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ROUND ONE KNOCKOUT: Brad Sweet wins first round of AGCO Jackson Nationals
Kasey Kahne Racing gets early win, but Logan Schuchart takes Jackson Nationals points lead
JACKSON, MN – June 26, 2020 – After losing a win by inches last week, reigning champion Brad Sweet dominates the first of two Features Friday night for the 42 Annual AGCO Jackson Nationals.

Sweet, the two-time and defending AGCO Jackson Nationals champion, won his fourth World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series Feature at the 4/10-mile Jackson Motorplex before having to turn around and run another Feature later in the night.

“We were slow in qualifying and had to make up for it," said Sweet, of Grass Valley CA. "Luckily we got the win."

Thursday night’s program was halted by rain and pushed to Friday evening before the official second night of the AGCO Jackson Nationals kicked off.

Sweet had made his way into the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash with a second-place run in his Drydene Heat Race. He then went on to secure another runner-up finish behind winner Austin McCarl in the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash – placing him on the outside pole for the 25-lap Feature.

When Feature went green, after a red flag on the initial start for Mark Dobmeier flipping in Turn 2, Sweet snuck to the outside of Austin McCarl and drove around him in Turns 3 and 4 to claim the lead on the first lap. From then on, it was “The Big Cat’s” show.

Sweet pulled away to about a straightaway lead over McCarl by the second lap of the race. He hit lap traffic on Lap 6, but the slower cars didn’t faze him. While McCarl was able to knock off a tenth of a second here and there when lap cars blocked the track in front of Sweet, the NAPA Auto Parts #49 gained those tenths back and more once he found clean air.

"I've felt comfortable here," said Sweet, who's won the last three 410 Sprint Car events at the track. "We have a good package here. Hats of to my guys."

Shane Stewart had an impressive run going in his Feature debut in Guy Forbrook’s #5 car, running third for most of the race. But on Lap 13 he had an issue and had to pull off track. It was a big enough issue to end his entire night. That moved Matt Juhl, who won at Jackson Motorplex in a 360-c.i. Sprint Car the week before, into third.

Neither Juhl or McCarl had anything for Sweet in the closing laps. He pulled his Kasey Kasey Racing car into Victory Lane for the fifth time this year with the World of Outlaws.

"Hopefully we can have a good night overall and it will put us in a good spot on Saturday (for the Jackson Nationals championship $30,000-to-win finale)," Sweet said.

McCarl finished second and Juhl rounded out the podium – career best World of Outlaws runs for the two drivers.

"He (Sweet) got a good run there on the top and got by me," McCarl said. "That's why he's a World of Outlaws champion. One of the best in the world right now."

While Sweet takes home the trophy, Logan Schuchart has the early points lead for the Jackson Nationals with his fourth-place finish in the Feature and other strong performances throughout the format, such as his runner-up qualifying run. Parker Price-Miller is second and Sheldon Haudenschild is third. Sweet is currently 12th in points. He qualified 25th in round one, which put him behind in points.

(RELATED: 2020 AGCO Jackson Nationals format https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/2020-format-agco-jackson-nationals/)

UP NEXT

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will run round two of the AGCO Jackson Nationals at the Jackson Motorplex tonight, starting at 9 p.m. (CT).

You can watch all of the action live on DIRTVision.

Race Results: 6/26/20 – Jackson Motorplex: AGCO Jackson Nationals Night 1

NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 49-Brad Sweet [2][$10,000]; 2. 17A-Austin McCarl [1][$5,000]; 3. O9-Matt Juhl [3][$3,000]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [10][$2,700]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [7][$2,500]; 6. 3-Tim Kaeding [5][$2,200]; 7. 7-Justin Henderson [9][$2,000]; 8. 14-Parker Price-Miller [11][$1,800]; 9. 2-Carson Macedo [18][$1,600]; 10. 83-Daryn Pittman [12][$1,450]; 11. 9-Kasey Kahne [6][$1,300]; 12. 2M-Kerry Madsen [22][$1,200]; 13. 21-Brian Brown [14][$1,100]; 14. 49X-Tim Shaffer [8][$1,000]; 15. 41-David Gravel [17][$950]; 16. 11K-Kraig Kinser [16][$900]; 17. 18-Ian Madsen [20][$850]; 18. 15-Donny Schatz [23][$750]; 19. 1A-Jacob Allen [13][$725]; 20. 33M-Mason Daniel [24][$700]; 21. 7S-Jason Sides [15][$700]; 22. 5-Shane Stewart [4][$700]; 23. 13-Mark Dobmeier [19][$700]; 24. 64-Scotty Thiel [21][$700]; Lap Leaders: Brad Sweet 1-25; KSE Hard Charger Award: 2M-Kerry Madsen[+10]

Qualifying – 1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 12.807; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.839; 3. 14-Parker Price-Miller, 12.857; 4. 18-Ian Madsen, 12.892; 5. 41-David Gravel, 12.894; 6. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 12.926; 7. 7S-Jason Sides, 12.937; 8. 83-Daryn Pittman, 12.94; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen, 12.947; 10. 21-Brian Brown, 13.021; 11. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.032; 12. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.038; 13. 33M-Mason Daniel, 13.102; 14. 2-Carson Macedo, 13.117; 15. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 13.119; 16. 17A-Austin McCarl, 13.153; 17. 7-Justin Henderson, 13.154; 18. 3-Tim Kaeding, 13.166; 19. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 13.169; 20. 83R-Lynton Jeffrey, 13.176; 21. 5-Shane Stewart, 13.24; 22. O9-Matt Juhl, 13.278; 23. 4-Terry McCarl, 13.279; 24. 9-Kasey Kahne, 13.279; 25. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.292; 26. 44S-Trey Starks, 13.302; 27. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 13.405; 28. 17B-Bill Balog, 13.413; 29. 16-Brooke Tatnell, 13.451; 30. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg, 13.537; 31. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.542; 32. 35-Skylar Prochaska, 13.544; 33. 33-James Broty, 13.565; 34. 44-Chris Martin, 13.579; 35. 27-Tucker Klaasmeyer, 13.593; 36. O5-Colin Smith, 13.655; 37. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, 13.821; 38. 14K-Tori Knutson, 13.859; 39. 6-Bill Rose, 13.886; 40. 14X-Jody Rosenboom, 13.898; 41. 3P-Sawyer Phillips, 13.933; 42. 4X-Cody Hansen, 14.052; 43. 2K-Kevin Ingle, 14.101; 44. 97-Alan Gilbertson, 15.681

DRYDENE Heat #1 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 5-Shane Stewart [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [7]; 3. 7-Justin Henderson [2]; 4. 1A-Jacob Allen [4]; 5. 41-David Gravel [5]; 6. 33M-Mason Daniel [3]; 7. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [10]; 8. 64-Scotty Thiel [6]; 9. 33-James Broty [9]; 10. 16-Brooke Tatnell [8]; 11. 3P-Sawyer Phillips [11]

DRYDENE Heat #2 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. O9-Matt Juhl [1]; 2. 3-Tim Kaeding [2]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [6]; 4. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 5. 2-Carson Macedo [3]; 6. 2M-Kerry Madsen [5]; 7. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg [8]; 8. 44S-Trey Starks [7]; 9. 44-Chris Martin [9]; 10. 4X-Cody Hansen [11]; 11. 14K-Tori Knutson [10]

DRYDENE Heat #3 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer [2]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [4]; 3. 14-Parker Price-Miller [6]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [5]; 5. 13-Mark Dobmeier [3]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz [8]; 7. 2C-Wayne Johnson [7]; 8. 27-Tucker Klaasmeyer [9]; 9. 4-Terry McCarl [1]; 10. 6-Bill Rose [10]; 11. 2K-Kevin Ingle [11]

DRYDENE Heat #4 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 9-Kasey Kahne [1]; 2. 17A-Austin McCarl [3]; 3. 83-Daryn Pittman [5]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [4]; 5. 18-Ian Madsen [6]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog [7]; 7. 14X-Jody Rosenboom [10]; 8. 83R-Lynton Jeffrey [2]; 9. 35-Skylar Prochaska [8]; 10. O5-Colin Smith [9]; 11. 97-Alan Gilbertson [11]

DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash (6 Laps) – 1. 17A-Austin McCarl [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 3. O9-Matt Juhl [2]; 4. 5-Shane Stewart [5]; 5. 3-Tim Kaeding [4]; 6. 9-Kasey Kahne [6]; 7. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [8]; 8. 49X-Tim Shaffer [7]

C-Main (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 4-Terry McCarl [2][-]; 2. 16-Brooke Tatnell [4][-]; 3. 33-James Broty [1][$]; 4. 35-Skylar Prochaska [3][$]; 5. 6-Bill Rose [6][$150]; 6. 4X-Cody Hansen [5][$150]; 7. 3P-Sawyer Phillips [8][$150]; 8. 2K-Kevin Ingle [10][$125]; 9. O5-Colin Smith [7][$125]; 10. 14K-Tori Knutson [9][$125]; 11. 97-Alan Gilbertson [11][$125]; 12. 44-Chris Martin [12][$125]

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 64-Scotty Thiel [1][-]; 2. 2M-Kerry Madsen [2][-]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [4][-]; 4. 33M-Mason Daniel [3][-]; 5. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg [7][$300]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog [5][$250]; 7. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [6][$225]; 8. 83R-Lynton Jeffrey [12][$200]; 9. 16-Brooke Tatnell [14][$200]; 10. 14X-Jody Rosenboom [9][$200]; 11. 27-Tucker Klaasmeyer [11][$200]; 12. 44S-Trey Starks [10][$200]; 13. 2C-Wayne Johnson [8][$200]; 14. 35-Skylar Prochaska [16][$200]; 15. 33-James Broty [15][$200]; 16. 4-Terry McCarl [13][$200]

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BY INCHES: Macedo wins thriller at Haubstadt during historic broadcast
Kyle Larson Racing wins during World of Outlaws' return to live national TV on CBS Sports Network

HAUBSTADT, IN – June 20, 2020 – Carson Macedo was prepared to leave Tri-State Speedway Saturday night with either a trophy or a wrecked car.

