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Thornton & Nelson Win Stock Car Nationals

Spring Valley, MN (September 16)

By: Todd Narveson

Deer Creek Speedway hosted the 5th Annual Altenburg Construction USRA Stock Car Nationals on Saturday. The event was also supported by Podein’s Power Equipment, Root River Auto, Bus & Diesel, The Place in Protovin, Houdek Farms, Sybesma Graphics, Gift Of Life Transplant House and Donate Life.

The perfect weather conditions brought a huge car count and a nice sized crowd. An event and track record 81-Rochester Chevrolet-Medieval Chassis USRA Stock Cars From 10-states were on hand.

A very stout field of 63-Meadow Greens Golf Course USRA Hobby Stocks showed up too. Those entries featured 40 of the top 50 in USRA National Points.

The Hobby Stocks ran six heats and three B-Features to get down to the 30-car field for their 25-lap main event. Devin Holthaus, Chris Hovden and Gavin Bussinger led the 3-wide field to the green flag.

Luke Schluetter worked quickly from row two and got by Holthaus for the lead on lap one. Dylan Nelson stormed from 11th to second on lap four. Nelson gave chase and closed in on Schluetter on lap 14.

The duo was side-by-side on lap 15 and one circuit later, Nelson took the lead. Dylan Clinton ran close in third as the race stayed green until lap 21. Several yellows would then slow the race to a snail’s pace.

When the race got going again, Gavin Bussinger joined the fray and went three wide with Schluetter and Nelson for the lead. The top four remained close until another yellow came out to set up a dash to the finish.

Nelson took the lead and scored the win followed by Bussinger. Schluetter finished in third with Clinton in fourth while Paul Seabrooke charged from 24th to fifth.

Sybesma Graphics presented a 20-lap, $1000 to win non-qualifier feature for the Stock Cars. Drivers that finished in fourth thru eighth in the four B-Features started this race.

Cadyn Wessels took the early lead with Rodney Sanders close. Sanders took the lead on lap two, but Wessels rebounded back to the lead on lap three. A couple of cautions on lap eight kept things tight.

A six-car tangle slowed the race on lap 10. Jesse Brown was on the move from the 12th spot and moved to second on the start. The top three were close on lap 15 and Gary Pesicka alos entered the picture.

Brown took over the lead in lap 16 and led the final four laps to take the win. Pesicka got to second with Sanders in third. Wessels ended up fourth and Wayne Landheer raced from 11th to fifth.

The Stock Car main event started 30-cars, three wide for the $10,000 to win, 40-lap race. Action Engineering also put up a $500 hard charger award for the driver who advanced the most positions.

Dylan Thornton took the lead trailed by Danny Cole and Lucas Schott. The race was red flagged early on for a huge nine car wreck that blocked the track in turn one. No drivers were injured, but several were done for the night.

Thornton held firm up front, but the driver to watch was Elijah Zevenbergen. Zevenbergen started 12th and entered the top five on lap 11. Two laps later Zevenbergen was fourth and on lap 16 he was third.

Zevenbergen then challenged Schott for second on lap 21. Zevenbergen took the position on lap 23 and then went after Thornton. The lead pack got into slower traffic and things got tight.

The duo was close on lap 37 with Schott close behind. Zevenbergen threw a huge slide job in turn two with a couple of laps to go. Zevenbergen slid all the way to the wall and bounced off the concrete. That allowed Thornton to grab the lead and Schott was second.

Thornton held off a last-ditch challenge from Schott to take the huge win. Schott was second with Zevenbergen third. Jim Chisholm came from 19th to fourth and Jacob Blees was fifth.

Kevin Opheim claimed the $500 Action Engineering hard charger award. Opheim advanced 17-spots when he started 29th and finished 12th.

