Carson Hammes leads 360 sprints heading into Saturday's point race
May 17—Winged 360 sprints, Crate Sprints, and Hobby Stocks are scheduled for this Saturday night during championship point event No. 10 at Marysville Raceway. Carson Hammes leads the charge for the 360 sprint cars. He holds an 11-point edge over Billy Wallace. Hammes is fresh off his first career main event win at Marysville.
Hobby Stock champion Howard Law was back to his winning ways and wound up in victory lane last weekend. He now trails Jason Clayton Sr. by just four points. Kyle Cheney and Law now each have two wins. Koa Crane leads the Crate Sprints with three wins and holds a 14-point lead over Misty Castleberry.
Pit gate is scheduled to open at 3 p.m. The front gate is set to open at 5 p.m. Winged 360 sprint car qualifying begins at 6:30 p.m. with racing to follow.
Tickets for this event can be purchased in advance by visiting https://www.eventsprout.com/event/marysville-raceway-2024.
What happened last week
Hammes earned a hard fought 25-lap main event win Saturday night at Marysville Raceway. It was Hammes' first career 360 sprint car victory. He was joined by an overflow of family and friends on the front stretch after the win. Two weeks prior, his brother Dawson won the main event. The Hammes brothers are a force to be reckoned with in 2024 in Marysville. With the win, Hammes is the current point leader at Marysville. He holds a commanding 11-point edge over Billy Wallace. Hammes is 15 points above his brother Dawson. Drake Standley, who finished second tonight, currently sits fourth in points, 16 points shy of Hammes.
Standley led the first six laps of the 25-lap main event. Standley struggled just enough in trying to pass slower cars that it allowed Carson Hammes to drive by him and assume the lead. While Hammes never relinquished the lead, Standley did close in on the final few laps and only finished 0.334 behind at the checkered flag.
The Hobby Stock main event was marred by over 10 yellow flags during their 21-lap main event. The race went into two overtimes because in coming down to receive the original checkered flag an accident brought out the yellow flag. By rule the race needs to end with two laps raced, according to organizers.
Hence, lap 19, then the white flag on lap 20, then the checkered-on lap 21. But even with the two-lap dash numerous wrecks completely changed the outcome. The smartest guy on track was Howard Law. He quickly raced his way into the lead and avoided all the silliness behind him. Jason Clayton Jr. was awarded the second-place finish. Devin Koranda utilized the high and scary line around the track and finished third. Austin Shelby, who earlier won a heat race, drove smart all night and was able to capture the fourth spot. Kevin Thomas battled all night to finish fifth.
Full results can be found at https://speedhive.mylaps.com/events/2607906.
