August 30, 2025 | By Anthony Ainslie

Dylan Thornton Wins a Nail-Biting Deer Creek Debut in Malvern Bank Super Late Models

SPRING VALLEY, Minn.—Dylan Thornton scored victory in thrilling fashion Friday night as the Malvern Bank Super Late Model Racing Series made their debut at Deer Creek Speedway.
The fifth round of the Dirt Track Bank Elite 8 Series saw the tour at a bran- new location. For the first time ever, the series visited the state of Minnesota at the high-banked, 3/8-mile Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley. A stout field of 35 cars packed the pits for the first of 2 nights for the Dirt Track Bank Labor Day Duel.

Blair Nothdurft topped everyone in Keyser Manufacturing Qualifying. The lone South Dakota native in the field laid down a 14.469 second lap in the first group of drivers. Bill Leighton Jr. was fastest in the second group as the reigning West Series Champion clocked in at 14.665 seconds. Four-Time Series Champion Tad Pospisil was quickest in group 3 with a time of 14.642 seconds, while East Series Point Leader Dylan Thornton led the fourth and final group with a lap of 15.039 seconds.

Four of the most action-packed heat races of the entire 2025 season were won by Dallon Murty, Dustin Sorensen, Brian Kosiski, and Chad Simpson. Sorensen would return as the top point driver and accepted the Skyline Materials Lucky 6th Place Starter challenge. The former USRA and USMTS Modified National
Champion turned late model driver had a shot at an $800 bonus should he become the first Minnesota driver to win with the Malvern Bank Series.

Kyle Berck and Jesse Sobbing won the two Predator Custom Trailers B Features on the night with Andrew Kosiski and Jason Hahne also advancing to the big show. After provisionals were decided, a 26-car field took to the speedway for the 30-lap Malvern Bank Main Event.

Dylan Thornton capitalized on his pole position starting spot, and the California native jumped to the lead while Blair Nothdurft tried to chase him down. Jake Timm, who was making his first Malvern Bank Series start, charged his way to second ahead of Nothdurft while Sorensen made his way to fourth around Dallon Murty.

The first of 2 cautions came out on lap 9 when East Series Regular C J Horn was off the power in turn 2. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa native would end up 21st in the final running order.

Just three laps later, Chad Simpson, who was second in the East Series point standings, suffered nose damage and dropped off the racing pace. His team tried to make repairs in the hot pit, and despite Simpson making it back out for the restart, he would pull back to the infield resulting in a 24th-place finish.

The race stayed green from there to the end, and in the meantime, Dylan Thornton continued to lead while Jake Timm and Dustin Sorensen tracked him down and challenged him for the lead. The two Minnesota drivers Timm and Sorensen did everything they could to get around Thornton, but the East Series Points Leader was able to keep enough distance and get by lapped cars when it mattered, and he would go on to score the win.

Thornton notched his seventh win of the season making him the winningest driver with the Malvern Bank Series in 2025. With the win, Thornton also officially won in four different states on the tour as he now has victories in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Missouri.

Jake Timm and Dustin Sorensen took second and third in their first-ever appearances with the series while Blair Nothdurft took fourth, and Tad Pospisil finished out the top five.

Both East and West Series stars are back in action on Saturday for the finale of the Dirt Track Bank Labor Day Duel at Deer Creek Speedway. After that, the tours will have a 3-week break before heading to the Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa for the Maaschman Memorial on September 20th.


RESULTS

Dirt Super Late Models

Malvern Bank A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 38T-Dylan Thornton[1]; 2. 49-Jake Timm[3]; 3. 19-Dustin Sorensen[6]; 4. 76-Blair Nothdurft[2]; 5. 04-Tad Pospisil[4]; 6. 99X-Dallon Murty[5]; 7. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[8]; 8. 7X-Jesse Glenz[9]; 9. 77Y-Jordan Yaggy[13]; 10. 25C-Joe Chisholm[7]; 11. 10T-Jeff Tharp[16]; 12. 53-Andrew Kosiski[19]; 13. 24-Bill Leighton[14]; 14. 11-Lance Hofer[11]; 15. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[15]; 16. 99-Jesse Sobbing[18]; 17. 4-JC Wyman[21]; 18. 14-Kyle Berck[17]; 19. 58-Dave Eckrich[24]; 20. 22-Charlie McKenna[23]; 21. 01X-CJ Horn[22]; 22. 15C-Curt Schroeder[25]; 23. 52-Brian Kosiski[12]; 24. 25-Chad Simpson[10]; 25. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[26]; 26. 76H-Jason Hahne[20]

Predator Custom Trailers B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 14-Kyle Berck[2]; 2. 53-Andrew Kosiski[3]; 3. 01X-CJ Horn[4]; 4. 4-JC Wyman[1]; 5. 56-Andy Eckrich[5]; 6. 90-Lance Matthees[7]; 7. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[9]; 8. 22-Charlie McKenna[8]; 9. 37-Jason Rogers[6]; 10. 35D-Dylan Sillman[10]

