Author - Cole Queensland

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...

Mother Nature Wins The NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50

With wet grounds and certain rain in the forecast track and series officials have made the decision to cancel all events for this weekends NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50. Refund procedures will be as follows:  Please mail all tickets and/or wristbands, along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the Deer Creek office at 105 Main St South, Grand Meadow, MN 55936 and we will issue you a refund.  Modified drivers your entry fees will be mailed back to you. For more [...]

June 26, 2021 Read more...

Epic Finishes Highlight Pink Out Night

Spring Valley, MN (June 19) By: Todd Narveson It was a glorious night for racing at Deer Creek Speedway for the annual Pink-Out Night. The night is meant to raise awareness and educate people about breast cancer. It is also a good support event for those battling breast cancer. There were all kinds of activities to raise money for Join The Journey. There was a 50/50 raffle, silent auction, event t-shirt sales and the push up challenge for the feature winners. Each feature [...]

June 21, 2021 Read more...

Chisholm Sets Win Streak Record At Deer Creek

Spring Valley, MN (June 12) By: Todd Narveson Lower humidity and temperatures were welcomed by the fans and racers at Deer Creek Speedway this week. The program was presented by Podein’s Power Equipment, Express Pressure Washers, Randy & Sandy Norby along with B&K Millright, To say that USRA B-Mod racer Jim Chisholm is on a tear might be an understatement. He came into this week’s program in a four-way tie for the all-time win streak record at Deer Creek which is seven [...]

June 14, 2021 Read more...

Lucas Oil MLRA Late models made for a very HOT night of racing with 82 cars at The Creek

Spring Valley, MN June 5th, 2021: Eric Thronson Lucas Oil MLRA Late Models: 26 Late Models came into Deer Creek, Hot, Fast and Loud. What a great show with dry conditions for qualifying and heat racing. But after some Deer Creek “farming” during the intermission, we were treated to some fast, smooth feature racing conditions. Even after the track began to take on rubber, the late models simply got faster, with the local rocket Jordan Yaggy #77Y winning his heat race [...]

June 8, 2021 Read more...

USMTS Southern MN spring challenge brings 157 cars!

Spring Valley, MN May 29th, 2021: Eric Thronson 157 Hot Rods rolled into Deer Creek for the USMTS Southern MN Spring Challenge, including the USRA Stock Cars for their first 2021 visit. USMTS Modifieds:  49 Modifieds, made it a fantastic night of Racing with 6 heats races and 2 B-Features. The A Main provided the best starting Salute in Motorsports with their 4-wide American Flag parade lap as a salute to the crowd. The 40 laps with only a couple cautions, was [...]

June 1, 2021 Read more...