By Richard Day
HANFORD, CA (February 21) – Tim Kaeding ushered in the O’Reilly World of Outlaws Series’ 25th Anniversary Season Friday at Kings Speedway with a feat never before accomplished. The defending “King of California” became the first non-regular to win a season opener with sprint car racing’s premier series.
Kaeding, who started outside the second row, passed Mark Kinser early in the 10th lap on his way to winning his first O’Reilly World of Outlaws Series “A” Feauture.
“Man, this is unbelieveable!” Kaeding said. “This car’s fast already, and this is just the start – there’s more to come. I have to thank my crew chief, Rod Tiner, and everyone on the ABC Ready-Mix team. They gave me a great car all night long, and all I had to do was get in and steer it. We’re just going to go to Perris (Auto Speedway) tomorrow night and have fun just like we did tonight, and hopefully the fans come down and support us again.”
Kaeding won an O’Reilly World of Outlaws Series Preliminary Feature, driving the #7T ABC Ready-Mix sprinter for the first time last September 6th during the Gold Cup Race of Champions at Silver Dollar Speedway. Surprisingly, Kaeding was the second-fastest qualifier in each program. He was only .005 seconds off Danny Lasoski’s pace-setting lap around Hanford’s semi-banked, 1/3-mile oval.
Kaeding finished fourth in the First Heat Race and earned the right to start the 30-lap main event outside the second row by following Kinser across the finish line in the First Dash Race.
A front-straightaway crash involving heat-race winners Garrett Ishi and Brian Coelho, along with Toni Lutar and Mike Faria brought out the red flag and delayed the start of the “A” Feature. The collision turned Ishi’s and Coelho’s cars over, leaving only Faria able to restart.
Kinser, who won O’Reilly World of Outlaws Series championships in 1996 and 1999, raced around his cousin, pole-sitter Steve Kinser, as the green flag replaced the red. Steve steered his #11 Quaker State Maxim into the low groove between turns one and two early in the opening lap, but was unable to pass Mark for the lead. Jason Meyers lost sixth place when he hit the outside retaining wall and flipped down the front stretch, nullifying the original start.
Mark Kinser drove the #5M Maxim into the lead again when the race resumed. Kaeding took the high line through turn one to pass Steve Kinser, the defending and 17-time series champion, for second place early in lap three.
Mark Kinser was three car-lengths ahead of Kaeding when he entered lapped traffic early in the seventh lap. Jac Haudenschild steered the #5 Wirtgen Maxim into the low groove between the first and second corners to pass Lasoski for sixth place several seconds later.
Kaeding almost took the lead with an inside move between turns one and two early in the ninth lap. He used the high groove in the second corner to execute the winning pass the next time around.
Tim Shaffer stopped on the back straightaway when the #83 Beef Packers Eagle broke a throttle linkage late in the 12th lap. Shaffer’s crew was unable to repair the car in time for him to restart.
“The Wild Child” raced into fifth place early in lap 14, passing Tommy Tarlton deep in turn two. Sammy Swindell, who started inside the ninth row, took the high line around Lasoski and Tarlton between the third and fourth corners to take over sixth place several seconds later.
Kaeding was a straightaway ahead of Mark Kinser when he caught lapped traffic three laps later.
“B” Feature winner Joey Saldana steered the #17 Eagle Raceway Eagle to the deepest point in turn four to pass “The Dude” for sixth place late in the 24th lap. The 1996 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year lost the position when he stopped on the front straightaway with a broken front end several seconds later, however.
Haudenschild and Swindell took advantage of the caution period as the race resumed. “The Wild Child” passed Steve Kinser for third place in turn three, then Swindell took over fifth place by passing Daryn Pittman in the fourth corner.
Steve Kinser and Swindell, who have combined to win 20 of the 25 O’Reilly World of Outlaws Series championships, collided in turn four while battling for fourth place late in lap 28. “The King of the Outlaws” maintained the position while Pittman and 19th-starting Craig Dollansky passed Swindell.
Mark Kinser was racing down the back straightaway when Kaeding took the checkered flag. Haudenschild finished in third place, ahead of Steve Kinser, Pittman, Dollansky, Swindell, Lasoski, Donny Schatz and Brad Furr.
Engine problems in the #15 Parker Stores J&J forced Schatz to take one lap at the end of the qualifying session. Although the 1997 Rookie of the Year was the 11th-fastest qualifier, he was scored 17th. Schatz won the First Heat Race and raced into ninth place in the main event.
