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orthwest Sprint Challenge Series 2007 Season Results on NWRacer.com
Elma, WA- Friday September 14th- 52 Sprint Cars Qualified -
Qualifying- 1st 26 Tayler Malsam 12.339
2nd 4 Nick Enburg 12.384
3rd 7N Roger Crockett 12.388
4th 3N Billy Nutter 12.394
5th 9P Jared Peterson 12.425
6th 76 Shawn Rice 12.444
7th 40 Brock Lemley 12.508
8th 38 Jason Bloodgood 12.520
9th 8R Travis Rutz 12.534
10th 1 Shane Stewart 12.566
Rick Fauver who was 5th Quick DQed for having the wrong tire on droped to 52nd
Non Qualifier Race #1 (Transfer to C Main)
1st 92 Seth Hespe , 2nd 12p Randy Pierce , 3rd KR14 Tyler Spath, 4th 87 Kyler
Barraza, 5th DNS- 13 Chadd Noland, 6th DNS- 34 John Wincewich
Non Qualifier Race #2
1st 91 Derek Ingalls , 2nd 4c Charlie Cash, 3rd 22c Blake Cook, 4th
15 Dan Dunlap, 5th 54 Mike Gable, 6th 5sp Rick Fauver DNS (scratched)
Heat Race #1
1st 99 Tyler Pinceman, 2nd 8R Travis Rutz, 3rd 18 Steve Kilcup, 4th Tayler
Malsam, 5th Braden Etchinson, 6th 7T Jeff Thompson, 7th 9J JJ Dishneau, 8th 26F
Shane Forte, 9th OJ Jay Cole, 10th Jared Peterson (Nearly Rolled over coming out
of turn 4 on the 1st lap)
Heat Race #2 Joe Ramaker leading the race slows coming out of turn 2 on
lap 3 bringing out the yellow, Stephen Allard to the infield on lap 5
1st 35A Jonathan Allard, 2nd 1 Shane Stewart, 3rd 76 Shawn Rice, 4th 4R
Robby Vaughn, 5th 66 Barry Martinez, 6th 4x Chris Adams, 7th 4 Nick
Enberg, 8th 5k Willie Croft, 9th 33V Stephen Allard, 10th 98R Joe Ramaker
Heat Race #3 Brad Holmes going bouncing around in turn 1 on the first
lap but keeps it going,
1st 72 Glen Borden Jr, 2nd 68 Rob Held, 3rd 98M Mitch Olson, 4th 53 Joe Beaver,
5th Roger Crockett, 6th 40 Brock Lemley, 7th 65 Brendan Boyce, 8th
32 Shawn Smith, 9th 5H Brad Holmes, 10th 55 Andy Jacobson (Joe Beaver from
Knoxville, IA holds off Roger Crockett sending Crockett to the B Main missing
the Dash, Only 2nd this year Roger has been in the B Main)
Heat Race #4 1st 33 Jimmy Trulli, 2nd 08 Steve Vague, 3rd 23A Seth Bergman, 4th 7H JJ Hickle, 5th 3N Billy Nutter, 6th 99 Randy Van Agten, 7th 7D Josh DeWitt, 8th 22 Geoff Beck, 9th 7K Danny Kirkpatrick, 10th 38 Jason Bloodgood
Nick Frausto flipping a few times in turn 1 in heat race action ending his
night.
Focus Midgets- Heat Race #1
Jeff Bell holds off Otto Jorgenson to the finish running bumper to bumper
Focus Midgets Heat Race #2
Ty Brownfield wins the second heat.
