7/5/2016
Western Sprint Tour
Roger Crockett Edges Out Kyle Hirst At The Line To Win Night #2 Of Speedweek Northwest At CGS
Roger Crockett Edges Out Kyle Hirst At The Line To Win Night #2 Of Speedweek Northwest At CGS
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Speed Shift TV)
Cottage Grove, Oregon- Cottage Grove Speedway would host the second leg of the 2016 Speedweek Northwest schedule. It was another Independence Day thriller at CGS with the best car count of the week as well as a packed grandstand to watch the Monday July 4th action. Thirty-three cars were in attendance representing the states of Oregon, Washington, California, and Idaho as well as the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia and even a driver from the Southland region of New Zealand.
Roger Crockett would get out to the lead on the opening lap. The Medford driver started from the pole and was extremely quick from the get go. With a long green flag run it brought lapped traffic into the mix but Crockett would handle the slower cars extremely well.
A lap thirteen caution would bunch the field up and another yellow occurred on the nineteenth circuit, which would be the final stoppage of the race. Shortly after the restart Roger Crockett would have a little bit of difficulty making it around a lapped car which brought about an opportunity for him to be challenged.
Paradise, California’s Kyle Hirst made it around Crockett on lap twenty-five and looked to close out the race as the leader. Crockett reeled Hirst back in and at the drop of the white flag Hirst still possessed the coveted position. Both drivers would battle it out in lapped traffic on the final circuit.
Hirst had the advantage going into turns three and four. But coming out of the final bend Crockett would thread the needle underneath Hirst and edge him out for the victory. It marked the second consecutive win in the 2016 Speedweek for Crockett, the twenty-first Speedweek triumph of his career, and his seventh Speedweek triumph at CGS.
Kyle Hirst, driving for Scott and Jason Finley, was second followed by Visalia, Califronia driver Steven Tiner. Completing the top five finishing order included Cory Eliason, also from Visalia and driving for Harley Van Dyke, in fourth while fifth went to Trey Starks of Puyallup, Washington in the Doug and Kathy Rutz entry.
With so many cars the field was split into two groups for time trials. Kyle Hirst and Roger Crockett were the fastest cars in their respective groups. Heat race winners were Robbie Price of Cobble Hill, British Columbia, Steven Tiner, Eugene’s Kyle Miller, and Jason Solwold of Burlington, Washington. Miller was driving for car owner Kady Adelman while Solwold was in the familiar Mike Anderson machine.
Roger Crockett would earn the pole after capturing the win in the trophy dash. Raquel Ivie of Eugene would win the evening’s B Main.
Speedweek Northwest continues to Willamette Speedway on Tuesday July 5th for the third race of the year. Tickets are $16.00 for Adults, Seniors/Juniors (13-17)/Military $13.00, Youths (6-12) $8.00, and Kids (5 and Under) FREE. Racing starts around 6:30ish. For more information log on to www.trophymotorsports.com. Log on to sprints.nwextremeseries.com for all the latest news regarding Speedweek Northwest.
