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Even Mother
Nature could not stop Donny Schatz on Saturday night at Jackson Speedway from
completing a weekend sweep of
Schatz
started on the pole position for a series best eighth time this season after
winning his series leading eighth dash.
The reigning
Knoxville Nationals winner led the most laps on the night and received four
bonus points for this, along with receiving one bonus point for being the fifth
fastest qualifier on the night. This helped him extend his point lead with nine
races remaining as he chases his first series title.
On the
initial start, Becca Anderson in the Upstate Kenworth Maxim got a strong run on Schatz on the outside of
turn two and took the lead. She would extend that lead to nearly a half
straight-a-way during the first five laps. She got into lapped traffic on the
sixth circuit and that gave Schatz the chance he needed to quickly close back
in on her back bumper.
On the
tenth lap,
Schatz
pulled away on the final restart and encountered some traffic with four laps to
go, but was able to slice his way through the slower car to make his way to
“We were in
the right spot all night long,” said Schatz. “We qualified in the right spot
and started the dash in the right spot. The race track was fast. It was hard to
race on. We were just glad we started up there and we were able to get by Becca (Anderson) in lapped traffic.”
Saldana had
a bittersweet night, as he was ecstatic with his second place run, but knew his
team had some work to do, as the engine was severely damaged during the 30-lap
A-Feature. Even with his engine going sour, he was able to keep pace with
Schatz, as the pair sliced through lap traffic, lapping all the way up to 10th
place.
“That is a
good run for us,” said Saldana. “We definitely needed it after some tough
races. This time of the year has not been too good to us, after
Craig
Dollansky piloting the Karavan Trailers Maxim finished in the third spot in his
native state. He battled with Saldana for the majority of the race, and was
just behind him at the finish line.
“Another
third place finish and it seems like we have had a lot of them,” said
Dollansky. “You know what, that is not all bad. When you finish that far up
front, the wins will come with it. It was a good run for the Karavan team and
we’ll get ready for next weekend.”
Terry
McCarl brought the
“It was a
tricky race track,” said McCarl. “My car was working the best we could have
gotten it. We’re really happy to come home fourth. We’ve won a lot of races
here at
Mark Dobmeier picked up his best career
Jason
Martin turned in a very solid performance in the NOS Energy Drink/Mafia
Motorsports Maxim as he powered his way from 11th to a career beat
sixth in his first ever visit to the tricky and fast half-mile.
The rest of
the Top-10 was Jac Haudenschild in seventh in the Wright One Construction
Maxim. Wayne Johnson was eighth in the Mopar/Wirtgen Maxim. This was the second
straight night he drove the car owned by Guy Forbrook.
Daryn
Pittman kept his solid run of Top-10 finishes together with a ninth. Dusty Zomer, who turned the second fastest lap in time trials for
the second night in a row, came home 10th
in the Bargain Barn Tire Schnee.
Schatz and
his team were battling engine woes all evening, after installing a new powerplant after Friday night’s event. There was a
noticeable amount of smoke coming from the back of the car in the heat race and
the dash, but that did not seem to hinder the performance of the car any. By
the time the feature rolled off, the problem had been found and solved.
“We kept
working on the engine all night long,” said Schatz. “It was kind of an
experimental job that we did. It is good though, we just have to work on a few
things here and there. We battled an oil leak. The guys found it after the
dash.”
With only
one caution the entire race, Schatz’s car got better as the race went on. He
ended up lapping up to the 10th place car in the field.
“Anytime we
have a long green flag race we like that. I think it’s better for the fans
too,” said Schatz. “The thing was so fast tonight that I could barely get
through lapped traffic. That’s just the way it goes. Sometimes you make
mistakes and I did everything I could to get through a few guys. On a big
half-mile, that’s sometimes the way it works.”
For the
second night in a row Schatz and the other competitors were battling high
winds. The wind did not matter to many people, as most
were focused on another four letter word and that was rain. Thanks for the hard
work of
“Mother
nature made everyone go around there fast with the wind,” said Schatz. “She
barely let us get it in before it started raining. We are glad to get tonight
in, and keep going. Hopefully we’ll get some more victories before the year is
out.”
Just a week
removed from being in a horrific fiery crash at Silver Dollar Speedway, Schatz
has racked up three Top-10 finishes, including wins the last two nights. While
he still feels the effects of the burns on his neck and face, once he climbs in
the race car and pulls his seatbelts tight, all of that pain leaves his mind as
he focuses on what he has to do to pick up a win.
“Last night
I was a little wounded. I felt a little warm and a little fatigue,” he said.
