7/21/2018
Cottage Grove Speedway
Collen Winebarger Wins Night One Of Mark Howard Modified Nationals; Braaten And Schmidt Also Victorious
Collen Winebarger Wins Night One Of Mark Howard Modified Nationals; Braaten And Schmidt Also Victorious
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy Of Stephanie Deatherage)
Cottage Grove, Oregon- Friday, July 20th would be the opening night of the 2018 Mark Howard Memorial
Modified Nationals at Cottage Grove Speedway. Thirty-one Mohawk Metal IMCA Modifieds comprised the field representing the states of Oregon and Washington. The IMCA Sport Mods and Street Stocks were also in attendance during the evening.
Albany youngster Bricen James would set sail on the initial green flag in the Mohawk Metal IMCA Modifieds. James held onto the top spot until he had a mishap on lap nineteen when he briefly went off of the top of turn four. It would give the lead to Collen Winebarger.
Collen Winebarger, from Corbett, went on to go to pick up the victory for his first win at CGS this year. Bricen James was second over third finishing Nick Trenchard, of Klamath Falls in the Rich and Nikki Biehn owned entry. The top five would be rounded up by Stayton’s Grey Ferrando, by way of the B Main, in fourth and fifth finishing John Campos, from Keizer. Grey Ferrando won the consolation feature while Collen Winebarger was victorious in the Race Of Champions.
Matt Sanders had an incredible race in the IMCA Sport Mods. Sanders, from Brookings, would keep his mount in front of the rest of the field for the vast majority of time. However, coming to the white flag Jorddon Braaten would edge his way past the leader and secured the lead. Central Point’s Braaten would win his fifth victory at Cottage Grove, in 2018.
Sanders would finish second but unfortunately, he would not pass post-tech so the runner-up went to Medford youngster Braxton Possinger. Isaac Sanders, also of Brookings, ended his night third followed by Phoenix native Justin McCreadie, in fourth. Springfield’s Daniel Ray wrapped up the top five in fifth.
In the Street Stocks David Schmidt would take care of business. The Junction City veteran lead every single lap of the main event despite being challenged on several occasions. Schmidt kept all challengers in check to win his first feature of the year.
Creswell chauffeur Garrett Barth was second over Hunter Bloom, from Eugene, in third. Cottage Grove’s Ray Bloom got fourth over fifth finishing Melissa Adams, making the long trip from Yakima, Washington.
Cottage Grove Speedway returns to racing on Saturday, July 21st, for the second and final night of the Mark Howard Memorial Modified Nationals. The Mohawk Metal IMCA Modifieds, Todd’s Auto Body Sprints, IMCA Sport Mods, and Street Stocks will all be on the card. For more information log on to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com.
Race Results:
Mark Howard Memorial Modified Nationals Night #1
Friday, July 20th, 2018
Cottage Grove Speedway
Cottage Grove, Oregon
Mohawk Metal IMCA Modifieds
A Feature: 1. S-Collen Winebarger; 2. 13-Bricen James; 3. 54N-Nick Trenchard; 4. V13-Grey Ferrando; 5. 36-John Campos; 6. 24-Curtis Towns; 7. 15J-Jeremy Richey; 8. 45S-Aaron Sheelar; 9. 83R-C.J. Putnam; 10. 5M-Jake Mayden; 11. W7-Kevin Williamson; 12. 73-Tyler Smith; 13. 12Y-Derik Young; 14. 30F-Andy Freeman; 15. 21-Jeremy Ohlde; 16. 11-Steven Sturdevant; 17. 27-Mark Carrell; 18. W5-Jesse Williamson; 19. W4-Ron Wilson; 20. 7M-Andrew Mathers
B Feature: 1. V13-Grey Ferrando; 2. 15J-Jeremy Richey; 3. 27-Mark Carrell; 4. 11-Steven Sturdevant; 5. 99-Jeremy Martin; 6. 44B-Nick Bessette; 7. 22A-Justin Austin; 8. 33-Paul Rea; 9. 387-Chance Hyser; 10. 33E2-Bob Bloom; 11. 44-Greg McDonald; 12. 51-Roy Kirk Jr.; 13. 31-Manny Freeman; 14. T85-Evan Britton; 15. 28-Eston Whisler
IMCA Sport Mods
A Feature: 1. 84-Jorddon Braaten; 2. 25P-Braxton Possinger; 3. 12-Isaac Sanders; 4. 15JT-Justin McCreadie; 5. 01-Daniel Ray; 6. 47K-Kevin Keller; 7. 99-Doug Coffman; 8. 24-Steve Hopkins; 9. 98W-Mike Wilcox; 10. 26-Art Hiatt; 11. 59-Kevin Kirk; 12. 217-Matt Brown; 13. 43-Travis Pruitt; 14. 51N-Jayson Nelson; 15. 11-Jared Simmons; 16. 60J-Jordan Henry; 17. 29W-Buddy McHargue
Street Stocks
A Feature: 1. 9-David Schmidt; 2. 23-Garrett Barth; 3. 33E-Hunter Bloom; 4. 33E3-Ray Bloom; 5. 22-Melissa Adams; 6. 42-Wayne Clink; DNS 11C-Richard Clink
Submitted By: Ben Deatherage
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