YAKIMA, Wash. (September 24, 2011) – Jayme Barnes waited until the final night of the ASCS Northwest 2011 season to post his first win as he raced to victory lane in Saturday night’s season finale at Yakima’s State Fair Raceway.
While the former champ picked off the win, Roger Crockett claimed his second ASCS Northwest championship by crossing the stripe third behind Barnes and Friday night winner Jason Solwold.
While Barnes started fourth, Randy Pierce paced the initial circuits before Barnes slide into the lead. Barnes went on to the stripe in front of Solwold and Crockett, with Henry Van Dam and Chadd Noland rounding out the top five.
Van Dam, Barnes, Pierce and Crockett topped Saturday night’s heat race action, with Jason Cocking winning the “B” Main.
ASCS Northwest Results from State Fair Raceway:
Heat One: 1. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 2. 33-Colton Heath, 3. 17-Cam Smith, 4. 8rc-Jason Cocking, 5. 51-Dallas Melby, 6. 12x-Cody Ridge, 7. 0j-Jay Cole.
Heat Two: 1. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 2. 10j-Jake Waddell, 3. 13-Chadd Noland, 4. 59-Eric Fisher, 5. 73-Michael Dupuy, 6. 18-Travis Jacobson, 7. 7d-Randy Dubois.
Heat Three: 1. 12p-Randy Pierce, 2. 51x-Jason Solwold, 3. 55-Trey Starks, 4. 23-Brandon Harkness, 5. 08-Steve Vague. DNS: 44-Kelly Miller.
Heat Four: 1. 11-Roger Crockett, 2. 5h-Mason Moore, 3. 2L-Logan Forler, 4. 9p-Jared Peterson, 5. 22-Garen Linder, 6. 29w-Steve James.
B Feature: 1. 8rc-Jason Cocking, 2. 22-Garen Linder, 3. 51-Dallas Melby, 4. 12x-Cody Ridge, 5. 18-Travis Jacobson, 6. 0j-Jay Cole, 7. 7d-Randy Dubois, 8. 29w-Steve James, 9. 23-Brandon Harkness. DNS: 08-Steve Vague, 44-Kelly Miller
“A” Feature: 1. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 2. 51x-Jason Solwold, 3. 11-Roger Crockett, 4. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 5. 13-Chadd Noland, 6. 2L-Logan Forler, 7. 55-Trey Starks, 8. 33-Colton Heath, 9. 73-Michael Dupuy, 10. 17-Cam Smith, 11. 18-Travis Jacobson, 12. 12p-Randy Pierce, 13. 9p-Jared Peterson, 14. 5h-Mason Moore, 15. 22-Garen Linder, 16. 8rc-Jason Cocking, 17. 12x-Cody Ridge, 18. 51-Dallas Melby, 19. 59-Eric Fisher, 20. 10j-Jake Waddell.
ASCS Northwest Points (Top Ten): 1. Roger Crockett 2,199, 2. Henry Van Dam 2,093, 3. Trey Starks 1,847, 4. Mason Moore 1,512, 5. Chadd Noland 1,499, 6. Jason Cocking 1,437, 7. Garen Linder 1,436, 8. Logan Forler 1,321, 9. Seth Bergman 1,258, 10. Jayme Barnes 1,118.
*Photo - Jayme Barnes topped Saturday night's season-ending ASCS Northwest main event at Yakima's State Fair Raceway. (Stacy Verrall photo)