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Winner Sheldon Haudenschild (Trent Gower Photo)

PEVELY, MO – Aug. 8, 2020 – Sheldon Haudenschild has excelled when redemption is an added trophy for the second time in 2020.

The Wooster, OH driver earned his first win of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series season at Lincoln Speedway, where he didn’t qualify for the event last year. He then claimed his second victory of the season Friday night during the Night Before the Ironman at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55, where he missed an opportunity to win in May when he flipped while leading.

The victory came in dominating fashion as he’s turned the 1/3-mile track into his personal playground. The raceway was built 16 years before Haudenschild was born, but he drives the track like it was built with him in mind. He runs a masterclass of ripping the top and even when he's forced off the high groove to pass cars in traffic, he’s still able to find speed.

“I don’t know if there is a secret,” Haudenschild said about his ability to master I-55. “It’s a combo of everything. Having the confidence in this race car and being really comfortable.”

However, while he dominated the night, leading 34 of the 35 laps, he was still forced to work for the win. Throughout the majority of the race, reigning champion Brad Sweet kept Haudenschild in sight and was never shy about letting him know the NAPA Auto Parts #49 was on his tail.

Sweet, who won the Night Before the Ironman last year, dove under Haudenschild in turns three and four on the first lap to claim the top spot and lead the first lap. Haudenschild had the better run off Turn 4, though, from running high, and crossed underneath Sweet down the front stretch to reclaim the lead by the time they reached Turn 1.

Multiple early cautions fizzled their battle but when the race saw consecutive green flag laps, the fans in the stands and those watching on DIRTVision saw a war for the lead with Haudenschild blazing around the high side of the track and Sweet continuously throwing his car underneath Haudenschild every corner. At times, they’d exit Turn 4 side by side, inches apart, able to reach out and touch each other.

About halfway through the race Sweet was able to dive far enough underneath the NOS Energy Drink #17 car to slide in front of him and take the lead on the exit of the turn, but a caution came out before the lap was completed. The lead went back to Haudenschild and ultimately the race.

Despite his valiant efforts to try and claim another I-55 win, Sweet couldn’t keep pace with Haudenschild in the closing stage of the event. Haudenschild sliced through lap traffic with ease in the final 10 laps, while Sweet struggled to do the same. That allowed Haudenschild to pull away and bring his Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing team to Victory Lane for the second time this year and for the second time at I-55.

“She was on the fence and fast,” Haudenschild said about the track. “It wasn’t powder up there. It was tacky and grabby. I definitely got tight on the right rear a few times and pushed. I was waiting to see Brad’s nose after I did that. I feel like we recovered from our mistakes and learned on that (early) restart. So, I couldn’t ask for much more.”

Sweet’s runner-up finish is his second in a row at the track and third podium finish in a row, as well. While he has two World of Outlaws victories at the track, he’ll be on the hunt for his first Ironman title Saturday night.

“Sheldon, he’s just a gasser,” said Sweet, of Grass Valley, CA. “He was up on the fence and you had to be aggressive. He’s a Haudenschild for sure. I was watching him make moves. It was fun to watch… It’s good to be on the podium. That was a tough 35 laps. We’ve got to make our car a touch better. There’s things we can take away from tonight and go after that Ironman 55.”

Rico Abreu raced his way from seventh to third in the 35-lap event, passing Schatz and Schuchart in the closing stage of the race to steal a podium finish. He’s a two-time Ironman title holder and now has the car to try and score his third.

Haudenschild’s win helped him close within 100 points of the championship battle. Sitting fifth, he is now 96 points behind Sweet, who continues to lead. And while Sweet lost points to Haudenschild, he gained on the rest. He is now 24 points ahead of Logan Schuchart – who finished fifth – and 30 points ahead of third-place Donny Schatz – who finished fourth. Carson Macedo, who finished 8th after starting 19th – earning the KSE Hard Charger award – is fourth in points, 82 points behind Sweet.

They’ll all be gunning for the prestigious Ironman title and $20,000 payday Saturday night. For Haudenschild, he said continued consistency of running smooth laps like he did Friday night could help land to back to back Ironman wins.

UP NEXT

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series returns to Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 for the Ironman 55 Saturday, Aug. 8. Get tickets by clicking here. https://mpv.tickets.com/?orgid=52711&agency=WRG_SNG_MPV&pid=8813409#/event/8813409/seatmap/?selectBuyers=false&minPrice=32&maxPrice=35&quantity=2&sort=price_desc&ada=false&seatSelection=true&onlyCoupon=true&onlyVoucher=false

If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all of the action live on DIRTVision.

