SPRING VALLEY, MINN. – If past editions of the Featherlite Fall Jamboree are any indication, race fans are in store
for a nail-biting thrill ride this year when the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship invades the Deer Creek Speedway, Sept. 23-26.

But this year, fans will get a lethal dose of sensory overload before each night’s main event even begins.

In an attempt to top last year’s exploding bombs that illuminated the 30 main event starters on Saturday night, the Hanson Tire Laser Light Show this year will incorporate dazzling laser light effects into the show to add new levels of excitement and pizzazz.

Displays of spatial and beam effects and animated graphic sequences will practically make the Deer Creek Speedway visible from outer space, but ticket holders will have a front row seat for the one-of-a-kind extravaganza.

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The Featherlite Fall Jamboree is the undisputed marquee event for America’s “who’s who” of dirt Modified racing as they converge on the Deer Creek Speedway near the tiny rural town of Spring Valley, Minn., for a possible $12,000 to win over three big days. Three complete shows are on tap each night, with an open practice session on Wednesday to kick off the festivities. Special events include the annual Golf Scramble, Karaoke Night and dozens of other activities and special awards.

Along with the high-powered USMTS Modifieds, the 11th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree will also feature WISSOTA Midwest Mods.

Spring Valley MN- Taylor Overbo led out of turn two on the first lap of the Dirt Doctor Trucking WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature event with Travis Krause close in second. With two laps completed Krause moved under Overbo and took over the lead. Jerry Young and Bob Bunne were locked in their own battle for fourth. Aj Wiste sate in third and slowly started to gain ground on Overbo for second With fourteen to go Wiste completed the pass to take over second. A caution with twelve to go bunched the field back up with Krause again jumpi8ng out to the early lead. Wiste in second and Jared Boumeester now working into the top five. With ten to go Troy Brand and Young were side by side for third with Brand holding him off for the spot. Another caution with nine to go saw Krause lead with Wiste and Brand now side by side for second. Wiste kept the spot as Boumeester now raced with Brand for third. Boumeester took the spot as another caution flew with seven to go. Krause jumped out front again while Brandon Davis and Dan Wheeler were racing for sixth on the restart after starting the feature at the tail of the field.
Boumeester and Wiste continued to battle side by side for the second spot as Krause continued to lead up front. The top three raced that way to the finish with Krause taking home the win

The DCS Pure Stocks were up next as they ran three wide for the lead early. Dylan Nelson took the lead as Jason Newkirk moved into second. James Connors quickly worked into second on the first restart with Kevin Vogt looking for some racing room. With eight to go Vogt and Connors were side by side for second and gaining on Nelson up front. With six to go Nelson and Vogt were side by side for the lead. Vogt took over the top spot but a caution flew with two to go. On the restart Nelson and Vogt got hooked together out of two but were able to shake it loose after Wayne Bellrichard raced by into the lead. Nelson quickly regained to move into second and started to chase down Bellrichard for the lead. On the last lap Nelson was now side by side for the lead and entering turn three Nelson completed the pass to take home the checkers with Bellrichard coming home second.

Shaun Wehlage led lap one of the US ARMY WISSOTA Super Stock main event with Greg Mattick in second. Cole Queensland and Dave Solum were racing for third. Queensland took third on lap two while Dave Mass moved past Solum for fourth. Jeff Brauer also worked past Solum and was now racing mass for fourth as a caution flew. On the restart Mass, Queensland and Wehlage were three wide for the lead until Wehlage dropped back slightly allowing the other two to decide the lead. Mass gained control two laps later and started to pull out to a small gap as Brauer now worked into third. Queensland quickly made up the ground and started to work on the inside of Mass for the lead. Mass continued to hold off Queensland while Brauer was now battling to keep Chris Groth behind him. As the final checkers flew Mass took home the win followed by Queensland and Brauer.

Nick Herrick led every lap of the Altenburg Construction WISSOTA Late Model feature. Dennis Hillson and Dustin Reeh raced for the second spot behind the lead early on with Justin Sass joining them with two laps down. As Reeh dropped back Doug Herrick joined the two in another three car battle for second. Doug took second as Lance Matthees now joined Sass and Hillson in a
three car battle for third. With sixteen to go Matthees took over third as Nick slowly stretch out the lead over his brother in second. Sass raced in fourth while Hillson sat in fifth. A restart with fifteen to go saw Nick jump out into the lead with Matthees working into second. Keith Foss sat behind Doug Herrick in fourth Foss quickly moved past Doug for third as the field circled the track for the remaining laps of the feature. Nick took home his first victory of the season ending an almost two year drought ahead of Matthees and Foss.

