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Arrowhead, 81 Find New Weekend in October After Being Postponed By Weather
Race Fans will have the chance to see the two rescheduled events on the same weekend with 81 Speedway on Oct. 24 and Arrowhead Speedway on Oct. 25
With weather models from Precision Weather Service showing heavy rainfall Wednesday through Saturday in Colcord, OK, World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and Arrowhead Speedway officials have agreed to postpone the Jason Johnson Classic to a new weekend in October.
The Jason Johnson Classic will now make up a doubleheader weekend in late October with the postponed event from 81 Speedway, serving as the penultimate weekend of the season before the championship determining World of Outlaws World Finals.
The World of Outlaws will return to 81 Speedway in Wichita, KS on Friday, Oct. 24 – for a complete new program – and then venture just three hours and 30 minutes south to Arrowhead Speedway for the Jason Johnson Classic presented by FK Rod Ends on Saturday, Oct. 25.
If you purchased a ticket or pit pass to the originally scheduled event at 81 Speedway on Saturday, March 29, they will be honored for the rescheduled event on Oct. 24. And if you purchased a Friday or Saturday ticket to this weekend’s event at Arrowhead, both will be honored for the new Oct. 25 date.
The Series now shifts its focus to the Federated Auto Parts Spring Classic at I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park on April 11-12. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
David Gravel currently sits atop the standings by 78 markers over Carson Macedo with Logan Schuchart 10 points behind Macedo in third.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
CAT AND MOUSE: Kofoid Holds Off Macedo in Traffic for Lawton Victory
Alex Nieten
The 23-year-old makes it a dozen career wins by topping his Lawton debut
The box score is going to show Michael “Buddy” Kofoid led every lap of Friday’s Sooner State Showdown at Lawton Speedway, but it was far from an easy cruise to victory.
The Roth Motorsports pilot had to survive a flurry of attacks from fellow Californian Carson Macedo. The driver of the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 threw absolutely everything he had at him for all 35 laps. He tried to roll the bottom around the No. 83. He threw sliders. He tried to rip the top around him, but Kofoid got up on the wheel for each and every challenge.
When the checkered flag flew, Kofoid crossed with just under a one second advantage for his second World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car win of 2025.
“Coming, I think, to two (laps) to go, I thought I almost gave it away, just got super tight. The 41, they were really good,” Kofoid said. “They were there the whole race. I could see him and hear him. I think there’s probably a little bit we need to work on, but I think a track like that and being able to move around kind of worked into my wheelhouse. I just want to thank Dylan, Nate, and John for their incredibly hard work and getting me comfortable and better every race.”
Kofoid became the third multi-time winner of 2025 with The Greatest Show on Dirt, joining David Gravel (five wins) and Kyle Larson (two wins). He’s one for one at Lawton as Friday marked his debut at the Oklahoma oval. The Penngrove, CA native became the seventh different Lawton victor through 11 races of World of Outlaws competition.
The trip to Victory Lane was the latest piece of evidence to support Kofoid and the Roth crew resembling their latter half of 2024 selves. After some early struggles, they’ve now strung together four consecutive top two finishes and 10 straight top 10s.
“I feel like we’re rolling pretty good,” Kofoid said. “I don’t want to say something and jinx myself. This car has been proven to be really good for us. This is just what we had to finish last year when we won Huset’s (High Bank Nationals) all the way up through Charlotte (World Finals). It’s just something that works for Dylan and I and something that for him, when he works on it, it just works out for me with what I’m telling him he can usually give me what I need. This car has just been really good to us, and I hope we can just keep the momentum rolling.”
Buddy Kofoid racing ahead of Carson Macedo at Lawton
Buddy Kofoid had to hold off Carson Macedo all race long on Friday night (Trent Gower Photo)
After pressuring Kofoid from green to checkered, Carson Macedo settled for the runner-up spot in the Jason Johnson Racing machine. He was confident he had the superior ride but simply couldn’t find the right opportunity to capitalize.
“I don’t think I needed anymore. I think my car was phenomenal. I think I had the best car on the track,” Macedo said. “I felt just solid anywhere I went, especially down in (Turns) 1 and 2. I could squeeze and grab the bottom really nice and get a lot of squeeze down the backstretch and had a lot of speed. But he just did a really good job. I just kept thinking, ‘Be patient. He’s going to miss it eventually here. Bide your time.’ I could see the lap count. Man, he just never really missed it. I think maybe twice he actually slipped up off of it just a little bit, and I could get to his left rear and then naturally he’s battling for the win, so he’d turn left and squeeze me down the backstretch. My options were kind of limited getting into (Turn) 3. He did a good job.”
Emerson Axsom put together a late charge to make his way onto the final step of the podium. The Franklin, IN native snuck around David Gravel’s outside to take third and nearly swiped second from Macedo coming to the checkered. A third place effort made it three career World of Outlaws top threes for Axsom.
“I think I just started deep enough that I could try some stuff,” Axsom said. “Lapped cars kind of forced me to move around in (Turns) 1 and 2 and was able to kind of be one of the first guys to find it. Our stuff is really good.”
David Gravel and Sheldon Haudenschild completed the top five.
A 22nd to 12th run gave Ryan Timms his third KSE Racing Hard Charger of 2025.
David Gravel claimed his eighth Simpson Quick Time of the year and the 130th of his career in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heat One went to Logan Schuchart. TheGreatestStoreonDirt.com Heat Two went to Buddy Kofoid. WIX Filters Heat Three went to Bill Balog.
Buddy Kofoid topped the Toyota Dash.
Bill Balog got the SPA Technique #1 Redraw
Blake Hahn won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Cole Macedo.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars make their only Kansas stop of 2025 with a trip to Wichita’s 81 Speedway on Saturday, March 29.
Lawton Speedway OK 3/28/25
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo[3]; 3. 27-Emerson Axsom[6]; 4. 2-David Gravel[4]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[8]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart[5]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 8. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[9]; 9. 7S-Chris Windom[11]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz[15]; 11. 23-Garet Williamson[10]; 12. 10-Ryan Timms[22]; 13. 2KS-Cory Eliason[14]; 14. 99-Skylar Gee[13]; 15. 21-Brian Brown[7]; 16. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[20]; 17. 52-Blake Hahn[19]; 18. 28M-Conner Morrell[12]; 19. 73-Logan Julien[24]; 20. 6K-Kaleb Johnson[16]; 21. 40-Howard Moore[23]; 22. 45X-Jace Park[17]; 23. 2C-Cole Macedo[21]; 24. 24T-Christopher Thram[18]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 52-Blake Hahn[2]; 2. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[5]; 3. 2C-Cole Macedo[4]; 4. 10-Ryan Timms[7]; 5. 40-Howard Moore[8]; 6. 73-Logan Julien[6]; 7. 88R-Ryder Laplante[11]; 8. 1K-Kelby Watt[3]; 9. 6-Zach Hampton[1]; 10. 9$-Kyle Clark[9]; 11. 1X-Bryant Wiedeman[10]; 12. 55V-Kerry Madsen[12]
Toyota Dash (6 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[1]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[3]; 4. 2-David Gravel[6]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart[4]; 6. 27-Emerson Axsom[5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 2. 2-David Gravel[1]; 3. 21-Brian Brown[3]; 4. 23-Garet Williamson[4]; 5. 99-Skylar Gee[6]; 6. 6K-Kaleb Johnson[5]; 7. 1K-Kelby Watt[8]; 8. 73-Logan Julien[10]; 9. 40-Howard Moore[9]; 10. 88R-Ryder Laplante[7]
The Greatest Store on Dirt Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[4]; 4. 7S-Chris Windom[3]; 5. 2KS-Cory Eliason[5]; 6. 45X-Jace Park[7]; 7. 2C-Cole Macedo[10]; 8. 10-Ryan Timms[8]; 9. 9$-Kyle Clark[9]; 10. 52-Blake Hahn[6]
WIX Filters Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog[1]; 2. 27-Emerson Axsom[2]; 3. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 4. 28M-Conner Morrell[4]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz[5]; 6. 24T-Christopher Thram[9]; 7. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[7]; 8. 6-Zach Hampton[3]; 9. 1X-Bryant Wiedeman[10]; 10. 55V-Kerry Madsen[8]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel, 00:12.764[27]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:12.834[24]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.928[3]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:12.933[6]; 5. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:12.944[1]; 6. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:12.963[22]; 7. 21-Brian Brown, 00:12.989[4]; 8. 7S-Chris Windom, 00:12.997[5]; 9. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:13.033[10]; 10. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:13.080[19]; 11. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:13.089[8]; 12. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:13.108[20]; 13. 6K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:13.125[7]; 14. 2KS-Cory Eliason, 00:13.136[13]; 15. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:13.174[15]; 16. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:13.213[2]; 17. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:13.224[16]; 18. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:13.245[23]; 19. 88R-Ryder Laplante, 00:13.246[26]; 20. 45X-Jace Park, 00:13.298[14]; 21. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:13.299[25]; 22. 1K-Kelby Watt, 00:13.300[11]; 23. 10-Ryan Timms, 00:13.365[30]; 24. 55V-Kerry Madsen, 00:13.381[21]; 25. 40-Howard Moore, 00:13.433[18]; 26. 9$-Kyle Clark, 00:13.482[29]; 27. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:13.533[17]; 28. 73-Logan Julien, 00:13.551[9]; 29. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:13.556[12]; 30. 1X-Bryant Wiedeman, 00:13.845[28]
TEXAS-SIZED SWEEP: Gravel Survives Kofoid’s Charge for Second Straight Cotton Bowl Win
Alex Nieten
The point leader puts together a perfect night to sweep the weekend in Texas
David Gravel and Big Game Motorsports came about as close to perfection as possible this weekend in the “Lone Star State.”
It began with Friday’s victorious night at Cotton Bowl Speedway. The defending World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car champion started the night with Simpson Quick Time and topped the opening Heat Race. Gravel then finished fourth in the Toyota Dash, and it would be the first and only time he wasn’t atop the leaderboard the entire weekend.
After claiming Friday’s Feature, Saturday started with another Quick Time and a new track record as the cherry on top. Gravel won his Heat and the Dash and put the thunderous punctuation on a dominant weekend by leading all 30 laps of the finale. The brooms were brought out. Gravel swept the Federated Auto Parts Texas Two-Step.
“You just go out and have fun, and you believe in your race car every time you hit the track,” Gravel said of his recent success. “I’ve been pushing the limits of the car in Qualifying and then a couple of times going into Turn 1. Luckily there was grip up there, or I could’ve blew through the cushion. Cody (Jacobs) is giving me a lot of confidence and trying to bring the car to its full potential and everybody is doing a great job. We’re just having fun, and there’s no pressure. We just go out there and race and don’t think about it too much and listen to our instincts.”
The win was Gravel’s fifth in the last eight races with The Greatest Show on Dirt. He’s now up to 108 career World of Outlaws victories. It marked 114 Series wins for Tod Quiring’s Big Game Motorsports, moving them within one of equaling Roth Motorsports for fifth all-time. The weekend sweep coupled with Gravel’s 2018 Cotton Bowl checkered flag made him the first to own a trio of triumphs at the Paige, TX track.
And while Gravel might’ve been the one celebrating, Michael “Buddy” Kofoid didn’t make it easy on him. The Penngrove, CA native snagged the runner-up spot on Lap 20 and went to work on chasing down the No. 2. Kofoid narrowed the gap in the closing laps but just couldn’t find a way around Gravel.
“Those last five laps I was just hanging on,” Gravel admitted. “I kept getting looser and looser, and I didn’t want to grab too much more wing because I needed to get through (Turns) 1 and 2 well. I saw he was getting close to me there on the jumbotron, but man what a run we’re on right now. I felt like we had a pretty good race car there. It just seems like sometimes when there’s a lot of cautions or reds the tires don’t fire off the best, and I feel like I lost a little bit of grip there, but I can’t complain with sweeping the night. Cody, Zach (Patterson), and Pete (Stephens) are just performing every night giving me great race cars and giving me the platform to show my talent.”
Kofoid settled for second for the second night in a row in the Roth Motorsports No. 83. The reigning Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year was a little disappointed in not being able to get to Victory Lane, but the momentum continues to build as Kofoid collected his third consecutive top two finish.
“Yeah, that’s where I let my team down,” Kofoid said of a late attempt at taking the lead. “I knew the laps were winding down and just got too eager because I struggled really bad in (Turns) 3 and 4. I think it was more myself. Dylan, Nate, and John carried me here this weekend. This is a place that’s been weird for me to get ahold of, especially in (Turns) 3 and 4, and then I found a ton of speed through there. I just took my chance too early.”
The final spot on the podium went to “Lone Star State” local Sam Hafertepe Jr. The Sunnyvale, TX native slipped back as far as seventh early on but rallied for his second trip to the top three during the World of Outlaws Texas trip in the Hills Racing Team No. 15H.
“We just didn’t have the grip off of (Turn) 4 like those guys had,” Hafertepe Jr. explained. “So, we just started kind of blowing across there and getting up right next to the wall and getting the forward drive off. He (Logan Schuchart) went down low there on the restart and actually let me get a lot of momentum on the outside and got to third there.”
Logan Schuchart and Sheldon Haudenschild completed the top five.
A 17th to eighth march earned Garet Williamson the KSE Racing Hard Charger in the Fischer Motorsports No. 23.
Gravel set a new Cotton Bowl Speedway track record in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying to claim his third consecutive Simpson Quick Time and his seventh of 2025.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One and Two belonged to David Gravel and Donny Schatz. WIX Filters Heat Three went to Sheldon Haudenschild.
Gravel topped the Toyota Dash after getting the SPA Technique #1 Redraw.
Conner Morrell won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Jace Park
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars make their way toward the Midwest with a weekend at Oklahoma’s Lawton Speedway on Friday, March 28 and 81 Speedway in Wichita, KS on Saturday, March 29.
Cottonbowl Speedway TX 3/22/25
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[5]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[3]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart[4]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 6. 41-Carson Macedo[7]; 7. 2C-Cole Macedo[11]; 8. 23-Garet Williamson[17]; 9. 27-Emerson Axsom[9]; 10. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[16]; 11. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[10]; 12. 17B-Bill Balog[21]; 13. 7S-Chris Windom[20]; 14. 99-Skylar Gee[18]; 15. 6-Zach Hampton[13]; 16. 24T-Christopher Thram[8]; 17. 73-Logan Julien[15]; 18. 28M-Conner Morrell[19]; 19. 88R-Ryder Laplante[24]; 20. 45X-Jace Park[12]; 21. 17GP-Landon Crawley[22]; 22. 15-Donny Schatz[6]; 23. 2KS-Cory Eliason[14]; 24. J2-John Carney II[23]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (10 Laps): 1. 28M-Conner Morrell[1]; 2. 7S-Chris Windom[5]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 4. 17GP-Landon Crawley[2]; 5. J2-John Carney II[3]; 6. 88R-Ryder Laplante[7]; 7. 85-Colby Stubblefield[8]; 8. 22M-Rees Moran[4]
Toyota Dash (6 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[3]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart[5]; 5. 83-Michael Kofoid[6]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz[4]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[3]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[4]; 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[2]; 5. 6-Zach Hampton[5]; 6. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[6]; 7. J2-John Carney II[8]; 8. 17GP-Landon Crawley[7]; 9. 88R-Ryder Laplante[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz[2]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[1]; 3. 24T-Christopher Thram[4]; 4. 2C-Cole Macedo[3]; 5. 2KS-Cory Eliason[7]; 6. 23-Garet Williamson[5]; 7. 28M-Conner Morrell[6]; 8. 7S-Chris Windom[8]; 9. 85-Colby Stubblefield[9]
WIX Filters Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[1]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[3]; 3. 27-Emerson Axsom[6]; 4. 45X-Jace Park[2]; 5. 73-Logan Julien[4]; 6. 99-Skylar Gee[5]; 7. 22M-Rees Moran[8]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog[7]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel, 00:13.334[3]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:13.492[1]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:13.689[7]; 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:13.728[8]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:13.763[15]; 6. 45X-Jace Park, 00:13.783[9]; 7. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:13.828[14]; 8. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:13.867[23]; 9. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 00:13.892[18]; 10. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:13.896[22]; 11. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:13.901[12]; 12. 73-Logan Julien, 00:13.915[6]; 13. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:13.921[11]; 14. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:13.932[19]; 15. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:13.935[5]; 16. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:13.950[16]; 17. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:13.963[26]; 18. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:13.993[10]; 19. 17GP-Landon Crawley, 00:14.011[4]; 20. 2KS-Cory Eliason, 00:14.057[13]; 21. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:14.062[24]; 22. J2-John Carney II, 00:14.134[17]; 23. 7S-Chris Windom, 00:14.261[21]; 24. 22M-Rees Moran, 00:14.457[25]; 25. 88R-Ryder Laplante, 00:14.625[20]; 26. 85-Colby Stubblefield, 00:31.198[2]
COWBOY UP: Gravel Wheels From Fourth to Front for Cotton Bowl Victory
Alex Nieten
The defending champion takes the lead from Kofoid on Lap 10 and holds off the Californian’s late charge for fourth win of 2025
The defending World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car champion is at the top of his game. His title campaign in 2024 was plenty impressive, but he’s out for domination in 2025.
The latest testament to he and Big Game Motorsports’ excellence was an impressive drive on Friday night at Cotton Bowl Speedway. Gravel started fourth for the 30-lapper and methodically worked his way to the front by the 10th lap, but it wasn’t over yet. The Watertown, CT native had to hold off a fierce charge from Michael “Buddy” Kofoid. The Roth Motorsports driver got the top side of Turns 1 and 2 wound up and showed Gravel a nose entering Turn 3 multiple times.
But Gravel showed the poise of a champion as he sensed the need to move to the cushion in the first set of corners. That slowed Kofoid’s momentum, and that was all she wrote in the Federated Auto Parts Texas Two-Step opener. Gravel drove away through lapped traffic on the path to yet another victory with The Greatest Show on Dirt.
“I think just reacting from what he (Kofoid) was doing,” Gravel said on what led him to victory. “He was running the top, and I was kind of running low and then I had the bottom of (Turns) 1 and 2 all to myself. The 17 and 83 didn’t really try it much, and it was really good down there. When I got the lead, it started taking rubber through the middle not all the way to the bottom. I could hear him and knew he was getting a run on me in (Turns) 1 and 2, so I had to move up and moved up at the right time.”
The win was Gravel’s fourth in the last seven races in the Cody Jacobs-wrenched No. 2. He’s still yet to miss the top 5 through 11 nights in the 2025 campaign. His second Cotton Bowl checkered flag put him alongside Sheldon Haudenschild and Brad Sweet as multi-time winners at the Paige, TX track. The point lead for the 32-year-old grew to 70 markers in his quest for back-to-back titles.
“These guys continue to give me great race cars,” Gravel said. “We’re qualifying amazing and racing just as good. We were just patient there. We kind of figured they were all going to be pretty aggressive and kind of let the race come to us and it worked out.”
The runner-up position belonged to Buddy Kofoid as he came up one spot shy of two wins in a row aboard the Roth Motorsports No. 83. The Penngrove, CA native continues to build momentum with his third top five finish in the last four races after no top five appearances in the first seven.
“David and the Big Game guys have been really good obviously,” Kofoid said. “I think we were better than him for a while, and then when he found it we kind of got back even. Then you just kind of got to surrender and chase him into there, and then the top kind of gave out again down there and had to move down. Just a race where you’ve got to work both pedals and find the lines. I feel like everything changes here so fast.”
The final spot on the podium went to Carson Macedo. He and the Jason Johnson Racing crew have been in the top three in three of the last four, and Friday’s effort helped lift them back into the second spot in points.
“It was a bit of a marathon race,” Macedo said. “There was a lot of moving parts. I felt like throughout the race there was a lot of comers and goers. You kind of had to chase the track a little bit. I feel like early it started out the bottom was really good both ends, and then down in (Turns) 1 and 2 I found the top and was actually kind of creeping back a little bit. I found the top and drove back by a few guys and got to third.”
Sheldon Haudenschild and Donny Schatz completed the top five.
A 24th to 13th run gave Skylar Gee the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
David Gravel grabbed his sixth Simpson Quick Time in 11 tries this year during Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One and Two belonged to David Gravel and Carson Macedo. WIX Filters Heat Three went to Buddy Kofoid.
Sheldon Haudenschild topped the Toyota Dash after also getting the SPA Technique #1 Redraw.
Christopher Thram won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Bill Balog.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars are back at Cotton Bowl Speedway for the Federated Auto Parts Texas Two-Step finale on Saturday, March 22. Reserved seating is sold out, but general admission tickets can be purchased by CLICKING HERE.
For the complete 2025 schedule, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
Cottonbowl Speedway TX 3/21/25
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[4]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[6]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[1]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz[10]; 6. 27-Emerson Axsom[9]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart[11]; 8. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[3]; 9. 2C-Cole Macedo[14]; 10. 7S-Chris Windom[16]; 11. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[8]; 12. 24T-Christopher Thram[19]; 13. 99-Skylar Gee[24]; 14. 28M-Conner Morrell[20]; 15. 23-Garet Williamson[5]; 16. 2KS-Cory Eliason[12]; 17. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[17]; 18. 6-Zach Hampton[13]; 19. 17B-Bill Balog[7]; 20. 22M-Rees Moran[15]; 21. J2-John Carney II[21]; 22. 45X-Jace Park[18]; 23. 17GP-Landon Crawley[22]; 24. 73-Logan Julien[23]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 24T-Christopher Thram[1]; 2. 28M-Conner Morrell[3]; 3. J2-John Carney II[4]; 4. 17GP-Landon Crawley[2]; 5. 73-Logan Julien[6]; 6. 99-Skylar Gee[8]; 7. 85-Colby Stubblefield[5]; 8. 88R-Ryder Laplante[7]
Toyota Dash (6 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[1]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 3. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[3]; 4. 2-David Gravel[5]; 5. 23-Garet Williamson[4]; 6. 41-Carson Macedo[6]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz[6]; 5. 6-Zach Hampton[7]; 6. 7S-Chris Windom[4]; 7. 28M-Conner Morrell[8]; 8. 85-Colby Stubblefield[9]; 9. 17GP-Landon Crawley[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 23-Garet Williamson[6]; 3. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[3]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart[4]; 5. 2C-Cole Macedo[5]; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[2]; 7. J2-John Carney II[8]; 8. 73-Logan Julien[7]; 9. 99-Skylar Gee[9]
WIX Filters Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[2]; 3. 27-Emerson Axsom[4]; 4. 2KS-Cory Eliason[5]; 5. 22M-Rees Moran[7]; 6. 45X-Jace Park[6]; 7. 24T-Christopher Thram[3]; 8. 88R-Ryder Laplante[8]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel, 00:13.906[8]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:13.927[13]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:13.933[16]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:13.971[19]; 5. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 00:13.983[9]; 6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:14.005[18]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:14.071[24]; 8. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:14.088[2]; 9. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:14.097[4]; 10. 7S-Chris Windom, 00:14.125[12]; 11. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:14.127[23]; 12. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:14.129[10]; 13. 17GP-Landon Crawley, 00:14.135[3]; 14. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:14.137[1]; 15. 2KS-Cory Eliason, 00:14.167[26]; 16. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:14.221[21]; 17. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:14.242[22]; 18. 45X-Jace Park, 00:14.290[17]; 19. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:14.384[15]; 20. 73-Logan Julien, 00:14.391[25]; 21. 22M-Rees Moran, 00:14.394[5]; 22. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:14.437[7]; 23. J2-John Carney II, 00:14.581[20]; 24. 88R-Ryder Laplante, 00:14.683[14]; 25. 85-Colby Stubblefield, 00:14.763[11]; 26. 99-Skylar Gee, 01:00.000[6]
BUDDY’S BACK: Kofoid Bests Hafertepe Jr. in Traffic for First Win of Season
Alex Nieten
The Series sophomore comes out on top of a Kennedale barnburner for his 11th career win
The 2025 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car season didn’t start the way Michael “Buddy” Kofoid would’ve liked, but he’s quickly turning things around.
The Penngrove, CA native entered 2025 with many viewing him as a championship contender after a stellar ending to 2024. He and Roth Motorsports closed out last year’s campaign with six wins in the final 16 races, but the pairing missed the top 10 in the first three nights of this season.
Kofoid rolled into Saturday’s Cowtown Classic finale with some momentum built back up courtesy of six straight top 10s, and the recent strides culminated in his first trip to Victory Lane of the year at Kennedale Speedway Park.
The 23-year-old started on the front row of the 30-lap Feature, but it was Sunnyvale, TX’s Sam Hafertepe Jr. taking the early advantage from the pole. After a fierce battle with Logan Schuchart for second, Kofoid chased Hafertepe down and cleared the Texan with a Lap 10 slider, but the race was far from over. Hafertepe refused to go down without a fight in front of home state fans. The pilot of the Hills Racing No. 15H hounded Kofoid as the two ripped through heavy traffic, but Kofoid had enough to hold on and secure an encouraging checkered flag.
“All year we’ve just been off a little bit,” Kofoid admitted. “We just kept working hard at it, and we just want it really bad. We weren’t going to let it get to us. Obviously, it’s a long, grueling, so it’s nice to get a win somewhat early on and change some things for this to happen today. I just want to thank them (team) for their hard work. It goes into a lot. We changed cars today, and this was actually the car we ended the year with last year, so I’m really happy about that.”
Kofoid’s first win of the season gave him 11 for his career with The Greatest Show on Dirt and made him the seventh different winner through 10 races. The first of the year for Roth Motorsports was the 115th for Dennis and Teresa Roth’s team and made it 15 consecutive seasons in which they’ve won at least one World of Outlaws Feature.
The No. 83 could move all around the Texas bullring on Saturday, and Kofoid was quick to credit his crew for the maneuverability that guided him to victory.
“A really good one,” Kofoid said of his car. “Going into today, even yesterday even though the track was vastly different, with seeing how heavy it was probably going to be, I told Dylan (Buswell), ‘I think to be good you’re going to have to be able to move around and be able to run lines that are kind of goofy.’ I was running a big diamond in (Turns) 1 and 2 or could run in the middle through the holes. I was just really good anywhere. That’s just a testament to Dylan, Nate, and John. They’ve been doing a really good job.”
Hafertepe Jr. held on to the runner-up spot, marking his first World of Outlaws podium since March of 2022. He badly wanted to win in front of a his home state fans that made Saturday the largest crowd in Kennedale Speedway Park history, but overall he was happy with the impressive outing against the sport’s toughest competition.
“I just didn’t get through traffic the first time right,” Hafertepe Jr. said. “I didn’t pick my spots right then got too tight off of (Turn) 4 here and gave him a pretty good lane to get by us there. Nothing to hang our head about. I really wanted to win this race starting up front like that and leading a lot of laps. We don’t run with these guys all the time. Two California guys running first and third, this is a California-style racetrack. Definitely not a track that I’m used to racing on.”
Completing the podium was Giovanni Scelzi in the KCP Racing No. 18. “Hot Sauce” capped a stout weekend in Texas with Friday’s win coupled with Saturday’s third. After a rough start to 2025, the Fresno, CA native has now bagged podiums in three of the last five races.
“I felt a little free in the Heat Race,” Scelzi explained. “And then we snugged up for the Dash, and it really got tighter. I felt like there was more mud on the race car in the Dash than there was in the Heat Race, so I don’t know if the moisture kind of came back or we finally blew all that slime off where it got to grip. Hats off to the track crew. I feel like they worked really hard through the night and today to give us a racetrack to race on.”
Logan Schuchart and David Gravel completed the top five.
A 26th to 13th run gave Skylar Gee the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
David Gravel grabbed his 127th career Simpson Quick Time in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Two, and Four belonged to Bryce Lucius, Sam Hafertepe Jr., and Conner Morrell. WIX Filters Heat Three went to David Gravel.
Sam Hafertepe Jr. topped the Toyota Dash.
The SPA Technique #1 Redraw went to Logan Schuchart.
Donny Schatz won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Bryce Lucius.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars finish up a two-week stay in the “Lone Star State” with a trip to Paige, TX’s Cotton Bowl Speedway on March 21-22 for the Federated Auto Parts Texas Two-Step. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
Kennedale TX 3/15/25
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[1]; 3. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[5]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart[3]; 5. 2-David Gravel[4]; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[14]; 7. 28M-Conner Morrell[6]; 8. 41-Carson Macedo[16]; 9. 39M-Anthony Macri[9]; 10. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[12]; 11. 23-Garet Williamson[17]; 12. 6-Zach Hampton[10]; 13. 99-Skylar Gee[26]; 14. 15-Donny Schatz[21]; 15. 22M-Rees Moran[13]; 16. 40-Howard Moore[11]; 17. 7S-Chris Windom[19]; 18. 2KS-Cory Eliason[20]; 19. 52-Blake Hahn[18]; 20. 24T-Christopher Thram[7]; 21. 6G-Cody Gardner[15]; 22. 2C-Cole Macedo[22]; 23. 27-Emerson Axsom[24]; 24. J2-John Carney II[23]; 25. 17B-Bill Balog[25]; 26. 32-Bryce Lucius[8]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz[1]; 2. 2C-Cole Macedo[4]; 3. J2-John Carney II[2]; 4. 27-Emerson Axsom[9]; 5. 20G-Noah Gass[3]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog[8]; 7. 17GP-Landon Crawley[5]; 8. 01J-Jeb Sessums[11]; 9. 99-Skylar Gee[10]; 10. 73-Logan Julien[7]; 11. 10G-Marcus Thomas[15]; 12. 45X-Roger Crockett[6]; 13. 49J-Josh Schneiderman[12]; 14. 99X-Dalton Stevens[17]; 15. 85-Colby Stubblefield[18]; 16. 79-Kyle Jones[19]; 17. G6-Chelby Hinton[14]; 18. 2B-Brett Becker[16]; 19. 23R-Ryder Laplante[13]
Toyota Dash (6 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[2]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[4]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[1]; 4. 2-David Gravel[5]; 5. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[3]; 6. 28M-Conner Morrell[8]; 7. 24T-Christopher Thram[7]; 8. 32-Bryce Lucius[6]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Bryce Lucius[1]; 2. 24T-Christopher Thram[2]; 3. 39M-Anthony Macri[4]; 4. 22M-Rees Moran[6]; 5. 23-Garet Williamson[3]; 6. 20G-Noah Gass[10]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz[5]; 8. 27-Emerson Axsom[7]; 9. 23R-Ryder Laplante[9]; 10. 99X-Dalton Stevens[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 3. 40-Howard Moore[3]; 4. 6G-Cody Gardner[4]; 5. 7S-Chris Windom[6]; 6. 17GP-Landon Crawley[7]; 7. 73-Logan Julien[5]; 8. 01J-Jeb Sessums[10]; 9. 10G-Marcus Thomas[8]; 10. 79-Kyle Jones[9]
WIX Filters Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 3. 6-Zach Hampton[4]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]; 5. 52-Blake Hahn[6]; 6. 2C-Cole Macedo[7]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog[8]; 8. J2-John Carney II[3]; 9. G6-Chelby Hinton[9]; 10. 85-Colby Stubblefield[10]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 28M-Conner Morrell[2]; 2. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 3. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[4]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[3]; 5. 2KS-Cory Eliason[5]; 6. 45X-Roger Crockett[7]; 7. 99-Skylar Gee[6]; 8. 49J-Josh Schneiderman[8]; 9. 2B-Brett Becker[9]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:12.255[10]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 00:12.264[5]; 3. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:12.288[17]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:12.316[8]; 5. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:12.320[18]; 6. 40-Howard Moore, 00:12.356[12]; 7. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:12.376[4]; 8. 6G-Cody Gardner, 00:12.390[6]; 9. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:12.399[11]; 10. 73-Logan Julien, 00:12.499[16]; 11. 22M-Rees Moran, 00:12.530[9]; 12. 7S-Chris Windom, 00:12.561[1]; 13. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:12.613[15]; 14. 17GP-Landon Crawley, 00:12.617[14]; 15. 99X-Dalton Stevens, 00:12.627[20]; 16. 10G-Marcus Thomas, 00:12.647[19]; 17. 23R-Ryder Laplante, 00:12.688[13]; 18. 79-Kyle Jones, 00:12.730[7]; 19. 20G-Noah Gass, 00:12.795[3]; 20. 01J-Jeb Sessums, 00:12.819[2]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel, 00:11.924[6]; 2. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:12.014[3]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:12.076[7]; 4. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:12.077[4]; 5. J2-John Carney II, 00:12.083[18]; 6. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:12.106[14]; 7. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:12.114[19]; 8. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:12.158[17]; 9. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:12.165[10]; 10. 2KS-Cory Eliason, 00:12.196[11]; 11. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:12.213[13]; 12. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:12.222[15]; 13. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:12.225[2]; 14. 45X-Roger Crockett, 00:12.278[8]; 15. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.310[1]; 16. 49J-Josh Schneiderman, 00:12.353[5]; 17. G6-Chelby Hinton, 00:12.399[9]; 18. 2B-Brett Becker, 00:12.437[16]; 19. 85-Colby Stubblefield, 00:12.706[12]
Kennedale TX 3/14/25
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[2]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[4]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog[12]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart[3]; 7. 23-Garet Williamson[6]; 8. 39M-Anthony Macri[8]; 9. 27-Emerson Axsom[7]; 10. 83-Michael Kofoid[10]; 11. 15-Donny Schatz[13]; 12. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[16]; 13. 2C-Cole Macedo[14]; 14. 7S-Chris Windom[15]; 15. 6-Zach Hampton[11]; 16. 28M-Conner Morrell[9]; 17. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[17]; 18. 2KS-Cory Eliason[18]; 19. J2-John Carney II[23]; 20. 99-Skylar Gee[20]; 21. 52-Blake Hahn[22]; 22. 24T-Christopher Thram[21]; 23. 17GP-Landon Crawley[24]; 24. 20G-Noah Gass[19]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 24T-Christopher Thram[1]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn[4]; 3. J2-John Carney II[2]; 4. 17GP-Landon Crawley[3]; 5. 73-Logan Julien[5]; 6. 32-Bryce Lucius[7]; 7. 10G-Marcus Thomas[8]; 8. 99X-Dalton Stevens[9]; 9. 45X-Jace Park[11]; 10. 01J-Jeb Sessums[17]; 11. 49J-Josh Schneiderman[13]; 12. 23R-Ryder Laplante[15]; 13. 2B-Brett Becker[6]; 14. 40-Howard Moore[12]; 15. 22M-Rees Moran[14]; 16. G6-Chelby Hinton[16]; 17. 6G-Cody Gardner[10]; 18. 85-Colby Stubblefield[19]; 19. 79-Kyle Jones[18]
Toyota Dash (8 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[2]; 2. 2-David Gravel[1]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[3]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[4]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[6]; 6. 23-Garet Williamson[5]; 7. 27-Emerson Axsom[8]; 8. 39M-Anthony Macri[7]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 39M-Anthony Macri[1]; 2. 27-Emerson Axsom[5]; 3. 28M-Conner Morrell[2]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz[3]; 5. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[4]; 6. 17GP-Landon Crawley[7]; 7. 32-Bryce Lucius[6]; 8. 45X-Jace Park[8]; 9. 23R-Ryder Laplante[9]; 10. 85-Colby Stubblefield[10]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 23-Garet Williamson[1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 3. 6-Zach Hampton[4]; 4. 7S-Chris Windom[3]; 5. 20G-Noah Gass[7]; 6. 73-Logan Julien[6]; 7. 99X-Dalton Stevens[9]; 8. 49J-Josh Schneiderman[8]; 9. G6-Chelby Hinton[10]; 10. 24T-Christopher Thram[5]
WIX Filters Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[1]; 2. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[3]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 4. 2C-Cole Macedo[4]; 5. 2KS-Cory Eliason[6]; 6. 52-Blake Hahn[5]; 7. 10G-Marcus Thomas[7]; 8. 40-Howard Moore[10]; 9. 22M-Rees Moran[9]; 10. 01J-Jeb Sessums[8]
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[2]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 4. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[5]; 5. 99-Skylar Gee[6]; 6. 2B-Brett Becker[8]; 7. 6G-Cody Gardner[9]; 8. J2-John Carney II[4]; 9. (DQ) 79-Kyle Jones[7]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:11.525[3]; 2. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:11.800[6]; 3. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:11.831[11]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:11.876[9]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:11.922[8]; 6. 7S-Chris Windom, 00:11.991[7]; 7. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 00:11.998[12]; 8. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:12.012[20]; 9. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:12.103[19]; 10. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:12.103[14]; 11. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:12.124[1]; 12. 73-Logan Julien, 00:12.167[5]; 13. 17GP-Landon Crawley, 00:12.232[4]; 14. 20G-Noah Gass, 00:12.264[18]; 15. 45X-Jace Park, 00:12.395[16]; 16. 49J-Josh Schneiderman, 00:12.405[13]; 17. 23R-Ryder Laplante, 00:12.426[2]; 18. 99X-Dalton Stevens, 00:12.653[10]; 19. 85-Colby Stubblefield, 00:12.725[17]; 20. G6-Chelby Hinton, 01:00.000[15]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:12.197[1]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:12.383[14]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:12.402[7]; 4. 2-David Gravel, 00:12.413[19]; 5. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:12.433[4]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.484[9]; 7. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:12.558[10]; 8. J2-John Carney II, 00:12.559[11]; 9. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:12.635[15]; 10. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:12.645[17]; 11. 2KS-Cory Eliason, 00:12.655[6]; 12. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:12.663[12]; 13. 10G-Marcus Thomas, 00:12.743[13]; 14. 79-Kyle Jones, 00:12.894[5]; 15. 01J-Jeb Sessums, 00:12.967[3]; 16. 2B-Brett Becker, 00:13.027[2]; 17. 22M-Rees Moran, 00:13.175[8]; 18. 6G-Cody Gardner, 00:13.411[18]; 19. 40-Howard Moore, 00:13.413[16]
THE MAG MAGIC: Gravel Sweeps Magnolia for Third World of Outlaws Win of Season
Alex Nieten
The defending champ completes a perfect night and takes sole possession of seventh on the all-time win list
Perfection. That’s the only word to describe David Gravel and Big Game Motorsports on Saturday at Mississippi’s Magnolia Motor Speedway.
The defending World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car champions checked all the boxes. It began with setting their fourth consecutive Simpson Quick Time and establishing a new track record in the process. Next up was a Heat Race win. Then came a Toyota Dash victory.
All that remained was a 35-lap Feature, and Gravel put the punctuation on a perfect night. The Watertown, CT native led every single circuit on his way to his third trip to Victory Lane in 2025. He never flinched in traffic. Never faltered on a restart. It was yet another example of Gravel and his team being at the top of their game. At the top of the sport.
“Cody (Jacobs), Zach (Patterson), and Pete (Stephens) have been giving me great race cars every night,” Gravel said. “Look at what we’re doing in Qualifying. We could’ve potentially won last night too. It’s just been a dream to drive this Big Game No. 2.”
The dream has included an early stretch of dominance for Gravel and the Tod Quiring-owned team. They’re now up to seven podiums in eight races, and their worst result is fourth. Gravel’s average finish this season is an astonishing 2.13. All three of their victories have come in the last four races.
It was also a big night historically for the 32-year-old. Gravel’s 106th career triumph with The Greatest Show on Dirt pushed him ahead of Joey Saldana for sole possession of seventh on the all-time win list.
While he made it look easy, Gravel acknowledged it wasn’t a simple path to the checkered flag. Lapped traffic threw him some curveballs on where to race on the 3/8 mile. But even with a little indecision, it wasn’t nearly enough to drop him into the clutches of those chasing.
“I didn’t know where to run,” Gravel admitted. “I felt like it was the top, and then Skylar Gee had a really good pace and was running low and kind of running away from me in (Turns) 1 and 2. I felt like the top was better in (Turns) 3 and 4, but when I moved down I felt good in both lanes.” David Gravel and Sheldon Haudenschild racing at Magnolia David
The runner-up spot belonged to Carson Macedo in the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41. He stole the second position on the final lap from Sheldon Haudenschild to wrap up a strong night. The result was Macedo’s sixth consecutive top 10 and his first time on the podium since winning the 2025 season opener.
“I think I was actually really good on the bottom, and each time I’d get to his (Sheldon Haudenschild) left-rear, he’d cut my water off getting into (Turn) 1,” Macedo explained. “It just would kill my run off of (Turn) 2 and take me so long to get back to him. I switched in up there that last lap and went to the top in (Turns) 1 and 2 and made some good speed and was able to get a run down into Turn 3 and kind of get my angle right and hit the bottom nice and squirt off to the checkered.”
Rounding out the top three was Sheldon Haudenschild with the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing team. It was a welcome confidence boost for the Wooster, OH native as it marked his first podium of the season in the NOS Energy Drink No. 17.
“I think we have a lot of takeaways, finally just a good run and felt like I knew what I was doing again,” Haudenschild said. “Pumped with my team right now. This NOS Energy Drink/West Tennessee Expediting car is back where it belongs. I had a struggle of a start to the year at Volusia. It kicked our butts, but just felt really good from the start tonight.”
Buddy Kofoid and Logan Schuchart completed the top five.
The KSE Racing Hard Charger went to Zach Hampton with a run from 22nd to seventh.
Gravel’s Simpson Quick Time was the 126th of his career in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One and Two belonged to David Gravel and Sheldon Haudenschild. WIX Filters Heat Three went to Austin McCarl.
Gravel topped the Toyota Dash after getting the SPA Technique #1 Redraw.
Bryce Lucius won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Austin McCarl.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head to Texas for two nights (March 14-15) at Kennedale Speedway Park.
Magnolia Motor Speedway MS 3/8/25
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo[7]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 4. 83-Michael Kofoid[9]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart[5]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 7. 6-Zach Hampton[22]; 8. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[8]; 9. 7S-Chris Windom[13]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz[10]; 11. 27-Emerson Axsom[23]; 12. 23-Garet Williamson[11]; 13. 14-Spencer Bayston[18]; 14. 39M-Anthony Macri[6]; 15. 19-Brent Marks[12]; 16. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[17]; 17. 2C-Cole Macedo[15]; 18. 99-Skylar Gee[20]; 19. 32-Bryce Lucius[19]; 20. 9-Kasey Kahne[24]; 21. 28M-Conner Morrell[16]; 22. 40-Howard Moore[21]; 23. 88-Austin McCarl[4]; 24. 84-Brandon Hanks[14]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 32-Bryce Lucius[2]; 2. 99-Skylar Gee[5]; 3. 40-Howard Moore[3]; 4. 6-Zach Hampton[10]; 5. 27-Emerson Axsom[4]; 6. 9-Kasey Kahne[1]; 7. 15K-Creed Kemenah[7]; 8. 29-Logan McCandless[9]; 9. 73-Logan Julien[8]; 10. 44-Derek Hagar[6]
Toyota Dash (8 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[6]; 4. 88-Austin McCarl[3]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart[5]; 6. 39M-Anthony Macri[4]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[2]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz[4]; 5. 7S-Chris Windom[5]; 6. 28M-Conner Morrell[7]; 7. 40-Howard Moore[10]; 8. 44-Derek Hagar[9]; 9. 15K-Creed Kemenah[8]; 10. 6-Zach Hampton[6]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 3. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 4. 23-Garet Williamson[6]; 5. 84-Brandon Hanks[8]; 6. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[5]; 7. 27-Emerson Axsom[7]; 8. 9-Kasey Kahne[4]; 9. 73-Logan Julien[9]
WIX Filters Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 88-Austin McCarl[1]; 2. 39M-Anthony Macri[2]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid[4]; 4. 19-Brent Marks[3]; 5. 2C-Cole Macedo[6]; 6. 14-Spencer Bayston[7]; 7. 99-Skylar Gee[9]; 8. 32-Bryce Lucius[5]; 9. 29-Logan McCandless[8]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel, 00:11.216[10]; 2. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:11.317[18]; 3. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:11.325[5]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:11.407[20]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:11.419[6]; 6. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:11.438[17]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.439[12]; 8. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:11.441[2]; 9. 19-Brent Marks, 00:11.443[16]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:11.480[1]; 11. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:11.487[21]; 12. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:11.492[28]; 13. 7S-Chris Windom, 00:11.502[3]; 14. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:11.512[25]; 15. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:11.534[13]; 16. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:11.564[9]; 17. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:11.623[24]; 18. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:11.661[22]; 19. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:11.696[7]; 20. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:11.696[23]; 21. 14-Spencer Bayston, 00:11.769[8]; 22. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 00:11.843[26]; 23. 84-Brandon Hanks, 00:11.879[19]; 24. 29-Logan McCandless, 00:11.899[4]; 25. 44-Derek Hagar, 00:11.902[14]; 26. 73-Logan Julien, 00:11.911[15]; 27. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:11.940[27]; 28. 40-Howard Moore, 00:12.024[11]
ICE IN HIS VEINS: Balog Charges from Fourth, Holds off Defending Champion for First Win in Nine Years
Alex Nieten
The North Pole Nightmare drives by Macedo and survives Gravel’s late charge for popular victory
There might’ve been small earthquakes registered on the Richter scale in Alaska and Wisconsin on Friday night thanks to Bill Balog.
Balog did it. He finally made his way back to World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Victory Lane at Talladega Short Track, and the entire sport united in joy for the 45-year-old. Not a single fan disapproved. Not a single competitor wasn’t happy for their fellow driver.
After snowmobile racing in his youth and not getting in a Sprint Car until 20 years old, the Hartland, WI resident by way of North Pole, AK scratched and clawed and built a career in the sport. He racked up 10 Interstate Racing Association (IRA) titles and made the choice last year to join The Greatest Show on Dirt. This win was a culmination of that decision.
Sure, he had a previous World of Outlaws win under his belt, but that was as a local defending home turf in 2016 at Beaver Dam Raceway. This was in unfamiliar territory. Balog had just one prior Talladega race on his résumé. This was charging forward from fourth. This was holding off defending Series champion David Gravel. This win was everything.
“It’s unbelievable,” Balog said. “I can’t tell you how hard these things are to win. I’ve been doing this a long time, on and off with the Outlaws and stuff. Just unbelievable. We had a great car. We made the right decisions. I didn’t think we were quite good enough there a couple times throughout the night in the Heat Race and Dash. So, we did a couple things we do at other tracks with similar shapes.”
The “North Pole Nightmare” had to earn this victory by giving everything he had behind the wheel. A hungry Cole Macedo led the field to green in search of his first World of Outlaws win. Sprint Car titans Logan Schuchart and Carson Macedo started ahead of Balog in second and third. He wheeled his way by all of them by Lap 17 after a thrilling duel with Cole Macedo to secure the top spot.
But it was far from over. Gravel and his Big Game Motorsports team are at the top of the sport right now, and the No. 2 grabbed the runner-up spot on Lap 23, but Balog couldn’t be rattled. He stayed smooth, hit his marks, and held off the champion for his first World of Outlaws win in 3,177 days.
“I think we were just a little bit better kind of there through the middle,” Balog said of the early battle with Macedo. “He wasn’t going to cut under me. We were just really good on entry and could kind of baby it through the middle, and with our HP Engine, we could step on the gas and it would just go. It was awesome.”
Gravel settled for the runner-up spot as he and the Tod Quiring-owned team continue their early season tear. The Watertown, CT native has been on the podium in six of this season’s seven races, and the one time he wasn’t he finished fourth. His average finish is 2.29.
“I saw Bill move up the racetrack, and it worked out really well for him,” Gravel said. “Everybody was just around the bottom, so I tried it as well and got a couple guys. Man, those two lapped cars were hitting the bottom just good enough that I couldn’t clear them. Once I got clear of them, it seemed like the track kind of cleaned up and was officially one lane on the bottom. I felt like when Bill made those moves the track was still multiple grooves. We were just a little too late.”
Completing the podium was Logan Schuchart and the Shark Racing crew. They continue to piece together the foundations of a bounce back campaign after a subpar 2024. The third place effort marked their fourth podium of 2025, which already surpassed the total they had all of last year.
“It’s nice to be in the mix running around there with Cole for a little bit,” Schuchart said. “I knew I probably wasn’t going to get him in open air, but I was hoping once we got to traffic I could move around a little bit. That restart when Bill drove around the outside of me in (Turns) 3 and 4, I knew he was really good because he was floating the middle of (Turns) 1 and 2. I think I tried it one lap, tried to get the wing back a little bit and float the middle, and I definitely didn’t feel the same way that he looked.”
Brothers Cole Macedo and Carson Macedo completed the top five.
Chris Windom earned his second consecutive KSE Racing Hard Charger.
David Gravel claimed his third consecutive Simpson Quick Time in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One and Two belonged to David Gravel and Carson Macedo. WIX Filters Heat Three went to Bill Balog.
Cole Macedo topped the Toyota Dash after receiving the SPA Technique #1 Redraw.
Giovanni Scelzi won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Chelby Hinton.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars complete a weekend in the “Dirty South” on Saturday, March 8 at Columbus, MS’s Magnolia Motor Speedway.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
Talladega AL 3/7/25
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 2. 2-David Gravel[5]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 4. 2C-Cole Macedo[1]; 5. 41-Carson Macedo[3]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz[8]; 7. 83-Michael Kofoid[7]; 8. 14-Spencer Bayston[6]; 9. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[9]; 10. 99-Skylar Gee[10]; 11. 19-Brent Marks[15]; 12. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[13]; 13. 23-Garet Williamson[11]; 14. 6-Zach Hampton[16]; 15. 9-Kasey Kahne[12]; 16. 7S-Chris Windom[22]; 17. 39M-Anthony Macri[14]; 18. 28M-Conner Morrell[20]; 19. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[19]; 20. 88-Austin McCarl[23]; 21. 32-Bryce Lucius[17]; 22. 73-Logan Julien[24]; 23. 40-Howard Moore[18]; 24. G6-Chelby Hinton[21]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 2. 28M-Conner Morrell[2]; 3. G6-Chelby Hinton[4]; 4. 7S-Chris Windom[7]; 5. 88-Austin McCarl[3]; 6. 73-Logan Julien[9]; 7. 15K-Creed Kemenah[10]; 8. 27-Emerson Axsom[6]; 9. 44-Derek Hagar[8]; 10. 29-Logan McCandless[12]; 11. 16G-Austyn Gossel[5]; 12. 17GP-Landon Crawley[11]
Toyota Dash (8 Laps): 1. 2C-Cole Macedo[1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[3]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 5. 2-David Gravel[5]; 6. 14-Spencer Bayston[6]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid[3]; 4. 99-Skylar Gee[5]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[4]; 6. 6-Zach Hampton[6]; 7. 88-Austin McCarl[7]; 8. G6-Chelby Hinton[9]; 9. 7S-Chris Windom[8]; 10. 15K-Creed Kemenah[10]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 2C-Cole Macedo[2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[4]; 4. 23-Garet Williamson[5]; 5. 39M-Anthony Macri[6]; 6. 32-Bryce Lucius[10]; 7. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[3]; 8. 16G-Austyn Gossel[8]; 9. 44-Derek Hagar[7]; 10. 17GP-Landon Crawley[9]
WIX Filters Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog[1]; 2. 14-Spencer Bayston[2]; 3. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[3]; 4. 9-Kasey Kahne[4]; 5. 19-Brent Marks[5]; 6. 40-Howard Moore[9]; 7. 28M-Conner Morrell[6]; 8. 27-Emerson Axsom[7]; 9. 73-Logan Julien[10]; 10. 29-Logan McCandless[8]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel, 00:12.073[8]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:12.138[4]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.227[13]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:12.260[9]; 5. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:12.329[6]; 6. 14-Spencer Bayston, 00:12.383[2]; 7. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:12.397[7]; 8. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:12.397[23]; 9. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:12.457[10]; 10. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:12.468[22]; 11. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:12.488[20]; 12. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:12.511[28]; 13. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:12.512[11]; 14. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:12.644[17]; 15. 19-Brent Marks, 00:12.644[18]; 16. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:12.686[1]; 17. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:12.749[24]; 18. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:12.755[3]; 19. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:12.762[27]; 20. 44-Derek Hagar, 00:12.779[21]; 21. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:12.793[12]; 22. 7S-Chris Windom, 00:12.823[30]; 23. 16G-Austyn Gossel, 00:12.898[14]; 24. 29-Logan McCandless, 00:12.928[15]; 25. G6-Chelby Hinton, 00:12.949[26]; 26. 17GP-Landon Crawley, 00:12.963[16]; 27. 40-Howard Moore, 00:12.995[19]; 28. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 00:13.034[25]; 29. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:13.061[29]; 30. 73-Logan Julien, 00:13.265[5]
BREAK OUT THE BROOM: Gravel Chases Down Scelzi to Sweep Volusia’s Bike Week Jamboree
Alex Nieten
David Gravel and Big Game Motorsports are on another level right now.
The 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car title was something they worked hard for. It eluded them for three seasons straight. But they have no plans of taking their foot off the gas after finally capturing the championship. They want to go on a run for the record books. Not just one title, but many.
The easiest path toward winning a championship is winning races, and that’s exactly what they did this week at Volusia Speedway Park.
First, it was Sunday’s dominant drive when Gravel led every lap. Monday dished out more of a challenge to the Watertown, CT native. He lined up third and slipped back to fourth on the opening circuit, but it didn’t matter. Gravel methodically worked the Cody Jacobs-prepared No. 2 forward. Back to third on Lap 5. Up to second on Lap 11. And ripping the lead away from Giovanni Scelzi on Lap 15. That was all she wrote. Gravel opened up the lead, survived heavy traffic, and took the checkered flag with nearly a two-second advantage to sweep the Bike Week Jamboree.
“Confidence has been high,” Gravel said. “All off-season it was high. After DIRTcar Nationals, it was high. To sweep the weekend feels really, really good. Now we’re going to a lot of different places, different sizes, places we haven’t been very often. It’s going to be a wildcard. It’s going to be a battle and fight every night no matter what.”
It was a significant victory for Gravel. His second straight elevated his career total with The Greatest Show on Dirt to 105, equaling him with Joey Saldana for seventh most all-time. It was also his seventh World of Outlaws triumph at Volusia, tying him with Brad Sweet for the second most.
It’s early, but Gravel has already built up a 44-point advantage over Logan Schuchart as he looks to defend his title. He and Tod Quiring’s team want to put together a stretch of Sprint Car racing that won’t be forgotten, and they look to be well on their way. They have two wins, five podiums, and a 2.33 average finish through six races in 2025.
“For us, we’re trying to build a point lead early, and so far we’re doing that,” Gravel said. “I’m really excited for this season. I think it’s going to be pretty special. We did a lot of special things last year, but we keep wanting to do special things.” David Gravel racing the Big Game Motorsports No. 2 David Gravel and Big Game Motorsports put together a clean sweep of Volusia’s Bike Week Jamboree (Trent Gower Photo)
Behind Gravel it was a wild battle for second as the race wound down. Logan Schuchart eventually emerged over Giovanni Scelzi and Carson Macedo. It was he and the Shark Racing team’s third podium of the year, which already equals their total from the entire 2024 campaign. They came out ready for a rebound season, and so far they’ve delivered.
“I felt really good there,” Schuchart said. “Had a cool little race with Gio (Scelzi) and Carson (Macedo), and I actually felt like we were catching David there at the end, definitely aggressive. Very happy for our team. I felt like we learned a lot here in Florida to start the year. Definitely a much better start than last year, and I feel like we have some speed.”
Scelzi slipped to third after leading the opening 14 circuits aboard the KCP Racing No. 18. The Fresno, CA native didn’t want to see a potential win slip away, but his spirits were still high with his first podium of the season after struggling last month at “The World’s Fastest Half Mile.”
“I saw it getting dirtier in (Turns) 1 and 2 especially across the middle, which means the bottom is obviously throwing up to the middle,” Scelzi said. “I didn’t really go down there until I got in traffic behind David and stuck with him for a bit and then kind of just made a block move on myself and let Logan by me. Just proud of my guys. This is a huge rally from DIRTcar (Nationals) to here. I’m proud. It’s easy to get discouraged early in the year. It is a long year, but Charlotte creeps up on you.”
Carson Macedo and Jacob Allen completed the top five.
Chris Windom took the Sides Motorsports No. 7S on a 22nd to 10th run to claim KSE Racing Hard Charger honors.
David Gravel claimed his second straight Simpson Quick Time and the 124th of his career in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Two, and Four belonged to David Gravel, Hunter Schuerenberg, and Jacob Allen. WIX Filters Heat Three went to Carson Macedo.
Giovanni Scelzi topped the Toyota Dash.
Anthony Macri won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Creed Kemenah.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head to the “Dirty South” to take on Eastaboga, AL’s Talladega Short Track on Friday, March 7 and Columbus, MS’s Magnolia Motor Speedway on Saturday, March 8.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
World of Outlaws Sprint Cars
Volusia Speedway Park FL 3/3/25
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[3]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[6]; 3. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[2]; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen[5]; 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel[10]; 7. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[4]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz[15]; 9. 83-Michael Kofoid[11]; 10. 7S-Chris Windom[22]; 11. 17B-Bill Balog[8]; 12. 23-Garet Williamson[17]; 13. 14-Spencer Bayston[9]; 14. 39M-Anthony Macri[21]; 15. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[19]; 16. 13-Daison Pursley[16]; 17. 6-Zach Hampton[20]; 18. 27-Emerson Axsom[12]; 19. 44-Chris Martin[23]; 20. 88-Austin McCarl[13]; 21. 28M-Conner Morrell[25]; 22. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[18]; 23. 2C-Cole Macedo[7]; 24. 26-Justin Peck[14]; 25. 15K-Creed Kemenah[24]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 39M-Anthony Macri[1]; 2. 7S-Chris Windom[2]; 3. 44-Chris Martin[4]; 4. 15K-Creed Kemenah[3]; 5. 28M-Conner Morrell[5]; 6. 99-Skylar Gee[7]; 7. 32-Bryce Lucius[9]; 8. 64-Andy Pake[6]; 9. 6S-Tyler Clem[10]; 10. 97UK-Ryan Harrison[8]; 11. 11K-Joshua Kunstbeck[11]; 12. 20D-Stephen Darvalics[12]
Toyota Dash (6 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo[3]; 3. 2-David Gravel[5]; 4. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[4]; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen[2]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart[6]; 7. 2C-Cole Macedo[7]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog[8]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 2C-Cole Macedo[6]; 3. 14-Spencer Bayston[2]; 4. 88-Austin McCarl[4]; 5. 23-Garet Williamson[3]; 6. 15K-Creed Kemenah[8]; 7. 64-Andy Pake[7]; 8. 39M-Anthony Macri[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[2]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 4. 26-Justin Peck[6]; 5. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[4]; 6. 7S-Chris Windom[5]; 7. 99-Skylar Gee[7]; 8. 6S-Tyler Clem[8]
WIX Filters Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[2]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid[3]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz[4]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]; 6. 44-Chris Martin[6]; 7. 97UK-Ryan Harrison[7]; 8. 11K-Joshua Kunstbeck[8]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 1A-Jacob Allen[2]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[1]; 3. 27-Emerson Axsom[4]; 4. 13-Daison Pursley[5]; 5. 6-Zach Hampton[3]; 6. 28M-Conner Morrell[7]; 7. 32-Bryce Lucius[6]; 8. 20D-Stephen Darvalics[8]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel, 00:13.252[12]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:13.336[11]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:13.339[21]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:13.340[3]; 5. 14-Spencer Bayston, 00:13.349[10]; 6. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:13.350[14]; 7. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:13.353[8]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:13.394[30]; 9. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:13.403[28]; 10. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.429[1]; 11. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:13.438[31]; 12. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:13.445[6]; 13. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:13.454[19]; 14. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:13.466[5]; 15. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:13.469[9]; 16. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:13.480[20]; 17. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:13.486[16]; 18. 7S-Chris Windom, 00:13.492[24]; 19. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:13.493[18]; 20. 13-Daison Pursley, 00:13.529[15]; 21. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:13.608[26]; 22. 26-Justin Peck, 00:13.612[29]; 23. 44-Chris Martin, 00:13.675[27]; 24. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:13.690[23]; 25. 64-Andy Pake, 00:13.706[7]; 26. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:13.730[17]; 27. 97UK-Ryan Harrison, 00:13.740[4]; 28. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:13.775[22]; 29. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 00:13.828[25]; 30. 6S-Tyler Clem, 00:14.006[32]; 31. 11K-Joshua Kunstbeck, 00:14.786[13]; 32. 20D-Stephen Darvalics, 00:14.832[2]
CHAMPIONSHIP FORM: Gravel Cruises to Volusia Victory for First Win of 2025
Alex Nieten
The defending champion survives several restarts for 104th career victory
Last year David Gravel and Big Game Motorsports engineered an unforgettable season, and they’re out to top it in 2025.
There’s no taking the foot off the gas for the defending World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car champions. They made it to the sport’s mountaintop, and they’re determined to protect their territory.
It began with last month’s Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals. Gravel couldn’t find Victory Lane during the four straight nights of racing to begin the season, but he bagged a trio of podiums. The only step of the podium left to climb in 2025 was the top one, and the Watertown, CT native did exactly that on Sunday at Volusia Speedway Park.
There was no stopping Gravel at “The World’s Fastest Half Mile.” To start, he flexed his muscle early by taking the top spot on three consecutive attempts to begin the race. Then he smoothly worked through traffic to maintain the lead. And to seal the deal Gravel survived multiple late restarts and drove away to victory.
“The car was really, really good tonight,” Gravel said. “I thought, in the Feature, I was super maneuverable. At first, I thought I was top dominant, but really I could run the bottom, and I felt like I was just as fast down there.
“Tonight was just our night. We qualified well, got a good Dash draw, and with how the track was, it was good to start up front.”
Fuel issues became a concern late as the field ripped around a fast surface, but Gravel was mindful to the potential of coming up short and made sure to save whenever he could to help secure the trip to Victory Lane.
“Once we got going green, I just kind of pulled back to three-quarters, half-throttle to conserve,” Gravel explained. “Once that red (flag) came out, I shut it down as fast as I could and then leaned it down as much as I could under yellow (flag). I did my part. We run a big tank and fill it up. We did everything we could do, and it worked out.”
Gravel’s first win of the season was the 104th of his career, bringing him within one of Joey Saldana for seventh on the all-time World of Outlaws win list. Six of those triumphs have now come at Volusia, equaling the Florida track with Eldora Speedway and Knoxville Raceway for the third winningest track on Gravel’s résumé. He’s also only one away from equaling Brad Sweet for the second most Series victories at Volusia. Gravel has now won at least one World of Outlaws race in 10 consecutive years, and he’s confident Sunday’s score could be the first of many in 2025.
“It’s good to get the first one off our backs here,” Gravel said. “If we stay up front like this, we’ll be a lot of trouble all year.”
The runner-up spot belonged to Aaron Reutzel as he and Ridge & Sons Racing made their first appearance of 2025. The Clute, TX native showed consistent speed all night as he got his year started off strong. Reutzel’s result marked his 21st career podium.
“It’s really satisfying,” Reutzel said. “Like I said earlier, we’ve put a lot of hours in at the shop not just race car-wise. We’ve been getting that truck and trailer ready and getting our team organized, just getting prepared to go up and down the road.”
Rounding out the podium was Jacob Allen and the Shark Racing No. 1A team. It marked the Hanover, PA native’s first top three with The Greatest Show on Dirt since June of 2023. Allen’s efforts were aided by the fact that he had “Lethal” Lee Stauffer helping out with the car and making his job a little easier.
“Great team effort,” Allen said. “Lee has given me a bunch of confidence. Normally, I’m kind of thrashing around trying to figure out how I want to set up my car. Obviously, winning Outlaw races is a big deal. Starting on the pole has some pressure, but Lee took that pressure off me today. Felt really good to come home with a podium.”
Sheldon Haudenschild and Cole Macedo completed the top five.
Macedo’s drive to fifth started from 19th, giving him the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
David Gravel earned his 123rd career Simpson Quick Time in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Two, and Four belonged to David Gravel, Sheldon Haudenschild, and Jacob Allen. WIX Filters Heat Three went to Carson Macedo.
Jacob Allen topped the Toyota Racing Dash after getting the SPA Technique #1 Redraw.
Chris Martin won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Logan Schuchart.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars complete the Bike Week Jamboree on Monday, March 3.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
World of Outlaws Sprint Cars
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[2]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel[3]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen[1]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[8]; 5. 2C-Cole Macedo[19]; 6. 14-Spencer Bayston[13]; 7. 41-Carson Macedo[5]; 8. 7S-Chris Windom[9]; 9. 83-Michael Kofoid[22]; 10. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[12]; 11. 13-Daison Pursley[14]; 12. 15-Donny Schatz[15]; 13. 23-Garet Williamson[7]; 14. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[16]; 15. 6-Zach Hampton[25]; 16. 44-Chris Martin[21]; 17. 1S-Logan Schuchart[6]; 18. 64-Andy Pake[24]; 19. 28M-Conner Morrell[23]; 20. 27-Emerson Axsom[4]; 21. 39M-Anthony Macri[10]; 22. 88-Austin McCarl[17]; 23. 17B-Bill Balog[11]; 24. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[20]; 25. 24D-Danny Sams III[18]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 44-Chris Martin[2]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[4]; 3. 28M-Conner Morrell[1]; 4. 64-Andy Pake[3]; 5. 6-Zach Hampton[5]; 6. 99-Skylar Gee[6]; 7. 26-Justin Peck[7]; 8. 6S-Tyler Clem[8]; 9. 32-Bryce Lucius[10]; 10. 97UK-Ryan Harrison[11]; 11. 11K-Joshua Kunstbeck[9]; 12. 20D-Stephen Darvalics[13]; 13. 15K-Creed Kemenah[12]
Toyota Dash (6 Laps): 1. 1A-Jacob Allen[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[2]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 4. 27-Emerson Axsom[3]; 5. 41-Carson Macedo[8]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart[5]; 7. 23-Garet Williamson[6]; 8. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[4]; 3. 7S-Chris Windom[2]; 4. 14-Spencer Bayston[3]; 5. 88-Austin McCarl[5]; 6. 64-Andy Pake[6]; 7. 99-Skylar Gee[8]; 8. 32-Bryce Lucius[7]; 9. 20D-Stephen Darvalics[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 3. 39M-Anthony Macri[5]; 4. 13-Daison Pursley[4]; 5. 24D-Danny Sams III[3]; 6. 83-Michael Kofoid[6]; 7. 26-Justin Peck[7]; 8. 97UK-Ryan Harrison[8]
WIX Filters Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 23-Garet Williamson[2]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[5]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz[6]; 5. 2C-Cole Macedo[7]; 6. 44-Chris Martin[4]; 7. 6S-Tyler Clem[8]; 8. 28M-Conner Morrell[3]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 1A-Jacob Allen[1]; 2. 27-Emerson Axsom[2]; 3. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[3]; 4. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[4]; 5. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[5]; 6. 6-Zach Hampton[6]; 7. 11K-Joshua Kunstbeck[8]; 8. 15K-Creed Kemenah[7]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel, 00:13.107[21]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:13.155[12]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:13.255[32]; 4. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:13.260[17]; 5. 7S-Chris Windom, 00:13.300[13]; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:13.330[6]; 7. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:13.336[14]; 8. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:13.341[7]; 9. 14-Spencer Bayston, 00:13.344[18]; 10. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:13.347[20]; 11. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:13.348[22]; 12. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:13.353[33]; 13. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:13.375[9]; 14. 13-Daison Pursley, 00:13.425[27]; 15. 44-Chris Martin, 00:13.427[24]; 16. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:13.427[10]; 17. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:13.430[4]; 18. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:13.434[2]; 19. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.472[29]; 20. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:13.496[28]; 21. 64-Andy Pake, 00:13.509[16]; 22. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:13.515[8]; 23. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:13.536[1]; 24. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:13.547[15]; 25. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:13.549[19]; 26. 26-Justin Peck, 00:13.549[5]; 27. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:13.562[23]; 28. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 00:13.678[3]; 29. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:13.687[31]; 30. 97UK-Ryan Harrison, 00:13.734[26]; 31. 6S-Tyler Clem, 00:13.816[11]; 32. 11K-Joshua Kunstbeck, 00:14.909[25]; 33. 20D-Stephen Darvalics, 00:14.981[30]
Conner Morrell Joins Bill Rose Racing for Rookie World of Outlaws Campaign
Alex Nieten
The Bradenton, FL native becomes the seventh rookie on tour in 2025
Conner Morrell is ready to join The Greatest Show on Dirt.
The 20-year-old has been hired by Bill Rose Racing for his debut campaign with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars. The Bradenton, FL driver becomes the seventh rookie in the class of 2025 and brings the total number of full-time competitors to 15.
The addition of Morrell means Bill Rose will field two cars on the World of Outlaws tour this year. He already put Mooresville, IN’s Zach Hampton behind the wheel of the No. 6. Morrell will still compete with his familiar No. 28 under Rose’s banner.
“The deal came together a little late,” Morrell said. “Obviously, we were talking through the off-season. I just couldn’t really come up with anything immediately. I knew I had something, but I didn’t know how quickly I could get it. Once I knew I had it, we decided to put this deal together. I’m super excited. I’ve always wanted to be an Outlaw.”
Morrell has sharpened his talents in recent years leading him to the sport’s biggest stage. Last season he competed primarily in Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Highlights included victories at Michigan’s Butler Speedway and Pennsylvania’s Lernerville Speedway. He also took on the full All Star Circuit of Champions tour in 2023.
While he’s been improving every year, he still knows 2025 is going to serve up plenty of challenges competing with the best every week. He’s ready to embrace the journey ahead and learn.
“There’s going to be a ton of new tracks,” Morrell said. “I ran the All Stars, so I think that will help me a little bit this year being on the road. I still know I’m going to get my teeth kicked in. These guys are the best of the best, and there’s no doubt about it. But I’m excited to run with them.”
The 2025 campaign already got underway a few weeks ago at the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals. At the time, Morrell didn’t expect to be full-time for the year. Then suddenly things came together, and he’s ready to take the step to Sprint Car racing’s top level.
“It was kind of thrown in my lap,” Morrell said. “I was in my room watching a movie, had just got back from the gym, and I was told that we’re going on the Outlaw tour. I’m super excited.”
Morrell continues his rookie campaign this Sunday-Monday, March 2-3 at Volusia Speedway Park’s Bike Week Jamboree.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
Morrell would like to thank Tub O’ Towels, Amalie Oil, Auto Loads, Allstar Performance, Ti22 Performance, and USA Steel Fence.
Milton Hershey School Continues World of Outlaws Partnership, Joins Super DIRTcar Series
CONCORD, NC (Feb. 26, 2025) – Milton Hershey School (MHS) is set to expand its support of dirt racing in 2025, continuing its partnership with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and joining the Super DIRTcar Series.
The top tier private school’s involvement will include being the “Official Education Partner” of the World of Outlaws and Super DIRTcar Series, partnering with the World of Outlaws on Pit Crew Experiences for MHS students, and hosting the third annual Hershey Sprint Car Experience.
“MHS and World of Outlaws have developed a tremendous partnership in recent years—one that’s been very beneficial in raising awareness of our school and its life-changing mission,” said Kristina Pae, Vice President of Communications and Marketing at MHS. “We appreciate WoO introducing MHS to audiences across the country and look forward to teaming up with the Super DIRTcar Series for a great season ahead.”
Milton Hershey School, in Hershey, PA, is one of the world’s leading private schools, where qualifying pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students live on campus and receive an exceptional education through top-tier classes and facilities—with all costs covered.
The school’s partnership with the World of Outlaws has given hundreds of students the chance to meet with the Series’ best drivers and learn from their experiences through various activations—all of which will continue in 2025.
The third annual Hershey Sprint Car Experience on Thursday, May 8, allows students from Milton Hershey School to learn about the region’s rich racing history as well as meet and engage with many Sprint Car teams and special guests from the Central Pennsylvania Racing Community. A handful of drivers will even participate in classroom activities with students. The day also features a window for the public to join and meet their favorite competitors from both the World of Outlaws and Pennsylvania Posse.
In addition to the Sprint Car Experience, multiple MHS students will again get hands-on experience in 2025 with a Sprint Car team during World of Outlaws races at Lincoln Speedway and Williams Grove Speedway.
“At Milton Hershey School, we emphasize real-world skills and career-focused education. Having WoO drivers visit our campus and work with students demonstrates our vision for learning in action,” Pae said.
Race Fans will additionally benefit from the partnership through the Milton Hershey School “Education Moments” showcased on DIRTVision during World of Outlaws and Super DIRTcar Series events, teaching viewers about various aspects of the sport.
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series season is already underway and continues at Volusia Speedway Park during the World of Outlaws Bike Week Jamboree, March 2-3. The Super DIRTcar Series commences its championship season at New Egypt Speedway on March 29.
Milton Hershey School was founded in 1909 and continues to transform lives by offering an exceptional educational experience in a nurturing, positive environment. For more information, visit mhskids.org.
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Toyota Extends World Racing Group Partnership
CONCORD, NC (Feb. 21, 2025) – Toyota has been a leading organization in the support and growth of dirt racing. In 2025, the company is continuing that commitment by extending its partnership with World Racing Group.
The iconic manufacturer will again be the Official Vehicle of the World of Outlaws and Super DIRTcar Series, sponsor the Toyota Dash at every World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series event and continue to serve as the presenting sponsor for the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series.
“Everyone at Toyota is pleased to continue our relationship with the World Racing Group,” said Jack Irving, general manager, TRD U.S.A. “The World of Outlaws and Xtreme Midget schedules extend throughout the country and hit many unique markets that are important to Toyota. Supporting the World Racing Groups efforts continues to be a high priority for Toyota as we look to expand our engine program, especially in the sprint car ranks.”
In addition to seeing Toyota’s branding at each race and on DIRTVision, Race Fans will get to see Toyota’s products in action at each race with Toyota Tundra TRD Pro trucks pacing the field at every World of Outlaws Sprint Car, World of Outlaws Late Model, Super DIRTcar Series and Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series event.
They’ll also see Toyota power in action on track with several Midget teams running a Toyota engine and Roth Motorsports running a 410 c.i. Toyota engine on the World of Outlaws Sprint Car tour with TRD development driver Michael “Buddy” Kofoid.
Toyota is also now accepting 410 engine orders for more teams to run the race-winning engine. Interested parties can reach out to trd.sales@toyota.com for more information.
“Dirt racing continues to be a priority for everyone at Toyota,” continued Irving. “The success on track is even more of a bonus. We are excited about the line-up we have in place this season across both the World of Outlaws and Xtreme Midget competition, and we look forward to achieving continued success and contending for both championships with our supported teams.”
“Toyota has been an incredible partner to work with and we’re proud to have such an iconic brand associated with World Racing Group,” said Brian Carter, World Racing Group CEO. “We look forward to continuing that partnership for years to come as we both share the same initiative of growing dirt racing.”
Toyota has helped elevate every series it’s entered and developed several drivers into race winning and championship winning athletes. That’s resulted in historic moments the last three years with Taylor Reimer becoming the first women to win a national dirt Midget race in 2022 and Jade Avedisian winning the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series title in 2023, becoming the first women to win a national dirt racing title.
Cannon McIntosh brought Toyota another title last year after claiming his first Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series championship, which he’ll try to defend during the 27-race tour for the Xtreme Outlaw Midgets this year.
The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota 2025 season will commence during the Illini 100 weekend at Farmer City Raceway, April 10-12.
The World of Outlaws Sprint Cars continue their yearlong tour at Volusia Speedway Park during the World of Outlaws Bike Week Jamboree, March 2-3, the World of Outlaws Late Models return to action at Smoky Mountain Speedway for the Tennessee Tipoff, March 14-15, and the Super DIRTcar Series starts its championship season at New Egypt Speedway for the Power in the Pines on March 29.
If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch the Toyota pace trucks lead the field at each race live on DIRTVision.
GRABBIN’ GATORS: Kyle Larson Tops DIRTcar Nationals Finale, Claims Big Gator Title
Alex Nieten
After struggling at Volusia in the past, the Californian conquered the Florida half mile this week
Volusia Speedway Park can elude Kyle Larson and Paul Silva no more.
The potent pairing rolled into Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals week with no trips to Volusia Victory Lane. Larson had tried and tried and come close but fallen short. He’d been on the podium but not the top step. In a couple short days, “Yung Money” completely changed his narrative at “The World’s Fastest Half Mile.”
After a third and second on Wednesday and Thursday, Larson finally broke through on Friday to wave his first Volusia checkered flag. But he wasn’t done there.
Larson and the Silva Motorsports crew returned just as strong for Saturday. They entered the night needing to finish third or better to secure the coveted Big Gator. They opted for the better option to get the job done. Winning.
The Elk Grove, CA native was unstoppable in the event finale. David Gravel got the initial jump and took the lead from the second starting spot, but it only took Larson five laps to wheel his way from fourth to the top spot. He ripped the cushion around Gravel to claim the lead and drive away. Logan Schuchart looked to challenge him late but ultimately couldn’t make the move. Larson grabbed the win, a $20,000 payday, and the Big Gator.
“This has just been a track that’s historically and statistically been probably our weakest,” Larson admitted. “It’s been great to come here and have speed every time we hit the track, and to cap off the week with a Big Gator is something I’ve honestly dreamt about for a long time just because of how bad we’ve been here. Great to get the win there.”
All it took for Larson to get the advantage was Gravel leaving the door open once. When Gravel chose not to use the top in the early laps, Larson knew he couldn’t be stopped. Once he got the lead, it was simply a matter of taking care of business in lapped traffic.
“I don’t know if he could hear me or maybe thought I was down there, but he peeled down and I was like, ‘You’re done,’” Larson said. “Then I felt like I did a decent job in traffic there. But it got so single file, and the air becomes so bad and your tires are getting hot and losing grip. It’s just tough.”
Larson upped his total to 37 career victories with the World of Outlaws. A day after he added Volusia to his list, he made it the eighth track in which he’s won at multiple times with The Greatest Show on Dirt. He’s also the 12th driver to top at least two World of Outlaws Feature at Volusia. Larson is just the sixth competitor to claim two straight at Volusia, joining Donny Schatz, Steve Kinser, Brad Sweet, Daryn Pittman, and David Gravel.
After passing Gravel late, Logan Schuchart brought the Shark Racing No. 1S home second. He continues an encouraging start to 2025 after a discouraging 2024. The Hanover, PA native leaves Volusia with finishes of fourth, third, eighth, and second. He had only three podiums last season, and he’s already up to a pair with only four races in the books. Schuchart thought he might’ve been the one standing in Victory Lane if not for a late caution.
“I kind of wanted to push the issue there at the end,” Schuchart said. “I was kind of hoping the caution wouldn’t come out because I felt like we were really closing. Kyle was still kind of searching around a little bit, and I felt like maybe I could capitalize. But after the restart, I just wanted to play the tire game. I knew it was important to finish the race. Right there at the end he tried to go around a lapped car on the outside, and I thought I might be able to stick my nose in there, but I wasn’t quite close enough to make that happen.”
Rounding out the podium was David Gravel as he and Big Game Motorsports continue the strong start to their title defense. The Watertown, CT native finished no worse than fourth all week in Florida. He’ll leave as the de facto points leader. While he found himself wishing he could’ve found a way to win once, Gravel left the week happy with his team’s consistency.
“Being the leader there under the red Cody (Jacobs) told me he was kind of running below me and I was running the middle,” Gravel explained. “And on that restart, Kyle started pounding the top and drove around me. Sometimes it’s better running second. I’m kind of disappointed I lost second place there to Logan. I didn’t really have a shot to win the race after that. We had the track position tonight and couldn’t capitalize. Sometimes that’s the way racing goes, but I’m very proud of the week we had.”
Carson Macedo and Tyler Courtney completed the top five.
Ryan Timms claimed his second KSE Racing Hard Charger of the week with a drive from 19th to sixth.
Logan Schuchart claimed his 37th career Simpson Quick Time in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Two, and Four belonged to Logan Schuchart, Kyle Larson, and Bill Balog. WIX Filters Heat Three went to David Gravel.
The SPA Technique #1 Redraw went to Tyler Courtney.
Courtney also topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Garet Williamson won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars take three weeks off before returning to Barberville, FL’s Volusia Speedway Park for the Bike Week Jamboree on March 2-3. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, watch every lap all season long on DIRTVision.
Volusia Speedway Park FL 2/8/25
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[4]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[5]; 3. 2-David Gravel[2]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[10]; 5. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[1]; 6. 10-Ryan Timms[19]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz[12]; 8. 83-Michael Kofoid[6]; 9. 71-Parker Price Miller[8]; 10. 26-Justin Peck[11]; 11. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[9]; 12. 24D-Danny Sams III[16]; 13. 48-Danny Dietrich[20]; 14. 49-Brad Sweet[14]; 15. 21-Brian Brown[7]; 16. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[25]; 17. 1A-Jacob Allen[17]; 18. 88-Austin McCarl[24]; 19. 5-Brenham Crouch[15]; 20. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[18]; 21. 7S-Chris Windom[23]; 22. 6-Zach Hampton[26]; 23. 23-Garet Williamson[21]; 24. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[27]; 25. 39M-Anthony Macri[13]; 26. 28-Conner Morrell[22]; 27. 17B-Bill Balog[3]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 23-Garet Williamson[1]; 2. 28-Conner Morrell[2]; 3. 7S-Chris Windom[5]; 4. 88-Austin McCarl[6]; 5. 27-Emerson Axsom[3]; 6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[7]; 7. 9-Kasey Kahne[8]; 8. 2C-Cole Macedo[14]; 9. 11T-TJ Stutts[4]; 10. 44-Chris Martin[11]; 11. 6-Zach Hampton[12]; 12. 13-Daison Pursley[10]; 13. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[16]; 14. 32-Bryce Lucius[9]; 15. 36-Jason Martin[13]; 16. 99-Skylar Gee[18]; 17. 16T-Brady Bacon[17]; 18. 15K-Creed Kemenah[15]
C Feature (10 Laps): 1. 16T-Brady Bacon[1]; 2. 99-Skylar Gee[2]; 3. 64-Andy Pake[3]; 4. 12X-Kameron Key[4]; 5. 97UK-Ryan Harrison[13]; 6. 34-Sterling Cling[6]; 7. 16G-Austyn Gossel[8]; 8. 6G-Bryan Gossel[7]; 9. 0-DJ Christie[5]; 10. 77T-Tyeller Powless[9]; 11. 17GP-Landon Crawley[10]; 12. 16TH-Kevin Newton[11]; 13. 69K-Christopher Bell[12]
Toyota Dash (6 Laps): 1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[3]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 4. 57-Kyle Larson[5]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart[8]; 6. 83-Michael Kofoid[4]; 7. 21-Brian Brown[6]; 8. 71-Parker Price Miller[7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart[1]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 3. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[4]; 4. 39M-Anthony Macri[3]; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen[6]; 6. 27-Emerson Axsom[5]; 7. 7S-Chris Windom[7]; 8. 32-Bryce Lucius[8]; 9. 36-Jason Martin[10]; 10. 16T-Brady Bacon[11]; 11. 0-DJ Christie[13]; 12. 77T-Tyeller Powless[12]; 13. 97UK-Ryan Harrison[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[2]; 3. 26-Justin Peck[7]; 4. 5-Brenham Crouch[5]; 5. 10-Ryan Timms[3]; 6. 23-Garet Williamson[4]; 7. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 8. 44-Chris Martin[8]; 9. 15K-Creed Kemenah[10]; 10. 64-Andy Pake[11]; 11. 6G-Bryan Gossel[9]; 12. 16TH-Kevin Newton[12]
WIX Filters Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 21-Brian Brown[3]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[2]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[5]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[4]; 6. 11T-TJ Stutts[11]; 7. 88-Austin McCarl[6]; 8. 13-Daison Pursley[7]; 9. 2C-Cole Macedo[8]; 10. 99-Skylar Gee[12]; 11. 34-Sterling Cling[9]; 12. 17GP-Landon Crawley[10]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog[1]; 2. 71-Parker Price Miller[2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[4]; 4. 24D-Danny Sams III[3]; 5. 48-Danny Dietrich[9]; 6. 28-Conner Morrell[5]; 7. 9-Kasey Kahne[6]; 8. 6-Zach Hampton[7]; 9. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[8]; 10. 12X-Kameron Key[11]; 11. 16G-Austyn Gossel[10]; 12. 69K-Christopher Bell[12]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:13.215[6]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson, 00:13.292[19]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:13.356[11]; 4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:13.360[7]; 5. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:13.384[8]; 6. 10-Ryan Timms, 00:13.393[21]; 7. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:13.403[9]; 8. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:13.490[17]; 9. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:13.497[22]; 10. 5-Brenham Crouch, 00:13.497[13]; 11. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:13.522[16]; 12. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:13.538[20]; 13. 7S-Chris Windom, 00:13.542[2]; 14. 26-Justin Peck, 00:13.570[10]; 15. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:13.638[5]; 16. 44-Chris Martin, 00:13.665[4]; 17. 97UK-Ryan Harrison, 00:13.709[14]; 18. 6G-Bryan Gossel, 00:13.756[15]; 19. 36-Jason Martin, 00:13.791[3]; 20. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 00:13.890[24]; 21. 16T-Brady Bacon, 00:13.916[25]; 22. 64-Andy Pake, 00:13.979[1]; 23. 77T-Tyeller Powless, 00:14.003[12]; 24. 16TH-Kevin Newton, 00:14.171[18]; 25. 0-DJ Christie, 00:14.562[23]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel, 00:13.319[14]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.475[24]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:13.489[8]; 4. 71-Parker Price Miller, 00:13.495[16]; 5. 21-Brian Brown, 00:13.507[10]; 6. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:13.532[12]; 7. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:13.549[5]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:13.639[15]; 9. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:13.665[2]; 10. 28-Conner Morrell, 00:13.689[7]; 11. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:13.713[6]; 12. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:13.744[4]; 13. 13-Daison Pursley, 00:13.753[19]; 14. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:13.797[3]; 15. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:13.809[9]; 16. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:13.869[13]; 17. 34-Sterling Cling, 00:13.919[11]; 18. 48-Danny Dietrich, 00:13.940[17]; 19. 17GP-Landon Crawley, 00:13.943[18]; 20. 16G-Austyn Gossel, 00:13.995[22]; 21. 11T-TJ Stutts, 00:14.050[21]; 22. 12X-Kameron Key, 00:14.083[23]; 23. 99-Skylar Gee, 01:00.000[1]; 24. 69K-Christopher Bell, 01:00.100[20]
GOT A GATOR: Kyle Larson Leads Every Lap for First Volusia Victory with World of Outlaws
Alex Nieten
After third and second place runs on Wednesday and Thursday, Kyle Larson would not be denied on Friday night
A Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals gator was one of few pieces missing from Kyle Larson’s résumé. But there’d be no stopping him from filling that line on Friday night at Volusia Speedway Park.
He was third on Wednesday. He climbed to second on Thursday. The hunger grew and grew. And finally on Friday in his 19th attempt, Larson caught himself a gator.
“Yung Money” started on the pole of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Feature and never looked back. Lapped traffic appeared as if it may make things interesting with Christopher Bell stalking in second, but a timely yellow gave Larson open track. He refused to watch Bell celebrate two nights in a row. They’re friends but also fierce competitors.
Larson survived a handful of late restarts and parked the Silva Motorsports No. 57 in Victory Lane at “The World’s Fastest Half Mile” for the first time.
“It’s (Volusia) a place that I feel like I’ve raced well,” Larson said. “I just always start so far back. I haven’t felt like that gator has been close enough. We’ve been getting the night started off pretty well, and my car feels really good throughout the night. I felt really good there again.
“It’s cool to win here at Volusia. It’s cool to have a lot of our supporters here this weekend and great to see a packed house too.”
It was roles reversed from the previous night when Bell narrowly fended off Larson. The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion lined up on the pole and took off right away. Danny Sams III took the second spot from Bell early on, but the Norman, OK native rallied to reclaim it on Lap 13. He closed in on Larson in traffic, but some late cautions put Larson in clean air, and he drove the Silva Motorsports No. 57 to victory.
“It got kind of a little easy to run the top, so the lappers were just as fast as I was,” Larson said. “I felt like Bell would be closing on me, but I was able to make a couple good moves. I think the cautions probably came out at the right time for me, and I was able to have clean air to the end there.”
Larson’s 36th career win with The Greatest Show on Dirt equaled him with his former driver, Shane Stewart, for 22nd all-time. Volusia is the 18th different track where he’s topped a World of Outlaws race. Larson will also enter Saturday’s finale with an eight-point lead in the Big Gator standings with a strong chance to capture the reptilian championship trophy.
Bell came up just one spot short of back-to-back Volusia victories. The current NASCAR competitor for Joe Gibbs Racing now has podiums in four of his last five races at “The World’s Fastest Half Mile.” While Bell thought he was outmatched on Friday, he found himself wishing the race would’ve went caution-free to give him a shot.
“I definitely wanted it to stay green,” Bell said. “But ultimately, he got away from me even before the yellow came out. Ultimately, on the start me not being able to fall into second and follow behind him cost me a shot at it. But the car felt really good.”
Kyle Larson leads the field at Volusia
Rounding out the podium was David Gravel in the Big Game Motorsports No. 2. The defending champion continued his strong start to 2025 with his third consecutive finish of fourth or better. He’s closest to Larson in the DIRTcar Nationals standings and looking to claim a record fourth Big Gator on Saturday.
“When it got congested there, we were really good,” Gravel said. “I think our car was the best right there in the middle of the race and was able to use the bottom here in (Turns) 3 and 4 to pass those guys. I think we passed two in one corner. Another good race car just a little too late. You put Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell on the front row it’s going to be tough to beat them.”
Brad Sweet and Ryan Timms completed the top five.
Logan Schuchart drove from 19th to eighth to earn the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Danny Sams III claimed his first career Simpson Quick Time in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Two, and Four went to Carson Macedo, Brian Brown and Christopher Bell. WIX Filters Heat Three belonged to Kyle Larson.
Bell got the SPA Technique #1 Redraw for the second night in a row.
Kyle Larson topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Giovanni Scelzi won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Anthony Macri.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car portion of Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals closes out with a $20,000-to-win/$1,500-to-start finale on Saturday, Feb. 8. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, watch every lap all season long on DIRTVision.
World of Outlaws Sprint Cars Volusia Speedway Park FL 2/7/25
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 69K-Christopher Bell[2]; 3. 2-David Gravel[5]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[4]; 5. 10-Ryan Timms[7]; 6. 41-Carson Macedo[6]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog[13]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart[19]; 9. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[9]; 10. 24D-Danny Sams III[3]; 11. 21-Brian Brown[8]; 12. 88-Austin McCarl[11]; 13. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[16]; 14. 83-Michael Kofoid[22]; 15. 27-Emerson Axsom[10]; 16. 1A-Jacob Allen[14]; 17. 15-Donny Schatz[25]; 18. 26-Justin Peck[17]; 19. 9-Kasey Kahne[15]; 20. 5-Brenham Crouch[23]; 21. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[21]; 22. 23-Garet Williamson[18]; 23. 99-Skylar Gee[20]; 24. 6-Zach Hampton[27]; 25. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[24]; 26. 39M-Anthony Macri[12]; 27. 7S-Chris Windom[26]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 3. 5-Brenham Crouch[3]; 4. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[6]; 5. 7S-Chris Windom[4]; 6. 71-Parker Price Miller[7]; 7. 16T-Brady Bacon[5]; 8. 48-Danny Dietrich[8]; 9. 2C-Cole Macedo[10]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz[12]; 11. 28-Conner Morrell[11]; 12. 13-Daison Pursley[13]; 13. 12X-Kameron Key[18]; 14. 6-Zach Hampton[14]; 15. 17GP-Landon Crawley[9]; 16. 64-Andy Pake[16]; 17. 15K-Creed Kemenah[15]; 18. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[19]; 19. 32-Bryce Lucius[17]
C Feature (10 Laps): 1. 12X-Kameron Key[1]; 2. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[8]; 3. 44-Chris Martin[2]; 4. 6G-Bryan Gossel[3]; 5. 11T-TJ Stutts[5]; 6. 16TH-Kevin Newton[4]; 7. 0-Glenn Styres[10]; 8. 16G-Austyn Gossel[9]; 9. 36-Jason Martin[7]; 10. 34-Sterling Cling[6]; 11. 97UK-Ryan Harrison[11]
Toyota Dash (6 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[2]; 2. 69K-Christopher Bell[1]; 3. 24D-Danny Sams III[4]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[6]; 5. 2-David Gravel[3]; 6. 41-Carson Macedo[5]; 7. 10-Ryan Timms[7]; 8. 21-Brian Brown[8]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[2]; 2. 24D-Danny Sams III[1]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 5. 26-Justin Peck[8]; 6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[3]; 7. 16T-Brady Bacon[9]; 8. 17GP-Landon Crawley[12]; 9. 13-Daison Pursley[6]; 10. 12X-Kameron Key[11]; 11. 11T-TJ Stutts[10]; 12. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[7]; 13. 97UK-Ryan Harrison[13]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown[2]; 2. 2-David Gravel[1]; 3. 88-Austin McCarl[4]; 4. 9-Kasey Kahne[6]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart[5]; 6. 5-Brenham Crouch[7]; 7. 71-Parker Price Miller[3]; 8. 28-Conner Morrell[8]; 9. 15K-Creed Kemenah[10]; 10. 6G-Bryan Gossel[12]; 11. 36-Jason Martin[11]; 12. 16G-Austyn Gossel[9]
WIX Filters Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 10-Ryan Timms[2]; 3. 27-Emerson Axsom[4]; 4. 1A-Jacob Allen[3]; 5. 23-Garet Williamson[6]; 6. 7S-Chris Windom[5]; 7. 48-Danny Dietrich[7]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz[10]; 9. 64-Andy Pake[8]; 10. 44-Chris Martin[9]; 11. 16TH-Kevin Newton[11]; 12. 77T-Tyeller Powless[12]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 69K-Christopher Bell[2]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet[1]; 3. 39M-Anthony Macri[3]; 4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[5]; 5. 99-Skylar Gee[8]; 6. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[12]; 7. 2C-Cole Macedo[9]; 8. 6-Zach Hampton[7]; 9. 32-Bryce Lucius[6]; 10. 83-Michael Kofoid[4]; 11. 34-Sterling Cling[10]; 12. 0-Glenn Styres[11]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:13.288[9]; 2. 2-David Gravel, 00:13.330[3]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:13.365[16]; 4. 21-Brian Brown, 00:13.400[12]; 5. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:13.414[6]; 6. 71-Parker Price Miller, 00:13.422[4]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.427[10]; 8. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:13.428[7]; 9. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:13.448[25]; 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:13.490[20]; 11. 13-Daison Pursley, 00:13.516[24]; 12. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:13.549[15]; 13. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:13.552[23]; 14. 5-Brenham Crouch, 00:13.569[2]; 15. 26-Justin Peck, 00:13.610[1]; 16. 28-Conner Morrell, 00:13.621[14]; 17. 16T-Brady Bacon, 00:13.671[19]; 18. 16G-Austyn Gossel, 00:13.712[17]; 19. 11T-TJ Stutts, 00:13.721[8]; 20. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 00:13.773[18]; 21. 12X-Kameron Key, 00:13.818[22]; 22. 36-Jason Martin, 00:13.832[5]; 23. 17GP-Landon Crawley, 00:13.898[11]; 24. 6G-Bryan Gossel, 00:13.908[13]; 25. 97UK-Ryan Harrison, 00:13.964[21]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson, 00:13.448[12]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:13.509[15]; 3. 10-Ryan Timms, 00:13.537[8]; 4. 69K-Christopher Bell, 00:13.539[18]; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:13.590[3]; 6. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:13.619[1]; 7. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:13.624[19]; 8. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:13.675[22]; 9. 7S-Chris Windom, 00:13.679[9]; 10. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:13.698[23]; 11. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:13.770[21]; 12. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:13.791[24]; 13. 48-Danny Dietrich, 00:13.806[4]; 14. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:13.843[17]; 15. 64-Andy Pake, 00:13.887[2]; 16. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:13.929[11]; 17. 44-Chris Martin, 00:13.936[5]; 18. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:13.968[7]; 19. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:14.059[6]; 20. 34-Sterling Cling, 00:14.099[20]; 21. 16TH-Kevin Newton, 00:14.103[14]; 22. 0-Glenn Styres, 00:14.150[16]; 23. 77T-Tyeller Powless, 00:14.396[10]; 24. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 01:00.000[13]
CBELL’S BACK: Christopher Bell Fends Off Larson for First World of Outlaws Win in Six Years
Alex Nieten
The two stars rekindle their rivalry with a Volusia thriller on night two of Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals
It’s the rivalry Sprint Car fans have missed for a long few years. Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson. But it came roaring back in a big way on Thursday night at Volusia Speedway Park.
A heartbreaking spin for Emerson Axsom set up a three-lap duel to the finish for the dirt racers at heart that’ve become stars of the NASCAR Cup Series. And the two titans delivered.
Bell led the way, and Larson threw everything at him. Bell kept the Kreitz Racing No. 69K glued to the bottom in Turns 1 and 2 while Larson ripped the Silva Motorsports No. 57 around the top. Bell slid himself in Turns 3 and 4 leaving Larson to try crossovers. It came down to the final corner of the last lap as Bell again drifted up in front of Larson. The Elk Grove, CA native ducked under Bell as they exited Turn 4. The two drag raced to the checkered flag, and it was Bell holding off Larson by .05 seconds for his first gator.
The finish brought the entire crowd to their feet. Fans got a taste of the two battling on dirt last month when Bell held off Larson in similar fashion at the Tulsa Shootout. And the rivalry was rekindled even more as Bell bested him again for a Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals gator and $12,000.
“It’s just absolutely incredible,” Bell said. “I’m just so thankful that my boss Joe Gibbs and everybody at Joe Gibbs Racing has allowed me to come out here and do this. It’s so much fun. Winning Outlaw races is my pride and joy. I don’t have many of them to my name, and I’m just so thankful to be in the 69K and get to add another one. It truly is a dream come true to be racing out here.”
It was Bell’s first Sprint Car win in only his second race back since taking a hiatus from dirt in 2022. The victory was also his first with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars since October 13, 2019 at Haubstadt, IN’s Tri-State Speedway. The Norman, OK native is up to six wins with The Greatest Show on Dirt for five different teams – Fox Racing, Keith Kunz Motorsports, Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing, CB Industries, and Kreitz Racing.
For team owner Don Kreitz Jr., it was the iconic No. 69K’s first Series triumph in the state of Florida, and Bell is the third different driver to win a World of Outlaws race in the car, joining Kreitz himself and Lance Dewease.
“It’s a pleasure to drive, for sure,” Bell said. “He’s (Kreitz Jr.) a magician whenever it comes to working on this thing. It just rolls around the corner really, really good. I feel like the slicker it gets the better off this car is going to be. The cushion is a little bit tricky. I’ve got to figure out how to drive a little bit better when it starts to get thicker.”
Christopher Bell celebrates with a wing dance
Christopher Bell grabbed his sixth career World of Outlaws win and first at Volusia on Thursday (Trent Gower Photo)
It was back-to-back podiums for Larson in the Silva Motorsports No. 57. He backed up Wednesday’s third with Thursday’s runner-up. The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion continues to bang on the door on his first Volusia win. He did everything he could to make it happen, but he couldn’t quite sneak by.
“I thought I did a pretty good job on that last restart of staying with him on the frontstretch and thought I was going to be able to build enough of a run,” Larson said. “But this place is so wide. To run the top is a long ways around. It was difficult, but I thought I could get enough grip and speed to the center of (Turns) 3 and 4 that maybe I could get lucky enough to catch some traction as I diamonded and get a little bit of a run to get by him into (Turn) 1. Just came up a little bit short.”
Rounding out the podium was Logan Schuchart in the Shark Racing No. 1S. It was an encouraging run for the Hanover, PA native who had to wait until late June for his first top three in 2024. It makes Schuchart the de facto point leader as the two ahead of him won’t be competing full-time.
“Tonight, I felt really good just moving around traffic at certain times,” Schuchart said. “Kyle is going to do a really good job and not make many mistakes. I just didn’t get around some lapped cars as quick as I needed to in (Turns) 3 and 4 and kind of lost a little bit of momentum. I went to get back to the top and try to diamond (Turns) 1 and 2, and by that time Kyle was on my left rear and got to the bottom before I did. That took me out of the fight there a little bit.”
It was a devastating night for Emerson Axsom. The 20-year-old native of Indiana looked to be on his way to his first World of Outlaws checkered flag, but a slight mistake while leading resulted in a spin in Turn 4 with a only a few laps remaining.
David Gravel and Brad Sweet completed the top five.
Ryan Timms drove from 21st to 10th to earn the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Kyle Larson claimed Simpson Quick Time honors.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Two, and Four went to Kyle Larson, Bill Balog, and Carson Macedo. WIX Filters Heat Three belonged to Christopher Bell.
The SPA Technique #1 Redraw went to Christopher Bell.
Bell also topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Ryan Timms won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Emerson Axsom.
UP NEXT: The Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals roll on to night three on Friday, Feb. 7 at Volusia Speedway Park. It’s another $12,000 and a gator on the line for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars.
If you can’t make it to the track, watch every lap all season long on DIRTVision.
World of Outlaws Sprint Cars Volusia Speedway Park FL 2/6/25
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 69K-Christopher Bell[1]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson[4]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 4. 2-David Gravel[12]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet[9]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz[13]; 8. 26-Justin Peck[11]; 9. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[10]; 10. 10-Ryan Timms[21]; 11. 83-Michael Kofoid[19]; 12. 41-Carson Macedo[7]; 13. 21-Brian Brown[5]; 14. 71-Parker Price Miller[22]; 15. 24D-Danny Sams III[8]; 16. 39M-Anthony Macri[15]; 17. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[17]; 18. 1A-Jacob Allen[23]; 19. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[25]; 20. 7S-Chris Windom[20]; 21. 27-Emerson Axsom[3]; 22. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[24]; 23. 2C-Cole Macedo[27]; 24. 23-Garet Williamson[16]; 25. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[14]; 26. 88-Austin McCarl[18]; 27. 6-Zach Hampton[26]; 28. 99-Skylar Gee[28]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 10-Ryan Timms[1]; 2. 71-Parker Price Miller[7]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen[3]; 4. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[6]; 5. 9-Kasey Kahne[4]; 6. 5-Brenham Crouch[5]; 7. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[17]; 8. 32-Bryce Lucius[2]; 9. 16T-Brady Bacon[11]; 10. 36-Jason Martin[9]; 11. 2C-Cole Macedo[8]; 12. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[12]; 13. 6-Zach Hampton[14]; 14. 34-Sterling Cling[13]; 15. 11T-TJ Stutts[16]; 16. 44-Chris Martin[18]; 17. 97UK-Ryan Harrison[15]; 18. 28-Conner Morrell[10]
C Feature (10 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 2. 44-Chris Martin[1]; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich[2]; 4. 13-Daison Pursley[4]; 5. 15K-Creed Kemenah[7]; 6. 17GP-Landon Crawley[10]; 7. 12X-Kameron Key[15]; 8. 99-Skylar Gee[16]; 9. 77T-Tyeller Powless[5]; 10. 0-Glenn Styres[13]; 11. 64-Andy Pake[12]; 12. 12S-Adyn Schmidt[6]; 13. 16TH-Kevin Newton[8]; 14. 6G-Bryan Gossel[9]; 15. 16G-Austyn Gossel[11]; 16. 88J-Joey Amantea[14]
Toyota Dash (6 Laps): 1. 69K-Christopher Bell[1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 3. 27-Emerson Axsom[3]; 4. 57-Kyle Larson[6]; 5. 21-Brian Brown[4]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog[8]; 7. 41-Carson Macedo[5]; 8. 24D-Danny Sams III[7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet[3]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz[4]; 5. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[7]; 6. 10-Ryan Timms[5]; 7. 5-Brenham Crouch[6]; 8. 36-Jason Martin[10]; 9. 34-Sterling Cling[8]; 10. 44-Chris Martin[9]; 11. 77T-Tyeller Powless[11]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog[1]; 2. 27-Emerson Axsom[2]; 3. 26-Justin Peck[4]; 4. 39M-Anthony Macri[3]; 5. 83-Michael Kofoid[6]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen[8]; 7. 71-Parker Price Miller[7]; 8. 16T-Brady Bacon[10]; 9. 97UK-Ryan Harrison[9]; 10. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]; 11. 15K-Creed Kemenah[11]
WIX Filters Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 69K-Christopher Bell[1]; 2. 24D-Danny Sams III[2]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[4]; 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[3]; 5. 88-Austin McCarl[6]; 6. 9-Kasey Kahne[7]; 7. 2C-Cole Macedo[10]; 8. 32-Bryce Lucius[5]; 9. 6-Zach Hampton[8]; 10. 48-Danny Dietrich[9]; 11. 12S-Adyn Schmidt[11]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[2]; 2. 21-Brian Brown[1]; 3. 2-David Gravel[3]; 4. 23-Garet Williamson[4]; 5. 7S-Chris Windom[5]; 6. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[7]; 7. 28-Conner Morrell[6]; 8. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[8]; 9. 11T-TJ Stutts[11]; 10. 13-Daison Pursley[9]; 11. 16TH-Kevin Newton[10]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson, 00:13.262[21]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.435[24]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:13.445[11]; 4. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:13.493[6]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:13.520[12]; 6. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:13.540[9]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:13.564[16]; 8. 26-Justin Peck, 00:13.566[10]; 9. 10-Ryan Timms, 00:13.574[22]; 10. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:13.581[14]; 11. 5-Brenham Crouch, 00:13.582[20]; 12. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:13.587[15]; 13. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:13.595[18]; 14. 71-Parker Price Miller, 00:13.636[5]; 15. 34-Sterling Cling, 00:13.666[23]; 16. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:13.694[2]; 17. 44-Chris Martin, 00:13.721[8]; 18. 97UK-Ryan Harrison, 00:13.818[19]; 19. 36-Jason Martin, 00:13.862[26]; 20. 16T-Brady Bacon, 00:13.906[7]; 21. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 00:13.937[17]; 22. 12X-Kameron Key, 00:13.951[4]; 23. 12S-Adyn Schmidt, 00:13.996[25]; 24. 11T-TJ Stutts, 00:13.997[3]; 25. 64-Andy Pake, 00:14.028[1]; 26. 88J-Joey Amantea, 00:14.223[13]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 69K-Christopher Bell, 00:13.293[9]; 2. 21-Brian Brown, 00:13.344[6]; 3. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:13.397[17]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:13.455[19]; 5. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:13.524[10]; 6. 2-David Gravel, 00:13.568[25]; 7. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:13.584[5]; 8. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:13.595[12]; 9. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:13.622[8]; 10. 7S-Chris Windom, 00:13.637[26]; 11. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:13.639[1]; 12. 28-Conner Morrell, 00:13.669[4]; 13. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:13.679[2]; 14. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:13.694[16]; 15. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:13.736[15]; 16. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 00:13.737[13]; 17. 48-Danny Dietrich, 00:13.764[23]; 18. 13-Daison Pursley, 00:13.800[14]; 19. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:13.809[18]; 20. 16TH-Kevin Newton, 00:13.866[20]; 21. 77T-Tyeller Powless, 00:13.924[7]; 22. 6G-Bryan Gossel, 00:13.927[22]; 23. 17GP-Landon Crawley, 00:13.964[21]; 24. 16G-Austyn Gossel, 00:13.990[11]; 25. 0-Glenn Styres, 00:13.994[3]; 26. 99-Skylar Gee, 01:00.000[24]
Non-Qualifier (8 Laps): 1. 77T-Tyeller Powless[2]; 2. 15K-Creed Kemenah[1]; 3. 12S-Adyn Schmidt[5]; 4. 11T-TJ Stutts[7]; 5. 6G-Bryan Gossel[4]; 6. 17GP-Landon Crawley[6]; 7. 16G-Austyn Gossel[8]; 8. 64-Andy Pake[9]; 9. 0-Glenn Styres[10]; 10. 88J-Joey Amantea[11]; 11. 12X-Kameron Key[3]; 12. 99-Skylar Gee[12]
RESILIENCE: Carson Macedo Overcomes Injury to Top Volusia Season Opener
Alex Nieten
The Californian fights through the pain of a broken leg to start the year with a statement
Less than two months ago Carson Macedo sat in a hospital with a broken leg. But on Wednesday night, that wouldn’t stop him from driving to victory and collecting a gator.
The injury derailed his plans of racing in Australia. Instead of staying sharp behind the wheel, Macedo had to focus on recovery. He and his Jason Johnson Racing crew were among the championship favorites entering 2025. He had to make sure he was ready for the start of the season. Not only did he do so, he made sure he came out at the top of his game. In fact, the only way you’d know he was in pain was a slight limp as he emerged from the Albaugh No. 41 in Victory Lane.
The Lemoore, CA native put together a strong 25 laps around Barberville, FL’s Volusia Speedway Park to claim the first race of the 2025 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car season. Aside from a couple close calls in lapped traffic, Macedo couldn’t be slowed. He held off the defending World of Outlaws champion in David Gravel and a former NASCAR Cup champion in Kyle Larson to get the job done. That broken leg wouldn’t stop him. All it could prevent was Macedo doing a wing dance as he opted to walk in front of the car and wave the checkered flag.
“It’s really, really cool,” Macedo said of the win. “It’s been a humbling few weeks for me with the experience of breaking my leg and not knowing if I was going to be ready to come here or not and be 100-percent. To come here night one and win is super emotional. It was a long journey I feel like to get back here. Getting around on crutches was tough and just plays with your head a little bit.
“The engine was missing a little bit in Qualifying, but we were still able to come back and lay down a really good lap. We just executed from there. Philip Dietz, Adam Zimmerman, and Robby McQuinn worked really hard and gave me a great race car.”
While Wednesday’s Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals race only accounted for show-up points, it still served as a statement by Macedo and the JJR crew. They want that World of Outlaws title. They finished third in points for three straight seasons from 2021 through 2023. They climbed to second last year. They want to make that final step to fulfill the main goal the “Ragin’ Cajun had in mind when he formed Jason Johnson Racing.
And while Macedo overcame the obstacle, it didn’t happen without a little pain. The 28-year-old battled through some discomfort that’ll continue to have to fight through. But he proved he could as he chases a title.
“During the green flag stuff I didn’t think about it quite as much,” Macedo said of his leg. “But when the red (flag) came out, it was beating. It had a heartbeat bigger, I felt like, than the one in my chest just from being bent like that and fatigue, I think, from pressing the brake so much.”
Carson Macedo driving the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41
Carson Macedo led all 25 laps on his way to winning the World of Outlaws season opener (Trent Gower Photo)
The win was the 48th of Macedo’s career with The Greatest Show on Dirt. He’s now at three Series triumphs at “The World’s Fastest Half Mile,” putting it in a tie as the second winningest on his résumé. It was his fifth overall at Volusia as he also topped a pair of All Star Circuit of Champions (ASCoC) races (2021 & 2023).
David Gravel chased Macedo to the checkered. The 2024 Series champion methodically picked his way forward from sixth to the runner-up spot, notching his 260th career top three with The Greatest Show on Dirt.
“Really happy with that run,” Gravel said. “The pill draw kind of killed our night, but we didn’t give up and kept fighting and had a great start to the Feature. I was able to get by Buddy, and I felt like we were just as good or better than Carson at one point. Then I got really close to him at one point and got super tight and couldn’t get around the corner very well when it was really congested there. I felt like when it was time to pounce, I just didn’t feel right there, but for most stages of the race, the car felt great.”
Rounding out the podium was Kyle Larson. After missing the Toyota Dash, the Elk Grove, CA native wheeled from 10th to third in the Silva Motorsports No. 57. It was his third top three at Volusia as he continues to chase his first victory at the Florida oval.
“I think the biggest thing for us moving forward was starting on the outside lane,” Larson explained. “Starting 10th, I was able to get to sixth pretty quickly. Then (Christopher) Bell fell out. Carson, I was hoping he was going to choose the top and he did, and it worked out to where I got right to four. I had a good car.”
Logan Schuchart and Brad Sweet completed the top five.
A 21st to eighth run gave Donny Schatz his fourth consecutive KSE Racing Hard Charger dating back to last season.
Emerson Axsom claimed the first Simpson Quick Time of the year.
NOS Energy Drink Heats belonged to Emerson Axsom, Logan Schuchart, Brian Brown, and Christopher Bell.
The SPA Technique #1 Redraw went to Carson Macedo.
Macedo also topped the Toyota Dash.
Donny Schatz won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Buddy Kofoid.
UP NEXT: Night two of the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park will mark the first official points night of the 2025 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car season on Thursday, Feb. 6. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, watch every lap all season long on DIRTVision.
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World of Outlaws Sprint Cars
Volusia Speedway Park FL 2/5/25
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[6]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson[10]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart[3]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet[16]; 6. 21-Brian Brown[8]; 7. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[12]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz[21]; 9. 39M-Anthony Macri[14]; 10. 26-Justin Peck[5]; 11. 71-Parker Price Miller[11]; 12. 10-Ryan Timms[18]; 13. 24D-Danny Sams III[9]; 14. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[26]; 15. 9-Kasey Kahne[22]; 16. 69K-Christopher Bell[4]; 17. 16T-Brady Bacon[20]; 18. 23-Garet Williamson[15]; 19. 88-Austin McCarl[24]; 20. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[25]; 21. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[13]; 22. 7S-Chris Windom[27]; 23. 13-Daison Pursley[17]; 24. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 25. 27-Emerson Axsom[7]; 26. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[19]; 27. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[23]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz[2]; 2. 9-Kasey Kahne[1]; 3. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[4]; 4. 88-Austin McCarl[3]; 5. 48-Danny Dietrich[6]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen[8]; 7. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[14]; 8. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[10]; 9. 11T-TJ Stutts[5]; 10. 12X-Kameron Key[11]; 11. 12S-Adyn Schmidt[7]; 12. 44-Chris Martin[17]; 13. 5-Brenham Crouch[16]; 14. 32-Bryce Lucius[12]; 15. 17GP-Landon Crawley[9]; 16. 64-Andy Pake[15]; 17. 97UK-Ryan Harrison[18]; 18. 15K-Creed Kemenah[19]; 19. 6G-Bryan Gossel[13]
C Feature (10 Laps): 1. 97UK-Ryan Harrison[1]; 2. 15K-Creed Kemenah[2]; 3. 16TH-Kevin Newton[4]; 4. 2C-Cole Macedo[6]; 5. 34-Sterling Cling[3]; 6. 99-Skylar Gee[9]; 7. 16G-Austyn Gossel[7]; 8. 88J-Joey Amantea[13]; 9. 6-Zach Hampton[14]; 10. 0-Glenn Styres[12]; 11. 28-Conner Morrell[5]; 12. 17B-Bill Balog[8]; 13. 36-Jason Martin[10]; 14. 7S-Chris Windom[11]; 15. 77T-Tyeller Powless[15]
Toyota Dash (6 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[3]; 4. 69K-Christopher Bell[6]; 5. 26-Justin Peck[4]; 6. 2-David Gravel[7]; 7. 27-Emerson Axsom[5]; 8. 21-Brian Brown[8]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Emerson Axsom[1]; 2. 26-Justin Peck[2]; 3. 24D-Danny Sams III[4]; 4. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[6]; 5. 13-Daison Pursley[3]; 6. 9-Kasey Kahne[5]; 7. 11T-TJ Stutts[7]; 8. 17GP-Landon Crawley[9]; 9. 6G-Bryan Gossel[11]; 10. 97UK-Ryan Harrison[10]; 11. 28-Conner Morrell[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart[1]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 3. 71-Parker Price Miller[4]; 4. 23-Garet Williamson[3]; 5. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[5]; 6. 88-Austin McCarl[9]; 7. 12S-Adyn Schmidt[6]; 8. 12X-Kameron Key[7]; 9. 64-Andy Pake[8]; 10. 34-Sterling Cling[11]; 11. 16G-Austyn Gossel[10]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[4]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson[2]; 4. 39M-Anthony Macri[3]; 5. 10-Ryan Timms[6]; 6. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[8]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen[7]; 8. 32-Bryce Lucius[10]; 9. 5-Brenham Crouch[9]; 10. 15K-Creed Kemenah[11]; 11. 15-Donny Schatz[5]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 69K-Christopher Bell[1]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo[2]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[4]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[8]; 5. 16T-Brady Bacon[3]; 6. 48-Danny Dietrich[6]; 7. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[5]; 8. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[9]; 9. 44-Chris Martin[7]; 10. 16TH-Kevin Newton[11]; 11. 2C-Cole Macedo[10]
Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:13.449[7]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:13.555[25]; 3. 26-Justin Peck, 00:13.591[17]; 4. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:13.642[16]; 5. 13-Daison Pursley, 00:13.660[2]; 6. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:13.668[11]; 7. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:13.669[22]; 8. 71-Parker Price Miller, 00:13.678[4]; 9. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:13.770[23]; 10. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 00:13.770[24]; 11. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:13.819[8]; 12. 12S-Adyn Schmidt, 00:13.834[9]; 13. 11T-TJ Stutts, 00:13.873[15]; 14. 12X-Kameron Key, 00:13.875[14]; 15. 28-Conner Morrell, 00:13.879[6]; 16. 64-Andy Pake, 00:13.925[20]; 17. 17GP-Landon Crawley, 00:13.937[18]; 18. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:13.946[3]; 19. 97UK-Ryan Harrison, 00:13.952[26]; 20. 16G-Austyn Gossel, 00:13.960[12]; 21. 34-Sterling Cling, 00:14.001[21]; 22. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:14.015[5]; 23. 36-Jason Martin, 00:14.028[1]; 24. 16TH-Kevin Newton, 00:14.033[19]; 25. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:14.414[10]; 26. 7S-Chris Windom, 01:00.000[13]
Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown, 00:13.476[1]; 2. 69K-Christopher Bell, 00:13.481[2]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson, 00:13.532[21]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:13.592[3]; 5. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:13.652[15]; 6. 16T-Brady Bacon, 00:13.654[14]; 7. 2-David Gravel, 00:13.681[8]; 8. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:13.701[18]; 9. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:13.740[4]; 10. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:13.740[17]; 11. 10-Ryan Timms, 00:13.749[16]; 12. 48-Danny Dietrich, 00:13.756[13]; 13. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:13.814[9]; 14. 44-Chris Martin, 00:13.830[23]; 15. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:13.847[20]; 16. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:13.887[11]; 17. 5-Brenham Crouch, 00:13.936[26]; 18. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:13.943[24]; 19. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:14.003[6]; 20. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:14.069[19]; 21. 6G-Bryan Gossel, 00:14.097[5]; 22. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 00:14.148[22]; 23. 0-Glenn Styres, 00:14.181[12]; 24. 88J-Joey Amantea, 00:14.539[7]; 25. 77T-Tyeller Powless, 01:00.000[10]; 26. 6-Zach Hampton, 01:00.100[25]
Non-Qualifier (8 Laps): 1. 6G-Bryan Gossel[2]; 2. 34-Sterling Cling[1]; 3. 15K-Creed Kemenah[4]; 4. 16TH-Kevin Newton[7]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog[9]; 6. 99-Skylar Gee[3]; 7. 36-Jason Martin[5]; 8. 7S-Chris Windom[11]; 9. 0-Glenn Styres[6]; 10. 88J-Joey Amantea[8]; 11. 6-Zach Hampton[12]; 12. 77T-Tyeller Powless[10]
SPA Technique, SRI Indy Join World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series as Redraw Award Contingency Partner for 2025
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SPA Technique, the industry leader in fire suppression systems has partnered with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series as the official “Redraw Award” sponsor for the 2025 season.
As part of the collaboration, SPA Technique will present $50 in cash plus a $50 gift certificate to the driver that draws the No. 1 pill in the redraw at every event on the schedule. These certificates can be redeemed at SPA Technique’s headquarters at SRI Indy or at www.spatechnique.com
“This partnership aligns perfectly with our mission to provide the highest level of fire protection for racers at all levels,” said Dan List, Department Head at SPA Technique. “The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series is one of the most demanding and thrilling racing series in the country, and we’re excited to support these incredible drivers while reinforcing the importance of fire safety in motorsports.”
SPA Technique, based in Brownsburg, Indiana, has been a trusted name in motorsports safety for years, offering FIA- and SFI-certified fire suppression systems designed to keep drivers safe in high-intensity racing environments. SPA Technique is also the first manufacturer to pass the SFI Spec 17.3 Certification Test, further testament to why they offer the best and safest product on the market. By integrating this contingency program into the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, the company continues to invest in grassroots and professional racing alike.
“This is an amazing opportunity for SPA Technique to give back to the racing community,” said Morgan Jones, another Department Head at SPA Technique. “Every driver wants to be up front, and we’re excited to reward them while also highlighting the importance of fire suppression technology in sprint car racing.”
“When you look at some of the top guys in the series— like Donny Schatz, Gio Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild—and see that they trust in SPA Technique to protect them, it really says everything,” said Greg Fornelli, Owner of SPA Technique. “These drivers put their lives on the line every night, and we take great pride in providing them with the most advanced fire suppression technology available.”
With 90 races on the schedule, this partnership ensures that drivers are not only rewarded for their success but also reminded of the crucial role fire safety plays in motorsports.
For more information on SPA Technique and its wide range of fire suppression systems, visit the SPA Technique website or stop by SRI Indy.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: 48th World of Outlaws Season Begins with Volusia’s DIRTcar Nationals
Alex Nieten
Four consecutive nights of racing will bring the 2025 campaign to life for The Greatest Show on Dirt
The wait is over. The 2025 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car season is ready to fire off at Volusia Speedway Park.
The best Sprint Car drivers in the world have made their way to Barberville, FL to take their turn at the 54th Annual Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals.
Four consecutive nights of racing at the “Sunshine State” half mile will unleash the 48th year of action for the World of Outlaws as the tour is set for a 90-night, coast-to-coast journey. A $12,000-to-win, show-up points program on Wednesday, Feb. 5, serves as the season opener before the week wraps up with a $20,000-to-win finale on Saturday, Feb. 8.
Drivers and teams will be competing for more than just the nightly winnings up for grabs. They’ll also be vying for the coveted Big Gator trophy and the point fund that comes along with it. Points will be accumulated throughout the week, and the top three when the final checkered flag flies will pocket some extra cash.
A new season is upon us. A clean slate. Fresh hope and goals. Races to be won. A championship to be claimed. History to be written.
Let’s look at the top storylines to watch in Florida:
TITLE DEFENSE: The beginning of the 2025 season signals the start of David Gravel’s title defense. Last year, he and Big Game Motorsports engineered an unforgettable campaign on the way to the first championship for both driver and team. Gravel looks to become only the sixth competitor ever to earn back-to-back World of Outlaws titles.
It starts at a track that’s been plenty kind to Gravel in recent years. All five of his Volusia victories in World of Outlaws competition have come aboard Tod Quiring’s No. 2. In his last 30 starts at the Florida oval, Gravel owns 20 top fives and has only missed the top 10 once.
The Watertown, CT native will be defending more than one title this week. Finishes of third, first, fifth, and sixth led Gravel to the 2024 Big Gator, marking the third time he’s taken home the reptilian trophy and equaling Daryn Pittman for the most. A fourth Big Gator this week would make him both the first to four and the first to win it in back-to-back fashion.
David Gravel in his fire suit
David Gravel is set to defend his 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car championship (Trent Gower Photo)
KING OF THE SWAMP: Donny Schatz’s trophy room might be populated with more gators than the Everglades.
The 10-time Series champion has conquered Volusia on 24 occasions with 15 coming in World of Outlaws competition and the other nine with the All Star Circuit of Champions (ASCoC). The most recent of those checkered flags came during last year’s Bike Week Jamboree and gave him 500 career Sprint Car victories.
Despite his many trips to Volusia Victory Lane, Schatz’s success has produced one Big Gator title in 2018 with Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing. He’ll be looking to join Daryn Pittman, David Gravel, Brad Sweet, and Logan Schuchart as the fifth multi-time Big Gator champ.
GRABBIN’ GATORS: Gravel and Schatz aren’t the only current full-time World of Outlaws competitors that know their way around Volusia.
Carson Macedo has topped four Volusia Features since joining forces with Jason Johnson Racing. All Star victories in 2021 and 2023 added a pair of gators to Macedo’s trophy room, and he’s won with the World of Outlaws at the half mile twice in the month of March.
Sheldon Haudenschild owns a trio of gators. The Wooster, OH driver scored the first Series win of his career at Volusia back in 2018, and he’s since added triumphs in 2022 and in 2024, the latter worth $20,000. Haudenschild begins his ninth World of Outlaws campaign this week and his eighth with Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing.
Sheldon Haudenschild in his fire suit
Sheldon Haudenschild looks to add more gators to his trophy room as his ninth World of Outlaws season begins (Trent Gower Photo)
Logan Schuchart is also the owner of three Volusia checkered flags. His first came in 2020, and then the following season he beat both the All Stars and the World of Outlaws in Florida during February. The Shark Racing pilot goes for a record-tying third Big Gator title this week.
SOPHOMORE SURGE: Many eyes will be fixed on Michael “Buddy” Kofoid and the Roth Motorsports team as 2025 gets underway.
Kofoid put together perhaps the best rookie season in Series history last year in Dennis and Teresa Roth’s iconic No. 83 thanks in large part to an unforgettable final stretch of the tour. Over the last 20 races, the Penngrove, CA native bagged six wins and 15 podiums. That run put them in championship conversations for Kofoid’s sophomore season.
The 23-year-old will see if momentum carries into the start of 2025 at Volusia, where Kofoid is a two-time runner-up in World of Outlaws Feature action. During his last visit to the Florida facility, Kofoid looked destined for victory until a cut tire ended his hopes after leading the first 13 circuits.
ROOKIE BATTLE BEGINS: The start of the 2025 campaign will unleash one of the most anticipated Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year battles in World of Outlaws history. Six hungry competitors are ready to slug it out for top rookie honors.
Cole Macedo followed the footsteps of older brother Carson to The Greatest Show on Dirt as he’s set for his debut campaign. The 24-year-old is aboard the TwoC Racing ride, the same car Wayne Johnson – now crew chief of the No. 2C – drove to Rookie of the Year in 2020. Macedo debuted at Volusia with the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) National Tour last week and recorded finishes of seventh, second and fourth.
Cole Macedo sitting in the TwoC Racing Sprint Car
Cole Macedo is one of six drivers ready to battle for the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year (Dave Olson Photo)
Fellow 24-year-old Garet Williamson is geared for the same battle. The Columbia, MO native ran a pick and choose schedule last year with Fischer Motorsports, and now the pairing is set for a full-time World of Outlaws run. Williamson gets his first look at Volusia during DIRTcar Nationals.
Chris Windom is set for his debut World of Outlaws season, wheeling the Sides Motorsports No. 7S. The USAC Triple Crown champ has shifted his focus to Winged Sprint Cars in recent years and makes the jump to the sport’s highest level in 2025. Windom has made one Volusia appearance, finishing 16th with the World of Outlaws last year.
Skylar Gee is teamed up with the Ohio-based Logan Fenton Racing for his first season of World of Outlaws action. The former ASCS and ASCoC full-timer is ready to take on the sport’s most demanding schedule and go for Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year.
Bill Rose tabbed Zach Hampton as the pilot of the No. 6 for Hampton’s debut campaign. The Mooresville, IN native has made four previous Volusia appearances, all during the 2021 DIRTcar Nationals.
The most recent rookie to join is Sikeston, MO’s Hunter Schuerenberg. He reunited with Vermeer Motorsports, the team he topped six ASCoC races with.
C-BELL’S BACK: Much to the delight of dirt fans, Joe Gibbs loosened the reins on Christopher Bell over the off season allowing him to reunite with dirt. The reunion will lead to his first Sprint Car laps since 2022 this week after getting reacquainted with Midgets and Micros over the winter months.
Bell has partnered with Don Kreitz Jr. to wheel the iconic Kreitz Racing No. 69K in the “Sunshine State” this week, marking the first time the powder blue Sprint Car has made its way to Volusia since 1988. But even with the long absence, it’ll be no surprise if this potent pairing find speed right away.
The current NASCAR Cup star has proven to be fast in multiple machines at the Florida half mile over the years. He took the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 14 to a Volusia podium back in 2017. When he last visited the track in 2019, Bell drove the Swindell SpeedLab No. 39 to three consecutive top fives including a World of Outlaws runner-up on a night he led 26 laps.
NAMES KEEP COMING: In addition to the full-time stars of the World of Outlaws tour, fans can expect a healthy roster complete with Sprint Car talent from across the country at Volusia this week.
The Pennsylvania Posse will send Anthony Macri and Danny Dietrich off the porch and south to Florida. Macri has not only been one of the Posse’s best over the last few years, but also one of the nation’s top drivers with 46 Feature victories since the start of 2022, including a handful outside the confines of the “Keystone State.” The Dillsburg, PA native nearly grabbed a Volusia win last February, leading 13 laps before finishing second. Dietrich owns 33 checkered flags in the last three years. He’s also a former Volusia runner-up, taking the Gary Kauffman No. 48 to a second-place finish with the World of Outlaws in 2021.
The new pairing of Justin Peck and Rudeen Racing will see what they can do on week two of DIRTcar Nationals after a dominant start with ASCS. The Monrovia, IN native swept all three nights of 360 Sprint Car action last week on his way to a Big Gator title.
After 11 years of touring the country racing Sprint Cars, Jacob Allen is shifting to a pick and choose schedule in 2025, and his calendar includes DIRTcar Nationals. The fan favorite, and son of Bobby Allen, is a two-time top five finisher at Volusia, peaking with a third in 2023 during Bike Week.
Knoxville Raceway regulars Brian Brown and Austin McCarl made the trip to the “Sunshine State.” The two have combined to win six of the last seven 410 track titles at “The Sprint Car Capital of the World.” McCarl is a former Volusia winner, beating the United Sprint Car Series in 2024, and Brown owns eight World of Outlaws top fives at the track.
These gassers will be joined by several standouts, including Emerson Axsom (Franklin, IN), Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK), Brock Zearfoss (Jonestown, PA) and Ryan Timms (Oklahoma City, OK).
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Wednesday-Saturday, February 5-8 at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, FL
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2025 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE:
Wednesday-Saturday, Feb. 5-8 – Volusia Speedway Park (Barberville, FL)
Sunday-Monday, March 2-3 – Volusia Speedway Park (Barberville, FL)
Friday, March 7 – Talladega Short Track (Eastaboga, AL)
Saturday, March 8 – Magnolia Motor Speedway (Columbus, MS)
Friday-Saturday, March 14-15 – Kennedale Speedway Park (Kennedale, TX)
Friday-Saturday, March 21-22 – Cotton Bowl Speedway (Paige, TX)
Friday, March 28 – Lawton Speedway (Lawton, OK)
Saturday, March 29 – 81 Speedway (Park City, KS)
Friday-Saturday, April 4-5 – Arrowhead Speedway (Colcord, OK)
Friday-Saturday, April 11-12 – Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 (Pevely, MO)
Friday-Saturday, April 18-19 – Knoxville Raceway (Knoxville, IA)
Friday, April 25 – Jacksonville Speedway (Jacksonville, IL)
Saturday, April 26 – Tri-State Speedway (Haubstadt, IN)
Friday-Saturday, May 2-3 – Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, OH)
Wednesday, May 7 – Lincoln Speedway (Abbottstown, PA)
Friday-Saturday, May 9-10 – Williams Grove Speedway (Mechanicsburg, PA)
Wednesday-Thursday, May 14-15 – Ohsweken Speedway (Ohsweken, ON, Canada)
Sunday, May 18 – Cornwall Motor Speedway (Long Sault, ON, Canada)
Friday, May 23 – Attica Raceway Park (Attica, OH)
Saturday, May 24 – Sharon Speedway (Hartford, OH)
Monday, May 26 – Atomic Speedway (Chillicothe, OH)
Friday, May 30 – River Cities Speedway (Grand Forks, ND)
Saturday, May 31 – Red River Valley Speedway (West Fargo, ND)
Wednesday, June 4 – Jackson Motorplex (Jackson, MN)
Friday, June 6 – Plymouth Dirt Track (Plymouth, WI)
Saturday, June 7 – Beaver Dam Raceway (Beaver Dam, WI)
Sunday, June 8 – Angell Park Speedway (Sun Prairie, WI)
Friday-Saturday, June 13-14 – Knoxville Raceway (Knoxville, IA)
Wednesday-Saturday, June 18-21 – Huset’s Speedway (Brandon, SD)
Friday-Saturday, June 27-28 – Cedar Lake Speedway (New Richmond, WI)
Thursday, July 10 – Deer Creek Speedway (Spring Valley, MN)
Friday-Saturday, July 11-12 – Wilmot Raceway (Wilmot, WI)
Tuesday, July 15 – Attica Raceway Park (Attica, OH)
Friday-Saturday, July 18-19 – Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, OH)
Wednesday, July 23 – BAPS Motor Speedway (York Haven, PA)
Friday-Saturday, July 25-26 – Williams Grove Speedway (Mechanicsburg, PA)
Sunday, July 27 – Weedsport Speedway (Weedsport, NY)
Friday-Saturday, August 1-2 – Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 (Pevely, MO)
Wednesday-Saturday, August 6-9 – Knoxville Raceway (Knoxville, IA)
Friday, August 15 – Ogilvie Raceway (Ogilvie, MN)
Saturday, August 16 – Jackson Motorplex (Jackson, MN)
Tuesday, August 19 – Mississippi Thunder Speedway (Fountain City, WI)
Friday, August 22 – River Cities Speedway (Grand Forks, ND)
Saturday, August 23 – Red River Valley Speedway (West Fargo, ND)
Saturday-Sunday, August 30-31 – Huset’s Speedway (Brandon, SD)
Friday-Saturday, September 5-6 – Vado Speedway Park (Vado, NM)
Friday, September 12 – Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway (Bakersfield, CA)
Saturday, September 13 – Perris Auto Speedway (Perris, CA)
Friday-Saturday, September 19-20 – Thunderbowl Raceway (Tulare, CA)
Friday, September 26 – TBD
Saturday, September 27 – Sharon Speedway (Hartford, OH)
Friday-Saturday, October 3-4 – Williams Grove Speedway (Mechanicsburg, PA)
Friday, October 10 – New Egypt Speedway (New Egypt, NJ)
Saturday, October 11 – Lincoln Speedway (Abbottstown, PA)
Friday, October 17 – TBD
Saturday, October 18 – LaSalle Speedway (La Salle, IL)
Friday-Saturday, October 24-25 – TBD
Wednesday-Saturday, November 5-8 – The Dirt Track at Charlotte (Concord, NC)
ALT Sports Data, World Racing Group Announce Partnership Ahead of 2025 Season
CONCORD, NC (Jan. 29, 2025) – ALT Sports Data Inc., the San Diego-based leader in trading and consumer data for action, motor, alternative, and emerging sports, and World Racing Group announced a landmark partnership today. This collaboration will enable regulated sports betting on premier dirt track racing properties, including the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, the American Sprint Car Series, and the Super DIRTcar Series.
Through this partnership, ALT Sports Data will leverage official data feeds to deliver pre-race and live betting products to sportsbooks worldwide. ALT Sports Data will utilize the World of Outlaws official data to offer up-to-the-minute odds and an array of traditional wagers and prop bets, designed to enhance fan engagement and expand the global reach of dirt track racing.
“This partnership represents a significant step forward in our mission to redefine fan engagement in some of the world’s most iconic and exciting sports,” said Todd Ballard, Co-Founder and CMO of ALT Sports Data. “World Racing Group’s dirt track properties are iconic within the motorsports community, and we are excited to bring innovative betting markets to their passionate fan base. By integrating sports betting, we aim to create deeper connections, attract new audiences, and drive the continued growth of these series.”
World Racing Group (WRG) is the preeminent sanctioning body in dirt track racing, overseeing some of the most iconic events in the sport. The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and the World of Outlaws Late Model Series represent the pinnacle of grassroots racing, showcasing elite drivers and thrilling action at tracks across North America. The Super DIRTcar Series further solidifies WRG’s commitment to dirt track excellence, bringing together the top drivers in Big Block Modified racing. Together, these properties attract millions of fans annually, creating an electrifying motorsports experience.
“Our goal is to continue to move the needle by providing our fans more ways to be part of our events,” World Racing Group Chief Media & Marketing Officer Charlie Mellilo said. “Working with ALT Sports Data, we are providing fans another way to be involved. The excitement at the track is incredible, and this provides a way for fans at the track and at home to be even more engaged. It is all about expanding our relationship with the race fan, and the team at ALT Sports Data have proven they can help us do exactly that.”
This partnership underscores the growing intersection between motorsports and sports betting, as dirt track racing continues to captivate new audiences. By integrating betting into the fan experience, ALT Sports Data and World Racing Group aim to elevate the profile of these series and foster deeper connections between fans and the sport.
Betting will be available in jurisdictions where approved starting with the first night of World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car action at Volusia Speedway Park’s Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals on Wednesday, Feb. 5.
Visit NXTBets.com/playdirtcar to see offers and availability in your area.
About ALT Sports Data
ALT Sports Data is bringing the next wave of consumers to sports betting. By empowering alternative sports leagues to participate in legal live sports betting, we enable them to activate, monetize and retain fans, while giving the world greater access to the sports they truly love.
Our official and exclusive league data rights power our proprietary trading platform. Leveraging advanced data models and market insights, we provide real-time odds and pricing for the largest sportsbook operators in the world.
Further, our demand generation engine boasts exclusive access to 80+ million fans and followers, rivaling the world’s largest sports properties in reach and engagement. By partnering with the leagues to access these, we efficiently drive customer demand for sports book operators in a way that no other data provider can. We further accelerate engagement via our owned media channel, NXTbets.com, to inform, entertain and engage audiences around betting on these sports. For more information on ALT Sports Data, please visit altsportsdata.com or email connect@altsportsdata.com.
About World Racing Group
World Racing Group (WRG) is the leading sanctioning body in dirt track racing, managing world-class series such as the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, and the Super DIRTcar Series. With a legacy of excellence and innovation, WRG’s properties continue to set the standard in grassroots motorsports, delivering unforgettable moments to fans and competitors alike. For more information, please visit: worldracinggroup.com, worldofoutlaws.com, ascsracing.com, superdirtcarseries.com, or email info@dirtcar.com.
Bakersfield Event Moves to Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway on Sept. 12
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The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series’ first stop in California this season will now take place at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway dirt track on Friday, Sept. 12.
Bakersfield Speedway was originally set to host the Series on that date, but track owner Scott Schweitzer partnered with Kern Raceway’s Tim Huddleston to move Bakersfield’s operations to Kern – about 20 miles down the road – in 2025.
Ticketing details for the September race will be released soon.
It’ll be the World of Outlaws’ debut at the 1/3-mile dirt track, now called Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway.
Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway at Enos Lane and I-5 opened in 2013 while its dirt track began operations in 2015. Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway combines two of California’s signature venues into one racing season. The Kern Raceway dirt track is undergoing a transformation with a reshaping of the exit of Turn 2 into the entrance to Turn 3. Over 2,000 additional seats will be added along with a new VIP Booth, scoring tower and press box are also planned.
“We cannot begin to express our excitement at this opportunity to partner with Scott Schweitzer,” Huddleston said. “Kevin and I are looking forward to this chance to elevate motorsports in Kern County with a full season of dirt track racing!”
“Crissy, Dakota, Brody and myself are overwhelmed that everyone at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Racing was excited to have us as a part of this state of the art racing facility,” Schweitzer said. “We look forward to taking the dirt racing experience at Kern Raceway to the next level for all the racers, crew members and race fans…”
Make sure to follow the World of Outlaws website and social pages for further updates about the event.
Hunter Schuerenberg, Vermeer Motorsports Join World of Outlaws for 2025
Alex Nieten
The pairing reunited in the off-season, and Schuerenberg is set for his rookie year with The Greatest Show on Dirt
Hunter Schuerenberg and Vermeer Motorsports are taking the next step with their reunion, joining the 2025 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car roster for the first time.
The Sikeston, MO native reunited with Tony Vermeer’s team over the off-season, and they’re ready to compete with The Greatest Show on Dirt. Schuerenberg joins an already loaded rookie class alongside Cole Macedo, Chris Windom, Garet Williamson, Skylar Gee, and Zach Hampton.
“I’m super excited about it,” Schuerenberg said. “I’ve raced since I was five years old and raced professionally since I was 17, and I’m 35 now. The World of Outlaws has been a dream of mine since I was 10 years old. For me, this is something that’s been 25 years in the making.”
Schuerenberg in the Vermeer No. 55 is already a proven combination. The 35-year-old spent more than three seasons with the Iowa-based team. Their first win together came at Ohio’s Atomic Speedway with FAST in 2020. They competed full-time with the All-Star Circuit of Champions in 2021 and 2022, collecting five wins and a pair of third place finishes in points.
Schuerenberg and Vermeer also enjoyed a handful of strong outings in World of Outlaws action, posting top fives at Tri-State Speedway, Huset’s Speedway, and Eldora Speedway – three tracks on the 2025 calendar.
“I think we both just kind of realized that what we were doing when we split apart was pretty promising and headed the right direction,” Schuerenberg said of what led to the reunion. “I think we both mutually just kind of realized we’re better off together as a team.”
Hunter Schuerenberg
Hunter Schuerenberg becomes the sixth rookie set for the 2025 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car season (Chris Owens Photo)
Now the pairing will look to rekindle the past success as they attack a 90-night campaign with the country’s best Sprint Car drivers. Schuerenberg will have brother-in-law Clinton Boyles on the wrenches for his debut season with the World of Outlaws.
“It’s very exciting for me to have the opportunity to run with the Outlaws, period, because it’s something I’ve always wanted to do,” Schuerenberg said. “But I’m also very excited that I’m going to be doing it with my brother-in-law as my crew chief. I’m going to be doing it with a car owner that gave me my first real opportunity at being a winged Sprint Car driver. I’m going to have my family on the road with me and also some sponsors that have not only been with Tony the last time I was there but have been with me since I started trying to do winged Sprint Car racing again.”
The addition of Schuerenberg adds even more intrigue to the 2025 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year competition. The list of rookies grows to six as the stage continues to be set for one of the most competitive battles in Series history.
“I definitely think all of them are going to be super competitive for that Rookie of the Year honor for different reasons,” Schuerenberg said. “If we do get that award at the end of the year, we will have worked for it. Whoever gets it will have definitely earned it, which is what I want. I wouldn’t want it to be a walk in the park.”
Schuerenberg and Vermeer Motorsports begin the 2025 World of Outlaws season at Volusia Speedway Park’s Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals on Feb. 5-8.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
Zach Hampton Joins Bill Rose Racing for Rookie World of Outlaws Season
Alex Nieten
The two Hoosiers have joined forces as Hampton is set for his debut campaign, and Rose continues to iron out his driving schedule
Bill Rose has tabbed Zach Hampton to pilot his No. 6 machine full-time with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars in 2025.
Hampton becomes the latest driver in a loaded rookie class as the upcoming season will mark his first with The Greatest Show on Dirt. He joins Cole Macedo, Chris Windom, Garet Williamson, and Skylar Gee in the chase for the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year.
Knowing he wanted to put someone in the seat as he continues to heal from injuries sustained last year, Rose recently reached out to Hampton. It was fortuitous timing for the Mooresville, IN native as he went from an uncertain future to a shot on Sprint Car racing’s biggest stage.
“I’m actually selling most of my stuff, and I was kind of prepared to be done unless I could drive for someone else but didn’t really have anything in the works,” Hampton explained. “Bill was going to buy a few things like my mule and other small stuff, and we got to talking. It kind of started from there. Then he called me while I was at Chili Bowl and asked if I’d be interested. We talked some more and got a deal worked out that works well for both of us.”
Hampton has plenty of Sprint Car laps under his belt. His 2024 campaign was highlighted by several top 10s in weekly Knoxville Raceway action. In 2023 he picked up an impressive FAST victory in his home state at Circle City Raceway. Now he takes the step up to the demanding World of Outlaws calendar where he’ll face off with the best of the best every night.
“I’m really excited,” Hampton said. “There’s going to be a big learning curve in a lot of areas. I think there’s like 90 races on the schedule, and the most by far I’ve ever done in a year is, I want to say, 52. That’s definitely going to be a big step up, but I think that’ll only help me from a driving standpoint being on the track more and more consistently.”
Zach Hampton
Zach Hampton has joined forces with Bill Rose for his rookie World of Outlaws campaign (Trent Gower Photo)
The opportunity is one that Hampton is motivated to take advantage of. It wasn’t all that long ago that he was selling his equipment without a solid situation ahead. The time is now for Hampton.
“It’s nice that people see potential there and that Bill trusts me not only driving his car but to be a part of this team,” Hampton said. “The drivers are usually kind of the face of it. It means a lot that he trusts me enough in all of those aspects to come race with them.”
While Rose has added Hampton to the team, fans can still expect to see Rose himself behind the wheel. He’s still ironing out the details as he continues to await medical clearance, but with it being his 50th overall year in racing, Rose has no intentions of only being a crew chief all season.
Hampton and Rose kickoff the 2025 World of Outlaws season at Volusia Speedway Park’s Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals on Feb. 5-8.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
Skylar Gee Joining World of Outlaws for Rookie Campaign in 2025 with Logan Fenton Racing
Alex Nieten
The Canadian will follow in the footsteps of his father as he makes his debut season with The Greatest Show on Dirt
Skylar Gee is ready to be a part of The Greatest Show on Dirt.
The 25-year-old out of Leduc, AB, Canada is set for his rookie World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car tour in 2025 aboard the Logan Fenton Racing No. 99. Gee joins Cole Macedo, Chris Windom, and Garet Williamson in the strong class chasing this year’s Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year.
Gee follows in the footsteps of his father, Tim Gee, who competed with the World of Outlaws full-time for multiple seasons in the 1980s and is one of two Canadian-born Feature winners.
“As cliché as it sounds, it’s a dream come true,” Gee said. “Growing up at the racetrack and racing with my dad and everything it’s something I’ve always wanted to do is to go out and race with the World of Outlaws and have that opportunity.”
“We feel that we’re ready for that jump,” team owner Logan Fenton said. “Ultimately, we’re a newer team. This is essentially our third full season. It takes a while to get an organization together like this and especially at the caliber the World of Outlaws demand. We understand there is a different level of commitment from teams at this level and we intend to do just that.”
While 2025 will mark Gee’s debut campaign with the World of Outlaws, he’s far from new to racing with a traveling series.
Back in 2017 and 2018, Gee competed full-time with the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS), finishing eighth and seventh and points and picking up a prestigious Grizzly Nationals victory.
Gee graduated to the 410 Sprint Car touring ranks in 2019 as he took on the All Star Circuit of Champions (ASCoC) for the first time. He nabbed his first Series victory that season at Abbottstown, PA’s Lincoln Speedway, where the World of Outlaws will visit twice in 2025, and came home seventh in points. The next season he again competed full-time, improving to fifth in the standings.
He’s since shifted to a pick and choose schedule in the last few years, competing in roughly 60-70 races per year since 2021. “Gee Money” and Fenton joined forces ahead of 2022 and have proven to be a strong pairing, picking up seven wins together all in the state of Ohio.
“Kind of where I felt like our team was trending,” Gee said on why this year was the right one to make the jump. “We made some big races and raced pretty well. We had some good showings, I thought, and it kind of opened some doors for us to be able to do this.”
Now, the combination is hitting the road with the best Sprint Car drivers in the country. Gee and the Logan Fenton Racing crew will tackle the 90-night World of Outlaws calendar as one of the most competitive rookie battles in Series history continues to take shape. The 25-year-old will face off with Macedo, Windom, Williamson, and potentially more as they all look to etch their names in the history book.
“It’s going to be tough,” Gee said of going after Rookie of the Year. “I’ve raced with Cole, Garet, and Chris now for a handful of years. I think we’ve raced around each other enough to understand it’s going to be tough. I think looking at it right now it could go to anybody.”
“I’m really excited to watch and see how that transpires this year as we run with top level teams,” Fenton said. “I think that translates into some interesting racing this year with Cole Macedo, Chris Windom, and Garet Williamson. That’s four guys that are going to give us a really good, close battle. I don’t think there’s one single driver that absolutely blows the other ones out of the water. You’re going to see one of the better Rookie of the Year contentions that we’ve seen in Sprint Car racing in quite a number of years honestly.”
Gee and the Logan Fenton Racing crew begin the 2025 World of Outlaws season at Volusia Speedway Park’s Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals on Feb. 5-8.
1 MONTH ALERT: Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals Returns Bigger Than Ever
BARBERVILLE, FL (Dec. 30, 2024) – The 12 days of Christmas may be over, but 15 days of Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals are still to come.
Attracting hundreds of the best dirt racing drivers in the country, displaying a fair-like atmosphere in the midway and presenting nightly edge-of-your-seat racing, the massive Volusia Speedway Park event is bigger than ever in 2025, spanning Jan. 30 to Feb. 15.
Now a three-week event, Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals will kick off with the debut of the American Sprint Car Series National Tour, Jan. 30-Feb. 1 – accompanied by the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds, which will be continuing their Florida Speedweek tour.
The following two weeks will see the return of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, USAC Non-Wing Sprint Cars, DIRTcar Late Models, Super DIRTcar Series, World of Outlaws Late Model Series and more DIRTcar UMP Modified action.
Seven Big Gator trophies – the most sought-after symbol of triumph for dirt racers in February – will await the weekly champions. Titles will be awarded to the drivers that earn the most points during their week with the ASCS National Tour, World of Outlaws Sprint Cars, UMP Modifieds, USAC Sprint Cars, Late Models, and Super DIRTcar Series. Two Big Gator trophies will be awarded to the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds on Saturday, Feb. 8 – one for Saturday’s Gator Championship Feature winner and one for the weeklong Big Gator champion (the Jan. 30-Feb. 1 races don’t count toward the Big Gator championship but do count toward the Florida Speedweek championship).
Tickets for all three weeks are on sale now at DIRTcarNationals.com/Tickets. If you can’t make it to the track, every night will be streamed live on DIRTVision.
Weekly Highlights:
WEEK 1 (Jan. 30-Feb. 1)
The best 360 Sprint Car drivers in the country will help the American Sprint Car Series National Tour make its debut at “The World’s Fastest Half Mile” with three straight days of racing. The first two nights will pay $3,000 to win, while Saturday’s finale will pay $12,000 to win.
The DIRTcar UMP Modifieds will also race all three nights to kick off a record nine-days of UMP Modified racing at Volusia Speedway Park.
WEEK 2 (Feb. 3-Feb. 8)
Year 48 for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will kick off with a stout field of Sprint Car drivers racing for four straight days. The first night on Wednesday, Feb. 5, will be a non-points event and then the next three nights, Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 6-8, will count toward the Series championship – all four nights will count toward the Big Gator championship.
Reigning World of Outlaws champion David Gravel earned his third Big Gator title in 2024, becoming the fourth driver to open the season with a Big Gator championship and end it with a Series championship. He joined Daryn Pittman (2013), Donny Schatz (2018) and Brad Sweet (2020).
The DIRTcar UMP Modifieds – bringing more than 100 cars – will run six Features a night Monday through Friday, building toward the 30-lap, $5,000-to-win, Gator Championship on Saturday. Among the 100-plus competitors will be Kenny Wallace, again driving a car for World of Outlaws Late Model competitor Nick Hoffman.
WEEK 3 (Feb. 10-Feb. 15)
The final week, which leads to the Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 16, will showcase three racing divisions – Non-Wing Sprint Cars (USAC), Late Models (DIRTcar and World of Outlaws) and Big Block Modifieds (Super DIRTcar Series).
Non-Wing Sprint Cars will thrill fans for the first two nights (Feb. 10-11), running the wall from corner to corner, along with the DIRTcar Late Models, which will also run three Features on Wednesday. The Super DIRTcar Series will run four straight nights Wednesday through Saturday, where reigning Series champion Mat Williamson will try to go for his third-straight Big Gator crown. And the World of Outlaws Late Models will help wrap up the week with the Big Blocks, Thursday through Saturday.
PLAN AHEAD:
Dates: Jan. 30-Feb. 15
Location: Volusia Speedway Park (Barberville, FL)
Full Event Info & Schedule: CLICK HERE
Get Your Tickets: CLICK HERE
Stream Live: DIRTVision.com
World of Outlaws Merch: CLICK HERE
Volusia Speedway Park Merch: CLICK HERE
LAST YEAR’S STATS:
DIRTcar UMP Modified Winners:
Feb. 10 — Kyle Strickler (Gator Championship winner)
Feb. 9 — Michael Leach, Will Krup, Zeke McKenzie, Tyler Nicely, David Stremme, Jonathan Taylor
Feb. 8 — Dave Pinkerton, Greg Moore, Jonathan Taylor, Dustin Sorensen, Ken Schrader, Ryan Ayers
Feb. 7 — Dustin Sorensen, Trevor Neville, Raymond Kable, Kenny Wallace, Charlie Mefford, Tyler Nicely
Feb. 6 — Kyle Strickler, Tom Berry Jr., Charlie Mefford, Tyler Nicely, Ken Schrader, Lucas Lee
Feb. 5 — Brian Ruhlman, Mitch Thomas, Tyler Nicely, Tim Ward, David Stremme, Will Krup
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Winners:
Feb. 10 — Sheldon Haudenschild
Feb. 9 — Tyler Courtney
Feb. 8 — David Gravel
Feb. 7 — Brad Sweet
USAC Sprint Car Winners:
Feb. 13 — Logan Seavey (X2)
DIRTcar Late Model Winners:
Feb. 14 — Bobby Pierce, Mike Marlar, Brandon Sheppard (Split Features), Bobby Pierce (make up Feature from Monday)
Feb. 13 — Devin Moran
Super DIRTcar Series Winners:
Feb. 16 — Matt Sheppard
Feb. 15 — Mat Williamson
Feb. 14 — Matt Sheppard
World of Outlaws Late Model Winners:
Feb. 16 — Devin Moran
Feb. 15 — Nick Hoffman
EVENT STATS:
Track Size: 1/2-mile
Track Records:
410 Sprint Cars – 12.569 sec. by Paul McMahan on Feb. 10, 2011
360 Sprint Cars – 14.160 sec. by Brenham Crouch on Jan. 27, 2023
Big Block Modifieds – 16.754 sec. by Jamie Mills on Feb. 21, 2015
DIRTcar UMP Modifieds – 17.031 sec. by Ethan Dotson on Nov. 18, 2022
Non-Wing Sprint Cars – 16.151 sec. by CJ Leary on Feb. 13, 2024
Super Late Models – 15.100 sec. by Bobby Pierce on Jan. 19, 2024
Big Gator Champions:
410 Sprint Cars –
2024-David Gravel
2023-Logan Schuchart
2022-David Gravel
2021-Logan Schuchart
2020-Brad Sweet
2019-Daryn Pittman
2018-Donny Schatz
2017-David Gravel
2016-Brad Sweet
2015-Daryn Pittman
2014-Paul McMahan
2013-Daryn Pittman
2012-Sammy Swindell
Big Block Modifieds –
2024-Mat Williamson
2023-Mat Williamson
2022 – Jimmy Phelps
2021 – Max McLaughlin
2020 – Larry Wight
2019 – Larry Wight
2018 – Tim McCreadie
2017 – Brett Hearn
2016 – Matt Sheppard
2015 – Larry Wight
2014 – Stewart Friesen
2013 – Danny Johnson
2012 – Matt Sheppard
Non-Wing Sprint Cars –
2024 – Logan Seavey
2023 – Jake Swanson
2022 – CJ Leary
Super Late Models –
2024-Brandon Sheppard
2023-Tim McCreadie
2022-Devin Moran
2021-Devin Moran
2020-Brandon Sheppard
2019-Brandon Sheppard
2018-Chris Madden
2017-Shane Clanton
2016-Josh Richards
2015-Shane Clanton
2014-Scott Bloomquist
2013-Josh Richards
2012-Dennis Erb Jr
UMP Modifieds –
2024 – Tyler Nicely
2023 – Kyle Strickler
2022 – Nick Hoffman
2021 — Nick Hoffman
2020 — Nick Hoffman
2019 — Nick Hoffman
2018 — Nick Hoffman
2017 — Nick Hoffman
2016 — Nick Hoffman
2015 — Austin Dillon
2014 — Ty Dillon
2013 — Ken Schrader
2012 — Ty Dillon
ARTICLE: https://dirtcarnationals.com/news/1-month-alert-federated-auto-parts-dirtcar-nationals-returns-bigger-than-ever/
EVENT INFO: https://dirtcarnationals.com/info/faqs/
TRACK INFO: https://volusiaspeedwaypark.com
FAN 101: https://about.worldofoutlaws.com/
New Dates For Hershey Sprint Car Experience, Gettysburg Clash Help Create Major Week of Sprint Car Racing in Pennsylvania
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The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars, PA Posse, and Milton Hershey School are ready to bring a huge week of Sprint Car racing and a celebration of the sport to Central Pennsylvania in May.
The third annual Hershey Sprint Car Experience has a new date on the calendar in 2025 – Thursday, May 8. The event allows students from Milton Hershey School to learn about the region’s rich racing history, and meet and engage with many Sprint Car teams and special guests from the Central Pennsylvania Racing Community. A handful of drivers will even partake in classroom activities with students. The day also features a window for the public to join and meet their favorite competitors from both the World of Outlaws and Pennsylvania Posse.
“The Hershey Sprint Car Experience is always a fun and memorable event for our students as they meet with drivers and learn about career possibilities,” said Tara Valoczki, MHS senior director of curriculum, instruction & assessment. “At MHS, career-focused education and real-world skill building are hallmarks of our programming, and the Sprint Car Experience is yet another unique opportunity we provide our students.”
To help accommodate the Hershey Sprint Car Experience, Lincoln Speedway’s Gettysburg Clash will shift its date to Tuesday, May 6. This move ensures Wednesday, May 7 can serve as a rain date, giving Pennsylvania’s passionate fan base the best chance to see a midweek battle between the World of Outlaws and the PA Posse.
With Lincoln’s adjustment and the Hershey Sprint Car Experience date, Pennsylvanians are now set for a week full of celebrating the sport they love.
“This adjustment not only allows us to kick off Outlaw Week in Pennsylvania a day earlier but also strengthens our collaboration with the World of Outlaws and the Milton Hershey School,” Scott Gobrecht, part of the ownership group at Lincoln Speedway, said. “Together, we’re committed to providing an unforgettable experience for fans and participants alike, celebrating the spirit of racing in our community.”
The Gettysburg Clash kicks things off before the Hershey Sprint Car Experience celebrates the racing tradition of the “Keystone State.” Then, the week closes out with two more nights of the World of Outlaws facing off with the Posse at Williams Grove Speedway’s HVAC Distributors Morgan Cup (Friday-Saturday, May 9-10).
“We appreciate the support of Lincoln Speedway and our continued partnership with World of Outlaws, and look forward in May to a tremendous week of racing action for fans from central Pennsylvania and beyond,” said Valoczki.
Milton Hershey School was founded in 1909 and continues to transform lives by offering an exceptional educational experience in a nurturing, positive environment – with all costs covered. For more information, visit mhskids.org.
If you can’t make it to the tracks, you can watch both races live on DIRTVision.
Giovanni Scelzi, KCP Racing Taking on Third Consecutive World of Outlaws Campaign in 2025
Alex Nieten
The Californian will continue to work toward his goal of a championship next year
“Racing isn’t fun, winning is fun.” That line was instilled in Giovanni Scelzi from a young age by his father and four-time NHRA champion, Gary Scelzi.
And he’s taking that mindset into the 2025 season with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series as he and KCP Racing continue their quest to reach the pinnacle of the sport – a World of Outlaws title.
“It’s one of those things where you want to have realistic goals, but at the same time if your goal is not to win a World of Outlaws championship, you really shouldn’t be racing in my opinion,” Scelzi said. “We have the resources. We have the people. We have the engines. We have the cars, really the whole package, I feel like.”
The 23-year-old linked with the Iowa-based KCP team midway through 2020, and the pairing followed a pick and choose schedule through the end of 2022. Scelzi and KCP then hit the road with the World of Outlaws in 2023, and it resulted in the Fresno, CA native claiming Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year honors.
Gio Scelzi racing the KCP Racing No. 18 Sprint Car
In 2024, he raised his numbers in nearly every statistical category during his sophomore year.
One win elevated to three, and he also added a NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s prelim victory. Early in the year, Scelzi led the World of Outlaws points for the first time in his career.
“We started off great, obviously had a super strong DIRTcar Nationals,” Scelzi said. “Pretty much until Knoxville (Nationals) I feel like we were in the hunt to win races every single night, and that’s the thing, you’ve got to win these championships from February to November not, February to August. It was a solid year.”
While it was a strong season, Scelzi is fully focused on improvement in 2025 to put he and KCP in contention for a title by the end of the season.
“It’s just putting everything together and getting consistent on a nightly basis like the 2 car (David Gravel) was, like the 41 car (Carson Macedo) was. Buddy (Kofoid) got there at the end of the year,” Scelzi said. “It’s tough, there’s no doubt about that, but to win a championship is the ultimate goal.”
Scelzi and KCP Racing begin the 2025 World of Outlaws season at Volusia Speedway Park’s Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals on Feb. 5-8.
Jacob Denney Joins Keith Kunz Motorsports for 2025 Xtreme Outlaw Midget Campaign
CONCORD, NC (Dec. 18, 2025) — Jacob Denney has waited his entire Midget career for a chance to win a national championship. He’ll have a great chance in 2025, joining Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) to chase points with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota.
Denney, 19, of Galloway, OH, will take over in the seat of the JBL Audio, Toyota-powered LynK Chassis No. 67 for all 27 races on the 2025 Xtreme schedule as a teammate to 2024 Series champion Cannon McIntosh, third-year racer Gavin Miller and national Midget rookie Colton Robinson.
“It’s been a dream of mine since I was a little kid to race for them,” Denney said on joining the 19-time national Midget series championship-winning team at KKM. “So, to be full-time with them is pretty sick, especially in one of their house cars. It’s definitely a dream come true.”
While relatively new to the KKM roster, Denney is an experienced Midget racer at the national level, having raced as part of Malloy Motorsports throughout 2023 and 2024. When the team announced it was ceasing operations at the end of the 2024 USAC season, Denney began searching for a new home to race for the 2025 season.
A phone call to the KKM stable landed him a ride for the Xtreme Outlaw Series season finale at Jacksonville Speedway and the final three races of the season with the POWRi National Midget League at Port City Raceway. Finishes of seventh and 11th at Jacksonville got him comfortable with the new team and car, but Denney saved his best performance for Port City — winning the Feature on the final night of the tripleheader.
Two weeks later, he got the call from KKM with an offer to take the seat of the famed No. 67 Midget for 2025, and knew he couldn’t refuse.
“As soon as I got there, everyone was super welcoming and it wasn’t like a huge change environmentally,” Denney said. “Keith and I worked together pretty well; we got faster from the first night to the fifth night substantially, so that gives me a lot of confidence going into the new year that we can continue to gain speed, get comfortable, and hopefully win a lot of races.”
After Jade Avedisian’s breakthrough season in 2023 and McIntosh’s triumph in 2024, KKM has captured the last two Xtreme Outlaw Series championships. With over three full-time seasons of experience on the national Midget circuit, Denney knows he’s got a great shot to add to that streak of success with Xtreme in 2025.
“Especially with the equipment I’m in, there’s no reason I shouldn’t think I should [win the championship],” Denney said. “I’m really confident for this year.”
Denney and KKM start their season with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series Friday–Saturday, April 11–12, at Farmer City Raceway in Farmer City, IL. Tickets for the two-day event are on sale now at the link below.
FARMER CITY TICKETS
If you can’t be there to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
Photo credit — Josh James
ARTICLE: https://xtremeoutlawseries.com/news/jacob-denney-joins-keith-kunz-motorsports-for-2025-xtreme-outlaw-midget-campaign/
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Bill Balog Set for Sophomore World of Outlaws Season in 2025
The North Pole Nightmare is coming back for a second year with The Greatest Show on Dirt
CONCORD, NC (December 17, 2024) - Bill Balog is bringing his B Squared Motorsports team back to the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars for a sophomore season in 2025.
After more than two decades of Sprint Car racing that included 10 Interstate Racing Association (IRA) championships, Balog decided 2024 was the right time to join The Greatest Show on Dirt full-time. “The North Pole Nightmare” is already looking forward to a second straight year of traveling the country with the nation’s best Sprint Car drivers.
“I’ve kind of been preparing even while we were still racing,” Balog said of getting ready for 2025. “It’s definitely a lot of work, but we have a better idea of what we need to do.”
The rookie campaign yielded plenty of highs for the Hartland, WI resident. It began with an eighth-place run in the season opener, and it only took Balog eight races to pick up his first top five of the year – fourth at Kennedale Speedway Park. He led laps before finishing fifth at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in April. Two weeks later, Balog’s first podium of the season arrived with a runner-up at Paducah International Raceway. He made the Knoxville Nationals championship Feature for the first time in his career. And one of his brightest moments was a third-place finish at the BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals finale.
“It went better than I expected,” Balog said. “I think we had a good car going into the season and were able to get a little better engine package. And after Volusia, we got going pretty good there. I was very happy with how we were racing and how the car was working. Definitely had some highlights.”
Now, Balog’s attention shifts to a sophomore surge after an eighth-place finish in points this year. The 45-year-old is ready to see if he can climb even higher in 2025, turn some of the top 10s into top fives and maybe even grab a win or two. He knows it won’t be easy.
“The numbers and names have changed, but the intensity hasn’t,” Balog said. “Some of the guys that are now retired that were Outlaws were the same way. It was just about impossible to pass them. It’s another level.
“Our goal for 2024 was top 10s, and we were able to get a lot of those, but fifth pays a lot better than 10th, and third pays a hell of a lot better,” Balog added with a laugh. “I would say more top fives would be a natural goal. Also, there’s a lot of people that have won one Outlaw race, and then from there the list gets a lot shorter. So, I’d like to win a race or win a couple races. I’m not 20 years old, but I think I can still do it.”
Balog begins his second World of Outlaws season at Volusia Speedway Park’s 2025 Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals on Feb. 5-8. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
For the full 2025 schedule, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
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Chris Windom Joins Sides Motorsports for Rookie World of Outlaws Campaign in 2025
The USAC Triple Crown champion joins the rookie class for next year
CONCORD, NC (December 13, 2024) - Chris Windom is set for a rookie run with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars in 2025.
The Canton, IL native has joined forces with Sides Motorsports to climb aboard the iconic No. 7S and chase the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year next season. Windom brings his partnership with NOS Energy Drink to his new home. He joins Cole Macedo in the current class of 2025 rookies.
Back in 2020, Windom became the seventh member of the exclusive USAC Triple Crown club as he secured a National Midget championship to go along with his Silver Crown (2016) and National Sprint Car (2017) titles.
Recent years have given Windom the opportunity to shift his focus to winged Sprint Car racing. He came home second in the 2023 All-Star Circuit of Champions standings and came close to getting a Feature victory that year, finishing second on three occasions. Now, he’s ready to make the step to the pinnacle of Sprint Car racing as he joins The Greatest Show on Dirt.
Windom will have the veteran leadership of Jason Sides as the Bartlett, TN native brings him aboard. As a driver, Sides is a 15-time World of Outlaws Feature winner including the 2004 Kings Royal.
Sides has embraced the role out of the seat in the last few seasons as he’s operated as the crew chief on his car and helped build the talents of others, and that’ll continue as Windom and Sides tackle the 90-night World of Outlaws campaign in 2025.
Windom and Sides Motorsports begin the 2025 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car season at Volusia Speedway Park’s Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals on Feb. 5-8. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
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Logan Schuchart, Shark Racing Ready for 12th Consecutive World of Outlaws Season in 2025
The Pennsylvanian looks to challenge for his first championship next year
CONCORD, NC (December 12, 2024) - Logan Schuchart and his Shark Racing crew are set for their 12th consecutive campaign with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars.
The Hanover, PA native has come a long way since first embarking out with The Greatest Show on Dirt in 2014. Many wondered if they’d make it a full season following one of racing’s most demanding schedules. Not only did they make it, but they’ve also continued coming back for more.
“I’m excited,” Schuchart said. “It’ll be our 12th season with the World of Outlaws. It seems like it’s gone really, really quick. To be out on the road 12 years, it seems like it’s flown by. I’m very fortunate to be out on the road again. We’ve got a lot of great partners with Shark Racing that have supported us for a number of years now. We’re just excited to get after it.”
Schuchart has amassed 42 career World of Outlaws victories, currently tied for 19th all-time. Back in 2020 Schuchart nearly won the title, finishing runner-up by a mere 46 points. Last year he etched his name in history by winning the Eldora Million and banking the first seven-figure payday in Sprint Car history.
“I think we have the opportunity and potential to run really well, fight for wins, fight for running up front in points,” Schuchart said. “I believe we’re capable of doing that. So, hopefully we’re able to show that next year. I’m definitely excited to be back racing with the World of Outlaws in 2025.”
Schuchart rolls into 2025 looking for a little more speed. Schuchart did collect a solid 50 top 10s this season but didn’t quite reach what he was looking for in the win and top 5 columns. Ultimately, he came home seventh in points.
Seventh is nothing to hang your head about against the best Sprint Car drivers in the country, but Schuchart and his crew expect more. They’ve been close to a championship before and are ready to contend again. Shark Racing brought on veteran crew chief Kyle Pruitt to help lead those efforts in 2025.
“We’re bringing in Kyle Pruitt who has a lot of passion and is going to work very hard,” Schuchart said. “He wants to be part of this race team for a long time, and I think we have the opportunity to run really well. I think we’re going to work really well together, and he’s going to do a great job.”
Led by Bobby Allen’s ownership and Schuchart’s talent, there’s no doubt that the Shark No. 1S has the potential to rise back up toward the top of the standings in 2024. Their plans are set, and they’re ready to get the season rolling.
“I’m very excited to get 2025 started,” Schuchart said. “There’s a lot of work to be done from now until the second week of February, but Shark Racing will be ready. We’re ready to go after our 12th year.”
Schuchart and the Shark Racing team begin the 2025 season at Volusia Speedway Park’s Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals on Feb. 5-8. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
For the complete 2025 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car schedule, CLICK HERE.
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Colton Robinson Joins Keith Kunz Motorsports for 2025 Xtreme Outlaw Series Campaign
Former Micro Sprint racer makes Xtreme debut at season opener in Farmer City
CONCORD, NC (Dec. 11, 2024) — From the Oklahoma Micro Sprint ranks comes a new challenge for Colton Robinson in 2025. The 15-year-old racer is set to join Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) for his rookie national Midget campaign and take on the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota.
Originally from Titusville, FL, Robinson will join the 19-time national Midget championship-winning team and drive a Toyota-powered LynK Chassis at all 27 events on the 2025 Series schedule.
“As a driver, this is a dream come true,” Robinson said in a KKM press release Monday. “Joining KKM is an incredible opportunity to grow as a driver and compete at a whole new level. I’ve looked up to this team and I’m excited to learn from the best.”
Robinson has spent the past two seasons developing his skills in both the Winged and Non-Wing Micro Sprint varieties, racing primarily around Oklahoma. 2024 was among his most successful to-date, winning two races at Port City Raceway in Tulsa, OK, and a third at Marion County Speedway in Ocala, FL, in February with the NOW600 Series.
In October, he made his national Midget series debut at Port City, driving a Mounce/Stout Motorsports team car in the POWRi National Midget League season finale.
Robinson will make his Xtreme Outlaw Series debut in the 2025 season opener — Friday–Saturday, April 11–12 at Farmer City Raceway in Farmer City, IL — as a teammate to multiple other KKM entrants on the full-time roster.
Tickets for the 2025 Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series season opener at Farmer City Raceway — racing alongside the World of Outlaws Late Models as part of the Illini 100 weekend — are on sale now at the link below. If you can’t be at the track to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
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Donny Schatz, Tony Stewart Racing Set for 2025 World of Outlaws Campaign
Schatz set for 29th straight year with the World of Outlaws as TSR celebrates 25 seasons
CONCORD, NC (December 11, 2025) - Ten-time World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car champion Donny Schatz is ready to make a run at an 11th title in 2025.
Next year will mark Schatz’s 29th consecutive season with The Greatest Show on Dirt and 18th since joining forces with Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing in 2008. Next year will also be the 25th season of Sprint Car racing for Tony Stewart’s team since he unleashed TSR in 2001.
Schatz has already assembled a résumé that puts him among Sprint Car racing’s greats. His 10 World of Outlaws titles headline the accomplishments. He’s won the Knoxville Nationals 11 times, claimed six Kings Royal crowns, and topped the National Open on a record six occasions. Schatz’s 316 Series victories rank behind only Steve Kinser’s 690 and Sammy Swindell’s 394.
But Schatz’s isn’t thinking about what he’s already done. He’s focused on what’s next. The next win. The next championship. Schatz wants his 11th, and he wants to give “Smoke” his 10th as an owner. It’s not only what he wants. It’s what he expects.
“That would be awesome,” Schatz said of potentially earning another championship. “To get him (Stewart) a 10th one is what our goal is. Honestly, that’s what our expectations are. That’s what our partners expect from us. That’s what my team expects from me. That’s what I expect from them. That’s what makes this all tick, but this sport doesn’t get any easier. It gets tougher. There’s a lot of great guys out there. There’s a lot of guys that have worked hard to get where they’re at. That’s why they call it racing. That’s why we love it. It’s never-ending challenges, never-ending competition.”
Schatz is fresh off a third place finish in the standings aboard the No. 15, his 17th time finishing inside the top three with the country’s best Sprint Car drivers. The hunger is as strong as ever. He knows he’s got plenty left in the tank. There’s nobody Tony Stewart would rather have in the car as his team celebrates a quarter century of competition.
“It’s awesome,” Stewart said of another year with Schatz behind the wheel. “He’s the perfect guy. It’s not always a perfect day with him because he demands perfection. He wants it a certain way, but when you can give him what he wants, the stats and the record books show he gets the job done when you get it right for him. We have the same passion and drive and desire to win races and championships. I can remember even being at Knoxville in Victory Lane and standing on the stage with him, and I’m happy and smiling and high fiving the guys, and he’s (Schatz) mad. And I’m like, ‘You realize the won the race, right?’ And he’s mad because there’s something we could’ve done better still. That’s what I love about him. He just knows what he’s looking for.”
Schatz and Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing begin the 2025 season at Volusia Speedway Park’s Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals on Feb. 5-8. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
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POWERING CHAMPIONS: Brian Morrison’s Path from Biology Professor to Building Championship Winning Sprint Car Engines
A youthful interest in drag racing and a wrong turn toward Charlie Garrett’s shop led Morrison to supplying World of Outlaws championship winning engines
CONCORD, NC (December 5, 2024) - One afternoon after moving to central Pennsylvania, a distant rumble caught the ear of Brian Morrison.
He decided to hop in his car and follow the sound. The rumble heightened to a roar as it lured him to Abbottstown, PA where Lincoln Speedway lies in the Pigeon Hills. Curiosity carried him to the ticket booth, and he entered the pit area to discover the source of the noise – a field of 410 Sprint Cars.
It was a piece of the racing world entirely unfamiliar to Morrison. He could’ve never predicted that years later the sounds of his own engines would fill the air at the highest level of the sport and even sing a championship ballad.
Morrison’s mechanical inclination goes back to childhood when he learned the fundamentals from his father.
“I would say that, as a kid, I was influenced by my dad,” Morrison said. “He was kind of a gearhead type that was always working on cars, swapping engines and transmissions and things like that. It was hobby-type stuff. He didn’t do it for a living, but that was a passion that we shared together. And that’s how I learned my basic mechanical skills and how to work on stuff.”
Teenage years brought a passion for drag racing and led Morrison to landing a job in both a speed and machine shop after high school. After a couple of years working there, uncertainty arose as he questioned if his current path could lead to a good living and being able to support a family.
So, he turned to college and fully dedicated his time to education.
“I went to school and studied biology of all things,” Morrison explained. “At the time, that decision was based on there are a number of career paths that can use a biology degree as a starting point. I could go to medical school or dental school or a number of things that maybe could end up supplying a good living down the road. And so that’s what I did. I hit the books hard and thrived and did well. Ultimately, I ended up getting involved in biological research and got a master’s degree and actually got some of my research published in peer reviewed scientific journals. I just worked hard and really thrived, and it clicked some of the same things in my brain probably that engine building does to me at this point. It was interesting to learn about complex things and how the world works.”
The master’s degree guided Morrison to being Adjunct Professor of Biology at Towson University, a position he held for several years. And while his career had shifted during the time through college and becoming a professor, the love for racing never flickered. He continued to stay involved in drag racing on the side and one day found himself needing to hone an engine block for his race car. Oddly enough, a wrong turn wound up changing the trajectory of his life.
“I just made a wrong turn, went down a road that I wasn’t familiar with and saw a little building that had a sign out front that said, ‘Racing Engines and Dyno Testing,’” Morrison recalled. “It was Garrett’s Racing Engines, and I said, ‘Man, I better stop in there. Maybe he can hone a block for me.’
“To that point, my experience in automotive machine shops was I had worked in two of them, and both of them seemed kind of dingy, dark, dreary. You were really ready to go home at the end of the day. You probably looked like a coal miner when you got home, and maybe 98-percent of what you’re working on was uninspiring and uninteresting.
“And when I opened the door and walked into Charlie Garrett’s shop, it was like my jaw just dropped to the floor. I mean this place just about knocked me down with cold air conditioning and epoxy-coated floors, and every machine was spotless. Everything was organized. The engines that were sitting around. There was an 810-cubic inch Pro Stock engine and multiple 410 Sprint Car engines, very exotic stuff for what I was used to. I just kind of knew right then and there that I wanted to learn some things from this guy.”
Learn is exactly what he did. That wrong turn led to a fortuitous introduction to Garrett and laid the foundations of a lasting friendship. Garrett eventually offered Morrison the opportunity to help him run his dyno with his one free day from teaching.
As the months went on, Morrison rearranged his schedule at the university to allow for more time at Garrett’s. That led to Morrison making the difficult choice to leave teaching and focus entirely on engine building. It was a scary move, departing the comforts of a career he enjoyed for a new one he’d have to build from the ground up.
“That was a really stressful time because I had invested so many of my years to that point in trying to get to the path where I thought I was going,” Morrison said. “I really had to make a decision that was tough to make, but I followed my passion. Really, my greatest passion, the thing that I couldn’t get out of my mind was thinking about engines.”
His passion birthed Morrison Racing Engines as he dedicated himself to crafting powerplants capable of taking teams to Victory Lane on the biggest stages in Sprint Car racing. The first World of Outlaws team to drop Morrison’s engines between the frame rails was Dave Helm’s Selma Shell crew. A Morrison motor first won with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars when Lance Dewease came out on top aboard the Catoctin Motorsports No. 30C at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in 2008.
A few years later, Morrison’s skills caught the attention of Tod Quiring. The two partnered, and Morrison began to supply engines for the Big Game Motorsports No. 7 car driven by Craig Dollansky. The combination went on to collect many victories, including three consecutive Ironman 55s (2011-2013). Morrison got a fourth straight Ironman in 2014 when Kerry Madsen topped the grueling event, wheeling the Keneric Racing No. 29. Morrison also powered Madsen’s Kings Royal triumph that year.
Morrison linked with Matt Barbara and Bret Nehring’s KCP Racing in the mid-2010s. Between Big Game and KCP, Morrison engines helped win three straight Knoxville Raceway track championships (2015-2017).
Other drivers that went on to win World of Outlaws races with Morrison’s engines include Danny Lasoski, Ian Madsen, David Gravel, and Giovanni Scelzi. This year, Morrison Racing Engines eclipsed 100 victories with The Greatest Show on Dirt, and he was awarded the Engine Builder of the Year.
“I think the biggest lesson that I’ve learned is that if you do good work in this business and if you treat people right and are honorable and honest and if you work hard to excel at what you do, you’re not going to have any problem finding customers,” Morrison said of his journey. “I don’t advertise. I’m not much into self-promotion because I feel as though I let my engines do the promotional work for me.”
Work ethic and principles have allowed Morrison to form many relationships along the way. Big Game and KCP continue to use his engines, and both team crew chiefs, Cody Jacobs and Adam Clark, speak highly of Morrison’s effort and care for his craft.
“I first met Brian, I believe, in 2016,” Jacobs said. “I was with Pete Grove on the 70 car with Danny Holtgraver driving when I first got to work with him. Big Game has been with him a lot longer than I have, and that was one of the main things. I feel like we really hit it off right away. We really worked well together. It’s nice to have him involved on race nights. We communicate every race night on what to do as far as engine tune up and conditions and different things. We really keep him involved with our race team.”
“Ever since I took over, he’s been pretty much an extended part of the crew,” Clark said. “Even at the racetrack he’s always a text or call away. He’s always been really helpful for me as far as me coming in pretty fresh, helping with fueling and even working on the engines, fixing stuff that I can fix. We may be clear across the country, but he sits there on the phone with me and talks me through it and has helped me learn a lot.”
This year, Morrison’s dedication took him all the way to the pinnacle of the sport. His engines powered the David Gravel piloted Big Game Motorsports No. 2 to the 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series championship and the most wins in the country this season (16).
“It was absolutely very gratifying,” Morrison said. “You do this for a lot of reasons, but ultimately in racing it’s a competitive endeavor. So, to win the championship is what we’re all striving to do. It was very, very rewarding and a lot of fun.”
But the work isn’t done for Morrison. Far from it. Like anyone in racing, one achievement fuels the hunger for the next. The next checkered flag. The next crown jewel. The next championship.
Hard work and dedication continue in the Morrison Racing Engines shop in Pennsylvania, which he oversees with his wife. Preparation is ongoing for 2025 as David Gravel and Big Game Motorsports have a title to defend. And he still makes time to stay connected to what originally attracted him to motorsports by working on his drag racing car.
From chasing engine sounds to constructing them, Morrison’s career has come a long way. And it’s his goal to make sure those engines continue to sing their way to Victory Lane and intrigue curious listeners, inspiring the next generation of Sprint Car fans – as a professor would do.
“A lot of hard work goes into it,” Morrison said of his craft. “It keeps you interested and coming back and trying to do it again next year.”
Gravel and the Big Game Motorsports team will look for their Morrison Racing Engines to power them to another championship in 2025, and that pursuit begins at Volusia Speedway Park’s Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals, Feb. 5-8. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
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Nine Drivers Moved Up All-Time Xtreme Outlaw Midget Wins List in 2024
CONCORD, NC (Dec. 2, 2024) — Through 22 races on the 2024 Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota schedule, nine different drivers made it to Victory Lane and made moves up the all-time wins list.
Three of those nine were first-time winners this year, making for a refreshed list that now includes 18 names. Here is a breakdown of each driver to win in 2024:
Cannon McIntosh (Rank: 1 / Wins: 11) — When the season began, McIntosh sat fourth on the all-time wins list with only five Feature wins with the Xtreme Outlaw Series. Since then, the 21-year-old from Bixby, OK, has more than doubled his total, garnering six victories in 22 races in 2024. Starting with a win on opening weekend inside the Southern Illinois Center, McIntosh later put the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) No. 71K in Victory Lane at 81 Speedway, Atomic Speedway, Doe Run Raceway, Spoon River Speedway and Arrowhead Speedway to ascend to the top of the Series’ all-time wins list with a total of 11.
Chase McDermand (Rank: 2 / Wins: 8) — McDermand dropped to P2 on the all-time wins list after only one trip to Victory Lane in 2024. The 24-year-old from Springfield, IL, won a season-high six races in 2023 to top the list coming the new season but had to wait until August to top the field again. Not 24 hours removed from celebrating his 24th birthday, McDermand took the CMR–Mounce/Stout Motorsports No. 40 back to Victory Lane in dominant fashion, garnering the Whitz Racing Products Quick Time Award in Qualifying, winning his Heat Race and leading every lap of the main event en route to his eighth career Xtreme Outlaw Series win.
Zach Daum (Rank: 2 / Wins: 8) — The inaugural Xtreme Outlaw Midget champion surged to second place on the all-time wins list with two Feature wins in 2024 and remains one of only three drivers (McIntosh, McDermand) to win in each of the first three seasons of the Series. Daum, 33, of Pocahontas, IL, first broke through to Victory Lane in May at Millbridge Speedway, finally taming the red clay, 1/6-mile oval, after struggling there in the past. He wrapped up 2024 with a win at Jacksonville Speedway in October, earning Trifecta Motorsports’ seventh career Series win.
Karter Sarff (Rank: 4 / Wins: 6) — Sarff notched the second-most wins of any driver in Xtreme Outlaw Series competition in 2024 with four trips to Victory Lane, moving him up to fourth on the all-time wins list. The 21-year-old from Mason City, IL, first punched through in April, winning the third race of the season at US 36 Raceway by outrunning eventual champion Cannon McIntosh in the final laps. In May, he made the tow out to North Carolina and took the checkered at Millbridge Speedway before completing his season with a sweep of both races at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 during Ironman 55 weekend in August.
Ryan Timms (Rank: 5 / Wins: 4) — Timms came into 2024 with only a single Xtreme Outlaw Series win to his name, but quadrupled his total with three wins in 22 starts on tour this year. The 17-year-old from Oklahoma City, OK, scored his first checkered flag of the season on opening night of the Illini 100 weekend at Farmer City Raceway in April. Next came a win on the high banks of Atomic Speedway in Ohio on May 24 before his third and final win on another high-banked, 3/8-mile oval — Spoon River Speedway in Lewistown, IL.
Ashton Torgerson (Rank: 6 / Wins: 3) — Torgerson came into his rookie Midget season without a win on any national tour, but by the end had three to his credit with the Xtreme Outlaw Series en route to a fourth-place finish in the final points standings. The 17-year-old from Glendale, AZ, jumped up to sixth on the all-time wins list with Feature triumphs coming at Farmer City Raceway in April before two wins in the month of May — first at Humboldt Speedway in Kansas and one more at Coles County Speedway in Illinois.
Gavin Miller (Rank: 6 / Wins: 3) — Though Miller’s sophomore season on the national Midget circuit was hindered by injury early on, the 17-year-old from Allentown, PA, showed resilience and bounced back to get his third career Series win by season’s end. In the final race on the 2024 Xtreme calendar, Miller gave a dominant performance around the high-banked, 1/4-mile oval, of Jacksonville Speedway, leading all but the first three laps of the main event to get the win and move into a tie with Torgerson for sixth on the all-time wins list.
First-Timers — Of the nine different drivers to win an Xtreme Outlaw Series Feature in 2024, Thomas Meseraull and Kale Drake were the only non-full-timers to do so. Meseraull, the 43-year-old open-wheel veteran from San Jose, CA, took the checkered flag in the season opener in the Southern Illinois Center, while 19-year-old rookie Drake punched through three races later at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex with a last-lap pass on KKM teammate Taylor Reimer.
Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series All-Time Wins List (Rank/Driver/Wins)
1. Cannon McIntosh (11)
2. Chase McDermand, Zach Daum (8)
3. Jade Avedisian (7)
4. Karter Sarff (6)
5. Ryan Timms (4)
6. Ashton Torgerson, Gavin Miller (3)
7. Gavan Boschele, Chance Crum, Kale Drake, Jesse Love, Thomas Meseraull, Michael Pickens, Daison Pursley, Taylor Reimer, Hayden Reinbold, Daniel Whitley, Bryant Wiedeman (1)
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2025 SCHEDULE: 90-Night Calendar Takes World of Outlaws to 41 Tracks in 21 States, Two Countries
Crown Jewels, tracks returning, and Series staples highlight the campaign
CONCORD, NC (November 21, 2024) - The 2025 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car schedule is here and ready to take The Greatest Show on Dirt on a 90-night journey around North America.
The Series’ 48th season of showcasing the top level of Sprint Car racing will send the teams to 41 tracks in 21 states along with a Canadian province as the tour ventures outside the United States borders for the first time in eight years.
It all begins in Florida at Volusia Speedway Park and finds its final destination nine months later at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. In between, the country’s best drivers will take on a new track, compete in the sport’s most prestigious crown jewels, visit staples of the schedule, and return to tracks eager to welcome them back after multi-year absences.
“We’re very happy with the schedule built for 2025,” Series Director Carlton Reimers said. “The calendar comes from taking feedback from both teams and fans and creating a campaign complete with the sport’s top events, annual stops, and some places we haven’t been in a while to best showcase The Greatest Show on Dirt.”
GATOR HUNTIN’: The World of Outlaws campaign will begin in Florida for the 21st consecutive season. Volusia Speedway Park’s Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals will bring the nation’s top Sprint Car drivers to Barberville, FL for four nights (Feb. 5-8) of racing as they chase a Big Gator championship. For tickets to the DIRTcar Nationals, CLICK HERE.
And for the third straight season, Volusia will also host the second event of the year as the tour returns three weeks later for the Bike Week Jamboree. Racing on Sunday and Monday (March 2-3) will help kick off Florida’s famed Bike Week as the four-wheel and two-wheel worlds cross over.
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Mississippi Thunder Speedway (Aug. 19) – The one new facility on the calendar is Fountain City, WI’s Mississippi Thunder Speedway. The Interstate Racing Association (IRA) Sprint Cars delivered a thriller at Mississippi Thunder this year, and now the “Badger State” oval is ready to bring The Greatest Show on Dirt to town in 2025.
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Ohsweken Speedway (May 14-15) – Canada, we’re coming back! The nation’s top Sprint Car drivers will make a highly anticipated return to Canada for the first time since 2017 as the tour crosses the northern border aimed at Ontario’s Ohsweken Speedway for two nights of weekday racing in May.
Cornwall Motor Speedway (May 18) – The action in Canada doesn’t end after two nights at Ohsweken. Sunday will take the tour to Cornwall Motor Speedway for the first time since 2014 to wrap up a three-race stay in “The Great White North.”
Plymouth Dirt Track (June 6) – The World of Outlaws will ignite a three-race weekend in Wisconsin by ending a 20-year absence from Plymouth Dirt Track.
Angell Park Speedway (June 8) – The World of Outlaws have made just one visit to Angell Park Speedway (2016), but that is set to change next year as the tour returns to the historic Sun Prairie, WI oval on a Sunday in June.
Deer Creek Speedway (July 10) – An eight-year wait ends in July when Minnesota’s Deer Creek Speedway welcomes the nation’s best Sprint Car drivers for the first time since 2017.
Vado Speedway Park (Sept. 5-6) – Back in 2022 The Greatest Show on Dirt debuted at New Mexico’s Vado Speedway Park with a midweek show. And in 2025 the Series returns in a bigger way with a two-night weekend in “The Land of Enchantment.”
Perris Auto Speedway (Sept. 13) – Just like Vado, this So-Cal oval has been absent from the calendar since 2022 and will return in 2025. The World of Outlaws are set for their 23rd visit to Perris Auto Speedway.
New Egypt Speedway (Oct. 10) – The state of New Jersey will be treated to the country’s top Sprint Car talent for the first time since 2022. The World of Outlaws make a fall trip to Somerset, NJ’s New Egypt Speedway for the track’s 10th race in Series history.
LaSalle Speedway (Oct. 18) – A week after New Egypt, another track will host the World of Outlaws for the 10th time. The tour heads back to Illinois’ LaSalle Speedway for the first visit since 2013 in mid-October.
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Huset’s High Bank Nationals (June 18-21) – BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals week again packs two major events in one in 2025. First up will be the Huset’s Hustle on June 18-19 with a $100,000 prize. Then the focus shifts to the High Bank Nationals with the Friday, June 20 prelim setting the stage for Saturday’s $250,000-to-win finale, equaling the highest payday in Series history. Four-day ticket packages for the High Bank Nationals are on sale now and can be purchased by CLICKING HERE.
42nd Kings Royal (July 18-19) – A King will be crowned in mid-July when Eldora Speedway hosts the 42nd running of the Kings Royal. Friday’s Knight Before opens the weekend before Saturday’s coronation puts another name in “The Big E” history books and sends the King home to the castle with even more riches than normal as the winner’s share grows to $200,000 in 2025.
64th Knoxville Nationals (Aug. 6-9) – The Sprint Car world will converge on Knoxville Raceway in early August for the 64th NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s. It’s the one race every driver dreams of winning when they first strap into a Sprint Car. The 2025 running grows a little more with the champion banking a massive $195,000 check at the top of a purse that pays generously throughout the field.
Dennis Roth Classic (Sept. 19-20) – Last year’s Dennis Roth Classic grew to new heights as the World of Outlaws sanctioned the race for the first time and the winner’s share rose to $83,000. The Thunderbowl Raceway (Tulare, CA) event will again feature the massive payday as a nod to Roth’s iconic car number.
63rd National Open (Oct. 3-4) – The World of Outlaws and Pennsylvania Posse rivalry reaches its peak at the beginning of October at Williams Grove Speedway’s National Open. It’s all about big money and bragging rights at the “Natty O” as the 2025 winner will again take home $75,000.
MAINSTAYS
Jason Johnson Classic (April 4-5) – The World of Outlaws continue to honor the “Ragin’ Cajun” with the seventh running of the Jason Johnson Classic. After a successful shift to Arrowhead Speedway in 2024, the event returns to the Colcord, OK facility in 2025.
Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 (April 11-12 & Aug. 1-2) – The usual two stops for four nights of racing at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 begins with a spring visit. Four months later The Greatest Show on Dirt returns alongside the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota for the grueling Ironman 55.
#LetsRaceTwo (May 2-3) – The first two of four total nights of Eldora Speedway action in 2025 come in Early May when the World of Outlaws meet up with the USAC National Sprint Cars for #LetsRaceTwo at “The Big E.”
Lincoln Speedway (May 7 & Oct. 11) – It’s a pair of dates in the scenic Pigeon Hills of Pennsylvania next year. Abbottstown, PA’s Lincoln Speedway is the destination for May’s Gettysburg Clash along with a fall race in October.
Morgan Cup & Summer Nationals (May 9-10 & July 25-26) – The National Open won’t be the only trip to Williams Grove. The track hosts the tour for a total of six nights of racing in 2025 with the Morgan Cup and Summer Nationals also pitting the World of Outlaws and PA Posse against one another.
Attica Raceway Park (May 23 & July 15) – This northern Ohio oval has become a staple of The Greatest Show on Dirt, and that won’t change with two dates in 2025. The first Attica stop comes in May before July’s highly anticipated Brad Doty Classic.
Jackson Motorplex (June 4 & Aug. 16) – Minnesota’s Jackson Motorplex again features a pair of dates but with a slight shakeup. The two visits will be split with a June midweek event coming first before returning on an August Saturday.
Beaver Dam Raceway (June 7) – The World of Outlaws make a visit to Wisconsin’s Beaver Dam Raceway during a three-race weekend in Wisconsin for the $20,000-to-win Jim “JB” Boyd Memorial.
#ALLDIRTROADS: For the 19th consecutive year, the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car tour will conclude at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.
The World of Outlaws World Finals not only invites the country’s best Sprint Car drivers to the “Queen City,” but it also brings the World of Outlaws Late Models and Super DIRTcar Series Big Bock Modifieds for four straight nights (Nov. 5-8) of action.
After thousands of miles traveling from coast to coast, the next champion will be crowned when the final checkered flag falls at Charlotte.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap of the 2025 season live on DIRTVision.
2025 WORLD OF OUTLAWS NOS ENERGY DRINK SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE:
Wednesday-Saturday, Feb. 5-8 – Volusia Speedway Park (Barberville, FL)
Sunday-Monday, March 2-3 – Volusia Speedway Park (Barberville, FL)
Friday, March 7 – Talladega Short Track (Eastaboga, AL)
Saturday, March 8 – Magnolia Motor Speedway (Columbus, MS)
Friday-Saturday, March 14-15 – Kennedale Speedway Park (Kennedale, TX)
Friday-Saturday, March 21-22 – Cotton Bowl Speedway (Paige, TX)
Friday, March 28 – Lawton Speedway (Lawton, OK)
Saturday, March 29 – 81 Speedway (Park City, KS)
Friday-Saturday, April 4-5 – Arrowhead Speedway (Colcord, OK)
Friday-Saturday, April 11-12 – Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 (Pevely, MO)
Friday-Saturday, April 18-19 – Knoxville Raceway (Knoxville, IA)
Friday, April 25 – Jacksonville Speedway (Jacksonville, IL)
Saturday, April 26 – Tri-State Speedway (Haubstadt, IN)
Friday-Saturday, May 2-3 – Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, OH)
Wednesday, May 7 – Lincoln Speedway (Abbottstown, PA)
Friday-Saturday, May 9-10 – Williams Grove Speedway (Mechanicsburg, PA)
Wednesday-Thursday, May 14-15 – Ohsweken Speedway (Ohsweken, ON, Canada)
Sunday, May 18 – Cornwall Motor Speedway (Long Sault, ON, Canada)
Friday, May 23 – Attica Raceway Park (Attica, OH)
Saturday, May 24 – Sharon Speedway (Hartford, OH)
Monday, May 26 – Atomic Speedway (Chillicothe, OH)
Friday, May 30 – River Cities Speedway (Grand Forks, ND)
Saturday, May 31 – Red River Valley Speedway (West Fargo, ND)
Wednesday, June 4 – Jackson Motorplex (Jackson, MN)
Friday, June 6 – Plymouth Dirt Track (Plymouth, WI)
Saturday, June 7 – Beaver Dam Raceway (Beaver Dam, WI)
Sunday, June 8 – Angell Park Speedway (Sun Prairie, WI)
Friday-Saturday, June 13-14 – Knoxville Raceway (Knoxville, IA)
Wednesday-Saturday, June 18-21 – Huset’s Speedway (Brandon, SD)
Friday-Saturday, June 27-28 – Cedar Lake Speedway (New Richmond, WI)
Thursday, July 10 – Deer Creek Speedway (Spring Valley, MN)
Friday-Saturday, July 11-12 – Wilmot Raceway (Wilmot, WI)
Tuesday, July 15 – Attica Raceway Park (Attica, OH)
Friday-Saturday, July 18-19 – Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, OH)
Wednesday, July 23 – BAPS Motor Speedway (York Haven, PA)
Friday-Saturday, July 25-26 – Williams Grove Speedway (Mechanicsburg, PA)
Sunday, July 27 – Weedsport Speedway (Weedsport, NY)
Friday-Saturday, August 1-2 – Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 (Pevely, MO)
Wednesday-Saturday, August 6-9 – Knoxville Raceway (Knoxville, IA)
Friday, August 15 – Ogilvie Raceway (Ogilvie, MN)
Saturday, August 16 – Jackson Motorplex (Jackson, MN)
Tuesday, August 19 – Mississippi Thunder Speedway (Fountain City, WI)
Friday, August 22 – River Cities Speedway (Grand Forks, ND)
Saturday, August 23 – Red River Valley Speedway (West Fargo, ND)
Saturday-Sunday, August 30-31 – Huset’s Speedway (Brandon, SD)
Friday-Saturday, September 5-6 – Vado Speedway Park (Vado, NM)
Friday, September 12 – Bakersfield Speedway (Bakersfield, CA)
Saturday, September 13 – Perris Auto Speedway (Perris, CA)
Friday-Saturday, September 19-20 – Thunderbowl Raceway (Tulare, CA)
Friday, September 26 – TBD
Saturday, September 27 – Sharon Speedway (Hartford, OH)
Friday-Saturday, October 3-4 – Williams Grove Speedway (Mechanicsburg, PA)
Friday, October 10 – New Egypt Speedway (New Egypt, NJ)
Saturday, October 11 – Lincoln Speedway (Abbottstown, PA)
Friday, October 17 – TBD
Saturday, October 18 – LaSalle Speedway (La Salle, IL)
Friday-Saturday, October 24-25 – TBD
Wednesday-Saturday, November 5-8 – The Dirt Track at Charlotte (Concord, NC)
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2025 SCHEDULE: Xtreme Outlaw Midgets Bringing New Races, Building Key Events
CONCORD, NC (Nov. 19, 2024) — The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota embarks on its third full-length national schedule in 2025, set to contest 27 races at 18 different tracks.
The Series will travel to six different states from April to November, racing for a chance at the $30,000 points championship check and $94,000 points fund, which has been increased to now reward 12 full-time drivers.
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The season will open at a new location for 2025 — Farmer City Raceway in Farmer City, IL, racing alongside the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Model Series as part of the Illini 100 weekend, Thursday–Saturday, April 10-12 — and conclude with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget World Championship: The Kickoff to World of Outlaws World Finals at Millbridge Speedway, Nov. 3-4 where a new champion will be crowned.
If you can’t be at the track to see the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota in 2025, tune into DIRTVision to watch every lap live from your smart TV, laptop or mobile device with the DIRTVision app.
What’s New
Creek County Speedway, May 8 — The 1/4-mile of Creek County joins the Xtreme Outlaw Series schedule for the first time on Thursday, May 8, kicking off a three-day race weekend in Oklahoma and Kansas. An annual stop for the American Sprint Car Series, it has also hosted several regional and national Midget races over the last 10 years under the POWRi banner.
Airport Raceway, May 23–25 — The Xtreme Outlaw Series’ annual Memorial Day Weekend activity has a new home in 2025 at Airport Raceway in Garden City, KS. Known as the Midget Roundup since its inception in 2017, this annual event will feature the regional stars of the Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association against the national talents of the Xtreme Outlaw Series in a three-day program that begins with a night of practice on Friday, May 23, followed by a $4,000-to-win program on Saturday and a $5,000-to-win main event on Sunday.
Xtreme Outlaw World Championship, Nov. 3–4 — The Xtreme Outlaw Series will kick off the World of Outlaws World Finals in 2025 with a two-night program at Millbridge Speedway on the Monday and Tuesday before racing begins at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. This brand-new event will feature $4,000-to-win and $5,000-to-win main events and crown a Series champion at the birthplace of the Series on Tuesday night.
Returning Highlights
Double in Pevely — Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 will host four Midget races on the new schedule, spread across two weekends with both brands of the World of Outlaws. The first runs Friday–Saturday, June 20-21, alongside the World of Outlaws Late Models (co-sanctioned by the DIRTcar Summer Nationals), while the second runs Friday–Saturday, Aug. 1-2, when the Midgets meet the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series as part of the marquee Ironman 55 weekend.
Back to PA — Appalachian Midget Week returns to the calendar in 2025 with four Pennsylvania tracks set to host a race from Wednesday, Aug. 6, through Saturday, Aug. 9.
Action Track USA in Kutztown will host the kickoff on Aug. 6, preceding stops at Linda’s Speedway in Jonestown on Aug. 7, Path Valley Speedway in Spring Run on Aug. 8, and the finale at Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway in Newmanstown on Aug. 9.
The upgraded miniseries championship purse, announced last December, will stay in place for 2025 — awarding $5,000 to the points champion and $2,500 for runner-up, $1,250 to third, $750 for fourth and $500 for the fifth-place driver.
Take Two — After taking on its first-ever national Midget series event in 2024, Coles County Speedway will host two races on the 2025 Xtreme Outlaw Series calendar — Friday–Saturday, May 30-31. The 1/8-mile oval, located in in Mattoon, IL, saw rookie Ashton Torgerson go to Victory Lane last May and will welcome the Series regulars back for a $4,000-to-win program on May 30 and a $5,000-to-win show on May 31.
High Banks Await — This past July, National Midget series racing returned to Spoon River Speedway for the first time in three years as the Xtreme Outlaw Series made its debut at the high-banked, 3/8-mile oval. The Series will be back for another two-day program on Friday–Saturday, July 18–19.
Bullring Battles — Jacksonville Speedway has been a mainstay on the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Schedule since its inception in 2022 and will return to the calendar in 2025 on Friday–Saturday, Oct. 3–4. The two-day open-wheel special will also feature the Midwest Open Wheel Association (MOWA) Sprint Cars alongside $4,000-to-win and $5,000-to-win Midget programs.
Challenge Series — The Xtreme Outlaw–POWRi Challenge Series is back in operation for 2025 with another slate of 10 races, co-sanctioned with the POWRi National Midget League.
The Illini 100 weekend at Farmer City will serve as the first two races, while Highland Speedway in Highland, IL, will host the finale on Saturday, Sept. 6, where the miniseries champion will be crowned. Races marked with an asterisk on the full schedule below will count as Challenge Series events.
Xtreme and POWRi regulars will compete for a slice of the $5,000 miniseries points fund, which awards $2,500 to the champion, $1,250 to the runner-up, $600 for third-place, $400 for fourth and $250 to the fifth-place driver in the final points standings. Open-wheel veteran Zach Daum was the champion of the inaugural points chase in 2023, while Ryan Timms captured the championship bonus in 2024.
2025 SCHEDULE
Date | Track | Location | To-Win (* Denotes Challenge Series event)
Thursday, April 10 | Farmer City Raceway | Farmer City, IL | Practice
*Friday, April 11 | Farmer City Raceway | Farmer City, IL | $4,000
*Saturday, April 12 | Farmer City Raceway | Farmer City, IL | $5,000
Thursday, May 8 | Creek County Speedway | Kellyville, OK | $4,000
Friday, May 9 | Humboldt Speedway | Humboldt, KS | $4,000
Saturday, May 10 | 81 Speedway | Wichita, KS | $4,000
Friday, May 23 | Airport Raceway | Garden City, KS | Practice
Saturday, May 24 | Airport Raceway | Garden City, KS | $4,000
Sunday, May 25 | Airport Raceway | Garden City, KS | $5,000
*Friday, May 30 | Coles County Speedway | Mattoon, IL | $4,000
*Friday, May 31 | Coles County Speedway | Mattoon, IL | $5,000
*Friday, June 20 | Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 | Pevely, MO | $4,000
*Saturday, June 21 | Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 | Pevely, MO | $5,000
Friday, July 18 | Spoon River Speedway | Lewistown, IL | $4,000
Saturday, July 19 | Spoon River Speedway | Lewistown, IL | $5,000
Friday, July 25 | Arrowhead Speedway | Colcord, OK | $4,000
Saturday, July 26 | Tulsa Speedway | Tulsa, OK | $4,000
*Friday, Aug. 1 | Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 | Pevely, MO | $5,000
*Saturday, Aug. 2 | Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 | Pevely, MO | $7,500
Wednesday, Aug. 6 | Action Track USA | Kutztown, PA | $4,000
Thursday, Aug. 7 | Linda’s Speedway | Jonestown, PA | $4,000
Friday, Aug. 8 | Path Valley Speedway | Spring Run, PA | $4,000
Saturday, Aug. 9 | Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway | Newmanstown, PA | $4,000
*Friday, Sept. 5 | Doe Run Raceway | Doe Run, MO | $4,000
*Saturday, Sept. 6 | Highland Speedway | Highland, IL | $4,000
Friday, Oct. 3 | Jacksonville Speedway | Jacksonville, IL | $4,000
Saturday, Oct. 4 | Jacksonville Speedway | Jacksonville, IL | $5,000
Monday, Nov. 3 | Millbridge Speedway | Salisbury, NC | $4,000
Tuesday, Nov. 4 | Millbridge Speedway | Salisbury, NC | $5,000
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ARTICLE: https://xtremeoutlawseries.com/news/2025-schedule-xtreme-outlaw-midgets-bringing-new-races-building-key-events/
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JOURNEY OF CHAMPIONS: Big Game Motorsports Reflects on Path to Title
All members of the team earned their first World of Outlaws championship
CONCORD, NC (November 19, 2024) - World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car championships require commitment. There are no shortcuts. No easy paths. Before 2024, only 10 drivers through 46 seasons of racing could call themselves a champion. But this year, one team’s dedication led to number 11.
David Gravel and the Big Game Motorsports crew pieced together a year to remember. Expectations were high, and they lived up to the hype.
Gravel drove the Tod Quiring-owned No. 2 to 15 victories, more than 300 Feature laps led, 33 podiums, 60 top 10s, and a 4.88 average finish with The Greatest Show on Dirt. Numbers that led them him to being crowned champions – a first for every member of the team.
It was a process that didn’t happen overnight.
Tod Quiring (Team Owner)
Big Game Motorsports begins with a man from Minnesota – Tod Quiring. His love for the sport started during childhood when he frequently visited Jackson Motorplex with his family.
Later in life, that childhood passion evolved into opportunities to be a part of the sport via sponsorship on a localized level. That eventually grew into a national partnership with Terry McCarl before taking ownership of T-Mac’s team in 2008. That led to Quiring’s first World of Outlaws win as an owner on Sept. 24, 2008 at Middletown, NY’s Orange County Fair Speedway.
Big Game Motorsports expanded to a two-car team for 2010 with Sammy Swindell and Craig Dollansky behind the wheel, and the two went on to gather a Series-high 22 victories in 2012 for Quiring. Danny Lasoski and Kerry Madsen joined forces with Big Game for a stint before Gravel linked with the team for the 2021 season.
The pairing came home runner-up in the standings for three straight seasons before a championship arrived in 2024.
“It was a great accomplishment for our team,” Quiring said. “I feel like our team this year really meshed and gelled. I mean, they have the last few years, but they took it to another level this year with David and Cody working very closely together. Cody is really good with shock programs. Then, we had Stephen and Zach providing a great deal of support up and down the road. I think everyone got along well all year. It’s a long season. I’ve got to give the credit to the guys. Those guys working together. Obviously, we give them the stuff to do it, but they really worked well together.”
David Gravel (Driver)
The path to a championship was a long road for David Gravel.
The Watertown, CT native made his presence felt when he picked up his first career World of Outlaws victory in 2011 at Talladega Short Track aboard the DDR Motorsports No. 89G, ending a five-race win streak by then reigning champion, Jason Meyers.
His early demonstration of talent helped him land valuable opportunities with Roth Motorsports and Destiny Motorsports. He found some success during this stretch, topping four World of Outlaws race in the Roth No. 83.
Then, his career took off when he joined forces with CJB Motorsports in 2016. Gravel collected 32 checkered flags in a three-year span aboard the No. 5 and finished third in points each year. Gravel began to form a relationship with Quiring at the time as he was a primary sponsor for the team. After his tenure with CJB, Gravel moved to Jason Johnson Racing for a pair of seasons – a partnership that yielded 19 victories in two years, including a Knoxville Nationals title.
In 2021, Gravel got the opportunity to join Quiring’s Big Game Motorsports and the pairing clicked right away. They scored 11 World of Outlaws victories and finished runner-up in points in their first season.
They added 18 more triumphs in 2022 and 2023 with two more second-place points finishes.
That path helped lead him to this season. Gravel finally summited the mountaintop with his unforgettable 2024 that included a Kings Royal crown, more than $1 million in earnings and a World of Outlaws championship.
“I raced quarter midgets since I was six years old and raced pavement most of my life until I turned into a teenager and got a taste of dirt racing for the first time,” Gravel reflected. “I saw my first 410 race at Lincoln Speedway, and ever since I saw a 410 Sprint Car, I was like, ‘Man, those look like a lot of fun.’
“Ray Cappella with JRC Transportation made the 89G happen. If it wasn’t for him, we wouldn’t have been able to run the All-Star tour back in the day and to put ourselves on that platform and perform pretty well and win a couple of Outlaws shows. Then, it catapulted from there and Dennis Roth giving me an opportunity and really putting me on the national scene and winning races with him. From there, CJB Motorsports and Jason Johnson Racing and now Big Game Motorsports. It’s been a fun ride.”
Cody Jacobs (Crew Chief)
Ohio is known for its deeply rooted Sprint Car history, and Cody Jacobs grew up in a family that’s greatly contributed to that history.
He’s the son of “Buckeye State” legend Dean Jacobs and spent his childhood flagging races from the grandstand. After spending a little time racing Sprint Cars, his primary focus shifted to working on them.
Jacobs worked his way up the ranks and earned his first World of Outlaws win as a crew chief in 2012 with Paul McMahan driving the Buch Motorsports No. 13. The mid-2010s saw him form a fruitful partnership with Tim Shaffer that resulted in several trips to Victory Lane.
He united with Big Game to turn the wrenches on the No. 2 in 2020. Gravel joined a year later, and the magical run that led to a title began.
“It’s a lot of hard work, sacrifice, and dedication,” Jacobs said. “I worked on these things for a long time for not a lot of money. You could probably say I did it nearly for free for a long time before I got linked up with Tod. That really tells me I love what I’m doing, so anytime you’re passionate about what you’re doing, you’re going to put 110-percent effort in.
“A lot of great people throughout the years have helped me get to where I’m at. I worked for a guy named Keith Berner. He taught me a lot about attention to detail and just perfecting the basics. He’s been a huge mentor in my life.
And then everybody that’s helped me on the team. Trey Bowman was with me for a while. Scott Vogelsong. And then obviously Stephen and Zach. It takes a group of good guys to be successful. Not one man or one driver can do it on his own. Just really thankful to have good guys around me to get to where I’m at.”
Stephen Hamm-Reilly (Car Chief)
Stephen Hamm-Reilly’s earliest years didn’t involve growing up in a racing family. A native of New York, he didn’t begin to learn about Sprint Cars until moving to the hotbed of Pennsylvania.
Once in PA Posse land, it didn’t take long for Hamm-Reilly to cultivate an interest in the sport. He began getting involved in small ways before his first opportunity to work on a traveling team arrived in 2015 when CJB Motorsports hired him.
Since then, he’s had stints with powerhouses such as Rudeen Racing, Roth Motorsports, and Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing before becoming the Big Game car chief for 2024. It’s a decision he wasn’t sure he wanted to make after already spending years on the road, but a decision he’ll never regret as he’s now a World of Outlaws champion.
“It’s pretty gratifying. It was definitely a long road to get to that point,” Hamm-Reilly said. “It feels pretty good to be able to accomplish the things we accomplished with Cody and Zach and David. It’s something I won’t ever forget.”
Zach Patterson (Tire Specialist)
Zach Patterson’s path to a championship began in a small Texas town going to Modified races at Abilene Speedway.
Later on, he moved with his family to Oklahoma as they helped operate multiple tracks in the “Sooner State.” Soon after, Patterson got the urge to jump behind the wheel of a race car.
He found his way to Sprint Cars in 2020, and then a pivotal opportunity to hit the road with TwoC Racing and Wayne Johnson on the World of Outlaws tour arose in 2021. He wouldn’t be in the seat in this new role, but he’d be a part of The Greatest Show on Dirt and gaining valuable experience working on Sprint Cars. It was a chance he couldn’t let pass, so he accepted.
One year later, a void needed filled at Big Game and Patterson got the job. Fast forward three seasons, and he can now call himself a World of Outlaws champion.
“It’s been a long road, that’s for sure,” Patterson said. “Starting off with Wayne, I felt what it’s like to not win those races, trying to shoot for top 10s and top fives and really being happy with that. And then to come here and win races and have a shot at a title and be so close for the last few years and feel like it’s right there within the grasp and not end up getting it, finishing second the past couple years, it feels good to finally do it.”
Gravel and Big Game Motorsports have already announced their plans to defend the title in 2025, which begins during Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park, Feb. 5-8. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
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2024 WORLD CHAMPIONS: Gravel, Sheppard, Williamson Claim Championships at World of Outlaws World Finals
CONCORD, NC (Nov. 10, 2024) – All dreams, all hopes, all anxieties, all wonders, and all dirt roads led to three drivers being crowned champions at the World of Outlaws World Finals Saturday night.
David Gravel, of Watertown, CT, Brandon Sheppard, of New Berlin, IL and Mat Williamson, of St. Catharines, ON, conquered all paths en route to the 2024 title with their respective series.
Gravel and his Big Game Motorsports team – consisting of Cody Jacobs, Stephen Hamm-Reilly and Zach Patterson – earned their first World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series championship. He became the 11th different Series champion and first new champion since 2019. Also, his car owner, Tod Quiring, became the first new team owner to win a title since 2013.
“It’s a dream come true,” Gravel said. “We’ve been working at this for a long time. To do this with Big Game (Motorsports) in our fourth year together feels really really good.”
Sheppard made history by becoming the winningest World of Outlaws Late Model champion in Series history by claiming his fifth Series championship – breaking the tie with Josh Richards. However, this was his first with the Sheppard Riggs Racing Longhorn Factory Team.
“It’s crazy to think about now,” Sheppard said. “These things are not easy to win, and we did it the absolute hardest way possible, that’s for sure. Longhorn and the whole Riggs family gave me everything I needed to get the job done. It’s been a trying year with a ton of ups and downs. We’ve showed a lot of speed but haven’t had the wins that we needed. It was a battle of attrition to keep the thing up front and just be consistent…
“The stars lined up, man. I’ve battled for this a lot of years now. I know how to do it, it’s just a matter of putting together the package to be consistent and be OK when you’re not going to win that night.”
Williamson earned his second Super DIRTcar Series championship – first since 2019 – becoming the eighth driver in Super DIRTcar Series history to win multiple titles.
“It’s unbelievable,” Williamson said about winning the championship. “The second one was way harder than the first one. We worked really hard. The guys do such a good job of getting this thing prepared. I really have to thank them for everything they do. It’s really cool to be sitting here on the front straightaway (at The Dirt Track at Charlotte) celebrating something like this.”
Sheppard and Williamson had to endure the stress of waiting until the final lap of the weekend to be crowned the champion, while Gravel was able to lock up his title on Friday. His championship rival, Carson Macedo, won Friday night’s race, but Gravel’s fourth-place finish gave him enough points to lock up the title – ending the season with 15 wins, 44 top five finishes and 60 top 10s.
Gravel’s championship season started with him winning the second race of the year at Volusia Speedway Park and then taking home his third Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals Big Gator title. He and the Big Game Motorsports team were then masters of consistency, finishing outside the top 12 only two times in the first half of the season. And in that time, Gravel also picked up his first Kings Royal title and a Summer Nationals win at Williams Grove Speedway.
Their win count dropped in the second half of the year, picking up only two wins in that time span, but only had two finishes outside the top 10 with the worse being 13th.
“We started off really good, but when I started to build a big lead (in points) I crashed and it got close again and then stretched it out a little bit,” Gravel said. “We went through a little bit of a slump. Once we got away from the West Coast, I thought we battled back and ran really good to close off the year. It feels good to get the job done, finally.”
