Central Washington State Fair Raceway
Heat
Carries Over to Raceway July 12th
By Michael Troy
Yakima, WA July 12, 2002 - The heat of the Central
Washington Valley carried over to State
Fair Raceway this past Friday night, as the battles raged on for
the title of
Champion.
The Hobby Stock division again was plagued with mechanical
problems, as Deborah
Hanson was forced out of the heat race, and only two competitors
made the call
for the trophy dash. The heat played a big factor in how the cars
performed,
or did not perform. Chris Jeffery seems to have his mechanical
woes taken care
of as he recorded a clean sweep for the evening with a heat race,
trophy dash
and main event win. The battles went on behind Jeffery, as he
cruised to his
fourth win of the season. Harold Emmons continued to run
consistent laps to
score a second place finish, with John Zimmerman coming past the
stripe in
third in only his first dirt start this year.
The two heat races in the Pure Stock division went green to
checkered as Eric
Kastl out lasted Steve Kastl in heat number one and first time
dirt racer,
Blair Shoemaker made some tough moves to bring home the checkers
in heat two,
followed closely by Dan Monroe. The Pure Stocks also ran a 25 lap
main event
with many passes throughout the race, as Steve Kastl was forced
to start at the
rear of the field after earning a front row starting position by
winning in the
trophy dash. While running the trophy dash, Steve Kastl had
mechanical
problems on the last lap and had to borrow a car to start the
main event. As
he started at the tail of the field, he worked his way through
the field one by
one, finally taking the lead for good on lap 13. Dan Monroe and
Paul Manka,
coming into the night tied for second place in points, waged
their own battle
with Monroe coming in ahead of Manka at the stripe.
This weeks coming event will be the hy-per-lube Northern Sprint
Tour, as they
make their stop here during their annual Northwest Speedweek. The
drivers of
these mud slinging, horsepower driven vehicles will race six
nights straight at
five different tracks, making their stop at State Fair Raceway on
Thursday,
July 18. Gates will open at 6 with racing scheduled to start at
8. Adults (15
and over) are $14.00, Jr (6-14) are $2.00 and children 5 and
under are FREE.
Current Points
Modified
1. 10 Steve Lang 311
2. 23 Ron Comfort 157
3. 14 Craig Moore 87
4. 26 Scott Miller 79
5. 19 Greg Dineen 75
6. 12 Randy Ward 74
Hobby Stock
1. 28 Chris Jeffery 460
2. 56 Harold Emmons 370
3. 15 Michael Plunkett 353
4. 22 Kevin Washington 330
5. 13 Deborah Hanson 274
6. 21 Mike Bales 209
7. 16 James Adams 202
8. 6 Rick Milbourn 80
9. 38 Dusty John 78
10. 38 BJ Tidrick 74
11. 13 Driver Unknown 73
12. 19 John Zimmerman 72
13. 23 Ted Wilburn 70
Pure Stock
1. 3 Steve Kastl 494
2. 02 Dan Monroe 437
3. 21 Paul Manka 433
4. 29 Cary Cooper 317
5. 44 Mark Tenney 279
6. 27 Jake Maggard 205
7. 38 Brad Tidrick 162
8. 38 Mike Mallula 128
9. 38 BJ Tidrick 84
10. 33 Eric Kastl 65
11. 11 Blair Shoemaker 59
12. 33 Les Jeffery 57