By MATT TUNSETH/Frontiersman
WASILLA - While racing at local tracks was severely limited two weekends ago by constant showers, the past weekend saw nothing but sunshine at the Valley's three major tracks. With just a few weeks left in the racing season, drivers need as much more sunshine as they can get heading into the home stretch. A full schedule of racing action is on the slate for this coming weekend, with things getting kicked off Wednesday with a Sportsman Class event at Alaska Raceway Park in the Butte.
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Cook dominates
weekend truck races
Brad Cook narrowed Michael Gallagher's season points lead in the Pick-Up class to 180 points after winning seven of eight heats of racing over the weekend at Capitol Speedway in Willow. Six drivers won at least four weekend heats Saturday and Sunday, including Clifford Barney in the 360 sprints, Jeff Wallace in the 300 sprints, Steven Vial in the Hobby Stocks, Ralph Gobert in the Stocks, and Dave Burke in the Mini Stocks.
Stock and sprint car racing at the track, which is located at Mile 75.5 of the Parks Highway, will continue this weekend with races scheduled to start at 5 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Call 495-6420 or visit www.capitolspeedway.org for more information.
North Star Speedway
Wittner, Pruhs earn
clean sweeps Saturday
Eric Wittner and Dannner Pruhs each swept all three heats in their respective classes Saturday during GCI Saturday Night Thunder at North Star Speedway in Wasilla. Pruhs earned a perfect 160 points for winning each of the Bandolero class races, while Wittner did the same in the SST class.
Other top performers on the day included two-time winners John Klayum in the Baby Grands, Rob Tirpack in the Late Models, Alex Schwochert in the Mini Stocks and Rich Schwab in the Thunder Stocks. Also picking up single heat wins were Dana Pruhs in the Baby Grands, Damian LaMountain in the Late Models, Tim Mills in the Legends, Mike Schwochert in the Mini Stocks and Artie Niemi in the Thunder Stocks.
Racing this weekend at North Star is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m., with gates opening at 2 p.m. This weekend's event will feature a sportsman-super truck grudge match. For more information, call the track at 746-6825 or visit www.northstarspeedway.com
Alaska Raceway Park
Roloff wins first Super ET title in two years
Wasilla's Randy Roloff came back from being eliminated in the Top ET class to win his first Super ET title in two years Saturday at Alaska Raceway Park in the Butte.
Races were slightly delayed by wet track conditions early in the day, but the track was able to host a full slate of drag racing action after the sun came out.
Anchorage's Rich Kirk won the Top Eliminator with a time of 229 miles per hour, defeating Toni Prockish of Anchorage.
Other winners included Palmer's Nathan Thornsley in the Top ET, Palmer's Phil Hubbard in the Mod ET, Anchorage's Bucky Warenda in the Open Air class, Anchorage's Johnny Vest in the Junior Dragster and Adrian Nigrila, of Elmendorf AFB, in the Trophy class.
Racing at the track, which is located at Mile 10.4 of the Old Glenn Highway, will continue Wednesday with Street Performance Series races. For more information, call 746-7223 or visit akracewaypark.com
Contact Matt Tunseth at 352-2265 or matt.tunseth@
frontiersman.com
Alaska Raceway Park
Drag Racing
Saturday, Aug. 12
Butte
Top Eliminator
Winner: Rich Kirk, Anchorage, 6.00, 5.7119, .0920, 229 mph
Runner-Up: Toni Prockish, Anchorage, 7.00, 7.1121, -.0261, 191 mph
Top ET
Winner: Nathan Thornsley, Palmer, 10.67, 10.66, .0490, 122 mph
Runner-Up: David Arbuckle, Anchorage, 8.71, 8.76, -.0032, 150 mph
Mod ET
Winner: Phil Hubbard, Palmer, 9.95, 10.01, .0370, 130 mph
