{"id":4512,"date":"2011-02-04T13:03:36","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T13:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=4512"},"modified":"2011-02-05T03:59:31","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T03:59:31","slug":"landers-wins-at-east-bay-35th-winternationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/front-page-news\/landers-wins-at-east-bay-35th-winternationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Landers Wins At East Bay 35th Winternationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TAMPA, FL\u2026.2\/3\/11\u2026. Jared Landers, of Clemmons NC, kicked off the 35th<\/sup> Anniversary Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park Thursday night in convincing fashion by finally earning his first checkered flag here after coming close several times in the past in Open Wheel Modified competition.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This time he was not to be denied the 25-lap victory by a margin of four seconds on opening night of the 12th<\/sup> Annual Open Wheel Modified series was worth $1,500 and served as the first of two preliminary nights leading up to Saturday\u2019s 75-lap $5,000 to win finale.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The race got off to a shakey start when Jeff Mathews got in trouble on the front stretch and brought out the yellow before a lap was completed.\u00a0 Then on the next attempt, Landers got into pole-sitter Chad Kinder in turn four before a lap was completed bringing out another yellow.\u00a0 Landers squeeked through and Kinder was done for the night.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Piloting his own Shaw chassis sponsored by Mark Martin Chevrolet\/Ford, Mullins Race Engines and Clint Boyer Racing, that he has raced here before, Landers admitted, \u201cI couldn\u2019t find my guy that was to give me signals, so I just kept searching the race track for the fastest groove and figured I was doing OK until somebody poked me.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI was kind of rusty because I hadn\u2019t driven in two months, but my guys Matt Cooper, Donnie and Ben Ledgerwood made a bunch of changes\u00a0 and we got better through the night.\u00a0\u00a0 We are using Integra Shocks and Springs this year and they did their job.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first year my son Madden and my wife Jessica couldn\u2019t make the trip.\u00a0 I wish they could have been here for my win.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

A lot of passing made for exciting three-wide racing at times as drivers came from deep in the pack to crack the top ten.\u00a0 Corey Conley nailed down second spot after a red flag on lap 15 and he used the inside lane in turn three to pass Rick Hensley for the runner-up spot.\u00a0 Conley proudly explains that his engine is built by his daddy Ed in the basement of his house and that his Shaw is last year\u2019s version.\u00a0 Eric, \u201cBig\u201d Vinny and his girl friend Carrie are the main helpers on his car.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He mentioned Wheeling Auto Body as a main sponsor and thanked Jeff Mathews for all his help locally.\u00a0\u00a0 He gave credit to Hoosier Tires and Shaw \u201cTwo Brother Motorsports Dealer\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Equally impressive was the drive by Rodney Wing who came from 20th<\/sup> to third in Jeff Mathews brand new Shaw car.\u00a0 Wing feels that Mathews \u201cholds the key to the whole deal\u201d because he has his own car set up just the way he likes it and felt that Wing should be in the new car.\u00a0 Sponsors on the car are Night Hawk Towing, CURS (Credit Union Remarketing Solutions) and Buddy\u2019s Home Furnishing.\u00a0 Wing was a Regional Promoter of the year last year for his efforts at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian MS. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Hensley started sixth and finished fourth while Devin Dixon came from 12th<\/sup> to cross the finish line in fifth as his rear-end locked up and he had to be towed to the pits.\u00a0 Another hard-charger was Dave Hess. who started 18th<\/sup> and finished sixth in his Shaw chassis powered by Craiger Race Engines.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In addition to his Mom and Dad, the Hess Garage and Salvage is a main sponsor.\u00a0 With help from his crew of Mike, Mark and Jimmy Rumba, changes were made after winning the B-Main and they went back to the heat race set up using Genesis Shocks.\u00a0 Other credit on his car goes to Beacon Lubricants, Plyler Overhead Doors, Brozell Construction and Matt Tenbery Flooring.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rounding out the top ten it was Rick Aukland, Kenny Wallace, Todd Neiheiser and Kyle Bronson.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heat race winners were Allen Weisser,Chad Kinder, Wayne Hammond, Hensley, Neiheiser, Landers, Aukland and Joey Jenson.\u00a0 The B Mains advanced Conley, Austin Sanders, Curt Gelling and Peyton Taylor from the first one, then Hess, Wing, Elliott Despain and Daryl Herbert from the second.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A field of 62 drivers showed up from as far away as Minnesota to battle in warm, sunny Florida on a record-setting East Bay surface that local driver Kyle Bronson used to break a track record set by Dave Cain on 2\/14\/08.\u00a0 Bronson\u2019s\u00a0 time of 16.692 will now be the new mark.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There were two flips during the night.\u00a0 Buzzie Reutimann flipped at the flagstand while running sixth on lap three of the second B-Main and Wayne Hammond flipped in turn one in a four-car incident on lap 15 of the A-Main..\u00a0 Both drivers were OK, but their cars were severly damaged.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks, Jean Lynch for East Bay Raceway Park<\/p>\n

