Day wins; Wise leads the points battle heading into night two.
Alger, WA (6/22/23) – Night number one of the 51st Annual Jim Raper Memorial Super Dirt Cup is in the books and if the next two nights are anything like tonight, we are in for a big treat!
In the 410 division, the Clovis California teenager Corey Day parked it in victory lane as his hot streak continues. Day took the lead on lap 19 after fighting with Tanner Holmes in a race that after an initial caution on the opening start went flag to flag. Holmes and Day fought tooth and nail to both get to the front of the field, coming from eight and third respectively, however, it all came down to lap traffic for Day. While fighting for the lead in traffic Day threw a slider going into three on Holmes right as Holmes bounced the car off the cushion in turn four allowing Day to take the lead on lap 19.
While the battle for the lead was heating up, so was the battle for the remaining two podium spots. Shane Golobic and Zeb Wise went to war, moving up through the field. Wise worked his way from a 12th-place starting spot to finish third while Golobic moved up from fifth place to second.
In the Northwest Focus Midget Division, Alex Peck went wire to wire never moving from the top spot for his first win of the year at Skagit Speedway. Peck never seemed to put a foot wrong as his car flew around Skagit Speedway while drama happened behind. While battling for third place Nick Evans and Jared Peterson made contact resulting in Peterson on his lid and both cars done for the night. While Peck locked it down out front, Ross Rankine and Jeff Westergard found their way back into victory lane coming home second and third.
We will do it all again tomorrow June 22, 2023, night with more action, while it all leads up to the $62,000 Saturday night final.
Top 5 in points after Night 1 (6/22/23):
- 26R Zeb Wise – 471
- 2x Justin Sanders – 469
- 18T Tanner Holmes – 467
- 17W Shane Golobic – 467
- 8 Aaron Reutzel – 466
410s
Qualifying: Trey Starks: 11.526
Heat 1: Cam Smith
Heat 2: Karl Hoffmans
Heat 3: D.J. Netto
Heat 4: Billy Aton
C-Main: Justyn Cox, Kelly Miller, Sean MacDonell, Bailey Jean, James Bundy, Corey Summers, Dana Glenn, Ashleigh Johnson, Mike Brown
B-Main: Dylan Bloomfield, Jessie Attard, Chase Johnson, D.J. Netto, Colby Thornhill, Austen Wheatley, Billy Aton, Justyn Cox, Luke Didiuk, Eric Fisher, Karl Hoffmans, Joel Myers, Andy Caruana, Kelly Miller
A-Main: Corey Day, Shane Golobic, Zeb Wise, Tanner Holmes, Dominic Scelzi, Logan Forler, Cole Macedo, Aaron Reutzel, Tyler Thompson, Justin Sanders, Jesse Schlotfeldt, Trey Starks, Jason Solwold, Dylan Bloomfield, Colby Copeland, Greg Hamilton, Chase Johnson, D.J. Netto, Justin Youngquist, Nick Parker, Willie Croft, Bud Kaeding, Jessie Attard, Cam Smith.
Lap Leaders: Logan Forler 1-13, Tanner Holmes 14-18, Corey Day 19-30
Northwest Focus Midgets:
Heat 1: Nick Evans
Heat 2: Jared Peterson
Heat 3: Jonathan Jorgenson
Heat 4: Alex Peck
C-Main: Kyle Hanson, Shawn Wallenfelsz Jr., Ben Beck, Stewart Lee, Tyler Luce, Dale Creager
B-Main: Jason Thomas, Chris Foster, Todd Hartmann, David Mills, Kyle Hanson, Roger Burt, Stuart Milner, Ayuka Carlson, Joe Shawley, Mike Roberts, Shawn Wallenfelsz Jr., Gary Wegener, Brian Hayes, Derek Amundson
A-Main: Alex Peck, Ross Rankine, Jeff Westergard, Jonathan Jorgenson, Tyler Ketchum, Chuck Pierce, Levi Klatt, Ashley Thompson, Jake Munn, Brain Holmkvist, David Mills, Brian Rose, Michael Hodel, Jared Peterson, Shane Smith, Bryan Murphy, Jason Thomas, Chris Foster, Nick Evans, Todd Hartman
Lap Leaders: Alex Peck 1-25
- administrator on Jun 23, 2023
- Article Date: 6/22/2023