Kings Speedway
April 17, 2015
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Shane Stewart Scores Second Win of the Season
The Larson Marks Racing driver narrows his deficit in the championship standings to 22 points behind Schatz after Keller Auto Speedway Win

HANFORD, Calif. - April 17, 2015 - Shane Stewart scored his second World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory of the season in dominant fashion Friday night at Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds.
The Larson Marks Racing driver battled past Bud Kaeding to start the feature and through early cautions and lapped traffic, Stewart never looked back.

"It was such a really slow paced race, it's so hard to judge how fast you need to push yourself," Stewart said in victory lane. "It was just a really, really tricky track. These races are so hard to win and to get two wins already before we get off the west coast swing is just a true testament to this team."

Stewart inched closer to reigning World of Outlaws champion Donny Schatz in championship points standings. He is now just 22 points back after 16 races.

California-native Bud Kaeding started the feature on the pole with Stewart in second. When the green flag waved, Kaeding jumped to a solid start as Stewart bobbled. By the time the two came around for the first lap however, Stewart had battled past Kaeding and led the first lap. Brad Sweet was the biggest beneficiary of the start as he advanced to third by lap 1 and second by lap 2. Paul McMahan took over the third spot on lap two.

The first caution flag fell on lap five as the No. 37 car of Michael Faccinto stopped just off the back straight. A quick red followed on the restart after David Gravel's No. 83 car flipped on the back. He was OK. Two more cautions came out in the laps that followed.

One driver who was able to take advantage of the restarts was Schatz. He started in the 16th position and by lap 10 had worked his way to eighth. On the final restart of the night on lap 11, Schatz was able to battle past four cars to take over the fourth position. He ended the night as the KSE Racing Hard Charger Award recipient after advancing 12 positions.

Lapped traffic came into play for Stewart on lap 16 and he worked hard to maneuver his No. 2 Eneos/GoPro car through. With Sweet catching in second, Stewart nearly cost himself the lead as a lapped car slowed him off of turn four.

"When it gets that slow, you know you can't hesitate, especially with these guys," Stewart said. "I was thinking that if I did get too slow off of four then some guy is going to duck underneath coming off the bottom."

He was able to maintain his lead.

When the checkered flag fell, Stewart had built up a sizable lead and lapped up to 11th place.

"Everything worked out well for us tonight," Stewart said. "It starts at the beginning of the night… Hopefully lady luck stays with us throughout the season."

Sweet, who has two wins on the season, said he was happy with the consistency of his No. 49 Razor Back Professional Tools team.

"We started seventh in the dash and moved forward there to fourth," Sweet said. "Started fourth, moved to second. We would have liked to have won it but on nights like this, we're really happy with the podium finish. We've been trying to build some consistency with these cars."

After bad luck last weekend at Calistoga, McMahan, a California-native and veteran at Hanford, said it was good to get over the hump and finish well with his CJB Motorsports team.

"I had two bad days and then a bad experience going home so hopefully we got all the bad out of the way," McMahan said. "Very tricky race track, very dirty running the bottom. You just kind of had to bide your time on the time in lapped traffic, wait to catch… We had a good race car. I've run a lot of laps at this place and means a lot to be here and finish on the podium."

The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series closes out the spring California swing tomorrow night at the SoCal Showdown at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. Great seats remain and can be purchased at the track's ticket booth.


World of Outlaws Sprint Cars

A-Main
1 2 Shane Stewart 35
2 49 Brad Sweet 35
3 51 Paul McMahan 35
4 15 Donny Schatz 35
5 0 Bud Kaeding 35
6 29 Kerry Madsen 35
7 9 Daryn Pittman 35
8 83JR Kyle Hirst 35
9 21 Tommy Tarlton 35
10 1s Logan Schuchart 35
11 41X Dominic Scelzi 34
12 7S Jason Sides 34
13 71M Joey Saldana 34
14 41 Jason Meyers 34
15 1A Jacob Allen 34
16 12 Scott Parker 33
17 11K Kraig Kinser 32
18 99 Shawn Wright 32
19 9S Landon Hurst 22
20 7H Jojo Helberg 10
21 83 David Gravel 4
22 88N DJ Netto 4
23 37 Mitchell Faccinto 4
24 7 Craig Dollansky 3