“I wanted to win really bad,” Macedo said.

Not only where he and his Kyle Larson Racing team eager for a return to Victory Lane, Saturday night’s World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series event awarded $10,000-to-win and was broadcasted live on CBS Sports Network – the first time since 2012 that the World of Outlaws have been live on national television.

He and reigning champion Brad Sweet thrilled fans watching around the world and at the Indiana track by putting on a duel that ended with Macedo edging Sweet by 0.064 seconds at the finish line.

“When he (Sweet) passed me on the restart, I basically said, ‘I was going to commit and either crash it or try to win,’” Macedo said while trying to catch his breath in Victory Lane. “I felt really good. When your race car is really good, it’s easy to make those kinds of decisions.”

The victory is his sixth career Series win and first of 2020. He had been building to it with three top-five finishes in the last three races, but Sweet and Jacob Allen made him work for it.

The trio turned the 40-lap Feature into an exhibition of slide jobs and close quarter racing.

Macedo, of Lemoore, CA, started on the pole due to his DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash win. Allen lined up alongside him and Sweet started fourth.

When the green flag dropped, Macedo darted ahead of Allen in the opening laps, but soon became prey to Allen’s Shark Racing #1A when he hit traffic on Lap 12. Sweet moved into third on the second lap.

Like Macedo, Allen, of Hanover, PA, was just as hungry for the win as he continues to seek his first World of Outlaws win.

The two young guns battled side by side for several laps. While Macedo ran high, Allen continuously dove underneath him into the turns but Macedo always had the better run off the turns to launch ahead of the Drydene car down the straightaways.

While they dueled, Sweet closed in. He got by Allen for second on Lap 25 and then ran down Macedo and took the lead four laps later.

However, before he could try to set his own pace out front, a caution came out that saw the end of Allen’s career best performance at the quarter-mile track.

Justin Peck spun in Turn 2, directly in Allen’s line. With nowhere to go, Allen slid into Peck and punctured his right rear tire.

Allen ended the night 13th, but the disappointing finish didn’t puncture his spirit.

“This is a track me and Logan… I’ll saw just me, have really struggled at,” Allen said after the race. “I don’t think I’ve ever made it out of the [Last Chance Showdown] or anything like that. Obviously, this is a big improvement. Just an unfortunate circumstance to get in an accident there, but I’m not mad. I was pretty happy with the race me and Macedo had going on for the lead. I thought that was a lot of fun. I hope the fans enjoyed that.”

With 11 laps to go, the field lined up two by two – a benefit for Macedo, who would restart on the outside of Sweet.

When the race resumed, Macedo continued to master the high side of the track and surprised Sweet by driving around the outside of his NAPA Auto Parts #49 and reclaimed the lead.

Macedo held command out front for the remaining laps, but Sweet found grip around the bottom in the closing laps and reeled the black #2 car in. When they drove off Turn 4 for the final time, Sweet snuck underneath Macedo and the two drivers drag raced to the finish line with Sweet inching further alongside Macedo the closer they got to the finish line.

With camera flashes lighting up the front stretch, pictures showed Macedo edging Sweet by the 0.064 sec. margin.

“He (Sweet) definitely made me earn it there,” Macedo said. “My car was incredible. I knew I was really good. I feel like at the beginning of the race I could set a really good pace. Just had a lot of balance. I think lap dirtied up my racetrack more where I was running. I was debating if I should move around or not.

“I think I got to traffic the first time by Lap 10 or 12. I started moving around. I thought maybe if I diamond off the corner it would be better, but I think I was losing ground. I started doing that at the end and Brad was able to get back to me. He’s a World of Outlaws champion for a reason and he made me earn it.”

Sweet’s runner-up finish is his third top-five in a row and helped him further extended his points lead over 10-time Series champion Donny Schatz – who finished 16th. He now leads Schatz by 66 points.

“It was nice to contend for the win,” Sweet said. “A little disappointed in myself. On that restart I knew I was going to be in a vulnerable place. I didn’t want to choose the top. I wanted to run the bottom and control my own destiny. I felt like I spun my tires a little… I think Carson, I think he really wanted that one bad and probably just laid her in there and he kind of surprised me that he made it around the outside.”

Ian Madsen, Daryn Pittman and Logan Schuchart rebounded from their Friday night performances with a top-five finish Saturday night. They finished third, fourth and fifth, respectively.

At the end of the night, Macedo was able to roll his car in the trailer in one piece and walk away with the trophy.

UP NEXT

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series returns to Jackson Motorplex June 25-27 for the prestigious Jackson Nationals with $30,000-to-win on the line for Saturday’s race. You can purchase tickets for the event by clicking here. www.etix.com/ticket/k/9508192/42nd-annual-jackson-nationals-3-day-pass-jackson-jackson-motorplex

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

Race Results: 6/20/20 – Tri-State Speedway

NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps) – 1. 2-Carson Macedo [1][$10,000]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [4][$5,000]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [3][$3,000]; 4. 83-Daryn Pittman [10][$2,700]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [8][$2,500]; 6. 21-Carson Short [19][$2,200]; 7. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [11][$2,000]; 8. 2M-Kerry Madsen [5][$1,800]; 9. 26-Cory Eliason [7][$1,600]; 10. 71-Shane Stewart [12][$1,450]; 11. 39-Sammy Swindell [16][$1,300]; 12. 41-David Gravel [6][$1,200]; 13. 1A-Jacob Allen [2][$1,100]; 14. 3X-Ayrton Gennetten [18][$1,000]; 15. 14-Parker Price-Miller [13][$950]; 16. 15-Donny Schatz [14][$900]; 17. 7S-Jason Sides [20][$850]; 18. 5X-Justin Peck [15][$750]; 19. 3-Jac Haudenschild [23][$725]; 20. 33M-Mason Daniel [21][$700]; 21. 24-Rico Abreu [22][$700]; 22. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg [24][$700]; 23. 7-Critter Malone [17][$700]; 24. 5S-Chase Stockon [9][$700];
Lap Leaders: Carson Macedo 1-28, 30-40; Brad Sweet 29;
KSE Hard Charger Award: 21-Carson Short[+13]

Qualifying – 1. 26-Cory Eliason, 12.32; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.359; 3. 5X-Justin Peck, 12.402; 4. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.426; 5. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 12.445; 6. 18-Ian Madsen, 12.482; 7. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.513; 8. 41-David Gravel, 12.523; 9. 24-Rico Abreu, 12.523; 10. 33M-Mason Daniel, 12.543; 11. 1A-Jacob Allen, 12.577; 12. 39-Sammy Swindell, 12.589; 13. 14-Parker Price-Miller, 12.623; 14. 83-Daryn Pittman, 12.632; 15. 2-Carson Macedo, 12.641; 16. 71-Shane Stewart, 12.681; 17. 5S-Chase Stockon, 12.721; 18. 3X-Ayrton Gennetten, 12.757; 19. 21-Carson Short, 12.785; 20. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 12.794; 21. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg, 12.903; 22. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.908; 23. 6-Bill Rose, 12.925; 24. 7S-Jason Sides, 12.956; 25. 3-Jac Haudenschild, 12.99; 26. 15H-Sam Hafertepe, 13.008; 27. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 13.011; 28. 44-Jeff Swindell, 13.016; 29. 7-Critter Malone, 13.061; 30. 33-Andy Bishop, 13.083; 31. 29-Brayton Lynch, 13.159; 32. 61M-Stephen Schnapf, 13.568; 33. 20-Chayse Hayhurst, 13.677

DRYDENE Heat #1 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 2M-Kerry Madsen [2]; 2. 26-Cory Eliason [1]; 3. 5S-Chase Stockon [5]; 4. 14-Parker Price-Miller [4]; 5. 7-Critter Malone [8]; 6. 3-Jac Haudenschild [7]; 7. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg [6]; 8. 24-Rico Abreu [3]; 9. 20-Chayse Hayhurst [9]

DRYDENE Heat #2 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [1]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [2]; 3. 83-Daryn Pittman [4]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [6]; 5. 3X-Ayrton Gennetten [5]; 6. 33M-Mason Daniel [3]; 7. 15H-Sam Hafertepe [7]; 8. 33-Andy Bishop [8]

