At A Glance: Logan Schuchart Takes First Swing at Clay County, Deer Creek
Brad Sweet penalized for violating rule 11.0-L at Silver Dollar Speedway
CONCORD, N.C. – Sept. 10, 2014 – The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series heads back to the Upper Midwest this week as it takes on the Arnold Motor Supply Shootout at Clay County Fairgrounds in Spencer, Iowa on Sept. 12 and Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. for the ASGROW/DEKALB Clash at the Creek on Sept. 13.
For Logan Schuchart, a 2014 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year contender, 2014 has been a series of firsts with his Shark Racing team as the driver has made starts at tracks across the country that he had never raced on before. This includes the upcoming events at Clay County and Deer Creek. We asked Schuchart about his rookie season:
How do you prepare for tracks you’ve never been to?
“We just have some basic stuff that we do. We try to go look at the track to see if it’s anywhere similar to anywhere we’ve run before. Then we write some notes down, that way we know for next year, or if it’s somewhere we’re going back to.
“That’s all this year was – overcoming the learning curve and trying to get better for next year. We’re learning, we’re getting better, we’re getting experience. And we’re trying to be more prepared for next year with the racecars and our knowledge of race tracks.”
You recently started running a new chassis, how has that helped your team?
” We’ve been better since we started running XXX Chassis. They’re going to help us out, we’re going to run their stuff next year, Jacob and I. It was right around when we put their stuff together that we seemed to be faster… We’re running better, we want to help them out, make them look good and make ourselves look good too.”
What have the challenges of running a full schedule been this season?
“Our biggest challenge has been to make it to the end of the year. The money thing – we thought we were in pretty decent shape at the end of the year with motors and then we had a couple of things happen that shouldn’t have happened that were our fault. The truck breaking down a couple of times – we’re still mad we missed one race at Pevely, Mo. To have fans come up and ask if we’re doing the whole Outlaw thing and we’ve got to tell them that we missed one race, I hate that. I’ll be happy that we make it to the end of the year and it looks like that’s going to happen.”
What does it mean to you to be making your first full season campaign with your family, including your grandfather Bobby Allen?
“It’s an awesome experience to be able to do this with my grandpa and Jacob. I’m close with both of them. I’ve raced with Jacob my whole life. Obviously my Grandpa is the one who got me into racing. I raced at his go-kart track when I was little, all the way up to now. It’s definitely been a lot fun.”
ABOUT THE TRACKS
Clay County Fair Speedway is a semi-banked, 3/8-mile oval. The track record is 13.074 seconds by Jason Meyers on Sept. 16, 2011. For more information, visit http://www.WoOSprint.com/Clay-County-Fairgrounds.
Previous A-Feature winners:
2013 – Donny Schatz on Sept. 13
2012 – Brad Sweet on June 8, Donny Schatz on Sept. 14
2011 – Craig Dollansky on Sept. 16
2010 – Jac Haudenschild on Sept. 17
2009 – Jason Meyers on Sept. 16
2008 – Donny Schatz on Sept. 10
2007 – Donny Schatz on Sept. 12
Deer Creek Speedway is a high-banked, 3/8-mile oval. The track record is 11.474 seconds by Sam Hafertepe Jr. on Sept. 18, 2010. For more information, visit http://www.DeerCreekSpeedway.com.
