BAYTOWN, TX | Nov. 15, 2013 -- If the next two nights of the 7th Annual Lecolift Texas Winter Nationals presented by 4s Motorsports are anything like Thursday night's kick-off, then racefans are in for an incredible ride at the Royal Purple Raceway.
Opening night for the annual open-wheel clash saw 64 of the USMTS Modifieds on hand, along with 61 USRA Limited Mods signed in at the state-of-the-art 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval just outside of Houston.
Six lead changes took place during the 30-lap feature. The final top spot swap came with three laps to go when Clyde Dunn Jr. flew around Zack VanderBeek coming to the flagstand to complete lap 28.
John Webb beat polesitter Eddie Martin to the flagstand to lead the first lap of the Allgayer, Inc., "A" Main and held the point until the fourth go-around when 2013 USMTS Rookie of the Year Trevor Hunt scooted ahead.
Hunt paced the field for the next four laps before giving up the position to 2012 USMTS Rookie of the Year Stormy Scott.
Dunn grabbed the lead on the 17th lap from Scott, who was back behind the wheel of the Rowland Racing 20r for the first time since July. Six laps later, VanderBeek snuck underneath Dunn to take command of the race.
Relegated to second, Dunn moved to the extreme high side of the racing surface and found some real estate that no other driver on the track was using. He reeled in VanderBeek five laps later and took the lead back with a little more than a mile to go.
After several top-five finishes and near-misses over the years, the career-first USMTS win for Dunn earned the Sunnyvale, Texas, pilot $2,000 for his efforts.
VanderBeek, who started 12th, finished a half-car-length behind Dunn and had to settle for the $1,500 runner-up paycheck while Steve Whiteaker Jr. took third.
Scott wound up fourth. Nine-time USMTS national champion Kelly Shryock was fifth. Sixth through tenth were reigning USMTS national champ Rodney Sanders, Jake O'Neil, Corey Babbitt, Ricky Thornton Jr. and Bryan Rowland.
In the USRA Limited Mod main event, John O. Whittington took the $500 win ahead of Whiteaker, Paul White, Shane Hebert and Garrett Higgins.
On Friday, USMTS Modified competitors will battle for a $3,000 top prize Friday night. USRA Limited Mods will also be on the racing card going for $1,000 to win.
The pit gate opens at 3 p.m., grandstands open at 5 drivers meeting is at 6:30 and racing begins at 7 (all times are one hour earlier on Saturday).
Grandstand admission is $15 each night for adults, $5 for kids ages 6-12 and children 5 and under get in for free. Pit passes are $35 Thursday and Friday, $40 on Saturday.
ALLGAYER, INC. "A" MAIN (30 laps):
1. (5) 88xxx Clyde Dunn Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas, Hughes/Mullins, 30, $2000.
2. (12) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, LG2/ProPower, 30, $1500.
3. (7) 89 Steve Whiteaker Jr., Corpus Christi, Texas, Hughes/Mullins, 30, $1000.
4. (4) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M., LG2/ProPower, 30, $800.
5. (11) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, Skyrocket/ProPower, 30, $700.
6. (17) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, MBCustom/Geddes, 30, $600.
7. (20) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz., LG2/Black, 30, $500.
8. (25) 409 Corey Babbitt, Houston, Texas, /, 30, $300.
9. (8) 20rt Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, Ariz., Skyrocket/Custom, 30, $400.
10. (16) 20r Bryan Rowland, Woodward, Okla., LG2/ProPower, 30, $230.
11. (23) IOU1 Brent Larson, Lake Elmo, Minn., Shaw/Tim's, 30, $325.
12. (9) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La., Sidebiter/Sput's, 30, $300.
13. (13) 21 Chris Brown, Spring, Texas, LG2/Mullins, 30, $275.
14. (18) 60 Kip Hughes, Enid, Okla., GRT/Dunsworth, 30, $250.
15. (26) 77 Garrett Gregory, Tomball, Texas, Hughes/105, 30, $250.
16. (15) 12 Jason Ingalls, Longview, Texas, IRP/GMPP, 30, $250.
17. (21) 22 Hunter Rasdon, Jonesboro, Ark., MBCustom/SCP, 30, $250.
18. (2) 87 John Webb, Pauls Valley, Okla., MBCustom/Mullins, 30, $200.
19. (22) 16 Chris Henigan, Marshall, Texas, Skyrocket/Sput's, 22, $250.
20. (3) 99h Trevor Hunt, Kearney, Mo., GRT/Spanel, 15, $250.
21. (6) 22b Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan., MBCustom/Mullins, 11, $250.
22. (10) J41 Monte Bolton, Lubbock, Texas, Sidebiter/Sput's, 11, $250.
23. (24) 23 Howard Willis, Dayton, Texas, Hughes/Fox, 11, $250.
24. (14) 186 Jeremy Payne, Springfield, Mo., GRT/RoushYates, 10, $250.
25. (19) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla., Hughes/Mullins, 10, $250.
26. (1) 83 Eddie Martin, Stilwell, Okla., BigChief/Geddes, 6, $250.
Lap Leaders: Webb 1-3, Hunt 4-7, Scott 8-16, Dunn 17-22, VanderBeek 23-27, Dunn 28-30.
Total Laps Led: Dunn 9, Scott 9, VanderBeek 5, Hunt 4, Webb 3.
Margin of Victory: 0.495 second.
Next Race: Friday, Nov. 15, Royal Purple Raceway, Baytown, Texas.
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