Event statistics following the seventh race of the 2018 World
of Outlaws season, the FVP Platinum Battery Western Spring Shootout at Stockton
Dirt Track in California.
Cory Eliason became the third driver this season to win a
World of Outlaws A-Main feature for the first time, as he bested Ian Madsen by 1.938
seconds.
Stockton Dirt Track – Stockton, California
- A-Main Winner (starting position): Cory Eliason (1st)
- Top Five: Cory Eliason, Ian Madsen, Shane Stewart, Carson
Macedo, Tim Kaeding
- Full Results: Cory Eliason, Ian Madsen, Shane Stewart,
Carson Macedo, Tim Kaeding, Jason Johnson, Dominic Scelzi, Daryn Pittman, David
Gravel, Willie Croft, Sheldon Haudenschild, Brad Sweet, Kyle Hirst, Donny
Schatz, Paul McMahan, Parker Price-Miller, Logan Schuchart, Tanner Thorson,
Giovanni Scelzi, Aaron Reutzel, Rico Abreu, Brian Brown, Tim Shaffer, Brent Marks,
Dane Lorenc
- Laps Completed: 30
- Laps Led: Cory Eliason (30)
- Lead Changes: None
- Fast Qualifier: Brian Brown (13.007 seconds)
- C-Feature Winner: Michael Kofoid
- Last Chance Showdown/B-Feature Winner: Sheldon
Haudenschild
- Dash Winner: Cory Eliason
- Heat Winners: Brian Brown, Brad Sweet, Logan Schuchart,
David Gravel
- Hard Charger: Daryn Pittman (+12; 20th to 8th)
- Margin of Victory: 1.938 seconds
- Cars to Finish on Lead Lap: 14 (out of 25)
- Car Count: 39
- Weather at Start of A-Main: 48 degrees, clear, winds N 5
mph
Notes of Interest – Race Recap (Stockton Dirt Track)
- This is Cory Eliason’s first career World of Outlaws
A-Main victory. He becomes the 141st driver to win an A-Main feature and third
driver this season to score his maiden victory, joining Sheldon Haudenschild
and Aaron Reutzel.
- Eliason is the fourth driver to win an A-Main feature this
season, joining Haudenschild, Reutzel and Donny Schatz.
- Eliason is the first driver to win an A-Main feature this
season from the pole position, and the first to lead every lap of a race.
- Eliason is the sixth driver in eight races to win a World
of Outlaws A-Main at Stockton Dirt Track. He joins Kyle Larson, Kerry Madsen,
Rico Abreu, Donny Schatz and Brad Sweet. Schatz owns a track-record three
victories. Brad Sweet was the last first-time winner at the track.
- Eliason is the first driver this season to win on a
three-eighths mile oval.
- Eliason’s previous best finish this season was second, in
the most recent race at Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, California.
- Eliason has now led the most laps in each of the last two
races.
- Eliason won the dash, joining Brian Brown as the only
other driver with two dash victories this season.
- Ian Madsen earned second, his first top-10 finish in six
A-Main features this season. His previous best finish was 11th at The Dirt
Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
- Shane Stewart earned third, matching his season-best finish,
which came in the season opener, the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway
Park.
- Carson Macedo finished fourth, a season-best, and his
second top-five finish in as many races this season.
- Tim Kaeding finished fifth, bettering his previous
season-best of eighth at Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare.
- Others with season-best A-Main finishes were Willie Croft
(10th) and Kyle Hirst (13th). Tanner Thorson was the only driver to make his
season debut Saturday; he finished 18th.
- Donny Schatz finished 14th, the first time he’s finished
outside the top 10 in 21 races. The last time he finished outside the top 10
was September 9, 2017, at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, California, when he
finished 11th. Schatz entered the race as the only driver to finish in the
top-five and top-10 in every race this season.
- After five consecutive top-10 finishes to start the
season, Sheldon Haudenschild has finished outside the top-10 in consecutive
A-Main features. He finished 11th Saturday. Haudenschild won the B-Main,
becoming the first driver this season to win the B-Main twice.
- Michael Kofoid won the C-Main but did not advance to the
A-Main. None of the four C-Main race winners this year has advanced to the
A-Main.
- A total of 14 drivers finished the race on the lead lap, the
fewest in a race this season.
- Three drivers have completed all 215 A-Main feature laps
this season: Donny Schatz, Brad Sweet and Shane Stewart.
- Brad Sweet and David Gravel scored their first heat
victories of the season, bringing the total number of drivers to win a heat
this season to 17. Brian Brown earned his season-leading fourth heat victory.
- The next race will be Friday, March 23, with the Ocean
Outlaws Showdown at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, California.
- A total of three races on the California swing have been
canceled due to rain, and six this season have been canceled or postponed
(including the race at Placerville Speedway, which was originally scheduled for
this Wednesday, March 21; the race has been postponed to September 12).
