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All Star Sprint Results - East Bay Raceway Winternationals - Wed. 2/14/01

GIBSONTON, FL - Joey Saldana captured his second checkered of the season Wednesday night at East Bay Raceway in the All Star sprint 25-lap feature. It was night one of the 25th annual East Bay Sprint Nationals and a great field of 62 cars was on hand, with Saldana outrunning Danny Lasoski and Danny Smith for the $4,000 win.

Saldana passed fellow Indiana driver and race long leader Smith following a restart with five laps remaining to secure the win. "I rolled the top of the track pretty well," Saldana stated, standing beside his Hemsaw and National Roadside Assistance sponsored machine on Hoosier Tires.

"I ran the 360 show here, Volusia and back here tonight and haven't changed a torsion bar yet. The car was perfect."

Smith started on the pole with Rodney Duncan alongside and Saldana and Jeff Shepard in row two. Smith grabbed the initial lead, followed by Saldana and Duncan. Smith remained on top as the leaders entered lapped traffic on lap seven with the order Saldana in second, followed by Shepard, Danny Lasoski, Ronald Laney, Jason Johnson, Greg Hodnett and Tim Shaffer. Following a lap 13 yellow for a Jason Sides and Travis Rilat twin spin, Smith continued to pull away, and held a four car length lead over Saldana and Lasoski, who were waging a war for the runner-up spot.

Saldana lost second to Lasoski just as a yellow appeared on lap 20 for a Sammy Swindell left rear flat. The caution negated Lasoski's pass, so for the restart it was Smith, in the John Baker Excavating machine with Shaver power on Hoosier tires, ahead of Saldana and Lasoski. When the race resumed, Saldana blew by Smith on the outside in turn one. Lasoski got by on the outside also, but couldn't pass Saldana, and that's how they finished, with Laney fourth behind Smith. Shepard was sixth, followed by Hodnett, Shaffer, Gary Wright, up from 12th starting spot, and Johnson.

"These guys are tough," Lasoski recalled after finishing second. "I hand my hands full here tonight."

The K-T Equipment heat went to Lasoski, the JB Enterprise Racing Products heat to Wright, the Crown Battery Heat to Craig Dollansky, the Engler Machine & Tool heat to Wayne Johnson and the final two heats to Paul McMahan and Terry McCarl. Todd Gracey won the Georgia Marketing & Promotions C Main while Jeff Shepard was the B Main winner. Mark Keegan crashed hard in the B, riding the top of the turn one outside wall and flipping. He was okay. Greg Hodnett won the Haulmark fast Dash and Brian Ellenberger pocketed $1,000 in the Strawberry Dash.

 
Time Trials:
POS. DRIVER             VEHICLE         TIME
 1.  Danny Lasoski      Stewart 20      12.404
 2.  Jason Johnson      Row 41          12.471
 3.  Jeff Shepard       Daugherty 7r    12.479
 4.  Chad Kemenah       Harble 15k      12.541
 5.  Joey Saldana       Saldana 17      12.543
 6.  Rodney Duncan      Harrison 22     12.593
 7.  Danny Smith        Baker 4         12.612
 8.  Tim Shaffer        Shaffer 45      12.642
 9.  Greg Hodnett       Apple 12        12.646
10.  Ron Laney          Laney 52        12.671
11.  Scott Bonnell      Bonnell 3b      12.682
12.  Sean Michael       Zemaitis 1z     12.682
13.  Blake Feese        Mulligan 3      12.712
14.  Gary Wright        Wright 9        12.714
15.  Jason Sides        Rhodes 7s       12.754
16.  Danny Wood         Woodburn 21w    12.758
17.  Paul McMahan       Johnson U2      12.778 
18.  Terry McCarl       Holbrook 8h     12.798
19.  Ed Lynch, Jr.      Lynch 2L        12.805
20.  Len Thompson       Thompson 10T    12.846
21.  Craig Dollansky    Karavan 7       12.875
22.  Wayne Johnson      Threatt 29J     12.878
23.  Brook Weibley      Weibley 32      12.898
24.  Lance Dewease      Harz 88         12.930
25.  Larry Pinegar      Pinegar 11L     12.954
26.  Sammy Swindell     Swindell 1      12.978
27.  Kenny Jacobs    Jacobs/Honecker 6, 12.987
28.  Byron Reed         B&S 5           12.995
29.  Kevin Huntley      Ashworth 92     13.018
30.  Mark Keegan        Steinbrick 92x  13.032
31.  Travis Rilat       Archer U2w      13.069
32.  Brian Ellenberger  Ellenberger 20  13.087
33.  Ryan Flynn         Flynn F1        13.111
34.  Kurt Winker        Winker 10w      13.113
35.  Mike Walter        Walter 88       13.147
36.  Mike Wagner        Wagner 55       13.170
37.  Todd Gracey        Cooper 25       13.171
38.  Curt Trainer       Trainer 29T     13.189
39.  Steve King         King 88k        13.195
40.  Jerrod Hull        Webb 51         13.286
41.  Raymond Shank      Shank 7x        13.306
42.  Billy Pauch        J&M 55          13.320
43.  Joe Roe            Roe 61          13.332
44.  David Waltman      Waltman 10      13.351
45.  Kelly Kinser       Kinser 4k       13.355
46.  Kim Mock           Mock/Osburn 1m  13.383
47.  Greg Wilson        Hampshire 63    13.407
48.  Dean Jacobs        Elden 22e       13.422
49.  Terry Pletch       Pletch 29p      13.546
50.  Byron Brown        Smith 2s        13.621
51.  Jim Nier           Nier 00         13.717
52.  Spud Gustin        Gustin 10g      13.803
53.  Tom Busch          Busch 4b        13.961
54.  Tim Montgomery     Montgomery 32   13.977
55.  Joe Bustillos      Bustillos 37    14.092
56.  Howie Gleason      Gleason 21G     14.412
57.  Doug Day           Day 2D          14.633
58.  Chris Borgman      Borgman 6c      14.937
59.  Kenny Hart         Hart 4H         14.970
60.  John Sauermill,Jr. Sauermill 51J   15.329
61.  Jeff Jansma        Jansma 4J       NT
62.  Jeremy Campbell    Campbell 10c    NT.
K-T Equipment Rental Heat (8 laps):
1)20L Danny Lasoski 2)2L Ed Lynch, Jr. 3)3 Blake Feese 4)4 Danny Smith 5)U2w Travis Rilat 6)25 Todd Gracey 7)61 Joe Roe 8)11L Larry Pinegar 9)37 Joe Bustillos 10)29P Terry Pletch DNS)10c Jeremy Campbell

