Alger, Wash.—August 26, 2006—By: Tony Veneziano, WoO Sprint Series PR Director
Brooke Tatnell is a man of his word. On Friday night after finishing second in the World of Outlaws Sprint Series Preliminary Feature at Skagit Speedway, he said he would be in RacinSoles Victory Lane on Saturday night.
He had plenty of motivation entering the event, with it being right in the backyard of his car owners Tim Hanson and Bob Campbell. He also wanted to pull out a win for his crew chief Troy Renfro who had been battling the effects of pneumonia all week, including a stint in the hospital. Also, a check for $25,000 was waiting for the winner at the end of the night.
To add even more to the puzzle, the native of San Souci, NSW, Australia suffered a broken left front brake line early in the 40-lap feature on the tight and racy 3/10-mile high-banked track. An open red flag on lap 16 gave Tatnell and his crew a chance to assess the problem on the car. While the team worked on the car, Tatnell sprinted on foot, all the way back across the track to the pit area, to get some parts from the team’s trailer to help aid the crew.
At the initial drop of the green flag, Tatnell used his outside front row starting spot to his advantage in the Race Outfitters Eagle to take lead from Donny Schatz in the Parker Store J&J, in the first turn. Schatz shadowed Tatnell early in the race before beginning a spirited battle with Craig Dollansky for the runner-up spot.
Tatnell used patience and caution in traffic as he sliced his way through the slower cars, separating himself from Dollansky and Schatz. A couple of very timely cautions bunched the field up and more importantly gave Tatnell clean race track in front of him, and he was a master of restarts all night long.
“This was a total team effort,” a smiling Tatnell said. “Rush Racing got it done tonight. We had a good car even before we went out there today. We got this one, it’s ours. There’s not a more fitting place to win, than right here in our car owners backyard. I’m just proud of this team. Troy (Renfro) is definitely sick and shouldn’t be here. I appreciate his dedication to this team.”
Schatz ended up coming home second after a last lap pass of Craig Dollansky. It was his 12th runner-up finish of the season, ironically matching the number of A-Feature wins he also has. The solid run helped the native of Fargo, N.D. extend his point lead over Joey Saldana, as he chases his first ever World of Outlaws Sprint Series title.
“We needed a few more laps, but we also needed to run more than four or five laps at a time without having a yellow,” said Schatz. “That does not suit how we set up our race car. It helped those guys (Tatnell). They had a tire on that it helped to have those yellows. We had one on for the distance. We just never got to run enough at one time. Our cars get better as the race goes on. With all the starting and stopping it was tough to get where we needed to be especially with the tire we ran.”
Dollansky and his crew also had planned on long green flags runs during the event and set their car up accordingly. He ran in the top-three all night and looked to have the second spot wrapped up when Schatz made a sweeping pass on the final turn of the final lap.
“We definitely did not want to see that many yellows,” said Dollansky. “It worked a little against us with the tire we chose. It was just one of those deals. We were definitely looking to win. We ended up third and just came a little short.”
Daryn Pittman had a very solid night, running in the top-five all night and coming home in the fourth spot in the Titan Garages & Carports Maxim, after securing a spot in the dash by finishing fourth on Friday night as well in the preliminary feature.
“We were right there with them the whole time,” said Pittman. “I don’t think we were out to lunch. It was tough to pass and I just needed longer runs. I felt like we were better on the longer runs, especially early. It’s another top five. It could have been a lot worse. We’ll take it and move on, and we enjoyed coming up here to Skagit for a two-day show.”
Tatnell who is one of the most calm and collected drivers on and off the track, knew he had a problem when he saw his brake line dragging on the track under an early caution, but did not let that throw his rhythm off once the green flag flew again.
“I was very concerned about what would happen when we got to lapped traffic,” Tatnell said. “If someone screwed up in front of us, I would not be able to slow down enough. That was the only concern I had. When we got to them, I had to slide the car a little bit. Apart from that, I was not too concerned. We got fortunate and we got lucky, sometimes luck goes your way. We had a car tonight that no one was going to touch and we had a bit of luck. It was a special night, and we knew we had to win. This was just one of those nights.”
When he reached RacinSoles Victory Lane , Tatnell was greeted by thunderous applause from the crowd. Tim Hanson, one of the co-owners of Rush Racing treated many of his employees to a night at the races on Saturday night at Skagit Speedway. Tatnell made sure the fans went home with a smile on their faces.
“We had the largest cheering section here tonight,” Tatnell said. “We had fun shooting t-shirts into the crowd. We tried to give something back to the crowd. It’s just been a perfect weekend.”
For Hanson the win very special, since it came right in his backyard. He was greeted with a steady stream of well wishers as they made their way to pit area to meet and greet their favorite drivers. He also received many compliments for the paint and graphic scheme that he came up with for the weekend on the car.
