9/16/14
Kokomo Speedway
Kokomo, IN
WoO
38 cars
The track was tacky and rough after rains the previous day. Several wheelstands in hot laps. Kokomo never disappoints.
Cody Darrah (20th car to time) set quick time at 11.050 seconds, exactly one-tenth of a second off Sammy Swindell’s two year old record at the ¼-mile. Joey Saldana (35th car out) was second quick, followed by Brad Sweet (24th), Donny Schatz (7th), Daryn Pittman (13th), Shane Stewart (36th), Jac Haudenschild (25th), Rico Abreu (9th), Lucas Wolfe (19th) and Dale Blaney (34th). Quentin Blonde got up on one wheel and saved it in turn one. When he got back on it, the front rose again and he flipped. He was done for the night.
Heat one (started): 1. Kerry Madsen 29 (1) 2. Cody Darrah 4 (4) 3. Lucas Wolfe 5w (2) 4. Daryn Pittman 9 (3) 5. Steve Kinser 11 (5) / 6. Logan Schuchart 1s (8) 7. Kody Kinser 4K (7) 8. Mike Terry Jr. 85 (9) 9. Dusty Williams 26 (10) 10. Christopher Bell 53 (6)
K. Madsen led Wolfe and Pittman on the first of ten laps. Bell was cruising in sixth behind S. Kinser when the King came up the track to lap Williams. Bell attempted a pass on the high side, but was clipped by Kinser and went pitside. Madsen held onto the win and a Dash spot.
Heat two (started): 1. Dale Blaney 14K (2) 2. Bryan Clauson 71x (1) 3. Shane Stewart 2 (3) 4. Joey Saldana 71m (4) 5. Paul McMahan 51 (5) / 6. Brady Bacon 99 (6) 7. Kraig Kinser 11K (7) 8. Robert Ballou 12 (8) 9. Derek Hagar 9w (9) DNS – Quentin Blonde 5QB
Blaney dominated this one, winning going away. Clauson trailed the distance, while Stewart grabbed third from Saldana on lap five. Bacon appeared faster than McMahan, but couldn’t find a way by on a narrow track.
Heat three (started): 1. David Gravel 83 (1) 2. Tim Kaeding 59 (5) 3. Jac Haudenschild 71 (3) 4. Brad Sweet 49 (4) 5. Cale Thomas 91 (2) / 6. Dave Blaney 3G (6) 7. Wayne Johnson 77x (7) 8. Parker Price-Miller 9P (8) 9. Patrick Haynes 5H (9)
The first lap was a wild one. Sweet bicycled up turn two, dropping back to sixth. Kaeding went from fifth to second. Sweet fought back by W. Johnson who had grabbed fifth and Thomas for fourth by the checkers.
Heat four (started): 1. Donny Schatz 15 (4) 2. Sheldon Haudenschild 93 (2) 3. Rico Abreu 24 (3) 4. Gary Taylor 1st (5) 5. Jason Sides 7s (6) / 6. Danny Smith 4s (7) 7. Greg Wilson w20 (8) 8. Ian Madsen 18 (1) 9. Jacob Allen 1a (9)
Another wild start in this one. I. Madsen outdueled S. Haud side by side to lead lap one. The two hammered each other in turn two, with Madsen breaking a right rear shock. He restarted at the tail, while Allen retired. The restart saw S. Haud leading Schatz, Abreu, Taylor, and Smith. On lap four, Sides worked by Smith for the final transfer. The next lap, Schatz shot under S. Haud in turn four for the win.
C main (started): 1. Parker Price-Miller (1) 2. Greg Wilson (2) / 3. Derek Hagar (4) 4. Mike Terry Jr. (3) 5. Jacob Allen (6) 6. Patrick Haynes (5) DNS – Dusty Williams, Quentin Blonde
Price-Miller led the distance on his hometown track. Hagar passed Terry for third on lap three in his new ride for Destiny Motorsports.
Dash (started): 1. Kerry Madsen (2) 2. David Gravel (1) 3. Dale Blaney (4) 4. Donny Schatz (5) 5. Brad Sweet (6) 6. Daryn Pittman (3) 7. Cody Darrah (8) 8. Joey Saldana (7)
Madsen led the 6-lap distance. Pittman bicycled in turn one at the outset and lost three spots.
B main (started): 1. Christopher Bell (2) 2. Brady Bacon (3) 3. Ian Madsen (1) 4. Dave Blaney (4) / 5. Wayne Johnson (7) 6. Kraig Kinser (6) 7. Danny Smith (8) 8. Greg Wilson (10) 9. Parker Price-Miller (11) 10. Logan Schuchart (9) 11. Kody Kinser (5) DNS – Robert Ballou
Madsen led the 12-lapper early, followed by Bacon, Bell and Blaney. On lap three, Bacon used the low side to take the lead. Bell was on the move as well, moving into second on lap five. Dave Blaney was making his first start at Kokomo since 1996.
A main (started): 1. Donny Schatz (4) 2. Shane Stewart (9) 3. Dale Blaney (3) 4. David Gravel (2) 5. Kerry Madsen (1) 6. Rico Abreu (11) 7. Cody Darrah (7) 8. Paul McMahan (18) 9. Daryn Pittman (6) 10. Joey Saldana (8) 11. Christopher Bell (21) 12. Tim Kaeding (19) 13. Bryan Clauson (15) 14. Jason Sides (24) 15. Gary Taylor (20) 16. Sheldon Haudenschild (14) 17. Kraig Kinser (25, prov.) 18. Brad Sweet (5) 19. Steve Kinser (17) 20. Ian Madsen (16) 21. Jac Haudenschild (10) 22. Brady Bacon (22) 23. Lucas Wolfe (12) 24. Cale Thomas (13) 25. Dave Blaney (23)
K. Madsen led Gravel and Schatz early in the 40-lapper. With two laps in, I. Madsen spun after contact with Thomas. It negated a Schatz pass of Gravel for second. On the restart, Thomas did a 360 spin. Once green, Gravel shot off the rough cushion to pass K. Madsen for the lead. Schatz also took second from Madsen at that point. With four laps in, Bacon got into the turn two wall and slowed. He would change a tire in the work area and return. Gravel took the inside line on the double-file restart, ahead of Schatz, K. Madsen, Sweet and Dale Blaney. One more lap was in the books when Dave Blaney retired with ignition issues. Dale had moved by Sweet for fourth. On the restart, Schatz passed Gravel for the lead. Wolfe came top a stop with 13 laps in to bring another caution. Schatz led Gravel, K. Madsen, Blaney and Sweet at that point. Blaney shot into third on the restart. Three laps later, S. Haud spun. On that restart, J. Haud rode the wall in two and got stuck in the fence. He was done, but not injured in his first night in the Indy Race Parts #71. Teams made adjustments under an open red. On lap 19, Sweet worked by Blaney for third. Five laps later, Sweet would jump the cushion and spin. It would prove to be the final slowdown. Schatz led Gravel, Blaney, Stewart and K. Madsen at the time. Stewart caught fire and grabbed third and then second on laps 31 and 32. He would gain on Schatz, but couldn’t quite get there. Sweet spun in front of the leaders at the checkers with no harm done. Abreu was also a late charger, banging the cushion on the way, while McMahan was the race’s hard-charger.