Raybestos Brakes Nascar Northwest Tour at the 1.969 Mile RoadCourse of Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon www.NWRacer.com
Steve Hodge of North Plains Oregon taking the Bud Pole Award Friday Afternoon at the 1.969 Mile RoadCourse of Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon
Friday Afternoon Nascar NW Tour Qualifying-(25 Cars Timed In- Wes Rhodes-Broken Rear end in practice, Bruce Vollstedt crash in turn 10 in practice and Matt Kelly did'nt time in) Fast Time Steve Hodge 1 Minute 16.271 seconds, 2nd John Zaretzke 1:16.763, 3rd Gary Lewis 1:16.847, 4th Kevin Hamlin 1:16.898, 5th Joe Benedetti 1:17.047, 6th Jeff Jefferson 1:17.555, 7th Ron Eaton 1:17.598, 8th Chris Hart 1:17.611, 9th Steven Howard 1:17.614, 10th Zach Niessner 1:17.684
Wenatchee Valley Super Oval
Portland Intl Raceway Race Results
1st Gary Lewis, 2nd Steve Hodge(all the way from the back of the field after having to make a pitstop for a cut tire), 3rd Joe Benedetti, 4th Chris Hart, 5th Jeff Jefferson(First Road Race ever), 6th Steven Howard , 7th Greg Bennett(Career Best Nascar NWT finish), 8th Pete Harding, 9th Garrett Evans, 10th Rick Surran, 11th Ray Wallace, 12th Wes Rhodes(from a provisional start in 26th), 13th Kevin Hamlin(in and out of pits several times)..1 Lap down 14th Troy Conrad(in and out of pits as well), 4 Laps down 15th John Bender, 5 Laps down 16th Ralph Hubert, 11 Laps down 17th Ken Slevland, 18 Laps down 18th Ron Eaton(went out lap 22 with Oil pump problems) 19th Matt Hall (went out lap 12 Rear end ), 20th Bruce Vollstad (out lap 10), 21st Takuma Koga (rear end problems)22nd Shane Biles (out lap 7 crankshaft pulley broke), 23rd John Zaretzky (out lap 7 Rear End), 24th Zach Niessner(out lap 5) 25th Ed Watson (out lap 5) 26th Bill Lawrence (out before green flag droped) 27th Dane Pitarri (fuel guage broke fire in cockpit before green flag droped)Before the green flag even droped #38 Dane Pitarresi with the fire in the Cockpit Kevin Hamlin And Ralph Hubert pull into the pits under green, Hubert back out onto the track,