Race Results: 8/7/20 – Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55

NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps) – 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [1][$8,000]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [2][$4,000]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [7][$2,500]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [4][$2,200]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [3][$2,100]; 6. 57-Kyle Larson [9][$2,000]; 7. 71-Shane Stewart [5][$1,800]; 8. 2-Carson Macedo [19][$1,600]; 9. 41-Parker Price-Miller [8][$1,500]; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser [20][$1,300]; 11. 39-Sammy Swindell [10][$1,200]; 12. 13-Paul McMahan [17][$1,100]; 13. 1A-Jacob Allen [6][$1,000]; 14. 70-Cale Thomas [13][$700]; 15. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg [18][$600]; 16. 49J-Josh Schneiderman [21][$600]; 17. 35-Zach Hampton [14][$600]; 18. 7S-Jason Sides [11][$600]; 19. 99-Skylar Gee [23][$600]; 20. 51B-Joe Miller [22][$600]; 21. 27-Tucker Klaasmeyer [15][$600]; 22. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [12][$600]; 23. 83-Daryn Pittman [16][$600]; 24. 65-Jordan Goldesberry [24][$600];
Lap Leaders: Brad Sweet 1, Sheldon Haudenschild 2-35;
KSE Hard Charger Award: 2-Carson Macedo[+11]

Qualifying – 1. 49-Brad Sweet, 10.335; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 10.356; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen, 10.378; 4. 15-Donny Schatz, 10.397; 5. 41-Parker Price-Miller, 10.451; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 10.46; 7. 70-Cale Thomas, 10.46; 8. 71-Shane Stewart, 10.48; 9. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 10.518; 10. 24-Rico Abreu, 10.547; 11. 35-Zach Hampton, 10.565; 12. 57-Kyle Larson, 10.568; 13. 83-Daryn Pittman, 10.6; 14. 7S-Jason Sides, 10.612; 15. 27-Tucker Klaasmeyer, 10.618; 16. 39-Sammy Swindell, 10.634; 17. 13-Paul McMahan, 10.642; 18. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 10.648; 19. 2-Carson Macedo, 10.648; 20. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 10.699; 21. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg, 10.776; 22. 23B-Brian Bell, 10.778; 23. 49J-Josh Schneiderman, 10.781; 24. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 10.796; 25. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 10.827; 26. 97-Tommy Worley, 10.836; 27. 6-Bill Rose, 10.842; 28. 33M-Mason Daniel, 10.852; 29. 99-Skylar Gee, 10.891; 30. 51B-Joe Miller, 10.913; 31. 2K-Kevin Ingle, 11.412

DRYDENE Heat #1 (10 Laps) – Top 6 Transfer – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [4]; 4. 39-Sammy Swindell [6]; 5. 70-Cale Thomas [3]; 6. 83-Daryn Pittman [5]; 7. 2-Carson Macedo [7]; 8. 23B-Brian Bell [8]; 9. 2C-Wayne Johnson [9]; 10. 33M-Mason Daniel [10]; 11. 2K-Kevin Ingle [11]

DRYDENE Heat #2 (10 Laps) – Top 6 Transfer – 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [1]; 2. 71-Shane Stewart [3]; 3. 41-Parker Price-Miller [2]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [5]; 5. 35-Zach Hampton [4]; 6. 13-Paul McMahan [6]; 7. 65-Jordan Goldesberry [7]; 8. 49J-Josh Schneiderman [8]; 9. 99-Skylar Gee [10]; 10. 97-Tommy Worley [9]

DRYDENE Heat #3 (10 Laps) – Top 6 Transfer – 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2]; 2. 1A-Jacob Allen [1]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson [4]; 4. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [3]; 5. 27-Tucker Klaasmeyer [5]; 6. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg [7]; 7. 51B-Joe Miller [10]; 8. 11K-Kraig Kinser [6]; 9. 6-Bill Rose [9]; 10. 9K-Kyle Schuett [8]

DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash (8 Laps) – 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [3]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 5. 71-Shane Stewart [5]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [6]

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – Top 6 Transfer – 1. 2-Carson Macedo [2][-]; 2. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1][-]; 3. 49J-Josh Schneiderman [6][-]; 4. 51B-Joe Miller [4][-]; 5. 99-Skylar Gee [8][-]; 6. 65-Jordan Goldesberry [3][-]; 7. 2C-Wayne Johnson [7][$300]; 8. 33M-Mason Daniel [10][$250]; 9. 6-Bill Rose [9][$225]; 10. 2K-Kevin Ingle [13][$200]; 11. 23B-Brian Bell [5][$200]; 12. 97-Tommy Worley [11][$200]; 13. 9K-Kyle Schuett [12][$200]

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Winner Donny Schatz (Trent Gower Photo)

SARVER, PA – July 21, 2020 – Donny Schatz left Lernerville Speedway in September with frustration and a points gap he was unable to make up in time to deny Brad Sweet the 2019 title.

Ten months later, the 10-time Series champion left the Sarver, PA track Tuesday night with a trophy, a big check and the points lead over Sweet.

Redemption best describes the outcome, but astonishing, thrilling and spectacular defines his path to it.

