SPRING VALLEY, Minn. - Regular racing action resumed Saturday at the Deer Creek Speedway with a wicked crash at the start of the EZ Fabricating USRA Modified feature which saw two strong runners taken off on the hook.

As Ted Marrs spun down across the track Dan Bohr got involved and then Mike Sorensen, with nowhere to go, ran into the side of Bohr, rolling Bohr's car over as his own mount drove over the machine and then flipped onto its roof as it landed on the other side of the car.

All of the drivers were okay but unfortunately the cars will require a little work.

On the restart Steve Wetzstein took control of the race. Brad Waits moved quickly into second with Layne Meyer close in third. With four laps completed Meyer moved above Waits to take over second while Jason Cummins challenged Waits for third.

Waits regained the second spot on the next lap but one lap later relinquished the spot to Meyer on the high side while Wetzstein moved back into second.

With six completed Waits got past Wetzstein again and three laps later moved past Meyer for the lead. It was Meyer and Waits for the lead for the next five laps while Wetzstein and Cummins raced for third.

A caution with 13 to go set up another run by Waits in the lead and Meyer in second. With ten to go, Meyer pushed up in turn 4, allowing Wetzstein and Tim Donlinger to work into second and third.

This set up an exciting battle as Wetzstein squeezed between the wall and Waits they raced side by side for three laps with each leading by a nose.

With five to go, Waits slid up in front of Wetzstein who turned down to move back under Waits. The two made contact as Waits came back down the track slightly, sending him back up into the wall.

On the restart Wetzstein cruised to the finish line with Donlinger working into second and Cummins in third. Behind the lead trio, Nate Wasmund worked into fourth after starting 18th on the field.

Racing action resumes next Saturday at 6:00.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series
Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Saturday, May 9, 2009

USRA MODIFIEDS

Feature - Steve Wetzstein, Tim Donlinger, Jason Cummins, Nate Wasmund, Layne Meyer, Jay Ihrke, Todd Scharkey, Ryan York, Joel Alberts, Jeff Schluetter, Doug Hillson, Terry Timmerman, Shawn Peterson, Tom Paulson, Brian Shaw, Mick Glenn, Jacob Dahle, Greg Jensen, Brad Waits, Tyler Clark, Ted Marrs, Dan Bohr, Mike Sorensen, J.D. Auringer.

Heat 1 - Clark, Peterson, Alberts, Marrs, Bohr, Scharkey, Timmerman, Jensen.

Heat 2 - Wetzsstein, Waits, Schluetter, Donlinger, Auringer, Hillson, Dahle, Shaw.

Heat 3 - Meyer, Ihrke, Cummins, York, Sorensen, Wasmund, Glenn, Paulson.