Spin Outs and Surprises at Lebanon Speedway

The speedplant returns to action Saturday, Aug. 29 with the U.S. Army Night at the Races followed by the return of the DIRTcar Northwest I-5 Late Model Tour Sept. 5th and 6th.

Lebanon Speedway August 22nd 2009 Courtesy: Doc's Photos

LEBANON, Ore. - Darren Coffell was one of the competitors who put on a masterful display of driving in traffic in the Clay Cup.

The driver from Bend led the majority of the laps in the Outlaw Late Model A-Main event Saturday night at Lebanon’s Willamette Speedway, but found himself trailing the always fast Rob Mayea of Bend on the white flag lap.

Mayea, running on the high side of the track, ran up on the back of the car of trophy dash winning Tory Swayngim. Coffell wisely stayed to the low side, went by Mayea on the low side down the backstretch and pulled off his first A-Main event victory of the season.

Mayea placed second with Brett James in third, Bob Boyd in fourth and class points leading Jeremy Shank in fifth.

Brian Smith, subbing for Glen Hackney, led wire to wire to win the Outlaw B-Main event from the outside pole position. Randy Barley placed second with Steven Sturdevant in third, Randy Boyd in fourth and Fred Lang in fifth.

Fast timer Rob Mayea put on his usual clinic of driving in the modified A-Main, coming from the back to take the lead on the ninth lap and pulling away to win his 11th main of the season.

Dustin Dittman came back from an early spin and passed Jesse Williamson for second place and Williamson was third. Curtis Towns placed fourth after winning the modified B-Main from the back of the pack, beating out Ron Shinkle.

Brett James passed Charlie James on the fifth lap and drove away to his first Super Sport A-Main event win of the season. Kye Frick placed second with Gil Pickett in third, Bob Boyd in fourth and James Slover in fifth.

Donald Schott won the B-Main with Willie Sutton in second.

David Cronk came from the final starting spot to take the lead of the Sportsman A-Main on the seventh lap and pulled away to his track-best 14th victory of the year and fifth in a row.

Justin Dittman placed second with Brian Brown in third. Larry Phillips took back the lead on the 18th lap and went on to win the Sportsman B-Main with Clyde Rood in second and Mike Campbell in third.

Classic Sportsman points leading Dave Kingsberry came from the back of the pack to his 11th A-Main win of the year with Brody Pompe in second, Mark Gaylord in third, Brown in fourth and Erik Jarnport rounding out the top five.

The speedplant returns to action Saturday, Aug. 29 with the U.S. Army Night at the Races followed by the return of the DIRTcar Northwest I-5 Late Model Tour Sept. 5th and 6th.

Race Results August 22, 2009

Outlaw Late Models

Fast Time: 16.253 Jeremy Shank

Fast Four Trophy Dash: Tory Swayngim

Heat Race 1: Brian Smith, Corey Brooks, Chris Murphy

Heat Race 2: Steven Sturtevant, Randy Boyd, Fred Lang

Heat Race 3: John Campos, Darren Coffell, Justin Simpson

Heat Race 4: Bob Boyd/Sell, Rob Mayea, Jeremy Shank

B-Main Event: 1- Brian Smith, 2-Randy Barley, 3-Steven Sturtevant, 4-Randy Boyd, 5-Fred Lang, 6-Corey Brooks, 7-Justin King, 8-Chris Murphy, 9-Kevin Keeney

A-Main Event: 1-Darren Coffell, 2-Rob Mayea, 3-Brett James, 4-Bob Boyd/ Sell, 5- Jeremy Shank, 6-Mark Carrell, 7- Mike Bennett, 8-Ryan Gerig, 9-Brian Cronk, 10-Todd Shandy, 11- Bruce Hipple, 12-Tory Swayngim, 13-Rob Campos, 14-Justin Simpson, 15-John Campos, 16-Justin Dittman.

Super Sports

Fast time- 16.571 Kye Frick

Fast Four Trophy Dash: Brett James

Heat 1: Darryl Blanchard, Steve Fuller, Donald Schott

Heat 2: Bob Boyd/Sell, James Slover, Charlie James

Heat 3: Willie Sutton, Kye Frick, Chris Mott

B-Main Event: 1-Donald Schott, 2-Willie Sutton, 3-Darryl Blanchard, 4-Bob Day, 5-Steve Fuller, 6-George Fuller.

A-Main Event: 1-Brett James, 2-Kye Frick, 3-Rick Wyatt, 4-Russ Sell/Boyd, 5-James Slover, 6-Thomas Hunziker, 7-Mark Thompson, 8-Charlie James, 9-Jack Marontate, 10-Bill Story, 11- Chris Mott, 12-Keith Marson.

Modified

Fast time: 17.468 Rob Mayea

Fast Four Trophy Dash: Rob Mayea

Heat 1: Ron Shinkle, Sean Gentry, Brad Gentry

Heat 2: Chris Murphy, Dale Holland, Sam Potter

Heat 3: Kevin Keeney, Ronnie Wilson, Rob Mayea

B-Main Event: 1-Curtis Towns, 2-Ron Shinkle, 3-Kristy Martin, 4-Danny Daniels, 5-Sean Gentry, 6- Brad Gentry.

A-Main Event: 1- Rob Mayea, 2-Dustin Dittman, 3-Jesse Williamson, 4-Curtis Towns, 5- Mike Gummas, 6-Sam Potter, 7-Jonathan Lewis, 8-Dale Holland, 9-Frank Hazen, 10-Don Piefer, 11-Troy Lent, 12-Steven Sturtevant, 13- Chris Murphy, 14- Ronnie Wilson, 15- Kevin Keeney.

Sportsman

Fast time: 17.789 David Cronk

Fast Four Trophy Dash: Justin Dittman

Heat 1: David Perez, Bryce Bagby, Carrie Campbell

Heat 2: Casey Rhodes, Mike Campbell, Brook Wyatt

Heat 3: Bill Gibbs, Bill Allison, Danny Altom

Heat 4: David Cronk, Justin Dittman, Brian Brown

B-Main Event: 1-Larry Phillips, 2-Clyde Rood, 3-Mike Campbell, 4-Casey Rhodes, 5-Al France, 6-David Perez, 7-Carrie Campbell, 8-Harley Lewis, 9-Nick Anderson, 10-Bill Ayers, 11-Roy Bertolani, 12-Floyd Dorgan, 13-Bryce Bagby, 14-Brook Wyatt, 15- Jody Tanner.

A-Main Event: 1-David Cronk, 2-Justin Dittman, 3-Brian Brown, 4-Bill Gibbs, 5-Bill Allison, 6-Trent Croy, 7-Danny Altom, 8-Tim Archer, 9-Robert Mercer, 10-Kevin Roberts, 11-Richard Beccari, 12-Don Hamilton, 13-Nate Sim, 14-Chad Slover, 15-Jeff Marson, 16- Todd Miller.

Classic

Fast time: 18.604 Dave Kingsberry

Fast Four Trophy Dash: Dave Kingsberry

Heat 1: Brian Brown, Bob Kingsberry, Kevin Roberts

Heat 2: Brody Pompe, Mark Gaylord, Erik Jarnport

A-Main Event: 1-Dave Kingsberry, 2- Brody Pompe, 3-Mark Gaylord, 4-Brian Brown, 5-Erik Jarnport, 6-Bill Dahn, 7-Gary Allison, 8-Shannon Horn, 9-Bob Kingsberry, 10-William Kamrath, 11-Kevin Roberts, 12- Jerry Haley.

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