Californian help Pittman claw back Schatz at Gold Cup.
Jonathan Allard Gold Cup Champ 2014
CHICO, Calif. — Sept. 5, 2014 The Donny Schatz domination of recent Outlaw a Mains was halted first by Shane Stewart at Willamette and then Pittman at Southern Oregon. Enter the guys from California at the Gold Cup event at Silver Dollar Speedway.
Night one of the Gold Cup and Pittman makes a solid start in his efforts to pull back points from Schatz when he puts down the quick time and Schatz only manages to time in 6th position., A strong win in the dash gives Pittman the early advantage he has been looking for and get the pole spot for the 30 lap A Main.
Pittman gets out of the start fast and leads the A main for the first 7 laps before the young Californian smoked past the defending Champion. The locals were on their feet but few would have expected the young charger to withstand a race long challenge from Pittman. As the race moved into the final stages it was becoming clear that Macedon’s first Outlaw win was closing in. Nine laps out from the finish, a late caution gives Pittman chance. The restart, Pittman sees his chance and gets around the young Californian but THEN a red comes out after the start when teammate Sweet, McMahan and Gregg get together.
The restart and Macedo covers Pittman and continues to lead until the last caution with 5 to go .The win was in sight, just the restart to control and he closes Pittman out of the race and his first career World of Outlaws win is in the bag.
Carson Macedo first WoO win
Carson Macedo
“I’m just speechless,” Macedo said after beating the 41 car field. “I can’t even say how happy I am,” Macedo said. “This is really like my first real win. To do it here with the Outlaws is unheard of. I’m so happy, so happy. This is the stuff kids dream about.”
Results:
A-Main – (30 Laps) – 1. 21X-Carson Macedo [2] [$8,000]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [1] [$4,000]; 3. 25-Bobby McMahan [8] [$2,500]; 4. 11-Steve Kinser [5] [$2,200]; 5. 83JR-Kyle Hirst [7] [$2,100]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz [16] [$2,000]; 7. OO-Jason Statler [12] [$1,800]; 8. 22-Mason Moore [24] [$1,600]; 9. 83-David Gravel [23] [$1,500]; 10. 24-Rico Abreu [15] [$1,300]; 11. 29-Kerry Madsen [20] [$1,200]; 12. 4-Cody Darrah [22] [$1,100]; 13. 51-Paul McMahan [9] [$1,000]; 14. O-Bud Kaeding [17] [$700]; 15. 53-Andy Gregg [18] [$600]; 16. 5V-Colby Copeland [4] [$600]; 17. 71M-Joey Saldana [25] [$]; 18. 44W-Austen Wheatley [19] [$600]; 19. 3C-Jonathan Allard [21] [$600]; 20. 41-Dominic Scelzi [11] [$600]; 21. 49-Brad Sweet [3] [$600]; 22. 29W-Willy Croft [13] [$600]; 23. 121-Shane Golobic [14] [$600]; 24. 83SA-Tim Kaeding [10] [$600]; 25. 2-Shane Stewart [6] [$600]. Lap Leaders: Daryn Pittman 1-7, Carson Macedo 8-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: 22-Mason Moore [+16]
Night 2 is Championship night at the Gold Cup.
CHICO, Calif. — Sept. 6, 2014 — And the Gold Cup stays in California when Jonathan Allard manages a last desperate pass on leader Pittman to win by the barest margin his very first Gold Cup in front of his home crowd . The Californians have taken the Outlaws apart with the win by Carson Macedo in the Friday night preliminary and now on the Championship night Johanathan Allard repeated the dose on defending Outlaw Champion Pittman.
Pittman although disappointed with successive seconds he did however manage to claw back dome valuable points from Donny Schatz.
The night belonged to Allard , crowd favorite not only in the States but down under in New Zealand and Australia .The Californians took home the Gold and Allard became the 21st different winner of an Outlaw Sprint in season 2014 .-
The podium interviews with Natalie Speed Sather shows the emotions and the disappointment. Listen to the interview on this link :
The swing through California again demonstrates by the results just how strong the Sprintcar competition is with winners coming from the Pennsylvania Posse, the Ohio Boys and now the Californians.
Allard in Victory lane at Silver Dollar Speedway
A-Main – (40 Laps) – 1. 3C-Jonathan Allard [2] [$12,000]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [5] [$5,700]; 3. 75-Sean Becker [1] [$3,500]; 4. 83JR-Kyle Hirst [10] [$3,000]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz [19] [$2,600]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet [21] [$2,400]; 7. 29-Kerry Madsen [24] [$2,300]; 8. 21X-Carson Macedo [3] [$2,200]; 9. 2-Shane Stewart [7] [$2,150]; 10. 51-Paul McMahan [20] [$2,100]; 11. 24-Rico Abreu [9] [$1,600]; 12. 7S-Jason Sides [12] [$1,350]; 13. 71M-Joey Saldana [17] [$1,300]; 14. 4-Cody Darrah [8] [$1,200]; 15. 5V-Colby Copeland [18] [$1,100]; 16. 83SA-Tim Kaeding [6] [$1,000]; 17. 41-Dominic Scelzi [16] [$900]; 18. 83-David Gravel [4] [$850]; 19. O-Bud Kaeding [23] [$800]; 20. 121-Shane Golobic [13] [$800]; 21. 11-Steve Kinser [14] [$800]; 22. OO-Jason Statler [15] [$800]; 23. 25-Bobby McMahan [11] [$800]; 24. 22-Mason Moore [22] [$800]. Lap Leaders: Sean Becker 1-24, Daryn Pittman 25-39, Jonathan Allard 40. KSE Hard Charger Award: 29-Kerry Madsen
Championship points after Silver Dollar Speedway :
Donny Schatz leads Daryn Pittman by 191 points as the teams head to Antioch Speedway California where more competition from the locals is waiting.
