Red River Co-op Speedway, 2009

Tim Johnson photo
Wade Wows Them In Winnipeg

Greg Cybulski, WINNIPEG, MB (July 3, 2009) North Dakota racer Wade Nygaard made history at Winnipeg, Manitoba's Red River Co-op Speedway by winning the first American Sprint Car Series feature race at the 4/10ths mile dirt track oval. In what can only be described as the wildest and most awkward finish ever witnessed, the 9N of Nygaard went high on the final turn to edge out the 4J of Lee Grosz, who's sprint car bobbled in the turn and finished in second place, sliding backwards over the finish line. Fortunately for Grosz, no damage came to car or driver. Rounding up the top 5 was Wade Nygaard, Lee Grosz, Lou Kennedy Jr, Sean Moran and Dennis MacEachern.

On this night, the hard luck award had to go out to Leduc, Alberta's Casey Adams. His #12 sprint car flipped violently into a catch fence on the backstretch during hot laps. Crews and team mates worked feverishly to get the car back together in time for Adam's heat race only to see the same fate befall the #12. Fortunately, the driver was not seriously injured in either incident. At the start of the feature race, the hardcharger of the night was Grand Forks, North Dakota champion Mark Dobmeier, who drove the Layton-owned K9. Dobmeier started in 9th position and quickly moved up to 5th before his night ended as the K9 slowed down to a stop on lap 6 of the 30 lap feature.

Another large crowd of Sprint Car fans were on hand to witness an exciting night of open wheel racing at Red River Co-op Speedway. When the night's racing was done, the pits were loaded with many eager fans, young and old alike, visiting with the drivers and getting autographs.

Sunshine Toyota ASCS CanWest Sprint Car Special
Red River Co-op Speedway, Winnipeg, MB
Thursday, July 2, 2009
16 cars

Heat 1
1. 6M Sean Moran
2. 9N Wade Nygaard
3. K9 Mark Dobmeier (DQ)
4. 21K Lou Kennedy Jr
5. 75 Jesse Dakus
6. 39C Dennis MacEachern
7. 15K Gord Kynoch
8. 09 Gord McIntosh

Heat 2
1. 4J Lee Grosz
2. 20K Thomas Kennedy
3. 5 Dave Glennon
4. 32K Sean Kennedy
5. 91K Kyle Fedyk
6. 19K Kohlan Fedyk
7. 44 Kelly Miller
8. 12 Casey Adams

ASCS Feature
1. 9N Wade Nygaard
2. 4J Lee Grosz
3. 21K Lou Kennedy Jr
4. 6M Sean Moran
5. 39C Dennis MacEachern
6. 5 Dave Glennon
7. 91K Kyle Fedyk
8. 15K Gord Kynoch
9. 75 Jesse Dakus
10. 19K Kohlan Fedyk
11. 09 Al McIntosh
12. K9 Mark Dobmeier
13. 20K Thomas Kennedy
14. 32K Sean Kennedy
15. 44 Kelly Miller
16. 12 Casey Adams (DNS)

Red River Co-op Speedway, 2008

Tim Johnson photo
Red River Co-op Speedway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
4th Annual NAPA Auto Parts Mid-Canada Sprint Car Challenge
Thursday, July 10, 2008

Heat 1 1. #9N Wade Nygaard (1) 2. #1 Chris Shirek (5) 3. #21K Lou Kennedy Jr (7) 4. #8 Casey Mack (9) 5. #11 Nick Shirek (3) 6. #14 Tom Egeland (4) #7. 31M Billy Matejcek (2) 8. #31 Shane Roemeling (6) 9. #32K Sean Kennedy (8)

Heat 2 1. #13 Mark Dobmeier (3) 2. #35 Brendon Wilde (1) 3. #50 Ryan Flaten (4) 4. #2D Brian Mccaughan (7) 5. #91K Kyle Fedyk (6) 6. #44S Stan Mayer (8) #7. 97 Jessica Lavallee (9) 8. #6 Zach Wilde (2) 9. #20K Thomas Kennedy (5)

"A"Main 1. #13 Mark Dobmeier (1) 2. #9N Wade Nygaard (2) 3. #21K Lou Kennedy Jr (4) 4. #35 Brendon Wilde (5) 5. #11 Nick Shirek (12) 6. #50 Ryan Flaten (7) #7. 1 Chris Shirek (3) 8. #91K Kyle Fedyk (11) 9. #44S Stan Mayer (9) 10. #32K Sean Kennedy (17) 11. #6 Zach Wilde (16) 12. #97 Jessica Lavallee (10) #13. 2D Brian McCaughan (8) 14. #8 Casey Mack (6) 15. #20K Thomas Kennedy (18) 16. #14 Tom Egeland (13) 17. #31 Shane Roemeling (15) 18. #31M Billy Matejcek (14)

Red River Co-op Speedway, 2007

Tim Johnson photo
Red River Co-op Speedway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
3rd Annual NAPA Auto Parts Mid-Canada Sprint Car Challenge
Thursday, July 12, 2007

Heat #1 1. #17 Dave Sobczak 2. #8 Casey Mack 3. #81 Chris Burke 4. #91K Kyle Fedyk 5. #31 Shane Roemeling 6. #111 Garrett Thompson 7. #31M Billy Matejcek

Heat #2 1. #9N Wade Nygaard 2. #11 Nick Shirek 3. #99 Jordan Graham 4. #44S Stan Mayer 5. #35 Brendon Wilde 6. #20K Thomas Kennedy 7. #50 Ryan Flaten

