Greg Walters
picked up his fourth main event win of the early 2008 season Saturday
night April 12th at Cottage Grove Speedway. Not surprisingly the
2007 Pacific Coast champion driving a crate motor late model was
able to hold off and win against the local drivers competing in
much larger open motor cars. This was also the first race of the
new Warriors of Dirt crate motor touring late model series.
WALTERS
RACING ENTERS GREG INTO RACES AT VEGAS AND BAKERSFIELD:
Walters Racing
has prepared a new 2008 Rayburn
ChassisWarpaint
Graphix Mick Gray Automotive Chevrolet Dirt Late Model for
Greg Walters to drive in this Thursday & Friday nights February
28th & 29th Dirt Late Model Race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
After the completion of Friday nights race the plan is for the
team to pull out of Vegas and head west to Bakersfield, but a
last minute team decision learning of a race at Perris Speedway
- Perris, California. Thursday night update - 50
dirt late models entered Thursday night's race, Greg qualified
his Rayburn 3rd in his session, bad luck bit during his heat race
and Greg cut down a left rear tire after getting together with
another car. Greg went onto win his B-Main qualifier race which
transferred him into the A-Main event were he ended up finishing
10th. Friday night update - 44 late
models entered tonights race, Greg finished 2nd in his heat race
and finished 11th in the A-Main. Saturday March 1st. - Perris
Speedway, Perris California - 20 car field, Greg won his heat
race and went onto win the 25-lap A-main event.
LATE
MODEL CRATE ENGINE 2008 SCHEDULED RELEASED FOR SUNSET AND OR/CALIF
RACES:
Sunset
Speedway released its Coors Light Late Model Crate Engine 2008 Series
Schedule this week along with the Oregon/California Late Model Crate
Engine Challenge Series, a 6 race series competing between Oregon
and California. Click Here to view
schedule.
WALTERS
PICKS UP THIRD TITLE ON PACIFIC DIRT LATEMODEL SERIES:
Pacific
Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series by Bill Poehler - Greg
Walters of Banks, Oregon won five Pacific Coast Fastrak DirtCar
Series race on his way to his third series championship in three
years and fifth of his career.
Walters collected 1076 points on his way to the title by 56 points
in the 12-race series for crate engine dirt late models.
He won three races at his home track of Sunset Speedway, one at
Madras Speedway and one at Cottage Grove Speedway.
Walters was thousands of miles away on weekend the season's championship
two-day race driving one of the Warpaint house cars for Dusty
Moore and had crew member Willie Sutton drive for him.
Rookie Scott Puncochar of Hillsboro finished second in series
points with 1,020, winning the Rose Festival Dirt Cup in early
June at Sunset and the season finale at the track.
Steve Suckow of Hillsboro, winner of the first race of the season
at Fallon, Nevada., finished third in points in his rookie season
with 986.
Youngster Branden Lindberg of Monroe, Washington had his best
points finish to date in fourth with 918.
Terry Ferrando of Salem was one of the most improved drivers in
the series, finishing fifth in points after winning three of the
season's final six races, including the $3,000 to win race at
Sunset August 25.
Rounding out the top 10 were Jerry Schram of Vancouver, Washington
in sixth with 904, Jason Johnson of Gresham in seventh with 888,
rookie Kevin "Pork Chop" Rogers in eighth with 884,
Robby Ireland of Banks in ninth with 734 and rookie Billy Workman
Jr. of Canby in 10th with 690.
There were 23 drivers who competed in the series this season.
PUNCOCHARWINS
PACIFIC COAST FINALE AT SUNSET SPEEDWAY:
Pacific
Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series by Bill Poehler/ Sunday September
2, 2007 at Sunset Speedway- Banks, Oregon - With
21 laps to go Sunday night, Scott Puncochar sat in third
place and looked like he had no shot at beating Steve Suckow.
But on the final restart of the race, Puncochar chased down
and passed second place Jerry Schram, chased down Suckow
twice and passed him with five laps to go in the 50 lapper
and pulled away to win his second Pacific Coast Fastrak
DirtCar Series main event of the season at Sunset Speedway
Park in the season finale.
Suckow finished second with modified driver Jeff Brookshire
in third, Schram in fourth and Branden Lindberg in fifth.
Full Story
FERRANDO
ON TOP WITH BACK TO BACK WINS AT SUNSET:
Pacific
Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series by Bill Poehler/ Saturday September
1, 2007 at Sunset Speedway- Banks, Oregon - Terry
Ferrando has mastered Sunset Speedway Park.
The late model driver out of Salem, Oregon swept the night
with setting fast time, winning his heat race, the trophy
dash and the main event at Sunset Saturday in the Pacific
Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series race, his third win at the
track of the season and fifth top three finish in five races
at the track.
