Monroe, WA – June 1, 2008 – This past weekend the Washington Quarter Midget Association hosted the first ever combination Region 9 Race and States Race with a total of 219 cars signed in for the grands format style event. Warm and sunny weather greeted the participants from around the northwest for practice on Friday but on Saturday morning Mother Nature kept playing hide and seek with the sun as handlers made their final adjustments for qualifying.

There were 35 entries in the tough Senior Honda division. The fastest of all of them was Little Wheel’s Trevor Deaver who continued the onslaught of track records. He was followed by Racing Rascal’s C.J. Hawley with 2nd fast time and then Kayla Pittman also from Little Wheels with 3rd fast time.

Portland Junior Novices Brooke Schimmel and Kole Raz were 1st and 3rd fast while Little Wheel’s Courtney Cooper finished with 2nd fast time. In the Senior Novice division Little Wheels drivers Max Schroeder and Dana Geary were finished 1st and 3rd fastest times and WQMA driver Garret Hanson was 2nd fastest.

The next cars to blister the track were in the Light 160 division. With thirty five cars in this group the competition was tight and times were very impressive. In the end it was Langley’s Liam Ryan with fast time followed by a pair of Portland drivers as Gracin Raz and Keegan Walmer finished 2nd and 3rd fastest.

Local WQMA driver Cierra Edison topped the field in the Heavy 160 division with her fast time and new track record. I‐5’s Allison Journey qualified second and Langley’s Brayden Planko finished with 3rd fast time.

The fast Jr. Stock field was topped by Chase Ostman with his second fast time of the day. Second fast time went to Peyton Reed and fellow WQMA driver Sean Syth finished with 3rd fast time. In the Senior Stock division it was a trio of Portland drivers with the top 3 spots as Kady Adelman, Gracin Raz, and Tyler Walker qualified 1 – 2 – 3.

Next out was the Briggs World Formula class and the speeds were high as 3 cars broke under the 6.00 second mark. The fastest time and track record went again to Liam Ryan while WQMA driver’s Kiley Van Amburg and Chance Crum finished with 2nd and 3rd fast time.

In the Light B division was also swept by a trio of Portland QMRA drivers as Keegan Walmer led the way with fast time. He was followed by Dawson Loehner with 2nd fast time and Kady Adelman with second fast time.

After qualifying wrapped up Saturday afternoon it was time to start the first of our 39 main events that because of the car count started with F mains for three different divisions. The first race out was the Junior Honda F Main Event and the winner was Little Wheel’s Kierra Nissen who also won the E Main as well. The D and C Mains for Junior Honda went to Chance Brogan from the I‐5 club while the B Main was won by WQMA driver Justin Brave. The A Main event was won by Chase Ostman, completing his sweep of the division while I‐5’s Justin Sample continued his strong season with a 2nd place finish and Portland’s Lindsey Barney rounded out the top 3.

In the Senior Honda Division it was I‐5’s Dylan Volz taking the F Main win followed by Little Wheels driver Brodie Brewer winning the E and D Main Events. The C Main was won by fellow Little Wheels driver Alex Gauthier and the B Main went to Alex Peck – also from Little Wheels. The A Main event saw lots of passing and great action all over the track. At the checkered it was C.J. Hawley improving one spot from last year’s finish taking the victory as Little Wheel’s Connor Peck was second and Racing Rascals driver Ashley Kuhlman finished in third.

The Light 160 class also started with an F Main event which was one by I‐5’s Dylan Volz. The E Main went to Langley’s Kyle Mitchell and D Main to Alex Gautheir of Little Wheels. The C Main went to Ashley Kuhlman and Little Wheels driver Seth Cooper carred the checkered in the B Main. In the A Main Event Liam Ryan complete the division’s sweep with a win while Little Wheel’s Alex Deaver followed in 2nd and 3rd place went to Ashley Kuhlman.

The Briggs WF C Main Event was a hot one but after an overnight break it was WQMA’s Jack McGeehan with the colorful win. Fellow WQMA driver Colton Price took the B Main and finsihed 3rd in the A Main. In the A Main WQMA’s Kiley Van Amburg made a great late race pass to take the checkers while Allison Journey finished a strong 2nd place finsih.

The Heavy Honda class featured a B Main event that was won by WQMA’s own Darren Suit. In the A Main it was Langley’s Alex Schaffert that endured for the win and WQMA’s new comer Austin Edson finished 2nd while transfer Darren Suit came home in 3rd place.

In the Heavy 160 B Main it was Little Wheels driver Blake Wood winning the first transfer spot moving to the A Main where I‐5’s Allison Journey led the way with a victory. She was followed by Langley’s Nick Schaffert and WQMA’s Kiley Van Amburg.

Gracin Raz from Portland won the Light Mod B Main and then followed that up with a 3rd place finish in the A Main Event. The winner of this division’s feature was Keegain Walmer, also from Portland finishing just ahead of Chance Crum from WQMA.

It was Chase Ostman with the checkered flag after the Jr. Stock A Main as he completed a weekend double double. Coming across the line in 2nd was Peyton Reed who finsihed ahead of Sean Syth. All top 3 drivers from WQMA.