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Title: Tulare Thunderbowl - 3/14 Results
Post by SNR on 03/13/15 at 8:53pm

Tulare Thunderbowl
March 14, 2015
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Rico Abreu Scores Decisive Win Over Outlaws at Thunderbowl Raceway
Becomes the eighth different winner in eight races - the most to start a season since 1995

WoOSCR PR
TULARE, Calif. (March 14) - With his decisive win Saturday night at Thunderbowl Raceway, Rico Abreu became the eighth different World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series winner in eight races so far this season - the first time since 1995 that has happened.

"Everything played out well tonight," Abreu said in victory lane. "I got a good start in the dash and then just made every lap count in that feature."

After a fifth place run Friday night at Thunderbowl, Abreu showed his dominance early in the night, scoring a win in his heat and second place finish in the Dash. When the green flag flew, Abreu battled past Brad Sweet to lead the first lap. Through several restarts, Abreu maintained his lead and by the end of the night had built up straightaway between him and second-place Shane Stewart.

Abreu's command performance at Thunderbowl was déjà vu for the 23-year-old driver, who scored his first ever series win almost exactly one year ago at the track.

"A lot of people don't realize how much work is put in behind the scenes and that's what makes this car go fast," Abreu said of his No. 24 Abreu Vineyards team. "It's a cool win. Especially to back it up with last year's Outlaw win. I look forward to winning a few more this year - not just here."

Shane Stewart kicked off the second night of racing for the Outlaws and King of the West Series at Thunderbowl by scoring the quick time of the night - the sixth different driver of the season to do so.

In the feature, Brad Sweet and Abreu, both California natives, led the field to the green flag. A yellow quickly fell on the track as Tim Kaeding and Jason Sides spun around in turn four. When the field returned to green, Abreu battled past Sweet to lead the first official lap. Donny Schatz utilized the restart to take over the fifth position and then found his way around Joey Saldana on the high side of four to take over the fourth position.

By lap three, Sweet worked to hold off Stewart who had his sights set on second. With Sweet working the bottom of the track, Stewart took the high line and passed Sweet as the two drivers came off of turn two onto the backstretch.

Sweet then had Donny Schatz to contend with. Schatz, the reigning series champion, had worked his way forward from a sixth place starting position. Through the next two laps, Schatz worked his way around Sweet to take over third.

A caution flag flew on lap 10 and on the subsequent restart a red flag was thrown after a mid-pack wreck that collected Brian Brown, Jason Johnson, the previous night's winner Tim Kaeding, Carson Macedo, Trey Starks and Cory Eliason.

The race again went back to green after an extended open red with Abreu in the lead. Schatz, then in third, tried to make his move on Stewart, at one point getting side-by-side with the Larson Marks Racing driver. Stewart however was able to hold the position.

By lap 15, Schatz was the one on the defensive after Sweet caught the Tony Stewart Racing driver. A slide job through turns three and four briefly gave Sweet the position but Schatz battled back by. Two laps later, Sweet was able to get back around Schatz. Three laps later, Sweet took back the second position from Stewart.

"Got the top groove in three and four really working pretty good and thought we were going to have something for Rico," Sweet said. "Then the rubber came down and I didn't find it quick enough."

Stewart said his car was a little too free after the earlier red flag and let Abreu get away from him and then Sweet get by. With track conditions in play, Stewart was able to find the fast line quicker than Sweet and battled back past the Kasey Kahne Racing driver on lap 23 for second.

Stewart tried to close the gap on Abreu in the closing laps but had nothing for the young driver. Abreu closed out his dominant performance by leading every lap.

"Obviously I wanted to beat (Rico) but I couldn't be beat by a better guy and a better team," said Stewart, who used to drive for Abreu's car owner Paul Silva. "I can't say enough for my guys. They've worked really hard this weekend. I felt like I was just a little free after that red and let Rico get away from us and was able to get back by Brad when the rubber came down… Anytime you can run top-three is a good weekend and we're very, very happy."

The finish was Stewart's third second place finish in a row. So far this season, he has just one finish outside the top-ten. Stewart expanded his championship points lead over second place Donny Schatz to 21.

Third place finisher Brad Sweet, who ran well Friday night at Thunderbowl before getting caught up in a wreck, said he needs to do a better job finding the racing line to keep up with his competitors.

"I didn't feel like I drove a really good race but my guys - we've been tight and tight and tight so we left it a little bit looser and was just a little bit too loose at the beginning to really get going the way I'd like to," Sweet said. "We're just learning. I'm happy to bring it home in third."

Sweet is currently third in the championship point standings, 22 points out of the lead and one point back from second place Schatz.

Bud Kaeding was the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger after advancing 17 positions to finish in ninth.

