By Bryan Autullo
ROSSBURG, OH (4-8-06) – Night #2 of the first co-sanctioned weekend with the World of Outlaws looked a lot like the preliminary night. Once again, it was a veritable “Who’s who?” in the world of sprint car racing. All the top contenders from the World of Outlaws, the National Sprint Tour, and the All Star Circuit of Champions were on hand to do battle, but it was the guy not aligned with any sanctioning body that came out on top once again.
Sammy Swindell completed the sweep on the weekend by dominating from his front row starting position. By lap three he had begun to catch the back of the field. He had the right rear up on the outside wall indicating that his years of experience and countless laps at the famed half mile showed him the fastest way around the race track. “I think a lot of guys get intimidated by running up close to the wall but I’ve got a lot of laps in here and I’m more comfortable running right up next to the wall than being away from it. I figure if something breaks then I won’t hit it very hard. I’d rather be right up next to it rather than be down a ways. Definitely if it’s fast, I’ll be the first one up there,” said Swindell.
Tim Kaeding came home 2nd and could not get through lapped traffic to make a challenge for the lead. Danny Lasoski finished 3rd and stated, “Any time that we can come out of Eldora and roll this Dennis Roth Motorsports Eagle into the trailer, it’s a pretty good weekend. To run good here, you have to run like Sammy Swindell did. You have got to be able to attack the wall and just run it, run it, run it. That’s what he did. They had the best car all weekend and they did the best job. He did the best job driving so my hat’s off to him.”
The weather was cold and windy and the Eldora Speedway track personnel did a fantastic job of keeping the show moving in order to get the fans on the road early and out of the frigid air.
The All Stars managed to correct most of the motor issues that plagued them on Friday night except for Rookie of the Year contender James Mosher who was unable to make repairs in time for qualifying. Another Rookie contender, Brandon Martin, had mechanical problems again after his heat race and was not able to start the B-main.
The fierce competition made qualifying well a top priority. Not making the inversion at the high-speed half mile when up against some of the toughest competitors in the country creates an almost insurmountable task of making the transfer out of your heat race to the A-main.
With Swindell, Lasoski, Schatz, and Kaeding already locked in to run the main event on Saturday, only the Top 4 from each heat could transfer to the A-main. Everyone else had the daunting task of trying to transfer out of the B-main for those final 4 spots. Terry McCarl, Jason Solwold, Stevie Smith, and Rob Chaney would take those positions and move on to the main event. Greg Wilson narrowly missed the transfer from his heat race and from the B-main on a super-fast track that didn’t see a whole lot of passing. Brock Mayes and Butch Schroeder transferred to the A-main, but Brock dropped out early with problems.
The All Star points have been shaken up after the first weekend of racing in Ohio since the Florida Speedweek events back in February. Jason Solwold still leads as he has run all of the All Star points races so far, but being a member of another organization will have him running elsewhere when the All Stars travel to Attica Raceway Park next weekend for the Coors Light Spring Nationals. The 2006 season points chase is still wide open.
All Star Circuit of Champions Points as of 4-8-06:
1. Jason Solwold – 377
2. Greg Wilson – 318
3. Brock Mayes – 305
4. Chad Blonde – 271
5. Jeremy Campbell – 268
6. Paul May – 267
7. Barry Ruble – 258
8. Butch Schroeder – 200
9. James Mosher – 175
10. Greg Hodnett – 163
11. Lance Dewease – 162
12. Danny Smith – 146
13. Spud Gustin – 142
14. Tim Hunter – 117
15. Brandon Martin – 113
16. Jessica Zemken – 66
17. Ron Blair – 58
(**points adjusted from 4-7-06 to include corrected heat race points)
Qualifying
1) Paul McMahan, Stewart 20, 13.072
2) Chad Kemenah, Kemenah 15K, 13.127
3) Jason Meyers, Elite Racing Team 14, 13.133
4) Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7, 13.149