DRYDENE Heat #3 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 1A-Jacob Allen [3]; 2. 2-Carson Macedo [4]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [2]; 4. 5X-Justin Peck [1]; 5. 21-Carson Short [5]; 6. 2C-Wayne Johnson [7]; 7. 29-Brayton Lynch [8]; 8. 6-Bill Rose [6]

DRYDENE Heat #4 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 41-David Gravel [2]; 3. 71-Shane Stewart [4]; 4. 39-Sammy Swindell [3]; 5. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5]; 7. 44-Jeff Swindell [7]; 8. 61M-Stephen Schnapf [8]

DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash (8 Laps) – 1. 2-Carson Macedo [2]; 2. 1A-Jacob Allen [3]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [5]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 5. 2M-Kerry Madsen [6]; 6. 41-David Gravel [8]; 7. 26-Cory Eliason [7]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart [1]

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 33M-Mason Daniel [2][-]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu [1][-]; 3. 3-Jac Haudenschild [3][-]; 4. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg [6][-]; 5. 2C-Wayne Johnson [4][$300]; 6. 44-Jeff Swindell [9][$250]; 7. 61M-Stephen Schnapf [11][$225]; 8. 15H-Sam Hafertepe [7][$200]; 9. 29-Brayton Lynch [8][$200]; 10. 33-Andy Bishop [10][$200]; 11. 6-Bill Rose [13][$200]; 12. 20-Chayse Hayhurst [12][$200]; 13. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5][$200]

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FIRST TIMER: Carson Short stands tall at Haubstadt for first win
Illinois driver holds off World of Outlaws stars for first Series win in 11 starts

HAUBSTADT, IN – June 19, 2020 – Carson Short held up the checkered flag as high as he could. Confetti rained around him. The crowd of 5,000 people sounded like 20,000 with their empathic cheers echoing around the speedway.

If you asked Short, he just won the Knoxville Nationals. Or at least that’s what it felt like to the Marion, IL driver.

After fending off slide job attacks by Sheldon Haudenschild, Short went on to win his first career World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series win Friday night at Tri-State Speedway.

“It feels great,” Short said getting his first Series win. “Especially here. It’s where I won my first USAC race, too. It’s a great track. Everyone says it’s a different track. It’s technical. I felt like tonight was up top, running the cushion. It just feels great.”

Short led all 30 laps to claim the win in his 11th World of Outlaws start, driving for his grandfather, Richard Short’s small underfunded team. He also became the first first-time winner in more than a year for the Series.

Before the night, Short had two top-10 finishes with the Series – the first coming at Tri-State Speedway. While he only has a handful of starts in a winged Sprint Car, he has several laps around the quarter-mile track. With it being about an hour and a half from his Illinois home, Tri-State became a home track for Short. And the fans treated him as a hometown driver all night long.

“You don’t get any better than the fans here at Haubstadt,” Short said. “They’re just down home ready to watch some Sprint Car racing. They love it. It’s just the atmosphere. Winning at Haubstadt, I feel like it’s the small track of the Knoxville Nationals, if you will, with the fans. Those guys are crazy.”

Short earned the pole position for the 30-lap Feature with his win in the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash. He took the lead from Haudenschild on the first lap and never looked back.

The same happened at the start of the Feature. However, Haudenschild didn’t let Short get away.

On Lap 7, Short got sideways off Turn 2, allowing Haudenschild to plan an attack to pass for the next turn. Before he could, Jeff Swindell flipped in Turn 2, bringing out the red flag.

When the race resumed, Short maintained about a two-car length distance on the NOS Energy Drink #17 car. Even when he had to wrangle his way through lap traffic, Short looked like a veteran slicing through traffic with ease.

With five laps to go, Haudenschild threw a Hail Mary slide job underneath Short’s #21 car going into Turn 3. He took the lead, but Short was able to cross underneath him and bolt back ahead of him down the straightaway. From then on, Haudenschild couldn’t get close enough again to attempt another slider. He had to settle for the runner-up finish.

“Hats off to Carson, he did a phenomenal job,” said Haudenschild, of Wooster, OH. “I was waiting on him to make a mistake and he didn’t do it. Then, I was waiting on traffic and he got through there really well. Congrats to him. I love seeing first time winners. Congrats to him. I’m happy with a second.

“We’ve been really good here. Just keep this momentum rolling. I keep telling my guys, if we keep being in this top-five we’re going to win races. We’re just working for that.”

His second-place finish was his second in a row at the track and his sixth top-five finish in the last seven races, which helped move him up to fourth in the championship standings – 124 points behind leader Brad Sweet.

David Gravel, of Watertown, CT, rounded out the podium. His third-place finish is a welcomed rebound from his 19th-place finish at Knoxville Raceway last weekend.

Behind him in fourth was Carson Macedo, of Lemoore, CA – his third fourth-place finish in a row.

Fellow Californian and reigning champion Brad Sweet, of Grass Valley, CA, finished fifth, extending his points lead over 10-time Series champion Donny Schatz – who finished 11th for the second race in a row – to 38 points.

Sweet swept the weekend at Beaver Dam Raceway and then the next weekend at Knoxville Raceway was swept by Kyle Larson.

(RELATED: World of Outlaws Racing Returns to CBS with Special Spotlighting Trail-Blazing Journey from COVID to Independence Day Mega Event)

Will Short be next in line to sweep the World of Outlaws’ first doubleheader weekend at Tri-State Speedway during the live broadcast on CBS Sports Network Saturday night?

“God, I hope so,” Short said with a chuckle and smile on his face. “Yeah, the car is on rails. I don’t think the track is going to change any. It (the #21 car) would go anywhere I wanted it to go. Even when (Haudenschild) showed me the nose with his slide job, I could cross underneath. It just had speed everywhere. Yeah, I feel like we can back it up tomorrow night and get another win.”

UP NEXT

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series returns to Tri-State Speedway Sat., June 20 for the second night of the historic weekend. The Feature will be live on CBS Sports Network – the first time the World of Outlaws has been live on national television since 2012 – at 9 p.m. (ET). The entire event will be broadcasted live on DIRTVision, as well.

Race Results: 6/19/20 – Tri-State Speedway

NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 21-Carson Short [1][$6,000]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [2][$3,000]; 3. 41-David Gravel [6][$2,300]; 4. 2-Carson Macedo [5][$2,000]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [4][$1,850]; 6. 5S-Chase Stockon [3][$1,750]; 7. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg [14][$1,550]; 8. 83-Daryn Pittman [23][$1,350]; 9. 2M-Kerry Madsen [9][$1,250]; 10. 24-Rico Abreu [7][$1,100]; 11. 15-Donny Schatz [13][$1,000]; 12. 39-Sammy Swindell [12][$950]; 13. 26-Cory Eliason [8][$900]; 14. 14-Parker Price-Miller [24][$850]; 15. 3-Jac Haudenschild [11][$800]; 16. 5X-Justin Peck [17][$750]; 17. 1A-Jacob Allen [25][$]; 18. 1S-Logan Schuchart [19][$700]; 19. 3X-Ayrton Gennetten [21][$700]; 20. 11K-Kraig Kinser [10][$700]; 21. 7S-Jason Sides [18][$700]; 22. 71-Shane Stewart [16][$700]; 23. 18-Ian Madsen [20][$700]; 24. 2C-Wayne Johnson [22][$700]; 25. 44-Jeff Swindell [15][$700];
Lap leaders: Carson Short 1-30;
KSE Hard Charger Award: 83-Daryn Pittman[+15]

Qualifying – 1. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 12.626; 2. 2-Carson Macedo, 12.794; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.798; 4. 5S-Chase Stockon, 12.816; 5. 41-David Gravel, 12.831; 6. 26-Cory Eliason, 12.842; 7. 24-Rico Abreu, 12.91; 8. 21-Carson Short, 12.952; 9. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.957; 10. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg, 12.971; 11. 44-Jeff Swindell, 12.99; 12. 39-Sammy Swindell, 13.007; 13. 5X-Justin Peck, 13.048; 14. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.086; 15. 3-Jac Haudenschild, 13.115; 16. 18-Ian Madsen, 13.135; 17. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.152; 18. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 13.174; 19. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.191; 20. 71-Shane Stewart, 13.268; 21. 3X-Ayrton Gennetten, 13.284; 22. 15H-Sam Hafertepe, 13.297; 23. 14-Parker Price-Miller, 13.364; 24. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.383; 25. 7-Critter Malone, 13.393; 26. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.444; 27. 33M-Mason Daniel, 13.485; 28. 83-Daryn Pittman, 13.49; 29. 61M-Stephen Schnapf, 13.547; 30. 29-Brayton Lynch, 13.734; 31. 33-Andy Bishop, 13.999; 32. 20-Chayse Hayhurst, 14.281; 33. 6-Bill Rose, 14.778

DRYDENE Heat #1 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 41-David Gravel [2]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 3. 2M-Kerry Madsen [1]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [5]; 5. 5X-Justin Peck [4]; 6. 3X-Ayrton Gennetten [6]; 7. 6-Bill Rose [9]; 8. 61M-Stephen Schnapf [8]; 9. 7-Critter Malone [7]

