15th Annual John Seitz Memorial Late Model Invitational Event Details

Turnbull Guns For Three Straight Titles 
For Immediate Release

FYE Motorsports Promotions 
Las Cruces, New Mexico (August 18th 2021) 

It's almost time to Go Hard Or Go Home for the 15th year in a row... 
The 15th running of the John Seitz Memorial Late Model Invitational at the tight quarter mile River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, North Dakota is set and ready to be run on September 9th, 10th and 11th, 2021. 

The event, already entering its fifteenth season, will kick off again this year with the crowning of the NLRA Late Model Series Champion on Thursday, an event that began in 2011. For the eleventh year in a row on Thursday, September 19th, the event will kick off with a racing program dubbed the ‘Prelude to the Johnny’. Late Models will compete in a $1,592 to win program which will begin and 7pm along with full racing programs for the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and WISSOTA Street Stocks. This event will serve as the 2021 NLRA Championship and will be the final point night for the ’21 NLRA season, which will allow the tour champion to be crowned at River Cities just like the last ten seasons.  >>READ MORE

Tim Johnson Rice Lake Speedway Little Dream Winner for Record $27,000 Top Prize

By Ed Reichert

Rice Lake WI, Aug 3 – In one of the wildest Street Stock Little Dream races ever to be held at the Rice Lake Speedway, Brainerd Minnesota's Tim Johnson started on the outside pole, fell back as far as eighth in the running order but rallied to retake the lead with only two laps to go to win the twenty seventh annual running of this race and his win netted him a record $27,027 for his thirty five lap triumph.

This unique event, where contributions from the fans on hand as well as from area businesses and on line contributions swell the purse, broke the record once again for this event as the old record, set last year, was topped by well over one thousand dollars. Johnson also became the third driver to win this prestigious event for the third time, joining Jimmy Randall and Eric Olson in that category and Johnson's three wins in this event have earned him nearly forty three thousand dollars with his other wins coming in 2011 and 2014. >>READ MORE

ANDERSON BURDICK FROEMMING BERNICK AND JOHNSTON TAME BORDER BATTLE FEATURES ON NIGHT TWO

By Jerry O'Brien (7-3-21) Superior, WI

     The two day fifth annual Border Battle finished it's run on Saturday July 3rd at Gondik Law Speedway on a day that was hotter than hades with temperatures hovering around the 90 degree mark. The only saving grace was a light breeze and humidity in the 30% range.
     It was to be another full show with the same five WISSOTA Divisions. Unfortunately, things didn't work out as well as the previous night with a smaller car count at 95 cars. 
     Qualifying heats began the night. Only one division had enough cars to have four heats and a B Feature and that was the Midwest Modifieds with a total of 31 entries. In the WISSOTA Modifieds Jody Bellefeuille furthered his chances of winning the $2500 bonus posted if he was able to sweep both nights. He won his heat as did Corey Jones and Jeremy Nelson. Shane Sabraski and Kevin Burdick won Super Stock heats and Sabraski was in line for a bonus if he w as able to sweep the division as he had the night before. In the Midwest Modified division James Vendela, Travis Schulte, Zach Benson and Brennan Gave  won heats and Ashley Mehrwerth topped the B Feature. Only six Pure Stocks stayed for the second day. Only one heat was needed and Tom Treviranus won that. There were two heats in the Hornet division won by Mac Hohnston and Matt Dittman.  >>READ MORE

