6/28/2017
Cottage Grove Speedway
WALLBANGER CUP RACE RECAP!!
Saturday was a hot one at Cottage Grove Speedway but that wasn’t gonna slow down the action especially for the Street Stock class competing for an ultra-hot $2026.00 to win for the Wallbanger Cup!! 41 Street Stocks signed in to race on Saturday along with Todd’s Auto Body Sprints, Late Models,and the first of 3 nights for the open comp hornets!
Qualifying started the night off and quick times went to Chance Hyser in the hornets with a 17.552, Jack Parshall with a 16.178 in the street stock class, Tomas Hunziker was quick time in the late model with a 14.257, and Tyler Thompson had the fastest lap of the night in the Todd’s Auto Body Sprints with a 12.870.
James Heating & Air Conditioning Heat Races brought some great racing in every class. Chance Hyser and Tiffany Towns picked up wins in the fun and exciting Open Comp Hornets. Late Model wins went to Curtis Towns and Blaine Taylor. There was just one James Heating and Air Conditioning Heat Race for the Todd’s Auto Body Sprints and Shane Forte picked up the win. 4 full races were ran for the Street Stocks and with a 6 car invert and only the top 3 getting locked into the A Main these were some exciting races. After the checkers were done flying the cars moving directly to the A Main were decided and after a fun frozen contest Jody Tanner would start on the pole and defending Wallbanger Champion, Kyle Yeack would start 12th.
Dot’s Trophy Shop Dashes were up next and taking home the hardware in the Hornets was Chance yser, Late Model winner Rob Campos, Shane Forte was victorious in the Todd’s Auto Body Sprints, and the Wallbanger trophy went home with Brian Cronk.
2 B Mains were ran for the Street Stocks with only the top 4 transferring to the big show! Andrew Langan was first in the first B with Cody Smith, Marc Farrar, and Dakotah Goddard all also transferring. Brian Cronk won the next B Main followed by David Cronk, Evan Britton, and Ray Bloom moving on.
A Main Events were up next and the invert for all classes other than the Street Stocks would line straight up from their heat races! Chance Hyser led every lap of the Open Comp Hornet main event and picked up a clean sweep followed by Marcel Forte, KC Scott, Aaron Bloom, and Eric Ashley. Next up was the Late Model class. Blaine Taylor led every lap but not without a fight from Darren Coffell and David Schmidt in a 3 wide race for the win. Taylor was the winner closely followed by Coffell, Schmidt, Chuck Christian, and Tomas Hunziker. Todd’s Auto Body Sprints rolled onto the dirt and went for 25 caution free laps with Shane Forte once again leading all 25. Forte picked up the win over Patrick Dills, Tyler Thompson, Raquel Ivie, and Ricky Ashley. 20 of the fastest Street Stocks in the Northwest pulled onto the track and offered the fans their 4 wide salute before lining up and taking the initial green flag! Chris Sine got the lead on the start and led for 2 laps before David Schmidt took over on lap 3 and got a good lead on the field, meanwhile Kyle Yeack was quickly working his way to the front from 12th. A caution on lap 12 would close the gap and put Yeack right on Schmidt’s bumber. Schmidt was able to hold onto the lead until lap 21 when Yeack and Kevin Roberts would be able to make their moves. The laps wound down and at the finish Kyle Yeack would once again be your Wallbanger Cup Champion, Kevin Roberts, Brian Cronk, David Schmidt, and Andrew Langan were the top 5 finishers.
Next up for Cottage Grove Speedway is Ladies Night on July 1st! The first 1000 ladies into the grandstands will get in for Free and the Todd’s Auto Body Sprints, Late Models, IMCA Sportmods, Street Stocks, and Quality RV Hornets will all be here putting on a show. Then the 4th of July with a HUGE FIREWORKS SHOW and Todd’s Auto Body Sprints, IMCA Sportmods, and Quality RV Hornets adding to the action!
For more information go to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com or call 541-942-7561!!
Submitted By: Heather Boyce