Event statistics following the 17th race of the 2018 World of Outlaws season, the first of two #LetsRaceTwo 30-lap A-Main races at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.
Donny Schatz continued his strong start to the season, winning his seventh A-Main of the season by more than a second over Logan Schuchart. Brad Sweet finished third, more than two-and-a-half seconds behind Schatz.
#LetsRaceTwo, Race 1
Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, Ohio
- A-Main Winner (starting position): Donny Schatz (3rd)
- Top Five: Donny Schatz, Logan Schuchart, Brad Sweet, Jac Haudenschild, Cole Duncan
- Full Results: Donny Schatz, Logan Schuchart, Brad Sweet, Jac Haudenschild, Cole Duncan, Gary Taylor, Sheldon Haudenschild, Jason Johnson, Daryn Pittman, Kerry Madsen, Cory Eliason, Kraig Kinser, David Gravel, Tim Shaffer, Chad Kemenah, Brady Bacon, Paul McMahan, Ian Madsen, Hunter Schuerenberg, Spencer Bayston, Jacob Allen, Shane Stewart, Parker Price-Miller, Rico Abreu, Carson Macedo, Joey Saldana, Aaron Reutzel, Jason Sides
- Laps Completed: 30
- Laps Led: Donny Schatz (18), Jac Haudenschild (11), Aaron Reutzel (1)
- Lead Changes: 2
- Hard Charger: Daryn Pittman (+17; 26th to 9th)
- Margin of Victory: 1.041 seconds
- Cars to Finish on Lead Lap: 17 (out of 28)
- Fast Qualifier: Cole Duncan (12.879 seconds)
- Heat Winners: Cole Duncan, Donny Schatz, Jac Haudenschild, Aaron Reutzel
- Dash Winner/Polesitter: Cole Duncan
- Car Count/Cars in A-Main: 37/28
Notes of Interest – Race Recap (#LetsRaceTwo, Race 1)
- This is Donny Schatz’s seventh World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series A-Main feature victory of the season and the 268th of his career. He remains third all-time in feature wins.
- This is Schatz’s 10th victory at Eldora Speedway. He has won at least one feature at the track in each of the last four seasons (2015-2018) and seventh season he’s won at least one race at Eldora.
- Schatz remains the driver with the most A-Main victories this season. Sheldon Haudenschild and Daryn Pittman each have three victories, with Cory Eliason, Aaron Reutzel, David Gravel and Brad Sweet each winning one A-Main.
- Schatz’s victory came from the third-starting position, marking the second time an A-Main race has been won from third this season. Drivers have won five of the 17 A-Mains this season from the second row.
- This is Schatz’s 13th top-five and 16th top-10 finish of the season. He has five consecutive top fives. Schatz owns an average finish of 3.59 through 17 races in 2018.
- Schatz led 18 laps, and has led 105 laps in eight A-Mains this season. His 105 laps led are two short of Sheldon Haudenschild’s series-leading 107 laps led.
- Schatz also won his heat, his series-high sixth of the season, tying him with Shane Stewart and Jason Johnson.
- Schatz won by 1.041 seconds, as all 17 A-Mains have margins of victory under three-and-a-half seconds.
- Logan Schuchart finished second, matching his season-best finish of second April 27 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas. Schuchart has nine top 10s this season, six of which have come in the last six races (only three top 10s in the first 11 races).
- Brad Sweet, who won the most recent race in Salina, Oklahoma, finished third, marking his 10th top-five finish of the season. That marks the second most top 10s behind Schatz’s 13.
- Sweet owns an average finish of 5.76.
- Sweet and Schatz are now the only drivers to finish every lap of the 17 A-Main features this season.
- Jac Haudenschild, Cole Duncan and Gary Taylor finished fourth, fifth and sixth respectively, the only three drivers in the 30-lapper having competed in their first World of Outlaws A-Main of the season. Duncan also led qualifying with a 12.879-second lap, and Duncan also won his heat and the dash. Haudenschild also won his eight-lap heat.
- Haudenschild’s son, Sheldon Haudenschild, was seventh, earning his 13th top 10 of the season. That ties him with Sweet, Shane Stewart, David Gravel and Jason Johnson. Stewart was eighth in the A-Main.
- Daryn Pittman was ninth, earning his eighth consecutive top-10 finish and 12th of the season.
- Tim Shaffer was 10th, recording his third consecutive top 10 and sixth in 10 races in 2018.
- Paul McMahan finished 17th, the final driver to finish on the lead lap.
- Shane Stewart finished 22nd, ending his six-race streak of A-Main top 10s.
- The next race will be Saturday, May 12, with the second of two race nights as part of the #LetsRaceTwo event at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.
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