BELLEFEIUILE BLITZES BORDER BATTLE MODIFIED MAIN

By Jerry O'Brien (7-2-21) Superior, WI

     The 2021 Border Battle was the fifth edition, this year featuring the WISSOTA Modifieds as the top class of the five scheduled. Other divisions include WISSOTA Super Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Pure Stocks and Hornets.
     Opening night was the first of two sweltering early July nights. A strong crowd was on hand to watch the five divisions which brought a total of 119 cars led by 35 Midwest Modifieds. Also in competition were 28 WISSOTA Modifieds, 24 Super Stocks, a dozen Pure Stocks and a nice count of 20 Hornets.
     A total of twenty-two races including three B Features were necessary to fill out 24 car fields, where possible. Qualifying heats began with a pair for the Pure Stocks. The first was won by former track and WISSOTA National champion Cory Jorgesen. The second went to first time racer at the speedway Margo Butcher. Also a pair of Hornet heats won by DeJay Jarecki and A. J. House who stepped back into a Hornet after moving to the Pure Stocks. There were four heat races to accommodate the larger than usual turnout. They were won by Jack Rivord, Justin Froemming, Ryan Savoy and Nick Ayotte. The pair of B Features for the Midwest Modifieds went to Jason VandeKamp and Ashley Mehrwerth. Scott Lawrence, Kevin Burdick and Shane Sabraski were the Super Stock heat winners. In the Modified division heats went to Ashley Anderson, Skeeter Estey and Jody Bellefeuille while the single B Feature was won by Bob Broking. >>READ MORE

Bellefeuille Bests Cain In Mod Nationals Thriller 

By: Tami Jo Kuehn

Ogilvie, MN (May 30) – After a very successful night 1 of WISSOTA Dirt Race Action at Wagamon’s Ogilvie Raceway, 95 drivers signed back in for night 2 of the 16th Annual Wehrs Machine Minnesota Modified Nationals driven by Boston Trucking. There was a threat of rain throughout the day, however the show was completed in the nick of time. Dave Mass, Jody Bellefeuille and Matthew Dittman took their first trophies of the weekend and Jason VandeKamp won his second.

Zach Benson nosed ahead with the lead as the green waved for the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, however after a quick caution, Jason VandeKamp shot out of turn two and snagged the lead. Benson held the second point with Kennedy Swan keeping close. Swan didn’t let the leaders out of her sight and just before another caution she put pressure on VandeKamp. Just was Swan snuck ahead of the #16 another caution occurred. As the race resumed, Benson and Swan raced for the runner up point with Brennan Gave, Tyler Kintner and Nick Ayotte three wide for fourth. VandeKamp stretched his lead a couple seconds over his competition, as the battle for second heated up. Swan and Benson were door to door as the white flag was raised. They drag raced to the finish line and Zach Benson snagged the point. Kennedy Swan, Brennan Gave and Nick Ayotte grabbed top points while Jason VandeKamp rolled his FYE Motorsports sponsored car into victory lane. >>READ MORE

Sabraski Strikes First On Day One of Mod Nationals Weekend  

By: Tami Jo Kuehn

Ogilvie, MN (May 29) – Saturday was night one of the 16th Annual Wehrs Machine Minnesota Modified Nationals driven by Boston Trucking, and 95 drivers signed in to battle. The night was packed with door to door WISSOTA Dirt Race Action, and at the end of the night, Jason VandeKamp and Hunter Goulet went home with trophies while Shane Sabraski snagged two.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds kicked off the night’s events with Kyle Kirberger and Scott Bintz on the front row. Kirberger claimed the lead as the green waved, however Bintz and Jason VandeKamp kept close. Kirberger, Bintz and VandeKamp were nearly three wide in the turns as Bintz slid to Kirberger’s door. The drivers remained glued to one another until Bintz broke away. VandeKamp moved in to challenge Kirberger as the yellow waved. Bintz brought the drivers back to green, and as they went into the curve, Bintz, VandeKamp and Zach Benson were three wide for the top point. VandeKamp emerged as the leader with Benson chasing him in second. The top drivers sped around the high side of the track, and with five laps to go, they encountered slower traffic. As one lap remained, Benson moved to VandeKamp’s side, and with a slower driver in the mix, they had a drag race to the finish line. Jason VandeKamp crossed the line first and snagged the win in his FYE Motorsports #16. Zach Benson, Justin Froemming, Kyle Kirberger and Scott Bintz rounded out the top five. >>READ MORE

Wisconsin Modified Nationals Cancelled at Gondik Law;
Minnesota Mod Nats Still a Go at The Big O 

May 26th, 2021 – For Immediate Release 

Regrettably, the Wisconsin Modified Nationals fueled by Superior Fuel Co., which was scheduled for Wednesday-Friday, May 26th-28th has been cancelled due to weather.

