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Schatz Sweetens the Season with Win
Gravel records career-best season on tour

CONCORD, N.C. - Oct. 29, 2016 - Donny Schatz orchestrated the celebration of his 229th career trip to victory lane differently Saturday night at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. The 20-year World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series superstar - as usual - hoisted the flag into an erupting confetti machine after the Bad Boy Off Road World Finals. But the thousands of fans erupted too when he casted the VP Racing Fuels checkered flag into the stands among the falling confetti.

Another extraordinary component to Schatz's night-cap was his reflection on the other 24 wins during the season. Each victory added value to his season - alongside the 60 top-five's and 77 top-10's in a season with some-90 points races. Collectively, his consistent success throughout the rigor of one of the most premier national tours led to a dominant 314-point spread in the series' points race. With the points lead, Schatz officially captured his eighth series championship; Schatz has won a championship in 40 percent of his seasons with the Outlaws.

"I know fans would have loved to see it go down to the wire," said Schatz about his championship campaign. "It's hard to say in this sport when you take 92 events coast-to-coast you have during the season. We left Florida to start this season 100-plus points in the hole. We had to win. We dug out of that hole - a 100-point deficit to a 300-point deposit with four DNFs along the way. To me, it was one of the hardest fought comebacks that we've had, and I'm really proud of my guys for that. After that, it says there's nothing my guys can't do."

Like Schatz alluded to, he and his Tony Stewart Racing team encountered adversity at DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park. Though he captured his first win of the season on the second night of the three-day event, Schatz did not make the feature in the opener and concluded the event placing outside of the top 10. For the reigning series champion, who won 31 races in 2015, he felt the pressure early-on.

"On paper, we won a lot of races and had no DNFs," said Schatz recollecting on 2015. "The hardest thing you can ever do is come out of a hole. We came out of that hole, and had consistent top-five and top-three finishes. But, there were also some things we left on the table. We left a championship out of Knoxville [Nationals], but this championship somewhat makes up for that."

This year's championship and a victory at the highly-regarded King's Royal at Eldora (Ohio) Speedway were two redeemable up-sides to the season. To him, those moments are still "hard to put into perspective." In the 10-month span of preparation and competition, Schatz's successes have yet to resonate with him. Though it will take Schatz some time to absorb the total success of the year, his triumph for the finale of World Finals was felt immediately in victory lane.

Schatz, who started fifth for the 30-lap feature, used his momentum from the previous night toward his 2016 season send-off. Schatz was honored with the KSE Hard Charger award the previous night, climbing 10 spots to a third place finish. Starting nine spots better than Friday's feature, Schatz was in a better position to contend for the win.

Platinum driver David Gravel, who won his heat race and the Craftsman® Club Dash earlier in the program, was seeking his 10th win of the season; by doing so, he would have joined Schatz as the only two drivers in the series to record double-digit win totals. Gravel led the field into the green flag. From there he alternated from the top in turns one and two to the bottom in turns three and four to maintain the top spot.

The first of four cautions on the second lap not only diminished Gravel's buffer, but also regrouped the field. On the restart, Schatz charged forward. He picked-up his podium spot then, thereon setting his sights on quick-timer Greg Hodnett and Gravel ahead of him. Schatz eventually used lapped traffic to take over the second spot on the backstretch. More importantly, a trend was developing: Schatz used the breaks in momentum from the cautions to his advantage.

The race's second caution on the 13th lap again regrouped the field; the top-three was beginning to separate by half-second intervals before the yellow flag waved. His strategy of using cautions came into play three laps later when it paired him with Gravel. Gravel defended his top spot on the restart and more importantly in turns one and two. However, the following lap reopened the door in Schatz's favor. Schatz, unable to get under Gravel the first time, made a successful move the second time around before another caution on the 15th lap.

Halfway home, Gravel dipped below Schatz in an attempt to reclaim the lead. But, a strong restart from Schatz made it an ill-attempt. Gravel stayed on pace with Schatz thereafter, maintaining a sub-second distance away from him. The race's final caution with nine laps remaining gave Gravel another opportunity to strike.

Gravel, taking the same approach, tried to leverage his racecar underneath Schatz's in turns three and four. However, Schatz's raw speed kept the battle at bay; he led Gravel by 0.472 seconds with eight laps to go. Within those laps, Platinum driver Joey Saldana sealed the deal for third. Saldana started seventh in the feature.

"As the run went on, the more and more [Schatz] slipped off turn four," said Gravel, explaining his strategy. "The bottom was definitely better there later, but I just could not keep up on the restarts. He just checked-out on the restarts, and I just couldn't close the gap."

While Schatz and Gravel protected their spots for the rest of the feature, Hodnett sought revenge. In the closing laps, Hodnett was able to reclaim the final podium spot. Even so, seven Outlaws finished inside the top 10. Schatz ultimately won the race by a 0.788-second margin.

"Joey races really hard, but I could squeeze in under him a couple of times enough to get out front," Hodnett said. "But I'll tell you what, hats-off to Schatz, Gravel and those guys. All these guys are really tough, and just to be able to half-ass compete with them, I'm just really proud of it. Would have liked the turn out to be better, but we'll be back God-willing to see what we can do in front of these great fans."

Gravel, the 2013 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year, recorded his best season with the Outlaws since joining the national tour. He improved on last year's winless season, taking nine more checkered flags and earning 36 more top-five performances.

The Dirt Track at Charlotte Notebook

RACE NOTES: Donny Schatz finished the 2016 season strong, winning the Bad Boy Off Road World Finals finale at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. Starting fifth, Schatz used lapped traffic and a series of cautions to eventually overtake polesitter David Gravel. Greg Hodnett maintained his podium after a late push from Platinum driver Joey Saldana.

CONTINGENCY WINNERS: MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Greg Wilson; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Danny Lasoski; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Daryn Pittman; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Jason Sides; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Jason Sides; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Tim Shaffer; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Jason Johnson; Super Flow ($50 cash): Danny Dietrich; Craftsman Club Fast Five ($100 cash): David Gravel, Shane Stewart, Joey Saldana; Craftsman/Sears: Ian Madsen; KSE Hard Charger: Logan Schuchart; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Brad Sweet; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Paul McMahan

SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 25 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Stockton Dirt Track on March 18, Stockton Dirt Track on March 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on April 2, Lincoln Speedway on May 19, Weedsport Speedway on May 22, Lincoln Park Speedway on June 8, Knoxville Raceway on June 11, River Cities Speedway on June 17, Rockford Speedway on June 29, Badlands Motor Speedway on July 3, Cedar Lake Speedway on July 9, Attica Raceway Park on July 12, Eldora Speedway on July 16, Ohsweken Speedway on July 26, Junction Motor Speedway on August 16, Angell Park Speedway on August 21, River Cities Speedway on August 26, Nodak Speedway on August 28, Willamette Speedway on September 7, Clay County Fair Speedway on September 16, Lernerville Speedway on September 24, Fulton Speedway on October 8, The Dirt Track at Charlotte on October 28); David Gravel - 9 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12, Tri-State Speedway on May 14, I-96 Speedway on June 6, Eldora Speedway on July 14, Lernerville Speedway on July 19, Wilmot Raceway on July 30, Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 on Aug. 5, Skagit Speedway on Sept 2 and 3); Shane Stewart - 8 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 30, Granite City Speedway on June 15, Brown County Speedway on June 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on September 9; Hartford Speedway on September 22; Eldora Speedway on September 24); Brad Sweet - 8 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, Cotton Bowl Speedway on Feb. 26, Ocean Speedway on April 1, Bakersfield Speedway on April 15, Plymouth Speedway on May 13, Badlands Motor Speedway on July 2; Lakeside Speedway on October 21); Daryn Pittman - 8 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18, New Egypt Speedway on May 24, Jackson Motorplex on June 24, Eldora Speedway on July 15, Williams Grove Speedway on July 22; Salina Highbanks Speedway on October 22); Joey Saldana - 5 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22, Jacksonville Speedway on May 4, I-80 Speedway on June 22, U.S. 36 Raceway on September 17); Jason Johnson - 4 (Placerville Speedway on March 24, Knoxville Nationals on August 13, El Paso County Raceway on September 14, The Dirt Track at Charlotte on October 28); Lance Dewease - 2 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20, Williams Grove Speedway on July 23); Kerry Madsen - 2 (Eldora Speedway on May 6 and 7); Rico Abreu - 2 (Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 on Aug. 6, Silver Dollar Speedway on September 10); Logan Schuchart - 2 (Cedar Lake Speedway on July 9; Port Royal Speedway on October 15); Bill Balog - 1 (Beaver Dam Raceway on June 25); Chad Kemenah - 1 (Fremont Speedway on June 3); Terry McCarl - 1 (Knoxville Raceway on June 10); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26); Greg Wilson - 1 (The Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 27); Danny Dietrich - 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on October 14)

World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; The Dirt Track at Charlotte, N.C.; Oct. 29, 2016

Feature - (30 Laps) -1. 15-Donny Schatz [5] [$12,000]; 2. 5-David Gravel [1] [$5,500]; 3. 27-Greg Hodnett [3] [$3,200]; 4. 83-Joey Saldana [7] [$2,800]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [14] [$2,500]; 6. 21-Brian Brown [9] [$2,300]; 7. 2-Shane Stewart [4] [$2,200]; 8. 9-Daryn Pittman [12] [$2,100]; 9. 10H-Chad Kemenah [13] [$2,050]; 10. 7S-Jason Sides [18] [$2,000]; 11. 49X-Tim Shaffer [6] [$1,500]; 12. 99-Brady Bacon [17] [$1,200]; 13. 41-Jason Johnson [10] [$1,100]; 14. 48-Danny Dietrich [11] [$1,050]; 15. 2L-Danny Lasoski [21] [$1,000]; 16. 49-Brad Sweet [16] [$1,000]; 17. 1B-Dale Blaney [20] [$1,000]; 18. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [23] [$1,000]; 19. 23-Trey Starks [24] [$1,000]; 20. 17B-Bill Balog [15] [$1,000]; 21. 71M-Dave Blaney [22] [$1,000]; 22. 7-Paul McMahan [25] [$]; 23. W20-Greg Wilson [26] [$]; 24. 18-Ian Madsen [2] [$1,000]; 25. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [8] [$1,000]; 26. 82-Sammy Swindell [19] [$1,000]
Lap Leaders:David Gravel 1-14, Donny Schatz 15-30KSE
Hard Charger Award:1S-Logan Schuchart [+9]

Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) -1. 27-Greg Hodnett [1]; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer [2]; 3. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 4. 10H-Chad Kemenah [5]; 5. 99-Brady Bacon [3]; 6. 3G-Carson Macedo [6]; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser [8]; 8. 49H-Doug Esh [11]; 9. 23-Trey Starks [7]; 10. 4-Cole Duncan [10]; 11. 91-Chad Boespflug [12]; 12. 2MX-Hunter Schuerenberg [9]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) -1. 18-Ian Madsen [1]; 2. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [2]; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich [4]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog [3]; 5. 82-Sammy Swindell [8]; 6. 17W-Kerry Madsen [9]; 7. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [5]; 8. 2M-Brent Marks [7]; 9. A67-Cale Conley [11]; 10. 23M-Lance Moss [12]; 11. 67-Tanner Thorson [10]; 12. 1A-Jac Haudenschild [6]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) -1. 2-Shane Stewart [1]; 2. 83-Joey Saldana [2]; 3. 41-Jason Johnson [4]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [3]; 5. 7S-Jason Sides [9]; 6. 19-Paige Polyak [6]; 7. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [8]; 8. 2L-Danny Lasoski [5]; 9. 77X-Parker Price-Miller [10]; 10. 94-Ryan Smith [7]; 11. W20-Greg Wilson [11]; 12. 27G-Jay Galloway [12]

Heat 4 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) -1. 5-David Gravel [2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 5. 1B-Dale Blaney [7]; 6. 51S-Stevie Smith [6]; 7. 7-Paul McMahan [8]; 8. 23C-Tyler Courtney [9]; 9. 71M-Dave Blaney [5]; 10. 25-Tyler Bear [10]; 11. 4S-Danny Smith [11]

Craftsman Club® Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) -1. 5-David Gravel [4]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [3]; 3. 27-Greg Hodnett [1]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [2]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz [8]; 6. 49X-Tim Shaffer [5]; 7. 83-Joey Saldana [6]; 8. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [7]

