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Zvorak picks up first DCS win of the season
by Bill Nelson
SPRING VALLEY, MN (July 11) - After coming off the successful fourth of July
Dart Challenge series race and then Wednesday nights Gopher 50 a very good
field of cars and fans showed up for the regular night of racing on Saturday
night.
The first feature of the night rolled onto the speedway as the Jims AutoCare
WISSOTA Street Stocks took the green flag. AJ Zvorak jumped out to the early
lead with Jimmy Patzner and Fred Prudoehl racing for second. Patzner took
control of second while Troy Voth moved into the top five. With four
completed Donny Ganz started to loop his car but was able to keep it moving
but dropped back out of the top five. With eleven to go last place starter
Cory Crapser was racing with Danny Hanson for the fifth spot. After clearing
Hanson he started to pressure Voth for fourth while Voth was trying to get
around Prudoehl for third. Voth and Crapser made contact slowing both cars
and allowing Hanson up to fourth. With eight to go Crapser was on the move
gain and moved past Hanson for fourth, and before completing the lap he
moved past Prudoehl for third. With six to go Crapser moved past Patzner for
second while Prudoehl, Hanson and Voth were locked up in a battle for
fourth. Hanson took the spot and moved past Patzner with three to go but up
front Zvorak was on a rail tonight and took home his first win of the season
at The Creek followed by Crapser and Hanson. Hanson and Dan Holland won heat
races earlier in the night.
The Dirt Doctor Trucking WISOTA Midwest Modifieds can put on a dandy of a
race and tonight was one of those nights with minimal cautions and three
four and even a couple attempts at five wide racing through the corners kept
the fans on the edge of their seat. Kenny Wytaske jumped out to the early
lead with a four wide battle for fourth . Travis Krause sat in second early
as Taylor Overbo looked to get past his for the position. Ben Anderson sat
in fourth while Jared Boumeester was in fifth. With cars racing all over the
racing surface you knew something would happen and it did with only three
laps completed the yellow hanky waved. On the restart Wytaske pulled back
out front with Anderson and Krause racing for second. Behind them Bryan
Hernandez, Boumeester and Brandon Davis were three wide for fourth. Krause
took control of second as Boumeester, Anderson and Hernandez were now three
wide for third with Brandon Davis sitting and watching the battle for his
chance to advance. Another restart with twelve to go saw Wytaske leading,
Anderson and Krause battling for second with Anderson holding the slight
edge. On the next lap Davis worked past Krause for third as the field
continued to run two and three wide. The final caution waved with nine to
go. Davis moved into second behind Wytaske with Anderson in third. Davis
started to put pressure on the leader with five to and as they exited turn
two with four to go he took over the lead. Davis held on for the win over
Wytaske and Anderson. Hernandez and AJ Wiste rounded out the top five.
Hernandez, Anderson and Boumeester took home heat races.
For the second time this season the DCS Pure Stocks pulled onto the speedway
with Jason Newkirk and Ryan Henderson racing for the lead early on. As the
lead duo pulled away from the pack Wayne Nelson and James Weber raced for
third. Newkirk led until eight to go when Henderson took over the point but
on the next lap Newkirk powered by again for the lead. Over the last five
laps Dustin Letten and James Connors raced for the fourth position behind
Nelson. At the finish it was Newkirk with the win. Newkirk and Henderson won
heat races.
The US Army WISSOTA Super Stocks had another douzy tonight with Michael
Hofer jumping out to the early lead with Dave Solum in second. With fifteen
to go Bob Fort and Cole Queensland were side by side for fifth behind Brian
Fetting and Ed Sanders who were side by side for third. A caution with
twelve to go negated the big lead that Hofer had built up. ON the restart
Fort jumped everyone and moved into second while Ryan Siegle now had worked
up into the third spot. A restart with nine to go set up the main battles
for the race to the checkers. On the restart Siegle and Hofer were side by
side for the lead while Queensland and Fort resumed their earlier battle now
for third. Up front Hofer took control of the lead while Queensland and Jeff
Brauer worked past Fort for third and fourth. With five to go Queensland
worked past Siegle for second just as the Siegle machine poured smoke and
slowed into the infield. With four to go Queensland and Hofer were side bys
die for the lead, as Hofer's machine pushed Queensland took over the lead
with Brauer following into second just as the Hofer machine went up in smoke
also. Queensland came home with the win, Brauer in second and Fort in third.
Dan Nissalke and Solum rounded out the top five. Queensland and Brauer won
the heat races.
A big pileup on the start of the Altenburg Construction WISSOTA Late Models
saw Nick Herrick's night ended, Jordan Yaggy, Dennis HIllson, Mike Prochnow
and Kevin Kuehn were all involved in the accident. On the restart Kuehn
moved into the lead around Dustin Reeh with Prochnow quickly working past
Reeh into second. A restart with twenty to go saw Prochnow move into the
lead. Doug Herrick was on the move and worked into third behind Kuehn after
starting mid pack. Jake Hartung worked into fourth. With fifteen to go Jake
Redetzke and Justin Sass started their race long battle for fourth. Herrick
worked past Kuehn into the second spot. Hartung quickly worked past Kuehn
for the third spot while Sass and Redetzke still battled for fifth. With ten
to go Hartung worked past Herrick for the second spot. Sass and Redetzke
worked past Kuehn to take over fourth and fifth as the field ran to the
checkers. Prochnow came home with the win, Hartung second and Herrick third.
Heat races were won by Nick Herrick and Sass.
