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Foss And Klinger Top Fendered Cars At The Creek
Spring Valley MN
By Bill Nelson
April 28, 2007
Another beautiful 70 degree day greeted another spectacular crowd and a good
field of cars on this Saturday night in Southern Minnesota. Event
Sponsor Fastenal and Stone Machinery were on hand to hand out great gifts to
the fans and show their product.
The track was smooth and very racy throughout the night of racing action as
the track crew kept applying moisture throughout the night on the
speedway. The WISSOTA Street Stocks were the first feature of the night
with Kevin Hager getting the jump on the field at the drop of the green.
Scott Olson followed him into second while last weeks winner Scot Nelson came
from eighth to third on lap two. Coming down the backstretch Nelson put
the car up against the wall and shot into the lead going into three.
With four laps completed Tony Horsman worked into fourth with Dan Holland in
fifth from his thirteenth starting spot. Ernie Kramer pressured Holland
for the spot for the next three laps with Derek Borchardt following around
directly behind them. With eleven to go Nelson was slowly pulling away
from the field, Hager still sat in second while Kramer took over the fifth
spot working around Holland. Kramers top five run was shot lived as he
slid into the infield loosing spots as he pulled back onto the track.
Borchardt took advantage of the mishap and moved under Holland for the fifth
spot. Five to go and second running Hager started to show smoke out his
exhaust as he started to slow and two laps later pulled into the
infield. Upfront though it was all Nelson as he cruised to his second
straight win of the season at Deer Creek and he has not lost in any of his
qualifying heats either. Olson, Horsman, Borchardt and Karl Hewitt Jr.
rounded out the top five.
A three wide battle for the lead started off the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
with Jimmie Arnold getting the better of Brandon Davis and Bob Bunne out of
thurn four. With three laps completed Brandon Davis and Kenny Wytaske
were mixing it up for second. Through the next two laps they swapped
lines and positions on the track. Craig Bentzin was in fourth with Bryan
Hernandez rounding out the top five. Behind the top five they were still
two and three wide around the track. Eleven to go and Arnold was still
strong up front while Jerry Young, Joel Alberts and Greg Pfeifer Jr raced
three wide for seventh. Davis wanted that second spot again and took it
away from Wytaske as Albert Wytaske worked into the top five mix. Things
got a little hairy with five to go as Bentzin and Jeff Brauer battled for
position Jerry Young moved in to make it a three car battle. The cars
touched in turn four sending Brauer to the wall, Bentzin kept moving with body
damage and Hernandez collected Brauer. Hernandez got a hot water bath as
his radiator let loose spraying hot fluid into the cockpit. On the
restart Chris Adams worked into the top five after coming out of a B
main and starting 21st. On the restart Arnold again held the lead as K.
Wytaske and Davis rac side by side for second. Behind them A. Wytaske
and Adams raced for fourth. At the line it was Arnold, K. Wytaske and
Davis rounding out the top five.
Chris Klinger used the front two starting spot of the WISSOTA Super Stock
feature to lead wire to wire in the twenty lap feature. Chris Quast ran
well in second with all of the tracing action behind them. Early on Cole
Queensland and Ed Sanders raced for the third spot. Two laps in and
Sanders moved into third. Adam Stockhausen and Jason Gabrielson
raced side by side for sixth. With seven laps completed Queensland was
still trying to get back around Sanders for third with Sanders up high and
Queensland down low. Ryan Siegle closed in on the third place
battle. Klinger continued to open up the gap pulling out to a full
straightaway advantage. Siegle and Queensland still battled until with
four to go Siegles car starting smoking causing him to pull into the
infield. Jason Gabrielson then took on trying to move around Queensland
for fourth and completed the pass with two to go after starting last on the
field. At the checkers it was Klinger, Quast and Sanders rounding out
the top three.
The WISSOTA Late Models put on a horsepower display tonight in their twenty
five lap feature. Rookie driver Neil Eckhart took to the early lead
followed by Paul Novotny and Doug Herrick and Barry Underdahl in a side by
side battle for third. As Herrick cleared into third Lance Matthees
moved alongside of Underdahl for fourth as the first caution flew. On
the restart Brad Waits joined Herick and Matthees in a three wide race for
third with Matthees coming out with the spot and quickly moving up to duel
with Novotny for second. Novotny kicked in the burners and then moved up
with Eckhart as Jay Ihrke moved alongside of Matthees. A caution with
twenty to go set up another race as Novotny moved into the lead, Matthees into
second and Brad Waits and Ihrke side by side for third. Waits moved to
the top of the track and flew into third, two laps later he took over the
second spot then moved alongside of the leader in two and took over the top
spot with Matthees working on Novotny now for second. Another caution
with fifteen to go set up the charge to the finish. With Waits leading
Ihrke, Foss and Underdahl went into three racing for second. Ihrke got
completely out of shape but saved the car from spinning out as Novotny and
Foss now raced for second. Ihrke and Underdahl raced for fifth behind
Matthees. Ten to go and Foss started working on the leader Waits and
with eight to go took over the lead. The top two checked out from the
field with Matthees in third. Novotny held on for fourth with Ihrke in
fifth at the line.
