Southern Oregon Speedway- Medford, Oregon
2003 Race Results
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By Dave Ehrhardt
Southern Oregon Speedway
(June 14th 2003) Medford, Oregon- Fred Hay made some hay at Justin Holtıs
expense on Saturday night at the Southern Oregon Speedway.
Leading the pack on his way to victory in the D&S
Harley-Davidson Dwarf
Car feature, Holt ran out of gas and was left holding the bag. Meanwhile as
the rest of the field slowed, Hay moved all the way from the seventh spot to
take the checkered flag.
While Hay took advantage of an opportunity to win his first
feature, a
pair of veteran winners returned to center stage in their respective
divisions. Jon DeBenedetti and Frank Word III, both defending points
champions, made a clean sweep of the action, winning their heat race, the
trophy dash and the main event. DeBenedettiıs victory lifted him to the top
spot in the modified division.
Also Saturday, Bryan Barns added to his lead with another win
the
Equipment Mart Super 4ıs, besting Pat Akins (who is second to him in the
points) in the feature. Dan Menne also scored a sweep, grabbing all three of
his races in the Burger King Sprint Cars to add to his lead in the division.
Racing continues Saturday night at the Southern Oregon
Speedway, with
gates opening at 4 pm. Action gets underway at 6.
D&S Harley-Davidson Dwarf Cars
Heat 1: 1. Ed Starner; 2. Mike Jackson; 3. Rick Sequeira.
Heat 2: 1. Gary Fitzsimmons; 2. Jerry Apland; 3. Jeff Van
Cleave.
Heat 3: 1. Bob Painter; 2. Kyle Resnik; 3. Tom Palazzolo.
Heat 4: 1. Dan Van Acker; 2. Jeff Saxson; 3. Herman Pulyer.
Trophy Dash: 1. Gary Fitzsimmons; 2. Ed Starner; 3. Bob
Painter; 4. Dan
Van Acker.
Feature: 1. Fred Hay; 2. Rick Sequeira; 3. Barry Dresen; 4.
Dan Van
Acker; 5. Kyle Resnick; 6. Crash Johnson; 7. Tom Palazzolo; 8. Herman
Pulyer; 9. Dan Fairchild; 10. Gary Fitzsimmons.
Equipment Mart Super 4ıs
Heat 1: 1. Terry Hadley; 2. Kevin Gudzan; 3. Greg Arnold.
Heat 2: 1. Bryan Barns; 2. Mark Pemberton; 3. Patrick Lanigan.
Trophy Dash: 1. Terry Hadley; 2. Bryan Barns; 3. Mark
Pemberton.
Feature: 1. Bryan Barns; 2. Pat Akins; 3. Patrick Lanigan; 4.
Mark
Pemberton; 5. Vicki Macormick; 6. Steve Pierce; 7. Tami Ott; 8. Brian
Merriman; 9. John Barger; 10. Milt Carter.
Skinner Wholesale Pro Stocks
Heat 1: 1. Tony Walker; 2. Rick Hunsley; 3. Jim Hill.
Heat 2: 1. John David Duffie; 2. Chris Charlton; 3. Mike
Jones.
Heat 3: 1. Brian Poppa; 2. Albert Gill; 3. Jim Walker.
Heat 4: 1. Frank Word III; 2. Berry Hunt; 3. Bob Dees.
Trophy Dash: 1. Frank Word III; 2. Tony Walker; 3. John David
Duffie.
B Main: 1. Dave Satterfield; 2. Ken Irving; 3. Don Gifford;
4. Glenn
McElreath; 5. Terry Townsend.
Feature: 1. Frank Word III; 2. Tony Walker; 3. Chris
Charlton; 4. Bob
Dees; 5. Albert Gill; 6. Butch Poppa; 7. Ken Irving; 8. Rick Hunsley; 9.
Darren Provost; 10. Dan Thomas.
Littrell Auto Parts Modifieds
Heat 1: 1. Jon DeBenedetti; 2. Skipper Klimcheck; 3. Dave
Duste Jr.
Heat 2: 1. Dan Estremado; 2. Mark Wauge; 3. Jeremy Richey.
Heat 3: 1. Dave Duste Sr.; 2. Brian Poppa; 3. Scott Weldon.
Heat 4: 1. Dan Smith; 2. Rich McCoy; 3. Kevin Hewitt.
Trophy Dash: 1. Jon DeBenedetti; 2. Dane Smith; 3. Dan
Estremado.
B Main: 1. Brett James; 2. Justin Holt; 3. Tracy Bradley; 4.
Jay Hinton
Jr.; 5. J.J. Johnson.
Feature: 1. Jon DeBenedetti; 2. Rich McCoy; 3. Dan Estremado;
4. Jeremy
Richey; 5. Scott Lenz; 6. Ron Possinger; 7. Skipper Klimcheck; 8. Dave Duste
Jr.; 9. Eric Bray; 10. Jay Hinton Jr.
Sprint Cars
Heat 1: 1. T.J. Winningham; 2. Melissa Yates; 3. Garren
Linder.