C-Main - (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the B-feature) -1. 4-Cole Duncan [1] [-]; 2. 23C-Tyler Courtney [2] [-]; 3. 49H-Doug Esh [5] [$150]; 4. 77X-Parker Price-Miller [4] [$150]; 5. 67-Tanner Thorson [3] [$150]; 6. 25-Tyler Bear [6] [$125]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [8] [$125]; 8. A67-Cale Conley [7] [$125]; 9. 91-Chad Boespflug [9] [$125]; 10. 23M-Lance Moss [11] [$125]; 11. 4S-Danny Smith [10] [$125]; 12. 27G-Jay Galloway [12] [$125]; 13. 1A-Jac Haudenschild [13] [$125]; 14. 13-Clyde Knipp [14] [$125]; 15. OO-Dane Lorenc [15] [$125]

Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) -1. 2L-Danny Lasoski [2] [-]; 2. 71M-Dave Blaney [4] [-]; 3. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [1] [-]; 4. 23-Trey Starks [5] [-]; 5. 3G-Carson Macedo [3] [$300]; 6. 51S-Stevie Smith [8] [$250]; 7. 2M-Brent Marks [7] [$225]; 8. 94-Ryan Smith [10] [$200]; 9. 7-Paul McMahan [14] [$200]; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser [9] [$200]; 11. 17W-Kerry Madsen [13] [$200]; 12. 2MX-Hunter Schuerenberg [11] [$200]; 13. 19-Paige Polyak [6] [$200]; 14. 4-Cole Duncan [15] [$200]; 15. 23C-Tyler Courtney [16] [$200]; 16. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [12] [$200]

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Madden Closes Out Bad Boy Off Road World Finals On Top

CONCORD, N.C. - October 30, 2016 - After a hard fought weekend from Chris Madden it all paid off on the final night of the season finale when his No. 44 machine found its way into Victory Lane. Throughout the past three days at the Bad Boy Off Road World of Outlaws World Finals, Madden proved he was a strong contender as he remained in the front of the pack every time he took the track.

"When you're fast the whole time there's a little more pressure because you can't slow it up. It's not like being slow and trying to get better," said Madden.

30-drivers from 15 different states across the country took to The Dirt Track at Charlotte for Saturday night's 50-lap Craftsman Club Feature and it was anything but a Sunday afternoon drive to the grocery store as each driver battled it out from green-to-checkered. Many drivers found their way into the top-10 spots throughout the night and more than a handful danced in the top-5.

Picking number one in the redraw, Madden would start at the pole position. Tim McCreadie grabbed a number two to start him in the second position. The battle for the lead between Madden and McCreadie was from first lap where they went door-to-door until lap 7 where Madden was able to gain two car lengths between them.

With the help of a caution on lap 10, the field tightened and gave everyone the opportunity to move up the ladder. >From lap 16 to lap 30 Madden, McCreadie and Josh Richards were doing all they could to maneuver around each other and lap traffic they encountered. All three swapping podium-positions along the way.

A caution fell on lap 30 and Richards headed to the hot pits but rejoined the field to finish out the race. Richards was able to make a hard charge forward from the back, ultimately finishing twelfth.

The battle between Madden and McCreadie held out until the lap 48 where Madden was able to squeeze between lap traffic and make a break away all the way to the checkered flag.

"[Madden] led a lot of laps last night and you just don't know where to be. He got better and I thought there was a chance but he pulled a hell of a move [between two lap cars in Turn 2] and I just got hung for a second and that was the race. [Madden] has helped me out a lot this week so it's fun to race like that - we had a blast" said McCreadie.

After learning some adjustments from the previous night, madden said, "we tightened up from the situation we got into last night and just tried to have a better car and we got it too tight tonight and couldn't cut around the bottom like [Tim McCreadie] could. I found something there in the middle and started to run those guys back down by working that middle and finally got me a groove that we could carry a lot of momentum. I knew we weren't going to have a problem if we ran into lap traffic but we did and broke my momentum but we put ourselves into position to win the race."

There were several hard-chargers in the season finale for the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Models. Brandon Overton gave viewers deja vu as he mimicked the previous day's racing where he started joined the feature through winning the Last Chance Showdown which started him in the twentieth position of the 30-car 50-lap feature. On Friday night Overton finished one spot shy from the podium.

On Saturday, Overton followed suit and won his Last Chance Showdown which transferred him into the Feature and started him again in the twentieth position. Although he gave the 50-lap feature all he could, Overton ran out of laps to jump up the chain and finished fifth.

The World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series will wrap up their season at the end-of-the-year banquet where season-ending awards will be given out and honoring the Series Champion, Josh Richards. The Outlaw Late Models will resume action at DIRTcar Nationals Florida in February, 2017.

Craftsman Club Feature (50 - Laps): 1. 44 - Chris Madden; 2. 39 - Tim McCreadie; 3. 5- Don O'Neal; 4. 18 - Eric Wells; 5. 76 - Brandon Overton; 6. 25 - Shane Clanton; 7. 6 - Jonathan Davenport; 8. 17M - Dale McDowell; 9. 15L- Darrell Lanigan; 10. 18c- Chase Junghans; 11. C9- Steve Casebolt; 12. 1- Josh Richards; 13. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr.; 14. 40- Kyle Bronson; 15. 15s- Donny Schatz; 16. 41*- Chub Frank; 17. 0 - Dale Hollidge; 18. 7- Rick Eckart; 19. 21JR- Billy Moyer Jr.; 20. 14M - Morgan Bagley; 21. 77 - Jordan Yaggy; 22. 3s - Brian Shirley; 23. 91 - Tyler Erb; 24. 22* - G.R. Smith; 25. 2c - Joey Coulter; 26. 93- Donald Bradsher; 27. 99jr. - Frank Heckenast Jr. - 28. 111- Steven Roberts; 29. 22 - Chris Ferguson; 30. 41B - Boom Briggs; 31. 111B - Max Blair.

Last-Chance Showdown Group No. 1(10 Laps - Top 2 Transfer): 1. 77 - Jordan Yaggy; 2. 99jr - Frank Heckenast Jr.; 3. 89 - Dustin Mitchell; 4. 4Ds - Chad Hollenbeck 5. 41B - Boom Briggs; 6. Robbie Scott; 7. 93- Donald Bradsher; 8. 6s - Blake Spencer; 9. 16 - Steve Francis; 10. 09- Johnny Pursley; 11. 2H - Nick Hoffman; 12. 14H- Tyler Horst; 13. 72- Dan Stone; 14. 82 - Andy Fries; DNS: 15-Dean Bowen; 89w-Justin Williams.

Last-Chance Showdown Group No. 2(10 Laps - Top 2 Transfer): 1. 76 - Brandon Overton; 2. 6 - Jonathan Davenport; 3. 21JR- Billy Moyer Jr.; 4. 41* - Chub Frank; 5. 49R - Brain Ruhlman; 6. R1 - Riley Hickman 7. 25z - Mason Zeigler; 8. 25F- Jason Feger; 9. 71 - Hudson O'Neal; 10. 7r- Ross Robinson; 11. 24 - Kenny Moreland; 12. 8- Willie Milliken; 13. 31 - Bob Gordon; 14. 92 - Nick Davis; 15. 23- Michael Rouse; 16. 22E - Russell Erwin; DNS: P3 - Jeff Robertson.

Last-Chance Showdown Group No. 3(10 Laps - Top 2 Transfer): 1. 18c - Chase Junghans; 2. 111B - Max Blair; 3. 72c - Jason Covert; 4. '00 - Jesse Stovall; 5. 2c - Joey Coulter; 6. 32 - Daulton Wilson; 7. 42 - Doug Sanders; 8. 93 - Pancho Lawler; 9. 2M - Allen Murray; 10. '07- Brian Ledbetter; 11. 28- Tyler Carpenter; 12. 1G- Ryan King; 13. 11- Austin Smith; DNS: 91-Tyler Erb; C8-Timothy Culp; 3S - Brian Shirley.

Saturday Qualifying: Group 1: 1. 1- Josh Richards, 14.876; 2. 22 - Chris Madden, 15.031; 3. C9 - Steve Casebolt, 15.237; 4. 5- Don O'Neal, 15.239; 5. 22- Chris Ferguson, 15.285; 6. 1*- Chub Frank, 15.352; 7. 93-Donald Bradsher, 15.355; 8. 22*- G.R. Smith, 15.373; 9. 18 - Eric Wells, 15.378; 10. 111- Steven Roberts, 15.450; 11. 82- Andy Fries, 15.470; 12. 1M- Willie Milliken, 15.475; 13. 18s- Robbie Scott, 15.493; 14. 14H- Tyler Horst, 15.534; 15. 40-Kyle Bronson, 15.585; 16. 15- Dean Bowen, 15.600; 17. 77- Jordan Yaggy, 15.613; 18. 87- Ross Bailes, 15.650; 19. 49R- Brian Ruhlman, 15.663; 20. 99jr - Frank Heckenast Jr., 15.674; 21. 4-D's- Chad Hollenbeck, 15.687; 22. 76- Brandon Overton, 15.696; 23. '09-Johnny Pursley, 15.732; 24. 72-Dan Stone, 15.881; 25. 23- Michael Rouse, 15.904; 26. 16- Steve Francis, 15.920; 27. 99B- Boom Briggs, 16.104; 28. 31- Bob Gordon, 16.132; 29. 6s- Blake Spencer, 16.321; 30. 2H- Nick Hoffman, 16.847; 31. P3- Jeff Robertson, 17.608; DNS: D8-Dustin Mitchell; 89W- Justin Williams; 1V- Jeremy Miller; 22E- Russell Erwin.

Saturday Qualifying Group 2: 1. 39- Tim McCreadie, 15.052; 2. 17M-Dale McDowell, 15.134; 3. 25-Shane Clanton, 15.159; 4. 0- Dale Hollidge, 15.202; 5. 15s- Donny Schatz, 15.256; 6. 28E - Dennis Erb Jr., 15.324; 7. 7- Rick Eckert, 15.351; 8. 72c - Jason Covert, 15.363; 9. 15L - Darrel Lanigan, 15.390; 10. 21JR- Billy Moyer Jr., 15.394; 11. 18c- Chase Junghans, 15.404; 12. 111B- Max Blair, 15.434; 13. 71- Hudson O'Neal, 15.442; 14. 14M- Morgan Bagley, 15.569; 15. 11- Austin Smith, 15.652; 16. R1 - Riley Hickman, 15.697; 17. C8- Timothy Culp, 15.702; 18. 91- Tyler Erb, 15.714; 19. 6 - Jonathan Davenport, 15.715; 20. 28- Tyler Carpenter, 15.727; 21. 32- Daulton Wilson, 15.748; 22. 24- Kenny Moreland, 15.748; 23. 2c- Joey Coulter, 15.754; 24. 1G-Ryan King, 15.793; 25. 25z-Mason Zeigler, 15.805l 26. 42- Doug Sanders, 15.848; 27. 93L- Pancho Lawler, 15.861; 28. 92- Nick Davis, 15.955; 29. '00-Jesse Stovall, 15.992; 30. '07- Brian Ledbetter, 16.158; 31. 7r- Ross Robinson, 16.224; 32. 2M- Allen Murray, 16.443; 33. 3s- Brian Shirley, 16.758; 34. 25F-Jason Feger , NT.

Heat 1 (10 Laps - Top 3 Transfer): 1. 1- Josh Richards; 2. 5- Don O'Neal 3. 111- Steven Roberts; 4.'09 - Johnny Pursley; 5. 18s - Robbie Scott; 6. 89 - Dustin Mitchell; 7. 16- Steve Francis; 8. 6s -Blake Spencer; 9. 93- Donald Bradsher; 10. 15- Dean Bowen; 11. 99jr- Frank Heckenast Jr.

Heat 2 (10 Laps - Top 3 Transfer): 1. 44 - Chris Madden; 2. 22 - Chris Ferguson; 3. 22* - G.R. Smith; 4. 77 - Jordan Yaggy; 5. 82 - Andy Fries; 6. 14H - Tyler Horst; 7. 72 - Dan Stone; 8. 2H - Nick Hoffman; 9. 41B - Boom Briggs; 10. 89w - Justin Williams; 11. 4Ds - Chad Hollenbeck.

Heat 3 (10 Laps - Top 3 Transfer): 1. C9- Steve Casebolt; 2. 18- Eric Wells; 3. 40 - Kyle Bronson; 4. 76- Brandon Overton; 5. 41* - Chub Frank; 6. 49R - Brian Ruhlman; 7. 22E - Russell Erwin; 8. 23 - Michael Rouse; 9. 31 - Bob Gordon; 10. 8 - Willie Miliken; 11. P3 - Jeff Robertson.

