Willamette Speedway
Swayngim fights off Glaser at Willamette
By Bill Poehler
DirtonDirt.com correspondentLEBANON, Ore. (Sept. 20) — Tory Swayngim of Sodaville, Ore., overtook Bob Boyd of Albany, Ore., on the 19th lap and held off three-time and defending series champion Trevor Glaser of Tangent, Ore., at Willamette Speedway for his first Hoosier I-5 Challenge victory of the season.
Boyd started outside the front row in the 50-lapper and took control early, building a straightaway advantage after just four laps. A lap-14 caution bunched the field and Swayngim took the second spot from Cody Sell two laps later. Swayngim went to the low side and slipped under Boyd to take command on lap 19. Glaser followed suit and hounded Swayngim the last half of the race, but couldn't find a way past. Glaser finished second followed by 16th-starting Mike Miller of Springfield, Ore., Bob Boyd and his brother Randy Boyd.
Notes: Rob Mayea leads the Hoosier I-5 Challenge championship chase by 30 points with one race remaining on Sept. 26-27 at Southern Oregon Speedway in Medford. Trevor Glaser, gunning for his fourth straight series title, is second. ... Glaser has four consecutive Willamette Super Late Model titles. ... Fast qualifier Mike Miller was piloting a Rick Wyatt-owned car after he wrecked his regular machine a week earlier at Grays Harbor Raceway Park. ... Mayea, who finished eighth in the Hoosier I-5 feature, won the night's modified main event. He's won the last three modified championships at Willamette. ... Russ Sell, seventh in the Hoosier I-5 event, won the super sport feature, the track's Limited Late Model division. Sell as eight super sport victories in 2008 and has wrapped up the division championship.
Hoosier I-5 @ Willamette: (1) Tory Swayngim, (2) Trevor Glaser, (3) Mike Miller, (4) Bob Boyd, (5) Randy Boyd, (6) Cody Sell, (7) Russ Sell, (8) Rob Mayea, (9) Darren Coffell, (10) Brady Sell, (11) Brett McCutcheon, (12) Anthony Hopper, (13) Bruce Hipple, (14) Todd Shandy, (15) Todd Sieg, (16) Jeremy Shank, (17) John Campos, (18) Kevin Keeney. Fast qualifier: Miller, 16.131 seconds. Dash winner: R. Sell. Heat race winners: Tom Pitts, Anthony Hopper, Greg Brooks, Boyd. Consolation winners: Pitts, Hopper.
