Pittman the Pharaoh of New Egypt – May 22, 2014
The annual Posse –Outlaws confrontation started at Lincoln Speedway last Wednesday then 2 shows including the Morgan Cup at Williams Grove and finally at Orange County Speedway .
Daryn Pittman after win number 4
The Posse thanks to Stevie Smith punched the victory air first but Pittman soon restored the Outlaws reputation with back to back wins at Williams Grove including the prized Morgan Cup.
Pittman followed up his back to back Williams Groves wins with the win at Orange Country ‘
The strong performance of the Posse once again shoed the quality of the Pennsylvania based Sprintcar Circuit.
The final swing for the week was when the teams moved in on New Egypt to contest show number 30 for the season.
Continuing his storming recent forms Pittman again took the winners cheque at New Egypt after a torrid race long duel with pole sitter Kerry Madsen. As traffic became a problem late in the race it worked to the advantage of both Pittman and Gravel when they both managed to pass Madsen and secure the top positions on the New Egypt podium.
The New Egypt win was Pittman’s fourth in 5 shows.
Since taking over the ride in the Roth’s Motorsports car from Tim Kaeding young Gravel has been right on the pace and is looking like a threat to the ambitions of Pittman, Schatz, McMahan and Saldana as the season moves on .
The STP Championship Series so far has seen 175 drivers earn points at different times. The competition at the top is intriguing as the top five drivers lead the teams into the first of 4 events to held this year at the Dirt Track at Charlotte
The consistency of Pittman, the speed of Saldana during qualifying and with Schatz yet to explode in his customary way will certainly keep race fans working the ticket booths.
A Main results fro New Egypt :
A-Main – (30 Laps): 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [2] [$6,000]; 2. 83-David Gravel [7] [$3,500]; 3. 29-Kerry Madsen [1] [$2,000]; 4. 71M-Joey Saldana [4] [$1,800]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz [9] [$1,500]; 6. 51-Paul McMahan [8] [$1,400]; 7. 48-Danny Dietrich [10] [$1,350]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart [18] [$1,300]; 9. 94-Ryan Smith [3] [$1,250]; 10. 4-Cody Darrah [19] [$1,200]; 11. 49-Brad Sweet [12] [$900]; 12. 19M-Brent Marks [11] [$800]; 13. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [20] [$700]; 14. 1-Sammy Swindell [6] [$650]; 15. 92-Tyler Ross [24] [$600]; 16. 89-Robbie Stillwagon [13] [$550]; 17. 11K-Kraig Kinser [15] [$500]; 18. 1A-Jacob Allen [23] [$500]; 19. 747-Davey Sammons [21] [$500]; 20. 7S-Jason Sides [14] [$500]; 21. 21K-Kyle Reinhardt [22] [$500]; 22. 37-J.J. Grasso [17] [$500]; 23. 11-Steve Kinser [5] [$500]; 24. 98H-Dave Blaney [16] [$500]. Lap Leaders: Kerry Madsen 1-20, Daryn Pittman 21-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: 1S-Logan Schuchart [+10].
Daryn Pittman leads Joey Saldana by 19 points , Donnny Schatz by 38 and Paul McMahan 68 points .
Next up : The Dirt Track at Charlotte
