{"id":1446,"date":"2010-05-09T13:59:18","date_gmt":"2010-05-09T13:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=1446"},"modified":"2010-05-09T13:59:18","modified_gmt":"2010-05-09T13:59:18","slug":"danny-martin-jr-victorious-as-the-top-gun-sprints-invade-east-bay-raceway-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/race-results\/danny-martin-jr-victorious-as-the-top-gun-sprints-invade-east-bay-raceway-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Martin, Jr. Victorious as the Top Gun Sprints Invade East Bay Raceway Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

By:\u00a0 Jason Loughren<\/strong>, 05\/08\/2010<\/p>\n

It was a perfect Florida evening for racing as around 100 cars signed in ready to battle the fast track at the Clay by the Bay.\u00a0 There were 5 classes in action including the down and dirty Top Gun Sprints and the wet and wild Dirt Daubers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0The Gagel\u2019s Open Wheel Modifieds hit the track first with their 15-lap feature event.\u00a0 Austin Sanders had the car to beat right from the drop of the green flag.\u00a0 Sanders led every lap and captured his 2nd<\/sup> win of the season.\u00a0 The win was Sanders second feature win in a row.\u00a0 Points leader John Bradley started 9th<\/sup> and finished 2nd<\/sup>.\u00a0 Kyle Bronson finished 3rd<\/sup>.\u00a0 Garret Stewart and Roger Crouse rounded out the top-5.\u00a0 Crouse and Stewart won the heats earlier in the evening.<\/p>\n

\u00a0In the Precision Kia Street Stocks Thomas Pratt won his 4th<\/sup> feature win of the year and 3rd<\/sup> in a row after leading a majority of the laps.\u00a0 Pratt started 4th<\/sup> and quickly made his way to the front of the field.\u00a0 Eric Moon started back in the field in the 8th<\/sup> position and finished 2nd<\/sup>.\u00a0 Jarod Gay ran near the front of the field all night long and charted a 3rd<\/sup> place finish.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Donnie Reed started 5th<\/sup> and finished 4th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Buck Woodhouse finished 5th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Moon and Buck Woodhouse were victorious in the heats.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The Top Gun Sprints made their return to the Clay by the Bay but before the racing action got under way in the drivers pulled their sprint cars onto the front stretch to sign autographs for the fans.\u00a0 Even Jeanette Burnett who went for a wild ride in the heat event was on the track signing for the fans.\u00a0 Once the autographs were signed and fans got to meet their favorite sprint car drivers the 25-lap feature event got underway.\u00a0 \u00a0Gene Lasker dominated 24 of 25 laps until it appeared that he suffered a mechanical failure in turn 2 on the final lap.\u00a0 Danny Martin, Jr. running in second place at the time took the lead and led the final two turns to take the win which was his second in a row in the Top Gun Sprints.\u00a0 Shawn Murray started on the pole and finished 2nd.\u00a0 Tim George ran near the front all night.\u00a0 Ryan Partin and Clint Reynolds rounded out the top-5.\u00a0 \u00a0Sport Allen was disqualified in post race inspection after it appeared\u00a0 that he finished 2nd<\/sup>.\u00a0 Partin and Lasker and were victorious in the heat races.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Motorstats.com 4 cylinder bombers were in action again as there were 38 vehicles entered in the event.\u00a0 In the A-Main feature event Richie Acres scored his first ever win on dirt as he held off the challenge of Troy Dittebrand.\u00a0 It was Acres first race ever at East Bay Raceway Park.\u00a0 Dittebrand finished 2nd<\/sup>.\u00a0 Kever Raulerson ran in the top-5 all night and finished 3rd<\/sup>.\u00a0 Johnnie Alexander finished 4th<\/sup>.\u00a0\u00a0 The mover and shaker of the night was Robert Kissam who started 24th<\/sup> in the 24 car field and finished 5th<\/sup>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0In the B-Main 14 cars started the event as Don Quinn took the win.\u00a0 Roberto Morfin, Jr., Johnnie Alexander and Greg Reeves took the checkered flag in the heat events.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Randy Tyler won the wet and wild Dirt Dauber feature event.<\/p>\n

\u00a0ASA Sanctioned racing returns to East Bay Raceway Park on Saturday, May 15, 2010 with the Scott Thompson Memorial-$3800.00 to win for the Racecar Engineering Late Models.\u00a0 Also in action will be the Precision Kia Street Stocks, Outlaw 4\u2019s and the Motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers.\u00a0 For more information go to www.eastbayracewaypark.com<\/a> or call the track office.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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