Jerry Schram of Vancouver, Wash., placed a career-best second
with Scott Puncochar of Hillsboro in third and winning the
Hard Charger Award, substitute driver Mike Graham in fourth
and hired gun Jeff Brookshire Full
Story
SEPTEMBER
1ST & 2ND PICTURES FROM SUNSET SPEEDWAY:
Click
Here to see pictures from Saturday & Sunday Nights Pacific
Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series races taken at Sunset Speedway.
FERRANDO
WINS T&G RACE AT SUNSET:
Pacific
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. Full
Story
SATURDAY
AUGUST 25TH T&G THRILLER PICTURES FROM SUNSET SPEEDWAY:
Click
Here to see pictures from Saturday Nights August 25th Pacific
Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series race at Sunset Speedway.
WALTERS
COLLECTS BACK TO BACK WINS:
Pacific
Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series by Bill Poehler, Saturday August
11, 2007 / Sunset Speedway - Banks, OR.
-There
were no doubts about the winner Saturday.
Hometown driver Greg Walters won his second A-Main event
in the Pacific Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series in two days
Saturday, this time taking the long way around the 1/4-mile
oval to win the 50 lapper at Sunset Speedway Park in Banks,
and the fifth on the season for the series points leader.
Outside pole sitter Scott Puncochar took the lead on the
first lap with pole sitting Steve Suckow following in second,
Terry Ferrando in third and Walters in fourth. Series newcomer
Ian McHutchinson of Kirkland, Wash., pulled off after the
first lap after breaking a suspension part.
On the second lap, the car of Jesse Freeman spun on the
front stretch, Full
Story
SATURDAY
AUGUST 11TH PICTURES FROM SUNSET SPEEDWAY:
Click
Here to see pictures from Saturday August 11th Pacific Coast
Fastrak DirtCar Series race at Sunset Speedway.
WALTERS
WINS AT COTTAGE GROVE:
Pacific
Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series by Bill Poehler, Friday August 10,
2007 / Cottage Grove Speedway- Cottage Grove, OR.
-
The race was decided on the scales after the race.
Apparent winner Jeremy Shank made the sharp right hand turn and
returned to his pit after being informed Jimmy Schram's No. 22
late model was light.
Eventual winner Greg Walters coasted his No. 97 late model off
of Cottage Grove Speedway's scales and had to be pushed to victory
lane - his fifth visit in the Pacific Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series
this season - because his engine wouldn't refire after 50 hard
fought laps.
Shank's disqualification elevated Cottage Grove late model points
leader Ricky Ashley to second place after Ashley had intended
to turn one lap to get the starting money because of car problems.
Full Story
FERRANDO
PULLS IT OFF AT SUNSET SPEEDWAY:
Pacific
Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series by Bill Poehler, Saturday July
21, 2007 / Sunset Speedway - Banks, OR.
-
Terry Ferrando made the best of his mistake.
The driver from Salem, Oregon, in his third full year of
racing a dirt late model, recovered from a spin on the sixth
lap to win the 50-lap Pacific Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series
A-Main event and the $1,300 winners check at Sunset Speedway
in the Jon Miller Memorial night.
The special guest at the race was NASCAR Nextel Cup driver
Greg Biffle, a native of Brush Prarie, Washington and the
younger brother of PCFDCS regular Jeff Biffle.
Biffle signed autographs for the fans for hours before the
racing then climbed into the No. 16 dirt late model that
Jerry Schram built for him for the event. Full
Story
JON
MILLER MEMORIAL PICTURES:
Click
Here to see pictures from the Jon Miller Memorial Pacific
Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series race at Sunset Speedway on Saturday
July 21st.
"HOLLYWOOD"
WINS FIRECRACKER 150 AT SUNSET SPEEDWAY:
Pacific
Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series by Bill Poehler, Saturday July
7, 2007 / Sunset Speedway - Banks, OR.
Standing by his car, awaiting the second half of the Firecracker
150, Greg Walters told those around him that if the rest
of the race would go green, white checkered he would be
a happy man.
He didn't get his first wish, but he got his second.
The driver out of Banks won the longest race in series history,
going from last to first in the first 75 laps and running
a near-flawless second 75 to win the $1,500 first-place
check and his fourth Pacific Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series
win of the year.
Eric Sayre of Vancouver, Washington recorded his best finish
of the season with a $900 second place. Terry Ferrando of
Salem, Oregon led 13 laps early from his 14th starting position
and recorded his best result of the season in third. Hillsboro,
Oregon's Scott Puncochar placed fourth after a late-race
battle with Ferrando and Sayre. Steve Suckow of Hillsboro,
Oregon came back from a late spin to round out the top five.
Full Story
PACIFIC
COAST FIRECRACKER 150
PICTURES:
Click
Here to see pictures from Saturday nights July 7th Firecracker
150 Pacific Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series race at Sunset Speedway.
WALTERS
BACK ON TOP AT SUNSET SPEEDWAY:
Pacific
Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series by Bill Poehler, Saturday June
23, 2007 / Sunset Speedway - Banks, OR. Greg
Walters knows his way through traffic.
