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| Empire Super Sprint Stars Have Successful First Night at East Bay | TAMPA, Fla - On Wednesday night, January 29th, the Ronald
Laney King of the 360 Nationals kicked off with a talent
filled 49 car field at the East Bay Raceway Park. The
Empire Super Sprints (ESS) were represented with six
entrants and had a strong first night outing.
Eight-time ESS champion Mike Woodring, VSM Canadian
Invasion Champion Ryan Coniam and two-time ESS feature
winner Mike Lutz made the A-Main starting grid. Wood-
ring came from the B-Main to place 18th in the final
finishing order. Both Coniam and Lutz had early
troubles and dropped out for a 25th and 26th place
finishes respectively in the 25 lap feature event won
by Terry McCarl. Lutz did pick up a heat win with
the VanDusen owned #58 beating Central Pa. star Fred
Rahmer to the line.
Other drivers on hand were female star Erin Crocker
who thrilled the crowd early by timing seventh
fastest. Crocker was leading the B-Main until a
tangle with a lapped car forced her out of contention
for a A-Main starting berth. In the special Goodson
Farms Strawberry Dash for non-qualifiers she finishes
a close second to World of Outlaws star Paul McMahan.
Jeff VanDusen and John Karklin Jr. were also on hand
but failed to qualify through the B-Main.
The second night of the 360 Nationals will be held
tonight (Jan. 30) with the "ESS Gang" looking to move
forward in the standings in hopes of making the start-
ing lineup for Saturday's finale.
The ESS season in the Northeast will kick off Saturday
night, April 12th at the Black Rock Speedway, it will
be the 20th Anniversary Celebration Tour for the 360
touring organization.
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