Mike Sorensen of Rochester, Minn., captured the USRA RHS Modified feature win on Saturday, June 26, at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. (Buck Monson Photo)

SPRING VALLEY, Minn. - A hot and humid day with overcast skies greeted the fans and drivers at the speedway today. The race was on not only on the track but also to get the show in before the storms hit. Races were completed at 9 p.m., and by 10 the campground gathered in the storm shelter as tornado warnings sounded.

Mike Sorensen jumped out front for the USRA RHS Modified feature with Tim Donlinger moving quickly into second. Todd Scharkey sat in third early with Nate Wasmund and AJ Wiste racing for fourth. Two laps in Donlinger moved to the point while Wasmund now challenged Scharkey for third. Ryan Gustin and Josh Angst raced with Wiste for fifth. Wiste held onto the fifth spot and with twelve completed Wasmund and Scharkey were still at it in a great battle for third. Donlinger hit lap traffic with fourteen completed. Wasmund cleared Scharkey with eighteen completed and started to pressure Sorensen as a caution flew for Donlinger as he slowed on the front stretch. On the restart Sorensen jumped into the lead with Gustin, Wasmund and Scharkey battling for the second spot. Scharkey kept second with Gustin in third. The final five laps the race for fourth was Jay Ihrke, Wiste and Wasmund as the diced it up to the checkers. At the finish it was Sorensen, Scharkey, Gustin, Ihrke and Wasmund in the top five.

Jared Boumeester led the USRA Karl Performance Parts B-Mod feature with Nate Chodur in second. Dan Tenold sat in third pressuring Chodur for the second spot. A lap four restart took three tries before it finally got going with Boumeester up front. Chodur and Tenold were still racing for second with Darrin Korthals behind them. Korthals moved into second on lap five as Brandon Hare worked into the top five. On lap seven Hare worked under Chodur for fourth and then Tenold for third. With nine down Korthals took the led only to have a caution fly. ON the restart Hare took over the lead on the low side of the speedway with Korthals moving past Boumeester for second. hare cruised home with the win ahead of Korthals.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series
Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Saturday, June 26, 2010

USRA RHS MODIFIEDS

Feature - Mike Sorensen, Todd Scharkey, Ryan Gustin, Jay Ihrke, Nate Wasmund, AJ Wiste, Bobby Swanson, Josh Angst, Bob Timm, Derek Ramirez, Steve Wetzstein, Joel Alberts, Al Hejna, Greg Jensen, Tom Paulson, Dan Bohr, Joe Horgdal, James Parker, Tim Donlinger, Phil Werner, Lucas Schott, Corey Dripps.

Heat 1 - Timm, Angst, Hejna, Wiste, Paulson, Alberts, Wernert, Parker.

Heat 2 - Wasmund, Donlinger, Scharkey, Ihrke, Ramirez, Horgdal, Bohr.

Heat 3 - Gustin, Sorensen, Swanson, Wetzstein, Jensen, Schott, Dripps.

USRA KARL PERFORMANCE PARTS B-MODS

Feature - Brandon Hare, Darrin Korthals, Jared Boumeester, Nate Chodur, Scott Demmer, John Warrington, Kylie Kath, Ben Moudry, Dan Tenold, James Gustin, Jake Timm, Colter Deutsch, Parker Hale, Jacob Bleess, Chris Trainer, Jeremy Smith, Terry Kohnert.

Heat 1 - Smith, Boumeester, Moudry, Tenold, Warrington, Bleess.

Heat 2 - Hare, Timm, Gustin, Hale, Deutsch, Trainer.

Heat 3 - Kath, Korthals, Chodur, Demmer, Kohnert.