 

 

 

 

USRA Stock Cars

A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 38T-Dylan Thornton[1]; 2. 14A-Lucas Schott[4]; 3. 66Z-Elijah Zevenbergen[12]; 4. 715-Jim Chisholm[19]; 5. 2B-Jacob Bleess[10]; 6. 00-Danny Cole[2]; 7. 89K-Taylor Kuehl[3]; 8. 32-Derek Green[11]; 9. 0F-Mason Beck[13]; 10. 67-Levi Schott[16]; 11. 23-Brayden Gjere[26]; 12. 44K-Kevin Opheim[29]; 13. 18-Tom Schmitt[20]; 14. 33-Kevin Donlan[6]; 15. 24-Josh Zieman[9]; 16. 74C-Cole Mather[21]; 17. 1G-Pat Graham[27]; 18. 44-Kris Peterson[23]; 19. 7211-Braden Richards[28]; 20. 82-Dylan Fitzpatrick[17]; 21. (DNF) 106-Derek Brown[24]; 22. (DNF) 11X-Levi Sand[15]; 23. (DNF) 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[14]; 24. (DNF) 00X-Ryan Bjerkeset[7]; 25. (DNF) 85-Darrin Schmidt[18]; 26. (DNF) 01-Kory Adams[30]; 27. (DNF) 95-Chance Larson[8]; 28. (DNF) 20J-Jared Siefert[22]; 29. (DNF) 67K-Kyle Falck[25]; 30. (DNF) 6-Chanse Hollatz[5]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 715-Jim Chisholm[1]; 2. 44-Kris Peterson[2]; 3. 1G-Pat Graham[16]; 4. 21B-Andrew Borchardt[6]; 5. 87-Travis Shipman[3]; 6. AK46-Gary Pesicka[14]; 7. 110-Ken Tietz[4]; 8. 27-Shawn Peter[8]; 9. 7X-Andrew Eischens[5]; 10. 36-Dillon Njus[13]; 11. 00G-Joe Brenner[10]; 12. (DNF) 83-James Ellis[7]; 13. (DNF) 4D-Cory Kelderman[12]; 14. (DNF) 19-Reid Keller[11]; 15. (DNS) 14S-Todd Staley; 16. (DNS) 49-Nate Whitehurst

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 18-Tom Schmitt[10]; 2. 106-Derek Brown[5]; 3. 7211-Braden Richards[4]; 4. 69-Cadyn Wessels[1]; 5. 91-Johnny Fennewald[8]; 6. 55H-Troy Hansmeier[16]; 7. 42-Coy VanHauen[9]; 8. 78-Chris Roney[11]; 9. 21X-Xander Treichel[13]; 10. 11-Jake Lampert[12]; 11. 23M-Matt Jones[14]; 12. (DNF) 94M-Zac Mahlstedt[7]; 13. (DNF) 72V-Jesse VanLaningham[2]; 14. (DNF) 87L-Curt Lund[3]; 15. (DNF) 55-Derek Dettmann[6]; 16. (DNS) 11W-Gerald Wahwahsuck

B Feature 3 (12 Laps): 1. 74C-Cole Mather[6]; 2. 67K-Kyle Falck[3]; 3. 44K-Kevin Opheim[2]; 4. 20-Rodney Sanders[10]; 5. 99X-Brandon Dietrich[5]; 6. 2-Wayne Landheer[11]; 7. 14-Brady Williamson[9]; 8. 21-Myles Michehl[7]; 9. 25J-Josh Daniels[14]; 10. 5-Luke Sathoff[4]; 11. 2T-Brayton Boyer[13]; 12. 28-David Gustafson[8]; 13. 40M-Matt Moeller[12]; 14. (DNF) JD1-Justin DeBoer[15]; 15. (DNF) 32X-Rich Gregoire[1]; 16. (DNF) 34JR-Shawn Klapps Jr[16]

