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Herrick Wins First Ever WISSOTA Late Model Feature, Eischens Dedicates Win To Family
By Bill Nelson
Spring Valley MN - May 12, 2007 - Gloomy skies and back to normal temperatures
were found at the speedway on Evan’s Printing night. A light rain show
helped with the track prep early in the afternoon but once racing action got
underway another rain cloud moved in during the WISSOTA Late Model heat races
slowing up the action as the crew rolled the track back in. The track
was fast with a small cushion that the crew kept working on all night to keep
minimal which produced some fast and exciting racing.
The Dirt Doctor Trucking WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature was first on the
track and the quick and tacky track lead to exciting racing with the class
running their 18 lap feature without a caution flag waving. Harlan
Morehart used the pole position to jump into the early lead with Andrew Wiste
right behind him. With two laps completed Joel Alberts moved past Wiste
to take over the second spot leaving him to race with Arnold for third.
On the next lap Arnold took over the third spot while Kenny Wytaske moved
under Wiste to duel for fourth. Behind them Greg Pfeifer Jr and Chris
Adams raced for sixth. With twelve to go Wytaske moved into fourth while
Arnold had moved past Alberts and was starting to work on Morehart for the
lead. Closing in on the halfway point Arnold moved into the lead as he
quickly started to work lapped traffic. With seven left Morehart had his
hands full as Alberts, Wytaske and Wiste all ran in close formation swapping
positions. Arnold cruised home with his second win of the season
followed by Wytaske in second. Morehart, Alberts and Wiste rounded out
the top five with each of their best finishes of the season.
A complete restart was needed for the WISSOTA Street Stock feature before the
race could get underway as Fred Prudoehl’s mount broke on the front
straight. Tony Horsman took the early lead on the restart with Nathan
Finley and Steve Eischens battling it out for second. Scot Nelson and
Karl Hewitt Jr. raced for fourth behind them. Three laps down and
Horsman looked really strong up front with Eischens now in second. Five
down and Eischens worked Horsman for the lead as Nelson and Finley raced for
third. Eleven to go and Horsman continued to lead as the top four ran
nose to tail. Three laps later Eischens finally moved into the lead with
Horsman now trying to battle back by on the low side. A caution with
seven to go as Finley spun around in turn two saw Nelson in the back of the
pack. Hewitt moved into second behind Eischens as Horsman slowed into
the infield, Tony Shaner into third as Nelson and Ryan Goergen raced for
fourth. Three to go and Scott Olson, Shaner and Hewitt were three wide
for position with Nelson watching intently. Hewitt moved back into second
while Nelson followed him past the pack for third. Nelson took over
second with two to go but Eischens was long gone before then. In victory
lane an emotional Eischens dedicated the win to his long time racing partner
Chuck Nerland and the whole Nerland family who lost their wife and
mother Christine over the winter. A very emotional win on this mothers
day weekend.
Ted Marrs dominated the US Army WISSOTA Super Stock feature from the drop of
the green flag, Chris Klinger followed him into the second spot with
Kevin Hager in third. Chris Groth was quickly in the top five until he
spun in turn three bringing out the caution. Three laps later Groth again was
inside the top five as he worked on Ryan Siegle for the fourth spot.
Marrs was still riding around up front slowly pulling away from the field
while Klinger rode around in second. The super stocks rode the cushion
around the speedway as they flew around the 3/8 mile track. Siegle,
Groth and Cole Queensland ran nose to tail for the last ten laps of the race
until Siegle pushed up in four allowing both drivers to get by. Marrs
took home his first feature race of the season at Deer Creek with Klinger and
Hager rounding out the top three.
With a wicked fast track you knew there would be some torn up sheet metal for
the Valley Featherlite WISSOTA Late Model feature, and although there were
only a couple cautions there was definitely some crinkled metal. Doug
Herrick started on the front row and he looked like he was shot out of a canon
on the first laps as he jumped into a huge lead followed by Justin Sass and
broth Nick Herrick in third. Kerry Hanson and Mark Teske who brought out
the former Brad Waits late model which was the chassis Teske used last season
were racing for fourth. With four laps completed Doug Herrick had pulled
out to a full straight away lead. Neil Eckhart and Paul Novotny now were
racing side by side for fifth. Nick Herrick took over the second
position with fifteen to go as Doug was working through large packs of lapped
cars. Two laps later Hanson moved around Sass for third as Eckhart,
Keith Foss, Lance Matthees and Nate Wasmund were bunched up behind Sass in a
great race. Unfortunately that great racing led to the first caution of
the event negating Herricks half lap lead. On the restart D. Herricks
bad luck continued as his front breaks locked up on the restart and was unable
to continue. Nick upheld the family honors though as he took the lead on
the restart. Foss, Matthees and Teske were three wide on the restart
with Eckhart trying to chase down Herrick up front. The final caution
waved with three to go. Herrick continued to lead on the restart while
Foss, Matthees and Eckhart went three wide for second. At the line it
was Herrick, Matthees be a small margin over Foss and Eckhart with Sass
rounding out the top five.
