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Dollansky & Bowersock Take Eldora Wins.
ROSSBURG, OH (April 11) - Craig Dollansky's fourth career World
of Outlaw (WoO) Sprint Car win at Eldora Speedway came in traditional
Eldora style Friday night, as the Elk River, MN veteran pulled a classic
re-start slide job over Donny Schatz to power to the win. Jerry Bowersock
captured the companion Moser UMP (United Midwestern Promoters) Modified
finale to register his 21st career victory.
Heavy rains throughout the week, and an already saturated
facility had put Friday's race meet in question, but track officials worked
diligently to prep a superb race track that produced typical Eldora speeds.
Although skeptical at first, the drivers were full of praise at night's end.
It was a night of drama and suspense. Joey Saldana appeared to
have the event well in hand, as he charged from his pole position starting
berth to take the early lead. That lead suddenly evaporated at the end of
20 laps as a left rear flat tire brought Saldana to a halt in turn four.
Defending Kings Royal champion Donny Schatz, who had been
reeling in Saldana, suddenly became the race leader; however his lead was
short-lived, as on the ensuing restart,
Dollansky executed a turn one slide-job to perfection.
The remaining ten laps had multiple story lines, as a pair of
cautions for flat tires and another for a car stopping with fuel shortage
bunched the field up. Each time, Dollansky was able to pull away from
Schatz, with the duo leading Jason Sides, Kerry Madsen and Tim Shaffer to
the checkered flag. Shaffer turned in a stellar performance to move to
fifth at the finish, after starting 23rd. Another strong runner was
multi-time WoO Champion Steve Kinser, who moved from 21st to 6th at the
finish.
Todd Sherman led the early laps of the Moser UMP Modified
finale, only to fall to a strong running Bowersock in the late stages of the
17 lap finale. Michigan invader Mark Anderson also powered past Sherman in
the late stages to gather runner-up honors, while Scott Orr and Jon Henry
completed the top five.
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World of Outlaw Sprints - 30 cars
Fast Time: Donny Schatz 13.459
Heat 1: Chad Kemenah, Donny Schatz, Danny Lasoski, Jason Sides, Jac
Haudenschild, Lucas Wolfe, Kraig Kinser, Chad Hillier, Greg Wilson, Bill
Rose
Heat 2: Joey Saldana, Jason Meyers, Paul McMahan, Sam Hafertepe, Jr., Randy
Hannagan, Daryn Pittman, Brian Paulus, Lee Stark, Tony Bruce,
Jr., Butch Schroeder
Heat 3: Terry McCarl, Shane Stewart, Craig Dollansky, Kerry Madsen, Steve
Kinser, Tim Kaeding, Phil Gressman, Tim Shaffer, Dean Jacobs,
Jarod Horstman
Dash: Joey Saldana, Donny Schatz, Shane Stewart, Terry McCarl, Craig
Dollansky, Kerry Madsen, Chad Kemenah, Sam Hafertepe, Jr.,
Jason Sides, Jason Meyers
B-Main: Brian Paulus, Kraig Kinser, Phil Gressman, Tony Bruce, Jr., Tim
Shaffer, Butch Schroeder, Chad Hillier, Bill Rose, Dean Jacobs,
Greg Wilson, Lee Stark, Jarod Hortsman
A-Main: 1)Craig Dollansky 2)Donny Schatz 3)Jason Sides 4)Kerry Madsen 5)Tim
Shaffer 6)Steve Kinser 7)Paul McMahan 8)Jason Meyers 9)Lucas Wolfe 10)Tim
Kaeding 11)Tony Bruce, Jr. 12)Randy Hannagan 13)Joey Saldana 14)Terry McCarl
15)Daryn Pittman 16)Chad Hillier 17)Butch Schroeder 18)Shane Stewart 19)Jac
Haudenschild 20)Brian Paulus 21)Kraig Kinser 22)Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 23)Chad
Kemenah 24)Danny Lasoski 25)Phil Gressman
lap leaders: Joey Saldana 1-20, Craig Dollansky 21-30
Moser UMP Modifieds - 40 cars
Heat 1: Joe Hunley, Todd Sherman, Bob Burch, Chad Rosenbeck, Shane Unger,
David Treon, Jr., Josh Greber, Skyler Nahre, Steve Billenstein, Jeff Harris
Heat 2: Jon Henry, Todd Sanders, Eddie Shaner, Gary Richard, Greg Socha,
Steve Brown, Chad Overson, Steve Shaw, Mike Roediger, Ryan
Sutter
Heat 3: Lenny Guyton, Scott Orr, Brian Ruhlman, Justin Matson, Davey Gantt,
Mike Dirksen, Mike Hohlbein, Nick Katterahenry, Josh Morton, Tom Treon
Heat 4: Jerry Bowersock, Mark Henderson, Tim Richardson, John Brooks, Jeff
Babcock, Steve Shute, Doug Adkins, Mike Chrisman, Warren Shingleton, Eric
Shepard
B-Main 1: Chad Overson, Jeff Harris, Mike Roediger, Steve Billenstein,
Shane Unger, Steve Shaw, Skyler Nahre, Josh Greber, Ryan Sutter,
Steve Brown, David Treon, Jr., Greg Socha
B-Main 2: Davey Gantt, Steve Shute, Jeff BabcockMike Dirksen, Mike
Chrisman, Nick Katterahenry, Warren Shingleton, Eric Shepard, Mike
Hohlbein, Tom Treon, Doug Adkins, Josh Morton
A-Main: 1)Jerry Bowersock 2) Mark Anderson 3)Todd Sherman 4)Scott Orr 5)Jon
Henry 6)Brian Ruhlman 7)Lenny Guyton 8)Jeff Babcock 9)Steve Shute 10)John
Brooks 11)Mike Roediger 12)Eddie Shaner 13)Bob Burch 14)Gary Richard,
15)Chad Overson 16)Davey Gantt 17)Tim Richardson 18)Chad Rosenbeck 19)Jeff
Harris 20)Todd Sanders 21)Joe Hunley 22)Justin Matson
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