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Kath & Schwebach Start Title Defenses Well

By: Todd Narveson

Spring Valley, MN (May 11)

Beautiful weather graced the Deer Creek Speedway for the 2024 season opener. Race starved fans and 128-cars turned out for the program sponsored by Weber Auto Parts. Kadden Kath and Nick Schwebach got off to a good start trying to defend their track titles with wins.

The first feature race of the night was the Meadow Greens Golf Course USRA Hobby Stocks. Defending track champion Nick Schwebach started on the pole and took the early lead while Carter Jonsgaard gave an early challenge.

Dustin Gulbrandson took second on lap six right before the races lone caution flag flew. When the race resumed, Gulbrandson would try everything he could to pass Schwebach, but just could not get by.

On the final lap Gulbrandson dove low in turn three, but didn’t have enough room to execute a slide job. Schwebach held on for the win with Gulbrandson second. Caden Helle came from seventh to finish third while Dustin Doughty raced from 10th to fourth and Luke Schluetter was fifth.

Thirty-nine Kid’s Dreams Come True USRA B-Mods ran five heat races and two b-mains to determine the 26-car field for the 18-lap race.

Ben Moudry took off from row one to lead the field. Trevor Fecht ran second until Dustin Kruse slipped by. Kruse then moved in to challenge Moudry for the lead.

Kruse snagged the lead on lap 11 and lead the final seven laps for the win in a caution free race. Hunter Kennedy passed Moudry for second on lap 15 and finished there. Moudry was third with Fecht fourth and Spencer Stock fifth.

Three Kath brothers sat in the first two rows for the Dirt Doctor Trucking WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature. Kobie Kath lead lap one and defending track champion Kadden Kath lead lap two.

Kadden Kath would lead and Nick Koehler got to second before the races lone yellow came out on lap 13 for debris. Kadden Kath led the rest of the way for the win with Koehler second. Kullen Kath and Kobie Kath ran third and fourth with Christopher Deno fifth.

Nineteen cars took the green flag for the Rochester Chevrolet-Cadillac USRA Stock Car feature. Brandon Hare took advantage of his front row starting spot and led all 20-laps for the win.

Blake Adams ran second most of the race while Brayden Gjere raced back to third after he fell back to eighth early in the race. Jake James had a good run in fourth and Shawn Peter finished in fifth.

A field of 31-NAPA Auto Care Centers USRA Modifieds ran four heats and two b-mains to get to their 26-car field for the 25-lap feature.

Jake Timm jumped off the outside of row one and took the lead. Josh Angst gave chase while Jim Chisholm ran third. Timm opened up the lead until he encountered the back of the field.

Chisholm passed Angst for second on lap 16 and tried to reel in Timm through the lapped traffic. Timm led the field to the checkered flag with Chisholm a little over a second behind in second. Angst was third with Jacob Bleess fourth and Brandon Davis in fifth.

USRA B-Mods

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 6-Dustin Kruse[3]; 2. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[6]; 3. 85-Ben Moudry[1]; 4. 10T-Trevor Fecht[2]; 5. 28-Spencer Stock[4]; 6. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[10]; 7. 99-Noah Grinstead[5]; 8. 14-Caden Neisius[11]; 9. 35-Dennis Dunbar[9]; 10. 35JR-Garitt Wytaske[14]; 11. 28J-Jackson Hale[7]; 12. 15-Zach Elward[15]; 13. 42B-Kaeden Bronner[8]; 14. 97JR-Landon Volkman[13]; 15. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[16]; 16. 1Z-Zach Davis[17]; 17. 65J-Josh Appel[20]; 18. 07-Logan Alseth[21]; 19. 20-Gage Motl[19]; 20. 54-Jett Sorensen[22]; 21. 45-Cole Lonergan[24]; 22. 16-Jacob Bennett[26]; 23. (DNF) 87H-Harley Dais[18]; 24. (DNF) 13-Jesse Antiporek[25]; 25. (DNF) RED1-Dan Wheeler[12]; 26. (DNF) 37-Michael Wytaske[23]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 1Z-Zach Davis[4]; 2. 20-Gage Motl[1]; 3. 07-Logan Alseth[7]; 4. 37-Michael Wytaske[3]; 5. 13-Jesse Antiporek[8]; 6. 5-Mike Meyer[9]; 7. 83-Braeden Allen[10]; 8. D6-Dalton Pischke[12]; 9. 51-Shawn Evans[2]; 10. (DNF) 33-Corbin Ludemann[5]; 11. (DNF) 29S-Raymond Rehbein[11]; 12. (DNF) 21-Rian Leichtnam[6]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 87H-Harley Dais[1]; 2. 65J-Josh Appel[5]; 3. 54-Jett Sorensen[3]; 4. 45-Cole Lonergan[4]; 5. 16-Jacob Bennett[2]; 6. 5H-Trystan Hagen[6]; 7. 29-Lilli Reps[11]; 8. 23B-Britt Olson Jr[10]; 9. 77-Matt Stark[8]; 10. 4B-Greg Brooks[9]; 11. (DNF) 19-Cody Maier[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Caden Neisius[2]; 2. 85-Ben Moudry[4]; 3. 97JR-Landon Volkman[5]; 4. 20-Gage Motl[6]; 5. 54-Jett Sorensen[7]; 6. 65J-Josh Appel[8]; 7. 13-Jesse Antiporek[1]; 8. 29S-Raymond Rehbein[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Dennis Dunbar[3]; 2. 10T-Trevor Fecht[4]; 3. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[7]; 4. 15-Zach Elward[8]; 5. 33-Corbin Ludemann[5]; 6. 07-Logan Alseth[6]; 7. 77-Matt Stark[2]; 8. 23B-Britt Olson Jr[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 28J-Jackson Hale[1]; 2. 28-Spencer Stock[4]; 3. 42B-Kaeden Bronner[6]; 4. 37-Michael Wytaske[3]; 5. 51-Shawn Evans[8]; 6. 21-Rian Leichtnam[2]; 7. 4B-Greg Brooks[7]; 8. (DNF) 29-Lilli Reps[5]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[2]; 2. 6-Dustin Kruse[4]; 3. 35JR-Garitt Wytaske[5]; 4. 87H-Harley Dais[6]; 5. 45-Cole Lonergan[1]; 6. 5H-Trystan Hagen[3]; 7. 83-Braeden Allen[7]; 8. (DNF) D6-Dalton Pischke[8]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Noah Grinstead[2]; 2. RED1-Dan Wheeler[5]; 3. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[3]; 4. 16-Jacob Bennett[1]; 5. 1Z-Zach Davis[7]; 6. 19-Cody Maier[6]; 7. 5-Mike Meyer[4]

