051113 Knoxville VL Kocak

Donny Schatz Continues Mastery of Knoxville Raceway

Defending champion drives to World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series victory after starting seventh

KNOXVILLE, Iowa – May 11, 2013 – Donny Schatz continued his mastery of Knoxville Raceway on Saturday night, driving to a World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series victory from the seventh starting position.

In addition to winning five of the past six Knoxville Nationals crowns, Schatz has now won six additional World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series features at the famed half-mile, all since 2006.

To win he first had to drive around pole-sitter early leader Brian Brown, then pass Craig Dollansky and hold him off on a series of restarts with seven laps to go in the 25-lap main event. Dollansky wound up second with Brown, Kerry Madsen and Paul McMahan rounding out the top five. 

World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Mediacom Shootout; Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway; May 11, 2013

A-Main – (25 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz [7] [$10,000]; 2. 7-Craig Dollansky [4] [$5,500]; 3. 21-Brian Brown [1] [$3,200]; 4. 29-Kerry Madsen [10] [$2,800]; 5. 51-Paul McMahan [5] [$2,500]; 6. 4-Cody Darrah [3] [$2,300]; 7. 9-Daryn Pittman [14] [$2,200]; 8. 1K-Kyle Larson [24] [$2,100]; 9. 91-Dusty Zomer [23] [$2,050]; 10. 71M-Joey Saldana [13] [$2,000]; 11. 6-David Gravel [25] [$700]; 12. 7S-Jason Sides [20] [$1,200]; 13. 11K-Kraig Kinser [21] [$1,100]; 14. 24-Terry McCarl [15] [$1,050]; 15. 63-Chad Kemenah [12] [$1,000]; 16. 49-Brad Sweet [8] [$900]; 17. 11-Steve Kinser [27] [$]; 18. 1-Sammy Swindell [6] [$800]; 19. 13-Mark Dobmeier [28] [$]; 20. 18-Ian Madsen [26] [$]; 21. 83-Tim Kaeding [2] [$800]; 22. 82-Lucas Wolfe [9] [$800]; 23. 56-David Heskin [17] [$800]; 24. 10-Rager Phillips [19] [$800]; 25. 41-Jason Johnson [22] [$800]; 26. 77X-Wayne Johnson [11] [$800]; 27. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [16] [$800]; 28. 1M-Danny Lasoski [18] [$800]. Lap Leaders:Brian Brown 1-8, Craig Dollansky 9-17, Donny Schatz 18-25. KSE Hard Charger Award: 1K-Kyle Larson [+16]

Qualifying: 1. 1-Sammy Swindell, 14.699; 2. 51-Paul McMahan, 14.839; 3. 21-Brian Brown, 14.885; 4. 71M-Joey Saldana, 14.887; 5. 7-Craig Dollansky, 14.890; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman, 14.896; 7. 24-Terry McCarl, 14.968; 8. 96-Bronson Maeschen, 14.978; 9. 4-Cody Darrah, 15.001; 10. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 15.017; 11. 83-Tim Kaeding, 15.037; 12. 63-Chad Kemenah, 15.044; 13. 56-David Heskin, 15.097; 14. 1M-Danny Lasoski, 15.123; 15. 15-Donny Schatz, 15.155; 16. 49-Brad Sweet, 15.167; 17. 29-Kerry Madsen, 15.208; 18. 77X-Wayne Johnson, 15.212; 19. 82-Lucas Wolfe, 15.227; 20. 10-Rager Phillips, 15.323; 21. 18-Ian Madsen, 15.339; 22. 47-Don Droud Jr., 15.358; 23. 7S-Jason Sides, 15.409; 24. 6-David Gravel, 15.414; 25. 7M-Geoff Dodge, 15.428; 26. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 15.429; 27. 41-Jason Johnson, 15.467; 28. 17A-Austin McCarl, 15.469; 29. 49J-Josh Schneiderman, 15.480; 30. 12-Lynton Jeffrey, 15.481; 31. 6R-Ryan Bunton, 15.484; 32. 7K-Dustin Selvage, 15.495; 33. 2-Garrett Dollansky, 15.509; 34. 91-Dusty Zomer, 15.542; 35. 1D-David Hesmer, 15.559; 36. 23K-Rob Kubli, 15.560; 37. 10V-Glen Saville, 15.567; 38. 81-Austin Johnson, 15.571; 39. 1K-Kyle Larson, 15.575; 40. 17B-Bill Balog, 15.621; 41. 11-Steve Kinser, 15.621; 42. 88-Jarrod Schniederman, 15.636; 43. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 15.668; 44. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 15.699; 45. 20-A.J. Moeller, 15.702; 46. 69-Mike Moore, 15.788; 47. 71X-Robert Bell, 16.067; 48. 7TAZ-Tasker Phillips, 16.696; 49. 4X-Dakota Hendrickson, 19.198; 50. 12P-T.J. Peterson, nt; 51. 45-Mark Johnson, nt

Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature): 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 83-Tim Kaeding [2]; 3. 1-Sammy Swindell [4]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [6]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [3]; 6. 11-Steve Kinser [9]; 7. 18-Ian Madsen [5]; 8. 6R-Ryan Bunton [7]; 9. 23K-Rob Kubli [8]; 10. 45-Mark Johnson [11]; 11. 69-Mike Moore [10].

Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature): 1. 63-Chad Kemenah [2]; 2. 29-Kerry Madsen [1]; 3. 24-Terry McCarl [3]; 4. 51-Paul McMahan [4]; 5. 47-Don Droud Jr. [5]; 6. 41-Jason Johnson [6]; 7. 7K-Dustin Selvage [7]; 8. 10V-Glen Saville [8]; 9. 88-Jarrod Schniederman [9]; 10. 71X-Robert Bell [10].

Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature): 1. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 2. 77X-Wayne Johnson [1]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [5]; 4. 56-David Heskin [2]; 5. 96-Bronson Maeschen [3]; 6. 17A-Austin McCarl [6]; 7. 55-Brooke Tatnell [9]; 8. 2-Garrett Dollansky [7].

Heat 4 – (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature): 1. 82-Lucas Wolfe [1]; 2. 4-Cody Darrah [3]; 3. 1M-Danny Lasoski [2]; 4. 71M-Joey Saldana [4]; 5. 6-David Gravel [5]; 6. 91-Dusty Zomer [7]; 7. 49J-Josh Schneiderman [6]; 8. 1K-Kyle Larson [8]; 9. 13-Mark Dobmeier [9].

Heat 5 – (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature): 1. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 2. 7-Craig Dollansky [4]; 3. 10-Rager Phillips [1]; 4. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [3]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog [8]; 6. 7M-Geoff Dodge [5]; 7. 1D-David Hesmer [7]; 8. 12P-T.J. Peterson [10].

Dash – (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 12 starting positions of A-feature): 1. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 2. 83-Tim Kaeding [1]; 3. 4-Cody Darrah [2]; 4. 7-Craig Dollansky [3]; 5. 51-Paul McMahan [5]; 6. 1-Sammy Swindell [6]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz [8]; 8. 49-Brad Sweet [9]; 9. 82-Lucas Wolfe [12]; 10. 29-Kerry Madsen [10]; 11. 77X-Wayne Johnson [11]; 12. 63-Chad Kemenah [7].

B-Main – (12 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature): 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [1] [-]; 2. 41-Jason Johnson [6] [-]; 3. 1K-Kyle Larson [16] [-]; 4. 91-Dusty Zomer [12] [-]; 5. 96-Bronson Maeschen [2] [$200]; 6. 11-Steve Kinser [18] [$180]; 7. 49J-Josh Schneiderman [8] [$175]; 8. 13-Mark Dobmeier [21] [$160]; 9. 7K-Dustin Selvage [10] [$150]; 10. 55-Brooke Tatnell [20] [$150]; 11. 2-Garrett Dollansky [11] [$150]; 12. 10V-Glen Saville [15] [$150]; 13. 6R-Ryan Bunton [9] [$150]; 14. 45-Mark Johnson [23] [$150]; 15. 17B-Bill Balog [17] [$150]; 16. 17A-Austin McCarl [7] [$150]; 17. 1D-David Hesmer [13] [$150]; 18. 69-Mike Moore [22] [$150]; 19. 88-Jarrod Schniederman [19] [$150]; 20. 6-David Gravel [4] [$150]; 21. 7M-Geoff Dodge [5] [$150]; 22. 12P-T.J. Peterson [31] [$150]; 23. 18-Ian Madsen [3] [$150]; 24. 23K-Rob Kubli [14] [$150]; 25. 47-Don Droud Jr. [24] [$150]; 26. 12-Lynton Jeffrey [25] [$150]; 27. 81-Austin Johnson [26] [$150]; 28. 20-A.J. Moeller [27] [$150]; 29. 71X-Robert Bell [28] [$150]; 30. 7TAZ-Tasker Phillips [29] [$150]; 31. 4X-Dakota Hendrickson [30] [$150].