“This was our Knoxville Nationals tonight,” Hanson said. “It could not get any better than this.”
Bob Campbell, also a co-owner of Rush Racing was ecstatic with the win, knowing how close the team has been on countless occasions this season to picking up wins. He echoed the sentiments of Hanson, with it being a home race for the pair, and thanked all the fans for coming out and supporting the track as well as the drivers and teams.
“The competition out here is so tough night in and night out,” Bob Campbell said. “You get a little frustrated running second, but you look around and see who you are running with, and it is a tough crowd. This is a heck of a win for this team.”
The Rush Racing team was not the only one’s celebrating in the winner’s circle. Skagit Speedway owner and promoter Steve Beitler was smiling from ear to ear knowing that the hard work and endless hours put in by his staff paid off, with a great two days of racing for the fans.
“I’m very pleased with how this whole weekend went,” said Beitler. “We had a long time getting the World of Outlaws back at Skagit Speedway. Our first weekend back, it could not have been better. We had a good crowd both night, and having local car owners in Tim Hanson and Bob Campbell with their Australian driver come up here and win. Donny Schatz, who was voted last month the number one sprint car driver in American won last night. It was a fantastic night. We had a good race track and everyone did a good job.”
Tatnell’s win was his fourth of the season and seventh of his World of Outlaws career. With 22 top-five finishes under his belt, and one of the hardest working crews in the pit area, Tatnell is confident for the rest of the Gold Rush Tour and the last quarter of the World of Outlaws season for that matter.
“I think we have a good shot at many of the places we still go to this year,” said Tatnell. “Once a team gets on a roll they are tough to stop, just look at (Donny) Schatz. We had four straight second place finishes, now we need four straight first place finishes.”
Though he finished one spot short of picking up the $25,000, Schatz found some positives in the night, and is excited to head to Southern Oregon Speedway on Wednesday night, as he looks to pick up his 13th A-Feature win of the season.
“We tried to make the car a little better (under the red flag),” said Schatz. “We knew we had to change it up a little bit to get better. We made some stride, but the red really helped those guys. They had a brake problem. You can’t run that long and not hit lap traffic, and expect to pass in wide open race track. Everyone is so fast. We’ve had a lot of races that have gone our way with that type of deal, and this one just didn’t. We’re not disappointed. We know the mistake we made and we can correct it for next time.”
Chad Kemenah who continues to lead the battle for the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award Presented by Maxim Racing and ButlerBuilt, came home fifth. It was his third straight fifth place finish, including Friday night’s preliminary feature.
The rest of the top-10 was Joey Saldana in the Mopar-powered Dodge/Curb Records JEI in sixth. Jac Haudenschild in the Wright One Construction Maxim came home seventh after starting in the 13th spot. Randy Hannagan in the Penthouse Magazine Maxim was eight, with Justin Henderson abroad the Jolt Energy Gum Schnee in ninth. Jeremy Campbell in the Americas Best Value Inn Maxim round out the top-10.
The Gold Rush Tour continues for the series on Wednesday night at Southern Oregon Speedway in Medford , Oregon . From there, it’s off to the wine country of Northern California for the Harvest Classic at Calistoga Speedway Sept. 2-3.
SKAGIT SPEEDWAY NOTEBOOK NIGHT #2
• FAST QUALIFIER: Joey Saldana paced the 36 cars in time trials with an AMB i.t.-timed lapped around the 3/8-mile high-banked oval at 11.418 seconds. Because the event is a multi-day show with varying championship point totals on each night, no qualifying bonus points are awarded. By virtue of their top-four finishes in the preliminary feature on Friday, Donny Schatz, Brooke Tatnell, Craig Dollansky, and Daryn Pittman did not have to go through time trials or heat races.
• QUALIFYING EVENT WINNERS: Heat race winners included: Jac Haudenschild, Jeremy Campbell, Travis Jacobson, and Travis Rutz. … Kelly Barnett won the C-Main. … Tony Bruce Jr. won the B-Main. … Donny Schatz picked up the win in the dash.
