Deer Creek Speedway readies for awards banquet

  • November 10, 2008
  • by Bill Nelson
Two-time USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly Racing Series Modified National Champion Brad Waits will be honored for winning his first points title at the track.

Two-time USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly Racing Series Modified National Champion Brad Waits will be honored for winning his first points title at the track.


SPRING VALLEY, Minn. - The annual awards banquet for Deer Creek Speedway is set for this Saturday night, November 15. The banquet will be held at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Rochester, Minn.

Drivers, crews, fans and sponsors are encouraged to attend this year-ending event.

Happy hour will be from 5-6 p.m. with a meal served promptly at 6.

At 7, the event will feature guest speaker Karl Frederickson from Speedway Illustrated Magazine, along with prizes, checks and trophies for the drivers in each of the classes that race at Deer Creek Speedway or the Button Buck Speedway.

Over 400 people have already registered for this event.

We hope to see everyone at the Radisson Plaza Hotel.

Highlights:

-- Brad Waits won his first points title at Deer Creek. Waits used five feature wins and 11 top-five finishes to claim the title.

-- The first eight feature races of the season were won by Waits or Tim Donlinger. Donlinger had six wins and Waits scored two.

-- Jason Cummins broke up that streak on July 26 when he cracked victory lane. Cummins would also go on to win on August 8 and the Night of Victory on September 17.

-- In an amazing statistic, in 21 feature events in the USRA Modified class (including special events), 18 were won by Skyrocket Chassis. Only a Hughes Chassis (Jason Hughes, two wins) and a Fegers Chassis (Bob Timm, one win) were able to win a feature in 2008.