7/14/2018
Cottage Grove Speedway
Michael Kofoid Becomes First Repeat Winner Of 2018 Champion Racing Oil Speedweek Northwest; Wins First Night At CGS
Michael Kofoid Becomes First Repeat Winner Of 2018 Champion Racing Oil Speedweek Northwest; Wins First Night At CGS
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy Of Stephanie Deatherage)
Cottage Grove, Oregon- Cottage Grove Speedway would host the fourth round of the 2018 Champion Racing Oil Speedweek Northwest, presented by BC Motorsports and Highline Performance, schedule. Twenty-eight entries would fill up the pit area for their first of two nights at “The Grove”. The states of Oregon, Washington, California, Arizona, and Texas were represented as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia.
In the main event Austen Wheatley showed the way in the opening laps. Wheatley, of Lake Stevens, Washington, was fast in preliminary action earlier in the evening despite making his first start of the week. He would be caught on the eleventh circuit by Penngrove, California’s Michael Kofoid.
Kofoid, racing for British Columbia car owners Doug and Kathy Rutz, would have to work his way through some very thick traffic but managed to retain the lead each time. There would be a couple of times when he would handle a lot of pressure but managed to keep all challengers in check. Kofoid would win his second Speedweek feature of the week and the second of his career.
Kyle Miller, from Salem and running for car owner Kady Adelman, was second over El Paso, Texas’ John Carney, in the Clayton Snow owned entry, in third. Austen Wheatley completed his night in fourth followed by fifth finishing Justyn Cox, of Clarksburg, California.
Qualifying was split into two groups with Mill Creek, Washington native Cam Smith and Michael Kofoid getting fast time of the night. Heat race winners were Harrisburg teenager Tyler Thomas, Jake Waddell of Roseburg, Benicia, California’s Billy Aton, and Lucas Ashe from Cottonwood, California. Marysville, Washington pilot Colton Heath, in the Kelly Welch and Alan Larson owned entry, won the consolation feature. Austen Wheatley won the Trophy Dash to earn the inside front row starting position.
Champion Racing Oil Speedweek Northwest, presented by BC Motorsports and Highline Performance, concludes on Saturday, the 14th, at Cottage Grove Speedway. Tickets are Adults $15.00, Juniors (13-17)/Seniors (62+)/Military $12.00, Kids (6-12) $5.00, and Children (5 & Under) FREE. For more information log on to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com.
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Race Results:
Champion Racing Oil Speedweek Northwest presented by BC Motorsports and Highline Performance Race #4
Friday, July 13th, 2018
Cottage Grove Speedway
Cottage Grove, Oregon
A Feature: 1. 8R-Michael Kofoid, ; 2. 6A-Kyle Miller, ; 3. 7-John Carney II, ; 4. 45-Austen Wheatley, ; 5. 31C-Justyn Cox, ; 6. 88N-D.J. Netto, ; 7. 18-Jason Solwold, ; 8. 17-Cam Smith, ; 9. 22-Garen Linder, ; 10. 18T-Tanner Holmes, ; 11. 21W-Jake Wheeler, ; 12. 26-Billy Aton, ; 13. 7N-Zack Lynskey, ; 14. 33-Lucas Ashe, ; 15. 94-Steven Tiner, ; 16. 33H-Colton Heath, ; 17. 10J-Jake Waddell, ; 18. 12H-Jake Haulot, ; 19. 34S-Melissa Solesbee, ; 20. 9-Dustin Freitas, ; 21. 5-Brian Boswell, ; 22. 21P-Robbie Price, ; 23. 7T-Tyler Thompson, ; 24. 2K-Kyle Offill,
B Feature: 1. 33H-Colton Heath, ; 2. 34S-Melissa Solesbee, ; 3. 70-Raquel Ivie, ; 4. 5-Brian Boswell, ; 5. 9-Dustin Freitas, ; 6. 12J-John Clark, ; 7. 2-Alex Pettas, ; 8. 34-T.J. Richman,
Dash: 1. 45-Austen Wheatley, ; 2. 7-John Carney II, ; 3. 8R-Michael Kofoid, ; 4. 31C-Justyn Cox, ; 5. 21W-Jake Wheeler, ; 6. 17-Cam Smith,
Heat 1: 1. 7T-Tyler Thompson, ; 2. 2K-Kyle Offill, ; 3. 8R-Michael Kofoid, ; 4. 22-Garen Linder, ; 5. 21W-Jake Wheeler, ; 6. 34S-Melissa Solesbee, ; 7. 70-Raquel Ivie,
Heat 2: 1. 10J-Jake Waddell, ; 2. 12H-Jake Haulot, ; 3. 17-Cam Smith, ; 4. 18T-Tanner Holmes, ; 5. 88N-D.J. Netto, ; 6. 5-Brian Boswell, ; 7. 9-Dustin Freitas,
Heat 3: 1. 26-Billy Aton, ; 2. 21P-Robbie Price, ; 3. 6A-Kyle Miller, ; 4. 45-Austen Wheatley, ; 5. 33H-Colton Heath, ; 6. 18-Jason Solwold, ; 7. 12J-John Clark,
Heat 4: 1. 33-Lucas Ashe, ; 2. 7-John Carney II, ; 3. 94-Steven Tiner, ; 4. 31C-Justyn Cox, ; 5. 7N-Zack Lynskey, ; 6. 2-Alex Pettas, ; 7. 34-T.J. Richman,
Qualifying 1: 1. 17-Cam Smith, ; 2. 45-Austen Wheatley, ; 3. 21W-Jake Wheeler, ; 4. 18-Jason Solwold, ; 5. 22-Garen Linder, ; 6. 6A-Kyle Miller, ; 7. 34S-Melissa Solesbee, ; 8. 33H-Colton Heath, ; 9. 2K-Kyle Offill, ; 10. 21P-Robbie Price, ; 11. 7T-Tyler Thompson, ; 12. 26-Billy Aton, ; 13. 70-Raquel Ivie, ; 14. 12J-John Clark,
Qualifying 2: 1. 8R-Michael Kofoid, ; 2. 31C-Justyn Cox, ; 3. 88N-D.J. Netto, ; 4. 7N-Zack Lynskey, ; 5. 18T-Tanner Holmes, ; 6. 7-John Carney II, ; 7. 5-Brian Boswell, ; 8. 94-Steven Tiner, ; 9. 10J-Jake Waddell, ; 10. 2-Alex Pettas, ; 11. 12H-Jake Haulot, ; 12. 33-Lucas Ashe, ; 13. 9-Dustin Freitas,
2018 Champion Racing Oil Speedweek Northwest presented by BC Motorsports and Highline Performance Schedule
Monday, July 9th-Siskiyou Motor Speedway-Yreka, California-CANCELLED
Tuesday, July 10th-Coos Bay Speedway-Coos Bay, Oregon-Willie Croft
Wednesday, July 11th-Willamette Speedway-Lebanon, Oregon-Michael Kofoid
Thursday, July 12th-Sunset Speedway Park-Banks, Oregon-Steven Tiner
Friday, July 13th-Cottage Grove Speedway-Cottage Grove, Oregon-Michael Kofoid
Saturday, July 14th-Cottage Grove Speedway-Cottage Grove, Oregon
Submitted By: Ben Deatherage
