MERIDIAN, Idaho — Wednesday night, it was Johnny Giesler’s turn to win the duel of Meridian. Two days after finishing second in the first leg of Northwest Asphalt Speedweek to fellow Meridian driver Mike Murgoitio, Giesler got a big jump on a late restart to win the Bob and Tom Naylor Classic 50 in the [...]
By Ben Deatherage, Banks, Oregon- The Northwest Wingless Tour returns to the Banks bullring for their third race of the season and the second event held in 2012 at the Sunset Speedway Park for the Rose Festival Dirt Cup on Saturday June 2nd. It will mark the sixth event that the NWWT has been in [...]
By Ben Deatherage, Lebanon, Oregon- Sunday May 27th was a dream come true for longtime wrench hand Craig Cassell as he scored his first career victory as a driver at the Willamette Speedway in his third start of the season. Cassell of Albany, who crewed for drivers such as John Duty, Dustin Dittman, and Trevor [...]
By Ben Deatherage, Lebanon, Oregon- Despite four cautions and some moments where it looked like he might have lost the lead Russ Sell of Brownsville stayed out in front of the competition to win the finale in the Clair Cup on Sunday May 27th at the Willamette Speedway. The chauffer of the 99.9 KRKT Cricket [...]
By Ben Deatherage, Banks, Oregon- Ariel Biggs the teenager who lives in Castaic, California, but is originally from Hoquiam, Washington, scored her first sprint car feature win of her young career on Saturday May 26th in competition against the Northwest Extreme Sprint Car Series at the Sunset Speedway Park. The Schram Brothers Excavating #11 John [...]
By Ben Deatherage, Banks, Oregon- It looked for a little bit that Saturday May 26th would not get completed due to a rain shower that soaked the Sunset Speedway Park right after qualifying. But the staff at the Banks bullring waited the shower out and was able to save the racetrack and complete the night’s [...]
Race Results May 26, 2012 Top Notch Trailer Street Stocks Fast Time: Dan Walker 15.204 Heat A: Arnold Norton, Richard Kerr, Mike Kanavan, Dan Walker, Josh Pinkowsky, Mike Saylors, and Ken Morgan. Heat B: Kevin Carver, Greg Davidson, Cody Erskine, Steve Prissel, Ryan Kerr, and Shawn Jones. Main: Josh Pinkowsky, Dan Walker, Richard Kerr, Arnold [...]
May 28, 2012, by sellsworth – Another fantastic weather night, brought out a nice holiday weekend crowd to the ‘Northwest Center of Racing’ on Saturday night May 26 at Evergreen Speedway. The Speedway Chevrolet NASCAR Whelen All American Series Super Late Models held twin 50-lap Mains on the 3/8-mile paved oval. Former 2 time speedway [...]
Saturday May 26, 2012 Class ~ Super 4 Modifieds Fast Time: 15.321 00 Rusty Webb A Dash: 00 Rusty Webb A Heat: 3 Pat Norris Main Event ~ 12 Laps Fin Pos Driver Name 1 00 Rusty Webb 2 3 Pat Norris 3 82 Dan Bedwell Class ~ Hobby Stocks [...]
By Ben Deatherage, Lebanon, Oregon- In the finale for the Clair Cup in the Late Models on Sunday May 27th Russ Sell led every single lap to earn his second career victory in a event dedicated to longtime owner and promoter the late Clair Arnold at the Willamette Speedway. For the second consecutive night of [...]