DRYDENE Heat #2 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 2-Carson Macedo [1]; 2. 26-Cory Eliason [2]; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser [4]; 4. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg [3]; 5. 7S-Jason Sides [7]; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe [6]; 7. 2C-Wayne Johnson [5]; 8. 29-Brayton Lynch [8]

DRYDENE Heat #3 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [1]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu [2]; 3. 3-Jac Haudenschild [4]; 4. 44-Jeff Swindell [3]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]; 6. 14-Parker Price-Miller [6]; 7. 33M-Mason Daniel [7]; 8. 33-Andy Bishop [8]

DRYDENE Heat #4 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 5S-Chase Stockon [1]; 2. 21-Carson Short [2]; 3. 39-Sammy Swindell [3]; 4. 71-Shane Stewart [5]; 5. 18-Ian Madsen [4]; 6. 83-Daryn Pittman [7]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [6]; 8. 20-Chayse Hayhurst [8]

DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash (8 Laps) – 1. 21-Carson Short [2]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [1]; 3. 5S-Chase Stockon [4]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [6]; 5. 2-Carson Macedo [3]; 6. 41-David Gravel [7]; 7. 24-Rico Abreu [8]; 8. 26-Cory Eliason [5]

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 3X-Ayrton Gennetten [2][-]; 2. 2C-Wayne Johnson [1][-]; 3. 83-Daryn Pittman [5][-]; 4. 14-Parker Price-Miller [4][-]; 5. 15H-Sam Hafertepe [3][$300]; 6. 7-Critter Malone [13][$250]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [8][$225]; 8. 6-Bill Rose [6][$200]; 9. 33M-Mason Daniel [7][$200]; 10. 29-Brayton Lynch [10][$200]; 11. 61M-Stephen Schnapf [9][$200]; 12. 33-Andy Bishop [11][$200]; 13. 20-Chayse Hayhurst [12][$200]

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DOUBLE TAP: Kyle Larson sweeps Knoxville doubleheader for $20K payday
Brownells Big Guns Bash weekend dominated by Larson; Sweet rebounds and extends points lead

KNOXVILLE, IA – June 13, 2020 – Kyle Larson’s head fell from the weight of disappointment after looking at the small wooden ball for his pill draw.

He drew pill 56, putting him out third to last for qualifying.

Six hours later, he stood atop the wing of Paul Silva’s #57 Sprint Car in World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Victory Lane Saturday night at Knoxville Raceway for the second night in a row – picking up $20,000 in winnings between the two nights.

“Thanks to everyone on this car,” said an elated Larson. “Everybody who has helped me out. It just means a lot to be out here having fun, challenging for wins every night.”

He bested the past two Series champions to the sweep the Brownells Big Guns Bash weekend, beating 10-time Series champion Donny Schatz the first night and reigning champion Brad Sweet the next.

The win was not only the Elk Grove, CA native’s third World of Outlaws win this season – the first time he’s won more than two Series races in a year – but his fifth Sprint Car win in six days. No one and nothing have been able to get in the way of his trophy hunting path.

His pill draw that left him walking away with his head down earlier in the day proved to be a misleading obstacle. Larson qualified second in his Flight and then went on to win the fourth Drydene Heat Race of the night. Larson looked poised early on to back up his dominating performance from Friday.

However, Daryn Pittman stepped up in the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash. He took the lead on the first lap and beat Sweet, by two seconds.

When the 30-lap Feature commenced, Pittman made the rest of the field look like they were down a cylinder. He had close to a three second lead by the third lap.

That ended six laps later. While trying to lap David Gravel in Turn 2, Pittman and he touched wheels, spinning each other. Both continued, but never recovered from their starting spots at the back of the field, finishing 18th and 19th, respectively.

Pittman’s misfortune handed the lead to Larson, who only held it for a lap before reigning Knoxville Raceway track champion Brian Brown took it from him on Lap 11. Larson then had to fend off his brother-in-law Sweet to hold second.

“I took a glance at the board on the restart and saw that he (Brown) was right on me,” Larson said. “I knew he was right on me. I knew he was going to run the top in (turns) three and four and thought if I could get a good three and four, he might not slide me the next end. But I didn’t get through there like I needed to, and he got the run and got by me. I knew my car was really good, so I just stayed patient behind him. Then Brad, he got to my inside and I cleared him off of (turn) two, otherwise that could have been the deciding factor of the race.”

Larson’s battle with Sweet showed him there was grip around the bottom of the half-mile track, which led him back to Brown’s bumper.

Larson reclaimed the lead with 17 laps to go. Sweet followed him by Brown for second, setting up the third duel this year between family members. However, Sweet’s Kasey Kahne Racing NAPA Auto Parts #49 couldn’t contend with the Finley Farms #57. Even through lap traffic, Larson maintained about a three second lead of Sweet.

“He (Larson) did a really good job,” Sweet, of Grass Valley, CA, said. “He was driving really hard. He’s a great race car driver. He runs the car on the ragged edge and makes it work and gets by lap cars. We had a great race car tonight compared to last night. A lot of great notes moving forward here. Big gains.”

Sweet’s second-place finish was an improved from his 12th-place run Friday night – the first time he finished outside the top-10 in 2020. With Schatz finishing 11th, Sweet extended his points lead over the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing to a 26-point gap.

Logan Schuchart remains third, 40 points behind Sweet, but also had a needed rebound Saturday night after two straight finishes outside the top-20. He drove his Drydene #1A from eighth to third.

“We had a night without struggles,” Schuchart, of Hanover, PA, said. “We’ll take some notes and see if we can qualify a little bit better. Seems like we have the racing thing down, just need to qualify better to put ourselves in better positions.”

Carson Macedo, who drivers for Kyle Larson’s Sprint Car team, brought his Tarlton & Son #2 home fourth for the second night in a row. His strong runs helped propelled him to fourth in points.

At the end of the day, there was nothing for Larson to hang his head about.

“Another good car,” Larson said. “Just sweet to have five in a row in a Sprint Car now. It feels pretty awesome. In front of a great crowd, too. It makes it feel even better.”

UP NEXT

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series returns to Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, IN for the Series’ first doubleheader weekend at the track on Fri., June 19 and Sat. June 20. Saturday night’s race will be a historic event for the Series as it will be broadcasted live on CBS Sports Network, starting at 9 p.m. (ET).

Both nights will be broadcasted live on DIRTVision, as well. You can purchase tickets to the events by clicking here. https://mpv.tickets.com/?agency=WRG_SNG_MPV&orgid=52711&packageId=55776&packageListId=55775#/event/PKG/seatmap/?selectBuyers=false&minPrice=70&maxPrice=70&quantity=2&sort=price_desc&ada=false&seatSelection=true&onlyCoupon=true&onlyVoucher=false

Race Results: 6/13/20 – Knoxville Raceway

NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 57-Kyle Larson [4][$10,000]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [2][$5,000]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [8][$3,000]; 4. 2-Carson Macedo [13][$2,700]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [10][$2,500]; 6. 21-Brian Brown [6][$2,200]; 7. 2M-Kerry Madsen [12][$2,000]; 8. 24-Rico Abreu [5][$1,800]; 9. 18-Ian Madsen [11][$1,600]; 10. 39-Sammy Swindell [20][$1,450]; 11. 15-Donny Schatz [17][$1,300]; 12. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [16][$1,200]; 13. 17W-Shane Golobic [15][$1,100]; 14. 7-Tim Kaeding [18][$1,000]; 15. 39M-Anthony Macri [22][$950]; 16. 17A-Austin McCarl [23][$900]; 17. 7X-Justin Henderson [14][$850]; 18. 83-Daryn Pittman [1][$750]; 19. 41-David Gravel [21][$725]; 20. 14-Parker Price-Miller [3][$700]; 21. 1A-Jacob Allen [7][$700]; 22. 56N-Davey Heskin [19][$700]; 23. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg [24][$700]; 24. 83R-Lynton Jeffrey [9][$700];
Lap Leaders: Daryn Pittman 1-9; Kyle Larson 10, 14-30; Brian Brown 11-13;
KSE Hard Charger Award: 39-Sammy Swindell[+10]

Qualifying Flight-A – 1. 2-Carson Macedo, 15.09; 2. 1A-Jacob Allen, 15.097; 3. 24-Rico Abreu, 15.26; 4. 55M-McKenna Haase, 15.31; 5. 39M-Anthony Macri, 15.392; 6. 18-Ian Madsen, 15.414; 7. 21-Brian Brown, 15.505; 8. 56N-Davey Heskin, 15.625; 9. 83R-Lynton Jeffrey, 15.648; 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 15.715; 11. 15-Donny Schatz, 15.721; 12. 20-A.J. Moeller, 15.747; 13. 5-Brent Marks, 15.763; 14. 71-Shane Stewart, 15.785; 15. 44S-Trey Starks, 15.79; 16. O9-Matt Juhl, 15.824; 17. 41-David Gravel, 15.85; 18. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg, 15.879; 19. 2KS-Chad Boespflug, 15.921; 20. 33M-Mason Daniel, 15.929; 21. 35-Zach Hampton, 15.943; 22. 9-Kasey Kahne, 15.962; 23. 17W-Shane Golobic, 16.005; 24. 6-Bill Rose, 16.027; 25. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 16.052; 26. 56-Joe Simbro, 16.075; 27. 14K-Tori Knutson, 17.114

