RODNEY WING TAKES NIGHT THREE OF EAST BAY’S OPEN WHEEL WINTERNATIONALS
January 28, 2010 by eastbay
Instead of coming from 19th starting position up to second as he did the night before, Rodney Wing started on pole and dominated the field of 24 cars to win $1,500 in night three of East Bay Raceway Park’s 11th Annual Open Wheel Modified Winternationals Thursday night at Tampa, Florida.
“I guess you could say, it’s been a great year for me,” the Meridian, Mississippi driver and track owner of Whynot Motorsports Park said. “The RPM Workshop nominated me as one of the country’s eight Regional Promoters of the Year, Red Clay magazine named Whynot the Track-of-the-Year and the NeSmith series named me Promoter of the Year.”
Tonight, Wing piloted the No. 33x back-up car of Jeff Mathews to a convincing 25-lap win, leading all laps. The Larry Shaw chassis powered by an R.D. Racing Engine, was tuned to perfection, but as Wing pointed out “track position meant a lot.” Sponsors on the car included Jamie Slaton, Buddy’s Home Furnishings, Night Hawk Towing & Recovery and Superior Plumbing. The jubilant winner told the crowd he wanted to thank his crew through the season and his cheering section at home including his wife Cassie, their two-year old daughter Shelby and his mother Peggy.
Starting outside Wing was local driver Roger Crouse from Plant City who used the same Harris chassis he ran here all season to improve this week with finishes of eighth, fifth and second tonight. The unique thing about his car owned by Stuart Lycett is that anyone can go on line to www.competition.net and rent the car for track time or for competition in racing.
Crouse had his Ziegler Racing Engine tuned perfectly, but according to the driver, “We probably ran harder tires than anyone else and the yellow flags were killing us.”
Coming in third was seventh place starter Rick Aukland from Zanesville, Ohio who had chalked up his highest finish of the week in his Jerry Snyder owned Lightning chassis powered by a “Big” Rick Twarg engine. Carrying sponsorship from Quick Time Performance Parts, Sweeney Services, and Brandon Rental, Aukland explained two things that helped him get his podium finish was that “luck was with us tonight on the invert for my heat and we put one shock on the dyno for a better set-up.”
Stanley Donahoo from White Pine,TN ran strong to start fifth and finish fourth, while Brady Short from Bedford IN, last night’s winner, started 15th and landed fifth spot. Rounding out the top ten it was Jeff Mathews, Kevin Weaver, Steven Pfeifer, Jason Schill and Stormy Scott.
Advancing to the A-Main from the first B-Main it was Kevin Weaver, Schill, Devin Dixon and Curt Gelling. From the second B-Main Jared Landers, Vic Vena and Alan Farley advanced. Don O’Neal finally qualified for his first A-Main of the week, but was a scratch for the feature because his trailing arm pulled out of the frame.
STATS – OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS – EAST BAY RACEWAY PARK – THURSDAY, 1/28/10
Qualifying Results:
1. 00 Buzzie Reutimann – 17.014; 2. 777 Jared Landers – 17.031; 3. 4 Stormy Scott – 17.042; 4. 36 Brady Short – 17.060; 5. 9 Roger Crouse – 17.073; 6. 71 Don O’Neal – 17.085; 7. 11X Jason Schill – 17.147; 8. 89 Mike Spatola – 17.229; 9. 40 Kyle Bronson – 17.240; 10. 9M Dale Mathison – 17.297; 11. 01 Vic Vena – 17.331; 12. 33X Rodney Wing – 17.379; 13. 48 Wayne Hammond – 17.379; 14. 0 Les Duellman – 17.425; 15. 33 Jeff Mathews – 17.456; 16. 11 Steven Pfeifer – 17.477; 17. 44 Dave Hess, Jr. – 17.479; 18. 3F Rob Fuqua – 17.499; 19. 2 Devin Dixon – 17.520; 20. 96 Curt Gelling – 17.612; 21. 1 Tommie Seets, Jr. – 17.627; 22. K12 Scotty Kincaid – 17.646; 23. 27M John McCaul – 17.688; 24. M20 Mike Potosky – 17.692; 25. 64 Austin Sanders – 17.711; 26. 25W Allen Weisser – 17.719; 27. 7A Shane Sabraski – 17.723; 28. 