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Matt Miller Takes
East Bay Winternationals Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Thursday Night
Event
The
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series started its? 2006 Season in spectacular
fashion on Thursday evening with Waterville Ohio driver Matt Miller picking
up the first win of the season and third of his career. Miller would take
the early lead in his McCullough Industries/ Performance Rod & Custom/LoTemp
Brazing/Banshee Graphics/Whaley & Son Collision/McDonald Refrigeration
sponsored Rocket Chassis/Russell Baker Racing Engines Grand Prix number 7 to
collect the $7,000 payday in the fourth night of action at the 30th Annual
East Bay Winter Nationals. ?I really didn?t need to see that last caution,
but I was committed to the bottom. If I was going to get beat someone was
going to have to do it on the top,? The 34 year old Miller would say as he
climbed from the Dirt Shop, Inc. racing entry with another packed house on
hand to watch the competitive event.
Miller jumped from his outside front row starting position to the early lead
off turn 2 over the 26 car starting field. Miller and the PBM Performance
Products sponsored MasterSbilt of Dresden Ohio?s Donnie Moran would battle
for several racing laps as the Lucas Oil/MasterSbilt Ford car driven by
defending champion Earl Pearson Jr. would race with Scott James and Shannon
Babb for the third position. A caution on lap seven for the car of Jason
Montgomery would see the field stack up for a three car battle for the lead
between Miller, Pearson, and Moran while the Sweetners Plus Rocket of Tim
McCreadie would take to the high side and move into the top 5.
The field would again come under caution on lap 12 for Gerald Davis. When
the field saw green again McCreadie would make his move on the outside to
jump into the third. By the half way point Miller was feeling a charge from
Earl Pearson and Tim McCreadie who was able to make the move around Pearson
for the second position. Lap 38 would see McCreadie avoid near disaster when
the Davis would spin ahead of McCreadie and set the stage for a two lap
shootout for the win.
The field would come around to get the green with 2 laps remaining. As Moran
would make an unbelievable charge off turn 2 in-between McCreadie and
Pearson. Moran would continue this charge into the final corner when he
would tag the wall and leave Miller all alone to take the victory. Earl
Pearson would finish second in front of Dennis Erb who made another charge
through the field to finish third from the 14th starting spot on the grid.
Moran would hang on the fourth position while McCreadie would be shuffled
back to the fifth position. Eddie Carrier, Jr. finished sixth ahead of
Shannon Babb, Terry English, Doug Horton, and Scott James to finish off the
top 10.
Heat winners included Scott James, Matt Miller, Donnie Moran, Bart Hartman,
Shannon Babb, Bryan Collins, Earl Pearson Jr., and Jason Montgomery. B-Mains
were won by Jeff Cooke, Vic Coffey, Billy Moyer and Randy Korte. The
Strawberry Dash was won by Josh McGuire.
The cameras of Speed will be in the house on Friday night as the Lucas Oil
Late Model Dirt Series raises the bar again with a $10,000 to win 50 lap
main event.
Race Summary
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Thursday Night, February 9, 2006
East Bay Raceway Park-Tampa, FL
Comp Cams Fast Time: Tim McCreadie 15.412 seconds
PBM Performance Products Heat #1-Jason Montgomery, Tim McCreadie, Randy
Weaver, Tim Fuller, Jeff Cooke, Dean Carpenter, Joe Morris, Sonny Conley,
Charles Duncan, Richard Wheelihan, Bob Geiger, Jimmy Mars
PBM Performance Products Heat #2- Scott James, Eddie Carrier Jr, Anthony
White, Brian Birkhofer, Jimmy Owens, Clint Coffman, Evan Harrell, Josh
McGuire, Corey Conley, Butch McGill, Joey Tanner, Brady Smith, Scott Riggs
DART Machinery Heat #3- Bart Hartman, Steve Casebolt, Michael England, David
Scott, Tim Dohm, Jason Flory, Marshall Austin, Justin Rattliff, Steven
Hucovski, Ellis Parker, Dale McDowell, Steve Hillard
DART Machinery Heat #4- Matt Miller, Gerald Davis, Vic Coffey, Eric
Jacobsen, Jackie Boggs, Clint Smith, Roger Lucas, Dan Schlieper, Danny