Heat 3 1. #21K Lou Kennedy Jr 2. #14 Tom Egeland 3. #6 Greg Nikitenko 4. #41 Jade Fredrickson 5. #7 John Ell 6. #69 Tom Cummings 7. #11 Nick Shirek

"A" Main 1. #21K Lou Kennedy Jr 2. #9N Wade Nygaard 3. #6 Greg Nikitenko 4. #1 Chris Shirek 5. #8 Casey Mack 6. #99 Jordan Graham 7. #17 Dave Sobczak 8. #44S Stan Mayer 9. #35 Brendon Wilde 10. #31 Shane Roemeling 11. #81 Chris Burke 12. #11 Nick Shirek 13. #50 Ryan Flaten 14. #7 John Ell 15. #41 Jade Fredrickson 16. #20K Thomas Kennedy 17. #31M Billy Matejcek 18. #69 Tom Cummings 19. #14 Tom Egeland 20. #91K Kyle Fedyk 21. #111 Garrett Thompson

Red River Co-op Speedway, 2006

Tim Johnson photo
Red River Co-Op Speedway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2nd Annual "Mid-Canada Sprint Car Challenge"
Thursday, July 13, 2006

Heat #1 1. #33 Scott McDonald (2) 2. #17 Dave Sobczak (4) 3. #31 Shane Roemeling (3) 4. #8 Casey Mack (5) 5. #6 Greg Nikitenko(6) 6. #11 Nick Shirek (7) 7. #91K Kyle Fedyk (8) 8. #44S Stan Mayer (1)

Heat 2 1. #21K Lou Kennedy Jr (2) 2. #9 Wade Nygaard (3) 3. #34 Scott Butz (6) 4. #1 Chris Shirek (1) 5. #13 Mark Dobmeier (5) 6. #35 Brendon Wilde (4) 7. #RX Richard Rogers (8) 8. #81 Chris Burke (7)

"A" Main (25 laps) 1. #21K Lou Kennedy Jr (2) 2. #34 Scott Butz (5) 3. #6 Greg Nikitenko (9) 4. #17 Dave Sobczak (3) 5. #13 Mark Dobmeier (13) 6. #33 Scott Mcdonald (1) 7. #9 Wade Nygaard (4) 8. #81 Chris Burke (16) 9. #RX Richard Rogers (12) 10. #8 Casey Mack (7) 11. #31 Shane Roemeling (6) 12. #35 Brendon Wilde (14) 13. #11 Nick Shirek (10) 14. #44S Stan Mayer (15) 15. #91K Kyle Fedyk (11) 16. #1 Chris Shirek (8)

Victory Lane Speedway, 2005

Tim Johnson photo
Victory Lane Speedway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
"Inaugural NAPA Auto Parts Mid-Canada Sprint Car Challenge"
Thursday, July 14, 2005

Two For Lou!!!

Before an overflowing grandstand of race fans, Winnipeg's Lou Kennedy Jr captured the inaugural NAPA Auto Parts Mid-Canada Sprint Car Challenge at Victory Lane Speedway, MB. Included in Kennedy's winnings was the $500 bonus money paid for a 360 Sprint to win the NOSA-sanctioned race which made his grand total payday $1500 dollars U.S.

This marks the second consecutive year that Lou has cashed in on the "Prairie Dirt Challenge" as he won the first Challenge race hosted by Estevan Motor Speedway on August 14, 2004.

The 360 sprints swept the event's top three spots and with that, collecting the additional bonus money of $250 paid to any 360 finishing in the top three postions in the feature. The other recipients of the bonus money were the second place car of Wade Nygaard of Fargo, ND and the third place car driven by Dave Sobczak of Winnipeg. The highest finishing 410 sprint was that of Mark Dobmeier of Grand Forks, ND who finished in fourth place.

During the race program an announcement was made that NAPA Auto Parts will once again join with Victory Lane Speeday to host the second annual NAPA Auto Parts Mid-Canada Sprint car Challenge again in July of 2006.

Heat #1: 1. RX Richard Rogers 2. #K9 Mike Balcaen 3. #81 Chris Burke 4. #35 Brendon Wilde 5. #14 Tom Egeland 6. #44S Stan Mayer 7. #1 Chris Shirek 8. #8 Casey Mack 9. #10tr Bob Martin 10. #2D Brian McCaughan

Heat #2: 1. #17 Dave Sobczak 2. #9 Wade Nygaard 3. #33 Scott McDonald 4. #13 Mark Dobmeier 5. #21k Lou Kennedy Jr 6. #29 Leigh Thomas 7. #31 Shane Roemeling 8. #41 Jade Fredrickson 9. #11 Nick Shirek

"A" Main (25 laps): 1. #21k Lou Kennedy Jr 2. #9 Wade Nygaard 3. #17 Dave Sobczak 4. #13 Mark Dobmeier 5. #35 Brendon Wilde 6. #K9 Mike Balcaen 7. #33 Scott McDonald 8. #10tr Bob Martin 9. #8 Casey Mack 10. #1 Chris Shirek 11. #81 Chris Burke 12. #41 Jade Fredrickson 13. #14 Tom Egeland 14. #29 Leigh Thomas 15. #11 Nick Shirek 16. #44S Stan Mayer 17. #31 Shane Roemeling 18. #RX Richard Rogers (DNF) 19. #2D Brian McCaughan (DNS)