[openwheelfan1]

I saw a post by Pete Walton on a FB page entitled Real Open Wheel Racers that Daryl Saucier, former car owner in WoO and other series and owner of DSR Fuel Systems passed away in his sleep Saturday morning. Thoughts and prayers to his family and friends.

[jdull99]

https://www.speedsport.com/sprints-m...daryl-saucier/

[jdull99]

Couple big (car owner) midget wins stand out to me (what others am I missing...?)


Gas City USAC 2007

https://usacracing.com/history/natio...nners?page=108

Bloomington USAC 2010

https://www.usacracing.com/history/n...nners?page=112

(neat to look back at these names...thank-you Richie for those ones!)



Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 14, 2011) – Preliminary action at the 25th Anniversary Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals concluded on Friday night with Indiana’s Shane Cottle racing to victory lane in the 25-lap Vacuworx International Qualifying main event atop the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway.

Cottle raced into the lead from the third starting position on the opening round and set the pace the rest of the way, ultimately taking the checkered flag ahead of a fast-closing Dave Darland and defending Chili Bowl Nationals champion Kevin Swindell.

Those three locked into Saturday night’s 50-lap Chili Bowl championship feature event along with the top three finishers from the three previous nights, with the balance of the 256 car field racing through an alphabet soup of feature events to fill the 24-car main event.

Friday’s triumph marked Cottle’s second career Chili Bowl preliminary feature win after taking his first one in 2007.

“Daryl (Saucier) has put a good car together, it’s a lot better than the last one,” Cottle explained of Daryl Saucier’s Chevy-powered Lucas Oil/J&S Consulting No. 1st Spike. “You’ve got a put a good car together to beat these guys, and I think he’s done it.”

While Dave Darland and Chris Windom led the feature field to the green flag, Cottle stuck to the inside of the track and surged into the lead by the time the first lap was completed. After a quick caution for Justin Grant, Cottle led Darland, fourth-starter Brad Loyet and fifth-starter Kevin Swindell until another yellow appeared after five laps for a nerf bar in turn two off of Chili Bowl rookie Christopher Bell’s machine.

With the next 15 laps run off in non-stop fashion, Cottle worked the bottom of the track masterfully with Loyet pressuring Darland for the runner-up slot. Loyet soon powered off turn four to take second on the eighth lap, with Swindell shuffling Darland back another position on the 12th circuit.

Cottle reached traffic by the 14th round and had the trio of Loyet, Swindell and Darland nipping at his heels when the race’s final caution flew after 20 laps for Brian Brown’s turn four spin.

With a potential first Chili Bowl checkered within reach, Loyet moved to the topside of turns one and two and nearly turned it over. Swindell took quick advantage, squeezing by on the low side entering turn three before Loyet could get back to the bottom.

“I had to rough him (Loyet) a little bit, but thinking of either running the ‘B’ Feature or ‘A’ Main hot laps late on Saturday night it’s worth kinda using someone a little bit,” Swindell explained. “I felt like he used me and Dave a little bit so it didn’t hurt me to feed it back.”

Darland seized the moment and rallied by both Loyet and Swindell on the high side and was reeling in Cottle, only to run out of laps, as Cottle took the checkered flag over Darland’s Wilke Pak Motorsports Toyota-powered Speedway Motors No. 4x Spike by 0.511-seconds.

“Kevin was still better than I was at that end of the track (three and four), but we were really good down in one and two but in three and four we struggled until the last couple of laps,” Darland explained.

Swindell settled for the third and final lock-in position, assuring a start among the top twelve in his bid to become the first repeat winner in Chili Bowl Nationals history.

Loyet fell one spot short of locking a third Loyet Motorsports entry into Saturday’s finale with a fourth-place run in the Esslinger-powered Loyet Landscape Maintenance/Meramec Heights Collision No. 05 Spike, with Oklahoma native Daryn Pittman rounding out the top five in the Esslinger-powered Bob Hurley Ford No. 21 Spike.

Nipped by Pittman at the line, Windom was sixth with two-time Chili Bowl champ Cory Kruseman, Dakoda Armstrong, Danny Stratton and Fourth Annual (1990) Chili champ Johnny Heydenreich completing the top ten.

A pair of Chili Bowl rookie contenders made the feature cut, including Florida’s Troy Decaire and Oklahoma’s Christopher Bell. Decaire was 19th and Bell was 24th in the feature event that included no attrition, with all 24 starters taking the checkered flag...

