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Ryan Schuur wins His 4th Miniakota Feature in a row! This is a amazing feat considering the level of competition the Club has grown to hold. Congradulations Ryan!!!

USMTS night at Worthington will always make for some great racing in all classes. Last night was no different as the Miniakota Microsprints took their turn at the event. With three heats completed a pair of 21's would sit on the front row for the big show. Ryan Schuur's 21 would make the pace as Wade Huisman's 21w would follow to the green. Schuur would make it to the first corner with the lead and start to pull a few tenth a lap on the field. With a long set of green flag laps, Huisman would begin to fade as Shane Fick and his 7F blistered the pair of front runners to take the lead. Kris Wilke in his 89k machine and Ottenbacher's 32t would also overtake the 21w of Wade Huisman. As the 7f of Fick would half track the field Ottenbacher and Wilke would gain on Schuur but the pair would run out of time and room. Trey Thesenvitz would make a last lap pass on Huisman to end the show. To the tech area for the top 5 as usual, but this time it would prove to be a shake up. The 7f of Shane Fick would fail to pass engine tech inspection and the win was handed to Ryan Schuur. It was Ryan's first win of the season and his first ever win with the wing on. You can find Ryan's interview online at the www.speedsistersonline.com/.

Ryan Schuur
Kristofer Wilke
Tim Ottenbacher
Trey Thesenvitz
Wade Huisman
Dalton Johnson
Chris Breen
Ryan Hargan
Zach Drahota
Bryce Rabenhorst
Derek Steen
Jason Wagoner
Curt Schuur
Kaleb Johnson DNF
Jordan Nordstrom DNS
Shane Fick. -DQ

Due to ongoing conflicts at the fair in Slayton, mainly the race track vs. horsesm, the MCS has had to drop us & possibly some other classes for this Friday night. This was the rescheduled rain date we added. Our final night of racing at Murray county will be August 24th for a Nonwing event.
Tim O, Ryan S, & I will be doing the track prep. come if you dare.

During the last month of racing, Trey had to keep his chin up through the ups and downs. With such a strong start to the season, a team is bound to see some adversity in comparison. Trey finally found his way back to the winners circle, topping Miniakota points leader Tim Ottenbacher and Ryan Schuur in the podium spots. The win slipped him back into the 3rd place points position and gave him an opportunity to chase down his leaders. Trey and his #53 have been the 2013 Rookie standout this far, leading the dozen or so new Miniakota drivers since the opening night of racing. The Miniakota Micro's are back in Nonwing action at Nobles county this week.

Current Over all points
Tim Ottenbacher 2130
Kris Wilke 2094
Trey Thesenvitz 2059
Wade Huisman 2039
Ryan Schuur 2026
Derek Steen 2003
Jason Wagoner 1931
Dalton Johnson 1621
Ryan Hargan 1593
Jordan Nordstrom 1576
Kaleb Johnson 1552
Chris Breen 1505
Shane Fick 1492
Greg Gunderson 1480
Zach Drahota 1413
Jeff Dirkson 1141
Brandon Buysse 1064
Justin Swenson 777
Bryce Rabenhorst 672
Tyler Martin 643
Michael Nichols 553
Collin Smith 502
Ricky Irwin 385
Nick Irwin 383
Terry Chester 132
Curt Schuur 131
Ed Wagoner 129
Nate DeWeerd 129
Tony Duran 127
Brad Bentele 127
Scott Harshbarger 126
Bryan Patrick 124
Ty Sampair 123
Shannon Dyce 122
Allison Berger 121
Micah Schielman 120