Qualifying Flight-B – 1. 14-Parker Price-Miller, 15.679; 2. 57-Kyle Larson, 15.734; 3. 5X-Gio Scelzi, 15.871; 4. 49-Brad Sweet, 15.896; 5. 83-Daryn Pittman, 15.901; 6. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 15.925; 7. 7X-Justin Henderson, 15.96; 8. 39-Sammy Swindell, 15.986; 9. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 16.003; 10. 17A-Austin McCarl, 16.049; 11. R44-Jeff Swindell, 16.099; 12. 3-Jac Haudenschild, 16.128; 13. 4-Terry McCarl, 16.158; 14. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 16.162; 15. 7-Tim Kaeding, 16.217; 16. 15M-Bobby Mincer, 16.217; 17. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 16.236; 18. 3P-Sawyer Phillips, 16.274; 19. 49J-Josh Schneiderman, 16.326; 20. 7TAZ-Tasker Phillips, 16.333; 21. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 16.357; 22. 27-Tucker Klaasmeyer, 16.381; 23. 7S-Jason Sides, 16.445; 24. 44-Chris Martin, 16.466; 25. 9W-Ryan Giles, 16.543; 26. 50-Mike Ayers, 17.228

Non-Qualifier (8 Laps) – 1. 13-Mark Dobmeier [2]; 2. 17W-Shane Golobic [5]; 3. 9-Kasey Kahne [3]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 5. 44-Chris Martin [8]; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser [9]; 7. 27-Tucker Klaasmeyer [4]; 8. 9W-Ryan Giles [10]; 9. 6-Bill Rose [7]; 10. 35-Zach Hampton [1]; 11. 56-Joe Simbro [11]; 12. 14K-Tori Knutson [13]; 13. 50-Mike Ayers [12]

DRYDENE Heat #1 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 24-Rico Abreu [2]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 3. 83R-Lynton Jeffrey [5]; 4. 2-Carson Macedo [1]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz [6]; 6. 39M-Anthony Macri [3]; 7. 41-David Gravel [9]; 8. 44S-Trey Starks [8]; 9. 13-Mark Dobmeier [11]; 10. 5-Brent Marks [7]; 11. 2KS-Chad Boespflug [10]

DRYDENE Heat #2 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 1A-Jacob Allen [1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [3]; 4. 17W-Shane Golobic [11]; 5. 56N-Davey Heskin [4]; 6. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg [9]; 7. 55M-McKenna Haase [2]; 8. O9-Matt Juhl [8]; 9. 71-Shane Stewart [7]; 10. 20-A.J. Moeller [6]; 11. 33M-Mason Daniel [10]

DRYDENE Heat #3 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 14-Parker Price-Miller [1]; 2. 83-Daryn Pittman [3]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [9]; 4. 7X-Justin Henderson [4]; 5. 7-Tim Kaeding [8]; 6. 4-Terry McCarl [7]; 7. 9-Kasey Kahne [11]; 8. R44-Jeff Swindell [6]; 9. 49J-Josh Schneiderman [10]; 10. 2C-Wayne Johnson [5]; 11. 5X-Gio Scelzi [2]

DRYDENE Heat #4 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 57-Kyle Larson [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 3. 2M-Kerry Madsen [3]; 4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [7]; 5. 39-Sammy Swindell [4]; 6. 17A-Austin McCarl [5]; 7. 3-Jac Haudenschild [6]; 8. 7S-Jason Sides [11]; 9. 3P-Sawyer Phillips [9]; 10. 7TAZ-Tasker Phillips [10]; 11. 15M-Bobby Mincer [8]

DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash (6 Laps) – 1. 83-Daryn Pittman [2]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 3. 14-Parker Price-Miller [1]; 4. 57-Kyle Larson [5]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu [4]; 6. 21-Brian Brown [8]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [6]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart [7]

C-Main (10 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer – 1. 5-Brent Marks [1][-]; 2. 7TAZ-Tasker Phillips [4][-]; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser [8][$150]; 4. 9W-Ryan Giles [10][$150]; 5. 2C-Wayne Johnson [2][$150]; 6. 44-Chris Martin [7][$125]; 7. 15M-Bobby Mincer [6][$125]; 8. 2KS-Chad Boespflug [5][$125]; 9. 6-Bill Rose [11][$125]; 10. 56-Joe Simbro [13][$125]; 11. 35-Zach Hampton [12][$125]; 12. 14K-Tori Knutson [14][$125]; 13. 50-Mike Ayers [15][$125]; 14. 20-A.J. Moeller [3][$125]; 15. 27-Tucker Klaasmeyer [9][$125]; 16. 33M-Mason Daniel [16][$125]

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 41-David Gravel [7][-]; 2. 39M-Anthony Macri [3][-]; 3. 17A-Austin McCarl [6][-]; 4. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg [5][-]; 5. 44S-Trey Starks [9][$300]; 6. 13-Mark Dobmeier [13][$250]; 7. O9-Matt Juhl [11][$225]; 8. 9-Kasey Kahne [8][$200]; 9. 3-Jac Haudenschild [10][$200]; 10. 7S-Jason Sides [14][$200]; 11. 7TAZ-Tasker Phillips [19][$200]; 12. 5-Brent Marks [18][$200]; 13. 49J-Josh Schneiderman [16][$200]; 14. 3P-Sawyer Phillips [17][$200]; 15. 55M-McKenna Haase [1][$200]; 16. 71-Shane Stewart [15][$200]; 17. 4-Terry McCarl [4][$200]; 18. R44-Jeff Swindell [12][$200]; 19. 5X-Gio Scelzi [2][$200]

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THE BIG GUN: Kyle Larson scores win at Knoxville Raceway
Big night at Knoxville sees the return of fans and a milestone for Johnny Gibson

KNOXVILLE, IA – June 12, 2020 – Kyle Larson’s last attempt at taking on the Outlaws two weeks ago saw 10-time World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series champion Donny Schatz steal the win from him on the final lap.

In his return Friday night at Knoxville Raceway, Larson, again, found Schatz standing in the way of another victory. This time, he made sure the Fargo, ND driver was out of rage on the final lap to secure his first win at “The Sprint Car Capital of the World” during the first night of the Brownells Big Guns Bash doubleheader.

“It’s awesome,” Larson said in Victory Lane. “It’s a pleasure to drive for (car owner and crew chief) Paul Silva and everybody who helps out on this team.”

He had already accumulated three wins in four days with Silva while racing down south, before the night. That momentum carried over to the iconic half-mile track, where Larson and Silva struggled in their last two races there. They finished 10th when the Series returned to racing at the track in May and failed to qualify for the Knoxville Nationals last year.

This year, they’ve found their rhythm. Larson didn’t show it early on in the night, though. While David Gravel set Quick Time for the third time this year, Larson qualified seventh in his flight. He was able to make it up to second in his Drydene Heat Race, behind Gravel, but settled for a sixth-place finish in the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash – won by Gravel.

When it came time for the 25-lap Feature, Gravel – who won the Knoxville race in May – and Schatz appeared to be the favorites. Gravel had dominated everything up until that point and Schatz’s speed improved as the night went on.

The Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing driver showed that in the opening laps of the Feature by taking the lead from Gravel on the second lap and driving away from the field.

Larson was putting on an impressive performance behind them, darting his way from sixth to third on the first lap. Five laps later, he worked his way around the outside of Gravel to take second. A caution on Lap 6 then put Larson on Schatz’s bumper.

On the restart, Larson launched ahead of Schatz to take the lead, but Rico Abreu flipped in Turn 2 before the lap was completed, giving Schatz the lead back. When the race went green, again, Schatz was ready for Larson. He had a two-car length lead on Larson by the time they exited Turn 2 and pulled away further the next corner.

Schatz looked to be in command of the race and on his way to another Knoxville win. However, the ever-adaptable Larson found a new line that cut Schatz’s lead from half a straightaway to nothing in about three laps.

“Before the first caution I could enter above the holes here in (Turn) one and diamond the corner off of (Turn) two and I felt like I could maintain with him (Schatz),” Larson said. “Once I got into second, Donny was still following the top and I was able to make that line work to get the run off of (Turn) three and pass him.”

Once he took the lead from Schatz with 15 laps to go, Larson ran to home base on a home run swing. Lap cars did little to slow him down. The only hinderance he faced was when his nose wing fell down on the final lap, giving him little downforce on the front of his car. It caused him to miss his marks, but they were tiny errors in the overall scope of the race. The Elk Grove, CA driver crossed the finish line 3.1 sec. ahead of Schatz, bringing the crowd of fans to their feet – Knoxville’s first time with fans at a World of Outlaws race this year – and giving Johnny Gibson a special memory for his 2,000th consecutive race.

“Knoxville is one of my favorite tracks,” Larson said. “Paul Silva has been working his butt off. I’ve been complaining to him a lot. But we’re a great team and like I said, it’s a pleasure to get to race for him.”

The win is Larson’s second World of Outlaws win of 2020 and 10th overall, tying him on the all-time wins list with Danny Smith and Joe Gaerte, who is the crew chief for Kyle Larson Racing.

