McCarl Cashes in with WoO Vegas Win – Left to Wonder Who Let the Dogs Out…
Lonnie Wheatley, LAS VEGAS, Nev. (March 5, 2015) – Terry McCarl capped a stressful day by wiring the field in Thursday night’s 30-lap World of Outlaws feature atop The Dirt Track at Las Vegas.
While McCarl held a commanding lead most of the way, Joey Saldana and Danny Lasoski closed in over the final rounds but McCarl would have none of it as he took the $10,000 winner’s share aboard the snowplow.com No. 24.
“My dad told me a long time ago it doesn’t matter if you win by an inch or win by a mile, it’s all the same,” McCarl said after his 11th career WoO victory.
It capped an edgy 24 hours after a pair of dogs from the McCarl’s Altoona, IA, home went missing Wednesday night, fortunately showing back up around race time on Thursday after Twitter APB’s alerted the area of the missing canines.
Gunning into the lead at the outset, McCarl distanced himself from the field with a 3.75 second advantage erased when the race’s first caution flew after 13 laps. Following another pair of cautions three laps later, McCarl checked out again until traffic became an issue.
Saldana closed to within a pair of car-lengths and made a bid for the lead on the 28th round, only to watch McCarl drive away to the checkered flag by a handful of car lengths.
“That thing was just rolling, I could go wherever I wanted to go,” McCarl said.
Saldana worked his way up to second by the tenth round after starting fifth aboard the Motter No. 71m, fending off some pressure from Lasoski while trying to ruin McCarl’s party before settling for second.
“We had a shot there at the end but Terry was so strong the whole race, it was gonna take a lapped car to make something happen,” Saldana said.
After a big slide past Ian Madsen and Daryn Pittman on the 12th round, Missouri’s Lasoski kept the gomuddy.com No. 2L in third the rest of the way. Donny Schatz scratched his way forward from 14th to fourth with Jason Sides rounding out the top five.
The Vitals…
Series: World of Outlaws Sprint Cars
Track: The Dirt Track at Las Vegas
Car Count: 33
Quick Time: Joey Saldana picked off his first quick time of the year after turning a lap of 14.358 seconds, off the Wednesday standard set by Paul McMahan of 13.789. Danny Lasoski’s track record of 13.719 seconds will stand for at least another year.
Heat Winners (starting position in parentheses): Rico Abreu (1), Kerry Madsen (4), Danny Lasoski (1), Terry McCarl (2).
Notable Heat Race Move: Credit Kerry Madsen with an assist to brother Ian. Madsen’s charge from fourth to win the second heat race moved Ian Madsen into the Dash, where he finished second. Ian would have started ninth without Kerry’s assist.
“B” Main Winner (starting position in parentheses): Kraig Kinser (3).
“A” Main Cautions: 3 – Lap 14 as Paul McMahan rolls to a stop on the frontstretch, he rejoined and raced back up to 11th; Lap 17 when Craig Dollansky spins in turn three; Lap 17 restart as Brian Brown gets bottled up and spins after clipping an infield tire. After jumping from 12th to seventh after the first caution, Blackjack was done with front end damage.
“A” Main Hard Charger: Kraig Kinser gained the most positions by going from 23rd to 12th but Donny Schatz picked off ten quality positions by climbing from 14th to fourth.
