Pevely WoO Results and Stories

Saturday, April 5, 2008
4/5/08

I-55 Raceway
Pevely, MO

WoO

29 cars

Chad Kemenah (7th car out to time) set quick time on a dry surface at 11.292 seconds. Craig Dollansky (5th car out) was second quick, followed by Kerry Madsen (17th), Joey Saldana (18th), Jason Meyers (11th), Justin Henderson (20th), Daryn Pittman (2nd), Danny Lasoski (13th), Jac Haudenschild (9th) and Tim Shaffer (3rd). AJ Bruns got upside down hard in hot laps. He didn't get a time in, but the crew thrashed to get him back for the B. Brad Greer had motor problems and failed to get a time in. Shane Stewart shelled a motor on his second qualifying lap.

Heat one (started): 1. Pittman 21 (2) 2. Shaffer 6 (1) 3. Kemenah 8K (4) 4. Saldana 9 (3) 5. Steve Kinser 11 (6) 6. Kraig Kinser 20 (5) / 7. Chad Hillier 5c (8) 8. Wade Oliver 58 (9) 9. Brad Greer 3B (10) 10. Danny Smith 4 (7)

After the track was reworked, Pittman led the distance in the 10 lapper. Kemenah shot to the low side to get by Shaffer early, but the top came in for Shaffer who claimed second and a trip to the first three rows of the dash at the halfway point. Smith exited on lap eight.

Heat two (started): 1. Lasoski 5 (2) 2. Dollansky 2 (4) 3. Donny Schatz 15 (1) 4. Meyers 14 (3) 5. Jason Sides 7s (6) 6. Lucas Wolfe 5w (5) / 7. Terry McCarl 24 (8) 8. Jimmy Hurley 35 (9) 9. Sam Hafertepe Jr. 15H (7)

Lasoski led flag to flag. Dollansky shot by Schatz for second on the first lap and held the position. A good race between Wolfe and McCarl for the final transfer, saw McCarl with the early advantage, but Wolfe took the low preferred line in turn one on lap four to capture the spot back for good. Hafertepe's motor expired on lap eight.

Heat three (started): 1. Haudenschild R19 (2) 2. Madsen 55 (4) 3. Tony Bruce Jr. 18 (1) 4. Shane Stewart 83 (5) 5. Billy Alley 22 (6) 6. Henderson D1 (3) / 7. Tommy Worley Jr. 97 (7) 8. Jerrod Hull 12 (8) 9. Tom Dickerman 57D (9) DNS - AJ Bruns 44

Haud led the duration. He got late pressure from Madsen, who appeared to be the fastest car on the track after shooting by Bruce for second on lap one.

Dash (started): 1. Dollansky (2) 2. Shaffer (4) 3. Madsen (1) 4. Saldana (8) 5. Haudenschild (3) 6. Lasoski (6) 7. Pittman (5) 8. Meyers (9) 9. Kemenah (7) 10. Henderson (10)

Dollansky left the rest behind in the 8 lapper. Shaffer was strong, as was Saldana who moved up four spots after dueling with Haudenschild.

B main (started): 1. Smith (1) 2. Hafertepe (2) 3. Hillier (4) 4. McCarl (5) 5. Hull (6) 6. Worley Jr. (3) / 7. Bruns (9) 8. Oliver (7) 9. Greer (10) 10. Hurley (8) DNS - Dickerman

The best racing in the 12 lapper came for the final two transfers with Hull and Worley holding off Bruns and Oliver.

A main (started): 1. Meyers (8) 2. Dollansky (1) 3. Saldana (4) 4. Shaffer (2) 5. Haudenschild (5) 6. Kemenah (9) 7. Pittman (7) 8. Schatz (11) 9. Stewart (15) 10. Lasoski (6) 11. Madsen (3) 12. S. Kinser (16) 13. Henderson (10) 14. B ruce Jr. (12) 15. Sides (17) 16. McCarl (22) 17. Hillier (21) 18. Wolfe (14) 19. K. Kinser (13) 20. Smith (19) 21. Alley (18) 22. Worley (24) 23. Hull (23) 24. Hafertepe Jr. (20)

Hafertepe elected to start at the rear of the field and exited early, as did Hull. Dollansky took off in the 40 lapper and looked untouchable early. On lap six, Hillier got sideways in turn four and Alley had nowhere to go, tagging the 5c and tipping over. The contact squared Hillier up and he continued, but Alley was done. Dollansky led Shaffer, Meyers from eighth, Saldana and Haudenschild back to green on the restart. Dollansky took off again and was in lapped traffic after a few more laps. Meyers was able to shoot around Shaffer for second, and Haudenschild had taken fourth from Saldana when K. Kinser got upside down hard in turns three and four on lap 24. The last sixteen laps went non-stop. On lap 31, Meyers got by Dollansky when he was trapped behind a lapped car. From there, he negotiated traffic well to capture his third win in five starts. He also grabbed hard-charger honors.