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Photo credit Robert G Hunter
Photo caption: First time Sportsman Sprint Winner Tyler Fox in Winners Circle
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(Alger, WA) 5/19/12
by Kelly Hart
On a perfect sun drenched Saturday night at Skagit Speedway
Chad Hillier (410 Sprints), Kelsey Carpenter (360 Sprints), Tyler Fox
(Sportsman Sprints) and Rick Young (Outlaw Hornets) found victory lane in the
Foothills Toyota Tundra Racing Series.
Setting fast time for the 410 division was Eric Fisher in
11.458 seconds around the 3/10th mile high banked clay oval. Heat
race winners were Eric Fisher and Jason Solwold. Chad Hillier led all 25 laps
of the 410 main event on a wide and fast race track. The battle behind him for
third place between Eric Fisher and Jason Solwold almost stole the thunder of
the event. Barry Martinez finished second.
In the 360 division Trevor Turnbull again set fast time at
12.032. the heat race wins went to Alan Munn and Keith Jensen, with Jensen
winning his first ever heat race. Kelsey Carpenter led all 25 laps of the main
event followed by Kenny Rutz in his best finish of the season, Colton Heath,
Justin Youngquist and Turnbull.
An interesting evening in the Sportsman Sprints started off
with Steve Parker and Dylan Dunham getting heat race wins. A slew of yellow
flags kept the early race leader Tyler Fox on high alert with Dunham and Parker
on his tail tank each time they restarted. Tyler Fox wins at the line as he and
Dunham got into traffic late in the race with Fox holding off Dunham on the
final lap for his first ever main event win.
The Outlaw Hornets saw point leader Rick Young and Matt
Ploeg win the heats. Young captured his third win of the year followed by Cliff
Ballenger and Greg Hibma, Hibma finished the race on his roof but finished
third.
Next week is the John Carroll Classic at ASA Member Track
Skagit Speedway featuring all three divisions of Sprint cars, the Outlaw
Hornets and the 2012 debut of the USAC Focus Midgets. Racing on Saturday night
May 26th starts at 7:00 pm.
RESULTS
410 Sprints
Fast time Eric Fisher 11.458
Heat 1 Eric Fisher, Liam Ryan, Shane Valliant , Chad Hillier
Heat 2 Jason Solwold,Barry Martinez, Kevin Smith, Josh Edson
Main Chad Hillier, Martinez, Fisher, Solwold, Edson, Smith.
Vaillant, Ryan
Lap leaders Chad Hillier 1-25
Hard Charger Josh Edson +3 positions gained
360 Sprints
Fast time Trevor Turnbull 12.032
Heat 1 Alan Munn, Trevor Turnbull, Bud Ashe, Kenny Rutz, Randy
Price
Heat 2 Matt Jensen, Colton Heath, Justin Youngquist, Kelsey
Carpenter, Steve James
Main Kelsey Carpenter, Rutz, Heath, Youngquist, Turnbull,
Munn, Price, Ashe, Jensen, James
Lap leader: Kelsey Carpenter 1-25
Hard Charger Justin Youngquist +2 positions gained
Sportsman Sprints
Heat 1 Steve Parker, Curtis Clarke, Zach McCabe, Roger
Oudman, Dave Mead
Heat 2 Dylan Dunham, Tyler Fox, Ben Gunderson, Derek Roberts,
Bill Rude
Main Tyler Fox, Dunham, Roberts, S. Parker, McCabe, Oudman,
Gunderson, Schroder, Pawlowicz, Brooke, Mead, Clark, R. Parker, Rude, Sibley,
Swatzina, Lewellen
Lap leader Tyler Fox 1-20
Hard Charger Derek Roberts +5 positions gained
Outlaw Hornets
Heat 1 Matt Ploeg, Greg Hibma, Matt Powers, Howard Vos,
Terry Graul
Heat 2 Rick Young, Cliff Ballenger, Jon Edwards, Patrick
Adams, Clint Meins
Main Rick Young, Ballenger, Hibma, Meins, Edwards, Vos,
Adams, Tina Thibert, Graul, Becky Boudreau, Bren Futrelle, Mark Toth, Ploeg, TJ
Campbell
Lap leaders Matt Ploeg 1-4, Rick Young 5-17
Hard Charger Greg Hibma +12 positions gained
Photo credit Robert G Hunter
Photo caption: First time Sportsman Sprint Winner Tyler Fox in Winners Circle