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Close Finishes Highlight Veterans Night At Deer Creek

Spring Valley, MN (August 13)

By: Todd Narveson

This week was the annual Veteran’s Night at Deer Creek Speedway. Military veterans and their guest received free admission courtesy of Rochester Chevrolet. The night was to raise money for the Disabled American Veterans (D.A.V.) Mayo Southeast Chapter 28.

Rochester Chevrolet also made a $10,000 donation to the D.A.V. when the 50/50 total pot went over $5000. Rochester Chevrolet also added to the drivers purse money with an extra $1000 added to the top 10 in all five divisions.

There was a push-up challenge for the feature winners in victory lane, raffles, 50/50 ticket sales, t-shirt sales and a live auction also. Northern County Co-op along with Randy & Sandy Norby also helped present the program.

With tracks in this area either rained out or took a planned week off, Deer Creek definitely benefited from that car count wise. A season high 132-cars were on hand. That was the highest car count for a points night of racing since 7/14/2018.

A large field of 44-Kid’s Dreams Come True USRA B-Mods took five heat races and two B-mains to determine their 26-field for the 18-lap feature race.

Cole Bennerotte took the early lead and was chased by Garitt and Michael Wytaske. Dan Hovden worked his way to fourth and it was a four-car tussle for the lead. Joe Chisholm cracked the top five and closed on the lead quartet.

Dylan Goettl spun in turn three and Dennis Dunbar had to place to go and slid into Goettl. Hard contact was made and Dunbar’s car rolled onto its side. The red flag came out and it took several minutes to clean up the wreck, but both drivers were uninjured.

After a flurry of three straight cautions Dan Hovden took the lead while Chisholm was second. Another red flag came out when Garitt Wytaske and Taylor Ausrud collided on the front stretch. Kyle Anderson also got involved and flipped onto his side. All three drivers were uninjured and yet another delay to clean up the incident.

Hovden and Chisholm then battled for the lead when the race resumed. Chisholm took the lead on lap 15 and pulled away for his third win of the season. Chisholm then did 50-push ups in victory lane to benefit the D.A.V. Hovden was second with Michael Wytaske, Josh Roney and Noah Grinstead in the top five.

Nick Schwebach took the early lead in the Adams Graphix WISSOTA Street Stock feature. Marcus Berndt, Kory Adams and Kolton Brauer raced three-wide for second. Brauer took the spot and then set after Schwebach.

Schwebach and Kolton Brauer had a good battle up front while Braden Brauer got to third and closed in on the lead duo. After a yellow on lap 12, Kolton Brauer took the lead, but it remained a tight race up front.

Kolton Brauer drove on to his second win of the season and he also did 50-push ups for the D.A.V. Schwebach was second with Braden Brauer third. Kyle King finished in fourth and Adams was fifth.

The Dirt Doctor Trucking WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds had a strong field of 29-cars this week. Billy Steinberg took the lead from the start while the pack raced three-wide behind him. A yellow on lap seven slowed the race.

Steinberg led on the restart while Christopher Deno, Ryan Goergen and Kadden Kath raced for second. Kath moved to second and then challenged Steinberg for the lead. Kath threw a slide job to take the lead in turn four on lap nine.

Then in turn one Steinberg got into Kath and they spun to trigger a caution. Kath got his spot back, while Steinberg was sent to the tail for the caution. Kath led but was seriously challenged by Mitch Weiss in the late stages of the race.

Weiss made a valiant effort but it was Kath to the finish line first for his ninth win overall this season. Kath then did 46 push-ups for the D.A.V. Weiss was a close second and Les Duellman charged from 11th to third. Trevis Underdahl was in the mix most of the race and finished fourth with Deno fifth.

Rookie driver Levi Schott almost got his first ever win in the Medieval Chassis USRA Stock Cars. Schott led the entire race until a caution came out on lap 18.

Three laps before that on lap 15, Mitch Hovden and Blake Adams got together on the front stretch. Adams car slid down the track caught the inside berm and rolled over several times into the infield. Both drivers were uninjured, but Adams’ car was heavily damaged.

After the lap 18 caution, Schott held the lead, but Derek Green and Kevin Donlan were right there. Green used the inside groove on the final lap to steal the win. Green also did 46-push ups for the D.A.V. in victory lane. Schott was second with Donlan third, Jesse Brown fourth and Travis Shipman fifth.

Parker Hales jumped to the lead in the NAPA Auto Care Centers USRA Modified 25-lap feature. After a lap three caution, Davis took the lead on lap four and opened up a lead. Hale, Davis Baxter and Keith Foss raced for second.

