7/2/2018
Willamette Speedway
Collen Winebarger Wins Wild West Modified Shootout Finale; John Campos 2018 WWMS Champion
Collen Winebarger Wins Wild West Modified Shootout Finale; John Campos 2018 WWMS Champion
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Stephanie Deatherage)
Lebanon, Oregon- The eighth and final night of the 2018 Wild West Modified Shootout would be held at Willamette Speedway on Saturday, June 30th. It would be the second consecutive night of racing at the famed 1/3-mile clay oval. Forty-two entries from the states of Oregon, Washington, California, and Nevada as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia would occupy the pits.
With a twenty-four-car field starting three-wide Albany’s Bricen James would take control of the lead on the opening lap. James would pull away from the rest of the field and had firm control of the position. The leader would have no issues in lapped traffic despite having to go three abreast with the tail end of the field.
However, the one and only caution of the race would take place on lap twenty-three. It would be the one and only time the field bunched back up. Collen Winebarger would put James under pressure and made the move to get around him on the twenty-sixth circuit.
Winebarger, from Corbett, would start to pull away and lead the rest of the distance to win his second feature of the week and the third time he has been victorious with the Wild West Modified Shootout. Collen became the second driver to win more than once with the series in 2018.
Bricen James closed out the week in second followed by third finishing John Campos, of Keizer. The rest of the top five would comprise Vancouver, Washington’s Jerry Schram, in fourth, while Albany chauffeur Dustin Cady crossed the wire in fourth. Merced, California youngster D.J. Shannon, Hines driver Derrick Young, and Stayton’s Grey Ferrando were the three consolation feature winners.
Once the dust had settled John Campos would be declared the 2018 Wild West Modified Shootout champion. He is the first driver to ever win the points title despite not winning a feature during the week. Dustin Cady would be declared the FInishLine Graphics Passmaster award winner. Cady passed the most cars during the course of the week.
That is a wrap to the 2018 Wild West Modified Shootout. Be sure and visit our Facebook page to keep up to date with the latest news and information regarding the 2019 WWMS schedule.
Race Results:
Wild West Modified Shootout Race #8
Saturday, June 30th, 2018
Willamette Speedway
Lebanon, Oregon
Heat Race 1A: 1. S-Collen Winebarger; 2. 13-Bricen James; 3. 66-Doug Lockwood; 4. 44P-Sam Potter; 5. 387-Chance Hyser; 6. 99-Jeremy Martin; 7. 34J-Jeff Faulkner
Heat Race 1B: 1. 40-Jeff Lovell; 2. 97-Greg Walters; 3. 81-Jon DeBenedetti; 4. 33C-Craig Hanson; 5. 27EH-Lawrence O’Connor; 6. 11S-Donald Schott; 7. 2-Ted Rees
Heat Race 1C: 1. 12D-Ethan Dotson; 2. 41-Danny Lauer; 3. 22S-Jimmy Schram; 4. 6M-Justin Cady; 5. 63-Mike Sweere; 6. V13-Grey Ferrando; 7. 73M-Dave Duste Jr.
Heat Race 1D: 1. 45S-Aaron Sheelar; 2. 77S-Jerry Schram; 3. 32-D.J. Shannon; 4. 83-Harley Turner Jr.; 5. 27-Robert Jeffers; 6. 31-Loren Kruesi; 7. 34-Mark Gaylord
Heat Race 1E: 1. W5-Jesse Williamson; 2. 44T-Biran Thompson; 3. 24-Curtis Towns; 4. 04-Rod McCombs; 5. 43-Sandy Sanders; 6. 33-Paul Rea; 7. 45-Jeffrey Rivers
Heat Race 1F: 1. 7-Dustin Cady; 2. 36-John Campos; 3. 23K-Joey Tanner; 4. 12W-Bryan Wulfenstein; 5. 12Y-Derrick Young; 6. 98D-Dan Shellar
Heat Race 2A: 1.13-Bricen James; 2. 66-Doug Lockwood; 3. S-Collen Winebarger; 4. 34J-Jeff Faulkner; 5. 44P-Sam Potter; 6. 99-Jeremy Martin; 7. 387-Chance Hyser
Heat Race 2B: 1. 97-Greg Walters; 2. 27EH-Lawrence O’Connor; 3. 33C-Craig Hanson; 4. 11S-Donald Schott; 5. 40-Jeff Lovell; 6. 81-Jon DeBenedetti; 7. 2-Ted Rees
Heat Race 2C: 1. V13-Grey Ferrando; 2. 41-Danny Lauer; 3. 12D-Ethan Dotson; 4. 6M-Justin Cady; 5. 22S-Jimmy Schram; 6. 63-Mike Sweere; 7. 73M-Dave Duste Jr.
Heat Race 2D: 1. 77S-Jerry Schram; 2. 32-D.J. Shannon; 3. 45S-Aaron Sheelar; 4. 34-Mark Gaylord; 5. 27-Robert Jeffers; 6. 83-Harley Turner Jr.; 7. 31-Loren Kruesi
Heat Race 2E: 1. W5-Jesse Williamson; 2. 44T-Brian Thompson; 3. 04-Rod McCombs; 4. 24-Curtis Towns; 5. 33-Paul Rea; 6. 43-Sandy Sanders; 7. 45-Jeffrey Rivers
Heat Race 2F: 1. 23K-Joey Tanner; 2. 36-John Campos; 3. 12Y-Derrick Young; 4. 7-Dustin Cady; 5. 12W-Bryan Wulfenstein; 6. 98D-Dan Sheller
B-Feature 1: 1. 32-D.J. Shannon; 2. 27EH-Lawrence O’Connor; 3. 6M-Justin Cady; 4. 11S-Donald Schott; 5. 81-Jon DeBenedetti; 6. 43-Sandy Sanders; 7. 45-Jeffrey Rivers; 8. 33-Paul Rea; 9. 24-Curtis Towns; 10. 98D-Dan Sheller
B-Feature 2: 1. 12Y-Derrick Young; 2. 66-Doug Lockwood; 3. 12W-Bryan Wulfenstein; 4. 04-Rod McCombs; 5. 33C-Craig Hanson; 6. 34J-Jeff Faulkner; 7. 99-Jeremy Martin; 8. 83-Harley Turner Jr.; 9. 2-Ted Rees; 10. 31-Loren Kruesi
B-Feature 3: 1. V13-Grey Ferrando; 2. 7-Dustin Cady; 3. 44P-Sam Potter; 4. 22S-Jimmy Schram; 5. 34-Mark Gaylord; 6. 63-Mike Sweere; 7. 27-Robert Jeffers; 8. 387-Chance Hyser; 9. 73M-Dave Duste Jr.; DNS 7F-Sean Fox
A-Feature: 1. S-Collen Winebarger; 2. 13-Bricen James; 3. 36-John Campos; 4. 77S-Jerry Schram; 5. 7-Dustin Cady; 6. 23K-Joey Tanner; 7. 44T-Brian Thompson; 8. 97-Greg Walters; 9. 12Y-Derrick Young; 10. 32-D.J. Shannon; 11. V13-Grey Ferrando; 12. 41-Danny Lauer; 13. 40-Jeff Lovell; 14. 45S-Aaron Sheelar; 15. W5-Jesse Williamson; 16. 66-Doug Lockwood; 17. 12W-Bryan Wulfenstein; 18. 11S-Donald Schott; 19. 27EH-Lawrence O’Connor; 20. 22S-Jimmy Schram; 21. 44P-Sam Potter; 22. 04-Rod McCombs; 23. 12D-Ethan Dotson; 24. 6M-Justin Cady
Submitted By: Ben Deatherage