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Madsen Wins World of Outlaws ‘Down Under’ Opener By Richard Day GRANVILLE, NSW, AU (January 8) – Kerry Madsen ran the race of his life to beat O’Reilly World of Outlaws champions Steve Kinser and Sammy Swindell under the checkered flag in the Preliminary Feature at Parramatta City Raceway Thursday on opening night of the historic Outlaws ‘Down Under’ event. Madsen, who ranked second in the Knoxville Raceway point standings last season, passed pole-sitter Donny Schatz for the lead and held off the sprint car racing legends for the $5,000 first prize. "This win is as special as anything I have ever done," the emotional Madsen yelled to the partisan crowd from victory lane. "To join these two guys (Kinser and Swindell) on the podium as a winner is something I will cherish forever." Madsen paced the qualifying session of the second preliminary program at the 43rd Annual Knoxville Nationals last August, won the "B" Feature and raced past 14 cars to finish seventh in the evening’s main event. Kinser, who claimed his 18th O’Reilly World of Outlaws Series championship two months ago, had nothing but praise for "Mad Man" Madsen.

"I have said it before about Kerry; he is a fine talent and he did a great job tonight," Kinser said. "I was not completely happy with the car, but there are still two days of racing to go and that was a nice start. Full credit to Kerry and we will keep working at it from here."

Swindell, who secured third place with a daring move past Schatz, Daryn Pittman and Troy Little through the first and second corners late in the race, was happy with his opening-night performance. "We had a bit of clay in the left rear and the right rear tire was going flat, too, but I’m happy with this racecar and this is a good start to the next couple of days," the three-time O’Reilly World of Outlaws Series champion said. "It was hard with some heavy lapped traffic on the bottom but we got through better toward the end."

Madsen also drove the #A1 Bikebiz Yamaha Cool to victory from outside the second row in the First Heat Race. Schatz, Craig Dollansky and Joey Saldana won the other Heat Races. Schatz and Saldana, who finished 1-2 in last week’s $50,000-to-win International Event at Parramatta City Raceway, won Thursday’s Dash Races for the right to start the Preliminary Feature on the front row. Schatz, who won the First Dash Race from outside the third row, held off Saldana during the race’s early stages.

Saldana spun late and eventually finished 15th. Schatz finished the Preliminary Feature in fourth place, ahead of Pittman, Little, Trevor Green, Jason Sides, Dennis Moore, Jr., and 15th-starting Adrian Maher. Jason Meyers raced past 13 cars to finish 11th. Jason Sides paced the qualifying session with a lap of 135.36 kilometers per hour. WoO

