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White wins stock event
David White won the main event in the stock class at Capitol Speedway July 19.
White edged Dan Mingo and Justin Haxton in the event.
Other winners during the day included Dan Roudowsky in the mini-stock class, Virgie Thompson in the hobby stock class, Brad Cooke in the truck class and Jay Irving in the sportsman class.
Capitol Speedway race results July 19
STOCK CLASS Trophy Dash- 1. D. Meyer, 2. B. Widner, 3. J. Howe, 4. J. Haxton; Heat 1- 1. L. Fyfe, 2. J. Haxton, 3. J. Shockley, 4. J. Haxton, 5. D. Mingo; Heat 2- 1. D. Meyer, 2. J. Haxton, 3. D. White, 4. D. Mingo, 5. J. Shockley; Main Event- 1. D. White, 2. D. Mingo, 3. J. Haxton, 4. B. Widner, 5. D. Meyer; LIMITED SPRINTS Trophy Dash- 1. J. Wallace, 2. D. Teigan, 3. J. Baker; Heat 1- 1. J. Wallace, 2. D. Teigen, 3. J. Baker; Heat 2- 1. J. Wallace, 2. J. Baker, 3. D. Teigen; Main Event- 1. J. Wallace, 2. D. Teigen, 3. J. Baker; MINI STOCK CLASS Trophy Dash 1. D. Rodrique, 2. J. Kellar, 3. B. Roudowsky, D. Brummar; Heat 1- 1. F. Lloyd, 2. D. Burke, 3. D. Rodrique, 4. D. Brummer, 5. G. Park; Heat 2- 1. D. Rodriquw, 2. D. Brummer, 3. D. burke, 4. B. Roudowsky; 5. G. Park; Main Event- 1. D. Roudowsky, 2. D. Brummer, 3. F. Lloyd, 4. D. Burke, 5. G. Park; HOBBY STOCK CLASS Trophy Dash 1. S. Adrian, 2. J. Jordan, 3. B. Jordan, 4. J. Ellison; Heat 1- 1. V. Thompson, 2. J. Jordan, 3. B. Jordan, 4. S. Adrian, 5. J. Ellison; Heat 2- 1. B. Jordan, 2. J. Jordan, 3. S. Adrian, 4. V. Thompson, 5. J. Ellison; Main Event 1. V. Thompson, 2. J. Jordan, 3. S. Adrian, 4. B. Jordan, 5. J. Ellison; TRUCK CLASS Trophy Dash 1. A. Fox, 2. B. Cooke, 3. R. Windfield, 4. W. Oliver; Heat 1- 1. B. Cooke, 2. A. Fox, 3. J. Bussing, 4. W. Oliver, 5. R. Windfield; Heat 2- 1. A. Fox, 2. R. Windfield, 3. W. Oliver, 4. B. Cooke, 5. J. Bussing; Main Event- 1. B. Cooke, 2. R. Windfield, 3. A. Fox, 4. J. Bussing, 5. W. Oliver; SPORTSMAN CLASS Trophy Dash- 1. J. Hecht, 2. T. Bundtruck, 3. C. Defendorf, 4. G. Peters; Heat 1- 1. J. Irving, 2. T. Bundtruck, 3. G. Peters, 4. C. Defendorf, 5. J. Hecht; Heat 2- 1. T. Bundtruck, 2. J. Hecht, 3. S. Sims, 4. J. Irving, 5. K. Akres.
Prockish wins top eliminator
Toni Prockish won the top eliminator race at Alaska Raceway Park on July 20. Prockish edged fellow Anchorage driver Rich Kirk.
July 20th Top Eliminator & Points Event
Class, finish, name, hometown, dial-in, reaction time, elapsed time, m.p.h.
Top Eliminator: 1. Toni Prockish, Anchorage, 7.00, .837, 7.05, 192.85 2. Rich Kirk, Anchorage, DNS; Top Dragster: 1. Mike Mihalka, Anchorage 2. Butch Brewer, Eagle River; Top ET: 1. Mark Eslinger, Wasilla, 8.49, .582, 8.53, 155.13 2. Mike
Mihalka, Anchorage, 7.78, .595, 7.816, 169.61; Modified ET: 1. Skip Coile, Palmer, 9.36, .719, 9.40, 139.32 2. Dwayne
Lile, Anchorage, 11.69, .693, 17.73, 38.76; Super ET: 1. Randy Roller, Anchorage, 12.67, .535, 12.87, 99.40 2. John
Woods, Anchorage, 12.65, .793, 12.68, 103.64; Open Air: 1. Mat Thornsley, Palmer, 13.75, .584, 13.77, 96.60 2. Richard
Derkevorkian, Soldotna, 9.75, .585, 9.81, 129.00; Jr. Dragster: 1. Allen Ginnett, Anchorage, 9.71, .585, 9.75,65.30 2. Amanda Reimann, Chugiak, 12.67, .609, 12.72, 51.07; Trophy: 1. Joe Timmreck, Anchorage, 12.76, .590, 12.84, 106.44 2. Shauna Thornsley, Palmer, 14.39, .629, 14.60, 83.46.
