From Kelly Hart
Alger, WA — (June 15, 2013) –In front of the largest crowd of the year the Prelude to the Dirt Cup at Skagit Speedway turned out to be a great night of racing.
Brock Lemley swapped the lead with Cam Smith over the last 4 laps of the 360 Sprint main bringing the crowd to its feet. Early race leader Travis Jacobson was starting to pull away from Smith on the 12th lap when he lost it in turn two, did a 360 in the middle of heavy traffic and slipped by Smith at the start finish line to regain the lead. Then 4 laps later his driveline broke and Lemley who had slipped by Smith took over the lead. Lemley and Smith duked it out over the last 8 laps, with the final four seeing slide jobs and power moves that kept the crowd on the edge of their seat. Jacobson set fast time with an 11.831 lap. Lemley, Colton Heath and Kenny Rutz won the heats.
The Sportsman Sprint main was dominated by Steve Parker and yellow flags. Parker led all 20 laps to extend his point lead in the division. Parker praised his team in winners circle as they just picked up the new motor at 10pm the previous night and then replaced a rear end prior to arriving at the track late. Cory Swatzina and last weeks winner Zach McCabe rounded out the podium. Bill Rude and Paul Burdick won the heat races. Fast time went to Skylar Gee at 12.669.
Visitor Nick Williams dominated the Outlaw Tuner feature which had each of the top five cars turning laps in the 18.1 second bracket. Williams was followed by the track top two in points Freddie Vela and Rick Young who could not catch him at the flag. Heat race wins were captured by Young and Brandon Berg.
The 42nd annual Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup runs June 20-22 at ASA Member Track Skagit Speedway. Gates open at 5pm all three days with racing at 7pm.
RESULTS
360 Sprints
Fast time 18 Travis Jacobson 11.831
Heat 1 1. 88 Brock Lemley, 2. 5d Josh DeWitt, 3. 18 Travis Jacobson, 4. 17 Cam Smith, 5. 79k Kelsey Carpenter, 6. 9a Luke Didiuk, 7. 7x Steve Kilcup, 8. 31 Colton Akerstrom
Heat 2 1. 8r Kenny Rutz, 2. 29 Randy Price, 3. 55 Trey Starks, 4. 24 Tyler Anderson, 5. 9s Michael Harris, 6. 12 Cody Ridge, 7. 29w Steve James
Heat 3 1. 33 Colton Heath, 2. 98 Matt Jensen, 3. 42 Derek Roberts, 4. 27z Zeth Custer, 5. 50b Michael Bollinger, 6. 7k Danny Kirkpatrick, 7. 4b Cale Brooke,
B Main (top 3 to main) 1. 12 Cody Ridge, 2. 7x Steve Kilcup, 3. 96x Mack Brown, 4. 9a Luke Didiuk, 5. 29w Steve James, 6. 4b Cale Brooke
Main 1. 88 Brock Lemley, 2. 17 Cam Smith, 3. 55 Trey Starks, 4. 5d Josh DWitt, 5. 33 Colton Heath, 6. 42 Derek Roberts, 7. 79k Kelsey Carpenter, 8. 8r Kenny Rutz, 9. 24 Tyler Anderson, 10. 29p Randy Price, 11. 12 Cody Ridge, 12. 7x Steve Kilcup, 13. 31 Colton Akerstrom, 14. 27z Zeth Custer, 15. 96x Mack Brown, 16. 18 Travis Jacobson, 17. 7k Danny Kirkpatrick, 18. 98 Matt Jensen
Lap leaders 18 Travis Jacobson 1-17, 88 Brock Lemley 18-22. 17 Cam Smith 23, 88 Brock Lemley 24-25
Hard Charger Cody Ridge +6 positions gained
Sportsman Sprints
Fast time 99 Skylar Gee 12.669
Heat 1 1. 33 Bill Rude, 2. 2s Cory Swatzina, 3. 13a Ashley Lewellen, 4. 8s Clayton Sibley, 5. 99 Skylar Gee, 6. 68 Ben Gunderson, 7. 15 Mike Murphy, 8. 78 Steve Reeves, 9. 8a Ray Parker
Heat 2 1. 9b Paul Burdick, 2. 0 Tyler Fox, 3. 46 Zach McCabe, 4. 23 Steve Parker, 5. 57 James Bundy, 6. 2c Curtis Clark, 7. 22b Randy Barnes, 8. 17 Cory Samuelson
Main 1. 23 Steve Parker, 2. 2s Cory Swatzina, 3. 46 Zach McCabe, 4. 33 Bill Rude, 5. 8s Clayton Sibley, 6. 0 Tyler Fox, 7. 99 Skylar Gee, 8. 9b Paul Burdick, 9. 57 James Bundy, 10. 17 Cory Samuelson, 11. 22 Devin Barnes, 12. 2c Curtis Clark, 13. 13a Ashley Lewellen, 14. 78 Steve Reeves, 15. 8a Ray Parker, 16. 15 Mike Murphy, 17. 68 Ben Gunderson, 18. 9 Greg Otis
Lap leaders 23 Steve Parker 1-20
Hard Charger 99 Skylar Gee +9 positions gained
Outlaw Tuners
Heat 1 1. 71 Rick Young, 2. 20 Freddie Vela, 3. 19 Ryan Williams, 4. 77mr Clint Meins, 5. k9 6. 03 7. 22 8. 12e
Heat 2 1. 72 Brandon Berg, 2. 23 Travis Meins, 3. 24 Nick Williams, 4. 81 Jon Gunderson, 5. Jon Edwards, 6. 29 Mark E Toth III, 7. Tina Thibert
Main 1. 24 Nick Williams, 2. 20 Freddie Vela, 3. 71 Rick Young, 4. 23 Travis Meins, 5. 72 Brandon Berg, 6. 81 Jon Gunderson, 7. 77mr Clint Meins, 8. 03 Howard Vos, 9. K9 Becky Boudreau, 10. 50 Jon Edwards, 11. 29b Mark E Toth III, 12. 12be Eric Vaillette, 13. 12 Tina Thibert, 14. 19 Ryan Williams, 15. 22 Dalton Thomas
Lap leaders 20 Freddie Vela 1, 23 Travis Meins 2, 24 Nick Williams 3- 17
Hard Charger 24 Nick Williams +8 positions gained