Heat 2: 1. Dan Menne; 2. Bill Nutter; 3. Randy Rodgers.
Trophy Dash: 1. Dan Menne; 2. T.J. Winningham; 3. Bill
Nutter; 4.
Melissa Yates.
Feature: 1. Dan Menne; 2. Bill Nutter; 3. Melissa Yates; 4.
Garren
Linder; 5. Randy Rogers; 6. T.J. Winningham; 7. Anthony Nunes; 8. Scott
Finley; 9. Kevin Corey.
Southern Oregon Speedway, May 31, 2003
(May 31st 2003) Medford, Oregon - Brian Poppa won
the biggest Pro Stock race of the 2003 season at the Southern Oregon
Speedway on Saturday night.
Poppa grabbed the lead early in the second stage of the
50-lap Art
Pollard Memorial Feature, cruising to the checkered. The 1999 class champion
in the Pro Stocks, Poppa qualified for the feature by finishing second in
the B Main. Once into the final race he hung near the lead on the first 25
laps. After a break for refueling halfway through the race, Poppa headed for
the front after the restart and grabbed the lead from Albert Gill on lap 33
and never looked back, finishing well ahead of the pack.
Poppa said he found the groove in the first half of the race
and stayed
dialed in when action resumed.
³I knew it was good and it only got better,² Poppa said.
Chris Charlton had the top spot through most of the first
half before
defending division champion Frank Word III grabbed the lead just before the
break. Word was still near the top before spinning out on the 35th lap.
Gary Fitzsimmons cruised to another convincing victory in the
D&S
Harley-Davidson Dwarf Cars. The defending class champion took the lead eight
laps in and never relinquished it to claim feature honors.
The Equipment Mart Super 4ıs were a two-man race, with Pat
Akins and
Bryan Barns running away from the field. After Barns won the trophy dash,
Akins took the upperhand in the Super 4ıs, adding to his lead in the point
standings.
Joe Dirt was the man in the Great Outdoors Trailer Sales
& Rentals Mini
Stocks, taking his first career feature victory.
Racing continues Saturday night at the Speedway. Gates open
at 4 pm with
the first race starting at 6.
Skinner Wholesale Pro Stocks
Heat 1: 1. Darren Provost; 2. Tracy Bradley; 3. Jared
Morrill; 4. Don
Gifford.
Heat 2: 1. Skipper Klimcheck; 2. Jim Hill; 3. David
Saterfield; 4. Joe
Guider.
Heat 3: 1. John David Duffie; 2. Butch Poppa; 3. Tony Walker;
4. Bob
Dees.
Heat 4: 1. Chris Charlton; 2. Albert Gill; 3. Brian Poppa; 4.
Buster
McElreath.
Trophy Dash: 1. Darren Provost; 2. Skipper Klimcheck; 3. John
David
Duffie; 4. Chris Charlton.
B Main: 1. Skipper Klimcheck; 2. Brian Poppa; 3. Dave
Satterfield; 4.
Jim Hill; 5. Don Gifford; 6. Jarred Morril; 7. Joe Guider; 8. Dan Thomas; 9.
Wally Watkins; 10. Cale Carder.
Art Pollard Memorial 50: 1. Brian Poppa; 2. Albert
Gill; 3. Tony Walker;
4. Chris Charlton; 4. 5. Skipper Klimcheck.
D&S Harley-Davidson Dwarf Cars
Heat 1: 1. Bob Painter; 2. Gary Fitzsimmons; 3. Mike Jackson;
4. Kyle
Resnick.
Heat 2: 1. Mitch Sheeler; 2. Dan Van Acker; 3. Ed Starner; 4.
Fred Hay.
Trophy Dash: 1. Gary Fitzsimmons; 2. Dan VanAcker; 3. Bob
Painter; 4.
Mitch Sheeler.
Feature: 1. Gary Fitzsimmons; 2. Bob Painter; 3. Ed Starner;
4. Dan Van
Acker; 5. Mike Jackson; 6. Fred OıNan; 7. Barry Dressen; 8. Jim Miller; 9.
Rick Sequeira; 10. Kyle Resnick.
Equipment Mart Super 4ıs
Heat 1: 1. Bryan Barns; 2. Jerry Hadley; 3. Steve Pierce; 4.
John
Barger.
Heat 2: 1. Pat Akins; 2. Greg Arnold; 3. Jim Hill; 4. Dan
King.
Heat 3: 1. Kevin Gudzan; 2. Lindsay Bryant; 3. Tracy OıCallahan;
4. Lee
Doty.
Heat 4: 1. Mark Pemberton; 2. Brian Merriman; 3. Patrick
Lanigan; 4.
Tami Ott.
Trophy Dash: 1. Bryan Barns; 2. Pat Akins; 3. Mark Pemberton;
4. Kevin
Gudzan.
Feature: 1. Pat Akins; 2. Bryan Barns; 3. Greg Arnold; 4.
Patrick
Lanigan; 5. John Barger; 6. Lindsay Bryant; 7. Terry Hadley; 8. Vicki
McCormic.