Mat-Su Valley's Wittner and Thomas sweep competition
WASILLA -- Palmer's Mike Thomas was on a roll Saturday evening at North Star Speedway in Wasilla.
Thomas, a multiple division champion, ran away with three victories in the legends division during a sunny Full Throttle Saturday Night.
Thomas started the perfect night by notching a hard-fought victory in the Alaska Legends Shoot-Out, a double-elimination race, over fellow competitors Doug Sheldon, Bill Fread and defending champion Michelle Kyte. Thomas kept his winning ways rolling, grabbing both the heat and feature wins for the division and taking a large points lead in the FTSN championship point standings.
Wasilla's Eric Wittner had the same success Saturday in the thunder stock class. Wittner, in his rookie year of racing, survived a late charge by Anchorage's Gary Keeling in the feature event to capture his first ever feature win. Keeling's final lap, turn four rush to the lead sent his car around backward across the finish line securing a second-place finish. Wittner also won the heat races closely followed by tundra thunder winner David Retherford, Tim Mutch and Jessie Lange.
Racing continues this Saturday with the Sportsman Super Trucks 99 Lap Race and Full Throttle Saturday Night.
Gates open at 4 p.m. racing starts at 6 p.m. Kids under 10 are free. Log onto www.northstarspeedway.com for more information.
Full Throttle Saturday Night 7/19/03
LEGENDS Alaska Legends Shoot-Out 2003 Champion ö 1) Mike Thomas, Palmer; 2) Doug Sheldon, Anchorage. Legends Heat — 1) Mike Thomas; 2) Doug Sheldon; 3) Aaron Creech; 4) Al Palma; 5) Mike Braddock; 6) Doug Johnstone; 7) Michelle Kyte; 8) Hal Wiley; 9) Ken Johnstone; 10) Bill Fread; 11) Marty Williams. Feature — 1) Thomas; 2) Palma; 3) Creech; 4) Braddock; 5) Kyte; 6) D. Johnstone; 7) K. Johnstone; 8) Wiley; 9) Sheldon; 10) Fread. ; BABY GRANDS Heat 1 — 1) John Klayum; 2) David Houston; 3) Willie Creech; 4) John Robarge; 5) Larry Hutchins; 6) Rod Rodriguez; 7) Paul Houston; 8) Lash Larew; 9) Dana Pruhs. Heat 2 — 1) Klayum; 2) Creech; 3) P. Houston; 4) Robarge; 5) Pruhs; 6) Rodriguez; 7) Hutchins. Feature — 1) Klayum; 2) Creech; 3) Rodriguez; 4) P. Houston; 5) Robarge; 6) Hutchins; 7) D. Houston; 8) Pruhs; BANDOLEROS — Heat 1 1) Eric Hutchins; 2) Ashlee Hansen; 3) Kim Johnson; 4) Keif Mayers. Heat 2 — 1) Hansen; 2) Mayers; 3) Johnson; 4) Hutchins. Feature — 1) Hutchins; 2) Mayers; 3) Hansen; 4) Johnson. SBS Plywood Race Winner ö 1) Eric Hutchins, Anchorage; THUNDER STOCKS — Heat 1 ö 1) Eric Wittner; 2) David Retherford; 3) Gary Keeling; 4) Tim Mutch; 5) Kathryn Ramsay; 6) Jessie Lange; 7) James Biddle; 8) Rich Schwab; 9) Regan Tweedy; 10) Cassandra Kincaid; 11) William Orstrich. Heat 2 — 1) Wittner; 2) Retherford; 3) Mutch; 4) Keeling; 5) Ramsay; 6) Tweedy; 7) Schwab; 8) Lange; 9) Biddle; 10) Kincaid. Feature — 1) Wittner; 2) Keeling; 3) Retherford; 4) Lange; 5) Mutch; 6) Ramsay; 7) Schwab; 8) Tweedy; 9) Kincaid; 10) Biddle. SBS Tundra Thunder Tripple Run Winner 1) David Retherford, Wasilla; SPORTSMAN SUPER TRUCKS —. Heat 1 — 1) Rob Tirpack; 2) Al Ulman; 3) Dean Thompson; 4) Kitty McKeown; 5) Steve Quinn; 6) RD Mandell. Heat 2 1) Tirpack; 2) Thompson; 3) Mandell; 4) Quinn; 5) McKeown. Feature ö 1) Quinn; 2) Tirpack; 3) Ulman; 4) Thompson; 5) McKeown.