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Kaeding
Scores Emotional Win at Thunderbowl Raceway
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.
Kaeding
capped off a very emotional week by dedicating the win to his grandmother who
passed away earlier in the week. He began the night along with his brother Bud
by turning a tribute lap for their grandma. He capped the night off by pulling
a wheelie down the front straight-a-way after the checkered flag and then
turning donuts for the enthusiastic crowd that was on hand.
“I went out
there and had some fun tonight,” said Kaeding, driver of the Steve Kinser
Racing Maxim. “My grandma was looking down on me all night. I want to dedicate
it to her. It’s an unbelievable feeling. I hope we keep doing this, and keep
having fun all year.”
Kaeding
took the lead on the opening lap when polesitter
Jason Meyers jumped the cushion exiting the first turn. From there, the native
of
“I think we
had a car that was capable of running in the Top-Five on Friday night,” said
Kaeding, who became the fifth driver to win a race this season. “Tonight I just
went out there and ran my own race, and didn’t care about anything else. If I
got passed, I would drive right back by a guy if I needed to. I just tried to
keep my cool and not get in any bad predicaments.”
With the
laps winding down, Terry McCarl in the Big Game Treestands Eagle made a valiant charge at Kaeding. He
closed to within a couple car lengths in heavy traffic with less than 10 laps
remaining. After starting in the 11th spot, the native of
“We had a
great car in the feature,” said McCarl. “We were the
fastest car on the track. I hated to see that yellow, because we were really
running them down in traffic. These kinds of tracks are not really my forte and
I have to give my crew chief Steve Fitzpatrick and Greg McCormack props for
giving me such a good car tonight. It would drive anywhere on the track. I had
a blast out there.”
Always a
fan favorite in his home state, Kaeding was ecstatic to win in front of a crowd
that has seen him race for a number of years. After the checkered flag flew, he
had a throng of people waiting to congratulate him in the winner’s circle, with
his grandfather first in that line, which was provided a very emotional moment.
“It feels
good to win at a home track,” he commented. “We have been good at
Donny
Schatz, the reigning World of Outlaws Champion and current point leader
finished a very solid third to pick up his fourth Top-Five finish in five
events. He had to back out of the throttle on the opening lap when Meyers
slipped up the track, allowing Kaeding to power by them both.
“We were ok
at the start,” said Schatz, driver of the Parker Store J&J. “We gained some
spots back there and Tim (Kaeding) set a real good pace. As the race went on we
got too tight on entry and I could not get off the corner. I kept trying to fix
it with the wing and couldn’t. All those yellows kind of hurt us too. We run
harder tires and I couldn’t get them to stick at the end. We were glad to be up
there.”
Justin
Henderson turned in his best career finish with the World of Outlaws. The
native of
“It was
pretty a phenomenal night for us,” said
Jason
Meyers started on the pole and charged to a very solid finish of fifth after
falling all the way back to 12th. For the native of nearby
The rest of
the Top-10 was Jac Haudenschild
in sixth in the Wright One Construction Maxim The native of Wooster, Ohio
charged from the 19th starting spot for his second straight Top-10
finish. Jason Solwold was seventh in the City Wide
Insulation Maxim. Brooke Tatnell was eighth in the Volcano Joe’s Coffee Schnee, with Steve Kinser in the Quaker State Maxim in
ninth, and Daryn Pittman in the Titan Garages Maxim
in 10th.
The World
of Outlaws return to action on Friday March 2 at
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• QUALIFYING WINNERS: Kerry Madsen, Joey Saldana, Justin Henderson, and
Steve Kinser won heat races… Dion Hindi won the
C-Main… Brooke Tatnell won the B-Main… Jason Meyers won the dash.
