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Chris Deno (Buck Monson Photo)

Deno dishes out a loss to everyone else in Midwest Mod field at Deer Creek Speedway

By Todd Narveson

SPRING VALLEY, MN (June 8) - Deer Creek Speedway was back in action on Saturday after a weekend off. Another big field of 126 cars filled the pit area.

In WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action, Christopher Deno was the winner following an entertaining feature.

A solid field of 22 WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds took the green flag for their 18-lap main event. Nick Kramer led until lap four when Wyatt Boyum took over. Deno ran the top groove and darted to second while Dan Wheeler was up in the mix too. Deno drove around Boyum on lap seven to take the lead. Farther back William Moelter, who started 22nd, was on the move and had cracked the top five.

A couple of yellows slowed the pace at lap 15, but set up a wild restart. Boyum threw a slider on Deno in turn two and took the lead, however Deno crossed him over, dove low and took the lead back in turn three.

Deno led the pack to the checkered flag for his second win in a row. Kadden Kath made a late-race charge to second, and Boyum crossed in third, but was later disqualified in post-race tech. Moelter ended up third and Wheeler was fourth and Kobie Kath moved to fifth.

The USRA B-Mods had 42 cars in attendance and they were split into two main events. In the first 18-lap race, Ben Moudry jumped to the early lead and was chased by Dustin Kruse. Moudry led until lap 12 when Kruse made the pass to take over the top spot. Taylor Skauge was on the move into the top five after he started 12th.

A couple of yellows slowed the race, but Kruse prevailed for his second win of the year. Skauge drove all the way to second and Hunter Kennedy came from eighth to third. Moudry finished fourth and Trevor Fecht was fifth.

The second feature started off with a three wide shot for the lead with Taylor Ausrud, Brody Shaw and Spencer Stock. Stock took the lead while Ausrud, Shaw and Harley Dais battled for second. A caution on lap seven tightened the pack.

Stock took off again while Jett Sorensen powered by Shaw for third, and then Ausrud for second. At that point Stock held a good-sized lead.

Stock looked like he would take the win, but on lap 17 his machine erupted in smoke on the frontstretch as the white flag came out; his night came to a heartbreaking end.

Sorensen led the final lap to score his first win at Deer Creek. Dais finished second with Ausrud in third. Shaw was fourth and Cole Bennerotte was fifth.

In the USRA Hobby Stock feature, Zac Smith took the lead off of row one and led until lap three. Nick Schwebach took the lead away with Parker Anderson also in the mix.

Schwebach and Anderson ran in tight formation with Dustin Gulbrandson close behind. Anderson led lap seven, but Schwebach fired back to lead lap eight.

Anderson drove back to the lead on lap nine, but Schwebach was back out front at the end of lap 10. Gulbrandson passed Anderson on lap 13 and then set chase to Schwebach.

Gulbrandson slipped past Schwebach on lap 14 and picked up his third win in a row and ninth win overall. Schwebach was second, with Anderson in third. Ryan Goergen finished in fourth with Smith in fifth.

Twenty-one USRA Stock Cars answered the bell for their 20-lap feature. Andrew Bleess took the lead with Brady Williamson, Blake Adams and Derek Green right on his tail.

Williamson challenged Bleess for the lead on lap seven, but they touched and Bleess spun to trigger a caution. Williamson was deemed at fault and he exited the speedway with a flat tire.

Adams challenged Bleess for the lead; Adams took the top spot, but Bleess drove back by. Adams nabbed the lead for good on lap nine. Green slipped past Bleess for second on lap 11.

Adams led the rest of the way for his eighth win overall this season. Green finished second while Brayden Gjere got by Bleess for third. Brandon Hare rallied from 11th to finish fifth.

Keith Foss took the early lead in the USRA Modified feature. Joe Chisholm quickly moved from row three to second. It did not take Chisholm long to speed past for the lead on lap five. Josh Angst worked past Foss for second and Aaron Benson slipped past Foss for third. Benson used the low groove to get by Angst for second. Yellow flags slowed the race and eventually the laps were cut.

