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First time winners Hillier, Rinkel, and Hayes join Blood in victory lane on opening night at Grays Harbor Raceway.

Opening Night Winners at Grays Harbor Raceway.

IMCA Modifieds- Tyson Blood
360 Sprint- Levi Hillier
360 Limited Sprint- Scott Rinkel
Hornets- Lucas Hayes

Photos by CWhite MEDIA and Walker Imagery

First time winners Hillier, Rinkel, and Hayes join Blood in victory lane on opening night at Grays Harbor Raceway.

4/19/2025

Elma, WA -

Opening night with great weather turned into a long chilly night with some hard fought racing. Picking up the wins were Tyson Blood in the IMCA Modifieds, first time Grays Harbor winnerLevi Hilier in the 360 Sprints, first time Grays Harbor winnerLucas Hayes in the Hornets and first time Grays Harbor winner Scott Rinkel in the Limited Sprints. It was all 3 of there's first times competing at Grays Harbor Raceway.

The IMCA Modified was a marathon with Tyson Blood taking the lead on lap 2 and holding off the field for the rest of the race. Jeff Hunt would have a flat front tire on lap 5 that sent him to they work area and all the cautions would help him rebound with his very fast car to finish 2nd. Kyler Moore is back this year looking to run a full schedule and was very consistent in the race and worked his way from 14th to finish 3rd. Rounding out the top 5 would be Jason Tole and Dan Sheller. Heat race wins went to Tyson Blood, Jeff Hunt, and Austin Rognlin.

In the 360 Sprints Levi Hillier made his debut at Grays Harbor Raceway count leading all 25 laps holding off Trey Starks on multiple restarks to get his first Grays Harbor win. Trey Starks would finish second followed by Jesse Schlotfeldt, Destry Miller, and Dan Reynold. Heat race wins went to Jesse Schlotfeldt, and Trey Starks, and quick time was Jesse Schlotfeldt

In the Limited Sprint it was chaos on lap 1 went there was contact between Nate Geister and Xan Miller sending Xan flipping. Scott Rinkel would take the lead and Xan would come back out and run second with a really mangled wing until an unrelated red flag would cut the race short giving Scott Rinkel his first win. Heat race win went to Xan Miller,and quick time went to Nate Geister.

The Hornets had a non-points race and Lucas Hayes took over the lead from Jason Parmelee and led the final 11 laps to get his first win. Parmelle finished second, Joel Baxter third, Justin Brown fourth, and Drew Spalding fifth. Heat race wins went to Reuben Pruett, and Max Sanford.

Grays Harbor Raceway is back in action this Saturday April 26th with Round 2 featuring IMCA Modifieds, 360 Sprint Cars, IMCA Northern SportMods, and PHRA Dwarf Cars.

Additional information is available at graysharborraceway.com and on social media by searching Grays Harbor Raceway on facebook and instagram.

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