( Alger , WA ) by Kelly Hart
The last time a local, weekly 410 racer won the Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup at Skagit Speedway was 1992. Tonight; Everett , WA driver Jayme Barnes put his name on the trophy with a scintillating 40 lap victory that had some amazing moments.
Tyler Walker from Los Angeles , CA led the first 12 laps with Barnes stuck right to his rear nerf bar. In heavy traffic, Barnes and Walker started swapping the lead, with Barnes narrowly splitting two lapped cars trapping Walker and earning the front spot. Barnes pulled away, time after time through numerous restarts. Barnes led the final 28 laps. Battles behind him ensued, as cars crashed out trying to work their way through the fully loaded field and higher up the standings. The almost capacity crowd came to their feet as Barnes completed the last lap and remained in the stands through his podium interviews.
Barnes earned $25,000.00 for the win, with the final two podium spaces filled by runner up Roger Crockett of Medford , OR in second place and San Jose , CA driver Tim Kaeding in third.
Winning the D Main was Michael Harris of Sedro Woolley , WA . The C Main winner was Josh DeWitt of Snohomish , WA . Capturing B Main event honors was Kyle Hirst of Loomis , CA .
Three 6-lap scrambles set the starting 3 rows for the C, B and A Main events. Winning the C Scramble was Nick Engberg of Burlington , WA , Steve Kilcup of Sedro Woolley , WA won the B Scramble and Tyler Walker won the A Scramble.
The Wilson Auto Broker Outlaw Hornets ran a 12-lap main event with 2007 Hornet Nationals champion Cory Swatzina winning over Ricky Young and Bobby Collins. Twenty-five Outlaw Hornets were on hand to race before the huge 2008 Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup presented by Camping World RV crowd.
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
D-Main (12 laps): 1. 44h Michael Harris, 2. 96x Mack Brown, 3. 14j Brandon Johnson, 4. 14 Kelleigh Johnson, 5. 23b Seth Bergman, 6. 17 Cameron Smith, 7. 5x Chuck Ashe. Scratched: 5sp Rick Fauver, 9a Steve Dyer, 39c Jason Solwold. First four finishers transfer to C-Main.
C-Scramble (6 laps): 1. 4e Nick Engberg, 2. 5D Josh DeWitt, 3. 75 Kevin Smith, 4. 23h Brandon Harkness, 5. 20 Robby Vaughn, 6. 77 Mike Sather. Finish determines first six starting positions of C-Main.
B-Scramble (6 laps): 1. 18 Steve Kilcup, 2. 6 Kyle Hirst, 3. 33e Evan Suggs, 4. 73 Danielle Huson, 5. 29 Bud Kaeding, 6. 38 Jason Bloodgood. Finish determines first six starting positions of B-Main.
A-Scramble (6 laps): 1. 24 Tyler Walker, 2. 9 Jayme Barnes, 3. 0 Jonathan Allard, 4. 7N Roger Crockett, 5. 88 Jesse Whitney, 6. 4 Brock Lemley. Finish determines first six starting positions of Dirt Cup Race of Champions.
C-Main (15 laps): 1. 5D Josh DeWitt, 2. 4e Nick Engberg, 3. 23h Brandon Harkness, 4. 7j J.J. Hickle, 5. 75 Kevin Smith, 6. 33v Henry Van Dam, 7. 25c Chad Groves, 8. 20 Robby Vaughn, 9. 77 Mike Sather, 10. 6k Kyle Oman, 11. 44h Michael Harris, 12. 14j Brandon Johnson, 13. 22 Blake Cook, 14. 14 Kelleigh Johnson, 15. 96x Mack Brown, 16. 5h Christian Stover, 17. 77f Kirk Fellers, 18. 12 Jared Ridge. First four finishers transfer to B-Main. Kevin Smith also transfers due to scratch from B-Main field.
B-Main (20 laps): 1. 6 Kyle Hirst, 2. 18 Steve Kilcup, 3. 73 Danielle Huson, 4. 33e Evan Suggs, 5. 38 Jason Bloodgood, 6. 93 Mike Henry, 7. 29 Bud Kaeding, 8. 11 Marc Dupperon, 9. 5D Josh DeWitt, 10. 33 Derek Holmwood, 11. 71 Johnny Gray, 12. 23h Brandon Harkness, 13. 4s Dan Simpson, 14. 75 Kevin Smith, 15. 4e Nick Engberg, 16. 83 Josh Edson, 17. 7s Rick Ziehl, 18. 7j J.J. Hickle. First eight finishers transfer to Dirt Cup Race of Champions.
Dirt Cup Race of Champions (40 laps): 1. 9 Jayme Barnes, 2. 7N Roger Crockett, 3. 10 Tim Kaeding, 4. 26 Travis Rutz, 5. 4 Brock Lemley, 6. 98m Mitch Olson, 7. 6 Kyle Hirst, 8. 24 Tyler Walker, 9. 88 Jesse Whitney, 10. 69 Brent Kaeding, 11. 26r Tayler Malsam, 12. V8 Jeff Hodgson, 13. 0 Jonathan Allard, 14. 66 Barry Martinez , 15. 73 Danielle Huson, 16. 59 Eric Fisher, 17. 29 Bud Kaeding, 18. 7o Colton Heath, 19. 11 Marc Dupperon, 20. 15 Aaron Fell, 21. 18 Steve Kilcup, 22. 93 Mike Henry, 23. 33e Evan Suggs, 24. 38 Jason Bloodgood.
Lap leaders: 1-12 Tyler Walker, 13-40 Jayme Barnes