The Gondik Law Speedway, the Twin Ports of Duluth and Superior and the surrounding areas have received a large amount of rain over the past two weeks, which lead to a soft racing surface this past Friday night. That, coupled with more rain on Sunday and Monday, making it even more difficult on the facility and the below freezing temperatures in the upcoming late week’s forecast has caused track and event management to mutually agree to cancel the event. 

Temperatures are forecasted to be in the 40s for highs and 30s for lows both Thursday and Friday and the winds are to be blowing directly off of Lake Superior, making real feel temperatures at race time feeling like in the high teens or low 20s.  

To prevent anyone from traveling to Superior, the decision was made today to cancel the entire three-day event.  

On the bright side, the 16th annual Wehrs Machine Minnesota Modified Nationals driven by Boston Trucking, which will be held at the Ogilvie Raceway in Ogilvie, MN on Saturday and Sunday is on as scheduled with a 7pm start time both nights.

WISSOTA Modifieds, Super Stocks, Midwest Modifieds and Hornets are scheduled to be in action both nights with full racing programs each night. 

Tickets are available at the track beginning at 5pm each day. 

For fans not able to be at the track in person, both nights will be broadcast live on PayPerView at www.WatchFYE.tv.  

Log on to www.FYEMotorsports.com for more event information.  

Mod Nationals Weekend Expands for 2021

Las Cruces, NM (November 12) – With the craziness that was the 2020 season and the fact that we (FYE Motorsports Promotions, Ogilvie Raceway and Gondik Law Speedway) were thrown into the unprecedented situation of moving the Mod Nationals from Ogilvie to Superior with just a week’s notice back in May of this year, the discussion began about possibly expanding the weekend for 2021 and we have just worked out details to make that a reality. 

How’s this sound for a Memorial Day weekend schedule? 
Tuesday, May 25th – Practice Night at Ogilvie Raceway 
Wednesday, May 26th – Practice Night at Gondik Law Speedway  
Thursday, May 27th – Wisconsin Mod Nationals Night #1 (Gondik Law Speedway) 
Friday, May 28th – Wisconsin Mod Nationals Night #2 (Gondik Law Speedway) 
Saturday, May 29th – Minnesota Mod Nationals Night #1 (Ogilvie Raceway) 
Sunday, May 30th – Minnesota Mod Nationals Night #2 (Ogilvie Raceway)

Details are as follows:
WISSOTA Modifieds, Midwest Modifieds, Super Stocks and Hornets will be in action all four nights racing for the following payouts:
Modifieds: $1,500 to win EACH NIGHT
Midwest Modifieds: $1,000 to win EACH NIGHT
Super Stocks: $750 to win EACH NIGHT
Hornets: $250 to win EACH NIGHT 

Plus… returning for the second year in a row is the Superior Fuel Co. Sweep Bonus. However, this year, there is some serious cash up for grabs for all four divisions!!! 

Details are as follows:
If a Modified driver wins all 4 nights, he or she will earn a Superior Fuels Sweep Bonus of $6,000 (the total of what he or she won over the four-night event, making the weekend worth $12,000!!!) 

If a Midwest Modified driver wins all 4 nights, he or she will earn a Superior Fuels Sweep Bonus of $4,000 (the total of what he or she won over the four-night event, making the weekend worth $8,000!!!) 

If a Super Stock driver wins all 4 nights, he or she will earn a Superior Fuels Sweep Bonus of $3,000 (the total of what he or she won over the four-night event, making the weekend worth $6,000!!!) 

If a Hornet driver wins all 4 nights, he or she will earn a Superior Fuels Sweep Bonus of $1,000 (the total of what he or she won over the four-night event, making the weekend worth $2,000!!!) 

Much more information will be available soon at www.FYEMotorsports.com, but for now, put it on your calendar and plan on spending your 2021 Memorial Day holiday weekend with us in Superior and Ogilvie!

Inaugural Can-Am Clash Cancelled

Superior, WI (October 11) – The Can-Am Clash, scheduled for October 16th and 17th has been cancelled due to the cold forecast.

