2008 Winternationals NIGHT 1 UPDATES:

Posted Ted Hyatt on February 4th, 2008 | Filed under Commentary

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A Main Results;
1) 71 Don O’Neal
2) 28 Dennis Erb Jr.
3) 7 Matt Miller
4) 16 Justin Rattliff
5) 18 Shannon Babb
6) 6t Tim Dohm
7) 21 Billy Moyer
39 Tim McCreadie
9) 99 Donnie Moran
10) 28 Eddie Carrier Jr.
11) 5 Eric Jacobson
12) 19 Steve Francis
13) 44 Clint Smith
14) 32c Vic Coffey
15) 9 Billy Drake
16) u1 Dave Tyrchniewciz
17) 81c Kevin Cole
18) 00h Chuck Harper
19) i4 Damon Eller
20) 57 Mike Marlar
21) 81 Randy Korte
22) 17H Jared Hawkins
23) 96 Terry English
24) 42 Terry Casey
25) 83 Scott James

- Lap 9 caution; 19 Steve Francis spins all alone in turn 3 while racing Erb and Moran for 3rd position. O’Neal, Rattliff, Erb, Moran, and Dohm your top 5. 

- Lap 3 caution; Korte and Drake make contact sending several cars in to a pile up going in to turn 1. Upfront it’s still O’Neal, Rattliff, Erb, Moran, and Francis rounding out the top 5. 

- Lap 1 caution; O’Neal, Rattliff, Erb are your top 3 as McCreadie spins to the infield to bring out the yellow. 

- Strawberry Dash Results; 1) 44 Clint Smith, 2) 56 Rohn Moon, 3) c9 Steve Casebolt, 4) 13 JR Hotovy, 5) 74 Russ Adams, 6) 55 Jeep Van Wormer 

- The Heat race winners redrew for starting positions. They will start as follows;
Row 1: 71 Don O’Neal - u1 Dave Tyrchniewicz
Row 2: 16 Justin Rattliff - 28 Dennis Erb Jr.
Row 3: 19 Steve Francis - 99 Donnie Moran 

- B Main 3 Results; 1) 28 Eddie Carrier Jr., 2) 96 Terry English, 3) 101 Keith Nosbisch, 4) 47 Tyler Ivey, 5) 21d Dan Stone, 6) 1cj Brian Shirley, 7) 38 Robert Geiger, 8) 27j Joe Denby, 9) 11 DJ Wells, 10) 13 JR Hotovy, 11) 53 Ray Cook, 12) 27d Donald Beyers, 13) 27 Jeff Beyers, 14) 74 Russ Adams, 15) 14 Peyton Taylor, 16) 00 Freddy Smith

*NOTE* The 27 car of Jeff Beyers spun in turn 4 to bring out the caution on lap 8. 27j Joe Denby hit the wall on lap 8 and landed on his top after riding on the wall going in to turn 3. 11 DJ Wells and 13 JR Hotovy made contact going in to turn 3 ending their night as well.

- B Main 2 Results; 1) 81 Randy Korte, 2) 00h Chuck Harper, 3) 46 Doug Horton, 4) c9 Steve Casebolt, 5) 18 Eric Wells, 6) w4 Ronnie Lee Whitt, 7) 48 Tim Lance, 1 Tyler Boggs, 9) 3c Kellen Chadwick, 10) 4b Jackie Boggs, 11) 72 John Mason, 12) 56 Rohn Moon, 13) 44 Clint Smith, 14) 77 Jason McBride, 15) 11z Brian Collins

*NOTE* Caution comes out on lap 1 for a 5 car spin in turns 1 and 2. The 11z of Brian Collins let an engine go going in to turn 2 on lap 2 ending his night. 72 John Mason broke on lap 10 to bring out the third caution of the 2nd B Main. On the restart the field bottled up going in to turn 1 as 4b Jackie Boggs and 1 Tyler Boggs ended up stopped on the race track to bring out another caution.

- B Main 1 Results; 1) 17h Jared Hawkins, 2) i4 Damon Eller, 3) 25 Josh Richards, 4) 24 Rick Eckert, 5) 9 Dan Schleiper, 6) 1 Wayne Chinn, 7) 6j Izabell, 10 Bryan Barber, 9) 42 Marshall Austin, 10) 1 Doug Blashe, 11) 2x Anthony White, 12) 18 Danny Mitchell

*NOTE* Caution comes out for the 18 Danny Mitchell after he made contact with the wall off turn 2 on the initial start, which produces a complete restart. The 2x of Anthony White spins off turn 2 on lap 6 to bring out the second caution of the heat race. 

