American Racing Custom Wheels driver earns first World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series Victory of 2014
STOCKTON, Calif. – March 22, 2014 – Kerry Madsen caught Donny Schatz in the final corner Saturday night at the Stockton Dirt Track and surged past the five-time champion for his first World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series victory of the season in the American Racing Custom Wheels car. Schatz was second with Joey Saldana, Jason Meyers and Bud Kaeding rounding out the top five.
A-Main – (30 Laps) – 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [4] [$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [8] [$5,500]; 3. 71M-Joey Saldana [2] [$3,200]; 4. 21M-Jason Meyers [5] [$2,800]; 5. O-Bud Kaeding [1] [$2,500]; 6. 83-Tim Kaeding [19] [$2,300]; 7. 11-Steve Kinser [15] [$2,200]; 8. 9-Daryn Pittman [13] [$2,100]; 9. 88-Terry McCarl [9] [$2,050]; 10. 83JR-Kyle Hirst [20] [$2,000]; 11. 51-Paul McMahan [11] [$1,500]; 12. 3C-Jonathan Allard [7] [$1,200]; 13. 7S-Jason Sides [6] [$1,100]; 14. 88N-DJ Netto [10] [$1,050]; 15. 55-Trey Starks [18] [$1,000]; 16. 121-Shane Golobic [21] [$900]; 17. 11K-Kraig Kinser [24] [$800]; 18. 21-Brian Brown [16] [$800]; 19. 4-Cody Darrah [22] [$800]; 20. 49-Brad Sweet [12] [$800]; 21. 1-Sammy Swindell [14] [$800]; 22. 1S-Logan Schuchart [23] [$800]; 23. 33E-Evan Suggs [17] [$800]; 24. 24-Rico Abreu [3] [$800]. Lap Leaders: Joey Saldana 1-6, 14-27; Donny Schatz 7-13, 28-29; Kerry Madsen 30. KSE Hard Charger Award: 83-Tim Kaeding [+13]
Qualifying – 1. 71M-Joey Saldana, 12.869; 2. 29-Kerry Madsen, 13.125; 3. 51-Paul McMahan, 13.176; 4. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.186; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.186; 6. 1-Sammy Swindell, 13.193; 7. 11-Steve Kinser, 13.237; 8. 21-Brian Brown, 13.245; 9. 24-Rico Abreu, 13.270; 10. O-Bud Kaeding, 13.271; 11. 21M-Jason Meyers, 13.310; 12. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.331; 13. 3C-Jonathan Allard, 13.340; 14. 88N-DJ Netto, 13.343; 15. 88-Terry McCarl, 13.383; 16. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.434; 17. 33E-Evan Suggs, 13.461; 18. 55-Trey Starks, 13.534; 19. OO-Jason Statler, 13.572; 20. 83-Tim Kaeding, 13.609; 21. 83JR-Kyle Hirst, 13.609; 22. 121-Shane Golobic, 13.612; 23. 4-Cody Darrah, 13.716; 24. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.739; 25. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.877; 26. 41-Dominic Scelzi, 13.956; 27. 44W-Austen Wheatley, 14.133; 28. 68-Jason Toft, 14.176; 29. 1A-Jacob Allen, 14.417; 30. 89-Branden Mansfield, 14.655; 31. 77-Chris Magoon, 14.842; 32. 7-Clayton Snow, 15.014; 33. 15H-Pat Harvey Jr., 15.808; 34. 22-Mason Moore, nt; 35. 27-Sean Becker, nt
Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 24-Rico Abreu [2]; 2. 3C-Jonathan Allard [1]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [3]; 4. 33E-Evan Suggs [5]; 5. 71M-Joey Saldana [4]; 6. 83JR-Kyle Hirst [6]; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser [7]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen [8]; 9. 15H-Pat Harvey Jr. [9]
Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 88N-DJ Netto [1]; 2. O-Bud Kaeding [2]; 3. 29-Kerry Madsen [4]; 4. 1-Sammy Swindell [3]; 5. 121-Shane Golobic [6]; 6. 55-Trey Starks [5]; 7. 41-Dominic Scelzi [7]; 8. 89-Branden Mansfield [8]; 9. 22-Mason Moore [9]
Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 88-Terry McCarl [1]; 2. 21M-Jason Meyers [2]; 3. 11-Steve Kinser [3]; 4. 51-Paul McMahan [4]; 5. 4-Cody Darrah [6]; 6. OO-Jason Statler [5]; 7. 44W-Austen Wheatley [7]; 8. 77-Chris Magoon [8]; 9. 27-Sean Becker [9]
Heat 4 – (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 2. 7S-Jason Sides [1]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [6]; 5. 21-Brian Brown [3]; 6. 83-Tim Kaeding [5]; 7. 7-Clayton Snow [8]; 8. 68-Jason Toft [7]
Dash – (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature) – 1. O-Bud Kaeding [1]; 2. 71M-Joey Saldana [4]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [2]; 4. 29-Kerry Madsen [3]; 5. 21M-Jason Meyers [5]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides [10]; 7. 3C-Jonathan Allard [7]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz [6]; 9. 88-Terry McCarl [9]; 10. 88N-DJ Netto [8]
Last Chance Showdown – (12 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 83JR-Kyle Hirst [4] [-]; 2. 83-Tim Kaeding [3] [-]; 3. 55-Trey Starks [1] [-]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5] [-]; 5. OO-Jason Statler [2] [$200]; 6. 41-Dominic Scelzi [6] [$180]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [9] [$175]; 8. 44W-Austen Wheatley [7] [$160]; 9. 15H-Pat Harvey Jr. [13] [$150]; 10. 89-Branden Mansfield [10] [$150]; 11. 77-Chris Magoon [11] [$150]; 12. 7-Clayton Snow [12] [$150]; 13. 68-Jason Toft [8] [$150]; 14. 27-Sean Becker [15] [$150]; 15. 22-Mason Moore [14] [$150]
The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: American Racing Custom Wheels (Official Custom Wheel), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Lincoln Welders (Official Welder), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), Hoosier Racing Tire (Official Tire), VP Racing Fuels (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, including: Bruce High Performance Transporters, Cometic Gasket, Comp Cams, Edelbrock, JE Pistons, KSE Racing Products, MSD, Sweet Manufacturing, and Superflow Dynos; along with manufacturer sponsors, including: ButlerBuilt, Intercomp, J&J Auto Racing, Jake’s Carts, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo and TNT Rescue.