From Kelly Hart
Alger, WA — (June 22, 2013) — Cementing his place in the record books at Skagit Speedway, Jonathan Allard led all 40 laps in route to his fourth Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup title.
With the rained out Thursday night race, the newly rearranged schedule saw Thursday nights race run on Saturday afternoon and the regular scheduled finale Saturday night. This pressed teams into double duty and they responded with two spectacular shows.
Setting the stage for Allard’s record setting victory was the afternoon event where Allard set fast time. Heat race wins went to Sam Hafertepe, Jr., Peter Murphy, Friday night main winner Shane Stewart, Jason Meyers and Roger Crockett. The dry and windy hot afternoon baked the track and caused a delay as the B Main was interrupted twice by starts that saw multiple car incidents and subsequent re-working the track surface. Under those dry conditions Travis Jacobson won the B Main event and along with the other top seven finishers moved onto the feature.
In the afternoon feature, just three stoppages happened, the biggest of which was a lap 24 red flag featuring three cars in turn four. Murphy masterfully negotiated the slickened off track and won the “Thursday Night” feature run on Saturday afternoon by getting past race long leader Austen Wheatley in turn two of the 27th lap and pulled away for the win. Shane Stewart also passed Wheatley who wound up third.
With all the points earned over the first two events the stage was set for Allard’s historic win. Allard started the nighttime portion of the program winning the A Scramble setting him on the pole for the $20,000 to win feature. At the drop of the green flag Allard took off with Murphy in tow. Murphy dogged Allard in both open track and tight traffic not letting him open too wide an advantage. The lone yellow of the race came out for Stewart and Crockett who tangled coming out of turn two while running for third and fourth place. That opened the door for fast charging Rico Abreu. On the restart, Abreu started pestering Murphy for second at late in the event even passed Murphy briefly for second only to give it back when he jumped the cushion in turn four. At the finish Allard had opened up a nice lead with Murphy holding off Abreu for the podium finishers.
Travis Jacobson won the B main event and the B Scramble.
In the rest of the all-day show, the PHRA Dwarf Cars put on a great 25 lap main event Saturday afternoon with Leo Ward winning his first ever Dwarf Car feature.
The Saturday night show featured the Sprint Cars joined by the Shipwreck Beads Modified Series and the Outlaw Tuners. Craig Moore won the 20 lap Modified Main with heavy pressure from Joe German. Moore has now won 2 of the 3 main events run this season. Moore also won the heat.
In the Outlaw Tuner division of the Saturday night show Freddie Vela won the heat and Rick Young the main event.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
RESULTS 6/22/13
SPRINT CARS
QUALIFICATIONS 1. 0 Jonathan Allard 11.336, 2. 55 Trey Starks 11.441, 3. 18 Travis Jacobson 11.565, 4. 24c Chad Hillier 11.611, 5. 2j Jonathan Jorgenson 11.615, 6. 88w Jesse Whitney 11.635, 7. 83jr Kyle Hirst 11.641 8. 24 Rico Abreu 11.643, 9. 8 Brock Lemley 11.660, 10. 5d Josh DeWitt 11.705, 11. 88 Jayme Barnes 11.719, 12. 33v Henry Van Dam 11.727, 13. 39c Travis Rilat 11.732, 14. 21m Jason Meyers 11.740, 15. 7s Eric Fisher 11.794, 16. 26 Sam Hafertepe Jr. 11.811, 17. 1nz Peter Murphy 11.844, 18. 57 Shane Stewart 11.882, 19. 6 Jason Bloodgood 11.901, 20. 11 Roger Crockett 11.919, 21. 21x Carson Macedo 12.003, 22. 44 Daniel Anderson 12.084, 23. 44w Austen Wheatley 12.287, 24. 12 Scott Parker 12.343, 25. 7 Kevin Smith 12.468, 26. 9a Luke Didiuk 12.640, 27. Steve Parker 12.821, 28. Colton Akerstrom 12.878, 29. 8s Clayton Sibley 13.191, 30. 13gr Glen Reinstra 13.684
HEATS – 8 LAPS – TOP 3 TO A MAIN
