Mother nature once again played nice, even after a little rain shower after qualifying, and allowed Grays Harbor Raceway to get some dirt track racing action in on Saturday night.
The 360 Sprint Cars, Shipwreck Beads Modifieds, Northwest Focus Midgets Series, and Cut Rate Auto Parts Street Stocks were on tap on the clay oval.
Street Stocks
Ocean Shore’s driver Jeff Daniel and Jack Parshall of Hoquiam set the front row of the Street Stocks feature. Parshall took the early lead over Daniel until a caution quickly came out on lap 1 for debris on the front stretch. Aberdeen driver Cory Sweatman joined in on the battle taking over second on lap 5. Daniel and Kerrigan battled for third, as Jason Tole of Hoquiam and Spanaway driver Tom Hecker set their sights on Kerrigan and Daniel. Tole used the low side of the raceway and took over third from Daniel.
Sweatman running the high side, took the lead from Parshall on lap 14. Tole quickly moved into the second spot and stayed on the back bumper of Sweatman. Tole moved into the lead with a few laps to go. Tole would go on to pick up his first win of 2018, with Sweatman, Parshall, Hecker and Montesano driver Scott Fritts rounding out the top five. Fritts and Hecker were also heat race winners earlier in the evening.
Midgets Series
Tristin Thomas of Burlington took the early lead with Shane Smith of Lynnwood sitting in second. The battle for second between Smith and Rankine was the race to watch. Rankine took over second, until lap 10 as the caution flag flew for Nate Vaughn slowing to a stop on the front stretch.
At the end of the feature, Thomas picked up the win over Smith, Rankine, Lake Stevens driver Eric Turner and Hannah Lindquist of Shoreline.
Heat race winners were Nik Larson of Lake Stevens, Smith and Turner, and the B-Main going to Conway.
Modifieds
Scott Miller of Shelton and Cosmopolis driver Tom Sweatman set the front row of the Modifieds feature. On a restart Sweatman led Miller, and Shelton’s Brenton Schnitzer to the green.
Brian Harding of Oakville took over the third spot from Schnitzer. The battle for the lead started to heat up between Sweatman and Miller. Lap 8 saw Miller make a pass on the outside and take the lead out of turn two from Sweatman.
A late race caution setup a restart for Sweatman to take another shot at getting the lead back from Miller. Sweatman had tough company as Moore was right there on his back bumper to take over the second spot along with Simpson who slowed earlier in the race.
Scott Miller picked up his first win of 2018. Sweatman, Moore, Simpson and Schnitzer rounded out the top five.
Heat race winners earlier in the evening were Miller and Sweatman.
Sprint Cars
Tyler Anderson of Everett looked to make it two for two, after winning last week’s feature. Anderson and Lance Sargent of Spanway set the front row. Anderson took the lead from Sargent.
Anderson continued to run the high side of the raceway, and picked up his second career win in a row. Hamilton, HIckle, Sargent, and Snohomish driver Chase Goetz rounded out the top five.
Heat race winners earlier in the evening were Hamilton and Devon Borden of Raymond.
Racing resumes next Saturday night with the first appearance of 2018 of the Washington Modified Tour, and the Sportsman Sprint Cars. Also on hand will be the Shipwreck Beads Modifieds and Outlaw Tuners. Gates open at 5:30 with racing at 7 p.m.
Results
Street Stocks
A-Main:
1. 34 Jason Tole, 2. 1s Cory Sweatman, 3. 9 Jack Parshall, 4. 5 Tom Hecker, 5. 42s Scott Fritts, 6. 43 Shane Kerrigan, 7. AK47 Austin Kerrigan, 8. 97 Rodger Perry, 9. 14 Jeff Daniel, 10. 23B Matt White
Midgets Series
A-Main:
1. 9T Tristin Thomas, 2. 44 Shane Smith, 3. 7s Ross Rankine, 4. 29T Eric Turner, 5. 3H Hannah Lindquist, 6. 9s Sawyer Lind, 7. 31 Shane Biles, 8. 88 Riley Vaillant, 9. 00 Alden Ostrom, 10. 41 Ashley Thompson, 11. 46 Guy Tow Sr, 12. 5 AJ Fugitt, 13. 75i Chris Greene, 14. 16 Nik Larson, 15. 04 Matt Loving, 16. N8 Nate Vaughn, 17. 12 Jesse Conway, 18. 21J Ryan Cully, 19. 92T Katie Jackson
Modifieds
A-Main:
1. 26 Scott Miller, 2. 11 Tom Sweatman, 3. 51 Craig Moore, 4. 12 Zack Simpson, 5. 87K Brenton Schnitzer, 6. 28 Brian Harding, 7. 714 Zach Fuller, 8. 8 Steve Bulpitt, 9. 38 Josh Richardson, 10. 98 Dan Kinnaman, 11. 6M Alan Muenchow, 12. 41 Tim Phillips
Sprint Cars
1. 24 Tyler Anderson, 2. 96 Greg Hamilton, 3. 3 JJ Hickle, 4. 33s Lance Sargent, 5. 91 Chase Goetz, 6. 17 Cam Smith, 7. 6A Kyle Miller, 8. 0J Jay Cole, 9. 66 John Keller, 10. 15 Jeff Dunlap, 11. 8B Devon Borden, 12. 8X John Stuart, 13. 22X Trevor Cook
