By Terry Young
They say that everything happens for a reason, persistence pays off, good things come to those who wait... well all of those could not be more fitting than to be apoplied to Terry English relative to his 2005 Winternationals scenario.
English, who as of two weeks ago did not have a ride, nor any plans for participating in this years Winternationals fits all of those adages to a t! When C.J. Rayburn called English to inquire about his plans, English informed C.J. that he would not be driving in Florida during speedweeks. Rayburn told English to "get over here to Whiteland and we will put a car together for you to take part in the Winternationals". Upon English arrival at the shop of Rayurun, there sat a car that had been sitting outside all winter after previously being utilized by Steve Barnett and Don O'Neal. Within no time, the car had been cleaned up, new sheet metal applied and A STEEL BLOCK MOTOR installed. Tonight that car sat amid the victory celebration at the East Bay Raceway Park after Terry English put on a driving display that was flawless and earned himself $5,000.00 for his efforts!
This was the first Speedweeks victory for English, and was the perfect ending to his Monday night third place finish and his Tuesday night second place finish! English and this steel block powered Rayburn Chassis has the win, place and show trifecta completed now and proved once again the moniker true that Rayburn Race Cars are "Stronger than Dirt"!
Earl Pearson began the evening by topping the 110 cars on hand, touring the track with a time of 14.828, recording the fast time award.
Heat races were won by Steve Francis, Jeff Choquette, Dennis Erb, Jr., Tim McCreadie, Brady Smith, Dan Schlieper, English, R.J. Conley and Davey Johnson.
The consi races were topped by Bil;ly Moyer, Jr., Donnie Moran, Rick Aukland and Scott James.
Following English to the stripe in the 30 lap A-Main event were Francis, Terry Casey, O'Neal, Schlieper, Jimmy Mars, Erb, Jr., James, Rick Eckert and Moyer, Jr. rounding out the top 10.
Heat 1: Francis, Jimmy Mars, Earl Pearson, Steve Hillard, Chris Conley, Tim Dohm, Brian Birkhofer, Dave Hess, Lee Thomason, Michael Chilton, Dennis Little.
Heat 2: Jeff Choquette, Rick Eckert, Donnie Moran, Steve Lucas, Patrick Sheltra, Scott Pounds, Darin Meiretto, Ricky Elliott, Mike Mataragas, Ronnie Dehaven, Jason Flory, Jon Krogstad, Joe Ramey
Heat 3: Dennis Erb, Darren Miller, Shane Tankersly, Brian Shirley, Jayme Zidar, Trent Follmer, Wes Frank Smith, Butch McGill, Richard Combs
Heat 4: Tim McCreadie, Shannon Babb, Billy Drake, Shane Clanton, Garrett Durrett, Mike Benedum, Eric Jacobsen, Greg Johnson, Barry Bragdon, Jeffrey Matejka, Ronnie Smith, Randy Korte
Heat 5: Brady Smith, Jason Montgomery, Billy Moyer, Bo Feathers, Russ Sheffler, John Gill, Ken Schrader, Wayne Johnson, Gerald Davis, Mike Hammerlee, Darrel Lanigan
Heat 6: Dan Schlieper, Terry Casey, Mark Voigt, Rohn Moon, John Mason, John Kuchar, Victor Lee, Johnny Chastain, Greggie Oliver, Caley Emerson, Rick Sowders, Joe Morris
Heat 7: Terry English, Ray Cook, Freddy Smith, John VanDenBerg, Matt Hubbard, Roy Deese, Corey Conley, Michael England, Michael Jackson, Ronald Conley, Eddie Carrier, Jr., Steve Cole
Heat 8: R.J. Conley, Steve Shaver, Rick Aukland, Dan Stone, Rob Blair, Brad Neat, Rod Conley, Anthony White, Kristin Flory, Jerry Fifield, Evan Harrell, Mike Marlar
Heat 9: Davey Johnson, Don O'Neal, Scott James, Jackie Boggs, Clint Coffman, Freddie Carpenter, Zach Carney, Tim Prince, Marhsll Austin, Russ Frohnappel, Matt Miller, Michael Lloyd
Consi 1: Moyer, Pearson, Clanton, Tankersley, Chris Conley
Consi 2: Moran, Drake, Birkhofer, Hillard, Shirley
Consi 3: Aukland, Moon, Rod Conley, Mason, Stone
Consi 4: James, Smith, Schrader, Hubbard, Chastain
Feature: 1. English 2.Francis 3. Casey 4.O'Neal 5.Schlieper 6. Mars 7. Erb, Jr. 8.James 9.Eckert 10.Moyer 11.Smith 12, McCreadie 13. Moran 14. Miller 15.Cook 16. Aukland 17. Clanton 18. Conley 19.Miller 20. Dohm 21.Montgomery 22. Choquette 23. Birkhofer 24. Shaver 25. Johnson 26. Babb
They say that everything happens for a reason, persistence pays off, good things come to those who wait... well all of those could not be more fitting than to be apoplied to Terry English relative to his 2005 Winternationals scenario.
