2008 Winternationals Updates: Night 3

Posted Jody Shannon on February 6th, 2008 | Filed under Commentary

Unoffical Results/ Will Update official when I get them.

1. 21 Billy Moyer
2. s9 Dan Schlieper
3. 71 Don O’Neal
4. 7 Matt Miller
5. 25 Josh Richards
6. 30 Steve Shaver
7. 44 Earl Pearson Jr.
8. 24 Rick Eckert
9. 28 Dennis Erb Jr.
10. 32D Darren Miller
11. 1c Wayne Chinn
12. U1 Dave Tyrchniewicz
13. 18 Shannon Babb
14. 42 Terry Casey
15. 6T Tim Dohm
16. 99 Donnie Moran
17. 77 Jason McBride
18. 11z Bryan Collins
19. 00H Chuck Harper
20. 81C Kevin Cole
21. 57 Mike Marlar
22. 96 Terry English
23. 46 Doug Horton
24. 19 Steve Francis
25. 5 Eric Jacobson

-Nothing spectacular on the last three laps and Billy Moyer smoothly cruises to victory. The top five was all spaced out at the end. Very exciting 27 laps of racing. Casey seemed to slow down as the track got blacker, and Moyer looked faster every lap. This was Moyers 17th win at East Bay Raceway Park. Don O’neal followed up his win on Monday with a second last night and a third tonight.

- Restart will be single file. “The Terk” slides high, Babb with no where to go hits him. Babb leaves the track. “The Terk” limps off the track as well. Still lap 27.

- Casey begins to open up the lead on lap 11. Halfway flags shown as Marlar pulls off the track. Lap 17 here comes Moyer, Billy clears Schliper on the highside of two. Lap 20 Moyer around Casey in two. Casey didn’t like that, Casey banks off Moyer to regain the lead on lap 22. Moyer uses a lap car to his advantage to take the lead on lap 23. McBride and Moran pull off with five laps to go. Moyer is leaving Casey. Casey throws a slider and tags a lap car to bring out the yellow on lap 27. Casey leaves the track.

-Lap eight caution. Dohm makes contact with another car. Marlar and Babb are collected. Matt Miller is up to seventh from 15th. Highside is working well in one and two, but don’t seem as good in three and four. Moyer had Casey cleared coming out of turn two but lost the lead going into turn three. Schlieper has choose the highside on the restart.

- Lap four restart. Chinn and Dohm have both advanced 10 spots already. Francis to the highside of Schlieper, Casey to the inside three wide. Lap seven Casey inches ahead of Schlieper. Francis shows smoke on lap eight. Francis slows and pulls off the track. Casey made a dramatic slide job in turn one and pulled Schlieper coming out of turn two to take the lead. Casey leads, Scheliper second, Moyer who started 7th is third, Richards is fourth, Oneal is fifth from tweleth and we are going green.

- Run down is s9, 42, 19, 21, 25, 71, 7, 30, 44, U1, 24, c1, 46, 6T, 32D, 57, 18, 81, 99, 00, 77, 11, 96, 5

-  Schlieper jmps to the lead. Francis follows. Lap two, Babb gets sideways, Chinn makes contact with Babb, Babb spins, yellow flag flies. O’Neal has moved from 12th to 5th. Moyer 11th to 4th. Lots of passing in the first two laps. Double file restart, Francis chooses low. 9s, 19, 42, 21, 71, 25, 96, 30, 77 is your run down. Green flag lap two. Oneal over the cushion into Richards hard. Oneal back to th. Casey to second lap four. Shaver sideways, bottles up the field. McBride, Jacobson, Collins all involved. Yellow flag is out again on lap four.

- Bryan Collins has elected to start on the tail. Chuck Harper has brought out a back up car with his familar pink and blue scheme. Cars are on the track now.

$5,000 to win 30 Lap Feature Line Up:
9s Dan Schlieper 96 Terry English
19 Steve Francis 25 Josh Richards
42 Terry Casey 77 Jason McBride
21 Billy Moyer 44 Earl Pearson Jr.
U1 Dave Tychniewicz 11Z Bryan Collins
30 Steve Shaver 71 Don O’Neal
7 Matt Miller 5 Eric Jacobson
81c Kevin Cole 46 Doug Horton
57 Mike Marlar 24 Rick Eckert
28 Dennis Erb Jr. 32D Darren Miller
18 Shannon Babb 00H Chuck Harper
1 Wayne Chinn 6T Tim Dohm

 Strawberry Dash Finish: Dohm, Cook, Wall, Wells, Denby, Harper, Mitchell, Anderson 

- Dohm leaves the field on the green. Ky Harper goes in waaaaay to hard and drills the turn four wall. Yellow flag lap one. Chris Wall is up four positions already. Cook to second. Dohm is flying and leaving the pack. Ky Harper slides past Denby and Mitchell to move back into sixth. Lap five Wall gets into the back of Anderson and they both go spinning. Dohm leads, Cook, Wells, and Ky Harper follow. Green flag Harper makes contact with Mitchell, he slows, yellow flag. Restart, Harper makes contact with Wells, Harper spins, yellow flag flies. Under yelow Harper drives along side Wells, officials are on the raceceivers and have told Harper to load it and go home. Green flag waves for the final time with two laps Dohm wins going away.

