Donny Schatz salutes the crowd from victory lane after winning Saturday night’s World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series race at Thunderbowl Raceway. Photo by Collin Markle
Donny Schatz found more late-race magic on Saturday night getting around Kasey Kahne Racing teammates Brad Sweet and Daryn Pittman with just a few laps left en route to his sixth victory of the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series season.
The triumph for Schatz was his first at the Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, California since the 2007 season. The eight-time World of Outlaws champion was settled in the third spot as the laps wound down, until making a thrilling move around the outside of the speedway to thread his way by the leaders in heavy lapped traffic.
“It feels really good to finally say we won in Tulare again,” Schatz said. “I didn’t think the track would take rubber so it kind of caught me by surprise. I really tried to save my tires and when we got to traffic late in the race the pace slowed down a lot. I decided I might as well try something and luckily it worked. I get all the credit, but it’s really all about my team. We have an incredible group of people that work on this race car and that makes it so much fun. I can’t thank all our sponsors enough for supporting us and giving us the opportunity to win races.”
The 35-lap feature started out with a three-wide battle for the lead that saw Pittman motor into the lead. With five laps to go, Schatz looked to make his move. He moved to the high side and, with three laps to go, moved to the lead. From there, Schatz went on to take the victory by 1.951 seconds over Pittman.
Brad Sweet finished in third, with Sheldon Haudenschild in and Rico Abreu in fifth.
Shane Stewart, Jason Johnson, Tim Kaeding, Carson Macedo and David Gravel rounded out the top ten.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series will return to action on Friday and Saturday at California’s Stockton Dirt Track for the FVP Western Spring Shootout.
For more information, visit WoOSprint.com.
World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series
Thunderbowl Raceway – Tulare, CA
Race Results – March 18, 2017
1. 15-Donny Schatz
2. 9-Daryn Pittman
3. 49-Brad Sweet
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