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Schatz Scores Fifth Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup Win; Haundenschild Flips after Leading First 35 Laps

SARVER, PA - July 18, 2017 - Eight-time Series Champion and current points leader Donny Schatz scored his fifth Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup win at Lernerville Speedway after a heated battle with Sheldon Haudenschild left the Rookie of the Year contender flipping off the wall on the front stretch outside turn four.

"It's been a good week," said Schatz, fresh off his Kings Royal win at Eldora Speedway just last Saturday. "This race team is incredible, what they do. When they get the race car good, you get in that zone, and they fine tune things and just keep making strides and making it better. It's good to have that feeling for sure."

Haudenschild dominated the first 35 laps of the 40-lap Feature, jumping to the lead right from the start and leaving pole sitter Daryn Pittman between he and Schatz as he continued to lengthen the distance between them.

Meanwhile, Schatz had a rocky start as his front tires lurched up on the front stretch outside turn four in lap three, and he went over the cushion outside turn one in lap nine, causing him to fall back to sixth. But the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing driver regained some ground before an engine failure on the Shark Racing No. 1s of Logan Schuchart forced a restart in lap 15; and by lap 22, Schatz had his No. 15 Arctic Cat machine back in third again.

Two laps later, Schatz passed Pittman, but Haudenschild was driving hard and still had a good three-second lead on him.

It took the veteran driver another eight laps to gain enough ground to start pushing on the rookie, but on lap 33 the exchanges began. Schatz passed Haudenschild. Haudenschild took it back. Schatz did it again, and again Haudenschild took it back.

A beautiful battle transpired until another caution - this time Brent Marks spinning outside turn four - forced another restart.

With $25,000 on the line, the Feature continued with a single-file restart, Haudenschild at the helm. He did what he had to do and shot out to a strong lead again, but hit the cushion so hard in turn four, he simply ran out of cushion. The No. 93 hit the wall and flipped several times down the front stretch.

"[The cushion] was getting pretty thin," said Schatz from Victory Lane. "In case anyone didn't notice there were crashes. That's why we had that [caution] before [Sheldon] did it. There was two cars sitting there, and the cushion was kind of rolled up over the edge of the track. It just kept getting slower and slower. When it starts slowing down... I guess old age is making me slow down a bit too."

All was quiet when the Open Red was called. But when the Wild Child's child finally got out of his car unharmed, the crowd erupted in applause. And Schatz went on to take the checkers unchallenged, with Pittman and David Gravel rounding out the podium.

The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series takes on the Pennsylvania Posse at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday and Saturday, July 21-22 for the Champion Racing Oil Summer Nationals before heading to Ransomville Speedway for The Big "R" Outlaw Shootout on Sunday, July 23.

RESULTS FROM LERNERVILLE SPEEDWAY

Feature (40 Laps) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [3][$25,000]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [1][$7,000]; 3. 5-David Gravel [5][$5,000]; 4. 49X-Tim Shaffer [4][$4,000]; 5. 10H-Chad Kemenah [8][$3,000]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet [11][$2,900]; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser [7][$2,800]; 8. 41-Jason Johnson [18][$2,700]; 9. 13D-Danny Dietrich [16][$2,600]; 10. 17X-Carson Macedo [6][$2,500]; 11. 2-Shane Stewart [15][$2,400]; 12. 4-Paul McMahan [20][$2,300]; 13. 1-Dale Blaney [9][$2,200]; 14. 7S-Jason Sides [10][$2,100]; 15. 22-Brandon Spithaler [17][$2,000]; 16. 17-Jac Haudenschild [14][$1,500]; 17. 98-Carl Bowser [19][$1,300]; 18. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [2][$1,200]; 19. 2M-Kerry Madsen [12][$1,200]; 20. 19-Brent Marks [24][$1,200]; 21. 3H-James McFadden [21][$1,200]; 22. 2AJ-A.J. Flick [25][$]; 23. 1S-Logan Schuchart [13][$1,200]; 24. 24-Lucas Wolfe [23][$1,200]; 25. 7K-Dan Shetler [26][$]; 26. 1A-Jacob Allen [22][$1,200]; Lap Leaders: Sheldon Haudenschild 1-35, Donny Schatz 36-40; KSE Hard Charger Award: 41-Jason Johnson[+10]

Qualifying Flight-A - 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 12.899; 2. 17X-Carson Macedo, 12.946; 3. 5-David Gravel, 12.949; 4. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.983; 5. 1-Dale Blaney, 12.985; 6. 2-Shane Stewart, 13.008; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.016; 8. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.077; 9. 19-Brent Marks, 13.116; 10. 5K-Adam Kekich, 13.173; 11. 99-Brady Bacon, 13.188; 12. 98-Carl Bowser, 13.222; 13. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 13.235; 14. 13-Clyde Knipp, 13.332; 15. 7K-Dan Shetler, 13.449; 16. 2AJ-A.J. Flick, 13.499; 17. 42-Sye Lynch, 13.725; 18. 76-David Jones, 13.97; 19. 91-Sadie Siegel, 15.367; 20. 4K-William Kiley, 15.645