Focus Main- Samantha
Sprints- C Main - 1st Danny Kirkpatrick, 2nd 33V Stephen Allard, 3rd OJ Jay Cole, 4th 66 Barry Martinez, 5th KR14 Tyler Spath, 6th 7T Jeff Thompson, 7th 12p Randy Pierce, 8th 4C Charlie Cash, 9th 87 Tyler Barazza, 10th 92 Seth Hespe, 11th 91 Derek Ingalls, 12th 15 Dan Dunlap, 13th 22 Blake Cook, 14th 99 Randy Van Agten, 15th 54 Mike Gable, 16th 32s Shawn Smith, 17th 55 Andy Jacobson (Cole Transferred to B Main Being an alternate),
Dash- 1st 1 Shane Stewart, 2nd 91 Mitch Olson, 3rd Shawn Rice, 4th Travis Rutz, 5th Seth Bergman, 6th Tayler Malsam
B Main - 1st 7N Roger Crockett, 2nd 4 Nick Enburg, 3rd 3N Billy Nutter, 4th 40 Brock Lemley, 5th OJ Jay Cole, 6th 9P Jared Peterson, 7th 38 Jason Bloodgood, 8th 7D Josh DeWitt, 9th 9J JJ Dishneau, 10th 33v Stephen Allard, 11th 24 Jamie Barnes, 12th 4x Chris Adams, 13th 26F Shane Forte, 14th 5H Brad Holmes, 15th 5K Willie Croft, 16th 7k Danny Kirkpatrick, 17th 22 Geoff Beck, 18th 65 Brendan Boyce
A Main - Red Flag out early for Brock Lemley and several others getting on their sides in turn 4 on lap 1 so with a complete restart its Shane Stewart leading the field to the green, another try to get ther first lap resulted in another red flag in turn 4 JJ Hickle fliped
Lap 23 Mitch Olson who led most of the race so far lost the lead to Shane
Stewart and was running 2nd and in turn 2 comes to a stop with a flat right rear
tire but ran with Stewart as long as he could. 12:30am Yellow
Fridays Feature Winner - Shane Stewart from Bixby, Oklahoma in Doyle's Harley
Davidson Sprint Car
NSCS A Main - 25 Laps
1st Shane Stewart, 2nd Travis Rutz, 3rd Shawn Rice, 4th Seth Bergman, 5th Roger
Crockett, 6th Tayler Malsem, 7th Billy Nutter, 8th Joe Beaver, 9th Nick Enberg,
10th Jonathan Allard, 11th Rob Held, 12th Jimmy Trullie, 13th JJ Hickle, 14th
Tyler Pinceman, 15th Glen Borden Jr. 16th Mitch Olson, 17 Steve Vauge, 18th
Robbie Vaughn, 19th Steve Kilcup, 20th Brock Lemley
Stewart wins NSCS Brownfield preliminary
Andrew Kunas, NSCS Publicist...
ELMA, Wash. - Less than three weeks after beating the World of Outlaws at Grays
Harbor Raceway, Shane Stewart came back to Elma and again found victory lane,
this time in the preliminary event of the inaugural Fred Brownfield Memorial
Sprint Challenge.
For Stewart, who calls Oklahoma home, it was his fourth victory in seven starts
with the Northwest Sprint Challenge Series driving for Mike and Janie Doyle.
Following his WoO victory in 410 sprint cars, it was his first win in a 360
sprint car, on the 3/8-mile, high-banked clay oval. Stewart and Doyle earned
$1,200 for their efforts.
Stewart, who won three out of five races to win the NSCS Northwest Speed Week
title in July, started the 25-lap event on the pole in the No. 1 Shaver-powered
Maxim and took the lead on the first two attempts to start the race. After two
red flags, however, Puyallup, Wash.'s Mitch Olson made the third start the charm
and took the lead.
Olson entered the night 66 points behind Medford's Roger Crockett in the NSCS
point standings and was in position to gain ground on Crockett, who had to come
out of the B-Main for only the second time this season and started eighth. Olson
led 19 laps in the Mike Olson No. 98m Rocket, withstanding repeated challenges
by Stewart and using slower cars to his advantage.
Crockett, who finished fifth in the Henderson Motorsports No. 7N Eagle, may have
gotten his biggest break of the year regarding the points chase, as Olson
noticeably began to struggle to get through the turns on lap 18. On lap 20,
Stewart made his move, passing Olson on the high side going through turn two. On
lap 24, Olson came to a stop in turn two with a shredded right rear tire that
resulted in other damage to the rear of the car, ending his night. Scored 16th,
Olson's promising run instead resulted in losing more ground.
Stewart would lead the final six laps to score the victory over British
Columbia's Travis Rutz.
