6/27/2018
Cottage Grove Speedway
Ethan Dotson Scores First Win Of The Week With Late Race Pass At CGS
Ethan Dotson Scores First Win Of The Week With Late Race Pass At CGS
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Stephanie Deatherage)
Cottage Grove, Oregon- Cottage Grove Speedway would host the fifth round of the 2018 Wild West Modified Shootout on Tuesday, June 26th. It would be the second consecutive night of racing at the famed ¼-mile clay oval with the tour. Thirty-seven entries would be in the pit area from the states of Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, and North Carolina as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Jesse Williamson got to the front at the start of the main event and was looking to make it two straight wins. The Eugene veteran would set a rapid pace and seemed to be the class of the field. An extremely long thirty-three lap green flag run would have lapped traffic come into the mix. Danny Lauer, of Nipomo, California, reeled in Williamson and looked to challenge but couldn’t quite get underneath the leader.
A lap thirty-three caution would regroup the field one last time. On the restart Williamson went to the bottom to keep Lauer in check. However, Ethan Dotson would toss the dice one last time on the high side during the ensuing restart. Williamson and Dotson would be side-by-side at the line coming to the white flag and battled it out on the final circuit. Dotson managed to motor his way in front and secure the top spot on the exit of turn two.
Ethan Dotson would become the fifth different winner in as many nights. The Bakersfield, California native, racing for Jim and Brian Wulfenstein, won his third career Wild West Modified Shootout victory and was the second time he has ever won at Cottage Grove with the series.
Jesse Williamson was a respectable second with Danny Lauer, via one of the consolation features, in third. Keizer’s John Campos placed fourth and Albany youngster Bricen James was fifth. Danny Lauer, Hines native Derrick Young, and Portland’s Joey Tanner, racing for Grey and Kersey Ferrando, were the three consolation feature winners.
The Wild West Modified Shootout heads to Sunset Speedway Park, in Banks, on Wednesday, June 27th. Pit Gates open at 2:00 PM, Front Gates 4:00, Time Trials begin at 5:30, with Racing kicking off at 6:30. Tickets are $13.00 for Adults and Seniors/Military/Juniors (13-17) $10.00. A Family Pass (Two Adults and up to four Youths) is offered for $35.00 while Premium Seats are available for $25.00 each. Tickets, apparel, and more can be purchased online at www.pnwdirtracing.com . For more information log on to www.sunsetspeedwaypark.com.
As has been the case for the last two Wild West Modified Shootouts the fine folks at Speed Shift TV will be providing live lap-to-lap coverage of every single round. Be sure and stay tuned to the Wild West Modified Shootout Facebook page for the latest news and updates.
Race Results:
Wild West Modified Shootout Race #5
Tuesday, June 26th, 2018
Cottage Grove Speedway
Cottage Grove, Oregon
Heat Race 1A: 1. 7-Dustin Cady; 2. S-Collen Winebarger; 3. 12W-Brian Wulfenstein; 4. 1M-Mark Wauge; 5. 12Y-Derrick Young; 6. 32-D.J. Shannon; 7. 27EH-Lawrence O’Connor; 8. 33E-Austin Bloom
Heat Race 1B: 1. W5-Jesse Williamson; 2. 387-Chance Hyser; 3. 33-Paul Rea; 4. 34J-Jeff Faulkner; 5. 11S-Donald Schott; 6. 83-Harley Turner Jr.; 7. 44-Greg McDonald; 8. 77S-Jerry Schram
Heat Race 1C: 1. 16P-Preston Luckman; 2. 11-Steve Sturdevant; 3. 33C-Craig Hanson; 4. 13-Bricen James; 5. 24-Curtis Towns; 6. 41-Danny Lauer; 7. W7-Kevin Williamson
Heat Race 1D: 1. 5M-Jake Mayden; 2. 12D-Ethan Dotson; 3. 36-John Campos; 4. V13-Joey Tanner; 5. 6M-Justin Cady; 6. T85-Evan Britton; 7. 33E2-Bob Bloom
Heat Race 1E: 1. 45S-Aaron Sheelar; 2. 73M-Dave Duste Jr.; 3. 73-Tyler Smith; 4. 27M-Brad Martin; 5. 44T-Brian Thompson; 6. 77-Paul Culp; 7. 34-Mark Gaylord
Heat Race 2A: 1. S-Collen Winebarger; 2. 1M-Mark Wauge; 3. 7-Dustin Cady; 4. 12Y-Derrick Young; 5. 27EH-Lawrence O’Connor; 6. 12W-Brian Wulfenstein; 7. 33E-Austin Bloom; 8. 32-D.J. Shannon
Heat Race 2B: 1. W5-Jesse Williamson; 2. 34J-Jeff Faulkner; 3. 11S-Donald Schott; 4. 44-Greg McDonald; 5. 387-Chance Hyser; 6. 83-Harley Turner Jr.; 7. 33-Paul Rea
Heat Race 2C: 1. 13-Bricen James; 2. 33C-Craig Hanson; 3. 16P-Preston Luckman; 4. 11-Steve Sturdevant; 5. 24-Curtis Towns; 6. W7-Kevin Williamson; 7. 41-Danny Lauer
Heat Race 2D: 1. 36-John Campos; 2. 12D-Ethan Dotson; 3. V13-Joey Tanner; 4. 5M-Jake Mayden; 5. 33E2-Bob Bloom; 6. 6M-Justin Cady; 7. T85-Evan Britton
Heat Race 2E: 1. 73-Tyler Smith; 2. 73M-Dave Duste Jr.; 3. 27M-Brad Martin; 4. 34-Mark Gaylord; 5. 44T-Brian Thompson; 6. 77-Paul Culp; 7. 45S-Aaron Sheelar
B-Feature 1: 1. 41-Danny Lauer; 2. 11-Steven Sturdevant; 3. 5M-Jake Mayden; 4. 24-Curtis Towns; 5. 12W-Brian Wulfenstein; 6. 27EH-Lawrence O’Connor; 7. 34-Mark Gaylord; 8. 387-Chance Hyser; 9. 32-D.J. Shannon
B-Feature 2: 1. 12Y-Derrick Young; 2. 33C-Craig Hanson; 3. 11S-Donald Schott; 4. 83-Harley Turner Jr.; 5. T85-Evan Britton; 6. 33E2-Bob Bloom; 7. 33E-Austin Bloom; 8. 27M-Brad Martin; 9. 44T-Brian Thompson
B-Feature 3: 1. V13-Joey Tanner; 2. 1M-Mark Wauge; 3. W7-Kevin Williamson; 4. 45S-Aaron Sheelar; 5. 77-Paul Culp; 6. 44-Greg McDonald; 7. 6M-Justin Cady; 8. 33-Paul Rea; DNS 77S-Jerry Schram
A-Feature: 1. 12D-Ethan Dotson; 2. W5-Jesse Williamson; 3. 41-Danny Lauer; 4. 36-John Campos; 5. 13-Bricen James; 6. 1M-Mark Wauge; 7. 12Y-Derrick Young; 8. 7-Dustin Cady; 9. 33C-Craig Hanson; 10. 16P-Preston Luckman; 11. 34J-Jeff Faulkner; 12. V13-Joey Tanner; 13. S-Collen Winebarger; 14. 5M-Jake Mayden; 15. 24-Curtis Towns; 16. 73-Tyler Smith; 17. 11-Steven Sturdevant; 18. 11S-Donald Schott; 19. 73M-Dave Duste Jr.; 20. 45S-Aaron Sheelar; 21. W7-Kevin Williamson; 22. 83-Harley Turner Jr.
Submitted By: Ben Deatherage