Sheppard’s championship season was tame in the win column, grabbing three Series wins on the year – compared to his other four championship years, which saw him earn 18 wins with his first and second titles, 14 wins with this third title and eight with his fourth. However, he too was a master of consistency. He only had eight finishes worse than eighth in 41 starts – and only one outside the top 20.
Although, one of those finishes outside the top 10 came during the first World Finals Feature of the week, putting Nick Hoffman within 26 points of him. And then Bobby Pierce won Friday night’s Feature, while Hoffman suffered a mechanical failure, moving Pierce to second in points – 22 points behind Sheppard.
The drama continued on the final night as Pierce battled for the lead, while Sheppard fought to stay within the top 10 to hold on to his points lead. But Pierce suffered a flat tire near the halfway point and could only recover to a 17th-place finish. Sheppard finished ninth and clinched the title by 38 points.
“It was a crazy year,” Sheppard said. “We’re super happy and thankful for all the sponsors that have stuck behind us. My dad and my grandpa. The whole Riggs family. The whole Longhorn family. Just everybody that’s involved with this team. It’s wild to think about standing here right now. I know the Riggs family has been trying to get one of these for a while.”
The Super DIRTcar Series had the closest points battle of the three Series entering the World of Outlaws World Finals with Williamson trailing 10-time Series champion Matt Sheppard by 15 points. That points lead evaporated for Sheppard and transferred to Williamson after Sheppard’s engine overheated during the first Feature of the weekend. Williamson then went on to win Friday night’s Feature and finish third on Saturday – securing the championship by 33 points over Sheppard.
“In our first year (as a team with Buzz Chew Racing) we came down to Charlotte and won the championship and it was like, ‘Wow, we did it. Good job guys.’ And then the next year you expect it and the year after you expect it and the year after, and so on and so forth,” Williamson said. “To get the second one finally done is unbelievably cool.”
Williamson ended the season with eight Series wins, 14 top five finishes and 17 top 10s. He also earned his second straight DIRTcar Nationals Big Gator title in February.
The 2025 season for the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Model Series will commence at Volusia Speedway Park for the DIRTcar Sunshine Nationals, Jan. 22-25. Then, the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park will start the new year for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series (Feb. 5-8) and Super DIRTcar Series (Feb. 12-15). For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch the entire 2025 season for all three series live on DIRTVision.
SUNSHINE IN CHARLOTTE: Tyler Courtney Holds Off Gravel to Top World of Outlaws Season Finale
“Sunshine” pockets $25,000 at the site of his Series debut to close World Finals
CONCORD, NC (November 9, 2024) - In a week defined by uncharacteristically nice November weather, it’s only fitting that “Sunshine” found a way to Victory Lane.
Tyler Courtney was quietly consistent through the first three nights of the World of Outlaws World Finals. Sea Foam Qualifying Night led to him clocking in seventh and 11th in the pair of flights. Then he grabbed finishes of 10th and sixth on Thursday and Friday which set him up on the front row of a Saturday Heat Race.
Then came the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car season finale, and Courtney locked himself in the Toyota Dash. Good fortune in the redraw put him P1, and he capitalized.
Courtney won the Dash to set himself up on the pole for the 25-lapper, and he never looked back once the green flag flew at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. The Indianapolis, IN native led every lap of the Feature, surviving a brief challenge from Series champion David Gravel to get the win and bank $25,000.
“To end the year on a win like this gives us a little bit of momentum going into 2025,” Courtney said. “Just can’t say enough about all of my guys. Jake, Ron, Bobby, they bust their tails. We struggled a little bit the second half of the season but started to find our footing here in the last month or so. I heard them talking about my debut here with Danny Smith. I think I was racing Jacob Allen for the D-main that year. So 11 years later to come here and get a victory is great.”
It’s Courtney’s third win of 2024 with The Greatest Show on Dirt and his 12th overall this year in a 410 Sprint Car, tied for the third most in the country. It was a full circle night as Courtney got his first checkered flag from the site of his World of Outlaws debut back in 2013.
When the green flag dropped Courtney quickly pulled ahead of outside polesitter Brian Brown. Courtney had the Clauson Marshall Racing No. 7BC on cruise control as he stretched the advantage early.
David Gravel surged from seventh to the runner-up spot by Lap 13 and appeared primed to give Courtney a challenge when a caution came out a lap later erasing his more than five-second lead.
But Courtney refused to let it slip away even as Gravel pressured him on the restart. Courtney kept his NOS Energy Drink ride glued to the bottom as Gravel braved the top. Gravel got the Big Game Motorsports No. 2 wound up and closed in for about a lap, but ultimately Courtney prevailed as he rolled away and took the checkered flag with more than a two-second gap between himself and Gravel.
“I think we proved to not only ourselves but a lot of other people too that we belong on the national tour and that we can compete too,” Courtney said of he and his team’s season. “I haven’t won as many Outlaw races in a year as I did this year, so to go out and do that is really accomplishing for myself and our team and just awesome.”
Gravel’s runner-up gave him a strong punctuation to his first World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car championship. He and Big Game Motorsports pieced together 15 wins, 33 podiums, 44 top fives, and 60 top 10s on their way to a title. Gravel became the 11th different driver to earn a championship with The Greatest Show on Dirt while Quiring became the 10th different owner.
While they might’ve come up one spot short, the race exemplified why Gravel and the Tod Quiring-owned crew came out on top in 2024. They’ve got a fast race car with one of the most talented Sprint Car drivers in the country who does what he needs to do without taking unnecessary risks. The Big Game No. 2 came home P2 to close out the season.
“The beginning of the race really went my way,” Gravel explained. “A couple of guys missed the bottom, and I was able to get underneath them. “Brownie” (Brian Brown) got messed up on the cushion there, and I was able to get by him. Then a caution came out and kind of had a clean slate. Then we had that run, and he started getting into traffic, I felt like that was a little bit of my chance there. Then we had the caution or the red with five to go. He was really, really good in clean track.”
Rounding out the final podium of the season was Carson Macedo and the Jason Johnson Racing team. The Californian got the top going late in the running to work his way into third.
“I think late in the race there it transitioned back to the top,” Macedo said. “These guys (Courtney and Gravel) were actually running the middle which surprised me. But Brownie went to the bottom there on that restart and I think just spun a little bit, and I was able to get a run and get around him. It was a hard-fought race. It changed a lot just like I feel it has the last couple of nights with the way the track prep is. Man, hats off to this team. They’re doing a great job. They’re delivering, Philip Dietz, Adam Zimmerman, and Robby McQuinn.”
Ryan Timms and Brian Brown completed the top five.
Donny Schatz completed a clean sweep of the World Finals KSE Racing Hard Charger Awards by taking the Tony Stewart Racing No. 15 from 18th to ninth for his third in a row.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Sheldon Haudenschild, Carson Macedo, and Justin Peck. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Buddy Kofoid.
Tyler Courtney topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Bill Balog won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Giovanni Scelzi.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars begin the 2025 season at Volusia Speedway Park’s Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals on Feb. 5-8. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[7]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[5]; 4. 10-Ryan Timms[9]; 5. 21-Brian Brown[2]; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart[4]; 8. 23-Garet Williamson[11]; 9. 15-Donny Schatz[18]; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen[12]; 11. 26-Justin Peck[8]; 12. 2KS-Cory Eliason[16]; 13. 39M-Anthony Macri[19]; 14. 9-Kasey Kahne[10]; 15. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[14]; 16. 14-Spencer Bayston[15]; 17. 27-Emerson Axsom[17]; 18. 17B-Bill Balog[21]; 19. 91-Kyle Reinhardt[23]; 20. 70-Kraig Kinser[27]; 21. 69K-Logan Wagner[24]; 22. 24D-Danny Sams III[22]; 23. 88-Austin McCarl[20]; 24. 83-Michael Kofoid[6]; 25. 7S-Landon Crawley[26]; 26. 13-Daison Pursley[13]; 27. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[25]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/sunshine-in-charlotte-tyler-courtney-holds-off-gravel-to-top-world-of-outlaws-season-finale/
EVENT INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/schedule/event-info/?event=6174
TRACK INFO: https://www.charlottemotorspeedway.com/events/world-of-outlaws-world-finals/
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Millbridge Speedway to Host Xtreme Outlaw Midget Championship Finale During World Finals Week in 2025
CONCORD, NC (Nov. 9, 2024) – The 2025 season finale for the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota is coming home to Millbridge Speedway for a two-night program, Monday–Tuesday, Nov. 3–4.
The move brings the Series’ championship finale to its birthplace and places it among the biggest week for dirt racing in North Carolina — the World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, which is 30 minutes south of Millbridge.
Titled as the Xtreme Outlaw Midget World Championship: The Kickoff to World of Outlaws World Finals, the inaugural event will help commence a massive week of championship celebrations for the premier dirt racing series.
“The World of Outlaws World Finals is one of the biggest events in dirt track racing, and with Millbridge’s short drive from Charlotte, we all knew we wanted to make the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series part of this special week,” said Tyler Bachman, Xtreme Outlaw Series Director. “Our relationship with the Millbridge staff has grown so much over the past three years, and what better way to grow one of our biggest events on the schedule than to put it in front of fans that travel into the area for World Finals.”
For the past three seasons, the Xtreme Outlaw Series has made its annual Millbridge stop during the week leading up to Memorial Day — coinciding with the NASCAR weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway — and will now move into the fall, giving Millbridge a fall Midget program for the first time since the track’s last presentation of the Carolina Midget Showdown in 2021.
“We think that the track, with the red clay, is going to bring some better racing in November than it would in the middle of the summer,” said Ashly Burnett, Millbridge Speedway co-owner and promoter. “We love our NASCAR fans, but we really want to bring some good racing to our dirt fans as well.”
While the 2025 World Finals runs Nov. 5–8, the Xtreme Outlaw Midget World Championship will get the week’s racing festivities started with a $4,000-to-win Feature on Monday, Nov. 3, and a $5,000-to-win main event on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
A Series championship coronation will follow the completion of Tuesday’s program, after which all attendees are encouraged to spend the rest of the week at The Dirt Track at Charlotte for World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Model Series and Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modified action.
Historically, multiple drivers from non-open-wheel racing disciplines have had cars prepared to compete during Millbridge’s two-day Midget event, which has been contested every year since 2020 in both the spring and fall.
“We see that every week at Millbridge; you never know who’s going to show up,” said Burnett, who hosts several NASCAR stars and their family members as competitors in the track’s weekly Micro Sprint program. “When you present them with a big race, especially with the Midgets and bring Xtreme in, you really never know — not only NASCAR, but any form of motorsports — we always get surprised who shows up and who enters our events.”
NASCAR Cup Series stars Kyle Larson and Chase Briscoe won the first-ever Midget events contested at the 1/6-mile oval in December 2020, followed by USAC champion C.J. Leary’s sweep of both Midget events on the red clay in October 2021.
The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series began its inaugural season at Millbridge the following spring with multi-time track champion Gavan Boschele taking the first-ever Series checkered flag in May 2022. History was then made at the next Millbridge race as Taylor Reimer was deemed the winner, becoming the first woman to earn a win in national Midget competition.
Cannon McIntosh — the 2024 Series champion — swept the two-day show in May 2023. And Karter Sarff and Zach Daum split this year’s shows.
Tickets for the inaugural Xtreme Outlaw World Championship: The Kickoff to World of Outlaws World Finals will be on sale at the gate on race day. If you can’t be at the track to watch, stream every lap from every 2025 Xtreme Outlaw Series event live on DIRTVision.
ARTICLE: https://xtremeoutlawseries.com/news/millbridge-speedway-to-host-xtreme-outlaw-midget-championship-finale-during-world-finals-week-in-2025/
EVENT INFO: https://xtremeoutlawseries.com/schedule/event-info/?event=4547705
TRACK INFO: https://millbridgespeedway.com/
FAN 101: https://about.dirtcar.com/
GIVING HIS ALL: Carson Macedo Out-duels Kofoid for Charlotte Win, Gravel Locks Up Title
Macedo makes it a dozen wins in 2024 with Jason Johnson Racing after compelling duel
CONCORD, NC (November 9, 2024) - Carson Macedo came into the World of Outlaws World Finals knowing he wouldn’t leave anything on the table. The odds of climbing back in the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car championship fight were slim, but that didn’t mean he’d give less than maximum effort. And that kind of attitude brought him to Victory Lane on Friday night.
Macedo and the Jason Johnson Racing crew earned the pole for the 25-lap finale and came out on top of a spirited battle with Michael “Buddy” Kofoid for a $15,000 score at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.
Macedo led early before Kofoid roared by on the outside, but the Lemoore, CA native refused to be beaten by his fellow Californian as Macedo came back with a slide job that proved to be the winning move.
Only three spots behind him, David Gravel came home fourth to secure a World of Outlaws title and end Macedo’s outside chance. But the 28-year-old had nothing to hang his head about. He did everything he could by picking up the win, but Gravel and the Big Game Motorsports team continued the consistency they showed all season long.
“I think it takes time to win a race here,” Macedo explained. “It’s definitely a chess game. As the lines and stuff move around, you’ve got to be able to move around with them. I think your car, obviously, being good helps a lot, too. I felt really confident when Buddy got by me that I could maybe get back by him.
“Feels good to win the battle tonight, but obviously we kind of lost the war. That’s a little bit bittersweet, but congrats to the 2 team and David on winning the championship. Man, we fought all year. We fought as hard as we could. Someday maybe we can be sitting in that spot.”
The Charlotte win made it a dozen overall in 2024 for Macedo with The Greatest Show on Dirt. That marks a new personal best for him. It was also his first ever checkered flag from the North Carolina facility. His 47th career victory moves him within four of equaling Jeff Swindell for 17th all time.
As previously noted, a fourth place result locked up the championship for David Gravel. He becomes the 11th driver in Sprint Car history to own a World of Outlaws title. Big Game Motorsports team owner, Tod Quiring, is only the 10th owner to claim the championship and becomes the first new one since 2013 when Kasey Kahne got his first with Daryn Pittman behind the wheel.
“It feels good to go into tomorrow just racing for a win,” Gravel said. “I want to touch that trophy and raise that trophy above my head because I’ve been doing this for a long time. We’ve been close a lot of years and been on the podium a lot in the points. To finally get it done and do it with Levi, being a dad, and having a family and everything feels really, really cool. There’s a small list of World of Outlaws champions, and I’m just proud to be one of them.”
Macedo and Kofoid led the field to green, and Macedo jumped right out to an early lead.
The early part of the race allowed Macedo to inch away from Kofoid and Gravel as he rolled the bottom of the freshly prepped surface, but lapped traffic threw him a curveball.
Once traffic became a factor near the halfway point, Macedo’s lead started to shrink as Kofoid started to get the cushion going around the 4/10 mile. Kofoid finally found the momentum he needed to blast by for the top spot on Lap 16 out of Turn 2. Macedo came back at him with a slider in the next set of corners, but Kofoid calmly crossed him over to keep the lead.
It was a short-lived stint atop the leaderboard as the tricky cushion caught Kofoid. The Roth Motorsports driver tripped up outside of Turn 2 allowing Macedo back to his tail tank. He wasted no time looking to reclaim the top spot as he tried to throw a slider in Turn 3 but couldn’t clear him. However, one more set of corners was what Macedo required as he tossed a slide job that stuck in Turns 1 and 2.
From there, Macedo drove away with ease to his 12th World of Outlaws victory of the 2024 campaign.
“I was just the leader and didn’t really know where to be,” Macedo said of his race. “I was running the bottom at the time and felt like it was slowing down. My pace was just getting so low. I kept getting my wing back I tried it the one time and felt like I was on ice skates it was so dirty. I just never thought that it would’ve been that good. Then I could hear Buddy get to my outside, I thought, ‘Man, he must just be running just behind me.’ Then I see him leave my left rear off of (Turn) 2. I tried to slide him in (Turns) 3 and 4 and got over the cushion a little bit. But overall, my car was incredible.’
Kofoid came home in the runner-up spot for his second straight second place finish in the Roth Motorsports No. 83. He continues to make some final additions to his unbelievable rookie season résumé with the World of Outlaws.
“Obviously, Carson and the 41 guys were really good,” Kofoid said. “I just had my wing back to be really good down there (Turns 3 and 4) kind of through the dust before it cleaned up. And then I was kind of running across (Turns) 1 and 2, middle-up and kind of was just getting my wing back every lap. Then it looked clean enough, so I moved up more on top into (Turn) 1 and just plugged it a little bit too hard and let Carson back by.”
Like Kofoid finished up second both nights, the third position belonged to Justin Peck once again on Friday. The Monrovia, IN native continues to prove he’s quickly adapted to wheeling his new ride, the Rudeen Racing No. 26.
“Two nights in a row we’ve kind of started a bit free as we started that Feature. My car is awesome. After we get a couple laps into the race it starts coming in. The longer the race goes the faster I seem to get. The car is really good man.”
David Gravel and Kasey Kahne completed the top five.
A 23rd to 15th run earned Donny Schatz back-to-back KSE Racing Hard Chargers.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Giovanni Scelzi, Carson Macedo, and Justin Peck. Milton Hershey School Heat went to Buddy Kofoid.
Carson Macedo won the Toyota Racing Dash.
Logan Schuchart won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Danny Sams III.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars wrap up their 47th season with the $25,000-to-win World of Outlaws World Finals finale at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 3. 26-Justin Peck[4]; 4. 2-David Gravel[3]; 5. 9-Kasey Kahne[8]; 6. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[13]; 7. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]; 8. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[7]; 9. 13-Daison Pursley[6]; 10. 91-Kyle Reinhardt[10]; 11. 23-Garet Williamson[11]; 12. 1A-Jacob Allen[17]; 13. 21-Brian Brown[9]; 14. 17B-Bill Balog[18]; 15. 15-Donny Schatz[23]; 16. 1S-Logan Schuchart[21]; 17. 10-Ryan Timms[16]; 18. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[25]; 19. 2KS-Cory Eliason[24]; 20. 27-Emerson Axsom[22]; 21. 23W-Justin Whittall[19]; 22. 24D-Danny Sams III[15]; 23. 7S-Landon Crawley[14]; 24. 7N-Darin Naida[20]; 25. 99-Skylar Gee[12]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/giving-his-all-carson-macedo-out-duels-kofoid-for-charlotte-win-gravel-locks-up-title/
EVENT INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/schedule/event-info/?event=6174
TRACK INFO: https://www.charlottemotorspeedway.com/
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MAN ON A MISSION: Gravel Goes Flag to Flag to Top World Finals Opener
Gravel inches closer to first World of Outlaws title with 15th win of 2024
CONCORD, NC (November 7, 2024) - David Gravel has one thing in mind right now – securing his first World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car championship.
He first made his focus clear on Wednesday when Sea Foam Qualifying Night got the World of Outlaws World Finals underway. The Watertown, CT native laid down two heaters to sweep both Simpson Quick Time Awards.
And on Thursday when racing began, Gravel had zero intentions of slowing down.
First, he cruised to a Heat Race victory. Next, he set himself up on the front row of the main event by finishing second in the Dash. Then, he delivered a dominant performance in the 25-lap NOS Energy Drink Feature at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.
Gravel rocketed to the lead around Brian Brown’s outside on the first lap and survived Michael “Buddy” Kofoid’s late surge to claim the first main event of the week at the North Carolina oval.
It was an emotional Victory Lane for a variety of reasons. First, Gravel was happy to have his father, who recently suffered a heart attack, in attendance. Secondly, in what’s become a year of checking off major milestones, another was reached. Earlier this year Gravel helped Tod Quiring get his 100th World of Outlaws win as an owner before Gravel got his own 100th as a driver two months later. And on Thursday Gravel’s drive brought Big Game Motorsports crew chief Cody Jacobs his 50th with the Series.
“It’s been a great year,” Gravel said. “We talked about it at dinner that the next one was going to be his 50th, and I forgot because there’s so much other stuff going on. It feels good, happy to get Tod his 100th, my 100th, and Cody his 50th and hopefully a championship tomorrow night. It’s just been an unbelievable season. And with everything going on with my dad the last month, just happy he’s here.”
The win was Gravel’s 15th of 2024 with The Greatest Show on Dirt and the 103rd of his career. Seven of those 103 have come at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, making it the second winningest track on his World of Outlaws résumé. It also gave him 16 overall Sprint Car wins in 2024, breaking a tie with Anthony Macri for the most in the nation.
The path to victory was paved on the opening lap for Gravel as pole-sitter Brian Brown led them to the green flag.
Brown nosed ahead as they accelerated down the front straightaway and muscled in front as they entered Turn 1. But Gravel committed to the top and built up momentum and ripped by Brown before he could slide ahead.
The early laps allowed Gravel to build a strong lead over Brown, and right when he was beginning to negotiate traffic, the yellow lights flashed as Emerson Axsom spun to a stop in Turn 4 with 16 laps to go.
Gravel launched ahead when the green flag came back out, but one of the sport’s hottest drivers, Buddy Kofoid, threw his name into contention with a big restart that propelled him from sixth to third.
The Penngrove, CA native then set his sights on Brown, and he disposed of him on Lap 17 to take over the runner-up spot with Gravel still nearly two seconds ahead.
But the laps times showed Gravel’s lead was fading as the laps clicked away and the lead duo worked through traffic. With two circuits remaining, Kofoid had chopped the margin all the way down to six tenths of a second. When the white flag flew, it was under half a second. Kofoid was there.
Right when it appeared Gravel could be in danger of last lap heartbreak, he smoothly cleared a lapped car to give himself the small amount of breathing room he needed. Gravel pulled away and took the checkered flag with his advantage north of a second again.
“Sometimes it’s not good to be leading there,” Gravel explained. “The 7S ran me really hard and saw my nose and chopped going into (Turn) 3. Didn’t really like that move. Man, just going to the bottom if you missed it, you lost a lot of momentum. I’m sure Buddy was ripping the top aggressively. My momentum and pace just slowed down, but sometimes you’ll have that. Just happy to hold on.”
Gravel is now in a spot where he can likely secure his first World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car championship on Friday assuming he starts Saturday’s Feature. If Carson Macedo wins, Gravel must finish 19th or better. If Macedo doesn’t win, Gravel must finish within 19 positions of the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41.
Kofoid settled for second after his late charge. It was another great run as he continues a rookie World of Outlaws season for the record books with Roth Motorsports. He’s up to 26 podiums in 2024.
“I think just getting to start on the outside here is really beneficial if you’re not on the front row,” Kofoid said. “I was able to just get a good run and get outside of and get past fifth and then get to the bottom. As the couple cars in front of me were coming up the straightaway I was able to fill that gap before they got to the bottom, and I was able to get back to the top. I kind of found it right before that yellow came out and picked off a couple cars and knew that the bottom was getting narrower and narrower and moved up just in time.”
Rounding out the top three was Justin Peck as he debuted in the Rudeen Racing No. 26. The Monrovia, IN native very recently inked a deal to jump in the seat of Kevin Rudeen’s iconic blue Sprint Car, and it the pairing showed chemistry right off the bat.
“Car has been fast almost every time I’ve hit the racetrack,” Peck said. “Obviously, there’s a couple things getting used to a new car, just understanding tendencies the car has and how it wants to move around and react and kind of relearn a little muscle memory and adapt to what we’re doing.”
Brian Brown and Logan Schuchart completed the top five.
A 25th to 14th drive earned Donny Schatz the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to David Gravel, Logan Schuchart, and Buddy Kofoid. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Brian Brown.
Brian Brown topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Landon Crawley won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Emerson Axsom.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars battle at the penultimate World Finals night on Thursday, Nov. 7 at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[2]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[8]; 3. 26-Justin Peck[3]; 4. 21-Brian Brown[1]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart[7]; 6. 41-Carson Macedo[14]; 7. 10-Ryan Timms[4]; 8. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]; 9. 39M-Anthony Macri[10]; 10. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[13]; 11. 69K-Logan Wagner[11]; 12. 88-Austin McCarl[9]; 13. 23-Garet Williamson[19]; 14. 15-Donny Schatz[25]; 15. 1A-Jacob Allen[12]; 16. 14-Spencer Bayston[18]; 17. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[23]; 18. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[16]; 19. 2KS-Cory Eliason[17]; 20. 23W-Justin Whittall[15]; 21. 13-Daison Pursley[22]; 22. 7S-Landon Crawley[21]; 23. 27-Emerson Axsom[6]; 24. 17B-Bill Balog[24]; 25. 55-CJ Leary[20]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/man-on-a-mission-gravel-goes-flag-to-flag-to-top-world-finals-opener/
EVENT INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/schedule/event-info/?event=6174
TRACK INFO: https://www.charlottemotorspeedway.com/
FAN 101: https://about.worldofoutlaws.com/
LAYIN’ DOWN A LAP: Qualifying Night Sets the Stage for World Finals Racing
David Gravel sweeps Simpson Quick Time Awards as he looks to secure a title this week
CONCORD, NC (November 6, 2024) - On-track World of Outlaws World Finals action got underway on Wednesday with Sea Foam Qualifying Night. The more than 40 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars ripped through a pair of Qualifying sessions to set Heat Race lineups for Thursday and Friday’s racing programs.
The first of two delivered no surprise atop the charts. If David Gravel is feeling any pressure as he aims to secure his first championship with The Greatest Show on Dirt, he didn’t show it.
The Watertown, CT native took the Big Game Motorsports No. 2 around The Dirt Track at Charlotte in 12.626 seconds. That time netted him his 11th Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 121st of his career. He’ll line up on the pole of Thursday’s opening NOS Energy Drink Heat Race. Brian Brown and Sheldon Haudenschild snagged the second and third positions of Flight A.
“It’s always important here at Charlotte,” Gravel said of Qualifying. “Stout fields. You just don’t want to start the week off badly. If you can start on the front row both nights, it makes the week so much easier. It’s just a big part of the World of Outlaws format and the night. So far, so good.”
Logan Schuchart and the Shark Racing crew paced the second Flight of Thursday’s Qualifying session with a 12.782 with Michael “Buddy” Kofoid and Emerson Axsom right behind him.
A notable name in the top five of Flight B was Ricky Thornton Jr. as the Late Model ace drove Bernie Stuebgen’s ride to a 12.920, good enough for fifth quick.
Unfortunately for Gravel’s closest championship rival, Carson Macedo, he could only put together the 13th fastest time in Flight B. That’ll put him and the Jason Johnson Racing crew behind the eight ball for Thursday’s program.
It was déjŕ vu when Friday’s Qualifying session rolled out. Gravel laid down a 12.983 to sweep the Simpson Quick Time Awards for the night. In doing so, he equaled Carson Macedo for the most this season with a dozen, and they’ll end the year tied. Gravel is set to start from the pole of Heat One on Friday. A pair of Californians in Buddy Kofoid and Giovanni Scelzi timed in second and third quickest.
Carson Macedo rebounded in a big way after his subpar first session by sitting atop the charts of Flight B in the second with a 13.144. He’ll lead the field to green in Heat Three on Friday.
Right behind Macedo, Justin Peck put down an impressive lap in his first night aboard the Rudeen Racing No. 26. The driver-team combo recently linked, and Peck’s 13.170 slotted him in second and on the Pole of Heat Four. Another new pairing in the form of Daison Pursley and Buch Motorsports claimed the third spot on the charts.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars begin World Finals racing on Thursday, Nov. 7 at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
THURSDAY QUALIFYING RESULTS:
Qualifying A - Thursday Night (2 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel, 00:12.626[1]; 2. 21-Brian Brown, 00:12.741[7]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:12.757[20]; 4. 10-Ryan Timms, 00:12.774[17]; 5. 7S-Landon Crawley, 00:12.778[2]; 6. 23W-Justin Whittall, 00:12.827[3]; 7. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:12.838[8]; 8. 69K-Logan Wagner, 00:12.856[9]; 9. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:12.878[12]; 10. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:12.904[14]; 11. 13-Daison Pursley, 00:12.910[16]; 12. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:12.918[18]; 13. 1-Sammy Swindell, 00:12.925[11]; 14. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:12.948[10]; 15. 70-Kraig Kinser, 00:12.990[5]; 16. 6-Dylan Cisney, 00:13.010[15]; 17. 2KS-Cory Eliason, 00:13.023[23]; 18. 6X-Tim Shaffer, 00:13.099[19]; 19. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.115[4]; 20. 7NY-Matt Farnham, 00:13.197[21]; 21. 17GP-Hank Davis, 00:13.217[13]; 22. 97UK-Ryan Harrison, 00:13.421[22]; 23. 1B-Keith Baxter, 00:13.782[6]
Qualifying B - Thursday Night (2 Laps): 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:12.782[9]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:12.836[12]; 3. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:12.905[16]; 4. 55-CJ Leary, 00:12.919[3]; 5. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:12.920[6]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:12.929[4]; 7. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:12.962[18]; 8. 26-Justin Peck, 00:12.973[22]; 9. 14-Spencer Bayston, 00:12.982[17]; 10. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:12.997[20]; 11. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:13.029[13]; 12. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 00:13.045[8]; 13. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:13.051[7]; 14. 77-Geoff Dodge, 00:13.106[1]; 15. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:13.126[2]; 16. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:13.177[11]; 17. 7N-Darin Naida, 00:13.226[15]; 18. 6K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:13.272[19]; 19. W20-Greg Wilson, 00:13.289[10]; 20. 0-Glenn Styres, 00:13.509[5]; 21. 5K-Adam Kekich, 00:13.521[21]; 22. 9-Kasey Kahne, 01:00.000[14]
FRIDAY QUALIFYING RESULTS:
Qualifying A - Friday Night (2 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel, 00:12.983[4]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:13.132[1]; 3. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:13.133[12]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:13.150[17]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:13.166[23]; 6. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:13.166[21]; 7. 21-Brian Brown, 00:13.187[6]; 8. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:13.212[20]; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:13.228[13]; 10. 14-Spencer Bayston, 00:13.247[2]; 11. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:13.284[10]; 12. 23W-Justin Whittall, 00:13.293[15]; 13. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:13.304[19]; 14. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:13.322[14]; 15. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:13.343[5]; 16. 2KS-Cory Eliason, 00:13.354[16]; 17. 77-Geoff Dodge, 00:13.435[7]; 18. 17GP-Hank Davis, 00:13.442[8]; 19. 6-Dylan Cisney, 00:13.458[9]; 20. 1-Sammy Swindell, 00:13.604[18]; 21. 6X-Tim Shaffer, 00:13.656[3]; 22. 7NY-Matt Farnham, 00:13.819[22]; 23. 5K-Adam Kekich, 00:13.940[11]
Qualifying B - Friday Night (2 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:13.144[11]; 2. 26-Justin Peck, 00:13.170[4]; 3. 13-Daison Pursley, 00:13.197[15]; 4. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:13.217[19]; 5. 7S-Landon Crawley, 00:13.220[9]; 6. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:13.248[14]; 7. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 00:13.272[22]; 8. 69K-Logan Wagner, 00:13.288[5]; 9. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.290[8]; 10. 7N-Darin Naida, 00:13.348[7]; 11. W20-Greg Wilson, 00:13.376[13]; 12. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:13.391[10]; 13. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:13.411[3]; 14. 10-Ryan Timms, 00:13.482[21]; 15. 70-Kraig Kinser, 00:13.484[12]; 16. 55-CJ Leary, 00:13.490[6]; 17. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:13.494[2]; 18. 6K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:13.597[17]; 19. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:13.669[20]; 20. 97UK-Ryan Harrison, 00:13.733[1]; 21. 0-Glenn Styres, 00:14.003[16]; 22. 1B-Keith Baxter, 00:14.289[18]
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WHAT TO WATCH FOR: World Finals Set to Bring 47th World of Outlaws Season to a Close
A first-time champion will arise after four nights at The Dirt Track at Charlotte
CONCORD, NC (November 4, 2024) - Another chapter of World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car history is ready to come to a close.
After thousands of laps at dozens of tracks from coast-to-coast, #AllDirtRoads have led the nation’s best Sprint Car drivers to Concord, NC where The Dirt Track at Charlotte awaits. The Greatest Show on Dirt’s 47th season of showcasing the highest level of the sport will conclude this week with the World of Outlaws World Finals.
The four consecutive evenings will kick off with Sea Foam Qualifying Night on Wednesday, Nov. 6. Two Sea Foam Qualifying sessions will set NOS Energy Drink Heat Race lineups for Thursday and Friday’s complete racing programs with $15,000-to-win Features. Points accumulated from those two nights will then line up Heats for Saturday’s $25,000-to-win/$1,750-to-start season finale. All-in-all, nearly $250,000 in purse money is up for grabs for the expected stout field of competitors.
Joining the Sprint Cars all week at the North Carolina facility will be the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models and Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds.
And when the checkered flag flies and the dust settles Saturday night, the three Series champions will be crowned.
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Let’s look at the week’s top storylines:
A NEW CHAMPION: For the first time since 2019, fans will see a brand new World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car champion arise from World Finals.
David Gravel enters the week primed for his first title after finishing second the past three seasons. He and Big Game Motorsports hold a 74-point advantage with three races to go. They’ve pieced together a memorable season with 14 wins, 31 podiums, more than 300 Feature laps led, and an average finish of fifth on the dot.
Carson Macedo and the Jason Johnson Racing team still have a shot if things fall their way as they sit second. Macedo has also assembled an excellent campaign with 11 victories, 32 top threes, 12 Quick Times, and an average result of 5.15.
Gravel can seal the deal this week at a track that’s been very kind to him. He’s won at the 4/10-mile dirt track six times with three different teams (CJB Motorsports, Jason Johnson Racing, and Big Game Motorsports). His six checkered flags rank second for the most World of Outlaws wins at Charlotte.
Macedo has yet to win at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, but since joining JJR he’s been knocking on the door. The Lemoore, CA native has taken the No. 41 to five Charlotte top fives, including a pair of podiums. His best result is a 2022 runner-up.
It’s not only the prestige of being a World of Outlaws champion that Gravel and Macedo are after. The honor also brings a massive payday. This year’s champion banks $350,000 while the runner-up goes home with $210,000. If Gravel holds on, he’ll make more than a million dollars in earnings this season.
CHARLOTTE SUPREMACY: There’s been one man to beat whenever the World of Outlaws roll into Charlotte, and that man is 10-time Series champion Donny Schatz.
He’s made 64 Series appearances at the North Carolina oval, and nobody comes close to his total of 14 victories. That number is more than double the second most wins. Schatz has also podiumed in more than half of his visits with 33 top threes.
Schatz heads to Charlotte with his spot in the standings just about secured. The Fargo, ND native is third with more than 100 points separating him from both second and fourth. Finishing up the season in his current position would be the 17th time Schatz has ended the year in the top three of the standings.
FIGHT FOR FIFTH: The battle for the title won’t be the only one to watch in Charlotte. A three-car fight for a spot in the top five between Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild, and Logan Schuchart will be finalized.
Scelzi currently holds the spot with the KCP Racing team. The Series sophomore elevated his performance in year two on tour with more victories (three), podiums (nine), laps led (220), and Quick Times (four) over his Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year campaign last season. “Hot Sauce” has made 13 Feature starts at Charlotte and collected 10 top 10s highlighted by a 2019 victory in Bernie Stuebgen’s No. 71.
Haudenschild is Scelzi’s closest competitor as he trails him by 38 points. The Wooster, OH native owns the third most wins this season with eight under his belt and already set a personal-best mark with 24 podiums in 2024. Charlotte hasn’t traditionally been Haudenschild’s best track, but he’s shown flashes of strength with podium runs in both 2020 and 2022.
Schuchart sits seventh with an outside shot at surpassing both Haudenschild and Scelzi. The Shark Racing No. 1S is 38 markers behind Haudenschild and 76 back of Scelzi. Fortunately for Schuchart, Charlotte is one of his best tracks. Four of his 42 career wins have come at “America’s Home for Racing,” which is tied for the most on his résumé.
The fifth finisher in the standings will collect a $113,750 check at year’s end while sixth and seventh will claim $109,375 and $105,000.
ROOKIES NO MORE: Three competitors with vastly different paths jumped on the World of Outlaws tour for the first time in 2024. Charlotte will bring their rookie seasons to a close.
The first season for Michael “Buddy” Kofoid has been nothing short of spectacular. He’s racked up seven wins and 25 podiums aboard the Roth Motorsports No. 83 – numbers a veteran would be proud of. Charlotte hasn’t been the kindest track to the Californian, but his season suggests the fortune could turn around as he closes out his debut campaign.
After more than 20 years of Sprint Car racing that includes 10 Interstate Racing Association (IRA) titles, Bill Balog decided 2024 was the time for his debut World of Outlaws campaign. The “North Pole Nightmare” has impressed with 10 top fives and more than 30 top 10s. Balog is a former fifth-place finisher at Charlotte (2017).
Eyebrows were raised when it was announced that Jason Sides was bringing freshly turned 16-year-old Landon Crawley to the No. 7S for a season with The Greatest Show on Dirt. But Crawley quickly proved he belonged by setting Simpson Quick Time at the Volusia season opener. The season has had its ups and downs for the teenager, but he’s shown the skill is there with runs such as a top 10 at Eldora Speedway and 25th to 10th drive at Attica Raceway Park. Crawley makes his Charlotte debut this week.
SAME FACES, NEW PLACES: Sprint Car silly season got off to an early start, which means fans will be treated to a handful of drivers getting laps in new rides ahead of 2025.
Fresh off finishing second in the Northern Auto Racing Club (NARC) points with Tarlton Motorsports, Cole Macedo is set to unite with his new team. Before Macedo and TwoC Racing hit the road with the World of Outlaws next year, they plan to get some laps at World Finals.
Justin Peck recently inked a deal with Rudeen Racing and will debut in the No. 26 this week. Last year Peck, nearly bagged his first World of Outlaws win at Charlotte, leading laps before finishing second.
After some recent races in Liebig Motorsports machine, Ryan Timms and the team have added World Finals to their calendar. Timms’ four starts so far in the No. 10 have led to four top 10s including a pair of podiums.
After competing with NARC out in California, the new pairing of Spencer Bayston and Jason Meyers Racing will make the long haul east for World Finals. Bayston’s best Charlotte showing is a fourth in 2018.
Hank Davis will be making his 410 Sprint Car debut aboard the Michael Dutcher Motorsports No. 17GP this week before he looks to deliver an American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) owner’s championship to TwoC Racing next weekend in Oklahoma.
STACKED FIELD: Along with the full-time World of Outlaws roster and the cast of competitors hopping in new rides, many more noteworthy names are planning to fill the pit area.
Fresh off his first Series top 10 in three years, Sammy Swindell has World Finals on his agenda. It’ll be “Slammin’ Sammy’s” first Charlotte laps since 2020. The three-time World of Outlaws champion is a two-time winner at “America’s Home for Racing” (2000 and 2012).
Anthony Macri is tied as the country’s winningest Sprint Car driver with 15 victories, and the Pennsylvanian intends to make the trip south to Charlotte. His best finish in 10 tries there is ninth in 2022.
One of Late Model racing’s most elite drivers, Ricky Thornton Jr., will make his highly anticipated World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car debut in Bernie Stuegben’s No. 71. “RTJ” won two of the three World of Outlaws Late Model races during World Finals last year.
Many more names including Garet Williamson, Kasey Kahne, Daison Pursley, and more are expected to invade Charlotte.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Wednesday-Saturday, November 6-9 at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, NC
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (63/66 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (8582 PTS)
2. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-74 PTS)
3. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 (-176 PTS)
4. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-280 PTS)
5. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing No. 18 (-358 PTS)
6. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-396 PTS)
7. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-434 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports No. 17B (-980 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing No. 3Z (-1394 PTS)
10. Landon Crawley – Sides Motorsports No. 7S (-1698 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (17 Drivers):
14 Wins – David Gravel
11 Wins – Carson Macedo
8 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
7 Wins – Michael Kofoid
5 Wins – Donny Schatz
3 Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, Kyle Larson
2 Wins – Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Brent Marks, Brady Bacon, Corey Day, Logan Schuchart, James McFadden, T.J. Stutts, Aaron Reutzel
FEATURE LAPS LED (27 Drivers):
471 Laps – Carson Macedo
329 Laps – David Gravel
220 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
201 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
169 Laps – Michael Kofoid
142 Laps – Donny Schatz
97 Laps – Kyle Larson
75 Laps – Rico Abreu
52 Laps – Logan Schuchart
44 Laps – James McFadden
36 Laps – Emerson Axsom
34 Laps – Brady Bacon
29 Laps – Chase Randall
25 Laps – Brad Sweet, T.J. Stutts, Aaron Reutzel
20 Laps – Anthony Macri
15 Laps – Ryan Timms, Tyler Courtney
14 Laps – Shane Golobic
11 Laps – Bill Balog
9 Laps – Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day
6 Laps – D.J. Netto
4 Laps – Hunter Schuerenberg
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Kalib Henry
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (22 Drivers):
12 Quick Times – Carson Macedo
10 Quick Times – David Gravel
8 Quick Times – Sheldon Haudenschild
6 Quick Times – Michael Kofoid
4 Quick Times – Giovanni Scelzi, Brent Marks
2 Quick Times – Daryn Pittman, Donny Schatz, Landon Crawley, Chase Dietz
1 Quick Time – Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Cory Eliason, Brock Zearfoss, Rico Abreu, Matt Juhl, Emerson Axsom, Shane Golobic, Bill Balog, Landon Brooks, Bryce Lucius
HEAT RACE WINNERS (57 Drivers):
33 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
32 Heat Wins – David Gravel
27 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
20 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid
19 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid
13 Heat Wins – Logan Schuchart
9 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu, Donny Schatz
7 Heat Wins – Brock Zearfoss
6 Heat Wins – Bill Balog, Brent Marks
5 Heat Wins – Tyler Courtney
4 Heat Wins – Daryn Pittman
3 Heat Wins – Garet Williamson, Kaleb Johnson, Brian Brown, Emerson Axsom
2 Heat Wins – Landon Crawley, Corey Day, Kyle Larson, Anthony Macri, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Austin McCarl, Aaron Reutzel, Scott Bogucki, Chase Randall, D.J. Netto, Kasey Kahne, Chase Dietz
1 Heat Win – Justin Peck, Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Danny Sams III, Tim Shaffer, Nick Omdahl, Brad Sweet, Spencer Bayston, Brady Bacon, Parker Price-Miller, T.J. Stutts, Kelby Watt, Jamie Ball, Hunter Schuerenberg, Tasker Phillips, Ayrton Gennetten, Tanner Holmes, Cole Macedo, Cale Thomas, Dusty Zomer, Andy Pake, Shane Golobic, Dylan Bloomfield, Kaleb Montgomery, Landon Brooks, Tyler Ross, Zach Hampton, Joe B. Miller
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (77 Drivers):
46 Dashes – Carson Macedo
44 Dashes – David Gravel
38 Dashes – Sheldon Haudenschild
37 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi
33 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
23 Dashes – Logan Schuchart
21 Dashes – Donny Schatz
17 Dashes – Bill Balog
10 Dashes – Brock Zearfoss
9 Dashes – Rico Abreu, Landon Crawley
8 Dashes – Brent Marks
7 Dashes – Anthony Macri, Emerson Axsom, Aaron Reutzel
6 Dashes – Tyler Courtney
5 Dashes – Corey Day, Garet Williamson, Brian Brown, Chase Dietz
4 Dashes – Brady Bacon, Daryn Pittman, James McFadden
3 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Justin Peck, Landon Brooks, Danny Sams III
2 Dashes – Cole Duncan, Cole Macedo, Kalib Henry, Kyle Larson, Parker Price-Miller, Ayrton Gennetten, Scott Bogucki, D.J. Netto, Shane Golobic, Kaleb Montgomery, Skylar Gee, Tim Kaeding
1 Dash – Zeb Wise, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Logan McCandless, Kody Hartlaub, Tim Shaffer, T.J. Michael, Craig Mintz, Brandon Spithaler, Sye Lynch, Cale Thomas, Kaleb Johnson, Nick Omdahl, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Kraig Kinser, Troy Wagaman Jr., T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Jacob Allen, Lance Dewease, Kelby Watt, Will Armitage, Dusty Zomer, Andy Pake, Justin Sanders, Tanner Carrick, Jock Goodyer, Dylan Bloomfield, Jamie Veal, Kasey Kahne, Tyler Ross, Kyle Reinhardt, Chris Windom, Zach Hampton, Joe B. Miller, Sammy Swindell
MICRO-LITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (49 Drivers):
4 LCS Wins – Bill Balog, Brock Zearfoss
3 LCS Wins – Anthony Macri, Landon Crawley, Garet Williamson
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless, Cole Macedo
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace Park, Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brandon Rahmer, David Gravel, Nate Dussel, Zeth Sabo, Brooke Tatnell, Donny Schatz, Brent Marks, Cory Eliason, Kerry Madsen, Creed Kemenah, Joel Myers Jr., Hunter Schuerenberg, Kody Hartlaub, Lucas Wolfe, Larry Wight, Kyle Larson, Jesse Attard, Dusty Zomer, Chris Windom, Ayrton Gennetten, Brad Sweet, Kelby Watt, Scott Bogucki, Mark Dobmeier, Scott Winters, Christopher Thram, Logan Schuchart, Caeden Steele, Kraig Kinser, Jacob Allen, Daryn Pittman, Justin Whittall, Darin Naida, Skylar Gee
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (35 Drivers):
9 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz
6 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart
4 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo, Garet Williamson
3 Hard Chargers – Michael Kofoid, Tim Kaeding
2 Hard Chargers – Aaron Reutzel, Cale Thomas, Danny Dietrich, Emerson Axsom, Sheldon Haudenschild, Bill Balog
1 Hard Charger – Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Landon Crawley, Sye Lynch, Scotty Neitzel, Brent Marks, Larry Wight, Anthony Macri, James McFadden, Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day, Tim Estenson, David Gravel, Ryan Bernal, Shane Golobic, Matt Campbell, Dylan Cisney
PODIUM FINISHES (30 Drivers):
32 Podiums – Carson Macedo
31 Podiums – David Gravel
25 Podiums – Michael Kofoid
24 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild
18 Podiums – Donny Schatz
9 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
6 Podiums – Kyle Larson
5 Podiums – Rico Abreu
4 Podiums – Brad Sweet
3 Podiums – Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, Bill Balog, Logan Schuchart, Aaron Reutzel
2 Podiums – Justin Peck, James McFadden, Corey Day, Emerson Axsom
1 Podium – Anthony Macri, Brady Bacon, Cole Macedo, Parker Price-Miller, Ryan Timms, T.J. Stutts, Chase Randall, Shane Golobic, Justin Sanders, Tim Kaeding, Daryn Pittman, Chase Dietz
TOP 10 FINISHES (84 Drivers):
57 Top 10s – David Gravel
52 Top 10s – Giovanni Scelzi, Donny Schatz, Carson Macedo
51 Top 10s – Michael Kofoid
48 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart
44 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
32 Top 10s – Bill Balog
16 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss
11 Top 10s – Anthony Macri, Garet Williamson
10 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, James McFadden
9 Top 10s – Rico Abreu, Brad Sweet
8 Top 10s – Aaron Reutzel
7 Top 10s – Emerson Axsom
6 Top 10s – Kyle Larson, Corey Day, Cole Macedo, Justin Peck
5 Top 10s – Brian Brown, Ryan Timms
4 Top 10s – Landon Crawley, Brady Bacon, Chase Randall, Tim Kaeding, Danny Dietrich, Chase Dietz, Skylar Gee
3 Top 10s – Cole Duncan, Zeb Wise, Jacob Allen, Scott Bogucki, D.J. Netto, Shane Golobic, Daryn Pittman, Troy Wagaman Jr., Chris Windom
2 Top 10s – Kraig Kinser, Cale Thomas, Parker Price-Miller, Cory Eliason, Ayrton Gennetten, Kerry Madsen, Justin Sanders, Dominic Scelzi
1 Top 10 – Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Joe B. Miller, Scotty Milan, Brandon Spithaler, Kalib Henry, Tim Shaffer, Zane DeVault, Sye Lynch, Travis Philo, Trey Jacobs, Scotty Thiel, Mark Dobmeier, Kaleb Johnson, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Landon Brooks, Greg Wilson, Spencer Bayston, Daison Pursley, Devon Borden, T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Lance Dewease, Stewart Friesen, Jordan Poirier, Larry Wight, Andy Pake, Kaleb Montgomery, Dylan Bloomfield, Jamie Veal, Ryan Bernal, Jock Goodyer, Kyle Moody, Kyle Reinhardt, Sammy Swindell
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / David Gravel (6)
20. Fri, May 17 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Michael Kofoid (1)
21. Sat, May 18 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / David Gravel (7)
22. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / David Gravel (8)
23. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
24. Mon, May 27 / Fremont Speedway / Fremont, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
25. Fri, May 31 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (6)
26. Fri, June 7 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Giovanni Scelzi (2)
27. Sat, June 8 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Sheldon Haudenschild (7)
28. Fri, June 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (9)
29. Sat, June 15 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Corey Day (1)
30. Wed, June 19 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Tyler Courtney (2)
31. Sat, June 29 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Logan Schuchart (1)
32. Wed, July 10 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Giovanni Scelzi (3)
33. Fri, July 12 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Carson Macedo (3)
34. Sat, July 13 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Donny Schatz (3)
35. Tues, July 16 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / David Gravel (10)
36. Fri, July 19 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (2)
37. Sat, July 20 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (11)
38. Wed, July 24 / BAPS Motor Speedway / York Haven, PA / James McFadden (1)
39. Fri, July 26 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / T.J. Stutts (1)
40. Sat, July 27 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / David Gravel (12)
41. Sun, July 28 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / David Gravel (13)
42. Fri, Aug 2 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (1)
43. Sat, Aug 3 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (2)
44. Sat, Aug 10 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Kyle Larson (3)
45. Fri, Aug 16 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Carson Macedo (4)
46. Sat, Aug 17 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Donny Schatz (4)
47. Fri, Aug 23 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Carson Macedo (5)
48. Sat, Aug 24 / Red River Valley Speedway / West Fargo, ND / Carson Macedo (6)
49. Fri, Aug 30 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Sheldon Haudenschild (8)
50. Sat, Aug 31 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Carson Macedo (7)
51. Sun, Sept 1 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (2)
52. Fri, Sept 6 / Stockton Dirt Track / Stockton, CA / Michael Kofoid (3)
53. Sat, Sept 7 / Kings Speedway / Hanford, CA / Carson Macedo (8)
54. Fri, Sept 13 / Bakersfield Speedway / Bakersfield, CA / Michael Kofoid (4)
55. Sat, Sept 14 / Merced Speedway / Merced, CA / Michael Kofoid (5)
56. Fri, Sept 20 / Thunderbowl Raceway / Tulare, CA / David Gravel (14)
57. Sat, Sept 21 / Thunderbowl Raceway / Tulare, CA / Carson Macedo (9)
58. Sat, Oct 5 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Michael Kofoid (6)
59. Sat, Oct 5 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Carson Macedo (10)
60. Sat, Oct 12 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / Donny Schatz (5)
61. Fri, Oct 18 / Dirt Oval 66 / Joliet, IL / Aaron Reutzel (1)
62. Sat, Oct 19 / Dirt Oval 66 / Joliet, IL / Michael Kofoid (7)
63. Fri, Oct 25 / Riverside International Speedway / West Memphis, AR / Carson Macedo (11)
ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/what-to-watch-for-world-finals-set-to-bring-47th-world-of-outlaws-season-to-a-close/
EVENT INFO: https://worldofoutlawsworldfinals.com/
TRACK INFO: https://www.charlottemotorspeedway.com/events/world-of-outlaws-world-finals/
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BATTLE BEHIND THE SCENES: Jacobs, Dietz Squaring Off for World of Outlaws Title
The mechanical masters are both aiming for their first championship as crew chiefs
CONCORD, NC (November 1, 2024) - David Gravel and Carson Macedo are ready to battle on track for the 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car championship, but there’s another matchup taking place behind the scenes on the wrenches.
Like their drivers, both crew chiefs are vying for their first title with The Greatest Show on Dirt. A title that’s set to be decided next week (Nov. 6-9) at the World of Outlaws World Finals hosted by The Dirt Track at Charlotte.
Cody Jacobs calls the shots on the current car atop the standings, the Big Game Motorsports No. 2. Jacobs worked his way through the ranks before linking with the Tod Quiring-owned team ahead of the 2020 season with Kerry Madsen in the seat. Gravel came aboard in 2021, and they’ve chased a World of Outlaws title since.
“It’s really cool,” Jacobs said of being on the brink of a title. “I’ve never really done a whole lot of championship chasing. So, the last four years with David has been a little bit different. You maybe have to have somewhat of a little bit different mindset or approach at times. It’s great to be in this position. I’m very fortunate to be in this position. A lot of great people around us to put us in this situation.”
Philip Dietz not only turns the wrenches on the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41, but he and his wife Brooke are also team owners. They race on in honor Dietz’s late cousin, who launched Jason Johnson Racing with dreams of a World of Outlaws title.
“It’s very important to me for many reasons,” Dietz said of a potential championship. “We would love to win a championship for all of our sponsors who’ve been a key part of allowing us to have a Sprint Car team in the first place. Obviously, it was Jason’s goal many years ago to have a championship contending Sprint Car team.”
Both Jacobs and Dietz are masters of their craft with résumés that speak for themselves.
Jacobs’ first World of Outlaws win as a crew chief came back in 2012 when Paul McMahan drove the Buch Motorsports ride to Victory Lane at New York’s Rolling Wheels Raceway Park. He had two successful stints with Tim Shaffer in the 2010s that included a $100,000 score at Mansfield Motor Speedway’s Sprint Car World Championship. Since joining forces with Gravel, Jacobs has added 44 World of Outlaws checkered flags, highlighted by a $175,000 Kings Royal crown. Jacobs’ next win will be his 50th as a crew chief with The Greatest Show on Dirt.
Dietz helped elevate JJR into one of the sport’s premier organizations that’s now up to 70 World of Outlaws Feature victories. Among those are a pair of Knoxville Nationals titles (2016 with Jason Johnson and 2019 with David Gravel). Macedo has been responsible for 40 of the team’s triumphs since being hired in 2021.
This year both teams have taken their performance to new heights.
Gravel, Jacobs, and the Big Game crew lead the Series with 14 wins and an average finish of fifth on the dot. An unmatched consistency with 57 top 10s in 63 races supplied them with a 74-point lead entering World Finals.
“It’s been a really good year,” Jacobs said. “Just the consistency throughout the year as a whole. I feel like we’ve been really consistent. We’ve got a lot of wins. There’s been a few moments or maybe some wins we left out on the table, but that’s just the way it goes in racing. Overall, it’s been a spectacular year, and we want to finish it off strong at Charlotte for the World Finals.”
Macedo already matched his career high with 11 victories and established a new personal best with 32 podiums. His average finish of 5.15 isn’t far off Gravel’s, but some early struggles left the JJR crew with a hill to climb in Charlotte if they hope to secure the championship.
“Obviously, there was a bit of a rough start going into 2024. We had some issues at Volusia that kind of set us back,” Dietz said. “We went to work and spent some time on the chassis dyno trying to learn more about our engine program. Eventually, I feel like we improved in that area and went back to working on our car again and got it even better.”
It’s no easy task to compete for a title at this level. It requires near perfection, minimizing mistakes, and salvaging the subpar nights. The No. 2 and the No. 41 are not only facing each other every night, they’re up against a group of the country’s most elite Sprint Car drivers.
Only one can stand at the mountaintop, and these two master mechanics are ready to give their all next week at Charlotte.
“There’s an incredible amount of work that it takes to run a World of Outlaws schedule and compete for a championship,” Jacobs said. “Everybody works real hard. The 15 (Donny Schatz) has a good team. The 41 (Macedo) has a good team. Sheldon (Haudenschild) and the 17 guys, they’ve been really strong. Gio (Scelzi) and Buddy (Kofoid) in the mix. There’s a talented group of drivers out there with some really good mechanics and teams. It’s very difficult to put it all together and complete and Outlaw season.”
“It’s tough. You can’t have any bad nights,” Dietz said of chasing a championship. “I wish the points gap was a little closer than it is currently. I feel like it’s our own fault for not being in a little better position than we are. But we’re going to continue on, give it our best, and hopefully we can give him (Gravel) a challenge there at the end.”
Jacobs and Dietz and their teams will settle the 2024 World of Outlaws championship next week at The Dirt Track at Charlotte when the World of Outlaws World Finals bring the season to a close. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/battle-behind-the-scenes-jacobs-dietz-squaring-off-for-world-of-outlaws-title/
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ALL DIRT ROADS: Ricky Thornton Jr. Making World of Outlaws Sprint Car Debut, Pulling Double Duty at World Finals
CONCORD, NC (Oct. 30, 2024) – Scanning the World of Outlaws World Finals Sprint Car entry list you’ll find a 10-time champion, a history-making rookie, the leading open-wheel drivers in the country and Ricky Thornton Jr.
The recent national Late Model champion will attempt to make his World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series debut at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Nov. 6-9, piloting Bernie Stuebgen’s Indy Race Parts No. 71.
“It’s always something I wanted to do, just never had the right opportunity,” Thornton said. “I was fortunate enough to go test for three days, two of them at Charlotte. It’ll help my learning curve a lot. Obviously, not being in dirty air, there’s still a lot I’ll have to learn. I feel like we’re doing what we can to be as prepared as we can before World Finals.”
Thornton’s connection with Stuebgen stemmed from happenstance when the two parked next to each other during a race night two years ago. They kept in touch and waited for the right opportunity to work together.
Enter, 2024.
With his Late Model program in a place he was happy with, Thornton and Stuebgen targeted World Finals as the site of their debut. However, with rain washing out one of Thornton’s Late Model weekends, the duo decided to jump into an event at Lernerville Speedway. They didn’t qualify for the Features, but the experience gave Thornton a better idea of what he’ll be walking into at Charlotte.
“The biggest thing is a lot of like the way the car drives,” Thornton said. “Watching it and how the car feels in the seat, I feel, is completely different. Just figuring out that dirty air. Dirty air is big in the Late Model, but it is just as big in the Sprint Car, where if you lose air on the nose or lose air on the top wing… there’s just a lot I had to learn in a really quick time. Where at least now, I feel a little more confident going to Charlotte, what I should do and what I should absolutely not do.”
Thornton has only made four starts at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in a Late Model, but his last two saw him in Victory Lane with the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models. They’re two victories he’ll try to defend as Thornton will also be pulling double duty all four nights, jumping back and forth the between the Sprint Car and the Koehler Motorsports No. 20RT Late Model.
“I think it’ll be alright,” Thornton said about jumping between the two cars. “I think the biggest hurdle is having the Sprint Car up top (in the upper pits) and the Late Model down below. That side of it, luckily, Bernie and all of them will have everything fully taken care of up there so I can just hop in and go. Where with the Late Model I’m a lot more involved. I kind of have to focus on both. “But, obviously, one of our goals with the Sprint Car, at least for me, is to make the race, then just kind of go from there and see how we do. I feel like on our Late Model side, our car has been really good lately. We won the race last year, so we want to back that up.”
He won't have to worry about there being speed in his No. 71 ride as it’s already visited Victory Lane at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. Giovanni Scelzi piloted it to a win during the Patriot Nationals in 2019, out dueling Kyle Larson for the win. In total, Stuebgen has seen his car score three World of Outlaws victories – two with Scelzi and one with Shane Stewart.
Thornton was able to get some early laps around the 4/10-mile dirt track in the Indy Race Parts car during a couple of recent test sessions. He turned competitive laps, holding times in the 13 second bracket. Sheldon Haudenschild set overall Quick Time last year with a 13.694 second lap.
“I felt really good,” Thornton said about the test. “I made good laps and learned a few little things that’ll help me, as far as if it’s Qualifying or something like that. Overall, I had a blast. I jumped back and forth one day between the Late Model and the Sprint Car. It’s hard to realize how much faster the Sprint Car is until you get back in the Late Model. Like, I knew I was going fast, and then I ran the Late Model, and I was like, man, you’re going way faster than you really think about. Not that you’re nervous or anything like that. You just don’t realize it until you do go back-to-back.”
It's a factor that may prove beneficial when he tries to repeat his Late Model victories. But overall, he said any track time, no matter the car, will be helpful track time.
World Finals is his only Sprint Car race on his radar right now, but Thornton didn't turn down the idea of adding more races next year.
"Ideally, if I could run 10 races next year, that’d be awesome," he said. "Obviously, our Late Model program is really good. I love Sprint Cars at the same time but if I could still run the Late Model full time and run the Sprint Car on off weekends or something like that, it would be pretty special."
You can see Thornton compete with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models during the World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Nov. 6-9. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVision.
DITCH DOMINATION: Macedo Masters Riverside Return for 11th Victory of Season
The Californian equals his personal best for wins in a year by leading every lap at Riverside
WEST MEMPHIS, AR (October 25, 2024) - The championship odds might be against him, but Carson Macedo refuses to go down quietly.
It’s been an electric last couple months for he and the Jason Johnson Racing team. A magical run ignited when the pairing topped the opening night of the Jackson Nationals midway through August. Entering this weekend, Macedo had won seven of the last 18 races with the World of Outlaws.
And as the stage shifted to West Memphis, AR’s Riverside International Speedway, nothing was going to slow Macedo and company.
The Lemoore, CA native started on the pole and never looked back during the 30-lapper. An incident with a lapped car put the win in question briefly, but ultimately Macedo drove away from David Gravel to claim the first World of Outlaws race at “The Ditch” since 2018.
“I was nervous,” Macedo admitted. “A lot of those double-file restarts, I didn’t know where to be. The top was kind of where the grip was, but I didn’t want to be too high and miss it and not get off (Turn) 4 nice then him (David Gravel) beat me down into Turn 1.
“I want to say I’m sorry to that lapper. I could see David behind me on the big screen. He was breathing right down my back and knew I had to make moves, or I was going to get ate up. We were just going so slow down into Turn 3, and I was getting nervous. I saw the opening and drove it in there, and it was probably silly with the track being the way it was. I didn’t want to get complacent and end up getting passed, so I’m sorry to that team and feel back their stuff is tore up.
“Nevertheless, my guys did an incredible job. Philip Dietz, he just delivered all night. We went out late there in Qualifying, and we did a great job in the Heat Race that put us in a position. Then we drew a good front row spot in the Dash and executed from there.”
Macedo’s 11th victory of 2024 matches his personal best for a season, a mark he also reached in 2021 and 2022. He’s now at 46 for his career as he closes in on becoming the 18th different driver with 50 checkered flags. It was the 70th World of Outlaws trophy for Jason Johnson Racing.
A win in the Toyota Racing Dash put Macedo on the pole of the main event. He jumped out to an early lead when the green flag flew as the battles broke out behind him. Giovanni Scelzi and Logan Schuchart swapped the second spot. Then fourth-starting David Gravel rolled by both of them.
A red flag with 11 laps complete gave Macedo a break as it took him out of lapped traffic. Sheldon Haudenschild capitalized with a huge restart. The Wooster, OH native rolled the bottom to clear multiple cars and take third by the time the pack got to the back straightaway.
Up front Gravel kept the pressure on Macedo, but a yellow at the halfway point again eliminated the concern of traffic.
The next restart saw Gravel maintain pace with Macedo as the second half of the race clicked away. It was near disaster for Macedo with seven laps remaining as he made a move to lap Ayden Gatewood in Turns 3 and 4. Macedo’s slider didn’t quite clear, and the result was hard contact. Macedo managed to keep rolling, but Gatewood wound up on his lid.
With only seven laps to go when the green lights came back on, Macedo never had to worry about traffic again as he aced the restart and drove away to yet another victory with The Greatest Show on Dirt.
“Winning Outlaw races is not easy to do,” Macedo said. “It’s a tough thing, and it’s really tough to do on a consistent basis. I’ve got a really good race team behind me in Jason Johnson Racing. We’re racing in memory of Jason Johnson and everything he stood for, so to be winning races like this is awesome.”
While Macedo might’ve gotten the win, David Gravel didn’t let him gain many points in the battle for the title. Gravel brought the Big Game Motorsports No. 2 home second for his third consecutive podium. The advantage sits at 74 markers with four races to go. The Watertown, CT native wanted the victory, but he also had the big picture in mind.
“Good night for us,” Gravel said. “Didn’t get a great Dash draw and was able to gain a row there in the Dash. Felt good there early on and was searching, and then on Lap 10 or 11, and I kind of just got in line. Little bit of a bummer there. Wish I had a shot to win that.”
The third spot belonged to Sheldon Haudenschild as he charged from ninth to continue a recent strong stretch. The Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing/NOS Energy Drink No. 17 has strung together six top fives in the last eight races including four podiums. The major move on a restart helped lead Haudenschild to another good finish.
“The one restart really just made my race,” Haudenschild explained. “I was able to get under Gio (Scelzi) and three other guys and roll the bottom in (Turns) 1 and 2 really nice. I just got back in line after that. I was a little nervous when I got stuck on the top of that restart, but hats off to (Kyle) Ripper and the guys.”
Logan Schuchart and Bill Balog completed the top five.
An 18th to sixth drive earned Donny Schatz the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Bryce Lucius claimed his first career Simpson Quick Time in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heat One, Three, and Four belonged to Logan Schuchart, Buddy Kofoid, and Joe B. Miller. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to David Gravel.
Carson Macedo topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Skylar Gee won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Dylan Cisney.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars complete the Bull Ring Blitz at West Memphis, AR’s Riverside International Speedway on Saturday, Oct. 26. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[4]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[9]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart[3]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog[12]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz[18]; 7. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[2]; 8. 55C-Chris Windom[11]; 9. 83-Michael Kofoid[6]; 10. 1-Sammy Swindell[5]; 11. 44-Derek Hagar[15]; 12. 23-Garet Williamson[10]; 13. 51B-Joe B Miller[8]; 14. 7S-Landon Crawley[7]; 15. 27-Emerson Axsom[19]; 16. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[20]; 17. 23B-Brian Bell[23]; 18. 99-Skylar Gee[21]; 19. 7C-Brad Bowden[14]; 20. 37-Ayden Gatewood[17]; 21. 32-Bryce Lucius[13]; 22. 6-Dylan Cisney[22]; 23. 20G-Noah Gass[24]; 24. 55-Kerry Madsen[16]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
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FULL COMMITMENT: Crawley Reflects on Rookie World of Outlaws Campaign With Home Race Ahead at Riverside
The teenager has faced challenges but is happy with his debut season
WEST MEMPHIS, AR (October 24, 2024) - Not many 16-year-olds can say they traveled the country competing with the best Sprint Car drivers in the world on a weekly basis. But that’s Landon Crawley’s story.
A couple races in the Sides Motorsports No. 7S near the end of 2023 evolved into Crawley joining forces with Jason Sides to compete full-time on the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series tour in 2024, traveling coast-to-coast for 80-plus races – including a home visit this weekend at Riverside International Speedway, Oct. 25-26.
The teenager had a few years of 360 Sprint Car experience but minimal 410 starts under his belt entering the season. Despite the challenges of acclimating to an entirely new lifestyle, Crawley has adapted well and gelled comfortably with Sides.
“The first three or four months, I’m not going to lie, it was hard,” Crawley admitted. “You leave every single thing you have at home. It’s full commitment. If you’re not fully committed, you get the results that aren’t fully committed. It’s tough. You miss kind of everything at home. You miss birthdays and all of the events, but it’s still been fun. I’ve learned more about adulting and life in the past year than I have ever.”
His growing maturity hasn’t been lost on Sides either.
“It’s been really good. He’s 16 but really mature for his age. It’s never like ‘Let’s go play some arcade games,’ or nothing like that,” Sides said with a laugh. “It’s mainly about the race cars and stuff. Everywhere we went for the first time I know it was a struggle for him a lot. But sometimes he caught on really quick. Sometimes it wasn’t as good as we wanted, but we’d go back there the second time and make the shows.”
The season started with a bang for Crawley. The Volusia Speedway Park season opener was also his Series debut, and Crawley promptly went out and set Simpson Quick Time to announce his presence and lift a little weight off his shoulders.
“It helped a lot going into it knowing that I can qualify, and I can race halfway decent against the guys I’m racing with,” Crawley said. “They’re the best in the country, and they run with the Outlaws for a reason. It was a big confidence booster.”
Another major highlight of Crawley’s first season is visiting Eldora Speedway. In May, he came home with a top 10 during his debut at the intimidating 1/2-mile dirt track, but he wasn’t done there. Fast forward two months, and Crawley made the Feature at Eldora’s crown jewel – the Kings Royal.
“That was honestly one of the coolest parts of the year,” Crawley said of racing at Eldora. “That was one of the tracks I’d been looking forward to since February. Right when the season started, I wanted to race there, and I’ve always wanted to race there. Racing there in general was really cool, let alone being somewhat fast. It was pretty awesome. Everything about that place is pretty special to me.
This season has so often been about visiting new tracks for Crawley, but this weekend he finally gets to head home. Two nights at Crawley’s home track, West Memphis, AR’s Riverside International Speedway, are on the agenda. “The Ditch” is home to many firsts for the Benton, AR native.
First race in a Micro. First Sprint Car win. And now he gets to head back to race in front of friends and family as a full-time World of Outlaws driver.
It's not only a home race for Crawley. Sides’ hometown of Bartlett, TN is right across the Mississippi River. It’s a weekend the team has had circled on their calendar all year.
“I’m really looking forward to this race,” Crawley said. “I’m not going to lie, I’m kind of nervous about it just because I feel like there’s so much pressure for this race compared to any other race I’ve ran this year. Even the first race at Volusia, there was literally no pressure. I go into this week, and you kind of have that feeling like you have to perform. It’s going to be tough. It’s a really tricky racetrack. It’s not super noticed, but the local guys are really good. (Derek) Hagar can run anywhere in the country and run pretty good, especially once the track gets slick. He has an All-Star win. It’s going to be a tough race, but I think it’s going to be a good one. I’m really looking forward to it.”
“For both of us to be able to come run it, and then everybody goes home to their own bed, it’ll be pretty nice,” Sides said. “Being home and racing and seeing the people that have supported us for all of these years. We’ll get to see everybody and hoot and holler and hang out with them.”
For tickets to this weekend’s racing at Riverside, CLICK HERE.
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ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/full-commitment-crawley-reflects-on-rookie-world-of-outlaws-campaign-with-home-race-ahead-at-riverside/
EVENT INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/schedule/event-info/?event=6236
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WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Two-night Return to Riverside Awaits the World of Outlaws
The Greatest Show on Dirt heads back to “The Ditch” for the first time in six years
WEST MEMPHIS, AR (October 22, 2024) - One of the country’s most exciting bullrings is ready to welcome back The Greatest Show on Dirt.
Marc Cohn might’ve been “Walking in Memphis,” but the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars are trucking to West Memphis, AR to invade Riverside International Speedway for the first time since 2018. The country’s best Sprint Car drivers are prepared to battle for two nights (Oct. 25-26) on the 1/4-mile dirt track, west of the Mississippi River.
This weekend’s Bull Ring Blitz is the year’s penultimate event with #AllDirtRoads leading the tour to The Dirt Track at Charlotte for the World of Outlaws World Finals in two weeks (Nov. 6-9).
Spots in the standings are still up for grabs with an increase in the higher you climb. The stage is set for two can’t-miss nights of Sprint Car racing at “The Ditch.”
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HOME AT LAST: Much of the 2024 season has been about venturing to unfamiliar tracks for World of Outlaws rookie Landon Crawley. But this weekend he’ll be the one with the experience advantage.
The 16-year-old is a native of Benton, AR, roughly two hours west of Riverside. It’s the first track where he made a lap in a Micro Sprint back in 2017. It’s where he’s turned plenty of laps in a Sprint Car. And now it’s where he’ll get to race in front of home state fans as a full-time World of Outlaws driver.
Crawley has competed several times at Riverside over the past few years with the United Sprint Car Series (USCS). He’s been on the podium four times including a pair of runner-ups. He also won the Greg Hodnett Memorial at Riverside last year.
This weekend will also serve as a home game for Crawley’s car owner Jason Sides who hails from right across the Mississippi River in Bartlett, TN. Sides finished sixth with The Greatest Show on Dirt 15 years ago at Riverside.
MAKING THE BOSS HAPPY: Jason Sides isn’t the only World of Outlaws car owner with ties to the area.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., co-owner of the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17, calls Olive Branch, MS home. Just like Sides, it’s a quick trip across the river to reach the current NASCAR Cup Series star’s hometown. Stenhouse Jr. beat the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) at his home track back in 2004 when he was rising through the ranks. He also finished a career-best fourth with the World of Outlaws there in 2009.
Haudenschild has plenty of motivation to visit Victory Lane this weekend at Riverside. There’s the bossman’s connection, and there’s the fact that he and the team are still chasing their 10-win goal for the year. Currently, they’re two short of what would mark a career high for “Haud.” The Wooster, OH driver has finished second in two of the last four races this season.
The lone visit to Riverside for Haudenschild saw him start on the pole of the Feature and lead a lap before tipping over late.
ONE RIVERSIDE WINNER: Only one competitor on the 2024 World of Outlaws roster owns a Series victory at Riverside, and to no surprise his name his Donny Schatz.
Schatz celebrated Fourth of July weekend with a July 5 win at “The Ditch” in 2008. The 10-time champion led all 40 laps of the main event. It’s by far Schatz’s top performance in West Memphis through four tries with an eighth in 2018 being his next best.
The Fargo, ND driver enters the weekend on a mini-hot streak. He’s finished no worse than sixth in the last three races highlighted by a Lincoln Speedway victory, his fifth of the season. Schatz sits third in points looking at potentially a 17th year of finishing within the top three.
ROTH RESUME: Michael “Buddy” Kofoid and Roth Motorsports have only been teamed for a little more than a year, but Kofoid is already establishing himself as one of the top drivers in team history. A rookie season for the records books has largely contributed to this effort.
The Penngrove, CA native is up to seven wins and 25 podiums in 2024, numbers that a veteran would be proud of let alone a rookie. Thirteen of those top three finishes have come in the last 16 races as Kofoid and Dennis and Teresa Roth’s team ride an unforgettable run.
Kofoid’s seven victories this year is already the fourth winningest World of Outlaws season in Roth’s history, trailing Danny Lasoski’s totals of 16 and 12 in 1999 and 2000 and Tim Kaeding’s nine in 2013. Kofoid is also tied as the team’s third winningest driver behind Lasoski (41 wins) and Kaeding (19 wins) and equaled with James McFadden with eight overall victories.
Kofoid will make his Riverside debut this weekend, but Roth has won at Riverside in the past with Kaeding in 2009.
“WALKING IN (WEST) MEMPHIS”: While most local Sprint Car racing at Riverside is done with a 360 under the hood, a collection of the track’s talent can drop a 410 between the frame rails and compete with the best in the country.
The local that most stands out to deliver a strong performance on the big stage is Marion, AR’s Derek Hagar. His trophy room is full of hardware from “The Ditch.” Hagar added two more this past weekend by sweeping the World Short Track Challenge with ASCS, bringing his 2024 Riverside win total to six.
Memphis, TN’s Howard Moore is another potent shoe anytime Sprint Cars battle at Riverside. He’s beat the USCS several times over the past handful of years including this season in June. Moore also owns multiple ASCS regional wins in West Memphis.
Brian Bell calls Arlington, TN, a little northeast of Memphis, home and is a frequent Riverside competitor. He’s got this weekend circled on his calendar and is prepared to battle the nation’s toughest competition at his home track.
This trio is expected to be joined by more locals along with a healthy cast of invaders from all over.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday-Saturday, October 25-26 at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, AR
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (62/67 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (8436 PTS)
2. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-78 PTS)
3. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 (-168 PTS)
4. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-266 PTS)
5. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing No. 18 (-348 PTS)
6. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-394 PTS)
7. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-430 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports No. 17B (-974 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing No. 3Z (-1366 PTS)
10. Landon Crawley – Sides Motorsports No. 7S (-1674 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (17 Drivers):
14 Wins – David Gravel
10 Wins – Carson Macedo
8 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
7 Wins – Michael Kofoid
5 Wins – Donny Schatz
3 Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, Kyle Larson
2 Wins – Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Brent Marks, Brady Bacon, Corey Day, Logan Schuchart, James McFadden, T.J. Stutts, Aaron Reutzel
FEATURE LAPS LED (27 Drivers):
441 Laps – Carson Macedo
329 Laps – David Gravel
220 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
201 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
169 Laps – Michael Kofoid
142 Laps – Donny Schatz
97 Laps – Kyle Larson
75 Laps – Rico Abreu
52 Laps – Logan Schuchart
44 Laps – James McFadden
36 Laps – Emerson Axsom
34 Laps – Brady Bacon
29 Laps – Chase Randall
25 Laps – Brad Sweet, T.J. Stutts, Aaron Reutzel
20 Laps – Anthony Macri
15 Laps – Ryan Timms, Tyler Courtney
14 Laps – Shane Golobic
11 Laps – Bill Balog
9 Laps – Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day
6 Laps – D.J. Netto
4 Laps – Hunter Schuerenberg
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Kalib Henry
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (21 Drivers):
12 Quick Times – Carson Macedo
10 Quick Times – David Gravel
8 Quick Times – Sheldon Haudenschild
6 Quick Times – Michael Kofoid
4 Quick Times – Giovanni Scelzi, Brent Marks
2 Quick Times – Daryn Pittman, Donny Schatz, Landon Crawley, Chase Dietz
1 Quick Time – Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Cory Eliason, Brock Zearfoss, Rico Abreu, Matt Juhl, Emerson Axsom, Shane Golobic, Bill Balog, Landon Brooks
HEAT RACE WINNERS (56 Drivers):
33 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
31 Heat Wins – David Gravel
27 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
19 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, Michael Kofoid
12 Heat Wins – Logan Schuchart
9 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu, Donny Schatz
7 Heat Wins – Brock Zearfoss
6 Heat Wins – Bill Balog, Brent Marks
5 Heat Wins – Tyler Courtney
4 Heat Wins – Daryn Pittman
3 Heat Wins – Garet Williamson, Kaleb Johnson, Brian Brown, Emerson Axsom
2 Heat Wins – Landon Crawley, Corey Day, Kyle Larson, Anthony Macri, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Austin McCarl, Aaron Reutzel, Scott Bogucki, Chase Randall, D.J. Netto, Kasey Kahne, Chase Dietz
1 Heat Win – Justin Peck, Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Danny Sams III, Tim Shaffer, Nick Omdahl, Brad Sweet, Spencer Bayston, Brady Bacon, Parker Price-Miller, T.J. Stutts, Kelby Watt, Jamie Ball, Hunter Schuerenberg, Tasker Phillips, Ayrton Gennetten, Tanner Holmes, Cole Macedo, Cale Thomas, Dusty Zomer, Andy Pake, Shane Golobic, Dylan Bloomfield, Kaleb Montgomery, Landon Brooks, Tyler Ross, Zach Hampton
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (75 Drivers):
45 Dashes – Carson Macedo
43 Dashes – David Gravel
38 Dashes – Sheldon Haudenschild
36 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi
32 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
22 Dashes – Logan Schuchart
21 Dashes – Donny Schatz
17 Dashes – Bill Balog
10 Dashes – Brock Zearfoss
9 Dashes – Rico Abreu
8 Dashes – Brent Marks, Landon Crawley
7 Dashes – Anthony Macri, Emerson Axsom, Aaron Reutzel
6 Dashes – Tyler Courtney
5 Dashes – Corey Day, Garet Williamson, Brian Brown, Chase Dietz
4 Dashes – Brady Bacon, Daryn Pittman, James McFadden
3 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Justin Peck, Landon Brooks, Danny Sams III
2 Dashes – Cole Duncan, Cole Macedo, Kalib Henry, Kyle Larson, Parker Price-Miller, Ayrton Gennetten, Scott Bogucki, D.J. Netto, Shane Golobic, Kaleb Montgomery, Skylar Gee, Tim Kaeding
1 Dash – Zeb Wise, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Logan McCandless, Kody Hartlaub, Tim Shaffer, T.J. Michael, Craig Mintz, Brandon Spithaler, Sye Lynch, Cale Thomas, Kaleb Johnson, Nick Omdahl, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Kraig Kinser, Troy Wagaman Jr., T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Jacob Allen, Lance Dewease, Kelby Watt, Will Armitage, Dusty Zomer, Andy Pake, Justin Sanders, Tanner Carrick, Jock Goodyer, Dylan Bloomfield, Jamie Veal, Kasey Kahne, Tyler Ross, Kyle Reinhardt, Chris Windom, Zach Hampton
MICRO-LITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (48 Drivers):
4 LCS Wins – Bill Balog, Brock Zearfoss
3 LCS Wins – Anthony Macri, Landon Crawley, Garet Williamson
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless, Cole Macedo
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace Park, Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brandon Rahmer, David Gravel, Nate Dussel, Zeth Sabo, Brooke Tatnell, Donny Schatz, Brent Marks, Cory Eliason, Kerry Madsen, Creed Kemenah, Joel Myers Jr., Hunter Schuerenberg, Kody Hartlaub, Lucas Wolfe, Larry Wight, Kyle Larson, Jesse Attard, Dusty Zomer, Chris Windom, Ayrton Gennetten, Brad Sweet, Kelby Watt, Scott Bogucki, Mark Dobmeier, Scott Winters, Christopher Thram, Logan Schuchart, Caeden Steele, Kraig Kinser, Jacob Allen, Daryn Pittman, Justin Whittall, Darin Naida
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (35 Drivers):
8 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz
6 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart
4 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo, Garet Williamson
3 Hard Chargers – Michael Kofoid, Tim Kaeding
2 Hard Chargers – Aaron Reutzel, Cale Thomas, Danny Dietrich, Emerson Axsom, Sheldon Haudenschild, Bill Balog
1 Hard Charger – Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Landon Crawley, Sye Lynch, Scotty Neitzel, Brent Marks, Larry Wight, Anthony Macri, James McFadden, Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day, Tim Estenson, David Gravel, Ryan Bernal, Shane Golobic, Matt Campbell, Dylan Cisney
PODIUM FINISHES (30 Drivers):
31 Podiums – Carson Macedo
30 Podiums – David Gravel
25 Podiums – Michael Kofoid
23 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild
18 Podiums – Donny Schatz
9 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
6 Podiums – Kyle Larson
5 Podiums – Rico Abreu
4 Podiums – Brad Sweet
3 Podiums – Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, Bill Balog, Logan Schuchart, Aaron Reutzel
2 Podiums – Justin Peck, James McFadden, Corey Day, Emerson Axsom
1 Podium – Anthony Macri, Brady Bacon, Cole Macedo, Parker Price-Miller, Ryan Timms, T.J. Stutts, Chase Randall, Shane Golobic, Justin Sanders, Tim Kaeding, Daryn Pittman, Chase Dietz
TOP 10 FINISHES (83 Drivers):
56 Top 10s – David Gravel
51 Top 10s – Giovanni Scelzi, Donny Schatz, Carson Macedo
50 Top 10s – Michael Kofoid
47 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart
43 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
31 Top 10s – Bill Balog
16 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss
11 Top 10s – Anthony Macri, Garet Williamson
10 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, James McFadden
9 Top 10s – Rico Abreu, Brad Sweet
8 Top 10s – Aaron Reutzel
7 Top 10s – Emerson Axsom
6 Top 10s – Kyle Larson, Corey Day, Cole Macedo, Justin Peck
5 Top 10s – Brian Brown, Ryan Timms
4 Top 10s – Landon Crawley, Brady Bacon, Chase Randall, Tim Kaeding, Danny Dietrich, Chase Dietz, Skylar Gee
3 Top 10s – Cole Duncan, Zeb Wise, Jacob Allen, Scott Bogucki, D.J. Netto, Shane Golobic, Daryn Pittman, Troy Wagaman Jr.
2 Top 10s – Kraig Kinser, Cale Thomas, Parker Price-Miller, Cory Eliason, Ayrton Gennetten, Kerry Madsen, Justin Sanders, Dominic Scelzi, Chris Windom
1 Top 10 – Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Joe B. Miller, Scotty Milan, Brandon Spithaler, Kalib Henry, Tim Shaffer, Zane DeVault, Sye Lynch, Travis Philo, Trey Jacobs, Scotty Thiel, Mark Dobmeier, Kaleb Johnson, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Landon Brooks, Greg Wilson, Spencer Bayston, Daison Pursley, Devon Borden, T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Lance Dewease, Stewart Friesen, Jordan Poirier, Larry Wight, Andy Pake, Kaleb Montgomery, Dylan Bloomfield, Jamie Veal, Ryan Bernal, Jock Goodyer, Kyle Moody, Kyle Reinhardt
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / David Gravel (6)
20. Fri, May 17 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Michael Kofoid (1)
21. Sat, May 18 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / David Gravel (7)
22. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / David Gravel (8)
23. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
24. Mon, May 27 / Fremont Speedway / Fremont, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
25. Fri, May 31 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (6)
26. Fri, June 7 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Giovanni Scelzi (2)
27. Sat, June 8 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Sheldon Haudenschild (7)
28. Fri, June 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (9)
29. Sat, June 15 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Corey Day (1)
30. Wed, June 19 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Tyler Courtney (2)
31. Sat, June 29 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Logan Schuchart (1)
32. Wed, July 10 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Giovanni Scelzi (3)
33. Fri, July 12 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Carson Macedo (3)
34. Sat, July 13 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Donny Schatz (3)
35. Tues, July 16 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / David Gravel (10)
36. Fri, July 19 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (2)
37. Sat, July 20 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (11)
38. Wed, July 24 / BAPS Motor Speedway / York Haven, PA / James McFadden (1)
39. Fri, July 26 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / T.J. Stutts (1)
40. Sat, July 27 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / David Gravel (12)
41. Sun, July 28 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / David Gravel (13)
42. Fri, Aug 2 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (1)
43. Sat, Aug 3 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (2)
44. Sat, Aug 10 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Kyle Larson (3)
45. Fri, Aug 16 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Carson Macedo (4)
46. Sat, Aug 17 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Donny Schatz (4)
47. Fri, Aug 23 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Carson Macedo (5)
48. Sat, Aug 24 / Red River Valley Speedway / West Fargo, ND / Carson Macedo (6)
49. Fri, Aug 30 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Sheldon Haudenschild (8)
50. Sat, Aug 31 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Carson Macedo (7)
51. Sun, Sept 1 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (2)
52. Fri, Sept 6 / Stockton Dirt Track / Stockton, CA / Michael Kofoid (3)
53. Sat, Sept 7 / Kings Speedway / Hanford, CA / Carson Macedo (8)
54. Fri, Sept 13 / Bakersfield Speedway / Bakersfield, CA / Michael Kofoid (4)
55. Sat, Sept 14 / Merced Speedway / Merced, CA / Michael Kofoid (5)
56. Fri, Sept 20 / Thunderbowl Raceway / Tulare, CA / David Gravel (14)
57. Sat, Sept 21 / Thunderbowl Raceway / Tulare, CA / Carson Macedo (9)
58. Sat, Oct 5 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Michael Kofoid (6)
59. Sat, Oct 5 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Carson Macedo (10)
60. Sat, Oct 12 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / Donny Schatz (5)
61. Fri, Oct 18 / Dirt Oval 66 / Joliet, IL / Aaron Reutzel (1)
62. Sat, Oct 19 / Dirt Oval 66 / Joliet, IL / Michael Kofoid (7)
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JOLIET JET: Kofoid Continues Hot Streak with Dirt Oval 66 Victory
Kofoid fends off Haudenschild, Gravel for sixth win in the last 12 races
JOLIET, IL (October 19, 2024) - Michael “Buddy” Kofoid and Roth Motorsports flipped a switch two months ago, and they’ve got no intentions of shutting it off.
The pairing rolled into Dirt Oval 66 for the Federated Auto Parts Route 66 Showdown on a hot streak that included five wins and 12 podiums in the last 14 races. Mechanical woes ended their night before it truly started on Friday. And Kofoid and company came back hungry on Saturday night.
The Penngrove, CA native started second for the 30-lap finale, slid ahead of Sheldon Haudenschild on the opening circuit, and then held off Haudenschild’s late run to secure his seventh World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car victory of the year.
“My Roth Motorsports crew guys are unbelievable,” Kofoid said. “Like I’ve said, this is the most fun I’ve ever had racing and best I’ve ever felt in any race car. Like I always say, that’s just a testament to Dylan (Buswell) and his talent and making me a better driver. And then I feel like Nate (Knotts) and Gage (Tyra) just complement him really well. It just shows what it’s like to be with good people.”
Kofoid’s lucky number seven win of 2024 pushes him to 10 for his career, making him the 50th driver with double digit victories in the history of The Greatest Show on Dirt. Ten victories equals him with Danny Smith and Joe Gaerte on the all-time win list and makes him the ninth winningest Californian. Roth Motorsports is now up to 114 World of Outlaws checkered flags.
Haudenschild brought the field to green for the main event with Kofoid to his outside. Haudenschild slid in front of Kofoid in the first set of corners, but Kofoid built momentum for a run down the back straightaway. Kofoid had enough speed to duck under the NOS Energy Drink No. 17 entering Turn 3. He finished the slider exiting the corner to lead the opening lap.
A restart with 18 laps to go got wild as battles erupted all over the place including toward the front of the field. Gravel drove ahead of Haudenschild for second, but Haudenschild returned the favor with a slider. Gravel turned underneath him to retake the spot, and this time he held off Haudenschild’s counter.
Donny Schatz threw his name into contention during a halfway point restart as he rolled the bottom by Haudenschild for third.
Multiple yellow flags continued to set up restarts with drivers looking to capitalize. Haudenschild started to make his way back toward the front as he found some grip on the bottom of the oval.
The low side of the Joliet, IL track lifted Haudenschild to third on Lap 26 and then to the runner-up spot with two circuits remaining. However, the hourglass ran out as Kofoid held off Haudenschild’s last gasp when he stuck the bottom in Turns 3 and 4 but couldn’t muscle around Kofoid.
“The exit of (Turn) 4 was just really wide earlier in the race,” Kofoid said. “I could fire off good and get to the top, and I was able to diamond under Sheldon’s slider and kind of control the race. I was nervous with all of those yellows. I didn’t want to see that one with, I think, two to go. I couldn’t see my guys well, but they weren’t telling me I was doing anything wrong. I didn’t want to choose the outside or fire on the outside and try take the long way around because I feel like there was just so much meat on the front stretch on the bottom to take off on. Then it was just a matter of getting to the top and not tripping on the cushion.”
Settling for second was Haudenschild and the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing crew. He became more and more comfortable with the handling of his machine throughout the race but simply ran out of laps to get the job done.
“Being able to move around and find the bottom there in (Turns) 3 and 4,” Haudenschild said of what helped his late surge. “I feel like I was getting better the more fuel I burned off and was able to rotate down there. But Buddy was really good all night. I couldn’t keep up with him there the first 10 to 15 laps. The restarts were really hard starting on the outside as well. Happy with the weekend, a second and a fifth.”
Rounding out the podium was Gravel and the Big Game Motorsports crew as they continue to march toward a title. The Watertown, CT native is now up to 30 World of Outlaws podiums the season, the fourth time he’s reached that mark. His lead atop the standings is up to 78 markers with five races left.
“Man, I could not get a good restart behind him single file on the bottom,” Gravel said. “I just would start spinning and then hit the grip and just not get down the front stretch very good. Then I was kind of in defense going into (Turn) 1 where I kind of wanted to attack. Definitely didn’t want that caution because I feel like we were coming. I think lap traffic would’ve benefitted us.”
Donny Schatz and Carson Macedo completed the top five.
A run from 23rd to 11th in the Bill Rose Racing No. 6 earned Dylan Cisney the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Buddy Kofoid earned his sixth Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 11th of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Buddy Kofoid, Emerson Axsom, and Zach Hampton. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Carson Macedo.
Sheldon Haudenschild topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Darin Naida won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Bill Balog.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars return to Riverside International Speedway (West Memphis, AR) for the first time in six years on Oct. 25-26. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[1]; 3. 2-David Gravel[6]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz[10]; 5. 41-Carson Macedo[7]; 6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[11]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart[13]; 8. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[9]; 9. 27-Emerson Axsom[4]; 10. 55C-Chris Windom[12]; 11. 6-Dylan Cisney[23]; 12. 23-Garet Williamson[19]; 13. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 14. 99-Skylar Gee[18]; 15. 7S-Landon Crawley[20]; 16. 2KS-Danny Sams III[16]; 17. 45X-Scott Bogucki[15]; 18. 7N-Darin Naida[21]; 19. 70-Kraig Kinser[22]; 20. 22-Riley Goodno[17]; 21. 55-Kerry Madsen[14]; 22. 79-Blake Nimee[24]; 23. 17X-Zach Hampton[5]; 24. 87-Aaron Reutzel[8]
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ALL A-ARON: Reutzel Survives Gravel’s Last Lap Charge to Keep Perfect Dirt Oval 66 Record
The Clute, TX native leads every lap to bag his first Series victory in three years
JOLIET, IL (October 18, 2024) - Aaron Reutzel doesn’t know how to lose at Dirt Oval 66.
The Clute, TX native rolled into the Federated Auto Parts Route 66 Showdown and put his perfect record on the line. Reutzel beat the All Stars at the Illinois oval back in 2018 and 2019 and was prepared to face off with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars as the Series returned for the first time since 2017.
Five years since his last race at the track. The country’s toughest competition. Could Reutzel rise to the occasion and make it three straight at Dirt Oval 66?
Absolutely he could.
Reutzel earned the pole for Friday’s main event and never looked back during the 25-lapper. A sketchy restart and late lapped traffic created some drama, but ultimately neither were enough to derail the Ridge & Sons Racing driver. Reutzel fended off a final lap charge from David Gravel to secure his third consecutive win in Joliet.
“This is awesome,” Reutzel said. “It’s been a long time. Just not going up and down the road like I used to you kind of lose your race craft a little bit. This feels great. I couldn’t feel more excited. My entire family is here. This is the first Outlaw win they’ve ever seen. Brian and Lisa Ridge, this is their first true Outlaw win. I just couldn’t be more happy to get it for them. They deserve it. They’ve given me everything. This one is definitely for them.”
Reutzel’s win ended a drought dating back to 2021 as he scored his first victory with The Greatest Show on Dirt in three years. It’s the seventh of Reutzel’s career, equaling him with Chad Kemenah, Brian Brown, and Jeff Shepard for 57th on the all-time win list. He’s the seventh different competitor to visit Dirt Oval 66 Victory Lane with the World of Outlaws.
A win in the Toyota Racing Dash set Reutzel up on the pole for the NOS Energy Drink Feature. Second-starting Chris Windom gave him a fight on the opening circuit, but ultimately Reutzel powered ahead of the Vermeer Motorsports No. 55 to lead Lap 1.
An early caution for Windom slowing with problems set up a chaotic restart with 15 laps left. Gravel, who inherited third, got into Reutzel as the field came to restart. The collision caused a stack-up behind them and dominoed through the field until Sterling Cling and Geoff Dodge wound up upside down. Both drivers were okay.
Reutzel and Gravel both escaped with no considerable damage and prepared for the restart.
A fierce battle between Gravel and Carson Macedo was unleashed when the green lights returned. The two traded several slide jobs and crossovers before Gravel finally secured the runner-up spot.
A few more yellow flags continued to keep the leaders out of traffic, and one final one with seven laps remaining looked like it might seal the deal for Reutzel. But he wasn’t safe quite yet.
As the laps faded, he got closer and closer to the tail of the field, and Gravel managed to pace him aboard the Big Game Motorsports No. 2. With only two circuits remaining, Reutzel found himself in traffic.
The white flag waved, and Gravel erased most of the gap between the two as they navigated Turns 1 and 2. Reutzel looked to dive under a lapped car in the final set of corners, but the car ahead also went low. Reutzel quickly adjusted and aimed back toward the top and slid in front of Gravel. As Reutzel caught the cushion Gravel turned underneath him but didn’t quite have the power needed to drive by. Reutzel used the momentum of the top to finish off his first World of Outlaws win in 1,176 days.
“I just had a lapped car make an erratic lane change,” Reutzel said of the final lap. “I knew I needed to do something, so I hurried up and went back to the top, and I just slid into it too hard. I’m glad we came out on top of that. That would’ve really sucked to lose it that way.”
Gravel had to settle for second, his 10th World of Outlaws runner-up of the season. While he was hungry for his 15th Series triumph of 2024, Gravel came away satisfied with a strong points night as he looks to close out his first championship.
“I thought we were a little bit better than Aaron there at the end,” Gravel said. “He really had to lean on the cushion, I thought. I felt like he was coming back to us a little bit, and obviously lapped traffic was coming there. He got over the cushion that one time. That lapped car looked like he was going high and then went low, and Aaron was going low then he went high. I was committed to the top at that point, so I couldn’t really do much from there. It was superior grip on the top of (Turns) 3 and 4. Man, it was close.”
Rounding out the podium was Carson Macedo and the Jason Johnson Racing crew. They tallied their Series-leading 31st top three of the year. The Lemoore, CA native felt the race could’ve been even more interesting if traffic became more of a factor.
“He (Gravel) was able to slide me with a big run into Turn 1,” Macedo explained. “And, man, once somebody gets by you, the top has a lot of speed once you get up there leaning on it. It was going to be tough to get back by him. Seems like we really needed traffic to kind of mix things up. When we got there, it was one of those deals where a red or a yellow would come out.”
Logan Schuchart and Sheldon Haudenschild completed the top five.
A 19th to eighth drive earned Garet Williamson his fourth KSE Racing Hard Charger of 2024.
Sheldon Haudenschild earned his eighth Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 37th of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Sheldon Haudenschild, David Gravel, and Logan Schuchart. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Carson Macedo.
Aaron Reutzel topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Brock Zearfoss won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race belonged to Buddy Kofoid.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars are back at Dirt Oval 66 on Saturday, Oct. 19 for the Federated Auto Parts Route 66 Showdown finale. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[3]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[4]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart[7]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz[15]; 7. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[10]; 8. 23-Garet Williamson[19]; 9. 17B-Bill Balog[18]; 10. 99-Skylar Gee[11]; 11. 27-Emerson Axsom[16]; 12. 17X-Zach Hampton[14]; 13. 7S-Landon Crawley[8]; 14. 45X-Scott Bogucki[22]; 15. 6-Dylan Cisney[13]; 16. 32-Bryce Lucius[17]; 17. 51-Ayrton Gennetten[24]; 18. 2KS-Danny Sams III[6]; 19. 55-Kerry Madsen[20]; 20. 55C-Chris Windom[2]; 21. 34-Sterling Cling[9]; 22. 77-Geoff Dodge[23]; 23. 83-Michael Kofoid[12]; 24. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[21]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
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How Cannon McIntosh Matured, Reunited with KKM to Clinch 2024 Championship
CONCORD, NC (Oct. 18, 2024) — Cannon McIntosh’s run to the 2024 Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota championship was one defined by reunion, maturity and redemption.
After a bitter defeat in the final races of 2023, he returned home empty-handed, unsure of his plans for a return to the national Midget circuit in 2024. But after some off-season discussion, the 21-year-old from Bixby, OK, struck a deal to return to his former team at Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) for the first time in three years, seeking to reclaim what slipped away the year before.
Paired with the knowledge and expertise of veteran crew chief and team co-owner Keith Kunz, McIntosh was a model of discipline and consistency in 2024 — winning six Features, recording zero DNFs and stringing together 18 consecutive top-five finishes in the first 18 races. He set new personal-best with the Xtreme Outlaw Series in wins (six), podiums (15) and top-five finishes (20) to clinch his first national championship, redeeming himself to sit atop the national Midget world once again.
“I feel like it’s those times where you’re down on yourself and down on your confidence that shape things like this up,” McIntosh said. “You learn a lot in those seasons. It’s really just about not giving up.”
REUNION
At the dawning of his Midget career, McIntosh drove the flagship car for Dave Mac Motorsports (DMD) — the team owned and operated by his father. For the 2020 season, he took an opportunity to join the driver roster at KKM, and made his mark, winning five races on the national circuit and two Chili Bowl Nationals preliminary Features before returning to DMD for 2021.
After a record season in 2022 with DMD — scoring 16 wins across USAC, POWRi and Xtreme — McIntosh returned to chase the Xtreme championship in 2023. Four wins and eight podiums in the first 10 races gave him a 121-point lead in the chase for the championship but struggles over the final 19 races evaporated that lead and knocked him back to a fourth-place finish in the final standings.
With broken spirits and morale running low, McIntosh questioned his future in Midget racing.
“I’m not sure what else I was gonna do, whether I’d go back to my own car, I would have had to find a new crew chief and learn to work together again,” McIntosh said. “I spent a whole year in 2021 learning with (crew chief Robert Dalby) and trying to figure our stuff out; we didn’t really win much. Then, 2022 was kind of our breakout year — we were able to win races and compete up front. Then, in 2023, he informed me that he was leaving, and things just went south after that.”
Soon after the regular season, McIntosh and KKM reconnected and struck a deal with Toyota Racing and GEARWRENCH to contest the 2024 Chili Bowl Nationals. McIntosh made his third A-Main start in the marquee event as part of the KKM team (2020, 2021, 2024), which then led to a discussion about his return for the regular season.
However, when KKM experienced a departure of multiple star crew chiefs after the Chili Bowl, team management knew others were going to have to step up and fill those roles as more new drivers made commitments to join the team.
And who better to step up than the man who coached so many drivers to numerous open-wheel championships over the last 30 years than Kunz himself.
“For three or four years, I kinda stepped back and let my guys do stuff, and I had to step back in this year,” Kunz said. “I knew if I was gonna step back in, I had to have me a guy that could go win races, and I knew Cannon could win and win championships.”
Kunz has been at the helm of Midget racing’s most decorated team since the late 1990s, having won 17 national Midget titles, including Jade Avedisian’s history-making Xtreme championship in 2023. But after spending a few seasons away from his primary role as head crew chief, Kunz was beginning to feel the itch to get back on the wrenches in pursuit of an 18th championship.
He found his driver, and over the next eight months, he rejuvenated his competitive edge.
“For me, I think a little bit of the excitement was gone because I was so hands-on all my years,” Kunz said. “It’s hard to sit back and watch and sit in the grandstands and not be that hands-on when you’ve done it for that long. That was the thing knowing I was gonna be hands-on, I needed a guy that I could go win with. And I knew Cannon could win.
“It took me a little bit, but having somebody as good as Cannon kinda put the drive back in me. It made me want to go to the races again.”
MATURITY
The new driver-crew chief combo got to work right away, winning their second start together in Xtreme Outlaw Series competition inside the Southern Illinois Center (Du Quoin, IL) in March. Though he went to Victory Lane on Saturday night of the two-day event, McIntosh left Du Quoin with some uncertainty, and his crew chief noticed as well.
“Even when we won DuQuoin, the second race of the season, I didn’t feel great; there were a lot of things I had to learn on my end,” McIntosh said. “Even quite a few races after that, I kept trying to tell [Keith] what I wanted to feel out of the car and what I was used to. Finally, it got to the point where I just started listening to him and drove the car how it needed to be driven.”
“When he came back, he was a little nervous I think, a little unsure,” Kunz said. “As the year went on, the maturity in him really kinda showed because he settled into that role — more of the driver role, because in the beginning, he was trying to still be that mechanic a little bit.”
Over the next nine races, McIntosh began to build his record-setting streak of consistency, building his top-five streak up to 11-straight through the first 11 races and scoring another Feature win at 81 Speedway (Wichita, KS) on May 11 after teammate Ryan Timms blew a tire while leading in the closing laps.
Despite the success, Kunz said he felt like the wins were still coming at a premium.
“There was a period there where I was getting him comfortable, but we were losing ground,” Kunz said. “We were starting to run fifth, sixth, and was backing up from the front row in a few of the races. We just didn’t have the speed, more or less we were just kinda hanging in there and getting decent finishes.
“He was comfortable, but we weren’t fast. And there was finally one night I just told him, ‘Comfortable isn’t fast.’ He asked me something about what he should do, and I was like, ‘Dude, you’re the driver. That’s your job. Figure it out.’”
And figure it out, he did. Two weeks after the win at 81, McIntosh delivered his most dominant performance of the season at Atomic Speedway in Ohio, when he led all 25 laps around the high-speed, 3/8-mile dirt oval to bank his third win of the season, showing a more complete growth as a driver with the ability to both win and tally consistent finishes up front.
“At that point, I think he kinda realized and he changed his whole tune to just more driving and letting me do what I do and trusting my experience,” Kunz said. “And something just all-of-a-sudden clicked. I kinda got back into what I thought we should do, and he fully concentrated on just the driving part of it, and we figured it out pretty quickly at that point.”
McIntosh’s hot streak continued as the summer months began, winning three times in the next five races at Spoon River Speedway (Lewistown, IL), Doe Run Raceway (Doe Run, MO) and Arrowhead Speedway in Colcord, OK — one where he bested Timms, who was his biggest opponent in the chase for the championship.
“I think after our win at Arrowhead, what we were able to do there and just go out and win with Ryan (Timms) behind us most of the race and he not being able to do much, I was confident in our abilities to be able to just go and flat-out beat him,” McIntosh said. “That told me that we had a good chance at it. He was running second in points, and he was the guy to beat, and we went out and just beat him that night.
“We just continued to build on that win. That was a cool win for me as well, being in my home state in front of family and friends.”
REDEMPTION
After Arrowhead, McIntosh closed-out his 2024 Xtreme Outlaw Series campaign with three more top-five finishes in the final five races and clinched the championship by 156 points over Timms. One week later, he clinched another national championship with POWRi — finally hoisting the championship trophies that slipped through his fingers in the final races of 2023.
“I had a really good year,” McIntosh said. “Obviously, not a lot of things went wrong for us. It was just really good car preparation and the team effort that put us in position every night to either win or be close to winning. It was a team effort that got us here.”
While 2023 is now nothing but a faded memory in his book, McIntosh has honed several of his skills since then and learned a new level of discipline that brought him more consistency to pair with his trips to Victory Lane in 2024.
“I feel like we’ve just continued to get better and better,” McIntosh said. “We didn’t start winning and then flatline. We’ve always been trying to get better. Keith’s always been looking for new things to improve.”
Kunz was both a witness and a benefactor of McIntosh’s late-season decline in 2023, but still saw his potential. He took that potential and grew it with his own efforts in 2024 and saw his driver evolve from a race winner to a championship closer.
“I think you’ve gotta lose one to really know how to win one,” Kunz said. “That’s the thing is knowing how to win championships. It isn’t your normal mentality of just going racing and racing hard. You really have to have some maturity to win a championship because you’ve gotta take your seconds, your thirds, and not throw away a race. You can’t throw away a top five for a DNF trying to get that win that just ain’t there. Sometimes, you’ve just gotta take what it gives you and settle in.”
Now, McIntosh places his name alongside the other KKM greats of the 21st century. Drake, Clauson, Bell, Larson — the list of open-wheel racing heroes he’s joined goes on for miles, and the path he took to become a part of it is one he won’t forget.
“There’s a lot of big names that have come through Keith and Pete’s stable and a lot of people they’ve put their trust in to go out and do the job,” McIntosh said. “It’s a good feeling when a team like that believes in you to do your job and then you can go out and do it. It’s rewarding, for sure.”
Photo credit — Josh James, Joe Grabianowski
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WELL-OILED MACHINE: Hamm-Reilly Fitting Right in with Big Game Motorsports
The native of New York brought plenty of experience to Tod Quiring’s team and hasn’t missed a beat as they chase a championship
JOLIET, IL (October 17, 2024) - Plenty of focus has been placed on David Gravel’s pursuit of his first World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car championship, but there’s another member of the Big Game Motorsports team on a similar path toward a first title.
Both Gravel and car chief on the No. 2, Stephen Hamm-Reilly, come from the northeast. And while one drives and the other wrenches, both worked their way through the ranks to earn a spot with one of Sprint Car racing’s premier organizations.
Hamm-Reilly is originally from New York, but a move to Pennsylvania early in life ignited his interest in Sprint Cars. He cites watching Greg Hodnett winning the 2009 National Open aboard Jim and Sandy Kline’s No. 22 as the moment that caused his passion for the sport to take off.
His involvement began by helping friends at the racetrack, and the desire to do more grew and grew.
“What really got me going and wanting to do it for a job was I helped Aaron Ott with my buddy Jake,” Hamm-Reilly said. “And we started running good and being more competitive, and it was a higher level of racing than what I was used to. We would do good when the Outlaws came to town and just be competitive. I had friends of mine like my buddy at the time Derek Miller, we both helped Ryan Wilson, and then he went on the road a little bit before me. And I was like, ‘Well, if he could do it, then it’s something that I’d really like to do.’ And at the time I had a really good job, but I always wanted to go racing. I just took the plunge of going racing full-time.”
That plunge led to his first chance with a nationally touring team as he joined CJB Motorsports midway through 2015. It also brought his first trip to World of Outlaws Victory Lane when Paul McMahan grabbed a Lawrenceburg Speedway win late that year.
But it wasn’t exactly the experience Hamm-Reilly had anticipated, and he chose to head home and get a little more experience.
“My first race was the Kings Royal because they had somebody leave or needed somebody, so that was my first opportunity really,” Hamm-Reilly recalled. “I will say it was a massive eye-opener at the end of the year. It was a struggle at times. I was probably not as well-prepared as I thought I was. At the end of 2015, realizing that, I actually decided to come back to PA and race locally a little more.”
The time in Pennsylvania that followed allowed him to better prepare himself. Along with adding more knowledge, Hamm-Reilly acquired his CDL to be a more valuable asset when he decided to return to the road. And in 2019, that time came.
Hamm-Reilly hit the highway with Rudeen Racing as the first stop of what would become a stretch of working for some of the sport’s powerhouses. After the year with Rudeen, he spent time working at Roth Motorsports, Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing, and CMS Racing before making his way to Tod Quiring’s South Dakota-based operation. It was a step that brought his career to new heights.
The team, consisting of himself, Gravel, Cody Jacobs, and Zach Patterson lead the nation with 15 Sprint Car victories. Among those is a Kings Royal crown worth $175,000. They lead the World of Outlaws standings by 72 points with seven races remaining.
“Part of the reason why I came here is having the chance to win those races and do those things,” Hamm-Reilly said. “To be honest with you, I was pretty well set on not racing anymore at the end of 2023. And then I talked to Cody a little bit, and he said he’d like to have me and this and that. That’s probably the biggest reason I came here is the fact that we could be in position, I felt like, to win these big races, win big events, and have a shot night in and night out.”
The season has been a rejuvenating one for Hamm-Reilly. At the end of last year, he wasn’t certain if he wanted to continue racing across the country. The 2023 season didn’t go the way he’d hoped, and he wasn’t sure what the future held. Then, a talk with Cody Jacobs persuaded him, and an unforgettable season followed. Now, he’s positioned himself to potentially be a part of a World of Outlaws championship team.
“It’s definitely worked out to be a good decision,” Hamm-Reilly said of joining Big Game Motorsports. “Everything is working really good. I really enjoy working with David, Cody, and Zach. I feel like we all really work well together. It’s like a well-oiled machine at this point.”
Gravel, Hamm-Reilly, and the Big Game crew continue their pursuit of a championship at this weekend’s Federated Auto Parts Route 66 Showdown hosted by Joliet, IL’s Dirt Oval 66. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
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WHAT TO WATCH FOR: World of Outlaws Return to Dirt Oval 66 After Seven-Year Absence
The Illinois oval welcomes The Greatest Show on Dirt for Two Nights as the championship battle heats up
JOLIET, IL (October 15, 2024) - The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars are ready for one last stop in the “Land of Lincoln” as #AllDirtRoads continue to bring the tour closer to World of Outlaws World Finals.
After seven years away, The Greatest Show on Dirt is set to return to Joliet, IL’s Dirt Oval 66 for this weekend’s (Oct. 18-19) Federated Auto Parts Route 66 Showdown. The facility, less than an hour south of Chicago, has hosted the nation’s best Sprint Car drivers on nine occasions and will welcome them for the 10th and 11th times this weekend.
The fight atop the standings is tightening, and other battles throughout the points still need settled. Dirt Oval 66 takes center stage this weekend as the action continues to unfold and the 2024 World of Outlaws season rolls toward its conclusion.
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Let’s look at the weekend’s top storylines:
CLOSER AND CLOSER: Carson Macedo is doing everything he can to bring a fight to David Gravel and Big Game Motorsports when the World of Outlaws World Finals decides a champion, Nov. 6-9.
Macedo and the Jason Johnson Racing crew looked like they might be out of contention a little less than two months ago. They sat third in the standings – a distant 142 markers behind Gravel. But then they caught fire.
Six of the 13 races since that point have been won by Macedo, and he’s only missed the top 10 once. The Lemoore, CA native not only sits second in points, but he’s also slashed the gap between he and Gravel down to 72 points with seven races to go.
The two are even in terms of experience at this weekend’s venue with one appearance apiece. Gravel took the CJB Motorsports machine to a fourth-place finish when the World of Outlaws last visited Joliet in 2017. Macedo’s lone night at Dirt Oval 66 also led to a fourth, but that came with the All-Star Circuit of Champions in 2018 aboard Joe Gaerte’s No. 3G.
WINDY CITY WHEELMAN: There’s no doubt that Donny Schatz will have the upper hand this weekend when it comes to experience.
While many of the current full-timers have only seen the 3/8 mile a time or two or not at all, Schatz has made nine trips to Dirt Oval 66. The driver of the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 is the winner of the two most recent Series visits (2005 and 2017). His average finish there is 5.78, and he’s never come home worse than 12th.
Schatz heads to Joliet fresh off a $20,000 payday from Lincoln Speedway. He’s currently third in the standings with Macedo 86 points ahead.
THE NIGHTMARE’S KNOWLEDGE: There’s one other driver among the current World of Outlaws full-time roster that’s visited Victory Lane at Dirt Oval 66.
In 2017, Bill Balog scored one of his more than 100 wins with the Interstate Racing Association (IRA). The “North Pole Nightmare” also took part in the World of Outlaws race that year, finishing 14th.
But that’s not the extent of Balog’s Joliet laps. He visited the track in 2019 and 2021with the All-Stars and brought home top fives on both occasions. He enters the weekend as one of the most experienced competitors at the northern Illinois facility.
ROOKIE ON A ROLL: Michael “Buddy” Kofoid is piecing together one of the best rookie seasons in World of Outlaws history.
Kofoid and the Roth Motorsports team were solid in the first half of 2024, but since late August they’ve arguably been the fastest car on tour. In the last 14 races, Kofoid has won five, bagged a dozen podiums, and only been outside the top five once. The No. 83’s average finish over that stretch is a staggering 3.2.
The run has helped Kofoid climb to fourth in points with history reasonably within sight. Schatz resides in third with a 72-point advantage over Kofoid. If the Penngrove, CA native can surpass the 10-time champ, he’ll establish a new record for the highest finishing Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year.
Kofoid’s only trip to Dirt Oval 66 led to a top 10 with the All-Stars driving a Keith Kunz Sprint Car in 2021.
READY FOR REDEMPTION: One competitor heading to Joliet this weekend with redemption in mind is Kraig Kinser.
Seven years ago, Kinser came so close to an impressive Dirt Oval 66 win. The Bloomington, IN native drove all the way from 11th to the lead in five laps. Kinser led for 21 circuits before Donny Schatz came along and wrestled the top spot away with only four circuits remaining as Kinser slipped to eighth in the closing laps.
Kinser is closing in on the conclusion of another season with the World of Outlaws. His best finish with the Premier Motorsports team, so far, is a seventh at Eldora Speedway – a mark he’ll look to better this weekend at a track where he’s proven to have speed.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday-Saturday, October 18-19 at Dirt Oval 66 in Joliet, IL
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (60/67 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (8146 PTS)
2. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-72 PTS)
3. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 (-158 PTS)
4. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-230 PTS)
5. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing No. 18 (-332 PTS)
6. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-390 PTS)
7. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-418 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports No. 17B (-940 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing No. 3Z (-1312 PTS)
10. Landon Crawley – Sides Motorsports No. 7S (-1628 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (16 Drivers):
14 Wins – David Gravel
10 Wins – Carson Macedo
8 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
6 Wins – Michael Kofoid
5 Wins – Donny Schatz
3 Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, Kyle Larson
2 Wins – Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Brent Marks, Brady Bacon, Corey Day, Logan Schuchart, James McFadden, T.J. Stutts
FEATURE LAPS LED (26 Drivers):
441 Laps – Carson Macedo
329 Laps – David Gravel
220 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
201 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
142 Laps – Donny Schatz
139 Laps – Michael Kofoid
97 Laps – Kyle Larson
75 Laps – Rico Abreu
52 Laps – Logan Schuchart
44 Laps – James McFadden
36 Laps – Emerson Axsom
34 Laps – Brady Bacon
29 Laps – Chase Randall
25 Laps – Brad Sweet, T.J. Stutts
20 Laps – Anthony Macri
15 Laps – Ryan Timms, Tyler Courtney
14 Laps – Shane Golobic
11 Laps – Bill Balog
9 Laps – Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day
6 Laps – D.J. Netto
4 Laps – Hunter Schuerenberg
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Kalib Henry
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (21 Drivers):
12 Quick Times – Carson Macedo
10 Quick Times – David Gravel
7 Quick Times – Sheldon Haudenschild
5 Quick Times – Michael Kofoid
4 Quick Times – Giovanni Scelzi, Brent Marks
2 Quick Times – Daryn Pittman, Donny Schatz, Landon Crawley, Chase Dietz
1 Quick Time – Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Cory Eliason, Brock Zearfoss, Rico Abreu, Matt Juhl, Emerson Axsom, Shane Golobic, Bill Balog, Landon Brooks
HEAT RACE WINNERS (55 Drivers):
31 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
30 Heat Wins – David Gravel
26 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
19 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi
18 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid
11 Heat Wins – Logan Schuchart
9 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu, Donny Schatz
7 Heat Wins – Brock Zearfoss
6 Heat Wins – Bill Balog, Brent Marks
5 Heat Wins – Tyler Courtney
4 Heat Wins – Daryn Pittman
3 Heat Wins – Garet Williamson, Kaleb Johnson, Brian Brown
2 Heat Wins – Landon Crawley, Corey Day, Kyle Larson, Anthony Macri, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Austin McCarl, Aaron Reutzel, Emerson Axsom, Scott Bogucki, Chase Randall, D.J. Netto, Kasey Kahne, Chase Dietz
1 Heat Win – Justin Peck, Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Danny Sams III, Tim Shaffer, Nick Omdahl, Brad Sweet, Spencer Bayston, Brady Bacon, Parker Price-Miller, T.J. Stutts, Kelby Watt, Jamie Ball, Hunter Schuerenberg, Tasker Phillips, Ayrton Gennetten, Tanner Holmes, Cole Macedo, Cale Thomas, Dusty Zomer, Andy Pake, Shane Golobic, Dylan Bloomfield, Kaleb Montgomery, Landon Brooks, Tyler Ross
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (73 Drivers):
42 Dashes – Carson Macedo
41 Dashes – David Gravel
35 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild
30 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
21 Dashes – Logan Schuchart, Donny Schatz
16 Dashes – Bill Balog
10 Dashes – Brock Zearfoss
9 Dashes – Rico Abreu
8 Dashes – Brent Marks
7 Dashes – Landon Crawley, Anthony Macri
6 Dashes – Tyler Courtney, Emerson Axsom
5 Dashes – Corey Day, Aaron Reutzel, Garet Williamson, Brian Brown, Chase Dietz
4 Dashes – Brady Bacon, Daryn Pittman, James McFadden
3 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Justin Peck, Landon Brooks
2 Dashes – Cole Duncan, Cole Macedo, Kalib Henry, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Parker Price-Miller, Ayrton Gennetten, Scott Bogucki, D.J. Netto, Shane Golobic, Kaleb Montgomery, Skylar Gee
1 Dash – Zeb Wise, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Logan McCandless, Kody Hartlaub, Tim Shaffer, T.J. Michael, Craig Mintz, Brandon Spithaler, Sye Lynch, Cale Thomas, Kaleb Johnson, Nick Omdahl, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Kraig Kinser, Troy Wagaman Jr., T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Jacob Allen, Lance Dewease, Kelby Watt, Will Armitage, Dusty Zomer, Andy Pake, Justin Sanders, Tanner Carrick, Tim Kaeding, Jock Goodyer, Dylan Bloomfield, Tim Kaeding, Jamie Veal, Kasey Kahne, Tyler Ross, Kyle Reinhardt
MICRO-LITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (47 Drivers):
4 LCS Wins – Bill Balog
3 LCS Wins – Anthony Macri, Landon Crawley, Garet Williamson, Brock Zearfoss
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless, Cole Macedo
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace Park, Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brandon Rahmer, David Gravel, Nate Dussel, Zeth Sabo, Brooke Tatnell, Donny Schatz, Brent Marks, Cory Eliason, Kerry Madsen, Creed Kemenah, Joel Myers Jr., Hunter Schuerenberg, Kody Hartlaub, Lucas Wolfe, Larry Wight, Kyle Larson, Jesse Attard, Dusty Zomer, Chris Windom, Ayrton Gennetten, Brad Sweet, Kelby Watt, Scott Bogucki, Mark Dobmeier, Scott Winters, Christopher Thram, Logan Schuchart, Caeden Steele, Kraig Kinser, Jacob Allen, Daryn Pittman, Justin Whittall
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (34 Drivers):
8 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz
6 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart
4 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo
3 Hard Chargers – Michael Kofoid, Garet Williamson, Tim Kaeding
2 Hard Chargers – Aaron Reutzel, Cale Thomas, Danny Dietrich, Emerson Axsom, Sheldon Haudenschild, Bill Balog
1 Hard Charger – Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Landon Crawley, Sye Lynch, Scotty Neitzel, Brent Marks, Larry Wight, Anthony Macri, James McFadden, Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day, Tim Estenson, David Gravel, Ryan Bernal, Shane Golobic, Matt Campbell
PODIUM FINISHES (30 Drivers):
30 Podiums – Carson Macedo
28 Podiums – David Gravel
24 Podiums – Michael Kofoid
22 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild
18 Podiums – Donny Schatz
9 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
6 Podiums – Kyle Larson
5 Podiums – Rico Abreu
4 Podiums – Brad Sweet
3 Podiums – Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, Bill Balog, Logan Schuchart
2 Podiums – Aaron Reutzel, Justin Peck, James McFadden, Corey Day, Emerson Axsom
1 Podium – Anthony Macri, Brady Bacon, Cole Macedo, Parker Price-Miller, Ryan Timms, T.J. Stutts, Chase Randall, Shane Golobic, Justin Sanders, Tim Kaeding, Daryn Pittman, Chase Dietz
TOP 10 FINISHES (83 Drivers):
54 Top 10s – David Gravel
49 Top 10s – Giovanni Scelzi, Donny Schatz, Michael Kofoid, Carson Macedo
45 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart
41 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
30 Top 10s – Bill Balog
15 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss
11 Top 10s – Anthony Macri
10 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney, Garet Williamson, Brent Marks, James McFadden
9 Top 10s – Rico Abreu, Brad Sweet
7 Top 10s – Aaron Reutzel
6 Top 10s – Kyle Larson, Corey Day, Emerson Axsom, Cole Macedo, Justin Peck
5 Top 10s – Brian Brown, Ryan Timms
4 Top 10s – Landon Crawley, Brady Bacon, Chase Randall, Tim Kaeding, Danny Dietrich, Chase Dietz
3 Top 10s – Cole Duncan, Skylar Gee, Zeb Wise, Jacob Allen, Scott Bogucki, D.J. Netto, Shane Golobic, Daryn Pittman, Troy Wagaman Jr.
2 Top 10s – Kraig Kinser, Cale Thomas, Parker Price-Miller, Cory Eliason, Ayrton Gennetten, Kerry Madsen, Justin Sanders, Dominic Scelzi
1 Top 10 – Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Chris Windom, Joe B. Miller, Scotty Milan, Brandon Spithaler, Kalib Henry, Tim Shaffer, Zane DeVault, Sye Lynch, Travis Philo, Trey Jacobs, Scotty Thiel, Mark Dobmeier, Kaleb Johnson, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Landon Brooks, Greg Wilson, Spencer Bayston, Daison Pursley, Devon Borden, T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Lance Dewease, Stewart Friesen, Jordan Poirier, Larry Wight, Andy Pake, Kaleb Montgomery, Dylan Bloomfield, Jamie Veal, Ryan Bernal, Jock Goodyer, Kyle Moody, Kyle Reinhardt
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / David Gravel (6)
20. Fri, May 17 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Michael Kofoid (1)
21. Sat, May 18 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / David Gravel (7)
22. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / David Gravel (8)
23. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
24. Mon, May 27 / Fremont Speedway / Fremont, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
25. Fri, May 31 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (6)
26. Fri, June 7 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Giovanni Scelzi (2)
27. Sat, June 8 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Sheldon Haudenschild (7)
28. Fri, June 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (9)
29. Sat, June 15 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Corey Day (1)
30. Wed, June 19 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Tyler Courtney (2)
31. Sat, June 29 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Logan Schuchart (1)
32. Wed, July 10 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Giovanni Scelzi (3)
33. Fri, July 12 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Carson Macedo (3)
34. Sat, July 13 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Donny Schatz (3)
35. Tues, July 16 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / David Gravel (10)
36. Fri, July 19 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (2)
37. Sat, July 20 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (11)
38. Wed, July 24 / BAPS Motor Speedway / York Haven, PA / James McFadden (1)
39. Fri, July 26 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / T.J. Stutts (1)
40. Sat, July 27 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / David Gravel (12)
41. Sun, July 28 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / David Gravel (13)
42. Fri, Aug 2 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (1)
43. Sat, Aug 3 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (2)
44. Sat, Aug 10 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Kyle Larson (3)
45. Fri, Aug 16 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Carson Macedo (4)
46. Sat, Aug 17 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Donny Schatz (4)
47. Fri, Aug 23 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Carson Macedo (5)
48. Sat, Aug 24 / Red River Valley Speedway / West Fargo, ND / Carson Macedo (6)
49. Fri, Aug 30 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Sheldon Haudenschild (8)
50. Sat, Aug 31 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Carson Macedo (7)
51. Sun, Sept 1 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (2)
52. Fri, Sept 6 / Stockton Dirt Track / Stockton, CA / Michael Kofoid (3)
53. Sat, Sept 7 / Kings Speedway / Hanford, CA / Carson Macedo (8)
54. Fri, Sept 13 / Bakersfield Speedway / Bakersfield, CA / Michael Kofoid (4)
55. Sat, Sept 14 / Merced Speedway / Merced, CA / Michael Kofoid (5)
56. Fri, Sept 20 / Thunderbowl Raceway / Tulare, CA / David Gravel (14)
57. Sat, Sept 21 / Thunderbowl Raceway / Tulare, CA / Carson Macedo (9)
58. Sat, Oct 5 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Michael Kofoid (6)
59. Sat, Oct 5 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Carson Macedo (10)
60. Sat, Oct 12 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / Donny Schatz (5)
For the remaining 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car schedule, CLICK HERE.
ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/what-to-watch-for-world-of-outlaws-return-to-dirt-oval-66-after-seven-year-absence/
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A LITTLE LINCOLN LUCK: Schatz Claims Commanding Keystone Showdown Victory After Haudenschild’s Troubles
The 10-time Series champion banks $20,000 by claiming the year’s final battle with the PA Posse
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (October 12, 2024) - The old saying states that it’s better to be lucky than good. But when you’re both lucky and good, you’re going to be nearly unbeatable.
Such was the case on Saturday night at Abbottstown, PA’s Lincoln Speedway for Donny Schatz. Luck was on his side on the 26th lap when leader Sheldon Haudenschild tagged the fence and got upside down. Haudenschild’s misfortune gifted the lead to Schatz, but a tinge of luck alone wouldn’t lead him to Victory Lane.
When the race restarted, Schatz had arguably the two hottest drivers in Sprint Car racing lined up right behind him. Carson Macedo and Michael “Buddy” Kofoid, who had combined to win 12 of the last 15 races entering Lincoln, restarted second and third.
But the 10-time World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car champion was unphased by the potent pair behind him. Schatz drove away over the final 10 laps. He perfected the middle of the 3/8 mile on his way to a nearly three-second win and $20,000 payday.
“Sheldon obviously was the class of the field all night,” Schatz said. “I can’t go up and do that. He did an awesome job up there. It just bit him, and we capitalized on his misfortune, obviously.
“This is huge. At this point in the game, it’s beyond confidence. We’re all confident in what we do. It’s just the results. This isn’t a game of I said I did this. It’s about putting it on paper and putting money in the bank. These guys work their tails off. The funny part is, I don’t think people realize that you have to work just as hard to run 14th as you do to win a race. So, hats off to them. It’s just an awesome night all around. Going out late (in Qualifying), we didn’t know that we were going to have a great shot at getting qualified well, but we did. We got ourselves through that Heat Race after I made a mistake on the first lap. We just kept digging all night long, and sometimes that’s what it takes.”
Schatz’s fifth win of 2024 bumped him up to 316 for his career with The Greatest Show on Dirt. Saturday marked his second score at Lincoln, becoming the 10th different driver with multiple World of Outlaws wins at the Pigeon Hills Oval. It’s Schatz’s first checkered flag from the state of Pennsylvania since his 2020 National Open title.
The night also punctuated a statement season from the World of Outlaws in their rivalry with the PA Posse. The band of travelers claimed five of the seven faceoffs in 2024 to carry bragging rights into next year.
Well before the luck came around for Schatz, he showed that his Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 would be in contention early in the race.
He lined up seventh for the 35-lapper and wasted no time getting to work by moving to fifth on the opening circuit. The Fargo, ND driver settled in there for a while before advancing to fourth on the 10th circuit and third two laps later.
Lap 18 is when Schatz muscled by Kofoid for the runner-up spot and looked to chase down Haudenschild. Schatz stayed with Haudenschild on a restart shortly after he took over second, but he couldn’t quite find the speed to pass him. The Carquest No. 15 paced the NOS Energy Drink No. 17, but that was all Schatz could manage.
And then disaster struck for Haudenschild with only 10 laps to go as he got a little too high in Turn 3 and clipped the wall before getting upside down.
That proved to be all Schatz needed as he took advantage of the good fortune by pulling away on his path to victory.
“I was just trying to roll with what speed I had there,” Schatz explained. “Early in the race, I tried to stay down there, but there was just a little bit of moisture right up next to the wall. Your car gets really weird when you’ve got two tires on the edge of it and two in the slick. I guess I was just doing too much seesawing. I just tried to slow it down and keep it stuck, and it worked obviously.”
The runner-up position belonged to Carson Macedo and the Jason Johnson Racing crew. With David Gravel finishing ninth, Macedo trimmed 14 more points off the gap between the two, and it now sits at 72 markers with seven races to go.
“Hats off to Philip Dietz, Adam Zimmerman, and Robby McQuinn, they gave me a great race car,” Macedo said. “I felt like I was really competitive the whole race. I started fifth and was able to kind of march up through there. Happy to put this JJR No. 41 back on the podium.”
Kofoid brought the Roth Motorsports No. 83 home third at Lincoln. The Penngrove, CA native and the Roth team continued their incredible recent stretch with a 12th podium in the last 14 races.
“Happy to be on the podium in central Pennsylvania,” Kofoid said. “This is probably one of the toughest tracks we come to. With it being that slick and that wide and that technical, it makes it even harder. That’s just a testament to Dylan (Buswell), Nate (Knotts), and Gage (Tyra) and their abilities and giving me a good car that can race good and be good in dirty air.”
Danny Dietrich and Chase Dietz completed the top five to represent the PA Posse.
A 25th to 11th drive earned Matt Campbell the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Chase Dietz claimed his second career Simpson Quick Time in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Sheldon Haudenschild, Chase Dietz, and Carson Macedo. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Tyler Ross.
Sheldon Haudenschild topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Justin Whittall won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Logan Schuchart.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars make their only appearance in the “Land of Lincoln” this year with a two-night (Oct. 18-19) return to Joliet, IL’s Dirt Oval 66 for the Federated Auto Parts Route 66 Showdown. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz[7]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo[5]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid[3]; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich[14]; 5. 2D-Chase Dietz[8]; 6. 99M-Kyle Moody[18]; 7. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr[16]; 8. 39M-Anthony Macri[6]; 9. 2-David Gravel[19]; 10. 91-Kyle Reinhardt[4]; 11. X-Matt Campbell[25]; 12. 8-Freddie Rahmer[12]; 13. 17B-Bill Balog[9]; 14. 5R-Tyler Ross[2]; 15. 1X-Chad Trout[20]; 16. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[24]; 17. 23-Justin Whittall[21]; 18. 7S-Landon Crawley[22]; 19. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[1]; 20. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[11]; 21. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[15]; 22. 1S-Logan Schuchart[10]; 23. 19R-Mark Smith[13]; 24. 75-Cameron Smith[17]; 25. 39-Kody Hartlaub[26]; 26. 6B-Ryan Smith[23]
ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/a-little-lincoln-luck-schatz-claims-commanding-keystone-showdown-victory-after-haudenschilds-troubles/
EVENT INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/schedule/event-info/?event=4544379
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GRATEFUL: McQuinn’s Change of Plans Leads to Unforgettable Year with Jason Johnson Racing
After no plans to be on the road in 2024, the JJR car chief is now looking at a possible World of Outlaws championship
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (October 11, 2024) - Eight months ago, a text appeared on Robby McQuinn’s phone that completely changed the trajectory of his year.
He was in Florida helping Zach Daum during Volusia Speedway Park’s DIRTcar Nationals already with change on the horizon. After two years on Noah Gass’ team following the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car tour, McQuinn’s 2024 plans featured a move to Washington to work for Greg Hamilton.
And then came a text from Carson Macedo asking him to call.
Macedo wanted to know if he might want to join Jason Johnson Racing as they were in search of a car chief. Before he knew it, McQuinn had moved into their team shop in Eldon, MO and was back with a full-time World of Outlaws team.
It didn’t take long for a breakthrough moment to come. On McQuinn’s fourth night with the team, Macedo took the No. 41 to Victory Lane at Kennedale Speedway Park. It’ll forever be a special moment for McQuinn as it marked his first night on a World of Outlaws winning crew.
“Just talking about it now I get chills. It’s something that, for a while, I never thought I’d get the feeling of achieving,” McQuinn said of the Kennedale victory. “I can remember standing up there and watching it. There’s five to go, and I’m counting down. We’re catching traffic, and David (Gravel) is charging. Carson doesn’t know the top is coming in in (Turns) 3 and 4. I’m getting nervous. Then the checkered flies, and it was just a surreal moment that you’re never going to feel again because you’re never going to win your first Outlaw race again. It was super cool and a moment I’ll never forget and a night I’ll never forget.”
Macedo and company haven’t slowed since. They’re up to 10 wins and in the thick of the title fight, 86 markers behind David Gravel with eight races to go. McQuinn has fit right into the mold of JJR.
“He came on board and has just done a phenomenal job,” Macedo said. “We knew that he was going to be a good fit right away because we had seen his ethic. When we reached out to Randy Gass and asked, ‘What do you think of Robby?’ he had nothing but great things to say. That really helped us make that decision, and he’s kind of hit the road running ever since. He does a great job. He’s got a great work ethic. He’s got a great attitude. He’s really been a great asset to our team.”
A year on the road with the team established by the “Ragin’ Cajun” has not only allowed McQuinn to enjoy loads of success, it’s also been a major learning experience. Working for JJR means working for one of the most respected car owners/crew chiefs in the sport, Philip Dietz.
“It’s been a blessing for me,” McQuinn said. “I’ve learned a lot this year, almost a different way of thinking for me personally because Phil is very calculated. He doesn’t make a change that he hasn’t already thought through in his head once if not twice maybe even three times. He’s an engineer by trade, so his mind thinks a little differently than most. For me, it’s been a real eye opener to see the way he goes about setting up a Sprint Car and just handling day to day operations.”
The peak of their 2024 campaign arrived just this past weekend at Williams Grove Speedway. Macedo drove to a National Open title, making McQuinn a winner of one of the sport’s most prestigious crown jewels.
It’s a moment that caused McQuinn to reflect. Less than a year before his racing journey looked to be heading in an entirely different direction. One that would’ve removed him from the national scene. Instead, his dreams are coming true with Jason Johnson Racing.
“When we were driving back from “The Grove” I was sitting there in the passenger seat just thinking to myself, ‘Wow, I almost wasn’t even in this position’” McQuinn said. “I was almost in Washington not even on the road. To me just riding in the truck I think that’s when it hit me. Not even that we won the National Open, but it hit me that I was about a month away from not even being in this position to contend for a championship and win a crown jewel and win 10 races and develop friendships that will last a lifetime. In the moment, I was just very grateful for everything that has happened.”
And while the National Open is currently the highlight of the season, there’s an opportunity for McQuinn to reach the sport’s mountaintop. Macedo sits second in the standings with a handful of races to go and a manageable gap between himself and Gravel. That single text back in February has led McQuinn to a dream season and put him in a position he never imagined.
“We’ve just kept rolling and rolling, and the next thing you know we’re not too far behind David again in the points,” McQuinn said. “And we’ve got one goal in mind for the rest of the year.”
Macedo, McQuinn, and the entire Jason Johnson Racing crew continue their pursuit of a World of Outlaws championship this Saturday, Oct. 12 at Abbottstown, PA’s Lincoln Speedway. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/grateful-mcquinns-change-of-plans-leads-to-unforgettable-year-with-jason-johnson-racing/
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1 MONTH ALERT: World of Outlaws Sprint Cars, World of Outlaws Late Models, Super DIRTcar Series Bringing Exciting Championship Battles to World Finals
CONCORD, NC (Oct. 9, 2024) – Dirt racing’s three premier series are set to bring close championship battles to the World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Nov. 6-9.
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Model Series and Super DIRTcar Series will be on track for four straight days with qualifying on Wednesday (Nov. 6) and Feature action Thursday through Saturday (Nov. 7-9).
All three series have championships up for grabs and history to be made with each one. For the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars, David Gravel currently leads the charge with Carson Macedo in tow – both looking for their first World of Outlaws championship. However, they still have five more races before making the trek to Charlotte.
The World of Outlaws Late Models have a three-way battle for the title with Brandon Sheppard leading, looking for a record fifth series title, Bobby Pierce in second (-44 points) looking for his second straight title and Nick Hoffman in third (-50 points) looking for his first title in his second full-time season.
Super DIRT Week 52 will set the stage for the Super DIRTcar Series title fight, currently led by 10-time Series champion Matt Sheppard. Mat Williamson is behind him by 27 points. An 11th title for Sheppard would give him the most all time. And for Williamson, it would be his second Series title. He won his first in 2019 – beating Sheppard.
The World of Outlaws Sprint Cars and Super DIRTcar Series will run their normal World Finals programs with qualifying on Wednesday for Thursday and Friday’s events. They'll collect points those two days to line up the Heat Races on Saturday.
But the Late Models will utilize the “every lap matters” format where drivers will earn points for where they qualify, where they finish in their Heat Race, where they finish in the Last Chance Showdown (if they don’t make the Feature) and where they finish in the Feature – Thursday and Friday only. That will determine which 16 Late Model drivers are locked into Saturday’s Feature (based on their best points finish between the two nights). Two Dashes will determine how the top 16 drivers start in Saturday’s Feature.
Along with the on-track action, fans will be treated to a plethora of activities and entertainment throughout the week.
Wednesday kicks off the fun with a Fan Fest party at noon in the midway. The Sage Fruit Stage will feature pre-race shows and music all week long.
Friday will feature one of the most unique visuals in all of motorsports with the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars, World of Outlaws Late Models and Big Block Modifieds on track together for the 3X4 parade lap.
And before the start of the event, fans can watch their favorite team haulers parade into the track (in front of the ZMax Dragway) on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 4 p.m.
Opening ceremonies is schedule for 4:45 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday and then will start at 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. For the full World of Outlaws World Finals schedule, click here.
TICKETS – Available HERE.
HOW TO WATCH – Can’t make it? Watch every lap live on DIRTVision.
2023 VIDEO RECAPS
World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars (Nov. 4, 2023)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oXvAyrhMIc
World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models (Nov. 4, 2023)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBZJLnjVGDM
Super DIRTcar Series (Nov. 4, 2023)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1hYketHdGk
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Final World of Outlaws, PA Posse Battle of 2024 Brings Rivalry to Lincoln
The last Pennsylvania race of the year puts $20,000 up for grabs at Lincoln Speedway on Saturday
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (October 8, 2024) - Another chapter of Sprint Car racing’s most historic rivalry writes its final page this weekend.
Abbottstown, PA’s Lincoln Speedway is set to host the last round of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars battling the Pennsylvania Posse for 2024. The oval nestled in the Pigeon Hills welcomes the two sides this Saturday, Oct. 12 for a $20,000-to-win punctuation to the year’s PA slate.
The Greatest Show on Dirt has made 53 trips to Lincoln (tied for 16th-most visited), but this weekend’s bout will be the first in the month of October.
One last opportunity for bragging rights awaits the World of Outlaws and PA Posse on Saturday. It’s a chance to get the last laugh for the year before the rivalry is rekindled in 2025. Both sides are ready for one last battle.
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Let’s look at Saturday’s top storylines:
THE SCOREBOARD: One race may remain, but the World of Outlaws have already secured bragging rights for the year.
Six battles between the two have taken place so far in 2024. The travelers of the World of Outlaws have claimed four. David Gravel kicked things off with a victory at this weekend’s venue – Lincoln – on May 8, giving Big Game Motorsports 100 Series wins. He also topped Williams Grove’s Summer Nationals in July to give himself 100 Series wins. Then this past weekend Michael “Buddy” Kofoid and Carson Macedo split Williams Grove glory to make it a sweep for California Outlaws.
The Posse’s one night of bragging rights came in July when T.J. Stutts pulled off an all-time upset at Williams Grove to give PA possession of the Morgan Cup. Then the one other contest saw James McFadden invade BAPS Motor Speedway in the summer and steal the spotlight.
Of the last 10 World of Outlaws races at Lincoln, six have went to the World of Outlaws, a trio to the PA Posse, and one to an invader.
NOT GOING QUIETLY: National Open weekend started off looking like it might put the nail in the coffin for Carson Macedo, but he refuses to go quietly in the 2024 championship battle.
The Lemoore, CA native lined up 25th in the prelim Feature after using a provisional while point leader David Gravel lined up 19 spots ahead in six. By the time the checkered flag waved, Macedo had moved all the way up to 12th while Gravel slipped back two positions to eighth. The next night Macedo won the National Open while Gravel finished sixth, keeping hope alive as he trimmed Gravel’s advantage to 86 markers.
Now the championship fight between the two shifts to Lincoln. Macedo took the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 to a third place finish at the 3/8 mile in May when Gravel won. Macedo has conquered Lincoln twice, beating the All-Star Circuit of Champions (ASCoC) in 2018 and topping a 2020 local race.
LINCOLN LOVE: The current roster of World of Outlaws sure seems to enjoy trips to Abbottstown, PA. Along with Gravel and Macedo’s prior success, every driver currently in the top seven of the Series standings has won at Lincoln at some point in time.
Donny Schatz made a trip to Lincoln Victory Lane back in 2016 in World of Outlaws competition. The Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing pilot also came close in 2013 with a runner-up.
Michael “Buddy” Kofoid holds the fourth spot in points, and two years ago the Penngrove, CA native invaded a local show aboard Bernie Stuebgen’s No. 71 and came out on top. He and Roth Motorsports roll to Lincoln with the momentum of five wins in the last nine races this year.
Back in their “true outlaw” days, Giovanni Scelzi and KCP Racing dropped into central PA in October of 2022 and walked away with a Lincoln score from a local contest. “Hot Sauce” finished second in the May World of Outlaws visit.
Wooster, OH’s Sheldon Haudenschild is one of 27 competitors to top a Lincoln World of Outlaws race but only the fourth from the “Buckeye State” alongside Rick Ferkel, Brad Doty, and Dave Blaney. Haudenschild drove the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing/NOS Energy Drink No. 17 to victory in 2020.
Logan Schuchart is yet to best The Greatest Show on Dirt at Lincoln, but back before he joined the tour the Hanover, PA native earned a pair of local trophies in 2013. His best World of Outlaws finish at his home track is a runner-up in 2020.
While he’s not an active full-time driver, Dylan Cisney is filling in for the sidelined Bill Rose and has experienced Lincoln success. “The Mayor” picked up a pair of local triumphs in 2020 at the 3/8 mile.
PA PRIDE: While the World of Outlaws may have already locked up rivalry bragging rights for 2024, that won’t stop the Posse from putting forth their best effort to go out on top in the final bout of the season.
To no surprise it’s been Anthony Macri leading the way among the locals at Lincoln in 2024. The Gettysburg, PA native owns five Lincoln checkered flags this year including $20,000 scores at the Weldon Sterner Memorial (April 20) and Kevin Gobrecht Memorial (Sept. 1). Last year Macri beat the World of Outlaws at Lincoln in May with a last lap, last corner pass.
Both Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg, PA) and Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville, PA) are united in being one-time winners at Lincoln this year that have also toppled the World of Outlaws there. Dietrich and Gary Kauffman Racing went back-to-back in 2012 and 2013 while Rahmer got the job done in 2018.
Back in May Troy Wagaman Jr. scored his first career World of Outlaws top 10 at Lincoln. He and the Heffner Racing team have been a potent pairing and have topped a pair of local Lincoln races this year.
York, PA’s Chase Dietz is fresh off bagging his first podium with The Greatest Show on Dirt during the National Open prelim. He’s won once at Lincoln this year back on April 7 and has been on the podium with a second and a third in his two most recent appearances in the Pigeon Hills.
Other Lincoln winners in 2024 expected to compete on Saturday include Matt Campbell (Fawn Grove, PA), Aaron Bollinger (Birds Boro, PA), and Tyler Ross (Lincoln University, PA).
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Saturday, October 12 at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, PA
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (59/67 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (8014 PTS)
2. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-86 PTS)
3. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 (-176 PTS)
4. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-242 PTS)
5. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing No. 18 (-318 PTS)
6. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-370 PTS)
7. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-392 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports No. 17B (-932 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing No. 3Z (-1288 PTS)
10. Landon Crawley – Sides Motorsports No. 7S (-1610 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (16 Drivers):
14 Wins – David Gravel
10 Wins – Carson Macedo
8 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
6 Wins – Michael Kofoid
4 Wins – Donny Schatz
3 Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, Kyle Larson
2 Wins – Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Brent Marks, Brady Bacon, Corey Day, Logan Schuchart, James McFadden, T.J. Stutts
FEATURE LAPS LED (26 Drivers):
441 Laps – Carson Macedo
329 Laps – David Gravel
220 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
177 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
138 Laps – Michael Kofoid
132 Laps – Donny Schatz
97 Laps – Kyle Larson
75 Laps – Rico Abreu
52 Laps – Logan Schuchart
44 Laps – James McFadden
36 Laps – Emerson Axsom
34 Laps – Brady Bacon
29 Laps – Chase Randall
25 Laps – Brad Sweet, T.J. Stutts
20 Laps – Anthony Macri
15 Laps – Ryan Timms, Tyler Courtney
14 Laps – Shane Golobic
11 Laps – Bill Balog
9 Laps – Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day
6 Laps – D.J. Netto
4 Laps – Hunter Schuerenberg
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Kalib Henry
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (21 Drivers):
12 Quick Times – Carson Macedo
10 Quick Times – David Gravel
7 Quick Times – Sheldon Haudenschild
5 Quick Times – Michael Kofoid
4 Quick Times – Giovanni Scelzi, Brent Marks
2 Quick Times – Daryn Pittman, Donny Schatz, Landon Crawley
1 Quick Time – Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Cory Eliason, Brock Zearfoss, Rico Abreu, Chase Dietz, Matt Juhl, Emerson Axsom, Shane Golobic, Bill Balog, Landon Brooks
HEAT RACE WINNERS (54 Drivers):
30 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo, David Gravel
25 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
19 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi
18 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid
11 Heat Wins – Logan Schuchart
9 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu, Donny Schatz
7 Heat Wins – Brock Zearfoss
6 Heat Wins – Bill Balog, Brent Marks
5 Heat Wins – Tyler Courtney
4 Heat Wins – Daryn Pittman
3 Heat Wins – Garet Williamson, Kaleb Johnson, Brian Brown
2 Heat Wins – Landon Crawley, Corey Day, Kyle Larson, Anthony Macri, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Austin McCarl, Aaron Reutzel, Emerson Axsom, Scott Bogucki, Chase Randall, D.J. Netto, Kasey Kahne
1 Heat Win – Justin Peck, Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Danny Sams III, Tim Shaffer, Nick Omdahl, Brad Sweet, Spencer Bayston, Brady Bacon, Parker Price-Miller, Chase Dietz, T.J. Stutts, Kelby Watt, Jamie Ball, Hunter Schuerenberg, Tasker Phillips, Ayrton Gennetten, Tanner Holmes, Cole Macedo, Cale Thomas, Dusty Zomer, Andy Pake, Shane Golobic, Dylan Bloomfield, Kaleb Montgomery, Landon Brooks
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (70 Drivers):
41 Dashes – Carson Macedo, David Gravel
35 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi
34 Dashes – Sheldon Haudenschild
29 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
21 Dashes – Logan Schuchart
20 Dashes – Donny Schatz
16 Dashes – Bill Balog
10 Dashes – Brock Zearfoss
9 Dashes – Rico Abreu
8 Dashes – Brent Marks
7 Dashes – Landon Crawley
6 Dashes – Tyler Courtney, Emerson Axsom, Anthony Macri
5 Dashes – Corey Day, Aaron Reutzel, Garet Williamson, Brian Brown
4 Dashes – Brady Bacon, Daryn Pittman, Chase Dietz, James McFadden
3 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Justin Peck, Landon Brooks
2 Dashes – Cole Duncan, Cole Macedo, Kalib Henry, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Parker Price-Miller, Ayrton Gennetten, Scott Bogucki, D.J. Netto, Shane Golobic, Kaleb Montgomery, Skylar Gee
1 Dash – Zeb Wise, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Logan McCandless, Kody Hartlaub, Tim Shaffer, T.J. Michael, Craig Mintz, Brandon Spithaler, Sye Lynch, Cale Thomas, Kaleb Johnson, Nick Omdahl, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Kraig Kinser, Troy Wagaman Jr., T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Jacob Allen, Lance Dewease, Kelby Watt, Will Armitage, Dusty Zomer, Andy Pake, Justin Sanders, Tanner Carrick, Tim Kaeding, Jock Goodyer, Dylan Bloomfield, Tim Kaeding, Jamie Veal, Kasey Kahne
MICRO-LITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (46 Drivers):
4 LCS Wins – Bill Balog
3 LCS Wins – Anthony Macri, Landon Crawley, Garet Williamson, Brock Zearfoss
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless, Cole Macedo
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace Park, Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brandon Rahmer, David Gravel, Nate Dussel, Zeth Sabo, Brooke Tatnell, Donny Schatz, Brent Marks, Cory Eliason, Kerry Madsen, Creed Kemenah, Joel Myers Jr., Hunter Schuerenberg, Kody Hartlaub, Lucas Wolfe, Larry Wight, Kyle Larson, Jesse Attard, Dusty Zomer, Chris Windom, Ayrton Gennetten, Brad Sweet, Kelby Watt, Scott Bogucki, Mark Dobmeier, Scott Winters, Christopher Thram, Logan Schuchart, Caeden Steele, Kraig Kinser, Jacob Allen, Daryn Pittman
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (33 Drivers):
8 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz
6 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart
4 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo
3 Hard Chargers – Michael Kofoid, Garet Williamson, Tim Kaeding
2 Hard Chargers – Aaron Reutzel, Cale Thomas, Danny Dietrich, Emerson Axsom, Sheldon Haudenschild, Bill Balog
1 Hard Charger – Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Landon Crawley, Sye Lynch, Scotty Neitzel, Brent Marks, Larry Wight, Anthony Macri, James McFadden, Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day, Tim Estenson, David Gravel, Ryan Bernal, Shane Golobic
PODIUM FINISHES (30 Drivers):
29 Podiums – Carson Macedo
28 Podiums – David Gravel
23 Podiums – Michael Kofoid
22 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild
17 Podiums – Donny Schatz
9 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
6 Podiums – Kyle Larson
5 Podiums – Rico Abreu
4 Podiums – Brad Sweet
3 Podiums – Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, Bill Balog, Logan Schuchart
2 Podiums – Aaron Reutzel, Justin Peck, James McFadden, Corey Day, Emerson Axsom
1 Podium – Anthony Macri, Brady Bacon, Cole Macedo, Parker Price-Miller, Ryan Timms, T.J. Stutts, Chase Randall, Shane Golobic, Justin Sanders, Tim Kaeding, Daryn Pittman, Chase Dietz
TOP 10 FINISHES (81 Drivers):
53 Top 10s – David Gravel
49 Top 10s – Giovanni Scelzi
48 Top 10s – Donny Schatz, Michael Kofoid, Carson Macedo
45 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart
41 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
30 Top 10s – Bill Balog
15 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss
10 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney, Garet Williamson, Brent Marks, Anthony Macri, James McFadden
9 Top 10s – Rico Abreu, Brad Sweet
7 Top 10s – Aaron Reutzel
6 Top 10s – Kyle Larson, Corey Day, Emerson Axsom, Cole Macedo, Justin Peck
5 Top 10s – Brian Brown, Ryan Timms
4 Top 10s – Landon Crawley, Brady Bacon, Chase Randall, Tim Kaeding
3 Top 10s – Cole Duncan, Skylar Gee, Zeb Wise, Danny Dietrich, Jacob Allen, Scott Bogucki, D.J. Netto, Shane Golobic, Chase Dietz Daryn Pittman
2 Top 10s – Kraig Kinser, Cale Thomas, Parker Price-Miller, Cory Eliason, Troy Wagaman Jr., Ayrton Gennetten, Kerry Madsen, Justin Sanders, Dominic Scelzi
1 Top 10 – Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Chris Windom, Joe B. Miller, Scotty Milan, Brandon Spithaler, Kalib Henry, Tim Shaffer, Zane DeVault, Sye Lynch, Travis Philo, Trey Jacobs, Scotty Thiel, Mark Dobmeier, Kaleb Johnson, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Landon Brooks, Greg Wilson, Spencer Bayston, Daison Pursley, Devon Borden, T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Lance Dewease, Stewart Friesen, Jordan Poirier, Larry Wight, Andy Pake, Kaleb Montgomery, Dylan Bloomfield, Jamie Veal, Ryan Bernal, Jock Goodyer
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / David Gravel (6)
20. Fri, May 17 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Michael Kofoid (1)
21. Sat, May 18 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / David Gravel (7)
22. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / David Gravel (8)
23. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
24. Mon, May 27 / Fremont Speedway / Fremont, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
25. Fri, May 31 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (6)
26. Fri, June 7 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Giovanni Scelzi (2)
27. Sat, June 8 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Sheldon Haudenschild (7)
28. Fri, June 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (9)
29. Sat, June 15 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Corey Day (1)
30. Wed, June 19 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Tyler Courtney (2)
31. Sat, June 29 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Logan Schuchart (1)
32. Wed, July 10 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Giovanni Scelzi (3)
33. Fri, July 12 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Carson Macedo (3)
34. Sat, July 13 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Donny Schatz (3)
35. Tues, July 16 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / David Gravel (10)
36. Fri, July 19 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (2)
37. Sat, July 20 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (11)
38. Wed, July 24 / BAPS Motor Speedway / York Haven, PA / James McFadden (1)
39. Fri, July 26 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / T.J. Stutts (1)
40. Sat, July 27 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / David Gravel (12)
41. Sun, July 28 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / David Gravel (13)
42. Fri, Aug 2 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (1)
43. Sat, Aug 3 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (2)
44. Sat, Aug 10 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Kyle Larson (3)
45. Fri, Aug 16 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Carson Macedo (4)
46. Sat, Aug 17 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Donny Schatz (4)
47. Fri, Aug 23 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Carson Macedo (5)
48. Sat, Aug 24 / Red River Valley Speedway / West Fargo, ND / Carson Macedo (6)
49. Fri, Aug 30 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Sheldon Haudenschild (8)
50. Sat, Aug 31 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Carson Macedo (7)
51. Sun, Sept 1 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (2)
52. Fri, Sept 6 / Stockton Dirt Track / Stockton, CA / Michael Kofoid (3)
53. Sat, Sept 7 / Kings Speedway / Hanford, CA / Carson Macedo (8)
54. Fri, Sept 13 / Bakersfield Speedway / Bakersfield, CA / Michael Kofoid (4)
55. Sat, Sept 14 / Merced Speedway / Merced, CA / Michael Kofoid (5)
56. Fri, Sept 20 / Thunderbowl Raceway / Tulare, CA / David Gravel (14)
57. Sat, Sept 21 / Thunderbowl Raceway / Tulare, CA / Carson Macedo (9)
58. Sat, Oct 5 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Michael Kofoid (6)
59. Sat, Oct 5 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Carson Macedo (10)
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NATTY O NUMBER TWO: Carson Macedo Survives Haudenschild’s Last Gasp for Second National Open Title
A National Open title continues the recent hot stretch for Carson Macedo and Jason Johnson Racing
MECHANICSBURG, PA (October 5, 2024) - What a difference a handful of hours makes for Carson Macedo.
After fog postponed the remainder of Friday’s program, Saturday at Williams Grove Speedway began with he and the Jason Johnson Racing crew requiring a provisional to start the prelim Feature for the WEIS Markets National Open presented by Sage Fruit.
Macedo was able to salvage the evening by advancing from 25th to 12th to earn the KSE Racing Hard Charger. But it was still a subpar showing from the championship caliber crew.
Fast forward a few hours to a fresh start, and Macedo and the JJR crew brought out their A-game when it mattered most. They topped the charts in Flight B of Sea Foam Qualifying, won their Heat Race, and moved from third to second in the Toyota Dash to secure a front row starting spot. Then in the main event, Macedo secured the lead on Lap 8 with a pass on Anthony Macri and survived a late charge from Sheldon Haudenschild for his second National Open title worth $75,000.
“Man, hats off to Philip Dietz (crew chief). That was incredible,” Macedo said. “The first half of that race was unbelievable. I’ve never had a car that was that good here. It just could basically go anywhere that Anthony wasn’t and make more speed. I just like I was really stuck and really maneuverable. Hats off to Philip, Robby McQuinn, and Adam Zimmerman. They’ve worked their tails off. They came back from a rough night last night and the day show. We came back and won the National Open. That’s pretty special.
“It means a lot to be standing up here. I never thought I’d be a two-time National Open champion. The first time I came here I was so bad, so to win the National Open twice is pretty incredible.”
Adding the 62nd National Open to his 2021 title in the crown jewel, Macedo became the 14th different driver with multiple victories in the event and first from the state of California. He’s now up to 10 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car wins in 2024, marking his third double-digit win season. His third Series win at Williams Grove is the 45th overall of his career with The Greatest Show on Dirt. It’s also been a nice, little lucrative stretch for Macedo as he adds the $75,000 to the $83,000 he scored at the Dennis Roth Classic two weeks ago.
Macri sat as the pole-sitter for the 40 lapper, and the “Concrete Kid” pulled ahead early when the green flag flew.
But Macedo didn’t let him get far as he stayed within striking distance and searched all over the track for a little extra speed. No matter where he moved the #41, his ride was fast. Macedo completed an early slider for the lead that Macri crossed over. But the next one on Lap 8 stuck as Macri couldn’t find the momentum to slip back ahead of Macedo.
“I think my car was just so maneuverable,” Macedo said. “It seemed like he was maybe not quite as maneuverable. It maybe seemed like I was going really hard early in the race, but I just knew track position was going to be so important. I knew I couldn’t let it slip. I needed to get to the lead as quick as I could and kind of pace my own race. It’s crazy the difference in how your car feels when you’re out front here.”
Once he got the top spot, Macedo was off to the races for a while. The Lemoore, CA driver took off and settled into a rhythm at the front of the pack. It wasn’t until lapped traffic became a bigger issue that the result looked in doubt.
The 28-year-old got a little held up and allowed Haudenschild to close in during the final laps. Haudenschild had the NOS Energy Drink No. 17 glued to Macedo by the time the white flag waved. He looked for a run as they made their final trip down the back straightaway, but he couldn’t quite locate the speed necessary as Macedo narrowly claimed the “Natty O” for the second time.
“Late in the race the top was really far around,” Macedo said. “There were some grip strips that I was able to kind of catch and drive through most of the race, and those started going away at the end. Traffic was all running the bottom. I just didn’t know what to do. I didn’t want to go down there and follow them. I got to Chad Trout there and just was struggling. I didn’t know what to do in (Turns) 1 and 2. Sheldon kind of showed me a nose down there on the bottom, and I moved down for a lap or two. Then we took the white (flag), and I was so nervous to run down in there and follow him and end up in no man’s land off of (Turn) 2 and get passed going into (Turn) 3. So, I moved up a lane and luckily got off Turn 2. Once I got off Turn 2 okay, I knew I was going to be okay.”
Haudenschild earned a nice $30,000 payday with the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing crew for finishing runner-up – his best National Open outing. He needed just a little more time and perhaps some slightly better track position when the race was winding down.
“I think we were really good there at the beginning,” Haudenschild explained. “We made some changes after that red. I wasn’t very comfortable with my fuel load. Once it got burnt off, I had to work on J-Mac (James McFadden) there again. Once I got by him, I felt really good. I felt like I could move around in (Turns) 1 and 2 and (Turns) 3 and 4. Once I moved up in (Turs) 3 and 4, I could make a lot of straightaway speed.”
Rounding out the National Open podium was Brad Sweet in the Kasey Kahne Racing No. 49 after wheeling from 12th. The five-time Series World of Outlaws champion might’ve been in the battle for the National Open title had he started a tad closer to the front.
“We had a really good car,” Sweet said. “We came from 12th. I’m just disappointed because we had such a good car in the main event but kind of gave up so much track position with a bad start in the Heat. That one was on me. I just didn’t get going and over-slowed my entry into (Turn) 1 and missed the Dash. It’s really important to have track position here. But my guys rallied, and we had a really good car in the main event.”
James McFadden and Anthony Macri completed the top five.
Bill Balog grabbed the night’s KSE Racing Hard Charger with a massive 27th to ninth drive.
David Gravel scored his 10th Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 120th of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to David Gravel, Carson Macedo, and Sheldon Haudenschild. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Brian Brown.
Anthony Macri topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Daryn Pittman won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Giovanni Scelzi.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars battle the PA Posse one last time in 2024 with $20,000 on the line on Saturday, Oct. 12 at Abbottstown, PA’s Lincoln Speedway. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
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FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[2]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet[12]; 4. 83SR-James McFadden[6]; 5. 39M-Anthony Macri[1]; 6. 2-David Gravel[3]; 7. 19-Brent Marks[10]; 8. 13-Justin Peck[9]; 9. 17B-Bill Balog[27]; 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart[17]; 11. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[11]; 12. 15-Donny Schatz[16]; 13. 58-Chase Randall[15]; 14. 48-Danny Dietrich[24]; 15. 99-Skylar Gee[7]; 16. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[13]; 17. 11-TJ Stutts[14]; 18. 83-Michael Kofoid[25]; 19. 9-Kasey Kahne[20]; 20. 21-Brian Brown[8]; 21. 1X-Chad Trout[18]; 22. 7S-Landon Crawley[19]; 23. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[22]; 24. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr[28]; 25. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[23]; 26. 69K-Daryn Pittman[21]; 27. 2D-Chase Dietz[4]; 28. 8R-Freddie Rahmer[26]
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Cannon McIntosh Crowned 2024 Champion, Gavin Miller Wins Finale at Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, IL (Oct. 5, 2024) — Cannon McIntosh has waited since the dawning of his Midget career in 2017 for the day he’d hoist a national championship trophy. At last, his day has arrived.
McIntosh, 21, of Bixby, OK, was officially crowned 2024 champion of the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota Saturday night at Jacksonville Speedway after a runner-up finish in the main event.
With a total of six Feature wins, 20 top-fives and 21 top-10 finishes through 22 events, McIntosh clinched his first career national Midget series championship, as well as the 18th in team history for Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM). The Columbus, IN-based team, led by co-owners Keith Kunz and Pete Willoughby, also garnered its second consecutive Xtreme Outlaw Series championship after capturing the gold in 2023.
Only minutes removed from his crowning moment, McIntosh was already beginning to feel the weight of his accomplishment.
“It’s a special feeling, obviously I won’t ever forget it,” he said. “Hopefully, I continue to grow in my career, and hopefully this is just the beginning.”
Parked next to McIntosh in Victory Lane was KKM teammate and Feature winner Gavin Miller, who topped the field in the 30-lap main event, leading all but two laps to score his first Midget win of 2024 and third career Series victory.
Before Saturday, Miller, 17, of Allentown, PA, had not won a Midget race since Xtreme Outlaw Series championship weekend in 2023. He battled injury in the beginning of the season and was forced to take time off, but soon recovered and for championship weekend was paired with veteran KKM crew chief Beau Binder.
Together, the duo put together one of the car’s strongest showings of the season.
“I felt amazing, thanks to Beau with this new pairing coming into this weekend and knowing that he communicates very well to me, and all his drivers in general,” Miller said. “He got the car where I liked it, and it felt great.”
From the drop of the green, Miller was strong, passing polesitter Ethan Mitchell on the outside lane on Lap 3 — right-rear tire leaning hard on the 1/4-mile bullring’s cushion. Miller soon sped off, opening up a gap of over two seconds as he entered lapped traffic near the halfway point.
When second-place Corbin Rueschenberg brought out the caution with 14 laps complete, Miller was tasked with surviving the one and only restart of the race with Chase McDermand and Mitchell on his tail.
“I felt confident that I could put that car wherever I needed to be on that racetrack,” Miller said. “I didn’t really know where anybody was when I got to lapped traffic, but luckily the lapped cars were on the bottom, so I felt confident enough where I could just circle the top and they wouldn’t be able to slide me if they were behind me.”
Miller handled the restart with great skill, keeping the field behind him as McDermand and McIntosh — who made the pass on Mitchell to take third on the restart — began to mount a charge for the lead.
When McDermand and McIntosh engaged in a slidejob-filled battle for the runner-up spot in the closing laps, Miller pulled away and crossed underneath the checkered flags to secure the $5,000 check.
Shut out of Xtreme Victory Lane for almost a full year, Miller said he had begun to question his abilities in the driver’s seat, but kept his trust in the process and has finally made it back.
“There was a lot of doubting myself just because of that, and a lot of [asking], ‘Is this for me?’ because of that,” he said. “Just being confident every night and having people who believe in you is probably the best thing for me.”
After winning the slider war with McDermand in the final laps, McIntosh crossed the finish line in second, officially sealing his championship points title.
“We almost closed it out the best way you can, with a win, but I just came up short,” McIntosh said. “I think starting too far back on a track with that fast of a pace is hard to make up ground with only one caution. It was tough to really do anything. But we did our job going into tonight, so it took the weight off of our shoulders early and we were able to just go have fun.”
McIntosh’s first national championship will be one he’ll remember forever, especially considering what he lost the year prior. The Midget world watched as his 121-point gap slowly withered away in the second half of the 2023 schedule, later losing the lead entirely to eventual champion Jade Avedisian before championship weekend in Oklahoma.
But over the offseason, McIntosh reconnected with Kunz and the KKM team — where he’d spent the entirety of the 2020 season — and later set out on the road to chase the Xtreme Outlaw Series championship. Their decision paid off, winning six races and now a championship, restoring McIntosh’s confidence and continuing KKM’s strong grip on the national Midget world.
“Last year was tough,” McIntosh said. “Midway through the season feeling great about it, winning races, and then everything went dead on us. Having to change teams midway through the year and feeling really down on my confidence… just not knowing if I’m able to win races again.
“Being able to get back in Keith’s car this year and win races and close it out with a championship is a good feeling.”
For their 2024 campaign, Kunz took up crew chief duties with McIntosh, working with him on several driving skills that improved his consistency from years previous. That shows in the stats column, as McIntosh recorded only two finishes outside the top five all season.
Now, McIntosh adds his name to a long list of open-wheel heroes to have won a championship with KKM, dating back to the team’s formation in the late 1990s.
“It’s cool, even as long as Keith’s been doing this — he’s won so many races — seeing how happy he still is every single race we win; he’s pumped as much as I am,” McIntosh said. “It’s cool for us to be able to do this together and enjoy moments like these.”
McDermand crossed the stripe in third, and in doing so, sealed himself a third-place finish in the championship points standings after coming into the weekend 35 points behind Ashton Torgerson. Karter Sarff drove from 10th on the starting grid to finish fourth, and Kameron Key completed the top five.
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 97-Gavin Miller[2]; 2. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[9]; 3. 40-Chase McDermand[3]; 4. 21K-Karter Sarff[10]; 5. 5U-Kameron Key[5]; 6. 67-Ryan Timms[12]; 7. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[14]; 8. 19M-Ethan Mitchell[1]; 9. 7U-Zach Daum[19]; 10. 7X-Thomas Meseraull[7]; 11. 68-Jacob Denney[17]; 12. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[20]; 13. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[4]; 14. 83-Will Armitage[8]; 15. 51B-Joe B Miller[15]; 16. 55-Trevor Cline[6]; 17. 50-Daniel Adler[11]; 18. 98-Gunnar Setser[21]; 19. 16TH-Kevin Newton[13]; 20. 16C-David Camfield Jr[16]; 21. 14S-Tyler Edwards[18]; 22. 17-Parker Jones[22]
ARTICLE: https://xtremeoutlawseries.com/recap/cannon-mcintosh-crowned-2024-champion-gavin-miller-wins-finale-at-jacksonville/
EVENT INFO: https://xtremeoutlawseries.com/schedule/event-info/?event=6140
TRACK INFO: https://jacksonvillespeedway.com/
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DAYTIME SPECIAL: Buddy Kofoid Wins WEIS Markets National Open Prelim
MECHANICSBURG, PA (Oct. 5, 2024) – Taking a moment to himself in his No. 83 Sprint Car, Michael “Buddy” Kofoid held his head against his helmet, eyes closed.
He’d just picked up his sixth win of his rookie season with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, but his first at the historic Williams Grove Speedway during the WEIS Markets National Open presented by Sage Fruit opener.
“I don’t know what to say. I don’t think I’ve ever finished in the top 10 here with the Outlaws and we just won it,” Kofoid said. “Probably my hardest track I’ve been to. But it is just a testament to Dylan (Buswell, his crew chief) and his abilities. I’m just the lucky guy that gets to drive it.
“This is the most fun I’ve ever had and best I’ve ever been in a Sprint Car. Any race car in my career.”
Kofoid started fourth in the 25-lap prelim Feature – which was pushed to Saturday evening before the $75,000-to-win WEIS Markets National Open presented by Sage Fruit after dense fog created safety issues Friday night. PA Posse member Chase Dietz scored the pole position by winning the Toyota Dash and Giovanni Scelzi started next to him.
When the race commenced, Scelzi darted ahead of Dietz in the first corner and Kofoid tested a three-wide pass through the middle off Turn 2 but eased out of it and fell in line behind Scelzi, taking second from Dietz.
With clean air, Scelzi pulled away from Kofoid by about a second in the opening laps, but the Roth Motorsports No. 83 found its rhythm early.
By the time Scelzi caught the back of the field on Lap 6, Kofoid was also breathing down his neck. The two drag raced down the front stretch and Kofoid threw his car ahead of Scelzi going into Turns 1 and 2, taking the lead. Two laps later, Scelzi also fell victim to Dietz.
As Kofoid battled slower traffic, Dietz started to close in. Their runs came to a halt on Lap 15 when Brent Marks and Scelzi collided in Turn 4, sending Scelzi outside the track. Scelzi walked away unharmed.
When the race resumed, Kofoid launched ahead of the field and Pittman made a charge to second-place past Dietz. But before Pittman could try to formulate a run, another red flag came out three laps later for T.J. Stutts getting upside down.
On the final restart of the Feature, Kofoid had another stellar launch, pulling ahead of Pittman by several car lengths. That propelled him to a more than four second lead by the time he found the checkered flag.
“I don’t believe in perfection, but this car was damn near perfect,” Kofoid said. “Probably the only thing that made me nervous was we couldn’t take off good. I kind of stumbled quite a bit. But I figured if I keep my pace up and just go around the top the long way I could get a good enough gap to enter on the top.”
Pittman, who finished second in the National Open last year, finished second in the prelim, knowing what he'll need to do to win his first National Open title later in the night.
“I had a shot at him. We restarted right on his bumper, that was the closest I got to him for the rest of the race,” Pittman said. “We just didn’t have anything for him. They’ve been one of the cars to beat in the country, no matter where they go the last month or two.
“But our car is really good, for us to go from seventh to second… We just didn’t have the all-out speed. Face it, I’m not going to pound the top as hard as some of these guys do and Buddy is one of the best at it. Our shot is to get around the bottom or middle.”
Dietz rounded out the podium, scoring his career-best finish with the World of Outlaws and first top-five finish with the Series.
“This is awesome for our team,” Dietz said. “Just a massive thank you to all of my crew, sponsors, family. It has been a helluva ride the last two years now. We’ve been very strong and just getting better and better. There, in the Feature, I didn’t want that red flag with Gio, because I was just getting up there to Buddy. I felt like we were better at that point. Just how these races play out.”
With a 25th to 12th run, Carson Macedo earned the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Reigning National Open champion Brent Marks claimed the Simpson Pole Award in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Daryn Pittman, Brent Marks and David Gravel. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Kasey Kahne.
Jacob Allen won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
And the Smith Titanium Break Systems Brake of the Race went to Scelzi.
UP NEXT: Later this evening, the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars battle the PA Posse for the biggest crown jewel prize in Pennsylvania – the $75,000-to-win WEIS Markets National Open presented by Sage Fruit at Williams Grove Speedway.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 laps) 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[4]; 2. 69K-Daryn Pittman[7]; 3. 2D-Chase Dietz[1]; 4. 19-Brent Marks[5]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz[15]; 6. 39M-Anthony Macri[8]; 7. 83SR-James McFadden[10]; 8. 2-David Gravel[6]; 9. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[9]; 10. 13-Justin Peck[12]; 11. 67-Justin Whittall[13]; 12. 41-Carson Macedo[25]; 13. 9-Kasey Kahne[3]; 14. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[22]; 15. 1S-Logan Schuchart[27]; 16. 24D-Danny Sams III[16]; 17. 58-Chase Randall[14]; 18. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[18]; 19. 8-Cory Eliason[24]; 20. 1A-Jacob Allen[21]; 21. 28M-Conner Morrell[23]; 22. 11-TJ Stutts[11]; 23. 8R-Freddie Rahmer[26]; 24. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr[28]; 25. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[2]; 26. 49-Brad Sweet[19]; 27. 22-Brandon Spithaler[20]; 28. 21-Brian Brown[17]
ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/daytime-special-buddy-kofoid-wins-weis-markets-national-open-prelim/
EVENT INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/schedule/event-info/?event=6230
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Zach Daum Wins at Jacksonville After Timms, Miller Tangle in Final Corner
JACKSONVILLE, IL (Oct. 4, 2024) — Speed. Slider. Crash. Checkered. Friday’s Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota main event had a finish like none other in 2024.
When race leader Ryan Timms and teammate Gavin Miller tangled and crashed into the inside wall in the final corner on the last lap, Zach Daum was there to capitalize, slipping by both drivers on the bottom out of Turn 4 and crossing the stripe to steal the win — the second of his Midget career at Jacksonville Speedway.
“Honestly, when I came around, obviously I was happy, but I just felt really bad for Ryan because I felt like he drove a really good race,” Daum, 32, of Pocahontas, IL, said. “He kinda deserved to win that.”
Daum’s second win of the season was his first trip to Victory Lane since May, when he and Trifecta Motorsports won at Millbridge Speedway (NC). The $4,000 score marked the Oklahoma-based team’s seventh career Xtreme Outlaw Series win — all seven of which have come with Daum in the seat since the dawning of their long-term partnership in June of last year.
Not having been to Victory Lane in five months had left Daum and the team scratching their heads looking for an answer to their competition. Now, they’ve found it and brought it out in front of the driver’s home state crowd.
“We’re back on the right path of where we should’ve been all year,” Daum said. “We kinda got off-track there searching for stuff, and now we’re back to how we were last year. Hopefully, we can just maintain that.”
While Timms established himself as the most dominant car throughout the first half of the main event — expanding his lead out to over four-and-a-half seconds at its largest — Daum and teammate Kameron Key battled side-by-side through the halfway point of the race. Key and Series points leader Cannon McIntosh later collided battling for position on Lap 19, sending McIntosh into a single rollover and Key to the pits with a flat tire, but both recovered to finish 13th and 14th, respectively.
On the ensuing restart, Timms took off and created a slight gap between himself and Daum, with his Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) teammate Miller right behind in third place. With Miller on the high side and Daum rolling the bottom lane, the two closed the gap to Timms and with the white flag in the air, both were in a position to make a move for the lead in the final corners.
“When I saw the white, I was thinking about either sliding myself or running the bottom or diamonding or something in (Turns) 3 and 4,” Timms, 18, of Oklahoma City, OK, said. “But I figured I’d just keep doing what I was doing. I thought Zach was in second, and I’ve been in that situation with him. He’s not the guy to throw a Hail Mary, so I was expecting to go in 3 and 4 and just coast through there and take the checkered.”
Miller got the best run off Turn 2, zooming past Daum on the bottom to take second and charged into Turn 3 with great speed. While Timms rode the high side through Turn 3, Miller used his momentum to make one last-ditch effort for the lead, sliding up in front of Timms with a big slide-job as they rounded the corner.
“Gavin actually pulled alongside of me one lap before that on the outside, so I kinda figured he was diamonding or somehow carrying more speed through there than I was and then was getting the run down the straightaway,” Daum said. “I beat him off of (Turn) 4 and I didn’t hear him into 1 and then he set me up to come off of 2, but he was so low down the straightaway that I didn’t know where he was going. He got to Turn 3, and I don’t think he knew where he was going.”
Though Miller’s car executed the pass without contact, a big rebound off the cushion pitched his car back down toward the bottom of the track, right into the path of Timms. The two collided and spun into the jersey barriers in the infield as Daum snuck by underneath both of them to take the lead and the win on the final lap.
“Whenever I went to try slide and hit the cushion, I kinda ramped up on it, so it kinda shot my car down the track,” Miller said. “Ryan wasn’t doing anything wrong, just trying to cross me back over using the middle and I’m already coming down because the way the cushion is here, you can’t blow it in like that.”
“They went out of my peripheral, and I just tried to get across the line first at that point; I didn’t realize they had crashed until I came back around,” Daum said.
In the end, Timms was scored with a 15th-place finish. A podium finish would have likely meant a large points gain in the championship standings after McIntosh’s incident, but now his gap has expanded to 139 points with only one race left.
“I can’t say I wouldn’t have done the exact same thing Gavin did,” Timms said. “If this was a night 10 races ago, I probably wouldn’t be so torn up about it. It sucks; I’d say that pretty much takes me out of the championship.”
Fellow Illinois racer and new track record holder Chase McDermand crossed the finish in second while Indiana-native Rylan Gray scored his first career national Midget Series podium with a third-place finish. Joe B. Miller came home fourth after starting 17th, and Karter Sarff completed the top five.
McDermand was awarded the Whitz Racing Products Quick Time Award in Qualifying (new track record 11.814). Hayden Reinbold won Toyota Racing Heat 1 while Daum took the checkered in TJ Forged Heat 2.
UP NEXT
Championship weekend for the Xtreme Outlaw Midgets continues at Jacksonville Speedway on Saturday, Oct. 5. Tickets will be available at the gate or in advance at XtremeOutlawSeries.com. If you can’t be there to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
ABBREVIATED RESULTS
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 7U-Zach Daum[6]; 2. 40-Chase McDermand[1]; 3. 87-Rylan Gray[8]; 4. 51B-Joe B Miller[17]; 5. 21K-Karter Sarff[9]; 6. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[2]; 7. 68-Jacob Denney[10]; 8. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[14]; 9. 14S-Tyler Edwards[11]; 10. 55-Trevor Cline[12]; 11. 98-Gunnar Setser[21]; 12. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[13]; 13. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[7]; 14. 5U-Kameron Key[3]; 15. 67-Ryan Timms[4]; 16. 97-Gavin Miller[5]; 17. 3N-Jake Neuman[15]; 18. 50-Daniel Adler[20]; 19. 7X-Thomas Meseraull[18]; 20. 83-Will Armitage[16]; 21. 19M-Ethan Mitchell[19]; 22. 66-Jayden Clay[22]
ARTICLE: https://xtremeoutlawseries.com/recap/zach-daum-wins-at-jacksonville-after-timms-miller-tangle-in-final-corner/
EVENT INFO: https://xtremeoutlawseries.com/schedule/event-info/?event=6141
TRACK INFO: https://jacksonvillespeedway.com/
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POTENT PAIRING: Daryn Pittman Ready to Chase Elusive National Open Title with Kreitz Racing
The 2013 World of Outlaws champion has come so close so many times to capturing the crown jewel
MECHANICSBURG, PA (October 3, 2024) - The stars looked to be aligning last year for Daryn Pittman at Williams Grove Speedway’s National Open.
He moved forward from fourth to second in his Heat Race to make the Dash, advanced two spots in the Dash to line himself up sixth for the Feature, and charged all the way to the lead on Lap 12 of the main event. After five runner-ups in one of the sport’s most prestigious crown jewels, Pittman appeared bound for victory aboard the iconic Kreitz Racing No. 69K.
But it wasn’t quite meant to be. Eventual champion Brent Marks found the speed he needed to drive back around Pittman on Lap 23 and pull away, forcing Pittman to settle for second a sixth time.
But a new year brings another opportunity. Pittman, the 2013 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series champion, is once again teamed with the Kreitz crew for a run at this weekend’s Weis Markets National Open presented by Sage Fruit (Oct. 4-5). The pairing has raced only 10 nights together in 2024 but have been fast every time.
They won their first night out locally at Williams Grove on May 31. A couple weeks later at Knoxville Raceway with the World of Outlaws in June, Pittman went Quick Time and earned a top 10. At Williams Grove’s Summer Nationals in July, Pittman started on the front row before finishing fourth. Then, on the sport’s biggest stage at the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals Pittman put the No. 69K on the front row of the finale before finishing 11th.
“It’s been a lot of fun, and it’s just a pleasure to work with the whole team, the whole group of guys,” Pittman said. “It’s a good group that, I think, right now fits me really well. It fits my schedule. It fits the races I want to run. I think what I fit what they’re looking for as well. It’s been good to be able to have success, and it’s a lot of fun to be able to get behind the wheel of a car that you know if going to be maybe the car to beat every night it hits the track especially at Williams Grove.”
Pittman and the Kreitz crew now prepare to enter a weekend circled on everyone in the Sprint Car community’s calendar. The National Open creates a distinct vibe, unique from the sport’s other major events. It’s the ultimate “us against them” and brings out the utmost passion of all fans that venture to Williams Grove.
“Honestly, the (Knoxville) Nationals are cool. The Kings Royal is cool. They’re all really neat, huge events in their own right,” Pittman said. “But I just think that the atmosphere on Saturday night at the National Open at Williams Grove with the people in the infield so much closer to the action. You don’t feel as separated as you do at Knoxville and Eldora from the fans. It’s a big event, and you know it. The atmosphere is unlike any other in Pennsylvania the rest of the year.”
A National Open title is at the top of Pittman’s bucket list. Last year’s heartbreak was the latest in what’s been a tale of coming up just short at the prestigious event. His six second place finishes have come with four different teams – Kasey Kahne Racing (2013 and 2018), Titan Racing (2005), Heffner Racing (2011), Roth Motorsports (2019), and Kreitz Racing (2023). And he’s led laps in three of those runner-ups. The hunger has grown and grown.
“Obviously, it would mean the world to me,” Pittman said of potentially winning. “Would it be the biggest win of my career? Honestly, I don’t know. I feel like we’ve been really blessed and had a lot of big ones and success along the way. I hope I get the chance to think about where that race fits, but I can tell you it’s the one I’ve wanted to win the most for a long time. And that’s mainly because we’ve been so close to doing it and just haven’t been able to seal it off.”
And if Pittman pulls it off, there’s another burning question to be answered – one sure to inspire debate among World of Outlaws and PA Posse fans. He’s a World of Outlaws champion from Oklahoma that also spent four years racing primarily in Pennsylvania. Now, he’s in one of the “Keystone State’s” most famed cars. So, who gets to claim him?
“I would be a National Open winner, and they can call me whatever they want,” Pittman said with a laugh. “I’ve competed for it on a lot of fronts as far as full-time Outlaw and full-time PA. I love that side of it from the fans at the banter that goes along with it.”
The Weis Markets National Open presented by Sage Fruit kicks off at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday, Oct. 4, before the $75,000-to-win/$2,500-to-start finale on Saturday, Oct. 5. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/potent-pairing-daryn-pittman-ready-to-chase-elusive-national-open-title-with-kreitz-racing/
EVENT INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/schedule/event-info/?event=6231
TRACK INFO: https://www.williamsgrove.com
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TRACK TALK: Jacksonville’s Banking, Speeds Bring Thrills, Challenges to Midget Racers
Xtreme Outlaw Series championship to be decided at demanding 1/4-mile bullring Oct. 4–5
CONCORD, NC (Oct. 2, 2024) — Banked, curbed and fast. Jacksonville Speedway hosts the 2024 season finale for the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota this Friday–Saturday, Oct. 4–5, and will offer drivers one of the biggest challenges of the season.
Located approximately two hours north of St. Louis, the black dirt, banked 1/4-mile oval located inside the Morgan County Fairgrounds in Jacksonville, IL, has been a host of Midget racing every year since 2005 and has hosted the Xtreme Outlaw Series in each of its first two seasons. This weekend, its hosts one final Midget special for the year with a 25-lap, $4,000-to-win main event on Friday and a 30-lap, $5,000-to-win program to close the season on Saturday.
Home-state racers Chase McDermand and Karter Sarff — last year’s Xtreme winner at Jacksonville — will race points leader Cannon McIntosh and the rest of the field on both nights of the event. Each offered their sentiments on competing at the venue and the excitement surrounding championship weekend.
Generally speaking, what are your thoughts on racing at Jacksonville?
McDermand: I really like Jacksonville. We seem to have good speed there. I’m super familiar with the track; I’ve grown up going there from when my dad raced Stock Cars there to various Midget races growing up, and then racing there with the D2 and Badger stuff even before Xtreme came along.
McIntosh: I feel like all year, it’s been kind of breaking down those barriers of tracks that I’ve either not been great at or not enjoyed racing at. We’ve went out and kind of changed the narrative for me this year. I’ve won at tracks that I’ve struggled at in the past this year, and actually enjoyed a lot of the tracks that I didn’t enjoy racing at before.
I feel like I’ve lacked a bit of comfort when it comes to running there. It’s probably a little bit of [a mental thing], but I’d say a lot of it is just really understanding the way the track works. I’ve raced there quite a bit, but I feel like I’ve just never got a full understanding of it and what I need to do when I go there.
Sarff: I always look forward to racing at Jacksonville. It’s close to home, not too far of a drive to get there. It’s a little bullring, a lot of action. I have a lot of laps around there, so we’re usually pretty good there. I always look forward to going back to Jacksonville.
Do you like racing at the tiny bullrings like Jacksonville?
McDermand: I do. Jacksonville at least has a little room to move around and race compared to some of the other places we go to. I feel like the big tracks kind of suited me for a couple races this year, but I’ve had good runs on the small tracks too. It helps having some familiarity with the venue that we’re going to, and just having a good notebook is always important to success.
Sarff: Yeah, it seems to be the places we usually stand out, with the big ol’ cushion. But I don’t know, this year we’ve been pretty good on the big tracks as well. I think just getting our whole package put together has been a big thing for us. I’ve always been a short track racer and like the cowboy-up, big-cushion tracks, and that’s usually what Jacksonville is. It suits me pretty well.
What makes Jacksonville stand out from all the other 1/4-mile “bullring” type tracks that Midgets so commonly race on today?
McDermand: For the classification of a 1/4-mile, I feel like it’s pretty small. Seems like we go to a vast majority of 1/4-miles, and they all seem to be a little bit different in length. It’s a tight 1/4-mile and it’s got a lot of banking, which I feel like races well. It seems like it always builds a nice cushion up on the wall, which helps with the sliders and that type of racing. The track’s usually pretty good when we go there in terms of being pretty slick. That bodes well for our type of racing, and it seems like we’re always putting on good shows when we go there.
McIntosh: I’d say one of the things that makes it stand out is how hard you have to run it. It’s usually up around the fence, and you’ve gotta be pretty much running 99 percent the whole time to keep a good pace.
Sarff: I feel like it’s one of the fastest 1/4-mile bullrings that we go to. It usually puts on some good races no matter what; I feel like we’ve never really had a boring race there. It’s close to home too, so that stands out to me. Not too far of a drive to get there and a short drive home as well. We’ve always ran well there. It’s the place I ran my first 305 Sprint Car race at, so I have a lot of special laps I’ve made there.
What is something that only a driver would know about racing at Jacksonville, something a fan can’t understand by just watching?
McDermand: As a driver, something that always sticks out to me about Jacksonville is the frontstretch. When you’re racing on the frontstretch — that’s where you pull on and off the racetrack, so there’s no wall or anything there — so you have to be careful of the huge berm going into Turn 1 and off of Turn 4. That’s something that’s definitely bitten a lot of people.
McIntosh: The top is trickier than it seems. Being able to trust your car. I feel like it definitely tests the balance of your car, especially early in the night — it’s a lot more rough than it may look. Each corner you get into, there’s always a little bit of a hump that the car goes over, and it unloads the car. It definitely tests the balance and whether or not you can trust your car throughout the night.
Sarff: It’s just fast. It’s one of those places where, as a driver, you go up to watch a Heat Race that you’re not in and it’s just kinda wild to see how fast they’re going.
What are your expectations for the atmosphere and the racing in the final weekend of the season?
McDermand: Me and Ashton (Torgerson) that are kind of tight [in points], maybe a little bit harder racing there compared to the rest. You might get a couple of those throughout the top 10 maybe that are close, but nothing changes for me, really. You still have to go out there. My philosophy is if you win, you do everything that you can to get the points anyway. We always show up to win, so nothing really changes from my perspective.
McIntosh: I feel like it’ll be pretty normal. Obviously, people know what’s on the line, but at the same time, I’d like to think that a few of us have enough respect to race each other the way we have all year and not try to overdo it. There’s a lot of guys that aren’t in contention anymore and can make up some places, but I’d say that everyone is gonna be smart about it and respectful.
Sarff: I think some drivers may be a little on the cautious side, but then again, they gotta be running up front, doing all they can and taking advantage of every spot they can get. For drivers that are racing for the championship, I think their mindset shouldn’t change much because they still need to try and win to try and seal up a championship. But for me, how it’s been all year long — we just want to win races.
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World of Outlaws, PA Posse Find Common Ground Working With Milton Hershey School Students
MECHANICSBURG, PA (Oct. 2, 2024) – While the Weis Markets National Open presented by Sage Fruit puts the World of Outlaws/PA Posse rivalry on the highest pedestal of the year, it also brings the rivals together for an important initiative.
Drivers from both camps will again host students from the Milton Hershey School (MHS) to be honorary crew members for the night at Williams Grove Speedway.
It’s the third year that the World of Outlaws and MHS have collaborated on the initiative, providing students with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get hands-on experience with a Sprint Car.
“It is so important for our students to have positive, hands-on career experiences as they think about their futures,” said Shaun Turner, MHS senior director of enrollment management & family relations. “Working with World of Outlaws drivers is a tremendous opportunity to learn from the best and gain new skills in the motorsports and automotive industries. We’re very grateful for the continual partnership that Milton Hershey School has with World of Outlaws, and we’re excited to see our students once again so involved in this event.”
The drivers welcoming a student as an honorary crew member this year include World of Outlaws drivers Brock Zearfoss and Carson Macedo and PA Posse drivers Chase Dietz and Chad Trout.
This will be Zearfoss’ third straight year working with a MHS student, having been a part of the initiative since its inception. He’s been one of the biggest supporters of the school and its programs, making multiple appearances in MHS classes and playing a leading role in the Milton Hershey Sprint Car Experience.
“I think it is really cool that Milton Hershey incorporates the kids with coming in and being a crew person for the night,” Zearfoss said. “It’s really neat for us too, to show them what we do and how a whole night goes from start to finish. It’s pretty special to be able to be a part of that and show the kids all what we do here from the driving aspect to working on the cars.
“I’m excited to see who we can show that to this year. It’s definitely unique to be able to do that, but hopefully at the end of the day when they’re there it’s not just about having fun, they learn a little bit about a different type of automotive side of that industry. Hopefully it gains a little bit of interest in racing for them.”
Dietz shared the same sentiment. While the National Open is the biggest event of the year to him and attracts most of his focus, working with the MHS student will be just as important. “It is an awesome opportunity, not only for the kids, but also us as teams. Really, for the sport to get the kids involved,” Dietz said. “I think it is a great idea that the Series and the Outlaws have been able to bring to reality. I think other places and tracks around the country need to start getting some of these into events to get the younger fans involved. Let them see what goes on behind the scenes. Going into this weekend, I’m looking forward to being a part of the program and being able to show the individual what we do throughout the night. Obviously, a lot of the work is done prior to the event but there is also a ton that’s done in a short period of time throughout these events.”
The York, PA native got to visit MHS and meet with its students for the first time this year during the Sprint Car Experience in May. It was a chance for him to see what the school has to offer and experience the students’ excitement about racing.
“It’s very important to get the younger generation involved,” Dietz said. “They’re what’s going to keep the sport alive. Also, for these kids from Milton Hershey, it’s a great opportunity for them to see something different and maybe be a part of something they’re interested in, whether it’s the auto side or just working on vehicles. Anything about the sport, it gives them a new opportunity to see something new.”
Between the pit crew opportunity and Milton Hershey Sprint Car Experience, Turner said he’s already seen an increased interest in racing across the school.
“The atmosphere at Williams Grove is special and our students are thrilled to be there,” Turner said. “Even in high school, they can see the career possibilities—they want to be the next generation of talent on the track.”
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series returns to Williams Grove Speedway for the Weis Markets National Open presented by Sage Fruit on Friday-Saturday, Oct. 4-5. For tickets, click here.
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About Milton Hershey School
Founded by Milton S. Hershey, and his wife Catherine, in 1909, Milton Hershey School is one of the nation’s best private schools, where qualifying students in pre-K through 12th grade live on campus in Hershey, PA and receive a high-quality education at no cost to the students or their families. For more information, click here.
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WHAT TO WATCH FOR: 62nd Weis Markets National Open Brings World of Outlaws, PA Posse Rivalry to New Heights
The Sprint Car crown jewel puts bragging rights and big money on the line this weekend at Williams Grove
MECHANICSBURG, PA (October 1, 2024) - Sprint Car Racing’s fiercest rivalry reaches its peak this week.
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars are set to venture into Pennsylvania where the PA Posse await to defend home turf on the biggest stage.
The two sides will converge on Mechanicsburg, PA’s Williams Grove Speedway this weekend (Oct. 4-5) for the 62nd running of the Weis Markets National Open presented by Sage Fruit. The crown jewel elevates even more in 2024 with nearly $300,000 in purse money up for grabs over the two nights, all culminating in a $75,000-to-win/$2,500-to-start finale.
But it’s not only about the massive money on the line this weekend, it’s about the prestige. It’s being able to forever call yourself a National Open champion. It’s the World of Outlaws invaders ready to face off with the country’s toughest locals. It’s the Posse ready put up their best defense. It’s a collection of invaders aiming to steal the glory. It’s thousands of fans creating a fierce atmosphere.
The next chapter of National Open history is ready to be written.
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Let’s look at the weekend’s top storylines:
DONNY’S DOMINANCE: Williams Grove Speedway may be the pinnacle of Posse country, but no driver has experienced greater success at the National Open than 10-time World of Outlaws champion and North Dakota native Donny Schatz.
The 47-year-old owns a record six titles (2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2020) in the crown jewel. In addition to the four victories, Schatz has also bagged four runner-ups and a trio of thirds, giving him 13 podiums in 25 attempts. His average finish in the event is a stout 5.96.
Schatz’s strength at Williams Grove doesn’t stop with the “Natty O.” The half mile is home to 21 of his 315 career Series triumphs, which is more than any other track on his list and ranks behind only Steve Kinser’s massive tally of 38.
This weekend supplies Schatz the chance to extend his record with a seventh National Open win in the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15.
GRAVEL’S GROUND: With a hometown of Watertown, CT, David Gravel may not quite come from a PA Posse background, but Williams Grove Speedway is a special place for him.
It’s where he first raced a Sprint Car. It’s where he burst onto the scene with a 2014 National Open victory before adding another in 2017. Earlier this year, Williams Grove became home to his 100th career World of Outlaws checkered flag. The Mechanicsburg, PA oval is also most responsible for getting Gravel to triple digits as nine of his now 102 victories with The Greatest Show on Dirt have occurred there.
Gravel can further cement his place in the Williams Grove history books this weekend. Only seven legendary drivers – Donny Schatz, Lance Dewease, Steve Kinser, Kenny Weld, Steve Smith, Doug Wolfgang, and Stevie Smith – have a least a trio of National Open trophies. Gravel could join the exclusive club this weekend aboard the Big Game Motorsports No. 2. A win on either night would make him only the sixth different driver with double digit World of Outlaws scores at the historic facility.
GLORY AT THE GROVE: Schatz and Gravel aren’t the only two current World of Outlaws competitors to visit Williams Grove Victory Lane.
Carson Macedo is the one other full-timer with a National Open title. The Lemoore, CA native topped the 2021 running with Jason Johnson Racing for a $75,000 payday. Another on Saturday would make him the 14th different multi-time champion of the event.
Fellow Californian Giovanni Scelzi scored at Williams Grove in 2018. The current driver of the KCP Racing No. 18 steered the Indy Race Parts No. 71 to victory to become the youngest winner in Series history – a record that still stands.
Back before he even joined the World of Outlaws tour, Brock Zearfoss upset the World of Outlaws in 2017 at the Mechanicsburg, PA oval.
Another Pennsylvania native, Logan Schuchart, finally broke through last year after more than 50 Williams Grove attempts when he claimed the Morgan Cup for the World of Outlaws.
And lastly, Sheldon Haudenschild has one Williams Grove triumph, taking the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing/NOS Energy Drink No. 17 across the finish line first in July 2021.
MAYOR OF THE OUTLAWS: As Bill Rose continues to heal from injuries sustained earlier this year, Dylan Cisney has been tabbed as the driver of the No. 6 machine for the remainder of the World of Outlaws campaign.
The partnership was supposed to begin this past weekend in Ohio, but Mother Nature had other plans. So, Cisney’s stint with Rose is set to begin on home turf this weekend for the Port Royal, PA native.
“The Mayor” is yet to win at Williams Grove, but he did collect local runner-up finishes in 2019 and 2022. He’s won once in 2024, topping a Port Royal Speedway race on April 20.
POSSE PRIDE: There’s no event on the calendar that the Pennsylvania Posse want more than the National Open. It’s the ultimate stage to represent the home state, make the fans proud, and compete for major cash. As always, the Pennsylvania contingent boasts a stout set of locals ready to square off with the World of Outlaws.
Anthony Macri stands out as a prime candidate to make the Posse proud. He’s tied as the nation’s winningest Sprint Car driver this year with 15 wins under his belt including four at Williams Grove. The Dillsburg, PA driver has never beaten the World of Outlaws at “The Grove,” but he’s been knocking on the door with 10 top fives.
Fayetteville, PA’s Lance Dewease may have the best résumé in the history of Williams Grove Speedway. His record 115 total victories outrank the second most by 25. Seventeen of those wins have come against the World of Outlaws including five National Open championships. A sixth this weekend would equal him with Schatz for the most.
Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg, PA) already toppled the World of Outlaws for a “Natty O” title in 2016 with Gary Kauffman Racing. A trio of his 11 victories this season have happened at Williams Grove.
In July, Liverpool, PA’s T.J. Stutts stunned the World of Outlaws by holding off David Gravel to grab the Morgan Cup. He’s tallied two more Williams Grove trophies on a local level this year amid what’s been a resurgent season for the 44-year-old.
These four are expected to be joined by several others including Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville, PA), Troy Wagaman Jr. (Hanover, PA), Lucas Wolfe (Mechanicsburg, PA), Steve Buckwalter (Royersford, PA), and more.
INVADERS: The World of Outlaws and the PA Posse won’t be the only groups to keep an eye on this weekend. A cast of invaders with no current connections to either group will be shooting to steal the show.
Daryn Pittman invades from Owasso, OK but may serve as honorary Posse as he will again get behind the wheel of the iconic Kreitz Racing No. 69K. Last year, Kreitz became the fifth different car Pittman has taken to a runner-up finish in the National Open. The pairing won a local Williams Grove race earlier this year, and Pittman is hungry to seal the deal on his first “Natty O” title.
Brent Marks calls Pennsylvania home but now races nationally. The defending National Open champion will head back to familiar territory looking to become the first back-to-back winner since Donny Schatz in 2004-2005.
Tyler Courtney is expected to bring some "Sunshine" to Williams Grove this weekend with the Clauson Marshall Racing crew. He debuted at the National Open last year with a top 10, and the team NOS Energy Drink driver has a best finish of fourth (twice) at the half mile.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday-Saturday, October 4-5 at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (57/67 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (7742 PTS)
2. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-90 PTS)
3. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 (-170 PTS)
4. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-234 PTS)
5. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing No. 18 (-250 PTS)
6. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-366 PTS)
7. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-370 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports No. 17B (-882 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing No. 3Z (-1266 PTS)
10. Landon Crawley – Sides Motorsports No. 7S (-1534 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (16 Drivers):
14 Wins – David Gravel
9 Wins – Carson Macedo
8 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
5 Wins – Michael Kofoid
4 Wins – Donny Schatz
3 Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, Kyle Larson
2 Wins – Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Brent Marks, Brady Bacon, Corey Day, Logan Schuchart, James McFadden, T.J. Stutts
FEATURE LAPS LED (26 Drivers):
408 Laps – Carson Macedo
329 Laps – David Gravel
214 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
177 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
132 Laps – Donny Schatz
119 Laps – Michael Kofoid
97 Laps – Kyle Larson
75 Laps – Rico Abreu
52 Laps – Logan Schuchart
44 Laps – James McFadden
36 Laps – Emerson Axsom
34 Laps – Brady Bacon
29 Laps – Chase Randall
25 Laps – Brad Sweet, T.J. Stutts
15 Laps – Ryan Timms, Tyler Courtney
14 Laps – Shane Golobic
13 Laps – Anthony Macri
11 Laps – Bill Balog
9 Laps – Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day
6 Laps – D.J. Netto
4 Laps – Hunter Schuerenberg
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Kalib Henry
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (21 Drivers):
12 Quick Times – Carson Macedo
9 Quick Times – David Gravel
7 Quick Times – Sheldon Haudenschild
5 Quick Times – Michael Kofoid
4 Quick Times – Giovanni Scelzi
3 Quick Times – Brent Marks
2 Quick Times – Daryn Pittman, Donny Schatz, Landon Crawley
1 Quick Time – Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Cory Eliason, Brock Zearfoss, Rico Abreu, Chase Dietz, Matt Juhl, Emerson Axsom, Shane Golobic, Bill Balog, Landon Brooks
HEAT RACE WINNERS (54 Drivers):
29 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
28 Heat Wins – David Gravel
24 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
19 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi
18 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid
11 Heat Wins – Logan Schuchart
9 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu, Donny Schatz
7 Heat Wins – Brock Zearfoss
6 Heat Wins – Bill Balog
5 Heat Wins – Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks
3 Heat Wins – Daryn Pittman, Garet Williamson, Kaleb Johnson
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown, Landon Crawley, Corey Day, Kyle Larson, Anthony Macri, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Austin McCarl, Aaron Reutzel, Emerson Axsom, Scott Bogucki, Chase Randall, D.J. Netto
1 Heat Win – Justin Peck, Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Danny Sams III, Tim Shaffer, Nick Omdahl, Brad Sweet, Spencer Bayston, Brady Bacon, Parker Price-Miller, Chase Dietz, T.J. Stutts, Kelby Watt, Jamie Ball, Hunter Schuerenberg, Tasker Phillips, Ayrton Gennetten, Tanner Holmes, Kasey Kahne, Cole Macedo, Cale Thomas, Dusty Zomer, Andy Pake, Shane Golobic, Dylan Bloomfield, Kaleb Montgomery, Landon Brooks
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (69 Drivers):
40 Dashes – Carson Macedo
39 Dashes – David Gravel
34 Dashes – Sheldon Haudenschild
33 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi
28 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
21 Dashes – Logan Schuchart
20 Dashes – Donny Schatz
16 Dashes – Bill Balog
10 Dashes – Brock Zearfoss
9 Dashes – Rico Abreu
7 Dashes – Landon Crawley, Brent Marks
6 Dashes – Tyler Courtney, Emerson Axsom
5 Dashes – Corey Day, Aaron Reutzel, Garet Williamson
4 Dashes – Brian Brown, Brady Bacon, Anthony Macri
3 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Daryn Pittman, Justin Peck, James McFadden, Landon Brooks
2 Dashes – Cole Duncan, Cole Macedo, Kalib Henry, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Parker Price-Miller, Chase Dietz, Ayrton Gennetten, Scott Bogucki, D.J. Netto, Shane Golobic, Kaleb Montgomery
1 Dash – Zeb Wise, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Logan McCandless, Skylar Gee, Kody Hartlaub, Tim Shaffer, T.J. Michael, Craig Mintz, Brandon Spithaler, Sye Lynch, Cale Thomas, Kaleb Johnson, Nick Omdahl, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Kraig Kinser, Troy Wagaman Jr., T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Jacob Allen, Lance Dewease, Kelby Watt, Will Armitage, Dusty Zomer, Andy Pake, Justin Sanders, Tanner Carrick, Tim Kaeding, Jock Goodyer, Dylan Bloomfield, Tim Kaeding, Jamie Veal
MICRO-LITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (44 Drivers):
4 LCS Wins – Bill Balog
3 LCS Wins – Anthony Macri, Landon Crawley, Garet Williamson, Brock Zearfoss
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless, Cole Macedo
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace Park, Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brandon Rahmer, David Gravel, Nate Dussel, Zeth Sabo, Brooke Tatnell, Donny Schatz, Brent Marks, Cory Eliason, Kerry Madsen, Creed Kemenah, Joel Myers Jr., Hunter Schuerenberg, Kody Hartlaub, Lucas Wolfe, Larry Wight, Kyle Larson, Jesse Attard, Dusty Zomer, Chris Windom, Ayrton Gennetten, Brad Sweet, Kelby Watt, Scott Bogucki, Mark Dobmeier, Scott Winters, Christopher Thram, Logan Schuchart, Caeden Steele, Kraig Kinser
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (33 Drivers):
8 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz
6 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart
3 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo, Michael Kofoid, Garet Williamson, Tim Kaeding
2 Hard Chargers – Aaron Reutzel, Cale Thomas, Danny Dietrich, Emerson Axsom, Sheldon Haudenschild
1 Hard Charger – Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Landon Crawley, Sye Lynch, Bill Balog, Scotty Neitzel, Brent Marks, Larry Wight, Anthony Macri, James McFadden, Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day, Tim Estenson, David Gravel, Ryan Bernal, Shane Golobic
PODIUM FINISHES (28 Drivers):
28 Podiums – David Gravel, Carson Macedo
22 Podiums – Michael Kofoid
21 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild
17 Podiums – Donny Schatz
9 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
6 Podiums – Kyle Larson
5 Podiums – Rico Abreu
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet, Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, Bill Balog, Logan Schuchart
2 Podiums – Aaron Reutzel, Justin Peck, James McFadden, Corey Day, Emerson Axsom
1 Podium – Anthony Macri, Brady Bacon, Cole Macedo, Parker Price-Miller, Ryan Timms, T.J. Stutts, Chase Randall, Shane Golobic, Justin Sanders, Tim Kaeding
TOP 10 FINISHES (81 Drivers):
51 Top 10s – David Gravel
49 Top 10s – Giovanni Scelzi
47 Top 10s – Donny Schatz, Michael Kofoid, Carson Macedo
44 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart
40 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
29 Top 10s – Bill Balog
14 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss
10 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney, Garet Williamson
9 Top 10s – Rico Abreu
8 Top 10s – Brent Marks, Brad Sweet, James McFadden, Anthony Macri, Garet Williamson
7 Top 10s – Aaron Reutzel
6 Top 10s – Kyle Larson, Corey Day, Emerson Axsom, Cole Macedo
5 Top 10s – Brian Brown, Ryan Timms
4 Top 10s – Landon Crawley, Brady Bacon, Justin Peck, Chase Randall, Tim Kaeding
3 Top 10s – Cole Duncan, Skylar Gee, Zeb Wise, Danny Dietrich, Jacob Allen, Scott Bogucki, D.J. Netto, Shane Golobic
2 Top 10s – Kraig Kinser, Cale Thomas, Parker Price-Miller, Cory Eliason, Chase Dietz, Troy Wagaman Jr., Daryn Pittman, Ayrton Gennetten, Kerry Madsen, Justin Sanders, Dominic Scelzi
1 Top 10 – Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Chris Windom, Joe B. Miller, Scotty Milan, Brandon Spithaler, Kalib Henry, Tim Shaffer, Zane DeVault, Sye Lynch, Travis Philo, Trey Jacobs, Scotty Thiel, Mark Dobmeier, Kaleb Johnson, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Landon Brooks, Greg Wilson, Spencer Bayston, Daison Pursley, Devon Borden, T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Lance Dewease, Stewart Friesen, Jordan Poirier, Larry Wight, Andy Pake, Kaleb Montgomery, Dylan Bloomfield, Jamie Veal, Ryan Bernal, Jock Goodyer
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / David Gravel (6)
20. Fri, May 17 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Michael Kofoid (1)
21. Sat, May 18 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / David Gravel (7)
22. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / David Gravel (8)
23. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
24. Mon, May 27 / Fremont Speedway / Fremont, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
25. Fri, May 31 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (6)
26. Fri, June 7 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Giovanni Scelzi (2)
27. Sat, June 8 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Sheldon Haudenschild (7)
28. Fri, June 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (9)
29. Sat, June 15 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Corey Day (1)
30. Wed, June 19 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Tyler Courtney (2)
31. Sat, June 29 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Logan Schuchart (1)
32. Wed, July 10 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Giovanni Scelzi (3)
33. Fri, July 12 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Carson Macedo (3)
34. Sat, July 13 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Donny Schatz (3)
35. Tues, July 16 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / David Gravel (10)
36. Fri, July 19 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (2)
37. Sat, July 20 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (11)
38. Wed, July 24 / BAPS Motor Speedway / York Haven, PA / James McFadden (1)
39. Fri, July 26 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / T.J. Stutts (1)
40. Sat, July 27 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / David Gravel (12)
41. Sun, July 28 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / David Gravel (13)
42. Fri, Aug 2 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (1)
43. Sat, Aug 3 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (2)
44. Sat, Aug 10 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Kyle Larson (3)
45. Fri, Aug 16 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Carson Macedo (4)
46. Sat, Aug 17 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Donny Schatz (4)
47. Fri, Aug 23 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Carson Macedo (5)
48. Sat, Aug 24 / Red River Valley Speedway / West Fargo, ND / Carson Macedo (6)
49. Fri, Aug 30 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Sheldon Haudenschild (8)
50. Sat, Aug 31 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Carson Macedo (7)
51. Sun, Sept 1 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (2)
52. Fri, Sept 6 / Stockton Dirt Track / Stockton, CA / Michael Kofoid (3)
53. Sat, Sept 7 / Kings Speedway / Hanford, CA / Carson Macedo (8)
54. Fri, Sept 13 / Bakersfield Speedway / Bakersfield, CA / Michael Kofoid (4)
55. Sat, Sept 14 / Merced Speedway / Merced, CA / Michael Kofoid (5)
56. Fri, Sept 20 / Thunderbowl Raceway / Tulare, CA / David Gravel (14)
57. Sat, Sept 21 / Thunderbowl Raceway / Tulare, CA / Carson Macedo (9)
For the remaining 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car schedule, CLICK HERE.
ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/what-to-watch-for-62nd-weis-markets-national-open-brings-world-of-outlaws-pa-posse-rivalry-to-new-heights/
EVENT INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/schedule/event-info/?event=6231
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WHAT TO WATCH FOR: McIntosh, Timms Lead Storylines for Championship Weekend at Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, IL (Sept. 30, 2024) — The final weekend of the 2024 season for the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota has arrived, and the chase for the championship has reached fever pitch.
The black dirt, banked 1/4-mile of Jacksonville Speedway will play host to the final two races and settle the points championship chase between Cannon McIntosh and Ryan Timms. Two full programs are on tap, including a 25-lap, $4,000-to-win main event on Friday, Oct. 4, and a 30-lap, $5,000-to-win finale on Saturday, Oct. 5.
A championship ceremony will follow the conclusion of Saturday’s Feature and include the championship trophy presentation along with the $30,000 championship check.
The Midwest Open Wheel Association (MOWA) 410 Winged Sprint Cars and WFO Winged Outlaw Micro Series are also scheduled to compete on both dates. Other racing activities include the inaugural Xtreme Outlaw Pinewood Derby competition, scheduled for Saturday at 1pm in the indoor concourse area behind the main grandstands. Anyone who would like to build a car and race is encouraged to do so; rules can be found at JacksonvilleSpeedway.com.
Tickets for both days are on sale now at the link below. If you can’t be there to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
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Here are the drivers to watch and storylines to follow this weekend:
EYES ON THE PRIZE — With two races left, 133 points is all that stands between the two championship contenders Cannon McIntosh and Ryan Timms.
McIntosh, 21, of Bixby, OK, has been the points leader for nearly the entire season while his teammate at Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) Ryan Timms — the 18-year-old from Oklahoma City, OK — has trailed in second place. While that points gap has expanded and contracted intermittently throughout the season, McIntosh remains the top driver with the most wins (six), top fives (19) and top-10 finishes (20) of any driver. Timms trails with three Feature wins and second-most top fives (15) and top 10s (18).
Read Also — TITLE BOUT: McIntosh, Timms Ready to Compete for Championship at Jacksonville
Both drivers have had past success at Jacksonville. McIntosh has the most with two wins in POWRi National Midget League competition (July 2022, June 2023) and finished runner-up to Karter Sarff at the Xtreme Outlaw Series race there last year. Timms has not reached Victory Lane there in a Midget, but has with his 410 Winged Sprint Car, scoring a Feature win with MOWA in April 2023.
In addition to fighting for their first national Midget series championships as drivers, a bit of Xtreme Outlaw Series history is on the line as well in the team category. Either driver can clinch KKM’s 18th national Midget points title and in doing so would make the Columbus, IN-based organization the first in Xtreme history to win back-to-back championships.
PODIUM SPOT — While the spotlight in the battle for the Series championship remains on the points leaders, there’s still a score left to be settled for third place in the standings between Ashton Torgerson and Chase McDermand.
Torgerson, the 18-year-old national Midget rookie from Glendale, AZ, is one of KKM’s newest breakout stars, garnering three Feature wins with Xtreme Outlaw Series this year to compliment six top-fives and 16 top-10 finishes. After finishes of fifth and sixth in the two most recent events at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in August, Torgerson overtook McDermand in the points standings and now sits 35 points ahead.
McDermand, 24, of Springfield, IL, will attempt to surpass the 35-point gap he faces in the final two races. He’s never been to Jacksonville Victory Lane but has had many laps around the track before, both with the Xtreme Outlaw Series, POWRi and in the D2 Midget ranks. He’ll also be coming in with a surge of momentum after going to Victory Lane with USAC at The Dirt Track at IMS last weekend in the marquee BC39 event.
DEFENDING WINNER — This weekend, Karter Sarff returns to Jacksonville where he defeated the Xtreme Outlaw Series regulars one year ago.
Last September, the 21-year-old from Mason City, IL, came to challenge the Xtreme Outlaw regulars at Jacksonville and gave them all they could handle, coming from sixth on the starting grid and passing McIntosh with five laps-to-go to score his second career Series win.
Sarff is also the most recent Series winner, going to Victory Lane in back-to-back fashion at I-55 in August, and will be among the local favorites to potentially win again on Xtreme championship weekend.
HOME COOKING — Local open-wheel favorite Jake Neuman, of New Berlin, IL, is scheduled to be in action with the Midgets and the MOWA Sprint Cars this weekend at his home track.
The 27-year-old is set for back-to-back nights of double-duty racing at Jacksonville, piloting both his own 410 Winged Sprint Car and the O’Dell Racing No. 3N Midget. He’s had success in the Sprint Car ranks this season, going to Victory Lane at both Jacksonville and Sycamore Speedway (Maple Park, IL) in local competition.
In addition to his two MOWA wins at Jacksonville (2021, 2022), he also won at the 1/4-mile bullring with the POWRi National Midget League in 2016, defeating a host of local and regional talent.
A NEW FACE — National Midget series regular Jacob Denney, of Galloway, OH, is set to make his first-ever appearance in a KKM-prepared car this weekend.
The 19-year-old racer will get behind the wheel of the Curb Records, Toyota-powered LynK Chassis No. 68 and compete on both nights with the Xtreme Outlaw Series. Denney makes up a packed KKM roster of seven cars this weekend, joining teammates McIntosh and Timms, Gavin Miller, Ashton Torgerson, Kale Drake and Gunnar Setser.
