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Christopher Bells Dominates Eldora Speedway for Fourth Career Outlaw Win
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Winner Christopher Bell (Dan McFarland Photo)
Christopher Bells Dominates Eldora Speedway for Fourth Career Outlaw Win
ROSSBURG, OH – October 14, 2018 – Christopher Bell pounded the cushion to perfection up against the Eldora Speedway wall to win his fourth career World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series Feature, but first of 2018, Sunday evening at the Ohio half-mile. Bell fell as far back as eighth but took the lead on Lap 14 and never looked back. Donny Schatz extended his Series points lead finishing second for a Tony Stewart Racing/Curb-Agajanian Racing one-two punch. Parker Price-Miller, who led the first 13 laps, completed the podium.
Tim Shaffer won the Sears Craftsman Dash and led the field down the backstretch, but a strong sweeping move across the racing surface from Parker Price-Miller saw the youngster lead the opening lap by a nose.
Carson Macedo, aboard the Jason Johnson Racing No.41, took second from Shaffer on Lap 9 and began closing in on Price-Miller for the lead.
Christopher Bell fell back from his fifth-starting spot on the initial start, but began his cushion-pounding charge forward immediately. As Macedo passed Shaffer for second on the ninth circuit, Bell re-entered the top five. Two laps later, Bell was third and visibly closing on the leaders. Bell passed Macedo for second on Lap 13 and took the lead the following lap from Price-Miller in turn one.
From there, Bell set sail, rim riding his way to a sizable advantage through lapped traffic.
Donny Schatz worked his way forward from his eighth starting spot to take third just past the halfway point.
The lone caution of the event flew on Lap 21 for a slowing Aaron Reutzel, setting up a double-file restart.
Price-Miller, who had fallen back to fourth, got an excellent restart and challenged Bell for the lead before settling into second. Bell once again powered away from the field, establishing a sizeable lead over the field.
Schatz went to work on Price-Miller for second, completing the pass with one to go. At this point, his TSR teammate was gone, as Bell cruised to win by over four seconds.
“I’m very grateful to run this thing, it’s a rocket every time I come to this place. It was so fast on the top, I could zoom right around,” Bell said in Victory Lane.
When asked about riding the wall at Eldora with a near-perfect race car, Bell didn’t hold back saying, “It’s the most fun thing you’ll ever do.”
“It’s a dream come true to be able to win World of Outlaws races at Eldora,” Bell, who was making his fifth Outlaw start of the season, added with a smile.
Donny Schatz settled for second for the second consecutive night and was pleased with his car, “My car was really good. These guys keep working on it and making some gains, it was great to have some grip out there.”
Parker Price-Miller, in one of three Indy Race Parts entries, held off Macedo to complete the podium, “We were really good, when you are out front, you don’t know how strong you really are, and Christopher blew my doors off. He was the class of the field. I can’t thank Bernie and Betsy enough for giving me this opportunity.”
Macedo, who will return to the JJR No.41 at Port Royal in two weeks, finished fourth with Ian Madsen completing the top five.
Brent Marks came forward from 12th to sixth with Joey Saldana, in another Indy Race Parts car, was strong finishing seventh.
Sheldon Haudenschild charged from 18th to eighth and Logan Schuchart earned KSE Hard Charger honors coming from 20th to ninth. Pennsylvanian Brock Zearfoss, who will finish out the season following the Outlaw tour, completed the top-ten.
A night after breaking a 19-year-old track record at Terre Haute, teenager Gio Scelzi was within striking distance of the 16-year-old Eldora track record in Qualifying, missing it by seven hundredths of a second.
It was an early start at Eldora, which was coming off a double-header World 100 program the night before, with the Outlaw Feature ending before 7:30 on a brisk October evening.
A rare off-weekend for the NASCAR Xfinity Series allowed Bell to compete back in his dirt track roots. Bell currently leads Xfinity points and recently set the single-season win record for a rookie with six. Bell finished 11th last night at Terre Haute.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series returns to action next weekend with a pair of dates in Kansas, starting Friday, October 19 at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City for the FVP Platinum Battery Shootout and concluding Saturday, October 20 at Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, KS. If you can’t make it to the track, watch all the action LIVE on DIRTVision.com!
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 14B-Christopher Bell [5][$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [8][$5,500]; 3. 71P-Parker Price-Miller [2][$3,200]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo [4][$2,800]; 5. 18-Ian Madsen [3][$2,500]; 6. 19-Brent Marks [12][$2,300]; 7. 71X-Joey Saldana [6][$2,200]; 8. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [18][$2,100]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart [20][$2,050]; 10. 4-Brock Zearfoss [10][$2,000]; 11. 2-Shane Stewart [15][$1,500]; 12. 21-Brian Brown [14][$1,200]; 13. 49-Brad Sweet [13][$1,100]; 14. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [9][$1,050]; 15. W20-Greg Wilson [7][$1,000]; 16. 39-Spencer Bayston [17][$900]; 17. 5-David Gravel [16][$800]; 18. 9-Daryn Pittman [22][$800]; 19. 7S-Jason Sides [19][$800]; 20. 81-Chad Kemenah [24][$800]; 21. 49X-Tim Shaffer [1][$800]; 22. 87-Aaron Reutzel [11][$800]; 23. 15H-Sam Hafertepe [21][$800]; 24. 1A-Jacob Allen [23][$800]; Lap Leaders: Parker Price-Miller 1-13, Christopher Bell 14-30; KSE Hard Charger Award: 1S-Logan Schuchart[+11]
Qualifying Flight-A: 1. 71-Giovanni Scelzi, 12.778; 2. 18-Ian Madsen, 12.831; 3. 71P-Parker Price-Miller, 12.872; 4. 2-Shane Stewart, 12.877; 5. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.926; 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 12.934; 7. 15H-Sam Hafertepe, 12.98; 8. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 12.987; 9. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.999; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.062; 11. 39-Spencer Bayston, 13.065; 12. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.163; 13. 49D-Shawn Dancer, 13.209; 14. G1-Max Stambaugh, 13.222; 15. 71H-Randy Hannagan, 13.238; 16. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.271; 17. 97-Caleb Helms, 13.454; 18. 11N-Cap Henry, 13.467; 19. 22M-Dan McCarron, 13.602; 20. 42-Ty Tilton, 13.863
Qualifying Flight-B: 1. 41-Carson Macedo, 12.899; 2. 14B-Christopher Bell, 12.928; 3. 71X-Joey Saldana, 12.944; 4. 19-Brent Marks, 12.996; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.997; 6. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.012; 7. 4-Brock Zearfoss, 13.026; 8. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.038; 9. 19P-Paige Polyak, 13.054; 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.06; 11. 21-Brian Brown, 13.072; 12. 5-David Gravel, 13.077; 13. 81-Chad Kemenah, 13.151; 14. 12N-Cole Duncan, 13.19; 15. 83-Cory Eliason, 13.202; 16. 99-Brady Bacon, 13.206; 17. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg, 13.228; 18. O2-Brandon Long, 13.441; 19. 16-Ryan Ruhl, 13.602; 20. 11K-Kraig Kinser, NT
