6/24/2015
Western Sprint Tour
Montana's Dietz Excited To Be Back For Speedweek Northwest
Montana's Dietz Excited To Be Back For Speedweek Northwest
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One of the big hitters from Big Sky Country will be back for Speedweek Northwest. Phil Dietz, of the Billings, Montana area, has been pretty fast in local competition. He will look to carry that momentum over for the whole week.
“We're off to a good start,” commented Dietz, “we haven't been out of the top four in the last eight races. We seem to be rolling along real good.”
Phil has recorded one win in 2015 and that was at Electric City Speedway in Great Falls on June 19th. Dietz has won his fair share of titles over the years including championships with the Montana Sprint Tour, Big Sky Sprint Tour, and the American Sprint Car Series-Frontier Region and in 2013 won the Dan Laber Memorial. The driver of the Prevost Racing/Dietz Auto Inc./Pacific Recycling/Staley's Automotive/Kaeding Performance/Maxim Chassis/Kistler Racing Engines/Factory Kahne Shocks/Keizer Racing Wheels #72 Maxim will be making his second career Speedweek Northwest.
“Our goal is to make every main event and maybe get a top five,” he would continue to say, “Last year was the first time running the whole deal and I really didn't know what to expect. But this year we've got some good base notes and I'm really looking forward to Yreka that track is the most fun I've had at.”
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