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Donlingers Dominance Continues At Deer Creek
By Bill Nelson
August 6 - Spring Valley Mn - A great field of 127 cars checked into the back
gate on Quality Auto night. The drivers, crews and fans were also
treated to a display of the Castrol GTX NHRA Funny Car that was on hand
courtesy of Greenway.
The classic dwarf cars were first on the track for their feature with extra
money on the line courtesy of Quality Auto and dwarf car driver Rick Utley.
Roger Torgerson took off from the pole position and into the lead with Brian
Kiehne working to his inside. Tate Bestor quickly worked into the third
spot as four cars battled for the fourth spot. Ten to go and Drew Jech worked
into the fourth position as the top three ran nose to tail around the top side
of the track. With five to go Bestor slowed and then pulled to the
inside of the track with problems. Kiehne chased Torgerson around the top side
of the track and moved alongside coming to the white out of four but was
unable to complete the pass with Torgerson taking the win.
After an early restart Bryan Hernandez took the lead with Darin Toot and Greg
Erickson in hot pursuit during the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature.
Sean Hemker worked beside Erickson as the two raced for the third spot.
Track conditions were great with drivers searching for their cars preferred
lines around the 3/8 mile speedway. Hernandez slowly pulled out to a
good lead over Toot, while Travis Krause and Mike Paulson battle for the fifth
position. With three to go Krause, Paulson, Hemker, Kenny Wytaske and
Tim Brown were all in a big group as the caution flew. The caution set
up a green white checker dash to the finish. Hernandez was not to be
denied by the heavy pressure that Toot put on him as he crossed the line
first.
Ryan Siegle and Dave Haberman paced the WISSOTA Super Stocks to the green flag
with Siegle taking the early lead. Most of the field ran two and three
wide early as Siegle started to get pressure from Haberman on the bottom with
Ted Marrs behind the lead duo. A restart with sixteen to go saw the top
ten running tight with some great racing action. Marrs moved up to battle with
Siegle for the lead with Ferlin Miller running them down. Another quick
caution found Miller side by side with Siegle as they exited two on the
restart with Miller taking the lead at the line. Late in the race Tim
Johnson found the top side to his liking as he moved into the top five while
Dave Mass followed him as Johnson moved past Dustin Nelson for fourth and on
the last lap Mass powered by on the outside for fifth. Miller came home
with the win and Siegle finished second with his best run of the season.
The USRA modifieds had some great battles early on as some fast drivers made
their way to the front. Brad Waits led early with Mike Sorensen working
into second quickly. Trevis Underdahl and Doug Hillson raced for the
third spot with Steve Arpin and Bob Timm trying to make the top side work
early on. Seventeen to go and Sorensen worked under Waits for the
lead. Jesse Frericks, Arpin, Tim Donlinger, Hillson and Timm were now
locked in a super battle for third. Each driver had the advantage at one
time or another as they race every where on the track. With fifteen to
go a caution few with Donlinger into the third spot after starting sixteenth
on the grid. Donlinger took second away from Waits on the restart and
set sail after Sorensen out front, behind the front three the racing heated up
with some three and four wide battles for position. Twelve to go and
Donlinger took over the lead. Neil Eckhart, Arpin and Timm now battled
for fourth behind a strong running Frericks. With five to go Timm and Eckhart
closed up on Frericks and moved past him as Donlinger pulled out to a half
straight away lead and took the win.
The WISSOTA Street Stocks pulled of another good race running without caution
for the distance. Ernie Kramer and Danny Hanson battled their five cars
for the lead early with Hanson taking the lead at the completion of the first
lap. Kevin Baron worked to the bottom of Hanson with eleven to go to
take over the lead while Shaun Wehlage moved into second on the following
lap. With seven laps still remaining Wehlage started to put pressure on
Baron. Baron was working the middle of the track while Wehlage was
keeping it tight around the bottom. With five to go Wehalge took the
lead and held on for the win.
The WISSOTA Late Models found Nick Herrick leading while Paul Novotny quickly
moved into second. Novotny quickly moved into the lead with two laps
completed but Herrick held onto his bumper. Lance Matthees and Mark
Teske worked into the top five early. With thirteen to go Matthees and
Herrick were racing hard for second. Herrick held Matthees off for two
laps. At the time Matthees cleared into second Keith Foss found
something to his liking up top. Nine to go and Foss cleared Herrick for
third. Matthees was next on the list as Foss picked him off with seven
laps to go. Six to go found Novotny and Foss side by side. Foss
took over the lead as Chris Adams, Herrick and Barry Underdahl were three wide
for fifth. Teske moved up to race with Matthees for third as the two of
them tried to catch Foss. Foss took home the win for his first of the
season.
WISSOTA LATE MODELS
Feature - Keith Foss, Paul Novotny, Mark Teske, Lance Matthees, Nick Herrick,
Barry Underdahl, Chris Adams, Troy Brand, Jerry Bloom, Matt Madsen
Heat 1 - Doug Herrick, Brand, Bloom, N. Herrick, Adams
Heat 2 Teske, Underdahl, Matthees, Novotny, Madsen
USRA Modifieds
Feature - Tim Donlinger, Mike Sorensen, Brad Waits, Bob Timm, Neil
Eckhart, Jesse Frericks, Steve Arpin, Trevis Underdahl, Chris Oertel, Albert
Wytaske
Heat 1 - M. Sorensen, Mike Hernke, Waits, Bobby Sorensen, Bill Clemens
Heat 2 Timm, Oertel, Frericks, Hank Rollinger, Bruce Angst
Heat 3 Doug Hillson, Underdahl, Arpin, Nate Wasmund, Eckhart
WISSOTA Super
Feature - Ferlin Miller, Ryan Siegle, Ted Marrs, Dave Mass, Dustin Nelson, Tim
Johnson, Dave Haberman, Cole Queensland, Jason Gabrielson, Bobby Swanson
Heat 1 Miller, Marrs, Haberman, Jay Poidinger, Brian Fetting
Heat 2 Mass, Johnson, Gabrielson, Siegle, Josh Bartel
Heat 3 Queensland, Nelson, Tim Williamson, Mike Madsen, Chris Quast
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Feature - Bryan Hernandez, Darin Toot, Ben Anderson, Travis Krause, Mike
Paulson, Kenny Wytaske, Sean Hemker, Tim Brown, Jeff Brauer, Dustin Steinbrink
B feature Wiste, Steinbrink, Jensen, Magnum, Joe Bunne
Heat 1 Hemker, Benjamin Rippentrop, Mike Paulson, Victor Schmidt, Jeremy
Laures
Heat 2 Hernandez, Greg Erickson, Joe Wernecke, Tim Brown, Steve Bangart
Heat 3 Craig Bentzin, Toot, Jason Cummins, Heather Rayman, Sam Siskow
WISSOTA Street Stock
Feature - Shaun Wehlage, Kevin Baron, Jamie Johnson, Mark Zvorak, Jim
Gullickson, Chuck Nerland, Danny Hanson, Jeffrey Nelson, Steve Eischens, Kevin
Hager
Heat 1 Wehlage, Zvorak, Gullikson, Nelson, Ernie Kramer
Heat 2 Johnson, Nelson, Hager, Hanson, Baron
Classic Dwarf Cars
Feature - Roger Torgerson, Brian Kiehne, Drew Jech, Jeff Jech, Mike Gaines,
Curtis Luhmann, John Griffen, Andy Kvam, Tate Bestor, Corey Whalen
Heat 1 - J. Jech, B. Kiehne, Gaines, Todd Kiehne, Whalen
Heat 2 - D. Jech, Togerson, Bestor, Rick Utley, Luhmann
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