JACKSON, MN – June 9, 2018 – When big money is on the line, Donny Schatz and the Tony Stewart Racing No.15 team find an extra gear and that was the case on the final night of the AGCO Jackson Nationals at Jackson Motorplex. Schatz came from seventh and prevented a Jason Johnson sweep of the weekend, overtaking the Eunice, LA native on Lap 18 to capture the $40,000 prize. Johnson was resilient but settled for second with Brian Brown completing the podium.
Qualifying: 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 697; 2. 49-Brad Sweet, 678; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman, 677; 4. 21-Brian Brown, 633; 5. 3-Tim Kaeding, 624; 6. 5-David Gravel, 620; 7. 12-Lynton Jeffrey, 616; 8. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 612; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 605; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen, 605; 11. 15-Donny Schatz, 603; 12. 7S-Jason Sides, 595; 13. 2-Shane Stewart, 584; 14. 18-Ian Madsen, 580; 15. 83-Cory Eliason, 578; 16. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 562; 17. 83H-Justin Henderson, 556; 18. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 538; 19. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, 529; 20. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg, 528; 21. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier, 525; 22. 2KS-Austin McCarl, 524; 23. 24-Terry McCarl, 521; 24. 19-Brent Marks, 499; 25. O9-Matt Juhl, 490; 26. 64-Scotty Thiel, 461; 27. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 433; 28. W20-Greg Wilson, 426; 29. 7-Carson McCarl, 420; 30. 16-Travis Whitney, 420; 31. 7W-Tasker Phillips, 414; 32. 13-Clyde Knipp, 406; 33. 17B-Bill Balog, 394; 34. 14-Jody Rosenboom, 367; 35. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 342; 36. 20-Brant O’Banion, 340; 37. 4X-Eric Schulz, 326; 38. O5-Colin Smith, 317; 39. 14K-Tori Knutson, 311; 40. 23W-Scott Winters, 222; 41. 19L-R.J. Johnson, 201; 42. 19P-Paige Polyak, 190
Heat #1 (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 3-Tim Kaeding [1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2]; 3. 2-Shane Stewart [3]; 4. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier [5]; 5. 83H-Justin Henderson [4]; 6. O9-Matt Juhl [6]; 7. 7-Carson McCarl [7]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog [8]; 9. 4X-Eric Schulz [9]
Heat #2 (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 5-David Gravel [1]; 2. 1A-Jacob Allen [2]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [4]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [3]; 5. 2KS-Austin McCarl [5]; 6. 64-Scotty Thiel [6]; 7. 16-Travis Whitney [7]; 8. 14-Jody Rosenboom [8]; 9. O5-Colin Smith [9]
Heat #3 (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 2. 12-Lynton Jeffrey [1]; 3. 55-Brooke Tatnell [6]; 4. 83-Cory Eliason [3]; 5. 24-Terry McCarl [5]; 6. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [4]; 7. 7W-Tasker Phillips [7]; 8. 14K-Tori Knutson [9]
Heat #4 (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 7S-Jason Sides [2]; 2. 2M-Kerry Madsen [1]; 3. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg [4]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [3]; 5. 19-Brent Marks [5]; 6. 20-Brant O’Banion [8]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [6]; 8. 13-Clyde Knipp [7]
Sears Craftsman Dash (6 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson [1]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 4. 5-David Gravel [6]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [3]; 6. 3-Tim Kaeding [5]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz [7]; 8. 7S-Jason Sides [8]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 83H-Justin Henderson [1][-]; 2. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [2][-]; 3. 19-Brent Marks [5][-]; 4. 2KS-Austin McCarl [3][-]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog [13][$2,900]; 6. 24-Terry McCarl [4][$2,200]; 7. O9-Matt Juhl [6][$1,850]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson [8][$1,800]; 9. 16-Travis Whitney [10][$1,750]; 10. 13-Clyde Knipp [12][$1,700]; 11. 7W-Tasker Phillips [11][$1,650]; 12. 7-Carson McCarl [9][$1,600]; 13. 20-Brant O’Banion [15][$1,550]; 14. 14-Jody Rosenboom [14][$1,500]; 15. O5-Colin Smith [17][$1,450]; 16. 4X-Eric Schulz [16][$1,400]; 17. 14K-Tori Knutson [18][$1,350]; 18. 64-Scotty Thiel [7][$1,300]; 19. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [19][$1,250]
Feature (40 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz [7][$40,000]; 2. 41-Jason Johnson [1][$20,000]; 3. 21-Brian Brown [2][$12,000]; 4. 5-David Gravel [4][$9,000]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [9][$8,000]; 6. 3-Tim Kaeding [6][$7,000]; 7. 49-Brad Sweet [3][$6,500]; 8. 2-Shane Stewart [13][$6,000]; 9. 7S-Jason Sides [8][$5,500]; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen [10][$5,000]; 11. 12-Lynton Jeffrey [11][$4,000]; 12. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier [17][$3,700]; 13. 11K-Kraig Kinser [20][$3,600]; 14. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [22][$3,500]; 15. 19-Brent Marks [23][$3,400]; 16. 2M-Kerry Madsen [12][$3,300]; 17. 55-Brooke Tatnell [15][$3,200]; 18. 83H-Justin Henderson [21][$3,100]; 19. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg [16][$3,000]; 20. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [14][$3,000]; 21. 2KS-Austin McCarl [24][$3,000]; 22. 9-Daryn Pittman [5][$3,000]; 23. 83-Cory Eliason [19][$3,000]; 24. 18-Ian Madsen [18][$3,000]; Lap Leaders: Jason Johnson 1-17, Donny Schatz 18-40; KSE Hard Charger Award: 41S-Dominic Scelzi[+8]