Foss moved to second on lap six, but the car on the move was Jim Chisholm. Chisholm started 12th and had charged to third on lap 12. Chisholm reeled in Foss and took second on lap 20. Davis had a big lead, but entered lapped traffic.

When Davis tried to lap some cars, Chisholm closed in and on lap 23 the race was on for the lead. Chisholm was scored the leader at the white flag on lap 24. The lead duo was still in heavy lapped traffic and played a factor in the finish.

Chisholm went low in turn three and got pinned behind a slower car. Davis moved to the mid groove and slipped past Chisholm for the win by .065 at the line. Davis then got 60 push-ups in for the D.A.V. Tralo Companies and Speedwerx had put up an extra $100 for each push up for a total of $123 for each push up Davis did.

Chisholm finished a close second while Foss had a strong run in third. Baxter had a good run of his own in fourth and Hale ended up fifth.

USRA B-Mods

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 25-Joe Chisholm[9]; 2. 16D-Dan Hovden[5]; 3. 38-Michael Wytaske[2]; 4. 8X-Josh Roney[4]; 5. 99-Noah Grinstead[7]; 6. 56H-Brandon Hare[13]; 7. 32-Taylor Skauge[19]; 8. 72-Alex Schubbe[17]; 9. 55S-Brian Shaw[8]; 10. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[25]; 11. 14X-Austin Schrage[24]; 12. 54-Jett Sorensen[23]; 13. 45-Cole Lonergan[11]; 14. 87H-Harley Dais[21]; 15. 22C-Michael Johnson[12]; 16. 30-Scott Demmer[15]; 17. 11J-Jacob Lynch[26]; 18. (DNF) 35JR-Garitt Wytaske[3]; 19. (DNF) 98-Kyle Anderson[20]; 20. (DNF) 28-Spencer Stock[22]; 21. (DNF) 3A-Taylor Ausrud[10]; 22. (DNF) 2C-Cole Bennerotte[1]; 23. (DNF) 155-Gavin Shaw[14]; 24. (DNF) 10T-Trevor Fecht[18]; 25. (DNF) 24-Dylan Goettl[6]; 26. (DNF) 35-Dennis Dunbar[16]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 87H-Harley Dais[1]; 2. 54-Jett Sorensen[8]; 3. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[2]; 4. 88-Bryer McCoy[6]; 5. 29-Lilli Reps[3]; 6. 20-Gage Motl[7]; 7. 94M-Zac Mahlstedt[4]; 8. 13-Jesse Antiporek[11]; 9. 27X-Max Anderson[12]; 10. (DNF) 08K-Toby Kennedy[5]; 11. (DNF) 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[9]; 12. (DNS) 21-Rian Leichtnam

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 28-Spencer Stock[3]; 2. 14X-Austin Schrage[5]; 3. 11J-Jacob Lynch[7]; 4. 28T-Philip Ihde[2]; 5. 28H-Troy Hale[11]; 6. 15-Cole Neisius[6]; 7. 55-Brody Shaw[4]; 8. 81K-Caleb Korpi[1]; 9. 77-Colton Weigel[9]; 10. 4-Greg Brooks[10]; 11. (DNF) 33-Corbin Ludemann[8]; 12. (DNS) 43-Zach Brom

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Dylan Goettl[8]; 2. 35JR-Garitt Wytaske[1]; 3. 45-Cole Lonergan[2]; 4. 35-Dennis Dunbar[6]; 5. 87H-Harley Dais[3]; 6. 28-Spencer Stock[9]; 7. 88-Bryer McCoy[5]; 8. 33-Corbin Ludemann[4]; 9. 13-Jesse Antiporek[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[1]; 2. 16D-Dan Hovden[7]; 3. 22C-Michael Johnson[6]; 4. 72-Alex Schubbe[2]; 5. 81K-Caleb Korpi[8]; 6. 94M-Zac Mahlstedt[9]; 7. (DNF) 15-Cole Neisius[5]; 8. (DNF) 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[3]; 9. (DNS) 28H-Troy Hale

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Joe Chisholm[1]; 2. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[2]; 3. 56H-Brandon Hare[7]; 4. 10T-Trevor Fecht[6]; 5. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[4]; 6. 55-Brody Shaw[8]; 7. 20-Gage Motl[5]; 8. 77-Colton Weigel[3]; 9. 27X-Max Anderson[9]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 8X-Josh Roney[3]; 2. 38-Michael Wytaske[2]; 3. 155-Gavin Shaw[4]; 4. 32-Taylor Skauge[5]; 5. 28T-Philip Ihde[7]; 6. 08K-Toby Kennedy[6]; 7. 11J-Jacob Lynch[8]; 8. (DNS) 21-Rian Leichtnam; 9. (DNS) 43-Zach Brom

