Tim Shaffer Captures
Las Vegas — Oct. 22, 2005 — By Chris
Dolack, WoO Sprint Series Public Relations Director
In a race of attrition, Tim Shaffer put his Casey’s General Store Maxim in the
right spot at the right time and captured the
On a restart with four laps to go in the 30-lap feature, leader Craig
Dollansky’s VMAC/Karavan J&J had trouble picking up the gas. Shaffer shot
by on the bottom, preliminary feature winner Danny Lasoski went by on the top,
and 2005 series champion Steve Kinser came up from behind. Dollansky, who led
Laps 8 through 26 after early leader Sammy Swindell’s car stumbled on a restart
and eventually retired from the race, rolled up to the work area but was unable
to return.
Once in front, Shaffer cruised along the cushion and stretched his lead to earn
his fourth A-feature victory of the season. Lasoski held on to finish second in
the Bass Pro Shops Eagle with Kinser in the Quaker State Maxim, Jason Sides in
the Wetherington Tractor Services Maxim and Daryn Pittman in the Titan Garages
& Carports Maxim rounding out the top five.
For Steve Kinser, his third-place finish wraps up his 20th
But Saturday night’s finale belonged to Shaffer. While Dollansky and Swindell
were racing back and forth for the lead, Shaffer shot past Lasoski after a
restart with 17 laps down. That proved to be the winning move after first
Swindell went out with a broken power steering hose and later Dollansky went
out after his car wouldn’t take off following the sixth of eight cautions and
an open red flag.
“It was a great run for the whole team,” said Shaffer, a Mean 15 racer from
“It’s just awesome to have a great team. We were a good team, but we’re
becoming a great team. And to finish up here on a win is a big plus.”
After winning the preliminary feature, Lasoski was running away in the Stacker
2 Dash until motor trouble sent him to the pits. Starting the main event on the
outside of the third row, Lasoski patiently worked his machine into the top
three and was sizing up Dollansky and Swindell when Shaffer went past him.
“I’ve got to hand it to these Bass Pro Shops Mopar guys,” said Lasoski, a Mean
15 racer from
“We had a shot at winning the race, I just tried something in the middle of the
race that cost us a position and that position was the winning move.”
Steve Kinser calmly worked his car from 12th into a position to attack, but the
cautions made it difficult to challenge for the lead.
“In a short run, the track was just tough tonight,” said Kinser, a Mean 15
racer from
His 20th championship is a remarkable milestone not many racers will ever
achieve.
“It’s a great deal,” Kinser said. “We’re just tickled with the way the whole
season went. The race team did a great job all year. I felt like we had the
fastest car all year. To win championships, you have to take a bad night and
make a good night out of it. That’s the hard part to do when you’ve got
yourself a situation where you have to start anywhere from 10th to 24th and you
have to come up and run in the top 10 or top five and make up those positions.
And another thing is we didn’t fall out of a whole lot of races. We had a
couple of bad crashes, but other than that we had a great season.”
Sides’ team worked most of the night after the preliminary feature to change
engines and cars. He made the hard work pay off with a smooth fourth-place for
his third top-five of the season.
“It was just one of those deals,” said Sides, a Mean 15 racer from
“We struggled the last few weeks and to finish the season with a fourth place,
I know some of it was attrition, but still the car was running good. It must
have been something to do with the other car. This thing runs and to finish on
a high note going into the end of the year makes it all worthwhile.”
Pittman wrapped up his strong finish to the season with his 17th top-five as he
prepares to compete in 2006 with the Outlaws.
“My hat’s off to my guys,” said Pittman, a Mean 15 racer and native of
The Outlaws conclude the 2005 season with a look ahead to the 2006 season on Sunday
night followed Monday with the 2005 banquet.
