YAKIMA, Washington – Day two of the Fall Classic at Yakima Speedway featured the Hobby Stocks and the Limited Late Models. Aaron Haley won the 60-lap Hobby main with Mel Patnode and Ben St. Mary rounding out the top three. The winning season continued for Gary Lewis. Lewis won the 125-lap Limited Late Model main followed by Jason Fraser and Brandon Riehl.
It was not a cake walk for Lewis as he had to battle traffic and Fraser to win for the ninth time in fifteen starts this season. Lewis exited his car in victory circle shaking his head in disbelief of what keeps happening. “I want to thank my team for the great job they do. Fraser was great to race with. There sure was a lot of traffic, it was nuts out there. We were not even going to run this race saving the car for tomorrows 200.”
Fraser who finished second in last years 125 stated, “The yellows hurt me. My car was much better on the longer runs. That last yellow at lap 116 did not help; I caught him just as the flag flew.”
The 125-lap main was marred by a series of yellows and reds, extending the race to a one-hour forty-three minute duration. Lewis took the lead from Evans on lap 12. Fraser took the lead from Lewis on lap 83 in traffic. Lewis regained the final lead on lap 101.
Aaron Haley won his first ever Hobby Stock main. The 16-year old was absolutely speechless in victory. It was a solid win for the youngster. Mel Patnode put a lot of pressure on, but could not get Haley rattled.
Second day qualifying started the afternoon of racing. Garrett Evans who chose to qualify on day two used a bit of a warmer track to his advantage. Evans took the pole away from Lewis in the Limited Late Model Division and did the same to Kevin Richards in the Late Model Division.
The third day on Sunday, September 30 will feature a 75-Lap Street Stock main and the 20th annual 200-lap ‘Fall Classic”. Front gates open at 11:00am and racing kicks off at 1:00pm.
| Hobby Stock (60-lap Main) |
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| 1- AARON HALEY Yakima, WA 2- MEL PATNODE Selah, WA 3- BEN ST MARY Moxee, WA 4- JOHN RANEY Yakima, WA 5- RANDY MARSHALL Jr Moxee, WA 6-BILL RUTHERFORD Moses Lake, WA 7- STEVE KASTLE Yakima, WA 8- BUCK NOEL Sr. Selah, WA 9- MARCUS MAGGARD Yakima, WA 10- TERRY OSBORN Wenatchee, WA 11- JOSH MacKENZIE E. Wenatchee, WA 12- DON SOWDER Yakima, WA 13- JEFF STEVENSON Cowiche, WA 14- DAN FISCUS Yakima, WA 15- JERRY WALKER Jr Yakima, WA 16- TODD CONNELL Yakima, WA 17- CHRIS VANAMBURG Yakima, WA 18- BILLY BENGE Yakima, WA 19-RUSSELL KAIN Wenatchee, WA 20- CHRIS RICHTER Sr Naches, WA 21- BARRY MUELLER Yakima, WA 22- COY LOVELL Kittitas, WA 23- OWEN BERGLUND Kennewick, WA 24- JILL SUNDHOLM Snohomish, WA |
| Limited Late Model (125-Main) |
| 1. Gary Lewis Snohomish WA 125 2 Jason Fraser Snohomish WA 125 3 Brandon Riehl Boring OR 125 4 Erick Hargraves Yakima WA 125 5 Kevin Richards Newman Lake WA 125 6 Mike Zamora Kennewick WA 125 7 Naima Lang Snohomish WA 125 8 Chad Bennett Ellensburg WA 125 9 Dave Garber Spokane WA 125 10 Darrin Stordahl Marysville WA 125 11 Dan Riehl Boring WA 125 12 Brad Stanwood Portland OR 124 13 Dan Obrist Portland OR 124 14 Willy Thom Dundee WA 124 15 Scott Davis Kennewick WA 123 16 Mark Sundberg Seattle WA 122 17 Tyler Monroe Star ID 121 18 Scott LaCross Monroe WA 120 19 Dave Drinkwine Condon OR 120 20 Wade Bennett Granite Falls WA 120 21 Agni Howell Kalispell WA 119 22 Dean Craig Edmonton AB 119 23 Jarrod Crum Kennewick WA 115 24 Jeff Knight Monroe WA 104 25 Garrett Evans E. Wenatchee WA 103 26 Shelby Thompson Spokane WA 100 27 Wade Bland Victoria B.C. 89 28 Mike Obrist Portland OR 88 29 Paul Blake Hillsboro OR 86 30 James Spiering Monroe WA 78 31 Scott Walker Prosser WA 72 32 Cory Wolfe Ronan MT 61 33 Mark Owens Kalispell MT 56 34 Jim Weaver Portland OR 56 35 Jack Mondor Wapato WA 41 36 Lex Johnson Monroe WA 30 37 Ken Olson Yakima WA 29 38 Chris Schlaht Portland OR 15 39 Dan Beecher Marysville WA DNS |
| Sunday’s Starting Line-Up 200-Lap Fall Classic |
| 1 Garrett Evans E. Wenatchee WA 2 Kevin Richards Newman Lake WA 3 Gary Lewis Snohomish WA 4 Shelby Thompson Spokane WA 5 Jason Fraser Snohomish WA 6 Mark Owens Kalispell MT 7 Erick Hargraves Yakima WA 8 BJ Tidrick Yakima WA 9 Travis Bennett Ellensburg WA 10 Kelly Mann Monroe WA 11 Brandon Riehl Boring OR 12 Christian Roeder Ephrata WA 13 Pete Harding Surrey BC 14 Scott Walker Prosser WA 15 Naima Lang Snohomish WA 16 Rick Suran Estacada OR 17 Rob Touchette Lake Stevens WA 18 Owen Riddle Naches WA 19 Dan Obrist Portland OR 20 Ron Dexter Selah WA 21 Jim Johnson Orting WA 22 Jay Sauls Puyallup WA 23 Ken Olson Yakima WA 24 James Spiering Redmond WA 25 Dan Beecher Marysville WA 26 Mike Obrist Portland OR 27 Christopher Kalsch Hillsboro WA 28 Brad Stanwood Portland OR 29 Dave Garber Spokane WA 30 Darrin Stordahl Marysville WA 31 Rick Christopherson Yakima WA 32 Willy Thom Dundee OR 33 Wade Bennett Granite Falls WA 34 Dave Drinkwine Condon OR 35 Lex Johnson Monroe WA |
