Ron Bennett
For The New Era
Sept. 4th
Lebanon, Oregon
Trevor Glaser did it the hard way Saturday night at Willamette Speedway. As the previous week?s winner, he started 16th in the 16 car field in a line-up that featured five of the Top-30 Dirt Late Model drivers in the Western States rankings. 12 of the 16 starters had won Willamette features during the past two seasons.
Glaser?s progress through the pack was steady as he moved into 10th on lap 10 and into 6th on lap 20, 2nd by lap 30 and into the lead on lap 36 of the 50 lap event. A lap 37 yellow flag restart saw Glaser pull out a quarter-lap lead that he held to the finish. Fast timer Randy Boyd started 15th and ran a strong second over 2003 track champion Tory Swayngim who started in 7th. 4-time track champion Bob Boyd finished 4th ahead of Casey Vitale who led the first 35 laps and scored a top-5 finish. Rob Mayea, who has scored 8 feature wins at Willamette in 2004 on a normally damp and tacky clay surface, finished in 6th on a track that ?rubbered-up? early in the event to give the drivers a race track that offered three racing lines through the turns.
The 41 car Outlaw field saw many cars that normally run in the feature, racing in the 20 lap B-Main which was won by Darvin Tramel, a second year driver in the Outlaw Dirt Late Models. Dan Kingsberry, Gary Smith, Mark Carrell and rookie Billy Workman Jr. scored top-5 finishes.
Todd Shandy won the Super Sport feature over top-five finishers, Tom Pitts, Dean Archer, Ron Burchard and Brad Tanner.
David Cronk moved a step closer to a 3rd straight Sportsman title for the Cronk Family #29 car with a win over the top-five cars of Jeff Dossiere, Gregg Shandy, David Perez and Ron Walton.
Next Saturday night will be the final Dirt Late Model race of the 2004 season at Willamette Speedway as the track presents the 39th annual Championship races.
The NST Sprinters will appear on Friday night prior to this event for their final 2004 appearance at Willamette Speedway.
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Summary: Sportsman division ? 54 entries.
Fast time: 16:307 ? Mike Bennett-Estacada.
Fast Four Trophy Dash ? Mike Bennett.
1st Heat race: 1-James Whitehouse-Lafayette, 2-Larry Wallace-Corvallis, 3-Anne Campbell-Dallas.
2nd Heat race: 1-Joe Bosso Jr.-Portland, 2-Chris Mott-Salem, 3-Brad Tonkin-Lebanon.
3rd Heat race: 1-Sue Futral-Sweet Home, 2-Jared Steward-Sweet Home, 3-Billy Slover-Salem.
4th Heat race: 1-John Williams-Albany, 2-Jason Sommer-Lebanon, 3-Paul Moses Jr.-Stayton.
5th Heat race: 1-Bob Trusty-Scio, 2-Todd Sabin-Prineville, 3-Brad Hopkins-Lebanon.
6th Heat race: 1-Brad Landers-Lebanon, 2-Eric Jarnport-Monmouth, 3-Fred Lang-Dallas.
7th Heat race: 1-Jeff Dossiere-Coos Bay, 2-Darryl Blanchard-Depoe Bay, 3-Tom Conway-Albany.
8th Heat race: 1-David Cronk-Portland, 2-Mike Bennett, 3-Gregg Shandy-Albany.
D-Main event: 1-Chris Mott, 2-Joe Bosso Jr., 3-James Whitehouse, 4-Brad Tonkin, 5-Anne Campbell, 6-Bill Ayers-Independence, 7-Larry Wallace, 8-David Bennett-Lebanon, 9-Jim Kimball-Marion, 10-John Rinerson-Stayton, 11-Tim McCune-Eugene, 12-Justin Dittman-Turner.
C-Main event: 1-Charley Anderson-Dallas, 2-Lance Cronk-Portland, 3-Jared Steward, 4-Sue Futral, 5-Laurie Stevenson-Mill City, 6-Charlie James-Albany, 7-Paul Moses Jr., 8-Billy Slover, 9-Christian Keeney-Sweet Home, 10-Floyd Thorp-Albany, 11-Robert Stevens-Sweet Home, 12-Rob Burchard-Albany, 13-Don Piefer-Lebanon.
B-Main event: 1-Brad Landers, 2-Jason Sommer, 3-Brad Hopkins, 4-Bob Trusty, 5-Eric Jarnport, 6-Dale Holland-Portland, 7-Anthony Hopper-Lebanon, 8-Tim Patrick-Portland, 9-Chris Bishop-Lebanon, 10-Bob Dietrich-Portland, 11-Dave Foote-Coos Bay, 12-Fred Lang, 13-Todd Sabin, 14-Joey Tanner-Portland, 15-Jerry Dittman-Turner.
