By Jason D Searcy
June 6, 2015 - Elko, MN
The
rain held off just long enough for the packed house to enjoy the entire
NASCAR Whelen All American series race program on MN Corn Growers
Tasseldega nights at Elko Speedway.
Nine time Champion
Donny Reuvers from Dundas (MN) won the 40 lap MN Corn Growers Super Late
Model feature event. He fought off challenges from defending Champion
Jacob Goede who was pressuring him from below "the bottom is so tough to
get by, you can only run about 4 or 5 laps down there before you have
to cool your tires down," said Reuvers. Goede eventually slipped back
to fourth and Nick Murgic charged to the front and had a great battle
with Reuvers, "Nick is a good driver" said Reuvers "you never have to
worry about him sliding up and hitting you, it's fun to race hard like
that."
Reuvers did win by the slightest of margains, only
.143 seconds at the finish line, Murgic finished second with Matt Goede
finishing just ahead of his brother Jacob Goede in this 20 car field of
Super Late Models in the NASCAR Whelen All American series.
This
was the first win at Elko Speedway in two years for Reuvers who has
spent some time racing regional touring series recently "it's nice to
travel just twenty minutes and be at the race track, especially tonight
with how many fans were here," said Reuvers.
Here is an audio interview with Donny and Jason from Victory Lane
https://soundcloud.com/speedtalkon1360/donny-reuvers-slm-winner-at
Two time
defending Champion Chris Marek from Lakeville (MN) won the Hiway Federal
Credit Union BIG 8 feature event. It took a last lap pass for Marek to
edge Michael Ostdiek by only .030 seconds at the finish line. Ostdiek,
the 2013 Elko Speedway Driver of the Year, was the fastest in
qualifying and lead most of the 25 lap feature event, but he dropped to
second by only a couple feet on the last lap. Ryan Kamish lead early in
the race and finished third with Joe Neisus coming across fourth in the
sixteen car field.
Its the fourth win in five events for Chris Marek in the BIG 8 division so far in 2015.
Jeremy
Wolff from Chaska (MN) won his first Genz-Ryan Thunder Car main event
of 2015. Wolff and Tina Davis thrilled the crowd by racing wheel to
wheel for half of the 20 lap feature before he finally pulled away and
won by 1.759 seconds at the finish line.
Davis finished second in the 19 car field with Michael Gilomen a very close third and three time Champion Brent Kane in fourth.
Sixteen
year old Matt Allen from Chanhassen (MN) won his first ever Great North
Legends feature event on Saturday night, "It felt amazing" said Allen
"I've thought about this feeling for quite a while, it's hard work but
awesome." Allen beat out Derek Lemke by 2.4 seconds with Will McCully
finishing third and Shon Jacobsen fourth.
Allen has
type 1 diabetes but he has not let it slow his racing career, after some
advice from his NASCAR idol Ryan Reed, whom he met at Iowa Speedway
last year, he now wears a continuous Glucose monitor to make sure his
blood sugar level is OK and in range at all times, he also has a sugar
drink in his race car just in case his blood sugar gets low.
Matt
Allen races against his father Bruce who finished the race 10th out of
the 23 cars in the Legends race. His younger brother Luke also races at
Elko Speedway and is a winner in the Bandolero divison.
Here is the audio interview with Matt and Jason after the races
https://soundcloud.com/speedtalkon1360/matt-allen-legends-winner-at
Fourteen
year old Grant Brown won his second Pepsi Power Stock main event.
Brandon Peterson and Cole Neisius got together while battling for the
lead and that opened up the door for Brown who started seventh in the
twenty car field.
Once Brown got the lead he had to
fight back the many challenges of Dustin Mann to win by .311 seconds at
the finish line. Defending Champion Nick Oxborough finished third and
last weeks' winner Tom Doten got fourth.
Justin
Schelitzche from Lester Prairie won the Hornets feature. Schelitzche is
a many time winner at Elko Speedway and a former Flag Pole race
Champion. Alex Vincent finished second 3.405 seconds behind at the
finish line and two time winner Ridge Oien finished third in the 16 car
field.
Twelve year old Owin Giles from New Market (MN)
won the Bandoleros main event passing his main rival Luke Allen on the
bottom side of the track, its the second win of the season for Giles.
Up
next at Elko Speedway is an Eve of Destruction event on Saturday June
13th. In addition to the racing fans can see a woman being shot out of a
cannon and a man being blown up by a stick of dynamite, also School Bus
races, spectator drags and Doug Rose will drive his 12 time National
Champion Jet drag racer the Green Mamba and melt a car down to the
ground. An Elko Drive-in Movie will begin 15 minutes after the races
are over. Gates open at 5pm and action begins at 6pm.
Get more information by calling
(952) 461-7223 or go to ElkoSpeedway.com and follow Elko Speedway on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.