5) Joey Saldana, Kahne 9, 13.188
6) Terry McCarl, McCarl 24, 13.185
7) Brooke Tatnell, Rush Racing 8, 13.297
8) Kevin Swindell, Swindell 1, 13.301
9) Shane Stewart, Rudeen Racing 26, 13.323
10) Brock Mayes, Mayes 11B, 13.332
11) Ed Lynch, Jr., Lynch 2L, 13, 336
12) Butch Schroeder, Jessup 7K, 13.340
13) Jac Haudenschild, Wright 35, 13.343
14) Daryn Pittman, Titan Racing USA 21, 13.350
15) Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 13.376
16) Justin Henderson, Oswalt D1, 13.413
17) Jason Solwold, Carnahan R19, 13.328 (scored 17th after missing his position in the qualifying order)
18) Tim Hunter, Morrison 0, 13.417
19) Brian Paulus., Pender 28, 13.417
20) Stevie Smith, Smith 19S, 13.434
21) Tim Shaffer, Parsons 6P, 13.435
22) Greg Wilson, Warnimont 20W, 13.450
23) Kraig Kinser, Kinser 11, 13.454
24) Kaley Gharst, Gharst 44G, 13.463
25) Bill Rose, Rose 6, 13.471
26) Dion Hindi, Hindi 11D, 13.508
27) Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10C, 13.510
28) Rob Chaney, Martin 36, 13.537
29) Ryan Coniam, Miller 2X, 13.541
30) Brian Carlson, SC Motorsports 18, 13.543
31) Nick Smith, MPHG 81, 13.547
32) Paul May, May 71M, 13.586
33) Chad Blonde, Blonde 5B, 13.642
34) Billy Alley, Gifford 17G, 13.717
35) Barry Ruble, Ruble 63, 13.816
36) Brandon Martin, Martin 11M, 13.852
37) Becca Anderson, Woodring 19, 13.865
38) James Mosher –no time – motor
Top 4 finishers in preliminary A-feature (locked into first 4 starting positions in Dash): Sammy Swindell, Forbrook 5; Danny Lasoski, Roth 83; Donny Schatz, Schatz 15; Tim Kaeding, Kinser 11K
First Heat Race (8 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Shane Stewart
2) Paul McMahan
3) Justin Henderson
4) Kevin Swindell
5) Ryan Coniam
6) Jason Solwold
7) Tim Shaffer
8) Bill Rose
9) Chad Blonde
10) Becca Anderson
Second Heat Race (8 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Chad Kemenah
2) Brock Mayes
3) Randy Hannagan
4) Brooke Tatnell
5) Greg Wilson
6) Tim Hunter
7) Dion Hindi
8) Brian Carlson
9) Billy Alley
Third Heat Race (8 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Daryn Pittman
2) Jason Meyers
3) Ed Lynch, Jr.
4) Kraig Kinser
5) Terry McCarl
6) Nick Smith
7) Jeremy Campbell
8) Brian Paulus
9) Barry Ruble
Fourth Heat Race (8 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Butch Schroeder
2) Jac Haudenschild
3) Joey Saldana
4) Craig Dollansky
5) Kaley Gharst
6) Stevie Smith
7) Rob Chaney
8) Paul May
9) Brandon Martin
Dash (6 laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature)
1) Sammy Swindell
2) Danny Lasoski
3) Tim Kaeding
4) Donny Schatz
5) Chad Kemenah
6) Paul McMahan
B-main (12 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Terry McCarl
2) Jason Solwold
3) Stevie Smith
4) Rob Chaney
5) Brian Paulus [$200]
6) Greg Wilson [$180]
7) Kaley Gharst [$175]
8) Dion Hindi [$160]
9) Bill Rose [$150]
10) Brian Carlson [$150]
11) Chad Blonde [$150]
12) Paul May [$150]
13) Barry Ruble [$150]
14) Tim Shaffer [$150]
15) Billy Alley [$150]
16) Becca Anderson [$150]
17) Tim Hunter [$150]
18) Jeremy Campbell [$150]
19) Nick Smith [$150]
20) Brandon Martin [$150]
21) Ryan Coniam [$150]
A-main (30 laps)
1) Sammy Swindell [$12,000]
2) Tim Kaeding [$6,000]
3) Danny Lasoski [$4,000]
4) Jac Haudenschild [$3,500]
5) Joey Saldana [$3,300]
6) Donny Schatz [$3,100]
7) Paul McMahan [$3,000]
8) Shane Stewart [$2,500]
9) Craig Dollansky [$2,100]
10) Brooke Tatnell [$2,050]
11) Chad Kemenah [$2,000]
12) Jason Meyers [$1,600]
13) Daryn Pittman [$1,500]
14) Jason Solwold [$1,200]
15) Stevie Smith [$1,100]
16) Kevin Swindell [$1,000]
17) Kraig Kinser [$900]
18) Randy Hannagan [$800]
19) Butch Schroeder [$800]
20) Justin Henderson [$800]
21) Terry McCarl [$800]
22) Ed Lynch, Jr. [$800]
23) Rob Chaney [$800]
24) Brock Mayes [$800]
Lap leaders: Sammy Swindell 1-30
ROSSBURG, OH (4-8-06) – Night #2 of the first co-sanctioned weekend with the World of Outlaws looked a lot like the preliminary night. Once again, it was a veritable “Who’s who?” in the world of sprint car racing. All the top contenders from the World of Outlaws, the National Sprint Tour, and the All Star Circuit of Champions were on hand to do battle, but it was the guy not aligned with any sanctioning body that came out on top once again.
