August 17
Dakota State Fair Speedway,
Huron, SD
Sanction: Repairable Vehicles.com Tri-State Series (Harvest of Champions) - $2,000
Information provided by: Series and track reports (last updated August 22, 4:34 pm)
Olsen outlasts Tri-State field to win $2,000
Harvest of Champions
- Chad Olsen
- Blair Nothdurft
- Cole Searing
- Scott Ward
- Corey Zeitner
- Trevor Anderson
- Chad Becker
- Dustin Arthur
- Josh Skorczewski
- Chase Gelling
- Lane Brenden
- Charlie Olsen
- Dyllan Ricks
- Tyler Myers
- Nick Schmidt
- Chris Palsrok
- Colby Klaassen
- Justin Karlen
- Alissa Palsrok
- Mike Stearns
- Cody Martin
- Mike Benson
- Brandon Sprinkel
- Mike Jager
- Derrick Nordstrom
- Kyle Jensen
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Chad Olsen and supporters celebrate their first feature victory of the season.
What won the race: Overcoming race-long challenges from Cole Searing and Blair Nothdurft, third-starting Chad Olsen of Hendricks, Minn., captured Saturday's 25-lap Harvest of Champions at Dakota State Fair Speedway. Olsen's flag-to-flag victory netted him $2,000 and his first Repairable Vehicles.com Tri-State Late Model Series triumph of the season.
Key notes: Olsen's seventh career Tri-State Series victory is his first win of any kind since May 20, 2023, at I-90 Speedway in Hartford, S.D. ... Series points leader Blair Nothdurft regained the runner-up spot from Cole Searing on a lap-17 restart and pursued Olsen for the final nine laps, finishing 0.797 of a second back. ... The seventh-starting Searing, of Huron, S.D., trailed Olsen from laps 13-16 before giving way to Nothdurft and completing the podium finishers. ... Pole-starting Corey Zeitner slipped to fifth. ... Chad Becker, winner of Friday's $2,000 opener at Miller (S.D.) Central Speedway, faded to seventh. ... Mike Stearns pulled off while running sixth on lap 20 and was the first driver not running at the finish. ... The main event was slowed by three incidents, including a 20-minute red flag for a multicar melee on a lap-six restart attempt that ended the nights for Cody Martin, Mike Benson, Kyle Jensen and Brandon Sprinkel; the race lasted 33 minutes, with 16 starters completing 25 laps. ... Justin Boomsma and Curt Kranz scratched from the feature lineup.
On the move: Trevor Anderson of Watertown, S.D., started 16th and finished sixth.
Winner's sponsors: Olsen’s MB Customs Race Car is powered by a Pro Power Racing Engine and sponsored by Kibble Equipment, Vollan Oil, Pioneer Brand Seeds, Olsen Custom Farms, Plains Commerce Bank, Hendrick’s Farmers Lumber Co. and Hoosier Tire.
Points chase: After Huron: 1. Blair Nothdurft (1,354); 2. Corey Zeitner (1,251); 3. Scott Ward (1,175); 4. Trevor Anderson (1,144); 5. Cody Martin (1,083).
Current weather: Clear, 72°F
Car count: 28
Polesitter: Corey Zeitner
Heat race winners: Chad Olsen, Chad Becker, Corey Zeitner, Blair Nothdurft
Next series race: August 23, Fairmont Raceway (Fairmont, MN) $1,500
Editor's note: Results and race details are unofficial.
