by Kelly Hart
Alger, Wa 5/25/13 
Memorial Weekend racing at Skagit Speedway featured five divisions before a packed house and full-moon sky. At times the old adage about racing on a full moon seemed to be true. Annually the John Carroll Classic produces some of the best racing of the season as racers treasure the Classic Trophies and prestige of winning a race named after one of the tracks legendary racers.
There were twenty five 360 Sprint cars ready to race bringing a B Main into play. The “Hooligan” as B Mains are sometimes called proved to be the only Main event to go completely caution free with Reece Goetz leading the last six laps of the ten lap race to move into the A Main along with fellow top 3 finishers Tyler Anderson and Jeff Dunlap. Goetz parlayed that B Main win into both Hard Charger status for the night as well as a top 3 finish on the final. The A Main was a hard fought affair that took its toll on competitors. After Trey Starks took the lead from Jason Solwold on lap six he was off to the races. Starks sliced and diced his way through traffic pulling away at times while the rest of the field was having the race of a lifetime. There were position battles all over the track and the race was looking good to go green-to-checkered when disaster occurred on the 18th lap. Mitch Olson tangled with a slowing car, ending with Olson going over in one of those twisting, snap rolling wrecks that brought out the first of 3 red flags in a row. On the next restart Travis Rilat and Jason Solwold tangled coming out of turn four with both cars flipping hard. The very next restart saw Liam Ryan turn it over in turn three. An eventful final few laps following a very fast and racy first 18 on a full moon Saturday night. Starks finished off the race with Colton Heath and Reece Goetz on his heels for one last green-white-checkered run and picked up the win. Solwold, Rilat and Ryan were the heat race winners, while Heath was fast time at 11.553.
Eric Fisher picked up his first win of the year in the Bob and Lori Scott 7s car. The defending 410 Sprint champion inherited the lead when Jason Bloodgood had a motor expire when leading early. Fisher paced the field the remaining 19 laps for the win over rapidly improving Jonathan Jorgenson and new point leader Chad Hillier. Bloodgood won the heat. Travis Jacobson set fast time at 11.196 seconds around the 3/10th mile clay oval.
Current point leader and defending champion Steve Parker won the 15 lap main event in the Sportsman Sprint division. Parker drove around early race leader Cory Swatzina with a great outside move and powered by on the outside for the winning move. Rookie Paul Verhagen took a hard tumble out of turn two on the third lap to bring out the only red of the event. Parker also captured one of the three heat races with the other two going to Ben Gunderson and Cory Swatzina.
Chase Goetz made it two in a row for the USAC Midget main event wins at Skagit Speedway. Goetz wasted no time getting around Ariel Biggs on the second lap and broke away from the field for the win. Jared Peterson returned behind the wheel of the Gaylon and Carla Stewart #3s to pick up the heat race win.
Defending two-time Outlaw Tuner Champion Freddie Vela won the Tuner main event with Jon Gunderson and last weeks winner Brandon Berg rounding out the podium finishes. The Outlaw Tuner heat race winners were Becky Boudreau with her first ever heat race win and Vela.
Coming up June 1st at ASA Member track Skagit Speedway are Sprint Cars and Outlaw Tuners. Spectator gates will open at 5:30pm and racing starts after opening ceremonies at 7:00pm. For driving directions, ticket prices and more upcoming events check the website at www.SkagitSpeedway.com .
RESULTS (starting position in parenthesis)
410 Sprints
Qualifying – 1. 18-Travis Jacobson 11.196, 2. 24c-Chad Hillier 11.224, 3. 7s-Eric Fisher 11.233, 4. 6-Jason Bloodgood 11.249, 5. 2j-Jonathan Jorgenson 11.420, 6. 7-Kevin Smith 11.529, 7. 7k-Steve Kilcup 11.707, 8. 44-Daniel Anderson 11.596
Heat – 1. 6-Jason Bloodgood(1), 2. 7s Eric Fisher(2), 3. 24c Chad Hillier(3), 4. 18-Travis Jacobson(4), 5. 7-Kevin Smith(6), 6. 2j Jonathan Jorgenson(5), 7. 7k-Steve Kilcup(7), 8. 44-Daniel Anderson(8)