While Schatz had to settle for second, the finish is his fifth top-five finish in a row.

“He just found a different line in (turns) one and two,” Schatz said. “I didn’t think it would stay that long, so I didn’t try it. You can’t be making any mistakes. But, if you’re going to make them, now is the time to do it. It was a real solid night.”

Gravel ended the night third and said he’s pleased with it considering Jason Johnson Racing brought out a new car for the event.

Carson Macedo, who drivers for Kyle Larson Racing, earned his second top-five of the season with a fourth-place finish.

Series points leader Brad Sweet had a rough night, finishing 12th – his first finish outside the top-10 this year. He wasn’t alone as Logan Schuchart had an engine fail in Qualifying and found himself having to use a provisional to start the Feature. He was able to charge from 25th to 13th, earning his the KSE Hard Charger award.

Sweet is now ahead of Schatz by eight points and Schuchart by 38.

UP NEXT

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series returns to Knoxville Raceway Saturday, June 13 for the final night of the Brownells Big Guns Bash. You can watch all of the action live on DIRTVision.

Race Results: 6/12/20 – Knoxville Raceway

NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 57-Kyle Larson [6]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 3. 41-David Gravel [1]; 4. 2-Carson Macedo [9]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [11]; 6. 18-Ian Madsen [4]; 7. 39-Sammy Swindell [7]; 8. 71-Shane Stewart [5]; 9. 7-Tim Kaeding [20]; 10. 2M-Kerry Madsen [10]; 11. O9-Matt Juhl [12]; 12. 49-Brad Sweet [18]; 13. 1S-Logan Schuchart [25]; 14. 5X-Gio Scelzi [21]; 15. 21-Brian Brown [15]; 16. 17A-Austin McCarl [23]; 17. 83-Daryn Pittman [19]; 18. 39M-Anthony Macri [14]; 19. 14-Parker Price-Miller [16]; 20. 83R-Lynton Jeffrey [13]; 21. 11K-Kraig Kinser [26]; 22. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [22]; 23. 1A-Jacob Allen [17]; 24. 20-A.J. Moeller [8]; 25. 2C-Wayne Johnson [24]; 26. 24-Rico Abreu [3]; Lap Leaders: David Gravel 1, Donny Schatz 2-9, Kyle Larson 10-25; KSE Hard Charger Award: 1S-Logan Schuchart[+12]

Qualifying Flight-A – 1. 41-David Gravel, 15.022; 2. 15-Donny Schatz, 15.119; 3. 83R-Lynton Jeffrey, 15.121; 4. 39-Sammy Swindell, 15.158; 5. 2-Carson Macedo, 15.226; 6. 21-Brian Brown, 15.245; 7. 57-Kyle Larson, 15.333; 8. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 15.386; 9. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 15.419; 10. 7S-Jason Sides, 15.483; 11. 1A-Jacob Allen, 15.537; 12. 3-Jac Haudenschild, 15.552; 13. 56N-Davey Heskin, 15.565; 14. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 15.568; 15. 44S-Trey Starks, 15.607; 16. 83-Daryn Pittman, 15.652; 17. 17W-Shane Golobic, 15.661; 18. 5-Brent Marks, 15.684; 19. 7X-Justin Henderson, 15.727; 20. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg, 15.904; 21. 6-Bill Rose, 15.934; 22. 44-Chris Martin, 16.001; 23. 35-Zach Hampton, 16.037; 24. 15M-Bobby Mincer, 16.06; 25. 56-Joe Simbro, 16.375; 26. 14K-Tori Knutson, 16.994; 27. 1S-Logan Schuchart, NT

Qualifying Flight-B – 1. 18-Ian Madsen, 15.572; 2. 20-A.J. Moeller, 15.663; 3. 24-Rico Abreu, 15.752; 4. O9-Matt Juhl, 15.804; 5. 5X-Gio Scelzi, 15.848; 6. 14-Parker Price-Miller, 15.872; 7. 39M-Anthony Macri, 15.873; 8. 71-Shane Stewart, 15.913; 9. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 15.914; 10. 7-Tim Kaeding, 15.967; 11. 4-Terry McCarl, 16.007; 12. 17A-Austin McCarl, 16.009; 13. 55M-McKenna Haase, 16.016; 14. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 16.027; 15. 49-Brad Sweet, 16.035; 16. 2KS-Chad Boespflug, 16.145; 17. 9-Kasey Kahne, 16.197; 18. 7TAZ-Tasker Phillips, 16.226; 19. 27-Tucker Klaasmeyer, 16.29; 20. 33M-Mason Daniel, 16.294; 21. 9W-Ryan Giles, 16.305; 22. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 16.327; 23. 49J-Josh Schneiderman, 16.369; 24. R44-Jeff Swindell, 16.545; 25. 50-Mike Ayers, 17.405; 26. 3P-Sawyer Phillips, NT

Non-Qualifier (8 Laps) – 1. 9W-Ryan Giles [2]; 2. 6-Bill Rose [9]; 3. 49J-Josh Schneiderman [6]; 4. 44-Chris Martin [3]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [4]; 6. R44-Jeff Swindell [8]; 7. 15M-Bobby Mincer [7]; 8. 35-Zach Hampton [5]; 9. 56-Joe Simbro [9]; 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart [13]; 11. 50-Mike Ayers [10]; 12. 14K-Tori Knutson [11]

DRYDENE Heat #1 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 41-David Gravel [1]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson [4]; 3. 2-Carson Macedo [3]; 4. 83R-Lynton Jeffrey [2]; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen [6]; 6. 2C-Wayne Johnson [5]; 7. 56N-Davey Heskin [7]; 8. 44S-Trey Starks [8]; 9. 7X-Justin Henderson [10]; 10. 17W-Shane Golobic [9]; 11. 9W-Ryan Giles [11]

DRYDENE Heat #2 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 2. 39-Sammy Swindell [2]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [4]; 4. 21-Brian Brown [3]; 5. 83-Daryn Pittman [8]; 6. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [7]; 7. 3-Jac Haudenschild [6]; 8. 7S-Jason Sides [5]; 9. 5-Brent Marks [9]; 10. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg [10]; 11. 6-Bill Rose [11]

DRYDENE Heat #3 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 24-Rico Abreu [2]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [1]; 3. 2M-Kerry Madsen [5]; 4. 39M-Anthony Macri [4]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [8]; 6. 5X-Gio Scelzi [3]; 7. 4-Terry McCarl [6]; 8. 9-Kasey Kahne [9]; 9. 55M-McKenna Haase [7]; 10. 49J-Josh Schneiderman [11]; 11. 27-Tucker Klaasmeyer [10]

DRYDENE Heat #4 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 71-Shane Stewart [4]; 2. 20-A.J. Moeller [1]; 3. O9-Matt Juhl [2]; 4. 14-Parker Price-Miller [3]; 5. 7-Tim Kaeding [5]; 6. 17A-Austin McCarl [6]; 7. 13-Mark Dobmeier [7]; 8. 7TAZ-Tasker Phillips [9]; 9. 44-Chris Martin [11]; 10. 33M-Mason Daniel [10]; 11. 2KS-Chad Boespflug [8]

DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash (6 Laps) – 1. 41-David Gravel [1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [8]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [2]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [6]; 5. 71-Shane Stewart [3]; 6. 57-Kyle Larson [7]; 7. 39-Sammy Swindell [5]; 8. 20-A.J. Moeller [4]

C-Main (10 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer – 1. 17W-Shane Golobic [1]; 2. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg [3]; 3. 9W-Ryan Giles [5]; 4. 49J-Josh Schneiderman [2]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [9]; 6. 33M-Mason Daniel [4]; 7. R44-Jeff Swindell [10]; 8. 15M-Bobby Mincer [11]; 9. 2KS-Chad Boespflug [8]; 10. 27-Tucker Klaasmeyer [6]; 11. 14K-Tori Knutson [15]; 12. 50-Mike Ayers [14]; 13. 1S-Logan Schuchart [13]; 14. 56-Joe Simbro [12]; 15. 6-Bill Rose [7]; 16. 35-Zach Hampton [16]; 17. 3P-Sawyer Phillips [17]

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 5X-Gio Scelzi [2]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [3]; 3. 17A-Austin McCarl [4]; 4. 2C-Wayne Johnson [1]; 5. 4-Terry McCarl [6]; 6. 56N-Davey Heskin [5]; 7. 5-Brent Marks [15]; 8. 3-Jac Haudenschild [7]; 9. 9-Kasey Kahne [10]; 10. 7X-Justin Henderson [13]; 11. 17W-Shane Golobic [17]; 12. 7S-Jason Sides [11]; 13. 7TAZ-Tasker Phillips [12]; 14. 55-Hunter Schuerenburg [18]; 15. 44S-Trey Starks [9]; 16. 55M-McKenna Haase [14]; 17. 44-Chris Martin [16]; 18. 13-Mark Dobmeier [8]

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SWEET SWEEP: Brad Sweet dominates Beaver Dam Raceway doubleheader
The reigning champion went back to back at Beaver Dam and reclaimed the points lead

BEAVER DAM, WI – June 6, 2020 – Brad Sweet spent years watching 10-time World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series champion Donny Schatz drive away from him and dominate races.

