{"id":190,"date":"2010-01-27T17:16:26","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T17:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=190"},"modified":"2010-01-29T08:05:22","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T08:05:22","slug":"jeff-matthews-led-wire-to-wire-to-start-east-bays-winternationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/front-page-news\/jeff-matthews-led-wire-to-wire-to-start-east-bays-winternationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Matthews Led Wire to Wire to Start East Bay’s Winternationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeff Mathews showed everybody his winning ways at his home track, Tuesday night in Tampa, Florida by coming from outside second row starting position to lead all 25 laps for a $1,000 prize in the kick-off race of the 11th<\/sup> Annual Open Wheel Modified portion of East Bay Raceway Park\u2019s 34th<\/sup> Annual Winternationals.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI run here all year and I knew not to come off the bottom,\u201d explained Mathews, the Modified and Late Model \u201909 East Bay track champion.\u00a0 Also, winning the Modified Championship at Ocala, the Dover FL driver used his own Shaw chassis, powered by Robert Delgado engines, to build a three-second lead over Dave Hess, Jr. when the first yellow came out on lap 11 for mechanical problems on Shane Sabraski\u2019s No. 7A J-Car.<\/p>\n

Following a second caution one lap later, Hess decided to try the top and made a valiant effort to stay with Mathews, but could never pull even.\u00a0 The leader was aware of Hess trying the cushion, but was never tempted to move up.\u00a0 Instead, Mathews continued to stick with the bottom and after the final yellow for last year\u2019s Winternationals\u2019 winner Rodney Wing who lost power high in turn four, Mathews was 2.5 seconds ahead when flagman Ronnie Luckock showed the field \u2018five-to-go\u2019.<\/p>\n

The brightly colored winner\u2019s car No. 33 showed sponsorship from Bay Gulf Credit Union, Buddy\u2019s Home Furnishings and Mathews own business, Night Hawk Towing.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Second place finisher, Pennsylvania driver Hess, who started second, used the same Clinger-Built car he brought here two years ago and said, \u201cI spent most of the night just trying to get used to the track.\u00a0 Our basic set-up is similar to an \u2018old Rocket\u2019 style and we are using Genesis Race Shocks and Craiger Race Engines.\u201d\u00a0 Sponsorship is from Hess\u2019 Garage and Salvage in Waterford PA.<\/p>\n

There was a lot of passing during the feature as third place finisher Stormy Scott out of Las Cruces NM, started 17th<\/sup> and utilized every opening in traffic to move to fourth by that first caution on lap 11.\u00a0 Scott claimed, \u201cThe night was a tire guessing game for me.\u201d\u00a0 His chassis, a Shaw by Wade Moyer Race Cars, is owned by J.R. Baxter and sponsored by JR Restaurant Equipment.\u00a0 The 20-year old Scott was UMP Champion of the Wild West Region.<\/p>\n

Local driver Perry Brown started his C&R Motorsports Harris powered by Jimmy\u2019s Custom Engines in fifth and finished fourth.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Kevin Weaver started his own four-year old Pierce chassis in 21st<\/sup> spot and climbed to 11th<\/sup> by the first caution on lap ll.\u00a0 Announcer Chris Stepan made sure the crowd was watching as Weaver put on a crowd-pleasing drive on the cushion for the last 10 laps which vaulted him to a top five finish.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the top 10 it was Tommie Seets, Jr., Mike Potosky, Roger Crouse, John Bradley and Brady Short.\u00a0 Heat winners who redrew for starting spots were Short, Buzzie Reutimann, Mathews, Hess, Jr., Potosky,Brown, Sabraski andJason Schill.\u00a0 From the first B- Main the four cars to advance were Scott, Vic Vena, Weaver and Kyle Bronson.\u00a0 The second B sent Brian Hayden, Scotty Kincaid, John McCaul and Denny Schwartz to the back of the A-Main.\u00a0 Steve Lance won the Strawberry Dash.<\/p>\n

#B12 Kevin Weaver Started 21st<\/sup> And Finished 5th<\/sup> While #4 Stormy Scott Ended Up 4th<\/sup> In The Open Wheel Modified Action Of Night One At East Bay Raceway Park! (Mike Horne Photo)<\/p>\n

STATS \u2013 OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS – EAST BAY RACEWAY PARK \u2013 TUESDAY, 1\/26\/10<\/p>\n

