By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
Last season the World of Outlaws raced on seven different sizes of track, and Donny Schatz won on six of those. The only size track he did not visit the winner’s circle on in 2006 was a quarter-mile. He made sure on Friday night that he will have that column checked this season, as he won on the recently reconfigured high-banked quarter-mile at Houston Raceway Park.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
The fans at Volunteer Speedway had been waiting a long time for a World of Outlaws event. They received one on Saturday night, and it was one of the best races in the history of the track, as Joey Saldana picked up his second straight win and third of the season, in a thrilling battle with Tim Shaffer and Donny Schatz.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
Donny Schatz picked up exactly where he left off last season, as he returned to Victory Lane in the World of Outlaws season opener on Friday night as part of the 36th Annual Florida DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Mopar Speedshop at Volusia Speedway Park.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
BARBERVILLE, FL — Kerry Madsen had been waiting a long time to win a World of Outlaws A-Feature event. That wait came to an end on Saturday night in the 36th Annual Florida DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Mopar Speedshop at Volusia Speedway Park, as he claimed the checkered flag in the 25-lap A-Feature.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
BARBERVILLE, FL — Last season Daryn Pittman patiently waited until early June to make his first visit of the season to Victory Lane. This year, he made sure that it would not take nearly as long, as he led wire-to-wire on Sunday night in finale of three straight nights of racing for the World of Outlaws as part of the 36th Annual Florida DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Mopar Speedshop.
Tulare, CA — Saldana Sails to Thunderbowl Win
Tulare, CA — Feb. 23, 2007 — By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
Joey Saldana knows the importance of patience in racing. He showed plenty of it on Friday night as battled Jac Haudenschild at the ultra-racy 1/3-mile high banked Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, California. After falling back to third on the second lap of the race, he bided his time and made a late charge to take the $10,000 win.
Tulare, CA — Kaeding Captures Emotional Tulare Finale
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
What a difference a day makes. On Friday night, Tim Kaeding had one of the fastest cars at Thunderbowl Raceway and easily passed the most cars on the night, but had little to show for it when the final checkered flag flew. On Saturday night, he made up for that, as he picked up his first World of Outlaws A-Feature win of the season, leading wire-to-wire in the 40-lap event, pocketing $10,000.
Concord, NC — No sweat: Donny Schatz had a huge lead on Paul McMahan in the Commonwealth Clash at Lernerville on Saturday night when the final caution of the night flew with eight laps remaining, though that didn’t seem to faze the four-time and defending series champion. On the ensuing double file restart Schatz charged to the lead after choosing the low line for the restart and was able to pull away again at the end of the race to score his fifth win of the season and the fourth of his career at Lernerville, where he has 14 consecutive Top-10 finishes dating back to 2004.
Qualifying
1) 83-Tim Shaffer 12.844 2) 15-Donny Schatz 12.889 3) 2-Dale Blaney 12.900 4) 14-Jason Meyers 12.901 5) 7S-Jason Sides 12.926 6) 2L-Ed Lynch Jr. 12.928 7) 1-Sammy Swindell 12.949 8) 3-Kerry Madsen 12.953 9) 91-Paul McMahan 12.996 10) 6-Danny Lasoski 13.030 11) 11-Steve Kinser 13.046 12) 9-Brad Sweet 13.096 13) 5W-Lucas Wolfe 13.101 14) 7-Craig Dollansky 13.122 15) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 13.130 16) 21N-Andy Priest 13.153 17) 2B-Ben Gregg 13.153 18) 22-Brian Ellenberger 13.160 19) R19-Jac Haudenschild 13.162 20) 63-Chad Kemenah 13.171 21) D4-Danny Holtgraver 13.187 22) 11K-Kraig Kinser 13.206 23) 6F-Bob Felmlee 13.210 24) 10-Carl Bowser 13.261 25) 9S-Kevin Schaeffer 13.374 26) 8-Mike Lutz 13.388 27) 4X-Toni Lutar 13.606 28) 13-Brandon Matus 13.965 29) 76-Davey Jones 14.390 30) 96-Lindsay Enscoe 14.421 31) 4K-William Kiley 15.461 32) 33-Brent Matus -.— 33) 24-Gregg Clay 14.231
Qualifying
1) 9-Joey Saldana 13.227 2) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 13.248 3) 6-Danny Lasoski 13.299 4) 91-Paul McMahan 13.346 5) 1-Sammy Swindell 13.403 6) 83X-Tim Shaffer 13.410 7) 3-Kerry Madsen 13.415 8) 7S-Jason Sides 13.425 9) R19-Jac Haudenschild 13.445 10) 49-Brad Sweet 13.448 11) 78-Todd Kane 13.461 12) 15-Donny Schatz 13.475 13) 63-Chad Kemenah 13.475 14) 2-Dale Blaney 13.477 15) 3C-Cale Conley 13.529 16) 14-Jason Meyers 13.536 17) 5W-Lucas Wolfe 13.562 18) 11K-Kraig Kinser 13.591 19) 77X-Randy Hannagan 13.600 20) 7K-Kyle Sauder 13.607 21) 6R-Bill Rose 13.610 22) 7-Craig Dollansky 13.611 23) 11-Steve Kinser 13.663 24) 97-Dean Jacobs 13.670 25) 22-Brian Ellenberger 13.727 26) O-Glenn Styres 13.777 27) 4X-Toni Lutar 13.783 28) 71M-Paul May 13.797 29) W20-Greg Wilson 13.815 30) 35-Ronnie Blair 13.833 31) 2B-Ben Gregg 13.868 32) OO-James Nier 13.914 33) 12-Jared Ridge 13.924 34) 34-Luke Hall 13.928 35) 7C-Tim Hunter 14.001
