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It wasn't a matter of "if" for Justin Sass, but a matter of "when." By Jason Feldman Sports Reporter Rochester Post Bulletin SPRING VALLEY, MN (August 9) - The "when" turned out to be Saturday night at Deer Creek Speedway, as the Alma, Wis., Late Model driver held off a talented field of drivers to capture his first career feature win in a Late Model. The feature victory came just hours after Sass took his first checkered flag in a Late Model, too, winning his heat race. Sass, in his second season in a Late Model, led the final 15 laps of the 25-lap feature, fending off track points leader Nick Herrick and Keith Foss. "This is awesome," he said. "It's what we've been waiting for since we moved up to a Late Model last year. It's great; it's about time." Sass started on the outside of Row 2 and it took him 10 laps to get by Nick Kramer for the lead. Sass went underneath Kramer in between Turns 3 and 4 on the 10th lap of the feature, then rode the high side of the track to his first win of the season. Herrick finished second, followed by Foss, Mike Prochnow and Joe Ludemann. STREET STOCKS A recent wreck became a blessing in disguise for Zumbrota's Troy Voth. "I owe a little thanks to a crash I had out here," Voth said. "We found something in the car after that and it worked tonight." Voth passed Karl Hewitt Jr. on the high side of the track with seven laps to go in the 18-lap Street Stock feature and won a battle down the stretch with Danny Hanson and AJ Zvorak. Voth, who sits sixth in the season points standings, beat the top three points leaders. Zvorak entered Saturday's races with a slim four-point lead over Ryan Goergen and a six-point lead over Hanson. "These guys I race against are a great bunch of guys," Voth said. "Danny was on the inside of me, but he always races me clean." Hanson finished second, Zvorak third, Goergen fourth and Chuck Nerland placed fifth. USRA MODIFIEDS Jason Cummins continues to prove he belongs in the same category as top area drivers Tim Donlinger and Brad Waits this season. Donlinger has led the Deer Creek points race all season, until Waits took over the lead after Saturday's races, and Waits has won three features at Deer Creek. Like Donlinger and Waits, Cummins is now a multiple-feature winner at Deer Creek this summer. He drove his Skyrocket into Victory Lane for the second time this season on Saturday night. Cummins, Waits and Donlinger are the only drivers to win at Deer Creek this year. "It feels better than I can describe," Cummins told the crowd. "It's like the car says, it's a Skyrocket. We've had a few mishaps, but we can't complain. The hard work and dedication we've put into it, it's all worth it." OTHER WINNERS Albert Wytaske took the lead in the Midwest Modifieds feature just four laps into the race. He hung on to win, despite some back-and-forth bumping with Dan Wheeler over the final two laps. It's Wytaske's third win of the season and it helped him slightly close the gap on points leader Kenny Wytaske. It was also Albert Wytaske's eighth top-5 finish of the summer at Deer Creek. Cole Queensland figured out early that the high side of the track was the place to be. He beat Jeff Brauer and Chris Groth to the finish line for his third feature win of the season. Points leader Dustin Nelson finished fourth, his 10th top-4 finish in 11 starts this season. Slingshot feature winners were Jordan Yaggy (Regular), Brayde Faulhaber of Stewartville (Junior) and Dustin Sorenson of Rochester (Pee-Wee). The next scheduled races at Deer Creek are Aug. 16 at 6 p.m., the next-to-last track points races of the season. RESULTS USRA MODIFIEDS Feature - 1. Jason Cummins, 2. Todd