A-Main event: 1-David Cronk, 2-Jeff Dossiere, 3-Gregg Shandy, 4-David Perez-Lebanon, 5-Ron Walton-Rhodedendron, 6-Len Anderson-Hot Springs, Ark., 7-Bill Tewalt-Lebanon, 8-Glen Blanton-Dallas. 9-Mike Wolfe-Scotts Mills, 10-Jim Sapp-Albany, 11-Mike Bennett, 12-Gary Archer-Brownsville, 13-Darryl Blanchard, 14-Tom Conway.
Summary: Super Sport Division ? 27 entries.
Fast time: 16:895 ? Dennis Archer-Halsey.
Fast Four Trophy Dash ? Bob Boyd-Albany.
1st Heat race: 1-Larry Phillips-Salem, 2-Leisa Payne-Albany, 3-Mike Neese-Merrill.
2nd Heat race: 1-Mike Scofield-Eugene, 2-Wade Savik-Albany, 3-J.P. Pagel-Madras.
3rd Heat race: 1-Randy Barley-Albany, 2-Dean Archer-Brownsville, 3-Bob Day-Lebanon.
4th Heat race: 1-Glen Hackney-Lebanon, 2-Ron Berry-Salem, 3-Ron Burchard-Philomath.
B-Main event: 1-Wade Savik, 2-Mike Scofield, 3-Bob Kingsberry-Lebanon, 4-Peg Pitts-Lebanon, 5-Michael Day-Salem, 6-Jim Moore-Eugene, 7-J.P. Pagel, 8-Tony Seeley-Salem, 9-Bill Storey-Jefferson, 10-Leisa Payne, 11-Doug Mott-Salem, 12-Larry Phillips, 13-Mike Neese.
A-Main event: 1-Todd Shandy-Albany, 2-Tom Pitts-Lebanon, 3-Dean Archer, 4-Ron Burchard, 5-Brad Tanner-Portland, 6-Glen Hackney, 7-Bob Boyd, 8-Dennis Archer, 9-Ron Berry, 10-Randy Barley, 11-Joey Tanner-Portland, 12-Bob Day, 13-Rob Hoefs-Newport, 14-Wade Savik (B-Transfer).
Summary: Outlaw Division ? 41 entries.
Fast time: 15:366 ? Randy Boyd-Lebanon.
Fast Four Trophy Dash ? Trevor Glaser-Tangent.
1st Heat race: 1-Virgil Bradbury-Aumsville, 2-Mike Betker-Jefferson, 3-Toby Mohr-Redmond.
2nd Heat race: 1-Wayne Sturdevant-Springfield, 2-Frank Hazen-Redmond, 3-Jeff Wright-Newport.
3rd Heat race: 1-Mike DeSilva-Springfield, 2-Andy Breshears-Lebanon, 3-Sandy Sanders-Eugene.
4th Heat race: 1-Dan Kingsberry-Lebanon, 2-Billy Workman Jr.-Aurora, 3-Todd Maher-Salem.
5th Heat race: 1-Casey Vitale-Lebanon, 2-Bill Workman-Aurora, 3-Jimmy Schram-Vancouver, WA.
6th Heat race: 1-Ron Berry-Salem, 2-Rob Mayea-Bend, 3-Randy Boyd.
C-Main event: 1-Virgil Bradbury, 2-Anthony Bentley-Sweet Home, 3-Mike Betker, 4-Toby Mohr, 5-Frank Hazen-Redmond, 6-Wayne Sturdevant, 7-Brad Short-Metolius, 8-Jeff Wright-Newport, 9-John Zeigler-Lapine, 10-Josh Eyerly-Albany.
B-Main event: 1-Darvin Tramel-Aurora, 2-Dan Kingsberry, 3-Gary Smith-Lebanon, 4-Mark Carrell-Redmond, 5-Billy Workman Jr., 6-John Campos-Redmond, 7-Andy Breshears, 8-Todd Maher, 9-Justin King-Portland, 10-Mike Bennett-Estacada, 11-Butch Valdez-Portland, 12-JJ Irvine-Lebanon, 13-Sandy Sanders.
A-Main event: 1-Trevor Glaser, 2-Randy Boyd, 3-Tory Swayngim, 4-Bob Boyd-Albany, 5-Casey Vitale, 6-Rob Mayea, 7-Tim Zeller-Albany, 8-Bill Workman, 9-Jimmy Schram, 10-Rick Hazen-Redmond, 11-Jayme Van-Portland, 12-Rick Hodges-Albany, 13-Linc Houfek-Albany, 14-Ron Berry, 15-Skeet Phillips-Eugene, 16-Cody Sell-Brownsville.