Solwold Wins SuperClean Summer of Money Finale at Charter Raceway Park
Jason Solwold had been waiting a long time to win a World of Outlaws A-Feature event. After being close on several occasions this season, as well as winning two preliminary features last year, he left no doubt on Friday night at Charter Raceway Park, leading all 40 laps to capture the $10,000 win in the finale of the “SuperClean Summer of Money” on ESPN2.
Solwold will never forget the bizarre night that required five starts to record the first full lap of racing, or how he was just about the only starter in the 26-car field that was not involved in some sort of incident or have a problem with his race car during the event.
“It feels great to win,” said Solwold, driver of the City Wide Insulation Maxim. “I’m just happy to be here. We finally got a win and its good momentum to build on heading into the (Knoxville) Nationals.”
The event began with an aborted start that led to a complete restart. On the ensuing restart eight cars got together on the back straightaway to bring out the red flag. On the second complete restart, eight cars again got together, this time on the front straightaway bringing out the second red flag. On the fourth start of the race, the yellow flag flew for a car stopped in the second turn. The fifth start led to the first full lap of racing being completed. Paul McMahan was on the pole for each start, with Jason Solwold on the outside of the front row.
As the pair headed to the first and second turns, Solwold charged to the high side of the track as he had done on every one of the previous starts. He took the lead exiting the second turn from McMahan and quickly pulled away. Early in the race, Solwold used the high side of the track and later in the event he used the low side of the 1/3-mile as he weaved his way through traffic.
“The car was working everywhere,” said Solwold in Victory Lane. “We changed a lot of things on it, which we normally don’t do. We usually do well on race tracks like this and that was the case tonight.”
Paul McMahan rallied to finish ninth in the Bass Pro Shops Eagle after having a tire go down while running second on the 20th lap.
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