ELMA — The Washington Modified Tour made it’s first appearance of 2018 on the 3/8-banked clay oval along with the first appearance of the Sportsman Sprints as racing resumed at the Grays Harbor Raceway on May 5.

Street Stocks

Hoquiam’s Jack Parshall led the Street Stock feature into turn one with Aberdeen driver Matt White running in second. Scott Fritts of Montesano challenged White for the runner up spot, moving White to third.

Behind the top three a crazy battle between seven drivers made for exciting racing as Ocean Shores driver Jeff Daniel and Aberdeen’s Cory Sweatman raced their way into the top five. White had tough company as Daniel and Sweatman made it a three car battle for third. White gave it a hard fought battle until spinning in turn one on lap seven to bring out the caution flag.

Parshall continued to lead on the restart with Fritts right at his back bumper. A handful of restarts allowed Fritts and Daniel to take a shot at Parshall for the lead, but Parshall held all challengers at bay to pick up the win.

Sprints

Steve Parker took the early lead in the 25 lap feature for the Sportsman Sprints Class.

Devin Barnes quickly moved into the second position with Ashleigh Johnson running third. Parker quickly caught up with lap traffic, allowing Barnes to close in. The battle for the lead started to heat up as Barnes took the lead on lap nine going into turn one. He quickly ran away from the rest of the field and picked up the checkered flag.

Tuners

The 15 lap Outlaw Tuners feature saw Travis Koch take the early lead over Wishkah’s Jeremy Jones. Devon Harper of Olympia moved into the second spot as the yellow quickly flew after Aberdeen’s Tyler Sundstrom spun in turn three. On the restart Koch led Harper and Sandy, Oregon driver Eddie Farness to the green. Harper saw trouble as contact between him and Farness caused Harper to spin, bringing out the caution flag.

After a brief rain delay, the feature resumed with Koch leading the way. The battle for second between Max Sanford and Wishkah driver Don Briggs Sr. was the race to watch as both drivers went back and forth for position. Koch picked up the checkered flag over Max Sanford and Wishkah driver Don Briggs Sr.

Washington Modified Tour

Kyler Moore and Jeremy Martin set the front row of the 25 lap feature. Moore quickly took the lead but the caution flag flew for a multi-car incident in turn three. On the complete restart, disaster struck again as another multi-car tangle up occurred in turn two. The third attempted restart saw Martin take the early lead with Moore right next to him.

After several laps of side-by-side racing, Moore overtook Martin for the lead.

A late race caution setup one last chance for Tom Sweatman, Lawrence O’Connor, and Martin to take the lead from Moore, but the Seabeck native stayed in front the rest of the way and took the checkered flag.

Racing resumes on Saturday at 7 p.m. (gates open at 5:30 p.m.).

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