From East Bay Raceway Park
Tampa, FL — (February 18, 2016) — Jason Sides, who took the night off from practice at East Bay Raceway Park, to go fishing at 5:30 A.M. Thursday morning, capped off his evening with a $2,000 win over the best of a field of 43 cars that were here from coast to coast. They came from Vermont to California, Snohomish, Washington to Winnipeg, Canada for the $l0,000 prize to be awarded at the end of the three-day affair to crown the King of 360’s.
Shawn McMurray and Aaron Reutzel led the 20-car field to the green flag but it was the high-flying Reutzel (last year’s runner-up) who showed the way around the cushion for the first thirteen laps before the field was slowed by a four car pile-up by Lou Kennedy, Shawn Murray, Klint Angelettep and spoiling a good run for fourth starting Caleb Helms. By lap 15, second place Mark Smith dropped from contention after suffering front-end damage coming out of four when he touched wheels with Reutzel ending the night for last year’s winner of the big event.
Meanwhile, Sides was up to fourth by lap 15 and was second by lap l7 and leading by lap 18 with Danny Martin, Jr. on his tail. The race went non-stop from that point on and Sides just kept building momentum from that point on, lapping two cars in the process and building a margin of victory of 3.238 seconds at the finish.
Martin was a distant second followed by Chad Kenemah, Tim Shaffer and Seth Bergman, Terry McCarl, Travis Rilat, Lou Kennedy, Thomas Kennedy and Phil Gressman in the top ten.
The top six for the feature were determined by luck of the draw and the complete results follow.
Thanks, Jean Lynch for East Bay Raceway Park
Professional MotorSports Services
360 Sprints 2/18/2016
A-Main:
1. Jason Sides (Bartlett, TN), 2. Danny Martin Jr (Tampa, FL), 3. Chad Kenemah (Alvada, OH), 4. Tim Shaffer (Aliquippa, PA), 5. Seth Bergman (Shawnee, OK), 6. Terry McCarl (Altoona, IA), 7. Travis Rilat (Forney, TX), 8. Lou Kennedy (Winnipeg, BC), 9. Thomas Kennedy (Winnipeg, BC), 10. Phil Gressman (Fremont, OH), 11. Johnny Gilbertson (Dover, FL), 12. Danny Smith (Chillicothe, OH), 13. Gene Lasker (Tampa, FL), 14. Aaron Reutzel (Clute, TX), 15. Matt Kurtz (Jacksonville, FL), 16. Mark Smith (Sunbury, PA), 17. Caleb Helms (Findlay, OH), 18. Klint Angelette (Thibodaux, LA), 19. Morgan Turpen (Cordova, TN), 20. Terry Gray (Bartlett, TN),
B-Main 1:
1. Chad Kenemah (Alvada, OH), 2. Phil Gressman (Fremont, OH), 3. Klint Angelette (Thibodaux, LA), 4. Gene Lasker (Tampa, FL), 5. Mitch Brown (Brantford, ), 6. Nicholas Snyder (Marco Island, FL), 7. Dylan Westbrook (Scotland, ), 8. Tony Agin (Fort Myers, FL), 9. Johnny Petrozelle III (Denton, NC), 10. Mark Ruel Jr. (Jacksonville, FL), 11. Kevin Roberts Jr. (Washington, OH), 12. Shawn Dancer (Delphos, OH), 13. Nick Roberts (Bloominburg, OH), 14. Kevin Albert (Lebanon, PA),
B-Main 2:
1. Thomas Kennedy (Winnipeg, BC), 2. Danny Smith (Chillicothe, OH), 3. Travis Rilat (Forney, TX), 4. Terry McCarl (Altoona, IA), 5. Parker Price-Miller (Kokomo, IN), 6. Michael Miller (Pascagoula, MS), 7. Robbie Stillwaggon (Burlington, NJ), 8. Justin Hoffman (Pottesville, NJ), 9. Ryan Bowers (Ham Lake, MN), 10. Shawn Donath (South Onondaga, NY), 11. Parker Evans (St. Owego, NY), 12. Will Hull (Plain Field, VT), 13. Travis Bliemeister (Venice, FL), 14. Freddie McCall (Brewton, AL), 15. Johnny Gilbertson (Dover, FL), 16. Alex Hill (SIx Nations, ON),
Heat Race 1:
1. Morgan Turpen (Cordova, TN), 2. Tim Shaffer (Aliquippa, PA), 3. Robbie Stillwaggon (Burlington, NJ), 4. Mitch Brown (Brantford, ), 5. Nick Roberts (Bloominburg, OH), 6. Freddie McCall (Brewton, AL), 7. Johnny Petrozelle III (Denton, NC), 8. AJ Maddox (Tampa, FL),
Heat Race 2:
1. Mark Smith (Sunbury, PA), 2. Thomas Kennedy (Winnipeg, BC), 3. Terry McCarl (Altoona, IA), 4. Parker Price-Miller (Kokomo, IN), 5. Nicholas Snyder (Marco Island, FL), 6. Dylan Westbrook (Scotland, ), 7. Johnny Gilbertson (Dover, FL),
Heat Race 3:
1. Matt Kurtz (Jacksonville, FL), 2. Jason Sides (Bartlett, TN), 3. Justin Hoffman (Pottesville, NJ), 4. Kevin Albert (Lebanon, PA), 5. Will Hull (Plain Field, VT), 6. Kevin Roberts Jr. (Washington, OH), 7. Alex Hill (SIx Nations, ON),
Heat Race 4:
1. Sean Murray (Jacksonville, FL), 2. Lou Kennedy (Winnipeg, BC), 3. Chad Kenemah (Alvada, OH), 4. Travis Rilat (Forney, TX), 5. Ryan Bowers (Ham Lake, MN), 6. Tony Agin (Fort Myers, FL), 7. Gene Lasker (Tampa, FL),
Heat Race 5:
1. Aaron Reutzel (Clute, TX), 2. Klint Angelette (Thibodaux, LA), 3. Seth Bergman (Shawnee, OK), 4. Shawn Dancer (Delphos, OH), 5. Parker Evans (St. Owego, NY), 6. Mark Ruel Jr. (Jacksonville, FL), 7. Shawn Donath (South Onondaga, NY),
Heat Race 6:
1. Caleb Helms (Findlay, OH), 2. Terry Gray (Bartlett, TN), 3. Danny Martin Jr (Tampa, FL), 4. Phil Gressman (Fremont, OH), 5. Michael Miller (Pascagoula, MS), 6. Danny Smith (Chillicothe, OH), 7. Travis Bliemeister (Venice, FL),