USRA Modifieds

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 49-Jake Timm[2]; 2. 24C-Jim Chisholm[4]; 3. 99-Josh Angst[1]; 4. 21-Jacob Bleess[3]; 5. 50III-Brandon Davis[11]; 6. 51W-JT Wasmund[8]; 7. 25-Joe Chisholm[7]; 8. 19-Dustin Sorensen[12]; 9. 43-Zach Brom[5]; 10. 69-Lucas Schott[14]; 11. 28-Parker Hale[15]; 12. 15W-Alex Williamson[23]; 13. 95-Keith Foss[13]; 14. 97-Cole Anderson[18]; 15. 12-Nick Murgic[10]; 16. 96-Taton Hansen[20]; 17. 61T-Tammy Soma Clark[22]; 18. 02-Cole Denner[19]; 19. 95X-Shaun Walski[9]; 20. 29H-Joe Horgdal[21]; 21. 33-Joe Ludemann[25]; 22. 4A-Joel Alberts[24]; 23. (DNF) 0-Brandon Duellman[6]; 24. (DNF) 14-Paul Neisius[16]; 25. (DNF) 98M-Mitchel Madery[17]; 26. (DNS) 77-Jacob Stark

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 98M-Mitchel Madery[1]; 2. 02-Cole Denner[3]; 3. 29H-Joe Horgdal[5]; 4. 15W-Alex Williamson[6]; 5. 33-Joe Ludemann[2]; 6. 24-Dylan Goettl[7]; 7. (DNF) 23-Darwin Karau[4]; 8. (DNS) 97X-Don Schaefer

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Cole Anderson[1]; 2. 96-Taton Hansen[2]; 3. 61T-Tammy Soma Clark[3]; 4. 4A-Joel Alberts[4]; 5. 77-Jacob Stark[7]; 6. (DNS) 82-Robert Theuringer; 7. (DNS) 17W-Ryan Wiome

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 50III-Brandon Davis[3]; 2. 12-Nick Murgic[8]; 3. 19-Dustin Sorensen[5]; 4. 43-Zach Brom[7]; 5. 33-Joe Ludemann[1]; 6. 02-Cole Denner[4]; 7. 29H-Joe Horgdal[2]; 8. (DNF) 77-Jacob Stark[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Jake Timm[7]; 2. 24C-Jim Chisholm[5]; 3. 51W-JT Wasmund[4]; 4. 69-Lucas Schott[6]; 5. 96-Taton Hansen[3]; 6. (DNF) 82-Robert Theuringer[8]; 7. (DNF) 15W-Alex Williamson[2]; 8. (DNF) 24-Dylan Goettl[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jacob Bleess[3]; 2. 0-Brandon Duellman[4]; 3. 95X-Shaun Walski[1]; 4. 14-Paul Neisius[2]; 5. 98M-Mitchel Madery[7]; 6. 61T-Tammy Soma Clark[5]; 7. (DNF) 17W-Ryan Wiome[6]; 8. (DNF) 97X-Don Schaefer[8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Josh Angst[4]; 2. 25-Joe Chisholm[3]; 3. 95-Keith Foss[2]; 4. 28-Parker Hale[5]; 5. 97-Cole Anderson[7]; 6. 23-Darwin Karau[6]; 7. 4A-Joel Alberts[1]