“Tonight wasn’t that bad. I think sometimes you rest and you rest too much. I
probably rested a little too hard this week and got myself out of sync. Monday
morning I start back at the gym and I’ll go until I go to
With nine
races left on the schedule, Schatz wants to win a few more for his Ricky
Warner-led crew. He will get to the chance again next Saturday as the series
heads to Wilmot (Wisc.)
“Anytime
you get to go to a new track it is great,” said Schatz. “The IRA (Interstate Racing
Association) has been racing there a lot. It is a small quarter-mile place. On
a short quarter-mile track it is pretty exciting. We’re ready to get there and
to
Saldana
started in the fourth spot and jumped into the runner-up spot on the second
lap, as he slid past Dollansky. While some sprinkles fell during the last few
laps that did not seem to bother Saldana at all.
“It wasn’t
too bad out there,” said Saldana. “I ‘m sure it was going to get bad.”
After
spending the last month West of the
“We can
gather up some parts and go through the car and hopefully come out these next
10 or so races strong and get back to where we were before,” Saldana said.
Dollansky
ran in the up front all night and recorded his 27th Top-Five of the
season. The Native of Elk River, Minn. has picked up seven third place finishes
in the last nine races. The two finishes not of third, were wins at Calistoga
Speedway and Silver Dollar Speedway.
“It would
have been nice to get in lap traffic and stay in it for a littler longer,” said
Dollansky. “It seemed like our car was handling really well there at the end,
in the last couple laps.”
With his
strong run on Friday night, Dollansky vaulted into the seconds spot in the
championship standings. He is very optimistic for the rest of the season and is
very confident with some of the changes he and his team have made recently.
“We got in
a hole earlier in the season and made some changes,” said Dollansky. “We’ll
just keep racing hard like we are. We have about nine races left and we will
race them all hard and were we end up.”
McCarl
bided his time and followed Wayne Johnson for the first half of the race, and
then the six time Knoxville Raceway and Huset’s
Speedway champion got around him and firmly established himself in the
Top-five.
“It was
better for me in traffic to get a few lapped cars to slow the guys down,” said
McCarl. “I could run the top or the bottom really well. When we were out in the
open we had to run right around the top. I wanted traffic pretty bad and the
yellow actually hurt us a little bit.”
Being a
promoter himself, McCarl was very grateful for the hard work everyone at SLS
Promotion and the
“The SLS
Promotions guys always do a great job,” said McCarl. “They along with the
The
JACKSON
SPEEDWAY NOTEBOOK
• FAST
QUALIFIER: Brooke
Tatnell paced the 31 cars in time trials with an AMB i.t.-timed
lapped around the 1/2-mile semi-banked oval at 16.158 seconds at 111.400 mph. For his qualifying effort, Tatnell earned five bonus points. The
next four fastest qualifiers also earned bonus points, including: Dusty Zomer (4), Craig Dollansky (3), Joey Saldana (2), and
Donny Schatz (1).
• QUALIFYING EVENT WINNERS: Heat race winners included: Greg Bakker, Jac Haudenschild, and Daryn Pittman … Ryan Anderson
won the B-Main. … Donny Schatz won the dash.
• FEATURE
WINNERS: There have been 14 different winners in 49 A-feature events to
visit the RacinSoles Victory Lane with the
• PRELIMINARY FEATURE WINNERS: There have been 11 preliminary
features run this season by the
•HALF-MILE WINNERS:
Jackson Speedway is a semi-banked half-mile oval. The
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Qualifying
1) Brooke Tatnell, Rush Racing 8, 16.158
2) Dusty Zomer, Zomer 1Z, 16.194
3) Craig
Dollansky, Karavan 7, 16.268
4) Joey
Saldana, Kasey Kahne Racing
9, 16.315
5) Donny
Schatz, Schatz 15, 16.349
6) Becca Anderson, Woodring 19, 16.369
7) Wayne
Johnson, Forbrook 5, 16.372
8) Justin
Henderson, Oswalt D1, 16.376
9) Terry
McCarl, McCarl 24, 16.412
10) Mark Dobmeier, Lunstra 1, 16.413
11) Jason
Martin, Martin 36, 16.423
12) Jake
Peters, Peters 57X, 16.479
13) Daryn
Pittman, Titan Racing USA 21, 16.481
14) Gregg Bakker, Bakker 11X, 16.483
15) Jac
Haudenschild, Wright 35, 16.484
16) Randy
Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 16.512
17) Wade Nygaard, Nygaard 9N, 16.586
18) Gordy Vogelaar, Arrends 1A, 16.360
19) Tony
Bruce, Jr., Bruce 18T, 16.631
20) Ryan Anderson,
Anderson 71R, 16.660
21) Chad
Blonde, Blonde 5B, 16.693
22) Greg
Wilson, Warnimont 20W, 16.694
23) Jeremy
Campbell, Campbell 10C, 16.705
24) Chad
Kemenah, Kemenah 15K, 16.736
25) Mike
Moore, Moore 69, 16.804
26) John Lambertz, Lambertz 12L,
16.850
27) Matt Wasmund, Wasmund 4W, 16.921
28) Bill
Rose, Rose 6, 16.944
29)
30) Dion Hindi, Hindi 11D, 16.966
31) Jesse Drost, Smith 33, 17.532
First Heat Race (8 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Daryn
Pittman
2) Jake
Peters
3) Brooke
Tatnell
4) Gordy Vogelaar
5) Wayne
Johnson
6) Becca Anderson
7) Greg
Wilson
8) Bill
Rose
9) Tony
Bruce, Jr.
