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USMTS Southern MN spring challenge brings 157 cars!

Spring Valley, MN

May 29th, 2021: Eric Thronson

157 Hot Rods rolled into Deer Creek for the USMTS Southern MN Spring Challenge, including the USRA Stock Cars for their first 2021 visit.

USMTS Modifieds:  49 Modifieds, made it a fantastic night of Racing with 6 heats races and 2 B-Features. The A Main provided the best starting Salute in Motorsports with their 4-wide American Flag parade lap as a salute to the crowd. The 40 laps with only a couple cautions, was crazy fast under Green. Rodney Sanders of Happy TX used the front row starting Position to run away for the $10,000 Win.  Check out the full story at USMTS.com

A Feature 1 40 Laps | 00:16:45.716 | Summit Racing Equipment 1. 20S-Rodney Sanders[1]; 2. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[3]; 3. 4W-Tyler Wolff[5]; 4. 02-Tanner Mullens[6]; 5. 0-Jake O'Neil[7]; 6. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[12]; 7. 71-Jason Cummins[4]; 8. 69-Lucas Schott[13]; 9. 87-Darron Fuqua[2]; 10. 18A-Landon Atkinson[9]; 11. 1ST-Johnny Scott[8]; 12. 19-Dustin Sorensen[19]; 13. 444-Brooks Strength[16]; 14. 75-Terry Phillips[17]; 15. 4A-Joel Alberts[11]; 16. 55H-Aaron Hoff[23]; 17. 12-Jason Hughes[24]; 18. 51W-JT Wasmund[15]; 19. 60-Dan Ebert[22]; 20. 89X-Jesse Glenz[14]; 21. 65-Tyler Davis[25]; 22. 19SB-Lance Mari[27]; 23. 12L-Lucas Lee[29]; 24. 1M-Curt Myers[31]; 25. 2G-Brandon Givens[32]; 26. 21-Jacob Bleess[28]; 27. 85-Jayson Good[30]; 28. K19-Will Krup[26]; 29. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[18]; 30. 50III-Brandon Davis[10]; 31. 7II-Al Hejna[21]; 32. 51-Chris Oertel[20]

B Feature 1 15 Laps | 00:09:11.606 | Real Racing Wheels 1. 69-Lucas Schott[3]; 2. 51W-JT Wasmund[1]; 3. 75-Terry Phillips[5]; 4. 19-Dustin Sorensen[16]; 5. 7II-Al Hejna[4]; 6. 55H-Aaron Hoff[8]; 7. 55W-Jeffrey Wood[7]; 8. 21-Jacob Bleess[17]; 9. 1M-Curt Myers[14]; 10. K19-Will Krup[13]; 11. 20-Trevor Anderson[6]; 12. 85-Jayson Good[9]; 13. 35B-David Baxter[15]; 14. 12L-Lucas Lee[12]; 15. 23B-Brett Bumgardner[19]; 16. 1A-Dwaine Hanson[11]; 17. 07-Cory Crapser[2]; 18. 90-Ryan Wetzstein[10]; 19. 4S-Craig Shaw[18]

B Feature 2 15 Laps | 00:07:23.678 | Real Racing Wheels 1. 89X-Jesse Glenz[1]; 2. 444-Brooks Strength[2]; 3. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[5]; 4. 51-Chris Oertel[3]; 5. 60-Dan Ebert[6]; 6. 12-Jason Hughes[14]; 7. 99A-Josh Angst[12]; 8. 1-Blake Arndt[4]; 9. 77-Jeff Aikey[8]; 10. 19SB-Lance Mari[15]; 11. 8C-Chris Clark[9]; 12. 83-Kylie Kath[18]; 13. 15-Darwin Karau[10]; 14. 2G-Brandon Givens[17]; 15. 24S-Charlie Steinberg[11]; 16. 99-Nathan Hagar[13]; 17. 65-Tyler Davis[7]; 18. 77S-Jacob Stark[16]

Heat 1 8 Laps | Simpson Performance Products 1. 71-Jason Cummins[2]; 2. 4A-Joel Alberts[1]; 3. 89X-Jesse Glenz[3]; 4. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[5]; 5. 65-Tyler Davis[6]; 6. 15-Darwin Karau[7]; 7. K19-Will Krup[4]; 8. 77S-Jacob Stark[9]; 9. 23B-Brett Bumgardner[8]