"It was good race between me and Mitch," Stewart said. "My third start wasn't as
good as my first two and he got around me. His car got a little free toward the
end and this car never stopped going forward. The slicker (the track) got, the
better I was."
Rutz started the feature fourth and ran third until inheriting second when
Olson's night ended. Rutz's attempt to make a run on Stewart on the final
restart on lap 24 failed, but the 19-year-old scored his best finish of the year
in NSCS competition in the Rutz Racing No. 8 Richmond-powered Triple X entry.
His runner-up was also his third consecutive top-five finish.
"I'm feeling really good," said Rutz, who unofficially moved past Bill Nutter
into third in the standings. "To even run with Shane is something to be proud
of. I wasn't going to stress over one position. I just wanted to roll it into
the trailer. It's all about tomorrow."
What Rutz was referring to was the point system for the Fred Brownfield Memorial
Sprint Challenge, virtually identical to the old Evergreen State Sprint
Challenge. Points from Friday's event will added two points accumulated during
Saturday's qualifying session and heat races to determine main event line-ups.
Another driver feeling good about his chances at Saturday's $10,092 first prize
is Tacoma, Wash.'s Shawn Rice, who finished third in the RAM Racing No. 76
Shark-powered Rocket.
"I gotta feel good, coming in third tonight," Rice said. "Maybe we get a we a
good draw and hopefully be in the top five, top three in points. I feel like I
put myself in a pretty good position."
Snohomish, Wash. driver Seth Bergman's good run in his brand new race car
continued as he scored his fourth top-five finish in as many starts that car,
three of them with the NSCS. Running fifth with two laps remaining, Bergman
drove his family's No. 23a Wesmar-powered Eagle past Crockett for the fourth
position, despite not having properly functioning brakes.
Quick qualifier Tayler Malsam, who expects to run the full ARCA schedule in
2008, finished sixth in the Rudeen Racing / Malsam Motorsports No. 26 Maxim,
followed by Nutter in his own No. 3N Zeitler.
The long-tow award went to Knoxville, Iowa's Joe Beaver, a relative of the
Brownfield Family. Beaver, a regular at Knoxville Raceway, made his first racing
appearance at Grays Harbor Raceway a good one, finishing eighth after starting
11th in his No. 53 Ostrich-powered Maxim.
The fourth and final red flag of the A-Main came as the checkered flag was being
waved. Nick Engberg and Jonathan Allard, the last two cars out of ten on the
lead lap, were involved in a scary accident that saw Allard, the former Golden
State Challenge champion out of California, flip upside down and go through the
wall between turns three and four. Allard emerged from his car, reportedly
unharmed.
Engberg and Allard were scored as the first two cars a lap down, with Engberg
earning ninth in the Ken Engberg No. 4 Rocket and Allard tenth in the Main
Racing No. 35a JEI.
Placerville, Calif. visitor Jimmy Trulli finished 12th and Alberta's Tyler
Pinceman was scored 14th. Grays Harbor Raceway champion Glenn Borden Jr. of
Raymond, Wash. finished 15th after being involved in an earlier accident with
Robby Vaughn and Steve Kilcup. Vaughn, the leading NSCS Rookie of the Year
candidate, was scored 18th and Kilcup, who recently claimed his second straight
Skagit Speedway championship, was credited with 19th. Brock Lemley, who won the
410 sprint car title at Skagit, was scored 20th after flipping upside down at
the start of the event.
Crockett won the 15-lap B-Main event and a a result got his qualifying time
back, putting him in the eighth starting position behind the six dash cars in
the A-Main. Engberg, Nutter and Lemley also transferred with him. Danny
Kirkpatrick won the 10-lap C-Main over California visitor Stephen Allard and
former track champion Jay Cole. Cole also transferred to the B-Main after
Idaho's Joe Ramaker scratched. Cole finished fifth in the B-Main and was also
the alternate for the A-Main, but did not get the same luck he got earlier.
Stewart's dash victory, featuring the six fastest qualifiers who transferred out
of their heat races, came over Stewart, Rice, Rutz, Bergman and Malsam. The top
qualifiers all struggled in their heat races, as six of the top eight fastest
drivers in qualifying failed to transfer. Bergman, the 12th fastest qualifier,
was the final driver to get in the dash.