• FEATURE WINNERS: There have been 14 different winners in 44 A-feature events to visit the RacinSoles Victory Lane with the World of Outlaws this season. The win list includes: Donny Schatz (March 9 at The Dirt Track @ Las Vegas Motor Speedway, March 31 at Batesville Speedway, April 1 at I-55 Raceway, May 16 at Grandview Speedway, May 30 at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park, June 18 at Red River Valley Speedway, June 30 at 81 Speedway, July 18 at Lernerville Speedway, July 23 at Lebanon Valley Speedway, July 25 at Fulton Speedway, August 5 at K-C Raceway, and August 17 at Black Hills Speedway), Joey Saldana (Feb.10 at Volusia, June 4 at Terre Haute, June 23 at Knoxville Raceway, July 1 at Dodge City Raceway Park, July 13 at Limaland Motorsports Park, July 15 at Eldora Speedway, and August 4 at Eldora Speedway), Jac Haudenschild (May 6 at U.S. 36 Raceway, May 20 at Sharon Speedway, June 14 at The Raceway @ Powercom Park, and July 7 at Lawrenceburg Speedway), Craig Dollansky (April 15 at Tri-State Speedway, June 4 at Eldora Speedway, July 14 at Eldora Speedway, and Aug. 2 at Butler Speedway), Brooke Tatnell (May 7 at Huset’s Speedway, May 29 at Orange County Fair Speedway, July 8 at I-55 Raceway, and August 26 at Skagit Speedway), Daryn Pittman (June 10 at Eagle Raceway, July 22 at Williams Grove, and July 29 at Princeton Speedway), Terry McCarl (July 3 at Huset’s Speedway and August 19 at Nodak Speedway), Sammy Swindell (April 8 at Eldora Speedway and March 10 at the Dirt Track @ Las Vegas Motor Speedway), Dean Jacobs (May 31 at Lernerville Speedway), Chad Kemenah (Feb. 9 at Volusia), Danny Lasoski (March 3 at Manzanita), Paul McMahan (March 4 at USA Race Park), Fred Rahmer (May 27 at Williams Grove), and Kevin Swindell (May 24 at The Dirt at Lowe’s Motor Speedway).
• PRELIMINARY FEATURE WINNERS: There have been eight preliminary features run this season by the World of Outlaws. The winners list includes: Daryn Pittman who won the prelim night at Eagle Raceway on June 9, and at Princeton Speedway on July 28, Donny Schatz who won the prelim night June 17 at Red River Valley and at Skagit Speedway on August 25, Fred Rahmer, who won the prelim night on May 26 at Williams Grove Speedway Sammy Swindell, who won the prelim night on April 7 at Eldora Speedway, Terry McCarl who won the prelim night at Williams Grove on July 20, and Craig Dollansky who won the prelim night at Williams Grove on July 21.
• 3/10-MILE WINNERS: Skagit Speedway is a 3/10-mile high-banked oval. The World of Outlaws Sprint Series has now raced twice this season on a track that size. The winners include: Donny Schatz on August 25 at Skagit Speedway and Brooke Tatnell on August 26 at Skagit Speedway.
• ON TELEVISION: The Outdoor Channel will air at 8 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday August 30, the event from Eldora Speedway that ran on August 4. Outdoor Channel is available nationwide through the DISH Network (Channel 153) and DIRECTV (Channel 606).
• ON THE WEB: The Official World of Outlaws Sprint Series Web site is at http://www.dirtmotorsports.com/sprint. Among the features are updated driver biographies with individual statistics and pictures, race-by-race statistics, detailed track information and race coverage, series news and team press releases. Also, links to the Media Guide and 2006 Official Rulebook can be found at the bottom of the home page.
• LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the series, they can experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws Sprint Series live on Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network. To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo. Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail webmaster@dirtvision.
• UP NEXT : To wrap up a very competitive month of August, the series will travel to Southern Oregon Speedway in Medford , Oregon on Wednesday. September will open up with a trip to the wine country of Northern California with the Harvest Classic at Calistoga Speedway Sept. 2-3, followed by the 53rd annual Gold Cup Race of Champions at Silver Dollar Speedway Sept. 7-9.
• SPONSOR SUPPORT: The World of Outlaws Sprint Series is brought to the fans across the country by several sponsors and partners, including series sponsors Hoosier Racing Tire and The Outdoor Channel. Promotional Partners include AMB i.t. and The University of Northwestern Ohio. Associate sponsors are ButlerBuilt Motorsports Equipment, Maxim Racing, RacinSoles and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART Machinery, MSD Ignitions and Wrisco Industries.
