Author - Cole Queensland

Zevenbergen & Clinton Charge To Stock Car National Titles

Spring Valley, MN (September 18) By: Todd Narveson It was a spectacular day at Deer Creek Speedway for the 3rd Annual Stock Car Nationals presented by Altenburg Construction. Kid’s Dreams Come True, Podeins Power Equipment and Blake’s Auto also supported the program. A stout field of 55-Mensink Racing Products USRA Hobby Stocks signed in. Six heat races and three b-features sliced the field down to the 24-car field for the 25-lap feature that started three-wide. Pole sitter Austin Hoeft took the early lead, [...]

September 20, 2021 Read more...

O’Neil conquers ‘The Creek’ again, cashes another $10,000 USMTS check

Jake O’Neil’s mastery of the Deer Creek Speedway continued Saturday as he captured the J&S JCB Fastrac 40 in the 16th Labor Day Weekend visit by the Summit USMTS National Championship fueled by Casey’s. Heavy rain throughout the week battered the region, forcing Friday night’s show at the Mississippi Thunder Speedway to be canceled, but the Deer Creek track crew worked around the clock to get the legendary high banks in race-ready condition. Like normal, the track surface was fast and [...]

September 7, 2021 Read more...

Zieman, Kennedy & Sass Hoist Deer Creek Trophies

Spring Valley, MN (September 4) By: Todd Narveson After a week of much needed rain, the J&S-JCB Fastrack 40 was held at Deer Creek Speedway. The United States Modified Touring Series was the main attraction along with the USRA Stock Cars, B-Mods and Late Models. It was a beautiful day for racing and 165-cars jammed the pit area. J&S Repair-JCB, Orchard Creek Transportation and Featherlite Graphics all helped support the monster sized program. Seventeen USRA Late Models took the green flag for their [...]

September 7, 2021 Read more...

Mother Nature Claims Championship Night

SPRING VALLEY, MN - August 28th:  All events scheduled for August 28th at Deer Creek Speedway have been cancelled.  The current track conditions after 7" of rain this week has forced us into making this decision.  Congratulations to all of the 2021 track champions and we look forward to seeing everyone next Saturday, September 4 for the USMTS J&S JCB Fastrac 40. 

August 28, 2021 Read more...

Great Seasons Continue For Deer Creek Winners

Spring Valley, MN (August 21) By: Todd Narveson This week at Deer Creek Speedway was First Responder Night. All First Responders and a guest received free admission courtesy of Casey’s General Stores. Also helping present the program was Hawkins Ash C.P.A.s, St. Ansgar American Legion Post 358, Randy 7 Sandy Norby along with J&S-JCB. The USRA B-Mod kicked off the feature action and 26-cars took the green flag for their 18-lap race. Pole sitter Brandon Hare took the early lead with Kullen [...]

August 27, 2021 Read more...

Dramatic Finishes Highlight Veterans Night At Deer Creek

Spring Valley, MN (August 14) By: Todd Narveson Saturday evening was a very special at Deer Creek Speedway. The annual Veterans Night was held honoring all military veterans and current serving military members. Rochester Chevrolet provided free admission for them and a guest for the night. Rochester Chevrolet also donated $10,000 to the cause. They also put $1000 in bonus purse money to the top 10 feature finishers in all five divisions. There were all kinds of fund raising going on to benefit [...]

August 20, 2021 Read more...

Mother Nature Claims Victory

SPRING VALLEY, MN - August 7th:  All events scheduled for August 7th at Deer Creek Speedway have been cancelled due to the current conditions of the grounds, the recent rain and the pending forecast.  Tickets and wristbands from July 31 will be honored at one of the following three points races, August 14, 21 and 28. The action will pick back up next Saturday, August 14th with all five weekly classes along with the Veterans Night.

August 7, 2021 Read more...

Dream race for DeVilbiss ends with trophy, $10,000 IMCA Modified Harris Clash payday

SPRING VALLEY, Minn. (Aug. 3) – Zane DeVilbiss had his eye on the custom trophies made for the 30th annual Harris Clash before the first green flag flew Tuesday night.  After taking the final checkers of the night, DeVilbiss left Deer Creek Speedway with that hardware and a career-best $10,000 payday after leading all 30 laps of an IMCA Modified main event that played out in front of a packed grandstand. “This is the breakthrough we were looking for on this [...]

August 4, 2021 Read more...

Several Drivers Stay Hot At Deer Creek

Spring Valley, MN (July 24) By: Todd Narveson   It was a hot and sultry evening for racing this week at Deer Creek Speedway. The program was dedicated to long-time Deer Creek grader operator Joe Fitzpatrick who passed away on July 19 at the age of 82. Fitzpatrick had worked at the speedway for 18-seasons. The American flag was flown at half-staff and a moment of silence was observed before the start of the program in his honor. Also, the grader he operated [...]

July 27, 2021 Read more...

Full house for Tasseldega Nights, grows the racing family as they support one of their own.

Spring Valley, MN July 17th, 2021: Eric Thronson Something Special happens when a racing family has one of their own get knocked down. They rally around that family member, support them, help them, help their children and even help out with an extra race engine when they can. The Motto of, “we’re a family” was never shining brighter, when Saturday at intermission, over 30 drivers “passed their helmets through the stands, to collect donations”, as Schatney Sanders is trying to heal [...]

July 22, 2021 Read more...