World of Outlaw Sprint Cars

A-Main
1 24 Rico Abreu
2 2 Shane Stewart
3 49 Brad Sweet
4 15 Donny Schatz
5 51 Paul McMahan
6 71M Joey Saldana
7 88 Terry McCarl
8 9 Daryn Pittman
9 0 Bud Kaeding
10 11K Kraig Kinser
11 83JR Tim Kaeding
12 73 Shane Golobic
13 22 Mason Moore
14 83 David Gravel
15 88N DJ Netto Laps
16 41 Jason Johnson
17 21X Carson Macedo
18 7S Jason Sides
19 29 Kerry Madsen
20 7 Craig Dollansky
21 1s Logan Schuchart
22 21 Brian Brown
23 55 Trey Starks
24 26 Taylor Malsam
25 00JR Cory Eliason
26 1A Jacob Allen

B-Main
1 83JR Tim Kaeding
2 17W Bryan Clauson
3 3C Jonathan Allard
4 73 Shane Golobic
5 1s Logan Schuchart
6 00JR Cory Eliason
7 88X Tanner Thorson
8 3 Craig Stidham
9 44W Austen Wheatley
10 0 Bud Kaeding
11 68 Chase Johnson
12 69 Brent Kaeding
13 99 Shawn Wright
14 18 Ian Madsen
dns 5V Colby Copeland
dns 7S Jason Sides

C-Main
1 69 Brent Kaeding
2 99 Shawn Wright
3 37 Mitchell Faccinto
4 41X Dominic Scelzi
5 35M Kyle Hirst
6 25 Bobby McMahan
7 12 Scott Parker
8 12X Jarrett Soares
9 7H Jojo Helberg
dns 44 Chris Martin

Heat #1
1 9 Daryn Pittman
2 21 Brian Brown
3 2 Shane Stewart
4 7 Craig Dollansky
5 83 David Gravel
6 83JR Tim Kaeding
7 3C Jonathan Allard
8 17W Bryan Clauson
9 99 Shawn Wright
10 7S Jason Sides
11 25 Bobby McMahan

Heat #2
1 15 Donny Schatz
2 55 Trey Starks
3 71M Joey Saldana
4 51 Paul McMahan
5 21X Carson Macedo
6 73 Shane Golobic
7 41X Dominic Scelzi
8 88X Tanner Thorson
9 35M Kyle Hirst
10 18 Ian Madsen
11 0 Bud Kaeding

Heat #3
1 88N DJ Netto
2 88 Terry McCarl
3 26 Taylor Malsam
4 29 Kerry Madsen
5 41 Jason Johnson
6 00JR Cory Eliason
7 44W Austen Wheatley
8 3 Craig Stidham
9 37 Mitchell Faccinto
10 12 Scott Parker
11 44 Chris Martin

Heat #4
1 24 Rico Abreu
2 49 Brad Sweet
3 11K Kraig Kinser
4 1A Jacob Allen
5 22 Mason Moore
6 1s Logan Schuchart
7 69 Brent Kaeding
8 68 Chase Johnson
9 7H Jojo Helberg
10 5V Colby Copeland
11 12X Jarrett Soares

USAC West Coast Sprint Cars

A-Main
1 56 Ryan Bernal
2 74 Colby Copeland
3 17v Danny Faria Jr
4 29 Bud Kaeding
5 10 Richard Vander Weerd
6 73 Trey Marcham
7 33 D.J. Johnson
8 88 Jace Vander Weerd
9 29t Ryan Timmons
10 83 Austin Liggett
11 179 Landon Hurst
12 8 Jim Richardson
13 81 Tristan Guardino
14 48 Brody Roa
15 5 Tye Mihocko
16 42n Jeff Sibley
17 86 Chris Ennis
18 36b Kevin Barnes
19 97 Matt Day. NT

Heat #1
1 17v Danny Faria Jr.
2 88 Jace Vander Weerd
3 56 Ryan Bernal
4 74 Colby Copeland
5 29t Ryan Timmons
6 87 Shannon McQueen
7 86 Chris Ennis
8 32 Jonathan Logan

Heat #2
1 10 Richard Vander Weerd
2 33 D.J. Johnson
3 8 Jim Richardson
4 81 Tristan Guardino
5 36b Kevin Barnes
6 97 Matt Day
7 5 Tye Mihocko

Heat #3
1 83 Austin Liggett
2 179 Landon Hurst
3 73 Trey Marcham
4 48 Brody Roa
5 29 Bud Kaeding
6 42n Jeff Sibley

Title: Tulare Thunderbowl - 3/13 Results
Post by SNR on 03/14/15 at 10:31pm

Tulare Thunderbowl
March 13, 2015
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Tim Kaeding Wins Wild Friday the 13th Feature at Thunderbowl Raceway
Becomes the seventh different winner in seven World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series features

WoOSCR PR
TULARE, Calif. (March 13) - It was fitting Friday night's World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series and King of the West Series feature at Thunderbowl Raceway took place on Friday the 13th. The unusual A main saw a first half plagued by flipping racecars and red flags, and a tail end car end the night for the leader. Ultimately, it was Tim Kaeding who avoided the on-track disorder and battled past a hard charging Terry McCarl to become the seventh different winner in seven Outlaws events.