The roles reversed Saturday night at Beaver Dam Raceway.

“The Big Cat” turned the 1/3-mile track his personal playground for the weekend. He thrilled fans with a last lap pass on Sheldon Haudenschild to win Friday night and then dominated the 40-lap Feature on Saturday to sweep the weekend and take home $16,000 in winnings between the two nights. He led the final 30 laps, lapped up to 10th place and beat Schatz to the line by close to two seconds.

“You don’t know how many times I’d lead a race until 25-30 laps in and he’d (Schatz) go driving by me,” Sweet said after getting a congratulatory handshake from Schatz. “I wouldn’t call him a mentor because he didn’t tell me his secrets, but years and years of studying him is why we’re standing here. I feel like we got a little bit of an edge right now. He’s going to push his team and we’re going to push our team. It’s going to be a heck of a battle this year.”

Sweet’s teammate and car owner Kasey Kahne had one of his best performances of the year, stealing the lead from polesitter Shane Stewart on the opening lap and holding it for the next 10. After Sweet passed him for the lead on Lap 11, he maintained a top-five for the majority of race before fading to ninth.

With the lead in hand, Sweet was untouchable in his Kasey Kahne Racing NAPA Auto Parts #49. His closest competitor was second-place Logan Schuchart, who he gapped by 3.5 seconds before a caution with eight laps to go. On the restart, Schuchart stayed in tow with Sweet before jumping the cushion in Turn 4 and hitting the wall. Schatz then moved into the runner-up spot to take his turn at Sweet.

On the final restart with three laps to go, Sweet spun his tires exiting Turn 4. Knowing Schatz would attack, Sweet stayed low down the front stretch to deny Schatz a lane underneath him. When they got to Turn 1, Sweet went high and Schatz dove low, edging his nose ahead of Sweet. However, Sweet had the better momentum off the corner and launched ahead of Schatz’s CARQUEST Auto Parts #15.

Sweet was then on cruise control with what he called his best car of the year and claimed his fourth win this season – third win in a row at Beaver Dam.

“We’re just here to win races,” said Sweet, of Grass Valley, CA. “When we’re standing here (in Victory Lane) we’re doing our job. I know everybody is working hard on our race team to get better. As the car gets better, we’re going to keep clicking these wins off. We were better tonight than we were last night. Eric (Prutzman, crew chief) keeps fine tuning on this thing. It really came to life about halfway through the race. I was just cruising really. When I get cars like that, it makes my job easy.”

Schatz’s second-place finish was his fourth top-five in a row with his Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing team. And while he’d rather be one spot better, he acknowledged that some nights you’re just going to finish second – especially when you have to compete against Sweet.

“They’ve had a good target to chance for a while,” said Schatz, of Fargo, ND. “It’s time to move that bar again… It is what it is. This is a humbling sport. It’s a humbling game. We’re not hanging our heads. Some nights you’re going to run second. There’s a lot of nights you’re going to run second to that (#49 KKR) car. We just keep digging. That’s what it takes. There’s not been a lot of racing this year. At least we’re getting back going and glad to see people in the stands. That makes this all worth it.”

David Gravel rounded out the podium. Haudenschild had an impressive run from 16th to fourth – earning the KSE Racing Hard Charger award. And Shane Stewart finished fifth – his fifth top-five finish in a row, moving him to fourth in points.

With Schuchart finishing 21st, Sweet reclaimed the points lead – now 28 points ahead of Schatz, who also moved past Schuchart into second. Schuchart fell to third, 36 points behind Sweet.

UP NEXT

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series returns to the “Sprint Car Capital of the World” Knoxville Raceway on June 12-13 for the Brownells Big Guns Bash. Tickets for the doubleheader event can be purchased by clicking here. https://mpv.tickets.com/?agency=KNXV_PL_MPV&orgid=54409&packageId=16538&packageListId=16535#/event/PKG/seatmap/?selectBuyers=false&minPrice=64&maxPrice=64&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: 6/6/20 – Beaver Dam Raceway

NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps) – 1. 49-Brad Sweet [3][$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [4][$5,000]; 3. 41-David Gravel [7][$3,000]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [16][$2,700]; 5. 71-Shane Stewart [1][$2,500]; 6. 5-Brent Marks [14][$2,200]; 7. 2-Carson Macedo [11][$2,000]; 8. 2M-Kerry Madsen [8][$1,800]; 9. 9-Kasey Kahne [2][$1,600]; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen [6][$1,450]; 11. 7S-Jason Sides [15][$1,300]; 12. 11K-Kraig Kinser [9][$1,200]; 13. 17B-Bill Balog [21][$1,100]; 14. 14-Parker Price-Miller [19][$1,000]; 15. 83-Daryn Pittman [13][$950]; 16. 3-Tim Kaeding [17][$900]; 17. 13-Mark Dobmeier [12][$850]; 18. 23-Russel Borland [23][$750]; 19. 9K-Kyle Schuett [24][$725]; 20. 6-Bill Rose [18][$700]; 21. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5][$700]; 22. 73-Jake Blackhurst [20][$700]; 23. 10W-Scotty Thiel [22][$700]; 24. 33M-Mason Daniel [10][$700]; Lap Leaders: Kasey Kahne 1-10, Brad Sweet 11-40; KSE Hard Charger Award: 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[+12]

Qualifying – 1. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 11.429; 2. 71-Shane Stewart, 11.461; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen, 11.537; 4. 9-Kasey Kahne, 11.615; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 11.631; 6. 41-David Gravel, 11.641; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 11.647; 8. 15-Donny Schatz, 11.657; 9. 49-Brad Sweet, 11.675; 10. 5-Brent Marks, 11.697; 11. 2-Carson Macedo, 11.717; 12. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 11.735; 13. 83-Daryn Pittman, 11.769; 14. 33M-Mason Daniel, 11.833; 15. 14-Parker Price-Miller, 11.835; 16. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 11.835; 17. 10W-Scotty Thiel, 11.843; 18. 23-Russel Borland, 11.856; 19. 7S-Jason Sides, 11.879; 20. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 11.9; 21. 3-Tim Kaeding, 11.938; 22. 6-Bill Rose, 11.952; 23. 2W-Scotty Neitzel, 12.001; 24. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 12.033; 25. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 12.062; 26. 17B-Bill Balog, 12.078; 27. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 12.125; 28. 68-Dave Uttech, 12.146; 29. 12W-Josh Walter, 12.185; 30. 25-Danny Schlafer, 12.268; 31. 10V-Matt Vandervere, 12.506; 32. 55-Austin DeBlauw, 12.812; 33. 20R-Robbie Pribnow, 13.227; 34. 10S-Jay Steinebach, 13.503; 35. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, NT

DRYDENE Heat #1 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 2M-Kerry Madsen [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser [2]; 4. 83-Daryn Pittman [4]; 5. 3-Tim Kaeding [6]; 6. 10W-Scotty Thiel [5]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz [7]; 8. 12W-Josh Walter [8]; 9. 20R-Robbie Pribnow [9]

DRYDENE Heat #2 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 71-Shane Stewart [1]; 2. 41-David Gravel [2]; 3. 33M-Mason Daniel [4]; 4. 5-Brent Marks [3]; 5. 6-Bill Rose [6]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog [7]; 7. 23-Russel Borland [5]; 8. 25-Danny Schlafer [8]; 9. 10S-Jay Steinebach [9]

DRYDENE Heat #3 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2]; 2. 1A-Jacob Allen [1]; 3. 2-Carson Macedo [3]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [5]; 5. 14-Parker Price-Miller [4]; 6. 2C-Wayne Johnson [7]; 7. 10V-Matt Vandervere [8]; 8. 2W-Scotty Neitzel [6]; 9. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [9]

DRYDENE Heat #4 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 2. 9-Kasey Kahne [1]; 3. 13-Mark Dobmeier [4]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [3]; 5. 73-Jake Blackhurst [5]; 6. 9K-Kyle Schuett [6]; 7. 68-Dave Uttech [7]; 8. 55-Austin DeBlauw [8]

DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash (8 Laps) – 1. 71-Shane Stewart [1]; 2. 9-Kasey Kahne [2]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [6]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [3]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [5]; 7. 41-David Gravel [8]; 8. 2M-Kerry Madsen [7]

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 17B-Bill Balog [3][-]; 2. 10W-Scotty Thiel [1][-]; 3. 23-Russel Borland [2][-]; 4. 9K-Kyle Schuett [5][-]; 5. 2C-Wayne Johnson [4][$300]; 6. 5J-Jeremy Schultz [6][$250]; 7. 25-Danny Schlafer [10][$225]; 8. 10V-Matt Vandervere [7][$200]; 9. 2W-Scotty Neitzel [11][$200]; 10. 68-Dave Uttech [8][$200]; 11. 20R-Robbie Pribnow [13][$200]; 12. 55-Austin DeBlauw [12][$200]; 13. 12W-Josh Walter [9][$200]; 14. 10S-Jay Steinebach [14][$200]; 15. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [15][$200]

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World of Outlaws PR
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FIGHTING CHANCE: Brad Sweet steals Beaver Dam win on final lap
The Kasey Kahne Racing driver earns his third win at Beaver Dam Raceway and third of 2020

BEAVER DAM, WI – June 5, 2020 – With 11 laps to go, reigning champion Brad Sweet couldn’t throw a stone far enough to reach leader Sheldon Haudenschild. The next lap, he could just about reach out and touch him.

