Tom Schmitt and Cory Crapser shared the victory lane spotlight Saturday night as the USRA Holley Iron Man Series invaded the Deer Creek Speedway for the 13th Annual Minnesota Spring Challenge.

USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods will share the spotlight with the United States Modified Touring Series at three big events this Thursday-Sunday, May 21-24, in Iowa and Minnesota.

A warm and sticky Saturday afternoon greeted the fans and drivers at the Deer Creek Speedway this week. Mother Nature brewed up some storms which missed us most of the day.

The season has just begun but the point battles are starting to take shape. This Saturday night all five weekly classes will be back in action and teams will attempt to edge closer to the coveted championship titles.

After a week of solid rain the crew was able to put together another good racetrack and, with the help of the drivers, found room in the pits for all racers even with unusable areas due to saturated grounds.

The first feature of the night Saturday was the continued USRA Modified feature from two weeks ago which was cancelled due to rain at the Deer Creek Speedway.

Officials worked through the challenges early in the week but were forced to shut down late Thursday night and were not able to fire back up on Friday.

The wait is finally over race fans, Deer Creek Speedway will go green for the first time in 2015 this Saturday night, April 18.

The long off-season finally ends Saturday at the Deer Creek Speedway with the year's first open practice session.

Preparations for the opening week were recently put on hold due to the rain that fell on the Deer Creek Speedway.

After reviewing the current conditions of the facility, officials from Deer Creek Speedway have been forced to postpone the 2015 season opener until Saturday, April 11.

Tom Ferguson had an idea to build a racetrack somewhere in Southeast Minnesota. He started the building process late in 1995 that would become the Deer Creek Speedway.