Chisholm went on to his second win in a row while Benson finished in second. Angst ran a solid third with Zach Brom fourth and Foss fifth.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 98D-Christopher Deno[6]; 2. 83X-Kadden Kath[7]; 3. 87-William Moelter[22]; 4. RED1-Dan Wheeler[8]; 5. 83K-Kobie Kath[12]; 6. 24M-Adam Martinson[10]; 7. 4W-Joey Wagamon[14]; 8. 24-Liz Toepper[11]; 9. 79K-Nick Kramer[1]; 10. 40-Colton Kramer[13]; 11. 22H-Jayme Hiller[3]; 12. 9-Isaac Clark[16]; 13. 48-Dave Solum[19]; 14. 21S-Brian Schott[21]; 15. 73X-Nick Neisius[18]; 16. (DNF) 19C-Colin Wittenberg[2]; 17. (DNF) 88-Jacob Toepper[4]; 18. (DNF) 23-Mitch Weiss[9]; 19. (DNF) 79H-Luke Hainka[17]; 20. (DNF) 33-Darryl Hainka[20]; 21. (DNF) 3P-David Pixley[15]; 22. (DQ) 21-Wyatt Boyum[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Wyatt Boyum[7]; 2. 88-Jacob Toepper[2]; 3. RED1-Dan Wheeler[3]; 4. 24M-Adam Martinson[8]; 5. 40-Colton Kramer[6]; 6. 9-Isaac Clark[4]; 7. 48-Dave Solum[1]; 8. 21S-Brian Schott[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22H-Jayme Hiller[2]; 2. 98D-Christopher Deno[3]; 3. 23-Mitch Weiss[7]; 4. 24-Liz Toepper[1]; 5. 4W-Joey Wagamon[5]; 6. 79H-Luke Hainka[4]; 7. (DNF) 87-William Moelter[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 83X-Kadden Kath[2]; 2. 79K-Nick Kramer[6]; 3. 19C-Colin Wittenberg[5]; 4. 83K-Kobie Kath[7]; 5. 3P-David Pixley[1]; 6. 73X-Nick Neisius[3]; 7. 33-Darryl Hainka[4]

USRA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 25-Joe Chisholm[6]; 2. 24-Aaron Benson[7]; 3. 99-Josh Angst[5]; 4. 43-Zach Brom[4]; 5. 95-Keith Foss[2]; 6. 51W-JT Wasmund[8]; 7. 21-Jacob Bleess[9]; 8. 12-Nick Murgic[10]; 9. 98-Kevin Stoa[20]; 10. 02-Cole Denner[16]; 11. 98M-Mitchel Madery[18]; 12. 23-Darwin Karau[1]; 13. 33-Joe Ludemann[3]; 14. 61T-Tammy Soma Clark[13]; 15. 3-Dustin Wiederhoeft[23]; 16. 14-Cole Neisius[21]; 17. 97X-Don Schaefer[12]; 18. 75-James Parker[22]; 19. (DNF) 77-Jacob Stark[19]; 20. (DNF) 83-Kylie Kath[11]; 21. (DNF) 17W-Ryan Wiome[17]; 22. (DNF) 95X-Shaun Walski[14]; 23. (DNF) 28-Parker Hale[15]; 24. (DNS) 50III-Brandon Davis

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Josh Angst[1]; 2. 51W-JT Wasmund[3]; 3. 43-Zach Brom[2]; 4. 23-Darwin Karau[5]; 5. 95X-Shaun Walski[4]; 6. 02-Cole Denner[6]; 7. 98-Kevin Stoa[7]; 8. (DNS) 50III-Brandon Davis

