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World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars
Sharon Speedway | Hartford, Ohio
Saturday, September 24, 2022
Race Recap  

STATEMENT MADE: Brad Sweet Extends Point Lead with Dominant Sharon Speedway Score

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series championship battle is coming down to crunch time, so naturally, Brad Sweet is beginning to thrive under the pressure.

With only 10 races remaining in the 2022 campaign ahead of Saturday’s stop at Sharon Speedway, “The Big Cat” chose a fine time to step up and deliver what was arguably his biggest statement of the year.

The Kasey Kahne Racing, NAPA Auto Parts #49 team led all 35 laps in dominant fashion, running away with a 3.4-second margin of victory over Donny Schatz and Sheldon Haudenschild in an unchallenged romp at the Hartford, OH venue.

Bringing his total to five Series wins this year, the Grass Valley, CA native now leads David Gravel and Carson Macedo by 96 points with another nine races left on the docket. It’s clear now that Sweet controls his own destiny in the chase for a $200,000 championship payday with his fourth consecutive title.

“First things first, hats off to my crew,” Sweet said after his 79th career World of Outlaws win. “They gave me a great race car tonight. I would’ve said you’re crazy if you told me I would win pounding the boards tonight, but here we are. That is more Sheldon’s style, but this NAPA #49 took off so well up there. We weren’t great in the Dash and rolled the dice before the Feature, and thankfully, it paid off. I’m glad I could get us back in Victory Lane. We’ve had a rough year in the win column, so this one feels extra good.”

Eric Prutzman (Crew Chief), Joe Mooney (Car Chief), and Andrew Bowman (Tire Specialist) join Sweet in VL. [Trent Gower]
Running in the second spot for the entirety of Saturday’s 35-lapper was Donny Schatz, who earned his sixth runner-up result of the year in his Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing, Ford Performance, Carquest Auto Parts #15. The 10-time Series champion was poised to lead the initial green flag from the pole position, but a caution negated his jump and allowed Sweet to pounce the next time.

“I don’t know that we were missing anything tonight,” Schatz said. “It was a great car, but Brad got up there first and I was too focused on trying to make the middle work to try and get him somehow. I really didn’t think it would go to the top like that. My guys put a new car together before yesterday and we’re off to a strong start with this one.”

Rounding out the podium at Sharon was Sheldon Haudenschild in the Stenhouse Jr. / Marshall Racing, NOS Energy Drink #17. It was a strong rebound for the Wooster, OH native following a rough Friday night at Eldora Speedway which ended with a DNF following three on-track incidents.

“[Kyle] Ripper worked on it before we rolled out and we got better, but just didn’t have enough tonight,” Haudenschild said. “They moved those tires out quite a bit on this track and it made things a lot more difficult. You know the #15 and #49 are not going to make very many mistakes ahead of you. After the rough night we had yesterday, though, it feels great to rebound and put these guys back on the podium.”

Closing out the top-five on Saturday at Sharon was David Gravel with a fourth-place finish in the Big Game Motorsports, Huset’s Speedway #2, and James McFadden coming home fifth in the Roth Motorsports, Toyota Racing Development #83.

Jacob Allen extended his career-best streak to 13 consecutive top-10 finishes with another sixth-place run aboard the Shark Racing #1A. Rounding out the top-10 behind him was leading rookie contender Spencer Bayston, sophomore runner Brock Zearfoss, Hard Charger Logan Schuchart, and Lee Jacobs, of Dalton, OH, with his fourth-career World of Outlaws top-10.

Updated Career Podium Totals – Sweet (255th), Schatz (738th), Haudenschild (80th). [Trent Gower]

NOS NOTEBOOK (Sharon Speedway, 9/24/22)

Brad Sweet’s 79th career World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series victory brings him to within five of tying Stevie Smith (84 wins) for 10th on the All-Time Win List. He also joined Carson Macedo (11), Sheldon Haudenschild (9), David Gravel (6), and Brent Marks (5) as the fifth five-time winner this year with the Series.

A 2012 Lou Blaney Memorial winner at the Hartford, OH 3/8-mile, Saturday’s win officially makes Sharon Speedway the 44th different track that Brad Sweet has conquered throughout his World of Outlaws career.

