COTTAGE GROVE, Oregon — It was a race to do very well at, a date that had been circled on the young man from Portland’s schedule all year long. For Joey Tanner the goal at the start of the year was to win the Fall Classic at the Yakima Speedway in Yakima, Washington. That goal would be accomplished last Sunday night in central Washington for the driver of the B.J. Tidrick owned #72 Asphalt Late Model.
For Tanner the weekend started off great by timing in fifth fastest out of forty-one cars in qualifications. Starting in the third row, for the prestigious race at the fast half-mile paved oval, he went straight to work in the two hundred-lap race. It only took twenty laps for the young and up and comer to get to the second place position and eight laps later the lead was his.
From lap twenty eight to the halfway mark (lap one hundred) Tanner went unchallenged and had lapped up to fifteenth place in the meantime. During the break the team made some suspension adjustment to make the car turn better and it was off for the second one hundred-lap session.
The second half of the race went better then the entire first half had fared. After several restarts and lapping as clean up in the leader board as fourth leaving only two others to claim they finished on the lead lap. It was truly a dominating performance for the 2009 iRacing.com ASA Late Model Tour Rookie of the Year and most definitely a sign of things to come.
The race ended the calendar season for Tanner and his team big special thanks going out to B.J. Tidrick for allowing him the opportunity to put his car in victory lane. The next race for the Tanner and team will be the All-Star Showdown at the Toyota Speedway in Irwindale, California. The dates won’t be until January 29th-30th so there will be an offseason for the group, for more information on Joey Tanner log on to www.joeytanner.com.
2009 Sponsors
Jody’s Bar & Grill
IMP
Tibrick’s Quality Transmissions
Cope Brothers Racing Engines
Better-All Auto Sales
