By Tony Veneziano

July 24, 2010 Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Greg Hodnett fondly recalled on Saturday how the late Jim Nace used to the say the bottom of the track was The Money Lane. That proved true in the finale of the Summer Nationals at the famed Williams Grove Speedway as Hodnett worked the low side of the half-mile to score the $20,000 win as the "Month of Money" continued for the World of Outlaws. Hodnett dove under Paul McMahan in turn two of lap 26 and led the final five of 30 circuits to his tenth career World of Outlaws win and fourth in the last six races for the series at Williams Grove Speedway.

"It was a really good race and an exciting race, at least from my standpoint where I was," said Hodnett. "The race track was in really good shape for the second night of a two-night show. There were a lot of slide jobs and I'm sure it was exciting for the fans."

Hodnett fell all the way to ninth after starting third and used an open red flag on lap eight to his advantage as Greg’s crew made a number of changes on the Macri Concrete Maxim. On the ensuing restart, he began his march to the front moving to sixth as he charged past Tyler Walker and Jason Meyers. He battled Craig Dollansky for fifth for a few laps before taking that position on lap 14. Joey Saldana, Jason Sides and Sammy Swindell were next on his radar as he moved to second with eleven laps to go.

"We were all balled up and couldn't run the center, so we actually freed it up and it got to rolling better," explained the winner. "On the restart, I went to the bottom and I could see those guys weren't going anymore and I figured they were losing their tires. I just kind if laid back and let them come to me."

The victory for Hodnett extended the Pennsylvania Posse's win streak to eight at Williams Grove against the World of Outlaws, longest win streak in the long, storied rivalry. "It means a lot," Hodnett admitted. "All the guys here do a great job. It feels good to be one of the guys that have helped hold them at bay. Every week we come here is tough. I think that competition level puts us in a good spot when The Outlaws come to town. The Outlaws guys and the guys that run here every week are so smart that they figure things out quickly. Any little thing you can find that works, you had better take advantage of, because it won't last long."

Paul McMahan started on pole after winning the dash for the second consecutive night and ran third early as Sammy Swindell led and Jason Sides moved to second on the opening lap. McMahan took the lead from Swindell coming off turn four of lap 16 when the final caution flew, negating the pass. On the restart, McMahan led down the front straightaway into turn one. The veteran led ten laps aboard the Great Clips Maxim to runner-up.

"Second-place here at The Grove is nothing to hang your head about," stated McMahan. "To get beat by Greg Hodnett and Lee Stauffer is nothing to bat an eye at. Those guys are awesome. I've been the bridesmaid now three times in the last month. My wife told me this morning before I came out here that it was my turn and that I was going to win a race. I kinda feel like I let her down."

Jason Sides moved to second at the start and looked low in turns three and four for the lead on the opening circuit but could not quite get enough of a run on Swindell. Again on the second lap, Sides looked low, this time in turns one and two to no avail. He ran in the Top Four all night on his way to third-place in the Wetherington Tractor Service Maxim.

"They guys never gave up and neither did I," shared Sides. "We had a crappy night last night after we drew a bad number and went out late. We had a really good race track tonight and went out early and it does show that an early draw here is important. Anytime you can get a good draw is good."

McMahan lined up on the inside twice on double-file restarts and on the outside twice as well. The lap 16 restart saw him charge down the front straightaway to lead. The podium finish was Paul’s ninth Top Five in the last ten races, which leads all drivers over that span. "My car was working really good and I could put it anywhere on the race track," said McMahan. "Sammy chose the top each time and was starting really early and went way up high. I just got a good restart off the bottom and a good run down the front straightaway and cleared him in one and he slide me and was able to keep running the same line that I had been running and got back by him. We just needed it to be 25 laps and not 30."

Jason Sides fell back to fifth on lap seven before working back around Craig Dollansky and Joey Saldana on the way to his 15th Top Five of the season, which matched his best career Williams Grove run. "Before that last caution I think we could have won it," Sides said, "I got by on the bottom and were floating there in the middle some and was catching Paul and Sammy. Traffic was going to help I think and I wish we would have gotten to it sooner."

Sammy Swindell led the first 15 laps before ending fourth in the Big Game Treestands Maxim. Chad Layton came home fifth in the Middleswarth Chips J&J. Lance Dewease won the opener of the Summer Nationals on Friday and came from 24th to finish sixth in the Advance Development Services Maxim and earn KSE Racing Products Hard Charger. Joey Saldana finished seventh in the Budweiser Maxim to extend his lead in World of Outlaws standings. Tyler Walker was eighth in the Hunter Truck Sales Maxim with Steve Kinser coming from 17th to ninth in the Bass Pro Shops Maxim. Sam Hafertepe Jr. rounded out the Top Ten in the Lone Star Speedway Maxim.

