Sunday, March 24, 2019

Apple Cup Pre-Race


Photo Courtesy Shari Garber


Via NWSLMS

RACE FACTS:
WHAT: Apple Cup 125
Race No. 1 of 7

WHERE: Yakima Speedway, Yakima, Wash.

WHEN: April 5-7
Apple Cup 125 Main Event scheduled for April 7

DISTANCE: 125 Laps/62.5 Miles

SANCTION: Northwest Super Late Model Series (NWSLMS)

PROMOTER: B&B Promotions, Inc.

CONTACTS: Randy Marshall Sr. Yakima Speedway (509) 248-0647
Jarrod Goodwin, NWSLMS Director (509) 879-5082

THE RACETRACK: Yakima Speedway is a slightly banked .500-mile paved
oval.

2016 TOP-10 IN THE EVENT
1) 64 Garrett Evans East Wenatchee, WA
2) 10 Owen Riddle Naches, WA
3) 5a Garret Archer Maple Valley, WA
4) 37 Mike Longton Moxee, WA
5) 89 Doni Wanat Woodinville, WA
6) 39 Pete Harding Surrey BC
7) 15 Tayler Riddle Naches, WA
8) 33 Nicole Behar Otis Orchards, WA
9) 86 Tom Berrow Surrey BC
10) 20s Andy Sole Marysville, WA

2018 TOP-10 CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS
1) Britney Zamora
2) Mitch Kleyn
3) Trenton Moriarity
4) Andy Sole
5) Doni Wanat
6) Tayler Riddle
7) Alan Cress
8) Braeden Havens
9) Tristan Haider
10) Garrett Evans

READY TO TAKE THE GREEN FLAG:
• The Wild “1” of Mitch Kleyn will be eyeing a championship in 2019. Kleyn has finished inside the final Top-5 championship standings in every season of NWSLMS competition.
• Tyler Tanner will be attempting to join his father, two-time NASCAR title-holder Kelly Tanner, as an Apple Cup champion. The younger Tanner has made starts on the NASCAR K&N Pro Series and the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series in addition to his successes at Evergreen Speedway running in the NASCAR Whelan All-American Series.
• After a one-year hiatus, this will be the first Apple Cup run at Yakima Speedway under the operational leadership of Doug Bettarel. The track ran a limited schedule in 2018 culminating with the Fall Classic.
• The last time the NWSLMS opened its year at Yakima’s premier kick-off race was in 2016, won by Garrett Evans. Owen Riddle scored the 2017 Apple Cup and is the defending race winner.

APPLE CUP NOTE OF THE WEEK: TAYLER’S TIME?
• Brothers Owen and Tayler Riddle have dominated Northwest racing for many years, with Fall Classic victories, Montana 200 wins, Leonard Evans 150s (Tayler twice, Owen not yet) and the prestigious Evergreen Speedway Summer Showdown amongst the pair. It’s Yakima’s Apple Cup though that sits in the family trophy case with Owen’s name etched onto it, and not a single victory for younger brother Tayler. This year may be the race that changes those stats as Tayler debuts a new race car and engine package for the season-opening NWSLMS event.

UPCOMING ON THE NORTHWEST SUPER LATE MODEL SERIES:
The Northwest Super Late Model Series heads to Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval on April 27 for the running of the Leonard Evans 150. Tayler Riddle is the defending champion and has two LE 150 victories on his resume. The race pays $5,000 to the winner who will also secure a starting position in the PASS-sanctioned 45th Annual Oxford (Maine) 250.

The Northwest Super Late Model Series is the premier regional touring Super Late Model series in the Northwest. The series has many valued sponsors including Hoosier Racing Tire, Racing Dynamics, McGunegill Engine Performance, Port City Race Cars, AR Bodies, Joes Racing Products, Penske Racing Shocks, Jostens, Accelerated Graphics, Five Star Bodies, Longacre Racing Products, Wheel Chill, KRC Power Steering, Atomic Screenprinting and Embroidery, Franks Racing Radio, BLP, Jefferson Pitts Racing, Leonard Evans Used Car Super Store, The Ti Company and Pacific Steel Structures LLC. For more information on the series visit www.nwslms.com or on Facebook or Twitter. To contact the series please email northwestsuperlatemodels@gmail.com