A slip up in Turn 4 at Beaver Dam Raceway Friday night by Haudenschild allowed Sweet to grab hold and never let go. He went wherever the NOS Energy Drink #17 wasn’t, looking for an opening to victory.

He found it around the outside of Haudenschild with the white flag in the air. And once he found it, the reigning champion charged his way to his third World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series win of 2020 and third at Beaver Dam Raceway – also his second in a row at the 1/3-mile track.

“I tried to drive it as hard as I could to get to him (Haudenschild),” said Sweet as he tried to catch his breath in Victory Lane. “It’s hard sometimes to know where to go in lap traffic. Hats off to the team. They had a really good race car tonight. But the NAPA Auto Parts guys keep digging. Last weekend was a tough weekend on us, but we still came out with two decent finishes. It’s nice to be back on top. That’s where this team belongs.”

Sweet showcased the poise of a champion last weekend at Lake Ozark Speedway after he got put into the wall and flipped. If there was any stress, he didn’t show it. He had to use a rare provisional to start the Feature and charged from 25th to eighth. The next night, he finished third. He and his Kasey Kahne Racing team carried that momentum into the doubleheader weekend at Beaver Dam.

The Grass Valley, CA driver won the first Team Drydene Heat Race of the night and then went on to start third in the 30-lap Feature.

Haudenschild took the lead on the first lap, leaving Shane Stewart in second and Sweet in third. His Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing car was in a different league than everyone else. Even with having to wrestle lap traffic, Haudenschild had about a straightaway lead by Lap 10.

Sweet moved by Stewart on Lap 11 for second and then looked to run down Haudenschild. His NAPA Auto Parts #49 cut into Haudenschild’s lead a little every lap but never enough to put him on a trajectory toward victory. That didn’t stop him from trying, though.

Haudenschild ran the bottom, making consistent and smooth laps. However, with 11 laps to go, he got sideways in Turn 4, almost coming to a stop. By the time to straightened out his car and made it to the front stretch, Sweet was on his bumper.

The two battled side by side in the closing laps until Sweet built a strong enough run to launch around the outside of Haudenschild off Turn 4 with the white flag in front of them. With another clean lap around the top of the track and a little help from a lap car blocking Haudenschild’s lane, Sweet drove away with the win.

“Sometimes we set these cars up to be fast for the last 10 laps and you have to try and maintain the first 10,” Sweet said. “We were probably a little too tight in the first 10, but it did come to life there. Never give up. I didn’t think for one second I wasn’t going to win. At least didn’t stop trying and settle for second. You never know what can happen in racing… Anyway, we’re happy to get the win and happy to be racing in front of fans.”

Haudenschild had to settle for a runner-up finish – his third top-five of the year – but was motivated by the car his team gave him.

“Ah, man, definitely a really good race car,” said Haudenschild, of Wooster, OH. “Kyle, Nicholas, Drew, they’ve been working their butts off to give me great race cars and getting me starting up front. Putting me in position to battle for these wins. I feel like I ran a good race. Just should have moved around a little bit.”

Rounding out the podium was current points leader Logan Schuchart, of Hanover, PA – his eighth top-five finish in nine starts this year (the most of all drivers). He now has a six-point lead over Sweet and a 30-point lead over third-place 10-time Series champion Donny Schatz, who finished fourth.

UP NEXT

Sweet will attempt to sweep the weekend and win three races in a row at Beaver Dam Raceway when the Series returns to the track on Sat., June 6 for the $10,000-to-win event. Tickets are sold out, but you can watch all of the action live on DIRTVision.

Race Results: 6/5/20 – Beaver Dam Raceway

NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 49-Brad Sweet [3][$6,000]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [2][$3,000]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5][$2,300]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [6][$2,000]; 5. 71-Shane Stewart [1][$1,850]; 6. 14-Parker Price-Miller [4][$1,750]; 7. 83-Daryn Pittman [7][$1,550]; 8. 41-David Gravel [14][$1,350]; 9. 2M-Kerry Madsen [11][$1,250]; 10. 2-Carson Macedo [8][$1,100]; 11. 11K-Kraig Kinser [9][$1,000]; 12. 1A-Jacob Allen [10][$950]; 13. 5-Brent Marks [12][$900]; 14. 3-Tim Kaeding [16][$850]; 15. 17B-Bill Balog [13][$800]; 16. 9-Kasey Kahne [17][$750]; 17. 7S-Jason Sides [21][$700]; 18. 73-Jake Blackhurst [20][$700]; 19. 10V-Matt Vandervere [24][$700]; 20. 5J-Jeremy Schultz [23][$700]; 21. 13-Mark Dobmeier [19][$700]; 22. 68-Dave Uttech [18][$700]; 23. 10W-Scotty Thiel [15][$700]; 24. 2C-Wayne Johnson [22][$700]; Lap Leaders: Sheldon Haudenschild 1-26, 28; Brad Sweet 27, 29-30; KSE Hard Charger Award: 41-David Gravel[+6]

Qualifying – 1. 14-Parker Price-Miller, 11.395; 2. 2-Carson Macedo, 11.517; 3. 71-Shane Stewart, 11.525; 4. 83-Daryn Pittman, 11.533; 5. 49-Brad Sweet, 11.568; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 11.589; 7. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 11.604; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 11.607; 9. 17B-Bill Balog, 11.644; 10. 41-David Gravel, 11.67; 11. 15-Donny Schatz, 11.704; 12. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 11.739; 13. 7S-Jason Sides, 11.747; 14. 1A-Jacob Allen, 11.783; 15. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 11.793; 16. 5-Brent Marks, 11.869; 17. 9-Kasey Kahne, 11.879; 18. 2W-Scotty Neitzel, 11.892; 19. 6-Bill Rose, 11.895; 20. 3-Tim Kaeding, 11.899; 21. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 11.938; 22. 23-Russel Borland, 11.979; 23. 10W-Scotty Thiel, 11.997; 24. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 12.022; 25. 33M-Mason Daniel, 12.042; 26. 68-Dave Uttech, 12.061; 27. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 12.115; 28. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 12.122; 29. 12W-Josh Walter, 12.124; 30. 10V-Matt Vandervere, 12.308; 31. 10S-Jay Steinebach, 12.52; 32. 25-Danny Schlafer, 12.791; 33. 55-Austin DeBlauw, 12.796; 34. 20R-Robbie Pribnow, 13.084; 35. 18S-Bryce Schmitt, 13.82; 36. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, NT

DRYDENE Heat #1 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 2. 14-Parker Price-Miller [1]; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser [6]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog [3]; 5. 9-Kasey Kahne [5]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides [4]; 7. 33M-Mason Daniel [7]; 8. 12W-Josh Walter [8]; 9. 55-Austin DeBlauw [9]

DRYDENE Heat #2 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 2-Carson Macedo [1]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [2]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen [4]; 4. 41-David Gravel [3]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech [7]; 6. 10V-Matt Vandervere [8]; 7. 20R-Robbie Pribnow [9]; 8. 2W-Scotty Neitzel [5]; 9. 23-Russel Borland [6]

DRYDENE Heat #3 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 71-Shane Stewart [1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 3. 2M-Kerry Madsen [2]; 4. 10W-Scotty Thiel [6]; 5. 13-Mark Dobmeier [7]; 6. 2C-Wayne Johnson [4]; 7. 6-Bill Rose [5]; 8. 18S-Bryce Schmitt [9]; 9. 10S-Jay Steinebach [8]

DRYDENE Heat #4 (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 83-Daryn Pittman [1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2]; 3. 5-Brent Marks [4]; 4. 3-Tim Kaeding [5]; 5. 73-Jake Blackhurst [3]; 6. 5J-Jeremy Schultz [6]; 7. 9K-Kyle Schuett [7]; 8. 25-Danny Schlafer [8]; 9. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [9]

DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash (8 Laps) – 1. 71-Shane Stewart [1]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [3]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 4. 14-Parker Price-Miller [2]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [6]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz [7]; 7. 83-Daryn Pittman [5]; 8. 2-Carson Macedo [8]

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 7S-Jason Sides [1][-]; 2. 2C-Wayne Johnson [2][-]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz [4][-]; 4. 10V-Matt Vandervere [3][-]; 5. 2W-Scotty Neitzel [10][$300]; 6. 33M-Mason Daniel [5][$250]; 7. 9K-Kyle Schuett [8][$225]; 8. 6-Bill Rose [7][$200]; 9. 23-Russel Borland [14][$200]; 10. 55-Austin DeBlauw [13][$200]; 11. 10S-Jay Steinebach [15][$200]; 12. 25-Danny Schlafer [12][$200]; 13. 18S-Bryce Schmitt [11][$200]; 14. 12W-Josh Walter [9][$200]; 15. 20R-Robbie Pribnow [6][$200]; 16. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [16][$200]