2005 Florida Speedweeks

Unofficial finish from Saturday Feb. 19, 2005 Volusia, FL
the dirty dozen bunch, from various sources
Tim McCreadie, Darrell Lanigan, Scott James, Don O'Neal, Clint Smith
Billy Moyer, Chub Frank, Mike Balzano, Dan Schlieper, Brian Birkhofer
Moran, Decker, McDowell, Francis, Mays,
Clanton, J Richards, Madden, Eckert ,Babb,
F Smith, Blair, English, Bloomquit

Cryderman Wins East Bay Modified Winter Nationals
Main Event
By: Bucky Doren and Chris Nunn
February 19, 2005

[Gibsonton, FL] - - Joel Cryderman of Thunder Bay,
Ontario, Canada grabbed the win Saturday night in the
East Bay Raceway Park Modified Winter Nationals main
event. Cryderman held off David Hess (Waterford, PA)
and Julie McDermid (Oconto Falls, WI) at the line for
the win.

Bill Howard (Apollo Beach FL) took the early race
lead, and he would open up a larger lead over Hess,
and Bob Pohlman Jr. (Oak Lawn, IL). The three would
run nose-to-tail content to stay in the lead hunt
until later in the seventy-five-lap A-Main.

On Lap seventeen, a yellow flag would bunch up the
field, and on the restart, the lead trio would again
take off from the rest of the field with Shane Cottle
(Kokomo, IN) joining the lead pack.

Cottle would work to the low side of the racetrack,
and he was able to wrestle away third from Pohlman and
then second from Hess. Cottle would then begin to
test begin testing different moves on Howard looking
for away around to take the lead away.

On lap twenty-six, Cryderman moved upstairs and used
the highside groove to start picking off spots. Once
him completed the pass for the lead around Howard,
Cryderman went back to the low side.

"I moved back low to protect the tires," Cryderman
said after the race. "Running high was a harder on the
tires."

Cottle would eventually find away around Howard, and
then he set his sites on Cryederman just prior to the
fuel stop. When the cars roared back to life,
Cryderman was on the point followed Cottle, Howard,
Kent Arment (Aberdeen, SD), and Brady Short (Bedford,
IN).

On lap fifty-nine, contact was made between the cars
of Cryderman and Cottle. Cottle was able to get a run
underneath Cryderman for the lead coming off of turn
for.

"I got up underneath him (in turn three). He turned
straight left into me," Cottle said back at the
trailer. "He knew he was beat, and he tried to take
us out of the race."

Cottle would wrestle the lead away from Cryderman
going down the front stretch, and he would open up a
comfortable lead over Cryderman.

"After that (incident with Cryderman), he got me a
little angry," Cottle went on to say. "And I abused
the tires. I got in out of the rubber (the preferred
line). The tires were bald, and I just spun out."
Cottle spun on lap seventy-two losing the lead.
Cottle was scored eleventh.

When Cottle spun, he made contact with the car of
Cryderman. Cryderman's SFC/J-Car received heavy body
damage, but continued on and kept the lead when the
yellow for Cottle came out. Cryderman would cruise on
for the win followed by David Hess.

Julie McDermid would slowly work her way into the top
five, and battle Hess for most of the closing laps.
McDermid would finish third. Roger Crouse (Plant City,
FL) and Joey Jensen (Forest Lake, MN).

EAST BAY RACEWAY PARK
Modified Winter Nationals
Gibsonton, FL
February 19, 2005

A-MAIN: 75-Laps
1. 96x-Joel Cryderman
2. 44-David Hess
3. 1m-Julie McDermid
4. 33m-Roger Crouse
5. Q-Joey Jensen
6. 91-Craig Thatcher
7. 22$-Chad Kinder
8. 3L-Jeff Leka
9. 12$-Ed Shamhart
10. 2-Kenny Gaddis
11. 78-Shane Cottle
12. 48-Bill Howard
13. 9-Kent Arment
14. 1P-Bob Pohlman Jr.
15. 00a-Steve Arpin
16. 36-Brady Short
17. 20-Jimmy Owens
18. 23h-Dan Hamstra
18. 12h-Jason Hughes
20. 707-Corey Conley
21. b12-Kevin Weaver
22. 182-Randle Sweeney
23. 27-John Bradley
24. 24-Brad Waits
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Thanks to Jimmy Dearing for these final 2005 UMP Winternational point standings

Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, FL.
1. Billy Moyer 232
2. Tim McCreadie 228
3. Rick Eckert 193
4. Steve Francis 164
5. Mike Balzano 161
6. Donnie Moran 117
7. Darren Miller 116
8. Jimmy Mars 102
9. Shannon Babb 98
10. Dale McDowell 97
11. Chris Madden 95
12. Robbie Blair 93
13. Dennis Erb, Jr. 86
14. Chub Frank 85
15. Scott James 82
16. Darrell Lanigan 81
17. Brandon Kinzer 80
18. Jackie Boggs 78
19. Rodney Melvin 73
19. Don O'Neal 73
21. John VanDenBerg 71
22. Tim Fuller 68
22. Eric Jacobsen 68
24. Patrick Sheltra 66
25. Matt Miller 64
26. Josh Richards 61
27. Vic Coffey 60
27. Ricky Elliott 60
29. Dan Stone 53
30. John Blankenship 52
30. Greg Johnson 52
30. Johnny Collins 52
33. Kenny Pettyjohn 50
33. Rohn Moon 50
35. Scott Bloomquist 48
35. Clint Smith 48
37. Shane Clanton 44
37. Billy Decker 44
37. Jayme Zydar 44
40. Duke Whiseant 43
40. Terry English 43
42. Dan Schlieper 42
43. Frank Heckenast 41
43. David Pettyjohn 41
45. Steve Shephard 40
45. Frank Carpenter 40
45. Bryan Collins 40
45. Garrett Durrett 40
45. Damon Eller 40
45. Michael Lloyd 40
45. Bodine Massengill 40
45. Chuckie May 40
45. D.J. Miller 40
45. Scott Nelson 40
45. Greg Oliver 40
45. Ron Perrine 40
45. John Tindal 40
58. Anthony Rushing 36
59. Pat Doar 33
60. Steve Shaver 32
61. Brian Shirley 31
61. Ken Schrader 31
63. Steve Barnett 30
63. Roger Brickler 30
63. Chuck Canay 30
63. Michael Massengill 30
63. Ken Rumble 30
63. Tim Senic 30
63. Freddy Smith 30
63. Chris Wall 30
71. Duane Mahder 23
72. Justin Allgaier 22
72. Brian Birkhofer 22
74. Joe Arms 20
74. Steve Hulovski 20
74. Mike Matarcagas 20
74. Dustin Mooneyham 20
74. Anthony Riavre 20
79. Bo Allen 10
79. Rick Aukland 10
79. Jordan Bland 10
79. Terry Casey 10
79. Ray Cook 10
79. Jason Fitzgerald 10
79. Brad Hall 10
79. Frank Ingram 10
79. Michael Jackson 10
79. Kerry Jones 10
79. Chuck Julian 10
79. Frank Levesque 10
79. Tim Rasey 10
79. Christian Rayburn 10

Barberville, Florida
by: Terry Young
Friday February 18, 2005

Billy Moyer of Batesville, Arkansas will be taking home the 34th Annual Winternationals crown for his efforts this week during UMP action at the Volusia Speedway Park.

Moyer's championship effort came aboard the the Banner Valley Hauling, McCarthy's One Hour, J&J Steel, Platinum Motors, Watters Autoland, CAR CITY, Petroff Towing, Red Line Oil, Hoosier by Pup, Pro Power Engines C.J. Rayburn built mount.

In an ending that was storybook material, Moyer entered the nights activities third in Winternational points behind 2 time winner Timmy McCreadie and Rick Eckert, however; when the chips were down, Moyer rose to the occasion in championship form that has made him what he is... A TRUE CHAMPION in all senses of the word. In addition to the championship crown Moyer would also take the 40 lap A-Main event in the finale of the UMP portion of Speedweeks along with the $10,000.00 that went with the victory!

Moyer led the first four laps of the 40 lap main event before Steve Francis took control of the activities. With just 5 laps remaining in the A-Main, caution came out as Scott James stalled on the frontstretch. After taking the caution, Francis too would come to a stop on the backstretch with a premature end to his night, and what appeared to be a victory in hand now turned Moyer's direction. Followed the remaining markers by 16 year old standout "Kid Rocket" Josh Richards, he too would experience problems on the last lap and would see an early exit.

When the checkers fell over Moyer and his championship run it was speedweeks hard charger Timmy McCreadie, Mike Balzano, Jimmy Mars, Donnie Moran, Scott Bloomquist, Jackie Boggs, Don O'Neal and Patrick Sheltra rounding out the top 10.

Fast Time: Billy Decker 16.953

Heat 1: 1. Scott Bloomquist 2. Jackie Boggs 3. Chub Frank 4. Eric Jacobsen 5. Michael Lloyd 6. John VanDenBerg 7. Scott Nelson 8. Ken Rumble 9. Billy Decker DNF 10. Chuckie May DNS

Heat 2: 1. Brandon Kinzer 2. Tim Fuller 3. Robbie Blair 4. Brian Birkhofer 5. Greg Johnson 6. Dan Stone 7. David Eller 9. Frank Heckenast, Jr. 10. Brian Collins 11. Christian Rayburn

Heat 3: 1. Josh RIchards 2. Shane Clanton 3. Chris Madden 4. John Blankenship 5. Rohn Moon 6. Ron Perrine 7. Steve 8. Freddie Smith 9. Bodine Massengill 10. Bo Allen

Heat 4: 1. Donnie Moran 2. Ricky Elliott 3. Patrick Sheltra 4. Steve Shaver 5. Rick Aukland 6. Freddie Carpenter 7. D.J. Miller

Heat 5: 1. Don O'Neal 2. Rodney Melvin 3. Clint Smith 4. Justin Allgaier 5. Steve Sheppard, Jr. 6. Vic Coffey DNF 7. Dale McDowell DNF 8. Matt Miller DNS 9. Kenny Pettyjohn DNS 10. Garrett Durrett DNS

Heat 6: 1. Scott James 2. Jimmy Mars 3. Dennis Erb 4. Shannon Babb 5. Dan Schlieper 6. Johnny Collins 7. Kerry Jones 8. Ray Cook DNF 9. John Tindal DNS

Consi 1: 1. Blair 2. Frank 3. Jacobsen 4. Birkhofer 5. Michael Lloyd

Consi 2: 1. Sheltra 2. Shaver 3. Madden 4. Blankenship 5. Moon

Consi 3: 1. Babb 2. Erb 3. Clint Smith 4. Allgaier 5. Coffey

40 Lap A-Main Feature Event $10,000.00 to Win:
1. Moyer 2. McCreadie 3. Balzano 4. Mars 5. Moran 6. Bloomquist 7. Boggs 8. O'Neal 9. Sheltra 10. Fuller 11. Blair 12. Kinzer 13. Richards 14. Clanton 15. Francis 16. James 17. Elliott 18. Eckert 19. D. Miller 20. Frank 21. Shaver 22. Babb 23. Melvin 24. Erb

Brad Waits Comes From the Back To Win at East Bay
By: Chris Nunn and Bucky Doren
February 18, 2005

[Gibsonton, FL] - - Brad Waits (Zumbrota, MN), wasted
no time in moving from his twenty-second starting
position to win the main event on night four of the
East Bay Modified Winternationals.

Jason Hughes would draw the pole position for the
second night in a row, and would lead the field to the
green flag. Hughes would jet out to a six-car length
advantage on Brady Short, who started second, on lap
one. Hughes advantage would be nullified, as the
caution would wave on lap one for the stalled car of
Bob Pohlman, Jr. On the restart, Hughes would jump out
to a comfortable lead, as Mark Dotson would get around
Short for the second spot.

The field would slow once again, as the caution would
fly on lap four for the spun car of Shane Cottle. The
ensuing restart would be brought back, as Chad Ohnstad
would loop his mount in turn four. The field would be
set for the second lap four restart with Hughes in
front followed by Dotson, Chad Kinder, and Short.

Short would get around Kinder for the third spot when
racing resumed, bringing along with him Kent Arment,
Steve Arpin, and Bill Howard. Short would then have to
deal with Arment and Arpin, as they went three wide
for third. Arment would move to third, with Arpin
fourth, and Short back to fifth.

As the battle would heat up at the head of the pack,
all eyes would move to the car of Waits, as by lap
eleven he was already up to fifth. All battles would
then cease, as the caution would fly for the fourth
time, this time for Rob Fuqua and Ed Shamhart.

When the green flag flew on the restart, Waits would
jump around Arpin and Arment on the bottom groove and
would then be scored in the second place.

Caution flag number five would fly on lap thirteen, as
Justin Ratliff would spin in turn two. Hughes would
lead the field to the lap thirteen restart, with Waits
in tow. Behind the two lead cars, Arment would get
around Arpin for the third spot as at about the same
time, Waits would make a move for the lead on Hughes.
Hughes would hold off Waits for the time being.

Chief starter, Julian Mullis would throw the caution
flag on lap number fifteen, as Fuqua would lose a tire
coming out of turn three. Restart number six would see
Hughes lead the field, with Waits in second, and
Arment third. Arment would lose the third spot back to
Arpin, and then would lose fourth to Howard on lap
seventeen.

At the front of the field, Waits would make his move
on Hughes utilizing the bottom groove. With Waits now
in the lead, Hughes would have to hold off Howard for
second, but to no avail.

With all of this action up front, Cottle was rallying
from the tail of the field, getting around Hughes for
the third spot. The seventh, and final caution of the
race would fly on lap twenty-two, as Jeff Mathews
would stall in turn four.

With just three laps to go, Waits would take the green
flag for the final dash to the checkers. As Waits
would pull away slightly, Cottle would see an opening
on the bottom, and moved around Howard for the second
position. Cottle, however would not pose a challenge,
as Waits would motor on to the finish followed by
Cottle, Howard, Kinder, and Pohlman Jr. would round
out the top five.

Cottle closed out the four nights of racing with the
points lead and spot in Saturday's A-Main. Arment,
Howard, Kinder, Pohlman Jr. and David Hess will join
Cottle A-Main qualifiers. The rest of the field will
have to race their way into the Saturday night Finale.

EAST BAY WINTER NATIONALS
Modified Winter Nationals
East Bay Raceway Park
Gibsonton, FL
February 18, 2005

1. Brad Waits
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 Ratliff
17. Jeff Mathews
18. Julie McDermid
19. Brady Short
20. Rob Fuqua
21. Todd Benntt
22. Ed Shamhart
23. Chad Ohnstad
24. Blake Jegtvig

B-Main 1
Jeff Mathews
Roger Crouse
Ron Jones
Paul Wilmoth Jr.
Corey Conley

B-Main 2
Brad Waits
Blake Jegtvig
Joey Jenson
the next 4 spots too close to call

C-Main 1
Corey Partin
David Cain
Tom Moore
Chad Osterhoff
Terry McClintock

C-Main 2
Rick Hensley
David McWilliams
Chris Veech
Rob Pendergrass
Terry Haven

HEAT RACES:
Heat 1
Bill Howard
Chad Kinder
Greg Ruettimann
Ron Jones
Jason Miller
Terry Cox
Corey Partin
David Cain
Tom Moore
Richard Harlow
Todd Ferber

Heat 2
Kent Arment
Dan Hamstra
Jeff Mathews
Denny Schwartz
Craig Cristensen
Trever Merrell
Greg Oakes
William Hampton
Steve Mueller
Mike Hess
Zack Vander Beek

Heat 3
Todd Bennett
Ed Shamhart
Jeff Leka
Steve Hughes
Dick Peterson
Carlton Jackson
Joe Pendergrass
Brent Glastetter
Mike Oldenberg
Kevin Weaver
Russell Childress

Heat 4
Chad Ohnstad
Rob Fuqua
Roger Crouse
Don Kiger
BJ McCammon
Craig Thatcher
Terry McClintock
Shon Flanary
Dano Ostrander
Terry Hayes
Wade Schutt

Heat 5
Jason Hughes
Bob Pohlman Jr.
Corey Conley
Frank Marshall
Paul Wilmoth Jr.
Ivedent Lloyd Jr.
Chad Osterhoff
Scotty Williams
Mark Herbert
David Boerner

Heat 6
Mark Dotson
Randle Sweeney
Joel Cryderman
Kenny Gaddis
Blake Jetgvig
Mike Wedelstadt
Terry Haven
Brian Taft
Matt Goulden
Brian Hollifield

Heat 7
Dave Hess Jr.
Julie McDermid
Eric Schribner
Mark Trautner
Chris Smith
Dean Vickers
Rob Pendergrass
Mark Rigdon
Kenny Carlson
Chris Butler

Heat 8
Shane Cottle
Shawn Peterson
Jimmy Owens
Brad Rohloff
Brad Waits
John Bradley
Rick Hensley
Wess Weinmann
Tom Sigler
Shawn Simpson

Heat 9
Brady Short
Justin Ratliff
Joey Jensen
Kelly Shryock
Bruce Watkins
David Schmaus
David McWilliams
Robbie Barris
Bob McQuaig
Alan Sharpensteen

Heat 10
Steve Arpin
Devin Dixon
Jason Barnhill
Kevin DeYoung
Jared Kneemiller
Rusty Dixon
Chris Veech
Jess Hartman
Tim Moore
Scott Duvall

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Feb. 18, 2005....by Terry Young
The 34th Annual Winternationals at Volusia Speedway Park will come to a close this evening under the UMP Late Model banner and a champion will be crowned at the conclusion of the A-main extravaganza.

York, PA. native Rick "Scrub" Eckert sits atop the standings with the narrowest of margins as he leads the contingent into tonights activities with 174 points earned thus far in speedweeks activities. Experiencing a break out year thus far, "T-MAC", Timmy McCreadie on the heels of two A-Main wins has earned 171 markers. Sitting like a vulture waiting to attack is "Mr. Smooth", Billy Moyer of Batesville, Arkansas with three runner up finishes in UMP action with 170 points. So with only 4 points separating the top 3 they are heavily favored for one of them to emerge wearing the Winternationals Crown. Sitting in fourth, "The Kentucky Colonel" Steve Francis also has a chance to be the spoiler as he has 146 points for his speedweek efforts. Rounding out the top 5, but virtually out of the championship run is Mike Balzano with 110 points.

Moyer is certainly heavily favored after three runner up runs in UMP action and his visit to victory lane last night in the Stacker2 World of Outlaw Late Model Series season opening event. Moyer is a multi-time Winternationals Champion and has begun 2005 showing the muscle that has earned him the moniker of Mr. Smooth!