Sammy Swindell completed the sweep on the weekend by dominating from his front row starting position. By lap three he had begun to catch the back of the field. He had the right rear up on the outside wall indicating that his years of experience and countless laps at the famed half mile showed him the fastest way around the race track. “I think a lot of guys get intimidated by running up close to the wall but I’ve got a lot of laps in here and I’m more comfortable running right up next to the wall than being away from it. I figure if something breaks then I won’t hit it very hard. I’d rather be right up next to it rather than be down a ways. Definitely if it’s fast, I’ll be the first one up there,” said Swindell.
Tim Kaeding came home 2nd and could not get through lapped traffic to make a challenge for the lead. Danny Lasoski finished 3rd and stated, “Any time that we can come out of Eldora and roll this Dennis Roth Motorsports Eagle into the trailer, it’s a pretty good weekend. To run good here, you have to run like Sammy Swindell did. You have got to be able to attack the wall and just run it, run it, run it. That’s what he did. They had the best car all weekend and they did the best job. He did the best job driving so my hat’s off to him.”
The weather was cold and windy and the Eldora Speedway track personnel did a fantastic job of keeping the show moving in order to get the fans on the road early and out of the frigid air.
The All Stars managed to correct most of the motor issues that plagued them on Friday night except for Rookie of the Year contender James Mosher who was unable to make repairs in time for qualifying. Another Rookie contender, Brandon Martin, had mechanical problems again after his heat race and was not able to start the B-main.
The fierce competition made qualifying well a top priority. Not making the inversion at the high-speed half mile when up against some of the toughest competitors in the country creates an almost insurmountable task of making the transfer out of your heat race to the A-main.
With Swindell, Lasoski, Schatz, and Kaeding already locked in to run the main event on Saturday, only the Top 4 from each heat could transfer to the A-main. Everyone else had the daunting task of trying to transfer out of the B-main for those final 4 spots. Terry McCarl, Jason Solwold, Stevie Smith, and Rob Chaney would take those positions and move on to the main event. Greg Wilson narrowly missed the transfer from his heat race and from the B-main on a super-fast track that didn’t see a whole lot of passing. Brock Mayes and Butch Schroeder transferred to the A-main, but Brock dropped out early with problems.
The All Star points have been shaken up after the first weekend of racing in Ohio since the Florida Speedweek events back in February. Jason Solwold still leads as he has run all of the All Star points races so far, but being a member of another organization will have him running elsewhere when the All Stars travel to Attica Raceway Park next weekend for the Coors Light Spring Nationals. The 2006 season points chase is still wide open.
All Star Circuit of Champions Points as of 4-8-06:
1. Jason Solwold – 377
2. Greg Wilson – 318
3. Brock Mayes – 305
4. Chad Blonde – 271
5. Jeremy Campbell – 268
6. Paul May – 267
7. Barry Ruble – 258
8. Butch Schroeder – 200
9. James Mosher – 175
10. Greg Hodnett – 163
11. Lance Dewease – 162
12. Danny Smith – 146
13. Spud Gustin – 142
14. Tim Hunter – 117
15. Brandon Martin – 113
16. Jessica Zemken – 66
17. Ron Blair – 58
(**points adjusted from 4-7-06 to include corrected heat race points)
Qualifying
1) Paul McMahan, Stewart 20, 13.072
2) Chad Kemenah, Kemenah 15K, 13.127
3) Jason Meyers, Elite Racing Team 14, 13.133
4) Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7, 13.149
