5/21/2019
Willamette Speedway
Clair Cup Next For Willamette Speedway; Three Races In As Many Days
Clair Cup Next For Willamette Speedway; Three Races In As Many Days
By Ben Deatherage
Lebanon, Oregon- Willamette Speedway is gearing up for a big weekend of racing, after losing to weather last week. The historic 1/3-mile clay oval has three events on the schedule over the course of as many days for Clair Cup. The Clair Cup is dedicated to Willamette Speedway founder and owner/operator Clair Arnold. The whole party gets kicked off on Friday, May 24th, and Saturday, the 25th with Super Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, Super Sports, Sportsman, Street Stocks, and Hornets on the card. Capping off the extravaganza is the Valley Wide UTV Shootout Series on Sunday, the 26th.
Tickets for Friday and Saturday are $14.00 for Adults, Seniors (62+)/Military/Juniors (13-17) $10.00, Youths (6-12) $5.00, and Kids (5 or Under) FREE. A Family Pass (2 Adults and up to 4 Youths) is offered for $35.00 while Pit Passes are $30.00 each. Pit Gates open at 1:00, Front Gates 5:00 with Opening Ceremonies at 6:00 on Friday while Front Gates opening at 4:00 and Racing at 5:00 on Saturday. General Admission for the UTV event on Sunday is FREE with Practice at Noon and Racing at 2:00 PM.
The Clair Cup is one of the biggest Super Late Model races in the Western United States and won the “First Class Promotion Award” at the annual Western Auto Racing Promoters Association workshop in November of 2012. The race also boasts an impressive win list, since its inception in 2009, with Russ Sell winning the final night twice while Justin Cady, Brian Cronk, Joey Tanner, Mike Johnson, Jeremy Shank, Darren Coffell, and defending winner Casey Vitale all getting the job done once. Rob Mayea has two preliminary feature wins with Brian Cronk, Steve Moore, and Trent Elliot one time each.
Joey Tanner has been absolutely perfect this season in the Super Late Models with three wins in as many attempts. Grey Ferrando and Bricen James have each managed to find success in the IMCA Modified ranks once in 2019. In the Super Sport division there has yet to be a repeat winner as Randy Barley, B.J. Donofrio, and James Slover have all graced victory lane.
Tom Yeack is still ahead in the winner’s list in the Sportsman class for this year with his two wins. Jeff Rash is the only driver to have bested the field with one victory to his credit. In the Street Stocks there has yet to be a repeat winner with Justin Evans, Kevin Roberts, and David Cronk collecting wins. In the Hornets Eddie Farness and Graig Osborne have hit pay dirt in the first two races of the new campaign.
Please keep in mind that we are still in the wet season in the Pacific Northwest. Be sure to continually to check the website/Facebook page for weather updates. For more information on upcoming news and information be sure to check out www.willamettespeedway.org or the track’s Facebook page.
Past Clair Cup Results:
April 25th, 2009 (Ran In Tribute Of Clair)
A-Feature: 1. Justin Cady, 2. Rick Wyatt, 3. Rob Mayea, 4. Jeremy Shank, 5. Russ Sell, 6. Tory Swayngim, 7. Randy Boyd, 8. Darren Coffell, 9. Brian Cronk, 10. Brett McCutcheon, 11. Brett James, 12. Jason Wines, 13. Rob Campos, 14. Mike Miller, 15. Jimmy Schram, 16. Bruce Hipple
July 24th, 2010
A-Feature: 1. Russ Sell, 2. Brian Cronk, 3. John Duty, 4. Billy Workman, 5. Todd Shandy, 6. Jon Kauffman, 7. Tory Swayngim, 8. Cody Sell, 9. Rob Mayea, 10. Rob Campos, 11. Gary Smith, 12. Jeremy Shank, 13. Randy Boyd, 14. Paul Culp, 15. Rick Wyatt, 16. Trevor Glaser, 17. Greg Walters, 18. Darren Coffell, 19. John Campos, 20. Justin Cady.
