Cox, Roth Win Main Events At Douglas County Speedway

Roseburg, Oregon...June 2...Harlon Cox scored his second straight victory in the PRA Hardtop Main Event Saturday night at Douglas County Speedway. Cox picked up the win with Kyran Greene and Mike Batman in close pursuit in the 30 lap Main Event. Batman had earlier held off Cox to win one of the eight lap heat races after Steve Smith outran Jamie Britton to win the first heat. Travis Lillard claimed four lap Trophy Dash honors in front of Steve Smith. Smith would finish fourth in the Main Event, followed by Donnie Fain, Lillard, Troy Gansner, Britton and 2016 champion Greg Hickman. Cox had the quickest time in qualifying with a lap of 16.960, beating the 16.990 of Greene.

After back-to-back second place feature finishes to reigning champion Jeff Solberg, Dale Roth turned the tables by holding him off to win the 30 lap Street Stock Main Event. Monique Scevers was the only driver able to keep pace with the lead duo on the lead lap as Bill Stewart, Neil Pecor and Chris Lemon rounded out the finishing order. Roth set the fast time of 16.620, beating the 16.890 of Solberg. Bill Stewart outran Scevers to win the four lap Trophy Dash, and Solberg beat Roth to win the eight lap heat race.

Ron Johnson collected his second straight 30 lap Hornets Main Event victory. Pete Lemon settled for second with Bart Pulse the final lead lap finisher. Cherish Wilson was a lap down in fourth as Dylan Grichar, Tom Durant, Roy Harvey, Jeremy Simms and Jeremy Mayfield completed the finishing order. Johnson missed qualifying as Dave Beals set the fast time of 19.670. A second behind him was Simms with a lap of 20.790. Grichar picked up the four lap Trophy Dash win ahead of Harvey. The first of two eight lap heat race wins went to Johnson ahead of Wilson, while Mayfield outran Lemon to win the second heat. Beals suffered mechanical issues in that heat to scratch for the night.

Karl Smith outran double division racer Dale Roth to win the 30 lap Mini Stock Main Event. This was the third straight win for Smith. Gary Carnes finished third ahead of reigning champion Chuck Jacobs. Smith set the fast time of 17.340, beating the 18.020 of Roth. Jacobs won the four lap Trophy Dash ahead of Smith, and Smith won the eight lap heat race ahead of Jacobs.

PRA racing returns on Saturday, June 16th. Modifieds will be back along with Street Stocks, Bangers and the Pro 4 Wedge cars. For further information, go to www.douglascountyspeedway.com.