Victories in heat race competition went to Pinceman, Jonathan Allard, Borden and
Trulli. Two non-qualifiers races were also run. Seth Hespe, grandson of the late
Brownfield, won the first event and Derek Ingalls, who came into the night
seventh in NSCS points, took the checkers in the second race.
Malsam paced the 54-car field, the third largest for the NSCS this season, with
a time of 12.339 seconds in qualifying, only a two one-hundredths of a second
off Rice's track record time.
The NSCS continues racing Saturday with a $10,092 winners paycheck on the line.
After qualifying and heat races, a break in the action will take place as points
from Friday and early Saturday will be tallied. Sixteen cars will be locked into
the A-Main, with the top six also being locked into the dash. More information
on the Northwest Sprint Challenge Series and its drivers can be found online at
http://www.racenscs.com.
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Northwest Sprint Challenge Series
Fred Brownfield Memorial Sprint Challenge
Grays Harbor Raceway
Elma, WA
September 14, 2007
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
54 cars
Fast qualifier: 26 Tayler Malsam, 12.339 seconds
Non-qualifier 1 (6 laps): 1. 92 Seth Hespe, 2. 12p Randy Pierce, 3. KR14 Tyler
Spath, 4. 87 Kyler Barraza, DNS - 13 Chadd Noland, 34 John Wincewicz, 73
Danielle Huson. Note: 13 Chadd Noland crashed on warm-up lap and was unable to
continue.
Non-qualifer 2 (6 laps): 1. 91 Derek Ingalls, 2. 4c Charlie Cash, 3. 22c Blake
Cook, 4. 15 Dan Dunlap, 5. 54 Mike Gable, DNS - 5sp Rick Fauver, 51 Jon
Farrell.
Heat 1 (10 laps): 1. 99p Tyler Pinceman, 2. 8 Travis Rutz, 3. 18 Steve Kilcup,
4. 26 Tayler Malsam, 5. 24 Jayme Barnes, 6. 7t Jeff Thompson, 7. 9j J.J.
Dishneau, 8. 26f Shane Forte', 9. 0J Jay Cole, 10. 9p Jared Peterson. Top four
finishers transfer to A-Main.
Heat 2 (10 laps):1 . 35a Jonathan Allard, 2. 1 Shane Stewart, 3. 76 Shawn Rice,
4. 4r Robby Vaughn, 5. 66 Barry Martinez, 6. 4x Chris Adams, 7. 4 Nick Engberg,
8. 5k Willie Croft, 9. 33v Stephen Allard, 10. 98 Joe Ramaker. Top four
finishers transfer to A-Main.
Heat 3 (10 laps): 1. 72 Glenn Borden Jr., 2. 68 Rob Held, 3. 98m Mitch Olson, 4.
53 Joe Beaver, 5. 7N Roger Crockett, 6. 40 Brock Lemley, 7. 65 Brendan Boyce, 8.
32s Shawn Smith, 9. 5h Brad Holmes, 10. 55 Andy Jacobson. Top four finishers
transfer to A-Main.
Heat 4 (10 laps): 1. 33t Jimmy Trulli, 2. 08 Steve Vague, 3. 23a Seth Bergman,
4. 7h J.J. Hickle, 5. 3N Bill Nutter, 6. 99 Randy VanAagten, 7. 7D Josh DeWitt,
8. 22 Geoff Beck, 9. 7k Danny Kirkpatrick, 10. 38 Jason Bloodgood. Top four
finishers transfer to A-Main.
C-Main (10 laps): 1. 7k Danny Kirkpatrick, 2. 33v Stephen Allard, 3. 0J Jay
Cole, 4. 66 Barry Martinez, 5. KR14 Tyler Spath, 6. 7t Jeff Thompson, 7. 12p
Randy Pierce, 8. 4c Charlie Cash, 9. 87 Kyler Barraza, 10. 92 Seth Hespe, 11. 91
Derek Ingalls, 12. 15 Dan Dunlap, 13. 22c Blake Cook, 14. 99 Randy VanAagten,
15. 54 Mike Gable, 16. 32s Shawn Smith, 17. 55 Andy Jacobson. Top two finishers
transfer to B-Main. 0J Jay Cole also transfers due to scratch from B-Main
field.
