Barnes Bags Inaugural ASCS Northwest Win at Grays Harbor

Lonnie Wheatley, 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.