ASCS NW Speedweek consists of six nights of racing at 5 different tracks.  Starting with Medford Oregons own Southern Oregon Speedway.  Night two will take the teams to Cottage Grove Oregon to put on a show at  Cottage Grove Speedway.  Night three takes the teams to Lebanon Oregon,  Willamette Speedway.  Night four is sure to be the most interesting night as the teams head to Sunset Speedway in Banks Oregon.  The last two days consist of the teams traveling to Grays Harbor Raceway Park in Elma Washington for a two day show to end Speedweek.

Night one of the racing Kyle came out with the elbows up and ready to rock and roll. as he had to start towards the back of his heat race, as he drew a high pill.  This put Kyle in the 6th starting position on a track that was not all that set for passing yet.  Kyle did not let that slow him down as he ran smooth and aggressive.  Kyle would be in the 4th transfer position by lap 4 and would move up to third place finish by the end of the heat race.  This is important, because they only take 4 transfers with the rest of the field going to one of 2 B main events.  These B main events only take the top 2 so it is important to transfer out of your heat. 

Starting the A main event, Kyle would start in the 5th row inside, and would work hard to run up front.  Kyle would get as high as 2nd place, but would eventually end up with a 4th place finish.  This is important because it takes consistency to stay in the top of the points.

Night two the team would fined itself at Cottage Grove.  Kyle would race hard and find himself transferring out of the heat race straight into the main event with a 3rd place finish in his heat race.  Kyle was racing hard as he could starting 15th in the A main event.  Once again, Kyle would pass a lot of cars as he worked his way up the field.  Kyle settle for a top 10 finish on this night with a 9th place finish.  The team really wants to win some of these races up here in Oregon, It is great to have a top 5 and a top 10 though, as the total points also have a pay out as well. 

Finishing towards the front was something that Kyle is just part of, as he would put in a 3rd great night of racing at Willamette Speedway in Lebanon Oregon.  Kyle and the Rod Tiner prepared would have a great night, as Kyle would finish first in his heat race taking all the advice that Tiner gave him to run the car up front once again.  This was a good night because this was a track with limited passing tonight, and Kyle would have the luck of the draw starting on the pole of his heat race, take the lead and never look back. 

A main event time started off with a track that was still not conditioned for too much passing.  Kyle would start 6th and finish in the same spot, in the mean time he would gain points on the Jamie Barns to tie him for 4thin over all points tonight. 

Night 4 led the team to Sunset Speedway in Banks Oregon, where Kyle would gain some points on the leader

Tonight's race is at a track that has not hosted an ASCS NW race before, Sunset Speedway in Banks Oregon.  Kyle would run 3rd in his heat race tonight taking him straight into the main event for the 4th night in a row.  Kyle would then start in the 2nd row of the main event, and would be able to bring in another top 5 finish tonight, moving him up to 3rd place in the standings. 

Friday and Saturday night the team was at Grays Harbor Raceway Park in Elma, Washington for the final 2 races of ASCS Northwest Speedweek.  Kyle would once again bring home a pair of  10 finish in his

June 14th, 2008 - Kyle Hirst and team headed to the Napa Valley to race at the Famed 1/2 mile of Calistoga Speedway this weekend, and it was not a bad weekend.  Qualifying was not were Kyle normally qualifies but he made the best of his time of 18.603 seconds which was the 16th fast time.  This would give Kyle a 3rd place starting position for his heat race, where Kyle would make quick work of Billy Cornwell and chase the #35 of Colby Wiesz.  Kyle would drive smart, and settle for the second place finish taking him directly into the A Main event.  Kyle said, "The car felt kind of weird after a few laps".  Kyle was right in that feeling as he realized that his front wing had collapsed. losing much down force.  The team would make quick repairs though, and have things ready for the A Main event.
     In the Main event, Kyle would start in the 12th position and would run hard picking off cars here and there running a smart race that would see him climb from 12th to a 5th place finish.  In a race that was marred by cautions, Kyle raced hard and used his smart racing style to keep moving forward  where at the end of the day, the Team was in one piece. 
     Next up for Kyle Hirst and the Gary Perkins Racing Team will be the Dirt Cup in Skagit WA.  The team will leave on Wednesday and looks forward to running for the 25,000 win on Saturday night.

Kyle Hirst Sets Fast Time @ Silver Dollar Speedway and has 2 4th place finishes!!!
 
June 8, 2008 – Loomis CA – Kyle Hirst and the #6 Gary Perkins Motorsports Team had a great weekend of Racing which included one Fast Time, and two 4th place finishes.  It all started Friday night at Silver Dollar Speedway running the # 6 Air Works, Killorn Construction, North State, ART, LRP Circle Racing Wheels, GP Development sponsored 410 Sprint Car running with the weekly Silver Dollar Points show.  After having a great run in Hot laps, Kyle was on the gas and hooked up with his first qualifying lap setting Fast Time, only to have his 2nd Lap be even faster with a lap time of 11.779.
            It is Great to have this fast lap, but now Kyle's work was cut out for him having to start in the 6th spot of heat race #1 where Kyle would get a great start, and muscle his way up to a 3rd place by lap 2 which is where he would finish giving him the transfer spot out of the 8 lap heat into the A Main Event.  Kyle would start in the 8th position and would quickly move into 6th on lap 3.  Racing hard with Willie Croft, for the next 7 laps Kyle’s patience would pay off as he would pass his future brother in law, on lap 11.  Kyle now set his sights on the Calistoga Native driver Mike Benson and after 3 laps would put that 5th place position in the books.  On lap 15 driver of the 5h car, Christian Stover would his the wall going into turn one, moving up Kyle into the 4th position.  Kyle would then chase Roger Crockett for the next 10 laps, just waiting for Roger to make a mistake, and would end up with the 4th place finish for the night!!!
            On Saturday June 7th, Kyle and Team would head to Petaluma where Kyle would Qualify in the 5th position.  This Put Kyle in the 5th starting spot for the Heat Race, where he would quickly move into the 3rd position and passing cars high on the rim, but going into the next turns, the high line was not there and Kyle would fall back to 6th.  Kyle did not give up as he was able to get into the 5th spot, but just fall short of the Transfer putting him into the B main event.  Kyle was fast in the B main event starting in 4th and making quick work of Mike Benson, and Roger Crockett moving into 2nd my lap 6.  Kyle would stay in 2nd transferring him into the A Main event.
            Kyle would take his #6 GP Development into the A main event starting in the 11th position.  He would get a great start quickly getting past the # 52 of Dave Lindt Jr. and the 0 of Jonathan Allard.  And would come across the line in 9th after the completion of the 1st lap.  Mike Henry would bring out a caution with the 5h of Christian Stover giving Kyle 2 more positions.  Kyle was Racing hard with the # 29 of Bud Kaeding for the next 3 laps when he would make quick work of the veteran Driver on lap 6 moving from 6th to 4th as the #24 of Tyler Walker had troubles while leading.  The race would continue with Jason Statler, leading Brent Kaeding, Roger Crockett, and Kyle Hirst running in 4th.    Kyle would do all he could to get my Roger Crockett, but the opportunity never presented itself, and he was not able to get by the 7n of Crockett, and Kyle would settle for the 4th place Finish.
            Next weekend the team is heading to Silver Dollar Speedway for the Friday night show, and on Saturday the team will head to the Famed Calistoga Speedway in the Napa Valley for the California Civil War Show.