LAS VEGAS — March 4, 2016 — Donny Schatz slid back on the initial start of the FVP Outlaw Showdown presented by Dollar Loan Center, then battled his way back to the front and took the lead from Brad Sweet with just four laps remaining to capture the victory at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
A-Main – (30 Laps) – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [2] [$10,000]; 2. 83-Joey Saldana [3] [$5,000]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [1] [$3,000]; 4. 21-Brian Brown [5] [$2,700]; 5. 2-Shane Stewart [12] [$2,500]; 6. 24R-Rico Abreu [4] [$2,200]; 7. 9-Daryn Pittman [10] [$2,000]; 8. 18-Ian Madsen [7] [$1,800]; 9. 17W-Bryan Clauson [8] [$1,600]; 10. 41-Jason Johnson [19] [$1,450]; 11. 1-Sammy Swindell [6] [$1,300]; 12. 29-Kerry Madsen [9] [$1,200]; 13. 82-Dusty Zomer [16] [$1,100]; 14. 55L-Aaron Reutzel [14] [$1,000]; 15. 7-Paul McMahan [20] [$950]; 16. 7S-Jason Sides [17] [$900]; 17. 1S-Logan Schuchart [24] [$850]; 18. 24-Terry McCarl [11] [$750]; 19. 2L-Danny Lasoski [18] [$725]; 20. 73-Brady Bacon [15] [$700]; 21. 5-David Gravel [21] [$700]; 22. 18S-Jason Solwold [23] [$700]; 23. 55-Trey Starks [22] [$700]; 24. 11K-Kraig Kinser [13] [$700]. Lap Leaders: Joey Saldana 1-8, Brad Sweet 9-25, Donny Schatz 26-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: 41-Jason Johnson [+9]
Qualifying – 1. 83-Joey Saldana, 14.437; 2. 2L-Danny Lasoski, 14.562; 3. 21-Brian Brown, 14.665; 4. 17W-Bryan Clauson, 14.672; 5. 29-Kerry Madsen, 14.677; 6. 5-David Gravel, 14.679; 7. 18-Ian Madsen, 14.689; 8. 49-Brad Sweet, 14.732; 9. 1-Sammy Swindell, 14.786; 10. 24R-Rico Abreu, 14.804; 11. 24-Terry McCarl, 14.915; 12. 82-Dusty Zomer, 14.922; 13. 7S-Jason Sides, 14.938; 14. 9-Daryn Pittman, 14.950; 15. 44W-Austen Wheatley, 14.953; 16. 55-Trey Starks, 14.978; 17. 18S-Jason Solwold, 14.980; 18. 15-Donny Schatz, 14.999; 19. 73-Brady Bacon, 15.031; 20. 7-Paul McMahan, 15.052; 21. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 15.073; 22. 55L-Aaron Reutzel, 15.079; 23. 41-Jason Johnson, 15.101; 24. 2-Shane Stewart, 15.105; 25. 1A-Jacob Allen, 15.111; 26. W20-Greg Wilson, 15.157; 27. 88N-DJ Netto, 15.192; 28. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 15.234; 29. 41X-Dominic Scelzi, 15.290; 30. 68-Chase Johnson, 15.339; 31. O-Bud Kaeding, 15.393; 32. 2LX-Logan Forler, 15.461; 33. 44-Chris Martin, 15.495; 34. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 15.542; 35. 17-Josh Baughman, 15.672; 36. 90-Lance Norick, 15.989
Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 83-Joey Saldana [1]; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell [3]; 3. 29-Kerry Madsen [2]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [6]; 5. 7S-Jason Sides [4]; 6. 18S-Jason Solwold [5]; 7. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [8]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen [7]; 9. 44-Chris Martin [9]
Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [5]; 2. 24R-Rico Abreu [3]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [4]; 4. 55L-Aaron Reutzel [6]; 5. 2L-Danny Lasoski [1]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart [9]; 7. 5-David Gravel [2]; 8. 68-Chase Johnson [8]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson [7]
Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 21-Brian Brown [1]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [2]; 3. 24-Terry McCarl [3]; 4. 73-Brady Bacon [5]; 5. 41-Jason Johnson [6]; 6. 44W-Austen Wheatley [4]; 7. O-Bud Kaeding [8]; 8. 17-Josh Baughman [9]; 9. 88N-DJ Netto [7]
Heat 4 – (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 2. 17W-Bryan Clauson [1]; 3. 2-Shane Stewart [6]; 4. 82-Dusty Zomer [3]; 5. 7-Paul McMahan [5]; 6. 13-Mark Dobmeier [7]; 7. 2LX-Logan Forler [8]; 8. 55-Trey Starks [4]; 9. 90-Lance Norick [9]
Dash – (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) – 1. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [5]; 3. 83-Joey Saldana [6]; 4. 24R-Rico Abreu [1]; 5. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 6. 1-Sammy Swindell [2]; 7. 18-Ian Madsen [7]; 8. 17W-Bryan Clauson [8]
Last Chance Showdown – (12 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 5-David Gravel [1] [-]; 2. 55-Trey Starks [3] [-]; 3. 18S-Jason Solwold [4] [-]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [14] [-]; 5. O-Bud Kaeding [11] [$300]; 6. 88N-DJ Netto [7] [$250]; 7. 44W-Austen Wheatley [2] [$225]; 8. 2LX-Logan Forler [12] [$200]; 9. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [9] [$200]; 10. 17-Josh Baughman [15] [$200]; 11. 68-Chase Johnson [10] [$200]; 12. 44-Chris Martin [13] [$200]; 13. 1A-Jacob Allen [5] [$200]; 14. 90-Lance Norick [16] [$200]; 15. 13-Mark Dobmeier [8] [$200]; 16. W20-Greg Wilson [6] [$200]
