EVANS
WINS FIRST EVER NORTHWEST PASS SLM
RACE APPLE BLOSSOM
200 AT WVSO
WENATCHEE, Wash. – Last year
Garrett Evans was racing on the East
Coast in Pass North and South races
hoping that one day that PASS would
come to the Northwest. Well, that
day came Saturday when Evans powered
his way to the front of the pack to
win the Apple Blossom 200 at the
Wenatchee Valley Super Oval. Some of
the best in the west came to Central
Washington to display their talents
and they did just that. “That had to
be one of the best Late Model races
I’ve ever been involved in” said
Evans in victory lane in his Leonard
Evans Used Car Superstore Chevrolet.
Evans took the lead from Gary Lewis
with just 14 laps left to get the
win. Evans, Lewis and Shane Mitchell
made it a 3 car battle for the last
30 laps while 2012 Pass National
Champion Jay Foggleman used patience
and nosed his way into the battle
for the last 5 laps. Mitchell
finished second followed by Lewis,
Foglleman and Jon Hubbert to round
out the top five.
Ron Eaton
started the day off when he
qualified fast time at a 12.735 on
the fastest quarter-mile in the
Northwest. When it came time to draw
for starting position it didn’t go
so well for Eaton when his draw put
him tenth on the starting grid. Owen
Riddle drew one and Lewis drew two.
With Lewis on the outside of row 1,
he used it to his advantage taking
the lead on lap 1. He held that lead
until Josh Roberts took the lead on
lap 36. Mitchell battled with
Roberts for the lead and took it on
lap 50, Lewis followed Mitchell
underneath of Roberts to take
second. On lap 70 Lewis and Mitchell
made contact sending both cars
sideways and to the back of the
pack. Roberts retook the lead
putting Brent Harris behind him for
second. Harris and Roberts battled
for the lead for 19 laps before
Harris took the lead on Lap 89 and
carried it until the Lap 100 break.
Harris started out with lead for
the first 15 laps until Evans was
able to get by him. By lap 144 both
Lewis and Mitchell had made their
way back through the field running
second and third behind Evans. Lewis
got by Evans on the outside on lap
167. Evans and Lewis battled for 22
laps before Evans got back by Lewis
taking the lead for the rest of the
way. In victory lane all 3 drivers
were exhausted but all agreed that
it had to be one of the best races
they had been in and a great one for
the fans. “The fans definitely got
their money's worth tonight; that
was one heck of a race.” Mitchell
said after a long battle with Lewis
and Evans.
The Northwest Pro
4 Alliance was also in action
fielding 17 cars for a race that saw
defending NW Pro 4 Alliance Champion
Bud Rumsey come all the way from
14th on the field to win the race.
“We didn’t qualify very well but our
car was hooked up for the race”
Rumsey said as this was the first
race of the season for the NW Pro 4
Alliance. Steve Thompson finished
second followed by Eddie Secord in
third.
The WESCO Sprints also
started off their season with Cody
Stewart capturing the win followed
by Rick Fast and Tim Halliday. The
Jerry’s Auto Supply Super Tuners saw
a great battle with 25 laps of nose
to tail racing which pushed Cameron
Bruggman to the front to collect his
first win of the season. Michelle
Kennedy finished second and was
followed by Jordan Hendrickson in
third.
The PASS series
returns June 15 for the Columbia
River 150 and second race in the
WVSO Triple Crown along with the
Wenatchee 300 August 9th and 10th.
For more information on
Wenatchee Valley Super Oval or any
of the visiting classes this season,
visit
www.wvso.com.
OFFICIAL PASS NORTHWEST SLM
RESULTS 200 Laps
- WVSO - 4/27/13
1. 64 - Garrett Evans - 200
Laps 2. 99 - Shane Mitchell -
200 3. 73 - Gary Lewis - 200
4. 4s - Jay Fogleman - 200 5. 3
- Jon Hubbert - 200 6. 9x - Josh
Roberts - 200 7. 38 - Grant
Brown - 200 8. 49 - Brian Levant
- 200 9. 83 - Braden Havens -
199 10. 1 - Mitch Kleyn - 197
11. 90 - Molly Helmuth - 188
12. 91 - Alan Cress - 170 13. 22
- Jonathan Gomez - 167
