Tyler Reddick Takes First Career Win on Wednesday Night at East Bay

| Feb 09, 2011 | Comments 0

 
TAMPA, FL (February 9, 2011)-The “California Kid”, 15-year-old, Tyler Reddick of Corning, CA grabbed the lead from Dan Schlieper of Oak Creek, WI with eight laps remaining and then he went on to win his first career Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series on Wednesday Night at East Bay Raceway Park during the 35th Annual DART Winternationals Presented by Magnaflow Exhaust. Reddick, who started third, tracked Schlieper for the first 21laps of the 30 lap main event. He grabbed the lead heading into turn number three. Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN finished second followed by Steve Francis of Ashland, KY, Schlieper and Don O’Neal of Martinsville, IN.

“I can’t believe this,” said Reddick who will be running for the Quarter Master “Rookie of the Year” for the series in 2011. “I was just so excited there at the end, the car was fast all night, I knew Dan (Schlieper) wasn’t going to give it to us, we were going to have to earn it.” Reddick showed the patience of veteran in becoming the youngest winner in series history and the youngest late model driver to win an event at the famed “Clay by the Bay”.
 
“I kept looking for Scott (Bloomquist) and Don (O’Neal) out there. They are so tough here and I knew they’d be in the mix at the end, waiting through those cautions was a little unnerving, but I can’t thank my mom and dad enough, they have supported me from the start of my racing career, I have to thank Scott for building a great race car and Gaerte Engines for coming onboard,” said Reddick who also receives sponsorship from Broken Bow Records, America’s Incredible Pizza and Wiles Driveshafts.
 
Schlieper and Jimmy Owens started on the front row as Schlieper bolted to the lead at the beginning of the $5,000 to win main. Reddick moved into second on lap two and the two the put on a close, competitive race as Reddick was finally able to clear Schlieper with eight laps to go. A heated battle for third between Bloomquist and O’Neal saw those two drivers run wheel-to-wheel over the last half of the race.

Reddick then had to wait through two cautions flags before he was finally able to cross the finish line in first in front of the standing, cheering crowd. Bloomquist, the opening night winner at East Bay finished second in his Base Racing Fuels, Bloomquist race Cars Chevy. Francis, who started ninth made a late race charge to finish third in the Stapleton Motorsports, Barry Wright Race Cars entry. Schlieper was fourth in the Arnie Ranta Motorsports, Bloomquist Race Cars Ford with O’Neal in the Magnaflow Exhaust, MasterSbilt Chevy.
 
Schlieper topped the 62 car field in Red Buck Cigar Time Trials with a lap of 14.296 seconds. Heat race winners were Schlieper, Tyler Reddick, Brad Neat, Jimmy Owens, Scott Bloomquist, and Don O’Neal. The B-mains were taken by Eddie Carrier Jr. and Tim Dohm. Wendell Wallace captured first place in the4 Magnaflow Exhaust Strawberry Dash.
 
Action continues at East Bay on Thursday Night, February 10th with a $10,000 to win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event.
 
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Wednesday Night, February 9th, 2011
35th Annual DART Winternationals Presented by Magnaflow
East Bay Raceway Park – Tampa, FL

Red Buck Cigars Fast Time: Dan Schlieper / 14.296 seconds (Group A and Overall)
                                          Chris Wall / 14.333 seconds (Group B)
 
Wiles Driveshafts First Heat (10 Laps- Top 3 Advance): Dan Schlieper, David Breazeale, Wayne Chinn, Eddie Carrier Jr., Bub McCool, Tim McCreadie, John Blankenship, Travis Varnadore, Chuck Julien, Keith Nosbisch
Wiles Driveshafts Second Heat (10 Laps- Top 3 Advance): Tyler Reddick, Steve Francis, Dale McDowell, Austin Hubbard, Eric Wells, Chad Valone, Donnie Moran, Leon Henderson, Joe Denby, DJ Wells-DNS
 
Sweet Manufacturing Third Heat (10 Laps- Top 3 Advance): Brad Neat, Rick Eckert, Eric Jacobsen, Frank Heckenast Jr., Wendell Wallace, Bobby Pierce, Steve Casebolt, Michael Chilton, James O’Hara, Danny Mitchell
 
HAWK Brakes Fourth Heat (10 Laps- Top 3 Advance): Jimmy Owens, Josh Richards, Chris Wall, Tim Dohm, Jared Hawkins, Justin Rattliff, Daniel Stone, Jason McBride, Mark Andersen, Skylar Marlar, Robert Geiger
Wiles Driveshafts Fifth Heat (10 Laps- Top 3 Transfer): Scott Bloomquist, Mike Marlar, Jared Landers, Earl Pearson Jr., Terry Casey, Billy Moyer Jr., Tim Isenberg, Greg Fore, Doug Blashe, Vic Coffey
 
Sweet Manufacturing Sixth Heat (10 Laps- Top 3 Transfer): Don O’Neal, Ray Cook, Dennis Erb Jr., Ricky Weiss, Dillan White, Chadd Hollenbeck, Russ Adams, Chad Stapleton, Jason Feger, Brandon Thirlby
 
