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Donny Schatz’s homecoming was a popular one as he gave the fans their money’s worth as they cheered on the local star who leads the World of Outlaws series points. Schatz has been gaining momentum over the last several races and has not finished outside the Top 7 for weeks.
35 cars were on hand to do battle in Fargo at the Red River Valley Speedway on Night #1 of the Duel in the Dakotas event. Schatz qualified 6th, transferred from his heat and then was able to win the dash, putting him on the pole for the 25 lap preliminary event.
Joey Saldana jumped out to the early lead, but Schatz ran him down and took the lead on lap 20. He managed to hold off a hard charging Tyler Walker, Saldana, and Craig Dollansky to land in victory lane.
“Nothing is better than getting to victory lane at home,” Schatz said. “We want to thank everyone for coming out. Joey and I ran laps side by side in the dash and it’s not very often you have that anymore. It was a good fun night for us, and I hope the people enjoyed it. There’s going to be even more tomorrow.”
Tyler Walker, who spent the last few seasons in the NASCAR ranks, had an impressive run from 6th to 2nd. “It’s good to be back in a position fighting for wins,” Walker said. “I have to thank Guy Forbrook for believing in me. It’s good to be back in a race car that is capable of winning every night. It’s a lot of fun for me and everybody onboard. It’s a pleasure to drive, and I’m having a lot of fun. It’s good to be back in a sprint car.”
All Star points leader Greg Wilson finished the night in 15th place with a solid run that will keep him on top of the All Stars season points. Paul May had a good run against the Outlaws on the big ½ mile speedway as well and finished 18th. Danny Smith, Brock Mayes, and Brandon Martin all had problems in the race that put them at 21st, 23rd, and 24th respectively. Chad Blonde spun in the B-main and was unable to transfer. James Mosher scratched from the B-main with mechanical problems.
The points battle is heating up further down the list as only 13 points now separate 2nd place Chad Blonde and 3rd place Brock Mayes. Chad is only about 100 points behind leader Wilson. Paul May sits in 4th place just 15 points behind Mayes.
Tonight the All Stars will take on the Outlaws in Night #2 of the Duel in the Dakotas for $12,000 to win. Tune in to www.dirtvision.com to listen to tonight’s event and all co-sanctioned races with the World of Outlaws racing series. Visit the All Star web site at www.allstarsprint.com for series info and the 2006 Merchandise Online Store. More items are being added this week including new hats and ladies apparel, the All Stars vs the Outlaws Showdown shirts and the 2006 Ohio Speedweek shirts.
Qualifying
1) Sammy Swindell, McCarl 24, 15.233 2) Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7, 15.328 3) Justin Henderson, Oswalt D1, 15.363 4) Brian Carlson, SC Motorsports 18,15.368 5) Joey Saldana, Kahne-Curb 9, 15.381 6) Donny Schatz, Schatz 15,15.429 7) Daryn Pittman, Titan Racing USA 21, 15.450 8) Tyler Walker, Forbrook 5, 15.482 9) Mark Dobmeier, Dobmeier 13, 15.528 10) Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 15.546 11) Brooke Tatnell, Rush Racing 8, 15.549 12) Chad Kemenah, Kemenah 15K, 15.579 13) Dion Hindi, Hindi 11D, 15.594 14) Greg Wilson, Warnimont 20W, 15.601 15) Becca Anderson, Woodring 19, 15.616 16) Jac Haudenschild, Wright 35, 15.653 17) Danny Smith, Smith 4, 15.750 18) Bill Rose, Rose 6, 15.823 19) Natalie Sather, Sather 94S, 15.851 20) Brandon Martin, Martin 11, 15.899 21) James Mosher, Mosher 12M, 15.904 22) Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10C, 15.932 23) Brock Mayes, Mayes 11B, 15.978 24) Paul May, May 71M, 15.988 25) Chad Blonde, Blonde 5B, 16.028 26) Jason Martin, Martin 36, 16.125 27) Chris Shirek, Shirek 1, 16.266 28) Casey Mack, Titanium Racing 8M, 16.299 29) Chris Burke, Hildremyr 81, 16.525 30) Scott Butz, Butz 34, 16.624 31) Greg Nikitenko, Kennedy 6N, 17.474 32) Kevin Lawson, Lawson 20, 17.921 33) Stan Mayer, Mayer 44, 18.575 34) Nick Shirek, Shirek 11P, No time 35) Leigh Thomas, Thomas 29, No time 36) Terry McCarl, Dobmeier 13X, No time First Heat Race (8 laps)--1) Mark Dobmeier 2) Tyler Walker 3) Sammy Swindell 4) Danny Smith 5) Jac Haudenschild 6) Chad Blonde 7) Paul May 8) Chris Burke 9) Stan Mayer Second Heat Race (8 laps)--1) Randy Hannagan 2) Bill Rose 3) Craig Dollansky 4) Daryn Pittman 5) Brock Mayes 6) Becca Anderson 7) Jason Martin 8) Scott Butz 9) Nick Shirek (DNS)
Third Heat Race (8 laps)--1) Natalie Sather 2) Brooke Tatnell 3) Justin Henderson 4) Donny Schatz 5) Greg Wilson 6) Jeremy Campbell 7) Chris Shirek 8) Greg Nikitenko 9) Leigh Thomas
Fourth Heat Race (8 laps)--1) Joey Saldana 2) Brandon Martin 3) Chad Kemenah 4) Dion Hindi 5) Brian Carlson6) James Mosher 7) Casey Mack 8) Kevin Lawson
Dash (6 laps)--1) Donny Schatz 2) Joey Saldana 3) Craig Dollansky 4) Sammy Swindell 5) Justin Henderson 6) Tyler Walker 7) Mark Dobmeier 8) Daryn Pittman 9) Randy Hannagan 10) Brian Carlson
B-main (12 laps)-- 1) Jason Martin 2) Becca Anderson 3) Paul May 4) Jeremy Campbell 5) Casey Mack [$150] 6) Chris Burke [$125] 7) Chad Blonde [$100] 8) Chris Shirek [$100] 9) Leigh Thomas [$100] 10) Greg Nikitenko [$100] 11) Nick Shirek [$100] 12) Stan Mayer [$100] 13) Kevin Lawson [$100] 14) James Mosher (DNS) [$100] 15) Scott Butz (DNS) [$100]
A-main (25 laps)--1) Donny Schatz [$5,000] 2) Tyler Walker [$3,000] 3) Joey Saldana [$2,500] 4) Craig Dollansky [$2,200] 5) Sammy Swindell [$2,100] 6) Daryn Pittman [$2,000] 7) Brooke Tatnell [$1,800] 8) Mark Dobmeier [$1,600] 9) Justin Henderson [$1,500] 10) Jac Haudenschild [$1,300] 11) Chad Kemenah [$1,200] 12) Dion Hindi [$1,100] 13) Becca Anderson [$1,000] 14) Brian Carlson [$700] 15) Greg Wilson [$600] 16) Jason Martin [$600] 17) Jeremy Campbell [$600] 18) Paul May [$600] 19) Bill Rose [$600] 20) Natalie Sather [$600] 21) Danny Smith [$500] 22) Randy Hannagan [$500] 23) Brock Mayes [$500] 24) Brandon Martin [$500]
Lap leaders: Joey Saldana 1-19, Donny Schatz 20-25 |