Heat 4 (10 Laps - Top 3 Transfer): 1. 39 - Tim McCreadie; 2. 0 - Dale Hollidge; 3. 7 - Rick Eckert; 4. 21JR - Billy Moyer Jr. 5. 6 - Jonathan Davenport; 6. 24 - Kenny Moreland; 7. 25z - Mason Zeigler 8. R1 - Riley Hickman 9. 7r - Ross Robinson 10. 92- Nick Davis; 11. 25F - Jason Feger 12. 71 - Hudson O'Neal.

Heat 5 (10 Laps - Top 3 Transfer): 1. 17M - Dale McDowell; 2. 15s - Donny Schatz; 3. 14M - Morgan Bagley; 4. 18c - Chase Junghans; 5. 00 - Jesse Stovall; 6. 72c - Jason Covert; 7. 42 - Doug Sanders; 8. 2c - Joey Coulter; 9. 2M - Allen Murray; 10. 28 - Tyler Carpenter; 11. C8 - Timothy Culp.

Heat 6 (10 Laps - Top 3 Transfer): 1. 25 - Shane Clanton; 2. 28E - Dennis Erb Jr.; 3. 15L - Darrell Lanigan; 4. 111B- Max Blair; 5. 11 - Austin Smith; 6. 93L - Pancho Lawler; 7. 32 - Daulton Wilson; 8. 07- Brian Ledbetter; 9. 1G - Ryan King; 10. 91 - Tyler Erb; 11. 3s - Brian Shirley.

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30

Sheppard Breaks Out The Broom

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Sheppard Breaks Out The Broom

Nothing says champion like sweeping the weekend at The Dirt Track at Charlotte

CONCORD, N.C. - October 29, 2016 - Matt Sheppard, the driver of the FX Caprara No. 9s Big Block Modified, made a mark in history this weekend as he broke a record and won his fifth Super DIRTcar Series Championship. Sheppard proved once again that he was the man to beat Saturday night during the Bad Boy Off Road World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.

"This place was so racy tonight," said Sheppard in victory lane. "These big blocks put on a heck of a show tonight. We were racing two, three, four wide there. Last time we started on the pole and led the whole race. I was happy to get that win and tonight was even more satisfying. Starting in the back a little bit further and driving through the field. I just can't say enough about this racecar. It was just fantastic."

Pat Ward and Justin Haers led the 29-car field to the initial green flag. On the drop of the green, a four-car battle for the lead emerged as Ward, Hears, Brett Hearn and Billy Decker all ran wire-to-wire - until Haers took the lead and pulled away from the field on lap two.

Decker, who started fifth, slid his way into third as he began to chase down Ward.

It didn't take long for eighth place starter, Sheppard, to make his way into the picture as he slipped his way under Tim Fuller and advanced into fifth on lap ten.

The first caution of the night was brought out due to a slow moving Mike Mahaney.

Racing once again resumed but not for long as Ryan Watt made hard contact with the turn one wall on lap 12.

Keith Flach, Erick Rudolph and Mike Maresca made contact going into turn three, sending Flach flipping on lap 14.

The third restart of the night saw Hearn running the outside line as Sheppard tried to sneak up underneath him. Hearn didn't give up that easily as he managed to close the door on Sheppard.

Justin Haers held a steady lead at the halfway mark over Ward, Decker, Hearn and Sheppard.

The battle for third began to heat up as Hearn and Sheppard started closing in on Decker on lap 24.

Wight soon made his way into the picture as four cars began to battle side-by-side for the third position.

As the battle for third continued, Haers caught the back end of the pack with just eight laps remaining.

Sheppard was a man on the move as he moved his way into third on lap 32 then soon began to close in on Ward.

Sheppard charged hard into one and slid up out of two to pass Ward for second on lap 35.

Haers got out of shape coming out of turn four and Sheppard was there to take advantage. Sheppard blew by Hears on the front stretch and went on to take the lead on lap 36.

Another yellow was thrown with two laps to go due to a slowing Tyler Dippel.

Ward took advantage of the lap 38 restart as he drove by Haers for second, setting his sights on Sheppard.

Ward ran out of time and fell one spot short as Sheppard crossed the line first over Ward, Haers, Hearn and Wight to sweep the weekend at The Dirt Track at Charlotte and to capture his fifth Super DIRTcar Series Championship.

"It's like we flipped a light switch there about halfway and that thing just took off like a missile," Sheppard said. "When I could see Justin and Pat there I wanted to win this race again. I didn't want to settle for third. Thankfully this car was good enough that we could do it."

Ward had a competitive car as it showed this weekend during World Finals by placing his No. 42p Big Block Modified in the top five in both features.

"Sheppard has had a very dominant car. You can't say enough about the way he's been running," Ward said. "Justin bobbled one time and it just happened to be when Matt was up under me and I was just kind of hoping Justin did that sooner so I could get by. It was a heck of a race between the three of us."

Friday nights second place finisher was looking to get the job done and move one spot forward but ended up closing out the season with a third place finish.

"We'll take it. We were on a little bit different tire than Pat and Matt," Haers said. "I wanted to move down because the top was getting so far out there, my right front was harder than both of these guys. I just couldn't turn anymore, then I'd get lose up off.

A true podium finish in Charlotte, we can't complain."

"I honestly didn't know how many laps were left," laughed Sheppard. "I knew there couldn't be a ton. I was running just as hard as I could and luckily we were able to get to the lead. When we got the lead it was kind of a sigh of relief. Again, I didn't want to see that yellow at the end but just like last night this car is so good. It felt good to win the race last night but to do it the way we did it tonight felt even better."

Sheppard proved early on in the season that his new team combination was a force to reckoned with. "It's kind of funny, we started off good in Florida and came out strong. Then the first series race at Fulton I think I finished seventeenth or something, it was awful. Then after that it was like we just really got rolling. I mean twelve series wins in one year, wow, that's unbelievable. I think we even had four or five seconds too. When you can finish first or second in 17 of the races that's pretty impressive. It just goes to show we built a potent team this winter. We had all the right parts, crew, car, engines, the whole deal. Everybody and everything did its job. It's just a dream season."

Matt Sheppard was no stranger to doing the confetti dance in victory lane this year as he broke the record for the most wins in a season and clinched the Super DIRTcar Series championship, for the fifth time.

A-Main (40 laps) - 1. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 2. 42p-Pat Ward, 3. 3-Justin Haers, 4. 20-Brett Hearn, 5. 99l-Larry Wight, 6. 27j-Danny Johnson, 7. 19-Tim Fuller, 8. 91-Billy Decker, 9. 84-Gary Tomkins, 10. 18h-Peter Britten, 11. 43h-Jimmy Horton, 12. 8-Rich Scagliotta, 13. 98h-Jimmy Phelps, 14. 01-Chris Raabe, 15. 44-Stewart Friesen, 16. 15-Billy Pauch Jr., 17. 6m-Mat Williamson, 18. 1-Tyler Dippel, 19. 10h-Dave Blaney, 20. 35-Frank Cozze, 21. 66-Rick Laubach, 22. 19b-Brett Kresley, 23. 7m-Mike Maresca, 24. 43-Keith Flach, 25. 25r-Erick Rudolph, 26. 14w-Ryan Watt, 27. 6h-Max McLaughlin, 28. 115-Kenny Tremont Jr., 29. 88m-Mike Mahaney

Last-Chance Showdown No. 1: 1. 43- Keith Flach; 2. 35- Frank Cozze; 3. 19b - Brett Kresley; 4. 07 - Tim Kerr; 5. 13 - Rick Regalski Jr.; 6. 21 - Gary Edwards Jr.; 7. 37m - Jeremiah Shingledecker; 8. 48T - Dave Rauscher; 9. 747 - Ryan Godown; 10. 17J - Matt Janiak; 11. 19w - Justin Wright.

Last-Chance Showdown No. 2: 1. 15 - Billy Pauch Jr.; 2. 43h - Jimmy Horton; 3. 115- Kenny Tremont Jr.; 4. 8- Rich Scagliotta; 5. 96 - Jean-Francois Corriveau; 6. 6h- Max McLaughlin; 7. 88m - Mike Mahaney; 8. R13- Ralph McBride; 9. 88-Joe August Jr.

Saturday Heat 1 - 1. 42p-Pat Ward, 2. 14w-Ryan Watt, 3. 01-Chris Raabe, 4. 7m-Mike Maresca, 5. 48t-Dave Rauscher, 6. 115-Kenny Tremont Jr., 7. 21-Gary Edwards Jr., 8. 8-Rich Scagliotta, 9. 17J-Matt Janiak

Saturday Heat 2 - 1. 3-Justin Haers, 2. 19-Tim Fuller, 3. 6m-Mat Williamson, 4. 10h-Dave Blaney, 5. 15-Billy Pauch Jr., 6. 35-Frank Cozze, 7. 88m-Mike Mahaney, 8. 37m-Jeremiah Shingledecker

Saturday Heat 3 - 1. 20-Brett Hearn, 2. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 3. 84-Gary Tomkins, 4. 25r-Erick Rudilph, 5. 747-Ryan Godown, 6. 6h-Max McLaughlin, 7. 07-Tim Kerr, 8. 66m-J.R. McGinley, 9. 19w-Justin Wright

Saturday Heat 4 - 1. 99l-Larry Wight, 2. 18h-Peter Britten, 3. 98h-Jimmy Phelps, 4. 27J-Danny Johnson, 5. 43h-Jimmy Horton, 6. 43-Keith Flach, 7. 5h-Chris Hile, 8. 66x-Carey Terrance, 9. 88-Joe August Jr.

Saturday Heat 5 - 1. 91-Billy Decker, 2. 1-Tyler Dippel, 3. 66-Rick Laubach, 4. 44-Stewart Friesen, 5. 19-Brett Kresley, 6. 96-Jean-Francois Corriveau, 7. 13-Rick Regalski Jr., 8. R13-Ralph McBridge

Saturday Group 1 Qualifier - 1. 01-Chris Raabe, 16.050; 2. 7m-Mike Maresaca, 16.092; 3. 14w-Ryan Watt, 16.196; 4. 42p-Pat Ward, 16.212; 5. 8-Rich Scagliotta, 16.251; 6. 48t-Dave Rauscher, 16.295; 7. 17j-Matt Janiak, 16.304; 8. 115-Kenny Tremont Jr., 16.577; 9. 17-Marcus Dinkins, 16.740; 10. 21-Gary Edwards Jr., 33.580

Saturday Group 2 Qualifier - 1. 3-Justin Haers, 15.860; 2. 19-Tim Fuller, 15.962; 3. 10h-Dave Blaney, 16.027; 4. 6m-Mat Williamson, 16.108; 5. 15-Billy Pauch Jr., 16.152; 6. 88m-Mike Mahaney,16.407; 7. Y21-Yan Bussiere, 16.451; 8. 37m-Jeremiah Shingledecker, 16.527; 9. 35-Frank Cozze, 32.704

Saturday Group 3 Qualifier - 1. 20-Brett Hearn, 15.955; 2. 84-Gary Tomkins, 16.073; 3. 25r-Erick Rudolph, 16.097; 4. 19w-Justin Wright, 16.098; 5. 07-Tim Kerr, 16.155; 6. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 16.170; 7. 747-Ryan Godown, 16.292; 8. Max McLaughlin, 16.295; 9. 66m-J.R. McGinley, 16.538

Saturday Group 4 Qualifier - 1. 99l-Larry Wight, 15.878; 2. 18h-Peter Britten, 15.898; 3. 98h-Jimmy Phelps, 16.037; 4. 43-Keith Flach, 16.039; 5. 27j-Danny Johnson, 16.278; 6. 5h-Chris Hile, 16.280; 7. 66x-Carey Terrance, 16.345; 8. 43h-Jimmy Horton, 16.355; 9. 88-Joe August Jr., 16.780

Saturday Group 5 Qualifier - 1. 91-Billy Decker, 15.913; 2. 66-Rick Laubach, 16.006; 3. 1-Tyler Dippel, 16.216; 4. 19b-Brett Kresley, 16.216; 5. 44-Stewart Friesen, 16.339; 6. 13-Rick Regalski Jr., 16.453; 7. 96-Jean-Francois Corriveau, 16.465; 8. R13-Ralph McBride, 17.513; 9. 11R-Robbie Bellinger, NT

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Johnson Earns Fourth Series Win of 2016 Eight Outlaws finish inside the Top 10

CONCORD, N.C. - Oct. 28, 2016 - Jason Johnson set the tone for the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Friday night, winning the first night of racing for the Bad Boy Off Road World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. Johnson, who idled his winged sprint down victory lane for the fourth time this season, has made his victories count for the series' most celebrated races in 2016.