Sheldon Haudenschild opened the evening by pacing My Place Hotels Qualifying at 13.349 seconds, strong enough to earn his fifth QuickTime Award of the year and the 24th of his World of Outlaws career.

Taking NOS Energy Drink Heat Race wins was Sheldon Haudenschild (81st career), David Gravel (204th career), James McFadden (33rd career), and Donny Schatz (505th career). Schatz followed that with a DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash victory to make it four pole positions this season.

Logan Schuchart topped the MicroLite Last Chance Showdown and promptly earned the KSE Hard Charger Award by driving the Shark Racing #1S from 21st-to-ninth in the 35-lapper Feature.

More than half of Saturday’s 35-car field – 18 drivers, to be exact – made their season debut with the World of Outlaws at Sharon Speedway. The best finisher among that group was “The Lowrider” Dale Blaney, who ended a three-year absence from the Series with a 13th-place result in brother Dave Blaney’s second #10B entry.

UP NEXT (Fri-Sat) – Next week, the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series returns to “The Keystone State” for the most prestigious event in Pennsylvania. Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA is set to host the 60th Champion Racing Oil National Open on Friday and Saturday, offering a $75,000 top prize to this year’s winner of the famed Outlaws vs. Posse battle. Fans can BUY TICKETS HERE, or watch every lap LIVE on DIRTVision.

NOS Energy Drink Feature Results (35 Laps) – 1. 49-Brad Sweet [2][$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [1][$6,000]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [5][$3,500]; 4. 2-David Gravel [4][$2,800]; 5. 83-James McFadden [3][$2,500]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [12][$2,300]; 7. 5-Spencer Bayston [6][$2,200]; 8. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [8][$2,100]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart [21][$2,050]; 10. 81-Lee Jacobs [16][$2,000]; 11. 10-Dave Blaney [11][$1,600]; 12. 11K-Kraig Kinser [15][$1,400]; 13. 10B-Dale Blaney [14][$1,200]; 14. 22-Brandon Spithaler [13][$1,100]; 15. 40-George Hobaugh [18][$1,050]; 16. 2F-AJ Flick [9][$1,000]; 17. 7S-Robbie Price [24][$1,000]; 18. 46-Michael Bauer [20][$1,000]; 19. 6-Bob Felmlee [23][$1,000]; 20. 1M-Landon Myers [22][$1,000]; 21. 20G-Noah Gass [10][$1,000]; 22. 41-Carson Macedo [7][$1,000]; 23. 29M-Logan McCandless [17][$1,000]; 24. 11-Carl Bowser [19][$1,000]. Lap Leaders: Brad Sweet 1-35. KSE Hard Charger Award: 1S-Logan Schuchart[+12]

NEW Championship Standings (65/74 Races) – 1. Brad Sweet (8,076); 2. David Gravel (-96); 3. Carson Macedo (-140); 4. Sheldon Haudenschild (-240); 5. Donny Schatz (-244); 6. Logan Schuchart (-326); 7. James McFadden (-466); 8. Spencer Bayston (-540); 9. Jacob Allen (-660); 10. Brock Zearfoss (-878).