Heat #1 - Flight (A) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 71P-Parker Price-Miller [2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 3. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [1]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [5]; 5. 39-Spencer Bayston [6]; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe [4]; 7. 71H-Randy Hannagan [8]; 8. 97-Caleb Helms [9]; 9. 22M-Dan McCarron [10]; 10. 49D-Shawn Dancer [7]
Heat #2 - Flight (A) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer [4]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [1]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel [3]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [2]; 5. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 6. 11N-Cap Henry [9]; 7. G1-Max Stambaugh [7]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen [5]; 9. 5T-Travis Philo [8]; 10. 42-Ty Tilton [10]
Heat #3 - Flight (B) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 41-Carson Macedo [1]; 2. 71X-Joey Saldana [2]; 3. 4-Brock Zearfoss [4]; 4. 21-Brian Brown [6]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [3]; 6. 81-Chad Kemenah [7]; 7. 83-Cory Eliason [8]; 8. 19P-Paige Polyak [5]; 9. 16-Ryan Ruhl [10]; 10. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg [9]
Heat #4 - Flight (B) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 14B-Christopher Bell [1]; 2. W20-Greg Wilson [3]; 3. 19-Brent Marks [2]; 4. 5-David Gravel [6]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman [4]; 7. 99-Brady Bacon [8]; 8. 12N-Cole Duncan [7]; 9. O2-Brandon Long [9]; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser [10]
Sears Craftsman Dash (6 Laps): 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer; 2. 71P-Parker Price-Miller; 3. 18-Ian Madsen; 4. 41-Carson Macedo; 5. 14B-Christopher Bell; 6. 71X-Joey Saldana; 7. W20-Greg Wilson; 8. 15-Donny Schatz
C-Main (10 Laps) - Top 2 Transfer: 1. 99-Brady Bacon [2][-]; 2. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg [4][-]; 3. 5T-Travis Philo [1][$150]; 4. 11N-Cap Henry [5][$150]; 5. 97-Caleb Helms [3][$150]; 6. O2-Brandon Long [6][$125]; 7. 16-Ryan Ruhl [8][$125]; 8. 22M-Dan McCarron [7][$125]; 9. 42-Ty Tilton [9][$125]; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser [10][$125]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer: 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe [1][-]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [2][-]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen [3][-]; 4. 81-Chad Kemenah [6][-]; 5. 83-Cory Eliason [10][$300]; 6. 12N-Cole Duncan [8][$250]; 7. G1-Max Stambaugh [7][$225]; 8. 71H-Randy Hannagan [9][$200]; 9. 49D-Shawn Dancer [5][$200]; 10. 99-Brady Bacon [11][$200]; 11. 19P-Paige Polyak [4][$200]; 12. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg [12][$200]
Brad Sweet Continues Career Year with Terre Haute Triumph
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Winner Brad Sweet (Mark Funderburk Photo)
Brad Sweet Continues Career Year with Terre Haute Triumph
TERRE HAUTE, IN – October 13, 2018 – Brad Sweet’s added another page to his unforgettable 2018 season with a flag-to-flag victory at the historic Terre Haute Action Track, his ninth World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory of the year. Donny Schatz charged from 12th to second, getting by Tim Shaffer, who completed the podium, on the Green-White-Checkered finish.
Brad Sweet and Kasey Kahne Racing teammate Daryn Pittman put on a show on the final lap of the Sears Craftsman Dash finishing side-by-side. Sweet edged Pittman by 0.054 to earn the pole for the 30-Lap Feature.
Sweet powered to the lead on the initial start to lead the opening circuit and reached lapped traffic on Lap 9 at the spacious Indiana half-mile. Pittman and 2001 Terre Haute Outlaw winner Tim Shaffer were in tow.
At the halfway point, Donny Schatz had worked forward from his 12th-starting spot to sixth aboard the Tony Stewart Racing/Curb-Agajanian No.15. By lap 19, the nine-time Series Champion and current points leader had maneuvered to fourth.
Sweet continued to work his way through traffic as Schatz closed the gap on Pittman and Shaffer for the runner-up position.
Lap 27 saw Shaffer and Schatz get by Pittman for position down the backstretch and through turn three, respectively.
As the White Flag flew for Brad Sweet, he would not be caught, as he had multiple lapped cars between himself and Shaffer and Schatz, who were in a torrid battle for second.
It wouldn’t be that easy for the driver known as ‘The Big Cat’, however, as the caution flew for a stopped Ian Madsen as Sweet was about to take the Checkered.
The caution set up a single-file, Green, White, Checkered finish with Shaffer, who was ahead of Schatz at the last completed lap, in second and Schatz in third.
On the restart, Schatz quickly disposed of Shaffer in turn one and set his eyes on Sweet for his 20th victory of the season. Schatz closed the gap in each corner, but it wasn’t enough, as Sweet went on to win by .686 seconds.
When asked about the late restart, Brad Sweet chuckled and said with a smile, “Well, I’ve been getting used to it. Knoxville, Black Hills, Chico and Lernerville have all had late race restarts and sometimes it’s not bad to get a clean track. I think we were just good enough to hold these guys off tonight.”
“Lapped traffic was tricky. I think I made a few mistakes, but I guess I had a big enough lead,” Sweet said of the long Green Flag period to open the race, before thanking his NAPA Auto Parts crew for their continued hard work.
“Terre Haute is a special place. I’ve won a non-wing USAC race here, so it’s cool to come back here and win with the World of Outlaws,” the Grass Valley, CA native added.
Donny Schatz, who had passed Tim Shaffer for second on the final lap but had to go back to third for the Green-White-Checkered finish, was obviously disappointed to come up just short.
“We did what we could, the car was obviously rolling to get up there on an open race track. My guys did an incredible job, we wanted to get a win,” Schatz, who earned KSE Hard Charger honors for his efforts, said.
Tim Shaffer’s excellent 2018 season continued with a podium finish and he was pleased, “We had a great car, it kept coming in little by little as the race went on.”
Pittman settled for fourth with Sheldon Haudenschild charging from 15th to complete the top-five.
A week of rain and frigid temperatures had Terre Haute Action Track in unchartered territory during Qualifying, as 19 of the 32 cars signed in broke the existing track record set back in 1999. Brian Brown, who went out late, ended up establishing the new Terre Haute track record at 16.028, nearly a half-second faster than the existing record.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series continues its 40th Anniversary Season tomorrow evening at Eldora Speedway with an early start time. Drivers Meeting is scheduled for 3:30pm, tickets for the The Greatest Show on Dirt’s final appearance of the year at ‘The Big E’ can be found here. As always, if you can’t make it to the track, watch every lap LIVE on DIRTVision.com!