Layne Meyer jumped out to the early lead of the EZ Fabricating USRA Modified
feature with a four wide battle behind him. Tom Paulson and Bobby Swanson
soon were wide by side for second with Steve Wetzstein and Brad Waits
directly behind them. With two down Swanson settled into second as Paulson
now raced with Wetzstein for third. Paulson continued to hold onto the edge
as Meyer was slowly pulling away from the field up front. With fourteen to
go Swanson, Paulson, Waits and Wetzstein were now in a four car race for the
second spot. Paulson held onto second with Waits moving up to third. A
caution with twelve to go saw Meyer leading with Wetzstein diving in low and
working into second. Next lap Waits moved past Paulson and took over third
as Wetzstein and Meyer were now locked into a great battle. Wetzstein worked
under Meyer only to have Meyer shoot by on the outside and into the lead.
next laps they did the same thing until Meyer was not able to get enough
drive off the corner to pull back alongside of Wetzstein who now controlled
the field. Jason Cummins showed inside the top five and worked on Paulson
for the fourth spot. Waits and Meyers raced side by side for three laps for
the second spot until a caution waved setting up the final dash. At the
finish it was Wetzstein with the win, Waits and Cummins rounded out the top
three followed by Meyer and Paulson. heat races were won by Wetzstein who
took the $100 chimney sweep bonus, Swanson and Nate Wasmund.
EZ Fabricating USRA Modifieds
Feature - Steve Wetzstein, Brad Waits , Jason Cummins, Layne Meyer, Tom
Paulson, Kelly Shryock, Bobby Swanson, Jeff Rollinger, Jacob Dahle, Nate
Wasmund, Dave Cain, Mark Noble, Greg Jensen, Don Gerritsen Jr., Todd
Scharkey, Shawn Peterson, Terry Timmerman, Joel Alberts, Doug HIllson, Tom
Brink, Ryan York, Jeff Schluetter, Russ Quinnell, Richard Hinz, Adam
Stockhausen, Jay Ihrke
Heat 1 - Wetzstein, Alberts, Rollinger, Ihrke, York, Stockhausen, Peterson,
Brink, Gerritsen Jr.
Heat 2 - Swanson, Waits, Meyer, Jensen, Cain, Scharkey, Quinnell, Hinz,
Noble
Heat 3 - Wasmund, Paulson, Shryock, Schluetter, Cummins, Dahle, Timmerman,
Hillson
Altenburg Construction WISSOTA Late Models
Feature - Mike Prochnow, Jake Hartung, Doug Herrick, Justin Sass, Jesse
Redetzke, Joe Ludemann, Nick Beyenhof, Kevin Kuehn, Nick Kramer, Andy
Altenburg, Jordan Yaggy, Paul Novotny, Roger Herrick, Dustin Reeh, Lucas
Peterson, Dennis HIllson, Nick Herrick
Heat 1 - Sass, Yaggy, Reeh, Kuehn, Altenburg, Beyenhof, Redetzke, Peterson,
R. Herrick
Heat 2 - N. Herrick, HIllson, Prochnow,. Hartung, D. Herrick, Kramer,
Novotny, Ludemann
Dirt Doctor Trucking WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Feature - Brandon Davis, Kenny Wytaske, Ben Anderson, Bryan Hernandez, AJ
Wiste, Jerry Young, Travis Krause, Jared Boumeester, Albert Wytaske, Dan
Wheeler, Mike Paulson, Jason Born, Bob Bunne, Adam Stowell, Chris
Gilbertson, Joe Horgdal, Nick Johnson, Carter Brandt, Taylor Overbo, Jared
Happel, Pete Bushman, Harlan Morehart, Beau Lammers, Tyron Friese, Dustin
Scott
Heat 1 - Hernandez, Krause, Overbo, Scott, Paulson, Horgdal, Lammers, Brandt
Heat 2 - Anderson, Davis, K. Wytaske, A. Wytaske, Wiste, Wheeler, Young,
Born
Heat 3 - Boumeester, Bushman, Bunne, Johnson, Gilbertson, Happel, Morehart,
Stowell
Jims AutoCare WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature - AJ Zvorak, Cory Crapser, Danny Hanson, Troy Voth, James Patzner,
Fred Prudoehl, Daryl Foegen, Brent Holland, Donny Ganz, Tyler Peterson, Chad
Olsen, Dan Holland
Heat 1 - Hanson, Zvorak, Ganz, Foegen, Holland, Crapser
Heat 2 - Holland, Prudoehl, Patzner, Voth, Peterson, Olsen
US Army WISSOTA Super Stocks
Feature - Cole Queensland, Jeff Brauer, Bob Fort, Dan Nissalke, Dave Solum,
Kevin Hager, Ed Sanders, Scott Rollinger, Harlan Morehart, Jay Oricchio,
Michael Hofer, Ryan Siegle, Brian Fetting, Brett Dulas
Heat 1 - Queensland, Siegle, Fort, Solum, Hager, Morehart, Oricchio
Heat 2 - Brauer, Fetting, Sanders, Hofer, Nissalke, Rollinger, Dulas
DCS Pure Stocks
Feature - Jason Newkirk, Ryan Henderson, Wayne Nelson, Dustin Sletten, James
Connors, James Weber, Shane Christiansen, Josh Eischens, Jake Siemers, Matt
Edwards
Heat 1 - Newkirk, Nelson, Connors, Christiansen, Eischens
Heat 2 - Henderson, Weber, Sletten< Edwards, Siemers
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