Close finishes highlight Veterans Night at Deer Creek

Derek Green won the Medieval USRA Stock Car main event.

Derek Green won the Medieval USRA Stock Car main event.


This week was the annual Veteran’s Night at Deer Creek Speedway. Military veterans and their guest received free admission courtesy of Rochester Chevrolet. The night was to raise money for the Disabled American Veterans (D.A.V.) Mayo Southeast Chapter 28.

Rochester Chevrolet also made a $10,000 donation to the D.A.V. when the 50/50 total pot went over $5,000. Rochester Chevrolet also added to the drivers purse money with an extra $1,000 added to the top 10 in all five divisions.

There was a push-up challenge for the feature winners in victory lane, raffles, 50/50 ticket sales, T-shirt sales and a live auction also. Northern County Co-op, along with Randy and Sandy Norby, also helped present the program.

With tracks in the area either rained out or took a planned week off, Deer Creek definitely benefited from that car count wise. A season high 132 cars were on hand. That was the highest car count for a points night of racing since July 14, 2018.

A large field of 44 Kid’s Dreams Come True USRA B-Mods took five heat races and two B-Mains to determine their 26-car field for the 18-lap feature race.

Cole Bennerotte took the early lead and was chased by Garitt and Michael Wytaske. Dan Hovden worked his way to fourth and it was a four-car tussle for the lead. Joe Chisholm cracked the top five and closed on the lead quartet.

Dylan Goettl spun in turn three and Dennis Dunbar had to place to go and slid into Goettl. Hard contact was made and Dunbar’s car rolled onto its side. The red flag came out and it took several minutes to clean up the wreck, but both drivers were uninjured.

After a flurry of three straight cautions Dan Hovden took the lead while Chisholm was second. Another red flag came out when Garitt Wytaske and Taylor Ausrud collided on the front stretch. Kyle Anderson also got involved and flipped onto his side. All three drivers were uninjured and yet another delay to clean up the incident.

Hovden and Chisholm then battled for the lead when the race resumed. Chisholm took the lead on lap 15 and pulled away for his third win of the season.

Chisholm then did 50 push-ups in victory lane to benefit the D.A.V.

Hovden was second with Michael Wytaske, Josh Roney and Noah Grinstead in the top five.

Rookie driver Levi Schott almost got his first win in the Medieval USRA Stock Cars. Schott led the entire race until a caution came out on lap 18.

Three laps before that on lap 15, Mitch Hovden and Blake Adams got together on the front stretch. Adams' car slid down the track caught the inside berm and rolled over several times into the infield. Both drivers were uninjured, but Adams’ car was heavily damaged.

After the lap-18 caution, Schott held the lead but Derek Green and Kevin Donlan were right there.

Green used the inside groove on the final lap to steal the win. Green also did 46 push-ups for the D.A.V. in victory lane. Schott was second with Donlan third, Jesse Brown fourth and Travis Shipman fifth.

Parker Hale jumped to the lead in the NAPA Auto Care Centers USRA Modified 25-lap feature. After a lap-3 caution, Brandon Davis took the lead on lap 4 and opened up a lead. Hale, David Baxter and Keith Foss raced for second.

Foss moved to second on lap 6, but the car on the move was Jim Chisholm, who started 12th and charged to third on lap 12. Chisholm reeled in Foss and took second on lap 20.

Davis had a big lead, but entered lapped traffic. When Davis tried to lap some cars, Chisholm closed in, and on lap 23 the race was on for the lead. Chisholm was scored the leader at the white flag on lap 24. The lead duo was still in heavy lapped traffic and played a factor in the finish.

Chisholm went low in turn 3 and got pinned behind a slower car. Davis moved to the mid groove and slipped past Chisholm for the win by 0.065 second at the line. Davis then got 60 push-ups in for the D.A.V.

Tralo Companies and Speedwerx had put up an extra $100 for each push up for a total of $123 for each push up Davis did.

