Cottage Grove Speedway
Winebarger grabs victory at Cottage Grove
COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (May 11) — Collen Winebarger of Corbett, Ore., won Saturday’s Northwest Extreme Crate Late Model feature at Cottage Grove Speedway, winning his first series feature and ending the two-race win streak of Greg Walters.
Former track champ Mark Carrell of Redmond, Ore., was second followed by Kevin Ropchan of Veneta, Ore., Jerry Schram of Vancouver, Wash., and Jason Johnson of Gresham, Ore. Walters, who won the previous two series events at his Sunset Speedway Park in Banks, Ore., retired with an 18th-place finish.
Scott Winebarger, the winner’s father, led early in the feature, but Collen took control after a lap-four restart.
Notes: Winebarger’s MasterSbilt Race Car is sponsored by All In Property Investments and Discount Race Car Parts. ... Winebarger won his first Late Model feature two weeks previously at Cottage Grove. ... Next up for the Northwest Extreme competitors is May 25-26 action at Willamette Speedway in Lebanon, Ore.
Northwest Extreme @ Cottage Grove: (1) Collen Winebarger, (2) Mark Carrell, (3) Kevin Ropchan, (4) Jason Johnson, (5) Jerry Schram, (6) Paul Culp, (7) Scott Winebarger, (8) Blaine Taylor, (9) Bob Trout, (10) Kreg Britton, (11) Jacob Myers, (12) Chuck Christian, (13) Rob Williams, (14) John Gamell, (15) Robert Duncan, (16) Brittany Ray, (17) Brad Martin, (18) Greg Walters, (19) Mike Peters.