Dollansky was battling Schatz for the lead in the First Heat Race when fuel line problems forced him into the pits. The 2000 World of Outlaws Gumout Series champion finished third in the “B” Feature and sixth in the “A” Feature.
Brent Kaeding, Tim’s father, has won four O’Reilly World of Outlaws Series “A” Features. Mechanical problems in his #69 kept the elder Kaeding from taking a qualifying lap. WoO
2003 O’Reilly World of Outlaws Series
Kings Speedway, Hanford, CA
Friday, February 21, Feature Program #1
Qualifying: 1. Danny Lasoski, Stewart 20, 12.673; 2. Tim Kaeding, Cowen 7T, 12.678; 3. Brad Furr, Furr 2, 12.750; 4. Daryn Pittman, Sher-Don Motorsports 21, 12.755; 5. Sammy Swindell, Roth 1S, 12.783; 6. Joey Saldana, Saldana 17, 12.807; 7. Shane Stewart, MIN Motorsports 4M, 12.817; 8. Steve Kinser, Kinser 11, 12.835; 9. Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7, 12.882; 10. Jason Meyers, Meyers 1, 12.901; 11. Tommy Tarlton, Tarlton 21T, 12.982; 12. Mark Kinser, Kinser 5M, 12.996; 13. Jac Haudenschild, Forbrook 5, 13.018; 14. Jason Sides, Hunting Catalog 7S, 13.043; 15. Tim Shaffer, Roth 83, 13.065; 16. Toni Lutar, Lutar 4X, 13.188; 17. Donny Schatz, Schatz 15, 12.977 (scored 17th after taking one lap at the end of qualifying); 18. Brian Paulus, P and P Motorsports 28, 13.208; 19. Garrett Ishi, Ishi 71G, 13.267; 20. Brian Coelho, Coelho 5C, 13.285; 21. Mike Faria, Faria 4, 13.303; 22. Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 13.310; 23. Jeff Shepard, Helm 11H, 13.397; 24. Craig Stidham, Stidham 3C, 13.404; 25. Jonathan Allard, Wright 35, 13.450; 26. Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10C, 13.469; 27. Dennis Moore, Jr., Williams 0, 13.517; 28. Calvin Landis, Landis 70, 13.610; 29. Doug Lippincott, Lippincott 4L, 13.622; 30. Davey Key, Key 15K, 13.880; 31. Kyle Schild, Schild 16, 14.173; 32. Willie Hernandez, Hernandez 1M, 14.405; 33. Jason York, York 25, 14.486; 34. Ricci Faria, Faria 89, 15.638; 35. Randy Waitman, Waitman 69W, 16.733; 36. Dennis Binstock, Binstock 82, no time; 37. Brent Kaeding, Kaeding 69, no time.
First Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Donny Schatz, 2. Craig Stidham, 3. Danny Lasoski, 4. Toni Lutar, 5. Steve Kinser, 6. Jonathan Allard, 7. Doug Lipincott, 8. Craig Dollansky, 9. Jason York. (first five qualified for the “A” Feature)
Second Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Jeff Shepard, 2. Jason Meyers, 3. Brian Paulus, 4. Tim Kaeding, 5. Tim Shaffer, 6 . Jeremy Campbell, 7. Shane Stewart, 8. Davey Key, 9. Ricci Faria. (first five qualified for the “A” Feature)
Third Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Garrett Ishi, 2. Randy Hannagan, 3. Jason Sides, 4. Brad Furr, 5. Tommy Tarlton, 6. Dennis Moore, Jr., 7. Joey Saldana, 8. Kyle Schild, 9. Randy Waitman. (first five qualified for the “A” Feature)
Fourth Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Brian Coelho, 2. Mark Kinser, 3. Jac Haudenschild, 4. Mike Faria, 5. Daryn Pittman, 6. Sammy Swindell, 7. Calvin Landis, 8. Brent Kaeding, 9. Dennis Binstock. (first five qualified for the “A” Feature)
First Dash (five laps): 1. Steve Kinser, 2. Tommy Tarlton, 3. Danny Lasoski, 4. Jac Haudenschild, 5. Tim Shaffer, 6. Donny Schatz, 7. Garrett Ishi, 8. Brad Furr. (finish determined the inside starting positions in the first eight rows in the “A” Feature lineup)
Second Dash (five laps): 1. Mark Kinser, 2. Tim Kaeding, 3. Jason Meyers, 4. Daryn Pittman, 5. Jason Sides, 6. Brian Paulus, 7. Toni Lutar, 8. Brian Coelho. (finish determined the outside starting positions in the first eight rows in the “A” Feature lineup)
