With rainouts all over the Southern Minnesota area for the first three months of the racing season, fans and drivers flocked to Deer Creek Speedway as a huge contingent of drivers and fans were on hand. The record-breaking crowd for this event was entertained all night long with exciting racing action in five classes.

Mother Nature once again claimed another event at the Deer Creek Speedway on Saturday, June 28, but the month of July kicks off a busy season for the Deer Creek Speedway with some regular racing action and with specials for any drivers or fans needs.

A little gusty with the winds today but otherwise temps hovered in the upper 70’s and the weather was perfect as a nice crowd gathered throughout the day's racing activities Saturday at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn.

Finally a picture perfect day for racing in Southern Minnesota. Clear blue skies, a slight breeze and temps hovering around 80 degrees. The facility dried out from all of the rain and very good track conditions greeted the fans and drivers on John Hardy’s Bar-B-Que and US Army Night at the Deer Creek Speedway.

A quarter-inch of rain fell on the Deer Creek Speedway at 4:30 p.m., delaying the racing activity by two hours on Saturday. Most of the drivers and crowd hung around and saw great racing action all night long.

A warm but Breezy day found a good field of cars and a nice crowd on hand for the Island Pool and Spa day at the Deer Creek Speedway. Tim Donlinger has had the hot hand at the redraw box through the first two weeks of the season. Both times Donlinger drew the front row redraw for the feature event.

Another great week leading up to another rainout. With great weather all week the crews have been busy putting the final touches on many needed projects only to have Mother Nature wash away all of the hard work.

After receiving one inch of rain in the past 24 hours, the crew at Deer Creek Speedway went about the task of preparing the racing surface for their season opener. It was the opener but it didn’t feel like it to many as the four week delay from Mother Nature took away some of the hype normally associated with the opening weekend.

The 2008 Deer Creek Speedway car show is set for Saturday, March 29, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Clements Auto in Rochester, Minn. Test drive a new car and get free race tickets, free hot dogs and pop while supplies last!

Hawkeye Racing News will publish their annual “Hometown Heroes” issue, which is due out Feb. 20. This issue profiles drivers throughout the Midwest in support classes.

Deer Creek Speedway is happy to announce its 2008 racing calendar for the Southern Minnesota Speedplant. On-line ticket sales for all regular events and all special events except the 2008 edition of the Gopher 50 are on sale now.

With the completion of another successful racing season at the Southern Minnesota speedplant the crew at Deer Creek Speedway is preparing for the annual awards banquet that is scheduled to be held Saturday, Nov. 17, at Grumpy’s in Grand Meadow.