Out-of-staters enjoy wins at NCS

Devon Schlumbohm won the Out-Pace USRA B-Mod feature.

Devon Schlumbohm won the Out-Pace USRA B-Mod feature.


Drivers from beyond Minnesota’s borders raced to big wins on Pizza Ranch night Saturday at Nobles County Speedway in Worthington.

Darrin Korthals of Rock Rapids, Iowa, led all 18 laps of the American Racer USRA Stock Car feature. Korthals held off Kevin Debaere early and outlasted Rich Gregoire who came on strong in the last half of the race.

Gregoire passed Debaere for second while points leader Luke Sathoff came from 11th to third after missing the heats.

Jeremie Gibbs was running near the front but slowed to a stop in front of the grandstand. Gary Mattison avoided a bad collision but scraped the right side of Gibbs’ car. As a result, the right side tin and the roof peeled off Mattison’s car like a Band-Aid. Both drivers ended up not finishing the race.

Devon Schlumbohm was untouchable in the Out-Pace USRA B-Mod feature. The driver from Sioux Falls, S.D., finished the main event with a huge margin of victory over Kole Nordquist.

Schlumbohm, on more than one occasion, put a couple of back-markers between himself and Nordquist in a race that was free of cautions.

Justin Voeltz finished well behind Nordquist in third place.

Five-time Cook Racing Supplies USRA Hobby Stock National Champion Dustin Gulbrandson executed a beautiful outside-in pass to work past the front row of the feature. Gulbrandson, from Sioux Falls, S.D., checked out to lead all 15 laps of the A-Main.

Fellow Sioux Falls driver Tyler Schlumbohm was second and 2017 track champion Dan Strandberg earned hard charger status in coming from 10th to third.

Scott Espey worked hard to position himself for a late-race pass of Brandon Truty to win the evening’s USRA Tuner feature. The two-time defending track champion now holds a four-point lead over Dan Jensen.

Nobles Notes: Saturday’s races were delayed for approximately 90 minutes due to heavy rain after hot laps. Drivers were in support of working the track back in and, after a lot of work, the racing surface provided for some exciting action. B-Mod winner Devon Schlumbohm compared it to a night when he and Miah Christensen raced side-by-side for several laps at Worthington, adding that it was one of the funnest nights of his racing career.

The rescheduled Salute to Ag Night is Saturday, July 20. Grandstand admission is free to all as Nobles County Speedway thanks area growers, producers, farmers, ranchers and those in agribusiness.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Nobles County Speedway, Worthington, Minn.
Saturday, July 13, 2019

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

AMERICAN RACER USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 42 Jeremie Gibbs, Sioux Falls, S.D.
2. (2) 69M Gary Mattison, Lamberton, Minn.
3. (3) 7 Kevin Debaere, Tracy, Minn.
4. (5) 15X Thomas Kracht, Luverne, Minn.
5. (4) 71 Zach Olivier, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 11K Darrin Korthals, Rock Rapids, Iowa
2. (5) NF1 Dylan Fitzpatrick, Sioux Falls, S.D.
3. (4) 16J Jon DeBoer, Little Rock, Iowa
4. (3) 32X Rich Gregoire, Russell, Minn.
5. (1) 04 Roger Verdoorn, Sibley, Iowa

Feature:
1. (1) 11K Darrin Korthals, Rock Rapids, Iowa
2. (4) 32X Rich Gregoire, Russell, Minn.
3. (11) 5 Luke Sathoff, Jackson, Minn.
4. (2) 7 Kevin Debaere, Tracy, Minn.
5. (7) NF1 Dylan Fitzpatrick, Sioux Falls, S.D.
6. (9) 71 Zach Olivier, Sioux Falls, S.D.
7. (5) 15X Thomas Kracht, Luverne, Minn.
8. (8) 16J Jon DeBoer, Little Rock, Iowa
9. (10) 04 Roger Verdoorn, Sibley, Iowa
10. (6) 69M Gary Mattison, Lamberton, Minn.
11. (3) 42 Jeremie Gibbs, Sioux Falls, S.D.