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Results  
Feature Results
POSStart+/-#DriverLapsBehindLedStatusPointsMoney
12+149Brad Sweet 350.00035Running150$10,000
21-115Donny Schatz 35-3.496Running146$6,000
35+217Sheldon Haudenschild 35-3.938Running144$3,500
4402David Gravel 35-4.630Running142$2,800
53-283James McFadden 35-5.334Running140$2,500
612+61AJacob Allen 35-7.375Running138$2,300
76-15Spencer Bayston 35-8.462Running136$2,200
8803ZBrock Zearfoss 35-9.812Running134$2,100
921+121SLogan Schuchart 35-10.103Running132$2,050
1016+681Lee Jacobs 35-11.520Running130$2,000
1111010Dave Blaney 35-14.582Running128$1,600
1215+311KKraig Kinser 35-16.742Running126$1,400
1314+110BDale Blaney 34-1 LapsRunning124$1,200
1413-122Brandon Spithaler 34-1 LapsRunning122$1,100
1518+340George Hobaugh Jr33-2 LapsRunning120$1,050
169-72FA.J. Flick 33-2 LapsRunning118$1,000
1724+77SRobbie Price 33-2 LapsRunning116$1,000
1820+246Michael Bauer 33-2 LapsRunning114$1,000
1923+46Bob Felmlee 21-14 LapsRunning112$1,000
2022+21MLandon Myers 15-20 LapsRunning110$1,000
2110-1120GNoah Gass 10-25 LapsRunning108$1,000
227-1541Carson Macedo 10-25 LapsRunning106$1,000
2317-629MLogan McCandless 0-35 LapsDNS104$1,000
2419-511Carl Bowser 0-35 LapsDNS102$1,000
KSE Hard Charger: Logan Schuchart
Last Chance Showdown Results
POSStart+/-#DriverLapsBehindLedStatusPointsMoney
1101SLogan Schuchart 120.00012Running0$0
23+11MLandon Myers 12-5.494Running0$0
32-16Bob Felmlee 12-8.301Running0$0
45+17SRobbie Price 12-9.699Running0$0
54-12PRicky Peterson 12-10.195Running90$300
66029Dan Shetler 12-10.938Running90$250
79+2O8Danny Kuriger 12-12.441Running90$225
87-123Darren Pifer 12-14.101Running90$200
911+213Brandon Matus 12-16.224Running90$200
1012+25DJacob Dykstra 12-16.728Running90$200
1114+311JDavid Kalb, Jr. 11-1 LapsRunning90$200
1213+131CChase Metheney 11-1 LapsRunning90$200
1310-32XBrian Smith 11-1 LapsRunning90$200
148-633Brent Matus 7-5 LapsRunning90$200
1515047Brett Brunkenhoefer 0-12 LapsRunning90$200
Dash 1 Results
POSStart+/-#DriverLapsBehindLedStatusPointsMoney
11015Donny Schatz 60.0006Running0$0
22049Brad Sweet 6-1.048Running0$0
34+183James McFadden 6-1.856Running0$0
47+32David Gravel 6-2.614Running0$0
53-217Sheldon Haudenschild 6-3.548Running0$0
65-15Spencer Bayston 6-5.473Running0$0
76-141Carson Macedo 3-3 LapsRunning0$0
8803ZBrock Zearfoss 0-6 LapsRunning0$0
Heat 1 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
11017Sheldon Haudenschild 80.0008Running
22049Brad Sweet 8-2.104Running
3302FA.J. Flick 8-4.876Running
44022Brandon Spithaler 8-7.273Running
55029MLogan McCandless 8-8.095Running
6601MLandon Myers 8-8.749Running
77029Dan Shetler 8-10.403Running
8802XBrian Smith 8-14.279Running
99031CChase Metheney 7-1 LapsRunning
Heat 2 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
1102David Gravel 80.0008Running
22041Carson Macedo 8-1.526Running
33020GNoah Gass 8-2.782Running
44010BDale Blaney 8-5.458Running
56+140George Hobaugh Jr8-9.038Running
65-16Bob Felmlee 8-11.262Running
78+123Darren Pifer 8-12.558Running
87-113Brandon Matus 8-13.944Running
99011JDavid Kalb, Jr. 8-15.250Running
Heat 3 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
11083James McFadden 80.0008Running
2205Spencer Bayston 8-1.539Running
34+110Dave Blaney 8-2.432Running
45+111KKraig Kinser 8-4.382Running
57+211Carl Bowser 8-5.100Running
6602PRicky Peterson 8-6.415Running
78+133Brent Matus 8-7.255Running
83-51SLogan Schuchart 5-3 LapsRunning
99047Brett Brunkenhoefer 0-8 LapsRunning
Heat 4 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
11015Donny Schatz 80.0008Running
2203ZBrock Zearfoss 8-2.106Running
3301AJacob Allen 8-3.196Running
44081Lee Jacobs 8-6.533Running
56+146Michael Bauer 8-10.293Running
65-17SRobbie Price 8-10.427Running
770O8Danny Kuriger 8-12.882Running
8805DJacob Dykstra 7-1 LapsRunning
Qualifying Flight 1 Results
POSStartCarDriverHometownTimeDifference
1817Sheldon Haudenschild Wooster, OH13.3490.000
2182David Gravel Watertown, CT13.428-0.079
3383James McFadden Alice Springs, NT13.523-0.174
42315Donny Schatz Fargo, ND13.533-0.184
51949Brad Sweet Grass Valley, CA13.554-0.205
63241Carson Macedo Lemoore, CA13.583-0.234
745Spencer Bayston Lebanon, IN13.645-0.296
893ZBrock Zearfoss Jonestown, PA13.663-0.314
972FA.J. Flick Apollo, PA13.672-0.323
103020GNoah Gass Mounds, OK13.705-0.356
11291SLogan Schuchart Hanover, PA13.835-0.486
12241AJacob Allen Hanover, PA13.846-0.497
131022Brandon Spithaler Butler, PA13.871-0.522
142010BDale Blaney Hartford, OH13.883-0.534
153410Dave Blaney High Point, NC13.891-0.542
162781Lee Jacobs Holmesville, OH13.939-0.590
17129MLogan McCandless Mercer, PA14.037-0.688
18146Bob Felmlee Franklin, PA14.174-0.825
19211KKraig Kinser Bloomington, IN14.213-0.864
2067SRobbie Price Cobble Hill, BC14.245-0.896
21131MLandon Myers York, PA14.247-0.898
221540George Hobaugh JrChicora, PA14.269-0.920
23122PRicky Peterson Rawson, OH14.354-1.005
241746Michael Bauer Eighty-Four, PA14.359-1.010
25529Dan Shetler Johnstown, PA14.375-1.026
261613Brandon Matus Wampum, PA14.376-1.027
271111Carl Bowser Butler, PA14.509-1.160
2826O8Danny Kuriger Rochester, PA14.555-1.206
29332XBrian Smith Fremont, OH14.633-1.284
302223Darren Pifer Punxsutawney, PA14.788-1.439
312833Brent Matus Wampum, PA14.816-1.467
32215DJacob Dykstra Port Colborne, ON14.930-1.581
332531CChase Metheney Forestville, PA14.971-1.622
343511JDavid Kalb, Jr. Aurora, OH15.027-1.678
353147Brett Brunkenhoefer Hubbard, OH15.559-2.210
DIRTVision Highlights  
Event Info  

