A hot Night at the Races Saturday
This 7-UP 360 Sprint Cars heat on Saturday saw Adam Smith (2) do some nice work before Mike Fought ultimately won the class' main event at the Columbia Basin Herald's Night at the Races.
Despite temperatures that flirting with three digits on Saturday, the action at the Ephrata Raceway Park that night may have actually been even hotter.
EPHRATA — Despite temperatures that flirting with three digits on Saturday, the action at the Ephrata Raceway Park that night may have actually been even hotter.
At the Columbia Basin Herald-sponsored “Night at the Races”, six divisions competed in Mid Season Championship battles on a night full of interested fans.
Main Events wins were recorded by Mike Fought (7-UP 360 Sprints), Skyler Leseman (Pepsi Cola Street Stocks), David Macken (Super Stocks), Doug Brown (Schaeffer’s Oil Mini Stocks) Dallas White (Ephrata Pioneer Muffler II Pure Stocks) and Colton Fisher (Kim Janke State Farm Agent Youth Hornets).
Fisher missed out on a sweep in the Kim Janke State Farm Agent Youth Hornet division. He finished second in the Trophy Dash behind Tayler Blackburn, but set the fast time at 17.657 while also capturing the Heat Race and Main Event.
In the Ephrata Pioneer Muffler II Pure Stocks, Main Event winner Jake McGraw failed post race technical inspection which allowed for White to be awarded the win. Fast time went to Derrick Kapalo using Colton Fisher’s Honda with a 17.771. The Trophy Dash winner was Brad Arneson who also won the A Heat Race. Michael White won the B Heat Race.
The Super Stock division Macken came away with the Main Event win in addition to his Heat Race victory. Brad Morrison set fast time at 15.872 as Mitch Kleyn won the Trophy Dash.
In the Schaeffer’s Oil Mini Stock Main Event, point leader and Heat Race winner Bart Hector, Jr. leaked oil and slicked up the track as Brown took the win. Brown also set fast time at 16.671 while Sid White won the Trophy Dash.
In the Pepsi Cola Street Stocks. Leseman also narrowly missed a sweep when Mitch Kleyn won the Heat Race. Leseman set fast time of 16.257 in addition to winning the Dash and Main Event.
The 7-UP Sprint Car feature saw Joe Smith and Fought locked in a tight competition as Fought led qualifying with a 12.323 second lap. Smith won the Heat Race and Kurt Myers won the Trophy Dash. Smith led the first 19 laps holding off Fought in the feature. Fought found room underneath Smith coming off turn two and took the lead into turn three for the winning pass.
Saturday night July 18 features Motocross under the lights at Ephrata Raceway Park. Registration begins at 4 p.m.
RESULTS from “A Night at The Races” Mid Season Championship
Kim Janke State Farm Agent Youth Hornets:
Fast time: 44 Colton Fisher 17.657
Dash: 8 Tayler Blackburn, 44 Fisher, 32 Chase Kirk, 00 Dylan Adamson
Heat: 00 Adamson, 44 Fisher, 99 Tyler Redin, 72 Derik Burck, 32 Kirk
Main: 44 Colton Fisher, 72 Burck, 00 Adamson, 32 Kirk, 20 Mykkal Mulalley, 4 Isaac Villareal, 89 Patrick Hector, 8 Blackburn, 99 Redin
Ephrata Pioneer Muffler II Pure Stocks
Fast time: 44 Derrick Kapalo 17.771
Dash: 8 Brad Arneson, 09 Dallas White, 28 Jake McGraw, 32 Terry McGraw
B Heat: 9 Michael White, 63 Nathan Schell, 62 Jeremy Larsen, 25 Terry Collins
A Heat: 8 Arneson, 44 Kapalo, 28 J. McGraw, 09 D. White, 20 Mike Mulalley
Main: 09 Dallas White, 9 M. White, 8 Arneson, 32 T. McGraw, 20 Mulalley, 89 Glenn Hector, 63 Schell, 25 Collins, 44 Kapalo, 62 Larsen
Schaeffer’s Oil Mini Stocks
Fast time: 84 Doug Brown 16.671
Dash: 1 Sid White, 84 Brown, 68 Bart Hector Jr., 18 Jeremy Razey
Heat: 68 Hector Jr., 44 Sean Myers, 1 White, 84 Brown, 18 Razey
Main: 84 Doug Brown, 18 Razey, 1 White, 50 Tim Clark, 07 Rod Whited, 68 Hector Jr.
Super Stocks
Fast time: 4 Brad Morrison 15.872
Dash: 1 Mitch Kleyn, 77 Robert Kirk, 7 David Macken, 4 Morrison
Heat: 7 Macken, 77 Kirk, 4 Morrison, 1 Kleyn
Main: 7 David Macken, 4 Morrison, 77 Kirk, 1 Kleyn
Pepsi Cola Street Stocks
Fast time: 21 Skyler Leseman 16.257
Dash: 21 Leseman, 1 Mitch Kleyn, 18 Jason Ray, 12 Rick Bretches
Heat: 1 Kleyn, 46 Terry Osborn, 18 Ray, 12 Bretches, 4 JR Stratfull
Main: 21 Skyler Leseman, 12 Bretches, 18 Ray, 46 Osborn, 66 Kyle Childress, 1 Kleyn, 4 Stratfull
7-UP 360 Sprint Cars
Fast time: 78 Mike Fought 13.323
Dash: 2x Kurt Myers, 7 Joe Smith, 78 Fought, 24 Todd Lolkus
Heat: 7 J.Smith, 78 Fought, 24 Lolkus, 2 Adam Smith, 96 Jatender Veenstra
Main: 78 Mike Fought, 7 J. Smith, 24 Lolkus, 2 A. Smith, 96 Veenstra, 25 Whitney Nolan, 2x Myers
Lap leaders: 7 J. Smith 1-19, 78 Fought 20-25
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