34th Annual Winternationals Points Entering the final Night:

1. Rick Eckert 174
2. Tim McCreadie 171
3. Billy Moyer 170
4. Steve Francis 146
5. Mike Balzano 110
6. Darren Miller 98
7. Dale McDowell 87
8. Darrel Lanigan 81
      Chris Madden 81
10. Shannon Babb 75
11. Donnie Moran 72
12. Robbie Blair 69
13. Dennis Erb, Jr. 64
14. Chub Frank 62
15. John VanDenBerg 61
16. Scott James 60
17. Jimmy Mars 56
18. Brandon Kinzer 55
       Eric Jacobsen 55
20. Matt Miller 54
21. Rodney Melvin 50
22. Vic Coffey 50
23. Jayme Zidar 44
24. Jackie Boggs 43
       Dan Stone 43
       Duke Whiseant 43
       Terry English 43
       Tim Fuller 43

Jason Hughes Holds of Chad Kinder For Win at East Bay
By: Bucky Doren and Chris Nunn
February 17, 2005

[Gibsonton, FL] - Jason Hughes of Colcord, OK earned a
hard fought win in night three of the East Bay Raceway
Park Modified Winter Nationals. Hughes fought off
several attacks from Chad Kinder (Newton, IL) through
out the twenty-five lap main event for the win.

Hughes started of the pole position and grabbed the
early race lead. Outside pole sitter Shane Cottle
(Kokomo, IN) tucked in behind Hughes. Cottle stayed
in tow of Hughes, but he was never really able to make
a move for the lead. The "78" of Cottle was fending
of charges from Brady Short (Bedford, IN) for second.

The lead trio would briefly pull away from the field,
but fifth place starter Kinder quickly caught them and
the four put on a great show for the fans.

"I had a pretty good car early in the race," Hughes
said in victory lane. "Later in the race, the car
started tightening up on us." That 'tightening'
tightened the lead packs up even closer. That's when
Kinder was able to make his charge forward.

"I was able to sneak underneath Shane (Cottle) and
Brady (Short)," Kinder stated. "They both pushed
coming of the turn, and that allowed me to get by."
Kinder then set his sights on leader Jason Hughes.

"He (Hughes) got a little loose going into the turn,"
remembered Kinder. "I went in a little hot and
touched him just a little while I was trying to be the
'sneaky man'." Hughes was able to maintain the lead.

In the meantime, Short moved around Cottle for third.
RaceRPM.com later found out that Cottle had broke a
coil spring midway through the feature. Cottle would
drift slowly backwards through the field, but Cottle
did hold on for a seventh place finish.

While the lead pack shuffled their running order along
the low side of the track, Jimmy Owens (Newport, TN)
had set sail rim riding his way towards the front on
the highside.

"We all were put-putting around the bottom," said
Owens. "I tried it once (the high groove), and I was
a little skeptic about it, but I just thought I wasn't
high enough," laughed Owens." That high side line of
Owens helped move him in to a door-to-door battle with
Kinder in the closing laps.

"I heard someone coming on the outside," admitted
Kinder. "So I tried to make myself real wide."

Hughes would see the checkered flag first, and Kinder
was able to hold off Owens for second. Owens, Short,
and Kent Arment (Aberdeen, SD) rounded out the top
five.

"I want to thank DeLeon Race Engines for their
support," Hughes said. "They've done a terrific job
with our engines. Aero Race Wheels and AFCO Racing
Shocks have helped out quite a lot."

Race fans can log onto RaceRPM.com/Live to download
post race interviews with Hughes and Owens.
RaceRPM.com/Live will again provide Live Updates from
the Casey's General Store Club House off of turn four
at East Bay for night four of the racing action.

EAST BAY RACEWAY PARK
Modified Winter Nationals
February 17, 2005
Gibsonton, FL

A-MAIN: 25 Laps
1. Jason Hughes
2. Chad Kinder
3. Jimmy Owens
4. Brady Short
5. Kent Arment
6. Denny Schwartz
7. Shane Cottle
8. David Hess
9. Julie McDermid
10. Joel Cryderman
11. Brent Glastetter
12. Craig Thatcher
13. Chad Ohnstad
14. Bill Howard
15. Kenny Gaddis
16. Devin Dixon
17. Mark Dotson
18. Jeff Mathews
19. Jeff Leka
20. Dan Hamstra
21. Joey Jensen
22. Ed Shamhart
23. Jason Miller
24. Bob Pohlman Jr.

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Barberville, Florida
By: Terry Young

Billy "Mr. Smooth" Moyer of Batesville, Arkansas is a bridesmaid no more after three consecutive nights of runner up finishes at the 34th Annual Winternationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Florida.

Moyer drove his Banner Valley hauling, J&J Steel, Petroff Towing, Pro Power Engines, Hoosier by Pup Rayburn chassis to victory in the opening event for the 2005 season of World of Outlaws Late Models. From his pole starting position, Moyer was the clear class of the field and was never challenged for the win until late in the closing laps as he and Don O'Neal encountered lapped traffic and O'Neal was able to close in on Moyer, but was unable to capitalize on the lapped traffic as Moyer drove to the win flawlessly.

61 cars took to the track which was lightning fast, and Ricky Elliott recorded the fastest lap of the Speedweeks events thus far posting a lap time of 16.592.

The ten lap heat races would transfer the top three finishers to the 50 lap A-Main event. Brian Birkhofer, one of the newest members of the 2005 Dirty Dozen won the first heat over Elliott and Darren Miller. The second heat was won by Steve Francis over Mat Miller and Chub Frank. Third heat honors went to Moyer over an impressive run by 2005 WoO Rookie of the Year contender Josh Richards and Robbie Blair. The fourth heat was taken by Shane clanton over Scott James with yet another brute force Speedweeks performance and Greg Johnson. Fifth heat action seen Rick Eckert take the checkers ahead of Dale McDowell and Timmy McCreadie. The final heat was won by O'Neal over Dan Schlieper and Chris Madden.

Three consi events would transfer only the winner into the main event with consi victories being recorded by Steve Shaver, Scott Bloomquist and Mike Balzano.

The trophy dash to determine the first three rows starting positions was won by Moyer over Francis, Birkhofer, Eckert, Clanton and O'Neal.

In the 50 lap $10,000.00 to win a-main event it was Moyer who was followed at the stripe by O
'Neal, James, Eckert, Lanigan, Miller, Birkhofer, McCreadie, Moran, Richards, Frank, Balzano, Smith and Bloomquist.

Heat 1: 1. Birkhofer 2. Elliott 3. D. Miller 4. Steve Shaver 5. D. Lanigan 6. Jackie Boggs 7. Steve Barnett 8. David Pettyjohn 9. frank Heckenast, Jr. 10. Christian Rayburn

Heat 2: 1. Francis 2. Matt Miller 3. Frank 4. Brandon Kinzer 5. Dennis Erb 6. Clint Smith 7. Tim Fuller 8. Rohn Moon 9. Steve Sheppard, Jr. 10. Danny McGlothlin

Heat 3: 1. Moyer 2. Richards 3. Robbie Blair 4. Bloomquist 5. Shannon Babb 6. Freddie Smith 7. Bodine Massengill 8. Kerry Jones 9. Patrick Sheltra DNF 10. Johnny Collins DNF

Heat 4: 1. Clanton 2. James 3. Johnson 4. Vic Coffey 5. Eric Jacobsen 6. John Blankenship 7. Jimmy Mars 8. Frank Ingram 9. Chuckie May DNF 10. Joe Armes DNF

Heat 5: 1. Eckert 2. McDowell 3. McCreadie 4. Balzano 5. Justin Allgaier 6. Freddie Carpenter 7. Scott Nelson 8. David Eller 9. Billy Decker DNF

Heat 6: 1. O'Neal 2. Schlieper 3. Madden 4. Garrett Durrett 5. Dan Stone 6. Rick Aukland 7. Donnie Moran DNF 8. Michael Jackson DNF 9. Chuck Laney DNF 10. John VanDenBerg DNS

Dash: 1. Moyer 2. Francis 3. Birkhofer 4. Eckert 5. Clanton 6. O'Neal

Consi 1: 1. Shaver 2. Lanigan 3. C. Smith 4. Boggs 5. Decker 6. Moon 7. Barnett 8. Pettyjohn 9. Sheppard, Jr. 10. Heckenast, Jr. 11. McGlothlin 12. Rayburn

Consi 2: 1. Bloomquist 2. Babb 3. Coffey 4. Sheltra 5. Jacobsen 6. Armes 7. Ingram 8. Jones 9. Massengill

Consi 3: 1. Balzano 2. Allgaier 3. Mopran 4. Stone 5. Aukland 6. Decker 7. Durrett 8. Carpenter 9. Eller 10. Nelson

50 Lap A-Main Event $10,000 to Win
1. Moyer 2. O'Neal 3. James 4. Eckert 5. Lanigan 6. Miller 7. McDowell 8. Birkhofer 9. McCreadie 10. Moran 11. Richards 12. Frank 13. Balzano 14. C. Smith 15. Bloomquist 16. Elliott 17. Francis 18. Clanton 19. Schlieper 20. Shaver 21. Blair 22. Madden 23. Miller 24. Johnson

Provisionals: 44 Clint Smith and 29 Darrel Lanigan WoO Points Provisionals
99 Donnie Moran - Fastest Qualifier not to earn a transfer position provisional

Barberville, Florida
By: Terry Young
February 17, 2005

With 70+ cars each night thus far, how many will there be tonight as the World of Outlaws Late Model Series makes their 2005 debut at the Volusia Speedway Park? On the heels of 3 runner up finishes out of 3 events for Billy Moyer will this be the night he shakes the monkey from his back and visits the hallowed victory lane of the Volusia Speedway Park, familiar territory to Mr. Smooth of Batesville, Arkansas? Or perhaps will it once again be the upstart phenom Timmy "T-Mac" McCreadie, newest Dirty Dozen gang member who has shown to be so solidly strong in the first three nights of action in the 34th Annual Winternationals that will again invade that piece of real estate which has been home for 2 of the past three evenings? Or will it be Black Sunshine, Scott Bloomquist, the 2004 World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion, who will perhaps pick up where he left off at the conclusion of the "04 season, winning the Tunica finale event in dominating fashion who will pick up the "05 inaugural win? With the 2005 Dirty Dozen members in the house, there will be any number of drivers who will be sure to be a serious threat to win including Rick Eckert and Steve Francis among others.

With a noticeable absence of any official announcement of who will comprise the 2005 class of Dirty Dozen members via press releases or the official World of Outlaw Late Model Series website, it will be interesting to see who the Dirty Dozen is that is unveiled at tonight's event. Also noticeably missing in previous nights activities was any sign of STACKER 2 promotions, so it will again be interesting to see what promotional opportunities are presented in tonight's activities. The answers to these questions and more lay just hours ahead of us as the sun is shining beautifully and the temperatures are enough to make any Northerner want to move to these locales for permanent lodging!

Monday, February 14, 2005 - 70 entries Fast Time: Rick Eckert
Tuesday February 15, 2005 - 71 entries Fast Time: Timmy McCreadie
Wednesday February 16, 2005 - 74 entries Fast Time: Clint Smith

Heat Winners:
Rick Eckert - 3
Tim McCreadie - 3
Steve Francis
Pat Doar
Billy Moyer - 2
Dale McDowell
Mike Balzano
Darrel Lanigan
Brandon Kinzer - 2
Josh RIchards
Ricky Elliott
John VanDenBerg

A-Main Event Feature Wins:
Rick Eckert
Tim McCreadie - 2

Top 5 A-Main Finishes:
Rick Eckert - 3
Tim McCreadie - 2
Billy Moyer - 3
Steve Francis - 3
Dale McDowell
Shannon Babb
Steve Francis
Donnie Moran
Mike Balzano

Top 10 Feature Finishes:
Rick Eckert - 2
Billy Moyer - 3
Steve Francis - 2
Tim McCreadie - 3
Dale McDowell
Shannon Babb
Darren Miller - 3
Mike Balzano -2
Dennis Erb -2
Scott James - 2
Chris Madden
John VanDenBerg
Josh Richards
Darrel Lanigan
Tim Fuller

Monday February 14, 2005
Heat 1: 1. Rick Eckert 2. Robbie Blair 3. Shannon Babb 4. Matt Miller 5. Terry English.
Heat 2: Tim McCreadie 2. Eric Jacobsen 3. Jackie Boggs 4. Jayme Zidar.
Heat 3: Steve Francis 2. Ken Schrader 3. Scott James 4. Darrel Lanigan 5. Greg Johnson.
Heat 4: 1. Pat Doar 2. Donnie Moran 3. Chub Frank 4. Duke Whiseant 5. Brian Shirley.
Heat 5: 1. Billy Moyer 2. Mike Balzano 3. Kenny Pettyjohn 4. Anthony Rushing.
Heat 6: 1. Dale McDowell 2. Darren Miller 3. Dennis Erb 4. Chris Madden 5. Patrick Sheltra.
30 Lap $5,000 to Win Feature: 1. Eckert 2. Moyer, 3. Francis, 4. McDowell, 5. Babb, 6. McCreadie, 7. Darren Miller, 8. Mike Balzano, 9. Dennis Erb, 10. Scott James, 11. Ken Schrader, 12. Chub Frank, 13. Jackie Boggs.

Tuesday February 15, 2005
Heat 1: 1. McCreadie 2. Madden 3. Moon 4. Fuller 5.Freddie Smith 6. John Blankenship
Heat 2: 1. Balzano 2. Francis 3. English 4. #88? 5. Rodney Melvin 6. Duke Whiseant
Heat 3: 1. Eckert 2. Moran 3. Johnny Collins 4. #89? 5. Frank 6. Patrick Sheltra
Heat 4: 1. Lanigan 2. Darren Miller 3. Eric Jacobsen 4. Jimmy Mars 5. Shannon Babb 6. Pat Doar
Heat 5: 1. Moyer 2. Coffey 3. McDowell 4. Dan Stone 5. Rob Blair 6. Jackie Boggs
Heat 6: 1. Kinzer 2. VanDenBerg 3. O'Neal 4. Erb 5. Kenny Pettyjohn 6. Ken Rumble
30 Lap $5,000 to Win Feature:
1. McCreadie 2. Moyer 3. Eckert 4. Francis 5. Moran 6. Balzano 7. Madden 8. Miller 9. VanDenBerg 10. Erb 11. Coffey 12. Lanigan 13. Moon 14. Fuller 15. Jacobsen 16. Blair 17. Johnny Collins 18. Mars 19. O'Neal 20. English 21. Melvin 22. Kinzer 23. Frank 24. McDowell

Speedweeks Points going into Wednesday Nights activities:
1. Rick Eckert 122
2. Billy Moyer 114
3. Timmy McCreadie 104
4. Steve Francis 100
5. Mike Balzano 68
Chris Madden 68
7. Darren Miller 64
8. Donnie Moran 62
9. Robbie Blair 59
10. Shannon Babb 54
11. Dennis Erb 53
12. Darrel Lanigan 46
13. Eric Jacobsen 44
14. Chub Frank 42
15. John VanDenBerg 39

Wednesday February 16, 2005
Heat 1: 1. Richards 2. Moyer 3. C. Smith 4. D. Miller 5. Donnie Moran 6. Dan Stone 7. #I4? 8. #s2? 9. Scott Nelson 10. Ron Perrine 11. John Tindal 12. Steve Barnett DNF
Heat 2: McCreadie 2. McDowell 3. Greg Johnson 4. Duke Whiseant 5. Lanigan 6. Jackie Boggs 7. Johnnie Collins 8. Greggie Oliver 9. Mike Mataragas 10. Roger Brickler 11. Brian Collins 12. Scott Bloomquist DNF
Heat 3: 1. Elliott 2. Matt Miller 3. Clanton 4. Dennis Erb 5. Babb 6. Patrick Sheltra 7. Ken Rumble 8. Billy Decker 9. Freddie Carpenter 10. Joe Arp
Heat 4: 1. Brandon Kinzer 2. Chub Frank 3. Blankenship 4. Mars 5. Brian Birkhofer 6. Garrett Durrett 7. Terry English 8. Tim Fuller 9. Brian Shirley 10. Michael Jackson 11. Chuckie May
Heat 5: 1. Eckert 2. Melvin 3. Coffey 4. Chris Madden 5. Dan Schlieper 6. Freddie Smith 7. Eric Jacobsen 8. Steve Sheppard, Jr. 9. Robbie Blair 10. Frank Heckenast, Jr. 11. Chuck Laney DNF 12. Michael Lloyd DNF
Heat 6: 1. VanDenBerg 2. Francis 3. Balzano 4. Scott James 5. Justin Allgaier 6. Steve Shaver 7. Rohn Moon 8. Jayme Zidar 9. Anthony Rushing 10. Bodine Messengill
30 Lap $5,000.00 to Win Feature Event:
1. McCreadie 2. Moyer 3. Eckert 4. Francis 5. Balzano 6. Richards 7. Lanigan 8. Miller 9. James 10. Fuller 11. Frank 12. M. Miller 13. Johnson 14. Clanton 15. Melvin 16. Coffey 17. Blankenship 18. Smith 19. Schlieper 20. Kinzer 21. Mars 22. VanDenBerg 23. Babb 24. McDowell

Jimmy Owens Takes Night Two of East Bay Modified
Winternationals
February 16, 2005
USA Dirt - Special Event News
By: Chris Nunn and Bucky Doren

[Gibsonton, FL] -- Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN
benefited from the luck of the draw, and led every lap
of the 25 lap main event at East Bay Raceway Park on
night number two of the Modified Winternationals.

Owens, starting from the pole position, led the field
to the green flag and darted off to the lead on the
first circuit. Shane Cottle (Kokomo, IN) would get
around the second place starting Corey Conley
(Wellsburg, WV) for the second position, putting him
back to the third spot with Bill Howard (Tampa, FL)
running fourth.

"I didn't know if the high side was going to come in,"
Owens admitted. Owens would utilize the bottom groove
the whole race, as it seemed to be the smoothest and
fastest way around the 1/3 mile speed plant.

As the race went on, Owens would pull away from Cottle
and the rest of the field. The only thing that kept
the field close was the handful of yellow flags. Owens
advantage was almost a full straightaway lead over
Cottle.

"I didn't know if anyone was on me," Owens said. "I
was glad to see the yellows, because I didn't know if
anyone was close enough to me to make a move in lapped
traffic."

Behind Owens, Conley and Cottle would wage war for the
runner up spot. Cottle would move to the high groove,
allowing Conley to attempt a pass for the spot on the
bottom. Cottle saw that, and moved back down to the
low groove to keep Conley at bay. Conley would then
step up to the top shelf and would take the spot away
from Cottle for good on lap 20.

"I kind of had to bait him," Conley stated. "I got
under him once, and he moved down the next time
allowing me to make a run on the top."

"He raced me clean," Conley proclaimed. "I really
appreciated that. He's (Cottle) a great racer."