Qualifying Flight-B - 1. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 12.923; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman, 12.934; 3. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.95; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 12.991; 5. 41-Jason Johnson, 13.001; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.029; 7. 17-Jac Haudenschild, 13.046; 8. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 13.062; 9. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.146; 10. 4-Paul McMahan, 13.157; 11. 3H-James McFadden, 13.274; 12. 13D-Danny Dietrich, 13.291; 13. 24-Lucas Wolfe, 13.309; 14. 18-Ian Madsen, 13.403; 15. D4-Danny Holtgraver, 13.535; 16. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.733; 17. 40-George Hobaugh, 13.743; 18. 23-Darren Pifer, 14.056; 19. O8-Dan Kuriger, NT

Heat #1 - Flight (A) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer - 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer [1]; 2. 5-David Gravel [2]; 3. 1-Dale Blaney [3]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4]; 5. 22-Brandon Spithaler [7]; 6. 99-Brady Bacon [6]; 7. 7K-Dan Shetler [8]; 8. 91-Sadie Siegel [10]; 9. 19-Brent Marks [5]; 10. 42-Sye Lynch [9]

Heat #2 - Flight (A) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer - 1. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [2]; 2. 17X-Carson Macedo [1]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [3]; 5. 98-Carl Bowser [6]; 6. 13-Clyde Knipp [7]; 7. 2AJ-A.J. Flick [8]; 8. 5K-Adam Kekich [5]; 9. 4K-William Kiley [10]; 10. 76-David Jones [9]

Heat #3 - Flight (B) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 2. 10H-Chad Kemenah [1]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [5]; 4. 17-Jac Haudenschild [4]; 5. 41-Jason Johnson [3]; 6. 3H-James McFadden [6]; 7. D4-Danny Holtgraver [8]; 8. 24-Lucas Wolfe [7]; 9. 40-George Hobaugh [9]; 10. O8-Dan Kuriger [10]

Heat #4 - Flight (B) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 2. 11K-Kraig Kinser [2]; 3. 2M-Kerry Madsen [4]; 4. 13D-Danny Dietrich [6]; 5. 4-Paul McMahan [5]; 6. 18-Ian Madsen [7]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [3]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson [8]; 9. 23-Darren Pifer [9]

Craftsman Club Dash (6 Laps) - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 2. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 4. 49X-Tim Shaffer [4]; 5. 5-David Gravel [5]; 6. 17X-Carson Macedo [7]; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser [8]; 8. 10H-Chad Kemenah [6]

C-Main (10 Laps) - Top 2 Transfer - 1. 2AJ-A.J. Flick [1][]; 2. 40-George Hobaugh [4][]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson [2][$150]; 4. 23-Darren Pifer [6][$150]; 5. 76-David Jones [3][$150]; 6. 91-Sadie Siegel [5][$125]; 7. 4K-William Kiley [7][$125]; 8. 42-Sye Lynch [9][$125]; 9. O8-Dan Kuriger [8][$125]

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer - 1. 3H-James McFadden [4][]; 2. 1A-Jacob Allen [2][]; 3. 24-Lucas Wolfe [6][]; 4. 19-Brent Marks [1][]; 5. 18-Ian Madsen [8][$500]; 6. 99-Brady Bacon [5][$400]; 7. D4-Danny Holtgraver [10][$350]; 8. 13-Clyde Knipp [7][$300]; 9. 5K-Adam Kekich [3][$275]; 10. 7K-Dan Shetler [9][$250]; 11. 40-George Hobaugh [12][$200]; 12. 2AJ-A.J. Flick [11][$200]

CONTINGENCY WINNERS: MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Lucas Wolfe; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Chad Kemenah; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Jason Johnson; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Shane Stewart; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Shane Stewart; Extended Stay America ($50 cash): Shane Stewart; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Paul McMahan; Super Flow ($50 cash): Jason Sides; Craftsman Club ($100 cash): Daryn Pittman, Sheldon Haudenschild, David Gravel, Kraig Kinser; Sears ($100): Tim Shaffer; KSE Hard Charger: Jason Johnson; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Jac Haudenschild; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): James McFadden.

SEASON WINNERS

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

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Donny Schatz Dominates 34th Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway

Makes History as First Back-to-Back Winner of the Prestigious Event

ROSSBURG, OH - July 15, 2017 - Donny Schatz turned in a perfect score card and walked away with a $50,000 check after dominating the 34th annual Kings Royal for the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series at Eldora Speedway on Saturday night. Schatz set fast time in qualifying and then won his heat from the fifth starting position following the traditional Kings Royal heat race inversion.

Schatz's win in Heat 1 put him sixth on the starting grid. He wasted no time at all jumping forward. He took the lead from polesitter and Kings Royal rookie Cole Duncan on lap 14 and never looked back. Schatz lead was as big as six seconds and he crossed the finish line 3.966 seconds ahead of teammate Christopher Bell.

