7/17/25

Everson, WA – 127 cars signed in to compete at the 42nd annual Clay Cup Nationals on Thursday night at Deming Speedway. All results below are unofficial as of the time of this writing. Points will be calculated and posted to the Deming Speedway Website and Facebook in the morning. 

It was a Key family reunion at the front of the Speedmart 600 field, as Colton Key had early control of the main event with brother Cody chasing him. On lap 8, Cody shot around the outside in what ended up being the race winning pass to take the top spot and the eventual win. Colton ran him down in traffic but could never get back by, settling for second. Austin Torgerson was third. 55 cars were split into two flights of qualifying, with Torgerson setting quick time in flight 1 and Colin Mackey quick time in flight 2. The six heat races were won by Nicholas Howard, Levi Hillier, TJ Smith, Tanner Holm, Colton Key and Cole Frerichs. 

Everything sequenced up perfectly for Clennon Holloway to take the Frosty Metcalf ride to victory lane in the Shots 2 Go Espresso 1200 class. Starting on the pole of the feature, Holloway led every lap of the feature comfortably, catching a yellow at the right time to keep him out of slower traffic through the whole 25 lap A Main. Holloway was followed to the checkered flag by Alex Lewis and Chance Crum. Derek Holmwood was fast time. Nate Vaughn and Kyle Mitchell won the heats. 

A perfect scoring night is rare at Clay Cup, but Colton Knapp pulled it off on Thursday in the Doyle Guffie’s Rallye Auto Sales 600 restricted class. Knapp set quick time, won his heat race and marched from 14th to first to attain a perfect score and guarantee himself the high point for Saturday’s A Main. Madi Hoppe was second in the feature and Zack Hilder led the first 14 laps before Knapp got him and ended up in third. Chase Whitney was the fast qualifier in flight two. The other heat race wins went to Clayton Jalakas, Hudson Johnson and James Drury. 

Kayson Sargent picked a wonderful night to win his first A Main at Deming Speedway, as he took the win in the Capstone Plastering JR Sprints on . Sargent started on the front row and passed Savanna Hillier on lap two to roll on to his first victory, Hillier and Lucas Fisher took second and third. Luke Coates was fast time, with heat race wins going to Fisher, Kole Campbell and Hillier. 

Note – due to an officiating error, Hunter Cook will be awarded 10th place finishing points in the A Main with no position gained. All drivers from 10th on down will be scored as they finished in the main without deductions (i.e. two drivers will receive 10th place finish points). 

127 cars signed in to compete on Clay Cup Night 1 with the checkered flag flying on the night at 11:11pm. 

Clay Cup Night 1 

Capstone Plastering JR Sprints – 21 Entries

Fast Time – Luke Coates 13.356

Heat 1 – Lucas Fisher

Heat 2 – Kole Campbell

Heat 3 – Savanna Hillier

B Main – Hayden Cook, Jace Coates, Austin Harris, Teegan O’Neil, Mary Jane Merrill, Dalton Ellis, Thor Lupardus, Emerson Askvig

A Main – Kayson Sargent, Savanna Hillier, Lucas Fisher, Kole Campbell, Delilah Stermer, Cole Dishneau, Luke Coates, Samantha Dozier, Hayden Cook, Austin Harris, Teegan O’Neil, Dalton Ellis, Lennen Peeters, Titus Daigan, Indy Price, Kane Bishop, Mary Jane Merrill, Jace Coates

Lap Leaders – Hillier 1 Sargent 2-20

Doyle Guffie’s Rallye Auto Sales 600 Restricted – 36 Entries

Fast Time 1 – Colton Knapp 11.794

Fast Time 2 – Chase Whitney 11.987

Heat 1 – Colton Knapp

Heat 2 – Clayton Jalakas

Heat 3 – Hudson Johnson

Heat 4 – James Drury

B Main 1 – Mallory Holmkvist, Hayden Adams, Brayden Danielson, Owen Hill, Aubri Huckleberry, Ryan Cannon, Bailey Bundy, Jordan Devries, Kaiden Riese

B Main 2 – Hunter Cook, Jonathan Olson, Logan Williams, Hudson Little, Jet Gendron, Dean Skrifvars, Bryson Sozinho, Maya Mauldin, Autumn Holden, Casey Quatsoe

A Main – Colton Knapp, Madi Hoppe, Zack Hilder, McKenna Morgan, Drake Wiersma, Joanthan Olson, Dayton Empey, Brooklyn Bracy, Mallory Holmkvist, Brayden Danielson, Logan Williams, Kourtney Baker, Ethan McFarland, Hayden Adams, James Drury, Chase Whitney, Hunter Cook, Cory McLeod, Clayton Jalakas, Hudson Johnson

Lap Leaders – Hilder 1-14 Knapp 15-25

Shots 2 Go Espresso 1200 – 15 Entries

Fast Time – Derek Holmwood 11.475

Heat 1 – Nate Vaughn

Heat 2 – Kyle Mitchell

Main – Clennon Holloway, Alex Lewis, Chance Crum, Dakota Drake, Nate Vaughn, Terry Lewis, Jaden Thomas, Jesse Branham, Derek Holmwood, Seth Hespe, Kyle Mitchell, Tyson Cross, Jared Alseth, Haylee Bloodgood

Lap Leaders – Holloway 1-25

Speedmart 600 – 55 Entries

Fast Time 1 – Austin Torgerson 11.303

Fast Time 2 – Colin Mackey 11.323

Heat 1 – Nicholas Howard

Heat 2 – Levi Hillier

Heat 3 – TJ Smith

Heat 4 – Tanner Holm

Heat 5 – Colton Key 

Heat 6 – Cole Frerichs

B Main 1 – Cooper Anderson, Dominic Carter, Jake Trueman, Tank Chorney, Chase Jensen, Mattix Salmon, Reese Wickard, Dash Duinkerken, Jarrett Heimlich, Kaden Holm, Elijah Elder, Stan Yockey, Travis Hart, Jailynn Serrano, Cruz Kentch, Austin Held, Derek Torkelson, Dalton Parreira

B Main 2 – Cash Lovenburg, David Greene, Caden Stoll, Raio Salmon, Spencer Constance, Emma Chorney, Corbin Ramsey, Keaton Martella, Sawyer Baxter, Carson Guffie, Rylee Kentch, Bryson Sozinho, Ceil Howe, Bree Arnold, Keith Bloom Jr, Mickelina Monico, Tony Alosi

A Main – Cody Key, Colton Key, Austin Torgerson, Jared Peterson, Jett Yantis, Colin Mackey, Cole Frerichs, Tanner Holm, Levi Hillier, Jake Hagopian, Cash Lovenburg, Nicholas Howard, David Greene, Cooper Anderson, TJ Smith, Caden Stoll, Jake Trueman, Cole Curry, Dominic Carter, Tristin Thomas, Evan Dixon, Kyle Mitchell

Lap Leaders – Col. Key 1-7 Cod. Key 8-25