September 17, 2005… JR Ray topped off his 360 Wingless Sprint Championship run on Saturday night at South Sound Speedway by breaking the track record with a 13.320-second lap and later winning the main event. Ray and Brian Geiszler previously held the record. Glenn Walker led all four laps of the trophy dash for the win. Casey Walker led all eight laps of the B heat race for his first win of the season. John Tharp was second and Jason Thomas was third. Rich Leighty and Brian Geiszler started on the front row of the heat race. Geiszler took the lead on lap one. A caution came out after the first lap after JR ray got into Geiszler causing him to spin. Geiszler and Ray were both sent to the back and Ray was penalized a lap for the incident. Geiszler won the heat race over Mike Basher and Rich Leighty. Kirk Eklund led the first lap of the main event before a caution came out. Jerry Erbele and Jason Thomas spun in turn four. Erbele was off and done for the night. Eklund stayed out to the lead with JR Ray moving into second on lap three. The second caution came out on lap four when Casey Walker spun and hit the turn three wall hard. Walker climbed out of his car and was fine but the front end of his car was demolished. After the restart JR Ray took the lead and Brian Geiszler fell into second. Mike Basher moved into third and Doug Kammerzell was fourth. The final caution came on lap nine when John Tharp spun. After 25 laps JR Ray won his fifth main event of the season and clenched the 2005 360 Wingless Sprint Championship. Brian Geiszler finished second in the main event followed by Mike Basher, Glenn Walker and Doug Kammerzell. John Tharp was sixth, Kirk Eklund was seventh and Rich Leighty was eighth.
Brandon Finch led the point standings in the North Star Yachts and Commercial Drivers Services Sportsman by two over Shane Sawin coming into the race night. After qualifying fast Finch led by 12 at the start of the main event. Finch had the pole with Shane Sawin on the outside. Kelly Ensor and Jeremy Richardson left the track before the race got started and were both done for the night. The race went green but on the first lap there was a pile up. Mark Jones was the only car to leave the track but he returned before the race got restarted. Finch took the lead when the race finally went under green. Sawin fell into second and Bradley Shaw into third with John Boyatt in fourth. The first caution came on lap 13 when John Pokorny spun. Devin Eierman pulled up to reentry for the re-alignment and his car caught fire. The fire was put out quickly and Eierman didn’t even have to leave the track. On lap 17 John Boyatt caught Bradley Shaw and was attempting to pass him when the two got together. Shaw spun and dropped back to the back of the pack. Shaw then purposely slowed down to get behind Boyatt and spun him to bring out the caution on lap 20. Shaw was black flagged and sent to the pits. Allen Jewett and Craig Pfander both left the track on the caution. Finch was still out front with Sawin in second, Boyatt in third, Eierman in fourth and Marshall Hallett in fifth. On lap 27 Sawin went to make a pass on the inside of Finch. The two got together and Finch spun. Marshall Hallett came around and hit Finch in the rear end knocking them both out of the race. It was an unfortunate end to the season for Finch who ran so well all season. After the 50-lap main event Shane Sawin won his sixth main event of the season. John Boyatt finished second with Devin Eierman in third. Dave Cline finished fourth and won the trophy dash earlier in the night. Mark Jones finished up fifth. Jack Allen, JD Barnum, Pat Clark, Craig Pfander and Charlie West Jr. rounded out the top ten. Finch ended up 12th and Shane Sawin won the Championship by 10 points.
John Grosvenor clocked in fast for the Foreign Stock Car Racing Association (FSCRA) with a 15.072-second lap. Grosvenor also won the trophy dash. Vic Rogers led all eight laps of the B heat race for the win over Lee Murray and David Callander. Dan Hale won the A heat race with Wayne Dillon in second and Grosvenor in third. Dan Hale took the early lead and Jerry Koepping moved into second on lap three. A caution was thrown on lap six when Vic Rogers and David Callander spun in turn four. On the restart Hale got freight trained and lost the lead. John Grosvenor took over with Chris Cunningham in second and Wayne Dillon in third. The rest of the race ran caution free and John Grosvenor took the win. Chris Cunningham was second and Wayne Dillon was third. Jerry Koepping finished fourth with Terry Rennick in fifth. Dan Hale, David Callander, Tony Schreiber, Phil Flora and Bob Quarterman finished out the top ten. After the final points were tallied up, Dan Hale won the 2005 FSCRA Championship by one point over Jerry Koepping.