Heat 2 8 Laps | Fast Shafts 1. 87-Darron Fuqua[4]; 2. 1ST-Johnny Scott[8]; 3. 51-Chris Oertel[2]; 4. 20-Trevor Anderson[3]; 5. 8C-Chris Clark[5]; 6. 1A-Dwaine Hanson[7]; 7. 99-Nathan Hagar[1]; 8. 2G-Brandon Givens[6]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:03:51.000 | Edelbrock 1. 20S-Rodney Sanders[4]; 2. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[1]; 3. 07-Cory Crapser[3]; 4. 1-Blake Arndt[6]; 5. 55W-Jeffrey Wood[8]; 6. 12L-Lucas Lee[5]; 7. 1M-Curt Myers[7]; 8. 21-Jacob Bleess[2]

Heat 4 8 Laps | 00:02:21.000 | MSD 1. 0-Jake O'Neil[4]; 2. 18A-Landon Atkinson[2]; 3. 444-Brooks Strength[3]; 4. 7II-Al Hejna[7]; 5. 85-Jayson Good[1]; 6. 99A-Josh Angst[6]; 7. 12-Jason Hughes[5]; 8. 4S-Craig Shaw[8]

Heat 5 8 Laps | 00:05:09.000 | Wrisco Industries 1. 02-Tanner Mullens[3]; 2. 4W-Tyler Wolff[4]; 3. 51W-JT Wasmund[5]; 4. 60-Dan Ebert[2]; 5. 55H-Aaron Hoff[6]; 6. 24S-Charlie Steinberg[1]; 7. 35B-David Baxter[7]; 8. 19-Dustin Sorensen[8]

Heat 6 8 Laps | 00:05:00.000 | Wrisco Industries 1. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[1]; 2. 50III-Brandon Davis[2]; 3. 69-Lucas Schott[3]; 4. 75-Terry Phillips[4]; 5. 77-Jeff Aikey[6]; 6. 90-Ryan Wetzstein[8]; 7. 19SB-Lance Mari[5]; 8. 83-Kylie Kath[7]

Qualifying 1 | 00:00:35.000 1. K19-Will Krup, 00:15.974[2]; 2. 89X-Jesse Glenz, 00:16.082[6]; 3. 71-Jason Cummins, 00:16.345[7]; 4. 4A-Joel Alberts, 00:16.443[5]; 5. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr, 00:16.457[3]; 6. 65-Tyler Davis, 00:16.467[9]; 7. 15-Darwin Karau, 00:17.139[8]; 8. 23B-Brett Bumgardner, 00:17.277[1]; 9. 77S-Jacob Stark, 00:18.416[4]

Qualifying 2 | 00:00:35.000 1. 87-Darron Fuqua, 00:15.978[8]; 2. 20-Trevor Anderson, 00:16.357[3]; 3. 51-Chris Oertel, 00:16.373[6]; 4. 99-Nathan Hagar, 00:16.439[5]; 5. 8C-Chris Clark, 00:16.532[1]; 6. 1ST-Johnny Scott, 00:16.553[7]; 7. 2G-Brandon Givens, 00:16.620[4]; 8. 1A-Dwaine Hanson, 00:16.913[2]

Qualifying 3 | 00:00:32.000 1. 20S-Rodney Sanders, 00:15.614[8]; 2. 07-Cory Crapser, 00:15.654[5]; 3. 21-Jacob Bleess, 00:15.803[2]; 4. 4R-Dereck Ramirez, 00:15.983[1]; 5. 12L-Lucas Lee, 00:15.988[6]; 6. 1-Blake Arndt, 00:16.297[4]; 7. 1M-Curt Myers, 00:16.587[7]; 8. 55W-Jeffrey Wood, 00:16.839[3]

Qualifying 4 1. 0-Jake O'Neil[7]; 2. 444-Brooks Strength[2]; 3. 18A-Landon Atkinson[1]; 4. 85-Jayson Good[5]; 5. 12-Jason Hughes[4]; 6. 99A-Josh Angst[8]; 7. 7II-Al Hejna[3]; 8. 4S-Craig Shaw[6]

Qualifying 5 1. 19-Dustin Sorensen[7]; 2. 02-Tanner Mullens[5]; 3. 60-Dan Ebert[8]; 4. 24S-Charlie Steinberg[1]; 5. 4W-Tyler Wolff[2]; 6. 51W-JT Wasmund[3]; 7. 55H-Aaron Hoff[6]; 8. 35B-David Baxter[4]

