Joey Finishes as Runner-up at River Cities

East Grand Forks, Minn. (August 26, 2025) - As the 2025 season winds down, Joey Pederson scored his third runner-up finish of the season last Friday night at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, scoring the best finish for Pederson Racing last week.

The Pederson’s were in separate heat races last Friday at River Cities with Tucker kicking things off with a fifth place run after starting seventh in the opening heat. Kelsi finished sixth in the second heat before Joey charged from fourth to win the third and final heat.

Joey started eighth in the 25-lap main event with Tucker 13th and Kelsi 17th. Joey made his way past Tyler Peterson before a caution on lap four for Shane Edginton who blew up in turn one.

Joey continued his march forward as the race resumed, as he made it past Nate Reynolds and Ryan Corbett to move into the fourth spot. Joey was closing in on Brody Troftgruben for third as Kelsi’s night came to an abrupt end after contact with Jamie Dietzler in turn four.

With ten to go, Troftgruben also fell victim to mechanical woes, giving Joey the third spot. From there, Joey tracked down Tom Corcoran in the closing laps, taking the runner-up spot with four laps left. Joey finished the race as the runner-up to Dustin Strand with Tucker charging from 13th to seventh. Kelsi was credited with a 15th place finish.

Tucker was the only one of the three to make the trip to Dead Horse Creek Speedway in Morden, MB last Saturday night. Tucker finished second in his heat race and started fourth in the 20-lap main event. With rain in the area, the event was moved up in the order and Tucker held a top five spot for the majority of the race.

Tucker battled with Brad Seng late in the race and ended the night with a sixth-place finish, helping maintain a top ten position in the NLRA standings with three races remaining.

This week, the Pederson crew will head back to River Cities for track championship night before heading north with the NLRA Late Models as they run Saturday and Sunday at Greenbush Race Park in Greenbush, MN

2025 Stats: 
Joey: 
Features: 18
Wins: 0
Top Fives: 8
Top Tens: 11

Kelsi:
Features: 18
Wins: 0
Top Fives: 3
Top Tens: 8

Tucker:
Features: 21
Wins: 2
Top Fives: 8
Top Tens: 17

Special thanks to our sponsors and friends who support us week in and week out, we couldn’t do it without you all! 
North Dakota Eye Clinic
Dahlstrom Motors Inc.
Amy Dallum Photography
PRO Land Snow
InVision Ag 
Hilleshög Seed, LLC
The Hobo Bar and Grill
Phil Thompson & Associates
Turf Pros Lawn Care LLC
Ad Monkeys
Eagles Dacotah Aerie - East Grand Forks, MN
Big Jim's Tire
Bad Boy Mowers
HOPE Church
R & R Farms 
Channel Seed
B & E Meats
Dynamic Welding and Machine LLC
Markit County Grain LLC
Levi Babcock Construction
Trilogy Ag Group
SouthlineFarms
SkyVu Drive-In
Lloyd's Lawn Care by Adam Dahl
Moen Farms 
Energy Release
Applied Hi-Performance Products
Votava Trucking - Don & Darlyne
Northern Valley Fertilizer
RaceChaser Blog
Special Thanks: Mark Sinn “Sinner”