Strawberry Dash Line Up:
6 Tim Dohm 34 Ky Harper
27 Joe Denby 53 Ray Cook
85 Mark Anderson 18 Danny Mitchell
71 Chris Wall 18 Eric Wells

B-Main 3 Finish: Miller, Chinn, Stone, Blankenship, Hubbard, Lance, Borden, Owens, Beyers, Moon, Carrier, Wallace, Taylor, Cook, Chadwick, Flanary, Coffey

- Darren Miller jumps to a hige lead on the start. Coffey going back in a hurry. Cook to second, Chinn to third. Moon pressures Chinn. Coffey stops on the track. Chadwick and and Flanary make contact, Flanary gets airborne for a second, but continues moving. Chadwick is in the middle of the back straight and going on the hook. Chinn tries Cook going into turn one on the restart to no avail. Cook along side Miller. Chinn makes it three wide on lap six. Miller back on Cook in turn one. Miller to the lead. Chinn under Cook to take second. Cook slows on the track. Lap eight Moon under Chinn. Carrier is all over the track and running fourth. Carrer banks off Moon, Moon into the wall hard. Beyers spins to avoid. In the words of James Essex “Holy Cow!” Miller, Chinn and Blankenship are your top three with two laps to go. Stone shoots to the outside of Blankship to third. Stone to the outside of Chinn at the flagstand but comes up short. Chinn makes his first ever race at East Bay Raceway Park. Darren Miller makes his first EB Winternationals feature in two years.

B-Main 3 Line Up:
32 Vic Coffey 32D Darren Miller
1 Wayne Chinn 53 Ray Cook
56 Rohn Moon 23 John Blankenship
98 Shon Flanary 88 Wendall Wallace
21 Dan Stone 28 Eddie Carrier
3 Kellen Chadwick 14 Peyton Taylor
27 Jeff Beyers 11 Austin Hubbard
1 Kurt Owens 48 Tim Lance
3 Jim Borden

B-Main 2 Finish: Erb, Harper, Dohm, Filler, Melvin, Johnson, Drake, Boggs, Shirley, Smith, Geiger, Hawkins, Blashe, Van Wormer, Barber

- Harper to the lead lap one. Erb to second. Dohm already to fourth on lap one. Dohm moving to third as a huge pile up occurs in turn four. Van Wormer, Barber, Boggs, and Blanche involved. Green waves and Harper jumps out on Erb a couple car lengths. Shirley and Hawkins spin in turn four, Bob Geiger spins to avoid them and we are under yellow again on lap two. Two terrible restarts in a row, so we will try and go back to racing for a third time. Harper sent back a spot for jumping. Erc leads on the restart Bob Geiger pulls off on lap three. Erb begins to stretch his lead on lap five. Clint Smith calls it a night and pulls to the pits. Halfway shown and Dohm battles Harper for the transfer spot. Shirley slows and we are under yellow. Fuller under Wall on the restart. Dohm is hammering around the track but can’t find a way around Harper. Dohm showed Harper a nose for the last nine laps but could never complete a move. Harper advances to the A-Main for the second straight night.

B-Main 2 Line Up:
00 Chuck Harper 71 Chris Wall
28 Dennis Erb 27 Rodney Melvin
6T Tim Dohm 19 Tim Fuller
9 Billy Drake 1Cj Brian Shirley
38 Bob Gieger 55 Jeep Van Wormer
17 Jered Hawkins B4 Jackie Boggs
1 Doug Blashe 10 Brian Barber
44 Clint Smith 27 Danny Johnson

B-Main 1 Finish: Moran, Babb, Ratliff, Hartman, Eller, Wells, Harper, Anderson, Austn, Mitchell, Denby, James, Casebolt, Beyers, McGuire, Isabell

- James to the lead. Moran jumps to second on lap one. Eller to the inside of Moran for second coming out of turn two. Moran fights back to the inside passing Eller in turn four on lap three. Rick Isabell slows bringing out the yellow. Babb is on the move.
Hartman passes Eller and Babb on lap five! Moran all over James. Ky Harper slaps the wall on lap seven. Harper spins Beyers into the infield and he almost runs over a track worker. Hartman all over Moran. Hartman passes Moran. This race is insane. We have a yellow on lap nine Moran returns to second, Hartman to third. James blows up on the restart, drops a engine and drops the lead. Yellow flag flies. Joe Denby spins before the green flag and the race is under yellow again. Nine laps in Moran leads, Hartman, Babb, Ratliff and Eller, top two advance. Green and babb goes to the top and can’t do anything with Hartman. Hartman jumps the cushion Babb to second. Rattliff to third. Ratliff to the inside of Babb at the line, but cannot complete the pass. This might have been the race of the week so far.

