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Bell Gets Knighted

Christopher Bell Outduels Teammate Donny Schatz to Win The Knight Before the Kings Royal at Eldora

ROSSBURG, OH - July 14, 2017 - Christopher Bell took the lead from Brad Sweet in turn three and then held off a surging Donny Schatz on a restart with nine laps to go to win the Knight Before the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway on Friday night. Bell, who lined up for the 30-lap main event in third, had to be perfect on the race's only restart with less than 10 laps to go as the eight-time Outlaw Champion threw everything he had at the 22-year-old Norman, OK native who was driving the No.14 Tony Stewart Racing-Curb/Agajanian entry.

"It's a dream come true," Bell said following the victory. "To be able to drive for Tony (Stewart) is a dream come true, to win at Eldora on Kings Royal weekend with the Outlaws, I'm just speechless. I've had a lot of good runs here at the Kings Royal. I think I've been in the top three the last couple of years whenever I've crashed. So, to be able to finally win one was really special. Tonight was only 30 laps and we have 40 of them tomorrow."

At the drop of the green flag, it was outside pole starter Brad Sweet who jumped out to an early advantage. Behind Sweet, Bell engaged in a thrilling battle with polesitter Brian Brown for the third position in the opening laps.

Sweet's lead quickly expanded to 1.9 seconds over Bell, but evaporated just as fast when he struggled to navigate through a sea of slower traffic. Bell saw his opportunity on lap 10 and seized it as he drove by Sweet entering turn three and claimed the point.

From there, Bell found himself racing against the cushion, which was nearly against the outside retaining wall, all the way around the racetrack. At the halfway points, his gap was 1.3 seconds over Sweet and Ian Madsen with Schatz running in third.

A few short laps later, Schatz began to make his move forward as he got by Madsen and then Sweet to take second on lap 20.

The only caution of the race came on lap 21 for a stopped Sheldon Haudenschild in turn two and reset the battle upfront with a double-file restart. Bell chose the bottom lane for the restart despite running the high outside groove up to that point.

"The only reason I did it was because I got beat when I started on the top in the heat race," Bell said. "I watched the heat races and every time the bottom was able to get the jump. I felt like either or would work, but I felt I was more vulnerable if I took the top."

Despite losing his advantage, Bell felt the caution actually played to his advantage.

"I think the caution helped me out big time because I was struggling in lapped traffic," Bell explained. "I knew I needed to get my wing back and I had just reached for the lever when the yellow came out.

Bell's choice worked as it put him in the catbird seat to drive to the top lane in turns one and two, but prevented Schatz from attempting a slide job in turns one and two. Schatz poked inside Bell on the bottom in turns three and four and then pulled even for a half lap. Bell maintained his momentum enough in turn two to carry the lead down the backstretch on lap 22 and he dropped to the bottom to take away Schatz's lane.

"At the time, I didn't know the bottom was where I needed to be," Bell said. "I got my wing back and went to the top and was pretty good in one and two. Then, Donny got back beside me off of four and I felt like I hit a pretty good corner, so it was at that point that I knew I needed to change my line in three and four. Luckily I was able to get the momentum again in one and two to drop down in front of him."

Schatz felt he may have shown Bell the preferred line a little bit early, but also suggested he didn't have much choice in his bid for the win.

"You just have to go where he's not and that's where I was better anyways," Schatz said. "He stayed up there and we ran side-by-side for a lap there. It forced him to move his lane and maybe I was a little too nice. Maybe I should have bulldozed him in there, but that's not me."

Over the final five laps, Bell found some lapped traffic and navigated the chaos with finer precision was able to drive to the checkered flag 0.591 seconds ahead of Schatz's No.15. The win was a sure confidence boost for Bell entering tomorrow's $50,000-to-win 34th annual Kings Royal.

"This place is my favorite racetrack in the world," Bell said. "I've had a lot of success here and a lot of hard luck, some of it self-inflicted. I've been able to win here in a Midget, a Silver Crown car, a 360 Winged Sprint, and now with the Outlaws, and a Truck too. It's been really good to me the last couple of years. I'm excited to try and get a big win tomorrow."

Bell will be looking to use his momentum from Friday's win to avenge a DNF in last year's Kings Royal when he flipped against the turn four wall while running second. Despite the strong run in The Knight Before, Bell was cautiously optimistic for Saturday's main event.

"I felt really, really confident coming in here and then yesterday we just struggled," said Bell, who failed to qualify for Thursday's Jokers Wild Feature. " For some reason, we just didn't have the speed. They worked really hard and (crew chief) Jimmy Car made some adjustments. I don't feel like we have enough speed yet to qualify where we need to tomorrow, but obviously we can race okay. Our car is really good when it's slick. That's the most important part."

Schatz's second-place finish completed a 1-2 finish for the Tony Stewart Racing-Curb/Agajanian team.

"Every car owner's dream is to have one-two finishes. Tony got one tonight and he also owns the track, so it's a good feeling. Obviously I think it should be the other way around, I think it should be 15 then the 14, but that's the way it goes," Schatz joked.

Sweet maintained the third spot late in the race despite the best efforts of fourth-place finisher Ian Madsen. Brown settled for fifth.

For the second straight night, Brent Marks was the KSE Hard Charger. Marks used a World of Outlaws provisional starting spot to enter the Feature and started 25th. He gained 12 total positions and finished 13th.

Schatz was also the night's fast qualifier with a lap of 13.057 seconds around the high-banked half-mike track. Jason Johnson, Kraig Kinser, Ian Madsen, Schatz, Shane Stewart and Tim Shaffer all won qualifying heats. Brown and Sweet won the pair of Craftsman Club Dashes. Joey Saldana won the Last Chance Showdown while Mark claimed the C-Main victory and Chris Andews drove to a D-Main checkered flag.

The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series returns to action on Saturday night at Eldora Speedway with the $50,000-to-win winner's share on the line. The event will be broadcast with live pay-per-view video on DIRTvision.com. For more information on the 34th annual Kings Royal, please visit here.

Eldora Speedway Knight Before the Kings Royal Notebook

Feature (30 Laps) - 1. 14-Christopher Bell [3][$12,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [6][$5,700]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [2][$3,500]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [5][$3,000]; 5. 21-Brian Brown [1][$2,600]; 6. 2M-Kerry Madsen [8][$2,400]; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser [9][$2,300]; 8. 5-David Gravel [16][$2,200]; 9. 9-Daryn Pittman [15][$2,150]; 10. 24-Rico Abreu [20][$2,100]; 11. 49X-Tim Shaffer [4][$1,600]; 12. 1S-Logan Schuchart [12][$1,350]; 13. 19-Brent Marks [25][$500]; 14. 71-Joey Saldana [19][$1,200]; 15. 10H-Chad Kemenah [11][$1,100]; 16. 2-Shane Stewart [10][$1,000]; 17. 41-Jason Johnson [7][$900]; 18. 55XM-Dale Blaney [18][$850]; 19. 81-Lee Jacobs [17][$800]; 20. 17-Jac Haudenschild [14][$800]; 21. 3H-James McFadden [13][$800]; 22. 4-Paul McMahan [26][$]; 23. O7-Ryan Smith [22][$800]; 24. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [24][$800]; 25. 12N-Cole Duncan [21][$800]; 26. 1ST-Gary Taylor [23][$800]; Lap Leaders: Brad Sweet 1-9; Christopher Bell 10-21, 23-30; Donny Schatz 22; KSE Hard Charger Award: 19-Brent Marks[+12]