21S Denny Schwartz – 17.738; 29. 2A Rick Aukland – 17.765; 30. 83B Perry Brown – 17.799; 31. 26 Bobby Gierke – 17.828; 32. 10 Tyson Turnbull – 17.859; 33. B12 Kevin Weaver – 17.877; 34. 29 Alan Farley – 17.919; 35. 00D Stanley Donahoo – 17.987; 36. 999 Duanne Dale – 17.998; 37. 07P Tim Peterson – 18.053; 38. 77 Bruce Bregenzer – 18.067; 39. 8 Wesley Summers – 18.128; 40. 27N Nate Bregenzer – 18.135; 41. 13 J.R. Hotovy – 18.144; 42. 02 Glen Underwood – 18.151; 43. 27 John Bradley – 18.164; 44. 19 Thomas Sigler – 18.518; 45. 6M Terry McClintock – 18.611; 46. 38 Rick Cannata – 18.812; 47. 62 Jeremy Newberry – 18.981; 48. 88 Darrell George – 19.557; 49. 6B Dave Baldwin – 19.751; 50. 96X Dennis Haven – 19.974; 51. 23 Terry Haven – 20.193; 52. 27H Tom Hagberg – 20.210; 53. 3K Jeremy Kerzman – 20.584; 54. 45 Bob Broking – 22.059; 55. 03 Jason Combs – 22.362; 56. Z1 Zac Oedewaldt – N/T; 57. 112 Steve Lance – N/T; 58. C00L Chris Littrell – N/T
1st Heat – 1)Rick Aukland 2)Mike Potosky 3)Wesley Summers 4)Jason Schill 5)Thomas Sigler 6)J.R. Hotovy 7)Terry McClintock 8)Dave Hess, Jr.
2nd Heat – 1)Mike Spatola 2)Allen Weisser 3)Kevin Weaver 4)Les Duellman 5)Glen Underwood 6)Darrell George 7)Jason Combs 8)Dale Mathison
3rd Heat – 1)Rodney Wing 2)Don O’Neal 3)Devin Dixon 4)Denny Schwartz 5)Nate Bregenzer 6)Zac Oedewaldt 7)Terry Haven
4th Heat – 1)Roger Crouse 2)Stormy Scott 3)Curt Gelling 4)Perry Brown 5)Buzzie Reutimann 6)Dave Baldwin 7)Scotty Kincaid
5th Heat – 1)Stanley Donahoo 2)Wayne Hammond 3)Shane Sabraski 4)Bobby Gierke 5)Bob Broking 6)Jeremy Newberry 7)Steve Lance DNS
6th Heat – 1)Steven Pfeifer 2)Jeff Mathews 3)Austin Sanders 4)Vic Vena 5)Tim Peterson 6)Tyson Turnbull 7)Jeremy Kerzman
7th Heat – 1)Rob Fuqua 2)Brady Short 3)Kyle Bronson 4)Alan Farley 5)Jared Landers 6)Duanne Dale 7)Tom Hagberg
8th Heat – 1)Tommie Seets, Jr. 2)John McCaul 3)Bruce Bregenzer 4)Rick Cannata 5)Chris Littrell 6)Dennis Haven 7)John Bradley
1st B – Main (Top 4 go to back of A inside row) – 1)Kevin Weaver 2)Jason Schill 3)Devin Dixon 4)Curt Gelling 5)Denny Schwartz 6)Buzzie Reutimann 7)Thomas Sigler 8)Dave Hess, Jr. 9)Dale Mathison 10)J.R. Hotovy 11)Glen Underwood 12)Scotty Kincaid 13)Dave Baldwin 14)Terry McClintock 15)Nate Bregenzer 16)Terry Haven 17)Wesley Summers 18)Perry Brown 19)Jason Combs 20)Zac Oedewaldt 21)Les Duellman 22)Darrell George DNS
2nd B – Main (Top 4 go to back of A outside row) – 1)Jared Landers 2)Austin Sanders 3)Vic Vena 4)Alan Farley 5)Shane Sabraski 6)Tyson Turnbull 7)Kyle Bronson 8)Bob Broking 9)Jeremy Newberry 10)Bruce Bregenzer 11)Tim Peterson 12)Tom Hagberg 13)Chris Littrell 14)Duanne Dale 15)Dennis Haven 16)Jeremy Kerzman 17)John Bradley 18)Rick Cannata 19)Bobby Gierke 20)Steve Lance DNS
A – Main (25 Laps) – 1)Rodney Wing 2)Roger Crouse 3)Rick Aukland 4)Stanley Donahoo 5)Brady Short 6)Jeff Mathews 7)Kevin Weaver 8)Steven Pfeifer 9)Jason Schill 10)Stormy Scott 11)Mike Spatola 12)Vic Vena 13)Austin Sanders 14)John McCaul 15)Rob Fuqua 16)Alan Farley 17)Allen Weisser 18)Jared Landers 19)Devin Dixon 20)Wayne Hammond 21)Tommie Seets, Jr. 22)Denny Schwartz 23)Curt Gelling 24)Mike Potosky 25)Don O’Neal DNS
Strawberry Dash – 1)Dave Hess, Jr. 2)Kyle Bronson 3)Bob Broking 4)Dave Baldwin 5)Terry Haven 6)Jason Combs 7)Perry Brown 8)Dale Mathison
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Winter Nationals Racing Action at East Bay
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McCaul 11th on opening Night at East Bay
JEFF MATHEWS LED WIRE TO WIRE TO START EAST BAY’S WINTERNATIONALS
January 26, 2010
Jeff Mathews showed everybody his winning ways at his home track, Tuesday night in Tampa, Florida by coming from outside second row starting position to lead all 25 laps for a $1,000 prize in the kick-off race of the 11th Annual Open Wheel Modified portion of East Bay Raceway Park’s 34th Annual Winternationals.
