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Brauer Takes First Checkers At Deer Creek
By Bill Nelson
July 16, 2005
It seems the dog days of summer are upon us with the temperatures hovering in
the upper 90s throughout the day an enthusiastic crowd attended the Justice
Brothers night at the speedway. Guilland Enterprises was on hand and
presented two bikes to lucky fans along with some NASCAR die cast and many
other prizes.
Tyler Rubin, Danny Hanson and Shaun Wehlage rolled through turn one and two on
the opening lap in a battle for the lead in the WISSOTA Street Stocks.
After the completion of lap one Hanson was solidly in first followed by
Wehlage. The top five cars on the speedway were finding the top groove
to their liking as others worked the bottom to try and move forward.
Wehlage started to work the bottom of the speedway in the middle of the race
as Hanson continued in the preferred upper groove. Jamie Johnson and
Tyler Rubin battled hard for third as a caution flew for a spinning Wehlage.
On the restart Hanson continued to lead with the battle behind him resuming
for the second spot. Johnson and Rubin continued the side by side for
the last five laps with Hanson taking home the win.
Jeff Brauer lead the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds early on with first time
competitor Darin Toot in second with Tom Paulson right behind him. Kenny
Wytaske was on the move early on and with thirteen to go worked into the top
four. Wytaske quickly disposed of Paulson and ran Toot for second.
The top and bottom grooves of the speedway came in as both lines were
quick. With a good battle going on up front between Brauer, Wytaske and
Toot the rear of the field had some yellow fever. After a few cautions
in the middle of the race the final three lap dash was a good one with Brauer
and Wytaske duking it out for the win. On the last lap Wytaske was able
to pull alongside of Brauer but Jeff was not to be denied the win on this
night.
After a complete restart on the opening lap of the WISSOTA Super Stocks the
rest of the race went with only one more caution. Last weeks winner Brad
VanZuilen took over where he left off last week with the early lead.
Behind him Bobby Swanson and Dustin Nelson were locked in the race for
second. Schatney Sanders was quickly moving through the field and was in
fourth while the rest of the pack battled for positions. With seventeen
laps to go Nelson found the lower part of the track to his liking and held
onto the second spot. Nelson cleared VanZuilen into the lead with
Swanson and Sanders racing for third as they close in on VanZuilen. With
nine to go Sanders worked under VanZuilen into the second spot. Sanders
kept running the middle of the track and with two to go moved past Nelson for
the lead and held on for the win.
The USRA Modifieds have consistently provided the best racing of the season
and this night was no different. Mike Sorensen got the jump on the field
at the drop of the green flag with many three wide battles through the
field. Tim Donlinger followed Sorensen into the second spot with a pack
of five cars battling for fourth. Fifteen laps to go and Sorensen and
Donlinger slowly pulled away from the field, Donlinger was making the middle
of the track work on moved past Sorensen. With ten to go the position
battles were still going strong through the field as Donlinger moved out to a
five car length advantage. Neil Eckhart had moved into third by this
time. Donlinger started to encounter lapped traffic with eight laps left
as Brad Waits, Albert Wytaske and Bob Timm were three wide for fourth.
Timm gained the spot and raced with Eckhart for the third spot for the last
four circuits while Sorensen found another fast groove to his liking and
started to pull back up to Donlinger. Going through one on the white
flag lap Sorensen moved alongside for the lead. On the back straight he
gained the lead and held on for the win.
The classic dwarf cars had one of their classics on the night with Tate Bestor
pacing the field to the green. A five car battle for the lead ensued on
the second lap and after three laps Jeff Jech came out of the pack with the
lead. Rick Utley was in second battling with Drew Jech as the cars
circled the track. Drew gained the second spot and tracked down his dad
with eight to go took over the lead. Mike Gaines and Brian Kiehne were
also working their way through the pack. With seven to go Jeff and Utley
raced side by side for second. Gaines shortly took over the third
spot. With four to go Gaines moved into the second spot and closed in on
Drew. Coming to the white Gaines pulled alongside the rear quarter of
Jech but was unable to make any more ground as Drew took home the checkers in
a caution free race.
