Daryn Pittman Holds Off Donny Schatz
for World of
Outlaws Victory at Jackson Speedway
Sprint Series Public Relations
Director
Daryn Pittman raced into the lead on
the first lap
Friday night at Jackson Speedway and
held off
hard-charging Donny Schatz as they
came to the
checkered flag to win his fourth
Sprint Series A-feature event of the
season.
With a motor Pittman felt was
beginning to let go
after a red flag with 12 laps down,
the Titan Garages
& Carports Maxim had just enough
muscle to fight off
Joey Saldana on a series of restarts
before eventually
holding off Schatz in his
ParkerStore J&J in the
30-lap feature on the half-mile oval
as 2006 Outlaws
Pittman and Schatz showcased what
fans can expect to
see next season.
Tim Shaffer worked his Casey’s
General Store Maxim to
a third-place finish ahead of
Saldana’s Volcano Joe’s/Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Maxim
and pole-sitter Steve Kinser’s Quaker State Maxim.
Elite Landscaping Maxim. Another
2006 Outlaw, Terry
McCarl, moved back into the top 10
in the championship standings with a seventh-place run in the Big Game
Pittman and Kinser raced
side-by-side into the first
corner before Pittman slid in front
and began to pull
away. After four laps, he caught the
rear of the field
and worked the top and bottom to
push his way through
the traffic. With Saldana tailing
Kinser in a battle
for second, Brooke Tatnell, another
’06 Outlaw, was
digging on the bottom in an effort
to grab fourth from
Sammy Swindell.
When a red flag flew for Jason
Sides, who flipped in
Turn 3 after it appeared his right
rear tire let go,
Pittman began to sense his motor was
stumbling. He
managed to fend off Kinser on the
restart, then Kinser
slid up over the banking in Turn 2
and allowed Saldana
to race underneath and swipe second.
Just then Schatz
mounted his charge, slipping past
Swindell and Tatnell
as the top six cars pulled away.
After several attempts, Schatz
finally worked his way
past Kinser as they came off of Turn
4 and began to
run down Saldana when another
caution waved. On the
restart, Pittman took off smoothly
but couldn’t shake
Saldana, who drove into the lead but
slid up the track
in Turn 2 and allowed Pittman back
in front down the
long backstretch.
After another caution with 22 laps
down that turned
into a red flag to refuel the
machines, Shaffer found
himself in fifth, staring down the
tail of Kinser’s
car. Pittman led Saldana into Turn
1, then Saldana
closed fast on Pittman coming off of
Turn 2, actually
making contact with Pittman, who
held his ground as
Shaffer worked to the inside of
Kinser to grab fourth.
With five laps to go, Pittman
started to pull away
again and Schatz got a run on
Saldana to move into
second off of Turn 4 to complete Lap
26. Schatz tried
to run down Pittman, closing fast in
Turns 3 and 4 on
the final lap, but Pittman had just
enough horsepower
left down the front stretch to hold
on for his fourth
A-feature win of the season.
“It was getting tougher and
tougher,” said Pittman, a
Mean 15 racer and native of
moved to eighth in points with his
second victory in
the past three A-feature events. “On
those restarts, I
was a sitting a duck. I knew once we
got our speed up
it was going to be tough for them to
pass me. I kept
trying to start as early as I could
so I could get
going faster. I got lucky because
Joey actually slid
me but left just enough room so I
could get back
underneath him. I was able to learn
what those guys
were going to have to do to try to
pass me and I was
able to block that from then on.
We’ve had a great
racecar. I was going to be
disappointed to give that
one away.”
Pittman knew it would be a struggle
with a motor that
wasn’t generating maximum horsepower
on the restarts,
but with clear track in front he was
able to maneuver
his machine smoothly in each corner.
“When it blew up I was going to be
happy to finish in
the top five,” he said. “This car
has just been
awesome and we’re trying to make the
most of it. It’s
been a long season and the last
couple of months have
just been great. We went so long
without being able to
win a race after we won at
come back and win as many as we
have. The season’s not
over yet. I feel like we can get a
least a couple more
yet. It’s a lot of fun to show up
and drive this car
right now.”
