TULARE, CA – March 9, 2018 – Texas native Aaron Reutzel scored his first career World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory in thrilling fashion after exchanging multiple slide jobs with local driver Cory Eliason. A lap 20 yellow for then race leader Sheldon Haudenschild bunched the field together and Reutzel began picking off the leaders in exciting fashion. Eliason settled for second with Donny Schatz completing the podium.
Feature (35 Laps) 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel [4][$10,000]; 2. 83-Cory Eliason [1][$5,000]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [5][$3,000]; 4. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [8][$2,700]; 5. 21X-Carson Macedo [12][$2,500]; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman [10][$2,200]; 7. 49-Brad Sweet [6][$2,000]; 8. 7S-Tim Kaeding [16][$1,800]; 9. 14-Jason Meyers [2][$1,600]; 10. 24-Rico Abreu [11][$1,450]; 11. 57-Giovanni Scelzi [7][$1,300]; 12. 18-Ian Madsen [14][$1,200]; 13. 45-Paul McMahan [17][$1,100]; 14. 29-Willie Croft [21][$1,000]; 15. 4-Parker Price-Miller [9][$950]; 16. 2-Shane Stewart [19][$900]; 17. 41-Jason Johnson [20][$850]; 18. 21-Brian Brown [18][$750]; 19. 5-David Gravel [13][$725]; 20. 26-Joey Saldana [26][$]; 21. OO-Dane Lorenc [28][$]; 22. 1S-Logan Schuchart [25][$]; 23. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [3][$700]; 24. 49X-Tim Shaffer [23][$700]; 25. 88N-DJ Netto [22][$700]; 26. 13-Clyde Knipp [27][$]; 27. 83JR-Kyle Hirst [15][$700]; 28. 1A-Jacob Allen [24][$700]; Lap Leaders: Cory Eliason 1-11, 20-30; Sheldon Haudenschild 12-19, Aaron Reutzel 31-35; KSE Hard Charger Award: 7S-Tim Kaeding[+8]
Qualifying Flight-A: 1. 57-Giovanni Scelzi, 12.568; 2. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, 12.656; 3. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.673; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 12.708; 5. 5-David Gravel, 12.712; 6. 24-Rico Abreu, 12.769; 7. 4-Parker Price-Miller, 12.793; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen, 12.854; 9. 45-Paul McMahan, 12.868; 10. 2-Shane Stewart, 12.869; 11. 29-Willie Croft, 12.876; 12. 83JR-Kyle Hirst, 12.897; 13. 26-Joey Saldana, 12.908; 14. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 12.963; 15. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.975; 16. O-Bud Kaeding, 13.066; 17. 68-Chase Johnson, 13.073; 18. 5H-Michael Kofoid, 13.104; 19. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.268; 20. 10-Matthew Moles, 13.385; 21. 7SS-Jason Sides, 13.533; 22. 98-Sean Watts, 13.825
Qualifying Flight-B: 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.511; 2. 83-Cory Eliason, 12.744; 3. 14-Jason Meyers, 12.768; 4. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.779; 5. 18-Ian Madsen, 12.782; 6. 21X-Carson Macedo, 12.796; 7. 9-Daryn Pittman, 12.865; 8. 7S-Tim Kaeding, 12.87; 9. 21-Brian Brown, 12.882; 10. 41-Jason Johnson, 12.91; 11. 88N-DJ Netto, 12.967; 12. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 12.983; 13. 3C-Tanner Thorson, 13.021; 14. 22-Shane Golobic, 13.027; 15. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier, 13.038; 16. 19-Brent Marks, 13.09; 17. 13-Clyde Knipp, 13.212; 18. 37-Mitchell Faccinto, 13.328; 19. 7-John Carney, 13.446; 20. OO-Dane Lorenc, 13.745; 21. 28-Nathan Rolfe, 13.798
Heat #1 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer: 1. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 2. 57-Giovanni Scelzi [1]; 3. 4-Parker Price-Miller [4]; 4. 5-David Gravel [3]; 5. 45-Paul McMahan [5]; 6. 29-Willie Croft [6]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart [8]; 8. 26-Joey Saldana [7]; 9. 68-Chase Johnson [9]; 10. W20-Greg Wilson [10]; 11. 7SS-Jason Sides [11]
Heat #2 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer: 1. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [1]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel [2]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [3]; 4. 83JR-Kyle Hirst [6]; 5. 2-Shane Stewart [5]; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser [7]; 7. 5H-Michael Kofoid [9]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen [4]; 9. O-Bud Kaeding [8]; 10. 98-Sean Watts [11]; 11. 10-Matthew Moles [10]
Heat #3 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer: 1. 14-Jason Meyers [2]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [1]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [4]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [3]; 5. 21-Brian Brown [5]; 6. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier [8]; 7. 88N-DJ Netto [6]; 8. 3C-Tanner Thorson [7]; 9. 13-Clyde Knipp [9]; 10. 7-John Carney [10]; 11. 28-Nathan Rolfe [11]
Heat #4 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer: 1. 83-Cory Eliason [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 3. 21X-Carson Macedo [3]; 4. 7S-Tim Kaeding [4]; 5. 41-Jason Johnson [5]; 6. 49X-Tim Shaffer [6]; 7. 22-Shane Golobic [7]; 8. 19-Brent Marks [8]; 9. 37-Mitchell Faccinto [9]; 10. OO-Dane Lorenc [10]
Craftsman Club Dash (6 Laps): 1. 83-Cory Eliason [4]; 2. 14-Jason Meyers [2]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [6]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel [7]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet [8]; 7. 57-Giovanni Scelzi [5]; 8. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [3]
C-Main (10 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer: 1. 68-Chase Johnson [1][-]; 2. 5H-Michael Kofoid [3][-]; 3. 13-Clyde Knipp [2][$150]; 4. 37-Mitchell Faccinto [4][$150]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [5][$150]; 6. 10-Matthew Moles [7][$125]; 7. 7-John Carney [6][$125]; 8. 98-Sean Watts [9][$125]; 9. 28-Nathan Rolfe [10][$125]; 10. OO-Dane Lorenc [8][$125]; 11. 7SS-Jason Sides [11][$125]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 29-Willie Croft [3][-]; 2. 88N-DJ Netto [2][-]; 3. 49X-Tim Shaffer [4][-]; 4. 1A-Jacob Allen [1][-]; 5. 22-Shane Golobic [8][$300]; 6. 26-Joey Saldana [5][$250]; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser [7][$225]; 8. 3C-Tanner Thorson [6][$200]; 9. 5H-Michael Kofoid [14][$200]; 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart [9][$200]; 11. 68-Chase Johnson [13][$200]; 12. 19-Brent Marks [12][$200]; 13. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier [10][$200]; 14. O-Bud Kaeding [11][$200]