"I'll tell you what, these Priority Aviation/ Mesilla Valley Transportation guys have been doing a hell of a job all year long," said Johnson, beaming on the front-stretch. "To cap it off at the end of the year with a victory in front of this great crowd...couldn't say any more bout the facility at such an awesome event...to win is just an honor."

Earlier in the year, Johnson recorded his second win at the prestigious 5-Hour Energy Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey's General Stores on August 13. At Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway, the Eunice, La. native battled wheel-to-wheel with points leader Donny Schatz for a valuable extension on the event's 56-year history. Johnson encountered a similar situation at World Finals.

Johnson, who started fourth in the feature, preceded the feature with a heat win and second place finish in the second Craftsman® Club Dash; Dale Blaney finished ahead of him. With Blaney starting second and fellow Platinum driver Brad Sweet on the pole for the 30-lap feature, Johnson faced an uphill battle chock-full of the sport's most proven drivers.

Sweet, riding the high of winning the first dash of the night, started strong into the green flag. However, Blaney superseded his prowess and managed to take the top spot in the opening laps. Within the first three laps, Blaney increased his lead to 2.044 seconds. Two laps later, Johnson caught his stride and undertook Sweet exiting turn one for the second spot.

Sweet did not go down without a fight; he redeemed his spot on the race's ninth lap. The two drivers thereon jockeyed for the runner-up spot, both using an under-over maneuver on each other for the next two laps. Johnson got the best of the battle, securing the spot exiting turn four on the 11th lap.

From there, Sweet faded. Logan Schuchart, who started seventh on the night, got around Sweet for the final podium position. While Schuchart was solidifying his spot on the podium, Johnson was cutting into Blaney's lead. With 10 laps remaining, Johnson came within 0.382 seconds before the race's first and only caution. By this time, the World of Outlaws regulars claimed six out of the top seven spots. Schatz was sitting in sixth.

"I'm very lucky to drive this racecar right now," Schuchart said. "Our guys do a very great job, and it's a fast car. I felt better as the race went on. I felt like it was the fastest car at the end of the race. The weather looks similar tomorrow so hopefully the track is similar."

On the restart, Johnson closed the gap more than he had originally. Blaney and Johnson fought side-by-side, their cars parallel to each other exiting turn four with nine laps remaining.

All the while, Schatz began his charge to the front. The seven-time series champion - soon to be eighth once he signs in for the event's finale - made his way up to third with six laps left in the feature.

"These guys did an incredible job," Schatz said. "The racetrack: you really didn't know what was going to happen there. I'm glad those guys worked it. It made for a great race. I thought we were in really great shape coming through there. I tried to change and adapt to what I had. Tonight was definitely a big learning curve, and it's definitely fun."

Johnson proved to be too much for Blaney, and in the closing laps fell back. Johnson had sole possession of the lead. Schuchart and Schatz were able to get by Blaney, finishing one-two respectively behind Johnson. With Schatz's charge, he recorded his 59th top-five performance of the year. Adding to the series' success, the Outlaws placed in eight of the top-10 spots.

"We're a privateer team, and we're definitely financially driven," said Johnson, earning the $12,000 purse. "So, it's an honor to pull-off another victory."

Schatz, who doubled-over into the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series, finished 15th in the 50-lap feature which preceded the Sprint class. Schatz said he is having "a lot of fun" dabbling in both classes, but his focus for the finale will be in sprint car.

"I don't think I was cut-out to drive those cars," Schatz said. "Those 50 laps seemed like 500 to me. It was brutal. Tomorrow will be a little better being able to run the sprint car first. So, we'll see what happens with that."

The Dirt Track at Charlotte Notebook

RACE NOTES: Jason Johnson, who started fourth in the feature, spent the majority of the 30-lap feature battling toward the front. Once the Platinum driver sealed the deal for the second position, he had his sights toward overtaking Dale Blaney for the lead. With six laps remaining, Johnson succeeded. Streaking Logan Schuchart replaced Blaney for the second spot in the closing laps. Donny Schatz, who started in 13th position, followed Schuchart into the podium. Schatz was honored with the KSE Hard Charger Award, climbing 10 positions in all.

CONTINGENCY WINNERS: MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Paul McMahan; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Jason Johnson; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Daryn Pittman; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Daryn Pittman; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Joey Saldana; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Brian Brown; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Brent Marks; Super Flow ($50 cash): Jason Sides; Craftsman Club Fast Five ($100 cash): Brad Sweet, Shane Stewart, Logan Schuchart, David Gravel, Daryn Pittman, Jason Johnson, Joey Saldana; Craftsman/Sears: Greg Hodnett, Dale Blaney; KSE Hard Charger: Donny Schatz; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Jason Johnson; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Danny Dietrich; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Paul McMahan

SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 24(Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Stockton Dirt Track on March 18, Stockton Dirt Track on March 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on April 2, Lincoln Speedway on May 19, Weedsport Speedway on May 22, Lincoln Park Speedway on June 8, Knoxville Raceway on June 11, River Cities Speedway on June 17, Rockford Speedway on June 29, Badlands Motor Speedway on July 3, Cedar Lake Speedway on July 9, Attica Raceway Park on July 12, Eldora Speedway on July 16, Ohsweken Speedway on July 26, Junction Motor Speedway on August 16, Angell Park Speedway on August 21, River Cities Speedway on August 26, Nodak Speedway on August 28, Willamette Speedway on September 7, Clay County Fair Speedway on September 16, Lernerville Speedway on September 24, Fulton Speedway on October 8); David Gravel - 9 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12, Tri-State Speedway on May 14, I-96 Speedway on June 6, Eldora Speedway on July 14, Lernerville Speedway on July 19, Wilmot Raceway on July 30, Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 on Aug. 5, Skagit Speedway on Sept 2 and 3); Shane Stewart - 8 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 30, Granite City Speedway on June 15, Brown County Speedway on June 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on September 9; Hartford Speedway on September 22; Eldora Speedway on September 24); Brad Sweet - 8 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, Cotton Bowl Speedway on Feb. 26, Ocean Speedway on April 1, Bakersfield Speedway on April 15, Plymouth Speedway on May 13, Badlands Motor Speedway on July 2; Lakeside Speedway on October 21); Daryn Pittman - 8 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18, New Egypt Speedway on May 24, Jackson Motorplex on June 24, Eldora Speedway on July 15, Williams Grove Speedway on July 22; Salina Highbanks Speedway on October 22); Joey Saldana - 5 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22, Jacksonville Speedway on May 4, I-80 Speedway on June 22, U.S. 36 Raceway on September 17); Jason Johnson - 4 (Placerville Speedway on March 24, Knoxville Nationals on August 13, El Paso County Raceway on September 14, The Dirt Track at Charlotte on October 28); Lance Dewease - 2 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20, Williams Grove Speedway on July 23); Kerry Madsen - 2 (Eldora Speedway on May 6 and 7); Rico Abreu - 2 (Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 on Aug. 6, Silver Dollar Speedway on September 10); Logan Schuchart - 2 (Cedar Lake Speedway on July 9; Port Royal Speedway on October 15); Bill Balog - 1 (Beaver Dam Raceway on June 25); Chad Kemenah - 1 (Fremont Speedway on June 3); Terry McCarl - 1 (Knoxville Raceway on June 10); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26); Greg Wilson - 1 (The Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 27); Danny Dietrich - 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on October 14)

World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; The Dirt Track at Charlotte, N.C.; Oct. 28, 2016

Feature - (30 Laps) - 1. 41-Jason Johnson [4] [$12,000]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [7] [$5,500]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [13] [$3,200]; 4. 1B-Dale Blaney [2] [$2,800]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [1] [$2,500]; 6. 5-David Gravel [9] [$2,300]; 7. 2-Shane Stewart [5] [$2,200]; 8. 10H-Chad Kemenah [6] [$2,100]; 9. 9-Daryn Pittman [11] [$2,050]; 10. 83-Joey Saldana [10] [$2,000]; 11. 21-Brian Brown [8] [$1,500]; 12. 2M-Brent Marks [15] [$1,200]; 13. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [17] [$1,100]; 14. 7S-Jason Sides [23] [$1,050]; 15. 2L-Danny Lasoski [12] [$1,000]; 16. 71M-Dave Blaney [21] [$1,000]; 17. 18-Ian Madsen [19] [$1,000]; 18. 48-Danny Dietrich [14] [$1,000]; 19. 82-Sammy Swindell [18] [$1,000]; 20. W20-Greg Wilson [25] [$]; 21. 49X-Tim Shaffer [22] [$1,000]; 22. 7-Paul McMahan [24] [$1,000]; 23. 27-Greg Hodnett [3] [$1,000]; 24. 19-Paige Polyak [20] [$1,000]; 25. 51S-Stevie Smith [16] [$1,000]
Lap Leaders: Dale Blaney 1-23, Jason Johnson 24-30
KSE Hard Charger Award: 15-Donny Schatz[+10]

Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [2] ; 2. 27-Greg Hodnett [1] ; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [4] ; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [3] ; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5] ; 6. 17W-Kerry Madsen [7] ; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [6] ; 8. OO-Dane Lorenc [8] ; 9. 13-Clyde Knipp [9]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 2-Shane Stewart [1] ; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2] ; 3. 2M-Brent Marks [4] ; 4. 67-Tanner Thorson [6] ; 5. 19-Paige Polyak [3] ; 6. 17B-Bill Balog [8] ; 7. 49H-Doug Esh [5] ; 8. 23C-Tyler Courtney [7]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 5-David Gravel [2] ; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [1] ; 3. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [4] ; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [3] ; 5. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [5] ; 6. 3G-Carson Macedo [6] ; 7. 25-Tyler Bear [7] ; 8. 4S-Danny Smith [8]

Heat 4 - (8 Laps - Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 1B-Dale Blaney [1] ; 2. 83-Joey Saldana [2] ; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich [4] ; 4. 49X-Tim Shaffer [3] ; 5. 77X-Parker Price-Miller [7] ; 6. 94-Ryan Smith [6] ; 7. 4-Cole Duncan [5] ; 8. 91-Chad Boespflug [8]

Heat 5 - (8 Laps - Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 10H-Chad Kemenah [1] ; 2. 21-Brian Brown [3] ; 3. 51S-Stevie Smith [2] ; 4. 7-Paul McMahan [4] ; 5. 99-Brady Bacon [5] ; 6. 2MX-Hunter Schuerenburg [6] ; 7. 23M-Lance Moss [7] ; 8. A67-Cale Conley [8]

Heat 6 - (8 Laps - Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 41-Jason Johnson [1] ; 2. 2L-Danny Lasoski [2] ; 3. 82-Sammy Swindell [7] ; 4. 71M-Dave Blaney [3] ; 5. 23-Trey Starks [6] ; 6. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [4] ; 7. 1A-Jac Haudenschild [5] ; 8. 27G-Jay Galloway [8]

Craftsman® Club Dash 1 - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1] ; 2. 27-Greg Hodnett [4] ; 3. 2-Shane Stewart [2] ; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5] ; 5. 5-David Gravel [3] ; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman [6]

Craftsman® Club Dash 2 - (6 Laps - Top finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 1B-Dale Blaney [1] ; 2. 41-Jason Johnson [3] ; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah [2] ; 4. 21-Brian Brown [5] ; 5. 83-Joey Saldana [4] ; 6. 2L-Danny Lasoski [6]

C-Main - (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the B-feature) - 1. 67-Tanner Thorson [1] [-]; 2. 23-Trey Starks [6] [-]; 3. 3G-Carson Macedo [3] [$150]; 4. 94-Ryan Smith [2] [$150]; 5. 2MX-Hunter Schuerenburg [4] [$150]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog [13] [$125]; 7. 77X-Parker Price-Miller [8] [$125]; 8. 23C-Tyler Courtney [7] [$125]; 9. 25-Tyler Bear [9] [$125]; 10. A67-Cale Conley [14] [$125]; 11. 17W-Kerry Madsen [5] [$125]; 12. 27G-Jay Galloway [16] [$125]; 13. 23M-Lance Moss [10] [$125]; 14. 91-Chad Boespflug [12] [$125]; 15. 13-Clyde Knipp [17] [$125]; 16. OO-Dane Lorenc [11] [$125]; 17. 4S-Danny Smith [15] [$125]

Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 18-Ian Madsen [1] [-]; 2. 19-Paige Polyak [3] [-]; 3. 71M-Dave Blaney [4] [-]; 4. 49X-Tim Shaffer [2] [-]; 5. 7S-Jason Sides [5] [-]; 6. 7-Paul McMahan [6] [-]; 7. 99-Brady Bacon [12] [$300]; 8. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [8] [$250]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson [13] [$225]; 10. 49H-Doug Esh [9] [$200]; 11. 4-Cole Duncan [10] [$200]; 12. 23-Trey Starks [15] [$200]; 13. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [11] [$200]; 14. 1A-Jac Haudenschild [14] [$200]; 15. 67-Tanner Thorson [16] [$200]; 16. 11K-Kraig Kinser [7] [$200]

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Josh Richards Sets Single-Season Win Record at Bad Boy Off Road World Finals

Richards Claims Win Number 18 on the 2016 Season

CONCORD, N.C. - Oct. 28, 2016- Josh Richards claims Friday Nights World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series Feature win at the 2016 Bad Boy Off Road World Finals. With one more series win in the books for 2016, Richards claims number 18 on the 2016 season setting the new World of Outlaws Late Model Series record for most wins in a single-season.

