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BRADY SMITH HOLDS OFF CHRIS SIMPSON FOR DEER CREEK WIN
[Spring Valley, MN] - - Brady Smith held off a late race charge by Chris Simpson to claim the World Dirt Racing League win at Deer Creek Speedway. Despite a late race yellow, Smith was able to hold of Chris and Chad Simpson for the win.
Chris Simpson (Oxford, IA) and Brady Smith (Solon Springs, WI) battled back and forth for the lead as the forty-lap feature began. Chad Simpson (Mount Vernon, IA) ran third just behind the battle for the lead.
Chris Simpson eventual took over the top spot, but Smith stayed close. The two worked for heavy lapped traffic. Smith would work back around to the lead when Chris Simpson hopped the cushion trying to deal with a lapped car.
A caution on lap thirty-eight would tighten the field, but Smith was able to hold of both Simpson brothers for the win.
"I wasn't saving the car," Smith admitted in victory lane. "I was giving it all I had. The track worked the track before the show, and I hope the fans saw a great race. I think they did. You could run anywhere on the race track."
Smith talked about the pass for the lead through heavy lapped traffic.
"I learned a long time ago that you can't slow down for lapped traffic," Smith commented. "We got in there, and there was no contact. The moved paid off."
"I'd like to dedicate this win to my daughter (Rowan)," Smith smiled. "It's her birthday today."
Chris Simpson finished second. Chad Simpson, Justin Fegers, and Eric Pember rounded out the top five.
IOWA-ILLNOIS TAYLOR INSULATION GROUP QUALIFYING: Top 15
1. Chad Simpson 14.297; 2. Justin Fegers 14.453; 3. Chris Simpson 14.502; 4. Frank Heckenast Jr 14.547; 5. Matt Furman 14.554; 6. John Kaanta 14.567; 7. JD Auringer 14.639; 8. Keith Foss 14.695; 9. Jason Utter 14.705; 10. Brady Smith 14.718; 11. Dave Eckrich 14.734; 12. Tyler Bruening 14.747; 13. Eric Pember 14.770; 14. Jeremy Grady 14.807; 15. Justin Mitchell 14.818.
WDRL / CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFYIER 1: 10 Laps
1. Kerry Hansen, 2. Joe Kosiski, 3. Denny Eckrich, 4. Mike Prochnow, 5. Andy Altenburg, 6. Keith Foss, 7. Tryler Bruening, 8. Frank Heckenast Jr, 9. Steve Yaggy.
WDRL / CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFYIER 2: 10 Laps
1. Chris Simpson, 2. Justin Mitchell, 3. Dave Eckrich, 4. Tim Isenberg, 5. Jeff Aikey, 6. JD Auringer, 7. Nick Herrick, 8. Dennis Hilson, 9. Lucas Peterson.
WDRL / CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFYIER 3: 10 Laps
1. Brady Smith, 2. Jeremy Grady, 3. Justin Fegers, 4. John Kaanta, 5. Andrew McKay, 6. Rob Moss, 7. Doug Herrick, 8. Joe Ludemann, 9. Justin Sass.
WDRL / CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFYIER 4: 10 Laps
1. Chad Simpson, 2. Eric Pember, 3. Skip Frey, 4. Matt Furman, 5. Rick Hanestad, 6. Jason Utter, 7. Cam Granger, 8. Nick Kramer.
QA1 MOTOR SPORTS PASSING POINTS: Top 10
1. Chad Simpson, 2. Chris Simpson, 3. Joe Kosiski, 4. Brady Smith, 5. Kerry Hansen, 6. Denny Eckrich, 7. Skip Frey, 8. Eric Pember, 9. Jeremy Grady, 10. Justin Mitchell.
WDRL B-MAIN: 12 Laps / Top 4 Tranfers
1. Andrew McKay, 2. Jason Utter, 3. Frank Heckensat Jr, 4. Nick Herrick, 5. Doug Herrick, 6. Rick Hanestad, 7. Tyler Bruening, 8. JD Auringer, 9. Steve Yaggy, 10. Lucas Peterson, 11. Dennis Hilson, 12. Cam Granger, 13. Rob Moss, 14. Nick Kramer, 15. Justin Sass.