"I just tried to play it cautious, but I seemed to be a little better than the guys in front of me while I tried to search out and find the right line," Schatz explained of his early race strategy. "I got (to the front) fairly quick. "Brad (Sweet), I didn't know if he would keep getting better, he looked okay. He didn't really slow down, we just seemed to get a little bit better towards the end of the race as the fuel came off. That comes to the three guys that work on this car. They take it with the utmost pride and passion and it's those sort of things that get us in these positions."

Schatz took the lead from Duncan and third-starting Brad Sweet followed him to take the second position. From there, Schatz found his way into traffic and seemingly got faster as worked around the slower cars.

"I was better in dirty air and that's something this race team works hard on," Schatz said. "It seems like I can get my car to stick when I'm behind somebody else. Why that is, I don't know. I seem to be better in dirty air than I am in open air."

The proficiency of Schatz No.15 in traffic left podium finishers Christopher Bell and Sweet a bit befuddled.

"It just goes back to car handling," Sweet said. "That really shows your car, how good you are in dirty air. That's where the No.15 tends to shine. Once he got there, we started getting some bad air and the car wasn't feeling as good behind some of those lapped guys and that's when Donny just drove by and that's when I knew we were in trouble."

Despite his dominance, Schatz said he never let up or felt he good relax.

"I've raced the same way for the last 20 years: the race isn't over until it's over," Schatz said. "You can clearly be the best car some nights and force yourself into a mistake. I probably pushed the issue with a lapped car and I got myself in a spot where I could have been the fence. It's never over until you roll under that checkered flag."

Bell put on a show on his own as he raced from the 20th starting spot after he qualified into the race as one of the two-fastest qualifiers who did transfer to the Feature from the heat races. The starting position wasn't too much of a hindrance to Bell, other than to track down Schatz at the end of the caution-free race.

"That was a ton of fun running up there right around the fence," Bell said following the race. "For me, I was just trying to run smart and take my time. I knew I had a really good car. Looking back at it, if I had known it was going to go green to checkered, I probably could have made a couple more moves to get through the field faster to give me more time to run down Donny. To come from 20th to second on a green to checkered race is something that I'm pretty proud of."

The Norman, OK driver suffered damage to his car's no wing when he hit Jac Haudenschild ,who was a lapped car, in the rear bumper in turn two in turn two while in the rear bumper with less than two laps to go,. The damage, however, didn't seem to inhibit Bell at all.

"I don't think it really mattered," Bell said of the damage. "I was worried about it when it first happened. It hurt me whenever I was in dirty air because the nose kept coming up, but as far as running by myself, I don't think it really affected me."

The Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing teammates raced to their second straight 1-2 finish. Sweet was a strong third-place finishers and was on the podium for the third straight night at Eldrora. Still, Sweet feels like his team can find another gear.

"We have a lot of consistency in our car, just some of these races we haven't hit it exactly right for the main event," Sweet said. "Donny was just a good bit better. He just drove by us and checked out. I searched around on the racetrack and just never found a spot where it was super good. I think we kind of know where we missed it. There's a lot of human element in decision-making before these races and you have to make the right decisions if you want to win them. We'll learn from this and try to keep getting better."

After claiming the VP Racing Fuels checkered flag, Schatz was crowned King Donny the 34th in traditional Kings Royal Victory Lane. This year, the King of the Outlaws and original Kings Royal winner Steve Kinser, presented Schatz with his winning crown.

"I think more than anything, this probably isn't going to happen a whole lot that I'm going to get to stand next to the real King," Schatz said of Kinser. "That means a lot to me. He's always been a hero, he's been the ambassador of our sport, he's the best thing our sport's ever seen. I'm damn proud to stand next to that guy tonight."

Schatz refused to acknowledge his new accomplishment as the first back-to-back winner of the Kings Royal. Instead, Schatz is happy he becomes a statistical footnote.

"Anytime you can do anything that Steve Kinser hasn't done is incredible," Schatz said of his victory.

Earlier in the night, Schatz set quick time with a lap of 13.197 seconds, identical to Kerry Madsen's quick time in Hot Laps. Schatz then used a late restart in Heat 1 to take the lead and claim the sixth-starting spot in the Feature. Tim Shaffer, Sheldon Haudsenchild, Jac Haudenchild, Brad Sweet and Cole Duncan all won earlier qualifying heats. Clyde Knipp earned the C-Main win while David Gravel made a last lap pass to edge Shane Stewart for a win in the Last Chance Showdown.

Despite Bell passing 18 cars to finish second, Ryan Smith took home the KSE Hard Charger award as he advanced from 24th to 5th behind Duncan, who finished fourth in his first-ever Kings Royal start.

The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series now continues its travel back east with a stop of Lernverville Speedway in Sarver, PA on July 18 for the $20,000-to-win Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup.

