Short & Weaver take East Bay Modified Wins on Thursday!

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By Jean Lynch

TAMPA, Fla. -- Brady Short does his best coming back from a short layoff. He proved it earlier in the East Bay 30th Annual Winternationals, when he won the non-wing sprint car make-up feature after a rain out the night before. Once again, he came back to win Thursday’s make-up Open Wheel Modified race which had been postponed from the night before because of curfew.

The Bedford Indiana driver thanked his family and everyone that made it possible for him to be in victory lane. Despite starting on pole, it was not a run-away for him as several cautions over the 25-lap distance gave Steve Arpin, Corey Conley and Kent Arment a chance to close on his bumper, but Short drove a flawless race to take the $1,500 prize.

Randy Hall, Kevin Weaver (up from 10th), Wayne Hammond (up from18th), Craig Thatcher, Dan Hamstra and Mike Potosky all ranked in the top ten.

In the nightcap regularly scheduled 25-lap feature, Weaver made very little changes on his new Bob Pierce chassis to pull off a wire-to-wire win. “I used a harder tire and the car was perfect,” he stated. The car is owned by Bill Gianetti and powered by a Hixon Engine. Sponsors include Jimmy John’s Sandwiches and Nu-Way Trucking.

Pole sitter Ray Guss, Jr. was Weaver’s strongest competitor, but once Weaver took the initial lead on lap one using the preferred line for most of the race on the bottom, Guss was never able to regain the lead on the outside. Shane Cottle came up from seventh to follow Guss across the finish line in third.

Dave Groves and Wayne Hammond rounded out the top five with Blake Jegtvig, Craig Thatcher, Corey Conley, Dan Hamstra and Brady Short making it to top ten finishes over the field of 116 cars on hand for night two of the four night stand for the Open Wheel Modifieds.

RESULTS

STATS – OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS-EAST BAY RACEWAY PARK – THURSDAY, 2/16/06

Remainder of Wednesday’s show ran at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday 2/16/06

2nd C-Main – 1)Terry Haven 2)Steve Mueller 3)Bob Bizelli 4)Gary Eicher 5)Ed Shamhart 6)Kenny Johnson 7)Rob Pendergrass 8)Alex Engelstad 9)Darrell Lowe 10)Ralph Groomer 11)Matt Miller 12)Doug Thompson 13)David Baker 14)Kevin DeYoung 15)Aldo Estrado 16)Mike Wedelstadt 17)Brian Hollifield 18)Denny Swartz 19)Dan Ratajczak 20)Ed Lenhardt DNS 21)Rick Martin DNS 22)Bruce Belland DNS

1st B-Main – 1)Craig Thatcher 2)Dick Peterson 3)John Bradley 4)Jason Miller 5)Matt Goulden 6)Joey Jensen 7)Junior Nolan 8)Jamie Burrows 9)Jeff Leka 10)Devin Dixon 11)Vince Cooper 12)Hank Bradley 13)Perry Brown 14)Ken Myracle 15)Leonard Pierce 16)Nate Bregenzer 17)Mark Glembin 18)Dave Hess, Jr. 19)DJ Cline 20)Troy Page 21)Tim Donlinger 22)Rick Hensley

2nd B-Main – 1)Shane Cottle 2)Randle Sweeney 3)Blake Jegtvig 4)Dave Groves 5)Rob Fuqua 6)Bill Howard 7)Chad Ogle 8)Matt Bokneckt 9)David Schmauss 10)Julie McDermid 11)Terry McClintock 12)Joe Pendergrass 13)Terry Haven 14)William Hampton 15)William Harrison 16)Shawn Shingledecker 17)Greg Reutimann 18)Mike Sorensen 19)Charlie Hess 20)Roger Crouse 21)Stanley Donahoo 22)Steve Mueller

A-Main (25 laps) – 1)Brady Short 2)Steve Arpin 3)Corey Conley 4)Kent Arment 5)Randy Hall 6)Kevin Weaver 7)Wayne Hammond 8)Craig Thatcher 9)Dan Hamstra 10)Mike Potosky 11)Ray Guss, Jr. 12)Buzzie Reutimann 13)Rick Conoyer 14)Sean Terovetz 15)Gary Cook, Jr. 16)Shane Cottle 17)Matt Mevert 18)Dick Peterson 19)Randle Sweeney 20)Mark Dotson 21)Tommy Bailey 22)Tim Moore 23)John Bradley 24)Kevin Adams

