By Lonnie Wheatley
COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (July 4, 2010) – Roger Crockett tuned up for the upcoming Lucas Oil ASCS National Sprint Car invasion of the Northwest in top form by completing a sweep of the American Sprint Car Series Northwest Region weekend double at Cottage Grove Speedway with a win in Sunday night’s 30-lap feature event.
After lapping all but the runner-up finisher on Saturday night, the reigning ASCS Northwest champion notched his second win in a row and third series score of the year to celebrate the Fourth of July festivities.
Crockett took Sunday night’s checkered flag ahead of Seth Bergman, with Jason Solwold, Chadd Noland and Kyle Miller rounding out the top five. Jayme Barnes was sixth, with Steven Tiner, Willie Croft, Nate Morelock and Logan Forler completing the top ten.
Noland, Crockett, Morelock, Barnes and Bergman topped heat race action for the 40-car field, with Mitch Olson and Andy Gregg best in the twin “B” Mains.
ASCS Northwest Results from Cottage Grove Speedway:
Heat One: 1. 13-Chadd Noland, 2. 40-Brock Lemley, 3. 53-Andy Gregg, 4. 98m-Mitch Olson, 5. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 6. 21-Colby Wiesz, 7. 25c-Chad Groves, 8. 15-Brad Groves.
Heat Two: 1. 11-Roger Crockett, 2. 94-Steven Tiner, 3. 6m-Phillip Del Rosa, 4. 26f-Shane Forte, 5. 08-Steve Vague, 6. 19-T.J. Hartman, 7. 57x-Steve Stone, 8. 38-Jake Mann.
Heat Three: 1. 33-Nate Morelock, 2. 29-Willie Croft, 3. 10-Kyle Miller, 4. 76-Shawn Rice, 5. 17-Cam Smith, 6. 5n-Seth Nunes, 7. 88-Brent Hoover, 8. 73-Danielle Huson.
Heat Four: 1. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 2. 55-Trey Starks, 3. 2L-Logan Forler, 4. 96-Mack Brown, 5. 10j-Jake Waddell, 6. 2m-Mike Melwicks, 7. 11w-Shane Broers, 8. 57c-Chris Schmelzle.
Heat Five: 1. 23-Seth Bergman, 2. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 3. 22-Garen Linder, 4. 9p-Jared Peterson, 5. 23b-Colin Baker, 6. 39c-Jason Solwold, 7. 12p-Randy Pierce, 8. 2z-Todd Zeitler.
First “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 98m-Mitch Olson, 2. 22-Garen Linder, 3. 23b-Colin Baker, 4. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 5. 19-T.J. Hartman, 6. 21-Colby Wiesz, 7. 6m-Phillip Del Rosa, 8. 57c-Chris Schmelzle, 9. 25c-Chad Groves, 10. 11w-Shane Broers, 11. 9p-Jared Peterson, 12. 12p-Randy Pierce.
Second “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 53-Andy Gregg, 2. 5n-Seth Nunes, 3. 76-Shawn Rice, 4. 2m-Mike Melwicks, 5. 10j-Jake Waddell, 6. 73-Danielle Huson, 7. 26f-Shane Forte, 8. 15-Brad Groves, 9. 2z-Todd Zeitler, 10. 57x-Steve Stone, 11. 88-Brent Hoover, 12. 38-Jake Mann.
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 11-Roger Crockett, 2. 23-Seth Bergman, 3. 39c-Jason Solwold, 4. 13-Chadd Noland, 5. 10-Kyle Miller, 6. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 7. 94-Steven Tiner, 8. 29-Willie Croft, 9. 33-Nate Morelock, 10. 2L-Logan Forler, 11. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 12. 55-Trey Starks, 13. 98m-Mitch Olson, 14. 53-Andy Gregg, 15. 40-Brock Lemley, 16. 22-Garen Linder, 17. 08-Steve Vague, 18. 96-Mack Brown, 19. 17-Cam Smith, 20. 5n-Seth Nunes.
ASCS Northwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Roger Crockett 722, 2. Jason Solwold 680, 3. Seth Bergman 612, 4. Brock Lemley 608, 5. Mitch Olson 605, 6. Jayme Barnes 564, 7. Henry Van Dam 547, 8. Trey Starks 475, 9. Garen Linder 463, 10. T.J. Hartman 458.