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Cottage Grove Speedway Hosts Final Leg Of Ore-Cal Challenge

By Ben Deatherage

Cottage Grove, Oregon- For the fifth time of 2011 the Interstate Sprint Car Series will be on hand at the Cottage Grove Speedway in its inaugural season. This Sunday, the 12^th, will host the third and final night of action for the first ever Ore-Cal Challenge.

The Ore-Cal Challenge consists of three nights of racing at three different tracks. Friday night starts off at the Siskiyou Motor Speedway in Yreka, CA while Saturday night will be at the Southern Oregon Speedway in White City. The series will make their first visits to the two aforementioned tracks and will have the group hosting eight races at four different race tracks after the weekend is over.

So far in 2011 four ISCS main events have been won by Roger Crockett three at the Cottage Grove Speedway and one at the Coos Bay Speedway. Crockett come goes into the weekend the standings leader but due to scheduling he will not be on hand for all three races. Seth Bergman is the only other winner for the series winning the Welt & Welt Inc. 30 on July 3^rd at the Cottage Grove Speedway.

“This is a real cool deal for these teams in the Northwest that have nothing really to do,” said Series Director Brian Crockett, “The core group of cars that regularly run the series are getting better and better and really any can win any given night the way the format is and the way the dash can make things interesting too.”

The Cottage Grove Speedway hosted their annual Historical Night last Saturday evening with a non-sanctioned 360 Sprint race and seen seven-time champ Dale Smith return to victory lane in front of his hometown crowd. Zack Spaulding the current Limited Sprint point leader won the feature for his class and ran fourth in the 360 feature. Expect to see a large car count of drivers from all over the Northwest as the ISCS continues to gain more and more notoriety after each event.

It will be the last point race for the series as they will not race all the way till October for the Championship Weekend. The series will be sanctioning three races in four nights in Western Montana next week week but those races will be for non-points.

The Interstate Sprint Car Series is a brand new winged 360 sprint car series primarily based out of Oregon but will sanction and host races in Montana and California. The series is slated at ten total point events reaching as far north as the Cottage Grove Speedway and as far south as the Siskiyou Motor Speedway in Yreka, California. The series currently has a current sum total of $9,000, but growing, end of the year points fund that will be awarded at the end of the season. For any teams or drivers wishing to learn more or for a complete list of rules log on to http://www.iscssprints.com or contact series director Brian Crockett at (541)-510-0757 for more information.

Additional Information
What: ISCS Race #8
When: Sunday, August 14th, 2011
Pit Gates Open- 3:00 PM
Gates Open- 4:00 PM
Qualifying- 5:30PM
Racing- 6:45 PM
Where: Cottage Grove Speedway
Address- 2150 North Douglas Street, Cottage Grove, OR, 97424
Office- (541) 942-7561
Other:
Adults- $12.00
Seniors/Students- $10.00
Children (Ages 6-11)- $5.00
Children (Ages 5-Under)- FREE
Pit Pass- $25.00

Top Ten Points (As of July 4^th)
1. Roger Crockett 335
2. Kyle Miller 274
3. Nate Morelock 273
4. Rob Held 267
5. Garen Linder 242
6. Shane Forté 217
7. Seth Nunes 201
8. Brent Hoover 181
9. Colin Baker 175
10. Dale Smith 174

2011 Interstate Sprint Car Series Schedule
Date Venue (Location) Winner
June 4- Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR) Roger Crockett
June 17- Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR) Roger Crockett
June 18- Coos Bay International Speedway (Coos Bay, OR) Roger Crockett
July 2- Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR) Roger Crockett
July 3*- Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR) Seth Bergman
August 12*- Siskiyou Motor Speedway (Yreka, CA)
August 13-Southern Oregon Speedway (White City, OR)
August 14- Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR)
August 17*#- Electric City Speedway (Great Falls, MT)
August 19*#- Gallatin Speedway (Belgrade, MT)
August 20*#- Electric City Speedway (Great Falls, MT)
October 7- TBA
October 8- Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR)
October 9- Coos Bay International Speedway (Coos Bay, OR)

*- Indicates Events With Enhanced Purses
#- Indicates Non-Point Events