CHECKERS AND WRECKERS FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 9THWHAT HAPPENEDNASCARNothing.  Another week off for the Olympics.WHAT’S NEXT: SUNDAY, AUGUST 11TH-RICHMOND RACEWAY 5ISH USASCHATZ WATCHFRIDAY, AUGUST 2ND-SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD: FEDERATED AUTOPARTS I-55 RACEWAY-PEVELY, MOFRIDAYKyle Larson put on an absolute show by passing 20 cars to win the Friday night over James McFadden and Sheldon Haudenschild.  Donny Schatz also moved forward passing 4 cars to finish 5th.SATURDAYWhile it wasn’t as many cars as the night before, it was still impressive.  Kyle Larson passed 11 cars to win the Ironman 55 over Donny Schatz and Carson Macedo.  Making it +31 for the weekend for Larson.  For an encore, Larson went from Pevely, MO to Oskaloosa, IA to race with the IRA where he passed 12 cars to win there.SUNDAY, AUGUST 4TH-KNOXVILLE RACEWAY CAPITANI CLASSIC-KNOXVILLE, IARico Abreu bested Gio Scelzi and Carson Macedo to win the prelude to the Knoxville Nationals Schatz dropped a couple spots to finish 9th.  Kyle Larson took the day off so someone else could win.WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7TH-THURSDAY, AUGUST 8TH: 63RD KNOXVILLE NATIONALSWEDNESDAY“Hot Sauce” Gio Scelzi took night number 1 of Sprint Car racings most prestigious race over Jacob Allen and Justin Peck.  Schatz was involved in a tangle early which resulted in what could be described as the “Save of the Year.”  Schatz recovered to finish 18th.THURSDAYStop me if you have heard this before, Kyle Larson got the win last night.  This time he only passed 5 cars to win over Rico Abreu and Carson Macedo.  The win was important for Larson who acquired enough points to lock himself into the show Saturday Night.  Larson’s pass count for the week, +48.WHAT’S NEXT: FRIDAY, AUGUST 9TH-SATURDAY, AUGUST 10TH-63RD KNOXVILLE NATIONALSWHERE WAS IFRIDAY, AUGUST 2ND-RED RIVER VALLEY SPEEDWAY HALL OF FAME NIGHTRyan Braseth won in the Legends, Cody Peterson won in the Modifieds, “The Wonder Twins” Amelia and Laela Eisenschenk finished 1-2 in the Racesaver Sprints, Tanner Engen won his 5th Hobby Stock feature, Rich Pavlicek won in the Sport Mods, and “The Cheetah” Rob VanMil won in the Stock Cars.WHAT’S NEXT: TONIGHT-SANDERS SPORTMOD CHALLENGE SPORTMOD MEET AND GREET-7SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD-VIKING SPEEDWAY FLORIAN SPRINZEL STREET STOCK SPECIAL-ALEXANDRIAJustin Froemming won in the Midwest Mods, “The Wolverine” Justin Vogel won in the Street Stocks, Jeff Rohner won in the Hornets, Dexton Koch won in the Super Stocks, and Travis Saurer won in the Modifieds.WHAT’S NEXT: SATURDAY, AUGUST 10TH-KIDS NIGHT 6:30SUNDAY, AUGUST 4TH-BUFFALO RIVER SPEEDWAY NOSA SPRINTCARS-GLYNDONDev Malmlov won in the Sportmods a day before his birthday, Shawn Weist won in the Legends, Chase Pourrier won in the Short Trackers, Nicholas Dillenburg won in the Hobby Stocks, Reise Stenberg won in the Midwest Mods, and “Felton’s Fastest” Andy Pake won his first NOSA Sprint Car feature.WHAT’S NEXT: SUNDAY, AUGUST 11TH-MKLS NATIONALS-6THURSDAY, AUGUST 8TH-NORMAN COUNTY RACEWAY-THE ONE BEFORE THE LAST ONE-ADA, MNGetting the wins last night were Ryan Braseth in the Legends, Andy “Spud” Wagner in the Sportmods, Chase Peterson in the Hobby Stocks, “The Ripper” Ryan Satter, and Dexter Dvergsten won the Lightning Sprint Nationals opener.WHAT’S NEXT: THURSDAY, AUGUST 15TH-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT-7WHAT ELSE COULD HAPPENTONIGHTGEN X LATE MODEL SPECIAL+BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT I-94 EMR SPEEDWAY-FERGUS FALLS, 7BIG WEELS WEEKEND WITH THE STREET STOCK TOUR-JAMESTOWN SPEEDWAY 7RIVER CITIES SPEEDWAY-GRAND FORKS 7TOMORROWBIG WHEELS WEEKEND STREET STOCK TOUR AND LATE MODELS-JAMESTOWN SPEEDWAY-7MONDAYRED RIVER KART CLUB-FREE-WEST FARGO-6:30THIS WEEK ON THE VICTORY LAPRyan is covering in the news room so we are off again for this week, but we will have three weeks’ worth of magic from the world of racing featuring interviews, the traveling roadshow, and also a discussion on Ryan’s trip to the Williams Grove Speedway.

