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| All 26 Cars Line Up on the Front Straightaway at Wenatchee Valley Super Oval Before they get ready for 200 lap race |
Wenatchee Valley Super Oval, East Wenatchee Wa
September 24th 2000
by Kelly Hart
Coming off his huge season ending win at Yakima the previous night to
capture the Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series championship, WVSO track
owner Garrett Evans (Ardenvoir) had one more chance to win at is own
track. The Wenatchee 200 presented by Pepsi Cola presented the biggest
challenge yet of Evans career. He had yet to win since renovating the
track two years ago. He has been competitive and led races only to be
bitten by the mechanical bug at his own track.
Facing a field of 38 qualifiers, 23 in the 12 second bracket, Evans qualified fast at 12.475 earning a share of the track record in qualifying. Three trophy dashes were won by the trio of Todd Whitham (Spokane) in the C dash, Kelly Mann (Monroe) the B dash and Shane Mitchell (Wenatchee) the A dash.
The fifty lap B Main event was led wire to wire by Joe Constance (Everett). Also transferring to the A main were second through fourth place finishers Jerry Fink (Woodinville), Brad Tanner (Portland, OR) and John Zaretzke (Yakima). Zaretzke had engine troubles and Devin Eireman took the other move up spot as the fifth place finisher.
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| Garrett Evans #64 Winning The Wenatchee 200 Sunday Sept 24th with Ron Eaton #77 finishing 2nd charging from 13th starting position at Wenatchee Valley Super Oval |
In the 200 lap feature, Winston West competitor Kevin Richards (Spokane) led the first 29 laps getting into heavy traffic on the 15th circuit. Richards tangled with lapped traffic and that put him into the turn three wall. Damaging the car beyond repair and he was done for the afternoon. Evans had been running in the backup position after starting sixth and inherited the lead. He led from there until the 100 lap intermission.
Line Up after 100 Lap intermission-#64 Evans, #99, #80, #11, #86, #84, #47,
With most of the top teams taking four new tires and
making minor chassis adjustments during the intermission, the $20,000.00 bonus qualifiers had been narrowed from six to four. Big Ten Series Super Late Model champion Jeff Bailey (Pasco) was also taken out in the lap 29 incident and done for the day. Before the race would restart, Kim Wennerberg (Wenatchee) had electrical problems and was also done for the day.
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| Sheri Howard after winning the Winged Modified Feature Sunday at Wenatchee Valley Super Oval |
Evans started fast at the 101 lap mark with Tom Sweatman (Cosmopolis) and Shane Mitchell (Wenatchee) close behind and hungry for the 20k bonus. On the 113th lap Sweatman entered turn one high and exited low getting around Evans for the lead. Determined to get the elad back, Evans dogged Sweatman until the 121st lap and was never seriously challenged the rest of the way. For Evans the victory closed out his two race weekend with two wins and two big paydays.
The companion Winged Modified race saw champion Sherri Howard (Mead) set fast time 11.773. Donnie Kudrna (Othello) won the trophy dash. Howard passed Chad Halladay on the 4th lap and never looked back winning the 30 lap feature and $1,000.00.
200 Lap Late Model A Main- 1. #64 Garrett Evans, 2. #77 Ron Eaton. .
POS CAR# NAME LOCATION LAPS COMPLETED
1. #64 GARRETT EVANS ARDENVOIR,WA 200
2. #77 RON EATON TACOMA,WA 200
3. #4 TROY CONRAD PUYALLUP,WA 200
4. #11 TOM SWEATMAN COSMOPOLIS,WA 200
5. #84 CHRISTIAN ROEDER EPHRATA,WA 200
6. #47 BILL JONES SELAH,WA 200
7. #18 TRAVIS BENNETT ELLENSBURG,WA 199
8. #33 GAYLON STEWART EVERETT,WA 199
9. #71 TIM CRANDALL CHELAN,WA 199
10. #26 ALAN SPIVEY RAINIER,WA 198
11. #06 ROSS JONES WENATCHEE,WA 197
12. #9 KELLY MANN MONROE,WA 197
13. #3 DEVIN EIERMAN TACOMA,WA 196
14. #50 JERRY FINK WOODINVILLE,WA 196
15. #80 COREY WOLFE PABLO,MT 195
16. #75 CURT PHILLIPS EAST WENATCHEE,WA 195
17. #99 SHANE MITCHELL WENATCHEE,WA 193
18. #36 JODY TANNER PORTLAND,OR 183
19. #17 JOE CONSTANCE EVERETT,WA 182
20. #81 BILL LAWRENCE KELOWNA,BC 173
21. #86 BRAD TANNER PORTLAND,OR 170
22. #25 BRYON GOETZ OKANOGAN,WA 139
23. #70 KIM WENNERBERG WENATCHEE,WA 40
24. #85 KEVIN RICHARDS SPOKANE,WA 30
25. #27 JEFF BAILEY PASCO,WA 29
26. #7 CHUCK OGLE PESHASTIN,WA 16
B MAIN 50 Laps -Top 4 cars Transfered to 200 Lap A Main
1. #17 JOE CONSTANCE EVERETT,WA 50
2. #50 JERRY FINK WOODINVILLE,WA 50
3. #86 BRAD TANNER PORTLAND,OR 50
4. #51 JOHN ZARETZKE YAKIMA,WA 50
5. #3 DEVIN EIERMAN TACOMA,WA 50
6. #73 MATT TARR SPOKANE,WA 50
7. #89 BRYCE SCOTT SPOKANE,WA 50
8. #97 JASON JEFFERSON NACHES,WA 50
9. #5 TODD WITHAM SPOKANE,WA 50
10. #52 JON FUGITT BREMERTON,WA 49
11. #6 MARK INGERSOLL NORTH BEND,OR 49
12. #72 MARTY PFAFFLE MOSES LAKE,WA 49
13. #10 DAVE BRODIGAN MERIDIAN, ID 34
14. #44 RON TURNER SPOKANE,WA 0
15. #32 JERRY MULLINS NACHES,WA 0