World of Outlaws Sprint Series Statistical Report; Skagit Speedway ; Aug. 26, 2006
Qualifying
1) Joey Saldana, Kasey Kahne Racing 9, 11.418
2) Chad Kemenah, Kemenah 15K, 11.429
3) Justin Henderson, Oswalt D1, 11.461
4) Steve Kilcup, M&S Motorsports 18K, 11.549
5) Brian Carlson , SC Motorsports 18, 11.552
6) Jason Martin, Martin 36, 11.559
7) Dion Hindi, Hindi 11D, 11.569
8) Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 11.621
9) Jac Haudenschild, Wright 35, 11.635
10) Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10C, 11.640
11) Travis Jacobson, Kirkpatrick 7J, 11.643
12) Brandon Harkness, Harnkess 29, 11.644
13) Travis Rutz, Rutz 8R, 11.651
14) Barry Martinez, Martinez 66, 11.677
15) Bill Rose, Rose 6, 11.694
16) Jayme Barnes, Barnes 9J, 11.699
17) Becca Anderson, Woodring 19, 11.657 (Scored 17th after missing her position in the qualifying order)
18) Tony Bruce, Jr., Bruce 18T, 11.709
19) James Mosher, Moser 12M, 11.768
20) Josh Edson, Edson 76E, 11.782
21) Terry McCarl, McCarl 24, 11.827
22) Brock Lemley, KLS Racing 40, 11.833
23) Roy Blumenhagen, Blumenhagen 75, 11.863
24) Brad Pritchard, Jacobson B41, 11.893
25) Brandon Johnson, Johnson 14J, 11.908
26) Jesse Whitney, Whitney 88, 11.912
27) Kirk Fellers, Fellers 77F, 11.959
28) John Tharp, Tharp 69, 12.069
29) Nick Evans, Evans 24E, 12.098
30) Kelly Barnett, Barnett 17B, 12.192
31) Jimmy Deitz, Deitz 1, 12.286
32) Adriana Klein, Klein 25, 12.397
33) Bob Stevens, Stevens 98, 12.635
34) Steve Parker, Parker 23, 12.641
35) Bud Ashe, Ashe 57, 12.896
36) Chris Rogers, Rogers 3R, 13.213
Top 4 finishers in preliminary A-feature (locked into first 4 starting position)
Donny Schatz, Schatz 15;
Brooke Tatnell, Rush Racing 8;
Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7;
Daryn Pittman, Titan Racing USA 21
First Heat Race
1) Jac Haudenschild
2) Jayme Barnes
3) Joey Saldana
4) Randy Hannagan
5) Terry McCarl
6) Becca Anderson
7) Brandon Johnson
8) Nick Evans
9) Bob Stevens
Second Heat Race
1) Jeremy Campbell
2) Chad Kemenah
3) Bill Rose
4) Dion Hindi
5) Tony Bruce, Jr.
6) Jesse Whitney
7) Brock Lemley
8) Kelly Barnett
9) Steve Parker
Third Heat Race
1) Travis Jacobson
2) Barry Martinez
3) Jason Martin
4) Justin Henderson
5) James Mosher
6) Kirk Fellers
7) Roy Blumenhagen
8) Jimmy Deitz
9) Bud Ashe
Fourth Heat Race
1) Travis Rutz
2) Brandon Harkness
3) Steve Kilcup
4) Brian Carlson
5) Brad Pritchard
6) John Tharp
7) Josh Edson
8) Adriana Klein
9) Chris Rogers
C-Main
1) Kelly Barnett
2) Bob Stevens
3) Adriana Klein [$250]
4) Steve Parker [$200]
5) Bud Ashe [$200]
6) Chris Rogers [$200]
7) Jimmy Deitz [$200]
8) Becca Anderson (DNS) [$200]
Dash
1) Donny Schatz
2) Brooke Tatnell
3) Daryn Pittman
4) Craig Dollansky
5) Joey Saldana
6) Justin Henderson
7) Chad Kemenah
8) Steve Kilcup
9) Jason Martin
10) Brian Carlson
B-main
1) Tony Bruce, Jr.
2) Terry McCarl
3) James Mosher
4) Josh Edson
5) Brock Lemley [$400]
6) John Tharp [$360]
7) Brandon Johnson [$350]
8) Brad Pritchard [$320]
9) Jesse Whitney [$300]
10) Nick Evans [$300]
11) Kirk Fellers [$300]
12) Bob Stevens [$300]
13) Roy Blumenhagen [$300]
14) Kelly Barnett [$300]
A-main
1) Brooke Tatnell [$25,000]
2) Donny Schatz [$6,000]
3) Craig Dollansky [$4,000]
4) Daryn Pittman [$3,500]
5) Chad Kemenah [$3,300]
6) Joey Saldana [$3,100]
7) Jac Haudenschild [$3,000]
8) Randy Hannagan [$2,500]
9) Justin Henderson [$2,100]
10) Jeremy Campbell [$2,050]
11) Steve Kilcup [$2,000]
12) Travis Rutz [$1,600]
13) Tony Bruce, Jr. [$1,500]
14) Jason Martin [$1,200]
15) Travis Jacobson [$1,100]
16) Brian Carlson [$1,000]
17) Brandon Harkness [$900]
18) Dion Hindi [$800]
19) Josh Edson [$800]
20) Barry Martinez [$800]
21) Jayme Barnes [$800]
22) James Mosher [$800]
23) Terry McCarl [$800]
24) Bill Rose [$800]
Lap leaders: Brooke Tatnell 1-40
Brooke Tatnell is a man of his word. On Friday night after finishing second in the World of Outlaws Sprint Series Preliminary Feature at Skagit Speedway, he said he would be in RacinSoles Victory Lane on Saturday night.