Coming to the white flag, Schatz was running third behind Kyle Larson in second and Sweet in the lead. Five seconds later, he was the leader. A charge around the outside of Larson off Turn 4 and a slide job underneath Sweet going into Turn 1 propelled Schatz to his seventh Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup victory – his third win of 2020 – and the $25,000 top prize.

“It’s awesome to win the Silver Cup,” said Schatz, of Fargo, ND, in Victory Lane. “Third win of the year. Normally we’d like to have more, but we’re not going to get greedy. We’re going to keep racing the way we are and keep going.”

Schatz, Sweet and Larson positioned themselves for a good run early on by winning their Drydene Heat Races. However, Sweet put himself in the best position for the 40-lap Feature by winning the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash and claiming the pole.

Sweet led the first six laps before Schatz, from sixth, ran him down and took the lead in Turn 1. Like a rehearsed dance move, the two slid side by side in unison through Turns 3 &4 with Schatz up high and Sweet low. Schatz had the better momentum off the corner and charge ahead of Sweet to run away with the lead.

While Schatz held command out front for the next 20 laps, Sweet found grip around the bottom and closed on the Advance Auto Parts #15 with 10 laps to go. Once he was close enough to see Schatz wheeling his Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing ride, the two never left each other’s sight.

Sweet reclaimed the lead on Lap 28 and attempted to pull away from Schatz. He was unsuccessful as four laps later Schatz torpedoed his car underneath the NAPA Auto Parts #49 going into Turn 3. The two then drag raced side by side to the line with Schatz officially leading Lap 33. However, Sweet charged back ahead the next corner.

Their fierce racing brought Kyle Larson into the picture. Larson had been struggling on restarts, losing a spot or two each time. It wasn’t until he was able to run consecutive green flag laps that his Finley Farms #57 began to pick off cars and run down the leaders. He passed Schatz for second with four laps to go and began his hunt for Sweet.

The three titans of the Sprint Car world were a car length apart from each other with two laps to go, leaving no certainty of who would leave the victor. Schatz, the furthest back, was at his time limit to make a move for the win and wasted no seconds to perfect his final charge at victory.

He ripped the top of Turns 3 and 4 to power around the outside of Larson coming to the white flag and then carried that momentum into a slide job underneath Sweet going into Turn 1 to reclaim the lead for the final time.

“It’s fun to race like that,” Schatz said. “Those guys are good. That’s what you guys pay to see. My crew did a great job. I think what won us that race is figuring out how to run the racetrack early in the race. I got hanging there at the end and had to move around. I got to traffic, and I wasn’t good on the bottom. The 49 could get down there. The 57 could go there. But that’s what ultimately won us the race. Those guys were choking down around there and we could carry speed through (Turns) three and four.”

Larson had his own last lap charge, diving underneath Sweet for second in Turn 4 and closed to Schatz’s bumper at the finish line. His last four finishes with the Series now include three wins and a runner-up finish.

“It was an exciting race there,” said Larson, of Elk Grove, CA. “The track changed a ton. It was hard to keep up with it… It was a fun race. Fun to have the three of us battling for the win there coming down late. Just came up a little bit short.”

While Sweet had to settle for a third-place finish, it marked the end to his bad luck streak of three DNFs in a row.

“Probably should have protected,” said Sweet, of Grass Valley, CA. “I don’t know if I would have still held them off. I kind of felt like I was hanging on a little the last few laps there. Just couldn’t quite get the momentum built back up.”

Along with the top-three, Jason Sides had an impressive night. After starting 21st and having to visit the work area twice, he worked his way up to a seventh-place finished and earned the KSE Racing Hard Charger award for the night.

With his win at Lernerville, Schatz is now only three wins away from a milestone 300 career World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series wins and has reclaimed the points lead for the first time since he won the season opening race at Volusia Speedway Park. He currently holds a four-point lead over Sweet in second and a 30-point lead over third-place Logan Schuchart, who finished ninth.

This time, he's leaving Lernerville with a smile.

UP NEXT

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series returns to Lincoln Speedway for the Gettysburg Clash presented by Drydene on Thurs., July 23. Get tickets by clicking here. https://mpv.tickets.com/?agency=WRG_SNG_MPV&orgid=52711&pid=8843889#/event/8843889/seatmap/?selectBuyers=false&minPrice=30&maxPrice=37&quantity=2&sort=price_desc&ada=false&seatSelection=true&onlyCoupon=true&onlyVoucher=false

If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all of the action live on DIRTVision.

