IT'S TIME TO RACE!!

November 28, 2009 David Reutimann Visits East Bay Victory Lane 11/28/09 By: Larry Jewett NASCAR Sprint Cup regular David Reutimann didn’t stay out from behind the wheel long after his season ended. Reutimann jumped in a Tony D-backed Modified to prevail in a special 50-lap feature Saturday night at East Bay Raceway Park. The event, sponsored by the David Reutimann Foundation, put a special $1,000 on top for the main event. Wayne Hammond and Kyle Bronson won their heat races and Hammond drew a six for the inversion. That draw put Reutimann and John Bradley on the front row for the start of the event. Bradley pulled out to the early race lead and the event ran caution-free for the first 30 laps. Bradley and Reutimann were joined by tenth-starting Jeff Mathews, who sliced down low to attempt passes. His efforts were stopped by consecutive yellow flags, but Mathews was able to get by Reutimann. Mathews set his sights on Bradley and the two made heavy contact, giving Reutimann an opportunity to get back in the hunt. He made good on it, slipping past Mathews to cross in front of the flag stand for a popular victory. Mathews kept second, ahead of a charging Devin Dixon. Bradley took fourth with a steady Bronson rounding out the top five. The night started with Limited Late Model action and Bradley, doing double duty, claimed the victory to solidify his point position. Bradley and William Hampton took heat wins. The top five for the class included Tommy Evonosky, Phillip Cobb, Ricky Land and Tony Sansom. Street Stocks saw some slam-bang action with Buck Skinner and James Hook on the winning end of heat races. In the main event, Danny Hill and Donnie Reed scrapped for the lead before Hill retired. Buck Skinner swept to the outside to come hunting the front. Skinner was able to move by and claim his tenth feature of the year. Reed kept second, ahead of a charging Steve O’Lone. Gary Sheffield finished fourth with Hook in fifth. The motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bomber main saw Roberto Morfin Sr. notch his first win. The win was probably costly as Morfin’s motor expired in Victory Lane. Morfin had the lead, lost it to Raymond Vann and gained it back. Vann was second with point leader Jim Baker, Dalton Epps and Robert Kissam adding top fives. Roberto Morfin Jr. and Baker picked up heat wins. Randy Tyler prevailed in the seven-car Dirt Dauber feature. The win was Tyler’s third of the season. ASA sanctioned racing resumes at East Bay Raceway Park Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 at 6:30pm with the South Shore Auto Sales Late Models, East Bay Sprints, Q Auto & Injury Limited Late Models, Gagel’s Auto Parts Open Wheel Modifieds, Outlaw 4s, motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers and Fan Participation races. For more information, call the track office at 813-677-7223 or visit us on the web at www.eastbayracewaypark.com. Limited Late Models - Feature Finish Start Car Driver 1 1 45 John Bradley 2 3 19 Tom Ebonosky 3 12 11H Phillip Cobb 4 8 66 Ricky Land 5 10 56C Tony Sansom 6 2 29 William Hampton 7 9 25 Jim Rowley 8 5 21 Forrest Gough 9 6 35 Tim Gay 10 7 6 Jeremy Simpson 11 11 309 Herschel Bonner 12 4 15 Alex Boerner Street Stocks - Feature Finish Start Car Driver 1 5 00B Buck Skinner 2 4 07 Donnie Reed 3 11 20O Steve O'lone 4 13 12 Gary Sheffield 5 6 53 James Hook 6 9 93 Jeff Rogers 7 10 1 Tyler Lau 8 3 81 Thomas Pratt 9 14 68 Mike Wilson 10 8 20 Tim Spencer 11 16 66 Bud Barone 12 17 14 Jeff Forrester 13 2 1H Danny Hill 14 12 49 Doug Johnson 15 1 55 Buck Woodhouse 16 7 22 Joseph Jones 17 15 7X Jody Robbins 4 Cylinder Bombers - Feature Finish Start Car Driver 1 3 46 Roberto Morfin, Sr. 2 4 15 Raymond Vann 3 2 69X Jim Baker 4 6 69 Dalton Epps 5 20 911 Robert Kissam 6 9 57 Curtis Book 7 1 7M Roberto Morfin, Jr. 8 7 22 George Handy 9 14 4 Kayla Jones 10 11 3 Roland Price 11 22 07 Wayne Kissam 12 12 222 Troy Dittebrand 13 16 53 Mark Poole 14 21 09 Jessica Robbins 15 13 33 Don Quinn 16 18 0 Ransom White 17 8 27 Jimmy Odell 18 5 8 Johnnie Alexander 19 15 9 Chris Newton 20 10 23 Andre Sheneman 21 17 09X Brett Calonge 22 19 3X Robert Plato, Iii Dirt Daubers - Feature Finish Start Car Driver 1 3 14 Randy Tyler 2 5 9W Scotty Williams 3 1 17 Joseph "j.r" Welden 4 6 40 Bill Weldon 5 4 11 Jimmy Mitchell 6 7 78 Lauren Ray 7 2 81T Joel Atanasoff Have an opinion on this story? Post a message on our Message Board! or Email KARNACto send a letter to the editor!