HEAT 1 – 26 Sam Hafertepe Jr., 88w Jesse Whitney, 0 Jonathan Allard, 21x Carson Macedo, 88 Jayme Barnes, 9a Luke Didiuk
HEAT 2 – 1nz Peter Murphy, 83jr Kyle Hirst, 55 Trey Starks, 33v Henry Van Dam, 44 Daniel Anderson, 23 Steve Parker
HEAT 3 – 57 Shane Stewart, 39c Travis Rilat, 44w Austen Wheatley, 24 Rico Abreu, 18 Travis Jacobson, 31 Colton Akerstrom
HEAT 4 – 21m Jason Meyers, 6 Jason Bloodgood, 24c Chad Hillier, 8 Brock Lemley, 12 Scott Parker, 8s Clayton Sibley
HEAT 5 – 11 Roger Crockett, 7s Eric Fisher, 5d Josh DeWitt, 7 Kevin Smith, 2j Jonathan Jorgenson, 13gr Glen Reinstra
B MAIN – 15 LAPS – TOP 7 TO MAIN 18 Travis Jacobson, 24 Abreu, 88 Barnes, 21x Macedo, 33v Van Dam, 2j Jorgenson, 8 Lemley, 44 Anderson, 31 Akerstrom, 12 Scott Parker, 23 Steve Parker, 8s Sibley, 7 Smith, 9a Diduk, 13gr Reinstra
A MAIN – 30 LAPS 1nz Peter Murphy, 57 Stewart, 44w Wheatley, 11 Crockett, 83jr Hirst, 0 Allard, 26 Hafertepe, Jr., 24 Abreu, 88 Barnes, 39c Rilat, 21x Macedo, 7s Fisher, 55 Starks, 88w Whitney, 33v Van Dam, 24c Hillier, 2j Jorgenson, 6 Bloodgood, 5d DeWitt, 8 Lemley, 18 Jacobson, 21m Meyers
LAP LEADERS 44w Austen Wheatley 1-27, 1nz Peter Murphy 28-30
SPEEDMART HARD CHARGER 0 Jonathan Allard +9 positions gained
PHRA DWARFS – 8 LAPS – TOP 5 TO MAIN
HEAT 1 – 8k Chris McCleary, 11k Rich Holbert, 37k Troy Kunas, 75k Leo Hachler, 2c Danny Karslake, 88c Ron Brewer, 51c Scott Drake, 22k Keith Steenslid
HEAT 2 – 10s Fred Hay, 8w Dale Knutson, 81k Charles Millar, 1w Buddy Scheid, 44c Stu Seeley, 18w Steve Taylor, 72 Janell Schlant
HEAT 3 – 88k Clay Goben, 0k Kevin Benson, 90z Henry Corbin II, 39k Tim Hester, 18c Rick Taylor, 7k George Fischer, 56k Jeff Quinn
HEAT 4 – 68k Eric Berquist, 94k Jeremiah Hester, 69k Ronnie Gilmore Jr., 86k Doug McVae, 00k Jim Pavel, 95k Michael Hester, 71k Chris Schlant
B MAIN – 20 LAPS – TOP 8 TRANSFER 18C Taylor, 22k Steenslid, 2c Karslake, 44c Seeley, 00k Pavel, 88c Brewer, 51c Drake, 18w Taylor, 95k Hester, 71k Chris Schlant, 7k Fischer
A MAIN – 25 LAPS 75k Leo Ward, 90z Corbin II, 86k McVae, 88k Goben, 10s Hay, 8k McCleary, 11k Holbert, 2c Karslake, 68k Berquist, 0k Benson, 37k Kunas, 18c Taylor, 00k Pavel, 22k Steenslid, 88c Brewer, 94k Hester, 39k T.Hester, 81k Millar, 44c Steeley, 1w Scheid, 82 Knutson, 69k Gilmore, 18w Taylor, 51c Drake
LAP LEADERS – 86K Doug McVae 1-4, 75k Leo Ward 5-25
SATURDAY NIGHT
RESULTS 6/22/13
SPRINT CARS
B SCRAMBLE (6 LAPS) 18 Travis Jacobson, 2j Jonathan Jorgenson, 88 Jayme Barnes, 7s Eric Fisher, 24c Chad Hillier
A SCRAMBLE (6 LAPS) 0 Jonathan Allard, 1nz Peter Murphy, 39c Travis RIlat, 57 Shane Stewart, 24 Rico Abreu, 11 Roger Crockett
B MAIN (20 LAPS) (top 8 transfer) 18 Travis Jacobson, 88 Barnes, 2j Jorgenson, 24c Hillier, 7 Smith, 44w Wheatley, 9a Didiuk, 23 Parker, 44 Anderson, 31 Akerstrom, 6 Bloodgood, 13gr Reinstra, 8s Sibley, 7s Fisher
A MAIN (40 LAPS) 0 Jonathan Allard, 1nz Murphy, 24 Abreu, 39c Rilat, 83jr Hirst, 26 Hafertepe, Jr., 21m Meyers, 5d DeWitt, 88w Whitney, 18 Jacobson, 33v Van Dam, 21x Macedo, 44w Wheatley, 55 Starks, 24c Hillier, 2j Jorgenson, 57 Stewart, 11 Crockett, 7 Smith, 9a Didiuk, 23 Parker, 88 Barnes
LAP LEADERS 0 Jonathan Allard 1-40
SPEEDMART HARD CHARGER – 44w Austen Wheatley +7 positions gained
SHIPWRECK BEADS MODIFIEDS
HEAT 1 (8 LAPS) m14 Craig Moore, 75 Joe German, 1w Randy Ward, 26m Scott Miller, 6m Alan Muenchow, 50k Kris Aschey, 1d Dave Burns, 14k Kyler Moore, 26 Aaron Prettyman
MAIN (25 LAPS) m14 Craig Moore, 75 German, 50k Aschey, 14k K. Moore, 1w Ward, 6m Muenchow, 1d Burns, 26m Miller, 26 Prettyman
LAP LEADERS 1-20 m14 Craig Moore
OUTLAW TUNERS
HEAT 1 (7 LAPS) 20 Freddie Vela, 77 Clint Meins, 03 Howard Vos, 81 Jon Gunderson, 29B Mark Toth, k9 Becky Boudreau, 71 Rick Young, 12e Eric Vaillette, 12 Tina Thibert, 11 Andy Dillon, 72 Brandon Berg
MAIN (17 LAPS) 71 Rick Young, 20 Vela, 81 Gunderson, 77mr Meins, 03 Vos, k9 Boudreau, 12 Thibert, 29B Toth, 12e Vailette, 11 Andy Dillon
LAP LEADERS 20 Freddie Vela 1-3, 81 Jon Gunderson 4, Vela 5-9, 71 Rick Young 10-17