Eldora Speedway Kings Royal Notebook

Feature (40 Laps) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [6][$50,000]; 2. 14-Christopher Bell [20][$20,000]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [2][$15,000]; 4. 12N-Cole Duncan [1][$12,500]; 5. O7-Ryan Smith [24][$10,000]; 6. 81-Lee Jacobs [7][$7,500]; 7. 10H-Chad Kemenah [8][$6,500]; 8. 9-Daryn Pittman [14][$6,000]; 9. 11K-Kraig Kinser [17][$5,500]; 10. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [4][$5,000]; 11. 24-Rico Abreu [13][$4,750]; 12. 1S-Logan Schuchart [10][$4,500]; 13. 2M-Kerry Madsen [9][$4,000]; 14. 18-Ian Madsen [23][$3,750]; 15. 2-Shane Stewart [22][$3,500]; 16. 71-Joey Saldana [15][$3,450]; 17. 5-David Gravel [21][$3,400]; 18. 21-Brian Brown [11][$3,350]; 19. 39-Sammy Swindell [18][$3,300]; 20. 7S-Jason Sides [19][$3,250]; 21. 3H-James McFadden [12][$3,200]; 22. 17-Jac Haudenschild [3][$3,150]; 23. 19-Brent Marks [16][$3,100]; 24. 49X-Tim Shaffer [5][$3,000].
Lap Leaders: Cole Duncan 1-13, Donny Schatz 14-40;
KSE Hard Charger Award: 07-Ryan Smith[+19]

Qualifying - 1. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.197; 2. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.463; 3. 14-Christopher Bell, 13.478; 4. 41-Jason Johnson, 13.558; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.58; 6. 5-David Gravel, 13.655; 7. 24-Rico Abreu, 13.655; 8. 2-Shane Stewart, 13.67; 9. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.671; 10. 4-Paul McMahan, 13.723; 11. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.762; 12. 7K-Cale Conley, 13.77; 13. O7-Ryan Smith, 13.778; 14. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.782; 15. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 13.82; 16. 19-Brent Marks, 13.821; 17. 21-Brian Brown, 13.829; 18. 39-Sammy Swindell, 13.886; 19. 99-Brady Bacon, 13.889; 20. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 13.909; 21. 71-Joey Saldana, 13.932; 22. 17-Jac Haudenschild, 13.938; 23. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.947; 24. 12N-Cole Duncan, 13.963; 25. 81-Lee Jacobs, 13.982; 26. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 14.028; 27. W20-Greg Wilson, 14.048; 28. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 14.061; 29. A67-Brandon Wimmer, 14.067; 30. 3H-James McFadden, 14.103; 31. 13-Clyde Knipp, 14.105; 32. 45-Trevor Baker, 14.106; 33. 1ST-Gary Taylor, 14.109; 34. 18-Ian Madsen, 14.114; 35. 55XM-Dale Blaney, 14.131; 36. 16-Chris Andrews, 14.135; 37. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, 14.17; 38. 2X-Parker Price-Miller, 14.198; 39. 5T-Travis Philo, 14.209; 40. 11N-Craig Mintz, 14.234; 41. 19P-Paige Polyak, 14.28; 42. 17XX-Danny Holtgraver, 14.304; 43. 44-Trey Starks, 14.307; 44. 17X-Josh Baughman, 14.367; 45. 33M-Max Stambaugh, 14.399; 46. 21AU-Jordyn Brazier, 14.454; 47. 22M-Dan McCarron, 14.531; 48. 49D-Shawn Dancer, 14.625; 49. 7J-Joe Swanson, 14.796; 50. 71M-Paul May, 14.854; 51. 83C-Adam Cruea, 14.882; 52. 17M-Max McGhee, 14.932; 53. 45T-Bob Tucker, 15.192

Heat 1 (10 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [5]; 2. 81-Lee Jacobs [1]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [4]; 4. O7-Ryan Smith [3]; 5. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [7]; 6. 44-Trey Starks [8]; 7. 13-Clyde Knipp [6]; 8. 7J-Joe Swanson [9]; 9. 99-Brady Bacon [2]

Heat 2 (10 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer - 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer [1]; 2. 10H-Chad Kemenah [2]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [3]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [4]; 5. 7S-Jason Sides [5]; 6. 45-Trevor Baker [6]; 7. 71M-Paul May [9]; 8. 17X-Josh Baughman [8]

Heat 3 (10 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer - 1. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [4]; 2. 2M-Kerry Madsen [3]; 3. 71-Joey Saldana [2]; 4. W20-Greg Wilson [1]; 5. 1ST-Gary Taylor [6]; 6. 5T-Travis Philo [7]; 7. 33M-Max Stambaugh [8]; 8. 83C-Adam Cruea [9]; 9. 14-Christopher Bell [5]

Heat 4 (10 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer - 1. 17-Jac Haudenschild [2]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [1]; 3. 19-Brent Marks [3]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [6]; 5. 41-Jason Johnson [5]; 6. 4-Paul McMahan [4]; 7. 11N-Craig Mintz [7]; 8. 17M-Max McGhee [9]; 9. 21AU-Jordyn Brazier [8]

Heat 5 (10 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [3]; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5]; 4. 55XM-Dale Blaney [6]; 5. A67-Brandon Wimmer [1]; 6. 19P-Paige Polyak [7]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [4]; 8. 22M-Dan McCarron [8]; 9. 45T-Bob Tucker [9]

