7/9/2016
Inside Line Promotions
Schuchart Holds Off Schatz to Score First Career National Sprint League and World of Outlaws Win at Cedar Lake Speedway
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Inside Line Promotions – NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (July 8, 2016) – Logan Schuchart captured his first career National Sprint League and World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series feature victory on Friday night during the FVP Outlaws at Cedar Lake event at Cedar Lake Speedway.
Schuchart was a popular winner as he received high fives and congratulations from a variety of his fellow competitors, series officials and crew members from many teams following the thrilling triumph, which came with one final test as a caution with nine laps remaining set up a double-file restart for Schuchart alongside defending World of Outlaws champion Donny Schatz.
“Any time you have Donny starting next to you at the end of the race it’ll make you nervous,” Schuchart said. “I tried not to let the butterflies get to me. As long as I got to the lead and got in my line he’d have a hard time passing me.”
That held true as Schuchart powered into the lead on the final restart and pulled away to win by almost a second and a half.
“I’m happy for Logan,” Schatz said after finishing second. “Logan’s been knocking on the door of getting a win for a while.”
Third-place finisher Joey Saldana took advantage of the only other restart of the race as he took the lead from Schuchart following a caution on Lap 7. Saldana led for nine laps before Schuchart reclaimed the top spot entering turn three on the bottom groove in traffic.
The duo raced in close quarters through traffic for a couple of laps before Schuchart began to pull away. He led by nearly two seconds when Schatz passed Saldana for the runner-up position with a dozen laps remaining.
Schatz closed the cap to within half a second when the caution came out on Lap 27 for Kerry Madsen, who stopped in turn four while running ninth.
Schuchart was flawless on the restart and the rest will go down in the history books.
“Winning your first one means so much,” Saldana said. “He’ll win many more.”
Shane Stewart finished fourth with Rico Abreu rounding out the top five.
Craig Dollansky used a late-race pass to score a sixth-place result and regain the National Sprint League points lead by 20 points over Danny Lasoski, who ended 14th.
Abreu opened the event by setting quick time during qualifying before he won a heat race, along with Daryn Pittman, Schatz and Saldana. Davey Heskin was victorious during the B Main.
The National Sprint League will return to action July 22 at Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn., and July 23 at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa.
NATIONAL SPRINT LEAGUE NOTES: Rico Abreu earned a $200 bonus from Deberg Concrete and a $50 certificate from Slade Shock Technology for setting quick time during time trials. … Abreu garnered a $100 certificate from Walker Filtration Performance for winning a heat race. … Daryn Pittman scored a $100 certificate from Kaeding Performance for winning a heat race. … Donny Schatz captured a certificate from Keizer Aluminum Wheels for winning a heat race. …Brian Brown was the So Close Award winner and received a certificate from Rod End Supply for being the highest starting NSL driver who missed the feature redraw. … Davey Heskin powered to the Locked in Award to garner a $100 certificate from Hooker Harness by winning the B Main. … Paul McMahan picked up a $50 certificate from KSE Racing Products for being the Hard Charger in the A Main. … Dakota Hendrickson was given the Hard Luck Award, which provided a $100 certificate from Ti22 Performance for facing the worst luck of the night.
National Sprint League Race Report: Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis., on July 8, 2016 –
Deberg Concrete/Slade Shock Technology Time Trials: 1. 24r-Rico Abreu 11.247; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman 11.284; 3. 15-Donny Schatz 11.298; 4. 83-Joey Saldana 11.358; 5. 2-Shane Stewart 11.388; 6. 1a-Jacob Allen 11.390; 7. 2ks-Craig Dollansky 11.410; 8. 26-Willie Croft 11.435; 9. 21-Brian Brown 11.455; 10. 1s-Logan Schuchart 11.461; 11. 9x-Paul Nienhiser 11.472; 12. 17b-Bill Balog 11.490; 13. 56n-Davey Heskin 11.495; 14. 7s-Jason Sides 11.502; 15. 55-Brooke Tatnell 11.512; 16. 29-Kerry Madsen 11.514; 17. 2l-Danny Lasoski 11.539; 18. 41x-Dominic Scelzi 11.545; 19. 5-David Gravel 11.550; 20. 49-Brad Sweet 11.556; 21. 7-Paul McMahan 11.561; 22. 10-Dakota Hendrickson 11.621; 23. 21k-Thomas Kennedy 11.634; 24. 18-Ian Madsen 11.658; 25. 16-Travis Whitney 11.662; 26. 19p-Paige Polyak 11.663; 27. 41-Jason Johnson 11.713; 28. 7w-Tasker Phillips 11.763; 29. 5g-Dave Glennon 11.927; 30. W20-Greg Wilson 11.929; 31. 29l-Leigh Thomas 12.024; 32. 9z-Jared Goerges 12.100; 33. 13-Clyde Knipp 12.311; 34. 19l-Rob Caho Jr. 12.340.
Walker Performance Filtration Heat Race #1 (10 Laps): 1. 24r-Rico Abreu (1); 2. 2-Shane Stewart (2); 3. 21-Brian Brown (3); 4. 2l-Danny Lasoski (5); 5. 49-Brad Sweet (6); 6. 16-Travis Whitney (7); 7. 5g-Dave Glennon (8); 8. 56n-Davey Heskin (4); 9. 13-Clyde Knipp (9).
