Dusty Zomer Wins Wild World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series World Finals Night One
CONCORD, N.C. – Nov. 6, 2015 – A wild night two of the Bad Boy Buggies World Finals at the Dirt Track at Charlotte turned into a big night for Dusty Zomer who picked up his first ever World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory.
Zomer started Friday night’s feature in sixth and battled early into the top three. After leader Trey Starks pulled in with a bent tie-rod and Joey Saldana, who took over the lead, lost it to a broken top-wing sideboard, Zomer was in position.
Through the closing laps, he held off a hard -charging Greg Hodnett and Stevie Smith to claim the victory for his No. 82 Buffalo Wild Wings team.
“Super happy,” Zomer said of the win. “Obviously didn’t expect to come down here for the first time and pull off a win. We were able to get it done. We were at the right place at the right time. A few other guys had a little misfortune and I guess you need things to go your way sometimes. That’s what happened and we’re standing up here in victory lane.”
Dusty Zomer joins Greg Wilson and Stewart Friesen as a first time winner this season. He was also the 22nd different driver to stand in victory lane this season and seventh different driver to win during World Finals weekend in the last four years.
After a delay for rain, crashes plagued the series heat races early in the night and caused two separate repairs to the catch fence. In all, it took more than three hours.
The 25-lap series feature got underway with 19-year-old Starks leading the field. He was on top of the charts through the first 12 laps, holding off Saldana on two restarts. As the caution flag again waved near the halfway point of the race, Starks was forced into the work area with a bent tie-rod. That put Saldana into the lead. He led the restart and the next four laps until damage to his top-wing sideboard sidelined him.
Zomer battled forward on an early restart into third.
“I started sixth and shot up around some guys on the outside and got to third,” Zomer said. “That was what put me in position to be in position when those other guys had things break.”
He took over the top spot on lap 17 and held off Hodnett through traffic in the final eight laps.
Hodnett, who has one Outlaws win this season, said throughout the night the biggest challenge for he and his No. 27 Lelands.com team was surviving the conditions.
“I figure the only reason we finished second is because everyone else fell out,” Hodnett said. “We just need to get better and hopefully put ourselves in a position to start towards the front again.”
Stevie Smith finished the night on the podium in third in his No. 51s Miller Bros. Chevrolet car. Smith has two Outlaws wins this season, both at Williams Grove Speedway.
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World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series World Finals Night One Results
