After such a great HOT weekend I guess we are all "red necks" in one way or another.  We could not have asked for better weather, except for maybe a little air conditioning (we Washingtonians will complain rain or shine).

It was a great weekend for our 5th Annual Silverdale Soap Box Derby Championships!  Everyone is to be commended for a smooth check-in process this year.  The staggered arrival times help greatly in reducing stress and insuring cars were all thoroughly looked over.  All drivers (and Pit Crews) are to be commended on the quality of cars that were inspected - you all did a great job this year.  A special thank you goes out to United Moving and Storage for allowing us to stage this event at their facility again this year (5 years running).  Also to Craig Loidhamer for providing hot dogs, chips, and soda again this year for all the drivers, families, and volunteers.  Thanks Craig!

The banquet Saturday night was a big hit!  The room looked great thanks to Stacy Wright and the ladies that helped her. And the food was terrific thanks to the magic of Ryan and Kim Ositis!  Everyone had a good time and it was fun to see and hear from our past champs trip to Akron last year - Malia Barber (Super Stock) and Abbie Wright (Stock).

And now on to what you have all been waiting for - the Winners!  We actually consider all of the drivers winners - they demonstrated a great level of sportsmanship all day - way to go kids!

Here are the Top 8 places in each Division.

STOCK

1st - ZJ Crabtree
2nd - Hannah Welzbacker
3rd - Kaileigh Davila
4th - Caleb Meeson
5th - Ryan Wixson
6th - Mitchell Hoglund
7th - Tommy Walters
8th - Nick Ositis

SUPER STOCK

1st - Jake Grandjean
2nd - Jennifer Lovato
3rd - Christopher Ortman
4th - Shyan Smith
5th - Patrick Moore
6th - Alex Raiford
7th - Stephen Jensen
8th - Amanda Kinard

Sportsmanship Award to Tanner Tozer
Directors Award to Tony Flock


This email would not be complete without thank in the Marines for their tireless work of lifting the cars all day! And, to the Silverdale Sunrise Rotary members that participated in putting on such a great event!  And finally, a Thank You to all that volunteered and participated in helping this to be a great success again this year!

Can't wait to - See you on the track!

Bill Wright