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Mitch Weiss (Buck Monson Photo)

Weiss notches 15th career Deer Creek Speedway win Saturday night in WISSOTA Midwest Mods

By Todd Narveson

SPRING VALLEY, MN (August 10) - Deer Creek Speedway held the annual Veterans Night on Saturday. The event honors military veterans and those who are serving in the armed forces. It is also a fundraiser DAV (Disabled American Veterans) Mayo Southeast Chapter 28.

In WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action, Barry Johnson led the first eight laps of the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature. Johnson got a bit loose in turn four on the eighth lap and Mitch Weiss slipped past for the lead. Weiss then opened up a big advantage.

Weiss led the rest of the way for his 15th career Deer Creek win. Kadden Kath made a late-race charge from ninth to second. Justen Seipel got to third while Billy Steinberg was fourth and Johnson ended up fifth.

Thirty-nine USRA B Mods were whittled down to a 26-car field for their 18-lap main event. Harley Dais took off from row one to take the lead. Jayden Larson tried to keep pace with Dais, but then had to deal with Dustin Kruse.

Kruse got to second and was close with the leader on lap eight. A yellow then came out and on the restart a 10-car pileup on the frontstretch that blocked the track. Several cars were knocked out of contention in the melee.

After that, Dais cruised to his seventh win in 2024. Kruse finished second with Larson in third. Noah Grinstead finished in fourth and Garitt Wytaske rounded out the top five.

The USRA Hobby Stocks had another tremendous 18-lap main event. The drama continued to the post-race tech inspection after the race. Blake Schneekloth led the 17-car field to the green flag. Krysta Doughty and Devin Holthaus made it three wide for the lead with Schneekloth on the first lap. Schneekloth held the lead with Doughty second and Holthaus in the mix. Eyes were on Luke Schluetter, who started 16th and was on the move.

Schluetter charged to fourth on lap seven before a yellow flag one lap later. The leaders went three wide again with Dustin Gulbrandson up front. Two caution flags halted the race on lap 10. Schluetter bolted to second on the start and then challenged Gulbrandson.

Schluetter took the lead on lap 14 and Nick Schwebach entered the picture in third. The top three raced close the final four laps with Schluetter ahead at the checkered flag by .125 over Gulbrandson followed by Schwebach, Doughty and Schneekloth in the top five.

During post-race inspection, Schluetter was disqualified for an illegal shim and Schneekloth was also disqualified for an alternator that did not meet the rules. That handed the win to Gulbrandson with Schwebach second. Doughty moved up to third, with Ryan Goergen and Adam Speicher in the top five.

The USRA Stock Car feature was a dandy as well. Andrew Bleess led early, but his car shot up the track to allow Shawn Peter and Brandon Hare to slip past. Peter got to the lead on lap four, but Hare challenged again.

Behind them, Bleess battled with Kyle Falck for third. Peter ran the extreme high line and opened up a little lead. Hare, Falck and Brayden Gjere had a great race for second. On lap 12, Falck threw a slider at Hare to take second. Hare crossed back over and claimed second once again.

Gjere was on the move and went three wide with Hare and Falck for second as the trio was close to Peter. Gjere got to second with two to go and threw a slider on Peter in turn two on the final lap for the lead. Peter dove low and reclaimed the lead in turn three.

Gjere closed back in on Peter and executed another slide job in turn three. With the checkered flag in the air, Peter dove low and edged Gjere for his first win at Deer Creek since July 23, 2015. Hare finished in third with Falck fourth and Blees in fifth.

Brandon Davis took the lead at the start of the 25-lap USRA Modified feature. Davis was chased by Joe Chisholm when they entered lapped traffic on lap eight. Davis clipped the wall in turn two and Chisholm slipped by. Davis reclaimed the lead on lap 12 before a caution flag came out.

The race then had several cautions that slowed the pace just past the mid-way point. On the lap 16 restart, Chisholm threw a slider on Davis for the lead in turn two. Davis returned the favor in turn four to retake the lead, but Chisholm fired right back and took the top spot. Dustin Sorensen was right with the lead duo.

