( 6/24/08 10:55pm | CHarris ) It was a jam packed weekend of 410 sprint car action. Travis Rutz put on a great show over the 3 nights of racing. On the first night Travis set fast time. On night number two after a mid race crash Travis battled back to place 16th in the A-Main event. Going into Saturdays Dirt Cup Race Of Champions Travis was locked into 7th place. He would have to battle through some talented drivers to reach the front of the pack. By about lap 20 Travis had advanced to 3rd place. With a large amount of lap traffic separarting the top 5 travis droped to 4th place and crossed the finish line 4th in the Dirt Cup Race Of Champions. Team-mate Tayler Malsam finished 11th. Full Results. (Photo Above : Travis autographs a hat for some young fans.)

Night 2 of Dirt Cup results from Skagit Speedway.

( 6/21/08 3:44pm | CHarris | Alger WA ) Travis Rutz will start in the inside of the fourth row for todays Dirt Cup Finale. After last nights up's and down's Travis kept his 7th place position in points. Also locked into the A-Main is team-mate Tayler Malsam. Full Results. ( Photo Above : Announcer Kaleb Hart Delivers the Final Points Tally )

( 6/20/08 11:10pm | KHart | Alger WA )The field is set for the Saturday night A main. Tyler Walker, Jayme Barnes, Roger Crockett, Jonathon Allard, Jesse Whitney and Brock Lemley will run the scramble to set the first 6 positions in the main. Rounding out the feature are Travis Rutz, Jeff Hodgson, Mitch Olson, Brent Kaeding, Aaron Fell, Eric Fisher, Barry Martinez, Colton Heath, Tayler Malsam and Tim Kaeding. Saturday nights finale for the $25,000.00 top prize gets underway at 7:00 p.m. The spectator gates open at 5:00 p.m.

Night 1 of Dirt Cup results from Skagit Speedway.

( 6/19/08 11:46pm | CHarris | Alger WA ) It was a strong start to a dramitic night for Travis Rutz in the Rudeen Racing 26 Monarch Coffee 410 Machine. After the weather halted the event Travis came back to set fast time with a 11.432. Not far behind was Tayler Malsam with fouth fastestest on the famed 3/10 oval. Then, on to the main where Travis battled through some heavy traffic to finish 11th. Overall heading into Fridays events Travis sits 7th in points. Full Results.