“I run here all year and I knew not to come off the bottom,” explained Mathews, the Modified and Late Model ’09 East Bay track champion. Also, winning the Modified Championship at Ocala, the Dover FL driver used his own Shaw chassis, powered by Robert Delgado engines, to build a three-second lead over Dave Hess, Jr. when the first yellow came out on lap 11 for mechanical problems on Shane Sabraski’s No. 7A J-Car.
Following a second caution one lap later, Hess decided to try the top and made a valiant effort to stay with Mathews, but could never pull even. The leader was aware of Hess trying the cushion, but was never tempted to move up. Instead, Mathews continued to stick with the bottom and after the final yellow for last year’s Winternationals’ winner Rodney Wing who lost power high in turn four, Mathews was 2.5 seconds ahead when flagman Ronnie Luckock showed the field ‘five-to-go’.
The brightly colored winner’s car No. 33 showed sponsorship from Bay Gulf Credit Union, Buddy’s Home Furnishings and Mathews own business, Night Hawk Towing.
Second place finisher, Pennsylvania driver Hess, who started second, used the same Clinger-Built car he brought here two years ago and said, “I spent most of the night just trying to get used to the track. Our basic set-up is similar to an ‘old Rocket’ style and we are using Genesis Race Shocks and Craiger Race Engines.” Sponsorship is from Hess’ Garage and Salvage in Waterford PA.
There was a lot of passing during the feature as third place finisher Stormy Scott out of Las Cruces NM, started 17th and utilized every opening in traffic to move to fourth by that first caution on lap 11. Scott claimed, “The night was a tire guessing game for me.” His chassis, a Shaw by Wade Moyer Race Cars, is owned by J.R. Baxter and sponsored by JR Restaurant Equipment. The 20-year old Scott was UMP Champion of the Wild West Region.
Local driver Perry Brown started his C&R Motorsports Harris powered by Jimmy’s Custom Engines in fifth and finished fourth. Meanwhile, Kevin Weaver started his own four-year old Pierce chassis in 21st spot and climbed to 11th by the first caution on lap ll. Announcer Chris Stepan made sure the crowd was watching as Weaver put on a crowd-pleasing drive on the cushion for the last 10 laps which vaulted him to a top five finish.
Rounding out the top 10 it was Tommie Seets, Jr., Mike Potosky, Roger Crouse, John Bradley and Brady Short. Heat winners who redrew for starting spots were Short, Buzzie Reutimann, Mathews, Hess, Jr., Potosky,Brown, Sabraski andJason Schill. From the first B- Main the four cars to advance were Scott, Vic Vena, Weaver and Kyle Bronson. The second B sent Brian Hayden, Scotty Kincaid, John McCaul and Denny Schwartz to the back of the A-Main. Steve Lance won the Strawberry Dash.
