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Deno delivers a winning Midwest Mod performance at Deer Creek Speedway on Saturday night

By Todd Narveson

SPRING VALLEY, MN (May 18) - Another nice field of 116 cars descended on Deer Creek Speedway for night two in 2024. Highlights of the program included one driver getting his first Deer Creek win, another ending a seven-year dry spell, another a five-year winless streak, and finally one driver picked up his first-ever Modified win.

Fifteen cars took the green flag for the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature. Cole Neisius took off from row one and opened up a huge lead. Christopher Deno worked from sixth to third on lap four. Deno passed Collin Wittenberg for second on lap six.

At that point, Neisius held a more than two second lead over Deno. Deno could not make up any time and it looked like Neisius might get his first-ever win, but a caution flew on lap 13 and negated the big lead for Neisius. That put Deno and defending track champion Kadden Kath right behind the leader for the restart.

Neisius did everything he could to fend off Deno and Kath in a really good race for the lead. Deno snared the top spot when the white flag flew and drove to his first-ever Deer Creek win. Neisius ended up second, with Kadden Kath, Kobie Kath and Kylie Kath rounding out the top five spots.

Dustin Gulbrandson started in row one of the USRA Hobby Stock feature and never looked back. Gulbrandson led all 18 laps for his fifth win overall this season.

The race behind the leader was good with Luke Schluetter finishing second. Nick Schwebach started 16th and had to change a tire early on; he got back on the track and charged from the back to third. Caden Helle finished fourth with Dustin Doughty in fifth.

Twenty-six USRA B-Mods took the green for their 18-lap main event. Jackson Hale took the lead off of row one followed by Kaeden Bronner and Dustin Kruse.

Kruse moved to second while Hunter Kennedy was on the fly from 11th to enter the top five on lap five. Kruse challenged Hale for the lead on lap six before Hale spun. Kruse was ruled to be the cause and went to the tail.

Hale led on the restart while Kennedy had vaulted to second. A couple of yellow flags slowed the race with the final on lap 15.

Hale led the pack to the checkered flag for his first win at Deer Creek since August 19, 2017. Kennedy finished second with Caden Neisius third. Harley Dais came from 12th to finish fourth and Zach Elward charged from 23rd to fifth.

Blake Adams dominated the USRA Stock Car feature. Adams led all 20 laps for his first win at Deer Creek since August 3, 2019.

Brandon Hare finished in second with Brayden Gjere in third. Shawn Peter came home fourth and Cole Mather rounded out the top five.

Twenty-seven USRA Modifieds took to the track for their 25-lap main event. Joe Chisholm started on the pole and opened up a big lead. Nick Murgic and Zach Brom tried to keep pace with Chisholm.

Joe Chisholm led the entire 25 laps to score his first-ever Modified win. Older brother Jim Chisholm raced from 10th to second, but his younger brother did not allow him to catch up.

Murgic had a great run in third as did Brom who finished in fourth. Parker Hale rounded out the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 98D-Christopher Deno[6]; 2. 15-Cole Neisius[2]; 3. 83X-Kadden Kath[7]; 4. 83K-Kobie Kath[9]; 5. 83R-Kylie Kath[8]; 6. 88-Jacob Toepper[4]; 7. 19C-Colin Wittenberg[1]; 8. 22H-Jayme Hiller[5]; 9. 79K-Nick Kramer[10]; 10. 48-Dave Solum[3]; 11. 40-Colton Kramer[15]; 12. 24-Liz Toepper[11]; 13. 21S-Brian Schott[13]; 14. 79H-Luke Hainka[12]; 15. (DNF) 9-Isaac Clark[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 83R-Kylie Kath[6]; 2. 83X-Kadden Kath[5]; 3. 19C-Colin Wittenberg[2]; 4. 98D-Christopher Deno[7]; 5. 83K-Kobie Kath[8]; 6. 24-Liz Toepper[3]; 7. (DNF) 9-Isaac Clark[1]; 8. (DNF) 40-Colton Kramer[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22H-Jayme Hiller[2]; 2. 15-Cole Neisius[7]; 3. 88-Jacob Toepper[3]; 4. 48-Dave Solum[4]; 5. 79K-Nick Kramer[5]; 6. 79H-Luke Hainka[6]; 7. 21S-Brian Schott[1]