He had plenty of motivation entering the event, with it being right in the backyard of his car owners Tim Hanson and Bob Campbell. He also wanted to pull out a win for his crew chief Troy Renfro who had been battling the effects of pneumonia all week, including a stint in the hospital. Also, a check for $25,000 was waiting for the winner at the end of the night.
To add even more to the puzzle, the native of San Souci, NSW, Australia suffered a broken left front brake line early in the 40-lap feature on the tight and racy 3/10-mile high-banked track. An open red flag on lap 16 gave Tatnell and his crew a chance to assess the problem on the car. While the team worked on the car, Tatnell sprinted on foot, all the way back across the track to the pit area, to get some parts from the team’s trailer to help aid the crew.
At the initial drop of the green flag, Tatnell used his outside front row starting spot to his advantage in the Race Outfitters Eagle to take lead from Donny Schatz in the Parker Store J&J, in the first turn. Schatz shadowed Tatnell early in the race before beginning a spirited battle with Craig Dollansky for the runner-up spot.
Tatnell used patience and caution in traffic as he sliced his way through the slower cars, separating himself from Dollansky and Schatz. A couple of very timely cautions bunched the field up and more importantly gave Tatnell clean race track in front of him, and he was a master of restarts all night long.
“This was a total team effort,” a smiling Tatnell said. “Rush Racing got it done tonight. We had a good car even before we went out there today. We got this one, it’s ours. There’s not a more fitting place to win, than right here in our car owners backyard. I’m just proud of this team. Troy (Renfro) is definitely sick and shouldn’t be here. I appreciate his dedication to this team.”
Schatz ended up coming home second after a last lap pass of Craig Dollansky. It was his 12th runner-up finish of the season, ironically matching the number of A-Feature wins he also has. The solid run helped the native of Fargo, N.D. extend his point lead over Joey Saldana, as he chases his first ever World of Outlaws Sprint Series title.
“We needed a few more laps, but we also needed to run more than four or five laps at a time without having a yellow,” said Schatz. “That does not suit how we set up our race car. It helped those guys (Tatnell). They had a tire on that it helped to have those yellows. We had one on for the distance. We just never got to run enough at one time. Our cars get better as the race goes on. With all the starting and stopping it was tough to get where we needed to be especially with the tire we ran.”
Dollansky and his crew also had planned on long green flags runs during the event and set their car up accordingly. He ran in the top-three all night and looked to have the second spot wrapped up when Schatz made a sweeping pass on the final turn of the final lap.
“We definitely did not want to see that many yellows,” said Dollansky. “It worked a little against us with the tire we chose. It was just one of those deals. We were definitely looking to win. We ended up third and just came a little short.”
Daryn Pittman had a very solid night, running in the top-five all night and coming home in the fourth spot in the Titan Garages & Carports Maxim, after securing a spot in the dash by finishing fourth on Friday night as well in the preliminary feature.
“We were right there with them the whole time,” said Pittman. “I don’t think we were out to lunch. It was tough to pass and I just needed longer runs. I felt like we were better on the longer runs, especially early. It’s another top five. It could have been a lot worse. We’ll take it and move on, and we enjoyed coming up here to Skagit for a two-day show.”
Tatnell who is one of the most calm and collected drivers on and off the track, knew he had a problem when he saw his brake line dragging on the track under an early caution, but did not let that throw his rhythm off once the green flag flew again.
“I was very concerned about what would happen when we got to lapped traffic,” Tatnell said. “If someone screwed up in front of us, I would not be able to slow down enough. That was the only concern I had. When we got to them, I had to slide the car a little bit. Apart from that, I was not too concerned. We got fortunate and we got lucky, sometimes luck goes your way. We had a car tonight that no one was going to touch and we had a bit of luck. It was a special night, and we knew we had to win. This was just one of those nights.”
When he reached RacinSoles Victory Lane , Tatnell was greeted by thunderous applause from the crowd. Tim Hanson, one of the co-owners of Rush Racing treated many of his employees to a night at the races on Saturday night at Skagit Speedway. Tatnell made sure the fans went home with a smile on their faces.
“We had the largest cheering section here tonight,” Tatnell said. “We had fun shooting t-shirts into the crowd. We tried to give something back to the crowd. It’s just been a perfect weekend.”
For Hanson the win very special, since it came right in his backyard. He was greeted with a steady stream of well wishers as they made their way to pit area to meet and greet their favorite drivers. He also received many compliments for the paint and graphic scheme that he came up with for the weekend on the car.