IOWA-ILLINOIS TAYLOR INSULATION POLE DASH: 6 Laps
(to determine starting position for the A-Main)
1. Brady Smith, 2. Chris Simpson, 3. Chad Simpson, 4. Joe Kosisiki, 5. Eric Pember, 6. Kerry Hansen 7. Skip Frey, 8. Denny Eckrich.
WDRL FEATURE: 40 Laps
1. Brady Smith, 2. Chris Simpson, 3. Chad Simpson, 4. Justin Fegers, 5. Eric Pember, 6. Denny Eckrich, 7. Justin Mitchell, 8. John kaanta, 9. Dave Eckrich, 10. Kerry Hansen, 11. Tim Isneberg, 12. Joe Kosiski, 13. Rick Hanestad, 14. Jeff Aikey, 15. Matt Furman, 16. Nick Herrick, 17. Skip Frey, 18. Mike Prochnow, 19. Andy Altenberg, 20. Andrew McKay, 21. Doug Herrick, 22. Jeremy Grady, 23. Frank Heckenast Jr, 24. Jason Utter.
Alan Mondus led all 35 laps of the O'Reilly USMTS National Tour main event Saturday night at the Deer Creek Speedway for what appeared to be his first O'Reilly USMTS National Tour victory.
Unfortunately for the 20-year-old from Lakeville, Minn., his celebration was cut short when his Modified rolled across the scales and failed to meet the minimum weight requirement, resulting in his disqualification.
His loss was Tim Donlinger's gain as Donlinger was awarded the win after finishing second to Mondus on the track. The win was Donlinger's second in a row and third in the Casey's General Stores Hunt for the O'Reilly USMTS National Championship.
Donlinger, who has six USRA Modified wins during weekly racing action at Deer Creek this season, pocketed $2,000 for his efforts. Perhaps more important, the win propelled the Rochester, Minn. veteran to the top of the rankings in 'The Hunt' as he seeks to become just the third driver in the 10-year history of the USMTS o take the title.
Fertile, Iowa's Kelly Shryock, who possesses eight of the nine O'Reilly USMTS National Championship crowns and has nine career USMTS victories at Deer Creek, came into Saturday night's 5th Annual Labor Day Dual as the points leader. He started 15th in the main event, went to the rear of the field early in the race after changing a flat tire, then raced back through the pack to finish fourth.
Despite his efforts, Shryock dropped two spots in the standings behind Donlinger and Zack VanderBeek of New Sharon, Iowa, who started next to Shryock in 16th, but finished two spots ahead in second.
With nine races in the books and six more to go, a mere eight points separate the trio at the top of the standings. Donlinger has 849 points, VanderBeek 845 and Shryock 841. Jon Tesch is fourth with 793 markers, followed by Al Hejna (760), Dereck Ramirez (689), Tommy Weder Jr. (664), Brandon Kenny (637), Corey Dripps (628) and Alan Mondus (621).
The second-winningest driver in USMTS history behind Shryock, Tommy Myer finished third in Saturday's Holley "A" Main, while Mike Sorensen finished fifth. Sixth went to Layne Meyer, Richie Gustin Jr. was seventh, Nate Wasmund finished eighth, Jason Cummins was ninth and Jeff Schluetter rounded out the top-10.
Wasmund started 21st on the 24-car grid and earned the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger Award by passing 13 cars in the 35-lapper.
A jam-packed grandstand was on hand Saturday night as the WDRL Late Models were also on the racing card. With 52 USMTS Modifieds checked in for action, this was the final tune-up race before the 10th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree, Sept. 17-20 at the Deer Creek Speedway.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series
OReilly USMTS National Tour - Casey's General Stores Hunt for the O'Reilly USMTS National Championship
5th Annual Labor Day Dual
Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008
Showing finishing position, car number, driver, hometown and starting position in parentheses. The top 12 drivers in passing points accumulated in the heat races are locked into the Holley A Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for starting positions 1-8.
