HAUBSTADT, Ind. — May 14, 2016 Tri-State Speedway and David Gravel gets into the grove that found the CJB #5 on top of the podium and record his second win for the season. Over resent weeks Gravel has found impressive speed since taking over the seat at CJB Motorsports.
Australian Champion Kerry Madsen was fast and impressive early in the heat a and the dash .His early nights forms gaining him the pole for the 40 lap A Main. Australia’s other entry World Series Champion Jamie Veal unlike Madsen had a difficult early start to his night and the Warnambool Wizard had to run from the Last Chance Showdown to gain his A main transfer.
Gravel started alongside Madsen and soon rounded up the Aussie Champ to lead the 24 car field into the 40 lap journey.While Gravel’s speed was no surprise the performances of no Outlaws USAC ‘s 2014 Sprintcar Champion Brady bacon and the youngster Parker Price – Miller was .The two non outlaws were at the top of the points heading into the A main and maintained their superb form in chasing down Gravel and Madsen.
Gravel had to work to keep the Bacon challenge in check to ensure he crossed the stripe in the lead position and take his win tally to 2 for the season. Bacon’s second was his second Outlaw podium after also finishing runner up last year behind the then CJB Motorsports driver Paul McMahan
Madsen slipped back from his pole position to finish in 5th position after losing his fourth spot to Schatz with 10 laps left .Jamie Veal in the Indy Race Parts #71 started from position 20 and move passed 7 car to finish 13th and win the hard charger award.
Driver post race quotes :
David Gravel “I saw Brady [Bacon] on the bottom, so I had to move down and protect it,” Gravel said. “I thought in lapped traffic we were pretty good but it was hard to pass lapped cars, so I was just happy that I could move down and hold him off.”
“I thought it was big when I cleared two guys on the bottom when Brady was running the bottom, and I know that gave me a little bit of time,” Gravel said. “I was just trying to move around and make them guess where I was going, because running first you don’t always know what is going on behind you and it’s a disadvantage.”
Brady Bacon “We had a really good car, and we have had a really good car all year,” Bacon said. “This is my best chance every year to get a chance to win, and we were really close. It is easier to swallow after last year leading most of the race – tonight we were charging, but just couldn’t get there.”
Parker Price -Miller “Haubstadt is probably one of my favorite tracks in a winged car,” Price-Miller said. “We had a fast car…I think we had a car that could’ve won, but I just made too many mistakes and lapped traffic was really hectic. I got a little tight in the dirty air, but I’ll take it, it was a good run.The World of Outlaws are the greatest out there and the toughest in the business…if you can run with them and finish on the podium, it’s a good night.”
Brad Sweet leads the points as the Outlaws head to their next race at Lincoln Speedway Abbottstown PA from Donny Schatz and Daryn Pittman.Kerry Madsen sits in 12th position 873 poins adrift of Sweet
A-Main – (40 Laps) – 1. 5-David Gravel [2][$10,000]; 2. 99-Brady Bacon [5][$5,500]; 3. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [4][$3,200]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [3][$2,800]; 5. 29-Kerry Madsen [1][$2,500]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet [6][$2,300]; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser [7][$2,200]; 8. 83-Joey Saldana [10][$2,100]; 9. 24-Terry McCarl [15][$2,050]; 10. 2-Shane Stewart [14][$2,000]; 11. W20-Greg Wilson [9][$1,500]; 12. 7X-Critter Malone [13][$1,200]; 13. 71-Jamie Veal [20][$1,100]; 14. 7-Paul McMahan [11][$1,050]; 15. 41-Jason Johnson [16][$1,000]; 16. 19-Paige Polyak [22][$900]; 17. 9-Daryn Pittman [8][$800]; 18. 17W-Bryan Clauson [17][$800]; 19. 7S-Jason Sides [18][$800]; 20. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [12][$800]; 21. 4K-Kody Kinser [21][$800]; 22. 1S-Logan Schuchart [19][$800]; 23. 71M-Paul May [23][$800]; 24. 1A-Jacob Allen [24][$800]. Lap Leaders: David Gravel 1-40. KSE Hard Charger Award: 71-Jamie Veal [+7]
