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Conrad Visits Victory Lane At Deer Creek
By Bill Nelson
August 13, 2005 - Spring Valley MN - Essig Insurance agency and Wynns night
found perfect weather with 116 cars on hand and an exuberant crowd.
The WISSOTA Street Stocks pulled onto the field for their feature event after
a quick blade job and slight misting to settle down a slightly rough
track. The work paid off as the street stocks had a beautiful
track. Michael Conrad jumped out to an early lead with Chuck Nerland in
second. Thirteen to go the field was searching all around the track for
the fastest line for their car. Danny Hanson started to work on Nerland
on the lower side of the speedway. Steve Eischens and Kevin Hager were
racing for fifth with ten to go as Shaun Wehlage followed behind them. With
six to go Zvorak began working on Hanson for third while Hanson raced beside
Nerland. Zvorak was able to move past Hanson and pulled alongside of
Nerland. With two to go Zvorak was able to gain the second spot but up
front it was Conrad for his first ever feature win at Deer Creek
Speedway. The tech guys also drew a number for one lucky driver to
receive a $100 bonus for the feature going non-stop.
Greg Pfeifer Jr. paced the field to the green flag and led for the first lap
as some three and four wide battles raged through the field. Kenny
Wytaske moved into the second spot early. Darin Toot, Bryan Hernandez
and Dean Hoffman were three wide for third. A restart with ten to go
found Pfeifer still in first resisting the heavy pressure from Wytaske. Toot
and Hernandez continued to battle for third as Jason Cummins tried to work
past those two. Mid pack there was some great racing through the last
five laps while up front Wytaske continued to try to find a way under
Pfeifer. It was Pfeifers night though as he held on for the win.
Dave Haberman has struggled through most of the season but after a good heat
race found himself on the front row for the WISSOTA Super Stock feature.
Haberman led the first lap followed by another struggling car as Jason
Gabrielson moved into second. Kevin Hager, David Gustafson and Schatney
Sanders were three wide for third. Gabrielson was working under Haberman
for the lead for the next couple circuits as a big pack of cars raced for
fifth. A restart with fifteen to go found Dustin Nelson and Hager
dueling for fourth. Sanders took over the second spot as Cole Queensland
moved past Hager with eight to go. Gabrielson soon had his hands full
with Queensland and Nelson for the third spot. With four to go Nelson
took the third spot as Matt Durnen moved in to race with Queensland and
Gabrielson. Durnen and Queensland got together exiting four with three
to go. Sanders had a great restart and ran beside Haberman for the final
two circuits but Haberman was good on the top side of the speedway and held on
for the win.
Brad Waits and Bruce Angst battled for the first two laps with Waits credited
with the lead on the restart. Waits again held the lead with three wide
racing the norm in the field as they ran all over the racetrack. Tim
Donlinger moved into the second spot and Mike Sorensen moved into the third
spot. Fifteen to go and Donlinger moved alongside of Waits as the two
ran side by side in an awesome race for the lead for four laps.
Donlinger got the edge at the line with ten to go as a caution flew.
Sorensen worked into second on the restart. Seven to go found Jesse
Frericks in the top five after starting fifteenth on the field.
Donlinger slowly pulled away from the field as a fierce battle ensued for
fifth with Frericks, Angst, steve Arpin, Jay Ihrke, Bob Timm and Nate Wasmund
all swapping positions. Donlinger took home the checker flag.
Jeff Jech lead the Classic Dwarf cars early with Drew Jech and Roger Torgerson
racing for second. The top five were all running close for
position. Ten to go and Todd Kiehne and Drew Jech moved into first and
second and battled for position. Mike Gaines and Jeff Jech battled for
third with Rick Utley directly behind them. With seven to go Gaines
joined Drew and Kiehne up front as they raced three wide for the lead. A great
battle ensued as the started to work lapped traffic and swapping the
lead. Gaines was able to get command of the lead with two to go and took
home the checkers.
