Joey Saldana Wins WoO Sprints World Finals Finale

Full WoO Sprints World Finals Finale Results Below

CONCORD, N.C. – Nov. 8, 2015 – Joey Saldana gave everyone a reason to smile in his final appearance in the No. 71M Motter Equipment Motorsports car on Sunday night. He led a dominating performance at the Bad Boy Buggies World Finals to score his third World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory of the season.

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“It’s kind of bittersweet really – this will probably be my last time driving the 71M,” Saldana said in victory lane at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. “That’s the awesome way to go out right there. I can’t thank Ruth and Dan Motter enough for everything they’ve done for me these last three years – just giving me an opportunity to race at a high level.”

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Saldana and Motter announced late Sunday night they would be parting ways. The team’s statement said Motter’s efforts to secure sponsorship for 2016 were ongoing.

Saldana came into the final night of World Finals after taking the qualifying quick time on Thursday. It was the 17th quick time of 2015 for Saldana, who was the season’s leading qualifier.

As the green flag fell on the rain postponed season finale that saw rare daytime racing for the World of Outlaws, Saldana jumped out front. In clean air, the 71M pulled away from the field as the scramble got underway behind him.

Logan Schuchart, who started on the outside front row, tried to run down the leader as Shane Stewart looked for second. Brad Sweet charged forward from sixth and was quickly on Schuchart’s heels. The two drivers traded third place between lap seven and eight.

When the caution flag flew on lap five, Sweet pounced. On the restart Saldana led Stewart, Sweet, Stevie Smith, Daryn Pittman (who started the feature in 19th position) and Schuchart.

Joey Saldana Wins WoO Sprints World Finals Finale ResultsSaldana again pulled away in clean air but as he caught traffic on lap 14, Stewart and Sweet closed in. The caution again flew with 17 laps complete as Saldana maintained the lead. Smith got around Sweet on the restart but was no match for Pittman who continued his charge forward and took over the final podium position.

Saldana took the checkered flag in the first position with Stewart and Pittman close behind.

“This is awesome,” Saldana said. “We’ve really had a good car this year – just too many DNFs and too many mistakes on my part. We’ve had a great car and led a lot of laps and tonight just showed how good our team is.”

Pittman was the KSE Racing Hard Charger of the night after advancing 16 positions throughout the feature.

The finish was the 27th podium finish of the year for Stewart. He finishes 2015 second in the championship points standings with his Larson Marks Racing team.

Saldana closes out 2015 sixth in the championship standings with three wins, 37 top-five finishes and 54 top-ten finishes.

“I don’t know what to say,” Saldana said. “It’s just awesome – awesome experience today and an awesome time to be a part of the World of Outlaws. I love what I do.”

 

World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series World Finals Finale
The Dirt Track at Charlotte; Concord, N.C..; Nov. 8, 2015

A-Main – (30 Laps) – 1. 71M-Joey Saldana [1] [$12,000]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [4] [$5,500]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [19] [$3,200]; 4. 51S-Stevie Smith [8] [$2,800]; 5. 1B-Dale Blaney [20] [$2,500]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2] [$2,300]; 7. 49-Brad Sweet [6] [$2,200]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz [21] [$2,100]; 9. 7-David Gravel [14] [$2,050]; 10. 24R-Rico Abreu [23] [$2,000]; 11. 19M-Brent Marks [12] [$1,500]; 12. 2L-Danny Lasoski [5] [$1,200]; 13. 29-Kerry Madsen [7] [$1,100]; 14. 11K-Kraig Kinser [10] [$1,050]; 15. 7S-Jason Sides [25] [$]; 16. 51-Paul McMahan [22] [$1,000]; 17. 4-Cody Darrah [24] [$1,000]; 18. 45-Tim Shaffer [15] [$1,000]; 19. 70-Danny Holtgraver [17] [$1,000]; 20. 1-Sammy Swindell [9] [$1,000]; 21. 67-Sheldon Haudenschild [13] [$1,000]; 22. 27-Greg Hodnett [11] [$1,000]; 23. 41-Jason Johnson [26] [$]; 24. 23S-Trey Starks [16] [$1,000]; 25. 24-Terry McCarl [18] [$1,000]; 26. 1A-Jacob Allen [27] [$]; 27. 17W-Bryan Clauson [3] [$1,000]. Lap Leaders: Joey Saldana 1-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: 9-Daryn Pittman [+16]

