Merced Speedway
MERCED, Calif. — March 30, 2012 — Sammy Swindell led all 40 laps to outlast Cody Darrah for his first victory of the season and 277th career World of Outlaws win. The results also shook up the points as Swindell took over the lead with Donny Schatz, Jason Sides, Joey Saldana and Kraig Kinser within 14 points of each other.
A Main – (40 Laps) – 1-Sammy Swindell [1] [$10,000]; 2. 4-Cody Darrah [2] [$5,500]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [6] [$3,200]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [3] [$2,800]; 5. 14-Jason Meyers [4] [$2,500]; 6. 7-Craig Dollansky [14] [$2,300]; 7. 11-Steve Kinser [7] [$2,200]; 8. 9-Joey Saldana [5] [$2,100]; 9. 63-Chad Kemenah [8] [$2,050]; 10. 24-Terry McCarl [9] [$2,000]; 11. 83-Tim Kaeding [15] [$1,500]; 12. 29-Kerry Madsen [13] [$1,200]; 13. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [10] [$1,100]; 14. 3C-Cody Lamar [11] [$1,050]; 15. 15-Donny Schatz [18] [$1,000]; 16. 25-Bobby McMahan [12] [$900]; 17. 6-Bill Rose [19] [$800]; 18. OO-Jason Statler [16] [$800]; 19. 83SR-Jac Haudenschild [22] [$800]; 20. 44W-Austen Wheatley [23] [$800]; 21. 55-Trey Starks [24] [$800]; 22. O-Jonathan Allard [20] [$800]; 23. 21-Tommy Tarlton [21] [$800]; 24. 17-Justin Sanders [17] [$800]. Lap Leaders: Sammy Swindell 1-40. KSE Hard Charger Award: 7-Craig Dollansky [+8].
Qualifying – 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 10.878; 2. 24-Terry McCarl, 11.048; 3. 4-Cody Darrah, 11.062; 4. 1-Sammy Swindell, 11.069; 5. 3C-Cody Lamar, 11.071; 6. 14-Jason Meyers, 11.218; 7. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 11.239; 8. 7S-Jason Sides, 11.240; 9. 9-Joey Saldana, 11.269; 10. 63-Chad Kemenah, 11.293; 11. 11-Steve Kinser, 11.311; 12. 25-Bobby McMahan, 11.316; 13. 29-Kerry Madsen, 11.412; 14. 7-Craig Dollansky, 11.440; 15. 83-Tim Kaeding, 11.474; 16. OO-Jason Statler, 11.489; 17. 17-Justin Sanders, 11.493; 18. 15-Donny Schatz, 11.503; 19. 6-Bill Rose, 11.521; 20. O-Jonathan Allard, 11.557; 21. 21-Tommy Tarlton, 11.587; 22. 55-Trey Starks, 11.588; 23. 83SR-Jac Haudenschild, 11.686; 24. 44W-Austen Wheatley, 11.735; 25. 82-Robbie Whitchurch, 11.956; 26. 99-Shawn Wright, 12.150; 27. 23-Adam McCarthy, 12.510; 28. 19-Art McCarthy, 12.913; 29. 52-Dusty Green, 13.270.
Heat 1 – (10 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 63-Chad Kemenah [1]; 2. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [2]; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser [4]; 4. 1-Sammy Swindell [3]; 5. 29-Kerry Madsen [5]; 6. OO-Jason Statler [6]; 7. 55-Trey Starks [8]; 8. 6-Bill Rose [7]; 9. 82-Robbie Whitchurch [9]; 10. 19-Art McCarthy [10].
Heat 2 – (10 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 11-Steve Kinser [1]; 2. 7S-Jason Sides [2]; 3. 24-Terry McCarl [4]; 4. O-Jonathan Allard [7]; 5. 83SR-Jac Haudenschild [8]; 6. 17-Justin Sanders [6]; 7. 99-Shawn Wright [9]; 8. 3C-Cody Lamar [3]; 9. 7-Craig Dollansky [5]; 10. 52-Dusty Green [10].
Heat 3 – (10 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 9-Joey Saldana [2]; 2. 14-Jason Meyers [3]; 3. 83-Tim Kaeding [5]; 4. 4-Cody Darrah [4]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz [6]; 6. 25-Bobby McMahan [1]; 7. 21-Tommy Tarlton [7]; 8. 44W-Austin Wheatley [8]; 9. 23-Adam McCarthy [9].
Dash – (8 Laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature) – 1. 1-Sammy Swindell [1]; 2. 4-Cody Darrah [2]; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser [4]; 4. 14-Jason Meyers [5]; 5. 9-Joey Saldana [8]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides [7]; 7. 11-Steve Kinser [10]; 8. 63-Chad Kemenah [9]; 9. 24-Terry McCarl [3]; 10. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [6].
B Main – (12 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 7-Craig Dollansky [2] [-]; 2. 3C-Cody Lamar [1] [-]; 3. 6-Bill Rose [3] [-]; 4. 21-Tommy Tarlton [4] [-]; 5. 44W-Austin Wheatley [6] [-]; 6. 55-Trey Starks [5] [-]; 7. 82-Robbie Whitchurch [7] [$200]; 8. 23-Adam McCarthy [9] [$180]; 9. 52-Dusty Green [11] [$175]; 10. 19-Art McCarthy [10] [$160]; 11. 99-Shawn Wright [8] [$150].