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UPCOMING EVENTS: A
return to
World of Outlaws Sprint Series Statistical Report; Thunderbowl Raceway;
Qualifying
1) 20-Paul McMahan 12.947
2) 9-Joey Saldana 12.976
3) 11K-Tim Kaeding 13.013
4) 14-Jason Meyers 13.032
5) 24-Terry McCarl 13.049
6) R19-Jason Solwold 13.072
7) 6T-Tim Shaffer 13.087
8) 7-Craig Dollansky 13.094
9) 11H-Kerry Madsen
13.097
10) 70-Chad Kemenah 13.108
11) 1-Ronnie Day 13.176
12) 1x-Randy Hannagan 13.178
13) 15-Donny Schatz
13.186
14) O-Jonathan Allard
13.215
15) D1-Justin
16) 11-Steve Kinser
13.270
17) 2-Brooke Tatnell
13.336
18) 18T-Tony Bruce Jr.
13.339
19) 4-Mike Faria 13.363
20) 35-Jac Haudenschild 13.415
21) 21-Daryn Pittman
13.436
22) 19-Becca
23) 81-Robert Ballou 13.498
24) 10C-Jeremy
25) 83-Danny Lasoski 13.510
26) 36-Jason Martin
13.516
27) 7S-Jason Sides 13.586
28) 5C-Chad Hillier
13.608
29) 17V-Danny Faria Jr 13.609
30) 75H-Danny Horner
13.612
31) 8K-Zach Chappell
13.617
32) 18-Brian Carlson
13.631
33) 11D-Dion Hindi 13.680
34) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr 13.749
35) 21T-Tommy Tarlton 13.982
36) 33E-Evan Suggs 13.987
37) 6W-Mark Workentine 14.059
38) 44-Matt
39) 12M-James Mosher
14.255
40) 9K-Brent Kronfuss 14.408
41) 29A-Jason Botsford 14.788
Heat 1 (10 Laps, top 5
finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 11H-Kerry Madsen
2) 15-Donny Schatz
3) 24-Terry McCarl
4) 21-Daryn Pittman
5) 20-Paul McMahan
6) 2-Brooke Tatnell
7) 11D-Dion Hindi
8) 29A-Jason Botsford
9) 17V-Danny Faria Jr
10) 6W-Mark Workentine
11) 83-Danny Lasoski
Heat 2 (10 Laps, top 5
finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 9-Joey Saldana
2) O-Jonathan Allard
3) R19-Jason Solwold
4) 70-Chad Kemenah
5) 18T-Tony Bruce Jr.
6)
15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.
7) 19-Becca
8) 75H-Danny Horner
9) 36-Jason Martin
10) 44-Matt
Heat 3 (10 Laps, top 5
finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) D1-Justin
2) 1-Ronnie Day
3) 11K-Tim Kaeding
4) 6T-Tim Shaffer
5) 7S-Jason Sides
6) 81-Robert Ballou
7) 8K-Zach Chappell
8) 21T-Tommy Tarlton
9) 4-Mike Faria
10) 12M-James Mosher
Heat 4 (10 Laps, top 5
finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 11-Steve Kinser
2) 14-Jason Meyers
3) 35-Jac Haudenschild
4) 7-Craig Dollansky
5) 10C-Jeremy
6) 1x-Randy Hannagan
7) 9K-Brent Kronfuss
8) 18-Brian Carlson
9) 5C-Chad Hillier
10) 33E-Evan Suggs
Dash (8 laps,
finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature)
1) 14-Jason Meyers
2) 15-Donny Schatz
3) 11H-Kerry Madsen
4) 11K-Tim Kaeding
5) D1-Justin
6) 20-Paul McMahan
7) 9-Joey Saldana
8) 11-Steve Kinser
9) O-Jonathan Allard
10) 1-Ronnie Day
C-main (8 laps, top 2
finishers transferred to B-main)
1) 11D-Dion Hindi
2) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr
3) 21T-Tommy Tarlton [$125]
4) 12M-James Mosher
[$125]
5) 33E-Evan Suggs [$125]
