6/5/13
Kokomo Speedway
Kokomo, IN
WoO
43 cars
Sammy Swindell (6th car out to time) set quick time at 11.079 seconds. Brad Sweet (9th car out) was second quick, followed by Cody Darrah (5th), Shane Stewart (22nd), Tony Stewart (8th), Jason Sides (16th), Tim Kaeding (38th), Gary Thomas (1st), Donny Schatz (3rd) and Craig Dollansky (11th). The track went away quick, making an early pill draw advantageous. Kody Kinser scratched before time trials. Chad Kemenah had motor issues, and didn't make it out for his heat either.
Heat one (started): 1. Wayne Johnson 77x (1) 2. Tony Stewart 14 (3) 3. Donny Schatz 15 (2) 4. Joey Saldana 71m (6) 5. Brandon Wimmer 9w (7) / 6. Swindell 1 (4) 7. David Gravel 6 (5) 8. Paul May 71mx (8) 9. Stuart Williams 46 (10) 10. Miranda Throckmorton 22T (11) 11. Paige Polyak 27P (9)
Johnson took the early lead in the 10-lapper over Stewart and Schatz. Polyak got into the wall with two laps in the books. Saldana and Gravel had been battling for the fifth and final transfer spot. On the restart, Wimmer jumped from row four by Gravel and Swindell for fifth. Saldana also shot by Swindell for fourth. After the checkers, Wimmer lost a stop and backed it into the wall. He had to pull down a back-up car and start last in the feature.
Heat two (started): 1. Dollansky 7 (2) 2. Sides (3) 3. Sweet 49 (4) 4. Kerry Madsen 29 (5) 5. Steve Kinser 11 (6) / 6. Sam Hafertepe Jr. 97 (8) 7. Jacob Allen 1a (10) 8. Patrick Haynes 5H (9) 9. Greg Wilson w20 (1) 10. Parker Price-Miller 9P (7) DNS - Chad Kemenah 63
Dollansky shot out to the early lead over Wilson and Sides. With six laps in, Price-Miller turned over in turn one. He was uninjured. Kinser tried splitting Madsen and Wilson, who he contacted for a transfer. Wilson went off on the hook.
Heat three (started): 1. Kaeding 83 (3) 2. Kraig Kinser 11K (6) 3. Daryn Pittman 9 (1) 4. Dale Blaney 2 (2) 5. Darrah 4 (4) / 6. Logan Schuchart 1s (5) 7. Bryan Sebetto 71 (8) 8. Jimmy Light 23 (9) 9. Greg Dalman 81 (10) 10. Cole Duncan 22 (7) DNS - Kody Kinser 4m
Pittman led early. Duncan was fighting with K. Kinser for the final transfer when he hit the wall in turn one and flipped. He was o.k. Kaeding and Blaney had been fighting for second. Kaeding used the restart to shoot by Pittman for the win. K. Kinser followed suit to gain a spot in the Dash.
Heat four (started): 1. Kyle Larson 1K (1) 2. S. Stewart 3G (4) 3. Paul McMahan 51 (5) 4. Casey Shuman 21x (9) 5. Bill Rose 6R (7) / 6. Taylor 40 (3) 7. AJ Martin 70 (10) 8. Jac Haudenschild 59 (2) 9. Danny Smith 4s (6) 10. Wes McIntyre 83m (8)
Larson led early over Taylor. S. Stewart was short on a slide attempt, knocking Taylor's nose wing off and bringing a yellow. Larson led Haudenschild, S. Stewart, Taylor, McMahan and Shuman back to green. With five laps in, Haudenschild spun, collecting Taylor. He spun again after the restart and was sent pitside. S. Stewart grabbed Larson's lead, but Larson passed him back on the last lap in a great race.
C main (started): 1. Light (1) 2. Allen (3) / 3. Dalman (4) 4. Williams (2) 5. Kemenah (5) 6. Throckmorton (6) 7. Martin (5)
Rather uneventful race that saw Light lead the 10-lap distance.
Dash (started): 1. Kaeding (1) 2. Sides (2) 3. Larson (9) 4. S. Stewart (4) 5. T. Stewart (3) 6. Dollansky (7) 7. K. Kinser (10) 8. Sweet (6) 9. Darrah (5) 10. Johnson (8)
Sides led early, but Kaeding dogged him throughout the 8-lapper riding the wall. Larson worked his way up to third, setting up an entertaining feature.
B main (started): 1. Gravel (3) 2. Smith (5) 3. Haudenschild (1) 4. Wilson (4) / 5. Taylor (2) 6. Hafertepe (7) 7. Schuchart (6) 8. Sebetto (10) 9. Light (11) 10. May (8) 11. McIntyre (9) 12. Allen (12) DNS - Swindell, Haynes
Swindell had mechanical ills and was unable to start. He was out of provisionals and done for the night. Gravel shot around Haudenschild to the lead and went the 12-lap distance. The only slowdown came for a McIntyre spin that collected Light with nine in the books. The battle for third through sixth had been intense.
A main (started): 1. Kaeding (1) 2. S. Stewart (4) 3. Wilson (14) 4. Darrah (9) 5. Pittman (15) 6. Johnson (10) 7. T. Stewart (5) 8. K. Kinser 11K (7) 9. Schatz (11) 10. Dollansky (6) 11. McMahan (18) 12. Sweet (8) 13. Sides (2) 14. Gravel (16) 15. S. Kinser (20) 16. Blaney (12) 17. Wimmer (24) 18. Smith (21) 19. Larson (3) 20. Kemenah (25, pr.) 21. Shuman (23) 22. Rose (22) 23. Haudenschild (13) 24. Madsen (17) 25. Saldana (19)
Sweet spun before a lap could be completed in the 40-lapper. Four leaders in the first four laps went Kaeding, Sides, Kaeding and then S. Stewart. Ten laps in,S. Stewart led Kaeding, Larson, T. Stewart and K. Kinser. Kaeding shot by S. Stewart to complete lap 12, before Sides lost a right rear tire. Larson was now pressuring S. Stewart and took second. With 19 laps in, Madsen flipped hard on the backstretch. He wasn't hurt. Larson slid Kaeding for the lead on the restart and S. Stewart shot to second. Haudenschild went up in smoke on lap 26. Larson maintained his lead and looked like he may hold off Kaeding when he tangled with the lapped car of Rose on lap 32. Kaeding held off S. Stewart for the $6,000 win.