Danny Lasoski Gets 90th Career Win at NAPA Auto Parts Outlaw Showdown at I-80 Speedway
Fights fierce battle with Schatz, Brown and Madsen to score the win
GREENWOOD, Neb. – June 5, 2015 – It was nearly two and a half years in the making, but Danny Lasoski finally scored his 90th career World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory after he won Friday night at the NAPA Auto Parts Outlaw Showdown at I-80 Speedway. Continue reading World of Outlaws–Danny Lasoski Gets 90th Career Win at NAPA Auto Parts Outlaw Showdown at I-80 Speedway →

Joey Saldana Breaks Through at Kokomo, Scores First Win of 2015
Holds off Donny Schatz and NASCAR star Kyle Larson in his home state of Indiana
KOKOMO, Ind. – June 3, 2015 – It had been nearly nine months since Joey Saldana last stood in victory lane with the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, so it made it all that much sweeter that he was finally able to park his car in victory lane in front of friends and family at Kokomo Speedway on Wednesday night. Continue reading World of Outlaws–Joey Saldana Breaks Through at Kokomo, Scores First Win of 2015 →

Dale Blaney Goes Back-To-Back With World of Outlaws at Attica Raceway Park
Bests Cody Darrah and a surging David Gravel to become 12th different event winner of the season
ATTICA, Ohio – May 29, 2015 – A mid-race restart proved pivotal in the battle for Friday night’s Kistler Engines Classic at Attica Raceway Park, as Dale Blaney was able to battle past Cody Darrah and best the Outlaws to become the 12th different World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series winner of the season. Continue reading World of Outlaws–Dale Blaney Goes Back-To-Back With World of Outlaws at Attica Raceway Park →

Make It 11: Donny Schatz Wins at The Dirt Track at Charlotte
David Gravel scores best finish with new team, Daryn Pittman battles onto the podium
CONCORD, N.C. – May 22, 2015 – The 2015 season is still young but Donny Schatz and his Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing team have made a statement about their strength and intensity. The team has notched five of the last seven wins and at Friday night’s Circle K/NOS Energy Drink Outlaw Showdown at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Schatz scored his 11th World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory of the season. Continue reading World of Outlaws–Make It 11: Donny Schatz Wins at The Dirt Track at Charlotte →

At A Glance: Brad Sweet Builds Consistency through 2015 Season’s First Third
The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series takes on the Dirt Track at Charlotte and Lawrenceburg Speedway
CONCORD, N.C. – May 21, 2015 – Brad Sweet, the reigning Kevin Grobecht Rookie of the Year recipient, entered 2015 with a new crew chief and a goal to build consistency and success. Continue reading World of Outlaws–At A Glance: Brad Sweet Builds Consistency through 2015 Season’s First Third →

Threepeat: Daryn Pittman Wins Third in a Row at New Egypt Speedway
Donny Schatz comes up short in battle for the lead, Shane Stewart finishes third
NEW EGYPT, N.J. – May 19, 2015 – When it comes to New Egypt Speedway, one World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series driver stands out among the rest. On Tuesday night, Daryn Pittman again proved he is the man to beat at New Egypt as he scored his third win in the last three series appearances there. Continue reading World of Outlaws–Threepeat: Daryn Pittman Wins Third in a Row at New Egypt Speedway →

Schatz Scores His 10th Win of 2015 at Weedsport Speedway’s Empire State Challenge
Sparks fly between Kerry Madsen and Chad Kemenah in battle for second
WEEDSPORT, N.Y. – May 17, 2015 – It had been 22 years since the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series last made an appearance at Weedsport Speedway but Donny Schatz looked like an old pro at the track as he scored his 10th World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory of the season in dominant fashion on Sunday night. Continue reading World of Outlaws–Schatz Scores His 10th Win of 2015 at Weedsport Speedway’s Empire State Challenge →

Outlaws Strike Back: Schatz Battles Hodnett for Williams Grove Win
Scores his ninth World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory of the season
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. – May 15, 2015 – Two nights after Greg Hodnett scored a win for the Pennsylvania Posse at Lincoln Speedway, the Outlaws fired back as Donny Schatz won at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night. Continue reading World of Outlaws–Outlaws Strike Back: Schatz Battles Hodnett for Williams Grove Win →

At A Glance: Hodnett, Dietrich Sound Off on the Morgan Cup
After Williams Grove Speedway the Outlaws head north to Weedsport Speedway and New Egypt Speedway
CONCORD, N.C. – May 14, 2015 – Historic Williams Grove Speedway welcomes the World of Outlaws Sprint Car series tomorrow and Saturday nights as the Outlaws battle the Pennsylvania Posse for the right to take home the coveted Morgan Cup. Continue reading World of Outlaws–At A Glance: Hodnett, Dietrich Sound Off on the Morgan Cup →

