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Powers to Win at Volusia
Last season
Daryn Pittman patiently waited until early June to
make his first visit of the season to
After
winning the dash to earn the pole position for the 30-lap event, he held off a
hard charging Tim Kaeding and Donny Schatz, in heavy lapped traffic. The pair
staged a fierce battle for the second spot in the late going as they chased
Pittman, who used strong restarts twice in the late going to pull away. The
$12,000 triumph was the 20th of his career in World of Outlaws
action.
“It is a
great way to get started and a great boost for the whole team,” said Pittman,
driver of the Titan Garages Maxim. “It’s always good to get a win at the end of
the week. Our team just keeps getting better every year, and hopefully we can
stay consistent and get wins when we can.”
Starting
the season off on a high note was one of Pittman’s goals for 2007, and after
the win, he is well on his way. The veteran driver was one of the most
consistent drivers over the last three months of last season.
“No matter who you are and how long you have been doing this and how
many wins you have, come June and July if you have no wins, car owners get a
little antsy,” he said. “They spend a lot of money and want wins. Being able to
always refer back to getting one early is great. We got one now and we have
some confidence, and hopefully we can go out and get some more.”
With a
cross-country trip awaiting the team, Pittman is glad that they will have some
time to go back to the shop and prepare to head to
“We going
to go home and relax,” Pittman commented. “My crew has worked their tails off.
Every year when we come to
Tim Kaeding
made a late charge for the lead, as he closed the gap on Pittman with a couple
laps to go. On the final lap, he and Donny Schatz staged an entertaining battle
for the second spot, as they both were just behind Pittman. Schatz used a slide
job on Kaeding to momentarily move into the second spot exiting the fourth
turn. Kaeding immediately fought back and claimed the runner-up spot at the
line by mere inches.
“We had a
little trouble with this thing taking off, and Daryn
would get ahead of us a little bit,” said Kaeding, driver of the Steve Kinser
Racing Maxim. “I knew Donny was coming eventually and he pulled off a slider,
and I did what I knew how to do and what I needed to do, and that was turn back
underneath him and get back in front of him as quick as I could and get the air
off his wing.”
For Schatz,
the reigning series champion, he finished in the Top-Three each in night of the
World of Outlaw portion of the Florida DIRTcar
Nationals. He won the season opener on Friday night, and backed that up with a
third-place run on Saturday night, and was third again on Sunday, after
starting the event on the outside of the third row.
“We came
here to win and we were good enough to win all three nights,” said Schatz,
driver of the Parker Store J&J. “Tonight we never really hit lapped
traffic. There were a lot of good cars out here and on an open race track, it’s
hard to pass. We moved around and tried everything we could. We’re going to
head back and do a little work, and hopefully be as good in
Terry McCarl raced his way to a fourth-place finish after lining
up eight. The native of
“We started
the week off doing well with the All Stars, and then kind of hiccupped a little
the first two nights (of the World of Outlaws season),” said McCarl, driver of the Big Game Treestands
Eagle. “We need to keep getting in the Top-Five this year. It’s going to be
pretty brutal this year, so every one of these Top-Five’s is important. “
Tim Shaffer
picked up his first Top-Five of the season on Sunday as he came home fifth in
the Casey’s General Stores Maxim.
The rest of
the Top-10 was: Danny Lasoski in the Roth Motorsports Eagle in sixth, Jason Sides in the
With
Pittman’s victory, the sprint car portion of the Florida DIRTcar
Nationals came to a close, with Craig Dollansky named
the Champion. The native of
The World of Outlaws return to action on February 23-24 at Thunderbowl
Raceway in
VOLUSIA
SIGHT
SEEING: World of
Outlaws team owner and two-time NASCAR Champion Tony Stewart was in attendance
on Sunday night, as his driver Paul McMahan was in action. Fellow World of
Outlaws team owner and NASCAR star Kasey Kahne was also on-hand. 2004 World of Outlaws Kevin
Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Kraig Kinser, who now
competes in the NASCAR Truck Series, also visited the track. Randy LaJoie, a two-time NASCAR Busch Series Champion was also
taking in the action. Kenny Wallace, a multi-time winner in the NASCAR Busch
Series, competed in the UMP DIRTcar Modifieds all week as part of the Florida DIRTcar Nationals.
•
• QUALIFYING WINNERS: Jason Sides, Tim Kaeding, Donny Schatz, and Danny Lasoski won heat races…. Dustin Lindquist won the C-Main…
Randy Hannagan won the B-Main… Daryn
Pittman won the dash.
