Saldana Wins At Volusia
Several cautions kept the pressure on Saldana to be perfect in the O’Reilly All Stars Circuit of Champions feature, and his Kasey Kahne Racing machine was up to the task. A year after 20 World of Outlaws main-event victories, Saldana has picked up right where he left off.
The victory is the third of Saldana’s career at Volusia Speedway Park. He also won in 2009 and 2006.
Dollansky held off Steve Kinser to finish second with Lucas Wolfe and Sam Hafertepe Jr. rounding out the top five. Tim Kaeding started last after a fuel issue before the green flag and charged to a ninth-place run.“We had a really good car all night,” said Saldana, of Brownsburg, Ind. “I was probably being too cautious with the lapped cars. This is only our second race of the year since I didn’t go to Australia in the off-season like I usually do. I was worried I wouldn’t know what to do.”On Friday, Saldana begins his quest to deliver a World of Outlaws championship to Kahne. Donny Schatz, the four-time defending Outlaws champion, finished 23
rd on Thursday night after losing a right front wheel on a restart with nine laps complete.The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series takes center stage on Friday at the DIRTcar Nationals By UNOH with the season-opening event. Gates open at 5 p.m. on Friday, with free fan pit passes also available once fans are in the gates. Check out
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Qualifying
1) 83JR-Tim Kaeding 14.187 2) 9-Joey Saldana 14.200 3) 7-Craig Dollansky 14.205 4) 22-Greg Hodnett 14.313 5) 15-Donny Schatz 14.331 6) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 14.336 7) 1-Stevie Smith 14.353 8) 6-Danny Lasoski 14.356 9) 14-Jason Meyers 14.363 10) 11K-Kraig Kinser 14.376 11) 11-Steve Kinser 14.381 12) 5W-Lucas Wolfe 14.396 13) 13-Paul McMahan 14.398 14) 49-Brad Sweet 14.429 15) 22E-Brian Ellenberger 14.481 16) 1J-Bronson Maeshen 14.505 17) 17-Daryn Pittman 14.511 18) 3C-Cale Conley 14.519 19) 97-Dean Jacobs 14.524 20) W20-Greg Wilson 14.569 21) 24-Terry McCarl 14.576 22) R19-Jac Haudenschild 14.598 23) 7M-Mark Smith 14.609 24) 91-Cody Darrah 14.634 25) 2-Dale Blaney 14.674 26) 30C-Lance Dewease 14.706 27) 83-Tim Shaffer 14.741 28) 39-Doug Esh 14.770 29) 63-Chad Kemenah 14.793 30) 51-Fred Rahmer 14.854 31) 11E-Mike Erdley 14.991 32) 6F-Bob Felmlee 15.048 33) 6R-Bill Rose 15.075 34) 89G-David Gravel 15.118 35) 12-Jared Ridge 15.150 36) 2B-Ben Gregg 15.181 37) O-Brandon Wimmer 15.302 38) O4-Cap Henry III 15.402 39) OS-Glenn Styres 15.552 40) 6W-Brad Wickham 16.803 41) 4B-Tom Busch 17.029
Heat 1 (8 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 24-Terry McCarl 2) 15-Donny Schatz 3) 13-Paul McMahan 4) 2-Dale Blaney 5) 83JR-Tim Kaeding 6) 14-Jason Meyers 7) 63-Chad Kemenah 8) 17-Daryn Pittman 9) O-Brandon Wimmer 10) 6R-Bill Rose 11) 4B-Tom Busch
Heat 2 (8 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 9-Joey Saldana 2) 3C-Cale Conley 3) R19-Jac Haudenschild 4) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 5) 49-Brad Sweet 6) 30C-Lance Dewease 7) 11K-Kraig Kinser 8) 51-Fred Rahmer 9) 89G-David Gravel 10) O4-Cap Henry III
Heat 3 (8 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 7M-Mark Smith 2) 1-Stevie Smith 3) 11-Steve Kinser 4) 7-Craig Dollansky 5) 97-Dean Jacobs 6) 22E-Brian Ellenberger 7) 83-Tim Shaffer 8) 11E-Mike Erdley 9) 12-Jared Ridge 10) OS-Glenn Styres
Heat 4 (8 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 5W-Lucas Wolfe 2) 22-Greg Hodnett 3) W20-Greg Wilson 4) 6-Danny Lasoski 5) 39-Doug Esh 6) 6F-Bob Felmlee 7) 91-Cody Darrah 8) 1J-Bronson Maeshen 9) 2B-Ben Gregg 10) 6W-Brad Wickham
Dash (6 laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature)
1) 7-Craig Dollansky 2) 22-Greg Hodnett 3) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 4) 83JR-Tim Kaeding 5) 9-Joey Saldana 6) 15-Donny Schatz 7) 1-Stevie Smith 8) 6-Danny Lasoski 9) 11-Steve Kinser 10) 5W-Lucas Wolfe
B-main (12 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 14-Jason Meyers 2) 22E-Brian Ellenberger 3) 30C-Lance Dewease 4) 11K-Kraig Kinser 5) 17-Daryn Pittman 6) 83-Tim Shaffer 7) 51-Fred Rahmer 8) 89G-David Gravel 9) 1J-Bronson Maeshen 10) 91-Cody Darrah 11) 6R-Bill Rose 12) 6F-Bob Felmlee 13) OS-Glenn Styres 14) 6W-Brad Wickham 15) 4B-Tom Busch 16) O-Brandon Wimmer 17) 11E-Mike Erdley 18) O4-Cap Henry III 19) 63-Chad Kemenah 20) 12-Jared Ridge 21) 2B-Ben Gregg
A-main (30 laps) - Starting Position [#]
1) 9-Joey Saldana[5] 2) 7-Craig Dollansky[1] 3) 11-Steve Kinser[9] 4) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[10] 5) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[3] 6) 1-Stevie Smith[7] 7) 6-Danny Lasoski[8] 8) 14-Jason Meyers[11] 9) 83JR-Tim Kaeding[4] 10) 2-Dale Blaney[22] 11) 13-Paul McMahan[13] 12) 49-Brad Sweet[14] 13) W20-Greg Wilson[18] 14) 11K-Kraig Kinser[12] 15) 3C-Cale Conley[16] 16) 24-Terry McCarl[19] 17) 22E-Brian Ellenberger[15] 18) R19-Jac Haudenschild[20] 19) 30C-Lance Dewease[23] 20) 7M-Mark Smith[21] 21) 39-Doug Esh[24] 22) 22-Greg Hodnett[2] 23) 15-Donny Schatz[6] 24) 97-Dean Jacobs[17]
Lap Leaders: Greg Hodnett 1, Joey Saldana 2-30