World of Outlaws points (after 7/24/2010) Joey Saldana 5624, Steve Kinser 5580, Jason Meyers 5572, Donny Schatz 5471, Jason Sides 5419, Paul McMahan 5369, Lucas Wolfe 5226, Craig Dollansky 5165, Kraig Kinser 5046 & Danny Lasoski 5022

Qualifications (1/2d) 1 Jason Sides 17.095 (105.29mph), 2 Greg Hodnett 17.106, 3 Sammy Swindell 17.127, 4 Lucas Wolfe 17.138, 5 Brian Montieth 17.174, 6 Chad Layton 17.194, 7 Sam Hafertepe Jr 17.208, 8 Paul McMahan 17.218, 9 Brian Leppo 17.221, 10 Kerry Madsen 17.221, 11 Jason Meyers 17.224, 12 Stevie Smith 17.248, 13 Joey Saldana 17.248, 14 Jim Siegel 17.258, 15 Craig Dollansky 17.275, 16 Tyler Walker 17.289, 17 Steve Kinser 17.292, 18 Daryn Pittman 17.299, 19 Kraig Kinser 17.316, 20 Steve Buckwalter 17.317, 21 Ben Gregg 17.333, 22 Doug Esh 17.403, 23 Alan Krimes 17.442, 24 Fred Rahmer 17.445, 25 Justin Henderson 17.448, 26 Danny Dietrich 17.450, 27 Mike Erdley 17.454, 28 Danny Lasoski 17.463, 29 Donny Schatz 17.472, 30 Jonathan Allard 17.474, 31 Chad Kemenah 17.479, 32 Aaron Ott 17.492, 33 Don Kreitz Jr 17.503, 34 Lance Dewease 17.514, 35 Toni Lutar 17.528, 36 Adam Wilt 17.533, 37 Brent Marks 17.536, 38 Derek Sell 17.569, 39 Brian Ellenberger 17.587, 40 Mark Smith 17.627, 41 Kyle Pruitt 17.654, 42 Cory Haas 17.793, 43 Keith Kauffman 17.885, 44 Bryn Gohn 17.966, 45 Mark Bitner 18.009, 46 Troy Fraker 18.149

Heat 1 (8 laps) Leppo, Saldana, Montieth, Sides, S. Kinser. DNQ Henderson, Schatz, Kreitz, Marks, Pruitt, Gregg, Bitner

Heat 2 (8 laps) Madsen, Hodnett, Siegel, Layton, Pittman. DNQ Esh, Dietrich, Dewease, Allard, Haas, Sell, Fraker

Heat 3 (8 laps) Dollansky, Meyers, Swindell, Erdley, Hafertepe, K. Kinser. DNQ Kemenah, Kauffman, Lutar, Ellenberger, Krimes

Heat 4 (8 laps) Walker, McMahan, S. Smith, Wolfe, Rahmer. DNQ Ott, M. Smith, Buckwalter, Wilt, Lasoski, Gohn

Pole Dash (6 laps) McMahan, Swindell, Hodnett, Sides, Leppo, Saldana, Meyers, Madsen, Dollansky, Walker

C-main (10 laps) 1 Brent Marks, 2 Kyle Pruitt. DNQ 3 Keith Kauffman 39 $125, 4 Cory Haas 11c, 5 Mark Bitner 15 $125, 6 Troy Fraker 12w $100, 7 Bryn Gohn 22, 8 Derek Sell 20s, 9 Brian Ellenberger 22, 10 Mark Smith 7m $100

B-main (12 laps) 1 Steve Buckwalter, 2 Doug Esh, 3 Danny Lasoski, 4 Lance Dewease. DNQ 5 Kraig Kinser 11k $200, 6 Brent Marks 19m $180, 7 Justin Henderson 35 $175, 8 Adam Wilt 15 $160, 9 Jonathan Allard 0 $150, 10 Danny Dietrich (Kauffman 48), 11 Chad Kemenah 63, 12 Toni Lutar 4x, 13 Kyle Pruitt 45, 14 Aaron Ott 25o, 15 Don Kreitz Jr 69, 16 Alan Krimes 87, 17 Ben Gregg 2b, 18 Donny Schatz 15 $150

A-main [start] 1 Greg Hodnett 22 [3] $20,000, 2 Paul McMahan 91 [1] $12,000, 3 Jason Sides 7s [4] $6000, 4 Sammy Swindell 1 [2] $5250, 5 Chad Layton 7 [13] $4500, 6 Lance Dewease 30c [24] $4000, 7 Joey Saldana 9 [6] $3500, 8 Tyler Walker 17 [10] $3000, 9 Steve Kinser 11 [17] $2750, 10 Sam Hafertepe Jr 15 [14] $2500, 11 Stevie Smith 1z [15] $2300, 12 Craig Dollansky 7 [9] $2250, 13 Donny Schatz 15 (provisional), 14 Doug Esh R19 [20] $1600, 15 Steve Buckwalter 17b [19] $1500, 16 Jason Meyers 14 [7] $1300, 17 Daryn Pittman 27 [18] $1250, 18 Alan Krimes 87 (provisional), 19 Mark Smith 7m (provisional), 20 Mike Erdley 11 [22] $1050, 21 Danny Lasoski 6 [23] $1000, 22 Fred Rahmer 51 [21], 23 Kerry Madsen 3 [8], 24 Brian Leppo 71 [5], 25 Lucas Wolfe 5w [11], 26 Kraig Kinser 11k (provisional), 27 Brian Montieth 21 [12], 28 Jim Siegel 59 [16] $1000. WoO 410w

Lap Leaders: Swindell 1-15; McMahan 16-25; Hodnett 26-30