SPRING VALLEY, Minn. — An overnight and early morning shower set up hit the Deer Creek Speedway on this Saturday but the crew got out and prepared the track for another great night of racing action. With the temp in the low 90’s and high humidity and coming off a highly successful Featherlite Gopher 50 the fans and drivers poured into the speedway for Images Night at the speedway.

Mike Sorensen led lap one of the EZ Fabricating USRA Modifieds with Brad Waits in second. A caution on lap two reset the field and gave Bob Timm a chance to moved under Waits as the two drivers actually caught the leader as they put Sorensen in the middle of the modified sandwhich.

Sorensen held on for the lead with Timm moving into second. Another early restart with four down saw Timm move power down low and alongside of Sorensen for the lead. Timm took over the spot and on the next lap Todd Scharkey suddenly slowed with a flat right front causing the field to bunch up behind the fifth running machine.

Timm held the point while Sorensen had his hands full of Waits and Steve Wetzstein as they raced for second. With 10 laps completed Jay Ihrke had started 24th on the field and was in the fifth spot battling with Jeff Schluetter.

Timm continued to build up his advantage over the last 15 laps with Sorensen and Waits racing for second until Waits pulled off with a flat right rear. This moved Schluetter up into the third spot with Greg Jensen finishing fourth in his best run ever at the speedway since moving up to the USRA Modifieds. Ihrke came home fifth.

Racing action resumes at the speedway next Saturday night at 6:00 with action in all five classes.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly Racing Series
Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Saturday, June 16, 2007

EZ Fabricating USRA MODIFIEDS

Feature - Bob Timm, Mike Sorensen, Jeff Schuetter, Greg Jensen, Jay Ihrke, Shawn Peterson, Ben Rippentrop, Brian Shaw, Joey Galloway, Doug Hillson, Tom Paulson, Steve Wetzstein, Ryan York, Tyler Rubin, Craig Bentzin, Bob Fisher, Scott Vesely, Dwaine Hanson, Greg Erickson, Brad Waits, Joe Wernecke, Jacob Dahle, Dain Schultz, Todd Scharkey, Tim Donlinger.

Heat 1 – Waits, Shaw, Rippentrop, Wernecke, Galloway, Bentzin, Dagkem Vesely, Erickson.

Heat 2 – Wetzstein, Scharkey, Hanson, Peterson, Schultz, York, Rubin, Paulson.

Heat 3 – Timm, Sorensen, Schluetter, Jensen, Fisher, Donlinger, Hillson, Ihrke.