With Pittman and Schatz already
signed up to run the
2006
a finish that brought the fans in
the packed
grandstands to their feet could be a
significant
indicator of the future. Still,
Schatz believed he
might have been able to catch
Pittman if not for the
cautions down the stretch.
“We didn’t need them,” said Schatz,
a Mean 15 racer
from
season. “That kind of hurt us, but
that’s the way it
is. I like to see a race where you
take out all those
yellows. It was a good race and
Daryn did a good job.
We’re awful excited. Tonight the
race was between me
and him and that made it a lot of
fun, especially
since I know who I get to race with
next year. That
makes it all the more fun, and
that’s what we want to
make this. We want to make it fun
and put on a good
show, that’s what people come out to
see.”
Shaffer, who moved to seventh in
points with his
third-place finish, continues to
close out the season
with impressive runs. He’s posted
top-five finishes in
four of the past five A-feature
events.
“We had a great racecar,” said
Shaffer, a Mean 15
racer from
this season, including a win in the
Don Martin
Memorial Silver Cup at
to change engines after having a
little valve problem
in the Dash and the guys did a great
job. They changed
engines and we still stayed on top
of it where we
could work on the car and get it
right for the
feature. My hat’s off to my guys.
They gave me a great
racecar and when you have a great
racecar it makes me
look good.”
The Outlaws roll Saturday into The
Raceway at Powercom
Park before shifting Tuesday to K-C
Raceway; Sept.
30-Oct. 1 to Williams Grove
Oct. 7-8 at
>From there the series drops into
Manzanita Speedway in
rain-delayed after the preliminary
feature in March.
The Outlaws close out the year with
a two-day show
Oct. 14-15 at Thunderbowl Raceway in
and a two-day show Oct. 21-22 at the
Dirt Track at Las
Vegas Motor
• Terry McCarl in the Big Game
the 33 cars that went through time
trials with
record-breaking AMB i.t.-timed lap
around the
semi-banked, half-mile oval in
15.795 seconds at
113.960 mph. Craig Dollansky had set
the single-lap
record of 15.800 seconds on
Tatnell was second fastest Friday
night with a
15.939-second lap at 112.931 mph.
“This was the second track I’ve ever
raced at after
champion from
through time trials. “The bulk of my
sponsors are from
this area so we really wanted to do
well tonight. I
knew we had a shot at it. Drawing a
late number kind
of hurt us, but the cool air makes
our motor run a lot
better. The Wesmars really like the
cool air. I knew
we had a chance at a good time
tonight because of the
way the air is.”
• Daryn Pittman’s victory Friday
night at
has a series-leading 19 A-feature
victories and six
preliminary feature wins this
season. … There have
been 17 different A-feature winners
this season.
Including preliminary features, 22
different drivers
have visited
Outlaws. … Kraig Kinser captured the
Nationals on Aug. 14 for his sixth
A-feature victory
of the season. He also has a
preliminary feature win
at
Calistoga Speedway was his sixth of
the season. …
2 at
Tim Shaffer’s victory July 19 in the
Silver Cup was
his third of the season, going with
wins
has two A-feature victories and
three preliminary
feature wins. …
picked up a preliminary feature win
in the following
race at Red River Valley Speedway. …
Brooke Tatnell
has two A-feature victories, winning
at
at
• Including preliminary features,
the series has raced
34 times this year on half-mile
circuits with Steve
Kinser winning nine times (Volusia,
Eldora three
times,
Valley and Calistoga), Sammy
Swindell winning four
times (twice at Eldora, once at
Knoxville), Craig Dollansky winning
twice (Manzanita
and Williams Grove), Kraig Kinser
winning three times
(Las Vegas, and twice at Knoxville),
winning twice (Granite City and Red
River Valley),
Donny Schatz winning three times
(Las Vegas/Route 66 Raceway/Calistoga), Fred Rahmer winning twice (Williams
Grove and Knoxville), Danny Lasoski winning twice (Knoxville/Calistoga), and
Daryn Pittman (Jackson),
(Eldora) and Shane Stewart
(Knoxville) each winning
once.