Davis took the lead in turn four and Chisholm shot below him out of four. The duo made contact and Chisholm took the lead. After that, Chisholm led the final laps for his eighth win of the season. Davis finished second with Sorensen third. Josh Angst and Parker Hale rounded out the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 23-Mitch Weiss[2]; 2. 83X-Kadden Kath[9]; 3. 25-Justen Seipel[8]; 4. 83S-Billy Steinberg[6]; 5. 71B-Barry Johnson[1]; 6. 22H-Jayme Hiller[4]; 7. 98D-Christopher Deno[7]; 8. 83R-Kullen Kath[11]; 9. 88-Jacob Toepper[14]; 10. 40-Colton Kramer[3]; 11. 19C-Colin Wittenberg[12]; 12. 24-Liz Toepper[17]; 13. 79K-Nick Kramer[15]; 14. 9-Isaac Clark[13]; 15. 44Z-Anton Nelson[5]; 16. 48-Dave Solum[10]; 17. 40LS-Larry Scott[19]; 18. 21S-Brian Schott[16]; 19. 14F-Tyron Friese[18]; 20. (DNF) 14-Nick Neisius[20]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Mitch Weiss[7]; 2. 40-Colton Kramer[1]; 3. 44Z-Anton Nelson[2]; 4. 48-Dave Solum[4]; 5. 9-Isaac Clark[5]; 6. 21S-Brian Schott[6]; 7. (DNF) 14-Nick Neisius[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 83S-Billy Steinberg[1]; 2. 98D-Christopher Deno[5]; 3. 22H-Jayme Hiller[6]; 4. 83R-Kullen Kath[7]; 5. 88-Jacob Toepper[2]; 6. 24-Liz Toepper[4]; 7. 40LS-Larry Scott[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 83X-Kadden Kath[1]; 2. 71B-Barry Johnson[2]; 3. 25-Justen Seipel[6]; 4. 19C-Colin Wittenberg[5]; 5. 79K-Nick Kramer[4]; 6. 14F-Tyron Friese[3]

USRA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 25-Joe Chisholm[3]; 2. 50III-Brandon Davis[1]; 3. 19-Dustin Sorensen[5]; 4. 99-Josh Angst[9]; 5. 28-Parker Hale[12]; 6. 24-Dylan Goettl[8]; 7. 51W-JT Wasmund[11]; 8. 12-Nick Murgic[13]; 9. 95-Keith Foss[7]; 10. 3X-Eric Dailey[2]; 11. 95X-Shaun Walski[15]; 12. 90-Ryan Wetzstein[4]; 13. 28S-Spencer Stock[6]; 14. 02-Cole Denner[14]; 15. 32-Derek Green[17]; 16. 29H-Joe Horgdal[10]; 17. 61T-Tammy Soma Clark[19]; 18. 97JR-Landon Volkman[16]; 19. 0-Brandon Duellman[23]; 20. 17W-Ryan Wiome[22]; 21. 98M-Mitchel Madery[24]; 22. 77-Jacob Stark[25]; 23. 18M-Mason McEvers[26]; 24. (DNF) 23-Darwin Karau[20]; 25. (DNF) 84-Christopher Elliott[21]; 26. (DNF) 43-Zach Brom[18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Parker Hale[1]; 2. 3X-Eric Dailey[3]; 3. 95-Keith Foss[5]; 4. 51W-JT Wasmund[7]; 5. 12-Nick Murgic[8]; 6. 32-Derek Green[4]; 7. 43-Zach Brom[9]; 8. 33-Joe Ludemann[2]; 9. 84-Christopher Elliott[6]; 10. 18M-Mason McEvers[10]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Joe Chisholm[2]; 2. 50III-Brandon Davis[5]; 3. 28S-Spencer Stock[1]; 4. 90-Ryan Wetzstein[10]; 5. 02-Cole Denner[8]; 6. 97JR-Landon Volkman[3]; 7. 17W-Ryan Wiome[6]; 8. 98M-Mitchel Madery[9]; 9. 4A-Joel Alberts[4]; 10. (DNS) 77-Jacob Stark