B-Main 1 Line Up:
83 ScottJames 4 Damon Eller
99 Donnie Moran 16 Justin Rattliff
18 Shannon Babb 9 Steve Casebolt
75 Bart Hartman 34 Ky Harper
27 Donald Beyers 42 Marshall Austin
41 Josh McGuire 85 Mark Anderson
27 Joe Denby 18 Eric Wells
6 Joe Isabell

Heat 6 Finish:  Richards, O’Neal, Eckert, Miller, Cook, Wallace, Bordon, Carrier, Taylor, Hubbard, McCreadie

- Kid Rocket to the lead in turn one. McCreadie hops the cushion and Eddie Carrier Jr levels him. Tmac stopped backwards on the top of turn two. On the restart Richards again shoots to the lead. Wallace seems to be just using this race as a practice session. O’neal passes Cook as Hubbard spins in turn four. Lap four Eckert around Cook for third. Carrier has jumped the cushion five or six times throwing bonzi sliders. Carrier finially eats the wall and comes to a stop on lap eight.  Miller to the outside of Eckert, now to tries low Eckert feels the pressure and tries O’Neal as the checkerd flag waves. Good heat race. “Scrub” makes his first A-Main of the week.

Heat 6 Line Up: 
53 Ray Cook 25 Josh Richards
71 Don O’Neal 39 Tim McCreadie
14 Peyton Taylor 24 Rick Eckert
23 John Blankenship 28 Eddie Carrier Jr.
32 Darren Miller 11H Austin Hubbard
3 Jim Borden 88 WENDELL WALLACE

Heat 5 Finish: Schieper, Shaver, Marlar, Coffey, Chinn, Moon, Flanary, Stone, Chadwick, Beyers, Owens, Lance, White

- Schlieper leads into one. Stone jumps the cushion and Chinn moves to fourth on lap one. Schliper and Shaver starting to leave Marlar. Donald Beyers spins to bring out the yellow on lap seven. Kurt Owens jumps the cushion and makes contact with Anthony White, spinning the DWB and slowing the field for the second time in heat race five. Schlieper brings them really slow on the start. Chinn jumps the cushion letting Coffey and Stone by. Schlieper begins pulls away from Shaver as the race ends.

Heat 5 Line Up:
30 Steve Shaver 9 Dan Schlieper
21 Dan Stone 57 Mike Marlar
3 Kellen Chadwick 1 Wayne Chinn
48 Tim Lance 32 Vic Coffey
1 Kurt Owens 98 Shon Flanary
27 Don Beyers 56 Rohn Moon
2x Anthony White

Heat 4 Finish: English, Collins, Horton, Wall, Melvin, Fuller, Shirley, Van Wormer, Boggs, Barber, Adams, Smith

- English blast to the lead on the outside of turn one. Wall gets him back in turn three. Side by side all of lap rwo. Englosh to the inside of Wall to the lead on lap three. Yellow waves as Clint Smith exits the track on lap three. Wall bobbles on the green, Collins and Horton slip by. Halfway Fuller looking to the inside of Melvin as the field strings out. Russ Adams slows and pulls in. English wins with Collins and Horton transfering to their first feature of the week.

Heat 4 Line Up:
71 Chris Wall 96 Terry English
11Z Bryan Collins 46 Doug Horton
27 Rodney Melvin 44 Clint Smith
55 Jeep Van Wormer 10 Brian Barber
1 Brian Shirley 19 Fuller
B4 Jacke Boggs 74 Russ Adams

Heat 3 Finish: McBride, Terk, Cole, Harper, Erb, Dohm, Drake, Geiger, Hawkins, Johnson, Blashe

- McBride takes the lead from the green. The Turk running second. Cole and Harper battle. Bob Geiger spins to the slow the race on lap seven. Some passing early as Dohm made some exciting three wide moves. Race calmed down and was mostly single file.

