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Bill Poehler
LEBANON, Ore. (June 13) - Jeremy Shank finally won the hard way.
The Outlaw class points leader from Salem came from the back of the pack after setting fast time to win Saturday's A-Main event at Lebanon's Willamette Speedway.
It was Shank's second win in four races. His other main event this year came after setting fast time in the DIRTcar Northwest I-5 Series at the track, but that series starts the fast timers in the front.
The 1/3-mile oval had fresh clay on it the past two weeks, making it the best track for passing it has been this season.
Tory Swayngim took the initial lead from the outside pole position, but two laps after a lap 10 restart, Brett McCutcheon got by for the lead on the low side. Meanwhile that same lap, Shank moved into the top five after dicing his way through the field.
Shank worked his way up to third when a caution flew for the car of Robert Hoefs died on the backstretch. On the restart Shank gave up his low line and went high. He passed Swayngim on the 26th lap, got by McCutcheon for the lead two laps later and held off numerous challenges from McCutcheon over the final 12 laps for the win.
"The last restart, I would have went down low after I passed him, but I didn't know I was clear and he was racing me clear so I didn't want to take his line away," Shank said. "I knew I had enough straightaway speed to get them to the flagstand if it came down to that.
"But then after the restart, I was like I'm going to the bottom. I'm making them work around me if they're going to pass me. The track was racy."
McCutcheon placed second with ninth starting Darren Coffell in third, Swayngim in fourth and Justin Dittman of Albany in fifth.
Rob Mayea of Bend took the lead on the fourth lap and led the rest of the way to win the Outlaw B-Main event. Todd Shandy was second and late-arriving John Campos was third.
Defending Super Sport champion Russ Sell of Brownsville came back from a spin on the third lap to win the A-Main event.
Sell set fast time in the class and was moving through the pack when he spun and went to the back of the pack. He then patiently worked his way through the pack and passed Brett James with six laps to go and went on to the victory.
James held on to finish second with Billy Workman Jr. in third. Justin Evans won the Super Sport B-Main event from the pole position with Jack Marontate and Butch Valdez rounding out the top three.
David Cronk continued his domination of the Sportsman class.
The class points leader from Portland came from the final starting spot to take the lead on a restart on the seventh lap from fourth place, and went on to the A-Main. Dittman placed second and Mike Bennett finished third. Casey Rhoades won the Sportsman B-Main. Bob Kingsberry won the Classic Sportsman A-Main.
The track returns to action Saturday with a points race.
Race Results June 13, 2009
Outlaw Late Models
Fast Time: 15.493 Jeremy Shank
Fast Four Trophy Dash: Brian Cronk
Heat 1: Rob Mayea, Todd Shandy, Tyler Brooks
Heat 2: Tory Swayngim, Mike Bennett, Bob Boyd
Heat 3: Darren Coffell, Billy Workman, Ryan Gerig
B-Main Event: 1-Rob Mayea, 2- Todd Shandy, 3-John Campos, 4-Mark Baete, 5- Fred Lang, 6- Brett James, 7-Steven Sturtevant, 8-Tom Pitts, 9-Randy Barley, 10- Tyler Brooks.
A-Main Event: 1- Jeremy Shank, 2- Brett McCutcheon, 3- Darren Coffell, 4- Tory Swayngim, 5- Justin Dittman, 6- Russ Sell, 7- Randy Boyd, 8- Mike Miller, 9- Rob Mayea, 10- Billy Workman, 11- Rob Campos, 12- Brian Cronk, 13- Ryan Gerig, 14- Robert Hoefs, 15- Rick Wyatt, 16- Mike Bennett.
Super Sports
Fast time- 15.844 Russ Sell
Fast Four Trophy Dash: Billy Workman, Jr.
Heat 1: Jack Marontate, Larry Sharp, Mike Day
Heat 2: Chris Robertson, Robert Hoefs, Chris Mott
Heat 3: Rick Wyatt, Thomas Hunziker, Brett James
B-Main Event: 1- Fuller/Evans, 2- Jack Marontate, 3- Butch Valdez, 4- Larry Sharp, 5- Mike Day, 6- Roy Winchell.
A-Main Event: 1- Russ Sell, 2- Brett James, 3- Billy Workman, Jr., 4- Glen Hackney., 5- Robertson/Story, 6- Mark Thompson, 7- Rick Wyatt, 8- Curt Fry, 9- Keith Marson, 10- Hoefs/Byrum, 11- Darryl Blanchard, 12- Thomas Hunziker, 13- Spencer Warlick, 14- Chris Mott.
Sportsman
Fast time: 16.533
Fast Four Trophy Dash: Mike Bennett
Heat 1: Casey Rhodes, Bill Slover, Brad Marcks
Heat 2: Steve Piefer, Troy Norton, Mike Campbell
Heat 3: Bill Gibbs, Todd Miller, Chris Sine/Thomas
Heat 4: Mike Bennett, Jeff Marson, David Cronk
B-Main Event: 1- Casey Rhodes, 2- Bill Slover, 3- Steve Piefer, 4- Mike Campbell, 5- Brooke Wyatt, 6- Brad Marcks, 7- Roy Bertolani, 8- Floyd Dorgan, 9- Carrie Campbell, 10- Harley Lewis, 11- Troy Norton.
A-Main Event: 1- David Cronk, 2-Justin Dittman, 3- Mike Bennett, 4- Jeff Maron, 5- Conway/Carapena, 6- Todd Miller, 7- Brian Brown, 8- Shawn Benton, 9- Bill Gibbs, 10- Kevin Roberts, 11- Robert Mercer, 12- Allison/Cramlet, 13- Brad Lehto, 14- Thomas/Chris Sine
Classic
Fast time: 18.339 Dave Kingsberry
Fast Four Trophy Dash: Mark Gaylord
Heat 1: Moosey Kingsberry, Jason McKerrall, Curt Fry
Heat 2: Dave Kingsberry, Erik Jarnport, Mark Gaylord
A-Main Event: 1- Bob Kingsberry, 2- Rich Speer, 3- Dave Kingsberry, 4- Mark Gaylord, 5- Erik Jarnport, 6- Kevin Roberts, 7- Jason McKerrall, 8- Moosey Kingsberry, 9- Shannon Horn, 10- Brian Brown, 11- Donny Allison, 12- Mike Mitchell, 13- Curt Fry, 14- Steve Meaney.
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