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Madsen finally breaks into Eldora’s hallowed Victory Lane
WoO STP Sprint Car
win goes to Madsen, as Craig makes it #2 for Stock Cars
ROSSBURG, OH (May 3) – While World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car
Series hotfoot Kerry Madsen has finally reached Eldora Speedway’s
coveted Victory Lane stage, Stock Car driver Barney Craig doesn’t
want to leave it.
Madsen slipped past Craig Dollansky with 17 laps to go in Friday
night’s 30-lap feature; then maneuvered through lapped traffic to score
his first career victory at the famed .500-mile speed plant. As for
Craig, he grabbed the stock car lead with three laps complete in the
caution-free 15-lapper to score his second victory in as many races
this season.
As for Madsen, he’s glad to finally enjoy the view and soak in the
cheers from the fans in the grandstands. The driver of the Keneric
Racing No. 29 has finished runner-up in Eldora’s premier Sprint Car
race, the Kings Royal, in 2010 and again in 2012.
“I’m just relieved to win. I just wanted so bad to win here so to get
one is great,” Madsen said. “It’s a special place for us.”
Brad Sweet started on the pole and jumped out to a commanding
1.1-second lead six laps into the race. But that dominance ended when
he pitted two laps later with a broken spark plug that shut down his
engine. Craig Dollansky inherited the lead at that point, with Paul
McMahan and Madsen in pursuit.
A couple of event slow downs, including a turn-three flip by Madsen’s
brother, Ian, kept Madsen in the hunt.
He was able to jump in front with 13 laps remaining, then had to hold
off the field with two cautions with 10 laps to go. A final single-file
restart with six laps to go helped Madsen stretch his lead to 2.7
seconds. As he was weaving through lapped traffic,
Dollansky moved closer, but fell short by 1.7 seconds.
“Just run consistent laps, bring it on,” Madsen said of what was going
through his mind as he clicked off the late laps. “I knew lapped
traffic was going to come so pay attention to the traffic. We’ve been
so good here I figured we’d get one.”
Dollansky, McMahan, Donny Schatz and Jac Haudenschild rounded out the
top five.
McMahan topped the two-lap qualifying session by turning the fastest
lap around the .500-mile clay oval in 13.145 seconds (averaging 136.934
mph). Thirty-nine cars participated in qualifying, including track
owner and three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart. Stewart,
who traveled 1,200-miles roundtrip from his NASCAR duties in Talladega,
Ala., qualified 24th out of 39 cars with a best lap of 13.504 seconds.
Stewart finished 16th after starting 23rd in the feature.
In the stock car main event, Craig had to work hard for his second
feature win of the season. First it was an electrical problem that
caused him concern after hot laps. Then it was Shawn Phillippi putting
on the heat.
Phillippi led the first three laps, but Craig was closing the gap. The
2012 points champion found a line around Phillipi in Turns 1-2 and
clicked off the final 11 laps in front of the 18-car field. Phillipi
then found himself locked in a door-to-door battle with Paul Pardo for
second. Phillippi; meanwhile, fell off the pace and directed his car
into the pits to finish 14th.
Pardo continued to reel in Craig, but ran into trouble attempting to go
low on a lapped car with five laps remaining. Pardo quickly made up the
lost ground and took a peek underneath Craig in Turns 3-4 but didn’t
have the momentum for the slide job. Pardo appeared to bobble in Turns
1-2 on the last lap giving Craig enough cushion to pull away for
another trip to Eldora’s stage.
“In the heat race we had an electrical problem. It started poppin’ and
carryin’ on and we didn’t think we could find it,” Craig said. “The
guys jumped on the car, found it and made us super fast.”
Eldora Speedway returns to action as the World of Outlaws STP
SprintCars return Saturday for another full doubleheader show with the
UMP DIRTcar Modifieds . Complete event and ticket purchase information
for the World of Outlaws, along with the other exciting race events on
the 2013 Eldora calendar, is available on the track’s website
www.EldoraSpeedway.com. Race fans and race teams can get
behind-the-scenes access by following @EldoraSpeedway on Twitter,
hitting ‘Like’ at Facebook.com/EldoraSpeedway and view video highlights
at YouTube.com/EldoraSpeedwayInc. The new Eldora Speedway app for the
iPhone, iPad and Android is now available for download via iTunes and
Google Play.