Dash (6 laps): 1. 1 Shane Stewart, 2. 98m Mitch Olson, 3. 76 Shawn Rice, 4. 8
Travis Rutz, 5. 23a Seth Bergman, 6. 26 Tayler Malsam. Finish determines first
six starting positions of A-Main.
B-Main (15 laps): 1. 7N Roger Crockett, 2. 4 Nick Engberg, 3. 3N Bill Nutter, 4.
40 Brock Lemley, 5. 0J Jay Cole, 6. 9p Jared Peterson, 7. 38 Jason Bloodgood, 8.
7D Josh DeWitt, 9. 9j J.J. Dishneau, 10. 33v Stephen Allard, 11. 24 Jayme
Barnes, 12. 4x Chris Adams, 13. 26f Shane Forte', 14. 5h Brad Holmes, 15. 5k
Willie Croft, 16. 7k Danny Kirkpatrick, 17. 22 Geoff Beck, 18. 65 Brendan Boyce,
DNS - 98 Joe Ramaker. Top four finishers transfer to A-Main.
A-Main (25 laps): 1. 1 Shane Stewart, 2. 8 Travis Rutz, 3. 76 Shawn Rice, 4. 23a
Seth Bergman, 5. 7N Roger Crockett, 6. 26 Tayler Malsam, 7. 3N Bill Nutter, 8.
53 Joe Beaver, 9. 4 Nick Engberg, 10. 35a Jonathan Allard, 11. 68 Rob Held, 12.
33t Jimmy Trulli, 13. 7h J.J. Hickle, 14. 99p Tyler Pinceman, 15. 72 Glenn
Borden Jr., 16. 98m Mitch Olson, 17. 08 Steve Vague, 18. 4r Robby Vaughn, 19. 18
Steve Kilcup, 20. 40 Brock Lemley.
Lap leaders: Mitch Olson 1-19, Shane Stewart 20-25
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Stewart Wins First Night Of Brownfield Memorial
Taylor Picks Up Win In The Midgets.
By Jack Fordyce
Grays Harbor Raceway, Elma, WA. 9/15/07
Shane Stewart of Bixby, OK. finished up the Friday night of the inaugural Fred Brownfield Memorial Race at Grays Harbor Raceway when he took the checkered flag in the NSCS twenty five-lap feature race at 12:40 Saturday morning.
Stewart ended NSCS points leader Roger Crockett of Medford, OR. perfect record of three straight feature wins at the Elma track this year in the NSCS series, and followed up his World Of Outlaws feature win at Elma just three weeks ago.
Crockett failed to qualify for the feature race as he finished fifth in his heat race and had to get to the feature race by winning the B Main.
The race got off to a rough start as it took two tries to get a lap in as Brock Lemley of Bellingham, WA took a hard right into the wall in turn-four bringing out the red flag. The next start wasn’t much better when Glenn Borden Jr. of Raymond,WA., Robby Vaughn of Snohomish, WA. and Steve Kilcup of Sedro Wolley, WA. all got tangled up in turn, with Kilcup flipping his car.
Stewart had the pole by virtue of his win in the trophy dash earlier in the race program, but lost the top spot to Mitch Olson of Tacoma, WA. on the first lap.
Olson set a quick pace, followed by Stewart, Travis Rutz of Langley, B. C. Shawn Rice of Tacoma, and Malsam.
Stewart was able to get by Olson for the lead when he made an inside move on the leader in turn-two on lap-twenty when the got into slower traffic.
Stewart didn’t have to worry about Olson when he shredded a tire on lap-twenty three and left the track on the hook.
Stewart cruised to the checkered flag, followed by Rutz, Rice, Seth Bergman edged Crockett for the fourth spot.
Samantha Taylor of Bonny Lake, WA. picked up her first feature win of the season in the Ford Focus Midgets series when she passed pole sitter and former Grays Harbor track champion Brian Thomas of McCleary, WA. on the second lap.
Taylor was having no problem holding on to the top spot as Thomas, Otto Jorgenson of Auburn, WA. Dan West JR. this year’s track champion, and Lee St Paul of Shelton, WA. were all in pursuit, but were unable to gain ground.
