Robbie Price shows the way in front of packed Skagit Speedway house on fireworks night

With a packed house watching on, Robbie Price found Skagit Speedway success on Saturday Night with his first win of the year. With Les Schwab supporting the racing action and fireworks to follow, it was Price, Jeff Westergard and Colin Sims taking home feature wins.

Price and Colton Heath started the main event in row one and after swapping moves and race lines multiple times in the first two laps, Robbie found the forward bite he needed to pull away and establish a strong lead. Heath settled into second and spent most of the race trying to keep Price from ditching him in traffic — Robbie had just finished lapping 11th place when a lap 24 caution bunched the field. Heath had cut Robbie’s lead in half right before the caution came out, but on the ensuing restart, chaos erupted from second on back, as Jesse Schlotfeldt and Jason Solwold had monster restarts that pushed them into podium finishing positions. No one could catch Price who rolled on to win the features ahead of Schlotfeldt and Solwold. Trey Starks set quick time. Heat races were won by Chase Goetz, Garen Linder, Schlotfeldt and Cam Smith.

Jeff Westergard won his first Skagit Aggregates Modifieds main event at Skagit Speedway. Westergard took the lead from Brent Morris on lap 12 and went on to win his first feature of the season at his home track. Alan Grimbly ran second with Ben Gunderson taking third. Grimbly and Gunderson were heat winners along with Austin Smith.

In the Hornet class, Colin Sims held off a strong challenge from Steve Peters to win the A Feature. Peters would try every line he could find, but Sims had the right defensive move for each attempt to stay ahead and win the race. Peters and Brian Michelson rounded out the podium. Michelson was fast time while heat race wins went to Howard Vos and Tazio Andreasson.

360 Sprints

• Fast Time - Trey Starks 11.977
• Heat 1 - Chase Goetz
• Heat 2 - Garen Linder
• Heat 3 - Jesse Schlotfeldt
• Heat 4 - Cam Smith
• Main - Robbie Price, Jesse Schlotfeldt, Jason Solwold, Colby Thornhill, Cam Smith, Colton Heath, Chase Goetz, Levi Hillier, Tanner Holm, Jordan Milne, Jordi Meese, Levi Klatt, Kai Dixon, Reece Goetz, Bill Rude, Dustin Gehring, Trey Starks, Brock Lemley, Axel Oudman, Garen Linder, Levi Kuntz, Mike Brown, Colin Mackey, Dallas Melby
• Lap Leaders - Price 1-30

Hornets

• Fast Time - Brian Michelson 18.754
• Heat 1 - Howard Vos
• Heat 2 - Tazio Andreasson
• Main - Colin Sims, Steve Peters, Brian Michelson, Wyatt Covert, Raven Skaugrud, David Dykstra, Tazio Andreasson, Ian Buck, Robert Hays, Leanne King, Scott Henry, Dave Hill, Howard Vos, Dan O’Keefe, Brandt Burress, Braxton Houseman, William Zottneck, Jeff Woolsey, Brent Shetler, Mike Guffey
• Lap Leaders - Sims 1-18

Skagit Aggregates Modifieds

• Heat 1 - Austin Smith
• Heat 2 - Alan Grimbly
• Heat 3 - Ben Gunderson
• Main - Jeff Westergard, Alan Grimbly, Ben Gunderson, James Bundy, Kevin Smith, Trevor Labarge, Steve Peters, Dan Butenschoen, Ben Malmstadt, Rick Smith, Brent Morris, TJ Larsen, Lee Swift, Adam Holtrop, Branden Nutter, Greg Hibma, Austin Smith, Jakob Smith
• Lap Leaders - Morris 1-11 Westergard 12-16

Next event

Saturday, July 13: 410 Sprint Cars; Sportsman Sprint Cars; NW Focus Midgets. Gates open at 5 p.m. and racing starts at 7.

This story was originally published July 8, 2024 at 4:39 PM with the headline "Robbie Price shows the way in front of packed Skagit Speedway house on fireworks night."