Donny Schatz salutes the crowd from the wing of his Sprint Car after winning Friday night’s Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions race at Bubba Raceway Park. Photo by Chris Seelman
Donny Schatz ended Friday night by going two-for-two with his second straight Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions victory at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Florida.
Schatz passed Tim Shaffer with five laps to go with an aggressive slide job off turn four, and went on to record his 15th career series win.
“This is really cool,” Schatz said. “Every team in this pit area worked hard all winter long, but I have a group of guys that I thoroughly love racing with. They are like brothers that I never had, and to be able to get to victory lane is something we all want to do. It feels extra special to do that with Arctic Cat on board with our program.”
After a pair of cautions during the first two circuits, including one on the initial start which resulted in a complete restart, the Winter Nationals main event officially commenced Shaffer taking control at the front of the field from the outside-pole position.
Despite Shaffer’s attempt to drive away from fourth place starting Schatz, the previous night’s winner never allowed Shaffer to escape on the open track, and eventually in traffic.
By lap 20, Schatz was on Shaffer’s back bumper, continuing his pursuit through traffic while repeatedly attempting to drive under Shaffer at the exit of turn four. A negated slide job attempt on lap 24 was followed by a successful slide job attempt on lap 25, allowing Schatz to officially take command for the first time.
Schatz drove on to score the win, navigating through traffic along the bottom groove of the speedway for the remaining five laps. Shaffer finished in second, followed by David Gravel in third, Kerry Madsen in fourth and Joey Saldana in fifth.
“Great race,” Schatz explained. “The track kinda threw me for a loop there at the start of that race. I kept trying to make the topside work in one and two. I’m not sure if it was wet, or my fuel load kept me too loose, but I couldn’t make it work. Eventually the track changed to work in our advantage. That race was fun, though; the whole race was fun.”
“We are getting close. Definitely feels good to be this competitive,” Tim Shaffer said. “Those Tony Stewart Racing guys are fast right now, no denying that. I guess anytime you can finish second behind Schatz is pretty good.”
The Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions wraps up their 2017 appearance at Bubba Raceway Park on Saturday night, with $5,000 on the line for the winner of the 30 lap race.
For more information, visit AllStarSprint.com.
Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions
Bubba Raceway Park – Ocala, FL
Winter Nationals Night 2 – Feb. 10, 2017
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