The Banks, Oregon driver went from his fifth starting position
to the lead in a short two-lap span and went on to collect
his third main event win of the season in the Pacific Coast
Fastrak DirtCar Series Saturday night at Sunset Speedway
in Banks.
The 16-car main event saw the first six cars inverted after
a representative from Pacific Tractor and Implement rolled
a dice.
Young Branden Lindberg of Monroe, Washington led the first
lap from the pole position, but Walters made his way quickly
up to and around Lindberg by the time the field reached
the first caution flag on lap 3. From there Walters, the
defending series champion and current point leader, held
off challenges from Scott Puncochar and Lindberg on the
restarts to win the 40-lap race. Full
Story
PACIFIC
COAST FASTRAK DIRTCAR SERIES
SUNSET PICTURES:
Click
Here to see pictures from Saturday nights June 23rd Pacific
Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series race at Sunset Speedway won by Greg
Walters.
PUNCOCHAR
PUNCHES TICKET:
Pacific
Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series by Bill Poehler, Friday June
8, 2007 / Sunset Speedway - Banks, OR. Both
sides of Scott Puncochar's No. 14 late model were beaten
and left hanging by their skins, most of the supports broken
loose.
He had a lot of work ahead of him, but the driver out of
Hillsboro, Oregon couldn't have been happier.
The second-year dirt late model driver won his first feature
main event in Pacific Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series in the
Thrifty Auto Supply Rose Festival Dirt Cup Friday night
at the ¼-mile long clay oval that is Sunset Speedway
in Banks, Oregon.
Puncochar led all 35 laps of the A-Main event from his pole
position starting spot after holding off repeated charges
from PCFDCS points leader and defending champion Greg Walters
of Banks.
"I appreciate that he raced me clean all night,"
Puncochar said in winner's circle. "I kept it tight
on the bottom all race. Full
Story
PACIFIC
COAST FASTRAK DIRTCAR SERIES
SUNSET SPEEDWAY DIRT CUP PICTURES:
Click
Here to see pictures from Friday nights June 8th Pacific Coast
Fastrak DirtCar Series Rose Festival Dirt Cup race at Sunset Speedway,
rain forced cancellation of Saturday night's event.
PACIFIC
COAST FASTRAK DIRTCAR SERIES
SUNSET SPEEDWAY PICTURES:
Click
Here to view pictures from Saturday nights rain shorted May
12th Pacific Coast Fastrak DirtCar Late Model Series race at Sunset
Speedway. Rain fell prior to the Late Model A-Main and officials
ended up calling the event around 10:15 PM.
"HOLLYWOOD"
WALTERS BACK ON TRACK WITH FIRST 2007 WIN:
Pacific
Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series by Bill Poehler/ Madras Speedway
- Madras, OR. Saturday May 5, 2007-
It
doesn't take Greg Walters to get up to speed.
After a disappointing fourth-place finish in Nevada a week
prior, the defending Pacific Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series
champion swept his heat race, the trophy dash and led all
35 laps to win Saturday's A-Main event at Madras Speedway
for the $1,000 top prize.
A series record 21 crate engine dirt late models were on
hand at the 1/4-mile clay oval in Central Oregon.
Second-year driver Jeff Biffle of Vancouver, Washington,
Full
Story
PACIFIC
COAST FASTRAK DIRTCAR SERIES
MADRAS SPEEDWAY PICTURES:
Click
Here to view pictures from Saturday nights May 5th Pacific
Coast Fastrak DirtCar Late Model Series race at Madras Speedway,
Madras, Oregon.
SUCKOW
WINS FIRST PACIFIC COAST FASTRAK MAIN EVENT AT FALLON:
Pacific
Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series by Bill Poehler/ Fallon, Nevada
April 28, 2007- In
the first race of a new season, it's a safe bet that one
of the cagey veterans will win.
On a rare occasion, though, you find a rookie like Steve
Suckow.
The 42-year old from Hillsboro, Oregon passed defending
Pacific Coast Fastrak DirtCar Series champion Greg Walters
on the first lap and 35 Main event revolutions around the
1/4-mile high banked dirt oval that is Fallon, Nevada's
Rattlesnake Raceway later, Suckow drove into victory lane
for the first time.
A veteran driver in modifieds and street stocks at Sunset
Speedway Park in Banks, Oregon was making his first start
in the Walter Racing-prepared Rayburn chassis No. 37 in
the PCFDCS' season opener. Full
Story
PACIFIC
COAST FASTRAK SERIES RATTLESNAKE
RACEWAY PICTURES:
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Here to view pictures from Saturday nights Pacific Coast Fastrak
Series race at Rattlesnake Raceway located in Fallon, Nevada.
