

9/16/2024
Deer Creek Speedway
Shryock & Schwebach Top Stock Car Nationals
Spring Valley, MN (September 14)
By: Todd Narveson
The 6th Annual Altenburg Construction Stock Car Nationals took place at Deer Creek Speedway on Saturday. The show was also supported by The Place Sports Bars & Grill, Houdek Farms, Gift of Life Transplant House and Donate Life.
Forty-Seven Meadow Greens Golf Course USRA Hobby Stocks ran five heats in which the top 16 in passing points locked into the feature. Two B-main were run with the top seven advancing to the main event.
Nick Brady, Justin Lichty and Dustin Gulbrandson led the three-wide start for the $1500 to win, 25-lap race. Luke Schluetter took off from the middle of row two and took the early lead. A yellow came out on lap three, followed by two more cautions on the restart.
When the race resumed, Gulbrandson shot by Brady and Lichty to second. The driver on the move was Nick Schwebach had moved from 19th to sixth. Gulbrandson applied pressure on Schluetter for the lead on lap eight. The battle for third was three wide behind the lead duo.
Casey Colsch was up to third as Schwebach worked to fourth and then got to third before the yekllow flag waved on lap 10. Gulbrandson again challenged Schluetter for the lead with Schwebach close behind. Another caution came out on lap 13 to slow the race once again.
The green flag came back out and the top three were close. They battled for the lead until lap 17 when Gulbrandson slowed in turn two, bringing out the yellow flag. Schluetter still led, but Schwebach challenged. Landon Krohn, 11th starter Devin Holthaus and 16th starter Travis Krause were now into the top five.
Schwebach took the lead on lap 19 and pulled away in the final six laps to take the win. Schluetter would finish second with Holthaus third. Krause’s run ended in fourth and Krohn rounded out the top five.
Sixty-four Rochester Chevrolet-Cadillac USRA Stock Cars ran six heats in which the top 15 in passing points were set for the main event. Three B-Mains were contested that took the top five to the feature. Positions 6-13 in the B’s would transfer to the non-qualifier.
The non-qualifier was a 20-lap affair that paid $1000 to the winner. Right off the bat Caydn Wessels, Dillon Anderson and Jake James went three-wide for the lead. James would jump out front while Devin Snellenberger moved to second.
James would lead the rest of the way for his first ever win. James then opted to starts 31st in the A-Main. Snellenberger was second with Anderson third. Darrin Schmidt had and incredible run to fourth after he started 22nd, while Lucas Schott finished in fifth.
Cayden Carter, Blake Adams and Jacob Bleess led the 31-car field to the green flag for the 40-lap, $10,000 to win main event. Carter took the early advantage with Bleess all over him. Carter led lap two by .002, but Bleess threw a slider in turn two to take the lead.
Jonny Carter moved to third and the top three ran close on lap seven. Cayden Carter made a move for the lead on lap 10 and took the spot away from Bleess. Bleess fired right back on lap 11 with a slider for the lead in turn three. Cayden Carter rallied back by Bleess in turn four and led the lap. A yellow would slow the race on lap 11.
On the restart Cayden Carter held the lead, while Jonny Carter got to second. Behind them. Bleess, Kyle Falck and Kelly Shryock were three wide for third. Shryock moved to third on lap 14 and then closed in on Jonny Carter.
While the race for second was going on, Cayden Carter had opened up a large lead. Shryock worked to second and at that point Cayden Carter held a two-second lead. Cayden Carter opened the lead margin to 2.56-seconds before a caution came out on lap 27.
When the race resumed, Cayden Carter still held the lead using the mid to upper groove. Shryock ran the low groove and stayed close to the leader. Shryock made a bid for the lead on lap 33 and took the lead on lap 35. A caution came out on lap 38 and then again on the restart.
Shryock raced out of turn four just as the white flag was set to fly. But yet another caution flag flew to set up a green, white, checkered dash for ten-grand. Shryock held on for this win, his 19th in the stock car this season.
Cayden Carter would finish in second. Rod Snellenberger ran from 18th to third, while Jonny Carter was fourth. Pat Graham rallied from 15th to finish our the top five. Altenburg Construction offered a $1000 Hard Charger award in the feature. Travis Shipman charged from 30-th ninth to claim the hard-charger bonus.
