{"id":9992,"date":"2012-02-24T19:33:19","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T19:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=9992"},"modified":"2012-02-24T19:43:15","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T19:43:15","slug":"stewart-wins-king-of-360%e2%80%99s-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/series\/stewart-wins-king-of-360%e2%80%99s-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Stewart Wins King of 360\u2019s Opener!"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Lonnie Wheatley, TAMPA, Fla. (February 23, 2012) \u2013 Bixby, Oklahoma native Shane Stewart kicked off East Bay Raceway Park\u2019s 14th<\/sup> Annual \u201cKing of the 360\u2019s\u201d Nationals by racing to victory lane in Thursday night\u2019s 25-lap feature at the 36th<\/sup> Annual Winter Nationals.<\/p>\n

Stewart worked traffic on the 1\/3-mile clay oval to his advantage by racing from third to first on the 11th<\/sup> round en route to victory lane aboard the Gaerte-powered XYZ Machining No. 3g.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While Stewart gridded the feature field inside the third row, pole starter Lou Kennedy, Jr., outgunned fellow front row starter and 2006 \u201cKing of the 360\u2019s\u201d Terry McCarl for the lead at the drop of the green flag.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Canadian racer paced the early circuits in front of McCarl, with Stewart moving past Crawley into third on the fourth round.\u00a0 Kennedy, Jr., reached the tail of the field by the eighth circuit, with McCarl and Stewart closing in to pressure for the lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And, when Kennedy, Jr., got out of shape exiting turn four, Stewart took quick advantage by racing past McCarl off of four for second and then circling around the high side of Kennedy, Jr., in turns one and two to take command with McCarl moving into second as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in the right place at the right time,\u201d the two-time Lucas Oil ASCS National champion explained in victory lane.\u00a0 \u201cWhen the 21k (Kennedy) got out of shape, Terry got kind of choked down there and I was able to take advantage.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

With traffic still in play, McCarl kept the pressure on Stewart, nearly pulling along on several occasions before the race\u2019s only caution flew after 21 laps when R.J. Johnson coasted to a stop in turn four.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With open track for the final four laps, Stewart breezed to the checkered flag in front of McCarl to put himself in prime position for Saturday night\u2019s $10,000 winner\u2019s share in the Ronald Laney Memorial.\u00a0 The top six in combined points from Thursday and Friday will lock into Saturday\u2019s 40-lap finale.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Crawley claimed the show position behind Stewart and McCarl, with Darren Long and Chuck Hebing rounding out the top five.\u00a0 Kennedy, Jr., slipped to sixth after a lap 13 bobble in turns one and two, with T.J. Winegardner, Jason Sides, Danny Martin, Jr., and Dustin Morgan completing the top ten.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Morgan, R.J. Johnson, Crawley, Hebing and Stewart topped heat race action for Thursday night\u2019s 42-car field, with Martin, Jr., and Alex Shanks winning the twin 12-lap \u201cB\u201d \u201cMains.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fourteenth Annual \u201cKing of the 360\u2019s\u201d action at East Bay Raceway Park\u2019s 36th<\/sup> Annual Winter Nationals continues with another full card of heat and feature events on Friday night, with the green flag flying at 7:00 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

East Bay Winter Nationals \u201cKing of the 360\u2019s\u201d Thursday Results:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Heat Races (Top 12 in passing points to \u201cA\u201d Main \u2013 Top 6 Redraw for feature starting position; Balance to Twin \u201cB\u201d Mains):\u00a0<\/p>\n

First Heat (8 Laps):\u00a0 1. 2-Dustin Morgan, 2. 7s-Jason Sides, 3. 0-Dain Naida, 4. 24-Terry McCarl, 5. 94-Derek Hagar, 6. 67-Brian Thomas, 7. 40-Caleb Helms, 8. 01-Mikey Kruchka, 9. 52-Mark Broughman.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Second Heat (8 Laps):\u00a0 1. 9-R.J. Johnson, 2. 41-Jason Johnson, 3. 7-Darren Long, 4. 11T-T.J. Winegardner, 5. 3-Blake Feese, 6. 20-Frank Carlsson, 7. 8x-Chris Williams, 8. 38x-Ryan Moore, 9. 422-Etienne Girard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Third Heat (8 Laps):\u00a0 1. 24-Tim Crawley, 2. 00-Danny Martin, Jr., 3. 28h-Hud Horton, 4. 66-Alex Shanks, 5. 3b-Brad Greer, 6. 2m-Dallas Hewitt, 7. F37-Kyle Moffit, 8. 3a-A.J. Maddox.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fourth Heat (8 Laps):\u00a0 1. 45-Chuck Hebing, 2. 80-Morgan Turpen, 3. 20k-Thomas Kennedy, 4. 19-Klint Angelette, 5. 10-Terry Gray, 6. 4m-Michael Miller. DNS: 00-Jim Nier, 02-Gene Lasker.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fifth Heat (8 Laps):\u00a0 1. 3g-Shane Stewart, 2. 21k-Lou Kennedy, Jr., 3. 13-Todd Fayard, 4. 38-Tony Agin, 5. 32m-Derek Hastings, 6. 82-Sport Allen, 7. 10-Jeff Cook, 8. 6s-Robbie Smith.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cB\u201d Mains (Top 4 from Each Transfer to \u201cA\u201d Main):\u00a0<\/p>\n

First \u201cB\u201d Feature (12 Laps):\u00a0 1. 00-Danny Martin, Jr., 2. 10-Terry Gray, 3. 28h-Hud Horton, 4. 3b-Brad Greer, 5. 0-Dain Naida, 6. 94-Derek Hagar, 7. 4m-Michael Miller, 8. 6s-Robbie Smith, 9. 8x-Chris Williams, 10. 67-Brian Thomas, 11. 10-Jeff Cook, 12. 38x-Ryan Moore, 13. 422-Etienne Girard, 14. 19-Klint Angelette. DNS: 02-Gene Lasker.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Second \u201cB\u201d Feature (12 Laps):\u00a0 1. 66-Alex Shanks, 2. 80-Morgan Turpen, 3. 2m-Dallas Hewitt, 4. 3-Blake Feese, 5. 38-Tony Agin, 6. 40-Caleb Helms, 7. 3a-A.J. Maddox, 8. 01-Mikey Kruchka, 9. 52-Mark Broughman, 10. F37-Kyle Moffit, 11. 32m-Derek Hastings, 12. 20-Frank Carlsson, 13. 13-Todd Fayard. DNS: 82-Sport Allen, 00-Jim Nier.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cA\u201d Main\u00a0<\/p>\n

“A” Feature (25 Laps):\u00a0 1. 3g-Shane Stewart, 2. 24-Terry McCarl, 3. 24-Tim Crawley, 4. 7-Darren Long, 5. 45-Chuck Hebing, 6. 21k-Lou Kennedy, Jr., 7. 11T-T.J. Winegardner, 8. 7s-Jason Sides, 9. 00-Danny Martin, Jr., 10. 2-Dustin Morgan, 11. 41-Jason Johnson, 12. 10-Terry Gray, 13. 2m-Dallas Hewitt, 14. 80-Morgan Turpen, 15. 28h-Hud Horton, 16. 3b-Brad Greer, 17. 9-R.J. Johnson, 18. 66-Alex Shanks, 19. 20k-Thomas Kennedy, 20. 3-Blake Feese.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lap Leaders:\u00a0 Lou Kennedy, Jr. 1-10, Shane Stewart 11-25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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