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#LetsRaceTwo (Night 1)
Eldora Speedway | Rossburg, Ohio
Friday, May 07, 2021
Race Recap  

CLEAR SKIES/CLEAR MIND: Brent Marks wins first round of #LetsRaceTwo at Eldora

May the 8th represented hope, triumph and pride for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and the entire dirt racing community last year. It was the day the Series overcame one of its greatest adversities and returned to racing during a pandemic.

This year, May 8 is a day of hope, triumph and pride for Brent Marks.

Back behind the wheel of his family-owned #19m Sprint Car with the World of Outlaws for the first this year, the Myerstown, PA driver overcame a poor qualifying effort to claim his fifth Series victory Saturday afternoon during the first round of the #LetsRaceTwo at Eldora Speedway. It was also the Series’ first time back at the “Big E” since 2019.

“This is awesome,” Marks said. “A very surreal moment. We’ve been running good here the past couple of weeks. The car has been awesome.”

The first of two #LetsRaceTwo events was scheduled to run Friday night, but after heavy rain showers pushed the start of the event past midnight and cold temperatures didn’t allow for suitable track conditions for racing, the cars only practiced and qualified – with David Gravel setting Quick Time – and the rest of the event ran Saturday afternoon.

Brent Marks celebrates his Saturday afternoon win at Eldora Speedway / Trent Gower photo

In the early morning qualifying, Marks knew he’d been too cautious after qualifying 27th. But with a good night’s rest and waking up to clear skies and a clear mind, Marks was ready to hold nothing back.

He lived up to his nickname, the “Myerstown Missile,” by seemingly breaking the sound barrier with his run from seventh to second in the opening two laps of his Drydene Heat Race. From there, the fuse was lit, and target was acquired. A direct hit on his first World of Outlaws win since the National Open in 2019 was in his crosshairs.

However, in his way were two fierce fighter pilots fueled by human horsepower. NOS Energy Drink sponsored drivers Sheldon Haudenschild and Tyler Courtney held a comfortable one-two finish in the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash to start on the front row of the 30-lap Feature. Haudenschild, an Ohio native, was on the hunt for his first home-state win at Eldora, and Courtney was looking to sweep round one, having won the USAC Sprint Car event before the World of Outlaws Feature.

When the green flag unraveled into the crisp air, Haudenschild launched ahead of the field to claim the early lead while Courtney faded, giving second to Marks and third to Gravel.

Two cautions plagued the momentum of the first four laps, but not Haudenschild’s command of the lead. He pulled away from Marks on each restart, finding the dangerous combination of speed around the top and bottom of the track. Marks maintained about a second gap behind Haudenschild but initially couldn’t find the grip to catch the NOS Energy Drink #17 machine, even while Haudenschild struggled to navigate the slower traffic.

As the green flag run continued, new threats began to emerge behind them. Aaron Reutzel was on the move, making his way from 16th to third in the first five laps and Logan Schuchart – the last World of Outlaws driver to win at Eldora – was also hunting his way forward from fifth.

However, Schuchart’s streak of bad luck continued when he was the caution with 14 laps to go. While trying to pass Reutzel for third, the two made contact and Schuchart slammed the wall off Turn 4 with his right rear tire and blew it. A red flag on the restart gave his team more time to fix the damage and he ended up savaging a ninth-place finish by the end of the race.

“I have to apologize to Logan there, I definitely didn’t mean to get into the back of him,” Reutzel said. “I was trying to just let him slide by and try to get going in the rubber… I must have just caught him when he went by. That was definitely my fault.”

Before the caution for Schuchart, Marks had cut the gap between him and Haudenschild in half. He made sure to not let the yellow defuse his run when the race resumed. He stayed locked on Haudenschild’s bumper, finding grip through the middle of Turns 1 and 2 and setting up a run into Turn 3. By the time they saw the flag stand again, Marks was out front.

His red and white #19m pulled away with 13 laps to go. Reutzel was stuck in third with a hard charger Donny Schatz on the move behind him from the 17th starting position.

Sheldon Haudenschild (left) races Brent Marks (right) at Eldora / Trent Gower photo

Haudenschild pushed his Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing machine to its limits in the closing laps, bouncing off the wall a couple of times but never losing speed. That began to pay off in the final three laps as Marks took ease with his throttle around the slick track.