USRA Hobby Stocks
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 38S-Nick Schwebach[19]; 2. 35-Luke Schluetter[5]; 3. 7D-Devin Holthaus[11]; 4. X01-Travis Krause[16]; 5. 18K-Landon Krohn[7]; 6. 61N-Nick Brady[1]; 7. 01G-Gavin Bussinger[12]; 8. 07-Chris Hovden[4]; 9. 81-Joshua Ludeking[23]; 10. 03-Dustin Doughty[17]; 11. 37-Casey Colsch[10]; 12. 22-Steve Larson[18]; 13. B4-Junior Boyer[14]; 14. 15C-Caden Helle[27]; 15. 9ER-Adam Speicher[15]; 16. G12-Blake Adams[8]; 17. 266-Justin Lichty[2]; 18. 19T-Paul Seabrooke[21]; 19. 23-Justin Hanson[6]; 20. 74-Josh Harms[24]; 21. 33JR-Taylor Donlan[25]; 22. 20B-Josh Bradley[29]; 23. 32J-Carter Jonsgaard[28]; 24. 5K-Jeremy True[30]; 25. (DNF) 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[3]; 26. (DNF) 86-Ryan Happel[26]; 27. (DNF) 18-Scott Spilde[9]; 28. (DNF) 10-Blake Schneekloth[20]; 29. (DNF) 75-Michael Minnier[22]; 30. (DNF) 50K-Kolby Goepel[13]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 03-Dustin Doughty[3]; 2. 38S-Nick Schwebach[6]; 3. 19T-Paul Seabrooke[1]; 4. 81-Joshua Ludeking[2]; 5. 33JR-Taylor Donlan[4]; 6. 15C-Caden Helle[8]; 7. 20B-Josh Bradley[11]; 8. 47P-Parker Anderson[7]; 9. 34-Chris Dahl[9]; 10. 6T7-Nathan Albrecht[12]; 11. 27-Branden Schaer[13]; 12. 11T-Todd Uhl[14]; 13. 40JR-Rylan Curtin[15]; 14. (DNF) 26-Max Jones[5]; 15. (DNF) 19-Brandon Jurrens[10]; 16. (DNF) 31-Spencer Nelson[16]
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 22-Steve Larson[12]; 2. 10-Blake Schneekloth[2]; 3. 75-Michael Minnier[4]; 4. 74-Josh Harms[11]; 5. 86-Ryan Happel[5]; 6. 32J-Carter Jonsgaard[9]; 7. 5K-Jeremy True[3]; 8. Y28-Jay Sidles[10]; 9. (DNF) 23M-Paul Mart[14]; 10. (DNF) 11-Seth Scholl[8]; 11. (DNF) 28-David Gustafson[6]; 12. (DNF) 4-Trevor Mitts[13]; 13. (DNF) 14-Arthur Schott[1]; 14. (DNF) 911-Dakota Koenig[7]; 15. (DNF) 72K-Carter Kmett[15]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 07-Chris Hovden[1]; 2. 7D-Devin Holthaus[2]; 3. B4-Junior Boyer[4]; 4. 81-Joshua Ludeking[5]; 5. 86-Ryan Happel[3]; 6. 38S-Nick Schwebach[8]; 7. 47P-Parker Anderson[10]; 8. 6T7-Nathan Albrecht[6]; 9. 4-Trevor Mitts[7]; 10. 23M-Paul Mart[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18K-Landon Krohn[2]; 2. 37-Casey Colsch[1]; 3. X01-Travis Krause[3]; 4. 10-Blake Schneekloth[5]; 5. 03-Dustin Doughty[8]; 6. 15C-Caden Helle[6]; 7. 11-Seth Scholl[9]; 8. 22-Steve Larson[7]; 9. 27-Branden Schaer[4]; 10. 40JR-Rylan Curtin[10]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Luke Schluetter[1]; 2. 61N-Nick Brady[8]; 3. 01G-Gavin Bussinger[5]; 4. 19T-Paul Seabrooke[6]; 5. 33JR-Taylor Donlan[7]; 6. 26-Max Jones[9]; 7. 34-Chris Dahl[2]; 8. 20B-Josh Bradley[4]; 9. (DNF) 31-Spencer Nelson[3]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[5]; 2. 