6/26/2014
ASCS
Tight Points Battle for ASCS Northwest Going into Speedweek
(Photo Credit: Madman Photography)
Ben Deatherage - (June 26, 2014) Cottage Grove, Ore. - Despite neither of them visiting victory just quite yet in 2014 Vern Wheeler Jr. and Colin Baker enter Speedweek Northwest separated by only two points in the American Sprint Car Series-Northwest points with the advantage to Wheeler. Wheeler managed to post a second and a third respectively in the last two rounds of the campaign both of which were at Cottage Grove Speedway while Baker had mechanical problems the first night and rallied to a second place finish on night two.
Both drivers are having a breakout season with Baker winning the local 360 Sprint feature at Cottage Grove on Saturday June 21st. If either of them exit Speedweek as the point leaders it is a strong possibility that one of them could end the season as the ASCS-Northwest Region champion.
Don’t count out the rest of the top five as just thrity-three markers separate first place and fifth place in the table. Reece Goetz, Rob Held, and J.J. Hickle make up third through fifth respectively in the points chase with Hickle the only driver so far to net a win.
Speedweek Northwest begins on Sunday June 29th at Siskiyou Motor Speedway in Yreka, California. It will initiate a six races in seven nights stint that produces some of the best racing in the entire Western United States. For more information about the ASCS-Northwest Region log on to www.ascsnorthwest.com.
Current Point Standings (Top Ten): 1. 21W-Vern Wheeler Jr. 705; 2. 71-Colin Baker 702; 3. 9R-Reece Goetz 683; 4. 68-Rob Held 673; 5. 3-J.J. Hickle 672; 6. 33V-Henry Van Dam 659; 7. 7N-Jared Peterson 586; 8. 23-Seth Bergman 555; 9. 22-Garen Linder 550; 10. 16-Nick Tomlinson 516
2014 Speedweek Northwest Schedule
Sunday June 29th Siskiyou Motor Speedway (Yreka, CA)
Monday June 30th Southern Oregon Speedway (White City, OR)
Tuesday July 1st Coos Bay Speedway (Coos Bay, OR)
Wednesday July 2nd Willamette Speedway (Lebanon, OR)
Friday July 4th Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR)
Saturday July 5th Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR)
Submitted By: Bryan Hulbert