A great field of cars were on hand in the EZ fabricating USRA Modifieds tonight and their feature race was awesome. Mike Sorensen led early with Todd Scharkey quickly working into second. Jeff James and Jason Cummins were side by side for third on Scharkey’s rear bumper early. James and Cummins split Scharkey on lap fifth with Cummins taking over the second spot. James now was battling with Nate Wasmund for third as a caution flew with nineteen to go. On the restart Sorensen led with Cummins on his rear bumper. Cummins took the lead on the next lap with Wasmund following him and now racing Sorensen for second. Steve Wetzstein was showing a lot of speed after starting fourteenth he took over the fifth spot with fourteen to go. A caution with thirteen to go negated Cummins straight away lead over the field but he did jump back out front on the restart. Wasmund, Wetzstein and Sorensen were three wide behind the lead. Sorensen held on for the second spot as Wasmund now was trying to hold off Bobby Swanson for fourth behind Wetzstein. With five to go Cummins built up a straightway lead over the field. Scharkey started working forward again moving past Swanson for fifth and on then next lap under Wasmund for fourth. Cummins cruised home for the win with Sorensen and Wetzstein rounding out the top five.

Spring Valley MN-Albert Wytaske led lap one of the Dirt Doctor Trucking WISSOTA Midwest Modified Feature with AJ Wiste and Bryan Hernandez running door to door for second. The first cuation came with two laps completed. Wiste worked under Wytaske for the lead on lap three Hernandez, Jared Boumeester and Brandon David were three wide for third as another caution flew. The third caution waved on the next lap but on the restart the action started heating up again. Hernandez was battling Wiste for the lead while Davis and Wytaske were racing for third. Another caution flew with thirteen to go which saw the battle for the lead resume. Two lasp late it was Wiste with the advantage. A caution at the halfway point saw the field take its fifth
yellow dropping five laps off its feature length. Hernandez chased Wiste all the way to the checkers, working him low but not able to get enough of a run to make a pass. Davis, Wyatske and Dan Wheeler rounded out the top five. heat race wins went to Jason Born, Davis adn Wytaske.

In the Jim’s AutoCare WISSOTA Street Stock Feature event Dan Holland jumped out to the early lead with Donny Ganz close behind in second. Jimmy Patzner, Fred Prudoehl, Danny Hanson and Cory Crapser were in a heated four car battle for fourth. Hanson took the fourth spot and on lap three worked past Ganz to take over third as Jesse Baer had worked past Ganz a lap earlier to take over second. With four completed Crapser started to pressure Hanson for third and completed the pass on the next lap. After clearing Hanson Crapser worked past Baer to move into second. With ten to go Crapser moved past Holland to take the lead. A restart with seven to go saw Holland putting pressure on Crapser up front while he had Hanson working his outside trying to take over second. With three to go Hanson took over the second spot but it was short lived as Holland came back on the highside on the white flag lap to take over the second spot and follow Crapser across teh line. Hanson, Baer and AJ Zvorak rounded out the top five. Heat races were won by Prudoehl and Crapser.

Ed Sanders took off on the first lap for the US ARMY WISSOTA Super Stock feature event with Josh Anderson and Kevin Hager racing for second. Anderson took over second on lap two and immediately started to work on catching Sanders up front. With four completed Anderson moved low to work on the leader while Cole Queensland moved up into third and followed Sanders
around the track. Sanders had his hands full with Queensland looking for a way around while trying to hold off Anderson below. With thirteen to go Anderson took the lead with Queensland moving along into second. Queensland worked Anderson until seven to go he moved past Anderson to take the lead. Queensland cruised out to a good lead to take home the win. Jeff Brauer followed Anderson home after clearing Sanders lat in the race for third. Sanders and Tim Williamson rounded out the top five. Anderson and Hager took home heat wins.

