Kinzer Cox won Saturday's sprint car feature at Southern Oregon Speedway.
Kinzer Cox won Saturday's sprint car feature at Southern Oregon Speedway.

Cox Snaps Wheeler’s Southern Oregon Streak

Kinzer Cox won Saturday's sprint car feature at Southern Oregon Speedway.
Kinzer Cox won Saturday’s sprint car feature at Southern Oregon Speedway.

WHITE CITY, Ore. – Kinzer Cox made a surprise visit to Southern Oregon Speedway and won the 25-lap Kendall Oil Winged Sprint Car feature Saturday night.

The Cottage Grove Speedway star led all the way to snap a three race win streak for point leader Mike Wheeler.

Cox was trailed early by David Hibbard before Tanner Holmes gained second on lap six. Wheeler, meanwhile, started midway back in the 15 car field and managed to take third from Hibbard on lap 18.

Wheeler overtook Holmes for second on lap 21 and set his sights on Cox. Trouble with slower car on lap 23 slowed Wheeler’s momentum. Wheeler still made a last lap bid to take the lead in the final turn, but Cox prevailed at the checkered flag.

Holmes settled for third ahead of Jake Wheeler and Bailey Hibbard.

Zach Fettinger won the 25-lap IMCA Modified feature. This was the first win of the season for the point leader, and he had to come from the back to do it. Dave Duste Jr. led at the start, and Fettinger made a strong move on the inside in turn four to gain fourth on lap two.

A lap later, Fettinger was in third, and he slipped past Duane Orsburn in Turn 4 on lap five for second. An inside move in turn four of the 13th lap put Fettinger into the lead. Fettinger and Duste ran strong on the bottom groove for a 1-2 finish. Justin Foux finished third followed by Jesse Bailey and Andy Freeman.

Point leader Trent Elliott won the 25-lap Late Model main. It was his second win of the season and capped a clean sweep as he won the Trophy Dash and his heat race. Elliott led from the start with Darren Coffell in pursuit. It only took eight laps before Elliott was working slower traffic.

There were three yellow flags, but Elliott motored ahead on each restart and brought it home to a well earned victory. Coffell settled for second ahead of Dave Everson, Nathan Augustine and Bob Dees.

Braxton Possinger won the 20-lap IMCA Sport Modified feature. Possinger led from the start through several yellow flag periods. Issac Sanders ran second most of the race and withstood late pressure from point leader Jorddon Braaten. Possinger won ahead of Isaac Sanders, Braaten, Matt Sanders and Branden Wilson.

Josh King won his second 20 lap Southern Oregon Dwarf Car Main Event. King sprinted into the lead from the start. However, the battle got close by lap 15. A lap later, Camden Robustelli raced by on the outside in turn four to briefly gain the lead.

However, Brock Peters made a low pass in turn four on lap 17 to take the lead. During a lap 18 caution period, Peters suffered a mechanical issue to end his race. King suddenly found himself leading again, and he led the rest of the way to win ahead of Robustelli, Chad Cardoza, Cody Peters and Ryan Smith.