Published: Sunday, May 11, 2008
Martinez, Solwold and Carpenter win at Skagit Speedway
Herald staff
ALGER -- Barry Martinez beat the weather and a stout field of 410 Sprint Cars at Skagit Speedway on round two of the Foothills Toyota Tundra Racing Series.
With imminent weather, Martinez beat pole sitter Nick Engberg into turn one and withstood challenges from Travis Rutz and Jason Solwold in heavy traffic to win his first main event of 2008. Martinez weaved his way through half the field of cars by the time Cameron Smith brought out the evening-ending yellow on lap 13.
Officials determined the track unsafe to race on at that point and called an end to the night's races. Rutz was fast time. Heat race wins went to Aaron Fell, Steve Kilcup and Seth Bergman.
Jason Solwold won his first main event of 2008 in the Budweiser 360 division. Solwold ran down Danielle Huson in lapped traffic, waiting for his opportunity. He found it on lap 20 when Huson came upon Alan Munn and chose to try and pass him low. Solwold went to the high side entering turn three, then powered around Huson who had to check up to get underneath Munn. Brian Kirkpatrick was quick time. Solwold, Brock Lemley and Munn won the heats.
Kelsey Carpenter was a repeat winner in the Cook Road Shell Sportsman Sprints. Carpenter was scheduled to start inside row two on the main, but an accident on the initial start involving pole sitter Kelleigh Johnson and Glen Reinstra ended up with Johnson on his top. Carpenter took the pole position and led all 20 laps for his second win in a row. Devin Madonia finished second. Madonia and Carpenter were the heat race winners.
The Wilson Auto Brokers Outlaw Hornet feature was cancelled due to weather. Heats were won by Ben Gunderson and Tyler Ketchum. Skagit Speedway officials will decide during the week how and when to make up the missed Outlaw Hornet main.
Industrial Resources Inc. presents the John Carroll Classic next Saturday night at Skagit Speedway. All four classes will be in action. Opening ceremonies are slated for 7pm. Tickets are now on sale for the Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup, June 19-20-21 at Skagit Speedway. For ticket information call 360.724.3567 or visit www.skagitspeedway.com
Results
Outlaw 410 Sprints
Fast Time - Travis Rutz 11.554
Heat 1 - Steve Kilcup, Josh Dewitt, Travis Rutz, Nick Engberg, Eric Fisher, Derek Holmwood, Bob Stevens
Heat 2 - Aaron Fell, Jason Solwold, Josh Edson, Colton Heath, Jason Bloodgood, Alec Covert
Heat 3 - Seth Bergman, Chris Schmelze, Barry Martinez, Jared Ridge, Cam Smith, Kevin Smith
Main (shortened to 13 laps) - Barry Martinez, Rutz, Solwold, Engberg, Ridge, Heath, Kilcup, Fell, Bergman, Dewitt, Schmelze, Edson, K.Smith, C.Smith, Fisher, Bloodgood, Covert, Holmwood, Stevens
Budweiser 360 Sprints
Fast Time - Brian Kirkpatrick 12.088
Heat 1 - Alan Munn, Brian Kirkpatrick, Danielle Huson, Jason Cocking, Shane Broers, Travis Rutz
Heat 2 - Jason Solwold, Rod Perkins, Michael Harris, Jared Peterson, Mack Brown, Bud Ashe
Heat 3 - Brock Lemley, Mike Sather, Blake Cook, Danny Kirkpatrick, Steve Parker, Nick Tomlinson
Main - Jason Solwold, Huson, B.Kirkpatrick, Lemley, Perkins, Peterson, Parker, Cocking, Harris, Sather, Munn, D.Kirkpatrick, Brown, Cook, Broers, Tomlinson, Ashe
Cook Road Shell Sportsman Sprints
Heat 1 - Devin Madonia, Glen Reinstra, Steve James, Dave Mead, Kyle Oman, Paul Burdick, Devin Barnes, Ryan Nootenboom
Heat 2 - Kelsey Carpenter, Kelleigh Johnson, Marc Schutte, Bill Rude, Mark Richmond, Ryan Winghouse
Main - Kelsey Carpenter, Madonia, James, Schutte, Rude, Mead, Nootenboom, Burdick, Barnes, Richmond, Reinstra, Johnson, Winghouse, Oman
Wilson Auto Brokers Outlaw Hornets
Heat 1 - Tyler Ketchum, Freddy Vela, Karl Dahl, Brett Paulk, Scott Naylor, Rick Young, Greg Hibma, Ashley Lewellen, Wendy Johnson, Howard Vos, Gary Rice
Heat 2 - Ben Gunderson, Stacy Day, Matt Powers, Dean Ruddle, Glen Rankin, Alan Holtzheimer, Ronda Eszlinger, Tom Warner
Main - Postponed, Weather
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