rebelracewriter Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Inaugural South Texas Winter Nationals @ South Texas Speedway, 11/15-17/2007 By J M Hallas Corpus Christi, Tx.(Nov. 15th, 2007) The United States Modified Touring Series, Southern Division made it's first trip to "The Dirt Track" @ South Texas Speedway for the Inagural Winter Nationals. Some of the nationals top drivers towed in from six states, as well as statewide from Texas to stake their claim as first-tme winners on the semi-banked 1/4 mile dirt track. Southern Series points leader, Kelly Shryock from Fertile, Iowa, headed the list of stars battling in the final races for the title. Wheatland, Oklahoma's, Randy Timms trailed Shryock by 101 points coming into the nights action. Hughes Outhustles Teammate Weder for Thursday Night Win With the top eight in passing points redrawing for position, Tommy Weder jr. grabbed the number one spot flanked by Scott Green. Shryock drew the three pill, while Timms, who was relegated to one the B-mains, started seventh row inside. As green waved on the 35 lap A-main, Weder was first into turn 1 while Shryock and Green ran side by side for second. Weder took command of the lead on lap 1 as Chris Brown and Greg Skaggs ran wheel to wheel for fourth, as well as Jason HUghes and Paul White for sixth. Brown slipped on lap 2 giving up two spots to White and Hughes. Once by Brown the duo was once again side by side, this time for fifth. Hughes finally took the spot and wasted little time getting by Skags for fourth. Hughes continued his charge and was challenging Green for third as the top ten sorted out single file. Yellow waved on lap 6 when Steve Miller spun during contact with Nicholas Littlejohn. On the restart, Green got by Shryock for second, with Hughes following into third. Shryock lost another position on lap 7 when Skaggs got past for fourth. Young local hotshoe, Steve Whiteaker jr. used his track experience to move up from row eight to battle with Steve Holzkamper on lap 8 for ninth. That fight continued giving Timms the chance to sneak under Whiteaker on lap 11. Four laps later, the spot was still being contested between the three. Holzkamper brought out yellow on lap 16 as he slowed on the back stretch with a flat tire. After pitting, Holzkamper returned to action. As green waved, Hughes got around Green, but Miller and Larry Clevenger tangled collecting Joey Heinaman to bring caution quickly back out. Finally back to green it was Hughes again jumping Green for second and on the bumper of teammate, Weder for the lead. At halfway it was Weder, Hughes, Green, Shryock and Skaggs in the top five while White was getting past Brown for sixth. Lap 18 saw Whiteaker, Timms and Brown three wide for seventh, while local veteran, Lawrence Mikulencak caught that group. Mikulencak got by Whiteaker on lap 19 for ninth. T J Huston brought out caution on lap 20 when ended up on top of turn 4 near the wall. On the restart, Hughes was trying the high side of Weder for the lead. The two made slight contact with Hughes getting the advantage on lap 21 despite having the door skin hanging partially off. White's night ended early on lap 22 when he broke and pulled off from his top ten spot. Skaggs, who gave up a spot to Shryock, retook fourth on lap 23, while Brown and Rodney Sanders ran wheel to wheel for ninth. Hughes began inching away with ten laps to go as the top four separated apart. The field had just strung out into single file when the final yellow waved for debris from Hughes car. Under caution, USMTS officials removed the rest of the dangling sheet metal and Hughes retained the top spot. Once green waved, Shryock tried to get the jump on Green and Weder, but failed while Whiteaker moved up to fifth. Hughes quickly rebuilt a lead over Weder, as felow points contender, Timms moved in on Skaggs for sixth. As the checkers waved it was Colcord, Oklahoma's, Hughes in the West Siloam Pawn, Boom Drilling, DeLeon Automotive, Real Racing Wheels, J&J Air Drilling, Tara Apartments, Rainbow Graphics, Hooper Construction, Boomer Mud Pump & Supply, Hughes Chassis taking the first ever USMTS win at South Texas Speedway. HOLLEY “A” MAIN (35 laps): 1. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Westville, OK (7) 2. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (1) 3. 25 - Scott Green -- Derby, KS (2) 4. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (3) 5. 89 - Steven Whiteaker Jr. -- Corpus Christi, TX (16) 6. 5t - Randy Timms -- Wheatland, OK (13) 7. 21 - Chris Brown -- Cleveland, TX (4) 8. 27 - Greg Skaggs -- Bixby, OK (6) 9. 87 - Lawrence Mikulencak -- Corpus Christi, TX (10) 10. 5 - Steve Holzkamper -- Gentry, AR (9) 11. 20 - Rodney Sanders -- Happy, TX (12) 12. 76 - Nicholas Littlejohn -- Everman, TX (15) 13. 54 - Dena Wilson -- Coweta, OK (17) 14. 55m - Alan Mondus -- Lakeville, MN (20) 15. 39 - John Armstrong -- Bellaire, TX (8) 16. 561 - David Horner -- Houston, TX (18) 17. 98 - Trevor Huston -- McAllen, TX (22) 18. 44 - Joey Heinaman -- Corpus Christi, TX (11) 19. 2w - Paul White -- Temple, TX (5) DNF 20. 8 - Steve Miller -- Georgetown, TX (24) DNF 21. L1 - Larry Clevenger -- Greenwood, LA (23) DNF 22. 51 - Jack Sullivan -- Greenbrier, AR (21) DNF 23. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (14) DNF 24. 8g - Jordan Grabouski -- Beatrice, NE (19) DNF Lap Leaders: Weder 1-21, Hughes 22-35. Total Laps Led: Weder 21, Hughes 14. Pole Award: Shryock. Provisional Starters: Clevenger, Miller. Olympic Fire Protection Hard Charger: Whiteaker (started 16th, finished 5th). At the start of the first USMTS Modified B-main, Nicholas Litlejohn grabbed the lead early. Jordan Grabouski quickly picked off positions and was running three wide with Brian Rye and Jack Sullivan for second. Sullivan had just gtten th spot when yellow waved for a spin by Dale Flanagan. Once back to green the battle for seond continued with Randy Timms moving in to join the fight. That scrao came to head when Sullivan spun and colected Grabouski with both going to the back. Onca back to green, Timms began putting the pressure on Littlejohn for the lead. In the pack, Grabouski and Sullivan were cutting through the field like hot knife through butter and were quickly back to transfer spots. Up front Timms got by Littlejohn on lap 10 and held on the final two laps for the win. REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 5 advance): 1. 5t - Randy Timms -- Wheatland, OK (9) 2. 76 - Nicholas Littlejohn -- Everman, TX (1) 3. 54 - Dena Wilson -- Coweta, OK (4) 4. 8g - Jordan Grabouski -- Beatrice, NE (6) 5. 51 - Jack Sullivan -- Greenbrier, AR (3) 6. 20x - Brian Rye -- Corpus Christi, TX (2) 7. 38 - David Schury -- Corpus Christi, TX (5) 8. 37 - Bill Pittaway -- Corpus Christi, TX (8) 9. L1 - Larry Clevenger -- Greenwood, LA (7) DNF 10. 15 - Chuck Perry -- Corpus Christi, TX (10) DNF 11. 57 - Dale Flanagan -- Corpus Christi, TX (11) DNF 12. 17b - Bruce Barber -- Corpus Christi, TX (12) DNS 13. 144 - David Grigg -- Springdale, AR (13) DNS David Horner jumped out front at the start of USMTS B-main #2 chased by Zack VanderBeek. Behind the lead duo, Steve Miller, Elias Anderson and Mike Riley were three wide for fourth. After a restart for spin by Ken Hobbs, VanderBeek got the point followed by Steve Whiteaker jr. moving into second. After loosing some ground Alan Mondus retook spots moving back to fourth. With VanderBeek settin sail, Whiteaker, Horner and Mondus had a spirited fight going on for second. Back in the pack T J Huston, Miller and Anderson had their own personal war going on for the final transfer spot. At the checkers it was VanderBeek easily getting the victory, while Huston grabbed the fifth and final transfer. REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 5 advance): 1. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (2) 2. 89 - Steven Whiteaker Jr. -- Corpus Christi, TX (3) 3. 561 - David Horner -- Houstin, TX (1) 4. 55m - Alan Mondus -- Lakeville, MN (4) 5. 98 - Trevor Huston -- McAllen, TX (9) 6. 8 - Steve Miller -- Georgetown, TX (7) 7. 31 - Elias Anderson -- Austin, TX (5) 8. 35 - Eddy Ross -- Corpus Christi, TX (8) 9. 8mr - Mike Riley -- Corpus Christi, TX (6) 10. 13 - Ken Hobbs -- Corpus Christi, TX (10) 11. 89x - Lupe Gomez -- Corpus Christi, TX (11) DNF 12. 55 - Christopher Brown -- Corpus Christi, TX (12) DNS ISKY RACING CAMS HEAT #1 (10 laps): 1. 25 - Scott Green -- Derby, KS (2) 2. 21 - Chris Brown -- Cleveland, TX (4) 3. 5 - Steve Holzkamper -- Gentry, AR (6) 4. 89 - Steven Whiteaker Jr. -- Corpus Christi, TX (1) 5. 8g - Jordan Grabouski -- Beatrice, NE (3) 6. 8 - Steve Miller -- Georgetown, TX (7) 7. 15 - Chuck Perry -- Corpus Christi, TX (8) 8. 55 - Christopher Brown -- Corpus Christi, TX (5) DNF HEAT #2 (10 laps): 1. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (3) 2. 87 - Lawrence Mikulencak -- Corpus Christi, TX (1) 3. 20 - Rodney Sanders -- Happy, TX (4) 4. 54 - Dena Wilson -- Coweta, OK (2) 5. 38 - David Schury -- Corpus Christi, TX (6) 6. 37 - Bill Pittaway -- Corpus Christi, TX (5) 7. 13 - Ken Hobbs -- Corpus Christi, TX (7) DNF 8. 144 - David Grigg -- Springdale, AR (8) DNS HEAT #3 (10 laps): 1. 27 - Greg Skaggs -- Bixby, OK (2) 2. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (5) 3. 76 - Nicholas Littlejohn -- Everman, TX (4) 4. 55m - Alan Mondus -- Lakeville, MN (3) 5. 8mr - Mike Riley -- Corpus Christi, TX (1) 6. 35 - Eddy Ross -- Corpus Christi, TX (6) 7. 57 - Dale Flanagan -- Corpus Christi, TX (7) HEAT #4 (10 laps): 1. 39 - John Armstrong -- Bellaire, TX (1) 2. 44 - Joey Heinaman -- Corpus Christi, TX (2) 3. 51 - Jack Sullivan -- Greenbrier, AR (3) 4. 20x - Brian Rye -- Corpus Christi, TX (7) 5. 31 - Elias Anderson -- Austin, TX (6) 6. 5t - Randy Timms -- Wheatland, OK (4) -1 Lap 7. 89x - Lupe Gomez -- Corpus Christi, TX (5) DNF HEAT #5 (10 laps): 1. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Westville, OK (2) 2. 2w - Paul White -- Temple, TX (3) 3. 561 - David Horner -- Houston, TX (4) 4. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (7) 5. L1 - Larry Clevenger -- Greenwood, LA (1) 6. 98 - Trevor Huston -- McAllen, TX (5) 7. 17b - Bruce Barber -- Corpus Christi, TX (6) DNF White Whistles to Limited Modified Win Alright, how many are expecting another win by two-time IMCA Sourthen SportMod champion, Keith White? Not so fast! Twenty-car took the green for the Limited Modified feature paced to green by Chuck Perry and Shane Hoefling. The two stayed side by side with Hoefling getting the point on lap 1 while the rest of the pack saw three wide action. Bobby Maupin got around Aaron Hudgeons for third just as Perry spun from second. The entire field somehow missed Perry and Perry kept rolling to keep the race runnng. Paul White, who snuck by Hudgeons in the melee then got past Maupin for second using the high side. Hoefling had a good lead on lap 5 as the top five spaced themselves and K. White passed Bobby Fehring for sixth. Three laps later, P. White was closing rapidly on Hoefling, while Johnny Torres and Steve Whiteaker sr. ran wheel to wheel for eighth. P. White caught Hoefling coming to halfway and led on lap 10 with Maupin, Hudgeons and T J Huston rounding out the top five. Josh Majek and Art Cox spun on lap 10, while Perry and John Heinaman hooked bumpers bringing out the yellow. Once back to green, P. White quickly got the jump, but Hoefling spun from second to bring caution back out on lap 13. On the restart, P. White and Maupin got away clean with Huston looking inside Hudgeons for third, with K. White right on his tail. Perry spun again on lap 14 collecting Majek and Russell Salinas. Finally back to racing again, Huston was along side Hudgeons for third and the Whiteaker, Torres battle for sixth resumed. K. White saw his top five finish go away when he slowed and pulled off with five laps to go. As the two leaders checked out, Huston was still puting the heat on Hudgeons for third. As that duo continued their scrap, Whiteaker and Torres were still at it for sixth. Coming to the checkers, it was former USAC Sliver Crown champion, P. White grabbing the victory by a comfortable margin over Maupin. Limited Modified A Main: 1. 