Seth Sizzles at Grays Harbor Winning His Third Race of 2010

It’s offical Seth Bergman is hot right now. For the second week in a row Seth guided the Superior Marine number 23 to victory lane and took his third race in total for the season at Grays Harbor Raceway.

Elma had been hit by rain late in the week and it was a muddy pit area when the team arrived. Thankfully the rain stayed away and the night started with Seth timing in fourth quick.

That placed him in heat number 1 starting in the fifth spot behind local drivers Jay Cole and Glen Borden Jr who had performed well in heat races previously. Like previous weeks it didn’t take long before the “Great White” #23 pounced and after four laps Seth had carved his way up to second. Borden Jr had got out into clean air but with each lap Seth took chunks of his leads. Unfortunately he came up one lap short as Borden Jr was able to hold on for the heat win.

Lady luck had been good to the team with the invert and tonight proved to be no different as we found ourself starting on the front row outside the 9p of Jared Peterson. As we went green Peterson got the jump and got out to early lead only to be realed in by Seth on the second lap. He took the lead and quickly stretched it to a five car length break by the end of the thrid lap. At the end of the third lap the first yellow of the night came out for the 11 car which stopped in turn four.

As we went green Seth showcased the car’s acceleration =as he screamed off into the distance it was clear that only thing stopping Seth was going to be cautions, a mechanical issue or run in with a back marker. Laps ticked away and Seth built up a half track lead until the caution came out on lap twelve for the 15j stopped in turn two. During the caution the 21 and 76 pulled into the infield as the Grays Harbor track again took it’s toll on the field. Like last week the next five laps were filled with cautions and this had given the opportunity for the 33V of Henry van Damm as well as the 98m of Mitch Olson to get within striking distance. While Seth’s biggest rivals were sniffing an opportunity they did not have an answer for Seth on any of the restarts as the Wesmar powered 23 raced away and was never threatened and crossed the line five car lengths in front of Van Damm with Olson finishing third.

It has been a tremendous start to 2010 for Seth and the team and we now move next week to the opening rounds of the ASCS North West series. Rounds 1 and 2 of the ASCS opener will be held at Grays Harbor over the Memorial Weekend on Saturday and Sunday. We hope to see you down there for a great weekend of racing.