Denney was a winner with the POWRi National Midget League at Jacksonville in June, capturing the checkers and defeating a strong roster of drivers including Drake, Thomas Meseraull, McDermand and McIntosh.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
When and where
Friday–Saturday, Oct. 4–5, at Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, Illinois
On the internet
Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota
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Live broadcast
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Current championship points standings (view full standings)
- Cannon McIntosh: 4360 points | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K
- Ryan Timms: 4227 points (-133) | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67
- Ashton Torgerson: 3980 points (-380) | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67K
- Chase McDermand: 3945 points (-415) | CMR-Mounce/Stout Motorsports #40
- Zach Daum: 3860 points (-500) | Trifecta Motorsports #7U
- Hayden Reinbold: 3756 points (-604) | Reinbold/Underwood Motorsports #19AZ
- Trevor Cline: 3446 points (-914) | Cline Racing #55
- Gavin Miller: 3341 points (-1019) | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #97
- Tyler Edwards: 3301 points (-1059) | Mounce/Stout Motorsports #14S
- Karter Sarff: 3198 points (-1162) | Karter Sarff Motorsports #21K
Toyota Feature winners (7 drivers)
6 wins – Cannon McIntosh (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K)
4 wins – Karter Sarff (Karter Sarff Motorsports #21K)
3 wins – Ashton Torgerson (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67K), Ryan Timms (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67)
1 win – Thomas Meseraull (Engler Racing #7x), Kale Drake (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #97), Zach Daum (Trifecta Motorsports #7U), Chase McDermand (CMR-Mounce/Stout Motorsports #40)
Toyota Feature laps led (15 drivers)
113 laps – Cannon McIntosh
95 laps – Ryan Timms
80 laps – Karter Sarff
72 laps – Ashton Torgerson
44 laps – Kale Drake
35 laps – Joe B. Miller
30 laps – Chase McDermand
27 laps – Thomas Meseraull
25 laps – Zach Daum
29 laps – Hayden Reinbold
12 laps – Taylor Reimer
11 laps – Jade Avedisian
5 laps – Michael Pickens, Tyler Edwards
1 lap – Jason McDougal
Whitz RC Racing Products Quick Time Awards (12 drivers)
4 awards – Ethan Mitchell
3 awards – Kale Drake, Karter Sarff
2 awards – Ryan Timms
1 award – Cannon McIntosh, Kyle Jones, Trevor Cline, Zach Daum, Tyler Edwards, Hayden Reinbold, Chase McDermand, Joe Wirth
Heat Race winners (22 drivers)
8 wins – Ashton Torgerson
6 wins – Chase McDermand, Ryan Timms, Cannon McIntosh
5 wins – Kale Drake, Zach Daum, Gavin Miller
4 wins – Tyler Edwards
3 wins – Trevor Cline, Karter Sarff
2 wins – Jade Avedisian, Nick Hoffman
1 win – Thomas Meseraull, Shane Cottle, TJ Smith, Kyle Jones, Taylor Reimer, Ethan Mitchell, Jason McDougal, Gunnar Setser, Hayden Reinbold
High-points honors (12 drivers)
4 honors – Cannon McIntosh
3 honors – Ryan Timms
2 honors – Zach Daum, Ashton Torgerson, Chase McDermand, Gavin Miller
1 honor – Tyler Edwards, Karter Sarff, Kale Drake, Michael Pickens, Hayden Reinbold
Last Chance Showdown wins (10 drivers)
1 win – Taylor Reimer, Gunnar Setser, Austin Torgerson, Gavin Miller, Shane Cottle, Ethan Mitchell, Ashton Torgerson, Ryan Timms, Kyle Jones, Mitchell Davis
Hard Charger Awards (15 drivers)
3 awards – Hayden Reinbold, Ryan Timms
2 awards – Chase McDermand
1 award – Will Armitage, Ryan Timms, Kayla Roell, Gunnar Setser, Jade Avedisian, Elijah Gile, Zach Daum, Cannon McIntosh, Gavin Miller, Jacob Denney, Ashton Torgerson, Corbin Rueschenberg
Podium finishes (16 drivers)
14 podiums – Cannon McIntosh
10 podiums – Ryan Timms
7 podiums – Zach Daum
5 podiums – Chase McDermand, Karter Sarff
4 podiums – Ashton Torgerson, Hayden Reinbold
3 podiums – Kale Drake, Gavin Miller
1 podium – Thomas Meseraull, Taylor Reimer, Jade Avedisian, Michael Pickens, Trevor Cline, Jacob Denney, Jason McDougal
Top-10 finishes (38 drivers)
20 top-10s – Cannon McIntosh
18 top-10s – Ryan Timms
17 top-10s – Chase McDermand
16 top-10s – Ashton Torgerson
15 top-10s – Zach Daum
12 top-10s – Karter Sarff
11 top-10s – Hayden Reinbold, Gavin Miller
8 top-10s – Kale Drake, Jade Avedisian, Trevor Cline
6 top-10s – Tyler Edwards
5 top-10s – Taylor Reimer, Kyle Jones, Mitchell Davis
3 top-10s – Ethan Mitchell, Gunnar Setser
2 top-10s – Shane Cottle, TJ Smith, Sam Johnson, Jacob Denney, Jason McDougal, Thomas Meseraull
1 top-10 – Joe B. Miller, Will Armitage, Trey Marcham, Rylan Gray, Todd McVay, Kevin Thomas Jr, Elijah Gile, Brayton Lynch, Nick Drake, Jacob Dykstra, Briggs Danner, Michael Pickens, Andrew Felker, Drake Edwards, Jonathan Beason, Shannon McQueen, Corbin Rueschenberg
2024 Schedule & Winners – Race No. Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Fri, March 15 / Southern Illinois Center / Du Quoin, IL / Thomas Meseraull (1)
2. Sat, March 16 / Southern Illinois Center / Du Quoin, IL / Cannon McIntosh (1)
3. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / Karter Sarff (1)
4. Sat, April 6 / Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex / Sweet Springs, MO / Kale Drake (1)
5. Fri, April 12 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL / Ryan Timms (1)
6. Sat, April 13 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL / Ashton Torgerson (1)
7. Fri, May 10 / Humboldt Speedway / Humboldt, KS / Ashton Torgerson (2)
8. Sat, May 11 / 81 Speedway / Park City, KS / Cannon McIntosh (2)
9. Tue, May 21 / Millbridge Speedway / Salisbury, NC / Karter Sarff (2)
10. Wed, May 22 / Millbridge Speedway / Salisbury, NC / Zach Daum (1)
11. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Ryan Timms (2)
12. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Cannon McIntosh (3)
13. Thu, May 30 / Doe Run Raceway / Doe Run, MO / Cannon McIntosh (4)
14. Fri, May 31 / Coles County Speedway / Mattoon, IL / Ashton Torgerson (3)
15. Fri, July 19 / Spoon River Speedway / Lewistown, IL / Ryan Timms (3)
16. Sat, July 20 / Spoon River Speedway / Lewistown, IL / Cannon McIntosh (5)
17. Fri, July 26 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Cannon McIntosh (6)
18. Sat, July 27 / Tulsa Speedway / Tulsa, OK / Chase McDermand (1)
19. Fri, Aug. 2 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Karter Sarff (3)
20. Sat, Aug. 3 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Karter Sarff (4)
ARTICLE: https://xtremeoutlawseries.com/news/cannon-mcintosh-ryan-timms-lead-championship-weekend-jacksonville/
EVENT INFO: https://xtremeoutlawseries.com/schedule/event-info/?event=6141
TRACK INFO: https://jacksonvillespeedway.com/
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Photo credit — Joe Grabianowski
Persistent Showers from Hurricane Helene Cancel Sharon’s Federated Auto Parts Showdown
With persistent showers hitting Hartford, OH Saturday evening and weather models projecting steady rain throughout the night, World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car and track officials have agreed to cancel Sharon Speedway’s Federated Auto Parts Showdown.
The showers came as a result of remnants from Hurricane Helene shifting course toward Sharon Speedway. The decision to cancel comes with guidance from Precision Weather Service, who have closely monitored the hurricane throughout the week.
If you purchased a ticket in advance for the Federated Auto Parts Showdown, you will receive a face-value credit to your MyDirtTickets.com account – good for two years – to be used toward any World of Outlaws event available at WorldofOutlaws.com/tix. If a credit to your account does not work for you, then you have until Oct. 28 to request a refund.
If you purchased a ticket or pit pass at the race track, please mail the ticket or wristband to 7575 W Winds Blvd NW Ste D, Concord, NC 28027 in an envelope postmarked by October 28 for a refund.
The Series now shifts its focus to one of Sprint Car Racing’s crown jewels. Williams Grove Speedway’s Weis Markets National Open presented by Sage Fruit (Oct. 4-5) serves up a $75,000-to-win/$2,500-to-start finale as the World of Outlaws and PA Posse battle for big money and bragging rights. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
David Gravel currently sits atop the standings in pursuit of his first championship with Carson Macedo within striking distance 90 points behind.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
TITLE BOUT: McIntosh, Timms Ready to Compete for Championship at Jacksonville
CONCORD, NC (Sept. 27, 2024) — With two races left on the 2024 Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota schedule, Fri–Sat, Oct. 4–5 at Jacksonville Speedway, Cannon McIntosh and Ryan Timms are ready to settle the score.
The two teammates at Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) are vying for their first career national Midget series championships and are currently separated by 133 points in the standings.
McIntosh, 21, of Bixby, OK, has led the points standings nearly the entire season and also tops the win column with six Feature wins in 20 starts. He’s been the most consistent driver on tour throughout the year with 19 top-five finishes (18 consecutive), no DNFs and a worst finish of sixth (Aug. 2 at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55).
Timms, 18, of Oklahoma City, OK, currently sits second in the standings and will need to surpass the 133-point gap to take the championship from McIntosh over the final two races. He’s compiled three Feature wins so far this year and amassed 15 top-fives and 18 top-10 finishes in 20 starts.
In addition to their first championships as drivers, McIntosh and Timms are aiming to bring an 18th national Midget series championship (12 with USAC, four with POWRi, two with Xtreme) home for team co-owners Keith Kunz and Pete Willoughby. KKM won the 2023 Xtreme Outlaw Series championship with driver Jade Avedisian, which will make the Columbus, IN-based team the first in Series history to win back-to-back championships.
Both growing up around the Oklahoma Micro Sprint scene, McIntosh and Timms were familiar with each other in their first years on the dirt, racing at Micro hotbeds Port City Raceway and I-44 Riverside Speedway. Now, they’re teammates competing against each other for their first national dirt track racing championship.
While they took different paths to become teammates in 2024, they’ve earned each other’s respect along the way.
“I remember watching [Timms] and seeing that he was gonna be good,” McIntosh said. “His dad was a big part of our team. They were a big sponsor for us and helped us a lot. He drove our Midget for a bit actually, and then made the transition over to CB Industries, and now KKM. He’s developed really well; he’s done a good job. He races hard, and I feel like he and I have raced back-and-forth plenty and never really had any problems with each other. We both give each other the respect that we deserve.”
“When I was in the Micros, I was in the lower classes just because I was a lot younger, but we grew up racing at the same tracks as one another and some of the same races,” Timms said. “I remember watching Midget racing when I was still in Micros and Cannon was running for his dad. He’s been in it for a while now and he’s got a lot of Midget laps under his belt. He’s a tough guy to compete with, but I feel like we help one another and push each other to be better every night. I enjoy racing with him, and I’ve enjoyed this whole season so far.”
McIntosh has been through championship-clinching situations in the past, most recently in 2023 when he battled eventual champion Jade Avedisian through the final three races of the season in Oklahoma. Though the sting of the defeat still lingers in his memory, McIntosh made big changes to his career this year — rejoining KKM in January for the first time since 2021 — and said 2024 has been among the most comfortable seasons he’s ever had in the national Midget ranks.
“We were good right off the bat, but I feel like there was still a lot for me to do to get to the point where I was just really comfortable in the car and everything was flowing nice and Keith (Kunz, crew chief) and I were fully trusting each other,” McIntosh said. “It’s really gotten better every weekend we’ve raced.
“We just ran Eldora, and I feel like we were as confident as ever and as good as we’ve ever been. It’s just been flowing really nice.”
This year, McIntosh set a new Series record of 18 consecutive top-five finishes. From the season opener inside the Southern Illinois Center until the first night of the Ironman 55 weekend at I-55 in August, he finished inside the top five in every Xtreme Outlaw Series main event. Never before in his career has he strung together such consistency, now seven years into his Midget career.
“It’s taken time to learn and get better together, because this stuff doesn’t happen overnight,” McIntosh said. “It’s just taken time to build, and we at least had really good runs while we were still doing that. I’m definitely happy with where we’re at.”
McIntosh has also taken a leap in racing discipline this year, evident by his DNF-less season (recorded four in 2023) and change of mindset.
“I think you’ve got to look at the big picture,” McIntosh said. “All the way from the beginning, if you’re not in contention to win every single night, you gotta take those fourths and fifth and just go to the next weekend and fight again. Winning one night and running ninth the next night is just not going to do it. I feel like we’ve been very aware of that, and just known the goal all year.”
Timms has had a strong season as well, tying his personal best for wins in a season at three. He’s been trailing McIntosh by 133 points since early August but has not been able to close the gap due to the rain-related cancelations of the last seven Series events. However, he said he doesn’t hold the rain solely responsible for that gap, as the two 12th-place finishes (Southern Illinois, Millbridge) showing in his results did cost him valuable points in the standings.
“This year has definitely been the most comfortable and confident I’ve been in a Midget,” Timms said. “It really sucks having seven rainouts; that definitely makes it much tougher to get the top spot. But I’ve felt really good all year. I can remember times when I was running top five and would overdrive it or get in the cushion too hard, take myself out or have to restart at the back, or just have bad luck.”
Despite his deficit, Timms is a past winner in 410 Winged Sprint Car competition at Jacksonville and has plenty of laps around the track in Midget. Combined with some good fortune, it could potentially be enough for him make up the gap in two races.
“[Jacksonville is] a technical track; it gets a big lip and can sometimes get really curbed-up right against the wall,” Timms said. “It’s a track I feel like anything can happen on, for sure, and a track I feel like I can definitely get a win or two at.”
Tickets for both days of racing at Jacksonville are on sale now at the link below. If you can’t be at the track to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
1 MONTH ALERT: World of Outlaws Return to Riverside For October Doubleheader
WEST MEMPHIS, AR (Sept. 25, 2024) – For the first time since 2018, the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will make the trek to Arkansas for a doubleheader weekend at Riverside International Speedway.
The World of Outlaws Bullring Blitz will be Friday-Saturday, Oct. 25-26, paying $12,000 to win both nights. It’ll be the final weekend of the 2024 season before the championship finale at The Dirt Track at Charlotte during the World of Outlaws World Finals (Nov. 6-9).
When the Series last visited the 1/4-mile track in 2018, Daryn Pittman held off attacks from Sheldon Haudenschild and Brad Sweet to score the victory – his second at the dirt track.
Of active full-time drivers, 10-time Series champion Donny Schatz is currently the only World of Outlaws driver with a victory at Riverside. However, that win came in 2008.
Both nights will be crucial for championship contenders David Gravel, Carson Macedo and Schatz. With World Finals looming, a good or bad night could make or break a championship run.
EVENT INFO
Date – Friday-Saturday, Oct. 25-26
Location – West Memphis, AR
Track Record – 11.060 sec. by Jason Solwold on May 5, 2007
Times (CT) –
Pit Gate Opens: 2 p.m.
Grandstands Open: 5 p.m.
Hot Laps & Qualifying: 6:30 p.m.
-Opening ceremonies & racing to follow
Tickets – Available HERE.
How to Watch – Can’t make it? Watch every lap live on DIRTVision.
Last Race Video Recap (April 20, 2018) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spc3fMChnDA
Previous World of Outlaws winners at Riverside –
2018 – Daryn Pittman on April 20
2009 – Tim Kaeding on April 24
2008- Donny Schatz on July 5
2007- Daryn Pittman on May 5
1981 – Sammy Swindell on March 27, Steve Kinser on March 28, Doug Wolfgang on May 29, Sammy Swindell on August 1
1980 – Rick Ferkel on April 4, Tim Green on April 5, Doug Wolfgang on September 15, Terry Gray on September 16
1979 – Ron Shuman on April 7, Sammy Swindell on August 25, Steve Kinser on August 26
ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/1-month-alert-world-of-outlaws-return-to-riverside-for-october-doubleheader/
TRACK INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/tracks/?track=Riverside+International+Speedway
FAN 101: https://about.worldofoutlaws.com/
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Final Ohio Weekend of 2024 Brings World of Outlaws to Wayne County, Sharon
The northeast Ohio ovals take The Greatest Show on Dirt to the Buckeye State one last time this year
ORRVILLE, OH (September 25, 2024) - The trek to World Finals marches into Ohio this weekend for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars with the Series final trip of 2024 to the “Buckeye State.”
First on the agenda is a return to Orrville, OH’s Wayne County Speedway on Friday, Sept. 27, for the $15,000-to-win/$1,500-to-start Buckeye Brawl presented by NOS Energy Drink. Then, it’s back to Sharon Speedway in Hartford, OH for the Federated Auto Parts Showdown on Saturday, Sept. 28.
It’ll be The Greatest Show on Dirt’s first time back at Wayne County since 2020 and its 15th visit in Series history to Sharon.
Less than 10 races remain before #AllDirtRoads lead the tour to The Dirt Track at Charlotte to close out the 2024 campaign. And with the championship still up for grabs, both races will be crucial to the title fight.
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Let’s look at the weekend’s top storylines:
HAUD’S HOMECOMING: Any race in his home state of Ohio is special for Sheldon Haudenschild. But Friday’s trip to Wayne County is especially meaningful for the 31-year-old.
Haudenschild’s hometown of Wooster, OH is only 15 minutes down the road from the Orrville, OH oval. He loves the track, and the fans love him. Haudenschild’s sights will be firmly on victory Friday.
He rolls into the weekend as the most recent Series winner at Wayne County, claiming the 2020 visit. The driver of the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing/NOS Energy Drink also has several more victories at his home track including five with the All-Star Circuit of Champions.
Haudenschild is also no slouch at Sharon. He beat the All-Stars there in the 2015 Lou Blaney Memorial, and he’s been on the World of Outlaws podium three times including a 2021 runner-up.
RELATED: NOS Energy Drink Boosts Buckeye Brawl at Wayne County; Overall Purse Increased
EVERY POINT MATTERS: The last five World of Outlaws championships have all been decided by less than 100 points, and a similar battle looks to be shaping up in 2024.
David Gravel has sat atop the standings for the bulk of the season with his Big Game Motorsports crew, but Carson Macedo and Jason Johnson Racing are still within striking distance (-90 points) with a dozen races remaining. Both are chasing their first title.
Gravel finished ninth at the 2020 World of Outlaws trip to Wayne County. Back in 2012 he picked up an All-Star podium. Over at Sharon, Gravel grabbed his first win at the Hartford, OH, dirt track earlier this year after two straight runner-up finishes.
Macedo has been consistent in eight Wayne County races with no finish worse than eighth. The highlight of that experience is an All-Star runner-up in 2018. Sharon is a similar story for the Lemoore, CA driver with eight top 10s in nine Feature starts including four podiums.
BUDDY ON THE BRINK: Michael “Buddy” Kofoid moved one step closer to making history as the California swing wrapped up last weekend.
A third and a second pushed his current podium streak to seven in a row with Roth Motorsports and moved him to fourth in the standings. He’s now in position to tie the record for the highest finishing Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year in Series history, but he could also set a new mark. Donny Schatz sits just 64 points ahead of the Penngrove, CA native.
Kofoid has been successful at both tracks on this weekend’s agenda. The 22-year-old claimed an All-Star Race at Wayne County in 2019 and podiumed there that same season.
His experience is a little more limited at Sharon but still with flashes of speed. Kofoid posted an All-Star top five in 2022 and drove from 12th to seventh last May with the World of Outlaws.
BUCKEYE BRILLIANCE: Any trip to Ohio is a welcome part of the schedule for Donny Schatz.
The 10-time Series champion has tallied 32 of his 315 career World of Outlaws victories in the “Buckeye State” at six different facilities – Eldora Speedway (18), Attica Raceway Park (five), Atomic Speedway (four), Fremont Speedway (two), Limaland Motorsports Park (two), and Sharon Speedway (one).
Schatz could make Wayne County the seventh on Friday. His only start at the 3/8 mile led to a fourth place run in 2020 aboard the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15. Schatz’s lone Sharon score came last year in May. He’s also run second there on three occasions including earlier this season.
OHIO EXPERTISE: Ohio is one of the most booming hotbeds in the Sprint Car landscape, and many of the area’s top locals plan to join the action this weekend to see how they stack up against the nation’s best.
Rawson, OH’s Ricky Peterson has already topped a pair of Wayne County races this year. He’s also been victorious with both the Ohio Valley Sprint Car Association (OVSCA) and FAST on Dirt in Orrville, OH.
Cale Thomas may call Ohio’s neighboring state of Indiana home, but the “Buckeye State” is where he races most often. He’s won eight times in 2024 all within the borders of Ohio including a $10,000 payday at Wayne County’s Pete Jacobs Memorial.
Evans City, PA’s Brandon Spithaler is another out-of-state native that often crosses state lines to compete in Ohio. He’s won two times at Wayne County so far this year. He also owns several podium finishes at Sharon.
These three will be joined by several others from the region ready to battle the World of Outlaws.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday, Sept. 27 at Wayne County Speedway in Orrville, OH
Saturday, Sept. 28 at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, OH
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (57/69 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (7742 PTS)
2. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-90 PTS)
3. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 (-170 PTS)
4. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-234 PTS)
5. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing No. 18 (-250 PTS)
6. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-366 PTS)
7. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-370 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports No. 17B (-882 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing No. 3Z (-1266 PTS)
10. Landon Crawley – Sides Motorsports No. 7S (-1534 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (16 Drivers):
14 Wins – David Gravel
9 Wins – Carson Macedo
8 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
5 Wins – Michael Kofoid
4 Wins – Donny Schatz
3 Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, Kyle Larson
2 Wins – Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Brent Marks, Brady Bacon, Corey Day, Logan Schuchart, James McFadden, T.J. Stutts
FEATURE LAPS LED (26 Drivers):
408 Laps – Carson Macedo
329 Laps – David Gravel
214 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
177 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
132 Laps – Donny Schatz
119 Laps – Michael Kofoid
97 Laps – Kyle Larson
75 Laps – Rico Abreu
52 Laps – Logan Schuchart
44 Laps – James McFadden
36 Laps – Emerson Axsom
34 Laps – Brady Bacon
29 Laps – Chase Randall
25 Laps – Brad Sweet, T.J. Stutts
15 Laps – Ryan Timms, Tyler Courtney
14 Laps – Shane Golobic
13 Laps – Anthony Macri
11 Laps – Bill Balog
9 Laps – Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day
6 Laps – D.J. Netto
4 Laps – Hunter Schuerenberg
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Kalib Henry
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (21 Drivers):
12 Quick Times – Carson Macedo
9 Quick Times – David Gravel
7 Quick Times – Sheldon Haudenschild
5 Quick Times – Michael Kofoid
4 Quick Times – Giovanni Scelzi
3 Quick Times – Brent Marks
2 Quick Times – Daryn Pittman, Donny Schatz, Landon Crawley
1 Quick Time – Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Cory Eliason, Brock Zearfoss, Rico Abreu, Chase Dietz, Matt Juhl, Emerson Axsom, Shane Golobic, Bill Balog, Landon Brooks
HEAT RACE WINNERS (54 Drivers):
29 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
28 Heat Wins – David Gravel
24 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
19 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi
18 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid
11 Heat Wins – Logan Schuchart
9 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu, Donny Schatz
7 Heat Wins – Brock Zearfoss
6 Heat Wins – Bill Balog
5 Heat Wins – Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks
3 Heat Wins – Daryn Pittman, Garet Williamson, Kaleb Johnson
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown, Landon Crawley, Corey Day, Kyle Larson, Anthony Macri, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Austin McCarl, Aaron Reutzel, Emerson Axsom, Scott Bogucki, Chase Randall, D.J. Netto
1 Heat Win – Justin Peck, Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Danny Sams III, Tim Shaffer, Nick Omdahl, Brad Sweet, Spencer Bayston, Brady Bacon, Parker Price-Miller, Chase Dietz, T.J. Stutts, Kelby Watt, Jamie Ball, Hunter Schuerenberg, Tasker Phillips, Ayrton Gennetten, Tanner Holmes, Kasey Kahne, Cole Macedo, Cale Thomas, Dusty Zomer, Andy Pake, Shane Golobic, Dylan Bloomfield, Kaleb Montgomery, Landon Brooks
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (69 Drivers):
40 Dashes – Carson Macedo
39 Dashes – David Gravel
34 Dashes – Sheldon Haudenschild
33 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi
28 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
21 Dashes – Logan Schuchart
20 Dashes – Donny Schatz
16 Dashes – Bill Balog
10 Dashes – Brock Zearfoss
9 Dashes – Rico Abreu
7 Dashes – Landon Crawley, Brent Marks
6 Dashes – Tyler Courtney, Emerson Axsom
5 Dashes – Corey Day, Aaron Reutzel, Garet Williamson
4 Dashes – Brian Brown, Brady Bacon, Anthony Macri
3 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Daryn Pittman, Justin Peck, James McFadden, Landon Brooks
2 Dashes – Cole Duncan, Cole Macedo, Kalib Henry, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Parker Price-Miller, Chase Dietz, Ayrton Gennetten, Scott Bogucki, D.J. Netto, Shane Golobic, Kaleb Montgomery
1 Dash – Zeb Wise, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Logan McCandless, Skylar Gee, Kody Hartlaub, Tim Shaffer, T.J. Michael, Craig Mintz, Brandon Spithaler, Sye Lynch, Cale Thomas, Kaleb Johnson, Nick Omdahl, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Kraig Kinser, Troy Wagaman Jr., T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Jacob Allen, Lance Dewease, Kelby Watt, Will Armitage, Dusty Zomer, Andy Pake, Justin Sanders, Tanner Carrick, Tim Kaeding, Jock Goodyer, Dylan Bloomfield, Tim Kaeding, Jamie Veal
MICRO-LITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (44 Drivers):
4 LCS Wins – Bill Balog
3 LCS Wins – Anthony Macri, Landon Crawley, Garet Williamson, Brock Zearfoss
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless, Cole Macedo
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace Park, Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brandon Rahmer, David Gravel, Nate Dussel, Zeth Sabo, Brooke Tatnell, Donny Schatz, Brent Marks, Cory Eliason, Kerry Madsen, Creed Kemenah, Joel Myers Jr., Hunter Schuerenberg, Kody Hartlaub, Lucas Wolfe, Larry Wight, Kyle Larson, Jesse Attard, Dusty Zomer, Chris Windom, Ayrton Gennetten, Brad Sweet, Kelby Watt, Scott Bogucki, Mark Dobmeier, Scott Winters, Christopher Thram, Logan Schuchart, Caeden Steele, Kraig Kinser
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (33 Drivers):
8 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz
6 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart
3 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo, Michael Kofoid, Garet Williamson, Tim Kaeding
2 Hard Chargers – Aaron Reutzel, Cale Thomas, Danny Dietrich, Emerson Axsom, Sheldon Haudenschild
1 Hard Charger – Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Landon Crawley, Sye Lynch, Bill Balog, Scotty Neitzel, Brent Marks, Larry Wight, Anthony Macri, James McFadden, Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day, Tim Estenson, David Gravel, Ryan Bernal, Shane Golobic
PODIUM FINISHES (28 Drivers):
28 Podiums – David Gravel, Carson Macedo
22 Podiums – Michael Kofoid
21 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild
17 Podiums – Donny Schatz
9 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
6 Podiums – Kyle Larson
5 Podiums – Rico Abreu
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet, Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, Bill Balog, Logan Schuchart
2 Podiums – Aaron Reutzel, Justin Peck, James McFadden, Corey Day, Emerson Axsom
1 Podium – Anthony Macri, Brady Bacon, Cole Macedo, Parker Price-Miller, Ryan Timms, T.J. Stutts, Chase Randall, Shane Golobic, Justin Sanders, Tim Kaeding
TOP 10 FINISHES (81 Drivers):
51 Top 10s – David Gravel
49 Top 10s – Giovanni Scelzi
47 Top 10s – Donny Schatz, Michael Kofoid, Carson Macedo
44 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart
40 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
29 Top 10s – Bill Balog
14 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss
10 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney, Garet Williamson
9 Top 10s – Rico Abreu
8 Top 10s – Brent Marks, Brad Sweet, James McFadden, Anthony Macri, Garet Williamson
7 Top 10s – Aaron Reutzel
6 Top 10s – Kyle Larson, Corey Day, Emerson Axsom, Cole Macedo
5 Top 10s – Brian Brown, Ryan Timms
4 Top 10s – Landon Crawley, Brady Bacon, Justin Peck, Chase Randall, Tim Kaeding
3 Top 10s – Cole Duncan, Skylar Gee, Zeb Wise, Danny Dietrich, Jacob Allen, Scott Bogucki, D.J. Netto, Shane Golobic
2 Top 10s – Kraig Kinser, Cale Thomas, Parker Price-Miller, Cory Eliason, Chase Dietz, Troy Wagaman Jr., Daryn Pittman, Ayrton Gennetten, Kerry Madsen, Justin Sanders, Dominic Scelzi
1 Top 10 – Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Chris Windom, Joe B. Miller, Scotty Milan, Brandon Spithaler, Kalib Henry, Tim Shaffer, Zane DeVault, Sye Lynch, Travis Philo, Trey Jacobs, Scotty Thiel, Mark Dobmeier, Kaleb Johnson, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Landon Brooks, Greg Wilson, Spencer Bayston, Daison Pursley, Devon Borden, T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Lance Dewease, Stewart Friesen, Jordan Poirier, Larry Wight, Andy Pake, Kaleb Montgomery, Dylan Bloomfield, Jamie Veal, Ryan Bernal, Jock Goodyer
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / David Gravel (6)
20. Fri, May 17 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Michael Kofoid (1)
21. Sat, May 18 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / David Gravel (7)
22. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / David Gravel (8)
23. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
24. Mon, May 27 / Fremont Speedway / Fremont, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
25. Fri, May 31 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (6)
26. Fri, June 7 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Giovanni Scelzi (2)
27. Sat, June 8 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Sheldon Haudenschild (7)
28. Fri, June 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (9)
29. Sat, June 15 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Corey Day (1)
30. Wed, June 19 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Tyler Courtney (2)
31. Sat, June 29 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Logan Schuchart (1)
32. Wed, July 10 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Giovanni Scelzi (3)
33. Fri, July 12 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Carson Macedo (3)
34. Sat, July 13 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Donny Schatz (3)
35. Tues, July 16 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / David Gravel (10)
36. Fri, July 19 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (2)
37. Sat, July 20 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (11)
38. Wed, July 24 / BAPS Motor Speedway / York Haven, PA / James McFadden (1)
39. Fri, July 26 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / T.J. Stutts (1)
40. Sat, July 27 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / David Gravel (12)
41. Sun, July 28 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / David Gravel (13)
42. Fri, Aug 2 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (1)
43. Sat, Aug 3 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (2)
44. Sat, Aug 10 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Kyle Larson (3)
45. Fri, Aug 16 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Carson Macedo (4)
46. Sat, Aug 17 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Donny Schatz (4)
47. Fri, Aug 23 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Carson Macedo (5)
48. Sat, Aug 24 / Red River Valley Speedway / West Fargo, ND / Carson Macedo (6)
49. Fri, Aug 30 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Sheldon Haudenschild (8)
50. Sat, Aug 31 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Carson Macedo (7)
51. Sun, Sept 1 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (2)
52. Fri, Sept 6 / Stockton Dirt Track / Stockton, CA / Michael Kofoid (3)
53. Sat, Sept 7 / Kings Speedway / Hanford, CA / Carson Macedo (8)
54. Fri, Sept 13 / Bakersfield Speedway / Bakersfield, CA / Michael Kofoid (4)
55. Sat, Sept 14 / Merced Speedway / Merced, CA / Michael Kofoid (5)
56. Fri, Sept 20 / Thunderbowl Raceway / Tulare, CA / David Gravel (14)
57. Sat, Sept 21 / Thunderbowl Raceway / Tulare, CA / Carson Macedo (9)
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STEAK DINNER: Carson Macedo Tops Dennis Roth Classic for Biggest Win of Career
The Californian sweeps the night in his home state’s biggest World of Outlaws race ever
TULARE, CA (September 21, 2024) - Only a few short weeks ago Carson Macedo saw the potential biggest win of his career fall from his grasp.
The white flag waved at Huset’s Speedway, and he threw everything he had at Michael “Buddy” Kofoid with a final corner slider. Macedo cleared him but couldn’t stop Kofoid’s crossover as he watched $100,000 and Huset’s High Bank Nationals glory slip away.
But he refused to suffer the same fate at the Dennis Roth Classic.
It was a special event for several reasons for Macedo. First, the host track – Thunderbowl Raceway – is only about 30 miles from his hometown of Lemoore, CA. Secondly, the event boasted the largest winner’s share in World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car history with $83,000 going to the champion. And the event saluted perhaps his home state’s most impactful car owner in Sprint Car racing.
There was plenty of motivation. He and the Jason Johnson Racing simply needed to execute, and that’s exactly what they did to perfection.
Macedo pieced together a full sweep of the night. It started off with his second straight Simpson Quick Time. He then went on to top both his Heat Race and the Toyota Racing Dash. And he finalized the special evening by leading every circuit of the 35-lap finale to collect the massive payday.
“What a night to have a perfect night,” Macedo said. “Philip (Dietz) just delivered tonight. It was, from start to finish, an absolutely excellent performance by this JJR 41 team. Adam Zimmerman and Robby McQuinn, they worked their tails off. They did a great job. They just made phenomenal adjustments. I wasn’t that comfortable in Hot Laps. Phil just knocked it out of the park for Qualifying really. We just never faded from that point on. It was just unbelievable to drive from start to finish.”
The sweep of the night not only netted Macedo the massive check, it also came with some tasty rewards. With 20 pounds of choice New York steaks, 20 pounds of choice Tri-Tip, and 30 pounds of ribeye steaks collected courtesy of Roth Motorsports, Macedo walked away with 70 pounds of meat.
Macedo’s ninth win of the year was his 44th overall with The Greatest Show on Dirt. He became the 20th different competitor to top a Series race at the Thunderbowl. The Tulare, CA 1/3 mile is the 26th different track where Macedo has won with the World of Outlaws and fourth in his home state.
Macedo started on the pole for the main event and drove ahead to an early advantage. The 28-year-old may have gapped the field early on, but the action behind him was plentiful. Sixth-starting David Gravel charged by Buddy Kofoid to grab third, but Kofoid returned the favor by ripping the top in Turns 3 and 4 to take it right back.
A little further behind them Sheldon Haudenschild was giving the fans a show all on his own aboard the NOS Energy Drink No. 17. He glued his right rear tire to the cushion and beat down the boards. After starting 12th, the Wooster, OH native had cracked the top five by Lap 7. A lap later he took fourth from Gravel. Up ahead of them Kofoid started to battle with Shane Golobic for the runner-up spot.
A Lap 9 restart proved to be pivotal as Kofoid, Gravel, and Haudenschild all rocketed ahead of Golobic for spots second, third, and fourth.
Kofoid looked to run down Macedo to deliver a storybook win for his Roth Motorsports crew, but it wasn’t in the cards on Saturday night. He did everything he could to keep up with Macedo through traffic, but he never managed to close in.
Macedo maintained a healthy advantage throughout the race’s second half on his way to $83,000 and a mountain of meat to feed him and the Jason Johnson Racing cast for weeks.
“Man, what a night,” Macedo said. “Obviously, we were racing for the Dennis Roth Classic. Dennis and Teresa Roth, they’ve given a lot to the sport of Sprint Car Racing. It feels special to win this race. I’ve been competing against the Roth 83 for a while. Obviously, out here in California driving the Tarlton Motorsports 21 and through the transition of my career.”
Kofoid collected his sixth straight podium and $40,000 with a runner-up finish. The Penngrove, CA native had high hopes of bringing the Dennis Roth Classic trophy back to Roth’s Fresno, CA shop, but he didn’t hang his head over yet another strong run as he and the No. 83 team continue to click as the season winds down.
“I feel like I could pace Carson,” Kofoid said. “And I felt like I was just as good as him, but clean air is huge, and when you��re behind him and he kicks up dust, it’s hard to see the wall sometimes when you’ve got to ride the wall. It was a really fun track. I’m just super happy that this event was able to happen for Dennis and Teresa. I feel like they deserve a race like this. I just feel very honored to be the guy to drive this car and be close to getting it done.”
The final spot of the podium belonged to Haudenschild as his charge from 12th led him all the way to third. Combine that with his Friday run, and Haudenschild passed a total of 23 cars in two nights at the Thunderbowl. Time simply ran out for him to have an opportunity at potentially moving by Kofoid and Macedo for victory.
“I had a beautiful race car honestly,” Haudenschild said. “I had confidence right from the drop of the green. I just knew I had to clear a few of those guys that would give a little bit of trouble. Once I got to the guys I knew I could race with like David (Gravel) and a couple other ones, I feel like we had the pace with them for sure. Just too little too late.”
David Gravel and Shane Golobic rounded out the top five.
A 23rd to 10th run earned Tim Kaeding the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Carson Macedo completed a weekend sweep of Simpson Quick Time Awards by claiming his 12th of the season and 45th of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Carson Macedo, Logan Schuchart, and Landon Brooks. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Kaleb Montgomery.
Carson Macedo topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Bill Balog won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Break Systems Brake of the Race went to Bill Balog.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head east for an Ohio doubleheader beginning with Wayne County Speedway’s (Orrville, OH) Buckeye Brawl presented by NOS Energy Drink on Friday, Sept. 27. Then it’s off to Hartford, OH’s Sharon Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 28 for the Federated Auto Parts Showdown. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[3]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[12]; 4. 2-David Gravel[6]; 5. 17W-Shane Golobic[2]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart[5]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz[19]; 8. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 9. 23-Garet Williamson[11]; 10. 0-Tim Kaeding[23]; 11. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[7]; 12. 45-Landon Brooks[8]; 13. 41S-Dominic Scelzi[22]; 14. 17B-Bill Balog[21]; 15. 21-Cole Macedo[15]; 16. 29-Bud Kaeding[18]; 17. 88N-DJ Netto[9]; 18. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[20]; 19. 88-Austin McCarl[17]; 20. 2K-Gauge Garcia[16]; 21. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[24]; 22. 83T-Tanner Carrick[14]; 23. 2X-Justin Sanders[13]; 24. 57W-Jock Goodyer[10]
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THUNDERBOWL THRILLER: David Gravel Tops Wild Dennis Roth Classic Opener
The point leader arises victorious from four-leader Feature at Tulare for 14th win of season
TULARE, CA (September 20, 2024) - Thunderbowl Raceway delivered yet again.
The California oval always produces some of the best Sprint Car racing in the country. A cushion right against the fence. A technical but fast bottom. Passing everywhere you look. And the Thunderbowl lived up to all the hype on Friday as the Dennis Roth Classic weekend kicked off.
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars rolled into town for the first time in two years and gave the fans 30 laps on non-stop excitement. Four different competitors led laps all looking to write various stories of victory. A home state hero now on the World of Outlaws tour in search of a triumphant homecoming. A local eying his first Series win against the nation’s best. A Pennsylvanian looking for a late season surge. And perhaps the country’s most dominant driver hoping to shake a slump.
Ultimately it was the final scenario that played out as David Gravel navigated through a subpar first half of the main event before piecing together a fierce charge to victory. The current point leader with The Greatest Show on Dirt started sixth, slipped back to seventh, and rallied to take the lead on Lap 19 and never looked back.
“We were not good in the Dash at all, and Cody (Jacobs), Stephen (Hamm-Reilly), and Zach (Patterson) changed a bunch of stuff there for the Feature,” Gravel said. “And the car was really good. Hats off to them for rebounding really well there. Just a much needed win for our team.
“It’s Sprint Car racing. A lot of good competition here. Every night is going to be a fight. Obviously, for our confidence, it’s going to help us a bunch. We just haven’t been in position to even lead laps really even if we finish on the podium or top five. We haven’t had the opportunity to lead laps. Tonight was maybe looking the same way, but things went our way, found a lane that worked, and our car was really, really good.”
The victory was Gravel’s 14th of the season with the World of Outlaws and ended a 14-race winless streak dating back to July 28 at Weedsport Speedway. His 15th overall Sprint Car checkered flag of 2024 puts him in a tie with Anthony Macri as the country’s winningest driver. Gravel’s third Tulare triumph equals him with Donny Schatz for the second most at the 1/3 mile, and a weekend sweep would equal him with Tim Kaeding and Joey Saldana for the most.
It was Fresno, CA’s Giovanni Scelzi bringing the field to green with Roseville, CA’s Colby Copeland alongside. Scelzi jumped out to the early advantage while D.J. Netto slid ahead of Copeland on the opening lap to take second.
Scelzi opened up the advantage through the early laps while cars throughout the pack jockeyed for spots. Gravel dropped to seventh on Lap 6 as Michael “Buddy” Kofoid and Bill Balog drove around him.
The introduction of traffic into the equation ignited a wild war for the top spot. Netto began to reel in the KCP Racing No. 18 piloted by Scelzi. On the ninth circuit Netto showed him a nose in Turns 3 and 4. And then one lap later he fired a slider in the same set of corners to grab the top spot.
Netto then looked to put some distance between himself and the field as he chased his first career World of Outlaws victory. Disaster nearly struck when he almost got together with a lapped car entering Turn 3, but he rebounded by turning under the car and clearing him exiting Turn 4.
The bid for his first Series win ended when Netto smacked the Turn 2 wall on Lap 16. The contact allowed both Logan Schuchart and Kofoid to drive around him.
Behind them Gravel was suddenly on the move having gotten the Big Game Motorsports No. 2 rolling on the bottom. The Watertown, CT native was seventh on Lap 13. Four trips around the track later he took third. On Lap 18 he rolled by Kofoid for second. Then on the following lap Schuchart slipped up ever so slightly exiting Turn 4, but it was all the space Gravel needed as he motored by the Shark Racing No. 1S.
That moved punctuated an exhilarating 10-lap stretch of swapping the top spot. Once Gravel had the lead, there was no stopping him. He stretched the advantage to more than four seconds and crossed the finish line comfortably ahead.
“I fell back to sixth or seventh or eighth there,” Gravel recalled. “Buddy and Balog passed me with their hair on fire sliding across. I was running up there and didn’t feel that great, and then I sniffed the bottom one time in (Turns) 3 and 4 and felt pretty good and then figured it out. I kind of had that lane a little bit to myself. Logan sniffed it out there. Gio started falling back and then Netto got in the wall. I just was trying to be patient, and it worked out really good.”
Schuchart brought the Shark Racing machine home second. While there was a hint of disappointment after leading laps and not winning, the night proved to be overall encouraging for the Hanover, PA native at a track that hasn’t always been the kindest to him.
“I feel like the bottom was definitely the place to be,” Schuchart said. “David just did a better job than I did for a few laps there. He got underneath me in (Turns) 3 and 4, and I went in a little too hot and just didn’t stick the bottom as good as I needed to. Definitely the best I’ve felt at this place in a long time. Happy to get a podium and run up front.”
The final step of the podium belonged to Kofoid as he and Roth Motorsports continued their hot streak. They’ve now pieced together 10 consecutive finishes of fourth or better including the last six all on the podium. Dennis and Teresa’s car appears poised to be in the running for $83,000 at Saturday’s Dennis Roth Classic finale.
“I was just really stuck on the bottom,” Kofoid said of his charge from ninth. “I figured some people were probably indecisive on where to be. And since I started on the bottom, I committed to just staying down there for a while at least until it moved around. Then it got slick and dirty, and when I moved up to try and race with Logan for the lead and get around lappers, I think the top had just gotten dirtier by that point, and I let David back by. I thought we had a really good Roth Motorsports, Mobil 1, Toyota 83. It was a hectic race. I would’ve liked a yellow. I feel like we had a car capable of winning.”
Sheldon Haudenschild and D.J. Netto completed the top five.
An 18th to fourth run earned Sheldon Haudenschild the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Carson Macedo claimed his 11th Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 44th of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heat Races One, Three, and Four belonged to Carson Macedo, D.J. Netto, and Logan Schuchart. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to David Gravel.
Giovanni Scelzi topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Cole Macedo won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Giovanni Scelzi.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars compete for a massive $83,000 payday at Thunderbowl Raceway’s Dennis Roth Classic finale on Saturday, Sept. 21. Tickets will be available at the gate.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[6]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[4]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid[9]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[18]; 5. 88N-DJ Netto[3]; 6. 41-Carson Macedo[5]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog[7]; 8. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 9. 41S-Dominic Scelzi[11]; 10. 17W-Shane Golobic[12]; 11. 5V-Colby Copeland[2]; 12. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[15]; 13. 2X-Justin Sanders[14]; 14. 45-Landon Brooks[8]; 15. O-Tim Kaeding[19]; 16. 15-Donny Schatz[24]; 17. 10-Dominic Gorden[20]; 18. 29-Bud Kaeding[10]; 19. 57W-Jock Goodyer[13]; 20. 18T-Tanner Holmes[22]; 21. 88A-Joey Ancona[16]; 22. 7S-Landon Crawley[17]; 23. 21-Cole Macedo[21]; 24. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[23]
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MVP: Beau Binder Still Holding KKM Shop, Road Crew Together in 20th Season
CONCORD, NC (Sept. 20, 2024) – Seventeen-time national Midget championship-winning team Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) has been fueled by the experience of co-founders Keith Kunz and Pete Willoughby since its inception in the late 1990s. But there’s one other man they’ve consistently relied on.
Beau Binder.
Fabricator. Shop foreman. Crew chief. Driver coach. The El Paso, TX, native has worked in several roles with KKM since his first season with the team in 2004. This year, he celebrates 20 years with the team as the dependable, dedicated veteran and role model for KKM’s small army of mechanics.
“He’s like Keith and I were back when we first started,” Willoughby said. “It didn’t matter what the clock said, you didn’t leave until you were done. And Beau was always right there by our side.”
As KKM’s longest-tenured crew member, Binder has spent the past four seasons back on the road with the team as a crew chief and driver mentor, chasing points championships with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota, USAC National Midget Series and POWRi National Midget League after several years primarily in the team shop in Columbus, IN.
In that time, he’s been able to learn from the best, which he said has helped transform him into the racing brain he is today.
“Being able to work with Keith who is just a master at reading the tracks and knowing what changes to make,” Binder said. “Being able to work with him and his resources has just taught me so much. Where we run so many different drivers, and you learn so quick that you have to watch the car, not the driver to be able to tell what changes to make. That’s such an important telltale sign there of what direction to go.”
Before his first introduction to Midgets, Binder grew up a Sprint Car fan in Texas, attending races with his family locally and wherever their travels took them. At 13, his father gave him his first opportunity as a driver when a new dirt go-kart track opened in nearby Las Cruces, NM. As a neighbor to local Sprint Car racers Joe Yearwood and Dennis Pellicotte, he also took on crew member duties for them, giving him his first lessons in full-size open-wheel race car anatomy.
In 1998, Pellicotte was getting out of Sprint Car racing. Binder’s father bought the equipment and stuck his son in the seat on the condition he got a job to help pay for the expenses and worked on the car himself. As he established himself as a regular competitor around the local 360 Sprint Car scene, Binder doubled his knowledge as both a driver and a mechanic of his own operation.
At the turn of the millennium, Binder was hired as a welder and fabricator at renown drag racing shop Don Davis Race Cars — one of his biggest lessons in motorsports education.
“He taught me all my basic fabricating,” Binder said. “He taught me how to weld, how to build frames and how to repair frames. I knew at that point I probably didn’t have enough money to always go and buy replacement parts. So, it was kinda nice to know how to fix the stuff myself.”
A similar role at Avenger Chassis in 2002 allowed him to focus more on the inner workings of the Sprint Car frames the company produced. This opened the door for his own fledgling 360 Non-Wing Sprint Car career in 2004, when he won the USAC Southwest Sprint Car championship.
During that season, Binder towed to Indiana to compete in USAC’s Indiana Sprint Week. It was there he met Kunz and Willoughby when he visited the KKM shop while searching for a new job. Willoughby soon called and hired him as a crew member on the road for the rest of 2004 before moving him into the shop full-time for the 2005 season to assist with their own increasing production of Sprint Car frames.
“When I first started, we were way more focused on Sprint Cars than Midgets,” Binder said. “At the time, we didn’t follow the entire USAC series with Midgets, we would hit the banner events. We would do Sun Prairie, Chili Bowl, Belleville, but weren’t chasing all that. We were more oft to go run a local Sprint Car race than we were some of the Midget stuff.”
When KKM was approached by Chip Ganassi Racing — and later Toyota Racing — to start a driver development program in the late 2000s, the team began to dedicate more time to Midget racing, later producing champions like Cole Whitt, Bryan Clauson and Christopher Bell.
As the team’s priorities began to change, Binder adapted his skills and began to earn his standout status.
“As he saw that was kinda what takes to survive, the way we do it, he just jumped on board,” Willoughby said. “Honestly, I don’t think we could do it without him.”
Throughout the 2010s, Binder served in various capacities in the KKM shop, including a break from his full-time role in 2011 before rejoining the team in 2014. During that period, he worked only nights at the KKM shop, spent more time with his family and even got back in the seat, winning the 2012 and 2013 Midwest Mini Sprint Association championships.
Binder returned to a crew chief role in 2021 with driver Daison Pursley, rejoining the road crew full-time for the first time in many years. By then, the KKM Midget program had expanded to upwards of four cars at any given event, and more staff, more time, and more effort became necessary to stay competitive.
“It has helped us learn to keep the setup evolving because essentially, we are running four-to-eight races in one night,” Binder said. “Granted, we’re not trying to take big swings, but there’s still a factor of trying to make the car comfortable for each driver, and sometimes you see that watching the car and not the driver. You see where you gain some speed by trying to help one of them somewhere and now you go and apply it to everybody.
“We’re able to learn faster because we’re running more races every night. That has really kept our cars, even with more rookie drivers, up front and in contention for the lead every night.”
To keep up with the extensive maintenance schedule on the team’s expanding fleet, Binder helped to organize the team’s pre-race and post-race habits, still in use today.
“One of their biggest things they tell us is to treat this place like it’s our own,” Binder said. “A lot of the processes and stuff, I’ve been able to take and mold myself. A lot of the way we do stuff, granted it’s all still based on Keith’s original processes, there’s always a little bit here and there where you can figure out how to save some time or save some money or save some work and make the process, while still productive, you make it a little more efficient.”
Reflecting on 20 years working for one of Midget racing’s most successful organizations, Binder has learned several things from Kunz but mentioned one that stands out as the difference maker over their competition.
“It’s that attention to detail,” he said. “It’s not always about having the prettiest car out there, it’s about having the most functional car out there. It’s about making sure the details that do matter are correct every time it goes on the track.”
Binder and the KKM team now prepare to wrap-up the 2024 Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series season and earn their 18th national championship in the final two races — Friday–Saturday, Oct. 4–5 at Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, IL.
Advance sale tickets are available for purchase now at the link below. If you can’t be there to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
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BREATH OF FRESH AIR: Kofoid Clear Headed, Confident Heading to Dennis Roth Classic
The Californian is on a heater entering the event he and Roth Motorsports have had circled all season
TULARE, CA (September 19, 2024) - Michael “Buddy” Kofoid admits there was a time not too long ago when he wasn’t enjoying Sprint Car racing the way he used to.
It’s the sport he grew up in. It’s the sport he loves. It’s the sport where his talent was evident right when Dan Simpson put him behind the wheel in his earliest teenage years. But a short stretch of his career brought him to a place he didn’t want to be mentally.
Like any racer battling through a slump, Kofoid fought through it. Now, he’s landed in a spot where he’s having perhaps the most fun he’s ever had racing Sprint Cars.
Kofoid is navigating the second half of his rookie World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car campaign with Roth Motorsports, and the pairing have caught fire. They’ve topped four of the last five races and haven’t finished worse than fourth in the last nine. The run of unflinching consistency has Kofoid knocking on the door of fourth in points, which would equal the best showing for a rookie in Series history.
“I grew up going to Outlaw races and watching,” Kofoid said. “Steve Kinser was always my hero and still is. So, to go on a run like this is still surreal and kind of hard to believe because I know how hard it is to win. And the people that compete with the Outlaws is as hard as it gets. You can’t take it for granted. You have to cherish it. It’s special to me because of how I view Sprint Car racing and what the Outlaws mean to me.”
The peak of the stretch came three weeks ago at Huset’s Speedway when Kofoid and the Roth crew found redemption. A little more than a year after engine troubles broke their hearts, the same powerplant motored them to victory at the Huset’s High Bank Nationals for a six-figure payday.
“I do know that I’ve probably watched that video from then to now 50-plus times. I feel like I watched it 20 times on the way back to the shop,” Kofoid said. “I feel like it all came full circle. That motor is the same motor we won with this year. We figured she was worthy of one more chance, and she didn’t disappoint. That and when they announced the dates, Dylan (Buswell) and I messaged each other about the Huset’s race and the money, and we were like, “Well, it’s time for redemption.’”
A common thread of Kofoid’s comments this year has been a reference to his crew chief Dylan Buswell. He’s been around the sport for several years and worked with many top talents. His impact on Kofoid has been a catalyst to returning to the right headspace.
“There was a little bit where I wasn’t really enjoying racing to the fullest extent to where I knew how I used to enjoy it or the way that I feel like you should still enjoy it to do it at a professional level and to grind and do it every single day,” Kofoid recalled. “And then working with Dylan was kind of a breath of fresh air for me again. He helped me subconsciously believe that I could still do it and that there are people that could help me enjoy it and want to show up to work every day.”
It's been a mutually beneficial partnership between Kofoid and Buswell.
“I know he’s talked about me making him enjoy racing again,” Buswell said. “And honestly it was the same for me. I kind of got to a point where I was kind of burnt out. Getting the chance to race with him rejuvenated me as well.”
The recent hot streak couldn’t have come at a better time for Kofoid and company. Next up on the calendar is Thunderbowl Raceway’s Dennis Roth Classic (Sept. 20-21). A huge payday of $83,000 awaits Saturday’s winner, but it’s about more than the money for the No. 83 team. It’s about honoring Dennis and Teresa Roth in the best way possible by putting their car in Victory Lane at the race that salutes their dedication to the sport.
And perhaps even more important than the momentum they’ve built, Kofoid and Buswell head to Thunderbowl feeling revitalized and confident in the sport they love.
“I hope we haven’t peaked too early,” Buswell said with a laugh. “It’s definitely the right time to be fast. I’m definitely looking forward to this weekend. I think if some things roll our way, we can definitely get it done. I would love nothing more than to win the Dennis Roth Classic for these guys. Obviously, they’ve put so much into the sport. They’ve done a lot for me and now Buddy. I would really, really love to win this race for them.”
“I want to win it for Dennis,” Kofoid said. “Obviously, it pays well, and that’s a lot of incentive, but I’m kind of a history person. I’ve learned to appreciate things that have come before me and the people that have paved the way for where we get to stand right now and get to do what we love to do. So, I want to win it for Dennis and Teresa because I feel like they deserve this race for everything they’ve done.”
Tickets will be available at the Thunderbowl Raceway gate for this weekend’s Dennis Roth Classic. If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/breath-of-fresh-air-kofoid-clear-headed-confident-heading-to-dennis-roth-classic/
EVENT INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/schedule/event-info/?event=6226
TRACK INFO: http://www.thunderbowlraceway.com
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1 MONTH ALERT: World of Outlaws Ride Into Dirt Oval 66 For Federated Auto Parts Route 66 Showdown in October
JOLIET, IL (Sept. 18, 2024) – The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series’ 2024 journey brings the best Sprint Car drivers in the world back to Dirt Oval 66 for the first time since 2017.
About an hour south from Chicago, the 3/8-mile dirt track will host The Greatest Show on Dirt for a doubleheader weekend, Friday-Saturday, Oct. 18-19, with a $12,000 payday on the line both nights of the Federated Auto Parts Route 66 Showdown.
The last time the Series visited the track, Donny Schatz scored his second straight victory at Dirt Oval 66. Although, those two wins were 12 years apart. The Series’ return to the track in 2017 was its first time there since 2005.
With that, Schatz, the 10-time World of Outlaws champion, is currently the only full-time driver on the tour with a Series win at the track. However, Rookie of the Year contender Bill Balog has also won at the track, picking up an IRA win there in 2017.
In addition to his win, Balog has a top-five finish there with the All Star Circuit of Champions in 2019 – the last premier Sprint Car series to race at the track. Brock Zearfoss finished one spot behind him in sixth in that race too.
The event will be the second to last race weekend before the championship finale at the World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte (Nov. 6-9). David Gravel, looking for his first title, is the current points leader, but Carson Macedo, also looking for his first title, has been gaining steam and cutting into Gravel’s lead.
EVENT INFO
Date – Friday-Saturday, Oct. 18-19
Location – Joliet, IL
Track Website – DirtOval66.com
Times (CT) –
Pit Gate Opens: 2 p.m.
Grandstands Open: 4 p.m.
Hot Laps & Qualifying: 6:30 p.m.
Opening Ceremonies: 7:30 p.m.
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available HERE.
How to Watch – Can’t make it? Watch every lap live on DIRTVision.
Last Race Video Recap (June 27, 2017) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjAfPvQB9cY
Previous World of Outlaws winners at Dirt Oval 66 –
2017 – Donny Schatz on June 27
2005 – Donny Schatz on July 8
2002 – Joey Saldana on July 12
2001 – Mark Kinser on July 13; Jeff Sheppard on July 12
2000 – Steve Kinser on June 29
1999 – Stevie Smith on Oct. 10; Steve Kinser on May 9
1998 – Stevie Smith on July 26
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WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Thunderbowl’s Dennis Roth Classic Ready to Offer $83,000 Payday
The World of Outlaws salute one of the sport’s most dedicated car owners with two huge nights of racing
TULARE, CA (September 17, 2024) - The time has come for the biggest California race in World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car history.
A three-week stay in the “Golden State” wraps up in a huge way this weekend (Sept. 20-21) at Tulare, CA’s Thunderbowl Raceway. The third annual Dennis Roth Classic is set to serve up a beefy $83,000 payday to the winner of the finale as a nod to Roth’s car number. His cars have become an iconic staple with many of the sport’s greats climbing behind the wheel of a Roth ride over the years.
The pay won’t be the only prize on Saturday night as Roth is adding some other goods to the menu. The Simpson Quick Time and Toyota Dash winners will head home with 10 pounds of choice New York steaks. Each NOS Energy Drink Heat Race winner receives 20 pounds of choice tri-tip. The event winner gets 30 pounds of choice ribeye steaks while second and third collect 20 and 10 pounds.
Danny Lasoski will also be making a special appearance as he reunites with his 1998 Knoxville Nationals winning Roth Motorsports ride. The team has kept the car maintained since that night, and Lasoski is heading to California to pace the field aboard the historic machine.
All in all, it’s shaping up to be a memorable weekend saluting one of the most important figures in Sprint Car racing history.
Tickets will be available at the gate, or fans can watch every lap live on DIRTVision.
Let’s look at the weekend’s top storylines:
BRING HOME THE BEEF: The stars could be aligning for a storybook weekend for Michael “Buddy” Kofoid.
He’s living out his dream in 2024 as he tackles his rookie World of Outlaws campaign thanks to none other than Dennis and Teresa Roth giving him the opportunity. The Californian grew up watching the California car, and now he has the honor of piloting the No. 83 alongside the nation’s best. Kofoid would love nothing more than to bring the Dennis Roth Classic trophy to Roth’s Fresno, CA shop.
Kofoid rolls into the weekend as, arguably, the hottest driver on tour. Four of the last five races have belonged to the 22-year-old including a sweep of Bakersfield and Merced last weekend. He hasn’t finished worse than fourth in the last nine races.
Thunderbowl has seen Kofoid visit its Victory Lane multiple times in the past. Back in 2016 he topped a Trophy Cupprelim at only 14 years old. He claimed another prelim in 2021 that helped lead him to a Trophy Cup title. It’s also where he made his World of Outlaws debut in 2018.
CARSON IS CLOSING: With only 14 races remaining before the 2024 World of Outlaws champion is crowned, there may be a battle brewing for the title.
Carson Macedo and the Jason Johnson Racing team have strung together eight podiums in the last 11 races, including five victories. A pair of third place finishes over the weekend helped Macedo trim David Gravel’s advantage down to 86 markers.
Thunderbowl gives Macedo two more chances in home territory to make up some ground before the tour ventures back east. Macedo won a Kings of Thunder 360 Sprint Car race at the Tulare, CA oval in 2021, and his best World of Outlaws finish there is fifth (2018).
ROTH’S WINNERS: A record 16 different drivers have steered Dennis and Teresa Roth’s race cars to World of Outlaws Victory Lane, and along with Kofoid two more of those names will be in the Thunderbowl pit area this weekend.
Current Series point leader David Gravel got his first national touring opportunity when Roth put him in the seat during the 2014 World of Outlaws season. The pairing claimed four races that year including a crown jewel triumph at Williams Grove Speedway’s National Open. Through Gravel hasn’t won with Roth at the Thunderbowl, he has claimed a pair of events with CJB Motorsports. The richest Sprint Car driver in the country this season eyes $83,000 this weekend.
The other is Roth’s second winningest driver with the World of Outlaws, Tim Kaeding. The San Jose, CA native collected 19 of his 21 career checkered flags behind the wheel of the No. 83, and a trio of those came at Thunderbowl. “TK” added one more Tulare triumph in the Kinser No. 11K (2007). Kaeding’s four Series victories at the 1/3 mile are tied with Joey Saldana for the most.
TAMING TULARE: In addition to Gravel, two more current full-time World of Outlaws competitors have won with The Greatest Show on Dirt at Thunderbowl.
Ten-time Series champion Donny Schatz has topped three Tulare visits (2005, 2007, 2017). One more at the Dennis Roth Classic would equal him with Kaeding and Saldana for the most, and a weekend sweep in the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 would give him sole possession of the most.
Giovanni Scelzi grew up less than an hour from Tulare, calling Fresno, CA home in his youth. Two years ago, Scelzi came out on top of a Thunderbowl thriller after trading sliders with Kyle Larson and David Gravel in the closing laps. “Hot Sauce” has also won there with both the Northern Auto Racing Club (NARC) and Sprint Car Challenge Tour (SCCT).
CAN CALI CASH IN?: With such major money on the line, a big cast of local California talent is expected to join the field in search of an Outlaw upset.
Rocklin, CA’s Shane Golobic has made it abundantly clear that he knows his way around Thunderbowl. He’s claimed a trio of the coveted Trophy Cup titles, and he’s won with a 410 under the hood in NARC action. Golobic is already a two-time Series winner with both scores coming in his home state at Antioch (2013) and Placerville (2019).
Dominic Scelzi has been a force at Tulare to the tune of 12 career triumphs. Three of those have come in NARC action. The Fresno, CA native is still seeking his first World of Outlaws victory, and he led laps at the most recent Series visit in 2022.
Cole Macedo was impressive this past weekend, posting finishes of sixth and fifth in the Tarlton Motorsports No. 21 at Bakersfield and Merced. Before he joins the tour full-time next year, the Lemoore, CA native looks to win one as a California local this weekend at the Thunderbowl. He topped a 360 show last year at Tulare and finished fourth with NARC back in May this year.
Hanford, CA’s D.J. Netto has been perhaps the most impressive “Golden State” local through the California swing with a pair of top five finishes at Kings Speedway and Merced Speedway. Netto is a four-time Thunderbowl winner including two last year.
These three will be joined by many more including the likes of Justin Sanders (Aromas, CA), Caeden Steele (Fresno, CA), Kaleb Montgomery (Templeton, CA), and many more.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday-Saturday, Sept 20-21 at Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, CA
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (55/69 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (7450 PTS)
2. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-86 PTS)
3. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 (-132 PTS)
4. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing No. 18 (-226 PTS)
5. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-232 PTS)
6. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-360 PTS)
7. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-362 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports No. 17B (-848 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing No. 3Z (-1184 PTS)
10. Landon Crawley – Sides Motorsports No. 7S (-1438 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (16 Drivers):
13 Wins – David Gravel
8 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild, Carson Macedo
5 Wins – Michael Kofoid
4 Wins – Donny Schatz
3 Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, Kyle Larson
2 Wins – Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Brent Marks, Brady Bacon, Corey Day, Logan Schuchart, James McFadden, T.J. Stutts
FEATURE LAPS LED (25 Drivers):
373 Laps – Carson Macedo
317 Laps – David Gravel
205 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
177 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
132 Laps – Donny Schatz
119 Laps – Michael Kofoid
97 Laps – Kyle Larson
75 Laps – Rico Abreu
49 Laps – Logan Schuchart
44 Laps – James McFadden
36 Laps – Emerson Axsom
34 Laps – Brady Bacon
29 Laps – Chase Randall
25 Laps – Brad Sweet, T.J. Stutts
15 Laps – Ryan Timms, Tyler Courtney
14 Laps – Shane Golobic
13 Laps – Anthony Macri
11 Laps – Bill Balog
9 Laps – Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day
4 Laps – Hunter Schuerenberg
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Kalib Henry
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (21 Drivers):
10 Quick Times – Carson Macedo
9 Quick Times – David Gravel
7 Quick Times – Sheldon Haudenschild
5 Quick Times – Michael Kofoid
4 Quick Times – Giovanni Scelzi
3 Quick Times – Brent Marks
2 Quick Times – Daryn Pittman, Donny Schatz, Landon Crawley
1 Quick Time – Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Cory Eliason, Brock Zearfoss, Rico Abreu, Chase Dietz, Matt Juhl, Emerson Axsom, Shane Golobic, Bill Balog, Landon Brooks
HEAT RACE WINNERS (52 Drivers):
27 Heat Wins – David Gravel, Carson Macedo
24 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
19 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi
18 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid
9 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu, Logan Schuchart, Donny Schatz
7 Heat Wins – Brock Zearfoss
6 Heat Wins – Bill Balog
5 Heat Wins – Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks
3 Heat Wins – Daryn Pittman, Garet Williamson, Kaleb Johnson
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown, Landon Crawley, Corey Day, Kyle Larson, Anthony Macri, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Austin McCarl, Aaron Reutzel, Emerson Axsom, Scott Bogucki, Chase Randall
1 Heat Win – Justin Peck, Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Danny Sams III, Tim Shaffer, Nick Omdahl, Brad Sweet, Spencer Bayston, Brady Bacon, Parker Price-Miller, Chase Dietz, T.J. Stutts, Kelby Watt, Jamie Ball, Hunter Schuerenberg, Tasker Phillips, Ayrton Gennetten, Tanner Holmes, Kasey Kahne, Cole Macedo, Cale Thomas, Dusty Zomer, Andy Pake, Shane Golobic, Dylan Bloomfield, D.J. Netto
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (69 Drivers):
38 Dashes – Carson Macedo
37 Dashes – David Gravel
33 Dashes – Sheldon Haudenschild
32 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi
27 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
20 Dashes – Donny Schatz
19 Dashes – Logan Schuchart
15 Dashes – Bill Balog
10 Dashes – Brock Zearfoss
9 Dashes – Rico Abreu
7 Dashes – Landon Crawley, Brent Marks
6 Dashes – Tyler Courtney, Emerson Axsom
5 Dashes – Corey Day, Aaron Reutzel, Garet Williamson
4 Dashes – Brian Brown, Brady Bacon, Anthony Macri
3 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Daryn Pittman, Justin Peck, James McFadden
2 Dashes – Cole Duncan, Cole Macedo, Kalib Henry, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Parker Price-Miller, Chase Dietz, Ayrton Gennetten, Scott Bogucki
1 Dash – Zeb Wise, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Logan McCandless, Skylar Gee, Kody Hartlaub, Tim Shaffer, T.J. Michael, Craig Mintz, Brandon Spithaler, Sye Lynch, Cale Thomas, Kaleb Johnson, Nick Omdahl, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Kraig Kinser, Troy Wagaman Jr., T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Jacob Allen, Lance Dewease, Kelby Watt, Will Armitage, Dusty Zomer, Andy Pake, Shane Golobic, Justin Sanders, Kaleb Montgomery, Tanner Carrick, Tim Kaeding, Jock Goodyer, Landon Brooks, Dylan Bloomfield, Tim Kaeding, D.J. Netto, Jamie Veal
MICRO-LITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (44 Drivers):
3 LCS Wins – Bill Balog, Anthony Macri, Landon Crawley, Garet Williamson, Brock Zearfoss
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace Park, Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brandon Rahmer, David Gravel, Nate Dussel, Cole Macedo, Zeth Sabo, Brooke Tatnell, Donny Schatz, Brent Marks, Cory Eliason, Kerry Madsen, Creed Kemenah, Joel Myers Jr., Hunter Schuerenberg, Kody Hartlaub, Lucas Wolfe, Larry Wight, Kyle Larson, Jesse Attard, Dusty Zomer, Chris Windom, Ayrton Gennetten, Brad Sweet, Kelby Watt, Scott Bogucki, Mark Dobmeier, Scott Winters, Christopher Thram, Logan Schuchart, Caeden Steele, Kraig Kinser
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (33 Drivers):
8 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz
6 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart
3 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo, Michael Kofoid, Garet Williamson
2 Hard Chargers – Aaron Reutzel, Cale Thomas, Danny Dietrich, Emerson Axsom, Tim Kaeding
1 Hard Charger – Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild, Landon Crawley, Sye Lynch, Bill Balog, Scotty Neitzel, Brent Marks, Larry Wight, Anthony Macri, James McFadden, Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day, Tim Estenson, David Gravel, Ryan Bernal, Shane Golobic
PODIUM FINISHES (28 Drivers):
27 Podiums – David Gravel, Carson Macedo
20 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild, Michael Kofoid
17 Podiums – Donny Schatz
9 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
6 Podiums – Kyle Larson
5 Podiums – Rico Abreu
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet, Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, Bill Balog
2 Podiums – Aaron Reutzel, Logan Schuchart, Justin Peck, James McFadden, Corey Day, Emerson Axsom
1 Podium – Anthony Macri, Brady Bacon, Cole Macedo, Parker Price-Miller, Ryan Timms, T.J. Stutts, Chase Randall, Shane Golobic, Justin Sanders, Tim Kaeding
TOP 10 FINISHES (81 Drivers):
49 Top 10s – David Gravel
47 Top 10s – Giovanni Scelzi
46 Top 10s – Donny Schatz
45 Top 10s – Michael Kofoid, Carson Macedo
42 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart
38 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
28 Top 10s – Bill Balog
14 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss
10 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney
9 Top 10s – Rico Abreu, Garet Williamson
8 Top 10s – Brent Marks, Brad Sweet, James McFadden, Anthony Macri, Garet Williamson
7 Top 10s – Aaron Reutzel
6 Top 10s – Kyle Larson, Corey Day, Emerson Axsom, Cole Macedo
5 Top 10s – Brian Brown, Ryan Timms
4 Top 10s – Landon Crawley, Brady Bacon, Justin Peck, Chase Randall
3 Top 10s – Cole Duncan, Skylar Gee, Zeb Wise, Danny Dietrich, Jacob Allen, Scott Bogucki
2 Top 10s – Kraig Kinser, Cale Thomas, Parker Price-Miller, Cory Eliason, Chase Dietz, Troy Wagaman Jr., Daryn Pittman, Ayrton Gennetten, Kerry Madsen, Tim Kaeding, D.J. Netto, Justin Sanders
1 Top 10 – Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Chris Windom, Joe B. Miller, Scotty Milan, Brandon Spithaler, Kalib Henry, Tim Shaffer, Zane DeVault, Sye Lynch, Travis Philo, Trey Jacobs, Scotty Thiel, Mark Dobmeier, Kaleb Johnson, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Landon Brooks, Greg Wilson, Spencer Bayston, Daison Pursley, Devon Borden, T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Lance Dewease, Stewart Friesen, Jordan Poirier, Larry Wight, Andy Pake, Shane Golobic, Kaleb Montgomery, Dylan Bloomfield, Jamie Veal, Ryan Bernal, Jock Goodyer, Dominic Scelzi
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / David Gravel (6)
20. Fri, May 17 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Michael Kofoid (1)
21. Sat, May 18 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / David Gravel (7)
22. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / David Gravel (8)
23. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
24. Mon, May 27 / Fremont Speedway / Fremont, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
25. Fri, May 31 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (6)
26. Fri, June 7 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Giovanni Scelzi (2)
27. Sat, June 8 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Sheldon Haudenschild (7)
28. Fri, June 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (9)
29. Sat, June 15 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Corey Day (1)
30. Wed, June 19 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Tyler Courtney (2)
31. Sat, June 29 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Logan Schuchart (1)
32. Wed, July 10 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Giovanni Scelzi (3)
33. Fri, July 12 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Carson Macedo (3)
34. Sat, July 13 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Donny Schatz (3)
35. Tues, July 16 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / David Gravel (10)
36. Fri, July 19 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (2)
37. Sat, July 20 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (11)
38. Wed, July 24 / BAPS Motor Speedway / York Haven, PA / James McFadden (1)
39. Fri, July 26 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / T.J. Stutts (1)
40. Sat, July 27 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / David Gravel (12)
41. Sun, July 28 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / David Gravel (13)
42. Fri, Aug 2 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (1)
43. Sat, Aug 3 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (2)
44. Sat, Aug 10 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Kyle Larson (3)
45. Fri, Aug 16 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Carson Macedo (4)
46. Sat, Aug 17 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Donny Schatz (4)
47. Fri, Aug 23 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Carson Macedo (5)
48. Sat, Aug 24 / Red River Valley Speedway / West Fargo, ND / Carson Macedo (6)
49. Fri, Aug 30 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Sheldon Haudenschild (8)
50. Sat, Aug 31 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Carson Macedo (7)
51. Sun, Sept 1 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (2)
52. Fri, Sept 6 / Stockton Dirt Track / Stockton, CA / Michael Kofoid (3)
53. Sat, Sept 7 / Kings Speedway / Hanford, CA / Carson Macedo (8)
54. Fri, Sept 13 / Bakersfield Speedway / Bakersfield, CA / Michael Kofoid (4)
55. Sat, Sept 14 / Merced Speedway / Merced, CA / Michael Kofoid (5)
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GAMERS UNITE: Midgets Ready to Race in World of Outlaws Dirt Racing 24
All-new Xbox-PlayStation title includes 35 real-life Midget drivers plus Millbridge, Micro Sprints
CONCORD, NC (Sept. 17, 2024) — The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota returns to the home console world of gaming for the second consecutive year with the official release of the all-new World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing 24 title on Xbox and PlayStation.
Thirty-five authentic national Midget drivers are represented on the in-game Midget roster, included along with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Model Series, Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds, ASCS Elite Non-Wing 410 Sprint Cars, DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals and several other dirt track racing divisions.
The game is available for purchase today on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. The full roster of drivers included with the initial release is listed below and includes all new paint schemes for 2024 with additional schemes for select drivers to be added in a future DLC pack.
Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series championship chasers Ryan Timms and Chase McDermand are included in the playable drivers and shared their anticipation to continue dirt racing’s reach beyond the racetrack.
“When I was younger, I’d play the World of Outlaws 2002 game on my PlayStation, and that’s how I learned who a lot of the older drivers were,” Timms said. “Now me, and I’m sure a lot of other people are getting kids coming up to you and saying they use your car in the video game. It’s just pretty cool to see.”
“It’s one thing to see kids at the racetrack and stuff, but to hear from the kids outside of that playing as me in a video game is pretty cool,” McDermand said. “I’ve actually gotten a lot of feedback and comments from various fans and just friends and their kids sending me pictures and stuff of my car on a videogame. It’s pretty cool.”
New for the 2024 edition of the game is the addition of Winged Micro Sprints, as seen in the weekly program of the birthplace of the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series — Millbridge Speedway. Several present-day open-wheel stars began their careers in Micro Sprints as kids, racing both on the real track and in the virtual world, which will continue to draw in new racers into 2025 and beyond.
“Chances are, if a kid likes to play a certain type of car on a video game, they’re gonna be able to make that connection when they go to the racetrack,” McDermand said. “That’s the same thing that they can do with drivers themselves, and that’s how you build fans and build and fanbase.
“Just being able to connect more people to our sport in whatever way possible is something that’s super important to be able to continue the sport that we all love.”
Both the Midgets and Millbridge Speedway are available for download today with all of the other car types, tracks and new features — including Outlaw Challenge mode, improved graphics, streamlined career mode, variable track conditions and more.
For more information about World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing 24 or to purchase your copy of the game, visit WorldofOutlawsGame.com or your home console’s digital store today.
Xtreme Outlaw Midget drivers included:
Chase McDermand
Ryan Timms
Zach Daum
Cannon McIntosh
Jade Avedisian
Ashton Torgerson
Karter Sarff
Hayden Reinbold
Tyler Edwards
Gavin Miller
Luke Drotschie
Peter Smith
Trevor Cline
Brayton Lynch
Jayden Clay
Kale Drake
TJ Smith
Elijah Gile
Austin Torgerson
Thomas Meseraull
Kyle Beilman
Kyle Jones
Nick Hoffman
Ethan Mitchell
Jake Neuman
Mitchell Davis
Gunnar Setser
Taylor Reimer
Andrew Felker
Casey Shuman
Gary Taylor
Tyler Robbins
Corbin Rueschenberg
Branigan Roark
Sean Robbins
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The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series is brought to fans by important sponsors and partners, including: DIRTVision (Official Live Broadcast Partner), Toyota (Title sponsor of the Midgets Series), Racing Electronics (Official Radio Supplier) and SIS Insurance (Official Insurance Provider). Other partners include: TJ Forged and Whitz Racing Products.
UNBEATABLE BUDDY: Kofoid Cruises to Merced Victory, California Weekend Sweep
The Californian bags fourth victory in the last five races with a perfect night at Merced
MERCED, CA (September 14, 2024) - Another day, another Michael “Buddy” Kofoid win.
The 22-year-old has quickly established himself as the hottest driver on the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car tour with Roth Motorsports. And he delivered yet another piece of evidence at Saturday’s Federated Auto Parts Yosemite Showdown hosted by Merced Speedway.
Kofoid flexed his muscle every time he hit the track on his way to a clean sweep. It started with his fifth Simpson Quick Time of the year, moved on to victories in NOS Energy Drink Heat One and the Toyota Racing Dash, and the punctuation mark was made with a commanding showing in the Feature.
The Penngrove, CA native started on the pole and led every circuit at the “Golden State” bullring. Thick traffic made things interesting on multiple occasions, but Kofoid made all the right moves on the path to yet another home state triumph.
“I feel like our car has just been exceptional,” Kofoid said. “It’s all those guys – Dylan (Buswell), Nate (Knotts), and Gage (Tyra). They work so hard. They’ve just got us rolling. They’ve got me really comfortable and confident. You’ve got to have confidence on the Outlaw tour and really any Series that you’re doing. I feel like I just have a ton of confidence and know exactly what I’m going to get.
“Happy to get another win. Just want to say thank you to Dennis and Teresa Roth. I can’t thank them enough for letting me live my dream on the Outlaw tour. Being this good is just a lot of fun right now.”
After earning four victories in his first 121 Feature starts with The Greatest Show on Dirt, Kofoid has now reeled off four more in the last five starts, elevating his career total to eight. Half of them have come in his home state of California. He’s now made three total trips to Merced Victory Lane to go along with USAC National Midget checkered flags in 2021 and 2022. The Roth team now hasn’t finished worse than fourth in the last nine races with an average finish of second over that span.
The pole position for the 35-lapper belonged to Kofoid after taming the Toyota Racing Dash. One the green was displayed he darted ahead to an early advantage.
Some early yellows offered Kofoid a hand as they kept him out of lapped traffic throughout the early portion of the race with Tim Kaeding looking to pounce. A restart with 26 laps remaining nearly gave Kofoid a new challenger as Carson Macedo slid Kaeding for second, but another caution before the lap was complete returned the spot to “TK.”
That yellow proved to be the final one of the evening as the laps clicked away fast once the action resumed. Kofoid faced heavy traffic with a hungry Kaeding looking for his first Series win since 2015 right behind him.
A couple close calls nearly gave Kaeding the chance he needed as first Kofoid almost slipped over the cushion and off track in Turn 2, but he managed to keep the car within the banking. Then when he attempted to lap Landon Crawley, Kofoid slid sideways and nearly spun but managed to maintain control.
After the two near misses, Kofoid drove much smoother on his way to win number five in 2024 against the country’s best Sprint Car drivers.
This hot streak couldn’t come at a better time for Kofoid as the Series now steers toward one of the season’s biggest events that happens to honor Kofoid’s car owner – the Dennis Roth Classic. Next weekend’s two-night event at Tulare, CA’s Thunderbowl Raceway will send the winner home with a massive $83,000 payday as a nod to Roth’s iconic car number. With the great help of his crew chief Dylan Buswell, Kofoid is heading to Tulare having the most fun racing he’s ever had and with all the momentum in his corner.
“Dylan has helped me enjoy Sprint Car racing again,” Kofoid said. “There was a while where I wasn’t enjoying it and not questioning things, but I wasn’t in the best place I wanted to be in and should be in. Dylan, and of course Dennis and Teresa Roth and everyone involved, helped me find that drive again to just enjoy it. Obviously, you’ve got to have fun to enjoy it even at this professional level. Without Dylan, Nate, and Gage it wouldn’t be this fun. And obviously running good helps it become fun. Hopefully we can just keep this rolling and try to bring the Dennis Roth Classic back to the shop.”
Finishing second was San Jose, CA’s Tim Kaeding in the Williams Motorsports No. 0, marking his first appearance on the World of Outlaws podium since the 2019 Gold Cup opener at Silver Dollar Speedway. Kaeding has now finished second in four of the six Series races contested at Merced. He thought traffic might’ve given him a shot, but overall came away happy with the runner-up.
“He (Kofoid) kept trying to dive bomb some lapped cars there,” Kaeding said. “And I thought he was going to maybe slide across the racetrack and miss it a little bit, but he didn’t. Buddy is having the time of his life right now running for the Dennis Roth car. We just needed a little bit of luck there. I’m going to take second. That’s a win for us. We’ve struggled almost all year. We’ve had a fast race car, and it finally showed tonight.”
The final step of the podium belonged to Carson Macedo and Jason Johnson Racing. The No. 41 has been within the top three in five of the last six outings as they continue to click away consistency. A 13th place run for David Gravel allowed Macedo to trim his point lead down to 86 markers.
“Ultimately, we’ve just got to keep putting good nights together,” Macedo said. “That’s what we’ve been able to do lately, and it’s paying off. Man, it was a wild race there. I felt like on that one restart I wish it would’ve went. We jumped up into second, but we didn’t quite go a lap so we ended up getting put back.”
D.J. Netto and Cole Macedo completed the top five.
A 24th to 14th run earned Shane Golobic the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Buddy Kofoid claimed his fifth Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 10th of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Buddy Kofoid, D.J. Netto, and Sheldon Haudenschild. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Carson Macedo.
Buddy Kofoid topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Kraig Kinser won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Chance Grasty.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars finalize the California swing in a big way with Thunderbowl Raceway’s (Tulare, CA) Dennis Roth Classic on Sept. 20-21 offering an $83,000 payday to the winner. Tickets will be available at the gate.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2. O-Tim Kaeding[2]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[4]; 4. 88N-DJ Netto[3]; 5. 21-Cole Macedo[6]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog[8]; 7. 2X-Justin Sanders[16]; 8. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[14]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart[12]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz[18]; 11. 10-Dominic Gorden[15]; 12. 17AU-Jamie Veal[7]; 13. 2-David Gravel[17]; 14. 17W-Shane Golobic[24]; 15. 57W-Jock Goodyer[13]; 16. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[22]; 17. 83T-Tanner Carrick[23]; 18. 41S-Dominic Scelzi[10]; 19. 7S-Landon Crawley[19]; 20. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]; 21. 70-Kraig Kinser[21]; 22. X1-Chance Grasty[11]; 23. 45-Landon Brooks[9]; 24. 73-Ryan Bernal[20]
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BULLRING BANGER: Kofoid Bests Scelzi in Bakersfield Thriller
The two Californians trade the lead several times before Kofoid pulls away for fourth win of 2024
BAKERSFIELD, CA (September 13, 2024) - Michael “Buddy” Kofoid cut his teeth on the bullrings of California. And that upbringing was on full display Friday as the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars rolled into Bakersfield Speedway.
The “Golden State’s” tight ovals are never easy to tame. Bakersfield proved to be no different. A narrow bottom, slick middle, and fast but technical cushion. But Kofoid couldn’t have looked more comfortable in the Roth Motorsports No. 83.
After charging from sixth to third in the Toyota Racing Dash, Kofoid lined up inside the second row for the 35-lap finale at the 1/3-mile. He quickly got to second before igniting a race-long war with pole sitter Giovanni Scelzi.
Kofoid fired slider after slider at the fellow Californian. Scelzi countered with crossover after crossover. They sliced through heavy traffic. They fought for every inch of space as the laps wound down. The winning move came on Lap 28 as Kofoid threw the slide job that stuck as Scelzi couldn’t drive back around exiting Turn 2.
A caution shortly after the move supplied Kofoid with clean air, and he used it to drive away to a victory on home turf.
“That was a really fun race with Gio,” Kofoid said. “Good, clean racing really hard. This is one of my favorite tracks in a Midget. I’d never ran a Sprint Car here. Now, it’s definitely up there. I just can’t thank Dylan (Buswell) enough. I’m super grateful to have someone like Dylan in my corner. In Sprint Car racing, you’re competing with guys that have been on the tour for a while. I’ve never really had a guy this long until now. I feel like Dylan and I just work well when it’s going good. It just feels easy. Not that it is because these are the best guys in the world.”
The win continued Kofoid and the Roth crew’s recent hot streak as they’ve won three of the last four races with The Greatest Show on Dirt. The 22-year-old hasn’t finished worse than fourth in the most recent eight outings. His fourth win of 2024 equals him with Donny Schatz for the fourth most this year.
Scelzi led the field to green with Landon Brooks alongside, but the initial start caused some carnage as Brooks spun from the front row in Turns 1 and 2 and collected several other vehicles.
Brooks’ misfortune lined Kofoid up on Scelzi’s outside for the second attempt to get the main event going. The second start proved to be much smoother as Scelzi pulled ahead of Kofoid to pace the first circuit.
It didn’t take long for the battle to start as Kofoid took his first shot at the lead only a few laps in. A Turn 1 slider cleared Scelzi, but the Fresno, CA driver crossed him over to get the lead right back down the back straightaway.
Cat and mouse became the story of the race’s opening half as Kofoid stayed all over Scelzi. It didn’t matter if they were in clean air or heavy traffic, Kofoid refused to let the KCP Racing No. 18 out of his sights. He attempted multiple more slide jobs that cleared but Scelzi countered each one.
A restart with 15 laps to go proved to be pivotal in the outcome. Kofoid stuck with Scelzi when the green lights flashed and tried another slider into Turn 1 that didn’t quite clear. The missed attempt gave Scelzi the chance to drive away, but Kofoid had no plans of allowing that.
He stayed focused and up on the wheel as he reeled him back in. With seven laps remaining the necessary door opened as Kofoid cleared Scelzi in Turns 1 and 2, and Scelzi didn’t have the run he needed to roll back under Kofoid.
A caution one lap later opened up the track for Kofoid, and he took advantage by wheeling away to a popular triumph in his home state.
“I felt like I was really good in clear air,” Kofoid said. “So, when we had that yellow I wasn’t super worried. I knew we needed a shot. I just needed to not get tight.”
After leading the first 27 laps, Scelzi brought the KCP machine home second. He didn’t feel there was much he could’ve done different to hold off Kofoid. The Roth ride simply proved to be a little too fast to keep behind.
“I was hanging on from pretty early in the race,” Scelzi said. “We made changes every session because the track was changing so much. I felt like we stayed on top of it, just missed it. We got beat by a better driver and a better car tonight. So, I can’t be too upset. It’s our best run in a while.”
The three California World of Outlaws competitors swept the podium as Carson Macedo brought the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 home third. An ill-timed yellow flag took away a potential shot for Macedo to take the lead, but he still came away satisfied with his ninth top three in the last 14 races.
“It would’ve been nice for it to stick just because I think I would’ve at least came out of there in second. It seemed like Gio was going to cross me over there, but you never know,” Macedo explained. “At least I would’ve had somewhat of a shot at it. I feel like we were pacing pretty decent before then. It seemed like after that it was a little harder for me to keep pace. Buddy got good toward the end of the race there and was able to get aggressive, especially when they got to traffic. All in all, still a great effort for this team.”
Logan Schuchart and David Gravel completed the top five.
A 23rd to 11th run earned Garet Williamson the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Landon Brooks earned his first career Simpson Quick Time in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One and Three belonged to Buddy Kofoid and Giovanni Scelzi. Milton Hershey Heat Two went to Dylan Bloomfield.
Giovanni Scelzi topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Caeden Steele won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Austin McCarl.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars make their sixth appearance in Series history at California’s Merced Speedway for the Federated Auto Parts Yosemite Showdown. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[3]; 2. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[4]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart[5]; 5. 2-David Gravel[7]; 6. 21-Cole Macedo[9]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz[12]; 8. 57W-Jock Goodyer[10]; 9. 41S-Dominic Scelzi[8]; 10. 17B-Bill Balog[15]; 11. 23-Garet Williamson[23]; 12. 10-Dominic Gorden[24]; 13. 121-Caeden Steele[19]; 14. 17AU-Jamie Veal[20]; 15. 7S-Landon Crawley[11]; 16. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[17]; 17. 70-Kraig Kinser[21]; 18. 88N-DJ Netto[13]; 19. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[6]; 20. 6-Lachy McDonough[16]; 21. O-Tim Kaeding[18]; 22. 88-Austin McCarl[22]; 23. 45-Landon Brooks[2]; 24. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[14]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/bullring-banger-kofoid-bests-scelzi-in-bakersfield-thriller/
EVENT INFO:
TRACK INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/tracks/?track=Bakersfield+Speedway
FAN 101: https://about.worldofoutlaws.com/
Hurricane Francine Remnants Cancel Races at Southern Illinois, Highland
MARION, IL (Sept. 12, 2024) — Remnant storms from Hurricane Francine are projected to make their way into Illinois Thursday night and Friday morning and linger in the area throughout the day Saturday.
With the best financial interest of traveling teams of the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota and the POWRi National Midget League along with the safety of traveling fans in mind, Series and track officials have agreed to cancel both Friday and Saturday’s races at Southern Illinois Raceway and Highland Speedway.
While both races have been canceled and will not be made up in 2024, the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series is exploring options to return to both tracks in 2025.
With the cancelations, the 2024 Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series is complete. Oklahoma racer Ryan Timms is the champion by 21 points over fellow Oklahoman Cannon McIntosh. Final Challenge Series points standings can be viewed here.
The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series now shifts its focus to the final weekend of the season — Fri-Sat, Oct. 4-5, at Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, IL. Advance sale tickets for both days are available now at the link below.
If you can’t be at the track to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
ARTICLE: https://xtremeoutlawseries.com/news/hurricane-francine-remnants-cancel-races-at-southern-illinois-highland/
EVENT INFO: https://xtremeoutlawseries.com/schedule/event-info/?event=6287, https://xtremeoutlawseries.com/schedule/event-info/?event=6138 TRACK INFO: https://southernillinoisraceway.org/, https://highlandspeedway.com/ FAN 101: https://about.dirtcar.com/
The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series is brought to fans by important sponsors and partners, including: DIRTVision (Official Live Broadcast Partner), Toyota (Title sponsor of the Midgets Series), Racing Electronics (Official Radio Supplier) and SIS Insurance (Official Insurance Provider). Other partners include: TJ Forged and Whitz Racing Products.
NOS Energy Drink Boosts Buckeye Brawl at Wayne County; Overall Purse Increased
ORRVILLE, OH (Sept. 12, 2024) – Sprint Car drivers have been given an extra incentive to get after it at Wayne County Speedway in September with NOS® Energy Drink joining as the presenting sponsor of the World of Outlaws event.
More than $10,000 was added to the overall purse for the World of Outlaws Buckeye Brawl presented by NOS® Energy Drink (Friday, Sept. 27), increasing the payout for every position. The event now pays $15,000 to win/$1,500 to start.
“We’re excited to join the Buckeye Brawl at Wayne County Speedway and support Sheldon Haudenschild as the event is set to bring out Ohio’s most passionate race fans,” said Lauren Albano, NOS® Energy Drink marketing director. “Between the increased off-track activations for fans and increased purse for the drivers, there will be no shortage of energy throughout the night.”
The Buckeye Brawl will be the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series’ first time back at the 3/8-mile Ohio dirt track since 2020. That race was won by Sheldon Haudenschild – who grew up 15 minutes from the track in Wooster, OH.
“Obviously, excited to get another race back home, and to have NOS Energy Drink on board is pretty special for me,” Haudenschild said. “The race fans definitely show up when we get to Wayne County. Honestly, the track produces good racing. I feel like it’s probably the closest thing we have to a West Coast type of track. The track is always on point and puts on a good show.”
The 2020 race was also the Series’ first time back at Wayne County since 1985. There have been five World of Outlaws races at the track, so far, and three different winners – Steve Kinser (1979, 1981, 1985), Bobby Davis Jr. (1984) and Haudenschild (2020).
The NOS® Energy Drink sampling station will be on site at the Buckeye Brawl, providing fans with a complimentary NOS® Energy Drink. The World of Outlaws Fan Entertainment team will also be handing out NOS® Energy Drink giveaways throughout the night.
Tickets for the World of Outlaws Buckeye Brawl presented by NOS® Energy Drink are on sale now HERE. Use code HAUDENSCHILD17 to get $5 off your ticket when purchasing online.
If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch every lap live on DIRTVision.
ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/nos-energy-drink-boosts-buckeye-brawl-at-wayne-county-overall-purse-increased/
EVENT INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/schedule/event-info/?event=6228
TRACK INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/tracks/?track=Wayne+County+(OH)+Speedway
FAN 101: https://about.worldofoutlaws.com/
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Xtreme-POWRi Challenge Series Champion to be Crowned at SIR, Highland
MARION, IL (Sept. 11, 2024) — With the season winding down, the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota moves into the home stretch this weekend and will crown a champion of the Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series.
A stop at Southern Illinois Raceway (SIR) in Marion, IL, kicks off the weekend on Friday, Sept. 13, before a visit to Highland Speedway in Highland, IL, on Saturday, Sept. 14. Both programs will feature 30-lap, $4,000-to-win main events, and will be co-sanctioned by the POWRi National Midget League.
Both races will also count as the final two events in the 2024 Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series, which will award the points champion with a $2,500 cash bonus and additional cash bonuses going to the rest of the top-five in the final standings. Ryan Timms is the current Challenge Series points leader by 21 over Cannon McIntosh and 81 over Ashton Torgerson.
Tickets for both events are on sale in advance at the links below and will also be available at the track on race day. If you can’t be at the track, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
Here are the drivers to watch and storylines to follow this weekend:
TO THE WIRE – With only four races left, time is running out to settle the season-long points battle.
Cannon McIntosh has led the way for most of the season, tallying six Feature wins — a new personal best with the Xtreme Outlaw Series — and carries a points lead of 133 over his teammate at Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM), Ryan Timms. McIntosh, 21, of Bixby, OK, drove from 15th on the starting grid up to a fifth-place finish at Southern Illinois last year and ran ninth at Highland. He’s maintaining a far better record of consistency this year (2.9 avg. finish) than in the second half of 2023 (7.53 avg. finish) and could potentially clinch his first national Midget series championship at the finale in October.
Timms, the 18-year-old open-wheel standout from Oklahoma City, OK, has won three Features this season and trails McIntosh by 133 points. He’ll debut at both Southern Illinois and Highland this weekend, trying to close the gap before championship weekend at Jacksonville Speedway, Oct. 4-5. He’ll also have a shot to clinch the Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series championship, holding a 21-point lead over McIntosh.
PROVEN GROUND – Reigning Xtreme Outlaw Series champion Jade Avedisian returns to SIR and Highland this weekend, both tracks where she had strong results in the main events last year.
The 17-year-old Toyota Racing driver from Clovis, CA, will take the wheel of the Yahoo!, Toyota/LynK No. 71 for KKM, first at SIR on Friday, where in 2023 she took the lead from Kyle Jones on a late restart to get the win — her second of the season — which led to three more before collecting the points championship at season’s end.
Her charge through the field at Highland last year was among the largest in positions advanced as she started 18th on the grid and made up 15 spots in 30 laps to finish third, saving what could have been a potentially bad points night in her run to the championship.
SHARK SWIMMING – Coming off a sweep of the Ironman 55 weekend at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in early August, Karter Sarff is set for Xtreme Outlaw Series competition again this weekend in search of his fifth win of 2024.
Sarff, 21, of Mason City, IL, has made four trips to Victory Lane with the Series this year — second-most of any driver — at US 36 Raceway in April, Millbridge Speedway in May, and back-to-back at I-55 last month.
He’s got some improvements to make, however, if he is to compete for another win this weekend, considering his finishes of 11th at SIR and 18th at Highland one year ago.
FAMILIAR TERRITORY – Chase McDermand is heading back to Highland on Saturday, where he won his fifth race of the season one year ago.
McDermand, 24, of Springfield, IL, captured the checkered flag with a strong performance at the 1/4-mile bullring in his home state last September, leading 21 of 30 laps of the main event. This weekend, he makes his return in search of a second win of 2024 after scoring at Tulsa Speedway in July.
Sitting fourth in the Series points standings, McDermand aims to start the week off by bettering his run of seventh with the Series at SIR from 2023.
DOUBLE DUTY – Highland Speedway is a home track to Xtreme Outlaw Series full-timer Zach Daum, where he’ll race both the Midget and a 410 Winged Sprint Car this Saturday.
Daum, 32, of Pocahontas, IL, lives only 15 minutes from Highland Speedway, and will get behind the wheel of both the Trifecta Motorsports No. 7U Midget and the McGarry Motorsports No. 31 Sprint Car for an appearance with the Midwest Open Wheel Association (MOWA).
Last year, Daum charged from 11th on the starting grid to finish second at SIR and placed fifth in the Midget at Highland.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
When and where
Friday, Sept. 13, at Southern Illinois Raceway in Marion, IL
Saturday, Sept. 14 at Highland Speedway in Highland, IL
On the internet
Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota
Twitter/X – @Xtreme_Outlaw
Instagram – @XtremeOutlaw
Facebook – @XtremeOutlawSeries.WRG
Live broadcast
DIRTVision – DIRTVision.com. Annual FAST PASS for $299 or monthly FAST PASS for $39/month.
Current championship points standings (view full standings)
Cannon McIntosh: 4360 points | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K
Ryan Timms: 4227 points (-133) | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67
Ashton Torgerson: 3980 points (-380) | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67K
Chase McDermand: 3945 points (-415) | CMR-Mounce/Stout Motorsports #40
Zach Daum: 3860 points (-500) | Trifecta Motorsports #7U
Hayden Reinbold: 3756 points (-604) | Reinbold/Underwood Motorsports #19AZ
Trevor Cline: 3446 points (-914) | Cline Racing #55
Gavin Miller: 3341 points (-1019) | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #97
Tyler Edwards: 3301 points (-1059) | Mounce/Stout Motorsports #14S
Karter Sarff: 3198 points (-1162) | Karter Sarff Motorsports #21K
Toyota Feature winners (7 drivers)
6 wins – Cannon McIntosh (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K)
4 wins – Karter Sarff (Karter Sarff Motorsports #21K)
3 wins – Ashton Torgerson (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67K), Ryan Timms (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67)
1 win – Thomas Meseraull (Engler Racing #7x), Kale Drake (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #97), Zach Daum (Trifecta Motorsports #7U), Chase McDermand (CMR-Mounce/Stout Motorsports #40)
Toyota Feature laps led (15 drivers)
113 laps – Cannon McIntosh
95 laps – Ryan Timms
80 laps – Karter Sarff
72 laps – Ashton Torgerson
44 laps – Kale Drake
35 laps – Joe B. Miller
30 laps – Chase McDermand
27 laps – Thomas Meseraull
25 laps – Zach Daum
29 laps – Hayden Reinbold
12 laps – Taylor Reimer
11 laps – Jade Avedisian
5 laps – Michael Pickens, Tyler Edwards
1 lap – Jason McDougal
Whitz RC Racing Products Quick Time Awards (12 drivers)
4 awards – Ethan Mitchell
3 awards – Kale Drake, Karter Sarff
2 awards – Ryan Timms
1 award – Cannon McIntosh, Kyle Jones, Trevor Cline, Zach Daum, Tyler Edwards, Hayden Reinbold, Chase McDermand, Joe Wirth
Heat Race winners (22 drivers)
8 wins – Ashton Torgerson
6 wins – Chase McDermand, Ryan Timms, Cannon McIntosh
5 wins – Kale Drake, Zach Daum, Gavin Miller
4 wins – Tyler Edwards
3 wins – Trevor Cline, Karter Sarff
2 wins – Jade Avedisian, Nick Hoffman
1 win – Thomas Meseraull, Shane Cottle, TJ Smith, Kyle Jones, Taylor Reimer, Ethan Mitchell, Jason McDougal, Gunnar Setser, Hayden Reinbold
High-points honors (12 drivers)
4 honors – Cannon McIntosh
3 honors – Ryan Timms
2 honors – Zach Daum, Ashton Torgerson, Chase McDermand, Gavin Miller
1 honor – Tyler Edwards, Karter Sarff, Kale Drake, Michael Pickens, Hayden Reinbold
Last Chance Showdown wins (10 drivers)
1 win – Taylor Reimer, Gunnar Setser, Austin Torgerson, Gavin Miller, Shane Cottle, Ethan Mitchell, Ashton Torgerson, Ryan Timms, Kyle Jones, Mitchell Davis
Hard Charger Awards (15 drivers)
3 awards – Hayden Reinbold, Ryan Timms
2 awards – Chase McDermand
1 award – Will Armitage, Ryan Timms, Kayla Roell, Gunnar Setser, Jade Avedisian, Elijah Gile, Zach Daum, Cannon McIntosh, Gavin Miller, Jacob Denney, Ashton Torgerson, Corbin Rueschenberg
Podium finishes (16 drivers)
14 podiums – Cannon McIntosh
10 podiums – Ryan Timms
7 podiums – Zach Daum
5 podiums – Chase McDermand, Karter Sarff
4 podiums – Ashton Torgerson, Hayden Reinbold
3 podiums – Kale Drake, Gavin Miller
1 podium – Thomas Meseraull, Taylor Reimer, Jade Avedisian, Michael Pickens, Trevor Cline, Jacob Denney, Jason McDougal
Top-10 finishes (38 drivers)
20 top-10s – Cannon McIntosh
18 top-10s – Ryan Timms
17 top-10s – Chase McDermand
16 top-10s – Ashton Torgerson
15 top-10s – Zach Daum
12 top-10s – Karter Sarff
11 top-10s – Hayden Reinbold, Gavin Miller
8 top-10s – Kale Drake, Jade Avedisian, Trevor Cline
6 top-10s – Tyler Edwards
5 top-10s – Taylor Reimer, Kyle Jones, Mitchell Davis
3 top-10s – Ethan Mitchell, Gunnar Setser
2 top-10s – Shane Cottle, TJ Smith, Sam Johnson, Jacob Denney, Jason McDougal, Thomas Meseraull
1 top-10 – Joe B. Miller, Will Armitage, Trey Marcham, Rylan Gray, Todd McVay, Kevin Thomas Jr, Elijah Gile, Brayton Lynch, Nick Drake, Jacob Dykstra, Briggs Danner, Michael Pickens, Andrew Felker, Drake Edwards, Jonathan Beason, Shannon McQueen, Corbin Rueschenberg
2024 Schedule & Winners – Race No. Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Fri, March 15 / Southern Illinois Center / Du Quoin, IL / Thomas Meseraull (1)
2. Sat, March 16 / Southern Illinois Center / Du Quoin, IL / Cannon McIntosh (1)
3. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / Karter Sarff (1)
4. Sat, April 6 / Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex / Sweet Springs, MO / Kale Drake (1)
5. Fri, April 12 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL / Ryan Timms (1)
6. Sat, April 13 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL / Ashton Torgerson (1)
7. Fri, May 10 / Humboldt Speedway / Humboldt, KS / Ashton Torgerson (2)
8. Sat, May 11 / 81 Speedway / Park City, KS / Cannon McIntosh (2)
9. Tue, May 21 / Millbridge Speedway / Salisbury, NC / Karter Sarff (2)
10. Wed, May 22 / Millbridge Speedway / Salisbury, NC / Zach Daum (1)
11. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Ryan Timms (2)
12. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Cannon McIntosh (3)
13. Thu, May 30 / Doe Run Raceway / Doe Run, MO / Cannon McIntosh (4)
14. Fri, May 31 / Coles County Speedway / Matoon, IL / Ashton Torgerson (3)
15. Fri, July 19 / Spoon River Speedway / Lewistown, IL / Ryan Timms (3)
16. Sat, July 20 / Spoon River Speedway / Lewistown, IL / Cannon McIntosh (5)
17. Fri, July 26 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Cannon McIntosh (6)
18. Sat, July 27 / Tulsa Speedway / Tulsa, OK / Chase McDermand (1)
19. Fri, Aug. 2 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Karter Sarff (3)
20. Sat, Aug. 3 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Karter Sarff (4)
ARTICLE: https://xtremeoutlawseries.com/news/what-to-watch-for-xtreme-powri-challenge-series-champion-to-be-crowned-at-sir-highland/
EVENT INFO: https://xtremeoutlawseries.com/schedule/event-info/?event=6287, https://xtremeoutlawseries.com/schedule/event-info/?event=6138
TRACK INFO: https://southernillinoisraceway.org/, https://highlandspeedway.com/
FAN 101: https://about.dirtcar.com/
Lincoln Speedway Replaces Selinsgrove Speedway Event on World of Outlaws Tour
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (Sept. 9, 2024) – The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will return to Lincoln Speedway on Saturday, Oct. 12, replacing the originally scheduled event at Selinsgrove Speedway with a new $20,000-to-win, $1,200-to-start main event.
Following discussions between Selinsgrove Speedway staff and World of Outlaws officials, it was deemed it would be in the best interest of both parties to cancel the Jim Nace Memorial at Selinsgrove. World of Outlaws officials will explore options on a potential return to Selinsgrove Speedway in 2025.
Lincoln Speedway, in Abbottstown, PA, was one of the original tracks on the World of Outlaws inaugural schedule in 1978 and has been host to The Greatest Show on Dirt every year since 2012. Earlier this season, current championship leader David Gravel fought off Giovanni Scelzi, Carson Macedo and Anthony Macri to earn Big Game Motorsports its 100th World of Outlaws victory.
The World of Outlaws will be joined at Lincoln Speedway by the Flying Iron Limited Stocks.
Fans who purchased a ticket in advance for the World of Outlaws event at Selinsgrove Speedway and would like to roll it over to the new event at Lincoln Speedway can call 844-347-8849 or email tickets@dirtcar.com. Otherwise, they will receive a face-value credit to their MyDirtTickets.com account — good for two years — to be used toward any World of Outlaws event available at WorldofOutlaws.com/tix. If a credit to the account does not work for them, then they have until Oct. 9 to request a refund.
Keep up with the latest news and updates on the World of Outlaws through X(Twitter), Facebook and Instagram.
HANFORD’S HERO: Carson Macedo Banks $21,000 with Third Tom Tarlton Classic Title
The Californian holds off Haudenschild and Kofoid at Kings for another special win
HANFORD, CA (September 7, 2024) - There are so many reasons that the Tom Tarlton Classic is one of the most meaningful races to Carson Macedo.
First and foremost, the event honors his great uncle, who also played a major role in Macedo ascending to the highest level of the sport with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars. The Tarlton family put the aspiring driver in their iconic No. 21 during his teenage years, allowing him to show his potential and hone his skills. He even took the car to a World of Outlaws win at Silver Dollar Speedway back in 2014 when he was only 18 years old.
Secondly, Hanford, CA’s Kings Speedway hosts the race. The track is a mere 10 miles from Macedo’s hometown of Lemoore, CA. It’s an event that brings his family, friends, and many fans ready to reunite with the local who made it to the big leagues.
It’s easy to see why the race is near the top of Macedo’s list of those he wants to win every year. He topped the first two editions back in 2020 and 2021, and after a two-year hiatus from Victory Lane, Macedo made a popular return on Saturday night.
The 28-year-old started on the pole and fended off several challenges from Sheldon Haudenschild and Michael “Buddy” Kofoid for a $21,000 payday. Like always the home state crowd warmly welcomed Macedo to Victory Lane with a huge cheer as he climbed atop the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41.
“Man, what a cool event,” Macedo said. “Hometown crowd in Hanford. It feels good to see all of these awesome fans here. You guys are the best in the country. It feels good to win this race for Tom Tarlton. The Tom Tarlton Classic is near and dear to my heart. Robby Tarlton, my grandfather, and Tom Tarlton is my great uncle and really the reason I am a Sprint Car driver today. My parents kind of got me going in the Micro ranks, and he was the one that gave me an opportunity. Had it not been for him I don’t think I ever would’ve had the chance to race a Sprint Car.”
Macedo’s eighth win of 2024 is the 43rd of his career with The Greatest Show on Dirt. The victory breaks a four-way tie with Andy Hillenburg, Logan Schuchart, and Sheldon Haudenschild, giving Macedo sole possession of 18th all-time. He also took over second in points and still sits within striking distance of David Gravel – 110 points ahead – as the 2024 season winds down.
Macedo led the field to green for the 35-lapper with Kofoid alongside. On the race’s opening lap Macedo took the early advantage as Haudenschild drove by Kofoid to grab second.
An early restart allowed Haudenschild to take his first swing at Macedo as he looked low when they entered Turns 1 and 2. But the driver of the NOS Energy Drink No. 17 didn’t quite have the momentum he needed as Macedo drove away.
Macedo’s run was nearly brought to a heartbreaking halt with 21 laps to go when a lapped car spun directly ahead of him, but he reacted quickly to narrowly avoid disaster.
Haudenschild nearly got the top spot on the ensuing restart as he got a strong launch on the top. Macedo had just enough momentum and muscle to slide ahead of Haudenschild in the first set of corners. And then Kofoid snuck by Haudenschild for the runner-up spot.
The latter half of the race became a story of well-timed or ill-timed cautions depending on who you asked. Macedo enjoyed the yellow lights as each seemed to remove him from heavy traffic when the two behind him were closing. The yellow flag was the last thing Haudenschild and Kofoid wanted to see as they gave Macedo clean air.
With less than 10 laps to go, Haudenschild drove back by Kofoid and closed quickly on Macedo. A wild finish appeared to be in the works, but one last yellow flag again eliminated traffic concerns for Macedo. He nailed one final restart, and that was all she wrote on the path to his third Tom Tarlton Classic win.
“Other than myself, I feel like they’re (Haudenschild and Kofoid) two of the most aggressive drivers on the tour,” Macedo said. “I knew they were going to be coming and coming hard. Little bit more money on the line. Everybody is running a little bit more up in the seat. Just had to switch up my game a little bit. Roll the dice a different direction, make sure they weren’t timing my restarts.”
Haudenschild brought the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing/NOS Energy Drink No. 17 home second to continue his recent consistency. The Wooster, OH native is up to six podiums in the last nine races.
“I was really good the whole race honestly,” Haudenschild said. “It put me behind once Buddy got in front of me and kind of killed my runs there. Overall, I’m really happy with the car. I feel like we made gains on the car all night, and (Kyle) Ripper did a good job there. I was hoping we could stay in traffic there a little bit more. Traffic was really slow and still running the top, and it was pretty exciting.”
Another driver on a hot streak is Buddy Kofoid as he and the Roth Motorsports crew have been firing on all cylinders as of late. The Penngrove, CA native finished third for his seventh straight finish of fourth or better with a 2.3 average finish over that span. If it wasn’t for the cautions, Kofoid felt he could’ve been celebrating a third consecutive victory.
“I just didn’t need any yellows,” Kofoid said. “It’s hard to say if I could’ve got the lead if I would’ve been okay out front. On the short runs, both of them were probably just a little bit better, but I felt like on the long runs like when we’d get to traffic or even before, I felt like I could kind of close back up to them. But I just didn’t quite have the opportunity. Again, I felt really in traffic and thrived in traffic. Just needed to not have a yellow come out.”
D.J. Netto and David Gravel completed the top five.
A 24th to 10th run earned Ryan Bernal the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Bill Balog earned his third career Simpson Quick Time in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One and Three belonged to Buddy Kofoid and Carson Macedo. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Giovanni Scelzi.
Brock Zearfoss won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Tim Kaeding.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car California swing rolls into Bakersfield Speedway on Friday, Sept. 13 before a trip to Merced Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 14 for the Federated Auto Parts Yosemite Showdown. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 4. 88N-DJ Netto[9]; 5. 2-David Gravel[8]; 6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 7. 23-Garet Williamson[17]; 8. 17AU-Jamie Veal[7]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart[20]; 10. 73-Ryan Bernal[24]; 11. 88-Austin McCarl[14]; 12. 15-Donny Schatz[11]; 13. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[19]; 14. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[16]; 15. 29-Bud Kaeding[13]; 16. 57W-Jock Goodyer[6]; 17. 2K-Gauge Garcia[22]; 18. 7S-Landon Crawley[21]; 19. 21-Cole Macedo[12]; 20. 6-Lachy McDonough[15]; 21. 41S-Dominic Scelzi[18]; 22. 12B-Dawson Faria[23]; 23. O-Tim Kaeding[5]; 24. 17B-Bill Balog[10]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
WELCOME HOME: Kofoid Stays Hot with Stockton Score to Kickoff California Swing
The Californian wins on home turf to secure back-to-back victories
STOCKTON, CA (September 6, 2024) - What better place to visit after the biggest win of your Sprint Car career than home?
Such was the case for Michael “Buddy” Kofoid on Friday night as the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car tour rolled into California’s Stockton Dirt Track. Last week the Penngrove, CA native banked $100,000 with a last lap pass at Huset’s Speedway ahead of three straight weeks of racing on home turf.
Momentum and confidence rode with Kofoid into the “Golden State,” and he put together another impressive drive to score back-to-back victories with Roth Motorsports.
It all started with a determined charge in the Toyota Racing Dash. Kofoid started seventh in the eight-lap tilt and wheeled all the way to second to earn a front row starting spot. After near disaster in the NOS Energy Drink Feature when he biked up on two wheels, Kofoid regained composure and slipped by early leader Shane Golobic on Lap 15. He then held on in heavy lapped traffic to secure the checkered flag.
“I didn’t feel great when I took the lead,” Kofoid said. “But I felt good on the bottom. It was just hard to hit. And then with lapped traffic, they’d pull away then I’d pull up, and then they’d pull away again. I was like, ‘Man, the guys behind me are they better than me? Are they catching up to me? What do I need to do better?’ I just decided to stick with running the bottom and try to protect the runs off the bottom.
“Really happy to get another win with the best and to do it in front of a home crowd. I can’t thank Dylan (Buswell), Nate (Knotts), and Gage (Tyra) enough. It’s been a lot of fun these last few weeks. I feel like we’ve gotten our game back. I just want to say hey to Dennis and Teresa Roth. Can’t thank them enough.”
It's the first time in his career that Kofoid has topped two races in a row with The Greatest Show on Dirt. He became the eighth different driver to win with the World of Outlaws at Stockton and fifth Californian to do so. His home state is now the first state where he’s topped a pair of Series races as he adds Stockton to his Placerville triumph from a year ago.
Golobic led the field to green in search of a perfect night after earning Simpson Quick Time, a NOS Energy Drink Heat victory, and the Toyota Dash checkered flag. The driver of the Matt Wood Racing/NOS Energy Drink #17W pulled ahead early and set a strong pace at the front of the field.
The first few cars of traffic didn’t slow Golobic much as he navigated through them. But as the group of cars in front of him grew larger, the gap between himself and Kofoid shrank.
Then the door Kofoid needed opened on Lap 15. As Golobic drifted high out of Turn 2, Kofoid kept the No. 83 glued to the bottom on exit. The grip gave him a run to pull alongside Golobic down the back straightaway. He finished off the move for the lead by sticking the bottom in Turns 3 and 4 and driving ahead out of the corner.
The race was by no means over with Kofoid now in control. The pass lit a fire under Golobic as he looked to rally and reclaim the top spot. The Rocklin, CA driver closed back in several times in the race’s second half.
But ultimately, Kofoid proved to be too fast as he maintained enough of a gap to drive comfortably to a second victory this week with roughly 1,700 miles between the two dirt tracks. And just like the Huset’s glory, a fast, stable Sprint Car led him to Victory Lane.
“I feel like as the runs went on my car got more equal and maybe a little bit better,” Kofoid said. “Just like Huset’s last week, our car can just maneuver so good and doesn’t really know what dirty air is even if you’re going a lot slower pace. It’s still nice to know that your car is not really going to be affected.”
Golobic held on for the runner-up spot to lead the local California contingent. Traffic proved to be the deciding factor as he came up a spot short of his third career World of Outlaws victory but still collected his fifth career podium with the country’s top Sprint Car talent.
“I just think I needed to make better decisions there in traffic, or more aggressive ones I guess,” Golobic said. “You can’t really make any mistakes with these guys. They’re good, and he (Kofoid) pounced on one there. I didn’t know where the 1S was going. Just kind of guessed wrong and got myself hung up. It sucks. You don’t get a lot of opportunities to win an Outlaw show, and I feel like I kind of gave one up there.”
Justin Sanders completed the podium on what was a strong night for the California locals. The Aromas, CA native took the Mittry Racing No. 2X to his fourth Series podium to start the swing in home territory. Like Golobic, struggles in traffic prevented him from putting forth a stronger challenge for victory.
“I don’t really have much to say about the race,” Sanders said. “I just really couldn’t go anywhere with a lapped car in my way for half the race, but we’ll take this third.”
Sheldon Haudenschild and David Gravel completed the top five.
A 24th to 13th run earned Tim Kaeding the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Shane Golobic claimed the first Simpson Quick Time of his career and established a new track record in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Shane Golobic, Bill Balog, and Buddy Kofoid. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to David Gravel
Shane Golobic topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Logan Schuchart won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Garet Williamson.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car California swing rolls into Hanford, CA’s Kings Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 7 for the $21,000-to-win Tom Tarlton Classic. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 2. 17W-Shane Golobic[1]; 3. 2X-Justin Sanders[4]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[12]; 5. 2-David Gravel[6]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 7. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[7]; 8. 41-Carson Macedo[5]; 9. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[13]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz[10]; 11. 21-Cole Macedo[18]; 12. 7S-Landon Crawley[11]; 13. O-Tim Kaeding[24]; 14. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[14]; 15. 88-Austin McCarl[16]; 16. 88N-DJ Netto[22]; 17. 1S-Logan Schuchart[21]; 18. 5V-Colby Copeland[17]; 19. 83T-Tanner Carrick[8]; 20. 88A-Joey Ancona[9]; 21. 73-Ryan Bernal[20]; 22. 23-Garet Williamson[15]; 23. 57W-Jock Goodyer[19]; 24. 41S-Dominic Scelzi[23]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
WHAT IT TAKES: How National Midget Racers, Teams Stay Competitive in 2024
Thomas Meseraull, Jade Avedisian, KKM crew chief Beau Binder shoot on the work, dedication necessary to stay ahead
CONCORD, NC (Sept. 6, 2024) – Nearly 100 years of Midget racing in the United States means nearly 100 years’ worth of evolution, change and other positive advancement for one of dirt track racing’s most exciting disciplines.
They’re still four-cylinder engine cars with four wheels and a driver cockpit, capable of putting on some of the most entertaining programs in motorsports. But with modern-day advancements in technology and season-long points championships, the effort necessary to keep a competitive car on the track, almost year-round, is now at an all-time high.
The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota is the newest organization in the national Midget world and has hosted several different driving, building and coaching talents at its events since its inception in 2022 — all of whom have experienced firsthand each of the elements that go into putting a car into Victory Lane.
Experience Matters
Ask any veteran open-wheel racer in the pit area today and they’ll not be shy in talking about it — Midget racing has changed over the last 25 years.
For better or worse, Midget racing and its constant evolution has given the motorsports world some of the best racing action and most iconic moments. And there’s a reason for that.
“Midgets are always about as exciting as it gets,” said veteran open-wheel racer and multi-time Xtreme Outlaw Series Feature winner, Thomas Meseraull. “That’s because you’ve got these awesome race cars, and they’re a little bit smaller than everybody else like a Stock Car or a Sprint Car, and they’re racing on the same track, so you’ve got way more room to be two, three and four-wide.”
Meseraull, 43, of San Jose, CA, began his professional Midget career in the 1990s and has since established himself as one of the nation’s most experienced open-wheel racers. He’s seen the evolution of the sport firsthand, from equipment and technology upgrades to several different driving talents come through the ranks.
Though he’s now one of the few remaining veterans on the national Midget scene, he recalls his days as an up-and-comer racing against the generational heroes.
“When you went to the national scene, you had to bring your best A-game, for sure,” Meseraull said. “It was (Dave) Darland, Jerry Coons, Jay Drake… it was pretty obvious that the big teams — you had Steve Lewis, and even back then, Keith (Kunz) was one of the veterans of the sport — there were some teams you could tell it wasn’t a family operation, it wasn’t built out of their garage. It was tough in the beginning.”
Racing with his family-owned operation, Meseraull admits he was, at first, more focused on the pavement side of Midget racing over dirt. In turning laps on the asphalt, and through extensive testing sessions at his home tracks in California — including Madera Speedway, Stockton 99 Speedway and Altamont Speedway — he learned the discipline and determination necessary to be competitive, which he still uses to this day on dirt.
“We would test a lot and just try things,” Meseraull said. “I really feel like that kind of put me where I am now, where I’m just open for whatever because that’s kinda how we grew up racing. You buy a car, and you just put every bar package you have in it and see what it does. You put all the springs in it and see what it does. You talk to your neighbor and see what they’re doing. Try to get faster.”
In the dawning of his career at the national level, Meseraull raced with the equipment his family team could bring together. Now piloting a new package for car owner and engine builder Tim Engler, featuring a special-built EA Stealth engine and MF1 Chassis by Farrell FrameWorks, he’s experienced the change in dirt racing technology and the impact it’s had on the racing.
“Even Midget motors were starting to make more power,” Meseraull said. “When I started, the Midget motor I was running made 300 horsepower. Now, they’re making over 400, 420, I think. And that’s kinda changed the way the cars race.
“I think the shock packages and the technology, and the torsion bars and springs have come a long way, and maybe even so the tires. Because the cars didn’t do what they do now. They’ve really figured out how to make these dirt cars have so much grip in the middle of the corner, where back then, they didn’t, and it was kind of just… the bravest man wins.”
Not only have the cars changed, so have the tracks they race on. The 2000 USAC National Midget Series schedule featured 23 completed events on both dirt and asphalt — only seven of which were on tracks of less than a half-mile in length. Fast forward to 2024, and it’s rare to see a single half-mile track on any of the three national touring Midget schedules.
“Nowadays, the big tracks are harder on equipment, motors, and (are) more dangerous,” Meseraull said. “Things have definitely gotten to smaller tracks, which probably made the racing a little more aggressive too because the risks aren’t as big on some of these smaller tracks. But it seems like the racing is at a high either way.”
The route in which most of national championship contenders take into the sport has changed as well. While several of the sport’s most historic names began in Quarter Midgets — including inaugural Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series champion Zach Daum — much of the new wave of youth sweeping the sport was brought into Midget racing an entirely different way.
“It’s impressive how Micros and Outlaw Karts can really hone a driver,” Meseraull said. “Keith (Kunz) has a Micro program and Chad Boat has a Micro program, and those guys are at the Micro races and can see the kids that have potential and bring them into the next round and bring them in right away in good equipment. Stuff that’s capable of winning.”
Lessons in Laps and Life
From the most experienced veterans to the newest rookies, time in the seat is invaluable at the professional level. The more laps driven in the car — any car — the shorter the learning curve.
Reigning Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series champion Jade Avedisian is getting more laps in more cars than she thought possible in 2024 after signing a multi-year agreement with Toyota Racing’s driver development program after clinching her first national Midget series championship last fall.
This year, the 17-year-old from Clovis, CA, is taking on the entire Toyota GR Cup Series schedule, piloting a Toyota GR-86 car on a nationwide tour consisting of 14 races at some of the country’s famed asphalt road courses. She said it’s been an onslaught of new racing information far different than what she applies to Midget racing.
“An asphalt car or a road course car — you have to have a lot of patience,” Avedisian said. “The simple race craft is a lot different. I feel like when you go get in the Midget, yeah, you have to have patience at some points, but for the most part it’s as hard as you can go for 30 laps.”
While she’s been developing her skills outside the Midget world, Avedisian’s not been shy about staying active on the dirt. In both 2023 and 2024, she’s taken to the 1/6-mile red clay oval of Millbridge Speedway multiple times in the track’s weekly events for Micro Sprints — the division in which she first made headlines in after winning several marquee events in 2020 and 2021.
After being discovered by CB Industries team owner Chad Boat, Avedisian set sail on her Midget career and signed with Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) for the 2023 season, where she joined several teammates who also came from the Micro Sprint ranks.
“I’ve always said this, but I think it’s hard to beat someone with a lot of experience and a lot of laps,” Avedisian said. “You can take Gavin Miller, for example, during Mid-America Midget Week — he ran the Micro and the Midget in the same nights, and he said it’s helped.”
While both drivers saw new heights of success in 2023 — Avedisian with five wins and a national championship; Miller with two wins and a third-place championship finish — both were separated from the KKM crew chiefs they worked with throughout the season. Together, they formed bonds that made them more successful than the sum of their individual abilities — another crucial attribute of successful Midget racers.
“Last year, I clicked with the team from weekend one,” Avedisian said. “Times have changed; my crew chief left last year and I’m now working with a different group of guys, but it’s the same thing.
“It’s whoever can build the best relationship the fastest. Honestly, whatever crew chief and driver clicks the best is who’s gonna do the best.”
In racing with her new teammates and crew members at several new tracks across the country, Avedisian and her life have never been the same since breaking through in the motorsports world with her first Midget win in 2022. She’s since moved out to Mooresville, NC, to be closer to the Toyota Racing family and get access to their amenities and receive direct coaching on her lifestyle to help improve her game at the track.
“I’m grateful that my family was able to move me out to North Carolina full-time,” Avedisian said. “My family has probably sacrificed more than I have. I’m not with them all the time, and I’m sure that’s hard on my parents.”
Most 17-year-old kids don’t get to live a life anything like Avedisian’s. She admits it’s been a thrill ride that’s only getting started but knows the sacrifices she and her family have had to make for her to be in her position. What were once math tests, homework and after school athletics are now midweek track walks, morning meetings with fitness trainers and late nights at dirt ovals in the Midwest.
And she wouldn’t trade it for anything.
“My life is definitely very different than your average 17 or 18-year-old kid,” Avedisian said. “But I can’t really complain; this is obviously what I want to do.”
A Strong Team
From Feature events to season-long points championships, staying consistently competitive in Midget racing takes a team of dedicated professionals behind every driver, armed with the right equipment and knowledge of both car and track.
For the past 25 years, few teams have been able to match the preparedness and professionalism shown at Midget racing’s most dominant team – Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM). Led in part by veteran crew chief Beau Binder — now in his 20th year with KKM — the Texas native and former Sprint Car/Micro Sprint racer has applied his knowledge of fabrication, team management, car setup and driving experience to become one of the team’s most valuable players next to co-owner Keith Kunz.
With upwards of five cars racing at any event on the team’s calendar, Binder has helped to develop and manage the team’s weekly maintenance routine. With multiple different car chiefs, tire specialists and other crew members in the shop and at the track, KKM has improved their process over the years as their driver roster grows.
“That’s one of the big things, just trying to make everything manageable,” Binder said. “We’ve got so many cars, so many guys, so many hands, everything that we’ve got a torque spec for. That’s the biggest thing — getting our checklist reset for the week and then going through and making sure that motor milage, valve spring mileage, driveline mileage, all the things we need to check on a regular basis gets done on all these cars.”
Like any extensive process, the maintenance checklist — which Binder keeps on a large Google Sheet, accessible to all members of the team — starts with a single step after a race weekend.
“Once the first car’s done being washed, one of us will go over, get the water blown off, get it all WD-ed and bring it back inside — that’s when we start our post-wash maintenance that all gets done the first day,” Binder said. “We oil the cylinders, blow out the torsion tubes, grease our bird cage bearings, our spindles, things like that.”
While most Midget teams service only one or two cars after a race weekend, KKM works on five-to-eight cars during the regular season and has prepared as many as 15 to bring to the marquee Chili Bowl Nationals event in January. These cars, while well-built with top-of-the-line parts and materials, can sometimes get damaged and also require repair or more in-depth inspection.
“Lately, we’ve been running closer to seven or eight cars, and with that, the driveline mileage and motor mileage is all kind of — we try not to get to where everything is needing changed at the same time,” Binder said. “So, every week, we’re gonna have at least one that needs a motor swapped or driveline gone through.”
While reliable equipment is crucial to success on the national circuit, Binder indicated that coachable drivers and the rapport they develop with the crew is the element that wins not only the races, but the season-long championships as well.
“All of our crew guys and crew chiefs — they’re all reliable,” Binder said. “I feel like it’s really the bond they build with the crew chief that gives them that confidence.
“You see Cannon and Ryan right now — their confidence gets so high that a lot of times, it’s not even necessarily about the setup, it’s about them being confident that the car is capable, and they go make it happen.”
With 17 national Midget series championships in the trophy room, KKM has seen more than its fair share of driving talent come through the walls of its Columbus, IN-based headquarters over the years — all of whom have become better drivers because of the team around them.
“You look at Keith and Cannon and the relationship they’ve built, and we had Kaz Townsend work with Brenham Crouch when they won the POWRi championship, Brandon Selph work with Gavin Miller and they ended up second in the Xtreme points,” Binder said. “I’ve always felt like I’ve had a good relationship with Taylor (Reimer) and Ryan (Timms), and I had Kaylee Bryson and Bryant Wiedeman when we won the POWRi championship.
“I just feel like this group — we know what the goal is, we know what the job is. But at the same time, everybody’s still human. We’re able to build these good relationships with these kids where they always end up with that confidence no matter who they’re with.”
The New Era
Since the turn of the decade, a new generation of Midget racers have taken center stage on the national circuit. The Oklahoma Micro Sprint scene has produced several of today’s Midget frontrunners, including Cannon McIntosh, Daison Pursley, Ryan Timms, and recent graduates Taylor Reimer and Kaylee Bryson.
The Xtreme Outlaw Series has been a proving ground for several of these names, and in 2024 features another championship points battle as the season nears its conclusion. McIntosh and Timms account for nine of the 20 Feature event wins this season, and with only four races left, the two are separated by 133 points.
The two KKM teammates have been in the spotlight of national Midget racing for the past several seasons, learning from both the veteran crew members and drivers in the efforts to hone their own skills. What comes out of their hard work will be on full display as the Xtreme Outlaw Series wraps-up its 2024 campaign with the final four races in Illinois — Southern Illinois Raceway (Sept. 13); Highland Speedway (Sept. 14); Jacksonville Speedway (Oct. 4-5).
Tickets for the Xtreme Outlaw Series event at Southern Illinois Raceway are on sale in advance at the link below. If you can’t be at the track to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series is brought to fans by important sponsors and partners, including: DIRTVision (Official Live Broadcast Partner), Toyota (Title sponsor of the Midgets Series), Racing Electronics (Official Radio Supplier) and SIS Insurance (Official Insurance Provider). Other partners include: TJ Forged and Whitz Racing Products.
1 MONTH ALERT: Xtreme Outlaw Midget 2024 Championship to be Determined at Jacksonville Speedway, Oct. 4-5
JACKSONVILLE, IL (Sept. 6, 2024) – A new Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota champion will be crowned at Jacksonville Speedway in October.
The two-day Ron Milton Race of Champions, Friday-Saturday, Oct. 4-5, will serve as the championship finale for the Xtreme Outlaw Midgets – presenting a $30,000 check to this year’s title winner.
Before then, drivers will battle for a $4,000 payday on Friday and then a $5,000 top prize on Saturday.
The Series has made two visits to the 1/4-mile dirt track, so far. Reigning Series champion Jade Avedisian won the Series’ debut race at the track in 2022 and Karter Sarff made a late race pass on Cannon McIntosh to score the win last year.
McIntosh is the current Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series points leader, looking for redemption this year after leading the points most of last year before falling out of the top-three in the last few races of the season. He holds a more than 100-point lead over Ryan Timms going into the two-day Illinois race weekend in September – Southern Illinois Raceway (Friday, Sept. 13) and Highland Speedway (Saturday, Sept. 14).
In his two Series starts at Jacksonville, McIntosh has finished fourth and second. He also has two wins at the track with POWRi. Timms has yet to run with the Xtreme Outlaw Midgets at Jacksonville, but did win a 410 Sprint Car race there last year.
EVENT INFO
Date – Friday-Saturday, Oct. 4-5
Location – Jacksonville, IL
Times (CT) –
Pit Gate Opens: 4 p.m.
Grandstands Open: 5:30 p.m.
Tickets – Available HERE.
Last Race Video Recap (Sept. 15, 2023) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOyyDThIPtc
Previous Xtreme Outlaw winners at Jacksonville –
2023 – Karter Sarff on Sept. 15
2022 – Jade Avedisian on June 26
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Three-Week California Stretch Kicks Off with Trips to Stockton, Kings
A return to Stockton starts the Golden State stay before the $21,000-to-win Tom Tarlton Classic
STOCKTON, CA (September 4, 2024) - The time has come for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car tour to venture west.
After wrapping up a major money Labor Day weekend at Huset’s Speedway, teams are trucking across the continental divide amid a 1,700-plus mile drive into California for a three-week stay in the “Golden State.”
First up is a return to Stockton Dirt Track on Friday, Sept. 6, after a five-year absence from the central valley oval. Stockton is ready to welcome the country’s best Sprint Car drivers since being reconfigured over the off-season.
Then, it’s south to Hanford, CA where Kings Speedway is ready to host The Greatest Show on Dirt for the 38th time. The Tom Tarlton Classic offers up a $21,000 payday to the winner as a nod to the iconic car owner’s number on his famous matte black Sprint Car.
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Let’s look at the weekend’s top storylines:
CALIFORNIA OUTLAWS: Three weeks in California means three weeks at home for a trio of current full-time World of Outlaws competitors.
Currently conquering his sixth year on tour, Lemoore, CA’s Carson Macedo is the longest tenured of the three. He’s never won at Stockton but owns a few podiums there with the Northern Auto Racing Club (NARC) and a World of Outlaws top five (2018). Saturday’s trip to Kings is always special for Macedo as the race honors his family member and a foundational figure in his career, Tom Tarlton. The Jason Johnson Racing pilot topped the first two runnings of the event for a pair of his four overall victories at the Hanford, CA oval.
Series sophomore Giovanni Scelzi also hails from the central valley, calling Fresno, CA home. The last time he visited Stockton, Scelzi swept a pair of Sprint Car Challenge Tour (SCCT) races in one weekend. The driver of the KCP Racing No. 18 will seek his first win at Kings as his best outing there is a 2020 runner-up in Kings of Thunder Sprint Car action.
Michael “Buddy” Kofoid completes the west coast trio. The town of Penngrove, nestled between Napa Valley and the Pacific Coast, is where Kofoid comes from. He’s fresh off banking $100,000 at Huset’s with Roth Motorsports. The pairing claimed a NARC race at Stockton last November. His best finish at Kings is fifth with SCCT in 2018.
CENTRAL VALLEY SHARK: The two tracks on the agenda this weekend have treated Logan Schuchart kindly over the years.
Courtesy of a win in September of 2019, Schuchart rolls into the weekend as the most recent victor at Stockton. That same season he claimed the spring visit as well with the Shark Racing team. A win on Friday would both equal him with Donny Schatz as the winningest Series driver at Stockton and make him the first to top three in a row.
The Hanover, PA native also owns a pair of Kings checkered flags. He put together a remarkable drive from 19th to victory in 2017. And then, in 2022, Schuchart topped the Tom Tarlton Classic with a charge from 10th. He’s only led a combined five laps at Kings but come away with two triumphs. A third on Saturday would put him alongside Stevie Smith and Danny Lasoski as the third winningest driver at the 3/8 mile.
NIGHTMARE MAKING NOISE: Things are clicking right now for Bill Balog as he navigates the second half of his rookie World of Outlaws campaign with his family-owned team.
He’s strung together five consecutive top 10 finishes, his longest streak so far of 2024. Three of those results were within the top five including a podium on the big stage of the High Bank Nationals finale this past Saturday.
While many tracks have been new to Balog this year, the “North Pole Nightmare” does have some laps at the two California tracks ahead. He’s been in the top five at Stockton on three occasions all aboard a Clayton Snow entry. Snow also put him in a car for three races at Kings in the past.
SHAKING THE SLUMP: Five consecutive top 10s isn’t a slump for most drivers and teams, but most teams aren’t David Gravel and Big Game Motorsports.
Gravel’s best finish over the past five races is a sixth at River Cities Speedway, marking his longest stretch outside the top five during what’s been a remarkable 2024. He still holds a healthy 110-point lead over Donny Schatz in the standings but shaking the current slump will help provide extra security.
The last time Gravel visited Stockton he scored a personal best third-place run. Friday will be his first Stockton trip with the Big Game crew. He’s a former winner at Kings, charging from seventh to victory with Jason Johnson Racing in 2019.
CALI CLIQUE: California is ready to send its strong contingent of locals to the national scene with hopes of defending home turf this weekend. The west coasters always put up a good fight when The Greatest Show on Dirt comes to town.
Justin Sanders has established himself as one of California’s top talents, and he’s hungry to add a World of Outlaws win to the résumé with Mittry Racing. The Aromas, CA native has already won twice at Stockton this year – once apiece with NARC and SCCT. His Kings accomplishments include a NARC victory last year and an eighth with the World of Outlaws in 2022.
Dominic Scelzi is another potent left coaster eying his first Series triumph. Gio’s brother has plenty of success at both tracks with a 410 under the hood, beating NARC three times at Stockton and five times at Kings. Scelzi podiumed last year in Hanford with the World of Outlaws.
Shane Golobic is already a two-time Series winner – 2013 at Antioch and 2019 at Placerville. The Rocklin, CA driver owns several Stockton scores wheeling both Sprint Cars and Midgets. He’s also topped NARC at Kings.
Before he joins the World of Outlaws tour next year with TwoC Racing, Cole Macedo eyes his first Series win during the California swing with Tarlton Motorsports. The pairing already visited Stockton Victory Lane earlier this year and topped Kings in the latter half of 2023.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday, Sept. 6 at Stockton Dirt Track in Stockton, CA
Saturday, Sept. 7 at Kings Speedway in Hanford, CA
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (51/70 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (6906 PTS)
2. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 (-110 PTS)
3. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-114 PTS)
4. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing No. 18 (-222 PTS)
5. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-282 PTS)
6. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-332 PTS)
7. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-340 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports No. 17B (-812 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing No. 3Z (-1062 PTS)
10. Kraig Kinser – Premier Motorsports No. 70 (-1346 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (16 Drivers):
13 Wins – David Gravel
8 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
7 Wins – Carson Macedo
4 Wins – Donny Schatz
3 Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, Kyle Larson
2 Wins – Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu, Michael Kofoid
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Brent Marks, Brady Bacon, Corey Day, Logan Schuchart, James McFadden, T.J. Stutts
FEATURE LAPS LED (24 Drivers):
338 Laps – Carson Macedo
317 Laps – David Gravel
178 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
177 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
132 Laps – Donny Schatz
97 Laps – Kyle Larson
75 Laps – Rico Abreu
65 Laps – Michael Kofoid
49 Laps – Logan Schuchart
44 Laps – James McFadden
36 Laps – Emerson Axsom
34 Laps – Brady Bacon
29 Laps – Chase Randall
25 Laps – Brad Sweet, T.J. Stutts
15 Laps – Ryan Timms, Tyler Courtney
13 Laps – Anthony Macri
11 Laps – Bill Balog
9 Laps – Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day
4 Laps – Hunter Schuerenberg
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Kalib Henry
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (17 Drivers):
10 Quick Times – Carson Macedo
9 Quick Times – David Gravel
7 Quick Times – Sheldon Haudenschild
4 Quick Times – Giovanni Scelzi, Michael Kofoid
3 Quick Times – Brent Marks
2 Quick Times – Daryn Pittman, Donny Schatz, Landon Crawley
1 Quick Time – Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Cory Eliason, Brock Zearfoss, Rico Abreu, Chase Dietz, Matt Juhl, Emerson Axsom
HEAT RACE WINNERS (49 Drivers):
26 Heat Wins – David Gravel
25 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
23 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
17 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi
14 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid
9 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu, Logan Schuchart, Donny Schatz
7 Heat Wins – Brock Zearfoss
5 Heat Wins – Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, Bill Balog
3 Heat Wins – Daryn Pittman, Garet Williamson, Kaleb Johnson
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown, Landon Crawley, Corey Day, Kyle Larson, Anthony Macri, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Austin McCarl, Aaron Reutzel, Emerson Axsom, Scott Bogucki, Chase Randall
1 Heat Win – Justin Peck, Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Danny Sams III, Tim Shaffer, Nick Omdahl, Brad Sweet, Spencer Bayston, Brady Bacon, Parker Price-Miller, Chase Dietz, T.J. Stutts, Kelby Watt, Jamie Ball, Hunter Schuerenberg, Tasker Phillips, Ayrton Gennetten, Tanner Holmes, Kasey Kahne, Cole Macedo, Cale Thomas, Dusty Zomer, Andy Pake
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (60 Drivers):
36 Dashes – David Gravel
35 Dashes – Carson Macedo
32 Dashes – Sheldon Haudenschild
31 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi
24 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
20 Dashes – Donny Schatz
18 Dashes – Logan Schuchart
13 Dashes – Bill Balog
10 Dashes – Brock Zearfoss
9 Dashes – Rico Abreu
7 Dashes – Landon Crawley, Brent Marks
6 Dashes – Tyler Courtney, Emerson Axsom
5 Dashes – Corey Day, Aaron Reutzel, Garet Williamson
4 Dashes – Brian Brown, Brady Bacon, Anthony Macri
3 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Daryn Pittman, Justin Peck, James McFadden
2 Dashes – Cole Duncan, Cole Macedo, Kalib Henry, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Parker Price-Miller, Chase Dietz, Ayrton Gennetten, Scott Bogucki
1 Dash – Zeb Wise, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Logan McCandless, Skylar Gee, Kody Hartlaub, Tim Shaffer, T.J. Michael, Craig Mintz, Brandon Spithaler, Sye Lynch, Cale Thomas, Kaleb Johnson, Nick Omdahl, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Kraig Kinser, Troy Wagaman Jr., T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Jacob Allen, Lance Dewease, Kelby Watt, Will Armitage, Dusty Zomer, Andy Pake
MICRO-LITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (41 Drivers):
3 LCS Wins – Bill Balog, Anthony Macri, Landon Crawley, Garet Williamson
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless, Brock Zearfoss
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace Park, Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brandon Rahmer, David Gravel, Nate Dussel, Cole Macedo, Zeth Sabo, Brooke Tatnell, Donny Schatz, Brent Marks, Cory Eliason, Kerry Madsen, Creed Kemenah, Joel Myers Jr., Hunter Schuerenberg, Kody Hartlaub, Lucas Wolfe, Larry Wight, Kyle Larson, Jesse Attard, Dusty Zomer, Chris Windom, Ayrton Gennetten, Brad Sweet, Kelby Watt, Scott Bogucki, Mark Dobmeier, Scott Winters, Christopher Thram
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (31 Drivers):
8 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz
6 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart
3 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo, Michael Kofoid
2 Hard Chargers – Aaron Reutzel, Cale Thomas, Danny Dietrich, Garet Williamson, Emerson Axsom
1 Hard Charger – Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild, Landon Crawley, Sye Lynch, Bill Balog, Scotty Neitzel, Brent Marks, Larry Wight, Anthony Macri, James McFadden, Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day, Tim Kaeding, Tim Estenson, David Gravel
PODIUM FINISHES (25 Drivers):
27 Podiums – David Gravel
24 Podiums – Carson Macedo
19 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild
17 Podiums – Donny Schatz
16 Podiums – Michael Kofoid
8 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
6 Podiums – Kyle Larson
5 Podiums – Rico Abreu
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet, Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, Bill Balog
2 Podiums – Aaron Reutzel, Logan Schuchart, Justin Peck, James McFadden, Corey Day, Emerson Axsom
1 Podium – Anthony Macri, Brady Bacon, Cole Macedo, Parker Price-Miller, Ryan Timms, T.J. Stutts, Chase Randall
TOP 10 FINISHES (72 Drivers):
46 Top 10s – David Gravel
44 Top 10s – Giovanni Scelzi
43 Top 10s – Donny Schatz
41 Top 10s – Michael Kofoid, Carson Macedo
39 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart
36 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
25 Top 10s – Bill Balog
14 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss
10 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney
9 Top 10s – Rico Abreu
8 Top 10s – Brent Marks, Brad Sweet, James McFadden, Anthony Macri, Garet Williamson
7 Top 10s – Aaron Reutzel
6 Top 10s – Kyle Larson, Corey Day, Emerson Axsom
5 Top 10s – Brian Brown, Ryan Timms
4 Top 10s – Cole Macedo, Landon Crawley, Brady Bacon, Justin Peck, Chase Randall
3 Top 10s – Cole Duncan, Skylar Gee, Zeb Wise, Danny Dietrich, Jacob Allen, Scott Bogucki
2 Top 10s – Kraig Kinser, Cale Thomas, Parker Price-Miller, Cory Eliason, Chase Dietz, Troy Wagaman Jr., Daryn Pittman, Ayrton Gennetten, Kerry Madsen, Tim Kaeding
1 Top 10 – Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Chris Windom, Joe B. Miller, Scotty Milan, Brandon Spithaler, Kalib Henry, Tim Shaffer, Zane DeVault, Sye Lynch, Travis Philo, Trey Jacobs, Scotty Thiel, Mark Dobmeier, Kaleb Johnson, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Landon Brooks, Greg Wilson, Spencer Bayston, Daison Pursley, Devon Borden, T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Lance Dewease, Stewart Friesen, Jordan Poirier, Larry Wight, Andy Pake
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / David Gravel (6)
20. Fri, May 17 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Michael Kofoid (1)
21. Sat, May 18 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / David Gravel (7)
22. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / David Gravel (8)
23. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
24. Mon, May 27 / Fremont Speedway / Fremont, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
25. Fri, May 31 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (6)
26. Fri, June 7 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Giovanni Scelzi (2)
27. Sat, June 8 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Sheldon Haudenschild (7)
28. Fri, June 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (9)
29. Sat, June 15 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Corey Day (1)
30. Wed, June 19 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Tyler Courtney (2)
31. Sat, June 29 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Logan Schuchart (1)
32. Wed, July 10 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Giovanni Scelzi (3)
33. Fri, July 12 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Carson Macedo (3)
34. Sat, July 13 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Donny Schatz (3)
35. Tues, July 16 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / David Gravel (10)
36. Fri, July 19 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (2)
37. Sat, July 20 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (11)
38. Wed, July 24 / BAPS Motor Speedway / York Haven, PA / James McFadden (1)
39. Fri, July 26 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / T.J. Stutts (1)
40. Sat, July 27 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / David Gravel (12)
41. Sun, July 28 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / David Gravel (13)
42. Fri, Aug 2 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (1)
43. Sat, Aug 3 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (2)
44. Sat, Aug 10 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Kyle Larson (3)
45. Fri, Aug 16 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Carson Macedo (4)
46. Sat, Aug 17 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Donny Schatz (4)
47. Fri, Aug 23 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Carson Macedo (5)
48. Sat, Aug 24 / Red River Valley Speedway / West Fargo, ND / Carson Macedo (6)
49. Fri, Aug 30 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Sheldon Haudenschild (8)
50. Sat, Aug 31 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Carson Macedo (7)
51. Sun, Sept 1 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (2)
For the remaining 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car schedule, CLICK HERE.
1 MONTH ALERT: National Open Presents $75,000-to-win Outlaw Versus PA Posse Battle
World of Outlaws
October brings another crown jewel event for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series with the Weis Markets National Open presented by Sage Fruit.
The two-day event, Friday-Saturday, Oct. 4-5, also pits the World of Outlaws and local Pennsylvania Posse in a duel for Saturday’s $75,000-to-win finale.
Pennsylvania’s own Brent Marks scored his second triumph in the event last year and became the fourth consecutive different winner since 2020. The PA Posse have claimed victory in the marquee event the last two years as Lance Dewease, of Fayetteville, PA, won it for the fifth time.
Ten-time World of Outlaws champion Donny Schatz has the most National Open titles of active drivers with six. His last came in 2020 which is also his last Series win at Williams Grove.
Carson Macedo still holds the title as the last World of Outlaws driver to win a National Open title. He scored his victory in 2021, which was his second Series win at the famed 1/2-mile track.
Current Series points leader David Gravel is the last driver to win a World of Outlaws race at Williams Grove after winning the Summer Nationals in July – his ninth World of Outlaws win at the dirt track.
Gravel was denied victory the night before by TJ Stutts, of Liverpool, PA, who scored his first World of Outlaws victory. He also has three wins at the track this year.
Freddie Rahmer, of Salfordville, PA, is the current points leader at Williams Grove with one victory, so far. He’ll be poised to join his father, Fred Rahmer, as a National Open champion. Fred scored his title in 2013.
EVENT INFO
Date – Friday-Saturday, Oct. 4-5
Location – Mechanicsburg, PA
Track Record – 16.089 sec. by TJ Stutts on April 8, 2023
Times (ET) –
Pit Gate Opens: 4 p.m.
Grandstands Open: 5 p.m.
Hot Laps: 7 p.m.
-Opening Ceremonies & Racing to follow
Tickets – Available HERE.
How to Watch – Can’t make it? Watch every lap live on DIRTVision.
Last Race Video Recap (July 27, 2024) –
Previous World of Outlaws winners at Williams Grove –
2024 – T.J. Stutts on July 26, David Gravel on July 27
2023 – Brad Sweet on May 12, Logan Schuchart on July 21, Rico Abreu on July 22, Brad Sweet on Sept. 29, Brent Marks on Sept. 30
2022 – Brent Marks on May 14, Lance Dewease on July 22, Sept. 30 & Oct. 22, Brad Sweet on July 23
2021 –Carson Macedo on May 14, Aaron Reutzel on May 15, Sheldon Haudenschild on July 23, Brent Marks on July 24, Kyle Larson on Oct. 1, Carson Macedo on Oct. 2
2020 – Shane Stewart on July 24, David Gravel on July 25, David Gravel on Oct. 2, Donny Schatz on Oct. 3
2019 – David Gravel on May 17, Lance Dewease on May 18, Tim Shaffer on July 26, Donny Schatz on July 27, David Gravel on Oct. 4, Brent Marks on Oct. 5
2018 – Lance Dewease on July 20, Gio Scelzi on Sept. 28, Lance Dewease on Sept. 29,
2017 – David Gravel on May 19, Shane Stewart on May 20, Brock Zearfoss on July 21, Greg Hodnett on Sept. 28 (makeup from 7/22), David Gravel on Sept. 28, James McFadden on Sept. 29, David Gravel on Sept. 30
2016 – Lance Dewease on May 20, Daryn Pittman on July 22, Lance Dewease on July 23, Danny Dietrich on Oct. 14
2015 – Donny Schatz on May 15, Danny Dietrich on July 24, Stevie Smith on July 25, Stevie Smith on Oct. 4
2014 – Daryn Pittman on May 16, Daryn Pittman on May 17, Greg Hodnett on July 18, Lance Dewease on July 19, David Gravel on Oct. 4
2013 – Donny Schatz on May 17, Donny Schatz on July 20, Don Kreitz Jr. on Oct. 4, Fred Rahmer on Oct. 5
2012 – Fred Rahmer on May 11, Steve Kinser on May 12, Cody Darrah on July 21, Paul McMahan on Sept. 28, Donny Schatz on Sept. 29
2011 – Daryn Pittman on May 13, Greg Hodnett on July 22, Jason Meyers on July 23, Jason Meyers on Sept. 30, Jason Meyers on Oct. 7
2010 – Chad Layton on May 13, Fred Rahmer on May 14, Lance Dewease on July 23, Greg Hodnett on July 24, Greg Hodnett on Oct. 1, Sammy Swindell on Oct. 2
2009 – Greg Hodnett on May 14, Greg Hodnett on July 24, Greg Hodnett on Oct. 3, Cody Darrah on Oct. 3 (Completion of July 25 event)
2008 – Steve Kinser on May 15, Daryn Pittman on July 18, Donny Schatz on July 19
2007 – Donny Schatz on May 17, Donny Schatz on May 18, Donny Schatz on July 19, Brian Leppo on July 20, Donny Schatz on July 21, Donny Schatz on Sept. 29
2006 – Fred Rahmer on May 26, Fred Rahmer on May 27, Terry McCarl on July 20, Craig Dollansky on July 21, Daryn Pittman on July 22, Jason Solwold on Sept. 29, Doug Esh on Sept. 30
2005 – Craig Dollansky on May 26, Steve Kinser on May 27, Jason Johnson on July 21, Paul McMahan on July 23, Fred Rahmer on July 23, Donny Schatz on Oct. 1
2004 – Fred Rahmer on May 27, Don Kreitz Jr. on May 28, Lance Dewease on July 23, Danny Lasoski on July 24, Mark Smith on Oct. 1, Donny Schatz on Oct. 2
2003 – Don Kreitz, Jr. on July 24, Donny Schatz on July 25, Donny Schatz on July 26, Donny Schatz on Oct. 3, Steve Kinser on Oct. 4
2002 – Steve Kinser on May 16, Danny Lasoski on July 25, Joey Saldana on July 26, Greg Hodnett on July 27, Lance Dewease on Sept. 28
2001 – Donny Schatz on May 17, Donny Schatz on July 26 (completed May 18 event), Donny Schatz on July 26, Don Kreitz Jr., on July 27, Tim Shaffer on Sept. 28, Lance Dewease on Sept. 29
2000 – Mark Kinser on May 18, Fred Rahmer on May 19, Lance Dewease on July 27, Sammy Swindell on July 29, Steve Kinser on Sept. 29, Donny Schatz on Sept. 30
1999 – Mark Kinser on May 27, Steve Kinser on May 28, Mark Kinser on July 29, Mark Kinser on July 30, Cris Eash on Oct. 1, Mark Kinser on Oct. 2
1998 – Mark Kinser on May 21, Johnny Herrera on May 22, Stevie Smith on May 29, Kevin Gobrecht on July 31, Mark Kinser on Oct. 2
1997 – Sammy Swindell on May 22, Mark Kinser on May 23, Jac Haudenschild on May 30, Mark Kinser on July 31, Mark Kinser on Aug. 1, Sammy Swindell on Oct. 3, Sammy Swindell on Oct. 4
1996 – Johnny Herrera on May 24, Mark Kinser on May 25, Steve Kinser on May 31, Steve Kinser on Aug. 1, Mark Kinser on Aug. 2, Lance Dewease on Oct. 4, Lance Dewease on Oct. 5
1995 – Steve Kinser on May 26, Dave Blaney on Aug. 3, Mark Kinser on Aug. 4, Mark Kinser on Sept. 29, Mark Kinser on Sept. 30
1994 – Dave Blaney on May 26, Steve Kinser on May 27, Andy Hillenburg on June 3, Jeff Swindell on Aug. 4, Sammy Swindell on Aug. 5, Lance Dewease on Sept. 30, Steve Kinser on Oct. 1
1993 – Dave Blaney on May 27, Don Kreitz Jr., on May 28, Dave Blaney on June 4, Steve Kinser on Aug. 5, Steve Kinser on Oct. 1, Don Kreitz Jr. on Oct. 3
1992 – Mark Kinser on May 21, Don Kreitz Jr., on May 22, Don Kreitz Jr., on May 29, Steve Kinser on July 30, Steve Kinser on July 31, Keith Kauffman on Oct. 2, Steve Kinser on Oct. 3
1991 – Steve Kinser on May 23, Steve Kinser on May 24, Sammy Swindell on May 31, Mark Kinser on Aug. 1, Steve Kinser on Aug. 2, Sammy Swindell on Oct. 4, Stevie Smith on Oct. 6
1990 – Steve Kinser on May 24, Steve Kinser on May 25, Sammy Swindell on June 1, Steve Kinser on Aug. 2, Steve Kinser on Aug. 3, Steve Kinser on Sept. 28, Steve Kinser on Sept. 29
1989 – Bobby Allen on May 25, Sammy Swindell on May 26, Bobby Allen on June 2, Bobby Davis Jr., on July 27, Bobby Davis Jr., on July 28, Stevie Smith on Sept. 29, Stevie Smith on Sept. 30
1988 – Bobby Davis, Jr. on May 26, Bobby Davis Jr., on May 27, Mark Kinser on June 3, Cris Eash on July 28, Steve Kinser on July 29
1987 – Ron Shuman on May 21, Steve Kinser on May 22, Steve Kinser on May 29, Steve Kinser on July 30, Steve Kinser on July 31
1986 – Doug Wolfgang on May 22, Doug Wolfgang on May 23, Bobby Allen on May 30, Jac Haudenschild on July 31, Bobby Allen on Aug. 1
1985 – Keith Kauffman on May 24, Steve Kinser on May 31, Sammy Swindell on Aug. 1, Doug Wolfgang on Aug. 2
1984 – Steve Kinser on May 24, Steve Kinser on May 25, Sammy Swindell on Aug. 1, Brad Doty on Aug. 2, Steve Kinser on Aug. 3
1983 – Bobby Davis, Jr. on May 26, Bobby Davis Jr., on May 27, Steve Kinser on Aug. 4, Sammy Swindell on Aug. 5
1982 – Sammy Swindell on May 13, Bobby Allen on May 14, Bobby Allen on May 21
1981 – Steve Kinser on June 5, Steve Kinser on June 12
1980 – Sammy Swindell on May 16, Bill Stief on July 25, Keith Kauffman on July 26
1979 – Lynn Paxton on July 27
1978 – Kramer Williamson on Sept. 24
REDEMPTION: Kofoid Scores Biggest Win of Career in Huset’s High Bank Nationals Thriller
Kofoid takes the Roth Motorsports No. 83 to a $100,000 payday, sealing it with a last lap crossover on Carson Macedo
BRANDON, SD (September 1, 2024) - Michael “Buddy” Kofoid entered this year’s BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals presented by Menards with one thing on his mind – redemption.
Last year’s edition served up the ultimate heartbreak. After leading every lap from the drop of the green in 2023, mechanical woes with 10 laps remaining ended his chances at a six-figure payday. The Penngrove, CA native was forced to watch the final laps from the infield as David Gravel celebrated what could’ve been the biggest day of Kofoid’s career.
Needless to say, he was motivated heading to Huset’s this Labor Day weekend, and he got the redemption he was looking for and a huge paycheck to go with it.
Kofoid started second in the 40-lap NOS Energy Drink Feature aboard the Roth Motorsports No. 83 and went to work on tracking down pole-sitter Carson Macedo. He snatched the lead on Lap 24, gave it back up, and then reclaimed it on the 30th circuit. It all came down to a last lap that’ll go down in the history books. Macedo threw a Hail Mary slider in the final set of corners, but Kofoid had the speed he needed to cross him over and beat him to the line for $100,000.
In Victory Lane Kofoid climbed all the way atop the wing of the Roth ride as the huge crowd roared. Emotion overwhelmed the celebration. From devastation to jubilation. He’d done it. A victory he’ll cherish forever and a huge payday.
“I’m so glad we just won this race. Redemption from last year,” Kofoid said. “I’m so blessed to be driving this car. This is for Dennis and Teresa (Roth). Man, I don’t even know. One hundred thousand, that’s a lot of money, but just to win another Outlaw race is awesome. I owe it all to Dennis and Teresa Roth.
“We fought pretty hard, almost turned her over when he slid me before I got back by him, and I thought that was it. I drove back up to him, and I could just maneuver the bottom really well. I feel like that’s what kept me close to him. Obviously, clean air was good, so I wanted to be the one to control the start. Coming down the frontstretch I missed the moisture and thought, ‘I just ruined this one, too.’ I was able to protect and get back up and didn’t see him. I was setting a torrid pace I felt like and could see the screen and saw that they were filming me but there wasn’t someone behind me, so I thought I’d be okay. I was just catching the lappers a little too quick. You can’t back down here because it’s easy to get caught back up to and easy to get passed.”
With the 56th six-figure winner’s check in Sprint Car history going to Kofoid, he became the 25th different driver to visit Victory Lane with that kind of cash on the line. The 22-year-old is up to five career World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car victories and two this season. It was also his second at Huset’s Speedway to go along with the first of his career back in 2022. The $100,000 is the most money legendary car owners Dennis and Teresa Roth have scored with a victory.
After beating Kofoid in the final round of the Toyota Racing King of the Hill, Macedo was the one leading the field to green with 40 laps ahead. The Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 jumped ahead to the early lead as Kofoid settled into second.
Kofoid kept pace with Macedo through the opening portion of the main event, patiently waiting for a way to close in.
The patience paid off when the door opened on Lap 24. Kofoid got a strong run off the bottom exiting Turn 2 to pull alongside Macedo. He then fired a slide job in Turn 3 to take the top spot. It was nearly disaster for Kofoid on the next lap when Macedo returned the favor in Turn 3. The two nearly collided as Macedo slid ahead of Kofoid. The No. 83 drifted above the cushion and got sideways, but he managed to hold on and resume the pursuit.
It didn’t take long for Kofoid to reel Macedo back in, and another opportunity quickly arose on Lap 30 for him to bring the battle back to the No. 41. Macedo looked to clear a lapped car with a slider in Turn 3 but couldn’t get by him. Kofoid used the moment to duck under him exiting Turn 4. Macedo tried to shut the door but couldn’t get there in time as Kofoid muscled ahead.
A caution for a slowing Tim Kaeding set up a seven-lap dash to the finish. Kofoid first pulled away when the green lights returned, but as he neared traffic in the final laps, Macedo started to erase the gap.
When the white flag flew Kofoid rolled under a lapper in Turns 1 and 2 allowing Macedo to build one last run as he ripped the cushion. Kofoid slid himself in Turns 3 and 4 but left Macedo the one lane he needed. The Lemoore, CA driver launched under Kofoid and slid ahead of him, but Kofoid managed to get the car turned under Macedo and drive back ahead for an unforgettable triumph and $100,000.
“Carson and I were going at it pretty good,” Kofoid said. “And I could pace him really well in traffic. I’ve said all weekend this car doesn’t really know what dirty air is here. You’d think dirty air wouldn’t be as bad on short tracks, but it can upset your car a lot with how much you spin the tires here. The air here is just super crucial. I knew getting in front of him would be crucial as early as I could.”
Macedo gave it everything he had, but ultimately it wasn’t enough as he and the Jason Johnson Racing crew settled for second. After coming so close to the biggest victory of his career, the runner-up definitely left a bit of a bitter taste in his mouth.
“I was watching the lap counter,” Macedo recalled. “I could see it out of the corner of my eye when I’d leave Turn 2 every lap. I saw we had two to go and knew we were coming for the white. He was closing in on the lapper, and I didn’t know that I was going to have enough really. He got by the lapper. I was hoping he’d try to slide him and not clear him, but the lapper kind of checked up and got tight. It gave me just enough of a run to throw a Hail Mary at it. It was definitely everything I had. I was going really fast at the wall off of (Turn) 4 and knew I was going to clobber it. I knew that was the only shot I had was maybe bouncing it off the fence and getting to the line. I held it wipe open until I got there and hit it, and he must have crossed back over okay and just got me at the line. Hats off to them. Congrats on the win.”
Rounding out the podium was a feel-good story with Bill Balog bringing his personally-owned No. 17B home third. The “North Pole Nightmare” put together a good 40 laps for an impressive showing on a big stage at Huset’s.
“This is huge,” Balog said. “It’s been a really good three days. It’s just a huge night for us. We seem to be going in the right direction with this Triple X car. I pay full price for my engines, but I feel like I’m on an engine deal sometimes. These HP Engines just run great. I’m just super happy with tonight.”
Giovanni Scelzi and Donny Schatz completed the top five.
A 17th to 10th run earned Emerson Axsom the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Carson Macedo, Donny Schatz, and Giovanni Scelzi. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Buddy Kofoid.
Carson Macedo beat Buddy Kofoid in the final round of the King of the Hill.
Christopher Thram won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Tim Kaeding.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars kick off a three-week stretch in California with visits to Stockton Dirt Track on Friday, Sept. 6 and Hanford, CA’s Kings Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 7 for the $21,000-to-win Tom Tarlton Classic. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[5]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz[4]; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[9]; 7. 14H-Chase Randall[6]; 8. 2-David Gravel[7]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart[10]; 10. 27-Emerson Axsom[17]; 11. 55-Kerry Madsen[8]; 12. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[11]; 13. 87-Aaron Reutzel[12]; 14. 13-Mark Dobmeier[18]; 15. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg[15]; 16. 22-Riley Goodno[16]; 17. 23-Garet Williamson[19]; 18. 14T-Tim Estenson[13]; 19. 22K-Kaleb Johnson[14]; 20. 10-Scott Bogucki[20]; 21. 3-Tim Kaeding[23]; 22. 17GP-Justin Henderson[24]; 23. 24T-Christopher Thram[21]; 24. 83S-Sam Henderson[22]
HOT HAND AT HUSET’S: Carson Macedo Tops Huset’s Thriller After Charge from Eighth
The Jason Johnson Racing pilot wins his fourth race in the last six and is the high point man for Sunday
BRANDON, SD (August 31, 2024) - There’s no driver hotter on the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car tour than Carson Macedo.
He and Jason Johnson Racing rolled into BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals presented by Menards weekend with three victories in the last four races. A seventh place run on Friday at Huset’s Speedway cooled them off slightly, but their fire reignited in a big way on Saturday night.
Macedo started eighth for the 35-lap NOS Energy Drink Feature and pieced together a fierce charge to the front. The Lemoore, CA native punctuated the drive with a slider on Chase Randall with only two laps remaining. Randall tried to return the favor as they wheeled toward the white flag, but Macedo kept his foot in the gas and narrowly drove around the slider to hold on and make his way to Victory Lane.
“Hats off to this race team – Philip Dietz, Adam Zimmerman, and Robby McQuinn – they’ve been working really hard,” Macedo said. “It feels good to have a lot of speed here. That was fun, hard racing late in the race. No points on the line, just good, hard, authentic racing. Hats off to this race team.
“It feels good to have speed here. When you start eighth and drive by everybody to get the win, it makes you have a lot of confidence going into a night like tomorrow where it pays a hundred grand.”
A fourth win in the last six races puts Macedo at 42 for his career and into a four-way tie for 18th all-time, and two of the others are a pair of current full-time World of Outlaws competitors. The trio tied with him is Andy Hillenburg, Logan Schuchart, and Sheldon Haudenschild. His seventh victory of 2024 already equals his 2023 total. It also set Macedo up as the high point man entering Sunday’s $100,000-to-win High Bank Nationals finale.
Randall led the field to green thanks to Hunter Schuerenberg giving him the one in the Toyota Racing Revenge Redraw. But it was Schuerenberg, who was handed the two in the Redraw, powering around Randall’s outside to lead the first lap.
Schuerenberg paced the opening four circuits aboard the TKS Motorsports No. 2KS, and then a caution and the resulting restart shook things up at the front.
Randall used a great start to throw a slider and clear Schuerenberg to take over the top spot. Schuerenberg stayed within striking distance as Randall quickly neared the tail of the field, but a yellow with 25 laps remaining just as traffic was getting thick served up some welcome clean air to Randall and the Krull Racing team.
As the second half of the 35-lapper unfolded, Randall pulled away and started to slice his way through traffic. The 19-year-old looked like a veteran as he continued to put more cars between himself and Schuerenberg. Even when Macedo took second on Lap 23, he couldn’t seem to cut much into the gap.
But then a yellow flag for a spinning Schuerenberg set up an eight-lap dash to the finish and put the hottest driver in the sport right on Randall’s tail as he pursued his first Series victory.
Randall wasn’t rattled when the green lights brought the action back to life as he powered ahead on the low side of Turn 4 as Macedo looked to get a launch on the top. Randall built a sizeable lead over Macedo on the first lap back under green.
But little by little Macedo cut into the margin. Randall struggled to pick his way through lappers as the race fell to five laps to go, and Macedo closed in on his tail tank on Lap 33. The door opened with two rotations remaining as Macedo launched a slide job in Turns 1 and 2 that cleared Randall. Down the back straightaway Randall looked to cross him over. He threw a slider of his own, but Macedo made a daring move to drive back by him on the cushion, narrowly slipping by.
It proved to be the winning move as he drove away comfortably on the final lap to claim another checkered flag.
“That caution helped a lot,” Macedo admitted. “I don’t think we would’ve ever got to him if we wouldn’t have had that restart there. I actually tried to fire off on the cushion there on the restart, and it was really bad, gave up a lot of time. He got a sizeable lead, and I thought, ‘Man, it’s going to be tough to get him.’
“And then we got to lap traffic really quick there. And then the lapped cars were kind of all over the place. I felt like I was in the cat-bird seat. When he (Randall) went the wrong way, I was there to see what the difference was. Sometimes it’s better to be running second in that situation. He was having a real hard time getting off (Turn) 4 even coming to the traffic. He really had a hard time there. One of the lappers kind of got beside him and took some of the air off his wing. He struggled off of (Turn) 4, and I was able to get just enough of a run and really didn’t know if I was going to clear him or not but kind of grabbed a little bit of that grip on the bottom, and it shot me across.”
While slightly disappointed to lose out on his first World of Outlaws win late, Randall kept his head high after the race with the runner-up finish. It was only his second night in the Krull No. 14, and he’s happy with the quick chemistry they’ve found especially with a six-figure payday on the line Sunday.
“I don’t know if I could’ve done a little too much,” Randall said about the closing laps. “I feel like anywhere I would’ve went he would’ve been the other way. It’s just how the cars fell tonight. I can’t say enough about this team. Just a short notice to come to this weekend. They’re great guys, awesome people and have my back 100-percent. We’re really excited with a good run. They deserve it.”
Rounding out the podium was Donny Schatz, completing a strong rebound after a crash on Friday night. The 10-time champion put together a complete event with the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 and slotted himself third in points for Sunday’s big finale.
“All in all the guys did a great job,” Schatz said. “A big positive over last night. The Carquest guys, everybody helped dig us out of a big hole to put us in a good spot for tomorrow. So, now we go back and discuss what we need to do for tomorrow and go from there.”
Michael “Buddy” Kofoid and Bill Balog completed the top five.
Kofoid got to fourth from 17th to earn the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Emerson Axsom grabbed his first career Simpson Quick Time in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Donny Schatz, Chase Randall, and Scott Bogucki. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Kaleb Johnson.
Scott Winters won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Scott Bogucki.
UP NEXT: All the focus for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars shifts to the $100,000-to-win finale of the BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals presented by Menards on Sunday, Sept. 1. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[8]; 2. 14H-Chase Randall[1]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[4]; 4. 83-Michael Kofoid[17]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog[16]; 6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[10]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart[19]; 8. 2-David Gravel[18]; 9. 23-Garet Williamson[14]; 10. 55-Kerry Madsen[13]; 11. 5-Ryan Timms[15]; 12. 27-Emerson Axsom[6]; 13. 3-Tim Kaeding[24]; 14. 87-Aaron Reutzel[12]; 15. 22-Riley Goodno[20]; 16. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[7]; 17. 22K-Kaleb Johnson[9]; 18. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[11]; 19. 17GP-Justin Henderson[23]; 20. 16-Brooke Tatnell[22]; 21. 24T-Christopher Thram[5]; 22. 23W-Scott Winters[21]; 23. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg[2]; 24. 10-Scott Bogucki[3]
HUSTLIN’ HAUD: Sheldon Haudenschild Bests Axsom for $25,000 Huset’s Hustle Victory
Haudenschild gets first win since early June and his eighth of 2024 at Huset’s
BRANDON, SD (August 30, 2024) - Sheldon Haudenschild was ready to win for so many reasons entering Friday night.
Firstly, he’s been wanting to get a victory for his longtime friend and World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car official Eloy Gutierrez, who passed away last week. Both nights in North Dakota led to podiums for Haudenschild, heightening the hunger to win even more.
He’d also been enduring a winless drought. After an incredible start to 2024 with seven victories in the first 27 races, the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing crew hadn’t been to Victory Lane in 21 straight events. Five times over that stretch he’d come home second.
No more motivation was necessary, and Haudenschild got the job done at Huset’s Speedway.
With $25,000 on the line at the Huset’s Hustle presented by Folkens Brothers Trucking, Haudenschild gave the fans a show. The NOS Energy Drink gasser outdueled Emerson Axsom in a back-and-forth battle. Haudenschild pulled ahead and held off a late charge from Michael “Buddy” Kofoid for his first win since Ogilvie in early June.
“This is big. I said we needed a win here,” Haudenschild said. “(Kyle) Ripper is focused right now, and he’s got it going on. He’s giving us fast race cars, and we’re qualifying well. If we can keep starting up front, I think we can keep clicking off wins all season. Hats off to Luke (Vaughn), Steve (Kinzer Dussel), and Ripper.
“We wanted to win in Jackson for Eloy. Good to get a win for Eloy and all of these Outlaw officials and everybody on the road that loved Eloy. This is what he lived for.”
Haudenschild’s eighth win of 2024 moves him within one of the most he’s collected in one season with The Greatest Show on Dirt. The 42nd of his career equals him with Andy Hillenburg and fellow full-timer Logan Schuchart for 18th on the all-time win list. His third Huset’s victory makes it the fifth track where he’s topped at least a trio of races.
Axsom and Haudenschild brought the field to green after drawing the front row in the Toyota Racing Redraw. Axsom used a strong launch off the bottom to grab the top spot and lead the first lap.
Haudenschild had no plans of letting him escape as he stalked the Klaasmeyer/Petry Motorsports No. 27. The gap between the two never grew north of one second as Haudenschild kept Axsom firmly within his sights. Axsom worked the bottom around the 1/3 mile while Haudenschild searched for speed on the top.
Traffic allowed Haudenschild to close in and peek under Axsom at one point, but the Franklin, IN native closed the door on the Buckeye as the lively crowd cheered on the intensifying action.
The battle really got going on Lap 23 when Haudenschild built a run off Turn 2 and ducked to Axsom’s inside heading into the next set of corners. Haudenschild cleared him with a slider and led the lap, but Axsom fought back. As Haudenschild got slightly slowed on the cushion in Turns 1 and 2 Axsom rolled the bottom to perfection to slip back ahead. Haudenschild fired a slider back at him in Turn 3 but couldn’t quite clear it. Fast forward a lap, and Haudenschild fired it off under Axsom, but a yellow flag halted the action.
Axsom opted for the bottom groove on the restart, and that decision helped lift Haudenschild to the front. While Axsom rolled the low line, Haudenschild ripped the cushion and nosed ahead down the back straightaway. Axsom didn’t have positioning to move back in front, so Haudenschild secured the spot and quickly pulled away.
As the laps faded, Buddy Kofoid surged into contention as he drove around Axsom to take the second spot. Up ahead Haudenschild worked through traffic which allowed the Roth Motorsports No. 83 to cut into his lead. But ultimately Kofoid ran out of laps as Haudenschild secured a trip to Huset’s Victory Lane and $25,000.
“I feel like we got him (Axsom) in traffic and was probably a little nice, and he got back by us there,” Haudenschild said. “I didn’t really know what to expect on that restart. He was starting really slow and really soon. I just kind of figured I’d try to get down and follow him in there. I’m really surprised he didn’t rip the top and was just able to get around him.”
Kofoid brought the Roth No. 83 home second, marking his sixth podium in 11 Sprint Car races at Huset’s for the Penngrove, CA native. It marked a strong start on his path to redemption after his devastation last June at Huset’s when troubles ended a potential six-figure payday for him.
“I got to third and then got back in line on the top,” Kofoid said. “I was able to chase people down in dirty air. I feel like every time we come here, we’re just exceptional and really good. We race good, and I feel like this thing doesn’t know what dirty air is at Huset’s. I feel like if you can play that into your favor, you’re going to be pretty good. I was able to run Sheldon down. I just feel like I kind of ran out of time.”
Completing the top three was early leader Emerson Axsom.
“I think our speed was there, but I feel like on the restart I kind of like didn’t get in hard enough to kind of load the right rear and kind of like slid across the bottom,” Axsom explained. “That allowed Sheldon to just drive around us. I hate it for my guys to be in position and kind of give one away there. Obviously, these guys are really good, and it’s hard to out Haud Haud.”
Garet Williamson and Ryan Timms completed the top five.
A 20th to 10th drive in the Big Game Motorsports No. 2 earned David Gravel the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Sheldon Haudenschild earned his seventh Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 36th of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Logan Schuchart, Emerson Axsom, and Garet Williamson. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Kaleb Johnson.
Mark Dobmeier won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Logan Schuchart.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars begin the BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals presented by Menards with a $15,000-to-win prelim on Saturday, Aug. 31, setting the stage for Sunday’s $100,000-to-win finale. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[9]; 3. 27-Emerson Axsom[1]; 4. 23-Garet Williamson[3]; 5. 5-Ryan Timms[4]; 6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[13]; 7. 41-Carson Macedo[14]; 8. 10-Scott Bogucki[6]; 9. 17B-Bill Balog[18]; 10. 2-David Gravel[20]; 11. 13-Mark Dobmeier[21]; 12. 7S-Landon Crawley[11]; 13. 3J-Dusty Zomer[5]; 14. 8-Jacob Hughes[12]; 15. 88-Austin McCarl[15]; 16. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg[23]; 17. 24T-Christopher Thram[16]; 18. 64-Andy Pake[17]; 19. 70-Kraig Kinser[24]; 20. 22K-Kaleb Johnson[7]; 21. 55-Kerry Madsen[10]; 22. 1S-Logan Schuchart[8]; 23. 83S-Sam Henderson[22]; 24. 27X-Carson McCarl[19]
RACER ON THE WRENCHES: Zach Patterson Blending Racing with Big Game Motorsports Role
The tire specialist is a racer himself with a Sprint Car victory under his belt this year
BRANDON, SD (Aug 29, 2024) - Nearly every weekend from February through November you can find Zach Patterson working on the Big Game Motorsports No. 2 Sprint Car.
But the tire specialist for the team atop the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car standings doesn’t only work on the cars, he likes to get behind the wheel himself occasionally.
Patterson has jumped in a 305 Sprint Car a handful of times in 2024 when time permits, even getting help from his Big Game teammates David Gravel, Cody Jacobs, and Stephen Hamm-Reilly.
The love for racing stems from a youth fixed firmly within the sport. Patterson hails from Merkel, TX with Abilene Speedway 10 minutes down the road. He grew up spending nearly every weekend at a racetrack watching family members win in the Late Model and Modified ranks of the region.
A move to Oklahoma didn’t halt Patterson’s racing involvement. Instead, it enhanced it as his family helped operate multiple dirt tracks in the “Sooner State.” The move also led to his first laps in a go kart. He also got his first opportunity in a real race car at 11 years old, but a frightening crash paused his driving career.
“We had that bomber class,” Patterson said. “That was my first chance to actually get behind the wheel of a real car. I went out there and absolutely destroyed that thing. That was kind of the end of it for a while.”
Racing restarted for Patterson after high school, and the result was a 2019 I-44 Speedway track championship in a Micro Sprint. The following year brought his first season in a Sprint Car, and then, with the help of Joe Madore, a door opened that facilitated his current career ahead of 2021.
“He (Madore) comes into the shop one night and says, ‘I have a really good opportunity for you. One of Wayne Johnson’s guys just quit. There’s an opportunity for you to go on the road for the 2021 season,’” Patterson recalled. “Four days later I was at Wayne’s shop getting interviewed.”
After one season with Johnson, an opportunity arose to join one of Sprint Car racing’s powerhouses when a spot opened at Tod Quiring’s Big Game Motorsports. Patterson got the job, and three races in was standing in World of Outlaws Victory Lane for the first time as Gravel won at Volusia Speedway Park.
Patterson has been a good fit as he now navigates his third year with the team. The time has allowed him to learn from one of the sport’s most renowned crew chiefs – Cody Jacobs.
“It’s been great,” Patterson said of working with Jacobs. “In my mind, he’s the best at what he does. Working with him has been amazing. There’s so much to learn from him. Overall, it’s been everything I imagined and more. I’m super grateful for the time he’s put in to teach me.”
The last couple years have given Patterson the chance to hop back in a Sprint Car. Jay Masur of Med Star Dirt Track Rescue Team let Patterson take his Sprint Car for a spin last year, and that led to more time in his car along with a couple other opportunities this season.
“Really, it’s a dream come true,” Patterson said. “Them supporting me and getting the opportunity to race and Stephen and Cody coming down to the infield here and there and helping me, that means a lot. Tod allows me to do it. Everyone has just been really supportive.”
The highlight of Patterson getting back behind the wheel came in June this year when he drove from 11th to the front at Huset’s Speedway for his first Sprint Car win. It was a storybook evening as he had Gravel, Jacobs, and Hamm-Reilly working on the car that night and ready to greet him in Victory Lane.
“I can’t even explain the emotions,” Patterson said. “It’s a completely different feeling. That’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. Genuinely, I didn’t know if it was ever going to happen, if I was going to get the opportunity to be there. It was so cool with all of those guys being there. Really, it was perfect timing. The whole team was there. I about cried going around the track. I was pumped up. I couldn’t quit yelling. That’s been a goal of mine ever since I got in a Sprint Car, and I’d been so close but hadn’t ever made it happen. That was just unreal.”
While Patterson enjoys the occasional opportunity to race, his focus remains locked on the ultimate goal of 2024 – a World of Outlaws championship. Since joining Big Game Motorsports, Patterson has experienced finishing runner-up in the standings two straight seasons. Gravel holds more than a 100-point advantage right now, but the job isn’t done until it’s done.
“The past couple years have been a little heartbreaking,” Patterson admitted. “I genuinely feel like we were the best car last year and maybe even the year before, but definitely last year. I felt like we were the better car but just had some bad luck. Running second in the points is just heartbreaking. You want to win this championship. Until it happens, I don’t know what it’s going to feel like because I’m so focused. Having somebody like Donny Schatz behind you, he isn’t going to give up. Carson (Macedo) isn’t going to give up. There’s still a long way ahead of us.”
Patterson and the Big Game crew continue their pursuit of a World of Outlaws title this weekend at the $25,000-to-win Huset’s Hustle presented by Folkens Brothers Trucking on Friday, Aug. 30, and the BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals presented by Menards on Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 31-Sept. 1, with a $100,000-to-win finale. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
1 MONTH ALERT: World of Outlaws Return to Ohio For September Doubleheader at Wayne County, Sharon
ORRVILLE, OH (Aug. 27, 2024) – Ohio will welcome the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series for the final time this year with a doubleheader weekend to conclude September.
The Series will make its highly anticipated return to Wayne County Speedway, in Orrville, on Friday, Sept. 27, and then venture back to Dave Blaney’s Sharon Speedway, in Hartford, on Saturday, Sept. 28.
Wayne County Speedway becomes a prime stop on the tour again for the first time since 2020. Sheldon Haudenschild, who grew up about 15 minutes from the track in Wooster, won that event – his first Series win at his home track.
The World of Outlaws Buckeye Brawl event will see the World of Outlaws stars go up against Ohio’s best local talent, such as Brandon Spithaler, Trey Jacobs, Leyton Wagner – the current 410 Sprint Car points leader at the track – and more.
Then, the World of Outlaws return to Sharon Speedway for the Federated Auto Parts Showdown – the Series’ second visit to the 3/8-mile dirt track this year. During the Series’ last visit in May, David Gravel held off 10-time Series champion Donny Schatz and Carson Macedo to score his first Series win at the track.
The weekend will also start the road to the World of Outlaws World Finals (Nov. 6-9) as there will only be 10 races left until the championship determining weekend.
If you can’t make it to the tracks, you can watch all the action from both races live on DIRTVision.
EVENT INFO
Date – Friday, Sept. 27
Location – Orrville, OH
Track Record – 13.808 sec. by Spencer Bayston on April 21, 2018
Times (ET) –
Pit Gates Open: 2 p.m.
Grandstands Open: 4 p.m.
Hot Laps & Qualifying: 6:30 p.m.
Tickets – Available HERE.
Last Race Video Recap (Sept. 25, 2020) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKUtGve0F8Y
Previous World of Outlaws winners at Wayne County –
2020 –Sheldon Haudenschild on Sept. 25
1985 – Steve Kinser on Aug. 6
1984 – Bobby Davis, Jr. on June 9
1981 – Steve Kinser on June 14
1979 – Steve Kinser on July 29
EVENT INFO
Date – Saturday, Sept. 28
Location – Hartford, OH
Track Record – 12.704 sec. by Danny Holtgraver on Aug. 20, 2013
Times (ET) –
Pit Gates Open: 2 p.m.
Grandstands Open: 4 p.m.
Hot Laps & Qualifying: 6:30 p.m.Tickets – Available HERE.
Last Race Video Recap (May 18, 2024) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ2whoFW-T0
Previous World of Outlaws winners at Sharon –
2024 – David Gravel on May 18
2023 – Donny Schatz on May 20, Brad Sweet on Sept. 23
2022 – Brad Sweet on Sept. 24
2021 – Dave Blaney on May 22
2007 –Steve Kinser on June 1
2006 – Jac Haudenschild on May 20
2005 – Jason Meyers on June 3
2004 – Danny Lasoski on June 4, Steve Kinser on July 28
2003 – Steve Kinser on July 30, Steve Kinser on July 30
2002 – Danny Lasoski on May 31, Joey Saldana on July 31
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: High Bank Nationals Brings World of Outlaws to Huset’s for Six-Figure Payday
Three nights of South Dakota racing will culminate in a $100,000-to-win finale on Sunday
BRANDON, SD (August 27, 2024) - Another huge stop on the Summer of Money awaits the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars this weekend.
The rescheduled BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals presented by Menards invites The Greatest Show on Dirt back to Huset’s Speedway for three nights (Aug. 30-Sept. 1) of action with major money up for grabs.
It kicks off with Friday’s $25,000-to-win Huset’s Hustle presented by Folkens Brothers Trucking. Then a $15,000-to-win High Bank Nationals prelim on Saturday sets the stage for Sunday’s finale with $100,000 being deposited in the winner’s bank account.
With so much money on the line, the weekend is expected to bring a healthy roster of the country’s best Sprint Car drivers to the pit area. Huset’s Speedway is the place to be over Labor Day weekend.
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Let’s look at the weekend’s top storylines:
MONEY MAN: When the large bags of cash are up for grabs, it’s been hard to stop David Gravel in 2024. His earnings this year with the Big Game Motorsports team have already eclipsed $600,000, roughly $160,000 more than the sport’s second highest earner this season.
The biggest contributor toward Gravel’s lucrative year was a nearly $300,000 week at Eldora Speedway in July that included his first Kings Royal crown worth $175,000. He also made history during that stretch as the first Sprint Car driver to take home six-digit paychecks from three different racetracks with Knoxville Raceway and Huset’s Speedway being the other two.
And speaking of that Huset’s payday, it came in the form of last year’s High Bank Nationals title. Gravel heads into the weekend looking to make the boss proud once again as his car owner Tod Quiring also owns Huset’s and has invested so much into making the 1/3 mile one of the country’s premier facilities.
Overall, the Watertown, CT native has topped a trio of Huset’s races with the World of Outlaws. His résumé suggests a high chance of success this weekend as he continues the march toward a potential million-dollar season.
HAUD’S HUNGRY: There’s one driver on the World of Outlaws tour that may be hungrier to break into Victory Lane than any other, and his name is Sheldon Haudenschild.
After topping seven of the first 27 races this year, he’s gone winless over the last 21. The speed has been there, but Victory Lane has simply eluded the Wooster, OH driver. Since his last win, Haudenschild has podiumed nine times including the last four races. Five of those have been second place finishes.
Haudenschild has stated he and the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing team’s goal of reaching double-digit wins for the first time, and Huset’s serves up a prime opportunity for them to not only end the slump, but also pad their wallets. Back in 2020 Haudenschild won when the Series returned to the South Dakota oval for the first time in four years. Then in 2022 he made an unbelievable charge from sixth to victory in the final five laps to top the inaugural High Bank Nationals for $100,000.
$CHATZ: While Gravel’s bank account may be the one most growing in 2024, Donny Schatz has been the biggest earner in the history of the sport when it comes to six-figure paydays.
The Fargo, ND legend has won 13 of the sport’s 54 races that paid at least $100,000. Schatz first cashed in at Eldora’s Historical Big One in 2002, broke the bank with 11 Knoxville Nationals, and added to his riches with the 2023 Kings Royal. Add it all up, and Schatz has totaled $1,775,000 in those 13 events alone.
Huset’s presents Schatz an opportunity to replicate the feat Gravel accomplished earlier this year. A victory on Sunday would make the 10-time champion the second driver to collect six-figure paydays at three different dirt tracks. Schatz is already a four-time Feature winner at Huset’s, topping visits in 2001, 2007, 2015, and 2016.
ROTH REDEMPTION: Last year left Michael “Buddy” Kofoid and Roth Motorsports wondering what could’ve been. Mechanical woes with less than 10 laps remaining knocked them from the lead and a potential High Bank Nationals title to a heartbreaking DNF.
It’s all about redemption heading into the event this year as Kofoid now rolls in as a World of Outlaws rookie. After coming so close last year, his sights will be squarely on a redemptive victory.
Huset’s is home to Kofoid’s first career World of Outlaws win back in 2022. The Penngrove, CA gasser also topped a pair of USAC National Midget races at Huset’s that same year. He’s been overall consistent in a Sprint Car at the 1/3 mile with podiums in half of his 10 starts.
HIGH BANK HOPEFULS: The four listed above aren’t the only current Series competitors who’ve experienced Huset’s success and will be in search of some serious coin this weekend.
Carson Macedo topped a Huset’s visit in 2022 during a High Bank Nationals prelim with Jason Johnson Racing. He’s missed the top 10 just once in his last nine visits to the South Dakota oval. Macedo is fresh off a North Dakota weekend sweep, and he’s won three of the last four races.
Last year Logan Schuchart grabbed his first Huset’s win by topping the final High Bank Nationals prelim. He’s been in the top 10 in 11 of his last 14 tries at the facility with Shark Racing. Schuchart is no stranger to big paydays having topped the richest race in the sport’s history at last year’s Eldora Million.
HUSET’S HEROES: Along with the full-time stars on the World of Outlaws tour, a hefty batch of competitors is expected to join and chase the big money. Among them are plenty with Huset’s success under their belt.
Ryan Timms enters the weekend as the track’s most recent 410 Sprint Car winner. He took Guy Forbrook’s car to Victory Lane in Sunday’s Bull Haulers Brawl for $7,000. The Oklahoman will be teamed with Forbrook again this weekend but only for Friday and Saturday as a prior commitment requires his presence on Sunday.
Garet Williamson and the Fischer Motorsports team have won in their two most recent visits to Huset’s (July 7 and July 28). The Columbia, MO native is fresh off recovering from a Heat Race flip to a top 10 at Red River Valley with the World of Outlaws. He’ll continue an eight-week stretch with the World of Outlaws this weekend at Huset’s.
Tim Kaeding plans to be in Dave Lunstra’s ride for the weekend. The pairing already topped a local Huset’s show this year on May 27. “TK” has also been to World of Outlaws Victory Lane at Huset’s, winning with Roth Motorsports back in 2013.
Kerry Madsen has been a frequent visitor to Huset’s all year with Vermeer Motorsports. The “Mad Man” has been close to a World of Outlaws win at the facility no matter what car he’s in as he’s run third with both Keneric Racing (2014) and Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing (2021) and grabbed a fourth in Dave Helm’s Selma Shell No. 11H in 2007.
These four will be joined by many more for three nights of South Dakota Sprint Car racing.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday-Sunday, Aug. 30-Sept. 1 at Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, SD
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (48/70 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (6636 PTS)
2. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 (-110 PTS)
3. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-114 PTS)
4. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing No. 18 (-222 PTS)
5. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-282 PTS)
6. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-332 PTS)
7. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-340 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports No. 17B (-812 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing No. 3Z (-1062 PTS)
10. Kraig Kinser – Premier Motorsports No. 70 (-1346 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (16 Drivers):
13 Wins – David Gravel
7 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
6 Wins – Carson Macedo
4 Wins – Donny Schatz
3 Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, Kyle Larson
2 Wins – Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Brent Marks, Brady Bacon, Michael Kofoid, Corey Day, Logan Schuchart, James McFadden, T.J. Stutts
FEATURE LAPS LED (22 Drivers):
317 Laps – David Gravel
308 Laps – Carson Macedo
178 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
166 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
132 Laps – Donny Schatz
97 Laps – Kyle Larson
75 Laps – Rico Abreu
53 Laps – Michael Kofoid
49 Laps – Logan Schuchart
44 Laps – James McFadden
34 Laps – Brady Bacon
25 Laps – Brad Sweet, T.J. Stutts
15 Laps – Ryan Timms, Tyler Courtney
13 Laps – Anthony Macri
12 Laps – Emerson Axsom
11 Laps – Bill Balog
9 Laps – Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Kalib Henry
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (16 Drivers):
10 Quick Times – Carson Macedo
9 Quick Times – David Gravel
6 Quick Times – Sheldon Haudenschild
4 Quick Times – Giovanni Scelzi, Michael Kofoid
3 Quick Times – Brent Marks
2 Quick Times – Daryn Pittman, Donny Schatz, Landon Crawley
1 Quick Time – Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Cory Eliason, Brock Zearfoss, Rico Abreu, Chase Dietz, Matt Juhl
HEAT RACE WINNERS (49 Drivers):
26 Heat Wins – David Gravel
24 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
23 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
16 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi
13 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid
9 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu
8 Heat Wins – Logan Schuchart
7 Heat Wins – Brock Zearfoss, Donny Schatz
5 Heat Wins – Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, Bill Balog
3 Heat Wins – Daryn Pittman
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown, Landon Crawley, Corey Day, Garet Williamson, Kyle Larson, Anthony Macri, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Austin McCarl, Aaron Reutzel
1 Heat Win – Justin Peck, Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Danny Sams III, Emerson Axsom, Tim Shaffer, Nick Omdahl, Scott Bogucki, Brad Sweet, Spencer Bayston, Brady Bacon, Parker Price-Miller, Chase Dietz, T.J. Stutts, Kelby Watt, Jamie Ball, Chase Randall, Hunter Schuerenberg, Tasker Phillips, Ayrton Gennetten, Tanner Holmes, Kaleb Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Cole Macedo, Cale Thomas, Dusty Zomer, Andy Pake
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (60 Drivers):
36 Dashes – David Gravel
35 Dashes – Carson Macedo
32 Dashes – Sheldon Haudenschild
31 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi
24 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
20 Dashes – Donny Schatz
18 Dashes – Logan Schuchart
13 Dashes – Bill Balog
10 Dashes – Brock Zearfoss
9 Dashes – Rico Abreu
7 Dashes – Landon Crawley, Brent Marks
6 Dashes – Tyler Courtney, Emerson Axsom
5 Dashes – Corey Day, Aaron Reutzel, Garet Williamson
4 Dashes – Brian Brown, Brady Bacon, Anthony Macri
3 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Daryn Pittman, Justin Peck, James McFadden
2 Dashes – Cole Duncan, Cole Macedo, Kalib Henry, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Parker Price-Miller, Chase Dietz, Ayrton Gennetten, Scott Bogucki
1 Dash – Zeb Wise, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Logan McCandless, Skylar Gee, Kody Hartlaub, Tim Shaffer, T.J. Michael, Craig Mintz, Brandon Spithaler, Sye Lynch, Cale Thomas, Kaleb Johnson, Nick Omdahl, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Kraig Kinser, Troy Wagaman Jr., T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Jacob Allen, Lance Dewease, Kelby Watt, Will Armitage, Dusty Zomer, Andy Pake
MICRO-LITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (38 Drivers):
3 LCS Wins – Bill Balog, Anthony Macri, Landon Crawley, Garet Williamson
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless, Brock Zearfoss
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace Park, Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brandon Rahmer, David Gravel, Nate Dussel, Cole Macedo, Zeth Sabo, Brooke Tatnell, Donny Schatz, Brent Marks, Cory Eliason, Kerry Madsen, Creed Kemenah, Joel Myers Jr., Hunter Schuerenberg, Kody Hartlaub, Lucas Wolfe, Larry Wight, Kyle Larson, Jesse Attard, Dusty Zomer, Chris Windom, Ayrton Gennetten, Brad Sweet, Kelby Watt, Scott Bogucki
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (30 Drivers):
8 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz
6 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart
3 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo
2 Hard Chargers – Aaron Reutzel, Michael Kofoid, Cale Thomas, Danny Dietrich, Garet Williamson
1 Hard Charger – Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild, Landon Crawley, Sye Lynch, Bill Balog, Scotty Neitzel, Brent Marks, Larry Wight, Anthony Macri, James McFadden, Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day, Emerson Axsom, Tim Kaeding, Tim Estenson
PODIUM FINISHES (24 Drivers):
27 Podiums – David Gravel
22 Podiums – Carson Macedo
18 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild
16 Podiums – Donny Schatz
14 Podiums – Michael Kofoid
8 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
6 Podiums – Kyle Larson
5 Podiums – Rico Abreu
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet, Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks
2 Podiums – Bill Balog, Aaron Reutzel, Logan Schuchart, Justin Peck, James McFadden, Corey Day
1 Podium – Anthony Macri, Brady Bacon, Cole Macedo, Parker Price-Miller, Ryan Timms, Emerson Axsom, T.J. Stutts
TOP 10 FINISHES (72 Drivers):
43 Top 10s – David Gravel
41 Top 10s – Donny Schatz, Giovanni Scelzi
38 Top 10s – Michael Kofoid, Carson Macedo
37 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart
34 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
22 Top 10s – Bill Balog
14 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss
10 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney
9 Top 10s – Rico Abreu
8 Top 10s – Brent Marks, Brad Sweet, James McFadden, Anthony Macri
7 Top 10s – Aaron Reutzel
6 Top 10s – Kyle Larson, Corey Day, Garet Williamson
5 Top 10s – Brian Brown
4 Top 10s – Cole Macedo, Landon Crawley, Brady Bacon, Justin Peck, Emerson Axsom, Ryan Timms
3 Top 10s – Cole Duncan, Skylar Gee, Zeb Wise, Danny Dietrich, Jacob Allen
2 Top 10s – Chase Randall, Kraig Kinser, Cale Thomas, Parker Price-Miller, Cory Eliason, Chase Dietz, Troy Wagaman Jr., Daryn Pittman, Ayrton Gennetten, Scott Bogucki
1 Top 10 – Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Chris Windom, Joe B. Miller, Scotty Milan, Brandon Spithaler, Kalib Henry, Tim Shaffer, Zane DeVault, Sye Lynch, Travis Philo, Trey Jacobs, Scotty Thiel, Mark Dobmeier, Kaleb Johnson, Austin McCarl, Tim Kaeding, Christopher Thram, Landon Brooks, Greg Wilson, Spencer Bayston, Daison Pursley, Devon Borden, T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Lance Dewease, Stewart Friesen, Jordan Poirier, Larry Wight, Kerry Madsen, Andy Pake
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / David Gravel (6)
20. Fri, May 17 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Michael Kofoid (1)
21. Sat, May 18 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / David Gravel (7)
22. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / David Gravel (8)
23. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
24. Mon, May 27 / Fremont Speedway / Fremont, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
25. Fri, May 31 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (6)
26. Fri, June 7 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Giovanni Scelzi (2)
27. Sat, June 8 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Sheldon Haudenschild (7)
28. Fri, June 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (9)
29. Sat, June 15 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Corey Day (1)
30. Wed, June 19 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Tyler Courtney (2)
31. Sat, June 29 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Logan Schuchart (1)
32. Wed, July 10 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Giovanni Scelzi (3)
33. Fri, July 12 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Carson Macedo (3)
34. Sat, July 13 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Donny Schatz (3)
35. Tues, July 16 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / David Gravel (10)
36. Fri, July 19 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (2)
37. Sat, July 20 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (11)
38. Wed, July 24 / BAPS Motor Speedway / York Haven, PA / James McFadden (1)
39. Fri, July 26 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / T.J. Stutts (1)
40. Sat, July 27 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / David Gravel (12)
41. Sun, July 28 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / David Gravel (13)
42. Fri, August 2 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (1)
43. Sat, August 3 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (2)
44. Sat, August 10 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Kyle Larson (3)
45. Fri, August 16 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Carson Macedo (4)
46. Sat, August 17 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Donny Schatz (4)
47. Fri, August 23 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Carson Macedo (5)
48. Sat, August 24 / Red River Valley Speedway / West Fargo, ND / Carson Macedo (6)
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How Karter Sarff Ascended from Regional Racer to National Midget Phenom
CONCORD, NC (Aug. 27, 2024) – There’s a new rising star on the national Midget circuit. His name: Karter Sarff.
Six career Feature wins with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota ranks the 21-year-old racer from Mason City, IL, fourth on the Series’ all-time wins list, following his sweep of the Ironman 55 weekend at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in early August.
Each of those wins have come in the last 12 months, all built on the hard work he and his father put into their operation. No hired crew members, no major corporate sponsors — just father and son both at the track and in their home shop, as it’s been since Sarff began his racing career at five years old.
“It’s been pretty surreal, and it’s been a lot of fun, obviously,” Sarff said. “Our team I feel like has come a long way from when we first started. I’m just happy to see where it’s come.”
For two consecutive nights at I-55, Sarff was the fastest driver in the national Midget world. He led 39 of 60 contested Feature laps, won a Heat Race and garnered his third Whitz Racing Products Quick Time Award of the season. When the weekend was over, he had collected a grand total of $11,500, including a $7,500 check as victor of the richest race in Series history Saturday night and his fourth win of the season — second only to championship points leader Cannon McIntosh.
Looking back, Sarff said he’s proud of the feat and knows the weight of what he was able to accomplish that weekend, but that hasn’t changed his mindset going forward.
“I still feel like I’m just a little kid racing Quarter Midgets; I don’t feel any more special than I did back when I was a little kid,” Sarff said. “I’m just hoping to keep growing and stay humble just to show kids that are coming up that you don’t have to change when you start winning races. Just keep being you.”
In keeping his sharp skills and humble personality, Sarff has gained the respect of his competitors — most notably fellow Illinoisan and inaugural Xtreme Outlaw Series champion, Zach Daum.
“Karter Sarff – you’ll never have an issue racing with him, and he’s still a kid,” Daum said. “He’s only 21. I remember when Karter started racing Quarter Midgets.
“Karter’s just a good kid and his results are showing it right now. For not being a full-time guy, he’s won just as many races as anybody else has. He does it cleanly. He doesn’t tear nobody up, he doesn’t crash nobody, he races hard.”
“I’ve always been a big fan of Zach’s; I have his Midget diecast here at the house,” Sarff said. “He was always someone I watched when I was real young and wanted to run Midgets. It’s really cool to have the respect from him and be able to race with him every weekend.”
In his time watching the veterans of Midget racing like Daum, Sarff has picked up on their techniques and applied them to his own style, which he said keeps him going fast and out of trouble.
“Maybe it’s the way I was raised, but I always wanted to gain the respect of everyone I was racing,” Sarff said. “Especially racing adults being a young kid, I didn’t want to be one of those kids that just went out there and drove like an idiot and crashed everyone.
“That’s just the way I was raised; it’s the way I want to win races.”
His surge of success in the Midget, which began after his first two Xtreme Outlaw Series wins in 2023 afforded him several new opportunities in 2024 with Chase Briscoe Racing (CBR). The NASCAR Cup Series star and former dirt track racer tapped Sarff to drive a second CBR entry at the Chili Bowl Nationals in January, where he qualified for his first career A-Main in the marquee Midget event.
His crew chief during the event was Paul May — the former Winged Sprint Car racer from Terre Haute, IN, and Briscoe’s Sprint Car crew chief before he made his move to full-time NASCAR competition in the late 2010s. Together, May helped Sarff punch his ticket into the Chili Bowl main event via transfer spot in the final B-Main and finished 18th in his first A-Main start.
Since then, May has continued to provide Sarff with his Midget and Sprint Car expertise throughout the season, resulting in four Xtreme Outlaw Series wins and his first career Sprint Car victory with the Midwest Open Wheel Association (MOWA) in April.
“I work on all my own stuff here at my house, and Paul usually just texts me what he wants on it,” Sarff said. “We scale it and go through it over the phone. Paul never gets to come to our shop because he’s in Indiana and I’m in Illinois. So, we just have a package that we go through, scale the car, show up to the track and that’s what we got. It seems to be working good so far.”
That Sprint Car win also came driving for CBR — one month after Briscoe announced Sarff would be in the driver’s seat for the reopening of his Sprint Car team.
“Once I started the NASCAR journey, I always knew I wanted to stay a part of the sport as an owner give back to drivers I felt like deserved opportunities because I wouldn’t be where I am today without the same thing,” Briscoe said in a team press release in March. “I’m super excited this year to have Karter Sarff try wing Sprint Car racing, he did an amazing job in our midget at Chili Bowl and he has a bright future ahead. It will be a lot of fun for me to be able to race a few races this year with my dad again and then watch him and Karter go run as well.”
Sarff started on the pole and led all 25 laps around the 4/10-mile of Red Hill Raceway in his first race out with the CBR Sprint Car team, led by Briscoe’s father, Kevin.
“With Kevin, he’s just real knowledgeable with everything as well,” Sarff said. “Listening to what he says about things, how things work, I’ve been able to build a pretty good notebook in my head of how things work and how things should work.
“They’ve been a lot of help to get my knowledge to where I want it to be. Obviously, I still have a lot to learn, and I’m just happy to be around a good, smart group of guys.”
As the Midget season winds down, Sarff has reflected on what’s brought his career to this point. Thirteen months ago, he was a regional Midget racer still looking for his first major breakthrough. Now, he’s a budding open-wheel talent racing for a NASCAR star’s team and a threat to win any national Midget series event he competes in.
“I’m not sure what clicked for me, but I think the Sprint Cars helped a lot,” Sarff said. “Just slowing the Midget down, and I think my racecraft has improved a lot for whatever reason. I guess just watching, paying attention and learning from my mistakes.”
Sarff will be back in action with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota — Sept. 13-15 for a three-race swing through his home state at Southern Illinois Raceway, Highland Speedway and Adams County (IL) Speedway. Advance sale tickets are available at the link below.
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BREAK OUT THE BROOM: Red River Valley Domination Leads Carson Macedo to Weekend Sweep
Carson Macedo grabs third win in four races, closes on Schatz in the points
WEST FARGO, ND (August 24, 2024) - Carson Macedo and Jason Johnson Racing are getting hot.
On Friday Macedo pieced together an impressive drive from sixth to victory at River Cities Speedway.
On Saturday when the stage shifted to West Fargo, ND’s Red River Valley Speedway, Macedo made things a little easier on himself. There would be no need to drive from the third row as he earned the pole of the 30-lap Feature. And the Lemoore, CA native put together a nearly perfect race to punctuate a perfect night.
Macedo earned Simpson Quick Time, won the first NOS Energy Drink Heat Race, topped the Toyota Racing Dash, and sealed the deal by leading every lap of the Feature. The performance earned Macedo and JJR a weekend sweep in North Dakota and their third victory in the last four races.
“I just felt extremely good,” Macedo said. “Philip Dietz knocked it out of the park again. He’s done an incredible job this weekend. Robby McQuinn and Adam Zimmerman putting the whole package together and working really hard. It just feels good to get a win here.
“We’ve got a lot of momentum. It just feels good to be running up front, contending for wins, and then closing it out and getting the job done. The 41 is just fast right now. When your race car is fast and things are clicking, it seems like things just go your way. I remember Jason Meyers telling me at one point, ‘When the iron is burning, it burns hot. When it’s cold, it’s tough to get out of that wintertime.’”
The weekend sweep marked Macedo’s first back-to-back wins since April of 2022. He’s up to 41 career World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car victories, equaling him with fellow full-timer Sheldon Haudenschild for 20th on the all-time win list. A night after claiming his second River Cities checkered flag, he grabbed his second Red River Valley trophy, making it the 11th track where he’s a multi-time winner. He also closed to within four points of Donny Schatz for second in the standings.
Macedo rolled right out to an early advantage when the green flag flew for the finale. He established control early and made it clear it was going to be difficult to pass him. In only two laps, his lead grew to a second and a half.
Even when he first encountered traffic, Macedo showed no signs of slowing. The Albaugh No. 41 sliced through slower cars and clicked off laps. The gap between himself and second-running Sheldon Haudenschild expanded to north of two seconds by the halfway point.
But you can’t ever count out Haudenschild. He’s known for incredible feats behind the wheel and looked to achieve another by erasing Macedo’s huge advantage and stealing the victory.
The lead dropped back under two seconds on Lap 21 as Macedo met some struggles navigating traffic. And then a close moment nearly cost him. Two lappers collided just ahead of Macedo exiting Turn 4 forcing him to slow down considerably. The contact allowed Haudenschild to pull right up to Macedo, but he couldn’t find a path around him.
The yellow flag flew with four laps remaining as Donny Schatz slowed with a flat tire. The caution was just what Macedo needed as the clear track allowed him to drive away and complete the statement win.
“The track turned out to be really wide and racy,” Macedo said. “I was surprised. It took a while to get worked in early in the night and then was fast through the Heat Races. It was just a great track and a lot of fun.”
Haudenschild brought the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing/NOS Energy Drink No. 17 home second as he continues to build momentum. The Wooster, OH native has strung together four consecutive podiums. The recent stretch of consistency has lifted Haudenschild from seventh to sixth in points.
“We ran him back down,” Haudenschild commented. “Lapped traffic was hectic. He did a great job getting through them. Then I kind of had to pick my way back through them. It’s frustrating as a driver having this good of a car and to not pick up a win this weekend. But hats off to (Kyle) Ripper, Steve (Kinzer Dussel), and Luke (Vaughn). They’ve been putting the work in, and we’re getting better each week I feel.”
Michael “Buddy” Kofoid came home third to round up the podium with Roth Motorsports. The effort capped a strong weekend for the Series rookie as he landed in the top three on both nights. Kofoid is buildings some momentum with his home tracks in California on the horizon.
“It was a great weekend for us,” Kofoid said. “I feel like we’re back to how I felt my best here and even in general. I always love coming here. I was a little apprehensive when I saw how wet it was, but it turned out really good.”
Bill Balog and Giovanni Scelzi completed the top five.
A 19th to ninth drive earned Garet Williamson the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Carson Macedo earned his 10th Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 43rd of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One and Three belonged to Carson Macedo and Sheldon Haudenschild. Milton Hershey Heat Two went to Andy Pake.
Carson Macedo topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Garet Williamson won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
Scott Bogucki earned the Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head to South Dakota for the rescheduled Huset’s Hustle presented by Folkens Brothers Trucking finale on Friday, August 30 before the BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals presented by Menards on August 31-September 1 with a $100,000-to-win finale. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
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FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid[7]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog[5]; 5. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[8]; 6. 64-Andy Pake[2]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart[4]; 8. 2-David Gravel[12]; 9. 23-Garet Williamson[19]; 10. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[14]; 11. 15-Donny Schatz[10]; 12. 7S-Landon Crawley[9]; 13. 24T-Christopher Thram[13]; 14. 70-Kraig Kinser[17]; 15. 17GP-Justin Henderson[16]; 16. 6-Max Guilford[21]; 17. 13-Mark Dobmeier[15]; 18. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[11]; 19. 8-Jack Croaker[24]; 20. 27-Weston Olson[20]; 21. 52-Adam Sobolik[23]; 22. 14T-Tim Estenson[18]; 23. 11M-Brendan Mullen[22]; 24. 10-Scott Bogucki[6]
FOR ELOY: Carson Macedo Tops River Cities Thriller for 40th Career Victory
The Jason Johnson Racing driver holds on to win on the night the World of Outlaws honored Eloy Gutierrez
GRAND FORKS, ND (August 23, 2024) - There looked to be no stopping Carson Macedo on Friday night at River Cities Speedway.
The Californian lined up sixth for the 40-lap finale with a stacked five names ahead in the lineup, but it didn’t matter. None of them would get in Macedo’s way on his charge toward Victory Lane.
Macedo moved the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 wherever he wanted to march forward. After starting on row three, he snatched the lead from Michael “Buddy” Kofoid on Lap 19. A fierce battle ensued for the next few laps before Macedo secured the spot. He then picked his way through heavy traffic and survived Kofoid’s final surge to grab the win.
An emotional celebration followed as the evening was all about honoring Eloy Gutierrez who passed away on Monday. Gutierrez helped implement the use of electronic timing and scoring, evolving Sprint Car racing to a new level. He dedicated many years of his life to the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars. But most importantly, he was one of the kindest humans to ever grace the racing community. Gutierrez treated everyone he met with kindness and as a friend.
“I just want to give a huge shoutout to Eloy,” Macedo said. “We miss him very much. It just sucks not having him here. He was a guy that was a friend to you no matter who you were. You felt like Eloy was your best friend because he made it a point to make you feel that way every time you saw him. I know we’re going to miss him very much.”
Macedo’s win bumped his career tally up to 40 with The Greatest Show on Dirt. He became the 21st driver in Series history to reach the milestone. The victory was his second at River Cities, making him the eighth with at least a pair of checkered flags at the Fargo, ND bullring. River Cities also became the 10th track where he’s won at least twice with the World of Outlaws.
Macedo might’ve made the drive to the front look easy, but it by no means was a simple cruise to the lead on the exciting quarter mile that is River Cities Speedway.
When the green flag dropped on the 40-lapper, it was second starting Kofoid getting the jump on the pole sitter Haudenschild to lead the first lap. Kofoid established command in the early going as the Roth Motorsports No. 83 pulled ahead of the field.
It didn’t take long for Macedo to begin charging, and right before the halfway point of the race he grabbed second when Haudenschild got tripped up on the cushion in Turns 1 and 2. Right after Macedo secured the spot the yellow flag flew for the first time.
The caution set up a pivotal restart as Kofoid opted for the bottom and gave Macedo the top for the double-file formation. Macedo took advantage by ripping by Kofoid in Turns 1 and 2 when the green flag brought the action back to life.
Kofoid fought back a few laps later as he got a strong run down the back straightaway and slid Macedo into Turn 3. Then during the next lap Macedo returned the favor as he pulled off a Turn 3 slider to regain the lead.
The laps clicked away quickly in the second half of the race. Kofoid and Haudenschild gave it everything they had in their hopes to catch Macedo, but it simply wasn’t enough. Both closed in on the final lap, but Macedo held on comfortably on his way to his fifth World of Outlaws victory of the season.
“I started to kind of second guess what I was doing there at the end,” Macedo admitted. “I started to kind of second guess what I was doing there at the end. I was starting to get a little free up top in (Turns) 3 and 4, but if I got my wing back a little bit, I’d get tight other places. I kind of found a happy medium there and moved around just enough. I could see him (Kofoid) exiting to my inside off of (Turn) 4 a little bit, so I tried the bottom. It was really slick on entry, but it was really center off, so I could see where he was using that and making up a little bit of ground. It was slick up top in (Turns) 3 and 4 as well.”
Buddy Kofoid settled for runner-up after leading 19 laps. It gave the Penngrove, CA native 13 podiums for the year with the World of Outlaws. After how the restart unfolded, Kofoid found himself second guessing his choice to take the bottom groove on the racetrack.
“I knew I obviously took the lead on the top on the initial start,” Kofoid said. “But it had been almost 20 laps since to where I figured the middle had kind of slicked up just enough to where I could take off on the bottom. But I just needed to be on the outside on the restart. Carson and the 41 guys did a good job. To be honest I felt like I could still pace them in their dirty air. There were times I felt like I was faster. Everyone is just hauling ass here. They did a good job. I just made a mistake, and it cost me.”
Rounding out the top three in the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 was Sheldon Haudenschild. The hunger continues to grow for a River Cities victory for the team NOS Energy Drink driver as he looks for his first win at the quarter mile.
“We kind of got going there towards the end,” Haudenschild explained. “We were just kind of hanging on there at the beginning and tried to burn some fuel off and just get rolling. (Kyle) Ripper and the boys did a great job all night. I rolled the bottom good there the last two laps or so and kind of got my nose and really threaded the needle with the one lapper. I really wanted to get a win for Eloy, but we’ve got tomorrow and we’ll keep fighting.”
Giovanni Scelzi and Donny Schatz completed the top five.
Tim Estenson earned the KSE Racing Hard Charger with a 24th to 16th drive.
Sheldon Haudenschild claimed his sixth Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 35th of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Sheldon Haudenschild, Bill Balog, and Buddy Kofoid. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Logan Schuchart.
The Toyota Racing Dash was won by Sheldon Haudenschild.