Chisholm finished a close second while Foss had a strong run in third. Baxter had a good run of his own in fourth and Hale ended up fifth.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 33 Joe Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
2. (5) 28 Parker Hale, Grand Meadow, Minn.
3. (4) 51W J.T. Wasmund, Pine Island, Minn.
4. (2) 98M Mitchel Madery, Kasson, Minn.
5. (6) 23B Brett Bumgardner, Hawkeye, Iowa
6. (3) 61T Tammy Soma-Clark, Rochester, Minn.
7. (7) 29H Joe Horgdal, Mantorville, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (3) 50III Brandon Davis, Hayfield, Minn.
2. (4) 95 Keith Foss, Winona, Minn.
3. (1) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
4. (6) 17W Ryan Wiome, Center City, Minn.
5. (2) 12 Nick Murgic, Rosemount, Minn.
6. (5) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
DNS – 83S Billy Steinberg, Kasson, Minn.

Heat #3:
1. (5) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
2. (3) 35B David Baxter, Eau Claire, Wis.
3. (2) 1A Dwaine Hanson, Lakefield, Minn.
4. (6) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
5. (1) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
6. (4) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.

Feature:
1. (7) 50III Brandon Davis, Hayfield, Minn.
2. (12) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
3. (8) 95 Keith Foss, Winona, Minn.
4. (4) 35B David Baxter, Eau Claire, Wis.
5. (1) 28 Parker Hale, Grand Meadow, Minn.
6. (9) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
7. (2) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
8. (3) 98M Mitchel Madery, Kasson, Minn.
9. (10) 17W Ryan Wiome, Center City, Minn.
10. (18) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
11. (6) 51W J.T. Wasmund, Pine Island, Minn.
12. (14) 12 Nick Murgic, Rosemount, Minn.
13. (15) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
14. (11) 33 Joe Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
15. (16) 61T Tammy Soma-Clark, Rochester, Minn.
16. (5) 1A Dwaine Hanson, Lakefield, Minn.
17. (17) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
18. (20) 83S Billy Steinberg, Kasson, Minn.
19. (13) 23B Brett Bumgardner, Hawkeye, Iowa
20. (19) 29H Joe Horgdal, Mantorville, Minn.

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (3) 32 Derek Green, Granada, Minn.
2. (2) 15 Mitch Hovden, Decorah, Iowa
3. (7) 33 Kevin Donlan, Decorah, Iowa
4. (6) 25 Dan Jones, Waukon, Iowa
5. (5) 21 Andrew Borchardt, Plymouth, Iowa
6. (4) 28 David Gustafson, Pine Island, Minn.
7. (1) 911 Dakota Koenig, Cochrane, Wis.

Heat #2:
1. (3) 67 Kyle Falck, Decorah, Iowa
2. (2) 14A Blake Adams, McIntire, Iowa
3. (5) 67. Levi Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
4. (4) 14N Paul Neisius, Hastings, Minn.
5. (7) 11 Jake Lampert, Caledonia, Minn.
6. (6) 22 Ryan Jacobsen, Le Roy, Minn.
7. (1) 7. Steve Dwyer, La Crosse, Wis.

Heat #3:
1. (1) 00C Danny Cole, Lansing, Iowa
2. (3) 32. Jason Newkirk, Austin, Minn.
3. (4) 87 Travis Shipman, Mason City, Iowa
4. (5) 02 Cole Denner, Ionia, Iowa
5. (6) 07 Chris Hovden, Cresco, Iowa
6. (7) 7 David Stearns, Kellogg, Minn.
7. (2) 55H Troy Hansmeier, Waukon, Iowa

Heat #4:
1. (3) 23 Brayden Gjere, Mabel, Minn.
2. (6) 11B Jesse Brown, Nashua, Iowa
3. (4) 27 Shawn Peter, Mabel, Minn.
4. (5) 14. Chris Adams, McIntire, Iowa
5. (2) 7X Andrew Eischens, Taopi, Minn.
6. (1) 14 Brady Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
7. (7) 15R Ryan Crooks, Ionia, Iowa

