Devin Dixon picked up his second win in the 36th Annual Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL, pocketing a $5,000 check in the process. The win marked his second Winternationals championship victory. Photo by Mike Horne
Devin Dixon topped a strong field of modified racers to score his second Winternationals title at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL Saturday night.
The final event for the UMP/EBRP Open Wheel Modififeds and the Team USA Mod Lites kicked off with heat races for the Modifieds. Four heat races were held, with the winners advancing to the 75 Lap A-Main. The top six, Kenny Wallace, Rodney Wing, Bart Hartman, Devin Dixon, Kevin Adams and Wayne Hammond,were locked in by virtue of points.
Heat race number one went to Kyle Bronson from Brandon, FL. Heat race number two went to Brad DeYoung out of Wheatfield, IN. Heat race number three’s winner was Matt Cooper from McKenzie, TN. The fourth and final heat went to Vic Vena out of Shinglehouse, PA.
Next in line was the Team USA Mod Lites B-Main. The top ten were locked into the A-Main by points. Kevin McKinney out of Dover, DE won with Brett Crowther, Randy Bryan, Shawn Sliter, and Matt Smith rounding out the top five.
The firt B-Main was next with the top six advancing. Paul Miles took the checkered flag first with Jeff Mathews, Shane Cottle, Nick Allen, Jamie Lomax and Colin Thirlby all advancing. In B-Main number two, Kenny Carmichael was the winner with Shon Flanary, Buzzie Reutimann, Gary Cook, Jr., Preston Seratt and Matt Miller rounding out the top six.
Provisionals went to defending track Champion Austin Sanders and to Dennis Haven, who traveled the farthest for the event, coming all the way from Brentford, SD.
Next up was the final race for the Team USA Mod Lites as they were set to run their 25 Lap A-Main event. Two time feature winner Jimmy Wills and Doug Williams made up the front row. Wills again showed his muscle as he walked away from Williams until the first caution came out on lap seven as several cars tangled in turn two.
On the restart, it was Brandon Dennis who drove by Wills and Williams to take the lead. Caution came out on lap fourteen as Jason Musser almost flipped but was able to continue.
On the restart on lap fourteen, Wills and Dennis tangled in front of the entire field in turn two. Fortunately, everyone was able to miss them. That put both drivers at the rear of the field, handing over the lead to Williams.
The caution flag flew again on lap sixteen as fifth place runner Johnny Mordock spun in turn four.
On the final restart, Williams led the field for the remaining nine laps as he went on to win his first career Winternationals. Second went to Kevin McKinney with Josh May, Jeffery Teeters and Jimmy Wills finishing in the fifth position.
Williams was emotional in victory lane, where he told the crowd that he had lost his Dad back in December and this win was for him.
The final event of the night belonged to the 75 Lap A-Main for the UMP/EBRP Open Wheel Modifieds with Rodney Wing bringing the field to the green flag. Dixon would lead the field on lap one with Wing right giving chase.
The first caution came out on lap four as Nick Allen’s right front suspension broke, sending him to the pits.
The green flag flew again on lap four, as Dixon once again showed the way over Wing, Hartman, Wallace and Adams. On lap seven Hartman passed Wing for the second spot, and gave went after the leader. Before the caution came out on lap 17, Dixon had a 2.041 second advantage over Hartman.
The green flag waved once again on lap 17 with Dixon retaining the lead. He would stay there until lap 26, when Colin Thirlby cut a right rear tire, bringing out the caution.
Racing resumed moments later. On lap 30, Wayne Hammond appeared to have mechanical issues. As he tried to maneuver out of the field’s way, he and ended up collecting Shane Cottle, Buzzie Reutimann, Jeff Mathews and Kyle Bronson. All cars were able to continue.
The field restarted on lap 30, with Dixon, Hartman, Adams, Wallace and Brad DeYoung holding down the top five. The yellow flag flew again on lap 40 for a competition caution, as the entire field stopped single file in turn two, allowing crews to put fuel in the cars and add tear offs if they chose to. Drivers were also allowed to head to the pits and change tires, but would have to go to the rear of the field. Several drivers elected to go to the pits, including Kevin Adams, Kenny Wallace and Brad DeYoung.
On the restart, Dixon held the lead, with Hartman second. Shane Cottle, Jeff Mathews, Rodney Wing, Vic Vena, Kenny Carmichael, Preston Seratt, Kyle Bronson and Kenny Wallace rounding out the top ten.
With fresh tires, Wallace would charge all the way to fifth when the caution waved on lap 48 for a spin by Carmichael.
The final caution came out with just 15 laps to go, as Kyle Bronson slowed on the backstretch and headed out the turn one gate.
On the lap 60 restart, Dixon once again headed into turn one leading the field. But seven laps later, Kenny Adams made a hard charge, taking the top spot off the second turn.
But Dixon was not to be denied this night. With three laps to go, Dixon and Adams would go three wide with a lap car, with Dixon coming away with the lead once again. Despite another hard charge by Adams, Dixon held on to capture his second Winternationals championship. Adams crossed the line second with Hartman, Cottle and Wallace rounding out your top five.
“I had to pace myself because I knew that some of the drivers were going to change tires during that fuel stop,” Dixon said in victory lane.
