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WoO Spark Fireworks On Independence Day At Cedar Lake
July 4, 2005, New Richmond, WI . As the country celebrated
Independence Day, the legendary World of Outlaw Sprint Cars provided the
necessary fireworks to spark up a packed Cedar Lake Speedway.
In heat race number one, the King of the Outlaws showed why he has a 260 point
lead in WoO standings as he overpowered the field in route to picking up the
heat race win. Local favorite Craig Dollansky looked extremely strong in
heat race number two as he jumped out to an early lead and never let off the
gas on his way to a green to checkered heat race win. Heat race number
three saw young hot shoe Brandon Wimmer start outside The Dude Danny Lasoski.
Wimmer wasted no time blowing around The Dude in turn one and never looked
back as he cruised to a solid heat race win.
Dash number one, which determined the inside starting spots for the first six
rows of the A feature, had Steve Kinser and Donny Schatz on the front
row. In just a replay of his heat race, The King Steve Kinser dropped
the hammer on his competition and cruised to the win; securing his inside
front row starting spot in tonight’s A Main. Dash number two had Sammy
Swindell and Craig Dollansky leading the field to the green with Swindell
smacking the gas first to assume command of the race. McCarl and Kraig
Kinser battle for second, but Swindell walked away from the two to pick up the
dash win and front row starting spot.
The Wissota Modified A feature was the next event on the speedway with Craig
Thatcher and Nolan Olmsted redrawing the front row. With the track just
re-laid and in perfect condition, Thatcher moved to an early lead with Steve
Arpin on the gas and coming hard behind him. Dave Cain found the low
groove early and began putting pressure on Olmsted for third on lap three and
by lap four had the position. Cain used that low groove to drive by
Arpin with a sweet slide job coming out of turn two on lap six to take command
of the second position. By halfway, Thatcher began encountering lapped
traffic with Cain pulling even with Thatcher for the lead as Thatcher got
tangled with a lapped car which brought out the yellow with 10 laps to
go.
On the restart, Cain pulled even with Thatcher heading down the backstretch
but the yellow was waived again as the back of the field got tangled coming to
the cone in turn four. This time Cain put a sweet move on Thatcher
coming off turn two to motor by down the backstretch and assume command of the
lead. Behind him, Thatcher had his hands full with Arpin for the second
spot. Doug Gustafson drove into a solid fourth spot with Olmsted and
Tyler Keyser battling for fifth. In the meantime, Cain cruised off to
pick up yet another feature win here at CLS in 2005. Congratulations to
Dave, his racing team, and sponsors.
The World of Outlaws A Feature was the final event of the evening as the two
most winning drivers in the history of the WoO earned front row starting
spots. With Sammy Swindell on the outside and Steve “The King”
Kinser on the pole, the field took the green to a packed house of screaming
fans. Kinser powered off the cushion to the early lead with Brooke
Tatnell running second and Swindell holding down third. Only six laps
into the event the pair began encountering lapped traffic with Tatnell putting
all kinds of heated pressure on Kinser for the point. As the pair hit
lapped traffic on lap eleven, Tatnell got a great run coming off turn four and
blew right by Kinser for the lead. A lap later Swindell saw the
opportunity and motored past Kinser for the second spot.
Kinser did not let the pair get far as he evaded lapped traffic like they were
standing still and eventually caught Swindell for second. A great move
coming off turn two gave Kinser second spot back as he then set his sights on
Tatnell for the lead. Kraig Kinser and Terry McCarl were watching all
this from the fourth and fifth positions until a yellow waived over the field
on lap 24 for a breakdown in turn three. The field restarted
with 11 laps to go and began slicing and dicing almost immediately.
After pressuring the Tatnell for several laps, Kinser drove right on by on the
backstretch on lap 33. But the unbelievable happened has the caution
flag flew before the pair could cross the checkered stripe for a fireball out
of the blown motor on Jason Sides’ machine. That reset the field in
the running order in the last completed lap; which Tatnell was still the
leader! That was all the reprieve Tatnell needed as he used the restart
with two laps left to elude Kinser and pick up his first win of the 2005
season. Kraig Kinser and Sammy Swindell got tangled entering the turn
three on the final lap which ended up in Kinser’s 11K machine flipping
end-over-end in turn four. Kinser emerged form the machine unharmed but
decided to run after the Swindell machine to give him his take on the
incident. Congratulations to the Tatnell racing team on the impressive
win!
Make sure you log on to www.cedarlakespeedway.com
to get a look at the complete schedule, ticket information, race recaps, and a
lot of other information about the high banked clay oval. Also call the
toll free information line for weather and schedule updates at
866-4-CLSFUN. We look forward to seeing you in the grandstands and pits
next Saturday night at the legendary Cedar Lake Speedway!
Results:
World of Outlaws Sprint Cars
Heat Winners:
Heat 1: 11 Steve Kinser
Heat 2: 7 Craig Dollansky
Heat 3: 7TW Brandon Wimmer
Feature: Brook Tatnell, Steve Kinser, Sammy Swindell, Donny
Schatz, Terry McCarl, Jason Meyers, Shane Stewart, Joey Saldana, Paul McMahan,
and Tim Kaeding.
Polydome Modifieds
Heat Winners:
Heat 1: 7K Tyler Keyser
Heat 2: 68 Doug Gustafson
Heat 3: 91 Craig Thatcher
Feature: Dave Cain, Craig Thatcher, Steve Arpin, Doug
Gustafson, Nolan Olmsted, Dave Friendt, Scoot Splittstoesser, Tyler Keyser,
Jason Schill, and Jason Miller.
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