Driver & Team News – Page 199

Kerry Madsen. - Image courtesy of Peterson Media

Good Night Goes South For Madsen

Looking to pick up his second consecutive feature event win on Friday night, contact with lapped traffic ahead of him, collected Kerry Madsen, and knocked him out of contention at the Merced Speedway.

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TK Second at Merced

With qualifying hampering him as of late, Tim Kaeding put that behind him at the Merced Speedway on Friday night, and worked his way to an exciting second place finish.

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Statler Hard Charger At Merced

Back in action with the World of Outlaw’s on Friday night at the Merced Speedway, Jason Statler earned hard charger honors for the night as the Grass Valley, CA driver charged from 24th to 12th on the very tight speedway.

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Wood Records First Top Five of the Season at 4th annual Air Capital Shootout

Cole Wood put together his best performance of the season last Saturday at 81 Speedway.

Wood claimed his heat race during the 4th annual Air Capital Shootout with the NCRA and he recorded his first top five of the season in the main event.

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Wheatley Returning to Calistoga Speedway for First Time Since 2011

After taking last weekend off because of the high threat of weather in California, Austen Wheatley will return to “The Golden State” this Saturday and Sunday.

Wheatley will race for only the second time at Calistoga Speedway in Calistoga, Calif., during the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series doubleheader this Saturday and Sunday.

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Lasoski Doomed by Flat Tire While Leading NCRA Feature at 81 Speedway

Danny Lasoski was so close to his first victory of the season last Saturday he could almost taste it.

Lasoski charged from fourth place to win his heat race and he led more than three-quarters of the main event before a flat tire relegated him to a 12 th-place result during the 4th annual Air Capital Shootout with the NCRA at 81 Speedway.

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Graves Motorsports Notches First Top 10 of Season at Devil’s Bowl Speedway

Graves Motorsports is on the right path as it made noticeable improvement between its first two races of the season.

Driver Kolt Walker powered the car to a top 10 during the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour and ASCS Lone Star Region event at Devil’s Bowl Speedway last Saturday.

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Freeman Powers to Runner-Up Performance at Gulf Coast Speedway

After nearly three months off since the Tulsa Shootout, Cody Freeman returned to the track on fire last Saturday.

Literally.

As the team unloaded his restricted winged micro sprint from the trailer at Gulf Coast Speedway, a battery sparked a small fire that was quickly extinguished.

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Bergman Battles for 13th-Place Finish after Early Crash at Devil’s Bowl

Seth Bergman got off to a rough start last Saturday at Devil’s Bowl Speedway.

Bergman was caught up in a crash on the opening lap of his Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour heat race at the half-mile track.

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Allard 11th With World of Outlaws

Hitting the dirt on possibly the smallest venue of the year, Jonathan Allard rallied from a 17th place starting spot to score an 11th place finish at the Merced Speedway on Friday night.

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Bad Luck Bites DJ Netto

A broken throttle spring, and a broken torsion arm gave DJ Netto a pair of DNF’s in what were looking to be strong nights for the young driver.

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WORLD OF OUTLAWS HEAD TO CALIFORNIA WINE COUNTRY FOR DOUBLEHEADER

Fans in the Napa region of California get a double dose of World of Outlaws Sprint Car racing this Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and 6 at Calistoga Speedway.

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Kevin Swindell Sails to First Victory of the Season during Air Capital Shootout

Kevin Swindell relied on his experience to capture his first victory of the season last Saturday.

Swindell used a late-race pass in the Blazing Racing entry to secure the NCRA triumph on a challenging track during the 4th annual Air Capital Shootout at 81 Speedway. It marked the second straight podium result since the team paired together.

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Starks Scores 6th-Place Result During Williams Grove 75th annual Season Opener

Trey Starks continued to build his reputation in the sprint car rich state of Pennsylvania last weekend.

After driving his way into the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series $50,000-to-win National Open feature at Williams Grove Speedway last October, Starks scored a top 10 during his return to the famed half-mile track for its 75th annual season opener last Friday.

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