B Feature 4 (12 Laps): 1. 20J-Jared Siefert[4]; 2. 23-Brayden Gjere[3]; 3. 01-Kory Adams[9]; 4. 67II-Chris Toot[2]; 5. 97-Lynn Panos[1]; 6. 11B-Jesse Brown[10]; 7. 76-Ben Petersen[11]; 8. 8-Levi Vander Weide[6]; 9. 25-Dan Jones[5]; 10. 5B-Stefan Sybesma[14]; 11. 16-Jake James[12]; 12. 39J-Dan Klingfus[8]; 13. 25D-Bob Daniels[7]; 14. 22-Ryan Jacobsen[13]; 15. (DNS) 15-Mitch Hovden

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 38T-Dylan Thornton[7]; 2. 82-Dylan Fitzpatrick[1]; 3. 67-Levi Schott[6]; 4. 23-Brayden Gjere[5]; 5. 67K-Kyle Falck[9]; 6. 83-James Ellis[2]; 7. 14-Brady Williamson[8]; 8. 78-Chris Roney[4]; 9. 11-Jake Lampert[3]; 10. 2T-Brayton Boyer[11]; 11. 25J-Josh Daniels[10]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 66Z-Elijah Zevenbergen[1]; 2. 00-Danny Cole[7]; 3. 89K-Taylor Kuehl[10]; 4. 32X-Rich Gregoire[8]; 5. 99X-Brandon Dietrich[6]; 6. 21-Myles Michehl[3]; 7. 39J-Dan Klingfus[9]; 8. (DNF) 49-Nate Whitehurst[2]; 9. (DNF) 11W-Gerald Wahwahsuck[4]; 10. (DNF) 1G-Pat Graham[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 0F-Mason Beck[1]; 2. 6-Chanse Hollatz[7]; 3. 72V-Jesse VanLaningham[4]; 4. 87L-Curt Lund[6]; 5. 7211-Braden Richards[8]; 6. 25D-Bob Daniels[3]; 7. 01-Kory Adams[5]; 8. 11B-Jesse Brown[9]; 9. 4D-Cory Kelderman[2]; 10. (DNS) 34JR-Shawn Klapps Jr

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[1]; 2. 00X-Ryan Bjerkeset[6]; 3. 67II-Chris Toot[2]; 4. 7X-Andrew Eischens[4]; 5. 106-Derek Brown[7]; 6. 27-Shawn Peter[3]; 7. 14S-Todd Staley[9]; 8. 76-Ben Petersen[8]; 9. 16-Jake James[5]; 10. 23M-Matt Jones[10]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Derek Green[2]; 2. 85-Darrin Schmidt[1]; 3. 44K-Kevin Opheim[4]; 4. 97-Lynn Panos[8]; 5. 74C-Cole Mather[5]; 6. 91-Johnny Fennewald[3]; 7. 18-Tom Schmitt[7]; 8. 20-Rodney Sanders[10]; 9. 21X-Xander Treichel[9]; 10. AK46-Gary Pesicka[6]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Kevin Donlan[8]; 2. 11X-Levi Sand[3]; 3. 69-Cadyn Wessels[5]; 4. 5-Luke Sathoff[1]; 5. 55-Derek Dettmann[4]; 6. 94M-Zac Mahlstedt[2]; 7. 00G-Joe Brenner[6]; 8. (DNF) 5B-Stefan Sybesma[9]; 9. (DNF) JD1-Justin DeBoer[7]; 10. (DNF) 55H-Troy Hansmeier[10]

Heat 7 (8 Laps): 1. 14A-Lucas Schott[4]; 2. 715-Jim Chisholm[1]; 3. 87-Travis Shipman[2]; 4. 44-Kris Peterson[8]; 5. 21B-Andrew Borchardt[3]; 6. 25-Dan Jones[9]; 7. 8-Levi Vander Weide[10]; 8. 2-Wayne Landheer[7]; 9. 36-Dillon Njus[6]; 10. 22-Ryan Jacobsen[5]

