MONROE, Washington — Pierre’s Polaris presented the Rory Price Memorial at Evergreen Speedway on Saturday night June 25. The super fast American Speed Association Northwest Sprintcar Racing Association (ASA NSRA) were just that, with the fastest qualifying speed for the winged sprint cars at 117 mph on the BIG 5/8-mile paved oval. The main was won by Matt Hein. The twin 50 lap mains on the BIG track for race #2 of the new Big West Series featuring the Speedway Chevrolet NASCAR Whelen All American Series Super Late Models were both won by Naima Lang. Andrew Schukar won the Foster Press NASCAR Mini-Stock main and Troy Johnson won the Cub Scouts of America Mt. Baker Council Hornet feature.
Hein made a pass on the outside in turn 3 as the 20-car field headed to the white flag lap. Justin Mack finished second in the 30-lap feature. Only one brief yellow slowed the otherwise fast pace set by the speed demons of the NSRA. Andy Alberding finished third ahead of 16-year old Reece Goetz who was in his first ever asphalt sprint car race.
Lang keeps adding to his impressive win list this season. The two wins made it five in a row and seven for the season. In both mains Lang made it look easy as he twice patiently worked his way to the front by mid race. Daniel Moore the WSU student finished second in main #1 with Jeff Knight third. In main #2 Tom Hughes finished second and Kelly Mann third. The speedway officials could not recall anyone as young as 14-year old Garrett Archer racing in the Super Late Model division at Evergreen Speedway. Archer had mechanical problems in main #1 and had to retire for the night.
A last lap pass for the win by Schukar was his first this season. Jon Roberts finished second and point leader Scott LaCross was third.
Hornet winner Johnson kept his lead for the 2011 championship. On the final lap the top three cars were three wide for the lead. Johnson survived for the win. Brent Crise was second just inches ahead of Cyril Greenawalt.
Next up at Evergreen Speedway is the annual 4th of July Bash. On Monday evening starting at 6pm there will be Stinger 8’s, Hornets, Extreme V-8’s, School Bus and Boat races. In addition there will be a Roll-Over Contest, Mr. Dizzy Stunts, Aerial Acrobats, Motorcycle Stunts, Demolition Derby and the biggest Fireworks Display in the history of the speedway. Tickets are available via the speedway’s web page at www.evergreenspeedway.com or by calling 360-805-6100.
Evergreen Speedway June 25 Official Results:
ASA NSRA Rory Price Memorial (30-laps on 5/8-mile): 1-Matt Hein; 2-Justin Mack; 3-Andy Alberding; 4-Reece Goetz; 5-Sierra Jackson; 6-Shawn Rice; 7-Vern Scevers; 8-Kevin Burke; 9-Merv Barcelow; 10-Todd Coleman; 11-Greg Middendorf; 12-Darren Spiers; 13-Ron Larson; 14-Mitch Holte; 15-Axel Walker; 16-Bryan Warf; 17-Matt Mansell; 18-Robert Beck; 19-Jeff Montgomery
Speedway Chevrolet NASCAR Whelen All American Series Super Late Models ((Race #2 of the Big West Series) Twin 50-lap mains on 5/8-mile) Race #1 (50-laps): -1-Naima Lang; 2-Daniel Moore; 3-Jeff Knight; 4-Andy Sole; 5-Kelly Mann; 6-Tyler Tanner; 7-Shane Harding; 8-Travis Blackwood; 9-Tom Hughes; 10-Billy Webber; 11-Michael Prudnick; 12-Tim McDougald; 13-Doni Wanat; 14-Garrett Archer; 15-Tommy Rasmussen; 16-Fred Hall; 17-Mike Holden; 18-Timothy Minister
Race #2 (50-laps): 1-Naima Lang; 2-Tom Hughes; 3-Kelly Mann; 4-Shane Harding; 5-Tyler Tanner; 6-Fred Hall; 6-Andy Sole; 8-Jeff Knight; 9-Daniel Moore; 10-Michael Prudnick; 11-Tim McDougald; 12-Doni Wanat; 13-Billy Webber; 14-Travis Blackwood; 15-Timothy Minister
Foster Press NASCAR Mini-Stocks (30-laps on 3/8-mile): 1-Andrew Schukar; 2-Jon Roberts; 3-Scott LaCross; 4-Chuck Richard; 5-Molly Helmuth; 6-Dale Creager; 7-Mark Creager; 8-Scott Burby; 9-Michael Fritz; 10-Robert DeYoung; 11-Ashley Schukar; 12-Travis Woodward
Cub Scouts of America Mt. Baker Council Hornets (25-laps on Road Course): 1-Troy Johnson; 2-Brent Crise; 3-Cyril Greenawalt; 4-Ken Moi; 5-Mike Daher; 6-Nicole Pollard; 7-Dave Ray; 8-Jaimie Corbett; 9-Chad Fitzpatrick; 10-Dennis Crawford; 11-Richard Morgan Jr.; 12-Devin Kessler; 13-Jodi Woolard; 14-Jim Bevis; 15-Zach Bristol; 16-40; 17-27
