The third race of the season for the NSRA was held Saturday, May 17 at the Wenatchee Valley Super Oval.
Working in sunshine and 96+ degree heat, 22 teams from Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and British Columbia, Canada unloaded their winged sprint cars at the quarter-mile paved track.
Jeff Montgomery started the 40-lap A main from the fourth row but moved steadily forward to claim the victory. Cory Lockwood was second, Jake Mann finished third, Ken Hamilton was fourth and Sierra Jackson rounded out the top five.
John Tharp won the 10-lap B main, followed by Matt Hein, Justin Mack, Adam Roduner and Rick Brown.
Hamilton and Montgomery won the trophy two dashes, and Hamilton, RJ Fronsman and Jeff Bird won heat races.
The fastest qualifying time was 11.196 seconds, set by Hein. The track record is 10.765 set by Trevor Montgomery.
For more information visit www.nsraracing.com.
JR Thomas broke a six-year winless streak in the Frontier Chevrolet/Speedway 600 sprint car division on Saturday, May 16 at Deming Speedway.
Kyle Johnson took the initial lead and led the first 20 laps before getting a tire run over by another car that did not see the caution lights. Johnson went to the pits to fix the flat giving the lead and the eventual win to Thomas.
Derek Holmwood became the first multiple time winner in the Lifestyles RV 1200 class. Using the bottom of the racetrack, Holmwood hooked up hard coming out of turn two and shot underneath race leader Aaron Fell down the back stretch to take the lead on lap 11. Fell challenged Holmwood for the next few laps, but Holmwood was too strong and pulled away for the win.
Jacob Buckenmeyer won his first race of 2008 in the PMP Chassis 600 Restricted class. Buckenmeyer inherited the lead after Rece Goetz lost power on lap 15. Buckenmeyer coasted to the win, the first ever win for a Triple X Race Co. chassis on Triple X night. Chase Schmidt took home second after leading the first 12 laps.
Spud Allen won the Advanced Sprint Car and Toys for Trucks 250 main event. Allen tangled with race leader Jake Benson on the front straightaway on lap 5, causing Benson to swerve into the front stretch wall and bringing an end to his evening. Allen apologized to Benson in victory lane, saying he thought he had more room to make the pass.
Skyler Pawlowicz won his second race in a row in the Kasey Kahne Junior Sprints. A lap 13 yellow bunched the lead pack up, and Pawlowicz went to the bottom of turn 2 to take the lead coming to the white flag. Gregory Hamilton took second and Austin Sheridan was third.
Next week is Little Ceasars night at Deming Speedway. All five classes will be in action. For ticket info or driving directions visit www.demingspeedway.com,
At Elma, the weather was hot and so were the temperatures of some of the drivers as four black flags were thrown during the evening that finally ended at 12:30 a.m., Sunday May 18.
Shawn Rice of Tacoma took over the lead on the lap 7 of the Whitney’s Auto Group 360 Sprints 25-lap feature race and held off Henry VanDam of Enumclaw at the end for the win.
Zack Simpson of Hoquiam came from six-rows back on the starting grid by the midway point of the Cut Rate Auto Parts Hobby Stocks 20 lap main to take the checkered flag.
Shawn Dorie picked up his first feature win of the season at the Elma track when he got by early race leader Blair Shoemaker of Yakima and took the checkered flag in the time shortened Ship Wreck Beads Modifieds 13-lap feature race.
Tyson Blood of Olympia led from green flag to the checkered flag in the HiLine Homes Hornets 15-lap feature race.
For more information, visit www.graysharborraceway.net.
The mercury was up to 104 in the pits at South Sound Speedway on Saturday, May 17 in Rochester.
Points leader Reggie Gill took the lead on lap 9 of the Delta Camshaft Mini Stocks main and went on to win his fourth straight race at the three-eighths mile paved oval.
Gill broke a rear end in practice but made repairs with the help of other teams and returned to the track to set the fastest time in qualifying.
Tom Moriarity took the lead on lap 38 of the super stocks main when polesitter Tom Sweatman’s rear end broke. Moriarity then held on over the final 11 laps for his first win of the season.
Seth Cooper won a heat race and the 10-lap main event in the AMRS Mini Cup Future Stars division.
The second race of the season for the Foreign Stock Car Racing Association Super 4 division was won by Chris Celorie, who passed Don Hale for the lead on lap 26 and then held on the final four laps.
The WESCO Sprint Cars saw Craig Deaver set fast time and win the 30-lap feature main.
For more information visit www.southsoundspeedway.com.
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