7/17/21

Everson, WA – With a capacity crowd on hand, three drivers won their first Clay Cup Nationals and another found victory lane for the first time in 13 years. Action was sponsored all weekend by the IBEW and NECA, and when the dust finally settled, Mitchell Moles, Derek Holmwood, Jett Barnes and Braeden Wager brought home Clay Cup wins.

Dominic Gorden held the top spot in the 600 Open main from the drop of the green, with Jared Peterson hot on his heels and Mitchell Moles weaving his way up the field to move into the top three early. The race never quite got into lapped traffic, and the yellow flag flew roughly every seven laps throughout the duration of the feature. Moles got past Peterson around lap 20 and tookto work putting pressure on Gorden. Gorden stayed committed to the high groove and would keep Moles off by a narrow margin until disaster struck late in the race. A caution flag flew for a spinning car at the completion of lap 33, and during the caution laps, Gorden pulled to a stop in the infield with an unspecified mechanical failure, giving Moles the lead. Moles would go forward and lead the final seven lap to pick up the $10,000 top prize, with Peterson taking second and Cody Christensen taking third. Ryan Holz won over $1400 in taking the John Heerspink Hard Charger award.

Brock Lemley and Derek Holmwood led the field to green in the 1200 class, with Lemley taking the lead early. Holmwood kept with Lemley as the pair quickly entered slower traffic. A misstep by Brock saw him stop in turn four, handing the lead to Holmwood as he brought the field to a lap eight restart. Holmwood would roll over the final 32 laps of the main, unchallenged as he glided to the line for his second Clay Cup win, the first coming 13 years ago in 2008. Steven Hendrickson and Chance Crum rounded out the podium, with Shane Sexton earning hard charger.

Jett Barnes led every lap of the 600 Restricted main event to score his first Clay Cup win. Austin Wood challenged Barnes late, but Barnes was up to the task each time, driving hard off the high groove to secure the win. Wood had multiple shots at Barnes late thanks to a couple of caution flags but had to settle for second. Mallory Fisher completed a monster weekend with a third place finish in the A Main. Andrew Smith was the John Heerspink Hard Charger.

In the Junior Sprints, Brooklyn Constance and Hayden Stepps led the field to the initial green but contact between the two resulted in both coming to a stop on the track, sending the pair to the rear. Briggs Davis took full advantage and jumped out to the early lead, but it was not long until Braeden Wager moved into the top spot, making what ended up being the race winning pass on lap six. Wager led the rest of the way, surviving two green-white-checkered restarts, holding off Avery Askvig who ended up second and Constance who had raced her way back up to third. The John Heerspink Hard Charger was Dustin Ramsey.

Speedmart 600 Open

D Main – Raio Salmon, Tyler McLeod, Eli Bookout, Blake Parmley, Baby Boo Chamorro, Austin Tabosrksi, Barrett Polhemus, Nick Van Atta, Alex Gouy, Xan Miller, Hailey Wood, Ron Singh

C Main – Travis Labat, Rachel Westmoreland, Haley Constance, Ashton Torgerson, Levi Kuntz, Austin Torgerson, Derek Torkelson, Jayden Whitney, Tony Alosi, Brandon Carey, Eli Bookout, Macie Logsdon, Dakota Drake, Baby Boo Chamorro, Parker Hadlock, Cody Parmley, Wyatt Bookout, Tyler McLeod, Raio Salmon, Blake Parmley, Austin Taborski, Isabel Barnes

B Main – Cameron Paul, Dylan Resch, Ryan Holz, JJ Loss, Devon Courtnier, TJ Smith, Caeden Steele, James Andrichuk, Tim Vaught, Jeremy Holz, Austin Torgerson, Kaden Holm, Jake Andreotti, Rachel Westmoreland, Tyler Conley, Haley Constance, Levi Kuntz, Ashton Torgerson, Kaitlyn Hammer, Blaine Granberg, Tristin Thomas, Travis Labat

A Main – Mitchell Moles, Jared Peterson, Cody Christensen, Caden Sarale, Jade Avedisian, Chance Crum, Jesse Schlotfeldt, Ryan Holz, Ryley Mayer, Dylan Resch, Cameron Paul, Devon Courtnier, Tanner Holm, Gauge Garcia, Colin Mackey, TJ Smith, Dominic Gorden, Dalton Parreira, JJ Loss, Mattix Salmon, Dominic Carter, Cody Key

Lap Leaders – Gorden 1-33 Moles 34-40

John Heerspink Hard Charger – Ryan Holz

Shots 2 Go Espresso 1200

A Main – Derek Holmwood, Steven Hendrickson, Chance Crum, Tanner Holm, Seth Hespe, Dustin O’Brien, Alex Lewis, Dakota Drake, Jared Gundersen, Clennon Holloway, Shane Sexton, Tyson Lemley, Haylee Bloodgood, Terry Lewis, Dick Williams, Brock Lemley, Tanner Schoonover, Austin Edson, Scott Kinney

Lap Leaders – B Lemley 1-7 Holmwood 8-40

John Heerspink Hard Charger – Shane Sexton

Mytrafficman.Net 600 Restricted

B Main – Isabel Barnes, Mickey Gile, Maddie Gjerness, Lucas Johnson, Rylee Kentch, Brody Ferguson, Kyle Fernandez, Ryan Bright, Orn Biggs, Karma Fagerlie, Samantha Schwarz, Cash Lovenburg, TJ Stark, Grace Matier, Fairah Lee, Levi Kuntz, Jaydon Barnes, Zoey Tupper

A Main – Jett Barnes, Austin Wood, Mallory Fisher, Colton Key, Teagan Moles, Levi Hillier, Andrew Smith, Axel Oudman, Kane Van Sickle, Lucas Johnson, Mickey Gile, Carson Guffie, Isabel Barnes, Jayden Huppert, Maddie Gjerness, Peyton Drake, Destry Miller, Corbin Ramsey, Elijah Gile

Lap Leaders – Je Barnes 1-30

John Heerspink Hard Charger – Andrew Smith

Clean Crawls JR Sprint

B Main – Dean Skrifvars, Clayton Jalakas, Piper Bliven, Heston Stepps, Brody Cooley, Nathan Fernandez, Hayden Cook

A Main – Braedon Wager, Avery Askvig, Brooklyn Constance, Briggs Davis, Hayden Stepps, Dustin Ramsey, Vito Cancilla, Chase Whitney, Jayce Medcalf, Sawyer Baxter, Clayton Jalakas, Dean Skrifvars, Ryan Bright, Levi Osborne, McKenna Morgan, Piper Bliven, Brody Cooley, Cooper Anderson

Lap Leaders – Davis 1-5 Wager 6-26

John Heerspink Hard Charger – Dustin Ramsey