ISKY RACING CAMS HEAT RACE #1 (10 laps):
1. 66 - Dan Bohr -- Decorah, IA (4)
2. 2 - Joey Schaefer -- Waterloo, IA (1)
3. 19 - Mike Sorensen -- Rochester, MN (7)
4. 55s - Brian Shaw -- Brownsdale, MN (3)
5. 52w - Nate Wasmund -- Rochester, MN (8)
6. 45 - Todd Scharkey -- Kasson, MN (6)
7. 75 - James Parker -- Dodge Center, MN (2)
8. 88t - Terry Timmerman -- Stewartville, MN (9)
9. S43 - Shaun Olson -- Albert Lea, MN (5)
NEW VISION GRAPHICS HEAT RACE #2 (10 laps):
1. 21L - Layne Meyer -- West Union, IA (2)
2. 72 - Doug Hillson -- Blooming Prairie, MN (1)
3. 98 - Josh Reisch -- Luverne, MN (4)
4. 96 - Jay Ihrke -- Dover, MN (3)
5. 4r - Dereck Ramirez -- Woodward, OK (6)
6. 32 - Donovan Lodge -- Moline, IL (9)
7. 68 - Tyler Clark -- Rochester, MN (5)
8. 4rv - Ron Ver Beek -- Oskaloosa, IA (7)
9. 25x - Andy Bohnstengel -- Winona, MN (8)
Q.E.M., INC. HEAT RACE #3 (10 laps):
1. 3d - Tim Donlinger -- Rochester, MN (3)
2. 90 - Steve Wetzstein -- West Concord, MN (2)
3. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (4)
4. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (7)
5. 21x - Joe Wernecke -- Dodge Center, MN (1)
6. 20r - Bryan Rowland -- Woodward, OK (6)
7. 19r - Ryan Gustin -- Marshalltown, IA (5)
8. 25 - Scott Green -- Derby, KS (8)
9. 21m - Dean Mahlstedt -- Clear Lake, IA (9)
HEAT RACE #4 (10 laps):
1. 19g - Richie Gustin Jr. -- Gilman, IA (2)
2. 74 - Mark Noble -- Blooming Prairie, MN (1)
3. 35 - Jeff Schluetter -- New Hampton, IA (4)
4. 21b - Brandon Kenny -- Woodward, OK (5)
5. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (7)
6. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (8)
7. 0 - Les Duellman -- Winona, MN (6)
8. 58 - Jeff Rollinger -- Winona, MN (3)
9. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (9)
HEAT RACE #5 (10 laps):
1. 14j - Jake Neal -- Omaha, NE (2)
2. 55 - Alan Mondus -- Lakeville, MN (5)
3. 65 - Tommy Myer -- Blooming Prairie, MN (7)
4. 96 - Greg Jensen -- Albert Lea, MN (1)
5. 2 - Carey Umbarger -- Garner, IA (3)
6. 50 - Brad Bakken -- Garner, IA (6)
7. 77 - Tom Brink -- Winona, MN (4)
8. 6m - Ted Marrs -- Bethel, MN (8)
HEAT RACE #6 (10 laps):
1. 31 - Corey Dripps -- Waterloo, IA (2)
2. 49 - Bob Timm -- Rollingstone, MN (6)
3. 1k - Pat Graham -- Ames, IA (5)
4. 23 - Darwin Karau -- Kasson, MN (4)
5. 71 - Jason Cummins -- New Richland, MN (7)
6. 4a - Joel Alberts -- Mantorville, MN (3)
7. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (8)
8. 1x - Bobby Swanson -- Kasson, MN (1)
REAL RACING WHEELS B MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 5 advance):
1. 90 - Steve Wetzstein -- West Concord, MN (1)
2. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (3)
3. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (4)
4. 71 - Jason Cummins -- New Richland, MN (8)
5. 52w - Nate Wasmund -- Rochester, MN (5)
6. 68 - Tyler Clark -- Rochester, MN (14)
7. 25 - Scott Green -- Derby, KS (17)
