East Bay Winter Nationals Modifieds

TAMPA, FL…..2/18/05…..”I finished the B-Main on seven cylinders and replaced a rocker arm before the A-Main, but the problem came back again near the end of the race,” said Brad Waits who started the feature event in 22nd spot and surprised most of the top guns in the field as he methodically went by them on his way to victory lane in night four of the 6th Annual Ramada Inn on Tampa Bay Open Wheel Modified Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park Friday night.

On top of the fact that he was down on power, the Zumbrota, Minnesota driver also confessed that the Skyrocket chassis he drove tonight was purchased used. Kelly Shryock, owner of the chassis company said, “Brad saw our cars running at home and thought he’d like to try one, so he bought a used one from me that had six races on it. I have to say he’s such a nice guy, but surely would be considered an underdog here at East Bay against this big turn out of top runners. We are all so happy for him.”

Waits, who has never been to Florida before, was pleased that his wife Sharon flew in for this series because, “ I haven’t won a Modified race for at least three years and I’m glad she was here for it.” He also wanted to credit his helpers and sponsors Jim and Burt Foote. It turns out that they won tickets to Daytona and decided to fly down early and help wrench Waits’ car.

Other sponsors include Jack at East Wood Motors, Bud Light, Insti-Prints and Ed Majarus engines from Bellchester, Minnesota. Tonight a used Late Model engine was under the hood of the Modified. The team normally runs a Late Model and a Modified at Deer Creek Speedway in Racine, Minnesota

The 25-lap event started with Jason Hughes and Brady Short in the front row ahead of Mark Dotson and Todd Bennett. The third row showed the cars of Bill Howard and Shane Cottle. It was last night’s winner Hughes that dominated the first half of the race despite six yellow flags for minor spins in the turns. Two of those who spun in separate incidents were Bob Pohlman and Cottle on lap four. Both drivers would put on a charge through the field that landed them top five finishes at the end.

With nine laps in the books and Hughes leading, Steve Arpin had steadily moved from seventh starting spot to second using the highest groove. Unbelievably, Waits was up to third by then just ahead of Kent Arment, Howard, Dotson and Chad Kinder.

Waits used an inside move down the back stretch to slip by Arpin for second spot on lap 12, then repeatedly challenged Hughes on the inside in the turns until it finally paid off for him in turn four and he led at the flag stand on lap 18. The final yellow with three laps to go saw Cottle nailing down second as he passed Howard on the white flag lap and the finish showed Kinder crossing fourth and Pohlman recovering from his early spin to rank fifth. Rounding out the top ten it was Arpin, Hughes, Arment, Dotson and David Hess.

The 104 car field had Kinder with fast time of the night at 17.579 and two C-Mains sent Corey Partin, David Cain, Rick Hensley and David McWilliams into the two B-Mains. Jeff Matthews and Roger Crouse went to the A-Main from the first B-Main while Waits came up from 13th to win the second B-Main ahead of Blake Jegtvig. Heats were won by Howard, Arment, William Hampton, Todd Bennett, Chad Ohnstad, Hughes, Dotson, Hess, Cottle, Short and Steve Arpin. The Gulf Coast Produce Strawberry Dash was won by Paul Wilmoth, Jr.

Thanks, Jean Lynch for East Bay Raceway Park



STATS – OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS - EAST BAY RACEWAY PARK – FRIDAY, 2/18/05


Qualifying Results:



