From Tyler Altmeyer
TAMPA, FL (February 15, 2022) – In just his second try this season, Rudeen Racing’s Cory Eliason is a FloRacing All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 main event winner, scoring the Jean Lynch Classic triumph at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday, February 15. Eliason led every circuit of the 30-lap program, chased to the line by Dylan Westbrook, Monday night winner Tyler Courtney, Parker Price Miller, and Anthony Macri.
The Classic Ink USA Screenprinting and Embroidery Southern Swing presented by Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts victory, earning the Visalia, California, native a $6,000 payday, may have been convincing on paper, but the challenges were far from unnoticed, as the current All Star championship contender was forced to take evasive action on lap 15, making hard contact with a slower car while trying to put the driver one lap down. Luckily for Eliason, the Rudeen Racing/Hager Realty Service/Rayce Rudeen Foundation/No. 26 sprint car drove on unscathed.
Despite the aforementioned hiccup with the lapper, and a few early race cautions interrupting his momentum, the last half of the 30-lapper went relatively smooth for Eliason, eventually escaping to a 2.6-second lead by the time the final checkers flew.
The win bumps Eliason’s career total to nine with the traveling All Stars.
“This is a little bit of redemption, for sure. Hats off to my entire team. Last year was a tough year, but we’re starting things off right this year,” Cory Eliason said, who finished second in the 2021 All Star Circuit of Champions driver standings. “I love coming to Florida…I love Volusia and I love East Bay. I wish we actually got to come here more often, but we’ll take what we can when we come here.”
Floracing All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1
East Bay Raceway Park
Tampa, Florida
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Dixie Vodka Qualifying
1. 48-Danny Dietrich, 12.747[21]
2. 19-Brent Marks, 12.750[18]
3. 47X-Dylan Westbrook, 12.815[8]
4. 26-Cory Eliason, 12.830[38]
5. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 12.850[24]
6. 11-Parker Price Miller, 12.885[30]
7. 39M-Anthony Macri, 12.892[19]
8. 19X-Chris Windom, 12.946[23]
9. 11M-Kerry Madsen, 12.973[14]
10. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 12.999[17]
11. 13-Justin Peck, 13.113[33]
12. 8-Aaron Reutzel, 13.115[25]
13. 10X-Ryan Smith, 13.151[13]
14. 6-Dustin Gates, 13.250[22]
15. 9K-Kevin Thomas Jr, 13.282[15]
16. 28M-Connor Morrell, 13.290[2]
17. 23B-Brian Bell, 13.314[20]
18. 47-Eric Riggins Jr, 13.354[29]
19. 40-George Hobaugh Jr, 13.361[1]
20. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 13.405[32]
21. 1-Jamie Myers, 13.418[11]
22. 20B-Cody Bova, 13.461[9]
23. 24-Terry McCarl, 13.480[34]
24. 28-Tim Shaffer, 13.575[35]
25. 66-Danny Smith, 13.603[6]
26. 2-Ricky Peterson, 13.650[5]
27. 10-Paulie Colagiovanni, 13.653[16]
28. 5M-Max Stambaugh, 13.656[3]
29. 44-Chris Martin, 13.675[27]
30. 28F-Davie Franek, 13.690[12]
31. 7B-Ben Brown, 13.733[7]
32. 25-Chris Myers, 13.787[31]
33. 97-Scotty Milan, 13.789[26]
34. 19AZ-Tanner Thorson, 13.802[36]
35. 97G-Alan Gilbertson, 13.937[4]
36. 97W-Greg Wilson, 13.974[37]
37. 121-Steve Glover, 14.548[10]
38. 11MM-Brendan Mullen, 59.999[28]
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat Race #1 (8 Laps)
1. 28M-Connor Morrell[1]
2. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[4]
3. 40-George Hobaugh Jr[2]
4. 20B-Cody Bova[3]
5. 66-Danny Smith[5]
6. 5M-Max Stambaugh[7]
7. 7B-Ben Brown[8]
8. 2-Ricky Peterson[6]
9. 97G-Alan Gilbertson[9]
10. 121-Steve Glover[10]
CSI Shocks Heat Race #2 (8 Laps)
1. 39M-Anthony Macri[1]
2. 11M-Kerry Madsen[2]
3. 19-Brent Marks[4]
4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[3]
5. 9K-Kevin Thomas Jr[6]
6. 10X-Ryan Smith[5]
7. 23B-Brian Bell[7]
8. 10-Paulie Colagiovanni[9]
9. 1-Jamie Myers[8]
10. 28F-Davie Franek[10]
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat Race #3 (8 Laps)
1. 19X-Chris Windom[2]
2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[1]
3. 8-Aaron Reutzel[3]
4. 6-Dustin Gates[5]
5. 48-Danny Dietrich[4]
6. 47-Eric Riggins Jr[6]
7. 44-Chris Martin[7]
8. 97-Scotty Milan[8]
DNS: 11MM-Brendan Mullen
Mobil 1 Heat Race #4 (8 Laps)
1. 11-Parker Price Miller[1]
2. 13-Justin Peck[2]
3. 2C-Wayne Johnson[3]
4. 26-Cory Eliason[4]
5. 28-Tim Shaffer[6]
6. 19AZ-Tanner Thorson[8]
7. 24-Terry McCarl[5]
8. 97W-Greg Wilson[9]
9. 25-Chris Myers[7]
Elliotts Custom Trailers and Carts Dash (6 Laps)
1. 26-Cory Eliason[1]
2. 11-Parker Price Miller[2]
3. 19-Brent Marks[3]
4. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[6]
5. 19X-Chris Windom[4]
6. 48-Danny Dietrich[5]
7. 39M-Anthony Macri[7]
8. 28M-Connor Morrell[8]
Classic Ink USA B-Main (12 Laps)
1. 23B-Brian Bell[2]
2. 10X-Ryan Smith[1]
3. 19AZ-Tanner Thorson[5]
4. 5M-Max Stambaugh[4]
5. 24-Terry McCarl[6]
6. 47-Eric Riggins Jr[3]
7. 97W-Greg Wilson[12]
8. 7B-Ben Brown[8]
9. 44-Chris Martin[7]
10. 1-Jamie Myers[13]
11. 25-Chris Myers[14]
12. 97G-Alan Gilbertson[15]
13. 97-Scotty Milan[11]
14. 121-Steve Glover[18]
15. 10-Paulie Colagiovanni[10]
DNS: 2-Ricky Peterson
DNS: 28F-Davie Franek
DNS: 11MM-Brendan Mullen
FloRacing A-Main (30 Laps)
1. 26-Cory Eliason[1]
2. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[4]
3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[9]
4. 11-Parker Price Miller[2]
5. 39M-Anthony Macri[7]
6. 13-Justin Peck[11]
7. 11M-Kerry Madsen[10]
8. 19-Brent Marks[3]
9. 19AZ-Tanner Thorson[23]
10. 9K-Kevin Thomas Jr[18]
11. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[15]
12. 2C-Wayne Johnson[14]
13. 10X-Ryan Smith[22]
14. 28-Tim Shaffer[19]
15. 6-Dustin Gates[16]
16. 28M-Connor Morrell[8]
17. 40-George Hobaugh Jr[13]
18. 23B-Brian Bell[21]
19. 20B-Cody Bova[17]
20. 19X-Chris Windom[5]
21. 48-Danny Dietrich[6]
22. 8-Aaron Reutzel[12]
23. 66-Danny Smith[20]
24. 5M-Max Stambaugh[24]