Jacobson, Heath, and McCabe Win Mid-Season Championship Features at Skagit

skagitFrom Kelly Hart

Alger, WA — (July 6, 2013) — Annually one of the biggest events at Skagit Speedway is the Les Schwab Midseason Championships and Fireworks Show. With daytime temperatures well into the 70’s and beautiful sunny skies the racers treated the race fans to a great show.
Travis Jacobson dominated the midseason championship night on the track in the 410 division leading every lap of both the Scramble and the 25-lap main event. Brock Lemley made things interesting with a late race charge to finish second in the main followed by Eric Fisher in third. Jonathan Jorgenson kept things interesting with a great battle with Fisher early in the race for second before coming to a stop during a lap12 yellow.
In the 360 Sprint division Colton Heath used a late race yellow and a two position penalty for a starting cone violation to roar back and take over the lead on the 19th lap for the win. Derek Roberts had a solid night with a second place finisher while Travis Rilat earned hard charger honors picking up eight spots to finish third. Point leader Kelsey Carpenter won the Scramble.
With five wins early in the season, including his second in a row, Zach McCabe has retaken the point lead from Steve Parker. Parker tangled with a lapped car late in the Sportsman Sprint race handing the lead over to McCabe who had just passed Cory Swatzina for second. McCabe used the gift and won the race with Swatzina beating Tyler Fox to the line for second and third. Parker dominated the scramble.
Rick Young extended his point lead in the Outlaw Tuners with a Midseason Championship win leading every lap. Jon Gunderson ran second and also won the Scramble. The crowd was sitting on the edge of their seat for most of the main watching the battles for 4th through eighth with cars going 3 and 4 wide into the corners for most of the event.
RESULTS
410 Sprints
Scramble 1. 18 Travis Jacobson, 2. 7s Eric Fisher, 3. 2j Jonathan Jorgenson, 4. 24c Chad Hillier, 5. 26 Brock Lemley, 6. 44 Daniel Anderson, 7. 7 Kevin Smith, 8. 27 Alec Covert
Main 1. 18 Travis Jacobson, 2. 26 Brock Lemley, 3. 7s Eric Fisher, 4. 24c Chad Hillier, 5. 2j Jonathan Jorgenson, 6. 44 Daniel Anderson, 7. 7 Kevin Smith
Lap Leaders: 18 Travis Jacobson 1-25
Hard Charger: 26 Brock Lemley +3 positions gained
360 Sprints
Fast time (non-scramble cars) 7x Steve Kilcup 11.991
Scramble 1. 79k Kelsey Carpenter, 2. 29 Randy Price, 3. 42 Derek Roberts, 4. 33 Colton Heath, 5. 50b Michael Bollinger, 6. 57 Bud Ashe, 7. 98 Matt Jensen, 8. 4b Cale Brooke
Main 1. 33 Colton Heath, 2. 42 Derek Roberts, 3. 39c Travis Rilat, 4. 57 Bud Ashe, 5. 88w Jesse Whitney, 6. 98 Matt Jensen, 7. 29 Randy Price, 8. 5r Steven Reeves, 9. 4b Cale Brooke, 10. 87 Liam Ryan, 11. 79k Kelsey Carpenter, 12. 50 Michael Bollinger, 13. 7x Steve Kilcup
Lap Leaders: 79k Kelsey Carpenter 1-14, 42 Derek Roberts 15-18, 33 Colton Heath 19-25
Hard Charger: 39c Travis Rilat +8 positions gained
Sportsman Sprints
Fast time (non-scramble cars) 9b Paul Burdick 13.089
Scramble 1. 23 Steve Parker, 2. 2s Cory Swatzina, 3. 0 Tyler Fox, 4. 46 Zach McCabe, 5. 57 James Bundy, 6. 68 Ben Gunderson, 7. 8s Clayton Sibley, 8. 33 Bill Rude
Main 1. 46 Zach McCabe, 2. 2s Cory Swatzina, 3. 0 Tyler Fox, 4. 57 James Bundy, 5. 78 Steven Reeves, 6. 13a Ashley Lewellen, 7. 9 Greg Otis, 8. 2c Curtis Clark, 9. 9b Paul Burdick, 10. 17 Cory Samuelson, 11. 23 Steve Parker, 12. 8s Clayton Sibley, 13. 33 Bill Rude, 14. 68 Ben Gunderson
Lap Leaders: 23 Steve Parker 1-16, 46 Zach McCabe 17-25
Hard Charger: 9 Greg Otis +7 positions gained
Outlaw Tuners
Scramble 1. 81 Jon Gunderson, 2. 71 Rick Young, 3. 20 Greg Hibma, 4. 77mr Clint Meins, 5. K9 Becky Boudreau, 6. 03 Howard Vos, 7. 12 Tina Thibert, 8. 72 Brandon Berg
Main 1. 71 Rick Young, 2. Jon Gunderson, 3. 20 Greg Hibma, 4. 77mr Clint Meins, 5. 24p Matt Ploeg, 6. 72 Brandon Berg, 7. 23 Cliff Ballenger, 8. K9 Becky Boudreau, 9. 89 Duane Warner, 10. 4 Matt Powers, 11. 12e Eric Vaillette, 12. 19 Smokey Turner, 13. 03 Howard Vos, 14. 12 Tina Thibert, 15. 54 Vance Hibbard, 16. 29b Mark Toth
Lap Leaders: 71 Rick Young 1-17
Hard Charger: 4 Matt Powers + 6 positions gained