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ROSEBURG, Ore. — Chris Celorie of Damascus, Ore., took the checkered flag Saturday night as the Big 5 Late Model 50-lap feature kicked off the 2009 season for that class at ASA-sanctioned Douglas County Speedway. Celorie’s victory highlighted a night in which Rob Mueller solidified his lead in the Mini Stocks with another main event victory. The Roseburg, Ore., driver entered the night with a 27-point lead in the standings.

Roseburg’s Jeff Solberg took the main event in Street Stocks, followed by Gold Beach, Ore.’s Amos Rhodes and season points leader Rick Jump from Grants Pass, Ore. Ben Herbert of Oakland, Ore., made a move in the Super Stocks division, beating
points leader Don Moore of Roseburg in Saturday’s feature race. Another strong contingent of Hornets required two main events Saturday night and produced two racers who got their first feature victories of the season.

Tyler Risley from Winston, Ore., finished ahead of points leader Monte Cox Jr. of Roseburg in the A main. Paul Tigrett of Sutherlin, Ore., captured the checkered flag in the B main. The night was capped with Sherm’s Thunderbird boat race during which nine
competitors dragged fiberglass boats around a soaked 3/8th-mile paved oval. J-Cars and Trucks and Junkyard Dogs were used to tow the trailer-less boats, which caused a destructive mess on the track. Brad McMaster was declared the winner.

As an American Speed Association-sanctioned track, Douglas County Speedway is part of the ASA Member Track National Championship for the Modified division. The goal of the ASA Short Track National Championship is to activate a measuring
system that takes into account many variables, such as field size, inversion, wins and number of races in a season, and create a level playing field to determine who is the “best-of-the-best” of the ASA Member Track Champions Nationwide. The ASA Joe Gibbs Driven National Member Track Champion Award was designed to give the National Champion exposure with one of the top teams in racing Joe Gibbs Racing. Joe Gibbs Driven Oil, a division of Joe Gibbs Racing, sells the actual oil products developed and used by Joe Gibbs Racing to racers at all levels. More information can be found at www.joegibbsdriven.com.

The ASA Member Track program is comprised of a network of short tracks around the United States, as well as a variety of regional and national touring series. For news and information from all the racetracks and tours involved in the American Speed Association, visit www.ASA-Racing.com. Douglas County Speedway, Roseburg, Ore.

The Douglas County Speedway champions from 2008 will be put to the test Saturday in a Race of Champions as the season enters its second week in Roseburg.

Each driver who took home top hardware from a DCS division last season will battle it out in a 15-lap Hornet race to crown the champion of champions. Each driver will draw for the car they will drive, and an autograph session will be held, too. The gates open at 4 p.m., with qualifying at 5 p.m. and racing getting under way at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for senior citizens, $2 for children ages 7-11 and free for children 6 and younger. For more information, call the track hotline at (541) 672-8744 or log on to http://douglascountyspeedwayonline.com/. Also on the card Saturday is a Mini Stock powder puff race pitting female drivers who normally just watch from the sidelines. The ASA Modifieds return for a second consecutive weekend of competition in the nationwide chase for the coveted Joe Gibbs Racing test ride.

Mini Mania is making a return, too, after 18 cars hit the track for last week’s main event and mayhem soon ensued. The Old Time Racers of Oregon (OTRO) makes its 2009 debut at the speedway, while Hornets will provide one of the biggest fields of the night in one of the most accessible divisions for new drivers. J-Cars and Thunder Trucks also will look to crash-to-pass their way to victory. As an American Speed Association-sanctioned track, Douglas County Speedway is part of the ASA Member Track National Championship for the Modified division.

The goal of the ASA Short Track National Championship is to activate a measuring system that takes into account many variables, such as field size, inversion, wins and number of races in a season, and create a level playing field to determine who is the ‘best-of-the-best’ of the ASA Member Track Champions Nationwide. The ASA Joe Gibbs Driven National Member Track Champion Award was designed to give the National Champion exposure with one of the top teams in racing — Joe Gibbs Racing. Joe Gibbs Driven Oil, a division of Joe Gibbs Racing, sells the actual oil products developed and used by Joe Gibbs Racing to racers at all levels. More information can be found at www.joegibbsdriven.com.