Scott Bogucki topped the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Justin Henderson.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars make their only appearance at West Fargo, ND’s Red River Valley Speedway on Saturday, August 24. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
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FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[6]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[1]; 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[3]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz[11]; 6. 2-David Gravel[7]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart[4]; 8. 23-Garet Williamson[8]; 9. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[9]; 10. 17B-Bill Balog[5]; 11. 64-Andy Pake[13]; 12. 13-Mark Dobmeier[10]; 13. 6-Max Guilford[19]; 14. 7S-Landon Crawley[16]; 15. 70-Kraig Kinser[22]; 16. 14T-Tim Estenson[24]; 17. 24T-Christopher Thram[15]; 18. 17GP-Justin Henderson[12]; 19. 17Z-Zach Omdahl[18]; 20. 8-Jack Croaker[14]; 21. 10-Scott Bogucki[21]; 22. 11M-Brendan Mullen[17]; 23. 26-Blake Egeland[20]; 24. O-Nick Omdahl[23]
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Zach Daum’s Veteran Skill, Mind Propels Trifecta Motorsports Forward
Mechanical, incidental woes won’t slow experienced Illinois racer in fight for wins
CONCORD, NC (Aug. 22, 2024) – In a sea of teenage and 20-something phenoms of the national Midget ranks, Zach Daum remains the lone veteran presence on the roster of the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota.
Armed with years of experience behind the wheel of several open-wheel rides, the 32-year-old from Pocahontas, IL, has learned a lot from racing alongside the heroes of the non-winged world. Clauson, Darland, Hines, East, Kuhn – Daum could go on all day listing the names he learned invaluable techniques from, and still applies to his game today.
He’s fielded cars with his own support for most of his Midget career before becoming a hired gun in the 2020s, winning the inaugural Xtreme Midget championship in 2022 with Bundy Built Motorsports and later making the move to his current home at Trifecta Motorsports in June 2023.
Team co-owners Steve Carbone and Staton Flurry are in their seventh year of partnership and second full season chasing a national Midget series championship. The two have fielded Midgets at the Chili Bowl Nationals every year since 2018, and since linking with Daum last summer, they’ve been pleased with Daum’s veteran skills and the care he takes with the cars.
To Daum, it’s an essential attribute for modern Midget racers.
“I kinda pride myself on not tearing up a lot of stuff,” Daum said. “Carbone yells at me all the time because I never go through a front bumper or right-side nerf bar or anything like that. You can race without making contact.
“I know that when you’re racing, you’re gonna make contact with people. But these aren’t bumper cars. We don’t need to be hitting people.”
Racing hard, yet clean, has afforded Daum several opportunities over his career, most recently the opportunity to drive the Trifecta team and be part of the successful stretch they experienced in the 2023 season. In the last two thirds of the schedule, the pairing came nearly all the way back from over 200 points down in the Xtreme Outlaw Series championship standings, won five races and clinched the inaugural Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge miniseries championship.
Daum’s no-quit attitude and on-track intensity is why Carbone keeps him in the seat, even in the roughest of times.
“We’re extremely serious about what we’re doing, and Zach is a perfect example,” Carbone said. “You will see him have some flare-ups on the racetrack, especially with his famous one-finger salute, and that is his passion coming out. If you’ve met him or talked to him, he’s one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. If you jeopardize his racecraft or put a sour note on Midget racers, he just flips a switch.
“It’s a guy you’ll never meet anywhere else.”
While the Oklahoma-based team was looking forward to replicating the numbers they produced in 2023, the 2024 season has fallen short of their championship expectations. They began the year strong with back-to-back podiums in Du Quoin, however, mechanical issues and on-track incidents hindered their progress through the first half of the season, leaving them 500 points behind the championship points leader in fifth place.
“Highs and lows, I guess; it hasn’t been as good of a year as it was last year,” Daum said. “Last year, we won a couple USAC races and five Xtreme races. This year, we’ve won one Xtreme race, so obviously not been as good of a year. But you’ll have those years – the peaks and valleys of racing. You ride the wave as long as you can when they’re going up and you try to find the next one when you’re down to get back up.”
Despite the struggles, the team had a career-best trip out to North Carolina’s Millbridge Speedway in May, where they ran runner-up to Karter Sarff in the first race of the two-day event before scoring their lone Feature win of the season in the finale Wednesday night. All of this, only one year after Daum finished 15th on the opening night before taking a hard crash in a Last Chance event the next night.
“There was a few races on my schedule that I was like, ‘OK, we can win here, we can win here, we’re good at these places,’” Daum said. “We were all dreading going to Millbridge, and that’s the only highlight of our year so far.
“That was our worst racetrack last year and it’s our best racetrack this year. It’s funny how things like that work.”
While they work to get back to Victory Lane again before the end of the season, each of the five remaining races on the 2024 Xtreme Outlaw Series schedule are in Daum’s home state of Illinois, including one of his home tracks – Highland Speedway.
“It’d be cool to at least win one or a couple of them,” Daum said. “We’re finally getting back to being better. I’ve complained about the racecar every night we’ve raced and not being comfortable and not being the same as what we were last year. I feel like we’re finally getting back to feeling pretty good again.”
Daum and Trifecta Motorsports get back into action with the Xtreme Outlaw Series at Southern Illinois Raceway on Friday, Sept. 13. Advance sale tickets are available now.
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A NEW LENS: Bill Rose Learning Even More from Crew Chief Role
The Series veteran is taking the opportunity to give young drivers a chance on the sport’s biggest stage
GRAND FORKS, ND (August 22, 2024) - Bill Rose wants to be behind the wheel of a Sprint Car.
It’s what he loves. It’s what he knows. It’s what he’s done for nearly his entire life.
Unfortunately for Rose, injuries have intervened over his last two seasons on the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car tour. Broken ribs last fall and a fractured sternum in May of this year have forced the Plainfield, IN native to the sidelines.
But the time out of the seat hasn’t been entirely negative for Rose. It’s given him the opportunity to work solely on the other side of the street as a crew chief and give aspiring drivers a chance on the sport’s biggest stage.
He’s kept his No. 6 machine on tour with a variety of competitors being tabbed to fill in. While veterans such as Tim Kaeding and Brian Paulus have been part of the rotation, Rose has prioritized putting younger talent in the seat. Kody Hartlaub (East Berlin, PA), Kelby Watt (Adel, IA), Robbie Price (Cobble Hill, BC, Canada) and most recently Max Guilford (Auckland, New Zealand) have all joined The Greatest Show on Dirt to keep Rose’s car on track.
The last couple seasons haven’t been Rose’s first rodeo of a promising racer jumping in the No. 6. In 2013, a 21-year-old named David Gravel got the call from Rose and even won a World of Outlaws race at I-94 emr Speedway. The stint helped Gravel gain recognition on his path to becoming currently the eighth winningest driver in Series history with 101 victories.
“I like working with the younger guys,” Rose said. “As long as they’re willing to learn because some of these guys do have some talent. I mean, they really do. Actually, all three of the younger guys I’ve put in the car, they got talent. And they’re just like me when I was starting, I’ve always had to work on my own stuff and do everything myself. And maybe if these guys get a little bit of a break getting into something, it could grow into something big. I mean, Gravel got in my car. Of course, he’s got big talent as we all know. But these other kids, they could have that opportunity, too.”
The veteran does have one main requirement beyond flashes of talent to drive for him. Rose wants his drivers to know their way around the car, not to simply show up and race.
“I think it means a lot,” Rose said of his drivers understanding the mechanical side. “As a driver, I think if you know more about the race car, you’re going to learn more about driving them, too. If you understand how the car works, it’s easier to tell someone that’s working on your car that it’s this in the corner and this here. Some of these young kids have no clue. They just drive the wheels off of it.”
Being forced out of the seat due to injury is the last thing Rose wants, but he expects his current role to be beneficial when he returns to the seat. Even when he’s the driver, he calls the shots on the car. Serving as only a crew chief has allowed him to watch the car more and even discover issues that he’s been able to solve.
“I’m always trying to drive it, wrench it, and do it all by myself,” Rose said. “Now that I’ve gotten to watch the car and what the car is doing, the setups I’m doing are totally different than what I was doing when I was driving the car. The car was just way, way too tight for me, and I didn’t even realize it. When Kelby got in the car, it was so tight it was unbelievable. So, I started freeing the car up, and of course he got faster and faster as everybody saw.”
The short-term plan is for Guilford to continue to drive for Rose through at least the California stretch that wraps up with the $83,000-to-win Dennis Roth Classic at Thunderbowl Raceway (Tulare, CA). Guilford’s drive and attitude impressed Rose last weekend at Jackson Motorplex.
But don’t be mistaken, Rose fully plans to be ripping a Sprint Car again. The recovery goes on for his broken sternum, but he has no plans of retiring from driving just yet, especially with a milestone year awaiting him.
“As soon as I can get healed up and get back in the car I will,” Rose said. “If it’s this year, fine. If it’s February, great… I know I’m racing next year. I just don’t know what the caliber of it is going to be. I know 100 percent, one way or the other, I will be racing next year because next year is 50 years of driving race cars for me. I’ve got to race next year. I started racing go-karts when I was 10 years old.”
Looking a little further down the road, Rose knows father time is undefeated and will eventually lead to him exiting the car for good. But whenever that time does come, he has no intentions of leaving the sport. The passion burns as bright as ever for the 59-year-old, and the last two years of operating as a crew chief may be a preview of Rose’s future.
“I can’t get away from this crap,” Rose said with a laugh. “I love it too much.”
Rose plans to have Guilford behind the wheel this weekend as the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head to River Cities Speedway (Grand Forks, ND) on Aug. 23 and Red River Valley Speedway (West Fargo, ND) on Aug. 24. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
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1 MONTH ALERT: Two-Day Dennis Roth Classic at Tulare Presents $83,000 Payday For World of Outlaws in September
TULARE, CA (Aug. 21, 2024) – One the most iconic figures in Sprint Car racing will be honored in September with a two-day marquee World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series event.
Thunderbowl Raceway will host the Dennis Roth Classic, Friday-Saturday, Sept. 20-21, which will conclude the World of Outlaws’ Cali Outlaw Valley Swing with a $83,000 payday to Saturday’s victor.
While this will be the third Dennis Roth Classic – first two with the Northern Auto Racing Club (NARC) – it’ll be the first sanctioned by the World of Outlaws. It’ll also mark the World of Outlaws’ first time back at the fan-favorite California dirt track since 2022.
Rico Abreu and Justin Cox won the first two editions of the event.
Kyle Larson and Giovanni Scelzi are the last two World of Outlaws winners at Thunderbowl. Of active full-time Series drivers, 10-time World of Outlaws champion Donny Schatz has the most Series wins at the track with three; his last came in 2017.
Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year contender Michael “Buddy” Kofoid, of Penngrove, CA, will carry the flag for Roth Motorsports at the event, piloting Roth’s famed No. 83 Sprint Car. He has two Trophy Cup preliminary night victories at the track.
EVENT INFO
Date – Friday-Saturday, Sept. 20-21
Location – Tulare, CA
Track Record – 12.582 seconds set by Brad Sweet on March 13, 2015
Times (PT) –
Gates Open: 4 p.m.
Hot Laps: 5 p.m.
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available at track.
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Last Race Video Recap (March 12, 2022) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlB5MbSebMs
Previous World of Outlaws winners at Thunderbowl –
2022 –Giovanni Scelzi on March 11, Kyle Larson on March 12
2019 – Ian Madsen on March 9
2018 – Aaron Reutzel on March 9
2017 – David Gravel on March 17, Donny Schatz on March 18
2016 – David Gravel on March 12
2015 – Tim Kaeding on March 13, Rico Abreu on March 14
2014 – Daryn Pittman on March 14, Rico Abreu on March 15
2013 – Tim Kaeding on March 15, Craig Dollansky on March 16
2012 – Tim Kaeding on March 16
2011 – Joey Saldana on March 19
2010 – Jason Meyers on March 5, Joey Saldana on March 6
2009 – Randy Hannagan on March 20, Joey Saldana on March 21
2008 – Jac Haudenschild on Oct. 18
2007 – Joey Saldana on Feb. 23, Tim Kaeding on Feb. 24, Donny Schatz on Oct. 13
2005 – Tim Shaffer on Feb. 25, Donny Schatz on Oct. 14, Sammy Swindell on Oct. 15
2004 – Erin Crocker on Oct. 29, Terry McCarl on Oct. 30
2003 – Steve Kinser on Sept. 2
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: North Dakota Welcomes World of Outlaws for Final Time This Year
River Cities and Red River Valley close out 2024 North Dakota slate
The 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car campaign rolls on into North Dakota this weekend.
The late summer stretch continues with the final visits to the “Peace Garden State” for the year. First up is a Friday, Aug. 23, trip to Grand Forks, ND’s River Cities Speedway. The quarter mile bullring always produces some of the most thrilling action of the season with its high banks and tight confines. Out of the more than 400 tracks he’s visited, longtime Series announcer Johnny Gibson ranks it as his favorite.
Then, it’s an hour south down I-29 to West Fargo, ND where Red River Valley Speedway awaits. The 3/8 mile is set to host The Greatest Show on Dirt for the 69th time on Saturday, Aug. 24, which will equal it with Eagle Raceway for the eighth most visited track in Series history.
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Let’s look at the weekend’s top storylines:
HOME SWEET HOME: The final weekend in North Dakota this season means the final chance for Donny Schatz to race in front of home state fans – something the 10-time Series champion has always excelled at doing.
Schatz’s River Cities numbers are staggering. He’s competed in all 32 World of Outlaws races contested at the bullring and made a dozen trips to Victory Lane – a 36% winning clip. Twenty-three of those 32 starts have resulted in podiums. Only three times has he missed the top five, and he’s never missed the top 10 with a worst result of eighth. His average finish is 2.7.
Over at Red River Valley, the track closest to his current home, Schatz hasn’t been quite as strong as he is at River Cities but still boasts a solid résumé. The driver of the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 has made 46 Series appearances at Red River Valley and won six times. It’s where he made his World of Outlaws debut back in 1993.
Schatz could use a strong weekend on home turf as he looks to catch David Gravel in the battle for the championship. Gravel is currently 106 points ahead.
SHARK SWEEP: Last year, the August trip to North Dakota proved to be a fruitful one for Logan Schuchart.
He and the Shark Racing team swept the River Cities and Red River Valley weekend. The Hanover, PA native pulled off a late pass to steal the win. Then, the next night, he dominated by leading all 30 laps for his first Red River Valley checkered flag.
This year, Schuchart rolls into the “Peace Garden State” locked in a tight battle for a top five in the standings. He’s 40 markers behind Michael “Buddy” Kofoid who currently holds down the fifth spot, but he’s got Sheldon Haudenschild just 10 behind him. The stats stay Schuchart could piece together a productive weekend toward that effort.
GRAND FORKS GLORY: Schatz and Schuchart aren’t the only full-timers among the current crop of World of Outlaws competitors to enjoy success at River Cities. In fact, half of the roster has topped a Series race at the 1/4-mile dirt track.
Current point leader David Gravel owns a pair of River Cities trophies. Back in 2017 he took the CJB Motorsports No. 5 to a win and then added a second last year with Big Game Motorsports.
Two years ago, Carson Macedo took home his sole River Cities victory to date. It came aboard his current ride, the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41.
In 2012, Kraig Kinser made an impressive drive at River Cities to collect one of his 17 career wins. The Bloomington, IN native rolled from 10th to Victory Lane.
The latest to add his name to the list is Fresno, CA’s Giovanni Scelzi. The 22-year-old outdueled Sheldon Haudenschild and crossed the finish line first in the KCP Racing No. 18.
A MATTER OF TIME: Friday’s visit to River Cities looks like the perfect opportunity for Sheldon Haudenschild to break through into Victory Lane.
After topping seven of the first 27 World of Outlaws races this season, Haudenschild and the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing crew are now on a 19-race winless streak. This past weekend at Jackson, the hunger to win again intensified even more as he finished second both nights, his sixth and seventh podium efforts since his last victory.
Coincidentally, Haudenschild’s last two visits to River Cities have led to runner-up results. He’s come so close to a River Cities triumph with laps led in six different Features and three total second place finishes in his career at the North Dakota bullring. It’s a track where he’s undoubtedly ready to find a way to win.
BULLRING BREAKTHROUGH: Another driver that can be expected to be in contention at Friday’s River Cities tilt is Brock Zearfoss.
The “Jonestown Jet” might’ve developed his skills on the big tracks of Pennsylvania, but the bullring of River Cities has suited him well on the World of Outlaws tour. He’s raced there six times and come away with five top 10s. The last two visits have seen him drive from 22nd to 10th and 21st to ninth.
Zearfoss will head to River Cities already carrying some momentum. Since the break for Fourth of July weekend, he’s earned four top 10s in 11 Feature starts including a ninth in this past weekend’s Jackson Nationals finale.
NORTH DAKOTA KNOWLEDGE: North Dakota always offers up a solid collection of local talent ready to face off with the country’s best when the World of Outlaws come to town.
Mark Dobmeier headlines the North Dakota contingent. The Grand Forks, ND driver has been dominant at his home track to the tune of more than 100 career River Cities wins including six this year. He’s yet to beat the World of Outlaws there but has come close with a pair of podiums. Over at Red River Valley, Dobmeier is a former Northern Outlaw Sprint Association (NOSA) winner.
Fellow Grand Forks native and reigning NOSA champion, Jade Hastings, is another local to keep an eye on. He’s already topped four River Cities races this year. Hastings picked up a World of Outlaws top 10 at the 1/4-mile track in 2018.
The only person not named Dobmeier or Hastings to claim a River Cities NOSA race this season is Nick Omdahl. He’s from East Grand Forks, MN and frequently makes the trip across the Red River when the World of Outlaws visit. He also owns a pair of NOSA runner-ups at Red River Valley.
This trio is likely to be joined by additional local competitors including Brendan Mullen (Grand Forks, ND), Jack Croaker (East Grand Forks, MN), Adam Sobolik (Grand Forks, ND), and more.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday, August 23 at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, ND
Saturday, August 24 at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, ND
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (46/70 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (6364 PTS)
2. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 (-106 PTS)
3. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-142 PTS)
4. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing No. 18 (-232 PTS)
5. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-300 PTS)
6. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-340 PTS)
7. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-350 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports No. 17B (-812 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing No. 3Z (-1052 PTS)
10. Kraig Kinser – Premier Motorsports No. 70 (-1316 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (16 Drivers):
13 Wins – David Gravel
7 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
4 Wins – Carson Macedo, Donny Schatz
3 Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, Kyle Larson
2 Wins – Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Brent Marks, Brady Bacon, Michael Kofoid, Corey Day, Logan Schuchart, James McFadden, T.J. Stutts
FEATURE LAPS LED (22 Drivers):
317 Laps – David Gravel
257 Laps – Carson Macedo
178 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
166 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
132 Laps – Donny Schatz
97 Laps – Kyle Larson
75 Laps – Rico Abreu
49 Laps – Logan Schuchart
44 Laps – James McFadden
34 Laps – Brady Bacon, Michael Kofoid
25 Laps – Brad Sweet, T.J. Stutts
15 Laps – Ryan Timms, Tyler Courtney
13 Laps – Anthony Macri
12 Laps – Emerson Axsom
11 Laps – Bill Balog
9 Laps – Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Kalib Henry
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (16 Drivers):
9 Quick Times – Carson Macedo, David Gravel
5 Quick Times – Sheldon Haudenschild
4 Quick Times – Giovanni Scelzi, Michael Kofoid
3 Quick Times – Brent Marks
2 Quick Times – Daryn Pittman, Donny Schatz, Landon Crawley
1 Quick Time – Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Cory Eliason, Brock Zearfoss, Rico Abreu, Chase Dietz, Matt Juhl
HEAT RACE WINNERS (48 Drivers):
26 Heat Wins – David Gravel
23 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
21 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
16 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi
12 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid
9 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu
7 Heat Wins – Brock Zearfoss, Donny Schatz, Logan Schuchart
5 Heat Wins – Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks
4 Heat Wins – Bill Balog
3 Heat Wins – Daryn Pittman
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown, Landon Crawley, Corey Day, Garet Williamson, Kyle Larson, Anthony Macri, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Austin McCarl, Aaron Reutzel
1 Heat Win – Justin Peck, Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Danny Sams III, Emerson Axsom, Tim Shaffer, Nick Omdahl, Scott Bogucki, Brad Sweet, Spencer Bayston, Brady Bacon, Parker Price-Miller, Chase Dietz, T.J. Stutts, Kelby Watt, Jamie Ball, Chase Randall, Hunter Schuerenberg, Tasker Phillips, Ayrton Gennetten, Tanner Holmes, Kaleb Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Cole Macedo, Cale Thomas, Dusty Zomer
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (59 Drivers):
35 Dashes – David Gravel
33 Dashes – Carson Macedo
30 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild
23 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
20 Dashes – Donny Schatz
16 Dashes – Logan Schuchart
11 Dashes – Bill Balog
10 Dashes – Brock Zearfoss
9 Dashes – Rico Abreu
7 Dashes – Landon Crawley, Brent Marks
6 Dashes – Tyler Courtney, Emerson Axsom
5 Dashes – Corey Day, Aaron Reutzel
4 Dashes – Brian Brown, Brady Bacon, Anthony Macri, Garet Williamson
3 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Daryn Pittman, Justin Peck, James McFadden
2 Dashes – Cole Duncan, Cole Macedo, Kalib Henry, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Parker Price-Miller, Chase Dietz, Ayrton Gennetten
1 Dash – Zeb Wise, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Logan McCandless, Skylar Gee, Kody Hartlaub, Tim Shaffer, T.J. Michael, Craig Mintz, Brandon Spithaler, Sye Lynch, Cale Thomas, Kaleb Johnson, Nick Omdahl, Scott Bogucki, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Kraig Kinser, Troy Wagaman Jr., T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Jacob Allen, Lance Dewease, Kelby Watt, Will Armitage, Dusty Zomer
MICRO-LITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (37 Drivers):
3 LCS Wins – Bill Balog, Anthony Macri, Landon Crawley
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless, Brock Zearfoss, Garet Williamson,
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace Park, Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brandon Rahmer, David Gravel, Nate Dussel, Cole Macedo, Zeth Sabo, Brooke Tatnell, Donny Schatz, Brent Marks, Cory Eliason, Kerry Madsen, Creed Kemenah, Joel Myers Jr., Hunter Schuerenberg, Kody Hartlaub, Lucas Wolfe, Larry Wight, Kyle Larson, Jesse Attard, Dusty Zomer, Chris Windom, Ayrton Gennetten, Brad Sweet, Kelby Watt
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (29 Drivers):
8 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz
6 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart
3 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo
2 Hard Chargers – Aaron Reutzel, Michael Kofoid, Cale Thomas, Danny Dietrich
1 Hard Charger – Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild, Landon Crawley, Sye Lynch, Bill Balog, Scotty Neitzel, Garet Williamson, Brent Marks, Larry Wight, Anthony Macri, James McFadden, Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day, Emerson Axsom, Tim Kaeding
PODIUM FINISHES (24 Drivers):
27 Podiums – David Gravel
20 Podiums – Carson Macedo
16 Podiums – Donny Schatz, Sheldon Haudenschild
12 Podiums – Michael Kofoid
8 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
6 Podiums – Kyle Larson
5 Podiums – Rico Abreu
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet, Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks
2 Podiums – Bill Balog, Aaron Reutzel, Logan Schuchart, Justin Peck, James McFadden, Corey Day
1 Podium – Anthony Macri, Brady Bacon, Cole Macedo, Parker Price-Miller, Ryan Timms, Emerson Axsom, T.J. Stutts
TOP 10 FINISHES (71 Drivers):
41 Top 10s – David Gravel
40 Top 10s – Donny Schatz
39 Top 10s – Giovanni Scelzi
36 Top 10s – Michael Kofoid, Carson Macedo
35 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart
32 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
20 Top 10s – Bill Balog
12 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss
10 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney
9 Top 10s – Rico Abreu
8 Top 10s – Brent Marks, Brad Sweet, James McFadden, Anthony Macri
7 Top 10s – Aaron Reutzel
6 Top 10s – Kyle Larson, Corey Day
5 Top 10s – Brian Brown
4 Top 10s – Cole Macedo, Landon Crawley, Brady Bacon, Justin Peck, Garet Williamson, Emerson Axsom, Ryan Timms
3 Top 10s – Cole Duncan, Skylar Gee, Zeb Wise, Danny Dietrich, Jacob Allen
2 Top 10s – Chase Randall, Kraig Kinser, Cale Thomas, Parker Price-Miller, Cory Eliason, Chase Dietz, Troy Wagaman Jr., Daryn Pittman, Ayrton Gennetten, Scott Bogucki
1 Top 10 – Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Chris Windom, Joe B. Miller, Scotty Milan, Brandon Spithaler, Kalib Henry, Tim Shaffer, Zane DeVault, Sye Lynch, Travis Philo, Trey Jacobs, Scotty Thiel, Mark Dobmeier, Kaleb Johnson, Austin McCarl, Tim Kaeding, Christopher Thram, Landon Brooks, Greg Wilson, Spencer Bayston, Daison Pursley, Devon Borden, T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Lance Dewease, Stewart Friesen, Jordan Poirier, Larry Wight, Kerry Madsen
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / David Gravel (6)
20. Fri, May 17 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Michael Kofoid (1)
21. Sat, May 18 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / David Gravel (7)
22. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / David Gravel (8)
23. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
24. Mon, May 27 / Fremont Speedway / Fremont, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
25. Fri, May 31 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (6)
26. Fri, June 7 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Giovanni Scelzi (2)
27. Sat, June 8 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Sheldon Haudenschild (7)
28. Fri, June 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (9)
29. Sat, June 15 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Corey Day (1)
30. Wed, June 19 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Tyler Courtney (2)
31. Sat, June 29 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Logan Schuchart (1)
32. Wed, July 10 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Giovanni Scelzi (3)
33. Fri, July 12 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Carson Macedo (3)
34. Sat, July 13 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Donny Schatz (3)
35. Tues, July 16 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / David Gravel (10)
36. Fri, July 19 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (2)
37. Sat, July 20 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (11)
38. Wed, July 24 / BAPS Motor Speedway / York Haven, PA / James McFadden (1)
39. Fri, July 26 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / T.J. Stutts (1)
40. Sat, July 27 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / David Gravel (12)
41. Sun, July 28 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / David Gravel (13)
42. Fri, August 2 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (1)
43. Sat, August 3 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (2)
44. Sat, August 10 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Kyle Larson (3)
45. Fri, August 16 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Carson Macedo (4)
46. Sat, August 17 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Donny Schatz (4)
For the remaining 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car schedule, CLICK HERE.
SCHATZ SURVIVES: Donny Schatz Holds On for Second Jackson Nationals Title
The 10-time Series champ narrowly beats Sheldon Haudenschild to the line at Jackson for $25,000
JACKSON, MN (August, 17, 2024) - When the white flag flew on Saturday night the 46th FENDT Jackson Nationals looked to already be decided.
Donny Schatz had led from the drop of the green in the 35-lapper. The 10-time World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car champion worked through traffic masterfully, did what he needed to do on a restart, and held a comfortable advantage when the final lap began.
But Sheldon Haudenschild can never be counted out.
The Wooster, OH native was more than a second behind Schatz as the white flag was displayed. He put the NOS Energy Drink No. 17 right where he’s most comfortable – against the cushion – and let it rip. As they exited Turn 2 the gap visibly shrank. And then in the final set of corners Haudenschild went full send around the top and closed in, but Schatz narrowly held him off for $25,000 in a finish that brought the Jackson Motorplex crowd to their feet.
“I guess you’ve got to look at stats and look back at things, and I think we’ve taken these two-day shows, almost every one of them on the first night we’ve kind of tried something to get where we're at," Schatz explained of his speed on Saturday night. “Then when Scuba (Steve Swenson), Todd (Devnich), and Dauson (Heitritter) come back the second day it’s game on. Tonight was another one of those nights. We took what we learned from the first night for the second night. Obviously, we had help with that pill draw.
“Man, on the racetrack you could go everywhere. We could run the bottom and the top. I ran the middle there at the end. I kind of knew I needed to keep my tires underneath me. I was kind of hanging off of (Turn) 4. I don’t know what was going on up there, but that’s my own fault. I asked to get really tight, and sometimes you pay the price when you get over that crown that way.”
Schatz’s win gave him his second Jackson Nationals title to go along with his 2018 triumph. The Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian driver now owns four Series victories at Jackson, putting him in a four-way tie with Logan Schuchart, Brad Sweet, and Carson Macedo for the most wins at the Minnesota oval with The Greatest Show on Dirt. His fourth of 2024 is the 315th of his legendary career.
Schatz led the field to green after coming out on top of the Toyota Racing King of the Hill. Second-starting David Gravel attempted to give him an opening lap challenge. Schatz committed to the bottom on the first circuit while Gravel rolled about a lane higher in the Big Game Motorsports No. 2. Exiting Turn 4 on the first lap Gravel nearly got his left front alongside Schatz but couldn’t quite get there. Schatz began to extend the advantage on Lap 2.
Disaster nearly struck Schatz with 24 laps remaining as he worked through traffic. Landon Crawley and Kelby Watt got together right in front of him and spun. Schatz quickly reacted by driving between the two, narrowly avoiding disaster.
When the green flag brought the action back to life Gravel looked to Schatz’s outside, but just like the race’s initial start he couldn’t find the momentum necessary.
Haudenschild momentarily slipped back to fourth as Aaron Reutzel rolled by, but Haudenschild rallied to drive back around him. Haudenschild then got to work on tracking down Gravel. Haudenschild’s first move for second was countered as Gravel crossed him over. But on Lap 28 Haudenschild ripped the cushion to secure the runner-up spot.
Three lapped cars stood between Schatz and Haudenschild once he snagged the second spot. Victory appeared entirely out of reach until the 30-year-old got clear of traffic. The margin fell bit by bit as Haudenschild prepared for one final swing on the last lap. He gave it everything he had but couldn’t quite make the pass.
The veteran felt especially grateful to hold off Haudenschild’s charge.
“All I can say is if you’re a fan, it’s a good time to be alive,” Schatz said. “These kids, I criticize them a lot there’s no question. But it makes me damn proud to race with guys like Sheldon and Carson (Macedo) and seeing what’s happening because not only are they awesome, but they make the old guys like me even better. And that’s what this is all about. Happy to steal one from them tonight, that’s for sure.”
The runner-up run for Haudenschild’s was his second consecutive second place finish. He and the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing crew are building some momentum with their fourth podium run in the last five points races.
“I think just rolling around there in third and fourth and being able to search especially with a really good race car. That’s the only way you’re able to do that,” Haudenschild said of his late surge. “Hats off to Donny. It’s fun racing Donny. He’s the best at it. I’m just happy with our speed this weekend and looking forward to the next.”
Rounding out the top three was David Gravel in the Big Game Motorsports No. 2. The Watertown, CT native bagged his second straight third place finish at Jackson. If the initial start of the race could’ve gone a little differently for the point leader, it might’ve changed the entire race’s trajectory.
“The top of (Turns) 1 and 2 was pretty good early on, but the top of (Turns) 3 and 4 wasn’t. I felt like I was right there on his (Schatz’s) right rear, but I just wasn’t able to get around him. I feel like that would’ve changed our race a lot there. Donny was good through lapped traffic. I just feel like in the middle of that race I kind of struggled to find a place in (Turns) 1 and 2 where I felt good.”
Aaron Reutzel and Emerson Axsom completed the top five.
Tim Kaeding grabbed the KSE Racing Hard Charger with a drive from 24th to 15th.
Landon Crawley claimed his second career Simpson Quick Time in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to David Gravel, Logan Schuchart, and Sheldon Haudenschild. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Aaron Reutzel.
Donny Schatz topped the Toyota Racing King of the Hill.
Landon Crawley won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Break of the Race went to Landon Crawley.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars take on a North Dakota doubleheader at River Cities Speedway (Grand Forks, ND) on Friday, August 23 and Red River Valley Speedway (West Fargo, ND) on Saturday, August 24. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz[1]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 3. 2-David Gravel[2]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel[6]; 5. 27-Emerson Axsom[8]; 6. 83-Michael Kofoid[10]; 7. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[7]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart[5]; 9. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[4]; 10. 5T-Ryan Timms[18]; 11. 10-Scott Bogucki[11]; 12. 41-Carson Macedo[19]; 13. 17B-Bill Balog[12]; 14. 55-Kerry Madsen[9]; 15. 3-Tim Kaeding[24]; 16. 23-Garet Williamson[17]; 17. 2KS-Kelby Watt[16]; 18. 70-Kraig Kinser[13]; 19. 3J-Dusty Zomer[22]; 20. 17GP-Justin Henderson[20]; 21. 16-Brooke Tatnell[14]; 22. 22K-Kaleb Johnson[23]; 23. 7S-Landon Crawley[21]; 24. 24T-Christopher Thram[15]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
MINNESOTA MASTERPIECE: Carson Macedo Leads Every Lap to Begin Jackson Nationals in Victory Lane
The Jason Johnson Racing driver equals the record for the most Jackson victories with his fourth
JACKSON, MN (August 16, 2024) - Carson Macedo and Jason Johnson Racing continue to be nearly unstoppable at Jackson Motorplex.
Since teaming in 2021, Macedo and JJR have established themselves as the team to beat at the Minnesota oval. Heading into Friday’s FENDT Jackson Nationals race, Macedo hadn’t missed the top five in eight Jackson attempts behind the wheel of the No. 41. Two of those outings were wins, and another three were podiums.
All eyes were on them entering the evening, and they met the moment with ease.
Macedo started second in the 30-lapper and put on a clinic. He drove away from the field in the early portion of the race and sliced through traffic. A late restart served up a potential challenge from Sheldon Haudenschild, but Macedo stayed composed and moved by a couple lapped cars in the closing laps to punctuate a statement victory.
“Man, what a great job by this Albaugh, JJR 41 team,” Macedo said. “It was a great night overall. I feel like we were good in Qualifying and the Heat Race. The Dash I just didn’t really know that the top was that good. But I was able to get a really good start in the Feature and get back by Logan (Schuchart) and kind of take command of the race. Hats off to Philip Dietz. He did a great job. Adam Zimmerman and Robby McQuinn both did a great job working hard.”
The fourth World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car win of 2024 for Macedo is the 39th of his career. With his fourth overall Jackson checkered flag, it now stands alone as the track where he’s won most often with The Greatest Show on Dirt. It also equaled him with Logan Schuchart and Brad Sweet for the most victories at the facility.
It was Schuchart leading the field to green with Macedo alongside. The Lemoore, CA native used a strong start on the top to rocket around Schuchart in the first set of corners to lead the opening lap.
The first few laps saw Macedo waste no time in building his advantage over the Shark Racing No. 1S. The gap grew north of a second in only two laps as Macedo rolled around the 4/10 mile oval.
Macedo went unchallenged throughout the race’s opening half as he masterfully negotiated traffic. Schuchart and third-running Garet Williamson closed in a couple times but never could get close enough to make a move.
Just beyond the halfway point David Gravel and Sheldon Haudenschild worked around Williamson to claim the third and fourth positions.
The yellow lights flashed for the first and only time in the Feature with 10 laps remaining setting up a quick dash to the finish.
On the restart Macedo pulled ahead while Gravel peeked to Schuchart’s inside. The Hanover, PA native closed the door which left the top lane wide open for the fourth-running Haudenschild. He quickly ripped the cushion and cleared both Gravel and Schuchart by the time they reached the back straightaway.
Unlike early in the race, Macedo couldn’t manage to distance himself from the runner-up after Haudenschild had taken the spot. The NOS Energy Drink No. 17 stalked Macedo as the laps wound down. Traffic became a factor with only five laps remaining, and the gap shrank even more.
But right when it looked like a final lap thriller might be brewing, Haudenschild tripped up in Turns 3 and 4 right as Macedo managed to put another lapper between himself and Haudenschild. That proved to be the winning move as Macedo drove away to a comfortable victory.
“I could feel that my pace was slowing down when we got to traffic,” Macedo explained. “A lot of guys were running the same lane as we are. I got held up big time once off of (Turn) 4 by a lapper. He kind of got sideways, and I knew I was in trouble. Then I fired it off into (Turn) 1 and cleared him. Then I took the white and got around that last lap well.”
Haudenschild brought the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing machine home second to record his best career Jackson finish. The Wooster, OH native was happy with the speed he had but left a little disappointed that he couldn’t make a move to get by Macedo in traffic.
“I just had a lane open and went around them,” Haudenschild said of the restart that got him to second. “I felt like I was pacing the 41 really nice there. I just didn’t capitalize in traffic. He did a good job. I think he got by two of them in (Turns) 3 and 4. Hats off to (Kyle) Ripper, Steve (Kinzer Dussel), and Luke (Vaughn). They’re working hard here to get this NOS Energy Drink 17 another win. We want to get to that double-digit win mark pretty bad this year, so to come this close hurts a little bit, but we’ll take it and move on to tomorrow.”
The final step of the podium was occupied by David Gravel. He and the Big Game Motorsports crew continue to show unflinching consistency with their 26th top three of the year. If the late restart had unfolded a little differently, the point leader might’ve had a real shot at stealing the win.
“I thought we had a really good race car there,” Gravel said. “The track was slightly top dominant, but the lapped traffic really made it exciting. You could run the bottom groove there. On that restart Logan chose to go high, and I just stayed low like Macedo. And he (Schuchart) just kind of ran defensive down there and bottled us both up and Sheldon got around us. I would’ve loved to have the opportunity to run second there and then in lapped traffic I thought Sheldon had an opportunity to win the race. But man, those lapped cars were not getting off the top, and it was kind of hard to pass them sometimes. I’m really, really happy with the car.”
Aaron Reutzel and Logan Schuchart completed the top five.
Emerson Axsom earned the KSE Racing Hard Charger with a run from 17th to 11th.
David Gravel claimed his ninth Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 119th of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Dusty Zomer, Sheldon Haudenschild, and Bill Balog. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Carson Macedo.
Logan Schuchart topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Kelby Watt won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Michael “Buddy” Kofoid.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars take on the $25,000-to-win, $2,000-to-start FENDT Jackson Nationals finale at Minnesota’s Jackson Motorplex on Saturday, August 17. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[2]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]; 3. 2-David Gravel[3]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel[6]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart[1]; 6. 23-Garet Williamson[4]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog[7]; 8. 55-Kerry Madsen[13]; 9. 3-Tim Kaeding[11]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz[14]; 11. 27-Emerson Axsom[17]; 12. 10-Scott Bogucki[18]; 13. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[19]; 14. 5T-Ryan Timms[20]; 15. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[12]; 16. 17GP-Justin Henderson[10]; 17. 3J-Dusty Zomer[8]; 18. O9-Matt Juhl[15]; 19. 24T-Christopher Thram[24]; 20. 7S-Landon Crawley[16]; 21. 2KS-Kelby Watt[21]; 22. 22K-Kaleb Johnson[22]; 23. 44-Chris Martin[23]; 24. 83-Michael Kofoid[9]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
TRUE PASSION: Bob Curtis’ Commitment to Sprint Car Racing Has Led to Long Career With Top Teams
The KCP Racing car chief has spent more than two decades in the sport and worked alongside some of the brightest mechanical minds
JACKSON, MN (August 15, 2024) - Sprint Car racing is a passion. Working in it is a commitment.
It’s more than unloading at the track, racing, and heading to the next destination. It’s early mornings at the shop or in hotel parking lots throughout the week. It’s late nights at the car wash. It’s afternoon maintenance under a relentless, hot sun in the summer.
KCP Racing’s Bob Curtis knows that lifestyle well. The car chief for the team that Giovanni Scelzi competes with full-time on the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car tour has been involved in the sport for more than 20 years.
“I’ve always said that once you get your foot in the door and you’re willing to work and have a little work ethic, you’ll be in,” Curtis said. “If you get in and you don’t want to work and you want to be lazy, you’re not going to be in very long. But if you’re willing to put the time in and have a little bit of work ethic, once you get in the Sprint Car world, you’re in. It’s a hard, hard thing for teams to find people that want to do this, that realize how much time and effort it takes. When you break it down money-wise for time and money, it’s not that great. It’s definitely a passion.”
His passion has led him to work with some of the most notorious Sprint Car teams in the sport. He worked with Jason Meyers and Elite Racing; Rudeen Racing brought him aboard when they ran with the World of Outlaws; he tried his hand in USAC with Kasey Kahne Racing; a reunion with Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing led him to a 2011 Knoxville Nationals win; and he helped Larson-Marks Racing in its early years.
Curtis, a Warrensburg, MO native, first gained an interest in racing during childhood when his father spent some years competing in Micros. He first attended a World of Outlaws race in his teenage years at Odessa, MO’s I-70 Motorsports Park, but when his first experience working on race cars came in the Late Model and Modified worlds.
The fire to make a living in racing grew for there, and Curtis decided Sprint Cars were the direction he wanted to go. He was in his 20s and had a good job but gave it up to go racing when the opportunity to work for Brian Paulus arose near the end of 2000.
“Transitioning, I was committed,” Curtis said. “I knew going in I wasn’t going to make as much money, but it wasn’t about the money. I wanted to work on race cars. That’s what I did. I lived for it on the weekends. I wanted to work on race cars.”
After ending the year with Paulus, Curtis got the opportunity for the first part of 2001 to work with Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing team as they joined the World of Outlaws trail with Danny Lasoski behind the wheel. That stint allowed Curtis to learn from legendary crew chief Jimmy Carr.
But later in the season when he moved over to Daryn Pittman’s team it signaled the start of the most impactful stretch of his journey. It led to more responsibility and as a result, more knowledge.
“It was the best two years of Sprint Car Racing for me. I learned in a hurry because I didn’t have a choice,” Curtis said. “The two years with Daryn I learned so much. I had to. There was literally a stretch where it was just me and Daryn on the road. Joe (Gaerte) would fly out on the weekends, and I kind of had to learn everything. Motor stuff. Stuff on the car.”
From there, he had a successful stretch, working for some of the best teams in the sport, but eventually got to a point where he considered stepping away. Then came the opportunity to join Matt Barbara and Bret Nehring’s KCP Racing as their car chief this year.
“I thought I wanted to be done,” Curtis admitted. “I was just kind of sitting around not sure what I wanted to do and saw where these guys (KCP) were kind of looking, and I thought, ‘Well, I don’t need to be a crew chief. I don’t have to be a crew chief there. It would be a lot less stress, a lot less pressure.’ So, I reached out to them and one thing led to another.
“They’ve got a good package. Obviously, there was a lot of learning curves for them last year. But they went through the goods and the bads and stuck with each other. And then rolling into their second year (with the World of Outlaws), everything has been rolling pretty smooth.”
Curtis’ presence has been a welcome addition to the team. His years of experience have not only made him entirely reliable, but also helpful in other elements of being on the road with The Greatest Show on Dirt.
“I think anytime you can get someone with experience, whether it’s knowledge of the race car, someone you trust tightening bolts and making a nice race car that’s serviced right and someone that knows their way around the country, whether it’s roads to take, getting in and out of a racetrack, hotels to stay at, someone with that knowledge that isn’t completely green helps a race team,” Scelzi said. “To have someone you trust fully and someone that really wants to win races and has been in the position of winning races definitely helps.”
Scelzi and the KCP team sit fourth in points with 44 races in the books. They’ve already bagged a trio of victories in 2024 and are fresh off a runner-up in the 63rd running of the Knoxville Nationals. The best season of Scelzi’s career looks to be shaping up, and it’ll be yet another successful season in Curtis’ long career powered by an unwavering love for the sport.
“It’s a passion,” Curtis said of what keeps him going. “You either love it or you hate it. There’s no in-between. The demand that you have. The hours on the road, hours in the shop, hours in the parking lots at the motels and wherever you can find a place to work. If you don’t love it, you’re not going to make it. It’s a true passion.”
Scelzi and the KCP crew continue their World of Outlaws campaign this weekend (Aug. 16-17) at Jackson Motorplex’s 46th Fendt Jackson Nationals. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
1 MONTH ALERT: California Swing Brings World of Outlaws Back to Bakersfield, Merced in Mid-September
BAKERSFIELD, CA (Aug. 13, 2024) – The halfway point of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series’ California Swing will bring the Series back to two West Coast tracks for the first time in two years.
The weekend will kick off at Bakersfield Speedway for the “Nashville West” Showdown on Friday, Sept. 13, and then venture to Merced Speedway for the Federated Auto Parts Yosemite Showdown on Saturday, Sept. 14.
Both events have produced a variety of winners with six straight different Series winners at Bakersfield and three straight different winners at Merced. California natives conquered the two tracks during the World of Outlaws’ last trip to both in 2022. Giovanni Scelzi, of Fresno, CA, won at Bakersfield and Carson Macedo, of Lemoore, CA, won at Merced. Scelzi also set the track record that day with a 10.057 second lap around the 1/4-mile track.
Michael “Buddy” Kofoid, of Penngrove, CA, will try to join his fellow Outlaw Californians as a winner at the two tracks. Of his four Series victories, one has come at California, so far – Placerville Speedway in 2023.
Currently, no driver has a World of Outlaws win at both dirt tracks.
If you can't make it to the tracks, you can watch both races live on DIRTVision.
EVENT INFO
Date – Friday, Sept. 13
Location – Bakersfield, CA
Track Record – 10.342 by Jason Sides on 3/18/06
Times (PT) –
Pit Gate Opens: 2 p.m.
Grandstands Open: 5 p.m.
Hot Laps: 6:30 p.m.
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available HERE.
Last Race Video Recap (March 25, 2022) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcj7H5W9eBE&t=223s
Previous World of Outlaws winners at Bakersfield –
2022 –Giovanni Scelzi on March 25
2018 - Sheldon Haudenschild on March 24
2016 - Brad Sweet on April 15
2005 - Craig Dollansky on February 26
1995 - Dave Blaney on September 10
1992 - Steve Kinser on February 29
1991 - Steve Kinser on March 2, September 22
1990 - Dave Blaney on February 16, Doug Wolfgang on September 2
1989 - Bobby Davis Jr. on September 3
EVENT INFO
Date – Saturday, Sept. 14
Location – Merced, CA
Track Record – 10.057 sec. set by Gio Scelzi on March 18, 2022
Times (PT) –
Pit Gate Opens: 2 p.m.
Grandstands Open: 5 p.m.
Hot Laps: 6:30 p.m.
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available HERE.
Last Race Video Recap (March 18, 2022) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIoYbIm5cEA
Previous World of Outlaws winners at Merced –
2022 - Carson Macedo on March 18
2014 – David Gravel on March 28
2013 – Sammy Swindell on March 29
2012 – Sammy Swindell on March 30
2011 – Sammy Swindell on April 1
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: 46th Jackson Nationals Brings World of Outlaws to Minnesota
The two-night event puts more than $100,000 in purse money up for grabs on Saturday
JACKSON, MN (August 13, 2024) - The “Summer of Money” rolls on for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars with Minnesota the next destination.
The Greatest Show on Dirt trucks to Jackson Motorplex this weekend (Aug. 16-17) for the 46th running of the FENDT Jackson Nationals. The final night offers up a purse exceeding $100,000 with $25,000-to-win and $2,000-to-start the NOS Energy Drink Feature.
Friday’s show will feature a standard World of Outlaws format, but Saturday will showcase a slight twist. The drivers that lock into the Toyota Dash will instead partake in a King of the Hill. They’ll draw for seeding, and the lowest seed will take on the second lowest seed in a race against the clock with the fastest time advancing to face the next seed. The winner of the last round will sit on the pole of the $25,000-to-win finale.
The event has more than four decades of history. Marv DeWall won the first in 1979, and the list of champions features many of the best to ever wheel a Sprint Car. This weekend will attract a hungry roster of competitors ready to add their names.
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Let’s look at the weekend’s top storylines:
CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT RESUMES: Last week at the Knoxville Nationals points weren’t a concern, but the battle for the 2024 World of Outlaws title resumes at Jackson.
David Gravel still sits atop the standings as he has for the last several weeks. While a 12th-place run at the Knoxville Nationals wasn’t what he and Big Game Motorsports were hoping for, Gravel still hasn’t missed the top 10 in a standard points race since May 25 at Atomic.
Donny Schatz is still within striking distance but has some work to do with a 98-point gap between himself and Gravel. Consistency has carried the 10-time Series champion to a chance at his 11th this year. The Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 hasn’t finished worse than 11th in a standard points night in 2024.
Carson Macedo and the Jason Johnson Racing team currently reside 42 markers behind Schatz. The Lemoore, CA driver has only missed the top five four times in the last 15 races, but he’ll have to limit the bad nights to climb back into the battle with Gravel.
Giovanni Scelzi and KCP Racing (204 points behind Gravel) and Michael “Buddy” Kofoid and Roth Motorsports (252 points behind Gravel) round out the top five.
THREE-PEAT: There’s been one man to beat over the last two years when the big money is on the line at Jackson, and his name is Carson Macedo.
Two years ago, Macedo drove from eighth to the front and led the final 19 laps for his first Jackson Nationals title. Then, in 2023 the Lemoore, CA native slipped by James McFadden with 10 laps to go and survived a wild duel with Brad Sweet in the closing laps for another $25,000 payday.
History is on the line this weekend for Macedo as no driver has ever topped three in a row through 45 events. The stats suggest he has a strong chance with the Jason Johnson Racing team. Since joining forces with JJR in 2021, Macedo hasn’t missed the Jackson top five in eight tries and owns a 2.9 average finish over that stretch.
In addition to chasing three Jackson Nationals championships in a row, if Macedo can win either night he’ll equal Logan Schuchart and Brad Sweet for the most overall Jackson victories with the World of Outlaws with his fourth.
RETURN TO FORM?: Only a few years ago Logan Schuchart was nearly unbeatable at Jackson, and he’ll see if he can return to that form this weekend.
Schuchart put together a dominant stretch from 2020 to 2022 when he won four of six races at Jackson including the 2020 and 2021 Nationals. The two races he didn’t win resulted in finishes of second and third leading to a 1.5 average finish over the six races.
Since that magical run, the Shark Racing pilot has experienced some struggles at the Minnesota dirt track. In his last four starts he’s posted finishes of 11th (twice), a 21st, and a sixth. If he can find his way to Victory Lane again either night this weekend, he’ll take sole possession of the most Series wins at Jackson.
THE BOSS’ HOUSE: It’s an important weekend for David Gravel and the Big Game Motorsports crew. Team owner Tod Quiring is also the owner of Jackson Motorplex.
The current point leader has already won 13 World of Outlaws races this year, but he’ll be in search of his first ever visit to Jackson Victory Lane. He’s yet to break through in his 24 attempts.
Gravel has been close on many occasions to a Jackson win. He’s been on the podium five times including a trio with the Big Game team. Two of those podium efforts were runner-ups in 2019 and 2021.
JETTIN’ IN JACKSON: In addition to the roster of full-time World of Outlaws competitors, the Jackson Nationals is likely to attract a variety of other drivers who’ve experienced success at the facility.
Chase Randall and the TKS Motorsports team plan to make the trip to Jackson. The Waco, TX native rolls into the weekend as the most recent 410 Sprint Car winner at the oval, topping a 38-car field at the Midwest Sprint Touring Series (MSTS) race on July 26. The “Quickest Chicken” also won a Jackson 360 race in 2022.
If Kerry Madsen joins the field at Jackson, he’ll undoubtedly be one to watch. The “Mad Man” owns a trio of World of Outlaws victories there. He won with Big Game Motorsports in 2017 and then twice with Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing in 2021. Now, he wheels the Vermeer Motorsports No. 55.
Scott Bogucki is a Jackson winner this year, claiming the season opener in the Liebig Motorsports No. 10. The Australian and the Liebig crew are fresh off an impressive eighth-place run in the Knoxville Nationals championship Feature.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday-Saturday, August 16-17 at Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, MN
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (44/70 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (6076 PTS)
2. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 (-98 PTS)
3. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-130 PTS)
4. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing No. 18 (-204 PTS)
5. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-252 PTS)
6. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-326 PTS)
7. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-354 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports No. 17B (-784 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing No. 3Z (-1016 PTS)
10. Kraig Kinser – Premier Motorsports No. 70 (-1232 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (16 Drivers):
13 Wins – David Gravel
7 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
3 Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, Carson Macedo, Donny Schatz, Kyle Larson
2 Wins – Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Brent Marks, Brady Bacon, Michael Kofoid, Corey Day, Logan Schuchart, James McFadden, T.J. Stutts
FEATURE LAPS LED (22 Drivers):
317 Laps – David Gravel
227 Laps – Carson Macedo
178 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
166 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
97 Laps – Donny Schatz, Kyle Larson
75 Laps – Rico Abreu
49 Laps – Logan Schuchart
44 Laps – James McFadden
34 Laps – Brady Bacon, Michael Kofoid
25 Laps – Brad Sweet, T.J. Stutts
15 Laps – Ryan Timms, Tyler Courtney
13 Laps – Anthony Macri
12 Laps – Emerson Axsom
11 Laps – Bill Balog
9 Laps – Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Kalib Henry
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (16 Drivers):
8 Quick Times – Carson Macedo
8 Quick Times – David Gravel
5 Quick Times – Sheldon Haudenschild
4 Quick Times – Giovanni Scelzi, Michael Kofoid
3 Quick Times – Brent Marks
2 Quick Times – Daryn Pittman, Donny Schatz
1 Quick Time – Landon Crawley, Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Cory Eliason, Brock Zearfoss, Rico Abreu, Chase Dietz, Matt Juhl
HEAT RACE WINNERS (47 Drivers):
25 Heat Wins – David Gravel
22 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
19 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
16 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi
12 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid
9 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu
7 Heat Wins – Brock Zearfoss, Donny Schatz
6 Heat Wins – Logan Schuchart
5 Heat Wins – Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks
3 Heat Wins – Bill Balog, Daryn Pittman
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown, Landon Crawley, Corey Day, Garet Williamson, Kyle Larson, Anthony Macri, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Austin McCarl
1 Heat Win – Justin Peck, Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Danny Sams III, Emerson Axsom, Tim Shaffer, Nick Omdahl, Scott Bogucki, Brad Sweet, Spencer Bayston, Brady Bacon, Parker Price-Miller, Chase Dietz, T.J. Stutts, Kelby Watt, Jamie Ball, Aaron Reutzel, Chase Randall, Hunter Schuerenberg, Tasker Phillips, Ayrton Gennetten, Tanner Holmes, Kaleb Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Cole Macedo, Cale Thomas
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (58 Drivers):
33 Dashes – David Gravel
32 Dashes – Carson Macedo
29 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi
28 Dashes – Sheldon Haudenschild
23 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
19 Dashes – Donny Schatz
14 Dashes – Logan Schuchart
10 Dashes – Bill Balog
9 Dashes – Rico Abreu, Brock Zearfoss
7 Dashes – Landon Crawley, Brent Marks
6 Dashes – Tyler Courtney
5 Dashes – Emerson Axsom, Corey Day
4 Dashes – Brian Brown, Brady Bacon, Anthony Macri
3 Dashes – Aaron Reutzel, Garet Williamson, Brad Sweet, Daryn Pittman, Justin Peck, James McFadden
2 Dashes – Cole Duncan, Cole Macedo, Kalib Henry, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Parker Price-Miller, Chase Dietz, Ayrton Gennetten
1 Dash – Zeb Wise, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Logan McCandless, Skylar Gee, Kody Hartlaub, Tim Shaffer, T.J. Michael, Craig Mintz, Brandon Spithaler, Sye Lynch, Cale Thomas, Kaleb Johnson, Nick Omdahl, Scott Bogucki, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Kraig Kinser, Troy Wagaman Jr., T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Jacob Allen, Lance Dewease, Kelby Watt, Will Armitage
MICRO-LITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (37 Drivers):
3 LCS Wins – Bill Balog, Anthony Macri
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless, Brock Zearfoss, Garet Williamson, Landon Crawley,
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace Park, Landon Crawley, Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brandon Rahmer, David Gravel, Nate Dussel, Cole Macedo, Zeth Sabo, Brooke Tatnell, Donny Schatz, Brent Marks, Cory Eliason, Kerry Madsen, Creed Kemenah, Joel Myers Jr., Hunter Schuerenberg, Kody Hartlaub, Lucas Wolfe, Larry Wight, Kyle Larson, Jesse Attard, Dusty Zomer, Chris Windom, Ayrton Gennetten, Brad Sweet
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (27 Drivers):
8 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz
6 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart
3 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo
2 Hard Chargers – Aaron Reutzel, Michael Kofoid, Cale Thomas, Danny Dietrich
1 Hard Charger – Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild, Landon Crawley, Sye Lynch, Bill Balog, Scotty Neitzel, Garet Williamson, Brent Marks, Larry Wight, Anthony Macri, James McFadden, Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day
PODIUM FINISHES (24 Drivers):
25 Podiums – David Gravel
19 Podiums – Carson Macedo
15 Podiums – Donny Schatz
14 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild
12 Podiums – Michael Kofoid
8 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
6 Podiums – Kyle Larson
5 Podiums – Rico Abreu
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet, Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks
2 Podiums – Bill Balog, Aaron Reutzel, Logan Schuchart, Justin Peck, James McFadden, Corey Day
1 Podium – Anthony Macri, Brady Bacon, Cole Macedo, Parker Price-Miller, Ryan Timms, Emerson Axsom, T.J. Stutts
TOP 10 FINISHES (70 Drivers):
39 Top 10s – David Gravel
38 Top 10s – Donny Schatz, Giovanni Scelzi
35 Top 10s – Michael Kofoid, Carson Macedo
33 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart
30 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
19 Top 10s – Bill Balog
11 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss
10 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney
9 Top 10s – Rico Abreu
8 Top 10s – Brent Marks, Brad Sweet, James McFadden, Anthony Macri
6 Top 10s – Kyle Larson, Corey Day
5 Top 10s – Aaron Reutzel, Brian Brown
4 Top 10s – Cole Macedo, Landon Crawley, Brady Bacon, Justin Peck
3 Top 10s – Cole Duncan, Skylar Gee, Ryan Timms, Garet Williamson, Emerson Axsom, Zeb Wise, Danny Dietrich, Jacob Allen
2 Top 10s – Chase Randall, Kraig Kinser, Cale Thomas, Parker Price-Miller, Cory Eliason, Chase Dietz, Troy Wagaman Jr., Daryn Pittman, Ayrton Gennetten, Scott Bogucki
1 Top 10 – Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Chris Windom, Joe B. Miller, Scotty Milan, Brandon Spithaler, Kalib Henry, Tim Shaffer, Zane DeVault, Sye Lynch, Travis Philo, Trey Jacobs, Scotty Thiel, Mark Dobmeier, Kaleb Johnson, Austin McCarl, Tim Kaeding, Christopher Thram, Landon Brooks, Greg Wilson, Spencer Bayston, Daison Pursley, Devon Borden, T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Lance Dewease, Stewart Friesen, Jordan Poirier, Larry Wight
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / David Gravel (6)
20. Fri, May 17 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Michael Kofoid (1)
21. Sat, May 18 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / David Gravel (7)
22. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / David Gravel (8)
23. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
24. Mon, May 27 / Fremont Speedway / Fremont, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
25. Fri, May 31 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (6)
26. Fri, June 7 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Giovanni Scelzi (2)
27. Sat, June 8 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Sheldon Haudenschild (7)
28. Fri, June 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (9)
29. Sat, June 15 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Corey Day (1)
30. Wed, June 19 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Tyler Courtney (2)
31. Sat, June 29 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Logan Schuchart (1)
32. Wed, July 10 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Giovanni Scelzi (3)
33. Fri, July 12 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Carson Macedo (3)
34. Sat, July 13 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Donny Schatz (3)
35. Tues, July 16 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / David Gravel (10)
36. Fri, July 19 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (2)
37. Sat, July 20 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (11)
38. Wed, July 24 / BAPS Motor Speedway / York Haven, PA / James McFadden (1)
39. Fri, July 26 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / T.J. Stutts (1)
40. Sat, July 27 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / David Gravel (12)
41. Sun, July 28 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / David Gravel (13)
42. Fri, August 2 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (1)
43. Sat, August 3 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (2)
44. Sat, August 10 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Kyle Larson (3)
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BACK-TO-BACK: Kyle Larson Leads All 50 Laps for Third Knoxville Nationals Title in Four Years
Larson becomes the seventh driver with at least three Knoxville Nationals Victories and Banks $190,000
KNOXVILLE, IA (August 10, 2024) - Kyle Larson continues to cement his place as one of the best to ever wheel a Sprint Car.
And he does so by defying all logic.
He doesn’t get to race a Sprint Car 80 times a year. Typically, his count ends up somewhere between 20 and 30. But it doesn’t seem to matter when he shows up to race against the best Sprint Car drivers in the country.
Larson’s latest conquest came on Saturday night at Knoxville Raceway. A prelim win on Thursday helped the Elk Grove, CA native secure the pole for the 63rd running of the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s. He rolled into Championship Saturday as the clear favorite, and he delivered.
“Yung Money” led all 50 laps around the historic half mile for the second consecutive year. He fended off challenges from multiple drivers – Daryn Pittman, Carson Macedo, and Giovanni Scelzi – to top his third Knoxville Nationals in the last four years aboard the Silva Motorsports No. 57 and bank $190,000.
“It doesn’t get any bigger than the Knoxville Nationals,” Larson said. “It feels great to lead back-to-back 50 lappers from start to finish because the best Sprint Car drivers in the world are lined up behind me. They don’t make it easy. It was a tricky race there. I know at times it maybe doesn’t look like it, but those lappers were just fast enough around the bottom. I felt like I was just slowing myself down. I was able to get clear of a couple of them and able to get rolling back near the bottom and the middle actually came in, so I felt like I strung together some good laps there at the end.”
Larson’s third win in “The Granddaddy of ‘Em All” puts him in a list alongside legendary names as those who’ve topped at least three – Steve Kinser (12), Donny Schatz (11), Doug Wolfgang (five), Kenny Weld (four), Danny Lasoski (four), and Mark Kinser (three). He also became the eighth different competitor to tame back-to-back Knoxville Nationals.
The triumph on the sport’s biggest stage also adds to what’s been a remarkable run from Larson and the Silva Motorsports crew that will go down in the history books. It began last Friday when Larson charged from 21st to victory at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars. He backed that up the following night with a drive from 12th to his third Ironman 55 dumbbell. Then on Monday at Southern Iowa Speedway he stormed form 13th to Victory Lane. The Knoxville Nationals Thursday prelim saw him pick up the trophy from starting sixth. And now he adds the sport’s biggest race to the roll.
Five straight Sprint Car wins for Larson in the No. 57. For a team that performed below their standards earlier in the year, the celebration was even more rewarding.
“Hats off to Paul, Trevor, and Doug,” Larson said. “Everybody knows we’ve been really bad this year until the last couple weeks. They’ve been working extremely hard. It’s been a very disappointing year to our standards. For them to never give up and myself to never give up either is tough to do. Like I said, they work so hard. All of this goes to them for continuing to push and push and try to get better and better. All of these teams are racing 90 times a year. We’re only getting to race 25 to 30, so we have to work extra hard. It makes these wins feel extra great.”
A few different competitors offered up challenges to Larson throughout the 50 laps.
First it was second-starting Daryn Pittman taking a swing right off the bat. Larson opted for the bottom on the first lap, so Pittman moved the Kreitz Racing No. 69K to the top. The Owasso, OK native nearly pulled alongside Larson out of Turn 4, but he couldn’t keep the momentum up to make the move.
Larson then pulled ahead of Pittman, and the next to take a shot at the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion was Carson Macedo. He slipped by Pittman for second on Lap 16 and quickly began to close the gap. The Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 whittled what was over a two-second lead down under half a second in traffic right before the yellow flag for the fuel stop halted the action.
After the restart, another name looked to challenge Larson, and it was Giovanni Scelzi. “Hot Sauce” wheeled around Macedo for second on Lap 28. The distance between the No. 57 and the KCP Racing No. 18 dwindled as Scelzi worked the bottom smoothly.
But ultimately Larson proved to have too much speed as he drove off and constructed a big lead through traffic. By the time the checkered flag waved it had grown to nearly four seconds.
Three wins at the sport’s biggest race over four years. If the One and Only in 2020 during the pandemic had been the traditional event, he’d be up to four in five years since he also won then. Steve Kinser had his stretch of dominance. Donny Schatz had a turn. And Larson wants to put together a similar chapter in the history books. He’s off to a strong start.
“Any time you win a crown jewel it’s up there,” Larson said of the race’s significance. “To win back-to-back Knoxville Nationals, that puts it right up there as well. Donny Schatz had dominated this place for so long. I feel like we’re on our own little streak of dominance like he was. With 2020 not really counting, I feel like we could have four of these things.”
Giovanni Scelzi held off a charging Corey Day to secure the runner-up spot and an $85,000 payday for he and KCP Racing. The Fresno, CA native was filled with emotion as he posted his best finish in the Knoxville Nationals. He knew he had a chance to stand in Victory Lane but couldn’t quite find his way around Larson.
“I know I look upset, but I can’t be more proud of my guys,” a choked up Scelzi said. “Adam (Clark), to come from a beer delivery truck to a crew chief on a Sprint Car. I really wish Tim Mallicoat was here to see us run second. I want to win this race more than anything in my life. Man, thank you to Danny Lasoski, my mom and my dad, everyone on this race team. Damn, I want to win this race so bad. You’ve got to lose them before you can win them.”
Rounding out the top three and earning the KSE Racing Hard Charger was Corey Day in the Jason Meyers Racing No. 14. The 18-year-old rolled from 11th to third to claim his best finish in the sport’s biggest race and $45,000. The résumé continues to grow for the California phenom.
“I feel like we had a really good car there,” Day said. “A caution on that last run would’ve helped, I think. Just hats off to my guys. To run third and be beat by Kyle and Gio is awesome. You always want to win, but I’ve just got to give it up to them. We weren’t too great on Wednesday night in the Feature there, and then we got our car a lot better there.”
Carson Macedo and Anthony Macri completed the top five.
Brad Sweet won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars make their final Minnesota stop of 2024 at the Fendt Jackson Nationals at Jackson Motorplex (August 16-17) with a $25,000-to-win finale. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (50 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[5]; 3. 14-Corey Day[11]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[4]; 5. 39M-Anthony Macri[8]; 6. 21-Brian Brown[7]; 7. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[3]; 8. 10-Scott Bogucki[10]; 9. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[14]; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen[16]; 11. 69K-Daryn Pittman[2]; 12. 2-David Gravel[19]; 13. 15-Donny Schatz[21]; 14. 1S-Logan Schuchart[22]; 15. 21H-Brady Bacon[9]; 16. 13-Justin Peck[18]; 17. 83SR-James McFadden[20]; 18. 17B-Bill Balog[13]; 19. 49-Brad Sweet[17]; 20. 27A-Emerson Axsom[24]; 21. 19-Brent Marks[12]; 22. 2KS-Chase Randall[15]; 23. 24R-Rico Abreu[6]; 24. 5X-Justin Henderson[23]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
NOT DONE YET: Donny Schatz Dominates Knoxville Nationals Hard Knox Night
The 11-time Nationals winner locks into his 26th consecutive Championship Feature
KNOXVILLE, IA (August 9, 2024) - Hope is alive for Donny Schatz at the 63rd NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s.
Wednesday’s prelim night at Knoxville Raceway didn’t go according to plan for the 11-time Knoxville Nationals champion. He nearly missed the Heat Race invert with a 38th place Qualifying effort. And then in the Feature he could only move forward once spot from 19th to 18th. The night left Schatz well outside the lock-ins for Saturday’s 50-lap finale and forced him to Friday’s FVP Hard Knox Night.
And Hard Knox Night is just what Schatz needed. It’s all about a clean slate. It’s designed to give those with a forgettable prelim a chance to make up for it, and that’s exactly what Schatz did with the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing team.
After setting Simpson Quick Time, Schatz had a little help in his Your Life Iowa Heat Race. He finished fourth, one spot outside a transfer to the Feature, but Jack Dover missing the scales and the resulting disqualification lifted Schatz into a transfer spot. With the main event lined up on Qualifying times, Schatz earned the pole. Logan Schuchart gave him a challenge in the first few laps, but Schatz went on to drive away and secure the checkered flag along with a starting spot in Saturday’s finale.
“You’ve got to get in the show first,” Schatz said. “I just think that’s something that’s getting harder and harder to do all the time. Obviously, I’m not getting any younger, but I’m not going anywhere either. I feel like experience sometimes kicks in, and we’ll see if we can’t put a little experience to the test tomorrow and get through there. We’ve done it before. We’re going to have to be a little bit better than we were right there. But I’ve got all the faith in the world in my guys that they’ll go to work and get us there.”
The victory put Schatz in his 26th consecutive Knoxville Nationals Championship Feature, equaling him with Danny Lasoski for the third most appearances. He’ll start 21st with his sights on a record tying 12th event title. Schatz started one other finale back in 2013. The result? He charged all the way to Victory Lane.
Schatz pulled out to an early advantage but narrowly led the first circuit over Logan Schuchart. On the second lap Schuchart snuck under Schatz in Turns 3 and 4 to take the top spot. Schatz refused to be rattled as he used a similar move in the same set of corners on Lap 3 to reclaim the lead.
“I needed to get off that bottom and wanted to go up there and try it,” Schatz explained. “I figured I better do it early in the race. So, when I did go to the top, I changed lanes and Logan went right by on the bottom. And then he went up there and I went back down, and I was like, ‘Well, we’re not going to do that again.”
“I felt comfortable on the top,” Schuchart said of their early battle. “When we switched lanes on me, I went to the bottom of (Turns) 3 and 4. I felt good, felt like I ran a really good corner and obviously was able to come out in the lead. But I didn’t know what the bottom of (Turns) 1 and 2 was going to feel like, and I didn’t feel like the bottom of (Turns) 3 and 4 was going to last the whole time I felt comfortable running it. So, I went back to the top, and once Donny passed me I knew I was going to have trouble getting back by him.”
Getting back by Schuchart proved to be the winning move for Schatz as he went effectively unchallenged for the remainder of the 25 laps.
But behind him the battle for the other three tickets to Saturday’s finale was far from over. Schuchart held down the second spot while a mix of Austin McCarl, Justin Henderson, Emerson Axsom, and Lynton Jeffrey began to go at it for the final two transfer spots.
Henderson blasted into third on Lap 7, putting Austin McCarl on the bubble. Then on Lap 13 McCarl fell outside the lock-in spots as Axsom went by him for fourth. Shortly after losing the spot McCarl slowed to a stop due to rear end damage.
Up ahead Schatz pieced together a strong drive through traffic on his way to a Hard Knox checkered flag and a spot in the sport’s most prestigious race.
“It wasn’t the prettiest, but this is the Knoxville Nationals, and I guess sometimes you’ve got to be lucky too. I guess when it happens to you it’s great, and when it happens to doesn’t happen to you it’s not so great… We’re going to have to be a little bit better tomorrow if we’re going to come through the field. You’ve got to take it in steps. The first thing you’ve got to do is get it in the show.”
Schuchart held on for second and locked into his eighth consecutive Knoxville Nationals Championship Feature with Shark Racing. The Hanover, PA native is no stranger to charging toward the front in the finale, and he’ll look to do so again from 22nd this year.
“It’s definitely a relieving feeling,” Schuchart said. “This whole week is so stressful. What it means for a driver to want to run for a Knoxville Nationals championship. We were so close to it last year, 10 laps to go running second to Kyle (Larson), and a little 50-cent piece of plastic took us out of the race.”
Rounding out the podium and clinching a spot in his sixth finale of “The Granddaddy of ‘Em All was Justin Henderson in the Forbrook No. 5X. The former podium finisher in the Championship Feature (2013) is eager for Saturday’s main event.
“Super happy to make the Feature,” Henderson said. “This is the Knoxville Nationals. It doesn’t get any bigger than this obviously. There’s more stress in this race right, I think, than in any other race.”
The final lock-in spot belonged to JETCO Rookie of the Year contender Emerson Axsom. The Indiana driver nearly won the 360 Nationals last weekend and now has secured a spot in the sport’s biggest race.
“We made the Knoxville Nationals,” Axsom said. “My stuff is really good. I feel like I was making really good laps there trailing Logan. I was surprised that Justin was able to sneak back by us. I feel like we were making solid laps, so it surprised me to see his nose down there. I’m really happy with it, but I guess it hasn’t really sunk in yet.”
Lynton Jeffrey completed the top five.
A 22nd to 12th run earned Parker Price-Miller the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Donny Schatz earned the Simpson Quick Time in Sea Foam Qualifying.
Your Life Iowa Heats One, Three, Four, Five, and Six belonged to Tanner Holmes, Kaleb Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Cole Macedo, and Cale Thomas. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Austin McCarl.
Chris Windom and Ayrton Gennetten won the two Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdowns.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Austin McCarl.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars wrap up the 63rd running of the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s with Championship Night on Saturday, August 10 with $190,000 going to the winner.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz[1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 3. 5X-Justin Henderson[5]; 4. 27A-Emerson Axsom[6]; 5. 2X-Lynton Jeffrey[7]; 6. 21T-Cole Macedo[14]; 7. 5-Spencer Bayston[15]; 8. 58-Kaleb Johnson[13]; 9. 83JR-Michael Kofoid[17]; 10. 18T-Tanner Holmes[9]; 11. 99-Skylar Gee[4]; 12. 9P-Parker Price Miller[22]; 13. 19S-Hunter Schuerenberg[10]; 14. 9-Kasey Kahne[8]; 15. 48-Danny Dietrich[24]; 16. 1C-Brenham Crouch[11]; 17. 3G-Ayrton Gennetten[20]; 18. 55C-Chris Windom[19]; 19. 22X-JJ Hickle[23]; 20. 17GP-Cale Thomas[16]; 21. 24T-Christopher Thram[18]; 22. 42-Sye Lynch[21]; 23. 52-Blake Hahn[12]; 24. 88-Austin McCarl[3]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
UNSTOPPABLE: Kyle Larson Charges from Sixth for Knoxville Nationals Prelim Victory
Yung Money wins his fourth consecutive Sprint Car race and earns the pole for Saturday’s $190,000-to-win Knoxville Nationals finale
KNOXVILLE, IA (August 9, 2024) - Not too long ago many questioned Kyle Larson’s chances at the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s. But in one short week, every trace of doubt has been erased, and he stands likely as the favorite.
A big week at Eldora Speedway served up struggles for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion. It started with a strong runner-up, but then he closed out the week with a 13th during the Knight Before and missing the Kings Royal main event.
And then it all began to turn around at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55. Larson opened Ironman weekend with an unforgettable drive from 21st to victory. Then he topped his third Ironman 55 the following night by charging from 12th. The stage then moved to Southern Iowa Speedway (Oskaloosa, IA) on Monday, and “Yung Money” rolled from 13th to Victory Lane.
Knoxville Raceway then welcomed the Sprint Car world for “The Granddaddy of ‘Em All” this week. And Larson delivered yet another statement on Thursday during Toyota Qualifying Night.
Larson lined up sixth for the 25-lapper and put on another show in the Silva Motorsports No. 57. He methodically picked his way forward, passing some strong cars in the process. The Elk Grove, CA native punctuated his rise to the top of the leaderboard with a slider on Rico Abreu with only two laps remaining. Four straight wins for Larson with a combined 49 Sprint Cars passed. The Knoxville triumph was his 10th overall at “The Sprint Car Capital of the World.”
And just like that, Larson looks like the clear-cut favorite for Saturday as he aims to go back-to-back on the sport’s biggest stage. His performance earned him 490 points, enough to put him on the pole for the 50-lap finale.
“Rico was doing a good job as the leader and doing a good job through traffic,” Larson recalled. “And Carson (Macedo) got kind of rolling there for a minute and thankfully I was able to get by him. I didn’t know exactly what to do. I felt like if you could hit the bottom, it was the best place to be, and I think Rico knew that as well. But then he got to that lapper and couldn’t follow him, had to go to the top or middle. And that lapper just hit the berm in front of me, gave me a bunch of clean air and probably messed him up. So, right place at the right time, but you always have to execute every lap. We were able to put ourselves in position to get another win. It feels really good. The car felt great during the Feature.”
Bill Balog and Abreu led the Feature to green, and it was Balog inching ahead to lead the opening lap.
Throughout the opening half of the race, the action remained relatively tame up front. Balog made some daring moves in traffic to stay ahead of Abreu, but the action really warmed up beyond the halfway mark.
Abreu made his move with a slider on Balog on Lap 12. The battle between the two allowed third-running Carson Macedo to close in. Right after Abreu stole the lead, Macedo ripped by Balog to secure the runner-up spot.
It wasn’t much longer before Larson followed the footsteps of the two Californians up front and went by “The North Pole Nightmare” for third. Up ahead Abreu got trapped behind a lapped car allowing Macedo to look low down the back straightaway, but the No. 24 closed the door on the No. 41.
That allowed Larson to close in, and on Lap 18 he rolled by Macedo for second. Then the sights were set on his childhood friend Abreu just ahead.
Larson got to work building momentum to chase down Abreu as he was nearly a second behind once he grabbed the runner-up position. It didn’t take long for the gap to shrink, but Abreu made some moves in traffic to hold Larson off at first as the race hit five laps to go.
But Larson stayed on the gas, and the opportunity he needed presented itself with only two laps remaining. As the two navigated Turns 1 and 2, Larson looked low as Abreu went to the cushion. Larson managed to pull alongside, and a lapped car drifted in Abreu’s lane exiting the corner. The disruption to Abreu’s line allowed Larson to power ahead down the back straightaway and head toward the white flag.
Abreu stayed close with Larson throughout the final rotation around the half mile, but there was no stopping Larson as he held on for the prelim win.
Now all the focus is on Saturday for Larson. With NASCAR duties in Richmond, VA, it’s going to be a busy day but he’s confident. It’s not his first rodeo of jumping between race cars and a few flights over a weekend.
“It’s always fun to run the 57. We’ve definitely been on it lately and no better time than now,” Larson said. “I’ve been fortunate enough now to be able to do double duty between NASCAR and the Sprint Car. No doubt it’s on your mind through the whole weekend. Richmond is a tough place for us. I’ll definitely be focused on that as well. I’m looking forward to getting back in the 5 car. It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve seen all of them with the break. Excited to see the 5 guys. And then hopefully Qualifying goes well then we’ll get back here and try to win another Knoxville Nationals.”
Abreu come home second and only a couple laps short of prelim glory. The St. Helena, CA driver earned some valuable lessons as he prepares to chase his first Knoxville Nationals title on Saturday. He’ll line up sixth.
“I’ve got to do a little better job managing traffic and knowing the race pace,” Abreu said. “I felt like I left the bottom open there, but I just wanted to keep it up on the pipes toward the end of the race. The top was just really far around. On the cushion my right front would get up a little bit where I had to give up some in the center. Other than that, Ricky (Warner), Zack (Middlebrooks), and Brady (Forbrook) did an awesome job.”
Rounding out the Knoxville Nationals prelim podium was Carson Macedo and the Jason Johnson Racing crew. It was a strong night from beginning to end that will set them up fourth in the lineup for Saturday’s finale.
“The race was in stages for me,” Macedo said. “I feel like early I got my wing back too far, and I had to push it back forward. I started catching them back once we got to traffic. I felt pretty good. And then once we got to traffic I felt really good. I could maneuver really nicely anywhere I wanted to go. I got to Rico when he kind of got messed up with a lapper and thought I was going to be able to squeeze underneath him and then just had to pace behind him for a minute.”
Tyler Courtney and Bill Balog rounded out the top five.
A 23rd to 13th run in the Roth Motorsports ride earned James McFadden the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Daryn Pittman claimed Simpson Quick Time honors in Sea Foam Qualifying.
Your Life Iowa Heat Races One, Three, Four, and Five belonged to Daryn Pittman, Tasker Phillips, Carson Macedo, and Ayrton Gennetten. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Hunter Schuerenberg.
Dusty Zomer won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
16 KNOXVILLE NATIONALS CHAMPIONSHIP FEATURE LOCK-INS:
Row 1: Kyle Larson – Daryn Pittman
Row 2: Tyler Courtney – Carson Macedo
Row 3: Giovanni Scelzi – Rico Abreu
Row 4: Brian Brown – Anthony Macri
Row 5: Brady Bacon – Scott Bogucki
Row 6: Corey Day – Brent Marks
Row 7: Bill Balog – Sheldon Haudenschild
Row 8: Chase Randall – Jacob Allen
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars take on FVP “Hard Knox” Preliminary Night on Friday, August 9 with four more tickets up for grabs to Saturday’s $190,000-to-win NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s finale. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[6]; 2. 24R-Rico Abreu[2]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[3]; 4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[7]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog[1]; 6. 69K-Daryn Pittman[8]; 7. 49-Brad Sweet[9]; 8. 21H-Brady Bacon[4]; 9. 26-Zeb Wise[11]; 10. 21-Brian Brown[5]; 11. 58-Kaleb Johnson[14]; 12. 19S-Hunter Schuerenberg[13]; 13. 83SR-James McFadden[23]; 14. 8-Cory Eliason[24]; 15. 5T-Ryan Timms[17]; 16. 1D-Tasker Phillips[18]; 17. 24D-Danny Sams III[10]; 18. 36-Jason Martin[12]; 19. 3J-Dusty Zomer[21]; 20. 7S-Landon Crawley[16]; 21. 3G-Ayrton Gennetten[20]; 22. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier[15]; 23. 33W-Cap Henry[22]; 24. 25-Daison Pursley[19]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
Cole Macedo Joining World of Outlaws in 2025 with TwoC Racing
The Californian will make a run at the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year next season
KNOXVILLE, IA (Aug. 8, 2024) – Cole Macedo, one of Sprint Car Racing’s top rising talents, is heading to the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car tour in 2025.
The 24-year-old has linked Todd Carlile’s TwoC Racing for a rookie run with The Greatest Show on Dirt. The jump to the World of Outlaws tour will fulfill a childhood dream for Macedo as he follows the path of his older brother Carson.
“I’m definitely excited,” Macedo said. “The goal from when I was a little kid for me and Carson both was to race with the World of Outlaws. It’s pretty surreal. Obviously, he’s already made it, but for me to follow his footsteps I’m super excited. I’m super grateful that Wayne and Todd and everybody there at TwoC Racing is giving me a shot. I’m definitely nervous, but I think it’s going to be an awesome deal. I think me and Wayne and the crew guys will work really well together. Todd seems like an awesome car owner.”
It will also bring 2020 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year, Wayne Johnson, back on the tour as the former driver for TwoC Racing has moved to the crew chief role for the No. 2C. Johnson recently announced his retirement from being in the seat after a racing accident sidelined him earlier this year.
“Man, I’m pumped,” Johnson said. “I’ve said this over and over about going out when I did. I wish I would’ve got the chance at 24 or 25 years old with the car owner that I have now, and I just never got the opportunity basically until I was too damn old to be doing it. I have a great car owner, and he didn’t want to do it without me driving. But when I mentioned that we could get Cole, he was like, ‘Well, let’s go back full-time Outlaw racing.’”
Macedo has spent the last few years proving his potential. The Lemoore, CA native cut his teeth on the California bullrings before broadening his horizons in 2020 with a heavy slate of Ohio racing. He had a breakout 2021 that saw him bag seven 410 Sprint Car wins including his first with the All-Star Circuit of Champions.
This year has been especially busy for Macedo as he racks up airline miles traveling from the west coast to the Midwest for racing. Out on the left coast he’s pursuing a Northern Auto Racing Club (NARC) championship with Tarlton Motorsports. They’ve tallied a trio of wins and sit just three markers behind the point lead. In the country’s heartland he’s made plenty of starts aboard the 2nd Law Motorsports No. 16T.
“About a year and a half ago I told myself I’m going to race as much as I possibly can and never sit at home,” Macedo said. “Even if it’s a car that I don’t feel like is the best, I’m going to try to go make the best of it. Some of those nights were my best nights out there. I think racing as much as possible is a key to having success.”
One of Macedo’s 47 races in a 410 Sprint Car this year came with the TwoC Racing crew at Knoxville Raceway. Macedo jumped in for a local show on June 8 and drove from 16th to fifth.
“We just sat down and talked about next year and this that and the other, and I asked him if he’d like to run a couple races for us this year to just kind of see if we could work together,” Johnson said. “And we came to Knoxville for a weekly show and ran fifth. Then, we just talked ever since then about wanting to do it and kind of put it all together from that.”
While Macedo and the TwoC team are ready to hit the road with the World of Outlaws, they both remained focused on their tasks at hand. Macedo has his sights on the NARC title in the Tarlton No. 21. TwoC Racing is chasing the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) owner’s championship with Hank Davis in the seat.
But once the checkered flag flies on 2024, the focus turns to fulfilling a lifelong goal for Macedo in 2024.
“There’s a long list of people from when I grew up that I looked up to that raced World of Outlaws races,” Macedo said. “And I always told myself I want to be one of those guys one day. I feel like it’s the best of the best.”
For tickets to World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car races, CLICK HERE.
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SCELZI STRIKES FIRST: Giovanni Scelzi Charges from Sixth to Knoxville Nationals Prelim Victory
Scelzi steals night one with a late pass on Jacob Allen and grabs the point lead
KNOXVILLE, IA (August 7, 2024) - “Hot Sauce” is hungry.
Giovanni Scelzi is a Californian by birth but now calls Iowa home. KCP Racing, the team he competes with, is located roughly an hour’s drive from Knoxville Raceway. The pairing have won the 360 Nationals. They’ve sat on the pole of the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s. They’re hungrier than ever for a Knoxville Nationals.
And they made a big step toward that goal on Wednesday’s BRANDT Professional Agriculture Qualifying Night at “The Sprint Car Capital of the World.”
Scelzi lined up sixth for the 25-lapper and put on a show with a charge to the front. After an uneventful first half of the race for the Fresno, CA driver, Scelzi got up on the wheel to move forward. On Lap 17 he took over second. Then he sealed the deal with a daring move between leader Jacob Allen and a lapped car entering Turn 1.
Emotion flowed in Victory Lane. Scelzi yelled with joy as he rose atop the wing, and the crowd joined him with a roar.
“I don’t even know what to say. I’ve never run a prelim night. I’ve run second. This definitely sets us up good for Saturday,” Scelzi said. “Living just outside Des Moines now in Grimes, this is kind of a home for me. The first time I came here in I think 2016 or 2017 I got to work for Aaron Reutzel. And you know, Danny Lasoski being my idol was one that was obviously super successful here. And I think sometimes when you really put your mind to something at a place you want to be successful at, it makes you work harder to really do that. It’s the best racetrack in the world. Best fans in the world. There’s no question. Best racing surface you get all year long. Whether the track is a little bit wetter like it was tonight or it’s super dry, you almost have three lines of racing every time you come here. My guys did an incredible job. Hats off to Adam (Clark), Bob (Curtis), and Aaron (Beiler).”
Scelzi’s victory was his first in a 410 at Knoxville since topping a local show in 2019. But perhaps more important than the prelim win itself is where it’s currently slotted him for championship Saturday. A tally of 471 points has him atop the table after the opening night, nearly guaranteeing he’ll be starting in the first couple rows for the 50-lap finale.
The NOS Energy Drink Feature was led to green by Jacob Allen and Justin Peck. Allen inched ahead of Peck and narrowly led the first circuit. Peck built up momentum on the top and looked as if he may challenge Allen for the top spot in Turn 1 on Lap 2, but Allen got the bottom rolling and scooted away.
Allen checked out as the opening portion of the race unfolded. Back behind Scelzi looked to begin his march forward but met a tough challenge in the form of Brent Marks. The Myerstown, PA native fended off several attempts from the No. 18. Even when Scelzi got by him the first time, the yellow flag flew before the lap was completed, giving the spot back to Marks.
Scelzi finally managed to escape Marks on the 11th circuit, and then the real fun began. Two laps later he drove right by Chase Randall to grab third. And then in four more rotations he wasted no time wheeled around Justin Peck for second.
Then the pursuit of race-long leader Allen began. Up front the Shark Racing No. 1A navigated heavy traffic which allowed Scelzi to close in. The first attempt at the top spot was thwarted by Allen as he protected. But only a few laps later Scelzi made a magnificent move for the lead.
A big run off the exit of Turn 4 allowed Scelzi to dip under Allen heading down the front straightaway. With Allen to his outside, the 22-year-old was also faced with a lapped car directly ahead. Scelzi had just enough momentum to clear Allen entering Turn 1 and slice ahead of him to get to the cushion and clear the traffic in the set of corners.
And that was all she wrote. The KCP No. 18 was dialed in with a motivated driver in the seat, and Scelzi set sail on his way to the checkered flag.
“What an incredible job by my guys,” Scelzi said. “Normally yellows are my kryptonite. And I just got by Brent Marks and the yellow came out of course. But man, the bottom got easier and easier to run as all of those crumbs got thrown up in the middle. Thank you, fans, for coming out. This is the busiest I’ve ever seen a Wednesday night. I hope everyone goes to Dingus because they can serve all of you.”
Allen held on for second wheeling his father, Bobby Allen’s, Sprint Car. It was a strong night for the Hanover, PA native as he sits eighth in points and likely on the bubble of locking into Saturday’s finale after Thursday’s prelim. Despite losing the lead late, Allen showed no signs of disappointment once the checkered flag flew.
“Honestly, I think I ran a pretty good race, a race that I’m pretty proud of running,” Allen said. “I felt like my race car was really good. We didn’t go through much lapped traffic, but I made a nice pass that I thought would maybe be a defining move on Blake Hahn. But obviously Gio had a really good car as well. There’s honestly nothing to hang our heads about. Last year I didn’t even race this race and took some time off. To come back, lead my prelim night, and run second is a huge accomplishment.”
Rounding out the Knoxville Nationals opener podium was Justin Peck aboard the Buch Motorsports machine. Peck is confident he and the Buch crew have something to build on after Wednesday but have a couple areas with room for improvement if they want to challenge for a Knoxville Nationals title.
“I feel like we’re pretty close, just need to find a little bit more speed,” Peck said. “I think our straight-line speed or straight-line grip is pretty good. I’m struggling kind of getting in the corner, and then depending on how that goes maybe struggling through the rest of the corner. Like I said, we’ll keep working. It’s cool to put it on the podium on a prelim night of the Knoxville Nationals.”
Chase Randall and Brent Marks completed the top five.
A 21st to 10th drive earned Anthony Macri the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Matt Juhl claimed Simpson Quick Time honors in Sea Foam Qualifying.
Your Life Iowa Heats One, Three, Four, and Five belonged to Sam Hafertepe Jr., Donny Schatz, Aaron Reutzel, and Chase Randall. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Jamie Ball.
Anthony Macri won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Michael Kofoid.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars are back at Knoxville Raceway for the second split-field prelim for the 63rd running of the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s on Thursday, August 8. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 2. 1A-Jacob Allen[1]; 3. 13-Justin Peck[2]; 4. 2KS-Chase Randall[3]; 5. 19-Brent Marks[4]; 6. 10-Scott Bogucki[5]; 7. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[11]; 8. 87-Aaron Reutzel[13]; 9. 14-Corey Day[7]; 10. 39M-Anthony Macri[21]; 11. 9P-Parker Price Miller[15]; 12. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[8]; 13. 9-Kasey Kahne[9]; 14. 27-Carson McCarl[10]; 15. 2-David Gravel[24]; 16. 48-Danny Dietrich[12]; 17. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[17]; 18. 15-Donny Schatz[19]; 19. 23-Garet Williamson[23]; 20. 09-Matt Juhl[22]; 21. 4W-Jamie Ball[18]; 22. 52-Blake Hahn[14]; 23. (DNF) J2-John Carney II[20]; 24. (DNF) 6B-Brandon Wimmer[16]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: World of Outlaws Head to Iowa for 63rd Knoxville Nationals
The entire Sprint Car world has converged on Knoxville Raceway for “The Granddaddy of ‘Em All"
KNOXVILLE, IA (August 6, 2024) - No more waiting. The 63rd running of the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s is here.
The Sprint Car world has traveled to the small town of Knoxville, IA. The population sits just north of 7,000 but grows exponentially this week as “The Granddaddy of ‘Em All” invites people from all over the globe to the Marion County Fairgrounds. More than 100 drivers are ready to chase Sprint Car immortality, and tens of thousands of fans are ready to watch.
To go along with the unparalleled prestige of the Knoxville Nationals, the event offers up a massive purse that hands out more than a million dollars to the competitors on championship Saturday alone. This year’s winner will bank $190,000, and it pays $15,000 to simply make the finale.
It’s the most anticipated week of the year in Sprint Car Racing, and it has arrived. Another important chapter in the sport’s history books is ready to be written.
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SCHATZVILLE NATIONALS: As always when the Knoxville Nationals take center stage, many eyes will be firmly fixed on Donny Schatz and the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15.
The numbers for Schatz at the sport’s most prestigious race are astonishing. He’s made the Saturday finale 25 consecutive years. The Fargo, ND native has won the main event 11 times including streaks of four in a row (2006-2009) and five in a row (2011-2015). He’s finished second another eight times and brought home his first third place run last year, marking his 20th podium finish.
The 10-time World of Outlaws champion again enters the week with one of the sport’s most coveted records within reach. Steve Kinser claimed 12 Knoxville Nationals titles during his illustrious career. Another checkered flag on Saturday would equal Schatz with “The King.”
BACK-TO-BACK?: Winning one Knoxville Nationals is difficult enough. Going back-to-back in the iconic event is another level of challenging.
27 different competitors can call themselves a Knoxville Nationals champion, but only seven have topped two in a row. The opportunity stands in front of Kyle Larson, courtesy of him leading all 50 laps in last year’s 62nd running.
The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion is entered aboard the Silva Motorsports No. 57 as the pairing seek a second straight victory in “The Granddaddy of ‘Em All.” It would also be Larson’s third overall, which would put him in the company of Steve Kinser (12), Donny Schatz (11), Doug Wolfgang (five), Kenny Weld (four), Danny Lasoski, (four), and Mark Kinser (three) as the seventh with at least three Knoxville Nationals wins on their résumé.
Larson is fresh off sweeping the Ironman 55 weekend with drives to victory from 21st and 12th along with a charge from 13th to the win at Monday’s Front Row Challenge.
RETURNING WINNERS: Beyond Schatz and Larson, the pre-entry list also features five more former event champions.
1983 winner Sammy Swindell will make a popular return after not partaking in the 2023 edition. In addition to his one Nationals win, the three-time World of Outlaws champion also owns seven more podiums including a trio of runner-ups (1981, 1985, 1990).
Back in 2005 Kraig Kinser sat on the pole and joined his father Steve Kinser on the list of champions by leading all 30 laps. The Bloomington, IN native also picked up a top five in 2012. He’ll be aboard the Premier Motorsports No. 70 for the second consecutive year at Knoxville in August.
2010 winner Tim Shaffer is looking to make his 17th main event. Shaffer’s triumph 14 years ago halted Donny Schatz’s run of four straight. The “Steel City Outlaw” is entered behind the wheel of the Deyman-Rudzik No. 49X.
Brad Sweet will be aboard the Kasey Kahne Racing No. 49 in search of his second visit to the hallowed ground of Knoxville Nationals Victory Lane. The “Big Cat” won in 2018, podiumed in 2015 and 2021, and has been in the top 10 in eight of his 11 starts in the finale.
David Gravel, the 2019 victor, may be the favorite to become the ninth different driver to earn multiple Knoxville Nationals victories. He and Big Game Motorsports have already amassed 13 World of Outlaws wins in 2024 including one at Knoxville in June. Gravel grabbed the first gem of the triple crown by winning the Kings Royal less than three weeks ago, and Knoxville could be the second piece to the puzzle for the current Series point leader.
A NEW CHAMP?: Only 27 drivers have been crowned a Knoxville Nationals champion through 62 runnings, but several current stars of the sport stand out as potential favorites to add their name to the list of legends and Hall of Famers.
Carson Macedo would love nothing more than to take the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 to Victory Lane for the third time on the sport’s biggest stage. Johnson himself topped the wild 2016 edition, and David Gravel took JJR to the top again in 2019. Last year, Macedo won his prelim and finished a personal best fifth in the finale.
Giovanni Scelzi has posted fourth-place finishes in two of the last three Knoxville Nationals Features with KCP Racing. “Hot Sauce” also topped the 2021 360 Nationals, one of his three victories at “The Sprint Car Capital of the World.”
Logan Schuchart continues to bang on the door of a Knoxville Nationals title. He finished in the top five in three straight runnings including drives from 22nd to second in 2019 and 17th to third in 2022. Last year, he was running second in the Shark Racing No. 1S before a flat tire derailed his effort.
Brian Brown is always one to watch at Knoxville when August rolls around. “Blackjack” put together three consecutive runner-ups in the finale from 2012 through 2014. He’s a 66-time Feature winner and five-time track champion at Knoxville and ready to add a Nationals victory to his résumé.
Rico Abreu is undoubtedly one of the sport’s best that is still lacking a Knoxville Nationals title. He scored a top 10 back in 2017 and looked primed to challenge Larson last year until an issue while running second ended those hopes. He’s fresh off an impressive victory in the Capitani Classic.
Many more talented gassers including Sheldon Haudenschild, Michael “Buddy” Kofoid, Corey Day, Brent Marks, recent 360 Knoxville Nationals champion Tyler Courtney, and more will be in search of their first Knoxville Nationals win.
DARK HORSES: While it’s a rare occurrence, not always do the favorites pull into Victory Lane when the checkered flag flies on Saturday night. And the 2024 roster features a handful of names that might make some noise up front in the finale.
Chase Randall continues to prove he’s one of the sport’s top rising stars, and his performance at Knoxville has been a key contributor toward that reputation. He’s won three times at the half mile this season including a pair in 410 action. Last year, he earned JETCO Rookie of the Year honors with TKS Motorsports.
It may be strange to think of a former World of Outlaws champion as a dark horse, but with Daryn Pittman only running a limited schedule these days, he’s behind most in terms of recent laps. The 2013 Series titlist linked with Kreitz Racing to bring the No. 69K out from Pennsylvania to Iowa. He owns a trio of top fives in the finale, peaking at third in 2019.
Austin McCarl would love to be the first Iowan to claim a Knoxville Nationals title. The “Big Unit” sat on the pole two years ago in what was his third Feature appearance. McCarl is a two-time and the reigning Knoxville track champion in the 410 division.
ADDITIONAL ACCOLADES: Of course, the main goal of this week for every driver is to become a Knoxville Nationals champion, but there are plenty of other opportunities for achievement and recognition.
The battle for the MPV Express Jesse Hockett Mr. Sprint Car Award has already started as it takes points from the 360 Nationals, Capitani Classic, Front Row Challenge, and 410 Nationals to decide the winner of the $6,500 prize.
The JETCO Rookie of the Year acknowledges the highest finishing driver making their event debut. Every year the Knoxville Nationals invites a wide array of first timers looking to be the best among the rookie class.
With all the special paint schemes that team roll out, the DGRD Best Appearing Car Award rewards the one that stands out from the rest.
To go along with those unique liveries, many teams also create special uniforms for the week leading to the Avanti Windows and Doors Best Dressed Crew Award.
For the Saturday finale, there will also be the SprintCarUnlimted.com Pole Award and the KSE Racing Hard Charger and MPI Steering Wheel Hard Charger Award.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Wednesday-Saturday, August 7-10 at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, IA
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (43/73 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (5986 PTS)
2. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 (-98 PTS)
3. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-130 PTS)
4. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing No. 18 (-204 PTS)
5. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-252 PTS)
6. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-326 PTS)
7. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-354 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports No. 17B (-784 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing No. 3Z (-1016 PTS)
10. Kraig Kinser – Premier Motorsports No. 70 (-1232 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (16 Drivers):
13 Wins – David Gravel
7 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
3 Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, Carson Macedo, Donny Schatz
2 Wins – Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu, Kyle Larson
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Brent Marks, Brady Bacon, Michael Kofoid, Corey Day, Logan Schuchart, James McFadden, T.J. Stutts
FEATURE LAPS LED (22 Drivers):
317 Laps – David Gravel
227 Laps – Carson Macedo
178 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
166 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
97 Laps – Donny Schatz
75 Laps – Rico Abreu
49 Laps – Logan Schuchart
47 Laps – Kyle Larson
44 Laps – James McFadden
34 Laps – Brady Bacon, Michael Kofoid
25 Laps – Brad Sweet, T.J. Stutts
15 Laps – Ryan Timms, Tyler Courtney
13 Laps – Anthony Macri
12 Laps – Emerson Axsom
11 Laps – Bill Balog
9 Laps – Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Kalib Henry
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (16 Drivers):
8 Quick Times – Carson Macedo
8 Quick Times – David Gravel
5 Quick Times – Sheldon Haudenschild
4 Quick Times – Giovanni Scelzi, Michael Kofoid
3 Quick Times – Brent Marks
1 Quick Time – Landon Crawley, Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Donny Schatz, Daryn Pittman, Cory Eliason, Brock Zearfoss, Rico Abreu, Chase Dietz
HEAT RACE WINNERS (36 Drivers):
25 Heat Wins – David Gravel
21 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
19 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
16 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi
12 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid
9 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu
7 Heat Wins – Brock Zearfoss
6 Heat Wins – Donny Schatz, Logan Schuchart
5 Heat Wins – Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks
3 Heat Wins – Bill Balog
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown, Landon Crawley, Corey Day, Garet Williamson, Kyle Larson, Anthony Macri, Daryn Pittman
1 Heat Win – Justin Peck, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Danny Sams III, Emerson Axsom, Tim Shaffer, Nick Omdahl, Scott Bogucki, Austin McCarl, Brad Sweet, Spencer Bayston, Brady Bacon, Parker Price-Miller, Chase Dietz, T.J. Stutts, Kelby Watt
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (58 Drivers):
33 Dashes – David Gravel
32 Dashes – Carson Macedo
29 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi
28 Dashes – Sheldon Haudenschild
23 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
19 Dashes – Donny Schatz
14 Dashes – Logan Schuchart
10 Dashes – Bill Balog
9 Dashes – Rico Abreu, Brock Zearfoss
7 Dashes – Landon Crawley, Brent Marks
6 Dashes – Tyler Courtney
5 Dashes – Emerson Axsom, Corey Day
4 Dashes – Brian Brown, Brady Bacon, Anthony Macri
3 Dashes – Aaron Reutzel, Garet Williamson, Brad Sweet, Daryn Pittman, Justin Peck, James McFadden
2 Dashes – Cole Duncan, Cole Macedo, Kalib Henry, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Parker Price-Miller, Chase Dietz, Ayrton Gennetten
1 Dash – Zeb Wise, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Logan McCandless, Skylar Gee, Kody Hartlaub, Tim Shaffer, T.J. Michael, Craig Mintz, Brandon Spithaler, Sye Lynch, Cale Thomas, Kaleb Johnson, Nick Omdahl, Scott Bogucki, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Kraig Kinser, Troy Wagaman Jr., T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Jacob Allen, Lance Dewease, Kelby Watt, Will Armitage
MICRO-LITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (33 Drivers):
3 LCS Wins – Bill Balog
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless, Brock Zearfoss, Garet Williamson, Landon Crawley, Anthony Macri
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace Park, Landon Crawley, Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brandon Rahmer, David Gravel, Nate Dussel, Cole Macedo, Zeth Sabo, Brooke Tatnell, Donny Schatz, Brent Marks, Cory Eliason, Kerry Madsen, Creed Kemenah, Joel Myers Jr., Hunter Schuerenberg, Kody Hartlaub, Lucas Wolfe, Larry Wight, Kyle Larson, Jesse Attard
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (23 Drivers):
8 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz
6 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart
3 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo
2 Hard Chargers – Aaron Reutzel, Michael Kofoid, Cale Thomas, Danny Dietrich
1 Hard Charger – Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild, Landon Crawley, Sye Lynch, Bill Balog, Scotty Neitzel, Garet Williamson, Brent Marks, Larry Wight
PODIUM FINISHES (23 Drivers):
25 Podiums – David Gravel
19 Podiums – Carson Macedo
15 Podiums – Donny Schatz
14 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild
12 Podiums – Michael Kofoid
7 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
5 Podiums – Rico Abreu, Kyle Larson
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet, Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks
2 Podiums – Bill Balog, Aaron Reutzel, Logan Schuchart, Justin Peck, James McFadden
1 Podium – Anthony Macri, Brady Bacon, Cole Macedo, Parker Price-Miller, Ryan Timms, Emerson Axsom, T.J. Stutts
TOP 10 FINISHES (70 Drivers):
39 Top 10s – David Gravel
38 Top 10s – Donny Schatz
37 Top 10s – Giovanni Scelzi
35 Top 10s – Michael Kofoid
34 Top 10s – Carson Macedo
33 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart
29 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
19 Top 10s – Bill Balog
11 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss
9 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu
8 Top 10s – Brent Marks, Brad Sweet, James McFadden
7 Top 10s – Anthony Macri
5 Top 10s – Aaron Reutzel, Corey Day, Kyle Larson
4 Top 10s – Cole Macedo, Landon Crawley, Brian Brown, Brady Bacon, Justin Peck
3 Top 10s – Cole Duncan, Skylar Gee, Ryan Timms, Garet Williamson, Emerson Axsom, Zeb Wise, Danny Dietrich
2 Top 10s – Chase Randall, Kraig Kinser, Cale Thomas, Jacob Allen, Parker Price-Miller, Cory Eliason, Chase Dietz, Troy Wagaman Jr., Daryn Pittman, Ayrton Gennetten
1 Top 10 – Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Chris Windom, Joe B. Miller, Scotty Milan, Brandon Spithaler, Kalib Henry, Tim Shaffer, Zane DeVault, Sye Lynch, Travis Philo, Trey Jacobs, Scotty Thiel, Mark Dobmeier, Kaleb Johnson, Scott Bogucki, Austin McCarl, Tim Kaeding, Christopher Thram, Landon Brooks, Greg Wilson, Spencer Bayston, Daison Pursley, Devon Borden, T.J. Stutts, Freddie Rahmer, Lance Dewease, Stewart Friesen, Jordan Poirier, Larry Wight
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / David Gravel (6)
20. Fri, May 17 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Michael Kofoid (1)
21. Sat, May 18 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / David Gravel (7)
22. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / David Gravel (8)
23. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
24. Mon, May 27 / Fremont Speedway / Fremont, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
25. Fri, May 31 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (6)
26. Fri, June 7 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Giovanni Scelzi (2)
27. Sat, June 8 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Sheldon Haudenschild (7)
28. Fri, June 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (9)
29. Sat, June 15 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Corey Day (1)
30. Wed, June 19 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Tyler Courtney (2)
31. Sat, June 29 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Logan Schuchart (1)
32. Wed, July 10 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Giovanni Scelzi (3)
33. Fri, July 12 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Carson Macedo (3)
34. Sat, July 13 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Donny Schatz (3)
35. Tues, July 16 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / David Gravel (10)
36. Fri, July 19 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (2)
37. Sat, July 20 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (11)
38. Wed, July 24 / BAPS Motor Speedway / York Haven, PA / James McFadden (1)
39. Fri, July 26 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / T.J. Stutts (1)
40. Sat, July 27 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / David Gravel (12)
41. Sun, July 28 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / David Gravel (13)
42. Fri, August 2 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (1)
43. Sat, August 3 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (2)
Tropical Storm Remnants Cancel Entirety of Appalachian Midget Week
KUTZTOWN, PA (Aug. 6, 2024) – Tropical Storm Debby has ravaged the East Coast with record rainfall and is projected to make its way into Pennsylvania by Wednesday. With the best financial interest of traveling teams of the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota in mind, Series and track officials have agreed to cancel all Milton Hershey School Appalachian Midget Week events.
The decision comes with professional weather guidance from Chief Meteorologist Wayne Mahar of Precision Weather Service. None of the canceled events will be made up, which includes Action Track USA (Aug. 7); Linda’s Speedway (Aug. 8); Path Valley Speedway Park (Aug. 9); Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway (Aug. 10).
The Xtreme Outlaw Series will now take a month off and return to action with a three-day swing through Illinois, which includes the final two races of the Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series at Southern Illinois Raceway (Sept. 13) and Highland Speedway (Sept. 14) before a trip to Adams County (IL) Speedway to cap the weekend on Saturday, Sept. 15.
Advance sale tickets for Southern Illinois Raceway are on sale now at the link below; Highland and Adams County will be selling tickets at the track on race day. If you can’t be at the track to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series is brought to fans by important sponsors and partners, including: DIRTVision (Official Live Broadcast Partner), Toyota (Title sponsor of the Midgets Series), Racing Electronics (Official Radio Supplier) and SIS Insurance (Official Insurance Provider). Other partners include: TJ Forged and Whitz Racing Products.
UNDEFEATED IRONMAN: Kyle Larson Drives From 12th for I-55 Weekend Sweep, Third Ironman Title
“Yung Money” equals Craig Dollansky for the most victories in the demanding event and banks $25,000
PEVELY, MO (August 3, 2024) - There seems to be no stopping Kyle Larson at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55.
To open Federated Auto Parts Ironman 55 weekend on Friday Larson pieced together a miraculous charge from 21st to victory in 30 laps. He punctuated that performance with a last lap, last corner pass to seal the deal. That marked the longest drive to a win with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars in 11 years.
The stage set for “Yung Money” on Saturday was a 12th place starting position with 55 laps to get the job done. Looking at the math from the night before, the task seemed like a simple one. But of course, driving through a field with the country’s best Sprint Car drivers in it two nights in a row is far from easy. But Larson managed to pull it off anyway.
The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion methodically picked his way to the front over the course of the longest race in laps on the 2024 World of Outlaws calendar. It started with a strong first rotation that saw him go from 12th to ninth. Six circuits later he cracked the top five. And then on Lap 44 he slipped under race-long leader Giovanni Scelzi to take the top spot and then sped away.
“I was just fortunate enough to get a good initial start and kind of be the first one to the top to get to fifth,” Larson said. “I was really struggling there before the open red, so that was nice to be able to get Paul (Silva) to turn some wrenches on this thing and get me freed up. That really allowed me to kind of get through the waves in (Turn) 1 and get through the middle and get pointed off of (Turn) 2 much better.
“That was a fun race. I hope all of you fans enjoyed that. Ironman 55 is probably my favorite Sprint Car race of the year. It’s tough, long. I really enjoy these long races. Cool to three-peat this.”
The three-peat Larson mentioned is due to the fact that he’s won all three Ironman 55 editions that he’s entered (2020, 2023, and 2024). The three wins ties Craig Dollansky’s record mark for the most that had stood alone since he topped three straight from 2011 to 2013. He’s now up to five wins in seven tries at I-55 with The Greatest Show on Dirt, putting him just one checkered flag away from tying Sammy Swindell and Brad Sweet for the most. It also moves the Pevely, MO bullring within one of Knoxville Raceway for the winningest track on Larson’s World of Outlaws résumé.
He passed a total of 31 Sprint Cars over the course of 85 Feature laps through the two nights and banked $37,000.
Giovanni Scelzi and Donny Schatz led the field to green for the 55-lapper. Scelzi used the pole position to pull ahead of Schatz and lead the opening lap.
Scelzi managed to stretch out the advantage a bit through the early laps. Schatz settled into second with Carson Macedo in third. A little way behind them Larson began his journey through the field.
Even once traffic became a factor Schatz struggled to find the speed necessary to catch Scelzi. One lap he’d cut into the advantage, and the next Scelzi would pad it again.
Macedo used a restart with 34 laps remaining to muscle by Schatz for second shortly before a red flag ended the night for a pair of frontrunners. Contact with a lapped car sent fourth-running Corey Day into Michael Kofoid and sent Day upside down.
The stoppage turned into an open red to allow teams to refuel, and on the restart Schatz found his way back into second as Larson jumped into third. And then a restart with 22 laps remaining gave Larson the opportunity he needed to snatch second from Schatz, leaving only Scelzi between himself and a weekend sweep.
Larson patiently worked the low and middle grooves of the racetrack as Scelzi stayed committed to the top. Little by little Larson chipped away, and on Lap 44 he pulled the trigger on a slider that stuck for the top spot. From there Larson never looked back on his way to a record-tying third Ironman 55.
“I was actually really surprised about the restart after the fuel stop,” Larson recalled. “I almost got to second into (Turn) 3 by diamonding (Turns) 1 and 2. I didn’t expect that, so I knew my car was better right away. I knew I needed to take advantage of that. I lined up third, caution came right back out, and the bottom was better. My engine took off really good, and then I just kind of paced and hoped for no caution because I didn’t want to be on the outside for a restart. It just worked out really good for us.”
Donny Schatz brought the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 home second. The 10-time World of Outlaws champion continues to bang on the door of an Ironman 55 as the dumbbell trophy has eluded him to this point. Saturday marked five runner-up finishes in the grueling race.
“Every time I was on the outside I was getting passed by cars on the inside,” Schatz said of restarts. “Being on the inside of the second row was probably better on those restarts. We capitalized on it, just tried to move around the racetrack. I guess I’m just glad that’s over with a decent run. It was pretty demanding. It feels like 200-degrees in the car. I’m not used to that, but that’s the way it goes. It was a good race. Kyle did a good job.”
Rounding out the Ironman 55 podium was Carson Macedo in the Jason Johnson Racing machine. The Lemoore, CA native continues to be one of the most consistent drivers at I-55 with his fifth consecutive top five run and seventh podium in the last 10 tries at the bullring.
“I think Philip Dietz, Adam Zimmerman, and Robby McQuinn gave me a great race car,” Macedo said. “I feel like I was pretty versatile. I’d get to bouncing a little bit through the middle, but I could make a lot of speed up top. I just had one big mistake on my part. I think I got a little eager on the fuel and kind of maybe got it too loaded up. Then when I went to fire off on that restart there and kind of got stuck out there and let Donny and Kyle get by.”
Giovanni Scelzi and Logan Schuchart completed the top five.
Larson’s run from 12th to the win also earned him back-to-back KSE Racing Hard Chargers.
Carson Macedo claimed his Series leading ninth Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 42nd of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Sheldon Haudenschild, Carson Macedo, and Logan Schuchart. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Giovanni Scelzi.
Giovanni Scelzi topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Jessie Attard won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Brock Zearfoss.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars roll to Knoxville Raceway for the 63rd running of the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s on August 7-10. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (55 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[12]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[2]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[3]; 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart[8]; 6. 2-David Gravel[10]; 7. 83-Michael Kofoid[14]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog[13]; 9. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[6]; 10. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[4]; 11. 53-Jessie Attard[21]; 12. 49J-Josh Schneiderman[19]; 13. 20G-Noah Gass[16]; 14. 34-Sterling Cling[18]; 15. 70-Kraig Kinser[11]; 16. 37B-Bryce Norris[23]; 17. 6-Kelby Watt[17]; 18. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[9]; 19. 14-Corey Day[5]; 20. 37-Ayden Gatewood[15]; 21. 21R-Gunner Ramey[20]; 22. 7A-Will Armitage[7]; 23. 50K-Thomas Meseraull[24]; 24. 24T-Christopher Thram[22]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
SHARK SWEEPS: Karter Sarff Wins Second-Straight at I-55, Sweeps Ironman Weekend
PEVELY, MO (Aug. 3, 2024) – Karter Sarff’s first-ever win with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota came at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 last year. Fast forward to 2024, and he’s swept the track’s most prestigious event.
Sarff, the 21-year-old racer from Mason City, IL, led flag-to-flag for the win Friday night and then made it back-to-back trips to Victory Lane with his fourth Series victory Saturday, taking the lead from Ryan Timms late in the race and leading the rest of the way untouched to claim the $7,500 grand prize – the largest winner’s share in Series history.
“It’s just super cool, especially with this night paying $7,500 to win,” Sarff said. “Obviously, the Saturday race is the big one to win – I feel like there’s a lot more people here, and the [World of] Outlaws run the Ironman 55.
“It’s just a prestigious race and it’s turning into a prestigious Midget race too; just happy to put my name in the record books [and get my] biggest Midget win this year so far.”
In seven career starts with the Series at I-55, Sarff has won three of them. Saturday’s win, co-sacntioned by the POWRi National Midget League, counted as his fourth of the season with the Xtreme Outlaw Series – second-most only to points leader Cannon McIntosh – and sixth of his career.
The driver known as “The Shark” accomplished the feat all while pulling double duty on both nights of the event, driving his own No. 21K Midget and the Chase Briscoe Racing No. 5 Sprint Car with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series.
“I was already worn out from running the Sprint Car all night too,” Sarff said. “That was really tiring, and it just seemed non-stop all night long. I was tired before the race even started for the Midget Feature. I had noodle arms the whole race.”
While Sarff was on top in the end, points leaders Cannon McIntosh and Ryan Timms opened the Feature action. McIntosh led the opening four circuits around the 1/3-mile track before hitting a rut in Turn 1 and coughing-up the top spot to Timms.
Timms took the top spot and began to run with it before a red flag halted the action on Lap 9. On the restart, Timms hit a bump in the track entering Turn 3 and gave the lead back to McIntosh, but only for two corners as Timms came right back with a move of his own around the bottom of Turns 1-2 to regain the lead.
“I was so good on the top there before the red and was running Ryan down just that little bit the couple laps I changed my line,” McIntosh, 21, of Bixby, OK, said. “We had the red and just could never fire off the same. I feel like we sat too long.”
Meanwhile, Sarff was working on his push to the head of the field. Sitting third for a restart on Lap 17, Sarff threw a slider of his own on McIntosh in Turns 3-4 for the second spot, racing through the middle groove.
“I thought for sure Cannon would rip it through the middle there right in front of me and kinda block it,” Sarff said. “He just went up and I was able to do the same exact thing.”
Now riding second, Sarff got his first look at the lead on a restart three laps later. Timms led the field into Turn 3 after taking the green and jumped a rut again, allowing Sarff to scoot by out of Turn 4.
Though Timms retook the spot with a slide job in Turns 1-2, he hit yet another bump in Turn 1 on Lap 23 and shot up the track, opening the door for Sarff once more down low to take the lead for good.
“I got to Ryan and got real lucky with him hitting the holes wrong,” Sarff said. “I could just get through them really good; our stuff is usually always good through the rough.”
“I knew the bottom was coming in and I saw the 21 got to second and I knew he’s really good on the bottom here,” Timms, 17, of Oklahoma City, OK, said. “I knew he was gonna be there, but I thought as long as I didn’t hop to where it would screw me up too bad and get could get under us, then I’d be fine. Sure enough, that’s what happened.”
Now armed with the race lead, Sarff began to distance himself from the field. He made quick work of the lapped traffic in front of him, and by the time he crossed under the checkered flag, he held a 1.6-second gap over Timms.
McIntosh crossed the stripe in third, re-entering the top-five after his streak of 18 consecutive top-five runs came to a halt with a sixth-place run Friday.
“Good podium finish but still disappointing for leading there at the beginning, losing the lead, getting it back and losing it again,” McIntosh said. “Obviously wanted more when you start on the pole; the only goal is to win.”
Seventh-starting Zach Daum climbed to finish fourth aboard the Trifecta Motorsports No. 7U while Thomas Meseraull drove the Engler Machine & Tool No. 7x to round out the top five.
Joe Wirth earned the Whitz Racing Products Quick Time Award in Qualifying. Toyota Racing Heat 1 was won by McIntosh, TJ Forged Heat 2 was won by Sarff and Heat 3 went to Gavin Miller.
UP NEXT
The Xtreme Outlaw Midgets will take the next three days away from the track to rest, repair and make the trip east to Pennsylvania for the start of Milton Hershey School Appalachian Midget Week. The four-day stretch of racing begins Wednesday, Aug. 7, at Action Track USA in Kutztown, PA.
Tickets for all Midget Week races will be on sale at the gate on race day. If you can’ be there to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view full results)
Feature (35 Laps): 1. 21K-Karter Sarff[3]; 2. 67-Ryan Timms[2]; 3. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[1]; 4. 7U-Zach Daum[7]; 5. 7X-Thomas Meseraull[4]; 6. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[16]; 7. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[5]; 8. 40-Chase McDermand[23]; 9. 14S-Tyler Edwards[9]; 10. 55-Trevor Cline[11]; 11. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[12]; 12. 71-Jade Avedisian[10]; 13. 97-Gavin Miller[6]; 14. 98-Gunnar Setser[8]; 15. 50-Daniel Adler[17]; 16. 51B-Joe B Miller[15]; 17. 44-Branigan Roark[21]; 18. 7-Shannon McQueen[20]; 19. 77-Joe Wirth[14]; 20. 66-Jayden Clay[24]; 21. 33-Jacob McFarlin[22]; 22. 72J-Sam Johnson[19]; 23. 5U-Peter Smith[18]; 24. 56D-Mitchell Davis[13]
Photo credit – Trent Gower
The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series is brought to fans by important sponsors and partners, including: DIRTVision (Official Live Broadcast Partner), Toyota (Title sponsor of the Midgets Series), Racing Electronics (Official Radio Supplier) and SIS Insurance (Official Insurance Provider). Other partners include: TJ Forged and Whitz Racing Products.
YUNG MONEY MADNESS: Last Lap Pass Completes Drive From 21st to I-55 Victory for Kyle Larson
Larson beats McFadden to the line to finish off a memorable charge from the Last Chance Showdown to Victory Lane
PEVELY, MO (August 2, 2024) - Kyle Larson continues to do things behind the wheel of a Sprint Car that will be talked about for years and years.
The Elk Grove, CA native has already achieved so much in his career despite seldom being a full-time Sprint Car driver due to NASCAR commitments. A 2011 Gold Cup Race of Champions triumph at only 19 years old. A pair of NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals. A Kings Royal. A 12-win World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car season in only 26 Feature starts in 2020.
Those are only a few of the many accomplishments Larson has chalked up, and he pulled something off on Friday night that’ll go down as one of the best drives he’s ever put together.
“Yung Money” lined up 21st for the 30-lap Feature at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 after having to go to the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown and winning it. A victory in the main event was hardly on his mind when he rolled out for it. Maybe a strong charge for a solid finish, but a win? That didn’t seem likely.
And then one by one Larson started to pick off cars. By Lap 8 he’d cracked the top 10. But even 10 laps later when he entered the top five, Victory Lane still seemed out of reach. Then came a pivotal restart.
Larson roared into third in two circuits after restarting fifth with 11 laps to go. Then on Lap 26 Sheldon Haudenschild tripped up and allowed him by for second. With only four laps remaining, all that stood between the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion and completing an unforgettable drive to victory was James McFadden.
And even as McFadden took the white flag he appeared to be too far ahead with nearly a full second advantage. But then hope arose down the back straightaway. A lapped car slipped in front of the Roth Motorsports No. 83SR exiting Turn 2 allowing Larson to close in. McFadden went to slide the car in Turn 3, and Larson stuck the Silva Motorsports No. 57 to the bottom. They both picked their front wheels up in a drag race down the front straightaway, and Larson edged him out by .053 seconds.
The crowd went wild. He’d really pulled off the unthinkable. From the Last Chance Showdown to Victory Lane. Don’t put anything past Kyle Larson.
“I’m out of breath,” Larson said. “I’ve been screaming the whole time since I got the checkered flag. I can’t say enough about Paul, Trevor, Doug, everybody on this team for working so hard. We’ve been terrible, and really, really bad tonight, too. And they’ve just been working hard, trying to get the car better each time. I felt like we were pretty good there in the Feature. I felt like we could move around, get my wheels underneath me, and get grip through the center on restarts. I’m just super thankful. This is amazing. There was a kid that came up during the Midget A-main and said, ‘You think you’re going to win tonight?’ And I said, ‘No.’ I did not think we would win. So, this is pretty amazing.”
Larson is up to 33 career victories with The Greatest Show on Dirt. His fourth win in six tries at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 equals it with Attica Raceway Park as the second winningest track on his Series résumé. He’s behind only Sammy Swindell and Brad Sweet (six wins apiece) and Steve Kinser and Craig Dollansky (five wins apiece) on the track’s World of Outlaws victory list. The drive from 21st marked the farthest back someone has won a World of Outlaws race from since Donny Schatz’s legendary drive to the Knoxville Nationals title in 2013.
Sheldon Haudenschild and James McFadden brought the field to green, and it was McFadden getting the early advantage on the outside.
The Australian pieced together a nearly perfect race. McFadden knifed his way through traffic in search of his first I-55 victory. Right when it seemed Haudenschild might be able to close in, McFadden added another slower car to the buffer between the two.
Even when Larson got to second with only a few laps remaining, McFadden’s lead didn’t seem in jeopardy. But one small slip from a lapped car on the final lap was enough to break his momentum down the back straightaway and hurt his entry angle into Turn 3. Larson had one shot, and he took full advantage to steal the checkered flag on the final lap by putting together a perfect set of corners in the Silva Motorsports No. 57.
“I could see those two (McFadden and Haudenschild) running the top in (Turns) 3 and 4,” Larson explained. “And I knew my opportunity to get by them was if they made a mistake in (Turns) 3 and 4. Then we caught traffic, and all those lappers were on the bottom. I thought I probably wouldn’t get there. Then he got hung up real tight behind the lapper off (Turn) 2, kind of choked his momentum and forced him to the bottom. And I figured his angle was too bad to be able to stick it and he would probably be cautious or nervous of Sheldon or somebody coming up top in (Turns) 3 and 4. So, I figured he’d drive across, and I knew I just needed to square up my corner and just try and grab the moisture in the middle of the straightaway. I was able to do that and just edge him out.”
After leading all but the final few feet, McFadden was forced to settle for second in the Dennis and Teresa Roth-owned machine. He handled the heartbreak well and is confident an I-55 breakthrough is coming.
“I ran the top, and Noah (Gass) was sort of running the middle, and I thought it was all good because he left me a lane,” McFadden said. “He just lost a bunch of traction off the corner, and I don’t know if he got into the fence a little bit. It just stopped him and parked him there, and I ran into the back of him. I peeled left to get under him, but my angle was sort of bad to get in there, so I had to slide across. That’s racing, mate. That’s the way it goes. Our car was fast. You win them that way, you lose them that way. We’ll come back tomorrow. I think this place owes me one.”
Rounding out the top three was Sheldon Haudenschild in the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing/NOS Energy Drink No. 17. The result marked his 10th World of Outlaws podium at the Pevely, MO oval. The result was also his third top three in the last five races.
“I feel like I ran a really careful race,” Haudenschild commented. “I really didn’t push the limits at all. That curb was tricky. I didn’t want to run her too hard and wad her up. I think my car was really close. James did a great job that whole race, and obviously Kyle was really good. I probably should’ve just moved around a bit more at the end and tried to get back to the bottom.”
Carson Macedo and Donny Schatz completed the top five.
Larson’s incredible drive from 21st to first also earned him the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Sheldon Haudenschild claimed his second consecutive Simpson Quick Time and the 34th of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Michael Kofoid, Logan Schuchart, and Kelby Watt. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went Carson Macedo.
Sheldon Haudenschild won the Toyota Racing Dash.
Kyle Larson won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Brock Zearfoss.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars are right back at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 (Pevely, MO) for the $25,000-to-win Ironman 55 finale on Saturday, August 3. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[21]; 2. 83SR-James McFadden[2]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[1]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[4]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz[9]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart[8]; 7. 2-David Gravel[13]; 8. 83-Michael Kofoid[5]; 9. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 10. 49-Brad Sweet[11]; 11. 17B-Bill Balog[10]; 12. 6-Kelby Watt[7]; 13. 20G-Noah Gass[14]; 14. 7S-Landon Crawley[22]; 15. 70-Kraig Kinser[18]; 16. 24T-Christopher Thram[17]; 17. 53-Jessie Attard[24]; 18. 51B-Joe B Miller[19]; 19. 22M-Rees Moran[16]; 20. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[23]; 21. 24D-Danny Sams III[12]; 22. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[3]; 23. 23B-Brian Bell[15]; 24. 14-Corey Day[20]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
Karter Sarff Dominates I-55 for Second-Straight Ironman Opening Night Win
PEVELY, MO (Aug. 2, 2024) – There’s something about Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 that just clicks with Karter Sarff. Two years in-a-row, he’s gone to Victory Lane at the Missouri oval with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota.
Sarff, the 21-year-old reigning champion of the POWRi National Midget League from Mason City, IL, won on opening night of Ironman 55 weekend last year and did it again Friday night, leading all 25 laps of the main event to bank the $4,000 grand prize and his third Series victory of the year.
“It’s just one of those tracks that clicks for me, and our stuff just seems to go around here really well,” Sarff said. “I think it’s just a combination of our car always being really good here, and I always have the confidence coming here that we’re gonna be good.”
Sarff was strong from the drop of the green, taking the lead on the opening lap from the pole and immediately going to work on opening up a gap between himself and the field. At its largest, Sarff led by 2.7 seconds before Timms began to reel him in.
As Sarff dipped into lapped traffic, taking the bottom lane around the 1/3-mile oval, Timms took advantage of the open top lane, using the “diamond” line to gain extra speed on corner exit at both ends of the track. Lap-by-lap, Timms cut into Sarff’s gap and with five laps left, only .7 seconds separated them.
“I definitely didn’t want to see a caution,” Sarff said. “I felt like I had a good rhythm going, especially there at the end. I kinda figured out where I needed to be and slowing the car down as the track slowed down. I noticed I got a lot better once I started slowing down.”
Once more, Timms gathered speed from the high side momentum and gave it everything he had in pursuit of Sarff, but in the end was unsuccessful.
“On that last lap, I followed it all the way around in (Turn) 2 on the top and it was a lot faster doing that than my diamond, at least later on,” Timms said. “Earlier on, the diamond was working and then it kinda just went away.”
Sarff was able to maintain the .7-second gap he had on Timms, despite the long line of lapped traffic he faced throughout the race, most of which was racing directly in his lane on the bottom.
“I was struggling to get around them there for quite a few laps,” Sarff said. “I just started running one lane higher than them and actually figured out that it was better than what I was doing. Part of it helped me out quite a bit.
“If the race would’ve been a little longer, don’t know if we would’ve held on, but I’m excited to get it done.”
Timms crossed the stripe second, garnering his ninth podium finish of the season in the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) No. 67. He said there were a few things that might have helped his case in getting to make a move on Sarff for the lead, but he wasn’t able to get close enough to execute.
“I think heavier lapped traffic, or a yellow, or me changing my line – any of those three would have made a difference,” Timms said.
Hayden Reinbold rounded out the podium with his third top-three finish in the last four Series races. Inaugural Series champion Zach Daum climbed climbed from seventh to finish fourth while Ashton Torgerson rounded out the top five.
Gavin Miller won Toyota Heat Race 1, Timms topped TJ Forged Heat 2 and Torgerson won the third and final Heat of the night. Sarff also won his third Whitz Racing Products Quick Time Award of the year for his best lap in Qualifying at 12.768 seconds.
UP NEXT
The Xtreme Outlaw and POWRi Midgets are back in action at I-55 Saturday night, Aug. 3, for the richest race of the season – $7,500-to-win and $500-to-start.
Tickets are on sale at XtremeOutlawSeries.com. If you can’t be there, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
ABBREVIATED RESULTS
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21K-Karter Sarff[1]; 2. 67-Ryan Timms[2]; 3. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[3]; 4. 7U-Zach Daum[7]; 5. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[5]; 6. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[12]; 7. 97-Gavin Miller[4]; 8. 7-Shannon McQueen[10]; 9. 56D-Mitchell Davis[6]; 10. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[18]; 11. 7X-Thomas Meseraull[11]; 12. 71-Jade Avedisian[9]; 13. 55-Trevor Cline[13]; 14. 14S-Tyler Edwards[16]; 15. 5U-Peter Smith[15]; 16. 50-Daniel Adler[14]; 17. 98-Gunnar Setser[21]; 18. 40-Chase McDermand[24]; 19. 51B-Joe B Miller[17]; 20. 72J-Sam Johnson[19]; 21. 77-Joe Wirth[8]; 22. 44-Branigan Roark[22]; 23. 66-Jayden Clay[23]; 24. 33-Jacob McFarlin[20]
DREAM WEEK: David Gravel Reflects on Reaching Two Massive Milestones
The point leader claims a huge crown jewel and 100th win in a seven-day span
PEVELY, MO (August 1, 2024) - Confetti blasted and towers of flames rose up behind David Gravel as he climbed all the way atop his wing in front of a massive Eldora Speedway crowd. A few minutes later Royal Sovereign Jason Sides crowned him to forever cement his status as King David XLI. In his 16th try, Gravel had finally become a Kings Royal champion.
Wearing the crown made him only the sixth driver to win the trio of the Knoxville Nationals, Kings Royal, and National Open, joining the legendary list of Steve Kinser, Sammy Swindell, Doug Wolfgang, Mark Kinser, and Donny Schatz.
But he wasn’t done there.
Only seven days later Gravel lined up fourth at Williams Grove Speedway and made a spirited drive to top the C&D Rigging Summer Nationals, securing his 100th career World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car victory. He became the eighth to join the triple-digit club alongside Steve Kinser, Sammy Swindell, Donny Schatz, Mark Kinser, Doug Wolfgang, Danny Lasoski, and Joey Saldana.
Two exclusive clubs joined one week apart. The celebration from the Kings Royal had barely concluded for the 100-win began. Nearly every Sprint Car driver would love to have the chance to check either accomplishment off the list, let alone nab both in a seven-day span.
“It was just a dream week,” Gravel said. “Finally checking off the Kings Royal. I had some good runs and opportunities just never was able to capitalize and get the job done. Very rewarding to win that race. How we won it. Who we won it against. It was a great race.
“From there getting the 100th, when the season started, I knew it was possible to get to 100. But it’s not easy to win over 10 World of Outlaws races in a season. So, you just don’t know how that’s going to go. Luckily, it’s been going really, really well.”
Both victories were by no means easy. One of the best to ever wheel a Sprint Car and someone who already reached both achievements Gravel was after, Donny Schatz, made him earn it.
The 10-time Series champion drove from 20th in the Kings Royal and took the lead from Gravel with less than 10 laps remaining. But Gravel got his elbows up, went straight to the cushion, and ripped back around Schatz to claim the crown.
Then at Williams Grove Schatz started ahead of Gravel. He wheeled the Big Game Motorsports No. 2 around Schatz early, but the Fargo, ND native got back around him. Gravel then reclaimed the lead on Lap 18 and had to hold off Schatz in the closing laps.
“Battling it out, each of us leading laps, he’s a guy that’s really good in long races taking care of his stuff,” Gravel said of his duels with Schatz. “I feel like I’m good as well at taking care of my stuff. Sometimes you’ve got to be creative in how you win these races. I’ve won a couple of these races kind of uncharacteristically and just had to get out of my comfort zone and get the job done.”
The Williams Grove win had an additional layer of significance. It was a fitting place for Gravel to reach triple digits. As a native of Connecticut, Gravel isn’t a Pennsylvania Posse member, but he did spend plenty of his youth in PA. “The Grove” is also where his Sprint Car career began.
“Williams Grove was the first place I ever stepped foot in a Sprint Car,” Gravel said. “It’s been a place that I went to quite a bit early in my career with the All-Stars and would run the National Open and stuff like that. We probably went to Williams Grove six, seven, eight times a year. I ran Linda’s (Speedway) on Friday’s racing Micros when I was in high school. Yeah, I’ve just been to PA a lot in my life, and it was kind of the closest state that had a lot of Sprint Car Racing.”
It's been an amazing season so far for Gravel and the Big Game Motorsports crew with 13 World of Outlaws wins already, but they’ve got no intentions of slowing down. More crown jewels and big paydays await, and they roll into every track as one of the clear favorites.
The Ironman 55 ($25K-to-win) is this week. The NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s ($190K-to-win) the week after that. Down the road a little farther is the Weis Markets National Open presented by Sage Fruit ($75K-to-win). Could Gravel join Doug Wolfgang and Donny Schatz as the third driver to claim the triple crown (Kings Royal, Knoxville Nationals, National Open) in one season? He’s shown no reason to doubt him in 2024.
And of course, he’ll look to punctuate a dream season with his first World of Outlaws title in November at World Finals.
“It’s just been a really good year,” Gravel said. “We’re firing on all cylinders. Things are going our way, and we’re taking advantage of it most of the time. When we’re in position to win, I feel like we haven’t really let many slip away.”
Gravel and the rest of the World of Outlaws head to Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 this weekend (August 2-3) for the Ironman 55. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Meseraull Set for Return; Avedisian, Sarff Aim for Repeats at I-55
PEVELY, MO (July 30, 2024) – The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota returns to Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 for one of its biggest paying events of the year during the Ironman 55 weekend, Aug. 2-3.
Co-sanctioned by the POWRi National Midget League, the Xtreme Outlaw Midgets will contest a 25-lap, $4,000-to-win main event Friday night before the richest race of the 2024 season Saturday – paying $7,500 to the winner and at least $500 to each starter of the 35-lap main event.
Racing alongside the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, the two-day event will showcase the talent of the country’s best open-wheel racers, some of which will be competing in both divisions.
Both Series events also count as the seventh and eighth races of the 2024 Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series, which awards the points champion of the 10-race miniseries with a $2,500 bonus at the end of the season in September, in addition to checks for each of the top-five in final points.
Advance-sale tickets for both days of the Ironman 55 are available at the World of Outlaws website and will also be on sale at the gate on race day. If you can’t be at the track, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
Here are the drivers to watch and storylines to follow this weekend:
GUESS WHO’S BACK – For the first time since the season opener in March, Thomas Meseraull is expected to be part of the Xtreme Outlaw Series roster, returning to the seat of the Engler Tool & Machine, EA-Stealth-powered MF1 Chassis No. 7x in Xtreme competition after being sidelined due to injury sustained in a Non-Wing Sprint Car crash at Paragon Speedway (IN) in late March.
Meseraull, the 43-year-old open-wheel veteran from San Jose, CA, won the 2024 Xtreme season opener inside the Southern Illinois Center in March. After taking several weeks off for recovery, Meseraull returned to Midget action for POWRi’s Illinois SPEEDweek in June and has since won twice with POWRi at Lake Ozark Speedway (MO).
When it comes to Midgets at I-55, Meseraull has had success at the 1/3-mile oval before, scoring a win during Ironman weekend in 2015 – POWRi’s first time as the support division in the marquee Sprint Car event.
DEFENDING WINNERS – The Xtreme Outlaw Midgets put on two exciting races during Ironman weekend one year ago, won by Karter Sarff and Jade Avedisian, both of whom are expected to be back in action with the Series again this weekend.
Sarff, 21, of Mason City, IL, scored his first career Series victory in Friday night’s main event last year, outrunning 2022 Series champion Zach Daum to bag the win. He’s won twice in Xtreme competition already this year – US36 in April and Millbridge Speedway (NC) in May – and will go for his fifth career Series victory this weekend piloting his own Provisio Partners, Spike/Toyota No. 21K.
Avedisian, the 17-year-old reigning Series champion from Clovis, CA, won the Saturday portion of the two-day event last year in a slide job-filled battle with Sarff late in the race to score her sixth career Series win. However, she has struggled throughout the 2024 season, appearing on the podium only once in 14 starts with a best finish of second at Atomic Speedway (OH) in May.
POINTS CHASE – A trip through Oklahoma this past weekend meant another Feature win for points leader Cannon McIntosh – his sixth of the season – and an expanded 160-point gap over teammate Ryan Timms in the championship standings.
McIntosh, 21, of Bixby, OK, is still in search of his first career national Midget series championship driving for Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM). He’s had success at I-55 in the past, winning the April 2023 visit, but couldn’t break the top five during the Ironman weekend last year with finishes of eighth and sixth.
Timms, 17, of Oklahoma City, OK, has trailed McIntosh in the standings for most of the season but has seen Victory Lane three times, most recently at Spoon River Speedway (IL) two weeks ago. Unlike McIntosh, Timms has not won at I-55, but finished third to Daum and McIntosh there in April 2023.
ILLINOIS BOYS – Zach Daum and Chase McDermand have also triumphed in Pevely in the past, both with the POWRi National Midget League.
Daum, 32, of Pocahontas, IL, won the Midget Feature during the Saturday portion of Ironman weekend in 2016, topping Kyle Jones and Dave Darland in the 24-car main event. More recently, he ran second to McIntosh at the Xtreme/POWRi show at I-55 in April 2023 and also claimed the runner-up spot on Friday during last year’s Ironman.
McDermand, 24, of Springfield, IL, won with POWRi at I-55 in April 2022. He’s coming into the weekend as the most recent Feature winner, taking the checkered flag in the Series debut at Tulsa Speedway (OK) last Saturday night after leading all 30 laps of the main event.
HEY JOE – After coming a handful of laps away from his first career Xtreme Outlaw Series Feature win in the 2024 season opener, Joe B. Miller is projected to be back in action with the Midgets this weekend at I-55.
Miller, 33, of Millersville, MO, was leading late in Saturday’s Feature at the Southern Illinois Center this past March when he was involved in an incident while battling Meseraull for the lead. While he ended up scored 12th in the official finishing order, the speed and skill Miller showed in traffic that night demonstrated his abilities in the Midget, which he does not get to display often due to his Sprint Car and Micro Sprint schedule.
However, Miller has found success in the Midget at I-55 in the past, finishing runner-up to McDermand in the POWRi event in April 2022.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
When and where
Friday-Saturday, Aug. 2-3, at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, MO
On the internet
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Current championship points standings (view full standings)
- Cannon McIntosh: 3940 points | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K
- Ryan Timms: 3780 points (-160) | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67
- Chase McDermand: 3624 points (-316) | CMR-Mounce/Stout Motorsports #40
- Ashton Torgerson: 3575 points (-365) | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67K
- Zach Daum: 3438 points (-502) | Trifecta Motorsports #7U
- Hayden Reinbold: 3335 points (-605) | Reinbold/Underwood Motorsports #19AZ
- Trevor Cline: 3094 points (-846) | Cline Racing #55
- Gavin Miller: 2957 points (-983) | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #97
- Tyler Edwards: 2947 points (-993) | Mounce/Stout Motorsports #14S
- Karter Sarff: 2742 points (-1198) | Karter Sarff Motorsports #21K
Toyota Feature winners (7 drivers)
6 wins – Cannon McIntosh (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K)
3 wins – Ashton Torgerson (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67K), Ryan Timms (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67)
2 wins – Karter Sarff (Karter Sarff Motorsports #21K)
1 win – Thomas Meseraull (Engler Racing #7x), Kale Drake (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #97), Zach Daum (Trifecta Motorsports #7U), Chase McDermand (CMR-Mounce/Stout Motorsports #40)
Toyota Feature laps led (15 drivers)
108 laps – Cannon McIntosh
77 laps – Ryan Timms
72 laps – Ashton Torgerson
44 laps – Kale Drake
41 laps – Karter Sarff
35 laps – Joe B. Miller
30 laps – Chase McDermand
27 laps – Thomas Meseraull
25 laps – Zach Daum
29 laps – Hayden Reinbold
12 laps – Taylor Reimer
11 laps – Jade Avedisian
5 laps – Michael Pickens, Tyler Edwards
1 lap – Jason McDougal
Whitz RC Racing Products Quick Time Awards (11 drivers)
4 awards – Ethan Mitchell
3 awards – Kale Drake
2 awards – Karter Sarff, Ryan Timms
1 award – Cannon McIntosh, Kyle Jones, Trevor Cline, Zach Daum, Tyler Edwards, Hayden Reinbold, Chase McDermand
Heat Race winners (22 drivers)
7 wins – Ashton Torgerson
6 wins – Chase McDermand
5 wins – Kale Drake, Cannon McIntosh, Ryan Timms, Zach Daum,
4 wins – Tyler Edwards
3 wins – Gavin Miller, Trevor Cline
2 wins – Jade Avedisian, Nick Hoffman, Karter Sarff
1 win – Thomas Meseraull, Shane Cottle, TJ Smith, Kyle Jones, Taylor Reimer, Ethan Mitchell, Jason McDougal, Gunnar Setser, Hayden Reinbold
High-points honors (12 drivers)
3 honors – Cannon McIntosh, Ryan Timms
2 honors – Zach Daum, Ashton Torgerson, Chase McDermand
1 honor – Tyler Edwards, Karter Sarff, Gavin Miller, Kale Drake, Michael Pickens, Hayden Reinbold
Last Chance Showdown wins (10 drivers)
1 win – Taylor Reimer, Gunnar Setser, Austin Torgerson, Gavin Miller, Shane Cottle, Ethan Mitchell, Ashton Torgerson, Ryan Timms, Kyle Jones, Mitchell Davis
Hard Charger Awards (14 drivers)
3 awards – Hayden Reinbold, Ryan Timms
1 award – Will Armitage, Ryan Timms, Kayla Roell, Gunnar Setser, Jade Avedisian, Chase McDermand, Elijah Gile, Zach Daum, Cannon McIntosh, Gavin Miller, Jacob Denney, Ashton Torgerson
Podium finishes (16 drivers)
13 podiums – Cannon McIntosh
8 podiums – Ryan Timms
7 podiums – Zach Daum
5 podiums – Chase McDermand
4 podiums – Ashton Torgerson
3 podiums – Karter Sarff, Kale Drake, Gavin Miller, Hayden Reinbold
1 podium – Thomas Meseraull, Taylor Reimer, Jade Avedisian, Michael Pickens, Trevor Cline, Jacob Denney, Jason McDougal
Top-10 finishes (37 drivers)
18 top-10s – Cannon McIntosh
16 top-10s – Chase McDermand, Ryan Timms
14 top-10s – Ashton Torgerson
13 top-10s – Zach Daum
10 top-10s – Karter Sarff, Gavin Miller
9 top-10s – Hayden Reinbold
8 top-10s – Kale Drake, Jade Avedisian
7 top-10s – Trevor Cline
5 top-10s – Taylor Reimer, Tyler Edwards, Kyle Jones
4 top-10s – Mitchell Davis
3 top-10s – Ethan Mitchell, Gunnar Setser
2 top-10s – Shane Cottle, TJ Smith, Sam Johnson, Jacob Denney, Jason McDougal
1 top-10 – Joe B. Miller, Thomas Meseraull, Will Armitage, Trey Marcham, Rylan Gray, Todd McVay, Kevin Thomas Jr, Elijah Gile, Brayton Lynch, Nick Drake, Jacob Dykstra, Briggs Danner, Michael Pickens, Andrew Felker, Drake Edwards, Jonathan Beason
2024 Schedule & Winners – Race No. Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Fri, March 15 / Southern Illinois Center / Du Quoin, IL / Thomas Meseraull (1)
2. Sat, March 16 / Southern Illinois Center / Du Quoin, IL / Cannon McIntosh (1)
3. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / Karter Sarff (1)
4. Sat, April 6 / Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex / Sweet Springs, MO / Kale Drake (1)
5. Fri, April 12 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL / Ryan Timms (1)
6. Sat, April 13 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL / Ashton Torgerson (1)
7. Fri, May 10 / Humboldt Speedway / Humboldt, KS / Ashton Torgerson (2)
8. Sat, May 11 / 81 Speedway / Park City, KS / Cannon McIntosh (2)
9. Tue, May 21 / Millbridge Speedway / Salisbury, NC / Karter Sarff (2)
10. Wed, May 22 / Millbridge Speedway / Salisbury, NC / Zach Daum (1)
11. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Ryan Timms (2)
12. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Cannon McIntosh (3)
13. Thu, May 30 / Doe Run Raceway / Doe Run, MO / Cannon McIntosh (4)
14. Fri, May 31 / Coles County Speedway / Matoon, IL / Ashton Torgerson (3)
15. Fri, July 19 / Spoon River Speedway / Lewistown, IL / Ryan Timms (3)
16. Sat, July 20 / Spoon River Speedway / Lewistown, IL / Cannon McIntosh (5)
17. Fri, July 26 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Cannon McIntosh (6)
18. Sat, July 27 / Tulsa Speedway / Tulsa, OK / Chase McDermand (1)
1 MONTH ALERT: World of Outlaws Return to Huset’s for Hustle Finale, High Bank Nationals, Aug. 30-Sept.1
BRANDON, SD (July 30, 2024) – Huset’s Speedway will welcome back the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series at the end of August to give drivers and fans the marquee event they’ve been waiting for.
After torrential rain flooded the South Dakota facility in June, the crown jewel event was moved to Labor Day weekend with the $25,000-to-win Huset’s Hustle presented by Folkens Brothers Trucking finale now on Friday, Aug. 30, and the Huset’s High Bank Nationals presented by Menards on Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 31-Sept. 1, with Sunday’s race paying $100,000 to win.
The first night of the Huset’s Hustle was completed in June with Tyler Courtney scoring his first victory at the track.
Current World of Outlaws points leader David Gravel is the most recent Huset’s High Bank Nationals champion, winning the premier event for the first time last year. Since joining Tod Quiring’s Big Game Motorsports team in 2021, Gravel has been one of the best drivers at his owner’s track, picking up three wins there in the last three years. He’s now one win away from tying 10-time Series champion Donny Schatz for the most Series wins at the track of active drivers.
Huset’s has produced one of the most diverse list of winners, dating back to 2022. There have been nine different winners in the last nine World of Outlaws races at the bullring dirt track – they include Courtney, Gravel, Logan Schuchart, James McFadden, Kyle Larson, Sheldon Haudenschild, Carson Macedo, Michael “Buddy” Kofoid and Spencer Bayston. It’s the longest streak of different winners the track as seen with the Series.
EVENT INFO
Date – Friday-Sunday, Aug. 30-Sept. 1
Location – Brandon, SD
Track Record – 10.319 sec. by Terry McCarl on May 10, 2009
Times (CT) –
Pit Gate Opens: 3 p.m.
Grandstand Gate Opens: 5 p.m.
Hot Laps & Qualifying: 6:30 p.m.
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available HERE.
How to Watch – Can’t make it? Watch every lap live on DIRTVision.
Last Race Video Recap (June 19, 2024) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LpHvG5D0n8
Previous World of Outlaws winners at Huset’s –
2024 – Tyler Courtney on June 19
2023 – Kyle Larson on June 21, James McFadden on June 22, Logan Schuchart on June 23, David Gravel on June 24
2022 – Spencer Bayston on June 22, Michael Kofoid on June 23, Carson Macedo on June 24, Sheldon Haudenschild on June 25
2021 - David Gravel on June 21, Aaron Reutzel on June 22, David Gravel on Aug. 22
2020 – Sheldon Haudenschild on Sept. 5, Kyle Larson on Sept. 6
2016 – Brad Sweet won on July 2, Donny Schatz won on July 3
2015 –Donny Schatz won on June 14
2014 – Mark Dobmeier won on July 2
2013 – Tim Kaeding won on July 3
2012 – Mark Dobmeier won on July 3
2011 –Steve Kinser won on Aug. 20
2010 –Sammy Swindell won on July 1
2008 – Craig Dollansky won on June 13, Craig Dollansky won on July 3
2007 –Donny Schatz won on July 3
2006 – Brooke Tatnell won on May 7, Terry McCarl won on July 3
2005 –Brian Paulus won on June 28
2004 – Sammy Swindell won on July 6
2003 – Steve Kinser won on June 18
2002 – Steve Kinser won on July 2
2001 – Donny Schatz won on April 29, Mark Kinser won on July 3
2000 –Mark Kinser won on May 7, Mark Kinser won on July 3
1999 – Mark Kinser won on May 3, Mark Kinser won on July 7
1998 – Stevie Smith won on July 7
1997 – Sammy Swindell won on April 27, Mark Kinser won on July 3
1996 – Mark Kinser won on July 3
1995 – Dave Blaney won on June 28
1994 – Mark Kinser won on June 29
1993 – Steve Kinser won on Aug. 23
1992 – Steve Kinser won on Aug. 21, Sammy Swindell won on Aug. 22
1991 –Sammy Swindell won on Aug. 23, Sammy Swindell won on Aug. 24
1990 – Doug Wolfgang won on July 4, Sammy Swindell won on Aug. 24, Sammy Swindell won on Aug. 25
1989 –Doug Wolgang won on July 5, Bobby Davis, Jr. won on Aug. 25, Doug Wolfgang won on Aug. 26
1984 – Steve Kinser won on July 11
1983 –Sammy Swindell won on April 30, Steve Kinser won on July 6
HAPPY BELATED: Chase McDermand Ends 20-Race Drought Day After 24th Birthday at Tulsa Speedway
TULSA, OK (July 27, 2024) – There was one thing Chase McDermand wanted for his 24th birthday; something he hadn’t experienced in 10 months. On Saturday night at Tulsa Speedway, albeit a day late, he got it – a win with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota.
Last year, McDermand led all drivers in Feature wins with six, but 2024 started out a different story. In each of the 20 Xtreme Outlaw Series races held since his last win at Red Hill Raceway in September 2023, he was shut out of Victory Lane. He had gone 17 Series races this year with a best finish of second, three times, but still hungered for the top of the mountain.
After a 14th-place effort on his birthday at Arrowhead Speedway Friday night, he was desperate for a spark to help him break through. But after setting Whitz Racing Products Quick Time in Qualifying, winning Toyota Heat Race 1 and claiming the pole for the Feature, McDermand had been charged with the skill and speed he needed to finally punch through, leading all 30 laps of the main event to bank his eighth career Series victory.
“It feels almost as good as the first one; it’s been so long since we’ve been in Victory Lane,” McDermand, of Springfield, IL, said. “Everybody’s been working super hard over here and they deserve a lot better finishes than what we’d been putting together this season.”
Despite his early struggles, McDermand has found consistency this season, posting four podium finishes, nine top-fives and top-10s in each race except two coming into Saturday night’s program. All of which has combined to seed him third in the Series points standings – two spots higher from where he finished in the 2023 championship chase. So, what kept him out of Victory Lane for over half the season?
“I feel like we’ve had good speed at times – it’s kind of been sporadic – but I just wasn’t quite able to capitalize, maybe it was a second place or a third place,” McDermand said. “From last season to now, I feel like everybody else has kind of improved a little bit, and we stayed a little bit stagnant from last year to this year. Just didn’t do quite as good of a job over the winter as some of the other teams.”
Lining up on the pole of Saturday’s main event, McDermand jumped out to the lead on the first lap and began to open a gap on second-place Trevor Cline. He held strong through the race’s first restart on Lap 7 but soon had company at the head of the field from home-state racer Jason McDougal.
McDougal, the 26-year-old open-wheel standout from Broken Arrow, OK, had made passes on Zach Daum and Cline to move into second and by Lap 10 had caught McDermand. Into Turns 1 and 2 they raced – McDermand through the middle-high lane and McDougal with a big run around the bottom – before McDougal got a great drive off Turn 2 and sped by McDermand for the lead down the backstretch.
“I probably wasn’t running the right line, and that’s the thing about being the leader – you’re kind of a sitting duck out there when the track starts to change or a new line develops,” McDermand said. “His car was really good on the bottom and mine was really a little too tight to run down there, so I was a little bit worried when I saw he was peeking his nose.”
But McDermand wasn’t going to concede to McDougal. With great speed into Turn 3, McDermand ripped the high line around the 1/4-mile oval and got the speed he needed to nose back in front of McDougal at the start/finish line.
“I got a little antsy and showed my nose on the bottom of (Turns) 1 and 2 too much,” McDougal said. “I was fading a little bit in 3 and 4 but still maintaining, but I should’ve waited another half a lap or another two laps and just played my cards a little better.”
The two raced side-by-side for the next four corners before McDermand was able to get back in control of the spot on Lap 13 with a move to the outside through Turns 1 and 2. For the next nine laps, McDermand went to work on getting through lapped traffic as he proceeded to open a gap of two full seconds on McDougal in second.
That advantage held until Lap 22, when the caution was thrown for Tanner Conn stopped in Turn 4. This erased McDermand’s lead, restacked the field and put McDougal on his bumper for the restart.
With one final chance at the lead, McDougal made a bid for it down low in Turns 1 and 2 on the restart, but McDermand shut it down with a block and good speed off Turn 2. From there, McDermand was smooth and cruised to the $4,000 payday – a nice check for turning 24.
“Even though it came a day late, better late than never I guess,” McDermand said with a smile. “It was super nice to celebrate yesterday; it didn’t have a good night, but I was able to cap off the weekend with a good run.”
Over a second-and-a-half back, McDougal crossed the stripe with the runner-up spot to claim his first career Xtreme Outlaw Series podium in only his second Series start.
Behind McDougal came Zach Daum, crossing the stripe in third following a hard-fought battle after the final restart. Ryan Timms, who had come from ninth on the starting grid, took third from Daum on the Lap 22 restart and second from McDougal on Lap 26 after putting a slide job on the RAMCO No. 7P.
However, Timms was unable to hold it on the podium as McDougal executed the crossover on Timms’ slider, and Daum was able to get back by for third after Timms overshot Turns 1 and 2 and nearly spun on the final lap.
Racing only 10 minutes down the road from the Trifecta Motorsports shop in Tulsa, Daum was injected with confidence and good spirit after collecting his sixth podium of the seaon.
“With them being just down the road, you always want to run good,” Daum said. “There’s been a ton of people at the trailer all night. Anytime they get to run in front of a hometown crowd and friends and family that comes around. It’s good to end up on the podium.”
Timms held on to finish fourth while his Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) teammate Cannon McIntosh completed the top-five with a last-lap pass to keep his streak of 18-straight top-five finishes going.
UP NEXT
The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota is back in action next Friday-Saturday, Aug. 2-3, at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 as part of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series’ marquee Ironman 55 event.
Pre-sale tickets for the Ironman 55 are on sale now at WorldofOutlaws.com. If you can’t be there to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view full results)
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 40-Chase McDermand[1]; 2. 7P-Jason McDougal[4]; 3. 7U-Zach Daum[2]; 4. 67-Ryan Timms[9]; 5. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[10]; 6. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[8]; 7. 3P-Drake Edwards[7]; 8. 97-Gavin Miller[5]; 9. 60X-Kyle Jones[13]; 10. 55-Trevor Cline[3]; 11. 11A-Andrew Felker[14]; 12. 71-Jade Avedisian[6]; 13. 14S-Tyler Edwards[17]; 14. 5U-Peter Smith[11]; 15. 93-Kyle Bellm[15]; 16. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[16]; 17. 98-Gunnar Setser[12]; 18. 21-Jonathan Beason[21]; 19. 66-Jayden Clay[20]; 20. 85-Tanner Conn[18]; 21. 19-Taylor Hall[23]; 22. 7-Shannon McQueen[19]; 23. 10J-Noah Harris[22]
SOONER THE BETTER: McIntosh Wins in Home State at Arrowhead for Sixth Xtreme Victory of 2024
COLCORD, OK (July 26, 2024) – In front of his home-state friends and family Friday night, Cannon McIntosh showed yet again why he remains one of the top Midget racers in the country.
The 21-year-old Oklahoma racer’s sixth win of the season with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota came after a slide job on Hayden Reinbold in lapped traffic at the halfway point. McIntosh then led the rest of the way and survived a late restart to take the checkered flag in national Midget racing’s first-ever event at Arrowhead Speedway.
“It took me a few laps to get going, and once I figured out the line, I think the car just came to life,” McIntosh, of Bixby, OK, said. “It just took me a few laps to figure out what I needed to do to make the car happy.”
In collecting the $4,000 grand prize and his 11th career Xtreme Outlaw Series Feature win, McIntosh increased his points lead to 165 over his teammate at Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM), Ryan Timms, who came from ninth to finish second.
Polesitter Jason McDougal led the field to the green flag and grabbed the early lead over Gunnar Setser and Reinbold. As McDougal and Setser floated through the bottom and middle lanes, the top side was open for Reinbold, who threw it hard into Turns 1 and 2 on the second lap and drove by both drivers to take the lead down the backstretch.
“There was just a little lane around the top that I was able to slot-car around,” Reinbold, 20, of Chandler, AZ, said. “The car was just really good; I think it was just a bit too good early.”
After a quick restart on Lap 3, Reinbold began to expand on his lead, opening up a gap of nearly two seconds over second place at its largest. At this point, McIntosh had begun to make his charge to the front, taking over second from McDougal with a slide job in Turns 3 and 4 on Lap 6.
Lap-by-lap, McIntosh cut deeper and deeper into Reinbold’s lead and by Lap 11 had trimmed it down to only a few car lengths. McIntosh gave Reinbold his first challenge with a slider in Turns 3 and 4, but Reinbold stayed strong, crossing McIntosh over out of Turn 4 to take the spot back.
Two circuits later, Reinbold went into Turn 1 on the heels of two lapped cars and McIntosh right behind him. As Reinbold put a slider of his own on Kyle Bellm and slid up the track, McIntosh pointed his car down low and drove off Turn 2 with speed and made the pass on the inside of Reinbold for the lead.
“I could tell I was catching him in clean air even when he was by himself, but when he got to traffic, I was able to really close it up,” McIntosh said. “And then just make a couple good moves. I entered high and diamond-ed down; I had to wait on it a lot but was able to still close up on him and throw the move on him.”
“I just struggled a little bit through traffic; kind of hard to get through cars a little bit,” Reinbold said. “He must’ve just made strides through traffic a little bit better than us and was able to pull off the slider on us. “
From there, it was all McIntosh out front with Timms giving chase behind him. From ninth on the starting grid, Timms had raced his way to third when McIntosh took the lead, right before the caution flag was displayed on Lap 16 for a slowing Kyle Jones in Turn 2.
On the restart, Timms threw a slider on Reinbold in Turns 1 and 2 to take second, which he held through the checkered flag to claim the runner-up spot for the second-straight race. In the end, Timms said despite his strong Qualifying effort – which garnered him the Whitz Racing Products Quick Time Award – his mistakes in the Heat Race may have hurt his chances to compete for the win in the Feature.
“I think staying in lapped traffic the first time we all got to it would have been a big difference,” Timms said. “Starting up front probably would have allowed that.”
Reinbold held onto third and crossed under the checkers to claim his second podium finish in the last two races while reigning Series champion Jade Avedisian crossed in fourth and Setser rounded out the top five.
UP NEXT
The Xtreme Outlaw Midgets continue the Oklahoma swing with a visit to Tulsa Speedway on Saturday, July 27. Tickets will be available at the gate. If you can’t be there to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view full results)
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[3]; 2. 67-Ryan Timms[9]; 3. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[4]; 4. 71-Jade Avedisian[5]; 5. 98-Gunnar Setser[2]; 6. 7U-Zach Daum[11]; 7. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[17]; 8. 7P-Jason McDougal[1]; 9. 21-Jonathan Beason[19]; 10. 11A-Andrew Felker[8]; 11. 97-Gavin Miller[10]; 12. 55-Trevor Cline[12]; 13. 3P-Drake Edwards[13]; 14. 40-Chase McDermand[15]; 15. 93-Kyle Bellm[20]; 16. 5U-Peter Smith[16]; 17. 85-Tanner Conn[14]; 18. 66-Jayden Clay[21]; 19. 7-Shannon McQueen[22]; 20. 60X-Kyle Jones[7]; 21. 19-Taylor Hall[18]; 22. 14S-Tyler Edwards[6]
WEEDSPORT WONDER: David Gravel, Big Game Motorsports Top Fourth Weedsport Race in Five Tries
Gravel bests Macedo to become the winningest driver in Series history at the New York oval
WEEDSPORT, NY (July 28, 2024) - The pairing of David Gravel and Big Game Motorsports has been perhaps the fastest in Sprint Car Racing in 2024. Take them to one of their best tracks as a pairing, and it’s almost not even fair for the competition.
Such was the case Sunday night when the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars journeyed to New York. Weedsport Speedway awaited to host The Greatest Show on Dirt’s only “Empire State” appearance of 2024. Entering the night Gravel and Tod Quiring’s team had contested four races together at Weedsport. Their results? Three visits to Victory Lane and a runner-up.
Add on to that résumé the fact that Gravel rolled into Weedsport on a streak of six straight top two finishes that included a Kings Royal triumph and the 100th victory of Gravel’s career, and Gravel and the Big Game crew entered the Weedsport pit area as odds on favorites. And they delivered.
Gravel started third in the 30-lap main event, took second early, and stalked Carson Macedo until the right time arose. And when the window opened, Gravel drove right by Macedo, and that was all she wrote. The point leader built up a sizeable lead and took the checkered flag with just under a four-second advantage.
“I know about every time we’ve been here in the 2 car we’ve won,” Gravel said. “Cody (Jacobs), Stephen (Hamm-Reilly), and Zach (Patterson) are continuing to do their jobs and give me great race cars. It’s been a lot of fun to drive. It’s been a dream season. We’ve still got a long ways to go, but, man, this is fun.”
The 13th win of the year for Gravel already makes 2024 the second winningest season in his tenure. His most is 18 in 2017 with CJB Motorsports. A fourth Weedsport victory gives him sole possession of the most at the New York oval, breaking a tie with Steve Kinser and Donny Schatz. One night after securing his 100th World of Outlaws triumph, Gravel pushed the total to 101 and closed within four of Joey Saldana for seventh on the all-time list. It was also Big Game Motorsports’ 107th Series win as a team, positioning Quiring’s crew just one behind Roth Motorsports.
The Empire State Challenge main event was led to green by Carson Macedo with Michael Kofoid alongside. Macedo pulled ahead to lead the first circuit, and Gravel quickly rolled by Kofoid to take over second right before a red flag flew for Davie Franek tumbling in Turn 3.
Macedo managed to maintain the lead on the ensuing restart. The Jason Johnson Racing pilot used the slider line in Turns 1 and 2 and stuck the bottom on the opposite end of the unique oval. Behind him Gravel ran a similar line in the first set of corners but ripped the top in Turns 3 and 4.
A yellow flag with 19 laps remaining set up another restart for Macedo with Gravel alongside him. The Lemoore, CA native again pulled ahead when the green lights brought the action back to life, but Gravel didn’t let him get far.
On the 13th circuit Gravel built a huge run on the cushion in Turns 3 and 4 and down the front straightaway. The momentum allowed him to duck under Macedo and complete the pass in Turns 1 and 2. Macedo had no counter as Gravel drifted in front of him, caught the grip, and pulled ahead.
Gravel drove away in the second half of the race while a battle brewed for the runner-up spot behind him. Macedo, Sheldon Haudenschild, and Stewart Friesen all jockeyed for podium positioning.
Up ahead Gravel had the Huset’s Speedway No. 2 on a Sunday drive as he rolled comfortably to victory to make it a baker’s dozen in the win column this year.
“I felt like with him (Macedo) being down in (Turns) 3 and 4 I was getting really good runs down the front stretch,” Gravel said. “This place continues to change, and as the fuel load comes off you really got to get aggressive on your wing. In lapped traffic, I was getting out of the racetrack a little bit, so when we got that clean track there with that caution, I felt like it was my time to pounce and try to get in front of him and control the race after that. It all worked out.”
Haudenschild came out on top of the war for second. The runner-up result aboard the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing/NOS Energy Drink No. 17 equaled his best Weedsport finish.
“Just being able to see kind of where he was running,” Haudenschild said of getting by Macedo late. “He was trying different things to catch David obviously. I was probably entering (Turn) 1 higher than anybody and trying to get down the track. The 41 was ripping the top, and the 2 was kind of through the middle, so I think they were all pretty even. It’s just a tricky track. What do you do? These races are hard to win, and the 2 is on it right now. Happy to get out of here with a podium rolling into Pevely and give our guys a little bit of confidence.”
After leading the first 13 laps, Macedo brought the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 home third. He and the JJR crew were stout all night but just needed a little more speed to have a better shot at holding on for the victory.
“It seemed like after the restart there I felt like I was hitting pretty good laps,” Macedo said. “I went back down to the bottom, and I could hear him and see him enter off my right rear on the top. And when I hit the bottom, I felt like it was pretty good, and he still was able to get a run on me and cross me over and beat me down into Turn 1. Then I paced behind him. Then the caution came out and I thought, ‘Okay, I know what he’s going to do.’ And he actually peeled off and went down to the bottom where I was running in (Turns) 3 and 4, and I tried to run the top and he was still faster than me down there. I really don’t know what I could’ve done different, but nevertheless we ended up third.”
Stewart Friesen and Donny Schatz completed the top five.
And 19th to 10th run earned Larry Wight the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Sheldon Haudenschild claimed his fourth Simpson Quick Time of the year and the 33rd of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One and Three belonged to Sheldon Haudenschild and David Gravel. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Carson Macedo.
Carson Macedo topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Larry Wight won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Davie Franek.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head to Pevely, MO’s Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 for the grueling Ironman 55 on August 2-3. The winner of the 55-lap finale takes home the iconic dumbbell trophy and $25,000. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[3]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[4]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 4. 0-Stewart Friesen[9]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz[8]; 6. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 7. 28-Jordan Poirier[10]; 8. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[5]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart[6]; 10. 10B-Larry Wight[19]; 11. 70-Kraig Kinser[15]; 12. 17B-Bill Balog[7]; 13. 79-Jordan Thomas[12]; 14. W20-Greg Wilson[21]; 15. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[11]; 16. 10-Billy VanInwegen Jr[24]; 17. 22P-Jonathan Preston[16]; 18. 7S-Landon Crawley[18]; 19. 7NY-Matt Farnham[13]; 20. 6-Kelby Watt[20]; 21. 41X-Dalton Rombough[14]; 22. 36-Logan Crisafulli[23]; 23. 28F-Davie Franek[17]; 24. O1-Danny Varin[22]
100: David Gravel Fends Off Donny Schatz for Summer Nationals Glory, Milestone World of Outlaws Victory
The Watertown, CT native earns his 100th career World of Outlaws checkered flag in thrilling fashion at Williams Grove
MECHANICSBURG, PA (July 27, 2024) - Two straight races David Gravel had been denied a milestone moment by a single spot. But he simply refused to let it happen again on Saturday night at Williams Grove Speedway.
After claiming the Kings Royal crown at Eldora Speedway last Saturday, Gravel sat at 99 career World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car wins.
On Wednesday at BAPS Motor Speedway, an ill-timed red flag potentially took away an opportunity at reaching 100. Then two nights later as the C&D Rigging Summer Nationals kicked off at Williams Grove, Gravel made a pass on T.J. Stutts for the lead with only five laps to go but couldn’t quite hold him back as he drove back by.
And on Saturday a similar story looked to be writing itself. Gravel charged from fourth to the lead, but Donny Schatz drove back around him and looked to shut him out of Victory Lane for the third straight race. A hungry Gravel motored back into the lead on Lap 18, but Schatz didn’t make it easy. A late restart set up a duel between the two drivers leading the World of Outlaws points. Schatz stayed all over Gravel as the final laps clicked away and even showed him a nose multiple times. But Gravel dodged every punch thrown by the 10-time Series champion to prevail and claim his 100th victory with The Greatest Show on Dirt and a $20,000 payday.
“It’s pretty crazy,” Gravel said. “To achieve that milestone. Beat Donny Schatz at Williams Grove. What a place to do it. This 2 car, we haven’t been in Victory Lane here together at Williams Grove. This is a tough track to win at. It felt like I was hanging on there a little bit at the end. I saw Donny poking his nose, but I felt like doing what I was doing it would’ve been hard for him to pass me, and this feels really good.”
Gravel became the eighth driver in Series history to reach 100 victories, joining Steve Kinser (690 wins), Sammy Swindell (394), Donny Schatz (314), Mark Kinser (203), Doug Wolfgang (140), Danny Lasoski (122), and Joey Saldana (105). Gravel’s triumphs have come with seven different race teams – Big Game Motorsports (42), CJB Motorsports (32), Jason Johnson Racing (19), Roth Motorsports (4), DDR Motorsports (1), Bill Rose Racing (1), and Rod Tiner Racing (1).
His 12th World of Outlaws win of 2024 equals the second most he’s had in one season. The Summer Nationals score marked Gravel’s ninth Series win at Williams Grove, equaling him with a pair of legends – Fred Rahmer and Greg Hodnett – on that list.
The 30-lap NOS Energy Drink Feature was brought to green by Donny Schatz and Daryn Pittman. Schatz pulled narrowly ahead of Pittman to lead the opening circuit.
Throughout the first several laps Pittman stayed glued to the tail tank of the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15. Pittman, aboard the iconic Kreitz Racing No. 69K, stalked the Fargo, ND pilot lap after lap. And then on the ninth circuit, Pittman found an opening to take a swing at the top spot. The 2013 World of Outlaws champion fired a slide job in Turns 3 and 4 that cleared, but Schatz dipped under Pittman to reclaim the lead.
Schatz managed to pull slightly ahead of Pittman after fending off the challenge, and Gravel quickly close on the No. 69K. He snatched second from Pittman on Lap 19, and the gap between himself and Schatz began to tighten.
Only two laps later Gravel got a great launch off the bottom of Turn 2 to power by Schatz down the back straightaway and lead the lap. The pass lit a fire under Schatz as he pulled off a tight slider in Turns 3 and 4 on the next circuit to take it back right before a yellow flag.
Once the restart brought the action back to life, Gravel went back to work building momentum on the cushion around the entire half mile. He remained committed to the top while Schatz rolled the low line. A massive run out of Turn 4 and down the front straightaway allowed Gravel to turn under Schatz and clear him heading into Turn 1.
The yellow flag was again displayed right when Gravel was set to encounter traffic in the closing laps. But instead of the clean air helping him on the restart, it let Schatz make one last run at the win. Schatz kept his machine glued to the bottom as low as he could and even showed Gravel a nose multiple times.
“I thought as long as I exited off of (Turn) 4 good I would be okay. And then I was kind of running the middle on entrance in (Turns) 1 and 2. I thought that was better, but they (his team) said he was running just below me, so maybe I should’ve kept going low there, but it was good enough to get the job done.”
The final laps unfolded, and Schatz let Gravel have everything he had. He searched for speed on the bottom but it wasn’t quite enough. Gravel didn’t flinch despite the pressure and went on to win with a half a second margin of victory over Schatz. 100 wins. History had been made.
Reaching the milestone caused an emotional Gravel to reflect on the journey.
“I bounced around a lot in my career and was able to win in a lot of different cars,” Gravel said. “I wouldn’t be here without all of those people giving me opportunities. As a Sprint Car driver trying to make a living, people have to take chances on you. Going out with Bill Rose and Rod Tiner and having a s****y season. And then CJB hiring me. All of those things just catapulted my career. Roth (Motorsports) gave me my first big national opportunity. It’s been a fun ride. I’m 32 years old. Hopefully we can keep getting a lot more.”
Schatz came home second for his third runner-up in the last six World of Outlaws Features. He and the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing team continue to flex plenty of muscle as they look to hunt down Gravel in the title chase.
“We were decent,” Schatz said. “From the word go we were okay, and the longer I ran the looser I got. I tried moving the wing, and it kind of made me a little bit worse, so I kind of had to go back. I just kind of started searching around the racetrack. I tried the top. I tried the middle. It seemed like that yellow helped. It cooled the tires down and I could go for a few laps. I just couldn’t get in the racetrack the way we needed to. We were there, but I guess we’ll have to settle for second tonight.”
Brent Marks rounded out the podium aboard the Murray-Marks Motorsports No. 19. It was a strong night for the defending National Open champion on home turf.
“We just started the race off a little too tight there and just weren’t able to build momentum,” Marks explained. “But once the fuel load wore off a little bit we started coming on. I just wasn’t able to get the right momentum built up to get by Donny there for second and challenge David for the win. We just weren’t quite good enough for that, but all in all I’m really happy with a good, solid night.”
Daryn Pittman and Justin Peck completed the top five.
A 17th to 10th drive aboard the Gary Kauffman No. 48 earned Danny Dietrich the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Brent Marks grabbed his third Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the sixth of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Brent Marks, Carson Macedo, and Daryn Pittman. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to David Gravel.
Donny Schatz topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Anthony Macri won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Kelby Watt.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars make their only New York stop of 2024 for the Empire State Challenge at Weedsport Speedway on Sunday, July 28. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[4]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[1]; 3. 19-Brent Marks[3]; 4. 69K-Daryn Pittman[2]; 5. 13-Justin Peck[7]; 6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[8]; 7. 41-Carson Macedo[5]; 8. 12-Lance Dewease[6]; 9. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[9]; 10. 48-Danny Dietrich[17]; 11. 8-Cory Eliason[10]; 12. 83-Michael Kofoid[16]; 13. 2D-Chase Dietz[13]; 14. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr[11]; 15. 39M-Anthony Macri[21]; 16. 8R-Freddie Rahmer[23]; 17. 5-Spencer Bayston[18]; 18. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[25]; 19. 67-Justin Whittall[14]; 20. 11-TJ Stutts[19]; 21. 1S-Logan Schuchart[22]; 22. 1A-Jacob Allen[24]; 23. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[20]; 24. 6-Kelby Watt[12]; 25. 35-Austin Bishop[15]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
POSSE PRIDE: T.J. Stutts Stuns World of Outlaws with Williams Grove Morgan Cup Victory
The PA Posse veteran gets his first career World of Outlaws victory and the Morgan Cup by holding off a hungry David Gravel
Mechanicsburg, PA (July 26, 2024) - The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car and Pennsylvania Posse rivalry has given us so many memorable moments. And it delivered another gem on Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway.
Liverpool, PA’s T.J. Stutts lined up on the front row alongside the hottest driver in the sport through recent weeks – David Gravel. Stutts is no slouch. He’s been driving Sprint Cars for more than two decades in the “Keystone State” and picked up a handful of wins. But he’d never topped The Greatest Show on Dirt heading into the Morgan Cup finale/opener for the C&D Rigging Summer Nationals.
Could he really give Gravel a run for his money? The man that was fresh off being crowned a Kings Royal champion. The man that already owns 11 World of Outlaws wins in 2024. The man that’s won more money than any other Sprint Car driver in the nation by a wide margin this year. The man with eight World of Outlaws wins at Williams Grove. Could he make the Posse proud against all odds? Absolutely he could.
Stutts ripped around Gravel on the initial start and had to earn every bit of a trip to Victory Lane. Gravel threw everything he had at him, but Stutts was up for the challenge. He aced multiple restarts. He didn’t back down when Gravel slid him in the closing laps and crossed over to take the lead back. He never stumbled in lapped traffic. And he drove the Stutts Racing No. 11 to one of the biggest upsets in World of Outlaws history for a $17,000 payday.
An explosion of emotion erupted in Victory Lane. Stutts’ team welcomed him with shouts and slaps on the panels of his machine. Once he climbed out, the hugs were long and abundant in number. Chants of “T-J” roared from the stands. And then cheers when Stutts climbed all the way atop his wing might’ve registered on the Richter scale. Stutts had done it. He’d topped the Outlaws on the hallowed ground of Williams Grove and held off perhaps the fastest car in the country to do it.
“We beat the damn Outlaws,” a thrilled Stutts said. “And not just any Outlaw, but David Gravel. There’s about five Outlaws that are in that league, and we just got to drive with one of them and beat him. You’ve got to understand. We just go to work every day. This is our version of golf. If this was the PGA, they wouldn’t even let us play with them. I don’t even know what to say. This is beyond words.”
Stutts became the 153rd different winner in World of Outlaws history by grabbing his first checkered flag in his 56th career Feature start. He’s the 54th different driver to top a Series race at Williams Grove through 235 visits. The win will undoubtedly go down in history as one of the biggest upsets in World of Outlaws history. It’ll be in the realm with Travis Jacobsen’s 2012 triumph at Skagit, Jason Statler’s Santa Maria stunner in 1999, and others.
When the green flag dropped, Stutts set the tone for the 25-lapper. Despite Gravel having the pole position, Stutts didn’t back down and blasted around the outside of the Big Game Motorsports machine to lead the opening lap.
Gravel stayed within striking distance as the opening laps unfolded. Stutts opted for the low line in Turns 1 and 2 while Gravel hammered the cushion and got a run each time they exited the corner. But he couldn’t quite get the run he needed to make a move.
Right when the lead duo was poised to enter lapped traffic, the yellow flag flew for the first time as Justin Whittall went around in Turn 3.
Stutts aced a pair of restarts to maintain the lead while Gravel continued to hunt for a route around him. The race cleared the halfway point, and Gravel tripped on the cushion allowing Stutts some breathing room with only 10 laps to go. But Gravel wasn’t done.
The gap between the two shrank, and Gravel pulled right back up to the tail tank of Stutts in the closing circuits. On Lap 20, Gravel found his opening. The Watertown, CT native used a big run down the back straightaway to fire a slider at Stutts and clear him in Turns 3 and 4. But Stutts didn’t blink. He promptly turned down the banking and completed a crossover to quickly reclaim the lead.
Stutts and Gravel then faced traffic, but with a car he could move wherever he needed, the lapped cars played to Stutts’ favor.
“Honestly the lapped cars just fell right,” Stutts said. “The longer we went we just kept getting better and better, and we could move off that curb. I think being able to run (Turns) 3 and 4 like we did the last couple laps was the only reason we were able to beat him.”
The laps dwindled, and Stutts’ advantage grew as he smoothly worked the bottom around the historic half mile. The 44-year-old cruised to the checkered flag and put his name in the history books. He’s forever a World of Outlaws winner, and he made the Posse proud.
“Well, I gave Justin (Loh) and some of the Grove people a little bit of crap the other week,” Stutts said. “I said, ‘What’s the point in us racing every week here?’ And, Justin, this is your answer. We get to stand with the World of Outlaws, and we get to drive by them.”
Gravel brought the Huset’s Speedway No. 2 home second as he missed his 100th World of Outlaws Feature victory by one spot for the second straight race. He and the Tod Quiring-owned team continue to flex their muscle, and hitting triple digits looks likely to come sooner than later for Gravel.
“I probably should’ve maybe slid more aggressive across and got to the cushion a little faster,” Gravel explained. “Man, the lapped cars were running the top there, and that really slowed me up those last five laps. T.J. was really, really good those last three or four laps and could really maneuver around. It seemed like as the fuel load came off, I just got a little bit up in the left rear and had to rely on the top really bad. I tried to get some more wing back, but then it was harder and harder to run the cushion, and I think that’s where T.J. got us. He didn’t have to rely on the cushion.”
Rounding out the podium was Carson Macedo and the Jason Johnson Racing team. Macedo and company earned a much needed rebound after some recent struggled. They now own 17 top three runs during the 2024 World of Outlaws campaign.
“It definitely builds some confidence,” Macedo said. “I feel like we were pretty good. I think that ultimately just starting on the front row tonight probably would’ve helped. It’s crazy at “The Grove” how much air makes a difference. You get close to somebody, and it just totally changes the way you feel in the car. Hats off to Philip Dietz. He turned this thing around. We were struggling a little bit at BAPS, and he came in here and gave me a great race car all night. And I feel like Robby McQuinn and Adam Zimmerman worked really hard, too.”
Anthony Macri and Freddie Rahmer completed the top five to give the Posse three of the first five finishers.
Brent Marks earned the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
David Gravel picked up his eighth Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 118th of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Giovanni Scelzi, Carson Macedo, and T.J. Stutts. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Anthony Macri.
David Gravel topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Lucas Wolfe won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Michael Kofoid.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars complete the C&D Rigging Summer Nationals with a $20,000-to-win/$1,500-to-start finale on Saturday, July 27. Then on Sunday, July 28 The Greatest Show on Dirt makes its only New York stop of 2024 with Weedsport Speedway’s Empire State Challenge. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 11-TJ Stutts[2]; 2. 2-David Gravel[1]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[3]; 4. 39M-Anthony Macri[6]; 5. 8R-Freddie Rahmer[4]; 6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[5]; 7. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr[7]; 8. 19-Brent Marks[14]; 9. 13-Justin Peck[9]; 10. 48-Danny Dietrich[12]; 11. 15-Donny Schatz[15]; 12. 1A-Jacob Allen[8]; 13. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[17]; 14. 5-Spencer Bayston[20]; 15. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[11]; 16. 1S-Logan Schuchart[18]; 17. 8-Cory Eliason[22]; 18. 2D-Chase Dietz[16]; 19. 83-Michael Kofoid[23]; 20. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[21]; 21. 67-Justin Whittall[10]; 22. 35-Austin Bishop[26]; 23. 6-Kelby Watt[19]; 24. 7S-Landon Crawley[25]; 25. 70-Kraig Kinser[24]; 26. 69K-Daryn Pittman[13]
J-MAC’S BACK: McFadden Bests Scelzi for World of Outlaws Bricker’s Bash Victory
The Australian goes back and forth with Giovanni Scelzi at BAPS to claim his first World of Outlaws triumph of 2024
YORK HAVEN, PA (July 24, 2024) - James McFadden returned to one of his favorite places on Wednesday night – World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Victory Lane.
Last year the Alice Springs, NTR, Australia native had a breakout year with Roth Motorsports to the tune of six wins with The Greatest Show on Dirt. His 2024 calendar limited him to only nine World of Outlaws appearances entering Wednesday at BAPS Motor Speedway, but he made the most of number 10.
McFadden used a great move on the initial start to slot himself in second and then came out on top of a fierce duel with Giovanni Scelzi to snag the lead on Lap 15 before holding off the tour’s winningest drivers this year – David Gravel and Sheldon Haudenschild – to top the Bricker’s Bash.
And of course, the Australian celebrated the special return to Victory Lane with a NOS Energy Drink shoey atop the Roth No. 83SR.
“To rebound tonight and win against the Outlaws is special,” McFadden said. “Anytime you can win a race in America is great, but against the Outlaws is something that I grew up wanting to do as a kid. And we beat them and to take a little bit of money away from David. He’s been hogging it all lately.”
McFadden’s first win of 2024 is the 12th of his career with the World of Outlaws. It’s the second of 2024 for Roth Motorsports to go along with Michael “Buddy” Kofoid’s victory at Attica back in May. BAPS became the 11th track where the 35-year-old has won a Series event, and he’s the fourth different winner through four races at BAPS.
Scelzi led the field to green with Gravel alongside him, but it was McFadden powering from fourth to second in the opening set of corners.
The opening half of the 30-lapper saw the leaders mostly stay in line. An early yellow with six laps complete kept Scelzi in clean air as he was just about to encounter traffic. McFadden peeked to Scelzi’s inside on the restart but couldn’t pull alongside.
As traffic became a factor near the halfway point, the battle for the top spot intensified. Scelzi slipped up out of the groove ever so slightly in Turns 3 and 4 allowing McFadden to drive under him and lead Lap 15. Scelzi refused to go down without a fight as he wheeled the KCP Racing No. 18 under McFadden in Turns 1 and 2 to take it back. But McFadden used a big run out of Turn 2 to slice around “Hot Sauce” again in Turn 3. This time, McFadden kept his momentum up enough to hold Scelzi off in the next set of corners.
McFadden began to build up a lead after taking command. Behind him Gravel moved by Scelzi for the runner-up spot on Lap 19. The World of Outlaws point leader looked to be closing on McFadden, but a red flag with seven laps to go for contact between Scelzi and Brad Sweet halted his progress.
The restart allowed McFadden to power away in clean air, and that was all she wrote as he drove off to his 12th career World of Outlaws checkered flag.
“It was a super tough race,” McFadden said. “You just didn’t know where to run in (Turns) 1 and 2. There was really big holes in the middle there. My car was really good rotating underneath them. I just thought if we bide our time there and hope Gio made a mistake or lapped traffic slowed him down we’d be able to get by. Super happy that we did. My car was unbelievable tonight. Thanks to Brent (Ventura), Wood (Gary Patellaro), and Rob (Beattie).”
Gravel came home second aboard the Big Game Motorsports No. 2, coming up one spot short of his 100th World of Outlaws win. He continued his incredible consistency in 2024 with his 22nd podium of the season. If it weren’t for the timing of the red flag, Gravel’s 100th win might’ve come at BAPS.
“Our car really started coming to life there before that red flag,” Gravel said. “I wish we didn’t see a red flag there. We just added some fuel in the car, and were just really, really tight early and the car was coming to us. And then we added that fuel again and were not good after that red flag. Happy to finish second. J-Mac was pretty damn good. I felt like if it went to checkered there, we had a real shot to win that race.”
Rounding out the Bricker’s Bash podium was Sheldon Haudenschild in the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing machine. The Wooster, OH native improved in his second ever BAPS appearance, going from sixth last year to third in 2024 aboard a fast NOS Energy Drink No. 17.
“It was a great race honestly,” Haudenschild said. “My car felt really good all night. I thought we might’ve had something for them. I just didn’t do a good enough job those first six laps there. James got a really good start, and I got a really bad start. He got going there. Hats off to (Kyle) Ripper, Luke (Vaughn), Steve (Kinzer Dussel). They’ve been working hard.”
Brock Zearfoss and Cory Eliason completed the top five.
Carson Macedo earned the KSE Racing Hard Charger with a 22nd to 13th drive in the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41.
Chase Dietz claimed his first career Simpson Quick Time in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heat Races One, Three, and Four belonged to Chase Dietz, Sheldon Haudenschild, and David Gravel. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Giovanni Scelzi.
Giovanni Scelzi topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Kody Hartlaub won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Giovanni Scelzi.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars battle the PA Posse once again at Williams Grove Speedway’s C&D Rigging Summer Nationals on July 26-27 with $20,000 going to Saturday’s winner. Then it’s off to the season’s lone stop in New York with Weedsport Speedway’s Empire State Challenge on Sunday, July 28. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 83SR-James McFadden[4]; 2. 2-David Gravel[2]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 4. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[6]; 5. 8-Cory Eliason[9]; 6. 2D-Chase Dietz[8]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart[12]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz[7]; 9. 39M-Anthony Macri[10]; 10. 23-Devon Borden[18]; 11. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr[11]; 12. 83-Michael Kofoid[13]; 13. 41-Carson Macedo[22]; 14. 17B-Bill Balog[14]; 15. 8R-Freddie Rahmer[16]; 16. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 17. 48-Danny Dietrich[15]; 18. 19B-Aaron Bollinger[24]; 19. 5-Tyler Ross[23]; 20. 49-Brad Sweet[5]; 21. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[19]; 22. 39-Kody Hartlaub[21]; 23. 1A-Jacob Allen[17]; 24. 19R-Mark Smith[20]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Oklahoma Doubleheader Features Home-State Stars at Arrowhead, Tulsa
CONCORD, NC (July 24, 2024) – Midget racing is headed for the “Sooner State” during the summer this year as the stars of the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota visit Oklahoma for a two-race event this Friday and Saturday night.
The trip begins with a stop at the brand-new Arrowhead Speedway in Colcord, OK, on Friday, July 26, featuring a 30-lap, $4,000-to-win main event. The track, formerly known as Flint Creek Speedway, underwent new ownership and complete property renovation, which was completed last year, and hosts national Midget series racing for the first time ever in 2024.
Teams will then head west to Tulsa for a visit to the Tulsa Speedway on Saturday, July 27. Focus Midgets made several appearances at the track before it ceased operations in 2005, but with its revival in 2021 comes a national Midget series for the first time in track history this year with a 30-lap, $4,000-to-win Feature on Saturday.
Tickets for both events will be on sale at the gate on race day. If you can’t make it to the track, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
Here are the drivers to watch and storylines to follow this weekend:
CHAMP HATH RETURNED – Reigning Series champion Jade Avedisian returns to the seat of the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM), Toyota-powered LynK Chassis No. 71 alongside a brand-new teammate.
Avedisian, 17, of Clovis, CA, missed last weekend’s Xtreme races due to her Toyota GR Cup Series duties at Virginia International Raceway. She’s projected to rejoin the Xtreme Outlaw roster for the rest of the season, excluding the season finale at Jacksonville Speedway in October, still searching for her first win of the season.
She’ll be joined on track by new KKM teammate, Gunnar Setser. The 15-year-old from Columbus, IN, suffered mechanical failure in his own car during Friday’s main event at Spoon River and was offered to fill the vacant seat in the KKM No. 98 for Saturday’s program, which he will keep for this upcoming weekend.
OKIE FROM BIXBY – Xtreme Outlaw Series points leader Cannon McIntosh comes into his home state holding a 153-point lead in the standings, fresh off a fifth win of the season last Saturday at Spoon River Speedway.
The 21-year-old from Bixby, OK, is still riding his streak of 16 consecutive top-five finishes – the most ever strung together by one driver in Series history. This weekend, he would love nothing more than to get another win in front of his home-state fans, friends and family, racing only 20 miles from his hometown Saturday night.
While national Midgets have never competed at neither Arrowhead nor Tulsa, McIntosh has turned laps at both. He finished 10th with the POWRi West Midget League at Arrowhead in 2017 and has also tested a Sprint Car at Tulsa in the past.
OKC THUNDER – Fellow Oklahoma racer Ryan Timms also took a checkered flag at Spoon River last weekend, topping McIntosh for his third Series victory of the season.
Timms, 17, of Oklahoma City, OK, chipped into McIntosh’s lead slightly after the win Friday but lost more following McIntosh’s victory Saturday. Timms started sixth on the grid and moved up only one spot to collect his 11th top-five finish of the season but lost a net total of eight points over the weekend.
He’ll be looking for another win this weekend as he tries to cut further into McIntosh’s points lead in efforts to claim his first career national Midget series championship.
STOUT BUNCH – The Collinsville, OK-based operation Mounce/Stout Motorsports has a home game this weekend, as do two of their four drivers set to be in the field this weekend, racing in front of friends and family with a national Midget series for the first time.
Series regulars Tyler Edwards and Jayden Clay are the resident Oklahoma drivers on the team, both in their rookie national Midget seasons. Edwards, 31, of Salina, OK, bagged his fifth top-10 of the season Friday at Spoon River and moved up to ninth in the Series points standings. Clay, 16, of Newcastle, OK, is still navigating the learning curve in his first full season of Midget racing, but both he and Edwards will have a leg up on their opponents this weekend, having tested at Arrowhead with their Midgets earlier this summer.
Additionally, young California racer Taylor Hall will join the roster for the weekend, piloting a Mounce/Stout, Stanton-powered Spike Chassis No. 19. The 17-year-old from Roseville, CA, has dabbled in various areas open-wheel racing this year, racing Midgets with both POWRi and USAC Western States and driving a Velox Racing Micro Sprint entry at the Tulsa Shootout over the winter.
HOMETOWN TEAM – The Trifecta Motorsports team makes its home directly in the city of Tulsa, OK, utilizing the former OFIXCO Racing shop that housed several famed Sprint Cars in the 1970s and 1980s. This weekend, they’ll take two cars to race in front of their biggest fans, friends and family.
Inaugural Series champion Zach Daum – 32, of Pocahontas, IL – posted finishes of eighth and fourth last weekend in his home state and now turns his attention to his team’s homeland for two races at two tracks brand-new to him. While still down 490 points in the standings, Daum is going for his second win of the year in his second season under team owners Steve Carbone and Staton Flurry.
Returning to the seat of the No. 5U Midget for the first time since suffering injury at 81 Speedway in May, Peter Smith is back as Daum’s teammate for both races this weekend. Smith, 19, of Anthony, NM, has fully recovered from the concussion he sustained and will return to the roster with brother and crew chief Mark Smith on the wrenches.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
When and where
Friday, July 26, at Arrowhead Speedway in Colcord, OK
Saturday, July 27, at Tulsa Speedway in Tulsa, OK
On the internet
Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota
Twitter/X – @Xtreme_Outlaw
Instagram – @XtremeOutlaw
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Live broadcast
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Current championship points standings (view full standings)
- Cannon McIntosh: 3506 points | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K
- Ryan Timms: 3353 points (-153) | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67
- Chase McDermand: 3227 points (-279) | CMR-Mounce/Stout Motorsports #40
- Ashton Torgerson: 3184 points (-322) | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67K
- Zach Daum: 3016 points (-490) | Trifecta Motorsports #7U
- Hayden Reinbold: 2958 points (-548) | Reinbold/Underwood Motorsports #19AZ
- Karter Sarff: 2742 points (-764) | Karter Sarff Motorsports #21K
- Trevor Cline: 2728 points (-778) | Cline Racing #55
- Tyler Edwards: 2642 points (-864) | Mounce/Stout Motorsports #14S
- Gavin Miller: 2577 points (-929) | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #97
Toyota Feature winners (7 drivers)
5 wins – Cannon McIntosh (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K)
3 wins – Ashton Torgerson (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67K), Ryan Timms (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67)
2 wins – Karter Sarff (Karter Sarff Motorsports #21K)
1 win – Thomas Meseraull (Engler Racing #7x), Kale Drake (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #97), Zach Daum (Trifecta Motorsports #7U)
Toyota Feature laps led (14 drivers)
96 laps – Cannon McIntosh
77 laps – Ryan Timms
72 laps – Ashton Torgerson
44 laps – Kale Drake
41 laps – Karter Sarff
35 laps – Joe B. Miller
27 laps – Thomas Meseraull
25 laps – Zach Daum
17 laps – Hayden Reinbold
12 laps – Taylor Reimer
11 laps – Jade Avedisian
5 laps – Michael Pickens, Tyler Edwards
1 lap – Chase McDermand
Whitz RC Racing Products Quick Time Awards (10 drivers)
4 awards – Ethan Mitchell
3 awards – Kale Drake
2 awards – Karter Sarff
1 award – Cannon McIntosh, Ryan Timms, Kyle Jones, Trevor Cline, Zach Daum, Tyler Edwards, Hayden Reinbold
Heat Race winners (19 drivers)
7 wins – Ashton Torgerson
5 wins – Kale Drake, Cannon McIntosh, Chase McDermand, Ryan Timms
4 wins – Zach Daum
3 wins – Tyler Edwards, Gavin Miller
2 wins – Jade Avedisian, Nick Hoffman, Trevor Cline, Karter Sarff
1 win – Thomas Meseraull, Shane Cottle, TJ Smith, Kyle Jones, Taylor Reimer, Ethan Mitchell, Tyler Edwards
High-points honors (10 drivers)
3 honors – Cannon McIntosh, Ryan Timms
2 honors – Zach Daum, Ashton Torgerson
1 honor – Tyler Edwards, Chase McDermand, Karter Sarff, Gavin Miller, Kale Drake, Michael Pickens
Last Chance Showdown wins (10 drivers)
1 win – Taylor Reimer, Gunnar Setser, Austin Torgerson, Gavin Miller, Shane Cottle, Ethan Mitchell, Ashton Torgerson, Ryan Timms, Kyle Jones, Mitchell Davis
Hard Charger Awards (13 drivers)
3 awards – Hayden Reinbold
2 awards – Ryan Timms
1 award – Will Armitage, Ryan Timms, Kayla Roell, Gunnar Setser, Jade Avedisian, Chase McDermand, Elijah Gile, Zach Daum, Cannon McIntosh, Gavin Miller, Jacob Denney
Podium finishes (15 drivers)
12 podiums – Cannon McIntosh
7 podiums – Ryan Timms
5 podiums – Zach Daum
4 podiums – Chase McDermand, Ashton Torgerson
3 podiums – Karter Sarff, Kale Drake, Gavin Miller
1 podium – Thomas Meseraull, Taylor Reimer, Jade Avedisian, Michael Pickens, Trevor Cline, Hayden Reinbold, Jacob Denney
Top-10 finishes (33 drivers)
16 top-10s – Cannon McIntosh
15 top-10s – Chase McDermand
14 top-10s – Ryan Timms
12 top-10s – Ashton Torgerson
11 top-10s – Zach Daum
10 top-10s – Karter Sarff
9 top-10s – Gavin Miller
8 top-10s – Kale Drake, Hayden Reinbold
7 top-10s – Jade Avedisian
6 top-10s – Trevor Cline
5 top-10s – Taylor Reimer, Tyler Edwards
4 top-10s – Kyle Jones, Mitchell Davis
3 top-10s – Ethan Mitchell
2 top-10s – Shane Cottle, Gunnar Setser, TJ Smith, Sam Johnson, Jacob Denney
1 top-10 – Joe B. Miller, Thomas Meseraull, Will Armitage, Trey Marcham, Rylan Gray, Todd McVay, Kevin Thomas Jr, Elijah Gile, Brayton Lynch, Nick Drake, Jacob Dykstra, Briggs Danner, Michael Pickens
2024 Schedule & Winners – Race No. Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Fri, March 15 / Southern Illinois Center / Du Quoin, IL / Thomas Meseraull (1)
2. Sat, March 16 / Southern Illinois Center / Du Quoin, IL / Cannon McIntosh (1)
3. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / Karter Sarff (1)
4. Sat, April 6 / Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex / Sweet Springs, MO / Kale Drake (1)
5. Fri, April 12 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL / Ryan Timms (1)
6. Sat, April 13 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL / Ashton Torgerson (1)
7. Fri, May 10 / Humboldt Speedway / Humboldt, KS / Ashton Torgerson (2)
8. Sat, May 11 / 81 Speedway / Park City, KS / Cannon McIntosh (2)
9. Tue, May 21 / Millbridge Speedway / Salisbury, NC / Karter Sarff (2)
10. Wed, May 22 / Millbridge Speedway / Salisbury, NC / Zach Daum (1)
11. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Ryan Timms (2)
12. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Cannon McIntosh (3)
13. Thu, May 30 / Doe Run Raceway / Doe Run, MO / Cannon McIntosh (4)
14. Fri, May 31 / Coles County Speedway / Matoon, IL / Ashton Torgerson (3)
15. Fri, July 19 / Spoon River Speedway / Lewistown, IL / Ryan Timms (3)
16. Sat, July 20 / Spoon River Speedway / Lewistown, IL / Cannon McIntosh (5)
1 MONTH ALERT: World of Outlaws Swing Back Through North Dakota With River Cities, Red River Stops in August
GRAND FORKS, ND (July 24, 2024) – North Dakota will welcome the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series for the second time this year with stops at two fan-favorite tracks in August.
The Greatest Show on Dirt will visit River Cities Speedway on Friday, Aug. 23, and Red River Valley Speedway on Saturday, Aug. 24 – both races paying $12,000 to win.
It’ll be the Series’ second trip to River Cities this year. In June, Giovanni Scelzi held off a hard-charging Sheldon Haudenschild for his first win at the bullring. In doing so, he became the fifth different winner in five races at the track, joining David Gravel, Logan Schuchart, Carson Macedo and Brad Sweet.
Ten-time Series champion Donny Schatz, of Fargo, ND, still holds the most Series wins of any World of Outlaws driver at the track with 13. His last came in 2019.
Of active full-time World of Outlaws drivers, Schatz also holds the most Series wins at his home track Red River Valley Speedway with six. He’s the only driver with a repeat victory there in the Series’ last 10 visits to the 3/8-mile dirt track.
Pennsylvania’s Logan Schuchart is the most recent winner at the track, outrunning Gravel and Scelzi for his first win at the track last year.
If you can’t make it to either North Dakota track, you can watch both races live on DIRTVision.
RIVER CITIES EVENT INFO
Date – Friday, Aug. 23
Location – Grand Forks, ND
Track Record – 9.269 sec. by Jason Meyers on Aug. 21, 2009
Times (CT) –
Pit Gate Opens: 2 p.m.
Grandstand Opens: 4 p.m.
Hot Laps & Qualifying: 6:30 p.m.
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available HERE.
Last Race Video Recap (June 7, 2024) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX9pjLK577c
Previous World of Outlaws winners at River Cities –
2024 – Giovanni Scelzi on June 7
2023 – David Gravel on June 2, Logan Schuchart on Aug. 25
2022 – Carson Macedo on June 3, Brad Sweet on Aug. 26
2021 – Brad Sweet on Aug. 25
2020 –Kyle Larson on Aug. 21
2019 – Logan Schuchart on June 7, Donny Schatz on Aug. 16
2018 – Donny Schatz on June 15, Donny Schatz on Aug. 17
2017 – David Gravel on June 16, Donny Schatz on Aug. 18
2016 – Donny Schatz on June 17, Donny Schatz on Aug. 26
2015 – Donny Schatz on June 19, Donny Schatz on Aug. 21
2014 – Donny Schatz on June 20, Daryn Pittman on Aug. 15
2013 – Cody Darrah on June 21, Donny Schatz on Aug. 16
2012 – Kraig Kinser on June 15, Sammy Swindell on Aug. 17
2011 – Craig Dollansky on June 17, Craig Dollansky on June 18, Steve Kinser on Aug. 19
2010 – Steve Kinser on June 19, Joey Saldana on June 20
2009 – Donny Schatz on June 19, Craig Dollansky on Aug. 21
2008 – Donny Schatz on June 27
2007 – Joey Saldana on June 29
RED RIVER EVENT INFO
Date – Saturday, Aug. 24
Location – West Fargo, ND
Track Record – 11.460 sec. by Kasey Kahne on Aug. 21, 2021
Times (CT) –
Pit Gate Opens: 2 p.m.
Grandstand Opens: 4 p.m.
Hot Laps & Qualifying: 6:30 p.m.
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available HERE.
Last Race Video Recap (Aug. 26, 2023) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmBIuMhZ5v0
Previous World of Outlaws winners at Red River –
2023 – Logan Schuchart on Aug. 26
2022 - Carson Macedo on Aug. 27
2021 – Donny Schatz on Aug. 21
2020 – Kyle Larson on Aug. 22
2018 – Donny Schatz on Aug. 18
2017 – Jason Johnson on Aug. 19
2012 – Sammy Swindell on June 16
2009 – Jason Meyers on June 20
2008 – Daryn Pittman on Aug. 12
2007 – Jac Haudenschild on June 30
2006 – Donny Schatz on June 16, Donny Schatz on June 17
2005 – Brian Paulus on July 1, Jason Meyers on July 2, Steve Kinser on Aug. 16
2004 – Joey Saldana on July 8, Jason Meyers on July 9, Joey Saldana on July 10
2003 – Steve Kinser on June 12, Donny Schatz on June 13, Danny Lasoski on June 14
2002 – Joey Saldana on July 4, P.J. Chesson on July 5, Donny Schatz on July 6
2001 – Steve Kinser on July 5, Sammy Swindell on July 6, Craig Dollansky on July 7
2000 – Sammy Swindell on July 6, Danny Lasoski on July 7, Sammy Swindell on July 8
1999 – Andy Hillenburg on July 8, Stevie Smith on July 9, Steve Kinser on July 10
1998 – Steve Kinser on July 9, Steve Kinser on July 10, Sammy Swindell on July 11
1997 – Steve Kinser on July 11, Stevie Smith on July 12
1996 – Mark Kinser on July 6, Sammy Swindell on July 7
1995 – Sammy Swindell on July 7, Sammy Swindell on July 8
1994 – Dave Blaney on July 9, Steve Kinser on July 10
1993 – Steve Kinser on July 9, Johnny Herrera on July 10
1992 – Steve Kinser on July 10, Steve Kinser on July 12
1991 – Doug Wolfgang on July 5, Doug Wolfgang on July 6
1990 – Doug Wolfgang on July 6, Doug Wolfgang on July 7
1989 – Doug Wolfgang on July 7, Jeff Swindell on July 8
1988 – Sammy Swindell on July 8, Doug Wolfgang on July 9
1987 – Steve Kinser on July 11
1986 – Sammy Swindell on July 11, Steve Kinser on July 12
1985 – Mark Kinser on July 12, Steve Kinser on July 13
1984 – Jeff Swindell on July 13, Steve Kinser on July 14
1983 – Sammy Swindell on July 8, Sammy Swindell on July 9
1982 – Sammy Swindell on July 12, Steve Kinser on July 13
1981 – Sammy Swindell on July 13
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: World of Outlaws Set for Three Pennsylvania Races, 2024’s Lone New York Stop
BAPS and Williams Grove rekindle the PA Posse rivalry before a Sunday visit to Weedsport
YORK HAVEN, PA (July 23, 2024) - The summer stretch continues with another busy week of action for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars.
First, Sprint Car racing’s fiercest rivalry resumes with three races over four nights in Pennsylvania where the Posse awaits. Then, it’s north to New York for the season’s one visit to the “Empire State.”
The Greatest Show on Dirt gets the week started with a Wednesday, July 24, visit to York Haven, PA’s BAPS Motor Speedway for the Bricker’s Bash. The Series made a thrilling return to BAPS for the first time in 32 years last season. Then, the weekend brings the tour to the iconic Williams Grove Speedway (Mechanicsburg, PA) for the C&D Rigging Summer Nationals on July 26-27. With weather wiping out the Morgan Cup finale in May, the traditional $5,000 bonus carries over to Friday’s opener, making it $17,000-to-win before a $20,000-to-win finale on Saturday.
After racing wraps up at “The Grove,” the teams will journey to New York’s Weedsport Speedway on Sunday, July 28. The Empire State Challenge will be 2024’s lone visit to New York for the World of Outlaws.
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Let’s take a look at the weekend’s top storylines:
FEELING LIKE A KING: There’s no denying David Gravel is atop the Sprint Car world. Last week he won three of the five races he contested including Eldora Speedway’s 41st running of the Kings Royal, pushing his 2024 earnings over half a million dollars. The Watertown, CT native hasn’t finished outside the top 10 since May 25 at Atomic Speedway. Gravel leads the Series standings by 66 markers as he chases his first title.
The stats suggest the hot streak could continue for Gravel and his Big Game Motorsports team with four races in five nights ahead. Last year, Gravel topped the return to BAPS in his debut at the facility. Williams Grove is the winningest track on his résumé as he’s taken eight trips to Victory Lane.
Weedsport has also been incredibly kind to the 32-year-old. Three of the last four races at the New York oval were topped by him, putting him in a tie with Steve Kinser and Donny Schatz for the most Weedsport wins. The one race he didn’t win was a runner-up in 2022.
NOT GOING QUIETLY: While Gravel may look unstoppable at the moment, Donny Schatz continues to lurk and won’t go down without a fight in the hunt for his 11th title. Gravel said it himself after the Kings Royal of Schatz, “You can’t put that guy away.”
Despite Gravel’s incredible week, Schatz only gave up eight points in the championship chase. He passed a combined 48 cars in the three Series races leading to finishes of second, fourth, and second and also grabbed a win a week and a half ago at Wilmot.
Schatz’s only BAPS start led to a 12th place run last season, but his success at Williams Grove is off the charts. The 10-time Series champion owns 21 World of Outlaws victories at the half mile, which ranks behind only Steve Kinser’s tally of 38. Over at Weedsport, the driver of the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 hasn’t missed the top 10 in seven tries and has three victories (2015, 2016, 2022).
POSSE TURNED OUTLAWS: With the strong landscape of Sprint Car racing in Pennsylvania, the Posse often send stars to the national ranks. And such is the case for a pair of World of Outlaws stars returning to their roots this week.
Logan Schuchart is amid his 11th season with the World of Outlaws since departing the Hanover, PA porch for the tour in 2014. Last year, Schuchart got a long-awaited first Williams Grove victory when he pulled off a miracle last lap pass to top the Summer Nationals opener. The Shark Racing driver picked up a BAPS podium when the Series returned last year.
Jonestown, PA native Brock Zearfoss is taking on his fourth season with The Greatest Show on Dirt. In 2017, before he even became a full-time competitor, Zearfoss drove Aaron Long’s No. 58 to a World of Outlaws win at Williams Grove to represent the Posse. The “Jonestown Jet” owns four local podiums at BAPS.
CA POSSE: California is thousands of miles from Pennsylvania with dirt tracks characterized much differently, but a pair of current World of Outlaws drivers from the “Golden State” have excelled in PA.
Fresno, CA’s Giovanni Scelzi has won at both Pennsylvania tracks on the agenda. Two years ago, he and KCP Racing topped a local show before joining the World of Outlaws tour. Rewind the clock even further back to 2018 when “Hot Sauce” scored his first Series victory at Williams Grove to become the youngest winner in World of Outlaws history – a record that still stands.
Carson Macedo has collected a trio of Williams Grove trophies including the 2021 National Open, making him only the second Californian to claim the crown jewel. The Lemoore, CA driver is yet to win at BAPS in two attempts with a best of fourth last year.
PA PRIDE: As always when the World of Outlaws invade the “Keystone State,” the Posse will be ready to give their best to protect the porch. Pennsylvania always gives the nation’s best Sprint Car drivers some of the toughest competition they’ll face all year.
Anthony Macri (Dillsburg, PA) leads the way for the local contingent. His 12 wins in 2024 are tied for the most in the nation, and 10 of them have come within the borders of Pennsylvania including one at BAPS and a trio at Williams Grove. The “Concrete Kid” has beaten the World of Outlaws three times in his career, but those checkered flags came courtesy of Port Royal Speedway (twice) and Lincoln Speedway.
Gettysburg, PA’s Danny Dietrich is always a threat in the Gary Kauffman Racing No. 48 when the World of Outlaws come to town. A pair of his five career Series victories occurred at Williams Grove, and he’s topped a total of 31 races at the half mile, including two this year. He’s won twice locally at BAPS this year, upping his total there to 20.
Troy Wagaman Jr. (Hanover, PA) and Heffner Racing have proven to be a potent combo this season. Wagaman took the iconic No. 27 to Williams Grove Victory Lane on April 26, and he’s run on the podium in half of his 12 Feature starts there this season. He also won at BAPS last October and has finished sixth or better in four of his five tries at the York Haven, PA oval this year.
Expect these three to be joined by the likes of Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville, PA), Chase Dietz (York, PA), Dylan Norris (Hanover, PA), and many more at BAPS and Williams Grove.
EMPIRE STATE EXCELLENCE: While not as notorious as the PA Posse, New York boasts its own group of locals eager to have strong showings when the country’s top Sprint Car talent invades.
Sharon Springs, NY’s Danny Varin is always stout at Weedsport. He started on the pole of last year’s World of Outlaws visit, and he’s already an Empire Super Sprints (ESS) winner there in 2024, topping a race earlier this month.
Super DIRTcar Series star Larry Wight likes to trade the Big Block Modified for a Sprint Car when The Greatest Show on Dirt visits New York. “Lightning” has finished in the top 10 in his last three World of Outlaws runs at Weedsport and won there with ESS last October.
Matt Farnham (Tanawanda, NY) nearly won with the All-Stars at Weedsport last year, leading many laps before finishing fifth.
This trio along with more New Yorkers are expected to enter the Weedsport pit area on Sunday.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Wednesday, July 24 at BAPS Motor Speedway in York Haven, PA
Friday-Saturday, July 26-27 at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA
Sunday, July 28 at Weedsport Speedway in Weedsport, NY
ON THE INTERNET
World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series
X – @WorldofOutlaws
Instagram – @WoOSprint
Facebook – Facebook.com/WorldofOutlawsSprintCarSeries
YouTube – Youtube.com/WorldofOutlaws
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (37/73 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (5120 PTS)
2. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 (-66 PTS)
3. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-98 PTS)
4. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing No. 18 (-140 PTS)
5. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-158 PTS)
6. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-232 PTS)
7. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-310 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports No. 17B (-608 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing No. 3Z (-856 PTS)
10. Landon Crawley – Sides Motorsports No. 7S (-1010 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (13 Drivers):
11 Wins – David Gravel
7 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
3 Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, Carson Macedo, Donny Schatz
2 Wins – Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Brent Marks, Brady Bacon, Michael Kofoid, Corey Day, Logan Schuchart
FEATURE LAPS LED (20 Drivers):
287 Laps – David Gravel
214 Laps – Carson Macedo
166 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
120 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
80 Laps – Donny Schatz
75 Laps – Rico Abreu
49 Laps – Logan Schuchart
34 Laps – Brady Bacon, Michael Kofoid, Kyle Larson
25 Laps – Brad Sweet
15 Laps – Ryan Timms, Tyler Courtney
13 Laps – Anthony Macri
12 Laps – Emerson Axsom
11 Laps – Bill Balog
9 Laps – Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Kalib Henry
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (15 Drivers):
8 Quick Times – Carson Macedo
7 Quick Times – David Gravel
4 Quick Times – Giovanni Scelzi, Michael Kofoid
3 Quick Times – Sheldon Haudenschild
2 Quick Times – Brent Marks
1 Quick Time – Landon Crawley, Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Donny Schatz, Daryn Pittman, Cory Eliason, Brock Zearfoss, Rico Abreu
HEAT RACE WINNERS (33 Drivers):
22 Heat Wins – David Gravel
16 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo, Sheldon Haudenschild
13 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi
11 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid
9 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu
7 Heat Wins – Brock Zearfoss
6 Heat Wins – Donny Schatz
5 Heat Wins – Tyler Courtney
4 Heat Wins – Brent Marks, Logan Schuchart
3 Heat Wins – Bill Balog
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown, Landon Crawley, Corey Day, Garet Williamson, Kyle Larson
1 Heat Win – Justin Peck, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Danny Sams III, Emerson Axsom, Anthony Macri, Tim Shaffer, Nick Omdahl, Daryn Pittman, Scott Bogucki, Austin McCarl, Brad Sweet, Spencer Bayston, Brady Bacon, Parker Price-Miller
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (51 Drivers):
29 Dashes – David Gravel
27 Dashes – Carson Macedo
24 Dashes – Sheldon Haudenschild
23 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi
21 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
16 Dashes – Donny Schatz
11 Dashes – Logan Schuchart
10 Dashes – Bill Balog
9 Dashes – Rico Abreu
7 Dashes – Landon Crawley, Brock Zearfoss
6 Dashes – Brent Marks, Tyler Courtney
5 Dashes – Emerson Axsom
4 Dashes – Brian Brown, Brady Bacon, Corey Day
3 Dashes – Aaron Reutzel, Anthony Macri, Garet Williamson
2 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Cole Duncan, Cole Macedo, Kalib Henry, Daryn Pittman, Danny Sams III, Justin Peck, Kyle Larson, Parker Price-Miller
1 Dash – Zeb Wise, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, James McFadden, Logan McCandless, Ayrton Gennetten, Skylar Gee, Kody Hartlaub, Chase Dietz, Tim Shaffer, T.J. Michael, Craig Mintz, Brandon Spithaler, Sye Lynch, Cale Thomas, Kaleb Johnson, Nick Omdahl, Scott Bogucki, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Kraig Kinser
MICROLITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (28 Drivers):
3 LCS Wins – Bill Balog
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless, Brock Zearfoss, Garet Williamson, Landon Crawley
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace Park, Anthony Macri, Landon Crawley, Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brandon Rahmer, David Gravel, Nate Dussel, Cole Macedo, Zeth Sabo, Brooke Tatnell, Donny Schatz, Brent Marks, Cory Eliason, Kerry Madsen, Creed Kemenah, Joel Myers Jr., Hunter Schuerenberg
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (21 Drivers):
8 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz
6 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart
2 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo, Aaron Reutzel, Michael Kofoid, Cale Thomas
1 Hard Charger – Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild, Danny Dietrich, Landon Crawley, Sye Lynch, Bill Balog, Scotty Neitzel, Garet Williamson
PODIUM FINISHES (20 Drivers):
21 Podiums – David Gravel
16 Podiums – Carson Macedo
13 Podiums – Donny Schatz
12 Podiums – Michael Kofoid
11 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild
7 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
5 Podiums – Rico Abreu
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet, Tyler Courtney, Kyle Larson
2 Podiums – Brent Marks, Bill Balog, Aaron Reutzel, Logan Schuchart, Justin Peck
1 Podium – Anthony Macri, Brady Bacon, Cole Macedo, Parker Price-Miller, Ryan Timms, Emerson Axsom
TOP 10 FINISHES (60 Drivers):
33 Top 10s – Donny Schatz, David Gravel
32 Top 10s – Giovanni Scelzi, Michael Kofoid
29 Top 10s – Carson Macedo, Logan Schuchart
24 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
18 Top 10s – Bill Balog
10 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss
9 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu
7 Top 10s – Brad Sweet
6 Top 10s – Brent Marks, James McFadden
5 Top 10s – Anthony Macri, Aaron Reutzel, Corey Day
4 Top 10s – Cole Macedo, Landon Crawley, Brian Brown, Brady Bacon
3 Top 10s – Cole Duncan, Skylar Gee, Ryan Timms, Garet Williamson, Emerson Axsom, Kyle Larson, Zeb Wise
2 Top 10s – Chase Randall, Kraig Kinser, Cale Thomas, Jacob Allen, Justin Peck, Parker Price-Miller
1 Top 10 – Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Cory Eliason, Chris Windom, Joe B. Miller, Ayrton Gennetten, Scotty Milan, Troy Wagaman Jr., Danny Dietrich, Chase Dietz, Brandon Spithaler, Kalib Henry, Tim Shaffer, Zane DeVault, Sye Lynch, Travis Philo, Trey Jacobs, Scotty Thiel, Mark Dobmeier, Kaleb Johnson, Daryn Pittman, Scott Bogucki, Austin McCarl, Tim Kaeding, Christopher Thram, Landon Brooks, Greg Wilson, Spencer Bayston, Daison Pursley
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / David Gravel (6)
20. Fri, May 17 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Michael Kofoid (1)
21. Sat, May 18 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / David Gravel (7)
22. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / David Gravel (8)
23. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
24. Mon, May 27 / Fremont Speedway / Fremont, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
25. Fri, May 31 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (6)
26. Fri, June 7 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Giovanni Scelzi (2)
27. Sat, June 8 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Sheldon Haudenschild (7)
28. Fri, June 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (9)
29. Sat, June 15 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Corey Day (1)
30. Wed, June 19 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Tyler Courtney (2)
31. Sat, June 29 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Logan Schuchart (1)
32. Wed, July 10 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Giovanni Scelzi (3)
33. Fri, July 12 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Carson Macedo (3)
34. Sat, July 13 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Donny Schatz (3)
35. Tues, July 16 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / David Gravel (10)
36. Fri, July 19 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (2)
37. Sat, July 20 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (11)
For the full 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car schedule, CLICK HERE.