Event promoter Chris Stepan said 'we always hope for highs at least in the 50s and lows in the 40s for this event to take place and the forecast just doesn't show that it's going to be warm enough this coming week. That, along with mid week rain has made the decision pretty easy to cancel the weekend.'

Thanks for understanding.

Pat Doar Defends MTH Fall Classic presented by FYE Motorsports Title

Ogilvie, MN (October 10) – Saturday night was the second and final night of the 17th Annual MTH Fall Classic presented by FYE Motorsports. The Limited Late Models were added to Saturday Night’s program which brought the official car count to 322 a new Fall Classic Event record! 

11 Limited Late Models entered the pits and their heat was the first race of the night. Dylan Kromschroeder and Joe Provinzino brought the drivers to green. Provinzino built up a solid lead before the first caution flew. As the race progressed, cars began dropping to the infield like flies and as the checkers were raised, only four cars remained. Provinzino took the win. Read More >>

17th Annual MTH Fall Classic Night One Results

The sun was shining, the air was warm, and the pits of Wagamon’s Ogilvie Raceway were packed for night one of the 17th Annual MTH Fall Classic presented by FYE Motorsports. By the time the green waved, 313 drivers had signed into the pits and fans were ready for a night of WISSOTA Dirt Track Racing. All eight WISSOTA Classes were on the event’s agenda and night one featured all of their heats.

The WISSOTA Street Stocks were the first class to hit the clay, and as the green waved, the drivers raced three wide. Jim Gullikson claimed the early lead, however Justin Vogel tracked him down and went on to take the win. Andrew Hanson gave Danny Richards a run for his money in the second heat, and with a few laps to go, Hanson was successful and took the win from Richards’ #3R. Dustin Doughty grabbed the lead in in the third heat race, but as Zach Elward closed in, Doughty’s car drifted high in the turn and suffered a mechanical break. Elward assumed the lead and went on to the race win. The final Street Stock heat was led in its entirety and won by Adam Soltis. Read More >>

Aaron Turnbull Becomes First Back-to-Back Seitz Memorial Champion in Photo Finish

The 14th annual John Seitz Memorial will be one that is talked about for years to come. Fifty WISSOTA Late Models made the trek to the three-tenths mile bullring of River Cities Speedway in hopes of claiming the $9,200 check on Saturday night, but it came down to two previous Seitz Memorial champions in a classic dash to the checkers. In a photo finish with two-time Seitz Memorial champion AJ Diemel, Aaron Turnbull picked up his second consecutive title by a mere 0.138 seconds, equating to a half car length.

“I thought we were a third place car there at the beginning. I guess we had enough there at the end,” said a shocked Turnbull in victory lane. “Last year was bigger because my family was here. That was just so awesome to have those guys here with me. But this is unbelievable.” Read More >>

Turnbull Earns Pole for 14th John Seitz Memorial 92-lapper with Pole Dash Win

A three-hour rain delay put a damper on the opening night of the 14th annual John Seitz Memorial at River Cities Speedway on Friday night. But it was only temporary. 

Once the racing action commenced the River Cities faithful in the grandstands who weathered the rain and cool temps were treated to incredible racing on the fast and tacky three-tenths mile bullring.

One hundred fifty-nine cars were checked in for action among the five divisions on hand. WISSOTA Street Stocks and Midwest Mods raced just their heat races while the Late Models ran qualifying heats and the Go Hard or Go Home Pole Dash. The WISSOTA Modifieds and Buffalo Wild Wings NOSA Sprints had complete programs. Read More >>

Schill Claims NLRA Finale during Prelude to the Johnny; Strand Claims Fourth Series Title

The 23rd season for the NLRA Late Models came to a close on Thursday night during the Prelude to the Johnny at River Cities Speedway with a season-high 50 teams checked in. 

Lance Schill, who made his return to Late Models in 2020, scored his first career NLRA win and his second Late Model win at River Cities Speedway of the season.

