Schatz denies Saldana yet again
Four Wide at the Gold Cup Final Silver Dollar Speedway
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For 28 laps of final night of the Gold Cup at Silver Dollar Speedway Joey Saldana had to hold back the relentless pressure of a determined Donny Schatz .Covering Schatz’s every move, up high and right thru to the Bottom the Motter equipment #71 had answers for #15 car of Schatz
Lap 29 and Schatz’s skill in the heavy traffic was once again the telling factor as he worked his way past Saldana and into the race lead .
Behind Schatz and Saldana a mighty tussle was raging between Madsen, Sweet and Stewart and it went the race distance before it was resolved with Madsen finally fighting off a late made slide job by Stewart
While Schatz and Stewart are the two stand outs for this season the pace and consistency of Saldana and Madsen must be edging both drivers closer to their next Outlaw win.
Here are the driver’s comments from the post race presentations
Donny Schatz
Schatz wins his second Gold Cup at Silver Dollar Speedway
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“It’s been a phenomenal year – hats off to this whole Bad Boy Buggies, Chevrolet Performance team,” Schatz said. “I honestly think I’m getting too old to drive like a nut and that’s what I needed to do there. I had a lot of fun but I’m not in as good a shape as I think I am. I’m played out right now.”
“I had a lot of fun. Racing with (Joey Saldana), he’s a world class racer. It’s fun to be able to race with him and not have somebody turn on you and do all sorts of weird stuff. We were just very glad to get by him.”
Joey Saldana
“Last night we had a good car and I felt like I probably drove too easy just to conserve and get a good finish,” Saldana said. “Tonight, I gave it everything I had. I was trying. I was top, middle, bottom trying to make his life miserable. Obviously, he’s just waiting for you to make a mistake. He just chomps on you and see you later.”
Saldana at Silver Dollar
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“If you can be on the front straightaway with the World of Outlaws at the end of the night it’s a great accomplishment,” Saldana said. “You did a lot as a team. This weekend we were really solid every single night – qualifying, heat race, dash, and feature. Definitely very positive for the whole Motter team – looking forward to finishing out the year.”
Kerry Madsen
“I was around the bottom there and I didn’t think I had time to get to the top and go past Joey so I decided to hold my line,” Madsen said. “(Stewart) got beside me going down the backstretch and made a normal slide job and he was mad, but that’s just racing. Glad to get a podium with the American Racing Custom Wheels “
“It was a great run. I thought we had something for (Donny) there and it just didn’t work out our way. But I had a great racecar and really enjoyed the race and we’ll take that and move on.
Kerry Madsen on the gas
A-Main – (40 Laps) – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [6]; 2. 71M-Joey Saldana [1]; 3. 29-Kerry Madsen [3]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [5]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart [12]; 7. 14R-Andy Gregg [11]; 8. O-Bud Kaeding [8]; 9. 24-Rico Abreu [7]; 10. 51-Paul McMahan [4]; 11. 9-Daryn Pittman [18]; 12. 75-Sean Becker [10]; 13. 83JR-Kyle Hirst [23]; 14. 7-David Gravel [9]; 15. 41-Jason Johnson [24]; 16. 17-Justin Sanders [21]; 17. OO-Jason Statler [22]; 18. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [14]; 19. 3C-Jonathan Allard [13]; 20. 29W-Willie Croft [19]; 21. 7S-Jason Sides [20]; 22. 88N-DJ Netto [17]; 23. 5V-Colby Copeland [15]; 24. 2L-Logan Forler [16]. Lap Leaders: Joey Saldana 1-28, Donny Schatz 29-40. KSE Hard Charger Award: 83JR-Kyle Hirst [+10]
The next race for the outlaws will be Sunday night at Antioch Speedway, the last event in the Outlaws visit through the West Coast.
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