NWRACER.COM Photo Live 2pm From Yakima Speedway for the 2002 Apple Cup in Yakima, WA

Saturday Afternoon Weather Update Overcast and in mid 40s around 2pm


Fast Time Jason Jefferson with the fastest lap at 18.983

Late Model Apple Cup Qualifying Saturday March 23rd 2002 2pm

#5 Chris Hart Yakima, WA19.557, 19.208First out to qualify
#23 Ray Wallace Olympia, WA 1st lap spins in turn 2 looks like motor blew spiling oil on the track
#28 Brian Olson Puyallup, Wa19.803, 19.270
#12 Ron Bemis Yakima, Wa 19.968, 19.579
#7 Jeff Bailey Pasco, WA 19.744, 19.265
Bill Mills 20.622, 20.085
#22 Brian McCoy Tri City, WA 20.418, 19.923
#10 Mike Olson Tacoma, Wa 20.038, 19.574
#64 Garrett Evans Wenatchee, Wa 19.296,19.147Quick Time
# Travis Bennett Ellensburg, Wa 19.789, 19.2293rd quick
# Rick Hardgraves Yakima, Wa 19.661, 19.336
#18 John Bender Redmond, Wa 19.653, 19.1792nd quick so far
# 20.315, 19.780
#69 Brandon Reihl Portland, OR 19. , 19.105Quick time so far
# Christian Rhoeder 20.159,19.813
#2 Dan Obrist Portland, OR 19.872, 19.552
#131 Don Martin Yakima, Wa 21.532, 21.240
# Jeff Jefferson Naches, Wa 19.441, 19.015Now Quick Time by .001 of a second
#39 Pete Harding Surrey, BC Canada 19.696, 19.209
#00 Brad Rhodes Kenniwick, Wa 20.171, 19.808
Intermission
Ted Michaelson Brush Prairie, WA ,19.423
# Jody Tanner Portland, OR 19.898,
#4 Jeff Bird Yakima, WA 19.534, 19.348Now Top 8
# Vince Conwell 20.015, 19.596
#97 Jason Jefferson 19.294, 18.983 NEW FAST TIME
# Dennis Worst 20.046, 19.646
# Kelly Werk Langley, BC 20.127, 19.656
#72 BJ Tidrick Yakima, WA 20.431, 19.458
#07 Kevin Quisnell 19.631, 19.301
# Cory Wolfe Montana 19.950, 19.836
#19 Kendall Thomas Willaims Lake, BC 20.089, 19.770

End of Qualifying 3:15pm
Late Models: Top 10 Fastest Cars
Fast Time- Jason Jefferson 18.983
2nd Jeff Jefferson 19.104
3rd Brandon Reihl 19.105
4th Garrett Evans 19.147
5th John Bender 19.179
6th Chris Hart 19.208
7th Pete Harding 19.209
8th Travis Bennett 19.229
9th Jeff Bailey 19.265
10th Brian Olson 19.270

11th Kevin Quesnell 19.301, 12th Rick Hargraves 19.336, 13th Jeff Bird 19.348, 14th Ted Mickelson 19.423, 15th BJ Tidrick 19.458, 16th Dan Obrist 19.522, 17th Mike Olson 19.574, 18th Ron Bemis 19.579, 19th Vince Conwell 19.596, 20th Jody Tanner 19.643, 21st Dennis Wurtz 19.646, 22nd Kelly Wark 19.656, 23rd Kendall Thomas 19.770, 24th Curt Phillips 19.780, 25th Brad Rhodes 19.808, 26th Christian Roeder 19.813, 27th Cory Wolfe 19.836, 28th Brian McCoy 19.923, 29th Bill Mills 20.085 30th Ray Wallace No Time, 31st Billy Swift DNQ, 32nd Ed Thomsen DNQ, 33rd Dave Ford DNQ..33 Late Models Entered 3 drivers didnt make qualifying lap

Drivers that did not qualify : Dave Ford, Ray Wallace,

B Dash Superstocks
A Dash Late Models

5:20pm Racing Done for Saturday

Sunday Morning Weather Report Clear and Sunny in the 60's

Late Model 4's Main Results

50 Lap Main- 1st #55 Terry Rennick, 2nd #11 William Rumsey, 3rd #41 Kevin McKeehan, 4th #33 Ken Chandler, 5th #72 Kameron McKeehan, 6th #66 Mike Marston, 7th #16 Bob Winkler, 8th #71 Kells Jamison, 9th #2 Johhny Rumsey, 10th #30 Steve Casteel, 11th #20 Paul McCarthy, 12th #69 Ron Peters, 13th #98 Troy Wilson, 14th #28 Joe Daily, 15th #0 Kurt Madsen(was race leader then broke around lap 30), 16th #00 Robert Hill, 17th #29 Jim Wells, 18th #02 Dan Hale, 19th #21 Jerry Koeping, 20th #26 Gary Young, 21st #4 Andy Brown, 22nd #7 Gene Kaufman. Final Results


