Norman County Raceway
Seng stays hot on NLRA with victory in Ada
ADA, Minn. (June 27) — Polesitter Brad Seng of Grand Forks, N.D., dominated Wednesday at Norman County Speedway, leading all 25 laps for a Northern LateModel Racing Association victory worth $1,100. The victory was his second in a row, second of the season and 17th of his NLRA career.
Reigning series champ Ricky Weiss of Winnipeg, Manitoba, rallied from ninth to second after a late-race restart while Zach Johnson of Kensington, Minn., was third. Mike Balcaen of Winnipeg and Dev Malmlov of Moorhead, Minn. — a modified ace making his first career Late Model start — rounded out the top five.
Two cautions slowed the action, on lap 23 and then on the lap-23 restart, and 20 of 21 starters were running at the finish.
Notes: Seng’s No. 12 is sponsored by S&S Transport, Valley Oral & Facial Surgery, Signature Warehousing, Nestle and Bergstrom Electric. ... Winnipeg drivers Ricky Weiss and Mike Balcaen made hard contact late in the race and there was an altercation in the pits afterward. ... Dev Malmlov led seven laps in his heat race and finished a solid fifth in his first career Late Model appearance; he fielded a Jake Bitker-owned MasterSbilt Race Car. ... Bitker was the only driver who wasn’t running at the finish.
NLRA @ Norman County: (1) Brad Seng, (2) Ricky Weiss, (3) Zach Johnson, (4) Mike Balcaen, (5) Dev Malmlov, (6) Troy Schill, (7) Chad Becker, (8) Dustin Strand, (9) Mitch Johnson, (10) Joey Pederson, (11) Steve Anderson, (12) Shane Edginton, (13) Mike Johnson, (14) Tom Corcoran, (15) Cole Schill, (16) Josh Johnson, (17) Norm Olson, (18) Dusty Peterson, (19) Billy Michaelsohn, (20) Matt Jarvis, (21) Jake Bitker. Scratched: Zach Naastad. Heat race winners (among 22 cars): Balcaen, Z. Johnson, Seng.
