SPRING VALLEY, Minn. - A quarter-inch of rain fell on the Deer Creek Speedway at 4:30 p.m., delaying the racing activity by two hours on Saturday. Most of the drivers and crowd hung around and saw great racing action all night long. Quite a few cautions but only one feature went for more than five cautions, with the track being bladed before the racing there was no place for the drivers to pull off with flats, etc. Throughout the night, lightning flashes were seen within a few miles of the track as three more storms rolled through the area missing the speedway and allowing the racing action to be completed.

Nate Wasmund led lap one of the EZ Fabricating USRA Modified feature. Jay Ihrke sat in second with Ron Konkel and Tim Donlinger racing for fourth.

A restart on lap 3 saw Donlinger move into second with Ihrke and Konkel behind him. Donlinger took the lead on lap 5 and never looked back.

Ihrke and Wasmund raced each other hard and clean for the next five laps while the fans caught Bob Timm charging his way up through the field.

Timm started 16th, and with 10 to go was working Konkel for the third spot.

Timm took the position while Konkel slid back through the field slightly with Wasmund taking fourth and Jason Cummins with a strong run moving into fifth.

Button Buck Speedway, the new 1/5 mile infield track located at Deer Creek Speedway officially opened this weekend with the Pepsi Slingshots highlighting the racing action. No official reports were collected during the opening day as some of those issues get sorted out but Dustin Sorensen, the young son of USRA modified racer Mike Sorensen, took home the first official feature of the speedway with his win in the Pee-Wee division. Look for more news to come from Button Buck Speedway soon.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series
Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Saturday, May 31, 2008

USRA MODIFIEDS

Feature - Tim Donlinger, Jay Ihrke, Bob Timm, Nate Wasmund, Jason Cummins, Ron Konkel, Ryan York, Joe Wernecke, Shawn Peterson, Mick Glenn, Greg Jensen, Dwaine Hanson, Terry Timmerman, Tom Brink, Bob Fisher, Ben Anderson, Brad Waits, Adam Martinson, Jacob Dahle, Doug HiIllson, James Parker, Brady Peterson, Layne Meyer, Mike Sorensen, Steve Wetzstein, Ted Marrs.

Heat 1 – Ihrke, Wernecke, Timmerman, Sorensen, Hanson, Martinson.

Heat 2 – Cummins, Jensen, York, Meyer, Hillson, Brink, Glenn.

Heat 3 – Donlinger, Wetzstein, Dahle, S. Peterson, Anderson, Fisher, Marrs.

Heat 4 – Waits, Wasmund, Konkel, Timm, B. Peterson, Parker.