Event statistics following the ninth race of the 2018 World of Outlaws season, the 30-lap feature at Arizona Speedway in Queen Creek.
Donny Schatz stormed to his fourth A-Main feature victory of the season, besting Joey Saldana and Logan Schuchart by eight tenths of a second and 1.6 seconds, respectively.
Race Statistics
Arizona Speedway – Queen Creek, Arizona
- A-Main Winner (starting position): Donny Schatz (12th)
- Top Five: Donny Schatz, Joey Saldana, Logan Schuchart, Shane Stewart, Cory Eliason
- Full Results: Donny Schatz, Joey Saldana, Logan Schuchart, Shane Stewart, Cory Eliason, David Gravel, Sheldon Haudenschild, Paul McMahan, Jason Johnson, Brent Marks, Brad Sweet, Rico Abreu, Ian Madsen, Jason Sides, Greg Wilson, Dane Lorenc, Kraig Kinser, Billy Chester, Randy Waitman, Daryn Pittman, Hunter Schuerenberg, Brian Brown, Clyde Knipp, Jacob Allen
- Laps Completed: 30
- Laps Led: Sheldon Haudenschild (15), Donny Schatz (10), Shane Stewart (4), Cory Eliason (1)
- Lead Changes: 3
- Fast Qualifier: Ian Maden (12.960 seconds)
- Dash Winner: Cory Eliason
- Heat Winners: Ian Madsen, Shane Stewart, Cory Eliason
- Hard Charger: Logan Schuchart (+13; 16th to 3rd)
- Margin of Victory: 0.821 seconds
- Cars to Finish on Lead Lap: 15 (out of 24)
- Car Count: 24
Notes of Interest – Race Recap (Arizona Speedway)
- This is Donny Schatz’s series-leading fourth World of Outlaws A-Main feature victory of the season and the 265th of his career. (The World of Outlaws recently revised its victory totals to add victories for any full-field preliminary races.)
- Schatz’s victories have come at Volusia Speedway Park; The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Queen Creek.
- Schatz is the third driver to win a World of Outlaws A-Main at Arizona Speedway, joining Shane Stewart (2016) and Rico Abreu (2017).
- Schatz’s victory came from the 12th starting position, the second consecutive race in which a driver has set accomplished the feat. Sheldon Haudenschild had set the previous mark, coming from the ninth starting position at Bakersfield Speedway last month. Only one of the nine races has been won from the pole position.
- This is Schatz’s seventh top-five finish of the season and eighth top 10 in nine races. His worst finish was 14th at Stockton Dirt Track in California on March 17.
- Schatz led the final 10 laps of the A-Main. Schatz has now led four A-Main features this season for a total of 44 laps. He’s won all four races in which he’s led at least one lap in 2018.
- Joey Saldana earned a season-best finish of second, the second consecutive race in which he’s earned a season-best finish. His previous best was fourth at Bakersfield Speedway in California. He now has three top 10s in seven A-Main features this season.
- Logan Schuchart finished third, also a season-best. Schuchart made up a race-high 13 positions after starting from the 16th position. Schuchart’s previous best finish was eighth in Las Vegas.
- Shane Stewart finished fourth, his third consecutive finish of fourth or better and fourth top-five finish in nine A-Mains in 2018. Stewart also won his heat race, the fourth of the season, which ties him with Brian Brown for most this season.
- Cory Eliason rounded out the top-five. Eliason won his heat and the dash, and led the first lap of the A-Main en route to his fourth top-five finish of the season, and third in the last four A-Mains.
- David Gravel was sixth, his sixth top-10 finish of 2018. Sheldon Haudenschild notched his seventh top-10 finish with a seventh-place result.
- Paul McMahan finished eighth, his first top-10 finish since the third race of the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in February. He finished in the top 10 in each of the three races at Volusia.
- Jason Johnson finished ninth for his seventh top 10 of the season and third straight.
- Rounding out the top 10 was Brent Marks, who earned his first top 10 since the first race at Las Vegas.
- Drivers earning or tying their season-bests in an A-Main were: Jason Sides (14th); Greg Wilson (15th); Dane Lorenc (16th); Billy Chester (18th; first A-Main of season); Randy Waitman (19th; first A-Main of season); and Clyde Knipp (23rd).
- A total of 15 drivers finished the race on the lead lap.
- Three drivers have completed all 280 A-Main feature laps this season: Donny Schatz, Brad Sweet and Shane Stewart.
