Both the Bomber and Modified classes had a night with few cautions and long green flag runs in their respective main events. Bombers started their main event off by parking the cars on the front stretch. Drivers and passengers got out of their race cars and honored the flag with the National Anthem. All pit members came out to the infield while the National Anthem was sung. Before climbing back into their cars, participants threw t-shirts into the stands to the spectators.
As the first green flag dropped, it saw the 69k car of Andy Norton take the advantage over the 31 of Rick Jelton and take the lead the first 11 laps. The 9x of Scott Griffin & Robert Byers 17 pulled into the infield early. Charlie Collins quickly moved up from the 9th position to take the lead on lap 12 from Norton, and maintained the lead by a large margin for the rest of the 40 laps. Collins took the main event win, following were Mike Neilson in 2nd, Norton in 3rd, Ryan Sweeney in 4th, Justin Dutcher in 5th, Evan Smith in 6th, Jelton in 7th and Caity Miller placing 8th.
The Bomber trophy dash saw the 17 car of Byers lead every lap and take the win. The 69k car driven by Andy Norton (filling in for daughter KC Lynn) won the 1st heat with the 31 Jelton in 2nd and the 29 of Smith coming in 3rd. It was a major battle in heat 2, with the 69P car of Collins coming from the back to take the win after a long hard fight between Byers and the 44 car of Sweeney. In lap 8, the car 55 of Mike Swaney went into the wall; after a caution to remove the car and debris, racing resumed with the 14 car of Neilson being put to the back and #17 leaving the track. 2nd place went to the Starsky and Hutch car driven by Sweeney and 3rd to Neilson’s 14 car.
Mini Stocks were also on hand Saturday night. 6 cars took the field for the main event. Thomas Esberg’s 20 car dominated the field most of the race. Sean Keown, driving the 4km car, who began the race in the 6th and final spot, fought hard and took the lead on the last lap to claim victory. T. Esberg took 2nd; Robert Scmidt’s 37 took 3rd, Jason Pratt 4th, Strugnell 5th, and Anthony Esberg in 6th. The trophy dash was lined up 42, 37, 22, and the 4km car. The positions never changed over the 4 laps and the cars stayed in a tight pack for the whole race with the 42 pinto of Anthony Esberg taking the win. The heat race was also a fairly close battle with the 86 truck of Jason Pratt taking the win, followed by the 20 of T. Esberg for 2nd and the 42 of A. Esberg for 3rd.
Jammers main event combined both the Pros and the Juniors. The race began with a full field of car. Kayleigh Sullivan in the 24 took the green and kept the lead for the first 5 laps. The 55 car of Caity Miller took over the lead in lap 6, but lost it to Ellis Thornton in the #9 on lap 10. Thornton never looked back. At the end of the race the pros were Thornton 1st, Eddie Klein 2nd, and Mike Peterson 3rd. The juniors were Miller in 1st, Jackson Long in 2nd, and Sullivan in 3rd. Pro Jammers trophy dash went to the 3 car of Deake Lyndall, the Jr Jammers trophy went to the 24. The heats were crazy with spin outs, cautions, red flags and tight fought battles. The Pros heat race was a battle at the end between the 29 of Mike Petersen and the 9 of Thornton, racing neck and neck with the 29 car coming in for the win. And, the Jr Jammers win went to Caity Miller in the 55.
The Modified main event was another set of long green flag runs, with Thomas Wright in the #17 eventually taking the checkers. 15 cars started the race with Mike Smithhart taking the lead in lap 1, only to be passed by the 83 of Potts in lap 5. Potts was strong in keeping the lead through lap 36. Wright was finally able to get around Potts in lap 37 and bring it to lap 50 for the win. 2nd place was Potts, Chuck Pruett brought it home in 3rd, D Lyndall in 4th and Mark Marek rounded out the top 5. Modified trophy dash had the 11 of David Lyndall take the lead @ the line. The four cars were bunched up in tight formation. Aaron Hicks #9 had his nose under Mark Marek’s 16 car and made it impossible for Thomas Wright #17 to get around. The 11 of Lyndall took the trophy. Heat 1 started with the 76 of Steve Olvera and Mike Smithhart’s #63 taking the green with 6 cars following close behind. On lap 3 the # 76 spun out and Smithhart took the lead and held on for the win. Heat 2 started with the Richie Potts’ 83 and the 44 of Sean Sweeney on the front row. Steve Taylor’s 5, David Lyndall’s 11, Mark Marek’s 16, Aaron Hicks’ 9 and the 17 of Thomas Wright filled out the field. The 11 car got shuffled to the back and the 83 car took the win with Sean Sweeney coming in 2nd.
