IT'S TIME TO RACE!!

June 14, 2009 Mathews Does it Again at East Bay in Modifieds By Jason Loughren 6/13/09 It was a great mid June night for racing at the Clay by the Bay Saturday night. The grandstand was packed as over 100 cars hit the track for a night of awesome dirt track racing. The Gagel’s Open Wheel Modifieds were first up with their 15-lap feature event. Jeff Mathews started in the 7th position and quickly made his way to the lead. Once in the lead Mathews drove away from the field and took the win in convincing fashion. It was his series leading 5th feature win of the season. Roger Crouse finished 2nd. Bobby Dixon started 10th and raced hard to a 3rd place finish. Dale Kelley finished 4th and Scotty Williams finished where he started in 5th place. Bruce Harvey and Mathews won the heat races. Twenty-one Street Stocks took the green flag in their 15-Lap feature event. James Hook was poised to win his 1st feature event of the year as the white flag waived. Unfortunately for Hook it was not the thrill of victory, but the agony of defeat as he spun coming to the checkered flag in turn 4 of the final lap. Buck Skinner was involved in an early race incident and restarted at the back of the field. He battled his way back to the front and was in a furious race for position with David Strickland when Hook spun in front of the field. Skinner’s tattered car, which did not have a section of it that was not bent, took the lead and the win. Strickland finished 2nd. Billy Carlbert, Jr. ran in the top 5 all night and was rewarded with a 3rd place finish. Steve O’Lone and Danny Hill rounded out the top-5. Strickland and Reed won the heats. A full field of 27 cars took the green flag in the Motorstats.com 4 cylinder bombers main event. Roberto Morfin, Jr and Roberto Morfin, Sr. had a father-son battle for the lead early on in the race. Morfin, Sr’s night ended when his motor blew up in turn 3. Morfin, Jr. had built a huge lead when the first caution waived 9 laps into the event. It was the longest green flag run of the year for the bombers. Morfin, Jr. clearly had the car to beat on numerous restarts as he pulled away to take the win. Jim Baker came home 2nd. Curtis Book finished 3rd. Robert Kissam and George Handy rounded out the top-5. Morfin, Sr., Morfin, Jr. and Book were victorious in the heat races. The “Q” Auto and Injury Attorneys Limited Late Models put on a great show in their 15-lap feature event. Forrest Gough was leading late when it appeared that his car suffered a mechanical problem dropping him back through the field. Bobby Johns had a strong car and was leading on the white flag lap when the same bad luck that happened to James Hook happened to him on the final lap in turn 2. Johns spun while in the lead opening the door for John Bradley who ran in the top-5 all night to take the checkered flag. Tim Gay finished 2nd. Alex Boerner had a good run after starting deep in the field and finished 3rd. Ricky Land started near the front of the field and finished 4th. JR Prather, Jr. completed the top-5. Johns and Gough won the heats. DB Hogwaller won the wet and wild 12-lap Dirt Dauber feature event outlasting Billy Carlbert. ASA sanctioned racing resumes at East Bay Raceway Park Saturday, June 20th 2009 at 6:30pm. The South Shore Auto Sales Late Models, East Bay Sprints, The Q Auto and Injury Attorneys Limited Late Models, Outlaw 4’s and motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers will all be in action. There is also the Ladies Have an opinion on this story? Post a message on our Message Board! or Email KARNACto send a letter to the editor!