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Dustin Sorensen[1]; 2. 24-Dylan Goettl[2]; 3. 99-Josh Angst[6]; 4. 29H-Joe Horgdal[9]; 5. 95X-Shaun Walski[8]; 6. 23-Darwin Karau[4]; 7. 61T-Tammy Soma Clark[7]; 8. 97X-Don Schaefer[5]; 9. 75-James Parker[10]; 10. (DQ) 0-Brandon Duellman[3]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Derek Green[1]; 2. 43-Zach Brom[3]; 3. 61T-Tammy Soma Clark[5]; 4. 23-Darwin Karau[2]; 5. 84-Christopher Elliott[11]; 6. 17W-Ryan Wiome[4]; 7. 0-Brandon Duellman[14]; 8. 98M-Mitchel Madery[6]; 9. 77-Jacob Stark[13]; 10. 18M-Mason McEvers[12]; 11. 75-James Parker[9]; 12. (DNF) 33-Joe Ludemann[7]; 13. (DNS) 4A-Joel Alberts; 14. (DNS) 97X-Don Schaefer

USRA B Mods:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 87H-Harley Dais[2]; 2. 6-Dustin Kruse[8]; 3. 36K-Jayden Larson[1]; 4. 99-Noah Grinstead[5]; 5. 35JR-Garitt Wytaske[10]; 6. 5-Brandon Hare[3]; 7. 32-Taylor Skauge[16]; 8. 18-Tyler Werner[6]; 9. 35-Dennis Dunbar[4]; 10. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[12]; 11. 10T-Trevor Fecht[25]; 12. 42B-Kaeden Bronner[17]; 13. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[15]; 14. 57-Kyle King[19]; 15. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[13]; 16. 22J-Josh Elsing[21]; 17. 15-Cole Neisius[26]; 18. 13-Jesse Antiporek[23]; 19. (DNF) 88-Brady Boland[20]; 20. (DNF) 53-Tianna Mithun[7]; 21. (DNF) 27-Kevin Joachim[11]; 22. (DNF) 54-Jett Sorensen[9]; 23. (DNF) 20-Gage Motl[14]; 24. (DNF) 29-Lilli Reps[24]; 25. (DNF) 14-Caden Neisius[18]; 26. (DNF) 0BD-Brandon Duellman[22]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Tyler Werner[1]; 2. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[6]; 3. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[5]; 4. 20-Gage Motl[8]; 5. 42B-Kaeden Bronner[7]; 6. 17-Justin Murray[3]; 7. (DNF) 83-Braeden Allen[4]; 8. (DNS) 14-Caden Neisius

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Dustin Kruse[2]; 2. 54-Jett Sorensen[3]; 3. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[4]; 4. 29-Lilli Reps[1]; 5. 33-Corbin Ludemann[5]; 6. 22J-Josh Elsing[7]; 7. 57-Kyle King[8]; 8. 30-Russell Quinnell[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 35JR-Garitt Wytaske[4]; 2. 27-Kevin Joachim[1]; 3. 36K-Jayden Larson[7]; 4. 88-Brady Boland[3]; 5. 0BD-Brandon Duellman[6]; 6. 4B-Greg Brooks[5]; 7. (DNF) 47-Kyle Swanson[2]; 8. (DNF) 3K-Kody Sexton[8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 53-Tianna Mithun[6]; 2. 99-Noah Grinstead[7]; 3. 35-Dennis Dunbar[8]; 4. 13-Jesse Antiporek[1]; 5. 16-Jacob Bennett[3]; 6. 147-Clayton Bohner[5]; 7. (DNS) 21-Rian Leichtnam; 8. (DQ) 45-Cole Lonergan[2]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 87H-Harley Dais[1]; 2. 5-Brandon Hare[7]; 3. 32-Taylor Skauge[4]; 4. 14H-Tony Holm[6]; 5. (DNF) 10T-Trevor Fecht[5]; 6. (DNF) 15-Cole Neisius[3]; 7. (DNS) 29S-Raymond Rehbein

