Matthees and Mass Dominate at THE CREEK
by Bill Nelson
SPRING VALLEY, MN (August 15) - Chuck Nerland pulled out to the early lead
in the WISSOTA Street Stocks with Troy Voth moving into second. A tight pack
of cars followed the leaders as Dan Bork, Dan Holland and Jimmy Patzner race
three wide for fourth. Holland took fourth and started to pressure Fred
Prudoehl for third Holland took third with thirteen to go as the race up
front started to heat up. Voth moved low on Nerland and raced side by side
for a lap until Voth took over the top spot. Danny Hanson worked into the
top five and moved under Bork for fourth just as Holland slid up the track
allowing both Hanson and Bork to advance another position. With nine to go
Nerland moved back under Voth as the two raced side by side for the lead.
Hanson now solidly in third watch the battle up front. Hanson made his move
with four to go as he pulled alongside of Nerland for the second spot.
Hanson cleared and moved into second but was unable to make a move on Voth
as he held on for the win.
Jason Born and Jerry Young swapped lines in turns one and two and still
powered out of two side by side for the lead on the opening lap of the Dirt
Doctor Trucking WISSOTA Midwest Modified race. Born was credited with lap
one but Young gained the control of the race on lap two. With two and three
wide racing behind him Bryan Hernandez moved into the third spot Jared
Boumeester worked past Bob Bunne for the fourth spot with fourteen to go. Up
front Hernandez worked past Born and started to put pressure on Young for
the lead. Boumeester worked past Born on the next lap to take over third
while Brandon Davis worked into the top five. With eight to go Davis moved
under Born to take over fourth as Young continued to hold off the advances
of Hernandez up front. With five to go as the leaders ran side by side again
Davis started to pressure Boumeester for third. Hernandez made one last push
into three on the last lap but was unable to make the pass on Young for the
lead. Young took home the win with Hernandez in second and Davis third.
The US ARMY WISSOTA Super Stocks blasted out of turn two three wide for the
lead as the crossed the line for the first lap a four car pileup saw the
early leader Brent Dulas with some heavy damage. On the restart Kevin Hager
took the lead as Dave Mass used the high line to move into second. With two
laps completed Mass moved into the lead with Michael Hofer working on Hager
for second. A second caution wave with seventeen to go and on the restart
Mass led with Hofer in second and Jeff Brauer in third. A three wide battle
for fourth between Hager, Dave Solum and Chris Groth was now happening as
Brauer worked on Hofer for second. Brauer took second with thirteen to go.
Solum took over fourth and now was feeling the pressure of Bob Fort who had
worked into fifth. With ten to go Fort took over fourth. Mass was cruising
up front and pulled out to a full straightaway lead before the checkers
flew. Brauer and Hofer rounded out the top three.
James Weber moved out to the early lead in the DCS Pure Stocks with Ryan
Henderson and Wayne Nelson battling for second. Henderson moved into second
and with nine to go started to pressure Weber for the lead. Henderson took
the lead with eight to go. With five to go Henderson pushed up the track
allowing Weber to move back into the lead. With three to go Henderson spun
trying to work back under Weber for the lead bringing out the caution. On
the restart Henderson quickly worked into second and with two to go took the
lead away from Weber. Weber pushed hard to catch the lead on the last lap
and spun exiting turn four handing the second place to Nelson. Wayne
Bellrichard finished third.
Nick Herrick jumped out to the early lead in the Altenburg Construction
WISSOTA Late Model main event with Lance Matthees, Kelly Anderson and Justin
Sass racing three wide for second. Matthees took over second and immediately
challenged for the lead. With two completed Matthees took over the lead
while Anderson and Sass still battled for third. Sass took over third while
Keith Foss started to push Anderson hard for fourth. Chad Mahder, Mike
Prochnow and Joe Ludemann were three wide for sixth as Matthees was quickly
pulling away from the field up front. Prochnow took over sixth and started
to pressure Foss for the fifth spot. The two crossed the line side by side
with three to go with Prochnow gaining the advantage on the next lap.
Matthees cruised up front and won by a half lap over Herrick in second.
The EZ Fabricating USRA Modifieds were up last and with a black slick track
the Modifieds were going to put on a good show. Nate Wasmund, Jay Ihrke,
Mike Sorensen and Ryan York came out of turn two four wide for the lead. As
they sparked down the back straight a wreck in turn two negated their
battle. On the restart Wasmund and Sorensen now battled for the lead.
Sorensen took the lead as Jason Cummins moved around Wasmund for second on
the second lap. York and Ihrke were still racing now for fourth as Todd
Scharkey sat in sixth. With twenty one to go Cummins moved alongside of
Sorensen for the lead. York started to work on Wasmund for the lead while
Scharkey and Ihrke raced for fifth. With sixteen to go Scharkey moved into
fourth as Cummins and Sorensen still raced side by side for the lead.
