(Alger, WA) 6/9/12 by Kelly Hart
While the 410 Sprints were testing and tuning the 360 Sprints took center stage at Skagit Speedway this Saturday night. Also on the schedule were the Sportsman Sprints, Outlaw Hornets and the USAC Midgets in the Foothills Toyota Tundra Racing Series.
Fast times tonight in qualifying for the 360 Sprints went to Chad Hillier at 11.964 seconds for the fastest qualifying lap of the night and the Sportsman Sprint fast time belongs to Steve Parker at 12.916 seconds.
In heat race action for the 360 Sprints wins went to Trey Starks and Justin Youngquist. Brian Kirkpatrick led the initial start which was called back when he spun in turn two before the entire field had completed the first lap necessitating a restart. On the restart Trevor Turnbull was in charge. The 360 Sprint point leader too off and headed into big traffic by the 6th lap. Behind him Chad Hillier, Trey Starks and Kenny Rutz were battling for second. The big moves were being put on by Mack Brown who started 17th and was up to 6th on the 11th lap when John Tharp rolled over in turn 2. As the laps wound down Turnbull found heavy traffic holding him up and right behind him Chad Hillier, Trey Starks and Brown. The last two laps had the crowd on its feet as Turnbull was almost fully stopped a few times. At the stripe Turnbull followed by Hillier with Starks just inches behind and Brown closing.
The Sportsman Sprint heat race winners were James Bundy, Dylan Dunham and Derek Roberts. Martin Koetje flipped in his heat tearing off the front end of the race car and taking the top wing of Zach McCabe with it. McCabe also sustained some front end damage. After repairs McCabe made it back out for the main event and would lead the last 11 laps of the main. During the fast and furious repairs made to the McCabe car the team borrowed a top wing from another competitor. The wing featured a one inch wickerbill which is not legal in the Sportsman division so McCabe was disqualified from the win and the second place car of Rob Schroder picked up his first ever win in the Sportsman Sprint division.
The night belonged to Jared Peterson once again in the USAC Midgets.Peterson won both his heat and the main event. Peterson starting third on the field took over the lead on the second lap and was never headed. The other heat race was won by Chase Goetz. For Peterson it is 5 wins in 6 mains in the Gaylon and Carla Stewart owned 3s midget.
For the Outlaw Hornets Clint Meins captured his first ever heat race win. The other heat race was won by Howard Vos. In the main event Jon Gunderson took out to a huge lead with a big move on the opening lap to go from 4th to the lead. Rick Young ran him down and took over the lead 12 laps in and pulled away for the win.
Next week at ASA Member Track Skagit Speedway is the 41st Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup presented by Goodyear. The Dirt Cup Party is Wednesday at the track from 4pm to 7pm. The race part of the show is Thursday, Friday and Saturday June 14th through 16th. Racing starts at 7:00 pm all three nights.
RESULTS
360 Sprints
Fast time Chad Hillier 11.964
Heat 1 Trey Starks, Hillier, Brian Kirkpatrick, Alan Munn, Bud Ashe
Heat 2 Justin Youngquist, Kenny Rutz, Cody Ridge, Trevor Turnbull, Kelsey Carpenter
Main Trevor Turnbull, Chad Hillier, Trey Starks, Mack Brown, Kenny Rutz, Justin Youngquist, Cody Ridge, Randy Price, Bud Ashe, Luke Didiuk, Steven James, Shane Valliant, Brian Kirkpatrick, Kelsey Carpenter, John Tharp, Matt Jensen, Alan Munn
Lap leaders Trevor Turnbull 1-25
Hard Charger Mack Brown +13 positions gained
Sportsman Sprints
Fast time Steve Parker 12.916
Heat 1 James Bundy, Clayton Sibley, Steve Parker, Skyler Pawlowicz, Dave Mead
Heat 2 Dylan Dunham, Cory Swatzina, Curtis Clark, Ashley Lewellen, Zach McCabe
Heat 3 Derek Roberts, Ben Gunderson, Rob Schroder, Ray Parker, Cale Brooke
Main Rob Schroder, Steve Parker, James Bundy, Cry Swatzina, Dylan Dunham, Wes Tyra, Cale Brooke, Curtis Clark, Ben Gunderson, Ray Parker, Ashley Lewellen, Derek Roberts, Clayton Sibley, Dave Mead, Skyler Pawlowicz, Roger Oudman
Lap leaders Skyler Pawlowicz 1-10, Zach McCabe 11-20 (dq wickerbill on wing)
Hard Charger Wes Tyra +11 positions gained
USAC Midgets
Heat 1 Chase Goetz, Garrett Thomas, Hannah Lindquist, Rene Angel
Heat 2 Jared Peterson, Garrett Johnson, Derek Holmwood, Michael Millard, Todd Hartmann
Main Jared Peterson, Derek Holmwood, Garrett Thomas, Michael Millard, Chase Goetz, Hannah Lindquist, Garrett Johnson, Todd Hartmann
Lap leaders Garrett Thomas 1, Jared Peterson 2-
Hard Charger Derek Holmwood +4 positions gained
Outlaw Hornets
Heat 1 Howard Vos, Patrick Adams, Freddie Vela, Rick Young, Brandon Berg
Heat 2 Clint Meins, Matt Powers, Matt Ploeg, Jon Gunderson, Cliff Ballenger
Main Rick Young, Jon Gunderson, Matt Powers, Cliff Ballenger, Clint Meins, Freddie Vela, John Edwards, Mark Toth, Brandon Berg, Becky Boudreau, Tina Thibert, Patrick Adams, Keith Wheeler, Howard Vos, Matt Ploeg
Lap leaders Jon Gunderson 1-11, Rick Young 12-17
Hard Charger Jon Gunderson +6 positions gained