7/14/17 – Eldora Speedway

ROSSBURG, OH — July 14, 2017 — Christopher Bell took the lead from Brad Sweet in turn three and then held off a surging Donny Schatz on a restart with nine laps to go to win the Knight Before the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway. Bell, who lined up for the 30-lap main event in third, engaged in a thrilling battle with Brian Brown in the opening laps before catching and then passing Brad Sweet in lapped traffic. Schatz surged in the middle of the race as the track continued to slick off and put his best towards Bell, but fell 0.591 seconds short of the victory. Brad Sweet earned his second straight podium finish with a third-place result while Ian Madsen and Brown rounded out the podium finishers. 

Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 14-Christopher Bell [3][$12,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [6][$5,700]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [2][$3,500]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [5][$3,000]; 5. 21-Brian Brown [1][$2,600]; 6. 2M-Kerry Madsen [8][$2,400]; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser [9][$2,300]; 8. 5-David Gravel [16][$2,200]; 9. 9-Daryn Pittman [15][$2,150]; 10. 24-Rico Abreu [20][$2,100]; 11. 49X-Tim Shaffer [4][$1,600]; 12. 1S-Logan Schuchart [12][$1,350]; 13. 19-Brent Marks [25][$500]; 14. 71-Joey Saldana [19][$1,200]; 15. 10H-Chad Kemenah [11][$1,100]; 16. 2-Shane Stewart [10][$1,000]; 17. 41-Jason Johnson [7][$900]; 18. 55XM-Dale Blaney [18][$850]; 19. 81-Lee Jacobs [17][$800]; 20. 17-Jac Haudenschild [14][$800]; 21. 3H-James McFadden [13][$800]; 22. 4-Paul McMahan [26][$]; 23. O7-Ryan Smith [22][$800]; 24. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [24][$800]; 25. 12N-Cole Duncan [21][$800]; 26. 1ST-Gary Taylor [23][$800]; Lap Leaders: Brad Sweet 1-9; Christopher Bell 10-21, 23-30; Donny Schatz 22; KSE Hard Charger Award: 19-Brent Marks[+12]

Qualifying Flight-A – 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 13.216; 2. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.233; 3. 18-Ian Madsen, 13.272; 4. 21-Brian Brown, 13.279; 5. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 13.376; 6. 14-Christopher Bell, 13.389; 7. 3H-James McFadden, 13.399; 8. 71-Joey Saldana, 13.413; 9. 81-Lee Jacobs, 13.416; 10. 24-Rico Abreu, 13.437; 11. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.461; 12. O7-Ryan Smith, 13.482; 13. 44-Trey Starks, 13.491; 14. 99-Brady Bacon, 13.495; 15. 7K-Cale Conley, 13.561; 16. 21AU-Jordyn Brazier, 13.613; 17. 49D-Shawn Dancer, 13.619; 18. 2X-Parker Price-Miller, 13.654; 19. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.707; 20. 33M-Max Stambaugh, 13.736; 21. 45-Trevor Baker, 13.776; 22. 16-Chris Andrews, 13.896; 23. 71M-Paul May, 13.934; 24. 27Z-Sean Zemunik, 13.961; 25. 22M-Dan McCarron, 14.11; 26. 5QB-Quentin Blonde, 14.856

Qualifying Flight-B – 1. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.057; 2. 5-David Gravel, 13.088; 3. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 13.17; 4. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.183; 5. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 13.205; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.254; 7. 17-Jac Haudenschild, 13.286; 8. 2-Shane Stewart, 13.374; 9. 12N-Cole Duncan, 13.386; 10. 1ST-Gary Taylor, 13.387; 11. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.424; 12. 55XM-Dale Blaney, 13.453; 13. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.454; 14. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.465; 15. 4-Paul McMahan, 13.501; 16. 19-Brent Marks, 13.513; 17. A67-Brandon Wimmer, 13.584; 18. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, 13.667; 19. 13-Clyde Knipp, 13.69; 20. 19P-Paige Polyak, 13.703; 21. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.82; 22. 11N-Craig Mintz, 13.833; 23. 91-Cale Thomas, 13.859; 24. 17X-Josh Baughman, 13.984; 25. 97W-Mitch Wormall, 14.03; 26. 7J-Joe Swanson, 14.122; 27. 83C-Adam Cruea, 14.949

Heat #1 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – Top 2 to Dash – 1. 41-Jason Johnson [1]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [2]; 3. 3H-James McFadden [3]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu [4]; 5. 5T-Travis Philo [7]; 6. 16-Chris Andrews [8]; 7. 44-Trey Starks [5]; 8. 21AU-Jordyn Brazier [6]; 9. 22M-Dan McCarron [9]

Heat #2 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – Top 2 to Dash – 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1]; 2. 10H-Chad Kemenah [2]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [4]; 4. 71-Joey Saldana [3]; 5. 99-Brady Bacon [5]; 6. 49D-Shawn Dancer [6]; 7. 71M-Paul May [8]; 8. 33M-Max Stambaugh [7]; 9. 5QB-Quentin Blonde [9]

Heat #3 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) -Top 3 Transfer – Top 2 to Dash – 1. 18-Ian Madsen [1]; 2. 14-Christopher Bell [2]; 3. 81-Lee Jacobs [3]; 4. O7-Ryan Smith [4]; 5. 7K-Cale Conley [5]; 6. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [6]; 7. 45-Trevor Baker [7]; 8. 27Z-Sean Zemunik [8]

Heat #4 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – Top 2 to Dash – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 3. 17-Jac Haudenschild [3]; 4. 19-Brent Marks [6]; 5. 1ST-Gary Taylor [4]; 6. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [5]; 7. 13-Clyde Knipp [7]; 8. 11N-Craig Mintz [8]; 9. 97W-Mitch Wormall [9]