Qualifying Flight-A - 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 13.216; 2. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.233; 3. 18-Ian Madsen, 13.272; 4. 21-Brian Brown, 13.279; 5. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 13.376; 6. 14-Christopher Bell, 13.389; 7. 3H-James McFadden, 13.399; 8. 71-Joey Saldana, 13.413; 9. 81-Lee Jacobs, 13.416; 10. 24-Rico Abreu, 13.437; 11. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.461; 12. O7-Ryan Smith, 13.482; 13. 44-Trey Starks, 13.491; 14. 99-Brady Bacon, 13.495; 15. 7K-Cale Conley, 13.561; 16. 21AU-Jordyn Brazier, 13.613; 17. 49D-Shawn Dancer, 13.619; 18. 2X-Parker Price-Miller, 13.654; 19. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.707; 20. 33M-Max Stambaugh, 13.736; 21. 45-Trevor Baker, 13.776; 22. 16-Chris Andrews, 13.896; 23. 71M-Paul May, 13.934; 24. 27Z-Sean Zemunik, 13.961; 25. 22M-Dan McCarron, 14.11; 26. 5QB-Quentin Blonde, 14.856

Qualifying Flight-B - 1. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.057; 2. 5-David Gravel, 13.088; 3. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 13.17; 4. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.183; 5. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 13.205; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.254; 7. 17-Jac Haudenschild, 13.286; 8. 2-Shane Stewart, 13.374; 9. 12N-Cole Duncan, 13.386; 10. 1ST-Gary Taylor, 13.387; 11. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.424; 12. 55XM-Dale Blaney, 13.453; 13. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.454; 14. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.465; 15. 4-Paul McMahan, 13.501; 16. 19-Brent Marks, 13.513; 17. A67-Brandon Wimmer, 13.584; 18. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, 13.667; 19. 13-Clyde Knipp, 13.69; 20. 19P-Paige Polyak, 13.703; 21. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.82; 22. 11N-Craig Mintz, 13.833; 23. 91-Cale Thomas, 13.859; 24. 17X-Josh Baughman, 13.984; 25. 97W-Mitch Wormall, 14.03; 26. 7J-Joe Swanson, 14.122; 27. 83C-Adam Cruea, 14.949

Heat #1 - Flight (A) (8 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer - Top 2 to Dash - 1. 41-Jason Johnson [1]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [2]; 3. 3H-James McFadden [3]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu [4]; 5. 5T-Travis Philo [7]; 6. 16-Chris Andrews [8]; 7. 44-Trey Starks [5]; 8. 21AU-Jordyn Brazier [6]; 9. 22M-Dan McCarron [9]

Heat #2 - Flight (A) (8 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer - Top 2 to Dash - 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1]; 2. 10H-Chad Kemenah [2]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [4]; 4. 71-Joey Saldana [3]; 5. 99-Brady Bacon [5]; 6. 49D-Shawn Dancer [6]; 7. 71M-Paul May [8]; 8. 33M-Max Stambaugh [7]; 9. 5QB-Quentin Blonde [9]

Heat #3 - Flight (A) (8 Laps) -Top 3 Transfer - Top 2 to Dash - 1. 18-Ian Madsen [1]; 2. 14-Christopher Bell [2]; 3. 81-Lee Jacobs [3]; 4. O7-Ryan Smith [4]; 5. 7K-Cale Conley [5]; 6. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [6]; 7. 45-Trevor Baker [7]; 8. 27Z-Sean Zemunik [8]

Heat #4 - Flight (B) (8 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer - Top 2 to Dash - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 3. 17-Jac Haudenschild [3]; 4. 19-Brent Marks [6]; 5. 1ST-Gary Taylor [4]; 6. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [5]; 7. 13-Clyde Knipp [7]; 8. 11N-Craig Mintz [8]; 9. 97W-Mitch Wormall [9]

Heat #5 - Flight (B) (8 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer - Top 2 to Dash - 1. 2M-Kerry Madsen [2]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [3]; 3. 5-David Gravel [1]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [5]; 5. A67-Brandon Wimmer [6]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [4]; 7. 91-Cale Thomas [8]; 8. 7J-Joe Swanson [9]; 9. 19P-Paige Polyak [7]

Heat #6 - Flight (B) (8 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer - Top 2 to Dash - 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer [1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2]; 3. 55XM-Dale Blaney [4]; 4. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [6]; 5. 12N-Cole Duncan [3]; 6. 4-Paul McMahan [5]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [7]; 8. 83C-Adam Cruea [9]; 9. 17X-Josh Baughman [8]

Craftsman Club Dash A (6 Laps) - 1. 21-Brian Brown [1]; 2. 14-Christopher Bell [6]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [2]; 4. 41-Jason Johnson [4]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [3]; 6. 10H-Chad Kemenah [5]

Craftsman Club Dash B (6 Laps) - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer [2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 4. 2M-Kerry Madsen [3]; 5. 2-Shane Stewart [5]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart [6]

D-main (8 Laps) - Top 2 Transfer - 1. 16-Chris Andrews [1][-]; 2. 11N-Craig Mintz [2][-]; 3. 71M-Paul May [3][$125]; 4. 97W-Mitch Wormall [8][$125]; 5. 17X-Josh Baughman [6][$125]; 6. 83C-Adam Cruea [11][$125]; 7. 7J-Joe Swanson [10][$125]; 8. 22M-Dan McCarron [7][$125]; 9. 5QB-Quentin Blonde [9][$125]; 10. 91-Cale Thomas [4][$125]; 11. 27Z-Sean Zemunik [5][$125]

C-Main (10 Laps) - Top 2 Transfer - 1. 19-Brent Marks [2][-]; 2. A67-Brandon Wimmer [4][-]; 3. 49D-Shawn Dancer [3][$150]; 4. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [5][$150]; 5. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [6][$150]; 6. 33M-Max Stambaugh [9][$125]; 7. 5T-Travis Philo [7][$125]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson [12][$125]; 9. 19P-Paige Polyak [10][$125]; 10. 11N-Craig Mintz [14][$125]; 11. 16-Chris Andrews [13][$125]; 12. 13-Clyde Knipp [8][$125]; 13. 21AU-Jordyn Brazier [1][$125]; 14. 45-Trevor Baker [11][$125]

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer - 1. 71-Joey Saldana [1][-]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu [3][-]; 3. 12N-Cole Duncan [2][-]; 4. O7-Ryan Smith [5][-]; 5. 1ST-Gary Taylor [4][-]; 6. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [8][-]; 7. 44-Trey Starks [7][$300]; 8. 4-Paul McMahan [12][$250]; 9. 7S-Jason Sides [10][$225]; 10. 99-Brady Bacon [9][$200]; 11. 19-Brent Marks [13][$200]; 12. 7K-Cale Conley [11][$200]; 13. A67-Brandon Wimmer [14][$200]; 14. 1A-Jacob Allen [6][$200]

CONTINGENCY WINNERS: MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Sheldon Haudenschild; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Christopher Bell; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Kraig Kinser; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): David Gravel; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Daryn Pittman; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Extended Stay America ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Super Flow ($50 cash): Chad Kemenah; Craftsman Club Fast Five ($100 cash): Jason Johnson, Kraig Kinser, Brad Sweet, Shane Stewart, Logan Schuchart; Craftsman/Sears: Brian Brown/Tim Shaffer; KSE Hard Charger: Brent Marks (+12); Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Shane Stewart; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): James McFadden.