Mark Teske has had the luck of the draw on his side recently and started on
the pole for the feature event. Troy Brand moved through into second as
Teske started to pull away from the field after a brief battle with
Brand. Chris Adams, Jerry Bloom and Paul Novotny battled early for sixth
as Teske continued to dominate up front. With twelve to go eighth place
starter Barry Underdahl worked into third and started to hound Brands every
move. Nick Herrick was running a strong fourth with Adams and Novotny
behind him for fifth. A caution with six to go bunched up the
field. Teske immediately pulled back out front with Brand in
second. With three to go Brand pushed up the track allowing Underdahl to
take over second as they followed Teske home across the line.
WISSOTA Late Models
Feature - Mark Teske, Barry Underdahl, Troy Brand, Ben Mattick, Paul Novotny,
Nick Herrick, Chris Adams, Jerry Bloom, Dennis Hillson, Joe Ludemann
Heat 1 Teske, Novotny, N. Herrick, Nick Kramer, Hillson
Heat 2 Underdahl, Brand, Mattick, Roger Herrick, Bloom
USRA Modifieds
Feature - Mike Sorensen, Tim Donlinger, Bob Timm, Neil Eckhart, Albert Wytaske,
Mike Spaulding, Brad Waits, Jay Ihrke, Nate Wasmund, Brian Shaw
Heat 1 Trevis Underdahl, Ihrke, Shaw, Matt Aarsvold, Bill Clemens
Heat 2 Waits, Eckhart, Bobby Sorensen, Wytaske, Bob Fisher
Heat 3 Donlinger, Timm, M. Sorensen, Mark Wytaske, Dain Schultz
WISSOTA Super Stocks
Feature - Schatney Sanders, Dustin Nelson, Bobby Swanson, Brad VanZuilen, Cole
Queensland, Larry Fitzsimmons, Dave Haberman, Chris Klinger, Brian Fetting,
Chris Quast
Heat 1 Dave Lewison, Fetting, Swanson, Fitzsimmons, VanZuilen
Heat 2 Sanders, Kevin Hager, Nelson, Queensland, Haberman
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Feature - Jeff Brauer, Kenny Wytaske, Jason Cummins, Tom Paulson, Greg Pfeifer
Jr., Travis Krause, Tyler Clark, Greg Erickson, Johnny Magnum, Bob Bunne
B Feature Ben Anderson, Jerry Young, Andrew Wiste, Larry Brengel,
Tyron Friese
Heat 1 Wytaske, Dean Hoffman, Tom Paulson, Sam Siskow, Magnum
Heat 2 Greg Erickson, Darin Toot, Clark, Bunne, Cummins
Heat 3 Bryan Hernandez, Pfeifer Jr., Harlan Morehart, Terry Timmerman,
Greg Jensen
Heat 4 Krause, Derrick Bridley, Brauer, Craig Bentzin, Sean Hemker
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature - Danny Hanson, Tyler Rubin, Jamie Johnson, Tom McEldowney, Tony
Horsman, Kevin Hager, Ron Rucker, Shaun Wehlage, Ernie Kramer, Jeff Nelson
Heat 1 Rucker, Rubin, Horsman, Hager, Ryan Goergen
Heat 2 Chuck Nerland, Johnson, Steve Eischens, McEldowney, Lane Hall
Heat 3 Wehlage, Hanson, Nelson, Mark Zvorak, Kramer
Classic Dwarf Cars
Feature - Drew Jech, Mike Gaines, Brian Kiehne, Tate Bestor, Jeff Jech,
Roger Torgerson, Rick Utley, Curtis Luhmann, Todd Kiehne, Kevin Bigalk
Heat 1 - D. Jech, Bestor, Gaines, J. Jech, Torgerson
Heat 2 - B. Kiehne, Utley, Bigalk, T. Kiehne, Joel Kath
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