Jesse Williamson Tops Field In Caution Free Sunset Wild West Modified Shootout Feature
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Dirt Oval TV)
Banks, Oregon- The Wild West Modified Shootout would return to racing after a day off. Wednesday, June 28th would take the tour to Sunset Speedway Park and the most northernmost destination on the schedule. Thirty-two cars would inhabit the pit area from the states of Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, and Montana as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia.
When the green flag would drop Collen Winebarger would pounce on the advantage of his inside front row starting position. The Corbett driver would be in firm control of the race lead for quite some time. By lap fifteen the leader would hit some incredibly heavy lapped traffic.
Jesse Williamson would strategically maneuver around the slower cars and eventually put significant pressure on Winebarger. Williamson, out of Eugene, would make the pass around Winebarger on lap nineteen. He would remain in the distance the rest of the way to win his first victory of the 2017 Wild West Modified Shootout, third career series win at SSP, and his ninth career Mod Speedweek triumph. The main event would go non-stop without any incidents and all twenty cars that started the race would finish.
Collen Winebarger was second followed by Bakersfield, California’s Ethan Dotson in third. Vancouver, Washington driver Aaron Elwess placed fourth over fifth finishing Bricen James, out of Albany. Salem veteran Jeremy Shank and Albany ace Craig Cassell were the two consolation feature winners.
Drivers that would pick up win the first round of heat races were Jesse Williamson, Collen Winebarger, Brian Pearce, and Ethan Dotson. In the second round Brian Thompson, Winebarger, Brad Martin, and Aaron Elwess were the victors.
The Wild West Modified Shootout heads next to Willamette Speedway for three straight nights of action. It will be the first time the tour will end with a three race finale at the same facility. All the latest news and updates can be found on the Wild West Modified Shootout Facebook page.
Race Results:
Wild West Modified Shootout Race #5
Wednesday, June 28th, 2017
Sunset Speedway Park
Banks, Oregon
A Feature: 1. W5-Jesse Williamson, ; 2. S-Collen Winebarger, ; 3. 175-Ethan Dotson, ; 4. 48-Aaron Elwess, ; 5. 13-Bricen James, ; 6. V13-Grey Ferrando, ; 7. 57-Kenny Miller, ; 8. 25K-Craig Cassell, ; 9. 40-Jeff Lovell, ; 10. 36-John Campos, ; 11. 30-Jeremy Shank, ; 12. 15P-Brian Pearce, ; 13. 19-Brad Martin, ; 14. 66-Doug Lockwood, ; 15. 44T-Brian Thompson, ; 16. 1M-Mark Wauge, ; 17. 21-Steve Moore, ; 18. 21X-Mark Reser, ; 19. 68-Bubba Foster, ; 20. 18-Brandon Potter,
B Feature 1: 1. 30-Jeremy Shank, ; 2. 44T-Brian Thompson, ; 3. 37-Joey Price, ; 4. W7-Kevin Williamson, ; 5. 04-Michael Melton, ; 6. 44-Kristi Somers, ; 7. 88P-Carl Berendsen, ; 8. 34-T.J. Richman, ; (DNS) 16B-Randy Brown,
B Feature 2: 1. 25K-Craig Cassell, ; 2. 40-Jeff Lovell, ; 3. 27-Lawrence O'Connor, ; 4. 7-Trevor Labarge, ; 5. 8-Wade Taylor, ; 6. 81-Ray Elwess, ; 7. 88-John Gamell, ; 8. 32-D.J. Shannon, ; (DNS) 93-Todd Newton,
Heat 1: 1. W5-Jesse Williamson, ; 2. 36-John Campos, ; 3. 13-Bricen James, ; 4. 30-Jeremy Shank, ; 5. V13-Grey Ferrando, ; 6. 37-Joey Price, ; 7. 88P-Carl Berendsen, ; 8. 44T-Brian Thompson, ; 9. 34-T.J. Richman,
Heat 2: 1. S-Collen Winebarger, ; 2. 57-Kenny Miller, ; 3. 21X-Mark Reser, ; 4. 04-Michael Melton, ; 5. 66-Doug Lockwood, ; 6. 27-Lawrence O'Connor, ; 7. 8-Wade Taylor, ; 8. 81-Ray Elwess, ; 9. 88-John Gamell,
Heat 3: 1. 15P-Brian Pearce, ; 2. 19-Brad Martin, ; 3. 68-Bubba Foster, ; 4. W7-Kevin Williamson, ; 5. 44-Kristi Somers, ; 6. 18-Brandon Potter, ; 7. 7-Trevor Labarge, ; (DNS) 16B-Randy Brown,
Heat 4: 1. 175-Ethan Dotson, ; 2. 48-Aaron Elwess, ; 3. 1M-Mark Wauge, ; 4. 25K-Craig Cassell, ; 5. 21-Steve Moore, ; 6. 32-D.J. Shannon, ; 7. 40-Jeff Lovell, ; (DNS) 93-Todd Newton,
Heat 5: 1. 44T-Brian Thompson, ; 2. 13-Bricen James, ; 3. W5-Jesse Williamson, ; 4. V13-Grey Ferrando, ; 5. 37-Joey Price, ; 6. 30-Jeremy Shank, ; 7. 36-John Campos, ; 8. 88P-Carl Berendsen, ; (DNS) 34-T.J. Richman,
Heat 6: 1. S-Collen Winebarger, ; 2. 57-Kenny Miller, ; 3. 66-Doug Lockwood, ; 4. 21X-Mark Reser, ; 5. 27-Lawrence O'Connor, ; 6. 8-Wade Taylor, ; 7. 04-Michael Melton, ; 8. 81-Ray Elwess, ; (DNS) 88-John Gamell,
Heat 7: 1. 19-Brad Martin, ; 2. 18-Brandon Potter, ; 3. 68-Bubba Foster, ; 4. 7-Trevor Labarge, ; 5. 44-Kristi Somers, ; 6. 15P-Brian Pearce, ; 7. W7-Kevin Williamson, ; (DNS) 16B-Randy Brown,
Heat 8: 1. 48-Aaron Elwess, ; 2. 40-Jeff Lovell, ; 3. 21-Steve Moore, ; 4. 175-Ethan Dotson, ; 5. 1M-Mark Wauge, ; 6. 25K-Craig Cassell, ; 7. 32-D.J. Shannon, ; (DNS) 93-Todd Newton,