6/13/14
Jackson Speedway
Jackson, MN
WoO
30 cars
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 83, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (8) 16.443; 2. 15, Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND (9) 16.554; 3. 29, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (11) 16.671; 4. 82, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR (10) 16.794; 5. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (24) 16.805; 6. 49, Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (6) 16.823; 7. 4, Cody Darrah, Red Lion, PA (21) 16.832; 8. 11K, Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, IN (20) 16.871; 9. 71m, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (25) 16.900; 10. 51, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN (16) 16.916; 11. 9, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (5) 16.981; 12. 18, Ian Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (19) 17.002; 13. 7s, Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN (23) 17.028; 14. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (29) 17.098; 15. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (2) 17.105; 16. 59, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (7) 17.126; 17. 35, Skylar Prochaska, Lakefield, MN (28) 17.131; 18. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (30) 17.145; 19. 1, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (26) 17.214; 20. 09, Matt Juhl, Estherville, IA (1) 17.266; 21. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (22) 17.306; 22. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (4) 17.370; 23. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (17) 17.452; 24. 19, Jason Tostenson, Glencoe, MN (12) 17.496; 25. 77x, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (18) 17.556; 26. 2, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (13) 18.256; 27. 1a, Jacob Allen, Hanover, PA (14) 18.767; 28. 93, Derrick Lusk, Jackson, MN (15) 20.748; 29. 1s, Logan Schuchart, Hanover, PA (3) NT; 30. 7x, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL (27) NT.
Schuchart and Gharst had issues in hot laps and didn’t get a time in. The track dried quickly after hot laps and Gravel was over eight-tenths of a second over Sam Hafertepe’s track record set in 2010.
Heat one (started): 1. McMahan (1) 2. Darrah (2) 3. Gravel (4) 4. Sides (5) 5. Kaeding (6) 6. Dollansky (8) / 7. Swindell (7) 8. Crockett (3) 9. Johnson (9) 10. Lusk (10)
McMahan led the distance in the 8-lapper to earn a trip to the Dash. Top six qualified for the A. Big Game Treestands cars started in row four and battled for the last transfer. Dollansky was able get past Crockett for the spot, with Swindell heading to the B.
Heat two (started): 1. Pittman (1) 2.. Schatz (4) 3. K. Kinser (2) 4. Dobmeier (8) 5. Lasoski (3) 6. Heskin (5) / 7. Juhl (7) 8. Prochaska (6) 9. Ingle (9) DNS – Schuchart
Pittman led flag to flag. Schatz challenged late. Dobmeier was the mover, going from 8thto 4th.
Heat three (started): 1. Saldana (2) 2. I. Madsen (1) 3. K. Madsen (4) 4. Sweet (3) 5. Brown (5) 6. S. Kinser (6) / 7. Allen (9) 8. Tatnell (7) 9. Tostenson (8) DNS – Gharst
Saldana got the jump on I. Madsen at the start and led the distance in a mostly single-file affair save an early battled between Brown and Kinser for fifth.
B main (started): 1. Swindell (3) 2. Crockett (1) 3. Juhl (4) 4. Prochaska (2) 5. Tatnell (5) 6. W. Johnson (7) / 7. Lusk (10) 8. Ingle (8) 9. Tostenson (6) 10. Allen (9) DNS – Schuchart, Gharst
Crockett led early in the 12-lapper before Swindell took the point on lap five. Juhl was impressive in his first career 410 start in getting by Prochaska late for third.
Dash (started): 1. Saldana (1) 2. Schatz (5) 3. Sweet (2) 4. Lasoski (3) 5. K. Madsen (4) 6. McMahan (7) 7. Gravel (6) 8. Pittman (8)
Saldana led the six-lap distance, while Schatz moved by Sweet with two to go for second. K. Madsen made a late bid for fourth and a starting spot in row two, but fell short.
A main (started): 1. Saldana (1) 2. Schatz (2) 3. Sweet (3) 4. Lasoski (4) 5. McMahan (6) 6. K. Madsen (5) 7. Pittman (8) 8. Darrah (10) 9. Gravel (7) 10. K. Kinser (11) 11. I. Madsen (12) 12. Crockett (9) 13. Sides (13) 14. Brown (15) 15. Heskin (14) 16. S. Kinser (18) 17. Dollansky (21) 18. Swindell (19) 19. Juhl (24) 20. Tatnell (23) 21. Dobmeier (20) 22. Prochaska (17) 23. Johnson (22) 24. Kaeding (16)
Juhl elected to start on the tail. Saldana led the 30-lap non-stop feature from the outset. Kaeding dropped out on lap one, and Johnson dropped at the halfway point. He would be the only car lapped in an event that unfortunately saw rubber-down conditions from the outset. Schatz, who won here last year, pulled up on Saldana a time or two, but the race never got into lapped traffic on the half-mile. It was the second Friday win in a row for Saldana.