After getting collected in a heat race incident, Andrew Felker raced from four rows deep to win the first “C” Main and then climbed to third in the first “B” Main to move on to the main event.



...Bell, a Micro Sprint Car shoe making his first Midget start, topping “B” Main action.



Heat Races (8 Laps – Top 40 in passing points to A Qualifiers; Balance to twin C Mains)

Heat 1: 1. #87C Stuart Snyder, Waverly, NE; 2. #47 Brad Mosen, Auckland, NZ; 3. #15 Tim Siner, Waterloo, IL; 4. #73E Clay Klepper, Caruthers, CA; 5. #17X Justin Grant, Ione, CA; 6. #2D Doug Day, Winder, GA; 7. #3R Robbie Ray, Eldridge, IA; 8. #11A Andrew Felker, Carl Junction, MO; 9. #4R Dustin Hapka, Grand Forks, ND

Heat 2: 1. #21 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK; 2. #71S Danny Stratton, Indianapolis, IN; 3. #88 Jonathon Henry, Stockton, CA; 4. #77 Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL; 5. #59 Dex Eaton, Owasso, OK; 6. #7 Shannon McQueen, Bakersfield, CA; 7. #19D Steven Drevicki, Reading, PA; DNS -- #18G Gordon Steffens, St. Charles, MO; #37 Nic Faas, Huntington Beach, CA

Heat 3: 1. #35S Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO; 2. #14W Matt Westfall, Ludlow Falls, OH; 3. #39 Kevin Swindell, Germantown, TN; 4. #57K Daniel Robinson, Mt. Vernon, IL; 5. #39R Dustin Boney, Tonganoxie, KS; 6. #5K Kent Schmidt, Owensville, IL; 7. #77B Mike Boesel, Bennett, CO; 8. #47JR Kevin Michnowicz, Torrance, CA

Heat 4: 1. #75 Billy Pauch Jr., Frenchtown, NJ; 2. #05 Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills, MO; 3. #15P David Prickett, Fresno, CA; 4. #25K Dereck King, Vienna, IL; 5. #86J Josh Most, Red Oak, IA; 6. #32 Danny Jennings, Norman, OK; 7. #67B Harris Brooks, Houston, TX DNS -- #11X Steve Newman, Breckenridge, CO

Heat 5: 1. #12D Troy Decaire, Tampa, FL; 2. #4X Dave Darland, Lincoln, IN; 3. #7A Dakoda Armstrong, New Castle, IN; 4. #93H Tim Kent, Barstow, OK; 5. #97B Aaron Berryhill, Broken Arrow, OK; 6. #94 Dave Kingston, Vandalia, IL; 7. #87JR Troy Rutherford, Ojai, CA; DNS -- #44 Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE

Heat 6: 1. #1ST Shane Cottle, Kokomo, IN; 2. #51 Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO; 3. #6 David Gough, Machesney Park, IL; 4. #60 Wink Schweitzer, Bakersfield, CA; 5. #33S Austin Smith, Chino Hills, CA; 6. #21B Christopher Bell, Norman, OK; 7. #11T Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA; 8. #54 Evan Pardo, Gatesville, TX

Heat 7: 1. #17 Chris Windom, Canton, IL; 2. #35 Johnny Heydenreich, Indianapolis, IN; 3. #21K Cory Kruseman, Ventura, CA; 4. #10W George White, Fort Worth, TX; 5. #93D Dennis Rodriguez, Camarillo, CA; 6. #50T Tom Everhart, El Cajon, CA; 7. #0 Johnny Murdock, Kaufman, TX; 8. #38K Brian Deegan, Omaha, NE

Heat 8: 1. #71X Davey Ray, Loves Park, IL; 2. #73 Josh Ford, Oxnard, CA; 3. #4J Tim Crawley, Benton, AR; 4. #49 Trevor Kobylarz, Birdsboro, PA; 5. #87 Rich Camfield, Decatur, IL; 6. #11H Garrett Hood, Concordia, KS; 7. #10X Austin Laskey, Tulsa, OK; 8. #88D Rusty Dukes, Fair Grove, MO

C Mains (10 Laps – Top 4 in each transfer to back of corresponding B Main)

