RACING

Four Weekends of Horse Racing Set This Summer at North Dakota Horse Park in Fargo

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — You can mark your calendars and get ready to cheer on your favorites this summer at North Dakota Horse Park in Fargo. The season will feature eight action packed days of thoroughbred and quarter horse racing. Opening day is Saturday, July 12th with the gates opening at 11 a.m. Racing is planned the next three weekends…

NDSU Junior Posts Best-Ever Finish at Daytona ARCA Menards Series

Bryce Haugeberg dodged many wrecks on a hectic afternoon to secure 10th in the Ride the 'Dente 200.

FARGO, N.D. – NDSU junior Bryce Haugeberg was born and raised in West Fargo – and this region fostered his love for all things racing. “I started when I was 8 years old, racing at the fairgrounds in a go-kart,” he said. His dad Wade was also quick to notice this trend. “He really enjoyed it and seemed to be…

Red River Valley Speedway gets 50th season underway with fans

The season will be extended by three weeks to make up for part of the late start

WEST FARGO, N.D. — While many sports seasons are still awaiting the clear to comeback, things are officially back on the track at the Red River Valley Speedway. The raceway hosted its 50th season opener on June 5th. The season typically starts on May 1st, but was pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic. People can still expect the same…

Donny Schatz Looks to Keep Winning During Series Stop in North Dakota

Schatz is competing in the World of Outlaws Sprint Series

WEST FARGO, N.D. — Racing has made it’s way north. The World of Outlaws Sprint Series makes it’s annual pit stop in Grand Forks at the River Cities Speedway and few are more excited about it than North Dakota-native Donny Schatz. “Racing is getting in full force so it is only fitting that this week we are here with the World…

Rusty Wallace Visits Fans in Fargo

Fans greeted Wallace at Acme Tools for autograph session.

FARGO, N.D. — Whether you know a lot about racing or know very little, there are certain people in the sport that everyone knows. Rusty Wallace would fall into that category. Wallace jumped onto the NASCAR scene in 1984 and captured rookie of the year honors. For 16 consecutive years Wallace won at least one race in the NASCAR cup series….

LIVE: Opening Day Details on North Dakota Horse Park

The park is expecting 3,000 visitors on opening day

FARGO, N.D.– KVRR’s Maggie LaMere visits North Dakota Horse Park and learns about all of the opening day details. Click on the link for more horse park information. Categories: Local News, North Dakota News Tags: FARGO, ND, north dakota, North Dakota Horse Park, RACING

Drone Racing is Taking Flyers to New Heights with the Fargo-Moorhead Quad Squad

That's how flyers feel when they are 20 feet in the air, whizzing 80 miles an hour

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Whether you enjoy thrill seeking adventure or looking down from tree top heights, drone racing could be your new favorite sport. This one of a kind experience is taking flyers to a new level. “They’re excited; it’s fun, it’s exhilarating, adrenaline rush,” said Tony Bjerke, the President of the Fargo Moorhead Quad Squad. That’s how flyers feel…

Looking Back on the 2018 Fargo Marathon and What’s to Come Next Year

"All in all feeling great about the whole feel of events starting from the cyclothon all the way through yesterday's full marathon"

FARGO, N.D. — After 394 days of planning, all of the Fargo Marathon events and races have come to an end. “All in all feeling great about the whole feel of events starting from the cyclothon all the way through yesterday’s full marathon,” said Executive Director of the Fargo Marathon, Mark Knutson. Whether you were racing, watching or cheering people…