“This was our Knoxville Nationals tonight,” Hanson said. “It could not get any better than this.”
Bob Campbell, also a co-owner of Rush Racing was ecstatic with the win, knowing how close the team has been on countless occasions this season to picking up wins. He echoed the sentiments of Hanson, with it being a home race for the pair, and thanked all the fans for coming out and supporting the track as well as the drivers and teams.
“The competition out here is so tough night in and night out,” Bob Campbell said. “You get a little frustrated running second, but you look around and see who you are running with, and it is a tough crowd. This is a heck of a win for this team.”
The Rush Racing team was not the only one’s celebrating in the winner’s circle. Skagit Speedway owner and promoter Steve Beitler was smiling from ear to ear knowing that the hard work and endless hours put in by his staff paid off, with a great two days of racing for the fans.
“I’m very pleased with how this whole weekend went,” said Beitler. “We had a long time getting the World of Outlaws back at Skagit Speedway. Our first weekend back, it could not have been better. We had a good crowd both night, and having local car owners in Tim Hanson and Bob Campbell with their Australian driver come up here and win. Donny Schatz, who was voted last month the number one sprint car driver in American won last night. It was a fantastic night. We had a good race track and everyone did a good job.”
Tatnell’s win was his fourth of the season and seventh of his World of Outlaws career. With 22 top-five finishes under his belt, and one of the hardest working crews in the pit area, Tatnell is confident for the rest of the Gold Rush Tour and the last quarter of the World of Outlaws season for that matter.
“I think we have a good shot at many of the places we still go to this year,” said Tatnell. “Once a team gets on a roll they are tough to stop, just look at (Donny) Schatz. We had four straight second place finishes, now we need four straight first place finishes.”
Though he finished one spot short of picking up the $25,000, Schatz found some positives in the night, and is excited to head to Southern Oregon Speedway on Wednesday night, as he looks to pick up his 13th A-Feature win of the season.
“We tried to make the car a little better (under the red flag),” said Schatz. “We knew we had to change it up a little bit to get better. We made some stride, but the red really helped those guys. They had a brake problem. You can’t run that long and not hit lap traffic, and expect to pass in wide open race track. Everyone is so fast. We’ve had a lot of races that have gone our way with that type of deal, and this one just didn’t. We’re not disappointed. We know the mistake we made and we can correct it for next time.”
Chad Kemenah who continues to lead the battle for the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award Presented by Maxim Racing and ButlerBuilt, came home fifth. It was his third straight fifth place finish, including Friday night’s preliminary feature.
The rest of the top-10 was Joey Saldana in the Mopar-powered Dodge/Curb Records JEI in sixth. Jac Haudenschild in the Wright One Construction Maxim came home seventh after starting in the 13th spot. Randy Hannagan in the Penthouse Magazine Maxim was eight, with Justin Henderson abroad the Jolt Energy Gum Schnee in ninth. Jeremy Campbell in the Americas Best Value Inn Maxim round out the top-10.
The Gold Rush Tour continues for the series on Wednesday night at Southern Oregon Speedway in Medford , Oregon . From there, it’s off to the wine country of Northern California for the Harvest Classic at Calistoga Speedway Sept. 2-3.
SKAGIT SPEEDWAY NOTEBOOK NIGHT #2
• FAST QUALIFIER: Joey Saldana paced the 36 cars in time trials with an AMB i.t.-timed lapped around the 3/8-mile high-banked oval at 11.418 seconds. Because the event is a multi-day show with varying championship point totals on each night, no qualifying bonus points are awarded. By virtue of their top-four finishes in the preliminary feature on Friday, Donny Schatz, Brooke Tatnell, Craig Dollansky, and Daryn Pittman did not have to go through time trials or heat races.
• QUALIFYING EVENT WINNERS: Heat race winners included: Jac Haudenschild, Jeremy Campbell, Travis Jacobson, and Travis Rutz. … Kelly Barnett won the C-Main. … Tony Bruce Jr. won the B-Main. … Donny Schatz picked up the win in the dash.
