7/2/2017
Willamette Speedway
Jesse Williamson Wins Huge Willamette Finale; Collects Fourth Career Wild West Modified Shootout Champion
Jesse Williamson Wins Huge Willamette Finale; Collects Fourth Career Wild West Modified Shootout Champion
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Melissa’s Out On A Limb Photography)
Lebanon, Oregon- Saturday, July 1st, would be the eighth and final round of the 2017 Wild West Modified Shootout. It would be the third straight night of competition at Willamette Speedway and featured forty-one cars from the states of Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, Montana and the Canadian province of British Columbia. The main event would feature thirty cars for forty laps and starting three-wide on the 1/3-mile clay oval.
Chowchilla, California’s Alex Stanford would grab the lead when the field would take the green flag and beat the competition to the wire on lap one. But by the time the second lap would be completed Cory Sample seized the position. The Winnemucca, Nevada driver would possess the coveted spot for a long time and had to be good on restarts as ten cautions occurred between laps two and thirty.
Sample would be challenged on several occasions but every time he managed to keep all contenders in check. But, on lap thirty-four Jesse Williamson would make the pass around the outside to move into the lead. The final caution of the night came out on lap thirty-five setting up for a late race restart.
Williamson, out of Eugene, would have no issues when the green flag would come out the final time. He would cross the front stretch first to win for the second time of the week and for the first time in his career that he has won with the series at Willamette. It also would be his tenth career Wild West Modified Shootout victory. More importantly it would be enough for him to win the 2017 Wild West Modified Shootout championship and is the fourth time he has done so.
Dustin Cady, from Albany and who at one time was in a position to challenge for the win, was second while Cory Sample ended the evening in third. Bakersfield, California’s Ethan Dotson would get fourth while finishing fifth would be Bricen James, out of Albany.
Winners in the first round of heat races were Cory Sample, Brian Pearce, Danny Lauer, and Bricen James. John Campos, Dustin Cady, Ethan Dotson, and Mark Wauge were winners in round two. Two consolation features were ran and picking up the victories were Brian Thompson and John Campos.
With the 2017 Wild West Modified Shootout in the books the planning for 2018 is already underway. Be sure and stay tuned on the series Facebook for the latest news and information. We would like to thank all of the teams, officials, and fans for all of their continued support.
Race Results:
Wild West Modified Shootout Race #8
Saturday, July 1st, 2017
Willamette Speedway
Lebanon, Oregon
