Kerry Madsen powered to the #LetsRaceTwo opening night victory Friday night for the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series at Eldora Speedway. Photo by Paul Arch
Kerry Madsen dominated Friday night’s #LetsRaceTwo opener at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, as he bested his former World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series colleagues and beat back a challenge from Chad Kemenah to score his first series win since August 2014.
Madsen was on a mission in the night’s feature, after starting on the pole in his No. 29 Keneric Health car, he was the class of the field. Kemenah, who charged forward from a 10th place starting position, got within one half second at one point, but was never able to make the pass on the Aussie.
“I’ve never ran a race out there where it was so slow out there – not typically our strong suit,” Madsen said. “So the guys worked so hard on the car all night. The car was unbelievable. Just couldn’t be happier with the win.”
After winning the Dash, Madsen joined reigning series champion Donny Schatz on the front row of the 30-lap feature. As main event kicked off, Madsen jumped out to sizable early lead as Kemenah began his run forward. He very quickly picked off several cars and by lap one was in sixth. By lap two, he was in fourth.
The leaders caught lapped traffic on lap six and Kemenah took advantage as he closed in on Donny Schatz in second. A two lap battle commenced with Kemenah eventually using a lapped car as a pick. He dove low off of four and got around Schatz as they crossed the start/finish line. Schatz fired back, running back to Kemenah and getting wheel-to-wheel off turn four, but Kemenah pulled away.
With Madsen slowed by traffic, Kemenah closed the gap to under one half second. He looked for the opportunity but as traffic cleared, Madsen again pulled away from him, widening the gap again by a second.
“When I got to lapped cars, I couldn’t quite rip around them and then I knew it was time to move but I’m not patient enough to stay down there,” said Madsen, a St. Marys, New South Wales, Australia native. “It doesn’t feel very fast.”
Back in third, Schatz had his hands full with the driver he had passed to take over that position initially, David Gravel. Gravel to Schatz on lap 15 and cleared him to take the spot on lap 16.
Through the remaining laps, Kemenah tried to run down Madsen as Gravel tried to do the same to Kemenah. Ultimately, it was Madsen who became the ninth different series winner of the season.
“It was a great win,” said Madsen, who led flag-to-flag. “The guys worked so hard. We’ve been pulling our hair out trying to get fast and it’s nice to get it done tonight. This thing was a rocket ship.”
The win was the 18th series win of Madsen’s career. His last series win came in August 2015 at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, Nebraska.
For Kemenah, a former series regular and native of Elvada, Ohio, the second place run was a boost for his team.
“I’ve got a really, really good race team right now,” Kemenah said. “I’ve got quite a bit of confidence and that pays huge dividends for me. We’re just having fun right now and that’s what matters.
Earlier in the night, Dave Blaney, the 1995 World of Outlaws champion, had a violent crash in turn one during qualifying. Blaney was transported to an area hospital for evaluation and was subsequently released.
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Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, Ohio
#LetsRaceTwo Night One – May 6, 2016
1. 29-Kerry Madsen
2. 10H-Chad Kemenah
3. 5-David Gravel
4. 9-Daryn Pittman
5. 11K-Kraig Kinser
6. 1S-Logan Schuchart
7. W20-Greg Wilson
8. 99-Brady Bacon
9. 15-Donny Schatz
10. 22-Cole Duncan
11. 17W-Bryan Clauson
12. 49-Brad Sweet
13. 7S-Jason Sides
14. 49X-Tim Shaffer
15. 1ST-Gary Taylor
16. 83-Joey Saldana
17. 82-Dusty Zomer
18. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild
19. 2-Shane Stewart
20. 1-Sammy Swindell
21. 71-Jamie Veal
22. 7-Paul McMahan
23. 41-Jason Johnson
24. 23-Trey Starks
25. 6M-Jac Haudenschild
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