A couple special bonuses were on hand for the Dart Challenge Series for WISSOTA Late Models tonight. Hanson Tire Service of Leroy added $250.00 to the winners share making the event a $3250.00 to win event and Greg Hummel a long time supporter of the speedway added $300 to the hard charger award. Eric Pember jumped out to the early lead of the forty lap event with Rick Hanestad working under Jason Rauen for second. Rauen and Cory Mahder raced for third until Rauen got the top side flying and moved around Hanestad for the second spot again. The lightning fast track saw the field two and three wide early as they jockeyed for positions. With four down the first caution waved. Pember led them to the green and took off with Hanestad again in second. Mahder and Adam Hensel raced for third as Rauen moved back to fourth. Hensel took control of third as the middle of the track looked to be the fast lane early on but many cars from eighth on back looked to be trying to work in the bottom of the speedway. Another caution with twenty three to go slowed the field. Pember again led with Hensel and Hanestad now door to door for second. Hanestad was too strong and held onto the second spot while Pat Doar used the bottom of the speedway to move into fifth. The top five held that way until twelve to go and then you could tell that Doar was getting the bottom to work in. While Hensel and Rauen were still trying to decide who would be third Doar rocketed around the bottom and took over both of their spots to now run in third. Mahder moved up to race Rauen and Hensel as they went three wide for fourth as a caution flew. On the restart Pember led but Doar now moved into second and was running the low line. With seven to go they crossed the line side by side for the lead but Pember held the slight advantage and then moved a little lower on the speedway
taking away Doar’s line. Pember took home the win followed by Doar, Hensel, Hanestad and Mahder.

The final race of the night saw the EZ Fabricating USRA Modifieds racing for $1250 to win as Hanson Tire also put up $250 to the winner of this event. Joel Alberts led lap one until Jeff Schlutter moved past him for the lead. jay Ihrke made his presence known early as he moved into second. Corey Dripps now worked past Alberts for third with three laps down. With nineteen to go Nate Wasmund had a hot ride and moved up to challenge Dripps for third. He took the position and three laps later moved past Ihrke to take over second. Kelly Shryock and Josh Angst raced for fifth with Jason Cummins on their heels. Schluetter had pulled away slightly from the pack but Wasmund was now quickly reeling him in. With ten to go Wasmund powered in hard through three and coming out of four took the lead. Late in the race Shryock worked under both Schluetter and Ihrke with Cummins also
working past Ihrke. At the line it was Wasmund out front to a comfortable win and his only regular season win of his career at the speedway. Shryock, Schluetter, Cummins and Ihrke rounded out the top five. Heat wins went to Shryock, Dripps and Mike Sorensen.

Spring Valley MN–Regular racing action resumed this afternoon with the Pepsi Slingshots hitting the Button Buck Speedway for their racing action First up was the Junior division with Matthew Schlisman jumping out to the early lead with Lexi Schott moving quickly into the second spot. On lap two Schott moved low going into three and exited four with the lead. A late restart allowed
Jace Bunne to work under Schlisman to take away the second spot with Schott taking home the win. JT Wasmund and Jim Chisholm drag raced into one for the PeeWee division with both cars going up and over turn two allowing Jackson Hale to drive under them into the lead. With half the race complete the leader spun in two bringing out the caution . On the restart Chisholm moved into the lead until the next lap when his car pushed up in four allowing Hale to take over the lead and Wasmund into the second spot. They raced this way to the checkers. The final Slingshot race of the day pulled on the track with Lucas Schott taking the early lead in the Regular division. Parker Hale moved into second with Cody Gardner pressuring him for second quickly. As the leaders started to work traffic Hale pressured Schott for the lead but was unable to get around. A caution with two to go set up a d final dash. Schott led with Hale and Gardner racing side by side for second. Gardner took the spot away while Mac Alberts also worked by Hale to take over third. At the line it was Schott with the win.

Bob Bunne led into corner one of the Dirt Doctor Trucking WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature event making contact with Bryan Hernandez out of two as they both slowed bringing out the caution and ending their nights in the pits. On the restart Jason Born led lap one, Chris Gilbertson and David Stevens raced for second. Behind them sat Brandon Davis trying to overtake them. With fifteen to go Davis moved into third and Dustin Scott took over fourth as they tried to catch up to Stevens now soundly in second. Born looked steady up front and continued to hit his marks as he ran around the speedway. Stevens and Davis slowly started to reel in the leader and with five to go the top three were now close. As they rounded four to take the white flag Born held on with Stevens in second and Davis in third all nose to tail. Davis drove in low into one and took away the second spot but was unable to mount a serious challenge for the lead allowing Born to take home his first ever career win in any division.