Posse Pounces: Hodnett Scores First Outlaws Win of 2015 at Lincoln Speedway
Hodnett leads Pennsylvania Posse sweep of the podium
ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. – May 13, 2015 – A dominant Greg Hodnett led an all Pennsylvania Posse sweep of the podium during the Gettysburg Clash at Lincoln Speedway on Wednesday night, as he claimed his first World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory of the season. Continue reading World of Outlaws–Posse Pounces: Hodnett Scores First Outlaws Win of 2015 at Lincoln Speedway →

Schatz Wins Two in Eldora Speedway ‘Mother’ Sweep
Second place finisher Gary Taylor scored his best ever Outlaws finish
ROSSBURG, Ohio – May 9, 2015 – Donny Schatz went six years between wins at Eldora Speedway but proved Saturday night that past is not always prologue as he swept the two-day ‘Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends’ and took home his eighth World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory of the season. Continue reading World of Outlaws–Schatz Wins Two in Eldora Speedway ‘Mother’ Sweep →

Six Years in the Making, Schatz Returns to Victory Lane at Eldora Speedway
The driver scored his seventh World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series win of the season and 180th career win
ROSSBURG, Ohio – May 8, 2015 – Through the years Eldora Speedway has not always been kind to Donny Schatz. In fact, it had been almost exactly six years since the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing driver had stood as a winner in victory lane. Schatz changed that on Friday night though after he battled past Kerry Madsen and held off Shane Stewart to score his seventh World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory of the season. Continue reading World of Outlaws–Six Years in the Making, Schatz Returns to Victory Lane at Eldora Speedway →

Six Years in the Making, Schatz Returns to Victory Lane at Eldora Speedway
The driver scored his seventh World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series win of the season and 180th career win
ROSSBURG, Ohio – May 8, 2015 – Through the years Eldora Speedway has not always been kind to Donny Schatz. In fact, it had been almost exactly six years since the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing driver had stood as a winner in victory lane. Schatz changed that on Friday night though after he battled past Kerry Madsen and held off Shane Stewart to score his seventh World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory of the season. Continue reading World of Outlaws–Six Years in the Making, Schatz Returns to Victory Lane at Eldora Speedway Six Years in the Making, Schatz Returns to Victory Lane at Eldora Speedway →

At A Glance: As Eldora Approaches, What a Difference a Year Makes
Changes come for last year’s Eldora spring race winners, Shane Stewart and David Gravel
CONCORD, N.C. – May 5, 2015 – History will be made at Eldora Speedway this Friday and Saturday as the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series and USAC National Sprint Car Series join together for the first time ever in a double-header ‘Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends.’ Continue reading World of Outlaws–At A Glance: As Eldora Approaches, What a Difference a Year Makes →

McMahan Wages Fierce Battle at Tri-State to Score His Second Win of the Season
Ties Bobby Allen for 17th on the all-time wins list; both drivers have 25 career wins
HAUBSTADT, Ind. – May 3, 2015 – Paul McMahan lived up to his nickname, ‘Pauls to the Walls,’ Sunday night at Tri-State Speedway as he waged a fierce battle with Brady Bacon and scored his second World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series win of the season on a slider with eight laps to go.
Continue reading World of Outlaws–McMahan Wages Fierce Battle at Tri-State to Score His Second Win of the Season →

Christopher Bell Battles at Pevely for Second Ever Outlaws Win
Joey Saldana scores podium finish with an at-the-line pass of Daryn Pittman
PEVELY, Mo. – May 2, 2015 – Saturday night’s Spring Classic at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 was an event no one will soon forget – not least of whom, its winner Christopher Bell and his car owner Keith Kunz.
Continue reading World of Outlaws–Christopher Bell Battles at Pevely for Second Ever Outlaws Win →

Blaney, Motorcraft/Quick Lane Team Carry On Woods’ Legacy of Strong Talladega Qualifying Runs

May 2, 2015

The Motorcraft/Quick Lane team had just the right mix of old and new during Saturday’s qualifying session that set the field for Sunday’s Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

The team, with young Ryan Blaney behind the wheel of the Wood Brothers’ No.21 Ford Fusion, delivered the kind of results the Woods regularly pulled off back in the day, as Blaney led the Ford contingent with a third-place effort. Continue reading Wood Brothers Racing–Blaney, Motorcraft/Quick Lane Team Carry On Woods’ Legacy of Strong Talladega Qualifying Runs →