8. 32 - Donovan Lodge -- Moline, IL (9)
9. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (13)
10. 0 - Les Duellman -- Winona, MN (15)
11. 50 - Brad Bakken -- Garner, IA (12)
12. 88t - Terry Timmerman -- Stewartville, MN (16)
13. 6m - Ted Marrs -- Bethel, MN (18)
14. 96 - Jay Ihrke -- Dover, MN (6) DNF
15. 23 - Darwin Karau -- Kasson, MN (7) DNF
16. S43 - Shaun Olson -- Albert Lea, MN (19) DNF
17. 1k - Pat Graham -- Ames, IA (2) DNF
18. 2 - Carey Umbarger -- Garner, IA (10) DNF
19. 45 - Todd Scharkey -- Kasson, MN (11) DNF
20. 21m - Dean Mahlstedt -- Clear Lake, IA (20) DNS
REAL RACING WHEELS B MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 5 advance):
1. 74 - Mark Noble -- Blooming Prairie, MN (1)
2. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (7)
3. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (10)
4. 21b - Brandon Kenny -- Woodward, OK (4)
5. 35 - Jeff Schluetter -- New Hampton, IA (3)
6. 19r - Ryan Gustin -- Marshalltown, IA (14)
7. 4r - Dereck Ramirez -- Woodward, OK (8)
8. 96 - Greg Jensen -- Albert Lea, MN (6)
9. 58 - Jeff Rollinger -- Winona, MN (17)
10. 77 - Tom Brink -- Winona, MN (15)
11. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (20)
12. 4a - Joel Alberts -- Mantorville, MN (12)
13. 20r - Bryan Rowland -- Woodward, OK (11)
14. 21x - Joe Wernecke -- Dodge Center, MN (9) DNF
15. 98 - Josh Reisch -- Luverne, MN (2) DNF
16. 1x - Bobby Swanson -- Kasson, MN (18) DNF
16. 75 - James Parker -- Dodge Center, MN (13) DNF
17. 25x - Andy Bohnstengel -- Winona, MN (19) DNF
19. 4r - Ron Ver Beek -- Oskaloosa, IA (16) DNF
20. 55s - Brian Shaw -- Brownsdale, MN (5) DNF
HOLLEY A MAIN (35 laps):
1. 3d - Tim Donlinger -- Rochester, MN (8)
2. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (16)
3. 65 - Tommy Myer -- Blooming Prairie, MN (10)
4. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (15)
5. 19 - Mike Sorensen -- Rochester, MN (9)
6. 21L - Layne Meyer -- West Union, IA (2)
7. 19g - Richie Gustin Jr. -- Gilman, IA (3)
8. 52w - Nate Wasmund -- Rochester, MN (21)
9. 71 - Jason Cummins -- New Richland, MN (19)
10. 35 - Jeff Schluetter -- New Hampton, IA (22)
11. 49 - Bob Timm -- Rollingstone, MN (4)
12. 2 - Joey Schaefer -- Waterloo, IA (11)
13. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (17)
14. 72 - Doug Hillson -- Blooming Prairie, MN (12)
15. 4r - Dereck Ramirez -- Woodward, OK (23)
16. 21b - Brandon Kenny -- Woodward, OK (20) -1 Lap
17. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (18) DNF
18. 66 - Dan Bohr -- Decorah, IA (5) DNF
19. 31 - Corey Dripps -- Waterloo, IA (7) DNF
20. 14j - Jake Neal -- Omaha, NE (6) DNF
21. 90 - Steve Wetzstein -- West Concord, MN (13) DNF
22. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (24) DNF
23. 74 - Mark Noble -- Blooming Prairie, MN (14) DNS
24. 55 - Alan Mondus -- Lakeville, MN (1) DQ - underweight
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