7/15/23

Everson, WA – Four brand new champions were crowned at the 39th annual Clay Cup Nationals at Deming Speedway on Saturday night in front of a packed house. 

The 40 lap finale for the 600 Open division saw slidejobs and moves aplenty all throughout the field. Levi Hillier took the top spot early with Caden Sarale hot on his heels. When the pair entered heavy lapped traffic right before the mid way point of the feature, Sarale found a clean line around the top of the speedway to overtake Levi on lap 17. Sarale tried scooting away from the field but a determined Colin Mackey found his way around Hillier and into the second spot right before a caution on lap 31. On the restart, Mackey made multiple attempts at sliding past Sarale, but Caden had the right counter move every time and would end up driving away for the $10,000 to prize. Mackey ended up second and Hillier took third. The John Heerspink hard charger award went to Jake Galusha, whose +11 in the A Main netted him an extra $1,500. 

Seth Hespe won his first ever Clay Cup main event in the 1200 class. Derek Holmwood led the early portion of the race with Brock Lemley on his heels until the pair became mired in heavy slower traffic. While trying to work past a slower car, the pair made contact two times and the end result was Holmwood spinning and being relegated to the back of the pack. Lemley took over the top spot with Hespe heavy on his back bumper as the top group once again rolled through traffic. On lap 26, Lemley was caught up with two other cars colliding in turn three, ending his evening. Hespe skated past the wreck and took over the top spot, and from there, rolled away for the victory and $8,000 payday. Nate Vaughn finished second with Jacob Buckenmeyer taking third. Clennon Holloway was hard charger. 

In the 600 Restricted class, the lead changed hands six times before it finally came to David Greene, who rolled into the lead for the final time on lap 27 and made his first Deming Speedway win count to the tune of $3,500. Lucas Mauldin and Dustin Ramsey rounded out the podium. Avery Touchette picked up 13 spots on his way to hard charger honors. 

Briggs Davis dominated the main event for the Junior Sprints, leading all 25 laps with little challenge en route to victory lane. Kole Campbell ran a strong second, with Hudson Johnson taking third. James Hayashi was hard charger. 

JR Sprints

B Main – Delilah Stermer, Logan Williams, Ethan McFarland, Savanna Hillier, Oliver Baxter, Blake Wade, Lucas Fisher

A Main – Briggs Davis, Kole Campbell, Hudson Johnson, Kinley Askvig, Hudson Little, Kellen Vonthenen, James Hayashi, Drake Wiersma, Kaden Riese, Ryan Cannon, Hayden Cook, Logan Williams, Savanna Hillier, Oliver Baxter, Ethan McFarland, Delilah Stermer, Maya Mauldin, Owen Hill

Lap Leaders – Davis 1-25

Hard Charger – Hayashi +4

600 Restricted

B Main – Cooper Anderson, Dean Lehmann, Sayer Baxter, Avery Touchette, Hunter Cook, Grace Matier, Chase Jensen, Samantha Fraser, Mickelina Monico, Cruz Kentch, Nicholas Wade Cole Butenschoen, Bryson Sozinho, Dash Duinkerken, Zack Hilder, Austin Held, Peyton Whitehouse, Fairah Lee

A Main – David Greene, Lucas Mauldin, Dustin Ramsey, Josiah Vega, Elijah Elder, Cooper Anderson, Avery Touchette, McKenna Morgan, Cole Curry, Sawyer Baxter, Dean Lehmann, Jailynn Serrano, Chloe Danielson, Colton Knapp, Avery Askvig, Cejay Adkins, Caleb Gately, Clayton Jalakas, Joseph Johnson, Zoey Tupper

Lap Leaders – Knapp 1-7 Mauldin 8 Knapp 9-24 Greene 25 Knapp 26 Greene 27-30

Hard Charger – Touchette +13

1200

B Main – Terry Lewis, Clennon Holloway, Phillip Joyce, Haylee Bloodgood, Peyton Drake, Sidney McMeekin, Jason Schapansky

A  Main – Seth Hespe, Nate Vaughn, Jacob Buckenmeyer, Steven Hendrickson, Alex Lewis, Jaden Thomas, Derek Holmwood, Jared Gundersen, Tyson Lemley, Clennon Holloway, Levi Klatt, Terry Lewis, Austin Edson, Haylee Bloodgood, Sidney McMeekin, Phillip Joyce, Tyson Cross, Tanner Holm, Dakota Drake, Jared Alseth, Brock Lemley, Peyton Drake

Lap Leaders – Holmwood 1-12 Lemley 13-24 Hespe 25-40

Hard Charger – Holloway +8

600 Open 

C Main – Isabel Barnes, Raio Salmon, Jeremy Holz, Dalton Parreira, Tyler Conley, Jarrett Heimlich, Teagan Moles, Cole Curry, Jake Trueman, Kaden Holm, Seth Waldal, Brody Ferguson, Rylee Whitehouse, Tony Alosi, Keaton Martella, Ceil Howe, Jeff Westergard, Savannah Brown

B Main – Evan Dixon, Kyle Mitchell, Ryley Mayer, Jake Galusha, Tyler McLeod, Dalton Parreira, Dylan Resch, Keegan Osantowski, Jayden Huppert, Dominic White, Corbin Ramsey, Paul Javaux, Tyler Conley, Alex Gouy, Carson Guffie, Jarrett Heimlich, Colton Key, Isabel Barnes, Raio Salmon, Jesse Schlotfeldt, Jeremy Holz, Tank Chorney

A Main – Caden Sarale, Colin Mackey, Levi Hillier, Jared Peterson, Cody Key, Tristin Thomas, Evan Margeson, Spencer Constance, Jake Galusha, Haley Constance, Kyle Mitchell, Macie Logsdon, Cole Schroeder, Tanner Holm, Dakota Drake, Dalton Parreira, Cash Lovenburg, Levi Kuntz, Evan Dixon, Ryley Mayer, Tyler McLeod, Mattix Salmon

Lap Leaders – Hillier 1-16 Sarale 17-40

Hard Charger – Galusha +11