Race Summary:
Speedweek Northwest Race #2
Monday July 4th, 2016
Cottage Grove Speedway
Cottage Grove, Oregon
A Feature: 1. 11-Roger Crockett; 2. 77-Kyle Hirst; 3. 94-Steven Tiner; 4. 5H-Cory Eliason; 5. 8R-Trey Starks; 6. 2L-Logan Forler; 7. 33V-Henry VanDam; 8. 51-Bricen James; 9. 37-Mitchell Faccinto; 10. 17-Cameron (Cam) Smith; 11. 18-Jason Solwold; 12. 22-Garen Linder; 13. 3-J.J. Hickle; 14. 31C-Justyn Cox; 15. 44-Jake Helsel; 16. 5D-Patrick Dills; 17. 2JR-Kelly Miller; 18. 1B-Chelsea Blevins; 19. 21P-Robbie Price; 20. 70-Raquel Ivie; 21. 12-Jared Ridge; 22. 6A-Kyle Miller
B Feature: 1. 70-Raquel Ivie; 2. 33V-Henry VanDam; 3. 31C-Justyn Cox; 4. 1B-Chelsea Blevins; 5. 44-Jake Helsel; 6. 21WR-Jake Wheeler; 7. 44NZ-Daniel Anderson; 8. 21-Mike Griffith; 9. 4D-Cooper Desbiens; 10. 26F-Shane Forte; 11. 8X-John Stuart; 12. 5-Brian Boswell; 13. 10-Don Waddell; 14. N8-Nate Vaughn; 15. 57-Dusty Redmond; (DNS) 22C-Trevor Cook
Dash : 1. 11-Roger Crockett; 2. 5H-Cory Eliason; 3. 77-Kyle Hirst; 4. 94-Steven Tiner; 5. 8R-Trey Starks; 6. 3-J.J. Hickle
Heat 1: 1. 21P-Robbie Price; 2. 77-Kyle Hirst; 3. 2JR-Kelly Miller; 4. 22-Garen Linder; 5. 37-Mitchell Faccinto; 6. 31C-Justyn Cox; 7. 4D-Cooper Desbiens; 8. 1B-Chelsea Blevins; 9. N8-Nate Vaughn
Heat 2: 1. 94-Steven Tiner; 2. 51-Bricen James; 3. 11-Roger Crockett; 4. 5D-Patrick Dills; 5. 44NZ-Daniel Anderson; 6. 26F-Shane Forte; 7. 33V-Henry VanDam; 8. 8X-John Stuart
Heat 3: 1. 6A-Kyle Miller; 2. 12-Jared Ridge; 3. 8R-Trey Starks; 4. 17-Cameron (Cam) Smith; 5. 44-Jake Helsel; 6. 70-Raquel Ivie; 7. 10-Don Waddell; 8. 21WR-Jake Wheeler
Heat 4: 1. 2L-Logan Forler; 2. 18-Jason Solwold; 3. 3-J.J. Hickle; 4. 5H-Cory Eliason; 5. 57-Dusty Redmond; 6. 21-Mike Griffith; 7. 5-Brian Boswell; 8. 22C-Trevor Cook
Qualifying 1: 1. 77-Kyle Hirst; 2. 8R-Trey Starks; 3. 37-Mitchell Faccinto; 4. 17-Cameron (Cam) Smith; 5. 1B-Chelsea Blevins; 6. 70-Raquel Ivie; 7. 22-Garen Linder; 8. 21WR-Jake Wheeler; 9. 2JR-Kelly Miller; 10. 12-Jared Ridge; 11. 21P-Robbie Price; 12. 6A-Kyle Miller; 13. 31C-Justyn Cox; 14. 44-Jake Helsel; 15. N8-Nate Vaughn; 16. 10-Don Waddell; 17. 4D-Cooper Desbiens
Qualifying 2: 1. 11-Roger Crockett; 2. 5H-Cory Eliason; 3. 94-Steven Tiner; 4. 3-J.J. Hickle; 5. 33V-Henry VanDam; 6. 18-Jason Solwold; 7. 5D-Patrick Dills; 8. 2L-Logan Forler; 9. 51-Bricen James; 10. 22C-Trevor Cook; 11. 44NZ-Daniel Anderson; 12. 57-Dusty Redmond; 13. 26F-Shane Forte; 14. 5-Brian Boswell; 15. 8X-John Stuart; 16. 21-Mike Griffith
Speedweek Northwest Point Standings (Top Ten):
- 11-Roger Crockett 196; 2. 5H-Cory Eliason 176; T 94-Steven Tiner; 4. 8R-Trey Starks 151; 5. 22-Garen Linder 147; 6. 37-Mitchell Faccinto 144; 7. 31C-Justyn Cox 140; 8. 2JR-Kelly Miller 125; 9. N8-Nate Vaugn 116; 10. 10-Don Waddell 108
Submitted By: Ben Deatherage