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Page 14 The INDEPENDENT, June 18, 2009 “Hollywood” Gary Meyer gets up to speed and wins stock A main by Mike Weber It was “Turn Back The Clock Day” in the second round of Columbia County Racing Asso- ciation action as three former champions won main events Saturday at River City Speed- way. Jeremy Martin, “Hollywood” Gary Meyer and Stacey Fordyce notched A main wins. Defending champion Tricia “Great” Brittain of St. Helens, almost joined the trio in victory lane, too, with a close runnerup finish to sportsman A main win- ner Clyde White of Longview. Todd Newton of Portland, led from start-to-finish with his Cheverolet Camaro to capture his first ever street stock A main event. Fordyce, the 2006 women’s division champ, won the women’s main with her Re- covery Racing 1975 Nova. In the Lexus of Portland Double Shot Series, Lance Haulmark won the NOMA Midget race and Doug Kammerzell won the USCA Sprint Car main. Stehen Kaptur of St. Helens, led the first six laps on the quar- ter-mile clay oval track with his Chevy in the sportsman main. Kaptur’s car was spewing a cloud of smoke and when he exited to the pits, Portland’s Frank Elwess moved ahead with his Chevy Nova. Elwess led the next five circuits until White passed him on the inside of the front straightaway on lap 12. Brittain, of St. Helens, ma- neuvered up from a sixth place starting position and was right behind White by lap 23 in her Fast Racing/Rose Valley Mar- ket Chevy Monte Carlo. White, of Longview, continued to hold onto the advantage in his Bates Plumbing/Greer RV Monte Car- lo and won the 40-lap race by four car lengths over Brittain. Milwaukie’s Eric Lindquist had the best passing job in moving up from 16th place to take third in his Chevy. “This is a tough place to race at and anytime you get a win here, you know that you’ve earned it,” said White, who notched his first ever sports- man A main event at the speed- way. “It’s not easy to get a win and you have to put 40 perfect laps together. Tricia is an awe- some driver. Anytime you look up on the scoreboard and you see No. 6 behind you, then you know that you’re in good shape, because Tricia will run a good, clean race.” Brittain, competing in her first race, had an impressive performance as she took third in the heat race, fourth in the trophy dash and was first in qualifying at 15.07 seconds. “The car was absolutely phe- nomenal and it handled just great,” said Brittain. “I wouldn’t be able to race though without the help from my mom and dad (Sandy and Bud Fast) and my husband Sam. I’m thrilled to get second and I was pretty happy to be the fastest qualifier. Clyde did a heck of a job in getting the win, which he really worked hard for and he deserves it.” Martin, the 2007 modified champion, took the lead from Vancouver’s Don Jenner on the 22nd lap and led the last three circuits. It was the second straight win for Martin in his Reser’s Fine Food/Wayne Mar- tin Floor Covering open-wheel style modified racer. “I’ve been racing at some other tracks and I’m not trying to win a division title,” said Mar- tin, 37, who competed for sev- eral years while driving for car owners Sam and Jane Jeffers of Scappoose. “I just come out here to support the track and have some fun with my new car. I like having my own car, but it’s tougher now that I’m paying all the bills.” Meyer, of Vernonia, maneu- vered up from seventh to get the victory in the 40-lap mini stock main with his D & S Light Truck Parts Dodge Neon. He was followed closely by the fa- ther/son duo of runnerup Justin McMullen and his dad Scott of Deer Island. Adam Beehler of St. Helens, who won the May 16 opener, was fourth and Jenelle Harrison of St. Helens took fifth. “The CCRA staff sure did a good job of working on the track and it was in excellent condition,” said Meyer, the 2002 street stock champion. “Everyone out here are tough drivers who race cleanly and that’s what makes it fun.” RIVER CITY SPEEDWAY June 6 Official Results Sportsman – Fast Time: Tricia Brittain, St. Helens 15.07. Trophy Dash: Clyde White, Longview. Heat 1: Tony Hendon, Portland; Larry Lemmons, Toledo, WA; John Fordyce, Vancouver. Heat 2: Stephen Kaptur, St. Helens; Frank Elwess, Portland; Justin Russell, Portland. Heat 3: John Nusom, Portland; Eric Lindquist, Milwaukie; Brittain. Main: White; Brittain; Lindquist; Lemmons; Russell; Rick Rehanek, St. Helens; Jereld Strawn, Deer Island; Fordyce; Nu- som; Hendon. Street Stock – Fast Time: Brad Nusom, Gresham 16.76. Trophy Dash: Todd Newton, St. Helens. Heat: Newton; Mike Crase, Port- land; John Nusom. Main: Newton; Council told of road work this summer From page 13 sion will be conducting chip sealing on Banks Road, from US Hwy. 26 to the Banks City Limits, during the summer con- struction season. For more in- formation, citizens may the Maintenance Division at (503) 846-ROAD. – The city received a tree donation from a citizen of Hills- boro and has donated the tree to Sunset Park for planting on their grounds. – Work is continuing to es- tablish a bus stop in Banks for the Ride Connection organiza- tion and the Tillamook County Transit District. A proposal to approach Sunset Park about locating the stop on their prop- erty has changed. The Transit District did not think that the proposed area would meet ADA requirements. The city and Ride Connection are con- sidering a bus stop in Log Cab- in Park and having it blend with the log cabin design. – The 20 year franchise agreement with Portland Gen- eral Electric (PGE) will expire on December 31. 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Main: Meyer; Justin McMullen; Scott McMullen, Deer Island; Adam Beehler; Harri- son; Joel Beehler, St. Helens; Ja- son Scheibel, Longview; Winches- ter; Devon Reed, Washougal; Joe Wheeler, Longview. Women’s Division – Fast Time: Stacey Fordyce, Vancouver 16.47. Trophy Dash: Ann Carter, Scap- poose. Heat: Susan Nelson, Port- land; Carter; Fordyce. Main: Fordyce; Carter; Nelson Kathy Mc- Mullen, Deer Island. NOMA Midgets – Main: Lance Haulmark, Portland; Doug Kam- merzell, Portland. USCA Sprints - Main: Kammerzell, Portland; Pat Canfield, Vancouver. Most parts under warranty Open Tuesday-Saturday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Closed Sunday and Monday 54372 Nehalem Hwy South, Vernonia, OR 97064 6 miles south of town on Hwy 47 Buying unwanted vehicles with clear title and the term of the agreement. Currently, the city charges PGE a 3.5% franchise fee to use City Rights of Way; the city may legally charge up to 5.0%. At Hough’s suggestion, the mayor and council discussed indirectly-related financial mat- ters to coordinate with PGE, such as upgrading the safety of the community by standardiz- ing the street light system, ad- dressing “green power,” and the costs/benefits associated with shifting city ownership and maintenance of streetlights to PGE. Currently, most of the streetlights in Banks are owned by PGE, but some are owned by the city. Under consideration is whether standardization of ownership throughout the city might be more cost effective if PGE owned all of the street lights. Adoption of an amendment to the ordinance regarding Dangerous Dogs was tabled for a future meeting. The ordi- See Council, page 18