• Drivers who have raced to victory
in preliminary
features this season include (in
alphabetical order)
Craig Dollansky three times
(Manzanita/Williams
Grove/Silver Dollar), Jason Johnson
once (Williams
Grove), Kraig Kinser once (Las
Vegas), Steve Kinser
six times (Eagle
twice/Billings/Elma/Calistoga/Silver
Dollar), Danny Lasoski three times
(Australia/Knoxville/Calistoga), Kerry Madsen once (Australia), Paul McMahan
once (Williams Grove),
• In the Stacker 2® Dash that set
the inside top six
rows for the main event, Steve
Kinser worked the
bottom in the first corner, sliding
into the lead and
holding off Joey Saldana to pick up
the win and the
pole. Terry McCarl was third,
followed by Donny
Schatz, Kevin Swindell and Tim
Shaffer.
• In the second Dash that set the
outside top six rows
for the A-main, Daryn Pittman raced
into the lead in
Turn 1 and pulled away to the
checkered flag. Justin
Henderson cruised to a second-place
run followed by
Sammy Swindell, Kraig Kinser, Brooke
Tatnell and Danny
Lasoski.
• In the B-main, Craig Dollansky
jumped out to an
early lead before a caution bunched
the field. On the
restart, Brandon Wimmer wouldn’t let
Dollansky out of
his sight and raced past him as they
came to the to
checkered flag. Kerry Madsen held on
to third as Jason
Sides was able to pick up the final
transfer spot by
working around
him off to the checkered flag.
• In the first heat, Dusty Zomer
shot around Jason
Solwold on the high side coming out
of Turn 4 as the
field came to the white flag. With
clear track, Zomer
stretched his advantage over the
final half-mile
circuit to win. Solwold held onto
second, with Danny
Lasoski, fast-qualifier Terry McCarl
and Daryn Pittman
earning the other transfer spots.
• In the second heat, Wayne Johnson
fought off Shane
Stewart in the first corner and
pulled away to lead
all eight laps. Stewart held on to
finish second ahead
of Joey Saldana, Brooke Tatnell and
Steve Kinser, who
was able to work the bottom groove
to hold off
hard-charging 2005 Knoxville Raceway
champion Kerry
Madsen.
• In the third heat,
on the first lap as the field exited
Turn 2. Once in
front, Meyers extened his advantage
to the checkered
flag with Tim Kaeding, Donny Schatz,
Justin Henderson
and Kevin Swindell earning the other
transfer spots.
• In the fourth heat, Paul McMahan
slid into the lead
in the first corner and led
flag-to-flag to pick up
the victory. Tim Shaffer cut from
fourth to second in
Turn 1 right behind McMahan with
Gregg Bakker, Kraig
Kinser and Sammy Swindell earning
the other transfer
spots.
• The Outlaws roll Saturday into The
Raceway at
Powercom Park before shifting
Tuesday to K-C Raceway,
Sept. 30-Oct. 1 to Williams Grove
Speedway in
Mechanicburg, Pa., and back across
the Midwest for a
two-night event Oct. 7-8 at Dodge
City Raceway in
Dodge City, Kan. From there the
series drops into
Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix to
complete the Cactus
Classic that was rain-delayed after
the preliminary
feature in March. The Outlaws close
out the year with
a two-day show Oct. 14-15 at
Thunderbowl Raceway in
Tulare, Calif., and a two-day show
Oct. 21-22 at the
Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor
Speedway.
• The Outdoor Channel will air at 8
p.m. Eastern on
Sept. 28 the 1/3-mile Short Track
Nationals from
O’Reilly Auto Parts Eagle Raceway
and on Oct. 5 the
event from The Raceway at Powercom
Park.
• The Official
is at http://www.dirtmotorsports.com/sprint.