Cannon McIntosh Charges from Eighth to Win Tom Knowles Memorial at Spoon River
LEWISTOWN, IL (July 20, 2024) – Lining up eighth on the starting grid, racing one of the fastest tracks on the schedule and a host of talent in front of him. No problem for Cannon McIntosh.
The 21-year-old from Bixby, OK, put on a display of speed and racetrack smarts Saturday night at Spoon River Speedway, taking the lead from Hayden Reinbold late in the race and leading the rest of the way to bag the win in the finale of the Tom Knowles Memorial.
The main event, co-sanctioned by the POWRi National Midget League, stood as McIntosh’s fifth win of the season with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota and second as part of the Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series – both of which he now leads the points standings in.
From eighth on the grid, McIntosh also becomes the deepest-starting Xtreme Outlaw Series Feature winner this season. So, how’d he do it?
“Really just trying to go where they aren’t at that point, you’re already starting eighth and really have nothing to lose there,” McIntosh said. “I didn’t really jump all the way up there right from the beginning, I kinda was searching and got to about third and decided to just commit to the top and get on the very edge.
“It took time to build the momentum, but once I got it, I was able to get to the lead and try to run away.”
While third-starting Reinbold got out to the early lead, fending off early challenges from polesitter Ashton Torgerson, McIntosh searched for the fast lane further back in the field. By the halfway point, he was up to fourth and challenging his Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) teammates Gavin Miller and Torgerson for a spot on the podium and got it with a great burst of speed off the top side of Turn 2 on Lap 16.
After getting by Torgerson for third, McIntosh set his sights on Miller. By this point, McIntosh had made the decision to commit to the top side around the high-banked, 3/8-mile oval and build his speed for a run at Miller in second and Reinbold at the head of the field.
“During that long run, I could just work up to the cushion slower and slower,” McIntosh said. “Once you’re on it, you’re already in a rhythm at that point. I think it was just a matter of getting the laps together and how long it to get the speed.”
As Miller followed in Reinbold’s tracks on the bottom, McIntosh’s high side momentum began to showcase the speed as he zoomed past Miller for second on Lap 19. Two laps later, he did the same to Reinbold for the lead, beating the Reinbold/Underwood Motorsports No. 19AZ to the stripe by .225 seconds on Lap 21.
Reinbold said it was all about hitting his marks on the bottom side of the racetrack, which he said became more difficult to do as the race progressed.
“It was kind of a gamble – you could drive it hard in and it would maybe stick or maybe not, and I just took too many where I just floated it and missed it,” Reinbold said. “[Cannon] would just get out and get a run and building momentum up.”
As McIntosh began to open up a gap on the field, his progress was soon halted by a red flag displayed on Lap 23. Mark McMahill made contact with McIntosh going into Turn 1 and ended up flipping numerous times in the air before coming to a rest outside Turns 1 and 2. McMahill climbed from his car under his own power, uninjured in the incident.
On the restart, McIntosh went back to the top as the laps wound down, but he soon switched to running the low lines at both ends of the track in an effort to keep Reinbold at bay behind him.
“At the end, with the red, tires just change a little bit, and you lose your rhythm too,” McIntosh said. “I kinda struggled to get back into that rhythm and just started falling over that cushion out of (Turn) 4, and I saw the 19 car poke a nose there right at the end, so I just decided to go down and protect.”
The strategy worked as McIntosh held off all challengers to collect the win and the $5,000 prize.
Reinbold crossed the line in second, setting a new personal best finish with the Series in 2024. Try as he may on the last restart, he was unable to catch McIntosh despite his best effort.
“I knew the bottom was still there and I was gonna have a good chance, so I took time to mess with my shocks and stuff and get it dialed-in,” Reinbold said. “Tied the right-rear down, opened-up the fronts and just got better with the car. Made sure I hit my marks and gave it a good shot.”
Ohio racer Jacob Denney crossed the stripe in third after a fruitful last five laps. Coming from 11th on the grid, Denney piloted the Tom Malloy-owned No. 25 car up to fifth by the final restart. He chose the bottom lane at the drop of the green and, even after slipping back to sixth at one point, picked off three spots in the last five laps to finish third.
Inaugural Series champion Zach Daum crossed the stripe fourth in the Trifecta Motorsports No. 7U while KKM’s own Ryan Timms drove the No. 67 to a fifth-place run after winning at the track Friday night.
UP NEXT
The Xtreme Outlaw Midgets are back in action next weekend for a doubleheader in Oklahoma – Friday, July 26 at Arrowhead Speedway in Colcord, and Saturday, July 27 at Tulsa Speedway in Tulsa.
Tickets for both events will be on sale at the gate on race day. If you can’t be there to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view full results)
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[8]; 2. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[3]; 3. 25-Jacob Denney[11]; 4. 7U-Zach Daum[7]; 5. 67-Ryan Timms[6]; 6. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[1]; 7. 40-Chase McDermand[4]; 8. 56D-Mitchell Davis[10]; 9. 97-Gavin Miller[5]; 10. 21K-Karter Sarff[13]; 11. 98-Gunnar Setser[15]; 12. 55-Trevor Cline[12]; 13. 14S-Tyler Edwards[2]; 14. 7T-Adam Taylor[16]; 15. 8-Zach Wigal[9]; 16. 66-Jayden Clay[17]; 17. 1K-Brayton Lynch[14]; 18. 00-John Heitzman[20]; 19. 57-Mark McMahill[18]; 20. 83-Will Armitage[19]
KING DAVID XLI: David Gravel Bests Donny Schatz in a Thriller for First Kings Royal Crown
Gravel and Schatz deliver a duel that’ll never be forgotten, and Gravel comes out on top for $175,000
ROSSBURG, OH (July 20, 2024) - There’s a reason Eldora Speedway is called “The World’s Greatest Dirt Track.”
The historic half mile located in Rossburg, OH gave the Sprint Car world a Kings Royal they’ll never forget on Saturday night. A driver at the top of his game hungry for his first crown. A legend of Sprint Car Racing charging through the field in search of a record-tying seventh. And the two coming together to clash with racing royalty and $175,000 on the line.
David Gravel entered Saturday’s 41st running of the Kings Royal with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars as one of the clear favorites. When he earned the pole for the 40-lap Feature, it felt like even more of a foregone conclusion. But it was anything but easy for the Watertown, CT native to become King.
First, he had to contend with Logan Schuchart, and then Schatz came charging. The 10-time Series champion roared all the way from 20th to take the lead from Gravel with eight laps remaining. But Gravel wouldn’t let it slip away. He simply refused. The 32-year-old got his elbows up and drove the Big Game Motorsports No. 2 as hard as he could right next to the Eldora fence to get back by. A tap on the wall with only a few laps to go nearly cost him, but he regrouped and held on to become King David XLI.
“Why is Donny Schatz so damn good? Damn,” Gravel said. “You can’t put that guy away no matter where he starts. I saw he was eighth on the open red, and I was like, ‘I know he’s going to be a factor.’ And when I looked down, I thought maybe it was Logan, and there he is – Donny Schatz again. I just had to drive my a** off, do my best Haud line impression, and just run the s**t out of it.
“I’ve let it be known I don’t like to ride the wall, but it’s Kings Royal and you’re in the lead and you see Donny Schatz. I always try to save a little bit of a second gear and was able to hit that second gear and plugged it in the wall, rode the wall for a little while, and luckily got out of it and didn’t hurt too much. I thought those lapped cars were going to mess with me a little bit and kind of did. Hats off to Donny for racing the right way. I try to race as clean as good as he does. Just a lot of respect for him.
“Like I said earlier, this is the coolest celebration for winning a crown jewel event, and to get that third crown jewel is just amazing.”
With the victory, Gravel secured his missing piece to complete the trio of Sprint Car Racing’s three most prestigious crown jewel events. He already owned a Knoxville Nationals and two National Opens and added the Kings Royal. He pushed his career win total with the World of Outlaws to 99 and looks destined to become the eighth to reach triple digits soon. The Kings Royal has now crowned 22 different Kings through 41 editions.
Gravel got the jump on the initial start, but a red flag for a flipping Parker Price-Miller necessitated a restart. Outside pole-sitter, Tyler Courtney, pulled ahead with the second attempt and led the opening lap.
It didn’t take Gravel long to begin searching around the wide half mile for speed as Courtney remained committed to the cushion. Sure enough, Gravel got the bottom rolling and pulled alongside and slid ahead to lead Lap 7.
Logan Schuchart then entered the discussion as he followed Gravel by “Sunshine” to take over the runner-up spot in the Shark Racing machine. Schuchart quickly closed the gap, and on the 16th circuit he rolled low under Gravel to grab the lead in pursuit of his first Kings Royal crown.
A restart with 23 laps remaining gave Gravel to opportunity he needed to regain the lead as he blasted the cushion right around Schuchart. A little way behind them, Schatz launched from eighth to fifth on the restart by the time he reached the back straightaway. He then made it three-wide Sheldon Haudenschild and Jacob Allen in Turns 3 and 4, clearing Haudenschild in the process. The Fargo, ND driver then moved by Allen in the next set of turns to grab third. A lap later Schatz cleared Schuchart for the runner-up spot.
Gravel easily proved to be the toughest challenge as Schatz sliced through the field. When he took the runner-up position, Gravel had over a second advantage on the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15. But slowly but surely the gap dwindled as Schatz masterfully worked the low line.
Schatz caught up and showed Gravel his nose on Lap 31, and Gravel moved down to block. But Gravel’s choice cost him momentum on the exit of Turn 2 as Schatz rolled by down the back straightaway, sending the huge crowd into a frenzy and completing the drive from 20th to the front.
And then Gravel got up on the wheel. He put the hammer down on the top and motored back around Schatz two laps later. He would not be denied the throne.
Gravel gave Schatz one last opportunity when he hit the wall hard in Turn 4 on Lap 36. Schatz pulled alongside and gave it everything he had, but ultimately Gravel prevailed as he pulled away on the path to forever being known as King David XLI.
“Cody (Jacobs) has a lot of confidence right now. I have a lot of confidence right now,” Gravel said. “Stephen (Hamm-Reilly) and Zach (Patterson) are doing a great job. It’s just been a lot of fun. We’ve had a couple DNFs this year, but every time we’re on the racetrack and this 2 car finishes, it’s typically in a good way. Man, what a race. I just got to thank Tod Quiring for hiring me four years ago.”
Schatz settled for second after the amazing drive from 20th. After taking the lead with less than 10 laps to go, the defeat definitely left Schatz feeling disappointed, but he gave credit where credit was due.
“We’re a little short,” Schatz said. “I guess I’m happy we got there. The guys did a great job all week. We had to change a few motors to get things the way we needed. That stings a little bit to get there. I felt really good. It’s just I’ve said it a hundred million times – the last eight laps of those 40 at this race are a whole different dynamic. I got the lead and started to just slip a little bit. I didn’t let my tires slip once, or I knew I was never going to get it back. And I didn’t slip them, but just as our fuel load came off, I started struggling. David got up on there and got the job done. He got in the fence there, and I don’t know how he drove out of that. I wasn’t going to do what he did, so he won.”
Justin Peck put together a strong charge of his own to wheel the Buch Motorsports No. 13 from 15th to third to round out the Kings Royal podium. His team made some strong changes under the open red with 23 laps to go and put Peck on the path to his best career finish in the Eldora crown jewel.
“That thing was a dream to drive there after that open red,” Peck said. “It just kind of was a slot car around there. I felt like I could run the slick or the bottom or run the top.”
Logan Schuchart and Jacob Allen completed the top five.
Schatz’s drive from 20th to second earned him the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
In Sea Foam Qualifying, Rico Abreu picked up Simpson Quick Time honors.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Four, Five, and Six belonged to Rico Abreu, Parker Price-Miller, Tyler Courtney, and David Gravel. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Sheldon Haudenschild, and Toyota Racing Heat Three went to Logan Schuchart.
Hunter Schuerenberg won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head to Pennsylvania with three battles against the PA Posse in four nights. It begins on Wednesday, July 24 at York Haven, PA’s BAPS Motor Speedway. Then on July 26-27, the C&D Rigging Summer Nationals brings the tour to Williams Grove Speedway (Mechanicsburg, PA) for two nights of action capped with a $20,000-to-win finale. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[20]; 3. 13-Justin Peck[15]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart[4]; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen[7]; 6. 27-Emerson Axsom[13]; 7. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]; 8. 26-Zeb Wise[14]; 9. 19-Brent Marks[12]; 10. 83-Michael Kofoid[11]; 11. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[2]; 12. 5-Spencer Bayston[23]; 13. 39M-Anthony Macri[19]; 14. 83SR-James McFadden[10]; 15. 11-Hunter Schuerenberg[21]; 16. 99-Skylar Gee[9]; 17. 21H-Brady Bacon[22]; 18. 24-Rico Abreu[6]; 19. 21-Brian Brown[16]; 20. 7S-Landon Crawley[17]; 21. 45-Landon Brooks[18]; 22. 16T-Cole Macedo[24]; 23. 42-Sye Lynch[8]; 24. 9P-Parker Price Miller[3]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
RICO! RICO!: Abreu Outduels Gravel for Eldora’s Knight Before the Kings Royal Triumph
A wild duel sees Abreu best Gravel for his 10th overall Eldora victory and $25,000
ROSSBURG, OH (July 19, 2024) - When the checkered flag waved on Friday night at Eldora Speedway, residents of towns miles away from Rossburg, OH knew who topped the Knight Before the Kings Royal. The massive Eldora crowd made sure of it.
The “RICO! RICO!” chants roared from stands at “The Big E.” And for good reason. They’d just seen Rico Abreu and David Gravel put on an absolute show with Abreu coming out on top.
One lap it looked like Abreu had it in the bag. Then Gravel surged ahead. And then Abreu came roaring back to deliver the knockout blow only three laps remaining and arise victorious with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars. Eldora’s pyrotechnics provided the flames, and the fans provided a wave of cheers as Abreu celebrated with a full wing dance in Victory Lane.
“Being really patient and believing in your team,” an emotional Abreu said of what it took to win. “These guys do a really good job working on these race cars. It’s a lot of work to prepare these things. These moments get intense when you’re out there racing, and you’ve just got to be patient with your feet and be consistent and just understand the balance of your car.
“David is such a respectable race car driver. He’s going to be searching around. That’s how he got to the lead. In traffic I was probably just a little too hesitant at times and then knew I could really pick the pace up there at the end. I probably was a little resistant to the wing and just understood as the race went on I needed more of it. It’s just really incredible to be racing with Ricky Warner, Zach Middlebrooks, and Brady Forbrook. They’re relentless when it comes to this sport. They’re really passionate about it. It makes me really, really emotional.”
The victory was Abreu’s 17th with The Greatest Show on Dirt. He’s now at 10 total triumphs at Eldora Speedway, and four of them have come in World of Outlaws competition. Adding it on to his win at 81 Speedway back in March, Abreu became the second competitor that isn’t full-time with multiple Series checkered flags this season.
Tyler Courtney and Abreu led the field to green, and it was Abreu blasting around “Sunshine’s” outside to lead the opening lap.
Gravel took no time to ignite the battle for second as he rolled the bottom in the Big Game Motorsports No. 2. He pulled alongside the NOS Energy Drink No. 7BC and nosed ahead on Lap 2. But Courtney refused to go down easy and inched back in front on the following lap.
Those two continued their duel for multiple laps while Abreu established a rhythm at the front of the field. Gravel managed to wrestle away the second spot from Courtney for good on the seventh circuit.
A couple red flags interrupted Gravel’s pursuit of Abreu, but in the 30-lapper’s latter half, the battle began. Gravel built a big run out of Turn 4 that he used to dive under Abreu and take the spot on Lap 18.
One rotation later Abreu threw a huge slide job to clear Gravel in Turns 3 and 4. Gravel refused to be rattled as he ducked under Abreu and slid ahead of him exiting Turn 2. Abreu fired another slider through Turns 3 and 4 in the back-and-forth battle, but Gravel countered with a crossover and secured the top spot down the front straightaway.
The laps dwindled, and time appeared to be running out for Abreu. But with traffic slowing Gravel in the closing laps, hope was restored for the pilot of the No. 2 as he closed back in. Gravel opted for the very low side of the half mile in Turns 3 and 4 coming to three laps to go, and it allowed Abreu to get a massive run. The St. Helena, CA native sliced under Gravel heading into Turn 1 and completed the slider in the middle of the corner.
From there it was smooth sailing as Abreu pulled ahead to secure the checkered flag. The $25,000 Knight Before check was nice. But now the focus shifts to the quest to become King Rico XLI on Saturday night.
“Hats off to Tony Stewart and Eldora Speedway. I love all of you guys,” Abreu said. “Man, this place is really, really special to me. I get emotional when I come race here, and I’ll do whatever it takes to win one of these things.”
Gravel had to settle for second, falling one spot short of back-to-back Eldora wins after his Joker’s Jackpot triumph on Thursday. But the Watertown, CT native didn’t hang his head. He knows he’ll be in the running for the Kings Royal crown and $175,000 on Saturday night.
“It got really slick and technical,” Gravel said. “I felt some parts of the race I was better then some parts of the race he was better. He got his wing all the way back and started running higher up the track. I really regret going low in (Turns) 3 and 4 that one lap. That’s when he got that big run on me. I didn’t feel in a good spot in (Turns) 3 and 4 no matter where I went. It was so slick. There was really no cushion left. I got hung up with the lapped cars a little bit. I wish I just stayed up and probably would’ve dirtied him up and maybe been able to hold on. But it was a great effort tonight.”
Rounding out the podium was Logan Schuchart in the Shark Racing No. 1S. A sub-par Qualifying effort set them back early in the night, but Schuchart and company fought their way back to a strong effort heading into the Kings Royal finale.
“We started fifth in our Heat Race tonight, so it was an uphill climb from the very start,” Schuchart said. “We got ourselves in the Dash spot and went forward from there. I think we have a really good car to start out with tomorrow. The format is obviously a lot different. Hopefully we can get ourselves in a good spot because I think we have fast hotrod to go after $175,000.”
Donny Schatz and Tyler Courtney completed the top five.
Schatz came all the way from 25th to fourth to grab the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Michael Kofoid picked up his fourth Simpson Quick Time of the year in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four went to Buddy Kofoid, Rico Abreu, and David Gravel. Tyler Courtney topped Milton Hershey School Heat Two.
Tyler Courtney topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Bill Balog won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Garet Williamson.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars fight for racing royalty and a $175,000 payday when the 41st Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway concludes on Saturday, July 20. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 24-Rico Abreu[2]; 2. 2-David Gravel[3]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[5]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz[25]; 5. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[1]; 6. 9P-Parker Price Miller[4]; 7. 83-Michael Kofoid[8]; 8. 83SR-James McFadden[9]; 9. 49-Brad Sweet[17]; 10. 5-Spencer Bayston[11]; 11. 14-Corey Day[14]; 12. 13-Justin Peck[7]; 13. 57-Kyle Larson[24]; 14. 19-Brent Marks[6]; 15. 41-Carson Macedo[16]; 16. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[20]; 17. 26-Zeb Wise[15]; 18. 21-Brian Brown[13]; 19. 70-Kraig Kinser[27]; 20. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[26]; 21. 25-Daison Pursley[19]; 22. 17B-Bill Balog[21]; 23. 27-Emerson Axsom[12]; 24. 6-Kelby Watt[28]; 25. 23-Garet Williamson[18]; 26. 23J-Cale Thomas[10]; 27. 39M-Anthony Macri[22]; 28. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[23]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
Ryan Timms Dominates Xtreme Outlaw Midgets Debut at Spoon River Speedway
KKM sweeps podium with Timms, McIntosh and Miller
LEWISTOWN, IL (July 19, 2024) – Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) is firing on all cylinders. Ryan Timms’ victory Friday night at Spoon River Speedway has garnered them five-straight wins with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota.
Timms, 17, of Oklahoma City, OK, dominated the Series debut at the high-banked, 3/8-mile oval, leading all 25 laps unchallenged for his second Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series victory of the season. Going back to Timms’ win at Atomic Speedway in May, KKM has now won the last five Xtreme Outlaw events including the second race at Atomic (Cannon McIntosh), Doe Run Raceway (McIntosh), and Coles County Speedway (Ashton Torgerson).
Standing by Timms’ side on the podium Friday night were two of his teammates – McIntosh and Gavin Miller – who finished second and third to give the KKM squad a podium sweep of the event.
For never having seen the track before Friday night, Timms made it look like an old stomping ground, building a lead as large as 3.6 seconds at the checkered flag as he ripped the top lane around the historic Illinois oval.
“It finally got widened out and slick up to the lip and you were able to just run it pretty much wide open,” Timms said. “It felt fast, but it was a lot of fun up there.”
Timms took the lead on the opening lap from the outside pole, racing around McIntosh and fending-off the challenge from third-starting Chase McDermand. While Timms began to expand his gap out front, McDermand was busy trying to keep McIntosh behind him.
McIntosh, who started on the pole, said he did not get the start he was looking for, which gave McDermand the opportunity to get by underneath him.
“I throttled up and I just didn’t really get a launch,” McIntosh said. “They were able to just take off a little better. I don’t know what it was, if I just timed it wrong and they got to the throttle sooner. But everyone told me it was a clean start.”
McIntosh chased McDermand through the halfway point of the race but was unable to get close enough to make a move. And then, the caution flag was thrown with nine laps remaining.
POWRi championship chaser Gunnar Setser sat still at the bottom of Turn 3 and took a push off the track. On the restart, McDermand tried to defend the second spot, but McIntosh had other plans.
“I kinda had a feeling he was gonna go down and try something different into (Turn) 1,” McIntosh said. “We went green, and luckily I didn’t follow him, and I went to the top where I’d been running and got a really good run on him out of 2 and chased him down the backstretch and slid him into 3.”
While McDermand did slide McIntosh back in Turns 1-2, he was unable to evade the crossover as McIntosh was able to wrestle away the runner-up spot for good on Lap 18.
“I feel like judging it right on the restart, I made the right decision and chose the right lane,” McIntosh said. “Little things like that can change your Feature around. I know third is not a big difference from second, but we most likely should have ran third in that race and just got a really good restart and got by him.”
While the two traded sliders, Timms was pulling away again out front. Though he originally said he did not want to see the yellow, he said he felt faster after the yellow.
“Before that caution, I was kinda peeling off of the cushion off Turn 2 and turning down and making the straightaway longer,” Timms said. “But after that caution, I just stayed all the way up against it and it felt way better. I think I was actually faster doing that.”
By the time he came across the stripe to take the checkered flag, Timms had built a 3.6-second gap over McIntosh, who notched his 15th-straight top-five finish with the Series. Behind him came Miller, who had run ninth the entire race until the yellow was displayed on Lap 17.
In the final nine laps, Miller advanced six positions to finish third, riding in the bottom lane and picking cars off one-by-one.
“I just kinda picked a line where everyone else wasn’t running,” Miller said. “Everyone was just running the top. I just ran the bottom nice and good. I had some guys (in front of me) trying to race each other and slide each other. I could just roll the bottom all the way to the tires and pass them. It ultimately worked out.”
Hayden Reinbold crossed in fourth to score his best finish of the season while McDermand held on to complete the top-five.
UP NEXT
The Xtreme Outlaw Midgets are back in action at Spoon River on Saturday, July 20, for Round 6 of the Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series with a $5,000 grand prize on the line in the 30-lap main event.
Tickets are available for purchase in advance by clicking here. If you can’t make it to the track to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view full results)
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 67-Ryan Timms[2]; 2. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[1]; 3. 97-Gavin Miller[9]; 4. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[6]; 5. 40-Chase McDermand[3]; 6. 14S-Tyler Edwards[4]; 7. 25-Jacob Denney[10]; 8. 7U-Zach Daum[5]; 9. 97K-Kale Drake[11]; 10. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[8]; 11. 21K-Karter Sarff[7]; 12. 56D-Mitchell Davis[12]; 13. 55-Trevor Cline[13]; 14. 1K-Brayton Lynch[16]; 15. 66-Jayden Clay[18]; 16. 7T-Adam Taylor[15]; 17. 43-Gunnar Setser[14]; 18. 42-Kevin Battefeld[20]; 19. 83-Will Armitage[17]; 20. 98-Elijah Gile[19]
THE DOTY DOUBLE: David Gravel Nets Second Brad Doty Classic Win and 10th Victory of 2024
Gravel’s early pass on Macedo leads him to becoming the sixth different driver with multiple Brad Doty Classic titles
ATTICA, OH (July 16, 2024) - The incredible 2024 campaign for David Gravel keeps on rolling.
The Watertown, CT native entered the year carrying the weight of heaps of expectation. And he continues to meet them as he chases his first World of Outlaw NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car championship.
Entering this huge week of Sprint Car Racing in Ohio, Gravel and the Big Game Motorsports crew had already made nine trips to Victory Lane. And they displayed on the same speed on Tuesday night at Attica Raceway Park that they’ve shown time and time again this year. This time it came with the prestige of the Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic presented by dac® Pet Products on the line.
Gravel waited patiently for the right moment and pounced to take the top spot on the 17th circuit of the 40-lapper and drove to his 10th win of 2024 with The Greatest Show on Dirt. He also helped his crew chief Cody Jacobs get some Brad Doty Classic redemption. Oddly enough, it was Gravel himself who denied Jacobs of the event back in 2017.
“Happy to get one for Cody because I stole one from him when I was in the CJB (Motorsports) car, and he was in the 49 car with (Tim) Shaffer,” Gravel said. “Happy to get him a Brad Doty Classic and Stephen (Hamm-Reilly) and Zach (Patterson) were working hard. It was hot as hell today. It feels good to get number 10 on the year.”
The victory made 2024 the fifth year in which Gravel has reached double-digit checkered flags as his career win total with the World of Outlaws grew to 98. He joined Donny Schatz, Kyle Larson, Steve Kinser, Danny Smith, and Dale Blaney as the sixth competitor to top multiple Brad Doty Classics. The 32-year-old also joined Schatz, Larson, and Blaney as those with at least three World of Outlaws victories at Attica.
The field was led to green by Carson Macedo with Gravel alongside him. Macedo jumped out to the early advantage.
The early stage of the race was marred by a flurry of yellow flags for several incidents. One early restart allowed Kyle Larson the opportunity to slide ahead of Gravel for second and lock his view on Macedo as “Yung Money” chased a third straight Brad Doty Classic win.
Another restart with 33 laps left gave Larson the opening to slide Macedo to take over the top spot and lead Lap 8. But the Jason Johnson Racing pilot slid back ahead of Larson in Turns 1 and 2. In the same set of corners, Larson got a little crossed up and also let Gravel roll back by him for the runner-up spot.
After he reclaimed second, it became a game of cat and mouse for Gravel and Macedo. Gravel searched around the Attica surface and found speed wherever he went. Macedo began to drive defensively, but it wasn’t enough as Gravel smoothly rolled the bottom of Turns 3 and 4 right by Macedo for the lead on Lap 17.
Gravel promptly built his advantage after taking possession of the top spot. While it might’ve been smooth sailing up front, the battles were wild behind the Huset’s Speedway No. 2. A hard charging Logan Schuchart passed Larson for third and went after Macedo for second. They traded sliders before Schuchart secured the spot. Larson, Corey Day, and Donny Schatz with a damaged nose wing went at it behind them.
An issue under a late caution period left Schuchart broken hearted as he gave up the runner-up position to head to the Federated Car Care Work Zone. The problem gave second to Larson, but Schatz passed him on the restart with 14 laps to go as Larson slipped off track in Turn 2 trying to get a run at Gravel.
Schatz did everything he could to close in on Gravel as the last handful of laps unfolded, but the No. 2 was too smooth. Gravel got win number 10 in 2024 with just over seven tenths of a second advantage when the checkered flag waved. A methodical approach paved the path for the current point leader.
“I was just biding my time,” Gravel said. “Carson was racing pretty defensive. I think he knew he was in trouble and was running a lot of different lines and just trying to figure out what the best line was before I could get the lead because you’re just guessing out there. All of those cautions. I don’t know how many cautions there were, but it was so many. It was hard to get a rhythm.
“We unloaded pretty well. Didn’t really feel good in Qualifying, but whatever Cody did to the car for the Dash gave me a really, really good car – something I didn’t have to push too hard and could kind of drive my own race.”
Donny Schatz brought the No. 15 home second for his seventh podium in the last 12 Attica races. It was also his 12th top three of the 2024 World of Outlaws campaign. The damaged nose wing didn’t slow the 10-time Series champion at all as he rolled from 11th to second.
“It (nose wing) didn’t really affect it like everybody thinks,” Schatz said. “We’re not on the gas that hard here, and I think there were probably parts of the racetrack where it helped. Ultimately, I think I would’ve liked to have had it there and seen what happened. All in all a good effort. The guys got things rolling, and they’re working. This is the type of racetrack that happens in the summer. We had an opportunity. That’s all you can ask for.”
Rounding out the podium was Kyle Larson in the Silva Motorsports No. 57. The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion was strong all night, but a slight mistake on a late restart potentially cost him a shot at a third consecutive Brad Doty Classic.
“I wish I could have that last restart back,” Larson said. “Obviously, I knew all I could do was really blitz the top there with Gravel. He was really good. I just got my right-rear (tire) hung off the edge and fell back to fourth and had to battle Carson and Corey to get back to third. I was kind of hoping for another caution to get reset, but my car felt pretty good.”
Carson Macedo and Corey Day completed the top five.
A 23rd to 11th run earned Cale Thomas the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Giovanni Scelzi claimed his fourth Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 13th of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying presented by Jon and Janet Wright.
Gill Construction Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Giovanni Scelzi (51st Heat Race win of career), Kyle Larson (41st of career), and Michael “Buddy” Kofoid (25th of career). Milton Hershey School Heat Two presented by Gill Construction went to Carson Macedo (129th of career).
Carson Macedo topped the Toyota Racing Dash presented by Racing Optics.
Joel Myers Jr. won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown presented by CK Mechanical.
The Smith Titanium Brake System Break of the Race went to Logan Schuchart.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head to Rossburg, OH’s Eldora Speedway for a massive two nights of racing. First up is the $25,000-to-win Knight Before on Friday, July 19. Then the 41st Kings Royal is offering up a $175,000 payday to the victor on Saturday, July 20. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[11]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson[3]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 5. 14-Corey Day[5]; 6. 83-Michael Kofoid[7]; 7. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 8. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[8]; 9. 25-Daison Pursley[10]; 10. 26-Zeb Wise[15]; 11. 23-Cale Thomas[23]; 12. 5T-Ryan Timms[19]; 13. 28M-Conner Morrell[20]; 14. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[18]; 15. 9-Trey Jacobs[22]; 16. 15K-Creed Kemenah[13]; 17. 19H-Joel Myers Jr[21]; 18. 1S-Logan Schuchart[6]; 19. 29-Zeth Sabo[12]; 20. 97-Cole Macedo[24]; 21. 101-Kalib Henry[16]; 22. W20-Greg Wilson[17]; 23. 22-Brandon Spithaler[14]; 24. 99-Skylar Gee[9]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series Takes on Spoon River Doubleheader
LEWISTOWN, IL (July 16, 2024) – The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota returns to action from the summer break this Friday and Saturday night for a doubleheader at Spoon River Speedway with the POWRi National Midget League.
Now entering the second half of the season, Cannon McIntosh leads the Xtreme Outlaw championship standings by 145 points over Ryan Timms with 14 races complete and 15 remaining. Spoon River kicks off another extended stretch of action with the Series, racing in each of the next four weekends through the middle of August.
Rounds 5 and 6 of the 2024 Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series hits the high-banked, 3/8-mile oval for a 25-lap, $4,000-to-win main event Friday, July 19, before the 30-lap, $5,000-to-win finale on Saturday. Ashton Torgerson currently leads Challenge Series points by 11 over Ryan Timms; the champion of the miniseries receives a $2,500 bonus check at season’s end in October.
Tickets for both nights at Spoon River are available by clicking here. If you can’t be at the track to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
Here are the drivers to watch and storylines to follow this weekend:
HALFWAY THERE – Cannon McIntosh leads the Xtreme Outlaw Series back into action as the points leader with only half of the season remaining in the quest for his first career national Midget series championship.
McIntosh, 21, of Bixby, OK, holds a 145-point lead over second place Ryan Timms with four Features wins in the first 14 races of 2024. He held similar statistics at the halfway point of the 2023 season, totaling four Feature wins and maintaining a points gap of over 100 on second place, but fell back to fourth in the championship standings after the season finale.
He’s also riding a streak of 14-straight top-five finishes in Xtreme Outlaw Series competition, going all the way back to the season opener in Du Quoin in March. This past weekend, McIntosh bagged two podium finishes in USAC Midget competition at Jefferson County Speedway (Fairbury, NE), giving he and his crew at Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) a momentum boost before an extended stretch of Xtreme Outlaw Series racing for the next four weekends.
TARGET ACQUIRED – Sitting 145 points out of the lead in second place is McIntosh’s KKM teammate, Ryan Timms – a USAC winner over the weekend, now charged with momentum and ready to begin chipping away at his points deficit.
Timms, 17, of Oklahoma City, OK, scored his fourth Midget win of the season Saturday at Jefferson County and now has two wins with both Xtreme and USAC with half of each series’ schedule remaining. Timms is a winner with Xtreme at both Farmer City Raceway and Atomic Speedway this season, tying him for third-most wins with Illinois racer Karter Sarff at two apiece.
Though Timms has yet to see the high banks of Spoon River in a Midget, the speed and banking he experienced at Atomic will be similar, pointing to a potential third and fourth Xtreme Outlaw win of the year Friday and Saturday night.
GOT THE POWR – Similar to 2023, McIntosh leads the POWRi National Midget League points standings at the halfway point of the season but only by 10 points over full-timer Gunnar Setser.
McIntosh has two POWRi wins so far this season – one in the Challenge Series event at Doe Run Raceway in May and the other in the most recent POWRi National event at Macon Speedway during the tour’s annual Illinois SPEEDweek in June.
Karter Sarff clinched the 2023 POWRi National championship in the final race of the season over McIntosh last October. The 21-year-old from Mason City, IL, has won twice with the Xtreme Outlaw Series this year and currently sits eighth in Series points.
CHALLENGE SERIES – Spoon River will play host to Rounds 5 and 6 of the 2024 Challenge Series – a tight points race where the top-six drivers in the standings are separated by 100 points.
Ashton Torgerson currently leads the points standings by 11 over Ryan Timms. Torgerson, 18, of Glendale, AZ, has two wins and three top-fives in the four completed races and will go for his fifth Midget win overall this weekend. Between Xtreme and POWRi, he’s totaled four Feature wins so far in his rookie Midget season.
While Timms remains 11 points behind Torgerson, McIntosh sits 13 points back in third place, Chase McDermand is fourth at 30 points back, Gavin Miller is fifth at 96 points back, and Zach Daum is sixth, 100 points out of the lead.
PAST WINNERS – While national Midget series racing has not seen the high banks of Spoon River in three years, two Xtreme Outlaw Series full-timers and Illinois natives have graced its Victory Lane hill in Midget competition before.
Former Badger Midget Racing Association champion Chase McDermand won two D2 Midget-style IMRA-sanctioned races at the track in 2017. The 23-year-old from Springfield, IL, currently sits fourth in the championship standings, still looking for his first Feature win of the year.
Zach Daum – the inaugural Series champion from Pocahontas, IL – won a POWRi National event there in 2014, topping star open-wheel names like Rico Abreu, Tanner Thorson and Justin Peck in the main event. Fast forward to 2024 and the three-time POWRi National champion sits fifth in Xtreme championship standings with one win and seven top-five finishes in 14 races.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
When and where
Friday-Saturday, July 19-20, at Spoon River Speedway in Lewistown, IL
On the internet
Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota
Twitter/X – @Xtreme_Outlaw
Instagram – @XtremeOutlaw
Facebook – @XtremeOutlawSeries.WRG
Live broadcast
DIRTVision – DIRTVision.com. Annual FAST PASS for $299 or monthly FAST PASS for $39/month.
Current championship points standings (view full standings)
Cannon McIntosh: 3056 points | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K
Ryan Timms: 2911 points (-145) | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67
Chase McDermand: 2812 points (-244) | CMR-Mounce/Stout Motorsports #40
Ashton Torgerson: 2792 points (-264) | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67K
Zach Daum: 2608 points (-448) | Trifecta Motorsports #7U
Hayden Reinbold: 2525 points (-531) | Reinbold/Underwood Motorsports #19AZ
Trevor Cline: 2382 points (-674) | Cline Racing #55
Karter Sarff: 2375 points (-681) | Karter Sarff Motorsports #21K
Kale Drake: 2269 points (-787) | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #97K
Tyler Edwards: 2260 points (-796) | Mounce/Stout Motorsports #14S
Toyota Feature winners (7 drivers)
4 wins – Cannon McIntosh (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K)
3 wins – Ashton Torgerson (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67K), Karter Sarff (Karter Sarff Motorsports #21K), Ryan Timms (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67)
1 win – Thomas Meseraull (Engler Racing #7x), Kale Drake (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #97), Zach Daum (Trifecta Motorsports #7U)
Toyota Feature laps led (13 drivers)
86 laps – Cannon McIntosh
70 laps – Ashton Torgerson
52 laps – Ryan Timms
44 laps – Kale Drake
41 laps – Karter Sarff
35 laps – Joe B. Miller
27 laps – Thomas Meseraull
25 laps – Zach Daum
12 laps – Taylor Reimer
11 laps – Jade Avedisian
5 laps – Michael Pickens
4 laps – Tyler Edwards
1 lap – Chase McDermand
Whitz RC Racing Products Quick Time Awards (8 drivers)
4 awards – Ethan Mitchell
3 awards – Kale Drake
2 awards – Karter Sarff
1 award – Cannon McIntosh, Ryan Timms, Kyle Jones, Trevor Cline, Zach Daum
Heat Race winners (19 drivers)
6 wins – Ashton Torgerson
5 wins – Kale Drake
4 wins – Zach Daum, Cannon McIntosh, Chase McDermand
3 wins – Ryan Timms, Tyler Edwards
2 wins – Gavin Miller, Jade Avedisian, Nick Hoffman, Trevor Cline, Karter Sarff
1 win – Thomas Meseraull, Shane Cottle, TJ Smith, Kyle Jones, Taylor Reimer, Ethan Mitchell, Tyler Edwards
High-points honors (10 drivers)
2 honors – Cannon McIntosh, Ryan Timms, Zach Daum, Ashton Torgerson
1 honor – Tyler Edwards, Chase McDermand, Karter Sarff, Gavin Miller, Kale Drake, Michael Pickens
Last Chance Showdown wins (10 drivers)
1 win – Taylor Reimer, Gunnar Setser, Austin Torgerson, Gavin Miller, Shane Cottle, Ethan Mitchell, Ashton Torgerson, Ryan Timms, Kyle Jones, Mitchell Davis
Hard Charger Awards (11 drivers)
3 awards – Hayden Reinbold
2 awards – Ryan Timms
1 award – Will Armitage, Ryan Timms, Kayla Roell, Gunnar Setser, Jade Avedisian, Chase McDermand, Elijah Gile, Zach Daum, Cannon McIntosh
Podium finishes (13 drivers)
10 podiums – Cannon McIntosh
6 podiums – Ryan Timms
5 podiums – Zach Daum
4 podiums – Chase McDermand, Ashton Torgerson
3 podiums – Karter Sarff, Kale Drake
2 podiums – Gavin Miller
1 podium – Thomas Meseraull, Taylor Reimer, Jade Avedisian, Michael Pickens, Trevor Cline
Top-10 finishes (32 drivers)
14 top-10s – Cannon McIntosh
13 top-10s – Chase McDermand
12 top-10s – Ryan Timms
10 top-10s – Ashton Torgerson
9 top-10s – Zach Daum, Karter Sarff
7 top-10s – Gavin Miller, Kale Drake, Jade Avedisian
6 top-10s – Trevor Cline, Hayden Reinbold
5 top-10s – Taylor Reimer
4 top-10s – Kyle Jones, Tyler Edwards
3 top-10s – Ethan Mitchell, Mitchell Davis
2 top-10s – Shane Cottle, Gunnar Setser, TJ Smith, Sam Johnson
1 top-10 – Joe B. Miller, Thomas Meseraull, Will Armitage, Trey Marcham, Rylan Gray, Todd McVay, Kevin Thomas Jr, Elijah Gile, Brayton Lynch, Nick Drake, Jacob Dykstra, Briggs Danner, Michael Pickens
2024 Schedule & Winners – Race No. Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Fri, March 15 / Southern Illinois Center / Du Quoin, IL / Thomas Meseraull (1)
2. Sat, March 16 / Southern Illinois Center / Du Quoin, IL / Cannon McIntosh (1)
3. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / Karter Sarff (1)
4. Sat, April 6 / Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex / Sweet Springs, MO / Kale Drake (1)
5. Fri, April 12 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL / Ryan Timms (1)
6. Sat, April 13 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL / Ashton Torgerson (1)
7. Fri, May 10 / Humboldt Speedway / Humboldt, KS / Ashton Torgerson (2)
8. Sat, May 11 / 81 Speedway / Park City, KS / Cannon McIntosh (2)
9. Tue, May 21 / Millbridge Speedway / Salisbury, NC / Karter Sarff (2)
10. Wed, May 22 / Millbridge Speedway / Salisbury, NC / Zach Daum (1)
11. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Ryan Timms (2)
12. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Cannon McIntosh (3)
13. Thu, May 30 / Doe Run Raceway / Doe Run, MO / Cannon McIntosh (4)
14. Fri, May 31 / Coles County Speedway / Matoon, IL / Ashton Torgerson (3)
1 MONTH ALERT: Jackson Nationals Brings World of Outlaws to Another Marquee Stop in August
World of Outlaws
Jackson Nationals 2023
A week after crowning a new Knoxville Nationals champion, the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will crown another “Nationals” champion at Jackson Motorplex.
The Greatest Show on Dirt returns to Minnesota for the 46th FENDT Jackson Nationals, Aug. 16-17, with Saturday’s finale paying $25,000 to the champion.
Logan Schuchart and Carson Macedo are the most recent champions, having both won their two titles in back-to-back years. Schuchart won his with Shark Racing in 2020 and 2021 and then Macedo won his with Jason Johnson Racing the following two years.
Of current full-time World of Outlaws drivers, Schuchart and Macedo are tied with 10-time Series champion and 2018 Jackson Nationals champion Donny Schatz for the most wins (3) at the 4/10-mile track.
While Giovanni Scelzi has yet to win at Jackson Motorplex, he was one of the most consistent drivers at the Jackson Nationals last year with finishes of sixth, second and fifth, respectively. He and his KCP Racing team are championship contenders this year and entered the second half of the season by picking up a $20,000-to-win event at Beaver Dam Raceway.
In addition to the on-track action, fans will be treated to off-track fun with the Race Day Live show at the Sage Fruit stage both days before Hot Laps, featuring interviews with the biggest stars at the event.
Before the World of Outlaws role into town, the Jackson Nationals will kick off on Thursday with the Midwest Sprint Touring Series 360 Sprint Cars taking the top bill. They’ll also join the World of Outlaws Saturday night.
EVENT INFO
Date – Friday-Saturday, Aug. 16-17
Location – Jackson, MN
Track Record – 12.572 seconds by Carson Macedo on Aug. 20, 2022
Times (CT) –
2 p.m. Pit Gate Opens
4 p.m. Grandstand Gate Opens
6:30 p.m. Hot Laps & Qualifying
-Racing to follow
How to Watch – Can’t be there? Watch every lap live on DIRTVision.
Previous World of Outlaws winners at Jackson Motorplex –
2023 – James McFadden on Aug. 17, James McFadden on Aug. 18, Carson Macedo on Aug. 19
2022 – Logan Schuchart on August 20 (Day), Carson Macedo on August 20 (Night)
2021 – Kerry Madsen on June 24, Kerry Madsen on June 25, Logan Schuchart on June 27
2020 – Brad Sweet on June 25, Logan Schuchart on June 26 and 27
2019 – Brad Sweet on June 29; Carson Macedo on June 28; Brad Sweet on June 27
2018 – Jason Johnson on June 8, Jason Johnson and Donny Schatz on June 9
2017 – Ian Madsen on June 1, Kerry Madsen on June 2, Brad Sweet on June 3
2016 – Daryn Pittman on June 24
2014 – Joey Saldana on June 13
2013 – Donny Schatz on June 14
2010 – Steve Kinser on May 1
2006 – Donny Schatz on Sept. 16
2005 – Daryn Pittman on Sept. 23
2004 – Steve Kinser on Sept. 24
1988 – Sammy Swindell on July 6, Steve Kinser on Aug. 20
1987 – Bobby Davis Jr. on July 9
DIRTVision Launches ‘Driven to Dirt’ Docu-Series
CONCORD, NC (July 16, 2024) – DIRTVision will immerse fans deeper into the world of dirt racing with the new “Driven to Dirt” docu-series, going behind the scenes with the stars of the World of Outlaws and the year’s biggest events.
The first round of the new series will feature drivers from the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars and World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models, giving fans never-before-seen access to their career and life away from the track.
There will also be episodes dedicated to exploring some of the World of Outlaws’ biggest events, such as the Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville Raceway, Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury Speedway and World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.
“We’re excited to bring fans a new way to show them a side of the sport and drivers they rarely get to see,” said Charlie Mellilo, chief media and marketing officer at World Racing Group. “Fans will get to see World of Outlaws drivers’ lives away from the track, get to know their families, and hear their stories. This goes well beyond what’s presented on a regular race weekend.”
The first episode, featuring World of Outlaws Sprint Car driver David Gravel, will air exclusively on DIRTVision on Monday, Aug. 12. Then, there will be a new episode each month through January 2025 with a mix of Sprint Car and Late Model drivers like four-time Series champion Brandon Sheppard, 10-time Series champion Donny Schatz, Giovanni Scelzi, Nick Hoffman and more – all available with a DIRTVision FAST PASS subscription.
Full trailer: https://x.com/WorldofOutlaws/status/1813242121710612983
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Brad Doty Classic, Kings Royal Create Huge Week of Sprint Car Racing in Ohio
Plenty of money and prestige are up for grabs this week at Attica and Eldora
ATTICA, OH (July 15, 2024) - One of the biggest weeks in Sprint Car Racing has arrived.
All eyes are on Ohio this week as the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars roll into the “Buckeye State” for a trio of prestigious races.
First up is the Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic presented by dac® Pet Products on Tuesday, July 16. The summertime staple of the World of Outlaws calendar takes place at Attica Raceway Park for the ninth consecutive year since shifting back to the northern Ohio facility in 2016.
It’s not only about a race on Tuesday night, but it’s also about honoring a man who has dedicated so much of his life to Sprint Car Racing. Brad Doty starred behind the wheel in the 1980s, and ever since his career-ending injury in 1988, he’s stayed heavily involved through a variety of avenues helping elevate the sport.
Then it’s time for a trip to the Kingdom of Eldora Speedway. All of Sprint Car racing’s top names will journey to the castle constructed by Earl Baltes before he passed the torch to Tony Stewart in 2004.
The two nights (July 19-20) of action at “The Big E” begin with the Knight Before, dishing out $25,000 to the victor. Then on Saturday the 41st Kings Royal King will be crowned, cementing their name in Sprint Car history and taking $175,000 in riches to the bank.
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ATTICA ACES: A handful of names stand out as potential favorites to claim the Brad Doty Classic based on their success at the Ohio oval.
Donny Schatz leads the list of contenders with five Attica wins – the most through the World of Outlaws 24 visits to the track. He’s only missed the top 10 once in 18 Attica attempts. Schatz is already a four-time Brad Doty Classic winner (most all-time), splitting two victories apiece at Attica and Limaland.
Kyle Larson intends to pursue a few pieces of history on Tuesday at Attica. Last year he became the first driver to ever top back-to-back Brad Doty Classics. The three-time winner of the event could equal Donny Schatz’s record tally of four. “Yung Money” owns four overall World of Outlaws wins at Attica, and a fifth would also equal Schatz for the most in that category.
Michael “Buddy” Kofoid is always stout at Attica. He’s made 24 overall Feature starts and posted podiums in half of them, highlighted by a thrilling World of Outlaws win earlier this year aboard the Roth Motorsports No. 83 and a local victory in 2020.
Brock Zearfoss added his name to the list of Brad Doty Classic winners in 2019 at Attica. That came with the All-Star Circuit of Champions (ASCoC), and a World of Outlaws win on Tuesday would make him the sixth competitor with multiple Brad Doty Classic triumphs.
Attica will also attract many of its talented regulars that compete at the track on a weekly basis including 2024 winners Cap Henry, Craig Mintz, Cale Thomas, and Bryce Lucius.
KING OF KINGS: There’s only one king of Sprint Car Racing, and his name is Steve Kinser. But one current competitor has the opportunity to match one of “The King’s” royal records.
Kinser topped seven Kings Royal during his illustrious career, which is the most through 40 runnings. Last year, Donny Schatz drove the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 to his sixth Kings Royal title, making this year the first chance he’ll have to equal Kinser’s crown collection.
There’s no reason to think Schatz won’t be in contention for his seventh coronation. Eldora is home to 18 of the Fargo, ND native’s 314 career wins. The 10-time champion also topped the 2002 Historical Big One. Schatz has podiumed in seven of his last 11 Eldora races including both nights of #LetsRaceTwo back in May. He’ll enter the week fresh off his third win of 2024 after an impressive drive at Wilmot.
CROWN CHASING: The list of Kings Royal champions is filled with legends of the sport. But there are a handful of future Hall of Famers and noteworthy names on the World of Outlaws roster still seeking to grace the throne for the first time.
Logan Schuchart stands out among those eying their first Kings Royal victory. The Shark Racing pilot has won four times with the World of Outlaws at Eldora, making it tied for the winningest track on his Series résumé. He also claimed the first Sprint Car Eldora Million last year. The 2019 Kings Royal is Schuchart’s best showing to date when he started 12th and drove to the front and led 15 laps before finishing second.
David Gravel already owns wins in the sport’s two other top crown jewels – Knoxville Nationals and National Open – but the Kings Royal has eluded the current Series point leader. Last year he equaled his best Kings Royal run with a third-place outing in the Big Game Motorsports No. 2. Six times Gravel has stood in Eldora Victory Lane including the final night of #LetsRaceTwo earlier this year.
Carson Macedo has been rapping on the castle door through the last four Kings Royals. He’s finished no worse than eighth and grabbed a pair of third place runs in one of the two contested in 2021 and the 2022 editions. Macedo owns a trio of checkered flags at “The House that Earl Built” most recently in last year’s Knight Before in the Jason Johnson Racing ride.
Sheldon Haudenschild is an Ohio native, and he’s still looking to top his home state’s most prestigious Sprint Car event. He’s been in the top five in four of the last five editions, peaking a second in 2021. Haudenschild won at Eldora earlier this season. A victory on Saturday would add him to this list alongside his father and three-time King Jac Haudenschild, and they’d become the first father-son duo to don the Crown.
Giovanni Scelzi struggled at “The Big E” early in his career, but he’s found speed as of late at the historic half mile. Four of his last five Eldora starts have resulted in top fives including a trio of podiums. Back in May he posted his best career Eldora finish with a runner-up in the KCP Racing No. 18.
RETURNING KINGS: The Eldora roster is expected to include more former Kings in addition to Donny Schatz looking to sit atop the throne once again.
Brad Sweet is set to pursue his third crown in the Kasey Kahne Racing No. 49. The Grass Valley, CA native topped the 2013 edition for his second ever World of Outlaws victory. The five-time Series champ also earned the spoils of $175,000 when he won in 2019. He’ll look to join Steve Kinser, Donny Schatz, Jac Haudenschild, and Sammy Swindell as those with at least three Kings Royal titles.
Two years ago, Myerstown, PA’s Brent Marks capped off an incredible week when he was crowned King. Marks also claimed the return of the Historical Big One two days before, totaling $275,000 in winnings between the two. He’ll attempt to become the ninth multi-time King.
Tyler Courtney’s first ever World of Outlaws triumph came in the form of a Kings Royal crown in 2021. “Sunshine” is always a threat at Eldora no matter what he’s wheeling as he’s won 13 times at the half mile between a winged Sprint Car, non-wing Sprint Car, Midget, and a Silver Crown car.
Kerry Madsen claimed the crown 10 years ago to become the first Australian Kings Royal champion. He’s expected to be behind the wheel of the Vermeer Motorsports No. 55 at Eldora this weekend.
STAR-STUDDED: On top of the hugely talented collection of names already listed, many more Sprint Car stars are planning to be at one or both of the events on this week’s agenda.
The nation’s winningest driver – Anthony Macri – intends to make the trip one state west from Pennsylvania to Ohio. Already in the month of July Macri has won three PA Speedweek races on his way to the event title.
Rico Abreu will be in the Eldora pit area in search of his first Kings Royal. The St. Helena, CA native ran second in 2016. Of his nine total wins at the half mile, three were in World of Outlaws competition including a pair last year.
Spencer Bayston has been to Victory Lane at both Attica and Eldora. He got his first ever World of Outlaws victory in the 2021 Brad Doty Classic, and he drove a Midget to an Eldora victory with USAC in 2017.
These few will be joined be so many more as huge fields are expected to fill both the Attica and Eldora pit areas this week.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Tuesday, July 16 at Attica Raceway Park in Attica, OH
Friday-Saturday, July 19-20 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, OH
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (34/73 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (4312 PTS)
2. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 (-58 PTS)
3. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-64 PTS)
4. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing No. 18 (-98 PTS)
5. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-136 PTS)
6. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-194 PTS)
7. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-250 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports No. 17B (-508 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing No. 3Z (-760 PTS)
10. Landon Crawley – Sides Motorsports No. 7S (-894 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (13 Drivers):
9 Wins – David Gravel
7 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
3 Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, Carson Macedo, Donny Schatz
2 Wins – Tyler Courtney
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Brent Marks, Rico Abreu, Brady Bacon, Michael Kofoid, Corey Day, Logan Schuchart
FEATURE LAPS LED (20 Drivers):
224 Laps – David Gravel
199 Laps – Carson Macedo
166 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
120 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
78 Laps – Donny Schatz
54 Laps – Rico Abreu
47 Laps – Logan Schuchart
34 Laps – Brady Bacon, Michael Kofoid
33 Laps – Kyle Larson
25 Laps – Brad Sweet
15 Laps – Ryan Timms
13 Laps – Anthony Macri
12 Laps – Emerson Axsom
11 Laps – Bill Balog
9 Laps – Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day, Tyler Courtney
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Kalib Henry
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (14 Drivers):
8 Quick Times – Carson Macedo
7 Quick Times – David Gravel
3 Quick Times – Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild, Michael Kofoid
2 Quick Times – Brent Marks
1 Quick Time – Landon Crawley, Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Donny Schatz, Daryn Pittman, Cory Eliason, Brock Zearfoss
HEAT RACE WINNERS (32 Drivers):
20 Heat Wins – David Gravel
15 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo, Sheldon Haudenschild
12 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi
9 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid
7 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu, Brock Zearfoss
6 Heat Wins – Donny Schatz
4 Heat Wins – Brent Marks
3 Heat Wins – Bill Balog, Tyler Courtney, Logan Schuchart
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown, Landon Crawley, Corey Day, Garet Williamson
1 Heat Win – Justin Peck, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Emerson Axsom, Anthony Macri, Tim Shaffer, Nick Omdahl, Daryn Pittman, Scott Bogucki, Austin McCarl, Brad Sweet, Spencer Bayston, Brady Bacon
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (51 Drivers):
27 Dashes – David Gravel
26 Dashes – Carson Macedo
23 Dashes – Sheldon Haudenschild
22 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi
19 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
16 Dashes – Donny Schatz
10 Dashes – Bill Balog
9 Dashes – Logan Schuchart
8 Dashes – Rico Abreu
7 Dashes – Landon Crawley, Brock Zearfoss
5 Dashes – Brent Marks, Tyler Courtney, Emerson Axsom
4 Dashes – Brian Brown, Brady Bacon
3 Dashes – Aaron Reutzel, Anthony Macri, Garet Williamson
2 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Cole Duncan, Cole Macedo, Kalib Henry, Corey Day, Daryn Pittman, Danny Sams III
1 Dash – Justin Peck, Zeb Wise, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, James McFadden, Logan McCandless, Ayrton Gennetten, Kyle Larson, Skylar Gee, Kody Hartlaub, Chase Dietz, Tim Shaffer, T.J. Michael, Craig Mintz, Brandon Spithaler, Sye Lynch, Cale Thomas, Kaleb Johnson, Nick Omdahl, Parker Price-Miller, Scott Bogucki, Austin McCarl, Christopher Thram, Kraig Kinser
MICROLITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (26 Drivers):
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless, Bill Balog, Brock Zearfoss, Garet Williamson, Landon Crawley
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace Park, Anthony Macri, Landon Crawley, Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brandon Rahmer, David Gravel, Nate Dussel, Cole Macedo, Zeth Sabo, Brooke Tatnell, Donny Schatz, Brent Marks, Cory Eliason, Kerry Madsen, Creed Kemenah
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (21 Drivers):
6 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart, Donny Schatz
2 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo, Aaron Reutzel, Michael Kofoid
1 Hard Charger – Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild, Danny Dietrich, Landon Crawley, Sye Lynch, Bill Balog, Scotty Neitzel, Garet Williamson, Cale Thomas
PODIUM FINISHES (20 Drivers):
18 Podiums – David Gravel
16 Podiums – Carson Macedo
12 Podiums – Michael Kofoid
11 Podiums – Donny Schatz, Sheldon Haudenschild
7 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
4 Podiums – Rico Abreu
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet, Tyler Courtney
2 Podiums – Brent Marks, Bill Balog, Kyle Larson, Aaron Reutzel
1 Podium – Justin Peck, Anthony Macri, Brady Bacon, Cole Macedo, Parker Price-Miller, Ryan Timms, Logan Schuchart, Emerson Axsom
TOP 10 FINISHES (60 Drivers):
31 Top 10s – Giovanni Scelzi
30 Top 10s – Donny Schatz, David Gravel
29 Top 10s – Michael Kofoid
28 Top 10s – Carson Macedo
27 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart
22 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
18 Top 10s – Bill Balog
10 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss
8 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu
6 Top 10s – Brad Sweet
5 Top 10s – Brent Marks, Anthony Macri, Aaron Reutzel, James McFadden
4 Top 10s – Cole Macedo, Landon Crawley, Corey Day, Brian Brown, Brady Bacon
3 Top 10s – Cole Duncan, Skylar Gee, Ryan Timms, Garet Williamson
2 Top 10s – Chase Randall, Kraig Kinser, Cale Thomas, Kyle Larson, Emerson Axsom
1 Top 10 – Justin Peck, Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Zeb Wise, Cory Eliason, Jacob Allen, Chris Windom, Joe B. Miller, Ayrton Gennetten, Scotty Milan, Troy Wagaman Jr., Danny Dietrich, Chase Dietz, Brandon Spithaler, Kalib Henry, Tim Shaffer, Zane DeVault, Sye Lynch, Travis Philo, Trey Jacobs, Scotty Thiel, Mark Dobmeier, Kaleb Johnson, Parker Price-Miller, Daryn Pittman, Scott Bogucki, Austin McCarl, Tim Kaeding, Christopher Thram, Landon Brooks, Greg Wilson
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / David Gravel (6)
20. Fri, May 17 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Michael Kofoid (1)
21. Sat, May 18 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / David Gravel (7)
22. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / David Gravel (8)
23. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
24. Mon, May 27 / Fremont Speedway / Fremont, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
25. Fri, May 31 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (6)
26. Fri, June 7 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Giovanni Scelzi (2)
27. Sat, June 8 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Sheldon Haudenschild (7)
28. Fri, June 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (9)
29. Sat, June 15 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Corey Day (1)
30. Wed, June 19 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Tyler Courtney (2)
31. Sat, June 29 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Logan Schuchart (1)
32. Wed, July 10 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Giovanni Scelzi (3)
33. Fri, July 12 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Carson Macedo (3)
34. Sat, July 13 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Donny Schatz (3)
For the full 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car schedule, CLICK HERE.
DONNY DOMINATION: Masterclass in Traffic Leads Schatz to Second Badger 40 Victory
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WILMOT, WI (July 13, 2024) - The time of year is near when Donny Schatz begins to heat up. And he stoked the flames in a big way on Saturday night at Wilmot Raceway.
Sprint Car Racing’s crown jewels are where the Fargo, ND legend has always excelled. The Kings Royal and NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals are both less than a month away, and Schatz appears to be getting warmed up at the right time.
The 10-time World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car champion delivered an absolute masterclass at Wilmot. Schatz lost the lead on the opening lap after starting on the pole, grabbed it back on Lap 10, and set sail through traffic on his way to a Federated Auto Parts Larry Hillerud Memorial Badger 40 victory.
After Friday’s opener didn’t go Schatz’s way when he started 14th and had to salvage a sixth place run, rolling into Victory Lane on Saturday felt even sweeter.
“Last night was really trying, but that’s what makes nights like this so much more important,” Schatz said. “The guys spent a lot of time today digging and changing things. It was a whole different race car tonight. Hats off to them – Scuba (Steve Swenson), Todd (Devnich), and Dauson (Heitritter). There’s a lot of communication there, and that’s what it takes to be in this situation.
“We won the Larry Hillerud Memorial, so that’s pretty damn cool. Larry was a North Dakota boy with tons of passion for this sport. I’m sure he’s up there arguing with my dad about something. I’m pretty honored to win this tonight.”
The triumph marked Schatz’s second Badger 40 triumph to go along with the one he topped in 2019. Schatz joins David Gravel (four) and Carson Macedo (three) as the only drivers with multiple World of Outlaws wins at Wilmot. His third win of the season snaps a 20-race winless drought dating back to I-55 in mid-April. Schatz’s career win total with The Greatest Show on Dirt grew to 314.
Schatz led the field to green for the 40-lap finale with Michael “Buddy” Kofoid alongside. The outside lane proved to be the place to be for the start as Kofoid jumped out ahead to lead the opening lap in the Roth Motorsports No. 83.
The opening laps belonged to Kofoid as he maintained a small advantage over Schatz. But when traffic came into play, the gap began to fade.
Schatz closed in on the top spot aboard the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 as Kofoid struggled to work through slower cars. And on Lap 10 the door opened.
Kofoid drifted up the track in Turns 1 and 2 as he started down heavy traffic and Schatz pounced. He stuck the lowline perfectly in the No. 15 and powered ahead of Kofoid as the two raced down the back straightaway.
Schatz had no plans of letting Kofoid return the favor. Right away he began to masterfully carve his way through traffic. He went anywhere required to clear a lapper. Schatz could even float right through the middle of the turns to complete a pass. It didn’t matter where he went. Schatz would not be slowed.
Behind Schatz the battle for second heated up between Kofoid and Carson Macedo, who was in search of his fourth Wilmot triumph in a row. Macedo blasted around Kofoid on the high line on Lap 14 to secure the spot.
But even with a new runner-up, the distance between first and second expanded. Schatz pushed the margin over six seconds by Lap 21.
A caution with 18 laps to go gave the rest of the field a chance. It lined Macedo, winner of the past three at Wilmot, alongside Schatz. But it simply did not matter who was placed in his proximity. Schatz only had plans to drive away from them.
And that’s exactly what he did when the green flag brought the racing back to life. Schatz drove away from Macedo and went back to work navigating traffic when he reached the tail of the field. On multiple occasions he even split cars running side by side to clear both of them. When the checkered flag waved Schatz crossed the finish line nearly seven seconds ahead.
“That was a hell of a lot of fun,” Schatz said. “Traffic was actually pretty awesome for me there. There were a couple times we would get two or three-wide and split guys. That car was really good no matter where we went.”
Macedo’s pursuit of four in a row at Wilmot fell one spot shy as he brought the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 home in the runner-up spot. After putting on a dominating performance of his own on Friday, Macedo had a front row seat to watch Schatz do the same a night later.
“I think Donny tonight was a little bit like I was last night,” Macedo explained. “I feel like he could just maneuver and really go anywhere on the racetrack. I felt like I was decent in (Turns) 3 and 4 moving around a little bit. But I had to stay pretty committed other than that, especially in (Turns) 1 and 2. That allowed him to get through lapped traffic a little bit easier and better. But overall this is a great effort for this JJR team.”
Sheldon Haudenschild moved by Kofoid in the closing laps to claim the final spot on the podium. It was a productive 40 laps for the Wooster, OH native as his NOS Energy Drink No. 17 got better and better throughout the Feature.
“I worked on him (Kofoid) the whole race,” Haudenschild said. “Him and the 41 (Macedo) had a good battle, and I was just kind of sitting back there watching and was able to move around a little bit. I wasn’t sure what happened after that restart. I think Buddy’s car might’ve went away a little bit, and I think we got better and also kind of ran the 41 down there at the end, too.”
Buddy Kofoid and David Gravel completed the top five.
Logan Schuchart picked up the KSE Racing Hard Charger with a run from 17th to eighth.
Buddy Kofoid claimed his third Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the eighth of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Buddy Kofoid (24th Heat Race win of career), David Gravel (261st of career), and Giovanni Scelzi (50th of career). Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Donny Schatz (527th of career).
Donny Schatz topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Creed Kemenah won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Scotty Thiel.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head to Ohio for a huge trio of races. First up is the $15,000-to-win Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic presented by dac® Pet Products at Attica Raceway Park on Tuesday, July 16. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
Then it’s off to the iconic Eldora Speedway for the Knight Before ($25,000-to-win) on Friday, July 19 and the 41st Kings Royal on Saturday, July 20 offering up $175,000 in riches to the victor. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz[1]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo[3]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[4]; 4. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 5. 2-David Gravel[7]; 6. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[13]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog[10]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart[17]; 9. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 10. 21H-Brady Bacon[5]; 11. 70-Kraig Kinser[8]; 12. 29-Logan McCandless[9]; 13. W20-Greg Wilson[19]; 14. 45-Landon Brooks[23]; 15. 15K-Creed Kemenah[21]; 16. 7S-Landon Crawley[14]; 17. 24D-Danny Sams III[12]; 18. 79-Blake Nimee[16]; 19. 3N-Jake Neuman[20]; 20. 6-Kelby Watt[11]; 21. 96-Jake Blackhurst[18]; 22. 49J-Josh Schneiderman[22]; 23. 16-Anthony Knierim[24]; 24. 73-Scotty Thiel[15]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
BADGER BEATDOWN: Carson Macedo Engineers Flawless Drive to Third Consecutive Wilmot Victory
The Californian laps up to ninth on his way to victory in the Federated Auto Parts Larry Hillerud Memorial Badger 40 opener
WILMOT, WI (July 12, 2024) - Carson Macedo and Jason Johnson Racing have Wilmot Raceway figured out right now.
They entered Federated Auto Parts Larry Hillerud Memorial Badger 40 weekend as winners of the two most recent World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car races at the Wisconsin facility. And on Friday night the pairing delivered their strongest statement yet at the 1/3 mile.
Macedo started second for the 40-lap Feature and put on a masterclass. After surviving one early challenge from Michael “Buddy” Kofoid, he simply drove away. The Lemoore, CA native wheeled the Albaugh No. 41 wherever he wanted. He worked through traffic on the top. He worked through traffic on the bottom.
When the checkered flag waved to punctuate the beatdown, Macedo had lapped up to the ninth place finisher and crossed the line nearly six seconds ahead of Kofoid in the runner-up spot. From the moment the green flag dropped, Macedo knew he was steering a special setup on Friday night.
“That was ridiculous. My car was unbelievable there, especially when we got into traffic,” Macedo said. “I knew we were going to be in really good shape when we got to traffic just because I could pretty much run wherever I wanted as long as I had clean air on my wings. It would go pretty much everywhere. I could split cars. And you know when you’re good like that it’s going to be tough to get by you. Tonight was one of those nights. It was definitely a Philip Dietz race car, just incredible from start to finish.”
The third consecutive Wilmot victory matches David Gravel’s run of three straight in 2014, 2016, and 2017 for the longest streak at the track. Wilmot is also now tied with Tri-State Speedway, Eldora Speedway, and Jackson Motorplex as the track where Macedo has won most often with The Greatest Show on Dirt. He’s up to 38 career World of Outlaws triumphs. He also cut the gap between himself and Donny Schatz for second in the standings down to just two points.
Kofoid and Macedo led the field to green for the night’s 40-lap conclusion. It took no time for Macedo to flex his muscle as he powered ahead of Kofoid on the outside and led the first lap.
A flurry of early cautions forced Macedo to withstand multiple restarts. Kofoid kept him honest as Brady Bacon, Sheldon Haudenschild, David Gravel, and Giovanni Scelzi all jockeyed for spots within the top five behind them.
A golden opportunity for Kofoid to challenge for the win arose on a restart with 30 laps remaining. Kofoid kept the Roth Motorsports No. 83 close to Macedo as the green brought the field back to life. Exiting Turn 4 on the next lap he got a strong run on the bottom and looked under Macedo in Turns 1 and 2. Right when it looked like he may slide him for the lead, the yellow lights flashed once again for a slowing car on the other end of the racetrack.
On the ensuing restart Macedo made sure Kofoid had no chance at slipping by. He powered ahead when the green flag flew and began to build what eventually became an enormous advantage.
Kofoid managed to stay within striking distance in clean air, but instead of traffic helping him erase the gap, it played to Macedo’s advantage. One the lead duo caught the tail of the field, Macedo went to work slicing his way through as Kofoid struggled to maintain pace. The margin grew over a second on Lap 22. Two laps later it was over two seconds. By Lap 30 he had pushed the lead to more than four seconds, and the next circuit it ballooned to more than five seconds.
Traffic stood no chance of slowing his march toward the checkered flag. The gap reached its peak on Lap 38 when Macedo crossed the line 6.785 seconds ahead. He sealed the deal with just under a six-second margin between himself and the runner-up.
After losing out on multiple wins this year late in races, Macedo and the JJR crew have prioritized maintaining speed through the duration of Features. And that’s exactly what they did at Wilmot.
“I think that we’ve been trying to work on that for the last few races,” Macedo said. “And I feel like we definitely hit it tonight. It seemed like as the race went on I kept getting my wing back and just kept getting better. I looked up at one point and was like, ‘Man, I’m all the way back.’ And I felt like I could maybe even grab a little more wing, but then at times I would get tight as well. Just hats off to this JJR team.”
Kofoid brought the Roth Motorsports machine home second to earn back-to-back runner-up finishes after claiming second on Wednesday at Beaver Dam. He knew Macedo had an incredibly fast machine but couldn’t help wonder what could’ve been if the early ill-timed yellow hadn’t occurred.
“The 41 guys were just really good, and Carson did a really good job,” Kofoid said. “Who knows if the green stayed and the yellow didn’t come out. There was still a whole race left, and they were extremely good, but it would’ve been nice to see how it played out at least.”
After slipping back to sixth early in the race, David Gravel clawed his way back to third to round out the podium. That marked his 18th World of Outlaws podium of the season in the Big Game Motorsports machine as the No. 2 really came alive late for yet another strong run.
“Man, we just weren’t really good around the bottom of (Turns) 1 and 2,” Gravel said. “I thought, if your car was operating good, that would’ve been the place to be. But we had to slide across, keep our wing speed up, hit that grip, and get down the backstretch really, really fast. Once I did that, I was able to gain on Sheldon and get past Brady. We closed on Buddy, but just like all positioning, if he got held up by a lapped car I caught him, and when I got caught up he pulled away.”
Sheldon Haudenschild and Brady Bacon completed the top five.
A 14th to sixth run earned Donny Schatz his Series-leading sixth KSE Racing Hard Charger of 2024.
Brock Zearfoss claimed his frist Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the second of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Brock Zearfoss (21st Heat Race win of career), Brady Bacon (fifth of career), and Carson Macedo (128th of career). Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Sheldon Haudenschild (114th of career).
Buddy Kofoid topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Landon Crawley won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Bill Balog.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars complete the Federated Auto Parts Larry Hillerud Memorial Badger 40 at Wilmot Raceway on Saturday, July 13. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[2]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 3. 2-David Gravel[4]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[6]; 5. 21H-Brady Bacon[3]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz[14]; 7. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[5]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart[7]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson[11]; 10. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[8]; 11. 73-Scotty Thiel[16]; 12. 23-Garet Williamson[15]; 13. 70-Kraig Kinser[10]; 14. 45-Landon Brooks[22]; 15. 6-Kelby Watt[18]; 16. 15K-Creed Kemenah[20]; 17. 24D-Danny Sams III[17]; 18. 17B-Bill Balog[12]; 19. 7S-Landon Crawley[21]; 20. 3N-Jake Neuman[23]; 21. 10V-Matt VanderVere[24]; 22. 96-Jake Blackhurst[19]; 23. 29-Logan McCandless[9]; 24. 10W-Mike Reinke[13]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
OF MIDGETS AND MONSTERS: Torgerson Family Keeping Open Wheel, Monster Truck Racing Tradition Alive
CONCORD, NC (July 11, 2024) – From Midgets to Sprint Cars, Micro Sprints and even Monster Trucks, dirt motorsports has run through the Torgerson family blood for over 40 years.
In 2024, Ashton Torgerson, along with brother Austin Torgerson, help carry the family tradition into the 21st century with their careers in Sprint Cars, Micro Sprints and most recently, Midgets, with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota.
Ashton, a winner of three Features through the first 14 Series events – second most of any driver – has been a standout on the national Midget stage in his rookie season with Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM). With wins at Farmer City Raceway, Humboldt Speedway and Coles County Speedway, Ashton’s early stretch of success has been an eye-opener for himself, his team and even his own family.
“Once we first started with the season, I got talking with Keith and was saying that it would be cool to get one win,” Ashton said. “We’ll try to get one win and see how it goes. Coming out and winning the Turnpike Challenge with POWRi, that was pretty [cool]. It was like, ‘Wow, OK.’”
“Keith had told me, he’s like, ‘We’re going to win with Ashton this year,’” said Danny Torgerson, Ashton’s father. “And I’m like, ‘I’d be happy with a few top fives and just him progressing.’ For him to get a win that early I think surprised a lot of us.”
However, the foundation of Ashton’s racing success was built many years ago.
Ashton’s grandfather, Stanley Torgerson, began the family tradition with his first venture into Monster Trucks in the 1980s as the founder of International Promotions Incorporated – one of the earliest Monster Truck event brands. After selling the company in 2001, Danny repurchased it, which in 2010 evolved into the present-day AMP Live Events.
Now operating with over 20 different trucks and three different tours – including the Monster X Tour, Monster Truck Nitro Tour and WGAS – AMP puts on events both in the United States and overseas, having brought Monster Truck racing to fans in Europe, Asia and South America.
Ashton has always been around the Monster Truck scene, attending shows since he was a child. While he got his first opportunity to get behind the wheel of a truck several years ago, Ashton has been getting more involved this year in his free time when not racing Midgets.
In March, he made an appearance with one of AMP's many entities piloting the famed Monster Patrol truck at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, AL. This weekend, he’ll be in action again piloting a truck at Auto City Speedway in Clio, MI – a welcomed, fun escape from the dirt ovals he’s used to racing on.
“You get to go out there and pretty much just have fun doing jumps, crush some cars, do some donuts and sling mud,” Ashton said. “It’s super cool to be able to do that.”
While most racers with visions of a future in oval track racing tend to stick to the tracks with four turns throughout their careers, Ashton has never shied away from the opportunity to drive something different.
“If it has a steering wheel, a gas pedal and a brake pedal, I’m in,” Ashton said. “I like to drive anything and just keep in the seat in anything while I’m gone from the Midgets. If I’m not racing the Midget, I want to be racing something else. If I’m not racing anything else, I’ll be running the Monster Truck. Just to have fun and keep me on my toes.”
Recently, Ashton’s older brother Austin has been making waves of his own in Micro Sprints. With four-straight top-five finishes during the four-race CA Speedweek Micro Sprint event in California, Austin’s consistency garnered him the miniseries points championship in the Super 600 division.
Austin and Ashton also competed against each other in the first four races of the Xtreme Outlaw Series season in March and April – Austin with Mounce/Stout Motorsports and Ashton with KKM – keeping the competitive flame alive between the two brothers.
“We always give each other some crap,” Ashton said. “Normally, we’re always pretty good with each other about it and we’re definitely proud of each other. But either way, we’ll give each other some crap and see who will beat each other. Sometimes, I’ll even try and make him bet on it. There’s always a little rivalry going on.”
From a father’s perspective, Danny has enjoyed seeing the success his sons have had so early on in their careers and looks forward to the accomplishments that lie ahead.
“I’m pretty proud of what they’ve accomplished,” Danny said. “They’ve definitely worked for it. Some people, it just comes natural and super easy, and the boys have been racing literally since they were four.”
Watch Ashton Torgerson and the rest of the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota get back in action Friday-Saturday, July 19-20, with the two-day Tom Knowles Memorial event at Spoon River Speedway in Lewistown, IL. Tickets for this event are on sale now at the link below.
BEAVER DAM BARNBURNER: Giovanni Scelzi Tops Thrilling JB Memorial for Another Beaver Dam Win
Scelzi bests Kofoid and Axsom for second Beaver Dam score and a $20,000 payday
BEAVER DAM, WI (July 10, 2024) - Beaver Dam Raceway continues to be a special place for Giovanni Scelzi and the KCP Racing crew.
Two years ago, it’s where current crew chief Adam Clark took the reins of the team to get his start calling the shots for a major Sprint Car operation. Then last year it’s where Clark got his first World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car victory as a crew chief when Scelzi took the car to Victory Lane at the Wisconsin oval.
And on Wednesday night Beaver Dam became the site of another noteworthy moment for the No. 18 team. Scelzi topped a thrilling three-way battle between himself, Michael “Buddy” Kofoid, and Emerson Axsom to make Beaver Dam the first track where the Californian owns multiple victories with The Greatest Show on Dirt. The Series sophomore snatched the lead on Lap 15 and held off a late charge from Kofoid with a slick move in traffic to top the Jim “JB” Boyd Memorial for a $20,000 payday.
“Man, what an incredible racetrack, incredible crowd on a Wednesday night. I’m so glad the Outlaws decided to reschedule this one,” Scelzi said. “This is turning into one of my favorite racetracks, for sure. It’s so nicely worked, smooth, two lanes – a top and a bottom. It kind of developed a middle at both ends, too. I knew the lappers were damn near three-wide in front of me, so I kind of had to play it safe but make my own lane as well. Great job to my guys.”
The win marked the third of 2024 for Scelzi and the ninth overall of “Hot Sauce’s” career with the World of Outlaws. Three victories are already a personal best in one season for the Fresno, CA native. Scelzi became the 10th different driver to top multiple World of Outlaws races at Beaver Dam through the Series’ 35 visits to the 1/3 mile.
The 40-lap finale was brought to green by Kofoid and Axsom with Scelzi close behind in fourth. Kofoid jumped ahead to the early advantage as Scelzi rocketed from fourth to second in the opening set of corners. Axsom quickly drove back by Scelzi and went right to work on Kofoid.
The door opened on Lap 3 as Axsom ducked under Kofoid and slid ahead of him to take over the lead in the Klaasmeyer/Petry No. 27.
Axsom wasted no time building an advantage in pursuit of his first World of Outlaws win. Behind him the battle brewed for second as Scelzi locked his sights on the Roth Motorsports No. 83. Scelzi stole the spot from Kofoid on Lap 5 but surrendered it back the following lap.
As the first quarter of the 40 laps came to a close Scelzi’s machine began to come to life. He used a big run down the back straightaway to slip under Kofoid and reclaim second on Lap 14. Then on the next circuit he got another strong head of steam heading into Turn 3 and used it to roll the bottom right by Axsom and take the lead.
Scelzi began to build his advantage as he worked smoothly through lapped cars. Axsom chopped into the gap on a few different laps but couldn’t ever find the speed to close back in on Scelzi’s tail tank. And behind him Kofoid was starting to piece together some solid laps as he looked to rejoin the battle for the win.
The contest for the runner-up spot reignited between Axsom and Kofoid with the Roth machine making its way back into second with seven laps remaining. The distance between Kofoid and Scelzi was more than a second when Kofoid got the spot, but it began to shrink right away as the laps clicked off. With only a few circuits remaining, Kofoid closed nearly to the tail tank of Scelzi.
But one slight slip up from Kofoid was all Scelzi needed to seal the deal. As the duo exited Turn 4 coming to two laps remaining, Kofoid narrowly missed the lane of grip on the bottom as Scelzi stayed glued to it and powered away down the front straightaway. Scelzi cleared a couple more lapped cars for breathing room and rolled to the checkered flag.
For Scelzi and company, the win served as a nice momentum boost with one of the biggest events in Sprint Car Racing on the horizon.
“They all dropped to the bottom in Turn 1, and I got to second and then got passed back by Buddy and just kind of rode there for a little bit,” Scelzi said of his race. “I felt like I could really go anywhere I wanted. Kudos to Adam for getting the car really good. I feel like we learned some stuff testing at Knoxville. Great job to my guys. Kings Royal is coming up.”
Kofoid settled for second after leading the opening two laps and making it close at the end. The Toyota Racing driver came away encouraged with the outing, especially with the speed of the No. 83 in the latter portion of the race.
“We really came alive probably the last 10, 15 laps and started trucking through the middle at least in (Turns) 1 and 2 and was good on the top in (Turns) 3 and 4,” Kofoid explained. “I just needed it to probably be slicker longer, but I felt like we were there at the end. Dylan, Nate, and Gage did a really good job. We’ve been off a little bit I feel like this last month or so. But to contend for a win today is, I feel like, a step in the right direction.”
Rounding out the top three was Emerson Axsom. The Franklin, IN native brought home his first career World of Outlaws podium in only his sixth Feature start with the Series. While happy with the result, it was a bit of a bittersweet moment for the 19-year-old as he felt a potential victory slipped away.
“I’m really happy with our speed, but I’m a little disappointed with some of the mistakes I made,” Axsom admitted. “But you’ve got to race with these guys to learn and make mistakes and then pick yourself up from it and learn. Leading it’s tough to tell where to run. Obviously Gio was running through the hole in (Turn) 3 and got a big run of me carrying a lot more speed through (Turns) 3 and 4. After I moved up, I felt really good. I just made some mistakes and let some professionals get by me that have been doing it a while. Obviously, I’m happy with our speed, but I want to win.”
Carson Macedo and Logan Schuchart completed the top five.
A 24th to 14th drive earned Cale Thomas the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Carson Macedo earned a Series-leading eighth Simpson Quick Time of 2024 is Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three and Four belonged to Giovanni Scelzi (49th Heat Race win of career), Garet Williamson (third of career), and David Gravel (260th of career). Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Sheldon Haudenschild (113th of career).
Buddy Kofoid topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Kerry Madsen won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Brock Zearfoss.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head to Wisconsin’s Wilmot Raceway on July 12-13 for the Federated Auto Parts Larry Hillerud Memorial Badger 40. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 3. 27-Emerson Axsom[2]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[5]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart[10]; 6. 2-David Gravel[3]; 7. 83SR-James McFadden[9]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz[7]; 9. 17B-Bill Balog[13]; 10. 23-Garet Williamson[6]; 11. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[8]; 12. 45-Landon Brooks[11]; 13. 24D-Danny Sams III[15]; 14. 17GP-Cale Thomas[24]; 15. 55-Kerry Madsen[21]; 16. 73-Scotty Thiel[22]; 17. 6-Kelby Watt[17]; 18. 7S-Landon Crawley[14]; 19. 70-Kraig Kinser[20]; 20. 14-Sean Rayhall[18]; 21. 2W-Scott Neitzel[19]; 22. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[16]; 23. 29-Logan McCandless[12]; 24. 24T-Christopher Thram[23]
World of Outlaws World Finals Schedule Cements Four Nights of Dirt Track Racing, Entertainment
CONCORD, NC (July 9, 2024) – The World of Outlaws World Finals championship weekend at The Dirt Track at Charlotte is bringing four nights of on-track action with three premier dirt racing series, endless fan activities and celebrations like no other.
Set for Wednesday-Saturday, Nov. 6-9, the championship crowning event will again feature the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars, World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models and Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds. However, this time, the Late Models will utilize the popular “every lap matters” format.
All three series will qualify on Wednesday, setting up the Heat Race lineups for Thursday and Friday. For the Late Model’s “every lap matters” format, drivers will earn points for where they qualify, where they finish in their Heat Race, where they finish in the Last Chance Showdown (if they don’t make it to the Feature) and where they finish in the Feature – Thursday and Friday only.
That will determine which 16 Late Model drivers are locked into Saturday’s Feature (based on their best points finish between the two nights) and who will have to race their way in through Saturday’s Last Chance Showdowns. Two Dashes (one for positions first through eighth, and the second for positions ninth through 16th) will determine how the top 16 drivers start in Saturday’s Feature.
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars and Super DIRTcar Series will run their normal World Finals programs with points collected from Thursday and Friday setting up Saturday’s Heat Race lineups. All three series will crown their 2024 champion Saturday night with a confetti and fireworks filled celebration.
Along with the on-track action, fans will be treated to a plethora of activities and entertainment throughout the week.
Wednesday kicks off the fun with a Fan Fest party at noon in the midway. The Race Day Live show on the Sage Fruit Stage returns at noon all four days with driver interviews and music.
Friday will feature the one of the most unique visuals in all of motorsports with the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars, World of Outlaws Late Models and Big Block Modifieds on track together for the 3X4 parade lap.
The final two nights of the week will be enhanced by NOS Energy Drink with the addition of Freestyle Motocross shows throughout the program.
Opening ceremonies is schedule for 4:45 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday and then will start at 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. For the full World of Outlaws World Finals schedule, click here.
Last year’s World Finals saw milestone triumphs and a first-time champion. To follow the points battles for the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars, World of Outlaws Late Models and Super DIRTcar Series, click here, and follow the World of Outlaws World Finals’ Twitter (X) account.
Tickets are now on sale and available by clicking here. Make sure to purchase the four-day package by Aug. 31 to receive a free fan pit pass.
2024 Schedule Highlights
Wednesday, Nov. 6
• Fan Fest in midway (12 p.m.)
Race Day Live on Sage Fruit Stage (12 p.m. to 3 p.m.)
Qualifying for World of Outlaws Sprint Cars, World of Outlaws Late Models, Super DIRTcar Series
Thursday, Nov. 7
Race Day Live on Sage Fruit Stage (12 p.m. to 3 p.m.)
Full race programs for World of Outlaws Sprint Cars, World of Outlaws Late Models, Super DIRTcar Series
Friday, Nov. 8
Race Day Live on Sage Fruit Stage (12 p.m. to 3 p.m.)
3X4 Parade Lap
NOS Energy Drink Freestyle Motocross show during 3X4
Full race programs for World of Outlaws Sprint Cars, World of Outlaws Late Models, Super DIRTcar Series
Saturday, Nov. 9
Race Day Live on Sage Fruit Stage (12 p.m. to 3 p.m.)
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Auction (12 p.m. to 3 p.m.)
NOS Energy Drink Freestyle Motocross shows
World of Outlaws Sprint Cars, World of Outlaws Late Models, Super DIRTcar Series championship finales
Championship Celebration
1 MONTH ALERT: Ironman 55 Weekend Pumps Up Excitement For World of Outlaws, Xtreme Outlaw Midgets
PEVELY, MO (July 4, 2024) – Drivers and fans will be treated to the biggest Ironman 55 yet at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in August with the largest purse in event history.
Between two days of racing, Aug. 2-3, more than $180,000 will be on the line for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota. That’s highlighted by Saturday’s Features paying $25,000-to-win for the World of Outlaws and $7,500-to-win for the Midgets.
Friday’s Feature will pay out $12,000-to-win/$1,200-to-start for the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars and $4,000-to-win/$300-to-start for the Xtreme Outlaw Midgets.
Both nights will also count toward the Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series title – awarding $2,500 to the Series champion at the end of the year – as POWRi will co-sanction the event with Xtreme.
Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 is home to some of the most iconic moments in Sprint Car racing, such as Sheldon Haudenschild’s dominating performance in 2019 where he won by over 10 seconds, Kyle Larson’s sub-10 second qualifying lap and Larson’s intense duel with Logan Schuchart last year.
The Xtreme Outlaw Midgets have produced a “new flavor of the week” vibe with every race at I-55, producing five different winners in their five trips there.
EVENT INFO
Date – Friday-Saturday, Aug. 2-3
Location – Pevely, MO
Track Record –
9.995 sec. set by Kyle Larson on May 22, 2020 (Sprint Cars)
12.625 sec. set by Michael Pickens on Aug. 5, 2022 (Midgets)
Times (CT) –
2 p.m. Pit Gate Opens
Grandstand Gate Opens: 5 p.m. Friday / 4 p.m. Saturday
6:30 p.m. Hot Laps & Qualifying
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available HERE.
How to Watch – Can’t make it? Watch every lap live on DIRTVision.
Last Race Video Recap (World of Outlaws, Aug. 5, 2023) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA7ZWv2i-JM
Last Race Video Recap (Xtreme, Aug. 5, 2023) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y458bOOLEY
Previous World of Outlaws winners at I-55 –
2023 – Brad Sweet on April 14, Spencer Bayston on Aug. 4, Kyle Larson on Aug. 5
2022 – Carson Macedo on April 16 & August 5, Brad Sweet on August 6
2021 – Brad Sweet on April 2, Brad Sweet on April 3, Sheldon Haudenschild on Aug. 6, Sheldon Haudenschild on Aug. 7
2020 – Brad Sweet on May 22, Kyle Larson on May 23, Sheldon Haudenschild on Aug. 7, Kyle Larson on Aug. 8
2019 – Brad Sweet on Aug 2, Sheldon Haudenschild on Aug. 3
2018 – Daryn Pittman on April 21, Rico Abreu on Aug. 3, Logan Schuchart on Aug. 4
2017 – Daryn Pittman on Aug. 4
2016 – David Gravel on Aug. 5, Rico Abreu on Aug. 6
2015 – Christopher Bell on May 2, Donny Schatz on Aug. 7, Shane Stewart on Aug. 8
2014 – Sammy Swindell on April 26, Paul McMahan on Aug. 1, Kerry Madsen on Aug. 2
2013 – Craig Dollansky on Aug. 3
2012 – Craig Dollansky on Oct. 13, Jason Sides on Oct. 13
2011 – Craig Dollansky on Aug. 5
2010 – Joey Saldana on April 17, Tim Shaffer on Aug. 6, Jason Meyers on Aug. 7
2009 – Craig Dollansky on Aug. 7, Joey Saldana on Aug. 8
2008 – Jason Meyers on April 5
2007 – Joey Saldana on July 7
2006 – Donny Schatz on April 1, Brooke Tatnell on July 8
2005 – Kraig Kinser on April 2, Chad Kemenah on July 8
2004 – Craig Dollansky on April 17, Danny Lasoski on Aug. 7
2003 – Steve Kinser on April 12, Tyler Walker on July 12
2002 – Jac Haudenschild on March 30, Daryn Pittman on July 13
2001 – Randy Hannagan on March 24, Stevie Smith on July 14
2000 – Jac Haudenschild on July 22
1999 – Jac Haudenschild on July 24
1998 – Stevie Smith on July 25, Andy Hillenburg on Oct. 10
1997 – Mark Kinser on May 18, Sammy Swindell on Oct. 11
1996 – Mark Kinser on June 12
1992 – Steve Kinser on June 10
1991 – Sammy Swindell on May 4
1990 – Sammy Swindell on April 14
1989 – Doug Wolfgang on April 15, Doug Wolfgang on Aug. 11
1988 – Steve Kinser on April 23
1987 – Brad Doty on April 22, Steve Kinser on Sept. 25
Previous Xtreme winners at I-55 –
2023 – Cannon McIntosh on April 14, Karter Sarff on Aug. 4, Jade Avedisian on Aug. 5
2022 – Chance Crum on Aug. 5, Michael Pickens on Aug. 6
1 MONTH ALERT: Ironman 55 Weekend Pumps Up Excitement For World of Outlaws, Xtreme Outlaw Midgets
Drivers and fans will be treated to the biggest Ironman 55 yet at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in August with the largest purse in event history.
Between two days of racing, Aug. 2-3, more than $180,000 will be on the line for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota. That’s highlighted by Saturday’s Features paying $25,000 to win for the World of Outlaws and $7,500 to win for the Midgets.
Friday’s Feature will pay out $12,000-to-win/$1,200-to-start for the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars and $4,000-to-win/$300-to-start for the Xtreme Outlaw Midgets.
Both nights will also count toward the Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series title – awarding $2,500 to the Series champion at the end of the year – as POWRi will co-sanction the event with Xtreme.
Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 is home to some of the most iconic moments in Sprint Car and dirt track racing, such as Sheldon Haudenschild’s dominating performance in 2019 where he won by 10 seconds, Kyle Larson’ sub-10 second Qualifying lap and Larson’s intense duel with Logan Schuchart last year.
The Xtreme Outlaw Midgets have produced a “new flavor of the week” vibe with every race at I-55, producing five different winners in their five trips there.
EVENT INFO
Date – Friday-Saturday, Aug. 2-3
Location – Pevely, MO
Track Record –
9.995 sec. set by Kyle Larson on May 22, 2020 (Sprint Cars)
12.625 sec. set by Michael Pickens on Aug. 5, 2022 (Midgets)
Times (CT) –
2 p.m. Pit Gate Opens
Grandstand Gate Opens: 5 p.m. Friday / 4 p.m. Saturday
6:30 p.m. Hot Laps & Qualifying
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available HERE.
How to Watch – Can’t make it? Watch every lap live on DIRTVision.
Last Race Video Recap (World of Outlaws, Aug. 5, 2023) –
Last Race Video Recap (Xtreme, Aug. 5, 2023) –
Previous World of Outlaws winners at I-55 –
2023 – Brad Sweet on April 14, Spencer Bayston on Aug. 4, Kyle Larson on Aug. 5
2022 – Carson Macedo on April 16 & August 5, Brad Sweet on August 6
2021 – Brad Sweet on April 2, Brad Sweet on April 3, Sheldon Haudenschild on Aug. 6, Sheldon Haudenschild on Aug. 7
2020 – Brad Sweet on May 22, Kyle Larson on May 23, Sheldon Haudenschild on Aug. 7, Kyle Larson on Aug. 8
2019 – Brad Sweet on Aug 2, Sheldon Haudenschild on Aug. 3
2018 – Daryn Pittman on April 21, Rico Abreu on Aug. 3, Logan Schuchart on Aug. 4
2017 – Daryn Pittman on Aug. 4
2016 – David Gravel on Aug. 5, Rico Abreu on Aug. 6
2015 – Christopher Bell on May 2, Donny Schatz on Aug. 7, Shane Stewart on Aug. 8
2014 – Sammy Swindell on April 26, Paul McMahan on Aug. 1, Kerry Madsen on Aug. 2
2013 – Craig Dollansky on Aug. 3
2012 – Craig Dollansky on Oct. 13, Jason Sides on Oct. 13
2011 – Craig Dollansky on Aug. 5
2010 – Joey Saldana on April 17, Tim Shaffer on Aug. 6, Jason Meyers on Aug. 7
2009 – Craig Dollansky on Aug. 7, Joey Saldana on Aug. 8
2008 – Jason Meyers on April 5
2007 – Joey Saldana on July 7
2006 – Donny Schatz on April 1, Brooke Tatnell on July 8
2005 – Kraig Kinser on April 2, Chad Kemenah on July 8
2004 – Craig Dollansky on April 17, Danny Lasoski on Aug. 7
2003 – Steve Kinser on April 12, Tyler Walker on July 12
2002 – Jac Haudenschild on March 30, Daryn Pittman on July 13
2001 – Randy Hannagan on March 24, Stevie Smith on July 14
2000 – Jac Haudenschild on July 22
1999 – Jac Haudenschild on July 24
1998 – Stevie Smith on July 25, Andy Hillenburg on Oct. 10
1997 – Mark Kinser on May 18, Sammy Swindell on Oct. 11
1996 – Mark Kinser on June 12
1992 – Steve Kinser on June 10
1991 – Sammy Swindell on May 4
1990 – Sammy Swindell on April 14
1989 – Doug Wolfgang on April 15, Doug Wolfgang on Aug. 11
1988 – Steve Kinser on April 23
1987 – Brad Doty on April 22, Steve Kinser on Sept. 25
Previous Xtreme winners at I-55 –
2023 – Cannon McIntosh on April 14, Karter Sarff on Aug. 4, Jade Avedisian on Aug. 5
2022 – Chance Crum on Aug. 5, Michael Pickens on Aug. 6
Logan Schuchart Ends Slump with Statement Cedar Lake Victory
The Series veteran takes the Shark Racing machine to Victory Lane for the first time in 2024
NEW RICHMOND, WI (June 29, 2024) - Logan Schuchart isn’t afraid to admit the 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car season hasn’t gone to plan.
Schuchart and the Shark Racing crew entered their 11th year with championship aspirations. After a six-win 2023 season, there was reason to hope.
But the first 30 races of the didn’t work out in their favor. Despite showing speed on several nights, the Hanover, PA native had not a win or a podium to show for it. The campaign hit a really low point two weeks ago at Knoxville when Schuchart wound up wrecked with a DNF after battling for a win.
But then it all turned around on Saturday night at Cedar Lake Speedway.
The Hanover, PA native simply refused to lose at the track where he earned his first career win with The Greatest Show on Dirt back in 2016. He started on the pole of the 30-lap finale, held off the season’s two winningest drivers in David Gravel and Sheldon Haudenschild, and took the Shark No. 1S to Victory Lane for the first time in 2024. After suffering through the struggles to start the year, the relief that the victory brought reminded him of that special night eight years ago.
“It almost feels like the very first one just with another eight years in between,” an ecstatic Schuchart said. “This stuff is tough. These guys are so good out here. The smallest things can make or break your night. It feels really good, for sure. It’s been a struggle. It’s been frustrating at times. I can say that I’ve got an amazing team with guys that stick by me and work their butts off no matter the outcome each week and are doing their best job to make us better. Huge thanks to my guys Lonnie Judy, Brendan Collum, Bill Klingbeil, my grandfather.”
The victory ends a 45-race winless streak for Schuchart dating back to September 4, 2023 at Elma, WA’s Grays Harbor Raceway. He’s now at nine consecutive seasons of topping at least one World of Outlaws race. The 42nd win of his career equals him with Andy Hillenburg for 18th on the all-time win list. Cedar Lake also became the 11th track in which he’s won at on multiple occasions.
The box score may show Schuchart led every lap, but it was far from a walk in the park. He lined up on the pole for the 30-lapper with three of the current best in the game – David Gravel, Sheldon Haudenschild, and Carson Macedo – starting in spots two through four. The trio behind him owned a combined 18 wins this year entering the night.
Schuchart darted ahead on the opening start as Haudenschild quickly stole second from Gravel. But the roles were reversed on an early restart with 26 laps to go as Gravel reclaimed second from Haudenschild. The point leader then set his sights on Schuchart and fired a slider attempt that didn’t quite clear him.
Schuchart pulled ahead as the battle for second again warmed up between Gravel and Haudenschild. After a few laps of jockeying that saw Gravel pull a massive wheelie down the entire front straightaway, Haudenschild took the position back. It didn’t take long for Haudenschild to run down Schuchart in traffic, but right as a battle looked to be brewing the red flag flew when Scott Winters flipped in Turn 2 with 12 laps to go.
The green flag brought the action back to life, and Schuchart again stretched his lead as Haudenschild and Gravel resumed their battle. A spinning Christopher Thram brought the yellow out quickly and necessitated a single-file restart.
The clean air on the restart allowed Schuchart to put some significant space between himself and Haudenschild as the race dipped inside 10 laps to go. The driver of the NOS Energy Drink No. 17 began to reel him back in as traffic became more of a factor and pulled within seventh tenths of a second with five laps to go.
But the Shark Racing machine proved to be too strong as Schuchart made some determined moves around lappers and went on to win by more than three seconds.
“I think the No. 2 car (Gravel) is obviously the fastest car out here this year,” Schuchart said. “And the two crew chiefs (Cody Jacobs and Kyle Ripper) are buddies, so I’m sure they’re sharing information. And Sheldon is always gassing it up, and I would expect him to be fast on this type of track. They’re a great group of guys. They’re always going to be fast. When they’re behind you, it’s going to be tough. We just wanted to make sure we got through lapped traffic at the right time.”
Bringing home the runner-up spot was Sheldon Haudenschild and his Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing crew. The Wooster, OH native had a car capable of winning, but the circumstances of the main event didn’t work out in his favor.
“I thought I had a shot there,” Haudenschild said. “Me and David did some racing, too, so that kind of slowed us up and let Logan get going even better. I thought we did alright through lappers. I probably could’ve done a little bit better. I feel like I searched around and did everything we could and just came up short.”
Rounding out the top three for his Series-leading 17th podium of 2024 was David Gravel. The third place outing allowed him to extend his points lead ever so slightly over fourth-finishing Donny Schatz. It was another night of speed out of the Big Game Motorsports machine as Gravel continues to march toward his first title.
“The track had some character,” Gravel said. “We were really good on the restarts. You could run the bottom for a couple laps then kind of had to move up and maintain momentum, but I just couldn’t run the top of (Turns) 3 and 4 very good for whatever reason. I couldn’t get it well and then it was getting rough. Sheldon struggled through there, and I couldn’t really see Logan, but it had a lot of character and just happy to finish third.”
Donny Schatz and Carson Macedo completed the top five.
Schatz drove his way forward from 10th to fourth to collect the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Carson Macedo claimed his seventh Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 40th of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One and Three went to Sheldon Haudenschild (112th Heat Race win of career) and David Gravel (259th of career). Milton Hershey School Heat Three belonged to Logan Schuchart (124th of career).
Logan Schuchart topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
UP NEXT: The Wisconsin stretch continues for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars with a three-race week beginning with the $20,000-to-win Jim “JB” Boyd Memorial at Beaver Dam Raceway on Wednesday, June 10. Then it’s off to Wilmot Raceway for two nights (July 12-13) for the Federated Auto Parts Larry Hillerud Memorial Badger 40. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart[1]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 3. 2-David Gravel[2]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz[10]; 5. 41-Carson Macedo[4]; 6. 83-Michael Kofoid[7]; 7. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[8]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog[12]; 9. 24T-Christopher Thram[6]; 10. 45-Landon Brooks[13]; 11. 7S-Landon Crawley[9]; 12. 49J-Josh Schneiderman[11]; 13. 70-Kraig Kinser[18]; 14. 6-Kelby Watt[19]; 15. 14T-Brooke Tatnell[14]; 16. 74N-Luke Nellis[16]; 17. 199-Ryan Bowers[21]; 18. 33-Scott Broty[22]; 19. 10J-Justin Jacobsma[23]; 20. 47-Todd King[20]; 21. 24D-Danny Sams III[5]; 22. 23W-Scott Winters[17]; 23. 91-Reed Allex[24]; 24. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[15]
A SPECIAL PLACE: Brock Zearfoss Reflects on 2022 Cedar Lake Victory
The Jonestown Jet revisits the site of one of his career’s most memorable moments this weekend
NEW RICHMOND, WI (June 27, 2024) - More than 5,000 drivers have competed with the World of Outlaws, but only 152 of them can call themselves winners with The Greatest Show on Dirt. And even less can call themselves multi-time winners – like Brock Zearfoss.
His first win came in his eighth career Series start, but it took another five years before he claimed his second at Wisconsin’s Cedar Lake Speedway in July of 2022; a victory that will forever be one of the most memorable moments of his career.
“It wasn’t handed to us,” Zearfoss said. “We had to work for it. It really wasn’t easy, but we did have a lot of luck that night. I think we were running fifth and Gio (Scelzi) crashed, and it ended up being second, third and fourth all going to the work area at the same time. So, we got up to second. That part was kind of a blessing.
“Also, the bottom was really good on the restarts, and Brad (Sweet) chose the high line and gave us the bottom. We just had a really good restart and was able to get in front of Brad and kind of run away a little bit. I think there were four or five cautions in 16 laps. It wasn’t toward the end of the race. We still had a long way to go. It just went our way. It was having some luck there and being in the right spot to capitalize. It all went right that night, and we were able to hold on to win.”
This night was different. First and foremost, the Cedar Lake triumph came aboard his family-owned No. 3Z. Brock Zearfoss Racing became a winning team against the toughest competition. Winning as a hired gun is one thing. Beating the best of the best in your own car that you’ve built into a contending organization is another.
“It had its own special feeling,” Zearfoss said. “Obviously, winning your first one is way different than anything else. This one was a little more gratifying. It’s hard to win Outlaw races, but we did it with our family team. We were doing things one step at a time, trying to make our program better each year. It’s not that our team wasn’t capable of doing it. It’s just hard when you’re running with the best cars every night, and you can’t make errors. A lot of learning. It was definitely gratifying to be able to do it with our family team and to be able to celebrate with my guys.”
This weekend offers the opportunity for Zearfoss to return to the meaningful site when the World of Outlaws campaign rolls into Cedar Lake for two nights of action on Friday-Saturday, June 28-29. No matter how many more victories he adds, no matter what other accomplishments he attaches to his résumé, he’ll always hold that night at Cedar Lake close to heart.
“I think it’s a special place for me to go back to,” Zearfoss said. “Being our first win as a family team and a full-time Outlaw, it’s always going to be a place that I’ll remember for a while. I always enjoy going back there. The fans are really great in Wisconsin for the Outlaws. This time of year is fun up there, lot of stuff going on. It’s always going to be a special place for me.”
Zearfoss heads to Cedar Lake beginning to piece together some momentum as he navigates his fourth campaign. After struggling last year, Zearfoss is on pace to put up better numbers in most statistical categories in 2024. Improvements that have Zearfoss not only looking forward to Cedar Lake, but to the duration of his fourth year with The Greatest Show on Dirt.
“We made some changes before Eldora, and our season has really gotten better since Eldora,” Zearfoss said. “We’re trending toward running where we should be… We’re working hard at it. Our program has gotten a lot better since making changes, and I’m excited to finish the rest of the season.”
How Kale Drake Evolved from Micro Sprint Champion to Xtreme Midget Winner with Keith Kunz Motorsports
CONCORD, NC (June 27, 2024) – Joining the driver roster of one of Midget racing’s most successful teams by way of hours in the shop is rare. But that’s the story of Kale Drake’s arrival at Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM).
The 18-year-old national Micro Sprint champion from Collinsville, OK, joined the Indiana-based organization as a full-time employee in the spring and has since become the team’s only current driver/crew member, competing full-time with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota.
With 17 national Midget series championships since KKM’s formation in the 1990s, a plentiful roster of crew members, countless Feature wins and a partnership with Toyota Racing, Drake’s decision to pursue a spot on the team was easy.
“Since day one, I’ve wanted to be a part of a team like that,” he said.
A regular of the Micro Sprint world for 12 years, Drake won his first national championship with the POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro League in 2023. That October, he was runner-up to Gavin Miller in the annual KKM Giveback Classic event for Micro Sprints at Oklahoma’s Port City Raceway – an event that traditionally awards the winner with their choice of either a large sum of cash or a Midget with their name on it at the next running of the Chili Bowl Nationals in January.
Since Miller was already a full-time KKM Midget racer, team co-owner Keith Kunz made the offer to Drake. He elected to take Kunz’s offer for a car at the 2024 Chili Bowl and made the most of his debut in the famed event, qualifying for Saturday’s A-Main in his first attempt and garnering the Rookie of the Year honor following his 14th-place finish.
But Drake wasn’t done with Midget racing or being in the KKM environment. So, a few weeks later, he picked up the phone.
“I called Keith and told him that I wanted to take that next step in my career,” Drake said. “He told me that the best option for me was just to get out to Indiana and start making new connections, so that’s what I did.”
“I told him that if that’s what you want to do, I’ll actually hire you, you come back here and work for me,” Kunz said. “I really want to try to run [him] a couple races here and there in the Midget. And he decided to make that leap.”
Soon, Drake packed his things and made the one-way trip out to Columbus, IN, to join the team in the shop. Kunz immediately put him to work with KKM’s Micro Sprint division as a mechanic, working on and maintaining the fleet of cars for upcoming events.
Right away, Kunz noticed his natural ability and determination.
“For [not a lot] of Midget experience, the kid works really hard,” Kunz said. “He works on the stuff; he absorbs all the knowledge and what’s going on. He’s not just your typical show-up-and-drive, he gets it. He has that understanding of race cars. He works late; whatever it takes.
“I think everybody has taken such a liking to him because of his work ethic, but then he’s talented on top of it.”
As promised, Drake got a few chances for more time in the seat of a Midget, starting with a POWRi-sanctioned three-race weekend in Oklahoma in March, posting a best finish of seventh at Port City. It was a solid first showing in his home state, but one that paled in comparison to what came next.
When Miller was injured in a Micro Sprint crash in late March, Drake got the nod again, replacing Miller in the KKM No. 97 for the next Xtreme Outlaw Series weekend on the schedule in Missouri. After a seventh-place in Friday’s main event at US36 Raceway, Drake pulled-off the unthinkable on Saturday, reeling in teammate Taylor Reimer in the final laps and executing a last-lap, last-corner pass for the win at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex.
“Even midway through that main, I didn’t think we were gonna be able to pull it off,” Drake said. “Right toward the end of it, I was able to find another gear and just click-off really solid laps, and even that last lap, it was so perfect. It was crazy how well everything came together toward the end of that race in my favor.”
With a first career national Midget series win now in-hand, Kunz had once again taken notice of his skills behind the wheel.
“It really showed Keith that I was capable of winning races, and that’s what KKM is all about,” Drake said. “After that, it kind of rolled into, ‘You’ve proven you can win, so now you have a seat on the team.’”
“He has earned his ride, that’s the thing,” Kunz said. “Once he won that first race, we were like, ‘Well, we’ve gotta keep going now.’”
Now at the halfway point of his rookie season in the national Midget ranks, Drake continues both his crew member and driving duties in the Midget and Micro Sprint. When he’s not in the car at the track, he’s taking up duties such as adjusting stagger, changing torsion bars and preparing tires, among many other tasks on both he and his teammates’ cars.
He said that knowledge he gains from working on the same cars he races is invaluable.
“I think coming in and being a part of the team like that has also shown other drivers that it can be done, and it’s also shown others not to take things for granted,” Drake said. “I feel like there’s a lot of guys on the team now that are more hands-on than they were before, and it teaches them more than just what they know from driving the car.
“You can only learn so much behind the wheel. But once you get hands-on, it really opens a lot of doors and you see things from a different perspective, and it just makes everything come together a lot better.”
It’s not every year Kunz comes across a driver who understands as much about the inner workings of the cars as he does driving them, which he said makes Drake unique.
“His feedback’s really, really good in knowing when we make decisions of what to do, he’s in on that,” Kunz said. “He gets the things we’ve already done, and he remembers all that, so he can kinda lead us. That’s good for a driver that has some input and understands the changes you’re gonna make on it and what it’s gonna do.”
Drake and KKM return to Xtreme Outlaw Series competition Friday-Saturday, July 19-20, in a two-day event at Spoon River Speedway in Lewistown, IL. Tickets are on sale now at the link below and will also be available at the gate on race day.
1 MONTH ALERT: Big Paydays, Morgan Cup on Tap at Williams Grove Speedway's Summer Nationals
MECHANICSBURG, PA (June 27, 2024) – Sprint Car racing action heats up at Williams Grove Speedway in July for the two-day World of Outlaws C&D Rigging Summer Nationals, which will also crown this year’s Morgan Cup champion.
The doubleheader, Friday-Saturday, July 26-27, will be the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series’ first stop at the historic 1/2-mile dirt track this year after weather hindered its spring appearance.
Friday night will serve as the make-up night for the Morgan Cup, meaning the night’s winner will be crowned this year’s Morgan Cup champion and receive a $17,000 check.
Then, drivers will battle for a $20,000 payday on Saturday.
Both nights will continue the famed World of Outlaws v.s. PA Posse rivalry. World of Outlaws star Logan Schuchart, of Hanover, PA, scored the Morgan Cup last year, which was also his first Series win at Williams Grove Speedway.
Pennsylvania's Brent Marks is the last driver to win a World of Outlaws race at the dirt track, picking up his second National Open victory last year. He’s the only PA Posse member to have won a World of Outlaws race at Williams Grove last year as three of the five events were won by Outlaw drivers.
Of active World of Outlaws drivers, 10-time Series champion Donny Schatz holds the most Series wins at the track with 21. He'll be looking for his first win there since 2020.
Freddie Rahmer and Troy Wagaman Jr. currently sit in positions one and two, respectively, in the weekly racing standings at Williams Grove Speedway – more than 100 points ahead of Lucas Wolfe in third.
EVENT INFO
Date – Friday-Saturday, July 26-27
Location – Mechanicsburg, PA
Track Record – 16.089 sec. by TJ Stutts on April 8, 2023
Times (ET) –
4 p.m. Pit Gate Opens
5 p.m. Grandstand Gate Opens
7 p.m. Hot Laps & Qualifying
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available HERE.
How to Watch – Can’t make it to the track? Watch every lap live on DIRTVision.
Last Race Video Recap (Sept. 30, 2023) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf77q9_ZOkI
Previous World of Outlaws winners at Williams Grove –
2023 – Brad Sweet on May 12, Logan Schuchart on July 21, Rico Abreu on July 22, Brad Sweet on Sept. 29, Brent Marks on Sept. 30
2022 - Brent Marks on May 14, Lance Dewease on July 22, Sept. 30 & Oct. 22, Brad Sweet on July 23
2021 –Carson Macedo on May 14, Aaron Reutzel on May 15, Sheldon Haudenschild on July 23, Brent Marks on July 24, Kyle Larson on Oct. 1, Carson Macedo on Oct. 2
2020 – Shane Stewart on July 24, David Gravel on July 25, David Gravel on Oct. 2, Donny Schatz on Oct. 3
2019 – David Gravel on May 17, Lance Dewease on May 18, Tim Shaffer on July 26, Donny Schatz on July 27, David Gravel on Oct. 4, Brent Marks on Oct. 5
2018 – Lance Dewease on July 20, Gio Scelzi on Sept. 28, Lance Dewease on Sept. 29,
2017 – David Gravel on May 19, Shane Stewart on May 20, Brock Zearfoss on July 21, Greg Hodnett on Sept. 28 (makeup from 7/22), David Gravel on Sept. 28, James McFadden on Sept. 29, David Gravel on Sept. 30
2016 – Lance Dewease on May 20, Daryn Pittman on July 22, Lance Dewease on July 23, Danny Dietrich on Oct. 14
2015 – Donny Schatz on May 15, Danny Dietrich on July 24, Stevie Smith on July 25, Stevie Smith on Oct. 4
2014 – Daryn Pittman on May 16, Daryn Pittman on May 17, Greg Hodnett on July 18, Lance Dewease on July 19, David Gravel on Oct. 4
2013 – Donny Schatz on May 17, Donny Schatz on July 20, Don Kreitz Jr. on Oct. 4, Fred Rahmer on Oct. 5
2012 – Fred Rahmer on May 11, Steve Kinser on May 12, Cody Darrah on July 21, Paul McMahan on Sept. 28, Donny Schatz on Sept. 29
2011 – Daryn Pittman on May 13, Greg Hodnett on July 22, Jason Meyers on July 23, Jason Meyers on Sept. 30, Jason Meyers on Oct. 7
2010 – Chad Layton on May 13, Fred Rahmer on May 14, Lance Dewease on July 23, Greg Hodnett on July 24, Greg Hodnett on Oct. 1, Sammy Swindell on Oct. 2
2009 – Greg Hodnett on May 14, Greg Hodnett on July 24, Greg Hodnett on Oct. 3, Cody Darrah on Oct. 3 (Completion of July 25 event)
2008 – Steve Kinser on May 15, Daryn Pittman on July 18, Donny Schatz on July 19
2007 – Donny Schatz on May 17, Donny Schatz on May 18, Donny Schatz on July 19, Brian Leppo on July 20, Donny Schatz on July 21, Donny Schatz on Sept. 29
2006 – Fred Rahmer on May 26, Fred Rahmer on May 27, Terry McCarl on July 20, Craig Dollansky on July 21, Daryn Pittman on July 22, Jason Solwold on Sept. 29, Doug Esh on Sept. 30
2005 – Craig Dollansky on May 26, Steve Kinser on May 27, Jason Johnson on July 21, Paul McMahan on July 23, Fred Rahmer on July 23, Donny Schatz on Oct. 1
2004 – Fred Rahmer on May 27, Don Kreitz Jr. on May 28, Lance Dewease on July 23, Danny Lasoski on July 24, Mark Smith on Oct. 1, Donny Schatz on Oct. 2
2003 – Don Kreitz, Jr. on July 24, Donny Schatz on July 25, Donny Schatz on July 26, Donny Schatz on Oct. 3, Steve Kinser on Oct. 4
2002 – Steve Kinser on May 16, Danny Lasoski on July 25, Joey Saldana on July 26, Greg Hodnett on July 27, Lance Dewease on Sept. 28
2001 – Donny Schatz on May 17, Donny Schatz on July 26 (completed May 18 event), Donny Schatz on July 26, Don Kreitz Jr., on July 27, Tim Shaffer on Sept. 28, Lance Dewease on Sept. 29
2000 – Mark Kinser on May 18, Fred Rahmer on May 19, Lance Dewease on July 27, Sammy Swindell on July 29, Steve Kinser on Sept. 29, Donny Schatz on Sept. 30
1999 – Mark Kinser on May 27, Steve Kinser on May 28, Mark Kinser on July 29, Mark Kinser on July 30, Cris Eash on Oct. 1, Mark Kinser on Oct. 2
1998 – Mark Kinser on May 21, Johnny Herrera on May 22, Stevie Smith on May 29, Kevin Gobrecht on July 31, Mark Kinser on Oct. 2
1997 – Sammy Swindell on May 22, Mark Kinser on May 23, Jac Haudenschild on May 30, Mark Kinser on July 31, Mark Kinser on Aug. 1, Sammy Swindell on Oct. 3, Sammy Swindell on Oct. 4
1996 – Johnny Herrera on May 24, Mark Kinser on May 25, Steve Kinser on May 31, Steve Kinser on Aug. 1, Mark Kinser on Aug. 2, Lance Dewease on Oct. 4, Lance Dewease on Oct. 5
1995 – Steve Kinser on May 26, Dave Blaney on Aug. 3, Mark Kinser on Aug. 4, Mark Kinser on Sept. 29, Mark Kinser on Sept. 30
1994 – Dave Blaney on May 26, Steve Kinser on May 27, Andy Hillenburg on June 3, Jeff Swindell on Aug. 4, Sammy Swindell on Aug. 5, Lance Dewease on Sept. 30, Steve Kinser on Oct. 1
1993 – Dave Blaney on May 27, Don Kreitz Jr., on May 28, Dave Blaney on June 4, Steve Kinser on Aug. 5, Steve Kinser on Oct. 1, Don Kreitz Jr. on Oct. 3
1992 – Mark Kinser on May 21, Don Kreitz Jr., on May 22, Don Kreitz Jr., on May 29, Steve Kinser on July 30, Steve Kinser on July 31, Keith Kauffman on Oct. 2, Steve Kinser on Oct. 3
1991 – Steve Kinser on May 23, Steve Kinser on May 24, Sammy Swindell on May 31, Mark Kinser on Aug. 1, Steve Kinser on Aug. 2, Sammy Swindell on Oct. 4, Stevie Smith on Oct. 6
1990 – Steve Kinser on May 24, Steve Kinser on May 25, Sammy Swindell on June 1, Steve Kinser on Aug. 2, Steve Kinser on Aug. 3, Steve Kinser on Sept. 28, Steve Kinser on Sept. 29
1989 – Bobby Allen on May 25, Sammy Swindell on May 26, Bobby Allen on June 2, Bobby Davis Jr., on July 27, Bobby Davis Jr., on July 28, Stevie Smith on Sept. 29, Stevie Smith on Sept. 30
1988 – Bobby Davis, Jr. on May 26, Bobby Davis Jr., on May 27, Mark Kinser on June 3, Cris Eash on July 28, Steve Kinser on July 29
1987 – Ron Shuman on May 21, Steve Kinser on May 22, Steve Kinser on May 29, Steve Kinser on July 30, Steve Kinser on July 31
1986 – Doug Wolfgang on May 22, Doug Wolfgang on May 23, Bobby Allen on May 30, Jac Haudenschild on July 31, Bobby Allen on Aug. 1
1985 – Keith Kauffman on May 24, Steve Kinser on May 31, Sammy Swindell on Aug. 1, Doug Wolfgang on Aug. 2
1984 – Steve Kinser on May 24, Steve Kinser on May 25, Sammy Swindell on Aug. 1, Brad Doty on Aug. 2, Steve Kinser on Aug. 3
1983 – Bobby Davis, Jr. on May 26, Bobby Davis Jr., on May 27, Steve Kinser on Aug. 4, Sammy Swindell on Aug. 5
1982 – Sammy Swindell on May 13, Bobby Allen on May 14, Bobby Allen on May 21
1981 – Steve Kinser on June 5, Steve Kinser on June 12
1980 – Sammy Swindell on May 16, Bill Stief on July 25, Keith Kauffman on July 26
1979 – Lynn Paxton on July 27
1978 – Kramer Williamson on Sept. 24
Huset’s Hustle, High Bank Nationals Rescheduled for Fall
Three-day Huset’s High Bank Nationals replaces originally scheduled two-day fall event
BRANDON, SD (June 25, 2024) - The remainder of Huset’s Speedway’s biggest weekend, including the Huset’s Hustle finale and both nights of the BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals presented by Menards, has been rescheduled for Aug. 30-Sept. 1 after severe flooding postponed the events.
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series was slated to return to Huset’s for the Huset’s Shootout, Aug. 31-Sept. 1, but the Shootout has been canceled to make room for the completion of the postponed dates.
This adjustment adds a night of racing to the previously scheduled fall event and sets up three consecutive evenings of action at the Brandon, SD dirt track. First up on Friday, Aug. 30, will be the $25,000-to-win Huset’s Hustle presented by Folkens Brothers Trucking finale.
Then, on Saturday, Aug. 31, it’s the BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals presented by Menards prelim setting the stage for the $100,000-to-win finale on Sunday, Sept. 1.
All tickets purchased for the original date of the Huset’s Hustle finale (June 20) and High Bank Nationals (June 21-22), along with four-day wristbands, will be honored on the new dates.
Tickets are available now and can be purchased by CLICKING HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Cedar Lake Doubleheader Kicks Off World of Outlaws Wisconsin Stretch
Two nights at the New Richmond, WI oval signal the start of five straight in the Badger State
NEW RICHMOND, WI (June 25, 2024) - The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars are set to head back to the “Badger State” for an extended stay.
New Richmond, WI’s Cedar Lake Speedway welcomes The Greatest Show on Dirt this weekend for two nights of action (June 28-29). Located less than an hour east of Minneapolis, the Wisconsin dirt track will extend its streak as the most visited track in the state with the Series, adding visits 53 and 54 this Friday and Saturday.
The weekend ignites a five-race stretch in Wisconsin for the World of Outlaws. After the Cedar Lake doubleheader and a weekend off, the nation’s best Sprint Car drivers head to Beaver Dam Raceway on Wednesday, July 10 for the $20,000-to-win Jim “JB” Boyd Memorial. Then, it’s off to Wilmot Raceway on July 12-13 for the Federated Auto Parts Larry Hillerud Memorial Badger 40.
WATCH LIVE ON DIRTVision
Let’s look at the weekend’s top storylines:
BADGER GASSERS: There’s a trio of drivers on the 2024 World of Outlaws roster that have gotten quite comfortable on the ovals of Wisconsin. And it happens to be this year’s three winningest drivers – David Gravel, Sheldon Haudenschild and Donny Schatz.
Schatz leads the way with nine career Wisconsin wins. Five times the 10-time champion has come out on top at Cedar Lake, most recently claiming a 2016 visit. Only Sammy Swindell and Brad Sweet’s seven Cedar Lake wins are ahead of Schatz.
Six of Haudenschild’s 41 career victories have come within Wisconsin’s borders – tied with Missouri as the state he’s won in most often. A majority of those triumphs (five) have come courtesy of Beaver Dam Raceway, but he’s made one visit to Cedar Lake Victory Lane in 2019. The Wooster, OH native also hasn’t missed the top 10 in his last 13 Cedar Lake visits.
The majority of Gravel’s Wisconsin winning has been done at Wilmot Raceway, where’s he come out on top four times. Last year, Gravel finally broke through for what had been an elusive Cedar Lake checkered flag. Before the win, the current point leader had posted seven runner-up finishes at the 3/8 mile. Gravel’s 2024 win tally already sits at nine as he continues to chase his first championship.
HOME STAND: There’s likely no driver more welcoming of the Wisconsin swing than Bill Balog. He’s originally from Alaska but has worn the cheese head for the last several years and will get to work out of his own shop during the upcoming stretch.
The “North Pole Nightmare’s” career is full of success at the trio of tracks on the agenda. It all starts with Cedar Lake this weekend where he’s bagged five Interstate Racing Association victories. He’s also been in the top 10 with the World of Outlaws on seven occasions at Cedar Lake with a best of sixth in 2013. Last year, Balog grabbed his first career Simpson Quick Time with The Greatest Show on Dirt courtesy of Cedar Lake.
After a strong stretch to close out May that included five top 10s in six races highlighted by an Attica podium, Balog’s rookie campaign has hit a slump with one top 10 in the last five. A multi-week stretch at familiar tracks offers up an excellent opportunity to build some momentum.
BROCK’S BREAKTHROUGH: Two years ago, Cedar Lake became the sight of a popular World of Outlaws winner.
Jonestown, PA’s Brock Zearfoss broke through for his first Series victory as a full-time competitor. He had already won with The Greatest Show on Dirt in 2017 at Williams Grove Speedway, but the Cedar Lake triumph featured another special layer. It was his first with his family-owned team that he took on the road with the World of Outlaws. It was validation. It was proof he belonged.
Zearfoss heads back to Cedar Lake in the middle of his fourth campaign with the nation’s best Sprint Car drivers. He’s collected eight top 10s so far in 2024 and ready to see if Cedar Lake brings another magical moment.
FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME: Zearfoss isn’t the only competitor to experience an important first at Cedar Lake. The track is also home to Logan Schuchart’s first ever World of Outlaws victory.
Eight years ago, Schuchart snagged his first career win in his 198th Feature start. Like Zearfoss, the night supplied a measure of reassurance. After making the bold jump to the grind of the World of Outlaws in 2014, Schuchart took Shark Racing to Victory Lane. Since then, he’s added another 40, currently good enough for 19th all-time.
Schuchart could use the boost of another Cedar Lake triumph this weekend. He’s winless through 30 events in 2024 and recently got hit with heartbreak at Knoxville, crashing while battling for the lead. The Hanover, PA native is yet to return to Cedar Lake Victory Lane, but he’s been in the top five in three of his last five attempts including a runner-up last year.
BOUNCING BACK: The most recent points races didn’t go according to plan for Carson Macedo and Jason Johnson Racing. The potent pairing wound up with finishes of 21st and 16th at Knoxville two weeks ago, ending a remarkable 17-race top five streak. The weekend knocked them from second in points and only 10 markers behind the top spot to third and 76 points back of the lead.
Macedo did rebound with a fourth-place run during the one completed night of BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals presented by Menards week, but the event offered only show-up points.
Cedar Lake serves up the opportunity for Macedo and the JJR crew to get back on the right track as they chase a title. The Californian is yet to win at the Wisconsin facility, but he’s been banging on the door. Four of his 11 Cedar Lake attempts have resulted in podiums including a pair of runner-ups. He’s also started on the pole three times and led laps in four Features.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday-Saturday, June 28-29 at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, WI
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (30/76 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (4168 PTS)
2. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 (-56 PTS)
3. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-76 PTS)
4. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing No. 18 (-86 PTS)
5. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-142 PTS)
6. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-186 PTS)
7. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-244 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports No. 17B (-458 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing No. 3Z (-670 PTS)
10. Landon Crawley – Sides Motorsports No. 7S (-800 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (12 Drivers):
9 Wins – David Gravel
7 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
2 Wins – Donny Schatz, Carson Macedo, Giovanni Scelzi, Tyler Courtney
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Brent Marks, Rico Abreu, Brady Bacon, Michael Kofoid, Corey Day
FEATURE LAPS LED (19 Drivers):
224 Laps – David Gravel
166 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
159 Laps – Carson Macedo
94 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
54 Laps – Rico Abreu
47 Laps – Donny Schatz
34 Laps – Brady Bacon
33 Laps – Kyle Larson
25 Laps – Brad Sweet
23 Laps – Michael Kofoid
17 Laps – Logan Schuchart
15 Laps – Ryan Timms
13 Laps – Anthony Macri
11 Laps – Bill Balog
9 Laps – Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day, Tyler Courtney
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Kalib Henry
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (13 Drivers):
7 Quick Times – David Gravel
6 Quick Times – Carson Macedo
3 Quick Times – Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild
2 Quick Times – Brent Marks, Michael Kofoid
1 Quick Time – Landon Crawley, Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Donny Schatz, Daryn Pittman, Cory Eliason
HEAT RACE WINNERS (30 Drivers):
17 Heat Wins – David Gravel
14 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
12 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
10 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi
8 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid
7 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu
6 Heat Wins – Brock Zearfoss
5 Heat Wins – Donny Schatz
4 Heat Wins – Brent Marks
3 Heat Wins – Bill Balog, Tyler Courtney
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown, Landon Crawley, Corey Day, Logan Schuchart
1 Heat Win – Justin Peck, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Emerson Axsom, Anthony Macri, Tim Shaffer, Garet Williamson, Nick Omdahl, Scott Bogucki, Austin McCarl, Brad Sweet, Spencer Bayston
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (49 Drivers):
23 Dashes – David Gravel
22 Dashes – Carson Macedo
19 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild
16 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
14 Dashes – Donny Schatz
10 Dashes – Bill Balog
8 Dashes – Rico Abreu
7 Dashes – Landon Crawley, Logan Schuchart
6 Dashes – Brock Zearfoss
5 Dashes – Brent Marks, Tyler Courtney
4 Dashes – Brian Brown, Emerson Axsom
3 Dashes – Aaron Reutzel, Anthony Macri
2 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Brady Bacon, Cole Duncan, Cole Macedo, Kalib Henry, Garet Williamson, Corey Day, Daryn Pittman
1 Dash – Justin Peck, Zeb Wise, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, James McFadden, Logan McCandless, Ayrton Gennetten, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Skylar Gee, Kody Hartlaub, Chase Dietz, Tim Shaffer, T.J. Michael, Craig Mintz, Brandon Spithaler, Sye Lynch, Cale Thomas, Kaleb Johnson, Nick Omdahl, Parker Price-Miller, Scott Bogucki, Austin McCarl
MICROLITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (23 Drivers):
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless, Bill Balog, Brock Zearfoss, Garet Williamson
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace Park, Anthony Macri, Landon Crawley, Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brandon Rahmer, David Gravel, Nate Dussel, Cole Macedo, Zeth Sabo, Brooke Tatnell, Donny Schatz, Brent Marks, Cory Eliason
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (20 Drivers):
5 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart
4 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz
2 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo, Aaron Reutzel, Michael Kofoid
1 Hard Charger – Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild, Danny Dietrich, Landon Crawley, Sye Lynch, Bill Balog, Scotty Neitzel, Garet Williamson
PODIUM FINISHES (18 Drivers):
16 Podiums – David Gravel
14 Podiums – Carson Macedo
10 Podiums – Michael Kofoid, Donny Schatz
9 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild
6 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
4 Podiums – Rico Abreu
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet, Tyler Courtney
2 Podiums – Brent Marks, Bill Balog, Kyle Larson, Aaron Reutzel
1 Podium – Justin Peck, Anthony Macri, Brady Bacon, Cole Macedo, Parker Price-Miller, Ryan Timms
TOP 10 FINISHES (57 Drivers):
27 Top 10s – Giovanni Scelzi
26 Top 10s – Donny Schatz, David Gravel
25 Top 10s – Michael Kofoid
24 Top 10s – Carson Macedo
23 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart
19 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
15 Top 10s – Bill Balog
8 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss, Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu
6 Top 10s – Brad Sweet
5 Top 10s – Brent Marks, Anthony Macri, Aaron Reutzel
4 Top 10s – Cole Macedo, Landon Crawley, Corey Day, James McFadden, Brian Brown
3 Top 10s – Cole Duncan, Skylar Gee, Ryan Timms
2 Top 10s – Chase Randall, Kraig Kinser, Cale Thomas, Brady Bacon, Garet Williamson, Kyle Larson
1 Top 10 – Justin Peck, Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Zeb Wise, Cory Eliason, Jacob Allen, Chris Windom, Joe B. Miller, Ayrton Gennetten, Emerson Axsom, Scotty Milan, Troy Wagaman Jr., Danny Dietrich, Chase Dietz, Brandon Spithaler, Kalib Henry, Tim Shaffer, Zane DeVault, Sye Lynch, Travis Philo, Trey Jacobs, Scotty Thiel, Mark Dobmeier, Kaleb Johnson, Parker Price-Miller, Daryn Pittman, Scott Bogucki, Austin McCarl, Tim Kaeding
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / David Gravel (6)
20. Fri, May 17 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Michael Kofoid (1)
21. Sat, May 18 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / David Gravel (7)
22. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / David Gravel (8)
23. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
24. Mon, May 27 / Fremont Speedway / Fremont, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
25. Fri, May 31 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (6)
26. Fri, June 7 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Giovanni Scelzi (2)
27. Sat, June 8 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Sheldon Haudenschild (7)
28. Fri, June 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (9)
29. Sat, June 15 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Corey Day (1)
30. Wed, June 19 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Tyler Courtney (2)
For the full 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car schedule, CLICK HERE.
Jade Avedisian Reflects on New Life as Champion, Progress Made Outside Dirt Midget Racing
17-year-old Toyota Racing prospect returns to Xtreme Outlaw Series racing July 26-27 in Oklahoma
CONCORD, NC (June 20, 2024) – Jade Avedisian is quickly finding out that being champion of the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota has its perks.
From corporate sponsor signings to special event appearances and even starring in television commercials, life in general for the 17-year-old racer from Clovis, CA, has never been the same since winning her first national Midget series championship eight months ago.
“It’s definitely changed a huge amount, even from the last three years,” Avedisian said. “The last few years, a lot has happened. I’ve had a lot of great people around me, even when I was at CBI and obviously the people around me right now. I don’t think I could get a better group of guys around me right now, or just better people around me in general right now.”
Avedisian returns to Series competition in five weeks’ time – July 26-27 at Arrowhead Speedway and Tulsa Speedway in Oklahoma. She clinched the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series points championship in the Sooner State and has since seen her stock in the motorsports industry rise, creating a level of attention around her unlike any she’d seen before.
Soon, her name began appearing on headlines written by high-profile media personalities. From Jeff Gluck to Bob Pockrass, even dirt racers-turned-NASCAR Cup Series drivers like Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson spoke of her accomplishments.
“She was just super, super fast, and really maximized the equipment,” Bell said in a December 2023 interview. “A key ingredient for a racecar driver is being able to perform and get lap time out of the car, and that’s one thing she was able to do consistently.”
RELATED – KKM Leaders Never Doubted Jade Avedisian’s Championship Potential
One month after hoisting the championship trophy, Avedisian signed a multi-year agreement with Toyota Racing Development (TRD), making her a part of their full-time driver development program and opening her up to several new opportunities. In the spring, she co-starred with NASCAR Truck Series driver Corey Heim in her first TV commercial for Toyota Racing.
“Being in the Toyota commercials, and with all the push I have right now is something super special. I feel like not many kids get to say that,” Avedisian said. “But at the end of the day, you still have to stay humble and keep working hard. Your racing gets you those opportunities to have your name out there and all that.”
In May, she made a special appearance at Milton Hershey Stadium in Pennsylvania as part of the annual Hershey Sprint Car Experience event with her championship-winning car on display alongside several World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series drivers. Looking back, she said she had never met so many kids younger than her wanting to know about motorsports and enjoyed catching up with several fans that came out to meet her.
“Fans make the racing just so cool,” Avedisian said. “I feel like when you have a line out there, or even when you have people come up to you at the track, it’s super cool. I always go back to the days when I was the little kid asking for people’s autographs. To kind of be on the flip side of it now and be the person getting asked for autographs is something super special. I know it makes their day.”
Since signing with TRD, she’s taken on a new venture in motorsports this year, competing full-time in the Toyota GR Cup Series driving a Mobil 1-sponsored Toyota GR-86 car on some of the country’s most historic road courses.
It’s been a complete 180-degree spin for her, transitioning from years of nothing but dirt oval racing to now taking on asphalt road courses in a sports car. But Avedisian has navigated the learning curve well, notching a best finish of fourth last month at Circuit of the Americas, and said she’s enjoyed the new challenges.
“The pace of the race is different, the race craft is different, it even goes down to how you qualify is different,” Avedisian said. “When you get in the dirt car, you have two-three laps of hard-as-you-can-go and that’s it.
“With the GR Cup side of things, we do timed sessions, so you have 15 laps. Obviously, your tires can only get so hot before they shelf-off, so you have a certain amount of time to make sure you’re in the realm of where the tire can perform the best. When you’re in that time, you hope you don’t mess up in one of the 20 corners.”
Back on the dirt side, Avedisian has continued to race with Keith Kunz Motorsports (KKM) as her schedule allows, but she’s encountered some difficulty this year. In 12 starts, she’s finished top-five three times and made the podium once. Though she’s now recovered from another hinderance – a concussion she suffered in a hard crash at Farmer City Raceway in April – she and KKM are still searching to find her the speed and consistency she demonstrated in 2023 to get her back to Victory Lane.
“I think if you just go back to the very start of the season in Du Quoin – I lost my crew chief to IndyCar racing and what he had to do for himself,” Avedisian said. “I think that played a huge role in it; obviously, I spent the whole last year with him. Some people you get with, you just click right off the bat, and I feel like that’s how Jarrett [Martin] and I were – we clicked right off the bat.”
Though it’s been rough waters in the Midget as of late, Avedisian is determined to right the ship and continue making progress in the motorsports world as one of the top up-and-comers dirt track racing has to offer.
“I’m glad I could put my name on the history board, but at the same time, it was just cool to celebrate it with the team and show off their hard work all season,” Avedisian said. “It’s a lot we went through last season, honestly. For us to kind of stick through it, and no one ever gave up on the KKM side, it’s truly unbelievable.”
1 MONTH ALERT: Kings Royal Throne Awaits New Champion During World of Outlaws Doubleheader
ROSSBURG, OH (June 20, 2024) – Hear ye! Hear ye! The throne at Eldora Speedway awaits a new king.
The best Sprint Car drivers in the world will duel for the crown when the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series returns to the “Big E” for the 41st Kings Royal weekend, Friday-Saturday, July 19-20.
Along with receiving royal honors, Saturday’s victor will be bestowed a $175,000 check – the third six-figure payout in a month’s time for the World of Outlaws.
Friday’s Knight Before will set the stage for the weekend with a 30-lap battle for $25,000.
Ten-time World of Outlaws champion Donny Schatz (King Donny XL) claimed his sixth Kings Royal title last year after leading all 40 laps. He’s now one away from tying Steve Kinser (King Steve XXVII) for the most Kings Royal victories.
He’s also one away from 20 wins overall at the historic half-mile track – owned by his Sprint Car team owner Tony Stewart.
Schatz was the first repeat winner since 2018 as the last five editions of the Kings Royal have produced five different winners – Schatz (2023), Brent Marks (2022), Kyle Larson (2021), Tyler Courtney (2021) and Brad Sweet (2019).
Current World of Outlaws points leader David Gravel and Ohio’s Sheldon Haudenschild will enter the event as the most recent World of Outlaws winners at Eldora, having each scored a victory there in May. Both will be on a quest for their first Kings Royal title.
Haudenschild’s father, Jac Haudenschild (King Jac XV), is a three-time Kings Royal champion and was the fourth driver in the event’s history to win it. If Sheldon can score his own crown, the Haudenschilds will be the first father-son duo to win the Kings Royal.
EVENT INFO
Date – Friday-Saturday, July 19-20
Location – Rossburg, OH
Track Record – 12.599 seconds by David Gravel on Sept. 23, 2020
Times (ET) –
12 p.m. Pit Gate Opens
1 p.m. Grandstand Gate Opens
6:30 p.m. Hot Laps & Qualifying
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available HERE.
How to Watch – Can’t make it? Watch every lap live on DIRTVision.
Last Race Video Recap (July 15, 2023; 40th Kings Royal) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3wrnFqaP50
Previous Kings Royal winners –
2023 – Donny Schatz (6)
2022 – Brent Marks
2021 – Kyle Larson
2021 – Tyler Courtney
2019 – Brad Sweet (2)
2018 – Donny Schatz (5)
2017 – Donny Schatz (4)
2016 – Donny Schatz (3)
2015 – Shane Stewart
2014 – Kerry Madsen
2013 – Brad Sweet
2012 – Sammy Swindell (3)
2011 – Tyler Walker
2010 – Steve Kinser (7)
2009 – Donny Schatz (2)
2008 – Daryn Pittman
2007 – Donny Schatz
2006 – Joey Saldana (2)
2005 – Steve Kinser (6)
2004 – Jason Sides
2003 – Steve Kinser (5)
2002 – Joey Saldana
2001 – Mark Kinser
2000 – Dale Blaney
1999 – Sammy Swindell (2)
1998 – Jac Haudenschild (3)
1997 – Steve Kinser (4)
1996 – Johnny Herrera
1995 – Dave Blaney (2)
1994 – Jac Haudenschild (2)
1993 – Dave Blaney
1992 – Sammy Swindell
1991 – Steve Kinser (3)
1990 – Doug Wolfgang (2)
1989 – Bobby Davis Jr.
1988 – Steve Kinser (2)
1987 – Jac Haudenschild
1986 – Don Krietz Jr.
1985 – Doug Wolfgang
1984 – Steve Kinser
Previous World of Outlaws winners at Eldora Speedway –
2024 – Sheldon Haudenschild on May 3, David Gravel on May 4
2023 – Logan Schuchart on May 5, Rico Abreu on May 6, Carson Macedo on July 14, Donny Schatz on July 15, Rico Abreu on Sept. 22
2022 –David Gravel on July 13, Brent Marks on July 14, David Gravel on July 15 (Day), Brent Marks on July 15 (Night), Rico Abreu on Sept. 23
2021 – Brent Marks on May 8 (Day), Sheldon Haudenschild on May 8, Carson Macedo on July 14, Tyler Courtney on July 17 (Day), Kyle Larson on July 17, Carson Macedo on July 18, Logan Schuchart on Sept. 24
2019 – Donny Schatz on May 10, Donny Schatz on July 17, Brad Sweet on July 18, Donny Schatz on July 19, Brad Sweet on July 20, Logan Schuchart on Sept. 27
2018 – Donny Schatz on May 11, Donny Schatz on May 12, Shane Stewart on July 12, Donny Schatz on July 13, Donny Schatz on July 14, Brent Marks on Sept. 21, Christopher Bell on October 14
2017 – Logan Schuchart on May 12, Donny Schatz on May 13, Kerry Madsen on July 13, Christopher Bell on July 14, Donny Schatz on May 15, Tim Shaffer on Sept. 22
2016 – Kerry Madsen on May 6, Kerry Madsen on May 7, David Gravel on July 14, Daryn Pittman on July 15, Donny Schatz on July 16, Shane Stewart on Sept. 23
2015 – Donny Schatz on May 8, Donny Schatz on May 9, Shane Stewart on July 17, Shane Stewart on July 18, Greg Wilson on Sept. 25
2014 – Shane Stewart on May 2, David Gravel on May 3, Sammy Swindell on July 11, Kerry Madsen on July 12, Joey Saldana on Sept. 19
2013 – Kerry Madsen on May 3, Daryn Pittman on May 4, Kerry Madsen on July 12, Brad Sweet on July 13
2012 – Chad Kemenah on May 4, Sammy Swindell on May 5, Joey Saldana on July 13, Sammy Swindell on July 14
2011 – Joey Saldana on May 8, Tim Shaffer on July 15, Tyler Walker on July 16, Joey Saldana on Sept. 23
2010 – Joey Saldana on May 8, Paul McMahan on May 9, Joey Saldana on July 16, Steve Kinser on July 17, Jac Haudenschild on Sept. 24
2009 – Donny Schatz on May 9, Terry McCarl on July 17, Donny Schatz on July 18, Jason Sides on Sept. 25
2008 – Craig Dollansky on April 11, Donny Schatz on May 31, Joey Saldana on July 11, Daryn Pittman on July 13, Joey Saldana on Sept. 19
2007 – Jason Meyers on April 13, Paul McMahan on June 2, Steve Kinser on July 13, Donny Schatz on July 14, Joey Saldana on Sept. 21
2006 – Sammy Swindell on April 7, Sammy Swindell on April 8, Craig Dollansky on June 3, Craig Dollansky on July 14, Joey Saldana on July 15, Joey Saldana on Aug. 4
2005 – Sammy Swindell on April 8, Steve Kinser on April 9, Sammy Swindell on June 4, Steve Kinser on July 15, Steve Kinser on July 16, Jac Haudenschild on Aug. 5
2004 – Steve Kinser on April 9, Steve Kinser on April 10, Danny Lasoski on June 5, Dale Blaney on July 16, Jason Sides on July 17, Sammy Swindell on Aug. 6
2003 – Donny Schatz on April 18, Sammy Swindell on April 19, Steve Kinser on May 31, Steve Kinser on July 18, Steve Kinser on July 19, Jason Meyers on Aug. 8
2002 – Craig Dollansky on April 13, Steve Kinser on June 1, Daryn Pittman on July 19, Joey Saldana on July 20, Steve Kinser on Aug. 2
2001 – Stevie Smith on April 13, Mark Kinser on April 14, Andy Hillenburg on June 2, Andy Hillenburg on July 20, Mark Kinser on July 21, Steve Kinser on Aug. 3
2000 – Steve Kinser on April 22, Mark Kinser on June 3, Johnny Herrera on July 13, Sammy Swindell in July 14, Dale Blaney on July 15, Tim Shaffer on Aug. 4
1999 – Steve Kinser on April 2, Tim Shaffer on June 5, Mark Kinser on July 15, Greg Hodnett on July 16, Sammy Swindell on July 17, Stevie Smith on Aug. 6
1998 – Joey Saldana on April 10, Sammy Swindell on April 11, Sammy Swindell on June 13, Jac Haudenschild on July 17, Jac Haudenschild on July 18, Jac Haudenschild on Aug. 7
1997 – Sammy Swindell on April 4, Dave Blaney on June 14, Dave Blaney on July 18, Steve Kinser on July 19, Sammy Swindell on Aug. 8
1996 – Sammy Swindell on April 5, Steve Kinser on June 15, Mark Kinser on July 19, Johnny Herrera on July 20, Mark Kinser on Aug. 9
1995 – Dave Blaney on April 14, Jac Haudenschild on April 15, Steve Kinser on June 10, Dave Blaney on Aug. 11
1994 – Jeff Swindell on April 16, Kenny Jacobs on April 17, Kenny Jacobs on June 11, Dave Blaney on Aug. 12
1993 – Dave Blaney on Dave Blaney on April 17, April 18, Dave Blaney on June 11, Steve Kinser on June 12, Dave Blaney on Aug. 13
1992 – Sammy Swindell on April 12
1991 – Doug Wolfgang on April 20, Steve Kinser on June 7, Sammy Swindell on June 8
1990 – Steve Kinser on April 21, Steve Kinser on April 22, Rickey Hood on June 8, Steve Kinser on June 9
1989 – Lee Brewer on April 22, Jeff Swindell on April 23, Bobby Davis, Jr. on June 9, Doug Wolfgang on June 10, Doug Wolfgang on Aug. 4, Doug Wolfgang on Aug. 5
1988 – Sammy Swindell on April 9, Doug Wolfgang on April 10, Jac Haudenschild on Aug. 26, Steve Kinser on Aug. 27
1987 – Steve Kinser on April 12, Dave Blaney on Aug. 7, Steve Kinser on Aug. 8
1986 – Sammy Swindell on Aug. 7, Kenny Jacobs on Aug. 8, Bobby Allen on Aug. 9
1985 – Doug Wolfgang on April 13, Doug Wolfgang on April 14, Sammy Swindell on Aug. 8, Jac Haudenschild on Aug. 9, Doug Wolfgang on Aug. 10
1984 – Sammy Swindell on April 7, Ron Shuman on April 8
1983 – Steve Kinser on May 21, Brad Doty on May 22
1982 – Danny Smith on May 8, Sammy Swindell on May 9, Doug Wolfgang on June 12, Jac Haudenschild on Aug. 4, Ronnie Daniels on Aug. 5, Rick Ferkel on Aug. 6, Sammy Swindell on Aug. 7, Steve Kinser on Oct. 17
1981 – Sammy Swindell on May 16, Sammy Swindell on Aug. 6, Doug Wolfgang on Aug. 7, Doug Wolfgang on Aug. 8, Sammy Swindell on Oct. 17, Steve Kinser on Oct. 18
1980 – Sammy Swindell on April 13, Steve Kinser on May 3, Steve Kinser on May 4, Steve Kinser on May 24, Steve Kinser on July 5, Doug Wolfgang on Aug. 7, Sammy Swindell on Aug.8, Steve Kinser on Aug. 9, Doug Wolfgang on Aug. 30, Doug Wolfgang on Aug. 31, Steve Kinser on Oct. 19
1979 – Ron Shuman on April 15, Dub May on May 27, Steve Kinser on July 3, Sammy Swindell on July 14, Steve Kinser on Aug. 2, Steve Kinser on Aug. 3, Steve Kinser on Aug. 4, Doug Wolfgang on Sept. 1, Shane Carson on Oct. 21
1978 – Bobby Allen on April 16, Rick Ferkel on April 30, Steve Kinser on May 21, Rick Ferkel on July 3, Randy Ford on Aug. 3, Rick Ferkel on Aug. 4, Rick Ferkel on Aug. 5, Steve Kinser on Sept. 3, Shane Carson on Oct. 29
SUNSHINE STRIKES FIRST: Tyler Courtney Opens High Bank Nationals Week with Huset’s Hustle Prelim Win
A fast NOS Energy Drink No. 7BC and a little luck led Sunshine to a $20,000 Wednesday victory
BRANDON, SD (June 19, 2024) - The stars appeared to be aligning for a battle for the win on Wednesday night at Huset’s Speedway.
One NOS Energy Drink machine – Tyler Courtney – stalked fellow NOS Energy Drink driver – Sheldon Haudenschild – in the closing stages of the Huset’s Hustle prelim. Courtney rolled the bottom while Haudenschild held down the top. Laps clicked away, and the gap between the two shrank. And then disaster struck for Haudenschild. Courtney suddenly got a huge run out of Turn 4 and slipped under Haudenschild to take the lead with only eight laps remaining. Haudenschild’s issue was soon revealed as he slowed exiting Turn 2 on the next lap with a shredded right rear tire.
The caution flew and set up a restart, but Courtney went on unchallenged to the checkered flag and a $20,000 payday to kickoff BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals presented by Menards week. Sunshine struck first as the four-day stretch of mega money on the line with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars at Huset’s began.
“Just an awesome, awesome night for us,” Courtney said. “I didn’t even remember running top 10 a couple of the nights last year. I just felt like it was one of our worst performances of the year last year, so to come out first night and put this thing in Victory Lane is just awesome. It speaks huge to what my guys can do and what we’ve been doing this year, and hopefully we’ll be in this same spot tomorrow with a little bit bigger check.”
The win not only earned “Sunshine” a healthy payday, but it also set him up in a great spot for Thursday’s $100,000-to-win Huset’s Hustle finale. Courtney stands as the high point man, which puts him on the pole of Heat One tomorrow. If he can win the Heat, he’ll be guaranteed a front row starting spot in the Clauson Marshall Racing machine as he chases the second six-figure payday of his Sprint Car career.
Courtney is up to four career World of Outlaws wins, and Huset’s was his first not on a half mile with the other three coming at Eldora Speedway, Port Royal Speedway, and Volusia Speedway Park. The Indianapolis, IN native became the sixth driver this year with multiple Series victories, and he’s the first who isn’t a full-time World of Outlaws competitor.
The race kicked off with outside pole-sitter Ryan Timms getting the jump on Sheldon Haudenschild to take the early top spot. Timms, who was chasing his first career World of Outlaws checkered flag, led through the early circuits with Haudenschild not too far behind.
The pressure on Timms intensified as they encountered lapped traffic only a handful of laps into the 35-lapper. The top two having issues with slower cars allowed the third-running Courtney to join the battle.
On Lap 16 Haudenschild managed to slip by Timms to snag the top spot and lead the lap. But a hungry Timms rolled low under Haudenschild in the next set of corners to move back atop the leaderboard.
Then one lap later Haudenschild came right back at Timms even stronger. The Wooster, OH driver ripped around Timms and didn’t leave the door open for Timms to come back at him. Haudenschild secured the lead and began to drive away.
Right after Haudenschild passed Timms, Courtney followed suit and rolled by the No. 5T. It didn’t take long for Courtney to begin to eat away at Haudenschild’s advantage. Courtney stuck the low line and cut into the lead piece by piece. And right when the battle looked ready to ignite as Courtney ducked under Haudenschild to take the lead, the right rear tire went down on the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17.
Haudenschild’s issue paved the path for Courtney to drive away to a $20,000 Huset’s paycheck.
“I just knew I was going to have to go somewhere else to beat Sheldon,” Courtney said. “He was really, really good around the top. And I knew when we got to traffic, we were going to have to move around. It was getting a little rough there through (Turns) 1 and 2, so you kind of had to slow down quite a bit. He could just carry momentum, and I think he just cut a tire or something there. That sucks. I really wanted to have a good race with our NOS Energy Drink teammate there.”
Bringing home the second spot was Ryan Timms as he equaled his best career World of Outlaws finish. The Oklahoma teenager showed speed all race with the best in the business and needed just a little more speed to grab that first World of Outlaws win.
“I felt really good early on,” Timms said. “We got a really good initial start and took the lead there. I had no idea 20 laps had already gone by. It went by super quick, and then that caution came out and Haud and Courtney got by me. I knew I had to figure something out because I could kind of hang with them at times, but for the most part they would kind of inch away. I’m happy with the run. I felt like we had a really good car.”
Rounding out the Huset’s Hustle prelim podium was Aaron Reutzel in the Ridge & Sons Racing No. 87. The Clute, TX native slipped back slightly early on but came back to life later in the race and outdueled Carson Macedo for the final step of the podium.
“I just struggled a little bit early,” Reutzel said. “With a full fuel load, I wasn’t very good. It was actually a handful. But there at the end when the fuel started coming off, my car came back to life. That was something we’re going to have to figure out the next couple nights.”
Carson Macedo and Tim Kaeding completed the top five.
Buddy Kofoid took the KSE Racing Hard Charger with a run from 22nd to seventh in the Roth Motorsports No. 83.
Cory Eliason claimed the fifth Simpson Quick Time of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One and Three through Six went to Austin McCarl, Carson Macedo, Brad Sweet, Brock Zearfoss, and Spencer Bayston. Milton Hershey Heat Two belonged to Rico Abreu.
Cory Eliason won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Sheldon Haudenschild.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars are back at Huset’s Speedway for the $100,000-to-win Huset’s Hustle finale on Thursday, June 20. Then the week wraps up with the BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals presented by Menards prelim ($20,000-to-win) and finale ($250,000-to-win) on June 21-22. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[6]; 2. 5T-Ryan Timms[3]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel[2]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[4]; 5. 3K-Tim Kaeding[9]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet[12]; 7. 83-Michael Kofoid[22]; 8. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[8]; 9. 2-David Gravel[20]; 10. 24-Rico Abreu[7]; 11. 88-Austin McCarl[5]; 12. 15-Donny Schatz[17]; 13. 5-Spencer Bayston[14]; 14. 8R-Cory Eliason[21]; 15. 17B-Bill Balog[23]; 16. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[1]; 17. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[16]; 18. 39M-Anthony Macri[15]; 19. 2KS-Chase Randall[10]; 20. 45-Landon Brooks[18]; 21. 23-Garet Williamson[24]; 22. 7S-Landon Crawley[19]; 23. 25-Daison Pursley[11]; 24. 22K-Kaleb Johnson[13]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
1 MONTH ALERT: Attica Welcomes Back World of Outlaws in Mid-July For Brad Doty Classic
ATTICA, OH (June 19, 2024) – One of the biggest weeks of Sprint Car racing in Ohio commences with the Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic at Attica Raceway Park on Tuesday, July 16.
The prestigious event will see World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series competitors return to Attica for the second time this year to challenge Ohio’s top local talent – all competing for the $15,000 payday.
Along with bringing fans The Greatest Show on Dirt, the event salutes Brad Doty, who’s give countless contributions to the sport and continues to do so today. Doty was one of the most promising talents in the 1980s before an injury ended his career as a race car driver. In the 35 years that have followed, the Apple Creek, OH native has found many avenues to remain an impactful figure.
Kyle Larson scored his second consecutive Brady Doty Classic victory last year, and fourth World of Outlaws win at the track in a four-year period.
Since 2016, only five different drivers have visited Victory Lane with the World of Outlaws at Attica – 10-time Series champion Donny Schatz, current Series points leader David Gravel, Larson, 2022 World of Outlaws Rookie of the Year Spencer Bayston and current Rookie of the Year contender Michael “Buddy” Kofoid, who's the most recent winner at the track.
Sheldon Haudenschild, of Wooster, OH, will be on the hunt for his first win at Attica and try to become the first Ohio native to win a World of Outlaws race at the track since Dale Blaney did so in 2015.
The event will lead into the Kings Royal weekend at Eldora Speedway, July 19-20.
EVENT INFO
Date – Tuesday, July 16
Location – Attica, OH
Track Record – 11.306 seconds by Butch Schroeder
Times (ET) –
3 p.m. Pit Gate Opens
3 p.m. Grandstand Gate Opens
6:30 p.m. Hot Laps & Qualifying
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available HERE.
How to Watch – Can’t make it? Watch all the action live on DIRTVision.
Last Race Video Recap (May 17, 2024) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ__fOaAg8s
Previous World of Outlaws winners at Attica –
2024 – Michael Kofoid on May 17
2023 – Donny Schatz on May 19, Kyle Larson on July 11
2022 – Kyle Larson on May 20, Kyle Larson on July 12
2021 – David Gravel on May 21, Spencer Bayston on July 13
2020 – Kyle Larson on July 14
2018 – Donny Schatz on July 10
2017 – David Gravel on July 11
2016 – Donny Schatz on July 12
2015 – Dale Blaney on May 29
2014 – Dale Blaney on May 30
2011 – Donny Schatz on May 20
2009 – Dale Blaney on May 29
2008 – Donny Schatz on May 30
2007 – Joey Saldana on April 20
2005 – Stevie Smith on July 13
1994 – Sammy Swindell on May 21
1993 – Joe Garte on May 21
1992 – Joey Allen on Aug. 7
1991 – Steve Kinser on Aug. 9
1990 – Steve Kinser on May 18
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Huset’s Hustle, High Bank Nationals Put Up Huge Money
Two six-figure paydays and more than $800,000 in purse money are available over four days this week
BRANDON, SD (June 17, 2024) - The Summer of Money starts now, and it starts in a big way.
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars are rolling toward Huset’s Speedway, and teams are ready to build their bank accounts. This week, The Greatest Show on Dirt will tackle four consecutive nights of action at the Brandon, SD oval for two events in one.
First up is the Huset’s Hustle (June 19-20). Wednesday’s $20,000-to-win prelim will set the stage for Thursday’s $100,000-to-win main event. Then, the third BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals takes center stage, June 21-22. Like the Hustle, the opener offers up a $20,000 payday, but the stakes are raised for Saturday’s finale when drivers will fight for a huge $250,000 check, equaling the biggest winner’s share in World of Outlaws history.
Overall, the Bank of Huset’s Speedway is offering up more than $800,000 in purse money over four nights of racing. That kind of cash has lured a large and talented roster to South Dakota. This year’s edition again features a unique format guaranteeing fans a thrilling program from start to finish every night. For this week’s format, CLICK HERE.
This week begins a three-month stretch of big money races for the World of Outlaws. From June 19 to September 21, the Series will take on 17 nights that feature a winner’s share of at least $15,000 with 14 of them offering at least $20,000.
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Let’s look at the weekend’s top storylines:
BIG GAME GROUNDS: This week is a special one for David Gravel, Tod Quiring, and all of Big Game Motorsports.
Quiring – owner of Huset’s Speedway and the Big Game team – has invested so much in the sport of Sprint Car racing, and he’s continuing to develop this week into more and more of a marquee event in only its third edition.
Gravel rolls into Huset’s as the defending winner of the event, topping last year’s finale for the $250,000 prize, which is still the highest in Series history. He’s already driven to Victory Lane nine times in 2024 including one last weekend at Knoxville. A win during any of the four nights of racing ahead this week would mark his fifth season of reaching at least 10 victories.
ROTH REDEMPTION: While Gravel celebrated at the conclusion of last year’s High Bank Nationals, another driver was dealt a devastating defeat.
Michael “Buddy” Kofoid teamed with Roth Motorsports heading into Huset’s. Podium finishes on the second and third nights set them up strong for the finale. Kofoid grabbed the pole for the 40-lap Feature and looked to be on his way to winning a quarter of a million dollars. But engine troubles with only 10 laps remaining slowed the No. 83 and ended his hopes.
Now, Kofoid is a full-timer on the World of Outlaws tour with Dennis and Teresa Roth and ready to seek redemption this week. Huset’s is home to his first career Series win in June of 2022. He also won a pair of USAC National Midget races at the South Dakota oval that year. It’s been a productive rookie season so far for the Californian with 24 top 10s in 29 races highlighted by an Attica victory.
HAUD HEROICS: The inaugural High Bank Nationals in 2022 allowed Sheldon Haudenschild to give perhaps the best example of the magic he’s capable of behind the wheel of a Sprint Car.
With four laps remaining, Haudenschild sat in sixth place needing a heroic effort to win, and that’s exactly what he delivered. He went to the top of the track where he’s made a name for himself and passed two cars to move to fourth with three circuits remaining. A lap later he was third. And then, as the white flag waved, he blasted from third to first on the final lap to bank $100,000.
The Wooster, OH native owns one other win at Huset’s, driving the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 to Victory Lane in 2020. He’s already put seven tallies in the “W” column in 2024 heading to Huset’s.
SIX-FIGURE STUD: It’s rare that Sprint Cars race for a pair of six-figure paydays in the same week. There have only been 50 races in the sport’s history where the winner earned at least $100,000. And the man who has built his bank account most often is Donny Schatz.
The 10-time World of Outlaws champion has his name on 13 of the 50 six-figure checks handed out in Sprint Car history. That’s the most and nine more than the second highest total. He’s collected 11 of them at Knoxville Raceway and a pair at Eldora Speedway.
If he can deposit either Thursday’s $100,000 or Saturday’s $250,000, he’ll achieve something no Sprint Car driver has done before. Schatz would become the first to win a six-figure payday at three different racetracks. The Fargo, ND driver owns four Huset’s victories with The Greatest Show on Dirt, topping trips in 2001, 2007, 2015, and 2016.
Other six-figure Sprint Car winners expected to be in attendance this week are Kraig Kinser, Brad Sweet, David Gravel, Tyler Courtney, Kyle Larson, Sheldon Haudenschild, and Logan Schuchart.
SO MANY STARS: The cast of full-time World of Outlaws drivers will be joined by many more talented gassers to create a huge field of competitors.
The country’s second winningest 410 Sprint Car driver this year – Anthony Macri – intends to make his High Bank Nationals debut. The Dillsburg, PA native has won eight times in 2024 including a local Huset’s race on June 2.
Last year, Kyle Larson was two spots away from Huset’s High Bank Nationals glory, and the Elk Grove, CA driver is on the entry list for the 2024 edition. “Yung Money” owns a pair of Huset’s victories with the World of Outlaws, driving the Silva Motorsports to wins in 2020 and during last year’s opening prelim. Like Schatz, Larson could also become the first driver with six-figure paydays at three different tracks.
The man who finished a spot ahead of Larson last year was fellow Californian Rico Abreu, and he intends to be back to chase the major money on the line. Abreu has collected 16 410 Sprint Car victories over the last year and a half.
One of the country’s top young talents Ryan Timms has the Hustle and High Bank Nationals on his calendar. He’ll roll into the week as the most recent Huset’s winner after winning their local race on Sunday, June 16. In addition to the Huset’s win, the versatile driver out of Oklahoma City, OK has also collected a trio of 360 Sprint Car victories this year and three Midget wins including a pair with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series.
Also expected to fill the roster are many of Huset’s regular competitors including the likes of Mark Dobmeier (Grand Forks, ND), Kaleb Johnson (Sioux Falls, SD), Dusty Zomer (Brookings, SD), Justin Henderson (Sioux Falls, SD), and many more.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Wednesday-Saturday, June 19-22 at Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, SD
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (29/76 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (4078 PTS)
2. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 (-56 PTS)
3. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-76 PTS)
4. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing No. 18 (-86 PTS)
5. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-142 PTS)
6. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-186 PTS)
7. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-244 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports No. 17B (-458 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing No. 3Z (-670 PTS)
10. Landon Crawley – Sides Motorsports No. 7S (-800 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (12 Drivers):
9 Wins – David Gravel
7 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
2 Wins – Donny Schatz, Carson Macedo, Giovanni Scelzi
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, Rico Abreu, Brady Bacon, Michael Kofoid, Corey Day
FEATURE LAPS LED (18 Drivers):
224 Laps – David Gravel
159 Laps – Carson Macedo
154 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
94 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
54 Laps – Rico Abreu
47 Laps – Donny Schatz
34 Laps – Brady Bacon
33 Laps – Kyle Larson
25 Laps – Brad Sweet
23 Laps – Michael Kofoid
17 Laps – Logan Schuchart
13 Laps – Anthony Macri
11 Laps – Bill Balog
9 Laps – Parker Price-Miller, Corey Day
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Tyler Courtney, Kalib Henry
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (12 Drivers):
7 Quick Times – David Gravel
6 Quick Times – Carson Macedo
3 Quick Times – Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild
2 Quick Times – Brent Marks, Michael Kofoid
1 Quick Time – Landon Crawley, Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Donny Schatz, Daryn Pittman
HEAT RACE WINNERS (27 Drivers):
17 Heat Wins – David Gravel
13 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
12 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
10 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi
8 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid
6 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu
5 Heat Wins – Brock Zearfoss, Donny Schatz
4 Heat Wins – Brent Marks
3 Heat Wins – Bill Balog, Tyler Courtney
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown, Landon Crawley, Corey Day, Logan Schuchart
1 Heat Win – Justin Peck, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Emerson Axsom, Anthony Macri, Tim Shaffer, Garet Williamson, Nick Omdahl, Scott Bogucki
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (49 Drivers):
23 Dashes – David Gravel
22 Dashes – Carson Macedo
19 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild
16 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
14 Dashes – Donny Schatz
10 Dashes – Bill Balog
8 Dashes – Rico Abreu
7 Dashes – Landon Crawley, Logan Schuchart
6 Dashes – Brock Zearfoss
5 Dashes – Brent Marks, Tyler Courtney
4 Dashes – Brian Brown, Emerson Axsom
3 Dashes – Aaron Reutzel, Anthony Macri
2 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Brady Bacon, Cole Duncan, Cole Macedo, Kalib Henry, Garet Williamson, Corey Day, Daryn Pittman
1 Dash – Justin Peck, Zeb Wise, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, James McFadden, Logan McCandless, Ayrton Gennetten, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Skylar Gee, Kody Hartlaub, Chase Dietz, Tim Shaffer, T.J. Michael, Craig Mintz, Brandon Spithaler, Sye Lynch, Cale Thomas, Kaleb Johnson, Nick Omdahl, Parker Price-Miller, Scott Bogucki, Austin McCarl
MICROLITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (22 Drivers):
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless, Bill Balog, Brock Zearfoss, Garet Williamson
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace Park, Anthony Macri, Landon Crawley, Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brandon Rahmer, David Gravel, Nate Dussel, Cole Macedo, Zeth Sabo, Brooke Tatnell, Donny Schatz, Brent Marks
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (20 Drivers):
5 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart
4 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz
2 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo, Aaron Reutzel
1 Hard Charger – Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild, Danny Dietrich, Landon Crawley, Sye Lynch, Bill Balog, Scotty Neitzel, Michael Kofoid, Garet Williamson
PODIUM FINISHES (18 Drivers):
16 Podiums – David Gravel
14 Podiums – Carson Macedo
10 Podiums – Michael Kofoid, Donny Schatz
9 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild
6 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
4 Podiums – Rico Abreu
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet
2 Podiums – Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, Bill Balog, Kyle Larson
1 Podium – Justin Peck, Anthony Macri, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Cole Macedo, Parker Price-Miller
TOP 10 FINISHES (57 Drivers):
26 Top 10s – Giovanni Scelzi, Donny Schatz
25 Top 10s – David Gravel
24 Top 10s – Michael Kofoid
23 Top 10s – Carson Macedo, Logan Schuchart
19 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
15 Top 10s – Bill Balog
8 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss
7 Top 10s – Rico Abreu, Tyler Courtney
5 Top 10s – Brent Marks, Anthony Macri, Brad Sweet
4 Top 10s – Cole Macedo, Landon Crawley, Aaron Reutzel, Corey Day, James McFadden, Brian Brown
3 Top 10s – Cole Duncan, Skylar Gee
2 Top 10s – Ryan Timms, Chase Randall, Kraig Kinser, Cale Thomas, Brady Bacon, Garet Williamson, Kyle Larson
1 Top 10 – Justin Peck, Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Zeb Wise, Cory Eliason, Jacob Allen, Chris Windom, Joe B. Miller, Ayrton Gennetten, Emerson Axsom, Scotty Milan, Troy Wagaman Jr., Danny Dietrich, Chase Dietz, Brandon Spithaler, Kalib Henry, Tim Shaffer, Zane DeVault, Sye Lynch, Travis Philo, Trey Jacobs, Scotty Thiel, Mark Dobmeier, Kaleb Johnson, Parker Price-Miller, Daryn Pittman, Scott Bogucki, Austin McCarl
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / David Gravel (6)
20. Fri, May 17 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Michael Kofoid (1)
21. Sat, May 18 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / David Gravel (7)
22. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / David Gravel (8)
23. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
24. Mon, May 27 / Fremont Speedway / Fremont, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
25. Fri, May 31 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (6)
26. Fri, June 7 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Giovanni Scelzi (2)
27. Sat, June 8 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Sheldon Haudenschild (7)
28. Fri, June 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (9)
29. Sat, June 15 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Corey Day (1)
For the full 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car schedule, CLICK HERE.
ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER W: Corey Day Tops Knoxville for Second World of Outlaws Victory
The California phenom outduels Logan Schuchart and holds off Donny Schatz for first Knoxville win
KNOXVILLE, IA (June 15, 2024) - Corey Day is something special.
From the time he first climbed in a Sprint Car, it was clear he was heading for stardom. Winning Sprint Car races as early as 15 years of age on the west coast. A Northern Auto Racing Club championship last year. He even won his pavement late model debut earlier this year. And now the national star has an item on his résumé every Sprint Car driver strives for – a Knoxville Raceway win with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars. The Clovis, CA native started second in the 25-lap finale of the Premier Chevy Dealers Clash aboard the Jason Meyers Racing #14. He faced off with Logan Schuchart in a multi-lap battle for the top spot. After misfortune struck Schuchart, the 18-year-old held off one of the greatest of all time – Donny Schatz – to seal the deal.
“I always thought just winning at Knoxville would be badass,” Day said. “But to win an Outlaw race here means so much more. I’ve just got to give it up to my whole team.”
Day became the 102nd driver in World of Outlaws history with multiple Series victories. He got his first last September when he topped the Gold Cup Race of Champions. He’s also the 35th competitor to claim a Knoxville Feature with The Greatest Show on Dirt.
Logan Schuchart brought the field to green for the main event. The Shark Racing driver opted to roll the bottom around the half mile through the early laps. Day jumped to the top and looked to build momentum on the cushion. He took a peek to Schuchart’s inside on the fourth lap, but Schuchart shut the door.
An early caution warranted a restart that saw the action heat up. Schuchart pulled ahead while Day, Donny Schatz and David Gravel squared off for the runner-up spot. Schatz attempted to split the two down the front straightaway, but Day slammed the door shut entering Turn 1 to hold him off. A couple laps later Schatz slipped under Day for second in Turns 3 and 4, but Day powered back around the 10-time champion on the top on the next lap.
As Schuchart worked through traffic his lead began to shrink. The advantage was above two seconds on Lap 11 and trimmed to only two tenths of a second by Lap 14. Two circuits later, Day made his move as he ripped the cushion and blasted by Schuchart.
Day moved away from Schuchart after taking the top spot, but it didn’t take long for Schuchart to begin to reel him back in. On Lap 21 Schuchart got a run off the bottom of Turn 2 and closed down the back straightaway. He stuck the bottom again in Turns 3 and 4 and cleared Day for the lead by the time they exited the corner.
But on the following lap Schuchart’s bid for his first win of 2024 ended in devastating fashion. The Hanover, PA native looked to go under a lapped car in Turns 1 and 2, but the car went to the bottom. Schuchart then looked to slide up to the cushion, but Day ripped by him before he could get there. And then when Schuchart’s right rear tire did meet the curb, it knocked him around and sent his front end into the wall, putting an early punctuation mark on his night.
The yellow set up a restart with only three laps remaining. The names Day would have to hold off right behind him were Donny Schatz, David Gravel and Kyle Larson – a trio of the sport’s best. But in typical Corey Day fashion, he didn’t flinch when the green lights restarted the action. He drove away from Schatz on his way to his first Knoxville checkered flag.
“I feel like around the top I was the better car for sure,” Day said of his battle with Schuchart. “He was really good. He left me by about a straightaway in that Dash, and I thought we were in trouble. But I think it got just slow enough in the middle of (Turns) 1 and 2 to where I could make enough speed on entry to get close to him and get a good drive off. I’m just so proud of my guys.”
Schatz brought the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 home second for his 10th World of Outlaws podium of the season. It’s the 26th consecutive season he’s earned at least 10 top threes. The outing helped him reclaim second in the standings. He’s 56 markers behind Gravel for the lead.
Completing the podium was Kyle Larson as he took the Silva Motorsports No. 57 from 13th to third. Earlier in the day he claimed the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series debut at Iowa Speedway, and he finished the evening by grabbing his second podium in three tries this year with the World of Outlaws.
David Gravel and Scott Bogucki rounded out the top five.
A 23rd to 10th run gave Aaron Reutzel the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
In Sea Foam Qualifying, Daryn Pittman picked up his first Simpson Quick Time in two years and the 62nd of his career.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four went to Donny Schatz (526th Heat Race win of career), Scott Bogucki (first of career), and Corey Day (fifth of career). Milton Hershey School Heat Two belonged to Logan Schuchart (123rd of career).
Logan Schuchart topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Brent Marks won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Logan Schuchart.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head to Huset’s Speedway for a lucrative four days of racing. The High Bank Hustle (June 19-20) ends with a $100,00 main event before the High Bank Hustle (June 21-22) wraps up with a $250,000 finale. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 14-Corey Day[2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[4]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson[13]; 4. 2-David Gravel[3]; 5. 10-Scott Bogucki[6]; 6. 21-Brian Brown[10]; 7. 83SR-James McFadden[11]; 8. 88-Austin McCarl[7]; 9. 49-Brad Sweet[12]; 10. 87-Aaron Reutzel[23]; 11. 2KS-Chase Randall[17]; 12. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[9]; 13. 69K-Daryn Pittman[8]; 14. 83-Michael Kofoid[25]; 15. 19-Brent Marks[21]; 16. 41-Carson Macedo[15]; 17. 8-Cory Eliason[24]; 18. 27-Emerson Axsom[5]; 19. 27X-Carson McCarl[19]; 20. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[18]; 21. 24-Rico Abreu[22]; 22. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[14]; 23. 3P-Sawyer Phillips[28]; 24. 17B-Bill Balog[20]; 25. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[27]; 26. 09-Matt Juhl[26]; 27. 1S-Logan Schuchart[1]; 28. 2K-Lynton Jeffrey[16]
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BACK ON TOP: David Gravel Claims Opening Night of Knoxville’s Premier Chevy Dealers Clash
The point leader earns his ninth win of 2024 after Larson’s bid from 10th ended with mechanical woes
KNOXVILLE, IA (June 14, 2024) - The best race teams can’t be kept down.
There’s no denying David Gravel and Big Game Motorsports didn’t have the weekend they would’ve liked last week. A crash at River Cities forced them to rally to 10th, and they followed that up with a sixth place run at Ogilvie. Two top-10s may not seem like bad outings, but they’re below par for the high bar Gravel and Tod Quiring’s crew have established. Plus, Carson Macedo had closed within 10 points of Gravel’s position atop the standings heading into Knoxville Raceway’s Premier Chevy Dealers Clash. The talk through the week focused on the points battle shaping up, and how would Gravel respond to last weekend’s woes?
And the answer was he would respond emphatically.
Gravel started outside the front row of Friday’s 25-lap Feature, hunted down Parker Price-Miller for the top spot, and then had a little luck when mechanical issues ended an impressive charge from 10th to the lead from Kyle Larson.
“Once I got back to the bottom, I got right back to him (Larson),” Gravel said. “I really wish we could’ve raced that out. I think he was running really aggressive and was maybe going to run high one more lap, and I might’ve been able to get underneath him. I wish we could’ve race that out. I’ve got to thank Cody (Jacobs), Stephen (Hamm-Reilly), and Zach (Patterson) for working hard. This is a new car, and to debut it, qualify well going out late, and winning the race is really good.”
Gravel climbed to 97 career victories with The Greatest Show on Dirt. Six of those checkered flags have come courtesy of Knoxville, which puts it in a tie for the second winningest track on Gravel’s World of Outlaws résumé. The Watertown, CT native is already up to nine wins in 2024. And perhaps most importantly, he added a solid 42 markers to his lead atop the standings, growing the gap to 52 points over Macedo.
Pole-sitter Parker Price-Miller brought the field to green with Gravel to his right. “The Law Firm” got the advantage into the opening set of corners and committed to the bottom during the opening circuits. Gravel stayed with the cushion and could stay right with Price-Miller but not build enough momentum to pass him.
A Lap 4 restart brought Sheldon Haudenschild into the fight for the lead as he slid by Gravel for second. He closed in on Price-Miller, but PPM moved up to the top just in time to break Haudenschild’s momentum. On Lap 9 a resurging Gravel rolled under Haudenschild on the bottom for second, and one rotation later he did the same to Price-Miller to take the lead. Price-Miller snuck back around in the next set of corners, but Gravel grabbed it right back and closed the door on Price-Miller’s next attempt.
Meanwhile 10th starting Kyle Larson was making moves to the front. The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion claimed third on the 12th circuit, and then a lap later he drove the Silva Motorsports No. 57 into second. On Lap 16 “Yung Money” powered by Gravel to take the top spot and wasted no time pulling away as he started to slice through traffic.
Gravel got going on the bottom in the late stages of the race, and a duel to the checkered flag looked to be shaping up. But right as Gravel closed back in, a puff of smoke blew from Larson’s engine and he quickly slowed. Just like that, the magical drive from 10th was ended, and his night was over.
Larson’s misfortune was Gravel’s gain as he inherited the lead for the restart and went unchallenged over the final six circuits on his way to trophy number nine of 2024 in the Huset’s Speedway No. 2. With the Summer of Money on the horizon, Gravel has his mind set on some lucrative trips to Victory Lane.
“This Morrison Engine was ripping tonight,” Gravel said. “Hopefully everyone comes to the (Huset’s) High Bank Hustle for $100,000 and the High Bank Nationals on Saturday for $250,000.”
Price-Miller held onto the second spot. He led the first nine laps and earned his ninth career World of Outlaws podium in the PPM Racing No. 9. The Kokomo, IN native has had a consistent 2024 to this point, and another solid run fueled his hunger for a win even more.
“Our car is really good,” Price-Miller said. “I’m just really excited to be racing right now when the car is this good. You obviously want to win, but we’ll keep trying, and hopefully it doesn’t take us too much longer to knock off a win.”
The podium was rounded out by Rico Abreu for his fourth top three of the year with the World of Outlaws and the 49th of his career. The St. Helena, CA native came away satisfied with the result and added some pages to the notebook for August when the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s brings the entire Sprint Car world to Knoxville.
“I just focused on hitting my marks and understanding the race,” Abreu explained. “That outside lane was very, very difficult to take off in. I was kind of dependent on Sheldon (Haudenschild) who was obviously watching the leader go. The leader gets such a big advantage there on the inside row. I think you take a lot of notes from nights like this and work on bringing that back to the Nationals.”
James McFadden and Tyler Courtney completed the top five.
Sheldon Haudenschild claimed his third Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 32nd of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four went to Sheldon Haudenschild (111th Heat Race win of career), Rico Abreu (54th of career), and Tyler Courtney (18th of career). Milton Hershey School Heat Two belonged to Daryn Pittman (273rd of career).
Parker Price-Miller topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Donny Schatz won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars are back at Knoxville Raceway to complete the Premier Chevy Dealers Clash on Saturday, June 15. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[2]; 2. 9P-Parker Price Miller[1]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu[3]; 4. 83SR-James McFadden[12]; 5. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[6]; 6. 69K-Daryn Pittman[8]; 7. 14-Corey Day[22]; 8. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[11]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart[25]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz[21]; 11. 39M-Anthony Macri[7]; 12. 88-Austin McCarl[9]; 13. 83-Michael Kofoid[23]; 14. 55V-Kerry Madsen[16]; 15. 49-Brad Sweet[20]; 16. 87-Aaron Reutzel[5]; 17. 13-Justin Peck[18]; 18. 1K-Kelby Watt[24]; 19. 6B-Brandon Wimmer[17]; 20. 21-Brian Brown[13]; 21. 41-Carson Macedo[14]; 22. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[4]; 23. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[19]; 24. 57-Kyle Larson[10]; 25. 17B-Bill Balog[26]; 26. 10-Scott Bogucki[15]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Stout Field Expected for World of Outlaws June Visit to Knoxville
Premier Chevy Dealers Clash gives the World of Outlaws teams their final chance to prepare for August’s Knoxville Nationals
KNOXVILLE, IA (June 11, 2024) - The time has come for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars to travel to “The Sprint Car Capital of the World.”
Knoxville Raceway is ready to welcome The Greatest Show on Dirt for two nights of early summer action. The Premier Chevy Dealers Clash brings the country’s best Sprint Car drivers to the Marion County Fairgrounds this weekend (June 14-15). The weekend will be the first chance for World of Outlaws teams to get some laps at the historic half mile this year. It’ll also be their only weekend to pad the notebook ahead of the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Store (August 7-10).
The stars of the World of Outlaws tour, a healthy contingent of locals, and a stout crop of invaders are all expected to make for a huge roster this weekend and put on two nights of can’t-miss Sprint Car racing.
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The time has come for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars to travel to “The Sprint Car Capital of the World.” Knoxville Raceway is ready to welcome The Greatest Show on Dirt for two nights of early summer action. The Premier Chevy Dealers Clash brings the country’s best Sprint Car drivers to the Marion County Fairgrounds this weekend (June 14-15).
The weekend will be the first chance for World of Outlaws teams to get some laps at the historic half mile this year. It’ll also be their only weekend to pad the notebook ahead of the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Store (August 7-10).
The stars of the World of Outlaws tour, a healthy contingent of locals, and a stout crop of invaders are all expected to make for a huge roster this weekend and put on two nights of can’t-miss Sprint Car racing.
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SCHATZVILLE: For as long as he’s racing Sprint Cars, Donny Schatz will headline any World of Outlaws trip to Knoxville.
The 10-time Series champion has assembled an astonishing résumé at the half mile over the course of his career. He’s collected 18 of his 313 career wins at Knoxville, and six of them have come during the month of June. The Fargo, ND driver is an 11-time NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals champion (second most), and he’s been on the podium in 20 of his 25 Feature starts in “The Granddaddy of ‘Em All.” The Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 is a threat anytime it rolls into the small town in Iowa.
Schatz heads to Knoxville third in the standings with David Gravel (+40 PTS) and Carson Macedo (+30 PTS) not too far ahead. He’s currently on a streak of 11 consecutive top 10 finishes with seven of those being within the top five.
ALMOST THERE: It took a while, but Carson Macedo has almost dug himself out of the hole created at DIRTcar Nationals.
After four consecutive finishes of 12th or worse to begin the year, the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 hasn’t missed the top 10 in the 23 races since. The last 17 races have all been top fives for Macedo leading to a 3.1 average finish over that span. During the incredible stretch of consistency, he’s also stood on the podium 11 times. The run has moved Macedo and the JJR crew within 10 markers of the points lead.
And how fitting it would be if they could claim the top spot this weekend. Last year, Macedo entered Knoxville’s Premier Chevy Dealers Clash as the point leader, but a frightening crash cost him the top spot that he never regained. The Lemoore, CA native owns four victories at Knoxville – a 2018 360 Nationals prelim, a two-night sweep with the World of Outlaws in June of 2021, and a Knoxville Nationals prelim last year.
HAUD’S HOT: The temperatures are rising with summer near, and Sheldon Haudenschild is heating up with them.
After winning three races during all of the 2023 campaign, Haudenschild has reeled off three victories in the last five races. The hot streak has bumped him up to seven wins in 2024 with the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing team, already marking the third most he’s produced in one year. He’s also been stringing together some consistency with 12 top 10s in the last 14 races.
A Knoxville victory has eluded Haudenschild to this point in his career. His best finish is third on four occasions – a trio of Knoxville Nationals prelims (2019, 2022, 2023) and a June World of Outlaws race in 2021.
HOME GAME: A trip to Knoxville means a weekend at home for Giovanni Scelzi and the KCP Racing team.
Scelzi is originally from Fresno, CA, but after being hired by the Des Moines, IA-based team in 2020, Scelzi made the move to the “Hawkeye State.” The Matt Barbara and Bret Nehring-owned team set up shop slightly more than an hour from Knoxville Raceway. KCP owns a pair of Knoxville track championships with Ian Madsen behind the wheel.
Scelzi is always stout at the iconic half mile. He and KCP topped the 2021 360 Nationals, and then a week later they sat on the pole of the 410 Nationals before finishing fourth. Last year, Scelzi matched that fourth place effort in the sport’s most prestigious race. Scelzi also picked up an All-Star Circuit of Champions win at Knoxville back in 2019.
It’s been a strong sophomore season for Scelzi to this point. He’ll head to Knoxville fourth in points with 16 top fives and 25 top 10s through 27 races.
KNOXVILLE NAMES: “The Sprint Car Capital of the World” always offers up plenty of talented regulars ready to challenge for a World of Outlaws win.
Brian Brown is always a driver to watch when the World of Outlaws invade Knoxville. He’s a five-time track champion, and his 65 wins rank second in track history. “Blackjack” has beaten the Outlaws at Knoxville on three occasions, each time during the month of June and most recently last year.
Rolling into the weekend as the most recent Knoxville winner is Altoona, IA’s Carson McCarl. The former 360 Knoxville track champion grabbed his first victory in the 410 class and joined his father (Terry) and brother (Austin) on the all-time win list.
The only two-time winner in the 410 division this year at Knoxville is Waco, TX’s Chase Randall. The 2023 Knoxville Nationals Rookie of the Year took the TKS Motorsports No. 2KS to Victory Lane on May 25 and June 1.
This trio is expected to be joined by many more regular visitors to Knoxville including Garet Williamson (Columbia, MO), Aaron Reutzel (Clute, TX), Tasker Phillips (Pleasantville, IA), Riley Goodno (Knoxville, IA), and more.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCEWHEN AND WHERE
Friday-Saturday, June 14-15 at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, IA
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (27/76 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (3786 PTS)
2. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-10 PTS)
3. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 (-40 PTS)
4. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing No. 18 (-54 PTS)
5. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-96 PTS)
6. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-128 PTS)
7. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-168 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports No. 17B (-370 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing No. 3Z (-584 PTS)
10. Landon Crawley – Sides Motorsports No. 7S (-688 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (11 Drivers):
8 Wins – David Gravel
7 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
2 Wins – Donny Schatz, Carson Macedo, Giovanni Scelzi
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, Rico Abreu, Brady Bacon, Michael Kofoid
FEATURE LAPS LED (15 Drivers):
212 Laps – David Gravel
159 Laps – Carson Macedo
154 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
94 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
54 Laps – Rico Abreu
47 Laps – Donny Schatz
34 Laps – Brady Bacon
29 Laps – Kyle Larson
25 Laps – Brad Sweet
23 Laps – Michael Kofoid
13 Laps – Anthony Macri
11 Laps – Bill Balog
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Tyler Courtney, Kalib Henry
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (11 Drivers):
7 Quick Times – David Gravel
6 Quick Times – Carson Macedo
3 Quick Times – Giovanni Scelzi
2 Quick Times – Brent Marks, Michael Kofoid, Sheldon Haudenschild
1 Quick Time – Landon Crawley, Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Donny Schatz
HEAT RACE WINNERS (26 Drivers):
17 Heat Wins – David Gravel
13 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
11 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
10 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi
8 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid
5 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu, Brock Zearfoss
4 Heat Wins – Brent Marks, Donny Schatz
3 Heat Wins – Bill Balog
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown, Tyler Courtney, Landon Crawley
1 Heat Win – Corey Day, Justin Peck, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Logan Schuchart, Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Emerson Axsom, Anthony Macri, Tim Shaffer, Garet Williamson, Nick Omdahl
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (45 Drivers):
22 Dashes – Carson Macedo
21 Dashes – David Gravel
19 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi
18 Dashes – Sheldon Haudenschild
16 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
13 Dashes – Donny Schatz
10 Dashes – Bill Balog
7 Dashes – Rico Abreu, Landon Crawley
6 Dashes – Logan Schuchart, Brock Zearfoss
5 Dashes – Brent Marks
4 Dashes – Tyler Courtney, Brian Brown
3 Dashes – Emerson Axsom
2 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Aaron Reutzel, Anthony Macri, Brady Bacon, Cole Duncan, Cole Macedo, Kalib Henry, Garet Williamson
1 Dash – Justin Peck, Zeb Wise, Corey Day, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, James McFadden, Logan McCandless, Ayrton Gennetten, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Skylar Gee, Kody Hartlaub, Chase Dietz, Tim Shaffer, T.J. Michael, Craig Mintz, Brandon Spithaler, Sye Lynch, Cale Thomas, Kaleb Johnson, Nick Omdahl
MICROLITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (20 Drivers):
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless, Bill Balog, Brock Zearfoss, Garet Williamson
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace Park, Anthony Macri, Landon Crawley, Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brandon Rahmer, David Gravel, Nate Dussel, Cole Macedo, Zeth Sabo, Brooke Tatnell
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (20 Drivers):
4 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart, Donny Schatz
2 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo
1 Hard Charger – Aaron Reutzel, Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild, Danny Dietrich, Landon Crawley, Sye Lynch, Bill Balog, Scotty Neitzel, Michael Kofoid, Garet Williamson
PODIUM FINISHES (17 Drivers):
15 Podiums – David Gravel
14 Podiums – Carson Macedo
10 Podiums – Michael Kofoid
9 Podiums – Donny Schatz, Sheldon Haudenschild
6 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet, Rico Abreu
2 Podiums – Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, Bill Balog
1 Podium – Justin Peck, Anthony Macri, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Kyle Larson, Cole Macedo
TOP 10 FINISHES (53 Drivers):
25 Top 10s – Giovanni Scelzi
24 Top 10s – Donny Schatz, Michael Kofoid
23 Top 10s – David Gravel, Carson Macedo
22 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart
19 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
15 Top 10s – Bill Balog
8 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss
6 Top 10s – Rico Abreu, Tyler Courtney
5 Top 10s – Brent Marks, Anthony Macri
4 Top 10s – Brad Sweet, Cole Macedo, Landon Crawley
3 Top 10s – Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Cole Duncan, Skylar Gee
2 Top 10s – Ryan Timms, Chase Randall, Kraig Kinser, Corey Day, James McFadden, Cale Thomas, Brady Bacon, Garet Williamson
1 Top 10 – Justin Peck, Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Zeb Wise, Cory Eliason, Jacob Allen, Chris Windom, Joe B. Miller, Ayrton Gennetten, Emerson Axsom, Scotty Milan, Kyle Larson, Troy Wagaman Jr., Danny Dietrich, Chase Dietz, Brandon Spithaler, Kalib Henry, Tim Shaffer, Zane DeVault, Sye Lynch, Travis Philo, Trey Jacobs, Scotty Thiel, Mark Dobmeier, Kaleb Johnson
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / David Gravel (6)
20. Fri, May 17 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Michael Kofoid (1)
21. Sat, May 18 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / David Gravel (7)
22. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / David Gravel (8)
23. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
24. Mon, May 27 / Fremont Speedway / Fremont, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
25. Fri, May 31 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (6)
26. Fri, June 7 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Giovanni Scelzi (2)
27. Sat, June 8 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Sheldon Haudenschild (7)
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HOLY HAUD: Wild Last Lap Leads Sheldon Haudenschild to Ogilvie Victory
Haudenschild slides Macedo and holds off Kofoid for seventh win of 2024
OGILVIE, MN (June 9, 2024) - Every now and then Sprint Car Racing delivers a moment that race fans will never forget. And that’s exactly what occurred Saturday night at Ogilvie Raceway.
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars rolled into the Minnesota oval for the second time ever for the Big O Showdown presented by Wagamon Brothers. Mother Nature offered up a picturesque evening. The entire grandstands filled before Hot Laps began. The stage was set for the massive crowd to see a show. And they got one they’ll be talking about for a long time. In a bid to win the first two races in Series history at Ogilvie, Carson Macedo led nearly the entire race. He rocketed ahead early, sliced through traffic, and looked like he was on his way to Victory Lane.
Then the white flag flew, and a wild last lap followed.
Second running Sheldon Haudenschild cleared Macedo with a huge slide job in Turns 1 and 2 as Michael “Buddy” Kofoid got a run on both of them down the back straightaway. Kofoid then threw a slide job in the final set of corners, but Haudenschild narrowly held him off to claim a thrilling victory.
“We hounded him (Macedo) the whole race there, and it was just a deal where it was better to be running second, I think,” Haudenschild said. “I was just kind of able to see what he was doing and also the lappers. When we got to them, they were ripping the top and racing, too. He had to change his line up right there on the white. I was just able to pull a slide job there in (Turns) 1 and 2 and hoped to clear him down the backstretch and be able to pinch him enough into (Turn) 3 that he couldn’t get back there.”
The exciting win bumped Haudenschild up to seven in 2024 and 41 for his career, equaling him with fellow full-time driver Logan Schuchart for 19th on the all-time win list. He’s pulled within one of David Gravel for the most checkered flags this season. Ogilvie is the 25th different track where the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing driver has visited Victory Lane.
A fresh track rework set up a fast surface that evolved throughout the 30-lap Feature. Macedo owned the pole for the main event and took off when the green flag flew.
The early stages of the race were controlled by Macedo. The Jason Johnson Racing pilot pulled ahead and worked expertly through traffic. Behind him, battles broke out all over the place within the top 10.
Haudenschild and Kofoid faced off for the second spot with Kofoid claiming it early in the finale. But Haudenschild kept him well within sight as the race neared the halfway point. On the 17th circuit, Haudenschild found the run he needed to clear Kofoid with a tight slider in traffic in Turns 3 and 4. Then his sights locked on Macedo.
Haudenschild struggled to close in on Macedo upon first claiming the runner-up spot. In fact, Macedo pushed the advantage north of a second on the 21st circuit. But then Haudenschild went to work on slashing into the gap.
With two laps remaining Macedo was less than half a second ahead. And then as the white flag waved Haudenschild built a huge run down the front straightaway. He pounced on the opportunity with a Turn 1 slider that narrowly cleared. Macedo looked to cross back over, but Kofoid filled the gap and closed on Haudenschild heading into Turn 3. Kofoid pulled alongside Haudenschild but couldn’t quite slide ahead. As the two leaders slid toward the top, Macedo turned off the cushion toward the bottom and drove back around Kofoid, but up ahead Haudenschild crossed the finish line to put the punctuation on a wild conclusion that wowed the capacity crowd.
“Hats off to (Kyle) Ripper, Luke (Vaughn), and Steve (Kinzer Dussel),” Haudenschild said. “They’ve been putting the work in, and we ‘ve been fast through the whole night on all of these nights… I think we’ve been there all year.”
Carson Macedo, who has led all but one of the 60 Feature laps the World of Outlaws have contested at Ogilvie, didn’t mask the heartbreak after the race. Haudenschild’s last lap move to take the win left the Lemoore, CA driver puzzled when all was said and done. On the bright side, Macedo pushed his streak of top fives to 16 in a row, and he’s only 10 markers behind Gravel for the points lead.
“That was honestly devastating,” Macedo admitted. “I took the white and did feel like maybe I was starting to catch Brock (Zearfoss) and the other lapper, but I didn’t think that peeling off of the top with one to go was the thing to do. I guess I could’ve just ran the bottom in (Turns) 1 and 2. I don’t know. That was just really disappointing.”
After nearly driving from third to steal the victory on the final lap, Buddy Kofoid settled for a third place finish in the Roth Motorsports No. 83. Nearly getting the win left a slightly sour taste in the rookie’s mouth, but he came away satisfied overall with the strong showing.
“It’s frustrating because I feel like I had a chance,” Kofoid said. “We were right there and just as fast as them, but you can’t hang your head about it. Those two (Haudenschild and Macedo) are a couple of the best right now.”
Donny Schatz and Giovanni Scelzi completed the top five.
A 15th to eighth drive earned Garet Williamson the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Sheldon Haudenschild earned his second Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 31st of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One and Three went to Sheldon Haudenschild (110th Heat Race win of career) and Brock Zearfoss (19th of career). Milton Hershey School Heat Two belonged to Giovanni Scelzi (48th of career).
Carson Macedo topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Brooke Tatnell won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head to Knoxville Raceway for the Premier Chevy Dealers Clash on June 14-15, giving the teams their final chance to prepare for August’s NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Store. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid[3]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz[9]; 5. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 6. 2-David Gravel[7]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart[5]; 8. 23-Garet Williamson[15]; 9. 17B-Bill Balog[8]; 10. 22K-Kaleb Johnson[13]; 11. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[6]; 12. 70-Kraig Kinser[14]; 13. 13-Mark Dobmeier[20]; 14. 23W-Scott Winters[18]; 15. 7S-Landon Crawley[12]; 16. 11M-Brendan Mullen[16]; 17. 3-Tim Kaeding[11]; 18. 24T-Christopher Thram[10]; 19. 14T-Brooke Tatnell[19]; 20. 17Z-Zach Omdahl[22]; 21. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[17]; 22. 199-Ryan Bowers[21]; 23. 33-Scott Broty[23]; 24. 6-Bill Rose[24]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
GRAND FORKS GLORY: Gio Scelzi Outduels Sheldon Haudenschild in Traffic for River Cities Victory
Hot Sauce picks up his second win of the season in only his third ever start at the North Dakota track
GRAND FORKS, ND (June 7, 2024) - Giovanni Scelzi grew up racing on the bullrings of California. He ripped around the tracks often characterized by tight confines and tacky conditions in his teenage years. And that experience sure came in handy on Friday night at River Cities Speedway.
Mother Nature threw a wrench in the evening right before the start of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Feature. A shower delayed the conclusion to the Don Mack Classic and dropped plenty of moisture on the North Dakota quarter mile. The result? A fast, cowboy up racing surface for the 40-lap main event. Scelzi started on the pole of the Feature, carefully worked his way through thick lapped traffic, and bested Sheldon Haudenschild in a battle for the checkered flag. In only his third ever appearance at River Cities, “Hot Sauce” took the KCP Racing #18 to Victory Lane.
“I heard Donny (Schatz) on those restarts,” Scelzi said. “I didn’t know if it was just momentum building as he got going on the top. It worked for me in the Dash, but the track was obviously way wetter there. Kudos to the track crew for sticking this out. Whoever had the idea to add dirt to the racetrack was brilliant. It kind of helped it dry out a bit, but what a great show. The stands are packed. I got to meet some of you guys last time, so this is pretty cool.”
The victory bumped Scelzi up to eight in his career with The Greatest Show on Dirt. It gave KCP Racing double digit wins as the Des Moines, IA-based team climbed to 10 World of Outlaws triumphs. The Fresno, CA native became the 14th different driver to top a World of Outlaws race at River Cities.
The green flag dropped with Scelzi and Schatz leading the way. Scelzi grabbed the early advantage and opted for the bottom, but Schatz looked high and kept his left-front tire right behind the right-rear rubber of Scelzi’s machine.
An early caution set the stage for a restart and one of the race’s wildest moments. Garet Williamson came together with David Gravel as the green lights came back on. The contact stacked up the field as Bill Balog connected with Gravel and flipped, and Gage Pulkrabek also got collected and went over. The point leader Gravel was left with significant damage but managed to return to the track after a trip to the Federated Car Care Work Zone.
On the next restart Scelzi pulled ahead, and Schatz again kept him within sight for the first few circuits. When traffic became a factor, Carson Macedo used a lapped car as a pick to roll by Schatz for second on Lap 10. Sheldon Haudenschild followed Macedo by Schatz to take third on the same circuit. And then only two laps later the surging Haudenschild, who started seventh, drove around Macedo to take over the runner-up spot.
It didn’t take long for Haudenschild to drive the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing #17 right up to the tail tank of Scelzi. The Wooster, OH native pressured Scelzi in traffic, and then on Lap 19 he blasted around Scelzi on the top side to take the lead.
But Scelzi refused to be rattled. It took him hardly any time to respond as two trips around the track later he snuck back around Haudenschild on the low line to regain the lead.
From there it became a game of cat and mouse through traffic. Haudenschild refused to let Scelzi get away, but Scelzi also refused to let Haudenschild alongside again. Haudenschild would close in as they navigated traffic, but then Scelzi would clear a slower car for breathing room. The gap between the two was close for many laps. But ultimately Scelzi managed to hold on for his second World of Outlaws win of 2024 and first since mid-March at Cotton Bowl Speedway.
“We freed up there a little bit during the rain and then left it after the Hot Lap session,” Scelzi said. “And our Hot Lap session was really kind of drying the racetrack out. 40 laps is a long time to run here and have the racetrack blow off, but it never really changed a whole lot. Definitely got tighter as I went, but the car was phenomenal.”
Sheldon Haudenschild brought the NOS Energy Drink machine home second after his fierce charge from seventh. He knew he had a car capable of winning, but the battle for victory came down to minimizing mistakes.
“I don’t think I needed anything out of my car. It was really good,” Haudenschild explained. It was a winning car for sure. (Kyle) Ripper had her dialed in. I could run Gio down there in a lap pretty quick, and then he kind of got behind David and David was trying things. And then I got to David and really couldn’t do anything with him. I think Gio made one mistake and I got him, and I made a mistake, and he got me back.”
Completing the podium at River Cities was Donny Schatz. The 10-time champion improved his already incredible résumé at the facility located in his home state. He’s now up to 23 top threes in 32 races at the North Dakota bullring.
“I was just too tight from the word go,” Schatz said. “The only shot I had really was on the restart trying to get around Gio on the outside and then obviously traffic. I don’t know what happened in traffic there. We lost a bunch of spots. I went in, got under someone, and I guess I got freight trained for a little bit, but I was able to make some spots back up.”
Carson Macedo and Mark Dobmeier rounded out the top five.
A huge 25th to seventh drive earned Buddy Kofoid the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Carson claimed his sixth Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 39th of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four went to Carson Macedo (126th Heat Race win of career), Garet Williamson (second of career), and Nick Omdahl (first of career). Milton Hershey School Heat Two belonged to Sheldon Haudenschild (109th of career).
Giovanni Scelzi topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Brock Zearfoss won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Bill Balog.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head to Minnesota’s Ogilvie Raceway for the Big O Showdown presented by Wagamon Brothers on Saturday, June 8. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[7]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[2]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[3]; 5. 13-Mark Dobmeier[13]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart[10]; 7. 83-Michael Kofoid[25]; 8. 7S-Landon Crawley[5]; 9. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[21]; 10. 2-David Gravel[11]; 11. 22K-Kaleb Johnson[4]; 12. 64-Andy Pake[18]; 13. 0-Nick Omdahl[8]; 14. 70-Kraig Kinser[22]; 15. 23-Garet Williamson[6]; 16. 17Z-Zach Omdahl[20]; 17. 4-Brendan Mullen[19]; 18. 3-Tim Kaeding[9]; 19. 6-Bill Rose[24]; 20. 8-Jack Croaker[23]; 21. 17B-Bill Balog[14]; 22. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[17]; 23. 14T-Tim Estenson[12]; 24. 4Y-Colton Young[15]; 25. 26-Blake Egeland[16]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
LESSONS IN FLYING: Donny Schatz’s Reliance on Aviation for Successful Sprint Car Career
The 10-time Series champion has been a pilot for nearly the entire duration of his World of Outlaws career
GRAND FORKS, ND (June 7, 2024) - Race fans across the country have watched Donny Schatz wheel a Sprint Car to a hall-of-fame worthy career over the past three decades – 10 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car titles, 313 wins, and on and on.
But there’s been a different type of driving going on behind the scenes for most of Schatz’s World of Outlaws career that began in 1997 – aviation. His air travel is different than most. He’s not slogging through a long TSA line and cramming into seat 28C. The 46-year-old is the pilot. He flies his own plane to nearly every race and back home to Fargo, ND during the week – a love for air time that trickles through the Schatz family tree.
“It all starts really with my grandfather,” Schatz said. “My grandfather was in the military, and airplanes were something that enamored him. He was a private pilot for recreation, and in the late ‘60s he was able to get his own plane. I think it’s what enticed my father to get involved in his aviation endeavors as kind of a recreational pilot.
“When we started racing in ’93, my father was trying to expand his business from Minot, ND to Fargo. And the only way that was going to work with living in Minot and having stuff to do in Fargo, going back and forth every day is 280 miles or four-and-a-half-hour drive, so it really brought aviation into play for my father to be able to make his dream come true at the Petro in Fargo.”
Schatz was on the path to acquiring a pilot’s license in his teenage years before racing became priority. Life on the road appealed to the up-and-coming driver as he began to travel the country with The Greatest Show on Dirt. After a handful of years of traversing the country’s highways in a motorhome and racing, the desire to be home more often emerged.
“I realized if I wanted to have somewhat of a normal life and still continue to race, the best balance was going to be to get my pilot’s license and I did,” Schatz explained. “And it’s not just a matter of getting your recreational pilot’s license. You need to be able to fly a twin-engine plane, an all instrument, basically the next thing below a commercial airline pilot without being a commercial airline pilot. You want to keep yourself safe and have the knowledge and be able to deal with weather, all the emergencies and things that happen.
“When you start racing with the World of Outlaws, anything you do, anything you inject into your life, whether it’s learning to be a pilot or learning to do this or that, obviously your priority is your racing,” Schatz said. “For me, it was a situation where I had to find somebody that would train me and was looking for a full-time gig that could work around my schedule. We would do training during the week here and there and then obviously go to the races. Flying is really about building time… It took me about a year from the time I got my private single engine to working multi-engine to working on instrument and the things I did. It took quite some time, but I was trained by great people.”
The ability to journey home between nearly every race has helped Schatz stay focused and content throughout his historic career. It’s given him a sense a normalcy through the grueling World of Outlaws calendar. It’s also helped put the bad nights behind him.
“The thing about flying is you can’t get in the plane and be mad about something on the racetrack or if you had a bad finish,” Schatz said. “When you get in the airplane it’s like getting in the race car, you better be switched on. You better be focused at what you’re doing or you could pay for it with your life and whoever is along with you could pay for it with their life as well.”
This year has been no different for Schatz as he continues to rely on flying to be home often throughout the year. The only difference has been the results. Back before the season started, the 10-time champion promised the racing community they’d see a different Donny Schatz. And he’s delivered on that promise.
After struggling to a sixth-place finish in the 2023 standings, Schatz has been one of the tour’s most consistent drivers in 2024 with his Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing team. Through more than a quarter of the campaign he sits third in points and only 58 markers behind David Gravel for the top spot.
Schatz won’t have to travel far for this weekend’s racing as it kicks off on Friday at Grand Forks, ND’s River Cities Speedway. The bullring is only 80 miles from his home in Fargo, and full of Schatz fans.
“I think a lot of people had the mentality that, ‘Well, he doesn’t care. He’s won 10 championships.’ That’s not the case,” Schatz said. “I never expected in my career to win those things, and I have won them, and I’m still going to try to win another one. That’s why I keep going. I love the competition.”
Schatz continues the 2024 World of Outlaws season this weekend at River Cities Speedway on Friday, June 7, and Minnesota’s Ogilvie Raceway on Saturday, June 8. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
Ironman
Pumps
Up
Payouts
For
World
of
Outlaws,
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midgets
PEVELY,
MO
(June
6,
2024)
–
This
year’s
edition
of
the
Federated
Auto
Parts
Ironman
55
will
present
the
biggest
payouts
in
the
event’s
history
for
the
World
of
Outlaws
NOS
Energy
Drink
Sprint
Cars
and
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midget
Series
presented
by
Toyota.
More
than
$180,000
will
be
on
the
line
during
the
two-day
event
(Aug.
2-3)
at
Federated
Auto
Parts
Raceway
at
I-55,
with
World
of
Outlaws
competitors
battling
for
a
$25,000
top
prize
on
Saturday
and
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midget
competitors
dueling
for
a
$7,500
check
the
same
day.
The
increased
payout
for
the
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midgets
also
reflects
an
increase
to
the
overall
purse
for
Saturday.
In
total,
$26,700
will
be
paid
out
through
the
field
for
Saturday’s
Xtreme
Outlaw
Feature
– a
more
than
$10,000
increase
to
the
Series’
standard
purse.
Every
Feature
position
will
see
an
increase.
Both
nights
will
also
count
toward
the
Xtreme
Outlaw-POWRi
Challenge
Series
title
–
awarding
$2,500
to
the
Series
champion
at
the
end
of
the
year
– as
POWRi
will
co-sanction
the
event
with
Xtreme.
“As
the
Federated
Auto
Parts
Ironman
55
continues
to
grow
into
one
of
the
biggest
events
of
the
year
for
Sprint
Cars
and
Midgets,
we’re
excited
to
be
able
to
increase
the
payouts
with
it,”
said
Jeff
Hachmann,
executive
director
of
events
for
World
Racing
Group.
“This
is a
marquee
event
for
everyone,
and
we
strive
to
make
it
bigger
for
drivers
and
fans
every
year.”
Friday’s
Feature
will
pay
out
$12,000-to-win/$1,200-to-start
for
the
World
of
Outlaws
Sprint
Cars
and
$4,000-to-win/$300-to-start
for
the
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midgets.
Last
year,
the
Ironman
gave
fans,
and
drivers,
a
“race
of
the
year”
candidate
with
Logan
Schuchart
and
Kyle
Larson
battling
wheel-to-wheel,
inches
apart,
at
the
end
of
the
World
of
Outlaws
race.
It
was
a
battle
so
good,
Larson
said
“that
was
probably
the
most
fun
Sprint
Car
race
I’ve
ran
maybe
ever.”
The
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midgets
have
brought
a
variety
of
action
with
every
stop
at
Federated
Auto
Parts
Raceway
at
I-55,
producing
five
different
winners
in
their
five
trips
there.
2023
Series
champion
Jade
Avedisian
won
the
Ironman
finale
last
year.
For
tickets
to
the
Ironman
weekend,
CLICK
HERE.
Grandstands
will
open
at 5
p.m.
(CT)
on
Friday,
Aug.
2,
and
then
at 4
p.m.
on
Saturday.
Hot
Laps
are
scheduled
to
start
at
6:30
p.m.
both
nights.
If
you
can’t
make
it
to
the
track,
you
can
watch
all
the
action
live
on
DIRTVision.
WHAT
TO
WATCH
FOR:
World
of
Outlaws
Northern
Swing
Continues
with
Trips
to
River
Cities,
Ogilvie
The
weekend
brings
The
Greatest
Show
on
Dirt
to
North
Dakota
and
Minnesota
for
the
first
time
in
2024
GRAND
FORKS,
ND
(June
4,
2024)
-
The
2024
map
grows
even
more
this
weekend
as
the
World
of
Outlaws
NOS
Energy
Drink
Sprint
Cars
make
their
first
stops
of
the
season
in
two
more
states.
A
North
Dakota
bullring
that
never
fails
to
entertain
is
up
first.
The
Greatest
Show
on
Dirt
makes
its
32nd
visit
to
Grand
Forks,
ND’s
River
Cities
Speedway
on
Friday,
June
7,
for
the
Don
Mack
Classic.
The
high-banked
quarter
mile
is
home
to
nine
second
laps
in
Qualifying
and
thrilling
racing
throughout
the
entire
program.
There’s
a
reason
longtime
Series
announcer
Johnny
Gibson
ranks
River
Cities
atop
the
list
of
nearly
400
tracks
that
he’s
visited.
Then,
the
tour
takes
off
on a
nearly
300-mile
drive
east
into
Minnesota
where
Ogilvie
Raceway
awaits.
Last
year,
the
World
of
Outlaws
debuted
at
the
fine
facility
with
a
record
crowd
filling
the
stands
and
are
coming
back
for
the
Wagamon
Brothers
presents
the
Big
O
Showdown.
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RIVER
CITIES
TICKETS
HERE
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OGILVIE
TICKETS
HERE
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LIVE
ON
DIRTVision
Let’s
look
at
the
weekend’s
top
storylines:
DONNY’S
DOMAIN:
Racing
in
home
territory
has
always
been
important
for
Donny
Schatz.
Whether
it
was
his
rookie
World
of
Outlaws
season
in
1997
or
any
of
the
10
championship
campaigns
he’s
put
together,
Schatz
always
wants
to
make
the
North
Dakota
fans
proud.
And
his
River
Cities
results
prove
as
much.
Schatz
has
contested
all
31
World
of
Outlaws
events
at
River
Cities
and
won
a
dozen
of
them,
posted
28
top
fives,
and
never
missed
the
top
10
with
a
worst
finish
of
eighth.
