Cedar Lake Speedway
7/8/16
Cedar Lake Speedway
New Richmond, WI
WoO
34 cars
WoO
Rico Abreu (6th car (out to time) set quick time at 11.247 seconds. Daryn Pittman (4th car out) was second quick, followed by Donny Schatz (10th), Joey Saldana (23rd), Shane Stewart (9th), Jacob Allen (15th), Craig Dollansky (8th), Willie Croft (14th), Brian Brown (13th) and Logan Schuchart (7th). Brad Sweet had issues in hot laps and changed his motor. He would miss his qualifying spot and took one lap at the end.
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Heat one (started): 1. Abreu 24 (1) 2. Stewart 2 (2) 3. Brown 21 (3) 4. Danny Lasoski 2L (5) 5. Brad Sweet 49 (6) / 6. Travis Whitney 16 (7) 7. Dave Glennon 5G (8) 8. Davey Heskin 56N (4) 9. Clyde Knipp 13 (9)
Heats were 10 laps, takikng the top five to the A, and top two to the Dash. Brown shot by Stewart briefly on the first lap for a Dash spot, but Stewart was able to get him back. Abreu led the distance in a mostly single-file race.
Heat two (started): 1. Pittman 9 (1) 2. Schuchart 1s (2) 3. Jason Sides 7s (4) 4. Allen 1a (3) 5. Greg Wilson w20 (8) / 6. Dominic Scelzi 41x (5) 7. Paige Polyak 19 (7) 8. Dakota Hendrickson 10 (6) 9. Rob Caho Jr. 19L (9)
Pittman led the distance. Schuchart battled his teammate Allen for second on the first lap. Polyak grabbed fifth from Scelzi on lap three. Six laps in, Hendrickson flipped hard in turn two. He was uninjured. Polyak held the final transfer until stopping with two laps to go. Scelzi inherited the spot, but Wilson snuck under him on the restart.
Heat three (started): 1. Schatz 15 (1) 2. Dollansky 2KS (2) 3. Brooke Tatnell 55 (4) 4. David Gravel 5 (5) 5. Paul Nienhiser 9x (3) / 6. Jason Johnson 41 (7) 7. Thomas Kennedy 21K (6) 8. Leigh Thomas 29L (8)
J. Johnson changed a motor after qualifying. Schatz led flag to flag. J. Johnson slid up turn one and had to come from the back. Tatnell used his experience at Cedar Lake to hold off Gravel for third.
Heat four (started): 1. Saldana 83 (1) 2. Kerry Madsen 29 (4) 3. Croft 26 (2) 4. Ian Madsen 18 (6) 5. Bill Balog 17B (3) / 6. Paul McMahan 7 (5) 7. Tasker Phillips 7w (7) 8. Jared Goerges 9z (8)
Saldana led throughout. When Croft jumped the turn three cushion at the halfway point, K. Madsen jumped into the second Dash spot.
Dash (started): 1. Stewart (2) 2. Schuchart (1) 3. Saldana (3) 4. Schatz (4) 5. Pittman (5) 6. Abreu (6) 7. K. Madsen (8) 8. Dollansky (7)
Mostly an 8-lap parade.
B main (started): 1. Heskin (1) 2. Scelzi (2) 3. McMahan (3) 4. Polyak (7) / 5. J. Johnson (6) 6. Kennedy (5) 7. Whitney (4) 8. Caho (12) 9. Thomas (11) 10. Knipp (13) 11. Phillips (9) 12. Goerges (10) 13. Glennon (8) DNS – Hendrickson
Heskin led the 12-lapper early. Polyak and Kennedy traded the last transfer spot twice in the early going before Phillips rode the backstretch wall with three laps down. Knipp and Goerges came together after the restart, with Goerges going off on the hook. Polyak shot by Kennedy when he got sideways on lap seven and held down fourth.
A main (started): 1. Schuchart (2) 2. Schatz (4) 3. Saldana (3) 4. Stewart (1) 5. Abreu (6) 6. Dollansky (8) 7. Pittman (5) 8. Gravel (15) 9. Sweet (17) 10. Brown (9) 11. Croft (12) 12. McMahan (23) 13. I. Madsen (16) 14. Lasoski (13) 15. Tatnell (11) 16. Nienhiser (19) 17. Balog (20) 18. Wilson (18) 19. K. Madsen (7) 20. Polyak (24) 21. Allen (14) 22. Heskin (21) 23. Sides (10) 24. Scelzi (22)
The 35-lapper was staged with a “missing man” formation for Craig Keel. Schuchart led Stewart and Saldana early. On lap four, Saldana slid under Stewart for second. Scelzi slowed bringing out a caution with six laps down. The restart saw Schuchart choose the inside groove ahead of Saldana, Stewart, Schatz and Pittman. Saldana shot to the lead when the green fell, and Schatz moved into third. Schuchart was back all over Saldana for the lead. He finally found his way to the point again on lap 16. You could throw a blanket over the battle for second between Saldana, Schatz and Stewart. Schatz would take the spot on lap 23. Four laps later, K. Madsen was in the wall in turn four. Schuchart chose the inside line and used a good start to pull away from Schatz and score his first ever World of Outlaws win. McMahan was the hard-charger/