7/17/20

Everson, WA – The second night of the 2020 Clay Cup Nationals presented by IBEW/NECA was highlighted by Raio Salmon winning in a shootout in the 600 Open division A Main. Brock Lemley, Isabel Barnes and Kane Van Sickle were the other division winners. 

The highlight of the night was the battle up front in the Speedmart 600 Open division. Parker Hadlock led laps 1-5 while blasting through the cushion up on the top of the raceway, while Raio Salmon maneuvered her car deftly around the low groove, keeping him within a half car length at all times. Salmon picked up the lead on lap six, but Hadlock stayed the close, retaking the top spot two times on lap 15 and lap 17 – neither pass counted though, as both were negated for caution flags. On a lap 18 restart, Hadlock made a big run on Salmon, driving  hard off the top of turn two to try and dive under Raio entering turn three. Raio made the move to slam the door shut and in the process, incidental contact occurred between the two cars. Salmon managed to drive away while Hadlock had to retire with front end damage. On the restart, Salmon took on a new challenger in the form of defending Clay Cup champion Jared Peterson, as Peterson attempted to rocket around the outside of Raio. Salmon held steady, hitting her marks on every remaining lap and scoring the win over Peterson and third place Jordi Meese. As of this writing, the unofficial front row for the 2020 Clay Cup main event will be Jared Peterson and Chance Crum. 

After fighting gremlins all weekend long, Brock Lemley put it all together for a wire to wire win in the Shots 2 Go Espresso 1200 class. FInally finding the electrical bug that plagued him, Lemley led every lap from the pole with Seth Hespe putting together a solid run for second and Dakota Albright finishing third. 

Isabel Barnes put together 25 perfect laps in taking her first Deming Speedway win in the Mytrafficman.NET 600 Restricted division. Mattix Salmon ran behind Barnes just a few lengths back for most of the main in taking second place, while Levi Kuntz ran a strong third. 

The Clean Crawls JR Sprints had a format change for Friday night, as instead of the normal full invert field, the field lined straight up by points. Kane Van Sickle took full advantage of this change, and from his pole position starting spot, led every lap of the main event. Drake Hadlock and Lucas Maudlin were second and third. With the format change, officials decided that the Saturday night A Main would be lined up by combined points rather than the traditional either/or format, which will make a front row of Hadlock and Van Sickle for the A Main. 

Clean Crawls Junior Sprints

Heat 1 – Kane Van Sickle

Heat 2 – Avery Askvig

Heat 3 – Drake Hadlock

Main – Kane Van Sickle, Drake Hadlock, Lucas Mauldin, Brody Rubio, Avery Askvig, Dustin Ramsey, Fairah Lee, Cooper Anderson, Ty Lovenburg, Kyle Fernandez, Colton Knapp, Chase Whitney, Sawyer Baxter, Jayce Medcalf, Hayden Stepps, McKenna Morgan, Jonathan Andrichuk, Ryan Bright, Karma Fagerlie

Lap Leaders – Van Sickle 1-20

Mytrafficman.NET 600 Restricted

Heat 1 – Alex Gouy

Heat 2 – Corbin Ramsey

Heat 3 – Levi Kuntz

Heat 4 – Cash Lovenburg

B Main – Peyton Drake, Keira Zylstra, Barrett Polhemus, Elijah Gile, Caleb Grantham, Carson Guffie, Rylee Kentch, Matai Morris, Colton Key, Xan Miller, Jayden Huppert, Maddie Gjerness, Baker Fagerlie, Diane Knutzen, Orn Biggs

A Main – Isabel Barnes, Mattix Salmon, Levi Kuntz, Dominic Carter, Destry Miller, Jayden Whitney, Axle Oudman, Jesson Jacobson, Levi Hillier, Alex Gouy, Peyton Drake, Corbin Rueschenbert, Keira Zylstra, Elijah Gile, Barrett Polhames, Austin Wood, Corbin Ramsey, Cash Lovenburg, Haley Constance, Dalton Parreira

Lap Leaders – Barnes 1-25

Shots 2 Go Espresso 1200 

Heat 1 – Alex Lewis

Heat 2 – Chance Crum

Heat 3 – Haylee Bloodgood

Heat 4 – Jared Gundersen

Main – Brock Lemley, Seth Hespe, Dakota Albright, Austin Edson, Cal Herdson, Tanner Reid, Clennon Holloway, Chance Crum, Jared Gundersen, Derek Holmwood, Alex Lewis, Dalton Sexton, Tyson Lemley, Dick Williams, Tanner Schoonover, Scott Kinney, Shane Sexton, Haylee Bloodgood, Grant Sexton, Dakota Drake, Nate Vaughn, Bryce Bogardus, Brent Sexton

Lap Leaders – B Lemley 1-25

Speedmart 600 Open

Heat 1 – Jeremy Holz

Heat 2 – Evan Margeson

Heat 3 – Kaitlyn Hammer

Heat 4 – Raio Salmon

Heat 5 – Reese Wickard

Heat 6 – Troy Morris

Heat 7 – Caeden Steele

Heat 8 – Jared Peterson

C Main – Chance Crum, Dylan Resch, Derek Torkelson, Blaine Granberg, Austin Taborski, Spencer Constance, Jon Farrell, Joshua Huish, Bradley Huish, Hailey Wood, Tony Alosi, Dakota Drake, Malachi Gemmer, Rachel Westmoreland, Tanner Holm, Austin Woods

B Main – Caden Sarale, James Andrichuk, Caeden Steele, Reese Wickard, Cody Gray, Dylan Resch, Brad Hannum, Colin Mackey, Troy Morris, Ryan Holz, Ron Singh, Blaine Granberg, Jon Farrell, Lane Taylor, Austin Taborski, Colton Huelsmann, Spencer Constance, Brody Petrie, Gauge Garcia, Carson Borden, Jesse Schlotfeldt, Derek Torkelson

A Main – Raio Salmon, Jared Peterson, Jordi Meese, Kaitlyn Hammer, Kyle Johnson, Colby Thornhill, Jake Andreotti, TJ Smith, Evan Margeson, Caeden Steele, Ryley Mayer, James Andrichuk, Jeremy Holz, Cody Gray, Caden Steele, Dylan Resch, Reese Wickard, Parker Hadlock, Kaden Holm, Mitchel Moles, Ryan Rocha, Cody Key

Lap Leaders – Hadlock 1-5 Salmon 6-25