ALGER, Wash. — A wild night at Skagit Speedway ended with Trey Starks winning the $15,000 Bob’s Burgers & Brew 360 sprint car feature.
Starks held off hard-charging Dominic Gorden for the victory. Gorden secured the Northern Speedweek Tour “Tribute to Fred Brownfield” championship with his efforts, scoring $9,200 for his week of work.
Gorden and Starks were destined to duel in the 40-lap event after earning the first and second positions through the pole shuffle.
Gorden set out to the early lead with Starks chasing as the pair worked their way into traffic.
On lap 10, Starks found a lane around the outside of turn three and with Gorden slowed up by a lapped car, took the lead.
Starks led until lap 16 when Gorden passed him back for the lead right before a red flag for Justin Youngquist stopped the field for an open red.
As the field refired, Gorden’s car did not take off, necessitating a second push which under Skagit Speedway rules, sends the driver to the back of the field.
Starks would retake the lead while Gorden restarted 20th. As the green fell, Gorden started marching forward, picking up six spots in four laps before another caution hit.
On the next green flag run, Gorden raced to sixth place with 10 laps left before the final yellow slowed the field.
Gorden made his way up to second and closed on Starks with five laps left, but Starks held strong over the final few circuits to take the win and the top prize.
Gorden’s run sealed up his Speedweek title and the Speedmart /Wing Down Pass Master title and $1,000 for the week on top of earning $7,500 for runner up in the main.
Jason Solwold continued his string of consistent runs with a third-place result, earning $5,000 for his run.
The finish:
Trey Starks, Dominic Gorden, Jason Solwold, Robbie Price, Dominic Scelzi, Colton Heath, Jesse Schlotfeldt, Tyler Thompson, Skylar Gee, Willie Croft, Colby Thornhill, Cam Smith, Levi Hillier, Tanner Holm, Levi Klatt, Chase Goetz, Levi Kuntz, Evan Margeson, Jeff Dunlap, Jordan Milne, Kai Dixon, Greg Hamilton, Justin Youngquist, Dallas Melby