THE RACE OF CHAMPIONS
Jim Raper Memorial Super Dirt Cup
Saturday, June 16, 2001
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J & J Motorsports News
The final night of the Jim Raper Memorial Super Dirt Cup got underway under nearly cloudless skies. The stands were full and the crowd was primed for racing action. Speculation was rampant, who would win the trophy tonight? Would it be Ladies Night at the Race with Shawna Wilskey, who beat out Brent Kaeding on Thursday night take the money? Would it be Peter Murphy, from the Land Down Under, the holder of the new track record? Maybe Jayme Barnes, in the Huson Bros. 3D would walk away with it all. It could be one of the former winners or someone completely new to take the championship.Jayme Barnes of Everett, WA driving the #3 Huson Bros. Shark Powered Sprint Car to Victory Lane Friday Night to win the 2nd night of the 3 day 2001 Skagit Speedway Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup
2001 Super Dirt Cup at Skagit Speedway Thursday, June 14, 2001
Fast time and new track record: #0 Peter Murphy 11.169
A Main (25 Laps)Race Over at 10:36pm 1st Shawna Wilskey won by .085 seconds over BK both battling down to the finish line, 2nd Brent Kaeding, 3rd Steve Kent, 4th Johhny Rodriguez, 5th Peter Murphy, 6th Dale Smith, 7th Randy Ridge, 8th Tommy Tarlton, 9th Chad Hillier, 10th Damion Gardner, 11th Tom Waggoner, 12th Kevin Pylant, 13th Jason Sowold, 14th Mike Faria, 15th Jason Statler, 16th Tim Kaeding, 17th Alan Munn, 18th Tony Lutar, 19th Brandon Harkness, 20th Bobby Burrow pulled off after 1st lapB Main- 1st 4F Mike Faria, 2nd 4L Tony Lutar, 3rd 1B Bobby Burrow, 4th 77 Kirk Fellers, 5th 56X Mike Melwicks, 6th 57 Chris Schmelze, 7th 3K Steve Kilcup, 8th 40 Mark Ellis, 9th 36 Travis Hawthorne, 10th 26 Kevin Rudeen, 11th 17W Dennis Armey, 12th 66 Barry Martinez, 13th 73 Jim Skinner, 14th 3B Bob Duncan, 15th V8 Jeff Hodgson, 16th 14C Jim Carter, 17th 3D Jayme Barnes, 18th 6 Jay R Harkness
C Main 1st Jeff Hodgson, 2nd Jim Skiner, 3rd Butch Gilbert, 4th Rick Smith, 5th Rod Perkins, 9th Jay Barnes
By J & J Motorsports News
The early crowd on the Thursday night race had the opportunity to witness not only a new track record but also a record number of drivers timing in at 11+ seconds. Peter Murphy broke Chad Hillier’s record with a time in of 11.169. The track tonight was a fast one with 27 sprint cars with times in the 11s. Fifty-one sprint cars participated in the first night of the Jim Raper Memorial Super Dirt Cup. This first night of Super Dirt Cup treated the crowd to some tremendous racing on a beautifully prepared track. The A-Main had a "Holy Smokes!" crowd on their feet finish.The line-up at the start of the C-main had Jay Barnes on the pole with Jeff Hodgson in the first row, Travis Jacobson and Jim Skinner in the second row and Rod Perkins and Rick Smith in the third row. Out of the shoot in the first lap was the V8 of Jeff Hodgson followed by Jay Barnes #9 and Travis Jacobson #59. In lap two Jacobson took a hard flip in turn four putting him out until the Friday night race. By lap four the V8 was still out front with the race for second between challengers Jay Barnes and Jim Skinner. By lap ten Jay was closing in on Jeff Hodgson with the 73 of Jim Skinner still in third place. Jay lost his challenge in lap twelve when he hit the turn four wall. The restart after the red had the V8 followed by 73 with a wide open track ahead of them. Rick Smith # 28 and Rod Perkins 69P were close behind. The checkered was taken by Jeff Hodgson in his V8 and the 73 of Jeff Skinner to move up. Butch Gilbert’s 604 came in third as the alternate.
The B-Main had Barry Martinez and Kirk Fellers in the first row, Tony Lutar and Jay R Harkness in the second row, then Mike Melwicks and Jimmy Carter, followed by Mike Faria and Chris Schmelze. Kirk Fellers took the early lead with Martinez close behind. By lap two Fellers had a good lead over Martinez, with Carter, Lutar and Faria engaging the battle. Carter took over Martinez in lap five with Fellers still in the lead. Lap traffic had Fellers, Carter and Lutar. Lap nine had Carter all over Fellers, then Faria got around Lutar then around Carter and Fellers. Jay R Harkness spun out in turn two of lap eleven. The line up at the restart was Faria, Carter, Skinner (a lapped car). As they took off Faria spread out the lead in turn two. Faria was moving into lapped traffic in lap 16. Martinez brought out a yellow and went to the in-field. Restart of lap 16 was Faria, Carter, Lutar. Martinez came out to rejoin the pack at the back. Jay Barnes went dead in the water, pulling into the infield. Barnes, Harkness and Carter left the race at this point. Faria, Lutar, Fellers and Burrow had the lead at the lap 17 restart. Faria took off, his foot in it pressed by Lutar. What a take off for an exciting finish to the B-Main, with Mike Faria first and Tony Lutar second both to transfer to the A-Main and Bobby Burrow third for alternate.
