Brandon Davis won the USRA Modified main event.

After being rained out the week prior, the Deer Creek Speedway roared back to life under prefect weather conditions. This week was the Salute To Veterans Night with money being raised to support the Disabled American Veterans (D.A.V.)

Rochester Chevrolet, Evans Printing, Ruehlow Farms and Marcus Mandt of Farm Bureau Financial Services sponsored the program. Marcus Mandt provided free admission for the veterans along with one guest for each that entered.

A large field of 35 National Fleet Graphics USRA B-Mods were on hand this week. They ran four heat races and two B-features to whittle that field down to the 24-car field for their 18-lap feature race.

Dustin Kruse used his front row starting spot to take the early lead. Brandon Maitland and Jim Chisholm were close behind to start things off. I did not long for Maitland to make his move, On lap two Maitland drove past Kruse for the lead and opened up the gap up front.

Maitland pulled away while Chisholm battled with Kruse for second and took the spot on lap six. Maitland entered lapped traffic on lap 12 and Chisholm tried to catch him. Maitland was able to glide through the traffic and opened up the lead to claim his second win of the year in the caution free race.

Maitland did 29 push-ups in victory lane to raise $754 for the D.A.V. Chisholm finished in second with Kruse in third. Andrew Bleess would take the fourth spot and Garitt Wytaske rounded out the top five.

Brandon Maitland won the USRA B-Mod main event.

A five-car pile-up just after the drop of the green flag slowed the start in the Napa Auto Care Centers USRA Modified feature. Brandon Davis started on the pole for the 25-lap race and that was trouble for the rest of the 21-cars that started the race.

Davis quickly opened up the lead on Jacob Bleess and Jake O’Neil. Davis checked out and left Bleess and O’Neil to battle it out for second. O’Neil made several attempts to pass Bleess and finally got by on lap five. At this point Davis was long gone up front, but O’Neil would attempt to reel him in.

Davis led but O’Neil closed the gap to get close on lap 16. The leaders started to work through lapped traffic and eventually that allowed Davis to open up the gap on O’Neil once again. Davis extended the lead late in the race and scored his third win. It was also his 62nd career win which puts him on top of the all-time feature winner list at the speedway.

Davis then matched his car number and performed 50 push-ups that raised $1300 for the Disabled American Vetreans. O’Neil finished in second while Bleess held third. Lucas Schott finished in fourth and Josh Angst was fifth.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown.

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
2. (2) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
3. (4) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
4. (6) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
5. (7) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
6. (8) 29H Joe Horgdal, Kasson, Minn.
7. (5) 57 Jim King
8. (3) 61T Tammy Soma Clark, Rochester, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
2. (3) 99 Josh Angst, Winona, Minn.
3. (7) 50III Brandon Davis, Hayfield, Minn.
4. (4) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
5. (1) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
6. (5) 15 Joey Miller, Lakeville, Minn.
7. (6) 23A Darwyn Karau, Kasson, Minn.

Heat #3:
1. (2) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.
2. (7) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
3. (6) 51W J.T. Wasmund, Pine Island, Minn.
4. (1) 1A Dwaine Hanson, Lakefield, Minn.
5. (5) 33 Joe Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
6. (4) 14M Brian Mahlstedt, Ionia, Iowa
7. (3) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.

Feature:
1. (1) 50III Brandon Davis, Hayfield, Minn.
2. (4) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
3. (2) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
4. (7) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
5. (3) 99 Josh Angst, Winona, Minn.
6. (9) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.
7. (12) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
8. (11) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
9. (10) 51W J.T. Wasmund, Pine Island, Minn.
10. (5) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
11. (16) 29H Joe Horgdal, Kasson, Minn.
12. (17) 15 Joey Miller, Lakeville, Minn.
13. (13) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
14. (14) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
15. (18) 14M Brian Mahlstedt, Ionia, Iowa
16. (21) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
17. (22) 61T Tammy Soma Clark, Rochester, Minn.
18. (15) 33 Joe Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
19. (19) 57 Jim King
20. (8) 1A Dwaine Hanson, Lakefield, Minn.
21. (6) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
22. (20) 23A Darwyn Karau, Kasson, Minn.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 35JR Garitt Wytaske, Austin, Minn.
2. (6) 95X Shaun Walski, Rollingstone, Minn.
3. (5) 2 Andrew Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
4. (4) 20J Jeremy Grantham, Allison, Iowa
5. (3) 60 Colby Mann, Caledonia, Minn.
6. (7) 61T Tammy Soma-Clark, Rochester, Minn.
7. (2) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
8. (8) 35X+1 Phillip Dunbar, Rushford, Minn.
9. (9) 56 Ty Griffith, Webster City, Iowa