6) 29A-Jason Botsford [$100]
7) 9K-Brent Kronfuss [$100]
8) 44-Matt
9) 6W-Mark Workentine [$100]
B-main (12 laps, top 4
finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 2-Brooke Tatnell
2) 5C-Chad Hillier
3) 1x-Randy Hannagan
4) 19-Becca
5) 11D-Dion Hindi [$200]
6) 81-Robert Ballou [$180]
7) 36-Jason Martin [$175]
8) 4-Mike Faria [$160]
9) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [$150]
10) 75H-Danny Horner [$150]
11) 18-Brian Carlson
[$150]
12) 83-Danny Lasoski [$150]
13) 8K-Zach Chappell
[$150]
14) 17V-Danny Faria Jr [$150]
A-main (35 laps) -
Starting Position [#]
1) 11K-Tim Kaeding[4] [$10,000]
2) 24-Terry McCarl[11]
[$5,000]
3) 15-Donny Schatz[2] [$3,000]
4) D1-Justin
5) 14-Jason Meyers[1] [$2,500]
6) 35-Jac Haudenschild[19]
[$2,200]
7) R19-Jason Solwold[12]
[$2,000]
8) 2-Brooke Tatnell[17] [$1,800]
9) 11-Steve Kinser[8] [$1,600]
10) 21-Daryn Pittman[20] [$1,450]
11) 1x-Randy Hannagan[16]
[$1,300]
12) 20-Paul McMahan[6] [$1,200]
13) 10C-Jeremy
14) 7-Craig Dollansky[14]
[$1,000]
15) 11H-Kerry Madsen[3] [$950]
16) 18T-Tony Bruce Jr.[18] [$900]
17) 9-Joey Saldana[7] [$850]
18) 6T-Tim Shaffer[13] [$750]
19) 83-Danny Lasoski[25]
[$25]
20) 7S-Jason Sides[23] [$700]
21) 70-Chad Kemenah[15]
[$700]
22) 11D-Dion Hindi[26] [$0]
23) 5C-Chad Hillier[24] [$700]
24) 19-Becca
25) O-Jonathan Allard[9] [$700]
26) 1-Ronnie Day[10] [$700]
Lap Leader: Tim Kaeding
1-40
Note: Dion
Hindi and Danny Lasoski used provisionals
to start the A-Feature.
2007
There have
been 5 World of Outlaws A-Feature events this season.
A-Feature
winners (5 different drivers) Rank - Driver, Hometown - Wins
1 – #11K
Tim Kaeding,
#11H Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s NSW – 1
#21 Daryn Pittman,
#9 Joey Saldana,
#15 Donny Schatz,
Lap leaders,
including A-features and preliminary features Car, driver, hometown - Total
laps led (7 different drivers have led a lap)
#11K Tim
Kaeding,
#21 Daryn Pittman,
#9 Joey
Saldana, Brownsburg, IN. – 24 laps
#35 Jac Haudenschild,
#11H Kerry
Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW – 21 laps
#15 Donny
Schatz,
#83 Danny Lasoski,
Time
trial leaders (5 different drivers) Rank - Driver, Hometown - Quick times
1 – #18T-
Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, KS - 1
#89- Cody Darrah, Red Lion, PA – 1
#20 Paul McMahan,
#9- Joey Saldana,
#6T Tim Shaffer,
Dash
Winners (5 different winners) Rank - Driver, Hometown - Dash Wins
#35 Jac Haudenschild,
#14 Jason Meyers,
#15 Donny Schatz,
#21 Daryn Pittman,
Pole
Positions (5 different drivers) Rank - Driver, Hometown - Poles
#35 Jac Haudenschild,
#14 Jason Meyers,
#21 Daryn Pittman,
#15- Donny Schatz,
B-main
Winners (5 different winners) Rank - Driver, Hometown - "B" Wins
#11K Tim Kaeding,
#11H- Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s NSW - 1
#9- Joey Saldana,
#2 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW - 1