You've been outlawed

Mike Harnish Jr. wrecked on the first lap of his heat race and actually gained ground in the PASS Outlaw Late Model standings on Sunday, because then-point leader Jay Sands was credited with a last-place finish after a blown motor.

Brian Whitney went into the race without his crew chief and car owner and came out of it by taking over the series lead.

Matt Lee picked up a 3rd-place finish after driving off the track at Unity Raceway not once, but twice -- leaping two spots in the points to 4th.

Does that about sum up Sunday's wreckfest of a PASS Outlaw Late Model 100?

Whitney finished second to Charlie Colby and, thanks to Sands' misfortune, the self-described "30-year-old kid" is now 6 points ahead of Harnish at the top of the standings, despite never having driven anything more than go-karts as late as last autumn. Whitney also worked for the most part without the services of owner/crew chief Ron Nason, as Nason was busy helping his father Ralph Nason run both the Outlaw and North Series races the same day.

Meanwhile, Harnish, who couldn't even begin to list all the damage done to his car after a chain-reaction crash on lap 1 of Sunday's second heat, rode around without power steering to finish 6th and inch closer to the top.

OK, everybody take a collective breath now...