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5 New Winners Highlight Deer Creek's Night 3
by Bill Nelson
Spring Valley Mn - April 22, 2006 -- 125 cars were on hand during Fastenal
night at the races. The track was slightly rough during the heat races
after all of the rain the speedway received this week. The crew bladed
it down before the features and put a light mist down to smooth out what was
left and the track was lightning fast the rest of the night for the
features. The street stock feature was again an incredible battle with
any of 5 cars able to win the race. There was lots of two and three wide
racing in all classes all night but especially the street stocks. Racing
action started at five o’clock and ended shortly before 9:30 with the small
delay in track prep before the features.
The Fastenal crew was busy in the hospitality area with a tire changing game
for those who wanted to try their hand at a NASCAR tire change. They also
brought along the #18 Bobby Hamilton Jr. NASCAR Craftsman Truck for display
that had a crowd gathered around it all night. Chris Ausrud and Scott
Hilgemann each won a pair of tickets for the Milwaukee Mile Craftsman Truck
race that was given away by Fastenal. Cindy Seabright also received a
pair of tickets to an upcoming Martina McBride concert at the Midwest Wireless
Center in Makato MN courtesy of Midwest Wireless.
The WISSOTA Street Stocks have put on the best races of the season so far to
date and tonight was no exception as the battles were great and frequent
throughout the 18 lap race. Jamie Johnson started from the outside pole
position and quickly moved into the lead followed by Ryan Goergen. Cory
Crapser and Cory Rosen were tied for points coming into the nights racing
action. Crapser looked strong early on moving up from his tenth starting
spot into the top five in the first two laps. With sixteen to go Shaun
Wehlage and Allen Gessell Jr. made a sandwhich out of Goergen for
second. Gessell Jr. took the spot with Wehlage working into third.
Jim Gustafson worked into the top five with eleven to go and started to put
pressure on Crapser for fourth as Johnson cruised out front by himself.
Gustafson took the spot as Gessell Jr. and Wehlage ran side by side for second
in a great battle swapping positions multiple times during the next five
laps. Gustafson joined in making it a three wide race with eight to go
as Rosen moved past Crapser for fifth. Johnson cruised out to a full
straightaway lead over Gustafson as he worked into second. Wehlage broke
with four to go as Rosen moved into third. Gessell Jr., Crapser and
Danny Hanson then had a race for 4th on the last lap with Hanson getting a
flat tire and dropping back. Johnson cruised home with the caution free
feature win.
Ben Anderson jumped into the early lead in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified
feature race with Bryan Hernandez following through closely in second. With
two and three wide battles raging on through the field Hernandez and Anderson
put on an entertaining display of driving for the fans as they raced side by
side swapping grooves on the racetrack early on. Greg Pfeifer Jr. and Chris
Adams had the best seat in the house watching the duo up front as they slowly
closed in on them. Fourteen to go and Anderson was now into a
comfortable lead as Pfeifer Jr. started to work on Hernandez for
position. Craig Bentzin and Sean Hemker had a great race going for fifth
as Anderson kept increasing his lead up front. The yellow flew with nine
to go bunching the field back up. Bentzin and Adams worked each other
over on the restart with Bentzin gaining the advantage. Bentzin then set
sight on Pfeifer Jr. and with three to go moved into the third spot as
Anderson pulled out to a half straightaway lead over second place finishing
Hernandez.
Jason Gabrielson looked to have things working well in his WISSOTA Super Stock
tonight pulling out to an early lead with Harlan Morehart in second.
Defending track champion Dustin Nelson ran in third and started to pressure
Morehart quickly. Chris Groth was also flying as he moved up from his
ninth starting spot into the fourth spot on lap four. Nelson moved into second
as the Super Stocks were tearing around the speedway in two and three wide
formations. Morehart than started to slide back through the field as
Groth moved past and then Bobby Swanson moved into fourth. Fourteen to
go and Nelson and Groth were hotfooting it to the front as they gained ground
on Gabrielson. Twelve to go and the top three were nose to tail, on the
nest lap Groth dove low past Nelson and Gabrielson as Nelson also moved past
Gabrielson into second. A caution flew with eleven to go with Groth
leading. Dave Haberman then moved up into third as Gabrielson slowed
dramatically on the back stretch bringing out another caution. Dave
Haberman and Kurt Kromschroeder then locked up for third as Nelson started to
work on Groth up front. The front runners swapped the lead three
times with seven to go until Nelson took the lead. Groth’s motor
started to sound a little sour late as Nelson pulled away for his first win of
the season. Groth held on for second as Haberman and Kromschroder
finished third and fourth with Swanson rounding out the top five.