The previous single-season series record holder was Darrell Lanigan who took to The Dirt Track at Charlotte on Friday night and ran bumper-to-bumper with Richards for the majority of the race while they battled it out between the second and third positions.

"It was a hell of a race there at the end," said Lanigan "We have a pretty good car there in the middle of the race and we got a little loose there coming off toward the end and Josh got by me on the restart - hats off to those guys they had good pieces too so we will come back tomorrow night and see if we can't get something."

Of the 50-Lap Feature it was Chris Madden who led most of the way with 45-laps hanging out in the top spot. With only a few laps left in the feature, Richards changed his strategy and decided to ride the cushion, passing both Lanigan and Madden taking him all the way to Victory Lane.

"I felt like we were pretty good early in the race. We were just a little free and we kind of just had to throw a Hail Mary there at the end and it worked out we were able to pull it off and win," said Richards. "I don't even know if it's really sunk in yet, we just try to give 110% each and every day and to accumulate the year that we've had it has been a dream of mine and I guess I didn't actually ever dream it would happen. I'm just glad to be able to race and do what I love to do and to be in this position where I can contend to win races and put on a show for the fans, that's all I could ask for."

Richards was not the only one on the track successfully hard-charging toward the front. Brandon Overton squeezed his way into the feature by winning the Last Chance Showdown for group two. Overton started deep in the field in the 20th-position for the Feature race. A handful of cautions caused the gaps in the field to tighten while Overton, using them to his advantage, continued to move up the chain.

When the checkered flag fell, Overton had gained 16 positions from his start in the Feature putting him in fourth.

"I already knew we had a good car and that we could do good [in the feature]," said Overton. "Tomorrow I am buried in the heat again and so I kind of have to start over and do the whole thing all over again but at least we know we have a car that can run in the top three or possibly win, we have a really good car."

Although there is still another full day of racing at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Richards has already claimed the 2016 World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series Championship with more than a 280-point lead rounding out the season with 18-wins, 31 top 5's, 35 top 10's, 10 Fast Times, and 27 heat wins.

Mark Richards, Josh Richards' father and team owner, has seen Josh grow not only as his son but also as a driver.

"It means a lot [to me] for him to break the record and keep adding to the wins, the all-time wins and also the year wins and hopefully we can get another tomorrow," said Mark. "Every day is another day for us. This win is over now so we are going to tomorrow. I don't really concentrate on the past, we are looking for tomorrow and the next race."

Racing for the Richards is a family affair, wife Andrea who was on-hand to witness her husband break the single-season win mark added, "he puts so much blood sweat and tears into what we do it's a very grueling sport and it's pretty nonstop so it's really special to see him accomplish that milestone and I am so proud of him."

The World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series wrap up the 3-day Bad Boy Off Road World Finals Saturday at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. Tickets and pit passes for the 2016 Bad Boy Off Road World of Outlaws World Finals are still available by visiting the ticket booths at the Dirt Track at Charlotte.

If you are unable to make it to this premier event, www.DIRTvision.com will be covering all the action LIVE!

Craftsman Club Feature (50 - Laps): 1. 1- Josh Richards; 2. 44- Chris Madden; 3. 15L - Darrell Lanigan; 4. 76 - Brandon Overton; 5. 25- Shane Clanton; 6. 28E- Dennis Erb Jr.; 7. 39 - Tim McCreadie; 8. 17M- Dale McDowell; 9. 18c - Chase Junghans; 10. 18 - Eric Wells; 11. 16 - Steve Francis; 12. 22 - Chris Ferguson; 13. 2H - Nick Hoffman; 14. C9 - Steve Casebolt; 15. 15s - Donny Schatz; 16. 0 - Dale Hollidge; 17. 7 - Rick Eckert; 18. '00 - Jesse Stovall; 19. 21JR- Billy Moyer Jr.; 20. 72c - Jason Covert; 21. 87 - Ross Bailes; 22. 41*- Chub Frank; 23. 11 - Austin Smith; 24. 2c - Joey Coulter; 25. 99jr - Frank Heckenast Jr.; 26. 91 - Tyler Erb; 27. 14M - Morgan Bagley; 28. 3s - Brain Shirley; 29. Tyler Carpenter; 30. 41B - Boom Briggs.

Last-Chance Showdown Group No. 1(10 Laps - Top 2 Transfer): 1. 18- Eric Wells, 2. 0 - Dale Hollidge, 3. 22* - G.R. Smith, 4. 7r - Ross Robinson, 5. 71 - Hudson O'Neal, 6. 49R - Brain Ruhlman, 7. 22E - Russell Erwin, 8. 92 - Nick Davis, 9. 93 - Donald Bradsher, 10. 1G- Ryan King, 11. 89 - Dustin Mitchell, 12. 31- Bob Gordon - 13. 32 - Daulton Wilson, 14. 111-Steven Roberts, 15. 3s - Brain Shirley, 16. 82 - Andy Fries, 17. 2c - Joey Coulter.

Last-Chance Showdown Group No. 2(10 Laps - Top 2 Transfer): 1. 76 - Brandon Overton, 2. 2H - Nick Hoffman, 3. 5 - Don O'Neal, 4. 111B- Max Blair, 5. C8 - Timothy Culp, 6. 40 - Kyle Bronson, 7. 25F - Jason Feger, 8. 15s - Donny Schatz, 9. 72 - Dan Stone, 10. 23 - Michael Rouse, 11. 91 - Tyler Erb, 12. Doug Sanders, 13. '09 - Johnny Pursley, 14. 15 - Dean Bowen, 16. '07 - Brian Ledbetter. DNS - 1M- Willie Milliken.

Last-Chance Showdown Group No. 3(10 Laps - Top 2 Transfer): 1. 16- Steve Francis, 2. 87 - Ross Bailes, 3. 25z - Mason Zeigler, 4. 6 - Jonathan Davenport, 5. 4-D's- Chad Hollenbeck, 6. 41*- Chub Frank, 7. 77 - Jordan Yaggy, 8. R1 - Riley Hickman, 9. 2M - Allen Murray, 10. 14H - Tyler Horst, 11. 24 - Kenny Moreland, 12. 93L - Pancho Lawler, 13. 18s - Robbie Scott, 14. 41B- Boom Briggs, 15. 6s - Blake Spencer, 16. P3 - Jeff Robertson.

Friday Qualifying, Group 1: 1. 39- Tim McCreadie, 14.761; 2. 44- Chris Madden, 14.766; 3. 25- Shane Clanton 14.893; 4. 0 Dale Hollidge 14.980; 5. 11- Austin Smith 14.999; 6. 15s-Donny Schatz, 15.010; 7. 28E Dennis Erb Jr., 15.022; 8. 99jr- Frank Heckenast Jr., 15.050; 9. 21JR- Billy Moyer Jr., 15.115; 10. 22- Chris Ferguson, 15.166; 11- 93 Donald Bradsher, 15.212; 12- C9- Steve Casebolt, 15.212; 13. 111-Steven Roberts, 15.214; 14. 22*- G.R. Smith, 15.216; 15. 111B- Max Blair, 15.216; 16. 18- Eric Wells, 15.226; 17. 71- Hudson O'Neal, 15.237; 18. 40- Kyle Bronson, 15.215; 19-49R Brian Ruhlman, 15.286; 20. 22E- Russel Erwin, 15.326; 21. C8- Timothy Culp, 15.350; 22.1V Jeremy Miller, 15.353; 23. 3s- Brian Shirley, 15.378; 24. 91- Tyler Erb, 15.378; 25. 32- Daulton Wilson, 15.490; 26. 7r- Ross Robinson, 15.512; 27. 76- Brandon Overton, 15.529; 28. D8- Dustin Mitchell, 15.601; 29. 82- Andy Fries, 15.618; 30. 89w- Justin Williams; 31. 1G- Ryan King, 15.790; 32. 31- Bob Gordon, 15.853; 33. 42- Doug Sanders, 15.950; 34. 92- Nick Davis, 16.431; 35. 2c- Joey Coulter (DNS)

Friday Qualifying, Group 2: 1. 1- Josh Richards, 14.809; 2. 17M- Dale McDowell, 14.946; 3. 15L- Darrell Lanigan, 15.096; 4. 5- Don O'Neal, 15.179; 5. 72c- Jason Covert; 6. 00- Jesse Stovall, 15.259; 7. 7- Rick Eckert, 15.276; 8. 18c- Chase Junghans, 15.291; 9. 18s- Robbie Scott, 15.306; 10. 28- Tyler Carpenter, 15.321; 11. 25z- Mason Zeigler, 15.338; 12. 4-D's- Chad Hollenbeck, 15.367; 13. 1M- Willie Milliken, 15.398; 14. 1* Chub Frank, 15.435; 15. 87- Ross Bailes, 15.442; 16. 25F- Jason Feger, 15.444; 17. 14H- Tyler Horst, 15.469; 18. 14M- Morgan Bagley, 15.482; 19. 2H Nick Hoffman, 15.488; 20. 16- Steve Francis, 15.525; 21. R1- Riley Hickman, 15.562; 22. 15- Dean Bowen, 15.566; 23. 6- Jonathan Davenport, 15.576; 24. 24- Kenny Morelan, 15.608; 25. 23- Michael Rouse, 15.651; 26. 93L- Pancho Lawler, 15.677; 27. 77- Jordan Yaggy, 15.682; 28. '09- Johnny Pursley, 15.752; 29. 2M- Allen Murray, 15.797; 30. 99B- Boom Briggs, 15.838; 31. Brian Ledbetter, 16.250; 32. 62- Blake Spencer, 16.442; 33. P3- Jeff Robertson, 17.626; DQ. 72- Dan Stone, 15.534.

Heat 1 (10 Laps - Top 3 Transfer): 1. - 39- Tim Mcreadie, 2. 28E - Dennis Erb Jr., 3. 22- Chris Ferguson, 4. 18 - Eric Wells, 5. 111- Steven Roberts, 6. 0 Dale Hollidge, 7. 49R - Brian Ruhlman, 8. 1G - Ryan King, 9. 92 - Nick Davis, 10. 89- Dustin Mitchell, 11. 32 - Daulton Wilson.

Heat 2 (10 Laps - Top 3 Transfer): 1. 44- Chris Madden, 2. 11- Austin Smith - 3. 99jr - Frank Hechenast Jr., 4. 22*- G.R. Smith, 5. 22E - Russell Erwin, 6. 71 - Hudson O'Neal, 7. 93 - Donald Bradsher, 8. 2c - Joey Coulter, 9. 3s - Brain Shirley, 10. 7r - Ross Robinson, 11. 31- Bob Gordon, 12. 82- Andy Fries.

Heat 3 (10 Laps - Top 3 Transfer): 1. 25 - Shane Clanton, 2. 21JR - Billy Moyer Jr., 3. C9- Steve Casebolt, 4. 76 - Brandon Overton, 5. 111B - Max Blair, 6. C8 - Timothy Culp, 7. 40 - Kyle Bronson, 8. 15s - Donny Schatz, 9. 42 - Doug Sanders, 10. 89w - Justin Williams, 11. 91- Tyler Erb.