STATS – OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS – EAST BAY RACEWAY PARK – TUESDAY, 1/26/10
Qualifying Results:
1. 00 Buzzie Reutimann – 17.065; 2. 11X Jason Schill – 17.125; 3. 48 Wayne Hammond – 17.187; 4. 33 Jeff Mathews – 17.206; 5. 2A Rick Aukland – 17.317; 6. 3F Rob Fuqua – 17.328; 7. 2 Devin Dixon – 17.331; 8. 33X Rodney Wing – 17.351; 9. 11 Steven Pfeifer – 17.363; 10. 01 Vic Vena – 17.421; 11. 4 Stormy Scott – 17.445; 12. 44 Dave Hess, Jr. – 17.447; 13. 40 Kyle Bronson – 17.462; 14. 27 John Bradley – 17.507; 15. 2H Brian Hayden – 17.534; 16. K12 Scotty Kincaid – 17.557; 17. 00G Greg Reutimann – 17.614; 18. 7A Shane Sabraski – 17.623; 19. 19 Thomas Sigler – 17.669; 20. 1 Tommie Seets, Jr. – 17.675; 21. M20 Mike Potosky – 17.728; 22. B12 Kevin Weaver – 17.737; 23. 00D Stanley Donahoo – 17.769; 24. 36 Brady Short – 17.793; 25. 9M Dale Mathison – 17.803; 26. 10 Tyson Turnbull – 17.837; 27. 13 J.R. Hotovy – 17.867; 28. 83B Perry Brown – 17.909; 29. 9 Roger Crouse – 17.922; 30. 112 Steve Lance – 18.004; 31. 6M Terry McClintock – 18.013; 32. 29 Alan Farley – 18.013; 33. 21S Denny Schwartz – 18.088; 34. 27M John McCaul – 18.092; 35. 02 Glen Underwood – 18.109; 36. 64 Austin Sanders – 18.268; 37. 07P Tim Peterson – 18.392; 38. 23 Terry Haven – 18.436; 39. 62 Jeremy Newberry – 18.595; 40. 77 Bruce Bregenzer – 18.673; 41. 96X Dennis Haven – 18.751; 42. 71 Don O’Neal – 18.791; 43. 0 Les Duellman – 18.850; 44. 6B Dave Baldwin – 18.922; 45. 25W Allen Weisser – 19.204; 46. Z1 Zac Oedewaldt – 19.389; 47. 96 Curt Gelling – 19.513; 48. 38 Rick Cannata – 21.140; 49. 8 Wesley Summers – 23.588; 50. 27N Nate Bregenzer – 49.195; 51. 999 Duanne Dale – NT; 52. 89 Mike Spatola – NT; 53. 22 Dale Kelley – NT
1st Heat – 1)Brady Short 2)Roger Crouse 3)Stormy Scott 4)Kevin Weaver 5)Austin Sanders 6)Don O’Neal 7)Steve Lance
2nd Heat – 1)Buzzie Reutimann 2)Rob Fuqua 3)Vic Vena 4)Rick Aukland 5)Dale Mathison 6)Dave Baldwin 7)Terry McClintock
3rd Heat – 1)Jeff Mathews 2)Duanne Dale 3)Terry Haven 4)Tim Peterson 5)Nate Bregenzer 6)Zac Oedewaldt 7)Jeremy Newberry
4th Heat – 1)Dave Hess, Jr. 2)Rodney Wing 3)Kyle Bronson 4)Thomas Sigler 5)Devin Dixon 6)Les Duellman
5th Heat – 1)Mike Potosky 2)Tommie Seets, Jr. 3)Mike Spatola 4)Bruce Bregenzer 5)Greg Reutimann 6)Rick Cannata DNS
6th Heat – 1)Perry Brown 2)Stanley Donahoo 3)Scotty Kincaid 4)John McCaul 5)Wesley Summers 6)Dennis Haven
7th Heat – 1)Shane Sabraski 2)Wayne Hammond 3)Denny Schwartz 4)J.R. Hotovy 5)Curt Gelling 6)Steven Pfeifer 7)Alan Farley
8th Heat – 1)Jason Schill 2)John Bradley 3)Brian Hayden 4)Tyson Turnbull 5)Allen Weisser 6)Glen Underwood 7)Dale Kelley DNS
1st B – Main (Top 4 go to back of A inside row) – 1)Stormy Scott 2)Vic Vena 3)Kevin Weaver 4)Kyle Bronson 5)Rick Aukland 6)Dale Mathison 7)Dave Baldwin 8)Thomas Sigler 9)Terry McClintock 10)Jeremy Newberry 11)Tim Peterson 12)Terry Haven 13)Steve Lance 14)Don O’Neal 15)Zac Oedewaldt 16)Nate Bregenzer 17)Devin Dixon 18)Les Duellman 19)Austin Sanders DNS
In the second preliminary, three drivers had led by the sixth lap as two-time UMP champ Denny Schwartz, Indiana’s Scotty Kincaid, and Brian Hayden took turns. A hard-charging John McCaul made his way into contention and a transfer spot, ousting Steven Pfeifer, who had been as high as third at one point. Pfeifer was left on the outside looking in, a cruel blow for the Minot, North Dakota racer.
