BY: Chris Santos
9/8/22…ALGER WASHINGTON: LAST THURSDAY NIGHT, TYLER THOMPSON & HIS TEAM WOULD MAKE THE TRIP TO SKAGIT SPEEDWAY TO RUN WITH THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CARS FOR NIGHT ONE OF THE 2022 SAGE FRUIT NATIONALS. TYLER WOULD GET HIS NIGHT ROLLING IN QUALIFYING WHERE HE WOULD NEED A GOOD LAP TO SET HIMSELF UP NICELY FOR THE EVENING. HE WOULD LAY DOWN A LAP THAT WOULD PUT HIM 28TH QUICK OUT OF 31 WINGED 410 SPRINT CARS.
HIS QUALIFYING EFFORTS PUT HIM DEEP IN A HEAT RACE, WHERE HE WOULD START INSIDE OF ROW 4 IN THE 7TH POSITION. TYLER WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ONE SPIT TO FINISH 6TH BUT WOULD MISS THE FEATURE BY ONE SPOT. NEXT UP WAS THE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WHERE TYLER WOULD ROLL OFF FROM THE 4TH & FINAL TRANSFER POSITION. AFTER STARTING 4TH HE WOULD HOLD ONTO THE FINAL TRANSFER AND FINISH 4TH, MOVING ONTO THE FEATURE.
HE WOULD START 24TH IN THE FEATURE, HOPING TO GET SOME GOOD LAPS AND MOVE FORWARD A FEW SPOTS, TYLER WOULD DO JUST THAT AS AFTER STARTING 24TH, HE WOULD FIND HIS WAY UP TO THE 21ST POSITION WHERE HE WOULD FINISH THE FEATURE. FRIDAY NIGHT TYLER WOULD RETURN TO ACTION AT SKAGIT SPEEDWAY FOR NIGHT TWO OF THE 2022 SAGE FRUIT NATIONALS. HE WOULD ROLL INTO THE PIT AREA LOOKING TO IMPROVE FROM HIS 21ST PLACE FINISH ONE HAD ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
TYLER WOULD GET HIS NIGHT OFF TO A MUCH BETTER START AS HE WOULD GO OUT EARLY IN QUALIFYING AND WAS ABLE TO LAY DOWN A GOOD LAP. HIS EFFORTS WOULD PUT HIM 17TH IN QUALIFYING & PUT HIM IN A SOLID SPOT FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. HEAT RACE NUMBER ONE HAD TYLER STARTING INSIDE OF ROW THREE IN THE FIFTH & FINAL TRANSFER POSITION. HOWEVER, HE WOULD STRUGGLE IN THE HEAT RACE AS HE WOULD FALL BACK TO THE 7TH POSITION AND FINISH TWO SPOTS OUT OF A TRANSFER POSITION.
THE HEAT RACE STRUGGLES WOULD PUT HIM IN THE SECOND STARTING POSITION OUTSIDE OF ROW ONE FOR THE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN. HE WOULD BATTLE HARD IN THE LCS & WOULD JUST BARELY HOLD ON FOR THE 4TH & FINAL TRANSFER SPOT TO MAKE THE FEATURE ON NIGHT TWO .
IN THE FEATURE HE WOULD ONCE AGAIN ROLL OFF FROM ROW NUMBER TWELVE IN THE 24TH STARTING POSITION. HOWEVER, TYLER SEEMED TO HAVE FOUND SOME SPEED FOR THE FEATURE AS HE WAS ABLE TO TO MOVE FORWARD 8 SPOTS & FINISH 16TH, EARNING THE HARD CHARGER ON THE EVENING.
COMING INTO SATURDAY THINGS SEEMED TO BE TRENDING UPWARD FOR TYLER & HIS TEAM. THEY WERE COMING OFF A GOOD FINISH ON FRIDAY NIGHT & LOOKED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND FINISH THE SAGE FRUIT NATIONALS OFF ON A HIGH NOTE!
HE WOULD CONTINUE TO SHOW SOME SOLID SPEED IN QUALIFYING AS ON SATURDAY NIGHT, HE WOULD GO 21ST QUICK OUT OF 32 WINGED 410 SPRINT CARS. THAT WOULD PUT TYLER IN A SOLID SPOT FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING WITH A SHOT TO MAKE ANOTHER WORLD OF OUTLAWS FEATURE EVENT.
TYLER WOULD START ON THE OUTSIDE OF ROW THREE IN THE 6TH STARTING POSITION FOR HEAT RACE NUMBER ONE. HOWEVER CAR STRUGGLES WOULD CONTINUE TO HINDER HIM & HIS TEAM AS HE WOULD FALL BACK ONE SPOT AND FINISH 7TH TWO SPOTS OUT OF A TRANSFER.
