Friday

BEAUMONT, Texas — Howard Willis sat on the pole and paced all 30 laps of the O’Reilly USMTS Southern Series event at the Golden Triangle Raceway Park Friday night.
A stout field of 61 top-flight modified drivers and their machines were on hand for the first night of the second annual Texas Shootout.
The only challenge to Willis’s lead came from Jason Hughes, who gave the crowd their money’s worth. Working his way through the pack from 13th, Hughes was among the leaders on lap 13 when contact from another car sent Hughes spinning.
He battled from the rear of the field to battle Willis during the final four laps. Willis held on, with Hughes second, ahead of David Mitchell, Dustin Hyde and Morgan Bagley.
The finish:
Howard Willis, Jason Hughes, David Mitchell, Dustin Hyde, Morgan Bagley, Kyle Pleasant, Randy Timms, Wes Armstrong, Tracy Denby, Phil Dixon, B.J. Robinson, David Smith, John Whittington, Cody Smith, Scott Green, Adam Epperson, Shane Hebert, David Horner, Jeff Hoegh, Bryan Rowland, Jeremy Ross, Steve Miller, Steve Pugh, Steve Holzkamper.

Saturday

WILLIS, Texas — A standing-room-only crowd saw Steve Holzkamper claim the final round of the second annual Texas Shootout Saturday at Gator Motorplex in a race which saw nine lead changes among four drivers on the quarter-mile oval.
Polesitter Michael Robertson and Johnny Scott traded the lead early, with John O. Whittington moving to the front on lap 14. Holzkamper took the lead on lap 25, but Whittington battled right back to lead laps 26 and 27.
Holzkamper led lap 28 and Whittington lap 29 before Holzkamper took the lead for good on lap 30, pacing the final 11 circuits.
Randy Timms came on to finish second, with Tommy Weder, Jr., Jamie Burford and Robertson rounding out the top five.
The finish:
Steve Holzkamper, Randy Timms, Tommy Weder, Jr., Jamie Burford, Michael Robertson, Derick Grigsby, Jon Tesch, Jason Hughes, Morgan Bagley, Corey Babbitt, Kyle Pleasant, John O. Whittington, Jeremy Ross, Bobby Malchus, Jeff Hoegh, Keith Green, Bryan Rowland, B.J. Robinson, Mark Smith, Brandon Kenny, David Mitchell, Scott Green, Johnny Scott, Howard Willis.