C Main 1: 1. #11A Andrew Felker, Carl Junction, MO; 2. #33S Austin Smith, Chino Hills, CA; 3. #7 Shannon McQueen, Bakersfield, CA; 4. #11T Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA; 5. #5K Kent Schmidt, Owensville, IL; 6. #67B Harris Brooks, Houston, TX; 7. #3R Robbie Ray, Eldridge, IA; 8. #94 Darren Kingston, Vandalia, IL; 9. #54 Evan Pardo, Gatesville, TX; DNS -- #10X Austin Laskey, Tulsa, OK; #11X Steve Newman, Breckenridge, CO; #37 Nic Faas, Huntington Beach, CA; #87JR Troy Rutherford, Ojai, CA

C Main 2: 1. #32 Danny Jennings, Norman, OK; 2. #11H Garrett Hood, Concordia, KS; 3. #19D Steven Drevicki, Reading, PA; 4. #77B Mike Boesel, Bennett, CO; 5. #38K Brian Deegan, Omaha, NE; 6. #47JR Kevin Michnowicz, Torrance, CA; 7. #0Z Johnny Murdock, Kaufman, TX; 8. #2D Doug Day, Winder, GA; 9. #88D Rusty Dukes, Fair Grove, MO; 10. #4R Dustin Hapka, Grand Forks, ND; 11. #50T Tom Everhart, El Cajon, CA; DNS -- #44 Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE

A Qualifiers (10 Laps – Top 16 in combined passing points to A Main; Balance to twin B Mains)

A Qualifier 1: 1. #4J Tim Crawley, Benton, AR; 2. #1ST Shane Cottle, Kokomo, IN; 3. #17X Justin Grant, Ione, CA; 4. #97B Aaron Berryhill, Broken Arrow, OK; 5. #6 David Gough, Machesney Park, IL; 6. #93H Tim Kent, Barstow, OK; 7. #93D Dennis Rodriguez, Camarillo, CA; 8. #12D Troy Decaire, Tampa, FL; 9. #71X Davey Ray, Loves Park, IL; DNS – #47X Brad Mosen, Auckland, NZ

A Qualifier 2: 1. #05 Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills, MO; 2. #21K Cory Kruseman, Ventura, CA; 3. #4X Dave Darland, Lincoln, IN; 4. #14W Matt Westfall, Ludlow Falls, OH; 5. #77 Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL; 6. #86J Josh Most, Red Oak, IA; 7. #49 Trevor Kobylarz, Birdsboro, PA; 8. #88 Jonathon Henry, Stockton, CA; 9. #25K Dereck King, Vienna, IL; 10. #15 Tim Siner, Waterloo, IL

A Qualifier 3: 1. #71S Danny Stratton, Indianapolis, IN; 2. #21 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK; 3. #39 Kevin Swindell, Germantown, TN; 4. #73 Josh Ford, Oxnard, CA; 5. #21B Christopher Bell, Norman, OK; 6. #51 Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO; 7. #73E Clay Klepper, Caruthers, CA; 8. #87C Stuart Snyder, Waverly, NE; 9. #57K Daniel Robinson, Mt. Vernon, IL; 10. #60 Wink Schweitzer, Bakersfield, CA

A Qualifier 4: 1. #7A Dakoda Armstrong, New Castle, IN; 2. #35 Johnny Heydenreich, Indianapolis, IN; 3. #17 Chris Windom, Canton, IL; 4. #35S Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO; 5. #87 Rich Camfield, Decatur, IL; 6. #10 George White, Fort Worth, TX; 7. #75 Billy Pauch Jr., Frenchtown, NJ; 8. #39R Dustin Boney, Tonganoxie, KS; 9. #59 Dex Eaton, Owasso, OK; 10. #15P David Prickett, Fresno, CA

B Mains (15 Laps – Top 4 in each transfer to A Main)

B Main 1: 1. #51 Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO; 2. #75 Billy Pauch Jr., Frenchtown, NJ; 3. #11A Andrew Felker, Carl Junction, MO; 4. #49 Trevor Kobylarz, Birdsboro, PA; 5. #15 Tim Siner, Waterloo, IA; 6. #57K Daniel Robinson, Mt. Vernon, IL; 7. #87C Stuart Snyder, Waverly, NE; 8. #15P David Prickett, Fresno, CA; 9. #93D Dennis Rodriguez, Camarillo, CA; 10. #39R Dustin Boney, Tonganoxie, KS; 11. #33S Austin Smith, Chino Hills, CA; 12. #11T Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA; 13. #6 David Gough, Machesney Park, IL; 14. #7 Shannon McQueen, Bakersfield, CA; 15. #86J Josh Most, Red Oak, IA; DNS -- #47 Brad Mosen, Auckland, NZ