July 3rd, 2011
A-Feature: 1. Mike Johnson, 2. Rob Mayea, 3. Billy Workman Jr., 4. Jeremy Shank, 5. Casey Vitale, 6. Clay Daly, 7. John Duty, 8. Jimmy Whisler, 9. John Campos, 10. Russ Sell, 11. Mike George, 12. Tim Goodwin, 13. Tony Brakeall, 14. Rick Wyatt, 15. Steve Moore, 16. Mike Miller, 17. Darren Coffell, 18. Joey Tanner, 19. Rob Campos, 20. Todd Shandy
May 26th, 2012
A-Feature: 1. Rob Mayea, 2. Greg Walters, 3. Brady Sell, 4. Russ Sell, 5. Tim Goodwin, 6. John Duty, 7. Jason Wines, 8. Jeremy Shank, 9. Justin Duty, 10. Jimmy Whisler, 11. Casey Vitale, 12. Jimmy Schram, 13. Rob Ireland, 14. Steve Moore, 15. John Campos, 16. Billy Workman Jr., 17. Terry Ferrando, 18. Collen Winebarger, 19. Trevor Glaser, 20. Rick Wyatt
May 27th, 2012
A-Feature: 1. Russ Sell, 2. Jeremy Shank, 3. Greg Walters, 4. Trevor Glaser, 5. John Duty, 6. Casey Vitale, 7. Jason Wines, 8. Jon Kaufman, 9. Tim Goodwin, 10. Tony Brakeall, 11. Brian Cronk, 12. John Campos, 13. Rob Mayea, 14. Billy Workman Jr., 15. Trent Elliott, 16. Joey Tanner, 17. Terry Ferrando, 18. Collen Winebarger, 19. Mike Miller, 20. Rick Wyatt
May 24th, 2014
A Feature: 1. Steve Moore; 2. Rob Mayea; 3. Collen Winebarger; 4. Darren Coffell; 5. Russ Sell; 6. John Duty; 7. Brian Cronk; 8. Justin Duty; 9. Rick Wyatt; 10. Todd Shandy; 11. Thomas Hunziker; 12. Dan Dieble; 13. Tony Brakeall; 14. Joey Tanner; 15. Preston Luckman; 16. John Campos; 17. Todd Sieg; 18. Brian Smith; 19. Rob Campos; 20. Randy Boyd
May 25th, 2014
A Feature: 1. Joey Tanner; 2. John Campos; 3. Collen Winebarger; 4. Russ Sell; 5. Rob Mayea; 6. Casey Vitale; 7. John Duty; 8. Brian Cronk; 9. Darren Coffell; 10. Rick Wyatt; 11. Brian Smith; 12. Thomas Hunziker; 13. Jimmy Schram; 14. Rob Campos; 15. Mike Graham; 16. Todd Shandy; 17. Josh Sim; 18. Justin Duty; 19. Randy Boyd; 20. Cory Hazen
May 23rd, 2015
A Feature: 1. Brian Cronk; 2. Justin Duty; 3. Darren Coffell; 4. Preston Luckman; 5. Randy Boyd; 6. Collen Winebarger; 7. Rob Mayea; 8. Mike George; 9. Tony Brakeall; 10. Doug Davenport; 11. Steve Moore; 12. John Duty; 13. Eric Luckman; 14. Thomas Hunziker; 15. Cory Brooks; 16. Josh Sim; 17. Brian Thompson; 18. Trevor Glaser; 19. Len Waterman; 20. Rob Campos
May 24th, 2015
A Feature: 1. Brian Cronk; 2. John Duty; 3. Justin Duty; 4. Rob Mayea; 5. Darren Coffell; 6. Mike George; 7. Len Waterman; 8. Tyler Brooks; 9. Doug Davenport; 10. Trevor Glaser; 11. Thomas Hunziker; 12. Randy Boyd; 13. Steve Moore
July 2nd, 2016
A Feature: 1. 37-Rob Mayea, ; 2. 30-Jeremy Shank, ; 3. 15-Justin Duty, ; 4. S-Collen Winebarger, ; 5. 97-Greg Walters, ; 6. 31B-Kyle Yeack, ; 7. 29-Brian Cronk, ; 8. 91-Tony Toste, ; 9. 32B-Clay Daly, ; 10. 46-Darren Coffell, ; 11. 9-Rob Campos, ; 12. 38-Thomas Hunziker, ; 13. 111-Joey Tanner, ; 14. 08-Kye Frick, ; 15. U2-Bruce Hipple, ; 16. 74-Dan Deibele, ; 17. 42-Paul Culp, ; 18. 4E-Trent Elliott, ; 19. 5-John Duty, ; 20. 16-Casey Vitale
July 3rd, 2016
A Feature: 1. 30-Jeremy Shank, ; 2. 22-Greg Walters, ; 3. 46-Trevor Glaser, ; 4. 29-Brian Cronk, ; 5. S-Collen Winebarger, ; 6. 5-John Duty, ; 7. 15-Justin Duty, ; 8. 32B-Clay Daly, ; 9. 13-Bricen James, ; 10. 111-Joey Tanner, ; 11. 16-Casey Vitale, ; 12. 21-Steve Moore, ; 13. U2-Bruce Hipple, ; 14. 91-Tony Toste, ; 15. 38-Thomas Hunziker, ; 16. 9-David Schmidt, ; 17. 67-Mike George, ; 18. 37-Rob Mayea, ; 19. 20-Matthew Drager, ; 20. 4E-Trent Elliott
July 8th, 2017
A Feature: 1. 46-Darren Coffell, ; 2. 541RC-Casey Vitale, ; 3. 111-Joey Tanner, ; 4. 38-Thomas Hunziker, ; 5. 13-Bricen James, ; 6. 21-Steve Moore, ; 7. 51-Todd Sieg, ; 8. 94-Randy Boyd, ; 9. 71-Bryan Norton, ; 10. 4E-Trent Elliott, ; 11. 61-Jerry Casey, ; 12. 9-Rob Campos, ; 13. 82-Larry Sharp, ; 14. S-Collen Winebarger, ; 15. 27-Jon Kauffman, ; 16. 29-Brian Cronk
May 25th, 2018
A Feature: 1. Trent Elliott, ; 2. Joey Tanner, ; 3. Casey Vitale, ; 4. Thomas Hunziker, ; 5. Daniel Modaff, ; 6. Jerry Schram, ; 7. Terry Hall, ; 8. Ed Peters, ; 9. Todd Sieg, ; 10. Dan Deibele, ; 11. Darren Coffell,
May 26th, 2018
A Feature: 1. Casey Vitale, ; 2. Joey Tanner, ; 3. Trent Elliott, ; 4. Rob Campos, ; 5. Dan Deibele, ; 6. Thomas Hunziker, ; 7. Josh Sim, ; 8. Todd Sieg, ; 9. Ed Peters, ; 10. David Brooks, ; 11. Daniel Modaff, ; 12. Jerry Schram, ; 13. Bryan Norton, ; 14. Randy Boyd, ; (DNS) Terry Hall,
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Submitted By: Ben Deatherage
