9/26/2025
Skagit Speedway
JAMES WINS SURVIVE THE 55 NIGHT #1 - TOPS POINTS
Alger, WA - Bricen James was dominant in the preliminary scoring night of the 2025 Survive the 55 at Skagit Speedway. After collecting top points in heat race action, James won the preliminary A Main and collected $1,000 for his efforts.
Drivers collected points in a twin heat race format, setting up main event lineups for Saturday night’s $10,260. James was top point man on the night with a win in heat 4A and a seventh to second run in heat 4B. The top eight in total points are locked into a redraw for the front four ros on Saturday. In the money only preliminary A Main, James took the lead from Geoff Morris on lap four and was dominant in leaving the field behind him to take the win. Reigning WA State Champion Tyson Blood ran his way to second while Collen Winebarger was third. The top eight for Saturday night are James, Winebarger, Kevin Williamson, Ian Whisler, Blood, Morris, Joey Price and Lawrence O’Connor.
Friday night was the final race of the year for the CGE Garage Midgets and Jonathan Jorgenson took his first feature win of the year. Jorgenson led lap one but lost the lead to Randy Schaaf on lap two. Schaaf led until lap nine when Jorgenson snuck under him to retake the top spot. Alex Peck and Shane Smith would pass Schaaf to take second and third and made up the rest of the podium, making a top three of Jorgenson, Peck and Smith.
IMCA Modifieds - 41 Entries
Heat 1A - Grey Ferrando
Heat 2A - Joey Price
Heat 3A - Collen Winebarger
Heat 4A - Bricen James
Heat 5A - Kevin Williamson
Heat 1B - John Campos
Heat 2B - Jake Walters
Heat 3B - Ian Whisler
Heat 4B - Geoff Morris
Heat 5B - Tyson Blood
Main - Bricen James, Tyson Blood, Geoff Morris, Collen Winebarger, Kevin Williamson, Ian Whisler, Jesse Williamson, Matthew Drager, John Gaynor, Lawrence O’Connor, Devon Reed, Joey Price, Carter Patterson, Chad Groves
Lap Leaders - Morris 1-3 James 4-20
CGE Garage Midgets - 22 Entries
Fast Time - Jonathan Jorgenson 14.703
Heat 1 - Shane Smith
Heat 2 - Steven Massingale
Heat 3 - Nick Evans
Main - Jonathan Jorgenson, Alex Peck, Shane Smith, Randy Schaaf, Nick Evans, Ashley Thompson, Brad Pritchard, Steven Massingale, Michael Vollbrecht, Kyle Hanson, Dalton Christmas, Todd Hartmann, Brian Holmkvist, Andrew Pritchard, Ryan Orchard, Chris Cort, David Mills, Alex Pacheco, Ayuka Carlson, Doug Davenport, Chad Kincaid
Lap Leaders - Jorgenson 1 Schaaf 2-8 Jorgenson 9-25
Article Credit: Kaleb Hart