Among the
features are updated driver
biographies with
individual statistics and pictures,
race-by-race
statistics, detailed track
information and race
coverage, series news and team press
releases. Also,
links to the press kit and official
rulebook can also
be found at the bottom of the home
page.
• If fans can’t get to a track to
see the series, they
can experience the excitement of the
Sprint Series live on Dirtvision.com
through the DIRT
Radio Network. To listen to the
audio broadcasts, log
on to www.dirtvision.com
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• The
fans across the country by several
sponsors and
partners, including series sponsors
Hoosier Racing
Tire, Stacker 2®, and The Outdoor
Channel. Promotional
Partners include AMB i.t.,
RACEceiver,
HUMMERSGONEWILD.COM, Zippo Lighters,
The University of Northwestern Ohio and Timberwolf. Slick 50 is an Associate
Program Sponsor and Contingency sponsors include DART Machinery, MSD Ignitions,
and Wrisco Industries.
WoO Sprint Series Statistical
Report; Jackson
Speedway; Jackson, Minn.; Sept. 23,
2005
Qualifying
1) Terry McCarl, McCarl 24, 15.795
(New Single Lap
Record)
2) Brooke Tatnell, Rush Racing 8,
15.939
3) Kevin Swindell, Swindell 1,
15.969
4) Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7,
15.981
5) Sammy Swindell, Forbrook 5,
15.988
6) Brandon Wimmer, Two Winners
Racing 7TW, 16.006
7) Steve Kinser, Kinser 11, 16.029
8)
9) Daryn Pittman, Titan Racing USA
21, 16.048
10) Joey Saldana, Woodward 2, 16.062
11) Justin Henderson, Oswalt D11,
16.104
12) Tim Shaffer, Parsons 6, 16.107
13) Kraig Kinser, Kinser 11K, 16.128
14) Donny Schatz, Schatz 15, 16.165
15) Kerry Madsen, VerMeer 55, 16.199
16) Danny Lasoski, Stewart 20,
16.216
17) Jason Solwold, Carnahan R19,
16.218
18) Shane Stewart, Rudeen Racing 26,
16.224
19)
20) Gregg Bakker, Wiuff 1H, 16.234
21) Paul McMahan, Helm 11H, 16.248
22) Tim Kaeding, Roth 83, 16.352
23) Wayne Johnson, Fattfro 14AJ,
16.393
24) Dusty Zomer, Zomer 1Z, 16.406
25) Jason Sides, Sides Motorsports
7S, 16.421
26) Bill Bowles, Bowles 05, 16.628
27) Matt Wasmund, Wasmund 4W, 16.659
28) John Lambertz, Lambertz 12L,
16.793
29) Chris Shirek, Shirek 1K, 16.892
30) Greg Jones, Jones 35, 17.017
31) Doug Martens, Martens 51, 17.145
32) Duane Olson, Olson 16, 18.219
33) John VanDenBerg, McCarl 7X,
23.683
First Heat Race (8 laps, top 5
finishers transferred
to A-feature)
1) Dusty Zomer
2) Jason Solwold
3) Danny Lasoski
4) Terry McCarl
5) Daryn Pittman
6)
7) Jason Sides
8) John VanDenBerg
9) Chris Shirek
Second Heat Race (8 laps, top 5
finishers transferred
to A-feature)
1) Wayne Johnson
2) Shane Stewart
3) Joey Saldana
4) Brooke Tatnell
5) Steve Kinser
6) Kerry Madsen
7) Bill Bowles
8) Greg Jones
Third Heat Race (8 laps, top 5
finishers transferred
to A-feature)
1)
2) Tim Kaeding
3) Donny Schatz
4) Justin Henderson
5) Kevin Swindell
6) Brandon Wimmer