Race Results: 7/21/20 – Lernerville Speedway

NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps) – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [6][$25,000]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson [3][$7,000]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [1][$5,000]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [7][$4,000]; 5. 41-David Gravel [5][$3,000]; 6. 2-Carson Macedo [2][$2,900]; 7. 7S-Jason Sides [21][$2,800]; 8. 14-Parker Price-Miller [4][$2,700]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart [9][$2,600]; 10. 49X-Tim Shaffer [18][$2,500]; 11. 5-Brent Marks [8][$2,400]; 12. 15K-Chad Kemenah [14][$2,300]; 13. 11K-Kraig Kinser [19][$2,200]; 14. 2M-Kerry Madsen [10][$2,100]; 15. 83-Daryn Pittman [22][$2,000]; 16. 42-Sye Lynch [15][$1,500]; 17. 9-Kasey Kahne [16][$1,300]; 18. 46-Michael Bauer [23][$1,200]; 19. 33M-Mason Daniel [25][$]; 20. 18-Gio Scelzi [13][$1,200]; 21. 3-Jac Haudenschild [20][$1,200]; 22. 11-Carl Bowser [26][$]; 23. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [12][$1,200]; 24. 2C-Wayne Johnson [24][$1,200]; 25. 1A-Jacob Allen [11][$1,200]; 26. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg [17][$1,200];
Lap Leaders: Brad Sweet 1-6, 28-32, 34-39; Donny Schatz 7-27, 33, 40;
KSE Hard Charger Award: 7S-Jason Sides[+14]

Qualifying Flight-A – 1. 2-Carson Macedo, 13.476; 2. 57-Kyle Larson, 13.52; 3. 41-David Gravel, 13.551; 4. 14-Parker Price-Miller, 13.601; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.637; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.658; 7. 18-Gio Scelzi, 13.668; 8. 42-Sye Lynch, 13.724; 9. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg, 13.767; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.865; 11. 46-Michael Bauer, 14.048; 12. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 14.048; 13. 83-Daryn Pittman, 14.143; 14. 40-George Hobaugh, 14.268; 15. 6-Bill Rose, 14.3; 16. J4-John Garvin, 14.368; 17. 13-Brandon Matus, 14.368; 18. 33-Brent Matus, 14.751; 19. 14H-Jeremy Hill, 15.246; 20. 2F-A.J. Flick, NT

Qualifying Flight-B – 1. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.331; 2. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.551; 3. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 13.601; 4. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 13.723; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.763; 6. 5-Brent Marks, 13.918; 7. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 13.927; 8. 9-Kasey Kahne, 14.017; 9. 15K-Chad Kemenah, 14.102; 10. 3-Jac Haudenschild, 14.107; 11. 7S-Jason Sides, 14.178; 12. 11-Carl Bowser, 14.218; 13. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 14.253; 14. 91-Tony Fiore, 14.41; 15. 23-Cole Macedo, 14.43; 16. C1-Clay Riney, 14.454; 17. 33M-Mason Daniel, 14.611; 18. 19-Steven Haefke, 15.287; 19. 4K-Kip Edwards, 17.09

DRYDENE Heat #1 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 2-Carson Macedo [1]; 2. 41-David Gravel [2]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [3]; 4. 18-Gio Scelzi [4]; 5. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg [5]; 6. 83-Daryn Pittman [7]; 7. 46-Michael Bauer [6]; 8. 13-Brandon Matus [9]; 9. 6-Bill Rose [8]; 10. 14H-Jeremy Hill [10]

DRYDENE Heat #2 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 57-Kyle Larson [1]; 2. 14-Parker Price-Miller [2]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen [3]; 4. 42-Sye Lynch [4]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5]; 6. 22-Brandon Spithaler [6]; 7. J4-John Garvin [8]; 8. 40-George Hobaugh [7]; 9. 33-Brent Matus [9]; 10. 2F-A.J. Flick [10]

DRYDENE Heat #3 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [3]; 3. 2M-Kerry Madsen [2]; 4. 15K-Chad Kemenah [5]; 5. 49X-Tim Shaffer [4]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 7. 2C-Wayne Johnson [7]; 8. 33M-Mason Daniel [9]; 9. 23-Cole Macedo [8]; 10. 4K-Kip Edwards [10]

DRYDENE Heat #4 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 2. 5-Brent Marks [3]; 3. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [2]; 4. 9-Kasey Kahne [4]; 5. 3-Jac Haudenschild [5]; 6. 11-Carl Bowser [6]; 7. 91-Tony Fiore [7]; 8. C1-Clay Riney [8]; 9. 19-Steven Haefke [9]

DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash (8 Laps) – 1. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 2. 2-Carson Macedo [2]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson [4]; 4. 14-Parker Price-Miller [1]; 5. 41-David Gravel [5]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz [6]; 7. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [7]; 8. 5-Brent Marks [8]

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 7S-Jason Sides [2][]; 2. 83-Daryn Pittman [3][]; 3. 46-Michael Bauer [1][]; 4. 2C-Wayne Johnson [6][]; 5. 11-Carl Bowser [4][$500]; 6. 22-Brandon Spithaler [5][$400]; 7. J4-John Garvin [7][$350]; 8. 40-George Hobaugh [11][$300]; 9. 23-Cole Macedo [14][$275]; 10. 33M-Mason Daniel [10][$250]; 11. 13-Brandon Matus [9][$200]; 12. 33-Brent Matus [15][$200]; 13. C1-Clay Riney [12][$200]; 14. 6-Bill Rose [13][$200]; 15. 19-Steven Haefke [16][$200]; 16. 14H-Jeremy Hill [17][$200]; 17. 91-Tony Fiore [8][$200]; 18. 4K-Kip Edwards [18][$200]; 19. 2F-A.J. Flick [19][$200]

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Winner Kyle Larson (Trent Gower Photo)

ATTICA, OH – July 15, 2020 – By the time the checkered flag fell at Attica Raceway Park Tuesday night, there wasn’t enough room on the front page of the morning paper to fit all of the headlines.

