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Inflated: Terry McCarl’s Tire Call Nets Nodak Win
Terry McCarl
knows a thing or two about promoting races. For the past couple of seasons, he
has donned the promoter’s hat in his native state of
McCarl saved
the rubber on his Hoosier tires for a final charge to the checkered flag as he
drove to the
Dollansky jumped to an early lead in the Karavan Trailers Maxim before McCarl
busted into the top spot for a lap all the while
That put McCarl’s
After a race-long battle, Brooke Tatnell finally got by Joey Saldana at the
end. Tatnell’s Race Outfitter’s Eagle was scored
second when Dollansky’s car was disqualified, with
Saldana’s Mopar-powered Dodge/Curb Records JEI in third and Daryn Pittman’s
Titan Garages & Carports Maxim and Chad Kemenah’s
RacinSoles.com Eagle rounding out the top five.
McCarl who
qualified second on the night was ecstatic after climbing from his winning car.
He was happy to pick up the win not only for himself and his team, but also for
the fans who turned out in droves, and got to see an
exciting race, as the series visited the track for the first time ever.
“That was a
knock down, drag out race,” said McCarl. “We really needed this one, the team
needed it. It feels really good.”
Tatnell who
finished second was disappointed that he did not win, but he was also pleased
with the result knowing how grueling of a race it was. The native of San Souci, NSW,
“I thought
we were going to find the rubber before the lead three guys were,” Tatnell
said. “We had a hard race with Joey (Saldana). I had to run him hard to get him
out of line and basically run him out of tire. I knew
how hard we had to drive it. We didn’t have much tire left at the end.”
McCarl and
Dollansky had a very entertaining battle going for the lead that had the crowd
on their feet. After leading the first 20 laps, Dollansky relinquished the lead
to the hard charging McCarl coming off the fourth turn. The lead though for the
“We made a
little contact,” McCarl said. “He (Dollansky) apologized to me after
Since it was
the first ever visit to the track for the series, many of the teams were unsure
of what type of tires to put on their cars. McCarl and his team contemplated
this for most of the night, and in the end chose the right one for the feature.
“I went with
a little harder tire than Donny (Schatz) and Craig (Dollansky),” said McCarl.
“I was a little loose at the beginning. I had to give up a little at the start,
which is real difficult as a driver. Once the track came to us, I knew we had a
really good car. Donny got by me and then I got back by him, and then got
Craig, but Donny got us while we were battling. I was still on his bumper and
just waiting for traffic. I think we had something for him, unfortunately he
didn’t make it to the end.”
McCarl knew that Schatz would be on a mission in the feature,
after starting 14th. He enjoyed the battles he had with the hometown
hero, until a flat tire took forced the reigning Knoxville Nationals winner, to
the work area.
“Donny
Schatz, he is on a tear,” said McCarl. “He has a great team and is a great guy,
and I am so proud of him winning the Nationals. They really deserved it.
Tonight he had the fastest car early, and we were lucky enough to finish.”
The win
could not have come at a better time for McCarl. Still healing from a severely
broken left leg suffered earlier this season at Sharon Speedway, he and he team
sat down before heading to the Dakota’s to discuss where they were at. Never
one to hold back, McCarl rallied the troops and lifted everyone’s spirits with
his energetic optimism, and that showed on Saturday night as he claimed the
$10,000 win.
“I came back
from the broken leg and was strong right out of the box,” McCarl said. “Then a
week or so before the (
Tatnell
continues to rack up top-five finishes, as he sits fifth in series points. With
his runner-up showing on Saturday night, he now has 21 top-fives on the year,
second only to Schatz. He was fast all night long, qualifying in the top-ten
and also making the dash, where earned the sixth starting spot in the
A-Feature.
“It’s a
second again,” said Tatnell. “We’re consistent, but we just need to be winning
some more races.”
Saldana
lined up third for the race, and darted to the second spot on the first lap,
with a strong pass of McCarl. The Brownsburg, Ind., native slipped back to
fourth on the 12th lap, but regained the spot on the lap-29 caution
for Schatz’s flat tire. He mirrored McCarl for most of the time looking for any
opening he could.
“We put too
soft of a tire on, but I felt pretty good,” said Saldana. “Terry (McCarl) was
racing pretty hard tonight. We were just hanging on when the rubber came down.
It’s good come home third.”