2nd B – Main (Top 4 go to back of A outside row) – 1)Brian Hayden 2)Scotty Kincaid 3)John McCaul 4)Denny Schwartz 5)Steven Pfeifer 6)Allen Weisser 7)Tyson Turnbull 8)Alan Farley 9)Rick Cannata 10)Glen Underwood 11)Wesley Summers 12)J.R. Hotovy 13)Curt Gelling 14)Dennis Haven 15)Mike Spatola 16)Bruce Bregenzer 17)Greg Reutimann DNS 18)Dale Kelley DNS
A – Main (25 Laps) – 1)Jeff Mathews 2)Dave Hess, Jr. 3)Stormy Scott 4)Perry Brown 5)Kevin Weaver 6)Tommie Seets, Jr. 7)Mike Potosky 8)Roger Crouse 9)John Bradley 10)Brady Short 11)John McCaul 12)Duanne Dale 13)Kyle Bronson 14)Wayne Hammond 15)Scotty Kincaid 16)Vic Vena 17)Brian Hayden 18)Jason Schill 19)Rodney Wing 20)Stanley Donahoo 21)Buzzie Reutimann 22)Shane Sabraski 23)Rob Fuqua 24)Denny Schwartz
Strawberry Dash – 1)Steve Lance 2)Allen Weisser 3)Mike Spatola 4)Tim Peterson 5)Glen Underwood 6)Terry McClintock
January 26, 2010
Jeff Mathews showed everybody his winning ways at his home track, Tuesday night in Tampa, Florida by coming from outside second row starting position to lead all 25 laps for a $1,000 prize in the kick-off race of the 11th Annual Open Wheel Modified portion of East Bay Raceway Park’s 34th Annual Winternationals.
“I run here all year and I knew not to come off the bottom,” explained Mathews, the Modified and Late Model ’09 East Bay track champion. Also, winning the Modified Championship at Ocala, the Dover FL driver used his own Shaw chassis, powered by Robert Delgado engines, to build a three-second lead over Dave Hess, Jr. when the first yellow came out on lap 11 for mechanical problems on Shane Sabraski’s No. 7A J-Car.
Following a second caution one lap later, Hess decided to try the top and made a valiant effort to stay with Mathews, but could never pull even. The leader was aware of Hess trying the cushion, but was never tempted to move up. Instead, Mathews continued to stick with the bottom and after the final yellow for last year’s Winternationals’ winner Rodney Wing who lost power high in turn four, Mathews was 2.5 seconds ahead when flagman Ronnie Luckock showed the field ‘five-to-go’.
The brightly colored winner’s car No. 33 showed sponsorship from Bay Gulf Credit Union, Buddy’s Home Furnishings and Mathews own business, Night Hawk Towing.
Second place finisher, Pennsylvania driver Hess, who started second, used the same Clinger-Built car he brought here two years ago and said, “I spent most of the night just trying to get used to the track. Our basic set-up is similar to an ‘old Rocket’ style and we are using Genesis Race Shocks and Craiger Race Engines.” Sponsorship is from Hess’ Garage and Salvage in Waterford PA.
There was a lot of passing during the feature as third place finisher Stormy Scott out of Las Cruces NM, started 17th and utilized every opening in traffic to move to fourth by that first caution on lap 11. Scott claimed, “The night was a tire guessing game for me.” His chassis, a Shaw by Wade Moyer Race Cars, is owned by J.R. Baxter and sponsored by JR Restaurant Equipment. The 20-year old Scott was UMP Champion of the Wild West Region.
Local driver Perry Brown started his C&R Motorsports Harris powered by Jimmy’s Custom Engines in fifth and finished fourth. Meanwhile, Kevin Weaver started his own four-year old Pierce chassis in 21st spot and climbed to 11th by the first caution on lap ll. Announcer Chris Stepan made sure the crowd was watching as Weaver put on a crowd-pleasing drive on the cushion for the last 10 laps which vaulted him to a top five finish.
