SPRING VALLEY, Minn. - After not racing on Saturday, May 16, due to cool temps and very low wind chill, the crew at Deer Creek Speedway is busy preparing for the A&A Electric & Underground Southern Minnesota Spring Challenge on Saturday, May 23.

This highly-anticipated event brings out the drivers and cars from the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour to the high-banked 3/8-mile oval for a $2,000 winner's purse, along with the Dirt Doctor Trucking WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds racing for $400 to win and US Army WISSOTA Super Stocks racing for $600 to win.

Due to the cancellation of this weekend's racing, the Pepsi Slingshots have also been added to the May 23 card.

Tickets for this exciting night of racing action can be bought in advance on-line at www.deercreekspeedway.com or by calling 877-DCS-RACE until Thursday at 5 p.m. These advance tickets are reserved seating and are available at $15 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under, so reserve your seat today and save yourself a couple bucks in the process.

Tickets at the gate will be available at $18 for adults and $5 for kids for general admission seating.

A special thanks to A&A Electric & Underground for their sponsorship of this event.

Running in conjunction with this event will be the Miner's Outdoor & Rec Demo Day. Come check out their full line of Husqvarna power equipment and outdoor recreational vehicles under the big tent located in the front parking area at Deer Creek Speedway.

The new tent will be used for different activities throughout the year and Miner's Outdoor & Rec will be showing and offering testing of their equipment from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at this location.

Hang around for lunch for $2 or get lunch for free when testing a new piece of equipment.
 
The Deer Creek Speedway will also be running its Memorial Day Weekend Happy Hour special with beer for $1 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. as everyone gets ready for the first green flag of the night.

Activities Director added to Deer Creek Speedway staff

Deer Creek Speedway and the Queensland Family would like to announce Jeff Olson as the new Activities Director for the facility.

Olson is currently enrolled in Sports Management at Mankato State University and will be heading all of the activities associated with the fans and sponsors throughout each race night.

As Deer Creek Speedway and Button Buck Speedway continue to grow in size, and the amount of activities going on at the facility increase, the additional help will allow the facility to continue to improve its image and coordination of the activities.

Olson's duties will include coordinating hospitality areas, parades, mascots, driver/car appearances and local events, plus work with in-store sponsor promotions and help the nightly sponsors and announcers with their giveaways and programs each night. 

We are excited to bring Mr. Olson on board with Deer Creek Speedway during the 2009 racing season and look forward to improving our activities with our sponsors, drivers and fans.