Ron Eaton dominated the last 48 laps of Saturday night's NW Tour race to win the $34,250 Parts Plus 125 at Evergreen Speedway. Chris Hart, Garrett Evans, John Bender and points leader Ken Kaltschmidt rounded out the top-five.
Bud Pole honors went to past series champion, Gary Lewis. The race was slowed by 7 cautions. The chase for the points is heating up as Evans, finishing two places ahead of Kaltschmidt, tightened the spread to only 4 points.
1. (7) Ron Eaton, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $4,350;
2. (5) Chris Hart, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $2,550;
3. (3) Garrett Evans, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $2,575;
4. (11) John Bender, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $1,300;
5. (10) Ken Kaltschmidt, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $1,550;
6. (9) John Dillon, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $1,050;
7. (22) Bill Lawrence, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $1,125;
8. (21) Wes Rhodes, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $1,025;
9. (18) Joe Constance, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $925;
10. (2) Kevin Hamlin, Chevrolet, 124, Running, $875;
11. (13) Gaylon Stewart, Chevrolet, 124, Running, $825;
12. (20) Tom Moriarity, Chevrolet, 124, Running, $600;
13. (12) Matt Kelley, Chevrolet, 121, Running, $765;
14. (14) Jerry Fink, Chevrolet, 120, Running, $570;
15. (25) Harold Raczynski, Chevrolet, 118, Running, $800;
16. (17) Howard Ford, Chevrolet, 117, Running, $530;
17. (24) Steve Hodge, Chevrolet, 114, Accident, $510;
18. (16) Motohiro Nakaji, Chevrolet, 113, Running, $500;
19. (19) Ray Wallace, Chevrolet, 99, Accident, $665;
20. (6) Gary Lewis, Pontiac, 98, Running, $730;
21. (15) Bryan Wiener, Chevrolet, 53, Accident, $470;
22. (4) Joe Benedetti, Pontiac, 52, Accident, $635;
23. (1) Shane Biles, Ford, 42, Engine, $625;
24. (8) Zach Niessner, Chevrolet, 40, Accident, $615;
25. (23) Dirk Stephens, Chevrolet, 5, Accident, $430;
26. (26) Keith Armstrong, Chevrolet, 2, Engine, $420;
Failed to Qualify: John Zaretzke, Rick Suran
TIME OF RACE: 1 Hour, 13 Minutes, 33 Seconds
AVERAGE SPEED: 65.874 MPH
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.22 second
BUD POLE AWARD: Gary Lewis, Factory Signs, USA Pontiac (22.665 seconds/
102.608 MPH)
GATORADE FRONT RUNNER AWARD: Garrett Evans, Leonard Evans Used Car Superstore
Chevrolet
TOTEM TRAVEL ROOKIE-OF-THE-YEAR AWARD: Gaylon Stewart, Signature Packaging
Chevrolet
CAUTION FLAGS: 7 for 39 laps (7-11), (18-22), (44-48), (54-59), (102-111),
(115-120), (122-123).
LAP LEADERS: Biles (1-2), Evans (3-76), Eaton (77-125). There were two lead
changes among three drivers.
Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series, NASCAR Touring, Top-20 Points
1 Ken Kaltschmidt 1673
2 Garrett Evans 1669
3 Gary Lewis 1568
4 Gaylon Stewart 1488
5 Chris Hart 1484
6 Kevin Hamlin 1461
7 Matt Kelley 1444
8 Wes Rhodes 1444
9 John Zaretzke 1419
10 Joe Benedetti 1339
11 Zach Niessner 1265
12 Bill Lawrence 1257
13 Ray Wallace 1231
14 Ron Eaton 1120
15 Pete Harding 1091
16 Shane Biles 1010
17 Steven Howard 997
18 Harold Raczynski 933
19 Joe Constance 823
20 Chris Cunningham 820