10) Mike
Moore
11) Jesse Drost
Second Heat Race (8 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Gregg Bakker
2) Justin
Henderson
3) Dusty Zomer
4) Donny
Schatz
5) Wade Nygaard
6) Jason
Martin
7) John Lambertz
8) Jeremy
Campbell
9) Ryan
Anderson
10)
Third Heat Race (8 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Jac
Haudenschild
2) Randy
Hannagan
3) Terry
McCarl
4) Craig
Dollansky
5) Joey
Saldana
6) Mark Dobmeier
7) Dion Hindi
8) Chad
Blonde
9) Chad
Kemenah
10) Matt Wasmund
Dash (6 laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of
A-feature)
1) Donny
Schatz
2) Becca Anderson
3) Craig
Dollansky
4) Joey
Saldana
5) Brooke
Tatnell
6) Wayne
Johnson
7) Terry
McCarl
8) Mark Dobmeier
9) Justin
Henderson
10) Dusty Zomer
B-main (12 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1)
Ryan Anderson
2)
Tony Bruce, Jr.
3)
Chad Kemenah
4)
John Lambertz
5) Chad
Blonde
6)
Jeremy Campbell
7) Mike
Moore [$200]
8) Bill
Rose [$180]
9)
10) Matt Wasmund [$160]
11) Greg
Wilson (DNS) [$150]
12) Dion Hindi (DNS) [$150]
13) Jesse Drost (DNS) [$150]
A-main (30 laps)
1) Donny
Schatz [$10,000]
2) Joey
Saldana [$5,500]
3) Craig
Dollansky [$3,200]
4) Terry McCarl
[$2,800]
5) Mark Dobmeier [$2,500]
6) Jason
Martin [$2,300]
7) Jac
Haudenschild [$2,200]
8) Wayne
Johnson [$2,100]
9) Daryn
Pittman [$2,050]
10) Dusty Zomer [$2,000]
11) Randy
Hannagan [$1,500]
12) Jeremy
Campbell [$1,200]
13) Justin
Henderson [$1,100]
14) Ryan
Anderson [$1,050]
15) Tony
Bruce, Jr. [$1,000]
16) Brooke
Tatnell [$900]
17)
Gregg Bakker [$800]
18) Chad
Kemenah [$800]
19) John Lambertz [$800]
20) Jake
Peters [$800]
21) Wade Nygaard [$800]
22) Becca Anderson [$800]
23) Gordy Vogelaar [$800]
24) Chad
Blonde [$800]
Lap leaders: Becca Anderson 1-9, Donny Schatz
10-30
Driver
/ Driver Pts. / Team Pts. /
$ / Team Diff. / Wins /
Top 5 / Top 10
1
/ Donny Schatz / 7216 / 7216 /
$319,565 / 0 / 14 / 36 / 42
2
/ Craig Dollansky / 6884 / 6884 /
$202,710 / -332 / 5 / 27 / 41
3
/ Joey Saldana / 6860 / 6860 /
$240,110 / -356 / 7 / 23 / 40
4
/ Daryn Pittman / 6765 / 6765 /
$232,150 / -451 / 4 / 24 / 37
5
/ Brooke Tatnell / 6746 / 6746 /
$193,450 / -470 / 4 / 24 / 35
6
/ Jac Haudenschild / 6642 / 6642 /
$166,600 / -574 / 4 / 17 / 36
7
/ Chad Kemenah / 6356 / 6356 /
$109,400 / -860 / 1 / 10 / 25
8
/ Jeremy Campbell / 5943 / 5943 /
$77,810 / -1273 / 0 / 3 / 15
9
/ Justin Henderson / 5888 / 5888 /
$71,930 / -1328 / 0 / 1 / 14
10 /
Terry McCarl / 5855 / 6679 / $162,775
/ -537 / 3 / 20 / 35
11
/ Randy Hannagan / 5776 / 6135 /
$84,360 / -1081 / 0 / 7 / 18
12
/ Dion Hindi / 5189 /
5189 / $48,155 / -2027 / 0 /
0 / 8
13
/ Becca Anderson / 4908
/ 4908 / $36,470 / -2308 / 0
/ 0 / 4
14
/ Jason Martin / 4897 / 5600 /
$55,290 / -1616 / 0 / 2 / 6
15
/
16
/ Bill Rose / 4349 / 4349 /
$27,895 / -2867 / 0 / 0 / 1
17
/ Greg Wilson / 2856 / 2856 /
$28,930 / -4360 / 0 / 1 / 6
18
/ Jason Solwold / 2721
/ 2721 / $56,350 / -4495 / 0
/ 7 / 12
19
/ Danny Lasoski / 2500 / 2500 / $81,050
/ -4716 / 2 / 11 / 14
20
/ Paul McMahan / 2461 / 2461 /
$51,600 / -4755 / 1 / 4 / 12
STAT
ATTACK, through September 16 at Eagle Raceway
There have
been 49
A-Feature
winners (14 different drivers) Rank - Driver, Hometown - Wins
1 -
#15 Donny Schatz, Fargo, N.D. - 14
2 -
#9 Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Ind. - 7
3 -
#7 Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minn. – 5
4 -
#35 Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio – 4
#21 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Okla. – 4
#8 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW, Australia - 4
7 – #83
Danny Lasoski, Dover, Mo. - 2
#24 Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa - 2