Predator Custom Trailers B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 99-Jesse Sobbing[1]; 2. 76H-Jason Hahne[3]; 3. 68-Mike Prochnow[2]; 4. 58-Dave Eckrich[4]; 5. 15C-Curt Schroeder[5]; 6. 155-Gavin Shaw[6]; 7. 44W-David Webster[7]; 8. 42-Fred Remley[8]; 9. 51W-JT Wasmund[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 99X-Dallon Murty[4]; 2. 49-Jake Timm[5]; 3. 99-Jesse Sobbing[1]; 4. 76-Blair Nothdurft[6]; 5. 4-JC Wyman[3]; 6. 58-Dave Eckrich[9]; 7. 37-Jason Rogers[8]; 8. 44W-David Webster[7]; 9. 35D-Dylan Sillman[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Dustin Sorensen[5]; 2. 10T-Jeff Tharp[1]; 3. 25C-Joe Chisholm[4]; 4. 68-Mike Prochnow[2]; 5. 14-Kyle Berck[3]; 6. 24-Bill Leighton[6]; 7. 90-Lance Matthees[7]; 8. 42-Fred Remley[8]; 9. 51W-JT Wasmund[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Brian Kosiski[2]; 2. 11-Lance Hofer[3]; 3. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[4]; 4. 04-Tad Pospisil[6]; 5. 53-Andrew Kosiski[7]; 6. 56-Andy Eckrich[1]; 7. 155-Gavin Shaw[8]; 8. 76H-Jason Hahne[5]; 9. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[9]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Chad Simpson[2]; 2. 7X-Jesse Glenz[3]; 3. 77Y-Jordan Yaggy[7]; 4. 38T-Dylan Thornton[6]; 5. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[5]; 6. 15C-Curt Schroeder[1]; 7. 01X-CJ Horn[4]; 8. 22-Charlie McKenna[8]

Qualifying 1: 1. 76-Blair Nothdurft, 00:14.469[7]; 2. 49-Jake Timm, 00:14.648[9]; 3. 99X-Dallon Murty, 00:14.706[2]; 4. 4-JC Wyman, 00:14.773[4]; 5. 35D-Dylan Sillman, 00:14.909[1]; 6. 99-Jesse Sobbing, 00:14.945[8]; 7. 44W-David Webster, 00:15.083[6]; 8. 37-Jason Rogers, 00:15.172[5]; 9. 58-Dave Eckrich, 00:15.245[3]

Qualifying 2: 1. 24-Bill Leighton, 00:14.665[5]; 2. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 00:14.716[7]; 3. 25C-Joe Chisholm, 00:14.738[3]; 4. 14-Kyle Berck, 00:15.070[9]; 5. 68-Mike Prochnow, 00:15.094[4]; 6. 10T-Jeff Tharp, 00:15.143[8]; 7. 90-Lance Matthees, 00:15.152[1]; 8. 42-Fred Remley, 00:15.172[6]; 9. 51W-JT Wasmund, 00:15.262[2]

Qualifying 3: 1. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:14.642[3]; 2. 76H-Jason Hahne, 00:15.067[6]; 3. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt, 00:15.108[1]; 4. 11-Lance Hofer, 00:15.290[4]; 5. 52-Brian Kosiski, 00:15.342[2]; 6. 56-Andy Eckrich, 00:15.356[9]; 7. 53-Andrew Kosiski, 00:15.362[5]; 8. 155-Gavin Shaw, 00:15.677[7]; 9. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, 00:15.702[8]

Qualifying 4: 1. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 00:15.039[4]; 2. 26JR-Corey Zeitner, 00:15.082[6]; 3. 01X-CJ Horn, 00:15.127[2]; 4. 7X-Jesse Glenz, 00:15.228[7]; 5. 25-Chad Simpson, 00:15.283[1]; 6. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:15.447[3]; 7. 77Y-Jordan Yaggy, 00:15.461[5]; 8. 22-Charlie McKenna, 00:15.467[8]


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USRA Modifieds

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 24C-Jim Chisholm[10]; 2. 19-Dustin Sorensen[2]; 3. 87H-Harley Dais[1]; 4. 99-Josh Angst[6]; 5. 255-Gavin Shaw[4]; 6. 27-Don Gerritsen Jr[8]; 7. 49-Jake Timm[12]; 8. 95-Keith Foss[13]; 9. 50III-Brandon Davis[21]; 10. 0-Brandon Duellman[11]; 11. 43-Zach Brom[20]; 12. 33-Joe Ludemann[9]; 13. 24-Charles Steinberg[7]; 14. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[5]; 15. 24W-Brad Waits[15]; 16. 97JR-Landon Volkman[19]; 17. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[14]; 18. 23-Darwin Karau[16]; 19. 35X-Parker Foster[17]; 20. (DNS) 29H-Joe Horgdal; 21. (DNS) 77T-Tom Brink

