ROSEBURG, Ore. — Douglas County, Derek Kraus and dominance. For the second year in a row, the three converged.
After leading 133 laps an route to the win last season, Kraus led flag to flag this go around to claim his third K&N West victory of the season and fifth overall in 2019 Saturday at Douglas County Speedway.
“It helps a lot when BMR brings me a great car like they did,” Kraus said. “They prepared me a great car here. We had to push Sonoma behind us from what happened there. Overall, we came to Roseburg knowing that we won last year, kept up the momentum and won this year. They brought me a really great car and I can’t thank them enough.”
The win continues Bill McAnally Racing’s dominance at the 0.375-mile Oregon oval. A BMR car has entered Victory Lane in eight of the last nine trips to Roseburg. Clearly, Kraus, BMR and DCS have a good thing going.
“They know what they’re doing when we come here to Roseburg,” he said. “I’m just fortunate enough to be able to be driving the race car.”
Jagger Jones came home second, 3.158 seconds behind Kraus, tying his career best finish. Hailie Deegan, Kraus’ BMR teammate, finished third. Trevor Huddleston and Brittney Zamora rounded out the top five finishers, putting all three BMR cars inside the top five.
Travis Milburn and Todd Souza finished sixth and seventh, respectively. Kody Vanderwal, John Wood and Takuma Koga completed the top 10.
Vanderwal, who ran as high as second but sustained hood damage when James Cooley slammed on the brakes in turn two as the caution was out, took the checkered flag in seventh but was rather disappointed in his run.