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Kaeding sneaks by McMahan for
By
Steve
Kinser had already been honored quite a bit Friday, June 2 as the National Sprint
Tour raced at his home track of Bloomington Speedway in Bloomington, Ind.
Kinser’s
homecoming – 410 winged Sprints had not raced at the Kinser family’s home track
since 1999 – included a chance for Steve to run some laps with his dad,
Steve
Kinser got to celebrate his 52nd birthday in grand style, as the
winning car owner.
Only Kinser
wasn’t driving the winning entry.
Instead, it
was Tim Kaeding in the second Steve Kinser Racing car sneaking past Paul
McMahan in lapped traffic coming to the white flag for his fifth win in 11
races this year.
“I was
cruising, just trying to save my tires,” Kaeding said. “Lapped traffic can be a
blessing, but it can also hurt you sometimes. I feel bad taking a win away from
another Californian, but not too bad. You’ve got to take them when you can.
“I thought
we would be a top-five car,” added Kaeding, who extended his NST points lead
with the win. “I was way surprised. I knew we would be up front. I just kind of
held out and waited for the end. I didn’t want to burn off my tires.”
McMahan had
been stuck behind a back marker for a few laps, and tried to guess the right
away around. As it turned out, the high side wasn’t the way.
“It’s
racing,” said McMahan, who set fast time in qualifying at the ¼-mile track with
a lap of 9.72 seconds. “That’s just part of it. I followed that lapped car way
too long. The guy would enter the turn at the top, and be on the bottom on the
exit. I needed to squeeze him out of the way, but that’s not how I race.
“I wish I
could tell you how frustrating it is,” the runner-up added. “You can’t imagine.
Opportunities don’t come along too often, so you have to take advantage.”
McMahan
noted speed hasn’t been the issue with his Tony Stewart Motorsports team this year.
“We’ve been
fast, we just haven’t had luck,” he said. “This wasn’t bad luck. I just made a
mistake.”
Tim Shaffer
and McMahan battled side-by-side for the lead the first few laps before Shaffer
took the lead on lap 3. Shaffer held the lead until a near-collision with a
lapped car on lap 11 forced Shaffer off the outside cushion. By the time
Shaffer recovered, he was back to eighth and Danny Lasoski had the lead.
“It was bad
judgment,” Shaffer said of the near miss. “We had a good car, but we don’t have
anything to show for it. It’s frustrating. I wanted to get back up there, but
it’s hard to pass.”
Lasoski
held onto the lead until lap 23 of the 40-lap race, when McMahan got by.
Kaeding followed for second a lap later.
“We put on
way softer tires,” said Lasoski, who held on for third. “When I got the lead, I
burned off the tires. I could only run half-throttle or I would blow the
tires.”
At the end
it was Kaeding, McMahan, Lasoski, Shane Stewart and Jason Sides in the
top-five. Rounding out the top-10 were
Heat race
winners were Solwold, Kerry Madsen and Nick Smith. Dash winners were McMahan
and Shaffer.
For
Kaeding, the dream season continues.
“That’s way
too much for me to handle,” he said of the five wins. “To win almost half the
races is an unbelievable feeling.”
Kinser
wanted that feeling at his home track after the multitude of celebratory
events, but struggled all night.
“We just
didn’t get the job done,” Kinser said. “I would spin (the tires) all the way
out of the corners. That’s about as bad as we’re run all year.”
NST
RESULTS –
QUALIFYING
|
|
|
# |
|
First |
Last |
Owner |
Time |
|
1) |
|
20 |
|
PAUL |
McMAHAN |
Stewart |
9.720 |
|
2) |
|
7 |
S |
JASON |
SIDES |
Sides |
9.752 |
|
3) |
|
14 |
|
JASON |
MEYERS |
Stockbridge |
9.756 |
|
4) |
|
6 |
|
TIM |
SHAFFER |
Parsons |
9.758 |
|
5) |
|
83 |
|
DANNY |
