By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
Paul McMahan spent more time on the track Sunday night in hot laps, time trials and the third heat race, than he did in the A-Feature at Cedar Lake Speedway. In the World of Outlaws return to the high-banked 3/8-mile, the checkered flag flew on a non-stop 30-lap A-Feature in just over six and a half minutes.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
Huset’s Speedway may be 249 miles from Fargo, North Dakota, where he lives, but Donny Schatz considers the high-banked 3/8-mile to be a home track.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
Joey Saldana earned every penny of the $10,000 he pocketed on Saturday night at I-55 Raceway for winning the fourth event of the “SuperClean Summer of Money” on ESPN2 for the World of Outlaws.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
Jac Haudenschild vividly remembers competing against Brad Doty in World of Outlaws competition in the early and mid-1980’s. The pair of Ohio natives have long been friends off the track and Haudenschild always enjoys racing in the annual event that bears the name of the 1982 World of Outlaws Rookie of the Year.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
Steve Kinser holds a lot of records with the World of Outlaws. One of the most impressive is the number of wins that he has accumulated at the famed Eldora Speedway. The 20-time series champion in the winningest driver in the history of the track, with over 30 of those coming in World of Outlaws A-Feature events. His first win at the high-banked half-mile came in 1978, the series inaugural season and the most recent was in 2005.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
Donny Schatz had won nearly every big event in sprint car racing entering this season. He claimed his first Knoxville Nationals title last season, and also was a past winner of the Historical Big One, the Gold Cup Race of Champions, the National Open and the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup. The one trophy missing on his mantle was the crown that comes with winning the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
Donny Schatz treats every race the same way, whether it pays $30 or $30,000-to win. His main objective each and every night is to add another trophy to his collection which continues to grow at a rapid pace as the season carries on.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
In the last week, Donny Schatz has accomplished what countless drivers spend an entire career trying to do. He began by winning the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway last Saturday night, earning $50,000 and followed that up with a win in the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup at Lernerville Speedway on Wednesday to pocket $30,000.
Qualifying
1) 1-Sammy Swindell 16.676 2) 83-Tim Shaffer 16.705 3) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 16.707 4) 1Z-Stevie Smith 16.728 5) 30C-Lance Dewease 16.778 6) 7L-Chad Layton 16.794 7) 91-Paul McMahan 16.825 8) 17-Tyler Walker 16.837 9) 7-Craig Dollansky 16.841 10) 63-Chad Kemenah 16.920 11) 69K-Donald Kreitz Jr. 16.922 12) 3-Kerry Madsen 16.931 13) 11K-Kraig Kinser 16.957 14) 21-Brian Montieth 17.006 15) 14-Jason Meyers 17.024 16) 5W-Lucas Wolfe 17.032 17) 27-Daryn Pittman 17.036 18) O-Rick Lafferty 17.050 19) 7S-Jason Sides 17.055 20) 39-Keith Kauffman 17.106 21) 16-Gerard McIntyre 17.114 22) 2L-Ed Lynch Jr. 17.128 23) 2B-Ben Gregg 17.135 24) 25-Aaron Ott 17.141 25) 14Z-Jessica Zemken 17.163 26) 89G-David Gravel 17.166 27) 71-Brian Leppo 17.189 28) 14D-Doug Dodson 17.192 29) 55-Jason Solwald 17.225 30) 9-Joey Saldana 17.259 31) 51-Fred Rahmer 17.269 32) 59-Jim Siegel 17.270 33) 71X-Bill Stine 17.271 34) 15X-Adam Wilt 17.284 35) 99K-Cody Keller 17.285 36) 15-Donny Schatz 17.306 37) 22H-Greg Hodnett 17.319 38) 11-Steve Kinser 17.327 39) D4-Danny Holtgraver 17.331 40) 11E-Mike Erdley 17.335 41) R19-Jac Haudenschild 17.352 42) 7M-Mark Smith 17.354 43) 87-Alan Krimes 17.372 44) 48-Danny Dietrich 17.463 45) 4X-Toni Lutar 17.492 46) 38N-Nick Schlauch Jr. 17.506 47) 11C-Cory Haas 17.507 48) 19M-Brent Marks 17.520 49) 20S-Derek Sell 17.523 50) 35-Justin Henderson 17.543 51) 49-Brad Sweet 17.551 52) 6-Danny Lasoski 17.625 53) 93-Doug Esh 17.873 54) 12W-Troy Fraker 18.088 55) 46-T J Winegardner 18.110 56) 33-Brian Ehrenzeller 18.372
Qualifying
1) 89G-David Gravel 17.107 2) 83-Tim Shaffer 17.128 3) 7M-Mark Smith 17.238 4) 22H-Greg Hodnett 17.239 5) 91-Paul McMahan 17.258 6) 3-Kerry Madsen 17.274 7) 7L-Chad Layton 17.362 8) 15-Donny Schatz 17.409 9) 7S-Jason Sides 17.412 10) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 17.434 11) 51-Fred Rahmer 17.488 12) 11-Steve Kinser 17.511 13) 11E-Mike Erdley 17.522 14) 1Z-Stevie Smith 17.526 15) 14-Jason Meyers 17.561 16) 9-Joey Saldana 17.574 17) 63-Chad Kemenah 17.589 18) 15X-Adam Wilt 17.622 19) 6-Danny Lasoski 17.625 20) D4-Danny Holtgraver 17.644 21) 48-Danny Dietrich 17.645 22) 71-Brian Leppo 17.666 23) 5W-Lucas Wolfe 17.703 24) 21-Brian Montieth 17.718 25) 55-Jason Solwald 17.772 26) 11C-Cory Haas 17.823 27) 59-Jim Siegel 17.854 28) 1-Sammy Swindell 17.921 29) 39-Keith Kauffman 17.922 30) 11K-Kraig Kinser 17.946 31) 2B-Ben Gregg 17.959 32) R19-Jac Haudenschild 17.997 33) 30C-Lance Dewease 18.001 34) 87-Alan Krimes 18.003 35) 35-Justin Henderson 18.008 36) 17-Tyler Walker 18.031 37) 7-Craig Dollansky 18.039 38) 4X-Toni Lutar 18.085 39) O-Rick Lafferty 18.112 40) 2L-Ed Lynch Jr. 18.117 41) 99K-Cody Keller 18.135 42) 93-Doug Esh 18.154 43) 22-Brian Ellenberger 18.155 44) 49-Brad Sweet 18.165 45) 46-T J Winegardner 18.166 46) 38N-Nick Schauch Jr. 18.191 47) 69K-Donald Kreitz Jr. 18.202 48) 19M-Brent Marks 18.237 49) 25-Aaron Ott 18.252 50) 27-Daryn Pittman 18.298 51) 14Z-Jessica Zemken 18.572 52) 66-Ryan Kissinger 18.623 53) 14D-Doug Dodson 18.722 54) 6W-Josh Wells 19.012 55) 20S-Derek Sell 19.137 56) O7-Mark Coldren 19.148 57) 12W-Troy Fraker 19.396 58) 33-Brian Ehrenzeller 20.065
