WILD NIGHT AT SOUTH SOUND SPEEDWAY

TENINO, Washington -- The Late Model Super Stocks and the North Star Yachts and Commercial Drivers Services Sportsman each had very interesting main event races on Saturday night May 28th at South Sound Speedway. Joining in the mayhem was the Delta Camshaft Mini Stocks and the Vintage Modifieds.

Defending Late Model Super Stock Champion Nick Behn qualified fast for the 24-car class. Jimmy Clair won the B dash while Jim Wilcox won the A dash.

Bob Emerson led the first eight laps of the B main event before 16-year old rookie Donnie Steele took over to win. Steele moved up to the A main event along with Pat Schwartzkopf. Bob Emerson broke after the B main and couldn’t move up and Jimmy Clair was awarded the trophy after finishing fourth. Steve Zibulsky was fifth. Paul Blake, who broke before qualifying, didn’t make it into the A main. Dan Obrist and Brad Tanner started on the front row of the A main event. Obrist took the lead early. Lap five brought the first caution of the race out when Dustin Wilkinson was spun by Jeff Ford. Ford took the one lap penalty and both stayed out. Tom Sweatman moved up to the back of Obrist on lap 12 and on lap 18 both of them spun.

Sweatman left the track with a flat tire.

Joe Constance took over the lead now with Jim Wilcox and Willy Thom close behind. Nick Behn was running in fourth until lap 37 when he broke an oil line and was done for the night. After the caution Jim Wilcox left the track with a flat tire. Willy Thom was now running second with Brad Tanner in third and Joe Constance still leading. Tanner got passed Thom on lap 66.

Lap 71 brought out the fourth caution when Troy Conrad spun. After the race was restarted Joe Constance had a mechanical problem with his car and had to exit the track. Brad Tanner now had the lead with Willy Thom in second and Bob Presley in third. The final caution of the race came when Dan Obrist spun Willy Thom. Obrist took the penalty and it knocked Thom to the back of the pack from his excellent second place run. Brad Tanner won his first main event in the Late Model Super Stocks at South Sound Speedway and took over the points lead. Mitch Franklin finished second with Bob Presley in third. Al Carver made a great showing this week and finished fourth. Troy Conrad was fifth and Bob Coffey was sixth. Tim Gosch finishes seventh with Devin Eierman eighth, Jeff Ford ninth and Dan Obrist tenth.

Brandon Finch was the fast qualifier for the North Star Yachts and Commercial Drivers Services Sportsman and Tom Smitham won the dash. Shane Sawin and Jeremy Richardson started on the front row of the caution filled main event. The 50-lap main event had nine cautions along with a huge wreck at the end of the race that included the leader. Tom Smitham, who started fifth, took the lead on lap two from Shane Sawin and brought Bradley Shaw around also for second. The first caution came on lap five when Tina McMillan and Kelly Ensor got together. Another caution came before a green flag lap was complete when John Boyatt spun. Boyatt also brought out the next caution on lap 13 when he spun again and this time left the track. Lap 25 brought another caution when Brandon Finch spun and blew his motor.

Another caution came out before a lap was complete when Bradley Shaw tried to make his move on Tom Smitham for the lead and spun. Tom Smitham still lead with Cale Streepy in second and Shane Sawin in third. The final caution came on lap 41 when Kelly Ensor’s car went up in a cloud of smoke, leaving fluid all over the raceway. The race was red flagged in order to get the track cleaned up. With one lap to go Tom Smitham was still leading with Cale Streepy in second and Paul “Pappy” Welch in third. Coming out of turn two on the last lap Streepy and Smitham get together but didn’t spin.

Going into turn three for the checkered flag Smitham got into Streepy causing a chain reaction that collected Welch and got Smitham a black flag.

As the other went for the checkered flag Mark Jones finished first crossing the line backwards. Pat Clark finished up second with Bradley Shaw in third and JD Barnum fourth. John Boyatt was fifth followed by Jack Allen, Cale Streepy, Paul Welch, Craig Pfander and Tina McMillan.

Dennis Shaffer qualified fastest for the Delta Camshaft Mini Stocks and tied his son Douglas for the track record. Kyle Hartman won the trophy dash and the B heat race. Stormin’ Norman Steelhammer was second with Todd VanDiest in third. Dennis Shaffer won the A heat race with Tom Keehan in second and Jeff Bracale in third. Earlier in the evening during practice Tim Garske had done something to his motor and between then and the heat race had rebuilt the entire motor. Garske only lasted a few laps of the heat race before something else went wrong but was able to make it into the main event. Todd VanDiest and Richard Smith started on the front row of the main event. A caution was thrown on lap one when Smith, Jon Bodwell and Duane Lacy all spun. Lacy was given the black flag for the incident. Jeff Bracale took the lead from Todd VanDiest on lap four and Dennis Shaffer moved into second. However, he did make it the rest of the main event without a problem. Shaffer took the lead from Bracale on lap 11 when lapped traffic came into contention. The second and final caution came on lap 16 when Freeman Pruitt got into the turn four wall with a flat tire. Dennis Shaffer won the main event with Jeff Bracale in second and Kevin Koepke in third. Marc Nelson finished fourth and Floyd Hayne was fifth.

Bob Wheeler Jr. was the fast qualifier in the Vintage Modifieds and Mike Clother won the trophy dash. Kiel Hobbs won the B heat race over Josh Wyne and Robert Rux. Dave Trapp was victorious in the A heat race followed by John Mustered and Mike Clother. The Vintage Modifieds ran their entire 25-lap main event without a single caution. Josh Wyne was out front until lap four when Kiel Hobbs took over. Mike Clother moved into second on lap 11 and brought Bob Wheeler Jr. with him. Kiel Hobbs won the main event with Bob Wheeler Jr. in second and Mike Clother third. Dave Trapp was fourth and John Mustered was fifth.

Next Saturday night at South Sound Speedway will again feature the Late Model Super Stocks for 100 laps and the North Star Yachts and Commercial Drivers Services Sportsman. Joining them will be the Top Notch Trailers Street Stocks and the Foreign Stock Car Racing Association (FSCRA).

Qualifying will begin at 5:00 pm with racing to follow at 6:30 pm. Check out www.southsoundspeedway.com for all your South Sound Speedway racing needs.

South Sound Speedway Results - May 28, 2005