Pro Late Model
Tire Clarification for beginning of 2018 Season

Due to the delay in manufacturing of the Hoosier HTS 1300s, they will not be available until after March 15. Therefore, we will allow the Pro Late Models to run the Hoosier D-21s, D-55s , D-70s, Crate Racing D-21 or 55, HTS 1600 or DR1600s thru the burn off period of July 1st. Grooving and siping will be allowed on all but the HTS 1600 or DR1600.
After July 1, 2018, only the HTS Spec 1300 or HTS Spec 1600 will be allowed. THERE WILL BE NO GROOVING OR SIPING ALLOWED ON EITHER THE HTS 1300 OR HTS 1600 AFTER JULY 1, 2018. Unless we have to make addendum changes due to rain outs.

Note: The Hoosier 1300 that was used by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series IS NOT the same as the HTS Spec 1300 and will not be allowed.

HELP WANTED: We are in need of an able bodied employee to do mowing, weedeating and miscellaneous odd jobs around track.  Starting at $10.00 per hour.  Tuesday thru Friday 9am-5pm.  Hours may vary depending on weather conditions or odd jobs that need to be done.  Please contact office to fill out an application.  813/677-7223

Saturday Night Help Wanted: We are in need of a few people to work various gates around race track and front entrance on race nights. If you are interested, Please contact Janet, Tuesday thru Friday from 10am to 4pm. Phone: 813/677-7223

Saturday nights only!!  Thru-out Regular Season!!!

•  In need of someone to handle sales of Sunoco fuel at fuel pumps by Pit gate from 5:00pm til 9:30 pm.
• Also in need of someone to handle sales of Hoosier Tires in Tire Shed from 4:00pm til 7:00pm.

If interested in either of these positions, please call Janet, 813/677-7223

Tuesday thru Friday from 10am til 4:00pm.

Gibsonton, FL – Feb. 17, 2018 –

The 42^nd annual Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park concluded with the running of the Ronald Laney Memorial King of the 360s and it was a familiar face beneath the crown who was holding the scepter.

Iowa racer Terry McCarl logged his third title in the hotly contested event, utilizing his pole starting spot and mastery of traffic to claim the victory. McCarl added the 2018 triumph to victories in 2006 and 2016.

McCarl had scored a pair of fourth place finishes leading into the weekend finale, good enough to earn his place among the top six in points who locked into the 40-lap A Main.  Prior to the drawing for starting positions, McCarl expressed a desire not to be the one to lead the field to the green, but a young fan reached down and pulled the number one position. McCarl would start on the front row with Pennsylvania’s Tim Shaffer on the outside.

The first caution flew on lap one for a spin involving Danny Martin Jr. and Phil Gressman, who were both able to continue. On the restart, McCarl moved out with the trio of Thomas Kennedy, Mark Smith and Shaffer in hot pursuit. Another yellow for a four-car incident slowed the pace, but the field would endure a long green flag period that forced the frontrunners to mingle with lapped traffic. McCarl masterfully picked his way through, but could not build a substantial lead through the mid-stages. Shaffer darted past Smith and Kennedy to give chase from second. The final caution flew on lap 27, setting the stage for late race drama. Shaffer closed and caught McCarl going into turn one on lap 37. The pass did not stick as McCarl regained control on the backstretch and pushed on for the win.

Shaffer in second was chased by Kennedy, Smith and two-time King of the 360s Wayne Johnson.

Robby Hoffman backed up his Thursday victory in the Mini Sprints with a strong run in the 25-lap main. Hoffman bypassed early race leader Whitey Kidd and darted through traffic to successfully hide from challengers. Kidd finished third behind Tyler Walton.

ASCS 360 Sprints A Main “King of the 360s Ronald Laney Memorial” Results

Feature (40 laps) – 1. 24 – Terry McCarl; 2. 49x – Tim Shaffer; 3. 21k – Thomas Kennedy; 4. 1M – Mark Smith; 5. 2C – Wayne Johnson; 6. 16B -Max Stambaugh; 7. 1 – Travis Rilat; 8. 3A – A.J. Maddox; 9. 89 – Robbie Stillwaggon; 10. 4 – Danny Smith; 11. 47x – Dylan Westbrook; 12. 28 – Phil Gressman; 13. 61-Parker Evans; 14. 82 – Matt Kurtz; 15. 5 – Andy Teunessen; 16. 43 – Derek Hagar; 17.  77x – Alex Hill; 18. 10 – Mitch Brown; 19. 49 – Shawn Dancer; 20. 20B – Cody Bova; 21. 24M – Danny Martin Jr.; 22. 17w – Harli White; 23. 7 – Carson McCarl; 24. 28c – John Carney

