By Bill Nelson

For the Herald

Spring Valley — A slightly unseasonably cool early June greeted the racers and fans on Podein Power and Equipment night at the speedway. The evening started out with a great turnout of drivers on hand for a meet and greet with the kids of the Deer Creek Speedway Kids Club. Afterwards, the action turned to the racetrack.

In the SixTwo Graphics WISSOTA Street Stock feature event, it was all Shaun Mann up front. Mann didn’t have an easy time, though, after taking the early lead on the start. Nick Schwebach sat tight to his inside rear quarter in second. Jason Barber and Kyle King battled for third until the caution flew for King. On the restart, Mann again led with Schwebach in second. Mike Blowers now sat in third with Danny Hanson, Barber and Troy Voth racing for the fifth spot. On lap nine, Mann finally started to pull out a good gap over Schwebach. Voth was in fourth pressuring Blowers for the third spot as a caution came out on lap 11. On the restart, Mann, Blowers and Schwebach raced into one three-wide for the lead. Mann held onto the upper groove and used the run to take control of the lead going down the back straight again. On lap 13, Voth hit the outside wall hard bringing out another caution. Mann again led with Blowers looking low to his inside. Mann was too strong on the night and took home the win followed by Blowers, Schwebach, Hanson and Noah Grinstead. Heat races were won by Mann and Blowers.

Lucas Schott led early in the NAPA AutoCare USRA Modified division. Brad Waits sat by close in second with Brandon Davis and Jason Cummins racing for the third spot. With five down, Waits finally gained a little more ground on Schott up front and was credited with leading lap six before a caution flew over the field. Waits led on the restart with Cummins now pressuring Schott for the second spot. Schott held onto the second spot as another caution flew on lap ten. Waits again led with Schott starting to pressure for the lead again. As they raced side by side at the line on lap 12, Schott was credited with the lap. A final caution on lap thirteen saw Schott leading. Waits sat in second until his machine pushed up the hill in turn two. Cummins slowed slightly while Davis moved past Cummins for third and alongside of Waits for second. Waits regained composure and held onto the second spot. Joel Alberts and Steve Wetzstein raced for the fifth spot with Alberts cracking the top five on lap 20. At the finish, it was Schott with the win. Waits, Davis, Cummins and Alberts cracked the top five. Heat races were won by Schott, Wetzstein and Jay Richardson.

Regular racing action resumes again next Saturday with action in all five classes. Don’t forget about the USAC Wingless Sprint Cars taking to the speedway on June 21.

Dirt Doctor Trucking WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds

Feature: Jacob Bleess, Michael Truscott, Josh Crary, Dustin Scott, Mike Mehling, Jared Boumeester, Tony Schill, Jason Born, Jesse Hernandez, Mitch Weiss, Ryan Wetzstein, Garitt Wytaske, Antonio Pintaro, Andrew Bleess, Ryan Goergen, Don Schaefer, Tammy Clark, Harlan Morehart, Jake Stark, Casey Trom, Tim Myhre

Heat 1: Truscott, Trom, Weiss, Mehling, Born, Hernandez, Clark

Heat 2: Schill, Crary, Boumeester, Wytaske, Schaefer, Stark, J. Bleess

Heat 3: Scott, Wetzstein, A. Bleess, Myhre, Goergen, Morehart, Pintaro

SixTwo Graphics WISSOTA Street Stocks

Feature: Shaun Mann, Mike Blowers, Nick Schwebach, Danny Hanson, Noah Grinstead, Kyle King, Jason Barber, Kory Adams, Fred Prudoehl, Bernie Adams, Brent Holland, Troy Voth, Zack Elward

Heat 1: Mann, K Adams, Schwebach, King, Grinstead, Holland, Elward

Heat 2: Blowers, Hanson, Voth, Barber, Prudoehl, B. Adams

Elma Performance and Fabricating USRA B-Modifieds

Feature: Cole Queensland, Jacob Bleess, Kadden Kath, Dustin Sorensen, Alex Williamson, Trevor Fecht, Erik Kanz, Jerry Young, Kylie Kath, Dan Hovden, Brady Keefe, Scott Demmer, Shaun Walski, Ryan Konkel, Craig Bentzin, Charlie Steinberg, Tanner Johnston, Kenny Boge Jr., Nick Wagner, David Pitz, Tyler Creely, Brandon Hare, Blake Arndt, Parker Hale

“B”-Feature: Young, Konkel, Walski, Arndt, Anthony Condit, Bill Stettner, Mike Chisholm, Steve Quinnell, Jackson Hale, Derek Clement, Cale Slawson

Heat 1: Fecht, Wagner, Pitz, Boge Jr., Demmer, Stettner, Hale, Clement

Heat 2: Queensland, Steinberg, Kanz, Hale, Bentzin, Young, Walski, Quinnell

Heat 3: Sorensen, Williamson, Ka. Kath, Keefe, Creely, Arndt, Chisholm, Slawson

Heat 4: Ky. Kath, Bleess, Hare, Hovden, Johnston, Konkel, Condit

Wagner Trucking WISSOTA Super Stocks

Feature: Jeff Brauer, Gary Wiersgalla, Brian Fetting, Adam Ayotte, Dave Solum, Brandon Duellman, Kevin hager, Schatney Sanders, Matt Olson, Ed Sanders, Harlan Morehart, David Miller, Mike Fitzpatrick, AJ Hoff

Heat 1: Hager, Fetting, Solum, E. Sanders, Morehart, Miller, Fitzpatrick

Heat 2: Wiersgalla, Ayotte, Brauer, Duellman, S. Sanders, Hoff, Olson

NAPA AutoCare USRA Modifieds

Feature: Lucas Schott, Brad Waits, Brandon Davis, Jason Cummins, Joel Alberts, Steve Wetzstein, Keith Foss, Josh Angst, Jacob Dahle, Craig Shaw, Dustin Scott, Todd Scharkey, Jake Timm, Jason Schlangen, Joe Horgdal, Joe Ludemann, Les Duellman, Mark Motl, Greg Jensen, Billy Steinberg, Jay Richardson, Darwyn Karau

Heat 1: Schott, Waits, Davis, Foss, Schlangen, Angst, Shaw, Duellman

Heat 2: Wetzstein, Cummins, Alberts, Motl, Jensen, Steinberg, Ludemann

Heat 3: Richardson, Dahle, Scott, Horgdal, Scharkey, Timm, Karau