* Kyle Larson held off 10-time World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series champion Donny
Schatz to win the Ohio Logisitics Brad Doty Classic presented by Racing Optics – his first Classic
win, first World of Outlaws win at Attica and third World of Outlaws win in a row.

* Reigning champion Brad Sweet’s string of bad luck continued, suffering his third DNF in a row. He now
holds a two point lead over Schatz.

* The father and son duo of Sheldon Haudenschild and Jac Haudenschild put on a show in the top-five,
trading slide jobs and swapping positions all night long.

“It’s one that I think everyone looks forward to running,” Larson said about winning the Brad Doty Classic and claiming the $10,000 top prize. “Brad (Doty) is such a nice guy and has done so much for this sport, long before I was born. It’s cool to get the opportunity to run this race. I got beat by Donny the last time we ran here, so it was good to edge him there.”

Larson was a dominate force all night. He won his Drydene Heat Race, drew the number one pill for the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash and then won the Dash by four seconds to start on the pole for the 40-lap Feature.

Sweet was on track to have a similarly strong night in the early stage of the event. He set Quick Time in Flight 2 of Qualifying and had a commanding lead in his Heat Race before his motor let go – a similar scenario Schatz faced on Sunday at the Terre Haute Action Track. Sweet then won the Last Chance Showdown, earning him the 21st starting spot for the Feature out of 25 cars.

When the Feature commenced, Larson left Schatz. He pulled away to about a second lead in the first two laps before the caution came out for Sweet spinning in Turn 4. With no damage, he got pointed in the right direction and continued.

The green flag flew again and Larson continued to be a missile on four wheels. While Schatz could keep the Finley Farms #57 in sight in the first two corners, Larson would find another gear and rocket away from the field. He was able to maneuver through lap traffic with the apparent foresight of where they would go.

On Lap 17, Logan Schuchart and Kerry Madsen made contact, putting Madsen in the wall. Carson Macedo spun while trying to avoid the wreck and made contact with Ian Madsen and caused Sweet to flip.

Enough repairs were made to Sweet’s car to get him back on track with seconds to spare. However, with a damaged wing and other bent parts, Sweet was well off the pace. Another red flag came out a lap later, allowing Sweet’s Kasey Kahne Racing team to continue working on the NAPA Auto Parts #49. The repairs helped him pick up more speed, but with three laps to go he slowed with another issue and pulled off track – the first time since 2013 he’s had three consecutive DNFs.

Before then, Larson made qualifying laps while Schatz searched to match his speed. And behind them the father and son duo of Sheldon Haudenschild and Jac Haudenschild put on the show of the night. They officially swapped positions four times throughout the race, but were side by side, feet apart throughout the 40-lap event.

Larson hit heavy traffic in the closing laps, allowing Schatz to close in and have thoughts of stealing the win away from him. Schatz showed Larson his nose a couple of times, but Larson found clean air and rocketed away again before Schatz could attempt a pass.

“It was nice I could look back and see they were half of a track behind me,” Larson said. “We had a good car there… Whenever I would get within a straightaway of lap traffic, I couldn’t see the cushion and started to make mistakes and thought I could cheat the corner and slide myself. I say Donny (Schatz) show is nose a couple of times. I had to get aggressive to get around those two slower cars. I was able to do that and get some good consistent laps put together.”

Schatz earned his second runner-up finish in a row – third in four races – and fourth top-five finish in a row.

“It’s just the way it goes,” Schatz said. “The car was solid. A solid night. My (Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing) guys have done a great job… We just needed to stay in traffic.”

Schatz’s consistency couldn’t have come at a better time with Sweet’s consistent bad luck. However, Schatz can sympathize with Sweet, knowing how easy it is to go from dominating to struggling.

“There’s only one thing I can control, which is going on with this (TSR) 15 car,” Schatz said. “I can’t control what goes on with anything else. I’ve been in that position before. Things go for you and they go against you. It’s all part of the game.”

Sheldon won the battle against his dad, rounding out the podium – his 15th top-10 finish in a row. Logan Schuchart snuck by Jac in the closing laps to finish fourth and earn the KSE Racing Hard Charger Award – coming from 11th. Jac finished fifth – his first top-five of the season.

With the back half of the 2020 season starting in Pennsylvania next week, the top-five in points are now all within in striking distance of the championship points lead.