Runner-Up: Dwayne Lile, Anchorage, 10.80, 10.85, .0718, 114 mph
Super ET
Winner: Randy Roloff, Wasilla, 12.38, 12.37, .0188, 102 mph
Runner-Up: Mike Mihalka, Anchorage, 12.56, 12.50, .2380, 106 mph
Open Air
Winner: Bucky Warenda, Anchorage, 10.96, 10.96, .1028, 113 mph
Runner-Up: Jim Trueblood, Anchorage, 9.95, 12.29, .5010, 148 mph
Junior Dragster
Winner: Johnny Vest, Anchorage, 9.74, 9.78, .0670, 66 mph
Runner-Up: Cody Kirk, Anchorage, 9.55, 9.52, .1850, 68 mph
Trophy
Winner: Adrian Nigrila, Elmendorf AFB, 13.85, 13.85, .1030, 99 mph
Runner-Up: David Dargis, Wasilla, 12.20, 22.99, RED, 110 mph
Capitol Speedway
Willow
Stocks and Sprints
Overall season points standings
Pick-Ups
1. Michael Gallagher, 1290; 2. Brad Cook, 1110; 3. James Ross, 1109; 4. Robby Arlt, 593; 5. Millie Wade, 577; 6. Dradin Hyatt, 412; 7. John Butcher, 376; 8. Dozer, 185; 9. Raquel Thurman, 136
300 Sprints
1. Jeff Wallace, 627; 2. Charles Goodenough, 523; 3. Robert Kirkhill, 195; 4. Robert Watkins, 162; 5. Royal Cutway, 103; 6. Ron Cartwright, 115; 7. Brad Cutway, 26; 8. Jerry Mitchell, 21
360 Sprints
1. Cliffort Barney, 600; 2. John McDonald, 396; 3. Doug Fisher, 381; 4. Terry Bundtrock, 297; 5. Bob Erdman, 238; 6. Pete Ishii, 230; 7. Ernie Segar, 163; 8. Robert Dall, 88; 9. Bob Gardiffe, 75; 10. Tyler McDonald, 34
Modified Lite
1. George Park, 99; 2. Jeff Evans, 72; 3. B.R. Smith, 55
Sportsman
1. Robert Kirkhill, 59; 2. Terry Bundtrock, 44; 3. Chip Defendorf, 29
Stocks
1. Ralph Gobert, 1475; 2. Tommy Potter, 1248; 3. Linden Fyfe, 1190; 4. Robert Potter, 1050; 5. Dean Nelson, 572; 6. Howie Fox, 543; 7. Tom Theiner, 472; 8. Andy Gallagher, 328; 9. Mike Kriger, 128; 10. (tie) Guy Hamilton and John Clemons, 75; 12. Raymond Shade, 71; 13. Michael Kriger, 70; 14. (tie) Wayne Oliver and Brian Vukasin, 61; 16. Charlie Potter, 38; 17. David Rutheford, 34; 18. Tom Wrench, 19
Mini Stocks
1. Dale Brummer, 1141; 2. Dave Burke, 699; 3. Fred Lloyd, 606; 4. Gary Rice, 329; 5. Greg Markee, 286; 6. Pat Weiser, 231; 7. Seth Siver, 221; 8. Milly Miller, 140; 9. Anna Burke, 44; 10. Steve Courier, 41
Hobby Stocks
1. Michael Kriger, 1453; 2. Steven Vial, 1362; 3. James White, 1240; 4. Rick Potter, 1144; 5. Tandi Fox, 996; 6. Collin Gardner, 950; 7. David Keene, 871; 8. Charles Goodenough, 284; 9. Brian Madsen, 144; 10. Brian Davis, 48; 11. Wes McClure, 17
North Star Speedway
Wasilla
Saturday, Aug. 12
Baby Grands
Drive Heat 1 Heat 2 Feature Points
John Klayum 4 1 1 157
Paul Houston 2 4 4 153
Dana Pruhs 1 6 5 151
Paul Landes 6 3 3 151
Eddie Landes 3 7 2 151
Larry Theobald 7 2 DNF 145
David Houston 5 5 8 145
Chad Sandstede 8 9 6 140
Cody Landes 9 10 7 137
Mike Bergt 10 8 DNF 135
Bandoleros
Danner Pruhs 1 1 1 160
Annita Braun 3 3 2 155
Demi McDonald 2 2 6 153
Carly Meacham 4 5 4 150
Andy Schwochert DNF 4 3 148
Hannah Lewis 5 6 5 147
Steven Young 6 7 7 143
Cyrus Powers-Kyle DNF DNS DNS 24
Late Models
Rob Tirpack 1 2 1 159
Tim Mutch 2 3 2 156
Eric Wittner 3 5 3 152
Al Ulman 5 4 4 150
Jom Simmelink 4 6 6 147
Jimbo Nelson 6 7 5 145
Damian LaMountainDNS 1 7 124
Legends
Jeff Landrum 2 2 1 158
Tim Mills 6 1 4 152
Tom Lake 3 5 3 152
Al Palma 1 8 5 149
Amanda Palma 5 4 7 147
Chelsea McDonald 4 6 6 147
Brenda Hecht 7 3 10 143
Rodney Pucak 8 7 8 140
Kelly Sawyer DNF 9 9 135
Erika Bills 9 10 11 133
Michelle Black DNS DNS 2 99
Mini Stocks
Alex Schwochert 1 3 1 158
Mike Schwochert 3 1 2 157
Andy Schwochert 2 4 3 154
Ray Butler 4 2 4 153
Mike Mobley 5 6 7 145
Bryan Barber 7 7 6 143
Lance Coleman 6 3 8 141
Jim Menard DNS 5 5 122
SST
Eric Wittner 1 1 1 160
Al Ulman 2 3 3 155
Cam McGahan 4 2 2 155
Dean Thompson 3 DNF 4 152
Thunder Stocks
Rich Schwab 1 1 2 159
Artie Niemi 3 2 1 157
Keith Jones 2 3 3 155
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