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Sabraski, Aho, Wehlage and Donlinger Dominate Features
By Bill Nelson
May 14, 2005
Spring Valley MN - On Keuhn Motor company night mother nature danced rain
showers around the speedway. With the track ready for racing and the
pits area still firm the races were on at Deer Creek Speedway. 152 cars
checked into the pit area for a very fast paced night of racing action as a
slight mist fell on the track after the completion of the heat races and the
“B” Features.
The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds hit the track and rolled in the light mist that
fell just before the start of their feature event. The little moisture
helped to tack up the already fast speedway with Shane Sabraski taking the
early lead in his first visit to the speedway this year. Ben Anderson
and Bryan Siercks battled for second and the field tried to sort out the
running order. Anderson dropped back slightly and Dan Wheeler made the
charge up to battle with Siercks for second. A restart with twelve laps
remaining bunched up the field with Sabraski holding the point on the
restart. Derrick Bridley and Siercks ran side by side for third as many
great two and three cars battles waged throughout the field. Tim Siercks
looked strong as he moved inside of the top five with eight to go. Dave
Born spun in turn three slowing the field down for the last time. On the
restart Bridley and Wheeler made a little contact allowing Craig Bentzin to
charge into the third spot while Tim Siercks and Travis Krause battled for
fifth. Coming to the line for the white flag Bentzin worked under Wheeler for
second while Sabraski cruised home for a straight away win.
Shaun Wehlage had his number drawn for the Home Federal Frequent Flier
money. If Wehlage the pole sitter could come home with the feature win
he would receive a $100 bonus while a lucky fan who caught the Frisbee in the
stands would also receive a $100 savings bond courtesy of Jerry Bloom and Home
Federal. Wehlage wasn’t to be denied the bonus on this night as he
jumped out to an early lead as the field battled three wide for the first
three circuits of the speedway. With twelve laps remaining Danny Hanson
worked into the third spot and started to put pressure on Steve Eischens.
Jamie Johnson moved into the battle with Hanson and Eischens in a great race
for second. Wehalge continued to cruise out front building up a straight
away lead as Hanson moved into second. Wehalge had a slight scare as he
touched a lapped car with four to go. Johnson moved past Eischens and
continued to pressure Hanson for second. Wehlage took the win by a
straight and the bonus cash.
Kevin Hager started on the outside pole and moved out front early on in the
WISSOTA Super Stock feature. Coming out of four on the second lap Dustin
Nelson moves under Hager and Cory Mahder to take over the lead. Ryan Aho found
the top side the fast way as he moved from sixth to second on the next lap
powering around on the high line. The rest of the field was stacked up
double wide on the super fast track. Kyle Peterlin started to work on
Mahder for the third position. Peterlin was working the low line on the
speedway while Mahder was planted in the middle. These two ran side by
side for five laps as the battled it out. Peterlin finally got the run and
moved into third. Marshall Fegers also found the bottom to his liking
and worked into the top five and started to put pressure on Mahder for
fourth. A restart with four to go found Aho and Nelson running the top
and Peterlin and Fegers around the bottom as both lines worked well with
neither line being preferred. Dan Gullikson worked around Mahder with
two to go as Aho took home the win followed by Nelson and Peterlin.
Although the car count was down in the USRA modifieds the racing action was
still the top quality event expected from those drivers. Tim Donlinger
dominated the feature starting from the pole and taking the lead in corner
one. Bruce Angst and Jesse Frericks duked it out for second with Brad
Waits waiting for that mistake. Frericks dropped back as Angst and Waits
swapped spots for the next couple laps. The yellow flew with thirteen to
go. Nate Wasmund took advantage of the restart to move into third as
Donlinger again pulled away from the field. Wasmund then worked on Waits
for second as the field had great racing action with three and four wide
battles for seventh on back. With six to go Waits pushed in turn two and
Wasmund moved into second. Donlinger took home with the win by over a
full straightaway.
Thirty one WISSOTA Late Models set a new attendance record for the speedway
with Nick Herrick taking the early lead. Paul Novotny and Don Eischens
were side by side for second with Curt Myers behind them. Myers squeezed
between the duo to take over the second position. John Kaanta started to
work on Novotny for the third spot Thirteen laps showed on the
scoreboard when Myers worked past Herrick. Herrick slid back further as
Novotny and Kaanta moved past on the next lap. Eischens had a battle
going with Mark Teske for fifth as Kaanta worked into the second spot.
