Tim Shaffer Wins King Of The 360s Opener At East Bay

Tim Shaffer scored the win in the 15th annual “King of the 360s” at East Bay Raceway Park Thursday night. Photo by Mike Horne

Tim Shaffer had Ron Hammons’ 360 Maxim powered by a Bob Hampshire engine hooked up to the new surface at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL, as he took the lead on lap nine of the 25 lap opening night feature over a field of 48 cars to start the 37th year anniversary year for the Winternationals.

Just as he did in 2010 when he captured both preliminary night features, Shaffer looked strong out of the box collecting the $1,500 prize with no challengers past the half-way mark on this the l5th Annual “King of the 360s”.

“We have a pretty good team that makes it a fun way to make a living.  Life is too short to not have fun at this and when they made the track wider, that was to our liking,” said Shaffer.  “When Danny Martin spun and almost collected me on lap 18, but we escaped, it was our night to win, so we will take it.”

He started his Maxim third behind Kyle Sauder and Michael Miller with Jerod Roller outside.  Row three showed Greg Wilson and Jason Sides followes by Terry McCarl, Danny Holtgraver, Ryan Moore and Lou Kennedy in the top ten.  After a shaky start which was yellow flagged, Miller jumped to the lead and pulled away to a two second lead.

Shaffer worked the inside groove for the next several laps, finally taking the lead for good on lap nine and lapping his first car on lap 10.  By lap 17 Shaffer was a straightaway ahead when on lap l8 Danny Martin spun (that almost collected Shaffer) bringing the field to a tight formation with Miller second, Roller third and a hard charging Kennedy up into fourth, followed by Tim Crawley in fifth.

By lap 20 Shaffer had a three second lead and with a clean track in front of him, he soon built to to a straightaway.  Kennedy advanced to finish second, but 3.0l5 seconds back followed by Roller, Crawley, Wilson, McCarl, Miller, Holtgraver, Danny Smith and Thomas Kennedy in the top ten.

Heats were won by Roller, Wilson, McCarl and Holtgraver.  Each heat winner received a $50 bonus from Show Time Dragstrip owner Robert Yoko.  The B-Mains sent Michael Parent, Sport Allen, Danny Martin, Jr. and Russ Hall from the first one and Danny Smith, J.R. Stewart, Scotty Thiel and Jayme Barnes from the second one to the A-Main.

James Morris visited victory lane after winning the Florida Mini Sprints feature. Photo courtesy EBRP

In other action, over 50 Mini Sprints were on hand for night #1 of the Florida Mini Sprints Winternationals in conjuction with the King of the 360 Sprints.

The first heat went to Tyler Walten in the Spar Race Engines, Yamaha 600cc, Hyper Chassis entry from Miffintown, PA. Heat race number two went to last year’s Winternationals Champion Jim Young from Johnstown, PA in his Adams Performance, Yamaha 600cc JYR Chassis entry. Heat race number three went to Honeybrook, PA’s Shane Lewis sponsored by Spar Race Engines, Suzuki 750cc, Hyper Chassis. The final heat race went to Tim Buckwalter in his Spotts Racing, Suzuki 750cc, SB3 Chassis from Douglasville, PA.

Next up was the B-Main and winning that was John Knepper from Rockledge, FL sponsored by Hoosier in his PMP Chassis with a Yamaha 600cc engine.

On the front row for the feature was Tyler Walten and James Morris. When the green flag waved, it was Kenny Vincent of Delaware and Dane Lorance of New York coming together in turn one bringing out the red flag. Both drivers were okay, but neither car would be able to continue.

So a complete restart was in order and when the green waved once again it was Jim Young taking the early lead followed by Tyler Devault and James Morris. On lap twelve caution waved as Brock Zearfross come to rest in turn two ending his night.

When the green waved once again, Young had challenges from several drivers. On lap eighteen, Morris over took Young and went on to win night one.

“I race some of these guys on a weekly basis back home and they are tough no matter where we run,” said Morris.
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Rounding out the top ten were Tyler Devault, Travis Senter, Jr., Jim Young, Tyler Walten, Sammy LaMothe, Tim Buckwalter, Gavis Thomas, Luke Thomas, and Mike Dicely.

ASA Racing continues Friday with night number two of the King of the 360 Sprints and the Florida Mini Sprints. For further information, visit www.eastbayracewaypark.com.

37th Annual DART Winternationals
East Bay Raceway Park – Tampa, FL
King of the 360s – Feb. 21, 2013

1. Tim Shaffer
2. Lou Kennedy
3. Jerod Roller
4. Tim Crawley
5. Greg Wilson
6. Terry McCarl
7. Michael Miller
8. Danny Holtgraver
9. Danny Smith
10. Thomas Kennedy
11. Jason Sides
12. Jayme Barnes
13. Kyle Sauder
14. J.R. Stewart
15. Michael Parent
16. Danny Martin, Jr.
17. Sport Allen
18. Scotty Thiel
19. Russ Hall
20. Ryan Moore