SPRING VALLEY, Minn. - High winds, cool temps and rain in the surrounding counties did not deter a field of 101 cars from entering the pit area of Deer Creek Speedway on this early May day. With winds blowing directly into the grandstands the fans were reminded that we are at a dirt track on a Saturday night in Minnesota as they got a little dusty and a little grit in their teeth.

The track crew did a great job with a little touchup work at intermission they graded the cushion off the top and laid a little more moisture to the surface providing some great action in the feature events.

Tommy Myer bolted to the lead in the EZ Fabricating USRA Modifieds with Bob Timm and Tyler Rubin racing for second with the rest of the field going two- and three-wide through the corners early on.

Twenty three to go and Timm took over second with Jeff Scluetter getting past Rubin for third. Rubin now had his hands full with Mike Sorensen while Schluetter tried to pressure Timm.

Twenty to go and the battle for fourth was now three-wide and Rubin, Sorensen and Kelly Shryock exited turn four.

Another great battle was ensuing behind them with Jacob Dahle, Steve Wetzstein, Corey Dripps, Jason Cummins and Jay Ihrke all in a tight pack swapping spots and racing two- and three-wide.

With seventeen to go the race up front was getting exciting. Timm worked low on Myer in three and four and pulled alongside of him. As they raced down the front straight Myer moved lower to block Timm who then went to the high side entering one.

Myer had Timm by about three-quarters of a car when he moved higher on the backstretch pinching Timm into the wall. Myer got the worse end of the racing incident as his car slammed the wall in the backstretch and slid up the wall, ending his night.

On the restart Shryock, now in second, started working Timm for the lead with Sorensen behind them. Shryock took the lead with twelve to go and slowly pulled out front. Dripps worked into the top five while Rubin and Wetzstein continued their race long battle for sixth.

Shryock came home with the win with Timm and Sorensen rounding out the top three.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly Racing Series
Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Saturday, May 5, 2007

USRA Modifieds

Feature - Kelly Shryock, Bob Timm, Mike Sorensen, Jeff Schluetter, Corey Dripps, Tyler Rubin, Steve Wetzstein, Jay Ihrke, Jason Cummins, Brian Shaw, Doug Hillson, Jacob Dahle, Terry Timmerman, Ben Rippentrop, Tom Paulson, Bob Fisher, Matt Aarsvold, Joe Wernecke, Tommy Myer, Greg Jensen, Todd Scharkey, Ryan York.

Heat 1 – York, Rubin, Schluetter, Myer, Wernecke, Paulson, Fisher, Shaw.

Heat 2 – Scharkey, Shyrock, Dahle, Dripps, Ihrke, Jensen, Rippentrop.

Heat 3 – Sorensen, Timm, Cummins, Wetzstein, Hillson, Aarsvold, Timmerman.