South Texas Shootout, presented by ARC Demo @ South Texas Speedway, 12/3-4/10
By J M Hallas
Corpus Christi, Tx.,(Dec. 4Th, 2010) The 2010 racing season concluded with the final night of South Texas Speedway's, South Texas Shootout. Limited Modified drivers had one last chance to race on the ¼ mile, semi-banked, clay oval and transfer to the big A-main finale paying $4,500 to win.
Passing points in the heat races set the fields for two brutal B-mains that were filled with plenty of excitement and drama. The top six from each B-main transferred to the A-main along with one track provisional setting up the 26-car field.
Hebert Hustles to South Texas Shootout Sweep
Louisiana's Shane Hebert hit the set up, as well as a little luck, and went wire to wire for the big payday. Hebert started on the pole and held off early charges from his brother Danny, and Randy Timms after several cautions. Once the race stayed green Hebert outran Sean Jones as he diced through traffic in the latter stages of the 45-lap event. Hebert, who swept the weekend, easily took the checkers by a half straightaway on Jones.
Veteran Corpus driver Lawrence Mikulencak survived several incidents to come home third, with Randy Timms fourth and Steve Whiteaker jr. rounding out the top five
When the green waved S. Hebert got a good jump off turn 4 to lead into the first corner with D. Hebert, Timms and Steve Whiteaker sr. in pursuit while Jones took fifth from Mikulencak. Ray Schaalman brought out an early caution on lap 2 when he had trouble and stopped in turn 4. On the restart Whiteaker sr., Jones and Mikulencak were three wide for fourth with Jones getting the spot leaving Mikulencak side by side with Whiteaker jr. for sixth.
Jones was just trying Whiteaker sr. on the low side when Shane Hoefling got turned and collected Mickey Helms, James Myers and Josh Majek in turn 2. As the green flew again Mikulencak made a big move to get past Jones and Whiteaker sr. but Brian Rye got spun by Dwayne Norvell to bring out a yellow and negate the pass. Once back to green the pack stacked up in turn 2 with Whiteaker sr. taking third from Timms as everyone continued on.
Dustin Butcher, battling an ill handling car, brought a yellow on lap 8 when he went around in turn 4. S. Hebert got good jump on green, but debris on the track quickly brought the yellow back out. S. Hebert again got away clean on green, but Paul White made contact with Mikulencak who spun to bring out a yellow. White was charged with the caution and sent to the tail. Finally back under green Whiteaker sr. was able to drive around D. Hebert for second.
Mikulencak moved in on Timms looking for fifth while Brian Rye and Whiteaker jr. fought for seventh. Jones got along side D. Hebert for third only to have yellow wave for a spin by Ken Hobbs in turn 4. On the restart D. Hebert retook second from Whiteaker sr. with Timms getting along side and past Whiteaker sr. for third. Rye picked up sixth taking the position away from Mikulencak. Up front D, Hebert was pressuring his brother getting the nose inside on lap 12, but not getting by.
In the pack Rye, Mikulencak and Whiteaker jr were three wide for sixth. Rye and Mikulencak made contact sending Mikulencak around for a lap 13 caution that sent Rye to the tail. As green was shown again Timms took second from D. Hebert, as Whiteaker jr. and Mikulencak ran wheel to wheel for fifth. Jones got along side and past D. Hebert for third on lap 14. Whiteaker jr. battled with his dad on laps 16-18 with Whiteaker jr. getting the position. Whiteaker jr then moved in on D. Hebert for fourth.
At the crossed flags it was S. Hebert, Timms, Jones, D. Hebert and Whiteaker jr. in the top five as driver began to turn up the wick. Whiteaker jr. got beside D. Hebert on lap 23 trying to take fourth. Timms tried a dive bomb move on S. Hebert for the lead but was held off. Mikulencak caught Whiteaker jr. and battled side by side on lap 29 finally getting the spot. Mikulencak then snuck past D. Hebert for fourth on lap 30, while Jones was working on Timms for second.
Timms and Jones then swapped second, as White worked his way back into the top ten. Timms tried to retake second from Jones but ended up giving third to Mikulencak on lap 34. While the battle for second was on S. Hebert used the opportunity to break away as he closed on slower traffic. S. Hebert had good advantage after getting through lapped traffic, while White made his way back to seventh.
With five laps to go S. Hebert had cleared traffic holding about a half straightaway margin over Jones who had a gap back to Mikulencak with another gap back to Timms and Whiteaker jr battling nose to tail. S. Hebert caught a couple more back markers on the final lap but held his lead cruising to the checkers in the American Standard, Specialty Automotive, Majestic Metals, Showtime Signs, Day Motorsports, Express Race Car.