SEASON WINNERS

Donny Schatz - 13 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 19, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 19, LoneStar Speedway on March 3, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 9, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 10, Thunderbowl Raceway on March 18, Missouri State Fair Speedway on May 5, 81 Speedway on May 6, Eldora Speedway May 13, Knoxville Raceway on June 10, Granite City on June 20, Dirt Oval at Route 66 on June 27, Dakota State Fair Speedway on July 1)
David Gravel - 10 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 17, Placerville Speedway on March 29, Perris Auto Speedway on April 1, Gator Motorplex on April 13, Plymouth Speedway on April 28, Lincoln Speedway on May 17, Williams Grove on May 19, New Egypt Speedway on May 24, River Cities Speedway on June 16, Attica Raceway Park on July 11)
Brad Sweet - 4 (Stockton Dirt Track on March 25, Devil’s Bowl on April 15, Jackson Motorplex on June 3, Knoxville Raceway on June 9)
Shane Stewart – 4 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 29, West Liberty Raceway on June 23, Beaver Dam Raceway on June 24)
Kerry Madsen – 4 (Jackson Motorplex on June 2, Cedar Lake Speedway on July 7, Cedar Lake Speedway on July 8, Eldora Speedway on July 13)
Logan Schuchart - 3 (Keller Auto Speedway on March 31, Eldora Speedway on May 12, Charlotte on May 26)
Jason Johnson - 2 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 17, Devil’s Bowl on April 14)
Brian Brown – 1 (Cocopah Speedway on April 7)
Rico Abreu – 1 (Arizona Speedway on April 8)
Parker Price-Miller – 1 (Tri-State Speedway on May 14)
Ian Madsen – 1 (Jackson Motorplex on June 1)
Kyle Larson – 1 (Eagle Raceway on June 13)
Kraig Kinser - 1 (Deer Creek Speedway on July 6)
Christopher Bell - 1 (Eldora Speedway on July 14)

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Mad Man Marches On

Kerry Madsen Dominates Jokers Wild at Eldora Despite Hand Injury

ROSSBURG, OH - July 14, 2017 - After a three hour rain delay in the early evening, Kerry Madsen dominated the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Jokers Wild event at Eldora Speedway on Thursday night that stretched into the early hours of Friday morning. Madsen was third-quick in Flight A qualifying and second in his heat before claiming victory in the Craftsman Club Dash. The Dash win gave Madsen the pole for the 30-lap, $10,000-to-win Jokers Wild and he led every circuit to score the win in convincing fashion.

Madsen's win to begin the 34th annual Kings Royal weekend is even more impressive after he revealed in Victory Lane he battled an injury throughout most of the race after a rock cut his hand in the opening five laps. The Australian pilot persevered through the pain to claim his fourth Outlaw win of the season and the third in the Series' last four races.

"A couple of times the car took off on me and I didn't quite have the wheel," Madsen joked about his injury after he was treated following the race. "I could just see all the blood in the glove. It was hurting, but I just kept going."

Off the initial start, Madsen grabbed the early lead while fellow front row starter Brad Sweet drag raced Madsen into turn three for the lead. The battle was short-lived, however, as Brady Bacon flipped in turn two before the opening lap was complete to bring out the red flag. Bacon was uninjured.

A complete restart followed and saw Madsen jump out front again while 14th starting Jac Haudenschild slowed almost immediately, but pulled pitside, which allowed the race to continue.

"I got side-by-side down the backstretch," Sweet said of the start. "Kerry left just enough there and I had a run. He was able to go across the track in turn three and take some air off my car and, honestly, that was kind of the race. He was really fast out in clean air. There was definitely no catching him there."

Madsen set a blistering pace on the lightning quick track and worked into traffic on lap eight. While the bottom was the preferred lane, Madsen drove to the top on the cushion that was slightly more than halfway up the track to work past the slower cars.

The dirtier top lane for Madsen did slow his pace slightly and allowed Sweet to pull within one second of the No.2m. It was a short glimmer of hope for Sweet though as the caution waved on lap 12 when Logan Schuchart suffered a broken front axle and came to a stop in turn four.

The yellow flag gave Madsen the clean air he needed on the restart to pull away from Sweet again and he did just that. By lap 18, Madsen had opened a 1.7-second gap over Sweet while Brian Brown battled with David Gravel for the third position.

"I knew the starts were going to be super important because if someone got a lead and got through traffic, you weren't going to get them, so it was super critical," Madsen explained. "When we got to the traffic, I was just trying to be super aggressive with it and go hard at it because you know what those guys are like, they'll pass you in two seconds if you screw up."

Madsen again caught traffic on lap 20, but this time was able to navigate the slower cars more efficiently with his aggressive game plan. He continued at his lightning-quick pace over the final laps and drove off to the victory by 2.6 seconds over Sweet. Brown raced to a third-place finishing after holding off Gravel in an exciting third-place battle. Tim Shaffer got by Gravel late to claim fourth while the No.5 settled for fifth.

The victory continues a red-hot streak for Madsen who has now won in each of his last three Outlaw starts after he swept last weekend's events at Wisconsin's Cedar Lake Speedway. Madsen is far from surprised by his team's most recent success.

"I've been saying it all year and I feel like we've been super under the radar," Madsen said. "We've had like 10 second (place finishes) and a few wins now. It's fast. I know the performance has been there all year, we just haven't caught the breaks to get the wins, which I feel like was a good thing because we just kept making the car better."

Sweet settled for a second-place finish, which felt like a victory for the Grass Valley, CA native after beginning the night with a seventh-place qualifying effort.

"We weren't that great tonight, to be honest," Sweet said. "We didn't qualify great, but we had a really good start in our heat and got up in there to give ourselves a chance. Then they drew the six (inversion pill) and that was a lottery pick. Sometimes you'll have nights like that where things go a little more your way then other night.

"We realize we have to get the NAPA Auto Parts car a little faster if we want to really have a shot at it Saturday night," Sweet continued. "We'll take a second tonight. Kerry's been awful fast and did a great job there. We're hungry to win and we're knocking on the door. We just need to get the car a little better and the driver needs to do a little better job."

Gravel was the night's overall fast qualifier with a lap of 12.847 seconds around the half-mile track, just 0.140 seconds off Craig Dollansky's 2002 track record of 12.707. Shaffer, Ian Madsen, Gravel and Brown won qualifying heats. Cole Duncan won the Last Chance Showdown while Trevor Baker won the C-Main. Brent Marks was the night's KSE Hard Charger after racing from the 24th starting position up to 12th, an impressive achievement on a very fast racetrack.

The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series returns to action at Eldora on Friday night with the Knight Before the Kings Royal. The event will be broadcast live on DIRTvision.com. For additional event information or to buy tickets, please click here.

