7/16/20

Night number one of the 2020 Clay Cup Nationals presented by IBEW/NECA saw winners come from all different starting spots in the main to claim the prelim night 1 wins. Chance Crum came from sixth to win in the Speedmart 600 Open division, while Clennon Holloway started ninth in the Shots 2 Go Espresso 1200 class. Tyler Conley won from the pole in the Mytrafficman.NET 600 Restricted division while Drake Hadlock passed his way from 18th to grab the victory in the Clean Crawls Junior Sprints. 

Austin Woods led the first three laps of the Speedmart 600 Open main event before Tanner Holm used the high groove to pass him in turn two on lap four. Setting sail on the field, Holm held a solid advantage until a yellow bunched the field up around lap 10. Chance took the opportunity with Holm now close at hand to throw a huge slider on him in turns three and four to take the top spot on lap 12. Crum would go on to lead the rest of the way unchallenged, with Holm scoring second and defending Clay Cup champion Jared Peterson moving from 15th to 3rd. 

The race of the night was in the Shots 2 Go Espresso 1200 class, as Clennon Holloway outdueled Dakota Drake in a shootout at the end. Brent Sexton led the first 11 laps before Alex Lewis took the lead from him, bringing Drake and Holloway hot on his heels. Lewis held off the hard charging pair till lap 19 when Drake rocketed around the high side and into the lead. Holloway kept digging on the bottom of the track, moving into second and running down Drake to take the lead on lap 23. Drake didn’t relent, rallying hard on the high to retake the lead on lap 24, but Holloway was the picture of precision on the final lap, hitting his marks spot on as he retook the lead down the back straight and went on for the victory. Drake settled for runner up, with Chance Crum coming from 16th to finish 3rd. 

The Mytrafficman.NET 600 Restricted main event saw Tyler Conley go wire to wire for his first victory in the division. Jayden Whitney came from tenth and pressured Conley over the final few laps, but Conley held strong on the bottom to fend off Whitney for the win. Peyton Drake rounded out the podium. 

In a main event plagued with stoppages, Drake Hadlock made a last lap pass to win his second feature of the year in the Clean Crawls Junior Sprints and in the process, almost assuredly locked himself in as top point for the weekend in the division. Hadlock came from 18th to pass Ryan Bright on the last lap to take the win. The second place for Bright was his best Deming Speedway finish, with Cooper Anderson taking third. 

Clay Cup Prelim Night 1

Clean Crawls Jr Sprints

Heat 1 – Hayden Stepps

Heat 2 – Lucas Mauldin

Heat 3 – McKenna Morgan

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

Lap Leaders – Bright 1-7 Hadlock 8

Mytrafficman.NET 600 Restricted

Heat 1 – Alex Gouy

Heat 2 – Dominic Carter

Heat 3 – Levi Hillier

Heat 4 – Austin Wood

Heat 5 – Haley Constance

Heat 6 – Corbin Ramsey

B Main – Dalton Parreira, Isabel Barnes, Destry Miller, Caleb Grantham, Colton Key, Rylee Kentch, Xan Miller, Elijah Gile, Barret Polhemus, Maddie Gjerness, Jayden Huppert, Baker Fagerlie, Matai Morris, Carson Guffie, Diane Knutzen, Orn Biggs

A Main – Tyler Conley, Jayden Whitney, Peyton Drake, Austin Wood, Mattix Salmon, Levi Kuntz, Levi Hillier, Isabel Barnes, Corbin Ramsey, Dalton Parreira, Jesson Jacobson, Destry Miller, Cash Lovenburg, Caleb Grantham, Alex Gouy, Keira Zylstra, Corbin Rueschenburt, Axel Oudman, Haley Constance, Dominic Carter

Lap Leaders – Conley 1-21

Shots 2 Go Espresso 1200

Heat 1 – Steven Hendrickson

Heat 2 – Chance Crum

Heat 3 – Nate Vaughn

Heat 4 – Cal Herdson

B Main – Scott Kinney, Haylee Bloodgood, Devon Borden, Grant Sexton, Austin Edson, Brock Lemley, Tanner Schoonover, Shane Sexton

A Main – Clennon Holloway, Dakota Drake, Chance Crum, Alex Lewis, Nate Vaughn, Derek Holmwood, Jared Gundersen, Cal Herdson, Dakota Albright, Steven Hendrickson, Brent Sexton, Dick Williams, Tanner Reid, Bryce Bogardus, Austin Edson, Brock Lemley, Tyson Lemley, Seth HEspe, Devon Borden, Grant Sexton, Haylee Bloodgood, Scott Kinney

Lap Leaders – B Sexton 1-12 Lewis 13-18 Drake 19-22 Holloway 23 Drake 24 Holloway 25

Speedmart 600 Open

Heat 1 – Austin Woods

Heat 2 – Jake Andreotti

Heat 3 – Brad Hannum

Heat 4 – Caeden Sarale

Heat 5 – TJ Smith

Heat 6 – Evan Margeson

Heat 7 – Kaden Holm

Heat 8 – Carson Borden

C Main – Ryley Mayer, Raio Salmon, Ryan Rocha, Dylan Resch, Colton Huelsmann, Reese Wickard, Parker Hadlock, Brody Petrie, Colby Thornhill, Troy Morris, Ryan Holz, Bradley Huish, Joshua Huish, Tony Alosi, Ron Singh

B Main – Kaitlyn Hammer, Derek Torkelson, Jon Farrell, Caeden Steele, Kaden Holm, James Andrichuk, Rachel Westmoreland, Lane Taylor, Dylan Resch, Jeremy Holz, Malachi Gemmer, Carson Borden, Cody Gray, Reese Wickard, Austin Taborski, Colton Huelsmann, Ryley Mayer, Hailey Wood, TJ Smith, Ryan Rocha, Tyler McLeod, Raio Salmon

A Main – Chance Crum, Tanner Holm, Jared Peterson, Colin Mackey, Mitchel Moles, Gauge Garcia, Jordi Meese, Evan Margeson, Spencer Constance, Kaitlyn Hammer, Caden Sarale, James Andrichuk, Jesse Schlotfeldt, Cody Key, Derek Torkelson, Dakota Drake, Jon Farell, Caeden Steele, Jake Andreotti, Austin Woods, Brad Hannum, Kaden Holm

Lap Leaders – Woods 1-3 Holm 4-11 Crum 12-25