A-Main – (25 Laps) – 1. 82-Dusty Zomer [6] [$12,000]; 2. 27-Greg Hodnett [5] [$5,500]; 3. 51S-Stevie Smith [4] [$3,200]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [14] [$2,800]; 5. 17W-Bryan Clauson [8] [$2,500]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz [22] [$2,300]; 7. 70-Danny Holtgraver [12] [$2,200]; 8. 24-Terry McCarl [7] [$2,100]; 9. 7S-Jason Sides [19] [$2,050]; 10. 9-Daryn Pittman [21] [$2,000]; 11. 29-Kerry Madsen [25] [$500]; 12. 1-Sammy Swindell [11] [$1,200]; 13. 41-Jason Johnson [28] [$100]; 14. 10H-Chad Kemenah [10] [$1,050]; 15. 51-Paul McMahan [26] [$]; 16. 7-David Gravel [15] [$1,000]; 17. 1S-Logan Schuchart [27] [$]; 18. 4-Cody Darrah [20] [$1,000]; 19. 23S-Trey Starks [1] [$1,000]; 20. 11K-Kraig Kinser [29] [$]; 21. 19-Paige Polyak [23] [$1,000]; 22. 71M-Joey Saldana [2] [$1,000]; 23. 23C-Tyler Courtney [13] [$1,000]; 24. 45-Tim Shaffer [17] [$1,000]; 25. 2-Shane Stewart [3] [$1,000]; 26. 24R-Rico Abreu [16] [$1,000]; 27. 2L-Danny Lasoski [24] [$1,000]; 28. 17B-Bill Balog [18] [$1,000]; 29. 21-Brian Brown [9] [$1,000]. Lap Leaders: Trey Starks 1-12, Joey Saldana 13-16, Dusty Zomer 17-25. KSE Hard Charger Award: 15-Donny Schatz [+16]
Qualifying – 1. 1-Sammy Swindell, 12.506; 2. 2-Shane Stewart, 12.624; 3. 71M-Joey Saldana, 12.640; 4. 51S-Stevie Smith, 12.734; 5. 18-Ian Madsen, 12.756; 6. 23C-Tyler Courtney, 12.759; 7. 7-David Gravel, 12.770; 8. 82-Dusty Zomer, 12.809; 9. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 12.812; 10. 49X-Tanner Thorson, 12.816; 11. 45-Tim Shaffer, 12.817; 12. 94Z-Brock Zearfoss, 12.859; 13. 2L-Danny Lasoski, 12.877; 14. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.887; 15. 11-Steve Kinser, 12.918; 16. 7S-Jason Sides, 12.959; 17. 94-Ryan Smith, 12.985; 18. 33-Dominic Scelzi, 13.002; 19. 5C-Dylan Cisney, 13.045; 20. 44D-Chase Dietz, 13.046; 21. 2LX-Logan Forler, 13.106; 22. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 13.112; 23. 77X-Sam Hafertepe, 13.150; 24. 73-Jevon Ahner, 13.267; 25. 1Z-Stewart Friesen, 13.397; 26. 60-Kory Crabtree, 13.571; 27. 49H-Bradley Howard, 13.648; 28. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 13.725; 29. 17BX-Steve Buckwalter, nt; 30. 29-Kerry Madsen, 12.594; 31. 27-Greg Hodnett, 12.661; 32. 23S-Trey Starks, 12.682; 33. 17W-Bryan Clauson, 12.712; 34. 21-Brian Brown, 12.734; 35. 24-Terry McCarl, 12.764; 36. 51-Paul McMahan, 12.766; 37. 13-Jac Haudenschild, 12.769; 38. 70-Danny Holtgraver, 12.797; 39. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.815; 40. 24R-Rico Abreu, 12.817; 41. 17B-Bill Balog, 12.823; 42. 4-Cody Darrah, 12.839; 43. 9-Daryn Pittman, 12.848; 44. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 12.850; 45. 19-Paige Polyak, 12.865; 46. 1B-Dale Blaney, 12.867; 47. 98H-Dave Blaney, 12.882; 48. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.891; 49. 19M-Brent Marks, 12.989; 50. 41-Jason Johnson, 12.990; 51. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 13.014; 52. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.015; 53. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.073; 54. 67-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.147; 55. 6T-Cole Duncan, 13.148; 56. 36D-Wayne Dadetto, 13.159; 57. 23M-Lance Moss, 13.299; 58. 47-Eric Riggins Jr, 13.347
Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 51S-Stevie Smith [2]; 2. 7-David Gravel [1]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 4. 2L-Danny Lasoski [5]; 5. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [10]; 6. 1Z-Stewart Friesen [9]; 7. 5C-Dylan Cisney [7]; 8. 11N-Randy Hannagan [8]; 9. 1-Sammy Swindell [3]; 10. 49X-Tanner Thorson [4]
Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 82-Dusty Zomer [1]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [3]; 3. 45-Tim Shaffer [4]; 4. 44D-Chase Dietz [7]; 5. 94-Ryan Smith [6]; 6. 18-Ian Madsen [2]; 7. 77X-Sam Hafertepe [8]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]; 9. 17BX-Steve Buckwalter [10]; 10. 60-Kory Crabtree [9]
Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 10H-Chad Kemenah [1]; 2. 23C-Tyler Courtney [2]; 3. 71M-Joey Saldana [3]; 4. 33-Dominic Scelzi [6]; 5. 11-Steve Kinser [5]; 6. 94Z-Brock Zearfoss [4]; 7. 2LX-Logan Forler [7]; 8. 49H-Bradley Howard [9]; 9. 73-Jevon Ahner [8]
Heat 4 – (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 17W-Bryan Clauson [2]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [7]; 4. 29-Kerry Madsen [3]; 5. 4-Cody Darrah [5]; 6. 19-Paige Polyak [6]; 7. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [8]; 8. 67-Sheldon Haudenschild [9]; 9. 23M-Lance Moss [10]; 10. 51-Paul McMahan [1]
Heat 5 – (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 21-Brian Brown [2]; 2. 27-Greg Hodnett [3]; 3. 24R-Rico Abreu [4]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [5]; 5. 19M-Brent Marks [7]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [8]; 7. 6T-Cole Duncan [9]; 8. 47-Eric Riggins Jr [10]; 9. 1B-Dale Blaney [6]; 10. 13-Jac Haudenschild [1]
Heat 6 – (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 24-Terry McCarl [2]; 2. 70-Danny Holtgraver [1]; 3. 23S-Trey Starks [3]; 4. 98H-Dave Blaney [6]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog [4]; 6. 36D-Wayne Dadetto [9]; 7. 41-Jason Johnson [7]; 8. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson [8]
Dash – (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature) – 1. 23S-Trey Starks [4]; 2. 71M-Joey Saldana [3]; 3. 2-Shane Stewart [1]; 4. 51S-Stevie Smith [5]; 5. 27-Greg Hodnett [2]; 6. 82-Dusty Zomer [7]; 7. 24-Terry McCarl [10]; 8. 17W-Bryan Clauson [6]; 9. 21-Brian Brown [8]; 10. 10H-Chad Kemenah [9]
D-Main – (6 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the C-Main) – 1. 41-Jason Johnson [2] [$0]; 2. 11N-Randy Hannagan [3] [$0]; 3. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [4] [$100]; 4. 1Z-Stewart Friesen [9] [$100]; 5. 6T-Cole Duncan [12] [$100]; 6. 49H-Bradley Howard [11] [$100]; 7. 36D-Wayne Dadetto [14] [$100]; 8. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [13] [$100]; 9. 73-Jevon Ahner [7] [$100]; 10. 2LX-Logan Forler [1] [$100]; 11. 77X-Sam Hafertepe [5] [$100]; 12. 1A-Jacob Allen [6] [$100]; 13. W20-Greg Wilson [8] [$100]; 14. 67-Sheldon Haudenschild [10] [$100]; 15. 17BX-Steve Buckwalter [15] [$100]; 16. 23M-Lance Moss [16] [$100]; 17. 60-Kory Crabtree [17] [$100]; 18. 47-Eric Riggins Jr [18] [$100]
C-Main – (12 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the Last Chance Showdown) – 1. 11-Steve Kinser [1] [-]; 2. 19-Paige Polyak [4] [-]; 3. 44D-Chase Dietz [9] [$150]; 4. 94-Ryan Smith [3] [$150]; 5. 5C-Dylan Cisney [7] [$150]; 6. 98H-Dave Blaney [8] [$125]; 7. 11N-Randy Hannagan [12] [$125]; 8. 11K-Kraig Kinser [2] [$125]; 9. 33-Dominic Scelzi [5] [$125]; 10. 41-Jason Johnson [11] [$125]
Last Chance Showdown – (12 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 1-Sammy Swindell [1] [-]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog [8] [-]; 3. 4-Cody Darrah [10] [-]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [12] [-]; 5. 19-Paige Polyak [14] [-]; 6. 2L-Danny Lasoski [9] [-]; 7. 94Z-Brock Zearfoss [7] [$300]; 8. 29-Kerry Madsen [2] [$250]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart [11] [$225]; 10. 13-Jac Haudenschild [6] [$200]; 11. 18-Ian Madsen [3] [$200]; 12. 51-Paul McMahan [4] [$200]; 13. 49X-Tanner Thorson [5] [$200]; 14. 11-Steve Kinser [13] [$200]
