Zach Wilde stopped racing after the 2021 season – but it was never meant to be a retirement. He made his racing return in 2025 for a few shows behnd the wheel of his #6 NOSA Sprint Car. This year is his first full season back behind the wheel. “I was never going to quit. I just had to take some time off,” said the Thief River Falls resident. “The stuff sat in the shop and was ready to go back out there. I’m happy to be back in there.” In fact, being a part of the racing

He’s raced in several different classes in his career, but Austin Veralrud feels he’s found a home in the B modified class. Veralrud has raced hornets, pure stocks, and even dabbled briefly in the A mod class. He actually has two cars – an IMCA Sport Mod and a Wissota Midwest Modified – that he races locally at tracks such as Fix It Forward Speedway, Norman County Raceway in Ada, Buffalo River Speedway near Glyndon and I-94 EMR Speedway in Fergus Falls. “I feel like thi