9/9/2011
Silver Dollar Speedway
McMahan Opens Gold Cup Race of Champions Weekend with Victory
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CHICO, CA (9-9-11) -Â Paul McMahan had lady luck on his side as he picked up his fourth victory of the 2011 season at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, Calif. With a challenging racing surface, the Elk Grove, Calif. native made the best of his pole position starting spot to lead all 25 laps. The starting spot was by virtue of his win in the night's dash. McMahan started the dash thanks to a drawing of six, which placed him on the front row.
"To get a win here in front of (team co-owners) Dennis and Teresa Roth is huge for this team," said McMahan. "The dash draw really helped us and it ment we got to start up front which was key. The track started taking rubber early on (in the night) and they worked it a little bit after time trials. For the feature, it still had a lot of rubber so I was trying to be patient as I worked my way around here. I knew Jason (Meyers) would give me a run for my money near the end and I had to keep him at bay. Great win tonight but we want to be golden tomorrow night."
Meyers did try to make one last ditch effort to get around McMahan as he charged hard into turn three on the final lap but eventually had to settle for second. While he didn't get the win, Meyers extended his points lead as second place runner in the standings, Donny Schatz, was caught up in an early race incident.
"I think they have it mixed up and the trophy girl should be standing next to me since she's taller than Paul," Meyers joked in Victory Lane. "It wasn't quite the show we wanted to put on for the fans tonight but our DDNi/Media-Tile/All-Star Performance car was fast all night. Hat's off to the crew and everyone around here. It's great to race in front of these fans since I'm from here and hopefully we can pull off a win tomorrow night."
Finishing third on the night was a relative newcomer to the Outlaws in the form of Shane Golobric. The Fremont, Calif. driver completed the "California Sweep" of the top three finishers and admitted that he learned quite a bit from the veterans who took the checkers ahead of him.
"Jason Meyers gave me sprint car 101 there," said Golobric. "He made the move around me that allowed him to get second. I'm just glad to be out here learning and watching these guys. It really is a thrill to get our first podium finish and we hope we can get another good finish here tomorrow night."
Chad Kemenah backed up his impressive 8th place run at Cottage Grove Speedway with a 4th place showing on the first night of the two day show at Silver Dollar Speedway. Rounding out the top-5 was another California driver, Jonathon Allard.
The stage is now set for the final night of the 58th Gold Cup Race of Champions on Saturday, September 10.
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Silver Dollar Speedway; Chico, Calif.; Sept. 9, 2011
