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Kelly Hart
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Posted: Monday May 19th, 2008 03:08 PM |
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SWEET VICTORY FOR CANADY
Ephrata Raceway Park, Ephrata, WA
Saturday, May 17, 2007
By: Tom Beierman
Ephrata Raceway Park held its annual Three Dog Night this Saturday. While race fans could buy three hot dogs for a buck, the drivers battled to be the top dogs of their respective divisions. Ephrata’s Pat “The Candy Man” Canady earned a sweet victory in the Jerry’s Auto Supply hobby stocks. Joe Smith of Moses Lake took the main event victory in the Ephrata Raceway Park mini stocks while Entiat’s Damon Claibourn took the top spot in the Kim Janke State Farm Agent youth hornets.
Billy Smith sat on the pole for the Jerry’s Auto Supply hobby stock feature. The Ephrata driver jumped out to an early lead of the 20 lap race, holding off Neil Nelson. On lap 5, Smith’s racecar didn’t accelerate after exiting turn two. Nelson was pinned behind Smith just long enough for Pat Canady to bolt to the low groove and assume the lead. While Canady began pulling away from the pack, Bo Swenson of Ephrata maneuvered through the field and set his sights on catching the leader. Swenson reeled in Canady by lap nine and moved to the second groove in an attempt to take the lead. However, Canady never bobbled and held off Swenson’s charges to take the checkers. Swenson was a very close second. Tanner Halley of Ephrata ran well and earned a third place finish.
The 2007 mini stock champion, Joe Smith, sent a message to the rest of the field that he intends to repeat as the point leader in September. However, the field replied back with a note stating that it is going to be a battle. Soap Lake’s Nick Gardner led the pack to the green flag and held on to the lead for the first four circuits around the quarter-mile asphalt. Smith whittled his way to the front and stole the lead from Gardner on lap five. Two laps later, Moses Lake’s David Mackin shot to the second position and glued himself to Smith bumper. Smith held steady in the low line, forcing Mackin to the top groove. The pair dualed door-to-door for several laps. Mackin couldn’t get the job done and opted to back off to pull in behind Smith. Smith and Mackin ran nose to tail for a majority of the 25 lap feature event. Smith flew under the checkered flag with Mackin in second. Ephrata’s Charlie Larr wasn’t far behind the pair for a strong third place run. Gardner finished fourth while fifth went to Coeur d’Alene driver, Justin Lovitt.
Saturday marked the first race of the season for the Kim Janke State Farm Agent youth hornets. Many of the drivers experienced the thrill of driving in a race for the first time. The large field of stock four-bangers came to the starting stripe with Ephrata’s Michael Olsick at the point. The pack flew into the first turn four-wide. Unbelievably, the field of young drivers emerged onto the backstretch unscathed. Wenatchee’s Stephanie Patty was the first to the line and led the first three laps. Patty drifted just high enough for Dallas White of Royal City and Damon Claibourne of Entiat to get by for first and second, respectively. The two ran nose to tail until White left the door open for Claibourne to snatch the lead on lap nine. White settled in behind Claibourne, but was not able to take advantage of lapped traffic to reassume the top spot. Claibourne shot across the finish line in first with White and Jesse Hector in tow for second and third. Patty ran strong, yet had to settle for fourth place. Fifth place went to Kelly Olsick of Soap Lake.
JERRY’S AUTO SUPPLY HOBBY STOCKS
Fast Time
Bo Swenson : 16:45
B Dash
Neil Nelson
A Dash
Patrick Canady
B Heat
(1) Neil Nelson (2) JD Nelson (3) Billy Smith (4) Derrick Kapalo
A Heat
(1) Bo Swenson (2) Randy Pugh (3) Patrick Canady (4) Tanner Halley
Main Event
(1) Patrick Canady (2) Bo Swenson (3) Tanner Halley (4) Troy Lannoye (5) Randy Pugh (6) Neil Nelson (7) Billy Smith (8) Derrick Kapalo (9) JD Nelson
EPHRATA RACWAY PARK MINI STOCKS
Fast Time
David Mackin : 16.32
B Dash
Nick Gardner
A Dash
Charles Larr
Heat
(1) Nick Gardner (2) Jeremy Razey (3) Justin Lovitt (4) Vern Hector
Main Event
(1) Joe Smith (2) David Mackin (3) Charles Larr (4) Nick Gardner (5) Justin Lovitt (6) Eddie Razey (7) Robert Martin (8) Jeremy Razey (9) Vern Hector (10) Doug Brown
KIM JANKE STATE FARM AGENT YOUTH HORNETS
Fast Time
Damon Claibourne : 17.43
C Dash
Sean Manderville
B Dash
Bart Hector Jr.
A Dash
Stephanie Patty
B Heat
(1) Bart Hector Jr. (2) Taylor Blackburn (3) Cody Berry (4) Jatender Veenstra
A Heat
(1) Damon Claibourn (2) Jesse Hector (3) Dallas White (4) Stephanie Patty
Main Event
(1) Damon Claibourn (2) Dallas White (3) Jesse Hector (4) Stephanie Patty (5) Kelly Olsick (6) Dylan Adamson (7) Taylor Blackburn (8) Jatender Veenstra (9) Bart Hector Jr. (10) Cody Berry (11) Tiffany Rutt (12) Derek Thompson (13) Colton Dana (14) Michael Olsick (15) Sean Manderville
BIG CARS
Dash
Billy Smith
Main Event
(1) Justin Winningham (2) Billy Smith
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