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Brookings, SD native Donovan Peterson headed to Hartford this past weekend in hopes of a “double duty” night driving both the HRA Traditional Wingless Sprint Car and the Willey Wilson Motorsports 360 Winged Sprint Car, but ended up just driving the winged 360 due to mechanical failures on the non-winged car. “We brought my non-winged sprint down to race the HRA season opener last Saturday,” says Peterson. “But when we tried to fire it off to get some heat in the motor, something was wrong; The motor would not turn over. We hustled to find the problem, but after tearing apart the rear end and the driveline and not finding any issues we decided to load up the car and just focus on our winged program with Willey Wilson Motorsports.” After realizing that the HRA car was not going to...more

Brookings native and veteran Sprint Car driver Donovan Peterson takes the top spot this past Saturday at the fast 3/8ths mile of I-90 Speedway just west of Hartford, South Dakota. It all began with quite the thrill as Peterson took the Trondson Engines Willey Wilson Motorsports #3 Sprinter off turns one and two in the hot lap sessions. Donovan went into the corner looking for the perfect line, but with the track being a little looser than normal, he launched his car off the racing surface and nearly into the cornfield. With a couple severe bounces as he left the speedway, the veteran driver kept the car on all four wheels and away from trouble. “That’s never a great way to start out the night,” says Donovan, “But, we were able to keep the car straight and make some changes to get it...more

Donovan Peterson is ready to hit the Chili Bowl for the second time in his 25 years of racing. "We had alot of good runs down at Kemper and being able to race with Darland and Swindell gives me some confidence going into the Chili Bowl" All indoor racing is tight and Donovan was at the end of everything. With a win the C Main Saturday Night. Donovan would start at the tail of the B main and make his way up to 5th. "The car was awesome and I felt like I would be able to make the A but for some reason after the yellow came out they sent me back to 9th with only 3 laps to go and I finished 6th." Wednesday, January 14 – Creek Nation Casino Qualifying Night Four-time Chili Bowl king Sammy Swindell, 2006 winner Tim McCreadie and 1990 victor Johnny Heydenreich headline a loaded Wednesday...more

Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo is hosting a 2 day Midget show. Last night Donovan competed in the practice and turned the 23rd fast lap out of the 74 cars that hit the track. With some more tuning of the engine and getting a feel for being behind the wheel again and in a midget for only the 2nd time Donovan is eyeing to make the show.

After a very strong and successful season the defending I-90 track champion encountered some mechanical problems during the championship night and finished 2nd in a close points race with Ryan Bickett.

With the past weekend rained out, DPR and Willey Wilson motorsports look to have a strong weekend ahead.

The ASCS series will make their 2nd of 3 stops at Hartford and we are looking for another strong run. "When the National guys were here, we ran right up with Gary Lee Maier so I know we can win one of these." Stated Peterson.

Saturday we will once again be racing at I-90 in pursuit of another track Championship.

Willey Wilson Motorsports and DPR would like to thank MetalworX Environmental Systems, PrimoGreen, West Sioux Exhaust and Brake, Trondson Motors, Ziebarth Trucking, Key Auto Sales, Simpson Race Products and Driver Websites. Without any of these we would not be able to race.

With a long week of racing DPR and Willey Wilson Motorsports hit 3 races on two different tracks. Tuesday night the best of the ASCoT came into town at I-90 speedway, then Saturday at our local racing at I-90 also then Sunday we tried to tackle Husets. Tuesday night with a bad draw saw us starting 5th with some of the best in the business which included Gary Lee Maier, Wayne Johnson, Sam Hafertepe Jr. We ended up with a respectable 4th place finish, unfortantully we would end up sitting 17th in final points. That putting us 1st for the first B main, with a strong start we messed up in one corner and got passed by a few cars. “It was a fast and tough last chance race.” Ending up 4th in the B would make our night end early. However we were able to take a champions provisional and be able...more

With a total of 3 races in a 4 day period Donovan Peterson racing and Willey Wilson Motorsports ventured to 2 different tracks, which included I-90 Speedway, Husets Speedway, and then back to I-90 Speedway. “It was a fun week of racing with a lot of different cars.” Stated Donovan Peterson. Saturday saw DPR at I-90 Speedway in Hartford, SD for our weekly racing show. After another heat race win we would start 11th in the A. With a slow start we managed to finish the race in 5th, however after two cars that finished the race ahead of us got DQ’ed we were credited with 3rd place. “ Its always bummer when someone has to get DQ’ed but rules are rules.” Stated Donovan. With that 3rd place, we are now only 7 points out of the lead with hopes of taking over the points lead this...more