Heats – Martin, Rilat, Johnson

B Mains – Westbrook, Brown

Mini Sprints (Top 5) – 1. 66 Robby Hoffman 2. 68T Tyler Walton; 3. 46 Whitey Kidd ; 4. 97 Luke Thomas; 5. 3 Micah McCall

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For Immediate Release – February 10^th, 2018 – Tampa, Florida – FYE Motorsports Promotions

The sixth and final night of the 42^nd annual Wrisco Industries Winternationals presented by E3 Spark Plugs at the East Bay Raceway Park just outside of Tampa, Florida saw 52 cars sign in for competition.

For the second night in a row, Billy Moyer Jr. was the Miller Welders fast qualifier with a lap of 13.361 seconds before Jonathan Davenport, Josh Richards, Earl Pearson Jr., Gregg Satterlee, Scott Bloomquist and Moyer Jr won the six qualifying heat races.

Darrell Lanigan and Jimmy Owens won the twin b-mains while Mike Benedum won the Strawberry Dash, setting the 26 car field for the night’s $12,000 to win, 60-lap main event.

Davenport and Moyer Jr. paced the star studded field to the green in with JD jumping into the early race lead. He lead the first three laps before Moyer Jr. swept by to the lead. Moyer Jr lead laps four through ten before 8^th starting Scott Bloomquist snatched the top spot on lap 11. Bloomquist lead through lap 26 until Josh Richards assumed the lead on lap 27 and lead through lap 41 when Brandon Overton jumped out front and lead from laps 42 through 53 when 10^th starting Kyle Bronson raced his way by as the capacity crowd erupted with approval. Bronson survived two late race cautions and a charging Davenport to pull off the incredibly popular victory at his home race track. Davenport, Overton, Richards and Earl Pearson Jr., who rallied from a mid race pit stop to finish fifth. The event was slowed by 12 cautions, which kept the field bunched up and created a wildly entertaining main event. The win was Bronson’s first career Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory, the biggest paying win of his career and he dedicated it to the late Bo Hammond, who passed away recently. Longhorn Chassis swept the top three finishing positions.

Feature finish: Kyle Bronson, Jonathan Davenport, Brandon Overton, Josh Richards, Earl Pearson Jr., Scott Bloomquist, Devin Moran, Brandon Sheppard, Darrell Lanigan, Gregg Satterlee, Joey Moriarty, Ryan King, Hudson O’Neal, Boom Briggs, Jimmy Owens, Dennis Erb Jr., Mike Maresca, Bobbyu Pierce, Billy Moyer Jr., Mike Benedum, Tyler Erb, Morgan Bagley, Don O’Neal, Tim McCreadie, Dustin Mitchell, Jason Jameson

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For Immediate Release – February 9^th, 2018 – FYE Motorsports Promotions

A great field of 54 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series competitors, the most since 2011, signed in for the Friday night portion of the 42^nd annual Wrisco Industries Winternationals presented by E3 Spark Plugs at East Bay Raceway Park just outside of Tampa, Florida under perfect conditions with Billy Moyer Jr. topping the field in Miller Welders qualifying with a lap of 14.393 seconds. Moyer Jr. then backed up his fast time award by winning the first heat race and putting his #21jr on the pole for the night’s $10,000 to win, 50-lap main event. Earl Pearson Jr., Bobby Pierce, Josh Richards, Kyle Bronson and Jonathan Davenport won the other five heat races before Chub Frank and Brandon Overton topped the pair of b-mains. Chase Junghans won the Strawberry Dash to set the 26-car starting grid.

Josh Richards got the jump on pole sitter Billy Moyer Jr. on the outset of the 50-lapper and paced the field over the first five circuits, while Moyer settled into second early. On lap six, Moyer swept to the low side of Richards for the lead and took command for the next three laps before Richards snuck back by for the top spot again on lap #9. Josh then lead until the first caution of the event flew on lap 11 for fifth place running Bronson, who suffered a flat right rear tire. Dennis Erb Jr. also went pit side with a flat tire and Darrell Lanigan retired with engine troubles under the lap 11 caution period.