• FEATURE WINNERS: There have been 14 different winners in 44 A-feature events to visit the RacinSoles Victory Lane with the World of Outlaws this season. The win list includes: Donny Schatz (March 9 at The Dirt Track @ Las Vegas Motor Speedway, March 31 at Batesville Speedway, April 1 at I-55 Raceway, May 16 at Grandview Speedway, May 30 at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park, June 18 at Red River Valley Speedway, June 30 at 81 Speedway, July 18 at Lernerville Speedway, July 23 at Lebanon Valley Speedway, July 25 at Fulton Speedway, August 5 at K-C Raceway, and August 17 at Black Hills Speedway), Joey Saldana (Feb.10 at Volusia, June 4 at Terre Haute, June 23 at Knoxville Raceway, July 1 at Dodge City Raceway Park, July 13 at Limaland Motorsports Park, July 15 at Eldora Speedway, and August 4 at Eldora Speedway), Jac Haudenschild (May 6 at U.S. 36 Raceway, May 20 at Sharon Speedway, June 14 at The Raceway @ Powercom Park, and July 7 at Lawrenceburg Speedway), Craig Dollansky (April 15 at Tri-State Speedway, June 4 at Eldora Speedway, July 14 at Eldora Speedway, and Aug. 2 at Butler Speedway), Brooke Tatnell (May 7 at Huset’s Speedway, May 29 at Orange County Fair Speedway, July 8 at I-55 Raceway, and August 26 at Skagit Speedway), Daryn Pittman (June 10 at Eagle Raceway, July 22 at Williams Grove, and July 29 at Princeton Speedway), Terry McCarl (July 3 at Huset’s Speedway and August 19 at Nodak Speedway), Sammy Swindell (April 8 at Eldora Speedway and March 10 at the Dirt Track @ Las Vegas Motor Speedway), Dean Jacobs (May 31 at Lernerville Speedway), Chad Kemenah (Feb. 9 at Volusia), Danny Lasoski (March 3 at Manzanita), Paul McMahan (March 4 at USA Race Park), Fred Rahmer (May 27 at Williams Grove), and Kevin Swindell (May 24 at The Dirt at Lowe’s Motor Speedway).
• PRELIMINARY FEATURE WINNERS: There have been eight preliminary features run this season by the World of Outlaws. The winners list includes: Daryn Pittman who won the prelim night at Eagle Raceway on June 9, and at Princeton Speedway on July 28, Donny Schatz who won the prelim night June 17 at Red River Valley and at Skagit Speedway on August 25, Fred Rahmer, who won the prelim night on May 26 at Williams Grove Speedway Sammy Swindell, who won the prelim night on April 7 at Eldora Speedway, Terry McCarl who won the prelim night at Williams Grove on July 20, and Craig Dollansky who won the prelim night at Williams Grove on July 21.
• 3/10-MILE WINNERS: Skagit Speedway is a 3/10-mile high-banked oval. The World of Outlaws Sprint Series has now raced twice this season on a track that size. The winners include: Donny Schatz on August 25 at Skagit Speedway and Brooke Tatnell on August 26 at Skagit Speedway.
• ON TELEVISION: The Outdoor Channel will air at 8 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday August 30, the event from Eldora Speedway that ran on August 4. Outdoor Channel is available nationwide through the DISH Network (Channel 153) and DIRECTV (Channel 606).
• ON THE WEB: The Official World of Outlaws Sprint Series Web site is at http://www.dirtmotorsports.com/sprint. Among the features are updated driver biographies with individual statistics and pictures, race-by-race statistics, detailed track information and race coverage, series news and team press releases. Also, links to the Media Guide and 2006 Official Rulebook can be found at the bottom of the home page.
• LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the series, they can experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws Sprint Series live on Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network. To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo. Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail webmaster@dirtvision.
• UP NEXT : To wrap up a very competitive month of August, the series will travel to Southern Oregon Speedway in Medford , Oregon on Wednesday. September will open up with a trip to the wine country of Northern California with the Harvest Classic at Calistoga Speedway Sept. 2-3, followed by the 53rd annual Gold Cup Race of Champions at Silver Dollar Speedway Sept. 7-9.
• SPONSOR SUPPORT: The World of Outlaws Sprint Series is brought to the fans across the country by several sponsors and partners, including series sponsors Hoosier Racing Tire and The Outdoor Channel. Promotional Partners include AMB i.t. and The University of Northwestern Ohio. Associate sponsors are ButlerBuilt Motorsports Equipment, Maxim Racing, RacinSoles and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART Machinery, MSD Ignitions and Wrisco Industries.