Heat 8 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Josh Zieman[7]; 2. 2B-Jacob Bleess[6]; 3. 95-Chance Larson[10]; 4. 20J-Jared Siefert[3]; 5. 110-Ken Tietz[8]; 6. 28-David Gustafson[5]; 7. 42-Coy VanHauen[9]; 8. 19-Reid Keller[2]; 9. 40M-Matt Moeller[4]; 10. (DNF) 15-Mitch Hovden[1]

Non Qualifier (20 Laps): 1. 11B-Jesse Brown[12]; 2. AK46-Gary Pesicka[9]; 3. 20-Rodney Sanders[3]; 4. 69-Cadyn Wessels[2]; 5. 2-Wayne Landheer[11]; 6. 21B-Andrew Borchardt[1]; 7. 67II-Chris Toot[4]; 8. 55H-Troy Hansmeier[10]; 9. 78-Chris Roney[18]; 10. 42-Coy VanHauen[14]; 11. 14-Brady Williamson[15]; 12. 99X-Brandon Dietrich[7]; 13. 27-Shawn Peter[17]; 14. 110-Ken Tietz[13]; 15. 87-Travis Shipman[5]; 16. (DNF) 97-Lynn Panos[8]; 17. (DNF) 21-Myles Michehl[19]; 18. (DNF) 8-Levi Vander Weide[20]; 19. (DNF) 76-Ben Petersen[16]; 20. (DNF) 91-Johnny Fennewald[6]

 

USRA Hobby Stocks

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 13N-Dylan Nelson[11]; 2. 01G-Gavin Bussinger[3]; 3. 35-Luke Schluetter[4]; 4. 18K-Dylan Clinton[6]; 5. 19-Paul Seabrooke[24]; 6. 07-Chris Hovden[2]; 7. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[8]; 8. 7D-Devin Holthaus[1]; 9. 15C-Caden Helle[21]; 10. 81-Joshua Ludeking[17]; 11. 22-Steve Larson[19]; 12. 14-Arthur Schott[9]; 13. 32J-Carter Jonsgaard[15]; 14. Z86-Tracy Halouska[7]; 15. 18 K-Landon Krohn[13]; 16. 86-Ryan Happel[14]; 17. 83-Scott Dobel[20]; 18. 18Z-Zac Smith[27]; 19. 61N-Nick Brady[28]; 20. B4-Junior Boyer[16]; 21. 23-Justin Hanson[18]; 22. 52-Carter Koop[23]; 23. 5-Daryl Moss[30]; 24. 38S-Nick Schwebach[10]; 25. 70-Steve Holthaus[22]; 26. 18-Scott Spilde[26]; 27. 18JR-Gavin Bartel[12]; 28. (DNF) 9ER-Adam Speicher[5]; 29. (DNF) 47P-Parker Anderson[29]; 30. (DNF) 266-Justin Lichty[25]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 22-Steve Larson[3]; 2. 70-Steve Holthaus[2]; 3. 266-Justin Lichty[15]; 4. 61N-Nick Brady[1]; 5. 7-Steve Dwyer[7]; 6. 26-Max Jones[8]; 7. 64-Terry Quam[14]; 8. 99J-Jeremy Werner[6]; 9. 88-Chad Dubac[4]; 10. 94-Kevin Hager[9]; 11. 37-Casey Colsch[11]; 12. 88N-Nate Parkhill[5]; 13. 717-Nick Schilling[10]; 14. 28-Jay Sidles[13]; 15. (DNF) 17J-Jason Bradley[12]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 83-Scott Dobel[2]; 2. 52-Carter Koop[3]; 3. 18-Scott Spilde[4]; 4. 47P-Parker Anderson[8]; 5. 15R-Ryan Crooks[6]; 6. 911-Dakota Koenig[7]; 7. 80-Logan Fitzpatrick[14]; 8. 52D-BJ Dahl[9]; 9. 99-Bill Christiansen[11]; 10. 99L-Greg Lammers[10]; 11. (DNF) 00-Josh Downs[5]; 12. (DNF) 27H-Austin Hoeft[1]; 13. (DNF) 43-Angie DeBoer[12]; 14. (DNF) 10-Charlie Koepp[13]; 15. (DNS) 72K-Carter Kmett

