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| Courtesy Thomas Vick, Evergreen Speedway (click to enlarge)
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| Travis Blackwood (left) won the bomber division A main on Saturday, May 17 at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, Wash. |
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Carlson, Blackwood and Lang win at Evergreen
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2:35 am
by Scott Whitmore
Saturday night was a beautiful, warm evening for racing at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe.
I just posted my local racing package, including:
— Evergreen Speedway notebook: CLICK HERE .
— Unofficial Evergreen Speedway May 17 results: CLICK HERE.
— Skagit Speedway’s May 17 results: CLICK HERE
Here’s a recap of Saturday’s races at Evergreen Speedway:
60 Minutes of FEAR
Defending super figure eight division champion John “The Cowboy” Carlson held off the charge of three Gundersons — Nick, Ryan and Brian — to win his second 60 Minutes of Fear.
Carlson, who won the event the first time in 2006, climbed the frontstretch fence after winning.
The endurance event went 120 laps and Carlson and Nick Gunderson exchanged the lead several times, but toward the end slower traffic allowed Carlson to maintain a cushion.
Nick Gunderson was second, Ryan Gunderson finished third, Brian Gunderson was fourth and Sean Peters rounded out the top five.
Just Carlson and the three Gundersons were on the lead lap at the end of the hour.
An early tangle put defending 60 Minutes champion Ricky Deitz out of the race.
Bombers
Travis Blackwood passed Casey Branch on lap 15 then held off Jim Foti to record his first victory of the season in Saturday's A main.
Branch had emerged from an opening-lap scrum of three-wide racing with the lead, but he wasn’t able to hold off Blackwood or Foti.
“I’m glad it only went 20 laps,” Blackwood said. “I looked in my rearview and I saw that (Foti) was right there, and I knew he started in the back. He did all that in 10 laps, so I knew he was on a mission.”
Foti finished second, defending champion Lane Sundholm was third, Branch finished fourth and Joe Kneeland rounded out the top five.
Blackwood, who has had his share of bad luck this season, said he hoped the victory will lead to something.
“This is good because you’re not going backwards, you don’t have to fix something, you can go forward,” he said. “Stay out of trouble, finish the race and make the car go faster.”
Super stocks
In what is becoming a familiar sight in the top-tier division, Naima Lang climbed victory stage again Saturday night.
Lang slipped past John Zaretzke on lap 24 then ran away from the field for his third straight super stock victory and fourth overall.
“I’m making up for lost time,” Lang said after the race. After winning the bomber division title in 2004, Lang was winless in his first three years racing in the super stock division.
As he did in his prior victories, Lang gave credit to Jesse Jensen, his crew chief and spotter, for putting together a solid racecar.
The first attempt at starting the super stock main ended when Kelly Mann and Daniel Moore got together on the backstretch heading into turn 3 on the opening lap.
After both cars had been towed to the pits, the remaining 16 late models lined back up and Tom Hughs took the lead heading into turn 1 on the second start.
Hughs led the first half of the 40-lap main, driving a solid race as Zaretzke and Lang steadily closed the gap behind him. Zaretzke finally got past Hughs on lap 22, with Lang following in his wake.
Zaretzke finished second, Mike Holden was third, Jeff Holden finished fourth and Hughs, who lost a tire with less than 10 laps to go, rounded out the top five.
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