Dan Strandberg won the USRA Hobby Stock feature.

Hometown driver Dan Strandberg is a perfect three-for-three after Saturday night’s Schwalbach Plumbing & Heating USRA Hobby Stock win at Nobles County Speedway. Strandberg cleared Malik Sampson on the second lap of the 15-lap feature and led the rest of the way. Sampson remained close and made the 2011 USRA Hobby Stock national champion work hard for the win.

In victory lane, Strandberg, who started eighth, commented that his three wins to start the season at Nobles County Speedway is his best start to a season in close to a decade. Nick Brady also made things interesting. In his first appearance of the season at NCS, Brady came from 10th to fifth before a caution. The restart saw him quickly pass his way up to third where he eventually finished. Hard charger Joel Norris finished fourth after starting 14th.

The Holley USRA Stock Car feature turned out to be the most exciting race of the night—with only six cars in the field. Roger Verdoorn led most of the race after an early battle with fellow front row starter Gary Mattison. Verdoorn hugged the bottom of the track while co-points leader Colby Klaassen tried to force his car even lower.

With their fight for the bottom happening, Luke Sathoff was making up ground on the cushion. Sathoff stayed true to the high side to pass both drivers and then, once clear, took their line away en route to his first win of the season and a share of the points lead.

Luke Sathoff won the Holley USRA Stock Car feature.

Jayden Larson’s Out-Pace USRA B-Mod win was popular among the fans in attendance at NCS. The young driver out of Mankato, led every lap of the 15-lap feature. The driver was also excited to put opening week mechanical issues behind him in scoring his first win. He had a big lead two weeks prior before bowing late in the race.

The former NCS Mini-Mod racer received loud applause when he got out of his car. Dave Kennedy had a solid run in finishing second. He had to pass Cullen De Ruyter to get to that spot. Nick Barger came back from a spin on a restart, which put him to the rear of the field, to place third.

Jayden Larson won the Out-Pace USRA B-Mod feature.

In the standings De Ruyter leads Andrew Ahlers by 22 points.

Pepsi sponsors a full night of racing at NCS on Saturday, June 17. Watch for additional information on Sport Compacts by logging onto www.noblescountyspeedway.com or by checking Nobles County Speedway’s Facebook page.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Nobles County Speedway, Worthington, Minn.
Saturday, June 10, 2017

HOLLEY USRA STOCK CARS

Heat (8 laps):
1. (1) 4 Roger Verdoorn, Sibley, Iowa
2. (2) 69M Gary Mattison, Lambertson, Minn.
3. (3) 16J Jon DeBoer, Little Rock, Iowa
4. (6) 34K Colby Klaassen, Little Rock, Iowa
5. (4) 32X Rich Gregoire, Russell, Minn.
6. (5) 5 Luke Sathoff, Jackson, Minn.

Feature (18 laps):
1. (6) 5 Luke Sathoff, Jackson, Minn.
2. (1) 4 Roger Verdoorn, Sibley, Iowa
3. (5) 34K Colby Klaassen, Little Rock, Iowa
4. (2) 69M Gary Mattison, Lambertson, Minn.
5. (3) 16J Jon DeBoer, Little Rock, Iowa
6. (4) 32X Rich Gregoire, Russell, Minn.

OUT-PACE USRA B-MODS

Heat (8 laps):
1. (1) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
2. (4) 21K Dave Kennedy, Sioux Falls, S.D.
3. (3) 14A Andrew Ahlers, Baltic, S.D.
4. (5) 7 Cullen De Ruyter, Ruthton, Minn.
5. (2) 15A Curt Ahlers, Flandreu, S.D.
6. (8) X Chris Moore, Madison, S.D.
7. (6) 77 Cody Mayo, Sioux Falls, S.D.
8. (7) 14N Nick Barger, Madison, S.D.

Feature (15 laps):
1. (1) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
2. (4) 21K Dave Kennedy, Sioux Falls, S.D.
3. (8) 14N Nick Barger, Madison, S.D.
4. (5) 7 Cullen De Ruyter, Ruthton, Minn.
5. (3) 14A Andrew Ahlers, Baltic, S.D.
6. (2) 15A Curt Ahlers, Flandreu, S.D.
7. (6) X Chris Moore, Madison, S.D.
8. (7) 77 Cody Mayo, Sioux Falls, S.D.

USRA HOBBY STOCKS

Heat #1 (8 laps):
1. (3) 59 Corey Gronewald, Worthington, Minn.
2. (5) 17J Jason Bradley, Sioux Falls, S.D.
3. (6) 717 Nick Schilling
4. (7) 18 Scott Spilde, Cresco, Iowa
5. (2) 20B Josh Bradley, Harrisburg, S.D.
6. (4) 31 Silas Top, Hardwick, Minn.
7. (1) 20 Travis Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Heat #2 (8 laps):
1. (5) 3K Dan Strandberg, Worthington, Minn.
2. (4) 27S Malik Sampson, Worthington, Minn.
3. (3) 27K Keeran Sampson, Worthington, Minn.
4. (6) 61N Nick Brady, Sioux Falls, S.D.
5. (1) 11 Nick Janssen, Tea, S.D.
6. (2) 28 John Ross, Worthington, Minn.
DNS - 33JN Joel Norris, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Feature (15 laps):
1. (8) 3K Dan Strandberg, Worthington, Minn.
2. (6) 27S Malik Sampson, Worthington, Minn.
3. (10) 61N Nick Brady, Sioux Falls, S.D.
4. (14) 33JN Joel Norris, Sioux Falls, S.D.
5. (7) 717 Nick Schilling
6. (4) 27K Keeran Sampson, Worthington, Minn.
7. (9) 18 Scott Spilde, Cresco, Iowa
8. (2) 20B Josh Bradley, Harrisburg, S.D.
9. (5) 17J Jason Bradley, Sioux Falls, S.D.
10. (12) 20 Travis Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
11. (11) 31 Silas Top, Hardwick, Minn.
12. (13) 28 John Ross, Worthington, Minn.
13. (3) 59 Corey Gronewald, Worthington, Minn.
14. (1) 11 Nick Janssen, Tea, S.D.