[media-credit name=”World of Outlaws” align=”alignright” width=”261″][/media-credit]When the World of Outlaws pulled into the Deer Creek Speedway for the FVP Clash, no one had any idea how eventful the night would be. Not the fans. Not the drivers. Not the sanctioning body. Not even the track owners. Everyone knew it would be an exciting show because it was the World of Outlaws, but no one knew just how exciting it would be.

Qualifying offered a hint of what was to come when last nights 1st victim, Kerry Madsen set quick time. Madsen who had one of the scariest wrecks of the season last night at the Clay County Fairgrounds in Spencer Iowa, came out of the box like gang busters turning a lap of 11.884 seconds or 113.598 mph around the high banked 3/8ths mile dirt clay track. Joey Saldana who sat out last years race as a result of an injury suffered at Eldora timed in 2nd with Kraig Kinser and Sammy Swindell and Craig Dollansky rounding out the top 5. Once again missing from the top of the qualifying time list was points leader Donny Schatz who qualified 17th and seemed to struggle in hot laps and qualifying.

Heat races would be exciting in their own right as the well manicured track started to widen out and form it’s grooves. The first heat would see Dusty Zomer hold off a hard charging Jac Haudenschild. Also transferring to the A Main would be Kerry Madsen, Sammy Swindell, Davey Heskin and Lucas Wolfe.

The second heat race would be won by Chad Kemenah who held off a determined and fast Joey Saldana. Saldana who was undefeated on this track showed signs of being the dominate race car of the night but would come up a car length short after starting 4th. Also transferring to the Main were Cody Darrah, Donny Schatz Craig Dollansky, and Jody Rosenboom.

The third and final heat of the night would be a barn burner with Brian Brown setting the pace and Terry McCarl chasing him down from a 1.9 second lead at one point. Brown would hold off Knoxville’s 2012 champion by only .5 seconds. Also transferring to the feature were Jason Sides, Kraig Kinser, Mark Dobmeier and Steve Kinser who rallied back after an early race spin to take the final transfer position.

The dash had the top 10 fastest qualifiers of the night. Jac Haudenschild would charge from 10th to 3rd and finish 4th to put on an incredible display of driver skill and determination. The dash however would be won from the pole by Chad Kemenah with Dusty Zomer coming in 2nd and Craig Dollansky coming home 3rd.

The Last Chance Showdown was won by Justin Henderson who was followed by Brooke Tatnell Skylar Prochaska and Bill Rose. Ian Madsen and Matt Wasmund would also transfer to the Feature but would start at the rear of the field while the first 4 finishers would get their time back to start the A Main.

The A Main was a barn burner and arguably the best race of the 2012 season. But nothing comes without a cost. That cost was a wreck on the initial green flag that would see Bill Rose transported to the hospital for an apparent leg injury. At the time of this writing there was no further information available about Rose’s condition or the extent of the injury. After 3 attempts the A Main finally went green. But it went green without Cody Darrah who once again ended up on his lid and suffered too much damage to continue. The lead would be Chad Kemenah’s early on but he would lose it to Craig Dollansky on the 3rd circuit. Dollansky would dominate until late in the race when Donny Schatz cleared Joey Saldana in traffic and set his sites on Dollansky. Schatz would take the lead on the white flag lap and lose it again to Dollansky in traffic going into 3 on the final lap of the race. Schatz would be the KSE Hard charger of the race coming from 18th to 2nd in the 30 laps. Finishing 3rd was Joey Saldana and 4th was a badly smoking Jac Haudenschild. The race pole sitter Chad Kemenah would round out the top 5.

Craig Dollansky had perhaps the car to beat last night in Clay County when he tangled with a lap car and got into the wall. He returned to the track but could never climb out of the hole with the badly damaged machine. Tonight he left no doubt that he was the car to beat. At one point in the feature he lead by over 3 seconds. Dollansky was determined to climb back into the points chase and he put it all on the line. In the process he cut Schatz’s lead by 5 points going into Eagle Raceway in Nebraska. A track that has the reputation of being an anything can and will happen track.

Schatz’s points lead is a big one there is no doubt about that. But it’s not insurmountable. Things happen quickly with the World of Outlaws. Just like they can turn for the better they can turn for the worst. Dollansky is betting that he has the skills to match Schatz’s. He is betting that his Big Game Tree Stands team can prepare better and faster cars than the Tony Stewart Racing’s STP team can. He is gambling his shot at his first championship on it. Who will come out on top? We will know in 10 races. Right now the odds are in Donny Schatz’s favor. He has been down this road before. He has a big points lead. And he is on a roll. He has not finished outside the top 5 in 8 races. But can he ride the momentum? Can he hold on to the streak? Buckle in and hold on tight cause the next 10 races are going to be a wild ride.