The Box Score…
Qualifying: 1. 71m-Joey Saldana 14.358, 2. 29-Kerry Madsen 14.419, 3. 9-Daryn Pittman 14.434, 4. 7s-Jason Sides 14.488, 5. 18-Ian Madsen 14.516, 6. 2-Shane Stewart 14.536, 7. 83-David Gravel 14.551, 8. 51-Paul McMahan 14.620, 9. 49-Brad Sweet 14.639, 10. 13-Mark Dobmeier 14.644, 11. 15-Donny Schatz 14.708, 12. 24-14.746, 13. 24r-Rico Abreu 14.792, 14. 1s-Logan Schuchart 14.809, 15. 2L-Danny Lasoski 14.815, 16. 26-Tayler Malsam 14.854, 17. 44w-Austen Wheatley 14.882, 18. 21-Brian Brown 14.901, 19. 41-Jason Johnson 14.902, 20. 82-Dusty Zomer 14.942, 21. 7-Craig Dollansky 14.973, 22. 55-Trey Starks 15.004, 23. 11k-Kraig Kinser 15.050, 24. 12-Robbie Stillwaggon 15.057, 25. 33v-Henry Van Dam 15.089, 26. 21x-Carson Macedo 15.201, 27. 41x-Dominic Scelzi 15.231, 28. 1a-Jacob Allen 15.289, 29. 5v-Colby Copeland 15.441, 30. 88n-D.J. Netto 15.537, 31. 7h-Jojo Helberg 15.563, 32. 2LX-Logan Forler 15.601, 33. 31c-Justyn Cox 22.441.
Heat One (8 Laps): 1.24r-Rico Abreu, 2. 49-Brad Sweet, 3. 71m-Joey Saldana, 4. 18-Ian Madsen, 5. 7-Craig Dollansky, 6. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 7. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 8. 5v-Colby Copeland, 9. 31c-Justyn Cox.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 29-Kerry Madsen, 2. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 3. 21-Brian Brown, 4. 1s-Logan Schuchart, 5. 2-Shane Stewart, 6. 21x-Carson Macedo, 7. 88n-D.J. Netto, 8. 55-Trey Starks (DNS).
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 2L-Danny Lasoski, 2. 15-Donny Schatz, 3. 9-Daryn Pittman, 4. 83-David Gravel, 5. 41-Jason Johnson, 6. 41x-Dominic Scelzi, 7. 11k-Kraig Kinser, 8. 7h-Jojo Helberg.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 24-Terry McCarl, 2. 7s-Jason Sides, 3. 51-Paul McMahan, 4. 26-Tayler Malsam, 5. 82-Dusty Zomer, 6. 1a-Jacob Allen, 7. 2LX-Logan Forler, 8. 12-Robbie Stillwaggon.
Dash (6 Laps): 1. 24-Terry McCarl, 2. 18-Ian Madsen, 3. 7s-Jason Sides, 4. 9-Daryn Pittman, 5. 71m-Joey Saldana, 6. 2L-Danny Lasoski, 7. 29-Kerry Madsen, 8. 24r-Rico Abreu.
“B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 11k-Kraig Kinser, 2. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 3. 55-Trey Starks, 4. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 5. 41x-Dominic Scelzi, 6. 21x-Carson Macedo, 7. 88n-D.J. Netto, 8. 12-Robbie Stillwaggon, 9. 1a-Jacob Allen, 10. 2LX-Logan Forler, 11. 31c-Justyn Cox, 12. 7h-Jojo Helberg, 13. 5v-Colby Copeland.
“A” Main (30 Laps): 1. 24-Terry McCarl (1), 2. 71m-Joey Saldana (5), 3. 2L-Danny Lasoski (6), 4. 15-Donny Schatz (14), 5. 7s-Jason Sides (3), 6. 9-Daryn Pittman (4), 7. 18-Ian Madsen (2), 8. 29-Kerry Madsen (7), 9. 2-Shane Stewart (9), 10. 83-David Gravel (10), 11. 51-Paul McMahan (11), 12. 11k-Kraig Kinser (23), 13. 49-Brad Sweet (12), 14. 13-Mark Dobmeier (13), 15. 24r-Rico Abreu (8), 16. 1s-Logan Schuchart (15), 17. 82-Dusty Zomer (20), 18. 33v-Henry Van Dam (24), 19. 55-Trey Starks (22), 20. 44w-Austen Wheatley (17), 21. 41-Jason Johnson (19), 22. 7-Craig Dollansky (21), 23. 26-Tayler Malsam (16), 24. 21-Brian Brown (18).
Lap leaders: Terry McCarl 1-30.
