A crash on lap 1 of the Dutch Boy 150 ARCA race on Saturday afternoon, May 1, at the Kansas Speedway knocked Bret Holmes (No. 23) and Scott Melton (No. 69) out of the race. Holmes’ vehicle turned sideways and Melton could not avoid it. No injuries were reported. Holmes was last year’s ARCA winner at the Kansas Speedway. (Fan photo copyright 2021 by Steve Rupert)Bret Holmes’ car (No. 23) turned sideways before being hit by Scott Melton (No. 69) on the first lap of the Dutch Boy 150 ARCA race on Saturday afternoon, May 1, at the Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas. (Fan photo copyright 2021 by Steve Rupert)After colliding, Bret Holmes’ No. 23 car and Scott Melton’s No. 69 car went down the track, next to each other. (Fan photo copyright 2021 by Steve Rupert)Emergency vehicles responded to the crash of Bret Holmes’ No. 23 car and Scott Melton’s No. 69 car at the Dutch Boy 150 ARCA race on Saturday afternoon, May 1, at the Kansas Speedway. No injuries were reported. (Fan photo copyright 2021 by Steve Rupert)Ty Gibbs, age 18, did a burnout in front of the grandstands after he won the Dutch Boy 150 ARCA race on Saturday, May 1, at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. He blew a tire on the burnout. Gibbs led every lap of the race. Gibbs is a member of the Joe Gibbs Racing team and also a grandson of Joe Gibbs. Second place went to Drew Dollar, followed by Corey Heim, Jack Wood and Derek Griffith. (Fan photo copyright 2021 by Steve Rupert)Ty Gibbs received his trophy after winning the Dutch Boy 150 ARCA race on Saturday afternoon, May 1, at the Kansas Speedway. (Fan photo copyright 2021 by Steve Rupert)More racing action from the Dutch Boy 150 ARCA race on Saturday afternoon at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. (Fan photo copyright 2021 by Steve Rupert)More racing action from the Dutch Boy 150 ARCA race on Saturday afternoon at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. (Fan photo copyright 2021 by Steve Rupert)More racing action from the Dutch Boy 150 ARCA race on Saturday afternoon at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. (Fan photo copyright 2021 by Steve Rupert)More photos from the Dutch Boy 150 ARCA race on Saturday afternoon at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. The Wise Power 200 Camping World Truck Race will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Kansas Speedway. (Fan photo copyright 2021 by Steve Rupert)The NASCAR Cup Series race, the Buschy McBusch 400, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. (Fan photo copyright 2021 by Steve Rupert)Construction that is occurring west of the Kansas Speedway near 118th and State Avenue is for a new Urban Outfitters warehouse site. (Fan photo copyright 2021 by Steve Rupert)
Piper’s Dominique Herrig-Brittian raced in the boys’ 100-meter dash. Herrig-Brittian won the event with a school-record time of 10.72 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
by Brian Turrel
Piper, Bonner Springs, Turner and Bishop Ward high schools participated this Friday in the De Soto Relays, held this year at Basehor-Linwood High School due to ongoing construction of a new athletics complex in De Soto.
Piper’s Dominique and Divante Herrig-Brittian won the boys’ 100- and 200-meter dashes, both setting school records.
Davis Capps won the 800-meter run for the Pirates, also breaking his own previous school record. The boys’ 4×800-meter relay took 1st place, and Tony Cobbs won the boys’ shot put. Logan Ladish set a school record in the boys’ javelin.
The Piper girls finished second in team competition, behind Eudora. The Lady Pirates won the 4×100 and 4×400-meter relays. Grace Hanson won the 800-meter run. Kaitlin Lindstrom took first place in the girls’ pole vault. Kinley Brown finished 2nd in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes.
Bishop Ward’s K.J. Smith’s fourth place finish in the boys’ 100-meter dash highlighted the afternoon for the Cyclones.
Turner’s M’Liyah Anderson finished sixth in the girls’ 400-meter dash and ninth in the 100-meter dash.
For Bonner Springs, Esther Solomon-Holland finished fifth in the girls’ 300-meter hurdles.
Official meet results have not been posted, and we will update as additional results become available.
Turner’s Arianna Ortiz crossed the finish line in the girls’ 800-meter run. Ortiz finished sixth with a time of 2 minutes, 37.08 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Bonner Springs senior Cortland Hervey cleared the bar in the boys’ high jump. Hervey finished second in the event. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Bishop Ward’s K.J. Smith ran in the boys’ 100-meter dash. Smith finished fourth with a time of 11.19 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
The Piper girls’ 4×100-meter relay team (Ella Buff, Evelyn Vazquez, Ryann Clark, and Kinley Brown) posed together after the winning the race. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Piper senior Evelyn Vazquez leaned across the finish line to earn her team first place in the girls’ 4×100-meter relay. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Piper’s Grace Hanson led the pack in the girls’ 800-meter run. Hanson won the event with a time of 2 minutes, 26.90 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Bonner Springs’ freshman Esther Solomon-Holland raced in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Bonner Springs’ Jason McConico cleared the first hurdle in the boys’ 110-meter hurdles race. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Piper’s Divante Herrig-Brittian cruised to the finish line of the boys’ 200-meter dash. Herrig-Brittian won the event with a time of 22.31 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Piper’s Davis Capps ran down the home stretch in the boys’ 800-meter run. Capps won the event with a time of 2 minutes, 0.23 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Piper’s Sophia Derks raced in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Piper senior Kinley Brown crossed the finish line in the girls’ 100-meter dash. Brown finished second in the event with a time of 12.60 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)
Racing has started in the Dutch Boy 150 ARCA race at Kansas Speedway. There was a wreck on the first lap, shortly after the race started, involving Bret Holmes, No. 23, and Scott Melton, No. 69. Holmes’ car went sideways, with Melton unable to avoid it. The red flag was out afterward. There were no injuries reported. Holmes was last year’s ARCA winner at the Speedway. Trucks will race at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, and the NASCAR Cup Series race is on Sunday at 2 p.m. (Fan photo)More racing photos from the ARCA race at Kansas Speedway on Saturday afternoon in Kansas City, Kansas. (Fan photo)