1. Brad Sweet --
2. Donny Schatz -2
3. Logan Schuchart -14
4. Carson Macedo -56
5. Sheldon Haudenschild -74

UP NEXT

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series returns to Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA for the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup. Get tickets by clicking here. https://mpv.tickets.com/?orgid=52711&agency=WRG_SNG_MPV&pid=8790170#/event/8790170/seatmap/?selectBuyers=false&minPrice=35&maxPrice=39&quantity=2&sort=price_desc&ada=false&seatSelection=true&onlyCoupon=true&onlyVoucher=false

If you can’t make it to the track, you can still watch all of the action live on DIRTVision.

Race Results: 7/14/20 – Attica Raceway Park

NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps) – 1. 57-Kyle Larson [1][$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2][$5,500]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [3][$3,200]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [11][$2,800]; 5. 3-Jac Haudenschild [6][$2,500]; 6. 83-Daryn Pittman [5][$2,300]; 7. 2-Carson Macedo [13][$2,200]; 8. 14-Parker Price-Miller [7][$2,100]; 9. 41-David Gravel [4][$2,050]; 10. O9-Craig Mintz [9][$2,000]; 11. 28-Tim Shaffer [10][$1,500]; 12. 11K-Kraig Kinser [16][$1,200]; 13. 1A-Jacob Allen [15][$1,100]; 14. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [14][$1,050]; 15. 18-Ian Madsen [12][$1,000]; 16. W20-Greg Wilson [22][$900]; 17. 9-Kasey Kahne [17][$800]; 18. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [20][$800]; 19. 7S-Jason Sides [23][$800]; 20. 3J-Trey Jacobs [19][$800]; 21. 33M-Mason Daniel [25][$]; 22. 8M-TJ Michael [24][$800]; 23. 49-Brad Sweet [21][$800]; 24. 2M-Kerry Madsen [8][$800]; 25. 5-Byron Reed [18][$800]; Lap Leaders: Kyle Larson 1-40; KSE Hard Charger Award: 1S-Logan Schuchart[+7]

Qualifying Flight-A – 1. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 12.5; 2. 14-Parker Price-Miller, 12.588; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.59; 4. 3-Jac Haudenschild, 12.626; 5. 2-Carson Macedo, 12.665; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen, 12.676; 7. 91-Cale Thomas, 12.826; 8. 3J-Trey Jacobs, 12.84; 9. 9-Kasey Kahne, 12.862; 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.869; 11. O9-Craig Mintz, 12.911; 12. 7S-Jason Sides, 12.988; 13. 27Z-Zane Devault, 13.011; 14. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.04; 15. 8M-TJ Michael, 13.074; 16. 15K-Chad Kemenah, 13.088; 17. 16-DJ Foos, 13.1; 18. 19R-Jordan Ryan, 13.126; 19. 68G-Tyler Gunn, 13.208; 20. 23-Cole Macedo, 13.263; 21. 6-Bill Rose, 13.284

Qualifying Flight-B – 1. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.709; 2. 57-Kyle Larson, 12.722; 3. 41-David Gravel, 12.796; 4. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.816; 5. 83-Daryn Pittman, 12.972; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.027; 7. 28-Tim Shaffer, 13.068; 8. 18-Ian Madsen, 13.09; 9. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 13.144; 10. 4-Cap Henry, 13.157; 11. 33M-Mason Daniel, 13.159; 12. 1-Nate Dussel, 13.236; 13. 3C-Cale Conley, 13.247; 14. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 13.28; 15. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.329; 16. 33W-Caleb Griffith, 13.331; 17. 5-Byron Reed, 13.348; 18. 21-Carson Short, 13.386; 19. 49D-Shawn Dancer, 13.41; 20. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 13.445; 21. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.55

DRYDENE Heat #1 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 2M-Kerry Madsen [1]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [2]; 3. O9-Craig Mintz [6]; 4. 2-Carson Macedo [3]; 5. 9-Kasey Kahne [5]; 6. 91-Cale Thomas [4]; 7. 8M-TJ Michael [8]; 8. 27Z-Zane Devault [7]; 9. 68G-Tyler Gunn [10]; 10. 16-DJ Foos [9]; 11. 6-Bill Rose [11]

DRYDENE Heat #2 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 3-Jac Haudenschild [2]; 2. 14-Parker Price-Miller [1]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]; 4. 1A-Jacob Allen [3]; 5. 3J-Trey Jacobs [4]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 7. 5T-Travis Philo [7]; 8. 15K-Chad Kemenah [8]; 9. 19R-Jordan Ryan [9]; 10. 23-Cole Macedo [10]

DRYDENE Heat #3 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 41-David Gravel [2]; 2. 83-Daryn Pittman [3]; 3. 28-Tim Shaffer [4]; 4. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [5]; 5. 5-Byron Reed [9]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson [8]; 7. 33M-Mason Daniel [6]; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker [11]; 9. 49D-Shawn Dancer [10]; 10. 3C-Cale Conley [7]; 11. 49-Brad Sweet [1]