B Feature 3 (10 Laps): 1. 15C-Caden Helle[1]; 2. 19-Paul Seabrooke[4]; 3. 18Z-Zac Smith[2]; 4. 5-Daryl Moss[6]; 5. 15-Jeremy Crimmins[14]; 6. 11-Seth Scholl[3]; 7. 200B1-Josh Bradley[12]; 8. 02F-Samuel Fitterer[10]; 9. 11T-Todd Uhl[7]; 10. (DNF) 57H-Jonathon Hynes[8]; 11. (DNF) 99K-Kinzer Glanzer[13]; 12. (DNF) 4D-Daniel Ayers[9]; 13. (DNF) 4-Trevor Mitts[15]; 14. (DNF) 3J-James Adams[5]; 15. (DNF) 20J-Jeremy Grantham[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 13N-Dylan Nelson[1]; 2. 18K-Dylan Clinton[10]; 3. 83-Scott Dobel[2]; 4. 52-Carter Koop[4]; 5. 18-Scott Spilde[6]; 6. 11-Seth Scholl[11]; 7. 47P-Parker Anderson[7]; 8. 99L-Greg Lammers[3]; 9. 99-Bill Christiansen[5]; 10. 99K-Kinzer Glanzer[9]; 11. 64-Terry Quam[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18JR-Gavin Bartel[1]; 2. 14-Arthur Schott[7]; 3. 32J-Carter Jonsgaard[6]; 4. 86-Ryan Happel[11]; 5. 88N-Nate Parkhill[2]; 6. 5-Daryl Moss[5]; 7. 7-Steve Dwyer[9]; 8. 94-Kevin Hager[10]; 9. 43-Angie DeBoer[8]; 10. 200B1-Josh Bradley[3]; 11. (DNS) 4-Trevor Mitts

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Z86-Tracy Halouska[2]; 2. 18 K-Landon Krohn[4]; 3. B4-Junior Boyer[6]; 4. 22-Steve Larson[1]; 5. 15C-Caden Helle[11]; 6. 19-Paul Seabrooke[9]; 7. 57H-Jonathon Hynes[7]; 8. 52D-BJ Dahl[10]; 9. 20J-Jeremy Grantham[5]; 10. 28-Jay Sidles[3]; 11. 80-Logan Fitzpatrick[8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 01G-Gavin Bussinger[4]; 2. 9ER-Adam Speicher[6]; 3. 38S-Nick Schwebach[9]; 4. 27H-Austin Hoeft[8]; 5. 18Z-Zac Smith[10]; 6. 99J-Jeremy Werner[7]; 7. 11T-Todd Uhl[3]; 8. 4D-Daniel Ayers[2]; 9. 37-Casey Colsch[1]; 10. 10-Charlie Koepp[5]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[4]; 2. 7D-Devin Holthaus[7]; 3. 61N-Nick Brady[5]; 4. 81-Joshua Ludeking[9]; 5. 00-Josh Downs[3]; 6. 88-Chad Dubac[10]; 7. 911-Dakota Koenig[8]; 8. 717-Nick Schilling[2]; 9. 17J-Jason Bradley[6]; 10. (DNS) 72K-Carter Kmett

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Luke Schluetter[2]; 2. 07-Chris Hovden[10]; 3. 70-Steve Holthaus[1]; 4. 23-Justin Hanson[9]; 5. 3J-James Adams[3]; 6. 15R-Ryan Crooks[7]; 7. 26-Max Jones[5]; 8. 02F-Samuel Fitterer[4]; 9. (DNF) 15-Jeremy Crimmins[6]; 10. (DNF) 266-Justin Lichty[8]

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