First-time winners highlight Pink Out Night at Deer Creek Speedway

Joe Chisholm won the USRA B-Mod main event.

Joe Chisholm won the USRA B-Mod main event.


It was Pink-Out Night with Join The Journey at the Deer Creek Speedway on Saturday. The night helps raise awareness and money for the fight against breast cancer. There was a silent auction, raffles, 50/50 sales and a push-up challenge for the five feature winners.

Another good field of 100 cars signed in for the program that was presented by First Farmers & Merchants State Bank, Weber Auto Parts, Old Dutch and Evans Printing & Publishing.

Another big field of 38 Kid’s Dreams Come True USRA B-Mods were on hand. Five heat races and two B-features were needed to determine the 26-car field for their 18-lap feature.

Joe Chisholm redrew the pole position inside of row one and he just plain dominated. Chisholm worked the top of the speedway and drove away from the rest of the competitors.

Even when he caught the back of the pack Chisholm worked lapped traffic to perfection.

Chisholm drove under the checkered flag first for his first ever win at Deer Creek. Chisholm then ripped off 84 push-ups for Join The Journey.

The race behind Chisholm was good when Jackson Hale edged Brandon Hare for second and Alex Schubbe held off Colby Mann for fourth.

There were 10 drivers that started the Medieval USRA Stock Car feature and it was the race of the night and could be a candidate for race of the year.

Travis Shipman took the early lead with Shawn Peter and Brayden Gjere second and third and Kyle Falck came from eighth to fourth.

The top four ran close and Gjere got to second and then threw a slide job at Shipman to take the lead on lap 11. Shipman crossed over and went low, but Gjere held on up front. Then Falck slipped past Shipman for second and lap 13.

Falck was right with Gjere, and on lap 17 he dove low in turn three and slid in front of Gjere to take the lead. Gjere dove low and repaid the slider and took the lead in turn 2 on lap 18.

Falck dove low again in turn 3 and it was a perfect slider to regain the lead. Gjere was not done and he came back to take the lead with another slide job in turn 2. Falck again fought back to take the lead in turn 3, but Gjere led once again out of turn 4.

Falck dove low again and led when the white flag was displayed. One more time Gjere dove low and slid in front of Falck in turn 2. The race still had two more turns and Falck executed yet another slider to take his third win in a row.

Falck did 20 push-ups in victory lane for Join The Journey. Gjere finished a close second with Shipman third. Chris Adams was fourth and Peter wound up fifth.

The NAPA Auto Care Centers USRA Modified feature also had a dominant performance by the winner.

Aaron Benson started inside the front row and took off from the start. Benson opened up a large lead over A.J. Hoff while Keith Foss moved from ninth to third.

By lap 7, Benson had stretched his advantage to a full straight-away. Foss was second but the driver on the move was Brandon Davis who started 12th and got by Darwyn Karau to take fourth on lap 8.

Benson set a torrid pace while Foss was still quite a distance behind. Davis continued to move forward and passed Hoff for third on lap 16. Jim Chisholm who started 10th had now taken over fifth.

Even when Benson caught the back of the field, he negotiated the lapped traffic without any problems. Foss was able to cut the gap a bit, but it was not enough.

Benson also got his first ever Deer Creek win and then did his car number in push-ups (24). Foss was second, Davis third, Chisholm was fourth and Hoff finished fifth.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Saturday, June 18, 2022

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 51W J.T. Wasmund, Pine Island, Minn.
2. (4) 95 Keith Foss, Winona, Minn.
3. (7) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
4. (3) 24 Charlie Steinberg, Kasson, Minn.
5. (6) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
6. (5) 1A Dwaine Hanson, Lakefield, Minn.
7. (1) 31 Bill Stettner, Red Wing, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 50III Brandon Davis, Hayfield, Minn.
2. (5) 28 Parker Hale, Grand Meadow, Minn.
3. (3) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
4. (4) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
5. (2) 98M Mitch Madery, Kasson, Minn.
6. (6) 65 Dustin Brown, Thornton, Iowa
7. (7) 29H Joe Horgdal, Mantorville, Minn.

