5/21/2015
Western Sprint Tour
Rob Lindsey Ready For WST Double
Rob Lindsey Ready For WST Double
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Dirt Monkey Productions)
Sherwood's Rob Lindsey is set to take on the Western Sprint Tour this weekend. The WST will be in action at Southern Oregon Speedway on Saturday May 23rd followed by the Cottage Grove Speedway on Sunday the 24th. The driver of the Maxline Custom Cases/Summerfield Golf & Country Club/XXX Race Co./Speedmart Inc./Monster Energy Drink #23 XXX is anticipating a great weekend against the Pacific Northwest's best.
“Every time we've been out we've gotten faster, it's been all about set-ups,” said Lindsey, “it's so important to hit the set-up correctly in a wing car and we feel we're on the right track now."
2014 would see Rob jump from Non-Wing Sprints, he was the Northwest Wingless Tour champion in 2013, to Winged Sprints full-time. Unfortunately he would be out of action for a few months due to being involved in a crash on June 13th which resulted in his pelvis being fractured. Since then he's completely healed up and has had no issues. So technically he's still new to the Winged style.
“Every track we go to is new to me with the wing on,” he continued, “I feel comfortable with the baseline setups for these tracks and I'm looking forward to going to Medford on Saturday and back at Cottage Grove on Sunday.”
Lindsey had one start at SOS last year which ended up being a thirteenth place finish in the feature. In three starts at Cottage Grove this season his best result was a eighth in local competition on April 4th.
Southern Oregon Speedway, located in White City, will host the second race of the Western Sprint Tour season on Saturday May 23rd. Tickets are Adults $15.00, Seniors/Veterans $12.00, Juniors (6-12) $10.00, and Children 5 & Under are FREE. The action all starts around 7:00 PM.
Cottage Grove Speedway will be the final stop for the weekend on Sunday May 24th. Tickets are Adults $15.00, Juniors/Seniors/Military $13.00, Youths (Ages 6-12) $8.00, and 5 & Under FREE. Racing begins around 6:45 PM.
For the latest news and information regarding the Western Sprint Tour 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
May 24th Cottage Grove Speedway Cottage Grove, OR
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
Former Western Sprint Tour Winners At Cottage Grove Speedway
2015- Trey Starks on April 24th
Current Western Sprint Tour Points (Top Ten)
- 55-Trey Starks 93; 2. 96-Greg Hamilton 91; 3. 5N-Seth Nunes 90; 4. 2L-Logan Forler 81; 5. 22-Garen Linder 76; T Chris Schmelzle 76; 7. 17-Cam Smith 75; 8. 4J-Allison Journey 71; 9. 21W-Vern Wheeler 67; 10. 87-Kyler Barraza 66; T 3-J.J. Hickle 66
Submitted By: Ben Deatherage