Kevin Rinkel was fast qualifier for the Vintage Modifieds and Josh Wyne won the trophy dash. John Mustered took the lead in the B heat race. On lap two a caution came out when Tim Bolle lost a tire. Bolle was back out at the end of the race to finish fifth. Mustered won the heat race with Robert Rux in second and Kiel Hobbs in third. Mike Clother led all eight laps of the A heat race to win over Dave Trapp and Josh Wyne. Mustered took the lead in the main event with Mike Clother in second and Robert Rux in third. The first caution of the race came on lap seven when Josh Wyne spun. The second caution was on lap 14 for Kiel Hobbs taking his car off the track into the infield. On the restart Mike Clother took over the lead and Mustered moved into second and Rinkel into third. The final caution of the race came on lap 21 when Chuck Peterson slid hard into the turn three wall. Peterson was fine but was done for the night. Kevin Rinkel had moved into second on lap 20 but on lap 23, he left the track with a mechanical problem. Mike Clother won the race with John Mustered in second and Bobby Wheeler Jr. in third. Robert Rux was fourth and Josh Wyne was fifth.
More Championships are coming up this weekend at South Sound Speedway. The Top Notch Trailers Street Stocks and Mini-Cup Open Division and Future Stars will have their season ending runs. Joining them will be the Hinkle Homes Pure Stocks and Yelm National Auto Parts Bumblebees. Racing will begin at 6:30pm with qualifying at 5:00 pm. Check out www.southsoundspeedway.com for ticket prices and other racing related information.
Sprint Car Results Fast Time: JR Ray 13.3230 Track Record Dash: Glenn Walker B Heat: Casey Walker, John Tharp, Jason Thomas, Jerry Erbele, Doug Kammerzell A Heat: Brian Geiszler, Mike Basher, Rich Leighty, Glenn Walker, Kirk Eklund, JR Ray Main: Ray, Geiszler, Basher, G. Walker, Kammerzell, Tharp, Eklund, Leighty, Thomas, C. Walker, Erbele
North Star Yachts and Commercial Drivers Service Sportsman Results Fast Time: Brandon Finch 14.194 Dash: Dave Cline Main: Shane Sawin, John Boyatt, Devin Eierman, Dave Cline, Mark Jones, Jack Allen, JD Barnum, Pat Clark, Craig Pfander, Charlie West Jr., Tina McMillan, Brandon Finch, Marshall Hallett, John Pokorny, Al Jewett, Bradley Shaw, Jeremy Richardson, Kelly Ensor
FSCRA Results Fast Time: John Grosvenor 14.650 Track Record Dash: John Grosvenor B Heat: Vic Rogers, Lee Murray, David Callander, Phil Flora, Tony Schreiber, Bob Quarterman, Mike Juhl A Heat: Dan Hale, Wayne Dillon, John Grosvenor, Red Van Dyne, Terry Rennick, Richard Dionne, Chuck VanMuiswinkel, Chris Cunningham Main: Grosvenor, Cunningham, Dillon, Koepping, Rennick, Hale, Callander, Schreiber, Flora, Quarterman, Rogers, Murray, Van Dyne
Vintage Modified Results
Fast Time: Kevin Rinkel 15.072
Dash: Josh Wyne
B Heat: John Mustered, Robert Rux, Kiel Hobbs, Chuck Peterson, Tim Bolle, Mel Smith A Heat : Mike Clother, Dave Trapp, Josh Wyne, Bob Wheeler Jr., Kevin Rinkel, Ray Hobbs,
Main: Clother, Mustered, Wheeler, Rux, Wyne, Bolle, Rinkel, Trapp, Peterson, R. Hobbs, K. Hobbs, Smith
