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The INDEPENDENT, August 5, 2004
Husband/wife duo rack up wins July 31 at River City Speedway
By Mike Weber
Columbia County Racing
Association division leaders
Clark Tenney, Gary Morris, Troy
Schreiner, Joe Cherington and
Jacki Graham each recorded
top-five finishes to remain atop
their respective point standings
following the Coyner Auto Body
sponsored race Saturday, July
31, at River City Speedway in
St. Helens.
The husband/wife duo of
Dan and Kerry Smith, of Scap-
poose, had a remarkable ac-
complishment as they both
captured main event wins. Dan
won the Reser’s Fine Foods
Modified Main and Kerry won
the women’s race. Portland’s
LeRoy White (sportsman) and
Rainier’s Jon “Razor” Gillett
(street stock) both notched A
main victories. Cherington, of
Vancouver, won the mini stock
main and George Dohn of St.
Helens, had a career-best sec-
ond place. Gillett and Dan
Smith were in runner-up spots,
but were rewarded with first
place after street stock winner
Kari Puncochar and modified
winner Ron Greer were both
disqualified by speedway offi-
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cials because of a controversial
technical rules violation.
The modified main was de-
layed four times by yellow flag
caution periods in the first 15
laps. Greer took the lead from
Clint Petty on lap three and led
the next 37 circuits of the quar-
ter-mile clay oval track to notch
what seemed to be his first ever
A main win in the series. Smith
was subsequently awarded the
win in the STC Racing modified
racer owned by Sam and Jane
Jeffers of Scappoose. Morris,
of Boring, leads the division
and took second, followed by
Portland’s Ray Elwess, Jeremy
Martin of St. Helens and “Mello”
Marc Sayre of Portland. Shawn
Dorie of Scappoose, maneu-
vered up from last place to win
the 30-lap B main.
Puncochar, of Hillsboro, led
the street stock main from start-
to-finish with her RPM Motor-
sports Chevrolet Camaro. It
would’ve been her first win in
the series, prior to the unfortu-
nate ruling by technical inspec-
tor Scott Winebarger. Gillett
was elevated to first, followed
by divison leader Tenney of
Scappoose, Vernonia’s Gary
Meyer and Aaron Prettyman of
St. Helens.
White led the first three laps
of the sportsman A main in his
Genie Electric Construction
Monte Carlo. Rainier’s Corey
Cook overtook him and led
briefly on lap four, but White re-
gained the advantage on the
ensuing go-around and led the
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with runnerup Doug Hurley of
Castle Rock a car-length be-
hind. Cook was third, followed
by Rainier’s Mike Hagen, se-
ries leader Schreiner, Marty
“McFly” Holmason of St. He-
lens, Lisa Liner of St. Helens
and Tenney.
Smith took the lead in the
women’s main after passing
Beaverton’s Sue Wallace on
lap four and won by a half lap
over division leader Graham, of
Portland.
RIVER CITY SPEEDWAY
July 31 Results
SPORTSMAN – Fast Time:
15.82 – Troy Schreiner, Longview.
Trophy Dash: Corey Cook, Rainier.
Heat 1: Don Thompson, Astoria;
Andy Flath, St. Helens; Allen Roth,
Portland. Heat 2: Bob Cram, Kelso;
Tim Williams, St. Helens; Don
Schott, Portland. Heat 3: Schrein-
er; Doug Hurley, Castle Rock; Mike
Hagen, Rainier. B Main: Thomp-
son; Kirk Brissett, Scappoose; Tri-
cia Brittain, St. Helens; Dustin
Maxwell, Portland; Roth. A Main:
LeRoy White, Portland; Hurley;
Cook; Hagen; Schreiner; Marty
Homason, St. Helens; Lisa Liner,
St. Helens; Clark Tenney, Scap-
poose; Thompson; Schott.
MODIFIED - Fast Time: 14.60 –
Dan Smith, Scappoose. Trophy
Dash: Ron Greer, Rainier. Heat 1:
Shawn Dorie, Scappoose; Jeremy
Brookshire, Portland; Paul Folwick,
St. Helens. Heat 2: Scott Pun-
cochar, Hillsboro; Greg Greer,
Rainier; Ray Elwess, Portland.
Heat 3: Gary Morris, Boring; Smith;
Ron Greer. B Main: Dorie; Mike
Graham, Portland; Sam Jeffers,
Scappoose; Brookshire; Folwick. A
Main: Smith; Morris; Elwess; Jere-
my Martin, St. Helens; Marc Sayre,
Portland; Puncochar; Rob Sjogren,
Portland; Greg Greer; Clint Petty,
St. Helens; Sean Fox, Scappoose.
STREET STOCK – Fast Time:
16.12 – Gary Meyer, Vernonia. Tro-
phy Dash: Jon Gillett,Rainier. Heat
1: Aaron Bozarth, Rainier; Randy
O'Connor, Portland; Steven Harris,
Battleground. Heat 2: Ralph Pun-
cochar, Hillsboro; Scott Pun-
cochar; Mark Reser, Beaverton.
Heat 3: Clark Tenney; Meyer;
Gillett. B Main: Bozarth; O'Connor;
Terry Moss, St. Helens; Nathan
Slape, Rainier; Harris. A Main:
Gillett; Tenney; Meyer; Aaron Pret-
tyman, St. Helens; John Nusom,
Gresham; Skip Pillow, Gresham;
Ralph Puncochar; O'Connor;
Reser; Robert Sterling, Scap-
poose.
MINI STOCK – Fast Time:
16.67 – Joe Cherington, Vancou-
ver. Trophy Dash: George Dohn,
St. Helens. Heat: Cherington;
Dohn; Kelly Nace, Portland. Main:
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