NCSI Point Standings
TIM OTTENBACHER 989
KRIS WILKE 929
JASON WAGONER 888
TREY THESENEITZ 887
RYAN SCHUUR 862
DEREK STEEN 800
WADE HUISMAN 777
CHRIS BREEN 704
JORDAN NORDSTROM 675
DALTON JOHNSON 662
ZACH DRAHOTA 651
KALEB JOHNSON 629
GREG GUNDERSON 609
RYAN HARGAN 571
SHANE FICK 547
JEFF DIRKSON 444
BRYCE RABENHORST 381
MICHAEL NICKOLS 301
COLLIN SMITH 293
JUSTIN SWENSON 286
TYLER MARTIN 266
BRANDON BUYSSE 264
SHANNON DYCE 212
CURT SCHUUR 200
NICK IRWIN 74
RICKY IRWIN 72
NATE DE WEERD 68
TONY DURAN 64
SCOTT HARSHBARGER 62
BRYAN PATRICK 58
TY SAMPAIR 56
ALLISON BERGER 54
MICAH SCHLIEMANN 53

Wing points
TIM OTTENBACHER 1424
KRIS WILKE 1386
TREY THESENEITZ 1382
WADE HUISMAN 1367
RYAN SCHUUR 1347
DEREK STEEN 1346
JASON WAGONER 1235
DALTON JOHNSON 1106
CHRIS BREEN 1097
RYAN HARGAN 1064
KALEB JOHNSON 1025
ZACH DRAHOTA 1025
SHANE FICK 963
JORDAN NORDSTROM 900
GREG GUNDERSON 813
JEFF DIRKSON 757
JUSTIN SWENSON 649
MICHAEL NICKOLS 553
BRANDON BUYSSE 525
BRYCE RABENHORST 388
COLLIN SMITH 380
TYLER MARTIN 256
RICKY IRWIN 254
NICK IRWIN 251
NATE DEWEERD 129
TONY DURAN 127
SCOTT HARSHBARGER 126
BRYAN PATRICK 124
TY SAMPAIR 123
ALLISON BERGER 121
MICAH SCHIELMAN 120

Non- wing points
KRIS WILKE 708
TIM OTTENBACHER 705
JASON WAGONER 696
RYAN SCHUUR 679
JORDAN NORDSTROM 676
TREY THESENEITZ 676
WADE HUISMAN 672
GREG GUNDERSON 667
DEREK STEEN 657
BRANDON BUYSSE 539
KALEB JOHNSON 530
RYAN HARGAN 529
SHANE FICK 529
DALTON JOHNSON 515
CHRIS BREEN 408
TYLER MARTIN 387
JEFF DIRKSON 384
ZACH DRAHOTA 381
BRYCE RABENHORST 284
NICK IRWIN 132
RICKY IRWIN 131
JUSTIN SWENSON 128
COLLIN SMITH 122

MCRA Point Standings
WADE HUISMAN 116
TIM OTTENBACHER 112
TREY THESENEITZ 105
DEREK STEEN 103
KRIS WILKE 101
RYAN HARGAN 101
BRANDON BUYSSE 99
RYAN SCHUUR 91
SHANE FICK 89
DALTON JOHNSON 72
JASON WAGONER 71
JORDAN NORDSTROM 65
GREG GUNDERSON 64
CHRIS BREEN 64
KALEB JOHNSON 55
ZACH DRAHOTA 31
TYLER MARTIN 29
RICKY IRWIN 28
NICK IRWIN 27
JEFF DIRKSON 24

Triple Crown Points
DEREK STEEN 426
TIM OTTENBACHER 424
SHANE FICK 424
DALTON JOHNSON 424
BRANDON BUYSSE 418
KRIS WILKE 415
WADE HUISMAN 413
JASON WAGONER 412
CHRIS BREEN 401
RYAN SCHUUR 399
TREY THESENEITZ 388
RICKY IRWIN 385
NICK IRWIN 383
KALEB JOHNSON 379
RYAN HARGAN 260
GREG GUNDERSON 134
BRAD BENTELE 127
ZACH DRAHOTA 126
JORDAN NORDSTROM 124

Out of it all stood youngster Derek Steen with and his Speed week Crown! Derek was in 4th place going into the final night of speed week. Holding true to his previous finishes, he shows consistency is key for the title run as he edged out his competitors by a margin of 2 points to take the 2013 Triple Crown!

