a race that saw Christesen win his first-ever Iron Man Challenge event. This time the two raced side-by-side—Christensen starting second and Luinenberg 11th—until they got together in turn one. Unfortunately, both cars took on too much damage to continue.

At that point, Andrew Ahlers of Baltic, S.D., inherited the lead. He had passed two cars to get to third when the caution appeared. Ahlers led the remainder of the feature for his first win of the season, beating Dustin Kruse and Wade Wright to the finish. Devon Schlumbohm could’ve used a few more laps as he was making huge gains late in the feature. Schlumbohm found the high line to his liking, coming from 13th to fourth.

The USRA Tuners feature thrilled fans for a second straight week. Joshua Uhl of Luverne made his first start. He immediately took the lead from the third position. After enjoying a comfortable lead, he edged Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series national points leader Nate Coopman and Bubba Brown at the checkered flag. Coopman, now with two seconds, leads Brown by 12 points in the standings.

In all, 93 cars came through the gate for racing action on Bushard Financial Services Night.

Nobles County Speedway is proud to host Salute to Agriculture Night this Saturday, June 16, with free grandstand admission for all. Hot laps are scheduled for 7 p.m. Holley USRA Stock Cars, Out-Pace USRA B-Mods, Cook Racing Supplies USRA Hobby Stocks and USRA Tuners return along with the Late Model Street Stock Touring Series and NCS Sportsmans.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Nobles County Speedway, Worthington, Minn.
Saturday, June 9, 2018

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown.

HOLLEY USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (4) 5 Luke Sathoff, Jackson, Minn.
2. (2) 82JR Dylan Fitzpatrick, Sioux Falls, S.D.
3. (3) F1 Levi Feltman, Jackson, Minn.
4. (1) 16J Jon DeBoer, Little Rock, Iowa
5. (5) 4 Roger Verdoorn, Sibley, Iowa

Heat #2:
1. (1) 32 Justin Regnerus, Middleburg, Iowa
2. (4) 32X Rich Gregoire, Russell, Minn.
3. (3) 69M Gary Mattison, Lambertson, Minn.
4. (2) 20K Spenser Kalass, Luverne, Minn.

Feature:
1. (7) 5 Luke Sathoff, Jackson, Minn.
2. (3) F1 Levi Feltman, Jackson, Minn.
3. (9) 4 Roger Verdoorn, Sibley, Iowa
4. (4) 16J Jon DeBoer, Little Rock, Iowa
5. (8) 20K Spenser Kalass, Luverne, Minn.
6. (1) 32 Justin Regnerus, Middleburg, Iowa
7. (6) 82JR Dylan Fitzpatrick, Sioux Falls, S.D.
8. (2) 69M Gary Mattison, Lambertson, Minn.
9. (5) 32X Rich Gregoire, Russell, Minn.

OUT-PACE USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 88 Wade Wright, Armour, S.D.
2. (7) 7C Cole Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
3. (3) 18D Chris Goetz, Centerville, S.D.
4. (5) 7 Dan Ross, Worthington, Minn.
5. (4) 0 Devon Schlumbohm, Sioux Falls, S.D.
6. (6) 32 Taylor Skauge, Decorah, Iowa
7. (1) 17 Justin Murray, Owatonna, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 17X Justin Luinenberg, Reading, Minn.
2. (3) 21K Dave Kennedy, Sioux Falls, S.D.
3. (5) 22 Justin Voeltz, Hartford, S.D.
4. (2) 14A Andrew Ahlers, Baltic, S.D.
5. (4) 15A Curt Ahlers, Flandreu, S.D.
6. (6) 13N Nick Schmidt, Baltic, S.D.
DNS – XA Alissa Palsrok

Heat #3:
1. (1) 782 Jeremiah Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
2. (5) 6 Dustin Kruse, Brandon, S.D.
3. (2) 31 Darin Veen, Worthington, Minn.
4. (6) 8M Kaleb Modder, George, Iowa
5. (3) 21X Clint Erickson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
6. (7) 25 Warren Van Westen, Sibley, Iowa
7. (4) 18 Corbin Erickson

Feature:
1. (5) 14A Andrew Ahlers, Baltic, S.D.
2. (9) 6 Dustin Kruse, Brandon, S.D.
3. (6) 88 Wade Wright, Armour, S.D.
4. (13) 0 Devon Schlumbohm, Sioux Falls, S.D.
5. (14) 15A Curt Ahlers, Flandreu, S.D.
6. (1) 7C Cole Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
7. (16) 32 Taylor Skauge, Decorah, Iowa
8. (10) 7 Dan Ross, Worthington, Minn.
9. (3) 8M Kaleb Modder, George, Iowa
10. (4) 18D Chris Goetz, Centerville, S.D.
11. (20) 13N Nick Schmidt, Baltic, S.D.
12. (19) 18 Corbin Erickson
13. (18) 17 Justin Murray, Owatonna, Minn.
14. (15) 21X Clint Erickson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
15. (2) 782 Jeremiah Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
16. (11) 17X Justin Luinenberg, Reading, Minn.
17. (12) 21K Dave Kennedy, Sioux Falls, S.D.
18. (8) 31 Darin Veen, Worthington, Minn.
19. (7) 22 Justin Voeltz, Hartford, S.D.
DQ – (17) 25 Warren Van Westen, Sibley, Iowa
DNS – XA Alissa Palsrok