The USRA modifieds were wicked fast on the tacky racing surface with Tim
Donlinger leading early. A couple quick cautions settled the field down
slightly with Tommy Myer in second and Brad Waits looking strong in
third. Two laps down and Myer moved into the lead with Mike Sorensen,
Bob Timm and Steve Arpin dicing it up for fourth. A restart with twenty
one to go saw Myer jump back out into the lead, Waits up into second and Arpin
into fourth. A caution came out for debri’s as the field slowed Arpin
and Soresen got locked together ending Arpin’s night. With fifteen to
go Myer had worked back into a full straight lead with lots of great racing
behind his dominating performance. Donlinger and Waits touched on a
restart with Waits dropping back a few spots and Sorensen working past
Donlinger into second. Nine to go and Donlinger had his hands full with
Corey Dripps and Bob Timm as they ran three wide for position. Timm
moved into third with Donlinger and Dripps left to determine the outcome for
fourth and fifth. Timm got a flat on the last lap falling back
through the field with Nate Wasmund having a good run to round out the top
five behind Donlinger and Dripps with Myer and Sorensen taking home the top
spots.
Another nice field of WISSOTA Late Models took the green flag with Doug
Herrick getting the early lead. Mike Prochnow moved into the lead on the
second lap as Herrick pushed up in a corner. Keith Foss then started to
work Herrick for second as Teske moved up from ninth to fourth. Jay
Ihrke was strong early also as he followed Teske forward and into the top five
early from his eleventh starting spot. Eighteen to go and Lance Matthees
and Adam Hensel moved forward as they moved around Ihrke for the spots.
On a restart with fourteen to go Jeff Matejka barrel rolled his Late Model
down the back straight with Matt Madsen, Jerry Bloom and Kevin Keuhn all
involved. All of the drivers were able to walk away from the
incident.
On the restart Teske powered by the front two on the bottom side of the
speedway to take the lead. Foss and Prochnow raced for second as Hensel
worked just behind Foss on his way to the front. Six to go and Hensel
had worked past Foss and now was busy with Prochnow. On the next lap
Hensel moved into second and quickly started to track down Teske. Teske
held on up front and the defending track champion took home his first feature
win of the season in his first start.
WISSOTA LATE MODELS
Feature - Mark Teske, Adam Hensel, Mike Prochnow, Keith Foss, Lance Matthees,
Jay Ihrke, Doug Herrick, Ben Mattick, Nick Herrick, Travis Wagner
Heat 1 – Prochnow, Teske, Hensel, Foss, N. Herrick
Heat 2 - D. Herrick, Troy Brand, Mattick, Barry Underdahl, Schatney
Sanders
Heat 3 – Matthees, Dennis Hillson, Ihrke, Nick Kramer, Jeff Matejka
USRA Modifieds
Feature - Tommy Myer, Mike Sorensen, Tim Donlinger, Corey Dripps, Nate Wasmund,
Ryan York, Ron Konkel, Brad Waits, Bob Timm, Alan Mondus
“B” Feature – Steve Wetzstein, Brian Shaw, Doug Hillson, Mike Budensiek,
Dave Wytaske Jr.
Heat 1 – Jeff Schluetter, Jay Poidinger, Terry Timmerman, Bob Fisher, Bobby
Sorensen
Heat 2 – Mondus, M. Sorensen, York, Dain Schultz, Wasmund
Heat 3 – Waits, Timm, Steve Arpin, Konkel, Ben Rippentrop
Heat 4 – Myer, Donlinger, Brad Bakken, Dripps, Tom Paulson
WISSOTA Super Stocks
Feature - Dustin Nelson, Chris Groth, Dave Haberman, Kurt Kromschroeder, Bobby
Swanson, Ryan Siegle, Kevin Glander, Brian Fetting, Jared Boumeester, Kevin
Hager
Heat 1 – Groth, Harlan Morehart, Hager, Swanson, Ed Sanders
Heat 2 – Fetting, Jason Gabrielson, Cole Queensland, Siegle, Josh Bartel
Heat 3 – Nelson, Haberman, Glander, Lloyd Peterson, Kromschroeder
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Feature - Ben Anderson, Bryan Hernandez, Chris Adams, Craig Bentzin, Greg
Pfeifer Jr. Sean Hemker, Travis Krause, Ron Houdek, Johnny Magnum, Jeff Brauer
“B” feature – Brauer, Kyle Jumbeck, Matt Larson, Jerry Young, Sam Siskow
Heat 1 – Anderson, Pfeifer Jr., Brent Podein, Krause, Jacob Dahle
Heat 2 - Morehart, Kenny Wytaske, Magnum, Mike Paulson, Albert Wytaske
Heat 3 – Dustin Steinbrink, Houdek, Tyler Clark, Bentzin, Joel Alberts
Heat 4 – Hemker, Hernandez, Adams, Adrian Noble, Joe Bunne
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature - Jamie Johnson, Jim Gustafson, Cory Rosen, Allen Gessell Jr., Danny
Hanson, Cory Crapser, Michael Conrad, Scot Nelson, Chuck Nerland, Ryan Goergen
Heat 1 – Shaun Wehlage, Johnson, Tim Dower, Goergen, Kole Gamez
Heat 2 – Rosen, Gustafson, Nelson, Conrad, Nerland
Heat 3 – Crapser, Gessell Jr., Fred Prudoehl, Scott Olson, Ron Rucker
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