Brad Sweet Surges to Third Victory in Thriller at Calistoga Speedway
California native wins back-and-forth battle with Brian Brown
CALISTOGA, Calif. — April 5, 2014 — Californian Brad Sweet charged to victory after swapping the lead back-and-forth with Brian Brown to earn his third World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series win of the season. Brown, who lost the lead while working through lapped traffic, held on to finish second while Joey Saldana started and finished in third, Donny Schatz was fourth and hometown hero Rico Abreu rounded out the top five.
World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Calistoga (Calif.) Speedway; April 5, 2014
A-Main – (25 Laps): 1. 49-Brad Sweet [4] [$10,000]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [2] [$5,000]; 3. 71M-Joey Saldana [3] [$3,000]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [1] [$2,700]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu [6] [$2,500]; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman [5] [$2,200]; 7. 29-Kerry Madsen [7] [$2,000]; 8. 4-Cody Darrah [10] [$1,800]; 9. 1-Sammy Swindell [9] [$1,600]; 10. 11-Steve Kinser [11] [$1,450]; 11. 11K-Kraig Kinser [8] [$1,300]; 12. 83-Tim Kaeding [19] [$1,200]; 13. 3C-Jonathan Allard [20] [$1,100]; 14. 21M-Jason Meyers [14] [$1,000]; 15. 83SA-David Gravel [13] [$950]; 16. 41-Dominic Scelzi [23] [$900]; 17. 83JR-Kyle Hirst [15] [$850]; 18. 51-Paul McMahan [17] [$750]; 19. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [22] [$725]; 20. 88N-DJ Netto [24] [$700]; 21. 44W-Austen Wheatley [21] [$700]; 22. 1S-Logan Schuchart [16] [$700]; 23. 7S-Jason Sides [18] [$700]; 24. O-Bud Kaeding [12] [$700]. Lap Leaders: Brian Brown 1-12, 15-16; Brad Sweet 13-14, 17-25. KSE Hard Charger Award: 83-Tim Kaeding [+7]
Qualifying – 1. 71M-Joey Saldana, 15.731; 2. 15-Donny Schatz, 15.935; 3. 21-Brian Brown, 15.975; 4. 29-Kerry Madsen, 15.988; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 15.989; 6. 1-Sammy Swindell, 15.999; 7. 4-Cody Darrah, 16.024; 8. 9-Daryn Pittman, 16.025; 9. 11-Steve Kinser, 16.046; 10. 24-Rico Abreu, 16.052; 11. O-Bud Kaeding, 16.062; 12. 49-Brad Sweet, 16.082; 13. 83SA-David Gravel, 16.085; 14. 21M-Jason Meyers, 16.103; 15. 83JR-Kyle Hirst, 16.113; 16. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 16.151; 17. 51-Paul McMahan, 16.222; 18. 7S-Jason Sides, 16.288; 19. 83-Tim Kaeding, 16.305; 20. 3C-Jonathan Allard, 16.402; 21. 44W-Austen Wheatley, 16.585; 22. 98-Matt Jensen, 16.654; 23. 41-Dominic Scelzi, 16.692; 24. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 16.753; 25. 1A-Jacob Allen, 16.778; 26. 2-Todd Wanless, 16.848; 27. 88N-DJ Netto, 16.864; 28. 68-Jason Toft, nt
Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature): 1. 24-Rico Abreu [1]; 2. 4-Cody Darrah [2]; 3. 71M-Joey Saldana [4]; 4. 83-Tim Kaeding [7]; 5. 29-Kerry Madsen [3]; 6. 83SA-David Gravel [5]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [9]; 8. 98-Matt Jensen [8]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart [6]; 10. 68-Jason Toft [10]
Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature): 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 2. O-Bud Kaeding [1]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [3]; 5. 51-Paul McMahan [6]; 6. 21M-Jason Meyers [5]; 7. 3C-Jonathan Allard [7]; 8. 41-Dominic Scelzi [8]; 9. 2-Todd Wanless [9]
Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature): 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 11-Steve Kinser [2]; 3. 1-Sammy Swindell [3]; 4. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 5. 83JR-Kyle Hirst [5]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 7. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [8]; 8. 44W-Austen Wheatley [7]; 9. 88N-DJ Netto [9]
Dash – (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature): 1. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [2]; 3. 71M-Joey Saldana [4]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [6]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 6. 24-Rico Abreu [5]
Last Chance Showdown – (12 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature): 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [1] [-]; 2. 3C-Jonathan Allard [2] [-]; 3. 44W-Austen Wheatley [3] [-]; 4. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [6] [-]; 5. 41-Dominic Scelzi [5] [-]; 6. 88N-DJ Netto [9] [-]; 7. 98-Matt Jensen [4] [$200]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen [7] [$180]; 9. 2-Todd Wanless [8] [$175]; 10. 68-Jason Toft [10] [$160].