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 5^th 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 13^th 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 12^th 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]

                                                     Jamie Veal’s next two dates with the Outlaws

The Warnambool wizard Jamie veal will make his next World of Outlaw appearance this Friday at the Bob Morgan Classic at Plymouth Speedway and then Veal will back up on the Saturday night at Tri State Speedway. The two nights sees Jamie Veal right in the middle of the Hoosier State.Jamie veal’s Indy Race Parts team have been busy building a new race car after Jamie had an unfortunate incident on the last lap at Eldora which destroyed the Indy Race Parts race car..

Championship leader heading into Plymouth Brad Sweet looks likely to become the first Outlaw in 2016 to top the US$100,000.00 mark. Sweet sits on top of the points and money list with earning of US$98,300.00 but is closely followed by Schatz with US$93,400.00.

In his two appearances with the Outlaws Veal has made both a Mains and with a new car under him and improving confidence Veal’s chances should not be overlooked .A time back home in Australia Veal have taken on and beaten many of the Outlaws but on unfamiliar tracks the task becomes a little harder.

Joining Veal in the field will be the man of the moment Kerry Madsen after taking the Outlaws apart with two huge wins last week end at Eldora

Photo Credits-DB3 Imaging .

 Madsen double boom at the BIG E

Australia’s Sprintcar Champion Kerry Madsen went Boom ,Boom at the  Big E,Eldora Speedway.Without a win with the Outlaws since August 2015 Kerry Madsen took all before him wining both nights of the BIG E World of Outlaws and USAC “Lets Race Two show”

Madsen’s performances have not been results wise what the Keneric Team would have hoped for at the start of the season. Sitting in a lowly 14^th position in the points when the Team rolled into Eldora the weekend would remind the Outlaws if they ever needed to be of the sheer determination, raw speed of the so called Mad Man from St Mary in Western Sydney. Madsen was fast all weekend and ended each qualifying session near the top of the times.

The Big E held no worries for Madsen with a Kings Royal win in his trophy cupboard Madsen set about setting the pace. With all the way wins on both nights it might suggest he had an easy road to the checkers, far from it .

The All Star Circuit of Champion regular and ex Outlaw Chad Kemenah chased Madsen home on both nights and at time looked to have Madsen covered. There was no other driver over the two nights that appeared to be able to haul Madsen in .The Australian AU1 running under his Outlaw number #29 was clearly delighted with his powerful and emphatic triumph, the $20K would also have delighted the Team.

The return to form so quickly after missing the A main at Jacksonville will certainly have those sitting ahead of him in the points concerned .The completion within the Outlaw group is crazy , points and race wins hard to achieve and with the keneric Team and Madsen firing at this level its get that much harder.

While Madsen taking was taking all the applause Australia’s other representative Jamie Veal made both A Mains finishing 22nd on night one and 17th  night two.

Driver post race interviews

Kerry Madsen

“We’ve been quick all year and we just haven’t showcased it. The guys just stepped it up – the car was a rocket ship all weekend,” Madsen said. “Just to get this up here the last two nights is fantastic. It was a hell of a race.”

“I didn’t know who it was but I knew he was there so I stepped it up and nearly junked the thing in two,” Madsen said. “I thought, I better not do that again. I definitely upped the tempo when I saw him and I knew if there was one hiccup, the line he was running, he would drive right by me. It was intense.”

Chad Kemenah

“I could hit right through the middle of the race track, I don’t know why,” said Kemenah, who finished second for the second night in a row. “I could go wherever I needed to go. I probably showed (Madsen) my nose there too soon there with Kerry and he knew I was there. Hats off to them guys, they did a really good job both nights. When you start up there, you need to capitalize and I did.”

Daryn Pittman

“ Luckily , I was in third the whole time and did’t see what was happening behind me. I could hear them and somebody would show me their nose every once in a while so I figured it was getting pretty heated.

We had a good weekend .Our car is close. We’re just a little off. Kerry and Chad both were kind of in a class of their own this weekend

The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series returns to action on Friday, May 13 as the series makes its first ever appearance at Plymouth (Ind.) Speedway. For more information and to learn how to purchase tickets, visit WoOSprint.com/Plymouth-Speedway.

Night one

A-Main – (30 Laps) – 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [1] [$10,000]; 2. 10H-Chad Kemenah [10] [$5,000]; 3. 5-David Gravel [4] [$3,000]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [6] [$2,700]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [12] [$2,500]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5] [$2,200]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [23] [$2,000]; 8. 99-Brady Bacon [3] [$1,800]; 9. 15-Donny Schatz [2] [$1,600]; 10. 22-Cole Duncan [7] [$1,450]; 11. 17W-Bryan Clauson [13] [$1,300]; 12. 49-Brad Sweet [8] [$1,200]; 13. 7S-Jason Sides [18] [$1,100]; 14. 49X-Tim Shaffer [17] [$1,000]; 15. 1ST-Gary Taylor [24] [$950]; 16. 83-Joey Saldana [9] [$900]; 17. 82-Dusty Zomer [11] [$850]; 18. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [20] [$750]; 19. 2-Shane Stewart [14] [$725]; 20. 1-Sammy Swindell [22] [$700]; 21. 71-Jamie Veal [19] [$700]; 22. 7-Paul McMahan [15] [$700]; 23. 41-Jason Johnson [25] [$]; 24. 23-Trey Starks [21] [$700]; 25. 6M-Jac Haudenschild [16] [$700]. Lap Leaders: Kerry Madsen 1-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: W20-Greg Wilson [+16]

Night two

A-Main – (30 Laps) – 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [2] [$10,000]; 2. 10H-Chad Kemenah [11] [$5,000]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [1] [$3,000]; 4. 5-David Gravel [4] [$2,700]; 5. 2-Shane Stewart [6] [$2,500]; 6. 41-Jason Johnson [3] [$2,200]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz [7] [$2,000]; 8. 11K-Kraig Kinser [16] [$1,800]; 9. 49-Brad Sweet [12] [$1,600]; 10. W20-Greg Wilson [18] [$1,450]; 11. 49X-Tim Shaffer [15] [$1,300]; 12. 17W-Bryan Clauson [22] [$1,200]; 13. 19M-Brent Marks [13] [$1,100]; 14. 99-Brady Bacon [24] [$1,000]; 15. 7S-Jason Sides [9] [$950]; 16. 71-Jamie Veal [10] [$900]; 17. 7-Paul McMahan [19] [$850]; 18. 1S-Logan Schuchart [14] [$750]; 19. 23-Trey Starks [8] [$725]; 20. 1-Sammy Swindell [17] [$700]; 21. 70-Danny Holtgraver [20] [$700]; 22. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [23] [$700]; 23. 19-Paige Polyak [21] [$700]; 24. 83-Joey Saldana [5] [$700]. Lap Leaders: Kerry Madsen 1-30.