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Kilby Takes First Street Feature At The Creek
By Bill Nelson
August 19, 2006 - Spring Valley MN - The track crew has been busy this past
week at Deer Creek Speedway applying some new clay racing surface onto the
speedway. Approximately 100 yards of material was added on Tuesday and
Wednesday of this past week. With an all day rain on Thursday the track
was worked in and provided some good racing action on Saturday night, despite
cloudy skies all day on Friday and only partly clearing on Saturday
afternoon. Other than a couple rough spots the track was in good racing
condition and with some extra traveling drivers the fans were treated to some
great racing action.
The SunPlace Tanning WISSOTA Street Stocks took to the track first for their
feature racing action. Erik Kanz and Fred Prudoehl exited turn two side
by side for the lead at the start while a four wide battle for the third spot
raged behind them. Bobby Kilby quickly left the four car battle and
moved past Kanz to take over the second spot on lap two while Kanz raced with
Danny Hanson and Jim Gustafson for the fourth spot behind Chuck Nerland and
Prudoehl. A caution with four completed bunched the field back up.
Nerland used the restart to move past Prudoehl and started to put pressure on
Kilby up front. With ten to go Nerland was still pressuring Kilby up
front while Gustafson and Hanson battled for third. Gustafson was making
the bottom of the track really work tonight and moved into third with eight to
go. With seven to go Gustafson got by Nerland by a nose at the line for
second and set out after Kilby who had pulled away slightly over the last few
laps. Danny Hanson moved into third with three to go. On the next
lap Gustafson was about even with Kilby down the back chute. At the
white flag Gustafson had the lead by a nose, but Kilby kept it matted down
hard through one and two and gained a half car out of two. Kilby kept
that half car length lead the rest of the way to the checkers to hold on for
the win over point leader Gustafson.
Harlan Morehart took the lead on the opening lap of the Dirt Doctor Trucking
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and held that until a caution on lap two as the
field was battling hard for positions. On the restart Morehart got
pressured by Bob Bunne and Bryan Hernandez as the three ran down the back
straight three wide for the lead. Bunne got credited with leading the
next lap while Hernandez now raced for second with Albert Wytaske.
Wytaske took control of second while the field continued to dice it up hard
two and three wide around the track. With four completed Wytaske moved
past Hernandez to take control of the field. Hernandez now started to
get pressure from Jerry Young and Kenny Wytaske as they worked forward through
the field. Craig Bentzin was also moving now and sat in
second after patiently sitting behind Albert on his way to the front.
Eleven to go and Bentzin now worked on Albert for the lead while Young and
Hernandez continued racing for third. Eight to go and Bentzin now led
with Albert on his tail as the battle for third continued. Five to go
and Bentzin was slowly pulling away from the field and Hernandez took control
of third. Bentzin cruised home for the win followed by Wytaske,
Hernandez and Young with Jimmie Arnold working past Kenny Wytaske for fifth
late in the race.
Justin Sass sported a new look car tonight as he lead early in the SunPlace
Tanning WISSOTA Super Stock feature event. With a black car in place of
the traditional Sass white of 2006 he led while Dave Haberman, Cory Mahder and
Jared Boumeester ran three wide for third behind Cole Queensland.
Queensland got past Sass for the lead while Mahder disposed of the other cars
and started working on Sass for second. A restart after two completed
saw a big wreck in turn four on the restart ending a few cars night as Lucas
Peterson got pounded in every corner of the car. The restart saw
Queensland lead with Haberman working on Mahder and Dustin Nelson trying to
get past Sass for fourth. Steve Thomas had also worked into the sixth
spot and after watching the Nelson/Sass battle for one lap moved into the
three wide battle for fourth. Thomas cleared into fourth while Mahder
moved past Queensland for the lead. Thomas was flying and quickly moved into
third on the bottom of the speedway. Thirteen to go and Thomas moved
alongside of Queensland for the second position and looked to gain ground on
Mahder up front. Thomas had a quick line on the bottom while Mahder was
about two car widths off the bottom of the speedway with both drivers turning
almost identical laps. Mahder was quicker in one and two and Thomas in
three and four as they ran in close formation around the track. The lead
duo continued this for the remaining ten laps of the race while many three and
four car battles continued around the speedway to the checkers.