Heat 4 (10 Laps - Top 3 Transfer): 1. 1 - Josh Richards, 2. 7 - Rick Eckart, 3. 28- Tyler Carpenter, 4. 2H - Nick Hoffman, 5. 5 - Don O'Neal, 6. 25F - Jason Feger, 7. '09- Johnny Pursley, 8. 72 - Dan Stone, 9. 23 - Michael Rouse, 10. '07- Brain Ledbetter, 11. 15- Dean Bowen, 12. 1M - Willie Milliken.

Heat 5 (10 Laps - Top 3 Transfer): 1. 17M - Dale McDowell, 2. 18c - Chase Junghans, 3. 72c - Jason Covert, 4. 25z - Mason Zeigler, 5. 16- Steve Francis, 6. 41* - Chub Frank, 7. 6 - Jonathan Davenport, 8. 14H - Tyler Horst, 9. 93L - Pancho Lawler, 10. 2M - Allen Murray, 11. 6s - Blake Spencer.

Heat 6 (10 Laps - Top 3 Transfer): 1. 15L - Darrell Lanigan, 2. 00 - Jesse Stovall, 3. 14M - Morgan Bagley, 4. 87 - Ross Bailes, 5. 4-D's - Chad Hollenbeck 6. 77 - Jordan Yaggy, 7. 24 - Kenny Moreland, 8. R1 - Riley Hickman, 9. 18S - Robbie Scott, 10. 41B - Boom Briggs, 11. P3 - Jeff Robertson.

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Sheppard Scores Record Breaking Victory at World Finals

Cruises to eleventh Super DIRTcar Series win

By Mandee Pauch

CONCORD, N.C. - October 28, 2016 - Matt Sheppard won his eleventh Super DIRTcar Series feature in style by setting a new series record for the most wins in a season Friday night at The Dirt Track at Charlotte during the Bad Boy Off Road World Finals.

Sheppard started off World Finals strong by winning his heat and drawing the pole for the 40-lap main event. It was smooth sailing from there on out.

"This car is awesome," said Sheppard in victory lane. "It's been awesome since we got here. We haven't had to touch a thing on it. When you have a car that good it makes my life easy.

We started our own team here this winter and to come out and have a record-breaking year like this, I never would have dreamed of it."

Sheppard and Justin Haers led the 28-car field to the initial green flag.

Mat Williamson was on the move early as he passed Dave Blaney for third-place on the third lap of the 40-lap feature event.

Sheppard drew off a sizable lead over Haers as he caught the tail end of the field by lap eight.

Sheppard worked his way through heavy traffic allowing Haers to close in by lap 15.

Haers began to put pressure on Sheppard in lapped traffic as he looked to make his move. Haers shot up high opening the door for Blaney to dive under him in turn one to take over second. Haers didn't give up though as the battle for second began to heat up.

"We got stock there behind a couple lapped cars and I got to his back bumper, I was going to try and take a couple laps and just try to roll him on the outside," Haers said. "As soon as I did it Blaney went by me so I had to try and get back by him. I was just trying to protect the bottom."

Sheppard led the field to the halfway mark over Blaney, Haers, Williamson and Pat Ward.

Ward made a flawless move as he slid under Williamson but Williamson didn't give up as he passed him back for fourth. It wasn't for long until Ward once again took fourth place.

The first caution of the night was brought out with eight laps remaining.

Ward took advantage of the first restart of the night as he advanced himself into third.

The second caution of the night was due to a tangle up between Mike Mahaney and Jimmy Horton in turns three and four on lap 35.

Racing once again resumed with five laps remaining as Sheppard led the way over Haers, Ward, Wight and Decker.

The caution flag flew once again as Max McLaughlin came to a complete stop on the backstretch with four laps remaining.

There was one more caution of the night and it was due to Keith Flach who spun in turns three and four with one lap to go.

On the ensuing restart Decker shot to the outside of Haers as he tried to make the move of the night but it didn't happen as Haers immediately closed the door for second-place.

At the checkered it was all Sheppard taking the win and breaking the all-time Super DIRTcar Series record which was set back in 2008 by Decker. Brett Hearn previously held the record before Decker which was set back in 2002.

"You feel like you're getting a good rhythm and you're rolling along there pretty good and you see the yellow come out," Sheppard said. "I really didn't want to see that yellow there on lap 39. The car was so good we were able to hold on. I'm just really excited to get this win down here in Charlotte. What a dream season."

Tickets and pit passes for the 2016 Bad Boy Off Road World of Outlaws World Finals are still available by visiting the ticket booths at the Dirt Track at Charlotte.

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Super DIRTcar Series Statistical Report; Oct. 28, 2016; The Dirt Track at Charolotte, Concord, N.C.

A-Main (40 laps) - 1. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 2. 3-Justin Haers, 3. 91-Billy Decker, 4. 42p-Pat Ward, 5. 27j-Danny Johnson, 6. 99l-Larry Wight, 7. 98h-Jimmy Phelps, 8. 84-Gary Tomkins, 9. 44-Stewart Friesen, 10. 20-Brett Hearn, 11. 6m-Mat Williamson, 12. 19-Tim Fuller, 13. 1-Tyle Dippel, 14. 18h-Peter Britten, 15. 01-Chris Raabe, 16. 43h-Jimmy Horton, 17. 43-Keith Flach, 18. 19b-Brett Kressley, 19. 5h-Chris Hile, 20. 35-Frank Cozze, 21. 66m-J.R. McGinley, 22. 747-Ryan Godown, 23. 88m-Mike Mahaney, 24. 25r-Erick Rudolph, 25. 6h-Max McLaughln, 26. 10h-Dave Blaney, 27. 14w-Ryan Watt, 28. 8-Rich Scagliotta

Last Chance Showdown 2 (8 laps)- 1. 5H- Chris Hile, 2. 6H - Max McLaughlin, 3. 19b - Brett Kresley, 4. 07 - Tim Kerr, 5. 15- Billy Pauch Jr., 6. 19w - Justin Wright, 7. 48T- Dave Rauscher, 8. 115- Kenny Tremont Jr., 9. 66- Rick Laubach, 10. 17J - Matt Janiak, 11. 88- Joe August Jr., 12. 01- Chris Raabe.

Last Chance Showdown 1 (8 laps)- 1. 66m-J.R. McGinley, 2. 84-Gary Tomkins, 3. 8- Rich Scagliotta, 4. 7m- Mike Maresca, 5. 96- Jean-Francois Corriveau, 6. 13- Rick Regalski Jr., 7. 66x- Carey Terrence, 8. 37m - Jeremiah Shingledecker, 9. 21 - Gary Edwards Jr., 10. R13- Ralph McBride, 11. 19- Tim Fuller, 12. 35- Frank Cozze.

Group 1 Qualifier - 1. 42p-Pat Ward, 15.971; 2. 6m-Mat Williamson, 15.980; 3. 43h-Jimmy Horton, 16.073; 4. 37m -Jeremiah Shingledecker, 16.099; 5. 747-Ryan Godown, 16.205; 6. 88-Joe August Jr., 16.355; 7. 66m-J.R. McGinley, 16.370; 8. 17-Marcus Dinkins, 16.777; 9. R13-Ralph McBride, 17.911; DQ: 19b-Brett Kresley

Group 2 Qualifier - 1. 10h-Dave Blaney, 15.686; 2. 98h-Jimmy Phelps, 15.789; 3.
25R-Erick Rudolph, 15.817; 4. 5H-Chris Hile, 15.967; 5. O7-Tim Kerr, 16.047; 6. 17J-Matt Janiak, 16.134; 7. 96-Jean-Francois Corriveau, 16.150; 8. 14w-Ryan Watt, 16.318; 9. 35-Frank Cozze, NT

Group 3 Qualifier - 1. 3-Justin Haers, 15.867; 2. Y21-Yan Bussiere, 15.902; 3. 44-Stewart Friesen, 15.954; 4. 18h-Peter Britten, 15.973; 5. 19w-Justin Wright, 16.040; 6. 84-Gary Tomkins, 16.147; 7. 7m-Mike Maresca, 16.229; 8. 21-Gary Edwards Jr., 16.464; DQ: 66-Rick Laubach

Group 4 Qualifier - 1. 99L-Larry Wight, 15.582; 2. 91-Billy Decker, 15.680; 3.
88m-Mike Mahaney, 15.710; 4. O1-Chris Raabe, 15.875; 5. 27j-Danny Johnson, 16.137 DQ: 19-Tim Fuller, 115-Kenny Tremont Jr., 6h-Max McLaughlin, 13-Rick Regalski

Group 5 Qualifier - 1. 43-Keith Flach, 15.756; 2. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 15.809; 3. 20-Brett Hearn, 15.888; 4.15-Billy Pauch Jr., 15.902; 5. 1-Tyler Dippel, 15.999; 6. 48T-Dave Rauscher, 16.152; 7. 66x-Carey Terrance, 16.157; 8. 8-Rich Scagliotta, 16.212; 9. 11r-Robbie Bellinger, NT

Heat 1 - 1. 6m-Mat Williamson, 2. 42p-Pat Ward, 3. 43h-Jimmy Horton, 4. 747-Ryan Godown, 5. 66m- J.R. McGinley, 6. 19b-Brett Kresley, 7. 37m-Jeremiah Shingledecker, 8. 88-Joe August Jr., 9. R13-Ralph McBride, 10. 17-Marcus Dinkins

Heat 2 - 1. 10h-Dave Blaney, 2. 98h-Jimmy Phelps, 3. 25r-Erick Rudolph, 4. 14w-Ryan Watt, 5. 5h-Chris Hile, 6. 35-Frank Cozze, 7. 07-Tim Kerr, 8. 96-Jean-Francois Corriveau, 9. 17J-Matt Janiak

Heat 3 - 1. 3-Justin Hears, 2. 44-Stewart Friesen, 3. Y21-Yan Bussiere, 4. 18h-Peter Britten, 5. 84-Gary Tomkins, 6. 66-Rick Laubach, 7. 7m-Mike Maresca, 8. 19w-Justin Wright, 9. 21-Gary Edwards Jr.

Heat 4 - 1. 99l-Larry Wight, 2. 91-Billy Decker, 3. 88m-Mike Mahaney, 4. 27j-Danny Johnson, 5. 01-Chris Raabe, 6. 19-Tim Fuller, 7. 6h-Max McLaughlin, 8. 13-Rick Regalski Jr., 9. 115-Kenny Tremont Jr.

Heat 5 - 1. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 2. 20-Brett Hearn, 3. 1-Tyler Dippel, 4. 43-Keith Flach, 5. 8-Rich Scagliotta, 6. 15-Billy Pauch Jr., 7. 66x-Carey Terrance, 8. 48t-Dave Rauscher, 9. 11r-Robbie Bellinger

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Over 160 Cars Took to the Track for Qualifying During Night One of Bad Boy World of Outlaws World Finals

Thursday's Qualifying sets lineups for Friday and Saturday's Portion of Bad Boy Off Road World Finals

CONCORD, N.C. - October 28, 2016 - On a warm and clear October night, over 160 race cars from the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Cars, World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Models, and the Big-Block Modifieds from the Super DIRTcar Series took to the four-tenths-mile oval for night one of the Bad Boy World of Outlaws World Finals for qualifying.

Qualifying from Thursday's portion of the 3-day Bad Boy World Finals event sets the line-ups for Friday and Saturday's program.

Super DIRTcar Series

Thursday's Big-Block Modified Qualifiers and Heats Set Line-Ups for Friday and Saturday's Events.

The Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds took on The Dirt Track at Charlotte Thursday night as they completed the first night of the Bad Boy Off Road World Finals with group time trials and heat races to help construct Friday and Saturday's feature events.

Forty-Six Big-Block Modifieds made the trek down to The Dirt Track at Charlotte to take center stage at the most prestigious dirt racing event in the country.

The Big-Block Modifieds were the first cars to hit the track during Thursday night's qualifying festivities. Larry Wight was the fastest overall in the Friday night group time trial session with a time of 15.582 seconds. In the Saturday night portion Justin Haers set fastest overall with a time of 15.860 seconds. Both drivers received the Pole Position Raceway Fast Time Award.