Taylor survived a restart when the caution flag came out with just two laps left in the race, but she held her ground on the restart and took the checkered flag, followed by Thomas, West Jr. Jeff Bell of Marysville and St Paul.
Stewart takes NSCS win in first Medford race to kickoff
Speedweek Monday July 23rd
Andrew Kunas, NSCS Publicist
Monday July 23, 2007- WHITE CITY, Ore. - Shane Stewart didn't seem to be
bothered by the fact he had never raced on Southern Oregon Speedway before. That
became more evident when he won Monday's Northwest Speed Week opener in
Northwest Sprint Challenge Series competition.
Monday's event saw one of the more bizarre endings in recent memory. Stewart had
led all 18 completed laps of the scheduled 30-lapper when a
green-white-checkered was called for as the track's weeknight curfew had arrived
and gone. Following Stewart the entire race was NSCS point leader and four-time
race winner Roger Crockett.
Crockett got underneath Stewart in turns one and two on the restart, but contact
was made, sending both drivers spinning around. Crockett stopped in the
Henderson Motorsports No. 7N Eagle, but Stewart managed to keep going and retain
his top position and with checkers falling he had his first career NSCS victory
aboard the Doyle's No. 1 Shaver-powered Maxim.
"I was just lucky to keep it going, honestly. Unfortunately, Mike Doyle's nice
new ride has a scratch on it," Stewart, out of Bixby, Okla. joked quietly.
Doyle, whom Crockett used to drive for and won Northern Sprint Tour
championships with, had put together the ride with mechanical whiz Paul Silva
for Stewart to drive this week as a hired gun. Stewart has spent much of this
season in that role, recently winning the Ohio Speed Week title with the
All-Star Circuit of Champions.
Golden State Challenge series point leader Brent Kaeding of Campbell, Calif.
inherited second in his own No. 69 Shaver-powered Maxim at the finish as a
result of Crockett's misfortune. The 12-time "King of California" has won the
Monday Speed Week race at Southern Oregon four times. Bellingham, Wash.'s Brock
Lemley, racing at Southern Oregon for the first time also, finished a strong
third aboard the Kentch Bros. No. 40 Triple X. Reigning "King of California"
Jonathon Allard of Chico finished fourth in the Morrie Williams No. 0 Kistler-powered
Maxim.
Perhaps the biggest winner of the evening was Tacoma's Mitch Olson, who finished
fifth in the Mike Olson No. 98m Shark-powered Rocket. Crockett's 85-point lead
over Olson going into the evening took a hit as Crockett was credited with a
17th place finish, his only finish outside the top five in the NSCS all season.
Olson, a feature winner earlier this season in NSCS competition, ran in the top
ten the entire way and also ran ahead of Kaeding for a time.
Stewart, on two instances, was approaching slower traffic when cautions occurred
to clear the track for him. The first was on lap 11 when Snohomish, Wash.'s Seth
Bergman spun around in turn four after being tapped unintentionally by British
Columbia's Travis Rutz. The other came on lap 16 when Billy Nutter, who entered
the evening third in points, broke his front end suspension after contact with
another car exiting turn four.
One more caution came with 18 laps complete when Rutz and Dan Menne, who won the
May 26 NSCS event at Southern Oregon, got together and spun in turn four. That
set up the fateful final restart that saw Stewart and Crockett tangle.
"(Crockett) was trying to win. I can't blame him," said Stewart, who became the
fifth different driver to win an A-Main in the inaugural NSCS season. "There was
loose stuff thrown on the track (from prior incidents), and that was the only
reason I kept going. I'm sorry for the fans the race was cut short. I know
curfews are strict around here."
Stewart was third fastest in qualifying before finishing third in his heat race
and second in the dash to place himself outside Crockett on the front row of the
feature. Stewart and Crockett dueled for two laps before Stewart established
himself at the front of the field.
Fifth-place points man and top rookie contender Robbie Vaughn of Monroe, Wash.
finished sixth from near the back of the 20-car field in the Jeff Jansma No. 4r
Becker and recorded his fourth straight top ten A-Main finish since crashing out
of the B-Main on May 25 at Willamette Speedway. Vaughn was scheduled to 18th but
moved up a row following Steve Vague's scratch from the A-Main field.
