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Fought wins winged sprint car Cast Iron Nationals

Submitted Rita Witte<br> Ephrata Raceway Park | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 13 years, 7 months AGO

EPHRATA - The sun was shinning at Ephrata Raceway Park, with warm and perfect weather making for great racing with the Starbound sponsored  Winged Sprint Car Cast Iron Nationals, Ephrata Pioneer Muffler II WMRA, Pure Stocks and Pepsi Street Stocks.

Tom Beierman led the Winged Sprint Car Cast Iron Nationals  for 31 laps of the 50 lap main event when Othello driver Mike Fought, coming back from a tough wreck in the heat race, took over the lead to win the Winged Sprint Car Cast Iron Nationals followed by Jeff Bird of Victoria, Canada and Joe Smith from Moses Lake.

Pat Bliss from Oregon took the main event of the Washington Midget Racing Association.

In the Pepsi Street Stock main, Mike Cochran gets the early lead,  but Jason Ray moves around Cochran on the eighth lap and holds on to the finish.

With only a few laps remaining of the Ephrata Pioneer Muffler II Pure Stocks, Colton fisher pushed to the front to take over the main event.

All June 4 results:

Ephrata Pioneer Muffler II Pure Stocks

Fast Time: Derreck Kapalo: 16:76; Trophy Dash A: 1) Derrick Kapalo; Trophy Dash B: 1) Chris McCart; Heat Race: 1) Chris McCart 2) Doug Brown 3) Nathan Schell 4) Dustin Kynastin  5) Camber Yates 6) Jacob McGraw; Main Event:  1) Colton Fisher 2) Brad Arnesson 3) Doug Brown 4) Glen Hector 5) Dustin Kynaston 6) Nathan Schell 7) Jeremy Larsen 8) Derrick Kapalo.

Pepsi Street Stocks

Fast Time: Jason Ray: 16:23; Trophy A: 1) Jason Ray;  Heat: 1) Jason Ray 2) Mike Bise 3) Mike Cochran 4) Rick Bretches; Main Event: 1) Jason Ray 2) Mike Cochran  3) Rick Bretches 4) Mike Bise 5) Shard Darwood 6) Tyler Redin.

Washington Midget Racing Association

Fast Time: Cole Tuppling: 13:77; Trophy Dash: Cole Tupling; Heat: 1) Pat Bliss 2) Cole Tupling 3) Troy Globe 4) Kris McKizzie 5) Ethan Livernash 6) Brian Crutcher; Main: 1) Pat Bliss 2) Troy Globe 3) Ethan Livernash 4) Kris McKizzie 5) Brian Crutcher.

Winged Sprint Car Cast Iron Nationals

Fast Time: Joe Smith 12:88; Trophy Dash A: Whitney Nolan, Trophy Dash B: Joe Smith Trophy C: Richard Black; Heat A: 1) Cam McLean 2) Whitney Nolan 3) Jeff Bird 4) Kevin Burck 5) Mervyn Barcleo; Heat B: 1) Adam Smith 2) Tom Beierman 3) Richard Black 4) Jatender Veenstra 5) Tom Hill 6) Dennis McDonald; Main Event: 1) Mike Fought 2) Jeff Bird 3) Joe Smith 4) Kevin Burck 5) Tom Beierman 6) Cam McLean 7) Jatender Veenstra 8) Richard Black 9) Dennis McDonald 10) Tom Hill 11) Rich Fast 12) Mervyn Barcleo.

The next race is Saturday brings in I.C.A.R. Late Models, Golden Wheels, Vintage Sprints, Kim Janke State Farm Agent Youth Hornets, Schaeffer Oil Mini Stocks. 

Gates open at 5 p.m. with racing starting at 7 p.m

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ARTICLES BY SUBMITTED RITA WITTE<BR> EPHRATA RACEWAY PARK

June 8, 2011 6 a.m.

Fought wins winged sprint car Cast Iron Nationals

EPHRATA - The sun was shinning at Ephrata Raceway Park, with warm and perfect weather making for great racing with the Starbound sponsored  Winged Sprint Car Cast Iron Nationals, Ephrata Pioneer Muffler II WMRA, Pure Stocks and Pepsi Street Stocks.

Hector, Garber win I.C.A.R Twins 50's
June 15, 2011 6:15 a.m.

Hector, Garber win I.C.A.R Twins 50's

EPHRATA - I.C.A.R. Late Models returned to the 1/4 mile high banked asphalt oval at Ephrata for two fast, action packed 50 lap mains.  Hometown favorite Eric Hector, starting from the back and moving around  Dave Garber and taking