By Kyle Luetters
HANFORD, Calif. – March 18, 2011 – World of Outlaws champion and California native Jason Meyers was in the pole position for the feature event on Friday night at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway when rain began to fall, forcing officials to postpone the conclusion of the event.
Series and track officials will determine a makeup date for the 35-lap A-main as soon as possible as the Outlaws head to Thunderbowl Raceway in nearby Tulare, Calif., to compete Saturday night. Fans with questions can call the speedway at 559-584-7223 or continue to check back at WorldofOutlaws.com for schedule updates.
Paul McMahan set quick time during qualifying when he turned a lap around the 3/8-mile oval in 13.119 seconds at 102.904 mph and earned five points in the championship standings. It marked the third time this season McMahan was quickest in time trials. Craig Dollansky, Sammy Swindell, Jason Sides and Kerry Madsen rounded out the Top Five in the 26-car field and also earned qualifying points.
Heat race winners included Evan Suggs, Joey Saldana and Meyers, who also won the Dash. Tommy Tarlton won the B-main.
On Saturday the World of Outlaws invade 1/3-mile oval Thunderbowl Raceway, where last season Tim Kaeding broke the track record while Meyers and Saldana earned victories.
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway; Hanford, Calif.; March 18, 2011
NOTE – EVENT NOT COMPLETE DUE TO RAIN; 35-LAP A-MAIN REMAINS TO BE RUN.
Qualifying – 1) 83-Paul McMahan 13.119; 2) 7-Craig Dollansky 13.142; 3) 1-Sammy Swindell 13.142; 4) 7S-Jason Sides 13.229; 5) 92-Kerry Madsen 13.233; 6) 63-Chad Kemenah 13.238; 7) 33E-Evan Suggs 13.251; 8) 55-Trey Starks 13.262; 9) 14-Jason Meyers 13.265; 10) 29-Bud Kaeding 13.283; 11) 9-Joey Saldana 13.292; 12) 6R-Bill Rose 13.315; 13) 15-Donny Schatz 13.322; 14) 5W-Lucas Wolfe 13.376; 15) 11-Steve Kinser 13.399; 16) 83SR-Jac Haudenschild 13.442; 17) 83JR-Tim Kaeding 13.457; 18) 99-Kyle Larson 13.491; 19) 21-Tommy Tarlton 13.505; 20) 91-Cody Darrah 13.570; 21) 6-Kraig Kinser 13.614; 22) O-Jonathan Allard 13.627; 23) 2L-Logan Forler 13.773; 24) OO-Cory Eliason 13.879; 25) 2B-Ben Gregg 14.431; 26) 89-Rico Abreu 14.541.
Heat 1 (8 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) – 1) 33E-Evan Suggs[2]; 2) 29-Bud Kaeding[1]; 3) 7S-Jason Sides[3]; 4) 83-Paul McMahan[4]; 5) 83SR-Jac Haudenschild[6]; 6) 15-Donny Schatz[5]; 7) O-Jonathan Allard[8]; 8) 21-Tommy Tarlton[7]; 9) 2B-Ben Gregg[9].
Heat 2 (8 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) – 1) 9-Joey Saldana[1]; 2) 7-Craig Dollansky[4]; 3) 83JR-Tim Kaeding[6]; 4) 92-Kerry Madsen[3]; 5) 91-Cody Darrah[7]; 6) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[5]; 7) 55-Trey Starks[2]; 8) 2L-Logan Forler[8]; 9) 89-Rico Abreu[9].
Heat 3 (8 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) – 1) 14-Jason Meyers[2]; 2) 6R-Bill Rose[1]; 3) 1-Sammy Swindell[4]; 4) 99-Kyle Larson[6]; 5) 11-Steve Kinser[5]; 6) 63-Chad Kemenah[3]; 7) 6-Kraig Kinser[7]; 8) OO-Cory Eliason[8].
Dash (6 laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature) – 1) 14-Jason Meyers[2]; 2) 92-Kerry Madsen[4]; 3) 1-Sammy Swindell[6]; 4) 7S-Jason Sides[5]; 5) 9-Joey Saldana[9]; 6) 7-Craig Dollansky[7]; 7) 83-Paul McMahan[8]; 8) 29-Bud Kaeding[1]; 9) 6R-Bill Rose[10]; 10) 33E-Evan Suggs[3].
B-main (10 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) – 1) 21-Tommy Tarlton[2]; 2) 55-Trey Starks[1]; 3) O-Jonathan Allard[4]; 4) 6-Kraig Kinser[3]; 5) OO-Cory Eliason[6] [$200]; 6) 2L-Logan Forler[5] [$180]; 7) 2B-Ben Gregg[7] [$175]; 8) 89-Rico Abreu[8] [$160].
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Top 20 Championship Standings (through qualifying March 18, 2011, at Giant Cheverolet Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif.)
Pos.
Driver
Total
Diff
Wins
T5
T10
QT
1.
Steve Kinser
1142
4
5
7
1
2.
Joey Saldana
1127
-15
1
6
7
2
3.
Jason Meyers
1075
-67
0
2
6
0
4.
Donny Schatz
1071
-71
0
4
4
1
5.
Cody Darrah
1063
-79
0
4
4
0
6.
Sammy Swindell
1054
-88
1
4
4
1
7.
Jason Sides
1047
-95
1
4
5
1
8.
Craig Dollansky
1046
-96
1
3
5
0
9.
Paul McMahan
1027
-115
0
2
4
3
10.
Lucas Wolfe
1006
-136
0
0
5
0
11.
Kraig Kinser
1005
-137
0
1
3
0
12.
Chad Kemenah
978
-164
0
1
2
0
13.
Bill Rose
867
-275
0
0
0
0
14.
Lance Dewease
854
-288
0
0
2
0
15.
Ben Gregg
837
-305
0
0
0
0
16.
Terry McCarl
804
-338
0
0
1
0
17.
Danny Lasoski
647
-495
0
1
3
0
18.
Sam Hafertepe Jr.
630
-512
0
0
3
0
19.
David Gravel
524
-618
0
1
1
0
20.
Tim Shaffer
414
-728
0
1
3
0
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