Qualifying Results:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. 00 Buzzie Reutimann \u2013 17.065; 2. 11X Jason Schill \u2013 17.125; 3. 48 Wayne Hammond \u2013 17.187; 4. 33 Jeff Mathews \u2013 17.206; 5. 2A Rick Aukland \u2013 17.317; 6. 3F Rob Fuqua \u2013 17.328; 7. 2 Devin Dixon \u2013 17.331; 8. 33X Rodney Wing \u2013 17.351; 9. 11 Steven Pfeifer \u2013 17.363; 10. 01 Vic Vena \u2013 17.421; 11. 4 Stormy Scott \u2013 17.445; 12. 44 Dave Hess, Jr. \u2013 17.447; 13. 40 Kyle Bronson \u2013 17.462; 14. 27 John Bradley \u2013 17.507; 15. 2H Brian Hayden \u2013 17.534; 16. K12 Scotty Kincaid \u2013 17.557; 17. 00G Greg Reutimann \u2013 17.614; 18. 7A Shane Sabraski \u2013 17.623; 19. 19 Thomas Sigler \u2013 17.669; 20. 1 Tommie Seets, Jr. \u2013 17.675; 21. M20 Mike Potosky \u2013 17.728; 22. B12 Kevin Weaver \u2013 17.737; 23. 00D Stanley Donahoo \u2013 17.769; 24. 36 Brady Short \u2013 17.793; 25. 9M Dale Mathison \u2013 17.803; 26. 10 Tyson Turnbull \u2013 17.837; 27. 13 J.R. Hotovy \u2013 17.867; 28. 83B Perry Brown \u2013 17.909; 29. 9 Roger Crouse \u2013 17.922; 30. 112 Steve Lance \u2013 18.004; 31. 6M Terry McClintock \u2013 18.013; 32. 29 Alan Farley \u2013 18.013; 33. 21S Denny Schwartz \u2013 18.088; 34. 27M John McCaul \u2013 18.092; 35. 02 Glen Underwood \u2013 18.109; 36. 64 Austin Sanders \u2013 18.268; 37. 07P Tim Peterson \u2013 18.392; 38. 23 Terry Haven \u2013 18.436; 39. 62 Jeremy Newberry \u2013 18.595; 40. 77 Bruce Bregenzer \u2013 18.673; 41. 96X Dennis Haven \u2013 18.751; 42. 71 Don O\u2019Neal \u2013 18.791; 43. 0 Les Duellman \u2013 18.850; 44. 6B Dave Baldwin \u2013 18.922; 45. 25W Allen Weisser \u2013 19.204; 46. Z1 Zac Oedewaldt \u2013 19.389; 47. 96 Curt Gelling \u2013 19.513; 48. 38 Rick Cannata \u2013 21.140; 49. 8 Wesley Summers \u2013 23.588; 50. 27N Nate Bregenzer \u2013 49.195; 51. 999 Duanne Dale \u2013 NT; 52. 89 Mike Spatola \u2013 NT; 53. 22 Dale Kelley – NT<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup><\/span> Heat<\/span> \u2013 1)Brady Short 2)Roger Crouse 3)Stormy Scott 4)Kevin Weaver 5)Austin Sanders 6)Don O\u2019Neal 7)Steve Lance<\/p>\n

2nd<\/sup> Heat<\/span> \u2013 1)Buzzie Reutimann 2)Rob Fuqua 3)Vic Vena 4)Rick Aukland 5)Dale Mathison 6)Dave Baldwin 7)Terry McClintock<\/p>\n

3rd<\/sup> Heat<\/span> \u2013 1)Jeff Mathews 2)Duanne Dale 3)Terry Haven 4)Tim Peterson 5)Nate Bregenzer 6)Zac Oedewaldt 7)Jeremy Newberry<\/p>\n

4th<\/sup> Heat<\/span> \u2013 1)Dave Hess, Jr. 2)Rodney Wing 3)Kyle Bronson 4)Thomas Sigler 5)Devin Dixon 6)Les Duellman<\/p>\n

5th<\/sup> Heat<\/span> \u2013 1)Mike Potosky 2)Tommie Seets, Jr. 3)Mike Spatola 4)Bruce Bregenzer 5)Greg Reutimann 6)Rick Cannata DNS<\/p>\n

6th<\/sup> Heat<\/span> \u2013 1)Perry Brown 2)Stanley Donahoo 3)Scotty Kincaid 4)John McCaul 5)Wesley Summers 6)Dennis Haven<\/p>\n

7th<\/sup> Heat<\/span> \u2013 1)Shane Sabraski 2)Wayne Hammond 3)Denny Schwartz 4)J.R. Hotovy 5)Curt Gelling 6)Steven Pfeifer 7)Alan Farley<\/p>\n

8th<\/sup> Heat<\/span> \u2013 1)Jason Schill 2)John Bradley 3)Brian Hayden 4)Tyson Turnbull 5)Allen Weisser 6)Glen Underwood 7)Dale Kelley DNS<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> B \u2013 Main<\/span> (Top 4 go to back of A inside row) \u2013 1)Stormy Scott 2)Vic Vena 3)Kevin Weaver 4)Kyle Bronson 5)Rick Aukland 6)Dale Mathison 7)Dave Baldwin 8)Thomas Sigler 9)Terry McClintock 10)Jeremy Newberry 11)Tim Peterson 12)Terry Haven 13)Steve Lance 14)Don O\u2019Neal 15)Zac Oedewaldt 16)Nate Bregenzer 17)Devin Dixon 18)Les Duellman 19)Austin Sanders DNS<\/p>\n

2nd<\/sup> B \u2013 Main<\/span> (Top 4 go to back of A outside row) \u2013 1)Brian Hayden 2)Scotty Kincaid 3)John McCaul 4)Denny Schwartz 5)Steven Pfeifer 6)Allen Weisser 7)Tyson Turnbull 8)Alan Farley 9)Rick Cannata 10)Glen Underwood 11)Wesley Summers 12)J.R. Hotovy 13)Curt Gelling 14)Dennis Haven 15)Mike Spatola 16)Bruce Bregenzer 17)Greg Reutimann DNS 18)Dale Kelley DNS<\/p>\n

A \u2013 Main<\/span> (25 Laps) \u2013 1)Jeff Mathews 2)Dave Hess, Jr. 3)Stormy Scott 4)Perry Brown 5)Kevin Weaver 6)Tommie Seets, Jr. 7)Mike Potosky 8)Roger Crouse 9)John Bradley 10)Brady Short 11)John McCaul 12)Duanne Dale 13)Kyle Bronson 14)Wayne Hammond 15)Scotty Kincaid 16)Vic Vena 17)Brian Hayden 18)Jason Schill 19)Rodney Wing 20)Stanley Donahoo 21)Buzzie Reutimann 22)Shane Sabraski 23)Rob Fuqua 24)Denny Schwartz<\/p>\n

Strawberry Dash<\/span> \u2013 1)Steve Lance 2)Allen Weisser 3)Mike Spatola 4)Tim Peterson 5)Glen Underwood 6)Terry McClintock<\/p>\n

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