MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Sept. 29, 2012 — Donny Schatz captured his record fifth National Open win in the 50th edition of the $50,000-to-win event at Williams Grove Speedway.
Brian Leppo was the runner up and Cody Darrah finished third. (CLICK FOR FULL RACE REPORT)
A-Main – (40 Laps) – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [2] [$50,000]; 2. 51B-Brian Leppo [6] [$12,000]; 3. 4-Cody Darrah [1] [$7,500]; 4. 27-Daryn Pittman [17] [$4,000]; 5. 51-Paul McMahan [13] [$3,500]; 6. 19-Stevie Smith [8] [$3,000]; 7. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [7] [$2,700]; 8. 30C-Lance Dewease [10] [$2,500]; 9. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [11] [$2,200]; 10. 39-Greg Hodnett [15] [$2,100]; 11. 1-Sammy Swindell [9] [$2,000]; 12. 48-Danny Dietrich [22] [$1,650]; 13. 21-Brian Montieth [18] [$1,550]; 14. 19M-Brent Marks [26] [$300]; 15. 7S-Jason Sides [21] [$1,100]; 16. 7-Craig Dollansky [5] [$1,050]; 17. 89G-David Gravel [12] [$1,000]; 18. 30-Doug Esh [28] [$50]; 19. 11-Steve Kinser [25] [$50]; 20. 11K-Kraig Kinser [27] [$50]; 21. 7L-Chad Layton [16] [$900]; 22. 20-Ryan Taylor [23] [$900]; 23. 9-Joey Saldana [4] [$900]; 24. 87-Alan Krimes [20] [$900]; 25. 69K-Don Kreitz Jr [19] [$900]; 26. 11C-Cory Haas [24] [$900]; 27. 1Z-Danny Lasoski [14] [$900]; 28. 2-Dale Blaney [3] [$900]. Lap Leaders: Craig Dollansky 1-13, 15-24; Donny Schatz 14, 25-40. KSE Hard Charger Award: 27-Daryn Pittman [+13].
Qualifying – 1. 51-Paul McMahan, 16.366; 2. 51B-Brian Leppo, 16.473; 3. 1-Sammy Swindell, 16.523; 4. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 16.534; 5. 1Z-Danny Lasoski, 16.549; 6. 39-Greg Hodnett, 16.551; 7. 7L-Chad Layton, 16.560; 8. 27-Daryn Pittman, 16.574; 9. 9-Joey Saldana, 16.582; 10. 21-Brian Montieth, 16.614; 11. 7-Craig Dollansky, 16.624; 12. 69K-Don Kreitz Jr, 16.639; 13. 2-Dale Blaney, 16.648; 14. 4-Cody Darrah, 16.649; 15. 15-Donny Schatz, 16.665; 16. 19-Stevie Smith, 16.669; 17. 30C-Lance Dewease, 16.680; 18. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 16.690; 19. 87-Alan Krimes, 16.692; 20. 89G-David Gravel, 16.706; 21. 19M-Brent Marks, 16.711; 22. 6-Bill Rose, 16.773; 23. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr., 16.795; 24. 7S-Jason Sides, 16.800; 25. 29-Kerry Madsen, 16.801; 26. 48-Danny Dietrich, 16.804; 27. 15A-Adam Wilt, 16.807; 28. 17B-Steve Buckwalter, 16.808; 29. 63-Chad Kemenah, 16.832; 30. 20-Ryan Taylor, 16.846; 31. 30-Doug Esh, 16.847; 32. 11C-Cory Haas, 16.852; 33. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 16.864; 34. 20S-Derek Sell, 16.916; 35. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 16.928; 36. 35-Jessica Zemken, 16.930; 37. 69T-Tim Glatfelter, 16.944; 38. 83-Tim Shaffer, 16.946; 39. 77-Fred Rahmer, 16.966; 40. 8R-Michael Ruttkamp, 16.966; 41. D4-Danny Holtgraver, 16.968; 42. 75-Nicole Bower, 16.984; 43. 59-Jac Haudenschild, 16.990; 44. 71X-Bill Stine, 16.991; 45. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 17.020; 46. 13-Kyle Larson, 17.022; 47. 69-Ryan Smith, 17.121; 48. 11E-Mike Erdley, 17.141; 49. 44W-Rodney Westhafer, 17.185; 50. 5G-Curt Michael, 17.265; 51. 11-Steve Kinser, 17.353; 52. 12W-Troy Fraker, 17.619; 53. 3B-Randy Baughman, 17.764.
Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 19-Stevie Smith [1]; 2. 7-Craig Dollansky [2]; 3. 39-Greg Hodnett [3]; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich [6]; 5. 51-Paul McMahan [4]; 6. 19M-Brent Marks [5]; 7. 30-Doug Esh [7]; 8. 35-Jessica Zemken [8]; 9. 13-Kyle Larson [10]; 10. D4-Danny Holtgraver [9]; 11. 11-Steve Kinser [11].
Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 30C-Lance Dewease [1]; 2. 51B-Brian Leppo [4]; 3. 7L-Chad Layton [3]; 4. 11C-Cory Haas [7]; 5. 69K-Don Kreitz Jr [2]; 6. 69T-Tim Glatfelter [8]; 7. 75-Nicole Bower [9]; 8. 12W-Troy Fraker [11]; 9. 6-Bill Rose [5]; 10. 15A-Adam Wilt [6].
Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [1]; 2. 2-Dale Blaney [2]; 3. 27-Daryn Pittman [3]; 4. 1-Sammy Swindell [4]; 5. 83-Tim Shaffer [8]; 6. 59-Jac Haudenschild [9]; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser [7]; 8. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr. [5]; 9. 11E-Mike Erdley [10]; 10. 3B-Randy Baughman [11]; 11. 17B-Steve Buckwalter [6].
Heat 4 – (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 4-Cody Darrah [2]; 2. 9-Joey Saldana [3]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [5]; 4. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [4]; 5. 87-Alan Krimes [1]; 6. 20S-Derek Sell [7]; 7. 63-Chad Kemenah [6]; 8. 77-Fred Rahmer [8]; 9. 71X-Bill Stine [9]; 10. 44W-Rodney Westhafer [10].
Heat 5 – (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 89G-David Gravel [1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 3. 20-Ryan Taylor [6]; 4. 1Z-Danny Lasoski [4]; 5. 29-Kerry Madsen [5]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart [7]; 7. 8R-Michael Ruttkamp [8]; 8. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [9]; 9. 21-Brian Montieth [3]; 10. 5G-Curt Michael [10].
Dash – (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 12 starting positions of A-feature) – 1. 4-Cody Darrah [2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 3. 2-Dale Blaney [3]; 4. 9-Joey Saldana [5]; 5. 7-Craig Dollansky [4]; 6. 51B-Brian Leppo [8]; 7. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [6]; 8. 19-Stevie Smith [9]; 9. 1-Sammy Swindell [7]; 10. 30C-Lance Dewease [10]; 11. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [11]; 12. 89G-David Gravel [12].
C-Main – (10 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the B-feature) – 1. 59-Jac Haudenschild [7] [-]; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer [2] [-]; 3. 77-Fred Rahmer [3] [$125]; 4. D4-Danny Holtgraver [5] [$125]; 5. 69T-Tim Glatfelter [1] [$125]; 6. 11-Steve Kinser [14] [$100]; 7. 11E-Mike Erdley [11] [$100]; 8. 8R-Michael Ruttkamp [4] [$100]; 9. 75-Nicole Bower [6] [$100]; 10. 3B-Randy Baughman [16] [$100]; 11. 12W-Troy Fraker [15] [$100]; 12. 44W-Rodney Westhafer [12] [$100]; 13. 71X-Bill Stine [8] [$100]; 14. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [9] [$100]; 15. 13-Kyle Larson [10] [$100]; 16. 5G-Curt Michael [13] [$100]; 17. 69-Ryan Smith [17] [$100].
B-Main – (12 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 51-Paul McMahan [1] [-]; 2. 21-Brian Montieth [2] [-]; 3. 69K-Don Kreitz Jr [3] [-]; 4. 87-Alan Krimes [4] [-]; 5. 19M-Brent Marks [5] [$200]; 6. 29-Kerry Madsen [8] [$180]; 7. 59-Jac Haudenschild [17] [$175]; 8. 17B-Steve Buckwalter [10] [$160]; 9. 30-Doug Esh [12] [$150]; 10. 15A-Adam Wilt [9] [$150]; 11. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr. [7] [$150]; 12. 63-Chad Kemenah [11] [$150]; 13. 83-Tim Shaffer [18] [$150]; 14. 6-Bill Rose [6] [$150]; 15. 20S-Derek Sell [14] [$150]; 16. 11K-Kraig Kinser [13] [$150]; 17. 1S-Logan Schuchart [15] [$150]; 18. 35-Jessica Zemken [16] [$150].