- Heat 6 Results; 1) 19 Steve Francis, 2) 83 Scott James, 3) 81c Kevin Cole, 4) 00 Freddy Smith, 5) 101 Keith Nosbisch, 6) 47 Tyler Ivey, 7) 14 Peyton Taylor, 13 JR Hotovy, 9) 27 Donald Beyers, 10) 38  Robert Geiger, 11) 30 Steve Shaver, 12) 53 Ray Cook

*NOTE* 53 Ray Cook slowed off turn 4 on lap 3 and 30 Steve Shaver made contact with the slowing car of Cook and spun in to the infield.

- Heat 5 Results; 1) 71 Don O’Neal, 2) 21 Billy Moyer, 3) 39 Tim McCreadie, 4) 28 Eddie Carrier Jr., 5) 96 Terry English, 6) 1cj Brian Shirley, 7) 21d Dan Stone, 8) 81jr Scott Riggs, 9) 74 Russ Adams, 10) 27 Jeff Beyers, 11) 11 DJ Wells, 12) 27j Joe Denby 

- Heat 4 Results; 1) 28 Dennis Erb Jr., 2) 5 Eric Jacobsen, 3) 32c Vic Coffey, 4) 46 Doug Horton, 5) 81 Randy Korte, 6) 00h Chuck Harper, 7) 9 Steve Casebolt, 48 Tim Lance, 9) 3c Kellen Chadwick, 10) 77 Jason McBride, 11) 44 Clint Smith

*NOTE* 44 Clint Smith stalls on lap 1 to bring out the caution. 

- Heat 3 Results; 1) 16 Justin Rattliff, 2) 42 Terry Casey, 3) 7 Matt Miller, 4) 72 John Mason, 5) 11z Brian Collins, 6) 4b Jackie Boggs, 7) 1 Tyler Boggs, w4 Ronnie Lee Whitt, 9) 11 Austin Hubbard, 10) 18 Eric Wells, 11) 56 Rohn Moon, 12) 71 Chris Wall

*NOTE* Chris Wall stops off turn 4 on lap 8, ending his chances at transfering to the feature through the heat. 

- Heat 2 Results; 1) u1 Dave Tyrchniewicz, 2) 18 Shannon Babb, 3) 57 Mike Marlar, 4) 25 Josh Richards, 5) 17h Jared Hawkins, 6) 18m Danny Mitchell, 7) 1b Doug Blashe, 55 Jeep Van Wormer, 9) 98 Shon Flanery, 10) 34 Ky Harper, 11) 3 Jim Borden, DNS Anthony Ferguson.

*NOTE* 25 Josh Richards made contact on initial start, restarted in the rear. 98 Shon Flanery spun on lap 1 to bring out the second caution of the heat. 

- Heat 1 Results; 1) 99 Donnie Moran, 2) 6T Tim Dohm, 3) 9 Billy Drake, 4) 19 Tim Fuller, 5) I-4 Damon Eller, 6) 24 Rick Eckert, 7) 1 Wayne Chinn, 9 Dan Schleiper, 9) 2x Anthony White, 10) 10 Bryan Barber, 11) 42 Marshall Austin, 12) 6J Izabell, 13) 27j Danny Johnson 

- Dohm spins a 3 and all Heats will be inverted by 3 and the top 3 from each will transfer to the feature event. Following the Heats will be three Consi races, in which the top 2 from each of those will transfer to the A Main line up. 

- Fastest in qualifying; Group 1: Terry Casey 14.552, Group 2: Shannon Babb 14.532, Group 3: Freddy Smith 14.879, Group 4: Don O’Neal 14.697, Group 5: Eric Jacobsen 14.745, Group 6: Tim Dohm 14.504.   Dohm is overall fast time out of 71 cars and will be spinning the wheel in moments.

- Qualifying is underway after a good practice session. The fast qualifier will spin the wheel to determine to invert which will be 1, 2, or 3 for the 6 Heat races. 

*NOTE* 71 cars will take time in Performance Rod & Customs qualifying on night one of six during the 32nd Annual Winternationals. Josh McGuire, Earl Pearson Jr. and Bart Hartman along with several others are in the pit area but will not be taking place in tonights racing action.