World of Outlaws Sprint Series Statistical Report; Skagit Speedway ; Aug. 26, 2006
Qualifying
1) Joey Saldana, Kasey Kahne Racing 9, 11.418
2) Chad Kemenah, Kemenah 15K, 11.429
3) Justin Henderson, Oswalt D1, 11.461
4) Steve Kilcup, M&S Motorsports 18K, 11.549
5) Brian Carlson , SC Motorsports 18, 11.552
6) Jason Martin, Martin 36, 11.559
7) Dion Hindi, Hindi 11D, 11.569
8) Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 11.621
9) Jac Haudenschild, Wright 35, 11.635
10) Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10C, 11.640
11) Travis Jacobson, Kirkpatrick 7J, 11.643
12) Brandon Harkness, Harnkess 29, 11.644
13) Travis Rutz, Rutz 8R, 11.651
14) Barry Martinez, Martinez 66, 11.677
15) Bill Rose, Rose 6, 11.694
16) Jayme Barnes, Barnes 9J, 11.699
17) Becca Anderson, Woodring 19, 11.657 (Scored 17th after missing her position in the qualifying order)
18) Tony Bruce, Jr., Bruce 18T, 11.709
19) James Mosher, Moser 12M, 11.768
20) Josh Edson, Edson 76E, 11.782
21) Terry McCarl, McCarl 24, 11.827
22) Brock Lemley, KLS Racing 40, 11.833
23) Roy Blumenhagen, Blumenhagen 75, 11.863
24) Brad Pritchard, Jacobson B41, 11.893
25) Brandon Johnson, Johnson 14J, 11.908
26) Jesse Whitney, Whitney 88, 11.912
27) Kirk Fellers, Fellers 77F, 11.959
28) John Tharp, Tharp 69, 12.069
29) Nick Evans, Evans 24E, 12.098
30) Kelly Barnett, Barnett 17B, 12.192
31) Jimmy Deitz, Deitz 1, 12.286
32) Adriana Klein, Klein 25, 12.397
33) Bob Stevens, Stevens 98, 12.635
34) Steve Parker, Parker 23, 12.641
35) Bud Ashe, Ashe 57, 12.896
36) Chris Rogers, Rogers 3R, 13.213
Top 4 finishers in preliminary A-feature (locked into first 4 starting position)
Donny Schatz, Schatz 15;
Brooke Tatnell, Rush Racing 8;
Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7;
Daryn Pittman, Titan Racing USA 21
First Heat Race
1) Jac Haudenschild
2) Jayme Barnes
3) Joey Saldana
4) Randy Hannagan
5) Terry McCarl
6) Becca Anderson
7) Brandon Johnson
8) Nick Evans
9) Bob Stevens
Second Heat Race
1) Jeremy Campbell
2) Chad Kemenah
3) Bill Rose
4) Dion Hindi
5) Tony Bruce, Jr.
6) Jesse Whitney
7) Brock Lemley
8) Kelly Barnett
9) Steve Parker
Third Heat Race
1) Travis Jacobson
2) Barry Martinez
3) Jason Martin
4) Justin Henderson
5) James Mosher
6) Kirk Fellers
7) Roy Blumenhagen
8) Jimmy Deitz
9) Bud Ashe
Fourth Heat Race
1) Travis Rutz
2) Brandon Harkness
3) Steve Kilcup
4) Brian Carlson
5) Brad Pritchard
6) John Tharp
7) Josh Edson
8) Adriana Klein
9) Chris Rogers
C-Main
1) Kelly Barnett
2) Bob Stevens
3) Adriana Klein [$250]
4) Steve Parker [$200]
5) Bud Ashe [$200]
6) Chris Rogers [$200]
7) Jimmy Deitz [$200]
8) Becca Anderson (DNS) [$200]
Dash
1) Donny Schatz
2) Brooke Tatnell
3) Daryn Pittman
4) Craig Dollansky
5) Joey Saldana
6) Justin Henderson
7) Chad Kemenah
8) Steve Kilcup
9) Jason Martin
10) Brian Carlson
B-main
1) Tony Bruce, Jr.
2) Terry McCarl
3) James Mosher
4) Josh Edson
5) Brock Lemley [$400]
6) John Tharp [$360]
7) Brandon Johnson [$350]
8) Brad Pritchard [$320]
9) Jesse Whitney [$300]
10) Nick Evans [$300]
11) Kirk Fellers [$300]
12) Bob Stevens [$300]
13) Roy Blumenhagen [$300]
14) Kelly Barnett [$300]
A-main
1) Brooke Tatnell [$25,000]
2) Donny Schatz [$6,000]
3) Craig Dollansky [$4,000]
4) Daryn Pittman [$3,500]
5) Chad Kemenah [$3,300]
6) Joey Saldana [$3,100]
7) Jac Haudenschild [$3,000]
8) Randy Hannagan [$2,500]
9) Justin Henderson [$2,100]
10) Jeremy Campbell [$2,050]
11) Steve Kilcup [$2,000]
12) Travis Rutz [$1,600]
13) Tony Bruce, Jr. [$1,500]
14) Jason Martin [$1,200]
15) Travis Jacobson [$1,100]
16) Brian Carlson [$1,000]
17) Brandon Harkness [$900]
18) Dion Hindi [$800]
19) Josh Edson [$800]
20) Barry Martinez [$800]
21) Jayme Barnes [$800]
22) James Mosher [$800]
23) Terry McCarl [$800]
24) Bill Rose [$800]
Lap leaders: Brooke Tatnell 1-40