DEREK STEEN 426
TIM OTTENBACHER 424
SHANE FICK 424
DALTON JOHNSON 424
BRANDON BUYSSE 418
KRIS WILKE 415
WADE HUISMAN 413
JASON WAGONER 412
CHRIS BREEN 401
RYAN SCHUUR 399
TREY THESENEITZ 388
RICKY IRWIN 385
NICK IRWIN 383
KALEB JOHNSON 379
RYAN HARGAN 260
GREG GUNDERSON 134
BRAD BENTELE 127
ZACH DRAHOTA 126
JORDAN NORDSTROM 124

Ottenbacher takes final night of Mini speed week.

Tim Ottenbacher is on a role at Nobles County Speedway. Starting as far back as the transfer can put him, doesn’t seem to matter, as the 32T shows patience to get the job done. Tim's win took place in front of a large crowd during the USMTS show. The feature would have much for the stands, as the 21w of Wade Huisman, would flip down the front stretch in the early laps of the race, dashing his hopes at being in the speed weeks top spot. The next caution would fall, as Speed week points leader Dalton Johnson, would make a critical mistake and cost him the Triple points crown. Dalton was running second when his car made contact with the infield barrel, causing damage to the 27 machine that would send him to the infield. With it, went his hopes for the speed week Crown. As racing would resume, Brandon Buysse would show extreme dominance leaving the field behind. But as the track would fade Ottenbachers ride would come in and Brandon would have to leave his first feature win of the season behind. Ottenbacher would not go unchallenged out front, as Chris Breen would take his #97B to the edge, showing Ottenbacher a nose. Ottenbacher would hold strong on the last lap and would take the final night of speed week racing.

Dalton Johnson gets his first on night 2!

Dalton Johnson would have his chance in the second night of speed week as the traveling group visited Murray County Speedway. Johnson being the runner up of night one seems to have found his grove and a strong starting spot for the feature. Johnson would find victory lane only after the dust settle. A wild night of racing would leave the track a dust bowl for the feature and the program would be called short on safety concerns just past the half way point. Johnson’s feature was no less impressive as he still fended off charges from Derek Steen and 16 other mini speed week attendees to take his first MiniaKota Microprints feature. Along with a nice payday and prize from Keizer Wheels the win also put Dalton at the top of the speed weeks Triple Crown points chase. Dalton looks to seal the deal Sunday night for the final night of speed week. Come on out to Nobles county speedway as the Miniakota Micro’s run support for the USMTs mod series.

1Dalton Johnson#27
2Derek Steen#22s
3Tim Ottenbacher#32t
4Wade Huisman#21w
5Shane Fick#7F
6Jason Wagner#51w
7Ryan Schuur#21
8Brandon Buyss#1
9Ryan Hargan#4x
10Kris Wilke#89K
11Trey Thesenvitz#53
12Kalab Johnson#22
13Ricky Irwin#41r
14Nick Irwin#4a
15Chris Breen#97b

Shane Fick takes night one of Mini speed week.

Redwood falls would be the starting spot for the Miniakota Micros speed week, on a hot Thursday night. Redwoods short track made for some great heat races as the 21w of Wade Huisman and the 67 of Michael Nichols would take the heat race wins. A 3 pill on the invert, would swap the 1st and 3rd rows for the final race of the night. Fick, always tough from any spot, would prove perfect from the front row as the rest of the field would be left to sort it out. The 21w of Huisman would work up into the 2nd spot before dropping back as the 89K of Kris Wilke and the 27 of Dalton Johnson would overtake him for 2nd and 3rd. Johnson would make attempts to gain ground on Fick’s 7f, but would run out of time quickly as the race had 18 caution free Laps. For his efforts, Shane Fick picked up the nice payday, night one of the Triple crown and a gift from Keizer Aluminum Wheels Inc.

