TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS DECIDED AT THE CREEK

By Bill Nelson  -  August 28, 2010  -  Spring Valley MN

Wow, were did the season go already?  Track championship night, I didn't think we were to mid season yet, but what a great season it has been at The Creek.

Jason Rauen and Neil Eckhart battled for the lead early in the Altenburg Construction WISSOTA Late Model division.  Rauen took over the point while Doug Herrick moved into second on lap two.  Jake Hartung moved under Eckhart to take over third with Waits taking control of fourth quickly.  With four complete Hartung was working low on Herrick for the second spot while Mike Prochnow worked past Eckhart for fifth.  On the next lap Keith Foss started to pressure Prochnow for the fifth spot.    With nine laps down Herrick and Rauen were side by side for the lead and Foss and Prochnow were still battling for fifth.    Lap ten saw Herrick take over the lead and Hartung now was racing Rauen for the second spot.  Lap twelve saw Foss in fifth while Prochnow and Kelly Anderson raced for sixth and the track championship which only saw a few points separate the two heading into tonight.  Two laps later Hartung took over second.  Waits and Foss quickly moved around Rauen to take over third and fourth as t he first caution flag flies over the field on lap twenty.  On the restart Herrick lead with Waits into second.  Hartung and Foss raced for third with Foss taking over the spot as the white flew.  Foss worked up high and used the momentum to move past Waits into the second spot going down the back chute on the last lap.  Herrick held on for the win while Prochnow stayed in front of Anderson for the championship.

Dan Bohr led out of turn two in the EZ Fabricating USRA Modified division but Jason Cummins moved past him down the back straight to take over the lead on lap one.  Steve Wetzstein and Todd Scharkey were racing for third with Wetzstein taking that spot and then second away from Bohr on lap two.  Mark Noble and Nate Wasmund raced for fourth.  Darrin Walch moved into fourth on lap three and then started to pressure Noble for fourth.  A restart on lap four saw Cummins continue to fly up top while Wasmund, Wetzstein and Noble were three wide for second.  Noble took the spot with Walch moving past the other two into the third spot on lap five.  By lap ten Cummins was flying out front but the two battles that would run for the next fifteen laps were starting to show.  Walch and Noble raced for second while Wetzstein and Lucas Schott were side by side for fourth.  These two battles for position ran down to the last lap with Walch taking second ahead of Noble.  Schott came home fourth and Wetzstein fifth while Cummins flew home to the win on the top side of the speedway.

Tony Bloom, Ryan Siegle and Ross Dixon were three wide for the lead in the US ARMY WISSOTA Super Stocks early on in their feature event.  Dixon took over the point with Gary Wiersgalla working into the second spot with Siegle and Cole Queensland racing for third.  Three complete and Brauer, Queensland and Wiersgalla were three wide for the second spot.  Brauer took over second with Siegle in third.  Queensland moved around Siegle on lap six while Kelly Anderson moved into the top five.  With seven completed the field stretched out slightly as the top three of Dixon, Brauer and Queensland had put some room over the rest of the field.  On lap twelve the race for fourth heated up between Siegle, Anderson, Bloom and Nick Wranek.  Anderson held onto the fourth spot with a challenge from Wranek on lap thirteen but Wranek lost the handle of his mount but regained it after losing several spots.  UP front Brauer was all over Dixon as the last three laps clicked off.  On the final lap Brauer drove it in hard in three, slid up in front of Dixon as they went through four and powered out to the checkers for the win.  Queensland took home the track title for 2010.

Track Champion Brandon Davis moved past Leigh Volkman to take over the lead in the Dirt Doctor Trucking WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature event on lap one.  Bryan Hernandez moved past Volkman on lap three to take over the second spot.  Dustin Scott started working on Volkman for third while Cody Gardner sat in fifth on lap three.  A restart on lap four saw Davis leading, Hernandez in second and Jerry Young and Gardner racing for fourth.  Another caution on lap six saw Scott move into second behind Davis.  Hernandez in third and Gardner in fourth.  Young and Jared Boumeester raced for fifth.  With twelve down Davis started to pull away again and cruised home to the win over Scott and Hernandez.  Boumeester worked past Gardner for fourth as the race ended.

Danny Hanson had the track championship solidly wrapped up for the BP WISSOTA Street Stocks as they pulled onto the track for their feature event.  Troy Voth led out of turn two with Nicholas Schwebach in second..  Mike Blowers and Ryan Goergen raced for third while they were four wide mid pack early on.  On lap two Donny Ganz, Hanson and AJ Zvorak were three wide for fifth. Hanson and Zvorak cleared Ganz as the first caution flew on lap three.  On the restart Voth led with Blowers in second.  Hanson started to pressure Schwebach and on lap five took over the spot.  Blowers was pressuring Voth for the lead while sixth through tenth were in a tight pack for position.  With seven down Hanson now was racing Blowers for second and by lap nine their battle was now on Voth's rear bumper as he led the field.  Another restart on lap ten saw Voth leading with Hanson trying to get a run up top.  Hanson cut back down and moved alongside of Voth at the line with twelve down.  Hanson took the lead on lap thirteen.  Voth continued to hold off Blowers for the second spot as the laps wound down.  Hanson took home the win with his tenth at the speedway this season tying for the most wins in a season at the speedway.