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Fall Festival Wraps Up Deer Creek Regular Season
Spring Valley, MN (Oct. 1)
By: Todd Narveson
It was an absolutely picture perfect evening for racing at the Deer Creek
Speedway. Tonight’s event was sponsored by Featherlite Trailers of Cresco,
IA and Valley Featherlite of Rochester.
A season high 163 race cars signed into the pits to do battle for one final
regular night of racing. The fans got their money’s worth tonight with the
twenty-nine race card.
The WISSOTA Street Stocks were first up for their 15-lap main event. Steve
Eischens and Cory Crapser brought the field in for the green flag. A yellow on
the initial start would bring a complete restart.
Crapser would take the early lead as Eischens had his hand full with Wayne
Dean and Mark Froehlich. Eischens was right on Crapser for the lead on lap
four and slid to the inside of the leader on lap eight. Crapser would fend off
Eischens challenges.
Then Dean slid to the low side of Eischens on lap eleven and squeezed to the
second spot in turn three. Froehlich now look to get by Eischens for third as
Danny Hanson took fifth.
Just as Hanson got into the top five, his right rear wheel left his car ending
his run and bringing out the yellow on lap twelve. That tightened up the field
and set up a three lap dash to the finish.
On the restart things became interesting up front. Crapser led, but Dean was
knocking at the door. Dean slid to the low goove and made a move for the lead.
Crapser held on running the top groove.
The white flag flew with Crapser and Dean door to door for the lead. They
battled the entire last lap side by side. With the checkered flag in the air
the raced almost dead even to the stripe.
Dean edged past literally by inches to claim the win with Crapser second.
Eischens would finish third as Jamie Johnson raced from tenth to fourth with
Froehlich in the top five.
Johnny Magnum led the WISSOTA Midiwest Modified feature early on with Sam
Siskow right with him. Dean Hoffman was running third until he spun in turn
two on lap two bringing out the yellow.
As the race resumed, Magnum led and Siskow was under attack from Dan Wheeler.
They tried to go four wide for second coming out of turn four and it did not
work. Siskow got turned sideways and nailed the frontstretch wall. The rest of
the field did a great job not piling into him.
On the restart, more mayhem broke out behind the leader Magnum. Wheeler and
Kenny Wytaske tangled in turn two and both cars broke sending the field
scrambling again and the yellow flag flew again.
Magnum was still leading with Heather Rayman now sceond. When the racing
resumed, Tom Paulson quickly challenged Rayman for second and took the
position on lap three. Bryan Hernandez also zoomed past into third and Dustin
Steinbrink was now fourth.
On lap five, Magnum was now feeling pressure from Paulson and Hernandez.
Paulson went to the top side on lap six to challenge for the lead. Paulson
spun in turn three on lap eight and the yellow flew for the spin.
Magnum continued to lead, but was being challenged by Hernandez and Steinbrink.
Magnum got out of shape on lap ten allowing Hernandez and Steinbrink by.
Now Hernandez and Steinbrink were side by side for the lead. Steinbrink ran
the low groove and Hernandez went up top. Steinbrink nabbed the lead on lap
ten and the pace slowed for another yellow on lap eleven.
Steinbrink led the field, but the driver on the move was Ben Anderson.
Anderson started twelfth and had now raced his way to third in the waning laps
of the race. Anderson was closing in on Hernandez as the white flag flew.
Steinbrink led the final lap to win his first ever midwest modified feature.
Anderson got by a slowing Hernandez for second. Bob Bunne and Eric Condit also
slipped by Hernandez who ended up fifth.
Kevin Hager and Dave Haberman led the WISSOTA Super Stocks to the green flag
for their 20-lap feature event. They went side by side for the lead as Ted
Marrs and Kevin Ayotte did the same for third.
Hager would nab the lead on lap two and Marrs raced Haberman for second. Mike
Loomis was on fourth and close behind the lead pack. Hager’s car broke loose
in turn two on lap three and Haberman was again alongside for the lead.
Haberman led lap five as he and Hager were still tooth and nail up front.
Loomis and Marrs now battled for third as Mike Ellis cracked the top five.
Ferlin Miller was on the charge and on lap eight got by Ellis for fifth.
The race up front was great as Hager and Haberman continued their side by side
battle. Haberman had a slight advantage until lap twelve when Hager slipped
back to the front.
Haberman was not giving up though as again he pulled even with Hager and they
raced door to door on lap thirteen and fourteen. Loomis had broken free of
Marrs and closed in on the lead duo.
Hager secured the lead on lap fifteen as Loomis now tried to get by Haberman.
Ellis’ good run would end on lap sixteen as his car went up in a big plume
of smoke and stalled in turn four causing a caution.
It took two tries to get things going again as two minor spins kept things
under yellow. The next restart saw Loomis bolt to the inside of Hager in turn
one and take the lead in turn two.
However, another spin brought out the yellow before the lap was complete. That
was a big break for Hager as he regained the top spot for the restart.
Hager went on for the win, his first of the season. It was a big win for Hager
as he and his wife Tracy were celebrating their eleven wedding anniversary
this weekend.
Loomis would finish second and Marrs would get by Haberman for third. However,
Marrs was light on the scales and disqualified putting Haberman in third.
Ferlin Miller and Mike Weber would round out the top five.
The USRA Modified feature was a caution plagued affair. Shawn Peterson led
early on as Neil Eckhart and Tim Donlinger raced for second. Caution flags
would be the rule as the race had a hard time getting any flow.
Eckhart would get to second on lap five and then chase down Peterson up front.
Peterson spun to the infield on lap seven and the field blasted on by. Eckhart
led with Donlinger and Todd Scharkey in pursuit.