• ON THE
• LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the series, they
can experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws live on DIRTVision.com
through the DIRT Radio Network. To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to
www.DIRTVision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo. Listeners will
need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For
technical support or questions, e-mail webmaster@DIRTVision.com.
• UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws will travel across the country for two
days of racing at Thunderbowl Raceway in
•
UPCOMING EVENTS: On
March 2 the series returns to
World of Outlaws Sprint Series Statistical Report;
Qualifying
1) 18T-Tony Bruce Jr 13.098
2) 24-Terry McCarl 13.109
3) 70-Chad Kemenah 13.209
4) 89-Cody Darrah 13.231
5) R19-Jason Solwold 13.277
6) 7-Craig Dollansky 13.293
7) 11H-Kerry Madsen
13.326
8) 6T-Tim Shaffer 13.332
9) 21-Daryn Pittman
13.346
10) 6S-Brad Sweet 13.373
11) 51-Fred Rahmer 13.397
12) 83-Danny Lasoski 13.403
13) 7S-Jason Sides 13.420
14) 11K-Tim Kaeding
13.430
15) 15-Donny Schatz
13.456
16) 5C-Chad Hillier
13.457
17) 22-Greg Hodnett 13.478
18) 96-Bronson Maeschen 13.481
19) 1x-Randy Hannagan 13.487
20) 28-Brian Paulus 13.501
21) W20-Greg
22) 19-Becca
23) 14-Jason Meyers
13.515
24) 32-Justin Barger
13.522
25) 11-Steve Kinser 13.535
26) 2-Brooke Tatnell
13.536
27) 36-Jason Martin 13.557
28) 9-Joey Saldana 13.570
29) 1Z-Dusty Zomer 13.572
30) 11D-Dion Hindi 13.602
31) 5W-Lucas Wolfe 13.611
32) 8K-Zach Chappell
13.624
33) 20-Paul McMahan
13.628
34) 10C-Jeremy
35) 4-Danny Smith 13.651
36) 55-Mark Smith 13.665
37) 4R-Robbie Vaughn
13.690
38) 25-Lance Dewease 13.711
39) 5-Dustin Lindquist 13.733
40) 18-Brian Carlson
13.749
41) D1-Justin
42) 15H-Sam Hafertepe 13.772
43) 6w-Josh Wells 13.815
44) 6-Bill Rose 13.958
45) 22B-Ben Gregg 13.986
46) 69-Justin Collett 14.007
47) 93-Jonathan Eriksen 14.011
48) 16-Lee Stark 14.150
49) 6X-Mark Cole 14.571
50) 35-Jac Haudenschild No Time
51) 12M-James Mosher No
Time
Heat 1 (8 Laps, top 5
finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 7S-Jason Sides
2) 21-Daryn Pittman
3) R19-Jason Solwold
4) 11-Steve Kinser
5) W20-Greg
6) 18T-Tony Bruce Jr.
7) 22-Greg Hodnett
8) D1-Justin
9) 20-Paul McMahan
10) 1Z-Dusty Zomer
11) 4R-Robbie Vaughn
12) 6X-Mark Cole
13) 22B-Ben Gregg
Heat 2 (8 Laps, top 5
finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 11K-Tim Kaeding
2) 6S-Brad Sweet
3) 7-Craig Dollansky
4) 24-Terry Mccarl
5) 2-Brooke Tatnell
6) 10C-Jeremy
7) 19-Becca
8) 15H-Sam Hafertepe
9) 25-Lance Dewease
10) 11D-Dion Hindi
11) 69-Justin Collett
12) 35-Jac Haudenschild
13) 96-Bronson Maeschen
Heat 3 (8 Laps, top 5
finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 15-Donny Schatz
2) 51-Fred Rahmer
3) 70-Chad Kemenah
4) 14-Jason Meyers
5) 11H-Kerry Madsen
6) 1x-Randy Hannagan
7) 36-Jason Martin
8) 5W-Lucas Wolfe
9) 5-Dustin Lindquist
10) 6w-Josh Wells
11) 93-Jonathan Eriksen
12) 4-Danny Smith
Heat 4 (8 Laps, top 5
finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 83-Danny Lasoski
2) 6T-Tim Shaffer
3) 28-Brian Paulus
4) 5C-Chad Hillier
5) 89-Cody Darrah
6) 9-Joey Saldana
7) 32-Justin Barger
8) 8K-Zach Chappell
9) 6-Bill Rose
10) 18-Brian Carlson
