Antioch Speedway
March 29, 2015
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Daryn Pittman Holds off Paul McMahan to Score Victory at Antioch
This was the second World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series win of the year for Pittman

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ANTIOCH, Calif. (March 29) - Through Sunday night's 30 lap World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series feature at Antioch Speedway, Paul McMahan tried everything he could think of to get around leader Daryn Pittman. McMahan tried the high line and the low line; he got side by side with Pittman off of turn four and even briefly worked his way past Pittman. In the end though, Pittman held off McMahan to score his second series victory of the season.

"This is for my crew - this Great Clips team is just incredible," Pittman said. "You know how good of a race team you're part of when… you go to race tracks that aren't part of my forte and places I don't normally excel at and they continuously give me cars that are capable of going out and winning with."

Pittman, who started on McMahan's outside, jumped to the lead on the start. As Pittman worked to build up a lead in the opening laps, McMahan chased him down, challenging him on every inch of the track. While the two drivers battled for the lead, Kerry Madsen pushed his American Racing Custom Wheels car up to third and then into contention with the two drivers.

Madsen found an opening on lap six, clearing McMahan's CJB Motorsports car in turns three and four to take over the second spot. The move was short lived however as McMahan battled past Madsen one lap later. A determined McMahan then set his sights back on Pittman, whom he quickly caught.

"I could hear him," Pittman said of McMahan. "He wanted it pretty bad. You could hear he was running the car quite a bit harder than I was."

Through laps nine, 10 and 11, McMahan tried to find a way around.

The only caution of the night flew on lap 11, as Justyn Cox slowed and then came to a stop on the backstretch.

When the field returned to green, the battle between Pittman, McMahan and Madsen continued. On lap 15 it looked like McMahan may have finally found his path to the lead. He got a run on Pittman off of turn two and drag raced the No. 9 car down the backstretch. As the two dove into turn three, McMahan cleared the leader. Pittman slid his No. 9 car through the turn though and took back the lead.

Madsen got in on the act four laps later as Pittman and McMahan caught lapped traffic. Madsen tried to slide the two cars through turns three and four, but he was not able to hold on to any gained positions.
As Pittman fought his way through lapped traffic in the final laps, McMahan continued his quest for a way around Pittman. But ultimately, he came just short.

"I think we were better than Daryn - it's just that the place is so narrow that I would get a big run on him and there's just nowhere to go anymore," said McMahan, who closed out the night in second. "He beat me on the start and got out front and that was the key."

"The track was in great shape. It was real wet and made for an exciting race. I just needed a few more lapped cars. My car got real tight there at the end and I couldn't run the line I was with everybody on the bottom throwing that wet stuff up around the top. When it comes down to the start, I lost it.

Pittman agreed with McMahan that the initial start was the key for success in the night's event. As he wheeled his way around the track, the lapped traffic that McMahan sought was making Pittman nervous.
"Everybody was so fast and I just didn't want to make a mistake, and I could hear him breathing down my neck but I didn't know how hard to push," Pittman said. "So I was just trying to make a clean race. I haven't been able to put together 30 good lap many times this year so luckily we were good enough.

This was Pittman's second win of the season. He is just the third different driver - joining Rico Abreu and Donny Schatz - to score more than one win so far this season.

After battles throughout the night, Madsen stood on the front stretch in third at Antioch.

"It was a fantastic weekend for us. We led some laps and we actually got into second tonight but Paul drove back around me," Madsen said. "And he was driving pretty aggressively there and I was quite happy to finish in third place tonight."

Madsen closed out the Silver Dollar Speedway and Antioch Speedway weekend with two straight podium finishes.

