Pittman wins in California – Saldana second again

Win number 5 for Daryn Pittman at Antioch Speedway
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ANTIOCH, Calif. – Sept. 13, 2015. Returning to Antioch Speedway for the second time in 2015 Daryn Pittman repeats his March 29 victory this time beating home Joey Saldana and Tyler Walker.
A win is a win but bad luck finally breached the Schatz/Tony Stewart amour when the #15 suffered a flat right rear and was forced into the work area, Schatz would return at the rear of the field.
Joey Saldana had won the pole position and lead the field to the green .Saldana controlled the race up until lap 4 with Schatz gave notice that his 30th race win was coming.
The loss of his right rear forced Schatz to the work area and put end to a possible 30th race win .Once the field got back to racing Saldana assumed the race lead but it was not long before Pittman pounced on the #71 and raced into the lead.

With 16 quick times in 2015 Anticoh was not one of them ,but Saldana landed on pole
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Pittman worked on extending his race lead over Saldana who had Tyler Walker taking his attention away from challenging Pittman .Walker making a return to outlaw racing was showing that he had lost none of his old fire and worked Saldana over. This was a something that the #71 did not need but he continued to thwart Walkers attacks. Finally Walkers attacks paid dividend and he found a way around Saldana.
A lap after passing Saldana into Second the first of four late cautions came into play. Pittman was in control, only question left was what if anything could Saldana do after Tyler Walker.Lap 27 and the final caution, last play for Saldana and after have missed previous slide opportunities the Brownsburg Bullet made the last one count, the money move and regained his second position.
Antioch win to Pittman brings his 2015 race win tally to 5, Saldana secured the runner up position for the third night in succession and Tyler Walker makes strong statement that his racing form has retuned.
Rico Abreu set the pace during qualifying with fast time but while running in 6th position he flipped and his night ended .The #24 was returned to the Abreu hauler, Rico was unhurt.

Abreu’s car on the way to the hauler after crash
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It has been a tough year for Pittman and the Great Clips KKR and win number 5 should give the team much needed confidence as they head the Clay County for the next Outlaw show.

Post race interviews with Pittman,Saldana and Walker

Pittman “This can be a tough schedule as many races as we run and as long as we’re gone from home,” Pittman said. “To have my family out here, it means the world for them to be at all the races, especially when we win… Great win, great way to leave California and hopefully we can keep it going here for the rest of the year.”

Saldana “It was weird – we tightened our car up a bunch and I was dead loose from the word go,” Saldana said. “So we just hung in there as long as we could and then Tyler was getting loose there at the end and we got a run on him there and there was only a few laps left so you’ve just got to do what you can in a short time.”

Walker

Tyler Walker is back on the podium with the WoO
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“I’ve got a great team around me, I have great fans and great support,” Walker said. “It’s a big change from where I was three or four months ago. I’ll just keep doing what I love doing and surrounding myself with good people and we’ll end up two more spots ahead next time.”

A-Main – (30 Laps) – 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [3] [$10,000]; 2. 71M-Joey Saladana [1] [$5,500]; 3. 88-Tyler Walker [5] [$3,200]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [4] [$2,800]; 5. 51-Paul McMahan [9] [$2,500]; 6. 2-Shane Stewart [12] [$2,300]; 7. 22K-Shane Golobic [11] [$2,200]; 8. 29-Kerry Madsen [13] [$2,100]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart [10] [$2,050]; 10. 3C-Jonathan Allard [18] [$2,000]; 11. 15-Donny Schatz [2] [$1,500]; 12. 83JR-Kyle Hirst [17] [$1,200]; 13. OO-Jason Statler [20] [$1,100]; 14. 7S-Jason Sides [24] [$1,050]; 15. 5V-Colby Copeland [15] [$1,000]; 16. O-Bud Kaeding [16] [$900]; 17. 27-Chase Jhnson [22] [$800]; 18. 7-David Gravel [7] [$800]; 19. 98-Sean Watts [23] [$800]; 20. 41-Jason Johnson [14] [$800]; 21. 88N-DJ Netto [8] [$800]; 22. 12X-Jarrett Soares [19] [$800]; 23. 24-Rico Abreu [6] [$800]; 24. 1A-Jacob Allen [21] [$800]. Lap Leaders: Joey Saldana 1-4, Donny Schatz 5-9, Daryn Pittman 10-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: 7S-Jason Sides [+10]
The next outing on the clay for the World of Outlaws will be Friday September 18 at Clay County Fair Speedway. Will this be the race that sees Saldana crack it for his 3rd race win of 2015? Joining the Outlaws at Clay County will be Danny Lasoski and Bryan Clauson .

