Seth Hespe makes Grandma proud, scores first win

For Snohomish, Washington driver Seth Hespe, it was a long time coming. On Saturday night, the 19-year-old Central Washington University student scored his first career main event victory as he held off a hard charging Jonathan Jorgenson to win the Triple X Ford Focus Midget main event at Grays Harbor Raceway.

Driving the Brownfield Motorsports No. 92 Stealth sponsored by Skagit Speedway, Elma Lanes, Justice Bros. and Completely Floored Carpet Sales, Seth scored a win that was very popular with the crowd on hand at the very track his late grandfather Fred Brownfield once promoted and turned into one of the finest dirt track facilities anywhere.

Hespe led every lap and as a result he snapped Jorgenson's unbeaten streak at the Elma, Wash. speed plant to start the season, but Jorgenson was relentless in the closing laps of the event as he got alongside Hespe and threatened to take the lead with less than two laps remaining. Hespe, however, held his ground and got back in front, shutting the door on Jorgenson. In front of a happy crowd that included his grandmother and car owner Debbie Brownfield, Hespe beat Jorgeson to Jason Valencia's checkered flag by about a car length.

The No. 92, the number Seth's grandfather drove during most of a successful career and became an iconic number to the Northwest racing community after his death in 2006, was a winner again after many years. After racing only once all last year after his sprint car ride moved to Iowa, Hespe was enjoying the spoils of victory lane for the first time on Saturday night. He was joined on the track by his proud grandmother. If only Fred were around to see it.

Sunday's second night of action at Grays Harbor Raceway saw Seth have another good run in the feature. Seth started outside the front row after finishing fourth in his heat race. He would lead the early going until sprint car stud Colton Heath got him on a restart. Seth would eventually settle for a solid fourth place finish to back up Saturday's win.

Hespe entered the weekend third in the Grays Harbor Raceway Triple X Ford Focus Midget standings. His finishes this weekend helped inch him closer to the top of the standings. Seth Hespe will continue driving the Brownfield Motorsports No. 92 Stealth on June 6th as points racing resumes at Grays Harbor Raceway.



Seth Hespe's sponsors

Skagit Speedway
Completely Floored Carpet Sales
Justice Bros.
Elma Lanes