6/22/2015
Western Sprint Tour
Justyn Cox To Make A Full Speedweek Northwest For First Time Since 2009
Justyn Cox To Make A Full Speedweek Northwest For First Time Since 2009
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Dirt Monkey Productions)
Although he has already been in competition with the Western Sprint Tour earlier this year, Justyn Cox is excited to get another chance to race with the series especially during Speedweek Northwest. The Clarksburg, California young lion produced his first win of 2015 at Placerville Speedway on Saturday June 6th during local competition.
“I feel like when we went up to Oregon last month it really kick started our year,” said Cox, “we were very fast up there. Right now we are on a string of four or five straight top fives.”
Cox participated in the two WST events during Memorial Day weekend and finished fourth at Southern Oregon Speedway on May 23rd and at Cottage Grove Speedway the next day he was seventh in the feature. He also made it back to the Beaver state the following week for Cottage Grove's non-sanctioned Marvin Smith Memorial Grove Classic where his best finish over the weekend was a fourth on the preliminary night on Friday the 29th. Justyn will pilot the family owned Berco Redwood/Berry Lumber/P.M. Truck Repair/LRB Manufacturing/Trex Plastic Decking/Justice Brothers Car Care Products #31C A.R.T. He will be in his first full Speedweek Northwest since 2009.
“We really have our goals set high in my opinion,” he continued, “we really want to do win this deal and to do that we need to pick up a win and have solid top five finishes.”
The Western Sprint Tour sanctioned Speedweek Northwest begins at Yreka, California's Siskiyou Motor Speedway on Sunday June 28th and will conclude with the $5000.00 to win finale at Cottage Grove Speedway on Saturday July 4th. The best 360 Sprint drivers in the Western United States will race six events in seven nights at some of the best tracks in the country.
In the seventeen years Speedweek Northwest there have been ten different champions. Steve Kent and Roger Crockett are tied with four apiece while Brent Kaeding has two. Seven drivers have won the entire kit and caboodle just once which is a very impressive list of winners. That list includes Brad Furr, Jesse Hockett, Bud Kaeding, Kyle Larson, Shane Stewart, Mitch Olson, and in 2014 Kyle Hirst.
The Western Sprint Tour is the Pacific Northwest region's most premier touring 360 Sprint car series. Visiting some of the nation's best facilities it is a series that offers some of the best racing you can find anywhere around. For the latest news and information log on to sprints.nwextremeseries.com. Also check out the WST Facebook page and be sure to “Like” it.
Additional Information:
2015 Western Sprint Tour Schedule
April 24th Cottage Grove Speedway Cottage Grove, OR Trey Starks
April 25th Cottage Grove Speedway Cottage Grove, OR Rained Out
May 23rd Southern Oregon Speedway White City, OR Roger Crockett
May 24th Cottage Grove Speedway Cottage Grove, OR Roger Crockett
June 28th Siskiyou Motor Speedway Yreka, CA (Speedweek Northwest)
June 29th Southern Oregon Speedway White City, OR (Speedweek Northwest)
June 30th Coos Bay Speedway Coos Bay, OR (Speedweek Northwest)
July 1st Travel Day
July 2nd Willamette Speedway Lebanon, OR (Speedweek Northwest)
July 3rd Cottage Grove Speedway Cottage Grove, OR (Speedweek Northwest)
July 4th Cottage Grove Speedway Cottage Grove, OR (Speedweek Northwest)
August 14th Siskiyou Motor Speedway Yreka, CA
August 15th Southern Oregon Speedway White City, OR
September 25th State Fair Raceway Yakima, WA
September 26th State Fair Raceway Yakima, WA
Past Speedweek Northwest Champions:
2013- Roger Crockett
2012- Mitch Olson
2011- Kyle Larson
2010- Roger Crockett
2009- Jesse Hockett
2008- Roger Crockett
2007- Shane Stewart
2006- Steve Kent
2005- Brent Kaeding
2004- Brent Kaeding
2003- Roger Crockett
2002- Steve Kent
2001- Steve Kent
2000- Steve Kent
1999- Brad Furr
1998- Bud Kaeding
Submitted By: Ben Deatherage