The
10-time
champion’s
average
finish
at
River
Cities
is a
remarkable
2.7.
During
2015
and
2016,
Schatz
took
the
Tony
Stewart/Curb
Agajanian
Racing
machine
to
four
consecutive
River
Cities
victories.
The
Fargo,
ND
driver
is
in
search
of
his
11th
championship,
and
a
visit
to
River
Cities
could
offer
a
boost
toward
those
efforts.
Schatz
owns
a
pair
of
victories
so
far
this
year
and
only
missed
the
top
10
on
three
occasions.
All
three
times
he
only
missed
it
by a
spot
with
a
trio
of
11th
place
runs.
SHARK
SLUMP
ENDER?:
There’s
no
denying
2024
hasn’t
been
the
season
Logan
Schuchart
and
Shark
Racing
had
hoped
it
would
be.
They’ve
been
plenty
consistent
with
20
top
10s
in
25
races
but
haven’t
yet
had
race
winning
speed
or
been
able
to
crack
the
podium.
But
there’s
reason
to
believe
River
Cities
could
help
them
turn
things
around.
Schuchart
has
won
two
of
the
last
eight
visits
to
River
Cities,
including
the
most
recent
last
August.
Over
the
course
of
those
eight
races,
the
Hanover,
PA
native
has
finished
sixth
or
better
in
all
but
one.
Half
of
the
eight
have
resulted
in
podiums.
Despite
the
lack
of a
win
this
year,
Schuchart
still
sits
sixth
in
points
and
only
26
markers
outside
the
top
five.
A
night
at
River
Cities
may
be
just
what
Schuchart
needs
to
build
some
momentum
with
the
Summer
of
Money
on
the
horizon.
GRAND
FORKS
GLORY:
Schatz
and
Schuchart
aren’t
the
only
World
of
Outlaws
competitors
with
River
Cities
victories
under
their
belts.
Current
point
leader
David
Gravel
has
made
a
pair
of
trips
to
Victory
Lane.
Seven
years
ago,
he
scored
the
first
of
the
pair
with
CJB
Motorsports,
and
then
last
June
he
and
his
current
Big
Game
Motorsports
team
claimed
the
checkered
flag.
The
Watertown,
CT
native
already
owns
eight
wins
in
2024
and
is
only
four
away
from
reaching
100
for
his
career.
The
man
chasing
Gravel
in
the
standings
–
Carson
Macedo
–
topped
the
June
River
Cities
visit
in
2022.
That’s
his
only
win
at
the
quarter
mile,
but
in
eight
tries
he’s
only
missed
the
top
five
twice.
He
and
Jason
Johnson
Racing
enter
the
weekend
on a
roll
of
eight
consecutive
podiums
and
are
30
markers
behind
Gravel
for
the
top
spot.
The
final
full-timer
with
a
River
Cities
World
of
Outlaws
win
is
Kraig
Kinser.
The
Bloomington,
IN
native
pieced
together
an
impressive
drive
from
10th
to
victory
in
2012.
That
win
came
aboard
his
family’s
No.
11K,
and
he
returns
aboard
the
Premier
Motorsports
No.
70
this
Friday.
OGILVIE
TAKE
TWO:
After
an
exciting
debut
last
year,
the
World
of
Outlaws
are
eager
to
get
back
to
Ogilvie.
The
3/8
mile
doesn’t
often
host
Sprint
Cars,
leaving
little
data
to
suggest
potential
favorites
entering
Saturday.
The
one
previous
Ogilvie
winner
is
Carson
Macedo.
Last
year,
he
led
from
flag
to
flag
in
the
JJR
No.
41
to
tame
the
10th
Minnesota
track
visited
by
The
Greatest
Show
on
Dirt.
Chasing
Macedo
to
the
line
a
year
ago
was
Logan
Schuchart.
His
past
success
at
River
Cities
coupled
with
a
strong
effort
last
year
at
Ogilvie
lays
out
a
prime
opportunity
at a
strong
weekend
to
get
him
and
the
Shark
Racing
team
on
the
right
track.
Rounding
out
the
podium
last
year
was
Donny
Schatz.
Eight
of
his
313
career
Series
wins
have
come
in
the
state
of
Minnesota
at
three
different
tracks
–
Jackson
Motorplex
(Jackson,
MN),
Princeton
Speedway
(Princeton,
MN),
and
Granite
City
Speedway
(Sauk
Rapids,
MN)
–
and
Ogilvie
could
become
the
fourth
this
weekend.
NOSA
KNOWLEDGE:
The
first
trips
to
North
Dakota
and
Minnesota
this
year
means
a
fresh
crop
of
locals
will
be
ready
to
test
themselves
against
the
best
in
the
business
on
home
turf.
The
Northern
Outlaw
Sprint
Association
(NOSA)
regulars
are
prepared
to
face
off
with
The
Greatest
Show
on
Dirt.
It’s
no
surprise
that
the
most
recent
River
Cities
winner
this
year
is
Mark
Dobmeier.
A
May
31
victory
marked
the
latest
in
the
list
of
more
than
100
Dobmeier
has
compiled
at
the
1/4
mile.
The
Grand
Forks,
ND
native
has
competed
30
times
with
the
World
of
Outlaws
at
his
home
track,
and
the
closest
he’s
come
to
beating
the
nation’s
top
talent
is a
pair
of
podiums
(2016
&
2018).
Fellow
Grand
Forks
native
Brendan
Mullen
has
established
himself
as a
solid
competitor
in
recent
years.
He’s
won
at
least
one
River
Cities
NOSA
race
in
each
of
the
last
three
seasons,
and
he’s
fresh
off
a
podium
finish
this
past
weekend.
Jade
Hastings
regularly
joins
the
field
when
the
World
of
Outlaws
roll
into
River
Cities.
He
won
the
track’s
2024
season
opener
on
May
10.
Hastings
has
made
at
least
one
visit
to
River
Cities
Victory
Lane
every
year
since
2017.
This
trio
along
with
a
collection
of
others
from
the
country’s
northern
region
are
expected
to
be
in
action
this
weekend.
THIS
WEEKEND
AT A
GLANCE
WHEN
AND
WHERE
Friday,
June
7 at
River
Cities
Speedway
in
Grand
Forks,
ND
Saturday,
June
8 at
Ogilvie
Raceway
in
Ogilvie,
MN
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CURRENT
CHAMPIONSHIP
STANDINGS
(25/76
Races):
1.
David
Gravel
–
Big
Game
Motorsports
#2
(3518
PTS)
2.
Carson
Macedo
–
Jason
Johnson
Racing
#41
(-30
PTS)
3.
Donny
Schatz
–
Tony
Stewart/Curb
Agajanian
Racing
#15
(-58
PTS)
4.
Giovanni
Scelzi
–
KCP
Racing
#18
(-76
PTS)
5.
Michael
Kofoid
–
Roth
Motorsports
#83
(-108
PTS)
6.
Logan
Schuchart
–
Shark
Racing
#1S
(-134
PTS)
7.
Sheldon
Haudenschild
–
Stenhouse
Jr.-Marshall
Racing
#17
(-196
PTS)
8.
Bill
Balog
– B
Squared
Motorsports
#17B
(-342
PTS)
9.
Brock
Zearfoss
–
Brock
Zearfoss
Racing
#3Z
(-576
PTS)
10.
Landon
Crawley
–
Sides
Motorsports
#7S
(-674
PTS)
NOS
ENERGY
DRINK
FEATURE
WINNERS
(11
Drivers):
8
Wins
–
David
Gravel
6
Wins
–
Sheldon
Haudenschild
2
Wins
–
Donny
Schatz,
Carson
Macedo
1
Win
–
Brad
Sweet,
Tyler
Courtney,
Brent
Marks,
Giovanni
Scelzi,
Rico
Abreu,
Brady
Bacon,
Michael
Kofoid
FEATURE
LAPS
LED
(15
Drivers):
212
Laps
–
David
Gravel
151
Laps
–
Sheldon
Haudenschild
130
Laps
–
Carson
Macedo
56
Laps
–
Giovanni
Scelzi
54
Laps
–
Rico
Abreu
47
Laps
–
Donny
Schatz
34
Laps
–
Brady
Bacon
29
Laps
–
Kyle
Larson
25
Laps
–
Brad
Sweet
23
Laps
–
Michael
Kofoid
13
Laps
–
Anthony
Macri
11
Laps
–
Bill
Balog
3
Laps
–
Brent
Marks
1
Lap
–
Tyler
Courtney,
Kalib
Henry
SIMPSON
PERFORMANCE
PRODUCTS
QUICKTIME
AWARDS
(11
Drivers):
7
Quick
Times
–
David
Gravel
5
Quick
Times
–
Carson
Macedo
3
Quick
Times
–
Giovanni
Scelzi
2
Quick
Times
–
Brent
Marks,
Michael
Kofoid
1
Quick
Time
–
Landon
Crawley,
Brian
Brown,
Aaron
Reutzel,
Brady
Bacon,
Donny
Schatz,
Sheldon
Haudenschild
HEAT
RACE
WINNERS
(24
Drivers):
17
Heat
Wins
–
David
Gravel
12
Heat
Wins
–
Carson
Macedo
9
Heat
Wins
–
Giovanni
Scelzi,
Sheldon
Haudenschild
8
Heat
Wins
–
Michael
Kofoid
5
Heat
Wins
–
Rico
Abreu
4
Heat
Wins
–
Brent
Marks,
Donny
Schatz,
Brock
Zearfoss
3
Heat
Wins
–
Bill
Balog
2
Heat
Wins
–
Brian
Brown,
Tyler
Courtney,
Landon
Crawley
1
Heat
Win
–
Corey
Day,
Justin
Peck,
Sam
Hafertepe
Jr.,
Logan
Schuchart,
Bill
Rose,
Ryan
Timms,
Danny
Sams
III,
Kyle
Larson,
Emerson
Axsom,
Anthony
Macri,
Tim
Shaffer
TOYOTA
DASH
APPEARANCES
(43
Drivers):
21
Dashes
–
David
Gravel
20
Dashes
–
Carson
Macedo
17
Dashes
–
Giovanni
Scelzi
16
Dashes
–
Sheldon
Haudenschild
15
Dashes
–
Michael
Kofoid
12
Dashes
–
Donny
Schatz
10
Dashes
–
Bill
Balog
7
Dashes
–
Rico
Abreu
6
Dashes
–
Landon
Crawley
5
Dashes
–
Brent
Marks,
Logan
Schuchart,
Brock
Zearfoss
4
Dashes
–
Tyler
Courtney,
Brian
Brown
3
Dashes
–
Emerson
Axsom
2
Dashes
–
Brad
Sweet,
Aaron
Reutzel,
Anthony
Macri,
Brady
Bacon,
Cole
Duncan,
Cole
Macedo,
Kalib
Henry
1
Dash
–
Justin
Peck,
Zeb
Wise,
Corey
Day,
Sam
Hafertepe
Jr.,
Bill
Rose,
Ryan
Timms,
Garet
Williamson,
James
McFadden,
Logan
McCandless,
Ayrton
Gennetten,
Danny
Sams
III,
Kyle
Larson,
Skylar
Gee,
Kody
Hartlaub,
Chase
Dietz,
Tim
Shaffer,
T.J.
Michael,
Craig
Mintz,
Brandon
Spithaler,
Sye
Lynch,
Cale
Thomas
MICROLITE
LAST
CHANCE
SHOWDOWN
WINS
(20
Drivers):
2
LCS
Wins
–
Logan
McCandless,
Bill
Balog
1
LCS
Win
–
Austin
McCarl,
Corey
Day,
Kasey
Kahne,
Koty
Adams,
Jace
Park,
Anthony
Macri,
Landon
Crawley,
Garet
Williamson,
Brock
Zearfoss,
Kevin
Newton,
Brenham
Crouch,
Sheldon
Haudenschild,
Brandon
Rahmer,
David
Gravel,
Nate
Dussel,
Cole
Macedo,
Zeth
Sabo,
Garet
Williamson
KSE
HARD
CHARGER
AWARDS
(18
Drivers):
4
Hard
Chargers
–
Logan
Schuchart,
Donny
Schatz
2
Hard
Chargers
–
Carson
Macedo
1
Hard
Charger
–
Aaron
Reutzel,
Jace
Park,
Sam
Hafertepe
Jr.,
Brock
Zearfoss,
Chase
Randall,
Chris
Windom,
Noah
Gass,
Austin
McCarl,
Giovanni
Scelzi,
Sheldon
Haudenschild,
Danny
Dietrich,
Landon
Crawley,
Sye
Lynch,
Bill
Balog,
Scotty
Neitzel
PODIUM
FINISHES
(17
Drivers):
15
Podiums
–
David
Gravel
13
Podiums
–
Carson
Macedo
9
Podiums
–
Michael
Kofoid
8
Podiums
–
Donny
Schatz
7
Podiums
–
Sheldon
Haudenschild
5
Podiums
–
Giovanni
Scelzi
3
Podiums
–
Brad
Sweet,
Rico
Abreu
2
Podiums
–
Tyler
Courtney,
Brent
Marks,
Bill
Balog
1
Podium
–
Justin
Peck,
Anthony
Macri,
Aaron
Reutzel,
Brady
Bacon,
Kyle
Larson,
Cole
Macedo
TOP
10
FINISHES
(51
Drivers):
23
Top
10s
–
Giovanni
Scelzi
22
Top
10s
–
Donny
Schatz,
Michael
Kofoid
21
Top
10s
–
David
Gravel,
Carson
Macedo
20
Top
10s
–
Logan
Schuchart
17
Top
10s
–
Sheldon
Haudenschild
14
Top
10s
–
Bill
Balog
7
Top
10s
–
Brock
Zearfoss
6
Top
10s
–
Rico
Abreu,
Tyler
Courtney
5
Top
10s
–
Brent
Marks,
Anthony
Macri
4
Top
10s
–
Brad
Sweet,
Cole
Macedo
3
Top
10s
–
Brian
Brown,
Aaron
Reutzel,
Landon
Crawley,
Cole
Duncan,
Skylar
Gee
2
Top
10s
–
Ryan
Timms,
Chase
Randall,
Kraig
Kinser,
Corey
Day,
James
McFadden,
Cale
Thomas,
Brady
Bacon
1
Top
10 –
Justin
Peck,
Kasey
Kahne,
Sam
Hafertepe
Jr.,
Zeb
Wise,
Cory
Eliason,
Jacob
Allen,
Chris
Windom,
Garet
Williamson,
Joe
B.
Miller,
Ayrton
Gennetten,
Emerson
Axsom,
Scotty
Milan,
Kyle
Larson,
Troy
Wagaman
Jr.,
Danny
Dietrich,
Chase
Dietz,
Brandon
Spithaler,
Kalib
Henry,
Tim
Shaffer,
Zane
DeVault,
Sye
Lynch,
Travis
Philo,
Trey
Jacobs,
Scotty
Thiel
2024
WORLD
OF
OUTLAWS
SPRINT
CAR
SCHEDULE
&
WINNERS:
No.
/
Day,
Date
/
Track
/
Location
/
Winner
(Total
Wins)
1.
Wed,
Feb
7 /
Volusia
Speedway
Park
/
Barberville,
FL /
Brad
Sweet
(1)
2.
Thurs,
Feb
8 /
Volusia
Speedway
Park
/
Barberville,
FL /
David
Gravel
(1)
3.
Fri,
Feb
9 /
Volusia
Speedway
Park
/
Barberville,
FL /
Tyler
Courtney
(1)
4.
Sat,
Feb
10 /
Volusia
Speedway
Park
/
Barberville,
FL /
Sheldon
Haudenschild
(1)
5.
Mon,
March
4 /
Volusia
Speedway
Park
/
Barberville,
FL /
Donny
Schatz
(1)
6.
Fri,
March
15 /
Cotton
Bowl
Speedway
/
Paige,
TX /
Brent
Marks
(1)
7.
Sat,
March
16 /
Cotton
Bowl
Speedway
/
Paige,
TX /
Giovanni
Scelzi
(1)
8.
Sat,
March
23 /
Kennedale
Speedway
Park
/
Kennedale,
TX /
Carson
Macedo
(1)
9.
Sat,
March
30 /
81
Speedway
/
Wichita,
KS /
Rico
Abreu
(1)
10.
Fri,
April
5 /
US
36
Raceway
/
Osborn,
MO /
David
Gravel
(2)
11.
Sat,
April
6 /
Arrowhead
Speedway
/
Colcord,
OK /
Sheldon
Haudenschild
(2)
12.
Fri,
April
12 /
Federated
Auto
Parts
Raceway
at
I-55
/
Pevely,
MO /
David
Gravel
(3)
13.
Sat,
April
13 /
Federated
Auto
Parts
Raceway
at
I-55
/
Pevely,
MO /
Donny
Schatz
(2)
14.
Fri,
April
19 /
Paducah
International
Raceway
/
Paducah,
KY /
Sheldon
Haudenschild
(3)
15.
Sat,
April
20 /
Tri-State
Speedway
/
Haubstadt,
IN /
Brady
Bacon
(1)
16.
Wed,
May
1 /
Jacksonville
Speedway
/
Jacksonville,
IL /
David
Gravel
(4)
17.
Fri,
May
3 /
Eldora
Speedway
/
Rossburg,
OH /
Sheldon
Haudenschild
(4)
18.
Sat,
May
4 /
Eldora
Speedway
/
Rossburg,
OH /
David
Gravel
(5)
19.
Wed,
May
8 /
Lincoln
Speedway
/
Abbottstown,
PA /
David
Gravel
(6)
20.
Fri,
May
17 /
Attica
Raceway
Park
/
Attica,
OH /
Michael
Kofoid
(1)
21.
Sat,
May
18 /
Sharon
Speedway
/
Hartford,
OH /
David
Gravel
(7)
22.
Fri,
May
24 /
Atomic
Speedway
/
Chillicothe,
OH /
David
Gravel
(8)
23.
Sat,
May
25 /
Atomic
Speedway
/
Chillicothe,
OH /
Sheldon
Haudenschild
(5)
24.
Mon,
May
27 /
Fremont
Speedway
/
Fremont,
OH /
Carson
Macedo
(2)
25.
Fri,
May
31 /
Beaver
Dam
Raceway
/
Beaver
Dam,
WI /
Sheldon
Haudenschild
(6)
CBS
Bringing
New
World
of
Outlaws
Docu-Special
on
June
9
CONCORD,
NC
(June
1,
2024)
–
The
path
to
the
World
of
Outlaws
will
be
showcased
on
CBS
with
a
new
one-hour
special
on
Sunday,
June
9,
at
12:30
p.m.
(ET).
In
the
documentary-style
show
–
World
of
Outlaws:
The
Dirt
Road
to
Stardom
–
the
ladder
system
of
going
from
racing
dirt
Midgets
to
410
Sprint
Cars
will
be
highlighted
with
a
focus
on
the
World
of
Outlaws
NOS
Energy
Drink
Sprint
Car
Series
and
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midget
Series
presented
by
Toyota
from
the
April
Wildcat
Showdown
event
at
US
36
Raceway.
The
special
will
showcase
the
stars
of
both
Series,
including
10-time
World
of
Outlaws
champion
Donny
Schatz,
current
World
of
Outlaws
points
leader
David
Gravel,
Michael
“Buddy”
Kofoid
–
who
went
from
racing
Midgets
to
Sprint
Cars
–
and
those
trying
to
make
their
way
to
The
Greatest
Show
on
Dirt
like
Cannon
McIntosh,
Ryan
Timms
and
more.
The
show
will
run
from
12:30
p.m.
to
1:30
p.m.
(ET),
on
Sunday,
June
9,
marking
the
World
of
Outlaws’
third
time
on
the
main
CBS
network.
Fans
will
also
get
to
see
World
of
Outlaws
NOS
Energy
Drink
Sprint
Car,
World
of
Outlaws
CASE
Construction
Equipment
Late
Model
and
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midget
Series
presented
by
Toyota
races
from
the
2024
season
throughout
the
year
on
CBS
Sports
Network
(CBSSN),
presented
in a
half-hour
special.
World
of
Outlaws
CBS/CBS
Sports
Schedule:
Sunday,
June
9 –
World
of
Outlaws:
The
Dirt
Road
to
Stardom
(CBS
main
network)
Sunday,
June
23 –
World
of
Outlaws
Late
Model
Dairyland
Showdown
(CBS
Sports)
Sunday,
July
7 –
World
of
Outlaws
Sprint
Car
Jim
“JB”
Boyd
Memorial
(CBS
Sports)
Sunday,
July
21 –
World
of
Outlaws
Late
Model
Gopher
50
(CBS
Sports)
Sunday,
Aug.
4 –
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midget
DIAEDGE
Double
Down
Showdown
(CBS
Sports)
Sunday,
Aug.
18 –
World
of
Outlaws
Sprint
Car
Summer
Nationals
(CBS
Sports)
Sunday,
Sept.
1 –
World
of
Outlaws
Late
Model
Prairie
Dirt
Classic
(CBS
Sports)
Sunday,
Sept.
15 –
World
of
Outlaws
Sprint
Car
Knoxville
Nationals
(CBS
Sports)
Sunday,
Sept.
29 –
World
of
Outlaws
Late
Models
at
Highland
Speedway
(CBS
Sports)
Sunday,
Oct.
13 –
World
of
Outlaws
Sprint
Car
Huset’s
Shootout
(CBS
Sports)
Sunday,
Oct.
27 –
World
of
Outlaws
Late
Models
at
Atomic
Speedway
(CBS
Sports)
Sunday,
Nov.
10 –
Xtreme
Outlaw
Championship
Finale
at
Jacksonville
Speedway
(CBS
Sports)
Sunday,
Nov.
24 –
World
of
Outlaws
Late
Models
World
Finals
(CBS
Sports)
Sunday,
Dec.
8 –
World
of
Outlaws
Sprint
Cars
World
Finals
(CBS
Sports)
Ashton
Torgerson
Takes
Coles
County
Debut
for
Third
Xtreme
Outlaw
Win
of
2024
MATTOON,
IL
(May
31,
2024)
–
When
Ashton
Torgerson
cemented
his
plans
to
begin
his
rookie
season
on
the
trail
of
the
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midget
Series
presented
by
Toyota,
he
was
unsure
about
how
he’d
perform
and
manage
the
pressure
of
driving
for
one
of
the
most
accomplished
teams
in
national
Midget
racing.
But
now,
only
halfway
through
the
season,
the
Keith
Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports
(KKM)
racer
has
collected
three
Xtreme
Outlaw
Feature
wins,
which
is
second-most
among
all
drivers.
The
latest
came
Friday
night
in
the
Series’
debut
at
Coles
County
Speedway,
when
he
took
the
lead
from
2022
Series
champion
Zach
Daum
on
Lap
10
and
led
the
rest
of
the
way
to
score
the
win
in
the
POWRi
co-sanctioned
Xtreme
Outlaw-POWRi
Challenge
Series
main
event.
“We
weren’t
sure
if
we
were
gonna
be
the
best
since
it’s
my
first
Midget
year,”
Torgerson,
17,
of
Glendale
AZ,
said.
“We
have
three
wins
already
this
year
with
Xtreme
and
one
with
POWRi.
Overall,
so
far,
it’s
been
amazing
already,
and
we’re
only
halfway
through.”
Earlier
in
the
program,
Torgerson
put
himself
in
shape
to
be
up
front
after
setting
the
fastest
lap
in
his
Qualifying
group
and
winning
his
Heat
Race
from
outside
Row
2.
After
the
four-car
invert,
Torgerson
took
the
green
flag
in
the
Feature
from
the
fourth
starting
spot
and
wasted
little
time
challenging
the
leaders
in
the
early
going.
A
red
flag
situation
appeared
on
Lap
5
for
a
Kale
Drake
rollover
in
Turn
2,
which
restacked
the
field
for
a
restart.
Daum
led
the
field
back
to
green
with
Gavin
Miller
right
behind
him
in
the
bottom
lane
around
the
1/8-mile
oval,
which
played
right
into
Torgerson’s
hand
as
he
soon
found
the
top
side
of
the
track
to
his
liking
and
began
to
close-in
on
the
two
leaders
ahead.
“We
looked
at
the
track
before
the
main
and
I
think
everybody
thought
it
was
gonna
be
right
around
the
bottom
with
how
much
track
work
they
actually
did
to
the
bottom,”
Torgerson
said.
“Rolling
around,
we
had
four
laps
I
think
and
then
a
red
came
out.
I
just
figured
I’m
third,
I
had
to
try
something.
“I
saw
the
top
in
(Turns)
1
and
2
and
it
was
kinda
cleaned
off
a
little
bit,
and
so I
figured
I’d
try
it
once,
see
how
it
goes
and
learn
from
there.
That’s
what
I
did.”
Torgerson
got
around
Miller
for
second
on
Lap
7
and
then
set
his
sights
on
Daum.
He
kept
it
smooth
on
the
top
side
and
reeled-in
the
Trifecta
Motorsports
No.
7U,
and
on
Lap
10
got
a
great
run
to
Daum’s
outside
in
Turns
1
and
2
and
zoomed
past
him
into
the
lead
down
the
backstretch.
“Really,
I
was
just
hoping
Daum
wouldn’t
come
up
in
(Turns)
1
and
2 to
block
me
the
one
or
two
times
I
showed
him
I
had
momentum,
and
luckily
he
didn’t,”
Torgerson
said.
“After
that,
I
was
able
to
jump
up
top
in 3
and
4
pretty
much
set
sail
after
that.”
And
set
sail
he
did.
Torgerson
navigated
his
way
through
traffic
without
a
single
fault,
ducking
and
weaving
his
way
around
the
slower
cars
en
route
to
the
win.
At
its
largest,
his
gap
to
second-place
Chase
McDermand
grew
to
nearly
two
seconds
in
the
final
laps.
“With
the
moves
I
was
making
and
how
fast
I
was
getting
around
them,
I
actually
think
it
calmed
me
down
a
little
bit
knowing
that
I
had
lapped
cars
in
between
us,”
Torgerson
said.
“Splitting
cars
there
– I
don’t
think
they
were
able
to
do
the
exact
same
moves,
so
it
probably
took
them
a
little
bit
longer
to
get
around
them.”
McDermand
crossed
the
finish
line
second
to
secure
his
fourth
podium
finish
of
the
season.
He
started
third
and
fell
back
to
fourth
in
the
beginning
of
the
race
but
was
able
to
climb
back
thanks
to
his
patience
on
the
top
side.
After
a
fierce
battle
with
Daum
around
the
midway
point
of
the
race,
complete
with
slide
jobs
and
repeated
contact
between
the
two,
McDermand
was
able
to
take
the
spot
away
for
good
on
Lap
13.
However,
he
was
unable
to
get
close
enough
to
Torgerson
in
the
end
to
make
a
bid
for
the
lead.
“I
think,
like
everybody
else,
I
just
needed
a
caution,”
McDermand
said.
“Just
couldn’t
get
there
in
the
dirty
air.
I
feel
like
we
were
better
in
clean
air.
I
ran
him
down,
but
then
right
when
I
caught
him,
we
were
getting
into
lapped
traffic
and
there
really
wasn’t
any
opportunity
to
get
by
him.”
Still,
the
23-year-old
Illinois
racer
collected
a
strong
finish
and
showed
progress
in
the
midst
of a
season
that’s
been
dotted
with
misfortune
and
results
he
said
has
not
been
up
to
his
standards.
“It’s
good
for
some
confidence
to
have
a
good
run
again
after
the
last
few
runs
we’ve
had,”
McDermand
said.
“I
feel
like
we’ve
just
been
buried
lately,
and
it
just
hasn’t
been
reflective
of
what
we’re
capable
of
and
what
we
know
we’re
capable
of.
To
get
a P2
finish
is
good
for
everybody
involved.”
Daum
hung
on
to
finish
third
while
KKM
teammates
Ryan
Timms
and
Cannon
McIntosh
completed
the
top-five.
The
Whitz
Racing
Products
Quick
Time
Award
went
to
Zach
Daum
for
his
fastest
lap
in
Qualifying
of
10.781.
Toyota
Racing
Heat
1
was
won
by
Chase
McDermand.
TJ
Forged
Heat
2
was
won
by
Ryan
Timms.
UP
NEXT
Following
the
postponement
of
Saturday’s
events
at
Wayne
County
Speedway
(IL),
the
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midgets
will
now
take
a
summer
break
and
resume
competition
Friday-Saturday,
July
19-20,
at
Spoon
River
Speedway
in
Lewistown,
IL.
Tickets
for
the
event
are
on
sale
now
at
XtremeOutlawSeries.com
and
will
also
be
available
at
the
gate
on
race
day.
If
you
can’t
be
there
to
watch
in
person,
stream
every
lap
live
on
DIRTVision.
ABBREVIATED
RESULTS
(view
full
results)
Feature
(30
Laps):
1.
67K-Ashton
Torgerson[4];
2.
40-Chase
McDermand[3];
3.
7U-Zach
Daum[1];
4.
67-Ryan
Timms[5];
5.
71K-Cannon
McIntosh[12];
6.
71-Jade
Avedisian[8];
7.
97-Gavin
Miller[2];
8.
21K-Karter
Sarff[10];
9.
16-Kyle
Jones[17];
10.
55-Trevor
Cline[6];
11.
19AZ-Hayden
Reinbold[9];
12.
56D-Mitchell
Davis[18];
13.
14S-Tyler
Edwards[19];
14.
54-Michael
Pickens[11];
15.
1K-Brayton
Lynch[13];
16.
97K-Kale
Drake[16];
17.
43-Gunnar
Setser[20];
18.
66-Jayden
Clay[21];
19.
98-Elijah
Gile[15];
20.
57-Mark
McMahill[22];
21.
19M-Ethan
Mitchell[7];
22.
86-Shane
Cottle[14]
HAUD
HEROICS:
Sheldon
Haudenschild
Drives
from
Sixth
for
Another
Beaver
Dam
Victory
A
thrilling
drive
leads
Sheldon
Haudenschild
to
his
fifth
Beaver
Dam
win
in
the
last
six
races
BEAVER
DAM,
WI
(May
31,
2024)
-
Sometime
a
track
just
fits
a
racer
perfectly.
Whether
it’s
the
size,
shape,
surface,
or a
blend
of
all
the
elements,
drivers
go
with
certain
racetracks
like
yin
and
yang.
And
that’s
certainly
the case
with
Sheldon
Haudenschild
and
Beaver
Dam
Raceway.
Heading
into
Friday’s
Jim “JB”
Boyd
Memorial
opener,
Haudenschild
had
topped
four the
last
five
Beaver
Dam
races
with the
World of
Outlaws
NOS
Energy
Drink
Sprint
Cars.
Haudenschild
being up
front at
the
Wisconsin
oval
with the
Stenhouse
Jr.-Marshall
Racing
crew had
become a
foregone
conclusion.
And he
didn’t
let the
“Badger
State”
fans
down on
Friday.
Haudenschild
delivered
perhaps
his most
exciting
Beaver
Dam
victory
to kick
off the
Jim Boyd
Memorial.
He
hadn’t
started
worse
than
third in
his
previous
four
victories,
but he
lined up
sixth
Friday
night
and gave
the
crowd a
show.
The
Wooster,
OH
native
wheeled
his way
forward
from row
three,
snatched
the top
spot
from
Carson
Macedo
on Lap
17, and
held on
late for
his
fifth
win in
the last
six
Beaver
Dam
races.
“I
don’t
know,
maybe
I’m
Scott
Boyd’s
(track
owner)
long
lost son
or
something,”
Haudenschild
said
with a
laugh of
his
success
at
Beaver
Dam. “We
just
seem to
have
this
place
figured
out.
It’s
cool to
have the
wins
here and
be
friends
with the
Boyd
family.”
The
sixth
win of
2024 for
Haudenschild
moved
him to
40 for
his
career
with The
Greatest
Show on
Dirt as
he
becomes
the 20th
different
driver
to reach
40
victories.
Five
wins at
Beaver
Dam also
breaks a
tie with
Federated
Auto
Parts
Raceway
at I-55
to make
it the
winningest
track on
his
résumé.
It also
broke a
tie with
Brad
Sweet
and
Daryn
Pittman
to give
him sole
possession
of the
most
World of
Outlaws
wins at
Beaver
through
34
visits.
The
front
row of
Carson
Macedo
and Bill
Balog
led the
field to
green.
Macedo
slid
ahead of
Balog to
take the
top spot
and lead
the
opening
lap. As
the
front
four
cars all
opted
for the
cushion
on the
first
couple
circuits,
David
Gravel
gave the
bottom a
shot and
it paid
off. The
point
leader
rolled
all the
way from
the
fifth
starting
spot to
second
in two
laps.
The
forward
progress
for
Gravel
halted
when he
reached
second
as he
couldn’t
also
move by
Macedo
for the
top
spot.
The lead
duo
settled
into a
rhythm
while
Haudenschild
began to
make his
charge.
At the
completion
of the
first
lap
Haudenschild
was in
seventh.
Only
three
circuits
later
he’d
worked
his way
up to
third.
Haudenschild
quickly
closed
in on
the lead
duo as
they
navigated
traffic.
Lapped
cars
caused
the
leaders
to bunch
up and
make
daring
moves to
work
their
way
through.
Haudenschild
grabbed
the
runner-up
spot
from
Gravel
on Lap
8, but
Gravel
took it
right
back on
the
following
lap. Two
circuits
later
Haudenschild
passed
Gravel
again,
and then
a Lap 14
caution
cooled
off the
battle.
Gravel
used a
strong
run on
the
bottom
during
the
restart
to
reclaim
second,
but it
didn’t
take
long for
Haudenschild
to get
his
momentum
wound up
where
he’s
most
comfortable
– right
against
the
fence.
As
Macedo
and
Gravel
rolled
the
bottom
in Turns
3 and 4,
Haudenschild
blasted
by
Gravel
on the
top and
into
second
on the
16th
circuit.
One lap
later he
used the
same
move to
power by
Macedo
and into
the
lead.
There
was no
slowing
Haudenschild
after he
took the
top spot
as he
began to
stretch
the
advantage
while
Macedo
and
Gravel
battled
for
second.
A
yellow
flag
with six
laps
remaining
brought
Macedo
and
Gravel
to
Haudenschild’s
tail
tank,
but he
proved
to be
too
strong
on the
restart
as he
took off
and
drove to
his
sixth
victory
of 2024
in the
NOS
Energy
Drink
#17.
“Just
searching
the
track
and
knowing
when to
move,”
Haudenschild
said of
how he
got to
Victory
Lane.
“Me and
David
were on
the
bottom
pretty
early,
but he
was
still
trying
the top
in
(Turns)
1 and 2.
I kind
of
showed
him my
nose,
and then
he moved
down,
and that
just put
me
searching
again.
But you
can only
do that
with a
really
good
race
car. If
your car
is no
good,
you
can’t
search
like
that, so
hats off
to
(Kyle)
Ripper
and the
guys.
They
were on
it all
night
even
after
starting
in the
back of
that
Dash.”
Carson
Macedo
brought
the
Jason
Johnson
Racing
#41 home
second
for
their
eighth
consecutive
podium
finish.
They’re
down to
only 30
markers
behind
Gravel
for the
point
lead.
Macedo
found
himself
wishing
he’d
tried
something
different
to stay
in front
of
Haudenschild
with
hopes of
back-to-back
victories
after
winning
Fremont
on
Monday.
“I
feel
like
that was
obviously
the
wrong
move
now, but
hindsight
is
20/20,”
Macedo
said. “I
felt
like
during
the race
I was
getting
edged on
the
bottom.
I could
see
David
down
there,
and I
think I
could
see
Sheldon
down
there at
one
point.
It just
felt
like in
lapped
traffic
it was
decent
down
there
and
getting
so far
around
up top.
It was
weird. I
went
down
there,
and it
was
good,
and then
a couple
laps
later I
went
down
there
and spun
(tires),
and
Sheldon
blew my
doors
off.
Then
when I
moved
back up,
it was
way more
grippy
up there
all of a
sudden.”
David
Gravel
and Big
Game
Motorsports
rounded
out the
podium.
Like he
has most
of 2024,
Gravel
showed
he had
speed
capable
of
winning
but came
up just
a couple
spots
shy of
his
ninth
victory
of the
year.
“We
had a
race-winning
race car
right
there,”
Gravel
said.
“What a
racetrack.
It
changed.
The
fastest
lane
changed
a couple
times. I
felt
like if
Carson
just
continued
to run
the top
there
and
didn’t
dirty up
my air
on the
bottom
of
(Turns)
3 and 4,
then I
could’ve
maybe
got the
lead.
But that
just
opened
up the
top for
Sheldon,
and he
was
really
able to
rip it
and make
it
count.”
Giovanni
Scelzi
and
Logan
Schuchart
completed
the top
five.
A
23rd to
13th
drive
earned
Scotty
Neitzel
the KSE
Racing
Hard
Charger.
Giovanni
Scelzi
claimed
his
third
Simpson
Quick
Time of
2024 and
the 14th
of his
career
in Sea
Foam
Qualifying.
NOS
Energy
Drink
Heats
One,
Three,
and Four
went to
Brock
Zearfoss
(18th
Heat
Race win
of
career),
Buddy
Kofoid
(23rd of
career),
and
Sheldon
Haudenschild
(108th
of
career).
Milton
Hershey
School
Heat Two
belonged
to David
Gravel
(258th
of
career).
Carson
Macedo
topped
the
Toyota
Racing
Dash.
Garet
Williamson
won the
Micro-Lite
Last
Chance
Showdown.
Brock
Zearfoss
earned
the
night’s
Smith
Titanium
Brake
Systems
Break of
the
Race.
UP NEXT: The
World of
Outlaws
NOS
Energy
Drink
Sprint
Cars
finish
the Jim
“JB”
Boyd
Memorial
at
Beaver
Dam
Raceway
with a
$20,000-to-win
finale
on
Saturday,
June 1.
For
tickets, CLICK
HERE.
If
you
can’t
make it
to the
track,
catch
every
lap live
on DIRTVision.
FEATURE
RESULTS:
NOS
Energy
Drink
Feature
(30
Laps):
1.
17-Sheldon
Haudenschild[6];
2.
41-Carson
Macedo[1];
3.
2-David
Gravel[5];
4.
18-Giovanni
Scelzi[7];
5.
1S-Logan
Schuchart[10];
6.
15-Donny
Schatz[3];
7.
83-Michael
Kofoid[4];
8.
17B-Bill
Balog[2];
9.
99-Skylar
Gee[17];
10.
73-Scotty
Thiel[9];
11.
W20-Greg
Wilson[13];
12.
23-Garet
Williamson[21];
13.
2W-Scott
Neitzel[23];
14.
70-Kraig
Kinser[14];
15.
6-Bill
Rose[15];
16.
49J-Josh
Schneiderman[11];
17.
14T-Tim
Estenson[19];
18.
7S-Landon
Crawley[12];
19.
10V-Matt
VanderVere[22];
20.
25-Danny
Schlafer[16];
21.
87A-Austin
Hartmann[20];
22.
65-Jordan
Goldesberry[24];
23.
3Z-Brock
Zearfoss[8];
24.
10W-Mike
Reinke[18]
Cannon
McIntosh
Wins at Doe
Run for
Second-Straight
Xtreme
Outlaw
Feature Win
DOE RUN,
MO (May 30,
2024) –
Cannon
McIntosh and
the Keith
Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports
(KKM) team
are heating
up at
exactly the
right time
of the
season.
With a
summer break
in the
schedule
nearing,
McIntosh,
21, of
Bixby, OK,
scored his
fourth
Feature win
of the
season with
the Xtreme
Outlaw
Midget
Series
presented by
Toyota
Thursday
night at Doe
Run Raceway,
taking the
lead from
Michael
Pickens
early and
never
looking back
en route to
his ninth
career
Series
victory and
second in
two races,
going back
to his win
at Atomic
Speedway
last
Saturday.
The win
increases
his lead in
the
championship
standings up
to 154
points over
his KKM
teammate
Ryan Timms
with 13 of
the 30
scheduled
races
complete.
He’s now a
perfect
13-for-13 in
top-five
finishes
this season
– 10 of
which have
been on the
podium.
Thursday’s
program was
also run in
conjunction
with the
POWRi
National
Midget
League,
making for
his second
career win
in Xtreme
Outlaw-POWRi
Challenge
Series
events.
With his
fourth
Xtreme
Outlaw main
event win of
the season
in the can –
tying his
personal
record from
last year –
McIntosh is
beginning to
take the
form he
showed
during the
first half
of 2023
driving for
his
family-run
team. But he
made the
move back to
KKM this
past winter
and has been
increasingly
more of a
threat for
the win
every night
– essential
in his quest
to capture
his first
national
Midget
series
championship.
“I think
it’s just
Keith and
I’s
relationship,
when it
comes to the
racecars, is
just getting
better and
better with
every race,”
McIntosh
said. “As
good as we
looked
tonight, I
feel like we
keep better
and better
every race.”
When the
green flag
dropped in
the main
event,
McIntosh
wasted no
time in
making a
charge for
the leaders,
picking off
Tyler
Edwards for
second on
Lap 3 and
setting his
sights on
leader
Pickens.
A caution
flag was
thrown one
lap later
for Edwards
who spun and
collected
Jade
Avedisian in
Turn 4. On
the restart,
McIntosh
lined up
behind
Pickens and
took first
crack at a
slide job in
Turns 3-4 on
Lap 5.
Pickens
crossed him
over to
retake the
spot down
the
frontstretch,
but McIntosh
returned the
favor in
Turns 1-2.
Pickens
threw one
more slider
in Turn 3
and but
washed way
up the track
out of Turn
4, allowing
McIntosh to
take the
spot for
good.
“Pickens
was,
obviously, a
little bit
harder to
do; he had
more
momentum
built up,”
McIntosh
said. “But,
I was able
to
eventually
just build
enough
momentum to
get by him
there. I
know it was
probably a
close
slider, but
no contact,
which is
always a
good thing.”
“It got
trickier as
the race
went on,”
Pickens
said. “It
was really a
race of
understanding
the best
place to put
your car and
not make
mistakes and
trip
yourself up.
Cannon
obviously
did that the
best.”
Once he
got to the
lead, it was
all McIntosh
out front.
For the next
25 laps, he
put on a
clinic
around the
1/6-mile,
opening up a
gap as large
as three
seconds in
lapped
traffic as
the laps
wound down.
From
seventh on
the starting
grid, Zach
Daum was
making his
climb toward
the front,
and by Lap
11 had taken
second from
Pickens with
a pass in
Turns 1-2.
While Daum
tried to run
McIntosh
down later
in the race,
he was
unable to
find the
speed to
keep up as
McIntosh’s
gap grew in
traffic.
“First
thing is
having a
really good
car under
you, which I
had an
amazing
piece under
me; it was
lights-out,”
McIntosh
said. “From
that point
out, it was
just kind of
my job in
finding the
line early,
and I think
I found it
pretty
quick. After
that, it was
just kind of
finding the
fine line
between how
hard I could
drive it and
not going
too far.”
In the
closing
laps, Daum
appeared to
be settled
in for
runner-up
finish until
a rear-end
component
broke with
only two
laps left.
The 2022
Series
champion
pulled to
the infield
and gave up
his spot to
Pickens, who
crossed the
stripe with
a
second-place
finish in
his first
appearance
with Xtreme
since 2022.
“I
probably
struggled a
little bit
through the
midway
point,
figured a
few things
out and
maybe got a
tick better
at the end,”
said
Pickens, 41,
of Auckland,
NZ.
Coming
home third
was
16-year-old
national
Midget
rookie
Trevor
Cline, who
received the
Whitz Racing
Products
Quick Time
Award for
the first
time in his
career
earlier in
the program.
His
Qualifying
lap of
10.784 also
broke the
track record
and
contributed
to him later
starting
ninth on the
Feature
starting
grid.
Cline, of
Mooresville,
NC,
navigated
through the
top-10
gradually
throughout
the 30-lap
main event,
settling
into third
once Daum
dropped out
in the final
laps.
Toyota
Racing Heat
1 was won by
Karter Sarff;
Kale Drake
won TJ
Forged Heat
2; Tyler
Edwards won
Heat 3.
The Last
Chance
Showdown was
won by
Mitchell
Davis.
UP NEXT
The
Xtreme
Outlaw and
POWRi
Midgets next
head to
Coles County
Speedway in
Mattoon, IL,
on Friday,
May 31.
Tickets will
be on sale
at the gate.
If you can’t
be at the
track,
stream every
lap live on
DIRTVision.
ABBREVIATED
RESULTS
Feature
(30 Laps):
1.
71K-Cannon
McIntosh[3];
2.
54-Michael
Pickens[1];
3. 55-Trevor
Cline[9]; 4.
21K-Karter
Sarff[5]; 5.
67-Ryan
Timms[15];
6.
19AZ-Hayden
Reinbold[14];
7. 14S-Tyler
Edwards[2];
8. 97K-Kale
Drake[4]; 9.
40-Chase
McDermand[12];
10. 16-Kyle
Jones[16];
11.
67K-Ashton
Torgerson[11];
12. 97-Gavin
Miller[18];
13.
98-Elijah
Gile[10];
14. 3N-Jake
Neuman[20];
15.
43-Gunnar
Setser[8];
16.
1K-Brayton
Lynch[21];
17.
66-Jayden
Clay[22];
18. 7U-Zach
Daum[7]; 19.
71-Jade
Avedisian[6];
20. 77-Joe
Wirth[13];
21.
56D-Mitchell
Davis[17];
22.
50-Daniel
Adler[19]
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Jim Boyd Memorial Brings World of Outlaws to Wisconsin for First 2024 Visit
The Greatest Show on Dirt is set for two nights at Beaver Dam with $20,000 on the line Saturday
BEAVER DAM, WI (May 29, 2024) - The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars are trucking from the “Buckeye State” to the “Badger State.”
Beaver Dam Raceway is this week’s destination for The Greatest Show on Dirt. The Wisconsin oval welcomes the country’s best Sprint Car drivers for two nights (May 31-June 1) of action at the Jim “JB” Boyd Memorial. The opener offers up a $12,000 payday before the stakes are raised for Saturday’s $20,000-to-win finale. The pair of races will be the 34th and 35th in Series history at the 1/3 mile. This weekend is set to mark the first two of six scheduled nights of racing in Wisconsin in 2024 for the World of Outlaws.
The battle for the championship lead is tightening. Spots inside the top five are swapping. The summer of money is approaching. A region is ready to face off with the World of Outlaws for the first time in 2024. All pieces that promise to contribute toward another thrilling weekend of action.
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Let’s look at the weekend’s top storylines:
CLOSER AND CLOSER: A battle atop the point standings between two hungry drivers quickly appears to be shaping up. Eight wins and remarkable speed has carried David Gravel to the point lead for much of 2024. But an unflinching consistency has positioned Carson Macedo within striking distance as they both chase their first title.
Heading into Beaver Dam, Gravel leads Macedo by 32 markers – the closest Macedo has been all year. The last 17 races for Gravel have led to a whopping seven wins and a dozen top two finishes. But sprinkled in that stretch are also finishes of 23rd, 11th and 21st. Over that same time frame, Macedo has only won twice compared to Gravel’s seven, but he’s finished no worse than ninth and owns a 3.6 average result over the stretch.
Looking at Beaver Dam, Gravel is yet to win at the Wisconsin oval, but he’s been so close. The Watertown, CT native has been on the podium in five of his last six Beaver Dam tries including two runner-ups last year. Macedo also doesn’t own a World of Outlaws win at Beaver Dam, but he did drive Joe Gaerte’s #3G to Victory Lane at a 2017 Interstate Racing Association (IRA) race.
HOME GAME: For the first time during his rookie World of Outlaws campaign, Bill Balog will get the chance to race in front of home fans. The North Pole, AK native made the move to Wisconsin earlier in life and established himself as one of the best drivers in the region’s history before joining The Greatest Show on Dirt.
Balog owns a huge total of 19 IRA victories at Beaver Dam, most recently claiming a 2021 visit. It’s also home to his one career World of Outlaws victory. Back in 2016 Balog bested former champion – Daryn Pittman – to pick up a wildly popular upset win.
It’s been a productive debut season with the World of Outlaws for Balog and the B Squared Motorsports team. He’s picked up 13 top 10s in 24 races. He’s fresh off an 18th to fourth drive at Fremont for his sixth top five of the season. And the campaign has been highlighted by a pair of podiums at Paducah and Attica.
BADGER MASTER: Over the last few years Sheldon Haudenschild has been the clear man to beat whenever the World of Outlaws roll into Beaver Dam.
The Wooster, OH native has driven the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing #17 to Beaver Dam Victory Lane in four of the last five visits. The Wisconsin 1/3 mile is currently tied with Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 for the winningest track on Haudenschild’s World of Outlaws résumé.
The 2024 campaign has already led to five victories for Haudenschild including one last weekend at Atomic. The next one will push the team NOS Energy Drink driver to 40 for his career.
CAN HOT SAUCE GET HOT?: After taking the point lead back in March, Giovanni Scelzi and KCP Racing have cooled off slightly.
Scelzi began the year with seven straight finishes of seventh or better including a pair of podiums and an average finish of fourth. The last five races have led to a best of fifth and an average result of eighth. The consistency is still there, but he’ll need slightly better results to climb back into the championship battle.
Fortunately for “Hot Sauce,” Beaver Dam could be the place to begin a hot streak. The Fresno, CA driver topped the opening night of last year’s Jim Boyd Memorial, and he’s always consistent at Beaver Dam. Scelzi hasn’t finished worse than eighth in five tries and also nearly won the 2021 visit, leading 19 laps before finishing second.
WISCONSIN WARRIORS: With this weekend being the first trip to Wisconsin of 2024, a collection of the state’s locals will be looking to see how well they can defend home turf against the nation’s best.
Sheboygan, WI’s Scotty Thiel is always stout at Beaver Dam. He’s bagged four IRA wins at the 1/3 mile, most recently taking a 2022 checkered flag. Thiel’s best Beaver Dam finish in 10 tries with the World of Outlaws is 13th (2022).
There’s another Scotty with plenty of experience under his belt, and it’s Beaver Dam’s own Scotty Neitzel. He’s fresh off claiming his first IRA win in two years at Wilmot Raceway. Neitzel picked up a Beaver Dam IRA victory back in 1995, and its home to his one career World of Outlaws top 10 (eighth in 2003).
This duo is expected to be joined by more “Badger State” locals including Austin Hartmann (Plymouth, WI), Dave Uttech (Kenosha, WI), and more.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday-Saturday, May 31-June 1 at Beaver Dam Raceway in Beaver Dam, WI
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (24/76 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports #2 (3374 PTS)
2. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing #41 (-32 PTS)
3. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing #15 (-52 PTS)
4. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing #18 (-74 PTS)
5. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports #83 (-100 PTS)
6. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing #1S (-130 PTS)
7. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing #17 (-202 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports #17B (-332 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing #3Z (-536 PTS)
10. Landon Crawley – Sides Motorsports #7S (-644 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (11 Drivers):
8 Wins – David Gravel
5 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
2 Wins – Donny Schatz, Carson Macedo
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, Giovanni Scelzi, Rico Abreu, Brady Bacon, Michael Kofoid
FEATURE LAPS LED (15 Drivers):
212 Laps – David Gravel
137 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
114 Laps – Carson Macedo
56 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
54 Laps – Rico Abreu
47 Laps – Donny Schatz
34 Laps – Brady Bacon
29 Laps – Kyle Larson
25 Laps – Brad Sweet
23 Laps – Michael Kofoid
13 Laps – Anthony Macri
11 Laps – Bill Balog
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Tyler Courtney, Kalib Henry
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (11 Drivers):
7 Quick Times – David Gravel
5 Quick Times – Carson Macedo
2 Quick Times – Brent Marks, Michael Kofoid, Giovanni Scelzi
1 Quick Time – Landon Crawley, Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Donny Schatz, Sheldon Haudenschild
HEAT RACE WINNERS (24 Drivers):
16 Heat Wins – David Gravel
12 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
9 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi
8 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
7 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid
5 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu
4 Heat Wins – Brent Marks, Donny Schatz
3 Heat Wins – Bill Balog, Brock Zearfoss
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown, Tyler Courtney, Landon Crawley
1 Heat Win – Corey Day, Justin Peck, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Logan Schuchart, Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Emerson Axsom, Anthony Macri, Tim Shaffer
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (43 Drivers):
20 Dashes – David Gravel
19 Dashes – Carson Macedo
16 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi
15 Dashes – Sheldon Haudenschild
14 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
11 Dashes – Donny Schatz
9 Dashes – Bill Balog
7 Dashes – Rico Abreu
6 Dashes – Landon Crawley
5 Dashes – Brent Marks, Logan Schuchart
4 Dashes – Tyler Courtney, Brian Brown, Brock Zearfoss
3 Dashes – Emerson Axsom
2 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Aaron Reutzel, Anthony Macri, Brady Bacon, Cole Duncan, Cole Macedo, Kalib Henry
1 Dash – Justin Peck, Zeb Wise, Corey Day, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Garet Williamson, James McFadden, Logan McCandless, Ayrton Gennetten, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Skylar Gee, Kody Hartlaub, Chase Dietz, Tim Shaffer, T.J. Michael, Craig Mintz, Brandon Spithaler, Sye Lynch, Cale Thomas
MICROLITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (17 Drivers):
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless, Bill Balog
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace Park, Anthony Macri, Landon Crawley, Garet Williamson, Brock Zearfoss, Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brandon Rahmer, David Gravel, Nate Dussel, Cole Macedo, Zeth Sabo
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (17 Drivers):
4 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart, Donny Schatz
2 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo
1 Hard Charger – Aaron Reutzel, Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild, Danny Dietrich, Landon Crawley, Sye Lynch, Bill Balog
PODIUM FINISHES (17 Drivers):
14 Podiums – David Gravel
12 Podiums – Carson Macedo
9 Podiums – Michael Kofoid
8 Podiums – Donny Schatz
6 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild
5 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet, Rico Abreu
2 Podiums – Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, Bill Balog
1 Podium – Justin Peck, Anthony Macri, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Kyle Larson, Cole Macedo
TOP 10 FINISHES (50 Drivers):
22 Top 10s – Giovanni Scelzi
21 Top 10s – Donny Schatz, Michael Kofoid
20 Top 10s – David Gravel, Carson Macedo
19 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart
16 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
13 Top 10s – Bill Balog
7 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss
6 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss
5 Top 10s – Brent Marks, Anthony Macri
4 Top 10s – Brad Sweet, Cole Macedo
3 Top 10s – Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Landon Crawley, Cole Duncan
2 Top 10s – Ryan Timms, Chase Randall, Kraig Kinser, Corey Day, James McFadden, Skylar Gee, Cale Thomas, Brady Bacon
1 Top 10 – Justin Peck, Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Zeb Wise, Cory Eliason, Jacob Allen, Chris Windom, Garet Williamson, Joe B. Miller, Ayrton Gennetten, Emerson Axsom, Scotty Milan, Kyle Larson, Troy Wagaman Jr., Danny Dietrich, Chase Dietz, Brandon Spithaler, Kalib Henry, Tim Shaffer, Zane DeVault, Sye Lynch, Travis Philo, Trey Jacobs
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / David Gravel (6)
20. Fri, May 17 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Michael Kofoid (1)
21. Sat, May 18 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / David Gravel (7)
22. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / David Gravel (8)
23. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
24. Mon, May 27 / Fremont Speedway / Fremont, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Xtreme, POWRi Collide with Tripleheader Weekend in Midwest
DOE RUN, MO (May 29, 2024) – The busiest stretch of the season for the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota continues this weekend with three races spread across Missouri and Illinois.
After four races through North Carolina and Ohio last week, the Series now heads to Missouri for an appearance at Doe Run Raceway on Thursday, May 30. The banked 1/6-mile oval is home to weekly Micro Sprint competition and hosted its first-ever national Midget series event with the Xtreme Outlaw Series’ debut in July 2023. The Xtreme stars will return to the track with a $4,000 grand prize on the line, racing in conjunction with the POWRi National Midget League.
Next, the Series heads back to Illinois for a first-time appearance at Coles County Speedway in Mattoon, IL, featuring another $4,000-to-win main event. The event will mark a moment in track history as the first time national Midget series racing has graced its 1/8-mile confines. This event will also be run in conjunction with POWRi as Race No. 4 of the Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series.
Finally, the weekend wraps up with a trip back to Wayne County Speedway in Wayne City, IL, where the Series ran two races in 2023. A $4,000 grand prize is on the line for the Feature winner at the banked 1/5-mile oval.
Races three and four of the Challenge Series will commence at Doe Run and Coles County. Ashton Torgerson is the points leader of both the Challenge Series and the POWRi National standings with two Feature wins.
Tickets for all three races will be on sale at the gate on race day. If you can’t be at the track to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
Here are the drivers to watch for and storylines to follow this week:
CLIMBING BACK – Right when it looked as if Zach Daum and Trifecta Motorsports had freed themselves from their string of bad luck, fate tipped them off on another stretch of misfortune that they’ll again try to bounce back from this weekend.
Daum, the 2022 Series champion from Pocahontas, IL, scored his first win of the season last Wednesday at Millbridge Speedway, finally breaking through on the track that had frustrated he and his team for the past two seasons. However, two days later at Atomic Speedway, a crash took them out of the main event early, damaging their primary car and forcing them to go to a backup for Saturday.
But things may be looking up for the 32-year-old open-wheel veteran. He and the Trifecta team race Doe Run on Thursday, where they won in July of last year, and Wayne County on Saturday, where they won on back-to-back nights last June. All three of those wins came in succession, marking the first three-peat in Xtreme Outlaw Series history.
THE STREAK CONTINUES – Cannon McIntosh’s streak of top-fives continued last week, bringing him up to 12-straight Xtreme Outlaw Series races finishing no worse than fifth as he maintains his points lead.
McIntosh, 21, of Bixby, OK, scored his third Xtreme Outlaw Series win of the season last Saturday at Atomic over his Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) teammate Ryan Timms, who he leads in the standings by 127 points with 18 races left on the schedule.
Last year at Doe Run, McIntosh crashed out of the main event but had success at Wayne County, notching a third-place run at the Illinois oval.
HELLO, OLD FRIEND – New Zealand racer Michael Pickens begins his first racing trip to the States – aside from the Chili Bowl Nationals – since 2022 this weekend with the Xtreme Outlaw Series.
Pickens, 41, of Auckland, NZ, has not been seen in Series competition since 2022, when he won at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 during Ironman 55 weekend in August.
This weekend, he’ll join the Oklahoma-based Mounce/Stout Motorsports team, piloting a Spike/Stanton package for all three races as teammates to Tyler Edwards and Jayden Clay in his first Midget appearances at all three tracks.
DYNAMIC DUO – The partner drivers of Chase Briscoe Racing will be on the Xtreme Outlaw Series roster this weekend after a strong showing at Millbridge.
Briscoe, the NASCAR Cup Series regular from Mitchell, IN, plans to be in attendance Thursday at Doe Run and Saturday at Wayne County, where he finished eighth and sixth in the two Series events held there last year.
His part-time hired Sprint Car driver, Karter Sarff, is also scheduled to be in attendance in his family-owned ride. The 21-year-old from Mason City, IL, posted finishes of seventh at Wayne County and eighth at Doe Run last year. He scored his second Feature win of the season last Tuesday at Millbridge and ran second to Daum on Wednesday.
LOOKING UP – After being involved in a hard wreck last Wednesday at Millbridge, Gavin Miller is set to return to competition for all three races this weekend.
Miller, 17, of Allentown, PA, will head back to Doe Run on Thursday, where he ran fifth last July, and Wayne County on Saturday, where he ran second and third in the two starts he made there with the Series last year.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
When and where Thursday, May 30 at Doe Run Raceway in Doe Run, MO Friday, May 31 at Coles County Speedway in Mattoon, IL Saturday, June 1 at Wayne County Speedway in Wayne City, IL
On the internet Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota Twitter/X – @Xtreme_Outlaw Instagram – @XtremeOutlaw Facebook – @XtremeOutlawSeries.WRG
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Current championship points standings (view full standings)
Cannon McIntosh: 2625 points | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K Ryan Timms: 2498 points (-127) | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67 Chase McDermand: 2401 points (-224) | CMR-Mounce/Stout Motorsports #40 Ashton Torgerson: 2378 points (-247) | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67K Zach Daum: 2236 points (-389) | Trifecta Motorsports #7U Hayden Reinbold: 2148 points (-477) | Reinbold/Underwood Motorsports #19AZ Trevor Cline: 1979 points (-646) | Cline Racing #55 Karter Sarff: 1969 points (-656) | Karter Sarff Motorsports #21K Kale Drake: 1918 points (-707) | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #97K Tyler Edwards: 1892 points (-733) | Mounce/Stout Motorsports #14S
Toyota Feature winners (7 drivers) 3 wins – Cannon McIntosh (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K) 2 wins – Ashton Torgerson (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67K), Karter Sarff (Karter Sarff Motorsports #21K), Ryan Timms (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67) 1 win – Thomas Meseraull (Engler Racing #7x), Kale Drake (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #97), Zach Daum (Trifecta Motorsports #7U)
Toyota Feature laps led (12 drivers) 61 laps – Cannon McIntosh 52 laps – Ryan Timms 49 laps – Ashton Torgerson 44 laps – Kale Drake 41 laps – Karter Sarff 35 laps – Joe B. Miller
27 laps – Thomas Meseraull 14 laps – Zach Daum
12 laps – Taylor Reimer 11 laps – Jade Avedisian
4 laps – Tyler Edwards 1 lap – Chase McDermand
Whitz RC Racing Products Quick Time Awards (6 drivers) 4 awards – Ethan Mitchell 3 awards – Kale Drake 2 awards – Karter Sarff 1 award – Cannon McIntosh, Ryan Timms, Kyle Jones
Heat Race winners (19 drivers) 5 wins – Ashton Torgerson 4 wins – Kale Drake, Zach Daum, Cannon McIntosh 3 wins – Chase McDermand 2 wins – Tyler Edwards, Ryan Timms, Gavin Miller, Jade Avedisian, Nick Hoffman, Trevor Cline
1 win – Thomas Meseraull, Shane Cottle, TJ Smith, Karter Sarff, Kyle Jones, Taylor Reimer, Ethan Mitchell, Tyler Edwards
High-points honors (7 drivers) 2 honors – Cannon McIntosh, Ryan Timms, Zach Daum 1 honor – Tyler Edwards, Chase McDermand, Karter Sarff, Ashton Torgerson, Gavin Miller, Kale Drake
Last Chance Showdown wins (8 drivers) 1 win – Taylor Reimer, Gunnar Setser, Austin Torgerson, Gavin Miller, Shane Cottle, Ethan Mitchell, Ashton Torgerson, Ryan Timms
Hard Charger Awards (10 drivers) 3 awards – Hayden Reinbold 1 award – Will Armitage, Ryan Timms, Ryan Timms, Kayla Roell, Gunnar Setser, Jade Avedisian, Chase McDermand, Elijah Gile, Zach Daum
Podium finishes (11 drivers) 9 podiums – Cannon McIntosh 6 podiums – Ryan Timms 4 podiums – Zach Daum 3 podiums – Chase McDermand, Ashton Torgerson, Karter Sarff, Kale Drake 2 podiums – Gavin Miller 1 podium – Thomas Meseraull, Taylor Reimer, Jade Avedisian
Top-10 finishes (31 drivers) 12 top-10s – Cannon McIntosh 11 top-10s – Chase McDermand 10 top-10s – Ryan Timms 9 top-10s – Ashton Torgerson 8 top-10s – Zach Daum 7 top-10s – Karter Sarff 6 top-10s – Gavin Miller, Kale Drake, Jade Avedisian 5 top-10s – Taylor Reimer, Hayden Reinbold 4 top-10s – Trevor Cline 3 top-10s – Ethan Mitchell, Mitchell Davis, Tyler Edwards 2 top-10s – Shane Cottle, Gunnar Setser, TJ Smith, Kyle Jones, Sam Johnson 1 top-10 – Joe B. Miller, Thomas Meseraull, Will Armitage, Trey Marcham, Rylan Gray, Todd McVay, Kevin Thomas Jr, Elijah Gile, Brayton Lynch, Nick Drake, Jacob Dykstra, Briggs Danner
2024 Schedule & Winners – Race No. Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins) 1. Fri, March 15 / Southern Illinois Center / Du Quoin, IL / Thomas Meseraull (1) 2. Sat, March 16 / Southern Illinois Center / Du Quoin, IL / Cannon McIntosh (1)
3. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / Karter Sarff (1) 4. Sat, April 6 / Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex / Sweet Springs, MO / Kale Drake (1) 5. Fri, April 12 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL / Ryan Timms (1) 6. Sat, April 13 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL / Ashton Torgerson (1) 7. Fri, May 10 / Humboldt Speedway / Humboldt, KS / Ashton Torgerson (2) 8. Sat, May 11 / 81 Speedway / Park City, KS / Cannon McIntosh (2) 9. Tue, May 21 / Millbridge Speedway / Salisbury, NC / Karter Sarff (2) 10. Wed, May 22 / Millbridge Speedway / Salisbury, NC / Zach Daum (1) 11. Fri, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Ryan Timms (2) 12. Sat, May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Cannon McIntosh (3)
BUCKEYE BREAKTHROUGH: Carson Macedo Finally Grabs Elusive Win with Rick Ferkel Tribute Victory
The Californian goes from third to first on the opening lap and holds on to claim first World of Outlaws race at Fremont since 2016
FREMONT, OH (May 27, 2024) - There’s knocking on the door. Then there’s beating the door nearly off its hinges. The latter certainly defines the past two months for Carson Macedo and Jason Johnson Racing.
The pairing entered Monday’s Rick Ferkel Tribute on a stretch of 13 consecutive top five finishes that began on April 6 at Arrowhead Speedway. Eight of them were podiums including the most recent six. But none were wins. Since topping the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series debut at Kennedale Speedway Park on March 23, a second victory had eluded Macedo. Even when he appeared bound for a win at Attica Raceway Park less than two weeks ago, Michael “Buddy” Kofoid snatched it away in the final set of corners.
But on Memorial Day at Fremont Speedway, Macedo finally broke through.
The Lemoore, CA driver made a statement move to go from third to first in the opening set of corners, survived a flurry of restarts, and held on during a green-white-checkered finish to grab the first World of Outlaws checkered flag handed out at Fremont since 2016.
“I’m just really proud of this race team,” Macedo said. “It feels really good to get a win. It’s been a little while. It’s definitely not easy to win these World of Outlaws races, so you’ve got to cherish them when you get them. We hadn’t won in a little while, but we’d been really consistent and really close. We had nights where we almost won, lost on the last lap, things like that. I knew that we had the potential in us. We just had to put it all together. I feel like tonight we did.”
Macedo’s win marked the 37th of his career with The Greatest Show on Dirt. He now owns three wins in only seven attempts at Fremont as Monday’s victory joins his triumphs with FAST (2017) and on a local level (2016) at the northern Ohio oval. And the icing on the cake of the victory is it came a day after Macedo celebrated his 28th birthday.
There’s a common saying in racing that states you can’t win the race on the first lap, but that’s essentially what Macedo pulled off. At the very least he made the race winning move on the opening lap.
The front row of David Gravel and Cale Thomas led the field to green for the 35-lapper. Gravel pulled ahead of Thomas as the third-starting Macedo peeked to Thomas’ inside heading into Turn 1. Macedo edged ahead of Thomas halfway through the first set of corners while up ahead Gravel slipped off the bottom, opening a lane for Macedo. He quickly grabbed some grip to launch off the bottom of Turn 2 down the back straightaway and went on to lead the opening lap.
A Lap 2 caution brought the action to a halt and set the tone for much of the race. A bevy of yellow and red flags interrupted the early flow of the Feature as drivers fought for space on the hooked-up surface.
A common thread of each caution period proved to be Macedo’s potency on restarts. Every time the green flag resumed the action, Macedo powered ahead of Gravel. The pilot of the Big Game Motorsports #2 tried everything he could. He stayed high with hopes of the top coming in better but never found the necessary speed. He sliced through traffic. But no move could make Macedo flinch.
The race threw one last curveball at Macedo as the caution lights flashed one last time when he crossed under the white flag to begin the final lap. Tyler Gunn came to a stop in Turn 4 setting up a green-white-checkered finish.
But just like each restart before, Macedo aced the final one. He took off on the lowline as Gravel made one final attempt at passing Macedo by working the top. But as it had throughout the main event, the bottom proved to be too strong. Macedo launched ahead and managed to win by a little more than half a second for a special victory at a place that helped elevate his career.
“I thought we got better in the Dash, and we were just better again there,” Macedo said. “Back in 2016 I ran here for my first time ever in the state of Ohio when I moved back to the Midwest. I was driving for Craig and Les Mintz and was able to win my first time here. And to come here for the Outlaw show and win like this is pretty cool.”
Gravel brought his machine home second as he continued his 2024 consistency. The point leader has finished in the top two in 12 of the last 17 Features. Gravel came away satisfied to bounce back after a Saturday crash at Atomic Speedway.
“The track stayed a lot wetter than we anticipated,” Gravel said. “The only lane I had where I could keep up with him was hammering the top really, really hard. I had to rip a tear off every single corner, so if I did that I would last like 70 tear offs… The #41 guys were just really good tonight.”
Finishing third for his first career World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car podium result was Cole Macedo. The Californian got comfortable at Fremont quickly upon arriving in the Midwest earlier in his career and was overjoyed to join his brother on the podium.
“It’s really rewarding,” Macedo said. “I want to start this off with thanking Kevin Newton. He gave me a shot this year when a lot of people weren’t, and we’ve had speed all year... It’s just a testament how hard these guys work. We crashed the other night. The Linder gang came and straightened me up, and we came and ran Fremont. I thought that was a smarter decision than going to back to Atomic, and it paid off.”
Bill Balog and Buddy Kofoid completed the top five.
Balog got to fourth with a drive from 18th to grab the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
David Gravel set his third consecutive Simpson Quick Time and the 116th of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four went to David Gravel (257th Heat Race win of career), Carson Macedo (125th of career), and Sheldon Haudenschild (107th of career). Milton Hershey School Heat Two belonged to Brock Zearfoss (17th of career).
David Gravel topped the Toyota Racing Dash.
Zeth Sabo won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Zane DeVault.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars make their first visit to Wisconsin in 2024 for Beaver Dam Raceway’s Jim “JB” Boyd Memorial presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts on May 31-June 1. The winner of the finale is going home with $20,000. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[3]; 2. 2-David Gravel[1]; 3. 16T-Cole Macedo[6]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog[18]; 5. 83-Michael Kofoid[13]; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[7]; 7. 23J-Cale Thomas[2]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz[5]; 9. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[17]; 10. 9-Trey Jacobs[9]; 11. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[4]; 12. 101-Kalib Henry[8]; 13. 7S-Landon Crawley[25]; 14. 1S-Logan Schuchart[24]; 15. 5T-Travis Philo[22]; 16. 22-Brandon Spithaler[20]; 17. 68G-Tyler Gunn[23]; 18. 29-Zeth Sabo[21]; 19. 16-DJ Foos[26]; 20. 4-Zane DeVault[10]; 21. 34-Sterling Cling[15]; 22. 15C-Chris Andrews[19]; 23. 35-Stuart Brubaker[11]; 24. 19H-Joel Myers Jr[14]; 25. 9P-Parker Price Miller[16]; 26. 99-Skylar Gee[12]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
NO
PLACE
LIKE
HOME:
Sheldon
Haudenschild
Rebounds
with
Atomic
World
of
Outlaws
Victory
Haudenschild
collects
his
fifth
victory
of
2024
with
a
dominant
drive
at
Atomic
Speedway
CHILLICOTHE,
OH
(May
25,
2024)
-
They
say
there’s
no
place
like
home.
It’s
a
place
of
comfort.
It’s
a
place
filled
with
family
and
friends
always
ready
to
welcome
you.
Such was
the case
Saturday
night at
Chillicothe,
OH’s
Atomic
Speedway.
Friday
night
ended in
disappointment
for
Sheldon
Haudenschild
as he
got into
the wall
and
upside
down
running
third.
But the
Ohio
fans
welcomed
the
Wooster,
OH
native
as
warmly
as ever
the
following
night.
The
Buckeyes
watched
Haudenschild
bloom
into a
star and
appreciate
every
opportunity
to cheer
him on
at home.
And he
made
sure to
give
them a
reason
to cheer
on
Saturday.
Haudenschild
started
on the
pole of
the
30-lap
Feature
and ran
away to
claim
his
fifth
World of
Outlaws
NOS
Energy
Drink
Sprint
Car
victory
of 2024.
The
30-year-old
worked
through
traffic
and
avoided
disaster
in the
same
spot
that bit
him on
Friday
night to
get the
job
done.
As
always
when
Haudenschild
parks in
an Ohio
Victory
Lane,
the
crowd
roared
as he
stood
atop the
Stenhouse
Jr.-Marshall
Racing/NOS
Energy
Drink
#17.
“It’s
so
special,”
Haudenschild
said of
winning
on home
turf.
“It’s so
cool to
see
these
guys
come
support
this
race and
all of
the Ohio
racing.
I’ve got
my
parents
here and
some
friends.
Hats off
to this
whole
NOS
Energy
Drink,
West
Tennessee
Expediting,
Frozen
Farmer
team.
Everybody
that
helps
out.”
Haudenschild
also had
his
close
friend
and
World of
Outlaws
icon
Eloy
Gutierrez,
who is
combatting
health
issues,
on the
mind.
“I’ve
been
wanting
to win
for Eloy,”
Haudenschild
said.
“He’s
back
home and
going
through
some
stuff
right
now, and
we’re
thinking
about
him.”
The
win gave
Haudenschild
39 for
his
career
with The
Greatest
Show on
Dirt. It
moved
Stenhouse
Jr.-Marshall
Racing
up to
40. Five
of
Haudenschild’s
career
victories
have
come in
his home
state,
and
Atomic
became
the
ninth
track
where
he’s won
multiple
times.
The
field
was
brought
to green
by
Haudenschild
with
David
Gravel
alongside.
Haudenschild
pulled
ahead on
the
initial
start as
Carson
Macedo
slid
ahead of
Gravel
in Turns
1 and 2,
but
Gravel
countered
with a
crossover
to hold
onto the
spot.
Haudenschild
pulled
away
from
Gravel
slightly
throughout
the
early
circuits,
but as
traffic
became a
factor
the lead
began to
dwindle.
And then
on Lap 8
came one
of the
race’s
wildest
moments.
In
Turns 1
and 2
Haudenschild
lapped
Keith
Baxter
with a
slide
job, but
Baxter
crossed
him over
down the
back
straightaway
as
Gravel
got a
huge run
behind
them.
Haudenschild
looked
to pass
Baxter
on the
top of
Turns 3
and 4 as
Gravel
looked
under
him to
take the
lead.
But
Gravel
slid
into
Baxter
sending
them
both
into the
wall and
leaving
Gravel
with
heavy
front
end
damage.
Macedo
came in
and got
a piece
of the
incident
but was
able to
continue.
The Big
Game
Motorsports
team
thrashed
to fix
the
Huset’s
Speedway
#2 but
couldn’t
get
Gravel
back out
before
the
restart.
When
the
green
flag
brought
the
action
back to
life
Haudenschild
darted
away as
Michael
“Buddy”
Kofoid
snatched
the
runner-up
spot
from
Macedo
who had
inherited
it after
Gravel’s
misfortune.
Traffic
again
quickly
became a
factor,
but
Kofoid
struggled
to
narrow
the gap
between
himself
and
Haudenschild.
But
right
when it
looked
like
Haudenschild
might
drive
away
comfortably,
drama
arose
when he
slapped
the wall
in
between
Turns 3
and 4 on
Lap 19.
Kofoid
closed
in right
on his
tail
tank.
But
even
with the
near
disaster
for
Haudenschild,
Kofoid
couldn’t
find the
run he
needed
to make
a move.
Haudenschild
went on
to cross
the
finish
line
with an
advantage
of just
under
seven
tenths
of a
second,
completing
the
ideal
rebound
after
Friday’s
crash.
“It
seems
like we
do this
every
other
week –
crash
one
night
and win
one
night,”
Haudenschild
said.
“It just
goes to
show
that my
guys are
willing
to put
the work
in to
win.
We’ll
just
keep
working.”
Buddy
Kofoid
drove
the Roth
Motorsports
#83 to a
runner-up
finish
for his
ninth
podium
of 2024
and
second
in a
row. The
Series
rookie
continues
to piece
together
an
impressive
stretch
of
consistency
with his
18th consecutive
top 10
finish.
The
Penngrove,
CA
native
keeps
building
more and
more
momentum
and took
over
fifth in
points.
“I
feel
like our
car has
been
really,
really
good
here,
and I
feel
like
this is
the best
I’ve
ever
felt
here,”
Kofoid
said.
“We’ll
take a
second.
I can’t
thank
these
Roth
Motorsports/Mobil
1/Toyota
guys
enough
for the
opportunity.
Dennis
and
Teresa
Roth,
they’re
watching
at home.
I
couldn’t
be
driving
for a
better
team.”
Carson
Macedo
came
home
third
and took
another
step
toward
the top
of the
standings
as he
moved
into
second.
The
strong
run
coupled
with
Gravel’s
troubles
positioned
Macedo
only 36
markers
behind
the top
spot.
Macedo
and
Jason
Johnson
Racing
are on
an
incredible
roll of
13
consecutive
top
fives
and six
straight
podiums.
“That
was race
weird,”
Macedo
explained.
“Early
in the
race I
felt
like I
had a
really
good
car. I
felt
like I
could
pace
David
pretty
effortlessly.
And then
obviously
David
had the
wreck,
and I
got into
him a
little
bit and
didn’t
think I
had any
damage.
But the
right-side
wing
board
was a
little
bit tore
up. All
of a
sudden
after
that I
felt
like I
was
sliding
in no
man’s
land. I
was
using
the
cushion
as much
as I
could
just to
get
going.
It’s
amazing
how big
of a
difference
that
little
bit of
side
board
makes.”
Cole
Duncan
and
Giovanni
Scelzi
completed
the top
five.
Donny
Schatz
drove
the Tony
Stewart/Curb
Agajanian
#15 from
20th to
ninth to
earn the
KSE
Racing
Hard
Charger.
David
Gravel
claimed
his
second
straight
Simpson
Quick
Time in
Sea Foam
Qualifying
giving
him the
most
(six) in
2024.
NOS
Energy
Drink
Heats
One and
Three
belonged
to David
Gravel
(256th Heat
Race win
of
career)
and
Giovanni
Scelzi
(47th of
career).
Milton
Hershey
School
Heat Two
went to
Carson
Macedo
(124th of
career).
Sheldon
Haudenschild
topped
the
Toyota
Racing
Dash.
Bill
Balog
won the
Micro-Lite
Last
Chance
Showdown.
The
Smith
Titanium
Brake
Systems
Break of
the Race
went to
David
Gravel.
UP NEXT: The
World of
Outlaws
NOS
Energy
Drink
Sprint
Cars
return
to
Fremont
Speedway
for the
first
time in
eight
years on
Monday,
May 27
for the
Rick
Ferkel
Tribute.
For
tickets, CLICK
HERE.
If
you
can’t
make it
to the
track,
catch
every
lap live
on DIRTVision.
FEATURE
RESULTS:
NOS
Energy
Drink
Feature
(30
Laps):
1.
17-Sheldon
Haudenschild[1];
2.
83-Michael
Kofoid[3];
3.
41-Carson
Macedo[4];
4.
22-Cole
Duncan[5];
5.
18-Giovanni
Scelzi[6];
6.
1S-Logan
Schuchart[11];
7.
5T-Travis
Philo[7];
8.
99-Skylar
Gee[12];
9.
15-Donny
Schatz[20];
10.
3Z-Brock
Zearfoss[8];
11.
21H-Brady
Bacon[14];
12.
A79-Brandon
Wimmer[18];
13.
17B-Bill
Balog[19];
14.
11C-Kory
Crabtree[15];
15.
70-Kraig
Kinser[17];
16.
15K-Creed
Kemenah[10];
17.
24D-Danny
Sams
III[13];
18.
2S-Nathan
Skaggs[21];
19.
5J-Jake
Hesson[9];
20.
83X-Nate
Reeser[24];
21.
2-David
Gravel[2];
22.
42-Sye
Lynch[16];
23.
1B-Keith
Baxter[23];
24.
4-Danny
Smith[22]
For
complete
results, CLICK
HERE.
Cannon
McIntosh
Dominates
Atomic
Speedway for
Third Xtreme
Outlaw Win
of 2024
CHILLICOTHE,
OH (May 25,
2024) –
Cannon
McIntosh has
won races in
2024, but
none in as
dominant of
fashion as
his victory
Saturday
night.
McIntosh,
21, of
Bixby, OK,
took to the
high-banked,
3/8-mile
oval of
Atomic
Speedway and
put on a
clinic for
25 laps,
leading
flag-to-flag
for his
third win of
the season
with the
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midget
Series
presented by
Toyota.
His first
two wins on
tour this
year both
came after
some
misfortune
bit his
opponents in
the final
laps. But
this one was
different –
he didn’t
need
anything
other than
the speed of
his own car,
which there
was plenty
of as he
ripped
around the
top of the
track en
route to his
eighth
career
Series win.
“The car
had great
balance,
great speed
really all
night and it
showed,”
McIntosh
said.
“Definitely
had a good
piece under
us and
executed,
which was
the most
important
thing.”
For the
first 10
laps,
McIntosh
began to
separate
himself from
the field,
opening up a
gap of
nearly 1.5
seconds
before his
Keith
Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports
(KKM)
teammates
Ryan Timms
and Kale
Drake began
to reel him
in. As
McIntosh
neared
lapped
traffic,
Timms closed
the gap even
more.
“I
couldn’t
tell if what
I was doing
out of
(Turn) 2 was
good or
not,”
McIntosh
said. “I was
trying to
cut down the
track and
make speed.
It was
getting so
slick and I
felt like I
was starting
to lose
speed there.
I think
that’s when
Ryan started
to close on
me.”
Timms,
17, of
Oklahoma
City, OK,
got close
enough to
make his
first bid at
the lead on
Lap 16 with
a big slide
job on
McIntosh in
Turn 1, but
he was
unable to
clear
McIntosh as
they raced
out of Turn
2.
When
McIntosh
dove low in
Turn 1 to
slide up in
front of
lapped cars
the next
time by,
Timms was
waiting on
the doorstep
to try and
get a run on
him down the
backstretch.
He tried
another
slider on
his teammate
in Turns 3
and 4 but
again was
unable to
get clear.
“I think
I started to
catch
[McIntosh]
right before
we got to
lapped
traffic, and
then when we
got into
traffic, I
was right on
him,” Timms
said. “We
got racing
with lapped
cars there,
and I threw
a couple
bombs on
him, but
here it’s
just so hard
to clear
sliders.”
The
race’s only
break in the
action came
on Lap 18
when Jacob
Dykstra got
into the
wall and
flipped hard
in Turn 3.
After he
walked with
assistance
from medical
personnel to
the
ambulance
for further
evaluation,
and was
later
released,
the field
was
restacked
with eight
laps
remaining.
This took
the leaders
out of
lapped
traffic and
put them
back into
clean air,
which played
right into
McIntosh’s
favor.
“Once we
had the
[open] red,
Keith just
kinda told
me where I
needed to
make
adjustments
with my
line,”
McIntosh
said. “I was
able to take
off really
well on the
restart and
just set
sail.”
McIntosh
got the
restart he
was looking
for and
again opened
up a gap on
Timms that
grew every
lap – up to
a full
second by
the
checkered
flag.
“This
place is
big, it’s
fast, it’s
hard to get
runs on guys
so those
restarts are
key,”
McIntosh
said. “I
knew I had
to get a
good initial
start and
that
restart, and
I was able
to get a
good launch
on both of
those.”
Timms
crossed the
finish line
second,
backing up
the win he
scored on
Friday
night.
Though he
did not make
up any
points in
the
championship
standings,
needing to
beat points
leader
McIntosh to
decrease his
gap, he kept
things close
with another
podium
finish.
“To come
home with a
[first and
second] is
nothing to
hang your
head about
at all,”
Timms said.
“Really
happy with
the results
this
weekend. I
just kinda
need Cannon
to have some
bad luck –
not wishing
it upon him
– but if I
want to have
a shot to
catch up
here.”
Kale
Drake
crossed the
line third,
rebounding
from what
could have
been a
second win
of the
season on
Friday after
blowing a
tire while
leading late
in the race.
“Cannon
and Ryan
were racing
really hard
and it just
really
opened up
the door for
me, and I
could see
what was
going on
from the
outside
looking in,”
Drake said.
“I really
felt like we
were the car
to beat
there, but
the cards
just didn’t
fall our way
tonight.”
For the
second night
in-a-row,
Drake picked
up the Whitz
Racing
Products
Quick Time
Award in
Qualifying
with his
best lap of
14.324.
Chase
McDermand
won Toyota
Racing Heat
Race 1,
while Trevor
Cline won TJ
Forged Heat
Race 2.
UP NEXT
The
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midgets
return to
competition
next
Thursday,
Friday and
Saturday –
May 30-31,
June 1 – for
a swing
through
Missouri and
Illinois at
Doe Run
Raceway,
Coles County
Speedway and
Wayne County
(IL)
Speedway.
Tickets
for all
three races
will be on
sale at the
gate on race
day. If you
can’t make
it to the
track to
watch in
person,
stream live
on
DIRTVision.
ABBREVIATED
RESULTS
Feature
(25 Laps):
1.
71K-Cannon
McIntosh[2];
2. 67-Ryan
Timms[3]; 3.
97-Kale
Drake[4]; 4.
67K-Ashton
Torgerson[6];
5.
19AZ-Hayden
Reinbold[11];
6. 40-Chase
McDermand[1];
7. 71-Jade
Avedisian[7];
8. 7U-Zach
Daum[10]; 9.
55-Trevor
Cline[5];
10.
98-Elijah
Gile[12];
11.
14S-Tyler
Edwards[9];
12.
1K-Brayton
Lynch[13];
13.
66-Jayden
Clay[14];
14.
76-Michael
Smith[16];
15.
26-Corbin
Rueschenberg[8];
16. 5D-Jacob
Dykstra[15]
Ryan
Timms
Victorious
at Atomic
After
Teammate
Kale Drake
Blows Tire
Late
CHILLICOTHE,
OH (May 24,
2024) –
Winning
national
Midget
series races
takes a
special
blend of
speed, skill
and good
fortune.
Ryan Timms
had all
three on his
side Friday
night at
Atomic
Speedway.
Timms,
17, of
Oklahoma
City, OK,
scored his
second
Feature win
of the year
with the
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midget
Series
presented by
Toyota,
driving from
third on the
starting
grid past
his Keith
Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports
(KKM)
teammates
Jade
Avedisian
and later
Kale Drake
after a
right-rear
flat tire
struck him
on a restart
in the final
laps.
Timms
fended off
all
challengers
on the final
restart to
bank his
third career
Series
victory and
the $4,000
prize,
joining
Cannon
McIntosh,
Ashton
Torgerson
and Karter
Sarff as the
only drivers
so far this
year to win
more than
once.
“Overall,
it was just
an awesome
night,”
Timms said.
“I’m just
happy to
finally be
back in
Victory
Lane; it
feels like
it’s been a
while.”
While
Avedisian –
who won the
Series’
first-ever
main event
at Atomic in
2023 – led
the opening
11 laps from
the pole,
Drake and
Timms
followed
close
behind,
waiting for
an
opportunity
to make a
move for the
lead on the
reigning
Series
champion.
That
opportunity
knocked on
Lap 12, when
Avedisian
came up on
lapped
traffic in
front of her
and dove
from the top
to the
bottom lane
heading into
Turn 3 in an
attempt to
get around
the slower
cars. When
one of the
cars stuck
to the
bottom lane,
Avedisian
was forced
to check-up,
opening the
door for
Drake up
high.
“The
lappers,
about two
laps before,
I was
closing the
gap and
seeing where
they were
running,”
Avedisian
said. “They
were running
the top, so
when I went
down the
backstretch
and got
close enough
to slide
them, they
peeled down
to the
bottom.
“Honestly,
it was kind
of just a
bad decision
on my part;
I could’ve
turned at
the last
minute and
thrown a
half-slider
and still
had more
momentum
than what I
did. That’s
how Kale got
around me.”
Drake
kept his
right-rear
on the
cushion and
zipped past
Avedisian
out of Turn
4 to lead
Lap 12.
A red
flag halted
the action
one lap
later and
prompted a
restart with
Drake out
front and
Avedisian
and Timms
right behind
him.
Avedisian
nearly hit
the
frontstretch
wall coming
back to the
green,
allowing
Timms to
close the
gap behind
her and
eventually
make the
pass for
second down
the
backstretch.
“[Avedisian]
got kinda
jacked-up
down the
frontstretch
and it gave
me a big run
into (Turn)
1,” Timms
said. “I
knew she was
going to
protect, and
she did. I
still
managed to
have a big
run coming
off the
corner and
was able to
get her
going into
the next
corner.”
Now with
the second
spot, Timms
began his
hunt for
leader
Drake, who
had gapped
himself from
the other
leaders.
However,
another
caution flag
was
displayed
with 19 laps
complete,
restacking
the field
and forcing
Drake to
survive
another
restart.
But this
time, he did
not survive.
Drake’s
right-rear
was
reportedly
going soft
under the
caution
period,
which came
to the
forefront
when he hit
the throttle
on the
restart and
jumped the
Turn 4
cushion,
slowing
dramatically
down the
frontstretch
and bringing
out another
yellow.
Timms
said he
spotted the
flat under
caution and
knew it was
going to
create an
issue for
his
teammate.
“I pulled
up next to
him, we were
one-to-green,
and I didn’t
notice it
‘til then,
and I was
pointing at
my
right-rear
trying to
tell him his
right-rear
was going
down,” Timms
said. “I
think he was
just
zoned-in,
because I
don’t even
think he
looked
over.”
When
Drake took
his car to
the infield
to change
the tire,
Timms was
handed the
lead for
what would
be the final
restart of
the race and
held off
Avedisian
and all
other
challengers
for the win.
Avedisian
crossed the
line second,
notching her
best finish
of the
season.
Despite her
first Midget
podium
finish of
the year,
the
17-year-old
Californian
was
disappointed
with the
result after
starting on
the pole.
“I feel
like if I
didn’t make
that one
mistake on
that one
restart Kale
was leading,
we might
have been
able to
hold-off
Ryan,”
Avedisian
said. “It’s
hard to say
because he
was a lot
better than
me.”
Cannon
McIntosh, a
fellow KKM
teammate to
Timms and
Avedisian,
crossed the
stripe in
third,
garnering
his
11th-straight
top-five
finish and
eighth
podium
finish of
the season.
The
21-year-old
Oklahoman
had his
points gap
cut by nine
points, but
still leads
by 122 over
Timms.
National
Midget
series
rookie Tyler
Edwards
recorded his
best career
finish with
the Series
in fourth
place, while
19-year-old
Arizona
racer Hayden
Reinbold
rounded-out
the top
five.
The Whitz
Racing
Products
Quick Time
Award went
to Kale
Drake, who
also set a
new track
record in
Qualifying
with his lap
of 13.760.
Toyota
Racing Heat
1 was won by
Tyler
Edwards. TJ
Forged Heat
2 was won by
Cannon
McIntosh.
UP NEXT
The
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midgets
return to
Atomic
Speedway
Saturday
night, May
25, for
another
night of
racing
action
alongside
the World of
Outlaws NOS
Energy Drink
Sprint Car
Series.
Tickets are
on sale in
advance at
XtremeOutlawSeries.com.
If you can’t
be at the
track to
watch in
person,
stream all
the action
live on
DIRTVision.
ABBREVIATED
RESULTS
(view full
results)
Feature
(25 Laps):
1. 67-Ryan
Timms[3]; 2.
71-Jade
Avedisian[1];
3.
71K-Cannon
McIntosh[4];
4. 14S-Tyler
Edwards[5];
5.
19AZ-Hayden
Reinbold[8];
6. 40-Chase
McDermand[9];
7. 5D-Jacob
Dykstra[10];
8.
67K-Ashton
Torgerson[7];
9.
1K-Brayton
Lynch[11];
10.
55-Trevor
Cline[12];
11.
98K-Elijah
Gile[15];
12. 97-Kale
Drake[2];
13.
66-Jayden
Clay[16];
14.
76-Michael
Smith[17];
15. 7U-Zach
Daum[6]; 16.
98-Luke
Drotschie[13];
17.
26-Corbin
Rueschenberg[14]
Photo
credit –
Tyler Carr
The
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midget
Series is
brought to
fans by
important
sponsors and
partners,
including:
DIRTVision
(Official
Live
Broadcast
Partner),
Toyota
(Title
sponsor of
the Midgets
Series),
Racing
Electronics
(Official
Radio
Supplier)
and SIS
Insurance
(Official
Insurance
Provider).
Other
partners
include: TJ
Forged and
Whitz Racing
Products.
GRAVEL’S
GREATNESS:
David Gravel
Aces Atomic
for Fifth
Victory in
Last Seven
Races
The
point leader
claims sole
possession
of eighth on
the all-time
win list
with first
Atomic
triumph
CHILLICOTHE,
OH (May 24,
2024) -
Nothing
seems
capable of
stopping
David Gravel
and Big Game
Motorsports
right now.
No drivers.
No tracks.
Nothing.
The Watertown,
CT is taking no
prisoners as he
chases his first
World of Outlaws
NOS Energy Drink
Sprint Car
title. Every
time the Huset’s
Speedway #2
touches the
track, it’s
fast. Gravel
entered Friday’s
race at Atomic
Speedway fresh
off his seventh
victory of the
season with a
Sharon win. And
he added another
with an
impressive
Atomic drive.
Gravel started
in the second
spot for the
30-lap finale,
slid ahead of
Brady Bacon on
Lap 9 for the
lead, and held
off a flurry of
challenges to
seal his eighth
win of 2024
with The
Greatest Show on
Dirt.
“Cody
(Jacobs), Zach
(Patterson), and
Stephen
(Hamm-Reilly),
man, they’ve
been working
really, really
hard,” Gravel
said. “Eight
wins this time
of year is
amazing, and
hopefully we can
continue to do
this.”
The
31-year-old
pushed his hot
streak to five
wins in the last
seven races. His
96th career win
gives him sole
possession of
eighth on the
all-time World
of Outlaws win
list. Atomic is
the
49th different
track he’s won
at against the
nation’s best
Sprint Car
drivers. And
perhaps most
importantly,
Gravel extended
his lead atop
the standings to
64 markers.
Brady Bacon
brought the
field to green
with Gravel
alongside. Bacon
powered ahead
heading into the
first set of
corners as
Carson Macedo
slid ahead of
Gravel. But
Gravel crossed
over down the
back
straightaway to
reclaim the
runner-up spot.
Bacon paced
the field as the
opening laps
unfolded, but
lapped traffic
threw the “Macho
Man” a
curveball. Bacon
stared down a
hornet’s nest of
traffic, and
Gravel quickly
closed. And then
on the ninth
circuit, the
window opened.
As Bacon made
contact with a
lapped car in
Turns 1 and 2,
Gravel got a
massive run down
the back
straightaway. In
Turns 3 and 4,
Gravel pulled
the trigger on a
slider and
surged ahead of
Bacon to
takeover the
lead.
After taking
the top spot,
Gravel began to
negotiate heavy
traffic as the
war for second
erupted. Carson
Macedo, Sheldon
Haudenschild,
and Michael
“Buddy” Kofoid
caught up to
Bacon and all
moved around
him. Then that
trio traded wild
slide jobs and
crossovers for
multiple laps
with Gravel just
ahead. Finally,
Macedo secured
the spot and the
yellow flag flew
with 11 laps
remaining.
Macedo
managed to stay
right with
Gravel on the
restart down the
front
straightaway,
but Gravel
muscled ahead in
Turns 1 and 2 to
maintain the top
spot.
One last red
flag set up a
restart with
eight laps to
go. Gravel
pulled away when
the green flag
brought the
field back to
life, but
traffic became a
factor in the
final few laps.
Macedo closed in
as Gravel
struggled with
lapped cars in
his lane. Macedo
got one final
run as Gravel
slipped in the
final corner,
but it wasn’t
enough as Gravel
held on to win
by just under
half a second.
“He (Bacon)
was getting
messed up pretty
early in lapped
traffic,” Gravel
explained. “He
got really
messed up off of
(Turn) 2 there,
and I was able
to slide him.
But when I went
to slide him, I
about spun out,
so I probably
parked it right
in front of him.
So, it probably
didn’t look very
good. But I felt
like that was my
opportunity to
pass. Man,
lapped cars were
so hard to get
by. I felt like
the top was the
fastest, but
guys would just
kind of park it
in front of you.
I just tried to
be really
patient.”
Carson Macedo
brought the
Jason Johnson
Racing #41 home
second to
continue his
impressive
streaks of
consistency.
He’s now up to
17 straight top
10s, 12 top
fives, and five
podiums. While
he’s hungry for
a win, Macedo
maintained a
positive outlook
as he and the
JJR crew
continue to be
one of the
fastest cars on
tour.
“I felt like
we had a really
strong car
tonight,” Macedo
said. “We
qualified pretty
good, won our
Heat Race, then
we drew, I
think, sixth in
the Dash, and
ran up to
second. So, I
really can’t
complain about
that. We just
got to keep
trying to get
that win.”
Rounding out
the top three
was Buddy Kofoid
in the Roth
Motorsports #83.
The Penngrove,
CA native hasn’t
missed the top
10 in the last
17 races. He’s
also up to eight
World of Outlaws
podiums in 2024.
The third place
outing required
a major effort
as mechanical
troubles kept
Kofoid from
making a
Qualifying
effort. He drove
from last to
third in his
Heat and from
seventh to third
in the main
event.
“Honestly, it
didn’t feel that
crazy,” Kofoid
said of his
night. “Our car
is just so good
right now. I
feel like I can
race well from
behind or up
front. The car
just races good.
Hats off to
these Roth
Motorsports/Mobil
1/Toyota guys.”
Cole Duncan
and Donny Schatz
completed the
top five.
A 15th to
seventh drive
earned Sye Lynch
the KSE Racing
Hard Charger.
David Gravel
secured his
fifth Simpson
Quick Time of
2024 and the
115th of his
career in Sea
Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy
Drink Heats One
and Three went
to David Gravel
(255th Heat Race
win of career)
and Donny Schatz
(525thof
career). Milton
Hershey School
Heat Two
belonged to
Carson Macedo
(123rd of
career).
Brady Bacon
topped the
Toyota Racing
Dash.
Cole Macedo
won the Micro-Lite
Last Chance
Showdown.
UP
NEXT: The
World of Outlaws
NOS Energy Drink
Sprint Cars are
right back on
Atomic Speedway
on Saturday, May
25 before a
Monday, May 27
visit to Fremont
Speedway. For
tickets, CLICK
HERE.
If you can’t
make it to the
track, catch
every lap live
on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy
Drink Feature
(30 Laps): 1.
2-David
Gravel[2]; 2.
41-Carson
Macedo[3]; 3.
83-Michael
Kofoid[7]; 4.
22-Cole
Duncan[4]; 5.
15-Donny
Schatz[6]; 6.
21H-Brady
Bacon[1]; 7.
18-Giovanni
Scelzi[8]; 8.
42-Sye
Lynch[15]; 9.
1S-Logan
Schuchart[12];
10. 17B-Bill
Balog[10]; 11.
5T-Travis
Philo[11]; 12.
16T-Cole
Macedo[19]; 13.
24D-Danny Sams
III[17]; 14.
70-Kraig
Kinser[13]; 15.
99-Skylar
Gee[16]; 16.
7S-Landon
Crawley[14]; 17.
5AU-Brock
Hallett[24]; 18.
A79-Brandon
Wimmer[18]; 19.
15K-Creed
Kemenah[23]; 20.
5J-Jake
Hesson[20]; 21.
17-Sheldon
Haudenschild[5];
22. 2S-Nathan
Skaggs[22]; 23.
32-Bryce
Lucius[21]; 24.
3Z-Brock
Zearfoss[9]
For complete
results, CLICK
HERE.
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS: Looking Back at Kofoid’s Time in Midgets Before Becoming an Outlaw
The World of Outlaws rookie put together a historic run in Midgets before moving to Sprint Cars full-time
CHILLICOTHE, OH (May 23, 2024) - The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars will be joined by some open-wheel companions this weekend (May 24-25) at Atomic Speedway. The Xtreme Outlaw Midgets presented by Toyota are also set for two nights of action at the Chillicothe, OH oval.
The
pair
of
evenings
will
mark
the
seventh
and
eighth
times
the
two
Series
have
converged
since
Xtreme
was
born
in
2022.
Even
when
Sprint
Cars
and
Midgets
aren’t
competing
on
the
same
card,
the
worlds
are
often
intertwined.
Sprint
Car
drivers
occasionally
test
their
talents
in a
Midget,
especially
at
the
Chili
Bowl
Nationals,
and
sometimes
Midget
drivers
like
to
strap
some
wings
and
four
extra
cylinders
on.
For
one
current
full-time
World
of
Outlaws
driver,
a
stint
in
Midgets
elevated
his
career
and
helped
guide
him
to The
Greatest
Show
on
Dirt.
Michael
“Buddy”
Kofoid
cut
his
teeth
in
Sprint
Cars
from
his
early
teenage
years
in
California.
Even
when
he
moved
to
Ohio
to
broaden
his
horizons
in
the
sport,
Midgets
weren’t
on
the
radar.
And
then
an
important
message
appeared
on
his
phone
on
his
way
to a
Sprint
Car
Race
at,
oddly
enough,
Atomic
Speedway.
“I
think
I
was
actually
on
the
way
to
Atomic
for
either
an
All-Star
race
or a
FAST
show,”
Kofoid
recalled.
“And
I
got
a
text
on
Twitter
from
Jack
Irving
from
TRD
(Toyota
Racing
Development)
saying,
‘Hey,
give
me a
call
Monday’
basically.
I
knew
who
it
was,
and
I
was
like
‘Oh
my
god.
I
wonder
what
this
could
be
about.
“I
called
him,
and
we
talked
Monday.
And
right
before
he
hung
up,
he
said
Keith
(Kunz)
and
Pete
(Willoughby)
from
KKM
(Keith
Kunz
Motorsports)
will
be
calling
you.
And
then
he
hung
up.”
The
call
proved
to
be
life
changing
for
the
then
17-year-old.
KKM
brought
Kofoid
on
to
test
the
waters
in a
Midget
late
that
year,
and
he
promptly
won
a
local
race
at
Jacksonville
Speedway
along
with
picking
up a
pair
of
POWRi
podiums.
The
following
year
Kofoid
tackled
his
first
full
USAC
NOS
Energy
Drink
National
Midget
campaign
and
finished
fourth
in
points.
Then
in
2021
and
2022,
Kofoid
claimed
back-to-back
USAC
championships,
becoming
the
12th driver
to
do
so.
His
13
wins
in
32
races
during
the
2022
season
established
a
new
record
for
highest
winning
percentage
in a
year
(40.63%).
He’s
also
won
a
pair
of
Chili
Bowl
prelim
Features
(2022
&
2024)
and
finished
runner-up
in
this
year’s
finale.
“I
think
first
and
foremost
running
for
KKM,
I
couldn’t
have
run
for
a
better
team,”
Kofoid
said
of
his
Midget
success.
“With
Mobil
1
and
Toyota,
who
I’m
happy
to
still
be
with
to
this
day,
having
them
in
my
corner
and
their
knowledge
and
ability
and
everything,
I
think
that
helped
speed
up
my
learning
curve.”
The
time
in
Midgets
not
only
developed
him
as a
driver,
but
it
also
established
connections
leading
him
to
where
he
is
today.
The
22-year-old
is
navigating
his
rookie
campaign
with
the
World
of
Outlaws
with
Roth
Motorsports
and
Toyota
Racing
Engines
under
the
hood.
Connecting
with
KKM
set
him
down
a
fruitful
path
with
Toyota.
“Toyota
has
changed
my
life,
for
sure,”
Kofoid
said.
“I’ve
gotten
to
do
things
that
I’d
never
done
before
and
that
I
never
thought
I’d
be
able
to
do
because
of
Toyota
and
Mobil
1…
Toyota,
they
work
harder
than
any
manufacturer
in
the
world.
If
there’s
a
problem,
they
get
it
fixed
and
want
it
done
right.
And
they
won’t
be
done
until
it’s
perfect.”
The
speed
with
Toyota
power
has
continued
in
the
Sprint
Car
for
Kofoid.
His
debut
campaign
with The
Greatest
Show
on
Dirt has
been
nothing
short
of a
success.
He’s
taken
the
Roth
Motorsports
#83
to
18
top
10s
in
21
races
including
a
current
streak
of
16
in a
row.
The
Californian
has
podiumed
on
seven
occasions
this
year
including
a
win
at
Attica
Raceway
Park.
And
even
though
he’s
moved
into
racing
Sprint
Cars
full-time,
Midgets
will
always
be
important
Kofoid.
They
helped
shape
him.
They
established
important
connections
he’ll
always
value.
Kofoid
might
be
with
the
World
of
Outlaws
now,
but
he
has
no
plans
on
fully
giving
up
Midget
racing.
Especially
with
a
Golden
Driller
chip
on
his
shoulder.
“I’ll
run
Midgets
as
long
as I
can,
especially
Chili
Bowl,”
Kofoid
said.
“I
feel
like
I’m
close
to
being
able
to
win
it.
And
that’s
kind
of,
in
my
eyes,
the
last
thing
on
my
bucket
list
as
far
as
Midgets
that
I
feel
like
I
need
to
check
off
to
be
really
proud
of
what
I’ve
done
in
Midgets.
Pete
and
Keith
and
Toyota
have
said
whenever
I
want
to
run
a
Midget,
I’ll
have
a
place
at
KKM.”
The
rookie
World
of
Outlaws
NOS
Energy
Drink
Sprint
Car
season
for
Buddy
Kofoid
continues
this
weekend
at
Atomic
Speedway
(May
24-25)
alongside
the
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midget
Series.
Then
the
tour
heads
to
Fremont
Speedway
on
Monday,
May
27.
For
tickets, CLICK
HERE.
If
you
can’t
make
it
to
the
track,
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lap
live
on DIRTVision.
Zach
Daum
Wins
Double
Down
Showdown
Finale
at
Millbridge
Speedway
SALISBURY,
NC (May
22,
2024) –
Zach
Daum was
in need
of a
spark.
Something
to get
he and
the
Trifecta
Motorsports
team
back on
track
after a
string
of
misfortunes
and
up-and-down
results.
Who
would
have
guessed
they’d
find it
at the
red-clay,
1/6-mile
North
Carolina
bullring
known as
Millbridge
Speedway
– a
place
Daum
took a
hard
crash at
and
destroyed
his own
car one
year
prior.
Daum,
the
33-year-old
open-wheel
champion
from
Pocahontas,
IL, took
the lead
on a
late
restart
in the
finale
of the
DIAEDGE
Double
Down
Showdown
Wednesday
night
and
drove
off to a
$5,000
grand
prize
and his
first
Feature
win of
the
season
with the
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midget
Series
presented
by
Toyota.
“It was
cool; we
needed a
win,”
Daum
said.
“We’ve
had
struggles
with
engines
and
stuff.
You’ll
have
them
spurts.
Luckily,
we were
able to
put
together
a good
night
tonight.”
After
posting
back-to-back
third-place
finishes
to open
his 2024
Xtreme
Outlaw
Series
campaign,
Daum and
the team
ran into
an array
of
mechanical
issues
that
hindered
their
progress
and
efforts
to get
back to
their
2023
form
– in
which
they won
five
races
together.
First
came the
engine
issues
at Sweet
Springs
Motorsports
Complex
that
forced
them to
retire
before
Heats
were
run.
Next
came
more
mechanical
malfunctions
with
both the
primary
and
backup
car on
the same
night at
Humboldt
Speedway.
One
night
later,
Daum was
caught-up
in a
late-race
incident
at 81
Speedway,
leaving
him with
a
16th-place
finish.
But
that’s
all
behind
them
now. The
Oklahoma-based
operation
– over
15 hours
away
from
home –
finally
got back
in gear
with the
win
Wednesday
night.
“It just
goes in
spurts,”
Daum
said.
“Some
days,
you’re
on top
of the
world
and you
can’t do
anything
wrong,
and
other
days you
can’t do
anything
right.
It’s one
of them
deals.
Hopefully,
we’ve
got the
monkey
off our
back,
and we
can just
go for
some
more
wins the
rest of
the
year.”
At the
drop of
the
green
flag,
Oklahoma-racer
Kale
Drake
jumped
to the
lead
from the
outside
pole and
led
unchallenged
through
the
race’s
first
red-flag
period
on Lap
18. On
the
restart,
Daum
took
advantage
of the
opportunity
and
began
hounding
Drake
for the
lead
down
low.
Daum was
able to
pull
ahead by
a
bumper’s
length
on Lap
19, but
Drake
quickly
took the
lead
back the
next
time by,
beating
him with
his
top-side
momentum.
Another
red flag
halted
the
action
on Lap
23,
putting
Daum on
Drake’s
tail for
the
restart
once
more.
Behind
him was
Tuesday
night’s
main
event
winner
Karter
Sarff,
who had
started
seventh.
Daum was
bested
on the
restart
prior
but was
not
going to
allow
national
Midget
series
rookie
Drake to
get the
better
of him
again.
This
time,
Daum was
prepared
and had
his car
pointed
at a
more
favorable
angle
when
leader
Drake
hit the
throttle
on the
restart.
“When
[Drake]
picked
the
throttle
up, I
was
still
turned
the
wrong
way, so
it took
me two
car-lengths
to get
going
the
other
way,”
Daum
said.
“He did
that
restart
perfect,
and then
the next
one, I
was
turned
and I
was on
his
bumper
when we
came
across
there.
So, I
gained
two car
lengths
for
free,
basically,
and I
was able
to race
him a
lot
harder
and
quicker.”
Daum
slid
into the
lead out
of Turn
4 as he
crossed
the
stripe
to
complete
Lap 23.
Behind
him,
Sarff
began
hounding
Drake
for
second.
After a
couple
slider-crossover
combos,
Sarff
was able
to
wrestle
the
second
spot
away
with one
final
slide
job in
Turns
1-2 on
Lap 27.
“I was
just
trying
to keep
the
thing
wound-up
and not
get
tight on
the curb
when
following
those
guys in
there,”
Sarff
said of
the
battle
between
Daum and
Drake in
front of
him. “I
was
hoping
something
would
happen
and I’d
be able
to
squeak
though
because
I think
them
racing
was
holding
Zach up.
Once
Zach got
out past
him, he
was just
good
enough
on the
bottom.
I don’t
know
that I
could’ve
ran the
top any
harder
to catch
him.”
Now in
second
with
only
Daum in
front of
him,
Sarff
set his
sights
on his
fellow
Illinois
racer.
He stuck
with his
preferred
middle-top
lane and
made up
some
ground,
but not
enough,
and was
forced
to
settle
for
second.
“The top
was just
a little
bit
trickier
than it
was last
night,”
Sarff
said. “I
feel
like I
was
running
it just
as hard,
and Zach
was just
really
good on
the
bottom
like he
always
is.”
Points
leader
Cannon
McIntosh
crossed
the
finish
line
third
for the
second-straight
night,
once
again
extending
his
points
lead,
now up
to 131
over
teammate
Ryan
Timms.
Kale
Drake
crossed
in
fourth
while
Chase
McDermand
rounded
out the
top-five.
Karter
Sarff
won the
Whitz
Racing
Products
Quick
Time
Award in
Qualifying
with a
lap of
9.880.
Trevor
Cline
won
Toyota
Racing
Heat 1,
Ashton
Torgerson
won TJ
Forged
Heat 2
and Zach
Daum won
Heat 3.
Chase
McDermand
was the
Hard
Charger,
advancing
12
positions
on his
drive
from
17th to
finish
fifth.
UP NEXT
The
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midgets
will now
make the
trip out
to
Chillicothe,
OH, for
another
two-day
event
– Fri-Sat,
May
24-25
– at
Atomic
Speedway
alongside
the
World of
Outlaws
NOS
Energy
Drink
Sprint
Car
Series.
Tickets
are on
sale in
advance
at
XtremeOutlawSeries.com.
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can’t be
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track to
watch in
person,
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lap live
on
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ABBREVIATED
RESULTS
(view
full
results)
Feature
(35
Laps):
1.
7U-Zach
Daum[1];
2.
21K-Karter
Sarff[7];
3.
71K-Cannon
McIntosh[5];
4.
97K-Kale
Drake[2];
5.
40-Chase
McDermand[17];
6.
67-Ryan
Timms[15];
7.
67K-Ashton
Torgerson[3];
8.
72-Sam
Johnson[8];
9.
55-Trevor
Cline[4];
10.
25K-Taylor
Reimer[12];
11.
19AZ-Hayden
Reinbold[20];
12.
55D-Nick
Drake[10];
13.
1K-Brayton
Lynch[14];
14.
98K-Elijah
Gile[16];
15.
71-Jade
Avedisian[11];
16.
89-Zach
Wigal[13];
17.
14S-Tyler
Edwards[6];
18.
5-Chase
Briscoe[21];
19.
19M-Ethan
Mitchell[9];
20.
97-Gavin
Miller[19];
21.
66-Jayden
Clay[18]
Karter
Sarff
Conquers
Millbridge
Speedway
for
Second
Win of
2024
SALISBURY,
NC (May
21,
2024) –
Karter
Sarff’s
recent
starts
with the
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midget
Series
presented
by
Toyota
since
garnering
his
first
win of
the
season
in early
April
haven’t
met his
expectations.
But
in
unfamiliar
territory
Tuesday
night at
Millbridge
Speedway,
he
turned
it
around,
leading
the
opening
round of
the
DIAEDGE
Double
Down
Showdown
flag-to-flag
for his
second
Feature
win of
the year
and
first-ever
at the
North
Carolina
oval.
“We
were in
a slump
the last
couple
races,
just
couldn’t
get
anything
out of
the
car,”
Sarff
said.
“Come to
a
bullring
like
this
kinda
takes
the
setup
out of
it a
little…
I guess
I
shouldn’t
say
that.
Paul May
(crew
chief)
had her
dialed
all
night
long.”
Between
his
first
win at
US 36
Raceway
in April
and his
second
Tuesday
night,
Sarff –
21, of
Mason
City, IL
– had
posted
three
finishes
of 10th
or worse
with a
best
result
of
seventh
two
weeks
ago at
Humboldt
Speedway.
But
those
results
are in
the
past,
and the
young
open-wheel
talent
once
again
stands
atop the
national
Midget
world
with his
third
career
Series
victory.
When
the
green
flag
dropped
in the
main
event,
Sarff
took off
immediately,
grabbing
the lead
from the
pole and
jumping
out to a
lead in
lapped
traffic
that
stretched
nearly
three
seconds
at its
largest.
“I
was
happy
when I
got to
lapped
traffic
because
I
usually
get
through
lapped
traffic
pretty
good,
and I
was
getting
through
them
fast,”
Sarff
said. “I
figured
I might
have
been out
a little
ways,
but I
didn’t
know if
they
were
right on
me or
not, so
I just
kept
hammering
on it.”
Behind
him,
Zach
Daum and
Cannon
McIntosh
began
their
battle
for the
third
spot –
Daum the
first to
throw a
slide
job in
Turn 1
and take
the
position,
only to
give it
right
back
after
stumbling
in Turns
3-4.
Daum was
able to
rebound
though,
getting
by
McIntosh
for good
with
another
Turn 1
slider –
one that
held up
through
Turns
3-4.
“Me
and
Cannon
have
come
back to
an
understanding;
we can
race
with
each
other
again,”
Daum
said.
“It’s
good.
That’s
how
racing
should
be – I
wasn’t
gonna
crash
him and
he
wasn’t
gonna
crash
me. I
had my
line; he
had his
line.
When he
was
better,
he would
drive
around
me and
if not,
we’d
drag
race
down the
straightaway.”
“You’d
see
[Daum]
and
you’d
lift,
and you
didn’t
know if
he was
sliding
all the
way
across
or gonna
keep it
in the
middle,”
McIntosh
said.
“When I
lifted,
he was
just
kinda
there,
and I
couldn’t
really
slide
him back
just
because
he was
running
the
middle.
I could
get
momentum
and get
back to
him,
just
nowhere
to
really
pass him
back.”
When
the
race’s
first
caution
flag
appeared
on Lap
22,
Sarff
led the
field
back to
green
ahead of
Ryan
Timms,
Daum in
third
and
McIntosh
in
fourth.
Daum
wasted
no time
going
after
Timms,
throwing
a slider
on him
in Turn
1 on the
restart.
But
Timms
held
strong,
crossing
back
underneath
Daum in
Turns
3-4 to
regain
the
spot, at
least
for the
moment.
When the
yellow
came out
again
for
Timms’
Keith
Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports
teammate
Kale
Drake on
Lap 25,
Timms
lined up
once
more
with
Daum on
his tail
for the
restart.
Timms
was
smooth
through
Turns 1
and 2
but
stumbled
in Turn
4,
hitting
the
outside
wall.
When
Daum and
McIntosh
got
underneath
him
heading
back
into
Turn 1,
Timms
jumped
up over
the
cushion
in Turn
2 and
tagged
the
wall,
which
slowed
him
dramatically.
Several
cars
drove by
cleanly
on the
inside
except
Ethan
Mitchell,
who hit
Timms’
left-rear
tire,
puncturing
it and
bringing
out the
yellow
once
again.
With
Timms
out of
the
picture,
McIntosh
assumed
third
place
for the
restart
with
Daum and
Sarff in
front of
him. Try
as he
may,
however,
McIntosh
was
unable
to make
a move
to
advance
position
and
crossed
the
stripe
third.
In doing
so, he
increased
his lead
in the
points
standings
to 108
with
Timms
ending
up 12th
and
McDermand
a DNF,
scored
in 20th.
Daum
challenged
Sarff on
the
final
restart,
nearly
pulling
even
with him
at one
point,
but was
unable
to get
close
enough
to make
a move
for the
lead.
Though
he fell
one spot
short of
his
first
win of
the
season,
he
notched
his
second
podium
of the
year and
first
since
the
season
opener
in March
with the
Trifecta
Motorsports
#7U
team.
“Hopefully,
we can
start
this
trend,”
Daum
said.
“This
race
last
year was
the last
race in
my car,
and we
started
off with
the 7U
after
these
races
and
kinda
went on
a tear.
Hopefully,
this is
the
start of
that
again.
Championship’s
pretty
well out
of grasp
right
now, so
we’re
just
gonna go
for wins
and try
to win
as many
races as
we can
by the
end of
the
year.”
When
he
pulled
into the
pit area
Tuesday
afternoon,
ready to
race a
track
he’d yet
to see
in a
Midget,
Sarff
had zero
fear.
Despite
his
recent
results,
he
wasn’t
surprised
how fast
he was
in the
main
event,
as the
track
conditions
played
right
into his
hand.
“I
like to
have
somewhat
high
expectations,
but it’s
Midgets
– you
never
know
what’s
gonna
happen,”
Sarff
said. “I
figured
it would
be
somewhat
my style
– big ol’
curb up
on the
cushion.
It
seemed
to be
that
way, and
I had a
lot of
fun.”
UP
NEXT
The
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midgets
jump
right
back
into
action
Wednesday,
May 22,
for the
finale
of the
third
annual
Double
Down
Showdown
at
Millbridge
Speedway.
Tickets
will be
available
at the
gate. If
you
can’t be
at the
track,
stream
every
lap live
on
DIRTVision.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Ohio Swing Concludes with Huge Atomic Doubleheader, Return to Fremont
The World of Outlaws are joined by the Xtreme Outlaw Midgets for two nights at Atomic before honoring Rick Ferkel at Fremont
CHILLICOTHE, OH (May 21, 2024) - Three races in four nights lie ahead as the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars wrap up a two-week stay in Ohio.
First on the agenda is a massive two-night holiday weekend event (May 24-25) at Chillicothe, OH’s Atomic Speedway. The greatest Sprint Car drivers in the country will be joined by the stars of the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota at the high-speed oval. Then on Monday, May 27 the World of Outlaws return to Fremont Speedway for the first time in eight years for the Rick Ferkel Tribute. The Memorial Day visit will mark the ninth race in Series history to the northern Ohio track.
More than a quarter of the 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car campaign is in the books, and it’s been a thrilling season to date. A record number of winners to begin the year, last lap passes, a tight points battle, and so much more. And this week the second quarter of the season continues through the “Buckeye State.”
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Let’s look at the weekend’s top storylines:
MACEDO’S MOMENTUM: The early season woes from DIRTcar Nationals are long gone for Carson Macedo and Jason Johnson Racing.
Macedo and the Philip Dietz-led team are firing on all cylinders. The Albaugh #41 hasn’t missed the top five in the past 11 races with a 3.5 average finish over that stretch. He’s also qualified for 14 consecutive Toyota Dashes. The hot streak has allowed Macedo to claw his way up to third in the standings with Donny Schatz (+14 points) and David Gravel (+68 points) well within striking distance.
The numbers suggest Macedo could build even more momentum at the tracks ahead. Three of his last four Atomic races have led to podium runs including a World of Outlaws win last May. The Lemoore, CA driver has made six previous Fremont appearances and won twice, topping their 2016 season opener along with a 2017 FAST event.
WEIGHT LIFTED: The first win of a season is always the toughest. That especially proved to be true for Michael “Buddy” Kofoid as he navigated his rookie season. But after six podium runs, Kofoid finally broke through last weekend at Attica.
The Attica triumph is the highlight of what’s been an impressive debut season for the 22-year-old. Kofoid is on a streak of 16 consecutive top 10s, and he hasn’t finished worse than seventh in the last 13.
Kofoid and the Roth Motorsports team will look to add more checkered flags to the collection this weekend. The Penngrove, CA native has never won at Atomic, but he’s been consistent with five top 10s in six tries including a 2020 top five with FAST. He’s had plenty of success at Fremont to the tune of four victories and 12 top fives in 16 tries. One of the four wins came with the All-Star Circuit of Champions (2020).
A DONNY DOUBLE?: It comes as no surprise that the statistics suggest Donny Schatz should be a favorite at both Atomic and Fremont this weekend. No matter where he goes in Ohio, the 10-time Series champion always seems to find his way to the front.
Through The Greatest Show on Dirt’s 10 previous trip to Atomic, Schatz is the only driver with multiple victories. The Fargo, ND native has won four times in only nine tries. He’s also led Feature laps in six of nine races he’s contested on the high-banked oval.
The Fremont results have been just as strong for Schatz. He’s made four visits to the northern Ohio oval and topped two of them including an impressive drive from 11th to Victory Lane in 2014. He’s never finished worse than fourth at Fremont, and his average result is second.
A win at both tracks over Memorial Day weekend isn’t inconceivable for Schatz considering his previous success. And it would serve as a tremendous help as he looks to chase down David Gravel who leads him by 54 markers in the standings.
HONORING THE OHIO TRAVELER: Monday’s trip to Fremont is more than a race. It’s a night to celebrate the life of one of Sprint Car Racing’s most impactful figures.
Rick Ferkel was one of the original Outlaws among Ted Johnson’s band of travelers in 1978. He won the third race in Series history at Eldora Speedway and went on to claim 21 victories with the Series. Even when his time behind the wheel ended, Ferkel remained heavily involved via roles as a World of Outlaws official and Director of the Gumout Series. He also was a car owner and crew chief that mentored many rising talents in the sport. Ferkel passed away on New Year’s Day this year.
Monday is about honoring the “Ohio Traveler,” and where better to do so than the Ohio oval Fremont Speedway — less than 10 miles from Ferkel’s birthplace, Green Springs, OH? A stout field of racers will be on hand to compete for the honor of winning the inaugural Rick Ferkel Tribute.
BUCKEYE BRAWLERS: Both Atomic and Fremont are expected to attract a healthy contingent of local Ohio talent looking to impress on a national stage. Many of them put up strong performances last week at Attica. Fremont is already home to two popular occasions of a local upsetting the nation’s best when Fremont’s own Frankie Kerr won in back-to-back years (1991 & 1992).
The Atomic regulars are undoubtedly headlined by Cole Duncan. The Lockbourne, OH driver has won a whopping 20 races over the last four seasons at the Chillicothe, OH track. It’s also home to his most recent World of Outlaws top five. Bowling Green, OH’s Travis Philo is the most recent Atomic winner, claiming their 2023 season finale.
Fremont features a healthy heap of local talent, and Bellevue, OH’s Cap Henry is near the top of the crop. He’s already been to Fremont Victory Lane this year (April 27), and he made six visits last year. Henry is expected to be joined by many more including Fremont track record holder, Lee Jacobs (Dalton, OH) Greg Wilson (Benton Ridge, OH), Creed Kemenah (Alvada, OH), Zeth Sabo (Fremont, OH), and more.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCEWHEN AND WHERE
Friday-Saturday, May 24-25 at Atomic Speedway in Chillicothe, OH
Monday, May 27 at Fremont Speedway in Fremont, OH
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (21/76 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports #2 (2970 PTS)
2. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing #15 (-54 PTS)
3. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing #41 (-68 PTS)
4. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing #18 (-78 PTS)
5. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing #1S (-118 PTS)
6. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports #83 (-126 PTS)
7. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing #17 (-194 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports #17B (-324 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing #3Z (-492 PTS)
10. Landon Crawley – Sides Motorsports #7S (-572 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (11 Drivers):
7 Wins – David Gravel
4 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
2 Wins – Donny Schatz
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, Giovanni Scelzi, Carson Macedo, Rico Abreu, Brady Bacon, Michael Kofoid
FEATURE LAPS LED (15 Drivers):
190 Laps – David Gravel
107 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
79 Laps – Carson Macedo
56 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
54 Laps – Rico Abreu
47 Laps – Donny Schatz
29 Laps – Kyle Larson
26 Laps – Brady Bacon
25 Laps – Brad Sweet
23 Laps – Michael Kofoid
13 Laps – Anthony Macri
11 Laps – Bill Balog
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Tyler Courtney, Kalib Henry
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (11 Drivers):
5 Quick Times – Carson Macedo
4 Quick Times – David Gravel
2 Quick Times – Brent Marks, Michael Kofoid, Giovanni Scelzi
1 Quick Time – Landon Crawley, Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Donny Schatz, Sheldon Haudenschild
HEAT RACE WINNERS (24 Drivers):
13 Heat Wins – David Gravel
9 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
8 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi
7 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild, Michael Kofoid
5 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu
4 Heat Wins – Brent Marks
3 Heat Wins – Donny Schatz, Bill Balog
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown, Tyler Courtney, Landon Crawley, Brock Zearfoss
1 Heat Win – Corey Day, Justin Peck, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Logan Schuchart, Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Danny Sams III, Kyle Larson, Emerson Axsom, Anthony Macri, Tim Shaffer
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (41 Drivers):
17 Dashes – David Gravel
16 Dashes – Carson Macedo
15 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi
13 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
12 Dashes – Sheldon Haudenschild
9 Dashes – Donny Schatz, Bill Balog
7 Dashes – Rico Abreu
6 Dashes – Landon Crawley
5 Dashes – Brent Marks, Logan Schuchart
4 Dashes – Tyler Courtney, Brian Brown
3 Dashes – Emerson Axsom, Brock Zearfoss
2 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Aaron Reutzel, Anthony Macri
1 Dash – Justin Peck, Zeb Wise, Corey Day, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Garet Williamson, James McFadden, Logan McCandless, Ayrton Gennetten, Brady Bacon, Danny Sams III, Cole Macedo, Kyle Larson, Skylar Gee, Kody Hartlaub, Chase Dietz, Tim Shaffer, T.J. Michael, Craig Mintz, Kalib Henry, Brandon Spithaler, Sye Lynch
MICROLITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (17 Drivers):
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Bill Balog, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace Park, Anthony Macri, Landon Crawley, Garet Williamson, Brock Zearfoss, Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brandon Rahmer, David Gravel, Nate Dussel
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (15 Drivers):
4 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart
3 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz
2 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo
1 Hard Charger – Aaron Reutzel, Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild, Danny Dietrich, Landon Crawley
PODIUM FINISHES (16 Drivers):
12 Podiums – David Gravel
9 Podiums – Carson Macedo
8 Podiums – Donny Schatz
7 Podiums – Michael Kofoid
5 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild, Giovanni Scelzi
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet, Rico Abreu
2 Podiums – Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks, Bill Balog
1 Podium – Justin Peck, Anthony Macri, Aaron Reutzel, Brady Bacon, Kyle Larson
TOP 10 FINISHES (47 Drivers):
19 Top 10s �� Giovanni Scelzi
18 Top 10s – Donny Schatz, Michael Kofoid, David Gravel
17 Top 10s – Carson Macedo, Logan Schuchart
14 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
11 Top 10s – Bill Balog
6 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney, Brock Zearfoss, Rico Abreu
5 Top 10s – Brent Marks, Anthony Macri
4 Top 10s – Brad Sweet
3 Top 10s – Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel, Cole Macedo, Landon Crawley
2 Top 10s – Ryan Timms, Chase Randall, Kraig Kinser, Corey Day, James McFadden
1 Top 10 – Justin Peck, Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Zeb Wise, Cory Eliason, Jacob Allen, Chris Windom, Garet Williamson, Joe B. Miller, Ayrton Gennetten, Brady Bacon, Emerson Axsom, Scotty Milan, Cale Thomas, Cole Duncan, Kyle Larson, Skylar Gee, Troy Wagaman Jr., Danny Dietrich, Chase Dietz, Brandon Spithaler, Kalib Henry, Tim Shaffer, Zane DeVault
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / David Gravel (6)
20. Fri, May 17 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Michael Kofoid (1)
21. Sat, May 18 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / David Gravel (7)
For the full 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car schedule, CLICK HERE.
WHAT TO
WATCH
FOR:
Millbridge,
Atomic
to Host
Big
Names,
Midget
Stars in
Four-Race
Stretch
SALISBURY,
NC (May
20,
2024) –
The
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midget
Series
presented
by
Toyota
takes on
one of
the
busiest
stretches
of the
season
this
week
with
four
races in
five
days
spread
across
North
Carolina
and
Ohio.
A
homecoming
at
Millbridge
Speedway
in
Salisbury,
NC,
kicks
off the
action
Tuesday-Wednesday,
May
21-22,
with the
third
annual
DIAEDGE
Double
Down
Showdown.
The
1/6-mile,
red clay
oval
hosted
the
first
event in
Series
history
in 2022
and will
present
a
30-lap,
$4,000-to-win
main
event
Tuesday
night
before a
35-lap,
$5,000-to-win
finale
on
Wednesday.
Teams
will
take
Thursday
to make
the
drive
north to
Atomic
Speedway
in
Chillicothe,
OH, and
get set
for
another
two-day
event at
the
high-banked,
3/8-mile
oval
Friday-Saturday,
May
24-25.
Running
adjacent
to the
World of
Outlaws
NOS
Energy
Drink
Sprint
Cars,
Midgets
will
race a
25-lap,
$4,000-to-win
main
event on
both
nights.
Tickets
for both
events
will be
on sale
at the
gate on
race
day.
Advance
sale
tickets
are
available
for both
nights
at
Atomic,
which
can be
purchased
at the
link
below.
BUY
ATOMIC
TICKETS
If you
can’t be
at the
track to
watch in
person,
stream
every
lap of
both
events
live on
DIRTVision.
Here
are the
drivers
to watch
and
storylines
to
follow
this
week:
CANNON’S
HOUSE
– Cannon
McIntosh
maintains
the lead
in the
standings
by 74
points
over
Ryan
Timms,
coming
into a
track
he’s
come to
know
better
than
most of
his
competition
since
moving
to the
Mooresville,
NC-area
in 2023.
McIntosh,
21, of
Bixby,
OK, was
dominant
with the
Xtreme
Outlaw
Series
on the
red clay
bullring
one year
ago,
sweeping
the
midweek
program
by
winning
both
Features
and
leading
42 of
the 66
total
Feature
laps
contested
between
the two
races.
In the
time
he’s
spent
living
and
working
in the
area,
the
1/6-mile
oval has
become
his
unofficial
home
track
away
from
home as
he
continues
to carve
into the
weekly
Micro
Sprint
program.
McIntosh
established
himself
as a
major
player
in both
the
Winged
and
Non-Wing
600cc
Micro
Sprint
ranks
last
year,
winning
several
races in
both
divisions,
and has
continued
his
involvement
in 2024
with the
spawning
of his
new
Micro
Sprint
team –
Cannon
McIntosh
Development.
READY
FOR
LAUNCH
–
Currently
sitting
third in
the
Series
standings,
Chase
McDermand
is still
searching
for his
first
win of
the
season,
which
could
come at
either
venue
this
week.
McDermand,
the
23-year-old
racer
from
Springfield,
IL, was
strong
in his
first
appearance
at
Millbridge
one year
ago,
posting
back-to-back
third-place
finishes
after
starting
on the
pole of
the
Feature
both
nights
of the
two-day
event.
He also
started
on the
pole of
the main
event at
Atomic
last
July but
faded
back to
eighth
by the
checkered
flag.
However,
McDermand
has not
been shy
about
his
fondness
for the
larger,
faster
tracks,
which
Atomic
is at
3/8ths
of a
mile and
a high
degree
of
banking.
THINK
PINK
– It’s
been
over a
month
since
Taylor
Reimer’s
near-victory
with the
Xtreme
Outlaw
Series,
but
she’s
set to
return
to the
roster
at
Millbridge
this
week – a
place
she’s
seen
success
at
before.
Reimer,
24, of
Tulsa,
OK, will
be back
behind
the
wheel of
the
BuzzBallz,
LynK/Toyota
No. 25K
for
Keith
Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports
(KKM) as
an owner
of two
podium
finishes
on the
red
clay.
Her
first
came as
a
runner-up
finish
to
McIntosh
on the
second
day of
the
two-day
event in
2022,
which
was
later
upgraded
to a win
via
McIntosh’s
disqualification
in the
following
weeks,
and the
second
came
last
year
when she
ran
second
to
McIntosh
again on
Wednesday
night.
She’s
also
seen
success
off the
dirt
track
recently,
scoring
her
first
career
Limited
Late
Model
Feature
win on
the
asphalt
at
Tri-County
Speedway
in
Hudson,
NC,
driving
for
Toyota
Racing
Development-associated
team Lee
Faulk
Racing.
FAMILY
TIES
– While
Nick
Hoffman
has
spent
most of
his
career
in
Modifieds
and Late
Models,
he might
still
know
Millbridge
Speedway
better
than
most
races on
the
roster.
Hoffman
– the
32-year-old
multi-time
DIRTcar
UMP
Modified
national
champion
and
current
World of
Outlaws
CASE
Late
Model
Series
points
leader
from
Mooresville,
NC – is
the
brother
of track
co-owner
Ashly
Burnett,
who,
with her
husband
Jeremy
Burnett,
have
owned
and
operated
the
facility
since
purchasing
the
property
in 2014.
Hoffman
has
turned
many
laps
around
the oval
in a
variety
of car
types,
including
one of
his
self-built
Elite
Chassis
Modifieds
in a
one-off
test
session.
This
weekend,
Hoffman
will
climb
back
behind
the
wheel of
the NOS
Energy
Drink,
King/Stanton
No. 2H
for
Rockwell
Security/RAMS
Racing
for the
first
time
since
the
season
opener
in Du
Quoin,
ready to
try for
his
first
career
victory
in a
Midget.
While he
did not
compete
with the
Midgets
at
Millbridge
last
year, he
finished
fourth
and
fifth at
the
Double
Down
Showdown
in 2022.
BIG
LEAGUE
STARS
–
Located
only 30
minutes
north of
Charlotte
Motor
Speedway
– the
site of
the
Coca-Cola
600
– Millbridge
is the
place to
race
Tuesday
and
Wednesday
night
for a
select
few
NASCAR
stars
before
competing
on the
big
track
Saturday
and
Sunday.
News
broke
last
Thursday
of J.J.
Yeley’s
plans to
make his
Xtreme
Outlaw
Series
debut at
Millbridge,
piloting
the
Avanti
Windows
& Doors,
Ripper/Stanton
No. 2
for
Petty
Performance
Racing
(PPR).
The
47-year-old
NASCAR
Cup and
Xfinity
Series
veteran
from
Phoenix,
AZ, has
not made
a
national
Midget
series
start
since
the
USAC-sanctioned
BC39
in 2022,
but has
made
multiple
starts
on dirt
in a
PPR-backed
Non-Wing
Sprint
Car this
year,
most
notably
logging
a top-10
finish
at a
USAC CRA
event in
April.
Chase
Briscoe
has been
a
Millbridge
entry to
count on
in each
of the
last two
years
and is
scheduled
to
compete
again in
the
Mahindra
Tractors
No. 5.
The
NASCAR
Cup
Series
regular
from
Mitchell,
IN,
originally
planned
to
compete
on both
nights
of last
year’s
event
but
suffered
terminal
mechanical
failure
in the
opening
Hot Lap
session
and was
forced
to sit
out the
remainder
of the
week.
However,
Briscoe
did
record
finishes
of 12th
and
eighth
in 2022.
ATOMIC
EXCITEMENT
– Last
July,
Jade
Avedisian
gave the
fans of
Atomic
Speedway
plenty
of
reason
to come
back to
see the
Xtreme
Outlaw
Series
in 2024.
The
17-year-old
Californian
stole
the show
and the
Feature
win from
fellow
California
racer
Daniel
Whitley
out of
Turn 4
on the
final
lap,
collecting
her
third
checkered
flag of
the
season
in one
of the
closest
finishes
in
Series
history.
This
year,
Avedisian
will be
back to
defend
her win
in the
Yahoo,
LynK/Toyota
No. 71
as part
of the
KKM
stable.
Last
weekend,
Avedisian
was back
on the
pavement
with the
Toyota
GR Cup
Series
at
Circuit
of the
Americas,
where
she
drove
21st-to-12th
and
eighth-to-fourth
in the
two
races at
the
Texas
road
course.
THIS
WEEKEND
AT A
GLANCE
When and
where
Tue-Wed,
May
21-22 at
Millbridge
Speedway
in
Salisbury,
NC
Fri-Sat,
May
24-25 at
Atomic
Speedway
in
Chillicothe,
OH
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internet
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Current
championship
points
standings
(view
full
standings)
-
Cannon
McIntosh:
1744
points
|
Keith
Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports
#71K
-
Ryan
Timms:
1670
points
(-74)
|
Keith
Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports
#67
-
Chase
McDermand:
1669
points
(-75)
|
CMR-Mounce/Stout
Motorsports
#40
-
Ashton
Torgerson:
1597
points
(-147)
|
Keith
Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports
#67K
-
Karter
Sarff:
1524
points
(-220)
|
Karter
Sarff
Motorsports
#21K
-
Zach
Daum:
1422
points
(-322)
|
Trifecta
Motorsports
#7U
-
Hayden
Reinbold:
1407
points
(-337)
|
Reinbold/Underwood
Motorsports
#19AZ
-
TJ
Smith:
1294
points
(-450)
|
Mounce/Stout
Motorsports
#14S
-
Gavin
Miller:
1250
points
(-494)
|
Keith
Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports
#97
-
Trevor
Cline:
1231
points
(-513)
|
Cline
Racing
#55
Toyota
Feature
winners
(6
drivers)
2 wins
– Cannon
McIntosh
(Keith
Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports),
Ashton
Torgerson
(Keith
Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports
#67K)
1 win –
Thomas
Meseraull
(Engler
Racing),
Karter
Sarff
(Karter
Sarff
Motorsports
#21K),
Kale
Drake
(Keith
Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports
#97),
Ryan
Timms
(Keith
Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports
#67)
Toyota
Feature
laps led
(10
drivers)
49 laps
– Ashton
Torgerson
45 laps
– Ryan
Timms
36 laps
– Cannon
McIntosh
35 laps
– Joe B.
Miller
27 laps
– Thomas
Meseraull
16 laps
– Kale
Drake
12 laps
– Taylor
Reimer
11 laps
– Karter
Sarff
4 laps
– Tyler
Edwards
1 lap
– Chase
McDermand
Whitz RC
Racing
Products
Quick
Time
Awards
(5
drivers)
4
awards
– Ethan
Mitchell
1 award
– Cannon
McIntosh,
Kale
Drake,
Ryan
Timms,
Kyle
Jones
Heat
Race
winners
(16
drivers)
4 wins
– Ashton
Torgerson,
Kale
Drake
3 wins
– Cannon
McIntosh,
2 wins
– Tyler
Edwards,
Chase
McDermand,
Ryan
Timms,
Zach
Daum,
Gavin
Miller,
Jade
Avedisian
1 win –
Thomas
Meseraull,
Shane
Cottle,
TJ
Smith,
Nick
Hoffman,
Karter
Sarff,
Kyle
Jones,
Taylor
Reimer
High-points
honors
(7
drivers)
2 honors
– Cannon
McIntosh
1 honor
– Tyler
Edwards,
Chase
McDermand,
Karter
Sarff,
Ryan
Timms,
Ashton
Torgerson,
Gavin
Miller
Last
Chance
Showdown
wins (6
drivers)
1 win
– Taylor
Reimer,
Gunnar
Setser,
Austin
Torgerson,
Gavin
Miller,
Shane
Cottle,
Ethan
Mitchell
DIRTVision
Hard
Charger
Awards
(6
drivers)
1 award
– Will
Armitage,
Ryan
Timms,
Ryan
Timms,
Hayden
Reinbold,
Kayla
Roell,
Gunnar
Setser
Podium
finishes
(9
drivers)
5
podiums
– Cannon
McIntosh
4
podiums
– Ryan
Timms
3
podiums
– Chase
McDermand,
Ashton
Torgerson
2
podiums
– Zach
Daum,
Kale
Drake,
Gavin
Miller
1 podium
– Thomas
Meseraull,
Taylor
Reimer,
Karter
Sarff
Top-10
finishes
(25
drivers)
10
top-10s
– Cannon
McIntosh,
Chase
McDermand
7
top-10s
– Ryan
Timms
6
top-10s
– Ashton
Torgerson
5
top-10s
– Zach
Daum,
Karter
Sarff,
Gavin
Miller
4
top-10s
– Kale
Drake
3
top-10s
– Ethan
Mitchell,
Taylor
Reimer,
Mitchell
Davis,
Hayden
Reinbold,
Jade
Avedisian
2
top-10s
– Shane
Cottle,
Gunnar
Setser,
Tyler
Edwards,
TJ
Smith,
Kyle
Jones
1 top-10
– Joe B.
Miller,
Thomas
Meseraull,
Will
Armitage,
Trey
Marcham,
Rylan
Gray,
Todd
McVay,
Kevin
Thomas
Jr.
2024
Schedule
&
Winners
– Race
No. Day,
Date /
Track /
Location
/ Winner
(Total
Wins)
1.
Fri,
March 15
/
Southern
Illinois
Center /
Du
Quoin,
IL /
Thomas
Meseraull
(1)
2. Sat,
March 16
/
Southern
Illinois
Center /
Du
Quoin,
IL /
Cannon
McIntosh
(1)
3. Fri,
April 5
/ US 36
Raceway
/
Osborn,
MO /
Karter
Sarff
(1)
4. Sat,
April 6
/ Sweet
Springs
Motorsports
Complex
/ Sweet
Springs,
MO /
Kale
Drake
(1)
5. Fri,
April 12
/ Farmer
City
Raceway
/ Farmer
City, IL
/ Ryan
Timms
(1)
6. Sat,
April 13
/ Farmer
City
Raceway
/ Farmer
City, IL
/ Ashton
Torgerson
(1)
7. Fri,
May 10 /
Humboldt
Speedway
/
Humboldt,
KS /
Ashton
Torgerson
(2)
8. Sat,
May 11 /
81
Speedway
/ Park
City, KS
/ Cannon
McIntosh
(2)
1 MONTH
ALERT:
Huset’s
High
Bank
Nationals
Week
Brings
$100K-to-win
Hustle,
$250K-to-win
Finale
BRANDON,
SD (May
20,
2024) –
Two
six-figure
paydays
will be
on the
line
when the
World of
Outlaws
NOS
Energy
Drink
Sprint
Car
Series
returns
to
Huset’s
Speedway
for the
BillionAuto.com
Huset’s
High
Bank
Nationals,
June
19-22.
The
four-day
event
starts
with the
new
two-day
Huset’s
High
Bank
Hustle
(June
19-20),
paying
$100,000-to-win
on
Thursday.
Then,
the
Huset’s
High
Bank
Nationals
concludes
the week
(June
21-22),
featuring
a
$250,000-to-win/$5,000-to-start
finale.
That
$250,000
payout
equals
the
largest
payout
in World
of
Outlaws
history
established
last
season
with
this
event.
Each of
the
opening
night
races
(June 19
and June
21) will
pay
$20,000
to the
winner.
Current
Series
points
leader
David
Gravel,
who also
drives
for Tod
Quiring
– owner
of
Huset’s
Speedway
– won
the
Huset’s
High
Bank
Nationals
last
year.
Sheldon
Haudenschild
won the
first
edition
of the
Huset’s
High
Bank
Nationals
in 2022.
Since
the
inception
of the
High
Bank
Nationals
there
hasn’t
been a
repeat
winner
of any
of the
nights –
eight
different
winners
in eight
races.
EVENT
INFO
Date
– June
19-22
Location
–
Brandon,
SD
Track
Record –
10.319
sec. by
Terry
McCarl
on May
10, 2009
Times
(CT) –
2PM Pit
Gates
open
5PM
Grandstand
Gates
open
6:30PM
Hot Laps
&
Qualifying
-Racing
to
follow
Tickets
–
Available
HERE
How
to Watch
–
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make it?
Watch
every
lap live
on
DIRTVision
Last
Race
Video
Recap
(High
Bank
Nationals
June 24,
2023) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwtawzir4zM
Previous
World of
Outlaws
winners
at
Huset’s
–
2023 –
Kyle
Larson
on June
21,
James
McFadden
on June
22, Logan
Schuchart on
June
23, David
Gravel on
June 24
2022 –
Spencer
Bayston
on June
22, Michael
Kofoid on
June
23, Carson
Macedo on
June
24, Sheldon
Haudenschild on
June 25
2021 - David
Gravel on
June 21,
Aaron
Reutzel
on June
22, David
Gravel on
Aug. 22
2020 – Sheldon
Haudenschild on
Sept. 5,
Kyle
Larson
on Sept.
6
2016 –
Brad
Sweet
won on
July 2, Donny
Schatz won
on July
3
2015 –Donny
Schatz won
on June
14
2014 –
Mark
Dobmeier
won on
July 2
2013 –
Tim
Kaeding
won on
July 3
2012 –
Mark
Dobmeier
won on
July 3
2011
–Steve
Kinser
won on
Aug. 20
2010
–Sammy
Swindell
won on
July 1
2008 –
Craig
Dollansky
won on
June 13,
Craig
Dollansky
won on
July 3
2007 –Donny
Schatz won
on July
3
2006 –
Brooke
Tatnell
won on
May 7,
Terry
McCarl
won on
July 3
2005
–Brian
Paulus
won on
June 28
2004 –
Sammy
Swindell
won on
July 6
2003 –
Steve
Kinser
won on
June 18
2002 –
Steve
Kinser
won on
July 2
2001 – Donny
Schatz won
on April
29, Mark
Kinser
won on
July 3
2000
–Mark
Kinser
won on
May 7,
Mark
Kinser
won on
July 3
1999 –
Mark
Kinser
won on
May 3,
Mark
Kinser
won on
July 7
1998 –
Stevie
Smith
won on
July 7
1997 –
Sammy
Swindell
won on
April
27, Mark
Kinser
won on
July 3
1996 –
Mark
Kinser
won on
July 3
1995 –
Dave
Blaney
won on
June 28
1994 –
Mark
Kinser
won on
June 29
1993 –
Steve
Kinser
won on
Aug. 23
1992 –
Steve
Kinser
won on
Aug. 21,
Sammy
Swindell
won on
Aug. 22
1991
–Sammy
Swindell
won on
Aug. 23,
Sammy
Swindell
won on
Aug. 24
1990 –
Doug
Wolfgang
won on
July 4,
Sammy
Swindell
won on
Aug. 24,
Sammy
Swindell
won on
Aug. 25
1989
–Doug
Wolgang
won on
July 5,
Bobby
Davis,
Jr. won
on Aug.
25, Doug
Wolfgang
won on
Aug. 26
1984 –
Steve
Kinser
won on
July 11
1983
–Sammy
Swindell
won on
April
30,
Steve
Kinser
won on
July 6
BUCKEYE
BOUNCE
BACK:
Gravel
Grabs
Seventh
Win of
2024
with
Sharon
Statement
The
point
leader
leads
every
lap at
the Ohio
oval and
puts
himself
in a tie
for
eighth
on the
all-time
win list
HARTFORD,
OH
(May
18,
2024)
-
David
Gravel
and
Big
Game
Motorsports
refuse
to
stay
down
for
long.
The
pairing
has
consistently
been the
fastest
team on
the
World of
Outlaws
NOS
Energy
Drink
Sprint
Car tour
in 2024.
Heading
into the
Ohio
weekend
(Attica
Raceway
Park &
Sharon
Speedway)
Gravel
had
already
collected
six
checkered
flags
this
season.
Nine of
his last
12
starts
had
resulted
in top
two
finishes.
But then
his
fortune
faltered
Friday
at
Attica
when a
troublesome
Heat
Race put
him in
the Last
Chance
Showdown.
Gravel
won the
LCS and
went on
to
finish
11th –
only his
third
time
outside
the top
10 this
season.
Both the
previous
occasions,
Gravel
promptly
rebounded.
Back
in March
at
Cotton
Bowl
Speedway,
an
incident
gave him
a
12th place
finish.
The
following
night he
brought
home a
top
five.
Then a
Paducah
DNF led
to a
23rd place
result.
The next
day he
ran
second
at
Tri-State
Speedway.
And
then on
Saturday
at
Sharon,
Gravel
and
company
served
up their
strongest
bounce
back.
The
Watertown,
CT
native
started
on the
pole and
led
every
single
circuit
of the
main
event to
park the
Huset’s
Speedway
#2 in
Victory
Lane for
the
seventh
time in
2024.
“Just
happy to
get the
job
done,”
Gravel
said.
“It’s
way
harder
on this
type of
racetrack
to pass
cars
when
you’re
behind
them,
and
having
that
clean
air just
makes
your job
so much
easier.
Cody
(Jacobs),
Zach
(Patterson),
and
Stephen
(Hamm-Reilly)
have
been
working
really
hard. I
can’t
thank
them
enough.”
Gravel
upped
his
career
win
total
with The
Greatest
Show on
Dirt to
95. That
mark
equals
him with
Dave
Blaney
for the
eighth
most
all-time,
and
fittingly
he
reached
the feat
at
Blaney’s
track.
Sharon
is now
the
48th different
track
he’s won
at with
the
World of
Outlaws.
The
30-lap
Feature
was led
to green
by
Gravel
and Sye
Lynch.
The
opening
start
was
called
back for
a jump
by
Lynch.
On the
second
attempt
Gravel
quickly
took
off.
Traffic
became a
factor
only
five
laps
into the
race,
and it
allowed
second-running
Carson
Macedo
to close
in on
Gravel.
The
Sharon
surface
offered
up grip
all over
the
3/8-mile,
so
Gravel
searched
everywhere
for
speed as
he
navigated
traffic.
Eventually,
he began
to gap
Macedo
again.
A
pair of
cautions
offered
those
chasing
Gravel a
shot at
him, but
the
veteran
never
flinched
on the
restarts.
Both
times he
accelerated
at the
right
spot and
had a
solid
advantage
entering
the
first
set of
corners.
As
the
final
laps
closed
Gravel
did face
one
scare
when he
clipped
a rough
patch of
track
and
nearly
spun.
But he
managed
to
regain
control
and
drive
away
comfortably
to
Victory
Lane. He
might’ve
led
every
lap, but
it was
by no
means an
easy
cruise
with a
tricky
racing
surface
that
proved
to be
difficult
to
figure
out.
“Man,
what
character
the
track
had,”
Gravel
said.
“It just
kept
getting
rougher
and
rougher.
I didn’t
know
where to
run.
Cody
told me
to run
the
middle,
so I
started
running
the
middle.
And then
he told
me
elbows
up and
run the
top, and
it was
just
hard to
run the
top
consistently.
It was
just a
very
technical
track.”
Donny
Schatz
climbed
from
fifth to
the
runner-up
spot for
his
eighth
World of
Outlaws
podium
of the
season.
Finishing
second
ensured
Gravel
couldn’t
extend
his
point
lead
much
over the
10-time
champion
as
Schatz
now sits
54
markers
behind.
Schatz
and the
Tony
Stewart/Curb
Agajanian
Racing
team
continue
to show
plenty
of
speed.
“We
were
good at
the end,
decent,”
Schatz
said.
The guys
are
doing a
great
job.
Everybody
at Ford
is
working
their
tails
off.
I’ve got
some
control,
and
that’s
what
we’ve
been
looking
for. The
performance
shows. I
don’t
know
that we
were
going to
be able
to get
there on
open
racetrack.
But
that’s
the way
racing
is
anymore.
We
needed
traffic,
and we
didn’t
really
have it
there at
the end.
I feel
like we
were
decent,
and
we’ll
just
keep
building
on it.”
Carson
Macedo
brought
the
Jason
Johnson
Racing
#41 home
third to
post a
pair of
podiums
in Ohio
over the
weekend.
The
result
was also
the
11th consecutive
top five
for
Macedo.
The
Lemoore,
CA
driver
ran
second
for much
of the
race but
never
found a
way by
Gravel
and also
slipped
back a
spot
late
when
Schatz
rolled
by on a
restart.
“I
felt
like it
was
going to
be tough
there in
open
air,”
Macedo
said.
“Once we
would
get a
restart
there
and get
that
clean
air back
on his
(Gravel’s)
wings
and
clean
racetrack,
he was
lightning
quick. I
feel
like we
were
pretty
good.
Our car
was
fairly
balanced.
I think
in
traffic
I was as
good. I
would
kind of
get to
him. It
would’ve
been
tough to
make a
move,
and I
was
prepared
to throw
something
at him
if it
did
happen.
I just
had a
late
race
restart
and went
to the
top
there,
probably
wasn’t
really
the
place to
be.”
Logan
Schuchart
and
Giovanni
Scelzi
completed
the top
five.
Schuchart
also
claimed
his
Series-leading
fourth
KSE
Racing
Hard
Charger
of the
season.
Sheldon
Haudenschild
claimed
his
first
Simpson
Quick
Time of
2024 and
the
30th of
his
career
in Sea
Foam
Qualifying.
NOS
Energy
Drink
Heats
One,
Three,
and Four
went to
Brock
Zearfoss
(16th Heat
Race win
of
career),
Sheldon
Haudenschild
(106th of
career),
and
David
Gravel
(254th of
career).
Milton
Hershey
School
Heat Two
went to
Bill
Balog
(10th of
career).
David
Gravel
topped
the
Toyota
Racing
Dash.
Nate
Dussel
won the
Micro-Lite
Last
Chance
Showdown.
The
Smith
Titanium
Brake
Systems
Break of
the Race
went to
Landon
Crawley.
UP NEXT: The
World of
Outlaws
NOS
Energy
Drink
Sprint
Cars are
joined
by the
Xtreme
Outlaw
Midget
Series
presented
by
Toyota
for two
nights
of
action
at
Chillicothe,
OH’s
Atomic
Speedway
on May
24-25.
Then The
Greatest
Show on
Dirt returns
to
Fremont
Speedway
for the
first
time in
eight
years on
Memorial
Day (May
27) for
the Rick
Ferkel
Tribute.
For
tickets, CLICK
HERE.
If
you
can’t
make it
to the
track,
catch
every
lap live
on DIRTVision.
FEATURE
RESULTS:
NOS
Energy
Drink
Feature
(30
Laps):
1.
2-David
Gravel[1];
2.
15-Donny
Schatz[5];
3.
41-Carson
Macedo[4];
4.
1S-Logan
Schuchart[10];
5.
18-Giovanni
Scelzi[3];
6.
17-Sheldon
Haudenschild[6];
7.
83-Michael
Kofoid[12];
8.
17B-Bill
Balog[7];
9.
3Z-Brock
Zearfoss[8];
10.
24-Rico
Abreu[11];
11.
101-Kalib
Henry[16];
12.
42-Sye
Lynch[2];
13.
49X-Tim
Shaffer[19];
14.
70-Kraig
Kinser[9];
15.
32B-Dale
Blaney[15];
16.
33W-Cap
Henry[22];
17.
29-Logan
McCandless[18];
18.
7S-Landon
Crawley[24];
19.
1-Nate
Dussel[21];
20.
81-Lee
Jacobs[13];
21.
W20-Greg
Wilson[20];
22.
11-Carl
Bowser[23];
23.
O8-Danny
Kuriger[17];
24.
10-Dave
Blaney[14]
For
complete
results, CLICK
HERE.
BUDDY BREAKS
THROUGH:
Attica Last
Lap Pass
Lifts Kofoid
to First
Victory of
2024
The Roth
Motorsports
driver
secures
what’s been
an elusive
first
checkered
flag of 2024
with a
thrilling
final lap
move
ATTICA, OH
(May 17,
2024) -
Michael
“Buddy”
Kofoid was
tired. Tired
of finishing
third. Tired
of finishing
second.
Tired of
watching the
winner
celebrate
atop the
podium while
he stood on
the other
two steps.
The World of
Outlaws NOS
Energy Drink
Sprint Car
rookie with Roth
Motorsports had
podiumed six
times in 2024
heading into
Friday’s race at
Attica Raceway
Park, but none
had resulted in
wins. As the
laps clicked
away at the Ohio
oval it looked
as if he may be
settling for one
spot short
again. But
Kofoid refused.
Not this time.
Carson Macedo
led in the final
stages, and even
though Kofoid
clearly had the
speed to
contend, he
couldn’t find
his way ahead.
Multiple times
he showed Macedo
a nose to no
avail. Then came
the white flag.
With one last
gasp on the
final lap,
Kofoid used a
big run down the
back
straightaway to
muscle ahead of
Macedo with a
slide job in
Turns 3 and 4
and steal the
win in thrilling
fashion.
Kofoid may be
from California,
but he spent
some time in
Ohio upon
venturing to the
Midwest to
further his
career. And the
Buckeyes haven’t
forgotten Kofoid
as he’s risen to
Sprint Car
stardom. The
packed
grandstands rose
to their feet
for the finish
and warmly
welcomed him to
Victory Lane for
the first time
in 2024.
“I’m just
super happy to
finally win a
race this year,”
said a relieved
Kofoid. “These
Roth Motorsports
guys have been
unbelievable.
This is the best
I’ve ever felt
in a Sprint Car.
I owe all of
that to Dylan,
Nate, and Gage.
They work their
butts off, and
we have a hell
of a lot of fun
together. This
one’s for them
and of course
Dennis and
Teresa Roth at
home. They gave
me a great
opportunity to
drive such an
iconic car, and
I’m just really
blessed to do
it."
The victory
marked the
fourth of
Kofoid’s career
with The
Greatest Show on
Dirt and second
since joining
Roth Motorsports
midway through
last season.
Kofoid is now
the
11th different
driver with
multiple World
of Outlaws wins
behind the wheel
of Dennis and
Teresa Roth’s
historic ride.
Friday was the
24th Series
visit to Attica,
and Kofoid made
it a dozen
different
drivers to visit
Victory Lane at
the 3/8-mile.
Kofoid
brought the
field to green
for the
35-lapper with
fellow
Californian –
Kalib Henry – in
the Running
Boxer #101
alongside. The
two exchanged
the top spot
during an
exciting opening
lap that saw
Henry pace the
first circuit,
but Kofoid fired
a slide job in
Turns 1 and 2 on
the second lap
that stuck and
gave him the
lead.
Throughout
the early laps
Kofoid led
without issue,
but a charging
Carson Macedo
was on his way
to offer up a
challenge. The
Jason Johnson
Racing pilot had
already climbed
from eighth to
fifth in the
Toyota Racing
Dash. And then
in the Feature,
it took him only
six circuits to
rise from fifth
to second.
A Lap 11
restart gave
Macedo the
opportunity he
needed as he
pounced with a
slider in Turns
3 and 4 to
snatch the top
spot.
After taking
over the lead,
Macedo began to
distance himself
from Kofoid as
the race moved
beyond the
halfway mark.
But as traffic
became a bigger
factor, Kofoid
closed back in.
The lead had
grown as large
as 1.6 seconds,
and on Lap 20
Kofoid had it
slashed to under
a second. Four
laps later in
heavy traffic
Kofoid closed
right up to
Macedo’s tail
tank as the
advantage fell
under two
tenths.
Over the last
10 laps Kofoid
worked and
worked on
Macedo. He found
the best speed
in the middle
groove in Turns
1 and 2 and
Macedo operated
one lane higher.
Kofoid peeked
under Macedo
multiple times
to let him know
he was there.
And as they
roared down the
back
straightaway one
last time on the
final lap,
Kofoid pulled
alongside and
sealed the deal
with a full-send
slider in the
final set of
corners. No more
settling for
second. Kofoid
finally broke
through for a
win.
“I just tried
to stay with him
and pace him
because I knew
the race could
potentially be
won in traffic
if it stayed
green, and
luckily it did,”
Kofoid
explained. “I
was just really
stuck a lane
lower than him.
I figured if
traffic played
out right or if
I could get
close enough, I
could shoot the
gap and get
there. I thought
it was going to
work earlier,
and then I’d get
tight, and he’d
get away and
then I could get
back to him. I
guess it went
that way the
whole race
except the last
half a lap.”
A
disappointed
Macedo came home
second after
leading 23 laps.
On the bright
side for Macedo
and the JJR
team, the night
did mark their
10th consecutive
top 10 finish,
and they jumped
a spot to third
in points. But
Macedo noted if
he attacked
Turns 1 and 2
differently on
the final lap,
he might’ve been
able to hang on
for his second
win of 2024.
“I just got
beat, outraced
there. He just
did a better
job,” Macedo
said. “I was
kind of
floundering a
little bit. I
was trying to
get my wing
back, and the
lappers were
just throwing
that stuff
across, and I’d
get to spinning
a little bit. He
was poking his
nose underneath
me the lap
before into
(Turns) 3 and 4.
So, my thought
was he’s
obviously
getting his runs
in (Turns) 1 and
2 running a
little bit
higher, so I saw
the white come
out and think,
‘Well, if I can
just get through
there (Turns 1
and 2), I think
I’ll have him
covered.’ Then I
moved up a lane,
and then he slid
me so obviously
a horrible
decision. I’m
just a little
dejected.”
Rounding out
the top three
was Bill Balog
aboard the
Andersons Maple
Syrup #17B. The
result served as
a welcome bounce
back for the
Series rookie as
the last few
races had
offered some
bumps in the
road. Balog and
his team put
together a
strong night
from start to
finish for their
second podium of
the season.
“This is
awesome for us,”
Balog said.
“This is great,
just the way
everything went
tonight. The car
was just working
great… It was a
great race. I
kind of caught
them at the end
there a little
bit and
definitely could
kind of feel
that win, but it
just didn’t
happen.”
Brandon
Spithaler and
Kalib Henry
completed the
top five.
A 25th to
10th run in his
Attica debut
gave Landon
Crawley the KSE
Racing Hard
Charger.
Carson Macedo
claimed his
fifth Simpson
Quick Time of
the year and
38th of his
career in Sea
Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy
Drink Heats One,
Three, and Four
went to Tim
Shaffer
(168th Heat Race
win of career),
Carson Macedo
(122nd of
career), and
Buddy Kofoid
(22nd of
career). Milton
Hershey School
Heat Two
belonged to Bill
Balog (ninth of
career).
Buddy Kofoid
topped the
Toyota Racing
Dash.
David Gravel
won the
Micro-Lite Last
Chance Showdown.
The Smith
Titanium Brake
Systems Break of
the Race went to
Craig Mintz.
UP
NEXT: The
World of Outlaws
NOS Energy Drink
Sprint Cars make
a visit to Dave
Blaney’s Sharon
Speedway
(Hartford, OH)
on Saturday, May
18. For
tickets, CLICK
HERE.
If you can’t
make it to the
track, catch
every lap live
on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy
Drink Feature
(35 Laps): 1.
83-Michael
Kofoid[1]; 2.
41-Carson
Macedo[5]; 3.
17B-Bill
Balog[4]; 4.
22B-Brandon
Spithaler[3]; 5.
101-Kalib
Henry[2]; 6.
49X-Tim
Shaffer[7]; 7.
15-Donny
Schatz[11]; 8.
1S-Logan
Schuchart[12];
9. 4-Zane
DeVault[10]; 10.
7S-Landon
Crawley[25]; 11.
2-David
Gravel[21]; 12.
17-Sheldon
Haudenschild[13];
13. 35-Stuart
Brubaker[16];
14. 18-Giovanni
Scelzi[15]; 15.
19P-Paige
Polyak[24]; 16.
99-Skylar
Gee[22]; 17.
3Z-Brock
Zearfoss[9]; 18.
11N-Kasey
Jedrzejek[17];
19. 70-Kraig
Kinser[14]; 20.
29-Zeth
Sabo[20]; 21.
23J-Cale
Thomas[19]; 22.
19-TJ
Michael[8]; 23.
09-Craig
Mintz[6]; 24.
7N-Darin
Naida[23]; 25.
16-DJ Foos[18]
For complete
results, CLICK
HERE.
Eloy Gutierrez
A personal
message from World
of Outlaws icon Eloy
Gutierrez:
Dearest friends,
colleagues, and
racing family, many
of you have noticed
my absence from the
racetrack and have
reached out to ask
where I’ve been.
After much
reflection, it is
with a heavy heart I
find myself needing
to inform you of a
serious health issue
that has surfaced.
I have been
undergoing treatment
at MD Anderson
Cancer Center in
Houston for the past
three weeks. After a
barrage of testing
and scanning, I have
been diagnosed with
several tumors that
have a cancer
signature, although
doctors are still
determining the type
cancer I’m up
against.
At this time, the
medical staff is
reviewing what
treatment regiments
will be needed to
fight this war. All
I can tell you is it
WILL be a war. I
have held off making
this public as long
as I felt I could,
but I know questions
of where I’ve been
are mounting. All of
you are my lifeline
to what’s one of the
most important
things in my life,
something I have
dedicated a
significant part of
my life to — Sprint
Car Racing.
I hoped to have
more information
that might provide
timelines, but at
this point I don’t
have much more to
report. I’m not one
for social media,
but the World of
Outlaws will help me
keep you all updated
when I feel it’s
necessary as I go
through this battle.
You can still reach
out to me like
normal, as well.
Your thoughts and
prayers are
certainly welcomed,
and WE WILL wage a
war!
ELOY
A native of
Albuquerque, NM,
Eloy Gutierrez went
from working on
safety-related
elements of nuclear
weapons systems at
Sandia National
Laboratories to
becoming the
co-founder of
electronic timing
and scoring systems
used by dirt tracks
and racing series
across the country.
While he was always
around Sprint Cars,
following his
retirement from
Sandia, Eloy became
a full-time
traveling Official
with the World of
Outlaws in 2007.
Speed Dawg,
World of Outlaws
Shifting Gears With
New Collaboration
Speed Dawg’s
award-winning shift
knobs will get the
World of Outlaws
treatment with a new
collaboration
between the two
brands.
The company will
offer four
officially licensed
World of Outlaws
shift knobs, with
three featuring the
iconic World of
Outlaws logo and one
showcasing the
fan-favorite Be An
Outlaw design.
“I’m super
excited about this
partnership because
I grew up on Sprint
Car racing,” said
Chris Figdore,
founder and general
manager of Speed
Dawg. “I was at
Outlaw races from
the very first
season in 1978 as a
kid, and with Kevin
Gobrecht having been
one of my best
friends it’s also
special because the
Rookie of the Year
title is in his
name. I’m greatly
excited to be
partnering with the
World of Outlaws.”
Speed Dawg was
founded in 2005 with
the objective to
promote and sponsor
motorsports. The
company started off
making clothing
before introducing
shift knobs in 2007.
In 2010, Speed Dawg
was awarded a SEMA
Global Media Best
New Product Award
for introducing the
Von Hot Rod
Signature Series
Pinstriped shift
knob. Its products
have also been
featured on premier
television
broadcasts and used
in racing series
like NASCAR and NHRA.
Along with
Figdore’s passion
for the World of
Outlaws, Sprint Car
racing is already in
Speed Dawg’s DNA,
having been the
founding title
sponsor of the
Central Pennsylvania
Sprint Car Points
Series and handing
championships to the
likes of Fred Rahmer
and Greg Hodnett.
The World of
Outlaws shift knobs
are available now
and can be purchased
at Speed Dawg’s
website.
JJ Yeley to
Make Xtreme Outlaw
Midget Debut at
Millbridge with
Petty Performance
Racing
2003 USAC
Triple Crown winner
continuing passion
of dirt track racing
with new team owner
CONCORD, NC (May
16, 2024) – J.J.
Yeley has spent his
last 20 Memorial Day
weekends competing
in the most
prestigious races in
motorsports and this
year he’ll add a new
event to that list.
The NASCAR
veteran and former
USAC champion will
make his debut with
the Xtreme Outlaw
Midget Series
presented by Toyota
at Millbridge
Speedway –
Tuesday-Wednesday,
May 21-22 – for the
DIAEDGE Double Down
Showdown.
“Regardless of
where I am in my
life and career,
I’ve always been a
dirt guy,” Yeley
said. “That’s always
been my passion.
That’s where I
started my career.
Even though I’ve
spent 20 years in
NASCAR, I’ve run
IndyCar, I’ve always
kept the dirt side
of things close to
my heart. It didn’t
matter if it was
Midgets or Sprint
Cars.”
Yeley, 47, of
Phoenix, AZ, will
get behind the wheel
of the Avanti
Windows &
Doors-sponsored,
Stanton-powered
Ripper Chassis
Midget for one of
open-wheel racing’s
newest teams – Petty
Performance Racing (PPR),
which was founded by
fellow
Arizona-native and
Avanti CEO Jerry
Petty in fall 2023.
Though it’s been
roughly 20 years
since he last
competed full-time
in the USAC ranks,
Yeley has found
pockets of time to
be able to keep in
touch with his dirt
roots. He made
scattered starts in
the mid-2000s after
taking on NASCAR
full-time, but soon
made efforts to
scale back on the
dirt after a hard
crash sidelined him.
“The scheduling
was always more
difficult to do,”
Yeley said. “After I
was injured in 2009
at Lakeside
(Speedway) in a USAC
Non-Wing Sprint Car,
I pumped the brakes
a little bit on some
of the events that I
did, and then became
more comfortable
going back and doing
it.”
In April, Yeley
competed in a USAC
CRA Sprint Car race
in Arizona, piloting
one of Petty’s
Non-Wing Sprint Cars
to an eighth-place
finish.
Petty has been a
supporter and
investor of dirt
track racing for
many years,
sponsoring multiple
events and putting
the Avanti logo on
the side of several
cars across the
country. He’s had a
strong connection
with the Yeley
family in sponsoring
J.J.’s father Jack,
who won several
Midget championships
around Arizona in
the 1980s and 1990s.
Petty broke new
ground on the
foundation of his
PPR race team for
2024, putting a
Non-Wing Sprint Car
operation together
for Indiana racer
Kyle Cummins, and a
new Midget for
Yeley’s own
endeavors this
season.
“Jerry Petty has
been a sponsor of my
dad for the last
couple years,
fantastic guy,”
Yeley said. “He
reminds me of a
modern-day J.W.
Hunt.”
Yeley debuted the
Midget at the Chili
Bowl Nationals in
January but had
limited results
after experiencing
mechanical issues
during the week.
“It wasn’t a good
barometer for what I
feel the car has the
capabilities of,”
Yeley said.
He said he’s
resolved those
issues and will be
ready to go at
Millbridge, despite
the limited time
he’s spent on track
with the car.
“Gonna go at it a
little bit blindly,
but it’s nothing new
to show up to the
racetrack and just
have to make
adjustments, see if
we can find the
speed and do what we
need to win the
race,” Yeley said.
He’ll race
Millbridge next week
as one of the only
driver, mechanic and
crew chief entrants
in the field. Yeley
said as far back as
his days as a
full-time USAC
racer, he has always
been most
comfortable as the
head wrench on his
equipment –
something he feels
gives him an edge
over the
competition.
“As far as
calling the shots,
I’ve always been
best doing that
myself,” Yeley said.
“If it’s not a good
night, there’s no
one to blame other
than myself. If it
came down to hard
work, perseverance,
the success comes
from having to do it
yourself and not
necessarily relying
on other people to
get the job done for
you.”
It’s been almost
two years since his
last national Midget
series start, but he
hasn’t forgotten how
to wheel. Yeley is
taking the two-day
event at Millbridge
seriously, armed
with great
equipment, a “DIY”
attitude and the
spirit of hard work.
“I’m showing up
to win,” Yeley said.
“There’s no
participation trophy
in my world; there
never has been.”
See Yeley and his
new Petty
Performance Racing
ride compete against
the stars of the
Xtreme Outlaw Midget
Series presented by
Toyota at Millbridge
Speedway next
Tuesday-Wednesday
night, May 21-22, in
the third annual
DIAEDGE Double Down
Showdown.
Tickets will be
on sale at the gate
on race day. If you
can’t be there in
person, stream every
lap live on
DIRTVision.
1 MONTH ALERT:
Knoxville Welcomes
World of Outlaws For
June Doubleheader
KNOXVILLE, IA
(May 15, 2024) – Two
months before World
of Outlaws NOS
Energy Drink Sprint
Car Series drivers
contend in "The
Granddaddy of Them
All" at Knoxville
Raceway, they'll get
two days of racing
at the premier
facility in June.
Knoxville will
welcome the best
Sprint Car drivers
in the country for
the Premier Chevy
Dealers Clash,
Friday-Saturday,
June 14-15.
The two-day event
will feature two
$12,000-to-win races
and valuable lap
time for World of
Outlaws drivers
before the NOS
Energy Drink
Knoxville Nationals,
Aug. 7-10.
Knoxville has ran
two weekly shows, so
far, this year with
Aaron Reutzel
picking up the
season-opening win
and Dusty Zomer
scoring the most
recent win at the
track on May 11.
When the World of
Outlaws were last at
Knoxville Raceway,
Kyle Larson scored
his second Knoxville
Nationals title.
David Gravel
finished second with
an impressive 22nd
to second run, and
11-time Knoxville
Nationals winner
Donny Schatz
finished third.
The Knoxville
Nationals was voted
the second best
motorports race in
USA Today's 10Best
poll this year.
EVENT INFO:
Date –
Friday-Saturday,
June 14-15
Location –
Knoxville, IA
Track Record –
14.351 seconds by
Brian Brown on May
22, 2021
Times (CT) –
2PM Pit Gates open
5PM Grandstand Gates
open
6:30PM Hot Laps &
Qualifying
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Click
HERE to purchase
How to Watch – Can't
make it? Watch every
lap live on
DIRTVision
Last Race Video
Recap (Aug. 12,
2023) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfJ66-l-pLY
Previous World of
Outlaws Knoxville
Winners –
2023 - Brian Brown
on June 9, David
Gravel on June 10,
Kyle Larson on Aug.
12 (Knoxville
Nationals)
2022 - Brent Marks
on June 10, Brian
Brown on June 11,
Donny Schatz on Aug.
13 (Knoxville
Nationals)
2021 - Carson Macedo
on June 11, Carson
Macedo on June 12,
Kyle Larson on Aug.
14 (Knoxville
Nationals)
2020 – David Gravel
on May 8, Kyle
Larson on June 12,
Kyle Larson on June
13, Kyle Larson on
Aug. 13, David
Gravel on Aug. 14,
Kyle Larson on Aug.
15
2019 – Brian Brown
on June 14, Brad
Sweet on June 15,
David Gravel on Aug.
10 (Knoxville
Nationals)
2018 – Donny Schatz
on June 29, David
Gravel on June 30,
Greg Hodnett on Aug.
8, Brad Sweet on
Aug. 9, Logan
Schuchart on Aug.
10, Brad Sweet on
Aug. 11 (Knoxville
Nationals)
2017 – Brad Sweet on
June 9, Donny Schatz
on June 10, Donny
Schatz on Aug. 12
(Knoxville
Nationals)
2016 – Terry McCarl
on June 10, Donny
Schatz on June 11,
Jason Johnson on
Aug. 13 (Knoxville
Nationals)
2015 – Donny Schatz
on June 13, Donny
Schatz on Aug. 15
(Knoxville
Nationals)
2014 – Brad Sweet on
June 14, Donny
Schatz on Aug. 9
(Knoxville
Nationals)
2013 – Donny Schatz
on May 11, Donny
Schatz on June 15,
Donny Schatz on Aug.
10 (Knoxville
Nationals)
2012 – Sammy
Swindell on April
28, Kerry Madsen on
June 9, Donny Schatz
on Aug. 11
(Knoxville
Nationals)
2011 – Sammy
Swindell on June 11,
Donny Schatz on Aug.
13 (Knoxville
Nationals)
2010 – Brooke
Tatnell on June 3,
Jac Haudenschild on
June 4
2009 – Donny Schatz
on May 2, Terry
McCarl on June 27
2008 – Donny Schatz
on May 3, Shane
Stewart on June 6,
Donny Schatz on June
7
2007 – Donny Schatz
on April 28, Terry
McCarl on June 16
2006 – Joey Saldana
on June 23, Donny
Schatz on Oct. 7
2005 – Kraig Kinser
on June 24, Steve
Kinser on April 30
2004 – Craig
Dollansky on June
26, Mark Kinser on
May 1, Danny Lasoski
on Aug. 14
(Knoxville
Nationals)
2003 – Danny Lasoski
on April 26, Danny
Lasoski on July 5,
Danny Lasoski on
Aug. 16 (Knoxville
Nationals)
2002 – Steve Kinser
on April 26, Danny
Lasoski on June 29,
Steve Kinser on Aug.
10 (Knoxville
Nationals)
2001 – Danny Lasoski
on April 28, Stevie
Smith on June 30,
Jason Meyers on July
16, Danny Lasoski on
Aug. 11 (Knoxville
Nationals)
2000 – Danny Lasoski
on April 29, Stevie
Smith on July 1,
Steve Kinser on July
19, Mark Kinser on
Aug. 12 (Knoxville
Nationals)
1999 – Sammy
Swindell on May 1,
Danny Lasoski on
July 3, Danny
Lasoski on July 21,
Mark Kinser on Aug.
14 (Knoxville
Nationals)
1998 – Jac
Haudenschild on May
2, Jac Haudenschild
on July 4, Jac
Haudenschild on July
22, Danny Lasoski on
Aug. 15 (Knoxville
Nationals)
1997 – Mark Kinser
on April 26, Jac
Haudenschild on July
5, Mark Kinser on
July 23, Dave Blaney
on Aug. 17
(Knoxville
Nationals)
1996 – Mark Kinser
on April 27, Mark
Kinser on June 22,
Mark Kinser on July
24, Mark Kinser on
Aug. 17 (Knoxville
Nationals)
1995 – Mark Kinser
on May 6, Mark
Kinser on June 24,
Steve Kinser on July
19, Steve Kinser on
Aug. 19(Knoxville
Nationals), Mark
Kinser on Sept. 27
1994 – Dave Blaney
on April 29, Steve
Kinser on June 25,
Steve Kinser on July
20, Steve Kinser on
Aug. 20 (Knoxville
Nationals), Jac
Haudenschild on
Sept. 23
1993 – Danny Lasoski
on April 30, Mark
Kinser on June 27,
Steve Kinser on Aug.
21 (Knoxville
Nationals), Stevie
Smith on Sept. 24
1992 – Sammy
Swindell on April
26, Steve Kinser on
June 20, Steve
Kinser on July 22,
Steve Kinser on Aug.
15 (Knoxville
Nationals), Steve
Kinser on Sept. 26
1991 – Steve Kinser
on April 27, Doug
Wolfgang on June 22,
Steve Kinser on July
24, Steve Kinser on
Aug. 17 (Knoxville
Nationals)
1990 – Doug Wolfgang
on April 29, Steve
Kinser on June 23,
Sammy Swindell on
July 25, Bobby Allen
on Aug. 18
(Knoxville
Nationals)
1989 – Sammy
Swindell on April
29, Doug Wolfgang on
June 24, Doug
Wolfgang on Aug. 19
(Knoxville
Nationals)
1988 – Steve Kinser
on April 30, Steve
Kinser on June 22,
Steve Kinser on Aug.
13 (Knoxville
Nationals)
1987 – Steve Kinser
on April 25, Steve
Kinser on June 22,
Steve Kinser on Aug.
15 (Knoxville
Nationals)
1986 – Sammy
Swindell on April
26, Steve Kinser on
June 25, Steve
Kinser on July 23,
Steve Kinser on Aug.
16 (Knoxville
Nationals)
1985 – Sammy
Swindell on April
28, Doug Wolfgang on
Aug. 17 (Knoxville
Nationals)
Doug Wolfgang on
Oct. 6
1984 – Sammy
Swindell on July 25,
Doug Wolfgang on
Aug. 11 (Knoxville
Nationals)
1983 – Sammy
Swindell on April
16, Sammy Swindell
on July 27, Sammy
Swindell on Aug. 13
(Knoxville
Nationals), Sammy
Swindell on Oct. 16
1982 – Doug Wolfgang
on April 17, Danny
Smith on July 21,
Steve Kinser on Aug.
15 (Knoxville
Nationals)
1981 – Steve Kinser
on April 18, Doug
Wolfgang on May 22,
Sammy Swindell on
May 23, Sammy
Swindell on July 22,
Steve Kinser on Aug.
15 (Knoxville
Nationals), Doug
Wolfgang on Sept. 12
1980 – Steve Kinser
on April 19, Steve
Kinser on April 20,
Doug Wolfgang on May
31, Steve Kinser on
Aug. 17 (Knoxville
Nationals), Tim
Green on Sept. 20
1979 – Sammy
Swindell on April
21, Ron Shuman on
Aug. 11 (Knoxville
Nationals)
1978 – Doug Wolfgang
on Aug. 12
(Knoxville
Nationals)
WHAT
TO WATCH
FOR: Ohio
Doubleheader
Brings World
of Outlaws
to Attica,
Sharon
The
Greatest
Show on Dirt
makes its
first stops
of 2024 a
pair of Ohio
staples
ATTICA, OH
(May 14,
2024) - The
World of
Outlaws NOS
Energy Drink
Sprint Cars
are ready to
kick off a
two-week
stay in the
“Buckeye
State.”
Ohio
welcomes The
Greatest Show on
Dirt for two
nights at two
tracks this
weekend. First
up is the 24th
visit in Series
history to
Attica Raceway
Park on Friday,
May 17. The
following night
it’s an eastward
trip to
Hartford, OH’s
Sharon Speedway.
The pair of
races are the
first two of
five consecutive
in the state of
Ohio with Atomic
Speedway (May
24-25) and
Fremont Speedway
(May 27) on the
horizon.
The slick
ovals of Ohio
routinely
produce some of
the season’s
most exciting
racing, and the
upcoming slate
should be no
different. A
strong crop of
Buckeye based
talent is ready
to face off with
the stars of the
World of Outlaws
tour.
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Let’s
look at the
weekend’s top
storylines:
HAUD’S HOME: Trips
to Ohio are
always circled
on Sheldon
Haudenschild’s
calendar. The
30-year-old
calls Wooster,
OH home, and
it’s where he
cut his teeth in
Sprint Cars.
He’ll roll into
home territory
with four
victories under
his belt already
in 2024.
Attica is
home to two of
Haudenschild’s
17 career
All-Star Circuit
of Champions (ASCoC)
victories. The
Stenhouse
Jr.-Marshall
Racing driver is
yet to bag a
World of Outlaws
win at Attica,
but he’s been
banging on the
door with three
top fives in his
last four tries
including a
runner-up at
last year’s Brad
Doty Classic.
Over at
Sharon, it’s a
similar story
for the son of
Jac
Haudenschild. He
topped the 2015
Lou Blaney
Memorial in
ASCoC
competition.
Victory Lane has
narrowly eluded
him with the
World of Outlaws
as he owns three
podiums in four
tries piloting
the NOS Energy
Drink #17.
BIG
GAME BRILLIANCE: The
combination of
David Gravel and
Big Game
Motorsports are
borderline
unbeatable right
now. Three of
the last four
races have
belonged to the
potent pairing
as they’ve
claimed wins at
Jacksonville,
Eldora and
Lincoln. The
most recent made
Tod Quiring the
sixth owner in
Series history
to reach 100
wins. The No. 2
has finished in
the top two in
nine of the last
12 main events.
Gravel came into
the year as a
premier
championship
favorite, and
he’s showing
why.
The numbers
show no reason
for Gravel to
slow this
weekend in Ohio.
The Watertown,
CT native three
most recent
visits to Attica
have resulted in
top fives. He’s
also bagged a
pair of Series
victories at the
1/3-mile (2017 &
2021).
Over at
Sharon, Gravel
is yet to make a
trip to Victory
Lane, but he’s
been remarkably
consistent. His
four starts
there with the
Big Game
Motorsports team
have led to a
pair of
runner-ups, no
result worse
than fourth, and
an average
finish of third.
Gravel heads
to Ohio atop the
standings with a
58-point
advantage over
Donny Schatz.
OHIO
EXPERTISE: There’s
no doubt this
coming stretch
of Ohio races is
circled on Donny
Schatz’s
calendar as he
chases an
11th World of
Outlaws title.
The Fargo, ND
native has won
at least once at
all four tracks
within the
“Buckeye State”
borders over the
next couple
weeks.
It begins
this weekend at
Attica where
Schatz has
excelled. In 17
Attica starts,
Schatz owns five
wins, nine
podiums, and a
4.53 average
finish. A DNF in
2009 caused his
only result
outside the top
10. Last May
Schatz picked up
his first Series
victory at
Sharon to
complete a
weekend sweep at
the two tracks
ahead this
weekend.
Schatz heads
to Attica
sitting second
in the points
amid what’s been
a resurgent
season. He’s
already bagged a
pair of
victories along
with seven
podiums, and the
only occurrences
he’s missed the
top-10 have been
a trio of
11ths.
READY
TO WIN: There
are two notable
names on the
2024 roster
still chasing a
victory with the
season nearly a
quarter complete
– Logan
Schuchart and
Michael “Buddy”
Kofoid.
Schuchart and
the Shark Racing
crew have been
consistent all
year long with
an average
finish of 7.21,
and they’ve
completed every
lap of Feature
competition
through 19
events. None of
Schuchart’s 41
career wins have
come at Attica
or Sharon, but
like the story
of his 2024
campaign, he’s
been close. His
last seven
outings at
Attica have led
to top 10s
including a trio
of top fives.
Four of his five
Sharon finishes
have been inside
the top 10.
Kofoid rolls
to Ohio on a
streak of 14
straight top 10s
including six
podiums with
Roth
Motorsports. But
none of those
top three
efforts placed
the Penngrove,
CA native atop
the podium.
Kofoid owns
plenty of Attica
laps courtesy of
moving from
California to
Ohio when his
Sprint Car
career was
blooming. He’s
made 11
appearances on
the Attica
podium
highlighted by a
2020 local win.
The
22-year-old’s
Sharon
experience is
much more
limited, but he
did pick up a
top five in a
2022 ASCoC race.
The pair
currently reside
as neighbors in
the points with
Schuchart in
fifth, 18
markers ahead of
Kofoid.
BUCKEYE PROUD: With
plenty of racing
on a weekly
basis, Ohio
offers up many
local talents
that are
expected to
battle the World
of Outlaws this
weekend.
Bryce Lucius
(Findlay, OH),
Cap Henry
(Bellevue, OH),
and Craig Mintz
(Gibsonburg, OH)
are all Buckeyes
who’ve already
made visits to
Attica Victory
Lane in 2024.
Greg Wilson is a
25-time Attica
Feature winner
(tied 16th-most)
and is fresh off
a runner-up
finish at the
3/8-mile this
past weekend.
The Benton
Ridge, OH driver
picked up an
Attica top five
with the World
of Outlaws back
in 2005.
Sharon may
share the state
with Attica, but
its location
being about 150
miles east
typically means
the local
contingent looks
a little
different. Dave
Blaney owns the
racetrack and
often finds
success when he
brings his No.
10 out for
battle. Last
year, the 1995
Series champion
collected a trio
of Sharon
checkered flags,
and it’s also
the site of his
most recent
World of Outlaws
win came at
Sharon in 2021
with a dramatic
last lap pass.
Dave’s brother –
Dale Blaney – is
also strong at
the Ohio oval.
He matched
Dave’s 2023
Sharon win tally
with three
victories of his
own.
Sharon also
often invites a
western
Pennsylvania
presence
including the
likes of A.J.
Flick (Apollo,
PA), George
Hobaugh
(Chicora, PA),
Brandon Matus
(Wampum, PA),
and more.
THIS
WEEKEND AT A
GLANCE
WHEN
AND WHERE
Friday, May
17 at Attica
Raceway Park in
Attica, OH
Saturday, May 18
at Sharon
Speedway in
Hartford, OH
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CURRENT
CHAMPIONSHIP
STANDINGS (19/78
Races):
1. David
Gravel – Big
Game Motorsports
#2 (2692 PTS)
2. Donny Schatz
– Tony
Stewart/Curb
Agajanian Racing
#15 (-58 PTS)
3. Giovanni
Scelzi – KCP
Racing #18 (-62
PTS)
4. Carson Macedo
– Jason Johnson
Racing #41 (-80
PTS)
5. Logan
Schuchart –
Shark Racing #1S
(-116 PTS)
6. Michael
Kofoid – Roth
Motorsports #83
(-134 PTS)
7. Sheldon
Haudenschild –
Stenhouse
Jr.-Marshall
Racing #17 (-180
PTS)
8. Bill Balog –
B Squared
Motorsports #17B
(-324 PTS)
9. Brock
Zearfoss – Brock
Zearfoss Racing
#3Z (-462 PTS)
10. Landon
Crawley – Sides
Motorsports #7S
(-538 PTS)
NOS
ENERGY DRINK
FEATURE WINNERS
(10 Drivers):
6 Wins –
David Gravel
4 Wins – Sheldon
Haudenschild
2 Wins – Donny
Schatz
1 Win – Brad
Sweet, Tyler
Courtney, Brent
Marks, Giovanni
Scelzi, Carson
Macedo, Rico
Abreu, Brady
Bacon
FEATURE LAPS LED
(14 Drivers):
160 Laps –
David Gravel
107 Laps –
Sheldon
Haudenschild
56 Laps –
Giovanni Scelzi
55 Laps – Carson
Macedo
54 Laps – Rico
Abreu
47 Laps – Donny
Schatz
29 Laps – Kyle
Larson
26 Laps – Brady
Bacon
25 Laps – Brad
Sweet
13 Laps –
Anthony Macri,
Michael Kofoid
11 Laps – Bill
Balog
3 Laps – Brent
Marks
1 Lap – Tyler
Courtney
SIMPSON
PERFORMANCE
PRODUCTS
QUICKTIME AWARDS
(10 Drivers):
4 Quick Times
– Carson Macedo,
David Gravel
2 Quick Times
��� Brent Marks,
Michael Kofoid,
Giovanni Scelzi
1 Quick Time –
Landon Crawley,
Brian Brown,
Aaron Reutzel,
Brady Bacon,
Donny Schatz
HEAT
RACE WINNERS (23
Drivers):
12 Heat Wins
– David Gravel
8 Heat Wins –
Giovanni Scelzi,
Carson Macedo
6 Heat Wins –
Sheldon
Haudenschild,
Michael Kofoid
5 Heat Wins –
Rico Abreu
4 Heat Wins –
Brent Marks
3 Heat Wins
– Donny Schatz
2 Heat Wins –
Brian Brown,
Tyler
Courtney, Landon
Crawley
1 Heat Win –
Corey Day,
Justin
Peck, Bill
Balog, Sam
Hafertepe Jr.,
Brock Zearfoss,
Logan Schuchart,
Bill Rose, Ryan
Timms, Danny
Sams III, Kyle
Larson, Emerson
Axsom, Anthony
Macri
TOYOTA DASH
APPEARANCES (35
Drivers):
16 Dashes –
David Gravel
14 Dashes –
Giovanni Scelzi,
Carson Macedo
12 Dashes –
Michael Kofoid
11 Dashes –
Sheldon
Haudenschild
8 Dashes – Donny
Schatz
7 Dashes – Rico
Abreu, Bill
Balog
6 Dashes –
Landon Crawley
5 Dashes – Brent
Marks, Logan
Schuchart
4 Dashes – Tyler
Courtney, Brian
Brown
3 Dashes –
Emerson Axsom
2 Dashes – Brad
Sweet, Aaron
Reutzel, Brock
Zearfoss,
Anthony Macri
1 Dash – Justin
Peck, Zeb Wise,
Corey Day, Sam
Hafertepe Jr.,
Bill Rose, Ryan
Timms, Garet
Williamson,
James McFadden,
Logan
McCandless,
Ayrton
Gennetten, Brady
Bacon, Danny
Sams III, Cole
Macedo, Kyle
Larson, Skylar
Gee, Kody
Hartlaub, Chase
Dietz
MICROLITE LAST
CHANCE SHOWDOWN
WINS (15
Drivers):
2 LCS Wins –
Logan McCandless
1 LCS Win –
Austin McCarl,
Bill Balog,
Corey Day, Kasey
Kahne, Koty
Adams, Jace
Park, Anthony
Macri, Landon
Crawley, Garet
Williamson,
Brock Zearfoss,
Kevin Newton,
Brenham Crouch,
Sheldon
Haudenschild,
Brandon Rahmer
KSE
HARD CHARGER
AWARDS (14
Drivers):
3 Hard
Chargers – Donny
Schatz, Logan
Schuchart
2 Hard Chargers
– Carson Macedo
1 Hard Charger
– Aaron Reutzel,
Jace Park, Sam
Hafertepe Jr.,
Brock Zearfoss,
Chase Randall,
Chris Windom,
Noah Gass,
Austin McCarl,
Giovanni Scelzi,
Sheldon
Haudenschild,
Danny Dietrich
PODIUM FINISHES
(16 Drivers):
11 Podiums –
David Gravel
7 Podiums –
Donny Schatz,
Carson Macedo
6 Podiums –
Michael Kofoid
5 Podiums –
Sheldon
Haudenschild,
Giovanni Scelzi
3 Podiums – Brad
Sweet, Rico
Abreu
2 Podiums –
Tyler
Courtney, Brent
Marks
1 Podium –
Justin Peck,
Anthony Macri,
Aaron Reutzel,
Bill Balog,
Brady Bacon,
Kyle Larson
TOP
10 FINISHES (43
Drivers):
18 Top 10s –
Giovanni Scelzi
17 Top 10s –
David Gravel
16 Top 10s –
Donny Schatz,
Michael Kofoid
15 Top 10s –
Carson Macedo,
Logan Schuchart
13 Top 10s –
Sheldon
Haudenschild
9 Top 10s – Bill
Balog
6 Top 10s –
Tyler Courtney
5 Top 10s –
Brent Marks,
Rico Abreu,
Brock Zearfoss,
Anthony Macri
4 Top 10s – Brad
Sweet
3 Top 10s –
Brian Brown,
Aaron Reutzel,
Cole Macedo
2 Top 10s – Ryan
Timms, Chase
Randall, Kraig
Kinser, Landon
Crawley, Corey
Day, James
McFadden
1 Top 10 –
Justin Peck,
Kasey Kahne, Sam
Hafertepe Jr.,
Zeb Wise, Cory
Eliason, Jacob
Allen, Chris
Windom, Garet
Williamson, Joe
B. Miller,
Ayrton Gennetten,
Brady Bacon,
Emerson Axsom,
Scotty Milan,
Cale Thomas,
Cole Duncan,
Kyle Larson,
Skylar Gee, Troy
Wagaman Jr.,
Danny Dietrich,
Chase Dietz
2024
WORLD OF OUTLAWS
SPRINT CAR
SCHEDULE &
WINNERS:
No. /
Day, Date /
Track / Location
/ Winner (Total
Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7
/ Volusia
Speedway Park /
Barberville, FL
/ Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8
/ Volusia
Speedway Park /
Barberville, FL
/ David Gravel
(1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 /
Volusia Speedway
Park /
Barberville, FL
/ Tyler Courtney
(1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 /
Volusia Speedway
Park /
Barberville, FL
/ Sheldon
Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4
/ Volusia
Speedway Park /
Barberville, FL
/ Donny Schatz
(1)
6. Fri, March 15
/ Cotton Bowl
Speedway /
Paige, TX /
Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16
/ Cotton Bowl
Speedway /
Paige, TX /
Giovanni Scelzi
(1)
8. Sat, March 23
/ Kennedale
Speedway Park /
Kennedale, TX /
Carson Macedo
(1)
9. Sat, March 30
/ 81 Speedway /
Wichita, KS /
Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5
/ US 36 Raceway
/ Osborn, MO /
David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6
/ Arrowhead
Speedway /
Colcord, OK /
Sheldon
Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April
12 / Federated
Auto Parts
Raceway at I-55
/ Pevely, MO /
David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April
13 / Federated
Auto Parts
Raceway at I-55
/ Pevely, MO /
Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April
19 / Paducah
International
Raceway /
Paducah, KY /
Sheldon
Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April
20 / Tri-State
Speedway /
Haubstadt, IN /
Brady Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 /
Jacksonville
Speedway /
Jacksonville, IL
/ David Gravel
(4)
17. Fri, May 3 /
Eldora Speedway
/ Rossburg, OH /
Sheldon
Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 /
Eldora Speedway
/ Rossburg, OH /
David Gravel (5)
19. Wed, May 8 /
Lincoln Speedway
/ Abbottstown,
PA / David
Gravel (6)
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2024 World of
Outlaws NOS
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Sprint Car
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Cannon McIntosh
Finds Redemption at
81 Speedway for
Second Win of 2024
PARK CITY, KS (May
11, 2024) – One year
after losing out on
victory at 81
Speedway, Cannon
McIntosh has found
redemption and his
second win of the
season with the
Xtreme Outlaw Midget
Series presented by
Toyota.
McIntosh – 21, of
Bixby, OK – led
several laps of the
Feature during the
Series debut at the
3/8-mile oval in
2023 but ultimately
came up one spot
short, giving up the
lead in the final
laps. Fast forward a
full calendar year
to Saturday night,
and the story ended
far more different.
McIntosh spent most
of the 25-lap main
event chasing
teammate Ryan Timms
for the top spot,
but later found
himself holding the
race lead on a
restart with only
six laps left when
Timms’ left-rear
tire blew out,
bringing out the
caution flag.
McIntosh held strong
on the restart, and
once more through
another restart in
green-white-checkered
fashion to get
redemption and his
seventh career
Xtreme Outlaw
Feature win.
“I was glad to be
able to come back
here and win after
losing it late in
the race last year,”
McIntosh said. “I
thought maybe it was
gonna be a broken
record again after
having those yellows
and the
green-white-checkered.
But I was able to
get a good restart
and get away.”
The win came as
McIntosh’s first
since the
season-opening
weekend inside the
Southern Illinois
Center in March and
second since
reuniting with Keith
Kunz Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports (KKM).
Kansas is now the
fifth state in which
he has won a Series
Feature, joining his
triumphs in
Oklahoma, Illinois,
Missouri and North
Carolina.
Reuniting with KKM –
for the first time
since 2021 – was a
big change for
McIntosh this year
after spending the
past three national
Midget seasons
driving for his
father’s team at
Dave Mac-Dalby
Motorsports. But the
change has produced
a positive net
effect despite its
differences – one
that McIntosh has
taken notice of.
“We’ve had really
good cars every
weekend, it’s just
been a matter of me
adapting and getting
used to this thing,”
McIntosh said. “It’s
just a lot different
than our family car.
I had to drive it a
lot differently.”
McIntosh started the
program off strong,
collecting the most
passing points over
all 21 cars after
Qualifying and Heat
Races. He took the
green from outside
Row 2, settled into
the runner-up spot
on Lap 1 and began
his pursuit of Timms
leading the field.
When the caution
flag was displayed
on Lap 9, McIntosh
saw an opportunity
to make a move on
Timms for the lead
on the ensuing
restart and took it,
throwing a slide job
in Turn 3 and
completing it out of
Turn 4 to take the
lead at the
start/finish line.
“We were beating him
into (Turn) 1 for
sure with the
slider, and then I
think the frame rail
bottomed-out there
on the slide job and
it just went into a
continuous bounce,”
McIntosh said. “It
took a long time to
recover, and by that
time I was in third
going down the
backstretch.”
McIntosh went with
high speeds into
Turn 1 and began
bouncing as he
turned into the
corner, upsetting
the car and allowing
Timms to sneak back
by underneath.
From there, Timms
began to expand his
gap over McIntosh
and the field,
leading by as much
as two seconds
before disaster
struck on Lap 20.
His left-rear tire
blew out in Turn 4
and left him to
coast down the
frontstretch as the
caution flag flew,
sending him to the
work area and
handing the lead
back over McIntosh
for the restart.
The green flag
dropped and McIntosh
took off, defending
the lead there and
once more on a
green-white-checkered
finish to seal the
win.
“I knew I had to
have been pretty
good; I hadn’t seen
anyone’s nose,”
McIntosh said. “I
just knew I needed
to get a good
restart and beat
everybody into
(Turn) 1. I knew if
no one slid me in 1
and 2 and I could
beat everyone into
1, I’d be fine.
“Once I cleared 2
and I didn’t see
anybody, I knew we
were good.”
Crossing the stripe
second was the
driver who bested
McIntosh at 81 last
year – Chase
McDermand. This
time, the scripts
were flipped, and
McDermand was forced
to come from ninth
on the starting
grid.
While he was able to
secure the runner-up
spot in the end,
winning a slide job
battle with Kale
Drake in the final
laps, McDermand said
starting more
forward on the grid
would have been the
biggest help in
getting his first
win of the season.
“Just struggled for
points and then had
to start from the
back, so that really
handicapped us,”
McDermand, 23, of
Springfield, IL,
said. “The car was
really good, we had
a lot of speed, just
took too long to get
through the field.”
Under the race’s
final caution period
with two laps
remaining, McDermand
devised his plan of
attack (and defense)
but was unable to
get close enough to
McIntosh to make a
move for the win.
“I was just trying
to play defense as
much as offense
there on that
green-white-checkered,”
McDermand said. “I
knew if I didn’t get
a good start, Kale
slides me and then
Cannon is gone and
our chance at
winning is gone
too.”
Oklahoma racer Kale
Drake crossed the
stripe in third
after spending the
entire race inside
the top five while
Gavin Miller and
Jade Avedisian
rounded-out the top
five, giving KKM
four of the top five
finishers.
Kyle Jones set the
night’s quickest lap
time in Qualifying,
picking up the Whitz
Racing Products
Quick Time Award and
setting a new track
record with a time
of 16.625.
Toyota Heat 1 was
won by Jade
Avedisian. TJ Forged
Heat 2 was won by
Kale Drake. Heat
Race 3 was won by
Cannon McIntosh.
Hayden Reinbold was
awarded with
DIRTVision Hard
Charger honors on
his run from 21st
all the way to
seventh.
UP NEXT
The Xtreme Outlaw
Midget Series
presented by Toyota
takes next weekend
off before returning
to competition
Tuesday-Wednesday,
May 21-22 at
Millbridge Speedway.
Tickets will be on
sale at the gate. If
you can’t be there
to watch in person,
stream every lap
live on DIRTVision.
ABBREVIATED
RESULTS (view
full results)
Feature (25 Laps):
1. 71K-Cannon
McIntosh[4]; 2.
40-Chase
McDermand[9]; 3.
97K-Kale Drake[2];
4. 97-Gavin
Miller[6]; 5.
71-Jade
Avedisian[3]; 6.
67K-Ashton
Torgerson[10]; 7.
19AZ-Hayden
Reinbold[21]; 8.
60X-Kyle Jones[5];
9. 67-Ryan Timms[1];
10. 21K-Karter
Sarff[8]; 11.
56-Tyler
Edwards[14]; 12.
98K-Elijah Gile[16];
13. 5U-Peter
Smith[18]; 14.
7-Shannon
McQueen[11]; 15.
7U-Zach Daum[7]; 16.
55-Trevor Cline[13];
17. 98-Luke
Drotschie[17]; 18.
14S-TJ Smith[12];
19. (DNS) 1K-Brayton
Lynch; 20. (DNS)
84S-Shaun Shapel;
21. (DNS) 66-Jayden
Clay
Ashton Torgerson
Gets Redemption at
Humboldt with
Second-Straight
Xtreme Outlaw Win
HUMBOLDT, KS (May
10, 2024) – Humboldt
Speedway holds a
special place in the
heart of Ashton
Torgerson.
It’s where he made
his national Midget
series debut with
the Xtreme Outlaw
Midget Series
presented by Toyota
one year ago and
nearly went to
Victory Lane,
leading the first 21
laps of the main
event before getting
passed for the lead
late and coming home
third.
Fast forward to
Friday night, and
he’s standing in
Victory Lane,
singing a song of
redemption as he
hoisted his second
trophy of the season
with the Xtreme
Outlaw Series.
“All day, it was in
the back of my mind
– last year I was
here leading laps
and lost it [late in
the race],”
Torgerson said.
“Tonight, we had a
little bit of red
[flags] later on in
the race, and then
we had the late
caution. Both of
those were kinda
frustrating, but I
felt so good that I
knew I’d be good if
I just hit my
marks.”
The 17-year-old from
Glendale, AZ,
becomes the first
repeat winner of the
2024 Xtreme season,
ending the streak of
different winners at
six in the first six
races. The $4,000
triumph also goes
down as his second
in-a-row after a win
in the Series’ most
recent event at
Farmer City Raceway
in April.
Torgerson wheeled a
Tanner Thorson
Racing entry to the
third-place run he
had in his Series
debut at the banked,
1/4-mile oval last
year. He’s since
joined forces with
Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports (KKM)
for his rookie
national Midget
campaign and given
team owners Keith
Kunz and Pete
Willoughby their
fifth win in the
first seven Xtreme
races of 2024.
“Coming back here, I
was kinda hungry for
the win after last
year,” Torgerson
said. “All night,
we’ve been pretty
good, and I can’t
thank the crew
enough for what
they’ve done and
what they do
consistently.”
Torgerson took the
green in the main
event from third on
the starting grid,
trailing KKM
teammates Ryan Timms
and Kale Drake as
they completed the
opening laps. Drake
soon made a move on
Timms for the lead
out of Turn 4 on Lap
8 and held it
through the race’s
first red flag
period on Lap 13.
Torgerson lined up
second after getting
by Timms for the
position on Lap 11,
and prepared for a
critical restart.
“I thought [Drake]
would go to the
bottom there and I
thought I’d have to
figure out another
way to get by him,”
Torgerson said. “And
then on the restart,
he went to the top
and I was able to
roll right by him.”
When Drake washed up
the track in Turns
1-2, Torgerson was
there to capitalize,
hugging the bottom
lane and zooming
past Drake at the
exit of Turn 2 to
take the lead.
From there, it was
all Torgerson out
front. He defended
the lead after
multiple restarts, a
red flag period and
even a
green-white-checkered
finish with several
of his KKM teammates
right behind him.
“I just knew I had
to hit my marks,”
Torgerson said. “If
I miss the bottom, I
probably would have
got passed, so I
just knew I had to
hit the bottom and
be calm and hit my
lines. That’s what I
did.”
In the end, Drake’s
podium run was cut
short, as he spun
and stalled in Turn
2 on the final lap,
taking him out of
contention.
However, Gavin
Miller was right on
the doorstep and
moved into the
second spot for the
restart, which he
defended to bag the
$2,000 runner-up
prize.
“Didn’t quite have
enough on the last
restart; got a
little tight,”
Miller said. “I
think we were a
little bit more free
off exit; probably
could’ve got under
him and had the run
to get to him.”
Miller did try a bit
of a dive going into
Turn 1 on the final
restart in an
attempt to get by
Torgerson, but it
was unsuccessful.
“Going into the
corner, I didn’t
drive it in hard
enough on the
bottom,” Miller
said. “[Torgerson]
drove it in too
hard, so we kinda
both made opposite
mistakes.”
Xtreme Outlaw Series
points leader Cannon
McIntosh crossed the
stripe in third and
retained his points
lead, now expanded
10 points up to 37
over Timms. Chase
McDermand finished
fourth and Zach Daum
rounded out the top
five.
The Whitz Racing
Products Quick Time
Award went to Ryan
Timms for a fast lap
in Qualifying at
14.036.
Toyota Racing Heat 1
was won by Gavin
Miller. TJ Forged
Heat 2 went to Kale
Drake.
UP NEXT
The Xtreme Outlaw
Midgets are back in
action on Saturday,
May 11 at 81
Speedway in Park
City, KS. Tickets
will be available at
the gate. If you
can’t be there in
person, stream every
lap live on
DIRTVision.
ABBREVIATED
RESULTS (view
full results)
Feature (25 Laps):
1. 67K-Ashton
Torgerson[3]; 2.
97-Gavin Miller[4];
3. 71K-Cannon
McIntosh[5]; 4.
40-Chase
McDermand[11]; 5.
7U-Zach Daum[16]; 6.
67-Ryan Timms[1]; 7.
21K-Karter
Sarff[12]; 8. 14S-TJ
Smith[9]; 9.
19AZ-Hayden
Reinbold[10]; 10.
71-Jade
Avedisian[8]; 11.
56-Tyler Edwards[6];
12. 60X-Kyle
Jones[7]; 13.
98K-Elijah Gile[15];
14. 5U-Peter
Smith[14]; 15.
1K-Brayton
Lynch[17]; 16.
7-Shannon
McQueen[21]; 17.
55-Trevor Cline[13];
18. 66-Jayden
Clay[19]; 19.
97K-Kale Drake[2];
20. 98-Luke
Drotschie[18]; 21.
43-Gunnar Setser[20]
100: David
Gravel’s Lincoln
Victory Lifts Big
Game Motorsports to
Historic Milestone
Gravel rolls to
third win in four
races to make Tod
Quiring the sixth
car owner with 100
World of Outlaws
wins
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (May
8, 2024) - Sprint
Car Racing history
was made Wednesday
night at Lincoln
Speedway.
All the hype heading
into Lincoln Speedway’s
Federated Auto Parts
Gettysburg Clash was the
renewal of the World of
Outlaws NOS Energy Drink
Sprint Car and
Pennsylvania Posse
rivalry. And while the
atmosphere was alive and
well in the Pigeon
Hills, the evening
evolved into a historic
occasion not for the
rivalry, but for The
Greatest Show on Dirt.
David Gravel and Big
Game Motorsports had
been on a tear entering
Pennsylvania. Their
previous 11 races
consisted of four wins
and eight top two
finishes. And each
victory pushed Tod
Quiring’s team closer
and closer to 100 career
World of Outlaws
triumphs. Last Saturday
Gravel put them at 99
with a trip to Victory
Lane, meaning Lincoln
would be the first
opportunity at triple
digits.
And Gravel delivered.
The Watertown, CT
native started on the
pole and drove a
masterful 35 laps around
the Abbottstown, PA oval
to make Big Game
Motorsports only the
sixth team with 100
wins. Gravel fended off
challenges from both
Carson Macedo and
Giovanni Scelzi to get
the job done in Posse
territory.
“We got Tod’s
100th win,” Gravel said.
“Congrats
to Tod Quiring. He’s put
so much into this sport,
and for him to get 100
is really, really cool.
Our joke was once he
gets his 100, hopefully
I can get mine. We’re
still a few away from
that, but we’re going to
keep working hard and
doing our jobs. This
Huset’s #2 has been
really, really fun to
drive lately and really
all year. Cody (Jacobs),
Zach (Patterson), and
Stephen (Hamm-Reilly)
have been doing a really
good job.”
As Gravel noted, he’s
still a handful of
checkered flags away
from personally hitting
100 wins as Wednesday
marked his 94th, moving
him within one of
equaling Dave Blaney for
eighth all-time. With
his 100th win, Quiring
joined fellow car owners
Karl Kinser, Tony
Stewart, Kasey Kahne,
Steve Kinser, and Dennis
Roth in the exclusive
triple digit category.
Six different drivers
helped him get there –
Gravel (36 wins), Craig
Dollansky (28 wins),
Sammy Swindell (26
wins), Kerry Madsen (six
wins), Terry McCarl
(three wins), and Danny
Lasoski (one win).
Gravel now owns a pair
of Lincoln victories
with his first coming in
2017.
A last lap pass for
the win in the Toyota
Racing Dash slotted
Gravel on the pole of
the 35-lap Feature. The
green flag waved, and
Gravel pulled ahead of
Carson Macedo.
Throughout the early
circuits Macedo looked
as if he may pose a
strong threat to Gravel.
The Jason Johnson Racing
#41 stayed glued to the
tail tank of the #2 as
they both ripped around
the top of the
3/8-mile.
Traffic became a
factor in the early
going, but Macedo still
wasn’t able to muster a
run as they navigated
the earliest batch of
lapped cars. With 21
laps remaining, Macedo
put together some
momentum down the front
straightaway and took a
look to Gravel’s inside
in Turns 1 and 2. But he
wasn’t able to complete
a pass, and Gravel
powered away down the
back straightaway.
Gravel pulled away
over the next several
laps until a yellow flag
with 12 laps remaining.
That yellow along with a
couple red flags put the
pressure on Gravel
multiple times as the
laps faded. But Gravel
never flinched.
He nailed every
restart as battles broke
out behind him. Giovanni
Scelzi challenged Macedo
for the runner-up spot
and secured it with 10
to go. Then it was
Anthony Macri attempting
to climb onto the podium
by following Scelzi
around Macedo. The two
traded sliders, but
Macedo managed to hold
on.
Up ahead, Gravel
drove away smoothly for
his sixth win of the
World of Outlaws season
and the 100th of Tod
Quiring’s career as an
owner.
“It got really slick
there at the end off of
(Turn) 4,” Gravel
explained. “And I didn’t
know if I needed to move
or not, but I got down
the backstretch good. I
could run her in pretty
hard and then just
maintain on exit. If I
was in second or third,
I would’ve definitely
been searching around. I
think the bottom came in
late there.”
Giovanni Scelzi came
home second for his
fifth podium of the
season in the KCP Racing
#18 and third top five
in a row. The sophomore
World of Outlaws
campaign continues to be
a strong one for Scelzi
as he’s third in points.
“There’s no excuses
from me tonight. We just
flat out got beat
tonight,” Scelzi said.
“My car was unbelievable
tonight. Adam Clark
(crew chief) went from
delivering beer to crew
chief on a Sprint Car.
He’s done an incredible
job.”
The final step of the
podium belonged to
Carson Macedo. The
Lemoore, CA driver is on
a roll of nine
consecutive top five
finishes. Macedo had
plenty of speed early in
the 35-lapper behind the
wheel of the Jason
Johnson Racing #41 but
couldn’t find the speed
to challenge Gravel.
“I feel like I was
pretty good early in the
Feature,” Macedo said.
“I feel like we had a
lot of speed. I feel
like Philip (Dietz),
Robby (McQuinn), and
Adam (Zimmerman) did a
great job. I feel like I
was kind of just racing
my race just waiting to
make a move, and it
never kind of played
out. I feel like he did
a good job in traffic.”
Anthony Macri and
Donny Schatz completed
the top five.
A 24th to ninth drive
earned Danny Dietrich
the KSE Racing Hard
Charger.
Donny Schatz grabbed
his first Simpson Quick
Time of the year and the
111th of his career.
NOS Energy Drink
Heats One, Three, and
Four went to Donny
Schatz, Anthony Macri,
and Carson Macedo.
Milton Hershey School
Heat Two belonged to
David Gravel.
David Gravel topped
the Toyota Racing Dash.
Brandon Rahmer won
the Micro-Lite Last
Chance Showdown.
Bill Balog was
awarded the Smith
Titanium Brake Systems
Break of the Race.
UP NEXT: The
World of Outlaws NOS
Energy Drink Sprint Cars
go head-to-head with the
PA Posse two more nights
(May 10-11) at
Mechanicsburg, PA’s
Williams Grove Speedway
in the HVAC Distributors
Morgan Cup presented by
Daikin. The winner of
the finale is taking
home $15,000. For
tickets, CLICK
HERE.
If you can’t make it
to the track, catch
every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE
RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink
Feature (35 Laps): 1.
2-David Gravel[1]; 2.
18-Giovanni Scelzi[4];
3. 41-Carson Macedo[2];
4. 39M-Anthony Macri[6];
5. 15-Donny Schatz[7];
6. 17-Sheldon
Haudenschild[12]; 7.
83-Michael Kofoid[3]; 8.
27-Troy Wagaman Jr[10];
9. 48-Danny
Dietrich[24]; 10.
2D-Chase Dietz[8]; 11.
1S-Logan Schuchart[14];
12. 5-Tyler Ross[16];
13. X-Matt Campbell[15];
14. 23-Devon Borden[22];
15. 75-Cameron
Smith[23]; 16. 17N-Dylan
Norris[18]; 17. 1X-Chad
Trout[20]; 18. 5W-Lucas
Wolfe[11]; 19. 8-Freddie
Rahmer[17]; 20. 95-Kody
Hartlaub[5]; 21.
17B-Bill Balog[9]; 22.
99M-Kyle Moody[13]; 23.