Eckhart would endure a couple of cautions while up front, but held off the
pack for a convincing win. Donlinger was second with Scharkey third. Bruce
Angst and Jesse Frericks would finish out the top five.
It was a heartfelt goodbye for the Classic Dwarf Cars tonight. This was the
final night of racing at Deer Creek for this division as they will not return
in 2006. Their largest field of the season with twenty cars on hand brought
things to an end.
Troy Hudson made the haul up from Ankeny, IA and put a whopping on the field
tonight. Hudson led from the green until the checkered as he won in dominating
fashion.
The races only slowdown was for a flip by another Iowa invader as Mike Morrill
got upside down in turn four. He was uninjured and drove his car to the pit
area.
Roger Torgerson would finish second with Fred Schimmels in third. Cliff Barber
was fourth and Rick Utley was in the top five.
The final race of the night was the 20-lap WISSOTA Late Model feature. On the
start, Jeff Matejka got turned sideways in turn two and hit the wall. Several
cars got into the mess and Troy Brand sustained race ending damages.
Deer Creek’s 2005 point champion Mark Teske took the lead from row one and
left the field to battle for second. Luke Roffers held that spot and was
challenged briefly by Mike Prochnow.
Prochnow’s run ended early as during a caution, his left rear tire deflated
and ended his potential good run.
Teske pretty much checked out from there as he dominated the field for the
win. Roffers was second in his first ever run at the speedway. Jerry Bloom had
an excellent run in third as did Steve Yaggy in fourth. Paul Novotny rounded
out the top five.
That concluded the regular season at the Deer Creek Speedway. A special thank
you from the entire staff goes out to all the fans, sponsors, drivers and
crews that made 2005 a great season at Deer Creek.
The annual awards banquet will be held on Saturday, November 19 at Grumpy’s
Restaurant and Lounge in Grand Meadow. Tickets are $20 and available by
calling 1-877-DCS-RACE or go to www.deercreekspeedway.com
for more information.
Results
Wissota Late Models
Feature-Mark Teske, Luke Roffers, Jerry Bloom, Steve Yaggy, Paul Novotny, Ben
Mattick, Barry Underdahl, Joe Ludeman, Adam Hensel, Bill Stettner
First Heat-Novotny, Hensel, Jim Carlson, Bloom, Yaggy
Second Heat-Roffers, Teske, Mike Prochnow, Jeff Matekja, Troy Brand
Wissota Midwest Modifieds
Feature-Dustin Steinbrink, Ben Anderson, Bob Bunne, Eric Condit, Bryan
Hernandez, Jason Born, Johnny Magnum, Greg Kral, Terry Timmerman, Kenny
Wytaske
B-Main #1-Born, Mike Paulson, Joel Alberts, Elizabeth Noble, Bill Curran
B-Main #2-Greg Kral, Jason Weis, Jeff Brauer, Joe Wernecke, Brandon Bendell
First Heat-Sam Siskow, Dan Wheeler, Heather Rayman, Matt Larson, Joe Dengler
Second Heat-Wytaske, Tom Paulson, Greg Pfeifer Jr., Josh Angst, Terry
Timmerman
Third Heat-Steinbrink, Dean Hoffman, Magnum, Jason Cummins, Darran Jonsgaard
Fourth Heat-Hernandez, Bunne, Anderson, Condit, Greg Erickson
Classic Dwarf Cars
Feature-Troy Hudson, Roger Torgerson, Fred Schimmels, Cliff Barber, Rick Utley,
Brian Kiehne, Drew Jech, Corey Whalen, Randy Bryan, Mike Kennedy
First Heat-Hudson, Schimmels, Bryan, Curtis Luhman, D. Jech
Second Heat-Utley, Tate Bestor, Torgerson, Whalen, Barber
USRA Modifieds
Feature-Neil Eckhart, Tim Donlinger, Todd Scharkey, Bruce Angst, Jesse
Frericks, Trevis Underdahl, Kevin Pittman, Nate Wasmund, Les Duellman, Steve
Arpin
B-Main-Brad Waits, Pittman, Duellman, Wasmund, Shawn Nolan
First Heat-Angst, Bob Timm, Shawn Peterson, Jim Chyba, Bobby Sorensen
Second Heat-Eckhart, Karl Fenske, Underdahl, Jacob Dahle, Jay Poidinger
Third Heat-Mike Sorensen, Craig Bentzin, Jay Ihrke, Ryan York, Arpin
Fourth Heat-Jeremie Hedrick, Scharkey, Donlinger, Frericks, Paul Thorpe
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature-Wayne Dean, Corey Crapser, Steve Eischens, Jamie Johnson, Mark
Froehlich, Tyler Rubin, Bobby Kilby, Ron Rucker, Kevin Hager, Chuck Nerland
First Heat-Danny Hanson, Kilby, Dean, Greg Mattick, Scott Olson
Second Heat-Crapser, Johnson, Rubin, Rucker, Hager
Third Heat-Eischens, Jeff Nelson, Froehlich, Fred Prudoehl, Eric Kanz
Wissota Super Stocks
Feature-Kevin Hager, Mike Loomis, Dave Haberman, Ferlin Miller, Mike Weber,
Charlie Weber, Ryan Siegle, Dan Nissalke, Kevin Ayotte, Dan Arneson
B-Main-Cole Queensland, Kurt Kromschroeder, Dustin Nelson, Larry Fitzsimmons,
Chris Quast
First Heat-M. Weber, Justin Sass, Rick Ellis, JB Stortz, Gary Wiersgalla
Second Heat-C. Weber, Nissalke, Loomis, Terry Gorst, Josh Bartel
Third Heat-Hager, Miller, Haberman, Terry Kroening, Arneson
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