On some of the message boards the modifieds have been called the re-startifieds
with their skinny tires and high horsepower motors making them a handful to
drive. Tonight was one of those nights as no fewer than 6 starts were
needed to get the racing action start. Jeff Schluetter took the lead
from the start once the action finally got underway. Mike Sorensen
quickly moved into second with Todd Scharkey in third. With four laps
finally completed Craig Shaw and Bob Timm battled for fourth. Scharkey
worked past Sorensen for second with Timm slowly starting to pressure him for
third. A caution with ten to go saw Schluetter continue to lead, Timm
worked into third while Ryan Gustin, Jay Ihrke and Pat Grahm had a great race
going just outside the top five behind Steve Wetzstein. A caution with
five to go set up the final dash to the finish. Timm and Schluetter
dueled it out up front with Timm taking the lead with three to go.
Schluetter held on for second ahead of Scharkey, Sorensen and Wetzstein.
USRA Modifieds
Feature - Bob Timm, Jeff Schluetter, Todd Scharkey, Mike Sorensen, Steve
Wetzstein,
Jay Ihrke, Pat Grahm, Ryan Gustin, Terry Timmerman, Craig Shaw, Doug Hillson,
Brian Shaw, Dwaine Hanson, Tom Paulson, Tyler Rubin, Jason Schlangen, Greg
Jensen, Ryan York, Jason Cummins, Mick Glenn, Tim Donlinger, Brett Bartels,
Matt Aarsvold, Jacob Dahle, Jerry King, Bob Fisher
Heat 1 Schluetter, Timm, B. Shaw, Schlangen, Wetzstein, Timmerman, Glenn,
Fisher
Heat 2 Scharkey, King, Dahle, Donlinger, Ihrke, Rubin, Cummins, Hillson,
Bartels
Heat 3 York, Hanson, Sorensen, C. Shaw, Gustin, Aarsvold, Grahm, Jensen,
Paulson
WISSOTA Late Models
Feature - Keith Foss, Brad Waits, Lance Matthees, Paul Novotny, Jay Ihrke,
Barry Underdahl, Ben Mattick, Steve Yaggy, Nick Kramer, Dennis Hillson, Justin
Sass, Bob Slater, Lucas Peterson, Tony Bloom, Neil Eckhart, Darwyn Karau, Matt
Madsen, Joe Ludemann, Doug Herrick, Nick Herrick
Heat 1 Underdahl, Waits, N. Herrick, Kramer, Ludemann, Sass, Slater
Heat 2 Matthees, Novotny, Eckhart, Mattick, Madsen, Peterson, Bloom
Heat 3 Foss, Ihrke, D. Herrick, Yaggy, Hillson, Karau
WISSOTA MW Modifieds
Feature - Jimmie Arnold, Kenny Wytaske, Brandon Davis, Chris Adams, Albert
Wytaske, Bobby Swanson, Mike Paulson, Joel Alberts, Greg Pfeifer Jr., Ron
Houdek, Josh Angst, Jerry Young, Harlan Morehart, Adam Stowell, Kyle Jumbeck,
Joey Dengler, Dalton Yohnnk, Andrew Wiste, Craig Bentzin, Bryan Hernandez,
Jeff Brauer, Bryce Struckman, Steve Quinnell, Bob Bunne
B Main Adams, Struckman, Quinnell, Dengler, Drew Williams, Sam
Siskow, Mike Sample, Pete Bushman, Tim Siskow, JR Jones
Heat 1 Hernandez, K. Wytaske, Swanson, Jumbeck, Angst, Bushman, T. Siskow,
Adams
Heat 2 Davis, A.Wytaske, Brauer, Morehart, Houdek, Quinnell, Jones
Heat 3 Arnold, Bunne, Pfeifer Jr., Wiste, Paulson, Williams, Sample,
Haberman
Heat 4 Alberts, Bentzin, Young, Stowell, Yohnk, Struckmann, Dengler, S.
Siskow
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature - Scot Nelson, Scott Olson, Tony Horsman, Derek Borchardt, Karl Hewitt
Jr., Steve Eischens, Fred Prudoehl, Tony Zvorak, Ryan Goergen, Ernie Kramer,
Chuck Nerland, Tyler Pratt, Kevin hager, Dan Holland, Joe Sattre, Brent
Holland, George Schrumpf
Heat 1 Hager, Prudoehl, Olson, Borchardt, Eischens, Pratt, Sattre, Goergen,
Schrumpf
Heat 2 Nelson, Nerland, Hewitt Jr., Zvorak, Horsman, Kramer, D. Holland,
B. Holland
WISSOTA Super Stocks
Feature - Chris Klinger, Chris Quast, Ed Sanders, Jason Gabrielson, Cole
Queensland, Chris Groth, Ted Marrs, Kevin Hager, Dave Solum, Bobby Saterdalen,
Ryan Siegle, Adam Stockhausen
Heat 1 Groth, Queensland, Quast, Hager, Marrs,, Siegle
Heat 2 Klinger, Stockhausen, Sanders, Solum, Gabrielson, Saterdalen
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