Four cars transferred out of the heat races and into each of the A-mains. The winners of each heat will redraw for their starting positions. Friday nights heat races were won by Mat Williamson, Dave Blaney, Justin Haers, Larry Wight and Matt Sheppard. Saturday nights heat races were won by Pat Ward, Haers, Brett Hearn, Wight and Billy Decker.

Day two of the Bad Boy Off Road World Finals will get underway on Friday at 4pm for hot laps. The two remaining consolations will be the driver's last chance to qualify for Friday night's 40-lap feature.

Friday Group 1 Qualifier - 1. 42p-Pat Ward, 15.971; 2. 6m-Mat Williamson, 15.980; 3. 43h-Jimmy Horton, 16.073; 4. 37m -Jeremiah Shingledecker, 16.099; 5. 747-Ryan Godown, 16.205; 6. 88-Joe August Jr., 16.355; 7. 66m-J.R. McGinley, 16.370; 8. 17-Marcus Dinkins, 16.777; 9. R13-Ralph McBride, 17.911; DQ: 19b-Brett Kresley

Friday Group 2 Qualifier - 1. 10h-Dave Blaney, 15.686; 2. 98h-Jimmy Phelps, 15.789; 3. 25R-Erick Rudolph, 15.817; 4. 5H-Chris Hile, 15.967; 5. O7-Tim Kerr, 16.047; 6. 17J-Matt Janiak, 16.134; 7. 96-Jean-Francois Corriveau, 16.150; 8. 14w-Ryan Watt, 16.318; 9. 35-Frank Cozze, NT

Friday Group 3 Qualifier - 1. 3-Justin Haers, 15.867; 2. Y21-Yan Bussiere, 15.902; 3. 44-Stewart Friesen, 15.954; 4. 18h-Peter Britten, 15.973; 5. 19w-Justin Wright, 16.040; 6. 84-Gary Tomkins, 16.147; 7. 7m-Mike Maresca, 16.229; 8. 21-Gary Edwards Jr., 16.464; DQ: 66-Rick Laubach

Friday Group 4 Qualifier - 1. 99L-Larry Wight, 15.582; 2. 91-Billy Decker, 15.680; 3.88m-Mike Mahaney, 15.710; 4. O1-Chris Raabe, 15.875; 5. 27j-Danny Johnson, 16.137 DQ: 19-Tim Fuller, 115-Kenny Tremont Jr., 6h-Max McLaughlin, 13-Rick Regalski

Friday Group 5 Qualifier - 1. 43-Keith Flach, 15.756; 2. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 15.809; 3. 20-Brett Hearn, 15.888; 4.15-Billy Pauch Jr., 15.902; 5. 1-Tyler Dippel, 15.999; 6. 48T-Dave Rauscher, 16.152; 7.66x-Carey Terrance, 16.157; 8. 8-Rich Scagliotta, 16.212; 9. 11r-Robbie Bellinger, NT

Friday Heat 1 - 1. 6m-Mat Williamson, 2. 42p-Pat Ward, 3. 43h-Jimmy Horton, 4. 747-Ryan Godown, 5. 66m- J.R. McGinley, 6. 19b-Brett Kresley, 7. 37m-Jeremiah Shingledecker, 8. 88-Joe August Jr., 9. R13-Ralph McBride, 10. 17-Marcus Dinkins

Friday Heat 2 - 1. 10h-Dave Blaney, 2. 98h-Jimmy Phelps, 3. 25r-Erick Rudolph, 4. 14w-Ryan Watt, 5. 5h-Chris Hile, 6. 35-Frank Cozze, 7. 07-Tim Kerr, 8. 96-Jean-Francois Corriveau, 9. 17J-Matt Janiak

Friday Heat 3 - 1. 3-Justin Hears, 2. 44-Stewart Friesen, 3. Y21-Yan Bussiere, 4. 18h-Peter Britten, 5. 84-Gary Tomkins, 6. 66-Rick Laubach, 7. 7m-Mike Maresca, 8. 19w-Justin Wright, 9. 21-Gary Edwards Jr.

Friday Heat 4 - 1. 99l-Larry Wight, 2. 91-Billy Decker, 3. 88m-Mike Mahaney, 4. 27j-Danny Johnson, 5. 01-Chris Raabe, 6. 19-Tim Fuller, 7. 6h-Max McLaughlin, 8. 13-Rick Regalski Jr., 9. 115-Kenny Tremont Jr.

Friday Heat 5 - 1. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 2. 20-Brett Hearn, 3. 1-Tyler Dippel, 4. 43-Keith Flach, 5. 8-Rich Scagliotta, 6. 15-Billy Pauch Jr., 7. 66x-Carey Terrance, 8. 48t-Dave Rauscher, 9. 11r-Robbie Bellinger

Saturday Group 1 Qualifier - 1. 01-Chris Raabe, 16.050; 2. 7m-Mike Maresaca, 16.092; 3. 14w-Ryan Watt, 16.196; 4. 42p-Pat Ward, 16.212; 5. 8-Rich Scagliotta, 16.251; 6. 48t-Dave Rauscher, 16.295; 7. 17j-Matt Janiak, 16.304; 8. 115-Kenny Tremont Jr., 16.577; 9. 17-Marcus Dinkins, 16.740; 10. 21-Gary Edwards Jr., 33.580

Saturday Group 2 Qualifier - 1. 3-Justin Haers, 15.860; 2. 19-Tim Fuller, 15.962; 3. 10h-Dave Blaney, 16.027; 4. 6m-Mat Williamson, 16.108; 5. 15-Billy Pauch Jr., 16.152; 6. 88m-Mike Mahaney,16.407; 7. Y21-Yan Bussiere, 16.451; 8. 37m-Jeremiah Shingledecker, 16.527; 9. 35-Frank Cozze, 32.704

Saturday Group 3 Qualifier - 1. 20-Brett Hearn, 15.955; 2. 84-Gary Tomkins, 16.073; 3. 25r-Erick Rudolph, 16.097; 4. 19w-Justin Wright, 16.098; 5. 07-Tim Kerr, 16.155; 6. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 16.170; 7. 747-Ryan Godown, 16.292; 8. Max McLaughlin, 16.295; 9. 66m-J.R. McGinley, 16.538

Saturday Group 4 Qualifier - 1. 99l-Larry Wight, 15.878; 2. 18h-Peter Britten, 15.898; 3. 98h-Jimmy Phelps, 16.037; 4. 43-Keith Flach, 16.039; 5. 27j-Danny Johnson, 16.278; 6. 5h-Chris Hile, 16.280; 7. 66x-Carey Terrance, 16.345; 8. 43h-Jimmy Horton, 16.355; 9. 88-Joe August Jr., 16.780

Saturday Group 5 Qualifier - 1. 91-Billy Decker, 15.913; 2. 66-Rick Laubach, 16.006; 3. 1-Tyler Dippel, 16.216; 4. 19b-Brett Kresley, 16.216; 5. 44-Stewart Friesen, 16.339; 6. 13-Rick Regalski Jr., 16.453; 7. 96-Jean-Francois Corriveau, 16.465; 8. R13-Ralph McBride, 17.513; 9. 11R-Robbie Bellinger, NT

Saturday Heat 1 - 1. 42p-Pat Ward, 2. 14w-Ryan Watt, 3. 01-Chris Raabe, 4. 7m-Mike Maresca, 5. 48t-Dave Rauscher, 6. 115-Kenny Tremont Jr., 7. 21-Gary Edwards Jr., 8. 8-Rich Scagliotta, 9. 17J-Matt Janiak

Saturday Heat 2 - 1. 3-Justin Haers, 2. 19-Tim Fuller, 3. 6m-Mat Williamson, 4. 10h-Dave Blaney, 5. 15-Billy Pauch Jr., 6. 35-Frank Cozze, 7. 88m-Mike Mahaney, 8. 37m-Jeremiah Shingledecker

Saturday Heat 3 - 1. 20-Brett Hearn, 2. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 3. 84-Gary Tomkins, 4. 25r-Erick Rudilph, 5. 747-Ryan Godown, 6. 6h-Max McLaughlin, 7. 07-Tim Kerr, 8. 66m-J.R. McGinley, 9. 19w-Justin Wright

Saturday Heat 4 - 1. 99l-Larry Wight, 2. 18h-Peter Britten, 3. 98h-Jimmy Phelps, 4. 27J-Danny Johnson, 5. 43h-Jimmy Horton, 6. 43-Keith Flach, 7. 5h-Chris Hile, 8. 66x-Carey Terrance, 9. 88-Joe August Jr.

Saturday Heat 5 - 1. 91-Billy Decker, 2. 1-Tyler Dippel, 3. 66-Rick Laubach, 4. 44-Stewart Friesen, 5. 19-Brett Kresley, 6. 96-Jean-Francois Corriveau, 7. 13-Rick Regalski Jr., 8. R13-Ralph McBridge

World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series

McCreadie and Richards Set the Pace for Qualifying at Bad Boy Off Road World Finals

The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series took to The Dirt Track at Charlotte on Thursday for the first night of the Bad Boy Off Road World of Outlaws World Finals. It was not a slow ease into the weekend of racing for the 69 Late Model drivers, as they had to hit the dirt hot and heavy to claim their spots in the feature for the next two evenings of World Finals right off the bat.

The night held one round of Hot Laps and two rounds of Time Trials for The Outlaw Late Models. The first round of Time Trials set the lineup for Friday's Heat Races and likewise the second round of Time Trials placed the drivers for Saturday's Heat Races.

Tim McCreadie hit the track with authority and showed no mercy to his opponents as he claimed the fastest time during the first round of Time Trials with a lap time of 14.761. Only seven drivers of the 69 cars entered were able to break a 15-second lap time including: Chris Madden, Shane Clanton, Dale Hollidge, Austin Smith, Josh Richards and Dale McDowell.

McCreadie held the fastest lap overall and the fastest in Flight A. Richards took the top spot for Flight B with a 14.809 lap time.

"You know qualifying means a lot and usually in the heats it's fairly tacky. It's hard to make a lot of time up so you know going out there and putting on a good lap it helps. That's why we're here -- we want to line up out front in the clean air," said McCreadie.

In round two of Time Trials, Richards held on to the fastest lap with a time of 14.876. He was the only driver to break the 15-second barrier during the second round. Richards was the fastest in his flight and the fastest over all. McCreadie held on to be the fastest in Flight B with a 15.052.

After taking over tonight's fastest time in his flight, ultimately granting him a starting position on the front row for both of his Heat Races on Friday and Saturday, Richards is gaining ground on beating the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series single-season win record which he is only one feature-win away from claiming. Although tonight McCreadie proved tonight he may be the man to beat as he and Richards claimed the top positions for both rounds of Time Trials.

"Everywhere we go we want to win, that's why we do it," said McCreadie. "We work pretty hard on this car and we put it together and did some practicing with it and it's been a lot of effort from everybody on this car so it's exciting to see it happen, well at least in qualifying so far. We want to win, we want them both, if we're lucky."

