ELMA — The 360 Sprint Cars, Shipwreck Beads Modifieds, Cut Rate Auto Parts Street Stocks and Outlaw Tuners took to the 3/8-banked clay oval at Grays Harbor Raceway this Saturday despite rain showers attempting to put a damper on the festivities.

Cut Rate Auto Parts Street Stocks

Devon Harper of Olympia took to the early lead in the 20-lap Street Stocks feature with Hoquiam’s Jack Parshall quickly passing Harper for the lead on lap 1.

Aberdeen’s Austin Kerrigan moved into second and made an attempt at Parshall for the lead, but failed to make the pass. Kerrigan made another attempt on lap 4 and took over the top spot with a pass in turn two.

Montesano’s Scott Fritts closed in on Parshall for second, with Ryen Haney of Elma joining in on the battle. A handful of cautions gave Parshall, Fritts, and Haney a shot at Kerrigan for the lead.

Fritts looked to the high side a few times on Parshall for second, as both battled for a handful of laps. Fritts was successful and looked to track down Kerrigan.

A late race spin from Harper in turn four of the 14th lap brought out the caution just as Fritts made a move for the lead.

Kerrigan led Fritts and Parshall on the restart, as the top four stayed close to one another. Fritts looked to the low side on Kerrigan but couldn’t make the pass. Haney joined in and made it a three-car battle for the lead. Kerrigan went on to pick up the win over Haney, Fritts, Parshall and Matt White of Hoquiam.

360 Sprint Cars

Raymond’s Devon Borden took to the early lead in the 25-lap feature event with Shelton’s Jay Cole looking to chase him down. Spanaway’s Lance Sargent ran in the third position.

Borden looked comfortable running the low side of the 3/8-banked clay oval. Cole made it to the back bumper of Borden, making a few charges for the lead but was unable to make the pass.

Lap 6 saw Cole take the lead out of turn four, moving Borden back to second. Cole caught the lap car of Olympia driver Garrett McLees midway through the race and contact saw McLees spin off of turn four. Then the red flag flew as a small fire began to show in McLees’ engine.

On the restart, Cole was able to fend off Borden and stretch his lead en route to a victory over Borden, Sargent, Jeff Dunlap of Renton and Vancouver’s Mike Romig.

Shipwreck Beads Modifieds

A total of 23 Modifieds signed in, with only 18 starting the 25-lap feature in the Shipwreck Beads Modifieds division.

Brenton Schnitzer of Shelton took the early lead with Austin Kerrigan of Aberdeen and Cosmopolis driver Tom Sweatman looking to take over the top spot.

Sweatman worked his way into the lead on lap 2. Schnitzer tried to make a pass out of turn four but Sweatman had the momentum to hold Schnitzer off the top spot.

Kerrigan and Schnitzer battled for second for a handful of laps as Seabeck’s Craig Moore joined in the grouping. Kerrigan took over second on lap 6.

With plenty of side by side action throughout the field, the battle for fifth between Elma’s Tyler Walker and Tyson Blood of Olympia was one of the races to watch. Walker and Blood raced side-by-side for a handful of laps with Walker maintaining a top-five run.

As Sweatman pulled away on the straightaway, the battle for second continued to between Kerrigan and Schnitzer, as both drivers went back-and-forth for position.

Lap 17 saw the red flag for Blood after getting upside down in turn three.

Sweatman led the field back to the green flag on the restart with Kerrigan running second.

Moore raced with Schnitzer for third but the yellow flag flew as contact between Shelton’s Shane Rau and Campbell River, BC’s Lane Zerbin brought out the caution on lap 19.

A handful of restarts gave Kerrigan and Moore a shot at the lead. Moore moved into second and looked to the high side to make a run at Sweatman. Moore stayed right with Sweatman but couldn’t get past the veteran Cosmopolis driver, who went on to pick up the win over Moore, Campbell River, BC driver Graham Cook, Kerrigan, and Geoff Morris of Victoria, BC.

Outlaw Tuners

Max Sanford of Belfair and Aberdeen’s Tyler Sundstrom set the front row of the Outlaw Tuner feature event. Sanford and Sundstrom raced side-by-side for the lead with Sundstrom taking the top spot.

Wishkah’s Jeremy Jones and Chad Norton of Tenino worked their way past Sanford to take over second and third. Sundstrom quickly pulled away from the rest of the field with Jones and Norton looking to track him down.

Don Briggs Jr. of Woodland worked his way into the top five, getting by Maynard Barnum Jr. of Raymond.

Briggs moved his way into third getting around Norton late in the race until Norton worked his way back into the top three. Briggs was able to work his way back into third place late in the race.

Sundstrom set a blistering pace in the feature event, running the middle of a very fast race track.

At the end of the 15 lap feature, Sundstrom picked up the win over Jones, Briggs, Norton, and Sanford.

Racing will resume next Sunday and Monday for Labor Day weekend. Sunday will see the return of the Summer Thunder Sprint Series along with the Shipwreck Beads Modifeds and Northwest Focus Midgets Series.

On Monday, the World of Outlaws make their yearly appearance, along with the Cut Rate Auto Parts Street Stocks.

For more information, visit www.graysharborraceway.com.