Feature (31 Laps due to green-white-checkered finish): 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1][$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [12][$5,500]; 3. 49X-Tim Shaffer [3][$3,200]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [2][$2,800]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [15][$2,500]; 6. 71X-Joey Saldana [6][$2,300]; 7. 21-Brian Brown [5][$2,200]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart [10][$2,100]; 9. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [7][$2,050]; 10. 5-David Gravel [4][$2,000]; 11. 14B-Christopher Bell [8][$1,500]; 12. 2-Shane Stewart [18][$1,200]; 13. 41-Carson Macedo [16][$1,100]; 14. 11K-Kraig Kinser [14][$1,050]; 15. 4-Brock Zearfoss [9][$1,000]; 16. 39-Spencer Bayston [21][$900]; 17. 19-Brent Marks [20][$800]; 18. 83-Cory Eliason [22][$800]; 19. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg [23][$800]; 20. W20-Greg Wilson [19][$800]; 21. 7S-Jason Sides [13][$800]; 22. 18-Ian Madsen [11][$800]; 23. 1A-Jacob Allen [24][$800]; 24. 99-Brady Bacon [17][$800];
Lap Leaders: Brad Sweet 1-31;
KSE Hard Charger Award: 15-Donny Schatz[+10]
Qualifying: 1. 21-Brian Brown, 16.028; 2. 71X-Joey Saldana, 16.191; 3. 71-Giovanni Scelzi, 16.208; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman, 16.228; 5. 14B-Christopher Bell, 16.234; 6. 5-David Gravel, 16.235; 7. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 16.265; 8. 49-Brad Sweet, 16.282; 9. 4-Brock Zearfoss, 16.32; 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 16.324; 11. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 16.326; 12. 41-Carson Macedo, 16.333; 13. 39-Spencer Bayston, 16.343; 14. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 16.363; 15. 1A-Jacob Allen, 16.376; 16. 15-Donny Schatz, 16.401; 17. 7S-Jason Sides, 16.414; 18. 83-Cory Eliason, 16.467; 19. 18-Ian Madsen, 16.472; 20. 19P-Paige Polyak, 16.516; 21. 99-Brady Bacon, 16.608; 22. 2-Shane Stewart, 16.631; 23. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg, 16.639; 24. 19-Brent Marks, 16.662; 25. 71H-Randy Hannagan, 16.673; 26. 33M-Mason Daniel, 16.755; 27. W20-Greg Wilson, 16.872; 28. 85-Mike Terry, 17.098; 29. 28-Brian Paulus, 17.185; 30. 22M-Dan McCarron, 17.3; 31. 17K-Kendall Ruble, 17.99; 32. 71M-Paul May, NT
Heat #1 (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 14B-Christopher Bell [2]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [1]; 3. 4-Brock Zearfoss [3]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [5]; 5. 99-Brady Bacon [6]; 6. 71H-Randy Hannagan [7]; 7. 28-Brian Paulus [8]; 8. 39-Spencer Bayston [4]
Heat #2 (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 71X-Joey Saldana [1]; 2. 5-David Gravel [2]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [3]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [4]; 5. 2-Shane Stewart [6]; 6. 83-Cory Eliason [5]; 7. 33M-Mason Daniel [7]; 8. 22M-Dan McCarron [8]
Heat #3 (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [1]; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer [2]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [5]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [3]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [7]; 6. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg [6]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [4]; 8. 17K-Kendall Ruble [8]
Heat #4 (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo [3]; 5. 19-Brent Marks [6]; 6. 19P-Paige Polyak [5]; 7. 85-Mike Terry [7]; 8. 71M-Paul May [8]
Sears Craftsman Dash (6 Laps): 1. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 3. 49X-Tim Shaffer [3]; 4. 5-David Gravel [4]; 5. 21-Brian Brown [7]; 6. 71X-Joey Saldana [5]; 7. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [8]; 8. 14B-Christopher Bell [6]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer: 1. 39-Spencer Bayston [1][-]; 2. 83-Cory Eliason [3][-]; 3. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg [5][-]; 4. 1A-Jacob Allen [2][-]; 5. 19P-Paige Polyak [4][$300]; 6. 28-Brian Paulus [9][$250]; 7. 71H-Randy Hannagan [6][$225]; 8. 33M-Mason Daniel [7][$200]; 9. 22M-Dan McCarron [10][$200]; 10. 85-Mike Terry [8][$200]; 11. 17K-Kendall Ruble [11][$200]; 12. 71M-Paul May [12][$200]
Schuchart Dominant at Fulton for Second Win of Year
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Winner Logan Schuchart (Dave Biro Photo)
Schuchart Dominant at Fulton for Second Win of Year
FULTON, NY – October 6, 2018 – Logan Schuchart dominated all 30 laps to win Saturday Night at Fulton Speedway as the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series invaded Super DIRT Week in New York. Sheldon Haudenschild charged late to second with Donny Schatz completing the podium.
Kraig Kinser won the Sears Craftsman Dash, earning the pole for the 30-lap affair, in search of his first win of the season, alongside Schuchart.
Schuchart's forgettable Qualifying laps put him 15th quick, forcing him to start fifth in his Heat. Methodically, Schuchart worked his way by three cars in the eight-lap event to excitingly secure that all-important spot in the Sears Craftsman Dash.
In the Feature, Schuchart got the initial jump to lead the opening lap. The Hanover, PA native reached lapped traffic quickly around the 3/8th mile and maneuvered it well.
Nine-time and defending Series Champion Donny Schatz moved by Kinser for second on Lap 12 and began closing in on Schuchart as the leaders navigated traffic.
While most drivers were fighting for the bottom, Sheldon Haudenschild, to no one’s surprise, went to work on the cushion in exciting fashion. Haudenschild got to fourth on Lap 16 and was visibly closing in on Kinser and Schatz, who both remained loyal to the bottom.
Haudenschild roared around Kinser for third on Lap 22 and caught Schatz quickly after. Sheldon used a big run out of turn two to cross-under Schatz for second into turn three.
In need of a Yellow, Haudenschild closed in on Schuchart but the latter powered away on the final lap and went on to win his second Feature of the year.
“I’m really proud of this team, we’ve been really strong this year, especially lately, with a handful of Quick Times and consistently in the top five. We just haven’t been able to pull off a lot of wins this year. This Drydene Performance/Shark Racing team is really strong, we just keep growing and keep getting better and I can’t wait for what is in store," Schuchart, who currently sits a career-high sixth in the Series Points Standings, said.
"The bossman Bobby Allen does a great job with this two-car operation and I’m proud to have him as my grandfather,” Schuchart, who holds the Fulton Speedway track record from back in 2016, added in Victory Lane.
Sheldon Haudenschild settled for second and walked through his charge forward, “I kind of had to wait until it cleaned off a little bit [before I could get going up top]. I committed to going up a groove in traffic and my car was really good up there.”
“I was praying for a Yellow, but we didn’t have any all night, the whole field did a good job. We have some really good tracks coming up, hopefully we can pull off a couple more wins and cap off a good season,” the Wooster, OH native said about this Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall No.17.
Donny Schatz extended his Series points lead with his podium finish. “With the finishes we’ve had lately, third is like a win. We had a decent run and traffic made it fun. The younger guys are getting their game on and making us old guys look silly,” Schatz said with a smile next to his Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing No.15 machine.
Shane Stewart, who set Quick Time, finished fourth with Kinser rounding out the top five. Larry Wight, who arrived late after competing during the day at Oswego Speedway, earned KSE Hard Charger honors coming from 18th to ninth.
As Haudenschild mentioned, the entire World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series program went caution-free. With Mother Nature threatening the area all evening, a successful accelerated program was run, with both racing divisions done by 9pm.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series returns to action for a triple-header weekend starting Friday, October 12 with a makeup date at Jacksonville Speedway in Illinois before heading to Terre Haute Action Track Saturday and Eldora Speedway Sunday. If you can’t make it to the track, watch every lap LIVE on DIRTVision.com!