Qualifying 6 1. 75-Terry Phillips[8]; 2. 69-Lucas Schott[7]; 3. 50III-Brandon Davis[4]; 4. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[2]; 5. 19SB-Lance Mari[5]; 6. 77-Jeff Aikey[1]; 7. 83-Kylie Kath[6]; 8. 90-Ryan Wetzstein[3]

USRA Stock cars: 26 Stock Cars made the maiden voyage to Deer Creek for 2021, after three tight qualifying heats, the feature was something special for the fans at the Creek. Andrew Borchardt was our hard charger finishing 8th from his 22nd starting spot. Nice Job in the #21 from Plymouth IA. Brady Link in the #29 from Waukon, IA started up front and lead through the halfway point as he battled with #11 of Jake Lampert and #11K Darrin Korthals, and the #1G of Patrick Graham early on. The #15 of Mitch Hovden was in the battle and ran side by side with Brady after 5th caution flag on lap 6 he jumped to high side and ran door to door through lap 14 when he passed for the lead at the flag stand. Started them on Lap 16 and we went red with the #24 of Josh Zieman rolled over a couple times on the front straight away. Everyone was okay and we eventually made a green flag run to the end with the KS Engineering powered Mitch Hovden taking the checkered flag with Gjere finishing second and Link third. Can’t wait to see them all return September 18th for the USRA Stock car Nationals at Deer Creek Speedway.

A Feature 1 20 Laps 1. 15-Mitch Hovden[6]; 2. 23-Brayden Gjere[8]; 3. 11-Jake Lampert[3]; 4. 29-Brady Link[1]; 5. 97-Lynn Panos[10]; 6. 1G-Patrick Graham[5]; 7. 07-Chris Hovden[2]; 8. 21-Andrew Borchardt[22]; 9. 21-Myles Michehl[13]; 10. 55H-Troy Hansmeier[23]; 11. 808-Chance Hillman[14]; 12. 55-Derek Dettmann[24]; 13. 87-Dylan Suhr[20]; 14. 60-Wyatt Medlin[19]; 15. 57X-Jesse Olson[17]; 16. 21X-Xander Treichel[16]; 17. 1-Dustin Gulbrandson[15]; 18. 11K-Darrin Korthals[4]; 19. (DNF) 25-Dan Jones[7]; 20. (DNF) 24-Josh Zieman[9]; 21. (DNF) 33-Kevin Donlan[12]; 22. (DNF) 67-Kyle Falck[11]; 23. (DNF) 5K-Cory Klatt[26]; 24. (DNF) 42-Coy VanHauen[21]; 25. (DNF) 14A-Blake Adams[25]; 26. (DNF) 11J-Jesse Brown[18]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:02:38.134 1. 97-Lynn Panos[6]; 2. 11K-Darrin Korthals[2]; 3. 67-Kyle Falck[1]; 4. 11-Jake Lampert[5]; 5. 21-Myles Michehl[9]; 6. 21X-Xander Treichel[3]; 7. 60-Wyatt Medlin[4]; 8. 21-Andrew Borchardt[7]; 9. 14A-Blake Adams[8]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:04:06.492 1. 23-Brayden Gjere[2]; 2. 15-Mitch Hovden[3]; 3. 29-Brady Link[6]; 4. 33-Kevin Donlan[8]; 5. 808-Chance Hillman[1]; 6. 57X-Jesse Olson[5]; 7. 87-Dylan Suhr[7]; 8. 55H-Troy Hansmeier[4]; 9. 5K-Cory Klatt[9]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:02:42.144 1. 25-Dan Jones[7]; 2. 07-Chris Hovden[4]; 3. 1G-Patrick Graham[3]; 4. 24-Josh Zieman[8]; 5. 1-Dustin Gulbrandson[6]; 6. 11J-Jesse Brown[5]; 7. 42-Coy VanHauen[1]; 8. 55-Derek Dettmann[2]

Dirt Dr. Trucking, Wissota Midwest Mods:  22 racers, made for a great feature race, with only two cautions, the pace was fast with a continuous challenge for 2nd – 6th, through the entire race. But the feel-good moment came through Mitch Weiss! After piling his hot rod into the point of the concrete wall with Tianna Mithun last week, Mitch Weiss thrashed on it all week and put it in Tralo Victory Lane by .019 seconds over a charging Kadden Kath this week. Congratulations Mr. Weiss. REDEMPTION, is sweet isn’t.

