From Lonnie Wheatley
COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (July 3, 2010) – Roger Crockett defended his home turf in convincing fashion by charging to American Sprint Car Series Northwest victory lane at Cottage Grove Speedway on Saturday night.
Crockett raced into the lead in the early portion and lapped much of the field in the opening night of the two-night stand at Cottage Grove for his second series win of the year and 12th career ASCS Northwest victory.
Crockett took the checkered flag ahead of Henry Van Dam, with Mitch Olson, 20th-starter Jason Solwold and Chadd Noland rounding out the top five.
Seth Bergman was sixth, with Brock Lemley, Shane Forte, Jayme Barnes and Jared Peterson completing the top ten.
Van Dam, Olson, Lemley, Steven Tiner and Crockett topped heat race action for Saturday night’s 40-car field, with Logan Forler and Colin Baker winning the twin “B” Mains.
ASCS Northwest Results from Cottage Grove Speedway:
Heat One: 1. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 2. 22-Garen Linder, 3. 26f-Shane Forte, 4. 2z-Todd Zeitler, 5. 6m-Phillip Del Rosa, 6. 2m-Mike Melwicks, 7. 11w-Shane Broers, 8. 39c-Jason Solwold.
Heat Two: 1. 98m-Mitch Olson, 2. 08-Steve Vague, 3. 23b-Colin Baker, 4. 96-Mack Brown, 5. 15-Brad Groves, 6. 38-Jake Mann, 7. 5n-Seth Nunes, 8. 17-Cam Smith.
Heat Three: 1. 40-Brock Lemley, 2. 29-Willie Croft, 3. 9p-Jared Peterson, 4. 33-Nate Morelock, 5. 10-Kyle Miller, 6. 21-Colby Wiesz, 7. 19-T.J. Hartman, 8. 57x-Steve Stone.
Heat Four: 1. 94-Steven Tiner, 2. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 3. 57c-Chris Schmelzle, 4. 88-Brent Hoover, 5. 2L-Logan Forler, 6. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 7. 10j-Jake Waddell, 8. 73-Danielle Huson.
Heat Five: 1. 11-Roger Crockett, 2. 13-Chadd Noland, 3. 23-Seth Bergman, 4. 55-Trey Starks, 5. 53-Andy Gregg, 6. 76-Shawn Rice, 7. 25c-Chad Groves, 8. 12p-Randy Pierce.
First “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 2L-Logan Forler, 2. 33-Nate Morelock, 3. 53-Andy Gregg, 4. 21-Colby Wiesz, 5. 19-T.J. Hartman, 6. 76-Shawn Rice, 7. 11w-Shane Broers, 8. 96-Mack Brown, 9. 10j-Jake Waddell, 10. 12p-Randy Pierce, 11. 88-Brent Hoover, 12. 57x-Steve Stone.
Second “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 23b-Colin Baker, 2. 39c-Jason Solwold, 3. 10-Kyle Miller, 4. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 5. 2z-Todd Zeitler, 6. 25c-Chad Groves, 7. 2m-Mike Melwicks, 8. 6m-Phillip Del Rosa, 9. 5n-Seth Nunes, 10. 73-Danielle Huson, 11. 17-Cam Smith, 12. 38-Jake Mann.
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 11-Roger Crockett, 2. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 3. 98m-Mitch Olson, 4. 39c-Jason Solwold, 5. 13-Chadd Noland, 6. 23-Seth Bergman, 7. 40-Brock Lemley, 8. 26f-Shane Forte, 9. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 10. 9p-Jared Peterson, 11. 29-Willie Croft, 12. 22-Garen Linder, 13. 23b-Colin Baker, 14. 2L-Logan Forler, 15. 33-Nate Morelock, 16. 94-Steven Tiner, 17. 57c-Chris Schmelzle, 18. 55-Trey Starks, 19. 15-Brad Groves, 20. 08-Steve Vague.
ASCS Northwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Roger Crockett 572, 2. Jason Solwold 545, 3. Brock Lemley 508, 4. Mitch Olson 501, 5. Seth Bergman 470, 6. Jayme Barnes 442, 7. Henry Van Dam 439, 8. T.J. Hartman 393, 9. Colin Baker 390, 10. Shawn Rice 371.