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The courage and determination of a young racer

First Sprintcar win for Isaac Schreurs

Back in August 18th 2014 a young praplegic racer scored his first sprintcar race . Isaac Schreurs who lost the use of his legs aged only 14th would finally realize a dream of winning in a sprintcar The American Sprintcar Series and Jefferson Speedway was the venue for this amazing achievement. The normal wing dance which has become part of the winning celebration took a back seat as Isaac’s farther arrived in a four wheeler and lifted his son out and carried him to the front of the racecar to the cheers of the excited Jefferson fans.

Isaac Schreurs working the spanners at Bell-Clair

Isaac became the first ever paraplegic to win a major Sprintcar race .Former Knoxville Champion Justin Henderson and the experienced Jack Dover were in the field.
Schreurs continues his racing and this week was part of the POWRi Illinois Midget Speed Week driving his own car with the support of Shame Hmiel and Great Clips Racing. The pairing of Schreurs and Hmiel goes back to December 13 2014 when Schreurs drove in the Great Clips Battle at Du Quoin

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Hmiel and Schreurs both faced similar challenges and have had to work hard to overcome hurdles as they battled the odds to reach their goals, Hmiel as a successful racecar owner and Schreur as a race driver .
The courage and determination that Schreurs displays is amazing and is inspirational to those many people with disabilities .Just to be in field let alone exchanging slides with the likes of Abreu, Bell and Clauson is a feat not many of us could ever hope to achieve

Isaac at work on the 56 Car

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While Schreurs results during the POWRi Illinois Speedweek were less than he might have expected his presence in the pits and the sight of this amazing young racer working the spanners preparing his car must be inspiring to all those parked in the pit enclosure.
Darren Hagan and Christopher Bell were tied on points at the conclusion of the POWRi Illinois Speed Weekweeks and declared joint Champions .
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The Posse did it can the Ohio boys repeat the dose at Attica Raceway

Attica Raceway

The Low Rider Dale Blaney

The Posse did it , can the Ohio boys repeat the dose when the locals from the buckeyes State take on the World of Outlaws Friday night at Attica Raceway .The Ohio gang lead by the “Low Rider“ Dale Blaney will be wanting to repeat last year’s podium lock out

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In 2014 Dale Blaney headed the Ohio podium after taking out the Kistler Engines Classic from Mintz and Jacob.
Local knowledge is a massive advantage but the current scorching form of defending Outlaws Champion Schatz is intimidating not only for the Ohio boys but for the traveling Outlaws .
With 28 Features in the books so far in 2015 the Schaz tally of 11 wins is stunning and certainly the North Dakota racers is heading for a record year .With Pittman grabbing his 3rd win for the year a New Egypt the Oklahoma based 2013 Champion is full of confidence after recovering from his broken collarbone and he working for his maiden Attica win with the Outlaws

Schatz win number 11 in 2015

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Certainly the punters will load their money on Schatz to take win number 12 but with a field of determined locals and motivated Outlaws this is no easy task.
The constancy of the Larson Marks driver Shane Stewart, the aggression of Madsen and the challenge from the “Buckeyes” State boys will make the Attica Raceway A Main truly one of “The Greatest Show on Dirt “
As the Outlaws roll into the Attica pits Donny Schatz comands a 79 points lead over Shane Stewart with Brad Sweet a further 96 points back in third.Since moving from Roth Motorsports to Destiny Motorsports replacing Craig Dollansky David Gravel has regained his mojo with a super effort at Charlotte finishing second to Schatz .

After Attica the Outlaws head across to 1.80 Speedway Lake Odessa, Michigan

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McMahan denies Bacon maiden Outlaw win at Tri State

McMahan resting before Tri State win

HAUBSTADT, Ind. – May 3, 2015 – The World of Outlaws finished three days of racing at Tri State Speedway where Paul McMahan denied USAC Sprint Champ Brady Bacon of his maiden World of Outlaws feature win. A lay down before the A main might just might have been the tonic that the CJB Motorsports driver needed when the extra effort was called for to make the pass on Bacon
After having won the right to share the front row in the feature with Joey Saldana, Bacon raced into the race lead from the go of the green.
32 laps hounded by 23 of the best 410 winged drivers  Bacon had to also content with red flags, race crashes and too many restarts to keep track of

Brady Bacon wings it to 2nd at Tri State

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Driving his own racecar Bacon had to call on all his USAC experience to master and keep the bucking winged 410 monster ahead of the charging outlaw’s .Lap 32 and finally McMahan got by the USAC Champ for the lead.

