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Brad Sweet Has a Good Night at Badlands Motor Speedway
Chips away at Donny Schatz’s points lead

BRANDON, S.D. - July 2, 2016 - Brad Sweet led early and led often at Badlands Motor Speedway on Saturday night as he found luck and persevered to score his seventh World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series victory of the season.

Sweet, who took the checkered flag at the track for the first time in his career, lost the lead to Rico Abreu on lap 10. When Abreu got too low on the track and caught a tire barrier sending him flipping on to the front straight, Sweet regained the lead. Through a couple of close calls, it was smooth sailing to the end.

Sweet's win is his first since May 13 at Plymouth Speedway.

"It feels good. This team needed that win - we've been in a bit of a slump," Sweet said. "We just haven't been able to compete for wins over the last 10 or 15 races. We started out the season really strong and then kind of fell off there. So it's nice to get back to victory lane and give these guys some confidence."

Matt Juhl kicked off the night by scoring his first ever World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series quick time award. It was the second series event in a row where the quick time award was presented to a driver who had never received it before.

Sweet led early in the feature as the battle behind him turned intense. Joey Saldana battled to fifth by lap three while Kerry Madsen moved in to second. A charging Abreu though was the man to watch as he picked off multiple positions and set his sights on Sweet. As Sweet worked his way through lapped traffic with eight laps complete, Abreu caught Sweet and then passed him as the two worked their way off of turn three.

Abreu's lead was short-lived though as he dove low off of turn four he caught a tire barrier which sent him flipping. Abreu was OK but his night was over.

When the field returned to green, Sweet retook the lead as the jockeying for the second and third place positions got underway. Saldana got around Kerry Madsen for third and then Jason Johnson began his assault on the top spots.

Johnson took over third on lap 16 and then took over second on lap 30. As the field bunched up in traffic, Johnson looked to have a shot at Sweet in the lead but a tire gave way, sending Johnson into the turn one wall. Johnson was alert following the crash but was transported to an area hospital for further evaluation.

When the field returned to green, Sweet built up a strong lead over Saldana and David Gravel.

"The Ollie's Bargain Outlet car was phenomenal all night long," Sweet said. "In the A main we could really get moving around the top. We could move around too. I was just waiting to see if someone was going to show me a nose.

"40 laps around here is a long race. It's a California kind of race. It's short and you've got to attack the corners. I'm really proud of my guys."

With his win, Sweet chipped away at Donny Schatz' championship points lead, bringing the lead to 72.

Saldana, who had an issue late, ran near the front most the night in his No. 83 Roth Motorsports car and closed out the night in second.

"Definitely very lucky tonight. About five or six to go my belts came undone," Saldana said. "So I'm just trying to finish the race and then Jason crashes in front of me. So that's not what you want to see - hopefully he's OK. Luckily we finished the night on the front straightaway. We'll take it and come back tomorrow."

Gravel, who closed out the night in third had his sights set on Sunday at Badlands and improving on the team's podium finish.

"We didn't get in the Dash like we wanted to so to finish on the podium is great," Gravel said. We had a really good car there in the middle of the race. We faded a little bit late but Brad and Joey had really good cars. We probably had a third or fourth place car but with Jason blowing a tire that put us third. We're really happy with third."

Donny Schatz was the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger, advancing 12 positions to finish in seventh.

he World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series wraps up its double header at Badlands Motor Speedway tomorrow, Sunday, July 3. For more information and to learn how to purchase tickets, visit WoOSprint.com/Badlands-Motor-Speedway.

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Badlands Motor Speedway Notebook

RACE NOTES: Matt Juhl picked up his first ever World of Outlaws victory tonight after a qualifying quick time of 10.820… Ian Madsen was the night's highest finishing non-Outlaw driver. He finished the night in eighth… Brad Sweet chipped away at Donny Schatz's points lead, bringing the separation to just 72 points… Tonight's win was the seventh of the season for Sweet and his first ever at Badlands Motor Speedway… Tonight's feature was the 40th World of Outlaws feature completed at the track.

CONTINGENCY WINNERS - MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Logan Schuchart; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Paul McMahan; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Paul McMahan; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Jacob Allen; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Jacob Allen; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Paul Nienhiser; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Paul Nienhiser; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Daryn Pittman; Super Flow ($50 cash): Terry McCarl; Craftsman/Sears ($100 cash): Rico Abreu; KSE Racing Products ($100 product certificate): Donny Schatz; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Brad Sweet; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Austin McCarl; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Logan Schuchart.

SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 11 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Stockton Dirt Track on March 18, Stockton Dirt Track on March 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on April 2, Lincoln Speedway on May 19, Weedsport Speedway on May 22, Lincoln Park Speedway on June 8, Knoxville Raceway on June 11, River Cities Speedway on June 17, Rockford Speedway on June 29); Brad Sweet - 7 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, Cotton Bowl Speedway on Feb. 26, Ocean Speedway on April 1, Bakersfield Speedway on April 15, Plymouth Speedway on May 13, Badlands Motor Speedway on July 2); Daryn Pittman - 5 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18, New Egypt Speedway on May 24, Jackson Motorplex on June 24); Shane Stewart - 5 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 30, Granite City Speedway on June 15, Brown County Speedway on June 19); Joey Saldana - 4 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22, Jacksonville Speedway on May 4, I-80 Speedway on June 22); David Gravel - 3 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12, Tri-State Speedway on May 14, I-96 Speedway on June 6); Kerry Madsen - 2 (Eldora Speedway on May 6 and 7);Bill Balog - 1 (Beaver Dam Raceway on June 25); Lance Dewease - 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20);Chad Kemenah - 1 (Fremont Speedway on June 3); Jason Johnson - 1 (Placerville Speedway on March 24);Terry McCarl - 1 (Knoxville Raceway on June 10); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26); Greg Wilson - 1 (The Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 27).

World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Badlands Motor Speedway; Brandon, S.D.; July 2, 2016.

A-Main - (40 Laps) - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1] [$10,000]; 2. 83-Joey Saldana [7] [$5,000]; 3. 5-David Gravel [9] [$3,000]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [11] [$2,700]; 5. 7-Paul McMahan [13] [$2,500]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides [8] [$2,200]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz [19] [$2,000]; 8. 18-Ian Madsen [16] [$1,800]; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen [10] [$1,600]; 10. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier [22] [$1,450]; 11. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [20] [$1,300]; 12. 9-Daryn Pittman [5] [$1,200]; 13. 3-Tim Kaeding [24] [$1,100]; 14. 24-Terry McCarl [25] [$300]; 15. 29-Kerry Madsen [3] [$950]; 16. 17A-Austin McCarl [12] [$900]; 17. O9-Matt Juhl [17] [$850]; 18. 17B-Ryan Bickett [14] [$750]; 19. W20-Greg Wilson [21] [$725]; 20. 41-Jason Johnson [6] [$700]; 21. 9N-Wade Nygaard [18] [$700]; 22. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2] [$700]; 23. 24R-Rico Abreu [4] [$700]; 24. 82-Dusty Zomer [15] [$700]; 25. 1D-Justin Henderson [23] [$700]. Lap Leaders: Brad Sweet 1-9, 13-40, Rico Abreu 10-12. KSE Hard Charger Award: 15-Donny Schatz [+12]

Qualifying Flight #1 - 1. O9-Matt Juhl, 10.820; 2. 7S-Jason Sides, 10.873; 3. 41-Jason Johnson, 10.929; 4. 24R-Rico Abreu, 10.941; 5. 5-David Gravel, 10.989; 6. 82-Dusty Zomer, 11.011; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 11.096; 8. 2-Shane Stewart, 11.118; 9. 7-Paul McMahan, 11.119; 10. W20-Greg Wilson, 11.141; 11. 25-Cory Mack, 11.146; 12. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier, 11.169; 13. 14-Jody Rosenboom, 11.189; 14. 5G-Dave Glennon, 11.209; 15. 24-Terry McCarl, 11.263; 16. 15-Donny Schatz, 11.264; 17. 19-Paige Polyak, 11.277; 18. 101-Chuck McGillivray, 11.668; 19. 13-Clyde Knipp, 11.696; 20. 9Z-Jared Goerges, 11.700;

Qualifying Flight #2 - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman, 10.854; 2. 29-Kerry Madsen, 10.916; 3. 49-Brad Sweet, 10.975; 4. 83-Joey Saldana, 10.998; 5. 1D-Justin Henderson, 11.019; 6. 18-Ian Madsen, 11.036; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen, 11.082; 8. 17A-Austin McCarl, 11.234; 9. 20A-Jordan Adams, 11.253; 10. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 11.270; 11. 25X-Dylan Peterson, 11.276; 12. 3-Tim Kaeding, 11.280; 13. 9N-Wade Nygaard, 11.295; 14. 8-Casey Mack, 11.362; 15. 17B-Ryan Bickett, 11.401; 16. 15X-Joe Riedel, 11.474; 17. 429-Robby Wolfgang, 11.672; 18. 8B-Jack Croaker, 12.109; 19. 2K-Kevin Ingle, 12.303; 20. 51-Doug Martens, 11.863

Heat 1 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 41-Jason Johnson [2]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4]; 3. 5-David Gravel [3]; 4. 7-Paul McMahan [5]; 5. O9-Matt Juhl [1]; 6. 19-Paige Polyak [9]; 7. 24-Terry McCarl [8]; 8. 14-Jody Rosenboom [7]; 9. 25-Cory Mack [6]; 10. 13-Clyde Knipp [10]

Heat 2 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 24R-Rico Abreu [2]; 2. 7S-Jason Sides [1]; 3. 2-Shane Stewart [4]; 4. 82-Dusty Zomer [3]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz [8]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson [5]; 7. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier [6]; 8. 5G-Dave Glennon [7]; 9. 101-Chuck McGillivray [9]; 10. 9Z-Jared Goerges [10]