Saldana
earned five bonus points in the night, as he was the fastest qualifier of the
30 cars on-hand, setting a new track record in the process. With the solid
finish, he now has 37 top-10 finishes, which is tops in the series. He was
relieved to finish the race, and is excited to head to the scenic Northwest to
Skagit (Wash.) Speedway this coming weekend. He won the last
“Last time I
was there, we won,” Saldana said. “I feel pretty confident going in there.
Willie (Kahne) and everybody have run Skagit. That is
where they grew up. Hopefully we can put in a good showing. Kasey
(Kahne) will be running a 360-sprint car there the
Wednesday after we are there. He may be there or he may not. Hopefully we can
put a good run in.”
Daryn
Pittman used a fast car and patience to work his way into the top-five on
Saturday night. He passed Chad Kemenah on the 11th lap, and then set
his sights on Tatnell. He moved into fifth at Schatz had his misfortune. At the
checkered flag, he was fifth, but was elevated one spot after Dollansky’s car came up light on the scales.
Pittman, who
was the first driver to congratulate McCarl on his win, was very happy with his
first visit to the high-banked track.
“This is an
awesome facility and a beautiful racetrack,” said Pittman of Owasso, Okla. “I
don’t think anybody thought it would lay rubber, honestly. That was a big shock
to everyone out there. They did a good job trying to re-work it. It just rubbered up real quick, and it was
hard on tires.”
Chad
Kemenah, who currently leads the battle for the Kevin Gobrecht
Rookie of the Year Award Presented by Maxim Racing and ButlerBuilt,
had a strong night from the time his crew unloaded his car, until the final
checkered flag flew. He qualified sixth and then backed that up with a fifth
place finish in the dash, the same place he would wind up after the 40-lap main
event.
“To come
home fifth is really good,” Kemenah said. “You don’t like to do that with the
misfortune of other people, like Craig (Dollansky) and Donny (Schatz). With the
luck we have been having this year, we’ll take them however we can get them.
We’re just lucky to finish and had just enough rubber on the tires to do that.”
Dion Hindi picked up his second straight
top-10 finish, backing up an eighth place finish at Black Hills Speedway on
Thursday with a solid sixth place run on Saturday night. The native of Albuquerque,
N.M. now has eight top-10 finishes on the season. The competitor in him though,
always wants to do better.
“I’m a
little frustrated with third, because I think we should have been third,” said
Hindi. “I had a couple cars passed early in the race before the rubber got
down. I just made a couple mistakes and got pushed over the banking a couple
times and a couple cars got back around me. On this racetrack, with the tire we
had on, I am just happy to finish. We started to take it easy on the thing,
just to make sure we finished. We have 24 or so races left to go, and hopefully
we’ll be in the top 10 in all of them.”
Wanting to
put on a good show for his loyal fans, Schatz gave it everything he had. Every
time he made a pass, a deafening roar went up from the crowd, which was a sea
of yellow with hats and shirts supporting their hometown driver. After some
quick work by his Ricky Warner led crew to change his tire, Schatz was able to
re-start and powered his way back to a respectable seventh place finish.
“We had a
great race car to come from 14th to the lead,” said Schatz. “Once we
got there, the game was to save tires. We ran over something and cut the tire.
It was just a matter of time before it went down. I could feel it going down.
To come back out and get back up a little ways, we are happy with that. Some
night’s are great and go your way and some don’t. We’ve had a lot go our way
this year, and tonight did not. We wanted to win it, but didn’t.”
Lou Kennedy Jr., who made the trip south from Canada
was eighth in the Shamrock Carpets Eagle, as Jason Martin’s NOS Energy
Drink/Mafia Motorsports Maxim and Bill Rose’s Durty
Country Motorsports Maxim completed the Top 10.
The
NODAK
SPEEDWAY NOTEBOOK
•
• QUALIFYING EVENT WINNERS: Heat race winners included: Jeremy Campbell,
Daryn Pittman, and Donny Schatz. … James Mosher won the B-Main. … Craig
Dollansky picked up the win in the dash.
• FEATURE WINNERS: There have been 14
different winners in 43 A-feature events to visit the RacinSoles
Victory Lane with the
• PRELIMINARY FEATURE WINNERS: There have been seven
preliminary features run this season by the
• 3/8-MILE WINNERS: Nodak Speedway is a 3/8-mile
high-banked oval. The
• ON
TELEVISION: The Outdoor Channel will air at 8 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday August
23, the finale of the PolyDome Princeton Nationals
from July 29. Outdoor Channel is available nationwide through the DISH Network
(Channel 153) and DIRECTV (Channel 606).
