6/14/2016
Cottage Grove Speedway
Kellen Chadwick Makes Late Race Pass To Win Wild West Modified Shootout Round #3 At CGS
Kellen Chadwick Makes Late Race Pass To Win Wild West Modified Shootout Round #3 At CGS
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Northwest Racing Productions)
Cottage Grove, Oregon- The Wild West Modified Shootout was back in the state of Oregon, after spending the night before in California, on Monday June 13th for the third round of the tour. Cottage Grove Speedway would be the host and produce some excellent racing for the fans in attendance. Forty drivers would make the journey to the ¼-mile clay oval representing the states of Oregon, Washington, California, Montana, North Dakota, Colorado, and North Carolina as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Lakewood, Colorado’s Tripp Gaylord would take full advantage of his pole starting position to get to the front early in the main event. Gaylord would master the middle of the race track, in only his first visit, and keep all challengers at bay for much of the race. Unfortunately, he wouldn’t be able to develop a large lead due to several cautions occurring in the first half of the race.
Despite the yellows the young Gaylord would be good enough on the restarts to maintain the lead and go to work on creating distance between himself and second place. But that second place car was the winner from the night before, Kellen Chadwick. Chadwick, of Oakley, California would search high and low to try and find a way around the leader but each time Gaylord would get away.
Eventually Chadwick was able to pull level with Gaylord after a lap twenty-six restart for his first opportunity to get around the Coloradan. Kellen was able to finesse the throttle on the bottom of the track to get in front of Gaylord on lap twenty-seven. From there on out Chadwick would cruise to the rest of the distance to win his second straight Wild West Modified Shootout event of his career.
Tripp Gaylord would cross the wire in second but unfortunately was too light at the scales during the post-race inspection resulting in a disqualification. Tripp’s older brother Ryan, also out of Lakewood, Colorado, would inherit second and Albany’s Bricen James finished third. Fourth place belonged to Jesse Williamson of Eugene while the top five finishing order was completed by Corbett’s Collen Winebarger.
Two B-Mains were ran earlier in the night and they were won by Danny Lauer of Nipomo, California and Lance Mari from Imperial, California. In the Last Chance Qualifier Sweet Home’s Brian Thompson would be the top finisher.
The Wild West Modified Shootout returns to Cottage Grove Speedway on Tuesday June 14th for round four of the series. Racing starts around 6:30 PM and tickets are $8.00 for ages 13+, Youths (6-12) $5.00, and Kids (5 and Under) are FREE. For more information, log on to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com.
Don’t forget the tour will head to Willamette Speedway, in Lebanon, on Wednesday June 15th. Tickets for that race are $14.00 for Adults, Juniors/Seniors/Military $10.00, Youths $5.00, and a Family Pass (2 Adults and up to 4 Youths) $35.00. Front Gates open at 3:30 PM and Racing kicks off at 6:30. For more information on that date you can visit www.trophymotorsports.com.
Race Summary:
Wild West Modified Shootout Race #3
Monday June 13th, 2016
Cottage Grove Speedway
Cottage Grove, Oregon
A Main: 1. 83-Kellen Chadwick; 2. 7R-Ryan Gaylord; 3. 13-Bricen James; 4. W5-Jesse Williamson; 5. S-Collen Winebarger; 6. 98-Alex Stanford; 7. 1M-Mark Wauge; 8. 36-John Campos; 9. 5M-Jake Mayden; 10. 8-Rob Ireland; 11. 12-B.J. Wild; 12. 11S-Steven Sturdevant; 13. 44T-Brian Thompson; 14. 88-Kevin Roberts; 15. 19SB-Lance Mari; 16. 6M-Matt Jenner; 17. 75C-Graham Cook; 18. 16P-Preston Luckman; 19. 27-Mark Carrell; 20. 75-Brian Poppa; 21. 16B-Randy Brown; 22. 27EH!-Lawrence O’Conner; 23. 2-Danny Lauer; DQ 77T-Tripp Gaylord
B Main 1: 1. 2-Danny Lauer; 2. 75-Brian Poppa; 3. 36-John Campos; 4. 88-Kevin Roberts; 5. 6M-Matt Jenner; 6. 6X-Don Jenner; 7. 11-Tom Sweatman; 8. 8-Rob Ireland; 9. 90-Chris Beaulieu; 10. 51-Jerry Schram; 11. V13-Grey Ferrando; 12. 38-Justin Ryker; 13. 22A-Justin Austin; 14. 11X-Donald Schott; 15. 6P-Travis Peery
B Main 2: 1. 19SB-Lance Mari; 2. 13-Bricen James; 3. 5M-Jake Mayden; 4. 16B-Randy Brown; 5. 75C-Graham Cook; 6. 27EH!-Lawrence O’Conner; 7. 44T-Brian Thompson; 8. 12-B.J. Wild; 9. 89-Albert Gill; 10. 4Z-Zach Olson; 11. 33E-Bob Bloom; 12. 57-Ethan Landers; 13. 31-Austin Bloom; DNS 34-T.J. Richman; DNS 24-Curtis Towns
Last Chance Qualifier: 1. 44T-Brian Thompson; 2. 27EH!-Lawrence O’Conner; 3. 12-B.J. Wild; 4. 8-Rob Ireland; 5. 24-Curtis Towns; 6. 6X-Don Jenner; 7. 11-Tom Sweatman; 8. V13-Grey Ferrando; 9. 51-Jerry Schram; 10. 90-Chris Beaulieu; 11. 89-Albert Gill; 12. 4Z-Zach Olson; 13. 38-Justin Ryker; 14. 22A-Justin Austin; 15. 33E-Bob Bloom; 16. 57-Ethan Landers; 17. 34-T.J. Richman; 18. 6P-Travis Peery; DNS 11X-Donald Schott; DNS 31-Austin Bloom
Submitted By: Ben Deatherage