Previous A-Feature winners:
2013 – Ian Madsen on Sept. 14
2012 – Craig Dollansky on Sept. 15
2011 – Steve Kinser on Sept. 17
2010 – Joey Saldana on Sept. 18
2009 – Joey Saldana on Sept. 19
DRIVER INFO
The following World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series drivers maintain websites:
Cody Darrah – CodyDarrah.com
David Gravel – DavidGravel89g.com
Kraig Kinser – KraigKinser.com
Steve Kinser – SteveKinser.com
Kerry Madsen – KenericRacing.com
Paul McMahan – PaulMcMahanRacing.com
Daryn Pittman – DarynPittman.com
Joey Saldana – JoeySaldanaRacing.com
Logan Schuchart – Shark1s.com
Donny Schatz – DonnySchatz.com
Jason Sides – SidesMotorsports.com
Brad Sweet – Bradsweetracing.com
For more driver information, visit: WoOsprint.com
SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz – 20 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 15, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 6, Devil’s Bowl Speedway on April 19, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 27, I-96 Speedway on May 31, River Cities Speedway on June 20, 34 Raceway on June 27, Cedar Lake Speedway on June 29, Lernerville Speedway on July 15, Autodrome Drummond on July 26, Cornwall Motor Speedway on July 27, Ohsweken Speedway on July 29, Knoxville Raceway on Aug. 9, Junction Motor Speedway on Aug. 12, Nodak Speedway on Aug. 17, Castrol Raceway on Aug. 22 and Aug. 23, Skagit Speedway on Aug. 29 and Aug. 30 and Grays Harbor Raceway on Sept. 1); Daryn Pittman – 13 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 14, Calistoga Speedway on April 6, Devil’s Bowl Speedway on April 19, Williams Grove Speedway on May 16 and May 17, Orange County Fair Speedway, May 18, New Egypt Speedway, May 20, Dodge City Raceway Park on July 4 and 5, Lincoln Speedway on July 17, Fulton Speedway on July 23, River Cities Speedway on Aug. 15 and Southern Oregon Speedway on Sept. 3); Kerry Madsen – 6 (Stockton Dirt track on March 22, El Paso Speedway Park on April 15, Lakeside Speedway on June 7, Eldora Speedway on July 12 and Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 on Aug. 3 and Antioch Speedway on Sept. 8); Joey Saldana – 5 (Perris Auto Speedway on April 12, Salina Highbanks on April 25, The Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 23, I-80 Speedway on June 6 and Jackson Speedway on June 13); Brad Sweet – 5 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, Tucson International Raceway on March 8, Calistoga Speedway on April 5, Knoxville Raceway on June 14 and Beaver Dam Raceway on June 28); David Gravel – 4 (Merced Speedway on March 28, Eldora Speedway on May 3, Wilmot Raceway on May 9 and Lebanon Valley Speedway on July 20); Paul McMahan – 4 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 5, Tri-State Speedway on May 10, Limaland Motorsports Park on July 9 and Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 on Aug. 1); Cody Darrah – 2 (Kings Speedway on April 11 and Lernerville Speedway on July 15);Shane Stewart – 2 (Eldora Speedway on May 2 and Willamette Speedway on Sept. 2); Sammy Swindell – 2 (Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 on April 26 and Eldora Speedway on July 11); Rico Abreu – 1 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 15); Jonathan Allard – 1 (Silver Dollar Speedway, Sept. 6); Christopher Bell – 1 (Jacksonville Speedway on May 7); Dale Blaney – 1 (Attica Raceway Park on May 30); Lance Dewease – 1 (July 20 at Williams Grove Speedway); Greg Hodnett – 1 (July 18 at Williams Grove Speedway);Roger Crockett – 1 (I-94 Speedway on June 21); Mark Dobmeier – 1 (Huset’s Speedway on July 2);Steve Kinser – 1 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 16); Carson Macedo – 1 (Silver Dollar Speedway on Sept. 5); Stevie Smith – 1 (Lincoln Speedway on May 14).
PENALTY ISSUED: Following an incident on Sept. 5 at Silver Dollar Speedway, Brad Sweet has been fined and placed on probation until Dec. 31, 2014 for violating World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series rule 11.0-L.
LISTEN LIVE: Fans can watch and listen live to the Gold Cup Race of Champions at Silver Dollar Speedway on http://www.DIRTVision.com. The Voice of the Outlaws, Johnny Gibson will also call the action from Antioch Speedway on DIRTVision.
LIVE ONLINE UPDATES: Check out the Official World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series website at WoOsprint.com for live, interactive text updates of each race. It also includes driver biographies with statistics and pictures, race-by-race stats, detailed track information and race coverage, series news and team press releases.
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UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series returns to Indiana to take on Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway, an event that was postponed earlier this season due to weather, on Sept. 16 and the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track on Sept. 17. The Outlaws then move to Ohio for the 4-Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway on Sept. 19.