LASOSKI |
Roth |
9.766 |
|
6) |
|
26 |
|
SHANE |
STEWART |
Rudeen |
9.783 |
|
7) |
R |
19 |
|
JASON |
SOLWOLD |
Carnahan |
9.785 |
|
8) |
|
28 |
|
BRIAN |
PAULUS |
P & P
Mtrsprts |
9.794 |
|
9) |
|
11 |
K |
TIM |
KAEDING |
Kinser |
9.844 |
|
10) |
|
4 |
K |
Kelly |
Kinser |
Kinser |
9.921 |
|
11) |
|
17 |
|
Matt |
Neely |
Neely |
9.944 |
|
12) |
|
6 |
N |
Nick |
Nabor |
Nabor |
9.952 |
|
13) |
|
1 |
|
Kevin |
Swindell |
Swindell |
9.975 |
|
14) |
|
11 |
|
STEVE |
KINSER |
Kinser |
9.987 |
|
15) |
|
81 |
|
Nick |
Smith |
Mulvaney |
9.989 |
|
16) |
|
11 |
H |
LUCAS |
WOLFE |
Helm |
10.036 |
|
17) |
|
55 |
|
Kerry |
Madsen |
Ver Meer |
10.086 |
|
18) |
|
4 |
B |
Tom |
Busch |
Busch |
10.091 |
|
19) |
|
70 |
|
Kevin |
Huntley |
|
10.098 |
|
20) |
|
5 |
H |
Patrick |
Haynes |
Haynes |
10.234 |
|
21) |
|
5 |
|
Kevin |
Briscoe |
Briscoe |
10.276 |
|
22) |
|
4 |
N |
Neil |
Shepherd |
Shepherd |
10.307 |
|
23) |
|
1 |
H |
Kyle |
Cummins |
Harpe |
10.331 |
|
24) |
|
36 |
|
Brady |
Short |
Short |
10.338 |
|
25) |
|
29 |
|
Eddie |
Lynch |
Lynch |
10.353 |
|
26) |
|
5 |
J |
Joss |
Moffatt |
Moffatt |
10.633 |
|
27) |
|
48 |
|
Ty |
Deckard |
Deckard |
10.752 |
|
28) |
|
44 |
|
Eric |
Edwards |
Edwards |
11.579 |
HEAT 1 -
10 LAPS (TOP 6 TRANSFER TO A-MAIN)
|
|
First |
Last |
|
1) |
JASON |
SOLWOLD |
|
2) |
LUCAS |
WOLFE |
|
3) |
Kevin |
Swindell |
|
4) |
TIM |
SHAFFER |
|
5) |
PAUL |
McMAHAN |
|
6) |
Kelly |
Kinser |
|
7) |
Eddie |
Lynch |
|
8) |
Neil |
Shepherd |
|
9) |
Eric |
Edwards |
|
10) |
Kevin |
Huntley |
HEAT 2
|
1) |
Kerry |
Madsen |
|
2) |
DANNY |
LASOSKI |
|
3) |
STEVE |
KINSER |
|
4) |
JASON |
SIDES |
|
5) |
Kyle |
Cummins |
|
6) |
BRIAN |
PAULUS |
|
7) |
Patrick |
Haynes |
|
8) |
Joss |
Moffatt |
|
9) |
Matt |
Neely |
HEAT 3
|
1) |
Nick |
Smith |
|
2) |
TIM |
KAEDING |
|
3) |
SHANE |
STEWART |
|
4) |
Tom |
Busch |
|
5) |
JASON |
MEYERS |
|
6) |
Kevin |
Briscoe |
|
7) |
Ty |
Deckard |
|
8) |
Brady |
Short |
|
9) |
Nick |
Naber |
|
DASH 1
- 6 LAPS |
||
|
|
First |
Last |
|
1) |
PAUL |
McMAHAN |
|
2) |
DANNY |
LASOSKI |
|
3) |
TIM |
KAEDING |
|
4) |
Kevin |
Swindell |
|
5) |
JASON |
MEYERS |
|
6) |
JASON |
SOLWOLD |
|
|
|
|
|
DASH 2
- 6 LAPS |
||
|
|
First |
Last |
|
1) |
TIM |
SHAFFER |
|
2) |
SHANE |
STEWART |
|
3) |
STEVE |
KINSER |
|
4) |
JASON |
SIDES |
|
5) |
BRIAN |
PAULUS |
|
6) |
Kelly |
Kinser |
B-MAIN -
12 LAPS (TOP 6 TRANSFER TO A-MAIN)
|
1) |
Kevin |
Huntley |
|
2) |
Brady |
Short |
|
3) |
Neil |
Shepherd |
|
4) |
Nick |
Naber |
|
5) |
Matt |
Neely |
|
6) |
Ty |
Deckard |
|
7) |
Eddie |
Lynch |
|
8) |
Eric |
Edwards |
|
9) |
Joss |
Moffatt |
|
10) |
Patrick |
Haynes |
A-MAIN
40 LAPS [STARTED] [$]
|
1) |
TIM |
KAEDING |
[5] |
[$10,000] |
|
2) |
PAUL |
McMAHAN |
[1] |
[$5,500] |
|
3) |
DANNY |
LASOSKI |
[3] |
[$3,200] |
|
4) |
SHANE |
STEWART |
[4] |
[$2,800] |
|
5) |
JASON |
SIDES |
[8] |
[$2,500] |
|
6) |
JASON |
MEYERS |
[9] |
[$2,300] |
|
7) |
JASON |
SOLWOLD |
[11] |
[$2,200] |
|
8) |
STEVE |
KINSER |
[6] |
[$2,100] |
|
9) |
TIM |
SHAFFER |
[2] |
[$2,050] |
|
10) |
Kevin |
Swindell |
[7] |
[$2,000] |
|
11) |
BRIAN |
PAULUS |
[10] |
[$1,500] |
|
12) |
Kerry |
Madsen |
[17] |
[$1,200] |
|
13) |
Nick |
Smith |
[15] |
[$1,100] |
|
14) |
LUCAS |
WOLFE |
[16] |
[$1,050] |
|
15) |
Kevin |
Huntley |
[19] |
[$1,000] |
|
16) |
Kelly |
Kinser |
[12] |
[$1,000] |
|
17) |
Kyle |
Cummins |
[22] |
[$1,000] |
|
18) |
Neil |
Shepherd |
[21] |
[$1,000] |
|
19) |
Ty |
Deckard |
[24] |
[$1,000] |
|
20) |
Brady |
Short |
[23] |
[$1,000] |
|
21) |
Matt |
Neely |
[13] |
[$1,000] |
|
22) |
Tom |
Busch |
[18] |
[$1,000] |
|
23) |
Nick |
Nabor |
[14] |
[$1,000] |
|
24) |
Kevin |
Briscoe |
[20] |
[$1,000] |
Laps
lead: Paul McMahan 1-2, Tim Shaffer 3-10, Danny Lasoski 11-22,
Paul McMahan 23-38, Tim Kaeding 3-40