"B" Feature:
1. (1) 21 Andrew Borchardt, Plymouth, Iowa
2. (3) 07 Chris Hovden, Cresco, Iowa
3. (4) 7X Andrew Eischens, Taopi, Minn.
4. (11) 55H Troy Hansmeier, Waukon, Iowa
5. (2) 11 Jake Lampert, Caledonia, Minn.
6. (8) 14 Brady Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
7. (10) 7. Steve Dwyer, La Crosse, Wis.
8. (7) 7 David Stearns, Kellogg, Minn.
9. (5) 28 David Gustafson, Pine Island, Minn.
10. (9) 911 Dakota Koenig, Cochrane, Wis.
11. (12) 15R Ryan Crooks, Ionia, Iowa
12. (6) 22 Ryan Jacobsen, Le Roy, Minn.

"A" Feature:
1. (3) 32 Derek Green, Granada, Minn.
2. (1) 67. Levi Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
3. (10) 33 Kevin Donlan, Decorah, Iowa
4. (2) 11B Jesse Brown, Nashua, Iowa
5. (6) 87 Travis Shipman, Mason City, Iowa
6. (17) 21 Andrew Borchardt, Plymouth, Iowa
7. (12) 67 Kyle Falck, Decorah, Iowa
8. (8) 23 Brayden Gjere, Mabel, Minn.
9. (13) 25 Dan Jones, Waukon, Iowa
10. (9) 27 Shawn Peter, Mabel, Minn.
11. (15) 02 Cole Denner, Ionia, Iowa
12. (4) 32. Jason Newkirk, Austin, Minn.
13. (18) 07 Chris Hovden, Cresco, Iowa
14. (19) 7X Andrew Eischens, Taopi, Minn.
15. (7) 00C Danny Cole, Lansing, Iowa
16. (16) 14. Chris Adams, McIntire, Iowa
17. (24) 7 David Stearns, Kellogg, Minn.
18. (20) 55H Troy Hansmeier, Waukon, Iowa
19. (14) 14N Paul Neisius, Hastings, Minn.
20. (11) 15 Mitch Hovden, Decorah, Iowa
21. (5) 14A Blake Adams, McIntire, Iowa
22. (21) 11 Jake Lampert, Caledonia, Minn.
23. (22) 14 Brady Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
24. (23) 7. Steve Dwyer, La Crosse, Wis.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (8) 24 Dylan Goettl, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
2. (1) 35JR Garitt Wytaske, Austin, Minn.
3. (2) 45 Cole Lonergan, Dexter, Minn.
4. (6) 35 Dennis Dunbar, Winona, Minn.
5. (3) 87H Harley Dais, Winona, Minn.
6. (9) 28 Spencer Stock, Racine, Minn.
7. (5) 88 Bryer McCoy, Webster City, Iowa
8. (4) 33 Corbin Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
9. (7) 13 Jesse Antiporek, Dexter, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 2C Cole Bennerotte, Byron, Minn.
2. (6) 16D Dan Hovden, Decorah, Iowa
3. (5) 22C Michael Johnson, Rose Creek, Minn.
4. (2) 72 Alex Schubbe, North Mankato, Minn.
5. (7) 81K Caleb Korpi, Claremont, Minn.
6. (8) 94M Zac Mahlstedt, Ionia, Iowa
7. (4) 15 Cole Neisius, Hastings, Minn.
8. (3) 14M Brian Mahlstedt, Ionia, Iowa
DNS – 28H Troy Hale, Grand Meadow, Minn.

Heat #3:
1. (1) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
2. (2) 3A Taylor Ausrud, Hayfield, Minn.
3. (7) 56H Brandon Hare, Elma, Iowa
4. (6) 10T Trevor Fecht, Allison, Iowa
5. (4) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
6. (8) 55 Brody Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
7. (5) 20 Gage Motl, Owatonna, Minn.
8. (3) 77 Colton Weigel, Glenville, Minn.
9. (9) 27X Max Anderson, Madison Lake, Minn.

