Davenport Captures First East Bay Winternationals Win

| February 11, 2016
Photo by Mike Ruefer

Photo by Mike Ruefer

 

TAMPA, FL (February 10, 2016) – Jonathan Davenport returned to Lucas Oil Victory Lane on Wednesday Night at East Bay Raceway Park during the 40th Annual East Bay Winternationals. Davenport led 34 of the 35 laps, but had to withstand a late race challenge from both Tim McCreadie and Don O’Neal to get his first career win at East Bay.

McCreadie was going for the lead and the win heading to the checkers, but he hooked the cushion and ended up headlong into the wall. McCreadie was uninjured but his night was ended. On the final restart with one lap to go, O’Neal fell just short after trying to mount a final charge.

O’Neal finished in second, followed by Josh Richards, who saw his Lucas Oil win streak come to an end. Darrell Lanigan was fourth and Brandon Sheppard came home in fifth after starting in 18th.

Davenport was pleased with finally getting to victory lane at “The Clay by the Bay.” “We have tried a bunch of times to win here. This is a brand new car. We brought it out last night, and made some adjustments today. This place is just one of those that I have never been able to figure out. I learned a lot by following Marlar for the first lap and then lapped traffic.”

“The car actually died once in turn three. I thought I had killed our chances for the win. It got to the point that it was getting hard to turn the car when we were up top on the track. Overall it was a good run. I could hear someone’s motor there at the end. I didn’t know who it was, but it turned out to be Timmy and I knew he was going to give a Hail Mary there on the last lap.”

“I would like to thank Kevin and Lee Roy Rumley, Baird Transport, Mac Trailer Sales, Bryson Motorsports, Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas, Longhorn Chassis, Stealth Carburetors, and everyone else who supports this team. It takes each and every one of them to make this go.”

O’Neal started tenth and came into the race looking for his 17th career win at East Bay. He was pleased with his second place finish.

“We are going in the right direction now! Hopefully we can start up closer to the front tomorrow night. I am glad my teammate [Lanigan] had a good run as well. We went with same set-up for both cars and it paid off. It was a pretty wild race; whoever got the breaks on the restart was going to get to the front.”

“It was slick tonight, and it didn’t rubber up like last night. It wasn’t nearly as tough on tires as last night. We really want to win badly. We did well in Arizona back in January and hopefully we can get some wins before we are done here this week,” said the 2014 LOLMDS Champion. “A big thank you goes out to everyone at Clint Bowyer Motorsports, Peak Antifreeze, and Motor Oil, Club 29 Race Cars, and everyone else that supports our team!”

Richards was looking to win for the third straight night at East Bay, but he salvaged a third-place finish. “It was old East Bay tonight; it was kind of ‘rough and tumble’. I think everyone has damage on their car. It was a very competitive race. We got off to a good start, but in the middle of race we got all jumbled up and it cost us. All-in-all we have had a super good week,” said the driver of the Mark Richards Racing, Rocket House Car.

Completing the top ten were Eddie Carrier Jr., Steve Francis, Billy Moyer Jr., Scott Bloomquist, and Bobby Pierce.

In preliminary action, Mike Marlar set the overall Miller Welders Fast Time (Group A) amongst the 40 entrants, with a lap of 14.730 seconds. Jonathan Davenport set the fastest time in Group B with a time of 14.789 seconds. Mike Marlar, Josh Richards, Jonathan Davenport, and Brian Shirley won their respective heat races. Devin Moran and Tim Dohm won their respective B-Mains. Ricky Weiss earned the Miller Welders Fast Time Provisional and Freddie Carpenter won the DirtOnDirt.com Strawberry Dash.

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Race Summary
Wednesday, February 10th, 2016

40th Annual East Bay Winternationals
East Bay Raceway Park – Tampa, FL

 

Miller Welders Fast Time Group A: Mike Marlar / 14.730 seconds

Miller Welders Fast Time Group B: Jonathan Davenport / 14.789 seconds

Eibach Springs Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Mike Marlar, Jared Landers, Kyle Bronson, Justin Rattliff, Devin Moran, Bob Gardner, Greg Oaks, Allen Murray, John Gardner, Chuck Julien

 

FK Rod Ends Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Josh Richards, Tim McCreadie, Darrell Lanigan, Billy Moyer, Jr., Chad Hollenbeck, Gregg Satterlee, Austin Kirkpatrick, Colton Flinner, Jake Davis, Sonny Conley
Simpson Performance Products Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Jonathan Davenport, Eddie Carrier, Jr., Don O’Neal, Mark Whitener, Tim Dohm, Earl Pearson, Jr., Alex Ferree, Mason Zeigler, Freddie Carpenter, Ricky Weiss
QA1 Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Brian Shirley, Scott Bloomquist, Jimmy Owens, Dennis Erb, Jr., Brandon Sheppard, Bobby Pierce, Steve Francis, Randy Weaver, Nick Davis, Josh Rice
Fast Shafts B-Main #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Devin Moran, Chad Hollenbeck, Bob Gardner, Greg Oaks, Gregg Satterlee, Austin Kirkpatrick, Colton Flinner, Jake Davis, John Gardner, Allen Murray, Sonny Conley, Chuck Julien-DNS

 