Nick Herrick and Jerry Bloom paced the field to the green flag in the Kramer
Motorsports WISSOTA Late Models with Jay Ihrke, Barry Underdahl and Adam
Hensel racing three wide for third behind them out of two. Herrick took
control early on with Underdahl moving past Bloom to take control of second as
a caution flew with two laps completed. On the restart Hensel moved past
Herrick for the lead as Lance Matthees worked into the fourth position.
Herrick now had his hands full of Underdahl who was trying to get back into
the second position. As the field settled into a long green flag run the
drivers found the quick way around the track minimizing any ruts encountered
around the track which saw very minimal passing the rest of the feature
race. Hensel cruised on to win by a straight away win over Herrick who
looked very strong in his new Masterbilt by Mars car in second.
With the USMTS series being cancelled at a nearby track many of the traveling
stars of the series showed up to battle with the local USRA modifieds as they
get ready for the upcoming Labor Day Dual. A total of 39 USRA modifieds
checked into the back gate for racing action on the night. The modifieds
had a tough time tonight with a complete restart after a spin in turn
one. On the restart outside front row sitter Mark Noble lost the handle
of his machine in turn two causing a major pileup and ending the night for
some strong runners. When the green finally waved and a lap was
completed Tommy Myer led the field with Steve Arpin and Kelly Shryock moving
up to battle for the lead on lap two. Behind them Jay Ihrke, Tim
Donlinger and Neil Eckhart were three wide for fourth. The lead pack
stayed three wide for the next three laps until Arpin dropped back slightly
with Donlinger taking over the fourth spot. Myer and Shryock continued
the battle for the lead with Shryock gaining control as another caution
flew. oN the restart Shryock led with Myer, Arpin and fifteenth starting
Jason Krohn racing for second. Myer kept contol of the spot until
another restart with seventeen to go. On the restart Myer and Krohn
touched with Myer ending up with a flat and ending his night. Krohn
followed Shryock around on the restart with Arpin and Jay Ihrke side by side
for third while Todd Scharkey and Mike Sorensen raced for fifth. Another
caution with thirteen to go caught the eye as Brian Shaw who started twenty
second on the field had quickly worked to the front and was in the top
five. With nine to go Shaw worked on Scharkey for fourth. Ryan
Ruter also moved past Scharkey to take over fifth. With three to go Shaw
moved past Arpin into third while Krohn continued to follow Shryock around the
speedway to take home second. Shryock held on for the win.
Next racing action will be Saturday night with all 5 classes of cars in
action.
Tickets are on sale for all action at the speedway with the Labor Day Dual
coming up on the 2nd of September with the World Dirt Racing League and the
United States Modified Touring Series in action at the speedway.
Also tickets are available for the Valley Featherlite PRCA Rodeo on the
9th and 10th of September as well as tickets for the eighth annual Featherlite
Fall Jamboree on the 20th through the 23rd of September.