Heat #4:
1. (2) 8X Josh Roney, Postville, Iowa
2. (1) 38 Michael Wytaske, Hartland, Minn.
3. (3) 155 Gavin Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
4. (4) 32 Taylor Skauge, Caledonia, Minn.
5. (6) 28T Philip Ihde, Decorah, Iowa
6. (5) 08K Toby Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
7. (7) 11J Jacob Lynch, Winona, Minn.
DNS – 21 Rian Leichtnam, Grand Meadow, Minn.
DNS – 43 Zach Brom, Winona, Minn.

Heat #5:
1. (1) 55S Brian Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
2. (3) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
3. (4) 30 Scott Demmer, Ellendale, Minn.
4. (5) 98 Kyle Anderson, Decorah, Iowa
5. (2) 29 Lilli Reps, Utica, Minn.
6. (6) 14X Austin Schrage, Knoxville, Iowa
7. (7) 54 Jett Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
8. (8) 4 Greg Brooks, Spring Valley, Minn.

"B" Feature #1:
1. (1) 87H Harley Dais, Winona, Minn.
2. (8) 54 Jett Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
3. (2) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
4. (6) 88 Bryer McCoy, Webster City, Iowa
5. (3) 29 Lilli Reps, Utica, Minn.
6. (7) 20 Gage Motl, Owatonna, Minn.
7. (4) 94M Zac Mahlstedt, Ionia, Iowa
8. (10) 13 Jesse Antiporek, Dexter, Minn.
9. (11) 27X Max Anderson, Madison Lake, Minn.
10. (5) 08K Toby Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
11. (9) 14M Brian Mahlstedt, Ionia, Iowa
DNS – 21 Rian Leichtnam, Grand Meadow, Minn.

"B" Feature #2:
1. (3) 28 Spencer Stock, Racine, Minn.
2. (5) 14X Austin Schrage, Knoxville, Iowa
3. (7) 11J Jacob Lynch, Winona, Minn.
4. (2) 28T Philip Ihde, Decorah, Iowa
5. (11) 28H Troy Hale, Grand Meadow, Minn.
6. (6) 15 Cole Neisius, Hastings, Minn.
7. (4) 55 Brody Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
8. (1) 81K Caleb Korpi, Claremont, Minn.
9. (9) 77 Colton Weigel, Glenville, Minn.
10. (10) 4 Greg Brooks, Spring Valley, Minn.
11. (8) 33 Corbin Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
DNS – 43 Zach Brom, Winona, Minn.

"A" Feature:
1. (9) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
2. (5) 16D Dan Hovden, Decorah, Iowa
3. (2) 38 Michael Wytaske, Hartland, Minn.
4. (4) 8X Josh Roney, Postville, Iowa
5. (7) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
6. (13) 56H Brandon Hare, Elma, Iowa
7. (19) 32 Taylor Skauge, Caledonia, Minn.
8. (17) 72 Alex Schubbe, North Mankato, Minn.
9. (8) 55S Brian Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
10. (25) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
11. (24) 14X Austin Schrage, Knoxville, Iowa
12. (23) 54 Jett Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
13. (11) 45 Cole Lonergan, Dexter, Minn.
14. (21) 87H Harley Dais, Winona, Minn.
15. (12) 22C Michael Johnson, Rose Creek, Minn.
16. (15) 30 Scott Demmer, Ellendale, Minn.
17. (26) 11J Jacob Lynch, Winona, Minn.
18. (3) 35JR Garitt Wytaske, Austin, Minn.
19. (20) 98 Kyle Anderson, Decorah, Iowa
20. (22) 28 Spencer Stock, Racine, Minn.
21. (10) 3A Taylor Ausrud, Hayfield, Minn.
22. (1) 2C Cole Bennerotte, Byron, Minn.
23. (14) 155 Gavin Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
24. (18) 10T Trevor Fecht, Allison, Iowa
25. (6) 24 Dylan Goettl, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
26. (16) 35 Dennis Dunbar, Winona, Minn.

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