STATS \u2013 OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS \u2013 EAST BAY RACEWAY PARK \u2013 THURSDAY, 2\/3\/11<\/p>\n

Qualifying Results:
\n1. 40B Kyle Bronson \u2013 16.692; 2. 22S Chad Kinder \u2013 16.753; 3. 14C Corey Conley \u2013 16.911; 4. 33 Jeff Mathews \u2013 17.043; 5. 777 Jared Landers \u2013 17.092; 6. 3F Rob Fuqua \u2013 17.116; 7. 36 Kenny Wallace \u2013 17.232; 8. 2 Devin Dixon \u2013 17.311; 9. 33X Rodney Wing \u2013 17.326; 10. 66H Wayne Hammond \u2013 17.347; 11. 47 Bill Howard \u2013 17.361; 12. 38 Jeff Bland, Jr. \u2013 17.362; 13. 14 Adam William \u2013 17.363; 14. 64 Austin Sanders \u2013 17.386; 15. 01 Vic Vena \u2013 17.389; 16. 22 Dale Kelley \u2013 17.401; 17. 9M Dale Mathison \u2013 17.410; 18. 03 Rick Hensley \u2013 17.410; 19. 25 Butch Weisser \u2013 17.448; 20. 00 Buzzie Reutimann \u2013 17.480; 21. 2A Rick Aukland \u2013 17.484; 22. 72 Todd Neiheiser \u2013 17.501; 23. 83B Perry Brown \u2013 17.502; 24. 44H Dave Hess, Jr. \u2013 17.533; 25. Z1 Zac Oedewaldt \u2013 17.543; 26. 6 Daryl Herbert \u2013 17.564; 27. 9 Roger Crouse \u2013 17.574; 28. 01T Peyton Taylor \u2013 17.584; 29. D00 Stanley Donahoo \u2013 17.584; 30. 18 Dave McWilliams \u2013 17.616; 31. 28M Frank Marshall \u2013 17.672; 32. 26 Bobby Gierke \u2013 17.720; 33. 8M Matt Miller \u2013 17.763; 34. 25W Allen Weisser \u2013 17.805; 35. 75E Elliott Despain \u2013 17.840; 36. 144 Anthony Kinkade \u2013 17.847; 37. 155 Jimmy Payne \u2013 17.878; 38. 129 Rob Penny \u2013 17.889; 39. 21 Joey Jenson \u2013 17.955; 40. 05 Greg Johnson \u2013 17.993; 41. 96G Curt Gelling \u2013 18.009; 42. 11 Adam Colley \u2013 18.031; 43. 271 Dakotah Stephens \u2013 18.063; 44. 83 Joe Waba \u2013 18.085; 45. 100 Reed Storley \u2013 18.097; 46. 6B Dave Baldwin \u2013 18.183; 47. 45 Bob Broking \u2013 18.202; 48. D4 Dave Jamison \u2013 18.408; 49. 5L Larry Lambert \u2013 18.409; 50. 3K Jeremy Kerzman \u2013 18.456; 51. 44P Tim Powers \u2013 18.516; 52. 9C John Carpenter \u2013 18.648; 53. 55 David Orr \u2013 18.791; 54. 45J Johnny Broking \u2013 18.883; 55. 44T Joe Turner \u2013 18.981; 56. 96H Dennis Haven \u2013 18.993; 57. 6M Terry McClintock \u2013 19.095; 58. 23 Terry Haven \u2013 19.448; 59. 88 Thomas Braswell \u2013 19.609; 60. 3X Kenny Abney \u2013 20.159; 61. 58 Matt Fetterhoff \u2013 36.759; 62. 4W Rick Weekly \u2013 NT<\/p>\n