Schill brought the 27-car field to the green flag for the 25-lap $1,492-to-win main event. After a couple of early cautions, Schill took command of the race lead and built up a comfortable advantage. Read More >>

2020 Can-Am Clash Set To Wrap Up Northland Racing Season

The newest fall invitational – the Can-Am Clash fueled by Superior Fuel – is set to give WISSOTA racers and fans in the Twin Ports of Duluth and Superior and beyond one final weekend of racing action before the long off-season begins. 

The Can-Am Clash, set for Friday and Saturday, October 16th and 17th, with a practice night on Thursday, October 15th, will be held at the Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, WI as ‘one last hurrah’ for Northland fans and drivers alike.

WISSOTA Late Models will race for a $2,000 top prize each night, while WISSOTA Modifieds will chase a $1,500 payday nightly. WISSOTA Super Stocks and WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds will race after a $1,000 nightly paycheck, with WISSOTA Pure Stocks and WISSOTA Hornets racing for a $250 to win payday each night as well. Read More >>

MTH Fall Classic Returns to Ogilvie Raceway October 8-10, 2020
Format Will See Heats Friday With B-Mains & Features Saturday
USRA Late Models Added To Saturday Schedule For 1st Time Ever

FYE Motorsports Promotions (Las Cruces, New Mexico) - August 26th, 2020  

FYE Motorsports Promotions is extremely excited to finally announce that the 2020 MTH Fall Classic will once again be held at the Wagamon’s Ogilvie Raceway in Ogilvie, Minnesota for the fifth year in a row, on October 8th-10th, 2020.

2020 has been a wild year with many large-scale events being postponed, moved to new venues or cancelled, but after meetings between FYE and track management, the decision has been made to move forward with the Fall Classic at the Big O as originally planned. Read More >>

Fourth Annual Lake Superior Border Battle Wraps Up

The annual Border Battle presented by FYE Motorsports at the Gondik Law Speedway wrapped up Saturday July fourth with competition in six WISSOTA divisions.

Besides the purse money, there was some bonus money at stake, the most prominent being an extra $1,000 if any competitor could win their respective feature events all three days. Only Shane Sabraski in the WISSOTA Super Stocks and Cory Jorgensen in the WISSOTA Pure Stocks had a chance at that bonus money going into the final night of competition. Each had won their respective features the first two nights.

Racing began, as always, with qualifying heat races in all classes followed by a air of B Features in the Midwest Modifieds and Modifieds. >>READ MORE

Bahr, Nelson and Sabraski Top Border Battle Day Two

Though there were nearly the same number of cars in competition on the second day of the annual Lake Superior Border Battle, the composition changed slightly as the Midwest Modifieds increased to 38 and the Modifieds increased to 39.

After qualifying heats and B Features that set the lineups for the  feature events were completed, the first of six races took to the speedway. >>READ MORE

Vandy Victorious on Night One of Border Battle

A sweltering hot day with temperatures nearly in the 90’s. The fourth annual Lake Superior Border Battle commenced with the first of three full shows culminating on the Fourth of July.

A total of 128 cars in the six WISSOTA divisions were on hand including 14 Mod Fours which had not raced here since 2002. Topping the car count were the Midwest Modifieds with 36 followed by the headlining WISSOTA Modifieds with a total of 33.

Qualifying heats as well as four Semi-Features, two each in the Midwest Modifieds and Modifieds were completed and it was on to the main events. >>READ MORE

4th Annual Great Lake Border Battle Sees Several Changes
Late Models Removed From Weekend Schedule
Modifieds Now Racing For $1,500, $2,000 & $2,500
WISSOTA Mod Fours Added All Three Nights

The 4th running of the Great Lakes Border Battle fueled by Superior Fuel Company, scheduled for July 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2020 at the Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, Wisconsin is undergoing several event changes leading up to the 4th of July holiday weekend. 