B-Main
1 37 Mitchell Faccinto
2 1A Jacob Allen
3 9S Landon Hurst
4 7 Craig Dollansky
5 12 Scott Parker
6 00JR Cory Eliason
7 99 Shawn Wright
8 98 Sean Watts
9 33E Evan Suggs

Dash
1 0 Bud Kaeding
2 2 Shane Stewart
3 51 Paul McMahan
4 49 Brad Sweet
5 83JR Kyle Hirst
6 29 Kerry Madsen
7 71M Joey Saldana
8 9 Daryn Pittman

Heat #1
1 0 Bud Kaeding
2 1s Logan Schuchart
3 51 Paul McMahan
4 83JR Kyle Hirst
5 11K Kraig Kinser
6 41 Jason Meyers
7 7 Craig Dollansky
8 33E Evan Suggs
9 9S Landon Hurst

Heat #2
1 49 Brad Sweet
2 88N DJ Netto
3 2 Shane Stewart
4 15 Donny Schatz
5 29 Kerry Madsen
6 7S Jason Sides
7 OOJR Cory Eliason
8 99 Shawn Wright
9 12 Scott Parker

Heat #3
1 9 Daryn Pittman
2 83 David Gravel
3 71M Joey Saldana
4 41X Dominic Scelzi
5 21 Tommy Tarlton
6 7H Jojo Helberg
7 1A Jacob Allen
8 37 Mitchell Faccinto
9 98 Sean Watts

Qualifying Results
                 
1 51 Paul McMahan 13.542
2 29 Kerry Madsen 13.577
3 71M Joey Saldana 13.577
4 83JR Kyle Hirst 13.603
5 2 Shane Stewart 13.649
6 7H Jojo Helberg 13.662
7 O Bud Kaeding 13.676
8 49 Brad Sweet 13.676
9 83 David Gravel 13.715
10 1s Logan Schuchart 13.725
11 88N DJ Netto 13.725
12 9 Daryn Pittman 13.736
13 11K Kraig Kinser 13.754
14 7S Jason Sides 13.754
15 37 Mitchell Faccinto 13.763
16 33E Evan Suggs 13.859
17 15 Donny Schatz 13.89
18 41X Dominic Scelzi 13.924
19 7 Craig Dollansky 14.09
20 OOJR Cory Eliason 14.108
21 21 Tommy Tarlton 14.112
22 41 Jason Meyers 14.221
23 12 Scott Parker 14.44
24 1A Jacob Allen 14.462
25 9S Landon Hurst 14.596
26 99 Shawn Wright 14.673
27 98 Sean Watts 15.251

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IMCA Modifieds

A-Main
1 174 Ethan Dotson
2 24 Roger Holder
3 7B Brian Burns
4 5D Brad Berg
5 5 Bret Bennett
6 0 Jimmy Reeves
7 2 Danny Lauer
8 11H Eric Hamilton
9 C9 Chad Reichenbach
10 77 Kenny Kirkpatrick
11 14P Ryan Porter
12 07X Troy Morris
13 44 Paul Stone
14 5SR Buddy Shelton
15 17N Steven Noland
16 46 Troy Patee
17 01 Raymond Keldsen
18 16 Brian Mendonsa
19 222 Scott Drake
20 71 Bill Wilker

Heat #1
1 7B Brian Burns
2 174 Ethan Dotson
3 14P Ryan Porter
4 2 Danny Lauer
5 0 Jimmy Reeves
6 44 Paul Stone
7 01 Raymond Keldsen

Heat #2
1 222 Scott Drake
2 5 Bret Bennett
3 77 Kenny Kirkpatrick
4 C9 Chad Reichenbach
5 17N Steven Noland  
6 46 Troy Patee
7 16 Brian Mendonsa

Heat #3
1 24 Roger Holder
2 11H Eric Hamilton
3 5SR Buddy Shelton
4 5D Brad Berg
5 71 Bill Wilker
6 07X Troy Morris
7 14B Steve Boles