Heat 3 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen [4]; 4. 17B-Ryan Bickett [8]; 5. 9N-Wade Nygaard [7]; 6. 429-Robby Wolfgang [9]; 7. 20A-Jordan Adams [5]; 8. 1D-Justin Henderson [3]; 9. 2K-Kevin Ingle [10]; 10. 25X-Dylan Peterson [6]

Heat 4 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [1]; 2. 83-Joey Saldana [2]; 3. 17A-Austin McCarl [4]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [3]; 5. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [5]; 6. 8-Casey Mack [7]; 7. 8B-Jack Croaker [9]; 8. 15X-Joe Riedel [8]; 9. 3-Tim Kaeding [6]; 10. 51-Doug Martens [10]

Dash - (8 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [6]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]; 3. 29-Kerry Madsen [4]; 4. 24R-Rico Abreu [3]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 6. 41-Jason Johnson [1]; 7. 83-Joey Saldana [8]; 8. 7S-Jason Sides [7]

C-Main - (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the Last Chance Showdown) - 1. 19-Paige Polyak [1] [-]; 2. 429-Robby Wolfgang [2] [-]; 3. 101-Chuck McGillivray [3] [$150]; 4. 8B-Jack Croaker [4] [$150]; 5. 9Z-Jared Goerges [7] [$150]; 6. 2K-Kevin Ingle [6] [$125]; 7. 51-Doug Martens [8] [$125]; 8. 13-Clyde Knipp [5] [$125]

Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. W20-Greg Wilson [1] [-]; 2. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier [5] [-]; 3. 1D-Justin Henderson [2] [-]; 4. 3-Tim Kaeding [8] [-]; 5. 25-Cory Mack [3] [$300]; 6. 25X-Dylan Peterson [6] [$250]; 7. 24-Terry McCarl [11] [$225]; 8. 19-Paige Polyak [13] [$200]; 9. 14-Jody Rosenboom [7] [$200]; 10. 429-Robby Wolfgang [14] [$200]; 11. 5G-Dave Glennon [9] [$200]; 12. 20A-Jordan Adams [4] [$200]; 13. 15X-Joe Riedel [12] [$200]; 14. 8-Casey Mack [10] [$200]

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Donny Schatz Holds Tough at Rockford Speedway
Holds off David Gravel on the final lap to win 11th of the season

ROCKFORD, Ill. - June 29, 2016 - As the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series feature field rounded the final lap of the inaugural Outlaw Clay Classic at Rockford Speedway on Wednesday night, Donny Schatz looked poised to win. But David Gravel was charging and as Schatz rounded the final turns, maneuvering through traffic, Gravel dove low as Schatz hugged the cushion. Side-by-side off the corner, Schatz edged Gravel to score his 11th win of the season.

The history-making victory as the sprint cars kicked off the Outlaw Clay Classic on the normally-paved quarter-mile oval was the 215th victory of Schatz's career.

"Catching someone on that is one thing - getting by them is completely different," Schatz said of Gravel catching him in the final laps. "I don't know if I had a tire going down… but I started getting tight and rolled up and just couldn't turn the corner… we at least got the win."

Parker Price-Miller kicked off the special event by taking the qualifying quick time with a lap of 11.806 seconds. It was the first World of Outlaws quick time for Price-Miller and set the dirt record at the 69-year-old Rockford Speedway which was covered in eight inches of Illinois river clay - the first time the track has ever had dirt on it.

Challenging track conditions set up an especially tough 30-lap inaugural feature for the Outlaws. Schatz led the field to the green with Daryn Pittman, Gravel and Ian Madsen behind.

Schatz opened up a strong lead through the first 10 laps, catching the tail end of the field by lap three.

NASCAR standout and two-time series winner Christopher Bell brought out the first caution of the night. While battling Shane Stewart he got caught in the cushion and ended up on his side.

As the field returned to green Schatz again extended his lead as Madsen tried to get around Gravel for third. One more caution flag flew on lap 16 which bunched the field back up. Madsen and Gravel recommenced their battle but Gravel pulled away.

Taking an aggressive line through a rough turns one and two, Gravel began challenging Pittman in second. Back and forth they battled until Pittman was knocked off kilter through turns one and two. Pittman faded following as Shane Stewart battled past Brad Sweet for third.

With second in his grip Gravel looked to Schatz in the lead. On the second-to-last lap, Schatz got caught up in traffic and Gravel closed the gap. He challenged hard on the closing lap, but Schatz hung on to win.

"It's typically not the type of race track that we're good on but these guys go to work and try to make me as comfortable as they can. I was in the air, sideways, doing wheelies. Some laps I didn't know if I was going to come out the other end. It was a crapshoot."

Schatz rolls out of Rockford with an 86-point lead over Sweet in the championship standings.

For Gravel, the finish continues a strong run through the last month and momentum as the series prepares to kick off the 'Month of Money.'

"I had a shot," Gravel said of his last lap battle with Schatz. "When you enter the corner high and chop down low, you get a really good run down the straightaway and I just tried to poke my nose. Just happy to finish second."

Shane Stewart, who has five wins on the season, notched his 14th podium finish with a strong run from an eighth-place starting position. After Pittman and Madsen struggled late, Stewart took advantage.

"On nights like this you've got to be patient and hopefully some of the guys mess up in front of you and you can take advantage of that and we were able to do that. A podium finish is a great night for us starting eighth. We'll carry this into the weekend and hopefully we can pick up another win."

The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series rolls south for the Fourth of July weekend to Badlands Motor Speedway on Saturday, July 2 and Sunday, July 3. For more information and to learn how to purchase tickets, visit WoOSprint.com/Badlands-Motor-Speedway.

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Rockford Speedway Notebook

RACE NOTES: Donny Schatz picked up his 11th World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory of the season and 215th career win tonight at Rockford Speedway… Jason Johnson was the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger, advancing 10 positions to finish in sixth… Schatz extended his points lead over Brad Sweet to 86… Parker Price-Miller scored his first ever World of Outlaws quick time with a lap of 11.806 seconds. In the track's first ever dirt event, Price-Miller becomes the dirt record holder at the track.

SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 11 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Stockton Dirt Track on March 18, Stockton Dirt Track on March 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on April 2, Lincoln Speedway on May 19, Weedsport Speedway on May 22, Lincoln Park Speedway on June 8, Knoxville Raceway on June 11, River Cities Speedway on June 17, Rockford Speedway on June 29); Brad Sweet - 6 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, Cotton Bowl Speedway on Feb. 26, Ocean Speedway on April 1, Bakersfield Speedway on April 15, Plymouth Speedway on May 13); Daryn Pittman - 5 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18, New Egypt Speedway on May 24, Jackson Motorplex on June 24); Shane Stewart - 5 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 30, Granite City Speedway on June 15, Brown County Speedway on June 19); Joey Saldana - 4 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22, Jacksonville Speedway on May 4, I-80 Speedway on June 22); David Gravel - 3 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12, Tri-State Speedway on May 14, I-96 Speedway on June 6); Kerry Madsen - 2 (Eldora Speedway on May 6 and 7);Bill Balog - 1 (Beaver Dam Raceway on June 25); Lance Dewease - 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20);Chad Kemenah - 1 (Fremont Speedway on June 3); Jason Johnson - 1 (Placerville Speedway on March 24);Terry McCarl - 1 (Knoxville Raceway on June 10); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26); Greg Wilson - 1 (The Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 27).

World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Rockford Speedway; Rockford, Ill..; June 29, 2016.

A-Main - (30 Laps) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 2. 5-David Gravel [3]; 3. 2-Shane Stewart [8]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [5]; 5. 83-Joey Saldana [10]; 6. 41-Jason Johnson [16]; 7. 7-Paul McMahan [13]; 8. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [6]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart [11]; 10. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 11. 12-Daniel Harding [9]; 12. 7S-Jason Sides [12]; 13. 18-Ian Madsen [4]; 14. 13-Clyde Knipp [23]; 15. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski [24]; 16. 77X-Christopher Bell [14]; 17. 5J-Jeremy Schultz [19]; 18. 17B-Bill Balog [7]; 19. 10V-Matt Vandervere [22]; 20. 2W-Scotty Neitzel [21]; 21. W20-Greg Wilson [15]; 22. 1M-Jim Moughan [17]; 23. 1A-Jacob Allen [20]; 24. 5K-Brian Kristan [18]. Lap Leaders: Donny Schatz 1-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: 41-Jason Johnson [+10]

Qualifying - 1. 2X-Parker Price-Miller, 11.806; 2. 49-Brad Sweet, 11.854; 3. 18-Ian Madsen, 11.857; 4. 17B-Bill Balog, 12.037; 5. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.107; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman, 12.161; 7. 83-Joey Saldana, 12.177; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.195; 9. 7S-Jason Sides, 12.235; 10. 5-David Gravel, 12.239; 11. 2-Shane Stewart, 12.324; 12. 12-Daniel Harding, 12.398; 13. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 12.409; 14. 1A-Jacob Allen, 12.446; 15. 5K-Brian Kristan, 12.453; 16. 41-Jason Johnson, 12.469; 17. 1M-Jim Moughan, 12.588; 18. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.593; 19. 10V-Matt Vandervere, 12.660; 20. 13-Clyde Knipp, 12.681; 21. 2W-Scotty Neitzel, 12.903; 22. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 13.155; 23. 23B-Russell Borland, 13.785; 24. 50-Russ Egan, 13.958; 25. 7-Paul McMahan, nt; 26. 77X-Christopher Bell, nt

