MONROE, Washington -- A packed house of excited fans was treated to a full evening of big track action (on the .646 mile oval) featuring the Speedway Chevrolet NASCAR Super Stocks. A strong field of 20 came to Evergreen Speedway’s Extreme Night, with 18 rolling out to the grid.
John Burtsche and Kelly Mann did not make the grid as the green flag flew and the field set sail. In short order, John Zaretzke who earlier had set fast time and won the Gem Star Homes Dash for Cash, took command of the race. Shane Harding began closing the gap between himself and Zaretzke, after passing Naima Lang who qualified well and ran a strong event. On lap 4 Scott Sarto hit the front stretch wall hard collecting Tom Mathew. Another run to a caution on lap 37 tightened the field, and a slowing Zaretzke on the re-start faded back and had to pit because of a flat tire. Harding dominated from there, with Naima Lang finishing second and Jason Frasier finishing third. Frasier had wrecked his primary car in practice on Thursday night, and after purchasing Matt Murphy’s car, transferred equipment and set-up over night.
The 50 Lap World Championship Extreme Contact Race made for a busy intersection with 16-year-old phenom and second-generation driver Sean Peter’s winninng in his first ever World Championship Race. He wished his father happy fathers day, on the podium, as his father, Steve Peters, accepted the second place trophy. Ben Raines rounded out the top three.
Stinger Eights (4 cylinder Hertz Hornet type cars) continued their pursuit towards a first ever championship. Shawn Drew took top honors as Steve Baumgartner (second in points) and Gary Estes finished second and third respectively.
The Hertz Hornets had three full mains. The 1/5th Mile was the course for the evening. Peter Poirier, Robert Schukar and Craig Jantz were the first place finishers in the three mains as fans enjoyed the fastest growing and ever-popular racing class.
Three Car Trains and Boat races were swept by the former “Entertainer of the Year” at Evergreen Speedway Gordy Severson. His fabulous boat jump at the end of the boat race brought down the house.
Bus racing, the figure eight version of wrecking really big things on Evergreen’s famed figure eight track featured “Double R” from The BJ Shea Experience radio show on 100.7 The Buzz. His second place finish was respectable as BJ himself did the announcing.