Eldora Speedway Jokers Wild Notebook

Feature (30 Laps) - 1. 2M-Kerry Madsen [1][$10,000]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [2][$5,500]; 3. 21-Brian Brown [3][$3,200]; 4. 49X-Tim Shaffer [5][$2,800]; 5. 5-David Gravel [4][$2,500]; 6. 2-Shane Stewart [11][$2,300]; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser [6][$2,200]; 8. 18-Ian Madsen [7][$2,100]; 9. 15-Donny Schatz [9][$2,050]; 10. 9-Daryn Pittman [8][$2,000]; 11. 41-Jason Johnson [12][$1,500]; 12. 19-Brent Marks [24][$1,200]; 13. 24-Rico Abreu [23][$1,100]; 14. 10H-Chad Kemenah [10][$1,050]; 15. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [17][$1,000]; 16. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [16][$900]; 17. 4-Paul McMahan [13][$800]; 18. W20-Greg Wilson [15][$800]; 19. 12N-Cole Duncan [21][$800]; 20. 1S-Logan Schuchart [20][$800]; 21. 49D-Shawn Dancer [19][$800]; 22. 81-Lee Jacobs [22][$800]; 23. 17-Jac Haudenschild [14][$800]; 24. 99-Brady Bacon [18][$800]; Lap Leaders: Kerry Madsen 1-30; KSE Hard Charger Award: 19-Brent Marks[+12]

Qualifying Flight-A - 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 12.862; 2. 18-Ian Madsen, 12.945; 3. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 12.957; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.012; 5. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.028; 6. 2-Shane Stewart, 13.038; 7. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.061; 8. 12N-Cole Duncan, 13.073; 9. 24-Rico Abreu, 13.114; 10. 49D-Shawn Dancer, 13.156; 11. 4-Paul McMahan, 13.18; 12. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.214; 13. 55XM-Dale Blaney, 13.248; 14. O7-Ryan Smith, 13.254; 15. 2X-Parker Price-Miller, 13.266; 16. 21AU-Jordyn Brazier, 13.293; 17. 83-Rob Chaney, 13.314; 18. 45-Trevor Baker, 13.32; 19. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.348; 20. 19P-Paige Polyak, 13.348; 21. 17X-Josh Baughman, 13.373; 22. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.399; 23. 7J-Joe Swanson, 13.631; 24. 22M-Dan McCarron, 13.882

Qualifying Flight-B - 1. 5-David Gravel, 12.847; 2. 21-Brian Brown, 12.923; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 12.954; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.008; 5. 17-Jac Haudenschild, 13.013; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.017; 7. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.036; 8. 41-Jason Johnson, 13.055; 9. 81-Lee Jacobs, 13.101; 10. 7K-Cale Conley, 13.103; 11. 99-Brady Bacon, 13.126; 12. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, 13.155; 13. 13-Clyde Knipp, 13.16; 14. 44-Trey Starks, 13.183; 15. 19-Brent Marks, 13.213; 16. 14-Christopher Bell, 13.238; 17. 3-Sammy Swindell, 13.434; 18. 11N-Craig Mintz, 13.435; 19. 3H-James McFadden, 13.542; 20. 23-D.J. Foos, 13.597; 21. 27Z-Sean Zemunik, 13.605; 22. 97W-Mitch Wormall, 13.651; 23. 71M-Paul May, 13.749; 24. 27-Brad Lamberson, 13.798

Heat #1 - Flight (A) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer - Top 2 to Dash -1. 49X-Tim Shaffer [1]; 2. 2M-Kerry Madsen [2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 4. 4-Paul McMahan [6]; 5. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [3]; 6. 24-Rico Abreu [5]; 7. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [8]; 8. 55XM-Dale Blaney [7]; 9. 7S-Jason Sides [10]; 10. 17X-Josh Baughman [11]; 11. 83-Rob Chaney [9]; 12. 7J-Joe Swanson [12]

Heat #2 - Flight (A) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer - Top 2 to Dash - 1. 18-Ian Madsen [1]; 2. 11K-Kraig Kinser [2]; 3. 2-Shane Stewart [3]; 4. W20-Greg Wilson [6]; 5. 49D-Shawn Dancer [5]; 6. 12N-Cole Duncan [4]; 7. O7-Ryan Smith [7]; 8. 19P-Paige Polyak [10]; 9. 21AU-Jordyn Brazier [8]; 10. 45-Trevor Baker [9]; 11. 22M-Dan McCarron [12]; 12. 1A-Jacob Allen [11]

Heat #3 - Flight (B) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer - Top 2 to Dash - 1. 5-David Gravel [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah [2]; 4. 17-Jac Haudenschild [3]; 5. 99-Brady Bacon [6]; 6. 81-Lee Jacobs [5]; 7. 19-Brent Marks [8]; 8. 3H-James McFadden [10]; 9. 13-Clyde Knipp [7]; 10. 27Z-Sean Zemunik [11]; 11. 71M-Paul May [12]; 12. 3-Sammy Swindell [9]

Heat #4 - Flight (B) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer - Top 2 to Dash - 1. 21-Brian Brown [1]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 3. 41-Jason Johnson [4]; 4. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [6]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [3]; 6. 14-Christopher Bell [8]; 7. 7K-Cale Conley [5]; 8. 44-Trey Starks [7]; 9. 11N-Craig Mintz [9]; 10. 97W-Mitch Wormall [11]; 11. 23-D.J. Foos [10]; 12. 27-Brad Lamberson [12]

Craftsman Club Dash (6 Laps) - 1. 2M-Kerry Madsen [2]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 3. 21-Brian Brown [3]; 4. 5-David Gravel [5]; 5. 49X-Tim Shaffer [6]; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser [7]; 7. 18-Ian Madsen [4]; 8. 9-Daryn Pittman [8]

C-Main (10 Laps) - Top 2 Transfer - 1. 45-Trevor Baker [1][-]; 2. 3H-James McFadden [2][-]; 3. 19P-Paige Polyak [5][$150]; 4. 23-D.J. Foos [4][$150]; 5. 17X-Josh Baughman [7][$150]; 6. 97W-Mitch Wormall [8][$125]; 7. 22M-Dan McCarron [13][$125]; 8. 27-Brad Lamberson [12][$125]; 9. 7S-Jason Sides [3][$125]; 10. 27Z-Sean Zemunik [6][$125]; 11. 1A-Jacob Allen [9][$125]; 12. 71M-Paul May [10][$125]; 13. 3-Sammy Swindell [14][$125]; 14. 7J-Joe Swanson [11][$125]

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer - 1. 12N-Cole Duncan [1][-]; 2. 81-Lee Jacobs [2][-]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [3][-]; 4. 19-Brent Marks [10][-]; 5. 7K-Cale Conley [4][$300]; 6. 14-Christopher Bell [12][$250]; 7. O7-Ryan Smith [7][$225]; 8. 13-Clyde Knipp [6][$200]; 9. 55XM-Dale Blaney [5][$200]; 10. 11N-Craig Mintz [14][$200]; 11. 44-Trey Starks [8][$200]; 12. 45-Trevor Baker [15][$200]; 13. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [9][$200]; 14. 21AU-Jordyn Brazier [11][$200]; 15. 83-Rob Chaney [13][$200]; 16. 3H-James McFadden [16][$200]

CONTINGENCY WINNERS: MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Brady Bacon; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; JE Pistons ($50 cash): David Gravel; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Daryn Pittman; Extended Stay America ($50 cash): Jason Johnson; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Brent Marks; Super Flow ($50 cash): Chad Kemenah; Craftsman Club Fast Five ($100 cash): Brad Sweet, David Gravel, Kraig Kinser, Daryn Pittman; Craftsman/Sears: Kerry Madsen; KSE Hard Charger: Brent Marks (+12); Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Brad Sweet; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Paul McMahan; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Jac Haudenschild.