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2018 World of Outlaws Statistics – Following Race 7 (March 17, 2018)
Season statistics following the seventh race of the 2018 World
of Outlaws season at Stockton Dirt Track in Stockton, California.
2018 World of Outlaws Season Statistics
- Races: 7
- By State: Florida
(3), Nevada (2), California (2)
- By Track Length: 1/2-mile
(5), 1/3-mile (1), 3/8-mile (1)
- Race Winners: Donny Schatz (3)
- Most Top Threes: Donny Schatz (5)
- Most Top Fives: Donny Schatz (6)
- Most Top 10s: Donny Schatz (6)
- Laps Competed: 215
- Most Laps Completed: Donny Schatz (215), Shane Stewart (215),
Brad Sweet (215)
- Most Cars to Finish on Lead Lap: 19 (February 10 at Volusia
Speedway Park; March 1 at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway)
- Fewest Cars to Finish on Lead Lap: 14 (March 17 at
Stockton Dirt Track)
- Most A-Main Feature Laps Led: Sheldon Haudenschild (55), Cory
Eliason (52), Donny Schatz (34), Paul McMahan (28), Jason Johnson (28), Brian
Brown (13), Aaron Reutzel (5)
- Most A-Main Feature Races Led: Sheldon Haudenschild (5),
Brian Brown (3), Donny Schatz (3), Cory Eliason (2), Paul McMahan (1), Jason
Johnson (1), Aaron Reutzel (1)
- Most A-Main Feature Races Led All Laps: Cory Eliason (1)
- Most A-Main Feature Laps Led in a Win: 30 – Cory Eliason
(March 17 at Stockton Dirt Track)
- Fewest A-Main Feature Laps Led in a Win: 2 – Sheldon
Haudenschild (February 9 at Volusia Speedway Park); Donny Schatz (February 10
at Volusia Speedway Park)
- Most A-Main Feature Laps Led Without Winning: 28 – Paul
McMahan (February 9 at Volusia Speedway Park); Jason Johnson (February 10 at Volusia
Speedway Park)
- Number of Drivers to Compete in At Least One A-Main
Feature: 47
- Number of Drivers to Compete in Every Race This Season: 11
- Most A-Main Feature Races: Donny Schatz (7), Sheldon
Haudenschild (7), Brad Sweet (7), Jason Johnson (7), Shane Stewart (7), David
Gravel (7), Tim Shaffer (7), Brian Brown (7), Logan Schuchart (7), Daryn Pittman
(7), Parker Price-Miller (7)
- Victories By Starting Position: 1st (1); 2nd (1); 4th (2);
5th (1); 6th (2)
- B-Main Feature Winners: Sheldon Haudenschild (2), Greg
Hodnett (1), Trey Starks (1), Kerry Madsen (1), Sam Hafertepe (1), Willie Croft
(1)
- B-Main Feature Winners to Win A-Main Feature: None
- C-Main Feature Winners: Jason Sides (1), Brooke Tatnell
(1), Chase Johnson (1), Michael Kofoid (1)
- Dash Winners: Brian Brown (2), Cory Eliason (2), Paul
McMahan (1), Jason Johnson (1), Aaron Reutzel (1)
- Pole Positions: Brian Brown (2), Cory Eliason (2), Paul
McMahan (1), Jason Johnson (1), Aaron Reutzel (1)
- Heat Winners: Brian Brown (4), Shane Stewart (3), Donny
Schatz (3), Sheldon Haudenschild (2), Jason Meyers (2), Logan Schuchart (2), Jason Johnson (2), Parker Price-Miller (1), Paul McMahan (1), Kerry Madsen (1), Tim Shaffer (1), Jacob Allen (1), Dominic Scelzi (1), Cory
Eliason (1), Brad Sweet (1), David Gravel (1)
- Fast Qualifiers: Sheldon Haudenschild (2), Logan Schuchart
(1), Shane Stewart (1), Tim Shaffer (1), Jacob Allen (1), Brian Brown (1)
- Hard Chargers: Sheldon Haudenschild (2), Brent Marks (2),
Logan Schuchart (1), Tim Kaeding (1), Daryn Pittman (1)
- Drivers to Win Heat, Dash, and A-Main Feature in Same
Event: None
- Highest Car Count: 44 (February 28 and March 1 at The Dirt
Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway)
- Lowest Car Count: 30 (February 11 at Volusia Speedway Park)
- Widest Margin of Victory: 1.938 seconds (Cory Eliason over
Ian Madsen; March 17 at Stockton Dirt Track)
- Narrowest Margin of Victory: 0.686 seconds (Donny Schatz
over Sheldon Haudenschild; March 1 at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor
Speedway)
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