Eldora Speedway (Highlight Video from DirtVision.com)
WoO
Brian Brown (6th car out to time) set quick time in his flight at 13.253, followed by Brad Sweet (9th car out), Donny Schatz (13th), Carson Macedo (10th) and Greg Wilson (3rd). Shane Stewart (1st car out) clocked a lap of 13.194 to lead the second flight, ahead of Logan Schuchart (2nd), David Gravel (19th), Jacob Allen (8th) and Kraig Kinser (4th).
Heat one (started): 1. Schatz 15 (2) 2. Brown 21 (1) 3. Wilson w20 (3) 4. Sheldon Haudenschild 17 (4) 5. Paul McMahan 13 (6) / 6. Jac Haudenschild 3 (7) 7. Gio Scelzi 41s (5) 8. Chad Kemenah K4 (9) 9. Skylar Gee 99 (8) 10. Andrew Schuerle 2AU (10) DNS – Aaron Reutzel 87
8 lap heats took the top two to the Dash, and the top five to the feature. Schatz led the distance. Wilson grabbed third from S. Haudenschild on lap two. All eyes were on J. Haudenschild who rode the wall late to gain on McMahan, but could not capture the final transfer.
Heat two (started): 1. Sweet 49 (1) 2. Macedo 2 (2) 3. Brent Marks 19 (3) 4. Kerry Madsen 2m (4) 5. Brock Zearfoss 70 (5) / 6. Ian Madsen 18 (6) 7. Cale Thomas 91 (7) 8. Hunter Schuerenberg G1 (8) 9. Marcus Dumesny 14m (9) 10. Bradley Ashford 4x (10)
Sweet led wire to wire in a single-file affair. Dumesny spun with seven laps down in the only caution.
Heat three (started): 1. Stewart 5 (1) 2. Gravel 41 (2) 3. Kinser 11K (3) 4. Rico Abreu 24 (6) 5. Daryn Pittman 83 (4) / 6. Dave Blaney 98H (8) 7. Sye Lynch 92 (5) 8. Parker Price-Miller 71P (7) 9. Cale Conley 3c (10) 10. Tom Harris 84 (11) 11. Lee Jacobs 81 (9)
Stewart led Gravel for the distance. Abreu came late and passed Pittman for fourth with two to go.
Heat four (started): 1. Schuchart 1s (2) 2. Tim Kaeding 7s (3) 3. Kyle Larson 57 (6) 4. Allen 1a (1) 5. Joey Saldana 12N (5) / 6. Tim Shaffer 49x (7) 7. James McFadden 9 (8) 8. Cory Eliason 26 (4) 9. Shawn Dancer 49D (10) 10. Jason Sides 7 (9)
Schuchart led wire to wire. Kaeding took second right away. Larson somehow squeezed between Eliason and the turn two wall on lap one and moved into fourth. He picked off third from Allen coming for the white flag.
C main (started): 1. Jacobs (1) 2. Reutzel (7) / 3. Dumesny (2) 4. Conley (4) 5. Schuerle (3) 6. Dancer (6) 7. Harris (8) 8. Ashford (5) DNS – Kemenah, Sides
The 10-lap C took the top two to the back of the B. Jacobs led early over Conley and Dumesny. Dumesny used the low side to gain second on lap two. Reutzel, who had mechanical issues in qualifying moved forward quickly, grabbing third from Coney on lap six, and rode around the wall to shoot around Dumesny for the final transfer on lap nine.
Dash (started): 1. Macedo (1) 2. Sweet (2) 3. Gravel (3) 4. Schatz (7) 5. Stewart (4) 6. Brown (6) 7. Schuchart (5) 8. Kaeding (8)
The 6-lap Dash set the top six spots in the A. Schatz was the main mover, grabbing fifth from Brown with two to go, and passing Stewart for a second row starting spot on the last lap.
B main (started): 1. Eliason (2) 2. I. Madsen (3) 3. Scelzi (1) 4. Thomas (7) / 5. J. Haudenschild (5) 6. Price-Miller (6) 7. McFadden (12) 8. Reutzel (14) 9. Blaney (10) 10. Lynch (4) 11. Gee (9) 12. Jacobs (13) 13. Schuerenberg (11) 14. Shaffer (8)
The 12-lap B sent the top four to the feature. Eliason led Scelzi, I. Madsen and Lynch early. Price-Miller took the fourth spot from Lynch on lap two, while, I. Madsen got under Scelzi for second on lap three. Thomas was utilizing the low groove, and worked by Price-Miller for a transfer. J. Haudenschild was coming late again on the wall, but ran out of time.
A main (started): 1. Schatz (4) 2. Gravel (3) 3. Schuchart (7) 4. Sweet (2) 5. Wilson (9) 6. Abreu (14) 7. Kinser (10) 8. Marks (11) 9. Brown (6) 10. Macedo (1) 11. Zearfoss (19) 12. Pittman (18) 13. S. Haudenschild (13) 14. Saldana (20) 15. Stewart (5) 16. Thomas (24) 17. McMahan (17) 18. Allen (16) 19. Larson (12) 20. Kaeding (8) 21. I. Madsen (22) 22. Eliason (21) 23. K. Madsen (15) 24. Scelzi (23)
The 30-lap feature saw Sweet leading Macedo, Schatz and Gravel early. Wilson rode the low side to fifth by lap five. Schatz was also utilizing the low groove and was running down Sweet. He passed him for the point on lap seven. Wilson worked over Macedo for fourth on lap 13. K. Madsen slowed with power steering issues on lap 16 to bring the first caution. Schatz led Sweet, Gravel, Wilson and Macedo back to green. Schuchart went from sixth to third on the restart, as Larson entered the top five and was on the charge by lap 17. When I. Madsen slowed to bring a caution 19 laps in, however, Larson pitted with a flat right rear. Unable to get it changed in time, Larson got a break when Eliason and Kaeding came together. Unfortunately, he lost a radiator as well and could not restart. Schatz took off again on the restart, while Schuchart gained second and tried reeling in the leader. Gravel and Sweet battled hard for third, but Gravel prevailed in the late going. He would also run down Schuchart taking second at the checkers to Schatz, who has won two in a row with the WoO and swept the “Let’s Race Two” events, the first being in May. Abreu was the hard-charger.