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Myer And Teske Take First Wins Of The Season
By Bill Nelson
April 23, 2005
Spring Valley MN - 156 cars checked into the Deer Creek Speedway on this cool
and blustery night. The Official Dealership of Deer Creek Speedway were
on hand this night as the event sponsor and also provided a new 2005 Ford
Mustang pace car for the racing action.
The first feature of the evening was another dandy of an event put on by the
WISSOTA Street Stocks. The street stocks have started out the season
with two of the best feature races. Last feature winner Steve Eischens
started off on the pole position alongside of Heat race winner Mark Zvorak.
Eischens took the early lead with Zvorak and Cory Rosen in hot pursuit.
As they ran side by side Rosen slip up the track in turn two and brushed the
wall and dropped back to tenth early on. With Rosen out of the picture
Zvorak was challenged by Jim Gullikson, Chuck Nerland, Danny Hanson and Wayne
Dean as these five drivers raced two and three wide with each putting pressure
on Eischens in the first couple laps. Gullikson took the second spot for
good on lap 4 and set out after Eischens. Hanson, Dean and Zvorak
continued their three car battle for third. With seven racing laps left
in the feature Gullikson moved past Eischens for the top spot. Hanson
and Dean then moved alongside Eischens for second. A caution period with
five laps remaining tightened up the battle for the top spots. Gullikson
held the point on the restart with Hanson moving up to battle him on the low
side. Hanson moved just past Gullikson as the caution flew again
negating his pass for the lead. With the restart Hanson and Dean ran
side by side for the last three laps with Gullikson holding on for the
win. Dean used the top side to take second place by about three feet in
another exciting race.
The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds hit the track for a caution plagued event which
saw five laps cut from their fifteen lap event. Joe Wernecke took the
early lead followed closely by Kenny Wytaske and Dean Hoffman. Coming to the
line on the second lap the three were three wide for the lead at the
stripe. Working on lap three the first caution flew for a spin in turn
two ending Jerry Young's night with a bent front end. On the restart Tom
Paulson got a good run through one and two to take over the fourth spot and
pressure the top three. Wytaske took over the second spot on the next
lap as another caution flew. The restart was negated by another spin but
Dean Hoffman took the lead on the restart powering by Wernecke on the bottom
of the track. With ten laps remaining Hoffman led with Wytaske and Greg
Pfeifer Jr. battling for second. The eleventh starting Pfeifer was
running the low line while twenty fourth starting Jason Cummins was working up
high and cracked the top five. The final caution of the event flew when
Ben Rippentrop, Mike Paulson, Joe Bunne and Derrick Bridley tried to come out
of two four wide. With the nobody backing off the four drivers spun on the
back stretch. Pfeifer Jr. used the restart to take over the second spot
from Wytaske but Hoffman held on for his first feature win at the Speedway.
Jason Gabrielson led the WISSOTA Super Stock feature event with the field
running two and three wide behind him. Cole Queensland showed some
strength early as he worked into the second position and Kevin Hager looked
good early on in third. With seventeen laps remaining Queensland and
Gabrielson ran side by side for the lead. The Super Stocks were running
the bottom of the speedway on this night with Queensland trying to squeeze
through on the bottom. Previous feature winner and ninth place starter
Dustin Nelson worked into the top five with thirteen laps remaining as a
caution bunched up the field. On the restart Queensland went to the
outside of Gabrielson to take over the lead. Hager worked around
Gabrielson for second as Queensland pulled slowly away from the field. With
six laps remaining Nelson continued his march up through the field and pulled
along side of Hager for second. A caution flew with three laps remaining
and a few restarts were needed to complete these last three laps. Nelson
moved alongside of Queensland on the first restart and the two came out of
four side by side as another caution flew. Nelson slipped up the track
in two on the final restart with Queensland coming home with the win, Aaron
Wilson sat quietly inside the top five for most of the race but used the final
restarts to his advantage and came home with a excellent second place finish.
After a rain out in Memphis Missouri many travelers decide to take the trip up
north to Deer Creek Speedway strengthening an already stellar field of drivers
at the track weekly. Neil Eckhart and Tommy Myer battled hard for the
first lap until Mark Noble moved under the two for the lead. Noble
slipped up in turn two on the next lap and Eckhart and Myer moved back up
front. Myer took over the top spot then with Brad McEwan movin into
third past Noble. A caution with ten to go saw Myer hold onto the lead
while twelfth starting Kelly Shyrock moved up the track slightly and found a
slightly faster line and worked into the top five with eight to go Noble
moved back forward and pulled even with Myer again with seven to go.
Shyrock then moved outside of Noble on the next lap as Myer began to lengthen
his lead again. After sixteen laps of racing another caution flew, and
on the ensuing restart a big shakeup in the running order from fifth on back
took place as the cars all jockeyed for position. Noble regained the second
spot as Myer held on for the win over the final four circuits.