B Feature (12 laps): 1. Joey Saldana, 2. Sammy Swindell, 3. Craig Dollansky, 4. Jonathan Allard, 5. Shane Stewart ($200); 6. Dennis Moore, Jr. ($180); 7. Doug Lippincott ($150); 8. Brent Kaeding ($120); 9. Calvin Landis ($100); 10. Ricci Faria ($90); 11. Jeremy Campbell ($70); 12. Willie Hernandez ($60); 13. Randy Waitman ($60); 14. Jason York ($50); 15. Kyle Schild ($50); 16. Davey Key ($50); 17. Dennis Binstock ($50). (first four qualified for the “A” Feature)
A Feature (30 laps): 1. Tim Kaeding [4] ($10,000); 2. Mark Kinser [2] ($5,500); 3. Jac Haudenschild [7] ($3,200); 4. Steve Kinser [1] ($2,800); 5. Daryn Pittman [8] ($2,500); 6. Craig Dollansky [19] ($2,320); 7. Sammy Swindell [17] ($2,220); 8. Danny Lasoski [5] ($2,100); 9. Donny Schatz [11] ($2,050); 10. Brad Furr [15] ($2,000); 11. Jason Sides [10] ($1,500); 12. Tommy Tarlton [3] ($1,200); 13. Brian Paulus [12] ($1,100); 14. Jeff Shepard [22] ($1,050); 15. Jonathan Allard [24] ($1,020); 16. Randy Hannagan [22] ($900); 17. Craig Stidham [23] ($800); 18. Joey Saldana [18] ($820); 19. Tim Shaffer [9] ($800); 20. Mike Faria [10] ($800); 21. Jason Meyers [6] ($800); 22. Garrett Ishi [13] ($800); 23. Toni Lutar [14] ($800); 24. Brian Coelho [16] ($800).
Lap leaders: Mark Kinser 1-9, Tim Kaeding 11-30
HANFORD, CA (February 21) – Tim Kaeding ushered in the O’Reilly World of Outlaws Series’ 25th Anniversary Season Friday at Kings Speedway with a feat never before accomplished. The defending “King of California” became the first non-regular to win a season opener with sprint car racing’s premier series.
Kaeding, who started outside the second row, passed Mark Kinser early in the 10th lap on his way to winning his first O’Reilly World of Outlaws Series “A” Feauture.
“Man, this is unbelieveable!” Kaeding said. “This car’s fast already, and this is just the start – there’s more to come. I have to thank my crew chief, Rod Tiner, and everyone on the ABC Ready-Mix team. They gave me a great car all night long, and all I had to do was get in and steer it. We’re just going to go to Perris (Auto Speedway) tomorrow night and have fun just like we did tonight, and hopefully the fans come down and support us again.”
Kaeding won an O’Reilly World of Outlaws Series Preliminary Feature, driving the #7T ABC Ready-Mix sprinter for the first time last September 6th during the Gold Cup Race of Champions at Silver Dollar Speedway. Surprisingly, Kaeding was the second-fastest qualifier in each program. He was only .005 seconds off Danny Lasoski’s pace-setting lap around Hanford’s semi-banked, 1/3-mile oval.
Kaeding finished fourth in the First Heat Race and earned the right to start the 30-lap main event outside the second row by following Kinser across the finish line in the First Dash Race.
A front-straightaway crash involving heat-race winners Garrett Ishi and Brian Coelho, along with Toni Lutar and Mike Faria brought out the red flag and delayed the start of the “A” Feature. The collision turned Ishi’s and Coelho’s cars over, leaving only Faria able to restart.
Kinser, who won O’Reilly World of Outlaws Series championships in 1996 and 1999, raced around his cousin, pole-sitter Steve Kinser, as the green flag replaced the red. Steve steered his #11 Quaker State Maxim into the low groove between turns one and two early in the opening lap, but was unable to pass Mark for the lead. Jason Meyers lost sixth place when he hit the outside retaining wall and flipped down the front stretch, nullifying the original start.
