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KEITH NOSBISCH TAKES CRATE LATE MODEL 50 LAPPER AT EAST BAY RACEWAY WHILE RICHIE STEPHENS WINS WORLD STREET STOCK CHAMPIONSHIP

KEITH NOSBISCH TAKES $5,000 IN CRATE LATE MODEL 50 LAPPER DURING EAST BAY RACEWAY WINTERNATIONALS
Photo Credit: Mike Horne

TAMPA, FL – Keith Nosbisch has been the most dominating driver in Crates this season at East Bay Raceway Park as well as being on top of his game when the Crates are front and center during the Winternationals. So, it was no surprise that the Valrico driver was in victory lane holding the $5,000 winner’s check at the end of a 50-lapper Saturday night.

“I got this Rocket chassis near the end of last year,” said Nosbisch to Chris Stepan, the announcer for the race, ”and Jimmy Dodge built me a great engine that helped me make that bold move on Josh Peacock inside turn three and pull ahead in turn four to lead the second lap. We went a little softer on our Hoosier tires, he said jokingly, and to get ready for tonight, I went to practice on a slick go-kart track this afternoon.”

Describing the track as a little rough through the middle, he admitted he had to concentrate on hitting his marks and the 11 caution flags in the first 24 laps didn’t help. But, during the second half of the race his Image Skin Care sponsored car had pretty much clear sailing. Although he seemed to slow in the closing five laps, lapped cars kept second place Doug Horton from making a serious challenge for the lead and Nosbisch had a margin of victory of 1.410 seconds at the finish. (more…)

By Scott|2014-02-10T19:16:18-05:00February 10th, 2014|East Bay Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off

KEITH NOSBISCH SETS TRACK RECORD GETTING SET UP FOR THE BIG $5000-TO-WIN SHOW FOR CRATE LATE MODELS SATURDAY AT EAST BAY

K-Nosbisch-action-2-7-14 TAMPA, FL – Less than 24 hours ago, Keith Nosbisch of Valrico, Fl. set a new track record over a field of 22 cars on hand for the first of two Crate Late Model shows that are a part of the 38^th Annual Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park. Unbelievable as it may seem, he did it again Friday night in preparation for the big finale of the Crates on Saturday paying $5,000 to win.

This time Nosbisch used his Rocket chassis to sail around the track becoming the first Crate LM to break the 15 second mark for one lap. His first time was the record setter with a time of 14.8018 and the second time was just a tad off with a 14.8960 seconds. Being a driver that has won the big Crate race before in 2008, Nosbisch also has an impressive eight top five finishes in the previous nine races.

Twenty Street Stocks were on hand and two were inverted in their qualifying heats which were won by Ritchie Stephens and Trent Wilson. (more…)

By Scott|2014-02-10T18:45:17-05:00February 10th, 2014|East Bay Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News|Comments Off

JACKIE NOSBISCH, JR WINS HIS FIRST CRATE LATE MODEL FEATURE IN 9 YEARS OF EAST BAY RACEWAY WINTERNATIONALS COMPETITION

TAMPA, FL – Jackie Nosbisch, Jr. now has six top 10 finishes in the Crate Late Model portion of East Bay Raceway’s Winternationals, but he never had a win beforeThursday night nor won $2,000 in such a convincing style.

His new Rocket launched ahead of the 22 car field at the half-way mark of the 30 lap feature and finished one-half a lap ahead of the rest of the competition for an 8.79 second margin of victory over Shan Smith, Josh Peacock, David Pollen, Jr. and Keith Nosbisch.

“The car was working flawlessly,” said the soft-spoken winner. “We changed stuff around to run the outside because I figured everyone would be on the bottom and right about lap 16, three of us were battling for the lead. Peacock, who had led the first 13 laps until I passed him on the outside on lap 14, and Keith Nosbisch got in the mix also before I decided ‘outside’ was the only way to go.”

“It’s nice to start the season with a win! I’d like to thank my sponsors Buddy’s Home Furnishings, Deland Truck Center, Adam’s Used Auto Parts of Tampa and the UPS Store in Riverview.” (more…)

By Scott|2014-02-10T18:37:38-05:00February 10th, 2014|East Bay Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off

DALE MATHISON AND KYLE STRICKLER WERE FIRST TIME WINNERS IN THE OPEN WHEEL MODIFIED DOUBLE-HEADER AT EAST BAY WINTERNATIONALS

TAMPA, FL……2/4/14….Dale Mathison of Clearwater MN won a hard fought battle in the make-up feature Tuesday night, while Kyle Strickler of Mooresville NC won the finale in the Open Wheel Modified portion of the opening segment of East Bay Raceway Park’s 38th version of the Winternationals.

Both drivers, as well as the first night winner, Kyle Bronson, were first-time winners in the Winternationals which attracted Open Wheel drivers from a total of 15 states and took seven days to complete because of rain the first four days and saturated track conditions. But, cooperation between the drivers, sanctioning body UMP and a never-quit effort by track officials, the three days of racing happened.

