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Bloodgood Leads Every Lap at Skagit Speedway Season Opener

Skagit Speedway Media

4/18/09

Alger, WA - The question was posed to Jason Bloodgood in victory lane: if someone had told you before the night started that in a field with former WoO stars Shane Stewart & Jason Solwold and Nascar Craftsmen Truck Rookie Tayler Malsam you would lead every lap of the Associated Asphalt 410 main, what would you say? "I would have told you you're crazy" exclaimed Bloodgood in victory lane after scoring his first career 410 win in the Big John Motorsports #38 J&J on Haggen Food & Pharmacy Night at Skagit Speedway. Bloodgood got a scare on the final restart on lap 22 when Eric Fisher in the J&R Paving #59 XXX showed him a wheel on the inside of turn two and actually edged ahead of him for a second. Bloodgood didn't panic and roared back, reclaming his lead en route to the win. Colton Heath ended up second in the Sanford Tire #5x XXX. Third went to Malsam in the Rudeen Racing #26 Maxim. Heat races were won by Fisher and Travis Rutz in the Rutz Racing #8 XXX. Fast time was Stewart in the Jet City Equipment #7k A.R.T.

Jared Peterson was the beneficiary of a little bit of racer's luck in the Budweiser 360 Series. Peterson took over the lead on lap 22 when race leader Brock Lemley's Kentch Bros. racing #40 XXX tangled with slower traffic, collecting second place runner Henry Van Dam in his Van Dam Dairy #33v as well. This handed the lead to Peterson who brought home his first career win in the Speedmart #9 Rocket. Mitch Olson was second in his Pro-Vac #98 KPC, third was Michael Harris in the Shark Racing Engines #44 XXX. Steve Parker won the B Main in his #23 Eagle. Lemley, Peterson and Harris won the heats. Danielle Huson was fast time in her Shark Racing Engines #73 Rocket.

Defending Cook Road Shell Sportsman Sprint champion Kelsey Carpenter also benefited from some racer's luck on Saturday night. Race leader Matt Van Der Sys and second place Devin Barnes were doing heavy battle in lapped traffic when disaster struck, collecting both front runners and third place Marc Schutte in one fell swoop, handing the lead to Carpenter in his Dri-Eaz #27c XXX on lap 12. Carpenter brought home the win in front of Paul Burdick in the Chevron #9 XXX and Bull Rude's #33 Eagle. Carpenter won a heat race as did Schutte in his #72 XXX.

Cory Swatzina made a last lap pass of Freddy Vela to take his first win of the 2009 season in the Outlaw Hornet division in his Carl's Towing #07. Vela scored a career best second in the Acute Automotive #20. Steve Peters brought the battlewagon #30 home third. Heat race wins went to Wade Swatzina and Peters won heats.

All 4 classes will be in action next Saturday night for Round 2 of the Foothills Toyota Tundra Racing Series at Skagit Speedway. For more information, log on to www.skagitspeedway.com.

Results

Associated Asphalt 410 Sprint Cars

Fast Time - Shane Stewart 11.710

Heat 1 - Eric Fisher, Stewart, Jason Solwold, Nick Engberg, Derek Holmwood, Jesse Whitney, Rick Fauver, Kyle Oman, Alec Covert

Heat 2 - Travis Rutz, Tayler Malsam, Jason Bloodgood, Mitch Olson, Cory Chamberlain, Kevin Smith, Logan Forler, Kelleigh Johnson, Colton Heath

Main - Jason Bloodgood, Heath, Malsam, Fisher, Covert, Engberg, Fauver, Solwold, Oman, Rutz, Olson, Johnson, Holmwood, Smith, Stewart, Forler, Whitney, Chamberlain

Budwesier 360 Sprint Cars

Fast Time - Danielle Huson 12.282

Heat 1 - Brock Lemley, Huson, Alan Munn, Tayler Malsam, Mack Brown, Steve Parker, Clayton Sibley, Paul Hopkins

Heat 2 - Jared Peterson, Brian Kirkpatrick, Henry Van Dam, Shane Broers, Randy Price, Steve James, Cody Anderlini, Danny Kirkpatrick

Heat 3 - Michael Harris, Rod Perkins, Cory Chamberlain, Mitch Olson, Bud Ashe, Bob Stevens, Ron Butler

B Main - Parker, Anderlini, Stevens, James, Sibley, Butler, Hopkins, D.Kirkpatrick

A Main - Jared Peterson, Olson, Harris, Malsam, Ashe, Lemley, Brown, Chamberlain, Broers, Anderlini, Van Dam, Huson, Price, B.Kirkpatrick, Perkins, Munn, Parker

Cook Road Shell Sportsman Sprints

Heat 1 - Kelsey Carpenter, Dave Mead, Paul Burdick, Matt Van Der Sys, Cale Brooke, Nick Dunham, Curtis Clark, Lyle Woods

Heat 2 - Marc Schutte, Ryan Nootenboom, Bill Rude, Devin Barnes, Ray Parker, Luke Didiuk, Michael Bollinger

Main - Kelsey Carpenter, Burdick, Rude, Van Der Sys, Mead, Dunham, Brooke, Clark, Woods, Parker, Bollinger, Schutte, Barnes, Didiuk, Nootenboom

Outlaw Hornets

Heat 1 - Wade Swatzina

Heat 2 - Steve Peters

Main - Cory Swatzina, Freddy Vela, Peters, Greg Hibma, Mike Powers Jr, Don Ward, Karl Dahl, Rick Young, Tyler Ketchum, Kenny Harris, James Sanford, Scott Naylor, Jon Edwards, Matt Powers, Marshall Corbell, Ashley Lewellen, Adam Nelson, Wade Swatzina, Ron Holtrop, Howard Vos, Gary Rice, Camron Driver, Vance Hibbard, Jerry Birdsey Jr, Anonymous, Anonymous, James Bundy, Anonymous, Ken Higby, Adam Holtrop, Paul Burdick

Brian 

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