Grays Harbor Raceway
July 24, 2021
2021 Shipwreck Beads Northwest Modified Nationals
Night 2
34 cars signed in four Night 2 of the Shipwreck Beads Northwest Modified Nationals. After Night 1, the points were tallied up to set the feature events on Saturday. The top 8 in points did a redraw to line up the first 4 rows.
Salem, Ore driver John Campos and Collen Winebarger of Portland, Ore set the front row of the 40 lap, $2500 to win feature event. Campos took the early lead with Winebarger losing a few positions after going three wide with Grey Ferrando of Stayton, Ore and Tyson Blood of Olympia. Winebarger worked his way back into second, as Blood battled with Ferrando for third. Campos put some slight distance but the caution flag flew on lap 4 as Klamath Falls, Ore driver Nick Trenchard slowed to a stop in turn one. On the restart it would be Winebarger taking over the lead, making it a three wide battle with Campos and Ferrando. The battle for the lead continued on with Winebarger and Ferrando going side by side in turn four. Ferrando took the lead on lap 5 and started putting some distance. Campos moved back into the second spot as Blood battled Winebarger for third. A three-car battle for the fourth position saw Winebarger, Jesse Williamson of Eugene, Ore and Selah's Blair Shoemaker racing side by side for a handful of laps. Williamson worked the high side of the 3/8's banked clay oval looking to find something and move forward. Ferrando continued to lead on a long green flag run, getting some distance between second place Campos. Just as lap traffic was becoming in view the caution flag flew on lap 13 for Cory Sweatman of Aberdeen and Vancouver's Jerry Schram in turn one. The restart saw Ferrando continue to lead, but it was Williamson, working the high side, making his way to the front as Blood worked his way by Campos for second. Blood and Williamson raced side by side for a handful of laps before Williamson took the second position. On a mid-race restart Williamson and Ferrando battled for the lead racing side by side for a handful of laps before Williamson took the lead on lap 26. Ferrando stayed within striking distance looking to the low side a handful of times. Lap 32 saw a slowing Cory Sweatman bringing out the caution setting up an 8 lap dash to the finish. Williamson timed his restart just right as Winebarger ran the high side looking to get by Ferrando for second. Jesse Williamson slowly put distance on the rest of the field and went on to pick up the win over Winebarger, Ferrando, Campos, Saint Helen, Ore driver Brad Martin rounded out the top five. The B-Main event saw Cosmopolis driver Tom Sweatman pick up the win.
B-Main (Top 6 transfer):
- 11s Tom Sweatman, 2. 98D Josh Sheller, 3. M51 Craig Moore, 4. 17 Brian Izzi, 5. 99 Jeremy Martin, 6. 714 Zach Fuller, 7. 23K Kersey Ferrando, 8. 58 Devon Reed, 9. 13M Matt Arnold, 10. 42 Kevin Hanson, 11. 59 Brad Burnett, 12. 87 Tyler Walker, 13. 93 Elliott French, 14. 5W Devon West, 15. 41 Tim Phillips
A-Main:
- W5 Jesse Williamson, 2. S Collen Winebarger, 3. V13 Grey Ferrando, 4. 36 John Campos, 5. 19 Brad Martin, 6. 34G Albert Gill, 7. 87K Brenton Schnitzer, 8. 45s Aaron Sheelar, 9. 97 Tyson Blood, 10. 26 Scott Miller, 11. 11s Tom Sweatman, 12. 98D Josh Sheller, 13. s11 Blair Shoemaker, 14. 34T Jason Tole, 15. 99 Jeremy Martin, 16. M51 Craig Moore, 17. 17 Brian Izzi, 18. 2G James Wellshonse, 19. 40 Mike Knox, 20. 714 Zach Fuller, 21. 77s Jerry Schram, 22. 1s Cory Sweatman, 23. 28 Brian Harding, 24. 54N Nick Trenchard
- Bert Johnson on Jul 26, 2021
- Article Date: 7/26/2021 by Aaron Reed