POINTS AND
OUTLAWS TOP SKAGIT SPEEDWAY SCHEDULE
(Alger, WA) 8/20/08 by Kelly Hart
There are two nights of point racing left in the 2008 Foothills Toyota Tundra
Racing Series at Skagit Speedway. This weekend at Banner Bank Night all 3 Sprint
Car classes and the Outlaw Hornets are scheduled to race.
For the yourgreengoods.com Outlaw 410 Sprint Cars it is the weekend before the
World of Outlaw annual invasion. But first up is point racing. Last weekend the
point leader Barry Martinez had his night end early, and coupled with a third
place run for Colton Heath left t he 410 standings just one point apart.
Martinez leads at 1181 to 1180. The owner points are also just one apart with
Martinez leading Roger Oudman. The remainder of the drivers top five in points
is Nick Engberg, Travis Rutz and Josh DeWitt.
Next week when the Advanced Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
invades Skagit Speedway for the annual race presented by N C Machinery and
Caterpillar, they are expected to contend with a strong Northwest contingent of
Outlaw 410 Sprints, 21 cars raced in the division last week. And they are ready
for the 19 traveling teams of the World of Outlaws and any team that is serious
about wanting a $25,000 winner’s paycheck.
Brian Kirkpatrick sits atop the Budweiser 360 Sprints with his second win under
his belt last Saturday night. Kirkpatrick leads Alan Munn, his father Danny
Kirkpatrick sits in third place, Rooki e-of-the-Year point leader “Mad” Mack
Brown is fourth and wily veteran Michael Harris having his best year ever
sitting fifth.
After a fierce midseason push Devin Madonia has lost his grip on the lead in the
Cook Road Shell Sportsman Sprints. Early season point leader Kelsey Carpenter
has one again climbed to the top and now leads the second year driver by
seventeen points. Marcus Schutte has quietly slipped into third place, with
rookies Kyle Oman and Bill Rude rounding out the top five.
In the Wilson Auto Brokers Outlaw Hornet division, Ben Gunderson is following up
his solid rookie season with a strong sophomore campaign. Gunderson has opened
up a 20 point lead on Rick Young and a 25 point lead on Ken “Splat” Higby in the
standings. The Outlaw Hornets are looking forward to the 4th Annual
US Hornet Nationals and 1st Annual Wilson Aut o Brokers Hornet Enduro
on the final weekend of the race year at Skagit Speedway September 20th
and 21st.
Advanced reserved seat ticket sales continue through Saturday for the upcoming
World of Outlaw race August 29th and 30th at Skagit
Speedway. You can call the ticket office during the week at 360.724.3567 or
visit the ticket booth at the track on Saturday night. Check out all the news at
http://www.SkagitSpeedway.com .
2008 BOBS
BURGERS AND BREW 360 NATIONALS
http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/360_nationals_engberg_gets_win_in_front_of_hometown_fans
Posted on 8/03/2008 by Kelly Hart -
(Alger, WA) 8/2/08 by Kelly Hart
Add the name of Travis Rutz to the list of repeat winners of the Bobs Burgers
and Brew 360 Nationals. Rutz also won the event in 2006. He joins Steve Kent,
Jason Solwold, Rick Fauver, Jay Smith, and Mark Huson as multiple winners of the
19 year event.
Rutz from Langley, B.C. passed Cory Chamberlain coming out of
turn 4 and into the lead across the line. Rutz lead the remaining thirty-four
laps for the $10,000.00 win. Colton Heath charged from a 13th place start to
finish second. Mitch Olson rounded out the podium with the third place finish.
The B Main winner was Robby Vaughn, with Jason Bloodgood, Andy Gregg, Brian
Kirkpatrick, Michael Harris and Jason Cocking rounding out the top six and
earning transfer positions to the A Main.
In the C Main 5 cars moved up into the B Main as one car scratched. The winner
was J.J. Dishneau with Dan Dunlap, Jon Farrell, Shane Broers, Bill Rude the top
five.
Three Sc ramble races set the lineups for the top six positions in the C, B and
A Mains. The top six in the A Scramble were Travis Rutz, Cory Chamberlain, Nick
Engberg, Danny Kirkpatrick, Rick Fauver and Seth Bergman.