1. 22S Chad Kinder – 17.579; 2. 21S Denny Schwartz – 17.591; 3. 3L Jeff Leka – 17.619; 4. 1A Chad Ohnstad – 17.658; 5. 12H Jason Hughes – 17.667; 6. 85D Mark Dotson – 17.771; 7. 44H David Hess – 17.774; 8. 61M Shawn Peterson – 17.782; 9. 16 Justin Rattliff – 17.803; 10. 2B Devin Dixon – 17.804; 11. 48 Bill Howard – 17.805; 12. 9 Kent Arment – 17.808; 13. 112 Todd Bennett – 17.826; 14. 3F Rob Fuqua – 17.842; 15. 1P Bob Pohlman, Jr. – 17.844; 16. 2 Kenny Gaddis – 17.853; 17. 1M Julie McDermid – 17.860; 18. 78 Shane Cottle – 17.860; 19. 36 Brady Short – 17.865; 20. 00A Steve Arpin – 17.874; 21. 7 Ron Jones – 17.881; 22. 23H Dan Hamstra – 17.919; 23. B12 Kevin Weaver – 17.929; 24. 33M Roger Crouse – 17.942; 25. 707 Corey Conley – 17.959; 26. 96X Joel Cryderman – 17.965; 27. 75S Eric Scribner – 17.967; 28. 20 Jimmy Owens – 17.971; 29. Q Joey Jensen – 17.978; 30. 97 Rusty Dixon – 18.030; 31. M12 Jason Miller – 18.065; 32. 33Z Zach Vander Beek – 18.065; 33. 12S Ed Shamhart – 18.100; 34. 21L Ivodent Lloyd, Jr. – 18.121; 35. 21M BJ McCammon – 18.121; 36. 182 Randle Sweeney – 18.122; 37. 21C Kenny Carlson – 18.128; 38. 03 Brad Rohloff – 18.131; 39. 32B Robby Barris – 18.159; 40. 69 Tim Moore – 18.161; 41. 00 Greg Reutimann – 18.181; 42. 2M Steve Mueller – 18.206; 43. 18 Brent Glastetter – 18.240; 44. 91 Craig Thatcher – 18.254; 45. 28M Frank Marshall – 18.256; 46. 2J Blake Jegtvig – 18.265; 47. 45 Dean Vickers – 18.272; 48. 03B Rick Hensley – 18.281; 49. 3 Kelly Shryock – 18.309; 50. 44J Jared Kneemiller – 18.320; 51. 2C David Cain – 18.331; 52. 4C Craig Christiansen – 18.360; 53. 12 Russell Childress – 18.380; 54. 01K Don Kiger – 18.386; 55. HC1 Paul Wilmoth, Jr. – 18.388; 56. X Mike Wedelstadt – 18.412; 57. 88 Chris Smith – 18.450; 58. 24 Brad Waits – 18.454; 59. 007 David Schmauss – 18.483; 60. 1B Jason Barnhill – 18.491; 61. 99 Corey Partin – 18.502; 62. 22X Greg Oakes – 18.505; 63. 54P Dick Peterson – 18.506; 64. 6M Terry J. McClintock – 18.514; 65. 3X David Boerner – 18.542; 66. 23 Terry Haven – 18.582; 67. Z28 Mark Trautner – 18.584; 68. 27 John Bradley – 18.598; 69. 18M David McWilliams – 18.618; 70. 17 Scott Duvall – 18.629; 71. 22C Terry Cox – 18.640; 72. 8W William Hampton – 18.655; 73. 47T Carlton Jackson – 18.662; 74. 98 Shon Flanary – 18.664; 75. 130 Chad Osterhoff – 18.685; 76. 11G Matt Goulden – 18.688; 77. 96 Mark Rigdon – 18.837; 78. 11W Wess Weinman – 18.858; 79. B12X Bruce Watkins – 18.877; 80. 13 Kevin DeYoung – 18.898; 81. 155 Richard Harlow – 18.928; 82. 01 Trevor Merrell – 18.944; 83. 20X Steve Hughes – 18.956; 84. 47H Terry Hayes – 19.016; 85. 63 Scotty Williams – 19.021; 86. 83C Brian Taft – 19.030; 87. 4S Thomas Sigler – 19.035; 88. 26 Chris Butler – 19.035; 89. 7X Alan Sharpensteen – 19.068; 90. J5 Jess Hartman – 19.070; 91. 55 Tom Moore – 19.086; 92. 33 Jeff Mathews – 19.129; 93. 27X Joe Pendergrass – 19.134; 94. 30 Wade Schutt – 19.184; 95. L88 Mark Herbert – 19.192; 96. 31 Brian Hollifield – 19.198; 97. 10X Rob Pendergrass – 19.362; 98. 08 Shawn Simpson – 19.424; 99. M5 Bob McQuaig – 19.503; 100. CV7 Chris Veech – 19.730; 101. 2F Todd Ferber – 19.852; 102. 44 Michael Hess – 19.893; 103. 86 Mike Oldenberg – 20.286; 104. 21W Dano Ostrander – N/T





1st Heat – 1)Bill Howard 2)Chad Kinder 3)Greg Reutimann 4)Ron Jones 5)Jason Miller 6)Terry Cox 7)Corey Partin 8)David Cain 9)Tom Moore 10)Richard Harlow 11)Todd Ferber DNS

2nd Heat – 1)Kent Arment 2)Dan Hamstra 3)Jeff Mathews 4)Denny Schwartz 5)Craig Christiansen 6)Trevor Merrell 7)Greg Oakes 8)William Hampton 9)Steve Mueller 10)Michael Hess 11)Zach Vander Beek DNS

3rd Heat – 1)Todd Bennett 2)Ed Shamhart 3)Jeff Leka 4)Steve Hughes 5)Dick Peterson 6)Carlton Jackson 7)Joe Pendergrass 8)Brent Glastetter 9)Mike Oldenberg 10)Kevin Weaver 11)Russell Childress

4th Heat – 1)Chad Ohnstad 2)Rob Fuqua 3)Roger Crouse 4)Don Kiger 5)BJ McCammon 6)Craig Thatcher 7)Terry J. McClintock 8)Shon Flanary 9)Dano Ostrander 10)Terry Hayes 11)Wade Schutt DNS

5th Heat – 1)Jason Hughes 2)Bob Pohlman, Jr. 3)Corey Conley 4)Frank Marshall 5)Paul Wilmoth, Jr. 6)Ivodent Lloyd, Jr. 7)Chad Osterhoff 8)Scotty Williams 9)Mark Herbert 10)David Boerner

