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Gary Lewis of Snohomish, WA kept the magical season going with a win of the time shortened iRacing American Speed Association K-DOCK Radio 125 at Douglas County Speedway in Roseburg, Oregon. Losing only a few points to Lewis Brent Harris of East Wenatchee, WA finished second with Puyallup, WA driver Jay Sauls third.
Time grew short and the race had to be called early due to a curfew at DCS. Lewis passed race leader Harris on lap 27 of the 74-lap feature. Both Harris and Lewis used the many restarts to get to the front. Lewis as he climbed form his winning Chevrolet stated, “I have such a well prepared car by my crew it is easy to drive.
Harris and Sauls are both good drivers and it was fun to race with them. I wish the race had gone the full distance.” Harris a bit frustrated said, “I a guess running second to Lewis is not bad. I am staying close in the points so it comes down to that last race at Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval on September 12. First we have to go to Yakima and I have done well there. We want the championship. Sauls made it to the podium for the second time this season. Falling back as far as 20th early in the abbreviated feature, “I was able to use the cone restarts to keep working my way to the front. We just keep working and things are getting better for us. I am looking forward to the last two races.”
With just a month left in the 2009 iRacing.com American Speed Association Northwest Late Model Tour season the chase for the championship comes down to the final three races. Gary Lewis (Snohomish, WA) has an extremely slim 5-point lead for the first ever championship. Brent Harris (E. Wenatchee, WA) led most of the season, is now looking up at Lewis. Third in the points chase a mere 19-points out of the lead is Kelly Mann (Monroe, WA).
The traveling super late model stock car series heads to Roseburg, Oregon on Saturday August 22. The chase continues on Labor Day weekend with a two day event Saturday and Sunday September 5 & 6 in Yakima, Washington. The season finale will be on Saturday September 12th in E. Wenatchee, Washington. The hottest super late model racer, in the Northwest, Lewis is looking to cap off the season with the ASA NWLMT championship. When added to his NASCAR and ARCA West championships, the ASA championship would give him the Triple Crown. Three seems to be a good number for Lewis. After a three-peat of the Montana 200 Lewis followed that with a three-peat of the Idaho 200 something never done prior. No Northwest racer has ever accomplished winning a Triple Crown. Both Harris and Mann are seeking their first major championship. Harris is a former Late Model champion at Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval. Mann has won various championships with the latest at South Sound Speedway. Their journey to the championship will be tough with other great northwest super late model racers wanting a piece of the pie. The next stop at Douglas County Speedway in Roseburg, OR has 27 already pre-entered with five more days left to register. 125-laps on the fast 3/8-mile paved oval will be a test for the top three.
The Port City Racecars ‘Rookie Challenge’ has three in contention for that prestigious title. Current leader is Joey Tanner (Portland, OR). Second is Alan Cress (Albany, OR) and third is Amanda MacDonald (Ephrata, WA). The next race at DCS favors Cress. DCS is Cress’ home track where he has won championships. For more information contact iRacing.com ASA NWLMT at 253-312-1080
The iRacing.com American Speed Association Northwest late Model Tour Better-All Auto Sales 125 winner at Yakima Speedway is Mike Longton. Longton became the only repeat winner of the traveling super late model stock car series. Gary Lewis finished 2nd. With his best finish ever young rookie Joey Tanner was on the podium for the first time.
Longton and Lewis swapped the lead many times during the 125-lap feature on the .500-mile oval. Longton was able to pull away late in the race to win at his home track. Following up his win at Mission Valley Speedway, Longton moves closer to top of the point ladder for the 2009 ASA NWLMT championship.
The iRacing.com American Speed Association Northwest Late Model Tour Big Sky 150 Cory Wolfe Challenge at Mission Valley Speedway is history.
Lewis the 2008 winner of the $10,000.00 winner’s check will start on the pole after winning his qualifying 35-lap heat race. On the outside of the front row will be Brent Harris winner of his heat race.
Row two will have Shelby Thompson inside of Joey Tanner. Owen Riddle will be inside row three and Dan Rhodes outside. Fast qualifier Mike Longton rolled a six for the invert. Longton will start fifth. Second quick Joey Tanner has acclimated to the tricky track and finished 6th.
Tanner helped his cause by easily winning the 100-lap Limited Late Model Main on Saturday.
Gary Lewis won the inaugural iRacing.com American Speed Association Northwest Late Model Tour feature at Spokane County Raceway on Saturday night May 9. Brent Harris was second followed by local favorite Shelby Thompson. There were 7 lead changes among five drivers during the 125-lap feature on the banked .500-mile oval. Lewis made the last change on lap 87.
Once getting the lead of the race it was evident that he was not going to lose it. During the post race interview he said “I was conserving tires during most of the race. The car was awesome.” Lewis won a Late Model Challenge Series race on at the same track in 2007. Lewis leads the chase for the first ever iRacing.com ASA NWLMT championship. Pole sitter Kevin Richards relinquished the lead early to Harris. Richards was forced to leave the race with mechanical woes. Harris led until fast qualifier Mike Longton took over on lap 57. Longton lost the lead a lap later to Thompson. Longton took the lead back a lap later. Thompson regained the lead on a restart after a caution on lap 62. Thompson led until overtaken by Lewis. Twenty-one cars were on the starting grid. The top performing ‘Port City Raecars’ Rookie Challenge driver was Amanda MacDonald finishing 12th. SRTV Friend Joey Tanner was a victim of bad luck even as he set fast laps in practice that would have guarenteed a top-5 five finish.
The iracing.com ASA Northwest Late Model Tour returns to the Inland Northwest on June 13 with a stop at Stateline Speedway for 125-laps on the high banked .25-mile oval. Next up for the iRacing.com American Speed Association Northwest Late Model Tour is in Ronan, Montana at Mission Valley Speedway on May 23 & 24 for a two day event capped by a $10,000.00 to win 150-lap feature. This event draws cars from all over the Northwest all vying for a portion of the $40,000.00 purse.
