Donny Schatz Drives to His First Devil’s Bowl Speedway Victory
Holds off McMahan at Texas Outlaw Nationals presented by American Racing
MESQUITE, Texas — April 18, 2014 — Five-time World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series champion, Donny Schatz, earned his third victory of the season and first on the opening night of the Texas Outlaw Nationals presented by American Racing Custom Wheels on Friday night at Devils Bowl Speedway. Paul McMahan made a last lap effort to steal the win on the final lap, and held on for a second place finish. Sammy Swindell rounded out the podium.
World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Devils Bowl Speedway; Mesquite, Texas; April 18, 2014
A-Main – (25 Laps) 1. 15-Donny Schatz[3][$8,000]; 2. 51-Paul McMahan[4][$4,000]; 3. 1-Sammy Swindell[5][$2,500]; 4. 71M-Joey Saldana[7][$2,200]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman[11][$2,100]; 6. 29-Kerry Madsen[12][$2,000]; 7. 41-Jason Johnson[13][$1,800]; 8. 4-Cody Darrah[6][$1,600]; 9. 59-David Gravel[14][$1,500]; 10. 7S-Jason Sides[9][$1,300]; 11. 49-Brad Sweet[8][$1,200]; 12. 83-Danny Lasoski[17][$1,100]; 13. 11-Steve Kinser[16][$1,000]; 14. W20-Greg Wilson[19][$700]; 15. 82-Kevin Swindell[15][$600]; 16. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[2][$600]; 17. 18-Tony Bruce Jr[22][$600]; 18. 11K-Kraig Kinser[10][$600]; 19. O5-Brad Loyet[21][$600]; 20. 74X-Josh Hodges[24][$600]; 21. 74B-John Carney II[20][$600]; 22. 77X-Wayne Johnson[1][$600]; 23. 1A-Jacob Allen[18][$600]; 24. 45X-Johnny Herrera[23][$600] Lap Leaders: Wayne Johnson 1-10, Donny Schatz 11-25 KSE Hard Charger Award: 9-Daryn Pittman[+6]
Qualifying – 1. 71M-Joey Saldana, 14.035; 2. 51-Paul McMahan, 14.044; 3. 4-Cody Darrah, 14.052; 4. 1-Sammy Swindell, 14.100; 5. 49-Brad Sweet, 14.127; 6. 7S-Jason Sides, 14.179; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 14.200; 8. 9-Daryn Pittman, 14.241; 9. 29-Kerry Madsen, 14.249; 10. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 14.249; 11. 15-Donny Schatz, 14.261; 12. 77X-Wayne Johnson, 14.312; 13. 41-Jason Johnson, 14.353; 14. 59-David Gravel, 14.375; 15. 82-Kevin Swindell, 14.394; 16. 11-Steve Kinser, 14.430; 17. 83-Danny Lasoski, 14.448; 18. 1A-Jacob Allen, 14.457; 19. W20-Greg Wilson, 14.486; 20. 74B-John Carney II, 14.524; 21. 45X-Johnny Herrera, 14.557; 22. O5-Brad Loyet, 14.559; 23. 74X-Josh Hodges, 14.654; 24. 18-Tony Bruce Jr, 14.671; 25. 39C-Travis Rilat, 14.986; 26. 4X-Shawn Peterson, 14.989; 27. 45-Martin Edwards, 15.225; 28. 1S-Logan Schuchart, nt; 29. 1J-Danny Jennings, nt; 30. 2-Wes Miller, nt
Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[1] ; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell[3] ; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser[2] ; 4. W20-Greg Wilson[7] ; 5. O5-Brad Loyet[8] ; 6. 41-Jason Johnson[5] ; 7. 11-Steve Kinser[6] ; 8. 39C-Travis Rilat[9] ; 9. 71M-Joey Saldana[4] ; 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart[10]
Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 15-Donny Schatz[1] ; 2. 49-Brad Sweet[3] ; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman[2] ; 4. 59-David Gravel[5] ; 5. 51-Paul McMahan[4] ; 6. 74B-John Carney II[7] ; 7. 74X-Josh Hodges[8] ; 8. 83-Danny Lasoski[6] ; 9. 4X-Shawn Peterson[9] ; 10. 1J-Danny Jennings[10]
Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 77X-Wayne Johnson[1] ; 2. 29-Kerry Madsen[2] ; 3. 7S-Jason Sides[3] ; 4. 4-Cody Darrah[4] ; 5. 18-Tony Bruce Jr[8] ; 6. 82-Kevin Swindell[5] ; 7. 45X-Johnny Herrera[7] ; 8. 45-Martin Edwards[9] ; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen[6] ; 10. 2-Wes Miller[10]
Dash – (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature) 1. 77X-Wayne Johnson[1] ; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[3] ; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[2] ; 4. 51-Paul McMahan[6] ; 5. 1-Sammy Swindell[4] ; 6. 4-Cody Darrah[5]
B-Main – (12 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 71M-Joey Saldana[1] [-]; 2. 11-Steve Kinser[2] [-]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen[4] [-]; 4. 83-Danny Lasoski[3] [-]; 5. 45X-Johnny Herrera[5] [-]; 6. 74X-Josh Hodges[6] [-]; 7. 39C-Travis Rilat[7] [$200]; 8. 45-Martin Edwards[9] [$180]; 9. 2-Wes Miller[12] [$175]; 10. 4X-Shawn Peterson[8] [$160]; 11. 1J-Danny Jennings[11] [$150]; 12. 1S-Logan Schuchart[10] [$150]