• ON THE WEB: The Official
• LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the series, they
can experience the excitement of the
• UP
• SPONSOR SUPPORT: The
Qualifying
1) Joey
Saldana, Kasey Kahne Racing
9, 13.663
2) Terry
McCarl, McCarl 24, 13.690
3) Craig Dollansky , Karavn 7, 13.748
4) Lou
Kennedy, Jr., Kennedy 21K, 13.822
5) Dion Hindi, Hindi 11D, 13.940
6) Chad Kemenah,
Kemenah 15K, 14.044
7) Randy
Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 14.097
8) Brooke
Tatnell, Rush Racing 8, 14.101
9) Casey
Mack, Titanium Racing 8M, 14.103
10)
11) James
Mosher, Mosher 12M, 14.192
12) Tim Mulvaney, Mulvaney 3, 14.206
13) Jeremy
Campbell, Campbell 10C, 14.245
14) Daryn
Pittman, Titan Racing USA 21, 14.246
15) Jason
Martin, Martin 36, 14.315
16) Donny
Schatz, Schatz 15, 14.357
17) Jac
Haudenschild, Wright 35, 14.366
18) Justin
Henderson, Oswalt D1, 14.379
19) Chris
Burke, Hildemyr 81, 14.483
20) Bill
Rose, Rose 6, 14.599
21) Becca Anderson, Woodring 19, 14.734
22) Greg Nikitenko, Kennedy 6N, 14.780
23) Kyle Fedyk, Fedyk 91, 15.073
24) Chris Shirek, Shirek 1, 15.207
25) Nick Shirek, Shirek 11P, 15.500
26) Shane Romeling, Romeling 31, 15.627
27) Brendan
Wilde, Wilde 35W, 15.836
28)
29) Kevin
Lawson, Lawson 20, 15.992
30) Stan
Mayer, Mayer 44, 16.745
First
Heat Race (10 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Jeremy
Campbell
2) Randy
Hannagan
3) Justin
Henderson
4) Chad
Kemenah
5) Joey
Saldana
6) Chris
Burke
7)
8) Nick Shirek
9) Tim Mulvaney
10) Greg Nikitenko (DNS)
Second
Heat Race (10 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Daryn
Pittman
2) Brooke
Tatnell
3) Jac
Haudenschild
4) Terry
McCarl
5) Dion Hindi
6) Bill Rose
7) Shane Romeling
8) James
Mosher
9) Kyle Fedyk
10) Kevin
Lawson
Third
Heat Race (10 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Donny
Schatz
2) Jason
Martin
3) Craig
Dollansky
4) Casey
Mack
5) Lou
Kennedy, Jr.
6) Becca Anderson
7)
8) Chris Shirek
9) Brendan
Wilde
10) Stan
Mayer
Dash (8
laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature)
1) Craig
Dollansky
2) Terry McCarl
3) Joey
Saldana
4) Lou
Kennedy, Jr.
