South Sound Speedway

Jussila Wins Late Model 100 at South Sound Speedway

By Kristy Runyon

August 5, 2006… Limited Late Model point leader, Phil Willis, clocked in fastest for the group with a 13.975.  Dan Walker and John Boyatt started on the front row of the main event.  JD Barnum and Tim McDougald had troubles early on.  Barnum left after taking the green flag and McDougald went off and came back on before the green flew.  Before a lap could be complete Steve Woods and Mark Jones got together causing major damage to both their cars.  When the race finally went green, Dan Walker took the early lead until Kevin Carver took over on lap five.  Walker held on to second until lap 10 when Phil Willis took over.  Mark Jones came back on the track on lap five with some body parts missing but stayed on the pace.  

Devin Eierman

The first caution came on lap 27 when Bob Hays spun and lost a lap.  The next caution came out on lap 40 when Pat Clark’s car slowed way down.  Clark exited the track safely and the race got back underway.  Dan Walker exited the track on the caution after all the counted cautions were through.  He came back out after the race got started, losing only one lap.  Walker went down another lap on lap 46.  Kevin Carver and Phil Willis were battling back and forth for the top spot.  The two got together on lap 56, spinning them both.  Carver was done for the night and Willis lost a lap for the incident.  Dan Walker regained one of his laps when the leaders spun.  

Phil Willis

John Boyatt was now out front with Dave McCaslin in second and Jim Jussila in third.  Dave McCaslin took over the lead on lap 64 when Boyatt’s car slowed and he exited the track.  Lap 68 brought the end to McCaslin’s reign when he blew, spewing fluid all over the track.  Jim Jussila was now out front with Phil Willis, a lap down, right behind him.  Devin Eierman was second and Tom Smitham was third.  On lap 78 Willis got around Jussila to regain the lap he lost due to the black flag.  Willis was working his way back up the track and was in fourth spot as the race entered the last ten laps.  Tom Smitham spun on lap 97 bringing out the caution and losing him third spot.  Jim Jussila won the 100 lap main event and the coveted $1,000.00 prize.  Devin Eierman finished up second with Phil Willis moving up and taking third spot.  Tom Smitham was fourth with Dan Walker in fifth.  Bob Hays, Bobby Moore, John Boyatt, Marshall Hallett and Mark Jones rounded out the top ten.

 
JJ Hamilton

JJ Hamilton was the fast qualifier for the Top Notch Trailers Street Stocks with a 15.217.  Kevin Boretsky led the first five laps of the B heat race before Sean Riley took over to win.  Shawn Aubrey was second and Rick Courtright was third.  Kyle Markstrom led all eight laps of the A heat for the win on his last night of racing at South Sound Speedway for a while.  Newlywed Markstrom is moving back east to attend NASCAR mechanic training school.  Everyone at South Sound Speedway wants to congratulate Kyle and wish him luck.  Cody Erskine finished second in the A heat with Bobby Micielli in third.  Shawn Aubrey and Sean Riley started on the front row of the main event.  Aubrey took the lead on lap one with Rick Courtright moving into second and Riley holding in third.  JJ Hamilton moved into third on lap 10.  Rick Courtright took the lead on lap 11 with Hamilton in second and Aubrey in third.  The first caution of the race came on lap 15 when Bobby Micielli spun Kyle Markstrom.  Micielli got a black and both continued to race.  Hamilton took the lead on lap 17.  The final caution came on lap 22 when Sean Riley and Markstrom got together going down the backstretch.  The two seemed to be stuck together so the tow truck came out to unhook them.  JJ Hamilton won the main event and added to his points lead.  Cody Erskine finished up second with Sean Riley in third, Larry Gaylord in fourth and Kyle Markstrom in fifth.  Kevin Boretsky, Bobby Micielli, Rick Courtright, Shawn Aubrey and Mike Aubrey completed the top ten.

 
Wayne Dillon

Even with an injured arm, Wayne Dillon was the fast qualifier for the FSCRA/Super-4’s.  Chuck VanMuiswinkel took the early lead in the B heat race.  A caution was thrown on lap two when Dave Powell spun.  Jerry Koepping took over the front spot on lap 5 and won the B heat race with Richard Dionne in second and VanMuiswinkel in third.  Wayne Dillon took the lead, from David Callander, on lap three of the A heat race and went on to win with Matt Melby in second and John Grosvenor in third.  Koepping took the lead in the main event on lap one after starting on the pole position.  John Grosvenor got by him on lap seven for the lead and brought Wayne Dillon around in second.  On lap 19 Dillon took the lead and never looked back.  Wayne Dillon won the main event with John Grosvenor in second.  On the last lap, Matt Melby got into Kevin Koepke causing Koepke, Melby and a few others to spin in turn four.  Koepke got his car turned around and headed for the finish line for third.  Melby was black flagged for the incident and dropped back to a seventh place finish.  Jerry Koepping finished up fourth with Cody Stewart in fifth and Dave Powell in sixth.

Brooke Lefor 

For the first time all season long, someone other than Tanner McCombs won the Mini Cup Open Division main event.  Brooke Lefor, driving Dan Larson’s car, clocked in fast and won the main event.  Lefor led from lap two after taking the lead from Buddy Benefield.  She won the caution free main event with McCombs right on her bumper.  Benefield finished third with Zach Blockhan in fourth, Dave Torrey in fifth and Mike Carlson in sixth.  McCombs did win the heat race with Lefor in second and Blockhan in third.

 
Aaron Stanley