Three car lengths. Two car lengths. Haudenschild was at Marks’s bumper in Turn 4 with the white flag in the air. Marks’s name couldn’t grace the $10,000 check just yet.

Perfecting his line one more time, Marks was able to hold off Haudenschild and earn his third overall win at Eldora and third win in three weeks behind the wheel of his own car.

“This thing was just really, really good,” Marks said. “It started taking rubber with about 15 or 16 to go. I was gaining on Sheldon a little bit and he found it. I knew I had to get him on the restart and do everything I could. This is awesome to get my first Outlaw win in a little while.”

Haudenschild’s car was found to be light at the scales after the race, taking him off the podium and giving him a 24th-place finish. That gave second place to Reutzel (the KSE Hard Charger) and third to Schatz.

“We just went back and changed everything,” Reutzel said. “We’ve been struggling the last few weeks. We went back to some stuff we did two years ago, and it helped a lot. We still have some work to do. Just have to start farther up in these races.”

While he may not have earned the podium on track, Schatz was happy to walk away with a decent finish before having to climb back into his Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing #15 machine later tonight for #LetsRaceTwo round two.

“Hats off to our CARQUEST guys, they’ve got all the dig in the world,” Schatz said. They keep trying to make things better. Thanks to all the fans for sticking with us today. It’s challenging to get it in, but we’ve got our full USAC show and Outlaw show and we can start again. Just glad to have a decent day and get a good finish.”

UP NEXT
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will run the second part of the #LetsRaceTwo event at Eldora Speedway tonight at 8pm (ET).

If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVision with the annual Platinum FAST PASS subscription for $299/year or the monthly FAST PASS subscription for $39/month.

RESULTS

NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps)