DRYDENE Heat #4 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 57-Kyle Larson [1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [4]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [3]; 5. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [7]; 6. 1-Nate Dussel [6]; 7. 33W-Caleb Griffith [8]; 8. 21-Carson Short [9]; 9. 4-Cap Henry [5]; 10. 2C-Wayne Johnson [10]

DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash (8 Laps) – 1. 57-Kyle Larson [1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [3]; 4. 41-David Gravel [4]; 5. 83-Daryn Pittman [6]; 6. 3-Jac Haudenschild [8]; 7. 14-Parker Price-Miller [5]; 8. 2M-Kerry Madsen [7]

C-Main (10 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer – 1. 23-Cole Macedo [7][-]; 2. 68G-Tyler Gunn [1][-]; 3. 19R-Jordan Ryan [3][$150]; 4. 2C-Wayne Johnson [8][$150]; 5. 16-DJ Foos [5][$150]; 6. 6-Bill Rose [9][$125]; 7. 49D-Shawn Dancer [2][$125]; 8. 4-Cap Henry [4][$125]; 9. 3C-Cale Conley [6][$125]

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 49-Brad Sweet [2][-]; 2. W20-Greg Wilson [4][-]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [3][-]; 4. 8M-TJ Michael [5][-]; 5. 21-Carson Short [13][$300]; 6. 33M-Mason Daniel [8][$250]; 7. 15K-Chad Kemenah [11][$225]; 8. 27Z-Zane Devault [9][$200]; 9. 91-Cale Thomas [1][$200]; 10. 68G-Tyler Gunn [15][$200]; 11. 35-Stuart Brubaker [12][$200]; 12. 33W-Caleb Griffith [10][$200]; 13. 5T-Travis Philo [7][$200]; 14. 23-Cole Macedo [14][$200]; 15. 1-Nate Dussel [6][$200]

World of Outlaws

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Winner Logan Schuchart (Trent Gower Photo)

TERRE HAUTE, IN – July 12, 2020 – The sun was still minutes away from its decent into slumber when the green flag waved to start the Wabash Clash at the Terre Haute Action Track Sunday night.

Polesitter Logan Schuchart launched ahead of the field to maintain the lead for the first lap and then the rest of the night – claiming his fifth win of the season and first at the half-mile track.

However, the night sky painted the backdrop to Schuchart’s win after about an hour of intense racing and excitement.

“It was a test the whole time,” Schuchart said about the 30-lap Feature. “There were so many yellows and reds that it made me think a whole lot every yellow about what the car was doing and whether I was running the right line. You try to look for your guys to give you feedback a little bit. It’s just tough. You never know how far out front you are. We only come here every couple of years, and I think the last time here we finished eighth or something like that. So, big improvement and big testament for our guys.”

Eight cautions, which include two red flags – and an Open Red fuel stop – forced Schuchart to run eight perfect restarts. On each one, he had the likes of 10-time Series champion Donny Schatz, 2013 Series champion Daryn Pittman, 2019 Knoxville Nationals winner David Gravel and last year’s Rookie of the Year Carson Macedo starting alongside and behind him at various times. And on every start, he pulled away from each.

Schuchart rocketed ahead of the field every time the green flag waved and pulled away to about a second lead by the end of the lap.

He first outran Kerry Madsen, who started second, on the initial start of the Feature. Madsen faded, bringing Macedo up into second-place. The Kyle Larson Racing driver was unable to best Schuchart on the two restart attempts he was given.

On Lap 13, a part broke on Macedo’s car, sending him spinning into the front stretch wall. At the same time, reigning champion and current points leader Brad Sweet had a right rear tire go flat. Macedo was running second and Sweet was third.

Their misfortune put Gravel into second and Shane Stewart into third. Schuchart bested both of them on the restart, again pulling away. Stewart also worked his way by Gravel for second. Five laps later, Sweet had another part failure and went hard into the Turn 3 wall. That ended his night, giving him two consecutive DNFs – the first time that’s happened in his career since 2013.

When the race resumed, the field was unable to complete the lap before the red flag was thrown, again, for Ayrton Gennetten flipping in Turn 4 after contact with Kerry Madsen. Gennetten, in just his sixth World of Outlaws Feature, was having an impressive run inside the top-10. Before the accident, he was battling with Madsen and Schatz for a top-five position.

While Schuchart led every lap, Schatz had one of the most impressive performances of the night. He blew an engine in the Drydene Heat Race, forcing him to start last in the 23-car field. Schatz then went from 23rd to 15th in the first two laps and continued to pick off multiple cars on every restart. By Lap 22, he moved past Gravel to take third.

Pittman was Schuchart’s closest competition on a restart with 12 laps to go. For the first time all night, he couldn’t pull away. Pittman kept the Drydene #1S within reach. However, before Pittman could try to dethrone the Shark Racing driver, a caution came out for Jason Sides blowing an engine.

