Saturday May 3, 2008 -  Super Stocks 125, Super 4’s, Baby Grands, Bumblebees, WMRA (WA Midget Racing Association)   Saturday May 10, 2008  -  Quality Car Care Limited Late Models, NW Legends, NW Pro 4 Trucks, NW Outlaw Street Stocks


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Butch, Maureen, Nick and the Staff at South Sound Speedway would like to thank all of the racers and fans for their support during this nasty weather we have been having.  We hope to get the racing season going again soon – weather permitting.

SWEATMAN WINS SEASON OPENER







2007 South Sound Speedway Champions

  This season at South Sound Speedway, the Super Stock drivers have a chance to win two championships within one series.  If you race all 11 scheduled races, you have a chance to win one championship, and if you run all four of the Big 4 Series races, you have a chance to win a second championship.  The Big 4 races are longer than our regular 100-Lap Main Events.  In the Big 4 Series, you have two 124-Lap races, one 150-Lap race, and one 200-Lap race. On Saturday, May 3, 2008, The Super Stocks saw Cosmopolis, Washington’s #11 Tom Sweatman set fast time with a 13.577. The #1 Rod Schultz, JR. brought the field around to the green flag start and jumped into the early lead.  As the race unfolded, Schultz, JR., Sweatman, #99 Jeff Barkshire, #5 Tom Moriarity, and #9 Kelly Mann were nose to tail lap after lap.  Sweatman wrestled the lead away from Schultz, JR. twice, and just as he made the pass both times, the caution flag came out.  At South Sound Speedway, the rule is if the yellow comes out, the cars are lined up by the last completed green flag lap so Schultz, JR. was put back into the lead both times.  On lap 76, Sweatman made a third pass on Schultz, JR. for the lead with no yellow flag.  The #11 Sweatman, driving the Masco Petroleum Chevy Monte Carlo went on to win the 125-Lap season opener and the first of four races of the Big 4 Series.  Rounding out their top five were runner up Mann, Brad Stanwood, Barkshire, and Schultz, JR. 

The Bumblebees top three in Heat 1 were winner #29 Kyle Matthews, Devin Matthews, and Kevin Haider.  The top three in Heat 2 were winner #27 Criss Pitcock, Eric Franson, and Eddie Blood. Bringing the field around to the green flag and leading the first lap was the #35 Charles Bangs.  On lap 2, Olympia, Washington’s #15, Kevin Haider, driving the Haider Racing Nissan Sentra, took over the lead and went on to win his first 20-Lap Bumblebee Main Event at the West Coast’s fastest 3/8’s mile paved oval.  During post race inspection, the third place finisher, current point’s leader, #33 Ben Callies was disqualified for having an altered suspension.  Rounding out their top five were runner up Devin Matthews, Blood, Ron Anctil, JR., and Ray Hahn.

 The season opener for the Foreign Stock Car Racing Association Super 4’s saw last years champion, Rochester, Washington’s #5, Wayne Dillon, set a new track record with a 14.310.  The top three in their A Heat were winner #10 John Grosvenor, Dillon, and Jerry Koepping.  The top three in their B Heat were winner #02 Dan Hale, Bob Quarterman, and Tom Keehan. The #24 Craig Derksen brought the field around for the start and led the first three laps until he was passed by Grosvenor on lap 4.  On lap 5, the #5 Dillon, driving the Junction Sports Bar & Grill Ford Fusion, made a pass for the lead and never looked back, winning the 25-Lap Super 4 Main Event.  Rounding out their top five were runner up Grosvenor, Chris Celorie, Keehan, and Derksen.

 The Northwest Baby Grands saw Bothell, Washington’s #39 Lash Larew set fast time with a 14.947.  The top three in their Heat race were winner #33 Brooke Lefor, Mark Boles, and Steven Daskam. The #10 Daskam brought the field around for the green flag start and led the first six laps.  Then on lap 7, Boles made a pass for the lead and looked like the man to beat.  Edgewood, Washington’s #22, Cody Stewart, driving the K & D Auto Body Ford Fusion, ran down Boles and made a pass for the lead on lap 20 and went on to win the Baby Grands 25-Lap Main Event.  Rounding out their top five were runner up Boles, Lefor, Brandon Barlow, and Larew.

