Tony Runs Third at Sedalia
Sedalia, MO - With 3 previous feature wins in the Winged Outlaw Warriors, Tony Stewart visited the State Fair Motor Speedway in Sedalia with high hopes. Unfortunately, another win was not in the cards for the Old Spice #20.Driving George Lasoski’s Michael Ross Memorial Foundation Eagle, Brian Brown edged NASCAR star Kasey Kahne in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Winged Outlaw Warriors portion of the annual Michael Ross Memorial Foundation race at Sedalia’s State Fair Motor Speedway. Brown jumped into the lead from the pole and was followed by Kasey Kahne, Mike Trent, Gabe Maycock, and former Nextel Cup champion Tony Stewart. The top five would stay this way for the first four laps with Stewart getting by Maycock for fourth on lap five.
During the early portion of the race, the driver who was on a mission was World of Outlaw regular Tim Shaffer in Missouri sprint car legend Tom Corbin’s car. Shaffer had moved from his tenth starting positioin into sixth by lap five. The race’s only yellow occurred at the completion of lap five as Jonathan Cornell’s engine let go in the family-owned car. On the restart, Brown would again jump out to a huge lead with Kahne in tow. Shaffer would work his way to fourth as he got by Maycock and Stewart.
For the next couple of laps the running order was Brown, Kahne, Trent, Shaffer, and Stewart.
On lap nine, Shaffer and Stewart were able to get by Trent as Brown and Kahne continued to run first and second. For the next few laps, the top five would stay this way as rookie Josh Fisher started to gain on Trent for fifth. Finally, on lap fifteen, Fisher worked his way by Trent and set his sights on Stewart and Shaffer. On lap sixteen, Fisher would get by Stewart for fourth, but as he climbed the cushion in turn one, Stewart was able to get back by the sixteen-year old. A lap later, Shaffer’s great run would end as he took his Corbin-owned car pitside.
By lap eighteen, Kahne had cut Brown’s once insurmountable lead down to a few car lengths as both drivers were in lapped traffic. As the driver’s took the white flag, it looked as if Kahne might have a chance to take the win away from Brown, but Kahne would run out of time as Brown beat him to the checkers for his twenty-seventh career WOW win. Following the lead duo to the finish was Stewart in his Old Spice #20 followed closely by Fisher in the Ozark Dock and Barge Service Maxim. Rounding out the top five was Trent in John Hillman’s #14c.
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