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 95-Keith Foss[4]; 2. 12-Nick Murgic[1]; 3. 33-Joe Ludemann[5]; 4. 61T-Tammy Soma Clark[3]; 5. 97X-Don Schaefer[8]; 6. 17W-Ryan Wiome[6]; 7. 77-Jacob Stark[2]; 8. (DNF) 3-Dustin Wiederhoeft[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Joe Chisholm[3]; 2. 24-Aaron Benson[1]; 3. 21-Jacob Bleess[2]; 4. 83-Kylie Kath[5]; 5. 28-Parker Hale[4]; 6. 98M-Mitchel Madery[6]; 7. 14-Cole Neisius[7]; 8. 75-James Parker[8]

USRA B Mods:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 6-Dustin Kruse[1]; 2. 32-Taylor Skauge[11]; 3. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[8]; 4. 85-Ben Moudry[2]; 5. 10T-Trevor Fecht[4]; 6. 42B-Kaeden Bronner[9]; 7. 15-Zach Elward[14]; 8. 20-Gage Motl[10]; 9. 19-Cody Maier[6]; 10. 37-Michael Wytaske[12]; 11. 29-Lilli Reps[7]; 12. 23B-Britt Olson Jr[16]; 13. 77-Matt Stark[13]; 14. 16-Jacob Bennett[18]; 15. 47-Kyle Swanson[17]; 16. 30-Russell Quinnell[19]; 17. (DNF) 99-Noah Grinstead[3]; 18. (DNF) 14-Caden Neisius[5]; 19. (DNF) 21-Rian Leichtnam[15]; 20. (DNF) 118-Marcus Swatek[20]; 21. (DNS) 51-Shawn Evans

A Feature 2 (18 Laps): 1. 54-Jett Sorensen[7]; 2. 87H-Harley Dais[4]; 3. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[3]; 4. 55-Brody Shaw[1]; 5. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[9]; 6. 35JR-Garitt Wytaske[12]; 7. 28J-Jackson Hale[11]; 8. 28T-Philip Ihde[8]; 9. 35-Dennis Dunbar[15]; 10. 97JR-Landon Volkman[6]; 11. 13-Jesse Antiporek[5]; 12. 5-Mike Meyer[16]; 13. 29S-Raymond Rehbein[17]; 14. 8-Daniel Lewison[19]; 15. 7C-Curtis Parmenter[21]; 16. 14H-Tony Holm[18]; 17. (DNF) 28-Spencer Stock[2]; 18. (DNF) D6-Dalton Pischke[20]; 19. (DNF) 55S-Gavin Shaw[14]; 20. (DNF) 83-Braeden Allen[13]; 21. (DNF) 16D-Dan Hovden[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 85-Ben Moudry[3]; 2. 10T-Trevor Fecht[5]; 3. 99-Noah Grinstead[2]; 4. 28J-Jackson Hale[1]; 5. 35JR-Garitt Wytaske[7]; 6. 55S-Gavin Shaw[4]; 7. 23B-Britt Olson Jr[8]; 8. 14H-Tony Holm[6]; 9. (DNF) D6-Dalton Pischke[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 87H-Harley Dais[3]; 2. 29-Lilli Reps[7]; 3. 13-Jesse Antiporek[2]; 4. 19-Cody Maier[8]; 5. 77-Matt Stark[1]; 6. 21-Rian Leichtnam[4]; 7. 5-Mike Meyer[5]; 8. 30-Russell Quinnell[6]; 9. 8-Daniel Lewison[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[1]; 2. 16D-Dan Hovden[7]; 3. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[3]; 4. 28-Spencer Stock[5]; 5. 20-Gage Motl[8]; 6. 15-Zach Elward[2]; 7. 29S-Raymond Rehbein[6]; 8. (DNS) 7C-Curtis Parmenter

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Dustin Kruse[2]; 2. 55-Brody Shaw[3]; 3. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[4]; 4. 42B-Kaeden Bronner[6]; 5. 97JR-Landon Volkman[8]; 6. 83-Braeden Allen[7]; 7. 47-Kyle Swanson[5]; 8. (DNS) 51-Shawn Evans