English, who as of two weeks ago did not have a ride, nor any plans for participating in this years Winternationals fits all of those adages to a t! When C.J. Rayburn called English to inquire about his plans, English informed C.J. that he would not be driving in Florida during speedweeks. Rayburn told English to "get over here to Whiteland and we will put a car together for you to take part in the Winternationals". Upon English arrival at the shop of Rayurun, there sat a car that had been sitting outside all winter after previously being utilized by Steve Barnett and Don O'Neal. Within no time, the car had been cleaned up, new sheet metal applied and A STEEL BLOCK MOTOR installed. Tonight that car sat amid the victory celebration at the East Bay Raceway Park after Terry English put on a driving display that was flawless and earned himself $5,000.00 for his efforts!
This was the first Speedweeks victory for English, and was the perfect ending to his Monday night third place finish and his Tuesday night second place finish! English and this steel block powered Rayburn Chassis has the win, place and show trifecta completed now and proved once again the moniker true that Rayburn Race Cars are "Stronger than Dirt"!
Earl Pearson began the evening by topping the 110 cars on hand, touring the track with a time of 14.828, recording the fast time award.
Heat races were won by Steve Francis, Jeff Choquette, Dennis Erb, Jr., Tim McCreadie, Brady Smith, Dan Schlieper, English, R.J. Conley and Davey Johnson.
The consi races were topped by Bil;ly Moyer, Jr., Donnie Moran, Rick Aukland and Scott James.
Following English to the stripe in the 30 lap A-Main event were Francis, Terry Casey, O'Neal, Schlieper, Jimmy Mars, Erb, Jr., James, Rick Eckert and Moyer, Jr. rounding out the top 10.
Heat 1: Francis, Jimmy Mars, Earl Pearson, Steve Hillard, Chris Conley, Tim Dohm, Brian Birkhofer, Dave Hess, Lee Thomason, Michael Chilton, Dennis Little.
Heat 2: Jeff Choquette, Rick Eckert, Donnie Moran, Steve Lucas, Patrick Sheltra, Scott Pounds, Darin Meiretto, Ricky Elliott, Mike Mataragas, Ronnie Dehaven, Jason Flory, Jon Krogstad, Joe Ramey
Heat 3: Dennis Erb, Darren Miller, Shane Tankersly, Brian Shirley, Jayme Zidar, Trent Follmer, Wes Frank Smith, Butch McGill, Richard Combs
Heat 4: Tim McCreadie, Shannon Babb, Billy Drake, Shane Clanton, Garrett Durrett, Mike Benedum, Eric Jacobsen, Greg Johnson, Barry Bragdon, Jeffrey Matejka, Ronnie Smith, Randy Korte
Heat 5: Brady Smith, Jason Montgomery, Billy Moyer, Bo Feathers, Russ Sheffler, John Gill, Ken Schrader, Wayne Johnson, Gerald Davis, Mike Hammerlee, Darrel Lanigan
Heat 6: Dan Schlieper, Terry Casey, Mark Voigt, Rohn Moon, John Mason, John Kuchar, Victor Lee, Johnny Chastain, Greggie Oliver, Caley Emerson, Rick Sowders, Joe Morris
Heat 7: Terry English, Ray Cook, Freddy Smith, John VanDenBerg, Matt Hubbard, Roy Deese, Corey Conley, Michael England, Michael Jackson, Ronald Conley, Eddie Carrier, Jr., Steve Cole
Heat 8: R.J. Conley, Steve Shaver, Rick Aukland, Dan Stone, Rob Blair, Brad Neat, Rod Conley, Anthony White, Kristin Flory, Jerry Fifield, Evan Harrell, Mike Marlar
Heat 9: Davey Johnson, Don O'Neal, Scott James, Jackie Boggs, Clint Coffman, Freddie Carpenter, Zach Carney, Tim Prince, Marhsll Austin, Russ Frohnappel, Matt Miller, Michael Lloyd
Consi 1: Moyer, Pearson, Clanton, Tankersley, Chris Conley
Consi 2: Moran, Drake, Birkhofer, Hillard, Shirley
Consi 3: Aukland, Moon, Rod Conley, Mason, Stone
Consi 4: James, Smith, Schrader, Hubbard, Chastain
Feature: 1. English 2.Francis 3. Casey 4.O'Neal 5.Schlieper 6. Mars 7. Erb, Jr. 8.James 9.Eckert 10.Moyer 11.Smith 12, McCreadie 13. Moran 14. Miller 15.Cook 16. Aukland 17. Clanton 18. Conley 19.Miller 20. Dohm 21.Montgomery 22. Choquette 23. Birkhofer 24. Shaver 25. Johnson 26. Babb