Main (20 laps) – 1. 7s Eric Fisher(2), 2. 2j-Jorgenson(6), 3. 24c Hillier(3), 4. 18-Jacobson(4), 5. 7-Smith(5), 6. 7k-Kilcup(7), 7. 44-Anderson(8), 8. 6-Bloodgood(1)
Lap leaders 6-Bloodgood 1, 7s-Fisher 2-20
Hard Charger 2j – Jorgenson +4 positions gained
360 Sprints
Qualifying – 1. 33-Colton Heath 11.553, 2. 27-Mitch Olson 11.610, 3. 55-Trey Starks 11.646, 4. 7k-Jason Solwold 11.657, 5. 79k-Kelsey Carpenter 11.719, 6. 87-Liam Ryan 11.722, 7. 98-Matt Jensen 11.730, 8. 39c-Travis Rilat 11.767, 9. 29-Randy Price 11.774, 10. 42r-Derek Roberts 11.777, 11. 17-Cam Smith 11.810, 12. 88w-Jesse Whitney 11.841, 13. 96x-Mack Brown 11.844, 14. 50-Michael Bollinger 11.893, 15. 33v-Henry Van Dam 11.896, 16. 9r Reece Goetz 11.898, 17. 12-Cody Ridge 12.074, 18. 24-Tyler Anderson 12.083, 19. 15 Jeff Dunlap 12.176, 20. 29w-Steve James 12.233, 21. 57-Bud Ashe 12.274, 22. 4b-Cale Brooke 12.473, 23. 27z- Zeth Custer 13.691
Heat 1 – 1. 7k-Jason Solwold(3), 2. 42-Derek Roberts(1), 3. 96x-Mack Brown(5), 4. 98-Matt Jensen(2), 5. 33-Colton Heath(4), 6. 9r-Reece Goetz(6), 7. 42m-Devin Madonia(9), 8. 15 Jeff Dunlap(7), 9. 4b Cale Brooke(8)
Heat 2 – 1. 39c-Travis Rilat(2), 2. 27-Mitch Olson(4), 3. 79k-Kelsey Carpenter(3), 4. 12-Cody Ridge(6), 5. 50-Michael Bollinger(5), 6. 29w-Steven James(7), 7. 27z-Zeth Custer(8), 8. 17-Cam Smith(1)
Heat 3 – 1. 87-Liam Ryan(3), 2. 55-Trey Starks(4), 3. 29 Randy Price(2), 4. 88-Jesse Whitney(1), 5. 33v-Henry Van Dam(5), 6. 24-Tyler Anderson(6), 7. 57-Bud Ashe(7), 8. 62-Lawrence Kirkham(8)
B Main (10 laps) – 1. 9r-Goetz(2), 2. 24-Anderson(3), 3. 15-Dunlap(4), 4. 29w-James(5), 5. 42m-Madonia(10), 6. 57-Ashe(6), 7. 62-Kirkham(9), 8. 4b-Brooke(7), 9. 27z-Custer(8)
A Main (20 laps) 1. 55-Trey Starks(2), 2. 33-Heath(4), 3. 9r-Goetz(16), 4. 88-Whitney(11), 5. 42-Roberts(10), 6. 98-Jensen(7), 7. 79k-Carpenter(5), 8. 33v-Van Dam(14), 9. 50-Bollinger(13), 10. 96x-Brown(12), 11. 87-Ryan(6), 12. 7k-Solwold(1), 13. 39c-Rilat(8), 14. 29-Price(9), 15. 27-Olson(3), 16. 24-Anderson(17), 17. 12-Ridge(15), 18. 15-Dunlap(18)
Lap leaders 7k-Solwold 1-5, 55 Starks 6-20
Hard Charger 9r-Goetz +13 positions gained
Sportsman Sprints
Heat 1 – 1. 68-Ben Gunderson(3), 2. 78-Steve Reeves(1), 3. 57-James Bundy(3), 4. 33-Bill Rude(5), 5. 2c-Curtis Clark(6), 6. 43-Paul Verhagen(7)
Heat 2 – 1. 23-Steve Parker(2), 2. 46-Zach McCabe(3), 3. 0-Tyler Fox(4), 4. 8s-Clayton Sibley(1), 5. 18-Brandon Benson(5), 6. 9-Greg Otis(6)
Heat 3 – 1. 2s-Cory Swatzina(5), 2. 3m-Dave Mead(4), 3. 15-Mike Murphy(3), 4. 5L-Joshua Griffiths(6), 5. 13a-Ashley Lewellen(1)
Main 1. 23-Steve Parker, 2. 2s-Swatzina, 3. 78-Reeves, 4. 0-Fox, 5. 33-Rude, 6. 68-Gunderson, 7. 2c-Clark, 8. 46-McCabe, 9. 18-Benson, 10. 9-Otis, 11. 8s-Sibley, 12. 5L-Griffiths, 13. 57-Bundy, 14. 15-Murphy, 15. 43-Verhagen, 16. 3m-Mead *Starting positions not available at press time for this event.
Lap leaders 2s-Swatzina 1-6, 23-Parker 7-15
Hard Charger 9-Otis +5 positions gained
USAC Midgets
Heat 1 – 1. 3s-Jared Peterson(1), 2. 91-Chase Goetz(3), 3. 11e-Ariel Biggs(2), 4. 14-Garrett Thomas(4), 5. 21-Todd Hartman(5), 6. 91s-Chance Crum(8), 7. 5-Madison Hess(6), 8. 29-Dougie James(7)
Main 1. 91-Chase Goetz(3), 2. 3s-Peterson(4), 3. 11e-Biggs(2), 4. 14-Thomas(1), 5. 29-James(8), 6. 91s-Crum(6), 7. 5-Hess(7), 8. 21-Hartman(5)
Lap leaders 11e-Biggs 1, 91-Goetz 2-15
Hard Charger 29-James +3 positions gained
Outlaw Tuners
Heat 1 – 1. 20-Freddie Vela(10), 2. 81-Jon Gunderson(4), 3. 74-Jenn Matteson(2), 4. 50-Jon Edwards(3), 5. 03-Howard Vos(8), 6. 89-Duane Warner(9), 7. 12-Tina Thibert(6), 8. 1-Andy Dillon(1), 9. 29b-Mark E Toth III(7)
Heat 2 – 1. K9 –Becky Boudreau(1), 2. 71-Rick Young(7), 3. 29p-Patrick Adams(3), 4. 24p-Matt Ploeg(6), 5. 72-Brandon Berg(8), 6. 77mr Clint Meins(4), 7. 29z-Trevor Helms(2), 8. 23-Cliff Ballenger(5)
Main 1. 20-Freddie Vela, 2. 81-Gunderson, 3. 72-Berg, 4. 71-Young, 5. 77mr-Meins, 6. K9-Boudreau, 7. 23-Eric Thibert, 8. 29p-Adams, 9. 24p-Ploeg, 10. 03-Vos, 11. 50-Edwards, 12. 12-Tina Thibert, 13. 29b-Toth III, 14. 1-Dillon, 15. 29z-Helms, 16. 89-Warner, 17. 74-Kayla Cameron *Starting positions not available at press time for this event.
Lap leaders 71-Young 1-4, 20-Vela 5-12
Hard Charger 23-Eric Thibert +7 positions gained