Camron Diatte Wins Second Dwarf Feature Of The Week; Logsdon Conquers Micros At SSP
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Dryden Racing Media)
Banks, Oregon- Sunset Speedway Park hosted the Interstate Sprint Car Series on Thursday, August 16th as well as two additional classes. They were the Dwarf Cars and Micro Sprints. The Dwarf Cars, like the Sprints, were participating in their first Speedweek and Thursday marked the fifth race of the week for him.
Josh Rodgers, of Longview, Washington, got to the front on the first lap of the Dwarf main. St. Helens driver Jimmy Brinster slipped past Rodgers on the second circuit. Brinster held the position tightly for quite some time until lap nine when Camron Diatte made it around him shortly after a restart. Diatte would have to master several restarts due to a fair number of yellow flags being thrown. Despite being challenged several times the Salinas, California chauffeur held on to win his second win of the Dwarf Speedweek and the first repeat winner of the series.
Macie Logsdon would take care of business in the Micro feature. Casey Starr, of Newberg, showed the way the first two laps before Logsdon made the move to the front. Logsdon, Mount Vernon, Washington, pulled away for some time but started to feel some pressure from Starr towards the end. Macie Logsdon held on to win the main event the third time she has visited victory lane this season.
There will be no racing this weekend at Sunset Speedway Park. However, SSP will be a part of the annual Banks BBQ over the weekend. A full schedule of events can be located at http://bankssunsetpark.com/bbq/ . The next race will be Friday, August 24th, and Saturday, the 25th. The “Banks Bullring” will be in action for the Doug Walters Classic with Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, Street Stocks, Pure Stocks, and 4-Bees. For more information log on to www.sunsetspeedwaypark.com .
Race Results:
Thursday, August 16th, 2018
Sunset Speedway Park
Banks, Oregon
Micro Sprints
A Feature: 1. 70-Macie Logsdon; 2. 13*-Casey Starr; 3. 27C-Paul Cengic; 4. 20-Cole Patrick; 5. 88-Dave Ward; 6. 39-Jo Jo Batalgia; 7. 72-Madysen Bigsby
Dwarf Cars
A Feature: 1. 75B-Camron Diatte; 2. 53K-Jake Van Ortwick; 3. 22K-Anthony Pope; 4. 29O-Jake Tupper; 5. 18O-Shane Youngren; 6.2O-Jimmy Brinster; 7. 17M-Mack Marmon; 8. 36-Corey Esteban; 9. 68-Greg Long; 10. 96K-Jeremiah Hester; 11. 24K-Justin DeMars; 12. 46O-Dennis Liebig; 13. 88K-Josh Rodgers; 14. 4K-Mikee Clark; 15. 48C-Brian Lee; 16. 63X-Jonathan Henry; 17. 5K-Brandon Ross; 18. 88S-John Chrisman
B Feature 1: 1. 88S-John Chrisman; 2. 5K-Brandon Ross; 3. 24K-Justin DeMars; 4. 63-Brandon Wiley; 5. 18C-Rick Taylor; 6. 72K-Kyle Felich; 7. 54-Dave Brune; 8. 4S-Joe Sanders; 9. 5X-Gary Wegener; 10. 60-Steve Schreiner
B Feature 2: 1. 48C-Brian Lee; 2. 29O-Jake Tupper; 3. 68-Greg Long; 4. 10S-Fred Hay; 5. 777-Mikey Johnson; 6. 98K-Erin Morganstern; 7. 16O-Nick Wymore; 8. D4-Shawn Dorie