Heat 6 (10 Laps) - Top 3 Transfer - 1. 12N-Cole Duncan [2]; 2. 3H-James McFadden [1]; 3. 39-Sammy Swindell [3]; 4. 5-David Gravel [5]; 5. 49D-Shawn Dancer [8]; 6. 16-Chris Andrews [6]; 7. 7K-Cale Conley [4]; 8. 17XX-Danny Holtgraver [7]

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer - 1. 5-David Gravel [6][]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [2][]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [4][]; 4. O7-Ryan Smith [1][]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [3][$2,000]; 6. 5T-Travis Philo [15][$1,750]; 7. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [7][$1,500]; 8. 55XM-Dale Blaney [5][$1,250]; 9. 41-Jason Johnson [10][$1,000]; 10. 1ST-Gary Taylor [9][$750]; 11. 4-Paul McMahan [16][$650]; 12. 71M-Paul May [14][$600]; 13. 11N-Craig Mintz [21][$600]; 14. 33M-Max Stambaugh [20][$600]; 15. 44-Trey Starks [13][$600]; 16. 16-Chris Andrews [18][$600]; 17. 49D-Shawn Dancer [12][$600]; 18. 17M-Max McGhee [23][$600]; 19. 22M-Dan McCarron [24][$600]; 20. 45-Trevor Baker [8][$600]; 21. 19P-Paige Polyak [17][$600]; 22. 13-Clyde Knipp [19][$600]; 23. A67-Brandon Wimmer [11][$600]; 24. 7J-Joe Swanson [22][$600]

C-Feature (10 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer - 1. 13-Clyde Knipp [1][]; 2. 33M-Max Stambaugh [3][]; 3. 11N-Craig Mintz [4][]; 4. 7J-Joe Swanson [7][]; 5. 17M-Max McGhee [9][]; 6. 22M-Dan McCarron [10][]; 7. 45T-Bob Tucker [14][$500]; 8. 83C-Adam Cruea [8][$450]; 9. 17X-Josh Baughman [2][$400]; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen [5][$375]; 11. 7K-Cale Conley [6][$350]; 12. 17XX-Danny Holtgraver [11][$350]; 13. 99-Brady Bacon [12][$350]; 14. 21AU-Jordyn Brazier [13][$350]; 15. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [15][$350]

CONTINGENCY WINNERS: MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Brent Marks; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Chad Kemenah; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Daryn Pittman; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Kraig Kinser; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Sheldon Haudenschild; Extended Stay America ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Super Flow ($50 cash): Shane Stewart; KSE Hard Charger: Ryan Smith; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Jason Sides; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): James McFadden.

SEASON WINNERS

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

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

Bell Gets Knighted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eldora Speedway Knight Before the Kings Royal Notebook

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SEASON WINNERS

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

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

Mad Man Marches On

Kerry Madsen Dominates Jokers Wild at Eldora Despite Hand Injury

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eldora Speedway Jokers Wild Notebook

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SEASON WINNERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Attica Raceway Park Notebook

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SEASON WINNERS

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

Contact: Cristina Cordova
World of Outlaws PR
704-707-0229 | ccordova@dirtcar.com

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Deja Vu?
Madsen Sweeps the FVP Platinum Battery Showdown; Sweet and Schatz Round out Podium

NEW RICHMOND, WI - July 8, 2017 - In what looked a bit like a repeat of the night before, Kerry "The Madman" Madsen took the checkers on night two of the FVP Platinum Battery Showdown at Cedar Lake Speedway with Brad Sweet and Donny Schatz behind him.

"I just enjoy racing with the World of Outlaws so much," said Madsen from Victory Lane. "I mean, you just have to be on point all the way."

Certainly the Kasey Kahne Racing driver and the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing driver never let up. They came prepared to do battle with the Big Game Motorsports 2M after the previous night's finish.

"Last night I took a swing but then gave him the room," said Sweet. "And tonight I thought, 'Well, I'm going to try a little bit harder.'"

In fact, everything was a little harder for Madsen the second time around. Jason Johnson started on the pole and maintained his lead for the first 11 laps of the race while Schatz took Madsen on from third, passing him seven laps in, only to lose his advantage in the following lap, just as Sweet started pressing on him.

With Sweet and Schatz battling it out for third, Madsen focused his attention on the Priority Aviation No. 41, passing him with 29 laps to go. Five laps later, after Johnson slowed off the bottom of turn two, Sweet charged past Schatz and continued onward past Johnson to resume the battle with Madsen from the night before.

Schatz followed suit, and by lap 20, halfway into the race, the top four positions were set, with David Gravel holding the rear. Though Madsen had a strong lead, a caution on Jac Haudenschild (who lost a wheel) gave the drivers a final opportunity to steal the lead.

"Brad [Sweet] had a hell of a run, and he put a big move on in one and two," said Madsen. "Fortunately, in that corner I had enough time to turn back down and try to tuck right in down the backstretch and repay the favor in three and four. Then I was just trying to mix it up and run a different line here or there to keep him guessing. I feel like I didn't have much ties there at the end. There was a lot of wheel spin going on, but with two to go you're just foot to the floor, and you're like, 'I'm not losing this now.' So that was a great run.

