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6/3/15

Kokomo Speedway

Kokomo, IN

WoO

39 cars

Rico Abreu (21^st car out to time) set quick time on the ¼-mile in 11.096 seconds.  Brad Sweet (14^th car out) was second quick, followed by Joey Saldana (6^th), Shane Stewart (30^th), Paul McMahan (34^th), Kraig Kinser (9^th), Chad Kemenah (1^st), Sammy Swindell (5^th), Kerry Madsen (31^st) and Christopher Bell (28^th).  Jeremy Schultz flipped in time trials, but made it back out for his heat race.

Heat one (started): 1. Madsen 29 (2) 2. McMahan 51 (3) 3. Abreu 24 (4) 4. Daryn Pittman 9 (5) 5. Gary Taylor 1^st (7) / 6. Logan Forler 2L (9) 7. David Gravel 7 (6) 8. Cale Thomas 91 (8) 9. Cody Darrah 89 (1) DNS – Jacob Allen 1a

Darrah got the jump on Madsen at the start of the 10-lapper, but Kerry had the lead when lap one completed.  Darrah reeled in the leader and the two battled until Darrah struck the turn four wall and retired.  The restart was a break for Taylor who shot by Gravel for the final transfer spot.

Heat two (started): 1. Bell 67 (2) 2. Sweet 49 (4) 3. Jamie Veal 35AU (1) 4. Kr. Kinser 11K (3) 5. Parker Price-Miller 9P (5) / 6. Jason Sides 7s (7) 7. Scotty Thiel 64 (6) 8. Stuart Brubaker 35 (8) 9. Danny Reidy 5 (9) DNS – Critter Malone 7m

Bell led the duration, but he had company at the checkers as Sweet pulled alongside in a bid for the win.  Thiel held the final transfer spot early, but Price-Miller shot by on the low side to gain it back.

Heat three (started): 1. Kyle Larson 67K (1) 2. Bryan Clauson 17w (2) 3. Saldana 71m (4) 4. James McFadden 3G (6) 5. Kemenah 10H (3) / 6. Kody Kinser 4K (5) 7. Danny Smith 4 (7) 8. Jimmy Light 23 (9) 9. Tayler Ferns 55F (8) 10. Logan Schuchart 1s (10)

Larson won an early back and forth battle for the lead with Clauson.  With two laps in the books, Ferns flipped in turn two.  She was uninjured.  Larson picked the inside on the restart, ahead of Clauson, and Saldana and McFadden who had a good battle for third.  Kemenah held down the final transfer.

Heat four (started): 1. Donny Schatz 15 (1) 2. Stewart 2 (4) 3. Swindell 41 (3) 4. Tyler Courtney 23c (2) 5. Randy Hannagan 11N (5) / 6. Hunter Schuerenberg 20N (8) 7. Jeremy Schultz 5J (9) 8. Brandon Wimmer A97 (7) 9. AJ Bruns 2B (6)

Schatz led the distance.  Courtney started second, but Stewart and Swindell worked by him.  Stewart and Swindell exchanged big sliders, with Stewart eventually winning out.  Bruns turned over after two laps were complete.  He would return for the B.

C main (started): 1. Schuerenberg (2) 2. Schultz (1) / 3. Reidy (3) 4. Light (4) 5. Schuchart (5) 6. Forler (6) DNS – Ferns, Malone, Allen

Schuerenberg led the duration of the 10-lapper.  The battle was for second with Reidy taking it from Schultz on lap three.  Three laps later, Schultz would return the move and hold down the final transfer to the B.

Dash (started): 1. Saldana (2) 2. Stewart (1) 3. Sweet (3) 4. Schatz (8) 5. Abreu (4) 6. Bell (6) 7. Madsen (5) 8. Larson (7)

Larson spun before a lap could be completed.  The lead trio remained the same from the drop of the green, but there was plenty of action behind them.  Schatz was the main instigator, picking his way forward in the 8-lapper.  He grabbed fourth from Abreu on the final lap.

B main (started): 1. Darrah (1) 2. Gravel (3) 3. Ko. Kinser (2) 4. Thiel (4) / 5. Sides (6) 6. Bruns (5) 7. Schuerenberg (11) 8. Brubaker (10) 9. Wimmer (8) 10. Thomas (9) 11. Schultz (12) 12. Smith (7)

Darrah led the distance in the 12-lapper.  Sides made a late run, getting by Bruns and setting his sights on Thiel for the final transfer.  His bid fell just short.

