Barnes Bags Inaugural ASCS Northwest Win at Grays Harbor
ELMA, Wash. (May 24, 2008) -- Jayme Barnes etched his
name into the American Sprint Car Series record books by winning the
inaugural ASCS Northwest Region feature event Saturday night at Grays
Harbor Raceway Park.
Barnes fought off Henry VanDam early in the 30-lapper and went on to
capture the win by a 1.086-second margin over VanDam, with Jonathan
Allard claiming show honors.
Seth Bergman was fourth, with Glenn Borden, Jr., rounding out the top
five. Brandon Boyce, Jared Peterson, Jay Cole, Rob Held and 17th-starter
Jared Ridge completed the top ten.
Crockett, Barnes, Bergman and Allard topped heat race action for the
28-car field, with Jared Ridge winning the 12-lap "B" Main.]
Roger Crockett crossed the stripe third in the feature event but was
disqualified following post-race inspection.
ASCS Northwest Region Feature Results from Grays Harbor Raceway Park:
Heat One (10 Laps): 1. 7n-Roger Crockett, 2. 33v-Henry VanDam, 3.
10-Kyle Miller, 4. 7-J.J. Hickle, 5. 76-Shawn Rice, 6. 12-Jared Ridge, 7.
4c-Charlie Cash.
Heat Two (10 Laps): 1. 9-Jayme Barnes, 2. 9p-Jared Peterson, 3.
65-Brandon Boyce, 4. 0J-Jay Cole, 5. 98m-Mitch Olson, 6. 9J-J.J.
Dishneau. DNS: 11-Shane Broers.
Heat Three (10 Laps): 1. 23-Seth Bergman, 2. 68-Rob Held, 3. 25c-Chad
Groves, 4. 2-Mike Melmicks, 5. 26F-Shane Forte, 6. 57c-Chris Schmelzle,
7. 51-John Farrell.
Heat Four (10 Laps): 1. 1-Jonathan Allard, 2. 72-Glenn Borden, Jr., 3.
12p-Randy Pierce, 4. 2z-Todd Zeitlen, 5. 4-Brock Lemley, 6. 19-T.J.
Hartman, 7. 66-Kelley Mayer.
"B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 12-Jared Ridge, 2. 4-Brock Lemley, 3. 76-Shawn
Rice, 4. 98m-Mitch Olson, 5. 4c-Charlie Cash, 6. 26F-Shane Forte, 7.
9J-J.J. Dishneau, 8. 19-T.J. Hartman, 9. 51-John Farrell, 10. 66-Kelley
Mayer. DNS: 57c-Chris Schmelzle, 11-Shane Broers.
"A" Feature (30 Laps): 1. 9-Jayme Barnes, 2. 33v-Henry VanDam,
3. 1-Jonathan Allard, 4. 23-Seth Bergman, 5. 72-Glenn Borden, Jr., 6.
65-Brandon Boyce, 7. 9p-Jared Peterson, 8. 0J-Jay Cole, 9. 68-Rob Held,
10. 12-Jared Ridge, 11. 12p-Randy Pierce, 12. 25c-Chad Groves, 13. 2-Mike
Melmicks, 14. 2z-Todd Zeitlen, 15. 76-Shawn Rice, 16. 4-Brock Lemley, 17.
98m-Mitch Olson, 18. 10-Kyle Miller, 19. 7-J.J. Hickle. Disqualified:
7n-Roger Crockett
ASCS Northwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Jayme Barnes 150, 2. Henry
VanDam 146, 3. Jonathan Allard 144, 4. Seth Bergman 142, 5. Glenn Borden,
Jr. 140, 6. Brandon Boyce 138, 7. Jared Peterson 136, 8. Jay Cole 134, 9.
Rob Held 132, 10. Jared Ridge 130.
-credit: ascs and Motorsport.com