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 54-Jett Sorensen[2]; 2. 14-Caden Neisius[4]; 3. 28T-Philip Ihde[3]; 4. 37-Michael Wytaske[1]; 5. 32-Taylor Skauge[8]; 6. 35-Dennis Dunbar[5]; 7. 16-Jacob Bennett[6]; 8. (DNF) 118-Marcus Swatek[7]

USRA Stock Cars:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 14A-Blake Adams[4]; 2. 32-Derek Green[3]; 3. 23-Brayden Gjere[7]; 4. 2-Andrew Bleess[1]; 5. 56H-Brandon Hare[11]; 6. 8-Levi Vander Weide[5]; 7. 87-Travis Shipman[8]; 8. 74C-Cole Mather[9]; 9. 16-Jake James[14]; 10. 21X-Xander Treichel[12]; 11. 11-Levi Sand[20]; 12. 01-Kory Adams[13]; 13. 7X-Andrew Eischens[21]; 14. 21-Andrew Borchardt[19]; 15. 27-Shawn Peter[16]; 16. 36-Dillon Njus[6]; 17. (DNF) 14-Brady Williamson[2]; 18. (DNF) 60-Colby Mann[10]; 19. (DNF) 09-Mason McEvers[18]; 20. (DNS) 28-David Gustafson; 21. (DNS) 14M-Brian Mahlstedt

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14A-Blake Adams[5]; 2. 87-Travis Shipman[1]; 3. 74C-Cole Mather[3]; 4. 14-Brady Williamson[6]; 5. 16-Jake James[4]; 6. 09-Mason McEvers[2]; 7. (DNF) 7X-Andrew Eischens[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Brayden Gjere[2]; 2. 32-Derek Green[6]; 3. 60-Colby Mann[3]; 4. 56H-Brandon Hare[1]; 5. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[4]; 6. 27-Shawn Peter[7]; 7. 21-Andrew Borchardt[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Andrew Bleess[4]; 2. 8-Levi Vander Weide[5]; 3. 36-Dillon Njus[3]; 4. 21X-Xander Treichel[2]; 5. 01-Kory Adams[7]; 6. 28-David Gustafson[1]; 7. (DNF) 11-Levi Sand[6]

USRA Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[3]; 2. 38S-Nick Schwebach[2]; 3. 47P-Parker Anderson[7]; 4. G12-Ryan Goergen[5]; 5. 18Z-Zac Smith[1]; 6. 15C-Caden Helle[8]; 7. 27H-Austin Hoeft[6]; 8. 02F-Samuel Fitterer[10]; 9. 32J-Carter Jonsgaard[9]; 10. 15R-Ryan Crooks[17]; 11. 67-Nathan Albrecht[11]; 12. 19M-Seth Maier[12]; 13. 363-Richie Michel[14]; 14. 59F-Austin Fishel[13]; 15. 5V-Viola Brannan[16]; 16. (DNF) 70-Steve Holthaus[4]; 17. (DNF) 28K-Kaitlyn Paulson[15]; 18. (DNF) 72K-Carter Kmett[18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 47P-Parker Anderson[3]; 2. G12-Ryan Goergen[4]; 3. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[9]; 4. 15C-Caden Helle[1]; 5. 02F-Samuel Fitterer[2]; 6. 67-Nathan Albrecht[8]; 7. 363-Richie Michel[5]; 8. 28K-Kaitlyn Paulson[7]; 9. 5V-Viola Brannan[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 38S-Nick Schwebach[7]; 2. 70-Steve Holthaus[2]; 3. 27H-Austin Hoeft[5]; 4. 18Z-Zac Smith[4]; 5. 32J-Carter Jonsgaard[1]; 6. 19M-Seth Maier[6]; 7. 59F-Austin Fishel[9]; 8. (DNF) 15R-Ryan Crooks[8]; 9. (DNF) 72K-Carter Kmett[3]