RESULTS

Thursday’s show 2/16/06

Qualifying Results:

1. 91 Craig Thatcher – 17.463; 2. 3F Rob Fuqua – 17.626; 3. 22M Matt Mevert – 17.784; 4. B12 Kevin Weaver – 17.790; 5. 122 Matt Boknecht – 17.792; 6. L88 Mark Herbert – 17.817; 7. 21M Larry Moreland, Sr. – 17.817; 8. 54S Shawn Shingledecker – 17.906; 9. 112 Ray Guss, Jr. – 17.975; 10. 00EH Steve Arpin – 17.978; 11. 23H Dan Hamstra – 18.017; 12. HC1 Kenny Johnson – 18.026; 13. 36 Brady Short – 18.044; 14. 12 Bruce Watkins – 18.047; 15. 182 Randle Sweeney – 18.065; 16. 24 Brad Waits – 18.068; 17. T3 Dave Groves – 18.074; 18. 14 Rick Conoyer – 18.076; 19. 15T Troy Page – 18.107; 20. 40K Kevin Adams – 18.109; 21. 27 John Bradley – 18.111; 22. 3L Jeff Leka – 18.124; 23. 42 DJ Cline – 18.135; 24. 00D Stanley Donahoo – 18.137; 25. 707 Corey Conley – 18.144; 26. 44 Dave Hess, Jr. – 18.163; 27. 85D Mark Dotson – 18.176; 28. 42T Tim Donlinger – 18.194; 29. 25 Scott Green – 18.194; 30. 00 Buzzie Reutimann – 18.206; 31. 54 Benji LaCrosse – 18.225; 32. 9 Kent Arment – 18.228; 33. 11G Matt Goulden – 18.242; 34. 3 Devin Dixon – 18.253; 35. 01 Denny Swartz – 18.261; 36. 27JR Joey Jensen – 18.284; 37. 128 Charlie Hess – 18.292; 38. 48 Wayne Hammond – 18.294; 39. 11 Tommy Bailey – 18.297; 40. 4B Robbie Starnes – 18.323; 41. 13 Kevin DeYoung – 18.331; 42. 13GRS Junior Nolan – 18.332; 43. 12MJ Jason Miller – 18.336; 44. 94E Ed Lenhardt – 18.353; 45. 007 David Schmauss – 18.380; 46. 17 Hank Bradley – 18.382; 47. 2J Blake Jegtvig – 18.421; 48. 78 Shane Cottle – 18.441; 49. B27 Bob Bizelli – 18.449; 50. 8S Steve Miller – 18.467; 51. M20 Mike Potosky – 18.498; 52. 98 Shon Flanary – 18.500; 53. 10C Chad Ogle – 18.501; 54. 37 Sean Jerovetz – 18.518; 55. 03 Rick Hensley – 18.520; 56. 47 Carlton Jackson – 18.529; 57. 19 Mike Sorensen – 18.536; 58. 28M Frank Marshall – 18.567; 59. 69 Tim Moore – 18.571; 60. 12S Ed Shamhart – 18.574; 61. 64 Gary Cook, Jr. – 18.582; 62. 11B Jamie Burrows – 18.586; 63. 22BX Perry Brown – 18.590; 64. 32 Roger Crouse – 18.609; 65. 8M Matt Miller – 18.619; 66. 33 Jeff Matthews – 18.623; 67. X Mike Wedelstadt – 18.642; 68. 33L Richard Logan – 18.642; 69. 48G Ralph Groomer – 18.659; 70. 73 Dan Ratajczak – 18.663; 71. 2M Steve Mueller – 18.668; 72. 10 Randy Hall – 18.674; 73. 3X David Boerner – 18.718; 74. 1M Julie McDermid – 18.741; 75. 14H Gary Eicher – 18.744; 76. 23T Terry Haven – 18.751; 77. 16 Trevor Merrell – 18.770; 78. 96A Alex Engelstad – 18.772; 79. CV7 Chris Veech – 18.786; 80. 47B Bill Howard – 18.787; 81. 52 William Harrison – 18.801; 82. 5 David Baker – 18.805; 83. 54P Dick Peterson – 18.819; 84. 26 Jeff Horst – 18.857; 85. 22 Ron Burgess – 18.869; 86. 58L Scott Carlson – 18.931; 87. 12MX Mike Sullivan – 18.949; 88. 777 Doug Thompson – 18.986; 89. 111 Rich Gilbert – 19.008; 90. 11W Wess Weinman – 19.013; 91. 6M Terry McClintock – 19.022; 92. 77L Darrell Lowe – 19.037; 93. 1J Jerry White – 19.109; 94. 96 Dennis Haven – 19.125; 95. 41 Joseph Cox – 19.216; 96. 31 Brian Hollifield – 19.252; 97. 76 Dana Wellington – 19.260; 98. 1P Leonard Pierce – 19.275; 99. 22B Bruce Belland – 19.302; 100. 4S Thomas Sigler – 19.415; 101. R3 Rick Martin – 19.428; 102. 27N Nate Bregenzer – 19.455; 103. 3 Billy Boyd, Sr. – 19.456; 104. 00G Greg Reutimann – 19.471; 105. 31R Mike Romaker – 19.505; 106. 71D Vince Cooper – 19.510; 107. 35 Dennis Barton – 19.567; 108. 40 Aldo Estrada – 19.602; 109. 15 Mark Glembin – 19.660; 110. 27X Joe Pendergrass – 19.830; 111. 10X Rob Pendergrass – 19.913; 112. 8 Brandon Carlson – 20.368; 113. C0 Darin Beaner – 21.162; 114. 29 William Hampton – 53.141; 115. 12M Ken Myracle – N/T; 116. 22R Tim Riley – N/T; 117. 10K Steve Hardy – N/T