LAS VEGAS SPEEDWAY NOTEBOOK
• Sammy Swindell paced the 32 cars that went through time trials
in the Wirtgen/Jackpot Junction Maxim with an AMB i.t.-timed lap around the
half-mile oval in 14.128 seconds at 127.407 mph. Terry McCarl was the
second-quickest racer in time trials with a lap in the Big Game
• Tim Shaffer’s victory in the season finale on Saturday night at Las Vegas
Motor Speedway was his fourth of the season. … Steve Kinser has a
series-leading 20 A-feature victories and six preliminary feature wins this
season. … There have been 17 different A-feature winners this season. Including
preliminary features, 22 different drivers have visited
• The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is a half-mile oval. Including
preliminary features, the series has raced 37 times this year on half-mile
circuits with Steve Kinser winning 10 times (Volusia, Eldora three times,
Knoxville, Williams Grove, Hartford, Red River Valley, Calistoga and
Manzanita), Donny Schatz winning four times (Las Vegas, Route 66 Raceway,
Calistoga, Williams Grove), Sammy Swindell winning four times (twice at Eldora,
once at Hagerstown and Knoxville), Kraig Kinser winning three times (Las Vegas
and twice at Knoxville), Danny Lasoski winning three times (Knoxville,
Calistoga and Las Vegas), Craig Dollansky winning twice (Manzanita and Williams
Grove),
• Drivers who have raced to victory in preliminary features this season include
(in alphabetical order) Craig Dollansky three times (Manzanita/Williams Grove/Silver
Dollar), Jason Johnson once (Williams Grove), Kraig Kinser once (Las Vegas),
Steve Kinser six times (Eagle twice/Billings/Elma/Calistoga/Silver Dollar),
Danny Lasoski five times (Australia/Knoxville/Calistoga/Dodge City/Las Vegas),
Fred Rahmer twice (Knoxville/Williams Grove), Kerry Madsen once (Australia),
Paul McMahan once (Williams Grove),
• Sammy Swindell and Terry McCarl advanced through their heats to join Danny
Lasoski, Craig Dollansky, Jason Solwold and Tim Shaffer in the Stacker 2 Dash,
Dollansky raced to victory after leader Lasoski had motor trouble that forced
him out of the race. Swindell, McCarl, Solwold and Shaffer followed Dollasnky
to the checkered flag.
• In the B-main, Johnny Herrera held on after restart with 10 laps down and
raced to victory, with Tim Kaeding, Joey Saldana and Kevin Swindell picking up
the other transfer spots.
• In the first heat, Brooke Tatnell rolled to the lead on the top in the first
corner. A lap later, Steve Kinser cut under Shane Stewart to swipe second with
fast qualifier Sammy Swindell securing the final transfer spots.
• Paul McMahan and Brandon Wimmer raced wheel-to-wheel through the first three
corners before McMahan edged ahead and pulled away to the checkered flag.
Wimmer held on to finish second with second-fastest qualifier Terry McCarl and
Kraig Kinser also reaching the main event.
• In the third heat, Randy Hannagan and
• Kerry Madsen and
• The Outlaws conclude the 2005 season with a look ahead to the 2006 season on
Sunday night followed Monday with the 2005 banquet.
• The Outdoor Channel will air at
• The Official
• If fans can’t get to a track to see the series, they can experience the
excitement of the
• The
WoO Sprint Series Statistical Report; Las Vegas Motor Speedway
finale; Las Vegas; Oct. 22, 2005
Qualifying
1) Sammy Swindell, Forbrook 5, 14.128
2) Terry McCarl, McCarl 24, 14.232
3) Donny Schatz, Schatz 15, 14.250
4) Daryn Pittman, Titan Racing USA 21, 14.262
5) Jason Sides, Sides Motorsports 7S, 14.280
6) Jason Johnson, Roth 83, 14.304
7) Kraig Kinser, Kinser 11K, 14.335
8) Steve Kinser, Kinser 11, 14.399
9) Brooke Tatnell, Rush Racing 8, 14.405
10) Brandon Wimmer, Two Winners Racing 7TW, 14.418
11) Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 14.445
12)
13) Kerry Madsen, VerMeer 55, 14.512
14)
15) Paul McMahan, Helm 11H, 14.547
16) Shane Stewart, Rudeen Racing 26, 14.553
17) Johnny Herrera, Herrera 45X, 14.597
18) Tim Kaeding, Wright 35, 14.602
19) Roger Crockett, Doyle 11C, 14.604
20) Kevin Swindell, Swindell 1, 14.617
21) Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10C, 14.618
22) Joey Saldana, Woodward 2, 14.626
23) Jonathan Allard, Williams 0, 14.768
24) Kyle Hirst, Wright 99, 14.770
25) Sean Becker, McMillen 10, 14.795
26) Jac Haudenschild, Roth 83JR, 14.805
27) James Mosher, Mosher 12M, 14.870
28) Willie Hernandez, Hernandez 1M, 14.933
29) Brandon Johnson, Johnson 14J, 14.955
30) Dennis Moore, Jr., Williams 0K, 15.029
31) Doug Lippincott, Lippincott 4L, 15.762
32) Jim Skinner, Skinner 73, 15.762
Top 4 finishers in preliminary A-feature (locked into first 4 starting
positions in Dash): Danny Lasoski, Stewart 20; Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7;
Jason Solwold, Carnahan R19; Tim Shaffer, Parsons 6
First Heat Race (8 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Brooke Tatnell
2) Steve Kinser
3) Shane Stewart
4) Sammy Swindell
5) Johnny Herrera
6) Jeremy Campbell
7) Sean Becker
8) Brandon Johnson
Second Heat Race (8 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Paul McMahan
2) Brandon Wimmer
3) Terry McCarl
4) Kraig Kinser
5) Joey Saldana
6) Tim Kaeding
7) Jac Haudenschild
8) Dennis Moore, Jr.
