CHARLOTTE, N.C. – May 23, 2014 – Donny Schatz and Joey Saldana battled all night trading the lead once – but it was Joey Saldana who crossed the finishline first to take the Circle K/NOS Energy Drink Outlaws Showdown at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.
A-Main – (30 Laps) – 1. 71M-Joey Saldana [1] [$12,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2] [$5,700]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [3] [$3,500]; 4. 51-Paul McMahan [5] [$3,000]; 5. 4-Cody Darrah [8] [$2,600]; 6. 83-David Gravel [6] [$2,400]; 7. 11-Steve Kinser [9] [$2,300]; 8. 9-Daryn Pittman [14] [$2,200]; 9. 29-Kerry Madsen [10] [$2,150]; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser [4] [$2,100]; 11. 49-Brad Sweet [7] [$1,600]; 12. 19M-Brent Marks [17] [$1,350]; 13. W20-Greg Wilson [11] [$1,300]; 14. 1-Sammy Swindell [16] [$1,200]; 15. 63-Chad Kemenah [15] [$1,100]; 16. 1A-Jacob Allen [18] [$1,000]; 17. 60-Kory Crabtree [13] [$900]; 18. 3F-Rick Fraley [20] [$850]; 19. 7S-Jason Sides [19] [$800]; 20. 23-Lance Moss [21] [$800]; 21. 2-Shane Stewart [12] [$800]; 22. 98H-Dave Blaney [22] [$800]. Lap Leaders: Joey Saldana 1-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: 9-Daryn Pittman [+6]
Qualifying – 1. 15-Donny Schatz, 14.878; 2. 49-Brad Sweet, 14.915; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 15.012; 4. 98H-Dave Blaney, 15.068; 5. 51-Paul McMahan, 15.182; 6. 71M-Joey Saldana, 15.219; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 15.278; 8. 83-David Gravel, 15.328; 9. 4-Cody Darrah, 15.343; 10. 11-Steve Kinser, 15.390; 11. 29-Kerry Madsen, 15.448; 12. W20-Greg Wilson, 15.527; 13. 2-Shane Stewart, 15.551; 14. 60-Kory Crabtree, 15.677; 15. 9-Daryn Pittman, 15.708; 16. 63-Chad Kemenah, 15.724; 17. 1-Sammy Swindell, 15.864; 18. 19M-Brent Marks, 15.891; 19. 1A-Jacob Allen, 15.891; 20. 7S-Jason Sides, 16.136; 21. 3F-Rick Fraley, 16.384; 22. 23-Lance Moss, 16.478
Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 2. 63-Chad Kemenah [6]; 3. 2-Shane Stewart [5]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [2]; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen [7]; 6. 11-Steve Kinser [1]; 7. 23-Lance Moss [8]; 8. 98H-Dave Blaney [3]
Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 51-Paul McMahan [3]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 3. 83-David Gravel [2]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [7]; 5. 29-Kerry Madsen [1]; 6. 1-Sammy Swindell [6]; 7. 60-Kory Crabtree [5]
Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 71M-Joey Saldana [3]; 2. 4-Cody Darrah [2]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson [1]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [5]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4]; 6. 19M-Brent Marks [6]; 7. 3F-Rick Fraley [7]
Dash – (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) – 1. 71M-Joey Saldana [2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [6]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1]; 5. 51-Paul McMahan [3]; 6. 83-David Gravel [7]; 7. 49-Brad Sweet [5]; 8. 4-Cody Darrah [8]