 The Washington Midget Racing Association saw Tacoma, Washington’s #50 Evan Margeson set fast time for the second race in a row at South Sound Speedway with a 13.155.  The top three in their Heat race were winner Mark Atkinson, Spence Gatrell, and Mitch Hoffses. The Midgets 25-Lap Main Event saw #23 Atkinson bring the field down for the start of the race and lead every lap to win race #2.  Rounding out their top five were runner up Margeson, Gatrell, Brea Lopez, and Rick Brown.

 Upcoming racing at South Sound Speedway:  Saturday, May 10, 2008 features the Limited Late Models, NW Outlaw Street Stocks, Pro 4 Trucks, and NW Legends.  Then on Saturday, May 17, 2008, the Super Stock 100, Wesco (Sprint cars), Super 4’s, Mini Stocks, and Mini Cup Future Stars will compete.  Back gate opens at 1:00 PM; front gate opens at 4:45 PM with qualifying starting at 5:00 PM, and racing at 6:30 PM.  Visit southsoundspeedway.com for more information 


Tom Sweatman
Super Stock Main Event Winner


Kevin Haider
Bumblebee Main Event Winner


Cody Stewart
Baby Grand Main Event Winner


Wayne Dillon
Super 4 Main Event Winner


Race results for 5-3-2008 

SUPER STOCKS 
Fast time:  Tom Sweatman – 13.577
Main:  Sweatman, Kelly Mann, Brad Stanwood, Jeff Barkshire, Rod Schultz, JR., Rod Schultz, SR., Tim Gosch, Tom Moriarity, Doug Davidson, Allen Jewitt, J.J. Hamilton, Jim Johnson, Tyler Tanner, Bob Presley, Mike Obrist, Mitch Franklin. 

BUMBLEBEES
Heat 1:  Kyle Matthews, Devin Matthews, Kevin Haider, Charles Bangs, Mark Tankersley, Richard Gooding, Jessie Ellis, Carleen Maynard.
Heat 2:  Criss Pitcock, Eric Franson, Eddie Blood, Ray Hahn, Josh McMillian, Ben Albertson, Ron Anctil, JR
Main:  Haider, D. Matthews, Blood, Anctil, JR., Hahn, Bangs, Franson, McMillian, Tankersley, K. Matthews, Gooding, Ellis, Pitcock, Albertson.

 FOREIGN STOCK CAR RACING ASSOCIATION – SUPER 4’S
Fast time:  Wayne Dillon – 14.310 New Track Record
A-Heat:  John Grosvenor, Dillon, Jerry Koepping, Craig Derksen, Renny Marose, Chris Celorie, Shelby Minor-Ball
B-Heat:  Dan Hale, Bob Quarterman, Tom Keehan, Robert Golden, Jeff Jones,Paul Welsh.
Main:  Dillon, Grosvenor, Celorie, Keehan, Derksen, Marose, Quarterman, Hale, Koepping, Jones, Golden, Welsh, Minor-Ball. 

NORTHWEST BABY GRANDS
Fast time:  Lash Larew – 14.947
Heat:  Brooke Lefor, Mark Boles, Steven Daskam, Nik Larson, Brian Balmelli, Larew, Kayla Roberts, Brandon Barlow, Cody Stewart.
Main:  Stewart, Boles, Lefor, Barlow, Larew, Daskam, Larson, Balmelli, Roberts. 

WASHINGTON MIDGET RACING ASSOCIATION
Fast time:  Evan Margeson – 13.155
Heat:  Mark Atkinson, Spence Gatrell, Mitch Hoffses, Margeson, Brea Lopez, Darren Linder, Rick Brown, Kerstin Smutny, Tony Seidelman.
Main:  Atkinson, Margeson, Gatrell, Lopez, Brown, Hoffses, Linder, Smutny.

 

 

The South Sound Speedway Street Stock Class will be adopting the NW outlaw Street Stock Rule book with a couple of safety revisions, 
The Full rule book will be available shortly.


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