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2][$10,000]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [5][$5,500]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [4][$3,200]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [6][$2,800]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1][$2,500]; 6. 5-David Gravel [10][$2,300]; 7. 18-Ian Madsen [11][$2,200]; 8. 49-Brad Sweet [8][$2,100]; 9. 99L-Larry Wight [18][$2,050]; 10. 9-Daryn Pittman [7][$2,000]; 11. W20-Greg Wilson [14][$1,500]; 12. 19-Brent Marks [9][$1,200]; 13. 1A-Jacob Allen [12][$1,100]; 14. 7S-Jason Sides [3][$1,050]; 15. 49K-Scott Kreutter [13][$1,000]; 16. 10K-Joe Kata [15][$900]; 17. 90-Matt Tanner [16][$800]; 18. 3-Denny Peebles [20][$800]; 19. 98-Joe Trenca [17][$800]; 20. 45-Chuck Hebing [19][$800]; 21. 54J-Steven Hutchinson [21][$800];
Lap Leaders: Logan Schuchart 1-30;
KSE Hard Charger Award: 99L-Larry Wight[+9]
Qualifying: 1. 2-Shane Stewart, 13.057; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.124; 3. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.143; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.208; 5. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.227; 6. 19-Brent Marks, 13.261; 7. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.323; 8. 18-Ian Madsen, 13.352; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.356; 10. 5-David Gravel, 13.451; 11. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.486; 12. 10K-Joe Kata, 13.513; 13. 90-Matt Tanner, 13.522; 14. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.53; 15. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.628; 16. 49K-Scott Kreutter, 13.685; 17. 98-Joe Trenca, 13.709; 18. 99L-Larry Wight, 13.775; 19. 45-Chuck Hebing, 13.815; 20. 3-Denny Peebles, 14.089; 21. 54J-Steven Hutchinson, 14.323
Heat #1 (8 Laps) - Top 8 Transfer: 1. 2-Shane Stewart [1]; 2. 11K-Kraig Kinser [2]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [3]; 4. 5-David Gravel [4]; 5. 49K-Scott Kreutter [6]; 6. 90-Matt Tanner [5]; 7. 45-Chuck Hebing [7]
Heat #2 (8 Laps) - Top 8 Transfer: 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [3]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [5]; 6. 98-Joe Trenca [6]; 7. 3-Denny Peebles [7]
Heat #3 (8 Laps) - Top 8 Transfer: 1. 7S-Jason Sides [1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]; 3. 19-Brent Marks [2]; 4. 1A-Jacob Allen [3]; 5. 10K-Joe Kata [4]; 6. 99L-Larry Wight [6]; 7. 54J-Steven Hutchinson [7]
Sears Craftsman Dash (6 Laps): 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser [2]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [3]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [1]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [6]; 6. 2-Shane Stewart [5]
Greg Hodnett Tribute At The National Open
Posted by: | CommentsLance Dewease Wins Emotional Williams Grove National Open Worth $56,000
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Winner Lance Dewease (Michael Fry Photo)
Lance Dewease Wins Emotional Williams Grove National Open Worth $56,000
MECHANICSBURG, PA – September 29, 2018 – The all-time Williams Grove win leader, Lance Dewease, passed Brock Zearfoss on Lap 24 and never looked back to win his 15th World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series Feature of his career. Dewease, full of emotion in Victory Lane, dedicated the $56,000 Champion Racing Oil National Open win to the late, great Greg Hodnett. Daryn Pittman came from eighth to second with Brian Montieth completing the podium at the famous Williams Grove Speedway.
Zearfoss won the first of two Sears Craftsman Dashes to earn the pole for the 40-Lap Feature alongside Dewease, who won the second Dash. Zearfoss, who scored his first career World of Outlaws win last year at Williams Grove, got a strong start and led the opening lap.
Dewease didn’t let Zearfoss out of his sights, as Brian Montieth passed Brian Brown for third on Lap 7. Zearfoss reached the back of field on Lap 8 and began to maneuver through traffic before the caution flew Brad Sweet and Donny Schatz, as the top two in World of Outlaws in points sat atop turn two, with 12 laps complete. Schatz returned at the rear but Sweet was done for the evening.
The ensuing double-file restart saw Zearfoss maintain control and turn under a Dewease slide job on Lap 15 to retain the lead. Dewease was determined and not going away, chipping away on the bottom at Zearfoss’ lead.
As Zearfoss once again reached traffic, Dewease got a huge run through the middle of turn one to pull even with Zearfoss down the backstretch and take command of the field to lead Lap 24.
At Lap 25, World of Outlaws and Williams Grove officials made the decision to throw the caution flag to prevent a majority of teams from running out of fuel. The decision was based on the fact the air quality was so good and that there were extra parade laps in honor of Hodnett and Johnson.
Following the Open Red, Zearfoss had something break on the car entering turn one and he came to a stop at the end of the frontstretch. Understandably disappointed, Zearfoss walked away from his car under his own power.
Brian Montieth assumed second and threatened Dewease for the lead on the restart running his typical cushion-pounding line.
Daryn Pittman found speed on the bottom and got by Monteith for second on Lap 27.
At this point, Dewease had established he was the class of the field and powered away from the field, navigating traffic with ease. Pittman was formidable and quick, but never got within striking distance of Dewease as the Hall of Famer went on to win his 92nd Feature at Williams Grove and fourth National Open.
“This is for Greg [Hodnett]. This whole week is about Greg. Everyone that knew him knows how great of a racer is, but he was an even better person,” Dewease said holding back tears in Victory Lane. “No one understands how difficult this week has been,” Dewease added somberly. “I wanted this one bad for this team. You always want to run well at this race, we had some bad luck last year,” Dewease said about his Kreitz Racing No.69K team.
Daryn Pittman was strong and finished runner-up at the National Open for the fourth time in his career. “This weekend wasn’t about Posse or Outlaws, it was about honoring Greg and it was great to see Bobbi and Jaxx Johnson as well,” the well-spoken Oklahoman said. “I feel that were at the same pace as the 69K and that’s an accomplishment in its own right,” Pittman said with a grin.
Local fan-favorite Brian Montieth finished third, the best of his National Open career, and was pleased, “We were pretty good, I’m sitting here, real proud.”
Tim Shaffer finished fourth with Ryan Smith completing the top-five. Shane Stewart earned KSE Hard Charger honors coming from 22nd to ninth.
Gio Scelzi was awarded $1300 from the Beerhill Gang as the National Open Rookie of the Year and Chad Trout earned $1527 from Dirt Track Digest and SprintCarUnlimited.com with the ‘Just Missed Award’.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series continues its 40th Anniversary Season next Saturday, October 6 at Fulton Speedway in New York during NAPA Super DIRT Week. If you can’t make it to the track, watch all the action LIVE on DIRTVision.com!
