Southern Oregon Speedway- Medford, Oregon

Southern Oregon Speedway, June 8, 2002 results
By Dave Ehrhardt

    Jon DeBenedetti continued to prove that he can drive with the best of
Oem in any division at the Southern Oregon Speedway.
    The former Dwarf Car National Champion continued to impress in his first
season in the Littrell Auto Parts Modifeds, winning the feature event on
Saturday night. DeBenedetti survived numerous yellow flags to post his first
feature win of the 2002 season. He already held the division points lead and
only added to it with the victory.
    Meanwhile, Frank Word III won his second straight feature in the Les
Schwab Pro Stocks. Word III won the feature event going away as points
leader and defending champion Jim Walker Jr. was slowed by an early-race
crash.
    Also Saturday, Mike Johnson claimed the feature race in the Mini Stocks,
Rick Harms paced the field in the D&S Harley-Davidson Dwarf Cars and Brian
Merriman took the checkered flag in the Super Trucks.
    Racing continues Saturday night at the Southern Oregon Speedway. Gates
open at 4 p.m with action getting underway at 6.


Littrell Auto Parts Modifieds
    Heat 1: 1. Dan Estremado; 2. Jon DeBenedetti; 3. Jay Hinton Jr.; 4.
Scott Weldon.
    Heat 2: 1. Dennis Silva; 2. Justin Holt; 3. Jeremy Richey; 4. Dave Duste
Jr.
    Trophy Dash: 1. Jon DeBenedetti; 2. Dan Estremado; Justin Holt.
    Feature: 1. Jon DeBenedetti; 2. Bruce Rayburn; 3. Dave Duste Jr.; 4. Dan
Estremado; 5. Scott Weldon.

Les Schwab Pro Stocks
    Heat 1: 1. Tony Walker; 2. Jim Walker Jr.; 3. Tracy Bradley; 4. Paul
Heinlein.
    Heat 2: 1. Frank Word III; 2. Albert Gill; 3. Dan Thomas; 4. Jerry
Severson.
    Heat 3: 1. Ken Ford; 2. Steve Kilmer; 3. John Cahill; 4. Donnie Hale.
    Heat 4: 1. Scott Martin; 2. Butch Poppa; 3. Chris Charlton; 4. Rick
Hunsley.

    Trophy Dash: 1. Frank Word III; 2. Tony Walker; 3. Ken Ford; 4. Scott
Martin.
   

Feature: Frank Word III; 2. Leonard Phearson; 3. Rick Hunsley; 4. Butch
Poppa; 5. Dan Thomas.
    B Main: 1. Dave Everson; 2. Tim Law; 3. John Duffie; 4. Chet Mitchell.
   
Mini Stocks
    Heat 1: 1. Jason Watkins; 2. Scott Hines; 3. Travis Chisum; 4. Dave
Bishop.
    Heat 2: 1. Tom Lanigan; 2. Jared Morrill; 3. Candy Hines; 4. Vicki
Macormic.
    Heat 3: 1. Brian Barns; 2. Larry Nelson; 3. Eddie Farley; 4. Steven
Babb.
    Heat 4: 1. Mike Johnson; 2. Tim Towler; 3. Cody Russell; 4. Brian
Dickens.
    Trophy Dash: 1. Tom Lanigan; 2. Jason Watkins; 3. Mike Johnson; 4. Brian
Barns.
    Feature: 1. Mike Johnson; 2. Jared Morrill; 3. Travis Chisum; 4. Cody
Russell; 5. Tom Lanigan.
    B Main: 1. Mike Higbee; 2. Brian Dickens; 3. Mike Wilkens; 4. Eric Hull;
5. Bob Burkett.

D&S Harley-Davidson Dwarf Cars
    Heat 1: 1. Rick Harms; 2. Mitch Sheeler; 3. Ed Starner; 4. Gary
Fitzsimmons.
    Heat 2: 1. Bob Sousa; 2. Tyler Steenflid; 3. Kyle Resnick; 4. Caleb
Stringer.
    Trophy Dash: 1. Tyler Steenflid; 2. Mitch Sheeler; 3. Rick Harms; 4. Bob
Sousa.
    Feature: 1. Rick Harms; 2. Kyle Resnick; 3. Cameron Stark; 4. Tom
Palazzola; 5. Bob Sousa.

Super Trucks
    Heat 1: 1. Scott Holt; 2. Dan King; 3. Merle Townsend; 4. Terry
Townsend.
    Heat 2: 1. Mark Pemberton; 2. Greg Arnold; 3. Steve Pierce; 4. Brian
Merriman.
    Trophy Dash: 1. Greg Arnold; 2. Dan King; 3. Mark Pemberton; 4. Scott
Holt.
    Feature: 1. Brian Merriman; 2. Scott Holt; 3. Lindsey Bryant; 4. Greg
Arnold; 5. Terry Townsend.