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 42B-Kaeden Bronner[3]; 2. 57-Kyle King[7]; 3. 22J-Josh Elsing[5]; 4. 13-Jesse Antiporek[2]; 5. 10T-Trevor Fecht[8]; 6. 16-Jacob Bennett[4]; 7. 45-Cole Lonergan[12]; 8. (DNF) 14H-Tony Holm[1]; 9. (DNF) 47-Kyle Swanson[9]; 10. (DNS) 3K-Kody Sexton; 11. (DNS) 4B-Greg Brooks; 12. (DNS) 29S-Raymond Rehbein

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Caden Neisius[10]; 2. 88-Brady Boland[2]; 3. 0BD-Brandon Duellman[3]; 4. 29-Lilli Reps[1]; 5. 15-Cole Neisius[8]; 6. 33-Corbin Ludemann[4]; 7. 30-Russell Quinnell[7]; 8. 17-Justin Murray[5]; 9. (DNF) 147-Clayton Bohner[6]; 10. (DNF) 83-Braeden Allen[9]; 11. (DNS) 21-Rian Leichtnam

USRA Stock Cars:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 27-Shawn Peter[2]; 2. 23-Brayden Gjere[9]; 3. 56H-Brandon Hare[4]; 4. 67-Kyle Falck[7]; 5. 2-Andrew Bleess[1]; 6. 1G-Pat Graham[8]; 7. 14A-Blake Adams[14]; 8. 87-Travis Shipman[11]; 9. 75-Clint Wendel[5]; 10. 11X-Levi Sand[10]; 11. 54-Dillon Anderson[12]; 12. 14-Brady Williamson[16]; 13. 01-Kory Adams[17]; 14. 35X-Phillip Dunbar[6]; 15. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[15]; 16. 16-Jake James[13]; 17. 21-Andrew Borchardt[3]; 18. (DNS) 21X-Xander Treichel

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1G-Pat Graham[3]; 2. 21-Andrew Borchardt[1]; 3. 27-Shawn Peter[4]; 4. 56H-Brandon Hare[2]; 5. 23-Brayden Gjere[6]; 6. 87-Travis Shipman[7]; 7. 16-Jake James[5]; 8. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[9]; 9. (DNF) 21X-Xander Treichel[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 75-Clint Wendel[1]; 2. 35X-Phillip Dunbar[3]; 3. 2-Andrew Bleess[4]; 4. 67-Kyle Falck[9]; 5. 11X-Levi Sand[6]; 6. 54-Dillon Anderson[5]; 7. 14A-Blake Adams[7]; 8. 14-Brady Williamson[2]; 9. 01-Kory Adams[8]

USRA Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[7]; 2. 38S-Nick Schwebach[9]; 3. 03-Krysta Doughty[2]; 4. G12-Ryan Goergen[6]; 5. 9ER-Adam Speicher[4]; 6. 15C-Caden Helle[5]; 7. 83-Scott Dobel[12]; 8. 7D-Devin Holthaus[3]; 9. 01G-Gavin Bussinger[8]; 10. 32J-Carter Jonsgaard[14]; 11. 67-Nathan Albrecht[11]; 12. 28K-Kaitlyn Paulson[10]; 13. 59F-Austin Fishel[13]; 14. 15R-Ryan Crooks[17]; 15. (DNF) 02F-Samuel Fitterer[15]; 16. (DQ) 35-Luke Schluetter[16]; 17. (DQ) 10-Blake Schneekloth[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 01G-Gavin Bussinger[1]; 2. 9ER-Adam Speicher[2]; 3. 7D-Devin Holthaus[5]; 4. 15C-Caden Helle[3]; 5. 38S-Nick Schwebach[7]; 6. 67-Nathan Albrecht[8]; 7. 83-Scott Dobel[4]; 8. 59F-Austin Fishel[9]; 9. (DNS) 15R-Ryan Crooks

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[3]; 2. 10-Blake Schneekloth[4]; 3. 03-Krysta Doughty[2]; 4. G12-Ryan Goergen[6]; 5. 28K-Kaitlyn Paulson[1]; 6. (DNF) 32J-Carter Jonsgaard[8]; 7. (DNF) 02F-Samuel Fitterer[7]; 8. (DNS) 35-Luke Schluetter