Four More Winternationals Winners At East Bay

Kyle Hardy in victory lane at East Bay Raceway Park. (Mike Horne photo)

GIBSONTON, Fla. – Four drivers took the checkered flag in a quartet of Crate Racin’ USA late model features Friday night at East Bay Raceway Park, during night two of the track’s annual Winternationals.

Tucker Anderson, Mario Gresham, Kyle Hardy, and Ashton Winger each rolled to victory lane in their respective 25-lap contests.

Anderson started from the pole and led all 25 laps to win the first feature, followed by Bryson Mitchell, Jeremy Wonderling, Zane Powell, and Baily Cardwell.

Gresham went from seventh to first in winning the second feature, making the winning pass of runner-up Anthony White with two laps remaining. White led 22 of the first 23 laps from the pole.

Third through fifth in that race were Colton Leydendecker, Jason Welshan, and Brent Trimble.

Hardy wired the field from pole in the third main event, over Will Roland, Matt Dooley, Zack Carley, and Nick Davis.

The nightcap saw Winger dominate after starting from the outside of the front row. Tyler Millwood finished second, trailed by Nevin Gainey, Matt Henderson, and Andy Michael.

A pair of home-state drivers – Cody Allen, from North Fort Myers, and Plant City’s Tim Gay – split the victories in the pair of accompanying 20-lap street stock features.

Friday’s action continued the Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout mini-series, featuring nine races at five different facilities from Dec. 30 through Feb. 17.

It was the second of three scheduled stops this weekend at East Bay, as well as the seventh Winter Shootout event overall.

The results:

Winter Nationals A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 22-Tucker Anderson [1]; 2. 46M-Bryson Mitchell [4]; 3. 3J-Jeremy Wonderling [7]; 4. 28P-Zane Powell [5]; 5. 07B-Baily Cardwell [2]; 6. 7N-Corey Neil Jr. [18]; 7. C4-Freddie Carpenter [22]; 8. 00-Richie Stephens [12]; 9. 71M-Pierce McCarter [6]; 10. 33-Jeff Mathews [11]; 11. K37-Drew Kennedy [8]; 12. 95V-Travis Varnadore [15]; 13. 17-Rob Pitcher [3]; 14. 7S-Jimmy Smith [17]; 15. 30-Steven Stratton Jr. [13]; 16. 92J-Brian Coe Jr. [16]; 17. 7W-Scotty Williams [10]; 18. 20-Glen Hounshell [19]; 19. 73-Larry Fitzsimmons [21]; 20. 3-Mike Collins [20]; 21. 12L-Dave Loudin [9]; 22. 89-Brandon Miller [14][DNS].

Winter Nationals A Feature 2 (25 Laps): 1. 21-Mario Gresham [7]; 2. 24X-Anthony White [1]; 3. 33L-Colton Leyendecker [5]; 4. 01W-Jason Welshan [4]; 5. 1T-Brent Trimble [2]; 6. 29-Daniel Woody [3]; 7. 7-Andy Nezworski [12]; 8. 21X-Ryan French [17]; 9. 87C-Jarrod Carey [6]; 10. 29T-JJ Templeton [9]; 11. 7J-Dalton Jacobs [15]; 12. 78-Wyatt Wilkerson [16]; 13. 01-Ronnie Graham [8]; 14. 27-Derrick Shaw [14]; 15. 4C-Cole Crawford [11]; 16. 6-Hunter Boyd [20]; 17. 32-Jesse Brown [19]; 18. 14A-Lucas Adams [18]; 19. 96-Josh Vinyard [21]; 20. 21M-Braden Mitchell [13]; 21. 12D-Tim Dowling [10]; 22. 77-Doug Stevens [22][DNS].

Winter Nationals A Feature 3 (25 Laps): 1. 99-Kyle Hardy [1]; 2. 22BO-Will Roland [5]; 3. 18-Matt Dooley [3]; 4. 2-Zack Carley [2]; 5. 92-Nick Davis [16]; 6. 49R-Kyle Lear [9]; 7. 46-Doug Horton [15]; 8. 131-Matt Herlong [7]; 9. 7BS-Brian Smith [17]; 10. 11-Daniel Dial [4]; 11. 31G-Stephen Pedulla [8]; 12. 11C-Phillip Cobb [6]; 13. 26-Kurt Stebbins [11]; 14. 71-Davey Cline [12]; 15. 72-Trevor Collins [13]; 16. 52-John Wayne Haynes [21]; 17. 42-Steven Stratton Sr. [19]; 18. 39-Jake Rainey [23]; 19. 47S-David Smith [22]; 20. 49-Ray Ciccarelli [14]; 21. 21P-Josh Peacock [18]; 22. 119-Jade Luzenberg [10]; 23. 46L-Andrew Lankford [20].

Winter Nationals A Feature 4 (25 Laps): 1. 12-Ashton Winger [2]; 2. 31-Tyler Millwood [10]; 3. 17G-Nevin Gainey [3]; 4. 22H-Matt Henderson [7]; 5. 17X-Andy Michael [9]; 6. 17J-John Winge [4]; 7. 05-TJ Brittain [8]; 8. 22B-Jonah Bozeman [13]; 9. 9A-Matt Adams [15]; 10. 01S-Robert Smith [22]; 11. 4-Kyle Beck [12]; 12. 729-Mike Winn [19]; 13. 95-Steven Mathis Jr. [6]; 14. 1-Daniel Shelton [20]; 15. 2S-Bo Slay [14]; 16. 21H-Bryton Horner [5]; 17. 21J-Josh Amacher [18]; 18. 24-Anthony White Jr. [1]; 19. 89H-Timmie Harrelson [16]; 20. 47E-Tom Earl III [11][DNS]; 21. 47-Jeffrey Abbey [17][DNS]; 22. 14AJ-AJ Miller [21][DNS].