A Feature 1 20 Laps 1. 23-Mitch Weiss[1]; 2. 83X-Kadden Kath[7]; 3. 38-Michael Wytaske[8]; 4. G12-Ryan Goergen[6]; 5. 83K-Kobie Kath[4]; 6. 98D-Christopher Deno[13]; 7. 24T-Liz Toepper[10]; 8. 119-Mike Widmann[16]; 9. 5G-Patrick McCarthy[12]; 10. 22G-Gavin Olson[9]; 11. 22H-Jayme Hiller[11]; 12. 43-Scott Simmons[20]; 13. 88-Jacob Toepper[14]; 14. 44Z-Anton Nelson[19]; 15. 69-Gary Wilde[18]; 16. 14-Tyron Friese[21]; 17. 28-David Gustafson[15]; 18. (DNF) 83S-Billy Steinberg[5]; 19. (DNF) 24-Dylan Goettl[3]; 20. (DNF) 97X-Don Schaefer[2]; 21. (DNF) 61T-Tammy Soma Clark[17]; 22. (DNS) 9-Isaac Clark

Heat 1 8 Laps 1. 83X-Kadden Kath[6]; 2. 38-Michael Wytaske[3]; 3. 83K-Kobie Kath[7]; 4. 24T-Liz Toepper[1]; 5. 98D-Christopher Deno[4]; 6. 119-Mike Widmann[5]; 7. (DNF) 14-Tyron Friese[8]; 8. (DNF) 9-Isaac Clark[2]

Heat 2 8 Laps 1. 83S-Billy Steinberg[2]; 2. 24-Dylan Goettl[4]; 3. 97X-Don Schaefer[3]; 4. 22H-Jayme Hiller[7]; 5. 88-Jacob Toepper[5]; 6. 61T-Tammy Soma Clark[1]; 7. 44Z-Anton Nelson[6]

Heat 3 8 Laps 1. G12-Ryan Goergen[3]; 2. 23-Mitch Weiss[4]; 3. 22G-Gavin Olson[5]; 4. 5G-Patrick McCarthy[6]; 5. 28-David Gustafson[2]; 6. 69-Gary Wilde[7]; 7. 43-Scott Simmons[1]

USRA B-Mods: 60 B-mods raced the Creek this week, with drivers from 6 different states making the haul.  After 6 heats and 3 B-features, the A-main was set for battle. After a couple cautions, we had a run for the checkers which brought the pack together. Parker Hale started on the pole and was battling with Grinstead, Richards, Schubbe and Mann, as Dan Hovden, Jett Sorensen and the familiar 24C of Jim Chisholm came through the field. When the final green flew, on lap 16 it was an amazing finish as Jim Chisholm made his pass for the lead on the white flag lap coming out of turn two under Dan Hovden who had a great lead the second half of the race. Jim Chisholm maintains his win streak at 7 straight at Deer Creek.

A Feature 1 20 Laps 1. 24C-Jim Chisholm[10]; 2. 16D-Dan Hovden[9]; 3. 99-Noah Grinstead[3]; 4. 7J-Jake Richards[4]; 5. 28H-Parker Hale[1]; 6. 28J-Jackson Hale[12]; 7. 22C-Michael Johnson[11]; 8. 8X-Josh Roney[16]; 9. 6-Dustin Kruse[23]; 10. 25-Joe Chisholm[17]; 11. 476-Troy Hovey[19]; 12. 54-Jett Sorensen[7]; 13. 56H-Brandon Hare[22]; 14. 65J-Josh Appel[18]; 15. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[21]; 16. 43-Zach Brom[24]; 17. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[15]; 18. 32-Taylor Skauge[20]; 19. (DNF) 10T-Trevor Fecht[14]; 20. (DNF) 60-Colby Mann[6]; 21. (DNF) 15-Zach Elward[13]; 22. (DNF) 80-lee Jonsgaard[2]; 23. (DNF) 35JR-Garitt Wytaske[8]; 24. (DNF) 72-Alex Schubbe[5]

B Feature 1 12 Laps | 00:05:57.376 1. 15-Zach Elward[1]; 2. 8X-Josh Roney[2]; 3. 476-Troy Hovey[5]; 4. 56H-Brandon Hare[9]; 5. 2-Brandon Maitland[8]; 6. 22X-Adam Mietzner[3]; 7. 95-Eric Thill[4]; 8. 75-Cole Suckow[11]; 9. 66-Levi Chipp[7]; 10. 28-Ryan Thorsten[16]; 11. 00-Devon Schlumbohm[10]; 12. 64-John Ross[13]; 13. 83-Braeden Allen[12]; 14. (DNF) 6-Danny Sacquitne[6]; 15. (DNF) 65JR-Gunner Hurst[15]; 16. (DNF) 36-Brandon Allen[14]