Feature (40 Laps): 1. 69K-Lance Dewease [2][$56,000]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [8][$12,000]; 3. 21X-Brian Montieth [5][$7,500]; 4. 49X-Tim Shaffer [10][$4,000]; 5. 94-Ryan Smith [12][$3,500]; 6. 21-Brian Brown [4][$3,000]; 7. 11-T.J. Stutts [9][$2,700]; 8. 27-Paul McMahan [15][$2,500]; 9. 2-Shane Stewart [22][$2,200]; 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart [11][$2,100]; 11. O7-Gerard McIntyre [13][$2,000]; 12. 39-Cory Haas [16][$1,650]; 13. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [3][$1,550]; 14. 15-Donny Schatz [6][$1,200]; 15. 51-Freddie Rahmer [28][$100]; 16. 5-David Gravel [19][$1,050]; 17. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [20][$1,000]; 18. 24-Lucas Wolfe [26][$]; 19. 18-Ian Madsen [24][$1,000]; 20. 41-Carson Macedo [18][$1,000]; 21. 19-Brent Marks [23][$1,000]; 22. 1A-Jacob Allen [25][$]; 23. 55K-Robbie Kendall [14][$1,000]; 24. 11K-Kraig Kinser [27][$]; 25. 15G-Jordan Givler [17][$1,000]; 26. 4-Brock Zearfoss [1][$1,000]; 27. 49-Brad Sweet [7][$1,000]; 28. 1-Logan Wagner [21][$1,000];
Lap Leaders: Brock Zearfoss 1-23, Lance Dewease 24-40;
KSE Hard Charger Award: 2-Shane Stewart[+13]
Qualifying Flight-A: 1. 71-Giovanni Scelzi, 16.25; 2. 11-T.J. Stutts, 16.318; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 16.41; 4. O7-Gerard McIntyre, 16.441; 5. 21X-Brian Montieth, 16.483; 6. 5-David Gravel, 16.504; 7. 4-Brock Zearfoss, 16.541; 8. 2-Shane Stewart, 16.546; 9. 49-Brad Sweet, 16.588; 10. 1-Logan Wagner, 16.596; 11. 27-Paul McMahan, 16.606; 12. 1A-Jacob Allen, 16.612; 13. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 16.625; 14. 99M-Kyle Moody, 16.66; 15. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 16.662; 16. 99-Bud Kaeding, 16.689; 17. 19-Brent Marks, 16.722; 18. 48-Danny Dietrich, 16.832; 19. 39M-Anthony Macri, 16.936; 20. W20-Greg Wilson, 16.943; 21. 67-Justin Whittall, 16.992; 22. 27S-Adrian Shaffer, 17.193; 23. 28F-Davie Franek, 17.261; 24. 15G-Jordan Givler, 17.548; 25. 44-Trey Starks, NT
Qualifying Flight-B: 1. 21-Brian Brown, 16.487; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 16.518; 3. 69K-Lance Dewease, 16.538; 4. 15-Donny Schatz, 16.54; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman, 16.556; 6. 94-Ryan Smith, 16.602; 7. 55K-Robbie Kendall, 16.66; 8. 39-Cory Haas, 16.675; 9. 41-Carson Macedo, 16.706; 10. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 16.728; 11. 18-Ian Madsen, 16.733; 12. 1X-Chad Trout, 16.743; 13. 1W-Chase Dietz, 16.774; 14. 24-Lucas Wolfe, 16.778; 15. 17B-Steve Buckwalter, 16.801; 16. 87-Alan Krimes, 16.846; 17. 7S-Jason Sides, 16.874; 18. 19M-Jac Haudenschild, 16.906; 19. 88-Brandon Rahmer, 16.986; 20. 58-Jim Siegel, 16.998; 21. 35-Justin Henderson, 17.096; 22. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 17.316; 23. 75-Nicole Bower, 17.35; 24. 12W-Troy Fraker, 17.836
Heat #1 - Flight (A) (8 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer: 1. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [1]; 2. 4-Brock Zearfoss [3]; 3. O7-Gerard McIntyre [2]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5]; 5. 1-Logan Wagner [4]; 6. 39M-Anthony Macri [7]; 7. 99-Bud Kaeding [6]; 8. 27S-Adrian Shaffer [8]; 9. 44-Trey Starks [9]
Heat #2 - Flight (A) (8 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer: 1. 11-T.J. Stutts [1]; 2. 21X-Brian Montieth [2]; 3. 27-Paul McMahan [4]; 4. 19-Brent Marks [6]; 5. 99M-Kyle Moody [5]; 6. 2-Shane Stewart [3]; 7. 28F-Davie Franek [8]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson [7]
Heat #3 - Flight (A) (8 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer: 1. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [1]; 3. 15G-Jordan Givler [8]; 4. 67-Justin Whittall [7]; 5. 51-Freddie Rahmer [5]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [4]; 7. 5-David Gravel [2]; 8. 48-Danny Dietrich [6]
Heat #4 - Flight (B) (8 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer: 1. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [1]; 3. 55K-Robbie Kendall [3]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [4]; 5. 1W-Chase Dietz [5]; 6. 88-Brandon Rahmer [7]; 7. 87-Alan Krimes [6]; 8. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [8]
Heat #5 - Flight (B) (8 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer: 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer [1]; 3. 39-Cory Haas [3]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [4]; 5. 24-Lucas Wolfe [5]; 6. 58-Jim Siegel [7]; 7. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 8. 75-Nicole Bower [8]
Heat #6 - Flight (B) (8 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer: 1. 69K-Lance Dewease [1]; 2. 94-Ryan Smith [2]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo [3]; 4. 17B-Steve Buckwalter [5]; 5. 1X-Chad Trout [4]; 6. 19M-Jac Haudenschild [6]; 7. 35-Justin Henderson [7]; 8. 12W-Troy Fraker [8]
Sears Craftsman Dash (6 Laps): 1. 4-Brock Zearfoss [1]; 2. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [2]; 3. 21X-Brian Montieth [4]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [6]; 5. 11-T.J. Stutts [3]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]
Dash #2 - Craftsman Club Dash (6 Laps): 1. 69K-Lance Dewease [2]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 5. 49X-Tim Shaffer [6]; 6. 94-Ryan Smith [5]
C-Main (10 Laps) - Top 2 Transfer: 1. 51-Freddie Rahmer [1][-]; 2. 19-Brent Marks [5][-]; 3. 99-Bud Kaeding [3][$150]; 4. 87-Alan Krimes [2][$150]; 5. 19M-Jac Haudenschild [6][$150]; 6. 39M-Anthony Macri [7][$125]; 7. 88-Brandon Rahmer [8][$125]; 8. 58-Jim Siegel [10][$125]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson [9][$125]; 10. 67-Justin Whittall [11][$125]; 11. 35-Justin Henderson [12][$125]; 12. 28F-Davie Franek [15][$125]; 13. 27S-Adrian Shaffer [13][$125]; 14. 75-Nicole Bower [16][$125]; 15. 12W-Troy Fraker [17][$125]; 16. 7S-Jason Sides [4][$125]; 17. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [14][$125]; 18. 48-Danny Dietrich [18][$125]; 19. 44-Trey Starks [19][$125]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer: 1. 5-David Gravel [1][-]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [2][-]; 3. 1-Logan Wagner [5][-]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [3][-]; 5. 19-Brent Marks [14][-]; 6. 18-Ian Madsen [4][-]; 7. 24-Lucas Wolfe [10][$300]; 8. 11K-Kraig Kinser [9][$250]; 9. 51-Freddie Rahmer [13][$225]; 10. 1X-Chad Trout [6][$200]; 11. 17B-Steve Buckwalter [12][$200]; 12. 1A-Jacob Allen [7][$200]; 13. 99M-Kyle Moody [11][$200]; 14. 1W-Chase Dietz [8][$200]
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Winner Gio Scelzi (Paul Arch Photo)
Gio Scelzi Becomes Youngest World of Outlaws Winner in Series History on Night One of the Williams Grove National Open
MECHANICSBURG, PA – September 28, 2018 – On an emotional night in Pennsylvania Posse country, it was neither the locals or Outlaws in Victory Lane, as California phenom Gio Scelzi passed two-time National Open Champion David Gravel to lead Lap 16 and never looked back to win his first career World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series Victory on the opening night of the Champion Racing Oil Williams Grove National Open. Scelzi becomes the youngest driver to ever win a World of Outlaws race at the ripe age of 16 years old. Gravel settled for second with Lucas Wolfe completing the podium.
