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By Aaron Reed

First of two nights of racing action at Grays Harbor Raceway saw the ISCS Limited Sprints for their Week of Speed, Dwarf Cars, IMCA Modifieds and Hornets. Mother nature tried to play a role in ruining the evening with rain most of the morning and afternoon but the cars and stars of the Pacific Northwest put on an evening of racing action.

ISCS Limited Sprint Cars

The 25-lap feature saw a full field of limited sprint cars with Camden Robustelli of Medford, Ore leading the field to the green flag. Steven Snawder of Roseburg, Ore stayed at the back bumper of Robustelli into turn one. Central Point, Ore's Theron Smith moved into the second spot in turn two looking to track down Robustelli. The battle for third between Snawder and Roseburg, Ore driver Kyle Alberding was the race to watch. Tyler Thompson or Harrisburg, Ore and Evan Margeson of Tacoma battled in the fourth and fifth position. Robustelli extended his lead on Smith. Robustelli worked his way into lap traffic, as Snawder and Smith battled for second with Snawder taking the runner up spot on lap 9. Thompson and Margeson closed in on Alberding looking to take third, Margeson took the fourth position from Thompson on lap 11. Robustelli maneuvered his way through lap traffic but lap 13 saw the caution flag fly for Allison Johnson of Ferndale, spinning to a stop in turn four. On the restart, Robustelli had two lapped cars between himself and Snawder. Alberding moved into third, shuffling Smith to fourth. Margeson looked to work his way by Smith in the mix. Robustelli quickly extended his lead on Snawder, catching back up with lap traffic once again. Snawder looked to catch Robustelli to try and make a pass for the lead but it was Robustelli leading all 25 laps and picking up the win. Snawder, Margeson, Alberding and Smith rounded out the top five. Heat race winners earlier in the evening were Lake Stevens driver Eric Turner, Thompson, and Junction City, Ore's Shane Forte.

IMCA Modifieds

Matt Arnold of Elma and Yakima's Don Martin set the front row of the 25 lap IMCA Modified feature event. Arnold took the lead on the start but saw issues in turn four making contact with the wall. Behind him a seven car pile-up occurred bringing out the red flag. All drivers were ok in the incident. On the restart Martin and Olympia driver Brian Izzi led the field to the green flag. Shelton's Brenton Schnitzer quickly made his way to the lead getting by Martin. Zack Simpson of Aberdeen moved into the lead getting by Schnitzer. A three-car battle for second between Schnitzer, Martin and Tyson Blood of Olympia in turn two as Blood move into second looking to track down Simpson. Stayton, Ore driver Grey Ferrando worked his way into third, looking to get by Blood down the back stretch. Blood ran the low side of the 3/8's banked clay oval and remained in the runner up spot. Blood stayed within striking distance of Simpson as he took the lead on lap 5. Ferrando and Simpson battled it out for second with Ferrando taking over the position. Shelton's Scott Miller joined in the mix running fourth. Simpson looked low at Ferrando to get the runner up spot back. Miller made a move at Ferrando in turn three on lap 8 looking to move up into a podium position. He wasn't done there as he went after Simpson. Blood continued to pull away from the rest of the field looking strong out front. The caution filled feature event was cut short to 20 laps, as Blood picked up the win over Miller, Ferrando, Simpson and Hoquiam's Jason Tole rounded out the top five. Heat race winners earlier in the evening were Tom Sweatman of Cosmopolis, Zach Fuller of Spanaway and Miller.

Dwarf Cars

Roseburg, Ore driver Chris Kress led the field of 23 Dwarf Cars to the green flag. Red Bluff, California's Josh King moved into the second position, but the caution quickly flew for Anthony Pope of Roseburg, Ore slowing in turn two. On the restart it was Kress leading John Chrisman of Hilsboro, Ore. King worked his way back into second as Sandy, Ore driver Justin DeMars worked his way into third. King looked to stay within striking distance of Kress. Henry Corbin III of Mollala, Ore looked to make a run at DeMars for third but couldn't make the pass. On a long green flag run Kress slowly put some distance between himself and King. Lap 7 saw DeMars make a pass for the runner up position and looking to make a bid for the lead. King stayed at the back bumper looking to take the position back but the caution flag flew on lap 9 for a multiple car incident in turn one and two. Kress looked strong up front as they went back to racing action. King looked to take a shot for the lead on the high side buy couldn't make the pass. King and DeMars continued to battle back and forth as Kress continued to pull away. King worked his way back into second on lap 13 but spun in turn two. The Dwarf Car main saw multiple cautions and the feature event was cut to 20 laps. Kress picked up the win over DeMars, King, Corbin III, and Woodland driver Chuck Jones. Heat race winners earlier in the evening were King, Pope, and Kress.