The start of the Super Stock Main

Super Stock Main Results

1st #13 Greg Kuhlman, 2nd #00 Brent Harris, 3rd #01 John Rose, 4th #72 Brad Tidrick Sr., 5th #39 Shawn Mathews, 6th #131 Don Martin, 7th #172 Darrell Tidrick, 8th #79 Darrell Hanson, 9th #61 Steve Floyd, 10th #5 Tim Deweese, 11th Jack Anderson, 12th Rich Peters, 13th Trevor Brotherton, 14th Scott Punchachar, 15th #66 Jeff Joldersma, 16th Chris Schlant, 17th Doug Homer, 18th Ron Prevost. Final Results

Late Model Main

Sunday 3:30pm Green Flag drops

Lap 8- Yellow out for Chris Hargraves spining in turn 2, Jason Jefferson leads Jeff Jefferson
Lap 12- Yellow Out Dave Ford and BJ Tidrick tangle in turn 3 and BJ out in the dirt off of turn 3(BJ now 2 laps down after an early pitstop)
Lap 18- Red Flag out oil on the track from Garrett Evans from end of the front straight into turn 1 where Evans went off the track into the dirt got back onto the track and headed to the pits, Evans done for the day

After 18 laps running order-Leader Jason Jefferson, 2nd Jeff Jefferson, 3rd Pete Harding, 4th Chris Hart, 5th Brandon Reihl, 6th John Bender, 7th Travis Bennett, 8th Jeff Bailey, 9th Kevin Quiznell, 10th Brian Olson, Jeff Bird, Ron Bemis, Ted Michaelson, Kendall Thomas, Vince Conwell, Christian Rhoder, Dennis Werks, Ray Wallace, Cory Wolfe, Brian McCoy, Dan Obrist, #29 Kelly Wark, Rick Hargraves, Kurt Phillps, Bill Mills, BJ Tidrick(-2 Laps), Brad Rhodes, Jody Tanner,

Lap 25- Yellow Out- Turn 1 #75 Curt Phillips spins to the outside of the track, seconds later traffic comes up and binds up sending Kevin Quesnell spining to the inside of turn 1

Lap 32- Jeff Jefferson takes the lead with Pete Harding following Jeff grabing 2nd place from Jason Jefferson
Lap 34-(3rd Yellow now) Turn 1 Ray Wallace spins it around, Brian McCoy to the pits in and out, Jeff Jefferson leads Pete Harding and Jason Jefferson

Lap 48- Rick Hargraves pulls into the pits
(4:30pm) Lap 64- Yellow out Mike Olson spins in Turn 1 out into the dirt and in turn 2 Kevin Quesnell spins also, Jeff Jefferson leads still with Pete Harding 2nd, 3rd is Red Flag now out to clean up oil in turn 1, Officials checking out Pete Hardings car for droping oil on the track and they say he is so to pits goes Harding, that moves Jason Jefferson up to 2nd,


Pete Harding sent to the pits after found he was leaking oil under after the race came to a red flag stop on lap 65 after 2 cars spun in turns 1 & 2

Lap 65 Red Flag Running Order- 1st Jeff Jefferson, 2nd Jason Jefferson, 3rd Chris Hart, 4th Brandon Reihl, 5th John Bender, 6th Jeff Bailey, 7th Brian Olson, 8th Jeff Bird, 9th Ron Bemis, 10th Kendall Thomas, Christian Rhoder, Ted Mickelson, Cory Wolfe, Kevin Quesnell,

On the green flag restart on lap 65-Chris Hart gets the black flag for jumping the start passing early so sent to the pits for a stop and go penalty, Hart gets a lucky break with a yellow flag coming out a lap later...HART gets his 3rd Place spot back while under yellow after talking with officials about a miscommunication


Lap 70- Yellow out Jeff Bailey went off the track in 2 flying into the tress a few minutes later Jeff comes out of the car a little shaken up but ok.

Lap 71 Green Again-
Lap 73- Yellow out- cars spining in turn 3 Kevin Quesnell, Lap 93- Yellow Out
Lap 93- Green 7 laps till the finish with Jeff Jefferson leading


Top 3 drivers in the winners circle from Left to Right 3rd Place John Bender, middle 2nd Place Jason Jefferson, on the Right 1st place Jeff Jefferson


Jeff Jefferson driving the Rick Allison owned car to a victory in the 2002 Apple Cup Sunday March 24th in Yakima, Wa

5:30pm Lap 100 Finish- 1st #42 Jeff Jefferson, 2nd #97 Jason Jefferson, 3rd #18 John Bender, 4th #69 Brandon Reihl, 5th #28 Brian Olson, 6th #4 Jeff Bird, 7th #5 Chris Hart, 8th #84 Christen Roeder, 9th #12 Ron Bemis, 10th #19 Kendall Thomas, 11th #65 Ted Mickelson, 12th #39 Pete Harding, 13th #48 Travis Bennett, 14th #00 Brad Rhoads, 15th #88 Cory Wolfe, 16th #2 Dan Obrist, 17th #29 Kelly Wark, 18th #22 Brian McCoy, 19th #75 Curt Phillips, 20th #72 BJ Tidrick(down 3 laps), 21st #36 Jody Tanner, 22nd #07 Kevin Quesnell, 23rd #27 Jeff Bailey, 24th #82 Vince Conwell, 25th #59 Bill Mills, 26th #10 Mike Olson, 27th #01 Dennis Wurtz II, 28th #34 Ray Wallace, 29th #1 Rick Hargraves, 30th #64 Garrett Evans(out lap 18 motor), 31st #58 Dave Ford. Unofficial Results at this time

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