Gravel won the first of two Sears Craftsman Dashes to the earn the pole for the Feature, which went 27 laps in honor of five-time Williams Grove Track Champion and 1993 World of Outlaws Rookie of the Year, Greg Hodnett. Gio Scelzi won the second Dash to start outside the front row.
Gravel got the jump on the initial start and led the opening circuit with Scelzi in tow. Logan Schuchart, while running third, brought out the first caution of the evening, coming to a stop on the backstretch with five laps complete. That set up the first of three double-file restarts. Gravel elected the bottom on this one, putting Scelzi to his outside.
Gravel remained out front on the restart, but it was evident that Scelzi was a threat as he stayed right with the CJB Motorsports No.5 around the paperclip shaped half-mile. 2017 Track Champion Freddie Rahmer maneuvered his way into third from eighth and tried to close in on the lead duo.
Sheldon Haudenschild brought out the caution with 11 laps complete and this time Gravel elected the top on the double-file restart.
Again, Gravel remained out front as Scelzi took a peak underneath for the lead once again.
Carson Macedo, aboard the Jason Johnson Racing No.41, brought out the final caution of the evening on Lap 15. Gravel elected the bottom on the double-file restart, once again giving Scelzi the outside. Gravel entered high into turn one and tried to catch momentum to get a run off of turn two.
Scelzi pitched his Indy Race Parts No.71 hard to the bottom, couldn’t complete the slide job, but maintained speed on the bottom and pulled even with Gravel under the bridge and edged in front heading into turn three.
Scelzi, now in command of the field, powered away to lead Lap 16.
Lucas Wolfe moved by Freddie Rahmer into third and set his eyes on the leaders. For the first time, the leaders would reach lapped traffic as Gio Scelzi’s job was far from done. Scelzi approached traffic and Gravel closed in, looking to steal a win from the young California native.
With two to go, Gravel was within three car lengths as Scelzi continued to run the cushion through traffic. Gravel pitched the car hard into turn three before coming to the White Flag.
With Scelzi carrying speed on the cushion and a lapped on the bottom, there was no room for Gravel to make a last-ditch effort, as Gio Scelzi crossed under the Checkered Flag .732 seconds ahead of Gravel to become the youngest World of Outlaws winner in the Series 40-year history.
“I don’t think I am ever going to believe this one,” Scelzi said in Victory Lane when track announcer Bruce Ellis asked him about the night. “I was so good at the beginning, I was afraid I wouldn’t be any good at the end. David is good here, he’s a two-time National Open winner,” Scelzi, engulfed in positive emotion, said.
“I don’t know what to say, we could work anywhere. Hopefully we can Qualify good tomorrow and see what we can do,” Scelzi, who was grinning cheek-to-cheek, added about his chances tomorrow for the $56,000 payday.
David Gravel settled for second and was understandably disappointed.
“I didn’t know what to do on the restarts, I tried both lanes. When I was on the outside, I didn’t take off as well as I would have liked, so I went back to the bottom to try and protect myself from the slide job,” Gravel said of the pass for the lead. “Congrats to Gio, that first career win is hard to get, especially at Williams Grove,” Gravel added in good spirits. “Tomorrow is 13 more laps and pays a lot more to win, so hopefully we can finish one spot better.”
Lucas Wolfe was the highest finishing local and also applauded young Scelzi, “What a tremendous result for him, congrats to him. It wasn’t a bad night for us, we passed some good cars to get up here and hopefully we can do a little better tomorrow,” Wolfe said.
After Scelzi, Gravel and Wolfe crossed the finish line, Freddie Rahmer and Tim Shaffer got together battling for fourth, resulting in Shaffer ending up backwards at the bottom of turn four, bringing out the Yellow and Checkered simultaneously. Unfortunately for Shaffer, who was a couple hundred feet from a top-five finish, as the cause of the yellow, he was scored as the last car on the lead lap, which was 21st.
Freddie Rahmer officially finished fourth with 12th-starting Shane Stewart completing the top-five. Donny Schatz earned KSE Hard Charger Honors coming from 22nd to complete the top ten.
Logan Schuchart set Quick Time over an outstanding field of 50 cars, worth $327 courtesy of Fast Tee’s. Schuchart generously donated his bonus to Sherry Hodnett. Schatz’s effort also earned him a $500 bonus courtesy of Wicked Cushion, which he generously donated to the Hodnett family as well.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series returns to Williams Grove Speedway tomorrow night for the $56,000 to win Champion Racing Oil National Open. Tonight’s results have no bearing on tomorrow’s program. If you can’t make it to the track, watch all the action LIVE on DIRTVision.com!
Feature (27 Laps): 1. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [2][$10,000]; 2. 5-David Gravel [1][$5,000]; 3. 24-Lucas Wolfe [5][$3,000]; 4. 51-Freddie Rahmer [8][$2,700]; 5. 2-Shane Stewart [12][$2,500]; 6. 44-Trey Starks [6][$2,200]; 7. 21X-Brian Montieth [3][$2,000]; 8. 49-Brad Sweet [17][$1,800]; 9. 21-Brian Brown [7][$1,600]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz [22][$1,450]; 11. 9-Daryn Pittman [13][$1,300]; 12. 19-Brent Marks [23][$1,200]; 13. 18-Ian Madsen [11][$1,100]; 14. 69K-Lance Dewease [19][$1,000]; 15. 27-Paul McMahan [21][$950]; 16. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [25][$200]; 17. 11-T.J. Stutts [14][$850]; 18. 48-Danny Dietrich [24][$750]; 19. 1X-Chad Trout [27][$25]; 20. 1A-Jacob Allen [10][$700]; 21. 49X-Tim Shaffer [9][$700]; 22. O7-Gerard McIntyre [18][$700]; 23. 39-Cory Haas [26][$]; 24. 55K-Robbie Kendall [20][$700]; 25. 41-Carson Macedo [15][$700]; 26. 94-Ryan Smith [16][$700]; 27. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4][$700];
Lap Leaders: David Gravel 1-15, Giovanni Scelzi 16-27;
KSE Hard Charger Award: 15-Donny Schatz[+12]
Qualifying Flight-A: 1. 18-Ian Madsen, 16.342; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 16.365; 3. 21X-Brian Montieth, 16.404; 4. 24-Lucas Wolfe, 16.409; 5. 55K-Robbie Kendall, 16.418; 6. 5-David Gravel, 16.424; 7. 99-Bud Kaeding, 16.449; 8. 21-Brian Brown, 16.458; 9. 49-Brad Sweet, 16.465; 10. 9-Daryn Pittman, 16.501; 11. 41-Carson Macedo, 16.501; 12. 15-Donny Schatz, 16.51; 13. 4-Brock Zearfoss, 16.536; 14. 19-Brent Marks, 16.563; 15. 39-Cory Haas, 16.563; 16. 33-Jared Esh, 16.656; 17. 48-Danny Dietrich, 16.666; 18. 1W-Chase Dietz, 16.667; 19. 39M-Anthony Macri, 16.721; 20. 67-Justin Whittall, 16.832; 21. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 16.891; 22. W20-Greg Wilson, 16.901; 23. 20-Ryan Taylor, 16.978; 24. 27S-Adrian Shaffer, 17.102; 25. 75-Nicole Bower, 17.298