  1. 19M-Brent Marks [3][$10,000]; 2. 83-Aaron Reutzel [16][$5,500]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [17][$3,200]; 4. 2-David Gravel [4][$2,600]; 5. 41-Carson Macedo [11][$2,350]; 6. 11-Ian Madsen [12][$2,150]; 7. 14-Kerry Madsen [13][$2,100]; 8. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [2][$1,950]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart [9][$1,900]; 10. 21-Brian Brown [5][$1,850]; 11. 11K-Kraig Kinser [14][$1,400]; 12. 9-James McFadden [7][$1,200]; 13. 18-Giovanni Scelzi [21][$1,000]; 14. 49-Brad Sweet [15][$950]; 15. 13-Justin Peck [10][$900]; 16. 1A-Jacob Allen [23][$900]; 17. 2C-Wayne Johnson [24][$900]; 18. 24-Rico Abreu [20][$900]; 19. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [8][$900]; 20. 22-Jac Haudenschild [18][$900]; 21. 10-Zeb Wise [22][$900]; 22. 39-Daryn Pittman [19][$900]; 23. 5-Spencer Bayston [6][$900]; 24. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [1][$900]; Lap Leaders: Sheldon Haudenschild 1-17, Brent Marks 18-30; KSE Hard Charger Award: 83-Aaron Reutzel[+14]
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Results  
Feature Results
POSStart+/-#DriverLapsBehindLedStatusPointsMoney
13+219MBrent Marks 300.00013Running150$10,000
216+1483Aaron Reutzel 300.000Running146$6,000
317+1415Donny Schatz 300.000Running144$3,500
4402David Gravel 300.000Running142$2,800
511+641Carson Macedo 300.000Running140$2,500
612+611Ian Madsen 300.000Running138$2,300
713+614Kerry Madsen 300.000Running136$2,200
82-67BCTyler Courtney 300.000Running134$2,100
9901SLogan Schuchart 300.000Running132$2,050
105-521Brian Brown 300.000Running130$2,000
1114+311KKraig Kinser 300.000Running128$1,600
127-59James McFadden 300.000Running126$1,400
1321+818Giovanni Scelzi 300.000Running124$1,200
1415+149Brad Sweet 300.000Running122$1,100
1510-513Justin Peck 300.000Running120$1,050
1623+71AJacob Allen 300.000Running118$1,000
1724+72CWayne Johnson 28-2 LapsRunning116$1,000
1820+224Rico Abreu 28-2 LapsRunning114$1,000
198-113ZBrock Zearfoss 16-14 LapsDNF112$1,000
2018-222Jac Haudenschild 16-14 LapsDNF110$1,000
2122+110Zeb Wise 12-18 LapsDNF108$1,000
2219-339Daryn Pittman 11-19 LapsDNF106$1,000
236-175Spencer Bayston 3-27 LapsDNF104$1,000
241-2317Sheldon Haudenschild 300.00017DNF102$1,000
KSE Hard Charger: Aaron Reutzel
Last Chance Showdown Results
POSStart+/-#DriverLapsBehindLedStatusPointsMoney
13+218Giovanni Scelzi 00.000Running0$0
21-110Zeb Wise 00.000Running0$0
37+41AJacob Allen 00.000Running0$0
42-22CWayne Johnson 00.000Running0$0
56+1W20Greg Wilson 00.000Running90$110
65-17SJason Sides 00.000Running90$110
79+218XCole Macedo 00.000Running90$110
810+297Cole Duncan 00.000Running90$110
913+419Parker Price-Miller 00.000Running90$110
1012+249DShawn Dancer 00.000Running90$110
1111011NHarli White 00.000Running90$110
1216+420GNoah Gass 00.000Running90$110
1314+118SBryce Schmitt 00.000Running90$110
148-635Zach Hampton 00.000DNF90$110
154-1126Cory Eliason 00.000DNF90$110
1615-115HSam Hafertepe Jr00.000DNF90$110
Dash 1 Results
POSStart+/-#DriverLapsBehindLedStatusPointsMoney
14+317Sheldon Haudenschild 00.000Running0$0
21-17BCTyler Courtney 00.000Running0$0
33019MBrent Marks 00.000Running0$0
45+12David Gravel 00.000Running0$0
52-321Brian Brown 00.000Running0$0
6605Spencer Bayston 00.000Running0$0
7709James McFadden 00.000Running0$0
8803ZBrock Zearfoss 00.000Running0$0
Heat 1 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
1102David Gravel 00.000Running
2209James McFadden 00.000Running
35+21SLogan Schuchart 00.000Running
43-114Kerry Madsen 00.000Running
54-115Donny Schatz 00.000Running
69+318Giovanni Scelzi 00.000Running
770W20Greg Wilson 00.000Running
88097Cole Duncan 00.000Running
96-319Parker Price-Miller 00.000DNF
Heat 2 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
11021Brian Brown 00.000Running
23+13ZBrock Zearfoss 00.000Running
32-113Justin Peck 00.000Running
46+211KKraig Kinser 00.000Running
57+222Jac Haudenschild 00.000Running
64-210Zeb Wise 00.000Running
75-21AJacob Allen 00.000Running
89+111NHarli White 00.000Running
98-118SBryce Schmitt 00.000Running
Heat 3 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
1107BCTyler Courtney 00.000Running
27+519MBrent Marks 00.000Running
32-141Carson Macedo 00.000Running
46+249Brad Sweet 00.000Running
53-239Daryn Pittman 00.000Running
65-126Cory Eliason 00.000Running
78+135Zach Hampton 00.000Running
84-42CWayne Johnson 00.000Running
99015HSam Hafertepe Jr00.000DNF
Heat 4 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
13+217Sheldon Haudenschild 00.000Running
21-15Spencer Bayston 00.000Running
32-111Ian Madsen 00.000Running
44083Aaron Reutzel 00.000Running
56+124Rico Abreu 00.000Running
65-17SJason Sides 00.000Running
77018XCole Macedo 00.000Running
89+149DShawn Dancer 00.000Running
98-120GNoah Gass 00.000Running
Qualifying Flight 1 Results
POSStartCarDriverHometownTimeDifference
1312David Gravel Watertown, CT12.6080.000
2821Brian Brown Higginsville, MO12.721-0.113
3207BCTyler Courtney Indianapolis, IN12.745-0.137
4255Spencer Bayston Lebanon, IN12.795-0.187
5339James McFadden Alice Springs, NT12.831-0.223
61013Justin Peck Monrovia, IN12.837-0.229
71641Carson Macedo Lemoore, CA12.838-0.230
82711Ian Madsen St Marys, NSW12.858-0.250
92914Kerry Madsen Knoxville, IA12.861-0.253
10283ZBrock Zearfoss Jonestown, PA12.872-0.264
11739Daryn Pittman Owasso, OK12.884-0.276
122317Sheldon Haudenschild Wooster, OH12.888-0.280
13615Donny Schatz Fargo, ND12.894-0.286
14410Zeb Wise Angola, IN12.904-0.296
1592CWayne Johnson Oklahoma City, OK12.919-0.311
163583Aaron Reutzel Clute, TX12.922-0.314
17241SLogan Schuchart Hanover, PA12.930-0.322
18141AJacob Allen Hanover, PA12.930-0.322
19326Cory Eliason Visalia, CA12.932-0.324
20367SJason Sides Bartlett, TN12.940-0.332
213219Parker Price-Miller Kokomo, IN12.946-0.338
22511KKraig Kinser Bloomington, IN13.007-0.399
231949Brad Sweet Grass Valley, CA13.058-0.450
241224Rico Abreu St. Helena, CA13.067-0.459
2513W20Greg Wilson Benton Ridge, OH13.067-0.459
261822Jac Haudenschild Wooster, OH13.083-0.475
273419MBrent Marks Myerstown, PA13.104-0.496
281718XCole Macedo Lemoore, CA13.154-0.546
292697Cole Duncan Circleville, OH13.183-0.575
303018SBryce Schmitt Plymouth, WI14.406-1.798
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Event Info  

