MESQUITE, Tex. – April 25, 2015 – Lapped traffic proved pivotal in Saturday night’s Texas Outlaw Nationals at Devil’s Bowl Speedway as Shane Stewart and Donny Schatz battled for the lead and the $20,000 to-win prize. Stewart battled around Schatz on lap lap 7 and then Schatz battled back around Stewart on lap 16 to take back the lead. Schatz won the Texas Outlaw Nationals and the Ted Johnson Memorial trophy. Kraig Kinser scored his first podium finish of the season.
A-Main – (30 Laps) – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [1] [$20,000]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [2] [$6,000]; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5] [$3,750]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [4] [$3,250]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [3] [$2,750]; 6. 71M-Joey Saldana [11] [$2,500]; 7. 51-Paul McMahan [8] [$2,400]; 8. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [9] [$2,300]; 9. 29-Kerry Madsen [6] [$2,200]; 10. 49-Brad Sweet [20] [$2,100]; 11. 41-Jamie Veal [13] [$1,700]; 12. 9-Daryn Pittman [18] [$1,400]; 13. 45X-Johnny Herrera [14] [$1,300]; 14. 11-Steve Kinser [7] [$1,200]; 15. 31B-Kevin Swindell [21] [$1,100]; 16. 7-David Gravel [16] [$1,000]; 17. 18-Tony Bruce Jr [19] [$1,000]; 18. 1A-Jacob Allen [15] [$1,000]; 19. 83-Kyle Hirst [24] [$1,000]; 20. 7H-Jojo Helberg [10] [$1,000]; 21. 21T-Ray Kulhanek [22] [$1,000]; 22. O1-Sammy Swindell [17] [$1,000]; 23. 29T-Travis Rilat [23] [$1,000]; 24. 77X-Wayne Johnson [12] [$1,000]. Lap Leaders: Donny Schatz 1-7, 17-30; Shane Stewart 8-16. KSE Hard Charger Award: 49-Brad Sweet [+10]
Qualifying – 1. 2-Shane Stewart, 14.095; 2. 15-Donny Schatz, 14.206; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 14.229; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 14.242; 5. 51-Paul McMahan, 14.243; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 14.361; 7. 7S-Jason Sides, 14.364; 8. 11-Steve Kinser, 14.372; 9. 7H-Jojo Helberg, 14.374; 10. 71M-Joey Saldana, 14.441; 11. 77X-Wayne Johnson, 14.475; 12. 29-Kerry Madsen, 14.543; 13. 41-Jamie Veal, 14.561; 14. 45X-Johnny Herrera, 14.608; 15. 1A-Jacob Allen, 14.639; 16. 7-David Gravel, 14.640; 17. O1-Sammy Swindell, 14.643; 18. 9-Daryn Pittman, 14.702; 19. 18-Tony Bruce Jr, 14.704; 20. 49-Brad Sweet, 14.726; 21. 31B-Kevin Swindell, 14.769; 22. 21T-Ray Kulhanek, 14.804; 23. O3-Joe Wood, 14.807; 24. 29T-Travis Rilat, 14.898; 25. 4X-Shawn Peterson, 14.957; 26. 83-Kyle Hirst, 14.967; 27. 17-Lane Whittington, 15.072; 28. 74X-Josh Hodges, 15.095; 29. 1AX-Kevin Ramey, 15.202; 30. 74B-John Carney II, 15.365
Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 7S-Jason Sides [2]; 2. 71M-Joey Saldana [1]; 3. 2-Shane Stewart [4]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [3]; 5. 21T-Ray Kulhanek [8]; 6. 7-David Gravel [6]; 7. 18-Tony Bruce Jr [7]; 8. 41-Jamie Veal [5]; 9. 4X-Shawn Peterson [9]; 10. 74X-Josh Hodges [10]
Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 11-Steve Kinser [2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 3. 51-Paul McMahan [3]; 4. 45X-Johnny Herrera [5]; 5. 77X-Wayne Johnson [1]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet [7]; 7. O1-Sammy Swindell [6]; 8. 1AX-Kevin Ramey [10]; 9. 83-Kyle Hirst [9]; 10. O3-Joe Wood [8]
Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [1]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [6]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4]; 4. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [3]; 5. 7H-Jojo Helberg [2]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [5]; 7. 74B-John Carney II [10]; 8. 29T-Travis Rilat [8]; 9. 31B-Kevin Swindell [7]; 10. 17-Lane Whittington [9]
Dash – (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [4]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1]; 6. 29-Kerry Madsen [8]; 7. 11-Steve Kinser [7]; 8. 51-Paul McMahan [5]
Last Chance Showdown – (12 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 41-Jamie Veal [1] [-]; 2. O1-Sammy Swindell [2] [-]; 3. 31B-Kevin Swindell [4] [-]; 4. 18-Tony Bruce Jr [3] [-]; 5. 29T-Travis Rilat [6] [-]; 6. 83-Kyle Hirst [8] [-]; 7. 17-Lane Whittington [9] [$300]; 8. 74B-John Carney II [12] [$250]; 9. 1AX-Kevin Ramey [11] [$225]; 10. 74X-Josh Hodges [10] [$200]; 11. O3-Joe Wood [5] [$200]; 12. 4X-Shawn Peterson [7] [$200]