Great Outdoors Trailers Sales & Rentals Mini Stocks
Heat 1: 1. Dave Bishop; 2. Eric Hull; 3. Mark James; 4. Don
Clark.
Heat 2: 1. Rocky Bass; 2. Joe Dirt; 3. Jeff Ford; 4. Tom
Hammond.
Heat 3: 1. Eddie Farley; 2. Milt Carter; 3. David Mullane; 4.
James
Bell.
Heat 4: 1. Jamie Guider; 2. Tom Lanigan; 3. Ken Kitchen; 4.
Bob Burkett.
Trophy Dash: 1. Rocky Bass; 2. Dave Bishop; 3. Eddie Farley;
4. Jamie
Guider.
Feature: 1. Joe Dirt; 2. Rocky Bass; 3. Dave Bishop; 4. Tom
Lanigan; 5.
Eddie Farley; 6. Jamie Guider; 7. Ken Kitchen; 8. Bob Burkett; 9. Danny
Balko; 10. Milt Carter.
Barry Martinez was in the right place at the
right time on Saturday
night at The Southern Oregon Speedway.
(May 24th 2003) Medford, Oregon- The Washington driver answered
when the door opened, winning the main
event in the Northern Sprint Tourıs stop at the Speedway. In the process,
Martinez pocketted $1,800 for his second career victory on the touring
series of high-powered sprint cars.
Two-time defending series champion Roger Crockett appeared to
have the
feature race under control. The fast qualifier on the night and the winner
of his heat race and the trophy dash, Crockett took the top spot 10 laps
into the 30-lap feature and was running away with what would have been his
second victory in two nights after winning the series opener at Lebanon on
Friday. Crockett was working his way through lapped traffic when Rory Price
spun out, claiming Crockett on the 21st lap.
While Crockett was able to continue, he was forced to the
back of the
pack. The remaining nine laps were slowed by yellow flags as Martinez turned
back Shawna Wilskey and Dale Smith for the victory. Wilskey finished second,
earning $1,250.
Todd Zeitler, the defending champion in the regular sprint
car class at
the track, barely got out of the gate, leaving his heat race on the first
lap and never returning due to mechanical problems.
The tour is scheduled to complete the long weekend of racing
with a stop
in Cottage Grove on Sunday night.
In Saturdayıs other racing action, Pat Akins was barely
challenged in
winning the Equipment Mart Super 4 feature. Akins had the line all night,
winning his heat and the trophy dash before taking charge in the main. He
grabbed the lead on the second lap and kept the lead through a variety of
yellow flags on his way to the 20-lap feature victory.
The Sprint Tourıs stop in White City was the first of two
scheduled for
the season. The series returns to the Speedway on Monday, July 16, part of
the annual Speed Week races.
Racing continues Saturday night with the annual Art Pollard
Memorial Pro
Stock Feature highlighting the action. Gates open at 4 pm with the first
green flag waving at 6.
Northern Sprint Tour
Heat 1: 1. Roger Crockett; 2. Jamie Barnes; 3. Ron Myska; 4.
Barry
Martinez.
Heat 2: 1. Steven Allard; 2. Shawn Smith; 3. Dale Smith; 4.
Dan Menne.
Heat 3: 1. Marvin Smith; 2. Chad Hillder; 3. Shawna Wilskey;
4. Jay
Barnes.
Heat 4: 1. Bill Nutter; 2. Gary Morgan; 3. Kevin Etdison; 4.
Matt
Rodgers.
Trophy Dash: 1. Barry Martinez; 2. Shawna Wilskey; 3. Roger
Crockett; 4.
Steven Allard.
B Main: 1. Jeff Hodgson; 2. Steven Tiner; 3. Rory Price; 4.
Melissa
Yates; 5. Anthony Nunes.
Feature: 1. Barry Martinez; 2. Shawna Wilskey; 3. Dale
Smith; 4. Steve
Allard; 5. Jeff Hodgson; 6. Steven Tiner; 7. Jay Barnes; 8. Chad Hillder; 9.
Bill Nutter; 10 . Roger Crockett.
Equipment Mart Super 4ıs
Heat 1: 1. Patrick Lanigan; 2. Lindsay Bryant; 3. Pete Bowne
Jr; 4.
Kevin Gudzan.
Heat 2: 1. Pat Akins; 2. Lee Doty; 3. Eddie Farley; 4. Tracy
OıCall.
Heat 3: 1. Dan King; 2. Dan Bishop; 3. Pat Akins; 4. Tim
Towler.
Heat 4: 1. Bryan Barns; 2. Greg Arnold; 3. Tami Ott; 4. Mark
Pemberton.
Trophy Dash: 1. Pat Akins; 2. Patrick Lanigan; 3. Dan King.
Feature: 1. Pat Akins; 2. Bryan Barns; 3. Mark Pemberton; 4.
Patrick
Lanigan; 5. Greg Arnold; 6. Lee Doty; 7. Lindsay Bryant; 8. John Barger; 9.
Dave Bishop; 10. Eddie Farley.
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