Young drivers capture first main-event wins at Speedway
May 20, 2012 by YH-R Sports
YAKIMA, Wash. — Youngsters ruled the night at Yakima Speedway with Garrett Sisk and Casey Chambers earning their first main-event victories Saturday. Sisk, a student at West Valley High, won the Sportsman main, while Chambers won the Hornet main. Sisk, who also set a track record in qualifying, passed leader Terry Cook on a restart [...]
Local report: Frontis, DeGrood get 9th Best Ball
May 6, 2012 by YH-R Sports
YAKIMA, Wash. — Dusty Frontis and Corey DeGrood repeated as champions and took their ninth Spring Best Ball title on Sunday at SunTides Golf Course. Frontis and DeGrood finished at 125 for the 43rd annual two-day event, five shots ahead of Dan and Ryan Whitaker in second place. Chris Indall and Sota Nozaka were third [...]
Local report: Yaks edge CBC
April 30, 2012 by YH-R Sports
YAKIMA, Wash. — Reid Martinez scored on a wild pitch to lift Yakima Valley past Columbia Basin 8-7 on Sunday at Parker Field. The game was originally scheduled as the second game of a doubleheader on Wednesday. With the victory, Yakima Valley (13-7) moves into a second-place tie with Columbia Basin, one game behind first [...]
Local report: Yaks split twin bill with Wenatchee
April 29, 2012 by YH-R Sports
WENATCHEE, Wash. — Will Chavarria’s 12th-inning sacrifice fly boosted Yakima Valley to an 8-7 win over Wenatchee Valley on Saturday and enabled the Yaks to escape with an East Region doubleheader split. YVCC, which lost the first game 8-0, remained third in the tightly bunched East going into today’s home game against second-place Columbia Basin. [...]
4/27/12 This Week on Track
April 26, 2012 by YH-R Sports
NASCAR SPRINT CUP Capital City 400 Site: Richmond, Va. Schedule: Today, practice (Speed, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.), qualifying (Speed, 2:30-4 p.m.); Saturday, race, 4:30 p.m. (FOX, 4-8 p.m.). Track: Richmond International Raceway (oval, 0.75 miles). Race distance: 300 miles, 400 laps. 2011 winner: Kyle Busch. Next race: Aaron’s 499, May 6, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala. Website: [...]
Pasco’s Fricke wins Super Pro opener at Renegade Raceway
April 17, 2012 by YH-R Sports
WAPATO, Wash. — Todd Fricke of Pasco won the Super Pro finale in Sunday’s Summit Series opener at Renegade Raceway. Fricke topped Kerry Kost of Richland with an ET of 8.02 for a top speed of 170 mph. David Hill of Sunnyside was low ET at 7.32 (181.07). Super Pro: 1, Todd Fricke (ET 8.02, [...]
Apple Cup: Smoke and mirrors lead to victory
April 15, 2012 by Scott Spruill
Four-time season champion Riddle overcomes oil leak, veteran Evans to get signature win at Yakima Speedway || YAKIMA, Wash. — As he sped into the second half of Sunday’s 46th annual Apple Cup race at Yakima Speedway, Owen Riddle had a determined grip on the lead and everything was humming along perfectly. So, given his [...]
Apple Cup: Wofford claims fourth again
April 15, 2012 by Marcus Michelson
Driver matches Fall Classic finish || YAKIMA, Wash. — Wapato’s J.C. Wofford made a statement in the Apple Cup Super Late Model main event Sunday at Yakima Speedway. He showed that his fourth-place finish in last year’s Fall Classic was no fluke. Wofford backed up that performance with another fourth-place finish on Sunday, the final [...]
2012 Apple Cup photo gallery
April 15, 2012 by Andy Sawyer
Photos from Sunday’s Apple Cup races at Yakima Speedway in Yakima, Wash. Click here for information on purchasing any of these photos.
2012 Apple Cup finishing order
April 15, 2012 by YH-R Sports
Legends 1, Rick McNeil; 2, Garrett Sisk ;3, Jim Langdon; 4, Duane Swanson; 5, Randy Schaff; 6, Chance Overholt; 7, Jeff Sisk; 8, Andon Allen; 9, Randy Beddow; 10, Jesse Branham; 11, Jon Vangessen; 12, Bill Kik; 13, Chanse Page; 14, Jose Zamudio; 15, Lloyd Bigler; 16, Josh Aguirre; 17, Simon Buchan; 18, Eric Shover. [...]
