[b Hockett Wins ASCS Northwest Speedweek Opener at Medford] Shawn Miller, MEDFORD, Ore. (July 13, 2009) – He was the second-to-last racer to arrive to the track on Monday, but the first to cross the finish line. Jesse Hockett, who spent the previous 28 hours driving to the Southern Oregon Speedway, dominated the first night of the American Sprint Car Series Northwest Region Speedweek. While the journey to the track took awhile, the Warsaw, Mo., native made quick work of the competition in the...more

Lonnie Wheatley, ELMA, Wash. (May 29, 2010) – Jason Solwold kicked off the American Sprint Car Series Northwest Region 2010 season by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s lidlifter at Grays Harbor Raceway. It came at Seth Bergman’s expense though. After a year on the Lucas Oil ASCS National trail, Bergman raced into the lead in the early going and had the race well in hand until mechanical gremlins struck in the closing rounds that opened the door for Solwold’s fourth career ASCS...more

Lonnie Wheatley, GREAT FALLS, Mont. (June 13, 2010) – Gary Taylor made the trip from Oklahoma to Montana well worthwhile with a triumphant return to American Sprint Car Series victory lane after topping Sunday night’s 30-lap ASCS Northwest main event at Electric City Speedway. The Washington state native now residing in Tulsa, OK, earned this one as well, battling past both Jason Solwold and Roger Crockett to take the top spot in Nubby Peterson’s Ostrich-powered Apple Valley Backhoe No. 23n...more

Stacy Verrall, TULSA, Okla. (June 28, 2010) - There’s going to be fireworks on land and in the air this weekend as the ASCS Northwest winged sprint cars rocket around the fastest ¼-mile dirt track in the northwest at Oregon’s Cottage Grove Speedway this Saturday and Sunday, July 3rd and 4th. Current ASCS Northwest points leader Roger Crockett will be battling for the victory on his home turf against some of the best Sprint Car racers the west coast has to offer. With Jason Solwold trailing by...more

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,...more

Stacy Verrall, TULSA, Okla. (July 9, 2010) - It’s summer. It’s super. It’s sizzlin’. It’s the ASCS Northwest’s Super Sizzlin’ Summer Speedweek. An army of the best sprint car racers on the west coast will participate in a five night battle starting with Southern Oregon Speedway on July 12th, Willamette Speedway on July 13th, Sunset Speedway on July 14th and ending with an epic two day clash against Lucas Oil ASCS National drivers for the 4th Annual Fred Brownfield Memorial Sprint Challenge at...more

Lonnie Wheatley, MEDFORD, Ore. (July 12, 2010) – Travis Rilat made the nearly 1,800 mile haul from Saturday night’s Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National event in Hartford, SD, to Oregon pay off with a $2,000 win in Monday night’s ASCS Northwest Speedweek opener at Southern Oregon Speedway. The Forney, TX, shoe kicked off ASCS Northwest festivities with his first ASCS win of the year aboard the Shark-powered F&J Construction No. 29 Triple-X. Rilat took the checkered flag in the...more

Lonnie Wheatley, BANKS, Ore. (July 14, 2010) – Kyle Hirst notched his first career American Sprint Car Series feature triumph by winning Wednesday night’s 30-lap ASCS Northwest Speedweek main event at Sunset Speedway. After finishes of third and second in the initial two rounds of ASCS Northwest Speedweek, Hirst stepped to the top of the podium by becoming the third different winner in as many nights of Speedweek competition in Oregon. The 22-year-old Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters...more

Stacy Verrall, SEATTLE, Wash. (July 21, 2010) - Jack Dilley Logging offered up $5,000 this year for the ASCS Northwest's Mid-Season Point Fund to be distributed among the top five in accumulative points from the July 3-4 weekend in Cottage Grove and all five of the 13th Annual Northwest Speedweek races (1 @Southern Oregon Speedway, 1 @Willamette Speedway, 1 @Sunset Speedway, 2 @Grays Harbor Raceway). Early on it appeared Roger Crockett was untouchable after sweeping the Cottage Grove event and...more

Stacy Verrall, SEATTLE, Wash. (August 18, 2010) – With drivers having nearly a month to think about the tightened gaps in the point standings after the ASCS National swing, it’s going to be a sure-fire recipe for a weekend of ASCS Northwest excitement at Sunset Speedway in Banks, OR on August 20th and Coos Bay Speedway in Coos Bay, OR on August 21st. Coming into the weekend, Shark Racing Engine’s Jason Solwold will be merely 20 points behind defending ASCS Northwest champion Roger Crockett....more