June 17,
2006... Tim Kaeding gave everything he could, but he
simply couldn’t catch Jonathan Allard, who became the
sixth driver in the 35 year history of Skagit
Speedway’s Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup to win it
back-to-back.
Allard, out of Chico, California, started the 40-lap
Dirt Cup Race of Champions outside the front row after
finishing second in the A-Scramble. Allard had started
that six-lap race outside the third row, and made moving
up to second place look easy.
Allard maintained a steady lead throughout the main
event, and used a number of timely red flags to have his
crew make changes, including critical repairs involving
the Jacobs ladder in the rear of the car during a lap 16
stop. As the laps counted down near the end, Allard
crept closer to heavy traffic in front of him, reaching
it with two laps to go, allowing Kaeding to close in.
Kaeding,
however, ran out of time, making a bonsai move low
through turns three and four. Kaeding just missed the
slide job on Allard in the final turn, and then narrowly
nipped Sedro-Woolley’s Chad Hillier at the line to
finish second.
Jason Solwold, returning home to Washington to his
former ride with Marc Huson, finished fourth, followed
by California’s Jason Meyers. Former Dirt Cup champion
Shane Stewart of Oklahoma, Texas visitor Travis Rilat,
B-Main transfer Sean Becker, Deming’s Brock Lemley,
and former two-time Dirt Cup champion Steve Kent rounded
out the top ten.
Tough luck struck 17-year-old
California visitor Robert Ballou,
who spun out on lap 19 while running in the fifth
position.
Sean Becker won a 25-lap B-Main event that transferred
eight cars to the A-Main event. Brock Lemley made a late
race charge to transfer after cutting down a tire
earlier. Jason York won the 20-lap C-Main race, then
moved his way up to transfer out of the B-Main as well.
Kyle Hirst won the 15-lap D-Main race, then missed
transferring to the B-Main by only one position.
Rick Fauver won the A-Scramble, while Dennis Moore Jr.
won the B-Scramble and Jason York the C-Scramble.
Sixty-six different teams competed in the 35th edition
of Skagit Speedway’s crown jewel event.
35th Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup – Final Night
Skagit Speedway – Alger, WA
June 17, 2006
Unofficial results
D-Main (15 laps): 1. 99 Kyle Hirst, 2. 59 Andy Jacobson,
3. 7o Roger Oudman, 4. 17v Danny Faria Jr., 5. 99e Alex
Hantell, 6. 7s Rick Ziehl, 7. 13r Glenn Reinstra, 8. 25a
Adriana, 9. 31 Danny Bullock, 10. 14J Kelleigh Johnson,
11. 9B Paul Burdick, 12. 79k Kelsey Carpenter, 13. 15D
Dan Dunlap, 14. 3 Dan Pierson.
C-Scramble (6 laps): 1. 5sp Jason York, 2. 41B Brad
Pritchard, 3. 23b Seth Bergman, 4. 71 Johnny Gray, 5. 28
Rick Smith, 6. V8 Jeff Hodgson.
B-Scramble (6 laps): 1. 0K Dennis Moore Jr., 2. 35a Sean
Becker, 3. 1D Ronnie Day, 4. 7J Travis Jacobson, 5. 2
Brad Furr, 6. 10 Stephan Allard.
A-Scramble (6 laps): 1. 26 Rick Fauver, 2. 0 Jonathan
Allard, 3. 5 Chad Hillier, 4. 83 Tim Kaeding, 5. 7N
Steve Kent, 6. 73 Jason Solwold.
C-Main (20 laps): 1. 5sp Jason York, 2. 41B Brad
Pritchard, 3. 23B Seth Bergman, 4. V8 Jeff Hodgson, 5.
99 Kyle Hirst, 6. 28 Rick Smith, 7. 12 Jared Ridge, 8.
17v Danny Faria Jr., 9. 38 Jason Bloodgood, 10. 59 Andy
Jacobson, 11. 14B Brandon Johnson, 12. 1 Jimmy Dietz,
13. 25m Taylor Malsam, 14. 44j Abe Sherwood, 15. 8B
Blake Brigge, 16. 7s Rick Ziehl, 17. 71 Johnny Gray, 18.
7o Roger Oudman, 19. 17 Kelly Barnett, 20. 99e Alex
Hantell.
A-Main (40 laps): 1. 0 Jonathan Allard, 2. 83 Tim
Kaeding, 3. 5 Chad Hillier, 4. 73 Jason Solwold, 5. 14
Jason Meyers, 6. 26s Shane Stewart, 7. 29r Travis Rilat,
8. 35a Sean Becker, 9. 40 Brock Lemley, 10. 7N Steve
Kent, 11. 0K Dennis Moore Jr., 12. 88 Jesse Whitney, 13.
8r Travis Rutz, 14.
12B Robert Ballou,
15. 69 Brent Kaeding, 16. 75 Roy Blumenhagen, 17. 26
Rick Fauver, 18. 5sp Jason York, 19. 66 Barry Martinez,
20. 18 Steve Kilcup, 21. 9 Jayme Barnes, 22. 2 Brad Furr,
23. 69t John Tharp, 24. 7j Travis Jacobson.
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