Kelsi Pederson becomes first female to win late model feature at River Cities Speedway

Kelsi Pederson made history on Friday, August 15, 2026, by becoming the first female driver to win a late model feature race at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks. She drove car No. 93, the same number her late mother Julie (Osowski) Pederson used in the 1990s, defeating a field of 25 drivers to claim the victory. The achievement came just one week after her mother was posthumously inducted into the River Cities Speedway Hall of Fame.