Randy Ridge had with pole position next to Tom Waggoner at the start of the A-Main. They were followed by Alan Munn and Shawna Wilskey, Chad Hillier and Johnny Rodriguez. As they took off down the front shoot Ridge took off ahead of Waggoner. Wilskey quickly overtook Waggoner. Johnny Rodriguez passed Waggoner and in lap six Kaeding got around Waggoner. A clean, fast race so far, bringing Ridge then Wilskey and Kaeding into lapped traffic. Tim Kaeding brought out a yellow in the tenth lap between turns one and two. The restart had Ridge, Wilskey, Rodriguez, Kaeding and Waggoner charging into battle, racing quickly into lapped traffic. They were pretty well spread out with an even pace when Shawna Wilskey flew around Ridge. Randy got a little out of shape on lap 15 allowing Rodriguez to get around him. On lap 16 we had Shawna, Rodriguez, Kaeding and Ridge, the leads changing rapidly. Lap 20 had Kaeding all over Rodriguez, going high to get around him then racing to chase down Wilskey. A tough battle in lap 24, Brent made contact with Wilskey on lap 24 an amazing battle, a drag race to the finish with Shawna Wilskey the "first lady of dirt" taking the checkered in the A-Main. Shawna Wilskey, car owned by Scotty Pierce is a three time NST champion. What a finish!
Who knows who will win the battle in the Friday night race? With so many great competitors, an incredible number of fast times, a great field of out of town drivers here to challenge our favorite locals the show tomorrow will be worth seeing.
QUALIFYING
Fast time and new track record: 0 Peter Murphy 11.169
7N Steve Kent 11.222, 00 Jason Statler 11.236, 20 Damion Gardner 11.330, 15S Jason Solwold 11.381, 14P Kevin Pylant 11.468, 35W Ronnie Day 11497, 21 Tommy Tarlton 11.505, 10 Tim Kaeding 11.643, 35 Jonathan Allard 11.648, 2M Brent Kaeding 11.664, 75 S Dale Smith 11.688, 3R Johnny Rodriguez 11.698, 24C Chad Hillier 11.703, 5SP Shawna Wilskey 11.711, 42 Alan Munn 11.717, 15W Tom Waggoner 11.733, 56W Randy Ridge 11.747, 29 Brandon Harkness 11.774, 14C Jim Carter 11.817, 56X Mike Melwicks 11.850, 4L Tony Lutar 11.902, 6 Jay R Harkness 11.912, 77 Kirk Fellers 11.940, 66 Barry Martinez 11.953, 57 Chris Schmelze 11.955, 4F Mike Faria 11.977, 26 Kevin Rudeen 12.017, 3D Jayme Barnes 12.034, 17W Dennis Armey 12.102, 1B Bob Burrow 12.104, 3B Bob Duncan 12.137, 36 Travis Hawthorne 12.143, 3K Steve Kilcup 12.173, 40 Mark Ellis 12.180, 69P Rod Perkins 12.192, 28 Rick Smith 12.327, 73 Jim Skinner 12.336, 59 Travis Jacobson 12.353, V8 Jeff Hodgson 12.363, 9 Jay Barnes 12.494, 19 Greg Sandquist 12.532, 604 Butch Gilbert 12.600, 76E Josh Edson, 12.634, 45 Hawkeye Hills 12.796, 41 Mark Withrow 12.870, 69E Nick Engberg 13.092, XX Jim Deitz 13.326, 42C Kevin Smith 13.423, 37 Chris Van Putten 13.598, 5C Brian Coelho 13.559
HEAT RACE RESULTS:
Heat 1: 14C Jim Carter, 21 Tommy Tarlton, 0 Peter Murphy, 73 Jim Skinner, 24C Chad Hillier, 57 Chris Schmelze, 76E Josh Edson, 3B Bob Duncan
Heat 2: 4F Mike Faria, 59 Travis Jacobson, 56X Mike Melwicks, 5SP Shawna Wilskey, 7N Steve Kent, 7N Tim Kaeding, 36 Travis Hawthorne, 45 Hawkeye Hills, 37 Curt Van Putten
Heat 3: 3K Steve Kilcup, 4L Tony Lutar, V8 Jeff Hodgson, 35 Jason Allard, 00 Jason Statler, 42 Alan Munn, 26 Kevin Rudeen, 41 Mark Withrow