“Tonight was more about consistency and trying not to make any mistakes,” replied Hebert. “The first half of the race I tried to conserve tires, but I may have too much of that. I saw more brother get inside of me once and after we got going I saw Randy(Timms) try under me. They showed me a better line than I was running. When you're out front you're not sure which line is best so you search around. Showing me their nose showed me the line they were running. Once I did I was able to take off from there.”
“We didn't change much from last night, except add more fuel. The main thing I changed was my driving style for the first 25-30 laps. I wanted to make sure we had a car for the end of the race. After found that groove around the bottom whatever was going to happen, was going to happen.”
“All the cautions at the beginning were kind of frustrating. I wanted to get some runs in and see how the car was going work. I wanted to get a rhythm down and see if I could fend off someone and hold my own. Once we got going I was able to stretch it out and we came home on top.”
When we pulled the distributer for tech we found something had come loose inside. One of the bolts came out and fortunately it didn't get hung up in the rotor button. We got lucky on that. We definitely had something on side this weekend after the tire deal last night and this. It's unusual, this year we've usually been on the bad side of the luck deal. This weekend was a different story.”
Limited Modifieds
9 Shane Hebert, Lafayette, La.
94 Sean Jones, Mansfield
87 Lawrence Mikulencak, Corpus Christi
5T Randy Timms, Wheatland, Okla.
89 Steve Whiteaker jr. Corpus Christi
9B Danny Hebert, Duson, La.
2w Paul White, Temple
88 Steve Whiteaker sr. Corpus Christi
90 Dustin Butcher, Robstown
07 Adam Schach, McAllen
20 Dwayne Norvell, Corpus Christi
2 Eddy Ross, Corpus Christi
47 James Myers, Corpus Christi
14 GW Hessong,
82jp James Park, Corpus Christi
1c Ken Hobbs, Corpus Christi
12 Ruben Montes,
4$ Brian Rye, Corpus Christi
21 EJ Gilpin, Corpus Christi
25m Justin McCoy, Ovilla
6 Vince Louden, Shiner
63 Shane Hoefling, Meyerville
91 Bobby Maupin, Weslaco
175 Mickey Helms, Victoria
82 Josh Majek, Corpus Christi
2R Ray Schaalman,
Limited Modified B-mains(Top 8 to A-main)
B-main 1
89 Steve Whiteaker jr
6 Vince Louden
63 Shane Hoefling
175 Mickey Helms
2R Ray Schaalman
82 Josh Majek
1c Ken Hobbs
12 Ruben Montes
138 Chris Brandt
114 David Meredith
75x Bo Beckner
6x Hector Aguirre
7K Lupe Gomez
99 Joe Barnec
38 David Schurry
90 Dustin Butcher
1 Trice Hermes---DNS
25 Brian Brooks--DNS
55 Danny Brown--DQ(Rough Driving)
B-main 2
4$ Brian Rye
21 EJ Gilpin
91 Bobby Maupin
20 Dwayne Norvell
47 James Myers
82jp James Par
2 Eddy Ross
14 GW Hessong
3c James Lee
2c Steve Grantz
17 Larry Sbrusch
34 Michael Walker
70 George Egbert
3D Ray Doyon III
1D James Droddy
115 Chuck Perry
26g JJ Jennings---DQ(Rough Driving)
211 Dean Hollier--DQ(Rough Driving)
Limited Modified heat races(Passing points to set B-mains)
Heat 1
6 Vince Louden
89 Steve Whiteaker jr
114 David Meredith
47 James Myers
138 Chris Brandt
6x Hector Aguirre
1D James Droddy
Heat 2
3c James Lee
34 Michael Walker
1c Ken Hobbs
99 Joe Barnec
82 Josh Majek
211 Dean Hollier
Heat 3
175 Mickey Helms
2R Ray Schaalman
90 Dustin Butcher
70 George Egbert
26g JJ Jennings
63 Shane Hoefling
Heat 4
4$ Brian Rye
2 Eddy Ross
14m GW Hessong
38 David Schurry
3D Ray Doyon III
82jp James Park
Heat 5
55 Danny Brown
21 EJ Gilpin
2c Steve Grantz
115 Chuck Perry
12 Ruben Montes
25 Brian Brooks
Heat 6
20 Dwayne Norvell
7x Lupe Gomez
91 Bobby Maupin
75x Bo Beckner
1 Trice Hermes
17 Larry Sbrusch
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By J M Hallas
Corpus Christi, Tx.,(Dec. 4Th, 2010) The 2010 racing season concluded with the final night of South Texas Speedway's, South Texas Shootout. Limited Modified drivers had one last chance to race on the ¼ mile, semi-banked, clay oval and transfer to the big A-main finale paying $4,500 to win.