The B Scramble finish was Jason Bloodgood, Robby Vaughn, Brian Kirkpatrick, Andy
Gregg, Jason Cocking, Derek Holmwood. The C Scramble finish was Steve James,
J.J. Dishneau, Steve Parker, Dan Dunlap and Bill Rude.
RESULTS
A-Main: 26 Travis Rutz, 7o Colton Heath, 98m Mitch Olson, 29c Willie Croft, 18
Steve Kilcup, 943 Robby Vaughn, 69p Cory Chamberlain, F1 Rick Fauver, 44h
Michael Harris, 66c Jason Cocking, 73 Danielle Huson, 38 Jason Bloodgood, 4e
Nick Engberg, V8 Jeff Hodgson, 7k Danny Kirkpatrick, 5k Brian Kirkpatrick, 9
Jayme Barnes, 5d Josh DeWitt, 23 Seth Bergman, 77 Mike Sather, 16x Andy Gregg,
42 Alan Munn
B Main: 943 Robby Vaughn, 38 Jason Bloodgood, 16x Andy Gregg, 5k Brian
Kirkpatrick, 44h Michael Harris, 66c Jason Cocking, 76 Shawn Rice, 9j J .J.
Dishneau, 11 Shane Broers, 12p Randy Pierce, 22 Travis Jacobson, 51 Jon Farrell,
15d Dan Dunlap, 33 Derek Holmwood, 33v Henry Van Dam, 25c Chad Groves, 33r Bill
Rude, 96x Mack Brown
C-Main: 9J J.J. Dishneau, 15d Dan Dunlap, 51 Jon Farrell, 11 Shane Broers, 33r
Bill Rude, 16n Nick Tomlinson, 45 Jeff Rivers, 6k Kyle Oman, 15g Brad Groves,
07x Ted Elfving, 3c Daniel Cernich, 79k Kelsey Carpenter, 57 Bud Ashe, 15p Steve
Parker, 30 Matt Vandersys, 29w Steve James
A-Scramble: 26 Travis Rutz, 69p Cory Chamberlain, 4e Nick Engberg, 7k Danny
Kirkpatrick, F1 Rick Fauver, 23 Seth Bergman
B-Scramble: 38 Jason Bloodgood, 943 Robby Vaughn, 5k Brian Kirkpatrick, 16x Andy
Gregg, 66c Jason Cocking, 33 Derek Holmwood
C-Scramble: 29w Steve James, 9j J.J. Dishneau, 15p Steve Parker, 15d Dan Dunlap,
33r Bill Rude
PRESS
RELEASE
Skagit
by Kelly Hart
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The 410 Sprint division will be lead by
In the Budweiser 360 Sprint Division, Sedro
Woolley, WA's Steve Kilcup looks to repeat his 2006 success and capture a second
straight title in what is arguably the tracks toughest division. Youngsters like
Colton Heath, Robby Vaughn and Jason Bloodgood look to trade 2006 experience for
a run at the championship, along with Rutz who is doing double duty, Danny
Kirkpatrick, Dan Pierson and wily veteran "Rocket" Rod Perkins.
With 35 years of Smith Family racing
experience, Kevin Smith has his eyes set on a second straight Cook Road Shell
Sportsman division championship. The always tough veteran will get serious
charges from last years runner-up Eric Fisher, along with Todd Rork, Martin
Koetje, and Kelleigh Johnson. Look for a large contingent of rookies in the
class of 2007 Skagit Sportsman division.
It's the third year for the Wilson Auto
Brokers Outlaw Hornet division at Skagit Speedway. Tri-Powers Racing has claimed
the first two series championships with Mike Power, Sr. and Mike Powers, Jr.
taking home season titles. The entire top ten returns and new numbers have been
issued to over 20 new cars. Opening day in 2006 saw over 50 Outlaw Hornets in
the pits. It looks like another big car count in the 3rd year division.
Ticket gates open at 6:00 p.m. with opening ceremonies at 7:30 p.m. on
Saturday April 21st. Ticket prices and the full schedule are available at
www.SkagitSpeedway.com