By Kaleb Hart
Round 4 of the Foothills Toyota Tundra Series saw four drivers visit victory lane for the first time in 2010. In the Associated Asphalt 410 division, Jayme Barnes piloted the Law Motorsports #33 XXX to winner’s circle for the first time since his Dirt Cup triumph last June. After starting outside row two, Barnes breezed around the outside of the track, finding a smooth line off the top of turns three and four en route to the victory. Travis Jacobson was second in the Performance RC #8r Eagle. Jesse Whitney was third in the Rocky’s Plumbing #88 Eagle. Heat Race wins went to Eric Fisher and Whitney. Barnes was fastest in qualifying.
Evan Funk visited victory lane for the first time since August 5th of 2006 in the Budweiser 360 division. Funk was a rocket early on, taking his Performance RC #8r Rocket to the high side of the track and lapping up to 4th place by lap ten when a caution came out. After the caution, Michael Harris kept him close and managed to show him a wheel coming into the final turns before Funk closed the door for the win. Harris was second in the foxy Lady Latte #44h XXX. Third was Devin Madonia in the Bayside Marine #42m Rocket. Heat race wins went to Madonia and Harris. Alan Munn set quick time.
Matt VanDerSys won his first career feature in the Cook Road Shell Sportsman Sprints. After leading the first 8 laps, VanDerSys was relegated to second as Michael Bollinger knifed underneath for the lead coming to lap nine. With VanDerSys dogging him, Bollinger would lead laps 9-18 until VanDerSys made a savvy move in traffic, pinning Bollinger behind lapped cars. A lap 19 red flag would result in a green white checkered restart, with VanDerSys bringing home the proverbial bacon in the Timber Trax #30 XXX. Bollinger would exit the race under the red with no brakes, giving second to Steve Parker in the Construction Unlimited #23 Eagle. Third was Marc Schutte in the Rudy Blumenhagen owned #72 XXX. Heat race wins went to Schutte, VanDerSys and Clayton Sibley.
Tyler Ketchum was a rocket ship en route to his first victory of the year, leading all but one lap at the start of the Outlaw Hornet Main Event. Freddie Vela worked his way up to second with Ken Higby finishing third. Heat race wins went to Tom Warner and Vance Hibbard.
410
Fast Time – Jayme Barnes
Heat 1 – Eric Fisher, Barnes, Danielle Huson, Cam Smith, Brock Lemley
Heat 2 – Jesse Whitney, Josh Edson, Kevin Smith, Travis Jacobson, Steve Parker, Kelleigh Johnson
Main – Jayme Barnes, Jacobson, Whitney, Fisher, Edson, K Smith, C Smith, Huson, Parker, Lemley
Lap Leaders – Whitney 1-2 Barnes 3-25
360
Fast Time – Alan Munn
Heat 1 – Devin Madonia, Kelsey Carpenter, Evan Funk, Bud Ashe, Munn, Mack Brown, Paul Hopkins
Heat 2 – Michael Harris, Jared Peterson, Steve James, Rod Perkins, Jason Bloodgood, Jonathan Jorgenson
Main – Evan Funk, Harris, Madonia, Brown, Ashe, Carpenter, Jorgenson, Hopkins, Perkins, Bloodgood, Munn, James, Peterson
Lap Leaders – Funk 1-25
SS
Heat 1 – Marc Schutte, Cory Swatzina, Nick Dunham, Rob Schroder, Victoria Cantu, James Bundy, Bill Rude, Dylan Dunham
Heat 2 – Matt VanDerSys, Paul Burdick, Michael Bollinger, Luke Didiuk, Steve Parker, Dave Mead, Curtis Clark, Markie Richmond
Heat 3 – Clayton Sibley, Cale Brooke, Glen Reinstra, Devin Barnes, Eric Thibert
Main – Matt VanDerSys, Parker, Schutte, Swatzina, Brooke, Mead, Rude, Clark, Schroder, N Dunham, D Dunham, Bundy, Bollinger, Burdick, Sibley, Richmond, Ron Butler, Cantu, Didiuk, Thibert, Reinstra
Lap Leaders – VanDerSys 1-8 Bollinger 9-18 VanDerSys 19-20
Hornet
Heat 1 – Tom Warner, Ken Higby, Matt Powers, Jon Edwards, Marshall Corbell, Brett Paulk, Kenny Harris, Howard Vos, Jason Warner, TJ Campbell, Steve Canfield, Stacy Day
Heat 2 – Vance Hibbard, Tyler Ketchum, Ben Gunderson, Freddie Vela, Brigham Mirabelli, Don Ward, Rick Young, Ashley Lewellen, Mike Ploeg, Tina Thibert, Ronda Eszlinger
Main – Tyler Ketchum, Vela, Higby, Powers, Gunderson, T Warner, Young, Harris, Mirabelli, Lewellen, Hibbard, Edwards, Day, Campbell, Canfield, Thibert, Vos, Ward, Ploeg, Paulk, Corbell
Lap Leaders – Higby 1 Ketchum 2-17