Travis Varnadore Wins Opening Night In The Late Models Paying $1,000 At East Bay Raceway Park

GIBSONTON — At East Bay Raceway on Saturday night, feature winners on the 1/3-mile clay oval were Billy Holmes for the Limited Late Models, Jeremy Simpson for the V8 Warriors, Travis Varnadore in the Late Models, Tim Gay in the Q Auto & Injury Attorneys Street Stocks and Jeff Lacey in the Motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers.

In the 15-lap Limited Late Model Feature it was Billy Holmes picking up his very first win in a Limited Late Model. Rounding out the top three were Forrest Gough and Paul Gibbs. Ed Hill won the heat race early on.

In the 15-lap V8 Warriors Jeremy Simpson picked up his first win of the early season with Raymond Vann second and David Riner third. Roy Woodhouse and Simpson won their heats.

In the Late Models it was Travis Varnadore winning after leader Phillip Cobb hit the wall on lap 21. Rounding out top three were Bryan Bernhardt and Shan Smith. Winning their heats were Smith and Cobb.

In the Q Auto & Injury Attorneys Street Stocks it was Tim Gay passing Ronnie Heard on lap 14 and going on for the win. Rounding out the top three were Heard and William Burnside. Winning their heats were Jim Baker and Thomas Burnside.

In the final feature of the night it was Jeff Lacey taking the checkered flag with Stephen Morris and Devon Smith rounding out the top three. Winning their heats were Lacey and and Morris

Action continues next Saturday March 21st with the Eagle Jet Top Gun Sprints, Gagel’s Open Wheel Modifieds, V8 Warriors, Foster Auto Truck Outlaw Fours and the Florida Old Time Modifieds. For information, visit eastbayracewaypark.com or call 813-677-7223.

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Saturday’s results

Limited Late Models (15-lap feature)
1. 7H Billy Holmes
2. 21 Forrest Gough
3. 2 Paul Gibbs
4. 11 Waylon Haynes
5. 09 Jessica Robbins
6. 7P Mark Pickelsimer
7. 10 Ryan Shields
8. 22 Billy Howard, Jr.
9. 117 Ed Hill

V8 Warriors (15-lap feature)
1. 73 Jeremy Simpson
2. 32 Raymond Vann
3. 31 David Riner
4. 55R Roy Woodhouse
5. 12j Jason Burnside
6. 50 Steve Voisinet
7. 30 Jeremy Douglas
8. 18 Nicholas Schneider
9. 28x Bill Bill Smith
10. 10 Justin Meeks
11. 15 Randy Tyler
12. 189 Derek Gray (DQ-out of car under caution)

Late Models (30-lap Feature)
1. 14 Travis Varnadore
2. B69 Bryan Bernhardt
3. 17SS Shan Smith
4. 64 Austin Sanders
5. 1* John Koller
6. 88 David Pollen, Jr.
7. 25 Gary Foxworth
8. 6 Adam Boyd
9. 32 Harold Crooms
10. 311 Kenny Monahan
11. 03 Phillip Cobb
12. 57m Mark Haas
13. 87 John Norris

Q Auto & Injury Attorneys Street Stocks (15-lap Feature)
1. 90 Tim Gay
2. 100 Ronnie Heard
3. 31 William Burnside
4. 7 Matthew Grissom
5. 13 Thomas Burnside
6. 89 David Barwick, II
7. 96 Larry Chumney
8. 58 Matt Bozeman
9. 49 Douglas Johnson
10. 55 Buck Woodhouse
11. 75 Billy Barstow (DNS)
12. 22 Billy Smith (DNS)
13. 24 Dennis Williams (DQ-Fighting)
14. 69x Jimmy Baker (DQ-Fighting)

Motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers (15-lap Feature)
1. 48P Jeff Lacey
2. 813 Stephen Morris
3. 28 Devon Smith
4. 93 Jacob Vann
5. 88 Jason Huebner
6. 07 Wayne Kissam
7. 82 Mike Love
8. 24 David Wiber
9. 14b Bailey Purcell
10. 3 Patrick Fiore, Sr.
11. 04x Richard Humfeld
12. 68 CJ Smock
13. 23 Gary Lucas
14. 98x Traci Humfeld (DQ-Rear Camber)
15. 2 Robert Gullet (DQ-Unsportsman like conduct)

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