By Aaron Fiedler
CONCORD, N.C. – Nov. 5, 2015 – Sammy Swindell and Joey Saldana kicked off the first night of the Bad Boy Buggies World Finals on Thursday by taking the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series qualifying quick times.
Against a 58-car field, the biggest the event has ever seen, Swindell scored his third quick time of 2015 in the qualifying session that set the field for Friday night. The three-time series champion had a fast lap of 12.506 seconds. Swindell said qualifying up front was critical heading into tomorrow night.
“It makes it a lot easier to get locked into the dash and get that good spot to start in the A main,” said Swindell, who drives the No. 1 Big Game Tree Stands car for CJB Motorsports.
In the second qualifying session which set the field for Saturday, Saldana, the season’s leading qualifier, picked up his 17th quick time of 2015 with a lap of 12.904 seconds. Saldana, who qualified his No. 71m Motter Equipment car third in the earlier session, said it helped to go out later the second time.
Going into Friday and Saturday, Saldana said the qualifying runs give him a lot of confidence.
“We’ve had fast cars all year – we just need to finish it off,” Saldana said. “We’ve done it a few times but not enough. Hopefully we can do it again this weekend. It’s a great venue to race at and a lot people get to see us that don’t normally get to see us. I’ve been lucky enough to win here a couple of times… Hopefully we can do that in the next few days.”
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World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; The Dirt Track at Charlotte; Concord, N.C.; Nov. 5, 2015
Friday Qualifying Session
Qualifying Flight 1 – 1. 1-Sammy Swindell, 12.506; 2. 2-Shane Stewart, 12.624; 3. 71M-Joey Saldana, 12.640; 4. 51S-Stevie Smith, 12.734; 5. 18-Ian Madsen, 12.756; 6. 23C-Tyler Courtney, 12.759; 7. 7-David Gravel, 12.770; 8. 82-Dusty Zomer, 12.809; 9. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 12.812; 10. 49X-Tanner Thorson, 12.816; 11. 45-Tim Shaffer, 12.817; 12. 94Z-Brock Zearfoss, 12.859; 13. 2L-Danny Lasoski, 12.877; 14. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.887; 15. 11-Steve Kinser, 12.918; 16. 7S-Jason Sides, 12.959; 17. 94-Ryan Smith, 12.985; 18. 33-Dominic Scelzi, 13.002; 19. 5C-Dylan Cisney, 13.045; 20. 44D-Chase Dietz, 13.046; 21. 2LX-Logan Forler, 13.106; 22. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 13.112; 23. 77X-Sam Hafertepe, 13.150; 24. 73-Jevon Ahner, 13.267; 25. 1Z-Stewart Friesen, 13.397; 26. 60-Kory Crabtree, 13.571; 27. 49H-Bradley Howard, 13.648; 28. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 13.725; 29. 17BX-Steve Buckwalter, nt
Qualifying Flight 2 – 1. 29-Kerry Madsen, 12.594; 2. 27-Greg Hodnett, 12.661; 3. 23S-Trey Starks, 12.682; 4. 17W-Bryan Clauson, 12.712; 5. 21-Brian Brown, 12.734; 6. 24-Terry McCarl, 12.764; 7. 51-Paul McMahan, 12.766; 8. 13-Jac Haudenschild, 12.769; 9. 70-Danny Holtgraver, 12.797; 10. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.815; 11. 24R-Rico Abreu, 12.817; 12. 17B-Bill Balog, 12.823; 13. 4-Cody Darrah, 12.839; 14. 9-Daryn Pittman, 12.848; 15. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 12.850; 16. 19-Paige Polyak, 12.865; 17. 1B-Dale Blaney, 12.867; 18. 98H-Dave Blaney, 12.882; 19. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.891; 20. 19M-Brent Marks, 12.989; 21. 41-Jason Johnson, 12.990; 22. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 13.014; 23. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.015; 24. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.073; 25. 67-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.147; 26. 6T-Cole Duncan, 13.148; 27. 36D-Wayne Dadetto, 13.159; 28. 23M-Lance Moss, 13.299; 29. 47-Eric Riggins Jr, 13.347
Saturday Qualifying Session
Qualifying Flight 1 – 1. 71M- Joey Saldana, 12.904; 2. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.919; 3. 27-Greg Hodnett, 12.930; 4. 2-Shane Stewart, 12.990; 5. 67-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.994; 6. 29-Kerry Madsen, 13.025; 7. 45-Tim Shaffer, 13.031; 8. 51S-Stevie Smith, 13.047; 9. 70-Danny Holtgraver, 13.080; 10. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.099; 11. 19-Paige Polyak, 13.107; 12. 4-Cody Darrah, 13.122; 13. 23C-Tyler Courtney, 13.135; 14. 98H-Dave Blaney, 13.136; 15. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 13.148; 16. 24R-Rico Abreu, 13.200; 17. 17B-Bill Balog, 13.204; 18. 41-Jason Johnson, 13.212; 19. 82-Dusty Zomer, 13.214; 20. 21-Brian Brown, 13.216; 21. 49X-Tanner Thorson, 13.294; 22. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.295; 23. 18-Ian Madsen, 13.311; 24. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 13.380; 25. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.385; 26. 1Z-Stewart Friesen, 13.425; 27. 2LX-Logan Forler, 13.454; 28. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.511; 29. 77X-Sam Hafertepe, 13.609
Qualifying Flight 2 – 1. 19M-Brent Marks, 12.920; 2. 7-David Gravel, 12.934; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.961; 4. 17W-Bryan Clauson, 13.029; 5. 23S-Trey Starks, 13.041; 6. 2L-Danny Lasoski, 13.044; 7. 1-Sammy Swindell, 13.071; 8. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.072; 9. 13-Jac Haudenschild, 13.098; 10. 24-Terry McCarl, 13.104; 11. 1B-Dale Blaney, 13.158; 12. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.169; 13. 51-Paul McMahan, 13.180; 14. 6T-Cole Duncan, 13.194; 15. 33-Dominic Scelzi, 13.290; 16. 94-Ryan Smith, 13.318; 17. 5C-Dylan Cisney, 13.355; 18. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 13.418; 19. 17BX-Steve Buckwalter, 13.438; 20. 11-Steve Kinser, 13.514; 21. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 13.528; 22. 94Z-Brock Zearfoss, 13.531; 23. 44D-Chase Dietz, 13.587; 24. 47-Eric Riggins Jr, 13.709; 25. 23M-Lance Moss, 13.712; 26. 60-Kory Crabtree, 13.966; 27. 49H-Bradley Howard, 14.031; 28. 36D-Wayne Dadetto, 14.332; 29. 73-Jevon Ahner, 14.401
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