Qualifying Results: 1) Kerry Madsen 11.884 2) Joey Saldana 3) Kraig Kinser 4) Sammy Swindell 5) Craig Dollansky 6) Terry McCarl 7) Dusty Zomer 8) Chad Kemenah 9) Brian Brown 10) Jac Haudenschild 11) Cody Darrah 12) Jason Sides 13) Lucas Wolfe 14) Brooke Tatnell 15) Steve Kinser 16) Davey Heskin 17) Donny Schatz 18) Mark Dobmeier 19) Justin Henderson 20) Bill Rose 21) Skylar Prochaska 22) Kaley Gharst 23) Jody Rosenboom 24) Ian Madsen 25) Matt Wasmund 26) Rob Kubli 27) Ryan Wilson 28) Robert Bell.

First Heat Results: 1) Dusty Zomer 2) Jac Haudenschild 3) Kerry Madsen 4) Sammy Swindell 5) Davey Heskin 6) Lucas Wolfe. 7) Justin Henderson 8) Matt Wasmund 9) Kaley Gharst (DNS) 10) Robert Bell (DNS)

Second Heat Results: 1)Chad Kemenah 2) Joey Saldana 3) Cody Darrah 4) Donny Schatz 5) Craig Dollansky 6) Jody Rosenboom 7) Brooke Tatnell 8) Bill Rose 9) Rob Kubli

Third Heat Results: 1) Brian Brown 2) Terry McCarl 3) Jason Sides 4) Kraig Kinser 5) Mark Dobmeier 6) Steve Kinser 7) Skylar Prochaska 8) Ian Madsen 9) Ryan Wilson

Dash Results: 1) Chad Kemenah 2) Dusty Zomer 3) Craig Dollansky 4) Jac Haudenschild 5) Kerry Madsen 6) Joey Saldana 7) Terry McCarl 8) Sammy Swindell 9) Kraig Kinser 10) Brian Brown.

Last Chance Showdown Results: 1) Justin Henderson 2) Brooke Tatnell 3) Skylar Prochaska 4) Bill Rose 5) Ian Madsen 6) Matt Wasmund 7) Rob Kubli 8) Ryan Wilson 9) Kayle Gharst (DNS) 10) Robert Bell (DNS)

A Main Results: 1) Craig Dollansky 2) Donny Schatz (KSE HARD CHARGER) 3) Joey Saldana 4) Jac Haudenschild 5) Chad Kemenah 6) Kraig Kinser 7) Kerry Madsen 8) Jason Sides 9) Sammy Swindell 10) Lucas Wolfe 11) Steve Kinser 12) Dusty Zomer 13) Brooke Tatnell 14) Mark Dobmeier 15) Davey Heskin 16) Justin Henderson 17) Ian Madsen 18) Terry McCarl 19) Jody Rosenboom 20) Skylar Prochaska 21) Matt Wasmund 22) Cody Darrah 23) Brian Brown 24) Bill Rose.

World of Outlaws Point Standings:

Pos.	Driver	Total	Diff	Wins	Top 5’s	Top 10’s	QT
1	Donny Schatz	8652	0	10	33	53	3
2	Craig Dollansky	8556	-96	8	32	47	9
3	Sammy Swindell	8527	-125	11	28	43	14
4	Joey Saldana	8522	-130	5	23	49	9
5	Steve Kinser	8447	-205	3	25	44	0
6	Kraig Kinser	8227	-425	4	18	39	5
7	Cody Darrah	8018	-634	1	20	33	2
8	Kerry Madsen	7977	-675	5	13	34	2
9	Chad Kemenah	7827	-825	2	10	30	2
10	Lucas Wolfe	7624	-1028	1	9	24	1
11	Bill Rose	6843	-1809	0	0	10	0
12	Jason Sides	5491	-3161	0	16	27	1
13	Jac Haudenschild	3747	-4905	0	3	10	0
14	Tim Kaeding	3524	-5128	4	10	17	0
15	Daryn Pittman	2537	-6115	0	6	13	1
16	Sam Hafertepe Jr.	2454	-6198	0	3	7	0
17	Danny Lasoski	2431	-6221	1	5	8	0
18	David Gravel	2385	-6267	0	7	9	4
19	Paul McMahan	2296	-6356	1	2	3	0
20	Stevie Smith	2276	-6376	0	3	11	1

Stenhouse “School’s” them at Chicagoland!

