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The INDEPENDENT, June 16, 2011
Racing is underway for the 2011 season at River City Speedway
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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.
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