The caution set up a three-lap heavy weight clash between Schuchart, Pittman and Schatz. But for the final time of the evening, with darkness now filling the sky, Schuchart continued his masterclass of restarts and drove away from Pittman and Schatz, leaving them to argue over second. Schatz won the battle – and the KSE Racing Hard Charger Award for the night – forcing Pittman to settle for third.

“We got ourselves qualified well tonight, but the Heat Race went to Hell in a handbag,” Schatz said. “So, that’s just the way it works. We had to dig ourselves out of a hole. It’s a pretty respectable night. We’d like to be a little bit better. We won’t hang our head on it. It’s trying at the moment, but we’ll dig through it. These (Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing) guys are incredible at what they do.”

Schatz – second in points – has cut Sweet’s points lead down from 114 points to now 44 points in the last two races. Schuchart is third, 52 points back now.

His Terre Haute Action Track win marks his 21st career World of Outlaws win and one of the hardest he had to work for.

“It was a guessing game every restart, whether (the best line on the track) was going away or if I didn’t have my wing speed yet,” said Schuchart, of Hanover, PA. “It’s a great race car. Thanks, again, to my guys. We didn’t feel great after the Heat Race and in Qualifying I felt slow and didn’t know what to change. Sometimes it’s harder on these big racetracks. It can feel straight and smooth but you’re just slow. It’s hard to tell what you need to change. We made the right changes and we’re able to get here in Victory Lane.”

UP NEXT

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series returns to Attica Raceway Park on Tuesday, July 14 for the Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic presented by Racing Optics.

If you can’t make it to the track, you can still watch all of the action live on DIRTVision.

Race Results: 7/12/20 – Terre Haute Action Track

NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [1][$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [23][$5,500]; 3. 83-Daryn Pittman [9][$3,200]; 4. 71-Shane Stewart [5][$2,800]; 5. 41-David Gravel [4][$2,500]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [8][$2,300]; 7. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [6][$2,200]; 8. 7-Tim Kaeding [14][$2,100]; 9. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg [7][$2,050]; 10. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [15][$2,000]; 11. 2-Carson Macedo [3][$1,500]; 12. 2C-Wayne Johnson [13][$1,200]; 13. 33M-Mason Daniel [19][$1,100]; 14. 35-Zach Hampton [20][$1,050]; 15. 6-Bill Rose [18][$1,000]; 16. 9K-Kyle Schuett [21][$900]; 17. 71M-Paul May [17][$800]; 18. 7S-Jason Sides [22][$800]; 19. 2M-Kerry Madsen [2][$800]; 20. 3-Ayrton Gennetten [11][$800]; 21. 14-Parker Price-Miller [10][$800]; 22. 49-Brad Sweet [12][$800]; 23. 11K-Kraig Kinser [16][$800];
Lap Leaders: Logan Schuchart 1-30;
KSE Hard Charger Award: 15-Donny Schatz[+21]

Qualifying – 1. 2-Carson Macedo, 16.797; 2. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 16.877; 3. 71-Shane Stewart, 16.918; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 16.931; 5. 15-Donny Schatz, 16.931; 6. 41-David Gravel, 16.985; 7. 14-Parker Price-Miller, 16.996; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen, 17.031; 9. 49-Brad Sweet, 17.057; 10. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg, 17.088; 11. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 17.101; 12. 83-Daryn Pittman, 17.174; 13. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 17.315; 14. 7-Tim Kaeding, 17.324; 15. 6-Bill Rose, 17.394; 16. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 17.404; 17. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 17.488; 18. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, 17.515; 19. 7S-Jason Sides, 17.571; 20. 71M-Paul May, 17.688; 21. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 17.797; 22. 33M-Mason Daniel, 17.831; 23. 35-Zach Hampton, NT

DRYDENE Heat #1 (8 Laps) – Top 8 Transfer – 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [2]; 2. 2-Carson Macedo [1]; 3. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg [4]; 4. 14-Parker Price-Miller [3]; 5. 2C-Wayne Johnson [5]; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser [6]; 7. 33M-Mason Daniel [8]; 8. 7S-Jason Sides [7]

DRYDENE Heat #2 (8 Laps) – Top 8 Transfer – 1. 2M-Kerry Madsen [1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen [3]; 4. 3-Ayrton Gennetten [6]; 5. 7-Tim Kaeding [5]; 6. 71M-Paul May [7]; 7. 35-Zach Hampton [8]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz [2]

DRYDENE Heat #3 (8 Laps) – Top 8 Transfer – 1. 71-Shane Stewart [1]; 2. 41-David Gravel [2]; 3. 83-Daryn Pittman [4]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 5. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [6]; 6. 6-Bill Rose [5]; 7. 9K-Kyle Schuett [7]

DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash (6 Laps) – 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [1]; 2. 2M-Kerry Madsen [2]; 3. 2-Carson Macedo [3]; 4. 41-David Gravel [4]; 5. 71-Shane Stewart [5]; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [6]