Back up front, Owens would take his Alwee Trucking,
H-1 Auto Parts, Moser Engineering, Loose Gruff
Chassis, Hovis Powered #20 to victory lane followed by
Conley, Cottle, Joel Cryderman (Thunder Bay, Ontario),
and Howard rounded out on the top five.
EAST BAY WINTER NATIONALS
Modifieds Race Results
Night 2
February 16, 2005

A-Main: 25 Laps
1. Jimmy Owens
2. Corey Conley
3. Shane Cottle
4. Joel Cryderman
5. Bill Howard
6. Kent Arment
7. Chad Kinder
8. Brad Short
9. David Schmauss
10. Dick Peterson
11. Dan Hamstra
12. Bob Pohlman Jr.
13. Dave Hess Jr.
14. Frank Marshall
15. Brad Rohloff
16. Blake Jegtvig
17. Ron Jones
18. Randle Sweeney
19. Kenny Gaddis
20. Steve Arpin
21. Roger Crouse
22. Brad Waits
23. Ed Shamhart
24. Dean Wickers

B-MAIN 1
1. Dave Hess Jr.
2. Dan Hamstra
3. Jason Hughes
4. Greg Ruettimann
5. Kevin Weaver
6. Brian Corbett
7. Jess Hartman
8. Bruce Watkins
9. Tom Moore
10. Scott Duvall
11. Joe Fowler
12. Mike Wedelstadt
13. Denny Schwartz
14. Craig Christensen
15. Brian Cockrum
16. Steve Mueller
17. Rob McLanghlin
18. MJ Hintz
19. Terry Cox
20. Jason Miller
21. Greg Oakes
22. Keith Sansom

B-Main 2
1. Steve Arpin
2. Blake Jegtvig
3. Jeff Leka
4. Steve Hughes
5. Todd Bennett
6. Tim Moore
7. Craig Thatcher
8. BJ McCammon
9. Julie McDermid
10. Rob Fuqua
11. Jeff Mathews
12. Kelly Shryock
13. Joey Jensen
14. Trever Merrill
15. Chad Osterhoff
16. Terry Haven
17. Dave McWilliams
18. Ivedent Lloyd Jr.
19. Shawn Peterson
20. Wade Schutt
21. Shawn Simpson
22. Paul Wilmoth Jr.

C-MAIN 1
1. Craig Christensen
2. Keith Sansom
3. Dave Cain
4. Justin Ratliff
5. John Bradley
6. Buzzie Ruetiman
7. Brent Glassetter
8. Jason Barnhill
9. Rick Hensley
10. Chris Butler
11. Brian Hollifield
12. Jared Kneemiller
13. Terry McClintock
14. Rob Pendergrass
15. Jarrett Rendel
16. Mark Herbert
17. Todd Gilpin
18. Carlton Jackson
19. Joe Pendergrass
20. Mike Oldenberg
21. Devin Dixon
22. Corky Thomas

C-Main 2
1. Shawn Peterson
2. Terry Haven
3. Don Kiger
4. Mark Trautner
5. Shon Flanary
6. Ken Myracle
7. Tom Sigler
8. Chris Veach
9. Mike Hess
10. Kenny Carlson
11. Al Sharpenstein
12. Dustin Cates
13. Wess Weinman
14. Robbie Barris
15. William Hampton
16. Terry Hayes
17. Bob McQuaig
18. Scott Clippinger
19. Eric Schribner
20. Scotty Williams
21. Russell Childress
22. Zack Vander Beek

D-MAIN
1. Brent Glastetter
2. Russell Childress
3. Rob Pendergrass
4. William Hampton
5. Matt Goulden
6. Todd Ferber
7. David Boerner
8. Dano Ostrander
9. Kevin DeYoung
10. Mark Dotson
11. Brian Taft
12. Mark Rigdon
13. Paul Thorpe
14. Mike Phillips
15. Chad Ohnstad - DNS
16. Chris Smith - DNS
17. Rusty Dixson - DNS
18. Richard Harlow - DNS
19. Corey Partin - DNS

HEAT 1
Dean Vickers
Dick Peterson
Dave Hess Jr.
Kevin Weaver
Brian Cockrum
Rob McLanghlin
Craig Christensen
Mark Herbert
Mike Oldenberg
Todd Gilpin
Chad Ohnstad
Chris Smith

HEAT 2
Shane Cottle
Chad Kinder
Greg Ruettimann
Jason Hughes
Brian Corbett
MJ Hintz
Justin Ratliff
Brian Hollifield
Jason Barnhill
Carlton Jackson
Rob Pendergrass
David Boerner

HEAT 3
Corey Conley
Ed Shamhart
Mike Wedelstadt
Jess Hartman
Joe Fowler
Bruce Watkins
Rick Hensley
John Bradley
Dave Cain
Jarrett Rendel
Brent Glastetter
Matt Goulden

HEAT 4
Brady Short
Frank Marshall
Dan Hamstra
Jason Miller
Denny Schwartz
Greg Oakes
Keith Sansom
Jared Kneemiller
Terry McClintock
Corky Thomas
William Hampton
Paul Thorpe

HEAT 5
Bill Howard
Kenny Gaddis
Terry Cox
Tom Moore
Scott Duvall
Steve Mueller
Chris Butler
Joe Pendergrass
Devin Dixon
Buzzie Ruettimann
Russell Childress
Todd Ferber

HEAT 6
Joel Cryderman
Ron Jones
Jeff Leka
Steve Hughes
Dave McWilliams
Chad Osterhoff
Don Kiger
Mark Trautner
Chris Veach
Dustin Cates
Dano Ostrander
Rusty Dixon

HEAT 7
Kent Arment
Brad Rohloff
Blake Jegtvig
Todd Bennett
Rob Fuqua
Shawn Simpson
Tom Sigler
Scotty Williams
Zack Vander Beek
Wess Weinman
Mike Phillips
Brian Taft

HEAT 8
Dave Schmaus
Brad Waits
Steve Arpin
Craig Thatcher
Joey Jensen
Paul Wilmoth Jr.
Terry Haven
Ken Myracle
Mike Hess
Bob McQuaig
Mark Rigdon
Richard Harlow

HEAT 9
Bob Pohlman Jr.
Randle Sweeney
BJ McCammon
Ivedent Lloyd Jr.
Wade Schutt
Trever Merrill
Eric Schribner
Robbie Barris
Shon Flanary
Scott Clippinger
Mark Dotson
Corey Partin

HEAT 10
Jimmy Owens
Roger Crouse
Tim Moore
Julie McDermid
Jeff Mathews
Kelly Shryock
Shawn Peterson
Kenny Carlson
Terry Hayes
Al Sharpenstein
Brian Taft
Kevin DeYoung
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Barberville, Florida
By: Terry Young....Wednesday February 16

Timmy McCreadie, the newest member of the Dirty Dozen is quickly making a name for himself in the Florida Speedweeks Winternationals at Volusia Speedway Park. McCreadie became the first repeat winner tonight at Volusia in just the third night of action, by virtue of a repeat performance of last nights activities.

McCreadie once again displayed the brute force that he has become and took the checkers in his Sweeteners Plus sponsored Rocket chassis once again besting Billy Moyer who has also been very strong throughtout the last two weeks of Florida late model racing.

74 cars invaded the beautiful Volusia Speedway this evening with Clint Smith recording the fastest qualifying lap with a time of 17.228 on the lightning fast 1/2 mile clay oval.

Six heat races transferred the top three finishers to the A-main extravaganza with "Kid Rocket" Josh Richards claiming the first heat over Moyer and Clint Smith. McCreadie claimed the second heat ahead of Dale McDowell and Greg Johnson. Third heat honors went to Ricky Elliott over Matt miller and Shane Clanton. The fourth heat was topped by Brandon Kinzer over Chub Frank and John Blankenship. Fifth heat checkers flew for Rick Eckert ahead of Rodney Melvin and Vic Coffey while John VanDenBerg claimed the sixth and final heat ahead of Steve Francis and Mike Balzano.

Three consi races would transfer the top two from each to fill the field for the 30 lap main event. Darren Miller claimed the first consi over Darrel Lanigan while Jimmy Mars topped Shannon Babb in the second and Dan Schlieper took the third ahead of Scott James.

Heat 1: 1. Richards 2. Moyer 3. C. Smith 4. D. Miller 5. Donnie Moran 6. Dan Stone 7. #I4? 8. #s2? 9. Scott Nelson 10. Ron Perrine 11. John Tindal 12. Steve Barnett DNF

Heat 2: McCreadie 2. McDowell 3. Greg Johnson 4. Duke Whiseant 5. Lanigan 6. Jackie Boggs 7. Johnnie Collins 8. Greggie Oliver 9. Mike Mataragas 10. Roger Brickler 11. Brian Collins 12. Scott Bloomquist DNF

Heat 3: 1. Elliott 2. Matt Miller 3. Clanton 4. Dennis Erb 5. Babb 6. Patrick Sheltra 7. Ken Rumble 8. Billy Decker 9. Freddie Carpenter 10. Joe Arp

Heat 4: 1. Brandon Kinzer 2. Chub Frank 3. Blankenship 4. Mars 5. Brian Birkhofer 6. Garrett Durrett 7. Terry English 8. Tim Fuller 9. Brian Shirley 10. Michael Jackson 11. Chuckie May

Heat 5: 1. Eckert 2. Melvin 3. Coffey 4. Chris Madden 5. Dan Schlieper 6. Freddie Smith 7. Eric Jacobsen 8. Steve Sheppard, Jr. 9. Robbie Blair 10. Frank Heckenast, Jr. 11. Chuck Laney DNF 12. Michael Lloyd DNF

Heat 6: 1. VanDenBerg 2. Francis 3. Balzano 4. Scott James 5. Justin Allgaier 6. Steve Shaver 7. Rohn Moon 8. Jayme Zidar 9. Anthony Rushing 10. Bodine Messengill

30 Lap A-Main Event $5,000.00 to Win:
1. McCreadie 2. Moyer 3. Eckert 4. francis 5. Balzano 6. Richards 7. Lanigan 8. Miller 9. James 10. Fuller 11. Frank 12. M. Miller 13. Johnson 14. Clanton 15. Melvin 16. Coffey 17. Blankenship 18. Smith 19. Schlieper 20. Kinzer 21. Mars 22. VanDenBerg 23. Babb 24. McDowell

The World of Outlaw Late Model Series will invade Volusia Speedway Park tomorrow night for the first of their two events to be run during the 34th Annual Winternationals at VSP.
Jimmy Dearing

BARBERVILLE, FL – The biggest United Midwestern Promoters Super Late Model field of the week showed up on Wednesday but that never phased DIRT Modified born and bred Tim McCreadie. The newest short-track sensation out-dueled Josh Richards then held off Billy Moyer for the second straight night at Volusia Speedway Park to collect $5,000 in his return trip to victory lane following the latest 30-lap triumph.

"It just keeps getting better and better all the time," said an elated McCreadie, following his fourth career Late Model triumph. His first came at the same Volusia County oval during Race Weeks '04. "I love racing with this group. They're not afraid to tell you good job and they're always around to pick you up when you've had some bad luck. I'm looking forward to another great year following this Late Model Series across the country."

McCreadie would probably be just as content to relocate from the snowy north country in Watertown, New York to Central Florida and call Volusia his second home when the tour comes to town. For the second straight night his no. 39 Sweeteners Plus-A&C Speedworld/Rocket entry staged a dominating performance and left the best in the business riding in his dust.

With 75 entries contesting for 24 starting positions, Richards and McCreadie won the first two heats to share the front row. Once the first green flag flew neither gave up an inch as the young lions swapped the point lap after lap. On the official scoresheet Richards led the initial half-mile, McCreadie rolled to the front on laps two and three and Richards crossed the line first to complete lap four before McCreadie forced the final exchange during the next circuit en route to the decisive A-Main victory.

Richards faded to sixth as the laps dwindled while Moyer locked up the second-place spot ahead of Eckert, Francis and Mike Balzano --- with the top-four finishing in the same order as they did the night before.

U.M.P. Super Late Model teams end their weekday campaign at Volusia with Friday's card standing as the fourth and final event in the 34^th Annual Winter Nationals. In addition to the overall 2005 Florida Tour champion being crowned, the full-fender finale will award $10,000 to the 40-lap A-Main winner on Feb. 18.

FEATURE (30‑LAPS): 39-TIM McCREADIE, 21-Billy Moyer, 24, Rick Eckert, 15-Steve Francis, e1-Mike Balzano, 1-Josh Richards, 29-Darrell Lanigan, 32d-Darren Miller, 83- Scott James, 91-Ricky Elliott, *1-Chub Frank, 7-Matt Miller, 19-Greg Johnson, 25-Shane Clanton, 27-Rodney Melvin, 32c-Vic Coffey, 23-John Blankenship, 44s-Clint Smith, 9s-Dan Schlieper, 18-Brandon Kinzer, 28-Jimmy Mars, 5m-John Vandenberg, 18-Shannon Babb, 17m-Dale McDowell.

February 16, 2005

R.A.C.E. Crowns Steve Francis 2005 Winternationals Champion and Pays Out $140,000 in Cash and Products

Sullivan, WI (February 16,2005) - Steve Francis edged out Terry English in the weeklong battle to determine the 2005 Winternationals champion sponsored by R.A.C.E. By accumulating the most points all week Steve was awarded $10,000 in cash and another $5,000 in product certificates for winning the 2005 Winternationals point fund. Along with the Winternationals point's championship, Steve's crew chief Ronnie Hackworth was awarded the top crew chief award and $1,000 in cash from R.A.C.E.

In addition to crowning a Winternationals Champion, R.A.C.E. awarded $140,000 in product and cash to numerous drivers all week and the final top 21 drivers in the winternationals point standings. There were 75 different drivers that received products and cash rewards. Everyone in the top 41 in points received either product or cash award from R.A.C.E. at some point during the week. Each of the first five nights R.A.C.E. paid the winner of the Strawberry Dash $1,000-$1200 in products and/or cash and the 2nd place of the Strawberry Dash $500 in product. On Saturday night the winner of the Strawberry Dash won $1800 in product and $1000 in product to the 2nd place finisher. R.A.C.E. also paid the first 3 non-qualifiers in all 4 B-mains for the first 5 nights. Each of the features for the first 5 nights R.A.C.E. and NARA officials drew 3 numbers before each feature and paid out product certificates to 3 finishers of those features. Fast time qualifiers on the last three nights also received free carburetors from R.A.C.E.

A "Rookie of the Week" award was given out to the highest points finishing driver who competed at East Bay for the first time. This award went to Brady Smith who finished 12th in the final Winternationals point's standings. R.A.C.E also paid out product certificates to numerous drivers who suffered bad luck during the week. The "Hard Luck Awards" went to several drivers that were involved in crashes or suffered mechanical failures during the week. The PBM Performance Parts Engine Builders Challenge was won by Jay Dickens Racing Engines accumulating 66 points out of a possible 72 total points for the week. Jay Dickens Racing Engines was awarded $2500 in cash and product.

R.A.C.E. also added two provisional starting spots to each night's feature event. "When I arrived at East Bay and saw the huge car count, I knew we had to find a way to include more drivers and put more money into the purse. I soon had a conversation with the East Bay owner and Spencer Wilson. Hearing that the purse had been advertised and the total number set, I then offered to bring a driver loyalty program, which would add two spots 25th and 26th to each nights feature. In no way did we take a possible starting spot from another driver because the field was originally to include only 24 starting positions" stated co-founder Bill Schlieper. "R.A.C.E. put in $7,400 in the existing purse to give more drivers an opportunity to compete with the huge car count that had showed up for the week of racing. The R.A.C.E. driver loyalty program rewards drivers who support and competed at the major dirt late model events in 2004 in an effort to keep them sacred and stand-alone without being scheduled against. This will help promoters put together big events where drivers can compete at awesome venues in front of huge crowds".

Schlieper went on to explain the R.A.C.E. provisionals. "The program was performance based using last year's major races which were not scheduled against from another series, allowing all drivers an opportunity to qualify for them. These races were The Show Me 100, The Dream, The World 100, and The Topless 100. The points given for the finishes were taken from the same point system that was used as per the rules of the Xtreme Dirt Car Series in last year's rulebook. The points for each race were added together for each driver to come up with their "last year" points. Then R.A.C.E. went to the rulebook and used a rule familiar to many of the touring drivers. "For the first 3 events of the season the provisional starters will be determined from last years points standings." A rule used by East Bay for much of the last ten years Winternationals. This is how the R.A.C.E. provisionals were implemented for the first 3 days. Then R.A.C.E. combined last years points and the NARA points on Thursday to determine the R.A.C.E. provisionals for the last three days of the Winternationals. The only exception was that N.A.R.A. only gave points to the racers that earned a spot thru the N.A.R.A. rules. R.A.C.E. also gave points to those drivers who earned a provisional through our program. I hope that this clears up any questions that anyone had. I apologize for any confusion that anyone had on this Program".

Manufactures, businesses and individuals that contributed to the 2005 Winternationals points fund include:Isky Cams, Manley Performance, T&D Machine, Sunoco Race Fuels, ATL Fuel Cells, JE Pistons, Arrow Rods, Mr. Moto Products, Dart, Champ Pans, KB Carbs, Stealth Carbs, Taco Carbs, Brodix, Rapture Carbs, Stiles Headers, Wulff Pumps, Stock Car Products, Callies Performance Products, Willy's Carbs, Comp Cams, Crower, Five Star Bodies, Performance Bodies, Chapman Racing Heads, Bryant Racing, Barnes Systems, PBM Performance Parts, Peterson Fluid Systems, Dana Corp/Clevite/Perfect Circle, Crane Cams, Edelbrock, Carrillo Rods, Mahle Pistons, Scott Performance Wire, Moroso, Durabond Bearing, Oliver Racing Products, DelWest USA, Racing Engine Valves, ARPFasteners, Cloyes, Sweet Mfg., All Pro Cylinder Heads, Clements Racing Engines, Cornett Racing Engines,RaceTek Race Engines, Gaerte Engines, Jay Dickens Racing Engines, Malcuit Racing Engines, Pro Power Racing, SMS Racing Engines, Larry Wallace Engines, Carl Grover Motorsports, Russell Baker Engines, Custom Race Engines, J&J Steel, Carlton Lamm, Bob Miller, Don Dureett, BSW Construction, East Bay Raceway Park, Sheltra & Sons, QuarterMaster, Ross Pistons, Wiseco Pistons, Rocket Chassis, CP Pistons, Delph Communications, WD Enterprises and Nascar star Jimmy Johnson.

" I want to thank NARA and everyone who supported the East Bay Winternationals R.A.C.E. point fund, and congratulations to those of you who benefited from it. We wish you all a safe and prosperous year. Good Luck to all the racers and we will be looking forward to the R.A.C.E. National Points Championship," stated Bill and Josie Schlieper. The final 2005 Winternationals points standings sponsored by R.A.C.E. is listed below.

1.Steve Francis 2.Terry English 3.Don O'neal 4.Rick Eckert 5.Billy Moyer Jr. 6.Dennis Erb Jr.7.Shannon Babb 8.Steve Shaver 9.Jimmy Mars 10.Matt Miller 11.Donnie Moran 12.Brady Smith 13.Tim McCreadie 14.Dan Schlieper 15.Scott James 16.Tim Dohm 17.Earl Pearson Jr. 18.Brian Birkhofer 19.Shane Clanton 20.Darren Miller 21.Jason Montgomery.

