8/5/2018
Cottage Grove Speedway
Logan Forler Wins Night Two At CGS With Summer Thunder Sprint Series
Logan Forler Wins Night Two At CGS With Summer Thunder Sprint Series
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Stephanie Deatherage)
Cottage Grove, Oregon- Cottage Grove Speedway would host the second night of the Summer Thunder Tour’s only trip to the state of Oregon on Saturday, August 4th. Twenty-three Sprint Car teams would inhabit the pit area representing the states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho as well as the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. It marked the thirteenth race of 2018 for the series and the final 360 race of the entire season at CGS.
In the main event Eric Fisher, of Burlington, Washington, would take control of the top spot early. Fisher would retain the position while operating on the bottom of the race track for quite some time before being overtaken on lap six. The driver to make the pass would be Boise, Idaho’s Logan Forler.
Forler stayed up top on the racing surface and cruised to a comfortable lead. The only thing that would slow him down were two stoppages in which each following restart he would reconstruct his dominant interval from the rest of the field. Forler scored the victory, his second at CGS and third of his career with the STSS, marking it the first time he has won with the series in 2018 becoming the eighth different winner on the current campaign.
Jason Solwold, of Burlington, Washington, was the runner-up in the Mike Anderson and Monica Baca owned entry followed by Eric Fisher, in third. Colton Heath, from Marysville, Washington and running for owners Kelly Welch and Alan Larson, came across the wire in fourth over fifth finishing Cam Smith, of Mill Creek, Washington.
Quilcene, Washington’s J.J. Hickle would set fast time of the night for Langley, British Columbia car owners Doug and Kathy Rutz. Collecting wins in heat race competition were Salem chauffeur Kyle Miller, Seth Nunes of Medford, and Penngrove, California teenager Michael Kofoid in the other Doug and Kathy Rutz fielded entry.
In other news with Saturday being the final 360 event at Cottage Grove Speedway in 2018 Jason Solwold would win the track championship. It is the first time in the history of CGS Sprint Car racing that a champion is from another state.
The Summer Thunder Sprint Series will take the rest of the month of August off before returning to competition during Labor Day Weekend. The series will visit Grays Harbor Raceway, in Elma, Washington, on Sunday, September 2nd. For more information log on to www.summerthundersprintseries.com.
Race Results:
Summer Thunder Sprint Series Race #13
Saturday, August 4th, 2018
Cottage Grove Speedway
Cottage Grove, Oregon
Qualifying: 1. 8R-J.J. Hickle; 2. 22-Garen Linder; 3. 96-Greg Hamilton; 4. 33-Colton Heath; 5. 18-Jason Solwold. 6. 59-Eric Fisher; 7. 34S-Melissa Solesbee; 8. 2L-Logan Forler; 9. 54-Chris Ochs; 10. 6A-Kyle Miller; 11. 5N-Seth Nunes; 12. 8P-Michael Kofoid; 13. 10K-Don Waddell; 14. 8-Devon Borden; 15. 7-Tyler Thompson; 16. 57C-Chris Schmelzle; 17. 5R-Steve Reeves; 18. 91-Chase Goetz; 19. 17-Cam Smith; 20. P12-Tyler Dreiver; 21. 33S-Lance Sargent; 22. 15R-Vern Scevers; 23. 34-T.J. Richman
Heat 1: 1. 6A-Kyle Miller; 2. 33-Colton Heath; 3. 8R-J.J. Hickle; 4. 17-Cam Smith; 5. 34S-Melissa Solesbee; 6. 15R-Vern Scevers; 7. 10K-Don Waddell; 8. 57C-Chris Schmelzle
Heat 2: 1. 5N-Seth Nunes; 2. 2L-Logan Forler; 3. 18-Jason Solwold; 4. 22-Garen Linder; 5. 8-Devon Borden; 6. 5R-Steve Reeves; 7. P12-Tyler Dreiver
Heat 3: 1. 8P-Michael Kofoid; 2. 59-Eric Fisher; 3. 7-Tyler Thompson; 4. 96-Greg Hamilton; 5. 91-Chase Goetz; 6. 33S-Lance Sargent; 7. 54-Chris Ochs
A-Feature: 1. 2L-Logan Forler; 2. 18-Jason Solwold; 3. 59-Eric Fisher; 4. 33-Colton Heath; 5. 17-Cam Smith; 6. 8P-Michael Kofoid; 7. 5N-Seth Nunes; 8. 22-Garen Linder; 9. 6A-Kyle Miller; 10. 96-Greg Hamilton; 11. 7-Tyler Thompson; 12. 33S-Lance Sargent; 13. 91-Chase Goetz; 14. 8-Devon Borden; 15. 8R-J.J. Hickle; 16. 5R-Steve Reeves; 17. 34S-Melissa Solesbee; 18. 10K-Don Waddell; 19. 15R-Vern Scevers; 20. 54-Chris Ochs; 21. P12-Tyler Dreiver; 22. 57C-Chris Schmelzle; DNS 34-T.J. Richman
Submitted By: Ben Deatherage