Mathison started on pole of the 31 car first feature and led the first 19 laps despite the field being bunched up for seven different caution flags in the 25-lap event, worth $1,000-to-win. However, the last six laps were a back and forth battle with sixth starting Devin Gilpin who led laps 20, 22 and 23 before Mathison regained the lead for good on the white flag lap and had a margin of victory of .685 seconds at Ronnie Luckock’s checkered flag.

“Everyone was giving me signs to stay on the bottom of the track, but I had to pick it up a bit when Gilpin passed me,” said the winner in his Mars Brothers custom-built chassis powered by an engine built by Tim’s automotive. Gilpin held on for 2nd ahead of Matt Cooper, Travis Varnadore and Jason Gross in the top five. Rounding out the top 10 it was Devin Dixon, Kyle Strickler, Buzzy Reutimann, Kevin Adams and Kenny Wallace. Heats went to Troy Girolamo, Mathison, Kyle Bronson and Strickler. (more…)

By Scott|2014-02-10T18:54:21-05:00February 5th, 2014|Audio, East Bay Raceway Park, Featured, Race Results|Comments Off

Kyle Bronson Wins First Winternationals OWM Event In A Fog Shortened Race At East Bay Raceway Park

Kyle Bronson in a Fogged covered Victory Lane wins in his first East Bay Winternationals event paying $1,500 to win on Opening Night.
Photo Credit: Mike Horne

Jean Lynch, TAMPA, FL. Finally, the 38th Annual Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park got underway Monday with the 15th Annual Open Wheel Modified feature that fans had been waiting for since last Thursday. However, it wasn’t because of rain this time that caused the program to be cut short after 17 laps – it was dense fog!

Kyle Bronson from nearby Brandon, Florida, was declared the winner after 17 laps of the scheduled 25 lap event paying $1,500 to win over a stellar field of open- wheel modified cars. It marked the first Winternational win for him in the Wayne and Shirlene Hammond owned number 40B car that he started in third spot in a field of 27 cars that showed up here from 12 states to compete for the Open Wheel title.

Bronson explained the early going like this. “I knew the inside was the fastest way around the track, but everyone was running down there. With Kyle Strickler starting on pole and Dale Mathison taking the lead for the next six laps, I decided to try the outside and it worked for me.” Bronson took the lead coming out of turn four in heavy traffic on lap seven as fog began to appear above the track. The win marked the third win in as many tries for the new GRT chassis powered by a Mullins engine. (more…)

By Scott|2014-02-04T16:40:31-05:00February 4th, 2014|East Bay Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News|Comments Off

East Bay Raceway Park Moves Racing To Sunday, Monday & Tuesday For Open Wheel Modifieds & FL Mini Sprints

Tampa, FL – 5:00 pm – Due to the uncontrollable amount of rain over these past few days, UMP Officials, East Bay Officials, Drivers and Teams got together and held a meeting and were all in favor of racing over the next three days. East Bay Officials will continue to work on the track throughout the night to make sure that the track is in racing conditions for the next three nights here at “The Clay By The Bay”.

The new revised schedule is as follows: Sunday Grandstands will open at 11:00 am with hot laps to begin around Noon and the ACTION to begin around 1:00 pm. Tomorrow’s event will be paying $1,500 to win for 25 Laps. Monday and Tuesday will be for $1,000 to win also for 25 laps with Grandstands opening at 5:00 pm with hot laps to begin around 6:00 pm and the ACTION to begin around 7:00 pm.

By Scott|2014-02-01T23:16:59-05:00February 1st, 2014|East Bay Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News|Comments Off

Excitement Builds for East Bay Winternationals

WAYCROSS, GA (January 29, 2014) – Officials of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series are excited to head to the sunshine state of Florida again this year for its second stop of the 2014 season. The stars of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will travel to East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, Florida for the 38th Annual Winternationals at the famed “Clay by the Bay” for a week of action-packed events in early February.

Officials of East Bay Raceway park have been steady working on the facilities and the track itself in preparations for this years events. New clay has been added to the racing surface combined with a racer friendly tire rule put in place by the LOLMDS, fans are sure to see some thrilling racing all week long. The Winternationals, held at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL will consist of an open practice on Sunday, February 9th, from 6PM to 9PM and six full nights of racing, from February 10th through 15th. Each day, the Drivers Meeting will be at 5:15PM (ET), Hot Laps will begin at 6:00PM, and racing will begin at 7:00PM.

The Winternationals will offer racers over $200,000 in purse money over the six nights of events. Two additional starting positions will also be added to each night’s feature event, giving 26 drivers a chance to earn a coveted Winternationals feature win. The 25th starting position will go to the driver that fails to transfer into the feature event through the heat races or B-mains and who was the fastest in qualifying among those drivers. The 26th starting position will go to the winner of the DirtonDirt.com Strawberry Dash each night. (more…)

By Scott|2014-01-30T18:58:06-05:00January 30th, 2014|East Bay Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series|Comments Off

Keith Nosbisch Wins Late Model Topless 50 On The Final Night Of The 2013 Season At East Bay Raceway Park

Tampa, FL – It was the final night of the 2013 Season as the 30 Late Models signed in to run Topless for the $1,500 to win Feature Event. Also racing were the Q Auto & Injury Attorneys Street Stocks, V8 Warriors, Florida Old Time Modifieds, Motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers and the Outlaw Fours who also would run topless for their feature event.