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Tuesday, Feb. 15.....by: Terry Young

71 cars graced the Volusia Speedway this evening for the second night of the 34th Annual Winternationals. With the track very heavy and tacky the cars rolled the track in and got the program underway after a bit of a delay. However; the surface was lightning fast for the 30 lap A-Main event and seen a lot of passing.

Heat races were won by Tim McCreadie over Chris Madden and Rohn Moon, Mike Balzano over Steve Francis and Terry English, Rick Eckert over Donnie Moran and Johnny Collins, Darrel Lanigan over Darren Miller and Eric Jacobsen, Billy Moyer over Vic Coffey and Dale McDowell and Brandon Kinzer over John VanDenBerg and Don O'Neal.

The consi races would transfer the top two from each to the main event and were topped by Tim Fuller over Rodney Melvin, Jummy Mars over Chub Frank and Dennis Erb over Rob Blair.

With a hall of fame quality field of drivers on the sideline watching the 30 lap A-Main event, McCreadie jumped to an early lead form his pole starting position and was never headed as he led the field flag to flag. Despite numerous charges from Rick Eckert in the early laps and late race threats from Billy Moyer, McCreadie performed flawlessly to take both the checkeref flag and the $5,000 winners share for his efforts. McCreadie had drivers breathing down his back prior to each of two cautions which came on lap 18 and lap 26 and opened the track ahead of him. However; in the late laps it was moyer from his 5th starting position who appeared he might have something for McCreadie. Despite several attempts on the bottom side from Moyer, McCreadie was just too strong.

Following McCreadie at the stripe were Moyer, Ecjert, Steve Francis, Donnie Moran, Mike Balzano, Chris Madden, Darren Miller, John VanDenBerg and Dennis Erb completing the top ten.

Action continues tomorrow night as the UMP Late Model Series will once again attack the track for yet another $5,000.00 to win event before the Stacker 2 World of Outlaws Dirt Series of Late Models visits the facility for their season opening event of 2005 on Thuursday night.

Heat 1: 1. McCreadie 2. Madden 3. Moon 4. Fuller 5.Freddie Smith 6. John Blankenship

Heat 2: 1. Balzano 2. Francis 3. English 4. #88? 5. Rodney Melvin 6. Duke Whiseant

Heat 3: 1. Eckert 2. Moran 3. Johnny Collins 4. #89? 5. Frank 6. Patrick Sheltra

Heat 4: 1. Lanigan 2. Darren Miller 3. Eric Jacobsen 4. Jimmy Mars 5. Shannon Babb 6. Pat Doar

Heat 5: 1. Moyer 2. Coffey 3. McDowell 4. Dan Stone 5. Rob Blair 6. Jackie Boggs

Heat 6: 1. Kinzer 2. VanDenBerg 3. O'Neal 4. Erb 5. Kenny Pettyjohn 6. Ken Rumble

30 Lap A-Main Feature Event:
1. McCreadie 2. Moyer 3. Eckert 4. francis 5. Moran 6. Balzano 7. Madden 8. Miller 9. VanDenBerg 10. Erb 11. Coffey 12. Lanigan 13. Moon 14. Fuller 15. Jacobsen 16. Blair 17. Johnny Collins 18. Mars 19. O'Neal 20. English 21. Melvin 22. Kinzer 23. Frank 24. McDowell
Jimmy Dearing

BARBERVILLE, FL – Second-generation standout Tim McCreadie once again proved he's found a home on the full-fender circuit as he turned back a last-lap bid by Billy Moyer to claim the thrilling 30-lap United Midwestern Promoters Super Late Model victory. It was McCreadie's second win of the season after the Watertown, New Yorker took his first set of checkers in the Sunshine State last week at East Bay Raceway outside of Tampa.

"It's just a total team effort out here, not only with our guys but everyone supporting this class," said McCreadie, 30, son of legendary big-block DIRT Modified driver 'Barefoot' Bob McCreadie. Arguably the Northeast's most popular father/son tandem in short-track racing today, Bob holds the DIRT-record with 43 big-block wins in a season while Tim is already ranked among DIRT's top-20 with 59 career triumphs.

"I can't thank everybody enough for giving me this ride and keeping the faith. Last year we went through motors as fast as tires so picking up a couple wins so far is a good payback for Ann and Carl (Myers, owners)," added McCreadie, who qualified for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series 'Dirty Dozen' after finishing among the top-12 in 2004 points.

McCreadie made his intentions known early as topped the field of 71 UMP Late Models pre-race qualifications, covering the fast half-miler in a time of 17.182 seconds for an average single-lap speed of 104.761 mph. He walked away with a win in the first heat race before pulling his sleek red and yellow no. 39 Sweeteners Plus-A&C Speedworld/Rocket into the pole-position to start the $5,000-to-win full-fender finale.

After holding down a commanding lead through most of the race, Billy Moyer made it a dead-heat as the dirt duo crossed the line side-by-side to bring the huge throng of race fans to their feet as starter Billy Ausburn waved the white to signal one lap to go. "Mr. Smooth" from Batesville, Arkansas showed his nose underneath down the back stretch but McCreadie slammed the door shut in turn three and held on for the dramatic victory to keep the crowd buzzing.

Opening night UMP LM winner Rick Eckert followed in third ahead of D12 counterpart Steve Francis while Donnie Moran filled out the front-five.

Super Late Models continue to battle for supremacy during the 34^th Winter Nationals on Wednesday when they return to Volusia for round three of the four-race Florida tour. U.M.P. full-fender action concludes Fri., Feb. 18. with a whopping $10,000 on the line for the 40-lap feature race winner.

FEATURE (30‑LAPS): 39-TIM McCREADIE, 21-Billy Moyer, 24, Rick Eckert, 15-Steve Francis, 99-Donnie Moran, e1-Mike Balzano, 44-Chris Madden, 32d-Darren Miller, 5m-John Vandenberg, 28-Dennis Erb, 32c-Vic Coffey, 29-Darrell Lanigan, 56-Rohn Moon, 19-Tim Fuller, 5wp-Eric Jacobsen, w11-Robbie Blair, 5-Johnny Collins, 28-Jimmy Mars, 71-Don O'Neal, 96-Terry English, 27-Rodney Melvin, 18-Brandon Kinzer, *1-Chub Frank, 17m-Dale McDowell.

TIME TRIALS (Top-10): 17.182sec(101.752mph)-Tim McCreadie, 17.281-Anthony Rushing, 17.311-Eckert, 17.389-Lanigan, 17.420-Moyer, 17.572-Ricky Elliott, 17.577-Scott James, 17.590-Balzano, 17.625-Chuck Laney, 17.639-Jacobsen.

by: Terry Young ....Monday, Feb. 14

70 cars rolled into the Volusia Speedway park this evening for the beginning of the UMP Winternationals 2005 edition.

Heat race action seen Rick Eckert, Timmy McCreadie, Steve Francis Pat Doar, Billy Moyer and Dale McDowell make it a DIRTY DOZEN clean sweep with the exception of Doar. The 2004 Dirty Dozen members along with Doar got some good practice time tonight in preparation for the World of Outlaw Late Model Series season opener later this week.

The consi races would add the top two finishers from each into the A-Main event with Matt Miller topping Duke Whisaeant, Jayme Zidar besting Dan Stone and Chris Madden topping Darrel Lanigan for the final spots in the main.

When the green flag dropped it was York Pennsylvania ace Rick "Scrub" Eckert moving to the point ahead of Mr. Smooth Billy Moyer and Steve Francis. Shannon Babb who started 13th was on a torrid pace and actually worked his way as high as third in the waning laps, but Francis and McDowell would get back past him in the closing laps to relegate Babb to fifth. Despite several hard charges from Moyer, Eckert maintained his lead and never appeared to be really challenged in the 30 lap $5,000.00 to win main event.

Eckert drove the RAYE VEST, Hoosier Tire, J&J Steel, Rocket chassis to the front stretch after the conclusion of the event to ovation from a packed house who witnessed his dominating performance. Following Eckert at the stripe were Moyer, Francis, McDowell, Babb, McCreadie, Darren Miller, Mike Balzano, Dennis Erb, Scott James, Ken Schrader, Chub Frank, Jackie Boggs.

Heat 1: 1. Rick Eckert 2. Robbie Blair 3. Shannon Babb 4. Matt Miller 5. Terry English

Heat 2: Tim McCreadie 2. Eric Jacobsen 3. Jackie Boggs 4. Jayme Zidar

Heat 3: Steve Francis 2. Ken Schrader 3. Scott James 4. Darrel Lanigan 5. Greg Johnson

Heat 4: 1. Pat Doar 2. Donnie Moran 3. Chub Frank 4. Duke Whiseant 5. Brian Shirley

Heat 5: 1. Billy Moyer 2. Mike Balzano 3. Kenny Pettyjohn 4. Anthony Rushing

Heat 6: 1. Dale McDowell 2. Darren Miller 3. Dennis Erb 4. Chris Madden 5. Patrick Sheltra
Jimmy Dearing

BARBERVILLE, FL – A star-studded field of 71 United Midwestern Promoters Super Late Model teams opened the second week of racing during the 34^th Annual Daytona Dodge-Chrysler Mopar Speed Shop Winter Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park and it was full-fender veteran Rick Eckert leading wire-to-wire on Tuesday to capture the 30-lap A-Main.

"We had a good working car all night and we're happy to put it in the winner's circle when it counted most," said Eckert, 39, after dominating the show from start to finish. The York, PA star tamed the half-mile clay oval with a one-lap best time of 17.69 seconds for an average speed of 101.752 mph., then went out and won the first of six qualifying heats before three B-Mains determined the 24-car starting field.

With side-by-side action the order of the day, Eckert was in command from the opening green flag aboard his potent no. 24 Raye Vest Excavating/Rocket and never looked back en route to the convincing win in front of another capacity crowd at the popular Barberville, Fla. speedplant.

"We were a little short-handed tonight as my owner went home along with some of the crew. Obviously, our substitutes did their job and we hope to be back here again this week," added Eckert, after pocketing the $5,000 winner's share.

'Scrub' was chased across the stripe by fellow World of Outlaws Late Model Series 'Dirty Dozen' drivers Billy Moyer, Steve Francis and Dale McDowell, the defending WoO Florida Tour champion by just three points over Eckert, with Shannon Babb rounding out the top-five.

Other members of the 2005 Dirty Dozen filling the field were '04 WoO LM rookie of the year Tim McCreadie (9^th), Chub Frank (13^th) and Darrell Lanigan (18^th), while D12 rookie John Blankenship failed to make the show.

The U.M.P. Super Late Models return to action at Volusia on Tuesday in round two while the 2005 Winter Nationals points champion is crowned Friday, Feb. 18 following the fourth night of full-fender competition.

FEATURE (30‑LAPS): 24-RICK ECKERT, 21-Billy Moyer, 15-Steve Francis, 17m-Dale McDowell, 18-Shannon Babb, w11-Robbie Blair, 39-Tim McCreadie, 32d-Darren Miller, e1-Mike Balzano, 28-Dennis Erb, 83-Scott James, 99-Kenny Schrader, *1-Chub Frank, 4b-Jackie Boggs, 99-Donnie Moran, 44-Chris Madden, 5wp-Eric Jacobsen, 29-Darrell Lanigan, 21d-Dan Stone, 38-Kenny Pettyjohn, 12w-Duke Whiseant, 11-Pat Doar, 9z-Jayme Zidar, 7m-Matt Miller.

TIME TRIALS (Top-10): 17.69sec(101.752mph)-Rick Eckert, 17.76-Jacobsen, 17.79-Francis, 17.80-Doar, 17.82-Balzano, 17.84-McDowell, 17.92-Blair, 17.94-McCreadie, 17.94-Lannigan, 17.99-Garrett Durrett.

Joey Kramer takes third win in Volusia UMP Modified finale!..............thanks to Jimmy Dearing

BARBERVILLE, FL – Joey Kramer topped off a superb by winning his third United Midwestern Promoters Open Wheel Modified event in four nights at Volusia Speedway Park. The Hanover, Indiana ace dominated the thirty lap main event as he led wire-to-wire.

The top eight drivers in points accumulated over the previous five nights were locked into an eight car dash. A random pill draw determined the line up for the dash and Kramer’s good fortunes had him starting on the front row of the dash. Kramer powered his way to victory in the dash which earned him a front row pole starting spot in the feature.

As the green flag dropped on the start of the feature event, Kramer pulled ahead and opened up a ten car length lead within the first five laps. However, Steve Arpin worked his way up from his third row starting spot to take over the second spot in just two laps and began to chase down Kramer. Brad Waits settled into the third spot and he began to pressure Arpin for the second position. Arpin and Waits battled side-by-side all the way around the track on laps six through eight. On the ninth lap, Chad Ohnstad joined in the battle for the second spot. The caution flew on the tenth lap when Rick Hensley and Todd Gilpin each spun.

On the restart, Arpin moved to the high side and pulled along side Kramer for the lead. The two battled side-by-side for two laps before Kramer pulled ahead. Kramer had opened up another ten car length lead on lap eighteen when the caution flew again as the driveshaft came out of Gilpin’s car and it came to rest on the racing surface.

Kramer reassumed the lead on the next restart, but the green was only out for three laps when Brad Miller found trouble as a broken wheel on his mount forced him to come to a stop on the racing surface.

The final nine laps went without a caution and Kramer showed his dominance as he pulled away to a big lead. The battle for the second position raged on as Waits, Arpin and Ohnstad all traded the second, third and fourth positions lap after lap. As they took the checkered flag, it was Waits following Kramer across the line to take the second position. Arpin edged out Ohnstad to take the third spot and Greg Baumberger completed the top five.

Craig Thatcher (320) claimed the Florida Tour Title and was followed in the standings by Kramer (280), Arpin (244), Ohnstad (206) and female sensation Julie McDermid (178) rounds out the top five.

FEATURE: 77k-JOEY KRAMER, 24-Brad Waits, 00a-Steve Arpin, 1a-Chad Ohnstad, t3-Greg Baumberger, 00m-Jason Miller, 91-Craig Thatcher, 2c-David Cain, 1m-Julie McDermid, 1s-Brian Shaw, 01k-Don Kiger, 33z-Zack VanDerBoer, q-Joey Jensen, 54p-Dick Peterson, 17d-Scott Duval, 85-Ron Corbitt, 1h-Chuck Haga, 03b-Rick Hensley, 2f-Todd Ferber, 75-Eric Scribler, 13m-Brad Miller, 19-Todd Gilpin, 1b-Jason Barnhill, 2j-Corky Thomas

DASH: (Top 8 in points locked into dash) 77k-Joey Kramer, t3-Greg Baumberger, 24-Brad Waits, 1a-Chad Ohnstad

HEAT 1: 00m-Jason Miller, q-Joey Jensen, 54p-Dick Peterson, 2f-Todd Ferber
HEAT 2: 2c-David Cain, 03b-Rick Hensley, 75-Eric Scribler, 85-Ryan Corbitt
HEAT 3: 2t-Corky Thomas, 1b-Jason Barnhill, 17d-Scott Duval, 13m-Brad Miller
SEMI #1: 19-Todd Gilpin, 1h-Chuck Haga, 11g-Matt Goulden, 111-J.R. Nolan
SEMI #2: 33z-Zack VanDerBoer, 01k-Don Kiger, 2j-Blake Jetgvig, 4g-Gary Clark

RACE REPORT: FLORIDA TOUR 2005 - Day #5 (Fri. Feb. 11) ........thanks to Jimmy Dearing

Craig Thatcher Roars to second UMP Modified win at Volusia Speedway and wraps up Speedweeks Title!

BARBERVILLE, FL – Two time and defending Florida UMP Winter Nationals points champ Craig Thatcher roared to his second United Midwestern Promoters Open Wheel Modified victory of 2005 at Volusia Speedway Park.

Thatcher, of Knapp, WI, piloted his Tri-Star Engine Supply, Bilstein Shock Absorber, Miller Lite and Specialty Fabricating Racecars open wheel modified to the lead on the opening lap from his second row inside starting position and although he led all twenty-five laps, he had to hold off late challenges from Joey Kramer and Steve Arpin.

The twenty-five lap main event got off to a rough start as a huge crash on the opening lap involving just over half the field. After the complete restart, Thatcher jumped to the lead. Joey Kramer, who won back to back the previous two nights, moved into the third position behind Mark Dotson.

Dotson moved in to challenge Thatcher on lap four, but Thatcher held off the challenge and opened up a five car length lead just two laps later as Dotson was being challenged by Kramer for the second spot. Kramer wrestled the second position away from Dotson on lap seven and a caution on lap eight for the spinning cars of Corky Thomas and Greg Baumberger allowed Kramer to close right on the back bumper of Thatcher.

On the restart, Kramer pulled along side of Thatcher as the two battled down the back stretch. Thatcher had the better line going into turn three and re-established his lead. Meanwhile, opening night winner Steve Arpin was on the move from his seventeenth starting position and was into the top five by lap fifteen.

The final caution waved on lap twenty-one when Jason Barnhill rolled to a stop after his engine expired. Thatcher paced the way on the restart as Kramer, Dotson, Arpin and Tom Moore look to move up in the final four laps. Arpin was the man on the move in the final four laps as he went to the high side and took the third spot from Dotson but ran out of time while trying to catch Thatcher and Kramer. Dotson took fourth and Moore completed the top five.

Thatcher contributes a lot of his success at Volusia Speedway Park to the fact that he races at several tracks in Wisconsin that are similar in size and layout. Thatcher’s win vaulted him to his third straight UMP Florida Winter Nationals Title.

Through five of six scheduled races, Thatcher (288) has clinched the Florida Tour Title and is followed in the standings by Kramer (216), Arpin (196), Ohnstad (162) and female sensation Julie McDermid (152) rounds out the top five.

FEATURE (25‑LAPS): 91-CRAIG THATCHER, 77k-Joey Kramer, 00a-Steve Arpin, 85d-Mark Dotson, 55-Tom Moore, 1a-Chad Ohnstad, 1m-Julie McDermid, 2w-Paul White, Q-Joey Jensen, 01k-Don Kiger, 2c-David Cain, 2t-Corky Thomas, 1s-Brian Shaw, 75s-Eric Scribler, 2j-Blake Jetgvig, t3-Greg Baumberger, 54r-Dick Peterson, 17d-Scott Duval, 93c-Larry Cunningham, 1b-Jason Barnhill, 33w-Steve Wetter, 17je-J.E. Stadler, 7j-Johnny DeYoung, 34-Ben Stephens

by: Terry Young

The rundown will in no way be indicative of the action that took place in the closing finale of the 29th Annual N.A.R.A. Winternationals by LUCAS OIL at East Bay Raceway Park last night.

