6/11/2018
Grays Harbor Raceway
Margeson wins from 21st, Miller Wins Rained Shortened Feature!
The Wingless Sprint Series were on hand for Round 2 of the Wingless Sprint Shootout presented by Modern Machinery/Walker Racing Development. Also on hand were the Northwest Focus Midgets Series, Shipwreck Beads Modifieds, and Outlaw Tuners. The Northwest Focus Midgets did get their 25 lap feature completed, but the Modified main was cut short on lap 10 due to rain.
Northwest Focus Midgets Series
The 25 lap Northwest Focus Midgets Series feature saw Hannah Lindquist of Shoreline take the early lead, as Burlington's Tristin Thomas was right on her back bumper. Lap 2 saw a caution flag for a multiple car incident as Matt Loving of Burlington became airborne, collected McCleary driver Garrett Thomas and Nick Evans of Marysville. All three drivers were ok. On the restart, Tristin Thomas led the field to the green flag. Lynnwood's Shane Smith worked his way into second, as Jonathan Jorgenson worked his way to third. On a lap 7 restart Smith took the lead from Thomas. Jorgenson also joined in, along with Evan Margeson of Tacoma, after starting 21st. Margeson worked his way by Jorgenson and Thomas, moving into the second spot. A red flag for Alden Ostrom of Sedro Woolley gave Margeson a chance at Smith for the lead. Smith saw mechanical issues on his car, having a broken shock causing issues with handling, allowing Margeson to get by and go on and pick up the win from the back of the field. Jorgenson, Smith, Tristin Thomas and Evans rounded out the top five. Heat race winners went to Garrett Thomas, Tristin Thomas, and Lake Stevens driver Nik Larson with Evans picking up quick time.
Shipwreck Beads Modifieds
The second feature of the evening saw a rain shortened feature, as heavy rains hit the raceway on a lap 10 caution. A pair of Shelton drivers Brenton Schnitzer and Devan West set the front row, Schnitzer took the early lead until West made a pass in turn three on lap 1. Oakville's Brian Harding raced Schnitzer for second, taking over the position, and looking to track down West for the lead. The Caution flag flew after West made contact with Tim Phillips of Spanaway who was slowing to a stop in turn three. Harding took the top spot with Shelton's Scott Miller and Austin Kerrigan of Aberdeen. Harding and Miller raced for a handful of laps until Miller took over the lead on lap 8. The final caution for Schnitzer slowing in turn two saw the conclusion of the feature, giving the win to Miller. The rest of the top five were Harding, Kerrigan, Tyson Blood of Olympia, and Zack Simpson of Aberdeen. Heat race winners were Kerrigan, Harding, and Schnitzer.
Wingless Sprint Series
The Wingless Sprint Series were unable to get their feature event in. Although they did get three heat races in as Sherwood, Ore's Rob Lindsey, JJ Hickle of Quilcene, and Beaverton, Ore driver Wayne Van Raden were winners. The dash saw Hickle pick up the win, as Lindsey picked up quick time.
Outlaw Tuners
Like the wingless sprints, the Outlaw Tuners were unable to get their feature event in. Heat race winners were Jeremy Jones of Wishkah, and Shelton's Joseph Palmer.
Racing will resume next Saturday as the winged 360 Sprint Cars will return, along with the Washington Modified Tour and Street Stocks. Gates open at 5:30PM with racing at 7PM.
Grays Harbor Raceway
June 9, 2018
Wingless Sprint Series
Quick Time:
23 Rob Lindsey
Heat 1:
- 23 Rob Lindsey, 2. 57 Lindsay Barney, 3. 54 John Butler, 4. 50 Brad Rhodes, 5. 11X Chris Batalgia, 6. 18 Gene Cannon, 7. 26K Tim Kennedy
Heat 2:
- 19 JJ Hickle, 2. 27 Guy Weedman, 3. 23s Skeeter Flake, 4. 52 Tim Alberding, 5. 38 Nate Giester, 6. 12R Darren Rothe
Heat 3:
- 3 Wayne Van Raden, 2. 15R Jake Gilman, 3. 15 Jeff Dunlap, 4. 29T Tommy Moreno, 5. 8X Otto Jorgenson, 6. 85 Jamee Gardner
Dash:
- Hickle, 2. Lindsey, 3. Dunlap, 4. Rhodes
A-Main:
Rained Out
Shipwreck Beads Modifieds
Heat 1:
- AK47 Austin Kerrigan, 2. 1W Devan West, 3. 6M Alan Muenchow, 4. 97 Tyson Blood, 5. 714 Zach Fuller, 6. 86 Dave Howard
Heat 2:
- 28 Brian Harding, 2. 11s Tom Sweatman, 3. 12s Zack Simpson, 4. 22X Kelly Fugate, 5. 87 Tyler Walker, 6. 75C Casey Smith
Heat 3:
- 87K Brenton Schnitzer, 2. 26 Scott Miller, 3. 8 Steve Bulpitt, 4. 34T Jason Tole, 5. 41 Tim Phillips
A-Main:
- Miller, 2. Harding, 3. Kerrigan, 4. Blood, 5. Simpson, 6. Sweatman, 7. Muenchow, 8. Smith, 9. Walker, 10. Tole, 11. West. 12. Bulpitt, 13. Fugate, 14. Fuller, 15. Schnitzer, 16. Howard, 17. Phillips
Northwest Focus Midgets Series
Quick Time:
24 Nick Evans
Heat 1:
- 14 Garrett Thomas, 2. 24 Nick Evans, 3. 3H Hannah Lindquist, 4. 29T Eric Turner, 5. 75i Chris Green, 6. 12 Jesse Conway, 7. 11T Rey Stebbins, 8. 90 Brendan White
Heat 2:
- 9T Tristin Thomas, 2. 44 Shane Smith, 3. 04 Matt Loving, 4. 5 AJ Fugitt, 5. 39 David Mills, 6. 46 Guy Tow Sr, 7. 18 Breanna Brostrom
Heat 3:
- 16 Nik Larson, 2. 2J Jonathan Jorgenson, 3. 00 Alden Ostrom, 4. 92 Katie Jackson, 5. 2A Renee Angel, 6. 17 Chris Bullock, 7. 11 Evan Margeson
A-Main:
- Margeson, 2. Jorgenson, 3. Smith, 4. Tristin Thomas, 5. Evans, 6. Larson, 7. Turner, 8. Lindquist, 9. Jackson, 10. Conway, 11. Tow Sr. 12. Bullock, 13. Mills, 14. Brostrom, 15. Ostrom, 16. Fugitt, 17. Stebbins, 18. Green, 19. Angel, 20. Loving, 21. Garrett Thomas
Outlaw Tuners
Heat 1:
- 77 Jeremy Jones, 2. 13XXX Don Briggs Sr., 3. 3 Max Sanford, 4. 555 Trevor Dugent, 5. 75 Chad Norton, 6. 11 Cory Sweatman, 7. 95 Donny Andrews
Heat 2:
- 7P Joseph Palmer, 2. 23 Tyler Sundstrom, 3. 12XXX Devon Harper, 4. 2s Maynard Barnum, 5. 0 Zach Dalrymple, 6. 96 Mark Champine
A-Main:
Rained Out
Article Credit: Aaron Reed
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