Ballou, Schatz Winners At Eldora Double Night 1

ROSSBURG, OHIO -RIS- It is billed as the as the “Mother Of All Sprint Car Weekends” and it started with wins for Robert Ballou and Donny Schatz in the USAC National and World of Outlaws 30 lap Friday features.

The USAC events lead the schedule with Robert Ballou qualifying sixth and stating on the outside first row, next to Jon Stanbrough. Ballou took the lead at the start and went on to win his fourth feature in 2015 leading wire-to-wire. Stanbrough chased Ballou through the whole race but was never able to launch a serious attack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ballou credited the hard work of his crew for his performance as they had made a rushed engine change after the second heat race after the engine disappointed in qualifying and the heat.

The track started off wet and appeared to get faster as qualifying proceeded with four of the top five qualifiers being in the last third of order. Chase Stockon was the fastest 15.587 seconds. Despite further grooming the track was dusty by the start of the feature and was even worse by the end of the Outlaw event. Bandon Mattox flipped during the first lap of his qualifying run and Jarett Andretti flipped in his heat race. Brady Bacon, who raced in both USAC and WoO series got credit for a flip in his heat but really just hit the second turn wall and got some pilot time. Brady also was out of the USAC feature with contact. He did better with a win finishing tenth in the WoO main.

There were 37 qualifiers for the winged outlaws and winner Donny Schatz started on the outside front row and trailed pole starter Kerry Madsen for the first 13 laps before taking the lead and the win. Shane Stewart started fourth and followed Donny in second place while Rico Abreu started and finished in third.

The track was very dusty at the end of the night and Kraig Kinser and Randy Hannagan both lost right rear tires during the race. Paul McMahan was the fast qualifier at 12.913 seconds.

“We came into tonight just trying to get our selfs qualified well. We did that. Get our selfs throught the heat, we did that. Get forward in the dash, We did that. Try and get that win and we did that. Tomorrows a new day and we got to go back and learn from the mistakes we made tonight and try and make things a little better, and we'll proabally have a celebration drink or two, you got to celebrate them. You never know when your last ones going to be so you enjoy every one of them that comes along.” Said Schatz on the winner's podium.

Saturday night Donny Schats and Robert Ballou will be trying to repeat and a lot of other drivers will be trying to stop them on this same Eldora track.

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AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 8, 2015 - Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway - "Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends"

      QUALIFYING: 1. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-15.587; 2. Thomas Meseraull, 18x, Keen-15.833; 3. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-15.885; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 10E, Edison-15.906; 5. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-15.936; 6. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-15.984; 7. Jon Stanbrough, 81, Stanbrough-16.078; 8. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-16.079; 9. Shane Cottle, 57, Hazen-16.086; 10. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-16.105; 11. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-16.110; 12. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-16.148; 13. Kevin Thomas Jr., 17RW, Dutcher-16.195; 14. Dave Darland, 71p, Phillips/Curb-Agajanian-16.198; 15. Chris Windom, 21x, Pollock-16.233; 16. Dallas Hewitt, 16, Hewitt-16.238; 17. Landon Simon, 24, Simon-16.363; 18. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-16.449; 19. Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-16.598; 20. Kent Wolters, 12x, Wolters-16.630; 21. Brandon Whited, 15, Whited-16.636; 22. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-16.640; 23. Chad Boespflug, 5, Baldwin-16.698; 24. Kody Swanson, 63, DePalma-16.704; 25. Dustin Smith, 77, Smith-16.713; 26. Daron Clayton, 66, Amati-16.734; 27. Jake Simmons, 3, Simmons-17.391; 28. Adam Cruea, 83, Cruea-17.604; 29. Robert Bell, 71, Bell-17.664; 30. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-NT.

      FIRST HEAT:(8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Cottle, 3. Simon, 4. Thomas, 5. Leary, 6. Smith, 7. Whited, 8. Bell. 2:10.24

      SECOND HEAT:(8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Ballou, 3. Meseraull, 4. Hines, 5. Goodnight, 6. Clayton, 7. Andretti. NT

      THIRD HEAT:(8 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Boespflug, 3. Grant, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Simmons, 6. Jarrett, 7. Hery. 2:10.59

      FOURTH HEAT:(8 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Farney, 3. Swanson, 4. Hewitt, 5. Cruea, 6. Wolters, 7. Bacon. 2:13.64

      SEMI:(12 laps) 1. Leary, 2. Bacon, 3. Goodnight, 4. Clayton, 5. Smith, 6. Simmons, 7. Wolters, 8. Whited, 9. Cruea, 10. Hery, 11. Bell. 3:20.69

      FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Robert Ballou, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. C.J. Leary, 4. Thomas Meseraull, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 7. Dave Darland, 8. Shane Cottle, 9. Aaron Farney, 10. Chase Stockon, 11. Chris Windom, 12. Kevin Thomas Jr., 13. Landon Simon, 14. Daron Clayton, 15. Matt Goodnight, 16. Brady Bacon, 17. Chad Boespflug, 18. Dallas Hewitt, 19. Jake Simmons, 20. Kody Swanson, 21. Justin Grant, 22. Dustin Smith. NT

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Mattox flipped during qualifying. Andretti flipped during the second heat. Bacon flipped during the fourth heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Ballou.

