Tulare Wrap-up.. finally

So I've been putzing around with these WoO results for a few nights now so while I can't sleep and I'm jamming out I figured its about time to post about what happened, even though its likely you've already got an in-depth review of both the nights.

Night 1 went to Randy Hannagan, and yes, ya I didn't stutter.. Randy Hannagan won. I absolutely went nuts when I got the text message stating he brought home the cash. He was able to hold off a fast Sammy Swindell on a very choppy race track late in the race to bring home his 2nd career WoO A Main victory. Great to see him pull off the victory and pretty amazing to see Peter Murphy win the dash and go onto lead the first 10 laps of the feature. Jason Solwold in the Beef Packers 83JR for the first night came home 3rd with an impressive run. This guy just needs the laps in order to stay in shape in order to compete with these guys on a nightly basis, great run for one of the coolest guys to strap it up. FYI, both Steve and Kraig Kinser had to burn a provisional in order to start the feature with Steve taking a big hit in the points with a 16th place finish.

Night 2 went to a repeat victor in Joey Saldana in the Budweiser KKR #9. This was his series tying 3rd victory of the season since the switch to Maxim in the offseason. The track was totally different from night 1 with the cushion all the way up against the wall and it completely slicked off. There was a worry of rubber-down conditions coming but they never came. Swindell led the first few laps before Terry McCarl in the Big Game Treestands #24 took the point on lap 8 from him. The nonstop race would change hands one last time on lap 14 with Saldana passing McCarl. T-Mac was able to keep pace with Saldana by pulling even with him late in the race, but it wasn't enough in traffic as Saldana hung on to pick up the win as McCarl held onto 2nd with Swindell finishing a distant third behind those two.

There was a Donny Schatz sighting in the top five on the Cali trip with him finishing 4th to save some face/points on the trip before heading to closing Manzanita on Saturday. I was able to update the points rather quickly after the double header but just never got the energy to post a blog. If I find the energy sometime soon I will be posting on the debacle that Knoxville Raceway is calling their 410 format for the upcoming season that has already pissed off a couple of elite racers that were gonna run for the $20K title...

Saturday's Rundown
A-main (35 laps) - Starting Position [#]
1) 9-Joey Saldana[3] [$10,000]
2) 24-Terry McCarl[2] [$5,000]
3) 10-Sammy Swindell[1] [$3,000]
4) 15-Donny Schatz[4] [$2,700]
5) 19-Craig Dollansky[8] [$2,500]
6) 83-Tim Kaeding[5] [$2,200]
7) 8K-Chad Kemenah[10] [$2,000]
8) 1X-Randy Hannagan[11] [$1,800]
9) 11-Steve Kinser[7] [$1,600]
10) 55-Kerry Madsen[9] [$1,450]
11) 14-Jason Meyers[12] [$1,300]
12) 83T-Brad Sweet[18] [$1,200]
13) 7S-Jason Sides[15] [$1,100]
14) R19-Jac Haudenschild[22] [$1,000]
15) O-Jonathan Allard[6] [$950]
16) 11C-Roger Crockett[14] [$900]
17) 6-Danny Lasoski[25] [$150]
18) 35A-Wayne Johnson[19] [$750]
19) 6X-Kyle Hirst[20] [$725]
20) 20-Kraig Kinser[21] [$700]
21) 83JR-Jason Solwold[17] [$700]
22) 22-Brian Ellenberger[26] [$0]
23) 4X-Toni Lutar[13] [$700]
24) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[16] [$700]
25) 24T-Tyler Walker[23] [$700]
26) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[24] [$700]
Note: Danny Lasoski and Brian Ellenberger used World of Outlaws provisionals to start the A-Feature.

Lap Leaders: Sammy Swindell 1-7; Terry McCarl 8-13; Joey Saldana 14-35

Friday's Rundown:
A-main (35 laps) - Starting Position [#]
1) 1X-Randy Hannagan[4] [$10,000]
2) 10-Sammy Swindell[3] [$5,000]
3) 83JR-Jason Solwold[2] [$3,000]
4) 24T-Tyler Walker[5] [$2,700]
5) R19-Jac Haudenschild[8] [$2,500]
6) 14-Jason Meyers[7] [$2,200]
7) 24-Terry McCarl[9] [$2,000]
8) 83-Tim Kaeding[13] [$1,800]
9) 13-Peter Murphy[1] [$1,600]
10) 9-Joey Saldana[12] [$1,450]
11) O-Jonathan Allard[17] [$1,300]
12) 15-Donny Schatz[6] [$1,200]
13) 19-Craig Dollansky[19] [$1,100]
14) 55-Kerry Madsen[24] [$1,000]
15) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[15] [$950]
16) 11-Steve Kinser[25] [$200]
17) 11C-Roger Crockett[14] [$850]
18) 7S-Jason Sides[16] [$750]
19) 6-Danny Lasoski[22] [$725]
20) 20-Kraig Kinser[26] [$0]
21) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[10] [$700]
22) 33E-Evan Suggs[21] [$700]
23) 35A-Wayne Johnson[18] [$700]
24) 6X-Kyle Hirst[23] [$700]
25) 21-Tommy Tarlton[11] [$700]
26) 22B-Ben Gregg[20] [$700]
Note: Steve Kinser and Kraig Kinser both used World of Outlaws provisionals to start the A-Feature.

Lap Leaders: Peter Murphy 1-10, Randy Hannagan 11-35