USRA Stock Cars

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 56H-Brandon Hare[1]; 2. 14A-Blake Adams[2]; 3. 23-Brayden Gjere[5]; 4. 16-Jake James[3]; 5. 27-Shawn Peter[4]; 6. 67-Levi Schott[7]; 7. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[18]; 8. 21X-Xander Treichel[8]; 9. 2-Andrew Bleess[9]; 10. 01-Kory Adams[14]; 11. 7X-Andrew Eischens[11]; 12. 86-Phil Wernert[16]; 13. 21-Andrew Borchardt[10]; 14. 711/2-Greg Jensen[15]; 15. 28-David Gustafson[17]; 16. 60-Colby Mann[13]; 17. (DNF) 14-Brady Williamson[12]; 18. (DNF) 67F-Kyle Falck[6]; 19. (DNF) 09-Mason McEvers[19]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 67F-Kyle Falck[5]; 2. 23-Brayden Gjere[1]; 3. 14A-Blake Adams[6]; 4. 14-Brady Williamson[3]; 5. 01-Kory Adams[4]; 6. 28-David Gustafson[2]; 7. (DNF) 09-Mason McEvers[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 56H-Brandon Hare[5]; 2. 27-Shawn Peter[6]; 3. 2-Andrew Bleess[3]; 4. 7X-Andrew Eischens[2]; 5. 711/2-Greg Jensen[4]; 6. 86-Phil Wernert[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Jake James[1]; 2. 67-Levi Schott[6]; 3. 21X-Xander Treichel[2]; 4. 21-Andrew Borchardt[5]; 5. 60-Colby Mann[3]; 6. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[4]

USRA Hobby Stocks

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 38S-Nick Schwebach[1]; 2. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[4]; 3. 15C-Caden Helle[7]; 4. 03-Dustin Doughty[10]; 5. 35-Luke Schluetter[9]; 6. 10-Blake Schneekloth[3]; 7. 47P-Parker Anderson[6]; 8. 99J-Jeremy Werner[5]; 9. 7-Steve Dwyer[15]; 10. 15R-Ryan Crooks[8]; 11. 32J-Carter Jonsgaard[2]; 12. 01G-Gavin Bussinger[11]; 13. 71-Jonathan Hansen[12]; 14. 02F-Samuel Fitterer[19]; 15. 67-Nathan Albrecht[17]; 16. 07-Pat McCarthy[16]; 17. 28K-Kaitlyn Paulson[13]; 18. (DNF) 19M-Seth Maier[14]; 19. (DNF) 59F-Austin Fishel[18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Luke Schluetter[3]; 2. 47P-Parker Anderson[4]; 3. 10-Blake Schneekloth[6]; 4. 01G-Gavin Bussinger[1]; 5. 19M-Seth Maier[2]; 6. 07-Pat McCarthy[5]; 7. 59F-Austin Fishel[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 03-Dustin Doughty[3]; 2. 15C-Caden Helle[5]; 3. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[4]; 4. 15R-Ryan Crooks[6]; 5. 28K-Kaitlyn Paulson[1]; 6. (DNF) 02F-Samuel Fitterer[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 38S-Nick Schwebach[3]; 2. 32J-Carter Jonsgaard[1]; 3. 99J-Jeremy Werner[5]; 4. 71-Jonathan Hansen[4]; 5. 7-Steve Dwyer[2]; 6. 67-Nathan Albrecht[6]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 83X-Kadden Kath[3]; 2. 13-Nick Koehler[4]; 3. 83R-Kullen Kath[2]; 4. 83K-Kobie Kath[1]; 5. 98D-Christopher Deno[7]; 6. 83S-Billy Steinberg[6]; 7. 22H-Jayme Hiller[11]; 8. 88-Jacob Toepper[10]; 9. 24M-Adam Martinson[5]; 10. 9-Isaac Clark[8]; 11. 24-Liz Toepper[9]; 12. 48-Dave Solum[12]; 13. 15-Cole Neisius[20]; 14. 19C-Colin Wittenberg[14]; 15. 79K-Nick Kramer[17]; 16. 21S-Brian Schott[18]; 17. 73X-Nick Neisius[19]; 18. (DNF) 40-Colton Kramer[13]; 19. (DNF) 24S-Shane Southard[15]; 20. (DNF) 5G-Patrick McCarthy[16]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 83S-Billy Steinberg[1]; 2. 13-Nick Koehler[6]; 3. 98D-Christopher Deno[5]; 4. 88-Jacob Toepper[2]; 5. 40-Colton Kramer[7]; 6. 5G-Patrick McCarthy[3]; 7. 21S-Brian Schott[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24M-Adam Martinson[2]; 2. 83R-Kullen Kath[4]; 3. 83K-Kobie Kath[6]; 4. 22H-Jayme Hiller[5]; 5. 19C-Colin Wittenberg[3]; 6. 79K-Nick Kramer[7]; 7. 73X-Nick Neisius[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 83X-Kadden Kath[1]; 2. 9-Isaac Clark[3]; 3. 24-Liz Toepper[2]; 4. 48-Dave Solum[4]; 5. 24S-Shane Southard[6]; 6. (DNF) 15-Cole Neisius[5]

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