Young Walker and McCutcheon Take Enduros
 at South Sound Speedway Sunday April 4th 2004

By Kristy Palmer

April 4th 2004- Tenino, WA- There were 22 cars set to start the V-8 enduro on Sunday April 4th.  
The first car out was Scott Puncochar with a mechanical problem and he was 
leading at the time. The second car out was Brian Puncochar whose tire 
came completely off. He spun into the infield and his tire rolled right 
back to him. Puncochar had been running third. Mike Buzard was running 4th 
when he went off the track.

Brandon Walker led for most for the race. He eventually finished all 
200 laps to win. Jerry Pinch finished second with 199 laps and Ivan 
Silbernagel was third with 198 laps. Also with 198 laps was Shawn Zurfluh in 
fourth. Dan Walker was fifth with 196 laps.  Dave Douglas, Noel Graf, Kari 
Puncochar, Richard Smith and Brad Nusom rounded out the top ten for the 
V-8 class. The Best Appearing Car award went to Dan Korynta.

With 17 cars on the starting grid the 4-Cylinder enduro was set at 160 
laps. Chris Schlaht was the first out of the race after only six laps.  JJ 
Hamilton took the lead early with Joe Swanson in second and Steve Canham 
in third.  Hamilton got a flat tire on lap 98 and had to leave the track.  
He was back on five laps later but on lap 129 he had more problems with 
his tires when his rear drivers side tire completely stopped moving.

Joe Swanson took over the lead after Hamilton’s mishap.  He held onto 
it until the late laps when Brad McCutcheon took over the lead.  Andy 
Acton, who had been off the track for a flat tire earlier was also back out 
and was flying. Brad McCutcheon won the race with Joe Swanson in second, three 
laps down.  Andy Acton was third and also three laps down.  Brad Nusom 
finished fourth with four laps down while Tom Gonzales was fifth, five laps 
down.  
Jeff Swanson was sixth with Brett Spencer, Roy Talbott, Norm Upson and 
Tanner Freeman finishing the top ten.  Steve Canham was awarded the 
Best Appearing Car Trophy.

V-8 Enduro Results
Pos 	Driver 	Car# 	Laps
1 	Brandon Walker 	23 	200
2 	Jerry Pinch     89 	199
3 	Ivan Silbernagel 8 	198
4 	Shawn Zurfluh 	35 	198
5 	Dan Walker 	15 	196
6 	Dave Douglas 	06 	195
7 	Noel Graf 	75 	182
8 	Kari Puncochar 	 7 	191
9 	Richard Smith 	 6 	185
10 	Brad Nusom 	09 	182
11 	Dan Dunlap 	21 	176
12 	Dan Korynta 	11 	174
13 	Scott Johnson 	78 	172
14 	Brad Tanner 	36 	161
15 	Hank Rowe 	01 	152
16 	Ralph Puncochar 47 	146
17 	Chris Graf 	76 	138
18 	Mike Buzard 	43 	73
19 	Scott Beckman 	66 	35
20 	Brian Puncochar 37 	17
21 	Scott Puncochar 14 	15
22 	Jody Tanner 	05 	One Scorer

4-Cylinder Enduro Results
Pos 	Driver 	       Car# 	Laps
1 	Brad McCutcheon 17 	160
2 	Joe Swanson 	63 	157
3 	Andy Acton 	55 	157
4 	Brad Nusom 	22 	156
5 	Tom Gonzales 	44 	155
6 	Jeff Swanson 	11 	153
7 	Brett Spencer 	64 	151
8 	Roy Talbott 	23 	150
9 	Norm Upson 	00 	147
10 	Tanner Freeman 	20 	142
11 	JJ Hamilton 	12 	119
12 	Bryan Christoffer 50 	117
13 	Steve Canham 	35 	115
14 	Jerry Pinch 	88 	104
15 	Rod Wheeler 	09 	81
16 	Chris Schlaht 	72 	6
17 	Kyle Markstrom 	76 	One Scorer

Young Gun Smokes the Competition at South Sound Speedway
 Saturday April 3rd 2004  

Brandon Finch, 16 years old, won the Sportsman main event April 3rd over 2nd place Jerry Clark

Tony Bartlotti leads a memorial lap for his son Saturday afternoon at South Sound Speedway

By Kristy Palmer

April 3, 2004… Tenino, WA- Brandon Finch took his first main event start at South 
Sound Speedway on Saturday night, April 3rd.  It was the 16 year olds first 
race on a paved track.  Finch was nervous early in the day, as was his 
mother. All their hard work and nervousness paid off when Finch took the 
checkered flag first in the North Star Yachts and Commercial Drivers Services 
Sportsman main event.  Finch had taken the lead on lap 22 from Jim 
Moen. Moen got a little out of shape and Finch and Jerry Clark passed him.  
Moen had led since the first lap of the race.  Johnny Cook was in second and 
after a lap 12 caution, Finch had moved into third.  The caution had 
involved Bryan Bykerk and Mark Jones getting together and then Tom 
Smitham, having no where else to go, launching over the top of Bykerk’s car.  
Everyone was fine and Jones and Bykerk even continued to race.  Finch 
moved into second and eventually to the front to win.  Jerry Clark finished 
second and Al Carver finished third.  Moen was fourth with Johnny Cook in 
fifth. Darryl Vickery, who won the dash, was sixth.  Carver had earlier in the 
day broken the track record in qualifying with a 14.90 second lap.  Jim 
Moen and John Boyatt were the winners of the heat races.