1Shane Fick#7f
2Dalton Johnson#27
3Kris Wilke#89K
4Wade Huisman#21w
5Brandon Buyss#1
6Derek Steen#22s
7Jason Wagner#51w
8Ryan Schuur#21
9Tim Ottenbacher#32t
10Michael Nichols#67
11Trey Thesenvitz#53
12Chris Breen#97
13Ryan Hargan#4x
14Brad Bentele#9
15Ricky Irwin#41R
16Kalab Johnson#22
17Nick Irwin#

Miniakota Speed week!!! Redwood, Murray, Hartford, & Nobles!!
Who will be our Speed week Champion in 2012? Speed week starts off this Thursday night, at Redwood Falls, Mn, for the Miniakota 600cc microsprints. Winged racing will be the game, as we run support along side the Mini-mods on the short track at Slayton as the always exciting JSTS sprints & A mods run the big track. It will be the JSTS second night of racing on their busy speed week tour. Night 2 will bring the Miniakota Micro's to the Murray County speedway in Slayton for a return to the newly created short track. Much action is sure to follow as the group will run winged action for the 2nd time this season at the track. Saturday will offer up another unique opportunity for the 600cc Winged micro sprints as they head over to I90 speedway in Hartford, SD, for the first time in the groups history. Summer Rumble is the name of the game at a the large track, with sweeping corners that should produce tremendous speeds for the small cars. Many are eager to get in front of the new fans for a exhibition race and see what the track has to offer. For the final leg of the 600cc Miniakota speedweek tour the group heads over to the familiar Nobles County speedway to finish the weekend with a Nonwing event, running support for the always awesome show of the USMTS. The crowd at Nobles, is sure to be the Largest of the season and we look forward to putting on a great support show.

Thursday, Redwood Falls Mn Triple Crown w/bonus Points Winged hotlaps 7pm Gates open at 3pm. Miniakota Micro sprints, JSTS sprints, Mini Mods & A Mods... Should be a great show!

Friday, Murray County speedway Slayton MN Winged -Triple Crown w/bonus Points Hotlaps 7:15pm

Saturday I-90 speedway, heartford SD. Nonpoints Winged Hotlaps 6:30 Racing at 7pm

Sunday, Nobles County Speedway, Worthington MN, Nonwing- Triple Crown w/bonus Points. hotlaps 5:30pm

Miniakota wins have been spread pretty even amongst the Miniakota drivers this season, with 8 different drivers in 11 events taking top honors. Problem for the Miniakota cup chasers is Ottenbacher is the only driver to repeat this season. With 4 feature events under his belt, the 32T of Tim Ottenbacher has shown why he has several cups to his name.
Ottenbacher would start 7th row for the Sunday night Nobles county winged feature event. On the opening circuit the 600 sprints would not get far as Ottenbacher and Ryan Schuur starting from the the 4th row would both get into the backs of the 3rd row starting spots. The 21 of Schuur would flip violently down the front stretch setting the first red for the night. On the full restart, pole setter Wade Huisman, would drop the hammer and leave the pack into turn one. Through a series of yellows and a short red, due to a fire, Huismans 21w would stay strong as Ottenbachers 32t machine would pick spots off along the way. Around the 15th lap, Ottenbacher's work would pay off as the 21w machine would lose power and pull to the infield. The 97B of Chris Breen, the 4x of Ryan Hargan, the 11J of Jordan Nordstrom and the 89K of Kris Wilke would round out your top five.

Finishing order

1Tim Ottenbacher#32t
2Chris Breen#97B
3Ryan Hargan#4x
4Jordan Nordstrom#11j
5Kris Wilke#89k
6Shane Fick#7f
7Jason Wagner#51w
8Dalton Johnson#27
9Zach Drahota#39
10Kalab Johnson#22
11Derek Steen#22s
12Colin Smith#12
13Justin Swenson#89
14Tony Duran#77
15Ed Wagner#51
16Wade Huisman#21w
17Bryan Patrick#23
18Ty Sampair#21r
19Trey Thesenvitz#53
20Allison Berger#1x
21Micah Schliemann#13rj
22Ryan Schuur#21
23Jeff Dirkson#39j