The first to run after intermission as kids lined up to see Mr. & Mrs Santa Claus would be the B-Main taking the top four into the A-Main as 4 heats were run earlier taking the top five advancing to the A-Main. Winning the B-Main would be Matt Miller and also making the A-Main would be David Pollen, Jr., Travis Varnadore and Kyle Bronson. Bronson had to go to a back-up car and start at the tail end of the B-Main and advancing by finishing fourth.

Next would be the Outlaw Fours feature. Winning their heats were Brittany Yates and Zach Amundsen. For the front row it would be point’s leader Jesse James Foster and Billy Howard. Foster would take the green and would lead the first four laps until Don T. Quinn spun in turn two. Lap five it would be Howard would slow on the front stretch bringing out the second caution of the night. On the next restart Foster would lead until the next lap when Brittany Yates took over the lead but the caution would come out giving Foster back the lead. On the restart Foster and Yates battled side by side and on lap seven it was Yates taking over the lead and went on to win her first feature of the year. Finishing second was Foster as he became the 2013 Points Champion for the Outlaw Fours finishing ahead of second place in points Nick Hebrank. Finishing third would be Brandon Yates as Zach Amundsen and Jake Hampton rounded out the top five. (more…)

By Scott|2013-12-15T19:23:26-05:00December 15th, 2013|East Bay Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off

AJ Maddox Goes Wire To Wire Winning The Eagle Jet Top Gun Sprints Feature Presented By Buddy’s Home Furnishings At East Bay Raceway Park

Maddox-winner-12-7-13 Tampa, FL – The Eagle Jet Top Gun Sprints had 29 cars registered for their 25 lap $1,000 to win feature sponsored by Buddy’s Home Furnishings. Also racing were the Limited Late Models, Q Auto & Injury Attorneys Street Stocks, V8 Warriors and the Motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers.

First feature of the night was the Q Auto & Injury Attorneys Street Stocks with William Burnside winning the heat race. For the feature it was Thomas Burnside and Roberto Morfin, Sr. making up the front row. When the green waved Thomas Burnside led the first three laps until caution waved for his brother William spinning in turn two. The green waved once again as Thomas would continue to lead until another caution came out. This time is was for Michael Eaton spinning in turn four. On the final restart Thomas Burnside went on to lead the rest of the way and go on to win his second feature in 2013. Rounding out the top five was Dennis Wilson, Jr., William Burnside came back through the field to finish a strong third with Buck Woodhouse and Billy Barstow rounding out the top five.

Next were the Limited Late Models. Winning their heats were Thomas Scott and Roger Crouse and the two would also make up the front row for the feature. Scott would lead the first lap until caution came out as Jason Dyal spun in turn four. When the green waved again, Scott led the next seven laps as Forrest Gough spun in turn three after running in the third position. Only one other caution would come out as Thomas Scott would go on to win his very first Feature at East Bay Raceway Park. Scott said in Victory Lane that this was one of the tracks he had been trying to win and finally got it tonight. He also said he would gladly trade in the wins from other tracks to get this feature win here he also talked about in Victory Lane. Rounding out the top five were Roger Crouse, Dale Pope, Jason Dyal and Forrest Gough. Dale Pope would go on to be the 2013 Limited Late Model Champion. (more…)

By Scott|2013-12-09T17:40:58-05:00December 9th, 2013|East Bay Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results, Top Gun Sprints|Comments Off

Roger Crouse Wins David Reutimann Foundation 50 In Front Of A Packed House At East Bay Raceway Park

Crouse-Winner-11-30-13 November 30, 2013 – Tampa, FL – It was a packed house as David and his Father Buzzie Reutimann would battle it out for bragging rights in the Gagel’s Open Wheel Modified Reutimann Foundation 50 Lap Feature. Also racing were the Late Models, V8 Warriors, Outlaw Fours and Q Auto & Injury Attorneys Street Stocks.

First feature of the night went to the Outlaw Fours as Nick Hebrank and Billy Howard won their heat races. On the front row for the feature it would be Eric Knight and Brittany Yates. When the green waved, Knight quickly took the lead until caution came out on lap two with Jake Hampton spinning in turn one. Knight again took the green and led the field into turn one until the next caution on lap six as Don R. Quinn slowed in turn four. On the restart it would be Brandon Yates spinning after running in second. It was on the final restart Knight would have Billy Howard and Brittany Yates trying to get by Knight for the first few green laps. As the checkered waved it was Knight picking up his very first feature win. Rounding out the top five were Jesse James Foster, Brittany Yates, Brandon Yates and Billy Howard. (more…)

By Scott|2013-12-02T14:54:47-05:00December 2nd, 2013|East Bay Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off