JRi Shocks First B-Main (12 Laps- Top 3 Advance): Eddie Carrier Jr., Austin Hubbard, Donnie Moran, Bub McCool, Eric Wells, Bobby Pierce, Wendell Wallace, John Blankenship, Steve Casebolt, Travis Varnadore, Chad Valone, Keith Nosbisch, Leon Henderson, James O’Hara, Michael Chilton, Frank Heckenast Jr., Tim McCreadie, Joe Denby, Chuck Julien-DNS, DJ Wells-DNS, Danny Mitchell-DNS

Wrisco Aluminum Second B-Main (12 Laps- Top 3 Advance): Tim Dohm, Terry Casey, Justin Rattliff, Jared Hawkins, Ricky Weiss, Vic Coffey, Doug Blashe, Chad Hollenbeck, Russ Adams, Mark Andersen, Robert Geiger, Earl Pearson Jr., Tim Isenberg, Dillan White, Skylar Marlar, Daniel Stone, Chad Stapleton, Jason McBride, Billy Moyer Jr., Greg Fore, Jason Feger, Brandon Thirlby-DNS
 
Magnaflow Performance Exhaust Strawberry Dash (Winner Advances): Wendell Wallace, Steve Casebolt, John Blankenship, Tim MCCreadie, Bub McCool, Chad Hollenbeck, Doug Blashe

35th Annual DART Winternationals Presented by Magnaflow Feature Finish (30 Laps): Tyler Reddick, Scott Bloomquist, Steve Francis, Dan Schlieper, Don O'Neal, Jimmy Owens, Eric Jacobsen, Mike Marlar, Dale McDowell, Rick Eckert, Jared Landers, Josh Richards, Dennis Erb, Jr., Austin Hubbard, Jason Feger, Donnie Moran, Justin Rattliff, David Breazeale, Ray Cook, Wayne Chinn, Brad Neat, Wendell Wallace, Chris Wall, Tim Dohm, Terry Casey, Eddie Carrier, Jr.

 
Feature Finish – 30 Laps

FINISH
START
CAR #
DRIVER NAME
HOMETOWN
1
3
11t
Tyler Reddick
Corning, CA
2
4
0
Scott Bloomquist
Mooresburg, TN
3
9
15
Steve Francis
Ashland, KY
4
1
s9
Dan Schlieper
Sullivan, WI
5
6
71
Don O'Neal
Martinsville, IN
6
2
20
Jimmy Owens
Newport, TN
7
17
5
Eric Jacobsen
Watsonville, CA
8
11
36
Mike Marlar
Winfield, TN
9
15
17m
Dale McDowell
Chickamauga, GA
10
11
24
Rick Eckert
York, PA
11
17
777
Jared Landers
Batesville, AR
12
8
25
Josh Richards
Shinnston, WV
13
18
28e
Dennis Erb, Jr.
Carpentersville, IL
14
21
19
Austin Hubbard
Seaford, DE
15
25
25f
Jason Feger
Bloomington, IL
16
23
99
Donnie Moran
Dresden, OH
17
24
16
Justin Rattliff
Campbellsville, KY
18
7
54
David Breazeale
Four Corners, MS
19
12
53
Ray Cook
Brasstown, NC
20
13
15c
Wayne Chinn
Bradford, OH
21
5
41n
Brad Neat
Dunnville, KY
22
26
88
Wendell Wallace
Batesville, AR
23
14
71w
Chris Wall
Springfield, LA
24
20
6T
Tim Dohm
Cross Lanes, WV
25
22
16c
Terry Casey
New London, WI
26
19
28
Eddie Carrier, Jr.
Salt Rock, WV
 
Race Statistics

Entrants: 61

Lap Leaders:  Dan Schlieper (Laps 1-21); Tyler Reddick (Laps 22-30)

Caution Flags: Lap 1 (Wayne Chinn, Eddie Carrrier Jr., Donnie Moran, Justin Rattliff, Jason Feger, Wendell Wallace, Terry Casey) Lap 24 (Brad Neat); Lap 26 (David Breazeale, Ray Cook)

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Provisionals: none

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Emergency Provisional: none

DART Fast Pass: Jason Feger

PBM/Erson Cams Hard Charger of the Race: Eric Jacobsen (Started 17th; Finished 7th; Advanced 10 positions)

AllstarPerformer of the Race: Dan Schlieper

K&N Filters Clean Pass of the Race: Tyler Reddick

Quarter Master Rookie of the Race: none

COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Race: Gaerte Engines

Dominator Race Products Hard Luck Award: Eddie Carrier Jr.

DirtonDirt.com Crew Chief of the Race: Clarence Reddick (Tyler Reddick)

Time of Race: 26 minutes 06 seconds
 

35th Annual DART Winternationals Presented by Magnaflow Championship Point Standings
 
POS
CAR #
DRIVER NAME
HOMETOWN
POINTS
1
0
Scott Bloomquist
Mooresburg, TN
480
2
20
Jimmy Owens
Newport, TN
440
3
15
Steve Francis
Ashland, KY
415
4
71
Don O'Neal
Martinsville, IN
390
4
36
Mike Marlar
Winfield, TN
390
6
5
Eric Jacobsen
Watsonville, CA
385
7
19
Austin Hubbard
Seaford, DE
380
8
s9
Dan Schlieper
Sullivan, WI
360
9
11t
Tyler Reddick
Corning, CA
355
10
54
David Breazeale
Four Corners, MS
350
 

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