Mark Kinser drove the #5M Maxim into the lead again when the race resumed. Kaeding took the high line through turn one to pass Steve Kinser, the defending and 17-time series champion, for second place early in lap three.
Mark Kinser was three car-lengths ahead of Kaeding when he entered lapped traffic early in the seventh lap. Jac Haudenschild steered the #5 Wirtgen Maxim into the low groove between the first and second corners to pass Lasoski for sixth place several seconds later.
Kaeding almost took the lead with an inside move between turns one and two early in the ninth lap. He used the high groove in the second corner to execute the winning pass the next time around.
Tim Shaffer stopped on the back straightaway when the #83 Beef Packers Eagle broke a throttle linkage late in the 12th lap. Shaffer’s crew was unable to repair the car in time for him to restart.
“The Wild Child” raced into fifth place early in lap 14, passing Tommy Tarlton deep in turn two. Sammy Swindell, who started inside the ninth row, took the high line around Lasoski and Tarlton between the third and fourth corners to take over sixth place several seconds later.
Kaeding was a straightaway ahead of Mark Kinser when he caught lapped traffic three laps later.
“B” Feature winner Joey Saldana steered the #17 Eagle Raceway Eagle to the deepest point in turn four to pass “The Dude” for sixth place late in the 24th lap. The 1996 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year lost the position when he stopped on the front straightaway with a broken front end several seconds later, however.
Haudenschild and Swindell took advantage of the caution period as the race resumed. “The Wild Child” passed Steve Kinser for third place in turn three, then Swindell took over fifth place by passing Daryn Pittman in the fourth corner.
Steve Kinser and Swindell, who have combined to win 20 of the 25 O’Reilly World of Outlaws Series championships, collided in turn four while battling for fourth place late in lap 28. “The King of the Outlaws” maintained the position while Pittman and 19th-starting Craig Dollansky passed Swindell.
Mark Kinser was racing down the back straightaway when Kaeding took the checkered flag. Haudenschild finished in third place, ahead of Steve Kinser, Pittman, Dollansky, Swindell, Lasoski, Donny Schatz and Brad Furr.
Engine problems in the #15 Parker Stores J&J forced Schatz to take one lap at the end of the qualifying session. Although the 1997 Rookie of the Year was the 11th-fastest qualifier, he was scored 17th. Schatz won the First Heat Race and raced into ninth place in the main event.
Dollansky was battling Schatz for the lead in the First Heat Race when fuel line problems forced him into the pits. The 2000 World of Outlaws Gumout Series champion finished third in the “B” Feature and sixth in the “A” Feature.
Brent Kaeding, Tim’s father, has won four O’Reilly World of Outlaws Series “A” Features. Mechanical problems in his #69 kept the elder Kaeding from taking a qualifying lap. WoO
2003 O’Reilly World of Outlaws Series
Kings Speedway, Hanford, CA
Friday, February 21, Feature Program #1
Qualifying: 1. Danny Lasoski, Stewart 20, 12.673; 2. Tim Kaeding, Cowen 7T, 12.678; 3. Brad Furr, Furr 2, 12.750; 4. Daryn Pittman, Sher-Don Motorsports 21, 12.755; 5. Sammy Swindell, Roth 1S, 12.783; 6. Joey Saldana, Saldana 17, 12.807; 7. Shane Stewart, MIN Motorsports 4M, 12.817; 8. Steve Kinser, Kinser 11, 12.835; 9. Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7, 12.882; 10. Jason Meyers, Meyers 1, 12.901; 11. Tommy Tarlton, Tarlton 21T, 12.982; 12. Mark Kinser, Kinser 5M, 12.996; 13. Jac Haudenschild, Forbrook 5, 13.018; 14. Jason Sides, Hunting Catalog 7S, 13.043; 15. Tim Shaffer, Roth 83, 13.065; 16. Toni Lutar, Lutar 4X, 13.188; 17. Donny Schatz, Schatz 15, 12.977 (scored 17th after taking one lap at the end of qualifying); 18. Brian Paulus, P and P Motorsports 28, 13.208; 19. Garrett Ishi, Ishi 71G, 13.267; 20. Brian Coelho, Coelho 5C, 13.285; 21. Mike Faria, Faria 4, 13.303; 22. Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 13.310; 23. Jeff Shepard, Helm 11H, 13.397; 24. Craig Stidham, Stidham 3C, 13.404; 25. Jonathan Allard, Wright 35, 13.450; 26. Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10C, 13.469; 27. Dennis Moore, Jr., Williams 0, 13.517; 28. Calvin Landis, Landis 70, 13.610; 29. Doug Lippincott, Lippincott 4L, 13.622; 30. Davey Key, Key 15K, 13.880; 31. Kyle Schild, Schild 16, 14.173; 32. Willie Hernandez, Hernandez 1M, 14.405; 33. Jason York, York 25, 14.486; 34. Ricci Faria, Faria 89, 15.638; 35. Randy Waitman, Waitman 69W, 16.733; 36. Dennis Binstock, Binstock 82, no time; 37. Brent Kaeding, Kaeding 69, no time.
First Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Donny Schatz, 2. Craig Stidham, 3. Danny Lasoski, 4. Toni Lutar, 5. Steve Kinser, 6. Jonathan Allard, 7. Doug Lipincott, 8. Craig Dollansky, 9. Jason York. (first five qualified for the “A” Feature)
Second Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Jeff Shepard, 2. Jason Meyers, 3. Brian Paulus, 4. Tim Kaeding, 5. Tim Shaffer, 6 . Jeremy Campbell, 7. Shane Stewart, 8. Davey Key, 9. Ricci Faria. (first five qualified for the “A” Feature)
Third Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Garrett Ishi, 2. Randy Hannagan, 3. Jason Sides, 4. Brad Furr, 5. Tommy Tarlton, 6. Dennis Moore, Jr., 7. Joey Saldana, 8. Kyle Schild, 9. Randy Waitman. (first five qualified for the “A” Feature)
Fourth Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Brian Coelho, 2. Mark Kinser, 3. Jac Haudenschild, 4. Mike Faria, 5. Daryn Pittman, 6. Sammy Swindell, 7. Calvin Landis, 8. Brent Kaeding, 9. Dennis Binstock. (first five qualified for the “A” Feature)
First Dash (five laps): 1. Steve Kinser, 2. Tommy Tarlton, 3. Danny Lasoski, 4. Jac Haudenschild, 5. Tim Shaffer, 6. Donny Schatz, 7. Garrett Ishi, 8. Brad Furr. (finish determined the inside starting positions in the first eight rows in the “A” Feature lineup)
Second Dash (five laps): 1. Mark Kinser, 2. Tim Kaeding, 3. Jason Meyers, 4. Daryn Pittman, 5. Jason Sides, 6. Brian Paulus, 7. Toni Lutar, 8. Brian Coelho. (finish determined the outside starting positions in the first eight rows in the “A” Feature lineup)
B Feature (12 laps): 1. Joey Saldana, 2. Sammy Swindell, 3. Craig Dollansky, 4. Jonathan Allard, 5. Shane Stewart ($200); 6. Dennis Moore, Jr. ($180); 7. Doug Lippincott ($150); 8. Brent Kaeding ($120); 9. Calvin Landis ($100); 10. Ricci Faria ($90); 11. Jeremy Campbell ($70); 12. Willie Hernandez ($60); 13. Randy Waitman ($60); 14. Jason York ($50); 15. Kyle Schild ($50); 16. Davey Key ($50); 17. Dennis Binstock ($50). (first four qualified for the “A” Feature)
A Feature (30 laps): 1. Tim Kaeding [4] ($10,000); 2. Mark Kinser [2] ($5,500); 3. Jac Haudenschild [7] ($3,200); 4. Steve Kinser [1] ($2,800); 5. Daryn Pittman [8] ($2,500); 6. Craig Dollansky [19] ($2,320); 7. Sammy Swindell [17] ($2,220); 8. Danny Lasoski [5] ($2,100); 9. Donny Schatz [11] ($2,050); 10. Brad Furr [15] ($2,000); 11. Jason Sides [10] ($1,500); 12. Tommy Tarlton [3] ($1,200); 13. Brian Paulus [12] ($1,100); 14. Jeff Shepard [22] ($1,050); 15. Jonathan Allard [24] ($1,020); 16. Randy Hannagan [22] ($900); 17. Craig Stidham [23] ($800); 18. Joey Saldana [18] ($820); 19. Tim Shaffer [9] ($800); 20. Mike Faria [10] ($800); 21. Jason Meyers [6] ($800); 22. Garrett Ishi [13] ($800); 23. Toni Lutar [14] ($800); 24. Brian Coelho [16] ($800).
Lap leaders: Mark Kinser 1-9, Tim Kaeding 11-30
