Biffle Wins Northwest Tour Finale

Greg Biffle,. driving the Kalico Kitchen’s Chevrolet for Ron Hall of Spokane took the lead on lap 42 and held on for the next 98 circuits to claim his first NASCAR Northwest Tour victory in the NAPA 150 at Magic Valley Speedway Saturday night.

Kelly Tanner, the 1997 NWT champion was second and Rick Schultz of Spokane third in the final race of the season.

The race was Biffle’s last for the Hall Racing. Next season he’ll drive in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck series for Jack Roush.

Idaho Wenatchee’s Kim Wennerberg won the final race of the Interstate Superstock Series Saturday at Stateline Speedway.

1996 champion, Puyallup’s Mike Sauls, was third and new champion Jay Ulmer was third. The highest Spokane area finishers were Rick Kellogg (5th), Brad Allard (6th) and L.T. Jones (7th).

Also at Stateline, Tony Berg put an end to Allen Swain’s nine-race win streak winning the season’s final race in the Northwest Mini-Supers.

Mark Owens of Libby, Montana won Sunday’s 100-lap, late-model feature race at Spokane Raceway Park.

For a second straight year, Tom Hudson of KREM-TV won the celebrity portion of the 5th annual Dave Rogers Memorial Muscle Car drag race.

Marc Groskreutz of Spokane charged from the back of the field and finished 3rd in a NASCAR Southwest Tour race at Tucson Raceway Park Saturday at Tucson, Ariz. , DataTimes