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2007 archives

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( Grand Junction, CO) Jeep Berry was a man on a mission in 2007, and that mission was to be the outright WDRA champion for 2007, after a very close points chase last season, which Dean Moore won by 3 points. Jeep accomplished that mission in a dominating fashion, sealing the deal with another feature win at the Emery Hooker Memorial race Saturday at Thunder Mountain Speedway. Jeep won all but two Features in 2007,
losing once to last year's champion, Dean Moore, and once to Arkansas's Jeff Taylor at the 1st Snap-On Dealers 4 Corners Shoot Out at Aztec Speedway. That means the Jeep bested the field of cars for 8 out of 10 races this season, finishing with 877 points.
The Western Dirt Racing Association CONGRATULATES JEEP BERRY for his great performances this season. A very big thank you goes out to all the fans, families, friends and drivers!
The WDRA Championship banquet will be December 1st.
 
Here is how the top 15 in WDRA points for 2007 came out:
 
WDRA Late Models   
Position Driver      City, State Points Behind
1    Jeep Berry    Grand Junction CO 877 Leader
2    Dean Moore    Grand Junction CO 802 -75
3    Curt Daniels    Paonia CO 737 -140
4    Michael McGinn    Wellington UT 715 -162
5    Jason Davis    Grand Junction CO 700 -177
6    Corey Smith    Helper UT 647 -230
7    Kyle Hill    Buena Vista CO 605 -272
8    Michael Wright    Rifle CO 589 -288
9    Dan Shepherd    Greeley CO 545 -332
10    Jesse Dimick    Price UT 535 -342
11    Ron Lengel    Price UT 520 -357
12    Terry Boushee    Aurora CA 504 -373
13    Andy Hill    Cahone CO 432 -445
14    Greg Scott    Grand Junction CO 269 -608
15    Brett Hallmark    Grand Junction CO 225 -652



Here is a photo of the WDRA 2007 Champion Jeep Berry.
Picture by Tom Freimann

 
 
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By Tom Freimann
 
(Olathe, CO) The Western Dirt Racing Association wrapped up the 2007 Racing season Saturday night at Thunder Mountain Speedway with the 2nd Annual 'Emery Hooker Memorial'. This was a $1500 to win event that was a planned celebration of the man who's love of dirt track racing was shared with everyone he knew around Western Colorado and Eastern Utah. Emery passed away last season at Thunder Mountain Speedway, doing what he loved to do, and being around the friends and family that made dirt track racing a way of life for many. On this night Mother Nature, however, did not cooperate with anyone. The day was a very windy and cool one, with everyone fighting wind gusts in the 40+ m.p.h. range. Track owner Sean Gibbs and his crew prepared the track as best they could, fighting the loose soil and high winds. As race time rolled around, a big storm cloud joined the melee, making everyone wonder if the races would get run or not.
Sixteen WDRA Dirt Late Models came out for the event, and a few of the drivers and car got tangled up in turn 2 during hot laps, with Corey Smith getting the worse of the deal, and his night ending before it really even began. Heat One rolled onto the track with out the 27 of Mike McGinn, who had fuel cell problems during hot laps. The heat was won by the 75B of Jeep Berry, with 2007 Rookie Kyle Hill racing from last beat the 29A of Jason Davis at the line for second by about a foot. Dan Shepherd and Bob Cook rounded out the top 5.
Heat 2 was missing it's Pole Sitter, Curt Daniels, and the car that was to start behind him , Corey Smith. This moved the 05 of Gary DeChant to the pole and shuffled the line up around. Heat Two was won by Gary DeChant, followed by the 40 of Aztec, NM's Jeff Davis. Davis edged out Dean Moore coming out of turn four, and Terry Boushee and Andy Hill rounded out the top five.
The WDRA had planned a great salute to Emery Hooker with the presentation of trophies for the Hooker family, however, the the high winds, cold temperatures and the ever impending threat of rain, the WDRA and Thunder Mountain Speedway simply allowed David Hooker to say a few words, so everyone could get home to a warm dry place. The rain started to fall as the 14 drivable machines took to the track for the main event, and the late models ran some laps to work the moisture in as the rain stopped. The Feature was marred by two multi car wrecks, one on lap two, and the second on lap three. The race ended with 2007 WDRA Points Champion, Jeep Beery,  winning yet another feature, and giving the fans a great show. Coming in second was Gary Dechant, followed by the 3C of Curt Daniels, who over came an early race incident and raced from last to third, even though he was one of the cars that wrecked in hot laps and missed his heat race. Fourth place was occupied by Racin Jason Davis in his 29A Rayburn. In fifth was last year WDRA Champion Dean Moore, who over came many adversities this year, both on and off the track, and ended the season in the runner up spot in the points chase. The sixth place spot was filled by Kyle Hill, and in 7th, his first night out in a late model, was Scott Aibner, from Rifle, CO. Rounding out the top ten were Mike McGinn, Jeff Davis and Andy Hill.
 
The WDRA will be gearing up for a bigger and better season in 2008 and hope to see new fans and drivers join us for some great racing action. The WDRA would like to thank all of the drivers, their families and the fans for their support.
Hope to see you all next year!!
 
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 75     Jeep Berry     Grand Junction, Co 50
2 3 05     Gary Dechant