5/23/2015
Western Sprint Tour
Roger Crockett Wins WST Event At Southern Oregon Speedway
Roger Crockett Wins WST Event At Southern Oregon Speedway
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Dirt Monkey Productions)
Southern Oregon Speedway would be the site of the second race of the Western Sprint Tour in 2015. The Saturday May 23rd event would attract fourteen teams from the states of Oregon, Washington, and California. Despite the light car count a very fast race track was prepared and some great racing was witnessed.
On the opening start of the feature Medford's Roger Crockett would take full advantage of the outside front row starting position to obtain the lead in his Rocket Designs/Auto Stitch Embroidery/BC Motorsports/Parker Racing Engines #11 KPC. Crockett would set a blistering pace that even had him below the track record on lap times. By setting such a fast pace it meant lapped traffic would be in the picture.
Roger would get held up a couple of times by the back markers but a few cautions would occur at the right moments to bunch the field back up. After the final restart, due to a caution on lap sixteen, Crockett would receive a little pressure from challengers but not enough to give up his lead. He would stay out in front the rest of the way to win his first career Western Sprint Tour feature.
Stanwood, Washington's Jared Peterson was second, in the Roger Henderson owned Cascade Metal Recycling/All Points Petroleum/Dave Qualow Trucking/Bailey Brothers Performance Center #7N KPC, followed by Trey Starks of Puyallaup, Washington, piloting his Starks Timber Processing/Southstar Equipment Limited/Rutz Racing/MASCO Petroleum #55 J&J, in third. The Berco Redwood/Berry Logging/P.M. Truck Repair/LRB Manufacturing/Justice Brothers Car Car Products #31C A.R.T. Of Justyn Cox, Clarksburg, California, crossed the wire fourth and Salem's Kyle Miller was fifth in the Tim Galloway owned Myer's Logging/Automotive Sheetmetal/Trifer Glass & Tinting/Machined For Speed By Craig Jensen #51 XXX.
Roger Crockett set fast time of the night while Jared Peterson won the trophy dash. Heat races were won by Justyn Cox and Peterson.
The Western Sprint Tour returns to action on Sunday May 24th at Cottage Grove Speedway for the final leg of their Memorial Day Weekend Doubleheader. Admission prices are Adults $15.00, Juniors/Seniors/Military $13.00, Youths (Ages 6-12) $8.00, and Children 5 & Under FREE. Pit Gates will open at 2:00 PM, Front Gates 4:00, Qualifying 5:30, and Racing begins right around 6:45. Log on to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com for more information. For the latest WST news and info check out sprints.nwextremeseries.com.
Race Summary:
Western Sprint Tour Race #2
Southern Oregon Speedway
White City, Oregon
14 Cars
A Feature: 1. 11-Roger Crockett[2]; 2. 7N-Jared Peterson[1]; 3. 55-Trey Starks[3]; 4. 31C-Justyn Cox[4]; 5. 51-Kyle Miller[5]; 6. 22-Garen Linder[9]; 7. 5N-Seth Nunes[7]; 8. 45-Brent McGrath[10]; 9. 2Z-Todd Zeitler[8]; 10. 11K-Michael (Buddy) Kofoid[11]; 11. 96-Greg Hamilton[6]; 12. 23-Rob Lindsey[12]; 13. 21W-Jake Wheeler[14]; DNS 04-Todd Whipple
Hard Charger: Garen Linder +3
Lap Leaders: Roger Crockett (1-30)
Dash: 1. 7N-Jared Peterson; 2. 11-Roger Crockett; 3. 55-Trey Starks; 4. 31C-Justyn Cox; 5. 51-Kyle Miller; 6. 96-Greg Hamilton
Heat 1: 1. 31C-Justyn Cox; 2. 11-Roger Crockett; 3. 21W-Vern Wheeler; 4. 22-Garen Linder; 5. 5N-Seth Nunes; 6. 2Z-Todd Zeitler; 7. 23-Rob Lindsey
Heat 2: 1. 7N-Jared Peterson; 2. 51-Kyle Miller; 3. 55-Trey Starks; 4. 96-Greg Hamilton; 5. 11K-Michael (Buddy) Kofoid; 6. 45-Brent McGrath; DNS 04-Todd Whipple
Qualifying: 1. 11-Roger Crockett; 2. 55-Trey Starks; 3. 5N-Seth Nunes; 4. 96-Greg Hamilton; 5. 2Z-Todd Zeitler; 6. 45-Brent McGrath; 7. 21W-Vern Wheeler; 8. 51-Kyle Miller; 9. 31C-Justyn Cox; 10. 7N-Jared Peterson; 11. 22-Garen Linder; 12. 11K-Michael (Buddy) Kofoid; 13. 23-Rob Lindsey; 14. 04-Todd Whipple
Current Western Sprint Tour Points (Top Ten):
- 55-Trey Starks 183; 2. 5N-Seth Nunes 166; 3. 96-Greg Hamilton 160; 4. 22-Garen Linder 149; 5. 51-Kyle Miller 142; 6. 45-Brent McGrath 131; 7.23-Rob Lindsey 126; 8. 11-Roger Crockett 99; 9. 7N-Jared Peterson 88; 10. 31C-Justyn Cox 82
Submitted By: Ben Deatherage
