Triber Putting His Unique Touch On Orv Park
Nearly everything in Airways Heights will revolve around this weekend’s AHRA World Finals at Spokane Raceway Park.
Next week, however, Darrell Triber hopes it will be his turn.
Triber, the new manager of the Spokane County ORV Park, believes he can turn the park - known for its acres of scab rock and sagebrush - into a revenue-producing entity for Spokane County.
Located directly across the fence line from SRP, the park takes this weekend off before Triber - who became manager earlier this spring - unveils his new and improved park the following week.
“We’ve got a big weekend coming up,” Triber said. “NORRA (the Northwest Off-Road Racing Association) will have a two-day sand drag event on the 19th and 20th (of August). We’ll also have go-karts on the 19th and motocross next Sunday.”
Triber is looking forward especially to the Sunset Four Wheel Drive Club’s upcoming “Bogging For Dimes” mud bog that takes place on Aug. 26. The event will raise money for the March of Dimes.
Triber’s successful methods in running his Stateline, Idaho, motorcycle track seem to be paying off at ORV, as well.
“We’ve been running some ads in the newspaper and we’re getting more people out to watch,” Triber said.
Triber’s also getting some mileage out of inmates at the nearby Airway Heights Correction Center. “We’ve got a lot of rocks out here that need to be moved and those guys are working out just great.”
Back to school
Spokane’s U-19 Appian Renegade unlimited hydroplane struggled last Sunday at Seafair, to say the least.
“We kind of fell flat on our faces,” Hindley said of the disappointing outing in Seattle.
Motor problems had the Appian Renegade’s volunteer crew logging long hours and left them all frustrated after the U-19 failed to start its first heat, then wound up last in two others.
“We lost the seals out of the compressors on all three motors,” Hindley said. “To lose one is one thing, but three?” said the perplexed driver and team manager. The problem, it seems, stemmed from work done by the boat’s previous crew in Hawaii.
A new class session offered by hydro professor Jim Lucero, crew chief of the Smokin’ Joe’s, should give the Spokane team a few more answers for the boat’s next races, Sept. 15-17 at San Diego.
“Smokin’ Joes is going to allow us to use their dyno to fine tune the motors,” said Hindley. “This will eliminate a lot of trial and error on our part.”
Pit stops
Stateline Speedway will have three days of stock car racing this weekend, including visits from the Stock Car Auto Racers Sportsman class on Friday night, the Vintage Modifieds on Saturday and the third of four demolition derby’s on Sunday afternoon. A two-day Fever Four Challenge race is also scheduled Friday and Saturday… . Spokane’s Diane Thompson recorded two second-place finishes in the recently completed Four-Cycle Go-Kart Nationals in Marshall, Iowa. “We went into the competition hoping for a top-10 finish, so we’re especially happy about this,” said Thompson’s father, Bob. The race attracted 315 competitors. One of the drivers to beat Thompson was Lynn Haddock, winner of 62 national events… . Republic’s Eagle Track hosts sprint cars this Saturday beginning at 1 p.m… . Tuscor Speedway in Trout Creek, Mont., will stage its Huckleberry Fabulous 50’s Race on Saturday afternoon… . The NASCAR Northwest Tour resumes racing after a two-week break when the late-models visit South Sound Speedway in Tenino, Wash., on Saturday. xxxx