Heat #5 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – Top 2 to Dash – 1. 2M-Kerry Madsen [2]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [3]; 3. 5-David Gravel [1]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [5]; 5. A67-Brandon Wimmer [6]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [4]; 7. 91-Cale Thomas [8]; 8. 7J-Joe Swanson [9]; 9. 19P-Paige Polyak [7]

Heat #6 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – Top 2 to Dash – 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer [1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2]; 3. 55XM-Dale Blaney [4]; 4. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [6]; 5. 12N-Cole Duncan [3]; 6. 4-Paul McMahan [5]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [7]; 8. 83C-Adam Cruea [9]; 9. 17X-Josh Baughman [8]

Craftsman Club Dash A (6 Laps) – 1. 21-Brian Brown [1]; 2. 14-Christopher Bell [6]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [2]; 4. 41-Jason Johnson [4]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [3]; 6. 10H-Chad Kemenah [5]

Craftsman Club Dash B (6 Laps) – 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer [2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 4. 2M-Kerry Madsen [3]; 5. 2-Shane Stewart [5]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart [6]

D-main (8 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer – 1. 16-Chris Andrews [1][-]; 2. 11N-Craig Mintz [2][-]; 3. 71M-Paul May [3][$125]; 4. 97W-Mitch Wormall [8][$125]; 5. 17X-Josh Baughman [6][$125]; 6. 83C-Adam Cruea [11][$125]; 7. 7J-Joe Swanson [10][$125]; 8. 22M-Dan McCarron [7][$125]; 9. 5QB-Quentin Blonde [9][$125]; 10. 91-Cale Thomas [4][$125]; 11. 27Z-Sean Zemunik [5][$125]

C-Main (10 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer – 1. 19-Brent Marks [2][-]; 2. A67-Brandon Wimmer [4][-]; 3. 49D-Shawn Dancer [3][$150]; 4. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [5][$150]; 5. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [6][$150]; 6. 33M-Max Stambaugh [9][$125]; 7. 5T-Travis Philo [7][$125]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson [12][$125]; 9. 19P-Paige Polyak [10][$125]; 10. 11N-Craig Mintz [14][$125]; 11. 16-Chris Andrews [13][$125]; 12. 13-Clyde Knipp [8][$125]; 13. 21AU-Jordyn Brazier [1][$125]; 14. 45-Trevor Baker [11][$125]

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – Top 6 Transfer – 1. 71-Joey Saldana [1][-]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu [3][-]; 3. 12N-Cole Duncan [2][-]; 4. O7-Ryan Smith [5][-]; 5. 1ST-Gary Taylor [4][-]; 6. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [8][-]; 7. 44-Trey Starks [7][$300]; 8. 4-Paul McMahan [12][$250]; 9. 7S-Jason Sides [10][$225]; 10. 99-Brady Bacon [9][$200]; 11. 19-Brent Marks [13][$200]; 12. 7K-Cale Conley [11][$200]; 13. A67-Brandon Wimmer [14][$200]; 14. 1A-Jacob Allen [6][$200]

CONTINGENCY WINNERS: MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Sheldon Haudenschild; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Christopher Bell; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Kraig Kinser; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): David Gravel; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Daryn Pittman; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Extended Stay America ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Super Flow ($50 cash): Chad Kemenah; Craftsman Club Fast Five ($100 cash): Jason Johnson, Kraig Kinser, Brad Sweet, Shane Stewart, Logan Schuchart; Craftsman/Sears: Brian Brown/Tim Shaffer; KSE Hard Charger: Brent Marks (+12); Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Shane Stewart; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): James McFadden.

SEASON WINNERS

• Donny Schatz – 13 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 19, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 19, LoneStar Speedway on March 3, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 9, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 10, Thunderbowl Raceway on March 18, Missouri State Fair Speedway on May 5, 81 Speedway on May 6, Eldora Speedway May 13, Knoxville Raceway on June 10, Granite City on June 20, Dirt Oval at Route 66 on June 27, Dakota State Fair Speedway on July 1)
• David Gravel – 10 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 17, Placerville Speedway on March 29, Perris Auto Speedway on April 1, Gator Motorplex on April 13, Plymouth Speedway on April 28, Lincoln Speedway on May 17, Williams Grove on May 19, New Egypt Speedway on May 24, River Cities Speedway on June 16, Attica Raceway Park on July 11)
• Brad Sweet – 4 (Stockton Dirt Track on March 25, Devil’s Bowl on April 15, Jackson Motorplex on June 3, Knoxville Raceway on June 9)
• Shane Stewart – 4 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 29, West Liberty Raceway on June 23, Beaver Dam Raceway on June 24)
• Kerry Madsen – 4 (Jackson Motorplex on June 2, Cedar Lake Speedway on July 7, Cedar Lake Speedway on July 8, Eldora Speedway on July 13)
• Logan Schuchart – 3 (Keller Auto Speedway on March 31, Eldora Speedway on May 12, Charlotte on May 26)
• Jason Johnson – 2 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 17, Devil’s Bowl on April 14)
• Brian Brown – 1 (Cocopah Speedway on April 7)
• Rico Abreu – 1 (Arizona Speedway on April 8)
• Parker Price-Miller – 1 (Tri-State Speedway on May 14)
• Ian Madsen – 1 (Jackson Motorplex on June 1)
• Kyle Larson – 1 (Eagle Raceway on June 13)
• Kraig Kinser – 1 (Deer Creek Speedway on July 6)
• Christopher Bell – 1 (Eldora Speedway on July 14)

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