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Martinez, Solwold and Carpenter Victorious

Skagit Speedway Media - Kaleb Hart

5/10/08

Alger, WA- Barry Martinez beat the weather and a stout field of 410 Sprint Cars at Skagit Speedway on round two of the Foothills Toyota Tundra Racing Series. With imminent weather, Martinez beat pole sitter Nick Engberg into turn one and withstood some stout challenges from Travis Rutz and Jason Solwold in heavy lap traffic to win his first main event of 2008. Martinez weaved his way through half the field of cars by the time Cameron Smith brought out the evening ending yellow on lap 13. Officials determined the track unsafe to race on at that point and called an end to the night's races. Rutz was fast time. Heat race wins went to Aaron Fell, Steve Kilcup and Seth Bergman.

Jason Solwold won his first main event of 2008 in the Budweiser 360 division. Solwold ran down Huson in lapped traffic, waiting for his opportunity. He found it on lap 20 when Huson came upon Alan Munn and chose to try and pass him low. Solwold took his mount to the high side and hooked it up beautifully entering turn three, then powered around Huson who had to check up to get underneath Munn. Brian Kirkpatrick was quick time. Solwold, Brock Lemley and Munn won the heats.

Kelsey Carpenter was a repeat winner in the Cook Road Shell Sportsman Sprints. Carpenter was scheduled to start inside row two on the main, but the initial start saw a wicked accident occur involving pole sitter Kelleigh Johnson and Glen Reinstra that ended up with Johnson on his top. Carpenter took the gift that was given to him and didn't frown upon it, using his newly found pole position and leading all 20 laps for his second win in a row. Devin Madonia finished second. Madonia and Carpenter were the heat race winners.

The Wilson Auto Brokers Outlaw Hornet feature was cancelled due to weather. Heats were won by Ben Gunderson and Tyler Ketchum. Skagit Speedway officials will decide during the week how and when to make up the missed Outlaw Hornet main.

Industrial Resources Inc. presents the John Carroll Classic next Saturday night at Skagit Speedway. All four classes will be in action. Opening ceremonies are slated for 7pm. Tickets are now on sale for the Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup, June 19-20-21 at Skagit Speedway. For ticket information call 360.724.3567 or visit www.skagitspeedway.com

Results

Outlaw 410 Sprints

Fast Time - Travis Rutz 11.554

Heat 1 - Steve Kilcup, Josh Dewitt, Travis Rutz, Nick Engberg, Eric Fisher, Derek Holmwood, Bob Stevens

Heat 2 - Aaron Fell, Jason Solwold, Josh Edson, Colton Heath, Jason Bloodgood, Alec Covert

Heat 3 - Seth Bergman, Chris Schmelze, Barry Martinez, Jared Ridge, Cam Smith, Kevin Smith

Main (shortened to 13 laps) - Barry Martinez, Rutz, Solwold, Engberg, Ridge, Heath, Kilcup, Fell, Bergman, Dewitt, Schmelze, Edson, K.Smith, C.Smith, Fisher, Bloodgood, Covert, Holmwood, Stevens

Budweiser 360 Sprints

Fast Time - Brian Kirkpatrick 12.088

Heat 1 - Alan Munn, Brian Kirkpatrick, Danielle Huson, Jason Cocking, Shane Broers, Travis Rutz

Heat 2 - Jason Solwold, Rod Perkins, Michael Harris, Jared Peterson, Mack Brown, Bud Ashe

Heat 3 - Brock Lemley, Mike Sather, Blake Cook, Danny Kirkpatrick, Steve Parker, Nick Tomlinson

Main - Jason Solwold, Huson, B.Kirkpatrick, Lemley, Perkins, Peterson, Parker, Cocking, Harris, Sather, Munn, D.Kirkpatrick, Brown, Cook, Broers, Tomlinson, Ashe

Cook Road Shell Sportsman Sprints

Heat 1 - Devin Madonia, Glen Reinstra, Steve James, Dave Mead, Kyle Oman, Paul Burdick, Devin Barnes, Ryan Nootenboom

Heat 2 - Kelsey Carpenter, Kelleigh Johnson, Marc Schutte, Bill Rude, Mark Richmond, Ryan Winghouse

Main - Kelsey Carpenter, Madonia, James, Schutte, Rude, Mead, Nootenboom, Burdick, Barnes, Richmond, Reinstra, Johnson, Winghouse, Oman

Wilson Auto Brokers Outlaw Hornets

Heat 1 - Tyler Ketchum, Freddy Vela, Karl Dahl, Brett Paulk, Scott Naylor, Rick Young, Greg Hibma, Ashley Lewellen, Wendy Johnson, Howard Vos, Gary Rice

Heat 2 - Ben Gunderson, Stacy Day, Matt Powers, Dean Ruddle, Glen Rankin, Alan Holtzheimer, Ronda Eszlinger, Tom Warner

Main - Postponed, Weather

Brian 

"TURN AROUND; MATE !"