The EZ-Fabricating USRA Modified feature was the last one of the night and as
they exited turn two – four wide for the lead you knew it was going to be
exciting. Tommy Myer took the lead with Brad Waits moving into
second. Corey Dripps had a flat tire with two down bunching up the
field. Myer led on the restart with Waits trying to work to his low side
as another caution flew on the next lap. On the next restart Waits drove
it hard into one and exiting turn two took the lead as Myer now had his hands
full of Mark Noble. With seventeen to go the read end of Tim
Donlinger’s car broke sending him crashing into turn one ending his
night. Waits again led on the restart while Bob Timm and Mark Noble now
battled hard swapping spots and lines in every corner racing for second.
Timm eventually took the spot as Noble slid back behind Myer after pushing up
in turn two. With ten to go Noble and Alan :Mondus were now racing for
fourth with Mondus gaining control of the spot with seven to go. Waits
pulled out to a full straightaway lead as he took home the win.
Racing action starts at 5:00 next Saturday night with all five classes in
action.
EZ-Fabricating USRA Modifieds
Feature - Brad Waits, Bob Timm, Tommy Myer, Alan Mondus, Mark Noble, Corey
Dripps, Dean Mahlstedt, Pat Grahm, Jay Ihrke, Tyler Rubin, Doug Hillson, Terry
Timmerman, Dave Wytaske Jr., Bob Fisher, Greg Jensen, Steve Wetzstein, Brian
Shaw, Mike Sorensen, Jason Cummins, Jeff Rollinger, Joe Wernecke, Tim
Donlinger, Ron Konkel, Dain Schultz, Ryan York
Heat 1 – Dripps, Sorensen, Konkel, Grahm, Hillson, Timmerman, Cummins,
Jensen
Heat 2 – Waits, Myer, Mondus, Rollinger, Noble, Irhke, Shultz, York
Heat 3 – Mahlstedt, Timm, Shaw, Donlinger, Rubin, Fisher, Wytaske Jr.,
Wetzstein, Wernecke
Valley Transportation WISSOTA Late Models
Feature - Nick Herrick, Lance Matthees, Keith Foss, Neil Eckhart, Justin Sass,
Jay Ihrke, Mark Teske, Paul Novotny, Barry Underdahl, Bobby Sorensen, Kerry
Hanson, Nate Wasmund, Roger Herrick, Nick Kramer, Joe Ludemann, Jucas
Peterson, Darwyn Karau, Dennis Hillson, Matt Madsen, Doug Herrick
Heat 1 – Matthees, Teske, D. Herrick, Hanson, Foss, Hillson, Underdahl
Heat 2 – Eckhart, N. Herrick, Sorensen, Madsen, Ludemann, R. Herrick, Kramer
Heat 3 – Novotny, Wasmund, Sass, Karau, Ihrke,, Peterson
Dirt Doctor Trucking WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Feature - Jimmie Arnold, Kenny Wytaske, Harlan Morehart, Joel Alberts, Andrew
Wiste, Greg Pfeifer Jr., Albert Wytaske, Chris Adams, Josh Angst, Jeff Brauer,
Bobby Swanson, Bob Bunne, Jerry Young, Brandon Davis, Kyle Jumbeck, Bryan
Hernandez, Bryce Struckmann, Mike Sample, Johnny Magnum, Troy Barth, Steve
Quinnell, JR Jones, Ron Houdek, Colby Showers
Heat 1 – Arnold, A Wytaske, Morehart, Angst, Barth, Hernandez, Jumbeck,
Jones
Heat 2 - K. Wytaske, Adams, Houdek, Swanson, Davis, Magnum, Young, Struckmann
Heat 3 – Alberts, Pfeifer Jr., Wiste, Brauer, Quinnell, Sample, Bunne,
Showers
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature - Steve Eischens, Scot Nelson, Karl Hewitt Jr., Tony Shaner, Scott
Olson, Ryan Goergen, Anthony Zvorak, Kevin Hager, Joe Sattre, Tony Horsman,
Nathan Finley, Fred Prudoehl, Cory Crapser
Heat 1 – Nelson, Crapser, Prudoehl, Horsman, Sattre, Olson, Zvorak
Heat 2 - Hewitt Jr., Shaner, Finley, Eischens, Goergen, Hager
US Army WISSOTA Super Stocks
Feature - Ted Marrs, Chris Klinger, Kevin Hager, Chris Groth, Cole Queensland,
Ryan Siegle, Bobby Saterdalen, Chris Quast, Ed Sanders, Dave Solum
Heat 1 – Quast, Hager, Marrs, Siegle, Solum
Heat 2 – Groth, Queensland, Saterdalen, Klinger, Sanders
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