Qualifying – 1. 71M-Joey Saldana, 12.904; 2. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.919; 3. 27-Greg Hodnett, 12.930; 4. 2-Shane Stewart, 12.990; 5. 67-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.994; 6. 29-Kerry Madsen, 13.025; 7. 45-Tim Shaffer, 13.031; 8. 51S-Stevie Smith, 13.047; 9. 70-Danny Holtgraver, 13.080; 10. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.099; 11. 19-Paige Polyak, 13.107; 12. 4-Cody Darrah, 13.122; 13. 23C-Tyler Courtney, 13.135; 14. 98H-Dave Blaney, 13.136; 15. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 13.148; 16. 24R-Rico Abreu, 13.200; 17. 41-Jason Johnson, 13.212; 18. 82-Dusty Zomer, 13.214; 19. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.295; 20. 18-Ian Madsen, 13.311; 21. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 13.380; 22. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.385; 23. 1Z-Stewart Friesen, 13.425; 24. 2LX-Logan Forler, 13.454; 25. 77X-Sam Hafertepe, 13.609; 26. 19M-Brent Marks, 12.920; 27. 7-David Gravel, 12.934; 28. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.961; 29. 17W-Bryan Clauson, 13.029; 30. 23S-Trey Starks, 13.041; 31. 2L-Danny Lasoski, 13.044; 32. 1-Sammy Swindell, 13.071; 33. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.072; 34. 13-Jac Haudenschild, 13.098; 35. 24-Terry McCarl, 13.104; 36. 1B-Dale Blaney, 13.158; 37. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.169; 38. 51-Paul McMahan, 13.180; 39. 6T-Cole Duncan, 13.194; 40. 33-Dominic Scelzi, 13.290; 41. 94-Ryan Smith, 13.318; 42. 5C-Dylan Cisney, 13.355; 43. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 13.418; 44. 17BX-Steve Buckwalter, 13.438; 45. 11-Steve Kinser, 13.514; 46. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 13.528; 47. 94Z-Brock Zearfoss, 13.531; 48. 44D-Chase Dietz, 13.587; 49. 23M-Lance Moss, 13.712; 50. 36D-Wayne Dadetto, 14.332

Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 2-Shane Stewart [2]; 2. 45-Tim Shaffer [1]; 3. 71M-Joey Saldana [3]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [4]; 5. 24R-Rico Abreu [6]; 6. 23C-Tyler Courtney [5]; 7. 7S-Jason Sides [8]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen [7]

Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 51S-Stevie Smith [1]; 2. 67-Sheldon Haudenschild [2]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 4. 41-Jason Johnson [6]; 5. 98H-Dave Blaney [5]; 6. 1Z-Stewart Friesen [8]; 7. 19-Paige Polyak [4]; 8. 18-Ian Madsen [7]; 9. 77X-Sam Hafertepe [9]

Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [2]; 2. 27-Greg Hodnett [3]; 3. 70-Danny Holtgraver [1]; 4. 4-Cody Darrah [4]; 5. 10H-Chad Kemenah [5]; 6. 82-Dusty Zomer [6]; 7. 2LX-Logan Forler [8]; 8. 11N-Randy Hannagan [7]

Heat 4 – (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 1-Sammy Swindell [1]; 2. 17W-Bryan Clauson [2]; 3. 24-Terry McCarl [4]; 4. 51-Paul McMahan [5]; 5. 19M-Brent Marks [3]; 6. 17BX-Steve Buckwalter [7]; 7. 94-Ryan Smith [6]; 8. 94Z-Brock Zearfoss [8]; 9. 23M-Lance Moss [9]

Heat 5 – (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1]; 2. 23S-Trey Starks [2]; 3. 1B-Dale Blaney [4]; 4. 11-Steve Kinser [7]; 5. 7-David Gravel [3]; 6. 6T-Cole Duncan [5]; 7. 5C-Dylan Cisney [6]; 8. 44D-Chase Dietz [8]; 9. 36D-Wayne Dadetto [9]

Heat 6 – (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 2L-Danny Lasoski [2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [3]; 4. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [6]; 5. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [7]; 6. 13-Jac Haudenschild [1]; 7. 33-Dominic Scelzi [5]

Dash – (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature) – 1. 71M-Joey Saldana [1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2]; 3. 17W-Bryan Clauson [4]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [5]; 5. 2L-Danny Lasoski [6]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 7. 29-Kerry Madsen [7]; 8. 51S-Stevie Smith [9]; 9. 1-Sammy Swindell [8]; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser [10]

C-Main – (10 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the Last Chance Showdown) – 1. 24R-Rico Abreu [1] [-]; 2. 5C-Dylan Cisney [2] [-]; 3. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [4] [$150]; 4. 41-Jason Johnson [3] [$150]; 5. 82-Dusty Zomer [5] [$150]; 6. 11N-Randy Hannagan [9] [$125]; 7. 1Z-Stewart Friesen [13] [$125]; 8. 2LX-Logan Forler [14] [$125]; 9. 44D-Chase Dietz [12] [$125]; 10. 17BX-Steve Buckwalter [6] [$125]; 11. 1A-Jacob Allen [7] [$125]; 12. 7S-Jason Sides [11] [$125]; 13. 11-Steve Kinser [8] [$125]; 14. 18-Ian Madsen [15] [$125]; 15. 13-Jac Haudenschild [16] [$125]; 16. 77X-Sam Hafertepe [17] [$125]; 17. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [18] [$125]; 18. 23M-Lance Moss [19] [$125]; 19. 36D-Wayne Dadetto [20] [$125]; 20. 94Z-Brock Zearfoss [10] [$125]

Last Chance Showdown – (12 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [1] [-]; 2. 7-David Gravel [4] [-]; 3. 19M-Brent Marks [2] [-]; 4. 51-Paul McMahan [6] [-]; 5. 24R-Rico Abreu [13] [-]; 6. 4-Cody Darrah [5] [-]; 7. 98H-Dave Blaney [9] [$300]; 8. 6T-Cole Duncan [8] [$250]; 9. 33-Dominic Scelzi [10] [$225]; 10. 94-Ryan Smith [12] [$200]; 11. 10H-Chad Kemenah [11] [$200]; 12. 5C-Dylan Cisney [14] [$200]; 13. 19-Paige Polyak [3] [$200]; 14. 23C-Tyler Courtney [7] [$200]

Source: WoO Sprint Car Series

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