Heat 1 - (10 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [1]; 2. 5-David Gravel [4]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog [2]; 4. 83-Joey Saldana [3]; 5. 7-Paul McMahan [9]; 6. 41-Jason Johnson [6]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz [5]; 8. 10V-Matt Vandervere [7]; 9. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski [8]

Heat 2 - (10 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 3. 2-Shane Stewart [4]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [3]; 5. 77X-Christopher Bell [9]; 6. 1M-Jim Moughan [6]; 7. 13-Clyde Knipp [7]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen [5]; 9. 23B-Russell Borland [8]

Heat 3 - (10 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 18-Ian Madsen [1]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 3. 12-Daniel Harding [4]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [3]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [6]; 6. 5K-Brian Kristan [5]; 7. 2W-Scotty Neitzel [7]; 8. 50-Russ Egan [8]

Dash - (8 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 3. 5-David Gravel [3]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [4]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [5]; 6. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [6]

Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz [1]; 2. 1A-Jacob Allen [2]; 3. 2W-Scotty Neitzel [5]; 4. 10V-Matt Vandervere [3]; 5. 13-Clyde Knipp [4]; 6. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski [6]; 7. 50-Russ Egan [8]; 8. 23B-Russell Borland [7]

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Shane Stewart Hangs Tough at Granite City

Brad Sweet claims one-point lead after Donny Schatz has DNF

SAUK RAPIDS, Minn. - June 15, 2016 - Shane Stewart proved to be like a rock Wednesday night at Granite City Speedway as he battled past Kerry Madsen and held off Brad Sweet to win his fourth World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series feature of the season.

Kerry Madsen led the first third of the feature with Stewart in hot pursuit. As Madsen encountered traffic, Stewart closed the gap in his No. 2 Eneos/GoPro car. On lap 10, Stewart dove low into turn three and got around Madsen. Madsen countered, taking the spot back, sliding Stewart through turns one and two. Stewart though made a similar move as the previous lap and took the position back through turns three and four. Through one restart, Stewart held the position and scored the win.

It was a triumphant trip to victory lane following a difficult weekend at Knoxville Raceway and the knowledge that last season, he was leading at Granite City with three laps to go and did not see a similar end.

"I was actually getting really nervous," Stewart said. "The guys gave me a really great car. Obviously being out front, you're kind of a sitting duck. I felt like I was getting through lapped traffic OK, but you never can tell with the guys behind you. I know Brad is really good in lapped traffic and so is Kerry. I just had to keep my nose clean and be as patient as possible."

Second-place finisher Sweet claimed a narrow one-point lead in the championship points standings over Donny Schatz who had a did-not-finish result.

Schatz had a mechanical issue on lap 13 and slowed on the track. Greg Wilson was caught up and had his night ended after his car ended up on its side, wedged against an infield tire. Schatz was pushed to the infield after dropping oil on the track and did not return.

Joey Saldana kicked off the night, the Outlaws' second ever event at Granite City Speedway, by claiming a season-leading ninth quick time award with a lap of 11.227 seconds.

After winning the dash, Madsen started on the pole of the feature with Stewart in second. At the green flag, Madsen jumped out to an early lead as Brad Sweet powered forward in his No. 49 Ollie's Bargain Outlet car, using the high line through turns three and four to take the third position.

Madsen caught the tail end of the field and began working his way forward. Stewart closed the gap over the next five laps and battled around Madsen. As Stewart took over the lead, Sweet got around Madsen on the next lap for second.

Following the red flag for Schatz and Wilson, Sweet tried to get around Stewart as he threw a slider through turns one and two and pulled event with the leader, but was unable to hang on to the back straight. Sweet tried again on the next lap, but Stewart again maintained the position.

Stewart caught the tail end of the field on lap 18 and Sweet briefly closed the gap but he was not able to get around.

The win was Stewart's first since Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 30.

"I just know when you're leading these races you can't hesitate on lapped cars because you're going to get passed," Stewart said. "I've been able to do that a couple of other times to win a race and I felt like if I could get back to curb as quickly as I could and scrub off as little speed as I could that I'd be OK… to win these races is very hard and I'm just happy to be standing here."

Sweet said he felt like he and Stewart were on par throughout the night but lapped cars played a pivotal role and Stewart was able to clear them successfully throughout the 30 laps.

"He did a really good job of just always keeping his car in the right position," Sweet said. "A couple of times I thought he was going to slip up there off of four and he went low and I thought I would get a run high and a lapped car slid up in front of me. Lapped traffic just didn't play in our part but that's how you win and lose these races."

Madsen, who led the first 10 laps of the feature in his No. 29 Keneric Healthcare car, said he felt like he was making the right moves but realized that he could have played them differently.

"On the last red and we had a short run afoot, I got by Brad and I thought I might have something to play with but Shane had a better racecar and probably deserved to win the race," Madsen said. "We had a bit of bad luck last weekend. We've had great racecars the last two months and we're excited for the next two months… I think we'll be here a bit more often."

The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series continues its swing through the Upper Midwest with a stop of River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D. on Friday, June 17. For more information and to learn how to purchase tickets, visit WoOSprint.com/River-Cities-Speedway-June.

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Granite City Speedway Notebook

RACE NOTES: Brad Sweet took over the points lead following a DNF for Donny Schatz during the feature. Sweet now leads Schatz by one points… Tonight's win was the fourth for Shane Stewart this season. His last win came at Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 30… Joey Saldana scored a season-leading ninth quick time tonight at Granite City Speedway… Logan Schuchart was the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger, advancing seven positions to finish in seventh.

CONTINGENCY WINNERS - MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Greg Wilson; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Shane Stewart; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Paul McMahan; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Jason Johnson; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Jacob Allen; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Jason Sides; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Joey Saldana; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Ian Madsen; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Paul McMahan; Super Flow ($50 cash): Paul McMahan; Craftsman/Sears ($100 cash): Kerry Madsen; KSE Racing Products ($100 product certificate): Logan Schuchart; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Shane Stewart; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Clyde Knipp; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Rob Caho.

SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 9 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Stockton Dirt Track on March 18, Stockton Dirt Track on March 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on April 2, Lincoln Speedway on May 19, Weedsport Speedway on May 22, Lincoln Park Speedway on June 8, Knoxville Raceway on June 11); Brad Sweet - 6 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, Cotton Bowl Speedway on Feb. 26, Ocean Speedway on April 1, Bakersfield Speedway on April 15, Plymouth Speedway on May 13); Daryn Pittman - 4 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18, New Egypt Speedway on May 24); Shane Stewart - 4 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 30, Granite City Speedway on June 15); David Gravel - 3 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12, Tri-State Speedway on May 14, I-96 Speedway on June 6); Joey Saldana - 3 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22, Jacksonville Speedway on May 4); Kerry Madsen - 2 (Eldora Speedway on May 6 and 7);Lance Dewease - 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20); Chad Kemenah - 1 (Fremont Speedway on June 3);Jason Johnson - 1 (Placerville Speedway on March 24); Terry McCarl - 1 (Knoxville Raceway on June 10); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26); Greg Wilson - 1 (The Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 27).

World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Granite City Speedway; Sauk Rapids, Minn.; June 15, 2016.

A-Main - (30 Laps) - 1. 2-Shane Stewart [2]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 3. 29-Kerry Madsen [1]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [5]; 5. 41-Jason Johnson [6]; 6. 5-David Gravel [11]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart [14]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen [15]; 9. 7S-Jason Sides [7]; 10. 83-Joey Saldana [3]; 11. 18-Ian Madsen [8]; 12. 2KS-Craig Dollansky [10]; 13. 21-Brian Brown [16]; 14. 7-Paul McMahan [18]; 15. 2L-Danny Lasoski [9]; 16. 55-Brooke Tatnell [12]; 17. 19-Paige Polyak [17]; 18. 44-Chris Martin [20]; 19. 5G-Dave Glennon [21]; 20. 13-Clyde Knipp [23]; 21. 20A-Jordon Adams [22]; 22. 19L-Rob Caho [24]; 23. 15-Donny Schatz [19]; 24. W20-Greg Wilson [13]. Lap Leaders: Kerry Madsen 1-10, Shane Stewart 11-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: 1S-Logan Schuchart [+7]

Qualifying - 1. 83-Joey Saldana, 11.227; 2. 29-Kerry Madsen, 11.230; 3. 2-Shane Stewart, 11.291; 4. 21-Brian Brown, 11.338; 5. 18-Ian Madsen, 11.358; 6. 7-Paul McMahan, 11.368; 7. 9-Daryn Pittman, 11.369; 8. 49-Brad Sweet, 11.371; 9. 2L-Danny Lasoski, 11.377; 10. 7S-Jason Sides, 11.413; 11. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 11.429; 12. 41-Jason Johnson, 11.460; 13. 2KS-Craig Dollansky, 11.460; 14. 44-Chris Martin, 11.539; 15. 15-Donny Schatz, 11.542; 16. W20-Greg Wilson, 11.571; 17. 5-David Gravel, 11.594; 18. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 11.633; 19. 5G-Dave Glennon, 11.722; 20. 19-Paige Polyak, 11.745; 21. 1A-Jacob Allen, 11.890; 22. 9Z-Jared Goerges, 11.958; 23. 20A-Jordon Adams, 11.973; 24. 19L-Rob Caho, 12.240; 25. 13-Clyde Knipp, 12.294; 26. 199-Ryan Bowers, 12.307; 27. 7T-Trent Stengl, 12.309; 28. 91A-Reed Allex, 13.202; 29. 26-Tayler Malsam, nt

Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 83-Joey Saldana [1]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [3]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [4]; 4. 2KS-Craig Dollansky [5]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [6]; 6. 21-Brian Brown [2]; 7. 5G-Dave Glennon [7]; 8. 9Z-Jared Goerges [8]; 9. 13-Clyde Knipp [9]; 10. 91A-Reed Allex [10]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [2]; 4. 5-David Gravel [6]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4]; 6. 19-Paige Polyak [7]; 7. 44-Chris Martin [5]; 8. 199-Ryan Bowers [9]; 9. 20A-Jordon Adams [8]; 10. 26-Tayler Malsam [10]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 2-Shane Stewart [1]; 2. 41-Jason Johnson [4]; 3. 2L-Danny Lasoski [3]; 4. 55-Brooke Tatnell [6]; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen [7]; 6. 7-Paul McMahan [2]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz [5]; 8. 7T-Trent Stengl [9]; 9. 19L-Rob Caho [8]

Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [2]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [3]; 3. 83-Joey Saldana [1]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [5]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [4]; 6. 41-Jason Johnson [6]

Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 2. 44-Chris Martin [1]; 3. 5G-Dave Glennon [3]; 4. 20A-Jordon Adams [5]; 5. 13-Clyde Knipp [7]; 6. 19L-Rob Caho [6]; 7. 26-Tayler Malsam [11]; 8. 199-Ryan Bowers [8]; 9. 9Z-Jared Goerges [4]; 10. 91A-Reed Allex [10]; 11. 7T-Trent Stengl [9]

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Schatz Wins Wild One at Knoxville

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Donny Schatz Wins Wild One for #TeamOutlaws

Claims ninth World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory of the season

KNOXVILLE, Iowa - June 11, 2016 - Wrecked cars and flared tempers could not hold back reigning World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series champion Donny Schatz on Saturday night at Knoxville Raceway as he barely avoided an early multi-car crash and battled past Jamie Veal to score his ninth series win of the season during the Xtream Shootout powered by Mediacom.

Schatz, who started fifth, battled Shane Stewart early for fourth. After a crash on lap five caught up several of the front runners, Schatz restarted in third and then fought his way around second place Ian Madsen. As Veal worked his way through traffic, Schatz closed the distance, then commenced to battle Veal, side-by-side, lap-after-lap for the lead. Veal held tough but Schatz got around off of turn four with just three laps remaining to take the top spot.

"This place has been very, very good to me," Schatz said. "I've been very blessed to not get hurt here and have the success I've had. This team is incredible. We can always go back to the same old setup but it's kind of fun to try new things and try to get better. We keep playing around and we make a lot of gains and we make a lot of steps backwards but the racecar just kept getting better and better as the race went on."

The win is Schatz's 24th career 410 win at Knoxville. The reigning and nine-time Knoxville Nationals champion is 11th on the all-time wins list at the track.

Brad Sweet kicked off the night, scoring his fifth quick time award of the season. Sweet, Schatz, Danny Lasoski and Shane Stewart all picked up Heat race wins, while Veal battled past Ian Madsen to take the Dash win and the pole for the night's feature.

On the green flag, Veal, a native of Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, who has just come off a red-hot sprint car season in Australia including a World Series Sprintcar championship, jumped out to an early and commanding lead over Ian Maden and Brian Brown. Schatz battled Stewart in fourth. The first caution flew on lap five as the top wing sideboard on Tasker Phillips came off in turn three.

On the restart, Madsen, in third moved down the track going into turn one, caught the right front tire of Stewart which sent Stewart into Brown and set off a multi-car crash that collected as many as 10 cars. Schatz barely made it through. Among the most heavily damaged were Brown, Stewart, Greg Wilson, Joey Saldana, Daryn Pittman, Craig Dollansky, Scott Bogucki and Davey Heskin. After a long red flag, racing resumed with four fewer cars on track.

Veal again jumped out to a strong lead as Schatz worked to get around Madsen for second. Madsen held the position after a two lap battle. Schatz though wasn't done as he got side-by-side with Madsen on lap 15 and eventually took over the position as the two drivers dove into turn three.

Schatz quickly caught Veal as he worked his way through traffic. With seven laps remaining, Schatz nearly got around Veal but Veal held the top spot and shifted his line to the bottom of the track. The position was short-lived though as Schatz's relentless pursuit paid off. As the two worked to complete lap 22, Schatz got the better of Veal off of turn four and took over the lead.

Veal, meanwhile, slipped back, giving second to Lasoski, who was charging forward and third to David Gravel.

As the Knoxville crowd booed, Schatz climbed from his No. 15 Bad Boy Off-Road J&J victorious.

"At the end of the race things changed a lot," Schatz said. "The track started moving around. The top of three and four was really good but you could even get through the middle. (The track) threw some crumbs up from time-to-time, so you just had to be cautious and not hit it too hard. I did it a few times.

"I'm pretty fortunate to be standing up here next to the Hall of Fame flagman (Doug Clark). I wanted to stand next to him last night but tonight's the night."

For Lasoski, the 2001 World of Outlaws champion and all-time wins leader at Knoxville, the second place finish was part good luck, part experience.

"I want to thank (crew chief) Guy Forbrook for this thing," Lasoski said. "We've been struggling the last month, month and a half and he's definitely got it better and better. I hate to see what happened on that crash, it took a couple of good competitors out. I don't know how we would have stacked up then."

With three wins so far on the season, David Gravel and his No. 5 Big Game Treestands, CJB Motorsports team continue to build on momentum as the series heads into the crucial summer months.

"We didn't qualify like we wanted to but got through the heat race and got really lucky to get through that crash," Gravel said. "Obviously, a lot of guys wrecked. A little luck. We were sixth after the crash and we had a really good restart and got up to third but then fell back a little bit. We actually had a really good car. Took a couple of corners a little different and maybe we could have been second or maybe win the race. I'm really happy, we made improvements over last night, we finished fifth, and we're looking forward to coming back here (for the Knoxville Nationals)."

The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series returns to action Tuesday at Granite City Speedway in Sauk Rapids, Minn. For more information and to learn how to purchase tickets, visit WoOSprint.com/Granite-City-Speedway.

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Knoxville Raceway Notebook

RACE NOTES: Donny Schatz claimed his ninth World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory of the season. His last win came at Lincoln Park Speedway on June 8… Tonight's win was the 24th career win for Schatz at Knoxville. He is the reigning and nine-time Knoxville Nationals Champion… Paul McMahan became the second driver of the season to take a provisional. He was also the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger, advancing 14 positions to finish in 11th.

CONTINGENCY WINNERS - MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Greg Wilson; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Jason Johnson; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Paul McMahan; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Paul McMahan; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Jacob Allen; Super Flow ($50 cash): Daryn Pittman; Craftsman/Sears ($100 cash): Jamie Veal; KSE Racing Products ($100 product certificate): Paul McMahan; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Joey Saldana; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Greg Wilson.

SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 9 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Stockton Dirt Track on March 18, Stockton Dirt Track on March 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on April 2, Lincoln Speedway on May 19, Weedsport Speedway on May 22, Lincoln Park Speedway on June 8, Knoxville Raceway on June 11); Brad Sweet - 6 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, Cotton Bowl Speedway on Feb. 26, Ocean Speedway on April 1, Bakersfield Speedway on April 15, Plymouth Speedway on May 13); Daryn Pittman - 4 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18, New Egypt Speedway on May 24); David Gravel - 3 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12, Tri-State Speedway on May 14, I-96 Speedway on June 6); Joey Saldana - 3 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22, Jacksonville Speedway on May 4); Shane Stewart - 3 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 30); Kerry Madsen - 2 (Eldora Speedway on May 6 and 7); Lance Dewease - 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20);Chad Kemenah - 1 (Fremont Speedway on June 3); Jason Johnson - 1 (Placerville Speedway on March 24);Terry McCarl - 1 (Knoxville Raceway on June 10); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26); Greg Wilson - 1 (The Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 27).

World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Knoxville Raceway; Knoxville, Iowa; June 11, 2016.

A-Main - (25 Laps) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [5] [$10,000]; 2. 2L-Danny Lasoski [8] [$5,000]; 3. 5-David Gravel [12] [$3,000]; 4. 71-Jamie Veal [1] [$2,700]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [6] [$2,500]; 6. 29-Kerry Madsen [16] [$2,200]; 7. 2-Shane Stewart [4] [$2,000]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart [14] [$1,800]; 9. 41-Jason Johnson [15] [$1,600]; 10. 55-Brooke Tatnell [22] [$1,450]; 11. 7-Paul McMahan [25] [$600]; 12. 56N-David Heskin [11] [$1,200]; 13. 1A-Jacob Allen [21] [$1,100]; 14. 9-Daryn Pittman [20] [$1,000]; 15. 82-Dusty Zomer [10] [$950]; 16. 7W-Tasker Phillips [17] [$900]; 17. 18-Ian Madsen [2] [$850]; 18. 7S-Jason Sides [7] [$750]; 19. 1-Sammy Swindell [19] [$725]; 20. 20-A.J. Moeller [13] [$700]; 21. 21-Brian Brown [3] [$700]; 22. 83-Joey Saldana [9] [$700]; 23. 2KS-Craig Dollansky [18] [$700]; 24. W20-Greg Wilson [24] [$700]; 25. 84-Scott Bogucki [23] [$700]. Lap Leaders: Jamie Veal 1-21, Donny Schatz 22-25. KSE Hard Charger Award: 7-Paul McMahan [+14].

