ELBRIDGE, N.Y. — Oct. 11, 2014 — Donny Schatz picked up his 25th win of the season at the Budweiser Salute to the King Outlaw Showdown at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park on Saturday night. Schatz, who started fifth, battled past Brad Sweet and held off David Gravel to win the 25 lap feature and continue to build on what is now the winningest single season of his career.
A-Main – (25 Laps) – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [5] [$10,000]; 2. 83-David Gravel [2] [$5,500]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [6] [$3,200]; 4. 29-Kerry Madsen [7] [$2,800]; 5. 71M-Joey Saldana [9] [$2,500]; 6. 51-Paul McMahan [10] [$2,300]; 7. 4-Cody Darrah [12] [$2,200]; 8. 24-Justin Barger [1] [$2,100]; 9. 11-Steve Kinser [11] [$2,050]; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser [3] [$2,000]; 11. 1Z-Jessica Zemken [17] [$1,500]; 12. 17B-Steve Buckwalter [14] [$1,200]; 13. 10H-Danny Holtgraver [18] [$1,100]; 14. 49-Brad Sweet [4] [$1,050]; 15. 94-Ryan Smith [8] [$1,000]; 16. 7S-Jason Sides [16] [$900]; 17. 77X-Wayne Johnson [23] [$800]; 18. 45-Tim Shaffer [13] [$800]; 19. 35-Jared Zimbardi [19] [$800]; 20. 27-Chad Kemenah [21] [$800]; 21. 1s-Logan Schuchart [22] [$800]; 22. 99L-Larry Wight [20] [$800]; 23. 1A-Jacob Allen [24] [$800]; 24. 63-Kody Swanson [15] [$800]. Lap Leaders: Justin Barger 1-8, Brad Sweet 9-15, David Gravel 16, Donny Schatz 17-25. KSE Hard Charger Award: 1Z-Jessica Zemken [+6]
Qualifying – 1. 29-Kerry Madsen, 16.446; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman, 16.547; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 16.622; 4. 49-Brad Sweet, 16.624; 5. 83-David Gravel, 16.638; 6. 71M-Joey Saldana, 16.680; 7. 24-Justin Barger, 16.749; 8. 51-Paul McMahan, 16.763; 9. 94-Ryan Smith, 16.784; 10. 11-Steve Kinser, 16.825; 11. 15-Donny Schatz, 16.827; 12. 4-Cody Darrah, 16.827; 13. 45-Tim Shaffer, 16.845; 14. 65-Dave Ely, 16.857; 15. 17B-Steve Buckwalter, 16.909; 16. 63-Kody Swanson, 16.936; 17. 7S-Jason Sides, 16.951; 18. 1Z-Jessica Zemken, 16.994; 19. 10H-Danny Holtgraver, 17.034; 20. 35-Jared Zimbardi, 17.228; 21. 99L-Larry Wight, 17.292; 22. 77X-Wayne Johnson, 17.315; 23. 28F-Steve Poirier, 17.374; 24. 27-Chad Kemenah, 17.471; 25. 1s-Logan Schuchart, 17.483; 26. 3Z-John Smith, 17.786; 27. 7-Ed Aikin, 17.847; 28. 1A-Jacob Allen, 17.913; 29. 5D-Dave Dykstra, 18.041; 30. 19-Paige Polyak, 18.716
Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 24-Justin Barger [2]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 3. 11-Steve Kinser [1]; 4. 29-Kerry Madsen [4]; 5. 45-Tim Shaffer [5]; 6. 10H-Danny Holtgraver [7]; 7. 77X-Wayne Johnson [8]; 8. 63-Kody Swanson [6]; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen [10]; 10. 1s-Logan Schuchart [9]
Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 2. 51-Paul McMahan [2]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [4]; 4. 83-David Gravel [3]; 5. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 6. 35-Jared Zimbardi [7]; 7. 3Z-John Smith [9]; 8. 5D-Dave Dykstra [10]; 9. 65-Dave Ely [5]; 10. 28F-Steve Poirier [8]
Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 94-Ryan Smith [2]; 2. 4-Cody Darrah [1]; 3. 1Z-Jessica Zemken [6]; 4. 71M-Joey Saldana [3]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [4]; 6. 17B-Steve Buckwalter [5]; 7. 99L-Larry Wight [7]; 8. 27-Chad Kemenah [8]; 9. 7-Ed Aikin [9]; 10. 19-Paige Polyak [10]
Dash – (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) – 1. 24-Justin Barger [1]; 2. 83-David Gravel [2]; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser [4]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz [8]; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman [5]; 7. 29-Kerry Madsen [6]; 8. 94-Ryan Smith [7]
Last Chance Showdown – (12 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 27-Chad Kemenah [6] [-]; 2. 99L-Larry Wight [3] [-]; 3. 63-Kody Swanson [2] [-]; 4. 1s-Logan Schuchart [7] [-]; 5. 77X-Wayne Johnson [4] [-]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [10] [-]; 7. 7-Ed Aikin [9] [$200]; 8. 3Z-John Smith [8] [$180]; 9. 19-Paige Polyak [12] [$175]; 10. 5D-Dave Dykstra [11] [$160]; 11. 65-Dave Ely [1] [$150]; 12. 28F-Steve Poirier [5] [$150]