5) Joey Saldana, Kahne 9, 13.188
6) Terry McCarl, McCarl 24, 13.185
7) Brooke Tatnell, Rush Racing 8, 13.297
8) Kevin Swindell, Swindell 1, 13.301
9) Shane Stewart, Rudeen Racing 26, 13.323
10) Brock Mayes, Mayes 11B, 13.332
11) Ed Lynch, Jr., Lynch 2L, 13, 336
12) Butch Schroeder, Jessup 7K, 13.340
13) Jac Haudenschild, Wright 35, 13.343
14) Daryn Pittman, Titan Racing USA 21, 13.350
15) Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 13.376
16) Justin Henderson, Oswalt D1, 13.413
17) Jason Solwold, Carnahan R19, 13.328 (scored 17th after missing his position in the qualifying order)
18) Tim Hunter, Morrison 0, 13.417
19) Brian Paulus., Pender 28, 13.417
20) Stevie Smith, Smith 19S, 13.434
21) Tim Shaffer, Parsons 6P, 13.435
22) Greg Wilson, Warnimont 20W, 13.450
23) Kraig Kinser, Kinser 11, 13.454
24) Kaley Gharst, Gharst 44G, 13.463
25) Bill Rose, Rose 6, 13.471
26) Dion Hindi, Hindi 11D, 13.508
27) Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10C, 13.510
28) Rob Chaney, Martin 36, 13.537
29) Ryan Coniam, Miller 2X, 13.541
30) Brian Carlson, SC Motorsports 18, 13.543
31) Nick Smith, MPHG 81, 13.547
32) Paul May, May 71M, 13.586
33) Chad Blonde, Blonde 5B, 13.642
34) Billy Alley, Gifford 17G, 13.717
35) Barry Ruble, Ruble 63, 13.816
36) Brandon Martin, Martin 11M, 13.852
37) Becca Anderson, Woodring 19, 13.865
38) James Mosher –no time – motor
Top 4 finishers in preliminary A-feature (locked into first 4 starting positions in Dash): Sammy Swindell, Forbrook 5; Danny Lasoski, Roth 83; Donny Schatz, Schatz 15; Tim Kaeding, Kinser 11K
First Heat Race (8 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Shane Stewart
2) Paul McMahan
3) Justin Henderson
4) Kevin Swindell
5) Ryan Coniam
6) Jason Solwold
7) Tim Shaffer
8) Bill Rose
9) Chad Blonde
10) Becca Anderson
Second Heat Race (8 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Chad Kemenah
2) Brock Mayes
3) Randy Hannagan
4) Brooke Tatnell
5) Greg Wilson
6) Tim Hunter
7) Dion Hindi
8) Brian Carlson
9) Billy Alley
Third Heat Race (8 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Daryn Pittman
2) Jason Meyers
3) Ed Lynch, Jr.
4) Kraig Kinser
5) Terry McCarl
6) Nick Smith
7) Jeremy Campbell
8) Brian Paulus
9) Barry Ruble
Fourth Heat Race (8 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Butch Schroeder
2) Jac Haudenschild
3) Joey Saldana
4) Craig Dollansky
5) Kaley Gharst
6) Stevie Smith
7) Rob Chaney
8) Paul May
9) Brandon Martin
Dash (6 laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature)
1) Sammy Swindell
2) Danny Lasoski
3) Tim Kaeding
4) Donny Schatz
5) Chad Kemenah
6) Paul McMahan
B-main (12 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Terry McCarl
2) Jason Solwold
3) Stevie Smith
4) Rob Chaney
5) Brian Paulus [$200]
6) Greg Wilson [$180]
7) Kaley Gharst [$175]
8) Dion Hindi [$160]
9) Bill Rose [$150]
10) Brian Carlson [$150]
11) Chad Blonde [$150]
12) Paul May [$150]
13) Barry Ruble [$150]
14) Tim Shaffer [$150]
15) Billy Alley [$150]
16) Becca Anderson [$150]
17) Tim Hunter [$150]
18) Jeremy Campbell [$150]
19) Nick Smith [$150]
20) Brandon Martin [$150]
21) Ryan Coniam [$150]
A-main (30 laps)
1) Sammy Swindell [$12,000]
2) Tim Kaeding [$6,000]
3) Danny Lasoski [$4,000]
4) Jac Haudenschild [$3,500]
5) Joey Saldana [$3,300]
6) Donny Schatz [$3,100]
7) Paul McMahan [$3,000]
8) Shane Stewart [$2,500]
9) Craig Dollansky [$2,100]
10) Brooke Tatnell [$2,050]
11) Chad Kemenah [$2,000]
12) Jason Meyers [$1,600]
13) Daryn Pittman [$1,500]
14) Jason Solwold [$1,200]
15) Stevie Smith [$1,100]
16) Kevin Swindell [$1,000]
17) Kraig Kinser [$900]
18) Randy Hannagan [$800]
19) Butch Schroeder [$800]
20) Justin Henderson [$800]
21) Terry McCarl [$800]
22) Ed Lynch, Jr. [$800]
23) Rob Chaney [$800]
24) Brock Mayes [$800]
Lap leaders: Sammy Swindell 1-30