Qualifying - 1. 49-Brad Sweet, 15.218; 2. 2L-Danny Lasoski, 15.220; 3. 2-Shane Stewart, 15.335; 4. 15-Donny Schatz, 15.372; 5. 21-Brian Brown, 15.415; 6. 7S-Jason Sides, 15.422; 7. 56N-David Heskin, 15.429; 8. 9-Daryn Pittman, 15.446; 9. 83-Joey Saldana, 15.510; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen, 15.533; 11. 71-Jamie Veal, 15.540; 12. 18-Ian Madsen, 15.584; 13. 20-A.J. Moeller, 15.594; 14. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 15.631; 15. 41-Jason Johnson, 15.638; 16. 5-David Gravel, 15.650; 17. 84-Scott Bogucki, 15.656; 18. 2KS-Craig Dollansky, 15.669; 19. 1-Sammy Swindell, 15.725; 20. 29-Kerry Madsen, 15.731; 21. 41X-Dominic Scelzi, 15.738; 22. 82-Dusty Zomer, 15.742; 23. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 15.751; 24. 49J-Josh Schneiderman, 15.777; 25. W20-Greg Wilson, 15.795; 26. 7D-Dustin Selvage, 15.834; 27. 44-Chris Martin, 15.868; 28. 7-Paul McMahan, 15.922; 29. 7W-Tasker Phillips, 16.020; 30. 1B-Jake Bubak, 16.032; 31. 19-Bobby Weuve, 16.189; 32. 10-Dakota Hendrickson, 16.192; 33. 35-Kevin Hetrick, 16.551; 34. 13-Clyde Knipp, 16.566

Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [2]; 3. 83-Joey Saldana [3]; 4. 20-A.J. Moeller [4]; 5. 7W-Tasker Phillips [8]; 6. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [6]; 7. 84-Scott Bogucki [5]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson [7]; 9. 35-Kevin Hetrick [9]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 2L-Danny Lasoski [1]; 2. 7S-Jason Sides [2]; 3. 82-Dusty Zomer [6]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4]; 5. 2KS-Craig Dollansky [5]; 6. 7D-Dustin Selvage [7]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [3]; 8. 1B-Jake Bubak [8]; 9. 13-Clyde Knipp [9]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 2-Shane Stewart [1]; 2. 71-Jamie Veal [3]; 3. 56N-David Heskin [2]; 4. 41-Jason Johnson [4]; 5. 1-Sammy Swindell [5]; 6. 55-Brooke Tatnell [6]; 7. 44-Chris Martin [7]; 8. 19-Bobby Weuve [8]

Heat 4 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [3]; 3. 5-David Gravel [4]; 4. 29-Kerry Madsen [5]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 6. 7-Paul McMahan [7]; 7. 49J-Josh Schneiderman [6]; 8. 10-Dakota Hendrickson [8]

Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 71-Jamie Veal [2]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [1]; 3. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [6]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz [5]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet [8]; 7. 7S-Jason Sides [3]; 8. 2L-Danny Lasoski [7]

Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 1A-Jacob Allen [1]; 2. 55-Brooke Tatnell [4]; 3. 84-Scott Bogucki [2]; 4. W20-Greg Wilson [6]; 5. 44-Chris Martin [8]; 6. 7D-Dustin Selvage [7]; 7. 1B-Jake Bubak [10]; 8. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [3]; 9. 49J-Josh Schneiderman [5]; 10. 7-Paul McMahan [9]; 11. 10-Dakota Hendrickson [12]; 12. 35-Kevin Hetrick [13]; 13. 19-Bobby Weuve [11]; 14. 13-Clyde Knipp [14]

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Terry McCarl Dominates for Knoxville Win

Donny Schatz claims the points lead from Brad Sweet who has led all season

KNOXVILLE, Iowa - June 10, 2016 - Terry McCarl dominated the Outlaws and Knoxville regulars in Friday night's Budweiser Night with the World of Outlaws at Knoxville Raceway as he scored his first World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series victory of the season.

McCarl was the class of the field throughout much of the night in his No. 24 SnowPlow.com/Country Builders Maxim, claiming a spot in the Dash and the feature pole. McCarl held off reigning Knoxville Nationals champion Donny Schatz throughout the 25-lap feature.

"You know, it's David vs. Goliath," McCarl said. "We just beat the best team and driver in the world. For us to beat him one night is pretty amazing and we're pretty proud of it… This means a lot if you can win this thing. It makes you feel like you can be decent for the Nationals."

McCarl, a native of nearby Altoona, Iowa, tied Steve Kinser for third on the all-time Knoxville wins list. It was his first series win since March 5, 2015 when he won night two at the Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Justin Henderson kicked off the night for the Knoxville regulars as he picked up the quick time over 41 other cars. A full inversion of the Dash field put McCarl on the Dash pole, and he held off Schatz to take the top spot in the night's feature.

McCarl and Schatz led the field to the green flag. Kerry Madsen battled past Schatz on the start but Schatz fought back on the opening lap, reclaiming his starting position. McCarl widened his lead through the early laps, running the high line against the cushion, as Schatz looked low. As McCarl caught traffic, Schatz closed the gap.

By lap 10, Schatz had issues of his own as Madsen closed the gap on his second place No. 15 Bad Boy Off-Road J&J. The move however was short-lived as Madsen found trouble in traffic and flipped, bringing out a red flag short of the halfway point.

On the restart, Schatz took his shot. On lap 15, he slid McCarl off of two and briefly took over the lead, but McCarl, battled back, retaking the position before a lap could be completed.

As the battle up front unfolded, Dusty Zomer took over the third position on the restart and briefly challenged Schatz for second. It was current Knoxville 410 points leader Brian Brown though who was on the move. From a ninth place starting position he battled forward in his No 21 FVP/Casey's General Store Maxim and, with two to go, passed Zomer coming off of turn two.

When the checkered flag flew, it was McCarl, Schatz and Brown on the podium.

"I just kept telling myself, keep the tires underneath it," McCarl said. "I know Donny is really good at keeping the tires underneath it until traffic. When I got to traffic, I was happy because I moved down and felt really, really good. I knew (Schatz) was running the bottom there in (turns) one and two but it's hard to change your line when you're leading. To beat Donny Schatz at Knoxville is something we dream about. Pretty special for this team."

Schatz, the reigning and seven-time series champion, said McCarl just had the edge tonight.

"Terry was awful good," Schatz said. "This place is tough to be out front leading. Sometimes you're in the catbird seat in second. I thought I had the catbird seat but I didn't. Terry did a great job. He made all the right moves at the right times and I learned something from that."

For Schatz, the night was a season milestone as he became just the second driver to lead the points in 35 races. After tying Brad Sweet at Putnamville, Schatz took the lead outright tonight by a 32 point margin.

For Brown, the finish was a lesson in perseverance after trouble during qualifying early in the night.

"We had a little bit of a rough night but that's just this team - they worked hard and we were able to overcome," Brown said. "I really felt like we had something for these guys on that last red and I just made a mistake as a driver and spun the tires. I had to get back by Dusty Zomer and (David Gravel). To be on the podium with these two guys is nothing to be ashamed about. We'll come back tomorrow and try to get up front."

Shane Stewart was the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger, advancing 15 positions to finish in ninth after a wreck in his heat race forced his team to a backup.

The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series return to action tomorrow night for the second race in the Knoxville double-header. The Outlaws again battle it out with the Knoxville regulars in the Xtream Shootout powered by Mediacom. For more information and to learn how to purchase tickets, visit http://woosprint.com/knoxville-raceway.

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Knoxville Raceway Notebook

RACE NOTES: Terry McCarl scored his first World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory of the season and first series win since March 5, 2015… McCarl is the 13th different feature winner of the season and claimed in his 12th career series win… Shane Stewart was the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger, advancing 15 positions to finish in ninth… Brian Brown, who leads the Knoxville track 410 points, battled from ninth for his podium finish… Donny Schatz took the points lead outright following his second place finish Friday night. He now leads Brad Sweet by 32 points.

CONTINGENCY WINNERS - MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Kerry Madsen; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Terry McCarl; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons ($50 cash): David Gravel; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Danny Lasoski; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Shane Stewart; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Justin Henderson; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Ian Madsen; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Sammy Swindell; Super Flow ($50 cash): Jamie Veal; Craftsman/Sears ($100 cash): Terry McCarl; KSE Racing Products ($100 product certificate): Shane Stewart; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Terry McCarl; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Lynton Jeffrey; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Jason Sides.

SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 8 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Stockton Dirt Track on March 18, Stockton Dirt Track on March 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on April 2, Lincoln Speedway on May 19, Weedsport Speedway on May 22, Lincoln Park Speedway on June 8); Brad Sweet - 6 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, Cotton Bowl Speedway on Feb. 26, Ocean Speedway on April 1, Bakersfield Speedway on April 15, Plymouth Speedway on May 13); Daryn Pittman - 4 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18, New Egypt Speedway on May 24); David Gravel - 3 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12, Tri-State Speedway on May 14, I-96 Speedway on June 6); Joey Saldana - 3 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22, Jacksonville Speedway on May 4); Shane Stewart - 3 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 30); Kerry Madsen - 2 (Eldora Speedway on May 6 and 7); Lance Dewease - 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20); Chad Kemenah - 1 (Fremont Speedway on June 3); Jason Johnson - 1 (Placerville Speedway on March 24); Terry McCarl - 1 (Knoxville Raceway on June 10); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26); Greg Wilson - 1 (The Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 27).

World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Knoxville Raceway; Knoxville, Iowa; June 10, 2016.

