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ROSSBURG, OH (8-4-06) – The All Star Circuit of Champions took on the World of Outlaws once again at the high banks of Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, OH on Friday evening. The latest event in the showdown series between the two traveling groups saw Joey Saldana take the lead from Donny Schatz with just two laps to go to net Saldana his 2nd consecutive victory at Eldora.
"I never tried to run in the middle because usually when I do that, I lose my right rear tire," Saldana said. "The longer the race got, I knew he (Schatz) would get slower because he was not running against the fence in turns three and four. That's where I was gaining so much momentum on top. He was running so low going into (turn) three that it was scrubbing speed. I knew sooner or later I could get him. It was just getting to a lapped car and have him have to move his car. It happened with only a couple laps to go."
Saldana’s car owner Kasey Kahne was in attendance to see his driver win another race on the big half mile. "It feels really good," said Kahne. "When I come and watch him, he does an awesome job at this race track. I think Donny (Schatz) may have been a little better, but he got bound up in lap traffic and Joey took advantage of it. Joey did a great job and the guys did a great job giving him a good race car."
"His wins pay a hell of a lot more than mine do," Saldana said jokingly of his car owner. "It is very cool to drive for him. He has definitely changed my racing career, so hopefully we can keep this up."
All Stars Dale Blaney and Danny Smith had to make the A-main by way of transferring from the B-main, but managed to use their experience at Eldora to climb into the Top 15 by the end of the 30 lap affair. Blaney would come from the back to finish 8th and Smith would finish 11th. Brock Mayes and Brandon Martin also scored Top 15 finishes in 13th and 14th place respectively.
The All Stars also held the 17th through 22nd spots in the A-main with All Star points leader Greg Wilson, Rob Chaney, Neil Shepherd, Chad Blonde, Butch Schroeder, and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
The All Stars will take a short break for the Knoxville Nationals and then be back in action on August 14th at Thunderhill Speedway in Mayetta, KS.
For more information, please visit www.thunderhillmayetta.com or the Official Home of the All Stars www.allstarsprint.com.
All Stars/World of Outlaws Statistical Report; Eldora Speedway August 4, 2006
Qualifying 1) Donny Schatz, Schatz 15, 13.357 2) Daryn Pittman, Titan Racing USA 21, 13.400 3) Joey Saldana, Kasey Kahne Racing 9, 13.400 4) Becca Anderson, Woodring 19, 13.402 5) Paul McMahan, Stewart 20, 13.411 6) Jac Haudenschild, Wright 35, 13.452 7) Chad Kemenah, Kemenah 15K, 13.457 8) Danny Smith, Smith 4, 13.493 9) Butch Schroeder, Jessup 7K, 13.507 10) Brooke Tatnell, Rush Racing 8, 13.511 11) Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7, 13.545 12) Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Premiere 70, 13.548 13) Terry McCarl, McCarl 24, 13.584 14) Chad Blonde, Blonde 5B, 13.598 15) Justin Henderson, Oswalt D1, 13.625 16) Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 13.645 17) Brock Mayes, Mayes 11B, 13.652 18) Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10C, 13.654 19) Brandon Martin, Martin 11, 13.674 20) Jason Martin, Martin 36, 13.701 21) Rob Chaney, Ashworth 92, 13.705 22) Greg Wilson, Warnimont 20W, 13.716 23) Bill Rose, Rose 6, 13.716 24) Neil Shepherd, Shepherd 4N, 13.718 25) Dale Blaney, Fisher 2, 13.775 26) Barry Ruble, Ruble 63, 13.792 27) Paul May, May 71M, 13.895 28) Brian Carlson, SC Motorsports 18, 14.023 29) Dion Hindi, Hindi 11D, 14.046 30) James Mosher, Mosher 12M, 14.119 31) Ed Neumeister, Neumeister 11N, 14.154 32) Lee Stark, Stark 16, 14.320 33) Tom Busch, Busch 14.605 First Heat 1) Neil Shepherd 2) Randy Hannagan 3) Butch Schroeder 4) Donny Schatz 5) Brock Mayes 6) Dale Blaney 7) Danny Smith 8) Dion Hindi 9) Tom Busch Second Heat 1) Bill Rose 2) Brooke Tatnell 3) Chad Kemenah 4) Justin Henderson 5) Daryn Pittman 6) Jeremy Campbell 7) James Mosher 8) Barry Ruble Third Heat 1) Greg Wilson 2) Craig Dollansky 3) Joey Saldana 4) Brandon Martin 5) Chad Blonde 6) Paul May 7) Ed Neumeister 8) Jac Haudenschild Fourth Heat 1) Rob Chaney 2) Jason Martin 3) Terry McCarl 4) Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 5) Paul McMahan 6) Becca Anderson 7) Brian Carlson 8) Lee Stark Dash 1) Joey Saldana 2) Paul McMahan 3) Butch Schroeder 4) Craig Dollansky 5) Brooke Tatnell 6) Donny Schatz 7) Chad Kemenah 8) Daryn Pittman 9) Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 10) Terry McCarl B-main 1) Jac Haudenschild 2) Becca Anderson 3) Dale Blaney 4) Danny Smith 5) Jeremy Campbell [$200] 6) Dion Hindi [$180] 7) Paul May [$175] 8) Brian Carlson [$160] 9) Barry Ruble [$150] 10) Ed Neumeister [$150] 11) James Mosher [$150] 12) Lee Stark [$150] 13) Tom Busch [$150] A-main 1) Joey Saldana [$10,000] 2) Donny Schatz [$5,500] 3) Craig Dollansky [$3,200] 4) Brooke Tatnell [$2,800] 5) Chad Kemenah [$2,500] 6) Daryn Pittman [$2,300] 7) Jac Haudenschild [$2,200] 8) Dale Blaney [$2,100] 9) Terry McCarl [$2,050] 10) Becca Anderson [$2,000] 11) Danny Smith [$1,500] 12) Jason Martin [$1,200] 13) Brock Mayes [$1,100] 14) Brandon Martin [$1,050] 15) Justin Henderson [$1,000] 16) Randy Hannagan [$900] 17) Greg Wilson [$800] 18) Rob Chaney [$800] 19) Neil Shepherd [$800] 20) Chad Blonde [$800] 21) Butch Schroeder [$800] 22) Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. [$800] 23) Paul McMahan [$800] 24) Bill Rose [$800] Lap leaders: Paul McMahan 1-11, Donny Schatz 12-28, Joey Saldana 29-30 |
