By Lonnie Wheatley
ELMA, Wash. (August 27, 2011) – Roger Crockett completed a sweep of the ASCS Northwest double by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s 30-lap feature event in the Grays Harbor Raceway Big E Weekend finale.
Crockett battled into the lead in traffic at the midway point and went on to post his fifth ASCS Northwest win of the season aboard the Omlid & Swinney No. 11 KPC.
While Crockett started from the pole position, it was front row outside starter Chadd Noland that led the way until traffic worked to Crockett’s advantage on the 15th round.
Crockett went on to take his 21st career ASCS Northwest checkered flag ahead of Henry Van Dam, with Jayme Barnes, Noland and Mason Moore rounding out the top five. Colton Heath was sixth, with Logan Forler, Randy VanAagten, Garen Linder and T.J. Hartman completing the top ten.
Van Dam, Trey Starks and Noland topped heat race action.
ASCS Northwest Results from Grays Harbor Raceway:
Heat One (10 Laps): 1. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 2. 11-Roger Crockett, 3. 33-Colton Heath, 4. 2L-Logan Forler, 5. 9a-Luke Didiuk, 6. 8rc-Jason Cocking.
Heat Two (10 Laps): 1. 55-Trey Starks, 2. 10j-Jake Waddell, 3. 9p-Jared Peterson, 4. 0j-Jay Cole, 5. 19-T.J. Hartman.
Heat Three (10 Laps): 1. 13-Chadd Noland, 2. 5h-Mason Moore, 3. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 4. 22-Garen Linder, 5. 99-Randy VanAagten.
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 11-Roger Crockett, 2. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 3. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 4. 13-Chadd Noland, 5. 5h-Mason Moore, 6. 33-Colton Heath, 7. 2L-Logan Forler, 8. 99-Randy VanAagten, 9. 22-Garen Linder, 10. 19-T.J. Hartman, 11. 10j-Jake Waddell, 12. 9a-Luke Didiuk, 13. 9p-Jared Peterson, 14. 55-Trey Starks, 15. 0j-Jay Cole. DNS: 8rc-Jason Cocking.
ASCS Northwest Points (Top Ten): 1. Roger Crockett 1,694, 2. Henry Van Dam 1,553, 3. Trey Starks 1,386, 4. Seth Bergman 1,258, 5. Chadd Noland 1,138, 6. Mason Moore 1,087, 7. Mitch Olson 1,075, 8. Jason Cocking 1,058, 9. Garen Linder 1,032, 10. Kyle Larson 860.