Rounding out the top 10 it was Tommie Seets, Jr., Mike Potosky, Roger Crouse, John Bradley and Brady Short. Heat winners who redrew for starting spots were Short, Buzzie Reutimann, Mathews, Hess, Jr., Potosky,Brown, Sabraski andJason Schill. From the first B- Main the four cars to advance were Scott, Vic Vena, Weaver and Kyle Bronson. The second B sent Brian Hayden, Scotty Kincaid, John McCaul and Denny Schwartz to the back of the A-Main. Steve Lance won the Strawberry Dash.
STATS – OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS – EAST BAY RACEWAY PARK – TUESDAY, 1/26/10
Qualifying Results:
1. 00 Buzzie Reutimann – 17.065; 2. 11X Jason Schill – 17.125; 3. 48 Wayne Hammond – 17.187; 4. 33 Jeff Mathews – 17.206; 5. 2A Rick Aukland – 17.317; 6. 3F Rob Fuqua – 17.328; 7. 2 Devin Dixon – 17.331; 8. 33X Rodney Wing – 17.351; 9. 11 Steven Pfeifer – 17.363; 10. 01 Vic Vena – 17.421; 11. 4 Stormy Scott – 17.445; 12. 44 Dave Hess, Jr. – 17.447; 13. 40 Kyle Bronson – 17.462; 14. 27 John Bradley – 17.507; 15. 2H Brian Hayden – 17.534; 16. K12 Scotty Kincaid – 17.557; 17. 00G Greg Reutimann – 17.614; 18. 7A Shane Sabraski – 17.623; 19. 19 Thomas Sigler – 17.669; 20. 1 Tommie Seets, Jr. – 17.675; 21. M20 Mike Potosky – 17.728; 22. B12 Kevin Weaver – 17.737; 23. 00D Stanley Donahoo – 17.769; 24. 36 Brady Short – 17.793; 25. 9M Dale Mathison – 17.803; 26. 10 Tyson Turnbull – 17.837; 27. 13 J.R. Hotovy – 17.867; 28. 83B Perry Brown – 17.909; 29. 9 Roger Crouse – 17.922; 30. 112 Steve Lance – 18.004; 31. 6M Terry McClintock – 18.013; 32. 29 Alan Farley – 18.013; 33. 21S Denny Schwartz – 18.088; 34. 27M John McCaul – 18.092; 35. 02 Glen Underwood – 18.109; 36. 64 Austin Sanders – 18.268; 37. 07P Tim Peterson – 18.392; 38. 23 Terry Haven – 18.436; 39. 62 Jeremy Newberry – 18.595; 40. 77 Bruce Bregenzer – 18.673; 41. 96X Dennis Haven – 18.751; 42. 71 Don O’Neal – 18.791; 43. 0 Les Duellman – 18.850; 44. 6B Dave Baldwin – 18.922; 45. 25W Allen Weisser – 19.204; 46. Z1 Zac Oedewaldt – 19.389; 47. 96 Curt Gelling – 19.513; 48. 38 Rick Cannata – 21.140; 49. 8 Wesley Summers – 23.588; 50. 27N Nate Bregenzer – 49.195; 51. 999 Duanne Dale – NT; 52. 89 Mike Spatola – NT; 53. 22 Dale Kelley – NT
1st Heat – 1)Brady Short 2)Roger Crouse 3)Stormy Scott 4)Kevin Weaver 5)Austin Sanders 6)Don O’Neal 7)Steve Lance
2nd Heat – 1)Buzzie Reutimann 2)Rob Fuqua 3)Vic Vena 4)Rick Aukland 5)Dale Mathison 6)Dave Baldwin 7)Terry McClintock
3rd Heat – 1)Jeff Mathews 2)Duanne Dale 3)Terry Haven 4)Tim Peterson 5)Nate Bregenzer 6)Zac Oedewaldt 7)Jeremy Newberry
4th Heat – 1)Dave Hess, Jr. 2)Rodney Wing 3)Kyle Bronson 4)Thomas Sigler 5)Devin Dixon 6)Les Duellman
5th Heat – 1)Mike Potosky 2)Tommie Seets, Jr. 3)Mike Spatola 4)Bruce Bregenzer 5)Greg Reutimann 6)Rick Cannata DNS
6th Heat – 1)Perry Brown 2)Stanley Donahoo 3)Scotty Kincaid 4)John McCaul 5)Wesley Summers 6)Dennis Haven
7th Heat – 1)Shane Sabraski 2)Wayne Hammond 3)Denny Schwartz 4)J.R. Hotovy 5)Curt Gelling 6)Steven Pfeifer 7)Alan Farley
8th Heat – 1)Jason Schill 2)John Bradley 3)Brian Hayden 4)Tyson Turnbull 5)Allen Weisser 6)Glen Underwood 7)Dale Kelley DNS
1st B – Main (Top 4 go to back of A inside row) – 1)Stormy Scott 2)Vic Vena 3)Kevin Weaver 4)Kyle Bronson 5)Rick Aukland 6)Dale Mathison 7)Dave Baldwin 8)Thomas Sigler 9)Terry McClintock 10)Jeremy Newberry 11)Tim Peterson 12)Terry Haven 13)Steve Lance 14)Don O’Neal 15)Zac Oedewaldt 16)Nate Bregenzer 17)Devin Dixon 18)Les Duellman 19)Austin Sanders DNS
In the second preliminary, three drivers had led by the sixth lap as two-time UMP champ Denny Schwartz, Indiana’s Scotty Kincaid, and Brian Hayden took turns. A hard-charging John McCaul made his way into contention and a transfer spot, ousting Steven Pfeifer, who had been as high as third at one point. Pfeifer was left on the outside looking in, a cruel blow for the Minot, North Dakota racer.