USRA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 25-Joe Chisholm[1]; 2. 24C-Jim Chisholm[10]; 3. 12-Nick Murgic[2]; 4. 43-Zach Brom[3]; 5. 28-Parker Hale[7]; 6. O-Jake O'Neil[13]; 7. 50III-Brandon Davis[27]; 8. 55H-AJ Hoff[4]; 9. 99-Josh Angst[6]; 10. 95-Keith Foss[11]; 11. 27-Don Gerritsen Jr[16]; 12. 51W-JT Wasmund[14]; 13. 82-Jacob Poel[15]; 14. 90-Ryan Wetzstein[5]; 15. 02-Cole Denner[9]; 16. 0-Brandon Duellman[8]; 17. 98M-Mitchel Madery[18]; 18. 61T-Tammy Soma Clark[19]; 19. 14-Paul Neisius[17]; 20. 33-Joe Ludemann[23]; 21. 23B-Brett Bumgardner[20]; 22. 17W-Ryan Wiome[21]; 23. 23-Darwin Karau[26]; 24. 4A-Joel Alberts[24]; 25. 77-Jacob Stark[25]; 26. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[22]; 27. (DNF) 95X-Shaun Walski[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Brandon Duellman[2]; 2. 55H-AJ Hoff[4]; 3. 25-Joe Chisholm[8]; 4. 90-Ryan Wetzstein[7]; 5. 82-Jacob Poel[5]; 6. 14-Paul Neisius[3]; 7. 23B-Brett Bumgardner[6]; 8. 33-Joe Ludemann[1]; 9. 50III-Brandon Davis[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Nick Murgic[2]; 2. 02-Cole Denner[1]; 3. 99-Josh Angst[9]; 4. 95X-Shaun Walski[3]; 5. O-Jake O'Neil[7]; 6. 98M-Mitchel Madery[4]; 7. 17W-Ryan Wiome[6]; 8. 4A-Joel Alberts[8]; 9. 23-Darwin Karau[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 43-Zach Brom[2]; 2. 28-Parker Hale[5]; 3. 95-Keith Foss[3]; 4. 24C-Jim Chisholm[6]; 5. 51W-JT Wasmund[7]; 6. 27-Don Gerritsen Jr[8]; 7. 61T-Tammy Soma Clark[1]; 8. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[9]; 9. 77-Jacob Stark[4]

USRA Stock Cars:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 14A-Blake Adams[2]; 2. 56H-Brandon Hare[4]; 3. 23-Brayden Gjere[5]; 4. 27-Shawn Peter[3]; 5. 74C-Cole Mather[7]; 6. 01-Kory Adams[11]; 7. 2-Andrew Bleess[9]; 8. 74-Rodney Schweizer[14]; 9. 82-Dylan Fitzpatrick[12]; 10. 16-Jake James[6]; 11. 36-Dillon Njus[1]; 12. 67II-Chris Toot[19]; 13. 7X-Andrew Eischens[15]; 14. 86-Phil Wernert[21]; 15. 711/2-Greg Jensen[10]; 16. 28-David Gustafson[17]; 17. (DNF) 67-Kyle Falck[8]; 18. (DNF) 14-Brady Williamson[16]; 19. (DNF) 21X-Xander Treichel[13]; 20. (DNF) 09-Mason McEvers[20]; 21. (DNF) 60-Colby Mann[18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Brayden Gjere[5]; 2. 36-Dillon Njus[7]; 3. 67-Kyle Falck[2]; 4. 74C-Cole Mather[6]; 5. 21X-Xander Treichel[3]; 6. 60-Colby Mann[4]; 7. 67II-Chris Toot[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 56H-Brandon Hare[6]; 2. 711/2-Greg Jensen[2]; 3. 2-Andrew Bleess[5]; 4. 82-Dylan Fitzpatrick[1]; 5. 74-Rodney Schweizer[3]; 6. 14-Brady Williamson[7]; 7. 09-Mason McEvers[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 14A-Blake Adams[2]; 2. 16-Jake James[4]; 3. 27-Shawn Peter[6]; 4. 01-Kory Adams[5]; 5. 7X-Andrew Eischens[3]; 6. 28-David Gustafson[1]; 7. 86-Phil Wernert[7]

USRA B-Mods:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 28J-Jackson Hale[2]; 2. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[11]; 3. 14-Caden Neisius[4]; 4. 87H-Harley Dais[12]; 5. 15-Zach Elward[23]; 6. 35JR-Garitt Wytaske[13]; 7. 99-Noah Grinstead[14]; 8. 97JR-Landon Volkman[8]; 9. 42B-Kaeden Bronner[3]; 10. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[15]; 11. 10T-Trevor Fecht[16]; 12. 155-Gavin Shaw[18]; 13. 19-Cody Maier[17]; 14. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[7]; 15. 54-Jett Sorensen[10]; 16. 29-Lilli Reps[5]; 17. 83-Braeden Allen[20]; 18. 13-Jesse Antiporek[19]; 19. 35-Dennis Dunbar[1]; 20. 51-Shawn Evans[26]; 21. 21-Rian Leichtnam[24]; 22. 4-Brayten Cisneros[21]; 23. (DNF) 6-Dustin Kruse[6]; 24. (DNF) 28-Spencer Stock[22]; 25. (DNF) 85-Ben Moudry[9]; 26. (DNS) 07-Logan Alseth