Heat: 3 Line Up:
77 Jason McBride 1U Dave Tyrchniewicz
00 Chuck Harper 81 Kevin Cole
28 Dennis Erb 38 Bob Geiger
9 Billy Drake 17H Jared Hawkins
1 Doug Blashe 27 Danny Johnson
6 Tim Dohm

Heat 2 finish: Casey, Pearson, Jacobson, Eller, Ratliff, Casebot, Harper, Austin, Anderson, Furguson, Mitchell 

- Casey jumps to the lead on lap one. Hevey contact between Mitchell and Ky Harper, Mitchell shows. Halfway Casey, Jacobson, Eller with Ratliff quickly closing. Jacobson makes contact with Furguson allowing Pearson to pass for second. Jacobson is along side Furguson on the cool off lap reving his engine. Terry Casey dominates this heat race .

Heat 2 Line up:

42 Terry Casey I4 Damon Eller 
5 Eric Jacobson 9 Steve Casebolt
16 Justin Rattlff 44 Earl Pearson
18 Danny Mitchell 25 Anthony Furgueson
34 Ky Harper 42 Marshall Austin
85 Mark Anderson

Heat 1 finish: Franicis, Moyer, Miller, James, Moran, Babb, Hartman, McGuire, Wells, Denby, Isabell, Beyers 

-Francis jumps to the lead in turn one but the yellow flag waves.  Francis called for jumping. Francis jumps to the lead in one again. Francis leads lap one followed by Moyer and Miller. James to 4th on lap three.  Halfway Francis leads Moyer, Miller, James, Moran, Babb, Hartman. Francis in lapped traffic and caught behind Beyers. Beyers hops the cushion and Francis and Moyer barley clear him. Moran bobbles off turn four but holds onto 4th.

- Heat 1 Line Up:
7 Matt Miller 15 Steve Francis
21 Billy Moyer 75 Bart Hartman
99 Donnie Moran 83 Scott James
18 Shannon Babb 41 Josh McGuire
6 Joe Isabell 27 Jeff Beyers
27 Joe Denby 18 Eric Wells

- For the second night in a row Matt Miller spins a (1). All heats will start straight up from qualifying

- The fastest qualifers from the six groups are as follows: Group 1 - Terry Casey 14.844 - Group 2 - Steve Shaver 15.052 - Group 3 - Ray Cook 15.124 - Group 4 - Matt Miller 14.838 - Group 5 - Chris Wall 15.047 - Group 6 - Jason McBride 14.931

- Qualifying Results:
Justin Rattliff 15.254
Steve Casebolt 15.237
Eric Jacobson 15.168
Earl Pearson 15.392
Anthoney Furguson 16.327
Tyler Ivey SCRATCH
Danny Mitchell 15.443
Mark Anderson 17.404
Terry Casey 14.844
Rohn Moon 17.382
Ky Harper 16.105
Scott Riggs 15.743
Damon Eller 14.993
Marshall Austin 16.475
Dan Schlieper 15.099
Steve Shaver 15.052
Shon Flanary 16.330
Kurt Owens 16.253
Don Beyers 16.447
Vic Coffey 16.248
Mike Marlar 15.496
Wayne Chinn 15.683
Kellen Chadwick 15.526
Tim Lance 15.966
Anthony White 17.587
Dan Stone 15.268
Don O’Neal 15.227
Jim Borden 17.739
Ray Cook 15.124
Josh Richards 15.126
Rick Eckert 15.451
Darren Miller 15.566
Tim Mcreadie 15.262
John Blankenship 15.452
Eddie Carrier Jr. 15.534
Peyton Taylor 15.362
Josh McGuire 15.662
Joe Isabell 16.317
Eric Wells 16.617
Billy Moyer 15.195
Steve Francis 14.975
Donnie Moran 15.363
Joe Denby 16.576
Scott James 15.366
Jeff Beyers 16.354
Bart Hartman 15.290
Matt Miller 14.838
Shannon Babb 15.643
Clint Smith 15.130
Chris Wall 15.047
Brian Shirley 15.429
Jeep Van Wormer 15.261
Doug Horton15.112
Bryan Collins 15.109
Tim Fuller 15.597
Jackie Boggs 15.705
Brian Barber 15.316
Terry English 15.092
Russ Adams 18.857
Rodney Melvin 15.118
Danny Johnson 16.973
Billy Drake 15.749
Kevin Cole 15.423
Jared Hawkins 16.144
Doug Blashe 15.777
Chuck Harper 15.086
Jason McBride 14.931
Dennis Erb 15.474
Tyler Boggs SCRATCH
Tim Dohm SCRATCH
Bob Geiger 15.732
Dave Tychniewicz 15.019

- Practice Sessions are about to get underway for night three of the 32nd Annual Winternationals. A week high of 74 cars have signed in for Performance Rod & Custom Time Trails, which will start right after the practice sessions complete.