Mother nature once again played nice and allowed Grays Harbor Raceway to get some dirt track racing action in on Saturday night.

The 360 Sprint Cars, Shipwreck Beads Modifieds, Northwest Focus Midgets Series, and Cut Rate Auto Parts Street Stocks were on tap on the three-eighths banked clay oval.

Cut Rate Auto Parts Street Stocks

Ocean Shore’s Jeff Daniel and Hoquiam’s Jack Parshall set the front row of the Street Stocks feature. Parshall took the early lead over Daniel until a caution quickly came out on lap one due to debris on the front stretch. Parshall led the field to the green on the restart as Daniel and Aberdeen’s Shane Kerrigan raced for second.

Another fellow Aberdeen driver, Cory Sweatman, joined in on the battle — taking over second place on the fifth lap. Daniel and Kerrigan battled for third, as Jason Tole of Hoquiam and Spanaway driver Tom Hecker set their sights on Kerrigan and Daniel. Tole used the low side of the raceway and took over third from Daniel. A late race caution set up a restart with Parshall, Tole and Sweatman vying for the top spot.

After the restart, Sweatman. running the high side, took the lead from Parshall on lap 14. Tole quickly moved into the second spot and stayed on the back bumper of Sweatman. Sweatman and Tole raced side by side for a handful of laps until Tole moved into the lead with a few laps to go. Tole would go on to pick up his first win of 2018, with Sweatman, Parshall, Hecker and Montesano driver Scott Fritts rounding out the top five.

Northwest Focus Midgets Series

Tristin Thomas of Burlington took the early lead in the 28 Northwest Focus Midgets series with Shane Smith of Lynnwood sitting in second. Ross Rankine of Noblesville, Indiana sat in the third position. Rankine had tough company as Woodinville’s Shane Biles looked to take over the third place until a caution flag caused a restart.

When the race got going again, Thomas quickly took the lead as a battle for second between Smith and Rankine was the race to watch. Both drivers raced side by side for a handful of laps with Rankine taking over second until lap 10, when another caution flag caused a stoppage.

Thomas was the driver to beat, as on the restart he quickly jumped back out front. Smith returned to the second position. The top three would spread out as Thomas worked his way through traffic.

Thomas picked up the win over Smith, Rankine, Lake Stevens’ Eric Turner and Hannah Lindquist of Shoreline.

Shipwreck Beads Modifieds

Scott Miller of Shelton and Cosmopolis driver Tom Sweatman set the front row of the Modifieds feature. Both drivers raced side by side for the lead on the opening lap with Sweatman taking the lead until a caution.

On the restart, Sweatman led Miller, and Shelton’s Brenton Schnitzer to the green. Oakville’s Brian Harding took over the third spot from Schnitzer.

The battle for the lead started to heat up between Sweatman and Miller, but Sweatman continued to hold the lead. Miller stayed right at his back bumper, looking for any way to get around Sweatman for the lead while Harding and Seabeck’s Craig Moore battled for third. Lap 8 saw Miller make another pass on the outside out of turn two to take the lead from Sweatman.

A late race caution setup a restart for Sweatman to take another shot,but he had tough company as Moore was right there on his back bumper to take over the second spot.

At the end of the Modified feature, Miller picked up his first win of 2018. Sweatman, Moore, Simpson and Schnitzer rounded out the top five.

360 Sprint Cars

Everett’s Tyler Anderson looked to make it two wins in two races, after taking last week’s checkered flag.

Anderson and Spanway’s Lance Sargent set the front row. Anderson took the lead from Sargent. Burlington driver Greg Hamilton sat in the third spot, while Quilcene’s JJ Hickle ran in fourth.

Hamilton made a move on Sargent for second place, taking over the spot with a little content out of turn four. Hickle moved into third looking to track down Hamilton.. Anderson continued to lead, working his way through a little bit of lap traffic on a long green flag run.

Running mostly on the high side of the track, Anderson picked up his second career win in a row.

Hamilton, Hickle, Sargent, and Snohomish driver Chase Goetz rounded out the top five.

Racing resumes next Saturday night with the first appearance of 2018 of the Washington Modified Tour, and the Sportsman Sprint Cars. Also on hand will be the Shipwreck Beads Modifieds and Outlaw Tuners. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with racing at 7 p.m.

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