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Teske And Donlinger Feature Winners Again At Deer Creek
By Bill Nelson
August 20 - Spring Valley MN - After a heavy rainfall on Friday night the
track crew was busy on the speedway on Saturday morning preparing for a great
night of racing action. With a late announcement from long standing
sponsors about an increase purse in the USRA modifeds a great crowd and
stellar field of modifieds arrived to do battle on the high banked
track. The weather was perfect on Bigelow Enterprises night and
Sanderson Auto Repair was on hand along with Fastenal as additional sponsors
on the night. Featherlite Trailers, Bigelow Enterprises and Sun Place Tanning
all added money to the $2000 to win USRA modified race. Another track
sponsor Kim and Jackie Crawford of K.C. Lawncare added $200 to the back of the
field for the WISSOTA Street Stocks and Midwest Modified drivers as the last
ten finishing spots in both classes received an additional $10.00. With
140 cars on hand in the pit are the racing action on the track was fantastic.
The WISSOTA Street Stocks were awesome tonight with Tony Horsman taking the
early lead. Shaun Wehlage and Mark Zvorak waged war for second while
Chuck Nerland moved into fourth early on. With two laps in the front
three came out of four three wide in the race for the lead and kept this going
for the next three laps. A caution with nine to go bunched the field
back up. Wehlage used the high line to take the lead on the restart
while Steve Eischens worked into the top 5. Wehlage and Zvorak started
to put some distance over the field during the final laps. Three to go
and Zvorak was putting pressure on Wehlage again. Then as they were coming to
the checkers the Wehlage steed went up in smoke allowing Zvorak and Nerland to
pass him as he coasted across the line in third.
The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds had the yellow fever on the night with Dan Svee
and Jeremy Laures battling for the lead on the first lap. Darin Toot
came to take home the win though as he went around Svee for the lead on lap
three. Jason Cummins was on a mission also as he moved into second
shortly thereafter. Some entertaining three wide racing was going on
through the pack but with multiple restarts the finish came down to a green,
white, checkers dash to the finish. Toot ran the top of the track well
but Cummins was able to pull alongside side a couple times but the momentum
from the top side held Toot in the lead as he took home the checkers.
Rodney Dregney in a rare appearance at the speedway led early with three and
four wide battles behind him early on. A restart on lap two gave Ferlin
Miller the shot at Dregney that he needed as he took over the lead. With
fifteen to go tenth starter Dustin Nelson moved into third while Schatney
Sanders and Ryan Siegle raced for the fourth spot. Dregney kept the pressure
on up front as Nelson started to gain on the lead duo. A restart with
twelve to go put Nelson in the second spot with Miller slowly pulling away
from him while great battles occurred throughout the field. A caution
late in the race set up a dash for the finish. Miller led through one
and two but pushed up hard out of three and four allowing Nelson to move into
the lead. On the white flag lap Miller got close in three as the two
made contact out of four and came across the line side by side at the
checkers. Nelson was credited with the win by inches in an exciting
finish to the feature.
Troy Brand got the jump on the WISSOTA Late Models with Paul Novotny and Jerry
Bloom running side by side for second. The early lead was short lived as
Brand slowed bringing out the caution. Novonty led on the restart with
Nick Herrick racing with Bloom. Barry Underdahl, Keith Foss and Mark
Teske where stacked up behind the two cars in their own battle on their way to
the front. Underdahl was the first through and into second spot with
fourteen to go. Novotny was looking strong holding onto a good lead with
Underdahl and Teske following at the half way point. Teske moved past
Underdahl with nine to go as lapped traffic slowed Underdahl. Teske then
set up the same type of pass on Novotny as he slowed for lapped traffic.
Once in front Teske cruised home to yet another feature win.
Curtis Luhmann led the Classic Dwarf car feature early with Kevin Bigalk in
second with the Jechs, Drew and Jeff racing for third. With thirteen
to go Drew moved past Bigalk in one and two and took over the lead in turn
three as he went by Luhmann. As typical of the dwarf cars the top eight
dwarf cars were running close with three and four wide races coming out of the
corners for position. With eight to go Mike Gaines moved into second and
set his sights on Jech. A restart with four to go bunched up the field
with Gaines and Brian Kiehne on Jechs bumper. Jech held on for the
checkers in a great race by the dwarf cars.
