Donlinger back in Deer Creek winners circle

  • July 5, 2008
  • by Bill Nelson

SPRING VALLEY, Minn. - With rainouts all over the Southern Minnesota area for the first three months of the racing season, fans and drivers flocked to Deer Creek Speedway as a huge contingent of drivers and fans were on hand. The record-breaking crowd for this event was entertained all night long with exciting racing action in five classes.

When Tim Donlinger starts on the front row for the EZ Fabricating USRA Modified feature you know the rest fo the field is typically in trouble.

It was no different Saturday night as Donlinger led lap 1. Jeff Schluetter was in second early and Ryan York in third. Tommy Myer and Brad Waits were in fourth and fifth early but quickly they worked through the field.

With 20 laps to go, a caution waved. On the restart, Waits took over second with Myer in third while Todd Scharkey, Nate Wasmund and York were three-wide for fourth.

Two laps later, Myer moved under Waits to take over second.

Another car working through the field was Bob Timm, who was just outside the top-5 at the halfway point.

Donlinger continued strong up front while Myer and Waits were racing hard for second.

Myer held onto second as Donlinger took home the win. Waits held off the hard-charging Timm for third with Jason Cummins getting past Wasmund late for fifth.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series
Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Saturday, July 5, 2008

USRA MODIFIEDS

“A” Feature: Tim Donlinger, Tommy Myer, Brad Waits, Bob Timm, Jason Cummins, Mike Sorensen, Nate Wasmund, Mick Glenn, Ryan York, Jeff Schluetter, Doug Hillson, Neil Eckhart, Tyler Clark, Ben Anderson, Darwyn Karau, Jay Poidinger, Joe Wernecke, Tom Brink, Terry Timmerman, Shaun Olson, Josh Angst, Josh Mattick, Todd Scharkey, Layne Meyer.

“B” Feature: Brink, Timmerman, Mattick, Olson, James Parker, Brian Shaw, Tracy Christianson, Craig Scott, Greg Jensen.

Heat 1: Glenn, Wasmund, Clark, Anderson, Angst, Timmerman, Shaw.

Heat 2: Waits, York, Wernecke, Poidinger, Karau, Scott, Fisher, Parker.

Heat 3: Timm, Donlinger, Schluetter, Sorensen, Hillson, Jensen, Olson, Christianson.

Heat 4: Myer, Cummins, Scharkey, Eckhart, Meyer, Brink, Mattick.