A-Main - (25 Laps) - 1. 24-Terry McCarl [1] [$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2] [$5,000]; 3. 21-Brian Brown [9] [$3,000]; 4. 82-Dusty Zomer [4] [$2,700]; 5. 5-David Gravel [5] [$2,500]; 6. 2KS-Craig Dollansky [14] [$2,200]; 7. 9-Daryn Pittman [13] [$2,000]; 8. 2L-Danny Lasoski [11] [$1,800]; 9. 2-Shane Stewart [24] [$1,600]; 10. 1D-Justin Henderson [8] [$1,450]; 11. 18-Ian Madsen [21] [$1,300]; 12. 1-Sammy Swindell [10] [$1,200]; 13. 41-Jason Johnson [19] [$1,100]; 14. 71-Jamie Veal [18] [$1,000]; 15. 3-Tim Kaeding [15] [$950]; 16. 12-Lynton Jeffrey [7] [$900]; 17. 83-Joey Saldana [17] [$850]; 18. 49-Brad Sweet [6] [$750]; 19. 17A-Austin McCarl [20] [$725]; 20. 7S-Jason Sides [23] [$700]; 21. 55-Brooke Tatnell [16] [$700]; 22. 7W-Tasker Phillips [22] [$700]; 23. 29-Kerry Madsen [3] [$700]; 24. 96-Bronson Maeschen [12] [$700]. KSE Hard Charger Award: 2-Shane Stewart [+15]. Lap Leaders: Terry McCarl 1-25

Qualifying Flight #1 - 1. 1D-Justin Henderson, 15.438; 2. 5-David Gravel, 15.455; 3. 15-Donny Schatz, 15.498; 4. 2L-Danny Lasoski, 15.503; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman, 15.581; 6. 29-Kerry Madsen, 15.648; 7. 18-Ian Madsen, 15.655; 8. 3-Tim Kaeding, 15.714; 9. 83-Joey Saldana, 15.725; 10. 41-Jason Johnson, 15.783; 11. 21-Brian Brown, 15.700; 12. 7W-Tasker Phillips, 15.833; 13. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 15.909; 14. 49J-Josh Schneiderman, 15.923; 15. 7-Paul McMahan, 15.954; 16. 7D-Dustin Selvage, 15.961; 17. 71A-R.J. Johnson, 16.033; 18. 44-Chris Martin, 16.156; 19. 35-Kevin Hetrick, 16.674; 20. 19-Bobby Weuve, 16.990; 21. 13-Clyde Knipp, 17.108;

Qualifying Flight #2 - 1. 49-Brad Sweet, 15.818; 2. 12-Lynton Jeffrey, 15.827; 3. 82-Dusty Zomer, 15.874; 4. 96-Bronson Maeschen, 15.953; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen, 16.054; 6. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 16.076; 7. 1-Sammy Swindell, 16.090; 8. 2-Shane Stewart, 16.093; 9. 71-Jamie Veal, 16.093; 10. 17A-Austin McCarl, 16.099; 11. 2KS-Craig Dollansky, 16.126; 12. 24-Terry McCarl, 16.172; 13. 7S-Jason Sides, 16.239; 14. 84-Scott Bogucki, 16.331; 15. 19P-Paige Polyak, 16.338; 16. 41X-Dominic Scelzi, 16.430; 17. 1B-Jake Bubak, 16.453; 18. 56N-David Heskin, 16.459; 19. W20-Greg Wilson, 16.533; 20. 20-A.J. Moeller, 16.622; 21. 10-Dakota Hendrickson, 17.029

Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 1D-Justin Henderson [1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 3. 21-Brian Brown [6]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [3]; 5. 83-Joey Saldana [5]; 6. 18-Ian Madsen [4]; 7. 7-Paul McMahan [8]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart [7]; 9. 71A-R.J. Johnson [9]; 10. 13-Clyde Knipp [11]; 11. 35-Kevin Hetrick [10]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 5-David Gravel [1]; 2. 29-Kerry Madsen [3]; 3. 2L-Danny Lasoski [2]; 4. 3-Tim Kaeding [4]; 5. 41-Jason Johnson [5]; 6. 7W-Tasker Phillips [6]; 7. 7D-Dustin Selvage [8]; 8. 49J-Josh Schneiderman [7]; 9. 19-Bobby Weuve [10]; 10. 44-Chris Martin [9]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 82-Dusty Zomer [2]; 3. 1-Sammy Swindell [4]; 4. 2KS-Craig Dollansky [6]; 5. 71-Jamie Veal [5]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides [7]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [3]; 8. 1B-Jake Bubak [9]; 9. 19P-Paige Polyak [8]; 10. W20-Greg Wilson [10]; 11. 10-Dakota Hendrickson [11]

Heat 4 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 12-Lynton Jeffrey [1]; 2. 24-Terry McCarl [6]; 3. 96-Bronson Maeschen [2]; 4. 55-Brooke Tatnell [3]; 5. 17A-Austin McCarl [5]; 6. 56N-David Heskin [9]; 7. 84-Scott Bogucki [7]; 8. 20-A.J. Moeller [10]; 9. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [8]; 10. 2-Shane Stewart [4]

Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 24-Terry McCarl [8]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [5]; 3. 29-Kerry Madsen [7]; 4. 82-Dusty Zomer [6]; 5. 5-David Gravel [3]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 7. 12-Lynton Jeffrey [4]; 8. 1D-Justin Henderson [1]

C-Main - (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the B-feature) - 1. 71A-R.J. Johnson [1] [-]; 2. 44-Chris Martin [3] [-]; 3. 56N-David Heskin [4] [$150]; 4. 1B-Jake Bubak [2] [$150]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [6] [$150]; 6. 20-A.J. Moeller [8] [$125]; 7. 10-Dakota Hendrickson [10] [$125]; 8. 35-Kevin Hetrick [5] [$125]; 9. 19-Bobby Weuve [7] [$125]; 10. 13-Clyde Knipp [9] [$125]

Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 18-Ian Madsen [1] [-]; 2. 7W-Tasker Phillips [3] [-]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [6] [-]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [4] [-]; 5. 19P-Paige Polyak [10] [$300]; 6. 49J-Josh Schneiderman [7] [$250]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [2] [$225]; 8. 84-Scott Bogucki [8] [$200]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5] [$200]; 10. 44-Chris Martin [14] [$200]; 11. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [12] [$200]; 12. 7-Paul McMahan [9] [$200]; 13. 7D-Dustin Selvage [11] [$200]; 14. 71A-R.J. Johnson [13] [$200]

The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Bad Boy Buggies (Official Side-by-Side Vehicle), Craftsman (Official Tool), Hoosier Racing Tire (Official Tire), Morton Buildings (Official Building), Sears (Official Home Store), The Kenny Wallace Dirt Racing Experience (Official Racing Experience) and VP Racing Fuels (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, including: Cometic Gasket, Comp Cams, Edelbrock, JE Pistons, KSE Racing Products, MSD, Penske Shocks, and Superflow Dynos; along with manufacturer sponsors, including: Impact Racing Products, Intercomp, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo and TNT Rescue.

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Kerry Madsen Sweeps #LetsRaceTwo Weekend at Eldora

For the second night in a row, Chad Kemenah finds himself in second

ROSSBURG, Ohio - May 7, 2016 - It was déjà vu at Eldora Speedway Saturday night, as Friday's battle between Kerry Madsen and Chad Kemenah seemed to play out again in front of a large crowd at the #LetsRaceTwo finale.

After a pitched battle through the middle and late portions of the feature between the former Outlaw regular Madsen and All Star Circuit of Champions driver Kemenah, Madsen claimed his second World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series victory of the season and the weekend sweep.

"We've been quick all year and we just haven't showcased it. The guys just stepped it up - the car was a rocket ship all weekend," Madsen said. "Just to get this up here the last two nights is fantastic. It was a hell of a race."

Madsen battled from fourth in the Dash to share the front row with Daryn Pittman for the feature. As the green flag fell on the 30-lap main event the two drivers engaged in a multi-lap back and forth. By lap two, Madsen was able to get breathing room from Pittman and pull away.

As Madsen began to run down traffic, the battles heated up behind him. Joey Saldana worked for a line around David Gravel for fourth. As the field worked it's way around, Saldana threw a slider in turns three and four. As he drifted off the turn at the exit of four, contact was made between he and Gravel that sent Saldana tumbling. The crash ended Saldana's night.

When the race returned to green, Gravel continued to have his hands full. Donny Schatz worked the track for the right line around but was not able to close the deal.

The driver on the move though was Kemenah, himself a former Outlaws regular, who started the feature in 11th. By lap 12, as Madsen began working his way through traffic, Kemenah found the bottom and began passing cars. He got around Gravel for fourth off of turn two, then around Jason Johnson for third, and then again, on the bottom of turn four, he got around Pittman.

With just Madsen separating him from the win, Kemenah charged ahead. By lap 20 Kemenah had closed the gap to a second and a half. By the next lap he was on Madsen's bumper. And by lap 22, Madsen was fighting for the lead.

"I didn't know who it was but I knew he was there so I stepped it up and nearly junked the thing in two," Madsen said. "I thought, I better not do that again. I definitely upped the tempo when I saw him and I knew if there was one hiccup, the line he was running, he would drive right by me. It was intense."

Kemenah gave it one more shot on lap 24, getting side-by-side with Madsen, but Madsen pulled away and scored the weekend sweep.

"I could hit right through the middle of the race track, I don't know why," said Kemenah, who finished second for the second night in a row. "I could go wherever I needed to go. I probably showed (Madsen) my nose there too soon there with Kerry and he knew I was there. Hats off to them guys, they did a really good job both nights. When you start up there, you need to capitalize and I did."

Pittman maintained his third place finish through the remainder of the feature with a tough battle ongoing through much of the night behind him.

"Luckily, I was in third the whole time and didn't see what was happening behind me. I could hear them and somebody would show me their nose every once in a while so I figured it was getting pretty heated.

"We had a good weekend. Our car is close. We're just a little off. Kerry and Chad both were kind of in a class their own this weekend."

Joining the drivers with weekend sweeps was Saldana who was fast qualifier both nights at Eldora. He is now the leading fast qualifier on the season with a total of five.

