Sage Fruit Showdown – Talladega Short Track
EASTABOGA, Ala. — Oct. 22, 2011 — David Gravel was able to do something in the Sage Fruit Showdown at the Talladega Short Track that no one else has been able to do in the last five World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series. Gravel ended Jason Meyers winning streak at five as the Watertown, Conn. grabbed his first career victory at the 1/3rd mile, high banked oval.
A-Main – (35 Laps)
1. 89G-David Gravel[6][$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[2][$5,500]; 3. 6-Kraig Kinser[9][$3,200]; 4. 14-Jason Meyers[1][$2,800]; 5. 11-Steve Kinser[4][$2,500]; 6. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[3][$2,300]; 7. 7S-Jason Sides[16][$2,200]; 8. 49-Kasey Kahne[12][$2,100]; 9. 4-Danny Smith[14][$2,050]; 10. 1-Sammy Swindell[7][$2,000]; 11. 14S-Tony Stewart[5][$1,500]; 12. 63-Chad Kemenah[15][$1,200]; 13. 83-Paul McMahan[8][$1,100]; 14. 7-Craig Dollansky[17][$1,050]; 15. 9-Joey Saldana[11][$1,000]; 16. 25-Chris Myers[23][$900]; 17. 56R-Ryan Myers[19][$800]; 18. 10-Terry Gray[20][$800]; 19. 47-Eric Riggins Jr[24][$800]; 20. 91-Cody Darrah[13][$800]; 21. 1X-Matt Linder[22][$800]; 22. 80-Morgan Turpen[21][$800]; 23. 6R-Ian Madsen[10][$800]; 24. 66-Tommy Worley[18][$800]
Lap Leaders: Jason Meyers 1-14, David Gravel 15-35
KSE Hard Charger Award: 7S-Jason Sides[+9]
Qualifying –
1. 1-Sammy Swindell, 12.642; 2. 11-Steve Kinser, 12.899; 3. 14-Jason Meyers, 12.919; 4. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.942; 5. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 13.020; 6. 9-Joey Saldana, 13.033; 7. 6R-Ian Madsen, 13.080; 8. 14S-Tony Stewart, 13.113; 9. 83-Paul McMahan, 13.162; 10. 49-Kasey Kahne, 13.189; 11. 6-Kraig Kinser, 13.210; 12. 89G-David Gravel, 13.343; 13. 91-Cody Darrah, 13.347; 14. 4-Danny Smith, 13.356; 15. 63-Chad Kemenah, 13.394; 16. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.447; 17. 7-Craig Dollansky, 13.477; 18. 66-Tommy Worley, 13.506; 19. 56R-Ryan Myers, 13.507; 20. 10-Terry Gray, 13.709; 21. 80-Morgan Turpen, 13.854; 22. 47-Eric Riggins Jr, 13.883; 23. 1X-Matt Linder, 13.912; 24. 25-Chris Myers, 14.136; 25. 6W-Brad Wickam, 14.156; 26. 13-Todd Fayard, 14.968; 27. 28-Jeff Willingham, 14.334; 28. 96D-Nick DeFeo, 14.354
Heat 1 – (10 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 6R-Ian Madsen[2] ; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell[4] ; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[3] ; 4. 7S-Jason Sides[6] ; 5. 49-Kasey Kahne[1] ; 6. 91-Cody Darrah[5] ; 7. 56R-Ryan Myers[7] ; 8. 47-Eric Riggins Jr[8] ; 9. 96D-Nick DeFeo[10] ; 10. 6W-Brad Wickam[9]
Heat 2 – (10 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 14S-Tony Stewart[2] ; 2. 6-Kraig Kinser[1] ; 3. 11-Steve Kinser[4] ; 4. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[3] ; 5. 4-Danny Smith[5] ; 6. 7-Craig Dollansky[6] ; 7. 1X-Matt Linder[8] ; 8. 10-Terry Gray[7] ; 9. 13-Todd Fayard[9]
Heat 3 – (10 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 83-Paul McMahan[2] ; 2. 89G-David Gravel[1] ; 3. 9-Joey Saldana[3] ; 4. 63-Chad Kemenah[5] ; 5. 80-Morgan Turpen[7] ; 6. 14-Jason Meyers[4] ; 7. 25-Chris Myers[8] ; 8. 66-Tommy Worley[6] ; 9. 28-Jeff Willingham[9]
Dash – (8 Laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature
1. 14-Jason Meyers[2] ; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[1] ; 3. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[5] ; 4. 11-Steve Kinser[3] ; 5. 14S-Tony Stewart[7] ; 6. 89G-David Gravel[10] ; 7. 1-Sammy Swindell[4] ; 8. 83-Paul McMahan[8] ; 9. 6-Kraig Kinser[9] ; 10. 6R-Ian Madsen[6]
B-Main – (12 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 66-Tommy Worley[1] [-]; 2. 56R-Ryan Myers[2] [-]; 3. 10-Terry Gray[3] [-]; 4. 1X-Matt Linder[5] [-]; 5. 25-Chris Myers[6] [-]; 6. 47-Eric Riggins Jr[4] [-]; 7. 6W-Brad Wickam[7] [$200]; 8. 13-Todd Fayard[8] [$180]; 9. 28-Jeff Willingham[9] [$175]; 10. 96D-Nick DeFeo[10] [$160]