Heat #3:
1. (2) 24X Aaron Benson, Clear Lake, Iowa
2. (1) 17W Ryan Wiome, Center City, Minn.
3. (4) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
4. (3) 18 Michael Hofer, Cochrane, Wis.
5. (5) 33 Joe Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
6. (6) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
7. (7) 61T Tammy Soma-Clark, Rochester, Minn.

Feature:
1. (1) 24X Aaron Benson, Clear Lake, Iowa
2. (9) 95 Keith Foss, Winona, Minn.
3. (12) 50III Brandon Davis, Hayfield, Minn.
4. (10) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
5. (3) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
6. (6) 28 Parker Hale, Grand Meadow, Minn.
7. (4) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
8. (11) 17W Ryan Wiome, Center City, Minn.
9. (2) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
10. (5) 18 Michael Hofer, Cochrane, Wis.
11. (18) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
12. (8) 51W J.T. Wasmund, Pine Island, Minn.
13. (15) 33 Joe Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
14. (20) 29H Joe Horgdal, Mantorville, Minn.
15. (13) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
16. (14) 98M Mitch Madery, Kasson, Minn.
17. (16) 1A Dwaine Hanson, Lakefield, Minn.
18. (17) 65 Dustin Brown, Thornton, Iowa
19. (21) 61T Tammy Soma-Clark, Rochester, Minn.
20. (19) 31 Bill Stettner, Red Wing, Minn.
21. (7) 24 Charlie Steinberg, Kasson, Minn.

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 87 Travis Shipman, Mason City, Iowa
2. (3) 23 Brayden Gjere, Mabel, Minn.
3. (5) 11 Jake Lampert, Caledonia, Minn.
4. (4) 14 Chris Adams, McIntire, Iowa
5. (2) 55H Troy Hansmeier, Waukon, Iowa

Heat #2:
1. (5) 67 Kyle Falck, Decorah, Iowa
2. (2) 27 Shawn Peter, Mabel, Minn.
3. (3) 22 Ryan Jacobsen, LeRoy, Minn.
4. (4) 67 Levi Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
5. (1) 28 David Gustafson, Pine Island, Minn.

Feature:
1. (8) 67 Kyle Falck, Decorah, Iowa
2. (3) 23 Brayden Gjere, Mabel, Minn.
3. (2) 87 Travis Shipman, Mason City, Iowa
4. (4) 14 Chris Adams, McIntire, Iowa
5. (1) 27 Shawn Peter, Mabel, Minn.
6. (7) 11 Jake Lampert, Caledonia, Minn.
7. (10) 55H Troy Hansmeier, Waukon, Iowa
8. (5) 67 Levi Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
9. (9) 22 Ryan Jacobsen, LeRoy, Minn.
10. (6) 28 David Gustafson, Pine Island, Minn.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 43 Zach Brom, Winona, Minn.
2. (1) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
3. (7) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
4. (6) 38 Michael Wytaske, Hartland, Minn.
5. (4) 17 Brian Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
6. (3) 155 Gavin Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
7. (5) 83R Kullen Kath, Owatonna, Minn.
8. (8) 13 Jesse Antiporek, Dexter, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (6) 23K Erik Kanz, Winona, Minn.
2. (5) 55 Brody Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
3. (2) 35X Phillip Dunbar, Rushford, Minn.
4. (4) 45 Cole Lonergan, Dexter, Minn.
5. (1) 33 Corbin Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
6. (7) 83 Braeden Allen, Ostrander, Minn.
7. (3) 20 Gage Motl, Owatonna, Minn.
DNS – 77 Colton Weigel, Glenville, Minn.

