YAKIMA, Washington — Mike Longton’s name was mentioned a lot over the three day 21st Annual Fall Classic. Winning all three days with authority Longton showed that his 2008 Yakima Speedway Late Model Championship was for real. Longton took home the big prize on Sunday with a win of the $10,000.00 to win 200-lap Fall Classic following his wins on Saturday and Friday. Almost $20,000.00 is what Longton received for his three days of racing on the fabled .500-mile oval at Yakima Speedway. BJ Tidrick finished second ahead of Travis Bennett">Travis Bennett.
Longton as he did in the previous two events was never headed and won fairly easily on Sunday. The only car to pass Longton all weekend was Erick Hargraves and that was undone with a restart of the 200-lap main. Starting on the pole for the start Longton only had one brief scare when Tidrick tried a move on a restart on lap 101. Tidrick tried the outside and looked like he would make a pass. Longton protecting his position was able to thwart the pass.
Twenty Nine cars took the green for the 21st Annual Fall Classic Late Model Main. Accidents and mechanical problems plagued over half the field. Longton lapped all but the top 5. Also finishing on the lead lap was Jay Sauls and Shelby Thompson.
A record 39 Street Stocks took the green for the start of the 75-lap main held prior to the Fall Classic Main. The 2008 Yakima Speedway Street Stock Champion Brian Pepper bested the large field. Buck Noel jr. was second and Mike Easley was third. Pepper was last year’s winner. Easley was emotional and jubilant finally making it to the podium for the first time in twenty tries at the Fall Classic.
| 75-lap Street Stock Main |
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| 1-Mike Pepper; 2-Buck Noel Jr.; 3-Mike Easley; 4-Gary Homad; 5-Jill Lang; 6-Ben St Mary; 7-Andy Beaman; 8-Mitch Kleyn; 9-Ron Stewart Jr.; 10-Josh Ingram; 11-Zach Beaman; 12-Jason Ogle; 13-Mel Patnode; 14-Matt Stevenson; 15-Mike Pepper; 16-Brian Moser; 17-Bobby Micielli; 18-Donnie Krikemeyer; 19-Dusty John; 20-Duane D’Amico; 21-Tony Huffines; 22-Bill Rutherford; 23-Mike Butler; 24-Coy Rogers; 25 Jim Zorrozua; 26-Kip Elliott; 27-Joe Kneeland; 28-Brandon Haley; 29-Todd Connell; 30-Mike Saylor; 31-David Patty; 32-Ken Mullins; 33-Billy Benge; 34-Josh Wilson; 35-Rich Peters; 36-Jason Huffines; 37-Vern Huson; 38-Travis McKinney; 39-Buck Noel Sr. |
| 200-lap Late Model Fall Classic |
| 1-Mike Longton; 2-BJ Tidrick; 3-Travis Bennett; 4-Jay Sauls; 5-Shelby Thompson; 6-Jason Fraser; 7-Kriss Clark; 8-Troy Ermish; 9-Chuck Dills; 10-Brad Stanwood; 11-Billy Weber; 12-Naima Lang; 13-Amanda McDonald; 14-Agni Howell; 15-Scott Walker; 16-Rick Suran; 17-Kelly Mann; 18-Mike Obrist; 19-Pete Harding; 20-James Spiering; 21-Ken Olson; 22-Gary Lewis; 23-Erick Hargraves; 24-Duke Langley; 25-James Mugge; 26-Mark Owens; 27-Dan Obrist; 28-Jim Johnson; 29-Zach Niesner |
