6/30/2017
Willamette Speedway
Ethan Dotson Wins First Wild West Modified Shootout Night At Willamette; Becomes First Repeat Winner Of 2017
Ethan Dotson Wins First Wild West Modified Shootout Night At Willamette; Becomes First Repeat Winner Of 2017
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Melissa’s Out On A Limb Photography)
Lebanon, Oregon- The Wild West Modified Shootout would roll into Willamette Speedway on Thursday, June 29th, for the sixth race of the week. It would mark the first of three straight nights of racing at the 1/3-mile clay oval. Thirty-eight cars would make up the field from the states of Oregon, Washington, California, Montana, and Nevada as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Ethan Dotson would have a smooth Thursday night drive when it came to the main event. The Bakersfield, California native would take full advantage of his front row starting position to seize the lead on the opening start. Dotson would dominate the entirety and the cautions came out just at the right time before lapped traffic would play a factor. With Dotson’s win it would be the second time he has done so this week and makes him the only repeat feature winner thus far.
Jesse Williamson, of Eugene, was a respectable second with Sweet Home’s Brian Thompson, via the B Main, placing an impressive third. The rest of the top five would consist of Kellen Chadwick, out of Oakley, California, in fourth and fifth finishing Cory Sample, from Winnemucca, Nevada, who had to come from the back after getting caught up in a lap one incident. Two consolation features were ran with Albany driver Dustin Cady and Brian Thompson being the winners.
The first round of heat races were won by Dustin Cady, Jeff Lovell, Collen Winebarger, and Ethan Dotson. Second round heat winners were Brian Thompson, Danny Lauer, Cory Sample, and John Campos.
Willamette Speedway hosts the Wild West Modified Shootout on Friday and Saturday night for the final two nights of racing for the 2017 schedule. It means two more nights until a champion is crowned, two more nights for two different winners, or two more nights to see some more repetition in the winner’s circle. Be sure to visit the Wild West Modified Shootout Facebook page for all of the latest news and updates.
Race Results:
Wild West Modified Shootout Race #6
Thursday, June 29th, 2017
Willamette Speedway
Lebanon, Oregon
A Feature: 1. 175-Ethan Dotson, ; 2. W5-Jesse Williamson, ; 3. 44T-Brian Thompson, ; 4. 83-Kellen Chadwick, ; 5. 00-Cory Sample, ; 6. 7-Dustin Cady, ; 7. 36-John Campos, ; 8. S-Collen Winebarger, ; 9. 1M-Mark Wauge, ; 10. V13-Grey Ferrando, ; 11. 8-Wade Taylor, ; 12. 26-Brett James, ; 13. 13-Bricen James, ; 14. 27EH-Lawrence O'Connor, ; 15. 19-Brad Martin, ; 16. 33C-Craig Hanson, ; 17. 40-Jeff Lovell, ; 18. 37-Joey Price, ; 19. 41-Danny Lauer, ; 20. 30-Jeremy Shank,
B Feature 1: 1. 40-Jeff Lovell, ; 2. 19-Brad Martin, ; 3. 32-D.J. Shannon, ; 4. 36M-Shaun Mayea, ; 5. 21-Steve Moore, ; 6. 73-Tyler Smith, ; 7. 88-John Gamell, ; 8. 34-Mark Gaylord, ; 9. 34T-T.J. Richman, ; 10. 18-Tim Archer, ; (DNS) W7-Kevin Williamson,
B Feature 2: 1. 13-Bricen James, ; 2. 30-Jeremy Shank, ; 3. 16B-Randy Brown, ; 4. 98-Alex Stanford, ; 5. 25K-Craig Cassell, ; 6. 16P-Preston Luckman, ; 7. 15P-Brian Pearce, ; 8. 23-Brandon Letsom, ; 9. 98D-Dan Sheller, ; 10. 88P-Carl Berendsen, ; (DNS) 27-Robert Jeffers,
Heat 1: 1. 7-Dustin Cady, ; 2. 27EH-Lawrence O'Connor, ; 3. 44T-Brian Thompson, ; 4. 36M-Shaun Mayea, ; 5. 26-Brett James, ; 6. 23-Brandon Letsom, ; 7. 98D-Dan Sheller, ; 8. 34T-T.J. Richman, ; (DNS) 27-Robert Jeffers, ; (DQ) W7-Kevin Williamson,
Heat 2: 1. 40-Jeff Lovell, ; 2. W5-Jesse Williamson, ; 3. 41-Danny Lauer, ; 4. 32-D.J. Shannon, ; 5. 19-Brad Martin, ; 6. V13-Grey Ferrando, ; 7. 13-Bricen James, ; 8. 21-Steve Moore, ; 9. 15P-Brian Pearce, ; 10. 18-Tim Archer,
Heat 3: 1. S-Collen Winebarger, ; 2. 16B-Randy Brown, ; 3. 33C-Craig Hanson, ; 4. 00-Cory Sample, ; 5. 37-Joey Price, ; 6. 73-Tyler Smith, ; 7. 98-Alex Stanford, ; 8. 25K-Craig Cassell, ; 9. 34-Mark Gaylord,
Heat 4: 1. 175-Ethan Dotson, ; 2. 8-Wade Taylor, ; 3. 1M-Mark Wauge, ; 4. 83-Kellen Chadwick, ; 5. 16P-Preston Luckman, ; 6. 36-John Campos, ; 7. 30-Jeremy Shank, ; 8. 88-John Gamell, ; 9. 88P-Carl Berendsen,
Heat 5: 1. 44T-Brian Thompson, ; 2. 7-Dustin Cady, ; 3. 26-Brett James, ; 4. 27EH-Lawrence O'Connor, ; 5. W7-Kevin Williamson, ; 6. 98D-Dan Sheller, ; 7. 23-Brandon Letsom, ; 8. 34-Mark Gaylord, ; (DNS) 27-Robert Jeffers, ; (DQ) 36M-Shaun Mayea,
Heat 6: 1. 41-Danny Lauer, ; 2. V13-Grey Ferrando, ; 3. 13-Bricen James, ; 4. W5-Jesse Williamson, ; 5. 19-Brad Martin, ; 6. 21-Steve Moore, ; 7. 15P-Brian Pearce, ; 8. 32-D.J. Shannon, ; 9. 40-Jeff Lovell, ; 10. 18-Tim Archer,
Heat 7: 1. 00-Cory Sample, ; 2. 33C-Craig Hanson, ; 3. 16B-Randy Brown, ; 4. S-Collen Winebarger, ; 5. 37-Joey Price, ; 6. 73-Tyler Smith, ; 7. 25K-Craig Cassell, ; 8. 34-Mark Gaylord, ; 9. 98-Alex Stanford,
Heat 8: 1. 36-John Campos, ; 2. 83-Kellen Chadwick, ; 3. 175-Ethan Dotson, ; 4. 1M-Mark Wauge, ; 5. 30-Jeremy Shank, ; 6. 8-Wade Taylor, ; 7. 88P-Carl Berendsen, ; 8. 88-John Gamell, ; 9. 16P-Preston Luckman
Submitted By: Ben Deatherage