SEASON WINNERS

Donny Schatz - 13 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 19, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 19, LoneStar Speedway on March 3, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 9, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 10, Thunderbowl Raceway on March 18, Missouri State Fair Speedway on May 5, 81 Speedway on May 6, Eldora Speedway May 13, Knoxville Raceway on June 10, Granite City on June 20, Dirt Oval at Route 66 on June 27, Dakota State Fair Speedway on July 1)
David Gravel - 10 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 17, Placerville Speedway on March 29, Perris Auto Speedway on April 1, Gator Motorplex on April 13, Plymouth Speedway on April 28, Lincoln Speedway on May 17, Williams Grove on May 19, New Egypt Speedway on May 24, River Cities Speedway on June 16, Attica Raceway Park on July 11)
Brad Sweet - 4 (Stockton Dirt Track on March 25, Devil’s Bowl on April 15, Jackson Motorplex on June 3, Knoxville Raceway on June 9)
Shane Stewart – 4 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 29, West Liberty Raceway on June 23, Beaver Dam Raceway on June 24)
Kerry Madsen – 4 (Jackson Motorplex on June 2, Cedar Lake Speedway on July 7, Cedar Lake Speedway on July 8, Eldora Speedway on July 13)
Logan Schuchart - 3 (Keller Auto Speedway on March 31, Eldora Speedway on May 12, Charlotte on May 26)
Jason Johnson - 2 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 17, Devil’s Bowl on April 14)
Brian Brown – 1 (Cocopah Speedway on April 7)
Rico Abreu – 1 (Arizona Speedway on April 8)
Parker Price-Miller – 1 (Tri-State Speedway on May 14)
Ian Madsen – 1 (Jackson Motorplex on June 1)
Kyle Larson – 1 (Eagle Raceway on June 13)
Kraig Kinser - 1 (Deer Creek Speedway on July 6)

Contact: Clayton Johns
World of Outlaws PR
289-314-5186| cjohns@dirtcar.com

David Gravel Steals Brad Doty Classic Win From Tim Shaffer at Attica

Gravel Sets New Career-High in Wins With 10th Victory

ATTICA, OH - July 11, 2017 - Tim Shaffer dominated the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Brad Doty Classic at Attica Raceway Park, but David Gravel's late surge allowed him to take over the point coming to the white flag and lead the final two laps to steal the victory on Tuesday night. It was Gravel's 10th win of the season, setting a new career-high season wins record for the Watertown, CT driver.

Daryn Pittman rounded out the podium after a thrilling late battle with Rico Abreu and Brent Marks. Brad Sweet earned a fourth-place finish and the KSE Hard Charger award after starting 25th. Sweet was forced to take a provisional when he could not advance beyond the C-Main after winning the D-Main. Abreu rounded out the top-five finishers.

"It's awesome," Gravel said in Victory Lane. "(When the Brad Doty Classic was) at Lima, I finished on the podium a couple of times and could never win one. To win it at Attica where we couldn't even make it out of the 'C' last year, to rebound like that and win is just awesome. There's so much prestige with this race. Everybody wants to win Brad Doty's race and you see it with 58 racecars (in the pits). I'm just happy to do it and do it at Attica."

Shaffer was the polesitter for the 40-lap main event with Attica fan favorite and Kevin Gobrecht rookie-of-the-year contender Sheldon Haudenschild on the outside of the front row after both drivers won their respective Craftsman Club Dashes. Shaffer jumped to the early lead ahead of Haudenschild while the rest of the field battled two and three-wide.

Shaffer wound up in traffic on lap seven, but didn't have to deal with it for long. A red flag on lap nine when Dominic Scelzi turned on his side in turn two led to the first restart and gave Shaffer a clear track.

However, it was Haudenschild who got the better restart and slid in front of Shaffer to the lead in turn two. As Shaffer turned his No.49x back under Haudenschild, the two drivers made contact exiting the corner, which flattened a left-side tire on Haudenschild's No.93.

Before the lap was complete, Kyle Larson spun his No.57 at the bottom of turn three to bring out the race's second stoppage and allowed Haudenschild to replace the tire. Both Larson and Haudenschild were able to return and raced from the back to 10th and 12th-place finishes, respectively.

On the ensuing single-file restart, Shaffer drove away to sizable lead again, this time ahead of Abreu and Pittman. Fifteen laps in, Shaffer was battling slower traffic again with a convincing 1.8-second lead to work with. It was erased by the final yellow flag of the race on lap 17 when Max Stambaugh came to a stop on the backstretch.

Shaffer continued his dominance on the restart, but 10 laps later Abreu reeled him in up front and tried to take the lead with a slide job, but was denied. With less than 10 laps on, Gravel began to make his move from fourth. A spirited battle with Pittman resulted in Gravel moving into third shortly after Shaffer lost time when he bobble against the turn two cushion on lap 33.

With five laps to go, Gravel all of a sudden eliminated the advantage of the top two drivers and used a big slide job in turn three to take second from Abreu on lap 37. Gravel then quickly caught Shaffer and going into turn three as the field raced to the white flag, Gravel drove around Shaffer to take over the point. He led the final two laps at the stripe to secure the win for his CJB Motorsports team.

"I was in fourth, I think, with five laps to go," Gravel explained. "I got a run on Daryn and he and I were racing really hard. I got by him and found the bottom in (turns one and two) and closed in on Rico really fast there. I threw a pretty big slider on Rico to get by him and Tim ran the bottom in one and two the lap before. If he did that, I probably wouldn't have been able to get by him. Luckily he did and left the door open and we took the lead on the white flag lap and just had to hold on for one more. It's pretty awesome."

Shaffer was understandably disappointed with his runner-up finish after the victory was snatched from his grasp over the final two laps. Nonetheless, Shaffer was congratulatory in his post-race remarks.

"I knew I needed to move around," Shaffer said of his late decision to change lines. "We went low that one time and it went pretty good, but it took so long to get in and I decided I lost a lot. It's one of those deals where you're up front and you're not sure. This is a hard one to lose, but I've won them that way too. It goes both ways. Those guys did a heck of a job, so hat's off to them."

Pittman's third-place finish continues a streak of strong runs and is his 12th top-five finish this season. The former Outlaw champion was in part disappointed he was not able to pull off the victory from his advantageous positions.

"Gravel got by me with probably five or six laps to go and then I moved to the top in turn three and four and felt really good," Pittman said of the late-race chaos. "I felt like I gained a lot more speed doing that and obviously got to race through lapped cars and he got back by me and ended up winning the race. I'm frustrated with myself as a driver. I think when they got to traffic Shaffer and Rico both slowed down a bit and I thought I was in position to try to steal that one. Instead of me, Gravel was sitting in fourth and stole it from all of us."

Prior to the 40-lap Feature, Rich Farmer, Mike Leone and Gill Construction put up an extra $1100 if a FAST driver could score the win. The only eligible driver for the bonus was Lee Jacobs, who finished 17th.

Earlier in the night, Dale Blaney and Brent Marks were the fast qualifiers in their respective time trial fligts, earning an extra $400 bonus each from SprintCarUnlimited.com. Blaney, Stewart, Abreu, Pittman, Haudenschild and Gravel were the heat race winners. Sweet won the D-Main before Chris Andrews claimed the C-main victory and Parker Price-Miller scored victory in the Last Chance Showdown.

The World of Outlaws are now set to head to Eldora Speedway for Kings Royal Weekend. The event starts with the Jokers Wild on Thursday, July 13 before the Knight Before the Kings Royal on Friday, July 14 and culminates with the $50,000-to-win Kings Royal on Saturday, July 15. To purchase advance reserved seating for all three nights, visit www.EldoraSpeedway.com.

