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The INDEPENDENT, June 19, 2003
Puncochar fam ily pleases Dad on Father’s Day at River City Speedway in St. Helens
By Mike Weber
For the Puncochar family of
Hillsboro, they celebrated Fa
thers Day a little early while
posting two Columbia County
Racing Association main event
wins Saturday at River City
Speedway in St. Helens. Tricia
"Great" Brittain of St. Helens,
notched her first top-five finish
this year in the Longview Napa
sportsman series. Joe Lires of
St. Helens, won his first ever
mini stock main as he led all
the way with his McMullen Wa
ter System s/Allen
Gutters
sponsored Toyota Celica.
St. Helens drivers Jeremy
Martin (seventh), Rudy Chap-
pelle (ninth) and Dan Smith
(10th) of Scappoose each had
top-10 finishes in the Reser's
Fine Foods modified class.
Portland's Marc Sayre notched
his first ever series win, while
leading the main event from
start-to-finish with his Ascend
Elevator/Plainview Auto spon
sored modified Ford racer.
Scott Puncochar and his sis
ter, Kari, who both lead their re
spective division standings,
were nearly unbeatable as they
combined for four wins, much
to the delight of their father,
Ralph Puncochar. Scott led the
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cochar had her usual dominat
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was the top qualifier (16.78
seconds) on the quarter-mile
clay oval track and also record
ed a heat race win. Kelso's
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lengths back in second, fol
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Harris of Battleground. Kerry
Smith of Scappoose, posted
her third consecutive top-five
(fifth), she captured a heat race
win with her Alliance Automo
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into second place in the divi
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