Qualifying Flight-B: 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 16.306; 2. 71-Giovanni Scelzi, 16.41; 3. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 16.429; 4. 44-Trey Starks, 16.454; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen, 16.458; 6. 2-Shane Stewart, 16.46; 7. 11-T.J. Stutts, 16.527; 8. 69K-Lance Dewease, 16.547; 9. O7-Gerard McIntyre, 16.596; 10. 27-Paul McMahan, 16.597; 11. 94-Ryan Smith, 16.626; 12. 7S-Jason Sides, 16.628; 13. 1-Logan Wagner, 16.656; 14. 1X-Chad Trout, 16.694; 15. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 16.721; 16. 58-Jim Siegel, 16.757; 17. 88-Brandon Rahmer, 16.771; 18. 17B-Steve Buckwalter, 16.897; 19. 19M-Jac Haudenschild, 16.961; 20. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 16.965; 21. 99M-Kyle Moody, 17.001; 22. 28F-Davie Franek, 17.096; 23. 35-Justin Henderson, 17.144; 24. 15G-Jordan Givler, 17.368; 25. 12W-Troy Fraker, 17.585
Heat #1 - Flight (A) (8 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer: 1. 18-Ian Madsen [1]; 2. 24-Lucas Wolfe [2]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [4]; 4. 4-Brock Zearfoss [5]; 5. 39M-Anthony Macri [7]; 6. 99-Bud Kaeding [3]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [8]; 8. 33-Jared Esh [6]; 9. 75-Nicole Bower [9]
Heat #2 - Flight (A) (8 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer: 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer [1]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [3]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo [4]; 4. 55K-Robbie Kendall [2]; 5. 19-Brent Marks [5]; 6. 20-Ryan Taylor [8]; 7. 67-Justin Whittall [7]; 8. 48-Danny Dietrich [6]
Heat #3 - Flight (A) (8 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer: 1. 21X-Brian Montieth [1]; 2. 5-David Gravel [2]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 5. 39-Cory Haas [5]; 6. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [7]; 7. 1W-Chase Dietz [6]; 8. 27S-Adrian Shaffer [8]
Heat #4 - Flight (B) (8 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer: 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [1]; 2. 44-Trey Starks [2]; 3. 11-T.J. Stutts [3]; 4. 27-Paul McMahan [4]; 5. 19M-Jac Haudenschild [7]; 6. 1-Logan Wagner [5]; 7. 58-Jim Siegel [6]; 8. 12W-Troy Fraker [9]; 9. 28F-Davie Franek [8]
Heat #5 - Flight (B) (8 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer: 1. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [1]; 2. 1A-Jacob Allen [2]; 3. 94-Ryan Smith [4]; 4. 69K-Lance Dewease [3]; 5. 88-Brandon Rahmer [6]; 6. 1X-Chad Trout [5]; 7. 35-Justin Henderson [8]; 8. 11K-Kraig Kinser [7]
Heat #6 - Flight (B) (8 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer: 1. 51-Freddie Rahmer [1]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [2]; 3. O7-Gerard McIntyre [3]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [4]; 5. 17B-Steve Buckwalter [6]; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [5]; 7. 15G-Jordan Givler [8]; 8. 99M-Kyle Moody [7]
Sears Craftsman Dash (6 Laps): 1. 5-David Gravel [1]; 2. 21X-Brian Montieth [2]; 3. 24-Lucas Wolfe [3]; 4. 21-Brian Brown [5]; 5. 49X-Tim Shaffer [4]; 6. 18-Ian Madsen [6]
Sears Craftsman Dash II (6 Laps): 1. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [2]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [1]; 3. 44-Trey Starks [4]; 4. 51-Freddie Rahmer [3]; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen [5]; 6. 2-Shane Stewart [6]
D-main (8 Laps) - Top 2 Transfer: 1. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [1][-]; 2. W20-Greg Wilson [3][-]; 3. 20-Ryan Taylor [5][$125]; 4. 28F-Davie Franek [4][$125]; 5. 35-Justin Henderson [6][$125]; 6. 15G-Jordan Givler [8][$125]; 7. 75-Nicole Bower [9][$125]; 8. 12W-Troy Fraker [10][$125]; 9. 27S-Adrian Shaffer [7][$125]; 10. 99M-Kyle Moody [2][$125]
C-Main (10 Laps) - Top 2 Transfer: 1. 48-Danny Dietrich [3][-]; 2. 1W-Chase Dietz [5][-]; 3. 39M-Anthony Macri [7][$150]; 4. 58-Jim Siegel [2][$150]; 5. 17B-Steve Buckwalter [6][$150]; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser [10][$125]; 7. 67-Justin Whittall [9][$125]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson [12][$125]; 9. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [11][$125]; 10. 33-Jared Esh [1][$125]; 11. 88-Brandon Rahmer [4][$125]; 12. 19M-Jac Haudenschild [8][$125]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer: 1. 69K-Lance Dewease [2][-]; 2. 55K-Robbie Kendall [1][-]; 3. 27-Paul McMahan [4][-]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [5][-]; 5. 19-Brent Marks [9][-]; 6. 48-Danny Dietrich [13][-]; 7. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [12][$300]; 8. 99-Bud Kaeding [3][$250]; 9. 7S-Jason Sides [6][$225]; 10. 1X-Chad Trout [10][$200]; 11. 4-Brock Zearfoss [7][$200]; 12. 1W-Chase Dietz [14][$200]; 13. 1-Logan Wagner [8][$200]; 14. 39-Cory Haas [11][$200]
Brad Sweet Tames Lernerville for Exciting Commonwealth Clash Victory
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Brad Sweet Tames Lernerville for Exciting Commonwealth Clash Victory
SARVER, PA – September 23, 2018 - Brad Sweet’s fantastic 2018 season continued Saturday night at Lernerville Speedway when he passed Donny Schatz on Lap 28 to become the fourth and final different leader of the 2018 Commonwealth Clash for his eighth win on the year. Schatz settled for second with former Lernerville track champion Tim Shaffer completing the podium.
Daryn Pittman won the Sears Craftsman Dash to earn the pole for the 35-Lap Feature, alongside Tim Shaffer. Pittman jumped out to the early lead through a caution-filled first few laps. Brent Marks fell off the race track in turn three on the opening lap, leaving David Gravel nowhere to go as the two made contact, resulting in terminal front end damage for Marks
After consecutive Yellows on Lap 1, the field lined up single-file. Shaffer went for the slide job to take the lead on the restart, but Pittman turned it back under to maintain control.
Shaffer was relentless in pursuit of Pittman and took the lead off of turn four to lead Lap 6 to the delight of the hometown crowd.
During the long Green Flag stretch, Shaffer established a healthy lead through the heavy traffic. Donny Schatz got underneath Pittman to take second on Lap 18 and set his eyes on Shaffer.
Sweet continued his way forward getting by Pittman and getting an up-close look on the battle for the lead between Schatz and Shaffer. Schatz got a good run off the cushion in turn four to slide Shaffer into turn one to take command on Lap 22.
A lap later Sweet slid in front of Shaffer as the top two in Outlaw points established themselves as the class of the field as they have so many times this season.