With only 6 cars on the lead lap and less than a dozen running at the finish of the 75 lap affair, the rundown will detract from the action that fans enjoyed throughout the 75 lap event. Winner Don O'Neal who pitted on Lap 14 with a flat tire, had went to the tail with all but one car running at that point and came from the tail to claim the winners reward. This was after Shannon Babb, the 2004 N.A.R.A. Champion who took a provisional and started 24th on the field had charged through the field to run as high as second before his night ended while he was running third, as well, Matt Miller who started 23rd with a provisional had also charged through the infield to the front, running in the top 5 before retiring for the evening with mechanical problems.

At different points in the race, there were different drivers who seemed destined for the victory including early leader Scott Bloomquisty who led the early laps of the race before going to the pit area with problems. Bloomquist would later return many laps down to finish the feature, also Steve Francis who led most of the race. But each experienced their own problems and when the race ended it was The "Real Deal" Don O'Neal sitting in victory lane with a car that was running on only 7 cylinders that had been spewing smoke in the waning laps of the event. By virtue of his win on the Winternationals finale night, O'Neal tied Mr. Smooth, Billy Moyer as the winningest driver in East Bay Speedweeks events with 11 wins for each.

O'Neal drives the Jay Dickens Engines, A-1 Auto Salvage, O'Neal Wood Products, Hoosier by Smash, Allstar Performance #71 C.J. Rayburn Chassis and claimed $12,000 from the race purse for his efforts ending Speedweeks with over $20,000 in winnings.

Steve Francis was crowned as the 29th Annual Winternationals Speedweek Champion and recieved $15,000+ in cash and contingency awards from the organizers of R.A.C.E. for his performances.

The finale night was conducted on a lightning fast race track that stayed good all night and provided fans the action that they came to see. The nights performance is the type of hardcore racing mayhem that provided the East Bay Raceway Park with the RPM 2005 award for the Outstanding Short Tarck event which was presented to them earlier in the week at the RPM Meetings which were conducted in the Orlando area.

88 cars took to the track for the finale event time trials and Matt Miller recorded the fastest lap of qualifying with a lap of 15.007.

Six heat races transferred the top three from each to the main event with heat race wins going to Steve Francis, Brian Birkhofer, Butch McGill, Dennis Erb, Jr., Scott Bloomquist and Billy Moyer.

Four consi races also added the winner of each to the main with Earl Pearson, Jr., Don O'Neal, Donnie Moranand Jason Montgomery taking those wins.

Matt Miller and Shannon Babb were added as N.A.R.A. point leading provisionals while Shane Clanton and Scott James were added as R.A.C.E. provisionals.

Heat1: 1. Steve Francis 2. Jimmy Mars 3. R.J. Conley 4. Matt Miller 5. Dan Stone 6. Don O'Neal 7. Victor Lee 8. Greg Oliver 9. Jackie Boggs 10. Jason Smith 11. Mike Mataragas 12. Chris Conley 13. Johnny Chastain 14. Kristin Flory 15. Michael Jackson 16. Tom Turner

Heat 2: 1. Brian Birkhofer 2. Davey Johnson 3. Eddie Carrier 4. Michael England 5. Rod Conley 6. John Mason 7. Brian SHirley 8. Roger Crouse 9. Sonny Conley 10. Anthony White 11. Matt Hubbard 12. Rick Sowders 13. Evan Harrell 14. Terry Casey 15. Shannon Babb

Heat 3: 1. Butch McGill 2. Rick Eckert 3. Terry English 4. Billy Drake 5. Earl Pearson, Jr. 6. Shane Tankersly 7. Jayme Zidar 8. Rob Blair 9. Keith Nosbich 10. Ray Cook 11. Garrett Durrett 12. Greg Johnson 13. Steve Radich 14. Steve Hillard 15. Miike Hammerlee

Heat 4: 1. Dennis Erb, Jr. 2. Steve Shaver 3. Tim McCreadie 4. Donnie Moran 5. Eric Jacobsen 6. Mark Voigt 7. Freddy Smith 8. Roy Deese, Jr. 9. Rohn Moon 10. Dave Hess 11. Josh Manning 12. Brent Robinson 13. John Krogsdtad 14. Tim Dohm

Heat 5: Scott Bloomquist 2. Rick Aukland 3. Darren Miller 4. Corey Conley 5. Josh RIchards 6. Scott James 7. Randy Korte 8. Delmas Conley 9. Wes Steidinger 10. Ronnie Dehaven, Jr. 11. Pat Doar 12. Jason Flory 13. Randy Lucas 14. John VanDenBerg

Heat 6: Billy Moyer 2. Brady Smith 3. Dan Schlieper 4. Jason Montgomery 5. Anthony Rushing 6. Shane Clanton 7. Ricky Elliott 8. Trent Follmer 9. Mike Benedum 10. Bill Cunningham 11. Russ Sheffler 12. Wayne Johnson 13. Jeff Gress 14. Ronnie SMith

Consi 1: 1. Earl Pearson 2. Matt Miller 3. Keith Nosbich 4. Rod Conley 5. Sonny Conley

Consi 2: 1. Don O'Neal 2.John Mason 3. Brian Shirley 4. Jackie Boggs 5. Jayme Zidar

Consi 3: 1. Donnie Moran 2. Josh Richards 3. Anthony Rushing 4. Corey Conley 5. Delmas Conley

Consi 4: 1. Jason Montgomery 2. Scott James 3. Trent Follmer 4. Tim Dohm 5. Eric Jacobsen

75 Lap $12,000 to win A-Main Event:
1. Don O'Neal 2. Donnie Moran 3. Brian Birkhofer 4. Steve Francis 5. Rick Eckert 6. Dan Schlieper 7. Eddie Carrier, Jr. 8. R.J. Conley 9. Shannon Babb 10. Earl Pearson, Jr. 11. Jimmy Mars 12. Dennis Erb, Jr. 13. Tim McCreadie 14. Scott Bloomquist 15. Davey Johnson 16. Steve Shaver 17. Terry English 18. Brady Smith 19. Darren Miller 20. Matt Miller 21. Rick Aukland 22. Jason Montgomery 23. Shane Clanton 24. Billy Moyer 25. Butch McGill 26. Scott James

RACE REPORT: FLORIDA TOUR 2005 - Day #4 (Fri. Feb. 11) thanks to Jimmy Dearing

Kramer Dominates Open-Wheel Field For Second Straight UMP Modified Triumph
By DIRT MotorSports PR

BARBERVILLE, FL – For the second straight night, Jerry Kramer claimed the headline United Midwestern Promoters Open Wheel Modified feature event at Volusia Speedway Park. While leading just the final three circuits on Thursday, the Hanover, Indiana pilot paced the field all 25 laps en route to the convincing 15 car-length victory on Friday in round four of the 34^th Annual Winter Nationals.

"I was very concerned when that last caution came out with five to go," admitted Kramer, after pocketing another $700 check for his second win of the week in the Sunshine State. "I just tried to remain calm and keep my line on the restart. After that I was able to put it on cruise control and was still kind of surprised nobody came up to challenge at the end."

Kramer was not as complacent when the night began with a pre-race draw among 63 cars that placed him in the last row to start qualifying heat race two. But when the initial green flag flew, the lead pack left the inside lane open and Kramer passed cars at will to put himself in first-place with half the race still to go.

Come feature time, Kramer followed the same strategy and left the rest of the competition in his tire tracks for the duration.

"I normally like to go out and ride the rim, tonight I turned into a bottom feeder," said Kramer, following the decisive victory in front of an over-flowing crowd that jammed the Volusia County half-miler. "I watched the consis and saw the middle groove turning black and slick with the sprinters. When the feature started the bottom was open so I ducked down low going into turn one and stayed there the rest of the way."

While Kramer had the field covered throughout, the battle behind him kept the capacity crowd reeling. Heat five winner Craig Thatcher was one driver to watch as he finished among the top-two positions in the opening three shows and held a comfortable lead in the point standings.

Thatcher traded the runner-up spot with pole-sitter Greg Baumberger before Jim Shipman slammed the turn three/four wall to require the first yellow flag on lap six. While Kramer built up an eight car-length lead by the halfway mark, opening night winner Steve Arpin and Chad Ohnstad had entered the fray to challenge Thatcher and Baumberger.

Caution lights flashed for the second and final time on lap 20 when Scott Orr looped his open-wheel mount in turn four. The nearly 20 car-length advantage that Kramer enjoyed suddenly evaporated while the slowdown allowed Thatcher, Ohnstad, Arpin and Baumberger to reacquaint themselves with the leader.

But that was as close as they could get as Kramer opened up a lead that he would never relinquish. Ohnstad made the final pass for second on lap 21 and Arpin sped by Thatcher on lap 24 while Baumberger settled for his first top-five finish as the checkered flag waved.

Through four of six scheduled races, Thatcher (224) continues to lead the Florida Tour standings followed by Kramer (159), Arpin (146), Ohnstad (124), Brian Shaw (121) and female sensation Julie McDermid (117), who won a heat race before recording her third top-10 finish on Friday.

The U.M.P. Modifieds enter the weekend at Volusia on Saturday with just two events remaining in the six-race Winter Nationals points series. The overall 2005 champion will be crowned Sunday, Feb. 13 following their final night of open-wheel competition.

SUMMARY EVENT NO. 4
FEATURE (25LAPS): 77k-JOEY KRAMER, 1a-Chad Ohnstad, 00-Steve Arpin, 91-Craig Thatcher, t3-Greg Baumberger, 2w-George (Paul) White, 1m-Julie McDermid, 00m-Jason Miller, 33-Steve Wetter, 1s-Brian Shaw, 2t-Corky Thomas, 24-Brad Waits, 85d-Mark Dotson, 111-J.R. Nolan, 55-Tom Moore, Q-Joey Jensen, 88-Scott Orr, 7j-Johnny DeYoung, 71-Bill Davis, 2j-Blake Jegtvig, 65-Todd Sherman, 20-Mike Wilson, 77-Jim Shipman, 7w-Jason Wheatley.

HEAT 1: Baumberger, White, Nolan, Shipman.
HEAT 2: Kramer, J.DeYoung, Davis, Adam Gootee.
HEAT 3: McDermid, Wetter, Matt Goulden, Moore.
HEAT 4: Ohnstad, Thomas, Dotson, Brad Miller.
HEAT 5: Thatcher, Wilson, Orr, Wheatley.
HEAT 6: Arpin, Jensen, Sherman, Shaw.
CONSI 1: Shipman, Waits, Gary Clark, Brad Miller.
CONSI 2: Wheatley, J.Miller, Mark Trautner, David McWilliams.
CONSI 3: Shaw, Jegtvig, Jesse Snyder, Brandon Green.
WINTER NATIONALS U.M.P. MODIFIED POINT STANDINGS (Top-10): 224-Craig Thatcher, 159-Joey Kramer, 146-Steve Arpin, 124-Chad Ohnstad, 121-Brian Shaw, 117-Julie McDermid, 115-Brad Waits, 113-Steve Wetter, 104-Johnny DeYoung, 103-Greg Baumberger.

Friday Feb 11....night # 5 of 6 at East Bay.....by: Terry Young

Steve Francis the "Kentucky Colonel" took advantage of his heat race win and a draw which started him from the pole in tonight's 50 lap A-Main event, and pocketed a $10,000 winners check for his efforts. But, not without some serious threats from Scott James, Earl Pearson and Shannon Babb in the closing laps. The track was lightning fast and multi grooved and racing was very exciting with heat race transfers coming from as far back as the seventh row!

Francis was challenged in the opening laps by Scott James until he fell out of contention and it was then that both Earl Pearson and Shannon Babb turned up the wick and applied all the heat Francis cared to endure. However; when the checker fell it was Francis persevering for the win and leading Babb, Pearson, Matt Miller, Terry English and Dennis Erb to finish line.

The evening began with 99 cars taking time trial attempts and John Mason recorded the fast time for the evening.

Heat races were won by Eddie Carrier, Jr. over Trent Follmer and English, Scott James over a hard charging Darren Miller who moved from his 14th starting position to take the runner up honors over Anthony Rushing, Shannon Babb over R.J. Conley and Earl Pearson, Jr., Jason Montgomery over Jimmy Mars from a 7th starting position and Scott Bloomquist, Steve Francis over Billy Drake and Dennis Erb, Jr. and the final heat going to Don O'Neal over Matt Miller and Donnie Moran.

Consi action which would transfer only the winner to the 50 lap A-Main event seen the first won by Davey Johnson on a last lap pass over John Mason and Brady Smith finishing third. The second was captured by Butch McGill over Billy Moyer and Shane Clanton. The third consi honros went to Tim Dohm over Rick Eckert and Jackie Boggs and the final consi went to Brian Shirley over John VanDenBerg and Jason Smith.

N.A.R.A. provisionals were earned by Rick Eckert and Steve Shaver while R.A.C.E. provisionals were taken by Billy Moyer and Dan Schlieper.

The 29th Annual N.A.R.A. Winternationals presented by LUCAS OIL will continue tomorrow night with the grand finale $12,000 to win 75 lap A-Main event bringing to a close this years festivities.

Heat 1: 1. Eddie Carrier, Jr. 2. Trent Follmer 3. Terry English 4. John Mason 5. Billy Moyer, Jr. 6. Butch McGill 7. Bill Cunningham 8. Pat Doar 9. Keith Nosbich 10. Chris Conley 11. Steve Harvey DNF: Brad Neat, Dean Bowen, Jeff Gress, Mike Benedum

Heat 2: 1. Scott James 2. Darren Miller 3. Anthony Rushing 4. Brady Smith 5. Brian Birkhofer 6. Michael England 7. Terry Casey 8. Rick Aukland 9. Randy Korte 10. Michael Jackson 11. Johnny Chastain 12. Mike Hammerlee DNF: John Gill, Wes Steidinger, Steve Hillard, John Kuchar

Heat 3: 1. Shannon Babb 2. R.J. Conley 3. Earl Pearson, Jr. 4. Shane Clanton 5. Davey Johnson 6. Tim McCreadie 7. Dale McDowell 8. Freddy Smith 9. Rod Conley 10. Josh Richards 11. Dan Schlieper 12. Steve Lucas 13. Jayme Zidar 14. Bryan Collins

Heat 4: 1. Jason Montgomery 2. Jimmy Mars 3. Scott Bloomquist 4. Mark Voigt 5. John VanDenBerg 6. Delmas Conley 7. Darin Meieretto 8. Russ Sheffler 9. Roy Deese, Jr. 10. Zach Carney 11. Corey Conley DNF: Ronnie Smith, Frank Smith, Tom Turner, Eric Jacobsen, Rob Blair, Dennis Little

Heat 5: 1. Steve Francis 2. Billy Drake 3. Dennis Erb, Jr. 4. Tim Dohm 5. Rick Eckert 6. Ray Cook 7. Jason Smith 8. Greg Johnson 9. Evan Harrell 10. Bo Feathers 11. Garrett Durrett 12. Anthony White DNF: Victor Lee, Josh Manning, Carl Edwards, Mike Mataragas

Heat 6: 1. Don O'Neal 2. Matt Miller 3. Donnie Moran 4. Steve Shaver 5. Rohn Moon 6. Jackie Boggs 7. Wayne Johnson 8. Brian Shirley 9 Ricky Elliott 10. Dave Hess 11. Dan Stone DNF: Kristin Flory, Brent Robinson, Matt Hubbard, Marshall Austin, Greggie Oliver

Consi 1: 1. Davey Johnson
Consi 2: 1. Butch McGill
Consi 3: 1. Tim Dohm
Consi 4: 1. Brian Shirley

Strawberry Dash: 1. Steve Hillard

50 Lap A-Main Event
Feature: 1. Steve Francis $10,000.00 2. Shannon Babb $5,000.00 3. Earl Pearson, Jr. $3,000.00 4. Matt Miller $2,500.00 5. Terry English $2,000.00 6. Dennis Erb $1,500.00 7. Anthony RUshing $1,400.00 8. Tim Dohm $1,300.00 9. Billy Moyer $1,200.00 10. Rick Eckert $1,100.00 11. Darren Miller $1,000.00 12. Scott Bloomquist $950.00 13. Steve Shaver $900.00 14. Dan Schlieper $875.00 15. Eddie Carrier $850.00 16. Jackie Boggs $825.00 17. Jimmy Mars $800.00 18. Donnie Moran $775.00 19. Butch McGill $750.00 20. Brian Shirley $725.00 21. Scott James $700.00 22. Billy Drake $700.00 23. Don O'Neal $700.00 24. Davey Johnson $700.00 25. R.J. Conley $700.00 26. Jason Montgomery $700.00

By DIRT MotorSports PR Feb. 11....Thursday night racing......thanks to Jimmy Dearing

BARBERVILLE, FL – The 34^th addition of Volusia Speedway Park's Winter Nationals for United Midwestern Promoters Open Wheel Modified teams reached its halfway point on Thursday night and it was Illinois invader Joey Kramer ducking under current points leader Craig Thatcher with less than three laps left to earn the thrilling victory.

The third top-two finish in as many events for defending Florida Winter Nationals champion Thatcher afforded him a commanding 80-point lead with three U.M.P. Modified features remaining on the 2005 schedule.

"We've been fast since opening night but it's the mechanical problems that have put us behind," said Kramer, after vaulting into third-place on the points chart despite some midweek setbacks. "We were qualified for the first show until engine trouble dropped us out of the heat and (Wednesday) got up to fifth in the feature when the rear-end gears broke. Tonight everything stayed together and we finally showed what the car can do."

With 65 entries contesting for 24 starting positions, Kramer won the fifth of five qualifying heats to begin the 25-lap feature inside row three. Before the opening lap could even be scored a four-car tangle involving Joey Jensen, Jesse Snyder, Mark Trautner and Blake Jegtvig forced out the first of just two yellow flags.

Johnny DeYoung bolted from third to first on the restart yet could only hold back the high-flying Thatcher for three circuits. While Kramer remained a frontrunner early on, charges through the pack by 15^th-place starter Brian Shaw and third consolation race winner Brad Waits (21^st) drew the most attention from the capacity crowd.

The slowing car of Snyder resulted in the final caution period on lap 10 and enabled Thatcher's lead attackers to quickly close the gap. With Kramer staking his claim on the top prize, Shaw took over third on lap 12 while Waits maneuvered into fourth on lap 14. With 10 laps to go Kramer slid sideways in turn four to lose ground and afford Thatcher his biggest advantage of the night.

But after five more laps clicked off on the scoreboard it was Kramer once again shadowing the 2004 WISSOTA national champion. It took the former U.M.P. Late Model pilot just one more mile to pull alongside before completing the rally with a turn two pass under Thatcher on the 23^rd circuit.

"I was losing a lot of time in turn one and made a brake adjustment with about five to go and that was the difference," added Kramer, who outdistanced Thatcher by five car-lengths under the checkered flag. "We've had a tough week so far but I know a good car can always make up for a bad draw. After the brake change the car ran better all the way around and I was confident I could give (Thatcher) a run."

Wednesday winner Thatcher repeated his opening night second-place finish followed by hard chargers Shaw and Waits with early leader DeYoung crossing the line fifth.