A Feature: 1. W5-Jesse Williamson, ; 2. 7-Dustin Cady, ; 3. 00-Cory Sample, ; 4. 175-Ethan Dotson, ; 5. 13-Bricen James, ; 6. S-Collen Winebarger, ; 7. 44T-Brian Thompson, ; 8. 36-John Campos, ; 9. V13-Grey Ferrando, ; 10. 30-Jeremy Shank, ; 11. 54N-Nick Trenchard, ; 12. 26-Brett James, ; 13. 8-Wade Taylor, ; 14. 36M-Shaun Mayea, ; 15. 16P-Preston Luckman, ; 16. 21-Steve Moore, ; 17. 44B-Nick Bessette, ; 18. 98-Alex Stanford, ; 19. 83-Kellen Chadwick, ; 20. 73-Tyler Smith, ; 21. 1M-Mark Wauge, ; 22. 32-D.J. Shannon, ; 23. 19-Brad Martin, ; 24. 27EH-Lawrence O'Connor, ; 25. 6M-Justin Dittman, ; 26. 88R-Kevin Roberts, ; 27. 15P-Brian Pearce, ; 28. 41-Danny Lauer, ; 29. 37-Joey Price, ; 30. 11K-Kyle Casson,
B Feature 1: 1. 44T-Brian Thompson, ; 2. 6M-Justin Dittman, ; 3. 37-Joey Price, ; 4. 36M-Shaun Mayea, ; 5. 88R-Kevin Roberts, ; 6. 16P-Preston Luckman, ; 7. 44B-Nick Bessette, ; 8. 18R-Ryan Baker, ; 9. 51-Jimmy Schram, ; 10. 88-John Gamell, ; 11. 81-Lane Zerbin, ; 12. 18-Tim Archer, ; (DNS) 34T-T.J. Richman,
B Feature 2: 1. 36-John Campos, ; 2. 11K-Kyle Casson, ; 3. 26-Brett James, ; 4. 21-Steve Moore, ; 5. 73-Tyler Smith, ; 6. 27EH-Lawrence O'Connor, ; 7. 32-D.J. Shannon, ; 8. 34-Mark Gaylord, ; 9. 27-Robert Jeffers, ; 10. 62-Cody Jones, ; (DNS) W7-Kevin Williamson, ; (DNS) 88P-Carl Berendsen,
Heat 1: 1. 00-Cory Sample, ; 2. W5-Jesse Williamson, ; 3. V13-Grey Ferrando, ; 4. 21-Steve Moore, ; 5. 62-Cody Jones, ; 6. 44T-Brian Thompson, ; 7. 27-Robert Jeffers, ; 8. 36-John Campos, ; 9. 73-Tyler Smith, ; 10. 88P-Carl Berendsen, ; 11. 16P-Preston Luckman,
Heat 2: 1. 15P-Brian Pearce, ; 2. 54N-Nick Trenchard, ; 3. 30-Jeremy Shank, ; 4. 7-Dustin Cady, ; 5. 8-Wade Taylor, ; 6. 6M-Justin Dittman, ; 7. 88R-Kevin Roberts, ; 8. 51-Jimmy Schram, ; 9. 34T-T.J. Richman, ; 10. 18-Tim Archer,
Heat 3: 1. 41-Danny Lauer, ; 2. S-Collen Winebarger, ; 3. 175-Ethan Dotson, ; 4. 26-Brett James, ; 5. 36M-Shaun Mayea, ; 6. 37-Joey Price, ; 7. 88-John Gamell, ; 8. 81-Lane Zerbin, ; 9. 18R-Ryan Baker, ; (DNS) W7-Kevin Williamson,
Heat 4: 1. 13-Bricen James, ; 2. 98-Alex Stanford, ; 3. 11K-Kyle Casson, ; 4. 44B-Nick Bessette, ; 5. 83-Kellen Chadwick, ; 6. 19-Brad Martin, ; 7. 32-D.J. Shannon, ; 8. 1M-Mark Wauge, ; 9. 27EH-Lawrence O'Connor, ; 10. 34-Mark Gaylord,
Heat 5: 1. 36-John Campos, ; 2. W5-Jesse Williamson, ; 3. 44T-Brian Thompson, ; 4. 73-Tyler Smith, ; 5. 00-Cory Sample, ; 6. V13-Grey Ferrando, ; 7. 21-Steve Moore, ; 8. 27-Robert Jeffers, ; 9. 62-Cody Jones, ; 10. 88P-Carl Berendsen, ; (DNS) 16P-Preston Luckman,
Heat 6: 1. 7-Dustin Cady, ; 2. 8-Wade Taylor, ; 3. 88R-Kevin Roberts, ; 4. 54N-Nick Trenchard, ; 5. 6M-Justin Dittman, ; 6. 30-Jeremy Shank, ; 7. 15P-Brian Pearce, ; 8. 51-Jimmy Schram, ; 9. 18-Tim Archer, ; 10. 34T-T.J. Richman,
Heat 7: 1. 175-Ethan Dotson, ; 2. S-Collen Winebarger, ; 3. 81-Lane Zerbin, ; 4. 37-Joey Price, ; 5. 41-Danny Lauer, ; 6. 36M-Shaun Mayea, ; 7. 26-Brett James, ; 8. 88-John Gamell, ; 9. 18R-Ryan Baker, ; 10. W7-Kevin Williamson,
Heat 8: 1. 1M-Mark Wauge, ; 2. 19-Brad Martin, ; 3. 83-Kellen Chadwick, ; 4. 98-Alex Stanford, ; 5. 32-D.J. Shannon, ; 6. 13-Bricen James, ; 7. 11K-Kyle Casson, ; 8. 27EH-Lawrence O'Connor, ; 9. 44B-Nick Bessette, ; 10. 34-Mark Gaylord,
Submitted By: Ben Deatherage
