Zach Johnson Conquers Early Thaw
Written by I Dig SportsCASA GRANDE, Ariz. The halfway point of the Ernie Mincy Early Thaw Memorial at Central Arizona Raceway was reached Saturday night with 131 entries in the six divisions.
Late model action had Zach Johnson getting the good start with Ricky Weiss a second behind. By lap nine, Johnson was in traffic and on lap 19 in turn three was caught behind a car and Weiss got past on the low side.
But the yellow was needed and the lap was not completed.
Johnson had no problems after the restart and collected the win. Clayton Stuckey passed Weiss on lap 19 to finish second and Weiss was third.
Tom Berry Jr. took off in the modified main and by the halfway mark Kollin Hibdon was closing. A yellow flag with seven laps remaining gave Hibdon an opportunity.
But Berry Jr. maintained a half second lead and collected the win over Hibdon with Jason Blood finishing third.
The limited mod main was a flag-to-flag drive for Jess Brekke for the win. Jake Smith was close for a couple laps but Brekke stretched his lead. Smith finished second and Lucas Rodin was third.
Stock car action featured a three wide battle for the lead out of turn four on lap three and it was Shelby Williams who was first across the line.
Williams led the remaining laps to win while Kaden Woodie was second and Jason Rogers finished third.
Ryan Perry won his second main of the week in Northern sport mods with a flag-to-flag win. Payce Herrera looked like a significant threat was likely but a car length or two was the gap each lap. Jake Kierstead was third behind Herrera.
The super stock main belonged to Max Nelson for a win. Nelson has a first, second and a third place finish on opening week.
Next Thursday the second week of the Ernie Mincy Early Thaw Memorial will race three more times. Watch all the action on SPEEDSPORT.tv.