5/18/12
Three
familiar faces and a former Clay Cup champion found victory lane on
Friday night at Deming Speedway. With racing sponsored by Jim’s
Automotive Experts, Jared Peterson won his first Deming feature in many
years in the 600 division, while Clennon Holloway, Austin Sheridan and
Sawyer Sorgenfrei became repeat winners on the 2012 campaign.
Peterson
has been in and out of 600 racing since his Clay Cup victory in 2007.
With a new season and his own equipment this year, Peterson has been
fast but run into some bad luck to kick off 2012. That all changed on
Friday night when luck smiled at the Stanwood native. Peterson trailed
early race leader Liam Ryan but was catching him in traffic when he
caught the break he needed as Ryan tangled with a lapped car on lap 11,
spinning him to a stop and handing the lead to Jared. From there,
Peterson brought home the win by finishing the 25 lap feature with a
comfortable margin over Dustin O’Brien and Brayden Planko. Heat wins
went to Chase Schmidt, Alex Gauthier, O’Brien and Robie Price. Derek
Torkelson was quick time. Kelly Mauck won the B Main.
In
the 1200 division, Clennon Holloway won his second feature in the month
of May with a 25 lap wire-to-wire win. Holloway was challenged late by
second place finisher Tyson Cross, but made a key adjustment in changing
his exit point in turn two and four to secure a comfortable win. Jared
Gunderson finished third behind Holloway and Cross. Aaron Fell set quick
time. Cross and Eric Drake won the heat races.
Austin
Sheridan went wire to wire in the 600 restricted division for the
feature win, holding off Chance Crum who made up a huge amount of ground
as Sheridan worked through traffic late. Sheridan and Crum were joined
on the podium by Hannah Lindquist. Sheridan also set quick time. Brandee
Wood, Ashley Thompson and Tristan Thomas won the heats.
Sawyer
Sorgenfrei won his second career feature in the Kasey Kahne Junior
Sprints. Sorgenfrei took the lead on lap two and held off hard charging
Jesse Schlotfeldt and Bradley Parks to take the win. Schlotfeldt set
quick time. Haley Constance and Sorgenfrei won the heats.
Kasey Kahne Junior Sprints
Fast Time – Jesse Schlotfeldt 13.133
Heat 1 – Haley Constance
Heat 2 – Sawyer Sorgenfrei
Main
– Sawyer Sorgenfrei, Jesse Schlotfeldt, Bradley Parks, Ashton Dial,
Lynden Lebedinski, Haley Constance, Tyson Lemley, Peyton Hagen, Haylee
Bloodgood, Allison Johnson
Lap Leaders – Lebedinski 1 Sorgenfrei 2-15
600 Restricted
Fast Time – Austin Sheridan 11.196
Heat 1- Brandee Wood
Heat 2 – Ashley Thompson
Heat 3 - Tristan Thomas
Main
– Austin Sheridan, Chance Crum, Hannah Lindquist, Tristan Thomas,
Ashley Thompson, Brandee Wood, Jake Helsel, Kaitlyn Hammer, Spencer
Constance, Darius Walker-Perkins, Rachel Westmoreland, Isaac Abenroth,
Ian Humphries, Eli Schmidt, Dylan Resch, JJ Thomas, Ashleigh Johnson,
Riley Watkins, Tatum Pospical, Kyle Mitchell
Lap Leaders – Sheridan 1-25
1200
Fast Time – Aaron Fell 10.227
Heat 1 – Tyson Cross
Heat 2 – Eric Drake
Main
– Clennon Holloway, Tyson Cross, Jared Gunderson, Eric Drake, Eric
Turner, Wade Spreckelmeyer, Aaron Fell, Forest Metcalfe, Zach Keefe,
Jacob Buckenmeyer, Steven Hendrickson, Tony Helsel, Liam Ryan, Duane
Mackey, Jared Peterson, Brad Davison, Spud Allen
Lap Leaders – Holloway 1-25
Hoosier Speedmart 600s
Fast Time – Derek Torkelson 10.324
Heat 1 – Chase Schmidt
Heat 2 – Alex Gauthier
Heat 3 – Dustin O’Brien
Heat 4 – Robie Price
B
Main – Kelly Mauck, Dougie James, Austin Sheridan, Bill Mercer, Nate
Vaughn, Greg Tourond, Jerrod Saddler, Tom Hovind, Jordy Smith, Cory
Samuelson
A
Main – Jared Peterson, Dustin O’Brien, Brayden Planko, Brandon Turner,
Alex Gauthier, Greg Hamilton, Robie Price, Derek Torkelson, Shaun
Holtorf, Kelly Mauck, Chase Schmidt, Kevin Wilkinson, Phil Schemenauer,
Spud Allen, Alden Ostrom, Jacob Brown, Bill Mercer, Austin Sheridan,
Dougie James, Liam Ryan
Lap Leaders – Ryan 1-10 Peterson 11-25