"I got up in front of him," said Sweet, "but he turned down. And then he did what he had to do those last few laps. You know, he kind of played defense. We were trying to search to get the run on him, but his car was good all weekend.

Sweet, who is second in points standings behind Donny Schatz (-80) has more top-10 finishes than him so far this season, and almost as many top-fives, but he's nine wins behind him and hasn't taken the checkers since exactly one month ago, at Knoxville Raceway. .

"My guys keep giving me great race cars," said the No. 49 Napa Auto Parts driver. "We just have to figure out how to win some of these. They come down to the last five laps like that, and we're just a hair off. If we can just find it, we'll get some more of these wins. I know I keep saying that every night, but it's the truth. As long as we're up here on the podium we're happy though."

Schatz had less to say from Victory Lane, but expressed a similar sentiment. "When you can't win you gotta do the best you can . . . That's why they call it racing, so we'll learn from our mistakes and move on."

Behind Gravel at the finish was Jason Sides rounding out the top five. While Sides started in 16, his fifth place finish is even more impressive given the fact that he was pushed to the back (24) on a reset after a collision before completing the first lap of the race. Sadly, his 19-position charge only counted as 11, and the KSE Hard Charger Award went to Bill Balog for another impressive charge - from 24 to 10.

The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series takes on Attica Raceway Park on Tuesday, July 11 for the Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic before heading to Eldora Speedway for the Kings Royal, July 13-15.

RESULTS FROM CEDAR LAKE SPEEDWAY, NIGHT TWO

Feature (40 Laps) - 1. 2M-Kerry Madsen [2][$10,000]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [5][$5,000]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [4][$3,000]; 4. 5-David Gravel [10][$2,700]; 5. 7S-Jason Sides [16][$2,500]; 6. 41-Jason Johnson [1][$2,200]; 7. 3-Tim Kaeding [9][$2,000]; 8. 11K-Kraig Kinser [13][$1,800]; 9. 2-Shane Stewart [7][$1,600]; 10. 17B-Bill Balog [24][$1,450]; 11. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier [6][$1,300]; 12. 1S-Logan Schuchart [21][$1,200]; 13. 21-Brian Brown [18][$1,100]; 14. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [11][$1,000]; 15. W20-Greg Wilson [22][$950]; 16. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [8][$900]; 17. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [17][$850]; 18. 4-Paul McMahan [14][$750]; 19. 9-Daryn Pittman [3][$725]; 20. 84-Scott Bogucki [20][$700]; 21. 1A-Jacob Allen [12][$700]; 22. 26-Tayler Malsam [19][$700]; 23. 17-Jac Haudenschild [15][$700]; 24. 19-Brent Marks [23][$700]; Lap Leaders: Jason Johnson 1-11, Kerry Madsen 12-40; KSE Hard Charger Award: 17B-Bill Balog[+14]

Qualifying - 1. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.116; 2. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.207; 3. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier, 12.269; 4. 2-Shane Stewart, 12.326; 5. 2X-Parker Price-Miller, 12.35; 6. 19-Brent Marks, 12.355; 7. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 12.403; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen, 12.508; 9. 3-Tim Kaeding, 12.517; 10. 5-David Gravel, 12.56; 11. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.586; 12. 84-Scott Bogucki, 12.597; 13. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 12.61; 14. 9-Daryn Pittman, 12.65; 15. 17-Jac Haudenschild, 12.688; 16. 41-Jason Johnson, 12.688; 17. 23W-Scott Winters, 12.732; 18. 4-Paul McMahan, 12.755; 19. 13-Clyde Knipp, 12.755; 20. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.764; 21. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 12.77; 22. 21-Brian Brown, 12.797; 23. 82-Craig Dollansky, 12.84; 24. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, 12.842; 25. 19P-Paige Polyak, 12.872; 26. 17B-Bill Balog, 12.874; 27. 26-Tayler Malsam, 13.183; 28. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.298; 29. 23-Russel Borland, 13.305; 30. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.368; 31. 9Z-Jared Goerges, 13.393; 32. 85-Jason Tostenson, 13.4; 33. 19L-Todd King, 13.803

Heat #1 (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 2. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [2]; 3. 3-Tim Kaeding [3]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [6]; 5. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [4]; 6. 23W-Scott Winters [5]; 7. 19P-Paige Polyak [7]; 8. 19L-Todd King [9]; 9. 23-Russel Borland [8]

Heat #2 (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [4]; 3. 5-David Gravel [3]; 4. 4-Paul McMahan [5]; 5. 21-Brian Brown [6]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog [7]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [8]; 8. 19-Brent Marks [2]

Heat #3 (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer - 1. 2M-Kerry Madsen [2]; 2. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier [1]; 3. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [3]; 4. 17-Jac Haudenschild [4]; 5. 26-Tayler Malsam [7]; 6. 9Z-Jared Goerges [8]; 7. 82-Craig Dollansky [6]; 8. 13-Clyde Knipp [5]

