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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1997)
_____________ i n i y u |i q 199/ r d y e Iw More than 2,000 spectators enjoy action at RiverCity Speedway 3v Mike Weber By Special to The INDEPENDENT Portland’s Dan Fox was the standout performer Saturday in the th ird event of the Columbia County Racing As sociation schedule, with over 120 cars entered in five class es of racing and more than 2,000 fans, one of the largest crow ds ever at R iverC ity Speedway. Fox was a two- time winner with his Exide Bat teries Chevrolet Lumina as he posted victories in the six-lap heat race and 35-lap Sports- man Main Event. Four other Main Event win ners included Terry Bacon, Seaside, and Larry Follett, Al bany. Bacon led from start to finish in his Chevelle as he captured the 30-lap Street Stock feature. Follett won the 15-lap Modified Main with his Rhodes Performance Chassis- sponsored car. Tyler Ferrando, Salem, won the Pro-4 Modified 25-lap fe a tu re and Brenda Hurley, Castle Rock, Wash., won the W om en’s D ivision Main Event. Fox started fifth in the 15- ___« car Sportsman Main and took the lead on lap 17 after pass ing frontrunner Leroy White. Fox m aintained a sizeable lead until a lap 22 caution flag delayed his inevitable victory. He won by a straig hta w ay length over Dykstra’s Pinard’s Auto Repair Lumina. Bacon started third in the 14-car Street Stock Main and q u ickly took the lead a fte r passing fro n tru n n e rs Paul Fortney and 17-year-old Corey Cook. Following a lap-six cau tion fla g , Bacon zoom ed ahead and gained a big lead " over Longview’s Jackie Olson in the Silver Star Sports Bar Camaro and Sam Morrison, Scappoose. Without any yel low flags for the remainder of the race, Bacon maintained the advantage and won by 10 car lengths over Olson. Morri son, 1996 Street Stock division runnerup, finished third in his 1977 Camaro. Current division leader Troy S chreiner, Longview, took fourth in his C h ris ’ C hoice M eats-spon- sored Oldsmobile Cutlass. 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If you are in The INDEPENDENT'S advertising area or if you need to reach people in the paper's circulation area, give us a call; we can help you. AV. 1 A f -Zi S T " ■SS » •. ■ ss. •S y <■■>>> A. V '‘'R • SSs-i-.. ■ GREAT R A T E S, GREAT RESULTS ^INDEPENDENT (503) 429-9410 1206 State Avenue, Vernonia, OR 97064 Modified Feature and led the first 10 go-arounds until Follett passed him on lap 10. He stayed up front for the last five laps and won by five c a r lengths over Wright and Jim Murphy. In the Pro-4 Modified M ain, F errando s ta rte d up front and led from start to fin ish with his Ferrando Plumbing Mercury Capri four-cylinder modified car. He was followed closely at the finish line by his bro the rs, Co, ju s t one car length back, and Tim; their fa ther, Tom, took fourth. SUMMARY Sportsman Fast Tim e-Doug Lockwood, 14.98 A Dash-Leroy White, Tim Gosch, Lockwood, Dennis Minter. B Dash-Jim Wheeler, Jess Wrakestraw, Ken Cram, Cris Kos- zorus. C Dash-Butch Valdez, Troy Rose, Sam Jeffers, Doug McVae. Heat 1-Joe Frakes, Cram, Wrakestraw, Doug Eldridge, Rex Flatt. Heat 2-Dave Walters, Mike John son, Randy Allen, Sean Fitzgerald, Bruce Liner. Heat 3—Jeffers, Rose, Valdez, White, McVae. Heat 4-Dan Fox, Lonnie Dykstra, Paul Liner, Jack Kauppila, Minter. C Main-Flatt, Wrakestraw, Frakes, Eldridge, Jeff Marson. B Main-Johnson, Allen, Chris Long, Flatt, Marson. A Main-Fox, Dykstra, Don Jen ner, Robert Jenner, Lockwood, Gosch, Randy Dewey, Paul Liner, Minter, White. Street Stock FastTime-Ron Greer, 15.43 A Dash-Troy Schreiner, Gary Meyer, Greer, Matt Sayre. B Dash-John Oyler, Kevin Romines, Charles Carpenter, Douq Janis. C Dash-Greg Carson, Don Bai ley, Larry Abraham, John Larson. Heat 1-Wayne Jordan, Jeff Tim mons, Carson, Cliff Winingham, Bob Teschner. Heat 2-Jeff Brink, Abraham, Robert Jenner, Ken Trainer, Larson. Heat 3-Tony Sibbett, Mike Ha gen, Michelle Mears, Wade Stein, Troy Duschka. Heat 4-John Oyler, Romines, Carpenter, Paul Fortney, Terry Ba con. Heat 5-G reg Jeffries, Brian Vaughn, Doug Hurley, Schreiner, Sayre. C Main-Carson, Brink, Roger Lorenzini, Abraham, Timmons. B Main-Robert Jenner, Sibbett, Stein, Duschka, Ricky Troutt. A Main-Bacon, Jackie Olson, Sam Morrison, Schreiner, Sayre, Vaughn, Hurley, Greer, Corey Cook, Meyer. Modlfleds Fast Time-Dennis Sturgell, 14.60 Dash-Larry Follett, Sturgell, Mel Decker, Rod McCombs. Heat 1-Dick Wright, Jim Murphy, Harley Lewis, Chris Bryson. Heat 2-B ud West, Decker, Sturgell, Follett. Main-Follet, Wright, Murphy, Don West, Sturgell, Bud West, McCombs, Decker, Lewis, Bryson. Pro-4 Modifieds FastTime-Tim Ferrando, 14.42 Dash-Stan Steeves, Tim Ferran do, Co Ferrando, Terry Ferrando. Heat 1—Howell Stice, Steve Keny on, Keith VanDyne, Ruth Lazatt. Heat 2-Tyler Ferrando, Steeves, Dwight VanDyne, Terry Ferrando. Main-Tyler Ferrando, Co Ferran do, Tim Ferrando, Tom Ferrando, Zack Ferrando, Dwight VanDyne, To- bey Ferrando, Mike Joslin, Stice, Kenyon. Women’s Division Fast Time-Nancy Carpenter 16.27 Dash-Jacki Fratto, Lu French, Carpenter, Brenda Hurley. Hea, 1-C rystal Hagen, Pam Glanville, Traci Johnson, Nicole Rig don. Heat 2—Jeanette Gadotti, Hurley, Geri Sherwin, French. Main-Hurley, French, Hagen, Johnson, Carpenter, Gadotti, Rigdon.
