10/16/15
Lawrenceburg Speedway
Lawrenceburg, IN
WoO
36 cars
Paul McMahan (15th car out to time) set quick time on the high-banked 3/8-mile at 12.005 seconds. Shane Stewart (35th) was second quick, followed by Daryn Pittman (4th), David Gravel (30th), Kerry Madsen (22nd), Steve Kinser (36th), Cole Duncan (10th), Paul May (18th), Donny Schatz (27th) and Christopher Bell (21st). Brad Sweet set quick time coming out fifth quick, but lost his muffler. He was relegated to one lap at the end, where the best he could be scored was 17th quick. Parker Price-Miller failed to get a time in.
Heat one (started): 1. Madsen 29 (3) 2. Schatz 15 (2) 3. Chad Kemenah 10H (1) 4. McMahan 51 (4) 5. Hunter Schuerenberg 20N (6) / 6. Brad Sweet 49 (5) 7. Logan Forler 2L (9) 8. Danny Smith 4 (8) 9. Scott Thiel 64 (7)
While Schatz and Kemenah grappled for the early lead in the 10-lapper, Madsen slid them both in three and four to take the lead. Sweet quickly moved up to third. Sweet would reel in Schatz and make a low move on him with six laps in the books. He clipped the turn two infield tire and broke his front end. His crew would replace it in the two minutes allotted, and he would restart at the tail. Madsen chose the inside on the restart. Schuerenberg passed Forler for the fifth and final transfer, but Sweet was gaining. With Forler battling low and Schuerenberg up high, he could not find a way by and headed for the B.
Heat two (started): 1. Bell 67 (2) 2. S. Kinser 11 (3) 3. Stewart 2 (4) 4. Dale Blaney 1 (1) 5. Cap Henry 21 (6) / 6. Jason Sides 7s (7) 7. Brad Loyet o5 (8) 8. Jacob Allen 1a (5) 9. Mikey Kuemper 11K (9)
Bell led the distance. S. Kinser worked by Blaney on lap three for second. Henry held off Sides for the final transfer.
Heat three (started): 1. Joey Saldana 71m (2) 2. Bill Balog 17B (1) 3. Duncan 22 (3) 4. Greg Wilson w20 (6) 5. Pittman 9 (4) / 6. Shawn Dancer 49D (9) 7. Lucas Wolfe 5w (5) 8. Ryan Broughton 22B (7) 9. Randy Hannagan 11N (8)
Balog took off from the pole early, pulling away from Saldana and Pittman. Hannagan and Broughton came together on the backstretch two laps in, bringing a caution. Balog chose the inside line on the restart and went side by side with Saldana through one and two down the backstretch. Balog hit the cushion in three and Saldana started to slide. The result was Saldana giving Balog the choice of his right rear or the concrete wall. Balog chose to slam on the brakes to avoid disaster. Saldana held his lead from there. Duncan and Wilson moved up to third and fourth.
Heat four (started): 1. Logan Schuchart 1s (2) 2. Gravel 7 (4) 3. Brady Bacon 99 (5) 4. Gary Taylor 1st (7) 5. Jason Johnson 41 (6) / 6. Kory Crabtree 60 (1) 7. May 71mx (3) 8. AJ Bruns 4K (8) DNS – Parker Price-Miller 2x
Schuchart led the distance. Both Crabtree and May faded from the first two rows. Bacon moved into third on lap three, followed by Taylor. Johnson picked off fifth at the halfway point.
Dash (started): 1. Bell (1) 2. Stewart (5) 3. Madsen (2) 4. Pittman (4) 5. McMahan (6) 6. Gravel (3) 7. Saldana (7) 8. Schuchart (8)
Bell led the 8-lapper flag to flag. There was plenty of movement behind him. On lap two, Pittman took second from Gravel. Stewart was on the move, taking fourth on lap three, third on lap four and moving by Madsen for second on lap six.
B main (started): 1. Sweet (3) 2. Wolfe (5) 3. May (1) 4. Crabtree (2) / 5. Allen (4) 6. Sides (7) 7. Loyet (10) 8. Smith (9) 9. Forler (13) 10. Hannagan (11) 11. Dancer (15) 12. Broughton (8) 13. Kuemper (14) 14. Bruns (12) 15. Thiel (6) DNS – Price-Miller
May led the 12-lapper early over Crabree, Sweet and Allen. On lap three, Wolfe snatched the fourth and final transfer from Allen. Sweet and Wolfe drove around Crabtree for second and third on lap five. Sweet would take the lead from May on lap eight. Allen used the cushion to reel in a low-riding Crabtree the last few laps. He made a last ditch effort on the final lap and came short by four-thousandths of a second.
A main (started): 1. McMahan (5) 2. Stewart (2) 3. Schatz (12) 4. Gravel (6) 5. Pittman (4) 6. Bell (1) 7. Sweet (17) 8. Saldana (7) 9. Blaney (14) 10. Henry (21) 11. Wolfe (18) 12. Madsen (3) 13. Bacon (19) 14. Duncan (10) 15. Wilson (22) 16. Taylor (24) 17. Sides (25, prov.) 18. May (11) 19. Kuemper (26, prov.) 20. Schuchart (8) 21. Johnson (23) 22. Balog (15) 23. Kemenah (13) 24. Schuerenberg (20) 25. S. Kinser (9) 26. Crabtree (16)
Stewart led Bell and Madsen early in the 35-lapper. Madsen slid in front of Bell on lap four to take second. The first caution of the event came with eight laps in the books when Sides spun. The restart saw Stewart choose the inside line on the double-file restart, ahead of Madsen, Bell, McMahan and Pittman. McMahan quickly shot by Bell to third, while Schatz went from ninth to seventh. Kinser spun to bring out the yellow flag a lap later. Stewart again chose the inside line ahead of Madsen and McMahan. McMahan shot under Madsen on the restart to take over second. A lap later, Madsen would perform a 360 spin under green and lose several spots. Bell took over third. Schuerenberg slowed to bring out a caution on lap 19. Stewart had been running low, while McMahan had been finding some rubber through the middle on both ends. McMahan shot around the leader on the restart and pulled away. Meanwhile, Gravel took third form Bell. Schatz was on the move again as well, and took third from Gravel on lap 21. Kemenah brought out the yellow with a spin with ten to go. McMahan chose the outside line, and Stewart seized the opportunity on the restart sliding in front for the lead. His pass was negated when Johnson and Schuchart came together on the backstretch. The next restart was single-file, and McMahan was able to hold off the pack for the win. Henry was the hard-charger.