Mitchell, Wendell Wallace, Larry Smith, Brad Neat
Sunoco Race Fuels Heat #5- Earl Pearson Jr, Chub Frank, Anthony Rushing,
Rick Eckert, John VanDenBerg, Bo Feathers, Randy Lucas, Daniel Stone, Freddy
Smith, Rodney Melvin, Terry Casey, Jeff Gress
Sunoco Race Fuels Heat #6- Donnie Moran, Dennis Erb Jr, Doug Horton, Billy
Moyer, Steve Francis, John Blankenship, Rusty Dixon, Wade Witherspoon, Brian
Shirley, Freddie Carpenter, Damon Eller, Kristin Flory
K&N Engineering Heat #7- Shannon Babb, Don O?Neal, Jared Landers, Darren
Miller, Davey Johnson, Garrett Durrett, Ricky Arms, Ray Cook, Christian
Rayburn, Brent Robinson, Mike Johnson, Wayne Johnson
K&N Engineering Heat #8- Bryan Collins, Terry English, Randy Korte, Don
Hammer, Robbie Blair, CJ Rayburn, John Mason, Jordan Bland, Lee Thomason,
Scott Dedwylder, Ricky Elliott, Michael Jackson
Mason Racin? Rebel Shock Dyno B-Main #1- Jeff Cooke, Tim Fuller, Brian
Birkhofer, Jimmy Mars, Brady Smith, Josh McGuire, Corey Conley, Randy
Weaver, Butch McGill, Joey Tanner, Bob Geiger, Anthony White, Jimmy Owens,
Dean Carpenter, Sonny Conley, Clint Coffman, Tim Senic, Evan Harrell,
Charles Duncan
Penske Shocks B-Main #2- Vic Coffey, Jackie Boggs, Marshall Austin, David
Scott, Clint Smith, Eric Jacobsen, Dan Schlieper, Justin Rattliff, Wendell
Wallace, Jason Flory, Michael England, Roger Lucas, Danny Mitchell, Steven
Hucovski, Ellis Parker, Tim Dohm, Steve Hillard
Mason Racin? Rebel Shock Dyno B-Main #3- Billy Moyer, Doug Horton, Rick
Eckert, Steve Francis, Anthony Rushing, John Blankenship, Daniel Stone, Bo
Feathers, Rusty Dixon, Damon Eller, Freddie Carpenter, Kristin Flory, Wade
Witherspoon, Freddy Smith, Rodney Melvin, John VanDenBerg, Brian Shirley
Penske Shocks B-Main #4- Randy Korte, Darren Miller, Jared Landers, Davey
Johnson, Ray Cook, Ricky Elliott, Brent Robinson, John Mason, Mike Johnson,
Ricky Arms, Christian Rayburn, CJ Rayburn, Robbie Blair, Don Hammer, Lee
Thomason, Wayne Johnson, Jordan Bland, Garrett Durrett
Gulf Coast Produce Strawberry Dash- Josh McGuire, Steve Hillard, Brian
Birkhofer, Jared Landers, Rick Eckert, Jason Flory, Brent Robinson, CJ
Rayburn, Freddie Carpenter, Anthony White
Feature (40 Laps) Matt Miller, Earl Pearson Jr, Dennis Erb Jr, Donnie Moran,
Tim McCreadie, Eddie Carrier Jr, Shannon Babb, Terry English, Doug Horton,
Scott James, Chub Frank, Billy Moyer, Vic Coffey, Don O? Neal, Freddy Smith,
Steve Casebolt, Darren Miller, Bryan Collins, Gerald Davis, Jackie Boggs,
Randy Korte, Tim Dohm, Jeff Cooke, Tim Fuller, Bart Hartman, Jason
Montgomery
Race Statistics
Entries: 99
Cautions: 4
Red Flags: 0
Lap Leaders: Matt Miller 1-40
All-Star Performer of the Race: Doug Horton (started 23rd and finished 9th)
Advanced 14 positions
Quarter Master Move of the Race: Donnie Moran
Hawk Brakes Tough Break Award: Jason Montgomery
K&N Engineering Clean Pass of the Race: Bryan Collins
Current Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Points Standings After 2/9/06
1. Matt Miller (Waterville, OH) 250
2. Earl Pearson, Jr. (Jacksonville, FL) 230
3. Dennis Erb, Jr. (Carpentersville, IL) 220
4. Tim McCreadie (Watertown, NY) 215
5. Donnie Moran (Dresden, OH) 210
6. Eddie Carrier Jr (Salt Rock, WV) 200
7. Shannon Babb (Moweaqua, IL) 195
8, Terry English (Benton, KY) 190
9. Doug Horton (Bruceton Mills, WV) 185
10. Scott James (Lawrenceburg, IN) 180
DART Winternationals ?Engine Builders Challenge? Points After 4 Events
1. Pro Power -26
1. Larry Wallace Racing Engines-26
3. Malcuit-23
4. SMS-20
5. Custom-14
6. Cornett-10
7. Jay Dickens-13
8. Carl Grover-12
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series ?Chassis Builders Challenge? After 4 Events
1. Rayburn-21
2. Rocket-21
3. MasterSBilt-18
4. GRT-9
5. Warrior-7
6. Lazer-7
Sunoco ?Race for Gas? Points After 4 Events
1. Earl Pearson, Jr-9
2. Billy Moyer-8
3. Dale McDowell-8
4. Matt Miller-5
5. Rick Eckert-3
6. Dennis Erb Jr-2
All-Star Performance ?Performer of the Race? Points After 4 Events
1. Doug Horton-22
2. Don O?Neal-12
3. Rick Eckert-10
COMP Cams ?Fast Time? Award Points After 4 Events
1. Donnie Moran-2
2. Jared Landers-1
3. Tim McCreadie-1
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