1st Heat \u2013 1)Allen Weisser 2)Bill Howard 3)Austin Sanders 4)Dave McWilliams 5)Jimmy Payne 6)Reed Storley 7)Tim Powers 8)Rick Weekly
\n2nd Heat \u2013 1)Chad Kinder 2)Kyle Bronson 3)Peyton Taylor 4)Dale Mathison 5)Frank Marshall 6)Bobby Gierke 7)Thomas Braswell 8)Dennis Haven
\n3rd Heat \u2013 1)Wayne Hammond 2)Zac Oedewaldt 3)Adam William 4)Matt Miller 5)Curt Gelling 6)Dave Baldwin 7)Dakotah Stephens 8)Jeremy Kerzman
\n4th Heat \u2013 1)Rick Hensley 2)Devin Dixon 3)Butch Weisser 4)Corey Conley 5)Anthony Kinkade 6)Roger Crouse
\n7)Stanley Donahoo 8)Dave Jamison
\n5th Heat \u2013 1)Todd Neiheiser 2)Jeff Mathews 3)Dave Hess, Jr. 4)Rodney Wing 5)Daryl Herbert 6)Perry Brown 7)Bob Broking 8)Matt Fetterhoff
\n6th Heat \u2013 1)Jared Landers 2)Kenny Wallace 3)Elliott Despain 4)Buzzie Reutimann 5)Larry Lambert 6)Terry Haven 7)Terry McClintock
\n7th Heat \u2013 1)Rick Aukland 2)Dale Kelley 3)Adam Colley 4)Jeff Bland, Jr. 5)Johnny Broking 6)Joe Turner 7)John Carpenter
\n8th Heat \u2013 1)Joey Jenson 2)Rob Fuqua 3)Rob Penny 4)Vic Vena 5)Greg Johnson 6)Joe Waba 7)David Orr 8.) Kenny Abney<\/p>\n

1st B \u2013 Main (Top 4 go to back of A inside row) \u2013 1)Corey Conley 2)Austin Sanders 3)Curt Gelling 4)Peyton Taylor 5)Dave McWilliams 6)Butch Weisser 7)Frank Marshall 8)Roger Crouse 9)Stanley Donahoo 10)Jimmy Payne 11)Matt Miller 12)Adam William 13)Anthony Kinkade 14)Dave Baldwin 15)Dakotah Stephens 16)Reed Storley 17)Tim Powers 18)Bobby Gierke 19)Dave Jamison 20)Thomas Braswell 21)Jeremy Kerzman 22)Dale Mathison 23)Dennis Haven 24)Rick Weekly DNS<\/p>\n

2nd B \u2013 Main (Top 4 go to back of A outside row) \u2013 1)Dave Hess, Jr. 2)Rodney Wing 3)Elliott Despain 4)Daryl Herbert 5)Adam Colley 6)Vic Vena 7)Rob Penny 8)Bob Broking 9)Perry Brown 10)Johnny Broking 11)Larry Lambert 12)Joe Waba 13)Joe Turner 14)Terry Haven 15)John Carpenter 16)Matt Fetterhoff 17)Terry McClintock 18)David Orr 19)Greg Johnson 20)Jeff Bland, Jr. 21)Buzzie Reutimann 22)Kenny Abney<\/p>\n

A \u2013 Main (25 Laps) \u2013 1)Jared Landers 2)Corey Conley 3)Rodney Wing 4)Rick Hensley 5)Devin Dixon 6)Dave Hess, Jr. 7)Rick Aukland 8)Kenny Wallace 9)Todd Neiheiser 10)Kyle Bronson 11)Joey Jenson 12)Austin Sanders 13)Chad Kinder 14)Dale Kelley 15)Bill Howard 16)Elliott Despain 17)Curt Gelling 18)Rob Fuqua 19)Zac Oedewaldt 20)Jeff Mathews 21)Allen Weisser 22)Wayne Hammond 23)Daryl Herbert 24)Peyton Taylor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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