"I've got to thank (Owners) Dennis and Teresa Roth, (Crew Chief Todd Ventura) all these guys with the Roth Enterprises team," an emotional Kaeding said in victory lane. "One year ago I definitely screwed up bad and this is one way to repay them for the ten years of hard work that they put in and I put into this deal. To keep the winning streak going here at Tulare with Dennis and them is a dream come true."

Kaeding, who started the feature in fourth, hung around in that spot for the first half of Friday night's A main. After a wreck on lap 12 took out both the leader, Joey Saldana, and third place Brad Sweet, Kaeding moved onto the front row.

Through the last ten laps, Kaeding closed on then leader Terry McCarl as the two worked their way through lapped traffic. With five to go, Kaeding finally found the momentum he needed, running the high side of the track and clearing McCarl out of turn four as they raced to the start/finish line.

"I thought we were going to be a fourth place car there for a while," Kaeding said. "That red came out and I finally took a drink of water and got calmed down and got my head out of my butt, and did what I know how to do at this place. I ran the fence and I ran the living crap out of this Roth Motorsports car."

Tonight's win was the fourth for Kaeding at Thunderbowl, tying him with Joey Saldana as the winningest Outlaws driver at the track. Kaeding now has 20 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series feature wins in his career. It was the first Outlaws win of the season for Roth Motorsports.

Saldana led the 35-lap feature to the green flag with Sweet in second and Carson Macedo in third. Before the field could complete the first lap, Macedo brought out the night's first red flag after getting caught in the cushion in the middle of turns three and four, flipping and snagging Donny Schatz. Schatz was able to return to the track.

Saldana again led the field to the green flag with Sweet in second. On the restart, McCarl took over the second position as Kaeding held steady in fourth. By lap 10, Sweet was challenging McCarl for the position and briefly took it back over. McCarl ran back though and held on to second.

Just two laps later McCarl narrowly avoided Ian Madsen who flipped in turn four and caught up Joey Saldana. Sweet was not so lucky - he hit the then leader after Saldana spun to the bottom of the track. After leading the first 12 laps, Saldana's night was ended. Sweet managed to eventually get back out, finishing the night in 15th.

Green flag racing returned with McCarl in the lead and Kaeding in second, but not for long. On lap 15, David Gravel, Daryn Pittman, Willie Croft and Bud Kaeding all wrecked, again in turns three and four. An open red was called as the track was cleared. Heavy damage ended Bud Kaeding's and Croft's nights. Pittman and Gravel were able to return to the track after time in the work area.

McCarl built up a strong lead in his No. 88 Country Builders car after the field returned to green - Kaeding was in second and Kerry Madsen in third. McCarl hit lapped traffic on lap 21 and began working his way through. Meanwhile, Shane Stewart, who started the night in ninth, had worked his way up to fourth and began battling Madsen for the third spot. After a battle that lasted several laps, Stewart cleared Madsen to take over the third position on the bottom of the track as the two drivers exited turn two.

Through the last ten laps, McCarl and Kaeding waged a fierce battle for the lead. Kaeding worked the top of the track right on the cushion while McCarl ran the bottom. Lap after lap, Kaeding looked to get a run, only to have McCarl shut the door. He finally got his chance as the two exited turn four, side-by-side, Kaeding took over the lead.

Stewart battled McCarl in the closing laps, taking over the second spot, as the two raced to the checkered flag.

"That was a crazy race," Stewart said. "Obviously with Joey and Brad and those guys crashing out, it helped us. Just have to thank Terry (McCarl) for racing me clean. It's always fun to race clean like that and not crash. And it was very easy to crash tonight as everybody could see. Definitely a good run for us, we're on a little bit of a high so hopefully we can keep it rolling."

Stewart exits the night with a 16 point lead over reigning World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion Donny Schatz. The Larson Marks Racing driver has one win on the season, and just one finish outside the top-ten.

McCarl, who ultimately led 18 laps Friday night, said he was disappointed in where he finished.

"We had a strong middle race, got a little loose there at the end," said McCarl, an Altoona, Iowa-native. "I drove my butt off and kept pulling the wing back and then the wing got jammed and wouldn't move on me. I just got loose there and couldn't run with Tim off of the corners there as I was earlier. He's the best in the business around Tulare, so if you can run with him here, it's a testament to this team."

Earlier in the night, Brad Sweet became the fifth different driver of the season to take home a quick time after he put down a record breaking lap of 12.582 in qualifying. The night's winner, Tim Kaeding, was the old track record holder with a lap of 12.651 from 2010.

