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Page 16 The INDEPENDENT, June 16, 2011 Racing is underway for the 2011 season at River City Speedway From page 14 was third, followed by St. He- lens drivers Travis Tolman and Tim Oyler. “It was awesome for us to take the top-three spots,” said Beehler, 31, who took third in the 2010 series standings be- hind runnerup Joel and defend- ing champion Adam. “It felt good to get the win, especially since I lost a couple of races last year to Adam that were similar to this race. It was a lit- tle frustrating to have only a 15 lap main event though.” Vancouver’s Chris West led the first five laps of the sports- man main with his Tom’s Auto & Performance Machine Chevy Malibu. Nusom passed West on the inside of turn two and stayed ahead the remainder of the 15-lap race to get the win in his Bud’s Auto Wrecking/ Steven’s Printing Chevy Monte Carlo. “I had fun, but I’m not going to race here full time,” said Nu- som, 48, the 2007 sportsman champion. “Every driver always wants to win and that’s why I come out here to compete. I just try to stay calm and relaxed and not worry too much about where I finish, but sometimes that’s hard to do.” Nusom won by five car lengths over West. Clark Ten- ney of Scappoose was third, followed by Rainier’s Sean Fox and Dan Smith of Scappoose. It marked the 21st A main win combined in street stock and sportsman events for Nusom in the last four years. “I had a great time and third place is pretty good way to start,” said Tenney, a double duty driver who also took sixth in the modified main with his 21st Century Towing/David’s Automotive race car. “I’m a conservative driver and the co- driver on our team, Clyde White, is a good driver, too. I think we’ll be able to get top- five finishes every week and by doing that, I think that we’ll have a good chance to win the sportsman championship.” Gee, a second-year driver who was runnerup last year to defending champion Kathy Mc- Mullen, led from start-to-finish to win the women's main with her Skinny’s Texaco Buick Re- gal. McMullen of Deer Island, was second, followed by Jenae Frelich of St. Helens, Lindsay Paulson of Portland and 16- year-old Morgan Tenney of Scappoose. J UNE 4 O FFICIAL R ESULTS Sportsman – Fast Time: Bud Russell, St. Helens; 14.91. Tro- phy Dash: Clark Tenney, Scap- poose. Heat 1: Matt Taylor, St. Helens; Devon Reed, Wood- land; Susan Nelson, Portland. Heat 2: Celeste Hardesty, St. Helens; Aaron Elwess, Port- land; Sean Fox, Rainier. Heat 3: Curt Nusom, Gresham; Rus- sell; Tenney. Main: Nusom; Chris West, Vancouver; Ten- ney; Fox; Dan Smith, Scap- poose; James Simeroth, Port- land; Hardesty; Lisa Liner, St. Helens; Kris Jones, Portland; Jesse Allen, Portland. Modified – Fast Time: Jere- my Martin, St. Helens; 14.98. See River on page 22 Just for Fun Casey and Kyle by Will Robertson Solve this Sudoku Answer to June 2 Sudoku is on page 21 An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mis- takes that can be made in his sub- ject and how to avoid them. WERNER HEISENBERG German physicist (1901-1976)
