IT'S TIME TO RACE!!

March 15, 2008 Scotty Williams Winner In East Bay Mods By Scott McAllister 3/15/08 After taking the previous week off due to poor weather, the pits at Eastbay Raceway Park were once again filled with over 100 racecars for the 2nd week of competition at “The Clay by the Bay, and the large crowd on hand would be treated to a spectacular night of breathtaking action. The Motorstats.com Street Stocks were first to hit the track for their 15-lap feature event. With a heat race win already to his credit, Buck Skinner proved to be too much to handle and picked up his 1st A-Main victory of the year. The intense action was the battle for 2nd back. In typical Eastbay fashion, it would take a last-lap, three-wide dash off turn 4 between Danny Hill, Danny Paris, Jr., and Buck Woodhouse who would finish 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively. Steve O’Lone rounded out the top-5. Donnie Reed was the winner of Heat Race #1, and finished 8th in the A-Main. The Gagel’s Auto Parts Open Wheel Modifieds had the Eastbay crowd on their feet throughout their A-Main Feature event. Scotty Williams would hang on for the win, but not before “The Legend” Buzzie Reutimann made his presence known with a run through the field that had he and Williams side-by-side at the stripe. After a magnificent 2nd place finish, Reutimann would leave still atop the Gagel’s Auto Parts Championship point’s battle. John Bradley and Austin Sanders finished 3rd and 4th, and Bobby Dixon battled his way through the pack for a well-deserved 5th place finish. In the Limited Late Model Division, Tim Powers proved too strong for the field and won not only Heat Race #1, but the A-Main Feature as well. Forrest Gough gave Powers pressure throughout the race, but would settle for 2nd. Former Track Champion Roger Crouse finished 3rd and won Heat Race #2. Tim Gay finished 4th and J.R. Prather, Jr. 5th. The 25-Lap Late Model A-Main feature turned out to be a wheel-to-wheel duel between team-owner-driver Steve Mathis and the driver of his 2nd car, Phillip Cobb. Heat-Race #1 winner, David Schmauss lead early, but was unable to hold off the two team cars of Mathis and Cobb and finish 3rd while Jackie Nosbisch, Jr. and Wallace Peacock would bring home 4th and 5th. “Team orders” were definitely out the window as Cobb and Mathis traded not only the lead, but paint, rubber and some body parts as well. The crowd held their breath for the final, furious 15 laps and as the two came off turn 4, Cobb was able to hold the bottom and bring home his 1st A-Main win of the 2008 racing season. John Norris, winner of Heat Race #2, was involved in an accident early and finished 23rd in the 26 car field. The Convire 4 Cylinder bombers would not disappoint the large crowd that remained until the final lap of the A-Main 15 lap Feature Event. Although the top 3 finished in the same order as the previous event, the outcome was never certain until the final turn. Frank Miller, Collin Kruse and George Christensen all raced extremely hard but clean and finished 1, 2 and 3. Kyle Eash and Roberto Morfin rounded out the top 5. Miller and C. Kruse won the heat races. ASA sanctioned racing resumes at Eastbay Raceway Park Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 at 6:30pm. Late Models, Limited Late Models, Limited Sprints, The Motorstats.com Street Stocks and Outlaw 4’s will all be in action and the Easter Bunny will also make a stop for the kids and our Easter Egg Hunt for the kids. For more information call the track office at 813-677-7223 or visit us on the web at www.eastbayracewaypark.com. East Bay Race Results March 15, 2008 4 Cyl Bombers 1 138 Frank Miller 2 238 Collin Kruse 3 40 George Christensen 4 17X Kyle Eash 5 7M Roberto Morfin 6 85 Elliott Warn 7 112 DB Hogwaller 8 64 Mike Budka, Jr. 9 50 Gary Killeen 10 007 JR Prather, Sr. 11 22 George Handy 12 48 Colonel Miller 13 309 Hurshell Bonner, Jr. 14 29 Robert Williams 15 6 Kever Raulerson 16 60 Taylor Martin DNS 77 Robert Fouch Limited Late Models 1 44 Tim Powers 2 21 Forrest Gough 3 15 Roger Crouse 4 35 Tim Gay 5 007 JR Prather, Jr. 6 22 Cheryl Cochran 7 00 Jason Dyal 8 6 William Pugh 9 73 Jeremy Simpson 10 11 Bobby Johns 11 45 Bullet Bob Peterson 12 88 Thomas Braswell 13 05 Doug Watson 14 66 Ricky Land 15 49 Randy Shields, Jr. 16 71 Tommy Prince 17 98 Keven Devrieze 18 18 Jamie Anderson Modifieds 1 63 Scotty Williams 2 00 Buzzie Reutimann 3 27 John Bradley 4 64 Austin Sanders 5 205 Bobby Dixon 6 22 Dale Kelley 7 3 Alex Boerner 8 71 Rich Livernois 9 66 Tootie Roberts 10 48 Wayne Hammond 11 84 Tex Erskine 12 27B Bruce Harvey 13 111 Rich Gilbert 14 38 Tony Agin 15 01 Jamie Burrows 16 27N Nate Brengenzer 17 1 Ed Hill Street Stocks 1 00B Buck Skinner 2 17 Danny Hill 3 05 Danny Paris, Jr. 4 55 Buck Woodhouse 5 20o Steve O'Lone 6 53 James Hook 7 02 Tim Spencer, Sr. 8 07 Donnie Reed 9 58 Matt Bozeman 10 7 Matthew Grissom 11 14 Joe Mathews 12 20 Timmy Spencer, Jr. 13 49 Doug Johnson 14 11 Corey Dyal 15 411 Mac Kersey 16 0 Randy Johnson 17 111 David Smith DNS 09 Charlie Paris, Jr. DNS 1 David Roberts Have an opinion on this story? 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