On the restart, Richards again took off as the leader with Moyer, Davenport, Gregg Satterlee and Pearson Jr all in a tremendous battle just behind Richards’ #1 car. Richards continued to pace the field for the next 21 laps while the remainder of the field jockeyed for position behind. The second and final caution flew on lap 32 for a Chase Junghans breakdown, setting up an 18-lap run to the checkered.

On this restart, Davenport blasted by Richards on the outside for the lead and lead lap 33 before Richards swooped back by to the point on lap 34. Richards then went on to lead, while negotiating lapped traffic until Davenport put his #49 on the cushion with less than 10 laps to go and began to mount one final push. Davenport worked and worked around the cushion until he was able to pull alongside Richards on lap 47 and steal the lead for good with three laps to go. Davenport went on to pick up his second win of the week by .726 seconds over Richards, Satterlee, Moyer and Zeigler, who came home with top five finishes. Brandon Sheppard, who started 21^st and Jimmy Owens, who rolled off 23^rd charged through the field to 6^th and 7^th place finishes.

Feature finish: Jonathan Davenport, Josh Richards, Gregg Satterlee, Billy Moyer Jr., Mason Zeigler, Brandon Sheppard, Jimmy Owens, Brandon Overton, Don O’Neal, Earl Pearson Jr., Bobby Pierce, Tim McCreadie, Devin Moran, Tyler Erb, Hudson O’Neal, Scott Bloomquist, Dennis Erb Jr., Chub Frank, Boom Briggs, Kyle Bronson, Allen Murray, Chase Junghans, Jason Jameson, Dustin Mitchell, Darrell Lanigan, Matt Cosner

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For Immediate Release – February 8^th, 2018 – FYE Motorsports Promotions

In another picture perfect weather day in the Tampa Bay area, the largest field of the week assembled in the pit area on the Thursday portion of the 42^nd annual Wrisco Industries presented by E3 Spark Plugs.

Kyle Bronson topped the 53 car field in Miller Welders qualifying with a lap of 14.501 seconds before Scott Bloomquist, Jimmy Owens, Gregg Satterlee, Bronson, Billy Moyer Jr. and Josh Richards won the six qualifying heats. Jonathan Davenport and Mike Maresca topped the two b-mains and Austin Hubbard won the Strawberry Dash to set the 26-car starting grid for the $7,000 to win, 40-lap main event.

Bloomquist and Bronson paced the field to the green, but 3^rd starting Owens snatched the lead on the opening lap and lead the first two circuits before the caution flew for a multiple car crash in turn three, slowing the action early in the main. On the restart, another caution flew for debris before the field fired back to life with Bronson diving under Owens in turn one, taking the lead with his #40b. Kyle would go on to the lead the next two laps before 9^th starting Tyler Erb would swoop by into the top spot.

Erb took off at the front of the field and lead until a lap 15 caution for Tuesday night winner Davenport bunched the field once again. On the start, Erb again went back to the point and continued to lead as 21^st starting Brandon Sheppard appeared in the top five. Erb continued to lead until Sheppard swept by on lap 21 to take the top spot before a caution for Billy Moyer Jr. appeared on lap 23.

Sheppard went back to work out front and survived a pair of late race cautions on lap 32 and 34 to lead to the checkered and win from his 11^th row starting spot. Sheppard was involved in a wreck in his heat race, stormed from 11^th to 2^nd in the b-main and charged from 21^st to win the $7,000 main event. Bloomquist pushed Sheppard in the late stages of the event to come home second with Devin Moran racing from 11^th to third ahead of 6^th starting Josh Richards and Erb, who rounding out the top five.  

Feature finish: Brandon Sheppard, Scott Bloomquist, Devin Moran, Josh Richards, Tyler Erb, Brandon Overton, Jimmy Owens, Earl Pearson Jr., Chub Frank, Bobby Pierce, Kyle Bronson, Morgan Bagley, Darrell Lanigan, Mike Maresca, Dennis Erb Jr., Timothy Culp, Brian Shirley, Billy Moyer Jr., Gregg Satterlee, Don O’Neal, Austin Hubbard, Jonathan Davenport, Jason Jameson, Hudson O’Neal, Boom Briggs, Dustin Mitchell

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