IT'S TIME TO RACE!!

June 21, 2004 FSCR Six Classes And One Hundred Plus Cars Make A Hot Night At East Bay by Bill Green Tampa, FL (June 15, 2004) As the Florida humidity reminded everyone that summer was on it’s way, East Bay Racers showed just how hot it was getting. Over 120 cars crowded the pits for to night’s action and that included 15 of the wild and crazy fan participation cars. Limited Late Models would be up first on tonight’s lineup. With the heat win going to Tommy Kelly’s Marine Surplus #75, we were set for a great feature event. Kelly would lead them to the feature green and survived 5 restarts from the top spot to take the win. Tommy Kelly promptly dedicated the race to his Dad for Father’s Day and wished all the father’s in the stands a big thank you for bringing their kids to racing. Second would go to David Simpson, with J.R. Prather, Jr. third, Jason Bronson fourth and Shane Koperda fifth. Street Stocks would see Kyle Bronson and Danny Paris in Victory Lane early in the heats. Kyle Bronson lead them to the green and through the first 6 laps, until lap traffic moved to the bottom groove where Bronson already was going for the pass. Bronson left the radiator and the win in turn one, leaving Danny Paris to take another and extend his points lead. Second went to Tony Traina, third was Tim Spencer, fourth and fifth went to the Smith’s, but there is no relation as Hollie Smith finished fourth, leaving Bob Smith fifth. Late Model heat wins went to Keith Nosbisch and Bobby Alexander, Sr. Setting the stage for what was to be a fantastic feature event. Bill Howard got to Victory Lane, but Roger Crouse was putting on a show as he rode the cushion on the outside at full throttle reeling in Howard for a great battle. Unfortunately for Roger, the “Mayor of Muddville” would roll off on the hook after a self-induced spin in turn-2 that collected the #33 of Jeff Mathews. The restart left Howard to take the win, “The Master” Donnie Tanner went second, Keith Nosbisch hung on to third, forth was a great run by Phillip Cobb and K.D. Kelly got his first top-5 since his heart surgery and return. Limited Sprints saw Tim Holston win heat-1 and James Surrency heat-2. But, Holston would have to battle from 11th starting spot to another bridesmaid finish in second, while the "Mopar Missle" Frank Beck, III took the win. Third would go to Clyde Poole after leading early, fourth saw Tyler Godwin move up from 14th and "Big" Tim George came back to fifth after an early spin to miss someone else's mistake. Open Wheel Modifieds contested two heats, with Jeff Mathews and Rusty Dixon taking the checkered flags. After a red flag so the AMR Track Rescue Team could reach a pit injury, Bruce Watkins showed the field that coming from 18th to a win, was not impossible in the class. Watkins battled past "Prime Time" Bobby Dixon for the win, Dixon hung on to second. David Borner came from last to third after visiting the pits with a flat early. Fourth went to Ike Walker and Rusty Dixon salvaged the fifth place finish. Mini Stock drivers Wallace Peacock and Chad Rose celebrated heat wins to start the night. Chad Rose came from 6th to leading quickly in the feature, but Scotty Williams came from 10th to second just as fast. The two would battle it out over the final 7-laps, with Scotty Williams visiting Victory Lane when the final flag flew. Rose settled for second, Ryan Mitchell took third, Josh Peacock ran forth and Daniel Bowman, Jr. rounded out the top-5 in fifth. Next week, Bradenton Lawn & Fun Mini Stock Twin 15's, plus Late Models, Limited Late Models, Street Stocks and Open Wheel Modifieds. EAST BAY - Full Results - JUNE 6-19-04 LIMITED LATE MODELS 1. 75 - Tommy Kelly 2. 23D - David Simpson 3. 007 - J.R. Prather, Jr. 4. 25 - Jason Bronson 5. 83 - Shane Koperda 6. 66 - Ricky Land 7. 17 - Pete Grantham 8. 29 - William Hampton 9. 27 - Timmy Gay 10. 73 - Jeremy Simpson 11. 22 - Sheryl Cockran 12. 6 - Dorsey Strickland LATE MODELS 1. 48 - Bill Howard 2. 88 - Donnie Tanner 3. 02 - Keith Nosbisch 4. 03 - Phillip Cobb 5. 00 - K.D. Kelly 6. 16 - Trevor Merrell 7. 87 - John Norris 8. 7 - Frank Erskine, Sr. 9. 46 - Hamp Conley 10. 32 - Roger Crouse 11. 33 - Jeff Mathews 12. 89 - Steve Gillman 13. 007 - David Schmass 14. 79 - Vince Muzzin 15. 15 - Bobby Alexander, Sr. MINI STOCKS 1. 63 - Scotty Williams 2. 7Jr - Chad Rose 3. 5k - Ryan Mitchell 4. 2 - Josh Peacock 5. 3 - Daniel Bowman, Jr. 6. P1 - Wallace Peacock 7. 46 - Brian Debore 8. 65 - Greg Pea 9. 15 - Cecil Martin 10. 31 - Art Gulvin 11. 35 - Randy Thomas 12. 93 - Bill Tandetzke 13. 8m - Steve Miller 14. 24 - Marty Dailey 15. 71 - Rich Livernois 16. 51 - Jimmy Waldrop 17. 16 - Derek Nagel 18. 91 - Leon Coulter LIMITED SPRINTS 1. 2 - Frank Beck III 2. 30 - Tim Holston 3. 85 - Clyde Poole 4. 4 - Tyler Godwin 5. 1* - Tim George 6. 44 - Mike Steinruck 7. 29 - Steve Muller 8. 52 - Jeff MacIntosh 9. 21 - Larry Brazil, Jr. 10. 8 - Rich Alexander 11. 30r - Joe Wengerd 12. 82 - Brian Maddox 13. 3 - Travis Bliemaster 14. 21s - James Surrency 15. 99 - Danny Jones 16. 5 Donnie Maxwell OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS 1. B12 - Bruce Watkins 2. 205 - Bobby Dixon 3. 3x - David Borner 4. 27 - Ike Walker 5. 97 - Rusty Dixon 6. R3 - Rick Martin 7. 007 - Brian Dalton 8. 33 - Jeff Mathews 9. 31 - Brian Holifield 10. 20 - Steve Alderman 11. 8m - Matt Miller 12. 01b - John Bradley 13. 3 - Bill Howard 14. 11b - Jamie Burrows 15. 105 - David Schmauss 16. 09 - Charlie Paris, Sr. 17. 00 - Greg Reutimann 18. 47 - Jeff Conyers 19. 01 - Tony D'Alessio, Jr. 20. 02 - Andy Lee 21. 1 - Ed Hill 22. 33c - Dusty Cates STREET STOCKS 1. 309 - Danny Paris 2. 92 - Tony Traina 3. 02 - Tim Spencer 4. 60 - Hollie Smith 5. 33 - Bob Smith 6. 71 - Charlie Walburg 7. 26 - Clyde Poole 8. 55 - Buck Woodhouse 9. 64 - Austin Sanders 10. 91 - Mark Alderman 11. 007ii - Peter Kearney 12. 4 - Joseph Jones 13. 01 - Bob Fleming, Sr. 14. 00 - Kyle Bronson 15. 36 - Sonny Whitslar 16. 45 - Micheal Cherry 17. 49 - Doug Johnson 18. 03 - Mac Kersey 19. 23 - Roger Faivre 20. 43 - Tony Jackson REMINDER: Twin-15's for MINI STOCKS sponsored by BRADENTON LAWN & FUN are JUNE 26th. Also running will be LM, LLM, SS and OWM. See You There! 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