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Crawfordsville's Yea&finishes racing season with multiple titles
By Ben Deatherage
Willamette Speedway Writer
The 2012 campaign at Wil-
lamette Speedway in USRA Modi-
fied competition witnessed Kyle
Yeack of Crawfordsville win the
his first title in the division in dom-
inating fashion by a total of 100
points.
In 12 point events, eight dif-
ferent drivers visited victory lane
including Yeack and Justin Evans,
who were the year's only repeat
winners. On top of Yeack winning
the championship in the USRA
Modifieds he also earned the 2012
Classic Sportsman title.
"Over the winter we put a
four-bar on the right side from a
twr-link suspension and along with
new shocks made it better," Yeack
said. "With running both cars I
could really see what the track was
doing and all the track time defi-
nitely helped us out."
The champion ended the sea-
son leading the classification with
the most top five finishes (eight)
as well as feature wins (four point
victories and one non-point win).
In only his second full season
in a Modified Yeack, 22, also won
two heat races and earned one fast
Kyle Yeack leads the way in a Modifieds race last summer.
time award.
"I'd like to thank my spon-
sors Mountain View Woodworking
Inc., Crawfordsville Engineering
and Construction, Cascade Out-
' door Power Equipment, and Un-
limited Business Service," Yeack
said. "I would also like to send a
special thanks to Laura Gillott, my
dad (Tom) for lending me his mo-
tor, and my brother Cory for work-
ing on my tires all year."
Finishing the year second in
points was Lebanon's Justin Evans,
earning the most fast times (three)
and heat race victories (five) dur-
ing the year.
Defending track champ Dustin
Dittman managed a third place fin-
ish in the points table with only a
single win to his credit.
Kevin Keeney of Sweet Home
finished fifth on the points list,
driving once again for longtime
car owner Glen Hackney. Keeney
only managed to finish in the top
five once during the course of the
year.
Modified Division Final Top 10
Point Standings: (1) Kyle Yeack
1272; (2) Justin Evans 1172; (3)
Dustin Dittman 1140; (4) Craig Cas-
sell 1103; (5) Kevin Keeney 781;
(6) John Campos 731; (7) T Craig
Hanson 731; (8) 8. Brett James 719;
(9) Jonathan Lewis 658; (10) Bubba
Foster 612.
Classic Sportsman
This was the third straight year
a Yeack has conquered the ranks
of the Classic Sportsman at Wil-
lamette Speedway, with the 2012
champion being Kyle Yeack after
his older brother Cory was trium-
phant last season and Kyle won in
2010.
Yeack won the championship
by a comfortable 149 points and
also won the championship in t
USRA Modifieds and earned a to-
tal of 13 main event wins at the his-
toric 1/3-mile oval.
There were a total of 14 races
were run in the Classic Sports-
man classification throughout the
season, producing six different
winners and Yeack won the lion's
share; earning a total of eight main
event victories and posting 12 top-
five finishes.
"This year was pretty good,"
Yeack said. "We built a whole new
car and this one worked a little bet-
ter. I was a little bit more patient
this year and we had some pretty
good runs and it all paid off.
"I'd like to thank my sponsors
Mountain View Woodworking Inc.,
Crawfordsville Engineering and
Construction, Cascade Outdoor
Power Equipment, Laura Gillott
Reality, and Unlimited Business
Service, as well as my pit crew for
helping me out while ran two dif-
ferent classes this year, especially
my brother Cory, who did tires."
In addition to earning the
most wins in the season, he also
achieved the most top-five finishes
with 12- plus three heat races and
two trophy dashes. He also won
the 50-lap Iron Giant Challenge in
early August.
Albany teenager Bricen James
finished the year as the runner-up
in the final points table, despite not
winning a feature. He Was a finish-
er among the top five on four occa-
sions and won one heat race.
Classic Sportsman Final Top Ten
Point Standings: (1) Kyle Yeack
1562; (2) Bricen James 1413; (3)
Steve Jorgeson 1346; (4) Doug Scott
1294; (5) Erik Jamport 1240; (6) Lar-
ry Rametes 1172; (7) J.J. Irvine 998;
(8) Shannon Horn 984; (9) Christina
Foster 960; (10) Sean Crank 947.
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