EQ Wild West Tour crown to DeVilbiss

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First, third place finishes at Atomic give

EQ Wild West Tour crown to DeVilbiss

 

ATOMIC CITY, Idaho (Sept. 17-18) – Zane DeVilbiss turned a two point deficit into a two point advantage to become champion of the EQ Cylinder Heads Wild West Tour.

 

DeVilbiss won the Friday feature for IMCA Modifieds and ran third in the Saturday show at Atomic Motor Raceway. Defending champion Justen Yeager had taken the slim point lead over DeVilbiss into the series ending twinbill and finished fourth both nights.

 

Ryan Cotrell bounced back from a Friday DNQ to win his fifth Wild West feature of the year on Saturday. Both events paid $1,000 and were qualifying events for the 2011 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot.

 

After starting eighth on opening night, DeVilbiss ended a lengthy run in the second spot by passing Yeager for the lead on the 13th of 30 laps.

 

He wasn’t able to pull away from the field, but moved to the top of the point standings when Ricky Alvarado and then Jerry Bailey got by Yeager. Travis Metz ended in fifth.

 

Alvarado and Bailey both moved up a dozen positions from their original starting spots. Wade Taylor also qualified from the “B” features, advanced 13 places and finished sixth.

 

Taylor and Alvarado drew front row starts for night two. Both watched the 11th starting Cotrell rocket into the lead on just the sixth lap.

 

After drawing the nine pill, DeVilbiss was on Cotrell’s tail the next time around the track. Again a man on the move, Bailey slipped by DeVilbiss on lap 12 and wound up with second place points and pay. Alvarado caught Chase Hansen to break into the top four on lap 24; Yeager drove by Alvarado on the white flag lap.

 

Had there been a tie atop the point standings, the nod would have gone to DeVilbiss, who had four series wins to Yeager’s one.

 

Results

 

Sept. 17 – 1. Zane DeVilbiss, Farmington, N.M.; 2. Ricky Alvarado, Delta, Colo.; 3. Jerry Bailey, Pocatello; 4. Justen Yeager, Green River, Wyo.; 5. Travis Metz, Blackfoot; 6. Wade Taylor, Spring Creek, Nev.; 7. Michael Hale, West Jordan, Utah; 8. Jeff Cooper, Riverton, Wyo.; 9. Trevor Arnold, Idaho Falls; 10. Richard Anderson, Shelley; 11. Richard Mueller, Jackson, Wyo.; 12. Jason Donnelly, Rigby; 13. Kelly Shaw, Idaho Falls; 14. Wyatt Howard, Price, Utah; 15. Casey Delp, Rock Springs, Wyo.; 16. David Penrod, Chubbock; 17. Craig Russom, Rigby; 18. Joe Kent, Las Vegas, Nev.; 19. Brian Ungaro, Green River, Wyo.; 20. Ron Moser, West Valley City, Utah; 21. Dan Schmid Jr., LaBarge, Wyo.; 22. Chase Hansen, Myton, Utah; 23. Jake Donnelly, Rigby; 24. Bert Beech, Byron, Wyo.

 

1st heat (top two) – 1. Hale; 2. Schmid. 2nd heat – 1. Metz; 2. Yeager. 3rd heat – 1. DeVilbiss; 2. Ungaro. 4th heat – 1. Arnold; 2. Penrod. 5th heat – 1. Cooper; 2. Beech. 6th heat – 1. Delp; 2. Kent.

 

1st “B” feature (top four) – 1. Jason Donnelly; 2. Jake Donnelly; 3. Taylor; 4. Hansen. 2nd “B” feature – 1. Alvarado; 2. Anderson; 3. Russom; 4. Howard. 3rd “B” feature – 1. Bailey; 2. Mueller; 3. Shaw; 4. Moser.

 

Sept. 18 – 1. Ryan Cotrell, Las Vegas, Nev.; 2. Bailey; 3. DeVilbiss; 4. Yeager; 5. Alvarado; 6. Ungaro; 7. Hansen; 8. Shaw; 9. Hale; 10. Delp; 11. Cooper; 12. Taylor; 13. Anderson; 14. Reed Payne, Idaho Falls; 15. Penrod; 16. Moser; 17. Jake Donnelly; 18. Josh Dingman, Idaho Falls; 19. Beech; 20. Don Baisch, Rigby; 21. Kent; 22. Mike Yost, Idaho Falls; 23. Mueller; 24. Metz.

 

1st heat (top two) – 1. Yost; 2. DeVilbiss. 2nd heat – 1. Payne; 2. Beech. 3rd heat – 1. Taylor; 2. Ungaro. 4th heat – 1. Cotrell; 2. Alvarado. 5th heat – 1. Metz; 2. Hansen. 6th heat – 1. Shaw; 2. Baisch.

 

1st “B” feature (top four) – 1. Cooper; 2. Kent; 3. Moser; 4. Penrod. 2nd “B” feature – 1. Bailey; 2. Yeager; 3. Hale; 4. Jake Donnelly. 3rd “B” feature – 1. Delp; 2. Anderson; 3. Mueller; 4. Dingman.

 

EQ Cylinder Heads Wild West Tour top 20 point standings – 1. Devilbiss, 443; 2. Yeager, 441; 3. Cotrell, 411; 4. Hale, 378; 5. Metz, 332; 6. Taylor, 325; 7. Ungaro, 313; 8. Hansen, 305; 9. Shaw, 301; 10. Kent, 294; 11. Anderson, 291; 12. Baisch, 254; 13. Jake Holland, Calpine, Calif., 250; 14. Cooper, 234; 15. Nick Nelson, Farmington, N.M., 223; 16. Jake Donnelly, 217; 17. Moser, 215; 18. Alvarado, 210; 19. Aaron Spangler, Dove Creek, Colo., 205; 20. Jason Donnelly, 203.

 

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