Friday Qualifying: Group A:1. 39- Tim McCreadie, 14.761; 2. 44- Chris Madden, 14.766; 3. 25- Shane Clanton 14.893; 4. 0 Dale Hollidge 14.980; 5. 11- Austin Smith 14.999; 6. 15s-Donny Schatz, 15.010; 7. 28E Dennis Erb Jr., 15.022; 8. 99jr- Frank Heckenast Jr., 15.050; 9. 21JR- Billy Moyer Jr., 15.115; 10. 22- Chris Ferguson, 15.166; 11- 93 Donald Bradsher, 15.212; 12- C9- Steve Casebolt, 15.212; 13. 111-Steven Roberts, 15.214; 14. 22*- G.R. Smith, 15.216; 15. 111B- Max Blair, 15.216; 16. 18- Eric Wells, 15.226; 17. 71- Hudson O'Neal, 15.237; 18. 40- Kyle Bronson, 15.215; 19-49R Brian Ruhlman, 15.286; 20. 22E- Russel Erwin, 15.326; 21. C8- Timothy Culp, 15.350; 22.1V Jeremy Miller, 15.353; 23. 3s- Brian Shirley, 15.378; 24. 91- Tyler Erb, 15.378; 25. 32- Daulton Wilson, 15.490; 26. 7r- Ross Robinson, 15.512; 27. 76- Brandon Overton, 15.529; 28. D8- Dustin Mitchell, 15.601; 29. 82- Andy Fries, 15.618; 30. 89w- Justin Williams; 31. 1G- Ryan King, 15.790; 32. 31- Bob Gordon, 15.853; 33. 42- Doug Sanders, 15.950; 34. 92- Nick Davis, 16.431; 35. 2c- Joey Coulter (DNS)

Friday Qualifying: Group B:1. 1- Josh Richards, 14.809; 2. 17M- Dale McDowell, 14.946; 3. 15L- Darrell Lanigan, 15.096; 4. 5- Don O'Neal, 15.179; 5. 72c- Jason Covert; 6. 00- Jesse Stovall, 15.259; 7. 7- Rick Eckert, 15.276; 8. 18c- Chase Junghans, 15.291; 9. 18s- Robbie Scott, 15.306; 10. 28- Tyler Carpenter, 15.321; 11. 25z- Mason Zeigler, 15.338; 12. 4-D's- Chad Hollenbeck, 15.367; 13. 1M- Willie Milliken, 15.398; 14. 1* Chub Frank, 15.435; 15. 87- Ross Bailes, 15.442; 16. 25F- Jason Feger, 15.444; 17. 14H- Tyler Horst, 15.469; 18. 14M- Morgan Bagley, 15.482; 19. 2H Nick Hoffman, 15.488; 20. 16- Steve Francis, 15.525; 21. R1- Riley Hickman, 15.562; 22. 15- Dean Bowen, 15.566; 23. 6- Jonathan Davenport, 15.576; 24. 24- Kenny Morelan, 15.608; 25. 23- Michael Rouse, 15.651; 26. 93L- Pancho Lawler, 15.677; 27. 77- Jordan Yaggy, 15.682; 28. '09- Johnny Pursley, 15.752; 29. 2M- Allen Murray, 15.797; 30. 99B- Boom Briggs, 15.838; 31. Brian Ledbetter, 16.250; 32. 62- Blake Spencer, 16.442; 33. P3- Jeff Robertson, 17.626; DQ. 72- Dan Stone, 15.534.

Saturday Qualifying: Group A: 1. 1- Josh Richards, 14.876; 2. 22 - Chris Madden, 15.031; 3. C9 - Steve Casebolt, 15.237; 4. 5- Don O'Neal, 15.239; 5. 22- Chris Ferguson, 15.285; 6. 1*- Chub Frank, 15.352; 7. 93-Donald Bradsher, 15.355; 8. 22*- G.R. Smith, 15.373; 9. 18 - Eric Wells, 15.378; 10. 111- Steven Roberts, 15.450; 11. 82- Andy Fries, 15.470; 12. 1M- Willie Milliken, 15.475; 13. 18s- Robbie Scott, 15.493; 14. 14H- Tyler Horst, 15.534; 15. 40-Kyle Bronson, 15.585; 16. 15- Dean Bowen, 15.600; 17. 77- Jordan Yaggy, 15.613; 18. 87- Ross Bailes, 15.650; 19. 49R- Brian Ruhlman, 15.663; 20. 99jr - Frank Heckenast Jr., 15.674; 21. 4-D's- Chad Hollenbeck, 15.687; 22. 76- Brandon Overton, 15.696; 23. '09-Johnny Pursley, 15.732; 24. 72-Dan Stone, 15.881; 25. 23- Michael Rouse, 15.904; 26. 16- Steve Francis, 15.920; 27. 99B- Boom Briggs, 16.104; 28. 31- Bob Gordon, 16.132; 29. 6s- Blake Spencer, 16.321; 30. 2H- Nick Hoffman, 16.847; 31. P3- Jeff Robertson, 17.608; DNS: D8-Dustin Mitchell; 89W- Justin Williams; 1V- Jeremy Miller; 22E- Russell Erwin.

Saturday Qualifying Group B: 1. 39- Tim McCreadie, 15.052; 2. 17M-Dale McDowell, 15.134; 3. 25-Shane Clanton, 15.159; 4. 0- Dale Hollidge, 15.202; 5. 15s- Donny Schatz, 15.256; 6. 28E - Dennis Erb Jr., 15.324; 7. 7- Rick Eckert, 15.351; 8. 72c - Jason Covert, 15.363; 9. 15L - Darrel Lanigan, 15.390; 10. 21JR- Billy Moyer Jr., 15.394; 11. 18c- Chase Junghans, 15.404; 12. 111B- Max Blair, 15.434; 13. 71- Hudson O'Neal, 15.442; 14. 14M- Morgan Bagley, 15.569; 15. 11- Austin Smith, 15.652; 16. R1 - Riley Hickman, 15.697; 17. C8- Timothy Culp, 15.702; 18. 91- Tyler Erb, 15.714; 19. 6 - Jonathan Davenport, 15.715; 20. 28- Tyler Carpenter, 15.727; 21. 32- Daulton Wilson, 15.748; 22. 24- Kenny Moreland, 15.748; 23. 2c- Joey Coulter, 15.754; 24. 1G-Ryan King, 15.793; 25. 25z-Mason Zeigler, 15.805l 26. 42- Doug Sanders, 15.848; 27. 93L- Pancho Lawler, 15.861; 28. 92- Nick Davis, 15.955; 29. '00-Jesse Stovall, 15.992; 30. '07- Brian Ledbetter, 16.158; 31. 7r- Ross Robinson, 16.224; 32. 2M- Allen Murray, 16.443; 33. 3s- Brian Shirley, 16.758; 34. 25F-Jason Feger , NT.

World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series

Hodnett, Stewart Record Quick Time at World Finals - Will lead the charge in heats Friday and Saturday

Greg Hodnett and Shane Stewart share the spoils of recording quick times for the first night of the Bad Boy Off Road World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. Both will lead their respective heats into the green flag during the Friday and Saturday program.

Hodnett, who recorded the third fastest time in hot laps earlier in the program, bested the field with a 12.633. The Memphis, Tenn. sprint car veteran placed second earlier this month at the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series show at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway. This time, Hodnett will lead the 49-car field into Friday's heat races.

"The track's really nice. They did a great job," said Hodnett, who learned in hot laps to cut through the bottom of turns three and four. "In hot laps we were running through the middle, but the bottom got a little better. In our last lap in hot laps, I moved down and it was pretty quick. We made it stick in [turns three and four]. I think that was the key in our qualifying lap."

Hodnett, 41, topped World of Outlaws frontrunner Daryn Pittman in the first of two flights. Pittman, who was second fastest in hot laps, was beat by a .079-second margin. Stewart eventually split the two, clocking-in at 12.644 in the following group. Stewart ultimately recorded the second fastest time of both flights behind Hodnett.

"I was able to watch Hodnett's lap before I went out," Stewart said. "Being low on the racetrack helped us a little bit. [The track is] tricky. You got to be low, but you can't be so low where you hit the tires. So, [turns] three and four I felt like I gave up a little time. I wish I would have been a little lower on the second lap in [turn] three and four. We probably would have had quick time."

In the second session of qualifying to decide Saturday's heat lineups, Stewart traded quick time honors with Hodnett. Hodnett, who followed-up his strong performance with the fastest time in the first flight, ultimately fell to Stewart and two other series regulars in the second flight. Stewart's 12.826 lap time was .101 seconds faster than Hodnett's mark.

Platinum drivers Pittman and Joey Saldana jumped Hodnett for second and third fastest.
Hodnett said in turns three and four the track was slick, but fast enough where it "induced grip" with the winged sprints. Stewart admitted he could have wheeled his racecar deeper into the corners, and for the second session he did just that.

"It honestly felt like people were losing a little ground in [turn] four," Stewart said. "I knew if I could get off that corner a little lower on the exit than the guys ahead of me, then I knew my lap was going to be pretty good. I knew the guys ahead were running the top in turns one and two and low in three and four. After I qualified, I felt like I could have run the car low in [turns] one and two. It's all about getting in the front row of your heat. Confidence is crucial, and hopefully we can capitalize."

Friday Qualifying: 1. 27- Greg Hodnett, 12.633; 2. 2- Shane Stewart, 12.644; 3. 9- Daryn Pittman, 12.712; 4. 49- Brad Sweet, 12.719; 5. 1S- Logan Schuchart, 12.760; 6. 5- David Gravel, 12.785; 7. 18- Ian Madsen, 12.848; 8. 19- Paige Polyak, 12.848; 9. 7S- Jason Sides, 12.856; 10. 15- Donny Schatz, 12.909; 11. 2M- Brent Marks, 12.982; 12. 5W- Lucas Wolfe, 12.985; 13. 11K- Kraig Kinser, 12.986; 14. 49H- Doug Esh, 12.992; 15. 3Z- Brock Zearfoss, 13.049; 16. W20- Greg Wilson, 13.049; 17. 67- Tanner Thorson, 13.074; 18. 3G- Carson Macedo, 13.090; 19. 17W- Kerry Madsen, 13.099; 20. 23C- Tyler Courtney, 13.120; 21. 25- Tyler Bear, 13.173; 22. OO- Dane Lorenc, 13.190; 23. 17B- Bill Balog, 13.228; 24. 4S- Danny Smith, 13.318; 25. 13- Clyde Knipp, 13.565; 26. 1B- Dale Blaney, 12.852; 27. 10H- Chad Kemenah, 12.854; 28. 41- Jason Johnson, 12.856; 29. 83- Joey Saldana, 12.875; 30. 51S- Stevie Smith, 12.923; 31. 2L- Danny Lasoski,12.926; 32. 49X- Tim Shaffer, 12.934; 33. 21- Brian Brown, 12.934; 34. 71M- Dave Blaney, 12.947; 35. 48- Danny Dietrich, 12.959; 36. 7- Paul McMahan,13.046; 37. 93- Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.055; 38. 4- Cole Duncan, 13.072; 39. 99- Brady Bacon, 13.128; 40. 1A- Jac Haudenschild, 13.146; 41. 94- Ryan Smith, 13.159; 42. 2MX- Hunter Schuerenburg, 13.204; 43. 23- Trey Starks, 13.208; 44. 77X- Parker Price-Miller, 13.299; 45. 23M- Lance Moss, 13.355; 46. 82- Sammy Swindell, 13.378; 47. 91- Chad Boespflug, 13.417; 48. A67- Cale Conley,13.541; 49. 27G- Jay Galloway, 14.051

Saturday Qualifying: 1. 2- Shane Stewart, 12.826; 2. 9- Daryn Pittman, 12.829; 3. 83- Joey Saldana, 12.840; 4. 27- Greg Hodnett, 12.927; 5. 5- David Gravel, 12.933; 6. 1S- Logan Schuchart, 12.941; 7. 15- Donny Schatz, 12.946; 8. 41- Jason Johnson, 12.958; 9. 49- Brad Sweet, 12.960; 10. 18- Ian Madsen, 12.965; 11. 49X- Tim Shaffer, 12.975; 12. 2L- Danny Lasoski, 12.982 13. 93- Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.000; 14. 71M- Dave Blaney, 13.011; 15. 19- Paige Polyak, 13.029; 16. 51S- Stevie Smith, 13.046; 17. 99- Brady Bacon, 13.057; 18. 17B - Bill Balog, 13.070; 19. 21- Brian Brown, 13.080; 20. 94- Ryan Smith, 13.080; 21. 48- Danny Dietrich, 13.086; 22. 10H- Chad Kemenah, 13.088; 23. 1B- Dale Blaney, 13.098; 24. 5W- Lucas Wolfe, 13.101; 25. 3- Garson Macedo, 13.123; 26. 1A- Jac Haudenschild, 13.145; 27. 23- Trey Starks, 13.152; 28. 2M- Brent Marks, 13.152; 29. 11K- Kraig Kinser, 13.167; 30. 82- Sammy Swindell, 13.171; 31. 2MX- Hunter Schuerenburg, 13.174; 32. 3Z- Brock Zearfoss, 13.196; 33. 7- Paul McMahan, 13.224; 34. 17W- Kerry Madsen, 13.225; 35. 4- Cole Duncan, 13.230; 36. 7S- Jason Sides, 13.252; 37. 67- Tanner Thorson, 13.267; 38. 49H- Doug Esh, 13.314; 39. 23C- Tyler Courtney, 13.378; 40. 77X- Parker Price-Miller, 13.382; 41. A67- Cale Conley, 13.393; 42. 25- Tyler Bear, 13.400; 43. W20- Greg Wilson, 13.450; 44. 91- Chad Boespflug, 13.495; 45. 13- Clyde Knipp, 13.548; 46. 23M- Lance Moss, 13.711; 47. OO- Dane Lorenc, 13.773; 48. 4S- Danny Smith, 13.783; 49. 27G- Jay Galloway, 13.964.

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