5)
6) Brooke
Tatnell
7) Randy
Hannagan
8) Dion Hindi
9) Jeremy
Campbell
10) Casey
Mack
B-main
(12 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) James
Mosher
2) Greg Nikitenko
3) Chris Shirek
4) Nick Shirek
5) Kyle Fedyk
6)
7) Brendan
Wilde [$200]
8)
9) Stan
Mayer [$175]
10) Shane Romeling [$160]
11) Kevin
Lawson [$150]
12) Tim Mulvaney (DNS) [$150]
A-main
(40 laps)
1) Terry
McCarl [$10,000]
2) Brooke
Tatnell [$5,500]
3) Joey
Saldana [$3,200]
4) Daryn
Pittman [$2,800]
5)
6) Dion Hindi [$2,300]
7) Donny
Schatz [$2,200]
8) Lou
Kennedy, Jr. [$2,100]
9) Jason
Martin [$2,050]
10) Bill
Rose [$2,000]
11) Jac
Haudenschild [$1,500]
12) Randy
Hannagan [$1,200]
13) Jeremy
Campbell [$1,100]
14) Becca Anderson [$1,050]
15) James
Mosher [$1,000]
16) Casey
Mack [$900]
17) Justin
Henderson [$800]
18) Chris Shirek [$800]
19) Kyle Fedyk [$800]
20)
21) Chris
Burke [$800]
22) Greg Nikitenko [$800]
23) Nick Shirek [$800]
24) Craig
Dollansky (scored 24th after failing to meet the minimum weight requirement
after the A-feature) [$800]
Lap
leaders: Craig
Dollansky 1-20; Terry McCarl 21, 29-40; Donny Schatz 22-28
Driver / Driver Pts. /
Team Pts. / $ / Team
Diff. / Wins / Top 5
/ Top 10
1
/ Donny Schatz / 6333 / 6333 /
$278,950 / 0 / 12 / 31 / 36
2
/ Joey Saldana / 6068 / 6068 / $220,500
/ -265 / 7 / 21 / 37
3
/ Craig Dollansky / 5990 / 5990 /
$161,610 / -343 / 4 / 21 / 35
4
/ Daryn Pittman / 5955 / 5955 /
$164,450 / -378 / 3 / 21 / 32
5
/ Brooke Tatnell / 5904 / 5904 /
$150,450 / -429 / 3 / 22 / 31
6
/ Jac Haudenschild / 5807 / 5807 /
$134,350 / -526 / 4 / 15 / 31
7
/ Chad Kemenah / 5569 / 5569 /
$93,750 / -764 / 1 / 9 / 22
8
/ Jeremy Campbell / 5167 / 5167 /
$66,160 / -1166 / 0 / 2 / 13
9
/ Justin Henderson / 5095 / 5095 /
$55,230 / -1238 / 0 / 1 / 10
10
/ Terry McCarl / 5060 / 5884 /
$147,550 / -449 / 3 / 19 / 32
11
/ Randy Hannagan / 4987 / 5346 /
$69,460 / -987 / 0 / 7 / 15
12
/ Dion Hindi / 4494 /
4494 / $40,505 / -1839 / 0 /
0 / 8
13
/ Becca Anderson / 4220
/ 4220 / $29,695 / -2113 / 0
/ 0 / 4
14
/ Jason Martin / 4138 / 4841 /
$45,240 / -1492 / 0 / 2 / 5
15
/
16
/ Bill Rose / 3768 / 3768 /
$24,075 / -2565 / 0 / 0 / 1
17
/ Greg Wilson / 2671 / 2671 /
$27,980 / -3662 / 0 / 1 / 6
18
/ Jason Solwold / 2408
/ 2408 / $47,700 / -3925 / 0
/ 7 / 11
19
/ Danny Smith / 2141 / 2141 /
$21,850 / -4192 / 0 / 0 / 2
20
/ Danny Lasoski / 2075 / 2075 /
$52,350 / -4258 / 1 / 8 / 11
STAT
ATTACK, through August 19 at Nodak Speedway
There have
been 43
A-Feature
winners (14 different drivers) Rank - Driver, Hometown - Wins
1 -
#15 Donny Schatz,
2 - #9 Joey Saldana,
3 - #7
Craig Dollansky,
#35 Jac Haudenschild,
#21 Daryn Pittman,
#8 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW,
7 –#24
Terry McCarl,
#5 Sammy Swindell,
9 -
#24
#15K
#83 Danny Lasoski,
#20 Paul McMahan,
#22 Fred Rahmer,
#1 Kevin Swindell,
Deepest
starting position to win A-feature Car, driver, hometown - Starting position
#15
Donny Schatz,
Preliminary
Feature winners (6)
1 - #21
Daryn Pittman,
2 - #5 Sammy
Swindell,
#22 Fred Rahmer,
#15 Donny Schatz,
#24 Terry McCarl,
#7 Craig Dollansky,
Lap
leaders, including A-features and preliminary features Car, driver, hometown -
Total laps led (20 different drivers have led a lap)
#15
Donny Schatz,
#9
Joey Saldana,
#21
Daryn Pittman,
#7
Craig Dollansky,
#8
Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW,
#35
Jac Haudenschild,
#5
Sammy Swindell,
#24
Terry McCarl,
#83
Danny Lasoski,
#20
Paul McMahan,
#2L Ed
Lynch Jr., Apollo,
#22
Fred Rahmer,
#1
Kevin Swindell,
#24
#5
Tyler Walker,
#15K
#2
Dale Blaney,
#10C
Jeremy Campbell,
#17G
#36
Rob Chaney,
#10
Time
trial leaders (23 different drivers) Rank - Driver, Hometown - Quick times
1 – #15
Donny Schatz,
2 - #24
Terry McCarl,
#8 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW,
4 – #7 Craig
Dollansky,
#35 Jac Haudenschild,
#9 Joey Saldana,
#R19 Jason Solwold,
8 - #11D Dion Hindi,
#1X Randy Hannagan, San Jose – 2
#D1 Justin Henderson,
#15K
#20 Paul McMahan,
#24 Sammy Swindell,
#25 Lance Dewease,
#1X Randy Hannagan, San Jose - 1
#9K Craig Keel,
#4K Kelly Kinser,
#83 Danny Lasoski,
#2L Ed Lynch Jr.,
#21 Daryn Pittman,
#19S Stevie Smith, New
#5 Tyler Walker,
Track
records established in 2006
* Terry
McCarl, March 4, United Sports Arizona Race Park (3/8-mile), Tucson, Ariz.,
13.127 seconds at 102.481 mph.