Miniakota Cup points
Tim Ottenbacher 1560
Kris Wilke 1539
Trey Thesenvitz 1523
Wade Huisman 1486
Ryan Schuur 1483
Jordan Nordstrom 1452
Derek Steen 1439
Jason Wagoner 1383
Ryan Hargan 1333
Greg Gunderson 1216
Dalton Johnson 1197
Zach Drahota 1148
Chris Breen 1104
Shane Fick 1068
Kaleb Johnson 1045
Jeff Dirkson 1013
Bryce Rabenhorst 672
Brandon Buysse 646
Tyler Martin 643
Justin Swenson 643
Collin Smith 502
Michael Nichols 422
Terry Chester 132
Curt Schuur 131
Ed Wagoner 129
Tony Duran 127
Scott Harshbarger 126
Bryan Patrick 124
Ty Sampair 123
Shannon Dyce 122
Allison Berger 121
Micah Schielman 120

Wing points
TIM OTTENBACHER 1002
TREY THESENEITZ 974
KRIS WILKE 971
WADE HUISMAN 941
RYAN SCHUUR 933
DEREK STEEN 924
JORDAN NORDSTROM 900
ZACH DRAHOTA 893
CHRIS BREEN 842
JASON WAGONER 825
DALTON JOHNSON 812
RYAN HARGAN 804
GREG GUNDERSON 683
SHANE FICK 675
KALEB JOHNSON 640
JEFF DIRKSON 629
JUSTIN SWENSON 515
MICHAEL NICKOLS 422
BRYCE RABENHORST 388
COLLIN SMITH 380
TYLER MARTIN 256
BRANDON BUYSSE 251
TONY DURAN 127
SCOTT HARSHBARGER 126
BRYAN PATRICK 124
TY SAMPAIR 123
ALLISON BERGER 121
MICAH SCHIELMAN 120

Non- wing points
KRIS WILKE 568
JASON WAGONER 558
TIM OTTENBACHER 557
JORDAN NORDSTROM 552
RYAN SCHUUR 550
TREY THESENEITZ 548
WADE HUISMAN 545
GREG GUNDERSON 533
RYAN HARGAN 529
DEREK STEEN 515
KALEB JOHNSON 405
BRANDON BUYSSE 395
SHANE FICK 393
TYLER MARTIN 387
DALTON JOHNSON 385
JEFF DIRKSON 384
BRYCE RABENHORST 284
CHRIS BREEN 262
ZACH DRAHOTA 255
JUSTIN SWENSON 128
COLLIN SMITH 122

NCSI Point Standings
TIM OTTENBACHER 794
KRIS WILKE 761
JASON WAGONER 729
TREY THESENEITZ 721
RYAN SCHUUR 703
DEREK STEEN 632
JORDAN NORDSTROM 630
WADE HUISMAN 626
CHRIS BREEN 609
DALTON JOHNSON 592
RYAN HARGAN 571
ZACH DRAHOTA 515
KALEB JOHNSON 497
SHANE FICK 469
GREG GUNDERSON 463
JEFF DIRKSON 399
BRYCE RABENHORST 381
MICHAEL NICKOLS 301
COLLIN SMITH 293
TYLER MARTIN 266
SHANNON DYCE 212
JUSTIN SWENSON 210
CURT SCHUUR 200
BRANDON BUYSSE 173
TONY DURAN 64
SCOTT HARSHBARGER 62
BRYAN PATRICK 58
TY SAMPAIR 56
ALLISON BERGER 54
MICAH SCHLIEMANN 53

MCRA Point Standings
WADE HUISMAN 79
TREY THESENEITZ 75
TIM OTTENBACHER 74
KRIS WILKE 70
RYAN HARGAN 69
BRANDON BUYSSE 66
JORDAN NORDSTROM 65
DEREK STEEN 64
GREG GUNDERSON 64
RYAN SCHUUR 57
SHANE FICK 53
CHRIS BREEN 38
JASON WAGONER 36
DALTON JOHNSON 32
ZACH DRAHOTA 31
TYLER MARTIN 29
KALEB JOHNSON 26
JEFF DIRKSON 24