By

SM Staff

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September 15, 2012

[media-credit name=”Noel Lanier” align=”alignright” width=”225″][/media-credit]Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday. This was his fifth win this season and the seventh of his career.

“This is cool. I felt like we should have been here last time. It is good to get redemption after a dominating performance last time. We didn’t have a dominating car until that last run. Mike kept making good calls and I put us a little behind stalling it on pit road. We had to drive up to the front but Mike gave us a Blue Bird Mustang that could do it. I have to thank all the fans for coming out. It was a lot of fun out there today.” Stenhouse Jr. said.

Stenhouse Jr. also captured Roush Fenway Racing’s first ever NASCAR win at the 1.5-mile tri-oval of Chicagoland Speedway.

“That was a lot of fun and to get Jack’s(Roush) first win at Chicago is pretty cool.” Stenhouse Jr. said.

Kyle Busch finished second, Austin Dillon third, Brad Keselowski fourth and Paul Menard rounded out the top-5.

“We had a really good car. It ran well throughout the race. It was fast. I thought that there wasn’t anybody back there that we had to deal with and then the No. 6 (Ricky Stenhouse) came out of nowhere there at the end. I don’t know where he came from, but he had a fast race car. Really excited about that run. We had a solid run. Ran up front most of the race. Was able to capitalize on a good finish there.” Busch said.

Joey Logano brought the field down to the green flag as he won his 200th pole in NASCAR. Stenhouse Jr. started second but got loose and fell back to fourth on the first lap of the race. Stenhouse Jr. continued to fall as he was trying to find grip on the high side.

The first caution came out on lap 4 when the No.39 of Dexter Stacey spun on the front stretch and threw dirt all over the racetrack. He came in and got four new tires and was out and away. None of the front runners came in due to only four laps being run.

They went back to green on lap 8 with Logano back in front of the field. Sam Hornish Jr tried to take the top spot away on the backstretch but Logano took it back but Hornish Jr. took it back and lead that lap for that bonus point. Logano took over the top spot, while Dillon, Busch and Hornish went three wide on the start finish line. Logano stretched out to a 1.2 second lead on lap 12 while Sadler and Dillon, who are both in the title race, battling for the fourth spot.

The second caution waved when Brad Sweet spun coming out of turn four and spun into the grass. He was okay and came in and got tires and went back out. All of the leaders came in with Logano leading them in. Stenhouse said he was tight off the center and got a air pressure, four tires and fuel. Busch got to his stall and said he was tight off and wanted a air pressure adjustment. He got that and four tires with fuel and was off. Logano said he was tight off the center and got a air pressure adjustment and four tires with fuel. Logano came in with the lead and out with the lead. Dillon gained two spots and came out second.

They restarted the race on lap 45 with Logano getting a great restart. Dillon did not and Busch was pushing him to get up to speed. Logano was pulling away as Cole Whitt got together with Justin Allgaier. Allgaier got away but his exhaust pipe touched Whitt’s left rear tire and cut it down. Whitt was slowing to get on to pit road but missed it and spun on the front stretch to cause the 3rd caution. Whitt came in and barley beat the pace car off pit road by about ten feet.

They went back to green on lap 51 with Logano getting another good restart. Stenhouse was on the high side and did not get a good restart. Logano was pulling away when Stenhouse Jr, Dillon, Hornish and Busch all battling for second place. Busch took over the spot. Busch then took over the race lead on lap 63 with Dillon right behind him. They battled for several laps with Logano a little ways back. Dillon took over the top spot five laps later and pulled away.

Green flag pit stop starting on lap 95 with Logano coming in reporting he was feeling a vibration. He couldn’t take it anymore and was coming in. He got four tires and fuel and was on his way. Sadler came in saying he was tight in the center but it was getting better. He got four tires and fuel and was away. Busch stopped in his pit stall and told his team he was tight in the center and was loose on the exit. He got a trackbar and air pressure along with four tires and fuel and drove away. Stenhouse followed him into the pits saying he was mostly tight. He got a wedge and a air pressure adjustment and was off. The leader came in and told his crew chief his car was pretty good. He only wanted four tires. Dillon retained the lead with Logano, Busch, Stenhouse and Sadler in the top-5.