Attica Raceway Park Notebook

Feature (40 Laps) - 1. 5-David Gravel [6][$10,000]; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer [1][$5,500]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [4][$3,200]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [25][$2,000]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu [5][$2,500]; 6. 19-Brent Marks [10][$2,300]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz [16][$2,200]; 8. 11K-Kraig Kinser [13][$2,100]; 9. 2-Shane Stewart [3][$2,050]; 10. 57-Kyle Larson [8][$2,000]; 11. 57X-Andrew Palker [14][$1,500]; 12. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [2][$1,200]; 13. 18-Ian Madsen [11][$1,100]; 14. 99-Brady Bacon [7][$1,050]; 15. 39-Spencer Bayston [18][$1,000]; 16. 10H-Chad Kemenah [23][$900]; 17. 81-Lee Jacobs [12][$800]; 18. 3G-Carson Macedo [24][$800]; 19. 55XM-Dale Blaney [9][$800]; 20. 4-Paul McMahan [17][$800]; 21. 17-Jac Haudenschild [22][$800]; 22. 33M-Max Stambaugh [15][$800]; 23. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [19][$800]; 24. 26-Tayler Malsam [21][$800]; 25. 41-Jason Johnson [26][$]; 26. 83-Rob Chaney [20][$800]. Lap Leaders: Tim Shaffer 1-38, David Gravel 39-40. KSE Hard Charger Award: 49-Brad Sweet[+21]

Qualifying Flight-A - 1. 55XM-Dale Blaney, 12.428; 2. 99-Brady Bacon, 12.447; 3. 24-Rico Abreu, 12.495; 4. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 12.524; 5. 2-Shane Stewart, 12.542; 6. 4-Paul McMahan, 12.584; 7. 2X-Parker Price-Miller, 12.589; 8. 33M-Max Stambaugh, 12.599; 9. 18-Ian Madsen, 12.617; 10. 83-Rob Chaney, 12.646; 11. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.665; 12. 13-Clyde Knipp, 12.778; 13. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 12.785; 14. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 12.794; 15. 3G-Carson Macedo, 12.898; 16. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 12.915; 17. 3-Sammy Swindell, 12.925; 18. 7S-Jason Sides, 12.939; 19. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, 12.947; 20. 97-Broc Martin, 12.951; 21. 5T-Travis Philo, 12.989; 22. 8M-T.J. Michael, 13.022; 23. 7-Shawn Valenti, 13.045; 24. 19P-Paige Polyak, 13.124; 25. 49D-Shawn Dancer, 13.175; 26. 5X-Justin Peck, 13.187; 27. 9R-Jordan Ryan, 13.306; 28. 5QB-Quentin Blonde, 13.477; 29. 27Z-Sean Zemunik, NT.

Qualifying Flight-B - 1. 19-Brent Marks, 12.595; 2. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.642; 3. 5-David Gravel, 12.796; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman, 12.844; 5. 57-Kyle Larson, 12.846; 6. 81-Lee Jacobs, 12.942; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen, 12.995; 8. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.049; 9. 26-Tayler Malsam, 13.055; 10. 57X-Andrew Palker, 13.073; 11. 41-Jason Johnson, 13.104; 12. 39-Spencer Bayston, 13.115; 13. 17-Jac Haudenschild, 13.125; 14. 16X-Ryan Ruhl, 13.157; 15. 7K-Cale Conley, 13.182; 16. 92A-Samual Walsh, 13.234; 17. 17X-Caleb Helms, 13.249; 18. 16-Chris Andrews, 13.257; 19. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.259; 20. 97W-Mitch Wormall, 13.265; 21. 70-Tanner Thorson, 13.276; 22. 11N-Craig Mintz, 13.293; 23. 23-D.J. Foos, 13.297; 24. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.305; 25. 4L-Cap Henry, 13.341; 26. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.369; 27. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.406; 28. 8J-Jess Stiger, 13.453; 29. 22M-Dan McCarron, 14.057.

Heat #1 – (10 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer, Top 2 to Dash - 1. 55XM-Dale Blaney [1]; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer [2]; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser [6]; 4. 10H-Chad Kemenah [5]; 5. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [7]; 6. 83-Rob Chaney [4]; 7. 8M-T.J. Michael [8]; 8. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [3]; 9. 49D-Shawn Dancer [9]; 10. 5QB-Quentin Blonde [10].

Heat #2 – (10 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer, Top 2 to Dash - 1. 2-Shane Stewart [2]; 2. 99-Brady Bacon [1]; 3. 33M-Max Stambaugh [3]; 4. 35-Stuart Brubaker [5]; 5. 97-Broc Martin [7]; 6. 5X-Justin Peck [9]; 7. 3-Sammy Swindell [6]; 8. 5R-Byron Reed [4]; 9. 7-Shawn Valenti [8]

Heat #3 – (10 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer, Top 2 to Dash - 1. 24-Rico Abreu [1]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [3]; 3. 4-Paul McMahan [2]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 5. 3G-Carson Macedo [5]; 6. 5T-Travis Philo [7]; 7. 9R-Jordan Ryan [9]; 8. 13-Clyde Knipp [4]; 9. 19P-Paige Polyak [8]

Heat #4 – (10 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer, Top 2 to Dash - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 2. 19-Brent Marks [1]; 3. 57X-Andrew Palker [4]; 4. 11N-Craig Mintz [8]; 5. 92A-Samual Walsh [6]; 6. 4L-Cap Henry [9]; 7. 17-Jac Haudenschild [5]; 8. 9Z-Duane Zablocki [7]; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen [3]; 10. 8J-Jess Stiger [10]

Heat #5 – (10 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer, Top 2 to Dash - 1. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [1]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson [2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [9]; 5. 17X-Caleb Helms [6]; 6. 16X-Ryan Ruhl [5]; 7. 23-D.J. Foos [8]; 8. 97W-Mitch Wormall [7]; 9. 22M-Dan McCarron [10]; 10. 41-Jason Johnson [4]

Heat #6 – (10 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer, Top 2 to Dash - 1. 5-David Gravel [1]; 2. 81-Lee Jacobs [2]; 3. 39-Spencer Bayston [4]; 4. 26-Tayler Malsam [3]; 5. 16-Chris Andrews [6]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson [9]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart [8]; 8. 70-Tanner Thorson [7]; 9. 7K-Cale Conley [5]

Craftsman Club Dash 1 (8 Laps) - 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer [1]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [3]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [2]; 4. 99-Brady Bacon [5]; 5. 55XM-Dale Blaney [4]; 6. 18-Ian Madsen [6]

Craftsman Club Dash 2 (8 Laps) - 1. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [3]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [4]; 3. 5-David Gravel [2]; 4. 57-Kyle Larson [5]; 5. 19-Brent Marks [1]; 6. 81-Lee Jacobs [6]

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer - 1. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [1][-]; 2. 83-Rob Chaney [3][-]; 3. 26-Tayler Malsam [4][-]; 4. 17-Jac Haudenschild [8][-]; 5. 10H-Chad Kemenah [9][-]; 6. 3G-Carson Macedo [13][-]; 7. 5R-Byron Reed [5][$300]; 8. 92A-Samual Walsh [14][$250]; 9. 13-Clyde Knipp [7][$225]; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen [2][$200]; 11. 41-Jason Johnson [6][$200]; 12. 16X-Ryan Ruhl [10][$200]; 13. 16-Chris Andrews [15][$200]; 14. 35-Stuart Brubaker [11][$200]; 15. 7K-Cale Conley [12][$200]; 16. 3-Sammy Swindell [16][$200]

