Schatz wins at Granite City Speedway

At Granite City Speedway in Sauk Rapids (MN) Donny Schatz #15 won his 11th World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car series race of the year and he extended his point lead.  Schatz has now won two of the three events held at Granite City Speedway.

Jason Johnson #41 might have had the fastest car, he won time trials with a time of 11.572 around the .284 mile dirt oval at Granite City Speedway, not even close to the track record time of 10.720.  Johnson also won his heat race and the fast dash and he led the first 13 laps of the Main Event until a caution slowed the field and Schatz passed Johnson just after the restart.  Schatz held back a few darting moves from both Johnson and #49 Brad Sweet to score the win and the $6000 first place check and the cool Granite trophy.

Brad Sweet had a terrible time in qualifying, he was only the 16th fastest qualifier out of the 22 cars competing.  Sweet was a half second slower than Johnson in qualifying but his car was awesome in the main event.  Sweet started the race 10th and moved up to the fourth position when the caution was displayed on lap 13, Sweet was able to charge up one more position and finished third, he also was the hard charger of the race.

Here are our exclusive interviews with the TOP 3 finishers at Granite City Speedway.  Click on the link for audio.

Donny Schatz 1st Place
Jason Johnson 2nd Place
Brad Sweet 3rd Place
4th- Kerry Madsen
5th- David Gravel
6th- Sheldon Haudenschild
7th Jason Sides
8th Shane Stewart (2016 winner)
9th Logan Schuchart
10th Joey Saldana #17

The extreme speed from the 900 horse power World of Outlaws Sprint Cars was amazing to see and the pass for the lead was very exciting.  The track was tacky and multiple grooves were available, small clumps of mud were flying into the stands and the nearly packed crowd seemed very pleased with the show.  The four wide salute at the beginning of the Main Event was a highlight

The only wreck of the night occurred during time-trials when #9 Jared Goerges flipped his car between turns three and four.  His crew worked feverishly in the pits to try and return the car to the track.  He did start the main event but ended up getting scored last place in the feature (22nd) after completing only one lap.

For More information go to WooSprint.com

Here is our Segment on Speed Talk on 1360 radio where Jason and Dean recap the WoO race at Granite City and hear interviews with the TOP 3 drivers.  https://soundcloud.com/dean-reller/speed-talk-6-24-17-outlaws-trucks

For Full Race Highlights on Youtube Click HERE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFWhdR0yOwk

World of Outlaws come to St Cloud

By Jason D Searcy

Marthaler Chevrolet of Glenwood presents the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series will be racing at Granite City Speedway (formerly the Golden Spike) in Sauk Rapids (MN) on Tuesday June 14th.

 The World of Outlaws sprint cars have spent nearly 40 years as the most successful traveling Motorsports series in America, and their next stop is right here in Minnesota.  They are in a busy stretch of 11 different tracks in 10 different states during the month of June.

This is the second time the WoO series has visited Granite City Speedway, last year 7 time Champion Donny (the kid) Schatz from Fargo (ND) won with Shane Stewart finishing 2nd.

Schatz, who drives for Tony Stewart Motorsports, has 8 wins and is looking good again in 2016, he is currently tied for the point lead with former NASCAR driver Brad Sweet who has 6 wins.  Daryn Pittman has 3 wins and is third and 3 time winner Shane Stewart is fourth with Joey Saldana currently in 5th in points, also with 3 wins so far in 2016.

Other big names including Sammy Swindell, Bryan Clauson and Kraig Kinser are also in the Top 20 in the point standings.

Local drivers will also be included and trying to make the $10,000 to win feature event.

The World of Outlaws can put on a good show no matter what the track or the racing conditions, so race fans can attend knowing they will get their money's worth.

NASCAR stars Tony Stewart, Kyle Larson and Kasey Kahne all own World of Outlaws teams and are passionate about Sprint Car Racing.  I wouldn't be surprised if one or more of those drivers show up at Granite City on Tuesday night.  The NASCAR Sprint Car series is on a rare off-weekend with no race on Sunday June 18th.

To get tickets you can call SLS promotions at (815) 344-2023 or go to
www.slspromotions.com

Ticket prices are $39 for a reserved seat or $40 for a pit pass.

HERE is our Pod-cast interview of Shane Stewart who drives for Larson/Marks  Kyle Larson the NASCAR driver is co-owner of this car.  https://soundcloud.com/dean-reller/shane-stewart-interview-on-speed-talk-on-1360

****** UPDATE******

Due to the rain, the race has been postponed until Wednesday night at 7:30pm

Spring Dirt Weekend at Elko Speedway

By Jason D. Searcy

The weather shortened the amount of spring dirt racing to just one weekend, but it was an action packed two day event at Elko Speedway.  A near capacity crowd was thrilled by the awesome speed of the World of Outlaws sprint cars on Friday night.

32 Sprint cars raced and Sam Hafertepe set a fast time in qualifying at 12.507.  #83 Tim Kaeding worked his way from his 13th starting position to win the $10,000  main event, passing Kerry Madsen right up by the wall for the victory.  "Live or die on the high side, that is my motto," said Kaeding.  The race was shortened because of a brief rain shower that forced officials to end the race at lap 34 of a scheduled 40.  Local Minnesota driver #7 Craig Dollansky finished 3rd after leading many laps.

Sprint Car video

Jerry Richert Jr won the UMSS Sprint car Billy Anderson memorial race at Princeton (MN) Speedway on Friday June 3rd.

Dean Reller from "Speedtalk on 1360" caught up with Jerry after the races.  Here is the interview with some wild racing highlights!

http://www.youtube.com/user/speedtalkon1360video#p/a/u/0/L05yfg2b8IQ


Sprint Cars will return to Princeton Speedway on Saturday June 25th.  Princeton usually races on Friday nights, but that weekend the World Of Outlaw Sprints will be the main attraction on Saturday night with the UMSS Sprint cars also racing.

http://www.princetonspeedway.com/index.php

Listen for full MN racing coverage every Saturday morning 10-11am, Speedtalk on 1360 on KRWC 1360 radio and http://www.krwc1360.com/