The final feature of the night was a dandy as the $2000 to win USRA Modifieds
pulled onto the track for their 30-lap feature. With extra money in the
purse from Featherlite Trailers, Bigelow Enterprises and Sun Place Tanning a
large 38 car field showed up for the Saturday night race. Steve
Wetzstein had his best run of the season at the speedway and led early on in
the feature event. The field was three and four wide for the first few
laps as everyone tried to charge towards the front early. Steve Arpin
settled into second with Corey Dripps, Tim Donlinger and Bruce Angst racing
behind him. With twenty four to go Mark Noble slowed bringing out a
caution. Wetzstein ran low on the restart with Donlinger working to his
outside. Donlinger took the lead with twenty to go while Dripps
and Wetzstein went side by side for the next four laps. Fourteen to go
and Dripps really had the top side working as he closed in on the
leader. But a heavy brush with the wall slowed down his progress.
Tommy Myer and Brad McEwan were trying to crack the top five late in the race
as they came up from deeper in the field. Donlinger held on for another
win at the speedway and the $2,000 prize.
WISSOTA Late Models
Feature - Mark Teske, Paul Novotny, Barry Underdahl, Keith Foss, Ben Mattick,
Nick Herrick, Jerry Bloom, Dennis Hillson, Chris Adams, Nick Kramer
Heat 1 Foss, McKay, Novotny, Madsen ,Underdahl
Heat 2 Teske, Brand, Bloom ,Bunne, N. Herrick
USRA Modifieds
Feature - Tim Donlinger, Corey Dripps, Steve Wetzstein, Brad McEwan, Steve
Arpin, Tommy Myer, John Tesch, Todd Scharkey, Ryan Ruter, Kelly Shryock
B Feature #1 Matt Aarsvold, Jay Ihrke, Jesse Frericks, Hank
Rollinger, Dave Wytaske Jr.
B Feature # 2 Dain Schultz, Todd Scharkey, Darwyn Karau, Jake Neal,
James Parker
Heat 1 Mark Noble, Donlinger, Wetzstein, Albert Wytaske, Craig Shaw, Russ
Quinnell
Heat 2 Neil Eckhart, Tesch, Dripps, Myer, Dann Olson
Heat 3 Arpin, Bobby Sorensen, McEwan, Shryock , Mike Sorensen
Heat 4 Bruce Angst, Alan Mondus, Ruter, Mike Spaulding, Bob Timm
WISSOTA Super Stocks
Feature - Dustin Nelson, Ferlin Miller, Schatney Sanders, Rodney Dregney,
Kevin Hager, Ryan Siegle, Cole Queensland, Matt Durnen, Chris Quast, Dave
Haberman
Heat 1 Sanders, Dregney, David Gustafson, Troy Brand, Dave Lewison
Heat 2 Miller, Quast, Jason Gabrielson, Haberman, Gary Wiersgalla
Heat 3 Hager, Durnen, Siegle, Nelson, Bobby Swanson
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Feature - Darin Toot, Jason Cummins, Craig Bentzin, Bryan Hernandez, Daniel
Svee, Ben Anderson, Greg Pfeifer Jr., Jeff Brauer, Eric Condit, Joe Bunne
B Feature Kenny Wytaske, Brent Podein, Beth Noble, Clint Wittlief,
Tyron Friese
Heat 1 Svee, Bentzin, Hernandez, Pfeifer Jr., Harlan Morehart
Heat 2 Bunne, Cummins, Travis Krause, Brauer, Johnny Magnum
Heat 3 Jeremy Laures, Sam Siskow, Toot, Tom Paulson, Sean Hemker
Heat 4 Condit, Greg Erickson, Anderson, Terry Timmerman, Benjamin
Rippentrop
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature - Mark Zvorak, Chuck Nerland, Shaun Wehlage, Steve Eischens, Tyler
Rubin, Tony Horsman, Bobby Kilby, Erik Kanz, Ernie Kramer, Mark Hovland
Heat 1 Nerland, Zvorak, Kilby, Kramer, Horsman
Heat 2 Wehlage, Tom McEldwoney, Eischens, Troy Voth, Erik Kanz
Classic Dwarf Cars
Feature - Drew Jech, Mike Gaines, Brian Kiehne, Kevin Bigalk, Curtis Luhmann,
Corey Whalen, Roger Torgerson, Rick Utley, Joel Kath, Jeff Jech
Heat 1 Bigalk, Gaines, John Griffen, Andy Kvam, Whalen
Heat 2 - D. Jech, Torgerson, J. Jech, Utley, Luhmann
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