Dan Holland led early in the Jims AutoCare WISSOTA Street Stock division with Fred Prudoehl and Dan Bork were side by side for second. Bork took over second with Cory Crapser working into third on lap two. With fourteen laps to go Crapser moved into the lead. A whale of a race was happening mid pack with a six car battle racing three and four wide for positions. A restart with eleven to go saw Crapser still leading, Holland in second and Bork and Danny Hanson now in a battle for third. The battle for third
became a race for second as they now went three wide for the position with five to go. Bork took over the second spot with Hanson and Troy Voth left to race for fourth. Voth took the spot late in the race but nobody had anything for Crapser up front as he cruised to another feature win.

Dave Solum took over the lead exiting turn two on the first lap of the US Army WISSOTA Super Stock. On lap two Ryan Siegle and Kevin Hager raced side by side for the second spot. Siegle took over second while further back Jeff Brauer and Cole Queensland started their run forward. With four completed Brauer and Queensland were side by side for third with Queensland getting the upperhand. On the next lap Queensland worked under Siegle to take over second. Solum was still strong up front with fourteen to go as Brauer worked on Siegle now for the third spot. With ten to go Brauer took over third as Queensland started to work on Solum for the lead. With four to go Queensland worked under Solum and took the lead with Brauer following
through to second. Queensland and Brauer raced hard to the line with Queensland taking the win, Brauer second and Solum rounding out the top three

The Altenburg Construction WISSOTA Late Model feature event saw Justin Sass jump out fron on lap one with Joe Ludemann in second. Lance Matthees worked into third on lap three with Nick Herrick and Nick Kramer racing for fourth. With eighteen to go Sass looked comfortable up front but a little wisp of smoke was developing from under the hood. Herrick was working on Matthees for third but was unable to accomplish a pass while Keith Foss sat in fifth. The last part of the race saw most of the field hold steady as Sass cruised home with the win. Ludemann came home in second with Matthees third.

A wicked crash at the start of the EZ Fabricating USRA Modified feature saw two strong runners taken off on the hook. As Ted Marrs spun down across the track Dan Bohr got involved and then Mike Sorensen with nowhere to go ran into the side of Bohr rolling Bohr’s car over as his own mount drove over the machine and then flipped onto its roof as it landed on the other side of
the car. All of the drivers were okay but unfortunately the cars will require a little work. On the restart Steve Wetzstein took control of the race. Brad Waits moved quickly into second with Layne Meyer close in third. With four laps completed Meyer moved above Waits to take over second while Jason Cummins challenged Waits for third. Waits regained the second spot on the next lap but one lap later relinquished teh spot to Meyer on the high side while Wetzstein moved back into second. With six completed Waits got past Wetzstein again and three laps later moved past Meyer for the lead. Meyer and Waits for the lead for the next five laps while Wetzstein and Cummins raced for third. A caution with thirteen to go set up another run by Waits in teh lead. Meyer in second. With ten to go Meyer pushed up in four allowing Wetzstein and now Tim Donlinger to work into second and third. This set up an exciting battle as Wetzstein squeezed between the wall and Waits they raced side by side for three laps each leading by a nose. With five to go Waits slid up in front of Wetzstein who turned down to move back under Waits they two made contact as Waits came back down the track slightly sending him back up into the wall. On the restart Wetzstein cruised to the finish line with Donlinger working into second and Cummins in third. Behind the lead trio Nate Wasmund worked into fourth after starting eighteenth on the field.