Kenny Wallace had to wait until Saturday to do it, but he scored his second East Bay Winternationals win in the rain delayed UMP/EBRP Open Wheel Modififed Friday night race. Photo courtesy East Bay Raceway Park
Earlier Saturday afternoon, the UMP/EBRP Open Wheel Modifieds resumed with the remainder of Friday’s rained out show. Three heat races along with two B-Mains and the 25 Lap A-Main Feature for the Team USA Mod Lites along with the A-Main for the Modifieds were to be finished.
Heat race number four went to Dixon with second going to Vic Vena. Heat race number five went to Bart Hartman from Zanesville, OH by just .010 seconds over Paul Miles. Winning the final heat race was Rodney Wing, with Matt Cooper finishing second.
Next up were the two B-Mains, with the top six advancing to the 25 Lap A-Main Feature. Stanley Donahoo, of White Pine, TN, picked up the win with Shon Flanary, Dave Baldwin, Colin Thirlby, Scott Hansen and Dale Mathison advancing. B-Main number two went to the Cameron, WI native Kevin Adams, with Shane Cottle, Wayne Hammond, Kenny Carmichael, Jamie Lomax, and Dale Kelley all advancing to the 25 Lap A-Main later on.
Next up was the Team USA Mod Lite 25 Lap A-Main. Jimmy Wills and Brandon Dennis brought the field to the green flag. Wills led the field into turn one with Dennis on his back bumper. The first caution came out before lap one could be completed, as Landis Musser hit the wall in turn four. Musser was okay but his car was unable to continue.
Wills charged on the high side around to take the lead coming out of turn two on the restart when Jason Musser lost a wheel on the back stretch bringing out the caution on lap one.
The green flag waved again, and by lap four, Wills had almost a half straight away over Dennis with Josh May in third. On lap seven, Dennis appeared to have problems and would fall out of the race.
The third and final caution came out on lap ten when Darin Gallagher spun in turn four. The green flag waved for the final time as Wills took command of the race. Despite a smoking car, Willis would score his second win in a row, with Ken Meadows, Josh May, Jeffery Teeters and Cody Bova rounded out the top five.
“I guess we got to take it back to the pits and figure out what is wrong and get it ready for the final race tonight,” Willis said in victory lane.
The final event for the Friday night make up show was the UMP/EBRP Open Wheel Modifieds, with Bart Hartman and Kenny Wallace bringing the field to the green flag. Wallace took the lead on the back stretch and was in control of the field. Wallace would continue to lead until the first caution flew on lap 20, when Dale Kelley slowed on the track.
The green flag flew on a five lap shootout, with Wallace quickly reasserting his lead. He would go unchallenged to the checkered flag, crossing the finish line 1.658 seconds ahead of Hartman. Rodney Wing, Jeff Mathews, and Devin Dixon rounded out the top five.
ASA racing continues Monday night with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series on February 13-18. For further information, visit eastbayracewaypark.com.
East Bay Raceway Park – Tampa, FL
36th Annual Winternationals – Feb. 11, 2012
Race Results
UMP/EBRP Open Wheel Modififeds A–Main
1. Devin Dixon
2. Kevin Adams
3. Bart Hartman
4. Shane Cottle
5. Kenny Wallace
6. Vic Vena
7. Rodney Wing
8. Brad DeYoung
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10. Gary Cook, Jr.
11. Matt Cooper
12. Jamie Lomax
13. Austin Sanders
14. Buzzie Reutimann
15. Shon Flanary
16. Preston Seratt
17. Matt Miller
18. Paul Miles
19. Dennis Haven
20. Kyle Bronson
21. Kenny Carmichael
22. Wayne Hammond
23. Colin Thirlby
24. Nick Allen
TEAM USA Mod Lites A–Main
1. Doug Williams
2. Kevin McKinney
3. Josh May
4. Jeff Teeters
5. Jimmy Wills
6. Jason Musser
7. Kenny Meadows
8. Josh Sliter
9. Ryan Charland
10. Shawn Sliter
11. Johnny Murdock
12. Cody Bova
13. Jacob Bova
14. Brandon Dennis
15. Randy Bryan
16. Landis Musser
17. Brett Crowther
18. Matt Smith
19. Darin Gallagher DNS
Friday Rain Out Make-Up Features
UMP/EBRP Open Wheel Modififeds A–Main
1. Kenny Wallace
2. Bart Hartman
3. Rodney Wing
4. Jeff Mathews
5. Devin Dixon
6. Kyle Bronson
7. Austin Sanders
8. Matt Cooper
9. Gary Cook, Jr.
10. Wayne Hammond
11. Kevin Adams
12. Vic Vena
13. Kenny Carmichael
14. Brad DeYoung
15. Shane Cottle
16. Jamie Lomax
17. Paul Miles
18. Colin Thirlby
19. Dale Mathison
20. Shon Flanary
21. Dave Baldwin
22. Stanley Donahoo
23. Scott Hansen
24. Dale Kelley
TEAM USA Mod Lites A–Main
1. Jimmy Wills
2. Kenny Meadows
3. Josh May
4. Jeff Teeters
5. Cody Bova
6. Johnny Murdock
7. Josh Sliter
8. Ryan Charland
9. Shawn Sliter
10. Brett Crowther
11. Kevin McKinney
12. Jacob Bova
13. Randy Bryan
14. Darin Gallagher
15. Brandon Dennis
16. Matt Smith
17. Jason Musser
18. Doug Williams
19. Landis Musser
20. Joel Huggins DNS