* Paul
McMahan, May 5, U.S. 36 Raceway (3/8-mile), Osborn, Mo., 9.846 seconds at
135.36 mph.
*
Joey Saldana August 19, Nodak Speedway (3/8-mile),
* Donny Schatz, May 29, Orange County Fair Speedway (5/8-mile),
Dash
Winners (26 different winners)*
Rank -
Driver, Hometown - Dash Wins
1 – #7 Craig
Dollansky,
#35 Jac Haudenschild,
#21 Daryn Pittman,
#8 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW,
5 – #24 Terry
McCarl,
#15 Donny Schatz,
7 - #22 Fred
Rahmer,
#83 Danny Lasoski,
#9 Joey Saldana,
#R19 Jason Solwold,
#1 Kevin Swimdell,
#5 Sammy Swindell,
#5 Tyler Walker,
15 -#17G
#19 Becca Anderson,
#2 Dale Blaney,
#10C Jeremy Campbell,
#1X Randy Hannagan, San Jose - 1
#45x Johnny Herrera,
#11D Dion Hindi, Albuquerque - 1
#24
#15K
#11 Kraig Kinser,
#12
#20 Paul McMahan,
*-Single 10-car dash started on
May 20. Previously there had been two six-car dashes for single-day events.
Pole
Positions (22 different drivers)
Rank -
Driver, Hometown - Poles
1 – #7 Craig
Dollansky,
#8 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW,
3 - #15
Donny Schatz,
#21 Daryn Pittman,
5 - #35 Jac Haudenschild,
6 - #24
Terry McCarl,
7 – #9 Joey
Saldana,
#5 Sammy Swindell,
#22 Fred Rahmer,
#R19 Jason Solwold,
#1 Kevin Swindell,
12-#17G
#2 Dale Blaney,
#10C Jeremy Campbell,
#36 Rob Chaney,
#1X Randy Hannagan, San Jose - 1
#45x Johnny Herrera,
#11D Dion Hindi, Albuquerque - 1
#24
#15K
#11 Kraig Kinser,
#5 Tyler Walker,
B-main
Winners (32 different winners)
Rank -
Driver, Hometown - "B" Wins
1 - #15K
2 - #24
Terry McCarl,
#15 Donny Schatz,
#7 Craig Dollansky,
#11D Dion Hindi,
#36 Jason Martin, Liberal, KS - 2
#20 Paul McMahan,
#21 Daryn Pittman,
#4J Jeff Shepard, Upperco, Md. - 1
#1 Kevin Swindell,
#97 Aaron Berryhill,
#2B Dale Blaney,
#5B
#21X
#25 Lance Dewease,
#44G Kaley Gharst,
#1X Randy Hannagan, San Jose - 1
#35 Jac Haudenschild,
#D1 Justin Henderson,
#24
#9K Craig Keel,
#2L Ed Lynch Jr., Apollo,
#12M James, Mosher,
#44 Ned Powers,
#9 Joey Saldana,
#79 Davey Sammons,
#19S Stevie Smith, New
#R19 Jason Solwold,
#24 Sammy Swindell,
#20W Greg Wilson,
#9W Gary Wright, Hooks,
Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award Presented by Maxim Racing
and ButlerBuilt
Jeremy
Campbell / 5167 / -402
Justin
Henderson / 5095 / -474
Becca Anderson /
4220 / -1349
Jason Martin
/ 4138 / -1431