Davis, Kath conquer “The Creek”


SPRING VALLEY, Minn. -- The Hinz Trucking USRA B-Mods pulled onto the track first for their feature event with Shaun Walski jumping into the early lead. Erik Kanz sat in second early with Jacob Bleess close behind in third. Alex Williamson and Josh Smith raced for fourth.

A caution with two complete saw a four-car pile-up on the restart. Walski led on the ensuing restart with Kylie Kath moving into second with Bleess following through to third.

With four down Parker Hale raced under Bleess for the fourth spot while up front Kath set sail on the leader. On lap six Kath moved under Walski for the lead as another caution flew on lap seven. On the restart Kanz battled with Walski for the second spot but Walski was not to be denied the runner up spot and battled back into the second spot.

Up front it was all Kath as he slowly pulled away from the field. Bleess and Hale battled for fourth with Bleess taking the spot only to have Hale push him into one and push Bleess up the track slightly allowing Hale to take over the spot.

Another caution with twelve down saw Hale and Ben Moudry get together shuffling them back out of the top six. Bleess worked into fourth and then with fifteen down Bleess moved under Kanz for the third spot.

As the checkers flew over the field it was Kath, Walski, Bleess, Kanz and Smith in the top five.

The NAPA AutoCare USRA Modifieds were up next with Brad Waits, Jason Cummins and Steve Wetzstein racing for the lead out of turn two. Wetzstein worked the top side of the speedway for the lead, while Cummins circled low. Brandon Davis moved past Waits for third and then he chose a line that combined high and low.

Cummins kept the pressure on Wetzstein until lap nine when Davis started to move on Cummins. With eleven down Davis took over second and started to work on Wetzstein up front. ON lap thirteen Davis moved past Wetzstein for the lead. Cummins and Wetzstein battled for the second spot until the checkers flew over the speedway.

At the finish it was Davis with the win. Cummins, Wetzstein, Waits and Jake Timm rounding out the top five.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series
Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Saturday, May 12, 2012

USRA B-MODS

Feature: Kylie Kath, Shaun Walski, Jacob Bleess, Erik Kanz, Josh Smith, Scott Demmer, Ben Moudry, Parker Hale, Josh Gesell, Jerry Young, Alex Williamson, Dean Hoffman, Pete Kylie, Terry Kohnert, Brady Keefe, Jack Baehman, Alan Wagner, Mike Chisholm.

Heat 1: Walski, Kanz, Williamson, Bleess, Hale, Wagner, Hoffman, Demmer, Keefe.

Heat 2: Kath, Smith, Moudry, Baehman, young, Gesell, Kohnert, Kylie, Chisholm.

USRA MODIFIEDS

"A" Feature: Brandon Davis, Jason Cummins, Steve Wetzstein, Brad Waits, Jake Timm, Bob Timm, Jason miller, Todd Scharkey, Lucas Schott, Eric Dailey, Nate Wasmund, Jay Ihrke, Josh Angst, Bobby Swanson, Joel Alberts, Dan Bohr, Joe Horgdal, Tom Brink, Nick Herrick, Terry Timmerman, Mick Glenn, JJ Wise, Darwyn Karau, Chris Oertel, Ric Fynbo, Troy Hovey.

"B" Feature: Herrick, Brink, Karau, Timmerman, Horgdal, Hovey, Cole Queensland, James Broszeit, Kurt Krauskopf, Pat Grahm, Dwaine Hanson, Jeremy Misgen, Tim Thomas, Bill Clemens, Doug Herrick, Greg Jensen.

Heat 1: Swanson, Scharkey, Glenn, Fynbo, Oertel, Karau, Clemens, Krauskopf, D. Herrick.

Heat 2: Davis, Dailey, Wasmund, Schott, Miller, N. Herrick, Broszeit, Misgen, Hanson.

Heat 3: Wetzstein, Angst, J. Timm, Alberts, Wise, Horgdal, Queensland, Grahm, Thomas.

Heat 4: Cummins, B. Timm, Waits, Bohr, Ihrke, Brink, Jensen, Hovey, Timmerman.