SPRING VALLEY, Minn. - Saturday night at the Deer Creek Speedway, Jason Cummins led out of two on the start of the USRA Modified feature event with Bob Timm quickly moving into second. Todd Scharkey and Lucas Schott raced for third.

A caution with one completed reset the race with Cummins leading, Schott moved under Timm to take over second with Joel Alberts in fourth and Scharkey now in fifth. With four down Timm took over second while Alberts, Schott and Scharkey were three wide for third. Scharkey and Schott battled for two laps before Scharkey took control of third. Another caution flew with eight down.

Cummins led on the restart again on the start with Scharkey in second and Schott, Timm and Mike Sorensen now three wide for third. Sorensen took third with Schott in fourth. Timm worked back around Schott on lap ten while Scharkey worked hard to overtake Cummins for the lead. Cummins was just a little stronger holding onto the lead as Sorensen moved up to make it a three car battle for the lead with twenty completed.

The top three were in tight formation as they came upon lapped traffic with Cummins getting through cleanly. Scharkey kept the pressure on him as Sorensen got jammed up by the slower car.

Cummins took home the win as he held off a hard driving Scharkey.

John Warrington and Scott Demmer battled for the lead in the Hinz Trucking USRA b-Modified feature early. Greg Mattick and Warrington battle for second on lap two as Demmer took over the lead. With three down the battle for second became a four car race with Warrington, Colter Deutsch, Shaun Walski and Mattick four wide for third.

Up front Brandon Hare was now challenging Demmer for the top spot. A caution with five down saw hare lead on the restart, Demmer in second and Jason Schlangen working into third. Another caution with eight down saw Hare lead Deutsch and Walski were side by side for third but they worked past Demmer as their battle now became a race for second.

Deutsch and Walski stayed side by side until sixteen down when Walski took control of second. Kylie Kath worked into fifth as the laps wore down with Hare taking home the win.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series
Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Saturday, July 17, 2010

USRA RHS MODIFIEDS

Feature: Jason Cummins, Todd Scharkey, Mike Sorensen, Bob Timm, Lucas Schott, Jeff Schluetter, Nate Wasmund, Darrin Walch, AJ Wiste, Joel Alberts, Jay Ihrke, Dwaine Hanson, Greg Jensen, LeRoy Scharkey, Tom Brink, James Parker, Phil Wernert, Darwyn Karau, Josh Mattick, Josh Angst, Joe Horgdal, Lance Hofer.

Heat 1: Schott, Angst, Schluetter, Timm, L. Scharkey, Horgdal, Jensen, Karau.

Heat 2: Sorensen, Ihrke, Alberts, Hanson, Hofer, Wiste, Mattick.

Heat 3: Wasmund, Cummins, Walch, T. Scharkey, Brink, Wernert, Parker.

USRA KARL PERFORMANCE PARTS B-MODS

Feature: Brandon Hare, Shaun Walski, Colter Deutsch, Scott Demmer, Kylie Kath, John Warrington, Josh Gesell, Jacob Bleess, Chris Trainer, Terry Kohnert, Jason Schlangen, Jake Timm, Michael Wytaske, Greg Mattick, Parker Hale.

Heat 1: Hare, Demmer, Mattick, Gesell, Timm, hale, Trainer, Wytaske.

Heat 2: Schlangen, Kath, Walski, Deutsch, Warrington, Bleess, Kohnert.