2nd B – Main (Top 4 go to back of A outside row) – 1)Brian Hayden 2)Scotty Kincaid 3)John McCaul 4)Denny Schwartz 5)Steven Pfeifer 6)Allen Weisser 7)Tyson Turnbull 8)Alan Farley 9)Rick Cannata 10)Glen Underwood 11)Wesley Summers 12)J.R. Hotovy 13)Curt Gelling 14)Dennis Haven 15)Mike Spatola 16)Bruce Bregenzer 17)Greg Reutimann DNS 18)Dale Kelley DNS
A – Main (25 Laps) – 1)Jeff Mathews 2)Dave Hess, Jr. 3)Stormy Scott 4)Perry Brown 5)Kevin Weaver 6)Tommie Seets, Jr. 7)Mike Potosky 8)Roger Crouse 9)John Bradley 10)Brady Short 11)John McCaul 12)Duanne Dale 13)Kyle Bronson 14)Wayne Hammond 15)Scotty Kincaid 16)Vic Vena 17)Brian Hayden 18)Jason Schill 19)Rodney Wing 20)Stanley Donahoo 21)Buzzie Reutimann 22)Shane Sabraski 23)Rob Fuqua 24)Denny Schwartz
Strawberry Dash – 1)Steve Lance 2)Allen Weisser 3)Mike Spatola 4)Tim Peterson 5)Glen Underwood 6)Terry McClintock
MTS Sprints adds Lane Automotive at Title Sponsor
Lane Automotive Announced As Title Sponsor of the MTS Sprint Car Series
Shortly after being presented with the Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club's 2009 Promoter of the Year Award, Michigan Traditional Sprints Inc. announced a title sponsorship agreement with Lane Automotive of Watervliet, Michigan. The award presentation and the announcement that Lane will become title sponsor of the MTS, Inc. Sprint Series were made at the annual Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club Banquet in Warren, Michigan on January 16, 2010. Promotional plans and marketing initiatives will be revealed in the upcoming months, prior to the start of the 2010 season.
According to Joe Irwin, MTS, Inc. Vice President, “Our relationship with Lane Automotive began in 2009. We are thrilled that they have taken a larger and more substantial role in our series. We are confident that we have found a partner with a successful business and a vision for growing the MTS Inc. Sprint Series that will benefit fans, drivers, teams, owners and tracks”.
About the Lane Automotive MTS Inc Sprint Series:
The Lane Automotive MTS Inc Sprint Series involves traditional 410 cubic inch, non-wing sprint cars racing in the Midwest region of the United States and competing on a challenging combination of dirt tracks. In 2010 the MTS Series will conduct 10 to 15 races in the Midwest, attracting a diverse lineup of drivers. Many of the events will be available live on line through Races on the Web. The series will be one of the only sprint car racing series in Michigan to bring the fans the power of 410 engines on the dirt bullrings. The 2010 Lane Automotive MTS Inc Sprint Series will, showcase some of sprint car racing's leading personalities including former S.O.D. and two-time MTS Champ Steve Irwin, 2008 MTS Champ Mike Galajda and Butler track Champion Mark Broughman. Ohio non-wing invaders will include the MTS Ohio vs. Michigan Champ Matt Westfall, Waynesfield Track Champion Kyle Simon, and young guns Mike Burkin and Landon Simon. Some of the top 360 wing drivers will include Gregg Dalman and Ryan Grubaugh as well as Ontario Canada's S.O.S. Champion Justin Martin, and John Watson.
