Colby Copeland goes back-to-back in SCCT Speedweek action at The Douglas County Dirt Track
 
By Gary Thomas
 
Roseburg, Oregon…For the second consecutive night with SCCT Speedweek it was the Colby Copeland show, as the Roseville driver checked out and cruised to victory at The Douglas County Dirt Track on Wednesday.
 
Copeland was able to stretch his Speedweek point lead to 21-markers over Tyler Thompson heading into tomorrow’s show at Marysville Raceway. His win in Roseburg, Oregon was career triumph number five with the Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour.
 
The initial start of the 30-lap finale saw Medford, Oregon’s Bailey Hibbard get upside down to bring out a red flag. He emerged okay but was done for the event.
 
When things got going again it was Langley, BC driver Levi Klatt leading the opening lap, before Copeland shot by to grab the point.
 
Despite Copeland rocketing away from the field, the action behind him remained extremely entertaining, as cars sliced and diced on the well-prepared surface. Yuba City youngster Seth Standley drove another impressive race jumping into second on lap six.
 
Standley hung onto second until lap 21 when Corbin Rueschenberg made the pass. Shortly after that, a red flag period occurred and during it, Standley had a fuel leak that put an unfortunate end to his feature.
 
There was no stopping Copeland up front who blitzed away and hid for the win. Rueschenberg crossed the stripe in second to earn his second straight runner up finish, while Dominic Gorden kept things exciting, as he rode the high side to a third-place result.
 
Levi Klatt and Oregon racer Garen Linder rounded out the top-five. Completing the top-10 were Pit Stop USA Hard Charger Shane Hopkins, who carved his way from 15th to sixth over Dylan Bloomfield, Tyler Thompson, Braden Chiaramonte and Andy Forsberg.
 
Chiaramonte also thrilled the crowd on hand by running the fonz until getting into the wall and suffering a flat tire while battling around the top-five. After going to the work area, he rebounded in ninth to maintain his SCCT point lead.
 
A total of 24 cars competed on night three of SCCT Speedweek. Andy Forsberg began the evening by earning the Sierra Foothills Wine Services Fast Time Award with a lap of 13.274.
 
The Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour will continue Western Sprint Speedweek at the Marysville Raceway on Thursday July 18th.  
 
A Main (30 laps): 1. 5V-Colby Copeland[2]; 2. 94-Corbin Rueschenberg[6]; 3. 10-Dominic Gorden[9]; 4. 77-Levi Klatt[1]; 5. 22-Garen Linder[3]; 6. 21-Shane Hopkins[15]; 7. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[10]; 8. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[12]; 9. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[11]; 10. 92-Andy Forsberg[7]; 11. 21X-Johnny Burke[13]; 12. 33-Kyle Alberding[17]; 13. 26F-Shane Forte[20]; 14. 14-Mariah Ede[18]; 15. 34-TJ Richman[23]; 16. 5R-Ryan Rocha[8]; 17. 25S-Seth Standley[5]; 18. 4D-Pat Desbiens[21]; 19. 75X-Brian Boswell[24]; 20. 12-Steven Snawder[19]; 21. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[16]; 22. 75-Tony Gomes[14]; 23. 1-Bailey Hibbard[4]; 24. 40-Kyle Woodcock[22].
 
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