Hornets

Jacob Saulsbury of Spanway and Olympia driver Zach Dalrymple set the front row for the 15-lap feature event. Dalrymple took the early lead with Saulsbury and Belfair's Max Sanford right within striking distance. The caution flag flew after Kaleya Onasch of Aberdeen made hard contact with the front stretch wall. On the restart Dalrymple was once again out front as a three-car battle for second between Saulsbury, Sanford and Cory Sweatman of Aberdeen was the race to watch. Saulsbury ran the low side with Sanford on the middle. Sweatman looked to the outside but couldn't make the pass. Sweatman looked low and worked his way past Sanford. Dalrymple continued to extend his lead on the rest of the field looking strong on the low side of the raceway. Sweatman and Saulsbury battled for position as Sweatman made his way into second on lap 7. Sweatman looked to cut into Dalrymple's lead. Sweatman made his way to the back bumper of Dalrymple looking to the high side to make a pass for the lead. Both drivers raced side by side for position with Dalrymple continuing his lead. Lap 12 saw Sweatman work his way to the outside and take over the lead. It was Sweatman taking the checkered flag over Dalrymple, Saulsbury, Sanford and Ryker Walker of Bucoda rounding out the top five. Saulsbury and Onasch were heat race winners.

Grays Harbor Raceway
August 20, 2021

Hornets:
Heat 1:

1. 425 Jacob Saulsbury, 2. K-2 Ryker Walker, 3. 423 Randy Goodman, 4. 21X Spencer LeCompte, 5. 81 Megan White, 6. 16 Kris Fisher

Heat 2:

1. 22s Kaleya Onasch, 2. 0 Zach Dalrymple, 3. 3 Max Sanford, 4. 78 Jeff Hatton, 5. 024 Josh Walker

A-Main:

1. Sweatman, 2. Dalrymple, 3. Saulsbury, 4. Sanford, 5. Ryker Walker, 6. Fisher, 7. Goodman, 8. Hatton, 9. LeCompte, 10. White, 11. Onasch

Dwarf Cars:
Heat 1:

1. 09s Josh King, 2. 88o John Chrisman, 3. 96 Mike Shoen, 4. 333 Jason Fike, 5. 92 Chuck Jones, 6. 3K Jim Fischer, 7. 90Z Henry Corbin II, 8. 00X Doug Pirtle

Heat 2:

1. 88 Anthony Pope, 2. 24 Justin DeMars, 3. 54o Dave Brune, 4. 46 Kyle Thompson, 5. 17X Crystal Flath, 6. 22o Casey Warren, 7. 22H Blaine Hix, 8. 00 Jim Pavel

Heat 3:

1. 01 Chris Kress, 2. 89Z Henry Corbin III, 3. 1 Shane Youngren, 4. 36 Corey Estaban, 5. 98 Tanner Curr, 6. 20s Jason Robustelli, 7. 7K George Fisher

A-Main:

1. Kress, 2. DeMars, 3. King, 4. Corbin III, 5. Jones, 6. Shoen, 7. Youngren, 8. Chrisman, 9. Flath, 10. Pirtle, 11. Fike, 12. Robustelli, 13. Hix, 14. Thompson, 15. Fischer, 16. Corbin II, 17. Brune, 18. Fisher, 19. Warren, 20. Estaban, 21. Curr, 22. Pavel, 23. Pope

IMCA Modifieds:
Heat 1:

1. 11s Tom Sweatman, 2. 12 Zack Simpson, 3. 98D Josh Sheller, 4. 31 Don Martin, 5. 17E Clyde White, 6. 42 Kevin Hanson, 7. 93 Elliott French

Heat 2:

1. 714 Zach Fuller, 2. 87K Brenton Schnitzer, 3. 97 Tyson Blood, 4. 34 Jason Tole, 5. 31Z Zane Miner, 6. 8 Steve Bulpitt, 7. 40 Josh Richardson

Heat 3:

1. 26 Scott Miller, 2. V13 Grey Ferrando, 3. 17 Brian Izzi, 4. 13M Matt Arnold, 5. 41 Tim Phillips, 6. 98 Dan Kinnaman

A-Main:

1. Blood, 2. Miller, 3. Ferrando, 4. Simpson, 5. Tole, 6. Izzi, 7. Sheller, 8. Sweatman, 9. Martin, 10. Hanson, 11. Richardson, 12. Kinnaman, 13. Miner, 14. Schnitzer, 15. Phillips, 16. Bulpitt, 17. Arnold, 18. Fuller

ISCS Limited Sprint Cars:
Heat 1:

1. 29 Eric Turner, 2. 22C Carly Holmes, 3. 33 Kyle Alberding, 4. 9T Camden Robustelli, 5. 24 Jordi Meese, 6. 2 Cory Swatzina

Heat 2:

1. 7 Tyler Thompson, 2. 10 Theron Smith, 3. 75L Chris Greene, 4. 21 Johnny Burke, 5. 95 Justin Youngquist, 6. 99 Malachi Gemmer, 7. 6R Morgan Burks

Heat 3:

1. 26F Shane Forte, 2. 12 Steven Snawder, 3. 11 Evan Margeson, 4. 4 Allison Johnson, 5. 66 Brett McGhie, 6. 8J Justen McConnville

A-Main:

1. Robustelli, 2. Snawder, 3. Margeson, 4. Alberding, 5. Smith, 6. Youngquist, 7. Thompson, 8. Meese, 9. Burke, 10. Holmes, 11. Turner, 12. Swatzina, 13. Gemmer, 14. Forte, 15. McGhie, 16. Greene, 17. McConnville, 18. Burks, 19. Johnson

• administrator on Aug 24, 2021
• Article Date: 8/24/2021 by Aaron Reed