B Main 2: 1. #21B Christopher Bell, Norman, OK; 2. #77 Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL; 3. #10W George White, Fort Worth, TX; 4. #12D Troy Decaire, Tampa, FL; 5. #25K Dereck King, Vienna, IL; 6. #11H Garrett Hood, Concordia, KS; 7. #19D Steven Drevicki, Reading, PA; 8. #73E Clay Klepper, Caruthers, CA; 9. #60 Wink Schweitzer, Bakersfield, CA; 10. #77B Mike Boesel, Bennett, CO; 11. #87 Rich Camfield, Decatur, IL; 12. #93H Tim Kent, Barstow, OK; 13. #88 Jonathon Henry, Stockton, CA; 14. #71X Davey Ray, Loves Park, IL; 15. #59 Dex Eaton, Owasso, OK; 16. #32 Danny Jennings, Norman, OK

A Main (25 laps – Top 3 advance to Saturday Night's Main Event)

1. #1ST Shane Cottle, Kokomo, IN; 2. #4X Dave Darland, Lincoln, IN; 3. #39 Kevin Swindell, Germantown, TN; 4. #05 Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills, MO; 5. #21 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK; 6. #17 Chris Windom, Canton, IL; 7. #21K Cory Kruseman, Ventura, CA; 8. #7A Dakoda Armstrong, New Castle, IN; 9. #71S Danny Stratton, Indianapolis, IN; 10. #35 Johnny Heydenreich, Indianapolis, IN; 11. #4J Tim Crawley, Benton, AR; 12. #14W Matt Westfall, Ludlow Falls, OH; 13. #35S Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO; 14. #73 Josh Ford, Oxnard, CA; 15. #75 Billy Pauch Jr., Frenchtown, NJ; 16. #97B Aaron Berryhill, Broken Arrow, OK; 17. #77 Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL; 18. #11A Andrew Felker, Carl Junction, MO; 19. #12D Troy Decaire, Tampa, FL; 20. #10W George White, Fort Worth, TX; 21. #17X Justin Grant, Ione, CA; 22. #49 Trevor Kobylarz, Birdsboro, PA; 23. #51 Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO; 24. #21B Christopher Bell, Norman, OK

[opnwhlmnd]

Originally Posted by jdull99 Couple big car owner midget wins stand out to me (what others am I missing...?)

Crew Chief on the Bowers Coal car for Brad Doty. Crew chief for Keith Kauffman on many victories. Crew chief for Jeff Swindell in the early WoO days. Crew chief for Tim Green during middle 80s WoO tour. I saw them win Volusia and I-70 in 1984. Crew chief for Haud in the Nance car.

I could go on but he helped advance the sport with some of his innovations.

[jdull99]

Nice! I hope that didn't sound wrong when I said, "what others am I missing". I knew that I was missing a lot, as I heard his name in the late years of my national midget racing days (the wins of him & Cottle I listed from 07-11 where when we were still running a national midget; in-fact we were one of the 256 cars at Tulsa that year); but the stuff in the 80s was before I was paying as much attn to as much (1989 is when I can say I 1st remember racing highlights)

[interpreter66]

One year in may we went by Daryl’s shop/ house to drop off a couple of fuel pumps we brought up with us to have him go thru ,then we go inside his shop ,he was talking about how he serviced them and how he knew the history on all the pumps, he turns around and he has a cabinet that looks like it would’ve been in the library with all the cards in them, every pump that he ever worked on had a card and was in there in alphabetical order, he could pull that card out tell you who originally bought it ,who might’ve owned it afterwords and when he serviced it ,so he reaches over and just grabs one randomly, he pulls it out, start’s to read it and the card was some guy named Karl Kinser lol he reads everything that he had ever done with that pump ,it was just awesome ,he was such a great guy to talk to that day ,even took us inside to his man cave went up to the shelf and hands us a screwdriver ,pretty good size screwdriver ,he goes look closely and on it it was inscribed by hand Nance ,it was a screwdriver that Laverne Nance had given him and where did he have it ,on the main shelf in his man cave, what a great guy ,I’ll cherish those moments forever .rest in peace Daryl

Ps we had spoke to him on the phone before but this was the first time ever meeting him in person

[HDbill]

This one hurts. I met with both Daryl and his precious wife at the Chili Bowl a few years back. I was immediately impressed with both. These are the kind people that make living in America great. They treated me, a total stranger like they knew me for decades. I later, called on the phone to buy some parts, same thing. Truly sorry for the loss. It stinks when we lose role models. Daryl leaves deep foot prints and awesome memories. God speed sir.