COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL September 6, 2017
Speedway
embraces
history; gears
up for monster
trucks
By Cottage Grove Speedway
August 26th was a very special night at Cottage Grove Speedway
as the 2017 members were being inducted into the “Wall of Fame”
There were drivers here from years past to watch the current bat-
tles on the track and the pits overfl owed with over 90 cars ready to
take home the special Historical Night Trophies! It was truly a great
night to be at Cottage Grove Speedway.
IMCA Sportmods were the fi rst class up to race and the compe-
tition was fi erce! James Heating & Air Conditioning Heat Races
were won by Kevin Keller, Mike Medel, and Shawn Hand. A point
average invert put Keller and Ryan Pruitt in the front row for the
main event. Keller led lap 1 before Mike Medel made it from 6th
to take over the lead. Medel led a handful of laps as the cars behind
him moved their way to the front. Jorddon Braaten worked from
12th to take over the lead on lap 7 and Art Hiatt moved from 8th to
3rd. A huge pile-up on lap 16 sent many cars into the pits and many
more to the back. Green fl ag racing resumed and Jorddon Braaten
picked up another win in the Sportmod division followed by Art
Hiatt, Buddy McHargue, Mike Medel, and Travis Pruitt.
Todd’s Auto Body Sprints took the track over next, Raquel Ivie
set quick time with a blistering 11.827. Tyler Thompson and Shane
Forte picked up a couple of James Heating & Air Conditioning Heat
Races and with a 0 invert they would share the front row of the
main event. Thompson got the lead over Forte and led until Kinzer
Cox took the lead and ran away until lap 9 when he spun in the top
of turn 4 and would restart at the back of the 14 cars left on the
track. Thompson inherited the lead back with Colin Baker right on
his tail. They quickly got into lap traffi c and Baker stayed right on
Thompson’s bumper. Thompson would pick up another win closely
followed by Baker, Cooper Desbiens, Shane Forte, and Raquel Ivie.
Quality RV Hornets were up next. Rich Dickinson set the fastest
qualifying lap with a 17.947. James Heating & Air Conditioning
Heat Races were won by Joe Maricle and Josh Corley putting them
on the front row for the main event. Maricle got the early lead but
Eric Ashley quickly took it over. Corley had fallen back to 3rd but
made the pass on Maricle for 2nd and then set to work on Ashley.
The 2 raced hard for over half of the race. Corley made his fi nal
move coming to the checkers and edged out Ashley by just a frac-
tion of second. Brad Moffett fi nished 3rd, KC Scott 4th, and Graig
Osborne rounded out the top 5.
The Late Model class had strong showing of cars for Historical
Night as well and there were some quick guys ready to win! Fast
time went to Kye Frick with a 13.671. There would be 3 James
Heating & Air Conditioning Heat Races for the class and Darren
Coffell, Josh Sim, and David Schmidt all picked up the wins, put-
ting them starting 1st thru 3rd for the main event. 19 cars went 25
laps with only 2 early cautions and Darren Coffell led the entire
way to pick up another Cottage Grove Speedway victory. Blaine
Taylor fi nished 2nd followed by Thomas Hunziker, Rob Campos,
and Josh Sim.
Mohawk Metal IMCA Modifi eds would be the last class to race
3B
for the night and was the largest class on hand with 22 cars entered.
John Campos, Craig Hanson, and Tyler Smith won the James Heat-
ing & Air Conditioning Heat Races. The main event would be in-
verted by point averages and found Tyler Smith and Aaron Sheelar
sharing the front row. The 2 battled hard as the drivers from the
back worked their way up. Grey Ferrando would take the lead over
from his 8th place starting spot and Bricen James grabbed 2nd from
his 9th starting position. James took over the lead and looked to
be the nights winner as he took the white fl ag he got a little out of
shape in turn 1 and fell back to 3rd. Ferrando got the lead back and
won the race followed by Jake Mayden who charged from 22nd all
the way to 2nd in a very impressive run. James fi nished 3rd. Tyler
Smith 4th, and Curtis Towns rounded out the top 5.
Cottage Grove Speedway will be back in action Saturday and
Sunday, September 2nd and 3rd for the Mike Lyons Memorial Kage
Kart King of the West. General Admission is FREE both days, Sat-
urday racing starts around 6 on Saturday and 3 on Sunday.
The Malicious Monster Truck Tour is coming back to Cottage
Grove Speedway September 22nd & 23rd and this year will be even
better than last year with more crushing crashing power! Joining
the best Monster Truck Show in the Country will be the Tuff Trucks
this year. If you would like to enter your Tuff Truck the entry fee
is just $40.00 per night or $75.00 for both nights. The payout will
be $350.00 for 1st, $250.00 for 2nd, and $150.00 for 3rd. Cottage
Grove Speedway is giving you the most Monster Truck Bang for
your Buck with the Malicious Monster Trucks and Tuff Trucks!!
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