 

JB Enterprise Racing Products Heat (8 laps):
1)9 Gary Wright 2)1S Sammy Swindell 3)10T Len Thompson 4)45 Tim Shaffer 5)41 Jason Johnson 6)29T Curt Trainer 7)20 Brian Ellenberger 8)2s Byron Brown 9)10 David Waltman DNS)21G Howie Gleason; 4J Jeff Jasma

Crown Battery Heat (8 laps):
1)7Craig Dollansky 2)7s Jason Sides 3)12 Greg Hodnett 4)7R Jeff Shepard 5)6 Kenny Jacobs 6)F1 Ryan Flynn 7)4K Kelly Kinser 8)00 Jim Nier 9)88K Steven King 10)2d Doug Day

Engler Machine & Tool Heat (8 laps):
1)29 Wayne Johnson 2)52 Ronald Laney 3)21W Danny Wood 4)15K Chad Kemenah 5)51 Jerrod Hull 6)5 Byron Reed 7)1M Kim Mock 8)10W Kurt Winker 9)10G Spud Gustin 10)6c Chris Borgman HEAT #5 1)U2 Paul McMahan 2)32W Brook Weibley 3)17 Joey Saldana 4)3s Scott Bonnell 5)92 Kevin Huntley 6)63 Greg Wilson 7)88F Mike Walter 8)7x Raymond Shank 9)4B Tom Busch 10)4H Kenny Hart HEAT #6 1)8H Terry McCarl 2)88 Lance Dewease 3)22 Rodney Duncan 4)1 Sean Michael 5)92x Mark Keegan 6)55W Mike Wagner 7)22E Dean Jacobs 8)55 Billy Pauch 9)32M Tim Montgomery 10)51J John Sauermill, Jr.

HAULMARK DASH
1)12 Greg Hodnett 2)20L Danny Lasoski 3)17 Joey Saldana 4)22 Rodney Duncan STRAWBERRY DASH 1)20e Brian Ellenberger 2)63 Greg Wilson 3)F1 Ryan Flynn 4)11L Larry Pinegar 5)29T Curt Trainer 6)10W Kurt Winker 7)88F Mike Walter 8)37 Joe Bustillos 9)7x Raymond Shank 10)4H Kenny Hart

Georgia Marketing & Promotions C-MAIN:
1)25 Todd Gracey 2) 55W Mike Wagner 3)55 Billy Pauch 4)22E Dean Jacobs 5)1M Kim Mock 6)88K Steven King 7)88F Mike Walter 8)32M Tim Montgomery 9)29T Curt Trainer 10)7x Raymond Shank 11)61 Joe Roe 12)63 Greg Wilson 13)2s Byron Brown 14)00 Jim Nier 15)4B Tom Busch 16)4H Kenny Hart 17)37 Joe Bustillos 18)21G Howie Gleason 19)51J John Sauermill 20)6c Chris Borgman 21)2d Doug Day 22)10 David Waltman 23)4K Kelly Kinser 24)10g Spud Gustin DNS)51 Jerrod Hull; 29P Terry Pletch; 10c Jeremy Campbell; 4J Jeff Jasma

B-MAIN:
1)7R Jeff Shepard 2)41 Jason Johnson 3)45 Tim Shaffer 4)4 Danny Smith 5)6 Kenny Jacobs 6)5 Byron Reed 7)1 Dean Michael 8)U2w Travis Rilat 9)25 Todd Gracey 10)22E Dean Jacobs 11)20E Brian Ellenberger 12)1F Ryan Flynn 13)55W Mike Wagner 14)11L Larry Pinegar 15)15K Chad Kemenah 16)92 Kevin Huntley 17)10W Kurt Winker 18)3s Scott Bonnell 19)92x Mark Keegan 20)Billy Pauch

A-MAIN:
1)17 Joey Saldana 2)20L Danny Lasoski 3)4 Danny Smith 4)52 Ronald Laney 5)7r Jeff Shepard 6)12 Greg Hodnett 7)45 Tim Shaffer 8)9 Gary Wright 9)41 Jason Johnson 10)8H Terry McCarl 11)U2 Paul McMahan 12)1 Sean Michael 13) 22 Rodney Duncan 14)21W Danny Wood 15)29 Wayne Johnson 16)5 Byron Reed 17)1s Sammy Swindell 18)3 Blake Feese 19)6 Kenny Jacobs 20)2L Ed Lynch, Jr. 21)88 Lance Dewease 22)32W Brook Weibley 23)U2w Travis Rilat 24)7s Jason Sides 25)Len Thompson 26)7 Craig Dollansky (Dollansky did not cross the scales so he was scored last).