CHECKERS AND WRECKERS FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 9THWHAT HAPPENEDNASCARNothing.  Another week off for the Olympics.WHAT’S NEXT: SUNDAY, AUGUST 11TH-RICHMOND RACEWAY 5ISH USASCHATZ WATCHFRIDAY, AUGUST 2ND-SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD: FEDERATED AUTOPARTS I-55 RACEWAY-PEVELY, MOFRIDAYKyle Larson put on an absolute show by passing 20 cars to win the Friday night over James McFadden and Sheldon Haudenschild.  Donny Schatz also moved forward passing 4 cars to finish 5th.SATURDAYWhile it wasn’t as many cars as the night before, it was still impressive.  Kyle Larson passed 11 cars to win the Ironman 55 over Donny Schatz and Carson Macedo.  Making it +31 for the weekend for Larson.  For an encore, Larson went from Pevely, MO to Oskaloosa, IA to race with the IRA where he passed 12 cars to win there.SUNDAY, AUGUST 4TH-KNOXVILLE RACEWAY CAPITANI CLASSIC-KNOXVILLE, IARico Abreu bested Gio Scelzi and Carson Macedo to win the prelude to the Knoxville Nationals Schatz dropped a couple spots to finish 9th.  Kyle Larson took the day off so someone else could win.WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7TH-THURSDAY, AUGUST 8TH: 63RD KNOXVILLE NATIONALSWEDNESDAY“Hot Sauce” Gio Scelzi took night number 1 of Sprint Car racings most prestigious race over Jacob Allen and Justin Peck.  Schatz was involved in a tangle early which resulted in what could be described as the “Save of the Year.”  Schatz recovered to finish 18th.THURSDAYStop me if you have heard this before, Kyle Larson got the win last night.  This time he only passed 5 cars to win over Rico Abreu and Carson Macedo.  The win was important for Larson who acquired enough points to lock himself into the show Saturday Night.  Larson’s pass count for the week, +48.WHAT’S NEXT: FRIDAY, AUGUST 9TH-SATURDAY, AUGUST 10TH-63RD KNOXVILLE NATIONALSWHERE WAS IFRIDAY, AUGUST 2ND-RED RIVER VALLEY SPEEDWAY HALL OF FAME NIGHTRyan Braseth won in the Legends, Cody Peterson won in the Modifieds, “The Wonder Twins” Amelia and Laela Eisenschenk finished 1-2 in the Racesaver Sprints, Tanner Engen won his 5th Hobby Stock feature, Rich Pavlicek won in the Sport Mods, and “The Cheetah” Rob VanMil won in the Stock Cars.WHAT’S NEXT: TONIGHT-SANDERS SPORTMOD CHALLENGE SPORTMOD MEET AND GREET-7SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD-VIKING SPEEDWAY FLORIAN SPRINZEL STREET STOCK SPECIAL-ALEXANDRIAJustin Froemming won in the Midwest Mods, “The Wolverine” Justin Vogel won in the Street Stocks, Jeff Rohner won in the Hornets, Dexton Koch won in the Super Stocks, and Travis Saurer won in the Modifieds.WHAT’S NEXT: SATURDAY, AUGUST 10TH-KIDS NIGHT 6:30SUNDAY, AUGUST 4TH-BUFFALO RIVER SPEEDWAY NOSA SPRINTCARS-GLYNDONDev Malmlov won in the Sportmods a day before his birthday, Shawn Weist won in the Legends, Chase Pourrier won in the Short Trackers, Nicholas Dillenburg won in the Hobby Stocks, Reise Stenberg won in the Midwest Mods, and “Felton’s Fastest” Andy Pake won his first NOSA Sprint Car feature.WHAT’S NEXT: SUNDAY, AUGUST 11TH-MKLS NATIONALS-6THURSDAY, AUGUST 8TH-NORMAN COUNTY RACEWAY-THE ONE BEFORE THE LAST ONE-ADA, MNGetting the wins last night were Ryan Braseth in the Legends, Andy “Spud” Wagner in the Sportmods, Chase Peterson in the Hobby Stocks, “The Ripper” Ryan Satter, and Dexter Dvergsten won the Lightning Sprint Nationals opener.WHAT’S NEXT: THURSDAY, AUGUST 15TH-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT-7WHAT ELSE COULD HAPPENTONIGHTGEN X LATE MODEL SPECIAL+BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT I-94 EMR SPEEDWAY-FERGUS FALLS, 7BIG WEELS WEEKEND WITH THE STREET STOCK TOUR-JAMESTOWN SPEEDWAY 7RIVER CITIES SPEEDWAY-GRAND FORKS 7TOMORROWBIG WHEELS WEEKEND STREET STOCK TOUR AND LATE MODELS-JAMESTOWN SPEEDWAY-7MONDAYRED RIVER KART CLUB-FREE-WEST FARGO-6:30THIS WEEK ON THE VICTORY LAPRyan is covering in the news room so we are off again for this week, but we will have three weeks’ worth of magic from the world of racing featuring interviews, the traveling roadshow, and also a discussion on Ryan’s trip to the Williams Grove Speedway.

Thoughts and advice from the KFGO morning crew. Join them every weekday 5 a.m. - 8 a.m. on The Mighty 790.

Thoughts and advice from the KFGO morning crew. Join them every weekday 5 a.m. - 8 a.m. on The Mighty 790.

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Listen weekday mornings for everything you need to know and what is happening in the Fargo-Moorhead region. Get your local news, sports and weather from KFGO’s own Doug Leier, Robbie Daniels, Don Haney, Jack Michaels and Tom Syzmanski.

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