Hartland Nationals close out 2008 Deer Creek Speedway season

  • October 4, 2008
  • by Bill Nelson

SPRING VALLEY, Minn. - One hundred cars showed up to race for the added money during the running of this the Hartland Nationals at the Deer Creek Speedway.

During the racing action on Friday, the 15-lap heat races were ran for all five classes along with dashes for qualifying cars. During the dashes, the top six at the finish were automatically moved into the Saturday night feature with the rest sitting on the front rows of the "B" features.

On Saturday the dash winners drew for an inversion number to determine the starting order of the top six cars. Two "B" features were ran to set the inside and outside rows for the main events on Saturday night.

Steve Wetzstein showed his strength early in the 30-lap, $2,000-to-win USRA Modified feature event.

Les Duellman worked under him on lap 2 but Wetzstein charged right back into the lead while Bob Timm quickly worked into third.

A restart on lap 5 saw Tim Donlinger work into third with Timm in second as Duellman dropped back to fourth. Donlinger and Timm fought back and forth over the next eight laps for the second spot until another caution slowed the field down.

On the restart, Timm and Wetzstein raced side by side for two laps, exchanging lines and positions until Timm took control of the race and cruised home to the win.

Donlinger chased Wetzstein home for third with Nate Wasmund and Mark Noble rounding out the top-5.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
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Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Friday-Saturday, Oct. 3-4, 2008

USRA MODIFIEDS

"A" Main: Bob Timm, Steve Wetzstein, Tim Donlinger, Nate Wasmund, Mark Noble, Mike Sorensen, Todd Scharkey, Josh Reisch, Dwaine Hanson, Les Duellman, Jason Miller, Andy Bohnstengel, Dave Wytaske Jr., Dustin Nelson, Tony Vaith, Tom Paulson, Jay Ihrke, Tom Brink, Josh Angst, LeRoy Scharkey, Dean Mahlstedt, Billy Steinberg, Greg Jensen.

Heat #1: Wetszstein, Timm, Sorensen, Wasmund, Noble, Hillson, Miller, Carey Umbarger.

Heat #2: Ihrke, Scharkey, Brink, Hanson, Nelson, Bohnstengel, Vaith.

Heat #3: Donlinger, Duellman, Mahlstedt, Paulson, Scharkey, Jensen, James Parker, Angst.