COOK RACING SUPPLIES USRA HOBBY STOCKS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 17X Justin Luinenberg, Reading, Minn.
2. (4) 17J Jason Bradley, Sioux Falls, S.D.
3. (8) 27K Keeran Sampson, Worthington, Minn.
4. (3) 33JN Joel Norris, Sioux Falls, S.D.
5. (1) 18K Landon Krohn, Worthington, Minn.
6. (5) 11 Nick Janssen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
7. (6) 15X Pete Kracht, Steen, Minn.
8. (7) 20 Travis Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Heat #2:
1. (1) X Tyler Schlumbohm, Sioux Falls, S.D.
2. (4) 15 Tom Kracht, Luverne, Minn.
3. (2) 26 Tyler Pospisil, Fulda, Minn.
4. (5) 717 Nick Schilling, Sanborn, Iowa
5. (6) 86 Tracy Halouska, Worthing, S.D.
6. (7) 16X Blake Luinenburg, Worthington, Minn.
7. (3) 37 Jason Scott, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Heat #3:
1. (2) 6 Dustin Gulbrandson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
2. (6) 3K Dan Strandberg, Worthington, Minn.
3. (3) 59 Corey Gronewald, Worthington, Minn.
4. (7) 32J Austin Jahnz, Lewisville, Minn.
5. (1) 7 Jay Torgerson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
6. (5) 47 Jake Manitz, Sibley, Iowa
7. (4) 1 Mike Metteer, Windom, Minn.

Heat #4:
1. (6) 28 John Ross, Worthington, Minn.
2. (4) 1 Shaun Taylor, Sioux Falls, S.D.
3. (3) 20B Josh Bradley, Harrisburg, S.D.
4. (7) 0 Ryan Mulder, Harrisburg, S.D.
5. (5) 14 Ernie Dailey, Worthington, Minn.
6. (2) 75J Scott Jones
7. (1) 6V Levi Vander Weide, Sioux Falls, S.D.

"B" Feature #1:
1. (2) 717 Nick Schilling, Sanborn, Iowa
2. (4) 86 Tracy Halouska, Worthing, S.D.
3. (1) 33JN Joel Norris, Sioux Falls, S.D.
4. (5) 11 Nick Janssen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
5. (3) 18K Landon Krohn, Worthington, Minn.
6. (7) 15X Pete Kracht, Steen, Minn.
7. (8) 37 Jason Scott, Sioux Falls, S.D.
8. (9) 20 Travis Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
9. (6) 16X Blake Luinenburg, Worthington, Minn.

"B" Feature #2:
1. (1) 32J Austin Jahnz, Lewisville, Minn.
2. (2) 0 Ryan Mulder, Harrisburg, S.D.
3. (3) 7 Jay Torgerson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
4. (4) 14 Ernie Dailey, Worthington, Minn.
5. (6) 16X Blake Luinenburg, Worthington, Minn.
6. (5) 47 Jake Manitz, Sibley, Iowa
7. (8) 6V Levi Vander Weide, Sioux Falls, S.D.
8. (7) 1 Mike Metteer, Windom, Minn.
DNS – 75J Scott Jones

"A" Feature:
1. (1) 6 Dustin Gulbrandson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
2. (3) 3K Dan Strandberg, Worthington, Minn.
3. (2) X Tyler Schlumbohm, Sioux Falls, S.D.
4. (7) 27K Keeran Sampson, Worthington, Minn.
5. (14) 32J Austin Jahnz, Lewisville, Minn.
6. (8) 17X Justin Luinenberg, Reading, Minn.
7. (11) 28 John Ross, Worthington, Minn.
8. (10) 26 Tyler Pospisil, Fulda, Minn.
9. (13) 717 Nick Schilling, Sanborn, Iowa
10. (6) 17J Jason Bradley, Sioux Falls, S.D.
11. (16) 0 Ryan Mulder, Harrisburg, S.D.
12. (5) 59 Corey Gronewald, Worthington, Minn.
13. (12) 15 Tom Kracht, Luverne, Minn.
14. (15) 86 Tracy Halouska, Worthing, S.D.
15. (9) 1 Shaun Taylor, Sioux Falls, S.D.
16. (20) 14 Ernie Dailey, Worthington, Minn.
17. (19) 11 Nick Janssen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
18. (17) 33JN Joel Norris, Sioux Falls, S.D.
19. (18) 7 Jay Torgerson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
20. (4) 20B Josh Bradley, Harrisburg, S.D.

USRA TUNERS

Heat:
1. (2) 24J Joshua Uhl, Luverne, Minn.
2. (4) 9 Nate Coopman, Mankato, Minn.
3. (5) 11A Bubba Brown, Jackson, Minn.
4. (7) 57 Scott Espey, Alpha, Minn.
5. (6) 111 Dan Jensen, Slayton, Minn.
6. (3) 40M Gavin Maass
7. (1) 11G Gary Grabill

Feature:
1. (3) 24J Joshua Uhl, Luverne, Minn.
2. (5) 9 Nate Coopman, Mankato, Minn.
3. (4) 11A Bubba Brown, Jackson, Minn.
4. (1) 57 Scott Espey, Alpha, Minn.
5. (2) 111 Dan Jensen, Slayton, Minn.
6. (6) 40M Gavin Maass
7. (7) 11G Gary Grabill