266-Justin Lichty[4]; 3. G12-Blake Adams[7]; 4. 5K-Jeremy True[1]; 5. 75-Michael Minnier[6]; 6. 28-David Gustafson[8]; 7. 32J-Carter Jonsgaard[3]; 8. Y28-Jay Sidles[9]; 9. (DNF) 72K-Carter Kmett[2]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Justin Hanson[2]; 2. 18-Scott Spilde[4]; 3. 9ER-Adam Speicher[1]; 4. 50K-Kolby Goepel[8]; 5. 14-Arthur Schott[9]; 6. 911-Dakota Koenig[3]; 7. 19-Brandon Jurrens[6]; 8. 74-Josh Harms[5]; 9. 11T-Todd Uhl[7]
USRA Stock Cars
A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 3-Kelly Shryock[7]; 2. 1X-Cayden Carter[1]; 3. 110-Rod Snellenberger[18]; 4. 46-Jonny Carter[5]; 5. 1G-Pat Graham[15]; 6. 67-Kyle Falck[8]; 7. 11M-Jake Masters[6]; 8. 11X-Levi Sand[23]; 9. 87-Travis Shipman[30]; 10. 14A-Blake Adams[2]; 11. 97-Lynn Panos[24]; 12. 15-Mitch Hovden[19]; 13. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[14]; 14. 32-Derek Green[10]; 15. 2-Jacob Bleess[3]; 16. 14T-Todd Staley[28]; 17. 16-Jake James[31]; 18. 27S-Jason Schlangen[25]; 19. 00-Danny Cole[9]; 20. 29-Brady Link[11]; 21. 2II-Wayne Landheer[26]; 22. (DNF) 60-Colby Mann[17]; 23. (DNF) 49-Nate Whitehurst[29]; 24. (DNF) 56H-Brandon Hare[22]; 25. (DNF) 4-Jackson Mulder[20]; 26. (DNF) 6-Chanse Hollatz[13]; 27. (DNF) 8X-Josh Roney[4]; 28. (DNF) 35X-Phillip Dunbar[16]; 29. (DNF) 77M-Jeff Mueller[12]; 30. (DNF) 95-Chance Larson[27]; 31. (DNF) 11-Jesse Brown[21]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 35X-Phillip Dunbar[5]; 2. 15-Mitch Hovden[1]; 3. 56H-Brandon Hare[2]; 4. 27S-Jason Schlangen[3]; 5. 14T-Todd Staley[6]; 6. 69-Cadyn Wessels[4]; 7. 16-Jake James[11]; 8. 94M-Zac Mahlstedt[10]; 9. 7X-Andrew Eischens[9]; 10. 21X-Xander Treichel[14]; 11. 28S-Spencer Stock[16]; 12. 32X-Rich Gregoire[7]; 13. 85-Darrin Schmidt[17]; 14. 99X-Brandon Dietrich[15]; 15. 8-Andrew Gerhardt[13]; 16. 44-Kris Peterson[12]; 17. (DNF) 9410-Justin Ades[8]
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 60-Colby Mann[1]; 2. 4-Jackson Mulder[2]; 3. 11X-Levi Sand[6]; 4. 2II-Wayne Landheer[3]; 5. 49-Nate Whitehurst[4]; 6. 54-Dillon Anderson[10]; 7. 5-Luke Sathoff[5]; 8. 23-Brayden Gjere[9]; 9. 34JR-Shawn Klapps Jr[13]; 10. 32W-Brent Fielder[8]; 11. 14W-Brady Williamson[11]; 12. 02-Anthony Goldsberry[7]; 13. 39J-Dan Klingfus[12]; 14. (DNF) 01-Kory Adams[15]; 15. (DNS) 55-Derek Dettmann; 16. (DNS) 43K-Josh Kelderman
B Feature 3 (12 Laps): 1. 110-Rod Snellenberger[7]; 2. 11-Jesse Brown[1]; 3. 97-Lynn Panos[2]; 4. 95-Chance Larson[3]; 5. 87-Travis Shipman[5]; 6. 21XX-Devin Snellenberger[12]; 7. 25-Dan Jones[4]; 8. 14S-Lucas Schott[8]; 9. 27-Shawn Peter[9]; 10. 33-Kevin Donlan[11]; 11. 78-Chris Roney[13]; 12. 22-Malayna Johnson[10]; 13. (DNS) 44K-Kevin Opheim; 14. (DNS) 4S-Aaron Stettnichs; 15. (DNS) 88-Jim Chisholm; 16. (DNS) 38T-Dylan Thornton