Through the initial three races, Thatcher (177) sits atop the Florida Tour standings followed by Shaw (97), Kramer (95), opening night winner Steve Arpin (94) and Waits (94). Of the 78 drivers earning points to date, only Thatcher, Gary Clark, DeYoung, Chad Ohnstad and Joey Jensen have qualified for every show.

U.M.P. Modified teams continue their weekday campaign at Volusia with Friday's event standing as round number four in the six-race Florida Winter Nationals. The 2005 series points champion will collect $1,000 following the 30-lap finale slated for Sunday, Feb. 13.

FEATURE (25LAPS): 77k-JOEY KRAMER, 91-Craig Thatcher, 1s-Brian Shaw, 24-Brad Waits, 7j-Johnny DeYoung, 7d-Myron DeYoung, 85d-Mark Dotson, 20-Mike Wilson, 1m-Julie McDermid, 2j-Blake Jegtvig, 01k-Don Kiger, z28-Mark Trautner, 33-Steve Wetter, 65-Todd Sherman, 17je-J.E. Stadler, 34-Ben Stephens, 21-David Ostrander, 39-Dave Groves, 12s-Jesse Snyder, 18m-David McWilliams, 1a-Chad Ohnstad, 4g-Gary Clark, Q-Joey Jensen, 64-Dan Leatherman.

WINTER NATIONALS U.M.P. MODIFIED POINT STANDINGS (Top-10): 177-Craig Thatcher, 97-Brian Shaw, 95-Joey Kramer, 94-Steve Arpin and Brad Waits, 92-Myron DeYoung, 88-Gary Clark, 84-Steve Wetter, 83-Johnny DeYoung, 81-Julie McDermid.

East Bay night # four .... Thursday ....by: Terry Young

Four different nights and four different winners! As 110 cars rolled across the stripe taking lap times for the fourth night of the NARA Winternationals, young upstart and 2004 WDRL Champion Brady Smith yet again showed his muscle that he has diplayed throughout the entire 2005 running of Speedweeks by recording fast time.

With a strong wind blowing and the program reduced to six heat races instead of the normal format of nine heats as has been the program thus far for Speedweeks, the feature would roll onto a smooth, but slick track. At the drop of the green, front row starter Steve Shaver jumped to the lead and dominate the 40 lap event which lacked in passing as competitors all chose to run the bottom groove with rare exception. Several who chose to try the outer groove quickly fell back like they had gotten out of the draft at Daytona! Shaver would pocket $7,000 for his efforts over the 40 laps.

Following Shaver at the checkers after 40 rounds were Billy Moyer who dogged Shaver the entire distance, Rick Aukland, Brady Smith, Rick Eckert, Donnie Moran, Tim Dohm, Josh Richards competing for the first time during Speedweeks 2005, Steve Francis, Matt Miller, Rohn Moon, Terry English who has dominated Speedweeks activities thus far, Shane Clanton, Brian Birkhofer, Ray Cook, Billy Drake, Tim McCreadie, Dennis Erb, Jimmy Mars, John Mason and Jackie Boggs. Falling out earlier in the event and recording DNF's were Scott James, Don O'Neal, Dan Schlieper, Jason Montgomery and Shannon Babb.

heat races were won by Tim Dohm over Brady Smith, Steve Shaver over Brian Birkhofer, Rick Aukland over Rick Eckert, Josh Richards performing masterfully over Jason Montgomery, Donnie Moran over Terry English and Billy Moyer over Shane Clanton.

The consi races which transferred only the winner to the A-Main were topped by Steve francis, Jimmy Mars, Tim McCreadie and Billy Drake.

The non-qualifiers STRAWBERRY DASH was claimed by Pat Doar ahead of Eddie Carrier.

Don O'Neal and Scott James were added to the A-Main event on the heels of NARA points provisionals and Dan Schliepr yet again for the third time in 4 nights was added to the A-Main along with Shannon Babb as R.A.C.E. provisionals as a result of their cumulative performances in the 2004 running of the Dream 100, World 100, Topless 100 and Show-Me 100 events.

NARA Speedweeks 2005 presented by LUCAS OIL continues tomorrow night as the teams compete in Night #5 of 6 in the quest for the SPEEDWEEKS CHAMPION winners circle. the Friday night event will feature a $10,000 winners portion! Another record proportion group of competitors is expected as some of the teams who sat out tonight will be competing as well as some new entries that are expected to roll into town tomorrow, including Scott Bloomquist the 2005 World of Outlaws Dirty Dozen Champion take to the track.

With four of six nights under their belts at the 29th Annual Winternationals presented by NARA and Lucas Oil, there is yet a driver to repeat a visit to the victory lane podium! This speaks volumes about the level of competition in attendance for this years rendition of Winternationals Speedweeks!

Fast Time Awards
Don O'Neal 14.850
Robbie Blair 15.398
Earl Pearson, Jr. 14.828
Brady Smith 15.438

Heat race wins:
Don O'Neal - 2
Timmy McCreadie - 3
Jackie Boggs
Terry English - 3
Shane Clanton
Rick Eckert
Jason Montgomery - 2
Steve Shaver - 2
Davey Johnson
Eddie Carrier, Jr.
Tim Dohm - 2
Dennis Erb, Jr.- 2
Shannon Babb
Billy Moyer, Jr. - 2
Steve Francis
Jeff Choquette
Brady Smith
Dan Schlieper
R.J. Conley
Davey Johnson
Rick Aukland
Josh Richards
Donnie Moran

B-Main wins:
Earl Pearson
Shannon Babb
Anthony Rushing
Shane Tankersly
Billy Drake
Steve Francis - 2
Terry Casey
Steve Shaver
Billy Moyer
Donnie Moran
Rick Aukland
Scott James
Jimmy Mars
Tim McCreadie
Billy Drake

N.A.R.A. Provisionals:
R.J. Conley
John Gill
Freddy Smith
Mike Marlar
Tim Dohm
Matt Miller
Don O'Neal
Scott James

R.A.C.E. Provisionals:
Billy Moyer
Dan Schlieper - 3
Shane Clanton - 2
Brian Birkhofer
Shannon Babb

Lucas Oil NARA 2005 Winternationals A-Main Stats:
Wins:
Don O'Neal
Timmy McCreadie
Terry English
Steve Shaver

Top5 Finishes:
Don O'Neal - 3
Steve Francis - 2
Terry English - 3
Steve Shaver - 2
Rick Eckert - 2
Billy Moyer - 2
Dennis Erb
Timmy McCreadie
Terry Casey
Dan Schlieper
Rick Aukland
Brady Smith

Top 10 Finishes:
Don O'Neal - 3
Steve Francis - 3
Terry English - 3
Steve Shaver - 2
Rick Eckert - 4
Jimmy Mars - 2
Darrel Lanigan 1
Dennis Erb - 3
Scott James - 2
Billy Moyer - 4
Timmy McCreadie
Shannon Babb
Tim Dohm - 2
Jason Montgomery
Matt Miller
Terry Casey
Dan Schlieper
Rick Aukland
Brady Smith
Donnie Moran
Josh Richards
Matt Miller

Car Count:
Night 1 - 117 cars
Night 2 - 117 cars
Night 3 - 110 cars
Night 4 - 110 cars

February 07, 2005 Lucas Oil NARA 2005 Winternationals Night #1
A-Main Finish: 1) Don O'Neal $5,000.00 2) Steve Francis $3,000.00 3) Terry English $2,000.00 4) Steve Shaver $1,500.00 5) Rick Eckert $1,000.00 6) Jimmy Mars $800.00 7) Darrell Lanigan $750.00 8) Dennis Erb, Jr. $700.00 9) Scott James $650.00 10) Billy Moyer $600.00 11) Shannon Babb $550.00 12) Rod Conley $500.00 13) Brady Smith $500.00 14) Matt Miller $500.00 15) Anthony Rushing $500.00 16) John Gill $500.00 17) Earl Pearson, Jr. $500.00 18) Shane Tankersley $500.00 19) R.J. Conley $500.00 20) Shane Clanton $500.00 21) Tim McCreadie $500.00 22) Davey Johnson $500.00 23) Steve Hillard $500.00 24) Jackie Boggs $500.00 25) Jason Montgomery $500.00 26) Dan Schlieper $500.00

February 08, 2005 Lucas Oil NARA 2005 Winternationals Night #2
A-Main Finish 1)Timmy McCreadie 2)Terry English 3)Don O'Neal 4)Billy Moyer 5) Dennis Erb 6)Shannon Babb 7)Tim Dohm 8) Rick Eckert 9) Jason Montgomery 10) Matt Miller 11) Scott James 12) Jimmy Mars 13) Eddie Carrier, Jr. 14) Steve Francis 15) Brady Smith 16) John Mason 17) Terry Casey 18) Donnie Moran 19) Shane Clanton 20) Steve Shaver 21) Dan Schlieper 22) Bo Feathers 23) Billy Drake 24) Freddy Smith 25) Mike Marlar 26) Ricky Elliott

February 09, 2005 Lucas Oil NARA 2005 Winternationals Night #3
A-Main Finish: 1. Terry English $5,000.00 2.Steve Francis $3,000.00 3. Terry Casey $2,000.00 4.Don O'Neal $1,500.00 5.Dan Schlieper $1,000.00 6. Jimmy Mars $800.00 7. Dennis Erb, Jr. $750.00 8.Scott James $700.00 9.Rick Eckert $650.00 10.Billy Moyer $600.00 11.Brady Smith $550.00 12, Timmy McCreadie $500.00 13. Donnie Moran $500.00 14. Darren Miller $500.00 15.Ray Cook $500.00 16. Rick Aukland $500.00 17. Shane Clanton $500.00 18. R.J. Conley $500.00 19.Matt Miller $500.00 20. Tim Dohm $500.00 21.Jason Montgomery $500.00 22. Jeff Choquette $500.00 23. Brian Birkhofer $500.00 24. Steve Shaver $500.00 25. Davey Johnson $500.00 26. Shannon Babb $500.00

February 10, 2005 Lucas Oil NARA 2005 Winternationals Night #4
A-Main Finish: 1. Steve Shaver $7,000.00 2. Billy Moyer $3,500.00 3. Rick Aukland $2,000.00 4. Brady Smith $1,500.00 5. Rick Eckert $1,400.00 6. Donnie Moran $1,300.00 7. Tim Dohm $1,200.00 8. Josh Richards $1,100.00 9. Steve Francis $1,000.00 10. Matt Miller $950.00 11. Rohn Moon $900.00 12. Terry Engllish $850.00 13. Shane Clanton $800.00 14. Brian Birkhofer $750.00 15. Ray Cook $700.00 16. Billy Drake $650.00 17. Tim McCreadie $625.00 18. Dennis Erb $600.00 19. Jimmy Mars $575.00 20. John Mason $525.00 21. Jackie Boggs $525.00 Falling out earlier in the event and recording DNF's were Scott James $500.00, Don O'Neal $500.00, Dan Schlieper $500.00, Jason Montgomery $500.00 and Shannon Babb $500.00.

Drivers who have made 4 feature events:
Steve Francis
Terry English
Steve Shaver
Rick Eckert
Jimmy Mars
Dennis Erb, Jr.
Brady Smith
Tim McCreadie
Jason Montgomery
Matt Miller (1 Provisional)
Billy Moyer (1 Provisional)
Scott James (1 Provisional)
Don O'Neal (1 Provisional)
Shannon Babb (1 Provisional)
Dan Schlieper (2 Provisionals)
Shane Clanton (2 Provisionals)

A-Main NARA Lucas Oil Winternationals Money Won:
Drivers Making 4 Races:
Don O'Neal $9,000.00
Steve Francis $7,500.00
Terry English $10,850.00
Steve Shaver $9,500.00
Rick Eckert $3,850.00
Jimmy Mars $2,675.00
Dennis Erb, Jr. $3,050.00
Scott James $2,400.00
Shannon Babb $2,350.00
Brady Smith $3,050.00
Tim McCreadie $6,625.00
Jason Montgomery $2,650.00
Matt Miller (1 Provisional) $2,550.00
Billy Moyer (1 Provisional) $5,200.00
Dan Schlieper (3 Provisionals) $2,550.00
Shane Clanton (2 Provisionals) $2,300.00

Drivers making 2 races:
R.J. Conley $1,000.00
Davey Johnson $1,000.00
Tim Dohm $2,450.00
Rick Aukland $2,500.00
Donnie Moran $1,800.00
Jackie Boggs $1,025.00
John Mason $1,050.00
Billy Drake $1,150.00
Ray Cook $1,200.00
Josh Richards $1,100.00
Brian Birkhofer $1,250.00

Drivers making 1 race:
Darrel Lanigan $750.00
Rod Conley $500.00
Anthony Rushing $500.00
John Gill $500.00
Earl Pearson, Jr. $500.00
Shane Tankersly $500.00
R.J. Conley $1,000.00
Steve Hillard $500.00
Eddie Carrier, Jr. $500.00
Terry Casey $500.00
Bo Feathers $500.00
Freddy Smith $500.00
Mike Marlar $500.00
Darren Miller $500.00
Jeff Choquette $500.00
Rohn Moon $900.00

thanks to Jimmy Dearing
Defending Winter Nationals Champion Thatcher Tops In UMP Modified Main

By DIRT MotorSports PR

BARBERVILLE, FL – Reigning Florida Winter Nationals points king Craig Thatcher returned to his winning ways Wednesday night as he scored his first United Midwestern Promoters Open Wheel Modified victory of the 2005 season at Volusia Speedway Park.

Despite leading every circuit in the 25-lap U.M.P. Modified main, the $700 winner's share was never guaranteed until the checkered flag waved.

"We probably didn't have the fastest car tonight but when there's heavy traffic to deal with you never know what can happen," said Thatcher, after surviving a late-race mishap to secure the dramatic victory. "You tend to feel more comfortable running out front although second-place proved to be a better spot tonight late in the race."

Thatcher started outside front row after winning the second qualifying and proceeded to hold down the point throughout the feature. On paper the final result appeared to be total dominance yet with less than seven laps Thatcher's triumph almost turned into defeat.

While the 2004 WISSOTA National Modified champion easily paced the 24-car field, 14th-place starter Steve Arpin methodically maneuvered his way forward around the fast Volusia County half-miler. By the midway mark, opening night winner Arpin was gaining ground quickly on Thatcher, who was looking to improve upon his runner-up finish from the previous night. A turn three crash right in front left him no room to escape and the Canadian's bid for a second straight U.M.P. victory ultimately ended in the pits.

Thatcher remained the leader despite his open-wheel mount suffering a bent left front end. And there the Wisconsin warrior remained for the next three miles with second-generation Illinois pilots Tommie Seets, Jr. and Gary Cook, Jr., Myron DeYoung and Don Kigel completing the top-five at the stripe.

The runner-up finish for Seets, whose uncle John Seets claimed the 1994 U.M.P. National Open Wheel Modified Championship while father Tom Sr. is a past Florida Winter Nationals champion, marked the start of just the second full season of racing for this Southern Illinois upstart.

Through two of six scheduled races run, Thatcher (120) tops the Florida Tour standings followed by Arpin (84), Gary Clark (68), Seets (68), opening night third-place finisher Steve Wetter (62) and Julia McDermitt (62), who placed fifth in Tuesday's lid-lifter. Competition proved even stiffer on Wednesday as of the 72 teams signed in, only 11 drivers qualified for their second straight feature race while seven of Tuesday's top-10 finishers failed even to make the show.

U.M.P. Modifieds reach the halfway mark of the 34th Winter Nationals on Thursday when they return to Volusia for round three of the six-race Florida tour. Open-wheel action concludes with a 30-lap feature race finale on Sunday, Feb. 13.

SUMMARY EVENT NO. 2

FEATURE (25LAPS): 91-CRAIG THATCHER, 16-Tommie Seets,Jr., 64-Gary Cook,Jr., 7d-Myron DeYoung, 01k-Don Kiger, 24-Brad Waits, 27-Roger Moshier, 2w-George White, t3-Greg Baumberger, 1a-Chad Ohnstad, 7j-Johnny DeYoung, 12s-Jesse Snyder, Q-Joey Jensen, 2a-Tim Adams, 77-Jim Shipman, 00-Steve Arpin, 17w-Heath Weston, 4g-Gary Clark, 6b-Brandon Green, 85d-Mark Dotson, 77k-Joey Kramer, 1f-Floyd Jordan, 13h-Tony Hofbauer, 75-Eric Scribner.

HEAT 1: Jordan, Cook, Scribner, Jensen.

HEAT 2: Thatcher, Baumberger, Arpin, J.DeYoung.

HEAT 3: Weston, Adams, Snyder, Scott Duval.

HEAT 4: Seets, Moshier, M.DeYoung, Shipman.

HEAT 5: Clark, Kramer, Kiger, Robert Pierce.

HEAT 6: Dotson, Hofbauer, Waits, Brent Glastetter.

CONSI 1: Jensen, Shipman, David McWilliams, Larry Cunningham.

CONSI 2: J.DeYoung, Ohnstad, Mark Trautner, Jason Miller.

CONSI 3: Green, White, Brad Miller, Julia McDermitt.