NEW AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stockon-638, 2-Ballou-632, 3-Darland-613, 4-Bacon-583, 5-Stanbrough-539, 6-Thomas-537, 7-Hines-506, 8-Leary-493, 8-Windom-381, 10-Grant-338.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: May 9 - Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway - "Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends"

Courtesy USAC

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World Of Outlaws Results

A-Main - (30 Laps) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [2] [$10,000]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [4] [$5,000]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [3] [$3,000]; 4. 51-Paul McMahan [5] [$2,700]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [12] [$2,500]; 6. 29-Kerry Madsen [1] [$2,200]; 7. 1-Dale Blaney [14] [$2,000]; 8. 9-Daryn Pittman [9] [$1,800]; 9. 7S-Jason Sides [6] [$1,600]; 10. 99-Brady Bacon [11] [$1,450]; 11. 7-David Gravel [10] [$1,300]; 12. 49-Brad Sweet [21] [$1,200]; 13. 1ST-Gary Taylor [7] [$1,100]; 14. 11-Steve Kinser [19] [$1,000]; 15. 10H-Chad Kemenah [22] [$950]; 16. 1S-Logan Schuchart [13] [$900]; 17. 89-Cody Darrah [17] [$850]; 18. 83-Craig Dollansky [25] [$50]; 19. 11K-Kraig Kinser [26] [$25]; 20. 21-D.J. Foos [20] [$700]; 21. 41-Jamie Veal [15] [$700]; 22. 11N-Randy Hannagan [16] [$700]; 23. 63-Kody Swanson [8] [$700]; 24. 71M-Joey Saldana [23] [$700]; 25. 67-Christopher Bell [18] [$700]; 26. 40-Caleb Helms [24] [$700]. Lap Leaders: Kerry Madsen 1-13, Donny Schatz 14-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: 49-Brad Sweet [+9]

Qualifying - 1. 51-Paul McMahan, 12.913; 2. 2-Shane Stewart, 13.057; 3. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.080; 4. 24-Rico Abreu, 13.104; 5. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.130; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.135; 7. 7-David Gravel, 13.143; 8. 99-Brady Bacon, 13.143; 9. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.163; 10. 29-Kerry Madsen, 13.186; 11. 1ST-Gary Taylor, 13.237; 12. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.247; 13. 63-Kody Swanson, 13.273; 14. 1-Dale Blaney, 13.299; 15. 41-Jamie Veal, 13.300; 16. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 13.315; 17. 89-Cody Darrah, 13.318; 18. 67-Christopher Bell, 13.326; 19. 11-Steve Kinser, 13.327; 20. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.361; 21. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.409; 22. 81-Lee Jacobs, 13.436; 23. 21-D.J. Foos, 13.450; 24. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.454; 25. 59-Danny Holtgraver, 13.466; 26. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.490; 27. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 13.530; 28. 19-Paige Polyak, 13.530; 29. 83-Craig Dollansky, 13.544; 30. 71M-Joey Saldana, 13.563; 31. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.579; 32. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg, 13.745; 33. 2M-Dustin Daggett, 13.747; 34. 9K-Kevin Thomas Jr, 13.753; 35. 55F-Taylor Ferns, 13.826; 36. 40-Caleb Helms, 13.863; 37. 71MX-Paul May, 13.893; 38. 35-Wes McGlumphy, 14.027; 39. 16-Ryan Ruhl, 14.362

Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 63-Kody Swanson [1]; 2. W20-Greg Wilson [2]; 3. 51-Paul McMahan [4]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [3]; 5. 89-Cody Darrah [5]; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser [6]; 7. 83-Craig Dollansky [8]; 8. 2M-Dustin Daggett [9]; 9. 59-Danny Holtgraver [7]; 10. 71MX-Paul May [10]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [2]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [4]; 3. 1-Dale Blaney [1]; 4. 71M-Joey Saldana [8]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [3]; 6. 67-Christopher Bell [5]; 7. 81-Lee Jacobs [6]; 8. 5T-Travis Philo [7]; 9. 9K-Kevin Thomas Jr [9]; 10. 35-Wes McGlumphy [10]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 1ST-Gary Taylor [2]; 2. 41-Jamie Veal [1]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 4. 7-David Gravel [3]; 5. 21-D.J. Foos [6]; 6. 11-Steve Kinser [5]; 7. 10H-Chad Kemenah [7]; 8. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [8]; 9. 55F-Taylor Ferns [9]; 10. 16-Ryan Ruhl [10]

Heat 4 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 24-Rico Abreu [4]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2]; 3. 11N-Randy Hannagan [1]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [6]; 5. 40-Caleb Helms [9]; 6. 99-Brady Bacon [3]; 7. 19-Paige Polyak [7]; 8. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [8]; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen [5]

Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [3]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [5]; 5. 51-Paul McMahan [6]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides [2]; 7. 1ST-Gary Taylor [7]; 8. 63-Kody Swanson [8]

Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 67-Christopher Bell [2] [-]; 2. 11-Steve Kinser [3] [-]; 3. 99-Brady Bacon [1] [-]; 4. 10H-Chad Kemenah [9] [-]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5] [$300]; 6. 81-Lee Jacobs [6] [$250]; 7. 59-Danny Holtgraver [7] [$225]; 8. 19-Paige Polyak [10] [$200]; 9. 83-Craig Dollansky [11] [$200]; 10. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [12] [$200]; 11. 2M-Dustin Daggett [14] [$200]; 12. 5T-Travis Philo [8] [$200]; 13. 71MX-Paul May [17] [$200]; 14. 55F-Taylor Ferns [16] [$200]; 15. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [13] [$200]; 16. 16-Ryan Ruhl [19] [$200]; 17. 9K-Kevin Thomas Jr [15] [$200]; 18. 35-Wes McGlumphy [18] [$200]; 19. 1A-Jacob Allen [4] [$200]

Results- Courtesy WoO