SPRING VALLEY, Minn. - Saturday night at the Deer Creek Speedway, Jay Ihrke was a rocket early on in the USRA RHS Modified feature with A.J. Wiste and Tom Brink battling for second early on. Darwyn Karau and Mike Sorensen were inside the top five early on. With four down Sorensen was racing with Wiste for the second spot while Nate Caruth and Karau were racing for fourth. Sorensen took over second with Caruth now racing Wiste for third. Behind Wiste Jason Cummins and Todd Scharkey were racing for fifth and then made it a three wide race for fourth as they caught and passed Wiste for the spot. Ten down and Ihrke had pulled out to a full straight away lead when Lance Hofer and Dan Bohr made contact in turn one with Hofer flipping his mount bringing out the caution. During the caution period Ihrke pulled to the infield with low oil pressure. On the restart Sorensen and Scharkey raced out of turn two for the lead. Cummins worked under Caruth for third as Sorensen held onto the point. Josh Angst worked into fourth as the caution flew again. On the restart with thirteen down Sorensen led with Scharkey in second. Scharkey pressured Sorensen again and as they raced they slid up the track slightly with Cummins moving under Scharkey for second. On lap sixteen Cummins took over the lead with Darrin Walch working into the top five now. Cummins had the bottom working tonight and on another restart on lap nineteen he took control of the race. Scharkey slid up in front of Sorensen for second. Twenty one complete and Angst, Walch and Sorensen were three wide for third with Angst taking the spot. Angst pressured Scharkey over the last couple laps for second but Scharkey held onto the spot behind Cummins.

Tyler Groenedyk jumped out front of the USRA Karl Performance Parts B-Mod feature with Colter Duetsch in second. Jacob Bleess sat in third with his mother in the flag stand waving the green at the start of the race. With two down Brandon Hare worked into third followed by Bleess and Parker Hale. Hale and Bleess battled for fourth while Shaun Walski sat behind them in fifth. The top three were pulling away from the field as a caution flew with eight complete. On the restart Groenedyk continued to lead the way with hare moving into second. Bleess held of the charge of Hale and continued to hold onto the fourth spot while Kylie Kath and Scott Demmer raced with Hale for fifth. Kath eventually took the spot. Up front it was all Groenedyk as he took home the win followed by Hare and Duetsch.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series
Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Saturday, August 21, 2010

USRA RHS MODIFIEDS

Feature: 1. Jason Cummins, 2. Todd Scharkey, 3. Josh Angst, 4. Darrin Walch, 5. Mike Sorensen, 6. Nate Caruth, 7. Lucas Schott, 8. Andy Bohnstengel, 9. A.J. Wiste, 10. Joel Alberts, 11. Michael Darnall, 12. Brandon Aggen, 13. Tom Brink, 14. Greg Jensen, 15. Kevin Stoa, 16. James Parker, 17. Nick Nevins, 18. Darwyn Karau, 19. Jay Ihrke, 20. Dan Bohr, 21. Lance Hofer, 22. LeRoy Scharkey, 23. Pat Graham, 24. Tony Vaith.

Heat #1: 1. Angst, 2. Karau, 3. Bohnstengel, 4. Brink, 5. Alberts, 6. Graham, 7. Nevins, 8. Hofer.

Heat #2: 1. Cummins, 2. Caruth, 3. Walch, 4. Ihrke, 5. Darnall, 6. Schott, 7. Stoa, 8. Vaith.

Heat #3: 1. Bohr, 2. Wiste, 3. Sorensen, 4. T. Scharkey, 5. L. Scharkey, 6. Jensen, 7. Aggen, 8. Parker.

USRA KARL PERFORMANCE PARTS B-MODS

Feature: 1. Tyler Groenedyk, 2. Brandon Hare, 3. Colter Deutsch, 4. Jacob Bleess, 5. Kylie Kath, 6. Scott Demmer, 7. Shaun Walski, 8. Parker Hale, 9. Brett Bumgardner, 10. James Krejci, 11. Michael Wytaske, 12. Terry Kohnert, 13. Chris Trainer, 14. John Warrington, 15. Wade Wenzel.

Heat #1: 1. Kath, 2. Hare, 3. Walski, 4. Krejci, 5. Warrington, 6. Wytaske, 7. Trainer, 8. Wenzel.

Heat #2: 1. Deutsch, 2. Bleess, 3. Hale, 4. Groenedyk, 5. Kohnert, 6. Demmer, 7. Bumgardner.