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Josh Angst[1]; 2. 49-Jake Timm[2]; 3. 19-Dustin Sorensen[5]; 4. 24C-Jim Chisholm[7]; 5. 95-Keith Foss[6]; 6. 35X-Parker Foster[4]; 7. (DNF) 43-Zach Brom[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Joe Ludemann[3]; 2. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[1]; 3. 255-Gavin Shaw[5]; 4. 29H-Joe Horgdal[2]; 5. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[6]; 6. (DNF) 77T-Tom Brink[7]; 7. (DNF) 50III-Brandon Davis[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Don Gerritsen Jr[5]; 2. 24-Charles Steinberg[2]; 3. 0-Brandon Duellman[4]; 4. 87H-Harley Dais[3]; 5. 24W-Brad Waits[6]; 6. 23-Darwin Karau[7]; 7. (DNF) 97JR-Landon Volkman[1]


USRA B-Mods

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 6-Dustin Kruse[5]; 2. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[12]; 3. 32-Taylor Skauge[6]; 4. 28T-Philip Ihde[1]; 5. 35-Dennis Dunbar[4]; 6. 10T-Trevor Fecht[9]; 7. 40-Colton Kramer[16]; 8. 85-Ben Moudry[11]; 9. 99-Noah Grinstead[24]; 10. 42B-Kaeden Bronner[22]; 11. 13-Jesse Antiporek[2]; 12. 98D-Christopher Deno[7]; 13. 175-Miah Christensen[19]; 14. 25X-Dale Schwamman[3]; 15. 19-Tracy Johnson[14]; 16. 2R-Riley Grinstead[20]; 17. 57-Duke Erickson[8]; 18. 22H-Jayme Hiller[17]; 19. 29-Lilli Reps[10]; 20. 11-Lyndon Johnson[18]; 21. 2-Tommy Hansen[25]; 22. (DNF) 36K-Jayden Larson[15]; 23. (DNF) 17B-Matthew Buddenberg[13]; 24. (DNF) 33-Corbin Ludemann[26]; 25. (DNF) 72-Travis Scholbrock[23]; 26. (DNF) 87-Clint Erickson[21]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 175-Miah Christensen[4]; 2. 87-Clint Erickson[2]; 3. 72-Travis Scholbrock[7]; 4. 2-Tommy Hansen[1]; 5. 24S-Shane Southard[3]; 6. 21S-Brian Schott[5]; 7. (DNF) 31K-Kyle Kletschka[8]; 8. (DNF) 118-Marcus Swatek[9]; 9. (DNS) 28J-Jackson Hale

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2R-Riley Grinstead[1]; 2. 42B-Kaeden Bronner[7]; 3. 99-Noah Grinstead[8]; 4. 33-Corbin Ludemann[2]; 5. 28-Braiden Schaufenbuel[3]; 6. (DNF) 97X-Don Schaefer[5]; 7. (DNF) 79K-Nick Kramer[4]; 8. (DNS) 20W-Josh Wiemer

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25X-Dale Schwamman[5]; 2. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[8]; 3. 29-Lilli Reps[6]; 4. 28T-Philip Ihde[9]; 5. (DNF) 97X-Don Schaefer[3]; 6. (DNF) 28J-Jackson Hale[4]; 7. (DNF) 20W-Josh Wiemer[1]; 8. (DNF) 42B-Kaeden Bronner[7]; 9. (DQ) 99-Noah Grinstead[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Dennis Dunbar[1]; 2. 85-Ben Moudry[4]; 3. 13-Jesse Antiporek[5]; 4. 98D-Christopher Deno[8]; 5. 11-Lyndon Johnson[6]; 6. 2-Tommy Hansen[9]; 7. 24S-Shane Southard[2]; 8. (DNF) 31K-Kyle Kletschka[7]; 9. (DQ) 118-Marcus Swatek[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Taylor Skauge[2]; 2. 6-Dustin Kruse[4]; 3. 19-Tracy Johnson[1]; 4. 22H-Jayme Hiller[3]; 5. 2R-Riley Grinstead[5]; 6. 33-Corbin Ludemann[6]; 7. 175-Miah Christensen[7]; 8. 79K-Nick Kramer[8]; 9. 21S-Brian Schott[9]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 10T-Trevor Fecht[6]; 2. 57-Duke Erickson[1]; 3. 36K-Jayden Larson[3]; 4. 17B-Matthew Buddenberg[7]; 5. 40-Colton Kramer[8]; 6. 87-Clint Erickson[5]; 7. 28-Braiden Schaufenbuel[4]; 8. (DNF) 72-Travis Scholbrock[2]