Alex Lessor won his first career Montana Raceway Park late model championship with a runner-up finish to Cory Wolfe in the Twisted Tea 100. Sagle, Idaho native Corey Allard was third.
Evans was able on each double restart, of the 125-lap main on the high banked .250-mile oval at Wenatchee Valley's Super Oval, to hold back Brent Harris' attempts at the lead.
Joey Saldana dove under Sides on the 27th lap to take the spot and held off a furious charge on the last lap to earn his 17th overall win of the 2009 World of Outlaws season.