World of Outlaw Sprint Cars

A-Main
1 83JR Tim Kaeding
2 2 Shane Stewart
3 88 Terry McCarl
4 29 Kerry Madsen
5 24 Rico Abreu
6 51 Paul McMahan
7 26 Taylor Malsam
8 15 Donny Schatz
9 7 Craig Dollansky
10 35M Kyle Hirst
11 11K Kraig Kinser
12 7S Jason Sides
13 9 Daryn Pittman
14 83 David Gravel
15 49 Brad Sweet
16 18 Ian Madsen
17 00JR Cory Eliason
18 41 Jason Johnson
19 55 Trey Starks
20 37 Mitchell Faccinto
21 0 Bud Kaeding
22 29W Willie Croft
23 71M Joey Saldana
24 1s Logan Schuchart
dns 21X Carson Macedo
dns 21 Brian Brown

B-Main
1 29W Willie Croft
2 18 Ian Madsen
3 21 Brian Brown
4 37 Mitchell Faccinto
5 41 Jason Johnson
6 5V Colby Copeland
7 41X Dominic Scelzi
8 22 Mason Moore
9 88N DJ Netto
10 7S Jason Sides
11 73 Shane Golobic
12 88X Tanner Thorson
13 25 Bobby McMahan
14 1A Jacob Allen
15 17W Bryan Clauson
16 44W Austen Wheatley

C-Main
1 17W Bryan Clauson
2 88N DJ Netto
3 3 Craig Stidham
4 68 Chase Johnson
5 69 Brent Kaeding
6 99 Shawn Wright
7 7H Jojo Helberg
8 12X Jarrett Soares
9 44 Chris Martin

Heat #1
1 24 Rico Abreu
2 0 Bud Kaeding
3 29 Kerry Madsen
4 49 Brad Sweet
5 00JR Cory Eliason
6 29W Willie Croft
7 22 Mason Moore
8 41 Jason Johnson
9 88N DJ Netto
10 1A Jacob Allen
11 12X Jarrett Soares
12 3C Jonathan Allard

Heat #2
1 88 Terry McCarl
2 71M Joey Saldana
3 11K Kraig Kinser
4 2 Shane Stewart
5 51 Paul McMahan
6 37 Mitchell Faccinto
7 44W Austen Wheatley
8 25 Bobby McMahan
9 88X Tanner Thorson
10 69 Brent Kaeding
11 56 Ryan Bernal

Heat #3
1 83JR Tim Kaeding
2 83 David Gravel
3 15 Donny Schatz
4 9 Daryn Pittman
5 35M Kyle Hirst
6 21 Brian Brown
7 41X Dominic Scelzi
8 3 Craig Stidham
9 5V Colby Copeland
10 68 Chase Johnson
11 44 Chris Martin

Heat #4
1 7 Craig Dollansky
2 55 Trey Starks
3 21X Carson Macedo
4 26 Taylor Malsam
5 1s Logan Schuchart
6 18 Ian Madsen
7 7S Jason Sides
8 73 Shane Golobic
9 99 Shawn Wright
10 17W Bryan Clauson
11 7H Jojo Helberg

USAC Sprint Cars

A-Main
1 29 Bud Kaeding
2 17V Danny Faria
3 179 Landon Hurst
4 74 Colby Copeland
5 83 Austin Leggitt
6 33 DJ Johnson
7 88 Jace Vanderweerd
8 10 Richard Vanderweerd
9 5 Tye Mihocko
10 81 Tristan Guardino
11 42N Jeff Sibley
12 36B Kevin Barnes
13 29T Ryan Timmons
14 8 Jim Richardson
15 56 Ryan Bernal
16 73 Trey Marcham
17 86 Chris Ennis
18 87 Shannon McQueen
dns 62 Dennis Howell

Heat #1
1 56 Ryan Bernal
2 17V Danny Faria
3 42N Jeff Sibley
4 74 Colby Copeland
5 29T Ryan Timmons
6 36B Kevin Barnes
7 10 Richard Vanderweerd

Heat #2
1 83 Austin Leggitt
2 179 Landon Hurst
3 33 DJ Johnson
4 29 Bud Kaeding
5 8 Jim Richardson
6 87 Shannon McQueen
7 62 Dennis Howell

Heat #3
1 73 Trey Marcham
2 5 Tye Mihocko
3 88 Jace Vanderweerd
4 81 Tristan Guardino
5 86 Chris Ennis
6 17 Nathan Washam

Title: Re: Tulare Thunderbowl - 3/14 Results
Post by C.W. on 03/20/15 at 4:51am

By the way, they really haven't put a lot out there, but the new RaceSaver Sprints debuted at Tulare that Saturday. Reports are there were seven cars, and Scott Meisner scored the victory. Still haven't seen full results on this race.