USRA Modifieds
Feature - Kelly Shryock, Jason Krohn, Brian Shaw, Steve Arpin, Ryan Ruter,
Mike Sorensen, Jay Ihrke, Brad Waits, Ryan York, Bill Stettner, Tom Paulson,
Todd Scharkey, Mark Noble, Bobby Sorensen, Bill Clemens, Tommy Myer, Neil
Eckhart, Mike Spaulding, Tim Donlinger, Alan Mondus, Joe Wernecke, Tyler
Clark, Zack Vanderbeek, Nate Wasmund
B-Main #1 – Waits, Stettner, Hank Rollinger Jr., Terry Timmerman, Scott
Gronvold, Mike Budensiek, Pete Gronvold, Bob Fisher, Jeff Schluetter, Darwyn
Karau
B-Main #2 – Shaw, Ruter, Doug Hillson, Matt Aarsvold, Jay Poidinger, Russell
Quinnell, Josh Mattick, James Parker, Brad McEwan
Heat 1 – Noble, Mondus, B. Sorensen, Clemens, Timmerman, Shaw, P. Gronvold,
Karau
Heat 2 – Donlinger, Eckhart, Clark, York, Mattick, Budensiek, Waits,
Poidinger
Heat 3 – Wasmund, Vanderbeek, Scharkey, Wernecke, Stettner, Quinnell, Ruter,
McEwan
Heat 4 – Shyrock, Ihrke, M. Sorensen, Spaulding, Aarsvold, Fisher, Parker,
S. Gronvold
Heat 5 – Arpin, Myer, Krohn, Pualson, Rollinger Jr., Hillson, Schluetter
WISSOTA Late Models
Feature - Adam Hensel, Nick Herrick, Barry Underdahl, Lance Matthees, Mark
Teske, Keith Foss, Doug Herrick, Ben Mattick, Jay Ihrke, Dennis Hillson, Roger
Herrick, Nick Kramer, Joe Ludemann, Andrew McKay, Kevin Keuhn, Paul Novotny,
Troy Brand, Jerry Bloom
Heat 1 – Bloom, Underdahl, Teske, N. Herrick, Mattick, Novotny, Ludemann, R.
Herrick, Keuhn
Heat 2 – Hensel, D. Herrick, Ihrke, Matthees, Foss, McKay, Brand, Kramer,
Hillson
WISSOT A Midwest Modifieds
Feature - Craig Bentzin, Albert Wytaske, Bryan Hernandez, Jerry Young, Jimmie
Arnold, Kenny Wytaske, Joel ALberts, Bob Bunne, Greg Erickson, Troy Barth,
Dennis Glassel, Tim Siskow, Greg Jensen Harlan Morehart, Sam Siskow, Andrew
Wiste, Colby Showers, Bryce Struckman, Jeff Brauer, Joe Dengler, Josh Angst,
Joe Bunne, Joe Haberman, Chris Adams
B-Main #1 – Struckman, J. Bunne, Adams, Erickson, JR Jones, Ronnie Sorensen,
Jeremy Laures
Heat 1- Angst, B. Bunne, barth, Alberts, S. Siskow, J. Bunne
Heat 2- Jensen, Hernandez, Young, Dengler, T. Siskow, Sorensen, Jones
Heat 3- Bentzin, Morehart, Showers, Wiste, Haberman, Struckmann, Adams
Heat 4 – A. Wytaske, K. Wytaske, Arnold, Brauer, Glassel, laures, Erickson
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature - Bobby Kilby, Jim Gustafson, Danny Hanson, Chuck Nerland, Scott
Olson, Erik Kanz, Nathan Finley, Ernie Kramer, Fred Prudoeh, Tony Horsman, Joe
Sattre, Lane Hall, Darren Thomas, David Stevens, Todd Watts, Michael Conrad
Heat 1 – Kilby, Hanson, Hormsan, Kanz, Sattre, Hall, Conrad
Heat 2- Finley, Gustafson, Nerland, Prudoehl, Kramer, Stevens, Watts, Thomas
WISSOTA Super Stocks
Feature- Cory Mahder, Steve Thomas, Cole Queensland, Dustin Nelson, Justin
Sass, Chris Groth, JareD Boumeester, Dave Haberman, Chris Quast, Kevin Hager,
Tom McEldowney, Dave Solum, Brian Fetting, Shane Christiansen, Joey Hofer,
Raymond Rehbein, Kurt Kromschroeder, Jason Gabrielson, Chris Klinger, Todd
Hauer, Ryan Siegle, Lucas Peterson, Josh Bartel, Jesse Phelps
Heat 1- Thomas, Mahder, Boumeester, Gabrielson, Siegle, Fetting, Klinger,
Quast
Heat 2 – Haberman, Sass, Queensland, Phelps, Kromschroeder, Solum, Hauer,
Bartel
Heat 3 – Peterson, Groth, Nelson, Hager, Rehbein, Hofer, Christiansen,
McEldowney
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