In his first appearance with the NSCS California's Jeff Delte finished seventh
after starting 14th while rookie Evan Funk of La Conner, Wash. finished eighth.
After his earlier spin, Bergman recovered to finish ninth and earn his fifth top
ten finish. Garen Linder of Central Point, Ore. rounded out the top ten.
Sultan, Wash.'s Derek Ingalls, who before Monday was the only driver to have
successfully transferred out his heat race in all seven previous NSCS events,
saw that streak end when he suffered a flat right rear tire and finished ninth
in the third heat race. Ingalls, who was seventh in points going in, finished
fifth in the B-Main but still transferred after Vague's scratch and drove his
way to an 11th place finish.
After their earlier incident, Menne finished 13th and Rutz 14th, respectively.
Rutz entered the evening eight points behind Nutter for third, and Nutter ended
up finishing 19th after his earlier problems. Tyler Spath, who came into the
night 11th in points, dropped out of the feature and was scored 20th.
Allard, a two-time former Dirt Cup champion at Skagit Speedway and the current
410 sprint car point leader at Silver Dollar Speedway in California, had an
eventful evening on his way to his fourth-place finish. After setting fast time
in qualifying, Allard blew his motor during the first heat race and was forced
to put in an older motor for the 15-lap B-Main. Allard would finish second
behind Rutz, who was second by Allard in qualifying. By finishing 1-2, both got
their times back behind the six dash cars and Allard started seventh and Rutz
eighth.
Finishing third and fourth behind Rutz and Allard in the B-Main were Menne and
Jayme Barnes, who tagged the back of the A-Main field. Shane Forte' of Junction
City, Ore. won the 10-lap C-Main after a last lap pass around Josh DeWitt.
The dash, which featured the six fastest qualifiers who transferred out of their
heat races and set the first six starting positions for the A-Main, was won by
Crockett over Stewart, Olson, Kaeding, Lemley and Bergman. Nutter, Kaeding, Todd
Zeitler and Delte each won 10-lap heat races.
Allard's time in qualifying was 12.193 seconds around the 1/3-mile, semi-banked
clay oval. The remaining top ten were Rutz, Stewart, Menne, Bergman, Kaeding,
Hawaiian visitor Dean Freitas, Idaho's Randy Pierce, Crockett and Barnes.
Fifty cars, the largest field for a Northwest Sprint Challenge Series event this
season, were on hand at Southern Oregon Speedway with drivers from eight U.S.
states and two Canadian provinces taking part. Along with Hawaii's Freitas and
Oklahoma's Stewart, Alaska's Steve Martin also raced as did a handful of racers
from Alberta and Montana. In years past, Southern Oregon served as the opening
venue for Northwest Speed Week. That was not supposed to be the case this year,
but Southern Oregon got to host the opener again anyway as last weekend's Fred
Brownfield Memorial Sprint Challenge at Grays Harbor Raceway in Washington was
postponed by rainfall.
Northwest Speed Week continues Tuesday at Cottage Grove Speedway near Eugene and
the Oregon portion of Speed Week concluded Wednesday at Willamette Speedway in
Lebanon. Things close on Friday and Saturday with the Bob's Burgers & Brew
Skagit 360 Nationals at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash. More information on the
Northwest Sprint Challenge Series and its drivers can be seen online at
http://www.racenscs.com.
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Northwest Sprint Challenge Series
Southern Oregon Speedway
White City, OR
July 23, 2007
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
50 cars
Fast qualifier: 0 Jonathon Allard, 12.193 seconds.
Heat 1 (10 laps): 1. 3N Billy Nutter, 2. 98m Mitch Olson, 3. 23a Seth Bergman,
4. 7N Roger Crockett, 5. 65 Brendan Boyce, 6. 7d Josh DeWitt, 7. 0J Jay Cole, 8.
68 Rob Held, 9. 99p Tyler Pinceman, 10. 7ak Steve Martin, 11. 7r Randy DuBois,
12. 0 Jonathon Allard, 13. 10j Jeremy McCune. Top four finishers transfer to
A-Main.