#LetsRaceTwo (Night 1)
Friday, May 07, 2021
Eldora Speedway
13929 State Route 118
Rossburg, Ohio 45348 

Event Description
"The Greatest Show" on Dirt makes a doubleheader trip to the "Big E".

Series Racing
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series

To Win Amount
$10,000.00

Event Schedule
UPDATE:
Friday's Show will be completed on Saturday
12PM Pit Gates
1PM Spectator Gates
2:30PM Hot Laps then Heats

Saturday's show will begin at 6PM
*All times Eastern

Event Hashtag
#LetsRaceTwo

Ticket Options  
Friday's Show Will be Completed on Saturday, 2:30PM
Handicapped Seating Location
The top row of main grandstand and terrace sections. Reserved seats are recommended. Companion seating is available, please request when ordering tickets. Chair not provided.

Pit Age Requirement
Must be 14 years of age or older. Minors aged 14 through 17 require fully completed Minor Waiver & Parental Consent form.

Parking Cost
$10 or FREE

Handicapped Parking Location
Main parking lot (entry off of State Route 118) and outside of the Turn 4 admission gate.

Camping Availability
non-electric, onsite, showers, waste services

Camping Cost
$49

Frequently Asked Questions  
To Win Amount
$10,000.00

Stadium Seating
Seat cushions are permitted. Stadium style seats may NOT exceed 18 inches, cannot have arms/armrests. No high back seats.

Handicapped Seating
The top row of main grandstand and terrace sections. Reserved seats are recommended. Companion seating is available, please request when ordering tickets. Chair not provided.

Handicapped Parking
Main parking lot (entry off of State Route 118) and outside of the Turn 4 admission gate.

Pit Age Limit
Must be 14 years of age or older. Minors aged 14 through 17 require fully completed Minor Waiver & Parental Consent form.

Personal Coolers
Yes, personal coolers are allowed in the track. Maximum size is 14" in any direction. Glass items are prohibited. Fans cannot bring in their own alcohol.

ATMs
1

Alcohol Sales
Alcohol is available at the track

Smoking Policy
State law prohibits smoking in all spectator areas, buildings, structures and lines. Smoking permitted in designated areas only.

Parking Cost
$10 or FREE

Camping Availability
non-electric, onsite, showers, waste services

Camping Cost
$49

Track Info  

Eldora Speedway
13929 State Route 118
Rossburg, Ohio 45348 

Track Phone
(937) 338-3815

Track Email
[email protected]

Track Size
0.5

Track Type
High banked

Sprint Car Track Record
12.599 seconds by David Gravel on 9/23/20

Late Model Track Record
14.761 seconds by Brandon Sheppard on 10/12/18

Closest Airport
Dayton, OH (DAY / KDAY) James M. Cox Dayton International Airport

Other Airport
Fort Wayne, IN (FWA / KFWA) Fort Wayne International Airport

Track Map
Competitor Info  

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