Heat #4 (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer - 1. 2-Shane Stewart [1]; 2. 41-Jason Johnson [4]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen [2]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [7]; 5. 84-Scott Bogucki [3]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]; 7. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [6]; 8. 85-Jason Tostenson [8]

Craftsman Club Dash (8 Laps) - 1. 41-Jason Johnson [1]; 2. 2M-Kerry Madsen [6]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [3]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [8]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [7]; 6. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier [2]; 7. 2-Shane Stewart [5]; 8. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [4]

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer - 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4][-]; 2. W20-Greg Wilson [10][-]; 3. 19-Brent Marks [1][-]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog [8][-]; 5. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [6][$300]; 6. 19P-Paige Polyak [7][$250]; 7. 13-Clyde Knipp [3][$225]; 8. 82-Craig Dollansky [5][$200]; 9. 85-Jason Tostenson [12][$200]; 10. 9Z-Jared Goerges [11][$200]; 11. 23W-Scott Winters [2][$200]; 12. 19L-Todd King [13][$200]; 13. 23-Russel Borland [9][$200]

CONTINGENCY WINNERS: MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Brent Marks; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; JE Pistons ($50 cash) Jason Sides; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Kraig Kinser; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Shane Stewart; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Extended Stay America ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Super Flow ($50 cash): Sheldon Haudenschild; Craftsman Club Fast Five ($100 cash): Jason Johnson, Daryn Pittman, Brad Sweet, Shane Stewart; Craftsman/Sears: Kerry Madsen; KSE Hard Charger: Bill Balog; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Brad Sweet; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Parker Price-Miller; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Jacob Allen.

SEASON WINNERS

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

Contact: Cristina Cordova
World of Outlaws PR
704-707-0229 | ccordova@dirtcar.com

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Madman Madsen Makes a Madcap Run at Cedar Lake Speedway

NEW RICHMOND, WI - July 7, 2017 - Night One of the FVP Platinum Battery Showdown at Cedar Lake Speedway went to former Outlaw and current Australian Sprintcar champion, Kerry "The Madman" Madsen, who swept all but the Craftsman Club Dash and led 38 laps of the 40-lap Feature behind the wheel of the Big Game Motorsports 2M. Brad Sweet and Donny Schatz followed him through the checkers after a heated battle with several exchanges.

While Madsen set Quicktime during Qualifying and won his Heat race, It was Jac "The Wild Child" Haudenschild who won the Craftsman Club Dash on his return to the Stenhouse Jr./Wood Racing No. 17 machine after a three-race medical absence resulting from an injury at Beaver Dam Raceway. It was starting to look like "Jac is Back" would be the headline for the night, but Haudenschild lost steam all the way through the Feature, coming in at 13 after getting lapped by Madsen in the final two laps.

Meanwhile, Greg Wilson was playing the same game in reverse. Having started in 15, Wilson charged his W20 to tenth in the first five laps, battled with Ian Madsen for the next 14 laps, charged to fifth on a restart, and got past David Gravel with seven laps to go to come in fourth right on Schatz's tail.

Having started the Feature in second behind the Wild Child, and having won his share of races at the high-banked 3/8-mile oval, the eighth-time defending champion surprised the crowd with his third-place finish.

The Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing driver suffered a bit of a mishap on his first lap around as he scraped his right rear tire along the wall of the backstretch after getting into K. Madsen, causing a flurry of sparks as Madsen passed him. And Sweet came at him from fifth, passing him just a couple laps later in the first of numerous exchanges between the the the two No. 15 Arctic Cat and the No. 49 Napa Auto Parts machines.

Meanwhile, Madsen was strengthening his lead and looked nearly unbeatable until Jason Johnson went into the wall outside of turn two, taking the No. 41 out of the race and forcing a restart with 19 laps to go.

Despite the threat created by the restart, Madsen charged forward instantly and re-gained his lead. From the looks of it, he was just too fast and too aggressive to beat.

Nine laps and a solid lead later, Madsen had a minor fumble coming out of a turn, and again after passing Sheldon Haudenschild in lap traffic, and with seven laps to go Sweet had finally caught up to him.

Five laps to go and the Kasey Kahne Racing driver was all over Madsen, looking like he might actually win. During the next lap, Sweet managed to steal the lead, but Madsen immediately reclaimed it. With only two laps left, when Madsen finally lapped the Wild Child, Sweet was caught behind Haudenschild and Paul McMahan, and that was that. Madsen crossed the checkers.