World of Outlaw
Sprints
TIME TRIALS - 1. 51-Paul Mcmahan [13.145]; 2. 71-Joey Saldana [13.186];
3. 29-Kerry Madsen [13.201]; 4. 21-Brian Brown [13.230]; 5. 6-David
Gravel [13.273]; 6. 82-Lucas Wolfe [13.277]; 7. 18-Ian Madsen [13.295];
8. 59-Jac Haudenschild [13.310]; 9. 7-Craig Dollansky [13.324]; 10.
1K-Kyle Larson [13.329]; 11. 49-Brad Sweet [13.332]; 12. 15H-Sam
Hafertepe Jr [13.338]; 13. 2-Dale Blaney [13.363]; 14. 83K-Tim Kaeding
[13.371]; 15. 83X-Tim Shaffer [13.382]; 16. 63-Chad Kemenah [13.392];
17. 9-Daryn Pittman [13.396]; 18. W20-Greg Wilson [13.399]; 19.
93-Sheldon Haudenschild [13.406]; 20. 96-Bronson Maeschen [13.412]; 21.
4-Cody Darrah [13.453]; 22. 24-Terry Mccarl [13.499]; 23. 7S-Jason
Sides [13.501]; 24. 14-Tony Stewart [13.504]; 25. 24H-Bryan Sebetto
[13.506]; 26. 15-Donny Schatz [13.528]; 27. 11K-Kraig Kinser [13.539];
28. 99-Brady Bacon [13.563]; 29. 66-Randy Hannagan [13.567]; 30.
17-Bill Balog [13.570]; 31. 11-Steve Kinser [13.604]; 32. 1-Sammy
Swindell [13.625]; 33. 97-Phil Gressman [13.693]; 34. 9W-Brandon Wimmer
[13.699]; 35. 7K-Chad Blonde [13.705]; 36. 22-Cole Duncan [13.715]; 37.
28-Brian Paulus [13.723]; 38. 13-Jason Leffler [13.729]; 39. 2MH-Dallas
Hewitt [13.837];
HEAT 1 - 1. 7-Craig Dollansky [2]; 2. 51-Paul Mcmahan [4]; 3. 6-David
Gravel [3]; 4. 4-Cody Darrah [6]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [5]; 6. 24H-Bryan
Sebetto [7]; 7. 28-Brian Paulus [10]; 8. 2-Dale Blaney [DNF]; 9.
97-Phil Gressman [DNF]; 10. 66-Randy Hannagan [DNF];
HEAT 2 - 1. 71-Joey Saldana [4]; 2. 83K-Tim Kaeding [1]; 3. 82-Lucas
Wolfe [3]; 4. 1K-Kyle Larson [2]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [5]; 6. 15-Donny
Schatz [7]; 7. 24-Terry Mccarl [6]; 8. 9W-Brandon Wimmer [9]; 9.
17-Bill Balog [8]; 10. 13-Jason Leffler [DNF];
HEAT 3 - 1. 83X-Tim Shaffer [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen
[3]; 4. 29-Kerry Madsen [4]; 5. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 6. 93-Sheldon
Haudenschild [5]; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser [7]; 8. 11-Steve Kinser [8]; 9.
7K-Chad Blonde [9]; 10. 2MH-Dallas Hewitt [10];
HEAT 4 - 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [2]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 3. 63-Chad
Kemenah [1]; 4. 59-Jac Haudenschild [3]; 5. 14-Tony Stewart [6]; 6.
99-Brady Bacon [7]; 7. 96-Bronson Maeschen [5]; 8. 22-Cole Duncan [9];
9. 1-Sammy Swindell [DNF];
DASH - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [1]; 3. 7-Craig
Dollansky [3]; 4. 21-Brian Brown [5]; 5. 51-Paul Mcmahan [8]; 6.