25 - Paul White -- Temple, TX (8) 2. 77 - Bobby Maupin -- Weslaco, TX (5) 3. 10 - Aaron Hudgeons -- Cuero, TX (3) 4. 98 - Trevor Huston -- McAllen, TX (9) 5. 33 - Bobby Fehring -- Mt. View TX (14) 6. 88 - Steve Whiteaker Sr. -- Corpus Christi, TX (17) 7. 66 - Johnny Torres -- San Antonio, TX (10) 8. 6 - Vince Louden -- Shiner, TX (6) 9. 26g - J.J. Jennings -- Corpus Christi, TX (13) 10. 60 - Billy Gould -- Huffman, TX (18) 11. 90 - Dustin Butcher -- Corpus Christi, TX (12) 12. 41 - John Heinaman -- Corpus Christi, TX (19) 13. 63 - Shane Hoefling -- Meyersville, TX (2) 14. 37 - William Pittaway -- Corpus Christi, TX (20) 15. 15 - Chuck Perry -- Corpus Christi, TX (1) 16. 911 - Russell Salinas -- La Joya, TX (15) 17. 82 - Joshua Majek -- Corpus Christi, TX (7) 18. 1 - Keith White -- Academy, TX (16) DNF 19. 69 - Lawrence Mikulencak -- Corpus Christi, TX (11) DNF 20. 4 - Art Cox -- Corpus Christi, TX (4) DNF The Limited Modified B-main saw Steve Whiteaker sr. get the top spot on lap 1 and never give it up. Billy Gould made his way up to challenge Whiteaker geting along side on lap 5, but was never able to complete the pass. John Heinaman used his track savvy to move from twelveth to third, while Bill Pittaway hung on to fourth for the last transfer position. B Main: 1. 88 - Steve Whiteaker Sr. -- Corpus Christi, TX (2) 2. 60 - Billy Gould -- Huffman, TX (4) 3. 41 - John Heinaman -- Corpus Christi, TX (12) 4. 37 - William Pittaway -- Corpus Christi, TX (6) 5. 21g - Steve Grantz -- Arkansas Pass, TX (5) 6. 47m - James Myers -- Corpus Christi, TX (1) 7. 39 - Miguel Mendoza -- Orange Grove, TX (11) 8. 21 - Dean Hollier -- Groves, TX (8) 9. 96 - Keith Cockrill -- Corpus Christi, TX (13) 10. 45 - Abraham Mares -- Poteet, TX (3) 11. X11 - Mark Salinas -- La Joya, TX (10) 12. 1L - Brandon Stewart -- Academy, TX (9) DNF 13. 4h - Jason Borlace -- San Antonio, TX (7) DNS 14. 9 - Todd Evans -- Bishop, TX (14) DNS LIMITED MODS Heat 1: 1. 63 - Shane Hoefling -- Meyersville, TX (2) 2. 90 - Dustin Butcher -- Corpus Christi, TX (5) 3. 66 - Johnny Torres -- San Antonio, TX (7) 4. 26g - J.J. Jennings -- Corpus Christi, TX (6) 5. 47m - James Myers -- Corpus Christi, TX (8) 6. 21g - Steve Grantz -- Arkansas Pass, TX (1) 7. 1l - Brandon Stewart -- Academy, TX (4) 8. 96 - Keith Cockrill -- Corpus Christi, TX (3) DNS Heat 2: 1. 98 - Trevor Huston -- McAllen, TX (4) 2. 6 - Vince Louden -- Shiner, TX (1) 3. 10 - Aaron Hudgeons -- Cuero, TX (6) 4. 33 - Bobby Fehring -- Mt. View, TX (7) 5. 88 - Steve Whiteaker Sr. -- Corpus Christi, TX (2) 6. 37 - William Pittaway -- Corpus Christi, TX (8) 7. X11 - Mark Salinas -- La Joya, TX (5) 8. 9 - Todd Evans -- Bishop, TX (3) DNS Heat 3: 1. 82 - Joshua Majek -- Corpus Christi, TX (1) 2. 15 - Chuck Perry -- Corpus Christi, TX (5) 3. 4 - Art Cox -- Corpus Christi, TX (7) 4. 911 - Russell Salinas -- La Joya, TX (4) 5. 45 - Abraham Mares -- Poteet, TX (2) 6. 4h - Jason Borlace -- San Antnio, TX (3) DNF 7. 39 - Miguel Mendoza -- Orange Grove, TX (6) DNF Heat 4: 1. 25 - Paul White -- Temple, TX (1) 2. 69 - Lawrence Mikulencak -- Corpus Christi, TX 3. 77 - Bobby Maupin -- Weslaco, TX (6) 4. 1 - Keith White -- Academy, TX (5) 5. 60 - Billy Gould -- Huffman, TX (4) 6. 21 - Dean Hollier -- Groves, TX (3) 7. 41 - John Heinaman -- Corpus Christi, TX (7) DNF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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