Heat #3:
1. (3) 72 Alex Schubbe, North Mankato, Minn.
2. (5) 60 Colby Mann, Caledonia, Minn.
3. (1) 30 Scott Demmer, Ellendale, Minn.
4. (4) 87H Harley Dais, Winona, Minn.
5. (2) 08K Toby Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
6. (8) 97JR Landon Volkman, Rushford, Minn.
7. (7) 4 Greg Brooks, Spring Valley, Minn.
8. (6) 21 Rian Leichtnam, Grand Meadow, Minn.

Heat #4:
1. (2) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
2. (4) 28J Jackson Hale, Grand Meadow, Minn.
3. (5) 3A Taylor Ausrud, Hayfield, Minn.
4. (6) 28 Spencer Stock, Racine, Minn.
5. (1) 2C Cole Bennerotte, Byron, Minn.
6. (3) 64 John Ross, Mankato, Minn.
7. (7) 29S Raymond Rehbein, Byron, Minn.

Heat #5:
1. (4) 56H Brandon Hare, Elma, Iowa
2. (3) 35 Dennis Dunbar, Winona, Minn.
3. (6) 15 Zach Elward, Hayfield, Minn.
4. (5) 95X Shaun Walski, Rollingstone, Minn.
5. (7) 54 Jett Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
6. (1) 97 Leigh Volkman, Rushford, Minn.
7. (2) 29 Lilli Reps, Utica, Minn.

"B" Feature #1:
1. (1) 17 Brian Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
2. (3) 54 Jett Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
3. (6) 83R Kullen Kath, Owatonna, Minn.
4. (5) 64 John Ross, Mankato, Minn.
5. (2) 08K Toby Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
6. (4) 83 Braeden Allen, Ostrander, Minn.
7. (8) 29 Lilli Reps, Utica, Minn.
8. (7) 4 Greg Brooks, Spring Valley, Minn.
DNS – 77 Colton Weigel, Glenville, Minn.

"B" Feature #2:
1. (3) 155 Gavin Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
2. (2) 2C Cole Bennerotte, Byron, Minn.
3. (6) 20 Gage Motl, Owatonna, Minn.
4. (5) 97 Leigh Volkman, Rushford, Minn.
5. (9) 21 Rian Leichtnam, Grand Meadow, Minn.
6. (8) 13 Jesse Antiporek, Dexter, Minn.
7. (1) 33 Corbin Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
8. (7) 29S Raymond Rehbein, Byron, Minn.
9. (4) 97JR Landon Volkman, Rushford, Minn.

"A" Feature:
1. (1) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
2. (3) 28J Jackson Hale, Grand Meadow, Minn.
3. (4) 56H Brandon Hare, Elma, Iowa
4. (8) 72 Alex Schubbe, North Mankato, Minn.
5. (2) 60 Colby Mann, Caledonia, Minn.
6. (5) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
7. (6) 43 Zach Brom, Winona, Minn.
8. (11) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
9. (7) 55 Brody Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
10. (10) 35 Dennis Dunbar, Winona, Minn.
11. (13) 30 Scott Demmer, Ellendale, Minn.
12. (16) 38 Michael Wytaske, Hartland, Minn.
13. (22) 155 Gavin Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
14. (12) 35X Phillip Dunbar, Rushford, Minn.
15. (19) 28 Spencer Stock, Racine, Minn.
16. (18) 87H Harley Dais, Winona, Minn.
17. (23) 54 Jett Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
18. (25) 83R Kullen Kath, Owatonna, Minn.
19. (9) 23K Erik Kanz, Winona, Minn.
20. (15) 15 Zach Elward, Hayfield, Minn.
21. (21) 17 Brian Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
22. (17) 45 Cole Lonergan, Dexter, Minn.
23. (26) 20 Gage Motl, Owatonna, Minn.
24. (24) 2C Cole Bennerotte, Byron, Minn.
25. (14) 3A Taylor Ausrud, Hayfield, Minn.
26. (20) 95X Shaun Walski, Rollingstone, Minn.

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