29-Kerry Madsen [6]; 7. 71-Joey Saldana [7]; 8. 6-David Gravel [4]; 9.
83X-Tim Shaffer [10]; 10. 83K-Tim Kaeding [DNF];
B-FEATURE - 1. 2-Dale Blaney [1]; 2. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [2]; 3.
24-Terry Mccarl [4]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [6]; 5. 99-Brady Bacon [8]; 6.
11-Steve Kinser [11]; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser [7]; 8. 9W-Brandon Wimmer
[14]; 9. 24H-Bryan Sebetto [5]; 10. 28-Brian Paulus [17]; 11. 7K-Chad
Blonde [15]; 12. 17-Bill Balog [10]; 13. 13-Jason Leffler [18]; 14.
2MH-Dallas Hewitt [DNF]; 15. 96-Bronson Maeschen [DNF]; 16. 66-Randy
Hannagan [DNF]; 17. 22-Cole Duncan [DNF]; 18. 1-Sammy Swindell [DNS];
19. 97-Phil Gressman [DNS];
A FEATURE - 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [6]; 2. 7-Craig Dollansky [3]; 3.
51-Paul Mcmahan [5]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [24]; 5. 59-Jac Haudenschild
[13]; 6. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 7. 6-David Gravel [8]; 8. 82-Lucas Wolfe
[11]; 9. 83X-Tim Shaffer [9]; 10. 1K-Kyle Larson [14]; 11. 63-Chad
Kemenah [16]; 12. 2-Dale Blaney [15]; 13. 9-Daryn Pittman [17]; 14.
11-Steve Kinser [26]; 15. 4-Cody Darrah [20]; 16. 14-Tony Stewart [23];
17. 24-Terry Mccarl [21]; 18. 7S-Jason Sides [22]; 19. 93-Sheldon
Haudenschild [DNF]; 20. 1-Sammy Swindell [DNF]; 21. 71-Joey Saldana
[DNF]; 22. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [DNF]; 23. 18-Ian Madsen [DNF]; 24.
W20-Greg Wilson [DNF]; 25. 83K-Tim Kaeding [DNF]; 26. 49-Brad Sweet
[DNF];
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STOCK CAR
HEAT 1 - 1. M1-Jeremy Creech [2]; 2. 00-Dean Pitts [8]; 3. 01-Earnie
Woodard [5]; 4. 20-Shawn Phillipi [6]; 5. 5-Ricky Ray Dillon [4]; 6.
5G-Anthony Goode [DNF]; 7. 77-Corey Wooten [DNF]; 8. 61-Rob Trent
[DNF]; 9. 51-Cody Timmerman [DNS]; 10. 53-Jan Launder [DNS];
HEAT 2 - 1. 410-Paul Pardo [2]; 2. 71C-Barney Craig [1]; 3. 36-Adam
Schaeff [7]; 4. 49-Eric Sandlin [6]; 5. 23-Casey Barr [5]; 6. 19-Wayne
Williams [3]; 7. 58-Alex Peace [4]; 8. 7D-Dan Wooten [DNF]; 9.
65-Rodney Lacey [DNF];
A FEATURE - 1. 71C-Barney Craig [4]; 2. 410-Paul Pardo [6]; 3.
01-Earnie Woodard [3]; 4. 36-Adam Schaeff [2]; 5. 49-Eric Sandlin [8];
6. M1-Jeremy Creech [7]; 7. 5G-Anthony Goode [11]; 8. 23-Casey Barr
[10]; 9. 19-Wayne Williams [12]; 10. 65-Rodney Lacey [18]; 11. 58-Alex
Peace [14]; 12. 5-Ricky Ray Dillon [DNF]; 13. 00-Dean Pitts [DNF]; 14.
20-Shawn Phillipi [DNF]; 15. 51-Cody Timmerman [DNF]; 16. 77-Corey
Wooten [DNF]; 17. 7D-Dan Wooten [DNF]; 18. 61-Rob Trent [DNF]; 19.
53-Jan Launder [DNS];
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