Obrist rallies at the Speedway

YAKIMA -- Dan Obrist finally made the drive from Portland to Yakima Speedway for the ASA Late Model event worth his while Saturday night.

Obrist started things off by posting the fast time in the division, and then he made a late move to pass Mike Zamora and win the main event.

In the 50-lap race, Obrist, who has driven up from Portland for every Late Model race at the Speedway the past two years, got past Zamora on lap 49 of the
50-lap race and held him off, with Ron Bemis third.

Owen Riddle, the defending Late Model champion, led the first
30 laps, before Zamora moved past him into the lead, holding that position until Obrist caught him.

Randy Marshall Jr. won his second straight Hobby Sportsman main event, outdueling Jeff Stevenson for the entire 25 laps.

Tyson Richter added to his points lead in the Hobby Division with a victory in the main event. Other winners Saturday were Terry Cook (Hornets), Jacob Little (Youth Hornets) and Jason Trujillo (Bump to Pass).

Friday's race event has been canceled. The next event will be Saturday, Aug. 9.

SATURDAY'S RESULTS

Late Models

Fast time: Dan Obrist, 19.178 seconds. Main: Dan Obrist, Mike Zamora, Ron Bemis, James Spiering, Owen Riddle, Bill Mills, Marcus Maggard, Rich Peters, Chet Beaman.

Hobby sportsman

Fast time: John Raney, 23.548. Main: Randy Marshall Jr., Jeff Stevenson, John Raney, Jerry Walker Jr., Don Klang, Reece Kastl, Terry Osborne, Barry Mueller, Mike Valcich.

Hobby

Fast time: Ron Morton, 26.478. Main: Tyson Richter, Ron morton, Jay Younker, Rob Allen, Chuck Strmiska, Daniel Coble.

Youth Hornets

Fast time: Jacob Little, 17.757. Main: Jacob Little, Joseph Roberts, Cord Jackman, Jeffery Baker Jr.

Hornets

Fast time: Terry Cook, 17.183. Main: Terry Cook, Steve Hall, James Norman, Josh Washington, Jake Breashers, Dave Peterson, Cody Denton, Josh Henne, Owen Berglund, Morgan Morrison, Eric Coble, Michael Beck, Daniel Morfin, Chris Morrison.

Bump to Pass

Fast time: Donnie Stevens, 17.357. Main: Jason Trujillo, Dusty Belair, Donnie Stevens, Jeremy Thompson, Mark Belair, Eddie Abrams, Bobby A. Trujillo, Merle Stiltner, Rich Strmiska.

Longton 2nd in Montana 200

KALISPELL, Mont. -- Mike Longton of Moxee finished second in the
18th annual Montana 200, just missing a late run at two-time winner Gary Lewis of Snohomish and his $12,000 first-place check.

Longton moved into second on lap 165 and managed to pull even with Lewis with five laps left but Lewis benefitted from lapped traffic and an inside line on the high-banked Raceway Park.

"There in the last few laps it looked (Lewis) was beginning to lose the handle and I really tried to take advantage of it," Longton said, "but he's just too strong when out front. I am happy to come home with a second-place finish."

Yakima's Erick Hargraves, last year's runner-up here, finished 14th.

YOUTH BASEBALL

Peppers, Blue split double header

SELAH -- The Yakima Valley Peppers and the Yakima Blue split their non-league doubleheader Sunday at Carlon Park with the Blues taking the first game 13-5 and the Peppers winning the second game 17-7.

Marcus McClurkin went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBI in the first game for the Blues, and Nate Fleenor pitched a complete game while striking out two. Tyler Porter and Trevor Dallman each went 3-for-4 for the Peppers.

In the second game, Stephan Schmidt went 3-for-3 with six RBI, Trevor Dallman went 2-for-3 with three RBI, and Jake Breshers went 2-for-3 with four RBI for the Peppers (34-14 overall). TJ Smith had two hits for the Blues.

LITTLE LEAGUE

Selah stays perfect in Jr. State

MOUNT VERNON -- Selah National continued its perfect run through the Juniors State Tournament, cruising to an 8-1 victory over Kalama on Saturday night.

Selah, now 3-0, will seek its fourth straight victory Tuesday night at Skagit Valley College.

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