ELMA — There were plenty of fireworks during and after Saturday’s Memorial Day weekend event at Grays Harbor Raceway.
While fans were treated to a fireworks shot after racing had concluded, there was plenty of exciting racing as the Street Stocks, Sprint Series and Outlaw Tuners took to the track.
Street Stocks
The 20-lap Street Stocks feature started off a little rough with a handful of incidents causing complete restarts. On the third complete restart Montesano’s Scott Fritts took the early lead with Matt White of Aberdeen taking over second. Spanaway driver Tom Hecker knocked on the back bumper of White for second, taking over the position on a lap two restart.
Fritts continued to lead but saw problems off of turn four, spinning to the infield and bringing out the caution on lap five. Hecker led White and Hoquiam’s Jack Parshall to the green. White spun in turn one, bringing out the caution on lap seven.
A three-car battle had the fans on their feet on a long green flag run between Hecker, Parshall and Ryen Haney of Elma. Haney and Parshall raced side-by-side as both were at the back bumper of Hecker. Hecker stopped in turn four with mechanical issues, ending his night, giving up the lead to Haney.
Parshall took the top spot for good on lap 14 en route to a Street Stocks win. Haney, White, Cory Sweatman of Aberdeen, and Ocean Shore’s Jeff Daniel finished second through fifth, respectively.
Sprint Series
Rob Lindsey of Sherwood, Ore took the early lead from Bert Johnson of Lake Stevens. Lindsey continued to pull away as Johnson and Mike Romig of Vancouver battled for second changing position a handful of times. Later in the feature, lap traffic became a huge factor for Lindsey, allowing Romig and Johnson a shot for the lead.
But Lindsey held on to pick up the win over Romig, Bert Johnson of Lake Stevens, Tim Alberding of Oregon, and Chris Batalgia of Forrest Grove, Ore.
Outlaw Tuners
The 15-lap tuner feature saw Tyler Sundstrom of Aberdeen take the early lead, with Shelton’s Joseph Palmer having a three car battle for second with Belfair driver Max Sanford and Jeremy Jones of Wishkah.
Sundstrom looked to have the race covered as the battle to watch was for third
On a restart, Sundstrom had tough company with Jones right on his back bumper, and making a pass for the lead on lap 12 to take over the top spot. Sundstrom attempted to retake the lead but couldn’t successfully make pass Jones, who took the checkered flag to make it two wins in a row in the Outlaw Tuners division.
Racing resumes next Saturday night at Grays Harbor Raceway. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m.