A-Main - (25 Laps)
- 83-Paul McMahan[1][$8,000]; 2. 14-Jason Meyers[4][$4,000]; 3. 121-Shane Golobic[2][$2,500]; 4. 63-Chad Kemenah[3][$2,200]; 5. O-Jonathan Allard[10][$2,100]; 6. 57-Jac Haudenschild[8][$2,000]; 7. 11-Steve Kinser[9][$1,800]; 8. 99-Kyle Larson[5][$1,600]; 9. 1-Sammy Swindell[15][$1,500]; 10. 5H-Mason Moore[14][$1,300]; 11. 55-Trey Starks[18][$1,200]; 12. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[11][$1,100]; 13. 83JR-Tim Kaeding[17][$1,000]; 14. 33E-Evan Suggs[22][$700]; 15. 7S-Jason Sides[19][$600]; 16. 25-Jason York[20][$600]; 17. 6-Kraig Kinser[24][$600]; 18. 9-Brad Sweet[6][$600]; 19. 1X-Andy Gregg[16][$600]; 20. 44W-Austen Wheatley[21][$600]; 21. 7-Craig Dollansky[13][$600]; 22. 2-Kyle Hirst[23][$600]; 23. 17-Justin Sanders[7][$600]; 24. 15-Donny Schatz[12][$600]
Lap Leaders: Paul McMahan 1-25
KSE Hard Charger Award : 33E-Evan Suggs[+8]
Qualifying -
- 17-Justin Sanders, 12.468; 2. 14-Jason Meyers, 12.546; 3. 9-Brad Sweet, 12.551; 4. 63-Chad Kemenah, 12.620; 5. 7-Craig Dollansky, 12.698; 6. 5H-Mason Moore, 12.703; 7. 1-Sammy Swindell, 12.742; 8. 121-Shane Golobic, 12.784; 9. 1X-Andy Gregg, 12.790; 10. 83JR-Tim Kaeding, 12.801; 11. 83-Paul McMahan, 12.974; 12. 57-Jac Haudenschild, 12.977; 13. 55-Trey Starks, 12.999; 14. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.016; 15. 99-Kyle Larson, 13.054; 16. 11-Steve Kinser, 13.055; 17. 21-Mike Henry, 13.092; 18. 25-Jason York, 13.112; 19. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.175; 20. O-Jonathan Allard, 13.181; 21. OO-Jason Statler, 13.262; 22. 44W-Austen Wheatley, 13.299; 23. 88-Brad Bumgarner, 13.309; 24. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 13.336; 25. 91-Cody Darrah, 13.381; 26. 24C-Colby Copeland, 13.441; 27. 92-Kerry Madsen, 13.446; 28. 3F-Geoff Ensign, 13.451; 29. 3C-Cody Lamar, 13.469; 30. 33E-Evan Suggs, 13.524; 31. 2-Kyle Hirst, 13.571; 32. 6-Kraig Kinser, 13.572; 33. 28-Ian Madsen, 13.574; 34. 5D-Jason Solwold, 13.640; 35. 64-Steve Tatterson, 13.659; 36. 29-Justyn Cox, 13.687; 37. 89-Rico Abreu, 13.718; 38. 25M-Bobby McMahan, 13.766; 39. 11C-Roger Crockett, 13.770; 40. 19B-Bud Kaeding, 13.775; 41. 19-Tyler Wolf, 13.783; 42. 2F-Brad Furr, 13.804; 43. 21M-Peter Murphy, 14.060; 44. 92N-Andy Forsburg, 14.137; 45. 6R-Bill Rose, 14.142; 46. 11VS-John Michael Bunch, 14.185; 47. 7Y-Clayton Snow, 14.264; 48. 11MD-Mathew Davis, 14.334; 49. 6C-Jeff Paraday, 14.515; 50. 82-Robbie Whitchurch, 14.796; 51. 15X-Pat Harvey Jr., 14.809; 52. 26M-Sean McMahan, 15.089; 53. 28X-Billy Strange, 15.096
Heat 1 - (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
- 11-Steve Kinser[1] ; 2. 83-Paul McMahan[2] ; 3. 17-Justin Sanders[4] ; 4. 2-Kyle Hirst[7] ; 5. 19-Tyler Wolf[9] ; 6. 29-Justyn Cox[8] ; 7. 11VS-John Michael Bunch[10] ; 8. OO-Jason Statler[5] ; 9. 5H-Mason Moore[3] ; 10. 15X-Pat Harvey Jr.[11] ; 11. 24C-Colby Copeland[6]
