SPRING VALLEY, Minn. - A slightly cool afternoon brought out the fans to the second annual Popapalooza Concert for a Cure and racing event Saturday at the Deer Creek Speedway. With an afternoon full of Texas Hold 'Em, wine tasting and music, the racing action took the center stage.

In the USRA Modified main event, Bobby Swanson blasted around the high side of the speedway to take the lead at the drop of the green with Joe Wernecke and Nate Wasmund racing side by side for second.

With three down Wasmund moved into second. Shawn Peterson, Jay Ihrke and Jason Cummins were three wide for sixth as Mike Sorensen moved past Bob Timm for fourth and then Wernecke for third.

With nineteen to go Wasmund and Swanson were side by side for the lead with Wasmund gaining control on the next lap. Cummins started working on Sorensen for third and took the spot with fifteen to go but on the next lap Cummins pushed up in four allowing Sorensen back into third while Ihrke closed up on the bumper of Cummins.

A restart with nine to go bunched the field back up on Wasmunds bumper, with Sorensen working into second. Bob Timm worked under Cummins for fifth while Ihrke and Swanson ran side by side for third.

With four to go the gloves were off and Sorensen took the lead in two but Wasmund drove back into the lead out of four as Ihrke and Swanson raced for third with Timm right behind them.

On the last lap Wasmund pushed up allowing Sorensen to move past for the lead and the win while Timm moved under the other battle to take over third. Cummins, Sorensen and Swanson were heat race winners.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series
Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009

USRA MODIFIEDS

Feature - 1. Mike Sorensen, 2. Nate Wasmund, 3. Bob Timm, 4. Jay Ihrke, 5. Bobby Swanson, 6. Ryan York, 7. Brian Shaw, 8. Greg Jensen, 9. Jason Schlangen, 10. Jason Cummins, 11. Shawn Peterson, 12. James Parker, 13. Tom Brink, 14. Dano Ostrander, 15. Joe Wernecke, 16. Dwaine Hanson, 17. Jeff Schluetter, 18. Terry Timmerman, 19. Mick Glenn, 20. Layne Meyer, 21. Ted Marrs.

Heat #1 - 1. Cummins, 2. Wasmund, 3. Hanson, 4. Ostrander, 5. Jensen, 6. Schlangen, 7. Marrs.

Heat #2 - 1. Sorensen, 2. Timm, 3. Wernecke, 4. Peterson, 5. Brink, 6. York, 7. Schluetter.

Heat #3 - 1. Swanson, 2. Ihrke, 3. Shaw, 4. Meyer, 5. Glenn, 6. Timmerman, 7. Parker.