Schatz Steals Arnold Motor Supply Shootout on Green-White-Checkered Finish
Inside Line Promotions – SPENCER, Iowa (Sept. 16, 2016) – Donny Schatz took advantage of a green-white-checkered finish to steal the Arnold Motor Supply Shootout on Friday at Clay County Fair Speedway.
The victory was his first career with the National Sprint League and his 22nd of the season with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series. He also became the 10th different NSL feature winner in 22 main events this season.
“There was no game plan,” Schatz said during a Victory Lane interview. “The nine car (of Daryn Pittman) was a lot better than we were. He was going out to (turn) one and coming across. I figured if I could get to the bottom maybe he’d slip up. I got there before he could get down. Without the restart I definitely wouldn’t have won that.”
Pittman led the first 28 laps of the 30-lap main event before the second and final caution of the race occurred to set up the two-lap dash to the finish.
“At one point you couldn’t even see him anymore,” Schatz said of Pittman. “When your car is that good you hate to see these yellows. Some days it bites you and some days it doesn’t.”
The late caution worked in the favor of Schatz, who pounced on Pittman in turns one and two on the restart. The duo raced side by side down the backstretch before Schatz took the lead for good heading to the white flag. Pittman made one last run at Schatz on the final lap, but came up just short and settled for the runner-up position.
“I didn’t get it done,” he said. “We had a dominant car and just didn’t finish the job. That one is pretty hard to swallow. We had a really good car. I thought we were getting through traffic well.”
Brad Sweet capitalized on the late-race restart to round out the podium.
“It was a good race there,” he said. “Those two had a good battle the last two laps. We were able to get a pretty good restart and got into third there. I just struggled in (turns) one and two. We were pretty good in (turns) three and four on the top there.”
Logan Schuchart finished fourth with Shane Stewart fifth.
Jason Johnson kicked off the night by setting quick time during qualifying before he, Schatz, Stewart and Sweet each won a heat race. Pittman claimed the dash and Jacob Allen won the B Main.
Danny Lasoski increased his lead in the National Sprint League championship standings after a sixth-place result. He now leads Craig Dollansky, who brought out the first caution on Lap 9 before finishing last, by 376 points with only three points-paying races remaining this season.
The National Sprint League wraps up this weekend on Saturday at U.S. 36 Raceway in Osborn, Mo., for the FVP Missouri High-Banked Nationals. The event is co-sanctioned with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series.
NATIONAL SPRINT LEAGUE NOTES : Jason Johnson earned a $200 bonus from Deberg Concrete and a $50 certificate from Slade Shock Technology for setting quick time during time trials. … Johnson garnered a $100 certificate from Walker Performance Filtration for winning a heat race. … Donny Schatz scored a $100 certificate from Kaeding Performance for winning a heat race. … Shane Stewart captured a certificate from Keizer Aluminum Wheels for winning a heat race. … Joey Saldana was the So Close Award winner and received a certificate from Rod End Supply for being the highest starting NSL driver who missed the feature redraw. … Jacob Allen powered to the Locked in Award to garner a $100 certificate from Hooker Harness for winning the B Main. … Kerry Madsen picked up a $50 certificate from KSE Racing Products for being the Hard Charger in the A Main.
National Sprint League Race Report: Clay County Fair Speedway in Spencer, Iowa, on Sept. 16, 2016 –
Deberg Concrete/Slade Shock Technology Time Trials: 1. 41-Jason Johnson; 2. 17W-Kerry Madsen; 3. 2-Shane Stewart; 4. 49-Brad Sweet; 5. 2L-Danny Lasoski; 6. 17-Josh Baughman; 7. 2C-Wayne Johnson; 8. 5-David Gravel; 9. 24-Terry McCarl; 10. 15-Donny Schatz; 11. 17B-Bill Balog; 12. 7S-Jason Sides; 13. 1A-Jacob Allen; 14. 7D-Dustin Selvage; 15. 9-Daryn Pittman; 16. 18-Ian Madsen; 17. 2KS-Craig Dollansky; 18. 7-Parker Price-Miller; 19. 21-Brian Brown; 20. 11K-Kraig Kinser; 21. 83-Joey Saldana; 22. 7X-Kaley Gharst; 23. 09-Matt Juhl; 24. 3-Tim Kaeding; 25. 7W-Tasker Phillips; 26. 1S-Logan Schuchart; 27. 55-Brooke Tatnell; 28. 17BX-Ryan Bickett; 29. 10-Dakota Hendrickson; 30. 13-Clyde Knipp; 31. 19P-Paige Polyak; 32. W20-Greg Wilson; 33. 71A-R.J. Johnson; 34. 22-Rager Phillips; 35. 0-Brandon Stevenson; 36. 19-Bob Weuve.
Walker Performance Filtration Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson (1); 2. 2L-Danny Lasoski (2); 3. 83-Joey Saldana (6); 4. 24-Terry McCarl (3); 5. 2KS-Craig Dollansky (5); 6. 1A-Jacob Allen (4); 7. 7W-Tasker Phillips (7); 8. 71A-R.J. Johnson (9); 9. 10-Dakota Hendrickson (8).