The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series returns to action on Friday, May 13 as the series makes its first ever appearance at Plymouth (Ind.) Speedway. For more information and to learn how to purchase tickets, visit WoOSprint.com/Plymouth-Speedway.

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Eldora Speedway Notebook

RACE NOTES: Kerry Madsen and Donny Schatz are the only two drivers this season to sweep a double-header event. Schatz did it at Stockton… Prior to Friday night, Madsen was winless since since August 2015… Joey Saldana was again the night's fast qualifier with a lap of 13.160. He is the season's leading qualifier.

CONTINGENCY WINNERS - MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Joey Saldana; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Kerry Madsen; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Chad Kemenah; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Shane Stewart; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Greg Wilson; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Tim Shaffer; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Brady Bacon; Super Flow ($50 cash): Jason Sides; Craftsman/Sears ($100 cash): Kerry Madsen;KSE Racing Products ($100 product certificate): Chad Kemenah; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Kerry Madsen; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Jason Sides; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Joey Saldana.

SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 5 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Stockton Dirt Track on March 18, Stockton Dirt Track on March 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on April 2); Brad Sweet - 5 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, Cotton Bowl Speedway on Feb. 26, Ocean Speedway on April 1, Bakersfield Speedway on April 15); Daryn Pittman - 3 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18); Joey Saldana - 3 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22, Jacksonville Speedway on May 4);Kerry Madsen - 2 (Eldora Speedway on May 6, Eldora Speedway on May 7); Shane Stewart - 2 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23); David Gravel - 1 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12); Jason Johnson - 1 (Placerville Speedway on March 24); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26).

World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Eldora Speedway; Rossburg, Ohio; May 7, 2016.

A-Main - (30 Laps) - 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [2] [$10,000]; 2. 10H-Chad Kemenah [11] [$5,000]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [1] [$3,000]; 4. 5-David Gravel [4] [$2,700]; 5. 2-Shane Stewart [6] [$2,500]; 6. 41-Jason Johnson [3] [$2,200]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz [7] [$2,000]; 8. 11K-Kraig Kinser [16] [$1,800]; 9. 49-Brad Sweet [12] [$1,600]; 10. W20-Greg Wilson [18] [$1,450]; 11. 49X-Tim Shaffer [15] [$1,300]; 12. 17W-Bryan Clauson [22] [$1,200]; 13. 19M-Brent Marks [13] [$1,100]; 14. 99-Brady Bacon [24] [$1,000]; 15. 7S-Jason Sides [9] [$950]; 16. 71-Jamie Veal [10] [$900]; 17. 7-Paul McMahan [19] [$850]; 18. 1S-Logan Schuchart [14] [$750]; 19. 23-Trey Starks [8] [$725]; 20. 1-Sammy Swindell [17] [$700]; 21. 70-Danny Holtgraver [20] [$700]; 22. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [23] [$700]; 23. 19-Paige Polyak [21] [$700]; 24. 83-Joey Saldana [5] [$700]. Lap Leaders: Kerry Madsen 1-30.

Qualifying Flight 1 - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.271; 2. 5-David Gravel, 13.282; 3. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.292; 4. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 13.338; 5. 19M-Brent Marks, 13.355; 6. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 13.362; 7. 2-Shane Stewart, 13.370; 8. 23-Trey Starks, 13.373; 9. 1-Sammy Swindell, 13.396; 10. 7-Paul McMahan, 13.455; 11. 19-Paige Polyak, 13.462; 12. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.544; 13. 23C-Tyler Courtney, 13.576; 14. 99-Brady Bacon, 13.578; 15. 2X-Parker Price-Miller, 13.660; 16. 21-Cap Henry, 13.667; 17. 6M-Jac Haudenschild, 13.883; 18. 49D-Shawn Dancer, 13.965; 19. O7-Jacob Wilson, 14.270; 20. 33M-Caleb Griffith, nt;

Qualifying Flight 2 - 1. 83-Joey Saldana, 13.160; 2. 29-Kerry Madsen, 13.183; 3. 41-Jason Johnson, 13.278; 4. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 13.335; 5. 71-Jamie Veal, 13.349; 6. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.365; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.373; 8. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.376; 9. 17W-Bryan Clauson, 13.394; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.407; 11. 1ST-Gary Taylor, 13.428; 12. 70-Danny Holtgraver, 13.496; 13. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.509; 14. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.519; 15. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.656; 16. 40-Caleb Helms, 13.667; 17. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg, 13.731; 18. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.760; 19. 71MX-Paul May, 13.853; 20. 35X-Wes McGlumphy, 13.937

Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [4]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [2]; 4. 19M-Brent Marks [3]; 5. 1-Sammy Swindell [5]; 6. 23C-Tyler Courtney [7]; 7. 19-Paige Polyak [6]; 8. 6M-Jac Haudenschild [9]; 9. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [8]; 10. O7-Jacob Wilson [10]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 5-David Gravel [1]; 2. 23-Trey Starks [4]; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah [2]; 4. 49X-Tim Shaffer [3]; 5. 7-Paul McMahan [5]; 6. 99-Brady Bacon [7]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [6]; 8. 21-Cap Henry [8]; 9. 49D-Shawn Dancer [9]; 10. 33M-Caleb Griffith [10]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 41-Jason Johnson [2]; 2. 83-Joey Saldana [1]; 3. 71-Jamie Veal [3]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [7]; 6. 17W-Bryan Clauson [5]; 7. 1ST-Gary Taylor [6]; 8. 71MX-Paul May [10]; 9. 5T-Travis Philo [8]; 10. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [9]

Heat 4 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5]; 5. 70-Danny Holtgraver [6]; 6. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [7]; 7. 11N-Randy Hannagan [2]; 8. 40-Caleb Helms [8]; 9. 35X-Wes McGlumphy [10]; 10. 35-Stuart Brubaker [9]

Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 2. 29-Kerry Madsen [4]; 3. 41-Jason Johnson [2]; 4. 5-David Gravel [3]; 5. 83-Joey Saldana [6]; 6. 2-Shane Stewart [5]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz [8]; 8. 23-Trey Starks [7]

C-Main - (12 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the B-feature) - 1. 6M-Jac Haudenschild [1] [-]; 2. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [2] [-]; 3. 49D-Shawn Dancer [3] [$150]; 4. 35X-Wes McGlumphy [8] [$150]; 5. O7-Jacob Wilson [5] [$150]; 6. 71MX-Paul May [6] [$125]; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker [4] [$125]; 8. 33M-Caleb Griffith [7] [$125]

Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 19-Paige Polyak [1] [-]; 2. 17W-Bryan Clauson [4] [-]; 3. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [8] [-]; 4. 99-Brady Bacon [7] [-]; 5. 5T-Travis Philo [10] [$300]; 6. 23C-Tyler Courtney [5] [$250]; 7. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [14] [$225]; 8. 40-Caleb Helms [12] [$200]; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen [3] [$200]; 10. 21-Cap Henry [11] [$200]; 11. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [9] [$200]; 12. 1ST-Gary Taylor [6] [$200]; 13. 6M-Jac Haudenschild [13] [$200]; 14. 11N-Randy Hannagan [2] [$200]

The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Bad Boy Buggies (Official Side-by-Side Vehicle), Craftsman (Official Tool), Hoosier Racing Tire (Official Tire), Morton Buildings (Official Building), Sears (Official Home Store), The Kenny Wallace Dirt Racing Experience (Official Racing Experience) and VP Racing Fuels (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, including: Cometic Gasket, Comp Cams, Edelbrock, JE Pistons, KSE Racing Products, MSD, Penske Shocks, and Superflow Dynos; along with manufacturer sponsors, including: Impact Racing Products, Intercomp, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo and TNT Rescue.

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Kerry Madsen Beats Outlaws in #LetsRaceTwo Opener at Eldora

Dave Blaney treated and released from local hospital following crash in qualifying

ROSSBURG, Ohio - May 6, 2016 - Kerry Madsen dominated Friday night's #LetsRaceTwo opener at Eldora Speedway as he bested his former World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series colleagues and beat back a challenge from All Star Circuit of Champions regular Chad Kemenah to score his first series win since August 2014.

Madsen was on a mission in the night's feature, after starting on the pole in his No. 29 Keneric Health car, he was the class of the field. Kemenah, who charged forward from a 10th place starting position, got within one half second at one point, but was never able to make the pass on the Aussie.

"I've never ran a race out there where it was so slow out there - not typically our strong suit," Madsen said. "So the guys worked so hard on the car all night. The car was unbelievable. Just couldn't be happier with the win."

After winning the Dash, Madsen joined reigning series champion Donny Schatz on the front row of the 30-lap feature. As main event kicked off, Madsen jumped out to sizable early lead as Kemenah began his run forward. He very quickly picked off several cars and by lap one was in sixth. By lap two, he was in fourth.

The leaders caught lapped traffic on lap six and Kemenah took advantage as he closed in on Donny Schatz in second. A two lap battle commenced with Kemenah eventually using a lapped car as a pick. He dove low off of four and got around Schatz as they crossed the start/finish line. Schatz fired back, running back to Kemenah and getting wheel-to-wheel off turn four, but the No. 10H Brilex/Seneca Energy car pulled away.

With Madsen slowed by traffic, Kemenah closed the gap to under one half second. He looked for the opportunity but as traffic cleared, Madsen again pulled away from him, widening the gap again by a second.

"When I got to lapped cars, I couldn't quite rip around them and then I knew it was time to move but I'm not patient enough to stay down there," said Madsen, a St. Marys, New South Wales, Australia native. "It doesn't feel very fast."

Back in third, Schatz had his hands full with the driver he had passed to take over that position initially, David Gravel. Gravel drove his No. 5 Big Game Treestands car to Schatz on lap 15 and cleared him to take the spot on lap 16.