1st Heat – 1)Kevin Weaver 2)Steve Arpin 3)Corey Conley 4)Randle Sweeney 5)Stanley Donahoo 6)Kent Arment 7)Devin Dixon 8)Chad Ogle 9)Mike Wedelstadt 10)Shon Flanary 11)Ralph Groomer 12)Billy Boyd, Sr.

2nd Heat – 1)Tim Moore 2)Mike Potosky 3)Matt Goulden 4)Riich Gilbert 5)Bob Bizelli 6)Darrell Lowe 7)Julie McDermid 8)Gary Eicher 9)Rob Pendergrass 10)Ken Myracle 11)Terry McClintock 12)William Hampton

3rd Heat – 1)Blake Jegtvig 2)Robbie Starnes 3)Tim Donlinger 4)DJ Cline 5)Richard Logan 6)Vince Cooper 7)Trevor Merrell 8)Brian Hollifield 9)Rick Hensley 10)Joe Pendergrass 11)Dana Wellington 12)Steve Mueller

4th Heat – 1)Dave Groves 2)Brady Short 3)Buzzie Reutimann 4)Tommy Bailey 5)Scott Green 6)Benji LaCrosse 7)Sean Jerovetz 8)Dan Ratajczak 9)Leonard Pierce 10)Kenny Johnson 11)Dennis Haven 12)Mike Romaker

5th Heat – 1)Mike Sorensen 2)Denny Swartz 3)Matt Mevert 4)Ed Lenhardt 5)Ed Shamhart 6)Jeff Matthews 7)Randy Hall 8)Dick Peterson 9)Gary Cook, Jr. 10)Joseph Cox 11)Bruce Belland 12)Greg Reutimann

6th Heat – 1)Wayne Hammond 2)Dan Hamstra 3)Frank Marshall 4)Roger Crouse 5)Alex Engelstad 6)Bill Howard 7)Brad Waits 8)Chris Veech 9)David Baker 10)Doug Thompson 11)Terry Haven

7th Heat – 1)Shane Cottle 2)Jeff Leka 3)Jason Miller 4)Brandon Carlson 5)Thomas Sigler 6)Jerry White 7)William Harrison 8)Perry Brown 9)Nate Bregenzer 10)Jeff Horst 11)Aldo Estrada 12)Tim Riley DNS

8th Heat – 1)Ray Guss, Jr. 2)John Bradley 3)Matt Bokneckt 4)Mark Dotson 5)Shawn Shingledecker 6)David Schmauss 7)Hank Bradley 8)Charlie Hess 9)Darin Beaner 10)Wess Weinman 11)Rick Martin