Kaeding Performance Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz (3); 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart (7); 3. 17-Josh Baughman (2); 4. 7D-Dustin Selvage (4); 5. 7-Parker Price-Miller (5); 6. 7X-Kaley Gharst (6); 7. 13-Clyde Knipp (8); 8. 22-Rager Phillips (9); 9. 17W-Kerry Madsen (1).
Keizer Aluminum Wheels Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Shane Stewart (1); 2. 9-Daryn Pittman (4); 3. 2C-Wayne Johnson (2); 4. 17B-Bill Balog (3); 5. 21-Brian Brown (5); 6. 55-Brooke Tatnell (7); 7. 09-Matt Juhl (6); 8. 19P-Paige Polyak (8); 9. 0-Brandon Stevenson (9).
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Brad Sweet (1); 2. 5-David Gravel (2); 3. 7S-Jason Sides (3); 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser (5); 5. 18-Ian Madsen (4); 6. 3-Tim Kaeding (6); 7. W20-Greg Wilson (8); 8. 17BX-Ryan Bickett (7); 9. 19-Bob Weuve (9).
Dash (6 Laps): 1. 9-Daryn Pittman (2); 2. 41-Jason Johnson (8); 3. 15-Donny Schatz (7); 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart (3); 5. 49-Brad Sweet (5); 6. 2L-Danny Lasoski (4); 7. 2-Shane Stewart (6); 8. 5-David Gravel (1).
B Feature (12 Laps/Top 4 Transfer): 1. 1A-Jacob Allen (2); 2. 17W-Kerry Madsen (1); 3. 3-Tim Kaeding (5); 4. 09-Matt Juhl (4); 5. 55-Brooke Tatnell (7); 6. 7X-Kaley Gharst (3); 7. W20-Greg Wilson (12); 8. 7W-Tasker Phillips (6); 9. 71A-R.J. Johnson (13); 10. 10-Dakota Hendrickson (9); 11. 19P-Paige Polyak (11); 12. 13-Clyde Knipp (10); 13. 17BX-Ryan Bickett (8); 14. 22-Rager Phillips (14); 15. 0-Brandon Stevenson (15); 16. 19-Bob Weuve (16).
A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz (3); 2. 9-Daryn Pittman (1); 3. 49-Brad Sweet (5); 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart (4); 5. 2-Shane Stewart (7); 6. 2L-Danny Lasoski (6); 7. 7S-Jason Sides (12); 8. 41-Jason Johnson (2); 9. 17W-Kerry Madsen (22); 10. 24-Terry McCarl (13); 11. 3-Tim Kaeding (23); 12. 5-David Gravel (8); 13. 11K-Kraig Kinser (16); 14. 17-Josh Baughman (10); 15. 1A-Jacob Allen (21); 16. 18-Ian Madsen (20); 17. 83-Joey Saldana (9); 18. 09-Matt Juhl (24); 19. 7-Parker Price-Miller (18); 20. 7D-Dustin Selvage (14); 21. 17B-Bill Balog (15); 22. 2C-Wayne Johnson (11); 23. 21-Brian Brown (19); 24. 2KS-Craig Dollansky (17). Laps Led: Daryn Pittman 1-28; Donny Schatz 29-30.
UNOFFICIAL NATIONAL SPRINT LEAGUE TOP 10 IN POINTS AFTER ROUND 22 –
.1. 2-Danny Lasoski 7514; 2. 2ks-Craig Dollansky 7138; 3. 21-Brian Brown 7075; 4. 18-Ian Madsen 6806; 5. 55-Brooke Tatnell 5613; 6. 17w-Kerry Madsen 5466; 7. 1s-Sammy Swindell 5355; 8. 7w-Tasker Phillips 4809; 9. 56n-Davey Heskin 4490; 10. 10-Dakota Hendrickson 4011.
2016 FEATURE WINNERS –
Kerry Madsen – 4 (Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, on May 28 and June 18 and Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn., on July 29 and Sept. 4); Brian Brown – 3 (Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, on June 4 and July 23 and Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn., on Sept. 3); Craig Dollansky – 3 (Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn., on May 20 and June 22 and Iowa State Fair Speedway in Des Moines, Iowa, on May 29); Danny Lasoski – 3 (Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, on May 21 and Aug. 27 and Mason City Motor Speedway in Mason City, Iowa, on June 19); Terry McCarl – 2 (I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., on May 6 and Hancock County Speedway in Britt, Iowa, on July 31); Daryn Pittman – 2 (Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn., on June 24 and Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa, on Aug. 8); Sammy Swindell – 2 (Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, on June 25 and July 1); Ian Madsen – 1 (Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, on July 30); Donny Schatz – 1 (Clay County Fair Speedway in Spencer, Iowa, on Sept. 16); and Logan Schuchart – 1 (Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis., on July 8).
UP NEXT –
Saturday at U.S. 36 Raceway in Osborn, Mo., for the FVP Missouri High-Banked Nationals (co-sanctioned with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series)
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