Mayea Wins Lucas Oil Open Show At Coos Bay Speedway

Coos Bay, Oregon...October 7...Rob Mayea scored the $3,000 win in the 50 lap Lucas Oil Open Show, presented by The Prather Family, Saturday night at Coos Bay Speedway.  Among Mayea's accomplishments are his three straight Willamete Speedway Late Model championships from 2014-2016.  He won his ten lap heat race and started eighth in the 17 car Late Model field.  2017 Willamete champion Collen Winebarger raced into the early lead ahead of Joey Tanner.  Mayea slipped past August Tidal Wave 50 winner Trent Elliott for third on lap eight, and Mayea took second from Tanner on a lap ten restart.  At the lap 25 mark, Winebarger was leading Mayea, Tanner, Jim Whistler and Elliott.  Mayea raced past Winebarger for the lead on lap 30.  A lap 41 caution flag slowed the place, and Winebarger's run in second ended as Whistler took up pursuit of Mayea.  However, Mayea drove a great race down the stretch for the big victory.  Whistler held off Tanner for second as Elliott settled for fourth.  Rookie Brody Montgomery was the highest local finisher in fifth as Brian Cronk, Blaine Taylor, Jason Johnson, B.J. Donofrio and Doug Elkins completed the Top 10.  Elliott held off Tanner to win his ten lap heat race.  Mayea won his heat in front of Winebarger and Elkins won his heat race ahead of Daniel Deibele.

Road To The Iron Giant Street Stock champion Kyle Yaeck won the $500 prize in the 30 lap Street Stock Main Event.  2017 point runnerup Ken Fox set the early pace ahead of 2016 champion Daniel Land.  Yaeck took second on a lap six restart, and he passed Fox for the lead a lap later.  Kevin Roberts and Steve Dubisar dropped Fox back to fourth on a lap 11 restart.  Yaeck had to contend with Roberts running closely behind him throughout the final 20 laps, but he made no mistakes and earned this win.  Roberts settled for second.  Donald Schott took third from Dubisar on lap 19, but Land took the position on lap 27.  Land finished third, and Dubisar and Fox dropped Schott back to sixth on the last lap.  Michael Hollingsworth, Brian Cronk, Andy Gardner and Troy Chamberlain made up the remainder of the Top 10.  Land won a ten lap heat race ahead of Cronk, while Roberts held off Yaeck to win the other heat race.

Two time Sportsman Late Model champion Wayne Butler won the $500 prize in the 30 lap Main Event.  Butler won the ten lap heat race ahead of Tom Yaeck.  Butler led all the way to win the Main Event with Yaeck not too far behind him.  Dyllan Siewell made a lap 13 pass on Max Augustine to earn the third place finish as Augustine and Deven Brown completed the finishing order.  Josh Kralicek was a Main Event scratch.

Ken Fox won his third 30 lap Mini Outlaw Main Event of the year.  Joe Maricle set the early pace ahead of Austin Henderson.  Fox raced past Henderson for second on a lap three restart, and he put the moves on Maricle for the lead on lap seven.  New champion Sam Talon took third from Henderson on lap 15, and he raced past Maricle for second on lap 23.  Talon made his presence known in second.  However, Fox stayed cool under pressure and won ahead of Talon, Maricle, Henderson, Matt Diller, Dan Daniels, Richard Thompson and Max Sanford.  Rob Lauver was a Main Event scratch.  Donald Briggs won a ten lap heat race ahead of Henderson, but he scracthed from the Main Event.  Talon won the other heat race in front of Fox.

Braden Fugate scored the $300 victory in the 30 lap Hornets Main Event.  This was his fourth win of the season.  Jacob Farness raced into the early lead ahead of Donald Briggs and Austin Henderson.  Farness and Briggs battled for the lead throughout the first half of the race until Briggs' race came to an end on a lap 16 caution flag.  Farness led Hannah Robison and 13th starter Fugate on the restart.  Farness saw his race end on a lap 22 caution flag.  Robison led Fugate and Henderson on the restart.  Fugate began pressuring Robison for the lead until making his winning pass on lap 28.  New champion Ryan Siewell started 17th and made a last lap pass on Robison as Fugate won ahead of Siewell, Robison, Henderson, Matt Diller, Joe Maricle, Max Sanford, April Warmack, David Pellum and Taylor Sayre.  Robison won her ten lap heat race ahead of Warmack.  Farness won his heat over Matt Butler and Pellam won his heat in front of Maricle.