Saturday June 1st 2002 Results

By Dave Ehrhardt

(June 1st 2002) Medford, Oregon- On a night when even the promoter took to the race track, Frank Word III
sent word that he¹s still a force to be reckoned with at the Southern Oregon
Speedway.
    Slowed by technical difficulties in recent weeks, Word III won the Les
Schwab Pro Stock feature on Saturday night. Word took the lead about halfway
through the race and went on to claim the feature victory, moving into
second place in the point standings.
    Also Saturday, Dennis Silva took the lead following a yellow flag and
went on to win the main even tin the Littrell Auto Parts Modifieds. Tom
Lanigan was awarded the victory in the Mini Stock feature. Lanigan was on
his way to the win when a lapped car knocked him out of the race just 300
feet from the checkered flag.
    Cale Carder picked up his first-ever win the Sprint Cars to cap off the
regular action for the night. Meanwhile, promoter John Skinner climbed into
action and won a Figure 8 race as part of the track¹s regular Thrill Car
Series.
    Racing continues Saturday night at the Speedway, with gates opening at 4
p.m. and racing getting underway at 6.

Mini Stocks

Heat 1: 1. Mike Higbee; 2. Bryan Barnes; 3. Jason Watkins; 4. Dave Bishop.

Heat 2: 1. Mike Johnson; 2. Randy Tharp; 3. Eddie Farley; 4. Cody Russell.

Heat 3: 1. Pat Akins; 2. Travis Chisum; 3. Belinda Duste; 4. Ike Landreth.

Heat 4: 1. Tom Lanigan; 2. Rocky Bass; 3. Jared Morrill; 4. Vicki McCormic

Trophy Dash: 1. Mike Higbee; 2. Tom Lanigan; 3. Pat Akins.

Feature: 1. Tom Lanigan; 2. Belinda Duste; 3. Rocky Bass; 4. Vicki McCormic; 5. Dave Bishop; 6. Bryan Barnes; 7. Pat Akins; 8. Jason Watkins 9. Eddie Farley; 10. Travis Chisum.

Les Schwab Pro Stocks

Heat 1: 1. Tony Walker; 2. Scott Martin; 3. Berry Hunt; 4. Ken Irving.

    Heat 2: 1. Tracy Bradley; 2. Jim Walker Jr.; 3. Butch Poppa; 4. Wally Watkins.
    Heat 3: 1. Dan Thomas; 2. Dave Everson; 3. Seth Carder; 4. Jerry
Severson.
    Heat 4: 1. Frank Word III; 2. Albert Gill; 3. Jeff Seal; 4. Donnie Hale.
   

Trophy Dash: 1. Dan Thomas; 2. Tracy Bradley; 3. Tony Walker.

B Main: 1. Chris Charlton; 2. John David Duffie; 3. Darren Provost; 4. Bob Dees; 5. Joe Guider.

Feature: 1. Frank Word III; 2. Butch Poppa; 3. Ken Irving; 4. Jerry Severson; 5. Wally Watkins; 6. Bob Dees; 7. Jim Walker Jr.; 8. Albert Gill; 9. Jeff Seal; 10. Darren Provost.

Littrell Auto Parts Modifieds

Heat 1: 1. Jon DeBenedetti; 2. Brian Poppa; 3. Roger Lorenzeni; 4. Skipper Klimchek.
Heat 2: 1. Dennis Silva; 2. Mark Wauge; 3. Ron Possinger; 4. Justin Holt.
Heat 3: 1. Mark James; 2. Bruce Rayburn; 3. Scott Weldon; 4. Jeremy Richey.

Heat 4: 1. Brad Alfrey; 2. Jay Hinton Jr.

Trophy Dash: 1. Jon DeBendetti; 2. Dennis Silva; 3. Bruce Alfrey.

Feature: 1. Dennis Silva; 2. Bruce Rayburn; 3. Markey James; 4. Jon DeBenedetti; 5. Roger Lorenzeni; 6. Jeremy Richey; 7. Tom Glover; 8. Brian Poppa; 9. Dane Smith; 10. Robby Pierce.

360 Sprint Cars

Heat 1: 1. Todd Zeitler; 2. Cale Carder; 3. Anthony Nunes; 4. Kevin Cory.

Heat 2: 1. Jason Finley; 2. Dan Menne; 3. Ron Smith; 4. Randy Campbell.

Trophy Dash: 1. Dan Menne; 2. Cale Carder; 3. Todd Zeitler.
   

Sprints Feature: 1. Cale Carder; 2. Todd Zeitler; 3. Dan Menne; 4. Jason Finley;
5. Kevin Cory; 6. Anthony Nunes; 7. Ron Smith; 8. Randy Campbell.