Madsen And Vermeer Take 8th Place Finish At Knoxville Outlaw Race
by Kerry Madsen Racing - May 5, 2008

Kerry along with the vermeer team, left knoxville satisfied with a solid nights racing with a 8th place finish. Qualifying 6th with a 3rd in the heat race, Kerry started 11th in the a-main and moved up to 8th when the checkers fell on the 25 lap caution free event.
After the 3 week layoff because of persistant rain in the midwest, the guys cound'nt wait to get to the track and get back into action again. They were that keen that the truck left pella iowa at 8am for fridays world of outlaw event at Cameron MO only to get rained out again.
Finally a site everyone wanted to see on saturday SUN! knoxville's race was actually going to happen so it was off to the race track and finally get to unload the racecar and blow the cob webs out.
Kerry was 4th car out and ended up 6th fast overall in 47 car field at a time of 14.922 with Donny Schatz setting quick time at 14.778 that lined Kerry up out of position 3 in the second heat.
Needing to finish in the top 2 of the heat race to make the dash Kerry got a little impatient on the start and completely made a meal of it and was running back at seventh by lap two, however utilizing the bottom to perfection, Kerry moved back up to third by the end of the eight lap event, unfotunatly one spot out of the dash.
Kerry lined up 11th for the 25 lap a-main, and was running 10th by lap 2 it took Kerry about mid race distance till the car finally came on and went past Chad Kemenah and Danny Lasoski to move into 8th and the car was one of the quickest on the track at that point however with no cautions the field was to strung out and time ran out with Donny Schatz taking the win, Saldana second and Haud third
Kerry and the team were hoping a better result at there home track but were happy with the 8th place finish and still 5th in points. Kerry and Vermeer Motorsports want to thank the people that are making this year possible
TK concrete,Housby Mack, Goodyear tires ,TP wings, VRP shocks, Garrett engines, Iowa concrete pumping, Logan contracting, Skyline ready mix, Tony's auto parts, Van Maanen electric Inc, Nields steerings, Maxim chassis and Oakley