Estevan Motor Speedway, 2005

Estevan Motor Speedway, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
"Thunder City Fall Classic"
Saturday, September 17, 2005

410's Even The Score At EMS

Estevan Motor Speedway hosted the Grand Forks-based Northern Outlaw Sprint Association at the Thunder City Fall Classic on Saturday, September 17.

If anyone had any doubt as to who was the best 410 Sprint Car driver in North Dakota right now, the exclamation point was driven home by Grand Forks native Mark Dobmeier. His dominant performance against a modest field of competitors, 12 cars in total, left the speed-hungry crowd of 1,200 satisfied for another season. The track was in mint condition allowing Dobmeier to go just about anywhere on the track, making for a lot of passing during the feature.

Two 360 Sprint teams cashed in on the 360 bonus money offered by Estevan Motor Speedway to any 360 finishing in the top 5 positions in the feature race. Collecting an additional $250 was second place finisher Greg Nikitenko of Minot, ND and fourth place finisher Dave Glennon of Casselton, ND. who was driving the Layton-owned K9 sprinter. This also marks the first time in three races that the "Prairie Dirt Challenge" was not collected by a 360 team.

In the previous two Prairie Dirt organized Sprint Car races, Lou Kennedy Jr of Winnipeg cashed in on the top prizes and with it the "Prairie Dirt Challenge" bonus. To date, Kennedy has won $3000 U.S. from the Challenge series of races. Lou was set to compete at Estevan, however, a blown motor at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, ND on Friday night prevented the defending series winner from attempting the sweep of these events.

Heat #1 1.#13 Mark Dobmeier (2) 2.#6 Greg Nikitenko (3) 3.#8 Casey Mack (4) 4.#b91 Billy Matejcek (5) 5.#13t Ethan Thompson (1) 6.#1 Chris Shirek (6) DNF

Heat #2 1.#K9 Dave Glennon (4) 2.#9 Wade Nygaard (6) 3.#67x Austin Berg (3) 4.#44s Stan Meyer (2) 5.#11 Nick Shirek (5) 6.#17 Dave Sobczak (1)

Feature 1. #13 Mark Dobmeier (2) 2. #6 Greg Nikitenko (4) 3. #17 Dave Sobczak (10) 4. #K9 Dave Glennon (1) 5. #44s Stan Meyer (12) DNF 6. #13T Ethan Thompson (9) DNF 7. #67x Austin Berg (6) DNF 8. #B91 Billy Matejcek (7) DNF 9. #9 Wade Nygaard (3) DNF 10.#11 Nick Shirek (8) DNF 11.#8 Casey Mack (5) DNF 12.#1 Chris Shirek (11) DNF