A main (started): 1. Saldana (1) 2. Schatz (4) 3. Larson (8) 4. Madsen (7) 5. Bell (6) 6. Abreu (5) 7. Swindell (12) 8. McMahan (9) 9. Clauson (13) 10. Veal (16) 11. McFadden (23) 12. Pittman (17) 13. Darrah (15) 14. Kemenah (11) 15. Gravel (21) 16. Price-Miller (18) 17. Schuchart (25, prov.) 18. Hannagan (20) 19. Stewart (2) 20. Sweet (3) 21. Thiel (24) 22. Courtney (14) 23. Kr. Kinser (10) 24. Taylor (22) 25. Ko. Kinser (19)

Stewart led early in the 40-lapper over Saldana and Schatz.  It was typical Kokomo great racing action.  By lap eight, the leaders were in lapped traffic and going three-wide.  The lead was exchanged (although never officially at the line) several times.  17 laps in, Sweet flipped in turn four.  His team would make repairs enough for him to limp back out.  He was part of a four-way battle for fourth with Abreu, Bell and Larson.  The restart saw Stewart choose the outside line ahead of Saldana, Schatz, Bell and Larson.  Saldana shot to the lead on the double-file restart, only to have it negated when Kr. Kinser spun, collecting Pittman.  Pittman would restart.  Despite the next restart going single-file, Saldana still found his way around Stewart for the lead.  Schatz followed Saldana into second and put pressure on the leader.  Showing his nose under Saldana once, the leader made an adjustment in one and two to hold Schatz at bay.  Schatz would shoot by on lap 32, however.  When Stewart got over the cushion and into the turn four wall while running third, Saldana was given another chance.  Schatz chose the outside line on the double-file restart, and Saldana shot by on the low side, pulling away the final seven laps for his first win of 2015.  Schatz followed, ahead of a fierce battle for third that saw Larson best Madsen and Bell.  McFadden climbed as high as ninth before settling for 11^th as the hard-charger.

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Of course he won. It's the fucking outlaws and he started on the pole. Just like most of the races this year.Atleast non wing they race. And there is no annoying Johnny fucking Gibson.

Great recap W! Would have liked to have made this race before Eldora tonight, just didn't work out this time.

Somebody made a bad post before heading off to middle school, parents get a hold on your kids, sheesh....

I heard this race was awesome. 

lol

You sir are a serious Richard! Did you watch the race or lisiten to the race? My guess is no because a car started on the pole and Johnny Gibson was announcing. The race was awesome, Johnny was rockin' and rollin' in the mic, and there was action all over the place!  Must of had a date with your left hand in the closet when you found out there were only 39 sprint cars at a show on a wednesday night because they should have had at least 40. Keep bitchin' man someday it will turn around for you. 

Here's one of the "freight trains" that ParrisIsland so eloquently described.

https://youtu.be/XebGPeRrO6k

There's no feeling like the feeling one has, reading his own post that is laced with profanity and ignorance.  How does it feel to stand out amoungst the other worthwhile contributors to this forum that respect proper behavior? 

The racing looked great on the World of Outlaws highlight video just posted. Kokomo alway looks to be a neat track. I think it earns a spot on the list of tracks to visit someday!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60_URBKcLvI

Another lousy WoO race...haha

I've told this one before but I repeat.

My first Nationals was around '93 and my neighbor in the motel was Deuce Terrell who told me to stop at Kokomo on Sunday on my way back to MI, said there was an All-Star race.  So I did, saw the best race of the week with Kevin Huntley winning with his right rear against the fence and wall all night.  Eventually moved to within an hour of the place and went to many Sunday night shows there and NEVER saw a bad one, winged or non-wing.  I think I can remember Dave Darland even winning there one night with a wing on, seemed he owned the place most of the time anyway.  Indiana with Kokomo, Bloomington and Haubstadt might have the three best bull rings in the country, sorry Chico.....

Was a great race!!!  Some douchebags just look at start/finish position and assume how the race played out.... or they have a predisposition to something and no matter what will bash it... either way... It WAS a super race!!!!!

If your screen name is indicative of your geographical location, then your on a marine base in South Carolina. And you're bitching about that sprint car race??? Wow, the racing in South Carolina must be impressive. And in case you give a shit, I personally think Gibson is the best in the business.

Shit! I didn't know '93 was both of our first Nationals. I guess we have more in common even than we already thought :-).

It's not like he lead every lap. He had to really work for it. Stewart and Shatz both lead the race too. You obviously did not actually see the race, just commenting on the results. But didn't even read the full results or you would have known saldanna did not start on the pole and run away unchallenged.

On location you are wrong. This is America, just my opinon on current WOO, Saldana and Johnny. Everyone gets so riled if people don't share their opinon.

Surprised S. Kinser was not there.  I do not know how anyone could complain about this race.  It was as good as they get.  

 Just try to show a little class with the language, bud. Any fool can throw out four-letter words.