SPRING VALLEY, Minn. - We really have some great sponsors and fans at the Deer Creek Speedway and they showed up in force Saturday night.

Early in the day, Randy and Patti Eastvold from Hanson Tire called and said they were going to add $100 to each winning driver's check. As the night started, we had Mascot Night at the speedway. Each school that had their mascot on hand was to be given a $50 check. All fans who wore the colors for those schools got in for $5.

Invites were sent out early in the year and we received responses from five schools and four showed up Saturday night: Grand Meadow, Pine Island, Osage (Iowa) and Stewartville. The crowd determined which mascot was their favorite and the winner would get a $250 donation to their school. During the voting, some phone calls and messages were passed on from fans and sponsors on hand for the action. These sponsors decided to add some additional money to make it $500 to win the vote.

But that was not all. As they tried to determine the final winner, more calls were made and the totals were ran up. Also, each mascot sold raffle tickets during the night, raising another $435 for the schools. The raffles were of items donated by the Minnesota Vikings who had their mascot, Viktor, on hand during the afternoon and evening. Viktor participated in many of the activities, working the flagstand, helping with the kids club and opening ceremonies.

By the time the event was done, each mascot was able to collect $620 to bring back to their respective schools. Additional contributions were made by Randy and Patti Eastvold from Hanson Tire, John and Kim Schraeder from Schraeder Trucking and Land Resource Management.

As each driver won their respective feature, it was announced that Hanson Tire raised the winner's check to a $300 bonus instead of the $100 previously announced. Also, Greg Hummel made a $200 hard charger award for the Late Model driver that advanced the most positions during the feature event.

A very special thanks to everyone who contributed to the night's racing action - you continue to show us why we believe we have the greatest fans in the country at the Deer Creek Speedway.

Mike Sorensen jumped out front in the USRA RHS Modified feature with Andy Bohnstengel close behind in second. Lucas Schott, Les Duellman and Jason Cummins were locked up in a three-car battle for third Cummins took the spot with Schott in fourth.

Tim Donlinger and Kelly Shryock were trying to get around Duellman for fifth as the caution flew with six completed. On the restart, Sorensen moved out front with Cummins in second and Bohnstengel in third. Shryock, Donlinger and Schott were racing for fourth. Schott dropped back slightly with Donlinger taking the spot.

With 11 laps completed Cummins was all over Sorensen's bumper while Donlinger moved past Bohnstengel for third. Another restart with 13 laps down saw Sorensen lead with Cummins right there in second. Darrin Walch and Bohnstengel raced for fifth as Cummins started make his move.

Cummins led lap 16 but Sorensen pushed back by to lead laps 17 and 18 but Cummins took over the point on lap 19 never to be challenged for the win over the remaining laps.

Shaun Walski led lap 1 of the USRA Karl Performance Parts B-Mod division with Mike Jaeger in second. Two- and three-wide racing through the field caused a couple of early restarts, but after the second yellow the field ran hard with Walski still up front and Jaeger and Alex Zwanziger battling for second.

Jaeger held onto the spot with Zwanziger had Brandon Hare to contend with. Hare took the spot, and then with seven laps completed he raced with Jaeger for the second spot. With eight laps completed another caution flew as the leader Walski went up in smoke.

On the restart, Hare took the lead with Zwanziger in second and Jaeger third. Kylie Kath worked under Parker Hale for the fourth spot. With ten down another caution slowed the field. Hare led again with Jaeger and Zwanziger racing for second. Jaeger took over second as Scott Demmer moved into fourth after starting nineteenth on the field.

Hare stayed out front for the win with Jaeger in second and Zwanziger in third.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series
Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Saturday, July 24, 2010

USRA RHS MODIFIEDS

Feature: 1. Jason Cummins, 2. Mike Sorensen, 3. Tim Donlinger, 4. Kelly Shryock, 5. Darrin Walch, 6. Andy Bohnstengel, 7. Bob Timm, 8. Derek Ramirez, 9. Josh Angst, 10. Jay Ihrke, 11. Lucas Schott, 12. Jeff Schluetter, 13. Tom Brink, 14. Joe Horgdal, 15. Tom Paulson, 16. A.J. Wiste, 17. Greg Jensen, 18. Darwyn Karau, 19. Phil Wernert, 20. Tim Thomas, 21. James Parker, 22. Dustin Steinbrink, 23. Les Duellman, 24. Nate Wasmund, 25. LeRoy Scharkey, 26. Todd Scharkey.

Heat #1: 1. Cummins, 2. Shryock, 3. Wasmund, 4. Sorensen, 5. Paulson, 6. Horgdal, 7. Jensen, 8. Parker, 9. L. Scharkey.

Heat #2: 1. Donlinger, 2. Duellman, 3. Schott, 4. Steinbrink, 5. Angst, 6. Wiste, 7. Karau, 8. Thomas, 9. Wernert.

Heat #3: 1. Ihrke, 2. Ramirez, 3. Bohnstengel, 4. Walch, 5. Timm, 6. Schluetter, 7. Brink, 8. T. Scharkey.

USRA KARL PERFORMANCE PARTS B-MODS

Feature: 1. Brandon Hare, 2. Mike Jaeger, 3. Alex Zwanziger, 4. Scott Demmer, 5. Kylie Kath, 6. Dan Tenold, 7. John Warrington, 8. Parker Hale, 9. Brian Lund, 10. Josh Gesell, 11. Wade Wenzel, 12. Brett Bumgardner, 13. Jake Timm, 14. Jacob Bleess, 15. Michael Wytaske, 16. Luke Howard, 17. Colter Deutsch, 18. Terry Kohnert, 19. Shaun Walski, 20. Mike Kelly, 21. Chris Trainer, 22. Brian Mahlstedt, 23. Greg Mitchell, 24. Greg Mattick, 25. Andrew Kelly.

Heat #1: 1. Walski, 2. Tenold, 3. Hale, 4. Zwanziger, 5. Wytaske, 6. Timm, 7. Demmer, 8. Gesell.

Heat #2: 1. Hare, 2. Kath, 3. Jaeger, 4. A. Kelly, 5. Warrington, 6. Bleess, 7. Trainer, 8. Kohnert.

Heat #3: 1. M. Kelly, 2. Deutsch, 3. Mitchell, 4. Lund, 5. Mahlstedt, 6. Bumgardner, 7. Mattick, 8. Howard, 9. Wenzel.