The first of three event changes will see the WISSOTA Late Models removed from the schedule on Friday, July 3rd and Saturday, July 4th. Event promoter Chris Stepan said ‘with Cedar Lake adding the World of Outlaws on both nights of their WoO event and with Mississippi Thunder having a pair of Dirt Kings events those nights now as well, we are going to be a good neighbor and release our Late Models so that all three events aren’t fighting over the same drivers and so that all of the events can be successful. I reached out to approximately 50 local Late Model drivers this week and it was pretty apparent that all three events were going to be targeting the same core group of drivers, so instead of each of us having a dozen cars, we decided to bow out and let the drivers go to another event if they choose.’ >>READ MORE

4th annual Great Lakes Border Battle Expands to 3-day event
Superior Fuel Sweep Bonuses Added

The running of the Great Lakes Border Battle fueled By Superior Fuel, - a traditional July 4th holiday weekend event held at the Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, Wisconsin - is entering its 4th year and will expand from its normal 2-day event to a three separate show mega-weekend at the Northern Wisconsin speed plant.

Kelley Estey Tops Mods on Day Two of Modified Nat'ls
Son Skeeter Estey Sweeps Midwest Modifieds Again

By: Jerry O’Brien

Kelley Estey of Kelly Lake MN won a hard fought battle with Dan Ebert
to win his first Minnesota Modified Nationals main event. Ebert was going
for three straight wins dating back to the second day of the 2019 edition. 

Ebert Steals Minnesota Mod Nationals Main Event
Skeeter Estey, Dave Mass, Mike Schnider, Grayson Pratt, Andrew Hanson Also Winners On Day One

By: Jerry O’Brien

With our country battling the Covid-19 Pandemic, are economy in disarray and everyone wondering which way is up, it seems perfectly “New Normal” to have the 15th Annual Minnesota Modified Nationals held at the Gondik Law Speedway located in Superior Wisconsin! 

2020 Wehrs Machine Mod Nationals Moves From Ogilvie Raceway To Gondik Law Speedway
Event to take place Thursday and Friday, May 21st & 22nd with Wednesday Practice

FYE Motorsports owner Chris Stepan is thrilled to announce that instead of being forced to cancel the 15th annual Wehrs Machine Minnesota Modified Nationals driven by Boston Trucking due to the state of Minnesota’s extended COVID-19 restrictions, which currently does not allow the event to be held at the Ogilvie Raceway in Ogilvie, MN, an agreement has been made and details have been worked out so that the event will not be cancelled, but instead relocated to the Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, Wisconsin with several modifications. >>READ MORE

Mass and Doar Return to Fall Classic Victory Lane
Will and Elward Emerge Ar First Time Fall Classic Champs

By: Tami Jo Kuehn

Ogilvie, MN (October 4) – Friday night was night one of the 16th Annual Minnesota Truck Headquarters Fall Classic presented by FYE Motorsports and 222 drivers signed in for a night of WISSOTA Dirt Track race action. A total of 38 races were scheduled for the night and 37 of them were completed as Mother Nature moved her way in. Zach Elward, Pat Doar, Justin Will and Dave Mass took feature wins while Shane Sabraski took two.

The WISSOTA Street Stocks rolled on the race surface to kick off the feature events. Eric Riley and Kurt Becken led the drivers to green and Becken took off with the lead. Gavin Rowland and Kyle Howland moved to Becken’s side and they raced three wide. Rowland nosed ahead in the lead while Riley and Becken remained side by side. Riley held the second point while Zach Elward, who started 10th, snuck by Riley and caught Rowland. Elward moved into the lead point just as the yellow waved. Elward sped off when the green reappeared, however Riley remained close. Elward held off the competition until the checkers flew and took the win with Riley, Rowland, Cory Dykhoff and Howland as top drivers. >>READ MORE

Can-Am Clash Cancelled

Due to the first winter storm of the season sweeping across the Upper Midwest this weekend, the Can-Am Clash has been cancelled at the Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, WI for October 11th-13th.

The event was scheduled to be the final event in the Northland of 2019, but Mother Nature had other ideas. The event will be put onto the 2020 season schedule with hopes of better fall weather in October of next year.

Everyone at FYE Motorsports and the Gondik Law Speedway thanks all of our great racers, fans, employees and marketing partners for their support throughout the 20119 season. We will see everyone in 2020.