Heat 2 (10 laps): 1. 69 Brent Kaeding, 2. 8e Evan Funk, 3. 110 Randy Rodgers, 4.
08 Steve Vague, 5. 24 Jayme Barnes, 6. 5 Todd Sparks, 7. 73 Danielle Huson, 8.
13 Ron Smith, 9. 36 Michelle Dodge, 10. 51 Jon Farrell, 11. 8r Travis Rutz, 12.
31 Dave Hibbard, 13. 64 Kevin Sharrah. Top four finishers transfer to A-Main.
Heat 3 (10 laps): 1. 2z Todd Zeitler, 2. 22L Garen Linder, 3. 1 Shane Stewart,
4. KR14 Tyler Spath, 5. 7o Travis Jacobson, 6. 9h Dean Freitas, 7. 33t Jimmy
Trulli, 8. 4c Charlie Cash, 9. 91 Derek Ingalls, 10. 87 Kyler Barazza, 11. 9j
J.J. Dishneau, 12. 15 Dan Dunlap. Top four finishers transfer to A-Main.
Heat 4 (10 laps): 1. Jeff Delte, 2. 7 J.J. Hickle, 3. 40 Brock Lemley, 4. 4r
Robbie Vaughn, 5. 1a Dan Menne, 6. 8w Vern Wheeler, 7. 86 Marc Mackay, 8. 12p
Randy Pierce, 9. 22 Geoff Beck, 10. 57c Chris Schmelzle, 11. 5sp Jason York, 12.
26f Shane Forte'. Top four finishers transfer to A-Main.
C-Main (10 laps): 1. 26f Shane Forte', 2. 7d Josh DeWitt, 3. 0J Jay Cole, 4. 87
Kyler Barazza, 5. 5 Todd Sparks, 6. 64 Kevin Sharrah, 7. 9j J.J. Dishneau, 8. 15
Dan Dunlap, 9. 86 Marc Mackay, 10. 13 Ron Smith, 11. 36 Michelle Dodge, 12. 8w
Vern Wheeler, 13. 31 Dave Hibbard, 14. 7r Randy DuBois, 15. 7ak Steve Martin,
16. 99p Tyler Pinceman, 17. 4c Charlie Cash, DNS - 5sp Jason York.
Dash (6 laps): 1. 1 7N Roger Crockett, 2. 1 Shane Stewart, 3. 98m Mitch Olson,
4. 69 Brent Kaeding, 5. 40 Brock Lemley, 6. 23a Seth Bergman. Finish determines
first six starting positions of A-Main.
B-Main (15 laps): 1. 8r Travis Rutz, 2. 0 Jonathon Allard, 3. 1a Dan Menne, 4.
24 Jayme Barnes, 5. 91 Derek Ingalls, 6. 73 Danielle Huson, 7. 12p Randy Pierce,
8. 33t Jimmy Trulli, 9. 9h Dean Freitas, 10. 68 Rod Held, 11. 7o Roger Oudman,
12. 26f Shane Forte', 13. 65 Brendan Boyce, 14. 51 Jon Farrell, 15. 10j Jeremy
McCune, 16. 7d Josh DeWitt, 17. 22 Geoff Beck, 18. 57c Chris Schmelzle. Top four
finishers transfer to A-Main. Derek Ingalls also transfer as result of scratch
from A-Main field.
A-Main (18 laps, curfew): 1. 1 Shane Stewart, 2. 69 Brent Kaeding, 3. 40 Brock
Lemley, 4. 0 Jonathon Allard, 5. 98m Mitch Olson, 6. 4r Robbie Vaughn, 7. 11d
Jeff Delte, 8. 8e Evan Funk, 9. 23a Seth Bergman, 10. 22L Garen Linder, 11. 91
Derek Ingalls, 12. 24 Jayme Barnes, 13. 1a Dan Menne, 14. 8r Travis Rutz, 15. 7
J.J. Hickle, 16. 2z Todd Zeitler, 17. 7N Roger Crockett, 18. 110 Randy Rodgers,
19. 3N Billy Nutter, 20. KR14 Tyler Spath.
Lap leaders: 1-18 Shane Stewart
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