ALGER, Washington — Thursday night of World of Outlaws weekend at Skagit Speedway saw two stock car classes in attendance put on two fantastic main event finishes. The Northwest I-5 Dirt Car Late Models ran a 30 lap main event, with cars going door to door almost the whole event. Jeremy Shank of Salem, OR set the pace early, taking his car to the top side on the initial start. As he entered traffic, veteran Greg Walters of Banks, OR ran him down and made a daring pass in traffic, splitting the difference between to lapped cars entering turn one on lap fifteen. The pass stuck and Walters motored away till a yellow flag bunched the field up on lap 29. Per Dirt Car rules, the green and white flag flew on the restart, and Jim Whisler of Otis, OR found some tacky left in the high groove and powered around Walters for the last lap pass coming to the checkered flags. Walters hung on for second with Shank taking third. John Duty of Happy Valley, OR was quick time. Heat race wins went to Shank, Joey Tanner of Portland, OR and Duty. Whisler won the dash.
Cory Swatzina made a big time move coming to the checkered flag on lap 20 to take home another win in the Outlaw Hornet division. After stalking Don Ward, who inherited the lead on lap 16 when Ken Higby blew a head gasket, Swatzina found a lane around the top of the track, pulling even with Ward down the back straightaway then blowing by him at the line to take the win. It was another top three finish for Ward in his sophomore season, as he grabbed another runner up. Rick Young raced his way to third. Heat race wins went to Higby and Tyler Ketchum.
The Greatest Show on Dirt invades the Skagit Speedway 3/10 mile clay oval tomorrow night, as night one of the World of Outlaws begins at Skagit Speedway with the gates opening at 5pm. Schatz, Saldana, Myers and Kinser take on the top locals for sprint car glory! Tickets are still available at the will call window. For information, log on to www.skagitspeedway.com
Results
I-5 Dirt Car Series
Fast Time - John Duty 14.03
Heat 1 - Jeremy Shank, Greg Walters, Rob Campos, Greg Brooks, Randy Neil
Heat 2 - Joey Tanner, Jim Whisler, Steve Moore, Mike Miller, Lisa Stroup, Butch Valdez
Heat 3 - John Duty, Mark Carrell, Rob Mayea, Billy Workman
Dash - Jim Whisler, Shank, Walters, Carrell, Duty, Tanner
Main - Jim Whisler, Walters, Shank, Carrell, Mayea, Moore, Miller, Duty, Jimmy Schram, Stroup, Campos, Valdez, Workman, Neil, Tanner
Lap Leaders - Shank 1-14 Walters 15-29 Whisler 30
Outlaw Hornets
Heat 1 - Ken Higby, Don Ward, Ben Gunderson, Ashley Lewellen, Freddy Vela, Mike Powers jr, James Bundy, Larry Kwik, Terry Graul, Stacy Day, Thomas Campbell, Brian Michelson
Heat 2- Tyler Ketchum, Rick Young, Cory Swatzina, wade swatzina, Jerry Birdsey, John Edwards, Howard Vos, Vance Hibbard, Matt Ploeg, Adam Holtrop
Main - Cory Swatzina, Don Ward, Rick Young, Wade Swatzina, Tyler Ketchum, Freddy Vela, Ashley Lewellen, Mike Powersjr, Matt Ploeg, Terry Graul, Stacy Day, John Edwards, James Bundy, Ken Higby, Thomas Campbell, Vance Hibbard, Ben Gunderson, Howard Vos, Jerry Birdsey
Lap Leaders -Ken Higby 1-15 Don Ward 16-19 Cory Swatzina 20