#5 Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tenn. – 2
10-#24
#15K Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio - 1
#20 Paul McMahan, Nashville - 1
#22 Fred Rahmer, Salfordville, Pa. - 1
#1 Kevin Swindell, Germantown, Tenn. - 1
Deepest
starting position to win A-feature Car, driver, hometown - Starting position
#15
Donny Schatz, Fargo, N.D. - 15th (Sept. 15 @ Eagle Raceway)
Preliminary
Feature winners (7)
1 – #7
Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minn. – 2 (July 21 at Williams Grove, Sept. 7
Silver Dollar Speedway)
#21 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Okla. - 2 (June 9, Eagle and July 28, Princeton)
#15 Donny Schatz, Fargo, N.D. - 2 (June 16, Red River Valley and August 25
at Skagit Speedway)
3- #5 Sammy
Swindell, Germantown, Tenn. - 1 (April 7, Eldora)
#22 Fred Rahmer, Salfordville, Pa. - 1 (May 26,
Williams Grove)
#24 Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa – 1 (July 20 at Williams Grove)
#83 Danny Lasoski, Dover, Mo. – 1 (Sept. 2 at Calistoga)
#R19 Jason Solwold, Mt. Vernon, Wash. – 1 (Sept. 8 at
Silver Dollar)
Lap
leaders, including A-features and preliminary features Car, driver, hometown -
Total laps led (22 different drivers have led a lap)
#15
Donny Schatz, Fargo, N.D. - 379laps
#7
Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minn. – 228 laps
#21
Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Okla. - 224 laps
#8
Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW, Australia – 219 laps
#9
Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Ind. – 198 laps
#35
Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio - 117 laps
#83
Danny Lasoski, Dover, Mo. – 83 laps
#5
Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tenn. - 75 laps
#24
Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa – 63 laps
#20
Paul McMahan, Nashville - 55 laps
#2L
Ed Lynch Jr., Apollo, Pa. – 33 laps
#22
Fred Rahmer, Salfordville, Pa. - 32 lap
#R19
Jason Solwold, Mt. Vernon, Wash. - 30
#1
Kevin Swindell, Germantown, Tenn. – 29 laps
#24
#5
Tyler Walker, Los Angeles - 27 laps
#15K
Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio - 25 laps
#2
Dale Blaney, Hartford, Ohio - 16
#10C
Jeremy Campbell, Monroe, Mich. - 15 laps
#19 Becca Anderson, Houston, Del. - 10
#17G
#36
Rob Chaney, Wooster, Ohio - 9 laps
#10
Wayne Johnson, Oklahoma City, Okla. - 7 laps
Time
trial leaders (25 different drivers)
Rank -
Driver, Hometown - Quick times
1 – #15
Donny Schatz, Fargo, N.D. - 7
2 - #8
Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW, Australia – 6
3 - #24
Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa - 5
#9 Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Ind. - 5
5 – #7
Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minn. – 3
#35 Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio – 3
#D1 Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, S.D. – 3
#20 Paul McMahan, Nashville, Tenn. – 3
#R19 Jason Solwold, Mt. Vernon, Wash. - 3
10 –#19 Becca Anderson, Houston, Del. - 2
#11D Dion Hindi, Albuquerque, N.M. – 2
#1X Randy Hannagan, San Jose – 2
#15K Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio – 2
#21 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Okla. - 2
#24 Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tenn. - 2
16- #1X Rob
Chaney, Wooster, Ohio – 1
#25 Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, Penn. - 1
#1X Randy Hannagan, San Jose - 1
#9K Craig Keel, Weedsport, N.Y. - 1
#4K Kelly Kinser, Bloomington, Ind. - 1
#83 Danny Lasoski,
#2L Ed Lynch Jr.,
#19S Stevie Smith, New
#5 Tyler Walker,
Track
records established in 2006
* Terry
McCarl, March 4, United Sports Arizona Race Park (3/8-mile), Tucson, Ariz.,
13.127 seconds at 102.481 mph.