The Classic Dwarf cars saw Corey Whalen, Mike Gaines and Tate Bestor racing
for the lead early on. Ninth place started and defending track champion
Brian Kiehne came charging up through the field and with twelve laps remaining
took over the top spot. Drew Jech worked into second with six laps
remaining but was unable to make up any ground on Keihne up front.
Kiehne dominated the event winning by a full straight away at the finish.
Some traveling WISSOTA Late Models showed up on this night to contest the
local drivers. Ben Mattick held the point early on followed closely by
Duane Mahder in second. With three laps in the book Mahder worked under
Mattick to take the top spot. A spin bunched up the field and on the
restart Mark Teske in his first visit this season moved up the track and
powered by Mattick to take second. Teske and Mahder battled for the lead
early on as Teske was faster in three and four but in two would loose momentum
as a slick spot up high effected his line. Nick Herrick and
Barry Underdahl had a great race for fourth during the first half of the race
with Herrick finally gaining the advantage. Lance Matthees had a poor
draw and after starting eleventh on the field worked into the top four during
a late restart. With five to go the final caution of the night
flew. On the restart Mahder led but Teske kept battling and with three
to go Teske was finally able to make the line in three and four work to his
advantage and he moved by on the top to take over the lead.
Next week all six classes return for action on the fast 3/8 mile high banked
track during Carlsen Construction night.
WISSOTA Late Models
Feature - Mark Teske, Duane Mahder, Ben Mattick, Lance Matthees, Nick Herrick,
Adam Hensel, Barry Underdahl, Brad Waits, Paul Novotny, Jerry Bloom
Heat 1 - C. Mahder, D. Mahder, Mattick, Matthees, Kevin Keuhn
Heat 2 - Teske, Novotny, Underdahl, Matt Madsen, Hensel
Heat 3 - Waits, Jason Weis, N. Herrick, Steve Yaggy, Doug Herrick
USRA Modifieds
Feature - Tommy Myer, Mark Noble, Kelly Shryock, John Tesch, Mike Sorensen,
Neil Eckhart, Mike Hejna, Jimmy Davis, Steve Wetzstein, Jay Ihrke
B- Main - Bob Timm, Ihrke, Dain Schultz, Davis, Brian Shaw
Heat 1 - Tesch, Shryock, Bobby Sorensen, Mike Wedelstadt, Jesse Frericks
Heat 2 - Brad McEwan, Lonnie Earney, Noble, Nate Wasmund, Todd Scharkey
Heat 3 - Eckhart, Wetzstein, Hank Rollinger, Matt Stark, Tim Donlinger
Heat 4 M. Sorensen, Myer, Karl Fenske, Hejna, Bruce Angst
WISSOTA Super Stocks
Feature - Cole Queensland, Aaron Wilson, Ferlin Miller, Dustin Nelson, Jason
Gabrielson, Ted Marrs, Schatney Sanders, Justin Pogones, Dan Nissalke, Ryan
Siegle
B-Feature - Chris Klinger, Chad Halstrom, Chris Quast, Josh Bartel, Patrick
McCarthy
Heat 1 - Nelson, Troy Brand, Miller, Rodney Dregney, Bobby Swanson
Heat 2 - Jake Redetzke, Wilson, Dave Haberman, Gabrielson, Tony Bloom
Heat 3 - Sanders, Queensland, Marrs, Kevin Hager, Siegle
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Feature - Dean Hoffman, Greg Pfeifer Jr., Kenny Wytaske, Tom Pauslon, Jason
Cummins, Joe Wernecke, Ryan Weber, Craig Bentzin, Ben Anderson, Dan Svee
B-Feature - Derrick Bridley, Cummins, Bentzin, Heather Rayman, Bill Curran
Heat 1 - Pfeifer Jr., T. Paulson, Jim Struckman, Svee, Ben Rippentrop
Heat 2 - Jeff Brauer, Weber, Anderson, Mike. Paulson, Tim Siskow
Heat 3 - Jerry Young, Wernecke, Sam Siskow, Ken Kramer, Harlan Morehart
Heat 4 - Hoffman, Wytaske, Bob Bunne, Eric Wiste, Ronnie Sorensen
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature - Jim Gullikson, Wayne Dean, Danny Hanson, Steve Eischens, Chuck
Nerland, Tyler Rubin, Cory Rosen, Mark Hovland, Shaun Wehlage, Tom McEldowney
Heat 1 - Mark Zvorak, Fred Prudoehl, Rosen, Scott Olson, Tony Horsman
Heat 2 - Gullikson, Eischens, McEldowney, Rubin, Ron Rucker
Heat 3 - Hanson, Hovland, Dean, Nerland, Kevin Hager
Classic Dwarf Cars
Feature - Brian Kiehne, Drew Jech, Tate Bestor, Mike Gaines, Corey Whalen,
Roger Torgerson, Jeff Jech, Todd Kiehne, Gavin Wangen, Curtis Luhmann
Heat 1 - Bestor, Gaines, J. Jech, D. Jech, Kevin Bigalk
Heat 2 - B. Kiehne, Whalen, Torgerson, Utley, Luhmann
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