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Hunter Bloom Wins Second CGS Sport Mod Victory; Thompson, Towns, E. Whisler, Osborne, And Bryant Also Get Cottage Grove Victories

Hunter Bloom Wins Second CGS Sport Mod Victory; Thompson, Towns, E. Whisler, Osborne, And Bryant Also Get Cottage Grove Victories
By Stephanie Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of JRP Racing Photos)
Cottage Grove, Oregon- Cottage Grove Speedway hosted their fourth race of the 2020 season on Saturday, August 8th. Over one-hundred-twenty cars were in attendance spread across six different divisions. The classes on the card included Limited Sprints, IMCA Modifieds, Late Models, IMCA Sport Mods, Street Stocks, and IMCA Sport Compacts.

In the Limited Sprint feature, Tyler Thompson, from Harrisburg, took control of the lead right off the bat on the opening lap. Thompson set a quick pace and had only four cautions to slow him down. Coming across the start-finish line Tyler Thompson captured his first main event victory of 2020. Cottage Grove’s Kinzer Cox was second followed by Jake Wheeler, of Central Point, in third. Fourth and fifth went to Roseburg racer Steven Snawder and Shane Forte, from Junction City.

In the IMCA Modifieds, a similar theme took place.
Cottage Grove veteran Curtis Towns seized the initiative on the opening start and captured the top spot. Towns was briefly passed on lap two but it was negated due to a caution giving the lead back to Curtis. Curtis Towns paced the field the rest of the distance to collect his first triumph of the current campaign. Keizer’s John Campos was second with Otis teenager Eston Whisler placing third.
Albany’s Bricen James and Steven Sturdevant, of Springfield, round up the top five finishers. Chad Groves, from Bend, won the consolation feature.

Eston Whisler was a busy individual performing double duty on the night. Whisler made his Late Model debut and it proved to be a successful one. Eston got to the front on the eleventh circuit and retained the position the rest of the way for his first victory in the division.
McLain Beaudoin, from Lebanon, was credited with second while third went to Coos Bay’s Preston Luckman. Brian Smith, now residing in Lebanon and running for car owners Jerry and Mandee Casey, ended the evening in fourth while Cottage Grove chauffeur Mike Peters was an impressive fifth.

Despite six stoppages in the IMCA Sport Mod feature, Hunter Bloom once again took care of business. The Eugene driver seized the initiative on the opening start and blazed the trail for all twenty-five laps to score his second win of the season in the class. Austin Petray, of Medford, getting the runner-up position with Brookings resident Isaac Sanders placing third. Steven Sanders, also of Brooking, came across the wire in fourth over fifth finishing Molalla pilot Travis Pruitt. Springfield driver Shaun Hand won the evening’s consolation feature.

Creswell’s Graig Osborne made a daring pass for the lead on the twelfth circuit of the Street Stock feature. Osborne had made a nice recovery after getting caught up in a lap two incident earlier in the main. Graig had no issues once out in front and stayed in front of the rest of the competition to get his first win at CGS in 2020. Justin Evans, out of Lebanon and running for co-car owner Al Flora, posted a second-place result with third going to Gresham’s Mikey Long. Marc Farrar, from Sherwood, took home fourth followed by Forest Grove driver Joey Tardio.

Lastly, in the IMCA Sport Compacts, it was practically all about Burnie Bryant. The Sutherlin driver made the decisive lead on the third circuit and remained there in the caution-free feature. Bryant is the fourth different winner in as many races in the class. Ryan Dickenson, from Roseburg, and Dexter’s Barry Cannon were second and third. Brad Moffett, of Eugene, wound up fourth with fifth going to Jason Loucks, also from Eugene.

Cottage Grove Speedway is scheduled to return to racing on Friday, August 21st for the Kage Karts for their third race of the year. Then the ¼-mile will get things going on Saturday, the 22nd. As of right now, the classes scheduled to race are the Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Mods, Street Stocks, and IMCA Sport Compacts. For more information be sure and log on to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com or regularly check out the track’s Facebook page.

