MONROE, Washington — On Saturday night April 24th Tom Moriarity of Monroe, WA kept his perfect season alive, winning the Super Late Model main for the second time in as many races at Evergreen Speedway in the NASCAR Whelan All American Series. Joselyn LaFleur of Monroe, WA won the NASCAR Stinger 8 main. The NASCAR Super Figure 8 main event win went to Jake Repin from Monroe, WA. Joe Kneeland of Bothell, WA won the NASCAR Whelan All American Series Feature Division main. Jim Puntenney from Monroe, WA won the B-main in the Hornet class.
Moriarity came all the way from the back of the pack to win his second main in the young 2010 season. Taking the lead from Daniel Moore (Snohomish, WA) on lap 19 of the time shortened 25-lap main on the speedway’s 3/8-mile paved oval. On the double file lap-19 restart, Moriarity started outside front row. By the time they were in turn-2 Moriarity had the lead and immediately pulled away from the rest of the group. Jeff Knight (Monroe, WA) finished 3rd with a banged up race car.
The Stinger 8 winner LaFleur led the entire 20-lap main. By being in the lead LaFleur was able to avoid the carnage that happened behind her as the field raced to the checkered flag. A major 5 car pileup at the X coming to the checkers changed the whole complexion of the finish, except for the leader. Lance O’Grain (Monroe, WA) survived to finish 2nd. Steve Peters (Monroe, WA) finished a close 3rd.
Repin took the lead of the 25-lap Super Figure 8 main on lap 14 from his 8th starting position. Once Repin took the lead he was never challenged as he cruised to the win. Last year’s champion of this division John Carlson (Snohomish, WA) settled for 2nd while early race leader Dale Larson (Everett) finished 3rd.
The rain moved in just as the Street Stock 25-lap main started. Kneeland was able to master the field and the wet track. Kneeland got the lead after a late race restart and slipped and slid his way to his first win in 2010. Second place went to Jim Foti (Edmonds, WA) and third went to Frank Cowgill (Shoreline, WA).
The Hornet 10-lap B-Main winner Puntenney waited until lap 7 to take the lead and garnered his first victory in 2010. Jim Tautfest (Stanwood, WA) finished 2nd and Jesse Schoneman (Everett) 3rd.
The Hornet A-Main was cancelled due to curfew restrictions and will be made up at a later date.
Next Up at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, WA is the May 1 Cinco de Mayo Night at the Races. The exciting night of action will feature Mini-Van Soccer, 4-cylinder Demolition Derby, Renegade V-8’s, School Bus Races, Roll-Over Contest, Boat Races and a death defying ‘Flaming Piñata Car Jump’. All starting at 7pm.
For more information contact Evergreen Speedway at 360-805-6100 or their web page at www.evergreenspeedway.com.
| NASCAR Whelan All American Series Feature Division Street Stocks |
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| 1- Joe Kneeland 24 2- Jim Foti 24 3- Frank Cowgill 24 4- Steve Ptacek 24 5- Darrel Lutovsky 24 6- AJ Baxter 24 7- Tim Widener 24 8- Clark Casey 24 9- Josh Wilson 24 10- Lane Sundholm 23 11- Brian Cottrell 22 12- Merlin Cook 22 13- Joselyn LaFleur 21 14- Nikki Bristol 3 15- Ryan Hansen 0 |
| NASCAR Whelan All American Series Super Late Models |
| 1- Tom Moriarity 25 2- Daniel Moore 25 3- Jeff Knight 25 4- Andy Sole 25 5- Michael Prudnick 25 6- Wade Bennett 23 7- Travis Blackwood 17 8- Fred Hall 4 |
| NASCAR Super Figure 8’s |
| 1- Jake Repin 25 2- John Carlson 25 3- Dale Larson 25 4- Nick Gunderson 25 5- Rich Groshong 25 6- Glen Davis 25 7- Ryan Gunderson 24 8- Seth Funden 24 9- Jay VanBuskirk 22 10- Doug Delfel 18 |
| NASCAR Stinger 8’s |
| 1- Joselyn LaFleur 20 2- Lance O'Grain 20 3- Steve Peters 20 4- Donny Bennett 20 5- Seth Funden 20 6- Ben Chandler 20 7- Todd Stillwell 20 8- Rob Dykstra 19 9- Mike Middleton 19 10- Josh Young 19 11- Sean Peters 18 12- Cody Koroshes 5 13- John Lewis 2 14- Jessica Gray 0 |
| Hornets |
| 1- Jim Puntenney 10 2- Jim Tautfest 10 3- Jesse Schoneman 10 4- Brandon Held 10 5- Josh Austin 10 6- Joshua McConnell 10 7- William Hart Jr. 9 8- Devin Kessler 9 9- Kate McConnell 9 10- Max Gray 9 11- Mike Theobald 6 12- Bill Hart 3 |