Sweet Homecoming Victory for Shane Stewart at Salina
Stewart was joined on the podium by fellow Oklahome-native Daryn Pittman
SALINA, Okla. – May 1, 2015 – What a sweet homecoming it was for Bixby, Okla.-native Shane Stewart on Friday night as he stood in victory lane at Salina Highbanks Speedway with his third World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series win of the season. Continue reading World of Outlaws–Sweet Homecoming Victory for Shane Stewart at Salina →

At A Glance: Stewart and Pittman Return to their Roots
The Oklahoma natives lead the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series north from ‘The Sooner State’ to Missouri and Indiana
CONCORD, N.C. – April 28, 2015 – The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series takes on three straight nights of racing action this weekend as the series travels to Salina, Okla., Pevely, Mo. and Haubstadt, Ind. Continue reading World of Outlaws–At A Glance: Stewart and Pittman Return to their Roots →

The Texas Outlaw: Donny Schatz Wins at Devil’s Bowl Speedway
Becomes the second ever winner of the Texas Outlaw Nationals’ Ted Johnson Memorial trophy
MESQUITE, Tex. – April 25, 2015 – The Texas Outlaw Nationals at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Saturday night was a battle between two drivers and the lapped traffic that lay ahead. When the checkered flag fell on the $20,000-to-win, 30-lap feature, it was Donny Schatz who scored the coveted Ted Johnson Memorial trophy and his sixth World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory of the season.

Schatz led the field to the green flag. A red flag flew on the start catching up several cars including 294-time series winner Sammy Swindell. The field reset and returned to green.

Schatz led the first lap and maintained that position through the opening portion of the feature. The six-time champion caught lapped traffic on lap five and second place Shane Stewart began to catch. On lap seven, Stewart got his opportunity to take the lead.

“I knew he was a little better off the bottom of two than I was up top but I had to give it a shot,” Stewart said.

Stewart slid Schatz as the two drivers came off of turn two onto the back straight using the Kyle Hirst as a pick.

“You get to a lapped car, you try to do something to get around them,” Schatz said. “Shane capitalized on it. Sometimes the best place to be is running second when you hit those spots. He got by us.”

For the next eight laps, Stewart worked to build up a lead over Schatz. But as he worked his way through traffic, Schatz caught back up to the Larson Marks Racing driver. On lap 16, it was Schatz back in prime position to take back the lead. In a move reminiscent of Stewart’s pass for the lead several laps earlier, Schatz, on the bottom, slid Stewart as the drivers came off of turn two onto the back straight.

“You just can’t make any mistakes with him running behind you,” Stewart said of Schatz. “He lost the lead doing that and of course I did too.”

Farther back in the field, Logan Schuchart, who started third, held off challenges from Jason Sides for the position. Sides eventually found his way around Schuchart’s Shark Racing car on lap 19. The move was short lived though as Kraig Kinser battled his Mesilla Valley Transportation No. 11K car forward after falling back to fifth in the opening laps. Kinser got around Schuchart on lap 24 and then around Sides with four laps to go to take over the third position.

As the race wound down, Stewart tried to close the gap on Schatz’s No. 15 Bad Boy Buggies car for the lead.

“Anytime (Schatz is) out front he sets a pretty torrid pace,” Stewart said. “I was trying to stay with him just in case he got caught up in lapped traffic.”

Ultimately it was Schatz who donned the Outlaws cowboy hat and hoisted the Ted Johnson Memorial trophy in victory lane. He is just the second driver to have his name engraved on the award.

“It’s fun racing with Shane. He’s a class act. He races hard and he races clean and it’s fun to come out on the better end of him,” Schatz said. “Never been so proud to wear a hat in my life.”

Schatz said getting through traffic and anticipating the challenges from behind were the key for the night.

“Well you’ve got to expect it – you don’t know if he’s there or not,” Schatz said. “You’ve got to go as hard as you can and try not to make mistakes. And if you’ve got to move around, you move around. That we did. Getting through traffic – that’s what wins and loses these races. That’s what has lost me a lot of races and that’s what’s won me a lot too.”

It was the sixth win of the season for Schatz and his Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing team. He currently leads the championship points standings by 26 over second place Stewart.

Stewart said he was disappointed with his finish but pleased with the way the 2015 season has gone so far for his team.

“I really, really wanted to win this race,” Stewart said. “I’ve got a lot of friends and family here. It was a race that I had on my radar that I really wanted to win. This Eneos/GoPro car has been really good all season and (crew members Scotty Martin and Andrew Seamans) once again gave me a good car. It’s always fun to be able to race for the lead, to be able to race up front like we’ve been able to do all year. Definitely a dream come true for me.”

Kinser, who finished third and in the process scored his first podium finish of the season, said the finish was one his team needed.

“We struggled a little bit the last month and a half,” Kinser said. “Just to get up here on the front stretch with these two guys is an accomplishment right now for us. Hopefully this will give us some momentum going into the rest of the year.”