Ben Mattick led the WISSOTA Late Model race early with Keith Foss in
second. A three wide battle for fifth quickly ensued as some strong cars
started mid pack. Mattick found the top groove to his liking with Mark
Teske moving into third with fifteen to go. Paul Novotny was making the
bottom of the track work for him as he moved into fourth. A restart with
thirteen to go found Foss attacking Mattick again but lost a little momentum
out of two allowing Teske to take second. A restart with ten to go found
Teske putting pressure on Mattick. Teske was able to gain the advantage
at the line but Mattick was really making the top work and hung tight to the
rear corner of Teske. Novonty, Foss and Troy Brand had a great race for
third with Brand making the top side work well. Brand soon took over
third and as Mattick worked to find a little quicker line Brand was able to
work outside of Mattick for second with one to go. Time ran out for
Brand as Teske took home the win.
WISSOTA Late Models
Feature - Mark Teske, Troy Brand, Ben Mattick, Paul Novotny, Matt Madsen, Nick
Herrick, Keith Foss, Barry Underdahl, Jerry Bloom, Chris Adams
Heat 1 - N. Herrick, Teske, Foss, Madsen, Mattick
Heat 2 Underdahl, Lance Matthees, Novotny, Joe Ludemann, Brand
USRA Modifieds
Feature - Tim Donlinger, Mike Sorensen, Brad Waits, Neil Eckhart, Jesse
Frericks, Steve Arpin, Bob Timm, Bruce Angst, Nate Wasmund, Jay Ihrke
Heat 1 Waits, Ihrke, Angst, Bobby Sorensen, Matt Aarsvold
Heat 2 Karl Fenske, Eckhart, Donlinger, Steve Wetzstein, Mark Noble
Heat 3 - M. Sorensen, Dain Schultz, Timm, Albert Wytaske, Frericks
WISSOTA Super Stocks
Feature - Dave Haberman, Schatney Sanders, Dustin Nelson, Jason Gabrielson,
Ryan Siegle, Cole Queensland, Kevin Hager, Brian Fetting, Bobby Swanson, Lucas
Peterson
Heat 1 Siegle, Haberman, Brad VanZuilen, Hager, Swanson
Heat 2 Nelson, Chris Quast, Gabrielson, David Gustafson, Tony Bloom
Heat 3 Sanders, Matt Durnen, Queensland, Fetting, Peterson
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Feature - Greg Pfeifer Jr., Bryan Hernandez, Kenny Wytaske, Darin Toot, Jason
Cummins, Craig Bentzin, Joe Bunne, Jerry Young, Travis Krause, Ben Anderson
B feature Krause, Steinbrink, Mike Paulson, Anderson, Jim Struckman
Heat 1 Hernandez, Johnny Magnum, Dean Hoffman, Gregory Jensen, Jason Weis
Heat 2 Wytaske, Bentzin, Pfeifer Jr., Larry Nelson, Terry Timmerman
Heat 3 Cummins, Tom Paulson, Jeff Brauer, Young, Sean Hemker
Heat 4 Toot, Bunne, Andrew Wiste, Sam Siskow, Harlan Morehart
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature - Michael Conrad, Mark Zvorak, Chuck Nerland, Danny Hanson, Steve
Eischens, Shaun Wehlage, Kevin Hager, Tony Horsman, Scott Olson, Chris Crasper
Heat 1 Wehlage, Zvorak, Conrad, Eischens, Hager
Heat 2 Nerland, Hanson, Horsman, Ron Rucker, Crasper
Classic Dwarf Cars
Feature - Mike Gaines, Todd Kiehne, Drew Jech, Jeff Jech, Tate Bestor, David
Marso, Rick Utley, Curtis Luhmann, Kevin Bigalk, Roger Torgerson
Heat 1 Utley, Torgerson, Bestor, Luhmann, Corey Whalen
Heat 2 Marso, Kiehne, J. Jech, Gaines, D. Jech
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