Ruddach Keeps On Rollin’

Mon., Aug. 2, 1999

Motorsports

Joe Ruddach extended his Northwest Mini-Super winning streak to five straight Saturday night at State Line Speedway. Ruddach, who also set fast time in the class and won the A-Heat, finished ahead of Tony Berg and Andy Brown in the 30 lap main event.

In other Stateline racing, both J.C. Ward in Hobby Stocks and Rick Hobby in Mini-Trucks won their third straight races.

No results were reported from Spokane Raceway Park.< Hometown driver Chris Hart scored a slim .09 second victory over fellow Yakima driver Kevin Quesnell in the Franks Chevrolet 125 NASCAR Northwest Series race at Yakima Speedway Saturday. Spokane’s Matt Hall finished 20th after experiencing battery problems with his Math 1st/Kalico Kitchen Chevy, finishing 105 of the 125 lap race.

Ochs scores 11th career win

Greg Ochs may have not raced with the Northwest Modified racing series in two seasons, but the Colville driver didn’t forget the way to the finish line Saturday in Ephrata.

Ochs, who scored his 11th career victory, was running his open-wheel modified for the first time since 1997 and finished ahead of Ephrata’s Tyler DeLong and Spokane’s Alan Quist.

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Ruddach Keeps On Rollin’

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