{"id":53818,"date":"2014-03-25T01:45:04","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T08:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bangshift.com\/?p=53818"},"modified":"2014-03-24T06:23:02","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T13:23:02","slug":"world-of-outlaws-stockton-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/bangshiftapex\/world-of-outlaws-stockton-results\/","title":{"rendered":"RACE COVERAGE: World Of Outlaws Results And Action Photos From Stockton, California"},"content":{"rendered":"
(Words by Mike Burghardt – Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt) –\u00a0STOCKTON, California – Kerry Madsen (a native of St. Marys, N.S.W., Austrailia) led only one lap in the\u00a0FVP Western Spring Shootout at the Stockton Dirt Track and it was the last one. As he came into the\u00a0final corner, Madsen was able to surge ahead of the five-time champion, Donny Schatz, in front a near\u00a0capacity crowd. When they exited the final turn, it was drag race to the checkered flag, where Madsen\u00a0captured his first World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series victory of the season by nearly a half a car\u00a0length in the American Racing Custom Wheels Sprint Car. A mere 0.115 seconds separated the two \u201cWinged Warriors\u201d at the finish line.Joey Saldana (71M), who was the pole sitter and led the most laps, finished third just ahead of Jason Meyers (21M). Rounding out the top five was Bud Kaeding (0).<\/p>\n
<\/a>After starting the race in eighth, Schatz rapidly worked his way to the front by the 7th lap. He then\u00a0quickly stretched his lead until the first of two red flags for large crashes came out on lap 13. On the\u00a0ensuing restart, Saldana would regain the lead and hold it until near the last two laps. In the closing laps,<\/p>\n Schatz felt comfortable with his chances to win in his Tony Stewart Racing STP (#15) Sprint Car, as he\u00a0took the lead from Saldana (#71M) in the Motter Equipment HE&M Saw Sprint Car with just two laps to\u00a0go. As he and Saldana battled through lapped traffic going into turn three, it allowed Madsen (#29)\u00a0\u201cfrom Down Under\u201d a shot on the very bottom of the groove and he made the most of it, catching them\u00a0both by surprise.\u00a0The large crowd definitely got their money\u2019s worth with displays of excellent driving skills, prowess and\u00a0on-track strategy and plenty of the acrobatics that the World of Outlaw Sprints cars are famous for on\u00a0the 3\/8-miles Stockton dirt oval.<\/p>\n After nine events, the STP Sprint Car Series Championship Standing for the top five position show Paul McMahan (1278) sitting on top followed by Donny Schatz (1272), Daryn Pittman (1258), Kerry Madsen(1257)_ and Steve Kinser (1248).<\/p>\n This will be Steve Kinser\u2019s final season of racing the full World of Outlaws STP Series season tour. Kinser,\u00a0known as \u201cThe King of the Outlaws\u201d, has won 577 World of Outlaw races in his illustrious career of over\u00a035 years that includes 20 World of Outlaws Championships. His son, Kraig, drives the 11K car.\u00a0The series continues its California Spring Break on Friday (3\/28) at Merced Speedway and Saturday\u00a0(3\/29) in the Mini Gold Cup at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico.<\/p>\n
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