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Zamora is 2005 Champ

2005 Champion Mike Zamora

The Late Model Challenge Series has grown in popularity over its six years running, and has become one of the largest and most recognized Late Model Super Stock touring programs in the Northwest region. The series again achieved the region’s best average of 26 cars showing for each point event. In addition, the level of competition, professionalism, and ‘depth’ of the field has increased with each successive season.

Overall, the series has hosted 61 scheduled events with more than 160 drivers participating at tracks in Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and BC Canada.

Five different Champions have been crowned:

2000 Ron Wolf
2001Mike Sauls
2002 Ron Oline
2003 Jason Hedrick
2004 Ron Wolf
2005 Mike Zamora.

LMCS 2005 top-10 in points: 1.) Mike Zamora #57 – Kennewick WA, 2.) Mark Sundberg #7 – Seattle WA, 3.) James Spiering #18 – Redmond WA, 4.) Steve Thompson #17 – W. Richland WA, 5.) Jay Sauls #20 – Puyallup WA, 6.) Loran Payne #21 – Renton WA, 7.) Jim Johnson #69 – Orting WA, 8.) Mike Kenyon #44 – North Bend WA, 9.) Lon Werremeyer #02 – Yakima WA, 10.) Ron Wolf #43 – Auburn WA.

Harris, Evans, and Johnson repeat finish at WVSO

Graham, WA (June 27, 2005) The top-three finishers in Saturday’s Late Model Challenge Series’ 150-lap point race at Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval in East Wenatchee WA evidently liked their prior finish positions at the series’ season opener back in April, and went for a repeat.

Brent Harris of East Wenatchee has won each of the LMCS’s events held at WVSO this season and has proven to be the guy to beat at his home track. Harris is the current points leader in the series
which had a third points race rain shortened at Stateline in late May Garrett Evans of East Wenatchee WA, and Jimmy Johnson of Orting WA hold second and third place in points with their repeat finishes at WVSO.

Angela Cope Wins at Sun Valley

Graham, Wash. (June 7, 2005) – Angela Cope, a 21 year-old Puyallup WA native, and her father/crew chief Darren have been looking for several Late Model events to participate in while she is briefly back in town, before returning later this month to North Carolina to join her twin sister in there quest to broaden their stock car racing careers.

With short notice, the father/daughter team elected to head north of the border to test their skills at the Lucas Oil ‘Can-Am 150’ Invitational event at Sun Valley Speedway in beautiful Vernon, BC. After setting fast qualifying time, winning the trophy dash, and then taking top honors in the 150-lap feature it is evident they picked the right event to attend.

Brent Harris Wins Inaugural “Apple Blossom 100”

(Graham, WA) May 3, 2005 - For the second year in a row, Brent Harris captured the feature win at the NW Late Model Challenge Series’ season opener event. Last year, the series opened at Stateline Speedway ID, while this season began at Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval in conjunction with the town’s annual Apple Blossom Festival.

Twenty-nine of the region’s best late model teams gathered for the 100-lap special event competing for over $10,000 available in cash and bonus awards. This, the 50th scheduled race event in the series six-season history, was the first of three appearances for the Late Model Challenge Series (LMCS) at Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval (WVSO) in 2005.

2005 Season Preview

Graham, Wash. (March 28, 2005) – The NW Late Model Challenge Series and race teams from throughout the Northwest region will gather at Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval in East Wenatchee, Wash. for a 100-lap season opener event at the Northwest’s premier high-banked paved 1/4 -mile oval on Saturday April 30th, competing for over $10,000 available in cash and bonus awards.

Over 25 late model super stock teams are expected to compete for the twenty-two main event positions available on one of the northwest’s most pristine 1/4-mile tracks. This, the 50th scheduled event in the series six-season history, will be the first of three appearances for the Late Model Challenge Series (LMCS) at Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval (WVSO). This LMCS season opener race, dubbed the ‘Apple Blossom 100’, is tied in with Wenatchee’s annual Apple Blossom Festival and is expected to draw a large crowd to witness WVSO’s first large caliber stock car event of the 2005 season.