C-Feature (10 Laps) - Top 2 Transfer - 1. 16-Chris Andrews [4][-]; 2. 3-Sammy Swindell [1][-]; 3. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [5][$150]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [3][$150]; 5. 11N-Craig Mintz [12][$150]; 6. 70-Tanner Thorson [10][$125]; 7. 49-Brad Sweet [15][$125]; 8. 97-Broc Martin [7][$125]; 9. 9Z-Duane Zablocki [6][$125]; 10. 4L-Cap Henry [16][$125]; 11. 23-D.J. Foos [14][$125]; 12. 97W-Mitch Wormall [8][$125]; 13. 7-Shawn Valenti [13][$125]; 14. 5T-Travis Philo [9][$125]; 15. 17X-Caleb Helms [2][$125]; 16. 8M-T.J. Michael [11][$125]

D-Feature (8 Laps) - Top 2 Transfer - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [5][-]; 2. 4L-Cap Henry [3][-]; 3. 5X-Justin Peck [4][$125]; 4. W20-Greg Wilson [7][$125]; 5. 22M-Dan McCarron [10][$125]; 6. 8J-Jess Stiger [9][$125]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart [1][$125]; 8. 5QB-Quentin Blonde [8][$125]; 9. 49D-Shawn Dancer [2][$125]; 10. 9R-Jordan Ryan [6][$125]; 11. 19P-Paige Polyak [11][$125]; 12. 27Z-Sean Zemunik [12][$125]

CONTINGENCY WINNERS: MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Jason Johnson; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): David Gravel; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Brent Marks; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Kraig Kinser; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Shane Stewart; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Sheldon Haudenschild; Extended Stay America ($50 cash): Sheldon Haudenschild; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Sheldon Haudenschild; Super Flow ($50 cash): Brady Bacon; Craftsman Club Fast Five ($100 cash): Shane Stewart, David Gravel, Daryn Pittman, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brent Marks; Craftsman/Sears: Tim Shaffer/Ian Madsen; KSE Hard Charger: Brad Sweet (+21); Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): David Gravel; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Chad Kemenah; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Jac Haudenschild.

SEASON WINNERS

Donny Schatz - 13 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 19, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 19, LoneStar Speedway on March 3, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 9, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 10, Thunderbowl Raceway on March 18, Missouri State Fair Speedway on May 5, 81 Speedway on May 6, Eldora Speedway May 13, Knoxville Raceway on June 10, Granite City on June 20, Dirt Oval at Route 66 on June 27, Dakota State Fair Speedway on July 1)
David Gravel - 10 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 17, Placerville Speedway on March 29, Perris Auto Speedway on April 1, Gator Motorplex on April 13, Plymouth Speedway on April 28, Lincoln Speedway on May 17, Williams Grove on May 19, New Egypt Speedway on May 24, River Cities Speedway on June 16, Attica Raceway Park on July 11)
Brad Sweet - 4 (Stockton Dirt Track on March 25, Devil’s Bowl on April 15, Jackson Motorplex on June 3, Knoxville Raceway on June 9)
Shane Stewart – 4 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 29, West Liberty Raceway on June 23, Beaver Dam Raceway on June 24)
Logan Schuchart - 3 (Keller Auto Speedway on March 31, Eldora Speedway on May 12, Charlotte on May 26)
Kerry Madsen – 3 (Jackson Motorplex on June 2, Cedar Lake Speedway on July 7 and 8)
Jason Johnson - 2 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 17, Devil’s Bowl on April 14)
Brian Brown – 1 (Cocopah Speedway on April 7)
Rico Abreu – 1 (Arizona Speedway on April 8)
Parker Price-Miller – 1 (Tri-State Speedway on May 14)
Ian Madsen – 1 (Jackson Motorplex on June 1)
Kyle Larson – 1 (Eagle Raceway on June 13)
Kraig Kinser - 1 (Deer Creek Speedway on July 6)

Contact: Clayton Johns
World of Outlaws PR
(289) 314-5186 | cjohns@dirtcar.com

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Brad Sweet Wins The War

Scores $25,000 With Victory at the 39th annual AGCO Jackson Nationals

By Tony Veneziano

JACKSON, MN. - June 3, 2017 - Brad Sweet looked at the first two nights of the 39th annual AGCO Jackson Nationals for the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series at Jackson Motorplex as battles that would ultimately put him in position to win the war. He did exactly that on Saturday night to the tune of $25,000, adding his name to the illustrious list of past winners of the tradition-laden event.

For Sweet, it was his third win of the season and second on a half-mile. Sweet now has 23 career World of Outlaws Feature wins, which ties him for 19th on the Series' all-time win list with fellow competitors David Gravel and Shane Stewart, who also both finished in the top-five on Saturday night.

"It feels awesome to win the Jackson Nationals," said Sweet. "We're just ecstatic. I can't thank Tod Quiring and all the guys enough for taking a chance and putting on a three-day show that pays big money like this. It's a breath of fresh air and great to race for that kind of money. Hopefully the fans saw a good show."

Sweet lined up second for the 30-lap main event and challenged pole sitter Kerry Madsen in the early going. Sweet hung with Madsen for a number of laps, especially in lapped traffic, mainly while working the bottom lane of the track.

Just before the halfway point of the race, Donny Schatz got by Sweet for second, with the latter getting back by a couple of laps later. Sweet took the lead from Kerry Madsen on the back straightaway on lap 18 and led the remainder of the race. He did have to withstand a pair of restarts with 11 laps remaining. The first was a double-file restart and the second single-file. Strong restarts each time propelled him to a solid lead over Madsen.

"I was in attack mode the whole time," noted Sweet. "I was a little frustrated with myself. When I got behind Kerry (Madsen) I made a few mistakes and let Donny (Schatz) get by me. Usually you don't get that back. Then I was able to get by both of them. Once I was able to get in control of the race, I knew I was in good shape and just tried not to screw it up. I almost messed up a few times and didn't know how big of a lead we had, but I drove as hard I could those last 11 laps."

Madsen, who finished no worse than second on any of the three nights of the 39th Annual AGCO Jackson Nationals led the first 17 laps from the pole. Lapped traffic ended up being his Achille's heel, as Sweet got by him in traffic for the lead. Late in the race, Madsen was able to close back in on Sweet, using the top side of the half-mile.

"There were some classless people getting lapped and trying to take the leader out when they were getting lapped, but that's no excuse," said Madsen. "Brad (Sweet) probably deserved to win. We had a great car all weekend and to finish second, first and second is great. I'm really proud of the guys and the AGCO/Go Muddy car was a rocketship all week."

David Gravel won a heat race on Saturday night to earn a spot in the Craftsman Club Dash, where he finished eighth. Lining up on the outside of the fourth row for the main event, Gravel steadily worked his way to the front. Gravel took third at one point from Donny Schatz, only to have the caution flag fly before that lap was completed. He would again get by the eight-time and defending series champion to come home on the podium.

"It was good to end the weekend on the right note," said Gravel. "We kind of struggled all weekend and it took us a while to get the hang of it, but we got there. We're happy to finish on the podium. You want to win this race, but we dug ourselves a bit of a hole there. Third was the best we could do. The track was really fast and we needed lapped traffic and was just about to get to it at the end. Good job to Brad (Sweet) and Kerry (Madsen). They had the fastest cars all weekend and deserved to be up here."