Back in the pack the six times Outlaw  Donny Schatz  was on a masterful charge from P20 .In 20 laps Schatz had moved from 20th to 5th behind Kraig Kinser. Schatz would progress no further than fourth behind Joey Saldana.
A race night that started out so strongly for Shane Stewart with fast time in qualifying turned sour when the Larson Marks driver brought out a red flag for the second time when he went into the wall and upside down in turn #3 and 4 .Australian Kerry Madsen also had a race  night that both he and the team would prefer to forget.

Rico Abreu was racing strong early winning the dash to earn pole but was unable to fire up his race car and missed the start .Once fire up Abreu made it back to the race only to crash into Kerry Madsen during traffic and rolled . Abreu emerged unhurt.

Paul McMahan “”I had one shot at (Bacon) on that restart,” McMahan said. “I was able to get a pretty good restart and get a good run on him. Instead of trying to slide him down there in one and two I just thought I’ll follow him there and then try to slide him down there. Down in three and four, you get down in there and it takes off on you in the dust. I didn’t know if I had enough room or not to go for the lead.

Brady Bacon “When he slid me into three I should have just let him go and just crossed back underneath him,” Bacon said. “But I tried to block him and we both about crashed off of four.”

Bacon lost momentum and was forced to hold off Joey Saldana running in third. He eventually ran McMahan back down but a caution flag came out with three to go.

“That yellow came out and he was just a little better on restarts than I was,” Bacon said. “I need to get my car a little better on restarts, that’s pretty much what cost me the race.”

McMahan and crew at Tri State

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A-Main – (40 Laps) – 1. 51-Paul McMahan [3] [$10,000]; 2. 99-Brady Bacon [2] [$5,500]; 3. 71M-Joey Saldana [1] [$3,200]; 4. 15-Donny Shustling pays off as he pushed into the race lead chatz [20] [$2,800]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5] [$2,500]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet [22] [$2,300]; 7. O5-Brad Loyet [6] [$2,200]; 8. 7S-Jason Sides [17] [$2,100]; 9. 1ST-Gary Taylor [12] [$2,050]; 10. 71MX-Paul May [14] [$2,000]; 11. 9-Daryn Pittman [21] [$1,500]; 12. 87-Aaron Reutzel [7] [$1,200]; 13. O1-Sammy Swindell [24] [$1,100]; 14. 7-David Gravel [13] [$1,050]; 15. 2-Shane Stewart [9] [$1,000]; 16. 67-Christopher Bell [15] [$900]; 17. 2B-A.J. Bruns [8] [$800]; 18. 83-Kyle Hirst [23] [$800]; 19. 41-Jamie Veal [16] [$800]; 20. 29-Kerry Madsen [25] [$]; 21. 3-Tim Kaeding [18] [$800]; 22. 1S-Logan Schuchart [19] [$800]; 23. 9P-Parker Price-Miller [11] [$800]; 24. 24-Rico Abreu [4] [$800]; 25. 10H-Chad Kemenah [10] [$800]. Lap Leaders: Brady Bacon 1-32, Paul McMahan 33-40. KSE Hard Charger Award: 15-Donny Schatz [+1
The next schedule race for the Outlaws is May 8 and 9 at Eldora Speedway and Donny Schatz takes a 29 points advantage over Shane Stewart ,67 to Sweet . 107 to Saldana and 130 down to McMahan .
PEVELY, Mo. – May 2, 2015  Christopher Bell returned to the World Of Outlaws with car owner and Keith Kunz to score only his second World of Outlaw A main win .

The ability of this young racer and his racecar owner to produce race winning equipment underlines their individual brilliance . Keith Kunz has figured out the winged racecar in record time and will be a major force with Bell each time they visit the Outlaws

Bell wins at 1-55 with the Outlaws

The Spring Classic at 1-55 Raceway welcomed back Sammy Swindell for a rare Outlaw appearance by the veteran. .Swindell was on the money immediately and with Jason Sides disputed the race lead with Bell for most of the 40 lap A Main..
Australian Kerry Madsen held the point for the first 14 laps before Bell worked a slide for the race lead .Madsen would not regain the lead and would fall back into the pack to finish in 12th position.
The big mover in the race was Saldana coming out of P18 and he would pass both Swindell and Pittman to take the final podium behind Bell and Sides

Christopher Bell This is unbelievable,” Bell said in victory lane. “I can’t thank Keith Kunz enough for this opportunity. It’s really awesome. They built this car brand new this off-season. It really shows what good equipment does for you.”

