8/20/21

Two former track champions returned to victory lane at Deming Speedway on Friday night, as Kaitlyn Hammer and Jared Gundersen took wins for the first time in 2021 in the 600 and 1200 classes respectively. Peyton Drake won in the 600 Restricted class while Brooklyn Constance won again in the JR Sprints.

Hammer worked from the outside of row one into the lead on the opening lap, outdueling Ryley Mayer coming out of turn two to secure the top spot. From there, the 2018 Speedmart 600 Open champ was flawless, leading the rest of the way unchallenged for the win. Mayer ran without challenge to secure second while Parker Hadlock came home third. Heat winners were Dakota Drake, Levi Kuntz and Spencer Constance.

Similar to Hammer, Gundersen would go wire to wire for his first win of 2021 in the Shots 2 Go Espresso 1200 class. Gundersen’s main was not as smooth sailing, as on lap 19 a slower car spun in front of Jared, resulting in a collision between the two. Gundersen came though the accident with no damage however, and the three-time former champ would hold strong to collect the win six laps later, with Dakota Drake and Derek Holmwood rounding out the podium. Seth Hespe and Drake won the heats.

Nick Evans made a sweep of the NW Focus Midget Series night at Deming Speedway. Now a 13 time winner on the season with the series, Evans moved from high to low, weaving through the field to take the lead on lap 11 of the main event en route to victory lane. Jake Munn was second with Chris Foster third. Evans also won the heat race, set quick time and was the hard charger in the main.

Peyton Drake went wire to wire for the win in the Mytrafficman.Net 600 Restricted class. Drake led the whole way with Cejay Adkins in the second for the duration and Destry Miller taking the third spot. The three heat races were won by Axel Oudman, Diane Knutzen and Mallory Fisher.

Brooklyn Constance stormed up the field for a pass on the last lap to take the win in the Clean Crawls JR Sprints. Starting sixth, Constance worked her way into second with just a few short laps left. Leader Clayton Jalakas left the low groove open in turn one on the final lap and Constance was in the right place, driving under and past Clayton for the lead and win just a few short corners later. Jalakas and McKenna Morgan were the podium finishers. Morgan won the first heat race while Jayce Medcalf won heat two.

Clean Crawls JR Sprints

Heat 1 – McKenna Morgan

Heat 2 – Jayce Medcalf

Main – Brooklyn Constance, Clayton Jalakas, McKenna Morgan, Dustin Ramsey, Avery Askvig, Jayce Medcalf, Oliver Kairis, Sawyer Baxter, Brody Cooley, Chase Whitney, Oliver Baxter

Lap Leaders – Jalakas 1-19 Constance 20

Hard Charger – Constance +5

Mytrafficman.Net 600 Restricted

Heat 1 – Axel Oudman

Heat 2 – Diane Knutzen

Heat 3 – Mallory Fisher

B Main – Rylee Kentch

A Main – Peyton Drake, Cejay Adkins, Destry Miller, Levi Hillier, Corbin Ramsey, Kane Van Sickle, Levi Kuntz, Axel Oudman, Zoey Tupper, Diane Knutzen, Carson Guffie, Rylee Kentch, Ryan Bright, Mallory Fisher, Fairah Lee, Grace Matier

Lap Leaders – Drake 1-25

Hard Charger – Tupper +5

NW Focus Midgets

Heat – Nick Evans

Main – Nick Evans, Jake Munn, Chris Foster, Jesse Munn, Kyle Hanson, Brian Holmkvist

Lap Leaders – Ja Munn 1-10 Evans 11-25

Hard Charger – Evans +5

Shots 2 Go Espresso 1200

Heat 1 – Seth Hespe

Heat 2 – Dakota Drake

Main – Jared Gundersen, Dakota Drake, Derek Holmwood, Brock Lemley, Terry Lewis, Clennon Holloway, Tyson Lemley, Haylee Bloodgood, Bill McMeekin, Alex Lewis, Austin Edson, Dick Williams, Seth Hespe

Lap Leaders – Gundersen 1-25

Hard Charger – T Lewis +5

Speedmart 600 Open

Heat 1 – Dakota Drake

Heat 2 – Levi Kuntz

Heat 3 – Spencer Constance

Main – Kaitlyn Hammer, Ryley Mayer, Parker Hadlock, Colin Mackey, Jayden Whitney, Spencer Constance, Haley Constance, Tyler Conley, Dakota Drake, Levi Kuntz, Dylan Resch, Macie Logsdon, Keira Zylstra, Billy Coates, Angela Stone, Travis Hart, Xan Miller

Lap Leaders – Hammer 1-25

Hard Charger – Mackey +2