Kaeding Performance Heat Race #2 (10 Laps): 1. 9-Daryn Pittman (1); 2. 1s-Logan Schuchart (3); 3. 7s-Jason Sides (4); 4. 1a-Jacob Allen (2); 5. W20-Greg Wilson (8); 6. 41x-Dominic Scelzi (5); 7. 19p-Paige Polyak (7); 8. 10-Dakota Hendrickson (6); 9. 19l-Rob Caho Jr. (9).
Keizer Aluminum Wheels Heat Race #3 (10 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz (1); 2. 2ks-Craig Dollansky (2); 3. 55-Brooke Tatnell (4); 4. 5-David Gravel (5); 5. 9x-Paul Nienhiser (3); 6. 41-Jason Johnson (7); 7. 21k-Thomas Kennedy (6); 8. 29l-Leigh Thomas (8).
Heat Race #4 (10 Laps): 1. 83-Joey Saldana (1); 2. 29-Kerry Madsen (4); 3. 26-Willie Croft (2); 4. 18-Ian Madsen (6); 5. 17b-Bill Balog (3); 6. 7-Paul McMahan (5); 7. 7w-Tasker Phillips (7); 8. 9z-Jared Goerges (8).
Dash (8 Laps): 1. 2-Shane Stewart (2); 2. 1s-Logan Schuchart (1); 3. 83-Joey Saldana (3); 4. 15-Donny Schatz (4); 5. 9-Daryn Pittman (5); 6. 24r-Rico Abreu (6); 7. 29-Kerry Madsen (8); 8. 2ks-Craig Dollansky (7).
B Main (12 Laps/Top 4 Transfer): 1. 56n-Davey Heskin (1); 2. 41x-Dominic Scelzi (2); 3. 7-Paul McMahan (3); 4. 19p-Paige Polyak (7); 5. 41-Jason Johnson (8); 6. 21k-Thomas Kennedy (5); 7. 16-Travis Whitney (6); 8. 19l-Rob Caho Jr. (14); 9. 29l-Leigh Thomas (11); 10. 13-Clyde Knipp (13); 11. 7w-Tasker Phillips (9); 12. 9z-Jared Goerges (12); 13. 5g-Dave Glennon (10); 14. 10-Dakota Hendrickson (DNS).
A Feature (35 Laps): 1. 1s-Logan Schuchart (2); 2. 15-Donny Schatz (4); 3. 83-Joey Saldana (3); 4. 2-Shane Stewart (1); 5. 24r-Rico Abreu (6); 6. 2ks-Craig Dollansky (8); 7. 9-Daryn Pittman (5); 8. 5-David Gravel (15); 9. 49-Brad Sweet (17); 10. 21-Brian Brown (9); 11. 26-Willie Croft (12); 12. 7-Paul McMahan (23); 13. 18-Ian Madsen (16); 14. 2l-Danny Lasoski (13); 15. 55-Brooke Tatnell (11); 16. 9x-Paul Nienhiser (19); 17. 17b-Bill Balog (20); 18. W20-Greg Wilson (18); 19. 29-Kerry Madsen (7); 20. 19p-Paige Polyak (24); 21. 1a-Jacob Allen (14); 22. 56n-Davey Heskin (21); 23. 7s-Jason Sides (10); 24. 41x-Dominic Scelzi (22). Laps led: Logan Schuchart 1-6, 16-35; Joey Saldana 7-15.
UNOFFICIAL NATIONAL SPRINT LEAGUE TOP 10 IN POINTS AFTER ROUND 12 –
.1. 2ks-Craig Dollansky 4199; 2. 2-Danny Lasoski 4179; 3. 18-Ian Madsen 3772; 4. 21-Brian Brown 3694; 5. 55-Brooke Tatnell 3314; 6. 56n-Davey Heskin 3154; 7. 29-Kerry Madsen 2758; 8. 7w-Tasker Phillips 2747; 9. 1s-Sammy Swindell 2675; 10. 10-Dakota Hendrickson 2324.
2016 FEATURE WINNERS –
Craig Dollansky – 2 (Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn., on May 20 and Iowa State Fair Speedway in Des Moines, Iowa, on May 29); Danny Lasoski – 2 (Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, on May 21 and Mason City Motor Speedway in Mason City, Iowa, on June 19); Kerry Madsen – 2 (Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, on May 28 and June 18); Sammy Swindell – 2 (Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, on June 25 and July 1); Brian Brown – 1 (Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, on June 4); Terry McCarl – 1 (I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., on May 6); Daryn Pittman – 1 (Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn., on June 24); and Logan Schuchart – 1 (Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis., on July 8).
NEXT EVENT –
July 22 at Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn., and July 23 at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa
MEDIA LINKS –
NSL Website: http://www.NationalSprintLeague.com
NSL Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/NSLSeries
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MARKETING PARTNERS –
The National Sprint League would like to thank Abdo, Eick & Meyers, LLP, Arnold Motor Supply, Bank Midwest, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Deberg Concrete, Hepfner Racing Products, Hooker Harness, Kaeding Performance, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, KSE Racing Products, Max Papis Innovations, MyRacePass, Rod End Supply, Rossie Feed & Grain, Slade Shock Technology, Ti22 Performance, TiLUBE Motorsport Lubricants, Vortex Wings and Walker Performance Filtration for support throughout the 2016 season.
NATIONAL SPRINT LEAGUE –
The National Sprint League was established in 2015 as a premier 410ci winged sprint car series focusing on the Midwest. In 2016, the series branches into the 360ci winged sprint car ranks with the GoMuddy.com National Sprint League 360 Sprint Car Series as well as multiple regions across the United States. For the latest news and information among all the NSL entities, visit http://www.NationalSprintLeague.com.
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