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Johnson, Grimes win kart crowns Saturday Aug 19, 2017 at 2:00 AM WHITE CITY — Malachi Johnson used his third straight Beginners Box Stock main event win Friday to claim the championship at the Southern Oregon Speedway kart track. Johnson won both of his heat races and set a blistering pace in winning the 20-lap feature. Adrian Richard returned and outdueled 2016 champion Kiley Grimes for the third-place finish. Tevor Grimes won the Box Stock main event and then outran Cadyn Smith and Vinny DeBenedetti to win the 20-lap 250 Kart main event. The win in that race enabled Grimes to add a 250 championship to his third straight Box Stock title. Richard Torzilli won the 25-lap UAS Speedway Kart main event. Mike Wheeler won the two heat races and led the main event until he pitted on lap eight. Torzilli had the lead at that point and led the remaining laps to win ahead of Brionna Filler and Ed Grubb. Steve Rambo won the 25-lap 4 Cycle Kart main event with a flag-to-flag romp for the victory. Michael Vickers spun trying to take second early in the race, but he made a comeback from fourth that culminated in a last-lap pass on heat winner Debbie Medeiros for third. Vickers and his crew had to hustle to repair his kart after he spun in his heat race and was hit head on by Jerry Saybo. Two newcomers in the Beginners Box Stock class were given a 10-lap main event for their first race, and Carson Henson outran Mike Wheeler Jr. for the victory.