WINTER NATIONALS U.M.P. MODIFIED POINT STANDINGS (Top-10): 120-Craig Thatcher, 84-Steve Arpin, 68-Gary Clark and Tommie Seets,Jr., 62-Steve Wetter and Julia McDermott, 61-Gary Cook,Jr., 55-Myron DeYoung, 54-George White, 52-Don Kiger

stats/observations after the first 3 nights at NARA East Bay by SMASH
Fast Time Awards
Don O'Neal 14.850
Robbie Blair 15.398
Earl Pearson, Jr. 14.828

Heat race wins:
Don O'Neal - 2
Timmy McCreadie - 3
Jackie Boggs
Terry English - 3
Shane Clanton
Rick Eckert
Jason Montgomery - 2
Steve Shaver
Davey Johnson
Eddie Carrier, Jr.
Tim Dohm
Dennis Erb, Jr.- 2
Shannon Babb
Billy Moyer, Jr.
Steve Francis
Jeff Choquette
Brady Smith
Dan Schlieper
R.J. Conley
Davey Johnson

B-Main wins:
Earl Pearson
Shannon Babb
Anthony Rushing
Shane Tankersly
Billy Drake
Steve Francis
Terry Casey
Steve Shaver
Billy Moyer
Donnie Moran
Rick Aukland
Scott James

N.A.R.A. Provisionals:
R.J. Conley
John Gill
Freddy Smith
Mike Marlar
Tim Dohm
Matt Miller

R.A.C.E. Provisionals:
Billy Moyer
Dan Schlieper - 2
Shane Clanton - 2
Brian Birkhofer

Lucas Oil NARA 2005 Winternationals A-Main Stats:
Wins:
Don O'Neal
Timmy McCreadie
Terry English

Top5 Finishes:
Don O'Neal - 3
Steve Francis - 2
Terry English - 3
Steve Shaver
Rick Eckert
Billy Moyer
Dennis Erb
Timmy McCreadie
Terry Casey
Dan Schlieper

Top 10 Finishes:
Don O'Neal - 3
Steve Francis - 2
Terry English - 3
Steve Shaver 1
Rick Eckert - 3
Jimmy Mars - 2
Darrel Lanigan 1
Dennis Erb - 3
Scott James - 2
Billy Moyer - 3
Timmy McCreadie
Shannon Babb
Tim Dohm
Jason Montgomery
Matt Miller
Terry Casey
Dan Schlieper

A-Main Money Won:
Don O'Neal $8,500.00
Steve Francis $6,500.00
Terry English $10,000.00
Steve Shaver $2,500.00
Rick Eckert $2,300.00
Jimmy Mars $2,100.00
Darrell Lanigan $750.00
Dennis Erb, Jr. $2,250.00
Scott James $1,850.00
Billy Moyer $2,200.00
Shannon Babb $1,800.00
Brady Smith $1,550.00
Matt Miller $1,550.00
R.J. Conley $1,000.00
Shane Clanton $1,500.00
Tim McCreadie $6,000.00
Davey Johnson $1,000.00
Jason Montgomery $1,500.00
Dan Schlieper $2,000.00
Terry Casey $2,500.00
Donnie Moran $1,000.00

Car Count:
Night 1 - 117 cars
Night 2 - 117 cars
Night 3 - 110 cars

February 07, 2005 Lucas Oil NARA 2005 Winternationals Night #1
A-Main Finish: 1) Don O'Neal $5,000.00 2) Steve Francis $3,000.00 3) Terry English $2,000.00 4) Steve Shaver $1,500.00 5) Rick Eckert $1,000.00 6) Jimmy Mars $800.00 7) Darrell Lanigan $750.00 8) Dennis Erb, Jr. $700.00 9) Scott James $650.00 10) Billy Moyer $600.00 11) Shannon Babb $550.00 12) Rod Conley $500.00 13) Brady Smith $500.00 14) Matt Miller $500.00 15) Anthony Rushing $500.00 16) John Gill $500.00 17) Earl Pearson, Jr. $500.00 18) Shane Tankersley $500.00 19) R.J. Conley $500.00 20) Shane Clanton $500.00 21) Tim McCreadie $500.00 22) Davey Johnson $500.00 23) Steve Hillard $500.00 24) Jackie Boggs $500.00 25) Jason Montgomery $500.00 26) Dan Schlieper $500.00

February 08, 2005 Lucas Oil NARA 2005 Winternationals Night #2
A-Main Finish 1)Timmy McCreadie 2)Terry English 3)Don O'Neal 4)Billy Moyer 5) Dennis Erb 6)Shannon Babb 7)Tim Dohm 8) Rick Eckert 9) Jason Montgomery 10) Matt Miller 11) Scott James 12) Jimmy Mars 13) Eddie Carrier, Jr. 14) Steve Francis 15) Brady Smith 16) John Mason 17) Terry Casey 18) Donnie Moran 19) Shane Clanton 20) Steve Shaver 21) Dan Schlieper 22) Bo Feathers 23) Billy Drake 24) Freddy Smith 25) Mike Marlar 26) Ricky Elliott

February 09, 2005 Lucas Oil NARA 2005 Winternationals Night #3
A-Main Finish: 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

Drivers who have made 3 feature events:
Don O'Neal
Steve Francis
Terry English
Steve Shaver
Rick Eckert
Jimmy Mars
Dennis Erb, Jr.
Scott James
Shannon Babb
Brady Smith
Tim McCreadie
Jason Montgomery
Matt Miller (1 Provisional)
Billy Moyer (1 Provisional)
Dan Schlieper (2 Provisionals)
Shane Clanton (2 Provisionals)

thanks to SMASH
Wednesday night, February 9, 2005
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

Arpin Captures UMP Modified Opener In First Ever Volusia Visit
By DIRT MotorSports PR

BARBERVILLE, FL – Nearly 70 United Midwestern Promoters Open Wheel Modified teams kicked off their 2005 race season on Tuesday at Volusia Speedway Park yet it was just one driver, Canadian standout Steve Arpin from Fort Frances, Ontario, who stood in victory lane after capturing the 34^th Annual Winter Nationals opener.

"This is a great way to start off the week, especially with our first ever trip to Volusia," said Arpin, after leading flag-to-flag in the 20-lap U.M.P. Modified main to earn the $700 top-prize in his maiden voyage to the Sunshine State. "Earning a good starting position is important out here and tonight we certainly made it pay off."

Despite starting on the pole, Arpin's first career victory in Florida was far from a runaway as he was pressured throughout the 10-mile feature. First from eventual third-place finisher Steve Wetter and then by runner-up and defending Winter Nationals champion Craig Thatcher, with Gary Clark and Julia McDermitt trailing in the top-five .

Arpin set the tone early as he won the first qualifying heat to earn the pole-position start for the U.M.P. Modified main that had 68 entries vying for just 24 starting berths. He easily out-dragged front row partner Wetter with Thatcher improving quickly from his start inside row five even when Greg Baumberger and Blake Jegtvig tangled as soon as the first green flag dropped.

As the final laps clicked off the door-to-door, paint trading open-wheel showdown between these northern rivals carried on. 2004 WISSOTA National Modified champion Thatcher from Knapp, Wisconsin won a pair of Florida Tour features last February while Arpin, who placed ninth in the final WISSOTA Modified point standings last season, was looking to grab just his first headline during the season-opening Race Week ritual.

While Thatcher made a last lap effort to get by, Arpin held on for the dramatic victory that also awarded him with an early advantage in the Winter National point standings. Thatcher settled for a close second-place followed by Wetter, Clark, who won twice last winter to finish third in points, and McDermitt, the only female currently entered in the U.M.P. Open Wheel Modified field.

The U.M.P. Modifieds return to action at Volusia on Wednesday in round two while the 2005 Winter Nationals points champion is crowned Sunday, Feb. 13 following the sixth straight night of open-wheel competition.

SUMMARY EVENT NO. 1
FEATURE (20LAPS): 00-STEVE ARPIN, 91-Craig Thatcher, 33-Steve Wetter, 4g-Gary Clark, 1m-Julia McDermitt, 1s-Brian Shaw, 71-Bill Davis, 64-Dan Leatherman, 65-Todd Sherman, 77-Jim Shipman, 2w-George White, 12d-Scott Duvall, Q-Joey Jenson, 33z-Zack Vanderbeer, 6b-Brandon Green, 18-Brent Glastetter, 1f-Floyd Jordon, 7j-Johnny DeYoung, L8-Jimmy Crabtree, 55-Tom Moore, 1a-Chad Ohnstad, 17je-J.E. Stadler, t3-Greg Baumberger, 2j-Blake Jegtvig.

HEAT 1: Arpin, Clark, DeYoung, Baumberger.
HEAT 2: Wetter, McDermitt, Green, Jordon.
HEAT 3: Glastetter, Davis, Moore, Anthony Hofbauer.
HEAT 4: Stadler, Thatcher, Ohnstad, M.J. Hintz.
HEAT 5: Leatherman, Crabtree, Shaw, Rick Singleton.
HEAT 6: White, Shipman, Sherman, Corky Thomas.
CONSI 1: Jenson, Jordon, Hintz, Tommie Seets.
CONSI 2: Baumberger, Jegtvig, Singleton, Ben Stephens.
CONSI 3: Duvall, Vanderbeer, David McWilliams, Jesse Snyder.

With all of the visions of grandeur and lollipops of the 2004 Winternationals behind us, 117 cars invaded the always lightning fast East Bay raceway Park for Night #1 of the 2005 NARA Winternationals this evening.

The night would begin early as the cars rolled onto the track in the early afternoon for qualifying and Don O'Neal emerged with the fast time honors with a lap of 14.850.

Heat races were lined up with the top 4 in each heat inverted and only 2the top 2 finishers in each transferring to the A-Main event.

First heat honors went to O'Neal and Brady Smith, heat two transfers would go to Timmy McCreadie and Dennis Erb, Heat three Jackie Boggs and Dennis Erb, Heat four to Terry English and Steve Hillard, Heat Five to Shane Clanton and Scott James, Heat Six to Rick Eckert and Rod Conley, Heat Seven to Jason Montgomery and Matt Miller, Heat Eight to Steve Shaver and Jimmy Mars and the final heat Nine to Davey Johnson and Darrel Lanigan.

There were 4 consi's with only the winner advancing and those final transfer positions were taken by Earl Pearson in Consi One, Shannon Babb in Consi Two, Anthony Rushing in Consi Three and Shane Tankersley in Consi Four.

R.J. Conley and John Gill were added to the A as 2004 NARA provisionals with Billy Moyer and Dan Schlieper added as R.A.C.E. provisionals. As it was explained to me, tonight and tomorrows events 2004 N.A.R.A. points were/will be used to determine the N.A.R.A. provisionals, beginning Wednesday night the 2005 to date N.A.R.A. point standings will be used to determine the N.A.R.A. provisionals who are added to the field. As for the R.A.C.E. provisionals, as I understand it, tonight's R.A.C.E. provisionals were determined by taking the best finishes from the 2004 World 100, DREAM, Topless 100 and Show Me events and those provisionals were handed to Schlieper and Moyer on that basis. If I understood correctly, tomorrow night the R.A.C.E. provisionals will be awarded off of 2005 Winternationals Point Standings.

The feature action was fast and furious as would be expected from any show at East Bay and the track stayed surprisingly tacky with O'Neal utilizing the softest compound available from Hoosier to take Night 1's $5,000.00 paycheck. O'Neal was masterful in his drive for the win and reminiscent of days of old when he dominated the Speedweeks action several years back.

Lucas Oil NARA 2005 Winternationals Night #1 A-Main Finish: 1) Don O'Neal $5,000.00 2) Steve Francis $3,000.00 3) Terry English $2,000.00 4) Steve Shaver $1,500.00 5) Rick Eckert $1,000.00 6) Jimmy Mars $800.00 7) Darrell Lanigan $750.00 8) Dennis Erb, Jr. $700.00 9) Scott James $650.00 10) Billy Moyer $600.00 11) Shannon Babb $550.00 12) Rod Conley $500.00 13) Brady Smith $500.00 14) Matt Miller $500.00 15) Anthony Rushing $500.00 16) John Gill $500.00 17) Earl Pearson, Jr. $500.00 18) Shane Tankersley $500.00 19) R.J. Conley $500.00 20) Shane Clanton $500.00 21) Tim McCreadie $500.00 22) Davey Johnson $500.00 23) Steve Hillard $500.00 24) Jackie Boggs $500.00 25) Jason Montgomery $500.00 26) Dan Schlieper $500.00

Winternationals action will continue tomorrow with Night #2 of the 2005 N.A.R.A. Winternationals getting underway at 2:45 for hot laps. The A-Main event will again be a 30 lap affair with $5,000.00 awaiting the lucky winner!

For Immediate Release:

James Essex - NARA PR

29th Annual Winternationals

East Bay Raceway Park

Gibsonton, Fl

Monday Night, February 7, 2005

Don O'Neal Takes Opening Night of the Lucas Oil NARA DirtCar Series at East Bay

GIBSONTON, FL--Don O'Neal of Martinsville, IN won his first career Lucas Oil NARA DirtCar Series main event as the series opened it's 2005 racing season kicking off with the 29th Annual Winternationals from East Bay Raceway Park. O'Neal led every lap of the 30 lap main event earning $5000 for his 10th career win at East Bay. The 40 year old driver did not win without any threats as Steve Francis gave him all he wanted for several laps during the race. O'Neal drove his C.J. Rayburn Monte Carlo sponsored by Jay Dickens Racing Engines, A-1 Auto Salvage, Living Room Center, O'Neal Wood Products, All-Star Performance, Hoosier Racing Tires and Fast Graphix. Francis of Ashland, KY, who started 12th in the main event charged through the field and was up to second place by lap five finished second in the Valvoline/Rocket Dodge Intrepid. Third place at the finish line was Terry English of Benton, KY driving the Arizona Sport Shirts/C.J. Rayburn Race Cars entry. Taking fourth was Steve Shaver of Vienna, WV piloting the Bill Bland owned/Richard Construction/Rocket Monte Carlo and rounding out the top five was Rick Eckert of York, Pa behind the wheel of the Raye Vest Excavating/Rocket Ford Taurus. The first night of the Dirt Late Models Winternationals at East Bay set a new record car count as 116 drivers from 23 states ventured to the 1/3 mile track located near Tampa, FL.

O’Neal, who set the Oval Craft Racing Products Fast Time of 14.850 seconds started fourth in his heat race, won that race and drew the number one starting spot for the nine heat race winners as he would start from the pole position for the 30 lap main event. O'Neal took the lead at the start of the race with Rick Eckert charging to second followed by Steve Shaver, Jason Montgomery and Terry English. Steve Francis was the car on the move early in the race rocketing from 12th to the top five within a matter of two laps. Francis picked off cars lap after lap going past English, then Eckert and eventually Shaver by the fifth circuit as he was now up to second place behind the leader, O'Neal. O'Neal was setting a quick pace around a race track that two and three wide racing all night long. O'Neal would see his lead shrink over the lead as Francis came after him in a hurry. By the seventh lap the leaders had picked up the tail end of field with Francis right on O'Neal's heels in the race for the lead. The first caution of the race would fly for Jackie Boggs on lap eight, the after two more restarts the field eventually got things together with O'Neal almost losing his lead to Francis before another caution would come out. With the reprieve O'Neal kept his lead over Francis with English now up to third, Shaver fourth and Eckert running in fifth by the halfway mar of the race.

Things again heated up with O'Neal and Francis as Francis would pressure O'Neal looking for every angle around the racy track to pass him. Francis took several shots at O'Neal, but every time O'Neal would fight him off. Traffic again played a part in the race as by the 19th circuit O'Neal and Francis were right on the tail end of the back of the pack again. With O’Neal and Francis still fighting tooth and nail the final caution of the race came out with six laps remaining in the race. With a six lap to go restart O'Neal would again hold the advantage over Francis as the two raced to the checkered flag with O'Neal winning by two car lengths over Francis. English drove a strong race to corral third at the pay window with Shaver and Eckert completing the top five finishers.

Rounding out the top ten were Jimmy Mars, Darrell Lanigan, Dennis Erb, Jr, Scott James and Billy Moyer.

In preliminary action the VP Racing Fuels heat race winners were O'Neal, Tim McCreadie, Jackie Boggs, English, Shane Clanton, Jason Montgomery, Shaver and Davey Johnson. The first Rebel Shock Dyno B-Main was won by Earl Pearson, Jr with the Real Wheels 2nd B-Main going to Shannon Babb. The other B-Mains went to Anthony Rushing and Shane Tankersley. NARA Provisionals were R.J. Conley and John Gill and the R.A.C.E. Point Fund and Contingency Provisionals were Billy Moyer and Dan Schlieper.

Action continues at East Bay on Tuesday Night, February 8 with night two of the Lucas Oil NARA DirtCar Series with a full race program and a $5000 to win main event to top off the evening. For more information please log on to www.eastbayracewaypark.com and www.naradirtcar.com.

Race Summary

East Bay Raceway Park

Gibsonton, FL

Monday Night, February 7, 2005

Lucas Oil NARA DirtCar Series

Oval Craft Racing Products Fast Time: Don O'Neal 14.850 seconds

VP Racing Fuels First Heat: 1) Don O'Neal 2) Brady Smith 3) Scott Pounds 4) Garrett Durrett 5) Darren Miller 6) Rick Aukland 7) Greg Johnson 8) Ken Schaltenbrand 9) Dave Hess 10) Zach Carney 11) Gerald Davis 12) Jeff Gress 13) Skip Arp

VP Racing Fuels Second Heat: 1) Tim McCreadie 2) Dennis Erb, Jr 3) Shannon Babb 4) Earl Pearson, Jr. 5) Michael Chilton 6) Brad Neat 7) Russ Scheffler 8) Greggie Oliver 9) Freddie Carpenter 10) Brent Robinson 11) Bill Cunningham 12) Russ Frohnapfel 13) Joe Morris

VP Racing Fuels Third Heat: 1) Jackie Boggs 2) Steve Francis 3) Brian Birkhofer 4) Ken Schrader 5) Billy Drake 6) Michael England 7) Victor Lee 8) Trent Follmer 9) Jeff Choquette 10) Jason Flory 11) Anthony White 12) Marshall Austin 13) Rick Sowders

VP Racing Fuels Fourth Heat: 1) Terry English 2) Steve Hillard 4) Billy Moyer 5) Darin Meierotto 6) John Kuchar 7) Johnny Chastain 8) Barry Bragdon 9) Clint Coffman 10) Tim Prince 11) Jeff Matejka 12) Mike Hammerle 13) Marshall Green

VP Racing Fuels Fifth Heat: 1) Shane Clanton 2) Scott James 3) R.J. Conley 4) Tim Dohm 5) Bo Feathers 6) John Mason 7) Keith Nosbisch 8) Jason Smith 9) Brian Shirley 10) Ronnie DeHaven, Jr. 11) Freddy Smith 12) Jon Krogstad 13) Mike Collins

VP Racing Fuels Sixth Heat: 1) Rick Eckert 2) Rod Conley 3) Donnie Moran 4) Jayme Zidar 5) Mike Marlar 6) Wes Steidinger 7) Eddie Carrier, Jr. 8) Dan Stone 9) Joe Ramey 10) Patrick Sheltra 11) Kenny Pettyjohn 12) David Roberts 13) Scott Riggs

VP Racing Fuels Seventh Heat: 1) Jason Montgomery 2) Matt Miller 3) Roy Deese, Jr. 4) Mark Voigt 5) Ray Cook 6) Robbie Blair 7) Shane Tankersley 8) Dan Schlieper 9) Caley Emerson 10) Tom Turner 11) Ronnie Smith 12) Kristin Flory 13) Donald Fannin

VP Racing Fuels Eighth Heat: 1) Steve Shaver 2) Jimmy Mars 3) Anthony Rushing 4) Eric Jacobsen 5) Butch McGill 6) Mike Benedum 7) Pat Doar 8) Sonny Conley 9) Rick Combs 10) Corey Conley 11) Wayne Johnson 12) Matt Hubbard 13) Terry Casey

VP Racing Fuels Ninth Heat: 1) Davey Johnson 2) Darrell Lanigan 3) Rohn Moon 4) John Gill 5) Ricky Elliott 6) John VanDenBerg 7) Mark Banal 8) Mike Mataragas 9) Mark Banal 10) Dennis Little 11) Jerry Fifield 12) Chris Conley

Rebel Dyno Shock First B-Main: 1) Earl Pearson, Jr 2) R.J. Conley 3) Scott Pounds 4) Darren Miller 5) Brian Birkhofer 6) Billy Drake 7) Greg Johnson 8) Bo feathers 9) Brad Neat 10) Victor Lee 11) John Kuchar 12) Barry Bragdon 13) Tim Prince 14) Mike Hammerle 15) Clint Coffman 16) Brent Robinson 17) Freddie Carpenter 18) Skip Arp 19) Steve Lucas

