It had been a while since Randy Houston had raced at the Douglas County Speedway in Roseburg, Oregon. “I love coming here, but it seems that I have a lot of bad luck here”, said Houston. Well, that luck has changed as Randy Houston takes home the $2,000 cash and the custom made trophy for the Oregon National Guard Firecracker 125.
Houston set fast time in qualifying for the 17 car field made up of cars from all over Oregon and California. However, that was short lived as he drew a 12 car invert in front of a great crowd. Houston threw his head back in disgust and laughed as he saw his draw, but knew he would have plenty of time to get back to the front.
It didn’t take long to see that the drivers meant business as local contenders like Dale Roth and Kyle Pope got caught up in incidents, ending Roth’s night but Pope was still able to manage a top 10 finish in a tore up car.
The race was ran in two segments, the first consisting of 75 laps while the final segment was a 50 lap shootout. Other classes were run in between the two segments, allowing the drivers to make adjustments and tire changes for the shootout. Houston took the lead before the end of the first 75 laps and was able to hang on to the lead the entire 50 lap shootout, despite being challenged several times by local Riley Watson and Robert Hirschbock.
Watson kept Houston in view and threatened to take over the lead several times from Houston, but Houston’s #9 had none of it. Watson finished a great run in second place while Watson’s father, Brad, brought home a fourth place finish.
After blowing a motor in Friday practice, Robert Hirschbock put on a great show and made his hard work pay off. Hirschbock and crew had to drive back home to Klamath Falls on Friday night to change motors in time to make it back to Roseburg for the race on Saturday to go back home with a third place finish.
Youngster Steven Snawder, running on a limited race budget, had a great night and brought his car home in fifth place.
Street stocks and Taco Bell Hornets were also on the card for the night with 30 lap main events between the two segments. Rookie and point leader Daniel Jobe took home the street stock win while veteran Jeff Solburg won the hornet main event
| Oregon National Guard Firecracker 125 Late Models - Main Event |
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| 1 12 9 Randy Houston - 0.00 2 9 11 Riley Watson - 0.00 3 6 78 Robert Hirschbock - 0.00 4 5 1 Brad Watson - 0.00 5 13 12 Steven Snawder - 0.00 6 14 93 Mike George - 0.00 7 15 88 David Braund - 0.00 8 7 04A Rod Mccombs - 0.00 9 17 2H Roy Harvey - 0.00 10 8 72 Kyle Pope - 0.00 11 1 8 Anthony Pope - 0.00 12 3 2 Jeff Smith - 0.00 13 11 91 Alan Cress - 0.00 14 16 04 Paul Blake - 0.00 15 4 28 Wade Koens - 0.00 16 2 83 Doug Turner - 0.00 17 10 10R Dale Roth - 0.00 |
| Street Stocks |
| Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points 1 7 51 Daniel Jobe - 50.00 2 6 19 Monte Cox Jr - 47.00 3 1 6R Morgan Burke - 44.00 4 3 4 Albert Sallie - 41.00 5 8 65 Bobby Barnes - 38.00 6 2 3 Tony Bowers - 35.00 7 5 24 David Murphy - 32.00 8 9 9 Vince Christian - 29.00 9 4 13 Josh Welty - 26.00 Street Stock - A Heat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points 1 3 19 Monte Cox Jr - 12.00 2 4 51 Daniel Jobe - 11.00 3 5 65 Bobby Barnes - 10.00 4 1 13 Josh Welty - 9.00 5 2 24 David Murphy - 8.00 Street Stock - B Heat 1 1 9 Vince Christian - 10.00 2 3 3 Tony Bowers - 9.00 3 2 6R Morgan Burke - 8.00 4 4 4 Albert Sallie - 7.00 Street Stock - Trophy Dash 1 3 51 Daniel Jobe - 0.00 2 4 65 Bobby Barnes - 0.00 3 2 19 Monte Cox Jr - 0.00 4 1 24 David Murphy - 0.00 |
| Taco Bell Hornets |
| Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points 1 5 17 Jeff Solburg - 50.00 2 10 90 Michael Beals - 47.00 3 3 76 Adam Stafford - 44.00 4 6 19C Monte Cox, Sr - 41.00 5 7 585 Nick Oberman - 38.00 6 4 57 Monique Grichar - 35.00 7 2 19D Bill Cox - 32.00 8 9 65F Crysta Sasser - 29.00 9 11 169 Steve Triplett - 26.00 10 13 2 Rebecca Lane - 23.00 11 15 4 Cody Rasmussen - 20.00 12 12 28X Valerie West - 17.00 13 14 12 Charlie Davis - 14.00 14 1 11 Brian Bach - 11.00 15 8 68 Bob Miller - 10.00 Taco Bell Hornets - A Heat 1 3 19C Monte Cox, Sr - 12.00 2 2 17 Jeff Solburg - 11.00 3 4 76 Adam Stafford - 10.00 4 1 90 Michael Beals - 9.00 5 5 57 Monique Grichar - 8.00 6 7 19D Bill Cox - 7.00 7 8 4 Cody Rasmussen - 6.00 Taco Bell Hornets - B Heat 1 5 585 Nick Oberman - 10.00 2 4 68 Bob Miller - 9.00 3 7 11 Brian Bach - 8.00 4 1 169 Steve Triplett - 7.00 5 2 28X Valerie West - 6.00 6 3 65F Crysta Sasser - 5.00 7 8 2 Rebecca Lane - 4.00 8 6 12 Charlie Davis - 3.00 Taco Bell Hornets - Trophy Dash 1 3 17 Jeff Solburg - 0.00 2 1 76 Adam Stafford - 0.00 3 2 19C Monte Cox, Sr - 0.00 4 4 90 Michael Beals - 0.00 |
