Lonnie Wheatley, BEAVER DAM, Wis. (June 18, 2022) – Sheldon Haudenschild proved to be relentless at Beaver Dam Speedway.
After wiring the field in Friday night’s 35-lap World of Outlaws feature, Little Haud raced past early pacesetter Spencer Bayston on the 13th round in Saturday night’s 40-lap Jim “JB” Boyd Memorial finale atop the 1/3-mile clay oval and proceeded to cruise on to his seventh series win of the year aboard the NOS Energy Drink No. 17 Sprint Car.
While Haudenschild took command prior to the midway point, Jacob Allen moved into second and kept the pressure on for a while before fading as Donny Schatz made a late rally to snare runner-up honors with Logan Schuchart filling out the podium in third.
It was only a caution on the final lap when Brad Sweet got turned around on the backstretch that created stress for Haudenschild.
“I thought somehow it was gonna slip away when that caution came out on the last lap, but sure enough, we got it done tonight,” Haudenschild explained. “I was ripping the top really good so I figured as long as I got a good start and didn’t push through turns one and two, I would be fine.”
Little need for worry as Haudenschild finished the deal as eighth-starter Schatz raced past both Shark teammates Allen and Schuchart on the green-white-checkered to the stripe to claim second.
“We got really good after about five or ten laps and I can’t compliment this new motor from Ron Shaver enough,” Schatz said. “We’ve been trying different things and now we’ve got something that works exceptionally well with my right foot.”
Schuchart claimed the podium position, explaining that, “It’s better than what we’ve done in the past here, so I’m happy about that.”
After leading the initial dozen rounds, Rookie contender Bayston was fourth with David Gravel earning Hard Charger honors by racing from 13th to fifth. Allen slipped to sixth in the final pair of circuits with Carson Macedo, Giovanni Scelzi, James McFadden and Sweet completing the top ten.
Macedo set the night’s quickest time of 11.501 seconds in qualifying before Scelzi, Rico Abreu and Haudenschild topped heat race action with Jake Blackhurst scoring the “B” Main win.
World of Outlaws
Beaver Dam Raceway – Beaver Dam, WI
Saturday, June 18, 2022
World of Outlaws:
A Feature (40 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[8]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 4. 5-Spencer Bayston[1]; 5. 2-David Gravel[13]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen[4]; 7. 41-Carson Macedo[10]; 8. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[5]; 9. 83-James McFadden[7]; 10. 49-Brad Sweet[9]; 11. 9-Kasey Kahne[11]; 12. 39-Jake Blackhurst[19]; 13. 20G-Noah Gass[16]; 14. 73-Scotty Thiel[15]; 15. 24-Rico Abreu[6]; 16. 1AU-Marcus Dumesny[14]; 17. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[12]; 18. 23-Russel Borland[18]; 19. 2W-Scott Neitzel[21]; 20. 7S-Robbie Price[20]; 21. 4K-Kris Spitz[22]; 22. 87A-Austin Hartmann[24]; 23. 8-Aaron Reutzel[17]; 24. 49J-Josh Schneiderman[23]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 39-Jake Blackhurst[3]; 2. 7S-Robbie Price[1]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[2]; 4. 4K-Kris Spitz[4]; 5. 49J-Josh Schneiderman[9]; 6. 87A-Austin Hartmann[5]; 7. 10V-Matt Vandervere[6]; 8. 43-Jereme Schroeder[11]; 9. 5R-Matt Rechek[10]; 10. 6-Bill Rose[13]; 11. U2-Jack Vanderboom[7]; 12. 68-Dave Uttech[8]; 13. 4B-Scott Biertzer[12]
DIRTVision FAST PASS Dash (6 Laps): 1. 5-Spencer Bayston[1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[4]; 4. 1A-Jacob Allen[5]; 5. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 6. 24-Rico Abreu[3]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[2]; 2. 1A-Jacob Allen[3]; 3. 83-James McFadden[5]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 5. 2-David Gravel[4]; 6. 20G-Noah Gass[6]; 7. 39-Jake Blackhurst[7]; 8. 87A-Austin Hartmann[8]; 9. U2-Jack Vanderboom[10]; 10. 5R-Matt Rechek[9]; 11. 6-Bill Rose[11]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Spencer Bayston[1]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu[2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[3]; 4. 9-Kasey Kahne[5]; 5. 1AU-Marcus Dumesny[7]; 6. 8-Aaron Reutzel[6]; 7. 7S-Robbie Price[4]; 8. 10V-Matt Vandervere[9]; 9. 68-Dave Uttech[8]; 10. 43-Jereme Schroeder[10]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[1]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet[4]; 4. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[3]; 5. 73-Scotty Thiel[5]; 6. 23-Russel Borland[7]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz[9]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel[6]; 9. 49J-Josh Schneiderman[8]; 10. 4B-Scott Biertzer[10]
Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:11.501[29]; 2. 5-Spencer Bayston, 00:11.510[16]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:11.541[7]; 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:11.557[5]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:11.561[13]; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:11.590[19]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:11.595[15]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:11.603[10]; 9. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:11.608[4]; 10. 2-David Gravel, 00:11.619[31]; 11. 7S-Robbie Price, 00:11.622[11]; 12. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:11.662[12]; 13. 83-James McFadden, 00:11.673[21]; 14. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:11.688[6]; 15. 73-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.704[27]; 16. 20G-Noah Gass, 00:11.733[23]; 17. 8-Aaron Reutzel, 00:11.792[28]; 18. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:11.873[2]; 19. 39-Jake Blackhurst, 00:11.886[9]; 20. 1AU-Marcus Dumesny, 00:11.956[30]; 21. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.042[3]; 22. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:12.131[18]; 23. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.160[14]; 24. 49J-Josh Schneiderman, 00:12.359[24]; 25. 5R-Matt Rechek, 00:12.366[1]; 26. 10V-Matt Vandervere, 00:12.440[8]; 27. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.561[22]; 28. U2-Jack Vanderboom, 00:12.989[25]; 29. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.111[20]; 30. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:13.111[17]; 31. 6-Bill Rose, 00:13.111[26]
Hot Laps: 1. 2-David Gravel, 00:11.529[31]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:11.543[29]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:11.613[19]; 4. 83-James McFadden, 00:11.684[21]; 5. 8-Aaron Reutzel, 00:11.731[28]; 6. 73-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.815[27]; 7. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:11.849[13]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:11.898[15]; 9. 5-Spencer Bayston, 00:11.902[16]; 10. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:11.911[12]; 11. 49J-Josh Schneiderman, 00:11.982[24]; 12. 7S-Robbie Price, 00:12.035[11]; 13. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:12.070[18]; 14. 39-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.084[9]; 15. 1AU-Marcus Dumesny, 00:12.151[30]; 16. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:12.182[10]; 17. 20G-Noah Gass, 00:12.351[23]; 18. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:12.365[6]; 19. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.367[14]; 20. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:12.392[4]; 21. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.575[22]; 22. U2-Jack Vanderboom, 00:12.577[25]; 23. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:12.729[5]; 24. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.846[20]; 25. 10V-Matt Vandervere, 00:12.940[8]; 26. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:12.993[7]; 27. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.233[3]; 28. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.251[2]; 29. 5R-Matt Rechek, 00:13.329[1]; 30. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:13.329[17]; 31. 6-Bill Rose, 00:13.329[26]