- Fast qualifier Ian Madsen scored his first heat victory of the season, bringing the total of numbers to win a heat this season to 19.
- The number of drivers that have competed in every A-Main this season has been cut by one, after Tim Shaffer missed his first A-Main of 2018.
- The next race will be Friday, April 13, at Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, Illinois.
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2018 World of Outlaws Statistics – Following Race 9 (April 7, 2018)
Season statistics following the ninth race of the 2018 World of Outlaws season, April 7, at Arizona Speedway in Queen Creek.
2018 World of Outlaws Season Statistics
- Races: 9
- By State: Florida (3), California (3), Nevada (2), Arizona (1)
- By Track Length: 1/2-mile (5), 1/3-mile (2), 3/8-mile (1), 1/4-mile (1)
- Race Winners: Donny Schatz (4), Sheldon Haudenschild (3), Aaron Reutzel (1), Cory Eliason (1)
- Most Victories: Donny Schatz (4)
- Most Top Threes: Donny Schatz (6)
- Most Top Fives: Donny Schatz (7)
- Most Top 10s: Donny Schatz (8)
- Laps Competed: 280
- Most Laps Completed: Donny Schatz (280), Shane Stewart (280), Brad Sweet (280)
- 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)
- Drivers to Lead At Least One Race: 9
- Most A-Main Feature Laps Led: Sheldon Haudenschild (83), Cory Eliason (53), Jason Johnson (46), Donny Schatz (44), Paul McMahan (28), Brian Brown (13), Aaron Reutzel (5), Brad Sweet (4), Shane Stewart (4)
- Most A-Main Feature Races Led: Sheldon Haudenschild (7), Donny Schatz (4), Brian Brown (3), Cory Eliason (3), Jason Johnson (2), Paul McMahan (1), Aaron Reutzel (1), Brad Sweet (1), Shane Stewart (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: 50
- Number of Drivers to Compete in Every Race This Season: 8
- Most A-Main Feature Races: Donny Schatz (9), Sheldon Haudenschild (9), Brad Sweet (9), Jason Johnson (9), Shane Stewart (9), David Gravel (9), Logan Schuchart (9), Daryn Pittman (9)
- Victories By Starting Position: 1st (1); 2nd (1); 4th (2); 5th (1); 6th (2); 9th (1); 12th (1)
- B-Main Feature Winners: Sheldon Haudenschild (2), Greg Hodnett (1), Trey Starks (1), Kerry Madsen (1), Sam Hafertepe (1), Willie Croft (1), Donny Schatz (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: Cory Eliason (3), Brian Brown (2), Jason Johnson (2), Paul McMahan (1), Aaron Reutzel (1)
- Pole Positions: Cory Eliason (3), Brian Brown (2), Jason Johnson (2), Paul McMahan (1), Aaron Reutzel (1)
- Drivers to Win a Heat: 19
- Heat Winners: Brian Brown (4), Shane Stewart (4), Donny Schatz (3), Jason Johnson (3), Sheldon Haudenschild (2), Jason Meyers (2), Logan Schuchart (2), Dominic Scelzi (2), Cory Eliason (2), Parker Price-Miller (1), Paul McMahan (1), Kerry Madsen (1), Tim Shaffer (1), Jacob Allen (1), Brad Sweet (1), David Gravel (1), Tim Kaeding (1), Jason Sides (1), Ian Madsen (1)
- Fast Qualifiers: Sheldon Haudenschild (2), Logan Schuchart (1), Shane Stewart (1), Tim Shaffer (1), Jacob Allen (1), Brian Brown (1), Jason Johnson (1), Ian Madsen (1)
- Hard Chargers: Sheldon Haudenschild (2), Brent Marks (2), Logan Schuchart (2), Tim Kaeding (1), Daryn Pittman (1), Donny Schatz (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: 24 (April 7 at Arizona Speedway)
- Widest Margin of Victory: 3.446 seconds (Sheldon Haudenschild over Shane Stewart; March 24 at Bakersfield Speedway)
- Narrowest Margin of Victory: 0.686 seconds (Donny Schatz over Sheldon Haudenschild; March 1 at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway)
- Points Standings 1. Donny Schatz (1292); 2. Sheldon Haudenschild (1244); 3. Shane Stewart (1218); 4. Brad Sweet (1206); 5. Jason Johnson (1202); 6. David Gravel (1166); 7. Cory Eliason (1124); 8. Daryn Pittman (1118); 9. Logan Schuchart (1104); 10. Ian Madsen (1100).
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