Day 2 of the Labor day weekend action at Coosbay Speedway seen a whole different track as the
dirt had gone to a dry slick condition and the car setups would be completely different as compared to Sat. nite. The #67 Southcoast Construction/Gooneys Sport Bar/Oregon Tool& Supply Rocket
hit track in morning hotlaps and would require some major changes to get hold of the extremely slick surface as changes were made the car was getting better, but the track was getting worse as the day wore on. In the Local Latemodel Class the #67 Rocket would qualify 4th. Driver Mike George would take the #67 Gooneys Sports Bar Rocket to the win in the Trophy dash, and in a
back and forth battle with the #02 of Kelly McIntyre would take the win in the Heat Race.
The Main Event would begin with the #02 of mcintyre on the outside of the front row and the #67
Southcoast Construction/Oregon Tool&Supply Rocket in the 2nd row on the outside behind Mcintyre, as the race started the #02 of Mcintyre jumped into lead with the #67 of Mike George
in hot pursuit in the 2nd pos., the main would run that way as the two point leaders would finish
that way.
The NW Crate Series would get there part of the program started with #67 Gooneys Sports Bar/ Oregon Tool& Supply Rocket Qualifying in the 10th pos, that would driver Mike George in the A-Main, with a 5th place finish in the Heat race a few changes were made to the #67 Rocket by
the SouthCoast/Gooneys crew to ready the Rocket Chassis for the main event.
The main Event would start with the #67 Oregon Tool DLM in the 4th position, and would run in the 4th position until lap 14 when The #67 was moved up out of the groove and was passed by several cars until falling into the 10th pos. Driver Mike George would run in the 10th pos. until lap 35 when he decided to get out of the way of the cars running for the points Championship in the NW Crate series finishing in the 13th pos on the lead lap. Mike George the driver of the #67 Rocket would like to take this opportunity to thank for all the support from his Sponsors Including SouthCoast Construction, Gooneys Sports Bar , Oregon Tool & Supply, Bay Cities Motorsports, MK Plumbing, Bassett Hyland Energy Co, and Most Importantly Mikes Wife Misty
who provides all the support behind the scenes.
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