7) Matt Wasmund
8) Doug Martens
Fourth Heat Race (8 laps, top 5
finishers transferred
to A-feature)
1) Paul McMahan
2) Tim Shaffer
3) Gregg Bakker
4) Chris Shirek
5) Sammy Swindell
6) Craig Dollansky
7) John Lambertz
8) Duane Olson
Stacker 2® Dash (6 laps, finishing
order determined
inside first 6 rows of A-feature)
1) Steve Kinser
2) Joey Saldana
3) Terry McCarl
4) Donny Schatz
5) Kevin Swindell
6) Tim Shaffer
Second Dash (6 laps, finishing order
determined
outside first 6 rows of A-feature)
1) Daryn Pittman
2) Justin Henderson
3) Sammy Swindell
4) Kraig Kinser
5) Brooke Tatnell
6) Danny Lasoski
B-main (12 laps, top 4 finishers
transferred to
A-feature)
1) Brandon Wimmer [$20]
2) Craig Dollansky [$20]
3) Kerry Madsen [$20]
4) Jason Sides [$20]
5)
6) Matt Wasmund [$180]
7) Bill Bowles [$175]
8) John Lambertz [$160]
9) John VanDenBerg [$150]
10) Chris Shirek [$150]
11) Duane Olson [$150]
12) Doug Martens [$150]
13) Greg Jones [$150]
A-main (30 laps)
1) Daryn Pittman [$10,000]
2) Donny Schatz [$5,500]
3) Tim Shaffer [$3,200]
4) Joey Saldana [$2,800]
5) Steve Kinser [$2,500]
6)
7) Terry McCarl [$2,200]
8) Tim Kaeding [$2,100]
9) Craig Dollansky [$2,050]
10) Danny Lasoski [$2,000]
11) Kerry Madsen [$1,500]
12) Kevin Swindell [$1,200]
13) Justin Henderson [$1,100]
14) Paul McMahan [$1,050]
15) Shane Stewart [$1,000]
16) Kraig Kinser [$900]
17) Wayne Johnson [$800]
18) Sammy Swindell [$800]
19) Brandon Wimmer [$800]
20) Jason Solwold [$800]
21)
22) Gregg Bakker [$800]
23) Dusty Zomer [$800]
24) Brooke Tatnell [$800]
25) Jason Sides [$800]
Lap leaders: Daryn Pittman 1-30
Note:
A-feature.
Jackson Speedway, Sept. 23, 2005
Rk. Driver Driver Pts. Team
Pts. Team
Earnings Team Diff. Team
A-wins Top 5 Top 10
1 Steve
Kinser 8489 8489 $452,680 0 19
42 54
2
3 Craig
Dollansky 7872 7872 $183,050 -617 2
20
37
4 Kraig
Kinser 7729 7729 $319,220 -760 6
20 35
5 Donny
Schatz 7656 7656 $262,610 -833 6
17 34
6 Danny
Lasoski 7610 7610 $184,105 -879 1
12 32
7 Tim
Shaffer 7427 7427 $179,465
-1062 3 15 26
8 Daryn
Pittman 7417 7417 $164,555 -1072 4
13 27
9 Brooke
Tatnell* 7396 7672* $176,395 -817 2
19
32
10 Terry
McCarl 7379 7379 $131,240 -1110 0
11 25
11 Paul
McMahan 7376 7376 $116,790 -1113 0
7 21
12 Joey
Saldana 7197 7197 $147,745 -1292 0
15 26
13 Shane
Stewart 7174 7174 $131,280 -1315 0
6 22
14
15 Jason
Sides 6943 6943 $84,830 -1546 0 2 12
16 Jason
Solwold 6691 6691 $97,180 -1798 0 4 13
17 Tim
Kaeding** 6264 7216** $134,830 -1273 2*** 9
24
18 Brandon
Wimmer 6199 6199 $53,960
-2290 0 0 3
19 Sammy
Swindell 4493 4343 $115,780
-4146 2 14
18
20 Jac
Haudenschild 3303 0 $0
-8489 0*** 0 0
*Rush Racing’s No. 8 car driven by
Brooke Tatnell is
fifth in owners’ points.
**Dennis Roth’s No. 83 car driven
Friday night by Tim
Kaeding is 12th in owners’ points.
The car also has
been driven by Jac Haudenschild and
season.
***Jac Haudenschild has one of the
two victories for
the No. 83 car.