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 55S-Brian Shaw[1]; 2. 99-Noah Grinstead[3]; 3. 30-Scott Demmer[4]; 4. 98-Kyle Anderson[5]; 5. 29-Lilli Reps[2]; 6. 14X-Austin Schrage[6]; 7. 54-Jett Sorensen[7]; 8. (DNF) 4-Greg Brooks[8]

USRA Modifieds

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 50III-Brandon Davis[7]; 2. 24C-Jim Chisholm[12]; 3. 95-Keith Foss[8]; 4. 35B-David Baxter[4]; 5. 28-Parker Hale[1]; 6. 90-Ryan Wetzstein[9]; 7. 4A-Joel Alberts[2]; 8. 98M-Mitchel Madery[3]; 9. 17W-Ryan Wiome[10]; 10. 55H-AJ Hoff[18]; 11. 51W-JT Wasmund[6]; 12. 12-Nick Murgic[14]; 13. 23-Darwin Karau[15]; 14. 33-Joe Ludemann[11]; 15. 61T-Tammy Soma Clark[16]; 16. (DNF) 1A-Dwaine Hanson[5]; 17. (DNF) 77-Jacob Stark[17]; 18. (DNF) 83S-Billy Steinberg[20]; 19. (DNF) 23B-Brett Bumgardner[13]; 20. (DNF) 29H-Joe Horgdal[19]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Joe Ludemann[1]; 2. 28-Parker Hale[5]; 3. 51W-JT Wasmund[4]; 4. 98M-Mitchel Madery[2]; 5. 23B-Brett Bumgardner[6]; 6. 61T-Tammy Soma Clark[3]; 7. (DNF) 29H-Joe Horgdal[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 50III-Brandon Davis[3]; 2. 95-Keith Foss[4]; 3. 4A-Joel Alberts[1]; 4. 17W-Ryan Wiome[7]; 5. 12-Nick Murgic[2]; 6. 77-Jacob Stark[5]; 7. (DNS) 83S-Billy Steinberg

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 24C-Jim Chisholm[5]; 2. 35B-David Baxter[3]; 3. 1A-Dwaine Hanson[2]; 4. 90-Ryan Wetzstein[6]; 5. 23-Darwin Karau[1]; 6. 55H-AJ Hoff[4]

USRA Stock Cars

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 32-Derek Green[3]; 2. 67-Levi Schott[1]; 3. 33-Kevin Donlan[10]; 4. 11B-Jesse Brown[2]; 5. 87-Travis Shipman[6]; 6. 21-Andrew Borchardt[17]; 7. 67-Kyle Falck[12]; 8. 23-Brayden Gjere[8]; 9. 25-Dan Jones[13]; 10. 27-Shawn Peter[9]; 11. 02-Cole Denner[15]; 12. 32-Jason Newkirk[4]; 13. 07-Chris Hovden[18]; 14. 7X-Andrew Eischens[19]; 15. (DNF) 00C-Danny Cole[7]; 16. (DNF) 14-Chris Adams[16]; 17. (DNF) 7-David Stearns[24]; 18. (DNF) 55H-Troy Hansmeier[20]; 19. (DNF) 14N-Paul Neisius[14]; 20. (DNF) 15-Mitch Hovden[11]; 21. (DNF) 14A-Blake Adams[5]; 22. (DNF) 11-Jake Lampert[21]; 23. (DNF) 14-Brady Williamson[22]; 24. (DNF) 7-Steve Dwyer[23]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 21-Andrew Borchardt[1]; 2. 07-Chris Hovden[3]; 3. 7X-Andrew Eischens[4]; 4. 55H-Troy Hansmeier[11]; 5. 11-Jake Lampert[2]; 6. 14-Brady Williamson[8]; 7. 7-Steve Dwyer[10]; 8. 7-David Stearns[7]; 9. 28-David Gustafson[5]; 10. 911-Dakota Koenig[9]; 11. (DNF) 15R-Ryan Crooks[12]; 12. (DNF) 22-Ryan Jacobsen[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Derek Green[3]; 2. 15-Mitch Hovden[2]; 3. 33-Kevin Donlan[7]; 4. 25-Dan Jones[6]; 5. 21-Andrew Borchardt[5]; 6. 28-David Gustafson[4]; 7. 911-Dakota Koenig[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Kyle Falck[3]; 2. 14A-Blake Adams[2]; 3. 67-Levi Schott[5]; 4. 14N-Paul Neisius[4]; 5. 11-Jake Lampert[7]; 6. 22-Ryan Jacobsen[6]; 7. 7-Steve Dwyer[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 00C-Danny Cole[1]; 2. 32-Jason Newkirk[3]; 3. 87-Travis Shipman[4]; 4. 02-Cole Denner[5]; 5. 07-Chris Hovden[6]; 6. 7-David Stearns[7]; 7. (DNF) 55H-Troy Hansmeier[2]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Brayden Gjere[3]; 2. 11B-Jesse Brown[6]; 3. 27-Shawn Peter[4]; 4. 14-Chris Adams[5]; 5. 7X-Andrew Eischens[2]; 6. 14-Brady Williamson[1]; 7. (DNF) 15R-Ryan Crooks[7]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 83X-Kadden Kath[8]; 2. 23-Mitch Weiss[6]; 3. 23KR-Les Duellman[11]; 4. 17-Trevis Underdahl[7]; 5. 98D-Christopher Deno[5]; 6. 88-Jacob Toepper[4]; 7. 24M-Adam Martinson[13]; 8. 11-Peter Leuschner[16]; 9. 40-Colton Kramer[1]; 10. 22H-Jayme Hiller[12]; 11. 24-Liz Toepper[10]; 12. 61T-Tammy Soma Clark[19]; 13. 83S-Billy Steinberg[2]; 14. 27G-Bob Gullickson[17]; 15. 5G-Patrick McCarthy[15]; 16. 16-Jacob Bennett[20]; 17. 9-Robert Clark[21]; 18. 43-Broderick Diekman[22]; 19. 14-Tyron Friese[23]; 20. (DNF) 97X-Don Schaefer[9]; 21. (DNF) 27-Brandon Underdahl[14]; 22. (DNF) G12-Ryan Goergen[3]; 23. (DNF) 48-Dave Solum[24]; 24. (DNF) 35-Tony Bloom[18]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 27G-Bob Gullickson[6]; 2. 35-Tony Bloom[7]; 3. 61T-Tammy Soma Clark[1]; 4. 16-Jacob Bennett[10]; 5. 9-Robert Clark[5]; 6. 43-Broderick Diekman[9]; 7. 14-Tyron Friese[2]; 8. 48-Dave Solum[4]; 9. (DNF) 73X-Nick Neisius[11]; 10. (DNF) 5K-Todd Kamish[13]; 11. (DNS) 42K-Ryan Kamish; 12. (DNS) 1M-Josh Mattick; 13. (DNS) 36-Devin Losee