8D-Billy Dietrich[19];
24. 88-Brandon
Rahmer[21]
For complete
results, CLICK
HERE.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: A Trio of
Battles Reignite World of
Outlaws, PA Posse Rivalry
A midweek visit to
Lincoln kicks off the
Pennsylvania trip before
Williams Grove takes center
stage on the weekend
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (May 7,
2024) - The time has come
for the Pennsylvania Posse
to make room on the porch.
The World of Outlaws NOS
Energy Drink Sprint Cars are
ready to invade.
Sprint Car Racing’s fiercest
rivalry is rekindled this week
with three matchups in the
“Keystone State.” First up is a
Wednesday, May 8, visit to
Abbottstown, PA’s Lincoln
Speedway for the Federated Auto
Parts Gettysburg Clash. The
midweek action will be the
Series’ lone trip to the
3/8-mile in 2024 and the 53rd in
history. Then, the weekend
brings the tour to
Mechanicsburg, PA where Williams
Grove Speedway awaits to host
the HVAC Distributors Morgan Cup
presented by Daikin on May
10-11. The finale on Saturday
puts $15,000 and possession of
the coveted Morgan Cup on the
line.
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Let’s look at the week’s
top storylines:
LACKING LINCOLN LUCK: Lincoln
Speedway hasn’t been
particularly kind to the current
crop of World of Outlaws. Only
three of this year’s full-timers
have been to Lincoln Victory
Lane in Series competition, and
none of them have done so
multiple times.
Donny Schatz managed to grab
one Lincoln win, leading flag to
flag in the 2016 visit. The
Fargo, ND driver owns eight top
10s in 15 tries at the 3/8-mile.
The following season, David
Gravel topped the 2017 visit.
While Gravel doesn’t own
multiple Lincoln wins, he’s been
consistent with eight
consecutive Series top 10s
there.
The last full-timer with a
Lincoln victory is Sheldon
Haudenschild. The Wooster, OH
native came out on top in 2020.
GROOVIN’ AT THE
GROVE: Contrary to the
lack of success at Lincoln,
there are two full-time World of
Outlaws drivers in 2024 that
have experienced their highest
rate of winning at Williams
Grove, and it happens to be the
duo atop the standings.
David Gravel is the current
point leader, and the Big Game
Motorsports driver has notched
eight of his 93 career wins at
the Mechanicsburg oval. The most
recent of those came in October
of 2020. The Watertown, CT
native needs only one more win
to push car owner Tod Quiring to
100 World of Outlaws victories.
Donny Schatz is currently
second in the standings, and his
Williams Grove résumé is mind
blowing. The 10-time champion
owns 21 Series triumphs at the
historic half mile, which ranks
second behind Steve Kinser’s 38
for the most all-time. Like
Gravel, Schatz is seeking his
first Williams Grove checkered
flag since October of 2020 in
the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian
Racing #15.
POSSE TURNED OUTLAWS: With
its tendency to groom some of
the country’s best regional
talent, Pennsylvania
consistently sees competitors
test their skills nationally by
joining the World of Outlaws
tour. And trips to PA offer the
opportunity for those drivers to
come back home. A pair of 2024
full-timers are former Posse
turned Outlaws.
Logan Schuchart is an
established veteran on tour,
currently navigating his 11th
season. But before he joined The
Greatest Show on Dirt, Schuchart
cut his teeth in Pennsylvania.
The Hanover, PA native is yet to
top Lincoln with the World of
Outlaws, but he did claim a pair
of local wins in 2013 in
Abbottstown. Last year,
Schuchart snagged his first
Williams Grove win using a last
lap pass and photo finish to
give the World of Outlaws
possession of the Morgan Cup.
Brock Zearfoss is in his
fourth season after graduating
from the PA ranks. Williams
Grove is home to the “Jonestown
Jet’s” first career World of
Outlaws win. Back in 2017, he
drove Aaron Long’s #58 to
Victory Lane at the
Mechanicsburg facility. Zearfoss
also owns a trio of local
Williams Grove checkered flags.
CA CONQUERS PA: California
may be thousands of miles from
Pennsylvania, but two of the
three Golden State gassers on
tour have conquered Williams
Grove.
Carson Macedo picked up a
pair of Williams Grove World of
Outlaws wins in 2021 with Jason
Johnson Racing. One of those
included a $75,000 payday in the
prestigious National Open. The
Lemoore, CA driver finished
runner-up in the most recent
visit to “The Grove.” Macedo
enters the week on a roll of
eight consecutive top five
finishes.
Giovanni Scelzi’s victory at
Williams Grove marked a special
moment for the Fresno native.
Back in 2018, making only his
second ever appearance at the
half mile, Scelzi became the
youngest winner in World of
Outlaws history at 16 years old
– a record that still stands. He
and KCP Racing currently sit
third in the standings heading
to PA.
PENNSYLVANIA POWER: As
always Pennsylvania sends their
top talent into battle with
hopes of stealing glory from the
World of Outlaws and earning
some bragging rights.
Anthony Macri undoubtedly
headlines the Posse
representatives entering the
week. The Dillsburg, PA gasser
owns seven victories in 25 races
this year including two apiece
at Lincoln and Williams Grove.
One of the Williams Grove wins
required an incredible drive
from 17th. Last year, Macri
stole the Gettysburg Clash with
a last lap, last corner pass for
his third career World of
Outlaws win.
It's impossible to discuss
Posse favorites without
mentioning Lance Dewease. The
Fayetteville, PA legend owns 20
World of Outlaws wins, and 17 of
them have come courtesy of
Williams Grove. One of the
others came at Lincoln in 2019.
Dewease is fresh off driving the
Shearer #12 to Williams Grove
Victory Lane this past Friday.
Danny Dietrich already owns
six podium runs in 2024 between
Lincoln and Williams Grove
including a Lincoln win on March
16. The Gettysburg, PA native
owns two World of Outlaws
victories apiece at the two
tracks ahead this week.
Salfordville, PA’s Freddie
Rahmer is always dangerous at
Lincoln, where he scored a
whopping 14 wins last season.
Rahmer’s lone World of Outlaws
triumph occurred at Lincoln in
2018. He’s bagged one Williams
Grove local win so far in 2024.
Troy Wagaman Jr. has come out
of the gates hot in 2024 aboard
the Heffner Racing #27. He’s
already won at both Lincoln and
Williams Grove and has seven top
fives in 13 races. The Hanover,
PA native looks to translate
that success to strong runs with
the World of Outlaws this week.
More
Pennsylvanians expected to
compete this week include Chad
Trout (Dover, PA), Chase Dietz
(York, PA), Lucas Wolfe
(Mechanicsburg, PA), T.J. Stutts
(Liverpool, PA), Dylan Norris
(Hanover, PA), Kyle Moody
(Lewisberry, PA), and more.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Wednesday, May 8 at Lincoln
Speedway in Abbottstown, PA
Friday-Saturday, May 10-11 at
Williams Grove Speedway in
Mechanicsburg, PA
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP
STANDINGS (18/80 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game
Motorsports #2 (2542 PTS)
2. Donny Schatz – Tony
Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing
#15 (-48 PTS)
3. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing
#18 (-58 PTS)
4. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson
Racing #41 (-74 PTS)
5. Logan Schuchart – Shark
Racing #1S (-94 PTS)
6. Michael Kofoid – Roth
Motorsports #83 (-120 PTS)
7. Sheldon Haudenschild –
Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing
#17 (-168 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared
Motorsports #17B (-282 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock
Zearfoss Racing #3Z (-402 PTS)
10. Landon Crawley – Sides
Motorsports #7S (-478 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK
FEATURE WINNERS (10 Drivers):
5 Wins – David Gravel
4 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
2 Wins – Donny Schatz
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Tyler
Courtney, Brent Marks, Giovanni
Scelzi, Carson Macedo, Rico
Abreu, Brady Bacon
FEATURE LAPS LED (14
Drivers):
125 Laps – David Gravel
107 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
56 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
55 Laps – Carson Macedo
54 Laps – Rico Abreu
47 Laps – Donny Schatz
29 Laps – Kyle Larson
26 Laps – Brady Bacon
25 Laps – Brad Sweet
13 Laps – Anthony Macri, Michael
Kofoid
11 Laps – Bill Balog
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Tyler Courtney
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE
PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (9
Drivers):
4 Quick Times – Carson
Macedo, David Gravel
2 Quick Times – Brent Marks,
Michael Kofoid, Giovanni Scelzi
1 Quick Time – Landon Crawley,
Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel,
Brady Bacon
HEAT RACE WINNERS (22
Drivers):
11 Heat Wins – David Gravel
8 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi
7 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
6 Heat Wins – Sheldon
Haudenschild, Michael Kofoid
5 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu
4 Heat Wins – Brent Marks
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown, Tyler
Courtney, Landon Crawley, Donny
Schatz
1 Heat Win – Corey Day, Justin
Peck, Bill Balog, Sam Hafertepe
Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Logan
Schuchart, Bill Rose, Ryan
Timms, Danny Sams III, Kyle
Larson, Emerson Axsom
TOYOTA DASH
APPEARANCES (33 Drivers):
15 Dashes – David Gravel
13 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi,
Carson Macedo
11 Dashes – Sheldon
Haudenschild, Michael Kofoid
7 Dashes – Rico Abreu, Bill
Balog, Donny Schatz
6 Dashes – Landon Crawley
5 Dashes – Brent Marks, Logan
Schuchart
4 Dashes – Tyler Courtney, Brian
Brown
3 Dashes – Emerson Axsom
2 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Aaron
Reutzel, Brock Zearfoss
1 Dash – Anthony Macri, Justin
Peck, Zeb Wise, Corey Day, Sam
Hafertepe Jr., Bill Rose, Ryan
Timms, Garet Williamson, James
McFadden, Logan McCandless,
Ayrton Gennetten, Brady Bacon,
Danny Sams III, Cole Macedo,
Kyle Larson, Skylar Gee
MICROLITE LAST CHANCE
SHOWDOWN WINS (14 Drivers):
2 LCS Wins – Logan McCandless
1 LCS Win – Austin McCarl, Bill
Balog, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne,
Koty Adams, Jace Park, Anthony
Macri, Landon Crawley, Garet
Williamson, Brock Zearfoss,
Kevin Newton, Brenham Crouch,
Sheldon Haudenschild
KSE HARD CHARGER
AWARDS (13 Drivers):
3 Hard Chargers – Donny
Schatz, Logan Schuchart
2 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo
1 Hard Charger – Aaron Reutzel,
Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr.,
Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall,
Chris Windom, Noah Gass, Austin
McCarl, Giovanni Scelzi, Sheldon
Haudenschild
PODIUM FINISHES (16
Drivers):
10 Podiums – David Gravel
7 Podiums – Donny Schatz
6 Podiums – Carson Macedo,
Michael Kofoid
5 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild
4 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet, Rico
Abreu
2 Podiums – Tyler
Courtney, Brent Marks
1 Podium – Justin Peck, Anthony
Macri, Aaron Reutzel, Bill
Balog, Brady Bacon, Kyle Larson
TOP 10 FINISHES (40
Drivers):
17 Top 10s – Giovanni Scelzi
16 Top 10s – David Gravel
15 Top 10s – Donny Schatz, Logan
Schuchart, Michael Kofoid
14 Top 10s – Carson Macedo
12 Top 10s – Sheldon
Haudenschild
9 Top 10s – Bill Balog
6 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney
5 Top 10s – Brent Marks, Rico
Abreu, Brock Zearfoss
4 Top 10s – Anthony Macri, Brad
Sweet
3 Top 10s – Brian Brown, Aaron
Reutzel, Cole Macedo
2 Top 10s – Ryan Timms, Chase
Randall, Kraig Kinser, Landon
Crawley, Corey Day, James
McFadden
1 Top 10 – Justin Peck, Kasey
Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Zeb
Wise, Cory Eliason, Jacob Allen,
Chris Windom, Garet Williamson,
Joe B. Miller, Ayrton Gennetten,
Brady Bacon, Emerson Axsom,
Scotty Milan, Cale Thomas, Cole
Duncan, Kyle Larson, Skylar Gee
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS
SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date /
Track / Location / Winner (Total
Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia
Speedway Park / Barberville, FL
/ Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia
Speedway Park / Barberville, FL
/ David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway
Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler
Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia
Speedway Park / Barberville, FL
/ Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia
Speedway Park / Barberville, FL
/ Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl
Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent
Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl
Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni
Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale
Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX /
Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway /
Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway
/ Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead
Speedway / Colcord, OK / Sheldon
Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated
Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 /
Pevely, MO / David Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated
Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 /
Pevely, MO / Donny Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah
International Raceway / Paducah,
KY / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 / Tri-State
Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady
Bacon (1)
16. Wed, May 1 / Jacksonville
Speedway / Jacksonville, IL /
David Gravel (4)
17. Fri, May 3 / Eldora Speedway
/ Rossburg, OH / Sheldon
Haudenschild (4)
18. Sat, May 4 / Eldora Speedway
/ Rossburg, OH / David Gravel
(5)
For the full 2024 World of
Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint
Car schedule, CLICK
HERE.
1 MONTH ALERT: River
Cities, Ogilvie Setup June
Doubleheader Weekend For World of
Outlaws
GRAND FORKS, ND (May 7, 2024) –
For the first time in 2024, the
World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink
Sprint Car Series will venture north
for a North Dakota and Minnesota
weekend in June.
First, “The Greatest Show on
Dirt” will make its 32nd visit to
River Cities Speedway in Grand
Forks, ND on Friday, June 7. The
1/4-mile bullring has become a fan,
and driver favorite, consistently
producing wheel-to-wheel,
edge-of-your-seat, action –
demonstrated by Logan Schuchart and
Sheldon Haudenschild battling for
the win in the final laps last
August.
The event will also be the first
homecoming of the year for 10-time
Series champion Donny Schatz, of
Fargo, ND. He has 12 World of
Outlaws victories at the track,
however, the last came in 2019.
On Saturday, June 8, the World of
Outlaws will make its second trip to
Ogilvie Speedway in Ogilvie, MN for
the Big ‘O’ Showdown. Last year,
Carson Macedo dominated the Series’
debut at the 3/8-mile track. He set
the track record and then led from
start to finish in the Jason Johnson
Racing No. 41.
Both races will have a $12,000
payday on the line this year, as
well.
EVENT INFO FOR RIVER
CITIES
Date – Friday, June 7
Location – Grand Forks, ND
Track Record – 9.269 sec. by Jason
Meyers on Aug. 21, 2009
Times (CT) –
2 p.m. Pit Gates Open
4 p.m. Grandstands Open
6:30 p.m. Hot Laps & Qualifying
-Racing to follow
Tickets –
CLICK HERE to get them in
advance.
How to Watch – If you can't make it
to the track, you can watch every
lap live on
DIRTVision.
Last Race Video Recap (Aug. 25,
2023) –
CLICK HERE
Previous World of Outlaws Winners
at River Cities –
2023 – David
Gravel on June 2, Logan
Schuchart on Aug. 25
2022 – Carson
Macedo on June 3, Brad Sweet on
Aug. 26
2021 – Brad Sweet on Aug. 25
2020 –Kyle Larson on Aug. 21
2019 – Logan
Schuchart on June 7, Donny
Schatz on Aug. 16
2018 – Donny
Schatz on June 15, Donny
Schatz on Aug. 17
2017 – David
Gravel on June 16, Donny
Schatz on Aug. 18
2016 – Donny
Schatz on June 17, Donny
Schatz on Aug. 26
2015 – Donny
Schatz on June 19, Donny
Schatz on Aug. 21
2014 – Donny
Schatz on June 20, Daryn Pittman
on Aug. 15
2013 – Cody Darrah on June 21, Donny
Schatz on Aug. 16
2012 – Kraig
Kinser on June 15, Sammy
Swindell on Aug. 17
2011 – Craig Dollansky on June 17,
Craig Dollansky on June 18, Steve
Kinser on Aug. 19
2010 – Steve Kinser on June 19, Joey
Saldana on June 20
2009 – Donny
Schatz on June 19, Craig
Dollansky on Aug. 21
2008 – Donny
Schatz on June 27
2007 – Joey Saldana on June 29
EVENT INFO FOR OGILVIE
Date – Saturday, June 8
Location – Ogilvie, MN
Track Record – 11.743 sec. by Carson
Macedo on June 3, 2023
Times (CT) –
2 p.m. Pit Gates Open
4 p.m. Grandstands Open
6:30 p.m. Hot Laps & Qualifying
-Racing to follow
Tickets –
CLICK HERE to get them in
advance.
How to Watch – If you can't make it
to the track, you can watch every
lap live on
DIRTVision.
Last Race Video Recap (June 3,
2023) –
CLICK HERE
Previous World of Outlaws Winners
at River Cities –
2023 – Carson
Macedo on June 3
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Xtreme
Outlaw Midgets Ready for Duel in
Kansas at Humboldt, 81
HUMBOLDT, KS (May 7, 2024) – The
Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series
presented by Toyota returns to
competition this weekend with a
doubleheader in Kansas, Friday and
Saturday night.
A visit to the banked 1/4-mile
oval of Humboldt Speedway in
Humboldt, KS will kick things off on
Friday, May 10, featuring a
$4,000-to-win main event. Pit gates
are set to open at 4 p.m. CT and
grandstand gates at 6 p.m. Hot Laps
and Qualifying will follow at 7:30
p.m.
Saturday, May 11, brings the
Series back to the fast, 3/8-mile
oval of 81 Speedway in Park City, KS
for the second-straight year with a
$4,000 grand prize on the line. Pit
gates will open at 3 p.m. CT and
grandstand gates at 5 p.m. Hot Laps
and Qualifying will follow at 6:15
p.m.
As an added bonus, all regular
competitors of the Rocky Mountain
Midget Racing Association (RMMRA)
are invited to compete in both
Xtreme Outlaw Series events over the
weekend. These races will present a
$200 bonus check to the
highest-finishing RMMRA racer and a
$100 check to the second-highest
RMMRA finisher on both nights.
Tickets for both events will be
on sale at the gate on race day. If
you can’t be at the track to watch
in person, stream every lap live on
DIRTVision.
Here are the drivers to watch and
the storylines to follow this
weekend:
GRAB A BROOM – No driver on the
Xtreme Outlaw Series roster is more
ready for a weekend of Midget racing
in Kansas than Chase McDermand.
Currently, McDermand, the
23-year-old racer from Springfield,
IL, sits third in the standings – 56
points out of the lead – and is the
only driver inside the top five in
points without a Feature win on tour
thus far. However, he won both
Series races at Humboldt and 81 last
year, beating points leader Cannon
McIntosh on back-to-back nights for
a sweep of the weekend in Kansas.
Though it’s been a full year
since those triumphs, McDermand has
been rolling as of late, posting
top-five finishes in each of the
last four races, including a podium
at Farmer City. He’s been open about
his fondness for the larger, faster
tracks in the past, and will be a
contender for his first win of the
season at both venues this weekend.
RELATED: Kansas Sweep Helped
Establish Chase McDermand as
National Midget Series Contender
BRIDESMAID – After finishing
second to McDermand at both races in
Kansas last year, Cannon McIntosh is
ready for another shot at Humboldt
and 81.
The 21-year-old from Bixby, OK,
came from ninth on the starting grid
at Humboldt in 2023 and challenged
McDermand for the lead late in the
race, but came up one spot short.
The next night at 81, he took the
lead on Lap 11 and led through Lap
18 but was unable to fend off the
challenge from McDermand, who took
the lead on Lap 19 and brought the
field back around to the checkered
to bag his second-straight win over
McIntosh.
McIntosh currently leads Series
points by 27 over Keith
Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports
(KKM) teammate Ryan Timms and will
be trying for his second win of the
season after winning the second race
of the season-opening weekend in
March.
READY TO POUNCE – Sitting only 27
points behind leader Cannon McIntosh
in the standings, Ryan Timms enters
the weekend looking to make a move
for the points lead as he returns to
a track he’s already won at.
Timms, the 17-year-old open-wheel
star from Oklahoma City, OK, has yet
to compete in a Midget at Humboldt
but has had laps around 81 in the
past, scoring a win with the
American Sprint Car Series at the
3/8-mile oval in 2021.
That experience will play into
his favor as he seeks his second win
of the season this weekend – four
weeks after breaking through to
Victory Lane at Farmer City Raceway.
PATCHED UP – Jade Avedisian
returns to the seat of the KKM No.
71 this week, now fully recovered
from a concussion suffered in a hard
crash during a Heat Race at Farmer
City Raceway nearly four weeks ago.
Avedisian, the reigning Series
champion from Clovis, CA,
represented at both Kansas venues
last year, running sixth at Humboldt
after starting third and led the
first 10 laps of the main event at
81 before dropping back to finish
fourth.
She’s also coming off another
weekend in action with the Toyota GR
Cup Series at Sebring International
Raceway in Florida, racing twice and
posting a best finish of 14th in a
field of 29 cars.
BEEN HERE BEFORE – One year ago,
Ashton Torgerson made his Xtreme
Outlaw Series debut with Tanner
Thorson Racing at Humboldt and
shined, scoring his first career
podium finish with a national Midget
series.
Torgerson, of Glendale, AZ, led
the opening 21 laps at the 1/4-mile
oval before eventual winner
McDermand swiped the lead away from
him late in the race to secure the
win. He fell back to an 11th-place
run the next night at 81 but still
turned heads in his national Midget
debut.
Fast forward to 2024 and the
17-year-old racer is driving as part
of the KKM squad and already has two
national Midget series Feature wins
thus far, scoring one win with POWRi
in March and his first with the
Xtreme Outlaw Series in the most
recent Series event at Farmer City
Raceway in April.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
When and where
Friday, May 10 at Humboldt Speedway
in Humboldt, KS
Saturday, May 11 at 81 Speedway in
Park City, KS
On the internet
Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series
presented by Toyota
Twitter – @Xtreme_Outlaw
Instagram – @XtremeOutlaw
Facebook – @XtremeOutlawSeries.WRG
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Current championship points
standings (view full standings)
Cannon McIntosh: 1298 points |
Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports #71K
Ryan Timms: 1271 points (-27) |
Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports #67
Chase McDermand: 1242 points (-56) |
CMR-Mounce/Stout Motorsports #40
Ashton Torgerson: 1165 points (-133)
| Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports #67K
Karter Sarff: 1142 points (-156) |
Karter Sarff Motorsports #21K
Zach Daum: 1055 points (-243) |
Trifecta Motorsports #7U
Hayden Reinbold: 1022 points (-276)
| Reinbold/Underwood Motorsports
#19AZ
TJ Smith: 949 points (-349) | Mounce/Stout
Motorsports #14S
Trevor Cline: 922 points (-376) |
Cline Racing #55
Peter Smith: 899 points (-399) |
Trifecta Motorsports #5U
Toyota Feature winners (6
drivers)
1 win – Thomas Meseraull (Engler
Racing), Cannon McIntosh (Keith
Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports),
Karter Sarff (Karter Sarff
Motorsports #21K), Kale Drake (Keith
Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports
#97), Ryan Timms (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports #67), Ashton Torgerson
(Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
Motorsports #67K)
Toyota Feature laps led (10
drivers)
36 laps – Cannon McIntosh
35 laps – Joe B. Miller
29 laps – Ashton Torgerson
27 laps – Thomas Meseraull
16 laps – Ryan Timms
12 laps – Taylor Reimer
11 laps – Karter Sarff
10 laps – Kale Drake
4 laps – Tyler Edwards
1 lap – Chase McDermand
Whitz RC Racing Products Quick
Time Awards (3 drivers)
4 awards – Ethan Mitchell
1 award – Cannon McIntosh, Kale
Drake
Heat Race winners (16 drivers)
3 wins – Ashton Torgerson
2 wins – Tyler Edwards, Chase
McDermand, Ryan Timms, Zach Daum,
Cannon McIntosh, Kale Drake
1 win – Thomas Meseraull, Shane
Cottle, Gavin Miller, TJ Smith, Jade
Avedisian, Nick Hoffman, Karter
Sarff, Kyle Jones, Taylor Reimer
High-points honors (6 drivers)
1 honor – Cannon McIntosh, Tyler
Edwards, Chase McDermand, Karter
Sarff, Ryan Timms, Ashton Torgerson
Last Chance Showdown wins (6
drivers)
1 win – Taylor Reimer, Gunnar
Setser, Austin Torgerson, Gavin
Miller, Shane Cottle, Ethan Mitchell
DIRTVision Hard Charger Awards (6
drivers)
1 award – Will Armitage, Ryan Timms,
Ryan Timms, Hayden Reinbold, Kayla
Roell, Gunnar Setser
Podium finishes (9 drivers)
4 podiums – Ryan Timms
3 podiums – Cannon McIntosh
2 podiums – Zach Daum, Chase
McDermand, Ashton Torgerson
1 podium – Thomas Meseraull, Gavin
Miller, Kale Drake, Taylor Reimer,
Karter Sarff
Top-10 finishes (25 drivers)
6 top-10s – Cannon McIntosh, Chase
McDermand
5 top-10s – Ryan Timms
4 top-10s – Zach Daum, Ashton
Torgerson
3 top-10s – Karter Sarff, Ethan
Mitchell, Taylor Reimer, Gavin
Miller, Kale Drake, Mitchell Davis
2 top-10s – Shane Cottle, Gunnar
Setser, Tyler Edwards
1 top-10 – Joe B. Miller, Thomas
Meseraull, Jade Avedisian, Will
Armitage, Trey Marcham, Rylan Gray,
Hayden Reinbold, TJ Smith, Todd
McVay, Kyle Jones, Kevin Thomas Jr.
2024 Schedule & Winners – Race
No. Day, Date / Track / Location /
Winner (Total Wins)
1. Fri, March 15 / Southern Illinois
Center / Du Quoin, IL / Thomas
Meseraull (1)
2. Sat, March 16 / Southern Illinois
Center / Du Quoin, IL / Cannon
McIntosh (1)
3. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway /
Osborn, MO / Karter Sarff (1)
4. Sat, April 6 / Sweet Springs
Motorsports Complex / Sweet Springs,
MO / Kale Drake
5. Fri, April 12 / Farmer City
Raceway / Farmer City, IL / Ryan
Timms
6. Sat, April 13 / Farmer City
Raceway / Farmer City, IL / Ashton
Torgerson
BIG E
BARNBURNER: David Gravel Bests Donny
Schatz in Last Lap Eldora Thriller
The
point leader moves Big Game
Motorsports to 99 World of Outlaws
wins with wild Eldora victory
ROSSBURG, OH (May 4, 2024) -
Eldora Speedway showed exactly why
it’s known as “The World’s Greatest
Dirt Track” on Saturday night.
The #LetsRaceTwo finale for the World of
Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars
gave fans a main event they couldn’t
look away from. It was everything you
could ask for. A 10-time champion
battling a driver eying his first. A
tricky racing surface with multiple
grooves. Several late passes for the
lead including one last move to secure
the victory on the last lap. The
combatants came in the form of David
Gravel and Donny Schatz, and they threw
everything they had at each other.
Hammering the top. Tiptoeing the bottom.
Rolling the middle. Slide jobs. Nothing
was left on the table. In the end,
Gravel grabbed the checkered flag by
powering ahead of Schatz down the back
straightaway on the 30th and final lap
and holding him off to the finish line.
Gravel put the punctuation mark on a
clean sweep at “The Big E” as he also
set Simpson Quick Time and won both his
NOS Energy Drink Heat Race and the
Toyota Racing Dash.
“With the lower air pressure and
lower tire temps we were really, really
good,” Gravel said. “I got my wing so
far back I couldn’t steer it, and on the
restarts I would move it forward. But
then as the run went on I got really
loose. Once I got to that lapped
traffic, my car kind of stalled out.
That’s why I grabbed the wing, but then
it made it where I couldn’t move around.
I just had to hold the car straight. I
couldn’t maneuver. Donny was definitely
more maneuverable, but I think in open
air we were probably a little bit
faster.
“It’s really hard to beat Donny
Schatz in the slick like that. He was
running really hard in (Turns) 1 and 2
and running the cushion and just hang a
little bit off of (Turn) 2. And luckily,
we were able to get just better runs
down the backstretch each time and get
position on him. It feels really good to
get another win. Starting on the front
row two nights in a row and getting no
wins would’ve been very disappointing.
Really happy to get this one.”
Gravel grabbed sole possession of the
most World of Outlaws wins in 2024 with
his fifth. He also moved Big Game
Motorsports one step away from a major
milestone. Tod Quiring’s team is at 99
victories with The Greatest Show on
Dirt. A 100th would make him only the
sixth car owner to reach the impressive
feat. Five of Gravel’s 93 career
triumphs have come at Eldora, putting it
in a tie for the third winningest track
on his résumé.
The 30-lap Feature was brought to
green by Gravel with Michael “Buddy”
Kofoid alongside. Kofoid looked under
Gravel on the opening circuit but
couldn’t find enough speed to make a run
at the lead, and Gravel began to pad his
early advantage.
It didn’t take long for Gravel to
near traffic as third-running Donny
Schatz began to close on Kofoid for
second. On the eighth circuit, Schatz
tried a slider in Turns 1 and 2 and
couldn’t clear Kofoid. But in the next
set of corners, the 10-time champion
rolled the low line to snatch the
runner-up spot from the Roth Motorsports
#83.
Schatz wasted no time closing on
Gravel. He was a second behind the lap
he passed Kofoid, and one rotation later
it was slashed to six tenths of a
second. Then on the 14th lap Schatz
found the run he needed and used the low
side of Turns 3 and 4 to slip ahead of
Gravel and lead the lap.
A slowing Kalib Henry set up a
restart on the 17th lap and opened the
door again for Gravel. The Huset’s
Speedway #2 got a huge run down the back
straightaway and slid ahead of Schatz in
the third turn to regain the lead.
Over the next several circuits Gravel
pulled away and looked as if he was
heading to a comfortable win at Eldora.
The gap grew to nearly two seconds on
Lap 19, but with less than 10 laps to go
the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing
#15 came to life as traffic became more
and more of a factor.
By Lap 25 the lead was back under a
second and shrinking with every corner.
A few laps later the war began. Schatz
dipped beneath Gravel in Turns 3 and 4
on Lap 28 and narrowly grabbed the spot
on the front straightaway. Gravel
returned fire with a slider in Turns 1
and 2 that Schatz countered with a
crossover and took the lead back. In
Turns 3 and 4 Gravel went low as Schatz
opted for the middle, and just as the
white flag was within sight the red
lights flashed for a flipping Bryce
Lucius.
Schatz held the lead for the restart,
and the battle immediately resumed when
the green lights returned. Gravel got a
head of steam exiting the second corner
and slid ahead of Schatz in Turns 3 and
4. Schatz turned under him to drive back
ahead and lead at the white flag. Like
the lap before, Gravel got a run out of
Turn 2 and dove under Schatz in the
final set of corners. But this time he
stuck to the bottom and didn’t leave
Schatz the lane to crossover. It proved
to be the winning move as he came out on
top.
“I just tried to go a car width lower
or higher than him (Schatz) on the start
and was able to get alongside him,”
Gravel said. “And then when I slid
across, I slid way too hard across all
the way to the fence. I should’ve
backpedaled, kept the tires underneath
me, and put myself in better shape in
(Turns) 1 and 2. But luckily, we were
able to get a good run. Cody (Jacobs),
Zach (Patterson), and Stephen
(Hamm-Reilly) have been working really
hard.”
Schatz brought home the runner-up
spot after the hard-fought battle aboard
the Carquest #15. The Fargo, ND native
notched back-to-back podium finishes
during the #LetsRaceTwo weekend and is
up to seven top threes in 2024. Schatz
felt he might’ve been standing in
Victory Lane if it wasn’t for the red
flag coming to the last lap.
“He ran away on that one restart,”
Schatz said. “He drove by us and ran
away. And then we caught back up and got
back by. So, I guess if we wouldn’t have
had the red, it may have been a
different story.”
Carson Macedo brought the Jason
Johnson Racing #41 home third to
complete the top three. The Californian
has now bagged six podiums this season.
He fought within the top five throughout
the entire race and climbed his way onto
the podium with a strong run late in the
going.
“I think I just had a really good
final restart there,” Macedo explained.
“Everybody kind of went to the top, and
I sort of filled through the middle and
felt really good. It’s a testament to
Philip Dietz, Robby McQuinn, and Adam
Zimmerman. They gave me a great car
there. I thought there were points in
the race where I had a really, really
good car and then faded a little, and
then I got good there at the end. I feel
like we gain some momentum with that
kind of a race car.”
Giovanni Scelzi and Logan Schuchart
completed the top five.
A 21st to ninth drive earned Sheldon
Haudenschild the KSE Racing Hard
Charger.
David Gravel claimed his fourth
Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the
114th of his career in Sea Foam
Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three,
and Four went to David Gravel
(252nd Heat Race win of career),
Giovanni Scelzi (46th of career), and
Emerson Axsom (first of career). Milton
Hershey School Heat Two belonged to
Buddy Kofoid (21stof career).
Gravel also topped the Toyota Racing
Dash.
Sheldon Haudenschild won the Micro-Lite
Last Chance Showdown.
Bryce Lucius was awarded the Smith
Titanium Brake Systems Break of the
Race.
UP NEXT: The World
of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars
head to Pennsylvania for the first three
battles with the PA Posse. First up is
Lincoln Speedway’s (Abbottstown, PA)
Federated Auto Parts Gettysburg Clash on
Wednesday, May 8. Then the weekend takes
the tour to Mechanicsburg, PA’s Williams
Grove Speedway for the HVAC Distributors
Morgan Cup on May 10-11. For tickets, CLICK
HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track,
catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps):
1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 15-Donny
Schatz[4]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[6]; 4.
18-Giovanni Scelzi[5]; 5. 1S-Logan
Schuchart[11]; 6. 83-Michael Kofoid[2];
7. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[7]; 8. 99-Skylar
Gee[3]; 9. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[21];
10. 22-Cole Duncan[13]; 11. 27-Emerson
Axsom[8]; 12. 23J-Cale Thomas[9]; 13.
21H-Brady Bacon[23]; 14. 7S-Landon
Crawley[15]; 15. 17B-Bill Balog[17]; 16.
1-Nate Dussel[24]; 17. 42-Sye Lynch[20];
18. 101-Kalib Henry[16]; 19. 23-Garet
Williamson[22]; 20. 24D-Danny Sams
III[19]; 21. 55T-McKenna Haase[18]; 22.
32-Bryce Lucius[10]; 23. 24-Logan
Seavey[14]; 24. 49X-Tim Shaffer[12]
For complete results, CLICK
HERE.
RIGHT
AT HOME: Sheldon Haudenschild
Rips the Eldora Cushion to
Victory on Home Turf
The Wooster, OH native
eclipses his 2023 win total with
fourth victory of 2024
ROSSBURG, OH (May 3, 2024) -
Sheldon Haudenschild was
right at home in more ways
than one on Friday night at
Eldora Speedway.
First, he was literally on home
turf as the Rossburg, OH oval is
only a few hours from his
hometown of Wooster, OH. Second,
he used the part of the
racetrack where he feels right
at home to drive to Victory
Lane. Haudenschild started on
the pole and drove a masterful
30 laps inches from the
intimidating fence at the fast
half mile. The 30-year-old
sliced his way through traffic
and held off multiple challenges
from Donny Schatz and Giovanni
Scelzi to claim the checkered
flag. A proud crowd
enthusiastically welcomed one of
their own to Victory Lane as
Haudenschild climbed atop the
Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing
#17 and took a celebratory swig
of NOS Energy Drink.
Back in 2021 Haudenschild
picked up his first Eldora win
during #LetsRaceTwo, but he felt
that Friday’s triumph validated
the prior victory.
“I don’t really ever count
first wins,” Haudenschild said.
“I feel like they don’t mean
much until you back them up.
I’ve been really good here in
the past. The Kings Royal I ran
behind (Kyle) Larson. Even last
year I was pretty good here but
just haven’t finished the job
off. I feel like we just
struggled to make a full Feature
really smooth, and we did it
tonight. I feel like that was a
perfect race. A perfect race
car. (Kyle) Ripper busts his ass
all the time. We were up until
two in the morning last night
fixing stuff like old times and
running on very little sleep. It
feels good. Luke (Vaughn),
Kinzer (Dussel), everybody has
been putting in the work. Can’t
ask for much more.”
The fourth win of the season
for Haudenschild already
elevated his total beyond the
three reached in 2023. He’s up
to 38 for his career, and Eldora
is the eighth track where he’s
won multiple times with The
Greatest Show on Dirt. It also
marked Haudenschild’s fourth
victory in his home state of
Ohio.
The path to victory required
an incredible early effort from
Haudenschild before the Feature
even started. His Qualifying
effort left him starting fifth
in a stacked Heat Race. The two
rows ahead of him consisted of
nothing but star power – Donny
Schatz, Giovanni Scelzi, Logan
Schuchart, and Michael “Buddy”
Kofoid.”
But Haudenschild did what
Haudenschild does. He put on a
show with a great start to get
to third by Lap 3. And then he
snatched the final transfer to
the Toyota Racing Dash from
Scelzi on the final lap of the
Heat.
In the Dash, Haudenschild
lined up third and drove by
David Gravel and Schatz to earn
the pole for the 30-lap Feature.
Even though he had the best
seat in the house for the green
flag of the main event, it would
prove to be no easy drive to the
winner’s circle. He pulled ahead
of David Gravel in the early
part of the race, but it wasn’t
long before traffic became a
factor.
But traffic didn’t seem to
phase Haudenschild. While the
top was his preferred line, he
could move the NOS Energy Drink
#17 anywhere necessary to pass
cars. At one point he stared
down lapped cars racing
three-wide ahead and made a
daring move to split between two
and give himself a little more
breathing room from those in
pursuit.
The red flag flew with 11
laps remaining for a flipping
Garet Williamson. Under the red,
heartbreak struck the runner-up
Gravel as his right rear tire
went down, forcing him to the
Federated Car Care Work Zone for
a new one.
On the ensuing restart Schatz
blasted from fourth to second
and hung right with Haudenschild
looking to challenge. Schatz
kept the Tony Stewart/Curb
Agajanian Racing #15 rolling
through the middle while
Haudenschild never wavered from
the top. After nearly pulling
alongside Haudenschild multiple
times, Schatz began to slip back
as the laps faded.
Scelzi ripped by Schatz to
take over second on the white
flag with Haudenschild within
sight, but it was too little,
too late as Haudenschild crossed
the finish line with half a
second advantage to make his
home state proud.
“Hats off to this whole NOS
Energy Drink team,” Haudenschild
said. “All these guys have been
putting in the work. Happy to be
in this.”
Scelzi brought the KCP Racing
#18 home P2 for his fourth
podium of the season and first
since Arrowhead Speedway a month
ago. The Fresno, CA native used
the low line to make up most of
his ground as he moved forward
from ninth but found himself
wishing he would’ve moved to the
cushion sooner after finding
speed there late in the race.
“The motor we put in was
incredible,” Scelzi said. “I’m
kicking myself because I wish I
would’ve moved up a couple laps
sooner because I think I
would’ve maybe slid Sheldon for
the lead. But he did his job in
the Heat Race and did a great
job all night. I tried to do my
best Greg Wilson impression
around the bottom for most of
the race and gave up on it there
with two to go and should’ve
done it sooner.”
Rounding out the top three
was Donny Schatz. The 10-time
Series champion put together a
productive night for his sixth
podium of the 2024 World of
Outlaws campaign.
“I thought we were going to
have a chance at them there at
the end,” Schatz said. “And then
as we went by the end, they’d
left us hanging again. Either
way it was a decent finish.
Started there and finished
there. Went back and came back
forward again.”
Logan Schuchart and Carson
Macedo completed the top five.
After going to a backup car,
Logan Schuchart drove from
24th to fourth to earn the KSE
Racing Hard Charger.
David Gravel claimed his
third Simpson Quick Time of 2024
and the 113th of his career.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One
and Three went to David Gravel
(251st Heat Race win of career)
and Donny Schatz (523rdof
career). Milton Hershey Heat Two
went to Carson Macedo (120th of
career).
Sheldon Haudenschild topped
the Toyota Racing Dash.
Logan McCandless won the
Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
After a flat tire derailed a
potential challenge for the win
and left him with an ninth place
finish, David Gravel was awarded
the Smith Titanium Brake Systems
Break of the Race.
UP NEXT: The
World of Outlaws NOS Energy
Drink Sprint Cars are back at
Eldora Speedway on Saturday, May
4 for the #LetsRaceTwo finale.
For tickets, CLICK
HERE.
If you can’t make it to the
track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30
Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon
Haudenschild[1]; 2. 18-Giovanni
Scelzi[9]; 3. 15-Donny
Schatz[3]; 4. 1S-Logan
Schuchart[24]; 5. 41-Carson
Macedo[4]; 6. 83-Michael
Kofoid[14]; 7. 70-Kraig
Kinser[11]; 8. 23J-Cale
Thomas[7]; 9. 2-David Gravel[2];
10. 7S-Landon Crawley[6]; 11.
42-Sye Lynch[19]; 12. 27-Emerson
Axsom[5]; 13. 101-Kalib
Henry[8]; 14. 99-Skylar Gee[10];
15. 29-Logan McCandless[18]; 16.
3Z-Brock Zearfoss[21]; 17.
W20-Greg Wilson[20]; 18.
17B-Bill Balog[15]; 19.
55T-McKenna Haase[16]; 20.
5T-Travis Philo[17]; 21. 6-Bill
Rose[23]; 22. 15K-Creed
Kemenah[22]; 23. 23-Garet
Williamson[12]; 24. 21H-Brady
Bacon[13]
For full results, CLICK
HERE.
BIG IN THE
BUCKEYE STATE: Ohio’s Long
Connection with the World of Outlaws
The
World of Outlaws are ready for a
heavy dose of Ohio that will add to
the significant history between the
Series and State
ROSSBURG, OH (May 2, 2024) - From
border to boarder, roughly 40,000
square miles of Ohio’s land is
dotted with dirt tracks. And the
World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink
Sprint Cars have a long and heavy
history spread across that terrain.
It’s a history that will grow healthily
in 2024. The Greatest Show on Dirt is
about to embark on a 25-day stretch that
features seven races in the “Buckeye
State” at five different tracks. It
begins with two nights at Eldora
Speedway (May 3-4) and leads to stops at
Attica Raceway Park (May 17), Sharon
Speedway (May 18), Atomic Speedway (May
24-25), and Fremont Speedway (May 27).
The seven nights will add to the immense
list of Ohio races in Series history.
With more than 300 total trips, it’s the
third most visited state since Ted
Johnson unleashed the band of travelers
in 1978. It didn’t take long for the
band to roll into Ohio. The second ever
World of Outlaws race was contested at
Earl Baltes’ Eldora Speedway (Rossburg,
OH). Pennsylvanian Bobby Allen went to
Victory Lane.
“The Big E” welcomed the World of
Outlaws eight more times during their
debut campaign. Ohio’s own Rick Ferkel
made fellow Buckeyes proud by claiming
four. Eldora’s nine appearances on the
first schedule set the stage for a long
and fruitful connection between the
track and Series.
Two more Ohio ovals hosted the
nation’s best Sprint Car drivers in
1978. Limaland Motorsports Park was
first conquered by Ferkel. And the
Series first and only visit to Wauseon,
OH’s Oakshade Raceway went to New
Oxford, PA’s Steve Smith. A total of 13
races were contested in the state in
1978 – the most of any as the Series
came to life.
Each of the first four seasons of
World of Outlaws action saw Ohio lead
the way in terms of the state with the
most events. Eldora remained a mainstay
while Wayne County Speedway (Orrville,
OH), New Bremen Speedway, Mansfield
Motor Speedway, and Millstream Speedway
(Findlay, OH) joined the fray during
that four-year run.
Throughout the 1980s Eldora remained
a staple of the schedule, routinely
hosting several races per season.
Millstream and Wayne County held
occasional dates, but it wasn’t until
the turn of the decade that two new
facilities were added. Attica Raceway
Park and Fremont Speedway joined for a
debut weekend in May of 1990 swept by
Steve Kinser. On July 15, 1990
Millstream Speedway hosted Ohio’s 100th
overall World of Outlaws Race.
The 1990s also marked another major
moment in the connection when the World
of Outlaws became part of the Kings
Royal – a tradition that continues today
as the Series will roll into Eldora on
July 19-20 for the 41st edition with
$175,000 going to the King.
It took another dozen years for the
next new track to come along when Danny
Lasoski topped the Series debut at
Hartford’s Sharon Speedway in 2002. The
following season Atomic Speedway – then
K-C Raceway – hosted The Greatest Show
on Dirt for the first time, bringing the
total of tracks visited to 11.
As a result of the state’s many
racetracks, Ohio has also turned many of
its local talents into national stars
with the World of Outlaws. Of the 152
drivers to win World of Outlaws races,
16 are Buckeyes.
Hartford, OH’s Dave Blaney leads the
way with 95 World of Outlaws victories
(eighth all-time). His first came at
Tri-City Speedway (Granite City, IL) in
1985. In the mid-1990s Blaney became a
dominant force teamed with Casey Luna,
topping 56 Features from 1993 through
1996 that also included the 1995
championship.
The Wooster, OH father-son duo of Jac
and Sheldon Haudenschild are the next
two most successful Ohioans. Jac’s
famous driving style earned him the
nickname “The Wild Child” and led him to
72 checkered flags. He won with a record
15 different car owners and enjoyed the
most success aboard Jack Elden’s #22,
which he wheeled to 32 wins. Sheldon has
picked up 37 checkered flags, all since
joining Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing in
2018 including a trio already in 2024.
The state’s first winner – Rick
Ferkel – is next on the list. “The Ohio
Traveler” racked up 21 triumphs, eight
of which came in his home state.
Millersburg, OH’s Brad Doty collected 18
checkered flags before his career got
cut short in 1988.
Other Ohio winners include Dale
Blaney (Hartford), Danny Smith
(Chillicothe), Kenny Jacobs (Holmesville),
Chad Kemenah (Findlay), Jack Hewitt
(Troy), Frankie Kerr (Fremont), Greg
Wilson (Benton Ridge), Randy Ford
(Elmore), Johnny Beaber (Gibsonburg),
Rick Ungar (Belpree), and Dean Jacobs
(Wooster).
Only a day remains before the World
of Outlaws invade Eldora to continue
growing the Series’ history in Ohio.
With 235 previous trips, Eldora is
already the most visited track for the
nation’s top talent.
Five more nights of Ohio racing in
May await after Eldora along with a trio
in July and two more in September
including a return to Wayne County
Speedway. Overall, the 2024 calendar
boasts 12 Ohio races at six racetracks –
all adding new chapters to the long and
impactful history between the World of
Outlaws and the “Buckeye State.”
WORLD OF OUTLAWS 2024 OHIO
RACES
May 3-4 at Eldora Speedway in
Rossburg, OH (TICKETS)
May 17 at Attica Raceway Park in Attica,
OH (TICKETS)
May 18 at Sharon Speedway in Hartford,
OH (TICKETS)
May 24-25 at Atomic Speedway in
Chillicothe, OH (TICKETS)
May 27 at Fremont Speedway in Fremont,
OH (TICKETS)
July 16 at Attica Raceway Park in
Attica, OH (TICKETS)
July 19-20 at Eldora Speedway in
Rossburg, OH (TICKETS)
September 27 at Wayne County Speedway in
Orrville, OH (TICKETS)
September 28 at Sharon Speedway in
Hartford, OH (TICKETS)
If you can’t make it to the track,
catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
Kansas Sweep Helped Establish Chase
McDermand as National Midget Series
Contender
Xtreme Outlaw Series star prepares
return to Humboldt, 81 next weekend after
sweeping both races in 2023
CONCORD, NC (May 2, 2024) – Chase
McDermand’s sweep of both races with the
Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by
Toyota last year in Kansas was special. Not
for what it did for him in the stats column,
but for what it showed about his abilities
and his place in the open-wheel racing
world.
McDermand, the 23-year-old family-team
racer from Springfield, IL, came to Humboldt
Speedway and 81 Speedway for the first time
last May and walked out of both with the
checkered flag in hand — his first career
sweep of a national Midget series weekend.
As he prepares to return to both tracks
with the Series next Friday and Saturday,
May 10-11, he recalled the joy of those
triumphs and how much it fueled his drive to
compete for the Series championship in 2023.
“It helped our team a lot as far as the
confidence goes and the knowledge that came
with that,” McDermand said. “It was really
just a good building weekend for all of us
early in the season to have that success.”
Though he came up short in the points
standings with a fifth-place finish,
McDermand — like several others — cemented
his place in the national Midget ranks as a
star of the Xtreme Outlaw Series and with
the others ushered in a brand-new era of
talent.
Midget goliaths of USAC in the late 2010s
— Seavey, Thorson, Courtney, Windom — have
gone on to broaden their open-wheel racing
horizons, opening the door for the
present-day roster of stars — McDermand,
McIntosh, Daum, Timms, among others — to
make their mark aboard the Xtreme Outlaw
Series.
McDermand — a multi-time regional Midget
champion at the turn of the decade — spent
many years watching the USAC and POWRi
greats, dreaming of the day he’d make his
mark on the national Midget scene. Now a
three-year regular on the Xtreme Outlaw
Series, that day has dawned, and he’s never
been happier now that it’s here.
“It feels good as a driver to know that
I’m a contender,” McDermand said. “It goes
back to maybe six or eight years ago sitting
in the stands watching the national Midget
races with the guys that were in that
position that I am.
“It’s really come full circle for me as a
driver to be fortunate enough to be in that
position. I think [that] says a lot about me
and who surrounds me with the team and my
family and stuff. It means a lot to all of
us to be able to have that privilege
throughout the year. I’m just looking
forward to making everybody happy,
hopefully.”
For the past three seasons, McDermand has
enjoyed continued success with support from
Oklahoma-based Mounce/Stout Motorsports, who
he renewed his partnership with in early
2024. Together, they’ve won seven Xtreme
Outlaw Series races — tied with Jade
Avedisian for most all-time.
“It’s been good so far; it just feels
like home again,” McDermand said. “We work
well together. Last year showed that.
“It’s been helpful to have the same
notebook as last year. I don’t have to learn
a different engine platform and stuff like
that, so that’s really helped me get back on
the right foot.”
His reunion with team owners Jay Mounce
and Gavin Stout came after a sudden change
from his original plans for 2024. McDermand
announced in November he had entered into a
deal with Dave Mac-Dalby Motorsports (DMD)
to pilot team owner Dave McIntosh’s flagship
car and chase the Xtreme Outlaw Series
championship.
However, McDermand was forced to make
other arrangements before the season opener
in March after McIntosh informed him that he
would not be able to continue operations at
DMD in 2024, and so he picked up the phone.
“I feel like I had a good plan moving
forward to better myself and my racing
career,” McDermand said. “The way things
played out — the economy isn’t as good as it
once was, and [McIntosh] decided it was
better to close the doors on his racing
program, at least for now.
“The way things played out so far is
probably the best that could’ve happened. I
feel like the speed we’ve had already this
season shows that. Now, it’s just all focus
on the season ahead.”
McDermand has built his racing mentality
on forward thinking. He’s back in his
comfort zone at Mounce/Stout, looking
forward to getting his first win of the year
and defending his 2023 victories next
weekend at Humboldt and 81. Though it’s been
a year since those wins, he’s accepting of
the challenge.
“Obviously, it’s a little bit of pressure
that I put on myself to go back to place
that you had good speed at before — you’re
kind of expected to have that same speed
again,” McDermand said. “In racing, it’s
hard to stay on top of a mountain for a
while, especially 365 days later.”
He currently sits 56 points behind leader
Cannon McIntosh in the standings with 24
races left on the schedule. With plenty of
time left, McDermand said it’s a gap he can
make up in pursuit of his first career
national Midget series championship.
“I definitely think that we’re a
contender; that’s our number-one goal and
focus,” McDermand said. “To be honest,
anything less than that would probably be a
disappointment to us.”
Don’t miss McDermand and Mounce/Stout
back in action with the Xtreme Outlaw Series
next Friday-Saturday, May 10-11, at Humboldt
Speedway and 81 Speedway in Kansas. Tickets
for both events will be on sale at the gate.
If you can’t be there to watch in person,
stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
MONTH OF MAY MASTERPIECE: David Gravel
Tops Jacksonville Barnburner for Fourth Win
of Season
A wild win marks the Series leading
fourth of 2024 for David Gravel and Big Game
Motorsports
JACKSONVILLE, IL (May 1, 2024) - The
anticipation filled the entire town of
Jacksonville, IL as the World of Outlaws NOS
Energy Drink Sprint Cars returned for the
first time in three years on Wednesday
night. Tickets sold out Tuesday night. Fans
filled the entire grandstands before Hot
Laps even began. Many more headed for the
pit area. Could the Hy-Vee Perks 40 live up
to the hype? Absolutely it could.
The midweek Feature offered up 35 laps of
non-stop action all over the Illinois
bullring. Among the battles including a
thrilling duel for the lead between two of
the best in Sprint Car Racing. David Gravel
and Kyle Larson threw everything they had at
each other. Haymaker after haymaker. In the
end, Gravel used a late slide job to secure
a thrilling win in front of the largest
crowd in the track’s history.
Once they’d caught their breath, the
massive crowd roared as Gravel climbed atop
the Big Game Motorsports machine in Victory
Lane. The record number of fans came for a
show. And that’s exactly what they got.
“You like that s***?” Gravel asked a
rowdy crowd in Victory Lane. “Man, what a
great race car. Cody Jacobs, Zach
(Patterson), and Stephen (Hamm-Reilly), they
deserved that win. I was able to run lanes
other people weren’t and had a great car.
Honestly, I was fairly conservative, and
then being too conservative got Kyle back by
me, and I knew once I got to clear him, I
had to move up because he’d be pounding the
top. I had the wing pretty far back and was
pushing really bad on entry going into
(Turn) 1 and wasn’t making a good corner,
but I knew I had to screw him up there at
the end.”
Gravel is up to a Series best four
victories in 2024 with The Greatest Show on
Dirt. His 92nd win broke a tie with Brad
Sweet to give him sole possession of ninth
on the all-time win list. The victory was
Gravel’s first at Jacksonville, making it
the 47th track he’s won at with the World of
Outlaws. Tod Quiring’s Big Game Motorsports
sits at 98 triumphs, two away from becoming
the sixth team with 100.
Well before his battle with Larson began,
Gravel had to climb through the front of the
field. Up front, Larson took off to lead the
opening circuit while Gravel took the green
flag in fourth and actually slipped back to
fifth when Carson Macedo rolled by on the
top.
Gravel remained committed to the bottom,
keeping the Huset’s Speedway #2 glued to the
lowline. The commitment paid off as he began
to reel Macedo back in and slipped back
around him on Lap 11 for fourth.
A couple circuits later Gravel welcomed
himself to a war for the runner-up spot.
Giovanni Scelzi and Michael “Buddy” Kofoid
raced side by side and Gravel joined the
fun. Kofoid attempted to shut the door when
he saw Gravel approaching. The tactic
briefly worked, but Gravel muscled his way
into second on Lap 19.
When Gravel grabbed the runner-up spot,
Larson owned a one-second advantage in the
Silva Motorsports #57. The gap was slashed
in half only a lap later and then down under
three tenths of a second on Lap 21 as Gravel
continued on the low side while Larson opted
for the top.
On Lap 24 Gravel found the momentum he
needed and rolled under Larson to grab the
lead. The pass lit a fire under Larson who
found another gear. “Yung Money” began to
hammer the treacherous cushion all around
the Ľ mile. Then on Lap 26, Larson ripped
back by Gravel on the top in Turns 1 and 2.
Despite Larson using the cushion to get
by, Gravel continued his path on the bottom.
As the final laps clicked away, Larson
looked as if he may pull away from Gravel.
But hope flashed for Gravel as Larson looked
to split a pair of lapped cars but couldn’t
squeeze through. On Lap 32 Gravel gathered
enough momentum down the back straightaway
to move under Larson and then clear him with
a slider in Turns 3 and 4. Gravel then stuck
with a defensive line around the top the
final few laps to grab the checkered flag.
“What a great race,” Gravel said. “Hats
off to the track crew… I think really the
Outlaws and track guys made the right call
for track prep with 56 cars here. It’s
really hard to prep a surface with that many
cars here. It got really wide. You got to
use every inch of this racetrack, and it was
a lot of fun tonight.”
Larson kicked off the month of May with a
runner-up in his World of Outlaws season
debut. The Elk Grove, CA native plans to
partake in his first Indianapolis 500 later
this month, and he started a busy upcoming
stretch with his 63rd career World of
Outlaws podium. Despite leading laps and
coming up a spot short, Larson enjoyed the
wild race.
“Traffic was thick, for sure,” Larson
said. “Being the leader, I knew he was there
obviously because he passed me and I got him
back. And then Kraig (Kinser) was doing his
thing running the middle. I’ve got to watch
it back. I don’t know if I got too impatient
or what. I couldn’t follow because the pace
was starting to slow down as I was getting
to his back bumper. I knew Gravel was right
there, and he seemed like he could move
around a lot. I shot the gap and couldn’t
get down the backstretch good and knew he’d
be coming. I knew we were getting close to
the end there because we had run a lot of
laps. It was a great race. Super, super
fun.”
Completing the top three was the man who
can’t stay off the podium as of late – Buddy
Kofoid. The pole-sitter remained a
consistent force throughout the Feature but
couldn’t quite challenge for the victory. He
and Roth Motorsports still managed to
collect their fifth consecutive podium.
Kofoid continues to bang on the door of a
win.
“That was a badass race,” Kofoid said. “I
hope you guys all enjoyed that. That was
about as tight and full send as you can get
at a track like this. I enjoy that stuff.
That’s kind of what I come from. And then
with the Midget stuff, you could always run
like that and make speed. It was fun. I wish
we could get a win. We’re so close. Our car
is so good.”
Carson Macedo and Corey Day completed the
top five.
A 23rd to 11th run gave Donny Schatz his
second straight KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Brady Bacon topped Seafoam Qualifying to
claim his second career Simpson Quick Time.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and
Four went to Carson Macedo (119th Heat Race
win of career), Giovanni Scelzi (45th of
career), and Kyle Larson (40th of career).
David Gravel claimed Milton Hershey School
Heat Two (250th of career).
Buddy Kofoid topped the Toyota Racing
Dash.
Brenham Crouch won the Micro-Lite Last
Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of
the Race went to Austin McCarl.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy
Drink Sprint Cars head to Rossburg, OH’s
Eldora Speedway for #LetsRaceTwo on May 3-4
and will be joined by the USAC National
Sprint Cars. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch
every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1.
2-David Gravel[3]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson[2]; 3.
83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 4. 41-Carson
Macedo[6]; 5. 14-Corey Day[7]; 6.
18-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 7. 17-Sheldon
Haudenschild[5]; 8. 83SR-James McFadden[11];
9. 16T-Cole Macedo[8]; 10. 49-Brad
Sweet[13]; 11. 15-Donny Schatz[23]; 12.
17B-Bill Balog[14]; 13. 9P-Parker Price
Miller[9]; 14. 24D-Danny Sams III[10]; 15.
1S-Logan Schuchart[12]; 16. 99-Skylar
Gee[16]; 17. 31-Zach Daum[22]; 18. 70-Kraig
Kinser[18]; 19. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[24]; 20.
23-Garet Williamson[20]; 21. 2KS-Chase
Randall[17]; 22. 1-Brenham Crouch[21]; 23.
51B-Joe B Miller[19]; 24. 87-Aaron
Reutzel[15]
Jacksonville IL 5/1/24
NOS
Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 2-David
Gravel[3]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson[2]; 3.
83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 4. 41-Carson
Macedo[6]; 5. 14-Corey Day[7]; 6.
18-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 7. 17-Sheldon
Haudenschild[5]; 8. 83SR-James McFadden[11];
9. 16T-Cole Macedo[8]; 10. 49-Brad
Sweet[13]; 11. 15-Donny Schatz[23]; 12.
17B-Bill Balog[14]; 13. 9P-Parker Price
Miller[9]; 14. 24D-Danny Sams III[10]; 15.
1S-Logan Schuchart[12]; 16. 99-Skylar
Gee[16]; 17. 31-Zach Daum[22]; 18. 70-Kraig
Kinser[18]; 19. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[24]; 20.
23-Garet Williamson[20]; 21. 2KS-Chase
Randall[17]; 22. 1-Brenham Crouch[21]; 23.
51B-Joe B Miller[19]; 24. 87-Aaron
Reutzel[15]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps):
1. 1-Brenham Crouch[1]; 2. 31-Zach Daum[4];
3. 15-Donny Schatz[5]; 4. 9X-Paul
Nienhiser[8]; 5. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[3]; 6.
73-Scotty Thiel[6]; 7. 7S-Landon Crawley[7];
8. 35-Zach Hampton[9]; 9. 3N-Jake
Neuman[11]; 10. 17JR-Ricky Stenhouse Jr[14];
11. 21H-Brady Bacon[2]; 12. 24-Logan
Seavey[13]; 13. 34-Sterling Cling[12]; 14.
1T-Trevin Littleton[15]; 15. 88-Austin
McCarl[10]
C Feature (10 Laps): 1. 17JR-Ricky
Stenhouse Jr[2]; 2. 1T-Trevin Littleton[1];
3. 27-Emerson Axsom[3]; 4. 5-Chase
Briscoe[9]; 5. 97-Scotty Milan[6]; 6.
B5-Brandon Sheppard[7]; 7. 6-Bill Rose[5];
8. 9-Tyler Duff[12]; 9. 79G-Max
Guilford[13]; 10. 79-Gage Montgomery[8]; 11.
37-Bryce Norris[11]; 12. 3B-Shelby Bosie[4];
13. 22-Riley Goodno[10]
D Feature (10 Laps): 1. 9-Tyler Duff[2];
2. 79G-Max Guilford[1]; 3. 17GP-Jadon
Rogers[3]; 4. 16TH-Kevin Newton[7]; 5.
5H-Joey Moughan[5]; 6. 7-Tyler Lee[4]; 7.
14T-Tim Estenson[6]; 8. 55T-McKenna
Haase[9]; 9. 44-Chris Martin[11]; 10.
29-Brayton Lynch[8]; 11. 10S-Jeremy
Standridge[10]; 12. 96-Jake Blackhurst[12]
Non-Qualifiers Race (8 Laps): 1. 5-Chase
Briscoe[1]; 2. 3N-Jake Neuman[3]; 3. 31-Zach
Daum[4]; 4. 22-Riley Goodno[2]; 5. 79G-Max
Guilford[7]; 6. 9-Tyler Duff[8]; 7.
17GP-Jadon Rogers[15]; 8. 7-Tyler Lee[11];
9. 5H-Joey Moughan[5]; 10. 14T-Tim
Estenson[14]; 11. 16TH-Kevin Newton[12]; 12.
29-Brayton Lynch[10]; 13. 55T-McKenna
Haase[13]; 14. 10S-Jeremy Standridge[16];
15. 44-Chris Martin[6]; 16. 96-Jake
Blackhurst[9]
Toyota Dash (8 Laps): 1. 83-Michael
Kofoid[2]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 3. 2-David
Gravel[4]; 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[3]; 5.
17-Sheldon Haudenschild[8]; 6. 41-Carson
Macedo[6]; 7. 14-Corey Day[7]; 8. 16T-Cole
Macedo[5]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[2];
2. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 3. 9P-Parker Price
Miller[4]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[3]; 5. 2KS-Chase
Randall[7]; 6. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[6]; 7.
1-Brenham Crouch[5]; 8. 35-Zach Hampton[8];
9. 1T-Trevin Littleton[10]; 10. 6-Bill
Rose[9]; 11. 5-Chase Briscoe[11]
Milton Hershey School Heat 2 (10 Laps):
1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 17-Sheldon
Haudenschild[2]; 3. 83SR-James McFadden[4];
4. 87-Aaron Reutzel[3]; 5. 51B-Joe B
Miller[6]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz[8]; 7.
7S-Landon Crawley[5]; 8. 3N-Jake Neuman[11];
9. 27-Emerson Axsom[7]; 10. B5-Brandon
Sheppard[9]; 11. 37-Bryce Norris[10]
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni
Scelzi[2]; 2. 16T-Cole Macedo[3]; 3.
24D-Danny Sams III[4]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog[6];
5. 70-Kraig Kinser[10]; 6. 31-Zach Daum[11];
7. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[7]; 8. 34-Sterling
Cling[8]; 9. 17JR-Ricky Stenhouse Jr[9]; 10.
97-Scotty Milan[5]; 11. 21H-Brady Bacon[1]
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1];
2. 14-Corey Day[2]; 3. 1S-Logan
Schuchart[3]; 4. 99-Skylar Gee[6]; 5.
23-Garet Williamson[5]; 6. 73-Scotty
Thiel[7]; 7. 88-Austin McCarl[8]; 8.
24-Logan Seavey[4]; 9. 3B-Shelby Bosie[9];
10. 79-Gage Montgomery[10]; 11. 22-Riley
Goodno[11]
Sea Foam Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1.
83-Michael Kofoid, 00:10.068[20]; 2. 2-David
Gravel, 00:10.086[10]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo,
00:10.138[12]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild,
00:10.160[13]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet,
00:10.176[2]; 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel,
00:10.177[23]; 7. 9P-Parker Price Miller,
00:10.238[15]; 8. 83SR-James McFadden,
00:10.239[3]; 9. 1-Brenham Crouch,
00:10.247[17]; 10. 7S-Landon Crawley,
00:10.349[14]; 11. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss,
00:10.432[19]; 12. 51B-Joe B Miller,
00:10.485[16]; 13. 2KS-Chase Randall,
00:10.507[8]; 14. 27-Emerson Axsom,
00:10.511[1]; 15. 35-Zach Hampton,
00:10.564[6]; 16. 15-Donny Schatz,
00:10.589[18]; 17. 6-Bill Rose,
00:10.641[27]; 18. B5-Brandon Sheppard,
00:10.642[24]; 19. 1T-Trevin Littleton,
00:10.659[21]; 20. 37-Bryce Norris,
00:10.671[5]; 21. 5-Chase Briscoe,
00:10.674[7]; 22. 3N-Jake Neuman,
00:10.703[28]; 23. 5H-Joey Moughan,
00:10.749[11]; 24. 79G-Max Guilford,
00:10.906[26]; 25. 96-Jake Blackhurst,
00:10.910[22]; 26. 7-Tyler Lee,
00:11.035[4]; 27. 55T-McKenna Haase,
00:11.258[9]; 28. 17GP-Jadon Rogers,
00:11.693[25]
Sea Foam Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1.
21H-Brady Bacon, 00:10.062[1]; 2. 57-Kyle
Larson, 00:10.158[13]; 3. 18-Giovanni
Scelzi, 00:10.193[8]; 4. 14-Corey Day,
00:10.259[18]; 5. 16T-Cole Macedo,
00:10.338[17]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart,
00:10.352[15]; 7. 24D-Danny Sams III,
00:10.436[27]; 8. 24-Logan Seavey,
00:10.445[11]; 9. 97-Scotty Milan,
00:10.516[25]; 10. 23-Garet Williamson,
00:10.520[21]; 11. 17B-Bill Balog,
00:10.535[9]; 12. 99-Skylar Gee,
00:10.625[4]; 13. 9X-Paul Nienhiser,
00:10.747[6]; 14. 73-Scotty Thiel,
00:10.751[2]; 15. 34-Sterling Cling,
00:10.772[3]; 16. 88-Austin McCarl,
00:10.794[14]; 17. 17JR-Ricky Stenhouse Jr,
00:10.916[28]; 18. 3B-Shelby Bosie,
00:10.938[7]; 19. 70-Kraig Kinser,
00:10.946[23]; 20. 79-Gage Montgomery,
00:10.970[26]; 21. 22-Riley Goodno,
00:11.013[22]; 22. 31-Zach Daum,
00:11.068[16]; 23. 44-Chris Martin,
00:11.078[5]; 24. 9-Tyler Duff,
00:11.085[24]; 25. 29-Brayton Lynch,
00:11.122[19]; 26. 16TH-Kevin Newton,
00:11.327[10]; 27. 14T-Tim Estenson,
00:11.434[12]; 28. 10S-Jeremy Standridge,
00:11.973[20]
1 MONTH ALERT: Xtreme Outlaw
Midgets Set For Massive Three-Day Weekend in
Missouri, Illinois
CONCORD, NC (May 1, 2024) – The Xtreme
Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota
returns to Missouri and Illinois for a
three-day weekend to cap off May and
kick-start June.
Spanning Thursday through Saturday, the
Series will visit Doe Run Raceway (Doe Run,
MO) on May 30, Coles County Speedway
(Mattoon, IL) on May 31 and Wayne County
Speedway (Wayne City, IL) on June 1.
The visits to Doe Run and Wayne County will
be the Series' second consecutive year
visiting both tracks, while the stop at
Coles County's 1/8-mile track will be the
Series' first.
Last year, 2022 Series champion Zach Daum,
of Pocahontas, IL, locked up Victory Lane at
Doe Run and both races at Wayne County.
Searching for a second title, Daum will be
back to defend his wins with Trifecta
Motorsports.
When the Series debuts at Coles County
Speedway, it'll also be the track's first
national Midget race, having recently opened
in 2019.
The events at Doe Run and Coles County will
also count toward the Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi
Challenge Series, seeing Xtreme Outlaw and
POWRi stars going head to head for the
Challenge championship – won by last year by
Daum, who's also the current Challenge
Series points leader.
EVENT INFO FOR DOE RUN
Date – Thursday, May 30
Location – Doe Run, MO
Times (CT) –
2PM Pit Gates Open
5PM Grandstand Gates Open
6:30PM Hot Laps & Qualifying
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available at track.
How to Watch – Can't make it? You
can watch all the action live on
DIRTVision.
Last Race Video Recap (July 21, 2023) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UymwSRgLQg
Previous Xtreme Outlaw winner at Doe Run
–
2023 – Zach Daum on July 21
EVENT INFO FOR COLES COUNTY
Date – Friday, May 31
Location – Mattoon, IL
Times (CT) –
2PM Pit Gates Open
5PM Grandstand Gates Open
6:30PM Hot Laps & Qualifying
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available at track.
How to Watch – Can't make it? You
can watch all the action live on
DIRTVision.
EVENT INFO FOR WAYNE COUNTY
Date – Saturday, June 1
Location – Wayne City, IL
Times (CT) –
2PM Pit Gates Open
5PM Grandstand Gates Open
6:30PM Hot Laps & Qualifying
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available at track.
How to Watch – Can't make it? You
can watch all the action live on
DIRTVision.
Last Race Video Recap (June 3, 2023)
–
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDp0L1R1Yrs
Previous Xtreme Outlaw winner at Wayne
County –
2023 – Zach Daum on June 2 & June 3
Brandon Sheppard Hoping ‘Change
of Pace’ With World of Outlaws Sprint Car
Debut Leads to Late Model Success
JACKSONVILLE, IL (May 1, 2024) – Brandon
Sheppard is getting back to his roots of
“put a race car in front of him and he’ll
drive it.”
This time, it’s a Sprint Car. A 410
Sprint Car with the World of Outlaws NOS
Energy Drink Sprint Car Series.
The four-time World of Outlaws CASE
Construction Equipment Late Model Series
champion will make his debut with the World
of Outlaws Sprint Cars at Jacksonville
Speedway on Wednesday, May 1, during the
Hy-Vee Perks 40.
“Initially, everyone was surprised that I
done it because they’ve offered me a few
times over the years and just never had any
intentions on doing anything,” Sheppard
said. “This year, I just kind of thought it
was time to change it up and do something
different. Kind of get back to my roots a
little bit. I used to drive whatever they
put in front of me.”
While the No. B5 Sprint Car he’ll drive
for his relatives, Jake and Jim Neuman,
bears no comparison to his Sheppard Riggs
Racing No. B5 Late Model – other than the
design of the number – there’s still
benefits he can take away from the
experience.
“Definitely hasn’t been the year we
wanted in the Late Model,” Sheppard said.
“So, just kind of clear my head and change
the pace a little bit and see if it helps us
out in the Late Model.”
About 36 hours after running the Sprint
Car, he’ll jump back behind the wheel of his
Longhorn Chassis Factory Team car to compete
with the World of Outlaws Late Models at
Mississippi Thunder Speedway for the
Dairyland Showdown, May 3-4 – still
looking for his first win this year with the
Series.
That quick change of race car diversity
is one of the reasons Sheppard agreed to run
the Sprint Car, pointing to how similar
situations have helped other drivers.
“Anytime you can drive different cars… I
mean, look at Kyle Larson, for example,”
Sheppard said. “He’s so good at everything
he gets in. I think he’d credit the same
thing, that getting to get in and drive all
these different cars and do all this
different stuff; I feel like that helps him
not get too complacent with one thing.
“A lot of times, you get in these cars,
and you do the same thing week in and week
out, and you get into bad habits. Then, the
next thing you know you’re doing bad habits
at every track you go to. When you drive
different stuff, it helps keep you on your
toes and have a little bit different feel.
Obviously, the feel is going to be different
than anything I’d feel in a Late Model, but
it’s just the fact of getting in something
and going fast in a different kind of car.
Really clearing my head of all things Late
Model for one night and just go have fun and
see what we can do. Then, hopefully go into
Mississippi Thunder fresh and ready to go.”
The New Berlin, IL native will have a
large fanbase at Jacksonville, IL track,
having grown up about 20 minutes from the
speedway and made several laps there in
various cars – including a 410 Sprint Car
more than a decade ago.
“We do the Outlaw event as really just
sort of something fun for our fans to take
in during the season and, obviously, having
Brandon in a Sprint Car has it have even
more interest,” said Jacksonville Speedway
promoter Kenny Dobson – who once fielded a
Midget for Sheppard. “It gets national
interest because Brandon is a national
brand, but here, locally, Brandon is
Brandon. He just has a huge fanbase. I think
everyone around here is pretty confident
Brandon can get a Sprint Car around
Jacksonville Speedway just fine.”
Sheppard's first laps around Jacksonville
in a Neuman car made him internet famous for
the night, pulling a photo-worthy wheelie
with the nose to sky.
“It literally was on the first lap,”
Sheppard said with a chuckle. “I went out
there… I knew it wasn’t doing to do me any
good to pace around there for two laps, so I
got out there and got after it and it stood
up on me there. It was definitely crazy, but
like I said, the only way to get the feel
for it is to jump right in and go do it.”
After the excitement, he began turning
decent laps, Jake Neuman said. Sheppard’s
car will be one of Neuman’s backups with the
Illinois-based team's standard Jacksonville
set up.
“I don’t see a problem with him not
making the show,” Neuman said. “Our stuff
runs good enough. We get around there pretty
good and he can in a Late Model and
basically anything he’s ever been in, so I
think we’ll be OK.”
After Jacksonville, don’t expect to see
Sheppard become a Sprint Car regular. For
now, it’s a one-time deal, he said. Maybe
another Sprint Car run next year. But being
a guy that’ll drive anything you put in
front of him, he made sure to add… “You
never know.”
Grandstand tickets for the Hy-Vee Perks
40 at Jacksonville Speedway are sold out,
however, you can still purchase a pit pass.
Gates open at 4 p.m. (CT) with Hot Laps
scheduled for 6 p.m.
Or, if you plan on attending the
Dairyland Showdown at Mississippi Thunder
Speedway in Fountain City, WI, boasting two
$25,000-to-win Features, tickets are
available at the track. Gates open at 5 p.m.
(CT) with Hot Laps scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
If you can’t make it to the tracks, you
can watch both races live on
DIRTVision.
WHAT TO
WATCH FOR: Three
Races in Four Nights
Bring World of
Outlaws to
Jacksonville, Eldora
The Greatest
Show on Dirt returns
to an Illinois
bullring before
heading to one of
the country’s most
famed half miles
JACKSONVILLE, IL
(April 30, 2024) -
An action-packed
trio of races are
next for the World
of Outlaws NOS
Energy Drink Sprint
Cars.
A stretch of three races
in four nights this week
kicks off with a highly
anticipated bullring
battle at Illinois’
Jacksonville Speedway on
Wednesday, May 1, for
the Hy-Vee Perks 40. The
1/4 mile in the Land of
Lincoln never fails to
deliver thrilling action
with its tight
confines. The Greatest
Show on Dirt has made
four previous trips to
Jacksonville, most
recently in 2021. It’s
a diverse week in terms
of the style of
racetracks. After the
midweek stop at
Jacksonville, the tour
rolls to Rossburg, OH
where the wide, high
banked, 1/2 mile that is
Eldora Speedway awaits.
With 235 previous
visits, “The Big E” is
the most visited track
in Series history and
will add two more
tallies to that total on
May 3-4. #LetsRaceTwo
gives winged and
wingless Sprint Car fans
everything they could
want as the World of
Outlaws are joined by
the USAC National Sprint
Cars both nights.
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Let’s look at the
week’s top storylines:
MACEDO’S
MOMENT: The
2024 season has been an
uphill battle for Carson
Macedo and Jason Johnson
Racing since beginning
the year with four
straight finishes
outside the top 10.
They’ve clawed their way
forward with 11
consecutive top 10s
including five podiums,
and this week presents
an excellent opportunity
to gain more ground.
Macedo will be the
only driver in the pit
area this week with a
World of Outlaws win at
both Jacksonville and
Eldora. Back in 2019
Macedo topped the
Jacksonville visit for
his fifth career Series
victory. Eldora is
equaled for the
winningest track on
Macedo’s World of
Outlaws résumé. The
Lemoore, CA native has
topped a trio of races
at “The Big E,” all
aboard the JJR #41. The
most recent was last
year’s Knight Before the
Kings Royal.
Three nights at two
tracks that have been
kind to Macedo offers
the chance to make up
more ground as he chases
a title. He’s currently
fifth in points, only
four markers behind
fourth and 68 behind
David Gravel for the top
spot.
ELDORA
EXCELLENCE: There’s
something about Eldora
Speedway that seems to
perfectly suit Donny
Schatz. Maybe he likes
to up his game at his
race team’s boss – Tony
Stewart’s – racetrack.
Whatever it is, you can
almost always count on
Schatz to be up front at
Eldora.
The historic half
mile is responsible for
18 of Schatz’s 313
career World of Outlaws
victories, most recently
claiming his sixth Kings
Royal crown last July.
The 10-time Series
champion has 19 total
Eldora triumphs having
also topped the 2002
Historical Big One.
It’s not just about
winning for Schatz at
Eldora. He’s also
extraordinarily
consistent. In his last
90 Eldora Feature
starts, Schatz has
missed the top 10 only
eight times. Exactly
half of those starts
(45) have resulted in
podiums.
BIG E
VICTORY: Macedo
and Schatz aren’t the
only current full-time
World of Outlaws
competitors with Eldora
success under their
belt.
The Ohio oval is home
to four of Logan
Schuchart’s 41 career
Series wins. The Shark
Racing pilot picked up
the most recent of those
four during last year’s
#LetsRaceTwo opener.
Schuchart also famously
topped the Eldora
Million last July to
take home the biggest
payday in Sprint Car
history.
Current Series point
leader David Gravel also
owns four Series
triumphs at Eldora.
They’ve been spread
between three teams with
a 2014 win with Roth
Motorsports, one in 2016
with CJB Motorsports,
and a pair in 2022 with
his current team – Big
Game Motorsports. The
Watertown, CT native
also scored $52,000 with
the All-Star Circuit of
Champions at Eldora in
2020.
Ohio’s own Sheldon
Haudenschild has made
one previous trip to
Eldora Speedway Victory
Lane, driving the
Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall
Racing #17 to the win
during 2021’s
#LetsRaceTwo. With three
victories already in
2024, he’s currently
tied with Gravel as the
Series leader in wins
this season.
BSHEPP’S
CROSSOVER: Wednesday’s
visit to Jacksonville
will serve up one of the
most interesting World
of Outlaws NOS Energy
Drink Sprint Car debuts
in Series history.
Four-time World of
Outlaws CASE
Construction Equipment
Late Model champion –
Brandon Sheppard – is
trading the fenders for
some open-wheel action.
Sheppard is jumping
in an entry fielded by
his cousins – Jake and
Jim Neuman – that will
have his familiar #B5 on
the wing. It’s set to be
a home game Series debut
as Sheppard calls New
Berlin, IL home – a mere
20 miles from
Jacksonville.
The all-time
winningest driver with
the World of Outlaws
Late Models isn’t
entirely unfamiliar with
Sprint Cars. Sheppard
turned some laps from
time to time near the
end of the 2000s and the
beginning of the 2010s.
DIVERSE
FIELD: On top
of the unique addition
of Sheppard to
Wednesday’s roster, the
Jacksonville pit area is
expected to fill with a
variety of drivers to
create a diverse field.
Chase Briscoe intends
to make his first World
of Outlaws Sprint Car
appearance since a 2018
trip to Tri-State
Speedway. The NASCAR Cup
Series full-timer is
fresh off picking up a
Sprint Car win as a car
owner as Karter Sarff
claimed the Midwest Open
Wheel Association (MOWA)
checkered flag at Red
Hill Raceway aboard the
CBR #5 three nights ago.
Now, it’s Briscoe’s turn
to have some fun behind
the wheel at
Jacksonville.
On the local side,
Pocahontas, IL’s Zach
Daum plans to make his
second Series appearance
of the season. Daum owns
plenty of Midget laps
around Jacksonville
including a POWRi win
back in 2016. It’s also
home to his one career
World of Outlaws top 10
in 2019.
Logan Seavey will be
back in the World of
Outlaws pit area for the
first time in two years
as he hops aboard a
Landon Simon Racing
entry for Wednesday. The
Sutter, CA native is a
familiar face to
Jacksonville fans as
he’s won five times at
the Illinois oval in
POWRi Midget action.
Seavey has also raced
there twice in a Sprint
Car with MOWA, finishing
third and fifth.
This trio will be
accompanied by many
others ready to battle
the World of Outlaws in
some midweek bullring
action.
THIS WEEKEND
AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND
WHERE
Wednesday, May 1 at
Jacksonville Speedway in
Jacksonville, IL
Friday-Saturday, May 3-4
at Eldora Speedway in
Rossburg, OH
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CURRENT
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
(15/80 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big
Game Motorsports #2
(2110 PTS)
2. Donny Schatz – Tony
Stewart/Curb Agajanian
Racing #15 (-34 PTS)
3. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP
Racing #18 (-52 PTS)
4. Logan Schuchart –
Shark Racing #1S (-64
PTS)
5. Carson Macedo – Jason
Johnson Racing #41 (-68
PTS)
6. Michael Kofoid – Roth
Motorsports #83 (-108
PTS)
7. Sheldon Haudenschild
– Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall
Racing #17 (-154 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B
Squared Motorsports #17B
(-210 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss –
Brock Zearfoss Racing
#3Z (-314 PTS)
10. Landon Crawley –
Sides Motorsports #7S
(-388 PTS)
NOS ENERGY
DRINK FEATURE WINNERS
(10 Drivers):
3 Wins – David
Gravel, Sheldon
Haudenschild
2 Wins – Donny Schatz
1 Win – Brad Sweet,
Tyler Courtney, Brent
Marks, Giovanni Scelzi,
Carson Macedo, Rico
Abreu, Brady Bacon
FEATURE LAPS
LED (13 Drivers):
94 Laps – David
Gravel
77 Laps – Sheldon
Haudenschild
56 Laps – Giovanni
Scelzi
55 Laps – Carson Macedo
54 Laps – Rico Abreu
42 Laps – Donny Schatz
26 Laps – Brady Bacon
25 Laps – Brad Sweet
13 Laps – Anthony Macri,
Michael Kofoid
11 Laps – Bill Balog
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Tyler Courtney
SIMPSON
PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS
QUICKTIME AWARDS (8
Drivers):
4 Quick Times –
Carson Macedo
2 Quick Times – Brent
Marks, Michael Kofoid,
Giovanni Scelzi, David
Gravel
1 Quick Time – Landon
Crawley, Brian Brown,
Aaron Reutzel
HEAT RACE
WINNERS (20 Drivers):
8 Heat Wins – David
Gravel
6 Heat Wins – Giovanni
Scelzi, Sheldon
Haudenschild
5 Heat Wins – Carson
Macedo, Michael Kofoid
4 Heat Wins – Brent
Marks, Rico Abreu
2 Heat Wins – Brian
Brown, Tyler
Courtney, Landon Crawley
1 Heat Win – Corey Day,
Justin Peck, Bill Balog,
Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock
Zearfoss, Logan
Schuchart, Bill Rose,
Ryan Timms, Donny
Schatz, Danny Sams III
TOYOTA DASH
APPEARANCES (30
Drivers):
12 Dashes – David
Gravel
11 Dashes – Giovanni
Scelzi
10 Dashes – Carson
Macedo
9 Dashes – Sheldon
Haudenschild, Michael
Kofoid
7 Dashes – Rico Abreu,
Bill Balog
5 Dashes – Brent Marks,
Donny Schatz, Landon
Crawley, Logan Schuchart
4 Dashes – Tyler
Courtney, Brian Brown
2 Dashes – Brad Sweet,
Aaron Reutzel
1 Dash – Anthony Macri,
Justin Peck, Zeb Wise,
Corey Day, Sam Hafertepe
Jr., Brock Zearfoss,
Bill Rose, Ryan Timms,
Garet Williamson, James
McFadden, Logan
McCandless, Ayrton
Gennetten, Brady Bacon,
Emerson Axsom, Danny
Sams III
MICROLITE
LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN
WINS (12 Drivers):
1 LCS – Austin
McCarl, Bill Balog,
Corey Day, Kasey Kahne,
Koty Adams, Jace Park,
Anthony Macri, Landon
Crawley, Logan
McCandless, Garet
Williamson, Brock
Zearfoss, Kevin Newton
KSE HARD
CHARGER AWARDS (12
Drivers):
2 Hard Chargers –
Carson Macedo, Logan
Schuchart, Donny Schatz
1 Hard Charger – Aaron
Reutzel, Jace Park, Sam
Hafertepe Jr., Brock
Zearfoss, Chase Randall,
Chris Windom, Noah Gass,
Austin McCarl, Giovanni
Scelzi
PODIUM
FINISHES (15 Drivers):
8 Podiums – David
Gravel
5 Podiums – Donny
Schatz, Carson Macedo,
Michael Kofoid
4 Podiums – Sheldon
Haudenschild
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet,
Rico Abreu, Giovanni
Scelzi
2 Podiums – Tyler
Courtney, Brent Marks
1 Podium – Justin Peck,
Anthony Macri, Aaron
Reutzel, Bill Balog,
Brady Bacon
TOP 10
FINISHES (36 Drivers):
14 Top 10s – Giovanni
Scelzi
13 Top 10s – Donny
Schatz, David Gravel,
Logan Schuchart
12 Top 10s – Michael
Kofoid
11 Top 10s – Carson
Macedo
9 Top 10s – Sheldon
Haudenschild, Bill Balog
6 Top 10s – Tyler
Courtney
5 Top 10s – Brent Marks,
Rico Abreu
4 Top 10s – Anthony
Macri, Brock Zearfoss
3 Top 10s – Brad Sweet,
Brian Brown, Aaron
Reutzel
2 Top 10s – Ryan Timms,
Chase Randall, Cole
Macedo
1 Top 10 – Justin Peck,
Kasey Kahne, Sam
Hafertepe Jr., Zeb Wise,
Corey Day, Cory Eliason,
Landon Crawley, Jacob
Allen, Chris Windom,
Garet Williamson, James
McFadden, Joe B. Miller,
Kraig Kinser, Ayrton
Gennetten, Brady Bacon,
Emerson Axsom, Scotty
Milan
2024 WORLD OF
OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR
SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day,
Date / Track / Location
/ Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 /
Volusia Speedway Park /
Barberville, FL / Brad
Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 /
Volusia Speedway Park /
Barberville, FL / David
Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia
Speedway Park /
Barberville, FL / Tyler
Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia
Speedway Park /
Barberville, FL /
Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 /
Volusia Speedway Park /
Barberville, FL / Donny
Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 /
Cotton Bowl Speedway /
Paige, TX / Brent Marks
(1)
7. Sat, March 16 /
Cotton Bowl Speedway /
Paige, TX / Giovanni
Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 /
Kennedale Speedway Park
/ Kennedale, TX / Carson
Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81
Speedway / Wichita, KS /
Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36
Raceway / Osborn, MO /
David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 /
Arrowhead Speedway /
Colcord, OK / Sheldon
Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 /
Federated Auto Parts
Raceway at I-55 /
Pevely, MO / David
Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 /
Federated Auto Parts
Raceway at I-55 /
Pevely, MO / Donny
Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 /
Paducah International
Raceway / Paducah, KY /
Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 /
Tri-State Speedway /
Haubstadt, IN / Brady
Bacon (1)
For the full 2024
World of Outlaws NOS
Energy Drink Sprint Car
schedule, CLICK
HERE.
1 MONTH ALERT: Big
Payouts on Tap at Two-Day
Beaver Dam Special For World
of Outlaws
BEAVER DAM, WI (April 30,
2024) – When the World of
Outlaws NOS Energy Drink
Sprint Car Series returns to
Beaver Dam Raceway for the
two-day Jim "JB" Boyd
Memorial, May 31-June 1, two
big checks will be on the
line.
First, drivers will
contend for a $12,000 payday
on Friday. Then, $20,000
will be on the line for
Saturday's Feature.
The weekend will be the
Series' first of six races
in the "Badger State" this
year. And the first of six
chances for Wisconsin
resident Bill Balog to score
a home win.
Balog, who's one of the
Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the
Year contenders, has 22
victories at the 1/3-mile
track, including a win with
the World of Outlaws in 2016
– his first and only with
the Series.
Last year, Giovanni
Scelzi and Sheldon
Haudenschild each picked up
a Series win at Beaver Dam.
Haudenschild has won four of
the last five races there.
EVENT INFO
Date – Friday-Saturday, May
31-June 1
Location – Beaver Dam, WI
Track Record – 11.025 sec.
by Sheldon Haudenschild on
June 30, 2021
Times (CT) –
2PM Pit Gates open
4PM Grandstand Gates open
6:30PM Hot Laps & Qualifying
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available at
SLSPromotions.com.
How to Watch – Can't make
it? Watch every lap live on
DIRTVision.
Last Race Video Recap
(June 17, 2023) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXcyZAZ8eaA
Previous World of Outlaws
winners at Beaver Dam –
2023 - Gio Scelzi on June
16, Sheldon Haudenschild on
June 17
2022 - Sheldon Haudenschild
on June 17 & June 18
2021 - Sheldon Haudenschild
on June 19
2020 – Brad Sweet on June 5
& June 6
2019 – Brad Sweet on June 22
2018 – Daryn Pittman on June
23
2017 – Shane Stewart on June
24
2016 - Bill Balog on June 25
2015 – Donny Schatz on June
27
2014 – Brad Sweet on June 28
2013 – Craig Dollansky on
June 29
2012 – Kraig Kinser on July
7
2011 – Joey Saldana on July
9
2010 – Joey Saldana on July
10
2009 – Danny Lasoski on July
11
2008 – Steve Kinser on Aug.
2
2007 – Jason Solwold on Aug.
3, Daryn Pittman on Sept. 16
2006 – Jac Haudenschild on
June 14
2005 – Craig Dollansky on
July 6, Daryn Pittman on
Sept. 24
2004 – Tim Shaffer on Sept.
25, Steve Kinser on June 12
2003 – Joey Saldana on April
22, Daryn Pittman on Aug. 3
2002 – Donny Schatz on July
10
1998 – Jac Haudenschild on
June 17
1997 – Mark Kinser on May 4,
Dave Blaney on June 18
1996 – Dave Blaney on May 5
1 MONTH ALERT: World
of Outlaws Set to Honor Rick
Ferkel During Fremont Return
on Memorial Day
FREMONT, OH (April 29, 2024)
– Fremont Speedway will
welcome back the World of
Outlaws NOS Energy Drink
Sprint Car Series on
Memorial Day this year for a
special night.
With the passing of Rick
Ferkel, the "Ohio Traveler,"
in January, the track and
Series will honor the
original Outlaw throughout
the event, which is called
the Rick Ferkel Tribute.
RELATED:
Remembering Rick Ferkel
It'll be the World of
Outlaws' first time back at
the 1/3-mile Ohio track
since 2016. In total, the
Series has made eight trips
to Fremont and only seen two
repeat winners – Frankie
Kerr (1991, 1992) and Donny
Schatz (2013, 2014). Ohio's
Chad Kemenah won the last
World of Outlaws race there.
The $12,000-to-win race will
also be the final Ohio stop
on the World of Outlaws'
spring swing before the
Series ventures further
north. With that, local Ohio
competitors will be on a
mission to try and top the
stars of the Series on their
home turf. However, of the
Outlaws, Ohio's Sheldon
Haudenschild will be just as
hungry for a home state win.
EVENT INFO:
Date – Monday, May
27
Location – Fremont,
OH
Track Record –
11.732 sec. by Lee Jacobs on
May 3, 2003
Times (ET) –
2PM Gates Open
5PM Grandstand Gates Open
6:30PM Hot Laps & Qualifying
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available
at
WorldofOutlaws.com/tix.
How to Watch –
Can't be there? Watch every
lap live on
DIRTVision.
Last Race Video Recap
(June 3, 2016) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usRy3PZb6D0
Previous World of
Outlaws Fremont Winners –
2016 - Chad Kemenah (June 3)
2014 - Donny
Schatz (Oct. 18)
2013 - Donny
Schatz (Sept. 28)
2011 - Jason Meyers (Oct.
15)
1993 - Stevie Smith (May 22)
1992 - Frankie Kerr (Aug. 8)
1991 - Frankie Kerr (Aug.
10)
1990 - Doug Wolfgang (May
19)
Ryan
Timms in Hot Pursuit of
First National Midget
Championship While Balancing
Sprint Car Schedule
CONCORD, NC
(April 26, 2024) – Ryan
Timms has been a fixture of
the youthful wave of
open-wheel racers sweeping
the country over the last
several seasons. He’s got
wins in both Midgets and 410
Sprint Cars, but there’s one
thing he wants that he’s
never had.
The
17-year-old Oklahoma racer
has yet to win a national
Midget series championship.
2024 is only his second full
season chasing points for
team owners Keith Kunz and
Pete Willoughby of Keith
Kunz Motorsports (KKM), but
he’s hot on the trail of a
first national crown.
Timms has
already broken through to
Victory Lane with the Xtreme
Outlaw Midget Series
presented by Toyota once in
the first six races and
currently sits second in the
standings, only 27 points
behind leader Cannon
McIntosh.
For the past
two years, the national
Midget series schedule has
been laid out in such a
manner that allows drivers –
if they choose – to compete
with both Xtreme and the
USAC National Midget
Championship, and still make
room for some POWRi National
Midget League races as well.
Timms chased the USAC
schedule in 2023 and
finished fourth in the
standings and this year
adds-in the Xtreme Outlaw
schedule.
“If I could
win both [national
championships] this year, it
could open some
opportunities with Toyota or
maybe in the Sprint Car
stuff,” Timms said. “As of
right now, I’m just focusing
on getting the best results
I can with both Xtreme and
USAC and trying to win both
[championships].”
Prior to his
USAC title run last year,
Timms sprinkled Midget
starts into his Sprint
Car-heavy schedule in 2022,
driving for two Midget teams
at CB Industries and KKM.
While his main priority that
season remained with his
family-owned Sprint Car
team, Timms chased only
Feature wins with the
Midgets. Thus, a change in
mentality was inevitable
when he signed with KKM to
chase USAC Midget points the
following season.
“A lot of
the points deal – I kinda
learned this from last year
– you’ve got to finish
races, and you gotta be at
least in the top-10,” Timms
said. “If you just focus on
doing your absolute best and
getting the best results
possible, not worrying about
anything else, there’s not
anything else you can really
do. Whatever happens,
happens.”
Fast-forward
to 2024 and Timms is still
balancing his Sprint Car and
Midget schedule, though now
more focused on Midgets than
ever as he chases a national
championship. In two
complete seasons driving
both car types, he said he’s
finally found a level of
comfort that allows him to
not only race both divisions
but be competitive in both
as well.
“I’d say I’m
a lot better at it this year
than I was last year,” Timms
said. “Last year, it would
take me three or four
weekends to get comfortable
and used to whatever car I
just hopped back into. But
now, I feel like after a Hot
Lap session or a Heat Race,
I kinda already got the
basics down and it feels
natural to be back in
whichever car I’m in.
“It’s a
little tough when you’re
doing double duty running
both in the same night just
because you’re literally
going back-and-forth,
back-and-forth, and they
drive pretty different.
That’s a little tough, but I
really enjoy racing Midgets
and I really enjoy racing
Sprint Cars, and I want to
be the best at both of
them.”
Only six
races into the Xtreme Outlaw
Series season, and Timms has
shown his prowess at the
controls of the JBL Audio,
LynK/Toyota No. 67. He
scored his first Midget win
of the season two weeks ago
at Farmer City Raceway – a
track that featured both
tacky and slick conditions
throughout the course of the
two-day event. But Timms
said he’s able to handle
both.
“When the
track has more moisture in
it, we seem to struggle a
little bit more – not
struggle bad, just a little
more than when it’s slick,”
Timms said. “That’s just me
as a driver. Last year,
there was no telling where
I’d finish if the track was
hooked up. But this year, I
feel like I’ve still got a
shot at winning even when
it’s hooked up, it’s just a
little bit tougher for me.”
Next on
Timms’ Xtreme Outlaw Series
calendar are back-to-back
races in Kansas – Friday,
May 10 at Humboldt Speedway
and Saturday, May 11 at 81
Speedway. He’s raced at both
tracks before in his Sprint
Car, which he said gives him
a slight advantage over his
competition.
“That 410
Sprint Car has so much more
power and there’s so much
more [G-Forces] on your body
and it’s so much more
intense than the Midget ever
is,” Timms said. “When I go
to a track that I’ve to been
to in a Sprint Car, [the
Midget] feels so slow and
I’m used to going so fast at
that track, it slows
everything down a lot and
kinda makes things easier.”
Timms
continues his championship
chase with the Xtreme Outlaw
Series in the State of
Kansas in only two weeks’
time. Tickets for both
Humboldt and 81 will be on
sale at the gate on race
day. If you can’t be there
to watch in person, stream
every lap live on
DIRTVision.
BELIEVE THE
HYPE:
Kofoid’s
Rookie
Campaign
with Roth
Motorsports
Starting
Strong
The
22-year-old
has been one
of the
fastest
drivers on
track in
recent weeks
KNOXVILLE,
IA (April
25, 2024) -
The
expectations
were plenty
high for
Michael
“Buddy”
Kofoid
entering
2024. One of
Sprint Car
Racing’s
most
promising
young
talents
announced
he’d be
joining the
World of
Outlaws NOS
Energy Drink
Sprint Cars
with Roth
Motorsports
for a
full-time
rookie run.
And the
Californian
is living up
to the hype.
The start of the
season provided
some bumps in
the road, but
over the last
several weeks
Kofoid and his
Roth crew have
been one of the
fastest teams on
tour. The 10
most recent
races have
yielded
unflinching
consistency for
Kofoid and
company. A
10th-place
outing at Cotton
Bowl Speedway on
March 15 kicked
off a run of 10
consecutive
finishes inside
the top 10. And
they’ve only
gotten faster
throughout the
stretch. The
last six main
events have
resulted in five
podiums and a
3.5 average
finish. Kofoid
is also
currently on a
streak of
qualifying for
six straight
Toyota Racing
Dashes.
The early
season decision
to swap to a
different car
proved to be a
catalyst for
putting Kofoid
on the right
track.
“It started a
little rough,”
Kofoid admitted.
“We
unfortunately
had some engine
issues the first
couple nights of
DIRTcar
Nationals, which
put us behind in
a spot that we
didn’t want to
be in at a big
track like that.
“It’s been
really good. We
struggled a
little bit early
on in Texas, but
then Dylan (Buswell)
made the
decision to go
to our backup
car, which is
the car we
actually ended
last year with.
It’s kind of old
faithful if you
will. I think it
was the right
move, for sure.
It felt just
like we
remembered and
looked better
and felt better.
I think doing
that helped us a
lot.”
Another key
piece to the
team’s success
is Buswell –
Kofoid’s crew
chief. Kofoid is
always quick to
credit his lead
wrench when
interviewed.
Buswell has
worked with some
of the sport’s
top drivers, and
the pairing
quickly gelled
when connecting
at Roth last
summer. They
nearly won the
richest race in
World of Outlaws
history in their
first week of
racing together,
but mechanical
troubles pried
victory from
their grasp.
Even with that
disappointment,
Kofoid made it
clear he’d be a
force in the
#83.
“I knew Dylan
a little bit and
actually met him
at the beginning
of 2023 but
didn’t know him
a whole lot
personally
before I got to
Roth,” Kofoid
said. “And then
once we got
started, I
always say it’s
the story of
what could’ve
been at Huset’s.
He went to
California and
drove everything
out and got here
(Iowa) on Sunday
and then left
Monday or
Tuesday and went
straight to
Huset’s and had
a really good
week there right
off the bat. I
think Dylan is
extremely
talented, and I
trust him
110-percent.
He’s helped me
enjoy Sprint Car
Racing even
more, and he’s
helped me become
a better
driver.”
The upcoming
World of Outlaws
schedule will
present a shift
as Kofoid
continues his
rookie season.
The tour hasn’t
visited a half
mile since
Volusia Speedway
Park in early
March, but three
of the next five
facilities on
tap – Knoxville
Raceway (April
26-27), Eldora
Speedway (May
3-4), and
Williams Grove
Speedway (May
10-11) – are
half miles.
For Kofoid,
who grew up
racing Sprint
Cars on
California’s
countless
bullrings before
focusing on
Midgets for a
few years,
bigger tracks
continue to
provide a
challenge as he
gets acquainted
with the style.
But he’s found
that ever since
partnering with
Roth, he’s never
felt better at
the high speeds
of half miles
leading to
confidence
heading into the
upcoming
stretch.
“I feel good
in general right
now,” Kofoid
said. “And I
think it helps
to have that
positive mindset
anywhere, but on
the other hand I
know that half
miles are
something that I
need to get
better on, and
it’s something
that I haven’t
really been
exposed to all
that much. When
I took those
three years and
ran Midgets, it
made it less
possible for me.
“But last
year with Dylan
I feel like on
the half-mile
stuff was the
best I’ve ever
felt. We’ve went
to Knoxville a
few times and
almost won an
All-Star race
there. Or at
least had a shot
and ran second.
We were okay in
our (Knoxville
Nationals)
prelim night. We
just qualify
really well
there, and
that’s a huge
part. Then we
finished eighth
last year (in
the Knoxville
Nationals).”
With more
than 60 nights
remaining on the
schedule,
there’s still
plenty of racing
left to go in
2024. Any World
of Outlaws
season has its
ups and downs,
and Kofoid and
the Roth crew
will have to
fight through
some off nights
along the way.
But Kofoid has
made it clear he
belongs with The
Greatest Show on
Dirt. The bar
was set high
when this
California kid
was winning
races in his
early teenage
years. And now
that he’s
arrived on the
sport’s biggest
stage, he
continues to
raise the bar
even higher as
he lives out his
dream with the
World of
Outlaws.
“Once you
have a good run
and you kind of
figure out what
you need to do
the next time,
and you hope it
snowballs from
there,” Kofoid
said. “And it’s
kind of done
that. We’re
looking forward
to keeping it
going, and we’re
just having
fun.”
Kofoid’s
debut season
with the World
of Outlaws
continues this
weekend (April
26-27) with
Knoxville
Raceway’s
Premier Chevy
Dealers Clash.
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every lap live
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WHAT TO
WATCH FOR: World of
Outlaws Make
Springtime Knoxville
Stop
A tightening top
five in the
standings headline a
rare April visit to
The Sprint Car
Capital of the World
KNOXVILLE, IA
(April 23, 2024) -
There’s never a bad
time to visit
Knoxville Raceway.
And for the first
time in a dozen
years, the historic
half mile is ready
to welcome the World
of Outlaws NOS
Energy Drink Sprint
Cars in the month of
April.
“The Sprint Car
Capital of the
World” is the
destination for the
Premier Chevy
Dealers Clash (April
26-27). The trip
will be the first
two of eight
scheduled nights at
Knoxville for the
World of Outlaws in
2024. It’s only
April, but it’s
never too early to
start padding the
notebook for
August’s NOS Energy
Drink Knoxville
Nationals
presented by Casey’s
– offering up Sprint
Car immortality, a
$190,000 winner’s
check, and more than
a million dollars in
total purse money.
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A huge field of
stars from all over
the country is
expected to fill the
Knoxville pit area
this weekend with
plans to chase a
pair of $12,000
paydays and prepare
for “The Granddaddy
of ‘Em All.”
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Let’s look at
the weekend’s top
storylines:
TOP FIVE
IS TIGHT: The
2024 World of
Outlaws championship
battle appears
primed to stay tight
all the way to
Charlotte, NC when
#AllDirtRoads lead
to the World
Finals. The top
five tightened this
past weekend, and
only 68 points
separate the leading
five drivers.
David Gravel
continues to lead
the way despite a
crash at Paducah
cutting into his
advantage. He’s been
the most consistent
driver in 2024
behind the wheel of
the Big Game
Motorsports #2
having already
bagged eight podiums
and 12 top fives
through 15 races.
Donny Schatz sits
second – 34 markers
behind Gravel – amid
his pursuit of an
11th championship.
With only two
finishes outside the
top 10 so far this
season, it’s the
most consistent he
and the Tony
Stewart/Curb
Agajanian Racing
team have looked in
recent years.
Giovanni Scelzi
holds down the third
spot after leading
the points earlier
in the season. A DNF
at 81 Speedway to
conclude March put
an end to his
perfect stretch of
top 10s, but Scelzi
and KCP Racing have
since rebounded with
six straight
finishes of ninth or
better.
Logan Schuchart
and Shark Racing
have been quietly
consistent all
season, leading them
to the fourth spot
only 12 points
behind Scelzi. The
Hanover, PA driver
owns a 6.8 average
finish this year and
hasn’t finished
worse than 12th.
Carson Macedo
completes the
current top five,
four markers behind
Schuchart. The Jason
Johnson Racing #41
continues to shake
off a forgettable
start at the 2024
DIRTcar Nationals.
In the 11 races
since the season
opening event,
Macedo hasn’t missed
the top 10 and owns
a 4.45 average
finish.
SCHATZVILLE: It’s
impossible to head
to Knoxville without
viewing Donny
Schatz’s
mind-blowing résumé
on the Marion County
Fairgrounds that
he’ll look to add to
this weekend.
His Knoxville
Nationals success is
well documented with
11 triumphs in the
sport’s most
prestigious race,
one away from Steve
Kinser’s record of
12. He’s also been
on the podium a
whopping 20 times in
“The Granddaddy of
‘Em All.”
But the Knoxville
success isn’t
limited to the
Nationals for
Schatz. The 10-time
Series champion has
topped 11 World of
Outlaws Features at
the Iowa oval in
months not named
August. He’s the
second most recent
April winner with
the Series, topping
a spring visit back
in 2007. The Fargo,
ND native has also
won in May, June,
and October at
Knoxville.
ROOKIES
IN RHYTHM: Michael
“Buddy” Kofoid and
Bill Balog are
separated by 22
years of age, but
they’re united in
being rookies on the
World of Outlaws
tour. And lately
they’ve been united
in being two of the
fastest cars on
track.
Kofoid is one of,
if not the hottest
drivers among the
World of Outlaws
roster at the
moment. He’s reeled
off four consecutive
podiums and 10
consecutive top 10s
aboard the Roth
Motorsports #83. The
Penngrove, CA driver
has qualified for
the finale in both
of his Knoxville
Nationals attempts,
picking up Rookie of
the Year honors in
2022 before grabbing
a top 10 last year.
He nearly won at the
half mile last year,
finishing second
with the All-Star
Circuit of
Champions.
Balog has logged
four consecutive
finishes of sixth or
better including a
runner-up at
Paducah, his first
Series podium since
2019. The “North
Pole Nightmare” has
plenty of Knoxville
experience with
tastes of success
here and there. He’s
been in the top 10
in multiple
Knoxville Nationals
prelims.
The chase for the
Kevin Gobrecht
Rookie of the Year
currently sees
Kofoid holding a
102-point advantage
over Balog heading
into Knoxville.
APRIL
ABSENCE: This
weekend is set to
end a 12-year
drought of April
World of Outlaws
action in Knoxville.
But before this
recent absence the
half mile was a
common stop of the
tour in the spring.
The World of
Outlaws have
contested 43
Knoxville Features
in the month of
April. The first was
April 21, 1979 and
topped by Sammy
Swindell. The
Germantown, TN
legend also claimed
the most recent on
April 28, 2012.
Swindell has won the
most in April with
13 checkered flags.
The only driver that
will be in the pit
area this weekend
with an April World
of Outlaws win on
the black zook clay
is Donny Schatz.
This weekend will
reignite the
tradition of the
country’s greatest
Sprint Car drivers
visiting the Marion
County Fairgrounds
in the spring.
KNOXVILLE
KNOWLEDGE: Knoxville
has always offered
some of the toughest
local competition in
the country for the
World of Outlaws to
face and expect this
weekend to be no
different.
Brian Brown
headlines the crop
of Knoxville
regulars.
“Blackjack’s” 65
overall Knoxville
victories rank
second behind only
the legendary Danny
Lasoski. Among those
wins are a trio
with The Greatest
Show on
Dirt including one
last June.
Two-time and
defending Knoxville
track champion –
Austin McCarl – will
be in the hunt to
secure his first
World of Outlaws win
at his home track.
The Altoona, IA
native is a former
Knoxville Nationals
pole sitter (2022),
and last year he sat
on the pole of night
one of the Premier
Chevy Dealers Clash
before earning his
third career World
of Outlaws top five.
Plenty of more
local talents are
likely to join the
field this weekend
including
Knoxville’s own
Riley Goodno, Tasker
Phillips
(Pleasantville, IA),
McKenna Haase (Des
Moines, IA), Chris
Martin (Ankeny, IA),
Cole Mincer
(Burlington, IA),
and more.
THIS WEEKEND AT
A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday-Saturday,
April 26-27 at Knoxville
Raceway in Knoxville, IA
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CURRENT
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
(15/82 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big
Game Motorsports #2
(2110 PTS)
2. Donny Schatz – Tony
Stewart/Curb Agajanian
Racing #15 (-34 PTS)
3. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP
Racing #18 (-52 PTS)
4. Logan Schuchart –
Shark Racing #1S (-64
PTS)
5. Carson Macedo – Jason
Johnson Racing #41 (-68
PTS)
6. Michael Kofoid – Roth
Motorsports #83 (-108
PTS)
7. Sheldon Haudenschild
– Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall
Racing #17 (-154 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B
Squared Motorsports #17B
(-210 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss –
Brock Zearfoss Racing
#3Z (-314 PTS)
10. Landon Crawley –
Sides Motorsports #7S
(-388 PTS)
NOS ENERGY
DRINK FEATURE WINNERS
(10 Drivers):
3 Wins – David
Gravel, Sheldon
Haudenschild
2 Wins – Donny Schatz
1 Win – Brad Sweet,
Tyler Courtney, Brent
Marks, Giovanni Scelzi,
Carson Macedo, Rico
Abreu, Brady Bacon
FEATURE LAPS
LED (13 Drivers):
94 Laps – David
Gravel
77 Laps – Sheldon
Haudenschild
56 Laps – Giovanni
Scelzi
55 Laps – Carson Macedo
54 Laps – Rico Abreu
42 Laps – Donny Schatz
26 Laps – Brady Bacon
25 Laps – Brad Sweet
13 Laps – Anthony Macri,
Michael Kofoid
11 Laps – Bill Balog
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Tyler Courtney
SIMPSON
PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS
QUICKTIME AWARDS (8
Drivers):
4 Quick Times –
Carson Macedo
2 Quick Times – Brent
Marks, Michael Kofoid,
Giovanni Scelzi, David
Gravel
1 Quick Time – Landon
Crawley, Brian Brown,
Aaron Reutzel
HEAT RACE
WINNERS (20 Drivers):
8 Heat Wins – David
Gravel
6 Heat Wins – Giovanni
Scelzi, Sheldon
Haudenschild
5 Heat Wins – Carson
Macedo, Michael Kofoid
4 Heat Wins – Brent
Marks, Rico Abreu
2 Heat Wins – Brian
Brown, Tyler
Courtney, Landon Crawley
1 Heat Win – Corey Day,
Justin Peck, Bill Balog,
Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock
Zearfoss, Logan
Schuchart, Bill Rose,
Ryan Timms, Donny
Schatz, Danny Sams III
TOYOTA DASH
APPEARANCES (30
Drivers):
12 Dashes – David
Gravel
11 Dashes – Giovanni
Scelzi
10 Dashes – Carson
Macedo
9 Dashes – Sheldon
Haudenschild, Michael
Kofoid
7 Dashes – Rico Abreu,
Bill Balog
5 Dashes – Brent Marks,
Donny Schatz, Landon
Crawley, Logan Schuchart
4 Dashes – Tyler
Courtney, Brian Brown
2 Dashes – Brad Sweet,
Aaron Reutzel
1 Dash – Anthony Macri,
Justin Peck, Zeb Wise,
Corey Day, Sam Hafertepe
Jr., Brock Zearfoss,
Bill Rose, Ryan Timms,
Garet Williamson, James
McFadden, Logan
McCandless, Ayrton
Gennetten, Brady Bacon,
Emerson Axsom, Danny
Sams III
MICROLITE
LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN
WINS (12 Drivers):
1 LCS – Austin
McCarl, Bill Balog,
Corey Day, Kasey Kahne,
Koty Adams, Jace Park,
Anthony Macri, Landon
Crawley, Logan
McCandless, Garet
Williamson, Brock
Zearfoss, Kevin Newton
KSE HARD
CHARGER AWARDS (12
Drivers):
2 Hard Chargers –
Carson Macedo, Logan
Schuchart, Donny Schatz
1 Hard Charger – Aaron
Reutzel, Jace Park, Sam
Hafertepe Jr., Brock
Zearfoss, Chase Randall,
Chris Windom, Noah Gass,
Austin McCarl, Giovanni
Scelzi
PODIUM
FINISHES (15 Drivers):
8 Podiums – David
Gravel
5 Podiums – Donny
Schatz, Carson Macedo,
Michael Kofoid
4 Podiums – Sheldon
Haudenschild
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet,
Rico Abreu, Giovanni
Scelzi
2 Podiums – Tyler
Courtney, Brent Marks
1 Podium – Justin Peck,
Anthony Macri, Aaron
Reutzel, Bill Balog,
Brady Bacon
TOP 10
FINISHES (36 Drivers):
14 Top 10s – Giovanni
Scelzi
13 Top 10s – Donny
Schatz, David Gravel,
Logan Schuchart
12 Top 10s – Michael
Kofoid
11 Top 10s – Carson
Macedo
9 Top 10s – Sheldon
Haudenschild, Bill Balog
6 Top 10s – Tyler
Courtney
5 Top 10s – Brent Marks,
Rico Abreu
4 Top 10s – Anthony
Macri, Brock Zearfoss
3 Top 10s – Brad Sweet,
Brian Brown, Aaron
Reutzel
2 Top 10s – Ryan Timms,
Chase Randall, Cole
Macedo
1 Top 10 – Justin Peck,
Kasey Kahne, Sam
Hafertepe Jr., Zeb Wise,
Corey Day, Cory Eliason,
Landon Crawley, Jacob
Allen, Chris Windom,
Garet Williamson, James
McFadden, Joe B. Miller,
Kraig Kinser, Ayrton
Gennetten, Brady Bacon,
Emerson Axsom, Scotty
Milan
2024 WORLD OF
OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR
SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day,
Date / Track / Location
/ Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 /
Volusia Speedway Park /
Barberville, FL / Brad
Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 /
Volusia Speedway Park /
Barberville, FL / David
Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia
Speedway Park /
Barberville, FL / Tyler
Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia
Speedway Park /
Barberville, FL /
Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 /
Volusia Speedway Park /
Barberville, FL / Donny
Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 /
Cotton Bowl Speedway /
Paige, TX / Brent Marks
(1)
7. Sat, March 16 /
Cotton Bowl Speedway /
Paige, TX / Giovanni
Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 /
Kennedale Speedway Park
/ Kennedale, TX / Carson
Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81
Speedway / Wichita, KS /
Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36
Raceway / Osborn, MO /
David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 /
Arrowhead Speedway /
Colcord, OK / Sheldon
Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 /
Federated Auto Parts
Raceway at I-55 /
Pevely, MO / David
Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 /
Federated Auto Parts
Raceway at I-55 /
Pevely, MO / Donny
Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 /
Paducah International
Raceway / Paducah, KY /
Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 /
Tri-State Speedway /
Haubstadt, IN / Brady
Bacon (1)
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Energy Drink Sprint Car
schedule, CLICK
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1 MONTH
ALERT: World of Outlaws,
Xtreme Outlaw Tours Joining
For Ohio Doubleheader at
Atomic
CHILLICOTHE,
OH (April 24, 2024) – Ohio
race fans will be treated to
a doubleheader weekend at
Atomic Speedway with the
World of Outlaws NOS Energy
Drink Sprint Car Series and
Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series
presented by Toyota in May.
For the
first time, the two national
series will run together at
the 3/8-mile Chillicothe, OH
track on Friday-Saturday,
May 24-25.
It'll mark
the end of the World of
Outlaws' spring Ohio swing
and the Xtreme Outlaw Midget
Series' first stop in Ohio
this season.
The iconic
Ohio track has produced some
of the most exciting races
in World of Outlaws history
and has seen four different
winners in the last four
Series races there –
including Ohio's Sheldon
Haudenschild in 2022.
Last year,
Jade Avedisian scored the
win with the Xtreme Outlaw
Midgets at Atomic – one of
five victories she picked up
en route to her becoming the
first women to win a
national dirt racing title.
EVENT INFO
Date – Friday-Saturday, May
24-25
Location – Chillicothe, OH
Track Record (Sprint Cars) –
10.915 sec. set by Brock
Mayes in 2005
Track Record (Midgets) –
14.036 sec. set by Daniel
Whitley on July 29, 2023
Times (ET) –
2PM Gates Open
4PM Grandstand Gates Open
6:30PM Hot Laps & Qualifying
-Racing to follow
Tickets –
Available at
WorldofOutlaws.com/tix.
How to Watch – Can't make it
to the track? Watch every
lap live on DIRTVision.
Last Race
Video Recap (Sprint Cars on
May 27, 2023) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueA_v-2_8K4
Last Race
Video Recap (Xtreme Outlaw
Midgets on July 29, 2023) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBP-7WuWis4
Previous
World of Outlaws winners at
Atomic –
2023 - Brad Sweet on May 26,
Carson Macedo on May 27
2022 - Sheldon Haudenschild
on May 28
2009 - Donny Schatz on
August 1
2008 - Donny Schatz on July
26
2007 - Terry McCarl on July
28
2006 - Donny Schatz on
August 5
2005 - Donny Schatz on
September 27
2004 - Jason Meyers on May
11
2003 - Daryn Pittman on July
31
Previous
Xtreme Outlaw winners at
Atomic –
2023 – Jade Avedisian on
July 29
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: World
of Outlaws Make Springtime
Knoxville Stop
A tightening top five in
the standings headline a
rare April visit to The
Sprint Car Capital of the
World
KNOXVILLE, IA (April 23,
2024) - There’s never a bad
time to visit Knoxville
Raceway. And for the first
time in a dozen years, the
historic half mile is ready
to welcome the World of
Outlaws NOS Energy Drink
Sprint Cars in the month of
April.
“The Sprint Car Capital
of the World” is the
destination for the Premier
Chevy Dealers Clash (April
26-27). The trip will be the
first two of eight scheduled
nights at Knoxville for the
World of Outlaws in 2024.
It’s only April, but it’s
never too early to start
padding the notebook for
August’s NOS Energy Drink
Knoxville Nationals
presented by Casey’s –
offering up Sprint Car
immortality, a $190,000
winner’s check, and more
than a million dollars in
total purse money.
RELATED: Vote for the
Knoxville Nationals as USA
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Race
A huge field of stars
from all over the country is
expected to fill the
Knoxville pit area this
weekend with plans to chase
a pair of $12,000 paydays
and prepare for “The
Granddaddy of ‘Em All.”
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Let’s look at the
weekend’s top storylines:
TOP FIVE IS TIGHT: The
2024 World of Outlaws
championship battle appears
primed to stay tight all the
way to Charlotte, NC when
#AllDirtRoads lead to the
World Finals. The top five
tightened this past weekend,
and only 68 points separate
the leading five drivers.
David Gravel continues to
lead the way despite a crash
at Paducah cutting into his
advantage. He’s been the
most consistent driver in
2024 behind the wheel of the
Big Game Motorsports #2
having already bagged eight
podiums and 12 top fives
through 15 races.
Donny Schatz sits second
– 34 markers behind Gravel –
amid his pursuit of an 11th
championship. With only two
finishes outside the top 10
so far this season, it’s the
most consistent he and the
Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian
Racing team have looked in
recent years.
Giovanni Scelzi holds
down the third spot after
leading the points earlier
in the season. A DNF at 81
Speedway to conclude March
put an end to his perfect
stretch of top 10s, but
Scelzi and KCP Racing have
since rebounded with six
straight finishes of ninth
or better.
Logan Schuchart and Shark
Racing have been quietly
consistent all season,
leading them to the fourth
spot only 12 points behind
Scelzi. The Hanover, PA
driver owns a 6.8 average
finish this year and hasn’t
finished worse than 12th.
Carson Macedo completes
the current top five, four
markers behind Schuchart.
The Jason Johnson Racing #41
continues to shake off a
forgettable start at the
2024 DIRTcar Nationals. In
the 11 races since the
season opening event, Macedo
hasn’t missed the top 10 and
owns a 4.45 average finish.
SCHATZVILLE: It’s
impossible to head to
Knoxville without viewing
Donny Schatz’s mind-blowing
résumé on the Marion County
Fairgrounds that he’ll look
to add to this weekend.
His Knoxville Nationals
success is well documented
with 11 triumphs in the
sport’s most prestigious
race, one away from Steve
Kinser’s record of 12. He’s
also been on the podium a
whopping 20 times in “The
Granddaddy of ‘Em All.”
But the Knoxville success
isn’t limited to the
Nationals for Schatz. The
10-time Series champion has
topped 11 World of Outlaws
Features at the Iowa oval in
months not named August.
He’s the second most recent
April winner with the
Series, topping a spring
visit back in 2007. The
Fargo, ND native has also
won in May, June, and
October at Knoxville.
ROOKIES IN RHYTHM:
Michael “Buddy” Kofoid and
Bill Balog are separated by
22 years of age, but they’re
united in being rookies on
the World of Outlaws tour.
And lately they’ve been
united in being two of the
fastest cars on track.
Kofoid is one of, if not
the hottest drivers among
the World of Outlaws roster
at the moment. He’s reeled
off four consecutive podiums
and 10 consecutive top 10s
aboard the Roth Motorsports
#83. The Penngrove, CA
driver has qualified for the
finale in both of his
Knoxville Nationals
attempts, picking up Rookie
of the Year honors in 2022
before grabbing a top 10
last year. He nearly won at
the half mile last year,
finishing second with the
All-Star Circuit of
Champions.
Balog has logged four
consecutive finishes of
sixth or better including a
runner-up at Paducah, his
first Series podium since
2019. The “North Pole
Nightmare” has plenty of
Knoxville experience with
tastes of success here and
there. He’s been in the top
10 in multiple Knoxville
Nationals prelims.
The chase for the Kevin
Gobrecht Rookie of the Year
currently sees Kofoid
holding a 102-point
advantage over Balog heading
into Knoxville.
APRIL ABSENCE: This
weekend is set to end a
12-year drought of April
World of Outlaws action in
Knoxville. But before this
recent absence the half mile
was a common stop of the
tour in the spring.
The World of Outlaws have
contested 43 Knoxville
Features in the month of
April. The first was April
21, 1979 and topped by Sammy
Swindell. The Germantown, TN
legend also claimed the most
recent on April 28, 2012.
Swindell has won the most in
April with 13 checkered
flags. The only driver that
will be in the pit area this
weekend with an April World
of Outlaws win on the black
zook clay is Donny Schatz.
This weekend will
reignite the tradition of
the country’s greatest
Sprint Car drivers visiting
the Marion County
Fairgrounds in the spring.
KNOXVILLE KNOWLEDGE:
Knoxville has always offered
some of the toughest local
competition in the country
for the World of Outlaws to
face and expect this weekend
to be no different.
Brian Brown headlines the
crop of Knoxville regulars.
“Blackjack’s” 65 overall
Knoxville victories rank
second behind only the
legendary Danny Lasoski.
Among those wins are a trio
with The Greatest Show on
Dirt including one last
June.
Two-time and defending
Knoxville track champion –
Austin McCarl – will be in
the hunt to secure his first
World of Outlaws win at his
home track. The Altoona, IA
native is a former Knoxville
Nationals pole sitter
(2022), and last year he sat
on the pole of night one of
the Premier Chevy Dealers
Clash before earning his
third career World of
Outlaws top five.
Plenty of more local
talents are likely to join
the field this weekend
including Knoxville’s own
Riley Goodno, Tasker
Phillips (Pleasantville,
IA), McKenna Haase (Des
Moines, IA), Chris Martin
(Ankeny, IA), Cole Mincer
(Burlington, IA), and more.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday-Saturday, April
26-27 at Knoxville Raceway
in Knoxville, IA
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP
STANDINGS (15/82 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big
Game Motorsports #2 (2110
PTS)
2. Donny Schatz – Tony
Stewart/Curb Agajanian
Racing #15 (-34 PTS)
3. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP
Racing #18 (-52 PTS)
4. Logan Schuchart – Shark
Racing #1S (-64 PTS)
5. Carson Macedo – Jason
Johnson Racing #41 (-68 PTS)
6. Michael Kofoid – Roth
Motorsports #83 (-108 PTS)
7. Sheldon Haudenschild –
Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall
Racing #17 (-154 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared
Motorsports #17B (-210 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock
Zearfoss Racing #3Z (-314
PTS)
10. Landon Crawley – Sides
Motorsports #7S (-388 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE
WINNERS (10 Drivers):
3 Wins – David Gravel,
Sheldon Haudenschild
2 Wins – Donny Schatz
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Tyler
Courtney, Brent Marks,
Giovanni Scelzi, Carson
Macedo, Rico Abreu, Brady
Bacon
FEATURE LAPS LED (13
Drivers):
94 Laps – David Gravel
77 Laps – Sheldon
Haudenschild
56 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
55 Laps – Carson Macedo
54 Laps – Rico Abreu
42 Laps – Donny Schatz
26 Laps – Brady Bacon
25 Laps – Brad Sweet
13 Laps – Anthony Macri,
Michael Kofoid
11 Laps – Bill Balog
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Tyler Courtney
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE
PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (8
Drivers):
4 Quick Times – Carson
Macedo
2 Quick Times – Brent Marks,
Michael Kofoid, Giovanni
Scelzi, David Gravel
1 Quick Time – Landon
Crawley, Brian Brown, Aaron
Reutzel
HEAT RACE WINNERS (20
Drivers):
8 Heat Wins – David
Gravel
6 Heat Wins – Giovanni
Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild
5 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo,
Michael Kofoid
4 Heat Wins – Brent Marks,
Rico Abreu
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown,
Tyler Courtney, Landon
Crawley
1 Heat Win – Corey Day,
Justin Peck, Bill Balog, Sam
Hafertepe Jr., Brock
Zearfoss, Logan Schuchart,
Bill Rose, Ryan Timms, Donny
Schatz, Danny Sams III
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES
(30 Drivers):
12 Dashes – David Gravel
11 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi
10 Dashes – Carson Macedo
9 Dashes – Sheldon
Haudenschild, Michael Kofoid
7 Dashes – Rico Abreu, Bill
Balog
5 Dashes – Brent Marks,
Donny Schatz, Landon
Crawley, Logan Schuchart
4 Dashes – Tyler Courtney,
Brian Brown
2 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Aaron
Reutzel
1 Dash – Anthony Macri,
Justin Peck, Zeb Wise, Corey
Day, Sam Hafertepe Jr.,
Brock Zearfoss, Bill Rose,
Ryan Timms, Garet
Williamson, James McFadden,
Logan McCandless, Ayrton
Gennetten, Brady Bacon,
Emerson Axsom, Danny Sams
III
MICROLITE LAST CHANCE
SHOWDOWN WINS (12 Drivers):
1 LCS – Austin McCarl,
Bill Balog, Corey Day, Kasey
Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace
Park, Anthony Macri, Landon
Crawley, Logan McCandless,
Garet Williamson, Brock
Zearfoss, Kevin Newton
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS
(12 Drivers):
2 Hard Chargers – Carson
Macedo, Logan Schuchart,
Donny Schatz
1 Hard Charger – Aaron
Reutzel, Jace Park, Sam
Hafertepe Jr., Brock
Zearfoss, Chase Randall,
Chris Windom, Noah Gass,
Austin McCarl, Giovanni
Scelzi
PODIUM FINISHES (15
Drivers):
8 Podiums – David Gravel
5 Podiums – Donny Schatz,
Carson Macedo, Michael
Kofoid
4 Podiums – Sheldon
Haudenschild
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet, Rico
Abreu, Giovanni Scelzi
2 Podiums – Tyler Courtney,
Brent Marks
1 Podium – Justin Peck,
Anthony Macri, Aaron
Reutzel, Bill Balog, Brady
Bacon
TOP 10 FINISHES (36
Drivers):
14 Top 10s – Giovanni
Scelzi
13 Top 10s – Donny Schatz,
David Gravel, Logan
Schuchart
12 Top 10s – Michael Kofoid
11 Top 10s – Carson Macedo
9 Top 10s – Sheldon
Haudenschild, Bill Balog
6 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney
5 Top 10s – Brent Marks,
Rico Abreu
4 Top 10s – Anthony Macri,
Brock Zearfoss
3 Top 10s – Brad Sweet,
Brian Brown, Aaron Reutzel
2 Top 10s – Ryan Timms,
Chase Randall, Cole Macedo
1 Top 10 – Justin Peck,
Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe
Jr., Zeb Wise, Corey Day,
Cory Eliason, Landon
Crawley, Jacob Allen, Chris
Windom, Garet Williamson,
James McFadden, Joe B.
Miller, Kraig Kinser, Ayrton
Gennetten, Brady Bacon,
Emerson Axsom, Scotty Milan
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS
SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE &
WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track /
Location / Winner (Total
Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia
Speedway Park / Barberville,
FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia
Speedway Park / Barberville,
FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia
Speedway Park / Barberville,
FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia
Speedway Park / Barberville,
FL / Sheldon Haudenschild
(1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia
Speedway Park / Barberville,
FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton
Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX /
Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton
Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX /
Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale
Speedway Park / Kennedale,
TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81
Speedway / Wichita, KS /
Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36
Raceway / Osborn, MO / David
Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead
Speedway / Colcord, OK /
Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 /
Federated Auto Parts Raceway
at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David
Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 /
Federated Auto Parts Raceway
at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny
Schatz (2)
14. Fri, April 19 / Paducah
International Raceway /
Paducah, KY / Sheldon
Haudenschild (3)
15. Sat, April 20 /
Tri-State Speedway /
Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon
(1)
For the full 2024 World
of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink
Sprint Car schedule, CLICK
HERE.
1 MONTH ALERT: Xtreme
Outlaw Midget National Tour
Returns to Salisbury's
Millbridge Speedway
SALISBURY, NC (April 22,
2024) – The Xtreme Outlaw
Midget Series presented by
Toyota is returning home in
May to kick off a week of
motorsports activities in
North Carolina.
Millbridge Speedway –
which hosted the Series'
inaugural race in 2022 –
will again be the site of
the DIAEDGE Double Down
Showdown, Tuesday-Wednesday,
May 21-22.
The biggest stars in dirt
Midget racing will be in
attendance, inlcuding 2023
Xtreme Outlaw champion Jade
Avedisian – the first women
to win a national
championship in dirt racing
– Oklahoma's Cannon
McIntosh, who swept the two
Millbridge races last year,
2022 Xtreme Outlaw champion
Zach Daum, and local
standouts Trevor Cline and
Ethan Mitchell – both from
Mooresville, NC.
With the race leading up
to NASCAR's Coke 600 weekend
at Charlotte Motor Speedway,
the two-day event also tends
to bring out some of the
biggest names in racing to
compete, such as NASCAR Cup
Series drivers Chase Briscoe
and Carson Hocevar.
EVENT INFO
Date – Tuesday-Wednesday,
May 21-22
Location – Salisbury, NC
Times (ET) –
2PM Pit Gates Open
5PM Grandstand Gates Open
6:30PM Hot Laps & Qualifying
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available at
track
How to Watch – If you can't
make it to the track, you
can watch every lap live on
DIRTVision.
Last Race Video Recap
(May 23, 2023) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-r5WFm2Q4o
Previous Xtreme Outlaw
Winners at Millbridge –
2023 – Cannon McIntosh on
May 23 & May 24
2022 – Gavan Boschele on May
24, Taylor Reimer on May 25
HAUBSTADT HEATER: Brady
Bacon Outduels Gravel for
Second Straight Tri-State
Victory
The
Macho Man swaps the top spot
multiple times with David
Gravel before driving away
to win
HAUBSTADT, IN (April 20,
2024) - Brady Bacon has
Tri-State Speedway figured
out.
Last year “The Macho Man”
finally broke through at the
Haubstadt, IN bullring. After
countless near misses and cases
of heartbreak with the World of
Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint
Cars at Tri-State, he made the
elusive trip to Victory Lane for
his first Series win in 2023.
And he came back for an encore
in 2024. The Broken Arrow, OK
native started third in Saturday
night’s Feature, had a fierce
battle with David Gravel for the
top spot, and then drove
expertly through lapped traffic
to go back-to-back at the
“Hoosier State” facility.
The Haubstadt crowd that’s
grown to love Bacon throughout
his endless wingless success in
the state of Indiana welcomed
him to Victory Lane with a
massive roar.
“I had a really good car on
the bottom,” Bacon said. “It was
going to be hard to pass him
(Gravel) just in open track, but
I could move around a little bit
more than him, I think. And then
once we got out front with those
yellows, I just couldn’t make
mistakes on those restarts. He
got close to me on one of them.
I thought we had a really good
car in open air, so I was liking
those yellows at the end, but we
could still maneuver in
traffic.”
Last year Bacon’s win made
him the 150th driver to win a
World of Outlaws race.
Saturday’s victory made him the
101st with at least two. He
became only the fifth driver to
top consecutive World of Outlaws
race at Tri-State Speedway,
joining Doug Wolfgang, Andy
Hillenburg, Paul McMahan, and
Carson Macedo.
The 40-lap main event was led
to green by David Gravel and
Logan Schuchart. Gravel darted
ahead to secure the early lead
while the third-starting Bacon
slipped under Schuchart for
second.
The game of cat and mouse
began as Bacon locked his sights
on the Big Game Motorsports #2.
The battle intensified when
traffic became a factor. Bacon
quickly closed in aboard the TKH
Motorsports #21H.
On Lap 9 Bacon rolled under
Gravel to grab the lead and
ignite a war for the top spot.
The next lap Gravel launched a
slide job to snag the spot back.
Bacon promptly returned the
favor by sliding Gravel in Turn
1. Down the back straightaway
Gravel crossed over and drove
back ahead entering Turn 3 and
pulled ahead to calm the battle
for a little while.
It didn’t take long to heat
back up as Bacon reeled him back
in as they worked through more
traffic. Bacon looked low in
Turns 1 and 2 on Lap 16 to pull
alongside Gravel but couldn’t
quite clear him. In the next set
of corners, “The Macho Man”
mustered the strength he needed
to power ahead on the bottom and
lead the 16th circuit. And this
time he had no intentions of
letting Gravel back by.
Over the second half of the
race, Bacon delivered a
masterclass in working through
traffic. He moved wherever he
needed to on the quarter mile.
He sliced through cars on the
top and the bottom of Tri-State
Speedway. By the time the
checkered flag flew, Bacon had
lapped up to 11th as he secured
his second straight Haubstadt
victory with The Greatest Show
on Dirt.
Bacon had so much fun on
Saturday night, it had him
itching to strap the wing on
more often.
“A lot of people come
together to make this happen,”
Bacon said. “If we could a
little more help, we could
probably do this wing stuff a
little more often, so anyone can
give us a call.”
After leading early, Gravel
held on for the runner-up spot.
The result served as an
encouraging bounce back after a
crash on Friday at Paducah. He
and the Big Game Motorsports
crew are already up to a
Series-leading eight podiums in
2024. Saturday also allowed him
to extend his lead atop the
standings to 34 markers ahead of
Donny Schatz.
“I thought we were maybe
equally as good early, but once
the fuel load came off he
(Bacon) was superior,” Gravel
said. “I thought I got through
lapped traffic really, really
good, and I saw him underneath
me, and I did an aggressive move
in lapped traffic, and that’s
how he got the lead from me.
Man, he just diced through
lapped traffic there in the last
10 laps. Obviously, he was the
best car last year and the best
car this year.”
Rounding out the top three
for the third straight race was
Michael “Buddy” Kofoid in the
Roth Motorsports #83. The
Californian us up to four
consecutive podiums as he and
his team continue to build
momentum amid Kofoid’s rookie
year.
“It’s funny at a track like
this, running winged Sprint Cars
you’re always trying to drive
straight and everything, and
here you throw all that out the
window and get her backed in,”
Kofoid said. “We just tried to
get that feeling more
comfortable and getting stuck
like that here is huge. We made
great improvements from the Dash
to the Feature. I feel like I
could move around a lot more and
turn down and not get too free
and make speed off the bottom,
which is something I’ve
struggled with here even in
Midgets.”
Carson Macedo and Logan
Schuchart completed the top
five.
A 17th to 11th run gave Donny
Schatz the KSE Racing Hard
Charger.
David Gravel picked up his
second Simpson Quick Time of the
year and the 112th of his
career.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One,
Three, and Four went to David
Gravel (249th Heat Race win of
career), Danny Sams III (first
of career), Sheldon Haudenschild
(105th of career). Milton
Hershey School Heat Two belonged
to Carson Macedo (118th of
career).
David Gravel won the Toyota
Racing Dash.
Brock Zearfoss won the Micro-Lite
Last Chance Showdown.
UP NEXT: The
World of Outlaws NOS Energy
Drink Sprint Cars make a
springtime stop at Knoxville
Raceway for two nights (April
26-27) next weekend. For
tickets, CLICK
HERE.
If you can’t make it to the
track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
Haubstadt IN 4/20/24
NOS Energy
Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1.
21H-Brady Bacon[3]; 2. 2-David
Gravel[1]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid[4];
4. 41-Carson Macedo[5]; 5. 1S-Logan
Schuchart[2]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog[9];
7. 16T-Cole Macedo[12]; 8.
17-Sheldon Haudenschild[7]; 9.
18-Giovanni Scelzi[13]; 10.
27-Emerson Axsom[6]; 11. 15-Donny
Schatz[17]; 12. 3-Ayrton
Gennetten[14]; 13. 70-Kraig
Kinser[11]; 14. 99-Skylar Gee[18];
15. 12S-Adyn Schmidt[15]; 16.
24D-Danny Sams III[8]; 17. 122-Joe B
Miller[16]; 18. 12-Robert
Ballou[23]; 19. 97-Scotty Milan[10];
20. 7S-Landon Crawley[24]; 21.
16TH-Kevin Newton[19]; 22. 3Z-Brock
Zearfoss[21]; 23. 23B-Brian
Bell[20]; 24. 15K-Creed Kemenah[22]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown
(12 Laps): 1. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[3];
2. 15K-Creed Kemenah[2]; 3.
12-Robert Ballou[6]; 4. 7S-Landon
Crawley[10]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson[1];
6. 17GP-Jadon Rogers[12]; 7. 6-Bill
Rose[5]; 8. 29X-Brayton Lynch[11];
9. 34-Sterling Cling[7]; 10. 42-Andy
Bishop[8]; 11. 29-Logan
McCandless[4]; 12. 5K-Kevin Thomas
Jr[9]
Toyota Dash (8 Laps): 1. 2-David
Gravel[2]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[1];
3. 21H-Brady Bacon[6]; 4. 83-Michael
Kofoid[4]; 5. 41-Carson Macedo[8];
6. 27-Emerson Axsom[3]; 7.
17-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]; 8.
24D-Danny Sams III[7]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 2-David
Gravel[1]; 2. 21H-Brady Bacon[4]; 3.
17B-Bill Balog[2]; 4. 18-Giovanni
Scelzi[5]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz[8]; 6.
3Z-Brock Zearfoss[6]; 7. W20-Greg
Wilson[3]; 8. 7S-Landon Crawley[7]
Milton Hershey School Heat 2 (10
Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2.
27-Emerson Axsom[2]; 3. 97-Scotty
Milan[3]; 4. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[6];
5. 99-Skylar Gee[7]; 6. 29-Logan
McCandless[8]; 7. 34-Sterling
Cling[5]; 8. 15K-Creed Kemenah[4]
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 24D-Danny
Sams III[2]; 2. 83-Michael
Kofoid[1]; 3. 70-Kraig Kinser[3]; 4.
12S-Adyn Schmidt[5]; 5. 16TH-Kevin
Newton[6]; 6. 6-Bill Rose[7]; 7.
42-Andy Bishop[8]; 8. 29X-Brayton
Lynch[4]
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon
Haudenschild[2]; 2. 1S-Logan
Schuchart[1]; 3. 16T-Cole Macedo[4];
4. 122-Joe B Miller[3]; 5. 23B-Brian
Bell[6]; 6. 12-Robert Ballou[7]; 7.
5K-Kevin Thomas Jr[5]; 8. 17GP-Jadon
Rogers[8]
Sea Foam Qualifying (2 Laps): 1.
2-David Gravel, 00:12.761[31]; 2.
41-Carson Macedo, 00:12.766[17]; 3.
83-Michael Kofoid, 00:12.837[23]; 4.
1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:12.841[10];
5. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.872[4]; 6.
27-Emerson Axsom, 00:12.937[26]; 7.
24D-Danny Sams III, 00:12.950[8]; 8.
17-Sheldon Haudenschild,
00:12.986[6]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson,
00:12.993[1]; 10. 97-Scotty Milan,
00:13.044[5]; 11. 70-Kraig Kinser,
00:13.076[28]; 12. 122-Joe B Miller,
00:13.092[2]; 13. 21H-Brady Bacon,
00:13.093[32]; 14. 15K-Creed
Kemenah, 00:13.100[22]; 15.
29X-Brayton Lynch, 00:13.111[16];
16. 16T-Cole Macedo, 00:13.134[7];
17. 18-Giovanni Scelzi,
00:13.168[30]; 18. 34-Sterling
Cling, 00:13.247[18]; 19. 12S-Adyn
Schmidt, 00:13.271[15]; 20. 5K-Kevin
Thomas Jr, 00:13.278[29]; 21.
3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:13.279[20];
22. 3-Ayrton Gennetten,
00:13.279[12]; 23. 16TH-Kevin
Newton, 00:13.307[13]; 24. 23B-Brian
Bell, 00:13.314[3]; 25. 7S-Landon
Crawley, 00:13.316[24]; 26.
99-Skylar Gee, 00:13.464[14]; 27.
6-Bill Rose, 00:13.539[19]; 28.
12-Robert Ballou, 00:13.715[25]; 29.
15-Donny Schatz, 00:13.792[11]; 30.
29-Logan McCandless, 00:13.919[21];
31. 42-Andy Bishop, 00:13.930[9];
32. 17GP-Jadon Rogers, 00:14.000[27]
LIKE FATHER LIKE SON: Sheldon
Haudenschild Rides the Haud Line to
Paducah Victory
Haudenschild rips by Bill
Balog early and drives to third
World of Outlaws win of 2024 (Trent
Gower Photo)
PADUCAH, KY (April 19, 2024) -
The apple doesn’t fall far from the
tree in the Haudenschild family.
Almost 14 years to the date that
Jac Haudenschild drove to the win at
Kentucky’s Paducah International
Raceway, his son – Sheldon
Haudenschild – put together a very
similar race to make his own trip to
Victory Lane.
Back in 2010, Jac slipped by
Jason Sides exiting Turn 4 on the
opening lap and led the entire
distance for the win. On Friday
night, Sheldon blasted by Bill Balog
in Turn 4 on Lap 2 and controlled
the remainder of the race to triumph
with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy
Drink Sprint Cars. In Haudenschild
fashion, neither shied from
Paducah’s intimidating topside on
their path to victory.
The Paducah crowd that hadn’t
seen The Greatest Show on Dirt come
to town since 2012 erupted as
Haudenschild climbed atop the
Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing #17 in
Victory Lane.
“Hats off to (Kyle) Ripper, Steve
(Kinzer Dussel), and Luke (Vaughn),”
Haudenschild said. “They’ve been
putting the work in, and it pays
off. Happy to get this whole NOS
Energy Drink team back in Victory
Lane. We’ve got all the guys from
J&J (Auto Racing) here. I’m so happy
to be back in their cars and on a
good program.”
Haudenschild is up to 37 career
World of Outlaws wins, giving him
sole possession of 20th on the
all-time win list. It was the
Wooster, OH native’s first win in
the state of Kentucky, making the
“Bluegrass State” the 17th different
he’s won inside the borders of.
Paducah is the 24th different
racetrack where he’s topped a World
of Outlaws race. After winning three
races all of last year, Haudenschild
has already reached three victories
through only 14 races in 2024.
Bill Balog and Haudenschild
brought the 30-lapper to green. The
“North Pole Nightmare” jumped out to
the early advantage, but
Haudenschild didn’t let him get far.
The 30-year-old fired a slide job in
Turn 1 on the second lap that
cleared the Anderson’s Maple #17B.
Balog battled back down the back
straightaway with a crossover to
regain the spot. Balog slid toward
the top in Turns 3 and 4, but
Haudenschild roared around him on
the top exiting the corner to secure
the lead.
Throughout the opening laps
Haudenschild opened up the advantage
as he ripped the cushion. While
Haudenschild set sail up front,
battles broke out behind him all
over the 3/8-mile. Shortly before
Haudenschild put 10 laps in the
books he began to encounter traffic.
The slower cars along Balog to close
back in, trimming the lead from
nearly two seconds to under a second
in only a couple laps.
But right when it appeared a
battle for the lead may be shaping
up, Haudenschild put multiple lapped
cars between himself and Balog to
extend the lead as they neared the
halfway mark.
Carson Macedo and David Gravel
began to close in on Balog to create
a three-car battle for second.
Gravel slipped ahead of Macedo for
third, and then a couple laps later
the trio started to slice and dice
leading them to driving three-wide
down the back straightaway for the
spot. A caution for a spinning Danny
Sams III put the battle on hold.
The ensuing restart brought
chaos. Michael “Buddy” Kofoid took
advantage of a huge run down the
back straightaway to slide both
Gravel and Balog to take second. The
Roth Motorsports #83 narrowly
cleared Balog, who looked to turn
underneath Kofoid but made contact
with Gravel. The impact sent Gravel
spinning toward the infield and led
to contact with Brock Zearfoss,
sending them both over and bringing
out the red flag. Gravel’s night was
done, and his point lead shrank to
16 markers as a result.
The crash lined the field up for
a restart with 13 laps remaining,
but Haudenschild had no intentions
of allowing any late-race drama. The
2017 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the
Year took off on his way to a
commanding victory as the World of
Outlaws returned to Paducah for the
first time in a dozen years.
“I felt like it was a little hard
to pass, and I felt like if anybody
was going to pass me with how fast I
was able to rip the top, it would’ve
been pretty difficult to throw a
slider,” Haudenschild said. “I felt
like my entry was really good, so if
I needed to I could kind of come off
of it a little bit and be a little
safer. When you know you’ve got to
make speed, you’ve got to keep it
straight up there and not drag the
wall.”
Balog held on to notch the
runner-up spot, marking his best
finish of the year and first podium
outing. He’s now posted three
consecutive top five finishes after
a pair last weekend in Pevely. Balog
continues to exceed his own
expectations with yet another strong
run with his B2 Motorsports team.
“It’s awesome,” Balog said of his
night. “This has been just an
awesome adventure. I’m as surprised
as you are some of these nights. The
car has been good, and we keep
getting greedier and greedier. I
didn’t really have anything for
Sheldon there, but we were able to
race pretty good and hang on to
second.”
Kofoid brought the Roth
Motorsports #83 home third. He and
the Roth crew continue to build
momentum with three consecutive
World of Outlaws podiums.
“I can’t thank Dennis and Teresa
Roth enough for the opportunity to
drive this iconic, beautiful race
car,” Kofoid said. “And Mobil 1 and
Toyota for continuing to back us and
make it possible.”
The brothers Cole and Carson
Macedo completed the top five.
A 13th to sixth effort aboard the
KCP Racing #18 earned Giovanni
Scelzi the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Carson Macedo snagged his fourth
Simpson Quick Time of the year in
Seafoam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One and
Three belonged to Carson Macedo
(117th Heat Race win of career) and
David Gravel (248th of career).
Milton Hershey School Heat Two went
to Buddy Kofoid (20th of career).
Bill Balog won the Toyota Racing
Dash.
Kevin Newton won the Micro-Lite
Last Chance Showdown.
Brock Zearfoss earned the Smith
Titanium Brake Systems Break of the
Race.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS
Energy Drink Sprint Cars make their
only 2024 Indiana visit with a night
at Haubstadt’s Tri-State Speedway on
Saturday, April 20. Tickets will be
available at the gate.
If you can’t make it to the
track, catch every lap live on
DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
Paducah International
Speedway KY 4/19/24
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps):
1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 2.
17B-Bill Balog[1]; 3. 83-Michael
Kofoid[6]; 4. 16T-Cole Macedo[9]; 5.
41-Carson Macedo[4]; 6. 18-Giovanni
Scelzi[13]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz[12];
8. 1S-Logan Schuchart[14]; 9.
97-Scotty Milan[7]; 10. 3-Ayrton
Gennetten[3]; 11. 21H-Brady
Bacon[8]; 12. 15K-Creed Kemenah[11];
13. 70-Kraig Kinser[17]; 14.
7S-Landon Crawley[18]; 15. 24D-Danny
Sams III[15]; 16. 3Z-Brock
Zearfoss[10]; 17. 34-Sterling
Cling[20]; 18. 99-Skylar Gee[21];
19. W20-Greg Wilson[24]; 20.
29-Logan McCandless[16]; 21.
16TH-Kevin Newton[19]; 22. 6-Bill
Rose[23]; 23. 2-David Gravel[5]; 24.
122-Joe B Miller[22]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown
(12 Laps): 1. 16TH-Kevin Newton[1];
2. 34-Sterling Cling[4]; 3.
99-Skylar Gee[3]; 4. 122-Joe B
Miller[2]; 5. 6-Bill Rose[5]; 6.
W20-Greg Wilson[7]; 7. 17GP-Cole
Duncan[8]; 8. 3M-Howard Moore[6]; 9.
37-Ayden Gatewood[10]; 10. 42-Andy
Bishop[11]; 11. 23B-Brian Bell[9]
Toyota Dash (6 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill
Balog[1]; 2. 17-Sheldon
Haudenschild[4]; 3. 3-Ayrton
Gennetten[6]; 4. 41-Carson
Macedo[2]; 5. 2-David Gravel[3]; 6.
83-Michael Kofoid[5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Carson
Macedo[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 3.
97-Scotty Milan[3]; 4. 3Z-Brock
Zearfoss[6]; 5. 18-Giovanni
Scelzi[5]; 6. 29-Logan
McCandless[8]; 7. 99-Skylar Gee[7];
8. 122-Joe B Miller[4]; 9. 17GP-Cole
Duncan[10]; 10. 42-Andy Bishop[9]
Milton Hershey School Heat 2 (8
Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2.
3-Ayrton Gennetten[4]; 3. 21H-Brady
Bacon[3]; 4. 15K-Creed Kemenah[5];
5. 1S-Logan Schuchart[7]; 6.
70-Kraig Kinser[8]; 7. 34-Sterling
Cling[10]; 8. 3M-Howard Moore[9]; 9.
23B-Brian Bell[6]; 10. 16TH-Kevin
Newton[2]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2-David
Gravel[2]; 2. 17-Sheldon
Haudenschild[1]; 3. 16T-Cole
Macedo[3]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz[4]; 5.
24D-Danny Sams III[6]; 6. 7S-Landon
Crawley[5]; 7. 6-Bill Rose[7]; 8.
W20-Greg Wilson[9]; 9. 37-Ayden
Gatewood[8]
Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 41-Carson
Macedo, 00:14.212[6]; 2. 83-Michael
Kofoid, 00:14.393[14]; 3. 17-Sheldon
Haudenschild, 00:14.432[2]; 4.
17B-Bill Balog, 00:14.546[8]; 5.
16TH-Kevin Newton, 00:14.571[4]; 6.
2-David Gravel, 00:14.633[26]; 7.
97-Scotty Milan, 00:14.758[7]; 8.
21H-Brady Bacon, 00:14.763[1]; 9.
16T-Cole Macedo, 00:14.763[23]; 10.
122-Joe B Miller, 00:14.899[5]; 11.
3-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:15.072[9];
12. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:15.089[21];
13. 18-Giovanni Scelzi,
00:15.129[16]; 14. 15K-Creed Kemenah,
00:15.147[28]; 15. 7S-Landon
Crawley, 00:15.162[12]; 16. 3Z-Brock
Zearfoss, 00:15.221[17]; 17.
23B-Brian Bell, 00:15.281[19]; 18.
24D-Danny Sams III, 00:15.337[13];
19. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:15.380[29];
20. 1S-Logan Schuchart,
00:15.493[22]; 21. 6-Bill Rose,
00:15.554[24]; 22. 29-Logan
McCandless, 00:15.606[20]; 23.
70-Kraig Kinser, 00:15.645[18]; 24.
37-Ayden Gatewood, 00:15.666[15];
25. 42-Andy Bishop, 00:15.707[10];
26. 3M-Howard Moore, 00:15.723[3];
27. W20-Greg Wilson, 00:16.010[11];
28. 17GP-Cole Duncan, 00:16.010[25];
29. 34-Sterling Cling, 00:16.182[27]
WHAT TO
WATCH FOR: World of Outlaws Make
Lone 2024 Stops in Kentucky, Indiana
Paducah brings the Series to
Kentucky for the first time since
2012 while Tri-State makes its
annual spring appearance
PADUCAH, KY (April 16, 2024) - The
only 2024 trips to Kentucky and
Indiana are up next for the World of
Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint
Cars.
First up is a Friday, April 19, visit to
Kentucky’s Paducah International Raceway
to bring The Greatest Show on Dirt back
to the “Bluegrass State” for the first
time in 12 years. Then, a trip north
across the Ohio River takes the tour to
the “Hoosier State.” Indiana may be
known for basketball, but in the Sprint
Car world it’s known for bullrings, and
down in southern Indiana Haubstadt is
home to one of the best – Tri-State
Speedway. The quarter mile welcomes the
World of Outlaws for the 45th time on
Saturday, April 20.
A highly anticipated return to a
state starved of the nation’s best
Sprint Car drivers and one of the most
anticipated races of the year is set to
create a thrilling double header this
weekend.
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Let’s look at the weekend’s top
storylines:
BACK IN THE BLUEGRASS: A
dozen long years have passed since The
Greatest Show on Dirt has competed in
the state of Kentucky, but Paducah’s
Friday event is set to welcome the tour
back to the “Bluegrass State.”
Back in 2012 when the World of
Outlaws last visited, Paducah was also
the destination, and Joey Saldana drove
the Kasey Kahne Racing #9 to his 87th
career win. Of the 2024 roster, only
Donny Schatz, Kraig Kinser, and Bill
Rose were full-time for the most recent
Kentucky trip.
The World of Outlaws have completed
10 races in the state of Kentucky at two
tracks – seven at Paducah and three at
Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway (Calvert
City, KY). The first was hosted by
Paducah in 1998 and won by Jeff
Swindell. All 10 races have produced a
different name in Victory Lane, and the
trend will continue Friday as none of
the previous Kentucky winners will be in
the field.
TRI-STATE TRIUMPHS: Only
two of the current crop of World of
Outlaws stars have been to Tri-State
Speedway Victory Lane, and they’re two
of the best on a quarter-mile – Carson
Macedo and David Gravel.
The Haubstadt bullring has been one
of Macedo’s best tracks throughout the
years. The Lemoore, CA driver topped
three consecutive trips to Tri-State
from 2020-2022. He hasn’t finished worse
than fourth at the quarter mile in his
last five attempts, and he’s led laps in
the last four. The three wins put
Tri-State in a tie with Eldora Speedway
and Jackson Motorplex for the winningest
track on his Series résumé. He’s also
tied with Mark Kinser for the fourth
most victories. Only Steve Kinser (eight
wins), Sammy Swindell (five wins), and
Craig Dollansky (four wins) own more.
Macedo enters this weekend on a roll
of nine consecutive top 10s, including a
pair of podiums this past weekend at
I-55.
Gravel has twice conquered Tri-State
(2016 & 2018), and both came when he was
behind the wheel of the CJB Motorsports
#5. The current point leader has been in
the top five in six of his 14 Haubstadt
starts.
The Watertown, CT native carries the
momentum of seven consecutive top fives
including a run of five straight top
twos at one point during the stretch.
His win last Friday at I-55 pushed Big
Game Motorsports to 97 World of Outlaws
wins as they continue to near the rare
triple-digit territory.
HAUBSTADT HEARTBREAK: There’s
no doubt that Sheldon Haudenschild knows
his way around Tri-State Speedway, but a
win has eluded him in seemingly every
way possible.
Back in 2017, Haudenschild led 13
laps before contact with a lapped car
left him with a sixth-place finish. The
following year he led seven laps before
contact with Justin Peck on a restart
with 10 laps to go gave him a DNF. The
next two visits he finished second
including a drive from 18th in 2019. The
Wooster, OH native led 10 laps in 2021
before a flat tire with less than 10
laps remaining dropped the heartbreak.
And most recently Haudenschild led 16
laps last year before Brady Bacon snuck
by with only a few circuits remaining.
Overall, he’s led 46 Feature laps and
finished runner-up on three occasions,
but he’s yet to grasp a checkered flag.
He’ll look to change that this weekend
with the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing
crew as he makes his 11th Haubstadt
visit.
A RARE DONNY DOUBLE: Not
often do the World of Outlaws visit two
tracks where Donny Schatz is yet to win,
but that’s exactly the scenario this
weekend.
The 10-time Series champion has been
in the pit area for all seven visits to
Paducah. After missing the top 10 in the
first two, Schatz found consistency with
five straight finishes of seventh or
better highlighted by a runner-up in
2009.
Tri-State Speedway has been the
closest thing to kryptonite for the
living legend. It’s the track where he’s
made the most starts (26) without a win.
He’s knocked on the door a handful of
times with six top fives, peaking at
third in 2008.
The Fargo, ND driver has been strong
all of 2024 with a 5.46 average finish
through the first 13 races. He’ll head
to Paducah and Tri-State fresh off an
I-55 win looking to challenge for his
first victory at both facilities.
BUDDY BREAKTHROUGH?: The
2024 season started with some ups and
downs for Michael “Buddy” Kofoid and
Roth Motorsports, but over the last few
weeks they’ve locked into a strong
groove.
The rookie hasn’t missed the top 10
since a cut tire ended a potential
winning run at Volusia in early March.
As the weeks continue Kofoid and his
team look to be gaining more and more
steam toward their first win of the
season. Three of the last four races
have resulted in podium runs for the
Penngrove, CA driver.
Friday will mark Kofoid’s Paducah
debut, but he’s got plenty of Tri-State
experience. He finished 13th with the
World of Outlaws last year at Haubstadt.
He’s also competed there six times with
the USAC National Midgets, bagging a
trio of runner-up finishes.
PRIMED FOR A FIRST-TIME: There’s
something about Tri-State Speedway that
makes it a prime location for first-time
Series winners. Whether it’s the
surface, size, shape, or all three
combined, the Indiana oval tends to put
new faces in Victory Lane.
Six times the quarter mile has
provided a driver’s first World of
Outlaws win. The trend began with the
track’s first race when Lee James won on
May 13, 1979. Three months later it was
Larry “Buckwheat” Gates taming Tri-State
for his one and only Series victory.
Fast forward to 1992 when Texan Gary
Wright snagged his first checkered flag
with The Greatest Show on Dirt at
Haubstadt.
The latest three new winners have all
arrived in the last decade. Indiana’s
own Parker Price-Miller went to Victory
Lane in August of 2017. Then, in 2020,
Marion, IL’s Carson Short traveled one
state east for Tri-State glory. Most
recently, Brady Bacon topped the 2023
visit to become the 150th different
winner in Series history.
Saturday offers the next opportunity
for another potential new winner to
arise from Tri-State Speedway.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday, April 19 at Paducah
International Raceway in Paducah, KY
Saturday, April 20 at Tri-State Speedway
in Haubstadt, IN
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP
STANDINGS (13/82 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game
Motorsports #2 (1860 PTS)
2. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb
Agajanian Racing #15 (-48 PTS)
3. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing #18 (-72
PTS)
4. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing #1S
(-88 PTS)
5. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing
#41 (-100 PTS)
6. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports #83
(-146 PTS)
7. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse
Jr.-Marshall Racing #17 (-188 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports
#17B (-244 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss
Racing #3Z (-288 PTS)
10. Landon Crawley – Sides Motorsports
#7S (-370 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE
WINNERS (9 Drivers):
3 Wins – David Gravel
2 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild, Donny
Schatz
1 Win – Brad Sweet, Tyler Courtney,
Brent Marks, Giovanni Scelzi, Carson
Macedo, Rico Abreu
FEATURE LAPS LED (12
Drivers):
80 Laps – David Gravel
56 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
55 Laps – Carson Macedo
54 Laps – Rico Abreu
42 Laps – Donny Schatz
48 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
25 Laps – Brad Sweet
13 Laps – Anthony Macri, Michael Kofoid
10 Laps – Bill Balog
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Tyler Courtney
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS
QUICKTIME AWARDS (8 Drivers):
3 Quick Times – Carson Macedo
2 Quick Times – Brent Marks, Michael
Kofoid, Giovanni Scelzi
1 Quick Time – Landon Crawley, Brian
Brown, Aaron Reutzel, David Gravel
HEAT RACE WINNERS (19
Drivers):
6 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, David
Gravel
5 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
4 Heat Wins – Brent Marks, Rico Abreu,
Michael Kofoid
3 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown, Tyler
Courtney, Landon Crawley
1 Heat Win – Corey Day, Justin
Peck, Bill Balog, Sam Hafertepe Jr.,
Brock Zearfoss, Logan Schuchart, Bill
Rose, Ryan Timms, Donny Schatz
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (26
Drivers):
11 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi
10 Dashes – David Gravel
8 Dashes – Carson Macedo
7 Dashes – Rico Abreu, Sheldon
Haudenschild, Michael Kofoid
6 Dashes – Bill Balog
5 Dashes – Brent Marks, Donny Schatz,
Landon Crawley
4 Dashes – Tyler Courtney, Brian
Brown, Logan Schuchart
2 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Aaron Reutzel
1 Dash – Anthony Macri, Justin Peck, Zeb
Wise, Corey Day, Sam Hafertepe Jr.,
Brock Zearfoss, Bill Rose, Ryan Timms,
Garet Williamson, James McFadden, Logan
McCandless
MICROLITE LAST CHANCE
SHOWDOWN WINS (10 Drivers):
1 LCS – Austin McCarl, Bill Balog,
Corey Day, Kasey Kahne, Koty Adams, Jace
Park, Anthony Macri, Landon Crawley,
Logan McCandless, Garet Williamson
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (11
Drivers):
2 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo,
Logan Schuchart
1 Hard Charger – Donny Schatz, Aaron
Reutzel, Jace Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr.,
Brock Zearfoss, Chase Randall, Chris
Windom, Noah Gass, Austin McCarl
PODIUM FINISHES (13 Drivers):
7 Podiums – David Gravel
5 Podiums – Donny Schatz, Carson Macedo
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet, Rico Abreu,
Sheldon Haudenschild, Giovanni Scelzi,
Michael Kofoid
2 Podiums – Tyler Courtney, Brent Marks
1 Podium – Justin Peck, Anthony Macri,
Aaron Reutzel
TOP 10 FINISHES (31
Drivers):
12 Top 10s – Donny Schatz, Gio Scelzi,
David Gravel
11 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart
10 Top 10s – Michael Kofoid
9 Top 10s – Carson Macedo
7 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild, Bill
Balog
6 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney
5 Top 10s – Brent Marks, Rico Abreu
4 Top 10s – Anthony Macri, Brock
Zearfoss
3 Top 10s – Brad Sweet, Brian Brown,
Aaron Reutzel
2 Top 10s – Ryan Timms, Chase Randall
1 Top 10 – Justin Peck, Kasey Kahne, Sam
Hafertepe Jr., Zeb Wise, Corey Day, Cory
Eliason, Landon Crawley, Jacob Allen,
Chris Windom, Garet Williamson, James
McFadden, Joe B. Miller, Kraig Kinser
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT
CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track /
Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park
/ Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park
/ Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park /
Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park /
Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild
(1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park
/ Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway
/ Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway
/ Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 / Kennedale Speedway
Park / Kennedale, TX / Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 / 81 Speedway /
Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 / US 36 Raceway /
Osborn, MO / David Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 / Arrowhead Speedway /
Colcord, OK / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
12. Fri, April 12 / Federated Auto Parts
Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / David
Gravel (3)
13. Sat, April 13 / Federated Auto Parts
Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Donny
Schatz (2)
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PEVELY
POWERHOUSE: Donny Schatz Drives Away
to I-55 World of Outlaws Victory
Schatz takes
the lead early and builds a
commanding lead on his way to third
win at the Pevely, MO oval (Trent
Gower Photo)
PEVELY, MO (April 13, 2024) -
Donny Schatz is undeniably one of
the best to ever drive a Sprint Car.
And the 10-time World of Outlaws NOS
Energy Drink Sprint Car champion
gave yet another example of why on
Saturday night.
The Greatest Show on Dirt invaded
Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 for
the second straight night, and Schatz
gave the huge crowd a show. The Fargo,
ND driver started fourth for the 40-lap
finale, took the lead on Lap 11, and
stretched his advantage to nearly five
seconds at one point before taking the
checkered flag for his second win of
2024. The trip to Victory Lane felt
especially rewarding after a 20th place
Qualifying effort left him and the Tony
Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing team
playing catch up early in the night.
“If you were near my trailer after
Qualifying, you probably heard some
choice words, so I apologize for that,”
Schatz said. “It just shows the heart of
this team. It’s such a double-edged
razor blade somedays. We dug out of a
huge hole tonight and got a win at a
racetrack we typically don’t run good
on. We threw two kitchen sinks at it
tonight. This place is demanding, and we
haven’t been to Victory Lane here in a
long time and didn’t really know what
the track was going to do. I just went
where everybody wasn’t, and it actually
felt pretty good.”
Schatz upped his World of Outlaws win
total to 313. The victory was his third
at I-55 and first since 2015. It also
marked his 50th top-10 finish at the
Pevely, MO bullring – making it the
fifth track where he’s reached the
impressive feat. Win number two of 2024
makes it 26 consecutive seasons of
multiple World of Outlaws checkered
flags.
The 40-lap main event got off to a
wild start. Michael “Buddy” Kofoid led
the field to green with Logan McCandless
– making only his sixth Series
appearance – to his outside. McCandless
slipped up down the front straightaway
allowing the second row of Bill Balog
and Donny Schatz to his inside. In the
first set of corners, Kofoid got tight
which let Balog roll by him down the
back straightaway to take the lead and
pace the opening circuit.
An early restart saw near disaster at
the front of the field. Kofoid used a
huge run to attack Balog for the lead
exiting Turn 2. Balog slid up, and
Kofoid used evasive action to avoid
making contact with the Anderson’s Maple
#17B. Behind the top two Schatz stuck
the bottom and rolled right by Kofoid to
snag the runner-up spot.
Over the next few laps Kofoid
challenged Schatz in an attempt to
regain second, but Schatz fended him off
and set his sights on Balog. The “North
Pole Nightmare” kept a solid advantage,
but Schatz began to close in as traffic
thickened ahead.
On the 11th circuit, Balog found
himself caught up behind a lapped car
which opened the door for Schatz. The
pilot of the Carquest #15 fired a slide
job in Turns 3 and 4 and cleared both
Balog and the slower car.
Balog stayed right with Schatz
throughout the next couple circuits. But
it didn’t take long for Schatz to
establish a rhythm and begin to look
like prime Donny Schatz. He put a pair
of lapped cars between himself and Balog
and began to pull away.
From there, Schatz sliced his way
through the tail of the field with
precision. If they were running high in
front of him, he went low. If they were
low, he went high. If they were in the
middle, he could choose either the top
or the bottom. Schatz’s lead bloomed to
as much as 4.6 seconds.
Carson Macedo took the second spot
from Balog on Lap 25 and looked to bring
a battle to Schatz. As the race dipped
inside 10 laps remaining, the Jason
Johnson Racing pilot began to take
chunks out of the margin. He cut it
below two seconds on Lap 36, but it was
too little, too late as Schatz rolled to
his third I-55 win.
“Sometimes it’s probably better to be
in the position where you’re in that
second row not knowing what the
racetrack is going to do,” Schatz said.
“And I think that was a huge thing
tonight. The #41 there he was pretty
good on the bottom early, and I couldn’t
ever really get down there. I was
worried about the hole off of (Turn) 2.
Hats off to the whole Carquest team. It
was actually a pretty fun race. Normally
when we come here it’s up near the
fence. And tonight, we could roll around
on the fence, on the bottom, kind of
anywhere. So that felt really good.”
Macedo’s runner-up gave him
back-to-back podium efforts with the JJR
crew. He’s still yet to miss the top-10
since the finale of DIRTcar Nationals in
early February. Another strong Albaugh
#41 machine led Macedo to another solid
outing, his sixth top three in the last
eight I-55 races.
“I feel like we had a strong race car
there throughout that whole race,”
Macedo said. “I was able to move around
a lot in traffic. Philip Dietz did an
incredible job there. I feel like we
made some good adjustments in the Dash
and got even better there in the
Feature, which feels really good.”
Rounding out the top three was Buddy
Kofoid and the Roth Motorsports crew.
The pairing continues to build momentum
with their third podium in the last four
races. A win seems imminent for the
Penngrove, CA native. After the race, a
contrite Kofoid offered apologies for
some late contact with David Gravel.
“First off I just want to apologize
to David and his whole crew,” Kofoid
said. “Obviously, that was not my
intention. I feel really bad about that.
I know saying that isn’t going to change
anything… We were good all day. Good
weekend for our Roth Motorsports/Mobil
1, Toyota guys. I don’t know if we were
good enough to win, but I felt like I
kind of made a couple of mistakes early
and then got going in the middle and
end, but it wasn’t quite enough to get
there.”
David Gravel and Bill Balog completed
the top five.
A 23rd to 11th drive gave Austin
McCarl the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Carson Macedo claimed his third
Simpson Quick Time of the year and the
36th of his career in Sea Foam
Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three,
and Four went to Carson Macedo (116th
Heat Race win of career), Giovanni
Scelzi (44th of career), and Landon
Crawley (second of career). Milton
Hershey School Heat Two belonged to
David Gravel (247th of career).
Garet Williamson won the Micro-Lite
Last Chance Showdown.
UP NEXT: The World
of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars
make their only appearances of 2024 in
Kentucky and Indiana next weekend.
First, the tour invades Kentucky’s
Paducah International Raceway for the
first time since 2012 on Friday, April
19. Then it’s the annual stop at
Haubstadt, IN’s Tri-State Speedway on
Saturday, April 20. For tickets to
Paducah, CLICK
HERE. For tickets to Tri-State, call
(812) 768-6025.
If you can’t make it to the track,
catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps):
1. 15-Donny Schatz[4]; 2. 41-Carson
Macedo[5]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 4.
2-David Gravel[6]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog[3];
6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[7]; 7. 1S-Logan
Schuchart[9]; 8. 87-Aaron Reutzel[19];
9. 70-Kraig Kinser[12]; 10. 2KS-Chase
Randall[16]; 11. 88-Austin McCarl[23];
12. 23-Garet Williamson[21]; 13.
7S-Landon Crawley[8]; 14. 29-Logan
McCandless[2]; 15. 22-Riley Goodno[13];
16. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[15]; 17. 122-Joe
B Miller[14]; 18. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[25];
19. 23B-Brian Bell[10]; 20. 37-Ayden
Gatewood[18]; 21. 20G-Noah Gass[24]; 22.
6-Bill Rose[17]; 23. 95-Matt
Covington[20]; 24. 24T-Christopher
Thram[22]; 25. 17-Sheldon
Haudenschild[11]
For complete results, CLICK
HERE.
Ashton Torgerson Scores First Career Xtreme
Outlaw Series Win in Farmer City Finale
Arizona driver becomes sixth
different winner in first six races of 2024
FARMER CITY, IL (April 13, 2024) – The signs
were there. Mid-pack runs turned to podium
finishes, and it seemed it was only a matter
of time before Ashton Torgerson broke
through to Victory Lane.
On the night following a runner-up finish at
Farmer City Raceway, the 17-year-old
national Midget series rookie from Glendale,
AZ, proved he had the skill to be one spot
better, taking the green from the pole and
leading all but one lap en route to his
first career Feature win with the Xtreme
Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota.
The win gained other accolades as well, as
Torgerson continued the parity streak in
becoming the sixth different winner in the
first six races of the season. It also
counted as his second win of the year with
the co-sanctioning POWRi National Midget
League and, with the help of Keith Kunz
Motorsports (KKM) teammates Cannon McIntosh
and Ryan Timms, gave the Indiana-based team
a sweep of the podium.
After taking the checkered, Torgerson gave
praise to the KKM team, which he joined as a
driver in March. Torgerson first made his
debut with the Xtreme Outlaw Series in May
2023 with Tanner Thorson Racing, and notched
his first podium in the car, but expressed
that his time at KKM thus far has been of
utmost importance.
“This year, with Keith, I just feel super
comfortable and keep getting better each
time,” Torgerson said. “I can’t thank Keith
and the whole crew enough for getting me
this comfortable.”
From the pole on the starting grid,
Torgerson jumped out to the early lead and
quickly encountered pressure from
fifth-starting Chase McDermand. The two
traded passes for the lead before Torgerson
gained enough momentum on the top side to
zoom past McDermand for good on Lap 5.
As the race neared halfway, Timms had
already entered the podium from 11th on the
starting grid, and on Lap 11 made the pass
on McDermand to take second. He began to cut
into Torgerson’s lead and had it down to a
half-second before the race’s only yellow
flag was displayed on Lap 18.
Torgerson knew his car was fast, but also
knew of the competition he had directly
behind him.
“Under the yellow, I was listening to the
[driver radio] and they said, ’67 of Timms,’
and I was like, ‘Well, I know he’s gotta be
fast,’” Torgerson said. “I knew he’d be
quick, and I knew I had to hit my marks, or
he’d be there to capitalize on it.”
On the restart, Timms lunged at an
opportunity to make the pass, trying a slide
job in Turns 3 and 4, but was unable to get
enough speed to slide in Torgerson’s path.
As Torgerson began to pull away in the
closing laps, Timms encountered pressure
from behind from teammate McIntosh.
“I changed my line in (Turns) 3 and 4; I was
entering in on it and turning down and it
gave me a lot of speed going into 1,” Timms
said. “I was slowly catching [Torgerson],
but it allowed Cannon to catch me.
“We got side-by-side and there was kind of a
single-file line on the bottom of lapped
cars, and it was kind of narrow to try and
race each other, and he got by me.”
McIntosh used the slower cars ahead of him
to his advantage, completing the pass on Lap
28 by going around Timms on the outside
through Turns 3 and 4 while Timms stayed low
behind the lapped cars.
“I think we were both catching the leader
and Ryan made a couple mistakes and I was
able to get by him,” McIntosh said.
“Ultimately, just ran out of time to have a
chance to run Ashton down.”
McIntosh pinned the throttle in pursuit of
Torgerson out front, but his time expired.
The Oklahoma racer crossed the stripe in
second over Timms, expanding his points lead
over Timms by 10 up to a total of 27 points.
UP NEXT
The Xtreme Outlaw Midgets will get nearly a
month off before returning to action in a
two-race swing through Kansas – Friday, May
10 at Humboldt Speedway and Saturday, May 11
at 81 Speedway.
ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view
full results)
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 67K-Ashton
Torgerson[1]; 2. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[3]; 3.
67-Ryan Timms[11]; 4. 56D-Mitchell
Davis[13]; 5. 40-Chase McDermand[5]; 6.
97-Gavin Miller[8]; 7. 56-Tyler Edwards[9];
8. 19M-Ethan Mitchell[2]; 9. 97K-Kale
Drake[4]; 10. 43-Gunnar Setser[22]; 11.
7U-Zach Daum[6]; 12. 21K-Karter Sarff[12];
13. 13-Elijah Gile[18]; 14. 55-Trevor
Cline[7]; 15. 1K-Brayton Lynch[15]; 16.
19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[14]; 17. 14S-TJ
Smith[17]; 18. 66-Jayden Clay[25]; 19.
5U-Peter Smith[20]; 20. 98-Luke
Drotschie[16]; 21. 71-Jade Avedisian[10];
22. 57-Mark McMahill[23]; 23. 10C-Dalton
Camfield[24]; 24. 16C-David Camfield Jr[19];
25. 73W-Luke Wackerlin[26]; 26. 17C-Devin
Camfield[21]
BIG GAME BEATDOWN:
David Gravel Leads Every Lap for I-55
Victory
The point
leader picks up his third victory of the
season in impressive fashion
PEVELY, MO (April 12, 2024) - Nothing is
slowing David Gravel right now. And that
held true again on Friday night.
Lapped traffic couldn’t slow him. Cautions that
erased his lead couldn’t slow him. Even a slide
job that briefly cost him the lead couldn’t slow
him at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55.
Gravel started on the front row of the Feature
and drove a masterful 40 laps on his way to a
World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car
victory at the Pevely, MO bullring. The
Watertown, CT native sliced the Big Game
Motorsports machine through heavy traffic and
held off one strong challenge from Michael
“Buddy” Kofoid to secure his third win of 2024.
“What a car we had tonight,” Gravel said. “I
was nervous early on. Qualifying didn’t go very
good, but we were still able to get a good
Qualifying effort there. Cody (Jacobs) kept
working on it, and in the Dash I knew we had
something really good. It feels good to win one
here. I haven’t won here since like 2016. It’s
been way too long.”
The win marked the 91st of Gravel’s career
with The Greatest Show on Dirt, equaling him
with Brad Sweet for ninth on the all-time win
list. It also was his 33rd since joining Tod
Quiring’s Big Game team, making the organization
the team he’s won the most often with in World
of Outlaws competition. Gravel now owns a pair
of I-55 checkered flags, and the track is the
19th in which he’s won at multiple times in
Series competition.
Gravel started the race in the second
position as Toyota Racing Dash winner – Giovanni
Scelzi – led the field to green. Right away
Gravel flexed his muscle by powering around
Scelzi on the top to secure the top spot and
lead the opening lap.
As they worked through the opening circuits
Gravel committed to the low line while Scelzi
worked to build momentum on the top. Scelzi kept
the KCP Racing #18 glued behind Gravel, but
Buddy Kofoid began to reel them both in quickly.
On the sixth lap Kofoid slipped under Scelzi to
take over the runner-up spot.
Up ahead Gravel began to negotiate heavy
lapped traffic. Kofoid started to close in for
the top spot, but the race’s first caution on
Lap 9 gave Gravel a clear track again.
On the restart Gravel moved to the topside,
and Kofoid fired a slider at him aboard the Roth
Motorsports #83. The Penngrove, CA native
couldn’t quite clear Gravel as Kofoid settled
back into second down the back straightaway. It
only took a few laps before Gravel neared the
tail of the field, but it was déjŕ vu as the
yellow lights again flashed right when the
leaders were staring at heavy traffic.
The next restart served up Gravel’s biggest
challenge of the night as he again went for the
cushion in Turn 1. Kofoid tossed another slide
job and cleared him with this attempt. As they
exited Turn #2, Gravel aimed the Huset’s
Speedway #2 low and drove back by Kofoid down
the back straightaway.
When the race entered the second half, Gravel
truly began to show what his machine was capable
of. He dipped and dived his way through traffic,
stretching his advantage to nearly three seconds
at times. Behind him, a war between Kofoid,
Scelzi, Bill Balog, and Carson Macedo broke out
for positioning inside the top five. The group
swapped many sliders and crossovers as they
jockeyed for spots while Gravel drove away.
A late caution with seven laps remaining gave
Kofoid and the rest of the frontrunners one last
shot at Gravel, but he wasted no time pulling
ahead on the final restart. Kofoid and Macedo
went to battle for second as Gravel drove away
to the win and his fifth consecutive top-two
finish.
“It’s a lot of fun to drive this #2 car right
now. I feel like we’ve kind of been there the
whole year other than Cotton Bowl when we got
into a crash and had to come to the work area,”
Gravel said. “Everything has been going really
good. We’re just going to stay focused, put our
heads down, and keep working.”
Kofoid fended off Macedo’s late challenge to
claim the runner-up spot, marking his best
finish of his rookie season. The 22-year-old is
now on a roll of seven straight top 10s with a
6.29 average finish over that span. Kofoid found
that the race’s cautions came during inopportune
moments that might’ve prevented him from
mustering a better challenge for the win.
“I feel like we were every bit as good as
them (Gravel), maybe more towards the end,”
Kofoid said. “Lapped traffic is kind of where I
thrive and where our car seems to be really good
right now. We’d get to traffic and get to him,
and then the yellow would come out. It kept
repeating itself a few times. I think we
definitely got a lot better throughout the
night. I went from being very uncomfortable to
having a chance to win.”
Completing the top three was Carson Macedo
and the Jason Johnson Racing team. Macedo hasn’t
missed the top 10 since the final night of
DIRTcar Nationals in early February as he
continues to build momentum. The Lemoore, CA
native owns podiums in five of the last seven
World of Outlaws races at I-55. He used some
strong restarts to climb from the fifth starting
spot to second at one point before settling for
third.
“I think plugging the bottom was kind of my
goal there,” Macedo said of his restarts. “I
felt like a lot of guys would kind of sling
around the top, and if I could hit it down there
right and not grab that little lip and get my
front end over, I could execute down there
pretty nice, get down the back stretch, and beat
them into Turn 3. Hats off to Philip Dietz, Adam
Zimmerman, and Robby McQuinn. They worked hard
all night.”
Bill Balog and Giovanni Scelzi completed the
top five.
A 24th to 12th drive in his first Series
start of the season gave Noah Gass the KSE
Racing Hard Charger.
Giovanni Scelzi claimed his second Simpson
Quick Time of the year and the 13th of his
career.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four
went to Giovanni Scelzi (43rd Heat Race win of
career), Carson Macedo (115th of career), and
David Gravel (246th of career). Milton Hershey
School Heat Two belonged to Donny Schatz (522nd
of career).
Logan McCandless won the Micro-Lite Last
Chance Showdown.
UP NEXT: The World of
Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars finish up
the weekend at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at
I-55 on Saturday, April 13. For tickets, CLICK
HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch
every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1.
2-David Gravel[2]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[3]; 3.
41-Carson Macedo[5]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 5.
18-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 6. 17-Sheldon
Haudenschild[6]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart[11]; 8.
15-Donny Schatz[7]; 9. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[13];
10. 122-Joe B Miller[12]; 11. 70-Kraig
Kinser[17]; 12. 20G-Noah Gass[24]; 13. 88-Austin
McCarl[18]; 14. 24D-Danny Sams III[22]; 15.
7S-Landon Crawley[14]; 16. 23B-Brian Bell[15];
17. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[10]; 18. 23-Garet
Williamson[9]; 19. 29-Logan McCandless[21]; 20.
99-Skylar Gee[23]; 21. 21R-Gunner Ramey[16]; 22.
24T-Christopher Thram[19]; 23. 73-Scotty
Thiel[20]; 24. 87-Aaron Reutzel[8]
For full results, CLICK
HERE.
Ryan
Timms Wins
Farmer City
Opener, Becomes
Fifth Different
Winner in Five
Races
Timms’
win, McIntosh’s
fifth-place
finish cuts
points gap down
to 17
FARMER CITY,
IL (April 12,
2024) – Ryan
Timms took a big
step in pursuit
of his first
national Midget
series
championship
Friday night,
winning the
opening round of
racing at Farmer
City Raceway.
The
17-year-old
rising
open-wheel
talent from
Oklahoma City,
OK, owned the
night, setting
the fastest lap
time in his
Qualifying
group, winning
his Heat Race
from fourth,
passing for the
lead in the
Feature on Lap
10 and leading
the rest of the
way for his
first win of the
season with both
the Xtreme
Outlaw Midget
Series presented
by Toyota and
the POWRi
National Midget
League.
Timms’ win
makes him the
fifth different
winner in the
first five races
of the 2024
Xtreme Outlaw
Series season,
joining Thomas
Meseraull,
Cannon McIntosh,
Karter Sarff and
Kale Drake as
Victory Lane
occupants.
Early in the
program, Timms
noted the speed
of the Keith
Kunz Motorsports
(KKM),
LynK/Toyota #67
and took
advantage of it
immediately,
jumping off to a
fast start in
the 25-lap main
event.
“After the
Heat Race, I had
a lot of
confidence going
into the main,”
Timms said.
Kale Drake –
Timms’ teammate
– jumped to the
early lead at
the drop of the
green and led
the opening
circuits ahead
of Chase
McDermand and
Ashton
Torgerson. Timms
quickly found
the top lane to
his liking and
devised his plan
to start making
passes.
“Once we went
into (Turns) 3
and 4, I was
able to just
rail the top and
I saw how much
of the gap
between me and
the lead cars
closed,” Timms
said. “I knew we
were gonna be
passing for the
lead soon.”
After getting
by Torgerson for
third, Timms
threw his first
big slide job on
McDermand,
diving deep into
Turn 3 on the
bottom and
sliding up in
front of
McDermand to
take his line
away out of Turn
4.
“It’s a lot
wider in (Turns)
3 and 4 and it
was really
hooked-up on the
bottom to the
middle getting
into 3, so I
could just sail
it in
wide-open,”
Timms said. “I
could be
five-to-six
car-lengths back
and I could
clear the guy. I
knew that was
where I was
gonna be able to
pass guys.”
Three laps
later, Timms
pulled the slide
job again in 3
and 4, this time
on his KKM
teammate Drake
for the lead.
Now in
control of the
field, Timms
pinned the
throttle,
opening up a
1.5-second
advantage on the
field before a
caution period
restacked the
field with only
seven laps
remaining.
On the Lap 19
restart,
Torgerson took
the green from
third with
McDermand in
front of him.
Torgerson stuck
to the top side
and zoomed past
McDermand off
Turn 4 to take
second at the
line. McDermand
tried to take
the spot back
with a slider of
his own the next
lap in Turn 3,
but Torgerson
crossed him over
to retain second
place out of
Turn 4.
“I saw
[McDermand]
running kind of
the lower line
down there in
(Turns) 3 and 4,
and I felt like
I was probably
one of the
faster cars up
there in 3 and
4,” Torgerson
said. “I just
knew that if I
hit my line up
there, it’d be
pretty hard for
him to get
around me.”
With 20 laps
down and five
remaining, one
final yellow
flag was
displayed,
putting
Torgerson on
Timms’ rear
bumper for the
restart. Despite
his teammate
Torgerson’s
speed behind
him, Timms stuck
to his preferred
groove at the
drop of the
green and held
the lead.
“I just stuck
to running the
bottom, and I
knew if anyone
was going to
pass me, it was
gonna be in
(Turn) 3,” Timms
said. “I’d run
it in wide-open
getting into 3
and 4 around the
top and I’d be
looking to my
inside to see if
anyone was
sliding me so I
could turn and
get a run down
the hill, but
that never
happened.”
Though he was
unable to get
close enough to
Timms to
challenge for
the led,
Torgerson said
he felt like he
should have
been.
“A little bit
longer, I think
we might’ve had
something for
him,” Torgerson
said.
Timms crossed
under the
checkered flag
and bagged the
$4,000 check and
his first career
victory with in
the Xtreme
Outlaw-POWRi
Challenge Series
with Torgerson
second,
McDermand third,
Zach Daum fourth
and Cannon
McIntosh
completing the
top five.
With the win,
Timms chopped
his points gap
down to only 17
points – a
30-point gain on
leader McIntosh.
McDermand also
slimmed his gap
to McIntosh down
to 42, still
riding third in
the standings.
UP NEXT
The Xtreme
Outlaw Midgets
and POWRi
National Midgets
are back in
action at Farmer
City alongside
the World of
Outlaws CASE
Late Models for
another round of
racing on
Saturday night,
April 13.
Tickets are
available at
XtremeOutlawSeries.com;
stream available
on DIRTVision.
ABBREVIATED
RESULTS (view
full results)
Feature (25
Laps): 1.
67-Ryan
Timms[4]; 2.
67K-Ashton
Torgerson[3]; 3.
40-Chase
McDermand[1]; 4.
7U-Zach Daum[5];
5. 71K-Cannon
McIntosh[10]; 6.
97-Gavin
Miller[9]; 7.
9-Kevin Thomas
Jr[6]; 8.
56-Tyler
Edwards[7]; 9.
19M-Ethan
Mitchell[16];
10. 56D-Mitchell
Davis[14]; 11.
19AZ-Hayden
Reinbold[17];
12. 21K-Karter
Sarff[11]; 13.
4K-Kayla
Roell[21]; 14.
14S-TJ
Smith[12]; 15.
1K-Brayton
Lynch[15]; 16.
5U-Peter
Smith[18]; 17.
66-Jayden
Clay[24]; 18.
13-Elijah
Gile[19]; 19.
55-Trevor
Cline[23]; 20.
57-Mark
McMahill[22];
21. 73W-Luke
Wackerlin[25];
22. 43-Gunnar
Setser[8]; 23.
97K-Kale
Drake[2]; 24.
98-Luke
Drotschie[13];
25. 71-Jade
Avedisian[20]
1 MONTH
ALERT: World of
Outlaws, PA
Posse Set to
Clash at Lincoln
Speedway on May
8
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA
(April 10, 2024)
– The World of
Outlaws and PA
Posse will meet
for the first
time this season
at Lincoln
Speedway in
Abbottstown, PA
for the
Federated Auto
Parts Gettysburg
Clash.
Pennsylvania
fans will be
treated to a
special midweek
show with the
best Sprint Car
drivers in the
country dueling
for a $12,000
payday.
The last time
the Series
visited Lincoln,
the PA Posse
walked away with
the win in
dramatic
fashion. Anthony
Macri made a
last corner,
last lap, pass
on Brent Marks
to bring the
crowd to their
feet for a wild
finish.
Of the
current
full-time
drivers, David
Gravel, 10-time
Series champion
Donny Schatz and
Sheldon
Haudenschild
have each picked
up a Series win
at the 3/8-mile
track. Logan
Schuchart, of
Hanover, PA, has
two victories at
the track, but
will be on the
hunt for his
first win there
with the World
of Outlaws.
EVENT
INFO:
Date –
Wednesday, May 8
Location –
Abbottstown, PA
Track Record
– 12.577
seconds by Greg
Hodnett on April
30, 2016
Times
(ET) –
2PM Pit Gates
Open
5PM Grandstand
Gates Open
6:30PM Hot
Laps/Qualifying
-Racing to
follow
Tickets –
Available at
WorldofOutlaws.com/tix
How to Watch
– If you
can't make it to
the track, you
can watch every
lap live on
DIRTVision.
Last Race
Video Recap (May
10, 2023)–
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNN-Fcgt_7c
Previous
World of Outlaws
Lincoln Speedway
Winners –
2023 – Rico
Abreu on March
18, Anthony
Macri on May 10
2022 – Jacob
Allen on May 11
2021 – Brad
Sweet on May 12
2020 –Sheldon
Haudenschild on
July 23
2019 – Lance
Dewease on May
15
2018 – Freddie
Rahmer on July
19
2017 – David
Gravel on
May 17
2016 – Donny
Schatz on
May 19
2015 – Greg
Hodnett on May
13
2014 – Stevie
Smith on May 14,
Daryn Pittman on
July 17
2013 – Danny
Dietrich on May
16
2012 – Danny
Dietrich on May
10
1998 – Fred
Rahmer on May 30
1997 – Mark
Kinser on May 31
1996 – Mark
Kinser on June 1
1995 – Steve
Kinser on June
3, Dave Blaney
on Aug. 6
1994 – Steve
Kinser on June
4, Steve Kinser
on Aug. 7
1993 – Andy
Hillenburg on
June 5, Bill
Brian Jr. on
Aug. 8
1992 – Steve
Kinser on May 25
1991 – Sammy
Swindell on May
25
1989 – Chris
Eash on May 20,
Don Kreitz on
May 27, Bobby
Davis Jr. on
July 29
1988 – Sammy
Swindell on May
28, Stevie Smith
on June 4, Steve
Kinser on July
30
1987 – Bobby
Allen on May 23,
Steve Kinser on
May 30, Steve
Kinser on Aug. 1
1986 – Bobby
Davis Jr. on May
24, Bobby Davis
Jr. on May 31,
Sammy Swindell
on Aug. 2
1985 – Bobby
Allen on May 25,
Steve Kinser on
June 1, Bobby
Allen on Aug. 3
1984 – Steve
Kinser on May
26, Bobby Davis
Jr. on Aug. 4
1983 – Brad Doty
on May 30, Steve
Kinser on Aug. 6
1981 – Steve
Kinser on June 6
1980 – Sammy
Swindell on May
17, Steve Kinser
on July 19
1979 – Rick
Ferkel on July
21
1978 – Steve
Smith on June
24, Steve Smith
on July 29
WHAT TO
WATCH FOR: Two
Nights of I-55
Action on Tap
for World of
Outlaws
The Greatest
Show on Dirt
makes its annual
springtime stop
at the exciting
Missouri oval
(Trent Gower
Photo)
PEVELY, MO
(April 10, 2024)
- One of the
country’s most
exciting
racetracks is
ready to welcome
the World of
Outlaws NOS
Energy Drink
Sprint Cars.
Pevely, MO’s
Federated Auto Parts
Raceway at I-55
is The Greatest Show
on
Dirt’s destination
this weekend. The
“Show-Me State”
bullring will host
the nation’s best
Sprint Car drivers
for two nights
(April 12-13) of
action. The track
is full of Sprint
Car history. The
World of Outlaws
first visited I-55
in 1987 and have
made at least one
stop at the 1/3-mile
every year since
1996. The track is
the seventh most
visited in Series
history, and Friday
and Saturday will
mark trips 72 and
73.
I-55 always
delivers some of the
most exciting action
of the season and
expect no different
this weekend. The
track just south of
St. Louis offers up
high banks, high
speeds, and hold
your breath sliders.
The two nights of
racing ahead not
only present the
chance to conquer
the historic oval,
but it also serves
as a preview for
August’s Ironman 55.
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Let’s look at the
weekend’s top
storylines:
BIG GAME
HUNTING: There’s
been no slowing
David Gravel and the
Big Game Motorsports
crew in recent weeks
as they chase their
first World of
Outlaws
championship.
After a slight
stumble three weeks
ago that saw Gravel
collected in a
Cotton Bowl crash
and finish 12th,
there have been no
hiccups from the
Huset’s Speedway #2.
Gravel hasn’t missed
the top five since
that night and is
currently on a roll
of four consecutive
top two finishes.
The hot streak has
extended his
advantage atop the
standings to 40
points.
Gravel has
displayed
consistency
throughout the years
at I-55. The
Watertown, CT native
owns 21 top 10s in
29 Feature starts at
the 1/3-mile
including a trio
last year. Back in
August of 2016 he
picked up his one
I-55 victory.
MASTER IN
MISSOURI: It’s
tough to find a
racetrack that suits
a driver better than
how I-55 suits
Sheldon
Haudenschild. His
famed driving style
works well on the
intense bullring.
The Stenhouse
Jr.-Marshall Racing
driver has visited
I-55 Victory Lane on
four occasions. Back
in 2019 he delivered
an unforgettable
drive when he won
the Ironman 55 by
more than a
10-second advantage.
The four wins are
tied for the most
Haudenschild has
collected at one
track with Beaver
Dam Raceway being
the other. Only the
duos of Sammy
Swindell and Brad
Sweet (six wins) and
Craig Dollansky and
Steve Kinser (five
wins) own more
Pevely victories
than Haudenschild.
Overall,
Haudenschild has six
wins in the state of
Missouri to his
credit, the most
he's chalked up in
any state.
The early season
speed out of the NOS
Energy Drink #17
suggests
Haudenschild will be
in the running for
wins number five and
six in Pevely this
weekend. He’s the
most recent Series
winner having topped
the Jason Johnson
Classic at Arrowhead
Speedway for a
$20,000 payday. He’s
also the only driver
to have led laps in
four different
Features through 11
races.
PEVELY
PRO: Another
driver who has taken
a liking to I-55 is
Lemoore, CA’s Carson
Macedo.
The 27-year-old
made a pair of trips
to Victory Lane at
Pevely in 2022,
including a wild
last lap, last
corner, pass for the
win at the Ironman
55 opener. Those
victories are part
of a pattern of
running up front for
Macedo. In his last
13 Pevely starts,
he’s only missed the
top 10 once and
boasts a 5.62
average result.
Macedo carries
the momentum of
seven straight
finishes of ninth or
better into the
weekend. He and
Jason Johnson Racing
continue to dig out
of a hole dug at
DIRTcar Nationals
and currently reside
fifth in points – 98
markers behind
Gravel.
SHARK
STRENGTH: Federated
Auto Parts driver
Logan Schuchart
always brings out
his A-game when the
tour rolls into
Federated Auto Parts
Raceway at I-55.
The Hanover, PA
native struggled a
bit early in his
career at Pevely,
but he’s since
turned things around
to be one of the
track’s strongest
competitors.
Schuchart’s first 10
I-55 Feature starts
resulted in two top
10 finishes. He’s
since taken 18 more
green flags and
picked up a 2018
win, logged 14 top
fives, and posted a
5.83 average finish.
It’s been a
consistent start to
2024 for Schuchart.
He’s taken the Shark
Racing #1S to nine
top 10s through 11
races, highlighted
by four top fives.
His I-55 résumé says
the consistent start
should continue and
potentially put him
in contention for
his first victory of
the season.
ROOKIE
RHYTHM: The
2024 campaign didn’t
get off to the start
Michael “Buddy”
Kofoid had hoped for
with Roth
Motorsports, but
they’ve found a
recent rhythm.
An up and down
start saw Kofoid
post finishes of
24th, ninth, 17th,
fifth, and 16th in
the season’s opening
five races. It’s
been stable
consistency ever
since with six
consecutive top 10s
and an average
finish of seventh in
the last six races.
A third place run at
US 36 this past
weekend gave him his
best finish of the
year so far.
Kofoid’s eight top
10s in 2024 are the
fifth most.
The Series rookie
looks to keep
rolling at I-55
where he’s been
solid with limited
laps. Kofoid debuted
at the Missouri
facility last April
with a 15th to sixth
drive. He returned
for the Ironman 55
and came home 10th
and eighth.
THIS
WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND
WHERE
Friday-Saturday,
April 12-13 at
Federated Auto Parts
Raceway at I-55 in
Pevely, MO
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CURRENT
CHAMPIONSHIP
STANDINGS (11/82
Races):
1. David Gravel –
Big Game Motorsports
#2 (1562 PTS)
2. Donny Schatz –
Tony Stewart/Curb
Agajanian Racing #15
(-40 PTS)
3. Giovanni Scelzi –
KCP Racing #18 (-58
PTS)
4. Logan Schuchart –
Shark Racing #1S
(-68 PTS)
5. Carson Macedo –
Jason Johnson Racing
#41 (-98 PTS)
6. Sheldon
Haudenschild –
Stenhouse
Jr.-Marshall Racing
#17 (-136 PTS)
7. Michael Kofoid –
Roth Motorsports #83
(-144 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B
Squared Motorsports
#17B (-234 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss –
Brock Zearfoss
Racing #3Z (-242
PTS)
10. Landon Crawley –
Sides Motorsports
#7S (-322 PTS)
NOS
ENERGY DRINK FEATURE
WINNERS (9
Drivers):
2 Wins – David
Gravel, Sheldon
Haudenschild
1 Win – Brad Sweet,
Tyler Courtney,
Donny Schatz, Brent
Marks, Giovanni
Scelzi, Carson
Macedo, Rico Abreu
FEATURE
LAPS LED (11
Drivers):
56 Laps –
Giovanni Scelzi
55 Laps – Carson
Macedo
54 Laps – Rico Abreu
48 Laps – Sheldon
Haudenschild
40 Laps – David
Gravel
25 Laps – Brad Sweet
13 Laps – Anthony
Macri, Michael
Kofoid
12 Laps – Donny
Schatz
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Tyler
Courtney
SIMPSON
PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS
QUICKTIME AWARDS (8
Drivers):
2 Quick Times –
Brent Marks, Carson
Macedo, Michael
Kofoid
1 Quick Time –
Landon Crawley,
Brian Brown, Aaron
Reutzel, Giovanni
Scelzi, David Gravel
HEAT RACE
WINNERS (18
Drivers):
5 Heat Wins –
Sheldon
Haudenschild
4 Heat Wins – Brent
Marks, Rico Abreu,
Giovanni Scelzi,
David Gravel,
Michael Kofoid
3 Heat Wins – Tyler
Courtney
2 Heat Wins – Brian
Brown
1 Heat Win – Corey
Day, Justin
Peck, Bill Balog,
Sam Hafertepe Jr.,
Brock Zearfoss,
Logan Schuchart,
Bill Rose, Carson
Macedo, Ryan Timms,
Landon Crawley
TOYOTA
DASH APPEARANCES (25
Drivers):
9 Dashes –
Giovanni Scelzi
8 Dashes – David
Gravel
7 Dashes – Rico
Abreu
6 Dashes – Sheldon
Haudenschild, Carson
Macedo
5 Dashes – Brent
Marks, Michael
Kofoid
4 Dashes – Landon
Crawley, Bill Balog,
Tyler Courtney,
Brian Brown, Logan
Schuchart
3 Dashes – Donny
Schatz
2 Dashes – Brad
Sweet
1 Dash – Anthony
Macri, Justin Peck,
Zeb Wise, Corey Day,
Sam Hafertepe Jr.,
Brock Zearfoss, Bill
Rose, Aaron Reutzel,
Ryan Timms, Garet
Williamson, James
McFadden
MICROLITE
LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN
WINS (8 Drivers):
1 LCS – Austin
McCarl, Bill Balog,
Corey Day, Kasey
Kahne, Koty Adams,
Jace Park, Anthony
Macri, Landon
Crawley
KSE HARD
CHARGER AWARDS (9
Drivers):
2 Hard Chargers –
Carson Macedo, Logan
Schuchart
1 Hard Charger –
Donny Schatz, Aaron
Reutzel, Jace Park,
Sam Hafertepe Jr.,
Brock Zearfoss,
Chase Randall, Chris
Windom
PODIUM
FINISHES (13
Drivers):
6 Podiums – David
Gravel
4 Podiums – Donny
Schatz
3 Podiums – Brad
Sweet, Carson
Macedo, Rico Abreu,
Sheldon
Haudenschild,
Giovanni Scelzi
2 Podiums – Tyler
Courtney, Brent
Marks
1 Podium – Justin
Peck, Anthony Macri,
Aaron Reutzel,
Michael Kofoid
TOP 10
FINISHES (29
Drivers):
10 Top 10s –
Donny Schatz, Gio
Scelzi, David Gravel
9 Top 10s – Logan
Schuchart
8 Top 10s – Michael
Kofoid
7 Top 10s – Carson
Macedo
6 Top 10s – Sheldon
Haudenschild, Tyler
Courtney
5 Top 10s – Bill
Balog, Brent Marks,
Rico Abreu
4 Top 10s – Anthony
Macri
3 Top 10s – Brad
Sweet, Brian Brown,
Brock Zearfoss
2 Top 10s – Aaron
Reutzel, Ryan Timms
1 Top 10 – Justin
Peck, Kasey Kahne,
Sam Hafertepe Jr.,
Zeb Wise, Corey Day,
Cory Eliason, Landon
Crawley, Jacob
Allen, Chris Windom,
Garet Williamson,
Chase Randall, James
McFadden
2024
WORLD OF OUTLAWS
SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE
& WINNERS:
No. /
Day, Date / Track /
Location / Winner
(Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 /
Volusia Speedway
Park / Barberville,
FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 /
Volusia Speedway
Park / Barberville,
FL / David Gravel
(1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 /
Volusia Speedway
Park / Barberville,
FL / Tyler Courtney
(1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 /
Volusia Speedway
Park / Barberville,
FL / Sheldon
Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 /
Volusia Speedway
Park / Barberville,
FL / Donny Schatz
(1)
6. Fri, March 15 /
Cotton Bowl Speedway
/ Paige, TX / Brent
Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 /
Cotton Bowl Speedway
/ Paige, TX /
Giovanni Scelzi (1)
8. Sat, March 23 /
Kennedale Speedway
Park / Kennedale, TX
/ Carson Macedo (1)
9. Sat, March 30 /
81 Speedway /
Wichita, KS / Rico
Abreu (1)
10. Fri, April 5 /
US 36 Raceway /
Osborn, MO / David
Gravel (2)
11. Sat, April 6 /
Arrowhead Speedway /
Colcord, OK /
Sheldon Haudenschild
(2)
For the full 2024
World of Outlaws NOS
Energy Drink Sprint
Car schedule, CLICK
HERE.
1 MONTH ALERT:
World of Outlaws, PA
Posse Set to Clash at
Lincoln Speedway on May
8
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA
(April 10, 2024) – The
World of Outlaws and PA
Posse will meet for the
first time this season
at Lincoln Speedway in
Abbottstown, PA for the
Federated Auto Parts
Gettysburg Clash.
Pennsylvania fans
will be treated to a
special midweek show
with the best Sprint Car
drivers in the country
dueling for a $12,000
payday.
The last time the
Series visited Lincoln,
the PA Posse walked away
with the win in dramatic
fashion. Anthony Macri
made a last corner, last
lap, pass on Brent Marks
to bring the crowd to
their feet for a wild
finish.
Of the current
full-time drivers, David
Gravel, 10-time Series
champion Donny Schatz
and Sheldon Haudenschild
have each picked up a
Series win at the
3/8-mile track. Logan
Schuchart, of Hanover,
PA, has two victories at
the track, but will be
on the hunt for his
first win there with the
World of Outlaws.
EVENT INFO:
Date – Wednesday, May 8
Location – Abbottstown,
PA
Track Record – 12.577
seconds by Greg Hodnett
on April 30, 2016
Times (ET) –
2PM Pit Gates Open
5PM Grandstand Gates
Open
6:30PM Hot
Laps/Qualifying
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available
at
WorldofOutlaws.com/tix
How to Watch – If you
can't make it to the
track, you can watch
every lap live on
DIRTVision.
Last Race Video Recap
(May 10, 2023)–
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNN-Fcgt_7c
Previous World of
Outlaws Lincoln Speedway
Winners –
2023 – Rico Abreu on
March 18, Anthony Macri
on May 10
2022 – Jacob Allen on
May 11
2021 – Brad Sweet on May
12
2020 –Sheldon
Haudenschild on July 23
2019 – Lance Dewease on
May 15
2018 – Freddie Rahmer on
July 19
2017 – David Gravel on
May 17
2016 – Donny Schatz on
May 19
2015 – Greg Hodnett on
May 13
2014 – Stevie Smith on
May 14, Daryn Pittman on
July 17
2013 – Danny Dietrich on
May 16
2012 – Danny Dietrich on
May 10
1998 – Fred Rahmer on
May 30
1997 – Mark Kinser on
May 31
1996 – Mark Kinser on
June 1
1995 – Steve Kinser on
June 3, Dave Blaney on
Aug. 6
1994 – Steve Kinser on
June 4, Steve Kinser on
Aug. 7
1993 – Andy Hillenburg
on June 5, Bill Brian
Jr. on Aug. 8
1992 – Steve Kinser on
May 25
1991 – Sammy Swindell on
May 25
1989 – Chris Eash on May
20, Don Kreitz on May
27, Bobby Davis Jr. on
July 29
1988 – Sammy Swindell on
May 28, Stevie Smith on
June 4, Steve Kinser on
July 30
1987 – Bobby Allen on
May 23, Steve Kinser on
May 30, Steve Kinser on
Aug. 1
1986 – Bobby Davis Jr.
on May 24, Bobby Davis
Jr. on May 31, Sammy
Swindell on Aug. 2
1985 – Bobby Allen on
May 25, Steve Kinser on
June 1, Bobby Allen on
Aug. 3
1984 – Steve Kinser on
May 26, Bobby Davis Jr.
on Aug. 4
1983 – Brad Doty on May
30, Steve Kinser on Aug.
6
1981 – Steve Kinser on
June 6
1980 – Sammy Swindell on
May 17, Steve Kinser on
July 19
1979 – Rick Ferkel on
July 21
1978 – Steve Smith on
June 24, Steve Smith on
July 29
Farmer City
Thursday Practice Night
Canceled; Focus Shifts
to Exciting Illini 100
Weekend
FARMER CITY, IL
(April 10, 2024) – With
heavy rain moving into
Farmer City Wednesday
night and continuing
throughout the day on
Thursday, according to
Precision Weather
Service, World of
Outlaws, Xtreme Outlaw
and track officials have
agreed to cancel
Thursday’s Illini 100
practice night.
The decision comes after
consulting Wayne Mahar
of Precision Weather
Service. With rain
Wednesday and Thursday,
but sunny weather Friday
and Saturday, officials
wanted to preserve the
facility and track, so
fans and drivers are
given the best
conditions for the
Illini 100 weekend at
Farmer City Raceway.
With this move, the
focus now shifts to
Friday and Saturday’s
racing events, which
will feature the World
of Outlaws CASE
Construction Equipment
Late Models, Xtreme
Outlaw Midget Series
presented by Toyota and
MARS Modifieds.
RELATED:
Farmer City Raceway
Back to Host World of
Outlaws’ Illini 100 For
First Time Since 2021
A stout field is
expected in each field
with multiple Illinois
stars such as four-time
World of Outlaws
champion Brandon
Sheppard, reigning World
of Outlaws champion
Bobby Pierce, 2022 World
of Outlaws champion
Dennis Erb Jr., 2022
Xtreme Outlaw Midget
champion Zach Daum and
more.
The weekend will also
feature the return of
reigning Xtreme Outlaw
champion Jade Avedisian
as she joins the Series
for its debut at Farmer
City Raceway.
RELATED:
Xtreme Outlaw
Midgets Debut at Farmer
City for Illini 100
Pit gates will open at
12 p.m. (CT) and
grandstands will open at
1 p.m. Friday and
Saturday. Hot Laps are
scheduled to start at
6:30 p.m. with racing to
follow. There will be an
autograph session on
Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
with World of Outlaws
and Xtreme Outlaw Midget
drivers.
For tickets to the
Illini 100 weekend,
CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to
the track, you can watch
every lap live on
DIRTVision.
Federated Auto Parts
Becomes Title Sponsor of
Five Additional 2024
World of Outlaws Events
CONCORD, NC (April 9,
2024) – Federated Auto
Parts will have a
prominent presence
throughout the 2024
World of Outlaws NOS
Energy Drink Sprint Car
season, sponsoring five
events across five
states.
The premier auto
parts company will be
the title sponsor for
the events at Lincoln
Speedway (May 8), Wilmot
Raceway (July 12-13),
Merced Speedway (Sept.
14), Sharon Speedway
(Sept. 28) and Dirt Oval
66 (Oct. 18-19).
This is in addition
to its continued
sponsorship of Federated
Auto Parts Raceway at
I-55, which hosts the
World of Outlaws in
April and in August for
the prestigious Ironman
55. The two-day Ironman
event (Aug. 2-3), has
become a marquee stop on
the World of Outlaws
tour, boasting large
paydays and some of the
most exciting racing all
year around the 1/3-mile
bullring.
With that, their
sponsorship spans across
the country, reaching
fans in California,
Illinois, Missouri,
Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin. And in
February, Federated Auto
Parts was title sponsor
of DIRTcar Nationals in
Florida for the second
straight year.
“We’re excited to
continue our support of
the World of Outlaws and
dirt racing by reaching
fan across the country
at some of the World of
Outlaws’ biggest events
this year,” said J.R.
Bishop, director of
event marketing & member
services for Federated
Auto Parts. “We share
the World of Outlaws’
passion for creating a
healthy and thriving
dirt racing community,
and by having Federated
Auto Parts’ branding on
these events, it is a
perfect way to support
that cause while
introducing new fans to
the company.”
Federated Auto Parts
joined the World of
Outlaws in 2023,
becoming the title
sponsor of the Federated
Auto Parts DIRTcar
Nationals and several
other events throughout
the year. Their iconic
orange and blue colors
will also be on Logan
Schuchart’s No. 1S Shark
Racing Sprint Car
throughout the season.
For tickets to the
Federated Auto Parts
sponsored events, visit
WorldofOutlaws.com/tix.
If you can’t make it
to the track, you can
watch every lap live on
DIRTVision.
About Federated Auto
Parts
Federated Auto Parts,
headquartered in
Staunton, Virginia, is
one of the largest auto
parts distribution and
marketing organizations
in North America.
Federated is dedicated
to supporting its
customers with quality
name brand parts,
programs designed to
grow their businesses,
and experienced counter
people who are
knowledgeable in today’s
evolving automotive
technology. For more
information, visit
www.federatedautoparts.com.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR:
Xtreme Outlaw Midgets
Debut at Farmer City for
Illini 100
CONCORD, NC (April 9,
2024) – The April racing
schedule for the Xtreme
Outlaw Midget Series
presented by Toyota
continues with a visit
to another track
brand-new to the Series
– Farmer City Raceway
for the annual Illini
100.
Standing as one of
the most prestigious
dirt track racing events
in the state of
Illinois, the Illini 100
has traditionally been
billed as a Super Late
Model and DIRTcar UMP
Modified event. But in
2024, the event welcomes
Midget racing to the
card for the first time,
joining the World of
Outlaws CASE
Construction Equipment
Late Model Series and
the MARS Modified
Championship.
The stars of Midget
racing’s newest national
tour take on the
1/4-mile bullring for
back-to-back nights of
racing this Friday and
Saturday, April 12-13.
Preceded by an evening
of practice on Thursday,
April 11, Friday’s
program kicks off the
racing action with a
25-lap, $4,000-to-win
main event, leading up
to a 30-lap,
$5,000-to-win finale on
Saturday.
Both nights will be
sanctioned in
conjunction with the
POWRi National Midget
League, marking Rounds
1-2 of competition in
the Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi
Challenge Series. This
10-race miniseries
awards a $2,500 check to
the driver with the most
points accumulated after
all events are complete
in addition to checks
for each of the drivers
in the top-five of final
points.
Tickets for this
weekend’s events are on
sale in advance for $5
off at the links below
and will also be on sale
at the gate on race day.
If you can’t be there to
watch in person, stream
every lap live on
DIRTVision.
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Here are the drivers
to watch and storylines
to follow this weekend:
HOT STREAK – Through
the first four races of
2024, no driver owns
more top-five finishes
than the current Series
points leader, Cannon
McIntosh.
The 21-year-old has
not finished outside of
the top five yet and
boasts the win in the
season-opening weekend
in Du Quoin last month.
He led laps in both
Features last weekend at
US 36 Raceway and Sweet
Springs Motorsports
Complex en route to his
second pair of top-five
finishes, boosting his
lead in the points
standings to 47 over
Keith Kunz Motorsports
teammate Ryan Timms.
Farmer City will be a
track brand-new to
McIntosh this weekend.
The 1/4-mile bullring
has never hosted a
national Midget series
event, and the young
Oklahoma racer will be
among the favorites to
become its first winner.
BOUNCE BACK – Zach
Daum has climbed back
from large points
deficits before and now
prepares to do it again
after a weekend gone bad
in Missouri.
A sixth-place finish
last Friday at US 36
kept him in the thick of
the battle for the
points lead but internal
mechanical failure
struck him early in the
program Saturday at
Sweet Springs, taking
him out of competition
and leaving him with his
first DNS of the season.
That cost him almost 200
points in the standings
as he fell from 16
points out of the lead
in second-place, down to
eighth-place where he
now sits 215 points
behind McIntosh.
Despite his
misfortune, the
32-year-old returns to
racing in his home state
of Illinois this weekend
with a fresh power plant
inside the Trifecta
Motorsports No. 7U.
While he starts a climb
back in the Xtreme
Outlaw standings, he’ll
start fresh with the
first race of the
Challenge Series with
POWRi, of which he was
the champion in 2023.
SHARK’S TANK – Karter
Sarff is back on the
Xtreme Outlaw Series
roster for the third
weekend in-a-row as he
prepares to take on one
of his home-state tracks
at Farmer City.
Sarff, 21, of Mason
City, IL, has made his
presence felt early this
season, knocking off the
Series regulars last
Friday at US 36 for his
third career Xtreme
Outlaw win. He followed
that up with an
eighth-place effort the
next night at Sweet
Springs, vaulting him up
to fourth in the points
standings.
Fitting for the first
race of the 2024 Xtreme
Outlaw-POWRi Challenge
Series, Sarff enters
Farmer City representing
the POWRi side its
defending national
champion – an honor he
clinched in the final
race of the season last
October.
CHAMP RETURNS – Jade
Avedisian returns to the
Xtreme Outlaw Series
roster this weekend
after spending a week on
the asphalt in Sonoma,
CA, for the opening
round of the Toyota GR
Cup.
