April 30, 2011 –A familiar face in Victory Lane joined those who have already scored their early season wins in East Bay Raceway Park action. Former champion Forrest Gough claimed the Q Auto & Injury Attorney main for his first triumph of 2011.

With a different paint scheme (blue versus the traditional white), but familiar sponsors, Gough powered ahead of the field early on. It proved to be beneficial when a lap six accident wiped out the cars from second through eighth behind the leader. Prior to that, challenger Daniel Woody rode the turn one wall for 80 feet while running second. As the race neared the end, a great battle between J.R. Prather Jr. and Ricky Land for second was exciting. Prather ended up with the spot and Land, who had come from the tail, would settle for third. Jason Pope claimed fourth with Tim Gay rounding out the top five. Heat winners were Pope and Woody.

Austin Sanders captured his fourth win of the 2011 season in the pursuit of defense of his championship in the Gagel’s Auto Parts Open Wheel Modified class. Sanders grabbed the lead from Kevin Bryant, who would find himself dealing with Buzzie Reutimann for position. Reutimann was able to slip by, only to have the spot taken away by a caution. He made it stick a few laps later and resumed his pursuit of Sanders. No one could catch the eventual winner, who added to his current point lead. Reutimann was followed by Roger Crouse, Bryant and Thomas Pratt. Reutimann and Pratt scored heat wins.

Roberto Morfin Jr. added his name to the short list of Outlaw 4 winners. He jumped out front and had to deal with the challenges from Raymond Rogers Jr. in his first start of the season. The race was full of drivers moving forward for best finishes of the season. Chad Rose, also in his first start, came from the rear of the field after repairing the car that did not run the heat, claiming third. Eric Knight posted a career-best fourth and Kyle Worden rounded out the top five. Morfin Jr. and Chris Zimmerman were heat winners.

Jim Baker led the early stages of the Street Stock feature until Jeff Rodgers came calling on lap 10. Rodgers hustled to his third feature of the year. Baker’s second place finish was his best of the season. Donnie Reed held off Curtis Book for third. Roy Woodhouse collected fifth. Rodgers and Reed started their nights with heat victories.

A field of 24 motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers started off on a 15-lap adventure with Patrick Fiore the early race leader. Fiore appeared on his way for his second feature win until the car lost its muffler on lap 12, an automatic DQ. The incident gave the lead to Johnnie Alexander, who made the best of the situation, claiming his second win. Bubba Puyear had his best finish of the year with a second. Point leader Thomas Burnside helped his cause by finishing third, ahead of Gene Gross and Mathew Odell. Mark Pickelsimer was the B feature winner. Roberto Morfin Sr., Fiore and Alexander were best of class in the heats.

ASA sanctioned racing returns to East Bay Raceway Park on Saturday, May 7, 2011. The program will include Late Models, east Bay Sprints, Street Stocks, motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers, Dirt Daubers and Fan Participation. motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers. For more information, go to www.eastbayracewaypark.com or call the track office.