World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars
Saturday, September 24, 2022
Sharon Speedway
3241 Custer Orangeville Rd
Hartford, Ohio 44424 

Event Description
Dave Blaney's Sharon Speedway welcomes the World of Outlaws back for the second and final time this season. Can he top the regulars again?

Series Racing
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series

To Win Amount
$10,000.00

Feature Laps Length
35

Event Schedule
2PM Pit Gates open
5PM Grandstand Gates open
6:30PM Hot Laps/Qualifying
7:30PM Opening Ceremonies
*All times Eastern

Ticket Options  
Ticket Phone
(844) 347-8849

Options And Prices
Adult Reserved: $39 Advanced/$42 Day of Race
Adult GA: $35 Advanced/$39 Day of Race
Child GA 12 and under: $10
Pits:$45


Grandstand Type
Bleachers - No backs

Reserved Seating
Frontstretch

Family Section Location
None

Handicapped Seating Location
Located on frontstretch and backstretch

Pit Age Requirement
No Age limit - All minor's require proper waiver

Parking Cost
None

Handicapped Parking Location
Front gate entrance

Camping Availability
non-electric, onsite

Camping Cost
$25

Frequently Asked Questions  
To Win Amount
$10,000.00

Reserved Seating
Frontstretch

Type of Grandstand
Bleachers - No backs

Stadium Seating
Allowed

Handicapped Seating
Located on frontstretch and backstretch

Handicapped Parking
Front gate entrance

Pit Age Limit
No Age limit - All minor's require proper waiver

Personal Coolers
No coolers allowed

Credit Card Use
Concessions, Pit Gate, Ticket Window

Alcohol Sales
Not allowed in

Smoking Policy
No smoking allowed in grandstands

Family Section
None

Parking Cost
None

Camping Availability
non-electric, onsite

Camping Cost
$25

Track Info  

Sharon Speedway
3241 Custer Orangeville Rd
Hartford, Ohio 44424 

Track Phone
(330) 772-5481

Ticket Phone
(844) 347-8849

Track Email
[email protected]

Track Size
0.375

Sprint Car Track Record
12.704 seconds by Danny Holtgraver on 8/20/13

Late Model Track Record
14.842 seconds by Brandon Sheppard on 4/21/17

Closest Airport
Youngstown

Other Airport
Cleveland

Track Map
Competitor Info  
Competitor Downloads
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Competitor Info
Mufflers not required

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