Race Reports

Brad Sweet Powers to Emotional Calistoga Speedway Victory

Kasey Kahne Racing with Mike Curb has three straight wins at the half-mile oval

CALISTOGA, Calif. – April 11, 2015 – Brad Sweet, Joey Saldana and Rico Abreu put on a show in front of a packed Calistoga Speedway Saturday night, trading the lead and battling for the win on the opening night of the Wine Country Outlaw Showdown.

Ultimately, it was Sweet who powered his No. 49 Razor-Back Tools car to the front and scored his second World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory of the season.

“I don’t know if we dominated,” Sweet said in victory lane. “But we drove our butts off and worked hard. We’ve been struggling, having a little bad luck and the boss got on us a little bit – so it was nice to be able to bring it to victory lane.”

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Donny Schatz Scores His Fourth Win of the Season at Placerville Speedway

Johnson and Pittman being treated following a crash on lap 21

PLACERVILLE, Calif. – April 8, 2015 – Donny Schatz battled past Kyle Hirst and forward from a fifth place starting position at Brad Sweet’s Placerville Short Track Outlaw Showdown presented by Riebes Auto Parts Wednesday night to score his fourth World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory of the season.

Schatz’s win came as the series returned to the track for the first time since 1992.

“The locals are tough here on their own turf, especially at places we’ve never been,” Schatz said of Hirst and his fellow California natives. “We came out, started fifth and bided our time. My Bad Boy Buggies team always make the right decisions and gave me a car that got better and better as the night went on and those other guys faded a bit.”

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Daryn Pittman Holds off Paul McMahan to Score Victory at Antioch

This was the second World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series win of the year for Pittman

ANTIOCH, Calif. – March 29, 2015 – Through Sunday night’s 30 lap World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series feature at Antioch Speedway, Paul McMahan tried everything he could think of to get around leader Daryn Pittman. McMahan tried the high line and the low line; he got side by side with Pittman off of turn four and even briefly worked his way past Pittman. In the end though, Pittman held off McMahan to score his second series victory of the season.

“This is for my crew – this Great Clips team is just incredible,” Pittman said. “You know how good of a race team you’re part of when… you go to race tracks that aren’t part of my forte and places I don’t normally excel at and they continuously give me cars that are capable of going out and winning with.”

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Donny Schatz Wins Hard Fought Mini Gold Cup Victory

It was the second win in a week for Schatz as he took over the points lead

CHICO, Calif. – March 28, 2015 – Donny Schatz scored his third win of the season Saturday night at Silver Dollar Speedway’s Mini Gold Cup, but his competition did not make it easy for him.

Schatz led the field through the opening laps in his No. 15 Bad Boy Buggies car and held off Daryn Pittman as a series of cautions flew. The first caution came on lap four, followed by one on lap nine and then on the subsequent restart attempt. After Rico Abreu got off track and brought out the caution on lap 11, Kerry Madsen was able to battle past Pittman to take over the second position. Terry McCarl brought out a pivotal caution on lap 18 as he spun into the infield off of turn two.

As the field returned to green, Kerry Madsen got his opportunity to take on Schatz.

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Rico Abreu Wins Wild FVP Western Spring Shootout at the Stockton Dirt Track

Scores his second win in as many weeks and the third of his career after battle with Terry McCarl

STOCKTON, Calif. – March 22, 2015 – Four different leaders battled it out in Sunday night’s wild FVP Western Spring Shootout at the Stockton Dirt Track, but it was Rico Abreu who outlasted the competition and captured his second World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series win in as many weeks.

With ten laps to go, Abreu caught Terry McCarl, then the leader, as the two headed into the first turns. When they exited turn two, it was Abreu driving his No. 24 Abreu Vineyards car around McCarl on the back straight. Abreu skillfully worked his way through lapped traffic in the waning laps and held off McCarl to score his third career Outlaws win.

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Donny Schatz Scores Close Win on Night One of the FVP Western Spring Shootout

Becomes the first repeat World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series winner of 2015 and ends winless streak in California

STOCKTON, Calif. – March 21, 2015 – Shane Stewart had victory in sight as he rounded turn four on the final lap of Saturday night’s FVP Western Spring Shootout at the Stockton Dirt Track. Reigning World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion Donny Schatz had other things in mind though as he dove to the bottom of the track and drag raced Stewart to the finish line.

By just .220 seconds, Schatz overtook Stewart and became the first repeat winner of the 2015 season – a streak that goes back eight races – and ended his own winless streak in the State of California that stretched all the way back to September 2012.

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Rico Abreu Scores Decisive Win Over Outlaws at Thunderbowl Raceway

Becomes the eighth different winner in eight races – the most to start a season since 1995

TULARE, Calif. – March 14, 2015 – With his decisive win Saturday night at Thunderbowl Raceway, Rico Abreu became the eighth different World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series winner in eight races so far this season – the first time since 1995 that has happened.

“Everything played out well tonight,” Abreu said in victory lane. “I got a good start in the dash and then just made every lap count in that feature.”

After a fifth place run Friday night at Thunderbowl, Abreu showed his dominance early in the night, scoring a win in his heat and second place finish in the Dash. When the green flag flew, Abreu battled past Brad Sweet to lead the first lap. Through several restarts, Abreu maintained his lead and by the end of the night had built up straightaway between him and second-place Shane Stewart.

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Tim Kaeding Wins Wild Friday the 13th Feature at Thunderbowl Raceway

Becomes the seventh different winner in seven World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series features

TULARE, Calif. – March 13, 2015 – It was fitting Friday night’s World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series and King of the West Series feature at Thunderbowl Raceway took place on Friday the 13th. The unusual A main saw a first half plagued by flipping racecars and red flags, and a tail end car end the night for the leader. Ultimately, it was Tim Kaeding who avoided the on-track disorder and battled past a hard charging Terry McCarl to become the seventh different winner in seven Outlaws events.

“I’ve got to thank (Owners) Dennis and Teresa Roth, (Crew Chief Todd Ventura) all these guys with the Roth Enterprises team,” an emotional Kaeding said in victory lane. “One year ago I definitely screwed up bad and this is one way to repay them for the ten years of hard work that they put in and I put into this deal. To keep the winning streak going here at Tulare with Dennis and them is a dream come true.”

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Brian Brown Beats Outlaws at USA Raceway to Score Second Ever Series Win

Brown is the sixth different winner in six different races so far this season

TUCSON, Ariz. – March 7, 2015 – It took Brian Brown more than 10 years to score his first ever World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series win. Win number two took just three more Outlaws starts and a few months.

Brown dominated Saturday night’s NAPA Wildcat Shootout presented by RideNow Powersports at USA Raceway to score his second ever series win, the sixth different winner in six races so far this season.

“To win two of the last four Outlaw races we’ve been at – it took us forever to win the first one and it’s awesome here to win the second one,” Brown said.

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