FOR THE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN TYLER WOULD START ON THE INSIDE OF ROW THREE IN THE 5TH POSITION JUST ONE SPOT OUT OF A TRANSFER. HOWEVER, SKAGIT WOULD ONCE AGAIN BE TOUGH TO PASS ON, AND TYLER WOULD FINISH HIS NIGHT IN 5TH ONE SPOT OUT OF THE TRANSFER.
SUNDAY TYLER WOULD MAKE THE DRIVE TO GRAYS HARBOR RACEWAY IN ELMA WASHINGTON TO RUN THE PRELUDE TO THE OUTLAWS 360 EVENT IN THE COOK MOTORSPORTS NUMBER 22X. A SOLID FIELD OF SEVENTEEN WINGED 360 SPRINT CARS WOULD HIGHLIGHT A SOLID NIGHT OF WINGED 360 SPRINT CAR RACING.
HE WOULD START HIS NIGHT OFF IN QUALIFYING WHERE HE WOULD STRUGGLE EARLY ON. TYLER WOULD GO OUT AND GO 11TH QUICK OUT OF THE 17 WINGED 360 SPRINT CARS THAT WENT OUT FOR QUALIFYING.
THE HEAT RACE WOULD SEE TYLER ROLL OFF FROM THE POLE POSITION, STARTING ON THE INSIDE OF ROW 1. HE WOULD FIND SOME SOLID SPEED IN THE HEAT RACE AS HE WOULD LEAD EVERY LAP AND GO ON TO WIN HIS HEAT RACE, TRYING TO SALVAGE HIS NIGHT.
WHEN THE FEATURE EVENT ROLLED AROUND, TYLER WOULD START INSIDE OF ROW SIX IN THE 11TH STARTING POSITION. IN THE COOK MOTORSPORTS MACHINE TYLER WOULD BE MOVING AS HE WAS ABLE TO PASS A HANDFUL OF CARS. WHEN THE CHECKERED FLAG FELL TYLER WENT FROM 11TH-5TH TAKING HOME A SOLID TOP FIVE.
MONDAY NIGHT TYLER WOULD HOP BACK ABOARD THE FAMILY OWNED NUMBER 7 MACHINE FOR THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS LABOR DAY RACE AT GRAYS HARBOR SPEEDWAY. ANOTHER SOLID FIELD OF 30 WINGED 410 SPRINT CARS WOULD BE IN ACTION FOR THE FINAL NIGHT OF 410 SPRINT CAR RACING IN WASHINGTON.
EARLY ON THE QUALIFYING WOES CONTINUED AS TYLER WOULD GO OUT LATE & WOULD END UP BEING 28TH QUICK OUT OF THE 30 WINGED 410 SPRINT CARS IN ATTENDANCE. THAT WOULD SET HIM BEHIND FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING AT GRAYS HARBOR.
THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS WOULD USE A THREE HEAT RACE FORMAT MEANING THAT TYLER WOULD ROLL OFF FROM 10TH OUTSIDE OF ROW FIVE. HE WOULD MAKE SOME MOVES IN THE HEAT RACE & WOULD FINISH OFF IN THE 8TH POSITION PUTTING HIM IN THE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN.
IN THE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN TYLER WOULD ROLL OFF FROM THE INSIDE OF ROW THREE IN THE 5TH STARTING POSITION. WITH SIX CARS TRANSFERRING, TYLER WOULD JUST NEED TO HOLD ON TO TRANSFER TO THE FEATURE. HE WOULD DO JUST THAT AS HE WOULD FINISH WHERE HE STARTED IN 5TH & MAKE THE FEATURE.
TYLER WOULD ROLL OFF FROM 23RD ON THE INSIDE OF ROW TWELVE FOR THE FEATURE. HE WOULD ONCE AGAIN FIND SOME SOLID SPEED AT THE END OF THE NIGHT MOVING FORWARD IN THE FEATURE AS THE RACE WENT ON. WHEN THE CHECKERED FLAG FELL, TYLER WOULD GO PLUS SEVEN SPOTS AND FINISH IN THE 16TH POSITION AGAIN.
OVERALL IT WAS A SOLID WEEKEND FOR TYLER DESPITE BATTLING A DIFFICULT CAR ALL WEEKEND. HE WOULD TAKE HOME A TOP FIVE IN THE PRELUDE EVENT AT GRAYS HARBOR, AND TWO 16TH PLACE FINISHES WITH THE OUTLAWS INCLUDING A HARD CHARGER.
TYLER WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIS SPONSORS; J&K AUTO REPAIR (MAIN SPONSOR), NORTHWEST RACE SOLVENTS, ED GLAZIER AUTO CHLOR SYSTEMS, BURKE LOGGING, BUTTON PLUMBING LLC, IBEW LOCAL 280, JAMES GANG PIZZA, BC MOTORSPORTS, BUNCE EQUIPMENT, ROCKET DESIGNS, AND DOUBLE R POWDER COATING.
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