World of Outlaws Sprint Cars

A-Main
1 9 Daryn Pittman 30
2 51 Paul McMahan 30
3 29 Kerry Madsen 30
4 49 Brad Sweet 30
5 0 Bud Kaeding 30
6 71M Joey Saldana 30
7 24 Rico Abreu 30
8 88X Tanner Thorson 30
9 41 Jason Johnson 30
10 83J Tim Kaeding 30
11 11K Kraig Kinser 30
12 2 Shane Stewart 30
13 22K Shane Golobic 30
14 00 Jason Statler 30
15 15 Donny Schatz 30
16 5V Colby Copeland 30
17 18 Ian Madsen 30
18 17W Bryan Clauson 30
19 7 Craig Dollansky 30
20 3C Jonathan Allard 30
21 83 David Gravel 30
22 7S Jason Sides 30
23 88 Terry McCarl 23
24 31C Justyn Cox 10

B-Main
1 17W Bryan Clauson
2 31C Justyn Cox
3 18 Ian Madsen
4 00 Jason Statler
5 68 Chase Johnson
6 44 Chris Martin
7 1s Logan Schuchart
8 35M Kyle Hirst
9 1A Jacob Allen
10 44W Austen Wheatley
11 7H JoJo Helberg
12 98 Sean Watts
13 99T Skylar Gee
14 12X Jarrett Soares
15 88N DJ Netto

Dash
1 51 Paul McMahan
2 9 Daryn Pittman
3 0 Bud Kaeding
4 29 Kerry Madsen
5 24 Rico Abreu
6 49 Brad Sweet
7 71M Joey Saldana
8 88X Tanner Thorson

Heat #1
1 0 Bud Kaeding
2 5V Colby Copeland
3 49 Brad Sweet
4 41 Jason Johnson
5 7 Craig Dollansky
6 44W Austen Wheatley
7 31C Justyn Cox
8 88N DJ Netto
9 1s Logan Schuchart
10 71M Joey Saldana

Heat #2
1 9 Daryn Pittman
2 71M Joey Saldana
3 15 Donny Schatz
4 11K Kraig Kinser
5 7S Jason Sides
6 00 Jason Statler
7 68 Chase Johnson
8 35M Kyle Hirst
9 7H Jojo Helberg

Heat #3
1 51 Paul McMahan
2 22K Shane Golobic
3 24 Rico Abreu
4 83J Tim Kaeding
5 88 Terry McCarl
6 18 Ian Madsen
7 44 Chris Martin
8 99T Skylar Gee
9 12X Jarrett Soares

Heat #4
1 29 Kerry Madsen
2 2 Shane Stewart
3 88X Tanner Thorson
4 83 David Gravel
5 3C Jonathan Allard
6 1A Jacob Allen
7 98 Sean Watts
8 17W Bryan Clauson

Qualifying Results
1 49 Brad Sweet 11.639
2 71M Joey Saldana 11.652
3 24 Rico Abreu 11.810
4 88X Tanner Thorson 11.825
5 41 Jason Johnson 11.889
6 11K Kraig Kinser 11.901
7 83J Tim Kaeding 11.903
8 2 Shane Stewart 11.926
9 5V Colby Copeland 11.944
10 9 Daryn Pittman 11.973
11 22K Shane Golobic 11.973
12 29 Kerry Madsen 11.977
13 0 Bud Kaeding 12.075
14 15 Donny Schatz 12.078
15 51 Paul McMahan 12.093
16 17W Bryan Clauson 12.109
17 31C Justyn Cox 12.203
18 00 Jason Statler 12.209
19 18 Ian Madsen 12.211
20 3C Jonathan Allard 12.215
21 7 Craig Dollansky 12.238
22 7S Jason Sides 12.269
23 88 Terry McCarl 12.299
24 83 David Gravel 12.302
25 1s Logan Schuchart 12.305
26 68 Chase Johnson 12.333
27 44 Chris Martin 12.390
28 1A Jacob Allen 12.424
29 44W Austen Wheatley 12.489
30 35M Kyle Hirst 12.524
31 99T Skylar Gee 12.714
32 98 Sean Watts 12.739
33 88N DJ Netto 12.900
34 7H Jojo Helberg 12.947
35 12X Jarrett Soares 13.164