7/9/2017
Cottage Grove Speedway
JULY 8TH RACE RECAP
The Wingless Nationals were back at Cottage Grove Speedway for a big $2,000 to win payday courtesy of Herz Precision Parts. 14 wingless sprints were on hand for the big event, the car count may have been low but the talent level was high! The IMCA Sportmods were competing for the 3rd and final night of the Freedom Cup, and with only 1 point separating Jorddon Braaten and Daniel Ray. The Quality RV Hornet Cup was also competing for 1 final time in honor of Melvin Walker and going into racing action Joe Maricle had a 19-point lead over KC Scott. Late Models were also on the card to round out a full night racing!
Qualifying kicked off competition and quick timers of the night were Burnie Bryant in the Quality RV Hornets, Chris Frisbie in the IMCA Sportmods, Blaine Taylor in the Late Models, and Rob Lindsey in the Wingless Sprints
James Heating & Air Conditioning Heat Races were up next and the racing was HOT!! Burnie Bryant and Joe Maricle were the winners in the Quality RV Hornets from 4th place starting spots gaining them each valuable Hornet Cup points. Jorddon Braaten was fast as always in the first of 2 IMCA Sportmod races coming from 8th to win. Chris Frisbie picked up the other win for the Sportmods from a 4th place start. Only 1 James Heating & Air Conditioning Late Model race was ran and it was a battle from 4th to the win for Blaine Taylor who would come out victorious. The wingless sprints also had 2 heat races that would add to qualifying points for the main event and Rob Lindsey and Kyle Miller were quick to pick those wins and points up. The dice was rolled for Late Models and Quality RV Hornets and the zero showed its friendly face putting the James Heating & Air Conditioning Heat Race Winners on the front row!
Dot’s Trophy Shop Dashes put the fastest 4 drivers from the Quality RV Hornets, IMCA Sportmods, & Late Models to the test for 4 laps. Brad Moffett, Chris Frisbie, and Curtis Towns all took home some gorgeous hardware! Finally, the Wingless Sprints would run a 6-car dash for one more trophy and $100.00. Colin Baker made a last lap pass on Brad Rhodes to pick up the win.
IMCA Sportmods were up first for main event action, Matt Brown and Doug Coffman shared the front row and paced the field to the green flag. Coffman got the early lead and it was a race for first between him and Chris Frisbie until a lap 7 caution flag flew for Frisbie restarting him at the tail of the field. Coffman continued to lead with a hard charge from Buddy McHargue and Jayson Nelson who would lead a couple laps until Justin McCreadie took the lead on lap 13 and led a relatively caution free race until taking the checkers on lap 25 over Nelson, Shawn Hand, McHargue and Daniel Ray. Points were tallied and Daniel Ray would be your 2017 Freedom Cup Champ. Late Models were up next and with that 0 dice roll the fast guys were up front and ready to go fast. Blaine Taylor and Josh Sim started side by side and Taylor led the first 10 laps. Row 2 drivers Chuck Christian and Curtis Towns were ready to fight tho and the 3-wide race for the win was on! At the end it would be Towns, Taylor, Christian, Ryan Ronning and Dave Schmidt in the top 5. Quality RV Hornets were full of excitement as always. Burnie Bryant and Joe Maricle were side by side at the cone and off to the races fighting for not only the win but those Quality RV Hornet Cup points as well. The race was stopped on 2 different occasions, once to extinguish some flames on the Mazdarotti driven by KC Scott and again when the 48S of Jason Swaim rolled his car, then in Hornet style drove it into the pits! The race went back to green and Maricle picked up the win over Bryant, Mike Swaim, Rich Dickinson, and Brad Moffett earning Maricle enough points to easily become the Quality RV Hornet Cup victor!! The last main event of the night was the 50 lap Wingless Sprints, Brad Rhodes and Ricky Ashley shared the front row for the biggest Wingless event of the year. Ashley got ahead on the start and led the first 4 laps until the 6A of Kyle Miller made his way to the front and took off thru the pack of cars catching lap traffic and weaving thru it by lap 12. There was some incredible racing thru the field for a full 50 laps. There were so many different races for position thru the entire field no matter where you watched you were getting a show. Ashley and Colin Baker battled hard for 2nd all night long. It looked to be over for Trent Carter and Rob Lindsey as each driver flew off the top of turn 3 but showed serious skills as they made it back into the racing groove with no problems. The fuel stop came at lap 30 and crews scrambled to get the cars full of fuel and ready for the final 20 laps. Miller led the field past the cone and back to green flag racing for a caution free finish to the race. Miller defended his title as Wingless National Champion followed by Baker, Ashley, Lindsey, and Sterling Kane.
Join us for 2 more days of racing July 14th and 15th as the Western Sprint Tour finishes up Speedweek at Cottage Grove for a 2 day finale!! Friday night the 360 sprints will be joined by Mohawk Metal IMCA Modifieds and Quality RV Hornets and if you wear your Cottage Grove Speedway shirt you will get general admission for just 5 bucks! Saturday night the action continues for the 360 Sprints and Mohawk Metal Modifieds as well as the Late Models!!
For more information go to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com or call 541-942-7561!!
Submitted By: Heather Boyce