KENNEWICK, Washington -- Kennewick, Washington’s Mike Zamora won the 60 lap Late Model main event by a mere 6 inches over Portland’s Dan Obrist Saturday night at Yakima Speedway. Adding another win to his credit for 2007, the veteran driver made his move to the outside of the Obrist machine on the last lap of the event. Defending champion, Christopher Kalsch, made an inside move coming to the checkered, to finish in the third position by less than a foot. Three cars finishing under less than 12 inches had the big crowd on their feet. The finish was one of the best ever at the speedway. The 15 car field had great action throughout the race. Chad Bennett, running a crate motor, finished a strong fourth. Rich Peters, in his beautiful Ford Fusion, rounded out the top five.
In the H & H Furniture Hobby division, Ben St. Mary, overcame a motor change after practice, to win the main event. A strong 19 car field took the green flag. The 30 lap event had eight different leaders. A muti car wreck on the white flag lap caused scoring confusion and the final order of finish was posted after review by track officials. Twenty one cars signed in for the event, again making this division a fan favorite at the speedway. Top five were Don Klang in second followed by Marcus Maggard, Jason Huffines and Chris Van Amburg.
The Hornet main was won by Jay Younker. The popular Bump To Pass main was captured by Mike Valchick
Next event at the historic speedway will be the annual 4th of July demo and hornet race. On July 7th. the return of the Northwest Tour. Pre registered cars include, Ron Eaton, Garrett Evans, Kelly Tanner, Jeff Barkshire, B.J. Tidrick, Travis Bennett, Eric Richardson, Jimmy McVey, Rick Suran, Brandon Reihl, Jay Sauls, Matt Hall, Kevin Moland, Jason Fraser, Pete Harding, and Mike Longton.
Others have expressed interest but have not registered at this point. A possible twenty car field is hoped for at the Bud Clary Toyota 125. Gates will open at 4:00 with time trials at 5:00. Also at the huge night of racing will be the Foreign Stock Car Racing Association along with the Super Stocks and the H & H Furniture Hobby Stocks.
| Late Models |
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| Fast Time – Christopher Kalsch – 19.097 Sec. Dashes – A – Ron Bemis – B – Chad Bennett Main Event 60 Laps – Mike Zamora – Dan Obrist – Christopher Kalsch – Chad Bennett – Rich Peters – Scott Davis – Lon Werremeyer – Ron Bemis – Zach Moran – Owen Riddle – Tom Pollock – Scot Walker – Jarrod Crum – Bill Mills – Brad Rhoads Dns |
| Hobby Stocks |
| Fast Time – Todd Connell – 23.530 Sec. Dashes – A – Ken Mullins – B – Jason Huffines Main Event – 30 Laps – Ben St. Mary – Don Klang – Marcus Maggard – Jason Huffines – Chris Van Amburg – Billy Benge – John Raney – Jerry Walker Jr. – Todd Connell – Bryan Moser – Ken Mullins – Arron Haley – Gary Mueller – Mel Patnode – Jamie Benge – Bobby A. Trujillo – Jeremy Brisky – John Estes – Jeff Stinson – Randy Marshall Jr. Dns – 17 Jeff Stephenson Dns |
| Hornets |
| Fast Time – Jesse Eaton 16.411 Se3c. Dashes – A – Steve Hall – B – Jonathan Smith Main Event 20 Laps – Jay Younker – Steve Hall – Reece Kastle – Josh Henne – Dave Peterson – Owen Berglund – Ted Rose – Jon Briskey – Jonathan Smith – James Norman – Marvin Raymond – Levi Leinbach – Jake Breshears – Jesse Eaton – Larry Norman Jr. – Michael Beck – Chris Morrison – Jon Manka – Morgan Morrison – Wes Heigh – Derek Raptcheff – Teresa Hancock – Daniel Rose – Nathan Voyles |
| Bump To Pass |
| Fast Time – Tyson Richter – 17.026 Sec. Dashes A – Mark Derosier – B – Chuck Stimiska Main Event 20 Laps – Mike Valchick – Mark Belair – Merle Stiltner – Ray Bolster – Frank Stiltner – Kevin Mcgovern – Tyson Richter – Kyle Wade – Tim Stockwell – Mark Derosier – Travis Morrison – Chuck Strimiska |