Cummins took the lead with fourteen to go while Bob Timm, Jeff Schluetter,
Ihrke and Bobby Swanson were in a tight pack for sixth. A caution with nine
to go flew saw Cummins lead on the restart. Scharkey and Sorensen were side
by side for second and Mark Noble and York racing for third. with four to go
Scharkey and Sorensen were still racing for second as Cummins pulled out to
a comfortable lead. Sorensen held onto the second spot as the checkers waved
for Cummins.
EZ Fabricating USRA Modifieds
Feature - Jason Cummins, Mike Sorensen, Todd Scharkey, Bob Timm, Mark Noble,
Ryan York, Doug Hillson, Darrin Walch, Terry Timmerman, Jeff Schluetter, Ted
Marrs, Dustin Steinbrink, Brandon Aggen, Greg Jensen, Tyler Clark, jay Ihrke,
Nate Wasmund, Bobby Swanson, Joel Alberts
Heat 1 - Walch, Noble, Ihrke, Timm, Jensen, Hillson, Steinbrink
Heat 2 - York, Scharkey, Schluetter, Swanson, Aggen, Marrs
Heat 3 - Cummins, Wasmund, Sorensen, Alberts, Clark, Timmerman
Altenburg Construction WISSOTA Late Models
Feature - Lance Matthees, Nick Herrick, Justin sass, Kelly Anderson, Mike
Prochnow, Keith Foss, Joe Ludemann, Jesse Redetzke, Chad Mahder, Doug
Herrick, Kevin Kuehn, Jerry Bloom, Dennis Hillson, Nick Kramer, Lucas
Peterson
Heat 1 - Kuehn, Anderson, Foss, Sass, Ludemann, Redetzke, Hillson, Peterson
Heat 2 - Prochnow, N. Herrick, Matthees, Mahder, D. Herrick, Bloom, Kramer
Dirt Doctor Trucking WISSOTA Midwest Modified
Feature - Jerry Young, Bryan Hernandez, Brandon Davis, Jared Boumeester,
Jason Born, Chris Gilbertson, AJ Wiste, Shaun Walski, Mike Paulson, Bob
Bunne, Joe Horgdal, Travis Krause, Ric Fynbo, Taylor Overbo, Mike Hernke,
Harlan Morehart, Scott Huinker, Adam Stowell, Paul Neisius
Heat 1 - Gilbertson, Born, Wiste, Horgdal, Fynbo, Stowell
Heat 2 - Hernandez, Davis, Wiste, Paulson, Krause, Neisius
Heat 3 - Boumeester, Bunne, Young, Overbo, Hernke, Morehart, Huinker
Jims AutoCare WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature - Troy Voth, Danny Hanson, Chuck Nerland, Dan Bork, Dan Holland,
Fred Prudoehl, AJ Zvorak, Ryan Goergen, Donny Ganz, Jimmy Patzner, Tyler
Peterson, Rick Lisowski, Ross Spitzer, Brent Holland, Ben Goldsmith
Heat 1 -Nerland, Hanson, Zvorak, Voth, Peterson, Goergen, Spitzer
Heat 2 - D. Holland, Bork, Prudoehl, Patzner, Ganz, B. Holland, Lisowski,
Goldsmith
US ARMY WISSOTA Super Stocks
Feature - Dave Mass, Jeff Brauer, Michael Hofer, Bob Fort, Dave Solum, Chris
Groth, Brett Dulas, Kevin Hager, John Thissen, Harlan Morehart, Cole
Queensland, Shaun Wehlage, Greg Mattick, Ed Sanders
Heat 1 - Mass, Queensland, Hager, Hofer, Wehlage, Thissen, Solum
Heat 2 - Brauer, Groth, Dulas, Morehart, Sanders, Mattick, Fort
DCS Pure Stocks
Feature - Ryan Henderson, Wayne Nelson, Wayne Bellrichard, James Weber
Heat 1- Henderson, Nelson, Weber, Bellrichard
Junior Pepsi Slingshots
Feature - Jace Bunne, Derek Clement, Lexi Schott, Nathan Bunne
Heat 1 - J. Bunne, Clement, Schott, N. Bunne
Heat 2 - J. Bunne, N. Bunne, clement, Schott
Pee-Wee Slingshot
Feature - Jim Chisholm, Jackson Hale, Bailey Karau, JT Wasmund
Heat 1 - Chisholm, Hale, Wasmund, Karau
Heat 2 - Hale, Chisholm, Wasmund, Karau
Senior Pepsi Slingshot
Feature - Lucas Schott, Parker Hale, Jake Timm, Derrick Adams, Mac Alberts,
Lexi Schott, Brady Keefe, Jace Bunne, Sydney Alberts, Nathan Bunne
Heat 1 - 1 Adams, N. Bunne, S. Alberts, M. Alberts, Keefe
Heat 1 - 2 Lu. Schott, Timm, J. Bunne, Hale, Le. Schott
Heat 2 - 1 M. Alberts, Keefe, N. Bunne, Adams, S. Alberts
Heat 2 - 2 Hale, Le. Schott, Lu. Schott, Timm, J. Bunne
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