6/30/2018
Willamette Speedway
Bricen James Wins First Career Wild West Modified Shootout Feature
Bricen James Wins First Career Wild West Modified Shootout Feature
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Stephanie Deatherage)
Lebanon, Oregon- After a night off of racing Thursday the Wild West Modified Shootout were back in action at Willamette Speedway on Friday, June 29th. It would be the seventh race of the series and the first of two consecutive nights spent at the historical 1/3-mile clay oval. Thirty-nine race cars would be in the pit area from the states of Oregon, California, Washington, and Nevada as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Rob Mayea, in his first career start with the series, got to the front on the initial start. The Bend native was mighty fast while leading but unfortunately got caught up with a lapped car on the thirteenth circuit. Although Mayea retained the lead, due to not stopping, his car was inflicted with enough damage to take him out of contention for the victory.
On the restart Bricen James would blaze past Mayea and officially took over first place on lap fourteen. James, of Albany, would try and separate from the rest of the field but a handful of contenders would give chase. The race started to intensify as lapped traffic would come into the picture in the last laps. Bricen James would keep all challengers in check to win his first career Wild West Modified Shootout win. He is the sixth different winner in seven completed events.
Jesse Williamson, from Eugene, was second while Keizer’s John Campos was third. The top five would consist of Grey Ferrando, of Stayton, in fourth and fifth finishing Banks driver Greg Walters. John Campos, Grey Ferrando, and Vancouver, Washington’s Jerry Schram were the three consolation feature winners.
The Wild West Modified Shootout comes to a close on Saturday, June 30th for the eighth and final night of action. Pit Gates open at 1:00 PM, Front Gates 3:30, and Racing at 6:00. Tickets are Adults $16.00, Junior/Military/Seniors $14.00, Youth $10.00, Kids 5 & Under FREE, and the Family Pass is $55.00. Tickets can be purchased online at www.pnwdirtracing.com . For more information log on to www.trophymotorsports.com.
Race Results:
Wild West Modified Shootout Race #7
Friday, June 29th, 2018
Willamette Speedway
Lebanon, Oregon
Heat Race 1A: 1. 45S-Aaron Sheelar; 2. 34J-Jeff Faulkner; 3. W5-Jesse Williamson; 4. 97-Greg Walters; 5. 73M-Dave Duste Jr.; 6. 63-Mike Sweere; 7. 27-Robert Jeffers; 8. 98D-Dan Sheller
Heat Race 1B: 1. 13-Bricen James; 2. 41-Danny Lauer; 3. V13-Grey Ferrando; 4. 36-John Campos; 5. 99-Jeremy Martin; 6. 12W-Brian Wulfenstein; 7. 83-Harley Turner Jr.; 8. 16P-Preston Luckman
Heat Race 1C: 1. S-Collen Winebarger; 2. 40-Jeff Lovell; 3. 45-Jeffrey Rivers; 4. 31-Loren Kruesi; 5. 34-Mark Gaylord; 6. 387-Chance Hyser
Heat Race 1D: 1. 12D-Ethan Dotson; 2. 37-Rob Mayea; 3. 12Y-Derrick Young; 4. 04-Rod McCombs; 5. 6M-Dustin Cady; 6. 11S-Donald Schott; 7. 33-Paul Rea; 8. 44T-Brian Thompson
Heat Race 1E: 1. 44P-Sam Potter; 2. 33C-Craig Hanson; 3. 27EH-Lawrence O’Connor; 4. 24-Curtis Towns; 5. 22S-Jimmy Schram; 6. 77S-Jerry Schram; 7. 2-Ted Rees
Heat Race 2A: 1. W5-Jesse Williamson; 2. 63-Mike Sweere; 3. 97-Greg Walters; 4. 34J-Jeff Faulkner; 5. 45S-Aaron Sheelar; 6. 73M-Dave Duste Jr.; 7. 27-Robert Jeffers; 8. 98D-Dan Sheller
Heat Race 2B: 1. 12W-Brian Wulfenstein; 2. 36-John Campos; 3. 41-Danny Lauer; 4. 13-Bricen James; 5. 16P-Preston Luckman; 6. V13-Grey Ferrando; 7. 83-Harley Turner Jr.; 8. 99-Jeremy Martin
Heat Race 2C: 1. 40-Jeff Lovell; 2. 34-Mark Gaylord; 3. S-Collen Winebarger; 4. 387-Chance Hyser; 5. 45-Jeffrey Rivers; 6. 31-Loren Kruesi
Heat Race 2D: 1. 37-Rob Mayea; 2. 12D-Ethan Dotson; 3. 12Y-Derrick Young; 4. 44T-Brian Thompson; 5. 6M-Dustin Cady; 6. 11S-Donald Schott; 7. 33-Paul Rea
Heat Race 2E: 1. 27EH-Lawrence O’Connor; 2. 77S-Jerry Schram; 3. 24-Curtis Towns; 4. 44P-Sam Potter; 5. 22S-Jimmy Schram; 6. 2-Ted Rees; 7. 33C-Craig Hanson
B-Feature 1: 1. 36-John Campos; 2. 44T-Brian Thompson; 3. 22S-Jimmy Schram; 4. 33-Paul Rea; 5. 2-Ted Rees; 6. 31-Loren Kruesi; 7. 45-Jeffrey Rivers; 8. 34-Mark Gaylord; 9. 12Y-Derrick Young; DNS 66-Doug Lockwood
B-Feature 2: 1. V13-Grey Ferrando; 2. 12W-Brian Wulfenstein; 3. 6M-Dustin Cady; 4. 34J-Jeff Faulkner; 5. 04-Rod McCombs; 6. 27-Robert Jeffers; 7. 73M-Dave Duste Jr.; 8. 63-Mike Sweere; DNS 7-Shawn Fox
B-Feature 3: 1. 77S-Jerry Schram; 2. 97-Greg Walters; 3. 24-Curtis Towns; 4. 16P-Preston Luckman; 5. 33C-Craig Hanson; 6. 11S-Donald Schott; 7. 387-Chance Hyser; 8. 98D-Dan Sheller; 9. 83-Harley Turner Jr.
A-Feature: 1. 13-Bricen James; 2. W5-Jesse Williamson; 3. 36-John Campos; 4. V13-Grey Ferrando; 5. 97-Greg Walters; 6. 12D-Ethan Dotson; 7. 6M-Dustin Cady; 8. S-Collen Winebarger; 9. 77S-Jerry Schram; 10. 44T-Brian Thompson; 11. 24-Curtis Towns; 12. 27EH-Lawrence O’Connor; 13. 22S-Jimmy Schram; 14. 44P-Sam Potter; 15. 34J-Jeff Faulkner; 16. 16P-Preston Luckman; 17. 45S-Aaron Sheelar; 18. 12W-Brian Wulfenstein; 19. 33-Paul Rea; 20. 41-Danny Lauer; 21. 37-Rob Mayea; 22. 40-Jeff Lovell
Submitted By: Ben Deatherage