B Feature 2 12 Laps | 00:20:53.173 1. 10T-Trevor Fecht[5]; 2. 25-Joe Chisholm[2]; 3. 32-Taylor Skauge[3]; 4. 6-Dustin Kruse[1]; 5. 55-Brody Shaw[4]; 6. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[8]; 7. 20J-Jeremy Grantham[15]; 8. 22-Dayton Swatek[14]; 9. 97JR-Landon Volkman[12]; 10. (DNF) 19-Cody Maier[16]; 11. (DNF) 77R-Derek Roney[7]; 12. (DNF) 67-Sawyer Swatek[13]; 13. (DNF) 36K-Jayden Larson[11]; 14. (DNF) 83R-Kullen Kath[9]; 15. (DNF) 155-Gavin Shaw[6]; 16. (DNF) 29-Lilli Reps[10]

B Feature 3 12 Laps | 00:03:45.611 1. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[2]; 2. 65J-Josh Appel[1]; 3. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[5]; 4. 43-Zach Brom[3]; 5. 1K-Parker Kessel[6]; 6. 29H-Joe Horgdal[4]; 7. 7W-Drew Williams[8]; 8. 33S-Dustin Steinbrink[16]; 9. 88-Bryer McCoy[13]; 10. 00R-Chad Rosendahl[7]; 11. 07-Logan Alseth[11]; 12. 45-Cole Lonergan[9]; 13. 27-Channing Warner[14]; 14. 23-Nate Whitehurst[10]; 15. 11J-Jacob Lynch[15]; 16. (DNF) 7I-Andrew Inman[12]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:02:23.000 1. 80-lee Jonsgaard[3]; 2. 99-Noah Grinstead[8]; 3. 15-Zach Elward[1]; 4. 22X-Adam Mietzner[7]; 5. 476-Troy Hovey[5]; 6. 66-Levi Chipp[4]; 7. 56H-Brandon Hare[6]; 8. 75-Cole Suckow[10]; 9. 64-John Ross[9]; 10. 65JR-Gunner Hurst[2]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:02:17.000 1. 24C-Jim Chisholm[2]; 2. 16D-Dan Hovden[8]; 3. 6-Dustin Kruse[1]; 4. 32-Taylor Skauge[6]; 5. 10T-Trevor Fecht[10]; 6. 77R-Derek Roney[3]; 7. 83R-Kullen Kath[4]; 8. 36K-Jayden Larson[9]; 9. 67-Sawyer Swatek[5]; 10. 20J-Jeremy Grantham[7]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:02:21.000 1. 60-Colby Mann[2]; 2. 54-Jett Sorensen[1]; 3. 65J-Josh Appel[3]; 4. 43-Zach Brom[8]; 5. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[6]; 6. 00R-Chad Rosendahl[4]; 7. 45-Cole Lonergan[10]; 8. 07-Logan Alseth[9]; 9. 88-Bryer McCoy[5]; 10. 11J-Jacob Lynch[7]

Heat 4 8 Laps | 00:00:33.831 1. 72-Alex Schubbe[3]; 2. 22C-Michael Johnson[9]; 3. 8X-Josh Roney[2]; 4. 95-Eric Thill[4]; 5. 6-Danny Sacquitne[7]; 6. 2-Brandon Maitland[10]; 7. 00-Devon Schlumbohm[8]; 8. 83-Braeden Allen[1]; 9. 36-Brandon Allen[5]; 10. (DNF) 28-Ryan Thorsten[6]

Heat 5 8 Laps 1. 28H-Parker Hale[7]; 2. 35JR-Garitt Wytaske[2]; 3. 25-Joe Chisholm[3]; 4. 55-Brody Shaw[9]; 5. 155-Gavin Shaw[1]; 6. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[8]; 7. 29-Lilli Reps[5]; 8. 97JR-Landon Volkman[10]; 9. 22-Dayton Swatek[4]; 10. (DNF) 19-Cody Maier[6]

Heat 6 8 Laps | 00:04:49.918 1. 28J-Jackson Hale[7]; 2. 7J-Jake Richards[8]; 3. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[3]; 4. 29H-Joe Horgdal[4]; 5. 1K-Parker Kessel[9]; 6. 7W-Drew Williams[10]; 7. 23-Nate Whitehurst[2]; 8. 7I-Andrew Inman[6]; 9. 27-Channing Warner[5]; 10. (DQ) 33S-Dustin Steinbrink[1]

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