Robert Ballou Avoids Disaster For East Bay Victory

Robert Ballou celebrates in victory lane after winning Friday night’s USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series feature at East Bay Raceway Park. Photo courtesy EBRP Media

Robert Ballou narrowly avoided disaster on the final lap of Friday’s “Winter Dirt Games VI” 30-lapper as part of Winternationals 2015 at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL to take his second victory of the young season.

The Rocklin, CA driver appeared to be in smooth sailing after a restart with four laps to go, but he rapped the wall just past the flagstand after taking the white-flag as second-running Dave Darland dove to the bottom for the lead. Ballou crossed over and took it back, notching a .296-second victory.

“I really thought driver error cost us another one right there,” Ballou said. “I was fogging up my shield bad at the restart, and just really had trouble seeing. I don’t even know what happened after I got in the wall, but I saw Darland going for it and just tried to stay in it to get back by him. If I’m ever gonna catch him in all-time wins, I’ve gotta keep my elbows up.”

Polesitter Kevin Thomas, Jr. led early with Ballou and defending series champion Brady Bacon in his shadow. Ballou closed as they neared traffic, trying his first slider for the lead on lap ten. At the halfway point, Ballou cleared Thomas in turn-two with a slide-job for the lead, holding him off as the two traded the top spot for a lap and a half.

As Ballou drew away, Bacon worked on Thomas, clearing him for the second spot on lap 22. Bacon closed on Ballou in traffic, but a monster slider on two cars from Ballou helped him retain his lead. In heavy traffic on lap 27, Thomas got in the back of Bacon in turn-three, sending him spinning and necessitating a caution. He restarted at the tail of the lead lap.

With just four laps to go, Ballou was strong up front as Darland finally passed Thomas with a turn-one slider on lap 28. Darland appeared to close slightly on Ballou before the white-flag, but suddenly found himself in the middle of a battle for the win with Ballou’s incident. Darland made it back-to-back runner-up finishes.

Thomas held on for third, with Justin Grant in fourth and Chase Stockon in fifth.

Tommy Hill scored his second straight V8 Warriors feature Friday night at East Bay Raceway Park. Photo courtesy EBRP Media

In other action, Tommy Hill scored the win in the V-8 Warrior feature.

Starting on the pole of the l5 lap feature, Hill proceeded to lead every lap en route to the win, with Raymond Vann in second, Tim Gay third, Jason Burnside fourth and Jeremy Simpson in fifth.

Winternationals 2015 was slated to wrap up on Saturday, but Mother Nature had other ideas. Due to the amount of rain received and the forecast for the rest of the weekend, track officials made the decision to cancel the event finale. There are no plans to make up the event.

Action returns to East Bay Raceway Park on March 14 for the regular season opener, featuring racing from in the Late Model, Limited Late Model, Street Stock, V-8 Warriors and 4 Cylinder Bomber divisions.

For more info, visit EastBayRacewayPark.com.

USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series
East Bay Raceway Park – Tampa, FL
Winternationals 2015 – Feb. 27, 2015

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10. Chad Boespflug
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