Scharkey, 3. Mike Sorenson, 4. Layne Meyer, 5. Brad Waits. Heat 1 - 1. Meyer, 2. Ryan York, 3. Ryan Gustin. Heat 2 - 1. Waits, 2. Cummins, 3. Greg Jensen. Heat 3 - 1. Scharkey, 2. Sorenson, 3. Josh Angst. WISSOTA LATE MODELS Feature - 1. Justin Sass, 2. Nick Herrick, 3. Keith Foss, 4. Mike Prochnow, 5. Joe Ludemann, 6. Adam Hensel, 7. Nick Kramer, 8. Dennis Hillson, 9. Tony Bloom, 10. Jerry Bloom, 11. Andy Altenburg, 12. Lucas Peterson, 13. Paul Novotny, 14. Dustin Reeh. Heat 1 - 1. Sass, 2. Foss, 3. Herrick, 4. Kramer, 5. Prochnow, 6. Altenburg, 7. J. Bloom. Heat 2 - 1. Hensel, 2. Ludemann, 3. Hillson, 4. T. Bloom, 5. Peterson, 6. Novotny, 7. Reeh. WISSOTA MIDWEST MODIFIEDS Feature - 1. Albert Wytaske, 2. Brandon Davis, 3. Jared Boumeester, 4. Kenny Wytaske, 5. Dan Wheeler, 6. Joel Alberts, 7. Jerry Young, 8. Sam Siskow, 9. Bryan Hernandez, 10. Andrew Wiste, 11. Bob Bunne, 12. Bobby Swanson, 13. Chris Gilbertson, 14. Carter Brandt, 15. Mike Sample, 16. Joe Horgdal, 17. Shaun Walski, 18. Rick Toutges, 19. Ric Fynbo, 20. Harlan Morehart, 21. Travis Krause, 22. Jimmie Arnold, 23. Pat McCarthy, 24. Andy Bohnstengel. B Main - 1. Morehart, 2. Horgdal, 3. Toutges, 4. McCarthy, 5. Ryan Stebbins, 6. JR Jones, 7. Tyron Friese, 8. Pete Bushman, 9. Craig Shaw. Heat 1 - 1. K. Wytaske, 2. Brandt, 3. Siskow, 4. Gilbertson, 5. Bohnstengel, 6. Stebbins, 7. McCarthy. Heat 2 - 1. Wheeler, 2. Krause, 3. Davis, 4. Walski, 5. Fynbo, 6. Jones, 7. Bushman. Heat 3 - 1. A. Wytaske, 2. Swanson, 3. Alberts, 4. Boumeester, 5. Hernandez, 6. Horgdal, 7. Toutges. Heat 4 - 1. Wiste, 2. Arnold, 3. Young, 4. Bunne, 5. Sample, 6. Friese, 7. Morehart. WISSOTA STREET STOCKS Feature - 1. Troy Voth, 2. Danny Hanson, 3. AJ Zvorak, 4. Ryan Goergen, 5. Chuck Nerland, 6. Tim Siskow, 7. Karl Hewitt Jr., 8. Dan Bork, 9. Jesse Stahl, 10. Darryll Foegen, 11. Fred Prudoehl, 12. Sam Averbeck, 13. Todd Watts. Heat 1 - 1. Hewitt, 2. Hanson, 3. Zvorak, 4. Averbeck, 5. Nerland, 6. Stahl. Heat 2 - 1. Siskow, 2. Voth, 3. Foegen, 4. Goergen, 5. Prudoehl, 6. Bork, 7. Watts. WISSOTA SUPER STOCKS Feature - 1. Cole Queensland, 2. Jeff Brauer, 3. Chris Groth, 4. Dustin Nelson, 5. Kevin Hager, 6. Dave Solum, 7. Wyatt Wolfe Jr., 8. Ed Sanders, 9. John Thissen, 10. Brett Dulas, 11. Harlan Morehart, 12. Brian Fetting. Heat 1 - 1. Hager, 2. Brauer, 3. Sanders, 4. Fetting, 5. Wolfe, 6. Solum. Heat 2 - 1. Queensland, 2. Groth, 3. Nelson, 4. Morehart, 5. Dulas, 6. Thissen. REGULAR SLINGSHOTS Feature - 1. Jordan Yaggy, 2. Lucas Schott, 3. Parker Hale, 4. Alex Williamson, 5. Ben Riker, 6. Jackson Koster, 7. Taran Jack, 8. (name not available), 9. Jace Bunne, 10. Nathan Bunne. Heat 1 - 1. Williamson, 2. Hale, 3. Yaggy, 4. J. Bunne, 5. Schott, 6. Riker, 7. Jack, 8. (name not available), 9. Koster, 10. N. Bunne. Heat 2 - 1. Yaggy, 2. Schott, 3. Williamson, 4. J. Bunne, 5. Riker, 6. Hale, 7. Koster, 8. Jack, 9. (no name available), 10. N. Bunne. JUNIOR SLINGSHOTS Feature - 1. Brayde Faulhaber, 2. Lucas Schott, 3. Dustin Sorenson, 4. Parker Hale, 5. Jace Bunne, 6. Sydney Alberts, 7. Alex Williamson, 8. Jerome Keller, 9. Jackson Koster, 10. Evan Doty, 11. Nathan Bunne. Heat 1 - 1. Faulhaber, 2. Sorenson, 3. Schott, 4. N. Bunne, 5. J. Bunne, 6. Koster, 7. Alberts, 8. Hale, 9. Kellner, 10. Williamson, 11. Doty. Heat 2 - 1. Hale, 2. J. Bunne, 3. Koster, 4. Schott, 5. Faulhaber, 6. Sorenson, 7. Alberts, 8. Williamson, 9. N. Bunne, 10. Kellner, 11. Doty. PEE-WEE SLINGSHOTS Feature - 1. Dustin Sorenson, 2. Brayde Faulhaber, 3. Lexi Schott, 4. Garrett Koster, 5. JT Wasmund, 6. Jackson Hale. Heat 1 - 1. Sorenson, 2. Faulhaber, 3. Schott, 4. Koster, 5. Wasmund, 6. Hale. Heat 2 - 1. Faulhaber, 2. Sorenson, 3. Koster, 4. Schott, 5. Hale, 6. Wasmund. |