The reigning Series
champion from Clovis,
CA, will return to the
Keith Kunz Motorsports
stable for both races in
Farmer City following
finishes of 14th and
fourth in the season
opener in Du Quoin last
month.
Like most others in
the field, Avedisian
does not have any laps
in a Midget at Farmer
City but has been strong
on the banked bullrings
in the past with wins at
Jacksonville Speedway,
Southern Illinois
Raceway and Federated
Auto Parts Raceway at
I-55.
BACK IN THE SADDLE –
Gavin Miller has healed
from surgery and has
been cleared to compete
this weekend, returning
to the seat of the KKM
LynK/Toyota No. 97 after
missing the past two
races.
Miller, 17, of
Allentown, PA, posted
finishes of second and
11th in the season
opener last month and
sat fourth in points – a
great start for the
championship hopeful.
However, a crash in a
Micro Sprint event in
California two weeks
later took him out of
action due to an injury
suffered in the incident
and put teammate Kale
Drake in the seat of his
No. 97 for races at US
36 and Sweet Springs.
Drake, 18, of
Collinsville, OK, took
the opportunity and ran
with it, bagging a Heat
win and a seventh-place
result in the Feature at
US 36 before scoring his
first national Midget
series win with a
last-lap pass on
teammate Taylor Reimer
the next night at Sweet
Springs.
While Miller
reassumes his normal
driving duties in the
No. 97, Drake has earned
the right for more seat
time and will also pilot
a KKM car of his own at
Farmer City, making
seven total KKM cars on
the roster this weekend
– comprised of himself,
Ryan Timms, Cannon
McIntosh, Luke
Drotschie, Ashton
Torgerson, Jade
Avedisian, and Gavin
Miller.
THIS WEEKEND AT A
GLANCE
When and where
Friday-Saturday, April
12-13 at Farmer City
Raceway in Farmer City,
IL
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Current championship
points standings (view
full standings)
Cannon McIntosh: 872
points (Keith Kunz
Motorsports #71K)
Ryan Timms: -47 points
(Keith Kunz Motorsports
#67)
Chase McDermand: -59
points (CMR-Mounce/Stout
Motorsports #40)
Karter Sarff: -82 points
(Karter Sarff
Motorsports #21K)
Taylor Reimer: -90
points (Keith Kunz
Motorsports #25K)
Ashton Torgerson: -163
points (Keith Kunz
Motorsports #67K)
Hayden Reinbold: -180
points
(Reinbold/Underwood
Motorsports #19AZ)
Zach Daum: -215 points
(Trifecta Motorsports
#7U)
TJ Smith: -239 points
(Mounce/Stout
Motorsports #14S)
Trevor Cline: -257
points (Cline Racing
#55)
Toyota Feature
winners (4 drivers)
1 win – Thomas Meseraull
(Engler Racing), Cannon
McIntosh (Keith Kunz
Motorsports), Karter
Sarff (Karter Sarff
Motorsports #21K), Kale
Drake (Keith Kunz
Motorsports #97)
Toyota Feature laps
led (4 drivers)
36 laps – Cannon
McIntosh
35 laps – Joe B. Miller
27 laps – Thomas
Meseraull
12 laps – Taylor
Reimer
11 laps – Karter Sarff
4 laps – Tyler
Edwards
1 lap – Kale Drake
Whitz RC Racing
Products Quick Time
Awards (2 drivers)
3 awards – Ethan
Mitchell
1 award – Cannon
McIntosh
Heat Race winners (16
drivers)
2 wins – Tyler Edwards,
Chase McDermand
1 win – Ryan Timms,
Thomas Meseraull, Shane
Cottle, Gavin Miller, TJ
Smith, Cannon McIntosh,
Jade Avedisian, Nick
Hoffman, Ashton
Torgerson, Kale Drake,
Zach Daum, Karter Sarff,
Kyle Jones, Taylor
Reimer
High-points honors (4
drivers)
1 honor – Cannon
McIntosh, Tyler Edwards,
Chase McDermand, Karter
Sarff
Last Chance Showdown
wins (6 drivers)
1 win – Taylor Reimer,
Gunnar Setser, Austin
Torgerson, Gavin Miller,
Shane Cottle, Ethan
Mitchell
DIRTVision Hard
Charger Awards (4
drivers)
1 award – Will Armitage,
Ryan Timms, Ryan Timms,
Hayden Reinbold
Podium finishes (9
drivers)
2 podiums – Zach Daum,
Ryan Timms, Cannon
McIntosh
1 podium – Thomas
Meseraull, Gavin Miller,
Kale Drake, Taylor
Reimer, Karter Sarf,
Chase McDermand
Top-10 finishes (23
drivers)
4 top-10s – Cannon
McIntosh, Chase
McDermand
3 top-10s – Zach Daum
2 top-10s – Shane Cottle,
Ryan Timms, Karter Sarff,
Taylor Reimer, Kale
Drake, Ashton Torgerson
1 top-10 – Gavin Miller,
Joe B. Miller, Thomas
Meseraull, Jade
Avedisian, Will Armitage,
Mitchell Davis, Trey
Marcham, Rylan Gray,
Hayden Reinbold, TJ
Smith, Ethan Mitchell,
Gunnar Setser, Todd
McVay, Kyle Jones
2024 Schedule &
Winners – Race No. Day,
Date / Track / Location
/ Winner (Total Wins)
1. Fri, March 15 /
Southern Illinois Center
/ Du Quoin, IL / Thomas
Meseraull (1)
2. Sat, March 16 /
Southern Illinois Center
/ Du Quoin, IL / Cannon
McIntosh (1)
3. Fri, April 5 / US
36 Raceway / Osborn, MO
/ Karter Sarff (1)
4. Sat, April 6 / Sweet
Springs Motorsports
Complex / Sweet Springs,
MO / Kale Drake (1)
HAUD HANGS ON:
Sheldon Haudenschild
Survives to Top
Arrowhead’s Jason
Johnson Classic
Haudenschild holds off
Gravel’s challenge for
second $20,000 World of
Outlaws win of 2024
COLCORD, OK (April 6,
2024) - What a
difference a night makes
for Sheldon
Haudenschild.
Friday ended in heartbreak
when an incident in lapped
traffic cost him a potential
win at US 36 Raceway. There
would be no heartbreak at
Saturday night’s Jason
Johnson Classic presented by
FK Rod Ends. The World of
Outlaws NOS Energy Drink
Sprint Cars rolled into
Colcord, OK to debut at
Arrowhead Speedway with
$20,000 on the line.
Haudenschild snatched the
top spot halfway through the
main event and held off a
fierce charge from David
Gravel on the final lap.
The packed grandstands
roared as Haudenschild
climbed atop the Stenhouse
Jr.-Marshall Racing #17.
Jason Johnson’s son – Jaxx –
handed off the trophy in
Victory Lane to an ecstatic
Haudenschild.
“It’s huge,” Haudenschild
said of winning the Jason
Johnson Classic. “Obviously,
getting to race my first
couple years with Jason was
a blast. Seeing Jaxx grow up
over the years has been
awesome. I have some good
memories with Jason and love
getting this trophy. I know
I ran second to David
(Gravel) at (Lake) Ozark, so
it’s good to get him this
time.”
Haudenschild’s victory
was his 36th with The
Greatest Show on Dirt,
equaling him with Shane
Stewart and Carson Macedo
for 20th all-time. Arrowhead
became the 23rd different
track he’s won at and first
in the state of Oklahoma.
The Jason Johnson Classic is
still yet to see a repeat
winner through six editions
as Haudenschild claimed his
first.
Toyota Racing Dash winner
– Giovanni Scelzi – led the
field to green for the
30-lap Feature with
Haudenschild alongside.
Scelzi slid up ahead of
Haudenschild on the opening
circuit to secure the top
spot.
As the early laps
unfolded Haudenschild
quickly began to flex his
muscle. He kept the NOS
Energy Drink machine right
in the tire tracks of
Scelzi’s KCP Racing #18 as
they both hammered the
cushion. It didn’t take long
before Haudenschild fired a
slider at Scelzi in Turns 3
and 4 and cleared him, but
Scelzi managed to counter
with a crossover to reclaim
the lead.
Scelzi stared down a
heavy group of lapped
traffic as the halfway point
neared. Behind Scelzi and
Haudenschild, a rapidly
charging Jacob Allen threw
his name into the fight for
the win. The Shark Racing
driver started 10th and
climbed to fourth by Lap
10.
Up front Haudenschild
began to build momentum on
the bottom of the racetrack
while Scelzi stayed up top.
The margin between the two
shrank until they found
themselves side by side for
nearly a full rotation on
Lap 16. Haudenschild used
the bottom to muscle ahead
and lead Lap 17.
Scelzi didn’t let
Haudenschild pull too far
ahead, but he quickly found
himself in a three-car
battle for second as David
Gravel and Jacob Allen
closed in. Allen snagged
third on Lap 18 and looked
poised to make a run at the
win. On the 20th circuit
Allen rolled by Scelzi for
second in Turns 1 and 2. But
in the next set of corners
Allen slipped out of the
groove opening the door for
both Gravel and Scelzi to
drive under him exiting Turn
4. The trio roared
three-wide down the front
straightaway, and Scelzi
made contact with Allen’s
left front entering Turn 1.
The resulting damage to
Allen’s car knocked him out
of the race and brought out
a yellow flag.
The caution set the stage
for a 10-lap dash to the
finish. When the green flag
flew, Haudenschild wasted no
time darting ahead of Gravel
to get some breathing room.
The closing laps waned,
and Haudenschild appeared as
if he may cruise to the
$20,000 payday, but lapped
traffic became a factor.
Haudenschild managed to
sneak by a slower car with
three laps to go but slipped
up in Turns 1 and 2 as the
next lap began, allowing
Gravel to close on his tail
tank.
The white flag flew, and
Gravel drove the Big Game
Motorsports #2 to
Haudenschild’s outside in
Turns 1 and 2 and nearly
nosed ahead. Haudenschild
powered ahead slightly down
the back straightaway.
Gravel threw one last Hail
Mary in Turns 3 and 4 and
briefly pulled alongside
again, but Haudenschild’s
speed on corner exit was too
strong as he sped away to
the checkered flag.
The joy of the win helped
erase the dejection of the
night before.
“After nights like last
night, it’s tough,”
Haudenschild admitted. “So,
to rebound and get a win is
great. We know we’ve been
fast, so our spirit has been
good. It’s always good
beating the #2 (Gravel).
He’s so good this year and
all the past years.”
Gravel was in good
spirits despite coming up
just short of back-to-back
victories after topping
Friday’s visit to US 36. The
Watertown, CT native has
caught fire with four
consecutive top two
finishes, and his point lead
has ballooned to 40 markers.
Gravel thought he might be
able to drive by for the win
on the final lap but
couldn’t quite find the
speed needed.
“You had to conserve some
tires, and I was saving
there for a little bit at
the end,” Gravel said. “I
thought I was maybe going to
be able to get him
(Haudenschild) on the bottom
in (Turns) 1 and 2 then he
moved down. That one lapped
car I lost a lot of time
with and wasn’t able to
clear him. Then I was able
to get around the #7S and
thought I was going to be
able to go around him in
(Turns) 1 and 2 and just
couldn’t quite clear him.
Man, the guys have been
giving me a great race car.
It’s been fun driving the
past couple weeks.”
After leading early,
Giovanni Scelzi completed
the top three. The result
marked Scelzi’s third podium
of the season and served as
a nice bounce back after two
straight subpar showings for
the KCP #18.
“I couldn’t tell in
(Turns) 3 and 4 if I needed
to get all the way down or
just move a lane off the
cushion,” Scelzi said. “I
don’t know. It sucks.
Obviously, they’re
(Haudenschild and Gravel)
veterans. They have a lot
more laps than me. They just
drove smarter races.”
Logan Schuchart and
Carson Macedo completed the
top five.
David Gravel grabbed his
first Simpson Quick Time of
the year and the 111th of
his career.
A 24th to 14th run earned
Chris Windom the KSE Racing
Hard Charger.
NOS Energy Drink Heats
One, Three, and Four
belonged to David Gravel,
Sheldon Haudenschild, and
Brian Brown. Milton Hershey
School Heat Two went to
Giovanni Scelzi.
Landon Crawley claimed
the Micro-Lite Last Chance
Showdown.
UP NEXT: The
World of Outlaws NOS Energy
Drink Sprint Cars invade
Pevely, MO’s Federated Auto
Parts Raceway at I-55 for
two nights of bullring
action on April 12-13. For
tickets, CLICK
HERE.
If you can’t make it to
the track, catch every lap
live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature
(30 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon
Haudenschild[2]; 2. 2-David
Gravel[6]; 3. 18-Giovanni
Scelzi[1]; 4. 1S-Logan
Schuchart[3]; 5. 41-Carson
Macedo[5]; 6. 24-Rico
Abreu[8]; 7. 83-Michael
Kofoid[7]; 8. 21-Brian
Brown[4]; 9. 7BC-Tyler
Courtney[12]; 10.
39M-Anthony Macri[13]; 11.
15-Donny Schatz[15]; 12.
41S-Dominic Scelzi[19]; 13.
25-Kerry Madsen[16]; 14.
55-Chris Windom[24]; 15.
88T-Tanner Thorson[14]; 16.
70-Kraig Kinser[20]; 17.
3Z-Brock Zearfoss[18]; 18.
17B-Bill Balog[17]; 19.
83SR-James McFadden[11]; 20.
88-Austin McCarl[22]; 21.
24D-Danny Sams III[23]; 22.
7S-Landon Crawley[21]; 23.
1A-Jacob Allen[10]; 24.
23-Garet Williamson[9]
For full results, CLICK
HERE.
HOW SWEET IT IS:
Kale Drake Wins
Xtreme Outlaw Debut
at Sweet Springs on
Last-Lap Pass
Drake,
subbing for injured
teammate Gavin
Miller, joined KKM
this year and wins
in fourth career
Series start
SWEET SPRINGS, MO
(April 6, 2024) –
White flag in the
air, one-fifth of a
mile remaining. Kale
Drake had reeled-in
leader Taylor Reimer
from over a full
second behind in 10
laps and was staring
down an opportunity
at the biggest win
of his young career.
Drake – the
18-year-old national
Micro Sprint
champion from
Collinsville, OK
– drove it in deep
on the bottom in
Turn 1 while Reimer
– the 24-year-old
from Tulsa, OK, who
had led most of the
race – gassed it
through the middle.
A great drive off
Turn 2 gave Reimer
the advantage
heading into the
final two corners,
but Drake was strong
on the bottom.
Again, Drake dove
low with speed into
the corner, hugging
the dirt mound that
separated the track
from the infield as
he rounded Turns 3
and 4. Reimer tried
the top lane one
more time in an
effort to keep her
speed up, but it was
not enough. Drake
pulled even with
Reimer off Turn 4
and beat her in the
drag race to the
finish line by .020
seconds to steal the
win and his first
career national
Midget series
victory with the
Xtreme Outlaw Midget
Series presented by
Toyota Saturday
night at Sweet
Springs Motorsports
Complex.
Victory Lane painted
a vivid picture of
two fierce
competitors on
opposite ends of an
incredible finish –
one relishing in the
taste of victory,
and the other awash
in the agony of
defeat.
“I honestly don’t
have words for it at
the moment,” Drake
said. “It’s pretty
surreal, to be
honest.”
“I didn’t come here
to run second,”
Reimer said. “I’m
pretty pissed off.
Couldn’t get around
the lapped car. Gave
it up on the last
lap.”
Drake joined the
Keith Kunz
Motorsports (KKM)
team as a driver for
the first time at
the Chili Bowl
Nationals in January
– where he was named
Rookie of the Year
after his 14th-place
finish in the A-Main
– and was hired soon
after as a full-time
crew member with a
few opportunities to
do more Midget
racing included.
When Xtreme Outlaw
full-timer Gavin
Miller was injured
in a crash at a
Micro Sprint event
in California three
weeks ago, Drake was
given the nod to
step into Miller’s
ride for this
weekend’s events
while Miller
continues to heal in
recovery and did not
forget to
acknowledge his
teammate after the
big moment.
“He’s one of my
really good friends
and it sucks not
having him here to
race against because
he is an amazing
competitor, super
good driver and only
getting better as
well,” Drake said
about Miller. “I
wish him a speedy
recovery. We want to
see him back at the
track with us, and
the season’s gonna
be fun together.”
With that unexpected
opportunity, Drake
made the most of it,
notching a
seventh-place finish
Friday at US 36
Raceway before
breaking through for
the win Saturday
night.
From third on the
Feature starting
grid, Drake stayed
patient inside the
top three for
two-thirds of the
30-lap main event.
Reimer fired-off
well in the opening
laps, advancing from
fifth on the grid up
to second on Lap 11,
getting around Drake
with top-lane
momentum. Two laps
later, she drove
around McIntosh for
the lead in the same
fashion, feeding
from the top lane
speed.
Drake was next to
get by McIntosh,
taking second from
his KKM teammate
with a big move to
his inside in Turns
1 and 2. From
there, Drake watched
Reimer jump out to a
lead of over 1.6
seconds at its
largest in lapped
traffic with only 10
laps left.
That’s when Drake
turned on the jets.
“I saw Taylor just
kinda become like
sitting still in the
middle of the
track,” Drake said.
“Lapped traffic was
playing a huge
factor there.
“Once I got clear
past a few of them,
I just started
driving as hard as I
possibly could and
started hitting my
marks just like I
did that first lap.
I got the feeling
back in, and once I
did, it was just a
matter of putting
laps down.”
That gap shrunk all
the way down to
under a half-second
by the time Drake
took the white flag.
“I saw the white,
and I was like, ‘I
think she’s gonna
get away from us,
really,’” Drake
said. “I think she
just missed her
marks, and we were
able to capitalize
on that and really
put down a solid
lap. I made sure to
burn it in super
hard going into
(Turns) 3 and 4 to
make sure that I was
gonna come off
straight as an arrow
coming out of 4.”
Drake crossed the
finish line .020
seconds ahead of
Reimer, followed by
fellow KKM teammate
Ryan Timms, making
for an all
Oklahoma-born
podium.
Timms, 17, of
Oklahoma City, OK,
had ran fourth for
most of the race and
made the move on
McIntosh for third
on Lap 23 to capture
his second podium of
the season, cutting
his points gap to
McIntosh down to 47
in the Series
standings.
“[McIntosh] moved
up, and I went down
to the bottom in
lapped traffic and
was able to use some
lapped cars to get
by him,” Timms said.
“I felt like I was
maybe catching Kale
and Taylor there at
the end. A lot of
that was caused by
being in lapped
traffic as well. But
we had a good car
and was fast all
night.”
McIntosh crossed the
stripe in fourth and
kept his points
lead, while Chase
McDermand completed
the top-five.
UP NEXT
The Xtreme Outlaw
Midgets are back in
action next
Friday-Saturday,
April 12-13, for the
two-day Illini
100 event at
Farmer City Raceway
alongside the World
of Outlaws CASE Late
Model Series.
Tickets are on sale
now at
XtremeOutlawSeries.com
and will be
available at the
gate on race day. If
you can’t be there
to watch in person,
stream every lap
live on
DIRTVision.
ABBREVIATED
RESULTS (view
full results)
Feature (30 Laps):
1. 97-Kale Drake[3];
2. 25K-Taylor
Reimer[5]; 3.
67-Ryan Timms[4]; 4.
71K-Cannon
McIntosh[1]; 5.
40-Chase
McDermand[6]; 6.
16-Kyle Jones[2]; 7.
67K-Ashton
Torgerson[7]; 8.
21K-Karter Sarff[8];
9. 89-Todd
McVay[11]; 10.
43-Gunnar Setser[9];
11. 19AZ-Hayden
Reinbold[17]; 12.
13-Elijah Gile[15];
13. 5U-Peter
Smith[12]; 14.
1K-Brayton
Lynch[13]; 15.
44-Branigan
Roark[18]; 16.
66-Jayden Clay[22];
17. 55-Trevor
Cline[14]; 18.
41-Brad Wyatt[21];
19. 11A-Andrew
Felker[20]; 20.
14S-TJ Smith[10];
21. 88A-Austin
Torgerson[19]; 22.
98-Luke
Drotschie[16]; 23.
11J-Todd Jackson[23]
|
The Xtreme
Outlaw Midget Series is brought
to fans by important sponsors and
partners, including: DIRTVision
(Official Live Broadcast
Partner), Toyota (Title sponsor of
the Midgets Series), Racing
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(Official Insurance Provider). Other
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Whitz Racing Products.
RIGHT
PLACE RIGHT TIME: David Gravel
Conquers US 36 After Inheriting the
Lead
Sheldon
Haudenschild’s misfortune is
Gravel’s good luck as he earns his
90th World of Outlaws win.
OSBORN, MO (April 5, 2024) - A
little luck never hurts, especially
in Sprint Car Racing.
Sheldon Haudenschild appeared poised for
a third straight US 36 Raceway victory
on Friday night. He’d taken the lead
early and sliced through plenty of
traffic as he led the opening 20
circuits. But an incident with a lapped
car left him spun between Turns 1 and 2
and ended his hopes of a three-peat at
the 3/8-mile. The biggest beneficiary
to Haudenschild’s troubles? David
Gravel. The Watertown, CT native had
clawed his way from fourth to second in
the Big Game Motorsports #2. When
Haudenschild spun, the gift of the lead
fell into Gravel’s lap.
After inheriting the top spot, Gravel
never looked back on his way to his
second World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink
Sprint Car win of 2024. Last year
Gravel’s visit to US 36 resulted in a
DNF. This year it resulted in
redemption.
“I was just kind of searching around
racing with those guys, and we were able
to get to third and then get to second,”
Gravel said. “And then Sheldon got into
the lapped car there, but I felt like we
were right there and could pace him
well. I liked my chances. I wish we got
to race it out. But the guys gave me a
really good car.”
The triumph marked Gravel’s 90th
with The Greatest Show on Dirt, making
him only the 10th driver to reach 90. US
36 Raceway became the 46th different
track he’s won at in World of Outlaws
competition. Gravel’s car owner – Tod
Quiring – is up to 96 Series victories
as he gets closer to making Big Game
Motorsports only the sixth team in
Series history with triple digit wins.
An all-NOS Energy Drink front row
consisting of Tyler Courtney and Sheldon
Haudenschild led the field to green for
the 35-lap finale. “Sunshine” jumped
ahead on the initial start, but a crash
on the front straightaway before the lap
was complete caused a complete restart.
The opening lap not being finished
before the red flag was Gravel’s first
piece of good fortune in the Feature. He
had slipped all the way to seventh from
the second row on the first lap, but the
wreck gave him a second chance at a
strong start – a chance he took
advantage of.
“That first start was really bad, and
I fell back to seventh,” Gravel
explained. “Luckily, there was a red
right before everybody crossed the start
finish line or I definitely wouldn’t
have won this race here tonight.
Luckily, we were able to get a redo
there.”
On the full restart Haudenschild got
the advantage on the outside and led the
first lap. As they clicked off the early
laps Haudenschild committed to the
cushion while Courtney stayed low.
Courtney closed on Haudenschild and
nearly took the top spot out of Turn 4
on Lap 7, but Haudenschild moved low to
protect and began to pad his lead.
Behind the lead duo Gravel found some
grip in the center of Turns 1 and 2 and
used it to drive around James McFadden
for third on Lap 9. Only six laps later
Gravel drove around Courtney to climb
into the runner-up spot. Behind Gravel a
charging Donny Schatz followed Gravel’s
path to the front as Schatz moved into
third on Lap 17 after starting seventh.
Only six laps after Gravel took
second was when Haudenschild came
together with the lapped car of Chris
Windom in Turns 1 and 2. The resulting
spin dropped him from contention and
left nose damage on the NOS Energy Drink
17.
The incident handed the lead right
over to Gravel who planned to take full
advantage.
Gravel drove away early on the
following restart. A handful of cautions
interrupted Gravel’s progress toward the
checkered flag, but he still mastered
each restart as he left Schatz no
openings to make a move.
Schatz closed a couple times as the
two navigated traffic, but he could
never near Gravel enough to truly
challenge. Gravel took off on one last
restart with four laps to go and held on
to win by just north of one second.
Gravel has collected three straight
podiums as he continues to build
momentum in search of his first World of
Outlaws title. The win allowed him to
slightly extend his point lead to 22
markers ahead of Schatz. He’s locked in
and ready for that title and the results
show.
“It’s been a good year,” Gravel said.
“We stubbed our toe one night, but other
than that I feel like we’ve been on our
game. Donny has been running strong,
too, so I know it’s going to be a battle
all year long.”
Schatz brought the Tony Stewart/Curb
Agajanian Racing #15 home second for his
fourth podium in the last six races as
the 10-time champion continues to get
hot early. Schatz felt that a late wreck
that took the leaders out of lapped
traffic and caused an open red hurt his
chances of winning.
“My guys did a great job,” Schatz
said. “I felt like we were coming there
in traffic, and that momentum kind of
went away on the open red. We had to
make an adjustment. That’s what you have
to do. You have to go for it. We went
for it, and it helped me in one corner
and hurt me in the other.”
Michael “Buddy” Kofoid completed the
top three at US 36. The result marked
the Roth Motorsports driver’s best
result of the season. Kofoid has now
pieced together five consecutive top 10
finishes including top fives in the last
two. The Penngrove, CA driver credited a
pivotal restart for helping him secure
the podium.
“I knew we were restarting sixth and
I finally had the outside,” Kofoid said.
“I was thinking if I could snooker a
couple guys there we should be good
because I could carry so much speed into
(Turn) 1 and almost slide through the
center and if somebody was on the
outside or inside, kind of shoot the gap
and do that most of the race.”
James McFadden and Tyler Courtney
completed the top five.
A huge 24th to sixth run gave Chase
Randall the night’s KSE Hard Charger
aboard the TKS Motorsports #2KS.
Buddy Kofoid earned Simpson Quick
Time honors.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three,
and Four belonged to Buddy Kofoid, Tyler
Courtney, and Rico Abreu. Milton Hershey
School Heat Two went to Sheldon
Haudenschild.
Anthony Macri won the Micro-Lite Last
Chance Showdown.
UP NEXT: The World
of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars
debut at Arrowhead Speedway on Saturday,
April 6 for the $20,000-to-win Jason
Johnson Classic. For tickets, CLICK
HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track,
catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps):
1. 2-David Gravel[3]; 2. 15-Donny
Schatz[7]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid[5]; 4.
83SR-James McFadden[4]; 5. 7BC-Tyler
Courtney[1]; 6. 2KS-Chase Randall[24];
7. 41-Carson Macedo[6]; 8. 1S-Logan
Schuchart[12]; 9. 18-Giovanni
Scelzi[25]; 10. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[11];
11. 8-Cory Eliason[19]; 12. 17-Sheldon
Haudenschild[2]; 13. 39M-Anthony
Macri[21]; 14. 55-Chris Windom[13]; 15.
17B-Bill Balog[22]; 16. 41S-Dominic
Scelzi[23]; 17. 23-Garet Williamson[14];
18. 88-Austin McCarl[10]; 19. 18T-Tanner
Holmes[18]; 20. 45X-Jace Park[20]; 21.
70-Kraig Kinser[26]; 22. 7S-Landon
Crawley[17]; 23. 5T-Ryan Timms[9]; 24.
24-Rico Abreu[8]; 25. 1A-Jacob
Allen[15]; 26. 26-Zeb Wise[16]
For full results, CLICK
HERE.
Karter Sarff Opens April with Xtreme
Outlaw Midget Win at US 36
Toyota Racing Development reaches
500-win mark with national Midget engines
OSBORN, MO (April 5, 2024) – Twice a
winner with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series
presented by Toyota last year, Karter Sarff
has stepped up his game early in 2024,
taking his first trip of the season to
Victory Lane Friday night at US 36 Raceway.
Sarff, 21, of Mason City, IL, was
relentless with the speed and pressure on
the leaders through the first half of the
main event, eventually breaking through with
a successful slide job on Cannon McIntosh
with 10-to-go and driving away with his
third career Series victory.
In 2023, it took he and his family-owned
operation several appearances with the
Series before he finally broke through for a
win during the World of Outlaws Ironman 55
weekend in August. Now, only three races
into the new season, Sarff is already up on
the board.
“It feels super good to win one in the
third race of the year,” Sarff said.
“Hopefully, it leads to even more this year.
Last year, we won two of them, so this year
we’re hoping we can win even more than two.”
Notably, Sarff utilizes a Toyota Racing
Development (TRD) engine under the hood of
his No. 21K. Coming into Friday, the TRD
program was sitting at a grand total of 499
national Midget series Feature wins with
their engines – the first coming in 2006 on
pavement with multi-time national champion
Dave Steele – and Sarff has now delivered
the milestone 500th to the program with the
win.
After turning the quickest lap in his
Qualifying group, winning his Heat Race and
claiming high-points honors, Sarff took the
green flag for the Feature from outside Row
2 and immediately put the pressure on early
leader McIntosh, hounding the Keith Kunz
Motorsports #71K nearly non-stop over the
first half of the 30-lap race.
Inside and outside, Sarff tried several
routes to make the pass but was unable to do
so. That was until Lap 17 – five laps after
a restart – when Sarff finally got close
enough to execute his first slide job
maneuver in Turn 3, which McIntosh
immediately denied with a crossover move out
of Turn 4.
“[McIntosh] was running the bottom in
(Turns) 1 and 2, so I couldn’t slide him
there, which was the best spot to do it,”
Sarff said. “So was sliding him there in 3
and 4, and it just got so tight off of 4
that he was able to run down the hill back
across me every time.”
But Sarff gathered his wheels back in and
wound the car up on the top lane again in
preparation to throw another slider two laps
later, which was successful. With a burst of
speed off Turn 2, Sarff drove deep into Turn
3 on the bottom and slid ahead of McIntosh
by several car-lengths to take over the
lead.
“We struggled a little on the bottom – it
was a little boggy – so right through the
middle and the top, the thing would just
carry so much speed,” Sarff said. “It was
just an amazing racecar.”
Despite Sarff’s repeated challenges, the
move was much to McIntosh’s surprise.
“I felt like after the restart, I was
really good,” McIntosh said. “I changed my
line up, just started doing something
different, and I felt like it was a lot
better and I was carrying good speed. I was
honestly surprised when I saw Karter poke
his nose to the inside because I felt so
good.
“At that point, I was trying to just play
defense, and once he got by, I really didn’t
have anything for him.”
Now with the lead, Sarff began to drive
away from the field, turning laps multiple
tenths quicker on average than those behind
him as he cruised to a first Feature win of
the year.
Behind him, Chase McDermand was making
his presence felt as well, capitalizing on
the lower-lane momentum around the 3/8-mile
high-banks to get by McIntosh for second on
Lap 26.
“I was trying to figure out [McIntosh’s]
weakness and where I could gain on him a
little bit,” McDermand said. “Just making
different lines, trying to make speed down
the straightaway.
“I was able to get him in (Turns) 3 and
4, which was kind of where I was thinking. I
feel like we were close to the same pace in
1 and 2, but I just chose a different line
there in 3 and 4 and was able to get a
really good run off the corner. He kinda
slipped-up there off of 4 and didn’t quite
have the run down the straightaway that I
had.”
McDermand held on for second while
McIntosh settled for third with 19 total
laps led. Still, McIntosh built on his
points lead slightly, now tallying in 16
points ahead of runner-up Zach Daum.
UP NEXT
The Xtreme Outlaw Midgets complete the
trip through Missouri with a visit to Sweet
Springs Motorsports Complex on Saturday,
April 6. Tickets are on sale in advance at
XtremeOutlawSeries.com and will also
available at the gate. If you can’t be
there, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view full results)
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 21K-Karter
Sarff[4]; 2. 40-Chase McDermand[5]; 3.
71K-Cannon McIntosh[2]; 4. 25K-Taylor
Reimer[8]; 5. 67-Ryan Timms[10]; 6. 7U-Zach
Daum[1]; 7. 97-Kale Drake[3]; 8. 19AZ-Hayden
Reinbold[9]; 9. 14S-Tyler Smith[11]; 10.
19M-Ethan Mitchell[6]; 11. 67K-Ashton
Torgerson[7]; 12. 1K-Brayton Lynch[14]; 13.
5U-Peter Smith[17]; 14. 55-Trevor Cline[22];
15. 88A-Austin Torgerson[13]; 16. 98-Luke
Drotschie[16]; 17. 66-Jayden Clay[21]; 18.
938-Bradley Fezard[20]; 19. 89-Todd
McVay[19]; 20. 92-Josh Most[18]; 21.
44-Branigan Roark[15]; 22. 13-Elijah
Gile[12]; 23. 56-Tyler Edwards[23]
1 MONTH ALERT: World of Outlaws Return to
Eldora For May Doubleheader
ROSSBURG, OH (April 4, 2024) – Legends
will collide when the World of Outlaws NOS
Energy Drink Sprint Car Series returns to
Eldora Speedway for the #LetsRaceTwo
doubleheader, May 3-4.
The best Sprint Car drivers in the
country will gather in Ohio for the Series'
first of two weekend stops at the iconic
"Big E."
Both nights post $12,000 to win top
prizes, along with key championship points
for Series contenders. Of the top current
championship contenders, five have picked up
wins at Eldora in the last three years –
Carson Macedo, David Gravel, Donny Schatz,
Logan Schuchart and Ohio's Sheldon
Haudenschild.
The World of Outlaws will return to
Eldora for the marquee Kings Royal weekend,
July 19-20.
EVENT INFO:
Date – Friday-Saturday, May 3-4
Location – Rossburg, OH
Track Record – 12.599 sec. by David Gravel
on Sept. 23, 2020
Times (CT) –
1:30PM Ticket Sales Begin (Main Gate, Turn
4, Pit Gate)
2PM Spectator Gates Open
6PM Hot Laps/Qualifying
-Racing to follow
Tickets – Available at
WorldofOutlaws.com.
How to Watch – If you can't make it to the
track, you can watch every lap live on
DIRTVision.
Last Race Video Recap (May 6, 2023 -
#LetsRaceTwo) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6-Xt-Yq7LE
Previous World of Outlaws winners at
Eldora –
2023 – Logan Schuchart on May 5, Rico Abreu
on May 6, Carson Macedo on July 14, Donny
Schatz on July 15, Rico Abreu on Sept. 22
2022 –David Gravel on July 13, Brent Marks
on July 14, David Gravel on July 15 (Day),
Brent Marks on July 15 (Night), Rico Abreu
on Sept. 23
2021 – Brent Marks on May 8 (Day), Sheldon
Haudenschild on May 8, Carson Macedo on July
14, Tyler Courtney on July 17 (Day), Kyle
Larson on July 17, Carson Macedo on July 18,
Logan Schuchart on Sept. 24
2019 – Donny Schatz on May 10, Donny Schatz
on July 17, Brad Sweet on July 18, Donny
Schatz on July 19, Brad Sweet on July 20,
Logan Schuchart on Sept. 27
2018 – Donny Schatz on May 11, Donny Schatz
on May 12, Shane Stewart on July 12, Donny
Schatz on July 13, Donny Schatz on July 14,
Brent Marks on Sept. 21, Christopher Bell on
October 14
2017 – Logan Schuchart on May 12, Donny
Schatz on May 13, Kerry Madsen on July 13,
Christopher Bell on July 14, Donny Schatz on
May 15, Tim Shaffer on Sept. 22
2016 – Kerry Madsen on May 6, Kerry Madsen
on May 7, David Gravel on July 14, Daryn
Pittman on July 15, Donny Schatz on July 16,
Shane Stewart on Sept. 23
2015 – Donny Schatz on May 8, Donny Schatz
on May 9, Shane Stewart on July 17, Shane
Stewart on July 18, Greg Wilson on Sept. 25
2014 – Shane Stewart on May 2, David Gravel
on May 3, Sammy Swindell on July 11, Kerry
Madsen on July 12, Joey Saldana on Sept. 19
2013 – Kerry Madsen on May 3, Daryn Pittman
on May 4, Kerry Madsen on July 12, Brad
Sweet on July 13
2012 – Chad Kemenah on May 4, Sammy Swindell
on May 5, Joey Saldana on July 13, Sammy
Swindell on July 14
2011 – Joey Saldana on May 8, Tim Shaffer on
July 15, Tyler Walker on July 16, Joey
Saldana on Sept. 23
2010 – Joey Saldana on May 8, Paul McMahan
on May 9, Joey Saldana on July 16, Steve
Kinser on July 17, Jac Haudenschild on Sept.
24
2009 – Donny Schatz on May 9, Terry McCarl
on July 17, Donny Schatz on July 18, Jason
Sides on Sept. 25
2008 – Craig Dollansky on April 11, Donny
Schatz on May 31, Joey Saldana on July 11,
Daryn Pittman on July 13, Joey Saldana on
Sept. 19
2007 – Jason Meyers on April 13, Paul
McMahan on June 2, Steve Kinser on July 13,
Donny Schatz on July 14, Joey Saldana on
Sept. 21
2006 – Sammy Swindell on April 7, Sammy
Swindell on April 8, Craig Dollansky on June
3, Craig Dollansky on July 14, Joey Saldana
on July 15, Joey Saldana on Aug. 4
2005 – Sammy Swindell on April 8, Steve
Kinser on April 9, Sammy Swindell on June 4,
Steve Kinser on July 15, Steve Kinser on
July 16, Jac Haudenschild on Aug. 5
2004 – Steve Kinser on April 9, Steve Kinser
on April 10, Danny Lasoski on June 5, Dale
Blaney on July 16, Jason Sides on July 17,
Sammy Swindell on Aug. 6
2003 – Donny Schatz on April 18, Sammy
Swindell on April 19, Steve Kinser on May
31, Steve Kinser on July 18, Steve Kinser on
July 19, Jason Meyers on Aug. 8
2002 – Craig Dollansky on April 13, Steve
Kinser on June 1, Daryn Pittman on July 19,
Joey Saldana on July 20, Steve Kinser on
Aug. 2
2001 – Stevie Smith on April 13, Mark Kinser
on April 14, Andy Hillenburg on June 2, Andy
Hillenburg on July 20, Mark Kinser on July
21, Steve Kinser on Aug. 3
2000 – Steve Kinser on April 22, Mark Kinser
on June 3, Johnny Herrera on July 13, Sammy
Swindell in July 14, Dale Blaney on July 15,
Tim Shaffer on Aug. 4
1999 – Steve Kinser on April 2, Tim Shaffer
on June 5, Mark Kinser on July 15, Greg
Hodnett on July 16, Sammy Swindell on July
17, Stevie Smith on Aug. 6
1998 – Joey Saldana on April 10, Sammy
Swindell on April 11, Sammy Swindell on June
13, Jac Haudenschild on July 17, Jac
Haudenschild on July 18, Jac Haudenschild on
Aug. 7
1997 – Sammy Swindell on April 4, Dave
Blaney on June 14, Dave Blaney on July 18,
Steve Kinser on July 19, Sammy Swindell on
Aug. 8
1996 – Sammy Swindell on April 5, Steve
Kinser on June 15, Mark Kinser on July 19,
Johnny Herrera on July 20, Mark Kinser on
Aug. 9
1995 – Dave Blaney on April 14, Jac
Haudenschild on April 15, Steve Kinser on
June 10, Dave Blaney on Aug. 11
1994 – Jeff Swindell on April 16, Kenny
Jacobs on April 17, Kenny Jacobs on June 11,
Dave Blaney on Aug. 12
1993 – Dave Blaney on Dave Blaney on April
17, April 18, Dave Blaney on June 11, Steve
Kinser on June 12, Dave Blaney on Aug. 13
1992 – Sammy Swindell on April 12
1991 – Doug Wolfgang on April 20, Steve
Kinser on June 7, Sammy Swindell on June 8
1990 – Steve Kinser on April 21, Steve
Kinser on April 22, Rickey Hood on June 8,
Steve Kinser on June 9
1989 – Lee Brewer on April 22, Jeff Swindell
on April 23, Bobby Davis, Jr. on June 9,
Doug Wolfgang on June 10, Doug Wolfgang on
Aug. 4, Doug Wolfgang on Aug. 5
1988 – Sammy Swindell on April 9, Doug
Wolfgang on April 10, Jac Haudenschild on
Aug. 26, Steve Kinser on Aug. 27
1987 – Steve Kinser on April 12, Dave Blaney
on Aug. 7, Steve Kinser on Aug. 8
1986 – Sammy Swindell on Aug. 7, Kenny
Jacobs on Aug. 8, Bobby Allen on Aug. 9
1985 – Doug Wolfgang on April 13, Doug
Wolfgang on April 14, Sammy Swindell on Aug.
8, Jac Haudenschild on Aug. 9, Doug Wolfgang
on Aug. 10
1984 – Sammy Swindell on April 7, Ron Shuman
on April 8
1983 – Steve Kinser on May 21, Brad Doty on
May 22
1982 – Danny Smith on May 8, Sammy Swindell
on May 9, Doug Wolfgang on June 12, Jac
Haudenschild on Aug. 4, Ronnie Daniels on
Aug. 5, Rick Ferkel on Aug. 6, Sammy
Swindell on Aug. 7, Steve Kinser on Oct. 17
1981 – Sammy Swindell on May 16, Sammy
Swindell on Aug. 6, Doug Wolfgang on Aug. 7,
Doug Wolfgang on Aug. 8, Sammy Swindell on
Oct. 17, Steve Kinser on Oct. 18
1980 – Sammy Swindell on April 13, Steve
Kinser on May 3, Steve Kinser on May 4,
Steve Kinser on May 24, Steve Kinser on July
5, Doug Wolfgang on Aug. 7, Sammy Swindell
on Aug.8, Steve Kinser on Aug. 9, Doug
Wolfgang on Aug. 30, Doug Wolfgang on Aug.
31, Steve Kinser on Oct. 19
1979 – Ron Shuman on April 15, Dub May on
May 27, Steve Kinser on July 3, Sammy
Swindell on July 14, Steve Kinser on Aug. 2,
Steve Kinser on Aug. 3, Steve Kinser on Aug.
4, Doug Wolfgang on Sept. 1, Shane Carson on
Oct. 21
1978 – Bobby Allen on April 16, Rick Ferkel
on April 30, Steve Kinser on May 21, Rick
Ferkel on July 3, Randy Ford on Aug. 3, Rick
Ferkel on Aug. 4, Rick Ferkel on Aug. 5,
Steve Kinser on Sept. 3, Shane Carson on
Oct. 29
PASSION AND
PROFESSIONALISM: Continuing the Legacy of
Jason Johnson
Jason Johnson Racing
has established itself as one of the sport’s
premier teams and continues to uphold
Johnson’s standards.
OSBORN, MO (April 4, 2024) - Jason
Johnson was determined to carve out a path
in Sprint Car Racing. Every step of the way
in his career he displayed dedication to the
sport. Eventually, he worked his way to the
opportunity to start his own team. Powered
by passion and founded on principles of
professionalism, Jason Johnson Racing was
born in 2010.
The team continues to operate based on the
foundation Johnson laid as they’ve become one of
the sport’s powerhouses with Philip and Brooke
Dietz in ownership and Carson Macedo driving.
And this Saturday at Arrowhead Speedway, they’ll
look to honor Johnson by topping the Jason
Johnson Classic. With Johnson holding his team
to a high standard, success came right away. The
2010 American Sprint Car Series (ASCS)
championship belonged to Johnson. The JJR #41
took a total of 19 trips to Victory Lane during
its debut season.
For almost the entire time Johnson raced, his
cousin – Philip Dietz – was right alongside him
on the mechanical side. There were times early
in Johnson’s career when Dietz slept on the
floor to have the opportunity to join his cousin
at the racetrack. Even though Dietz was with
Kasey Kahne Racing when JJR came to life, he
recalls how Johnson designed his team for
success.
“He set the bar pretty high years ago,” Dietz
said. “In his early days, he worked for some
pretty reputable teams, one being Steve Kinser
Racing. How they ran their team and everything
they did during that time; Jason took notes of
it all. When that opportunity came to start up
his own team, he applied a lot of those same
things. He was obviously very particular about
the cleanliness of all the gear and having
everything look nice and professional to
represent our sponsors the best way possible.
And on top of that, there was a lot of effort
that went into performance and never being
content with settling for anything other than
being a contender.”
The team philosophy led to continued success
for Johnson throughout the team’s early years.
He reeled off three consecutive ASCS
championships from 2012 through 2014. And then
Johnson decided to take the step to the World of
Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars in 2015.
An injury at Placerville disrupted Johnson’s
first season, but in March of 2016 he tasted
redemption when he scored JJR’s first World of
Outlaws win as a team at none other than
Placerville. Later that year, Johnson summited
Sprint Car Racing’s mountaintop with a thrilling
Knoxville Nationals win and delivered five words
that’ll echo forever, “Shit, I wanted to win!”
Johnson went on to tally two more wins in
2016 and added another six over the next year
and a half before his tragic passing in June of
2018.
But that night would not signal the end of
Jason Johnson Racing. His family wouldn’t allow
it. They wanted to keep Johnson’s legacy going
on the racetrack just how he would’ve preferred.
His wife – Bobbi – continued to field the car as
they hired Carson Macedo to finish out 2018.
Right off the bat, Macedo took the #41 to
Victory Lane at Knoxville Raceway in his 360
Nationals Preliminary Night.
“I could see it right away in 2018 when I
came and drove for Philip and Bobbi, who at the
time was the owner of the team,” Macedo
recalled. “It was clear cut. They were just
professional. Phil was just on top of his game.
You could tell their car was just sound every
time in hit the racetrack. Phil’s attention to
detail was extraordinary. It was just a mold I
fit into so easily.”
Throughout the entire existence of JJR, the
team has prioritized representing their sponsors
in the best way possible. Mesilla Valley
Transportation has been a longtime supporter,
and Royal Jones – company CEO – has found it
incredibly easy to work with them and been
impressed by their professionalism and
dedication.
“It was easy from the start when I first met
Jason,” Jones said. “He walked in my office. I’d
never met him. He gave me a proposal to sponsor
him for the next year. I got to know him that
way. He was just so sincere, so honest, and just
down to earth and always trying to do the right
thing. I couldn’t help but take a liking to him,
so we sponsored him the next couple years in
ASCS until he moved onto the Outlaws.
“When he was going to go to the Outlaws, he
brought me sheets of what he thought it was
going to cost and how he was going to do things.
It was like, ‘Wow, these are quite the
proposals. You could be working for me getting
me business.’ This guy had it all down to a
science. He was just so amazing in how he looked
at it. You could just tell he was going to be
successful.”
When 2018 came to a close, Macedo had already
inked a deal to drive for Kyle Larson Racing
with the World of Outlaws in 2019. That opened
the door for JJR to bring David Gravel aboard
for the next two years. Gravel pieced together a
strong pair of seasons that saw him bag 19
Series wins including the 2019 Knoxville
Nationals.
“They’re a great family,” Gravel said. “I
love Jason’s parents. They’re really good
people. Phil’s a good guy. Bobbi is a
hard-working person. They built something from
really nothing. They didn’t have much, and
they’ve kind of built a little empire over there
and it’s still going today. I definitely had two
great years of racing over there.”
Gravel’s departure for Big Game Motorsports
presented the opportunity for Macedo to rejoin
the team, and it’s been a wildly successful
reunion. The Lemoore, CA native collected 11
checkered flags in 2021 and repeated the feat in
2022. He added another seven wins in 2023 and
put together his third consecutive third place
finish in the standings. Overall, Jason Johnson
Racing now sits at 60 World of Outlaws
victories, and Macedo is responsible for half.
The time with JJR continues to be a dream
come true for Macedo who grew up with one goal
in mind – becoming a World of Outlaws driver.
“I’m with a team that has really good,
faithful people behind it,” Macedo said. “Philip
is a great guy. He’s a good person. He’s a loyal
person. I see the same thing in all the sponsors
and partners that are part of the team. It just
makes me happy. It makes me thankful for what I
have every day. I just couldn’t be more
appreciative to be a part of JJR, a team that
has a lot of history behind it because of what
Jason started.”
What Jason started continues to live on. Led
by Dietz, the current version of JJR continues
to carry the spirit of Johnson by upholding his
standards and competing at the highest level.
And they have no plans of slowing down as they
chase Johnson’s goal of bringing a World of
Outlaws title to his race team.
“It’s very important to us to carry on the
JJR legacy and represent the team no different
than how Jason would want it done,” Dietz said.
“Our goal in 2015, when we first signed up with
the Outlaws, was to run top 10. We knew that it
was going to be a challenging year, and we were
faced with so many different things between the
engines and wing package.
“As time went on, we kept bumping our goals
up more and more. I think the following year we
were hoping to at least win three or five races,
which we accomplished. Nowadays, if we don’t win
at least five races a year we’re kind of
disappointed. It’s pretty amazing that we hit 60
wins the other weekend. It’s very special to me
to keep this team up front, keep it competitive.
Hopefully, we can continue that on for many
years and win many more races.”
Macedo and the team continue their
championship pursuit this weekend at Osborn,
MO’s US 36 Raceway on April 5 before the Jason
Johnson Classic at Colcord, OK’s Arrowhead
Speedway on April 6. For tickets, CLICK
HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch
every lap live on DIRTVision.
1 MONTH ALERT: World of Outlaws Sprint Cars Return to Tri-State Speedway, April 20
HAUBSTADT, IN (March 21, 2024) – The winged warriors of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series are bringing their high-octane show back to Tri-State Speedway on Saturday, April 20.
The high-banked 1/4-mile track is a fan-favorite every year as its small scale and tight corners have produced some of the most thrilling Sprint Car races in Series history.
Series stars Carson Macedo and Sheldon Haudenschild put on an electrifying show last year, trading slide jobs corner after corner. However, Non-Wing Sprint Car star Brady Bacon stole the spotlight by charging up through the field to steal the win – his first with the Series.
Bacon was the third first-time Series winner at Tri-State Speedway since 2017 (Parker Price-Miller in 2017, Carson Short in 2020, and Bacon in 2023).
EVENT INFO:
Date – Saturday, April 20
Location – Haubstadt, IN
Track Record – 11.110 sec. by Sammy Swindell on Oct. 8, 2004
Times (CT) –
Pit Gates Open 2pm
Grandstands Open 5pm
Hot Laps/Qualifying 6:30pm
-Racing to Follow
Tickets – Available at the track
How to Watch – If you can't be at the track, you can watch every lap live on DIRTVision.
Previous World of Outlaws Winners at Tri-State –
2023 - Brady Bacon on April 29
2022 - Carson Macedo on April 23
2021 – Carson Macedo on April 10
2020 – Carson Short on June 19, Carson Macedo on June 20
2019 – Christopher Bell on Oct. 13
2018 – David Gravel on May 13
2017 – Parker Price-Miller on May 14
2016 – David Gravel on May 14
2015 – Paul McMahan on May 3
2014 – Paul McMahan on May 10
2013 – Tim Kaeding on April 20
2012 – Craig Dollansky on April 21
2011 – Sammy Swindell on May 30
2010 – Craig Dollansky on Oct. 16
2009 – Steve Kinser on June 25
2008 – Craig Dollansky on July 6
2007 – Steve Kinser on April 21
2006 – Craig Dollansky on April 15
2005 – Steve Kinser on April 16
2004 – Tim Kaeding on Oct. 8
1999 – Mark Kinser on May 16
1998 – Mark Kinser on May 10, Sammy Swindell on June 21
1997 – Steve Kinser on May 11, Sammy Swindell on June 22
1996 – Mark Kinser on May 12
1995 – Stevie Smith on May 14, Steve Kinser on July 16
1994 – Andy Hillenburg on May 15, Dave Blaney on July 17
1993 – Dave Blaney on May 16, Andy Hillenburg on July 18
1992 – Gary Wright on May 10, Sammy Swindell on July 26
1991 – Doug Wolfgang on May 12, Steve Kinser on July 14
1990 – Doug Wolfgang on May 13
1989 – Steve Kinser on May 14
1988 – Bobby Davis, Jr. and Sammy Swindell on May 15 (co-winners)
1980 – Steve Kinser on May 11
1979 – Lee James on May 13, Larry Gates on Aug. 19
Last World of Outlaws Tri-State race video highlight –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLm4yx-ogRE
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Big O, Kennedale Welcome World of Outlaws for the First Time
The Texas trip concludes with two new tracks for The Greatest Show on Dirt.
ENNIS, TX (March 19, 2024) - The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars are heading from one Texas weekend to another.
After a thrilling two nights at Cotton Bowl Speedway, a pair of new tracks await The Greatest Show on Dirt. A Big O Speedway (Ennis, TX) visit is slated for Friday, March 22, and Kennedale Speedway Park (Kennedale, TX) takes center stage on Saturday, March 23. The two will become the 12th and 13th Texas tracks visited by The Greatest Show on Dirt as the rich Sprint Car Racing tradition of the “Lone Star State” grows. This weekend will mark the first time since March of 2021 that the World of Outlaws have checked off two new facilities on the same weekend when Sheldon Haudenschild topped the first trip to Magnolia Motor Speedway and David Gravel triumphed at Dirt on the Rev.
Big O and Kennedale will also be the final Texas appearances of 2024 for the World of Outlaws before the Series begins to invade the Midwest.
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LEADER IN THE CLUBHOUSE: A new driver arose atop the standings after Cotton Bowl, and his name is Giovanni Scelzi.
The Fresno, CA native continued his early season hot streak with KCP Racing by posting a third and a victory. He entered the weekend 12 markers behind Gravel for the top spot and left 16 markers ahead. It’s the first time in his career that the 22-year-old has led the Series standings. Scelzi has made every Toyota Racing Dash this season, finished seventh or better in every race, and owns an average finish of fourth. He and Donny Schatz are the only drivers with top 10s in all seven races to this point.
Like many others in the field, Scelzi will be getting his first look at Big O and Kennedale this weekend. He’ll look for solid debuts at both Texas tracks to maintain his early points lead.
BACK ON TRACK: After some struggles to start 2024, Carson Macedo and the Jason Johnson Racing crew are beginning to resemble the powerhouse team that they established themselves as upon partnering in 2021.
They kicked off the campaign with four straight finishes of 12th or worse. Since then it’s been an entirely different story. The last three races have seen the JJR #41 finish third, second, and eighth along with leading 20 Feature laps on the night Macedo finished second. The team continues to be led by owner/crew chief Philip Dietz and added Robby McQuinn and Adam Zimmerman to fill voids left by Clyde Knipp and Nate Repetz. And the new nucleus looks to be gelling.
Macedo will make his first laps at both Big O and Kennedale this weekend. The Lemoore, CA driver is the most recent to top a World of Outlaws debut at a new track. He claimed the Series inaugural visit to Minnesota’s Ogilvie Raceway last June.
7 RACES, 7 WINNERS: The early season parity pattern continued over the weekend at Cotton Bowl. Brent Marks and Gio Scelzi gave us seven different winners in the first seven races of 2024. The stretch has put the World of Outlaws on the brink of history. This year is only the second time the season has started with seven different winners, and the record to begin the season is eight in 2015.
It’s a mark that could be reached this weekend and even potentially passed. Two drivers that stand out as favorites to continue the trend are Logan Schuchart and Carson Macedo. The two have combined for 76 career World of Outlaws wins but each is still in search of their first of 2024.
Other full-time Series drivers that are former winners with the Series – Buddy Kofoid, Brock Zearfoss, Bill Balog, and Kraig Kinser – are still seeking their first wins of the season, too. And with a strong crop of locals and invaders expected this weekend, many competitors on the roster could add their name to the list of 2024 winners.
ROOKIE ROLL: It hasn’t taken long for Bill Balog to get comfortable on the World of Outlaws tour. The “North Pole Nightmare” started the year with a top 10 before experiencing engine troubles at DIRTcar Nationals but has since started to piece together a solid stretch.
Balog heads to Big O and Kennedale carrying the momentum of three consecutive top 10 finishes. Two weeks ago he came home 10th at Volusia. At Cotton Bowl, qualifying toward the front led to Dash births both nights resulting in finishes of eighth and seventh. It’s the first time in Balog’s career he’s strung together three straight top-10s with The Greatest Show on Dirt.
Big O and Kennedale are set to be the second and third new tracks that Balog will visit with the World of Outlaws this year. He’s already proven he can quickly adapt to new facilities. This past weekend was his first time laying eyes on Cotton Bowl.
TEXAN TIME?: The last 2024 weekend in Texas for the World of Outlaws means the last opportunity for the “Lone Star State” contingent to top The Greatest Show on Dirt. Like last weekend, the locals will be led by Sam Hafertepe Jr. and Aaron Reutzel.
Hafertepe has already been to Kennedale Victory Lane in 2024, topping an American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) Elite Outlaw 410 race in early March. He showed speed on night one at Cotton Bowl last Friday, but a crash ended his weekend early.
Reutzel looked as if he may contend for Friday’s victory at Cotton Bowl after setting Simpson Quick Time, but a troublesome Heat Race derailed his night. Even with the problematic Heat, the Clute, TX native still rallied with a 22nd to fifth drive in the Feature. Reutzel doesn’t have any Big O laps, but he’s competed at Kennedale with ASCS.
They’re expected to be joined by plenty more Texas talents including Brenham Crouch (Lubbock, TX), Chase Randall (Waco, TX), John Ricketts (Burleson, TX), Blaine Baxter (Liberty Hill, TX), and more.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday, March 22 at Big O Speedway in Ennis, TX
Saturday, March 23 at Kennedale Speedway Park in Kennedale, TX
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (7/84 Races):
1. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing #18 (996 PTS)
2. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports #2 (-16 PTS)
3. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing #15 (-18 PTS)
4. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing #1S (-34 PTS)
5. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing #41 (-84 PTS)
6. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing #17 (-94 PTS)
7. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports #83 (-126 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B Squared Motorsports #17B (-140 PTS)
9. Brock Zearfoss – Brock Zearfoss Racing #3Z (-168 PTS)
10. Brent Marks – Murray Marks Motorsports #19 (-176 PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (7 Drivers):
1 Win – Brad Sweet, David Gravel, Tyler Courtney, Sheldon Haudenschild, Donny Schatz, Brent Marks, Giovanni Scelzi
FEATURE LAPS LED (11 Drivers):
40 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
25 Laps – Brad Sweet, David Gravel
24 Laps – Rico Abreu
20 Laps – Carson Macedo
14 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
13 Laps – Anthony Macri, Michael Kofoid
12 Laps – Donny Schatz
3 Laps – Brent Marks
1 Lap – Tyler Courtney
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (6 Drivers):
2 Quick Times – Brent Marks
1 Quick Time – Landon Crawley, Brian Brown, Michael Kofoid, Aaron Reutzel, Giovanni Scelzi
HEAT RACE WINNERS (14 Drivers):
3 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brent Marks
2 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, Tyler Courtney, David Gravel, Michael Kofoid
1 Heat Win – Corey Day, Justin Peck, Brian Brown, Bill Balog, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Logan Schuchart
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (20 Drivers):
7 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi
4 Dashes – David Gravel, Rico Abreu, Brent Marks
3 Dashes – Tyler Courtney, Brian Brown, Landon Crawley, Sheldon Haudenschild
2 Dashes – Brad Sweet, Buddy Kofoid, Bill Balog, Donny Schatz, Carson Macedo, Logan Schuchart
1 Dash – Anthony Macri, Justin Peck, Zeb Wise, Corey Day, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Brock Zearfoss
MICROLITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (4 Drivers):
1 LCS – Austin McCarl, Bill Balog, Corey Day, Kasey Kahne
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (5 Drivers):
2 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo, Logan Schuchart
1 Hard Charger – Donny Schatz, Aaron Reutzel, Jace Park
PODIUM FINISHES (11 Drivers):
3 Podiums – Brad Sweet
2 Podiums – David Gravel, Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu, Sheldon Haudenschild, Donny Schatz, Carson Macedo, Giovanni Scelzi, Brent Marks
1 Podium – Justin Peck, Anthony Macri
TOP 10 FINISHES (24 Drivers):
7 Top 10s – Donny Schatz, Gio Scelzi
6 Top 10s – David Gravel, Logan Schuchart
4 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney, Bill Balog, Brent Marks, Buddy Kofoid, Sheldon Haudenschild
3 Top 10s – Anthony Macri, Brad Sweet, Rico Abreu, Carson Macedo
2 Top 10s – Brian Brown
1 Top 10 – Justin Peck, Kasey Kahne, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Zeb Wise, Corey Day, Cory Eliason, Landon Crawley, Aaron Reutzel, Brock Zearfoss, Jacob Allen
2024 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tyler Courtney (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
5. Mon, March 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Donny Schatz (1)
6. Fri, March 15 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brent Marks (1)
7. Sat, March 16 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
1 MONTH ALERT: World of Outlaws Sprint Cars Make Highly Anticipated Return to Paducah, April 19
PADUCAH, KY (March 19, 2024) – The World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models will return to Paducah International Raceway for the first time since 2012 on Friday, April 19.
It'll also be the Series' lone stop to the Bluegrass State in 2024, making for a can't-miss night with The Greatest Show on Dirt.
Of all active drivers on tour, none have won at the Kentucy track yet. And in seven previous visits to the 3/8-mile facility, there have been seven different winners. Joey Saldana won the last World of Outlaws event there in 2012.
EVENT INFO
Date – Friday, April 19
Location – Paducah, KY
Track Record – 12.825 sec. by Joey Saldana on April 17, 2009
Times –
Pit Gates Open 2pm
Grandstands Open 5pm
Hot Laps/Qualifying 6:30pm
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How to Watch – Every lap live on DIRTVision
Previous World of Outlaws Winners at Paducah –
2012 – Joey Saldana on April 13
2010 – Jac Haudenschild on April 16
2009 – Jason Meyers on April 17
2008 – Craig Dollansky on July 28
2007 – Danny Lasoski on April 6
2001 – Andy Hillenburg on June 12
1998 – Jeff Swindell on April 17
MAC IS BACK: Cannon McIntosh Wins Xtreme Outlaw Series Finale at Southern Illinois Center
Race-long leaders Miller, Meseraull involved in incident with lapped traffic as McIntosh takes KKM to Victory Lane
DU QUOIN, IL (March 16, 2024) – The dry spell is over. Cannon McIntosh is once again in Victory Lane with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota.
The 21-year-old from Bixby, OK, had been shut out of Victory Lane with the Series for 23-straight races, dating back to May of last year when he completed a sweep of the weekend Millbridge Speedway. But Saturday night was his night at the Southern Illinois Center, as he inherited the lead in the final laps – after an incident involving the top-two cars took them out of contention – and held on to win his sixth career Series Feature.
The win stood as McIntosh’s first in his return to Keith Kunz Motorsports (KKM), who he last drove for during the 2020 regular season and at the 2021 Chili Bowl Nationals.
“It feels amazing,” McIntosh said. “It feels like a long time since I’ve won. It feels a lot longer than it has been. It’s kind of been a journey all last year. Once we stopped winning, it was definitely dark times between switching teams and losing some relationships and that.
“But things circle back, and luckily, I feel like I’ve grown from a lot of losses in this timespan. It’s made me better as a driver, and I’m just thankful to be back in this position.”
Though McIntosh was victorious in the end, the majority of the race was controlled by front-row starters Joe B. Miller and Thomas Meseraull. The two open-wheel stars chased each other for the first 35 laps of the race, breaking only twice for cautions on Lap 4 and Lap 9.
After the caution periods, Miller – the polesitter – jumped out to a gap on Meseraull that grew nearly as large as a full second as the two began to break away from the field and enter lapped traffic. Inside and outside, Meseraull looked for any sliver of space to get by Miller but was unable to make the move.
That was until Lap 36, when Meseraull got a big run to the outside of Miller coming off Turn 4. Miller crossed the stripe first and entered Turn 1 hugging the inside berm. Meseraull swung it wide on the top lane through the corner and briefly took the lead out of Turn 2 as Miller was slowed-up by lapped cars in front of him.
As the two raced into Turn 3 nearly side-by-side, TJ Smith and Ethan Mitchell came together and flipped multiple times right in front of the leaders. Meseraull tried to evade on the outside but Smith came down on top of him. Miller locked-up and stalled on the bottom with Mitchell flipping in front of him as the red flag quickly came out.
All drivers were unharmed, but Smith, Mitchell and Meseraull were all towed off the track while Miller was ordered to restart from the tail of the field for his involvement in the incident as determined by race officials.
This incident handed the lead over to McIntosh, who was running in third place at the time.
“It didn’t matter to me, I just knew I was gonna be in whatever position was given to me,” McIntosh said. “Once I could hear them say I was the leader, I knew there wasn’t more than five laps to go, and I just had to execute, really.”
Now in control of the field with only five laps remaining, McIntosh began to devise his plan to keep the top spot.
“Once they said Ryan [Timms] was behind me, I knew he had probably been really good because he started pretty far back,” McIntosh said. “I knew I just couldn’t make any mistakes.
“[Timms] was obviously running a different line but Keith was basically telling me on the fence – stay on the bottom. It might not be better, but it’s gonna be hard for them to pass you if you hit your marks correctly.”
Ryan Timms had made the charge up to fourth by that time from his 12th-place spot on the starting grid and lined up to restart second, looking for a way to get by his KKM teammate.
“I thought I’d restart maybe fourth or fifth and then I heard over the PA I was restarting second,” Timms said. “I was definitely feeling good about it, especially with how fast I was up top in 3 and 4. But I knew it was going to be tough to beat Cannon if he just hit his marks on the bottom and didn’t make any big mistakes.”
Try as he may, however, Timms was unable to get by McIntosh in the end. McIntosh held off Timms’ challenges on the top and the bottom lanes to collect the $5,000 grand prize and the Series points lead by three points over Zach Daum.
“On that last lap, I just kinda went in full-send, wide-open on the top,” Timms said. “I really thought I was gonna get him. It seemed like to me we were side-by-side, at least in the middle of the corner and then he kinda pulled away going down the frontstretch.”
For the second night-in-a-row, Daum crossed the finish line third in the running order, this time coming in behind Timms. Jade Avedisian rebounded from her misfortunes on Friday night to finish fourth, while Trey Marcham crossed in fifth after starting 11th.
UP NEXT
The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota returns to action in three weeks’ time for a two-day swing through Missouri – Friday, April 5 at US36 Raceway and Saturday, April 6 at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex.
Tickets for both events are on sale now at XtremeOutlawSeries.com and will also be available at the gate on race day. If you can’t be there in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
Xtreme Outlaw Midgets
Duquoin IL 3/16
Feature (40 Laps): 1. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[4]; 2. 67-Ryan Timms[12]; 3. 7U-Zach Daum[6]; 4. 71-Jade Avedisian[3]; 5. 32-Trey Marcham[11]; 6. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[7]; 7. 86-Shane Cottle[15]; 8. 25K-Taylor Reimer[21]; 9. 40-Chase McDermand[5]; 10. 06-Rylan Gray[19]; 11. 97-Gavin Miller[17]; 12. 51B-Joe B Miller[1]; 13. 2H-Nick Hoffman[9]; 14. 83-Will Armitage[20]; 15. 21K-Karter Sarff[18]; 16. 55-Trevor Cline[10]; 17. 56D-Mitchell Davis[14]; 18. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[22]; 19. 7X-Thomas Meseraull[2]; 20. 14S-Tyler Smith[13]; 21. 19M-Ethan Mitchell[16]; 22. 56-Tyler Edwards[8]
Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps): 1. 86-Shane Cottle[4]; 2. 21K-Karter Sarff[2]; 3. 43-Gunnar Setser[1]; 4. 57A-Daniel Robinson[6]; 5. 5U-Peter Smith[5]; 6. 15-RJ Corson[3]; 7. 91-Alex Midkiff[7]; 8. 8X-Jeff Schindler[8]; 9. 57-Mark McMahill[9]; 10. 53-Sean Robbins[10]; 11. (DNS) 51R-Gedd Ross
Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 Laps): 1. 19M-Ethan Mitchell[1]; 2. 06-Rylan Gray[2]; 3. 25K-Taylor Reimer[4]; 4. 1K-Brayton Lynch[3]; 5. 50-Daniel Adler[5]; 6. 35-Tyler Robbins[6]; 7. 88A-Austin Torgerson[8]; 8. 9-Abby Hohlbein[7]; 9. 21G-Jimmy Guidry[9]; 10. (DNS) 92-Mike Hess; 11. (DNS) 66-Jayden Clay
Last Chance Showdown 3 (10 Laps): 1. 97-Gavin Miller[1]; 2. 83-Will Armitage[3]; 3. 13-Elijah Gile[2]; 4. 3N-Jake Neuman[7]; 5. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[4]; 6. 4K-Kayla Roell[6]; 7. 31-Daltyn England[9]; 8. 7B-Cody Beard[5]; 9. 98-Luke Drotschie[8]; 10. 00-John Heitzman[10]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 40-Chase McDermand[2]; 2. 51B-Joe B Miller[4]; 3. 13-Elijah Gile[1]; 4. 06-Rylan Gray[3]; 5. 50-Daniel Adler[5]; 6. 9-Abby Hohlbein[6]; 7. 57-Mark McMahill[7]; 8. 00-John Heitzman[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[4]; 2. 56D-Mitchell Davis[1]; 3. 14S-Tyler Smith[3]; 4. 83-Will Armitage[5]; 5. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[2]; 6. 3N-Jake Neuman[6]; 7. 31-Daltyn England[7]; 8. (DNS) 66-Jayden Clay
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Jade Avedisian[3]; 2. 32-Trey Marcham[2]; 3. 15-RJ Corson[1]; 4. 19M-Ethan Mitchell[4]; 5. 35-Tyler Robbins[8]; 6. 8X-Jeff Schindler[6]; 7. 21G-Jimmy Guidry[7]; 8. 98-Luke Drotschie[5]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[1]; 2. 55-Trevor Cline[2]; 3. 67-Ryan Timms[3]; 4. 86-Shane Cottle[7]; 5. 5U-Peter Smith[5]; 6. 25K-Taylor Reimer[4]; 7. 88A-Austin Torgerson[6]; 8. 92-Mike Hess[8]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 56-Tyler Edwards[1]; 2. 7U-Zach Daum[3]; 3. 21K-Karter Sarff[2]; 4. 97-Gavin Miller[4]; 5. 57A-Daniel Robinson[6]; 6. 4K-Kayla Roell[5]; 7. 53-Sean Robbins[7]
Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 2H-Nick Hoffman[1]; 2. 7X-Thomas Meseraull[4]; 3. 43-Gunnar Setser[3]; 4. 1K-Brayton Lynch[2]; 5. 7B-Cody Beard[6]; 6. 91-Alex Midkiff[5]; 7. (DNS) 51R-Gedd Ross
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 51B-Joe B Miller, 00:09.841[8]; 2. 06-Rylan Gray, 00:09.845[6]; 3. 40-Chase McDermand, 00:09.855[3]; 4. 13-Elijah Gile, 00:09.957[7]; 5. 50-Daniel Adler, 00:10.089[2]; 6. 9-Abby Hohlbein, 00:10.136[1]; 7. 57-Mark McMahill, 00:10.162[5]; 8. 00-John Heitzman, 00:10.387[4]
Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 71K-Cannon McIntosh, 00:09.669[1]; 2. 14S-Tyler Smith, 00:09.810[2]; 3. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold, 00:09.922[8]; 4. 56D-Mitchell Davis, 00:09.925[7]; 5. 83-Will Armitage, 00:10.057[6]; 6. 3N-Jake Neuman, 00:10.138[5]; 7. 31-Daltyn England, 00:10.355[4]; 8. (DNS) 66-Jayden Clay, 00:10.355
Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 19M-Ethan Mitchell, 00:09.645[4]; 2. 71-Jade Avedisian, 00:09.764[1]; 3. 32-Trey Marcham, 00:09.965[8]; 4. 15-RJ Corson, 00:10.040[7]; 5. 98-Luke Drotschie, 00:10.128[2]; 6. 8X-Jeff Schindler, 00:10.227[3]; 7. 21G-Jimmy Guidry, 00:10.268[6]; 8. 35-Tyler Robbins, 00:10.650[5]
Qualifying 4 (2 Laps): 1. 25K-Taylor Reimer, 00:09.718[4]; 2. 67-Ryan Timms, 00:09.748[6]; 3. 55-Trevor Cline, 00:09.917[7]; 4. 67K-Ashton Torgerson, 00:09.954[1]; 5. 5U-Peter Smith, 00:09.959[5]; 6. 88A-Austin Torgerson, 00:09.989[8]; 7. 86-Shane Cottle, 00:10.098[2]; 8. 92-Mike Hess, 00:10.150[3]
Qualifying 5 (2 Laps): 1. 97-Gavin Miller, 00:09.703[7]; 2. 7U-Zach Daum, 00:09.946[4]; 3. 21K-Karter Sarff, 00:10.028[2]; 4. 56-Tyler Edwards, 00:10.030[3]; 5. 4K-Kayla Roell, 00:10.147[1]; 6. 57A-Daniel Robinson, 00:10.402[6]; 7. 53-Sean Robbins, 00:10.545[5]
Qualifying 6 (2 Laps): 1. 7X-Thomas Meseraull, 00:09.748[6]; 2. 43-Gunnar Setser, 00:10.000[2]; 3. 1K-Brayton Lynch, 00:10.011[3]; 4. 2H-Nick Hoffman, 00:10.035[7]; 5. 91-Alex Midkiff, 00:10.198[5]; 6. 7B-Cody Beard, 00:10.327[4]; 7. (DNS) 51R-Gedd Ross, 00:10.327
TEXAS HEAT: Giovanni Scelzi Holds on for Cotton Bowl Speedway Victory
One night after taking the points lead Scelzi gets his first win of 2024. (Trent Gower Photo)
PAIGE, TX (March 16, 2024) - Cotton Bowl Speedway delivered yet again.
One night after a race of the year candidate, the Paige, TX oval provided another thriller that brought the crowd to its feet. Huge slide jobs. Crossovers to counter. Battles all over the track. And a second straight late-race duel to decide the Texas Two-Step winner.
This time it was Giovanni Scelzi making his way to Victory Lane with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars. The KCP Racing pilot started on the front row, pulled away early, and out-dueled a fast-charging Brent Marks to seal the deal. On Friday night he took the World of Outlaws points lead for the first time in his career, and on Saturday night he scored his first win of the season.
“I need to go find a top-dollar machine at the casino right now,” Scelzi said of a smile with his recent good fortune. “Man, the car is so fast. It minimizes the mistakes I make, so I can stick it in the slick part of the racetrack. Hats off to Adam (Clark). Bob (Curtis) if a new addition to the team, and he’s done an incredible job. And Aaron (Beiler) is doing great, too. Like I said, thank you to my guys.”
Scelzi is now up to seven career victories with The Greatest Show on Dirt, equaling him with Jeff Sheperd, Chad Kemenah, and Brian Brown for 55th all-time. Last year it took the Fresno, CA driver 29 races before notching the first triumph of his rookie campaign. Seven races were all that was required for him to grab his first of the sophomore season. Scelzi’s early season points lead grew to 16 markers courtesy of his win.
The result also made it seven different winners through seven races in 2024. That moves within one of equaling the record of eight different winners in the first eight races of a season established in 2015.
After topping the Toyota Racing Dash, Donny Schatz led the field to green with Scelzi alongside. Schatz slid up in front of Scelzi in Turns 1 and 2, but Scelzi turned down the banking on corner exit and drove ahead of the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing #15.
As the early laps unfolded, Schatz was able to stay close behind Scelzi. But as the leaders entered traffic Scelzi sliced through lappers to build his advantage north of a second. The lead grew as large as two-and-a-half seconds.
But on the 13th circuit a new contender began to emerge. Friday’s winner – Brent Marks – threw a slider on Schatz that stuck and quickly set his sights on Scelzi.
Lap by lap the margin between the two began to shrink. Marks worked through traffic masterfully as the Murray-Marks #19 began to reel Scelzi in. On Lap 15 the gap was under two seconds, and then six circuits later it dropped to under a second.
Then on Lap 24 the battle for the top spot heated up. Marks got a huge run down the back straightaway and launched a massive slider in Turns 3 and 4. Scelzi barely got back by on corner exit to retake the lead down the front straightaway. Then in the next set of corners Marks threw another slide job at “Hot Sauce.” Scelzi again turned low to counter and drove back ahead. Meanwhile, Logan Schuchart and David Gravel were engaged in just as intense of a duel for fourth behind them. The two traded several sliders and crossovers for the position.
More traffic waited ahead as the laps continued to wane. Scelzi made a few strong moves through the lappers and looked as if he had the win in the bag. But the red flag flew with two laps remaining as Gio’s brother – Dominic Scelzi – got upside down on the back straightaway.
The crash set up a green-white-checkered finish and gave Marks one last shot at Scelzi. But on the restart Schatz challenged Marks for second and forced him into a defensive mode. While Marks fended off the 10-time World of Outlaws champion, Scelzi pulled away to secure his first checkered flag of 2024.
“I just couldn’t get the thing squared up right to drive off the corner, and I started getting tight on entry,” Scelzi said of late struggles that allowed Marks to close. “Brent got to me and started bombing me and broke my momentum like he had to. I felt like once I got him the last time he didn’t slide me in (Turns) 3 and 4, and I was clear.”
Marks brought the Murray-Marks #19 home second, falling one spot short of a Texas Two Step sweep at Cotton Bowl. The “Myerstown Missile” had plenty of speed but couldn’t quite piece together a challenge for the victory on the final restart.
“We just needed to get a good start there,” Marks said. “Gio went pretty early in the corner and being the second guy on the start there it’s just really hard to judge where they’re going to take off. He did a good job at tricking me a little bit, and when he took off it kind of left me in the slick a little bit more than I wanted to be. I spun the tires and just couldn’t quite get down the straightaway and into (Turn) 1 like I wanted to have a shot at him.”
Rounding out the top three was Donny Schatz, marking his second podium of the season. The Fargo, ND native had high hopes of a win but still came away encouraged as his early season speed continues.
“I would’ve liked to have won that, but I guess third is better than fourth,” Schatz said. “You’ve got to think about the big picture. All in all a decent night. This isn’t one of my best places. I think everybody that has a cell phone could see that all weekend it didn’t look like we were going to get to race, and we got two great nights of racing.”
Logan Schuchart and David Gravel rounded out the top five.
A 22nd to 12th run gave Jace Park the KSE Racing Hard Charger in only his third career Series start.
Giovanni Scelzi took Simpson Quick Time honors in Sea Foam Qualifying.
NOS Energy Drink Heats One and Three went to Brock Zearfoss (15th Heat Race win of career) and Brent Marks (33rd of career). Milton Hershey School Heat Two was topped by Logan Schuchart (122nd of career).
UP NEXT: Two new Texas tracks are on tap for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars when the Series heads to Big O Speedway (Ennis, TX) on March 22 and Kennedale Speedway Park (Kennedale, TX) on March 23. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
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Cotton Bowl Speedway TX 3/16/24
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[2]; 2. 19-Brent Marks[3]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[1]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart[4]; 5. 2-David Gravel[8]; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[12]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog[5]; 8. 41-Carson Macedo[13]; 9. 83-Michael Kofoid[10]; 10. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[6]; 11. 87-Aaron Reutzel[16]; 12. 45X-Jace Park[22]; 13. 7S-Landon Crawley[7]; 14. 1A-Jacob Allen[19]; 15. 6-Bill Rose[17]; 16. 25B-Blaine Baxter[21]; 17. 70-Kraig Kinser[15]; 18. 16TH-Kevin Newton[18]; 19. 41S-Dominic Scelzi[9]; 20. 23-Garet Williamson[14]; 21. 95-Matt Covington[11]; 22. 42P-Preston Perlmutter[20]
Toyota Dash (6 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz[2]; 2. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 3. 19-Brent Marks[4]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart[3]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 6. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[2]; 2. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 3. 7S-Landon Crawley[4]; 4. 83-Michael Kofoid[3]; 5. 41-Carson Macedo[8]; 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel[5]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen[7]; 8. 45X-Jace Park[6]
Milton Hershey School Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart[1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[2]; 3. 2-David Gravel[4]; 4. 95-Matt Covington[3]; 5. 23-Garet Williamson[6]; 6. 6-Bill Rose[5]; 7. 42P-Preston Perlmutter[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 3. 41S-Dominic Scelzi[4]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 5. 70-Kraig Kinser[5]; 6. 16TH-Kevin Newton[6]; 7. (DNS) 25B-Blaine Baxter
Sea Foam Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:13.677[8]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:13.805[1]; 3. 19-Brent Marks, 00:13.897[22]; 4. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:13.904[13]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:13.939[4]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.955[5]; 7. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:13.983[18]; 8. 95-Matt Covington, 00:13.992[12]; 9. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:14.002[2]; 10. 7S-Landon Crawley, 00:14.086[16]; 11. 2-David Gravel, 00:14.111[21]; 12. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, 00:14.116[7]; 13. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:14.172[20]; 14. 6-Bill Rose, 00:14.180[6]; 15. 70-Kraig Kinser, 00:14.183[3]; 16. 45X-Jace Park, 00:14.219[10]; 17. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:14.237[11]; 18. 16TH-Kevin Newton, 00:14.298[9]; 19. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:14.418[19]; 20. 42P-Preston Perlmutter, 00:14.440[14]; 21. (DNS) 25B-Blaine Baxter; 22. (DNS) 41-Carson Macedo
Thomas Meseraull Opens 2024 Xtreme Outlaw Midgets Season in Victory Lane at Southern Illinois Center
DU QUOIN, IL (March 15, 2024) – When it comes to racing around the dirt oval inside the Southern Illinois Center, few have mastered its narrow, 1/6-mile confines like Thomas Meseraull.
Friday night, the 43-year-old open-wheel racing veteran from San Jose, CA, put on another display of indoor excellence in the season opener for the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota, taking the lead five laps into the race and holding off the field the rest of the way to capture the $4,000 grand prize and the fourth Midget win of his career in the building.
The win also came as Meseraull’s first with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series – a sudden surprise to him when DIRTVision reporter Peyton Williams informed him of the achievement in Victory Lane.
“When I heard that, I actually thought he lied,” Meseraull said. “I’m like, ‘Pffft, I’ve won an Xtreme race… maybe that was a Sprint Car race, maybe I haven’t won an Xtreme [Midget] race.’
“It’s always nice to like, etch your name in the history books, you know what I mean? ‘Cause nobody remembers who was second.”
From the outside pole on the starting grid, Meseraull immediately put pressure on polesitter Tyler Edwards – making his national Midget series debut for Mounce/Stout Motorsports. Edwards led the first four circuits of the 30-lap main event, but Meseraull was right behind the entire time, waiting for the right moment to pounce.
“We had a yellow and he ended up at the front and I thought, ‘Okay Thomas, you really need to calm down, there’s no need to be doing sliders on Lap 1 and 2. Let’s just try to work the bottom and see if he makes a mistake,’” Meseraull said. “I was able to kinda sneak by him.”
Meseraull was strong on the bottom and took advantage of the shortest line around, throwing a slide job on Edwards to take the lead away on Lap 5. From there on out, it was smooth sailing for the Tim Engler-owned No. 7x as he controlled the race the rest of the way.
“We started up front and it just worked out,” Meseraull said. “Track position is so important in indoor racing. I’ve been, I feel like, one of the fastest cars here several nights and ended up just in a traffic jam.”
Behind him, a battle for position raged on between several racers in the top five. After starting third on the grid and dropping back to fifth, Gavin Miller found speed on the top side of the track and used it to power around Ethan Mitchell, Tyler Edwards and later Shane Cottle on Lap 18 to take over second.
“I just had to play my cards right – pick the bottom here, pick the bottom there,” Miller said. “Just play your cards right and stay out of trouble.”
Throughout the final 12 laps, Miller searched for a way around leader Meseraull but was met with brute resistance.
“I tried getting to the top before he did so I could get to it faster and cut across and possibly pass him,” Miller said. “He was just as even as us, and he would have been really hard to pass without getting into, and I’m not going to ruin my shot to… we’ve got a whole season ahead of us and a lot more races, so I’m not gonna pull anything stupid or wreck him or wreck myself for the win.”
Even on the final restart, in green-white-checkered fashion, Meseraull held strong out front as Miller fought to keep his own spot in second as Zach Daum gave him a challenge on the final lap.
“Luckily for [Meseraull], he didn’t really make any many mistakes for me to get and advantage and pass him,” Miller said. “He did a good job, congrats to him, and we’ll try again tomorrow.”
Daum poked his nose to the inside of Miller after taking the white flag and appeared to have the advantage coming out of Turn 2, but Miller made use of the top-side momentum to retain second as Daum crossed behind him in third.
UP NEXT
The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota is back in action Saturday night, March 16, at the Southern Illinois Center in Du Quoin, IL, for a 40-lap, $5,000-to-win program.
Tickets will be on sale at the door. If you can’t be there to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
David Gravel Announces Plan to Return to World of Outlaws in 2024
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David Gravel announced Thursday evening that he and Big Game Motorsports plan to return to the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series in 2024 to chase their first Series title.
It will mark his 12th full season on the World of Outlaws tour and fourth straight year with Big Game Motorsports.
“We’re going to be back on the World of Outlaws tour next year,” Gravel said on his YouTube channel. “What’s really important to me and Tod Quiring and Big Game Motorsports is winning that World of Outlaws championship. It’s really important and it is a very prestigious thing. It’s where we want to be right now…
“I want to get to 100 wins. That’s important to me. And to be a World of Outlaws champion. I feel like we’re more than capable of doing that.”
Gravel finished second in points for the third straight year this season and currently sits 10th on the all-time wins list with 88 victories. Thirty of those victories came in his three years with Big Game Motorsports – one being the Huset’s High Bank Nationals and it’s $250,000 payday, which returns in 2024, along with the $100,000 to win Huset’s Hustle the same week (June 19-22).
“What’s really important to me and Tod Quiring and Big Game Motorsports is winning that World of Outlaws championship.”
He’s picked up several milestone accomplishments throughout his career with the Series, including the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year title with the World of Outlaws in 2013, the 2019 NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals title and two National Open victories at Williams Grove Speedway (2014 and 2017).
Now, all eyes are on a coveted World of Outlaws title with a chance to become only the 11th different champion in Series history.
“We’re committed to the World of Outlaws right now,” Gravel continued on his show. “We have a great nucleolus of drivers. No matter if Brad is there or not, I feel like we’re going to have a lot of the best teams with us, and the points fund is really strong…
“I still have stuff to prove and want to check that off the list of achievements.”
Gravel will kick off his 2024 season with the World of Outlaws at Volusia Speedway Park during the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals, Wednesday-Saturday, Feb. 7-10.
World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars Add Fourth Event at Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals
BARBERVILLE, FL (Nov. 9, 2023) – For the first time in the 53-year history of the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park, the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will race four consecutive nights.
The premier 12-night dirt track racing event will kick off on Monday, Feb. 5, with DIRTcar UMP Modifieds, followed Tuesday with DIRTcar UMP Modifieds and a World of Outlaws Sprint Car tune-up. Then it’s four straight nights of The Greatest Show on Dirt together with DIRTcar UMP Modifieds to chase Big Gator championships during the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals opening week at Volusia.
The second week of action will see three-nights of DIRTcar Late Models (Feb. 12-14) and two nights of USAC Non-Wing Sprint Cars (Feb. 12-13) setting the stage for World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models (Feb. 15-17) and Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds (Feb. 14-17). All three divisions will be competing for a Big Gator trophy, too.
For tickets, camping and more visit DIRTcarNationals.com.
Monday, Feb. 5: DIRTcar UMP Modifieds
Tuesday, Feb. 6: DIRTcar UMP Modifieds & World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car practice
Wednesday, Feb. 7: World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars & DIRTcar UMP Modifieds
Thursday, Feb. 8: World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars & DIRTcar UMP Modifieds
Friday, Feb. 9: World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars & DIRTcar UMP Modifieds
Saturday, Feb. 10: World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars & DIRTcar UMP Modified Gator Championship
Sunday, Feb. 11: No Racing
Monday, Feb. 12: DIRTcar Late Models & USAC Non-Wing Sprint Cars
Tuesday, Feb. 13: DIRTcar Late Models & USAC Non-Wing Sprint Cars
Wednesday, Feb. 14: DIRTcar Late Models & Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds
Thursday, Feb. 15: World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models & Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds
Friday, Feb. 16: World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models & Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds
Saturday, Feb. 17: World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models & Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds
CATCHING KINSER: Kahne Reflects on Journey to Six World of Outlaws Championships
Kasey Kahne equals Steve Kinser for third-most championships as an owner after 2023 title
MOORESVILLE, NC (Nov. 9, 2023) - Not often are any of Steve Kinser’s accomplishments touched. The Bloomington, IN native cemented himself as the most dominant figure in Sprint Car racing, racking up 20 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car championships and nearly 700 Feature victories. But Kasey Kahne equaled Kinser in an important category last week.
Brad Sweet wrapped up his fifth consecutive title with The Greatest Show on Dirt in grand fashion by winning the final race of the 2023 season. All five have come under the Kasey Kahne Racing banner. Add in the championship with Daryn Pittman in 2013 and Kahne’s total now sits at six – tying him for the third most titles as an owner with “The King.” Kinser collected 14 of his championships while driving for Karl Kinser and then added six more after starting his own team. Karl leads the list with 16 titles – 14 with Steve and an additional two with Mark Kinser driving for him. Tony Stewart owns the second most with nine.
“It feels really good to be part of anything with Steve Kinser,” Kahne said. “He’s got way more championships than that, but as Steve being the owner/driver, it’s really cool to be tied with him on something. But if he adds in the rest of his we’re far from where he’s at. He’s something else in the Sprint Car world over the years. But, yeah, to be tied for third is great.”
It’s been a long journey for KKR since they first fielded cars in World of Outlaws races in 2005 and took on the full-time tour in 2006 with Joey Saldana behind the wheel. Race wins came early, but it took eight years of trying before Pittman brought the first championship trophy back to the Mooresville, NC shop. Over time, Kahne has assembled an organization capable of maintaining a championship pedigree.
“We started KKR to win and win as much as the team possibly could every single year and win championships,” Kahne said. “Something we were able to do was win races, but to win championships was much harder to do. It took time. It took people and time.”
Kahne emphasizes the importance of having the right people in the right places, which played a key role in securing the 2023 title. The trio of Eric Prutzman, Joe Mooney, and Andrew Bowman had been the crew of the Napa Auto Parts #49 for all four of Sweet’s previous championships, but Mooney departed for another opportunity this year. Kahne selected Tye Wolfgang who smoothly filled the car chief void.
“To see what the #49 has done the last five (years) is pretty incredible,” Kahne said. “I think, from the crew chief standpoint, Eric Prutzman and his preparation and his mindset, work ethic, everything that he brings to the team sets up for Tye Wolfgang and Andrew Bowman. And just how they attack every race throughout the entire season is pretty incredible with their performance and just how put together the team and cars are.”
Over the last few years, Kahne has been able to enjoy his team’s work from a much closer view. Early in Kahne’s tenure as an owner, NASCAR Cup duties kept him away from the track. But as he’s transitioned to full-time Sprint Car driver, Kahne has often shared the pit area with Sweet and the #49 team as they’ve been on their run.
“To start, I listened to… I would say every single Outlaw race, just Johnny Gibson announcing the races,” Kahne recalled. “Then, three or four years into it the big races were on DIRTVision. I was starting to see some video of my cars racing. And then as time went on you could watch every race. That’s how I did it for years. It was great. I was in the motorhome at the NASCAR track, and that was what I did on a Friday or Saturday night is paid attention to what was going on at the World of Outlaws race, just how my guys are doing. Over the last couple years, I’ve been able to be a big part of that in person and get to watch them firsthand and get to support them that way.
“But since the start, I was always, whether it was a phone call after the race or a text the next morning, very close to my team and very supportive and just always want the best for them and to get the best out of them. Now, it’s a little different being there. It’s still the same mentality. I’m just able to watch a lot more of the success that they’ve had.”
That mentality and commitment to the sport has led Kahne to cementing his place among the most impactful figures in Series history. A place that’s aligned him next to Steve Kinser with six owner championships. A place reached by unwavering dedication to Sprint Car racing.
“I’m very fortunate and really happy that I’ve been able to try to give as much to the teams and to Sprint Car racing as I can,” Kahne said. “I really enjoy it and really love doing it. But at the end of the day, it’s just about the people that have been at KKR from drivers to all the crew members and team members.”
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will commence its 2024 season at Volusia Speedway Park during the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals, Feb. 8-10, 2024. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVision.
MORE TO COME: Volusia Speedway Park Bringing Marquee Races During Winter Months
The World’s Fastest Half-Mile will be home to seven of the biggest races this coming winter
BARBERVILLE, FL (Nov. 9, 2023) – While motorsports series across the country are winding down their seasons, racing action in the Sunshine State is heating up with Volusia Speedway Park set to host several marquee events during the winter months.
On that list includes the Veteran’s Day Classic (Nov. 11), 10th anniversary of the Emil & Dale Reutimann Memorial (Nov. 16-18), second annual Battle in Barberville (Nov. 30-Dec. 2), DIRTcar Sunshine Nationals (Jan. 17-20), Germfree Southern Sprint Car Shootout (Jan. 25-27), Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals (Feb. 5-17) and the World of Outlaws Bike Week Jamboree (March 3-4).
VETERAN’S DAY CLASSIC (Nov. 11)
Volusia’s months of big events kicks off with the special Veteran’s Day Classic on Saturday, Nov. 11, featuring five local favorite divisions. Competing in the event will be DIRTcar UMP Modifieds, 604 Late Models, 602 Late Models, 3/4 Modifieds and the Pick Your Part Street Stocks. Honoring those who have served, any U.S. veteran, or current member of the United States Military carrying a valid I.D. will receive free admission.
10TH ANNIVERSARY EMIL & DALE REUTIMANN MEMORIAL (Nov. 16-18)
The following week, Volusia Speedway Park will honor one of racing’s most legendary families with the 10th annual Emil & Dale Reutimann Memorial, Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 16-18. The marquee DIRTcar UMP Modified event will see the country’s top Modified drivers compete for a $10,000 payday in the 50-lap event. Ethan Dotson earned his first Reutimann Memorial victory last year, adding his name to a prestigious list of winners, which includes Nick Hoffman, David Stremme, Tyler Nicely, Kyle Strickler, David Reutimann, Jeff Mathews and Austin Sanders.
BATTLE IN BARBERVILLE (Nov. 30-Dec. 2)
Before the calendar turns to 2024, Volusia Speedway Park will cap off the 2023 with the second annual Battle in Barberville, Nov. 30-Dec. 2. The December event brings 360 Sprint Cars, DIRTcar UMP Modifieds and 3/4 Modifieds to The World’s Fastest Half Mile for a practice night on Thursday and then Feature events on Friday and Saturday.
The winner of Saturday’s 360 Sprint Car Feature will lock into January’s Germfree Southern Sprint Car Shootout. Last year, Petersburg, Florida’s Tyler Clem won the inaugural Battle in Barberville 360 Sprint Car and then went on to win the Southern Sprint Car Shootout finale.
DIRTcar SUNSHINE NATIONALS (Jan. 17-20)
Volusia Speedway Park’s Late Model Palooza is back, Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 17-20. The premier Late Model event will feature DIRTcar Pro Late Models, 602 Late Models and the season kickoff for the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models.
The best Late Model drivers from around the country will gather in Barberville with a practice night on Wednesday, Jan. 17, and then three straight nights of Feature action, Thursday to Saturday, Jan. 18-20. Last year, Devin Moran scored back-to-back wins with the World of Outlaws, while Kyle Bronson, Jensen Ford and David Showers Jr. picked up wins in the other divisions.
GERMFREE SOUTHERN SPRINT CAR SHOOTOUT (Jan. 25-27)
The Germfree Southern Sprint Car Shootout returns after a successful debut in 2023, bringing back the United Sprint Car Series for a marquee three-day event, Jan. 25-27. Sprint Car drivers from around the country – and beyond as drivers from Australia and England participated in the first event – will compete for a more than $65,000 overall purse, paying $2,500 to win Thursday and Friday night, and then a massive $10,000 payday on Saturday – the largest purse in USCS history.
Last year, the event also saw the likes of Daytona 500 champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Anthony Macri and Ryan Timms participate in the event.
Local division, 3/4 Modifieds are set to race alongside the high-flying 360 Sprint Car series as well.
FEDERATED AUTO PARTS DIRTcar NATIONALS (Feb. 5-17)
Florida Speedweeks returns in 2024 with the running of the 53rd Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals, Feb. 5-17, 2024. The 12-day event will feature hundreds of drivers from the premier divisions in racing with them all vying for a Big Gator championship. The first week (Feb. 5-10) will see racing action all week with the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds and three days of The Greatest Show on Dirt with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars.
Then, the DIRTcar Late Models and USAC Non-Wing Sprint Cars will kick off the second week (Feb. 12-17) before turning it over to the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models and Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds.
WORLD OF OUTLAWS BIKE WEEK JAMBOREE (March 3-4)
Two wheels and four wheels collide once again in March, with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars returning to Volusia Speedway Park in March for the World of Outlaws
Bike Week Jamboree (Sunday-Monday, March 3-4). Adding another exciting element to Bike Week, the World of Outlaws welcomes all bikers to The World’s Fastest Half Mile for two nights of high-octane, wheel-to-wheel, action. Earlier this year, Carson Macedo and David Gravel won the inaugural World of Outlaws Bike Week Features.
For tickets to these events, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVision – either on the DIRTVision App or on DIRTVision.com.
Huset’s Speedway Adds $100,000-to-Win Huset’s High Bank Hustle to $250,000-to-Win BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals; Track Hosts Six World of Outlaws Races in 2024
BRANDON, SD (Nov. 8, 2023) – A pair of six-figure World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series events will highlight the four-day BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals, June 19-22, 2024.
In addition, The Greatest Show on Dirt will return Labor Day Weekend for a new two-day Huset’s Shootout, with the finale paying $40,000 to win, marking six Feature races for the World of Outlaws this year at Huset’s Speedway.
The marquee event in June kicks off with a new two-day $100,000-to-win Huset’s High Bank Hustle (June 19-20), followed by the even bigger two-day $250,000-to-win, $5,000-to-start BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals (June 21-22). The $250,000 check equals the largest payout in World of Outlaws history, established last season with this event. Each of the opening night races (June 19 and June 21) will pay $20,000 to the winner.
A complete format for each event during the BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals week will be released closer to the crown jewel event.
Four-day ticket packages are currently on sale at http://www.HusetsSpeedway.com.
The new two-day Huset’s Shootout on Labor Day Weekend will run Saturday, Aug. 31, and Sunday, Sept. 1, with the winner of the event finale receiving $40,000.
The event is part of a tripleheader with action beginning on Friday, Aug. 30, when the Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars kick off the weekend with the Bull Haulers Brawl Season Championship presented by Folkens Bros. Trucking.
Three-day ticket packages and camping for the Huset’s Shootout go on sale Thursday, Nov. 9, at http://www.HusetsSpeedway.com.
If you can't make it to the track, you can watch every lap of each event live on DIRTVision.
HUSET’S SPEEDWAY – Huset’s Speedway is a dirt oval located in Brandon, S.D. The track opened in 1954 and has undergone a large renovation within the last few years, making it a premier destination for both marquee racing events and weekly programs.
HAND OUT THE HARDWARE: Awards Banquet Celebrates 2023 World of Outlaws Season
Drivers, team members, and more were honored at the 2023 World of Outlaws Awards Banquet
CONCORD, NC (Nov. 6, 2023) - After the long grind of the 2023 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car tour, drivers and teams gathered for the Awards Banquet to celebrate completing another year of The Greatest Show on Dirt.
Along with every full-time competitor honored for their performance this year and handed their point fund check, a handful of other awards were handed out to those who’ve made special contributions to the Series and Sprint Car racing as a whole.
Champion: For the fifth consecutive season, Brad Sweet claimed the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car championship aboard the Kasey Kahne Racing #49. Five straight championships equaled him with Donny Schatz for the second longest streak of all-time. Only Steve Kinser’s six consecutive titles between 1983-1988 outranks Sweet’s stretch.
“The Big Cat” proved to be the model of consistency yet again as he led the Series in top 10 finishes and posted no DNFs on his way to the title.
“Can’t do it without good people,” Sweet said. “Kasey Kahne gave me an opportunity dang near 15 years ago now. It was a USAC (United States Auto Club) car at the beginning in non-wing. And he helped me get some pavement opportunities. He’s been my best friend and stuck behind me through thick and thin and just kept working toward the same goal. We both have an immense passion for Sprint Cars and Sprint Car racing.”
Not only did winning the title include all the prestige of being a World of Outlaws champion, but it also came with a massive payday. Sweet and the KKR crew were presented a check for $350,000 for their efforts.
NOS Energy Drink Human Horsepower Awards: Series announcer – Johnny Gibson – and NOS Energy Drink’s Marketing Director Lauren Albano presented a pair of Human Horsepower Awards.
One went to Eloy Gutierrez, who was instrumental in the creation of the electronic timing and scoring system that has become a vital part of the sport. Not only did Gutierrez play that important role, but he’s also dedicated multiple decades of his life to working for the World of Outlaws.
The second was presented to Jason Sides. After many years of driving, the charismatic competitor from Tennessee has transitioned to a crew chief role over the last year and a half as he’s stepped out of the seat. Even with the different role, Sides has continued to show the passion and dedication that he exhibited behind the wheel.
Crew Chief of the Year: For the second time in his career, Eric Prutzman was awarded the Crew Chief of the Year. The Pennsylvanian has led the Kasey Kahne Racing #49 crew as they’ve collected five consecutive World of Outlaws championships.
Fan Favorite Award: Excitement is a way to get the fans on your side, and excitement is exactly what defines Sheldon Haudenschild’s driving style. And it comes as no surprise that the fans voted Haudenschild the Fan Favorite driver for 2023. The son of the legendary Jac Haudenschild also receives one of the largest cheers whenever he’s introduced at any World of Outlaws event.
KSE Hard Charger: Sheldon Haudenschild also used that exciting driving style to help him earn the 2023 KSE Hard Charger Award. The Wooster, OH native claimed the honor seven times this season, most notably making a memorable drive from 16th to the win at Skagit Speedway on August 31.
Jason Johnson Sportsmanship Award: One of the highest honors of the night belonged to Amanda Hoegsted as she was given the Jason Johnson Sportsmanship Award. Not only does she remain dedicated in being a vital piece of Bill Rose’s team, she’s also one of the pit area’s brightest presences this year. Even this year as Rose combatted injuries and multiple drivers had to help fill in, Hoegsted maintained her bright disposition all season long.
Social Ambassador Award: Donny Schatz elevated his social media to another level in 2023 and was given the Social Ambassador Award as a result. The 10-time Series champion maintained an active, daily presence on various social platforms.
Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year: One of the most anticipated rookie seasons in Series history came along this season when Giovanni Scelzi and KCP Racing committed to the tour, and Scelzi delivered.
“I didn’t really know what to expect,” Scelzi admitted. “I’d run a handful of Outlaw races, but hadn’t really run for a points championship since I was 15 years old racing for NARC (Northern Auto Racing Club). It was unbelievable for sure. I know it was definitely one of the hardest years I’ve had in my life on and off the racetrack. Driving up and down the road with you guys and really racing against the best drivers and best teams in the world.”
Consistency all year long led him to a fourth-place finish in the points, which equaled Jeff Swindell (1981) and Brad Doty (1982) for the highest finishing World of Outlaws rookie ever.
It was also the second time KCP fielded a Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year driver with the other being Ian Madsen in 2018. Only Kasey Kahne Racing, Dave Helm, and KCP have multiple Rookie of the Year drivers.
Ted Johnson Award: Every year the Ted Johnson Award is given as a way to recognize an individual’s outstanding contribution to the sport, and this year’s went to Brad Doty.
From driving to announcing to promoting and much more, Doty’s passion for Sprint Car racing is unparalleled, and he’s dedicated so much of his life to helping the sport he loves.
“I’m honored and humbled to win this award,” Doty said. “Probably not a lot of people in this building old enough to remember Ted. He was a character for sure. I got Rookie of the Year with the World of Outlaws in 1982, which was their fifth year of existence. I was just trying to get to the next race and never dreamt what the World of Outlaws would become and what it is today. I want to thank World Racing Group and the World of Outlaws for this award. I’m truly honored and humbled. It means a lot.”
Engine Builder of the Year: Cappetta Engines powered the championship winning machine driven by Brad Sweet, and as a result Rob Cappetta accepted the 2023 Engine Builder of the Year.
Chassis Builder of the Year: The 2023 Chassis Builder of the Year belonged to Maxim Chassis. Maxim has become synonymous with quality chassis in Sprint Car racing, and many of the top teams on the World of Outlaws tour go with Maxim.
Below is the list of the 14 full-time World of Outlaws competitors in 2023, where they finished in the standings, and the point fund check amount they received at the Awards Banquet:
1. Brad Sweet ($350,000)
2. David Gravel ($210,000)
3. Carson Macedo ($140,000)
4. Giovanni Scelzi ($122,500)
5. Logan Schuchart ($113,750)
6. Donny Schatz ($109,375)
7. Sheldon Haudenschild ($105,000)
8. Spencer Bayston ($100,625)
9. Brock Zearfoss ($96,250)
10. James McFadden ($87,500)
11. Robbie Price ($70,000)
12. Noah Gass ($52,500)
13. Jacob Allen ($43,750)
14. Bill Rose ($35,000)
SEALING THE DEAL: Brad Sweet Punctuates Fifth Straight World of Outlaws Championship with Wild World Finals Win
Sweet slips by Rico Abreu late to top final night of the 2023 season and clinch fifth championship
CONCORD, NC (Nov. 4, 2023) - Brad Sweet could’ve been careful. He could’ve put the Kasey Kahne Racing #49 in cruise control. With a front row starting spot, all he needed was to finish 22nd or better to seal a fifth consecutive World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car championship.
But “The Big Cat” had no intentions of taking it easy to close out 2023. He gave the sold-out grandstands what they paid for. Sweet slipped back slightly to start the 25-lapper on Saturday night. But the Grass Valley, CA native rallied back to snatch the lead late from Rico Abreu after a side-by-side duel. Sweet then held on to put the exclamation mark on his title campaign with his first win at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.
“Just happy to be here in front of this large crowd,” Sweet said. “Happy we were able to get our NAPA Auto Parts car in Victory Lane. We’ve been trying here for a long time. I think with the points you’re always so conservative, but tonight we had a car capable of doing it. I was able to be pretty conservative on the bottom and keep my tires under me and just kind of snuck by Rico there at the end and tried to just hold him off there coming to the checkered.”
Sweet’s 11th victory of 2023 with The Greatest Show on Dirt elevated his career total to 90, moving him within five of Dave Blaney’s total of 95, which is eighth all-time. It was also his first triumph at the Charlotte oval in his 38th attempt. With the fifth consecutive championship, Sweet equaled the second longest streak of all-time and is one away from Steve Kinser’s record mark of six straight.
Brian Brown and Sweet brought the field to green for the season finale, and it was Brown leading the way on the opening lap. On the second circuit, Abreu ripped the top around Sweet to take over the runner-up spot.
Abreu quickly began his pursuit of Brown and closed in little by little over the next few laps. The St. Helena, CA native attempted a slider on Brown early but couldn’t clear him. Only a couple laps later, traffic presented an issue for Brown and allowed Abreu to roar around him on the top for the lead.
Behind the two leaders, Friday’s winner – Brent Marks – was coming to life as he rolled by Sweet for third on Lap 9. Then only one lap later, he slid Brown to take control of second. Sweet followed suit by making a move on Brown to climb into the third spot.
Both Marks and Sweet began pursuit of Abreu as the race crossed the halfway point. The Pennsylvanian trimmed Abreu’s lead all the way down to barely more than two tenths on Lap 16. But he saw a surging Sweet drive by him for second on the next time around.
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Sweet then began to cut into Abreu’s lead as the two used entirely different lines. Abreu pounded the top around the fence while Sweet patiently rolled the bottom. With only four laps remaining, Sweet had knocked Abreu’s lead under two tenths of a second as the two went side by side.
“I think it takes two different setups. You’re either set up to run the top and go real fast, or you’re set up to go real slow around the bottom,” Sweet said. “I just felt like we needed to be on the bottom there with everything we had going. I feel like you can keep your tires under you and keep them cool down there, and it seems to pay off. It seems like passing lapped cars is even harder on the top when the guy is real patient on the bottom. So, I just tried to be patient.”
Ultimately, patience paid off for Sweet. Coming out of Turn 4 on Lap 23, Abreu didn’t hit the top as smoothly as he had been, and Sweet capitalized by completing the pass on the front straightaway.
With the lead in his possession, only two more laps stood between him and closing out his title campaign with a trip to Victory Lane. He wheeled the Napa Auto Parts #49 smoothly around the 4/10-mile two more times to claim the checkered flag.
“It’s just really neat to cap it off with a win like this, and it’s basically like a walk-off homer,” Sweet said. “It just feels really good, and were going to celebrate… I’m just super happy. It’s just such a relief. These seasons are so long and so grueling and so hard. It’s just unbelievable that we’ve been able to accomplish what we’ve been able to accomplish.”
For the second time in three nights, Abreu brought home the runner-up spot, marking his 17th World of Outlaws podium of the year – by far the most for any competitor not running the full schedule. Despite losing out on a potential win late, Abreu kept his head up and looked at the result as an opportunity to absorb a lesson.
“I think you learn more losing these races than you do winning them,” Abreu said. “You’re racing the best in the country, so your margin for error is so minimal. You have lapped traffic running side-by-side in front of you eight laps into the race. You’re just trying to manipulate and pick and choose which lanes to run. My car was set up to run the top, and I committed up there. You win and lose those races. It’s just part of it.”
Rounding out the final podium of the 2023 World of Outlaws season was Logan Schuchart aboard the Shark Racing #1S. The result helped him lock up the fifth spot in points as he entered the night in a close battle with Donny Schatz for the spot. The Hanover, PA native found speed on the top and stuck to it throughout the race.
“When I was racing with Carson a little earlier in the race, he kind of went to the bottom and that’s why I got by him. It looked like he slipped off the bottom a little bit,” Schuchart explained. “So, I didn’t want that to happen to me, and I didn’t know what it felt like. I didn’t want to go somewhere I didn’t want to go. So, I just kind of stuck to pounding the top of the racetrack and seeing what I could make happen up there. Once the tires started going away the last couple laps, I couldn’t run it in there as hard as I wanted to anymore. But all in all, a great end to our season to finish on the podium.”
Brent Marks and Tyler Courtney completed the top five.
David Gravel drove from 21st to seventh to earn the KSE Racing Hard Charger. Gravel’s result made the final margin between himself and Sweet 60 points, which is the fifth straight year it has been within 100 and the eighth closest ever.
Giovanni Scelzi completed his Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year campaign with a fourth place finish in points, equaling both Jeff Swindell (1981) and Brad Doty (1982) for the best debut season in Series history.
CASE No.1 Engine Oil Heat One went to Rico Abreu. NOS Energy Drink Heats Two through Four were topped by Brent Marks, Tyler Courtney, and Brad Sweet.
David Gravel won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
Brian Brown claimed the Toyota Racing Dash.
UP NEXT: The 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car campaign will begin on with the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals on Feb. 8-10 at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, FL.
RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 49-Brad Sweet[2]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu[4]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[5]; 4. 19-Brent Marks[3]; 5. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[7]; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[9]; 7. 2-David Gravel[21]; 8. 41-Carson Macedo[8]; 9. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[10]; 10. 21-Brian Brown[1]; 11. 5-Spencer Bayston[16]; 12. 1A-Jacob Allen[15]; 13. 15-Donny Schatz[13]; 14. 13-Justin Peck[6]; 15. 83-James McFadden[25]; 16. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[23]; 17. 2MD-Cap Henry[12]; 18. 69K-Justin Henderson[18]; 19. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[20]; 20. 8-Cory Eliason[14]; 21. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[11]; 22. 1T-Tanner Holmes[17]; 23. 99-Skylar Gee[19]; 24. 9-Kasey Kahne[22]; 25. 7S-Robbie Price[26]; 26. 42-Sye Lynch[24]; 27. (DNS) 20G-Noah Gass
CHARLOTTE SWEEP: Marks Outlasts Peck, Courtney for Thrilling Charlotte World Finals Victory
Marks, Peck, and Courtney trade the lead multiple times before Marks secures his second win of the year
CONCORD, NC (Nov. 3, 2023) - The World of Outlaws World Finals means only a few chances remain to pick up a World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car win this year. And that also means the intensity rises each and every lap.
That heightened intensity was on complete display Friday night at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. An all-out war erupted between Brent Marks, Justin Peck, and Tyler Courtney for a $15,000 payday and a trip to Victory Lane. Sliders. Crossovers. More sliders and crossovers. Cars using multiple grooves. Endless action led to a thrilling 25-lap main event on the penultimate night of the 2023 campaign for The Greatest Show on Dirt.
When the dust settled, Brent Marks claimed the checkered flag narrowly ahead of Peck to snag a win for the Pennsylvania Posse. As Marks rose atop his wing in Victory Lane, the massive crowd on hand erupted in appreciation for the show he and his fellow competitors had delivered.
“It feels amazing,” Marks said. “To win in front of this crowd is an amazing moment. Standing up here on this stage at this racetrack means a lot to me. To get another World of Outlaws victory also means a lot to me. That was a really fun race.”
The win was Marks’ second of the season, marking the third consecutive year he’s notched multiple World of Outlaws wins. Adding to his 2021 Charlotte victory, Marks became the 12th driver to own multiple Series triumphs at the 4/10-mile. His win also completed a clean sweep of the program as he set QuickTime, won his Heat, topped the Dash, and finished it off with the Feature victory.
Marks earned the pole of the Feature after topping the Toyota Racing Dash. Courtney slid ahead of “The Myerstown Missile” in Turns 3 and 4, but Marks dipped under him to lead the opening lap by a hair and slide back in front in Turns 1 and 2.
As the early laps unfolded, Marks couldn’t shake Courtney as Marks opted for the cushion while “Sunshine” tiptoed the bottom. Courtney pulled alongside Marks multiple times within the first handful of laps but couldn’t quite make the move.
But then on the 10th lap, Marks tripped up in traffic as he went through the slick in Turns 3 and 4, allowing Courtney to sneak by on the bottom and claim the top spot aboard the Clauson Marshall Racing/NOS Energy Drink #7BC.
Quickly changing track conditions allowed Peck to surprise both Marks and Courtney. While the lead duo committed to the bottom, Peck ripped the top in the Buch Motorsports #13 and went around Marks on Lap 12. One lap later, Peck blasted by Courtney for the lead.
Two laps later, Marks surged back into contention as he rolled the bottom to pass Courtney coming to the line and pull alongside Peck, In Turns 1 and 2, Marks pulled the trigger on a slide job to reclaim the lead. Peck returned the favor the next time around in the same set of corners. Marks crossed over out of Turn 2 and aimed for the top in Turn 3, so Peck threw another slider. Marks again dipped under Peck and then fended off his next move in Turn 1.
“I was running the top there in the beginning and saw Tyler down on the bottom there a couple times,” Marks recalled. “So, I switched my line up and felt pretty good. And then I think I slipped up and he got by me and fell back to second. I just tried to work that in down there a little more, and Justin railed around both of us on the top, so I fell back to third. I just started moving around just trying to figure out what was going to work best for my car. I felt like I could go anywhere but was definitely better up top. I just knew we needed to stick to that, and that’s what we did and ended up racing our way back up through there.”
Following the intense battle with Peck, Marks built a decent lead as the laps faded late in the going. But suddenly lapped traffic became an issue again.
Marks stared down cars using both his preferred high line and the low line. Peck chipped away at the gap, and when the white flag flew he found himself within striking distance. Marks thought the lapped car ahead would go low in the final set of corners but guessed wrong, causing him to drift through the slick in Turns 3 and 4. Peck closed fast and looked under Marks coming to the checkered flag but came up slightly short as Marks grabbed the win.
“I felt like the track crew did an amazing job there at getting the track two lanes of racing and getting it pretty tricky around the top,” Marks said. “Man, I just got to lapped traffic there and wanted to make sure I didn’t get off the top. I just felt like my pace slowed up too much. I was getting a little worried about Justin behind me closing in on us. Then I had a run on Logan (Schuchart) going down the backstretch on the last lap, and last minute he pulled off to go to the bottom, and I had already set up to try to slide him. That just kind of got me stuck in the middle a little bit. I knew he was going to have a head of steam. Fortunately, we hung on there at the end and won us this race.”
A second place run for Peck equaled his best World of Outlaws finish. While proud of he and the Buch team’s efforts, Peck couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed with coming so close to what’s become an elusive first Series victory.
“My guys gave me a really good race car,” Peck said. “Me, Brent, and Sunshine raced each other pretty hard there. It’s just one of those deals where it’s got to come sometime, right? It feels like we’ve run second quite a few times now and been on the podium but just can’t seem to pull off a win.”
Courtney rounded out the top three to post his sixth career World of Outlaws podium. The Indianapolis, IN native felt he was missing just a little speed to lock up his second Series win of the year.
“Once Brent cleared Justin there, we just got back around the top,” Courtney said. “We were running really fast laps up there. We’re set up a little bit more to run down off the top, so I was a little too tight to run around the top there.”
Brad Sweet and James McFadden completed the top five. Sweet’s result combined with David Gravel’s sixth place run pushed Sweet’s lead atop the standings to 46 points. Sweet now needs a finish of 22nd or better in the season finale to lock up his fifth straight championship with Kasey Kahne Racing.
Donny Schatz earned the KSE Racing Hard Charger with a 25th to 13th drive.
CASE No.1 Engine Oil Heat One went to Rico Abreu (48th Heat Race win of career). NOS Energy Drink Heats Two through Four were topped by Brian Brown (82nd of career), Brent Marks (29th of career), and Tyler Courtney (13th of career).
Hunter Schuerenberg won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars complete the 2023 season with a $25,000 to win finale at The Dirt Track at Charlotte's World Finals on Saturday, Nov. 4. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch all of the action live on DIRTVision.
RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 2. 13-Justin Peck[5]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[2]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[11]; 5. 83-James McFadden[10]; 6. 2-David Gravel[9]; 7. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[12]; 8. 24-Rico Abreu[6]; 9. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[15]; 10. 69K-Justin Henderson[4]; 11. 41-Carson Macedo[13]; 12. 21-Brian Brown[3]; 13. 15-Donny Schatz[25]; 14. 5-Spencer Bayston[22]; 15. 9R-Chase Randall[7]; 16. 14-Cole Macedo[17]; 17. 88-Austin McCarl[8]; 18. 8-Cory Eliason[20]; 19. 39M-Anthony Macri[16]; 20. 71-Parker Price Miller[24]; 21. 2MD-Cap Henry[19]; 22. 9-Kasey Kahne[18]; 23. 1S-Logan Schuchart[14]; 24. 7S-Robbie Price[27]; 25. 20G-Noah Gass[28]; 26. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[21]; 27. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[26]; 28. 99-Skylar Gee[23]
NOT DONE YET: Gravel Perfects the Low Line for World Finals Victory
Gravel opens World Finals with his 12th win of the year and cuts into Sweet’s point lead
CONCORD, NC (Nov. 2, 2023) - All the focus entering the 2023 World Finals was squarely on Brad Sweet and David Gravel. The two rolled into The Dirt Track at Charlotte engaged in battle for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car championship for the third year in a row. Sweet held a solid but not insurmountable 50-point lead. Who would make the opening statement with three races ahead?
Give round one to Gravel. The Watertown, CT native rolled the bottom of the Charlotte oval to perfection on Thursday night. He wheeled the Big Game Motorsports machine by Rico Abreu on the 14th circuit of the 25-lapper and held off Abreu’s late charge to secure the victory. The triumph coupled with Sweet’s fourth allowed Gravel to cut the margin down to 42 markers with two nights to go.
But Gravel isn’t looking at the points gap. His focus rests entirely on doing all he and the Big Game crew can do. And on the first night, they did absolutely everything they could do by maximizing points with a win.
“We just got to worry about winning races and having fun, and whatever happens happens,” Gravel said. “It’s good to get those extra two points for winning. Obviously, it’s still a bit of a long shot.
“I’m really glad they went and did that prep to the track. It maybe was a little bit dominant around the bottom there once it really came in, but it worked out for us.”
Gravel’s win moved him up to a dozen in 2023 with The Greatest Show on Dirt, which guarantees him at least a tie for the most this year. His 88th career World of Outlaws victory was also his 30th since joining Big Game Motorsports, the most any driver has tallied with Tod Quiring’s team that now owns 94 Series victories. It was also his sixth triumph at the Charlotte oval, giving him sole possession of the second most.
Gravel began the race in the third spot and slipped back fourth early while Rico Abreu rocketed by pole-sitter – Sheldon Haudenschild – to the early lead. Plenty of slicing and dicing took place for spots within the top five, and Gravel even fell back to fifth early on as Brad Sweet began to charge.
“The Big Cat” found the bottom line before any of the other competitors toward the front and quickly got to work. On the eighth circuit, Sweet powered the Kasey Kahne Racing #49 from fourth to second and set his sights on Abreu.
But before Sweet could get to Abreu’s tail tank, lapped traffic caused him to shift his lane. That opened the door for a fast-closing Gravel who mimicked Sweet’s early route on the bottom.
On Lap 14, Gravel looked under Sweet as they entered Turn 1. And he not only cleared Sweet down the back straightaway, he used his momentum to slip under Abreu heading into Turn 3 and snatch the lead.
“Brad found the bottom first, and then he kind of gave up on it,” Gravel explained. “I don’t know why nobody ran low on (corner) exits. I kind of had the exits to myself way low and used that drive to get down the straightaway. Cody (Jacobs), Scott (Vogelsong), and Zach (Patterson) gave me a great car.
“(Turns) 3 and 4 was a lot thinner than 1 and 2. It was a lot easier to hit it in 1 and 2, and when I missed it in 3 and 4, you about stopped. It feels terrible. You’ve got to make sure you slow down enough. So, I figured let me over-slow it to not miss it. I’d rather not miss it and go too slow than go too hard and miss it.”
After taking the top spot, Gravel began to put together a lead as he continued to roll the bottom and work through traffic. Carson Macedo looked poised to challenge Gravel when he rolled by Abreu for second with five laps remaining.
But then Abreu roared back around Macedo two laps later to reclaim runner-up. The St. Helena, CA driver managed to close in within a second, but Gravel held on to top the opening night of the World of Outlaws World Finals.
“We were okay early but great from halfway on,” Gravel said. “Our car was really, really good. It feels good to pass those guys and earn a win like that.”
Abreu took home the second spot aboard his own #24 machine. The result marked his 16th podium of the season with the World of Outlaws. Abreu felt happy with the speed of his car but felt he needed to navigate traffic better to have a better shot to win.
“You can judge a lot off lapped traffic,” Abreu said. “I felt like I needed to just be a little more patient in (Turns) 3 and 4. I was getting a little antsy when the #3 kept getting to my inside, and I tried running harder, and it just didn’t like that. We put ourselves in position, and track position was really key tonight. As a race leader you just work on processing those times when you’re leading and logging laps and trying to set a torrid pace. Your car gets so aero dependent when you catch traffic.”
Rounding out the top three was Carson Macedo aboard the Jason Johnson Racing #41. The Californian notched his 20th podium of the year, becoming the third driver to reach the mark. Macedo found the track conditions tricky especially early in the race in determining where to be.
“It just changed a lot,” Macedo noted. “You had to stay up on it, and it wasn’t easy. I feel like early in the race I thought the bottom was going to take over. I was able to get a good start and jump right there into third and got Sheldon (Haudenschild) on the bottom in (Turns) 3 and 4 and thought I’d just start plugging the bottom and catch him (Abreu). And then Sheldon went flying around me, and I thought the top had come in first. So, I got up, and then it was so quick. We got to traffic, and the bottom kind of gripped up. I couldn’t believe when I moved down in 3 and 4 how grippy it was down there for a little while.”
Sweet and Tyler Courtney completed the top five.
A massive drive from 26th to sixth earned James McFadden the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Sheldon Haudenschild topped CASE No.1 Engine Oil Heat One (97th Heat Race win of career). NOS Energy Drink Heats Two through Four went to Rico Abreu (47th of career), Brad Sweet (238th of career), and David Gravel (239th of career).
Donny Schatz won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars return to The Dirt Track at Charlotte for night two of the 2023 World Finals on Friday, Nov. 3 for another $15,000 to win Feature before Saturday's $25,000 to win season finale. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch all of the action live on DIRTVision.
RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[3]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu[2]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[4]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[6]; 5. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[8]; 6. 83-James McFadden[26]; 7. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[7]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart[14]; 9. 19-Brent Marks[11]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz[21]; 11. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[1]; 12. 13-Justin Peck[10]; 13. 14-Cole Macedo[5]; 14. 69K-Justin Henderson[15]; 15. 8-Cory Eliason[13]; 16. 1A-Jacob Allen[23]; 17. 39M-Anthony Macri[16]; 18. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[9]; 19. 2MD-Cap Henry[20]; 20. 21-Brian Brown[12]; 21. 20G-Noah Gass[17]; 22. 9-Kasey Kahne[19]; 23. 42-Sye Lynch[22]; 24. 1T-Tanner Holmes[18]; 25. 5-Spencer Bayston[25]; 26. 7S-Robbie Price[27]; 27. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[24]
STARTING STRONG: Haudenschild, Marks Lead World Finals Low-E Insulation Qualifying Night
Wednesday’s pair of Charlotte Qualifying sessions set the stage for Thursday and Friday Heat Races
CONCORD, NC (Nov. 1, 2023) - The on-track action of the World of Outlaws World Finals got rolling with Low-E Insulation Qualifying Night on Wednesday at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. All 53 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car teams checked in took part in two split Qualifying sessions to set the lineups for Thursday and Friday Heat Races. In the opening session for Thursday’s lineups, Sheldon Haudenschild led the way with a 13.694 in Flight A. The effort marked Haudenschild’s fourth Simpson Performance Products QuickTime of the year and the 29th of his career.
“That’s always the goal,” Haudenschild said of his QuickTime. “And it’s what we’ve been working on all year. We got some other pieces in place. We’ve been focusing on next year a lot and what we want to do, so this is steps in the right direction, and we’ll try to end this week on a high note.”
In the second Flight of the first session, Tyler Courtney laid down the fastest lap with a 13.843. “Sunshine’s” lap gave the team NOS Energy Drink cars a sweep of Thursday’s Qualifying.
Championship leaders Brad Sweet and David Gravel were right next to each other as Sweet set the third fastest lap with Gravel a spot ahead in second.
Cory Eliason, making his debut in the Ridge & Sons Racing #8, timed in fifth quick in Flight A. Also worth noting was Justin Henderson going eighth fastest in the same flight aboard the Kreitz Racing #69K.
The session to set Friday’s lineups belonged to the Pennsylvania Posse as Brent Marks put down a 14.149 in Flight B. With the lap, Marks nabbed his first Simpson Performance Products QuickTime of the year and the third of his career.
“We’re starting this week off a lot better than we did last year,” Marks said. “Really proud of this Murray-Marks Motorsports team for working hard and giving me a good car tonight to qualify with. Our engine ran really good. It’s very cold and really good air, so to get out there and rip around the top and feel comfortable that close to the wall and our engines running really good with everything tuned up, it just felt effortless for me.”
In Flight A of Friday’s session, Gravel topped the charts with a 14.163. He distanced himself a little from Sweet who’s 14.658 slotted him ninth fastest in Flight A.
Knoxville Raceway regulars – Brian Brown and Chase Randall – claimed the second and third spots in Flight A.
Over in Flight B, Courtney missed claiming both flights by one spot as he set the second fastest lap behind Marks with another Knoxville driver – Austin McCarl – in third.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series returns to The Dirt Track at Charlotte for night two of the World of Outlaws World Finals, and first night of Feature action, on Thursday, Nov. 2. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can't make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVision.
Qualifying A - Thursday: 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:13.694[12]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:13.722[27]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:13.847[16]; 4. 19-Brent Marks, 00:13.888[24]; 5. 8-Cory Eliason, 00:13.956[3]; 6. 14-Cole Macedo, 00:13.987[15]; 7. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 00:14.003[4]; 8. 69K-Justin Henderson, 00:14.023[26]; 9. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:14.036[23]; 10. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:14.056[21]; 11. 20G-Noah Gass, 00:14.064[11]; 12. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:14.066[22]; 13. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:14.077[19]; 14. 9R-Chase Randall, 00:14.113[9]; 15. 12-Lance Dewease, 00:14.162[17]; 16. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:14.189[1]; 17. 83-James McFadden, 00:14.200[18]; 18. 5-Spencer Bayston, 00:14.245[20]; 19. 7S-Robbie Price, 00:14.315[10]; 20. 42-Sye Lynch, 00:14.369[7]; 21. 18R-Ryan Roberts, 00:14.401[25]; 22. 12S-Brent Shearer, 00:14.419[6]; 23. 47-Eric Riggins Jr, 00:14.502[8]; 24. 33-Derek Hauck, 00:14.516[2]; 25. 14T-Tim Estenson, 00:14.669[5]; 26. 77-Geoff Dodge, 00:14.701[13]; 27. 17H-Wout Hoffmans, 00:15.268[14]
Qualifying B - Thursday: 1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:13.843[5]; 2. 2-David Gravel, 00:13.903[3]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:13.986[4]; 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:13.987[6]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:14.069[9]; 6. 21-Brian Brown, 00:14.105[16]; 7. 13-Justin Peck, 00:14.279[14]; 8. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:14.279[26]; 9. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:14.283[1]; 10. 2MD-Cap Henry, 00:14.296[10]; 11. 23-Devon Borden, 00:14.319[19]; 12. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:14.356[24]; 13. 1T-Tanner Holmes, 00:14.505[21]; 14. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:14.548[12]; 15. 6Z-Zane DeVault, 00:14.715[8]; 16. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:14.729[18]; 17. 71-Parker Price Miller, 00:14.762[17]; 18. 20-Tim Buckwalter, 00:14.899[13]; 19. 5D-Jacob Dykstra, 00:14.963[23]; 20. W20-Greg Wilson, 00:15.004[7]; 21. 22-Riley Goodno, 00:15.015[15]; 22. 40-George Hobaugh Jr, 00:15.163[22]; 23. 7NY-Matt Farnham, 00:15.354[25]; 24. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:15.429[20]; 25. 23M-Lance Moss, 00:15.530[2]; 26. 7N-Darin Naida, 00:15.817[11]
Qualifying A - Friday: 1. 2-David Gravel, 00:14.163; 2. 21-Brian Brown, 00:14.175; 3. 9R-Chase Randall, 00:14.181; 4. 69K-Justin Henderson, 00:14.342; 5. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:14.427; 6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:14.457; 7. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:14.484; 8. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:14.527; 9. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:14.648; 10. 5-Spencer Bayston, 00:14.664; 11. 2MD-Cap Henry, 00:14.693; 12. 14-Cole Macedo, 00:14.743; 13. 23-Devon Borden, 00:14.747; 14. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:14.785; 15. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:14.820; 16. 1T-Tanner Holmes, 00:14.842; 17. 6Z-Zane DeVault, 00:14.852; 18. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 00:14.858; 19. 42-Sye Lynch, 00:14.876; 20. 20G-Noah Gass, 00:14.977; 21. 5D-Jacob Dykstra, 00:15.173; 22. 23M-Lance Moss, 00:15.205; 23. 47-Eric Riggins Jr, 00:15.260; 24. 17H-Wout Hoffmans, 00:15.473; 25. W20-Greg Wilson, 00:15.635; 26. 7NY-Matt Farnham, 00:15.804; 27. 7N-Darin Naida, 00:16.161
Qualifying B - Friday: 1. 19-Brent Marks, 00:14.149; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:14.259; 3. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:14.275; 4. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:14.347; 5. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:14.402; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:14.435; 7. 83-James McFadden, 00:14.445; 8. 13-Justin Peck, 00:14.531; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:14.582; 10. 8-Cory Eliason, 00:14.603; 11. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:14.607; 12. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:14.617; 13. 71-Parker Price Miller, 00:14.735; 14. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:14.746; 15. 7S-Robbie Price, 00:14.858; 16. 12-Lance Dewease, 00:14.895; 17. 77-Geoff Dodge, 00:14.962; 18. 22-Riley Goodno, 00:15.091; 19. 14T-Tim Estenson, 00:15.156; 20. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:15.279; 21. 12S-Brent Shearer, 00:15.565; 22. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:15.571; 23. 18R-Ryan Roberts, 00:15.583; 24. 40-George Hobaugh Jr, 00:15.757; 25. 20-Tim Buckwalter, 00:15.818; 26. (DNS) 33-Derek Hauck, 00:15.818
HERstory: Jade Avedisian’s Championship Marks New Height for Women in Motorsports
CONCORD, NC (Nov. 1, 2023) – Rarely in professional sports does a player or team come along and transcend the boundaries of the game, accomplishing what was once only a passing thought or a dream in the minds of those involved.
American motorsports has found that player this year in 17-year-old Jade Avedisian – the first female national Midget series champion.
Avedisian claimed the 2023 Xtreme Outlaws Midget Series presented by Toyota championship in her first season with Indiana-based Keith Kunz Motorsports – breaking the mold for a rising presence of female drivers in motorsports.
“It’s a dream come true, honestly,” she said.
While Avedisian is the first woman ever to win a national dirt racing championship, her accomplishment expands upon the foundation laid by several women who have come before and found success in their own way.
Open the World of Outlaws history books to Oct. 29, 2004, and you’ll find another first for women in motorsports. On that day at Thunderbowl Raceway, Erin Crocker-Evernham became the first woman to win a World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Feature event.
At 23 years old, she beat Steve Kinser; she beat Danny Lasoski; she beat Donny Schatz. Evernham made her own mark in open-wheel racing, paving the way for a future generation of female stars in the sport like Avedisian.
“I do see a little bit of myself in her, and I think that’s why I’ve taken to following her and what she’s doing,” Evernham said.
Still an avid open-wheel racing enthusiast and present-day host of Winged Nation on the Motor Racing Network, Evernham kept up with Avedisian’s run to the Xtreme Outlaw Series title this year. While she immediately recognized the unprecedented achievement, she also noticed a striking resemblance.
“What she did this year is really significant and I think it truly shows the natural ability she has,” Evernham said. “I love the way she carries herself. She wants to be known as a racer, not as ‘I’m the woman racer,’ which is how I always felt throughout my career. Like, I want to be a racer, and I want to go out there and win. And I get that feeling from her.
“I think it’s huge – she gives me a lot of hope for women in the future.”
Avedisian’s road to the future began in February with the announcement of her signing with KKM – the 17-time national Midget championship-winning team – for 2023 and their plans to chase the Xtreme Outlaw Series title in its first full-length schedule. Fast forward eight months, and Avedisian was hoisting the championship trophy after a season of five Toyota Racing Feature wins, 16 top-five and 26 top-10 finishes.
“I’m just super grateful to even be in contention to win a championship,” Avedisian said. “To capitalize on it just means the world to me.”
For several weeks during the season, she questioned whether or not she’d even be in title contention by the end of the year.
A win inside the Southern Illinois Center in March bolstered her into the Series points lead to start the season, but an average finish of 8.9 and only one top-five result over the next eight Series races dropped her back to fourth in the standings – 180 points behind the leader.
With the schedule already a third of the way complete and a mountain in front of her to climb, Avedisian turned to the one mantra that’s repeatedly defined her season.
“I knew just had to put our heads down and never give up,” she said.
Standing right behind her was the deep roster of KKM crew members with a matching appetite for victory. For her first season with the team, Avedisian was paired with car chief Jarrett Martin – a five-year expert on the wrenches with KKM. Right away, and more frequently as the season progressed, he noticed Avedisian’s never-say-die mentality.
“She wants to make sure she never loses the will to always get better,” Martin said. “That’s one thing I’ve noticed about her that sets her apart – she never wants to give up, she never wants to slow down.
“She works at getting better and wants it as bad as us, so that makes it easier for all of us when we do have a bad night to know that she’s upset too. She’s working hard as well.”
Throughout the year, Martin also helped coach Avedisian through many of the darkest moments of her season – including the Appalachian Midget Week opener at Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, where she crashed and flipped while leading, then did it again from the tail of the field only two laps later.
“She’s up front leading the thing, and she said she just felt so good that she wanted to go faster and faster,” Martin said. “By the end of that night, we had the talk about knowing when to when to slow down and knowing when to push it.”
“I feel like those kinds of moments could’ve thrown the championship away,” Avedisian said. “Luckily, it didn’t.”
After several months of working together, the duo had made significant progress – improving their average finish to 4.6, collecting four additional Feature wins and climbing all the way back from 180 points down, up to the top of the Series points standings coming into the final race weekend of the season in Oklahoma.
“The second half [of the season], I really started to take the stuff I learned and apply it,” she said. “I feel like I was two different drivers from the first half to the second half.”
From 11 points up, Avedisian had expanded that gap to 59 by the time the weekend was out. In Victory Lane, she exchanged hugs, tears and endless smiles with the KKM crew and her family as the celebration began.
“To get it done for her, for the people around her and around us that wanted it just as bad as everybody else – that feels good, for sure,” Martin said.
But the next day, it was right back to business. Business with her future as part of the Toyota Racing Development lineup and working on what’s next for The First Lady of the Xtreme Outlaw Series. Life for the teenager from Clovis, CA has changed dramatically in the past year, and she’s taking it all in stride.
“To have Toyota give me a lot of opportunities… me doing a commercial the other day – obviously a lot has changed,” she said. “I’m a lot more busy now, but it’s a good busy, that’s for sure.”
While Avedisian spends the next few months solidifying exactly what her 2024 racing season will look like, one thing is for certain – she’ll have the attention of Evernham and her other female racers as the motorsports world awaits her next potential historic achievement.
“I’m really excited to watch her in the following years,” Evernham said.
SCHEDULE UPDATE: Thursday, Friday Start Times Moved Up; Wednesday Fan Fest Moved to Afternoon
CONCORD, NC (Oct. 31, 2023) – Keeping the best interest of drivers and fans in mind, officials have adjusted the World of Outlaws World Finals schedules on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday due to extreme cold temperatures expected at night. Saturday’s schedule remains the same.
Wednesday (Nov. 1) will now see the Fan Fest party start at 12 p.m. (ET) in the midway at The Dirt Track at Charlotte with a live concert at 1:30 p.m. and the Race Day Live show on the Sage Fruit Stage at 3 p.m. Opening Ceremonies will still begin at 4:45 p.m., followed by qualifying for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Model Series and Super DIRTcar Series.
Then, Opening Ceremonies on Thursday (Nov. 2) and Friday (Nov. 3) will now start at 4 p.m., followed by racing for the three premier series. The Race Day Live show on the Sage Fruit Stage has also been moved up to 2:30 p.m. those two days.
The fan-favorite 3X4 Wide Parade Lap remains on Friday before the start of the three Feature events.
Saturday’s schedule will still see Opening Ceremonies start at 3 p.m. with racing to follow. Champions for the three series will crowned on the front stretch after the final Feature of the night.
For the full 2023 World of Outlaws World Finals schedule, CLICK HERE.
For tickets to the World of Outlaws World Finals, CLICK HERE. But if you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVision.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: 2023 Championship, Big Paydays, Historic Wins Await at World of Outlaws World Finals
Gravel and Sweet’s championship fight headline The Dirt Track at Charlotte’s season-ending World Finals
CONCORD, NC (Oct. 30, 2023) - All Dirt Roads have led the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars to Charlotte, NC.
This year has taken the tour through 18 states from coast to coast and 34 different racetracks. Now, the thousands of miles and hundreds of laps will culminate in the World of Outlaws World Finals. The Dirt Track at Charlotte takes center stage for the four-night sendoff of the 2023 season. The on-track action gets going on Wednesday, Nov. 1 with two Low-E Insulation Qualifying sessions to line up Heat Races for Thursday and Friday’s racing programs. Points accumulated on those two nights will set the lineups for Saturday and one final night to punctuate the World of Outlaws’ 46th season of racing.
Teams from all over will gather to chase their share of the more than $250,000 purse up for grabs. The first two nights of racing will be capped with $15,000-to-win Features before Saturday’s $25,000-to-win finale wraps up the 2023 World of Outlaws season.
In addition to the Sprint Car action, fans will be treated to the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Late Models and Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds all four nights.
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Let’s look at the weekend’s top storylines:
SWEET VS. GRAVEL: For the third consecutive season, the World of Outlaws championship will come down to a duel between Brad Sweet and David Gravel. Heading into the final event of the season, Sweet owns a 50-point advantage, and Gravel has three nights to erase the gap.
Sweet is looking to complete his Drive for Five as he eyes a fifth straight title with Kasey Kahne Racing. Five straight championships would tie Sweet with Donny Schatz (2014-2018) for the second longest streak and move him within one of Steve Kinser’s record of six consecutive titles (1983-1988).
On the other hand, Gravel is chasing his first championship aboard the Big Game Motorsports #2 after finishing runner-up in the past two seasons. If he can pull it off, Gravel would become the 11th different competitor to claim a World of Outlaws championship.
In terms of overall body of work at Charlotte, Gravel has the upper hand with five victories on his résumé (tied for second most in track history) including a stretch of three straight from 2019 to 2020. Sweet is yet to win in Charlotte, but he’s been consistent as of late with nine consecutive top 10s, including seven top fives.
Not only does the championship include all of the prestige of being at the pinnacle of Sprint Car racing, it also comes with a $350,000 payday.
CATCHING KINSER: A potential fifth championship for Sweet would also make history for car owner – Kasey Kahne.
Kahne has already earned five titles as an owner with Sweet’s four and one with Daryn Pittman in 2013. If Sweet can supply him with a sixth, Kahne will equal Steve Kinser Racing for the third most World of Outlaws championships as a car owner. “The King” was champion 14 times driving for Karl Kinser and six times under his own banner.
Karl leads the way in the category with 16 titles. Tony Stewart Racing’s nine championships rank second.
FIGHT FOR FOURTH: In addition to the battle for the title, there’s a three-man war for the fourth spot in the standings. Currently, Giovanni Scelzi owns the position with Logan Schuchart 34 points behind and Donny Schatz trailing Schuchart by 20 markers. The trio are separated by a total of 54 points.
There’s history on the line for Scelzi if he can hold on. The Californian is wrapping up his Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year campaign, and fourth would equal the best rookie finish in history. Both Jeff Swindell (1981) and Brad Doty (1982) hit the mark. KCP is about to claim their second Rookie of the Year as a team after earning the honor with Ian Madsen in 2018, which will make KCP only the third team/car owner to supply multiple Rookie of the Year winners. Kasey Kahne Racing has had three while Dave Helm’s team produced a pair. Scelzi has been strong in 10 Charlotte starts with six top fives, including a 2019 victory.
A fourth-place finish in points would be Schuchart’s second best result for a World of Outlaws campaign. The Shark Racing pilot has won four times at the North Carolina 4/10-mile, most recently at last year’s World Finals opener. The Hanover, PA native has also podiumed 11 times in 28 Feature starts.
Over the years, Schatz has owned The Dirt Track at Charlotte. His 14 wins outrank the second most by nine. Two of those victories came during the final two nights of 2022. The 10-time Series champion is looking to keep his streak of 20 straight years of finishing in the top five in Series points alive.
ENDING STRONG: While some have their points position essentially settled, there’s still plenty of hunger in those drivers to close out 2023 strong for an even better 2024.
Carson Macedo was in contention for the championship throughout the first half of the campaign but has slipped out of reach in the second half as he’s 140 points behind Sweet. It’s still been another stout season with Jason Johnson Racing for Macedo as he’s won seven times, set Simpson Quick Time on 14 occasions, and grabbed 19 podiums. The Lemoore, CA native is yet to win at Charlotte, but has been in the top five in four of his last five tries including a runner-up last year.
Sheldon Haudenschild sits seventh in points in his seventh year on the tour. The Wooster, OH native has collected a trio of victories in 2023 and looks to add to that total before the season ends. Charlotte hasn’t been the kindest to him, but he did pick up his second-best finish at the track with a third-place effort to conclude last season.
Spencer Bayston will cap his sophomore season with an eighth-place finish in points. The CJB Motorsports pilot has finished eighth in three of his last four Features in Charlotte and owns a best finish of fourth (2018) at the facility.
FIRST-TIME WINNER?: Since its opening in 2000, The Dirt Track at Charlotte has produced a few notable first-time World of Outlaws winners.
Back in 2003, Blake Feese led all 22 laps of a rain-shortened main event for his one and only Series victory in his 29th Feature start. Three years later, Kevin Swindell went to Victory Lane to become, at the time, the youngest winner in Series history. Fast forward nine years to when Dusty Zomer wheeled the Blazin’ Racin’ machine to his first win at Charlotte.
Three first-time winners – Brady Bacon, Corey Day, and Zeb Wise – have already arose from the 2023 campaign, and Charlotte’s history suggests we could see another before the year is done. Full-time Series drivers – Robbie Price, Noah Gass, and Bill Rose – are still seeking their first win. And World Finals always attracts drivers from all over, plenty of which will be chasing their first victory this week.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch all of the World Finals racing live on DIRTVision.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
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Wednesday – Saturday, Nov. 1-4 at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, NC
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (68/71 Races):
1. 49 – Brad Sweet (9226PTS) 2. 2 – David Gravel (-50PTS) 3. 41 – Carson Macedo (-140PTS) 4. 18 – Gio Scelzi (-452PTS) 5. 1S – Logan Schuchart (-486PTS) 6. 15 – Donny Schatz (-506PTS) 7. 17 – Sheldon Haudenschild (-586PTS) 8. 5 – Spencer Bayston (-760PTS) 9. 3Z – Brock Zearfoss (-1320PTS) 10. 83 – James McFadden (-1788PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (19 Drivers):
11 wins – David Gravel (Big Game Motorsports #2)
10 wins – Brad Sweet (Kasey Kahne Racing #49)
7 wins – Carson Macedo (Jason Johnson Racing #41)
6 wins – James McFadden (Roth Motorsports #83), Logan Schuchart (Shark Racing #1S), Rico Abreu (Rico Abreu Racing #24)
4 wins – Kyle Larson (Silva Motorsports #57), Donny Schatz (Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing #15)
3 wins – Sheldon Haudenschild (Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing #17)
2 wins – Buddy Kofoid (CMS Racing #11, Roth Motorsports #83JR)
1 win – Brady Bacon (TKH Motorsports #21), Anthony Macri (Macri Motorsports #39), Brian Brown (Brian Brown Racing #21), Gio Scelzi (KCP Racing #18), Spencer Bayston (CJB Motorsports #5), Corey Day (Jason Meyers Racing #14), Brent Marks (Murray-Marks #19), Tyler Courtney (Clauson Marshall Racing #7BC), Zeb Wise (Rudeen Racing #26)
FEATURE LAPS LED (25 Drivers):
335 laps – Brad Sweet
268 laps – James McFadden
234 laps – Rico Abreu
220 laps – Carson Macedo
210 laps – David Gravel
172 laps – Logan Schuchart
118 laps – Kyle Larson
114 laps – Buddy Kofoid
108 laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
104 laps – Donny Schatz
62 laps – Brent Marks
57 laps – Gio Scelzi
40 laps – Spencer Bayston, Corey Day
31 laps – Brian Brown
19 laps – Tyler Courtney
18 laps – Lance Dewease
15 laps – Cole Macedo
11 laps – Anthony Macri, Daryn Pittman
10 laps – Cory Eliason
3 laps – Brady Bacon, Danny Varin, Justin Peck
1 lap – Austin McCarl
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (17 Drivers):
14 QuickTimes – Carson Macedo
13 QuickTimes – David Gravel
6 QuickTimes – Brad Sweet
5 QuickTimes – Logan Schuchart, Rico Abreu
3 QuickTimes – Sheldon Haudenschild, Buddy Kofoid
2 QuickTimes – Anthony Macri, Bill Balog, Justin Peck, Gio Scelzi, Tanner Holmes
1 QuickTime – Brian Brown, Donny Schatz, James McFadden, Jacob Allen, Kyle Larson
HEAT RACE WINNERS (46 Drivers):
29 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo, David Gravel
20 Heat Wins – Brad Sweet
15 Heat Wins – Logan Schuchart, James McFadden
14 Heat Wins – Donny Schatz
13 Heat Wins – Buddy Kofoid, Gio Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild
12 Heat Wins – Rico Abreu
9 Heat Wins – Spencer Bayston
6 Heat Wins – Brian Brown
5 Heat Wins – Jacob Allen, Justin Peck, Brent Marks
4 Heat Wins – Cory Eliason
3 Heat Wins – Anthony Macri, Bill Balog, Parker Price-Miller
2 Heat Wins – Brock Zearfoss, Noah Gass, Kerry Madsen, Robbie Price, Tim Kaeding, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Tyler Courtney, Kasey Kahne
1 Heat Win – Danny Dietrich, Freddie Rahmer, Mark Dobmeier, Austin McCarl, Lachlan McHugh, Ryan Timms, Tim Estenson, Kyle Larson, Shane Stewart, Lance Dewease, Cole Macedo, Chase Randall, Ian Madsen, Tanner Holmes, Dominic Scelzi, Kalib Henry, Dylan Bloomfield, Justin Sanders, Zeb Wise
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (51 Drivers):
45 Dashes – Carson Macedo, David Gravel
43 Dashes – Brad Sweet
30 Dashes – Logan Schuchart
29 Dashes – Gio Scelzi
27 Dashes – James McFadden
26 Dashes – Sheldon Haudenschild
23 Dashes – Donny Schatz
22 Dashes – Rico Abreu
20 Dashes – Spencer Bayston
17 Dashes – Buddy Kofoid
9 Dashes – Brent Marks
8 Dashes – Jacob Allen, Cory Eliason, Brock Zearfoss
7 Dashes – Justin Peck, Brian Brown
6 Dashes – Tyler Courtney, Robbie Price, Kasey Kahne
5 Dashes – Anthony Macri, Corey Day
4 Dashes – Justin Sanders, Parker Price-Miller
3 Dashes – Danny Dietrich, Kyle Larson, Cole Macedo, Tanner Holmes
2 Dashes – Garet Williamson, Austin McCarl, Bill Balog, Dominic Scelzi, Aaron Reutzel, Freddie Rahmer, Lance Dewease, Devon Borden
1 Dash – Brady Bacon, Chad Trout, Dylan Norris, Cap Henry, Stuart Brubaker, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Shane Stewart, Danny Varin, Ian Madsen, Shane Golobic, Kalib Henry, Dylan Bloomfield, Daryn Pittman, Sye Lynch, Zeb Wise
MICROLITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (37 Drivers):
5 LCS Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
4 LCS Wins – Spencer Bayston, Robbie Price
3 LCS Wins - Noah Gass, James McFadden, Gio Scelzi, Logan Schuchart
2 LCS Wins – Parker Price-Miller, Carson Macedo, Brock Zearfoss, Tim Estenson, Donny Schatz, Kerry Madsen
1 LCS Win – Hunter Schuerenberg, Wayne Johnson, Ryan Timms, Ayrton Gennetten, Kraig Kinser, Freddie Rahmer, Henry Malcuit, Cole Macedo, Aaron Reutzel, Sye Lynch, Cory Eliason, Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu, Jacob Allen, Daryn Pittman, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Jamie Veal, Kaleb Johnson, Lachlan McHugh, Tanner Holmes, Austen Wheatley, Buddy Kofoid, Danny Dietrich, Dusty Zomer
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (35 Drivers):
7 Hard Chargers – Sheldon Haudenschild
6 Hard Chargers – James McFadden
5 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz
4 Hard Chargers – Brock Zearfoss, Rico Abreu, Tyler Courtney
3 Hard Chargers – Brad Sweet, Logan Schuchart, Danny Dietrich
2 Hard Chargers – Justin Peck, David Gravel, Spencer Bayston, Corey Day, Robbie Price, Gio Scelzi
1 Hard Charger – Blake Hahn, Buddy Kofoid, Joe B. Miller, Kyle Larson, Hunter Schuerenberg, Kyle Moody, Freddie Rahmer, Skylar Gee, Cole Duncan, Austin Pierce, Brenham Crouch, Tim Kaeding, Jacob Allen, Caden Englehart, Zeb Wise, Carson Macedo, Dale Blaney, Tasker Phillips, Brent Marks, Kaleb Johnson, Tanner Holmes
PODIUM FINISHES (30 Drivers):
34 Podiums – David Gravel
29 Podiums – Brad Sweet
19 Podiums – Carson Macedo
15 Podiums – Rico Abreu, Donny Schatz
14 Podiums – Logan Schuchart
11 Podiums – James McFadden
10 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild
9 Podiums – Buddy Kofoid
7 Podiums – Gio Scelzi
6 Podiums – Kyle Larson, Brent Marks
4 Podiums – Spencer Bayston
3 Podiums – Brian Brown, Jacob Allen, Corey Day
2 Podiums – Tyler Courtney
1 Podium – Danny Dietrich, Kasey Kahne, Devon Borden, Parker Price-Miller, Brady Bacon, Anthony Macri, Garet Williamson, Dave Blaney, Tanner Holmes, Justin Sanders, Dominic Scelzi, Daryn Pittman, Zeb Wise
TOP 10 FINISHES (64 Drivers):
60 Top 10s – Brad Sweet
57 Top 10s – Carson Macedo, David Gravel
46 Top 10s – Gio Scelzi
43 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart
42 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
41 Top 10s – Donny Schatz
39 Top 10s – Spencer Bayston
38 Top 10s – James McFadden
33 Top 10s – Rico Abreu
25 Top 10s – Buddy Kofoid
15 Top 10s – Justin Peck
14 Top 10s – Jacob Allen, Brent Marks
11 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney, Kasey Kahne, Cory Eliason
8 Top 10s – Kyle Larson, Brock Zearfoss
7 Top 10s – Danny Dietrich, Brian Brown, Tanner Holmes
6 Top 10s – Corey Day
5 Top 10s – Dominic Scelzi, Justin Sanders
4 Top 10s – Zeb Wise, Lance Dewease, Robbie Price
3 Top 10s – Anthony Macri, Bill Balog, Cole Macedo, Chase Randall, Freddie Rahmer, Parker Price-Miller
2 Top 10s – Aaron Reutzel, Blake Hahn, Brady Bacon, Tim Kaeding, Shane Golobic, Dave Blaney, Dale Blaney, Cole Duncan, Daryn Pittman
1 Top 10 – Devon Borden, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Joe B. Miller, Hunter Schuerenberg, Brandon Rahmer, Chad Trout, Cap Henry, Stuart Brubaker, Skylar Gee, Austin McCarl, Garet Williamson, Shane Stewart, Larry Wight, Noah Gass, Rusty Hickman, Kerry Madsen, Jason Solwold, Chase Johnson, T.J. Stutts, Scott Bogucki, Brenham Crouch
2023 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Fri, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
2. Fri, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (2)
3. Sat, Feb 11* / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / James McFadden (1)
4. Sun, March 5 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Carson Macedo (1)
5. Mon, March 6 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (3)
6. Sat, March 18 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / Rico Abreu (1)
7. Fri, March 24 / Talladega Short Track / Eastaboga, AL / Buddy Kofoid (1)
8. Sat, March 25 / Magnolia Motor Speedway / Columbus, MS / Brad Sweet (1)
9. Fri, March 31 / Devil’s Bowl Speedway / Mesquite, TX / Brad Sweet (2)
10. Sat, April 1 / Devil’s Bowl Speedway / Mesquite, TX / James McFadden (2)
11. Fri, April 7 / U.S. 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
12. Sat, April 8 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (2)
13. Fri, April 14 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Brad Sweet (3)
14. Fri, April 28 / Tri-City Speedway / Granite City, IL / David Gravel (4)
15. Sat, April 29 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Fri, May 5 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Logan Schuchart (1)
17. Sat, May 6 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (3)
18. Wed, May 10 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / Anthony Macri (1)
19. Fri, May 12 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Brad Sweet (4)
20. Fri, May 19 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Donny Schatz (1)
21. Sat, May 20 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / Donny Schatz (2)
22. Fri, May 26 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Brad Sweet (5)
23. Sat, May 27 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
24. Mon, May 29 / Lawrenceburg Speedway / Lawrenceburg, IN / James McFadden (3)
25. Fri, June 2 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / David Gravel (5)
26. Sat, June 3 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Carson Macedo (3)
27. Fri, June 9 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Brian Brown (1)
28. Sat, June 10 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (6)
29. Fri, June 16 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Gio Scelzi (1)
30. Sat, June 17 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
31. Wed, June 21 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Kyle Larson (1)
32. Thurs, June 22 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / James McFadden (4)
33. Fri, June 23 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Logan Schuchart (2)
34. Sat, June 24 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / David Gravel (7)
35. Fri, June 30 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Brad Sweet (6)
36. Sat, July 1 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / David Gravel (8)
37. Sat, July 8 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Carson Macedo (4)
38. Tues, July 11 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Kyle Larson (2)
39. Fri, July 14 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Carson Macedo (5)
40. Sat, July 15 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Donny Schatz (3)
41. Thurs, July 20 / BAPS Motor Speedway / York Haven, PA / David Gravel (9)
42. Fri, July 21 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Logan Schuchart (3)
43. Sat, July 22 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Rico Abreu (4)
44. Sun, July 30 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / David Gravel (10)
45. Fri, Aug 4 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Spencer Bayston (1)
46. Sat, Aug 5 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (3)
47. Sat, Aug 12 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Kyle Larson (4)
48. Thurs, Aug 17 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / James McFadden (5)
49. Fri, Aug 18 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / James McFadden (6)
50. Sat, Aug 19 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Carson Macedo (6)
51. Fri, Aug 25 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Logan Schuchart (4)
52. Sat, Aug 26 / Red River Valley Speedway / West Fargo, ND / Logan Schuchart (5)
53. Thurs, Aug 31 / Skagit Speedway / Burlington, WA / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
54. Fri, Sept 1 / Skagit Speedway / Burlington, WA / Rico Abreu (5)
55. Sat, Sept 2 / Skagit Speedway / Burlington, WA / Brad Sweet (7)
56. Mon, Sept 4 / Grays Harbor Raceway / Elma, WA / Logan Schuchart (6)
57. Sat, Sept 9 / Silver Dollar Speedway / Chico, CA / Corey Day (1)
58. Fri, Sept 15 / Kings Speedway / Hanford, CA / Brad Sweet (8)
59. Sat, Sept 16 / Placerville Speedway / Placerville, CA / Buddy Kofoid (2)
60. Fri, Sept 22 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (6)
61. Sat, Sept 23 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / Brad Sweet (9)
62. Fri, Sept 29 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Brad Sweet (10)
63. Sat, Sept 30 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Brent Marks (1)
64. Fri, Oct 6 / Port Royal Speedway / Port Royal, PA / Tyler Courtney (1)
65. Sat, Oct 7 / Port Royal Speedway / Port Royal, PA / Zeb Wise (1)
66. Sat, Oct 14 / Lakeside Speedway / Kansas City, KS / Donny Schatz (4)
67. Fri, Oct 20 / Devil’s Bowl Speedway / Mesquite, TX / Carson Macedo (7)
68. Sat, Oct 21 / Devil’s Bowl Speedway / Mesquite, TX / David Gravel (11)
CAREERS INTERTWINED: Sweet, Gravel Again Set to Battle for World of Outlaws Championship
The duo is separated by 50 points heading into the World of Outlaws World Finals, Nov. 1-4
CONCORD, NC (October 25, 2023) - Brad Sweet and David Gravel can’t seem to get away from each other.
For the third consecutive year, the two are heading to The Dirt Track at Charlotte for the World Finals (Nov. 1-4) engaged in a war for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car championship. Sweet – the four-time and reigning titlist – holds a 50-marker advantage with a trio of points-paying races remaining.
It should come as no surprise that these two are once again locked in battle. After all, their careers with the World of Outlaws boast many similarities. Being born on opposite coasts led them down different paths to The Greatest Show on Dirt. But ever since they arrived, Sweet and Gravel have climbed the record books alongside each other.
Gravel grabbed the 2013 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year, then Sweet did the same in 2014. Both have remained consistent forces in the years since as they’ve become the two leading drivers on the tour.
Sweet is up to 89 career wins while Gravel sits close behind at 87. They both cleared the 800 Feature starts milestone this season. Both have won two legs of the sport’s Triple Crown with Gravel owning Knoxville Nationals and National Open titles, while Sweet has topped Knoxville and the Kings Royal. “The Big Cat” holds the lead in career podiums with 286 to Gravel’s 225. But Gravel has the advantage in Quick Times with 110 over Sweet’s 75. Throughout their careers, as they’ve both improved, they’ve forced each other to elevate their game.
“David’s a great racer and has a lot of experience as do I now,” Sweet said. “He has his strong suits as do I. We’re just pretty evenly matched. A lot of it comes down to just a few little things throughout a season that kind of separates us. I feel like he’s really stepped his program up, and they’ve definitely kept us on our toes. It’s been fun competing. I love the competition. I love that we’re pushing each other to be better.”
“Our win totals are close,” Gravel said. “We used to run third and fourth in points it seemed like every year. It was Daryn (Pittman) and Donny (Schatz) up front. Then, we kind of took the jump to get ahead of Daryn and run second and third every year for a while. Now, Brad’s been able to win the last several championships. I feel like we’re both at the top of our games. We’re just a half a step behind in points. But as far as wins and big wins, we’re right there.”
They’ve been neck and neck once again all throughout 2023. Through 68 races, Gravel is slightly ahead in wins (11 to Sweet’s 10) and podiums (34 to 29). But Sweet has been in the top 10 more often (60 to Gravel’s 57) and has zero DNFs. Gravel didn’t finish didn’t finish at U.S. 36 Raceway and Tri-State Speedway in the spring and then at Jackson Motorplex one night in August.
“It’s not been our best season we’ve ever had, but it’s certainly not been our worst,” Sweet said. “I think every Outlaw tour has its peaks and valleys. Really, what defines a season, I think, is how you get through the adversity. I’ve said that for a lot of years. Typically, when you’re running good, things are easy. It’s when you have to go through hard nights or hard stretches and wrecks and things like that, that’s what’s going to win or lose you a championship.”
Sweet and his team are fresh off combatting adversity at Devil’s Bowl Speedway. A Feature flip left them with a severely damaged race car. But they managed to make repairs and salvage a seventh-place finish with his NAPA Auto Parts #49 machine, limiting the amount Gravel was able to cut into their lead.
For Gravel, he feels that his Huset’s Speedway/Billion Automotive #2 has been the fastest ride throughout the year, but a handful of unfortunate nights have caused his current deficit in the standings.
“I think it’s definitely our best season to date,” Gravel said. “I feel like we’ve been the best car all year long. We’ve just had a lot more bad nights that sadly we can’t take away. We’ve had a couple part failures. A couple people crashing in front of us. Crashing one night at U.S. 36. There’s probably about six nights this year that kind of wavered our year. The DNFs and blowing a tire halfway at Jackson then getting crashed the next night. A lot of bad nights. It’s not just one night. I think it’s really impressive that we’re still in the hunt with all the things we’ve had to battle through all year.”
Now, Sweet and Gravel are fully focused on four nights of World of Outlaws World Finals action on The Dirt Track at Charlotte. The two will lay down laps on Wednesday, Nov. 1, on Low-E Insulation Qualifying Night to position themselves for the three points-paying races on Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 2-4. And then one man will stand atop the championship stage when the dust settles on Saturday night.
Gravel’s overall résumé at Charlotte suggests he has the upper hand with five victories at the 4/10-mile, good enough for second most. Sweet is yet to win at Charlotte but has podiumed four times in his last nine starts and hasn’t missed the top 10 over that stretch.
“We’re continuing to fight,” Gravel said. “We’ve had a great stretch here the last month or so. We’re going to keep putting our head down and control what we can control. It would be very satisfying to beat him, but he still hasn’t had a DNF this year and we have three. I feel like when you’ve got a guy that’s as consistent and there every night, it’s hard to make that up. We’re going to try to win three races at Charlotte, and wherever we end up is where we end up.”
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ARIZONA SUN RISING: Hayden Reinbold’s I-44 Win Shines Light on 2023 Progress
Crew chief Connor Ridge, father Andy Reinbold reflect on driver’s fledgling talent
CONCORD, NC (Oct. 25, 2023) – As Hayden Reinbold climbed atop the cage of his Midget, checkered flag in hand, the annoying ‘0’ in his win column finally turned to ‘1’.
In the final race of the 2023 season for the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota at I-44 Riverside Speedway, Reinbold scored his first career national Midget Feature win.
Showered in red and white confetti, the moment was more like a cherry atop the sundae, highlighting the improvement he and the Reinbold/Underwood Motorsports team had spent all season concocting.
“I was excited, but I felt like it was well-deserved – we worked really hard this season,” Reinbold said. “We came a really long way.”
In the first half of the Xtreme Outlaw season, his rookie struggles entangled him, compiling an average finish of 14.6 with only two top-10 finishes through the first 15 races. But Reinbold spawned a dramatic turnaround through the last 14 events on the schedule, notching three podium finishes, 10 top-10s and an average finish of 7.6.
An improvement of that caliber midway through the season is a rarity in motorsports. So, what parted the clouds for his “Arizona sun” to shine so suddenly?
“Comfortableness,” Reinbold, of Chandler, AZ, said. “I feel like Connor (Ridge) and Jacob (Johnston) kept giving me consistent cars, and it just allowed me to keep improving and getting better.
“They just kept pushing me. They never gave up on me.”
Standing by his side for Victory Lane photos after I-44 was crew chief Connor Ridge, who had coached the 19-year-old since 2021 after joining the Reinbold/Underwood team the year prior. Earlier, he and Reinbold went through their pre-race routine, but the feeling was a little different this time. The AME Electrical, Spike/Stanton No. 19AZ was starting on the pole with a massive championship battle going on behind him.
“I always push him out on the four-wheeler, and I just tell him, ‘Give me 30 good laps, and I’ll see you on the front stretch,’” Ridge said.
Reinbold responded with 30 good laps. Thirty untouched laps. Nobody, not even newly crowned champion Jade Avedisian, could get close enough to make a move for the lead by the checkered.
Though the race on the track was over, Ridge’s heartbeat still raced within.
“There were a couple times when I was like, ‘Come on Hayden, keep rolling, keep up your tempo, keep doing your thing,’” Ridge said. “There was a point in time where I was like, ‘Oh man, we’re gonna throw this thing away and all this work’s gonna be for nothing.’
“But he pulled through and did his job like he should’ve done. I’m very proud of his efforts; very proud to be in the role that I am here at Reinbold/Underwood Motorsports.”
While the team rode the rollercoaster of emotions at the track, quite the opposite emotion was shown from Hayden’s father and team owner, Andy Reinbold, who was watching live on DIRTVision.
“I really felt pretty comfortable about it the whole race; didn’t really worry too much,” he said. “It was apparent to me that he was the best car and the best driver on the track that day.”
Growing up, Hayden was a basketball and football player. It wasn’t until shortly after the pandemic restrictions of 2020 were lifted that he asked Andy to try racing for himself. The two went out on the road with a Midget for Hayden’s first season, and right away, Andy saw the signs of a future national Midget series competitor.
“When he started – at the time, I had a crew chief that worked on Sprint Cars for me, and Hayden and I just messed around with Midgets for a very small part of time, about a year,” Reinbold said. “I could just tell he had what it took. I could tell when he’s there to race and when he’s there to win, or when he’s struggling. As a parent, you can see that.”
Andy was a Non-Wing Sprint Car racer himself in the early 2000s before expanding ownership into the Midget world and handing off the driving duties to other drivers – several of which served as teammates to Hayden when he first got behind the wheel.
“His teammates have always been Tanner Thorson, Logan Seavey, Daison Pursley – it’s never been able to be just Hayden Reinbold,” Andy said. “We always have a high-caliber driver as a teammate. He doesn’t whine or complain about that stuff. He just stays even keeled.”
When Hayden was paired with Ridge as a driver-crew chief duo during the 2021 season, the two started taking steps down the long-and-winding road to the top of the national Midget scene. A couple wins notched in local competition at Jacksonville Speedway in Illinois in 2022 were among the first saplings of success they saw and continued to build on in 2023.
“Every night when we get done racing, we always try and take a step back and say, ‘What’s something I need to get better with on the car?’ or ‘What’s something that [Hayden] needs to get better with his driving?’” Ridge said. “He’s a good enough kid and recognizes when it’s him or it’s the car, and he has no problem saying one or the other. I think that helps us out a lot.”
Through Chili Bowl Nationals, the 29-race Xtreme Outlaw Series plus several starts with USAC and POWRi, the two have refined their at-track dynamic in 2023. Ridge said it’s been a tough task at times balancing his own instincts as a crew chief and Reinbold’s needs as a driver, but it was that balance they found in the second half of the season that brought them more consistent, competitive finishes.
“What Hayden wants sometimes isn’t the same thing that I see the car needs,” Ridge said. “So, a lot of times, I just started giving him what he wants.
“If he wants a little bit better of this, or a little bit more of that, I have no problem giving him that. At the end of the day, he’s the one driving it.”
From where they began 2023, Reinbold/Underwood’s Midget operation has improved throughout, boasting Xtreme Outlaw wins with Daison Pursley in August and Reinbold’s first only two weeks ago. Now, it’s all eyes on taller mountains in 2024.
“At the beginning of the year, it was just keep getting laps, keep improving, keep getting better,” Reinbold said. “I never would have thought the improvement would have come so fast.”
“As relieved as I was to get the big win, I’m even more excited to see what the future holds for us,” Ridge said.
GOING OUT IN STYLE: Gravel Nips McFadden at Checkered Flag for Final Devil’s Bowl Victory
Gravel snags first Devil’s Bowl win with thrilling finish in the track’s final race
MESQUITE, TX (Oct. 21, 2023) - The anticipation was sky high. The final race at the birthplace of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars in 1978 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway. The stands were filled to capacity. Could the finale live up to the hype?
Absolutely it could. After chasing James McFadden for the entirety of the 30-lap finale, David Gravel saw an opening on the final lap and capitalized. With the checkered flag in sight, Gravel slipped to McFadden’s outside coming out of Turn 4, the two touched wheels, and Gravel stole the victory at the finish line.
The thousands of fans rose to their feet to watch a photo finish with a .015 second margin of victory. Oddly enough, the lapped car right next to them was none other than Riley Goodno, who was driving a car that paid tribute to Kenny Woodruff’s machine that Jimmy Boyd took to Victory Lane in the first ever World of Outlaws race at Devil’s Bowl. The perfect punctuation to the decades of Devil’s Bowl history.
“What a way to send off Devil’s Bowl. How about that?” Gravel said., “I’m sick of running second. I saw a stat that I ran six seconds in the last 10 races, so that was way too many. I was sending it no matter what. I know Carson (Macedo) and Brad (Sweet) were having trouble, but at the end of the day, I’ve just got to try to win races no matter what they do. Happy to finally get one.”
Gravel’s win at Devil’s Bowl marked his first at the Mesquite, TX track in his 17th attempt with The Greatest Show on Dirt. The Watertown, CT’s 87th career Series victory gives him sole possession of 10th all-time, breaking a tie with Daryn Pittman. On the track’s final night of racing, the Big Game Motorsports driver became the 30th different competitor to win a World of Outlaws race at the birthplace of the Series.
Gravel started the race in the second spot with McFadden to his inside on the pole after the two ran first and second in the Toyota Racing Dash. McFadden jumped ahead early on, but a major moment in the race came on a restart with 2 laps complete. Lining up in the second row, teammates Brad Sweet and Kasey Kahne came together resulting in both of them flipping on the front straightaway.
Sweet, the points leader, brought the battered KKR #49 to the Federated Car Care Work Zone in need of many repairs. After non-stop thrashing on the Napa Auto Parts machine, Sweet was able to rejoin the field.
On the ensuing restart, McFadden again powered ahead of Gravel to maintain the top spot. Way back in the field, Sweet began picking through cars. But trouble struck again for the four-time champion as his left rear tire shredded on the eighth lap. Back to the Work Zone Sweet went, and back to the track be returned with a new tire.
The race endured a couple more yellow flags over the next dozen laps, and the last one helped set up a finish for the ages.
McFadden favored the low line of the racetrack in the latter stages while Gravel looked to the top to locate a potential lane by McFadden. As the laps dwindled, Gravel managed to continue cutting into McFadden’s advantage. When the two reached traffic with only a handful of laps to go, Gravel had his momentum built up and was ready to make a move.
On the final lap, McFadden found himself stuck behind a slower car in the preferred inside line. While the bottom might’ve been faster, Gravel had no intentions of staying behind and settling for second after posting six runner-ups in the previous 10 races.
As the two screamed out of Turn 4 on the last lap, Gravel found enough momentum and space to squeeze through to the outside. McFadden stayed heavily on the gas, but the momentum and win belonged to David Gravel and his Big Game Motorsports team by inches over McFadden.
Gravel put his name in the record books as the final driver to top a World of Outlaws race at Devil’s Bowl with an all-time finish.
“Obviously, I wasn’t alive in 1978,” Gravel said. “But this is where it all started. It’s cool to put my stamp on the end of the race. What a great crowd tonight, probably the biggest crowd ever in the history of Devil’s Bowl.”
It was a bitter pill to swallow for McFadden who claimed the runner-up spot after leading the entire race except the final few feet in the Roth Motorsports #83. And even though disappointed, McFadden kept the larger perspective in mind of the fans being treated to a memorable conclusion to Devil’s Bowl Speedway’s last race.
“It sucks to lose it by a nose,” McFadden said. “But it’s a good way to send the place off. Hopefully the fans enjoyed that. My car was really, really good, but then sort of over the last eight laps I got really, really tight.”
Rounding out the final Devil’s Bowl podium was Donny Schatz aboard the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing #15. The 10-time champion moved forward from ninth and even passed Gravel at one point for second before slipping back a spot.
“We thought when we got racing with David there we were going to have a chance to get going,” Schatz explained. “I moved up the racetrack a little bit and got in his dirty air, and for some reason I was just stuck. I kept trying it. We got by him, but once I got myself back in clean air I was kind of in trouble and he went back by.”
Giovanni Scelzi and Cory Eliason completed the top five. Scelzi also claimed the KSE Racing Hard Charger after advancing from 15th to his fourth place finishing position.
After flipping and two trips to the Federated Car Care Work Zone, Brad Sweet managed to drive all the way back up to seventh. Gravel’s win brought him within 50 points of Sweet with only the World Finals remaining.
Sweet snagged the Simpson Performance Products QuickTime Award, his fourth in the last five races.
CASE No.1 Engine Oil Heat One went to Kasey Kahne. NOS Energy Drink Heats Two and Three were topped by Sheldon Haudenschild and Spencer Bayston.
Logan Schuchart won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars wrap up the 2023 season and crown a champion with four nights of World Finals action at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Nov. 1-4. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
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RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[2]; 2. 83-James McFadden[1]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[9]; 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[15]; 5. 11-Cory Eliason[14]; 6. 5-Spencer Bayston[4]; 7. 49-Brad Sweet[3]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart[19]; 9. 7S-Robbie Price[20]; 10. 1-Brenham Crouch[16]; 11. 20G-Noah Gass[10]; 12. 4-Austin Mundie[22]; 13. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[11]; 14. 41-Carson Macedo[13]; 15. 1J-Danny Jennings[18]; 16. J2-John Carney II[8]; 17. 21W-Riley Goodno[21]; 18. (DNF) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[17]; 19. (DNF) 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]; 20. (DNF) 95-Matt Covington[24]; 21. (DNF) 9-Kasey Kahne[6]; 22. (DNF) 84-Scott Bogucki[7]; 23. (DNF) 52-Blake Hahn[12]; 24. (DNF) 19-Ayrton Gennetten[23]
COWBOY CARSON: Macedo Masters Traffic for First Devil’s Bowl Speedway Victory
Macedo takes the Jason Johnson Racing #41 back to Devil’s Bowl Victory Lane for seventh with of the season
MESQUITE, TX (Oct. 20, 2023) - Throughout his time in racing, Jason Johnson always viewed Devil’s Bowl Speedway as one of his favorite tracks. The Mesquite, TX oval is roughly five hours from Johnson’s hometown of Eunice, LA. The “Ragin’ Cajun” experienced plenty of success at the half mile including a World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car victory in 2017.
And on Friday night, current Jason Johnson Racing pilot – Carson Macedo – honored Johnson with a win at Devil’s Bowl on night one of the Sprint Car Stampede. The Lemoore, CA native started on the pole of the 25-lap Feature and delivered a phenomenal drive. A strong start. A timely lane change. And excellent movement through traffic ushered Macedo to his first checkered flag at the historic facility during the track’s final weekend.
After the checkers, members of Johnson’s family joined the celebration. A jubilant Jaxx (Jason’s son) rose atop the wing of the Albaugh #41 with Macedo as the crowd roared. The Jason Johnson Racing machine made it back to Devil’s Bowl Victory Lane.
“It’s really special,” Macedo commented. “Devil’s Bowl has got a lot of history. The Johnson family, a lot of them are from this area or close to it and it’s special for them. Craig and Debra are here – Jason’s parents. Bobbi and Jaxx. Jaxx was able to get up on the wing with me.
“My guys just did an incredible job. Philip and Brooke (Dietz) owning this #41 car, they give us first class equipment. And Philip, Clyde (Knipp), and Nate (Repetz) just executed all night. I feel like we laid down a really respectable lap in Qualifying. We were able to get into the Dash, win the Dash from second, and then capitalize on that pole starting spot and lead every lap of the Feature.”
Macedo is up to 35 career victories with The Greatest Show on Dirt, moving him within one of tying Shane Stewart for 20th on the all-time win list. Devil’s Bowl becomes the 23rd different track where Macedo owns a World of Outlaws triumph. It’s Macedo’s second win in the state of Texas, and this one makes him and the JJR crew $12,000 richer.
Courtesy of topping the Toyota Racing Dash, Macedo led the field to green and jumped out to an early advantage.
An early caution with five laps complete set up a pivotal restart. Macedo darted ahead again, but second-starting David Gravel didn’t allow him to escape. Gravel ripped the cushion aboard the Big Game Motorsports #2 while Macedo stayed in the grip down low. The different lines allowed Gravel to close in. But right when it looked as if he may slip around him, Macedo shifted to the top to take the line.
“I didn’t really know where to be in (Turns) 3 and 4, especially early. It seemed to kind of be letting go on me a little bit there off of (Turn) 4,” Macedo explained. “I didn’t feel like I could get off that corner as nice as I wanted to. I could look over and see Gravel kind of trailing my right rear (tire) on the top and decided it was time to move up and felt pretty good after that.”
After moving to the top, Macedo began to pull away again as the race cleared the halfway mark. Behind him, Gravel and a surging Brad Sweet were in a duel for second. Sweet closed on Gravel’s tail tank multiple times but couldn’t quite find a lane around.
As the race dipped inside of five laps to go, both Gravel and Sweet closed on Macedo as he struggled with a slower car. The lead was trimmed below half a second with only three circuits remaining. But Macedo delivered the winning move by clearing the lapped car coming to the white flag and driving by another in the final set of turns to keep the challengers behind him and lock up the victory and end a 16-race winless streak.
“I was really nervous at the end there,” Macedo admitted. “That lapper at the end there, I was having a really hard time guessing where he was going to go. He’d kind of last minute lane change down to the bottom and kind of halfway miss it, but then grab the grip and just mess up my air enough to where my pace was slowing way down.
“Sprint Car racing is a weird thing. You could have all the tools in the world, good equipment, an amazing mechanic in Phil Dietz, and two great guys in Clyde and Nate, and I feel like I’m doing a pretty good job, but still just not quite get the job done, not winning races. And you start to kind of doubt yourself and get in a little bit of a slump. But, man, Devil’s Bowl is a great place to get out of that.”
Behind Macedo, Gravel held off Sweet to claim the runner-up spot, his sixth second place finish in the last 10 races. The Watertown, CT native increased his Series-leading podium total to 33 in 2023. The repeated runner-ups without a win continued to fuel Gravel’s hunger for a trip back to Victory Lane before the season wraps up.
“I felt like Carson was just as good as us, and I thought Brad was just as good. I heard him a few times, as well,” Gravel said. “It’s just like playing a game of chess. A guy goes high and you go low and vice versa. It sucks. We’ve finished second a lot this year. It’s not a bad thing, but you definitely want to win.”
Rounding out the top three was the championship point leader – Sweet. Another solid run contributing toward his ongoing effort of a fifth straight title as he allowed Gravel to only take two points out of the gap between the two. The difference now sits at 64 points with four races to go. Sweet felt if he could’ve lined up a little closer to the front, he might’ve been able to wheel the Kasey Kahne Racing #49 to the win.
“We made some really good adjustments for the A (Feature) and were able to kind of drive up through there and honestly contend there for second,” Sweet said. “And I didn’t feel like Carson was pulling away. I felt like we had a car capable of winning, just needed a little track position. It was definitely getting slicker and more technical.”
Completing the top five was Spencer Bayston and Robbie Price notching a season-best run of fifth.
Sheldon Haudenschild grabbed the KSE Racing Hard Charger with a 19th to 13th drive, his Series-leading seventh Hard Charger of the year.
Brad Sweet snagged his third Simpson Performance Products QuickTime in the last four races, fifth overall in 2023, and the 74th of his career.
CASE No.1 Engine Oil Heat One went to David Gravel. James McFadden and Spencer Bayston topped NOS Energy Drink Heats Two and Three.
Sheldon Haudenschild won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Noah Gass after he climbed as high as eighth in the Feature before slipping to 20th.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars are back at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Saturday, Oct. 21 for the final race at the birthplace of the Series. The finale of the Sprint Car Stampede will pay $20,023 to the winner and $1,978 to start. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[2]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet[6]; 4. 5-Spencer Bayston[4]; 5. 7S-Robbie Price[3]; 6. 83-James McFadden[5]; 7. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[9]; 8. 1T-Tanner Holmes[8]; 9. 15-Donny Schatz[12]; 10. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[14]; 11. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[15]; 12. 52-Blake Hahn[11]; 13. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[19]; 14. 1S-Logan Schuchart[13]; 15. 1-Brenham Crouch[7]; 16. 95-Matt Covington[17]; 17. 84-Scott Bogucki[21]; 18. 9-Kasey Kahne[20]; 19. 11-Cory Eliason[18]; 20. 20G-Noah Gass[10]; 21. 72-Harli White[16]; 22. 87J-Jace Park[23]; 23. J2-John Carney II[22]; 24. 19-Ayrton Gennetten[24]
WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: Revisiting the World of Outlaws’ Inaugural Devil’s Bowl Race
The World of Outlaws will sendoff the track that was the birthplace of the Series, Devil’s Bowl Speedway, this weekend
MESQUITE, TX (Oct. 19, 2023) - The year is 1978. It’s mid-March in Texas, and race season is blooming like the bluebonnets.
Roughly 90 competitors representing 20 states have gathered in a town 20 minutes east of Dallas named Mesquite. Among the roster are some of the country’s greatest drivers. They’ve all made the journey to take on the Spring Nationals hosted by Devil’s Bowl Speedway. A 22-year-old from Tennessee is the defending event champion. His name is Sammy Swindell. But this edition of the Spring Nationals isn’t the same as the year prior. Ted Johnson – a salesman and motorsports enthusiast from Beloit, WI – has worked together with a handful of the drivers to construct a organization. A way for the best traveling talents to collectively compete for big purses in pursuit of a championship and attract big crowds. They call it the World of Outlaws.
Johnson and the drivers come up with a number. To be considered a World of Outlaws points paying event, the Feature must award at least $2,000 to the winner. The first race to meet the criteria? The final night of the Spring Nationals at Devil’s Bowl.
Among those who’ve made the trip is an accomplished racer from California – Jimmy Boyd.
“The main thing I remember about that race is everybody that was anybody in Sprint Car racing at that time was there,” Boyd recalled during an interview on Open Red. “Rick Ferkel, (Doug) Wolfgang, (Steve) Kinser, and there’s a lot of people that guys don’t know about that were fast. Just everybody that was anybody was there.”
The pre-race promotion and press doesn’t often mention the unproven idea of the World of Outlaws in the lead up to the race. Two preliminary nights are run, but neither meet the $2,000 mark to be considered a World of Outlaws race. A local Devil’s Bowl regular – Norman Martin – claims the first on Thursday, March 16. The following night, South Dakota’s Doug Wolfgang bests Steve Kinser for the win.
Then, the focus shifts to Saturday, March 18. The day the World of Outlaws are truly born. A 50-lap finale around the Mesquite half mile sets the stage for the first race in Series history. Prelim winners – Martin and Wolfgang – make up the front row.
Martin gets the jump and leads the opening 23 circuits. But on the 24th lap, third-starting Jimmy Boyd moves into the lead. The Californian holds off Wolfgang to take the checkered flag and bank $2,000. He also leaves Devil’s Bowl as the first World of Outlaws winner and points leader.
“There’s a track out in Sacramento (CA) called West Capital Raceway. It’s closed down now, but the dirt (at Devil’s Bowl) was kind of similar to that,” Boyd said, looking back. “I was always better on a heavy track. I kind of suffered when it got dry slick. Devil’s Bowl reminded us a lot of West Capital. It was a little bigger than West Capital Raceway but pretty much the same. We took to it real good.”
Racers and fans alike didn’t yet understand the significance of that first race. The lack of coverage focusing on the World of Outlaws continues post-race. But it’s not long before the racing community grows aware of Johnson’s band of travelers. More events at premier facilities quickly elevates notoriety, and fans prioritize attending World of Outlaws races. As Jerry Clum wrote, “A strong heartbeat was heard, and the World of Outlaws was very definitely alive and kicking up a storm.”
Fast forward 45 years and more than 3,600 races, and Johnson’s vision still exists within today’s World of Outlaws. It remains the home to the country’s top Sprint Car drivers traveling the nation each and every year. But this weekend, the piece of history that started it all will conclude its final chapter.
The Greatest Show on Dirt is heading to Devil’s Bowl for two nights (Oct. 20-21). The track’s recent sale means the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Stampede will be the final event hosted by the historic facility. It’s only right that the Series that had its doors opened by Devil’s Bowl is there to help close the track’s doors. As a nod to both the first and final year of Devil’s Bowl hosting a World of Outlaws race, Saturday’s Feature pays $1,978-to-start and $20,023 to the winner.
And much like that race on March 18, 1978, the track will welcome many of the country’s best Sprint Car drivers ready to battle for the honor of the final winner at the Mesquite oval. Devil’s Bowl’s time may be coming to an end this weekend, but its impact and significance within the racing world will never be forgotten.
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WHAT TO WATCH FOR: World of Outlaws Head to Devil’s Bowl One Last Time
The Sprint Car Stampede brings the World of Outlaws to their birthplace for the track’s final event with a special purse up for grabs
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars were born on March 18, 1978, at Devil’s Bowl Speedway. This weekend (Oct. 20-21), the Series’ long-standing history at the track will come to an end.
It all began with roughly 90 racers from across the country journeying to Mesquite, TX for a three-night event at the speedway, culminating in a $2,000-to-win finale. That race, topped by Jimmy Boyd, was the first of what would become The Greatest Show on Dirt – the best drivers traveling the nation in search of Sprint Car stardom and big money.
This weekend, the Series heads to the Mesquite oval for the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Stampede. The pair of nights will be the final two races held at the historic track as track promoter Lanny Edwards recently confirmed the sale of the facility. The event will offer a special purse with Friday handing out $12,000 to the winner, and on Saturday, as a nod to both the first and last World of Outlaws visits, the Feature will pay $20,023-to-win and $1,978-to-start.
It's set to be an emotional weekend with competitors from all over making the trip to Texas to try and be the last driver to win at Devil’s Bowl Speedway.
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EVENT NOTES: In addition to the on-track action, comedian Jerry Longmire will be at Devil’s Bowl Speedway all weekend and will be doing a meet and greet at the World of Outlaws souvenir trailer on Saturday at 5pm (CT).
Also, to accommodate the increased number of fans expected for the event, the camping lot will be used for parking and there will be no on-site camping. Spectators can also park in the pit area for $10 a day.
Let’s look at the weekend’s top stories:
WHO WILL BE THE LAST?: Jimmy Boyd forever etched his name in Sprint Car history with his win in the first World of Outlaws race at Devil’s Bowl in 1978. And now a hungry group of drivers will be vying for the honor of topping the final race at the half mile.
Sadly, Devil’s Bowl will join a list of iconic racetracks that have closed over the course of history. Jac Haudenschild was the last to win with the World of Outlaws at the famed San Jose Speedway in California (1999). Chad Kemenah claimed the final at Phoenix, AZ’s Manzanita Speedway. Only a year ago, David Gravel made the trip to Victory Lane in the I-80 Speedway sendoff in Greenwood, NE.
Winning the final World of Outlaws race at any track locks up a meaningful spot in the record books. And doing so at the place where it all began for The Greatest Show on Dirt would make that honor even more special.
MESQUITE MASTERS: While Sammy Swindell will go down as the king of Devil’s Bowl with his 18 victories, a pair of current World of Outlaws full-timers have stood out from the rest heading into the weekend. Both Donny Schatz and Logan Schuchart own a trio of Devil’s Bowl triumphs.
Schatz found his success during the 2010s. The 10-time Series champion picked up wins in 2014, 2015, and most recently in 2018. Schatz enters the weekend fresh off his fourth win of the season at Lakeside.
Schuchart owned the Mesquite oval from 2019-2021, stringing together three consecutive victories aboard the Shark Racing #1S. Schuchart is in the company of Sammy Swindell and Mark Kinser as the only drivers to ever win three straight.
A single victory would equal Schatz or Schuchart with Danny Lasoski for the fifth most Devil’s Bowl wins. A weekend sweep would place either alongside Texan Gary Wright for the fourth most.
COWBOY CAT: Brad Sweet is undoubtedly among the favorites to wear the final cowboy hat handed out at Devil’s Bowl.
“The Big Cat” picked up his second Devil’s Bowl win in March as a part of his remarkable résumé at the Texas oval. In 15 career World of Outlaws starts, Sweet owns eight top fives, a 5.07 average finish, and has only missed the top 10 once.
Sweet also enters the weekend amid the hunt for his fifth consecutive championship. He and his Kasey Kahne Racing crew sit 66 markers ahead of David Gravel with five races remaining.
LAST CHANCE: In addition to those who’ve already collected checkered flags at Devil’s Bowl, there are a handful looking for their first trip to Victory Lane before it’s too late.
Current runner-up in points – David Gravel – has been beating on the door of a win with two Devil’s Bowl second place runs to his credit (2017 & 2020). The Big Game Motorsports pilot also posted a pair of fourths in the spring.
Through six attempts, Carson Macedo is yet to finish worse than seventh at Devil’s Bowl, but he’s also yet to stand atop the podium. The driver of the Jason Johnson Racing #41 has been on the two other steps of the podium – third (2023) and second (2021).
Quietly, Spencer Bayston has been a consistent force in limited action at Devil’s Bowl. The Lebanon, IN has made a trio of starts at the half mile and never finished worse than ninth. The Series sophomore is looking for a strong finish to his season.
LONE STAR STATE STAR: There are no Texas natives following the World of Outlaws tour, but there’s one Lone Star wheelman that could represent the host state with a Victory Lane visit in the final Devil’s Bowl race.
Sunnyvale, TX is a mere 10-minute drive from Devil’s Bowl Speedway, and it’s where Sam Hafertepe Jr. calls home. Throughout his career, Hafertepe has experienced plenty of success at his home track. Among that success is many wins including a complete sweep of this past weekend’s final running of the Winter Nationals featuring the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS).
In World of Outlaws competition, Hafertepe has made 10 starts at the half mile. In those attempts he’s posted four top 10s with a best of sixth, which occurred earlier this year.
TRAVELIN’ TO TEXAS: In addition to the World of Outlaws full-time roster and a handful of Texas locals, drivers are expected to invade from other states for the special occasion.
Coming from Missouri will be Ayrton Gennetten aboard the Hayward Motorsports #19. Two years ago, Gennetten led 23 laps of a Devil’s Bowl World of Outlaws Feature before finishing a career best fourth.
Sapulpa, OK's Blake Hahn will make the trip one state south for the Sprint Car Stampede. Like Hafertepe, Hahn recently swept the Winter Nationals at Devil's Bowl, claiming both nights in 2022. Back in March, Hahn earned his first World of Outlaws top-10 at Devil's Bowl.
Cory Eliason plans to be in attendance behind the wheel of the Crouch Motorsports #11. The Visalia, CA native has made a pair of World of Outlaws starts at Devil’s Bowl, both in 2018, with a best run of 12th. In 2020, Eliason competed at the Mesquite track with the All-Star Circuit of Champions there and finished fourth.
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THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday & Saturday, Oct. 13-14 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, TX
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (66/71 Races):
1. 49 – Brad Sweet (8946PTS) 2. 2 – David Gravel (-66PTS) 3. 41 – Carson Macedo (-132PTS) 4. 18 – Gio Scelzi (-444PTS) 5. 1S – Logan Schuchart (-462PTS) 6. 15 – Donny Schatz (-502PTS) 7. 17 – Sheldon Haudenschild (-542PTS) 8. 5 – Spencer Bayston (-760PTS) 9. 3Z – Brock Zearfoss (-1300PTS) 10. 83 – James McFadden (-1792PTS)
NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (19 Drivers):
10 wins – David Gravel (Big Game Motorsports #2), Brad Sweet (Kasey Kahne Racing #49)
6 wins – James McFadden (Roth Motorsports #83), Carson Macedo (Jason Johnson Racing #41), Logan Schuchart (Shark Racing #1S), Rico Abreu (Rico Abreu Racing #24)
4 wins – Kyle Larson (Silva Motorsports #57), Donny Schatz (Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing #15)
3 wins – Sheldon Haudenschild (Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing #17)
2 wins – Buddy Kofoid (CMS Racing #11, Roth Motorsports #83JR)
1 win – Brady Bacon (TKH Motorsports #21), Anthony Macri (Macri Motorsports #39), Brian Brown (Brian Brown Racing #21), Gio Scelzi (KCP Racing #18), Spencer Bayston (CJB Motorsports #5), Corey Day (Jason Meyers Racing #14), Brent Marks (Murray-Marks #19), Tyler Courtney (Clauson Marshall Racing #7BC), Zeb Wise (Rudeen Racing #26)
FEATURE LAPS LED (25 Drivers):
335 laps – Brad Sweet
239 laps – James McFadden
234 laps – Rico Abreu
209 laps – David Gravel
195 laps – Carson Macedo
172 laps – Logan Schuchart
118 laps – Kyle Larson
114 laps – Buddy Kofoid
108 laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
104 laps – Donny Schatz
62 laps – Brent Marks
57 laps – Gio Scelzi
40 laps – Spencer Bayston, Corey Day
31 laps – Brian Brown
19 laps – Tyler Courtney
18 laps – Lance Dewease
15 laps – Cole Macedo
11 laps – Anthony Macri, Daryn Pittman
10 laps – Cory Eliason
3 laps – Brady Bacon, Danny Varin, Justin Peck
1 lap – Austin McCarl
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (17 Drivers):
14 QuickTimes – Carson Macedo
13 QuickTimes – David Gravel
5 QuickTimes – Logan Schuchart, Rico Abreu
4 QuickTimes – Brad Sweet
3 QuickTimes – Sheldon Haudenschild, Buddy Kofoid
2 QuickTimes – Anthony Macri, Bill Balog, Justin Peck, Gio Scelzi, Tanner Holmes
1 QuickTime – Brian Brown, Donny Schatz, James McFadden, Jacob Allen, Kyle Larson
HEAT RACE WINNERS (46 Drivers):
29 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
28 Heat Wins – David Gravel
20 Heat Wins – Brad Sweet
15 Heat Wins – Logan Schuchart
14 Heat Wins – Donny Schatz, James McFadden
13 Heat Wins – Buddy Kofoid, Gio Scelzi
12 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild, Rico Abreu
7 Heat Wins – Spencer Bayston
6 Heat Wins – Brian Brown
5 Heat Wins – Jacob Allen, Justin Peck, Brent Marks
4 Heat Wins – Cory Eliason
3 Heat Wins – Anthony Macri, Bill Balog, Parker Price-Miller
2 Heat Wins – Brock Zearfoss, Noah Gass, Kerry Madsen, Robbie Price, Tim Kaeding, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Tyler Courtney
1 Heat Win – Danny Dietrich, Freddie Rahmer, Mark Dobmeier, Kasey Kahne, Austin McCarl, Lachlan McHugh, Ryan Timms, Tim Estenson, Kyle Larson, Shane Stewart, Lance Dewease, Cole Macedo, Chase Randall, Ian Madsen, Tanner Holmes, Dominic Scelzi, Kalib Henry, Dylan Bloomfield, Justin Sanders, Zeb Wise
TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (51 Drivers):
44 Dashes – Carson Macedo
43 Dashes – David Gravel
41 Dashes – Brad Sweet
30 Dashes – Logan Schuchart
29 Dashes – Gio Scelzi
25 Dashes – James McFadden, Sheldon Haudenschild
23 Dashes – Donny Schatz
22 Dashes – Rico Abreu
18 Dashes – Spencer Bayston
17 Dashes – Buddy Kofoid
9 Dashes – Brent Marks
8 Dashes – Jacob Allen, Cory Eliason, Brock Zearfoss
7 Dashes – Justin Peck, Brian Brown
6 Dashes – Tyler Courtney
5 Dashes – Anthony Macri, Robbie Price, Kasey Kahne, Corey Day
4 Dashes – Justin Sanders, Parker Price-Miller
3 Dashes – Danny Dietrich, Kyle Larson, Cole Macedo, Tanner Holmes
2 Dashes – Garet Williamson, Austin McCarl, Bill Balog, Dominic Scelzi, Aaron Reutzel, Freddie Rahmer, Lance Dewease, Devon Borden
1 Dash – Brady Bacon, Chad Trout, Dylan Norris, Cap Henry, Stuart Brubaker, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Shane Stewart, Danny Varin, Ian Madsen, Shane Golobic, Kalib Henry, Dylan Bloomfield, Daryn Pittman, Sye Lynch, Zeb Wise
MICROLITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (37 Drivers):
4 LCS Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild, Spencer Bayston, Robbie Price
3 LCS Wins - Noah Gass, James McFadden, Gio Scelzi
2 LCS Wins – Parker Price-Miller, Logan Schuchart, Carson Macedo, Brock Zearfoss, Tim Estenson, Donny Schatz, Kerry Madsen
1 LCS Win – Hunter Schuerenberg, Wayne Johnson, Ryan Timms, Ayrton Gennetten, Kraig Kinser, Freddie Rahmer, Henry Malcuit, Cole Macedo, Aaron Reutzel, Sye Lynch, Cory Eliason, Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu, Jacob Allen, Daryn Pittman, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Jamie Veal, Kaleb Johnson, Lachlan McHugh, Tanner Holmes, Austen Wheatley, Buddy Kofoid, Danny Dietrich, Dusty Zomer
KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (35 Drivers):
6 Hard Chargers – Sheldon Haudenschild, James McFadden
5 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz
4 Hard Chargers – Brock Zearfoss, Rico Abreu, Tyler Courtney
3 Hard Chargers – Brad Sweet, Logan Schuchart, Danny Dietrich
2 Hard Chargers – Justin Peck, David Gravel, Spencer Bayston, Corey Day, Robbie Price
1 Hard Charger – Gio Scelzi, Blake Hahn, Buddy Kofoid, Joe B. Miller, Kyle Larson, Hunter Schuerenberg, Kyle Moody, Freddie Rahmer, Skylar Gee, Cole Duncan, Austin Pierce, Brenham Crouch, Tim Kaeding, Jacob Allen, Caden Englehart, Zeb Wise, Carson Macedo, Dale Blaney, Tasker Phillips, Brent Marks, Kaleb Johnson, Tanner Holmes
PODIUM FINISHES (30 Drivers):
32 Podiums – David Gravel
28 Podiums – Brad Sweet
18 Podiums – Carson Macedo
15 Podiums – Rico Abreu
14 Podiums – Logan Schuchart, Donny Schatz
10 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild, James McFadden
9 Podiums – Buddy Kofoid
7 Podiums – Gio Scelzi
6 Podiums – Kyle Larson, Brent Marks
4 Podiums – Spencer Bayston
3 Podiums – Brian Brown, Jacob Allen, Corey Day
2 Podiums – Tyler Courtney
1 Podium – Danny Dietrich, Kasey Kahne, Devon Borden, Parker Price-Miller, Brady Bacon, Anthony Macri, Garet Williamson, Dave Blaney, Tanner Holmes, Justin Sanders, Dominic Scelzi, Daryn Pittman, Zeb Wise
TOP 10 FINISHES (63 Drivers):
58 Top 10s – Brad Sweet
56 Top 10s – Carson Macedo
55 Top 10s – David Gravel
44 Top 10s – Gio Scelzi
42 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart, Sheldon Haudenschild
39 Top 10s – Donny Schatz
37 Top 10s – Spencer Bayston
36 Top 10s – James McFadden
33 Top 10s – Rico Abreu
25 Top 10s – Buddy Kofoid
15 Top 10s – Justin Peck
14 Top 10s – Jacob Allen, Brent Marks
11 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney, Kasey Kahne
10 Top 10s – Cory Eliason
8 Top 10s – Kyle Larson
7 Top 10s – Brock Zearfoss, Danny Dietrich, Brian Brown
6 Top 10s – Corey Day, Tanner Holmes
5 Top 10s – Dominic Scelzi, Justin Sanders
4 Top 10s – Zeb Wise, Lance Dewease
3 Top 10s – Anthony Macri, Bill Balog, Cole Macedo, Chase Randall, Freddie Rahmer, Parker Price-Miller
2 Top 10s – Aaron Reutzel, Blake Hahn, Brady Bacon, Robbie Price, Tim Kaeding, Shane Golobic, Dave Blaney, Dale Blaney, Cole Duncan, Daryn Pittman
1 Top 10 – Devon Borden, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Joe B. Miller, Hunter Schuerenberg, Brandon Rahmer, Chad Trout, Cap Henry, Stuart Brubaker, Skylar Gee, Austin McCarl, Garet Williamson, Shane Stewart, Larry Wight, Noah Gass, Rusty Hickman, Kerry Madsen, Jason Solwold, Chase Johnson, T.J. Stutts, Scott Bogucki
2023 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Fri, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
2. Fri, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (2)
3. Sat, Feb 11* / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / James McFadden (1)
4. Sun, March 5 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Carson Macedo (1)
5. Mon, March 6 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (3)
6. Sat, March 18 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / Rico Abreu (1)
7. Fri, March 24 / Talladega Short Track / Eastaboga, AL / Buddy Kofoid (1)
8. Sat, March 25 / Magnolia Motor Speedway / Columbus, MS / Brad Sweet (1)
9. Fri, March 31 / Devil’s Bowl Speedway / Mesquite, TX / Brad Sweet (2)
10. Sat, April 1 / Devil’s Bowl Speedway / Mesquite, TX / James McFadden (2)
11. Fri, April 7 / U.S. 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
12. Sat, April 8 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (2)
13. Fri, April 14 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Brad Sweet (3)
14. Fri, April 28 / Tri-City Speedway / Granite City, IL / David Gravel (4)
15. Sat, April 29 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)
16. Fri, May 5 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Logan Schuchart (1)
17. Sat, May 6 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (3)
18. Wed, May 10 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / Anthony Macri (1)
19. Fri, May 12 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Brad Sweet (4)
20. Fri, May 19 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Donny Schatz (1)
21. Sat, May 20 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / Donny Schatz (2)
22. Fri, May 26 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Brad Sweet (5)
23. Sat, May 27 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Carson Macedo (2)
24. Mon, May 29 / Lawrenceburg Speedway / Lawrenceburg, IN / James McFadden (3)
25. Fri, June 2 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / David Gravel (5)
26. Sat, June 3 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Carson Macedo (3)
27. Fri, June 9 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Brian Brown (1)
28. Sat, June 10 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (6)
29. Fri, June 16 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Gio Scelzi (1)
30. Sat, June 17 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
31. Wed, June 21 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Kyle Larson (1)
32. Thurs, June 22 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / James McFadden (4)
33. Fri, June 23 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Logan Schuchart (2)
34. Sat, June 24 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / David Gravel (7)
35. Fri, June 30 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Brad Sweet (6)
36. Sat, July 1 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / David Gravel (8)
37. Sat, July 8 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Carson Macedo (4)
38. Tues, July 11 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Kyle Larson (2)
39. Fri, July 14 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Carson Macedo (5)
40. Sat, July 15 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Donny Schatz (3)
41. Thurs, July 20 / BAPS Motor Speedway / York Haven, PA / David Gravel (9)
42. Fri, July 21 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Logan Schuchart (3)
43. Sat, July 22 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Rico Abreu (4)
44. Sun, July 30 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / David Gravel (10)
45. Fri, Aug 4 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Spencer Bayston (1)
46. Sat, Aug 5 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Kyle Larson (3)
47. Sat, Aug 12 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Kyle Larson (4)
48. Thurs, Aug 17 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / James McFadden (5)
49. Fri, Aug 18 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / James McFadden (6)
50. Sat, Aug 19 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Carson Macedo (6)
51. Fri, Aug 25 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Logan Schuchart (4)
52. Sat, Aug 26 / Red River Valley Speedway / West Fargo, ND / Logan Schuchart (5)
53. Thurs, Aug 31 / Skagit Speedway / Burlington, WA / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
54. Fri, Sept 1 / Skagit Speedway / Burlington, WA / Rico Abreu (5)
55. Sat, Sept 2 / Skagit Speedway / Burlington, WA / Brad Sweet (7)
56. Mon, Sept 4 / Grays Harbor Raceway / Elma, WA / Logan Schuchart (6)
57. Sat, Sept 9 / Silver Dollar Speedway / Chico, CA / Corey Day (1)
58. Fri, Sept 15 / Kings Speedway / Hanford, CA / Brad Sweet (8)
59. Sat, Sept 16 / Placerville Speedway / Placerville, CA / Buddy Kofoid (2)
60. Fri, Sept 22 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (6)
61. Sat, Sept 23 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / Brad Sweet (9)
62. Fri, Sept 29 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Brad Sweet (10)
63. Sat, Sept 30 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Brent Marks (1)
64. Fri, Oct 6 / Port Royal Speedway / Port Royal, PA / Tyler Courtney (1)
65. Sat, Oct 7 / Port Royal Speedway / Port Royal, PA / Zeb Wise (1)
66. Sat, Oct 14 / Lakeside Speedway / Kansas City, KS / Donny Schatz (4)
HOME OF LEGENDS: Devil’s Bowl Winners Throughout the Years
Devil’s Bowl win list is occupied by many of the sport’s greats
MESQUITE, TX (Oct. 18, 2023) - One of the most important dirt ovals in Sprint Car racing history can be found 20 minutes outside of Dallas.
Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, TX. The track is known as the home of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars after hosting the Series’ inaugural race in 1978. The Greatest Show on Dirt has visited the half mile dozens of times in the years since – a tradition that will sadly come to a close this weekend (Oct. 20-21). Promoter Lanny Ross Edwards recently confirmed the sale of the track, meaning this weekend’s Sprint Car Stampede will be the final two nights of racing at the historic facility.
Throughout the years, Devil’s Bowl Victory Lane has been reserved for the sport’s best names – many already in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and others on their way. Of the 28 different drivers to top a race at the half mile, only three of them have less than 10 World of Outlaws triumphs.
California’s Jimmy Boyd won the Series debut event on March 18, 1978, forever cementing himself as the first World of Outlaws winner.
Later that year in September, the driver who went on to become the most dominant at Devil’s Bowl, Sammy Swindell, came out on top for his first win at the track. The Germantown, TN legend eventually collected 18 triumphs in Mesquite, winning races in four different decades (‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, ‘00s). Swindell’s dominance was highlighted by a five-race winning streak in 1986-1987.
To nobody’s surprise, next in line to win at Devil’s Bowl after Swindell was Steve Kinser in March of 1979. “The King” tallied 16 of his 690 Feature wins at the half mile, trailing only Swindell’s total. Behind Steve is his cousin, Mark Kinser, with six victories including a streak of three straight in 1996-1997.
Hooks, TX native, Gary Wright, may not have the number of wins as Swindell and both Kinsers, but he proved he could contend with anyone at the track located just a few hours west of his hometown. Wright won six races with the World of Outlaws during his time, and all but one came at Devil’s Bowl – each occurring in the ‘90s.
Danny Lasoski’s four Devil’s Bowl wins rank fifth all-time. The 2001 Series champion and 122-time Series winner experienced a brief stretch of dominance at the facility, earning all four of his victories over an eight-race span from 1999-2001.
Behind the top-five that separated themselves, the list gets a little crowded. Seven drivers have won three times at Devil’s Bowl, all of which are in the top 20 on the all-time Series win list. Among the three-time winners are current full-timers, 10-time Series champion Donny Schatz and Logan Schuchart. The latter of the two became only the third driver to top three consecutive World of Outlaws races at Devil’s Bowl with his wins from 2019-2021.
Those with a pair of Devil’s Bowl victories include even more legends like 1995 Series champion Dave Blaney (95 career wins), four-time and reigning champion Brad Sweet (89 wins), Stevie Smith (84 wins) and Jeff Swindell (51 wins), among others making two trips to Victory Lane.
Ten different drivers have won once at Devil’s Bowl, most recently James McFadden back on April 1.
This weekend offers two final chances for drivers to add their name to the Devil’s Bowl win list and position themselves next to legends. If the current list is any indicator, it’s nearly a guarantee that name will go down in history as one of the greats of the sport and a trip to the Hall of Fame may be on the horizon.
For tickets to the Sprint Car Stampede, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, watch all the action on DIRTVision.
Devil’s Bowl Speedway Winners (92 Races, 28 Drivers)
18 – Sammy Swindell
16 – Steve Kinser
6 – Mark Kinser
5 – Gary Wright
4 – Danny Lasoski
3 – Doug Wolfgang, Bobby Davis Jr., Andy Hillenburg, Joey Saldana, Daryn Pittman, Donny Schatz, Logan Schuchart
2 – Ron Shuman, Jeff Swindell, Dave Blaney, Stevie Smith, Shane Stewart, Brad Sweet
1 – Jimmy Boyd, Danny Smith, Tim Green, Bobby Allen, Craig Dollansky, Brad Furr, Tyler Walker, Jason Johnson, Brent Marks, James McFadden
World of Outlaws Increase Purse For Devil's Bowl Finale
The two-day event will boast a $12,000 payday on Friday and a $20,023 payout on Saturday
MESQUITE, TX (Oct. 16, 2023) – To help give Devil’s Bowl Speedway a proper send off, the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series has increased the purse by more than $30,000 for the track’s final weekend.
The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Stampede will now see drivers contend for a $12,000 payday on Friday, Oct. 20, and in honor of the first and final years the World of Outlaws raced at Devil’s Bowl, Saturday’s purse will pay $20,023 to the winner and $1,978 to start.
With the increases, the weekend’s overall purse is now at nearly $140,000 for the two-day weekend.
Devil’s Bowl Speedway promoter Lanny Ross Edwards announced on Friday that the facility will close after the World of Outlaws doubleheader this weekend due to the sale of the property.
The track became the birthplace of the World of Outlaws, hosting the Series’ inaugural event on March 18, 1978 – won by Jimmy Boyd. Since then, it has been a marquee stop on the tour and seen 88 World of Outlaws Sprint Car events in total.
Three-time World of Outlaws champion Sammy Swindell holds the record for most Series wins at the track with 18. Twenty-time Series champion Steve Kinser is second with 14. Of active competitors, 10-time World of Outlaws champion Donny Schatz and Logan Schuchart are tied with three wins at the track.
Four-time and reigning Series champion Brad Sweet and James McFadden scored wins at Devil’s Bowl in April.
Adding to the significance of the event, the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Stampede is also the final stop on the 2023 tour before the championship deciding World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Nov. 1-4.
For tickets to Devil’s Bowl Speedway’s final two races, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVision.
HARVEST HEIST: Donny Schatz Steals Lakeside Victory with Pass Coming to White Flag
Schatz sneaks by David Gravel in traffic to claim thrilling win in Lakeside’s Micro-Lite Harvest Rumble
KANSAS CITY, KS (Oct. 15, 2023) - Time and time again in his career Donny Schatz has proven he can’t be counted out. The savvy veteran has found late race magic many times throughout the years. And on Saturday at Lakeside Speedway, “Don Don” delivered the latest testament to that ability.
A win looked nearly out of reach for Schatz late in the 25-lap finale of the Micro-Lite Harvest Rumble. Schatz sat third with eight laps remaining, and even when he moved to the runner-up spot on the next circuit, leader David Gravel appeared potentially out of reach.
But then little by little the lead began to vanish. And as the white flag was shown, Schatz capitalized when Gravel got stuck behind a lapped car to roll by for the lead. When the checkered flag flew, it was Schatz leading the pack to seal the victory with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars.
After a pair of sub-20th place finishes last weekend at Port Royal, the night served as a revitalizing boost to Schatz and his crew.
“Nights like tonight help us,” Schatz said. “We tore up a car last week at Port Royal pretty bad. These guys put a new car together, and it’s that time of year where you’ve got to start trying some things, and obviously it was pretty good. The goal is consistency. We’ve got a lot of great partners here, and we want to win races and do the best we can for them.”
The win marked Schatz’s third with The Greatest Show on Dirt at Lakeside. He’s now up to 311 for his career with the World of Outlaws. Schatz snapped a 26-race winless streak dating back to July’s Kings Royal.
The path to Victory Lane was up and down for Schatz aboard the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing #15. A second place effort in the Toyota Racing Dash lined him up on the front row of the main event. But after two laps, Schatz had fallen down the order to sixth.
Pole-sitter Brian Brown powered ahead to the early advantage. Brown rolled the Casey General Store #21 around the low line of the Kansas City, KS oval.
Fifth starting David Gravel quickly began to climb as he jumped into the runner-up spot on Lap 4. Right after taking over second, the Watertown, CT native began chopping into Brown’s advantage. While “Blackjack” remained committed to the bottom, Gravel opted for the cushion all the way around the 4/10-mile. The gap between the two on the fifth circuit was 1.2 seconds. Only two laps later, Gravel had slashed a full second off the margin. Then on the next trip around, Gravel ripped around Brown on the top.
Once he snatched the top spot, Gravel began to construct a solid advantage as Schatz began to crawl back toward the front. On Lap 9 Schatz moved back into the top five. In two more laps he was up into fourth.
With 10 laps remaining, Schatz engaged in a battle with Brad Sweet and Giovanni Scelzi for the runner-up spot. Schatz slipped ahead of Scelzi for third then traded second with Sweet multiple times over the next few circuits. On Lap 18, Schatz secured the spot and set his sights on Gravel.
As the race dwindled, Schatz closed in. Gravel was forced to navigate traffic in the late stages causing his lead to slip away. Then coming to the white flag, Gravel found himself stuck behind a slower car on the top side.
With Gravel being held up, Schatz saw his opportunity and pounced. The Fargo, ND native aimed the #15 machine low and rolled right by Gravel as he couldn’t find his way by the lapped car. By the time they reached the white flag, Schatz already led by roughly three quarters of a second and stretched the advantage even farther on the last circuit before taking the checkered flag.
“I started out good. The guys unloaded, and we were right up there hot lapping and qualifying, so that always helps,” Schatz said. “It was really greasy on the top, and I knew it was going to come in at some point, but I don’t want to be the guy to find out. I’ve tore up enough stuff. I had to work the bottom in, and thank god we got it in before the rain. It worked out for us tonight.
After leading laps 8-23, Gravel settled for a runner-up result, his Series leading 32nd podium of the World of Outlaws season. Gravel and his Big Game crew continue to put out their best efforts with their fifth second place finish in the last nine races as they try to chase down Brad Sweet in the championship battle.
And speaking of Brad Sweet, “The Big Cat” rounded out the Micro-Lite Harvest Rumble podium on Saturday night. Sweet wheeled the Kasey Kahne Racing #49 to a third place run which allowed Gravel to only cut two points off the margin between the duo in the standings. The gap between them now sits at 66 markers.
Giovanni Scelzi and Carson Macedo completed the top five.
A 14th to seventh drive earned James McFadden the KSE Racing Hard Charger.
Brad Sweet nabbed his fourth Simpson Performance Products QuickTime of the year and the 73rd of his career.
CASE No.1 Engine Oil Heat One went to Brad Sweet. NOS Energy Drink Heats Two and Three were topped by Brian Brown and Giovanni Scelzi.
Dusty Zomer won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head to Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, TX for two final nights at the iconic track. The birthplace of the Outlaws welcomes the Series on Oct. 20-21 for the Sprint Car Stampede – the final event to be hosted by Devil’s Bowl. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVision.
RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz[2]; 2. 2-David Gravel[5]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet[3]; 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 5. 41-Carson Macedo[7]; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[6]; 7. 83-James McFadden[14]; 8. 21-Brian Brown[1]; 9. 9-Kasey Kahne[8]; 10. 84-Scott Bogucki[9]; 11. 1S-Logan Schuchart[11]; 12. 5-Spencer Bayston[10]; 13. 83JR-Michael Kofoid[12]; 14. 12X-Garet Williamson[21]; 15. 1T-Tanner Holmes[17]; 16. 3J-Dusty Zomer[19]; 17. 7S-Robbie Price[15]; 18. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[18]; 19. 81-Jack Dover[23]; 20. 99-Skylar Gee[22]; 21. 20G-Noah Gass[13]; 22. 19-Ayrton Gennetten[16]; 23. (DNF) 22X-Kameron Key[24]; 24. (DNF) 7W-Tasker Phillips[20]
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