A-Main – (40 Laps) – 1. 67-Christopher Bell [4] [$10,000]; 2. 7S-Jason Sides [3] [$5,500]; 3. 71M-Joey Saldana [18] [$3,200]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [9] [$2,800]; 5. O1-Sammy Swindell [7] [$2,500]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz [16] [$2,300]; 7. 2-Shane Stewart [17] [$2,200]; 8. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5] [$2,100]; 9. 49-Brad Sweet [8] [$2,050]; 10. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [11] [$2,000]; 11. 7-David Gravel [15] [$1,500]; 12. 29-Kerry Madsen [2] [$1,200]; 13. 1S-Logan Schuchart [6] [$1,100]; 14. 17W-Bryan Clauson [10] [$1,050]; 15. 83-Kyle Hirst [20] [$1,000]; 16. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [22] [$900]; 17. O5-Brad Loyet [14] [$800]; 18. 2B-A.J. Bruns [23] [$800]; 19. 51-Paul McMahan [19] [$800]; 20. 6-Bill Rose [12] [$800]; 21. 41-Jamie Veal [13] [$800]; 22. 4K-Kody Kinser [21] [$800]; 23. 1A-Jacob Allen [24] [$800]; 24. 24-Rico Abreu [1] [$800]. Lap Leaders: Kerry Madsen 1-14; Christopher Bell 15-20, 24-40; Sammy Swindell 21-23. KSE Hard Charger Award: 71M-Joey Saldana [+15]

SALINA, Okla. – May 1, 2015 –
Salina a favorite race track for Shane Stewart and would provide the third win of this season to the Larson Marks driver .Sharing heat wins with Pittman and Bell plus a strong Dash finish of third offered the race driver from from Oklahoma position three in the A main

Brad Sweet jumped into the race lead from the green but it was Aron Reutzel making his first World of Outlaws start who controlled the race for the first five laps. Lap six and Sweet makes the move into the lead and holds that position as they run through the tenth lap. Now it was Stewart who would take control and head the race and be first to greet the checker .Stewart was followed across the stripe by Sweet and Pittman.
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Shane Stewart ready for a third Outlaw win in 2015Brad Sweet jumped into the race lead from the green but it was Aron Reutzel making his first World of Outlaws start who controlled the race for the first five laps. Lap six and Sweet makes the move into the lead and holds that position as they run through the tenth lap. Now it was Stewart who would take control and head the race and be first to greet the checker .Stewart was followed cross the stripe by Sweet and Pittman.

Shane Stewart “This was one of the tracks that I really, really wanted to win at this year,” Stewart said. “It’s really, really good to win in front of my fans and all my friends and family. I’ve got Jenn and Nixon here with me. It’s a good night.”
“I just wasn’t sure what was going to happen on the restarts,” Stewart said. “Sometimes they help you, sometimes they don’t. We were able to get a pretty good jump on Brad and then a couple of yellows came out and I wasn’t really sure where to go. And that’s how the restarts work out here. Some of them work and some of them don’t.”
Stewart’s third World of Outlaw Sprint Car Series victory of the season puts him second only to Donny Schatz in total wins. Schatz’s lead in the championship standings is down to six points over Stewart.
A-Main – (25 Laps) – 1. 2-Shane Stewart [3] [$10,000]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [1] [$5,500]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [8] [$3,200]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel [2] [$2,800]; 5. 29-Kerry Madsen [7] [$2,500]; 6. 21-Brian Brown [10] [$2,300]; 7. 51-Paul McMahan [9] [$2,200]; 8. 7-David Gravel [16] [$2,100]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart [18] [$2,050]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz [13] [$2,000]; 11. 71M-Joey Saldana [6] [$1,500]; 12. 41-Jamie Veal [20] [$1,200]; 13. 82-Dusty Zomer [15] [$1,100]; 14. 7S-Jason Sides [17] [$1,050]; 15. 83-Kyle Hirst [22] [$1,000]; 16. 11K-Kraig Kinser [4] [$900]; 17. 24-Rico Abreu [11] [$800]; 18. 67-Christopher Bell [5] [$800]; 19. 99-Brady Bacon [19] [$800]; 20. O5-Brad Loyet [12] [$800]; 21. 77X-Wayne Johnson [14] [$800]; 22. 45X-Johnny Herrera [21] [$800]; 23. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [23] [$800]; 24. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [24] [$800]. Lap Leaders: Aaron Reutzel 1-5, Brad Sweet 6-10, Shane Stewart 11-25 . KSE Hard Charger Award: 1S-Logan Schuchart [+9]