Sweet got a massive run on the nine-time Series Champion out of turn two and blasted underneath to take the lead down the backstretch and officially lead Lap 28. Sweet powered away and looked to be well on his way to his eighth victory of the year, but a caution for sixth-place running Sheldon Haudenschild with three laps to go put the celebration on hold.
With less than five to go in the Feature World of Outlaws rules dictate a single-file restart, which allowed Schatz to attempt a slide job for the lead. Sweet powered around the Schatz slider to maintain the lead down the backstretch and go on to win his first Outlaw Feature at Lernerville.
“I struggled for the first few years of my career at this track, it’s nice to come here and be as fast we’ve been this year. The track was great, there were so many options of where to go in lapped traffic. You could rimride on that thin ledge or get going around the bottom,” Sweet said in Victory Lane in appreciation of the racing surface.
“This one is for Greg Hodnett, he was a good friend of mine. It’s been a tough year. We’ll celebrate this one a little for him and move on to the next one,” Sweet said with his heart on his sleeve.
Donny Schatz bounced back from an uncharacteristic bad night at Eldora to finish second.
“The track was tricky tonight, second isn’t bad, especially considering the night we had last night,” Schatz, who was forced into a Provisional for the first time in 2018 last night, said with a little grin.
When asked about the late-race restart, Schatz was honest. “I didn’t have much grip and I’m not going to use Brad up or run myself off the track. Luckily, I have these [crew] guys behind me and we’ll have more grip next time we come back,” Schatz said positively.
Tim Shaffer completed the podium and complimented Sweet and Schatz. “Those guys are on their game and third isn’t too bad against these guys. Those [pointing at Sweet and Schatz’ team] teams are what we are trying to build up this team up to,” Shaffer said next to his DR Racing No.49X.
Logan Schuchart was strong for the second consecutive night coming home fourth with Daryn Pittman completing the top-five. Central Pennsylvania invader Danny Dietrich earned KSE Hard Charger Honors coming from 14th to sixth.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series heads into Central Pennsylvania next weekend for the Champion Racing Oil National Open against the Pennsylvania Posse at Williams Grove Speedway. Saturday’s Feature at The Grove will pay $56,000 to win, making it the second-highest paying event on the World of Outlaws schedule in 2018. As always, if you can’t make it to the track, watch all the action LIVE on DIRTVision.com!
Feature (35 Laps): 1. 49-Brad Sweet [5][$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [3][$5,500]; 3. 49X-Tim Shaffer [2][$3,200]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [6][$2,800]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [1][$2,500]; 6. 48-Danny Dietrich [14][$2,300]; 7. 18-Ian Madsen [12][$2,200]; 8. 5-David Gravel [9][$2,100]; 9. 21-Brian Brown [8][$2,050]; 10. W20-Greg Wilson [16][$2,000]; 11. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [4][$1,500]; 12. 11K-Kraig Kinser [15][$1,200]; 13. 35-Justin Henderson [20][$1,100]; 14. 2-Shane Stewart [10][$1,050]; 15. 11-Carl Bowser [19][$1,000]; 16. O7-Gerard McIntyre [13][$900]; 17. 7S-Jason Sides [18][$800]; 18. 29-Dan Shetler [17][$800]; 19. C1-Clayton Riney [23][$800]; 20. 2L-Sye Lynch [21][$800]; 21. 40-George Hobaugh [22][$800]; 22. O8-Dan Kuriger [24][$800]; 23. 1A-Jacob Allen [7][$800]; 24. 19-Brent Marks [11][$800];
Lap Leaders: Daryn Pittman 1-5, Tim Shaffer 6-21, Donny Schatz 22-27, Brad Sweet 28-35;
KSE Hard Charger Award: 48-Danny Dietrich[+8]
Qualifying: 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.56; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.617; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen, 12.625; 4. 21-Brian Brown, 12.636; 5. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.65; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman, 12.668; 7. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.693; 8. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 12.755; 9. 5-David Gravel, 12.773; 10. 2-Shane Stewart, 12.776; 11. 19-Brent Marks, 12.785; 12. 18-Ian Madsen, 12.793; 13. O7-Gerard McIntyre, 12.805; 14. 48-Danny Dietrich, 12.831; 15. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 12.878; 16. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.907; 17. 29-Dan Shetler, 12.932; 18. 2L-Sye Lynch, 12.937; 19. 11-Carl Bowser, 12.996; 20. 35-Justin Henderson, 13.036; 21. C1-Clayton Riney, 13.037; 22. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.125; 23. 2F-A.J. Flick, 13.266; 24. 40-George Hobaugh, 13.275; 25. 55-Gary Kriess, 13.312; 26. 13-Brandon Matus, 13.476; 27. 126-Bryan Salisbury, 13.534; 28. O8-Dan Kuriger, 13.534; 29. 250-Jared McFarland, 13.733; 30. 33-Brent Matus, 14.005; 31. 76-David Jones, 14.076; 32. 91-Sadie Siegel, 14.136; 33. 10P-Jim Perricone, 14.441; 34. 4K-William Kiley, 14.493; 35. 1R-Gale Ruth, 14.808; 36. 24-Jeremy Hill, NT
Heat #1 (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 3. 5-David Gravel [3]; 4. O7-Gerard McIntyre [4]; 5. 29-Dan Shetler [5]; 6. 250-Jared McFarland [8]; 7. 10P-Jim Perricone [9]; 8. 55-Gary Kriess [7]; 9. C1-Clayton Riney [6]
Heat #2 (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [1]; 3. 2-Shane Stewart [3]; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich [4]; 5. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 6. 13-Brandon Matus [7]; 7. 2L-Sye Lynch [5]; 8. 4K-William Kiley [9]; 9. 33-Brent Matus [8]
Heat #3 (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 1A-Jacob Allen [1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 3. 19-Brent Marks [3]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [4]; 5. 11-Carl Bowser [5]; 6. 2F-A.J. Flick [6]; 7. 126-Bryan Salisbury [7]; 8. 1R-Gale Ruth [9]; 9. 76-David Jones [8]
Heat #4 (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer [2]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [1]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [3]; 4. W20-Greg Wilson [4]; 5. 35-Justin Henderson [5]; 6. 40-George Hobaugh [6]; 7. O8-Dan Kuriger [7]; 8. 91-Sadie Siegel [8]; 9. 24-Jeremy Hill [9]
Sears Craftsman Dash (6 Laps): 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer [1]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [6]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [5]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart [7]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [3]; 8. 21-Brian Brown [8]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer: 1. 2L-Sye Lynch [1][-]; 2. 40-George Hobaugh [4][-]; 3. C1-Clayton Riney [2][-]; 4. O8-Dan Kuriger [7][-]; 5. 2F-A.J. Flick [3][$300]; 6. 126-Bryan Salisbury [6][$250]; 7. 33-Brent Matus [9][$225]; 8. 250-Jared McFarland [8][$200]; 9. 91-Sadie Siegel [10][$200]; 10. 1R-Gale Ruth [13][$200]; 11. 10P-Jim Perricone [11][$200]; 12. 4K-William Kiley [12][$200]; 13. 24-Jeremy Hill [14][$200]; 14. 13-Brandon Matus [5][$200]; 15. 55-Gary Kriess [15][$200]; 16. 76-David Jones [16][$200]
