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Fall Brawl at the Fair 9/20-21 thoughts | Rating: ![]() |
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Posted: Monday Sep 30th, 2019 08:44 PM |
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The Summer Thunder Sprint Series finished their 2019 season at Yakima's State Fair Park for the Fall Brawl at the Fair on September 20 and 21, with the Iron Giant Street Stock Series being the support class. Both nights had plenty of sunshine and felt very summer-like. The street stocks had two rounds of heat races on the 20th and they were racing for points to set up the A-Main on the 21st. The first two heats went to Zack Simpson and Sean Cronk. The field was inverted for the second round of heats, and those were captured by Simpson and Jack Parshall. For the 25-lap STSS main event on the 20th, Luke Didiuk and points leader Devon Borden shared the front row with Didiuk getting the nod in the early going. The yellow lights came on the second lap when Chris Bullock crashed on the frontstretch and Jason Solwold went spinning in turn two in a completely different mishap. Didiuk was still the leader, but he had Borden and Colton Heath behind him as they were lapping slower cars. Didiuk made contact with Channing Filler in turn one on lap eleven, and that set off a huge melee. Heath, Tanner Holmes, Justin Youngquist, and Cam Smith were also involved. Heath and C. Smith were second and third in points, and five of the top six drivers were all collected! ![]() The street stocks ran two more heats on the 21st, with Simpson and Parshall winning those as well. Parshall was on the pole for the 30-lap main event with Erik Jarnport starting alongside. The original start was called off, as a loose dog came running onto the track! ![]() The 30-lap feature for the STSS was all that's left. The race had two 16-year-olds on the front row with Borden and Holmes showing the way. Borden had the advantage and he led all 30 laps. The race went condition red on lap four, as Greg Hamilton spun in turn one and it triggered a pileup almost reminiscent to the night before. Shawn Rice got the worst of it by tipping over. ![]() Fall has arrived in our neck of the woods, and it sure feels like it! ![]() Hit the Ground Running: Solwold was the fast qualifier for both nights in the STSS portion of the Fall Brawl. His time was 15.476 seconds on the 20th, and he was nearly a second faster on the 21st at 14.490 seconds. Jason was tops in the series with four fast time awards, which is one more than Tony Gualda. Personal Bests, Part II: There were many drivers that turned in their best performances with the STSS. Cole scored his first career series win on the 20th to lead the pack. Other notables were Sargent (fifth), Spiers (sixth), and 13-year-old Colby Thornhill (seventh in his first 360 race). Holmes finally both broke through with an awesome showing in STSS competition, as he finished second on the 21st. ![]() Mixed Bag: The car count for the STSS was almost the same as last year, as there were 25 entries on the 20th and 26 on the 21st (compared to 27 and 26 in '18). The street stock field was surely higher than one year ago, with a total of 14 and 16 people over the two nights (in contrast to ten in both programs one year ago). Three Races, One Winner: In the three street stock main events during the Fall Brawl in the last two years, Simpson has led 46 of the 70 laps and found himself in Victory Lane all three times. Last year, he took the lead from Kevin Roberts out of turn two on the second lap during the preliminary night and he went by A. Kerrigan out of turn four to complete lap number eight in the finale. It Goes Up to Eleven: Simpson's win total for the 2019 went up to eleven, thanks his win on the 21st. He won a total of an amazing nine times at GHR (five in the street stocks and four in the modifieds), and he also picked up a street stock victory at Sunset Speedway on May 26. Meet Your Champions, Part II: Borden took the STSS points lead after the two races at Cottage Grove Speedway on August 2 and 3 and didn't let go of it. He won the championship by 46 tallies over Heath and 62 over C. Smith to be the youngest series champion. ![]() Near and Far: The drivers in both divisions came from all over for the Fall Brawl, as five states and one Canadian province were represented. Forler was the only competitor from Idaho, while Channing and Chauncey Filler made the tow up from Utah. Rice came from Arizona, and Didiuk was the lone representative from British Columbia. Of the 17 street stock racers that were in action, nine of them hailed from Oregon. Wrap Her Up: This was my final race of 2019, so I have to close the book on another year. ![]() ![]() Number for the Weekend: 8...the number of wins this season for Borden. He won four times at GHR, twice at Skagit, and once at Deming. ![]() Consistency Award: Solwold, who had finishes of second and third. In the STSS main event on the 20th, he ran into the back of Heath during the caution period for Bullock's crash and spun to a stop in turn two. Jason had to restart at the back of the field and made it all the way up to second, right behind Cole. Jason wound up fifth in points, just four markers behind Sargent. Hard Luck Award: Kirk McGinnis and Jake Helsel (tie). A couple of drivers had their weekends come to an end on the first night. McGinnis blew out his transmission in street stock warm-ups, while Helsel was involved in a wreck with two laps to go in the third STSS heat race. Fauver got loose and spun out in turn four while leading, leaving Helsel with no place to go and drilling Corbyn. ![]() Next race: Sometime in 2020! R.I.P. Eddie Money (1949-2019) and Ric Ocasek (1944-2019) Pictures: https://www.facebook.com/Twisted-Logic-Photography-1715739992067898/ Blog: http://www.shauninthedirt.com/bensblog ____________________ Avatar: Devon Borden at Grays Harbor Raceway (taken 5/31/19). Last edited on Saturday Aug 22nd, 2020 05:56 AM by Racer4u |
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