Schatz Wins Eagle Opener

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Donny Schatz took the lead for the final time on Lap 11 and held off Jason Sides to win the Preliminary Feature when the World of Outlaws Sprint Series opened the 1/3-Mile Short-Track Nationals Friday at Eagle Raceway.

"Getting the 4 inversion for the dash tonight really helped us'" said Schatz. "We were running pretty good on the bottom, and Jason (Sides) was trying to make the top work, and I guess he did—he told me he fell back to 5th and came back to 2nd. We had to stay on the bottom. We tried something a little different with the car tonight, and it wasn’t as good as we wanted, but it got us locked in for tomorrow."

World of Outlaws Eagle Raceway September 17, 2004

Qualifying 1) Steve Kinser, Kinser 11, 11.307 2) Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7, 11.355 3) Shane Stewart, Chilcutt 4M, 11.362 4) Joey Saldana, Woodward 2, 11.369 5) Danny Lasoski, Stewart 20, 11.374 6) Kraig Kinser, Kinser 11K, 11.403 7) Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 11.414 8) Jason Sides, Sides Motorsports 7S, 11.436 9) Donny Schatz, Schatz 15, 11.456 10) Billy Alley, Alley 22, 11.466 11) Terry McCarl, McCarl 24, 11.476 12) Mark Kinser, Roth 83, 11.515 13) Kerry Madsen, VerMeer 55, 11.542 14) Tim Kaeding, Roth 83JR, 11.547 15) Brian Paulus, Pender 28, 11.549 16) Blake Feese, Vielhauer 12X, 11.549 17) Brooke Tatnell, Grandstaff 66, 11.560 18) Paul McMahan, Helm 11H, 11.565 19) Jeff Mitrisin, Gifford 17G, 11.609 20) Sammy Swindell, Forbrook 5, 11.622 21) Erin Crocker, Woodring 16, 11.649 22) Tim St. Arnold, Kinnsey 8S, 11.649 23) Tim Shaffer, Parsons 6, 11.650 24) Lynton Jeffrey, VanderEcken 10, 11.653 25) Jesse Hockett, Wright 35, 11.656 26) Jason Solwold, Carnahan R19, 11.701 27) Jason Meyers, Elite Racing Team 14, 11.734 28) Daryn Pittman, Woodburn 21, 11.767 29) Calvin Landis, Landis 70, 11.827 30) Johnny Anderson, Anderson 7A, 11.926 31) Mark Dobmeier, Dobmeier 13, 11.968 32) Ryan Anderson, Anderson 71R, 11.991 33) Toby Chapman, Chapman 20X, 12.208 34) Mike Moore, Moore 69, 12.304 35) Justin Henderson, Oswalt D1, 12.336 36) Bruce Divis, Divis 24W, 12.673 37) Greg Jones, Jones 35X, 12.981 38) Adam Gullion, Gullion 49G, 13.166

First Heat Race (10 laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)--1) Donny Schatz 2) Steve Kinser 3) Brooke Tatnell 4) Lynton Jeffrey 5) Jason Sides 6) Blake Feese 7) Jesse Hockett 8) Calvin Landis 9) Toby Chapman 10) Greg Jones

Second Heat Race (10 laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)--1) Paul McMahan 2) Billy Alley 3) Tim Shaffer 4) Craig Dollansky 5) Brian Paulus 6) Randy Hannagan 7) Jason Solwold 8) Johnny Anderson 9) Mike Moore 10) Adam Gullion

Third Heat Race (10 laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)--1) Tim St. Arnold 2) Tim Kaeding 3) Terry McCarl 4) Shane Stewart 5) Jason Meyers 6) Jeff Mitrisin 7) Kraig Kinser 8) Mark Dobmeier 9) Justin Henderson (DNS)

Fourth Heat Race (10 laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)—1) Mark Kinser 2) Joey Saldana 3) Sammy Swindell 4) Danny Lasoski 5) Kerry Madsen 6) Erin Crocker 7) Daryn Pittman 8) Ryan Anderson 9) Bruce Divis

First Dash (7 laps, finishing order determined inside first 8 rows of A-feature)--1) Donny Schatz 2) Shane Stewart 3) Steve Kinser 4) Danny Lasoski 5) Terry McCarl 6) Brian Paulus 7) Paul McMahan 8) Kerry Madsen

