Skagit Speedway tried, tried very hard, but couldn’t defeat Mother Nature, who claimed the Friday’s second preliminary event of the 35th Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup.
The program was already delayed by rain for hours, with qualifying beginning at 9:45 p.m. Qualifying and heat races were completed as well as the last chance D-Main race. The rain came again during the C-Main around 12:45 a.m., making the track unsuitable for racing.
Winning four heat races were touring racer Jason Meyers, Alberta’s Jeff Hodgson, many-time “King of California” Brent Kaeding, and Iowa’s Dennis Moore Jr. John Tharp won the shortened, ten-lap D-Main race.
Out of 63 cars on hand for Friday’s preliminary action, Jonathan Allard set fast time in qualifying with a lap of 11.625 seconds around the 3/10-mile, high-baked, clay oval.
Points from Thursday’s and Friday’s events will be combined to determine line-ups in Saturday’s main events. Sixty-six different cars have competed in this year’s 35th edition of Skagit Speedway’s crown jewel event.
35th Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup – Friday preliminary Skagit Speedway – Alger, WA June 16, 2006
Unofficial results
63 cars
Fast time: 0 Jonathan Allard, 11.625 seconds
Heat 1, ten laps, top four transfer: 1. 14 Jason Meyers, 2. 35a Sean Becker, 3. 40 Brock Lemley, 4. 0 Jonathan Allard, 5. 73 Jason Solwold, 6. 41B Brad Pritchard, 7. 71 Johnny Gray, 8. 28 Rick Smith, 9. 14J Brandon Johnson, 10. 38 Jason Bloodgood, 11. 25m Taylor Malsam, 12. 83 Tim Kaeding.
Heat 2, ten laps, top four transfer: 1. V8 Jeff Hodgson, 2. 57c Chris Scmelze, 3. 5sp Jason York, 4. 66 Barry Martinez, 5. 29 Brandon Harkness, 6. 88 Jesse Whitney, 7. 17v Danny Faria, 8. 23B Seth Bergman, 9. 7N Steve Kent, 10. 12 Jared Ridge, 11. 23 Steve Parker.
Heat 3, ten laps, top four transfer: 1. 69 Brent Kaeding, 2. 9 Jayme Barnes, 3. 75 Roy Blumenhagen, 4. 12B Robert Ballou, 5. 26s Shane Stewart, 6. 10 Stephan Allard, 7. 8B Blake Brigge, 8. 1D Ronnie Day, 9. 8e Evan Funk, 10. 18 Steve Kilcup, 11. 33v Henry Van Dam, 12. 76e Josh Edson.
Heat 4, ten laps: 1. 0K Dennis Moore Jr., 2. 77 Kirk Fellers, 3. 5 Chad Hillier, 4. 26 Rick Fauver, 5. 4x Toni Lutar, 6. 44j Abe Sherwood, 7. 7J Travis Jacobson, 8. 31 Danny Bullock, 9. 8r Travis Rutz, 10. 29r Travis Rilat, 11. 2 Brad Furr, 12. 00 Jason Statler.
D-Main, ten laps (time): 1. 69 John Tharp, 2. 59 Andy Jacobson, 3. 7o Roger Oudman, 4. 17 Kelly Barnett, 5. 3 Dan Pierson, 6. 99e Alex Hantell, 7. 7ak Steve Martin, 8. 15D Dan Dunlap, 9. 9b Paul Burdick, 10. 14j Kelleigh Johnson, 11. 25a Adriana Klein, 12. 13r Glenn Reinstra, 13. 57 Bud Ashe, 14.
99 Kyle Hirst.