Passing points in the heat races set the fields for two brutal B-mains that were filled with plenty of excitement and drama. The top six from each B-main transferred to the A-main along with one track provisional setting up the 26-car field.
Hebert Hustles to South Texas Shootout Sweep
Louisiana's Shane Hebert hit the set up, as well as a little luck, and went wire to wire for the big payday. Hebert started on the pole and held off early charges from his brother Danny, and Randy Timms after several cautions. Once the race stayed green Hebert outran Sean Jones as he diced through traffic in the latter stages of the 45-lap event. Hebert, who swept the weekend, easily took the checkers by a half straightaway on Jones.
Veteran Corpus driver Lawrence Mikulencak survived several incidents to come home third, with Randy Timms fourth and Steve Whiteaker jr. rounding out the top five
When the green waved S. Hebert got a good jump off turn 4 to lead into the first corner with D. Hebert, Timms and Steve Whiteaker sr. in pursuit while Jones took fifth from Mikulencak. Ray Schaalman brought out an early caution on lap 2 when he had trouble and stopped in turn 4. On the restart Whiteaker sr., Jones and Mikulencak were three wide for fourth with Jones getting the spot leaving Mikulencak side by side with Whiteaker jr. for sixth.
Jones was just trying Whiteaker sr. on the low side when Shane Hoefling got turned and collected Mickey Helms, James Myers and Josh Majek in turn 2. As the green flew again Mikulencak made a big move to get past Jones and Whiteaker sr. but Brian Rye got spun by Dwayne Norvell to bring out a yellow and negate the pass. Once back to green the pack stacked up in turn 2 with Whiteaker sr. taking third from Timms as everyone continued on.
Dustin Butcher, battling an ill handling car, brought a yellow on lap 8 when he went around in turn 4. S. Hebert got good jump on green, but debris on the track quickly brought the yellow back out. S. Hebert again got away clean on green, but Paul White made contact with Mikulencak who spun to bring out a yellow. White was charged with the caution and sent to the tail. Finally back under green Whiteaker sr. was able to drive around D. Hebert for second.
Mikulencak moved in on Timms looking for fifth while Brian Rye and Whiteaker jr. fought for seventh. Jones got along side D. Hebert for third only to have yellow wave for a spin by Ken Hobbs in turn 4. On the restart D. Hebert retook second from Whiteaker sr. with Timms getting along side and past Whiteaker sr. for third. Rye picked up sixth taking the position away from Mikulencak. Up front D, Hebert was pressuring his brother getting the nose inside on lap 12, but not getting by.
In the pack Rye, Mikulencak and Whiteaker jr were three wide for sixth. Rye and Mikulencak made contact sending Mikulencak around for a lap 13 caution that sent Rye to the tail. As green was shown again Timms took second from D. Hebert, as Whiteaker jr. and Mikulencak ran wheel to wheel for fifth. Jones got along side and past D. Hebert for third on lap 14. Whiteaker jr. battled with his dad on laps 16-18 with Whiteaker jr. getting the position. Whiteaker jr then moved in on D. Hebert for fourth.
At the crossed flags it was S. Hebert, Timms, Jones, D. Hebert and Whiteaker jr. in the top five as driver began to turn up the wick. Whiteaker jr. got beside D. Hebert on lap 23 trying to take fourth. Timms tried a dive bomb move on S. Hebert for the lead but was held off. Mikulencak caught Whiteaker jr. and battled side by side on lap 29 finally getting the spot. Mikulencak then snuck past D. Hebert for fourth on lap 30, while Jones was working on Timms for second.
Timms and Jones then swapped second, as White worked his way back into the top ten. Timms tried to retake second from Jones but ended up giving third to Mikulencak on lap 34. While the battle for second was on S. Hebert used the opportunity to break away as he closed on slower traffic. S. Hebert had good advantage after getting through lapped traffic, while White made his way back to seventh.
With five laps to go S. Hebert had cleared traffic holding about a half straightaway margin over Jones who had a gap back to Mikulencak with another gap back to Timms and Whiteaker jr battling nose to tail. S. Hebert caught a couple more back markers on the final lap but held his lead cruising to the checkers in the American Standard, Specialty Automotive, Majestic Metals, Showtime Signs, Day Motorsports, Express Race Car.