Second Dash (7 laps, finishing order determined outside first 8 rows of A-feature)—1) Jason Sides 2) Billy Alley 3) Joey Saldana 4) Brooke Tatnell 5) Craig Dollansky 6) Tim Kaeding 7) Mark Kinser 8) Sammy Swindell

B-main (12 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)—1) Kraig Kinser [$20] 2) Randy Hannagan [$20] 3) Blake Feese [$20] 4) Daryn Pittman [$20] 5) Jason Solwold [$200] 6) Calvin Landis [$200] 7) Mark Dobmeier [$200] 8) Johnny Anderson [$200] 9) Jeff Mitrisin [$200] 10) Toby Chapman [$200] 11) Jesse Hockett [$200] 12) Ryan Anderson [$200] 13) Erin Crocker [$200] 14) Mike Moore [$200] 15) Adam Gullion [$200] 16) Bruce Divis [$200] 17) Greg Jones [$200] 18) Justin Henderson (DNS) [$200]

A-main (30 laps)--1) Donny Schatz [$5,000] 2) Jason Sides [$3,000] 3) Danny Lasoski [$2,500] 4) Steve Kinser [$2,200] 5) Joey Saldana [$2,100] 6) Shane Stewart [$2,000] 7) Craig Dollansky [$1,800] 8) Brooke Tatnell [$1,600] 9) Sammy Swindell [$1,500] 10) Terry McCarl [$1,300] 11) Billy Alley [$1,200] 12) Brian Paulus [$1,100] 13) Kraig Kinser [$1,000] 14) Tim Shaffer [$700] 15) Paul McMahan [$600] 16) Daryn Pittman [$600] 17) Jason Meyers [$600] 18) Mark Kinser [$600] 19) Blake Feese [$600] 20) Jason Solwold [$600] 21) Randy Hannagan [$500] 22) Kerry Madsen [$500] 23) Tim St. Arnold [$500] 24) Tim Kaeding [$500]

Lap leaders: Donny Schatz 1-2, 6, 11-30; Jason Sides 3-5, 7-10

Notes:


Kerry Madsen was running 6th in the first dash when he lost power on the last lap.


Erin Crocker was running 5th in the B-main when she tangled with a lapped car.

A-main

Lynton Jeffrey scratched from the A-main, allowing first alternate Jason Solwold to start 24th.

Lap 1—Donny Schatz got the jump off of turn 4 to take the lead. With one lap complete, Caution for Kerry Madsen, who spun in turn 2, collecting both Mark Kinser and Tim Kaeding. Kaeding was unable to continue.

Lap 3—Jason Sides took the lead from Donny Schatz on the top exiting turn 4

Lap 6—Donny Schatz got the lead from Jason Sides low exting turn 4

Lap 7—Jason Sides took the lead from Donny Schatz on the top in 1&2

Lap 11—Donny Schatz grabbed the lead from Jason Sides low in 1&2

Lap 14—Danny Lasoski passed Steve Kinser for 4th low exiting turn 4

Lap 15—Shane Stewart took 2nd from Jason Sides low exiting turn 4

Lap 17—Shane Stewart, Jason Sides, and Danny Lasoski raced 3 wide for 2nd-4th, with Lasoski moving to 2nd, Stewart to 3rd, and Sides falling to 4th

Lap 19—Steve Kinser took 4th from Jason Sides low exiting turn 4

Lap 21—Caution for Tim St. Arnold, who got into the infield berm in turn 4.

Lap 23—Jason Sides passed Steve Kinser for 4th on the top exiting turn 2, but Kinser took the position back low exiting turn 4

Lap 25—Jason Sides got together with the lapped car of Randy Hannagan entering turn 3. Hannagan spun, bringing out the caution flag.

Lap 26—On the restart, Steve Kinser passed Shane Stewart for 3rd entering turn 1. Jason Sides took 4th from Stewart on the top in 1&2.

Lap 27—Jason Sides passed Steve Kinser for 3rd on the top exiting turn 2

Lap 29—Jason Sides took 2nd from Danny Lasoski on the top exiting turn 4

Lap 30—Donny Schatz won by .52 second
 
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