The ASA Member Track program is comprised of a network of short tracks around the United States, as well as a variety of regional and national touring series. For news and information from all the racetracks and tours involved in the American Speed Association, visit www.ASA-Racing.com.

The Seven Feathers Hotel & Casino season opener at Douglas County Speedway in Roseburg , Ore., was a coming-out party for the Jobe family, while Dean Cast made the ASA Modifieds division his own personal playground Saturday.

Cast battled fast-timer Steven Snowder (16.329 seconds) to win the main event after dueling with Snowder before winning the trophy dash. Cast also won the heat race, with Snowder finishing third.

Dave Jobe pulled down fast time in the Hornets with a 20.69 lap around the 3/8-mile paved oval, but he had to settle for fifth in the main event and runner-up on the A Heat. Monty Cox Jr. won the Hornets feature race. Other Jobes, however, made a splash.

James Jobe swept the main event and heat race in the JunkYard Dogs action, and Molly Jobe pulled down fast time in the Lady Stingers (21.380) before finishing second in the main event behind winner Jessy Jobe.

Larry Means had a productive first night of 2009 in the Super Stocks, parlaying a fast lap of 16.745 into a heat race victory and a main event win. He finished second to Donny Moore in the trophy dash and then traded spots with Moore in the preliminary and feature.

Defending Street Stocks champion Amos Rhodes didn’t disappoint in his return to the track, grabbing the trophy dash and then winning the main event. Rick Jump turned the division’s fast lap in 17.424.

Rob Mueller captured the first Mini Stocks main event of the season, out-distancing A Heat winner Jason Gotz, who was second in the feature, and fast-timer Dave Wilson (18.226), who finished third in the main.

Racing continues Saturday at Douglas County Speedway, an ASA-sanctioned track, with Race of Champions and Powder Puff Mini Stocks.

Adult admission is $8 for the night of racing that will feature ASA Modifieds, Mini Stocks, OTRO, Hornets and J-Car/Trucks.\par}

Log on to www.douglascountyspeedwayonline.com or call 541-672-8744 for more information.

Roseburg, A jam-packed first night is scheduled for Douglas County Speedway for Saturday’s Seven Feathers Season Opener. In addition to action in seven race divisions, there will be Cascade Community Credit Union Lucky Rides for the kids during breaks in the racing. Gates open at 4 p.m. with time trials at 5 p.m. and racing at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults, $2 for children ages 7-11 and free for children 6 and younger.

The season openers will feature: ASA Modifieds kicking off the local competition for a national championship and a shot at a test ride with Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of the season. The first laps of what could be the best Hornet season yet. Twenty-five cars are signed up as plenty of new Hornet drivers figure out just how easy it is to participate on the famed 3/8-mile oval in Roseburg. Defending champion Amos Rhodes leads the Street Stocks into their first night of racing.
Ben Herbert Jr. from Oakland High School has moved up a division, and fellow Super Stock drivers will have an eye on him as he races a brand-new black-and-red Chevy Monte Carlo.

The Junk Yard Dogs, Jr. and Lady Stingers continue to build momentum. “Many new drivers and new cars have made their way to the track, and it’s always fun to watch these competitors cut their teeth, so to speak,” Douglas County Speedway’s Drake Nelson said. Saturday’s racing is just the beginning in Roseburg. The action continues through Sept. 19 with World Famous Trailer racing, a demolition derby and the Crash Classic as top attractions. Traveling series such as the ASA Northwest Sprintcar Racing Association and the ASA Northwest Latemodel Tour as well as West Coast Vintage Sprint Cars all will make stops in Roseburg at least once this season. Log on to www.douglascountyspeedwayonline.comor call 541-672-8744 for more information.

On a night where nearly every point champion was crowned, Alan Cress stole the show by capturing both the featured races Saturday at the Douglas County Speedway. Cress, formerly of Coquille and now Albany, started from the back of both the American Speed Association Premier Division Mains after qualifying with the two fastest laps in the 19-car Late Model/Modified field.

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