The sun was shining bright on the 3/8 banked clay oval as the 360 Sprint Cars, Washington Modified Tour, and Cut Rate Auto Parts Street Stocks put on a thrilling night of racing.
Cut Rate Auto Parts Street Stocks
Hoquiam's Jack Parshall has been the driver to beat in 2018. The front row of the 20 lap feature saw Rodger Perry of Belfair and Tom Hecker of Spanaway set the front row. Hecker took the early lead as Matt White of Aberdeen moved into the second position. White wasted no time looking to get by Hecker for the lead, as he was right on his back bumper. White took the lead on lap 6 in turn two before spinning in turn four collecting Hoquiam's Jason Tole and Perry. On the restart Hecker regained the top spot but saw a challenge by Shane Kerrigan of Aberdeen. Kerrigan took over the lead as Scott Fritts of Montesano challenged Hecker for second. Fritts challenged Kerrigan numerous times for the lead as Elma driver Ryen Haney joined in on the battle. Contact between Fritts and Kerrigan down the backstretch saw Fritts take the lead late in the race. A few laps later, Kerrigan made contact with Fritts causing Kerrigan to slide into the turn one wall. On the restart, Fritts had more tough company as Haney looked to take the lead going into turn three, both drivers made contact, coming to a stop, with heavy damage. On the final restart, Jack Parshall of Hoquiam was in the perfect spot, taking the lead, and going on to pick up the win. Jeff Daniel of Ocean Shores, Hecker, Dave Larson of Olympia, and Shelton's Scott Semanko rounded out the top five. Heat race winners were Tole and Parshall with Tole picking up fast time.
360 Sprint Cars:
JJ Hickle of Quilcene took the early lead in the 25 lap feature with Shelton's Jay Cole looking to chase him down. Tyler Anderson of Everett sat in the third position while Raymond driver Devon Borden and Lance Sargent of Spanaway battled in the top five. Hickle ran the low side of the 3/8 banked clay oval finding the fastest line but a early caution for Yakima's John Keller re stacked the field giving Cole another chance for the lead. Cole looked to the low side on the restart going into turn one, but couldn't make the pass on Hickle. Arlington's Rick Fauver, worked his way through the field and saw himself sitting fourth, racing with Borden and Anderson for position. Late in the race Hickle saw issues, and eventually pulled to the infield with motor problems giving the lead to Cole. At the end of the 25 lap feature Jay Cole picked up his first feature win of 2018 over Sargent, Fauver, Anderson and Borden. Heat race winners were Renton's Jeff Dunlap and Anderson with Hickle getting fast time.
Washington Modified Tour:
28 Modifieds signed in for the Washington Modified Tour and a stacked field of 20 took the green flag for the 25 lap feature. Sedro Woolley's Kevin Smith took the early lead in a caution field feature event. Kyler Moore of Seabeck stayed right at the back bumper of Smith waiting for any mistake. Lap 2 saw trouble as Colville's Tiana Berkeley spun, collecting Tyson Blood of Olympia to bring out the caution. On the restart Smith continued to lead. Moore had tough company as BJ Wild of Redmond, Ore looked to the low line of the raceway to try and take second. Moore looked to the outside lane of Smith a few times, but couldn't make the pass for the lead. Lap 10 saw Wild take over the second spot from Moore, but caution flew for contact between Port Hardy, BC driver Graham Cook and Tom Sweatman of Cosmopolis causing a pile up in turn four. On the restart Wild looked to stay right at the back bumper of Smith, looking for any chance to strike and take over the lead. Lap 14 saw heavy contact between Battle Ground's Nick Bessette and Brian Harding of Oakville, setting up a restart battle between Smith and Wild. Zack Simpson of Aberdeen worked his way into the top three getting by Kyler Moore, but saw troubles late in the race, ending his evening. Wild took the lead on lap 20, racing side by side with Smith down the front stretch, and making the pass in turn one. Wild held off a hard charging Kyler Moore to pick up the win. The rest of the top five were, Kevin Smith, Scott Miller of Shelton, and Cook. Heat race winners were Kevin Smith, Kyler Moore, and Wild, with David Wolfard of Bremerton picking up the B-Main.