Shane Stewart finished fourth, with Schatz in fifth and Joey Saldana crossing the line sixth. Daryn Pittman was seventh, followed by Mark Dobmeier in eighth, Ian Madsen in ninth and Logan Schuchart in 10th.

The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series will next be in action on Friday, June 9 and Saturday, June 10 at Iowa's famed Knoxville Raceway.

World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Jackson Motorplex, MN; June 3, 2017

Feature (30 Laps) - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [2][$25,000]; 2. 2M-Kerry Madsen [1][$12,000]; 3. 5-David Gravel [8][$6,000]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [6][$5,250]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz [3][$4,500]; 6. 17-Joey Saldana [5][$4,000]; 7. 9-Daryn Pittman [13][$3,500]; 8. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier [11][$3,000]; 9. 18-Ian Madsen [9][$2,750]; 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart [18][$2,500]; 11. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [21][$2,300]; 12. 17B-Bill Balog [16][$2,250]; 13. 21-Brian Brown [17][$2,000]; 14. 7S-Jason Sides [4][$1,600]; 15. 3-Tim Kaeding [15][$1,500]; 16. 55-Brooke Tatnell [20][$1,300]; 17. O9-Matt Juhl [22][$1,250]; 18. 4-Paul McMahan [19][$1,050]; 19. 11K-Kraig Kinser [12][$1,050]; 20. 19-Brent Marks [24][$1,050]; 21. 82-Cap Henry [14][$1,000]; 22. 41-Jason Johnson [7][$1,000]; 23. 33-Danny Lasoski [10][$1,000]; 24. 12-Lynton Jeffrey [23][$1,000].
Lap Leaders: Kerry Madsen 1-17, Brad Sweet 18-30;
KSE Hard Charger Award: 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[+10].

Qualifying (Combined Event Points) - 1. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 1094; 2. 49-Brad Sweet, 1082; 3. 15-Donny Schatz, 1065; 4. 7S-Jason Sides, 1041; 5. 5-David Gravel, 1035; 6. 17-Joey Saldana, 1002; 7. 41-Jason Johnson, 997; 8. 2-Shane Stewart, 994; 9. 18-Ian Madsen, 982; 10. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier, 978; 11. 33-Danny Lasoski, 977; 12. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 975; 13. 9-Daryn Pittman, 974; 14. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 973; 15. 82-Cap Henry, 943; 16. 12-Lynton Jeffrey, 910; 17. 3-Tim Kaeding, 909; 18. 17B-Bill Balog, 907; 19. 21-Brian Brown, 902; 20. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 898; 21. O9-Matt Juhl, 879; 22. 4-Paul McMahan, 871; 23. 1A-Jacob Allen, 856; 24. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 847; 25. 19-Brent Marks, 807; 26. 17X-Josh Baughman, 806; 27. 16-Travis Whitney, 797; 28. W20-Greg Wilson, 782; 29. 19P-Paige Polyak, 764; 30. 35-Skylar Prochaska, 740; 31. 23W-Scott Winters, 735; 32. 1B-Dustin Selvage, 729; 33. 13-Clyde Knipp, 724; 34. 7W-Tasker Phillips, 715; 35. 47-Brant O'Banion, 698; 36. 17H-Ryan Bickett, 686; 37. 4W-Matt Wasmund, 667

Heat #1 – (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer - 1. 5-David Gravel [1]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [2]; 3. 3-Tim Kaeding [4]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [3]; 5. O9-Matt Juhl [5]; 6. 19-Brent Marks [6]; 7. 19P-Paige Polyak [7]; 8. 35-Skylar Prochaska [9]; 9. 7W-Tasker Phillips [8].

Heat #2 – (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer - 1. 17-Joey Saldana [1]; 2. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier [2]; 3. 4-Paul McMahan [5]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog [4]; 5. 17X-Josh Baughman [6]; 6. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [3]; 7. 23W-Scott Winters [7]; 8. 47-Brant O'Banion [8].

Heat #3 – (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer – 1. 33-Danny Lasoski [2]; 2. 41-Jason Johnson [1]; 3. 82-Cap Henry [3]; 4. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 5. 16-Travis Whitney [6]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [5]; 7. 1B-Dustin Selvage [7]; 8. 17H-Ryan Bickett [8].

Heat #4 – (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer - 1. 2-Shane Stewart [1]; 2. 55-Brooke Tatnell [5]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [2]; 5. 12-Lynton Jeffrey [3]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson [6]; 7. 4W-Matt Wasmund [8]; 8. 13-Clyde Knipp [7].

Craftsman Club Dash (6 Laps) - 1. 2M-Kerry Madsen [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [4]; 5. 17-Joey Saldana [6]; 6. 2-Shane Stewart [7]; 7. 41-Jason Johnson [8]; 8. 5-David Gravel [5]; 9. 18-Ian Madsen [9]; 10. 33-Danny Lasoski [10].

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer - 1. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [1][]; 2. O9-Matt Juhl [3][]; 3. 12-Lynton Jeffrey [2][]; 4. 19-Brent Marks [6][]; 5. 17X-Josh Baughman [5][$300]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [4][$250]; 7. 23W-Scott Winters [11][$225]; 8. 35-Skylar Prochaska [10][$200]; 9. 19P-Paige Polyak [9][$200]; 10. 7W-Tasker Phillips [14][$200]; 11. 1B-Dustin Selvage [12][$200]; 12. W20-Greg Wilson [8][$200]; 13. 16-Travis Whitney [7][$200]; 14. 17H-Ryan Bickett [16][$200]; 15. 4W-Matt Wasmund [17][$200]; 16. 47-Brant O'Banion [15][$200]; 17. 13-Clyde Knipp [13][$200].

CONTINGENCY WINNERS: MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Jason Johnson; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Joey Saldana; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Extended Stay America ($50 cash): Sheldon Haudenschild; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Jason Sides; Super Flow ($50 cash): Jason Sides; Craftsman Club Fast Five ($100 cash): Brad Sweet, Jason Sides, Joey Saldana, Shane Stewart, Jason Johnson; Craftsman/Sears: Kerry Madsen; KSE Hard Charger: Sheldon Haudenschild; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Brad Sweet; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Paul McMahan; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Jason Johnson.

SEASON WINNERS

Donny Schatz - 9 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 19, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 19, LoneStar Speedway on March 3, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 9, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 10, Thunderbowl Raceway on March 18, Missouri State Fair Speedway on May 5, 81 Speedway on May 6, Eldora Speedway May 13);
David Gravel - 8 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 17, Placerville Speedway on March 29, Perris Auto Speedway on April 1, Gator Motorplex on April 13, Plymouth Speedway on April 28, Lincoln Speedway on May 17, Williams Grove on May 19, New Egypt Speedway on May 24.)
Logan Schuchart - 3 (Keller Auto Speedway on March 31, Eldora Speedway on May 12, Charlotte on May 26)
Brad Sweet - 3 (Stockton Dirt Track on March 25, Devil’s Bowl on April 15, Jackson Motorplex on June 3)
Jason Johnson - 2 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 17, Devil’s Bowl on April 14)
Brian Brown – 1 (Cocopah Speedway on April 7)
Rico Abreu – 1 (Arizona Speedway on April 8)
Shane Stewart – 2 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 29)
Parker Price-Miller – 1 (Tri-State Speedway on May 14)
Ian Madsen – 1 (Jackson Motorplex on June 1)
Kerry Madsen – 2 (Jackson Motorplex on June 2)