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 87H-Harley Dais[1]; 2. 54-Jett Sorensen[2]; 3. 14-Caden Neisius[6]; 4. 99-Noah Grinstead[5]; 5. 45-Cole Lonergan[4]; 6. 29S-Raymond Rehbein[8]; 7. 13-Jesse Antiporek[9]; 8. 21-Rian Leichtnam[7]; 9. (DNS) 47-Kyle Swanson

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 97JR-Landon Volkman[3]; 2. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[2]; 3. 85-Ben Moudry[8]; 4. 10T-Trevor Fecht[4]; 5. 83-Braeden Allen[6]; 6. 16-Jacob Bennett[5]; 7. 77-Matt Stark[7]; 8. 15-Zach Elward[9]; 9. (DNF) 28-Spencer Stock[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 28J-Jackson Hale[2]; 2. 35-Dennis Dunbar[6]; 3. 29-Lilli Reps[8]; 4. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[3]; 5. 155-Gavin Shaw[5]; 6. 51-Shawn Evans[7]; 7. 8-Daniel Lewison[9]; 8. (DNF) D6-Dalton Pischke[4]; 9. (DNF) 33-Corbin Ludemann[1]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Dustin Kruse[3]; 2. 42B-Kaeden Bronner[2]; 3. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[5]; 4. 35JR-Garitt Wytaske[6]; 5. 19-Cody Maier[7]; 6. 07-Logan Alseth[4]; 7. 5-Mike Meyer[1]; 8. 4-Brayten Cisneros[8]; 9. 7C-Parmenter Curtis[9]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 19-Cody Maier[1]; 2. 13-Jesse Antiporek[5]; 3. 4-Brayten Cisneros[8]; 4. 15-Zach Elward[7]; 5. 07-Logan Alseth[4]; 6. 5-Mike Meyer[6]; 7. 45-Cole Lonergan[2]; 8. (DNF) D6-Dalton Pischke[9]; 9. (DNF) 33-Corbin Ludemann[10]; 10. (DNF) 29S-Raymond Rehbein[3]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 155-Gavin Shaw[2]; 2. 83-Braeden Allen[1]; 3. 28-Spencer Stock[9]; 4. 21-Rian Leichtnam[7]; 5. 51-Shawn Evans[3]; 6. 16-Jacob Bennett[4]; 7. 77-Matt Stark[6]; 8. 8-Daniel Lewison[5]; 9. (DNF) 7C-Parmenter Curtis[8]; 10. (DNS) 47-Kyle Swanson

USRA Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[2]; 2. 35-Luke Schluetter[6]; 3. 38S-Nick Schwebach[16]; 4. 15C-Caden Helle[7]; 5. 03-Dustin Doughty[4]; 6. 32J-Carter Jonsgaard[5]; 7. 15R-Ryan Crooks[10]; 8. 23-Justin Hanson[13]; 9. 99J-Jeremy Werner[8]; 10. 22-Ryan Jacobsen[1]; 11. 11S-Kyle Sivesind[9]; 12. 02F-Samuel Fitterer[14]; 13. 67-Nathan Albrecht[17]; 14. 28K-Kaitlyn Paulson[15]; 15. (DNF) 51B-Brandon Bombardo[11]; 16. (DNF) 18JR-Gavin Bartel[3]; 17. (DNF) 10-Blake Schneekloth[12]; 18. (DNS) 19M-Seth Maier

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 03-Dustin Doughty[1]; 2. 35-Luke Schluetter[5]; 3. 18JR-Gavin Bartel[3]; 4. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[6]; 5. 15R-Ryan Crooks[2]; 6. 10-Blake Schneekloth[4]; 7. 23-Justin Hanson[9]; 8. 38S-Nick Schwebach[8]; 9. 67-Nathan Albrecht[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15C-Caden Helle[2]; 2. 22-Ryan Jacobsen[3]; 3. 99J-Jeremy Werner[5]; 4. 11S-Kyle Sivesind[1]; 5. 32J-Carter Jonsgaard[8]; 6. 51B-Brandon Bombardo[7]; 7. 02F-Samuel Fitterer[6]; 8. 28K-Kaitlyn Paulson[4]; 9. (DNF) 19M-Seth Maier[9]