Giovanni Scelzi (left) and Logan Schuchart (right) took the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series victories over the weekend at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. Photos: WoO Media
Giovanni Scelzi and Logan Schuchart scored World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series victories as a part of the United Rentals Patriot Nationals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, North Carolina.
On Friday night, Scelzi did the unthinkable. The 17-year-old passed a dominate Kyle Larson in the closing laps of night one action. In doing so, he claimed his second series win.
“That’s so cool,” said Scelzi. “I can’t believe I got by him. Normally when he (Larson) gets away, he’s gone.”
Larson – still riding the momentum of his $1 million NASCAR All-Star win – showed no signs of rust in a Sprint Car by qualifying fourth, finishing second in his Drydene Heat race and winning the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash.
With all of the attention on Larson, Scelzi quietly pieced together a competitive run. He also finished second in his Drydene Heat race and finished runner-up to Larson in the Dash.
When the 30-lap Feature went green, Larson left Scelzi to play with Brad Sweet and David Gravel for second-place. In the early stage of the race, Gravel looked to be the one potential car to challenge Larson, charging his way from fourth to second by lap four.
Scelzi shutdown Gravel’s hope of another win the next lap with a slide job through turns one and two to reclaim second. Gravel made the same move the next lap, but Scelzi outpowered the No. 41 car again through turns three and four.
By the time Scelzi returned to second, Larson was gone. Riding the high side of the speedway, the No. 57 of Larson became a speck in the cloud of dust to Scelzi. However, the teenager’s duel with Gravel taught him a lesson.
“David passed me and when I got by him, I knew it was time to go to the top,” Scelzi said.
Moving to the top kept Scelzi on pace with Larson, but as the track began to rubber up, he moved a lane down again. His lane transitions proved beneficial. With about eight laps to go, Larson went from being a speck to a full frame picture. The NASCAR winner slid up off his line through turn two, making the back end step out and scrubbed off speed.
That gave Scelzi the advantage through turns one and two. He darted underneath Larson down the backstretch and slid by him in turns three and four to officially take the lead with five laps to go.
“I caught him in the rubber, and it looked like he was still searching, and I had the perfect opportunity to pull the trigger,” Scelzi said. “I figured he’d chop me, but he’s a very clean racer.”
From there, Larson had to fend off a hard charging Logan Schuchart, who came from seventh-place to third.
On Saturday, Logan Schuchart claimed the lead after several drivers suffered cut tires, and went on to score the $15,000 win, not to mention his third series win of the season.
“I was trying to be kind of conservative and not spin the tires, not run it into the corner very hard, try to not wear the tire very much,” Schuchart said.
James McFadden recovered from an earlier blown tire, and was working to try to chase down the leader with three laps to go.
A caution flew with one lap to go, setting up a green-white-checkered finished. On the start, McFadden blew by Kerry Madsen on the high side to take second.
Coming off turn two on the final lap, McFadden launched off the corner and went from being two car lengths back to on Schuchart’s bumper. Then into the final corner, both drivers threw their car into the turn.
In the end, it was Schuchart taking the win, with McFadden in second and Madsen in third.
World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series
The Dirt Track at Charlotte – Concord, NC
Patriot Nationals Night One – May 24, 2019
1. 71-Giovanni Scelzi
2. 57-Kyle Larson
3. 1S-Logan Schuchart
4. 49-Brad Sweet
5. 41-David Gravel
6. 11K-Kraig Kinser
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8. 18-Ian Madsen
9. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild
10. 9-James McFadden
11. 1A-Jacob Allen
12. 83-Daryn Pittman
13. 2M-Kerry Madsen
14. 19-Brent Marks
15. 2-Carson Macedo
16. 22-Cole Duncan
17. 71P-Parker Price-Miller
18. 5-Shane Stewart
19. K4-Chad Kemenah
20. 7S-Jason Sides
21. 91-Cale Thomas
22. 17JR-Ricky Stenhouse
23. 41S-Dominic Scelzi
24. 24-Rico Abreu
World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series
The Dirt Track at Charlotte – Concord, NC
Patriot Nationals Night Two – May 25, 2019
1. 1S-Logan Schuchart
2. 9-James McFadden
3. 2M-Kerry Madsen
4. 98H-Dave Blaney
5. 71-Giovanni Scelzi
6. 1A-Jacob Allen
7. 83-Daryn Pittman
8. 7S-Jason Sides
9. 11K-Kraig Kinser
10. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild
11. 15-Donny Schatz
12. 5-Shane Stewart
13. 2-Carson Macedo
14. 18-Ian Madsen
15. 57-Kyle Larson
16. 17JR-Ricky Stenhouse
17. 41-David Gravel
18. 49-Brad Sweet
19. 19-Brent Marks
20. 24-Rico Abreu
21. 91-Cale Thomas
22. 41S-Dominic Scelzi
23. K4-Chad Kemenah
24. 22-Cole Duncan
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