Heat 2 - (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
- 57-Jac Haudenschild[2] ; 2. 14-Jason Meyers[4] ; 3. 6-Kraig Kinser[7] ; 4. 1-Sammy Swindell[3] ; 5. 89-Rico Abreu[8] ; 6. 2F-Brad Furr[9] ; 7. 26M-Sean McMahan[11] ; 8. 21-Mike Henry[1] ; 9. 92-Kerry Madsen[6] ; 10. 7Y-Clayton Snow[10] ; 11. 44W-Austen Wheatley[5]
Heat 3 - (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
- 9-Brad Sweet[4] ; 2. 121-Shane Golobic[3] ; 3. 55-Trey Starks[2] ; 4. 25-Jason York[1] ; 5. 28-Ian Madsen[7] ; 6. 21M-Peter Murphy[9] ; 7. 25M-Bobby McMahan[8] ; 8. 88-Brad Bumgarner[5] ; 9. 3F-Geoff Ensign[6] ; 10. 28X-Billy Strange[11] ; 11. 11MD-Mathew Davis[10]
Heat 4 - (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
- 15-Donny Schatz[1] ; 2. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[5] ; 3. 63-Chad Kemenah[4] ; 4. 1X-Andy Gregg[3] ; 5. 11C-Roger Crockett[8] ; 6. 5D-Jason Solwold[7] ; 7. 7S-Jason Sides[2] ; 8. 3C-Cody Lamar[6] ; 9. 6C-Jeff Paraday[10] ; 10. 92N-Andy Forsburg[9]
Heat 5 - (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
- O-Jonathan Allard[1] ; 2. 99-Kyle Larson[2] ; 3. 83JR-Tim Kaeding[3] ; 4. 33E-Evan Suggs[6] ; 5. 91-Cody Darrah[5] ; 6. 19B-Bud Kaeding[8] ; 7. 7-Craig Dollansky[4] ; 8. 82-Robbie Whitchurch[10] ; 9. 6R-Bill Rose[9] ; 10. 64-Steve Tatterson[7]
Dash - (8 Laps, finishing order determined first 12 starting positions of A-feature)
- 83-Paul McMahan[1] ; 2. 121-Shane Golobic[2] ; 3. 63-Chad Kemenah[3] ; 4. 14-Jason Meyers[5] ; 5. 99-Kyle Larson[8] ; 6. 9-Brad Sweet[4] ; 7. 17-Justin Sanders[6] ; 8. 57-Jac Haudenschild[7] ; 9. 11-Steve Kinser[9] ; 10. O-Jonathan Allard[11] ; 11. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[12] ; 12. 15-Donny Schatz[10]
C-Main - (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the B-feature)
- 11C-Roger Crockett[5] [-]; 2. 19-Tyler Wolf[7] [-]; 3. 25M-Bobby McMahan[4] [$125]; 4. 19B-Bud Kaeding[6] [$125]; 5. 29-Justyn Cox[2] [$125]; 6. 64-Steve Tatterson[1] [$100]; 7. 2F-Brad Furr[8] [$100]; 8. 28X-Billy Strange[12] [$100]; 9. 21M-Peter Murphy[9] [$100]; 10. 6R-Bill Rose[11] [$100]; 11. 89-Rico Abreu[3] [$100]; 12. 92N-Andy Forsburg[10] [$100]; 13. 26M-Sean McMahan[18] [$100]; 14. 11VS-John Michael Bunch[19] [$100]; 15. 11MD-Mathew Davis[14] [$100]; 16. 82-Robbie Whitchurch[16] [$100]; 17. 7Y-Clayton Snow[13] [$100]; 18. 15X-Pat Harvey Jr.[17] [$100]; 19. 6C-Jeff Paraday[15] [$100]
B-Main - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
- 7-Craig Dollansky[1] [-]; 2. 7S-Jason Sides[3] [-]; 3. 5H-Mason Moore[2] [-]; 4. 44W-Austen Wheatley[6] [-]; 5. 21-Mike Henry[4] [$200]; 6. 88-Brad Bumgarner[7] [$180]; 7. 92-Kerry Madsen[10] [$175]; 8. 3F-Geoff Ensign[11] [$160]; 9. 5D-Jason Solwold[14] [$150]; 10. OO-Jason Statler[5] [$150]; 11. 19-Tyler Wolf[16] [$150]; 12. 28-Ian Madsen[13] [$150]; 13. 11C-Roger Crockett[15] [$150]; 14. 24C-Colby Copeland[9] [$150]; 15. 91-Cody Darrah[8] [$150]; 16. 3C-Cody Lamar[12] [$150]