*
Paul McMahan, May 5, U.S. 36 Raceway (3/8-mile), Osborn, Mo., 9.846 seconds at
135.36 mph.
* Joey
Saldana August 19, Nodak Speedway (3/8-mile),
*
Donny Schatz, May 29, Orange County Fair Speedway (5/8-mile),
* Donny
Schatz, August 30 at Southern Oregon Speedway (1/3-mile),
Dash
Winners (26 different winners)*
Rank -
Driver, Hometown - Dash Wins
1 – #15
Donny Schatz,
2 - #7
Craig Dollansky,
#35 Jac Haudenschild,
#8 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW,
5 - #21
Daryn Pittman,
6 – #24
Terry McCarl,
7 – #83
Danny Lasoski,
#22 Fred Rahmer,
#36 Rob Chaney,
#11D Dion Hindi, Albuquerque - 2
#20 Paul McMahan,
#9 Joey Saldana,
#R19 Jason Solwold,
#1 Kevin Swimdell,
#5 Sammy Swindell,
#5 Tyler Walker,
18-#17G
#2 Dale Blaney,
#10C Jeremy Campbell,
#1X Randy Hannagan, San Jose - 1
#45x Johnny Herrera,
#24
#15K
#11 Kraig Kinser,
#12
*-Single 10-car dash started on
May 20. Previously there had been two six-car dashes for single-day events.
Pole
Positions (24 different drivers)
Rank -
Driver, Hometown - Poles
1 – #15
Donny Schatz,
2 - #7
Craig Dollansky,
#8 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW,
4 – #35 Jac
Haudenschild,
#21 Daryn Pittman,
6 - #24
Terry McCarl,
#R19 Jason Solwold,
8 – #11D Dion Hindi,
#9 Joey Saldana,
#5 Sammy Swindell,
#22 Fred Rahmer,
#1 Kevin Swindell,
13-#17G
#2 Dale Blaney,
#10C Jeremy Campbell,
#36 Rob Chaney,
#1X Randy Hannagan, San Jose - 1
#45x Johnny Herrera,
#24
#15K
#11 Kraig Kinser,
#83 Danny Lasoski,
#20 Paul McMahan,
#5 Tyler Walker,
#1Z Dusty Zomer,
B-main
Winners (36 different winners)
Rank -
Driver, Hometown - "B" Wins
1 - #15K
#24 Terry McCarl,
3 – #D1
Justin Henderson,
#36 Jason Martin, Liberal, KS - 3
#15 Donny Schatz,
#7 Craig Dollansky,
#35 Jac Haudenschild,
#11D Dion Hindi,
#20 Paul McMahan,
#21 Daryn Pittman,
#4J Jeff Shepard, Upperco, Md. - 1
#1 Kevin Swindell,
#71R Ryan Anderson, Charter Oak,
#97 Aaron Berryhill,
#2B Dale Blaney,
#5B
#21X
#18T Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, KS - 1
#25 Lance Dewease,
#44G Kaley Gharst,
#1X Randy Hannagan, San Jose - 1
#24
#9K Craig Keel,
#2L Ed Lynch Jr., Apollo,
#12M James, Mosher,
#44 Ned Powers,
#9 Joey Saldana,
#79 Davey Sammons,
#19S Stevie Smith, New
#R19 Jason Solwold,
#24 Sammy Swindell,
#20W Greg Wilson,
#15W Brandon Wimmer,
#9W Gary Wright, Hooks,
Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award Presented by Maxim Racing
and ButlerBuilt
Jeremy
Campbell / 5943 / -413
Justin
Henderson / 5888 / -468
Becca
Anderson / 4908 / -1448
Jason
Martin / 4897/ -1459