2004 O’Reilly World of Outlaws Series Inaugural Outlaws "Down Under" Event Parramatta City Raceway, Granville, NSW, AU

Thursday, January 8, First Preliminary Program

Qualifying: 1. U7s - Jason Sides - 12.234 (3) 135.36km/h; 2. U7T - Tim Kaeding - 12.3 (5) 134.63km/h; 3. U11h - Paul McMahan - 12.33131 (1) 134.29km/h; 4. U1 - Sammy Swindell - 12.405 (14) 133.49km/h; 5. N96 - Bruce White - 12.517 (2) 132.30km/h; 6. U11k - Kraig Kinser - 12.613 (15) 131.29km/h; 7. S4 - Trevor Green - 12.658 (22) 130.83km/h; 8. A1 - Kerry Madsen - 12.672 (24) 130.68km/h; 9. U9 - Jayme Barnes - 12.746 (9) 129.92km/h; 10. U0 - Dennis Moore Jr. - 12.751 (17) 129.87km/h; 11. U17 - Joey Saldana - 12.772 (42) 129.66km/h; 12. Q21 - Daryn Pittman - 12.8 (37) 129.38km/h; 13. U11 - Steve Kinser - 12.858 (38) 128.79km/h; 14. U15 - Donny Schatz - 12.86 (36) 128.77km/h; 15. Q54 - Richard Morgan - 12.893 (4) 128.44km/h; 16. U7 - Craig Dollansky - 12.939 (32) 127.99km/h; 17. N88 - Clay Laneyrie - 12.947 (7) 127.91km/h; 18. N54 - Grant Tunks - 12.959 (16) 127.79km/h; 19. N79 - John Hart - 12.995 (8) 127.43km/h; 20. N20 - Troy Little - 13 (20) 127.38km/h; 21. N4 - Mark Blyton - 13.014 (28) 127.25km/h; 22. U28 - Brian Paulus - 13.014 (34) 127.25km/h; 23. W30 - Ken Sartori - 13.023 (30) 127.16km/h; 24. N18 - Ian Loudoun - 13.056 (11) 126.84km/h; 25. U7w - Brandon Wimmer - 13.071 (23) 126.69km/h; 26. N10 - Adrian Maher - 13.149 (10) 125.94km/h; 27. N17 - Marty Perovich - 13.195 (26) 125.50km/h; 28. C26 - Jim Carter - 13.216 (35) 125.30km/h; 29. N50 - Martin Lawes - 13.218 (21) 125.28km/h; 30. N33 - Brett Loadsman - 13.268 (41) 124.81km/h; 31. N2 - Adam Clarke - 13.312 (43) 124.40km/h; 32. N11 - Craig Brady - 13.353 (33) 124.02km/h; 33. N45 - Matthew Thomas - 13.384 (8) 123.73km/h; 34. N22 - James Thompson - 13.664 (13) 121.19km/h; 35. N42 - Garry Rooke - 13.776 (29) 120.21km/h; 36. N65 - Shay Spranger - 13.781 (39) 120.17km/h; 37. V5 - Max Dumesny - 13.796 (2) 120.03km/h; 38. N53 - Kim Becker - 13.803 (25) 119.97km/h; 39. N47 - Adam Constable - 13.861 (19) 119.47km/h; 40. N25 - Kelly Linigen - 14.033 (31) 118.01km/h; 41. U1m - Jason Meyers - 14.078 (7) 117.63km/h; 42. Q74 - Brodie Tulloch - 14.079 (18) 117.62km/h; 43. W2 - Robbie Farr - 14.201 (4) 116.61km/h; 44. N99 - Rodney Maxwell - 14.202 (6) 116.60km/h; 45. N93 - Dick Thompson - 14.357 (40) 115.34km/h; 46. N8 - Brooke Tatnell - 14.719 (6) 112.51km/h; 47. NT4 - Danny Porter - 14.763 (3) 112.17km/h; 48. N76 - Chris Crane - 14.808 (27) 111.83km/h; 49. Q11 - Adam Tulloch - 14.838 (5) 111.61km/h; 50. N75 - Glen Saville - 16.298 (1) 101.61km/h; 51. T15 - Robin Dawkins - 17.236 (44) 96.08km/h; 52. N51 - Mark Richards, 53. U51 - Trevor Brilman, 54. Q65 - Sean Rose, 55. N7 - Lynton Jeffery, 56. N73 - Jeff Lawler, 57. N80 - Nathan Smee, 58. V90 - Paul Bastow, 59. V92 - Matthew Reed.

First Heat Race: 1. A1 - Kerry Madsen, 2. U7s - Jason Sides, 3. W30 - Ken Sartori, 4. U1m - Jason Meyers, 5. N88 - Clay Laneyrie, 6. V5 - Max Dumesny, 7. N50 - Martin Lawes, 8. N18 - Ian Loudoun, 9. N79 - John Hart, 10. N51 - Mark Richards, 11. N93 - Dick Thompson, 12. Q54 - Richard Morgan, 13. Q11 - Adam Tulloch. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)

Second Heat Race: 1. U15 - Donny Schatz, 2. U28 - Brian Paulus, 3. U7T - Tim Kaeding, 4. S4 - Trevor Green, 5. N10 - Adrian Maher, 6. U9 - Jayme Barnes, 7. N8 - Brooke Tatnell, 8. N33 - Brett Loadsman, 9. U7w - Brandon Wimmer, 10. N22 - James Thompson, 11. N53 - Kim Becker, 12. Q74 - Brodie Tulloch, 13. N75 - Glen Saville. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)