OUT-PACE USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 40 Tim Dann, Hartford, S.D.
2. (3) 27 Josh Bonnstetter, Slayton, Minn.
3. (5) 5X Randy Klein, Currie, Minn.
4. (7) 21X Clint Erickson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
5. (1) 31 Darin Veen, Worthington, Minn.
6. (4) 22W Aaron Werner, Colman, S.D.
7. (6) 18 Corbin Erickson, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 22 Justin Voeltz, Hartford, S.D.
2. (3) 00 Devon Schlumbohm, Sioux Falls, S.D.
3. (6) 10N Kole Nordquist, Beresford, S.D.
4. (8) 7C Cole Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
5. (4) 3 Nicholas Peters, Le Mars, Iowa
6. (5) 11G Bob Gilliland, Sioux Falls, S.D.
7. (7) 48C Daniel Chinn, Graettinger, Iowa
8. (1) 22C Eric Clancy, Melvin, Iowa

Feature:
1. (2) 00 Devon Schlumbohm, Sioux Falls, S.D.
2. (5) 10N Kole Nordquist, Beresford, S.D.
3. (3) 22 Justin Voeltz, Hartford, S.D.
4. (6) 27 Josh Bonnstetter, Slayton, Minn.
5. (1) 21X Clint Erickson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
6. (4) 40 Tim Dann, Hartford, S.D.
7. (8) 7C Cole Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
8. (10) 3 Nicholas Peters, Le Mars, Iowa
9. (7) 5X Randy Klein, Currie, Minn.
10. (9) 31 Darin Veen, Worthington, Minn.
11. (14) 22C Eric Clancy, Melvin, Iowa
12. (11) 22W Aaron Werner, Colman, S.D.
13. (13) 18 Corbin Erickson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
14. (15) 48C Daniel Chinn, Graettinger, Iowa
DNS – 11G Bob Gilliland, Sioux Falls, S.D.

COOK RACING SUPPLIES USRA HOBBY STOCKS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 3K Dan Strandberg, Worthington, Minn.
2. (4) X Tyler Schlumbohm, Sioux Falls, S.D.
3. (3) 38 Cody Ross, Fulda, Minn.
4. (2) 717 Nick Schilling, Sanborn, Iowa
5. (5) 14 Ernie Dailey, Worthington, Minn.
6. (6) 14S Aaron Stettnichs, Rock Rapids, Iowa

Heat #2:
1. (2) 6 Dustin Gulbrandson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
2. (1) 20B Josh Bradley, Harrisburg, S.D.
3. (6) 59 Corey Gronewold, Worthington, Minn.
4. (4) 4TX Kaedan Collins, Savage, Minn.
5. (3) 11 Nick Janssen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
6. (5) 17J Jason Bradley, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Heat #3:
1. (1) 86 Tracy Halouska, Worthing, S.D.
2. (5) 26 Tyler Pospisil, Worthington, Minn.
3. (6) 48J Bryant Johnson, Graettinger, Iowa
4. (4) 33JN Joel Norris, Sioux Falls, S.D.
5. (2) 47 Jake Manitz, Sibley, Iowa
6. (3) 8 Levi Vander Weide, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Feature:
1. (4) 6 Dustin Gulbrandson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
2. (3) X Tyler Schlumbohm, Sioux Falls, S.D.
3. (10) 3K Dan Strandberg, Worthington, Minn.
4. (1) 26 Tyler Pospisil, Worthington, Minn.
5. (5) 20B Josh Bradley, Harrisburg, S.D.
6. (9) 717 Nick Schilling, Sanborn, Iowa
7. (11) 59 Corey Gronewold, Worthington, Minn.
8. (12) 48J Bryant Johnson, Graettinger, Iowa
9. (8) 86 Tracy Halouska, Worthing, S.D.
10. (6) 33JN Joel Norris, Sioux Falls, S.D.
11. (13) 14 Ernie Dailey, Worthington, Minn.
12. (14) 11 Nick Janssen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
13. (18) 8 Levi Vander Weide, Sioux Falls, S.D.
14. (15) 47 Jake Manitz, Sibley, Iowa
15. (16) 14S Aaron Stettnichs, Rock Rapids, Iowa
16. (2) 4TX Kaedan Collins, Savage, Minn.
17. (7) 38 Cody Ross, Fulda, Minn.
DNS – 17J Jason Bradley, Sioux Falls, S.D.

USRA TUNERS

Heat:
1. (6) 57 Scott Espey, Alpha, Minn.
2. (2) 14C Shyanne McCulley, Sioux Falls, S.D.
3. (4) 12B Brandon Truty, Dundee, Minn.
4. (5) 11G Gary Grabill, Ellsworth, Minn.
5. (3) 111 Dan Jensen, Slayton, Minn.
6. (1) 24J Joshua Uhl, Luverne, Minn.

Feature:
1. (3) 57 Scott Espey, Alpha, Minn.
2. (2) 12B Brandon Truty, Dundee, Minn.
3. (1) 111 Dan Jensen, Slayton, Minn.
4. (4) 14C Shyanne McCulley, Sioux Falls, S.D.
5. (5) 11G Gary Grabill, Ellsworth, Minn.
DNS – 24J Joshua Uhl, Luverne, Minn.