GIBSONTON, Fla. — Garrett Green charged from the eighth row to win his first East Bay Raceway Park feature in Thursday night’s Top Gun Sprints season opener at the third-mile dirt track.
Defending series champion A.J. Maddox took the early lead from outside the second row with Brandon Grubaugh giving chase.
Shane Butler was on the move early, taking second spot on lap three. Butler passed Maddox on lap eight to take the lead, but Maddox moved back to the front one lap later.
Meanwhile, Green was on the move, working his way to third spot.
The red flag waved when Tim Fricke flipped after tangling with Brandon Grubaugh on lap 23.
On the restart, Green, who had moved to third, stuck the nose of his No. 82 between the front runners for a three-wide challenge.
As the field came down to the checkered flag, it was Green grabbing his first East Bay Raceway Park feature win.
Maddox finished second with Butler, Danny Sams and Robbie Smith rounding out the top five.
Collin Kruse scored a wire-to-wire triumph in the V-8 Warrior/Thunderstocks feature.
The finish:
Garrett Green, A.J. Maddox, Shane Butler, Danny Sams, Robbie Smith, Justin Webster, Luke Hill, Andrew Griffin, Joe Zuczek, Larry McVay, Kyle Connery, Billy Bridges, Jeff Bye, Matt Kurtz, Bryan Eckley, Brandon Grubaugh, Tim Fricke, Scott Baldwin, Bruce Durden, Cole Nichols, Nathan Barouch.