The FVP Platinum Battery Showdown continues tomorrow night and will also be streamed LIVE on DIRTVision.com

Feature (40 Laps) - 1. 2M-Kerry Madsen [3][$10,000]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [5][$5,000]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [2][$3,000]; 4. W20-Greg Wilson [15][$2,700]; 5. 5-David Gravel [4][$2,500]; 6. 18-Ian Madsen [7][$2,200]; 7. 7S-Jason Sides [6][$2,000]; 8. 3-Tim Kaeding [17][$1,800]; 9. 21-Brian Brown [13][$1,600]; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser [11][$1,450]; 11. 9-Daryn Pittman [14][$1,300]; 12. 4-Paul McMahan [12][$1,200]; 13. 17-Jac Haudenschild [1][$1,100]; 14. 2-Shane Stewart [10][$1,000]; 15. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [9][$950]; 16. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [16][$900]; 17. 1S-Logan Schuchart [19][$850]; 18. 19-Brent Marks [23][$750]; 19. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [18][$725]; 20. 19L-Todd King [24][$700]; 21. 41-Jason Johnson [8][$700]; 22. 55-Brooke Tatnell [20][$700]; 23. 19P-Paige Polyak [22][$700]; 24. 1A-Jacob Allen [21][$700]; Lap Leaders: Jac Haudenschild 1, Kerry Madsen 2-40; KSE Hard Charger Award: W20-Greg Wilson[+11]

Qualifying - 1. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 11.543; 2. 15-Donny Schatz, 11.643; 3. 41-Jason Johnson, 11.686; 4. 7S-Jason Sides, 11.734; 5. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 11.737; 6. 49-Brad Sweet, 11.765; 7. 17-Jac Haudenschild, 11.765; 8. 18-Ian Madsen, 11.795; 9. 5-David Gravel, 11.802; 10. 9-Daryn Pittman, 11.912; 11. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 11.965; 12. 1A-Jacob Allen, 11.967; 13. 19P-Paige Polyak, 11.979; 14. 2-Shane Stewart, 11.992; 15. 19-Brent Marks, 12.001; 16. 4-Paul McMahan, 12.021; 17. 3-Tim Kaeding, 12.031; 18. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, 12.044; 19. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.071; 20. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 12.072; 21. 21-Brian Brown, 12.15; 22. 84-Scott Bogucki, 12.196; 23. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.235; 24. 7W-Tasker Phillips, 12.312; 25. 13-Clyde Knipp, 12.344; 26. 2X-Parker Price-Miller, 12.353; 27. 82-Craig Dollansky, 12.393; 28. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 12.423; 29. 19L-Todd King, 12.589; 30. 85-Jason Tostenson, 12.592; 31. 56N-David Heskin, 12.781; 32. 9Z-Jared Goerges, 12.951; 33. 91A-Reed Allex, 13.912

Heat #1 (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer - 1. 2M-Kerry Madsen [1]; 2. 5-David Gravel [3]; 3. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [2]; 4. 21-Brian Brown [6]; 5. 3-Tim Kaeding [5]; 6. 19P-Paige Polyak [4]; 7. 13-Clyde Knipp [7]; 8. 19L-Todd King [8]; 9. 91A-Reed Allex [9]

Heat #2 (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 3. 2-Shane Stewart [4]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [3]; 5. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [5]; 6. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [7]; 7. 85-Jason Tostenson [8]; 8. 84-Scott Bogucki [6]

Heat #3 (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer - 1. 17-Jac Haudenschild [2]; 2. 41-Jason Johnson [1]; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser [3]; 4. W20-Greg Wilson [5]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [6]; 6. 19-Brent Marks [4]; 7. 56N-David Heskin [8]; 8. 82-Craig Dollansky [7]

Heat #4 (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer - 1. 7S-Jason Sides [1]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [2]; 3. 4-Paul McMahan [4]; 4. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [5]; 5. 55-Brooke Tatnell [7]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [3]; 7. 7W-Tasker Phillips [6]; 8. 9Z-Jared Goerges [8]

Craftsman Club Dash (8 Laps) - 1. 17-Jac Haudenschild [2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 3. 2M-Kerry Madsen [4]; 4. 5-David Gravel [5]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [6]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides [1]; 7. 18-Ian Madsen [8]; 8. 41-Jason Johnson [7]

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer - 1. 1A-Jacob Allen [1][-]; 2. 19P-Paige Polyak [2][-]; 3. 19-Brent Marks [3][-]; 4. 19L-Todd King [9][-]; 5. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [7][$300]; 6. 9Z-Jared Goerges [12][$250]; 7. 56N-David Heskin [11][$225]; 8. 85-Jason Tostenson [10][$200]; 9. 91A-Reed Allex [13][$200]; 10. 13-Clyde Knipp [6][$200]; 11. 84-Scott Bogucki [4][$200]; 12. 7W-Tasker Phillips [5][$200]; 13. 82-Craig Dollansky [8][$200]

CONTINGENCY WINNERS: MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Jacob Allen; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; JE Pistons ($50 cash) Jason Sides; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Tim Kaeding; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Kraig Kinser; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Kraig Kinser; Extended Stay America ($50 cash): Daryn Pittman; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Paul McMahan; Super Flow ($50 cash): Shane Stewart; Craftsman Club Fast Five ($100 cash): Jac Haudenschild, Brad Sweet, David Gravel, Jason Sides, Jason Johnson; Craftsman/Sears: Kerry Madsen; KSE Hard Charger: Greg Wilson; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Brad Sweet; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Paul Nienhiser; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Jason Johnson.

SEASON WINNERS

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