2001 Season Opener Night at Skagit Speedway April 14th
Main & Heat Results
by Mike Hedges Results As of 10:20pm Saturday April 14th
Qualifying Fast Times
In the Sportsman Sprint Cars Division-#2 Mike Melwicks(13.397)
360 Sprint Cars- #24c Chad Hillier(12.172)
410 Sprint Cars- #1B Bobby Burrow(11.982)
Sportsman Sprint Cars
Heat 1-(8 Laps) 1. 7D Tim Dunham, 2. #2 Mike Melwicks, 3. #57 Bud Ashe, 4. 29w Steve James, 5. 5x Chuck Ashe, 6. #9B Jeff Bell, 7. #14 Matt Steinhauser, 8. 9T Brad Pritchard
Heat 2-(8 Laps)
1. #13M Marc Baddock, 2. #24 Nick Evans, 3. #69 Justin Knowles, 4. #22 Jeff Pollard, 5. #1W Larry Weiding, 6. #3 Brian Ash, 7. #33 Stan Learreau
360 Sprint Cars Heat Race Results
Heat 1-(8 Laps) 1. #17w Randy Ridge, 2. #28 Rick Smith, 3. #24c Chad Hillier, 4. #10c Cory Chamberland, 5. #41 Mark Withrow, 6. #45 Hawkeye Hill, 7. #4J Jeff Jansma(out on lap 1), 8. #8 Shawna Wilskey(crashed lap 1)
Heat 2-(8 Laps) 1. #42 Alan Munn 2. #9 Jayme Barnes, 3. #59 Travis Jacobson, 4. #22 Todd Heikes, 5. #19 Greg Sandquist, 6. #66 Barry Martinez, 7. #3 Dan Pierson, 8. #98 Bob Stephens, 9. #17 John Huggins
Heat 3-(8 Laps) 1. #3 Jason Sowold, 2. #29 Brandon Harkness, 3. #69 Rod Perkins, 4. #3 Steve Kilcup, 5. #57 Chris Schmelze, 6. #37 Curt Van Putten, 7. #27c Jim Cress, 8. #41 Rob Squillace
410 Sprint Cars Heat Race Results
410 Sprints Heat 1-
1. #14C Jimmy Carter, 2. #1B Bobby Burrow, 3. #604 Butch Gilbert, 4. #76E Josh Edson, 5. #56W Randy Ridge, 6. #69E Nick Enburg, 7. #75 Roy Blumenhagen
Heat 2- 1. #6 JR Harkness, 2. #15 Tom Waggoner, 3. #11D Mike Dunham, 4. #4X Tony Lutar, 5. #26 Kevin Rudeen, 6. #41 Mark Withrow
Heat 3- 1. #3 Jason Sowold, 2. #42 Alan Munn, 3. #24C Chad Hillier, 4. #40 Wade Kentch, 5. #9J Jeff Blanton
Sprint Car Main Events
Sportsman Sprint Cars Main (20 Laps)
1. #2 Mike Melwicks, 2. #24 Nick Evans, 3. #7D Tim Dunham, 4. #57 Bud Ashe, 5. #22 Jeff Pollard, 6. #33 Stan Larreau, 7. #29W Steve James, 8. #5X Chuck Ashe, 9. #9B Jeff Bell 10. #9T Brad Pritchard, 11. #1W Larry Weiding, 12. #14 Matt Steinhauser, 13. #69 Justin Knowles (Lap 11 fliped in turn 1 Justin's ego was bruised a little bit but hes ok)
360 Sprint Car 9 Lap Consi Race
Consi (9 laps) 1. #66 Barry Martinez, 2. #4J Jeff Jansma, 3. #3 Dan Pierson, 4. #27C Jim Cress, 5. #45 Hawkeye Hill, 6. #98 Bob Stephens, 7. #17 John Huggins, 8. #8 Shawna Wilskey(2 laps), 9. #37 Curt Van Putten
360 Sprint Car A Feature
Lap 12 yellow out for Brandon Harkness stoped in Turn 4 with Jayme Barnes Leading 2nd Jason Sowold, 3rd Randy Ridge
Lap 20 Jason Sowold brings out the yellow coming to a stop at the bottom of turn 4 with Jayme Barnes still leading with Ridge in 2nd and Barry Martinez 3rd
Final 25 Lap 360 A Finish over 10:20pm
1. #9 Jayme Barnes, 2. #17w Randy Ridge, 3. #66 Barry Martinez, 4. #24C Chad Hillier, 5. #42 Alan Munn, 6. #10C Cory Chamberland, 7. #19 Greg Sandquist, 8. #41 Mark Withrow, 9. #3P Dan Pierson, 10. #28 Rick Smith, 11. #3 Jason Sowold( went out lap 19), 12. #39 Brandon Harkness, 13. #3 Steve Kilcup, 14. #4J Jeff Jansma(out lap 7), 15. #59 Travis Jacobsen, 16. #69 Rod Perkins, 17. #57 Chris Schmelze, 18. #22 Todd Heikes (out lap 3)
410 B Main
-Top 4 Transfer to Amain
410 A Main Final Results Time 22minutes 43seconds to checkerd flag
1. #15 Tom Waggoner 2. #14C Jimmy Carter 3. 4X Tony Lutar, 4. #24c Chad Hillier, 5. #6 JR Harkness, 6. #42 Alan Munn(1 lap down), 7. #11D Mike Dunham, 8. #26 Kevin Rudeen, 9. #76E Josh Edson, 10. #1B Bobby Burrow (out lap 15 flipped turn 1), 11. #69E Nick Engberg, 12. #41 Mark Withrow, 13. #56w Randy Ridge (went out lap 5), 14. #3 Jason Sowold (came to a stop on lap 5 in turn 4 motor problems) 15. #604 Butch Gilbert (4 laps completed), 16. #40 Wade Kentch (3 laps completed)
(Tom Waggoner was involved in wreck on lap 16 with Bobby Burrows in turn 1, he was towed to the pits, made repairs and came back out to win it charging from the back making the winning pass on the final turn of the last lap passing Tony Lutar and Jimmy Carter for the win.