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OWENS TAKES POLE POSITION FOR THE 3RD ANNUAL CRATE RACIN’ USA
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE AT EAST BAY
TAMPA, FL – Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN will start the 3rd Annual
Crate Racin’ USA World Championship Race from the pole position in the VP
Racing Fuel Warrior on Saturday night at East Bay Raceway Park . Owens set
fast time among the 74 StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series entrants and
won the first heat race on Friday night to earn the inside front row starting spot.
Owens is looking for his second win in the Crate Racin’ USA World
Championship Race. The “ Newport Nightmare” won the inaugural race in
2005. Owens toured the 1/3-mile clay oval in 15.922 seconds to earn the pole
position for the first heat race. Owens then led wire-to-wire in the first heat.
Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN races his #20 VP Racing Fuel Warrior to the pole
position for Saturday night’s StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series $10,000-to-
win 100-lap 3rd Annual Crate Racin’ USA World Championship Race at East
Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL. The 2005 race winner Owens set fast time
among the 74 entrants, and won the first 15-lap heat race on Friday night to
earn the pole for Saturday night’s big show. (Mike Blevins Photo)
The top 18 starting spots for Saturday night’s $10,000-to-win 100-lap
main event were set on Friday night, as the top three finishers in each of the
six 15-lap heat races transferred to the big show.
Stacey Roberts of Sylvester, GA will start alongside Owens on the front
row after winning the second heat race in the Sunbelt Ford Rocket. John
Pursley of Clover, SC won the third heat race, and will start the Carolina Lawn
Mastersbilt on the inside of row two.
The defending race champion Randy Korte of Highland , IL will try to repeat
from the outside second row starting spot in the B&B Precision Mowing Rocket
after winning the fourth heat race.
The 2007 and two-time StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National
Champion David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN will start the Dixon Plumbing
Mastersbilt from the inside of the third row after winning the fifth heat race.
The sixth heat race was won by Randy Weaver of Crossville , TN in the Hicks
and Ingles Mechanical Contractors Warrior, and starts the big show from
outside row three.
Transferring with Owens out of the first heat were Johnny Pursley of Clover,
SC in the Carolina Lawn Barry Wright, and Keith Nosbisch of Valrico, FL in the
Adams Used Auto Parts Rocket. Nick Lyons of Centrailia, IL in the Mott
Excavating Forward and Shanon Buckingham of Morristown, TN in the Rusty
Wallace Toyota Barry Wright joined Roberts in transferring out of heat two.
Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA in the Freeman Plumbing Mastersbilt and
Derrick Rainey of Powder Springs, GA in the Hays Family Racing Warrior
finished second and third respectively in the third heat to make the main
event.
Following Korte in the fourth heat were Mike Collins of Council Bluffs, IA in the
Charley’s Speed and Machine Rocket and Steve Mathis of Plant City, FL in the
Mathis Farms Rayburn . Doug Horton of Bruceton Mills, WV in the SWS First
Response Warrior and Jeff Smith of Rocky Face, GA in the AllSouth Racing
Products Rocket took second and third respectively in the fifth heat.
The sixth heat saw Todd Morrow of Old Fort, TN in the Coggin Lawn Service
Warrior and Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA in the Summerville Junkyard trail
Weaver in the sixth heat to make the “Elite 18” of the main event.
Prior to Saturday night’s 3rd Annual Crate Racin’ USA World Championship
Race, drivers that finished outside the top three in Friday night’s heat races
will have another opportunity to make the 27-car starting line-up for the 100-
lap $10,000-to-win main event, as two 10-lap C-Mains, and two 20-lap B-Mains
will be contested.
The top six finishers in each of the C-Mains will transfer on to the tail of the two
B-Mains. The top three finishers in each B-Main transfer to the big show.
RESULTS CLICK HERE
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