Racing action resumes next Saturday at 6:00

(Spring Valley MN) With overcast skies the Memorial Day weekend was kicked off at the Deer Creek Speedway in a big way. During the day racing action started at 2:00 with the Pepsi Slingshots on the Button Buck Speedway while in the Hospitality area Miner’s Outdoor and Rec were doing demos on their yard care products and golf carts and 4-wheelers along with great food. As the day progressed the skies cleared and the racing action heated up on Deer Creek Speedway

First racing of the day saw the Junior division of the Pepsi Slingshots pull onto the button buck speedway with Dustin Sorensen pulling in to the early lead After one lap was completed a restart was needed and on the restart something new happened for the speedway. After some contact from another driver Sorensen found his car turned sideways on the front straight then as
the tires dug into the speedway over it went. Sorensen rolled a complete turn landing on his wheels. After some quick tire work the car fired up and rejoined the field. On that ensuing restart Derek Clement used the high line to work around the Sorensen machine to take over the lead. Clement slowly pulled out front and cruised home to his first ever Pepsi Slingshot feature win with Sorensen coming home third and Matthew Schlisman third.

The Peewee division was uneventful with Jackson Hale pulling into the lead early and running away with it to the checkers. JT Wasmund finished a strong second and Jim Chisholm in the top three

Parker Hale led lap one of the Regular Slingshot division Jeremy Paulson looked for a way past early until the yellow waved. On the restart the top two stayed in formation while Brady Keefe lost power and pulled of the speedway. Sydney Alberts worked on Paulson for the rest of the race but was unable to muster up a pass following Paulson and Hale across the line.

The Dirt Doctor Trucking Midwest Modifieds were next to hit the track with Bob Bunne taking the early lead. Dustin Scott took the second spot with Jerry Young in third early on. The first restart was with thirteen to go, Bunne continued to lead with Brandon Davis working on Young for third. Young continued to hold the third spot and started to work to the low side of Scott for second. Another restart with nine to go saw Bunne continue to lead while Scott, Young and Davis went three wide for second. On the next lap Bunne was now three wide with Young and Davis for the lead as they dropped Scott back to fourth. Davis took over the lead out of four with Young following into second. Davis took home the win again with Young and Scott rounding out the top three.

Kevin Hager led early in the US Army WISSOTA Super Stock with Ryan Siegle sitting in second early. With two completed Siegle slid up in front of Hager to take over the lead. Michael Hofer sat in third for two laps until he pushed up the speedway allowing Cole Queensland and Jeff Brauer to move past. Queensland quickly started to pressure Hager for second while Brauer sat on his inside looking for some room to pass also. Queensland moved into second with Brauer keeping pace into third. With thirteen to go Queensland looked low on Siegle and then drove it in deep to slide up and take away the lead from Siegle. Queensland had a fast car and after clearing Siegle took off to run home with the win, Siegle came home second followed by Brauer.

The 35 lap $2,000 to win United States Modified Touring Series race was the last race of the night. Typically a car runs away in this series but not tonight. There were some great races throughout the field with some cars charging up through the field from deep in the pack but the action up front from the “3″ cars had the crowd jumping and cheering during the race. The 3d car of Tim Donlinger took the lead on lap one only to be passed by the other 3 Kelly Shryock on lap two. Shryock held the lead on the top cushion of the speedway while Donlinger worked the lower side of the speedway. Side by side at the line many times in the early laps but Shryock continued to old the slight advantage The car on the charge early was Jason Cummins who worked into the third spot with five down. Donlinger kept working the low line and with seven down pinched Cummins into the back stretch wall but both were able to continue but now Donlinger knew he had one working his outside. With nine laps completed Jason Hughes worked into the top five while Cummins and Donlinger had a great battle going on switching spots . A caution with fifteen down changed a lot. On the restart Shryock took off into the lead while Cummins blasted by Donlinger on the top side. On the next lap Cummins dove into the bottom and drifted up in front of Shryock to take the lead leaving Donlinger and Shryock to race for second. Cummins in the next five laps pulled out to a straightaway lead then a little smoke and a rough sounding engine sickened the crowds hearts. With thirteen laps left Cummins pulled up lame on the top of the speedway ending his strong run. On the restart Shryock and Donlinger were again racing for the lead however this time Donlinger took the lead with Shryock looking to get by. Ryan Gustin was now the man on a mission and blew through the top eight cars to settle into third. Gustin started working on Shryock for second and they swapped the spot many times until Shryock regained control with three to go.
Donlinger pulled out to a couple car length lead and took home the win with Shryock second, Gustin third, Hughes fourth and Dan Bohr working into the top five.