CAMARGO, IL (3-06-08) by Bryan Autullo - O'Reilly All Star Director of Public Relations
Paul McMahan returned to his old stomping grounds in California while waiting for the O'Reilly All Star schedule to resume in April and captured the opening night of the Golden State Challenge Series - 22nd Annual Mini Gold Cup at Chico's Silver Dollar Speedway. McMahan was dominant for much of the night and led all 30 laps from the pole position after winning the dash in Brian Sperry's #51 machine.
McMahan, who will follow the All Star trail in 2008 in Rick Ferkel's #0, rocketed to an early lead and held on as the battles for position behind him were fierce. All Star member Tim Kaeding was the man on the move throughout the race. He charged from his 14th starting position as he ran around the high side of the speedway in typical Tim Kaeding fashion.. With 20 laps to go, McMahan was out front in front of Allard and Sweet. Allard challenged McMahan for the lead on lap 21, but couldn’t make the pass. At the checkered flag it was McMahan over Allard, Sweet, and Kaeding who made it all the way to fourth.
The All Stars return to action on April 4th at Attica Raceway Park. For more information visit www.allstarsprint.com or www.atticaracewaypark.com
(Special thanks to Gary Thomas for news and results)
22nd Mini Gold Cup March 7, 2008
65 cars
Fast time- Tyler Walker 12.009
Heat 1: Tyler Walker, Brad Sweet, Jason Meyers, Shane Stewart, Brett Miller, Mark Workentine, Jason Botsford, Chad Noland, Jason York, Aaron Fell, Andy Gregg, Evan Suggs
Heat 2: Tim Kaeding, Colby Wiesz, Joey Saldana, Roger Crockett, Mike Henry, Mark Hall, Willie Croft, Travis Rilat, Seth Bergman, Ken Fredenburg, Shain Matthews, Tayler Malsam
Heat 3: Jason Statler, Sean Becker, Jonathan Allard, Paul McMahan, John Gray, Bud Kaeding, Robby Whitchurch, Brent Kaeding, Eddy Lewis, Jeff Delte, Tyler Wolfe, Brandon Wimmer
Heat 4: Greg Decaires, Kevin Sharrah, Andy Forsberg, Kyle Hirst, Mitch Olson, Matt Shelton, Brock Lemley, Travis Rutz, Richard Bailey, Ricky Wright, Matt Mitchell, Dan Menne
D-main: Mike Monahan, Stephen Allard, Dan Simpson, Christian Stover, Brent Bjork, Tyler Franklin, Mike Mossi, Mike Stallings, Dan Ochs, Alissa Geving, Colby Copeland, Scott Kinney, Steve Dyer, John Michael Bunch, Mason Moore, Pat Harvey
C-main: Matt Mitchell, Willie Croft, Jason York, Seth Bergman, Chad Noland, Richard Bailey, Eddy Lewis, Jason Botsford, Jeff Delte, Brock Lemley
Dash- Paul Mcmahan, Brad Sweet, Kevin Sharrah, Jonathan Allard, Andy Forsberg, Jason Statler, Tyler Walker, Roger Crockett
B-main: Mark Hall, Matt Shelton, Evan Suggs, Brent Kaeding, Brandon Wimmer, Brett Miller, Mike Henry, Taylor Malsam, Mitch Olson, Dan Menne, Willie Croft, Mark Workentine, Robby Whitchurch, Aaron Fell, John Gray, Andy Gregg, Travis Rilat, Matt Mitchell
A-main: McMahan, Sweet, J. Allard, T. Kaeding, Walker, Forsberg, Sharrah, Meyers, Becker, Stewart, Crockett, Statler, Hall, Decaires, Saldana, Miller, Wiesz, Shelton, Suggs, Brent Kaeding, Hirst, Wimmer |
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