Through the remaining laps, Kemenah tried to run down Madsen as Gravel tried to do the same to Kemenah. Ultimately, it was Madsen who became the ninth different series winner of the season.

"It was a great win," said Madsen, who led flag-to-flag. "The guys worked so hard. We've been pulling our hair out trying to get fast and it's nice to get it done tonight. This thing was a rocket ship."

The win was the 18th series win of Madsen's career. His last series win came in August 2015 at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, Neb.

For Kemenah, a former series regular and native of Elvada, Ohio, the second place run was a boost for his team.

"I've got a really, really good race team right now," Kemenah said. "I've got quite a bit of confidence and that pays huge dividends for me. We're just having fun right now and that's what matters.

Gravel's third place run was a rebound from Wednesday at Jacksonville when he failed to make the feature. The 23-year-old driver said Eldora has always been good to him.

"It was a really good rebound from the other night," Gravel said. "Our balance was a little off early but once we burned that fuel load off and learned how to run one and two, the car came on really good. I thought we probably had the best car those last couple of laps. King's Royal is 40 laps, so I'm looking forward to that, but I really can't complain with a podium finish."

Greg Wilson was the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger, advancing 16 positions to finish in seventh while Joey Saldana picked up his fourth quick time award of the season, the most of any series drivers.

Earlier in the night, Dave Blaney, the 1995 World of Outlaws champion, had a violent crash in turn one during qualifying. Blaney was transported to an area hospital for evaluation and was subsequently released.

The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series returns to action tomorrow night for the finale of #LetsRaceTwo at Eldora Speedway. For more information and to learn how to purchase tickets, visit WoOSprint.com/Eldora-Speedway.

Follow the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series on Twitter at Twitter.com/WorldofOutlaws, like it on Facebook at Facebook.com/WorldofOutlaws, or check out the latest videos on YouTube at YouTube.com/WorldofOutlaws.

Eldora Speedway Notebook

RACE NOTES: Kerry Madsen's last World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory came at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, Neb. on Aug. 18, 2015… Madsen is the ninth different winner of the season… The win is Madsen's first at Eldora since winning the King's Royal in 2014… Greg Wilson was the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger, advancing 16 positions to finish in seventh… Joey Saldana now has four quick time awards, the most of any driver so far this season… Jason Johnson became the first driver of the season to use a provisional.

CONTINGENCY WINNERS - MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Jason Johnson; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Kerry Madsen; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Chad Kemenah; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Brady Bacon; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Jason Sides; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Bryan Clauson; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; Super Flow ($50 cash): Joey Saldana; Craftsman/Sears ($100 cash): Kerry Madsen; KSE Racing Products ($100 product certificate): Greg Wilson; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Kerry Madsen; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Joey Saldana; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Joey Saldana.

SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 5 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Stockton Dirt Track on March 18, Stockton Dirt Track on March 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on April 2); Brad Sweet - 5 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, Cotton Bowl Speedway on Feb. 26, Ocean Speedway on April 1, Bakersfield Speedway on April 15); Daryn Pittman - 3 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18); Joey Saldana - 3 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22, Jacksonville Speedway on May 4); Shane Stewart - 2 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23); David Gravel - 1 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12); Jason Johnson - 1 (Placerville Speedway on March 24); Kerry Madsen - 1 (Eldora Speedway on May 6); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26).

World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Eldora Speedway; Rossburg, Ohio; May 6, 2016.

A-Main - (30 Laps) - 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [1] [$10,000]; 2. 10H-Chad Kemenah [10] [$5,000]; 3. 5-David Gravel [4] [$3,000]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [6] [$2,700]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [12] [$2,500]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5] [$2,200]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [23] [$2,000]; 8. 99-Brady Bacon [3] [$1,800]; 9. 15-Donny Schatz [2] [$1,600]; 10. 22-Cole Duncan [7] [$1,450]; 11. 17W-Bryan Clauson [13] [$1,300]; 12. 49-Brad Sweet [8] [$1,200]; 13. 7S-Jason Sides [18] [$1,100]; 14. 49X-Tim Shaffer [17] [$1,000]; 15. 1ST-Gary Taylor [24] [$950]; 16. 83-Joey Saldana [9] [$900]; 17. 82-Dusty Zomer [11] [$850]; 18. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [20] [$750]; 19. 2-Shane Stewart [14] [$725]; 20. 1-Sammy Swindell [22] [$700]; 21. 71-Jamie Veal [19] [$700]; 22. 7-Paul McMahan [15] [$700]; 23. 41-Jason Johnson [25] [$]; 24. 23-Trey Starks [21] [$700]; 25. 6M-Jac Haudenschild [16] [$700]. Lap Leaders: Kerry Madsen 1-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: W20-Greg Wilson [+16]

Qualifying - 1. 83-Joey Saldana, 13.947; 2. 22-Cole Duncan, 14.097; 3. 49-Brad Sweet, 14.168; 4. 29-Kerry Madsen, 14.367; 5. 15-Donny Schatz, 14.478; 6. 7-Paul McMahan, 14.515; 7. 17W-Bryan Clauson, 14.547; 8. 71-Jamie Veal, 14.600; 9. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 14.614; 10. 82-Dusty Zomer, 14.672; 11. 23-Trey Starks, 14.808; 12. 1ST-Gary Taylor, 14.950; 13. 19M-Brent Marks, 15.044; 14. 21-Cap Henry, 15.129; 15. 33M-Caleb Griffith, 15.200; 16. 23C-Tyler Courtney, 15.315; 17. 5T-Travis Philo, 15.357; 18. 97-Dean Jacobs, 15.447; 19. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 15.538; 20. 1A-Jacob Allen, 15.545; 21. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 16.152; 22. 57-Gary Edwards, 17.275; 23. 9-Daryn Pittman, 14.271; 24. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 14.312; 25. 5-David Gravel, 14.376; 26. 99-Brady Bacon, 14.417; 27. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 14.426; 28. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 14.485; 29. 2-Shane Stewart, 14.501; 30. 1-Sammy Swindell, 14.552; 31. W20-Greg Wilson, 14.577; 32. 41-Jason Johnson, 14.609; 33. 7S-Jason Sides, 14.705; 34. 6M-Jac Haudenschild, 14.827; 35. 71MX-Paul May, 14.881; 36. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 15.007; 37. O7-Jacob Wilson, 15.131; 38. 23X-D.J. Foos, 15.132; 39. 19-Paige Polyak, 15.185; 40. 70-Danny Holtgraver, 15.347; 41. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg, 15.431; 42. 2X-Parker Price-Miller, 15.539; 43. 40-Caleb Helms, 15.654; 44. 35X-Wes Mcglupmhy, 17.050; 45. 71M-Dave Blaney, 14.493

Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 3. 83-Joey Saldana [1]; 4. 17W-Bryan Clauson [4]; 5. 49X-Tim Shaffer [5]; 6. 23-Trey Starks [6]; 7. 33M-Caleb Griffith [8]; 8. 19M-Brent Marks [7]; 9. 11N-Randy Hannagan [10]; 10. 5T-Travis Philo [9]; 11. 35-Stuart Brubaker [11]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 22-Cole Duncan [1]; 2. 29-Kerry Madsen [2]; 3. 82-Dusty Zomer [5]; 4. 7-Paul McMahan [3]; 5. 71-Jamie Veal [4]; 6. 1ST-Gary Taylor [6]; 7. 21-Cap Henry [7]; 8. 23C-Tyler Courtney [8]; 9. 97-Dean Jacobs [9]; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen [10]; 11. 57-Gary Edwards [11]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 2. 5-David Gravel [2]; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah [3]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [4]; 5. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson [5]; 7. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [10]; 8. 40-Caleb Helms [11]; 9. 19-Paige Polyak [9]; 10. O7-Jacob Wilson [8]; 11. 71MX-Paul May [7]

Heat 4 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [1]; 2. 99-Brady Bacon [2]; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser [3]; 4. 6M-Jac Haudenschild [6]; 5. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [7]; 6. 1-Sammy Swindell [4]; 7. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [10]; 8. 23X-D.J. Foos [8]; 9. 41-Jason Johnson [5]; 10. 35X-Wes Mcglupmhy [11]; 11. 70-Danny Holtgraver [9]

Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 3. 99-Brady Bacon [1]; 4. 5-David Gravel [3]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman [7]; 7. 22-Cole Duncan [6]; 8. 49-Brad Sweet [8]

C-Main - (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the B-feature) - 1. 11N-Randy Hannagan [3] [-]; 2. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [4] [-]; 3. 97-Dean Jacobs [1] [$150]; 4. 40-Caleb Helms [8] [$150]; 5. 70-Danny Holtgraver [2] [$150]; 6. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [6] [$125]; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker [7] [$125]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen [5] [$125]; 9. 35X-Wes Mcglupmhy [10] [$125]; 10. 57-Gary Edwards [9] [$125]; 11. 71M-Dave Blaney [11] [$125]

Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 23-Trey Starks [1] [-]; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell [2] [-]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson [4] [-]; 4. 1ST-Gary Taylor [3] [-]; 5. 5T-Travis Philo [13] [$300]; 6. 19M-Brent Marks [5] [$250]; 7. 41-Jason Johnson [6] [$225]; 8. 21-Cap Henry [7] [$200]; 9. 11N-Randy Hannagan [15] [$200]; 10. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [16] [$200]; 11. 71MX-Paul May [8] [$200]; 12. 23C-Tyler Courtney [11] [$200]; 13. 19-Paige Polyak [14] [$200]; 14. 33M-Caleb Griffith [9] [$200]; 15. O7-Jacob Wilson [10] [$200]; 16. 23X-D.J. Foos [12] [$200]

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