Another track record was broken in the Top Notch Trailers Street 
Stocks. Dan Woodward broke his own record with a 15.42 second lap.  That’s an 
average speed of 88.5 MPH.  Ron Ehli won the trophy dash.  Woodward 
took the A heat race over Dustin Wilkinson and Bobby Micielli.  Paul Hopkins 
took the B heat with Josh Bradley in second and Greg Kinney in third.  Ron Ehli 
led the first eight laps of the main event before Dustin Wilkinson took 
over. Ehli got into a spin with Dan Woodward right after that and both were 
sent to the back.  A second caution came on lap twelve when Bobby Micielli 
spun. Dan Woodward was running behind Wilkinson when he left the track on lap 
27 due to brake failure.  Ehli had now moved back into second with 
Micielli in third.  After 35 laps Dustin Wilkinson was the winner.  Bobby Micielli 
took second on the last lap and Ron Ehli was third.  Paul Hopkins was fourth 
with Josh Bradley in fifth and Bill Posh Jr. in sixth.

Doug Shaffer took the track record in the Cut Rate Auto Parts Economy 
4-Cylinders with a 17.03 second lap.  Duane Lacy took the dash.  Tim 
Garske took the B heat race with Mike Hayne in second and Kevin Koepke in 
third.  
Tom Keehan was the winner of the A heat race with Tony Bartlotti in 
second and Duane Lacy in third.  There were two cautions before even a lap was 
complete in the main event.  In the first Tim Garske and Jack Allen got 
together and spun.  In the second Mike and Floyd Hayne smashed into 
each other causing major damage to both cars.  However, they both returned 
to the race later on.  Garske took the lead after two laps with Duane Lacy in 
second and Tony Bartlotti in third.  In a smooth move on lap 20, 
Bartlotti took first moving Garske to second and Lacy to third.  Lacy took second 
on lap 23 and McGregor took third on lap 27.  After 30 laps, Bartlotti was 
the winner followed by Lacy, McGregor, Garske and Kyle Hartman.

Steven Daskam dominated the Future Stars after taking the fastest time, 
dash, heat and main event.  Austin Thom was second in the main event 
with Matt Benefield, Harrison Scherer, Kayla Roberts, Dallas Melby and Aaron 
Stanley in tow.  Cody Stewart clocked in the fastest for the Open 
Division Mini-Cups but BJ Brown took the dash.  Stewart was back on top in the 
heat race.  Steven Roberts was the main man in the main event.  He led all 
25 laps.  Stewart was second with JJ Hickle in third and Brooke Lefor in 
fourth.

North Star Yachts/Commercial Drivers Services Sportsman Results
Fast Time: Al Carver  14.90  Track Record
Dash:  Darryl Vickery
B Heat:  Jim Moen, Mark Jones, Bryan Bykerk, Johnny Cook, Kelly Ensor
A Heat:  John Boyatt, Tom Smitham, Jerry Clark, Brandon Finch, Darryl 
Vickery, Al Carver
Main:  Finch, Clark, Carver, Moen, Cook, Vickery, Bykerk, Ensor, Jones, 
Smitham, Boyatt

Top Notch Trailers Street Stock Results
Fast Time: Dan Woodward  15.42  Track Record
Dash: Ron Ehli
B Heat: Paul Hopkins, Josh Bradley, Greg Kinney, Martin Stanwood, Josh 
Marcy, Mike Brooks, Bill Posh
A Heat : Dan Woodward, Dustin Wilkinson, Bobby Micielli, Ron Ehli, Jay 
Hopkins, CJ Thom
Main:  Wilkinson, Micielli, Ehli, P. Hopkins, Bradley, Posh, Stanwood, 
Kinney, J. Hopkins, Woodward, Brooks, Marcy

Cut Rate Auto Parts Economy 4-Cylinder Results
Fast Time: Doug Shaffer  17.03  Track Record
Dash:  Duane Lacy
B Heat:  Tim Garske, Mike Hayne, Kevin Koepke, Kyle Hartman, Jeff 
Abernathy, Todd VanDiest, Maleah Smitham
A Heat:  Tom Keehan, Tony Bartlotti, Duane Lacy, Floyd Hayne, Doug 
Shaffer, Jordan McGregor, Jack Allen
Main: Bartlotti, Lacy, McGregor, Garske, Hartman, Abernathy, Smitham, 
Keehan, Allen, F. Hayne, Shaffer, M. Hayne, Koepke, VanDiest

Mini-Cup Open Division Results
Fast Time: Cody Stewart 17.05
Dash:  BJ Brown
Heat: Cody Stewart, JJ Hickle, BJ Brown, Terryl Dykstra, Dave Torrey, 
Steven Roberts, Brooke Lefor, Dave Vanderpol, Buddy Benefield, Josh Stevens, 
Dan Larson,  Dan Larson Jr.
Main:  Roberts, Stewart, Hickle, Lefor, Brown, Larson, Dykstra, 
Vanderpol, Torrey, Benefield, Stevens, Larson Jr.

Future Star Results
Fast Time: Steven Daskam 18.34
Dash:  Steven Daskam
Heat:  Steven Daskam, Austin Thom, Aaron Stanley, Dallas Melby, Matt 
Benefield, Harrison Scherer, Kayla Roberts
Main:  Daskam, Thom, Benefield, Scherer, Roberts, Melby, Stanley

 

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