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14A-Blake Adams[2]; 2. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[1]; 3. 56H-Brandon Hare[5]; 4. 77M-Jeff Mueller[10]; 5. 35X-Phillip Dunbar[7]; 6. 02-Anthony Goldsberry[3]; 7. 44K-Kevin Opheim[11]; 8. 54-Dillon Anderson[8]; 9. 16-Jake James[6]; 10. 44-Kris Peterson[4]; 11. (DNF) 85-Darrin Schmidt[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Jacob Bleess[3]; 2. 1G-Pat Graham[2]; 3. 1X-Cayden Carter[11]; 4. 49-Nate Whitehurst[4]; 5. 11X-Levi Sand[1]; 6. 87-Travis Shipman[10]; 7. 14S-Lucas Schott[7]; 8. 23-Brayden Gjere[9]; 9. 14W-Brady Williamson[8]; 10. 39J-Dan Klingfus[5]; 11. 8-Andrew Gerhardt[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Kelly Shryock[1]; 2. 46-Jonny Carter[5]; 3. 97-Lynn Panos[2]; 4. 69-Cadyn Wessels[3]; 5. 27S-Jason Schlangen[10]; 6. 9410-Justin Ades[6]; 7. 7X-Andrew Eischens[7]; 8. 94M-Zac Mahlstedt[4]; 9. 22-Malayna Johnson[11]; 10. 21XX-Devin Snellenberger[9]; 11. (DNF) 38T-Dylan Thornton[8]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Danny Cole[7]; 2. 11M-Jake Masters[6]; 3. 32-Derek Green[8]; 4. 11-Jesse Brown[9]; 5. 2II-Wayne Landheer[10]; 6. 110-Rod Snellenberger[3]; 7. (DNF) 78-Chris Roney[1]; 8. (DNF) 34JR-Shawn Klapps Jr[11]; 9. (DNF) 4S-Aaron Stettnichs[5]; 10. (DNF) 01-Kory Adams[2]; 11. (DNF) 43K-Josh Kelderman[4]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Kyle Falck[4]; 2. 15-Mitch Hovden[2]; 3. 29-Brady Link[7]; 4. 6-Chanse Hollatz[10]; 5. 95-Chance Larson[8]; 6. 14T-Todd Staley[9]; 7. (DNF) 21X-Xander Treichel[1]; 8. (DNF) 55-Derek Dettmann[5]; 9. (DNF) 99X-Brandon Dietrich[6]; 10. (DNF) 88-Jim Chisholm[3]
Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 8X-Josh Roney[1]; 2. 60-Colby Mann[2]; 3. 4-Jackson Mulder[5]; 4. 25-Dan Jones[4]; 5. 5-Luke Sathoff[7]; 6. 32W-Brent Fielder[6]; 7. 32X-Rich Gregoire[10]; 8. 27-Shawn Peter[3]; 9. 33-Kevin Donlan[8]; 10. (DNF) 28S-Spencer Stock[9]
Non Qualifier (20 Laps): 1. 16-Jake James[4]; 2. 21XX-Devin Snellenberger[3]; 3. 54-Dillon Anderson[2]; 4. 85-Darrin Schmidt[22]; 5. 14S-Lucas Schott[9]; 6. 14W-Brady Williamson[17]; 7. 25-Dan Jones[6]; 8. 28S-Spencer Stock[16]; 9. 34JR-Shawn Klapps Jr[11]; 10. 32X-Rich Gregoire[19]; 11. 69-Cadyn Wessels[1]; 12. 27-Shawn Peter[12]; 13. 5-Luke Sathoff[5]; 14. 21X-Xander Treichel[13]; 15. 7X-Andrew Eischens[10]; 16. 39J-Dan Klingfus[23]; 17. 78-Chris Roney[18]; 18. (DNF) 32W-Brent Fielder[14]; 19. (DNF) 22-Malayna Johnson[21]; 20. (DNF) 94M-Zac Mahlstedt[7]; 21. (DNS) 23-Brayden Gjere; 22. (DNS) 33-Kevin Donlan; 23. (DNS) 02-Anthony Goldsberry
Article Credit: Todd Narveson
Submitted By: Cole Queensland