5/25/2015
Western Sprint Tour
Crockett Sweeps Memorial Day Weekend Doubleheader With CGS Victory
Crockett Sweeps Memorial Day Weekend Doubleheader With CGS Victory
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Dirt Monkey Productions)
Cottage Grove Speedway would be the site of the third race of the season for the Western Sprint Tour, and the second event of the weekend, on Sunday May 24th. Twenty-eight 360 Sprint Car teams would be on tap representing the states of Oregon, Washington, and California.
In the main event Enumclaw, Washington's Henry Van Dam would take the initial race lead in his Kovash Logging/Johansen Excavating/FK Shocks/Big Al Kids & Motorsports Foundation #33V A.R.T. Van Dam would enter lapped traffic with the race lead and just as things were dicing up the caution would wave on lap five.
On the ensuing restart Henry would still retain the race lead but would receive considerable pressure from Medford chauffeur Roger Crockett. Crockett, in the Rocket Designs/Auto Stitch Embroidery/BC Motorsports/Parker Racing Engines #11 KPC, would make a pass in traffic on Van Dam on lap ten. From there Roger would pull away from the rest of the field.
A red flag incident later in the race would bunch the field up one last time but several lapped cars were between the leader. Crockett would cruise the rest of the distance to win the main event and his second straight WST triumph.
Garen Linder of Central Point would hold on to second at the wire in his Linder Powdercoating/Visual EFX & Designs/Rodgers Racing Engines #22 KPC while Henry Van Dam was third. Puyallup, Washington's Trey Starks would finish fourth in the Southstar Equipment Limited/Starks Timber Processing/Rutz Racing/MASCO Petroleum #55 J&J and in fifth was the Myer's Logging/Automotive Sheetmetal/Trifer Glass & Tinting/Machined For Speed By Craig Jensen #51 XXX of Salem pilot Kyle Miller, driving for car owner Tim Galloway, and recovering after a incident during the formation laps.
Henry Van Dam was fast time of the night while Trey Starks won the trophy dash. Heat winners were the Great Western Transport/Speedmart Inc./Elma Lanes #91 Rocket of Chase Goetz, out of Snohomish, Washington, Roger Crockett, Trey Starks, and Clarksburg, California's Justyn Cox in his Berco Redwood/Berry Lumber/P.M. Truck Repair/LRB Manufacturing #31C A.R.T. Roseburg driver Kyler Barraza won the consolation feature in the Barraza Racing/Johnson Rock/Hedge Carter Gutter Service/Rodgers Racing Engines #87 XXX.
The Western Sprint Tour will be taking about a month off before gearing up for the 2015 Speedweek Northwest. The next event is the Speedweek opener on Sunday June 28th at Siskiyou Motor Speedway in Yreka, California. For the latest news and information regarding the Western Sprint Tour log on to sprints.nwextremeseries.com.
Race Summary:
Western Sprint Tour Race #3
Sunday May 24th, 2015
Cottage Grove Speedway
Cottage Grove, Oregon
A Feature: 1. 11-Roger Crockett[3]; 2. 22-Garen Linder[4]; 3. 33V-Henry VanDam[2]; 4. 55-Trey Starks[1]; 5. 51-Kyle Miller[9]; 6. 9-Jayme Barnes[5]; 7. 31C-Justyn Cox[12]; 8. 3-J.J. Hickle[8]; 9. 7N-Jared Peterson[6]; 10. 5N-Seth Nunes[7]; 11. 96-Greg Hamilton[10]; 12. 11K-Michael (Buddy) Kofoid[18]; 13. 87-Kyler Barraza[17]; 14. 5D-Patrick Dills[19]; 15. 23-Rob Lindsey[15]; 16. 24-Tyler Anderson[20]; 17. 91-Chase Goetz[13]; 18. 2Z-Todd Zeitler[14]; 19. 17-Cameron (Cam) Smith[11]; 20. 21W-Jake Wheeler[16]
Hard Charger: Michael Kofoid +6
Lap Leaders: Henry Van Dam (1-9), Roger Crockett (10-30)
B Feature: 1. 87-Kyler Barraza; 2. 11K-Michael (Buddy) Kofoid; 3. 5D-Patrick Dills; 4. 24-Tyler Anderson; 5. 10K-Jake Waddell; 6. 70-Raquel Ivie; 7. 26F-Shane Forte; 8. 4D-Cooper Desbiens; 9. 45-Brent McGrath; 10. 77-Brian Lemon; DNS 21-Mike Griffith; DNS 18-Jason Solwold
Dash: 1. 55-Trey Starks; 2. 33V-Henry VanDam; 3. 11-Roger Crockett; 4. 22-Garen Linder; 5. 9-Jayme Barnes; 6. 7N-Jared Peterson
Heat 1: 1. 91-Chase Goetz; 2. 5N-Seth Nunes; 3. 22-Garen Linder; 4. 33V-Henry VanDam; 5. 24-Tyler Anderson; 6. 10K-Jake Waddell; 7. 18-Jason Solwold
Heat 2: 1. 11-Roger Crockett; 2. 21W-Jake Wheeler; 3. 17-Cameron (Cam) Smith; 4. 96-Greg Hamilton; 5. 70-Raquel Ivie; 6. 5D-Patrick Dills; 7. 4D-Cooper Desbiens
Heat 3: 1. 55-Trey Starks; 2. 2Z-Todd Zeitler; 3. 51-Kyle Miller; 4. 7N-Jared Peterson; 5. 11K-Michael (Buddy) Kofoid; 6. 45-Brent McGrath; 7. 77-Brian Lemon
Heat 4: 1. 31C-Justyn Cox; 2. 9-Jayme Barnes; 3. 87-Kyler Barraza; 4. 3-J.J. Hickle; 5. 23-Rob Lindsey; DNS 26F-Shane Forte; DNS 21-Mike Griffith
Qualifying: 1. 33V-Henry VanDam; 2. 11-Roger Crockett; 3. 7N-Jared Peterson; 4. 3-J.J. Hickle; 5. 22-Garen Linder; 6. 96-Greg Hamilton; 7. 51-Kyle Miller; 8. 9-Jayme Barnes; 9. 5N-Seth Nunes; 10. 17-Cameron (Cam) Smith; 11. 55-Trey Starks; 12. 23-Rob Lindsey; 13. 18-Jason Solwold; 14. 5D-Patrick Dills; 15. 11K-Michael (Buddy) Kofoid; 16. 31C-Justyn Cox; 17. 91-Chase Goetz; 18. 70-Raquel Ivie; 19. 2Z-Todd Zeitler; 20. 87-Kyler Barraza; 21. 24-Tyler Anderson; 22. 21W-Jake Wheeler; 23. 45-Brent McGrath; 24. 26F-Shane Forte; 25. 10K-Jake Waddell; 26. 4D-Cooper Desbiens; 27. 77-Brian Lemon; DNQ 21-Mike Griffith
Current Western Sprint Tour Points (Top Ten):
- 55-Trey Starks 265; 2.22-Garen Linder 239; 3. 5N-Seth Nunes 233; 4. 96-Greg Hamilton 227; 5. 51-Kyle Miller 221; 6. 11-Roger Crockett 198; 7. 23-Rob Lindsey 185;
- 45-Brent McGrath 170; 9. 7N-Jared Peterson 161; 10. 31C-Justyn Cox 156
Submitted By: Ben Deatherage