11) 16-Lee Stark
Dash (6 laps,
finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature)
1) 21-Daryn Pittman
2) 11K-Tim Kaeding
3) 7S-Jason Sides
4) 83-Danny Lasoski
5) 51-Fred Rahmer
6) 15-Donny Schatz
7) 6T-Tim Shaffer
8) 24-Terry Mccarl
9) 6S-Brad Sweet
10) 70-Chad Kemenah
C-main (10 laps, top 2
finishers transferred to B-main)
1) 5-Dustin Lindquist
2) D1-Justin
3) 18-Brian Carlson
[$100]
4) 15H-Sam Hafertepe [$100]
5) 69-Justin Collett [$100]
6) 6w-Josh Wells
[$100]
7) 6-Bill Rose
[$100]
8) 6X-Mark Cole
[$100]
9) 93-Jonathan Eriksen [$100]
10) 22B-Ben Gregg
[$100]
11) 35-Jac Haudenschild [$100]
12) Lance Dewease (DNS) [$100]
13) Mark Smith (DNS) [$100]
14) Lee Stark (DNS) [$100]
B-main (12 laps, top 4
finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 1x-Randy Hannagan
2) 9-Joey Saldana
3) 22-Greg Hodnett
4) 18T-Tony Bruce Jr
5) 5W-Lucas Wolfe [$150]
6) 32-Justin Barger
[$125]
7) 8K-Zach Chappell
[$100]
8) 19-Becca
9) 20-Paul McMahan
[$100]
10) 11D-Dion Hindi
[$100]
11) 36-Jason Martin
[$100]
12) 1Z-Dusty Zomer [$100]
13) 10C-Jeremy
14) D1-Justin
15) 4-Danny Smith
[$100]
16) 4R-Robbie Vaughn
[$100]
17) 96-Bronson Maeschen [$100]
18) 5-Dustin Lindquist
[$100]
A-main (25 laps) -
Starting Position [#]
1) 21-Daryn
Pittman[1] [$12000]
2) 11K-Tim Kaeding[2] [$5500]
3) 15-Donny
Schatz[6] [$4000]
4) 24-Terry
McCarl[8]
[$3000]
5) 6T-Tim Shaffer[7] [$2700]
6) 83-Danny
Lasoski[4]
[$2400]
7) 7S-Jason
Sides[3] [$2100]
8) 9-Joey Saldana[24] [$2000]
9) 11H-Kerry
Madsen[15] [$1900]
10) 51-Fred
Rahmer[5]
[$1800]
11)
14-Jason Meyers[21] [$1700]
12)
2-Brooke Tatnell[23] [$1600]
13) 7-Craig
Dollansky[14]
[$1500]
14) 6S-Brad
Sweet[9] [$1200]
15) 20-Paul
McMahan[25] [$300]
16) 5C-Chad
Hillier[16] [$1000]
17)
R19-Jason Solwold[13] [$900]
18)
28-Brian Paulus[19] [$850]
19)
1x-Randy Hannagan[18] [$800]
20)
W20-Greg
21) 35-Jac Haudenschild[26]
[$0]
22) 70-Chad
Kemenah[10]
[$800]
23) 22-Greg
Hodnett[17]
[$800]
24)
11-Steve Kinser[22] [$800]
25)
18T-Tony Bruce Jr.[11] [$800]
26) 89-Cody
Darrah[12]
[$800]
Lap Leader Daryn Pittman, 1-30
Note: Jac Haudenschild and Paul McMahan
used Provisionals to start the A-Feature.
2007
There have
been 3 World of Outlaws A-Feature events this season.
A-Feature
winners (3 different drivers) Rank - Driver, Hometown - Wins
1 – #11H
Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s NSW – 1
#21 Daryn Pittman,
#15 Donny Schatz,
Lap
leaders, including A-features and preliminary features Car, driver, hometown -
Total laps led (5 different drivers have led a lap)
#21 Daryn Pittman,
#11H Kerry
Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW – 21 laps
#15 Donny
Schatz,
#9 Joey
Saldana, Brownsburg, IN. – 11 laps
#83 Danny Lasoski,
Time
trial leaders (3 different drivers) Rank - Driver, Hometown - Quick times
1 – #18T-
Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, KS - 1
#89- Cody Darrah, Red Lion, PA - 1
#9- Joey Saldana,
Dash
Winners (3 different winners) Rank - Driver, Hometown - Dash Wins
#15 Donny Schatz,
#21 Daryn Pittman,
Pole
Positions (2 different drivers) Rank - Driver, Hometown - Poles
#21 Daryn Pittman,
#15- Donny Schatz,
B-main
Winners (2 different winners) Rank - Driver, Hometown - "B" Wins
#11H- Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s NSW - 1
#9- Joey Saldana,