Teske then worked into third a couple laps later as Adam Hensel, Novotny and
Herrick had an awesome race for fourth. With five to go Kevin Kuehn brushed
the front wall sliding his car sidways. Steve Yaggy piled into the
parked car at full throttle ending both of their nights in the horrific
crash. Both drivers walked away on their own power. Myers led on
the restart as Kaanta held onto the second spot with Teske third. Kaanta
gave Myers a couple good runs at the end but Myers would not be denied and
held on for the win.
Ten cars started the dwarf car feature as a heat race rollover sent a couple
to the pits for the night. Todd Keihne took the early lead with Mike
Gaines in second. Gaines moved into first on lap two. Roger
Torgerson and Drew Jech battled for third as the field spreads out. Jech
was making the top of the track work and moved past Kiehne for the second
spot. Jech put pressure on Gaines for the remaining circuits of the race
but Gaines took home the win.
Late Models
Feature - Curt Myers, John Kaanta, Mark Teske, Adam Hensel, Paul Novotny, Don
Eischens, Kerry Hanson, Chris Carlson, Andrew McKay, Troy Brand
“B” Feature – Jim Carlson, Ben Mattick, Nick Kramer, Barry Underdahl,
Doug Herrick
Heat 1 – Eischens, Jerry Bloom, Lance Matthees, Hanson, Keith Foss
Heat 2 - C. Carlson, Kaanta, McKay, Kevin Keuhn, Troy Brand
Heat 3 – Myers, Novotny, Nick Herrick, Rick Hanestad, Steve Yaggy
Heat 4 – Hensel, Teske, Steve Hucovski, Jason Weis, Bob Bunne
USRA Modifieds
Feature - Tim Donlinger, Nate Wasmund, Brad Waits, Bob Timm, Steve Wetzstein,
Bruce Angst, Jay Ihrke, Joey Jensen, Karl Fenske, Dain Schultz
Heat 1 – Albert Wytaske, Ihrke, Timm, Jessie Frericks, Dave Siercks
Heat 2 – Waits, Wasmund, Donlinger, Doug Hillson, Matt Aarsvold
Heat 3 – Dain Schultz, Wetzstein, Lonnie Earney, Angst, Jeff Schluetter
WISSOTA Super Stocks
Feature - Ryan Aho, Dustin Nelson, Kyle Peterlin, Marshall Fegers, Dan
Gullickson, Cory Mahder, Troy Brand, Dave Haberman, Kelly Anderson, Chris
Klinger
B Feature – Mike Loomis, Jake Redetzke, Chris Quast, Tony Bloom, Patrick
McCarthy
Heat 1 – Mahder, Klinger, Bobby Swanson, Ryan Siegle, Travis Wagner
Heat 2 – Brand, Peterlin, Kevin Hager, Ferlin Miller, Schatney Sanders
Heat 3 – Gullickson, Nelson, Haberman, Cole Queensland, Anderson
Heat 4 – Aho, Jason Gabrielson, Fegers, Jake Pogones, Josh Bartel
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Feature - Shane Sabraski, Craig Bentzin, Dan Wheeler, Travis Krause, Derrick
Bridley, Kenny Wytaske, Tim Siercks, Jason Cummins, Jerry Young, Bryan Siercks
”B” Feature – Young, Ryan Weber, Tyler Clark, Tim Siskow, Ron Skalicky
Heat 1 – Bridley, Wheeler, Ben Anderson, Dean Hoffman, Heather Rayman
Heat 2 – Bentzin, Dan Svee, Dave Born, Terry Timmerman, Greg Jensen
Heat 3 – Sabraski, B. Siercks, T. Siercks, Wytaske, Cummins
Heat 4 – Jeff Brauer, Krause, Dane Durbin, Joe Wernecke, Greg Pfeifer Jr.
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature - Shaun Wehlage, Danny Hanson, Jamie Johnson, Steve Eischens, Mark
Hovland, Mark Zvorak, Tom McEldowney, Tony Horsman, Tyler Rubin, Kevin Hager
Heat 1 – Hovland, Hager, Eischens, McEldowney, Scott Olson
Heat 2 – Wehlage, Zvorak, Jeff Nelson, Chanda Fjorden Nord, Allen Gessell
Jr.
Heat 3 – Hanson, Johnson, Horsman, Rubin, Fred Prudoehl
Dwarf Cars
Feature - Mike Gaines, Drew Jech, Todd Kiehne, Roger Torgerson, David Marso,
Rick Utley, Tate Bestor, Jeff Jech, John Griffen, David Anderson
Heat 1 – Torgerson, Marso, J. Jech, T. Kiehne, Curtis Luhmann
Heat 2 - D. Jech, Bestor, Gaines, Utley, Anderson
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