6th Heat – 1)Mark Dotson 2)Randle Sweeney 3)Joel Cryderman 4)Kenny Gaddis 5)Blake Jegtvig 6)Mike Wedelstadt 7)Terry Haven 8)Brian Taft 9)Matt Goulden 10)Brian Hollifield

7th Heat – 1)David Hess 2)Julie McDermid 3)Eric Scribner 4)Mark Trautner 5)Chris Smith 6)Dean Vickers 7)Rob Pendergrass 8)Mark Rigdon 9)Chris Butler 10)Kenny Carlson

8th Heat – 1)Shane Cottle 2)Shawn Peterson 3)Jimmy Owens 4)Brad Rohloff 5)Brad Waits 6)John Bradley 7)Rick Hensley 8)Wess Weinman 9)Thomas Sigler 10)Shawn Simpson

9th Heat – 1)Brady Short 2)Justin Rattliff 3)Joey Jensen 4)Kelly Shryock 5)Bruce Watkins 6)David Schmauss 7)David McWilliams 8)Robby Barris 9)Bob McQuaig 10)Alan Sharpensteen

10th Heat – 1)Steve Arpin 2)Devin Dixon 3)Jason Barnhill 4)Kevin DeYoung 5)Jared Kneemiller 6)Rusty Dixon 7)Chris Veech 8)Jess Hartman 9)Tim Moore 10)Scott Duvall



1st C – Main – 1)Corey Partin 2)David Cain 3)Tom Moore 4)Chad Osterhoff 5)Terry J. McClintock 6)Richard Harlow 7)Michael Hess 8)Scotty Williams 9)Terry Hayes 10)Brent Glastetter 11)Joe Pendergrass 12)Dano Ostrander 13)Kevin Weaver 14)Greg Oakes 15)William Hampton 16)Shon Flanary 17)Steve Mueller 18)Mark Herbert 19)Russell Childress DNS 20)Todd Ferber DNS 21)David Boerner DNS 22)Zach Vander Beek DNS 23)Wade Schutt DNS



2nd C - Main – 1)Rick Hensley 2)David McWilliams 3)Chris Veech 4)Rob Pendergrass 5)Terry Haven 6)Bob McQuaig 7)Mike Oldenberg 8)Scott Duvall 9)Chris Butler 10)Matt Goulden 11)Brian Taft 12)Mark Rigdon 13)Robby Barris 14)Wess Weinman 15)Thomas Sigler 16)Tim Moore 17)Jess Hartman DNS 18)Brian Hollifield DNS 19)Kenny Carlson DNS 20)Shawn Simpson DNS 21)Alan Sharpensteen DNS



1st B – Main – 1)Jeff Mathews 2)Roger Crouse 3)Ron Jones 4)Paul Wilmoth, Jr. 5)Corey Conley 6)Craig Thatcher 7)Craig Christiansen 8)Jeff Leka 9)Denny Schwartz 10)David Cain 11)Steve Hughes 12)Don Kiger 13)Carlton Jackson 14)Dick Peterson 15)Greg Reutimann 16)Jason Miller 17)Corey Partin 18)Frank Marshall 19)BJ McCammon 20)Terry Cox 21)Trevor Merrell 22)Ivodent Lloyd, Jr.



2nd B - Main – 1)Brad Waits 2)Blake Jegtvig 3)Joey Jensen 4)Brad Rohloff 5)Kelly Shryock 6)Jimmy Owens 7)Rick Hensley 8)Joel Cryderman 9)Jared Kneemiller 10)David Schmauss 11)Eric Scribner 12)Mike Wedelstadt 13)David McWilliams 14)Jason Barnhill 15)Kenny Gaddis 16)Mark Trautner 17)Bruce Watkins 18)Kevin DeYoung 19)John Bradley 20)Dean Vickers 21)Chris Smith 22)Rusty Dixon DNS



A – Main (25 Laps) – 1)Brad Watts 2)Shane Cottle 3)Bill Howard 4)Chad Kinder 5)Bob Pohlman, Jr. 6)Steve Arpin 7)Jason Hughes 8)Kent Arment 9)Mark Dotson 10)David Hess 11)Roger Crouse 12)Randle Sweeney 13)Dan Hamstra 14)Shawn Peterson 15)Devin Dixon 16)Justin Rattliff 17)Jeff Mathews 18)Julie McDermid 19)Brady Short 20)Rob Fuqua 21)Todd Bennett 22)Ed Shamhart 23)Chad Ohnstad 24)Blake Jegtvig





Gulfcoast Produce Strawberry Dash – 1)Paul Wilmoth, Jr. 2)Dick Peterson 3)Kelly Shryock 4)Brent Glastetter 5)Thomas Sigler 6)Tim Moore 7)BJ McCammon 8)Greg Oakes 9)Scott Duval 10)Chad Osterhoff