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 83X-Kadden Kath[1]; 2. 23-Mitch Weiss[2]; 3. 97X-Don Schaefer[4]; 4. 24M-Adam Martinson[8]; 5. 61T-Tammy Soma Clark[5]; 6. 9-Robert Clark[7]; 7. (DNF) 43-Broderick Diekman[6]; 8. (DNF) 36-Devin Losee[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Trevis Underdahl[7]; 2. 40-Colton Kramer[5]; 3. 24-Liz Toepper[6]; 4. 27-Brandon Underdahl[3]; 5. 14-Tyron Friese[1]; 6. (DNF) 1M-Josh Mattick[4]; 7. (DNS) 5K-Todd Kamish

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 83S-Billy Steinberg[3]; 2. 88-Jacob Toepper[4]; 3. 23KR-Les Duellman[2]; 4. 5G-Patrick McCarthy[1]; 5. 42K-Ryan Kamish[5]; 6. 27G-Bob Gullickson[7]; 7. (DNF) 16-Jacob Bennett[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 98D-Christopher Deno[3]; 2. G12-Ryan Goergen[5]; 3. 22H-Jayme Hiller[1]; 4. 11-Peter Leuschner[2]; 5. 48-Dave Solum[4]; 6. 35-Tony Bloom[7]; 7. (DNF) 73X-Nick Neisius[6]

WISSOTA Street Stock

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. KOL34-Kolton Brauer[6]; 2. 38S-Nick Schwebach[2]; 3. 34JR-Braden Brauer[7]; 4. 57X-Kyle King[5]; 5. 01-Kory Adams[3]; 6. 71H-Ron Hanestad[8]; 7. 36-Ross Spitzer[4]; 8. 101-Ken Adams[9]; 9. 2-Marcus Berndt[1]; 10. 2-Fred Prudoehl[10]; 11. 147-Brent Holland[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. KOL34-Kolton Brauer[4]; 2. 36-Ross Spitzer[1]; 3. 34JR-Braden Brauer[3]; 4. 71H-Ron Hanestad[2]; 5. 101-Ken Adams[6]; 6. 147-Brent Holland[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 38S-Nick Schwebach[2]; 2. 57X-Kyle King[3]; 3. 01-Kory Adams[1]; 4. 2-Marcus Berndt[4]; 5. 2-Fred Prudoehl[5]

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