Keyser MFG B-Main #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Tim Dohm, Brandon Sheppard, Bobby Pierce, Earl Pearson, Jr., Steve Francis, Alex Ferree, Freddie Carpenter, Josh Rice, Ricky Weiss, Randy Weaver, Nick Davis, Mason Zeigler
DirtOnDirt.com Strawberry Dash Finish (Winner Transfers): Freddie Carpenter, Josh Rice, Gregg Satterlee, Allen Murray, Randy Weaver, Colton Flinner, John Gardner, Jake Davis, Sonny Conley, Nick Davis
Feature Finish (35 Laps):

FINISH

START

CAR #

DRIVER NAME

HOMETOWN

1

2

6

Jonathan Davenport

Mount Airy, NC

2

10

5

Don O’Neal

Martinsville, IN

3

3

1R

Josh Richards

Shinnston, WV

4

11

15L

Darrell Lanigan

Union, KY

5

18

B5

Brandon Sheppard

New Berlin, IL

6

6

28

Eddie Carrier, Jr.

Salt Rock, WV

7

24

15F

Steve Francis

Ashland, KY

8

15

21jr

Billy Moyer, Jr.

Batesville, AR

9

8

0

Scott Bloomquist

Mooresburg, TN

10

20

32

Bobby Pierce

Oakwood, IL

11

12

20

Jimmy Owens

Newport, TN

12

14

28e

Dennis Erb, Jr.

Carpentersville, IL

13

16

6T

Tim Dohm

Charleston, WV

14

7

39

Tim McCreadie

Watertown, NY

15

19

4-Ds

Chad Hollenbeck

Montrose, PA

16

17

99m

Devin Moran

Dresden, OH

17

25

7w

Ricky Weiss

Headingley, MB

18

13

16

Justin Rattliff

Campbellsville, KY

19

5

777

Jared Landers

Batesville, AR

20

4

3s

Brian Shirley

Chatham, IL

21

9

40B

Kyle Bronson

Brandon, FL

22

1

157

Mike Marlar

Winfield, TN

23

26

K

Freddie Carpenter

Parkersburg, WV

24

21

4G

Bob Gardner

Washington, IL

25

23

22G

Greg Oaks

Franklinville, NY

26

22

1

Earl Pearson, Jr.

Jacksonville, FL

 

 

Race Statistics

Entrants: 40

Lap Leaders: Mike Marlar (Lap 1); Jonathan Davenport (Laps 2 – 35)
Cautions: Tim Dohm (Lap 15); Brian Shirley (Lap 17); Jared Landers, Bobby Pierce (Lap 20); Debris (Lap 32); Tim McCreadie (Lap 34)

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Provisionals: n/a
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Emergency Provisionals: n/a
Miller Welders Fast Time Provisionals: Ricky Weiss
East Bay Raceway Park Track Provisional: n/a
Wrisco Feature Winner: Jonathan Davenport
Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Steve Francis (Started: 24th; Finished: 7th; Advanced 17 Positions)
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Josh Richards
Allstar Performance Power Move of the Race: Brandon Sheppard

Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Jonathan Davenport

Hot Rod Processing Rookie of the Race: n/a
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Racing Engines

Ohlins Shocks Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis

Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Kevin Rumley (Jonathan Davenport)

Fastest Lap of the Race: Jonathan Davenport (Lap #6 – 15.980 seconds)
Most Laps Led: Jonathan Davenport (34 Laps)
PFC Brakes Tough Break Award: Mike Marlar

Time of Race: 26 minutes 37 seconds
Lucas Oil Championship Point Standings:

POS

CAR #

DRIVER NAME

HOMETOWN

POINTS

1

1R

Josh Richards

Shinnston, WV

500

2

6

Jonathan Davenport

Mount Airy, NC

460

3

777

Jared Landers

Batesville, AR

450

4

B5

Brandon Sheppard

New Berlin, IL

420

5

28

Eddie Carrier, Jr.

Salt Rock, WV

405

6

39

Tim McCreadie

Watertown, NY

395

7

0

Scott Bloomquist

Mooresburg, TN

385

8

44

Chris Madden

Gaffney, SC

380

9

15L

Darrell Lanigan

Union, KY

370

10

28e

Dennis Erb, Jr.

Carpentersville, IL

360

11

99m

Devin Moran

Dresden, OH

355

12

15F

Steve Francis

Ashland, KY

345

13

3s

Brian Shirley

Chatham, IL

320

14

1

Earl Pearson, Jr.

Jacksonville, FL

305

14

38

Kenny PettyJohn

Millsboro, DE

305

16

21jr

Billy Moyer, Jr.

Batesville, AR

290

17

20

Jimmy Owens

Newport, TN

285

18

21L

Ivedent Lloyd, Jr.

Ocala, FL

280

18

25Z

Mason Zeigler

Chalk Hill, PA

280

20

5

Don O’Neal

Martinsville, IN

275

21

116

Randy Weaver

Crossville, TN

265

22

5W

Mark Whitener

Middleburg, FL

260

23

18

Chase Junghans

Manhattan, KS

245

24

157

Mike Marlar

Winfield, TN

240

25

1G

Ryan King

Seymour, TN

230

25

93

Donald Bradsher

Burlington, NC

230

 

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