Heat #2:
1. (4) 83X Kadden Kath, Owatonna, Minn.
2. (1) 7W Drew Williams, Rochester, Minn.
3. (5) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
4. (7) 30D Scott Demmer, Ellendale, Minn.
5. (9) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
6. (2) 29 Lilli Reps, Utica, Minn.
7. (6) 27 Channing Warner, Owatonna, Minn.
8. (3) 4W Tucker Williams, Rochester, Minn.
DNS – 17V Dustin Von Hagen, Glenville, Minn.

Heat #3:
1. (3) 2M Brandon Maitland, Waterloo, Iowa
2. (1) 38 Michael Wytaske, Hartland, Minn.
3. (6) 56H Brandon Hare, Elma, Iowa
4. (2) 72 Alex Schubbe, North Mankato, Minn.
5. (5) 10T Trevor Fecht, Allison, Iowa
6. (7) 55S Gavin Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
7. (8) 30 Russell Quinnell, Hayfield, Minn.
8. (4) 83R Kullen Kath, Owatonna, Minn.
9. (9) 66Y Shane Yohe, Rochester, Minn.

Heat #4:
1. (1) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
2. (3) 55 Brody Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
3. (6) 6 Dustin Kruse, Brandon, S.D.
4. (7) 95 Eric Thill, Rochester, Minn.
5. (8) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
6. (4) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
7. (2) 97 Leigh Volkman, Rushford, Minn.
8. (5) 52 Hunter Nelson, Peterson, Minn.

"B" Feature #1:
1. (2) 10T Trevor Fecht, Allison, Iowa
2. (7) 35X+1 Phillip Dunbar, Rushford, Minn.
3. (8) 83R Kullen Kath, Owatonna, Minn.
4. (5) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
5. (6) 30 Russell Quinnell, Hayfield, Minn.
6. (3) 61T Tammy Soma-Clark, Rochester, Minn.
7. (9) 66Y Shane Yohe, Rochester, Minn.
8. (4) 55S Gavin Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
DNS – 17V Dustin Von Hagen, Glenville, Minn.
DNS – 60 Colby Mann, Caledonia, Minn.

"B" Feature #2:
1. (2) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
2. (1) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
3. (4) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
4. (5) 27 Channing Warner, Owatonna, Minn.
5. (8) 52 Hunter Nelson, Peterson, Minn.
6. (7) 4W Tucker Williams, Rochester, Minn.
7. (3) 29 Lilli Reps, Utica, Minn.
8. (6) 97 Leigh Volkman, Rushford, Minn.
DNS – 56 Ty Griffith, Webster City, Iowa

"A" Feature:
1. (2) 2M Brandon Maitland, Waterloo, Iowa
2. (3) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
3. (1) 6 Dustin Kruse, Brandon, S.D.
4. (8) 2 Andrew Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
5. (5) 35JR Garitt Wytaske, Austin, Minn.
6. (11) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
7. (7) 83X Kadden Kath, Owatonna, Minn.
8. (12) 55 Brody Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
9. (10) 7W Drew Williams, Rochester, Minn.
10. (20) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
11. (9) 95X Shaun Walski, Rollingstone, Minn.
12. (14) 30D Scott Demmer, Ellendale, Minn.
13. (16) 95 Eric Thill, Rochester, Minn.
14. (18) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
15. (6) 38 Michael Wytaske, Hartland, Minn.
16. (15) 72 Alex Schubbe, North Mankato, Minn.
17. (17) 10T Trevor Fecht, Allison, Iowa
18. (22) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
19. (24) 27 Channing Warner, Owatonna, Minn.
20. (23) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
21. (21) 83R Kullen Kath, Owatonna, Minn.
22. (19) 35X+1 Phillip Dunbar, Rushford, Minn.
23. (13) 20J Jeremy Grantham, Allison, Iowa
24. (4) 56H Brandon Hare, Elma, Iowa