Racing will resume at Grays Harbor Raceway in 2 weeks for the Fred Brownfield Classic featuring the Lucas Oil ASCS National Sprint Car Series, and presented by the Little Creek Casino. Also on hand will be the Northwest Focus Midgets Series. Next Saturday night the raceway will NOT be in action. Racing resumes June 29th and 30th on the 3/8 banked clay oval. For more information on the Fred Brownfield Classic and the schedule for 2018, go to www.graysharborraceway.com
Grays Harbor Raceway
June 16, 2018
Cut Rate Auto Parts Street Stocks:
Quick Time:
34 Jason Tole
Heat 1:
- 34 Jason Tole, 2. 42 Scott Fritts, 3. 1s Cory Sweatman, 4. 97 Rodger Perry, 5. 00 Kirk McGinnis, 6. 61 Dave Larson, 7. 99 Jim Cruz, 8. 11 Daryl Brumfield, 9. 67 Ryen Haney
Heat 2:
- 9 Jack Parshall, 2. 43 Shane Kerrigan, 3. 23B Matt White, 4. 5 Tom Hecker, 5. 14 Jeff Daniel, 6. 06 Mike Long, 7. 86 Eric Doss, 8. 4 Mike Semanko
A-Main:
- Parshall, 2. Daniel, 3. Hecker, 4. Larson, 5. Semanko, 6. McGinnis, 7. Kerrigan, 8. Fritts, 9. Haney, 10. Long, 11. Sweatman, 12. Perry, 13. White, 14. Tole, 15. Cruz
Washington Modified Tour:
Heat 1:
- 7K Kevin Smith, 2. 97 Tyson Blood, 3. 44B Nick Bessette, 4. 28 Brian Harding, 5. 26 Scott Miller, 6. 4R Bill Rowe, 7. 1W Devan West, 8. 22X Kelly Fugate, 9. 8 Steve Bulpitt
Heat 2:
- 14K Kyler Moore, 2. 45 Tiana Berkeley, 3. 11s Tom Sweatman, 4. 87K Brenton Schnitzer, 5. 6M Alan Muenchow, 6. 17E Cody Erskine, 7. 75C Casey Smith, 8. 34 Gene Miller, 9. 25M Brent Morris
Heat 3:
- 12 BJ Wild, 2. 51 Craig Moore, 3. 12s Zack Simpson, 4. 75 Graham Cook, 5. 52 Geoff Morris, 6. 714 Zach Fuller, 7. 58 David Wolfard, 8. AK47 Austin Kerrigan
B-Main:
- Wolfard, 2. Kerrigan, 3. Walker, 4. Gene Miller, 5. West, 6. Fuller, 7. Casey Smith, 8. Rowe, 9. Bulpitt, 10. Erskine, 11. Fugate, 12. Brent Morris
A-Main:
- Wild, 2. Kyler Moore, 3. Kevin Smith, 4. Scott Miller, 5. Cook, 6. West, 7. Sweatman, 8. Craig Moore, 9. Wolfard, 10. Walker, 11. Gene Miller, 12. Schnitzer, 13. Blood, 14. Simpson, 15. Bessette, 16. Berkeley, 17. Harding, 18. Geoff Morris, 19. Muenchow, 20. Kerrigan
360 Sprint Cars:
Quick Time:
3 JJ Hickle
Heat 1:
- 15 Jeff Dunlap, 2. 3 JJ Hickle, 3. F1 Rick Fauver, 4. 8 Devon Borden, 5. 66 John Keller
Heat 2:
- 24 Tyler Anderson, 2. 33s Lance Sargent, 3. 0J Jay Cole, 4. 23 Garrett McLees
A-Main:
- Cole, 2. Sargent, 3. Fauver, 4. Anderson, 5. Borden, 6. Dunlap, 7. Reed, 8. Hickle, 9. McLees, 10. Keller
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