The forth caution waved on lap 120 when the No.24 of Benny Gordon was slowing on the apron in turns 3 and 4. It looked like he broke a suspension. All of the leaders came in with Dillon leading them in. Dillon said he was just about perfect and just give me four tires and fuel. Logano said he was too free on exit and want to turn better. He got four tires and a wedge adjustment and was off. Busch came in saying he wanted more turn in the front from the entry to the middle. He got a air pressure, four tires and fuel and was away. Stenhouse said he wanted more right side grip. He got wedge out and the trackbar went down as well as four tires. He was about to leave when he couldn’t no get it started and lost valuable positions. He went in the pits third and restarted in 11th.

They went back to green on lap 130 with Logano back on top. He led the field into turn 1 and was clear of them on the backstretch. Lap later, Michael Annett got loose and tapped Allgaier’s quarter panel and bumped him into the wall. Allgaier saved up but lost a lot of track position. Busch passed Dillon on lap 134 and took over the top spot one lap later. Dillon followed Busch passed Sadler but could not stay with Busch as he pulled away.

The fifth caution came out when Jason Bowles was slow and could not maintain minimum speed. All of the lead came in to pit road which could be there last stop of the day. Stenhouse Jr. came in saying he want to have this car stay the same but he wanted a little more grip. He got a track bar and was gone. Dillon got a round of wedge out of the right rear and a air pressure with four tires and fuel. Sadler said he was free on exit and was tight off the center of 3 and 4. He got a wedge with four tires and fuel and came out of the pits ahead of Dillon and Stenhouse Jr.

They green flag waved with 30 laps to go with Sadler leading. Busch took over when he got a great run off of one with Sadler getting challenged by Hornish Jr. and Dillon. Sadler got passed by both Stenhouse Jr. and Dillon and radioed to his team that his car was “junk”!

Stenhouse Jr. and Dillon both passed Hornish Jr. for second with there sights set on the race leader Busch. Stenhouse Jr. got to Busch’s back bumper and passed him for the lead with 19 laps remaining. But Busch was not giving up. Busch tried to get around him but Stenhouse Jr. pulled away and never let go of the lead.

Sadler came into the race with a one point lead in the series standings and now trails Stenhouse Jr. by nine points.

Unofficial Race Results
Dollar General 300, Chicagoland Speedway
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/n2s/race.php?race=26
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Pos.	St.	No.	Driver	Make	Points
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1	–	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	47
2	–	54	Kyle Busch	Toyota	0
3	–	3	Austin Dillon *	Chevrolet	42
4	–	22	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	0
5	–	33	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	0
6	–	12	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	39
7	–	43	Michael Annett	Ford	38
8	–	2	Elliott Sadler	Chevrolet	37
9	–	18	Joey Logano	Toyota	0
10	–	11	Brian Scott	Toyota	34
11	–	31	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	34
12	–	7	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	32
13	–	44	Mike Bliss	Toyota	31
14	–	88	Cole Whitt *	Chevrolet	30
15	–	38	Brad Sweet *	Chevrolet	29
16	–	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	29
17	–	30	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	27
18	–	19	Tayler Malsam	Toyota	26
19	–	1	Mike Wallace	Chevrolet	25
20	–	199	Kenny Wallace	Toyota	24
21	–	70	Johanna Long *	Chevrolet	23
22	–	40	Erik Darnell	Chevrolet	22
23	–	23	Jamie Dick	Chevrolet	21
24	–	39	Dexter Stacey	Ford	20
25	–	14	Eric McClure	Toyota	19
26	–	41	Juan Carlos Blum	Chevrolet	18
27	–	4	Danny Efland	Chevrolet	17
28	–	81	Jason Bowles *	Toyota	16
29	–	124	Benny Gordon *	Toyota	15
30	–	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	14
31	–	10	Jeff Green	Toyota	13
32	–	89	Morgan Shepherd	Chevrolet	12
33	–	15	Timmy Hill	Ford	0
34	–	28	Tony Raines	Chevrolet	0
35	–	52	Joey Gase *	Chevrolet	9
36	–	100	Blake Koch	Toyota	8
37	–	171	Scott Riggs	Chevrolet	0
38	–	171	Matthew Carter	Chevrolet	6
39	–	174	Mike Harmon	Chevrolet	5
40	–	47	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	0
41	–	42	Josh Wise	Chevrolet	0
42	–	46	Chase Miller	Chevrolet	2
43	–	108	Tim Andrews	Ford	1