What won the race: Using a lap-seven restart to grab control from Tyler Peterson, seventh-starting Dave Mass of East Bethel, Minn., led the final 19 laps to win Friday's $1,250 Northern LateModel Racing Association stop at I-94 EMR Speedway. Mass grabbed his third career NLRA victory and his second at I-94, his first was worth $1,200 on May 21, 2021.

Key notes: Early race leader Cole Schill passed Peterson for second on lap 19 and finished 1.423 seconds behind Mass. ... Peterson settled for third after leading laps 4-6. ... Shane Sabraski improved five spots, finishing fourth. ... Polesitter Brody Troftgruben slipped to seventh. ... Blake Swenson retired before halfway, relegating him to place 26th. ... Ben Wolden spun to draw the race's lone caution on lap six. ... The 25-lapper lasted 14 minutes, with 14 competitors completing the distance and 23 running at the finish. ... The event included tribute pace laps for series regular Nick Minske of East Grand Forks, Minn., who died Friday morning after sustaining serious injuries in a June 15 motorcycle wreck.

On the move: Race winner Dave Mass of East Bethel, Minn., started seventh.

Winner's sponsors: Mass’s MB Customs Race Car carries sponsorship from Shaw Trucking, Blaine Brothers Truakaline, Structural Buildings, Pallet Resource Corp, Hydraulic Specialty Inc., North American Trailer, Bud’s Auto Body, Dehn Oil Company, Speedwerx Performance Exhaust and I-94 EMR Speedway.

Points chase: After I-94: 1. Cole Schill (1,360); 2. Dustin Strand (1,346); 3. Brody Troftgruben (1,202); 4. Brad Seng (1,178); 5. Shane Edginton (1,127).

Current weather: Overcast, 70°F

Car count: 29

Polesitter: Brody Troftgruben

Heat race winners: Cole Babcock, Tyler Peterson, Cole Schill, Don Shaw,  ,  ,  ,  

Next series race: June 22, Devils Lake Speedway (Crary, ND) $5,000