Race Results:
Saturday, August 8th, 2020
Cottage Grove Speedway
Cottage Grove, Oregon

Limited Sprints
A-Feature: 1. Tyler Thompson; 2. Kinzer Cox; 3. Jake Wheeler; 4. Steven Snawder; 5. Shane Forte; 6. Orion Redmond; 7. Jesse Schlotfeldt; 8. Anissa Curtice; 9. Justin Lemon; 10. Camden Robustelli; 11. Ian Bandey; 12. Brian Crockett; 13. Tim Minter; 14. Mike Griffith; 15. Kyle Adams; 16. Dave Button; 17. Trent Estes; 18. Tyrell Mead

IMCA Modifieds
A-Feature: 1. Curtis Towns; 2. John Campos; 3. Eston Whisler; 4. Bricen James; 5. Steven Sturdevant; 6. Paul Culp; 7. Jake Mayden; 8. Ray Bloom; 9. Jeff Lovell; 10. B.J. Wild; 11. Doug Lockwood; 12. Dave Duste Jr.; 13. Don Schott; 14. Paul Rea; 15. Jeffrey Hudson; 16. Aaron Sheeler; 17. Jesse Bailey; 18. Ryan Baker; 19. Derick Young; 20. Chad Groves

B-Feature: 1. Chad Groves; 2. Doug Lockwood; 3. Dave Duste Jr.; 4. Jake Mayden; 5. Craig Cassell; 6. Brody Sim; 7. Brian Winkler; 8. Wayne Sturdevant; 9. Dick Wright; 10. James Anderson; 11. Jim Van Loon

Late Models
A-Feature: 1. Eston Whisler; 2. McLain Beaudoin; 3. Preston Luckman; 4. Brian Smith; 5. Mike Peters; 6. Nathan Augustine; 7. Kye Frick; 8. Doug Elkins; 9. Chuck Christian; 10. Chad Groves; 11. Dustin Knight; 12. John Dees; 13. Darryl Blanchard; 14. Steve Fuller; 15. Greg Heinrichs; 16. Dana Bowers; 17. John David Duffie; 18. Mark Wauge; 19. Randy Barley; 20. Pete Ulam

IMCA Sport Mods
A-Feature: 1. Hunter Bloom; 2. Austin Petray; 3. Isaac Sanders; 4. Steven Sanders; 5. Travis Pruitt; 6. Doug Coffman; 7. David Schmidt; 8. Shawn Hand; 9. Michael Melton; 10. K.C. Scott; 11. Jim Smith; 12. Aaron Bloom; 13. Chris Hallberg; 14. Brionna Fuller; 15. Theran Trissell; 16. Michael Lavery; 17. Jeff Clough; 18. Dalton Bloom; 19. Jordan Henry; 20. Steve Hopkins

B-Feature: 1. Shawn Hand; 2. Jim Smith; 3. Dalton Bloom; 4. Brionna Fuller; 5. Theran Trissell; 6. Colt Boswell; 7. Matt Brown; 8. Roger Bell

Street Stocks
A-Feature: 1. Graig Osborne; 2. Justin Evans; 3. Mikey Long; 4. Mark Farrar; 5. Joey Tardio; 6. Don Schott; 7. Jody Tanner; 8. Troy Chamberlain; 9. Bernie Lujan; 10. Tim Jenner; 11. Adam Applebee; 12. Brad Korpela; 13. Kyndal Irvine; 14. David Butler; 15. Anthony Prather; 16. Eric Freeman; 17. Terry King; 18. Brad Gentry; 19. Larry Owens; 20. Eddie Farness

IMCA Sport Compacts
A-Feature: 1. Burnie Bryant; 2. Ryan Dickenson; 3. Barry Cannon; 4. Brad Moffett; 5. Jason Loucks; 6. Mike Cockerline; 7. Jeremy DeGroot; 8. Bradley Martin; 9. Rich Dickenson; 10. Cole Trissell; 11. Matthew Van Gill; 12. Scarlett Drake; 13. Andrew Wright; 14. Kimberly Cannon; 15. Chloe Van Sant

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