The green flag will drop for the first time on the Lane Automotive MTS, Inc. Sprint series contest on May 29th at the Thunderbird Raceway in Muskegon. The race will be broadcast live on Races on the Web (www.racesontheweb.com).
About Lane Automotive:
Founded in 1964 as a part-time venture in George Lane's garage, Lane
Automotive has become a speed equipment industry phenomenon. Since the days when local racers lined up to buy racing parts at that tiny, one man shop, the company has become a large corporation, comprised of five separate divisions and employing over 200 people. One thing has remained the same throughout the years of growth at Lane Automotive: the desire to provide the best parts and the best service at the best prices. Known the world over as a premier supplier of performance parts and accessories for racers, hot rodders, truck and off-road enthusiasts, Lane Automotive's divisions include Motor State Distributing, Allstar Performance, Lane Collectables, Exact Detail and the Lane Automotive Showroom. Today, the company serves customers around the world from a gigantic warehouse/office complex located near Watervliet, Michigan, at the intersection of Interstate 94 and Michigan 140.
For more information on the Lane Automotive MTS Inc Sprint Series, visit: www.mtsprints.com
Shortly after being presented with the Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club's 2009 Promoter of the Year Award, Michigan Traditional Sprints Inc. announced a title sponsorship agreement with Lane Automotive of Watervliet, Michigan. The award presentation and the announcement that Lane will become title sponsor of the MTS, Inc. Sprint Series were made at the annual Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club Banquet in Warren, Michigan on January 16, 2010. Promotional plans and marketing initiatives will be revealed in the upcoming months, prior to the start of the 2010 season.
According to Joe Irwin, MTS, Inc. Vice President, “Our relationship with Lane Automotive began in 2009. We are thrilled that they have taken a larger and more substantial role in our series. We are confident that we have found a partner with a successful business and a vision for growing the MTS Inc. Sprint Series that will benefit fans, drivers, teams, owners and tracks”.
About the Lane Automotive MTS Inc Sprint Series:
The Lane Automotive MTS Inc Sprint Series involves traditional 410 cubic inch, non-wing sprint cars racing in the Midwest region of the United States and competing on a challenging combination of dirt tracks. In 2010 the MTS Series will conduct 10 to 15 races in the Midwest, attracting a diverse lineup of drivers. Many of the events will be available live on line through Races on the Web. The series will be one of the only sprint car racing series in Michigan to bring the fans the power of 410 engines on the dirt bullrings. The 2010 Lane Automotive MTS Inc Sprint Series will, showcase some of sprint car racing's leading personalities including former S.O.D. and two-time MTS Champ Steve Irwin, 2008 MTS Champ Mike Galajda and Butler track Champion Mark Broughman. Ohio non-wing invaders will include the MTS Ohio vs. Michigan Champ Matt Westfall, Waynesfield Track Champion Kyle Simon, and young guns Mike Burkin and Landon Simon. Some of the top 360 wing drivers will include Gregg Dalman and Ryan Grubaugh as well as Ontario Canada's S.O.S. Champion Justin Martin, and John Watson.
The green flag will drop for the first time on the Lane Automotive MTS, Inc. Sprint series contest on May 29th at the Thunderbird Raceway in Muskegon. The race will be broadcast live on Races on the Web (www.racesontheweb.com).
About Lane Automotive:
Founded in 1964 as a part-time venture in George Lane's garage, Lane
Automotive has become a speed equipment industry phenomenon. Since the days when local racers lined up to buy racing parts at that tiny, one man shop, the company has become a large corporation, comprised of five separate divisions and employing over 200 people. One thing has remained the same throughout the years of growth at Lane Automotive: the desire to provide the best parts and the best service at the best prices. Known the world over as a premier supplier of performance parts and accessories for racers, hot rodders, truck and off-road enthusiasts, Lane Automotive's divisions include Motor State Distributing, Allstar Performance, Lane Collectables, Exact Detail and the Lane Automotive Showroom. Today, the company serves customers around the world from a gigantic warehouse/office complex located near Watervliet, Michigan, at the intersection of Interstate 94 and Michigan 140.
For more information on the Lane Automotive MTS Inc Sprint Series, visit: www.mtsprints.com
Monday, January 25, 2010
Tom Sprague Wins Leadership Award
Congratulations to Winston Speedway owner Tom Sprague as well as many other area West Michigan area Drivers including Bill May for his National UMP Factory Stock Title. Click on the Title to read more.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
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