9th Heat – 1)Craig Thatcher 2)Dave Hess, Jr. 3)Rick Conoyer 4)Carlton Jackson 5)Junior Nolan 6)Mark Herbert 7)Troy Page 8)Joey Jensen 9)Ron Burgess 10)Matt Miller 11)Kevin Adams DNS

10th Heat – 1)Rob Fuqua 2)Jamie Burrows 3)Kevin DeYoung 4)Larry Moreland, Sr. 5)David Boerner 6)Bruce Watkins 7)Steve Hardy 8)Mark Glembin 9)Dennis Barton 10)Mike Sullivan 11)Steve Miller 12)Scott Carlson

D – Main – 1)Ralph Groomer 2)Bruce Belland 3)Terry Haven 4)Terry McClintock 5)Steve Miller 6)Dennis Haven 7)Mike Romaker 8)Aldo Estrada 9)William Hampton 10)Scott Carlson 11)Dana Wellington 12)Greg Reutimann 13)Billy Boyd, Sr. 14)Rick Martin DNS 15)Steve Mueller DNS 16)Tim Riley DNS 17)Kevin Adams DNS

1st C-Main – 1)Devin Dixon 2)Julie McDermid 3)Randy Hall 4)Chad Ogle 5)Trevor Merrell 6)Gary Cook, Jr. 7)Mike Wedelstadt 8)Sean Jerovetz 9)Gary Eicher 10)Ken Myracle 11)Brian Hollifield 12)Dan Ratajczak 13)Dick Peterson 14)Leonard Pierce 15)Joe Pendergrass 16)Kenny Johnson 17)Terry Haven 18)Shon Flanary 19)Joseph Cox 20)Rob Pendergrass 21)Ralph Groomer 22)Rick Hensley

2nd C-Main – 1)Brad Wait 2)Perry Brown 3)Steve Hardy 4)Hank Bradley 5)Charlie Hess 6)William Harrison 7)Terry McClintock 8)Chris Veech 9)Bruce Belland 10)Dennis Barton 11)Mark Glembin 12)David Baker 13)Troy Page 14)Mike Sullivan 15)Matt Miller 16)Ron Burgess 17)Doug Thompson 18)Nate Bregenzer 19)Nate Begenzer 20)Jeff Horst 21)Darin Beaner DNS 22)Wess Weinmann DNS

1st B-Main – 1)Corey Conley 2)Matt Goulden 3)Tim Donlinger 4)Devin Dixon 5)Buzzie Reutimann 6)Tommy Bailey 7)Stanley Donahoo 8)Ed Shamhart 9)DJ Cline 10)Benji LaCrosse 11)Kent Arment 12)Darrell Lowe 13)Jeff Matthews 14)Matt Mevert 15)Richard Logan 16)Julie McDermid 17)Scott Green 18)Vince Cooper 19)Rich Gilbert 20)Randle Sweeney 21)Bob Bizelli 22)Ed Lenhardt

2nd B-Main – 1)Jason Miller 2)Matt Bokneckt 3)Roger Crouse 4)Junior nolan 5)Matt Dotson 6)Rick Conoyer 7)Brandon Carlson 8)Alex Engelstad 9)Brad Waits 10)Bill Howard 11)Kevin DeYoung 12)Jerry White 13)Perry Brown 14)Larry Moreland, Sr. 15)Bruce Watkins 16)David Boerner 17)Mark Herbert 18)Thomas Sigler 19)David Schmauss 20)Frank Marshall 21)Carlton Jackson 22)Shawn Shingledecker

A-Main (25 laps) – 1)Kevin Weaver 2)Ray Guss, Jr. 3)Shane Cottle 4)Dave Groves 5)Wayne Hammond 6)Blake Jegtvig 7)Craig Thatcher 8)Corey Conley 9)Dan Hamstra 10)Brady Short 11)Steve Arpin 12)Mike Potosky 13)Denny Swartz 14)Robbie Starnes 15)Dave Hess, Jr. 16)Mike Sorensen 17)Jeff Leka 18)Matt Bokneckt 19)Tim Moore 20)Jamie Burrows 21)John Bradley 22)Matt Goulden 23)Jason Miller 24)Rob Fuqua.
 




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