Real Wheels Second B-Main: 1) Shannon Babb 2) Billy Moyer 3) Ken Schrader 4) Johnny Chastain 5) Russ Scheffler 6) Zach Carney 7) Darin Meierotto 8) Trent Follmer 9) Dave Hess 10) Jason Flory 11) Tim Dohm 12) Marshall Austin 13) Ken Schaltenbrand 14) Gerald Davis 15) Jeff Gress 16) Garrett Durrett 17) Jeff Choquette 18) Anthony White 19) Michael England 20) Rick Aukland 21) John Mason

Third B-Main: 1) Anthony Rushing 2) Donnie Moran 3) Eric Jacobsen 4) Wes Steidinger 5) Eddie Carrer, Jr. 6) Dan Schlieper 7) Jayme Zidar 8) Bucth McGill 9) Jason Smith 10) Wayne Johnson 11) Mike Benedum 12) Dennis Little 13) Mike Mataragas 14) Joe Ramey 15) Ronnie DeHaven, Jr. 16) Mike Marlar 17) Terry Casey 18) Jon Krogstad 19) Tom Turner 20) Kenny Pettyjohn

Fourth B-Main: 1) Shane Tankersley 2) John Gill 3) Ricky Elliott 4) ray Cook 5) Corey Conley 6) Matt Hubbard 7) Mike Collins 8) Freddy Smith 9) Caley Emerson 10) Rohn Moon 11) Donald Fannin 12) Roy Deese, Jr. 13) Robbie Blair 14) Mark Voigt 15) John VanDenBerg 16) Sonny Conley 17) Mark Banal 18) Brian Shirley 19) Dan Stone 20) Ronnie Smith 21) Jerry Fifield

Gulf Coast Produce Strawberry Dash: 1) Mike Benedum 2) Matt Hubbard 3) Victor Lee 4) Scott Pounds 5) Darren Miller 6) Darin Meierotto 7) Mike Collins 8) Wayne Johnson 9) Mike Marlar

Lucas Oil NARA DirtCar Series Main Event: (30 Laps) 1) Don O'Neal 2) Steve Francis 3) Terry English 4) Steve Shaver 5) Rick Eckert 6) Jimmy Mars 7) Darrell Lanigan 8) Dennis Erb, Jr. 9) Scott James 10) Billy Moyer 11) Shannon Babb 12) Rod Conley 13) Brady Smith 14) Matt Miller 15) Anthony Rushing 16) John Gill 17) Earl Pearson, Jr. 18) Shane Tankersley 19) R.J. Conley 20) Shane Clanton 21) Tim McCreadie 22) Davey Johnson 23) Steve Hillard 24) Jackie Boggs 25) Jason Montgomery 26) Dan Schlieper

PPM Racing Products Hard Charger – Steve Francis

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February 6, 2005
by Terry Young

Scott Bloomquist added to his ever growing list of accomplishments and padded his bankroll by $10,000 in claiming the 40 lap A-Main finale of the 2005 Super Bowl of Racing at the Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, Georgia tonight (Saturday). Racking up another DIRTY DOZEN win in the 2 day event, Bloomquist topped last nights winner Darrel Lanigan as the pair were followed to the stripe by Dan Schlieper making the Saturday night affair a World of Outlaws Dirty Dozen trifecta!

Bloomquist, "Black Sunshine" drove masterfully on the black ice known as Golden Isles in the Miller Brothers Coal, Hawkeye Trucking, Sweet Engineering, Hoosier Racing Tire VP Racing Fuel Ohlins Shock, Bloomquist Race Cars mount and was never challenged as he led the entire 40 circuits. Following Bloomquist at the stripe were Lanigan, Schlieper, Pearson, Johnny Collins, Mike Head, Dennis Erb, Ray Cook, Kenny Pettyjohn, Billy Decker, Tim Fuller, Matt Liftrott and Jackie Boggs.

Lanigan, fresh off the heels of victory in last nights $10,000 preliminary also will take home a new track record to Union, Kentucky as he bumped off Skip Arp's record which was only 24 hours old. Lanigan turned the 5/8 speedplant in 15.699 seconds for an average lap speed of 143.321 miles per hour!

First heat race action was topped by Jacksonville, Florida racer Michael Lloyd in Patrick Sheltra's backup car over Gerald Meents, Mike Head, Kenny Pettyjohn, Dennis Erb, Mike Carter, Sonny Conley and Chris madden who scratched from the heat.

Second heat honros went to Bloomquist over Schlieper, Sheltra, Johnny Collins, Dennis "Rambo" Franklin, Ray Cook, Reed Millard and Freddy Carpenter.

The third and final heat was captured by Lanigan over Skip Arp, Earl Pearson, Freddy Smith, Billy Decker, Jack Pennington, Tim Fuller and Matt Lifftrott.

February 05, 2005

By: Terry Young

After several days of rain delays, the 2005 Super Bowl of Racing at the newly renovated Frankie Lloyd's Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, Georgia got underway this evening (Friday) in front of a good crowd who braved the cold weather.

33 cars timed in under the U.M.P. banner for the season opening $10,000 to win event with 4 cars breaking the 1994 track record established by Scott Bloomquist. When time trials had concluded it was Georgetown, Tennessee native Skip Arp who emerged as the new record holder with a time of 15.723 for an average speed of 143.102 miles on the worlds fastest short track! Darrel Lanigan, Earl Pearson and Bloomquist also eclipsed the previous record of 16.246.

Heat race action was fast paced and would see Lanigan claim the first heat win over Johnny Collins, Brian Birkhofer, Patrick Sheltra, Dennis Erb and Jack Pennington.

Second heat honors went to Skip Arp over Dennis "Rambo" Franklin, Kenny Pettyjohn, Chris "Smokey" Madden, Reid Millard and Bo Allen.

The third and final heat would transfer Earl Pearson, Bloomquist, John "The Flying Dutchman" VanDenBerg, Dan Schlieper, Greg Johnson and Nicky Smokes.

The consi which would round out the field was topped by Shannon Babb over Freddy Smith, Billy Moyer, Mike Head, Ray Cook and Billy Decker.

The 50 lap feature event got underway with World of Outlaws Dirty Dozen member Darrel Lanigan taking the point from the pole position and setting a blistering pace, leading from flag to flag and taking the $10,000 winners share back to Union, Kentucky for his efforts. Lanigan showed his muscle pullilng away and maintaining his point over Arp, Pearson, Bloomquist and Birkhofer and survived several caution flag periods and a red flag session, pulling away after each restart.

Lanigan drove a perfect race and was followed at the stripe by Arp, Pearson, Bloomquist, Birkhofer, Collins, Franklin, Erb, Pennington and Babb rounding out the top 10.

Tomorrow night the Super Bowl of Racing continues with another $10,000 to win event which will conclude the Golden Isles events for the 2005 rendition of Speedweeks.

February 4, 2005
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April 16- Open Practice for All Divisions
April 23- 2005 Season Opener- Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stocks
April 30- 8th Annual Spring Sizzler: O'Reilly Auto Parts NARA Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirts-$3,000 to win; Modifieds and Sportsman (No Street Stocks)
May 7- NO RACING (Closed for 131st Kentucky Derby)
May 14- Sportsman-$300 to Win, Street Stocks-$200 to win; Late Models, Modifieds
May 21- 2nd Annual Jerry Rucker Memorial: Late Models-$2,000 to win; Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stocks
May 28- 5th Annual Mod Squad Bash: NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Modified Series-$1,500 to win; Late Models, Sportsman, and Street Stocks (No Modified Track Points)
June 4- Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stocks
June 11- 4th Annual June Jam: O'Reilly Auto Parts NARA Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirts-$3,000 to win; Modifieds and Street Stocks (No Sportsman)
June 18- Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stocks
June 25- 2nd Annual Shorty Gardner Memorial: Sportsman-$400 to win; Late Models, Modifeds, and Street Stocks (No Sportsman Track Points)
July 2- Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stocks
July 9- 7th Annual Kentuckiana Klash: O'Reilly Auto Parts NARA Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirts-$3,000 to win; Modifieds and Sportsman (No Street Stocks)
July 16- 3rd Annual Topless Terror Night: Topless Late Models, Topless Modifieds; Sportsman and Street Stocks
July 23- NO RACING (Closed for Nelson County Fair)
July 30- 3rd Annual My Old Kentucky Home Shootout: Northern All Star Late Model Series-$3,500 to win; Modifieds, Street Stocks (No Sportsman; No Late Model Track Points)
August 6 Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stocks- $300 to win
August 13-5th Annual Bluegrass Rumble: NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Modified Series-$1,500 to win; Late Models, Sportsman, and Street Stocks
August 20- Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stocks
August 27- 5th Annual Bluegrass Classic: Lucas Oil NARA DirtCar Series-$10,000 to win; Sportsman and Street Stocks (No Modifieds; No Late Model Track Points)
September 3- Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stocks
September 10- NO RACING (Closed for World 100)
September 17- 7th Annual Bluegrass 50: O'Reilly Auto Parts NARA Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirts-$5,000 to win; Sportsman and Street Stocks (No Modifieds)
September 24- 2005 Season Finale: Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stocks
NOTE: This Schedule is Subject to Additions/Changes/Deletions

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Columbus, Mississippi

Carl Hogan Honda Winter Classic January 22, 2005

Gentry and Winkles Take” Winter Classic” Honors!

COLUMBUS, MS- A driver who often has no luck at Columbus Speedway found some at the 5th Annual Carl Hogan Honda Winter Classic. And a driver who was having no luck early in today's race turned his own fortunes around. The stage was set and crowd pleasing drama would be the order of the afternoon in less than conducive weather conditions. Nevertheless, the toughest fans in dirt track racing braved frigid temperatures as a result of an arctic cold front and 30-40 MPH gusts of wind only to see daytime racing done right at "The Bullring". Those who stood up to the elements were rewarded with what, after a somewhat "normal" start, turned out to be a show of epic proportions.

The Super Late Model main event action would get underway as "The Ragin' Rebel" David Breazeale, who also set fast time in MidsouthRacing.com Pole Qualifying with a 14.21, would sit on the pole of the Super Late Model main event inside the #10 of Tennessee driver Jay Brinkley. Breazeale would take the initial lead in the 40-lap, $3,000-to-win Winter Classic main event, with Gentry going under Brinkley for second. Behind the trio, "The Intimagator" Chris Wall and track record holder "The Kosciusko Kamikaze" Anthony Rushing would engage, but the first caution of the event would quickly fall with one lap in the books with a three-way pileup resulting in Doug Showah being parked on top of the #50 car of Ed Dixon. Mark Stokes would also be involved, and amazingly, all three machines would return to the race with only cosmetic damage.

Breazeale, Gentry, and Brinkley would take the restart green in that order ahead of Wall and Rushing, and a second caution would fall on lap 2 for Aaron Ridley and Neil Baggett. The restart would see Brinkley again going outside of Gentry, but the #10 machine would slip in turn 4, allowed Gentry to run free. Meanwhile, Wall and Rushing began to engage in a full-contact, door-to-door battle, with Wall taking holding on to the 4th spot as Cleveland Speedway regular Todd Morrow moved in on Rushing for 5th.

Morrow began to work on Rushing in a heated close-combat battle as most of the field kept to the bottom of the racetrack in the early going. Trouble struck on lap 10 in what would be a turning point of the race, as Chris Wall's machine got loose exiting turn 4. Morrow made contact straightening Wall back out, but Ronny Lee Hollingsworth and Darrin Dorsey would be bottled up and would come to a stop, bringing out the caution. Wall was faulted for the yellow and would be shown to the rear - a move that changed the complexion of the event.

After a quick caution for Joey Mullinax on lap 11, action resumed with Gentry looking under Breazeale for the lead as Morrow began to move up the track, looking to take third from Brinkley. With the track starting to open up, Morrow would drive outside of Brinkley and after a few laps of side-by-side racing, Morrow would close the deal before a lap 14 caution for Showah, Mullinax, and Charles LaPlant, which would be the last break in the action for some time.

Brinkley would move under Morrow to re-challenge on the restart, but ahead of the 3rd-place battle Gentry decided to make his move for the lead. Gentry would drive in under Breazeale and the two would fire around turns 3 and 4 door-to-door, with Gentry making the pass and taking over the top spot on lap 15. Morrow and Brinkley continued to race side-by-side for 3rd, with Morrow gaining a slight advantage by lap 19 as Gentry pulled away from Breazeale.

At this point, the eyes of the spectators begin to focus on what was going on further back in the pack. Chris Wall, who was sent to the rear of the field earlier, had begun picking off cars in wholesale fashion, using every inch of the racetrack. As the track began taking rubber in the middle and top grooves, Wall would use the rim, the hub, the middle of the track as he moved into 8th place at the halfway point, 7th on the following lap, and 6th on lap 23.

Brinkley and Morrow, still running side by side but with Brinkley now holding the advantage, would move in on Breazeale as Gentry raced alone out front. Wall would continue his mad charge to the front, overtaking Hollingsworth for 5th on lap 27 and closing on Brinkley before the final caution fell on lap 28 for a spun car in turn 2.

As the track was now black from top to bottom with a healthy coating of rubber; Hollingsworth would regain 5th on the restart, while Wall resumed his charge forward and going after Brinkley. On lap 29, Wall would take the position, and with Morrow now in second, the #71 began to work on the #99 of Breazeale. Wall would go outside Breazeale, door-to-door down the front stretch and through turns 1 and 2, and the spot went to Wall on lap 31 as Brinkley quickly moved in to challenge Breazeale for 4th.

Wall would close on Morrow by lap 36 and go outside, but getting around the #T1 would be no easy task. Wall would take the spot on lap 38, but Morrow would move back in, and the two would race joined at the doors as the white flag waved with Gentry just ahead. The battle heated to a boil in turns 1 and 2 - Morrow and Wall would lock horns coming out of the turn, both drivers hard in the throttle, and Morrow would spin across Wall's nose coming on to the backstretch as Wall gathered back up and went after the checkered flag. Gentry took the Carl Hogan Honda Winter Classic win, followed by Wall, Breazeale, Brinkley, and Hollingsworth in the top five. Rushing, Ronald Dunn, last-place starting Eddie Rickman (who damaged his car in qualifying and raced in Shawn Edwards' #5 machine), Darin Dorsey, and Mike Poyner would round out the top ten.

Lewisburg, TN's Gentry, would earn the $3,000 win in his Brown Engineering Ford-powered Mastersbilt shod with American Race Tires. Wall of Holden, LA, taking $1,800 in a Wall-2-Wall Chevrolet powered Mastersbilt on American Racers, and Breazeale from Ethel, MS, earning $1,200 in the Randy Thompson-owned #99 Jay Dickens Chevy-powered GRT - also on American Racers - would both join Gentry in victory lane.

"Flyin" Brian Rickman and Chad Winkles would put on a show in the Open-Wheel Modified division with Rickman claiming the lead early but never shaking Winkles. Action throughout the field was intense and generally 3-wide in a race that was nearly caution-free. Winkles would later race his way back around Rickman, with the two continually battling for the top spot.

Winkles would eventually take over and go on to take the win the Carl Hogan Honda Open Wheel Modified Winter Championship over Rickman, followed by Jason Brock, "Midnight Rider" Matt Price, and David Honeycutt. Super Late Model feature winner David Earl Gentry would come home in 6th, with Eric Hickerson, "The Wanted Man" Lee Ray, "Mr. Untouchable" Jason Hollis, and Brian Worley completing the top-10.

The attrition-filled Late Model Stock event saw Billy Franklin hold on to the lead over Danny Christian to lead every lap and take the win. Donovan Henry would finish third in the tough race, followed by Chris Reed and Chris Jimerson to round out the top five. Jerry Lucas, Tommy Gore, Brian Johnson, and Felix George would earn top-ten honors.

David Honeycutt and Tim Rutledge would race lap-after-lap, door-to-door during the Street Stock feature event. The drivers would come by the flagstand in photo-finish fashion each passing lap until Rutledge got loose in turn 4 with only a few laps remaining. Honeycutt would never miss a beat and go on to take yet another big Columbus victory. Rutledge, Benji Jones, Jonathan Edwards, and Kevin Monahan would make up the top five. Kris Monahan, Glenn Sudduth, Shawn Mitchell, Jarret Melton, and Wayne & Jamie Sudduth - driving a Two-Person Cruiser - would round out the top ten

The next event at Columbus Speedway will be the annual Comp Cams “Golden Triangle 30” as part of “Opening Night” festivities that will see all divisions in action on Saturday night March 5^th with racing at 7pm. The event will be the inaugural race for the new Rebel Challenge Weekly Racing Series as well. Further information can be obtained by calling Johnny Stokes at 662-574-2572 during the day or at 662-327-3047 in the evenings. Additional Columbus Speedway information can be found on the Columbus Speedway Internet home at www.columbusspeedway.net or by calling the Columbus Speedway event hotline at 662-241-5004.

5TH ANNUAL CARL HOGAN HONDA WINTER CLASSIC FAST FINISH

SUPER LATE MODELS
40 LAPS - $3,000 TO WIN

1ST 56 DAVID GENTRY
2ND 71 CHRIS WALL
3RD 99 DAVID BREAZEALE
4TH 10 JAY BRINKLEY
5TH 18 RONNY LEE HOLLINGSWORTH
6TH 70 1/2 ANTHONY RUSHING
7TH 1 RONALD DUNN
8TH 68 EDDIE RICKMAN
9TH 23 DARIN DORSEY
10TH 16 MIKE POYNER
11TH 514 DAVID MOLPUS
12TH 2 MARK STOKES
13TH T1 TODD MORROW
14TH 32 VINCE GRONDZKI
15TH 26 JOEY MULLENIX
16TH 50 ED DIXON
17TH 100 MARK EDWARDS
18TH 3C CHARLES LAPLANT
19TH D8 DOUG SHOWAH
20TH 81 AARON RIDLEY
21ST 63 JOEY MCKINNEY
22ND C21 REX BERRY
23RD C11 CLIFTON R. WILLIAMS
24TH 21 NEIL BAGGETT

OPEN-WHEEL MODIFIEDS
20 LAPS - $1,000 TO WIN
TOP TEN

1ST 12 CHAD WINKLES
2ND WFO BRIAN RICKMAN
3RD 4 JASON BROCK
4TH 17 MATT PRICE
5TH 15 DAVID HONEYCUTT
6TH 56 DAVID GENTRY
7TH 98 ERIC HICKERSON
8TH 2 LEE RAY
9TH 5 JASON HOLLIS
10TH 166 BRIAN WORLEY

LATE MODEL STOCK
$500 TO WIN
TOP FIVE

1ST 65 BILLY FRANKLIN
2ND 5 DANNY CHRISTIAN
3RD 17 DONOVAN HENRY
4TH 911 CHRIS REED
5TH 18 CHRIS JIMERSON

STREET STOCK
$300 TO WIN
TOP FIVE

1ST 15 DAVID HONEYCUTT
2ND 7X TIM RUTLEDGE
3RD 11 BENJI JONES
4TH -1 JONATHAN EDWARDS
5TH 83 KEVIN MONAHAN