Heat 4: 3D Jayme Barnes, 20 Damion Gardner, 15W Tom Waggoner, 40 Mark Ellis, 2M Brent Kaeding, 6 Jay R Harkness, 69E Nick Engberg, 3P Dan Pierson, 9 Jay Barnes
Heat 5: 56 W Randy Ridge, 15S Jason Solwold, 17W Dennis Armey, 19 Greg Sandquist, 69P Rod Perkins, 77 Kirk Fellers, 75S Dale smith, XX Jim Dietz
Heat 6: 1B Bobby Burrow, 28 Rick Smith, 66 Barry Martinez, 3R Johnny Rodriguez, 14P Kevin Pylant, 29 Brandon Harkness, 2C Kevin Smith, 604 Butch Gilbert
C MAIN:
V8 Jeff Hodgson, 73 Jim Skinner, 604 Butch Gilbert, 28 Rick Smith, 69P Rod Perkins, 69E Nick Engberg, 45 Hawkeye Hills, 19 Greg Sandquist, 9 Jay Barnes, 37 Curt Van Putten, 41 Mark Withrow, 2C Kevin Smith, XX Jim Dietz, 3P Dan Pierson, 59 Travis Jacobson(15 Lap B MAIN):
4F Mike Faria, 4L Tony Lutar, 1B Bobby Burrow, 77 Kirk Fellers, 56X Mike Melwicks, 57 Chris Schmelze, 3K Steve Kilcup, 40 Mark Ellis, 36 Travis Hawthorne, 26 Kevin Rudeen, 17W Dennis Armey, 66 Barry Martinez, 73 Jim Skinner, 3B Bob Duncan, V8 Jeff Hodgson, 14C Jim Carter, 3D Jayme Barnes, 6 Jay R Harkness(25 Lap A MAIN):
1st-5SP Shawna Wilskey, 2M Brent Kaeding, 7N Steve Kent, 3R Johnny Rodriguez, 0 Peter Murphy, 75S Dale Smith, 56W Randy Ridge, 21 Tommy Tarlton, 24C Chad Hillier, 20 Damion Gardner, 15W Tom Waggoner, 14P Kevin Pylant, 15S Jason Solwold, 4F Mike Faria, 00 Jason Statler, 10 Tim Kaeding, 42 Alan Munn, 4L Tony Lutar, 29 Brandon Harkness, 1B Bobby Burrow8:15pm`Update- C Main - On the first lap in turn 4 Dennis Armey and Jay Barnes (Jayme's Dad) and Mark Withrow with Armey getting upside down
C Main Finish -1st JR Harknes, 2nd Travis Jacobsen, 3rd Roy Blumenhagen, 4th Butch Gilbert, 5th Mike Dunham, 6th Curt Van Putten, 7th Kevin Smith, 8th Hawkeye Hill, 9th Josh Edson, 10th Jim Dietz, 11th Dan Pierson, 12th Jay Barnes, 13th Dennis Armey, 14th Mark Withrow, 15th Nick Enburg
Peter Murphy on the Pole for Tonight's 40 Lap A Main
2001 Skagit Speedway Dirt Cup Friday Night June 15th
QUALIFYING-Fast time: 2M Brent Kaeding 11.478
(A-Main 25 Laps) 1st 3D Jayme Barnes, 2nd 35 Jonathan Allard, 3rd (From 19th to finish 3rd)#0 Peter Murphy, 4th 56W Randy Ridge, 5th 75S Dale Smith, 6th 2M Brent Kaeding, 7th 35W Ronny Day, 8th 24C Chad Hillier, 9th 42 Alan Munn, 10th 4F Mike Faria, 11th 15S Jason Solwold, 12th 10 Tim Kaeding, 13th #00 Jason Statler, 14th 3R Johnny Rodriguez, 15th 1B Bobby Burrow, 16th 3B Bob Duncan, 17th 5C Brian Coelho, 18th 21 Tommy Tarlton, 19th 20 Damion Gardner, 20th #36 Travis Hawthorne(went out first lap while leading fliped in turn 4)(B Main)1st 3R Johnny Rodriguez, 2nd 15S Jason Solwold, 3rd 14C Jim Carter, 4th 14P Kevin Pylant, 5th 69P Rod Perkins, 6th 66 Barry Martinez, 7th 26 Kevin Rudeen, 8th V8 Jeff Hodgson, 9th 40 Mark Ellis, 10th 57 Chris Schmelze, 11th 29 Brandon Harkness, 12th 15W Tom Waggoner, 13th 56X Mike Melwicks, 14th 77 Kirk Fellers, 15th 4L Tony Lutar, 16th 75 Roy Blumenhagen, 17th 3K Steve Kilcup, 18th 19 Greg Sandquist
(C-Main) 1st 3K Steve Kilcup, 2nd 40 Mark Ellis, 3rd 56X Mike Melwicks, 4th 77 Kirk Fellers, 5th 75 Roy Blumenhagen, 6th 604 Butch Gilbert, 7th 59 Travis Jacobson
Dirt Cup Points as of June 15th 2001
1st Peter Murphy 674
2nd Brent Kaeding 672
3rd Steve Kent 670
4th Ronnie Day 662
5th Damion Gardner 658
6th Johnathan Allard 657
7th Tommy Tarlton 655
8th Chad Hillier 654
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