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For Immediate Release Alger, WA - Jesse Whitney ended a 5 year drought at Skagit Speedway Saturday night, winning his first Associated Asphalt 410 main event since his championship season of 2004. Whitney, driving his Precise Machining #88 Eagle, set quick time on the night and settled into second place trying to run down race leader Travis Rutz. As Rutz approached traffic in the Rudeen Racing #26 Maxim, Whitney methodically rolled the bottom of the track, gaining car lengths lap by lap. By lap 17, Whitney had clsoed in enough to show a tire to Rutz who continued to push the cushion. Whitney made his move on lap 21, driving underneath Rutz of the bottom of turn two and powering down the back stretch to take the lead and eventual race win. "I've got to thank my crew" said Whitney in victory lane. "We're out here with old equipment, and they just work so hard and we're finally getting it done!" Second was Rick Fauver in the Here 2 Wire #F1 Maxim. Third went to Cory Chamberlain in the Bob and Lori Scott owned #7s Maxim. Whitney set quick time. Heat wins went to Colton Heath in the Sanford Tire #5x XXX and Fauver. Race fans were treated to an amazing finish in the Budweiser 360 Sprints. Shane Broers inherited the lead in his Firedown Graphics #11 XXX on lap 6 when race leader Danielle Huson tangled with lapped traffic, ending her night. Broers manned the point with Mack Brown in the Birch Equipment Rentals #96 XXX in tail. As laps ran down, Broers came in to heavier lapped traffic, letting Brown close the gap between himself and the leader. As the white flag flew, Broers missed the entry to turn one, opening the door for Brown to drive underneath him coming out of two, edging into the lead. Broers battled back, turning the car down hard off the high banks and two and running along side Brown down the back stretch when contact occured, damaging both cars. Broers and Brown remained side by side through 3 when Brown's right rear tire let go due to damage, giving Broers his first career damage. Brown careened along the fenceline, hanging on for a career best second place finish. Third went to Rod Perkins in the 92.9 Classic Rock #69 XXX. Broers and Perkins were the heat race winners. Huson was quick time in the Cavalli Construction #73 Rocket. Kelsey Carpenter continues to impress in the Cook Road Shell Sportsman Sprints. Carpenter led all 20 laps of the main event in his Dri-Eaz sponsorsed #27c XXX, winning the race by a full half lap by the time it concluded. Devin Barnes rebounded from an accident last week to score second place in his Ken's Redmond Auto Body #22 XXX. Third was Lyle Woods in his Jet City Equipment #12. Carpenter and Barnes won the heat races. Cory Swatzina won his second main event in a row in the Outlaw Hornet division, taking the lead from Don Ward at the halfway point of the 20 lap main and cruising to victory. Second place was Ward, third was Wade Swatzina. Freddie Vela and Ashley Lewellen won the heat races. Round 3 of the Foothills Toyota Tundra Series kicks off at 7pm next Saturday at Skagit Speedway with all four classes in action again. For ticket information, please go to Skagit Speedway . RESULTS: Associated Asphalt 410s Fast Time - Jesse Whitney 11.565 Heat 1 - Colton Heath, Jason Bloodgood, Whitney, Cory Chamberlain, Jason Solwold, Kyle Oman, Eric Fisher Heat 2 - Rick Fauver, Kevin Smith, Nick Engberg, Travis Rutz, Brock Lemley, Derek Holmwood Main - Jesse Whitney, Fauver, Chamberlain, Engberg, Solwold, Lemley, Heath, Smith, Fisher, Oman, Bloodgood, Holmwood, Rutz Budweiser 360s Fast Time - Danielle Huson 12.207 Heat 1 - Shane Broers, Michael Harris, Mack Brown, Randy Price, Bud Ashe, Steve James, Trevor Turnbull, Clayton Sibley, Ron Butler Heat 2 - Rod Perkins, Brock Lemley, Huson, Steve Parker, Cody Anderlini, Paul Hopkins, Steve Tupper Main - Shane Broers, Brown, Perkins, Lemley, Parker, Harris, Ashe, Turnbull, James, Price, Anderlini, Butler, Hopkins, Sibley, Huson, Tupper Cook Road Shell Sportsman Sprints Heat 1 - Kelsey Carpenter, Bill Rude, Marc Schutte, Matt Van Der Sys, Dave Mead, Ray Parker, Paul Burdick Heat 2 - Devin Barnes, Lyle Woods, Nick Dunham, Cale Brooke, Curtis Clark, Glen Reinstra Main - Kelsey Carpenter, Barnes, Woods, Rude, Burdick, Schutte, Mead, Van Der Sys, Steve Parker, Clark, Brooke, Michael Bollinger, Reinstra, Dunham Outlaw Hornets Heat 1 - Freddie Vela Heat 2 - Ashley Lewellen Main - Cory Swatzina, Don Ward, Wade Swatzina, Mike Powers Jr, Tyler Ketchum, Brian Michelson, Matt Powers, Jon Edwards, Karl Dahl, Howard Vos. Results pending past 10th place. Back to News
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