Third Heat Race: 1. U7 - Craig Dollansky, 2. U11 - Steve Kinser, 3. U11h - Paul McMahan, 4. U0 - Dennis Moore Jr., 5. N4 - Mark Blyton, 6. U11k - Kraig Kinser, 7. W2 - Robbie Farr, 8. N2 - Adam Clarke, 9. N42 - Garry Rooke, 10. N17 - Marty Perovich, 11. N47 - Adam Constable, 12. NT4 - Danny Porter, 13. N45 - Matthew Thomas, 14. U9 - Jayme Barnes. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)

Fourth Heat Race: 1. U17 - Joey Saldana, 2. Q21 - Daryn Pittman, 3. N20 - Troy Little, 4. U1 - Sammy Swindell, 5. N54 - Grant Tunks, 6. N96 - Bruce White, 7. N65 - Shay Spranger, 8. N25 - Kelly Linigen, 9. N99 - Rodney Maxwell, 10. N76 - Chris Crane, 11. N11 - Craig Brady, 12. C26 - Jim Carter. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)

First Dash Race: 1. U15 - Donny Schatz, 2. Q21 - Daryn Pittman, 3. S4 - Trevor Green, 4. U7s - Jason Sides, 5. U11h - Paul McMahan, 6. U0 - Dennis Moore Jr., 7. N54 - Grant Tunks, 8. N10 - Adrian Maher. (finish determined the inside starting positions in the first eight rows in the Preliminary Feature lineup)

Second Dash Race: 1. U17 - Joey Saldana, 2. A1 - Kerry Madsen, 3. U11 - Steve Kinser, 4. N20 - Troy Little, 5. U7T - Tim Kaeding, 6. N20 - Troy Little, 7. U1 - Sammy Swindell, 8. U7 - Craig Dollansky, 9. N88 - Clay Laneyrie. (finish determined the outside starting positions in the first eight rows in the Preliminary Feature lineup) C Feature: 1. Robbie Farr, Brooke Tatnell, 3. Kelly Linigen ($100); 4. Adam Constable ($80); 5. Kim Becker ($60); 6. Chris Crane ($50); 7. Brodie Tulloch ($40); 8. Adam Tulloch ($30); 9. Danny Porter ($25); 10. Matthew Thomas ($25); 11. Rodney Maxwell ($25); 12. Glen Saville ($25). (first two qualified for the "B" Feature)

B Feature: 1. Bruce White, 2. Kraig Kinser, 3. Jayme Barnes, 4. Ian Loudoun, 5. Brandon Wimmer ($150); 6. John Hart ($125); 7. Craig Brady ($100); 8. Max Dumesny ($75); 9. Robbie Farr ($80); 10. Marty Perovich ($50); 11. Shay Spranger ($40); 12. Adam Clarke ($40); 13. James Thompson ($40); 14. Martin Lawes ($40); 15. Brett Loadsman ($40); 16. Mark Richards ($40); 17. Brooke Tatnell ($60); 18. Garry Rooke ($40). (first four qualified for the Preliminary Feature)

Preliminary Feature: 1. Kerry Madsen [4] ($5,000); 2. Steve Kinser [6] ($3,000); 3. Sammy Swindell [12] ($2,500); 4. Donny Schatz [1] ($2,200); 5. Daryn Pittman [3] ($2,100); 6. Troy Little [10] ($2,000); 7. Trevor Green [5] ($1,800); 8. Jason Sides [7] ($1,600); 9. Dennis Moore, Jr. [11] ($1,500); 10. Adrian Maher [15] ($1,300); 11. Jason Meyers [24] ($1,200); 12. Paul McMahan [9] ($1,100); 13. Tim Kaeding [8] ($1,000); 14. Jayme Barnes [19] ($720); 15. Joey Saldana [2] ($600); 16. Craig Dollansky [14] ($600); 17. Mark Blyton [20] ($600); 18. Bruce White [17] ($620); 19. Kraig Kinser [18] ($620); 20. Ian Loudoun [23] ($620); 21. Grant Tunks [13] ($500); 22. Clay Laneyrie [16] ($500); 23. Ken Sartori [22] ($500); 24. Brian Paulus [21] ($500).

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