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| Terry Ferrando #12 goes to the inside to pass race leader Eric Sayre #53 with just 10 laps remaining to win the 67-lap T&G Thriller Race at Sunset Speedway Park. | ||||||||||||||||
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Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series by Bill Poehler/ Saturday August 25,
2007 Sunset Speedway Park, Banks - Oregon. Terry Ferrando tried for three years to win a late model race in vain. He mused about how if he could win his first race more would follow. The driver out of Salem, Oregon was right. Ferrando went from the back of the B-Main event Saturday night at Sunset Speedway Park to win that race then went from the back of the 67-lap T&G Thriller A-Main event to win the $3,000 top prize in one of the richest dirt late model races ever held in the northwest. The win was Ferrando's second in the Pacific Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series this season. He also won the July 21 Jon Miller Memorial. Defending series champion and points leader Greg Walters of Banks placed second for a $1,500 prize followed by Jason Wines of Lebanon placed third and got $1,000. Multi-team owner Jerry Schram of Vancouver, Washington placed fourth for $750 and hired gun Jeremy Shank of Salem rounded out the top five. Ferrando set fast time around the tricky ¼-mile clay oval, started on pole in the first heat race and led the first lap, but just before the lap two caution for the spinning Malcolm Lindberg of Monroe, Washington, Ferrando pulled his No. 12 car into the infield. The crew found Ferrando's car had stripped a drive coupler from the engine to the transmission and was forced to make repairs, but the fastest car in the place would have to go to start at the back of the B-Main event. Outside polesitter Darvin Tramel of Aurora assumed the lead after Ferrando broke and led until the white flag, but third-starting Shank went by for the lead and the win when Tramel slipped high coming out of turn two on the last lap. Tramel finished second with Branden Lindberg in third and hired gun Mike Miller of Albany in fourth. In the second heat, Walters took the lead from the pole, but outside polesitter Eric Sayre of Vancouver kept right on Walters' bumper and Sayre went by Walters on the last lap to take the win. Walters got second with Robby Ireland of Banks in third and Steve Suckow of Hillsboro in fifth. In the third heat, Jason Wines of Lebanon took the lead from the pole position on the start and won in front of second place Billy Workman jr. of Canby, third place Schram and fourth place J.P. Pagel of Brightwood. Ferrando would have been in the trophy dash, but he and his crew were making repairs, which allowed Walters into the dash. Wines took the lead of the dash from the pole position and Shank followed him through from third to second on the start. Shank, the 2004 series champion, got under Wines on the last lap to win the race. Shank rolled a six on the dice of inversion after the dash, which put Workman on pole position for the main event with Tramel on the outside of the front row. Outside polesitter Jason Johnson of Gresham took the lead of the B-Main at the start, but after a pair of caution flags, Jeff Biffle of Vancouver, older brother of NASCAR Nextel Cup star, got by Johnson for the lead on the fourth lap. Ferrando, who started last in 11th place, passed Biffle for the lead on the sixth lap and checked out on the field. Biffle finished second with Scott Puncochar of Hillsboro in third, Johnson in fourth and Kevin "Pork Chop" Rodgers in the fifth and final transfer spot. Workman got the jump on Tramel for the lead from the green flag. Walters got along side Workman on lap eight and the pair battled before Walters cleared Workman for the lead on lap 11, but a caution for Rogers ending up in the turn four fence negated the pass. By the caution Ferrrando had moved into seventh from his 13th starting spot. On the restart, Walters sped past Workman down the backstretch and Sayre followed suit. On the 15th lap, Sayre passed Walters to take over the lead and four laps later, Ferrando went by Walters for second. Following a succession of cautions, Ferrando finally found his way by Sayre following a lap 45 restart. Shank got around Walters for third and was battling with Sayre for second, but the pair spun on lap 57 when Shank went low on Sayre coming into turn three. The cars were locked together and the race was stopped briefly while the cars were freed. Ferrando pulled away at the finish for the win followed by Walters, Wines, Schram and Shank made his way back up to fifth by the finish. Workman finished sixth with Miller in seventh, Tramel in eighth, Sayre in ninth and Robby Ireland of Banks soldiering on for with. Johnson finished 11th with Biffle in 12th, Branden Lindberg in 13th, Suckow in 14th, Puncochar in 15th, Pagel in 16th and Rogers DNFing in 17th. The PCFDCS season concludes September 1 and 2 back at Sunset Speedway Park. RACE SUMMARY: |
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