NASCAR at PIR

July 18th, 2010 - Race #7 K&N Series

POS CAR DRIVER
1 45 Patrick Long
2 20 Eric Holmes
3 12 Paulie Harraka
4 17 David Mayhew
5 6 Luis Martinez Jr.

By Jason Christley, NASCAR
July 18, 2010 - 8:10pm

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Patrick Long showed off his road-course expertise, dominating the BI-MART Salute to the Troops 125 at Portland International Raceway Sunday.

It's Long's second NASCAR K&N Pro Series West win. The 28-year-old Porche factory driver from Thousand Oaks, Calif., won last year's race at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah in his last series start.

"I wanted to have a really good balance in the car", Long said of his No. 45 Speed Wong Racing Dodge. "We went very different, or unconventional, in our set-up. I think it was really the edge that we needed. With that, we had unbelievable tire wear. That Speed Wong car was just hooked up".

Long led by as much as 10 seconds in the first half of the race before making a green-flag stop for gas. He restarted on Lap 36 in 14th and picked up nine spots on the ensuing lap. He retook the lead for good from Greg Pursley on Lap 45.

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series West will next race in the third round of the Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts Bonus Challenge at Montana Raceway Park in Kalispell, Montana, Saturday, Aug. 7.

50th edition of the Rose Cup

Timing is everything, or at least it was Sunday for Milwaukie's Matt Crandall when he won the 50th edition of the Rose Cup Races at Portland International Raceway.

Driving a rocket ship throughout the 45-minute race, Crandall piloted his Ford Mustang to a comfortable win over Portland's Brian Richards. Getting back to the winner's circle was another matter. Crandall ran out of gas on PIR's backstretch, less than 30 seconds after taking the checkered flag.

"It was embarrassing," Crandall said, "but cool." Read full story

Mitsubishis Sweep the Podium

The Dalles, OR (May 16, 2010) -- The NOS Energy Mitsubishi team of Andrew Comrie-Picard and Jeremy Wimpey took a decisive win on the 2010 Oregon Trail Rally, round 4 of the Rally America National Championship. Comrie-Picard held a comfortable lead over the Mitsubishi crew of Bill Bacon and Peter Watt at the start of the final day and managed to increase his advantage by the final stage. Bacon focused more on maintaining his position by staying ahead of the overall Rally America Championship points leader Antoine L'Estage than trying to catch Comrie-Picard.

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