Third Heat Race (8 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Randy Hannagan
2)
3) Donny Schatz
4) Jason Johnson
5) Jonathan Allard
6) Roger Crockett
7) Doug Lippincott
8) James Mosher
Fourth Heat Race (8 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Kerry Madsen
2)
3) Jason Sides
4) Daryn Pittman
5) Kevin Swindell
6) Willie Hernandez
7) Kyle Hirst
8) Jim Skinner
Stacker 2 Dash (6 laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting
positions of A-feature)
1) Craig Dollansky
2) Sammy Swindell
3) Terry McCarl
4) Jason Solwold
5) Tim Shaffer
6) Danny Lasoski
B-main (12 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Johnny Herrera [$20]
2) Tim Kaeding [$20]
3) Joey Saldana [$20]
4) Kevin Swindell [$20]
5) Jac Haudenschild [$200]
6) Roger Crockett [$180]
7) Sean Becker [$175]
8) Dennis Moore, Jr. [$160]
9) Kyle Hirst [$150]
10) Doug Lippincott [$150]
11) Brandon Johnson [$150]
12) Willie Hernandez [$150]
13) Jim Skinner [$150]
14) James Mosher [$150]
15) Jeremy Campbell [$150]
16) Jonathan Allard [$150]
A-main (30 laps)
1) Tim Shaffer [$12,000]
2) Danny Lasoski [$6,000]
3) Steve Kinser [$4,000]
4) Jason Sides [$3,500]
5) Daryn Pittman [$3,300]
6)
7) Donny Schatz [$3,000]
8) Shane Stewart [$2,500]
9) Tim Kaeding [$2,100]
10) Kraig Kinser [$2,050]
11) Kevin Swindell [$2,000]
12) Brooke Tatnell [$1,600]
13) Paul McMahan [$1,500]
14) Johnny Herrera [$1,200]
15) Kerry Madsen [$1,100]
16) Jason Johnson [$1,000]
17)
18) Craig Dollansky [$800]
19) Sammy Swindell [$800]
20) Jason Solwold [$800]
21) Randy Hannagan [$800]
22) Terry McCarl [$800]
23) Joey Saldana [$800]
24) Brandon Wimmer [$800]
Lap leaders: Sammy Swindell 1-7, Craig Dollansky 8-26, Tim Shaffer 27-30
FINAL 2005
(For complete standings, go to
http://www.dirtmotorsports.com/sprint/stats_list.php)
Driver Team Team Team Team A-feature
Rank Driver Points Points Earnings Diff. Wins Top 5 Top 10
1 Steve Kinser 9627 9627 $499,300 0 20 48 61
2
3 Craig Dollansky 8879 8879 $204,470 -748 2 22 41
4 Donny Schatz 8790 8790 $330,830 -837 8 23 41
5 Kraig Kinser 8676 8676 $334,420 -951 6 21 37
6 Danny Lasoski 8669 8669 $223,655 -958 2 15 38
7 Daryn Pittman 8502 8502 $207,775 -1125 5 17 33
8 Tim Shaffer 8430 8430 $206,405 -1197 4 16 29
9 Terry McCarl 8376 8376 $151,620 -1251 0 12 28
10 Brooke Tatnell 8370 8646 $193,505 -981 2 19 33
11 Paul McMahan 8359 8359 $130,730 -1268 0 7 24
12 Shane Stewart 8148 8148 $148,350 -1479 0 7 26
13 Joey Saldana 8127 8127 $161,925 -1500 0 15 28
14
15 Jason Sides 7854 7854 $97,610 -1773 0 3 13
16 Jason Solwold 7631 7631 $111,530 -1996 0 4 14
17 Brandon Wimmer 7099 7099 $67,170 -2528 0 1 6
18 Tim Kaeding 6785 4466 $50,550 -5161 0 1 7
19 Sammy Swindell 5035 4885 $133,700 -4742 3 15 19
20 Kevin Swindell 3934 3934 $35,510 -5693 0 1 3
STANDINGS NOTES: Rush Racing’s No. 8 car
driven by Brooke Tatnell is seventh in owners’ points. … Dennis Roth’s No. 83
car driven Saturday night by Jason Johnson is 14th in owners’ points. The car
also has been driven this season by Tim Kaeding, Jac Haudenschild,
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