“Tonight was more about consistency and trying not to make any mistakes,” replied Hebert. “The first half of the race I tried to conserve tires, but I may have too much of that. I saw more brother get inside of me once and after we got going I saw Randy(Timms) try under me. They showed me a better line than I was running. When you're out front you're not sure which line is best so you search around. Showing me their nose showed me the line they were running. Once I did I was able to take off from there.”
“We didn't change much from last night, except add more fuel. The main thing I changed was my driving style for the first 25-30 laps. I wanted to make sure we had a car for the end of the race. After found that groove around the bottom whatever was going to happen, was going to happen.”
“All the cautions at the beginning were kind of frustrating. I wanted to get some runs in and see how the car was going work. I wanted to get a rhythm down and see if I could fend off someone and hold my own. Once we got going I was able to stretch it out and we came home on top.”
When we pulled the distributer for tech we found something had come loose inside. One of the bolts came out and fortunately it didn't get hung up in the rotor button. We got lucky on that. We definitely had something on side this weekend after the tire deal last night and this. It's unusual, this year we've usually been on the bad side of the luck deal. This weekend was a different story.”
Limited Modifieds
9 Shane Hebert, Lafayette, La.
94 Sean Jones, Mansfield
87 Lawrence Mikulencak, Corpus Christi
5T Randy Timms, Wheatland, Okla.
89 Steve Whiteaker jr. Corpus Christi
9B Danny Hebert, Duson, La.
2w Paul White, Temple
88 Steve Whiteaker sr. Corpus Christi
90 Dustin Butcher, Robstown
07 Adam Schach, McAllen
20 Dwayne Norvell, Corpus Christi
2 Eddy Ross, Corpus Christi
47 James Myers, Corpus Christi
14 GW Hessong,
82jp James Park, Corpus Christi
1c Ken Hobbs, Corpus Christi
12 Ruben Montes,
4$ Brian Rye, Corpus Christi
21 EJ Gilpin, Corpus Christi
25m Justin McCoy, Ovilla
6 Vince Louden, Shiner
63 Shane Hoefling, Meyerville
91 Bobby Maupin, Weslaco
175 Mickey Helms, Victoria
82 Josh Majek, Corpus Christi
2R Ray Schaalman,
Limited Modified B-mains(Top 8 to A-main)
B-main 1
89 Steve Whiteaker jr
6 Vince Louden
63 Shane Hoefling
175 Mickey Helms
2R Ray Schaalman
82 Josh Majek
1c Ken Hobbs
12 Ruben Montes
138 Chris Brandt
114 David Meredith
75x Bo Beckner
6x Hector Aguirre
7K Lupe Gomez
99 Joe Barnec
38 David Schurry
90 Dustin Butcher
1 Trice Hermes---DNS
25 Brian Brooks--DNS
55 Danny Brown--DQ(Rough Driving)
B-main 2
4$ Brian Rye
21 EJ Gilpin
91 Bobby Maupin
20 Dwayne Norvell
47 James Myers
82jp James Par
2 Eddy Ross
14 GW Hessong
3c James Lee
2c Steve Grantz
17 Larry Sbrusch
34 Michael Walker
70 George Egbert
3D Ray Doyon III
1D James Droddy
115 Chuck Perry
26g JJ Jennings---DQ(Rough Driving)
211 Dean Hollier--DQ(Rough Driving)
Limited Modified heat races(Passing points to set B-mains)
Heat 1
6 Vince Louden
89 Steve Whiteaker jr
114 David Meredith
47 James Myers
138 Chris Brandt
6x Hector Aguirre
1D James Droddy
Heat 2
3c James Lee
34 Michael Walker
1c Ken Hobbs
99 Joe Barnec
82 Josh Majek
211 Dean Hollier
Heat 3
175 Mickey Helms
2R Ray Schaalman
90 Dustin Butcher
70 George Egbert
26g JJ Jennings
63 Shane Hoefling
Heat 4
4$ Brian Rye
2 Eddy Ross
14m GW Hessong
38 David Schurry
3D Ray Doyon III
82jp James Park
Heat 5
55 Danny Brown
21 EJ Gilpin
2c Steve Grantz
115 Chuck Perry
12 Ruben Montes
25 Brian Brooks
Heat 6
20 Dwayne Norvell
7x Lupe Gomez
91 Bobby Maupin
75x Bo Beckner
1 Trice Hermes
17 Larry Sbrusch
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