WILMOT, Wis. — July 30, 2016 — David Gravel held off a hard-charging Donny Schatz in Saturday night’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Badger 40 at Wimot Raceway to score his sixth World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory of the season. The win was the second for Gravel in two series features at Wilmot. Schatz battled through the closing laps to get around Gravel but Gravel was able to hold off the reigning series champion.
A-Main – (40 Laps) – 1. 5-David Gravel [1] [$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [6] [$5,500]; 3. 83-Joey Saldana [4] [$3,200]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [8] [$2,800]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [7] [$2,500]; 6. 2-Shane Stewart [9] [$2,300]; 7. 41-Jason Johnson [11] [$2,200]; 8. 7S-Jason Sides [2] [$2,100]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson [17] [$2,050]; 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart [13] [$2,000]; 11. 7-Paul McMahan [5] [$1,500]; 12. 1A-Jacob Allen [3] [$1,200]; 13. 17B-Bill Balog [10] [$1,100]; 14. 94-Ben Schmidt [21] [$1,050]; 15. 5J-Jeremy Schultz [15] [$1,000]; 16. 6-Bill Rose [19] [$900]; 17. O2-Mike Reinke [14] [$800]; 18. 23B-Russell Borland [20] [$800]; 19. 68-Dave Uttech [22] [$800]; 20. OO-Dane Lorenc [16] [$800]; 21. 48-Brandon Wimmer [18] [$800]; 22. 70-Raymond Hensley [23] [$800]; 23. 65-Jordon Goldesberry [12] [$800]; 24. 10V-Matt Vandevere [24] [$800]. Lap Leaders: David Gravel 1-40. KSE Hard Charger Award: W20-Greg Wilson [+8]
Qualifying – 1. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.861; 2. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.078; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.247; 4. 83-Joey Saldana, 13.305; 5. 5-David Gravel, 13.308; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.320; 7. 7-Paul McMahan, 13.342; 8. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.342; 9. 2-Shane Stewart, 13.382; 10. O2-Mike Reinke, 13.415; 11. 41-Jason Johnson, 13.461; 12. 65-Jordon Goldesberry, 13.496; 13. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.526; 14. 17B-Bill Balog, 13.557; 15. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 13.573; 16. OO-Dane Lorenc, 13.678; 17. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.699; 18. 48-Brandon Wimmer, 13.762; 19. 6-Bill Rose, 13.834; 20. 68-Dave Uttech, 13.838; 21. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 13.870; 22. 94-Ben Schmidt, 13.885; 23. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 13.912; 24. 23B-Russell Borland, 13.964; 25. 13-Clyde Knipp, 13.994; 26. 70-Raymond Hensley, 13.995; 27. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 14.119; 28. 19-Todd Daun, 14.186; 29. O1-Chris Dodd, 14.260; 30. 12-Mike Decker, 14.266; 31. 23D-Trey Datweiler, 14.290; 32. 7V-Tim Vandevere, 14.402; 33. 50-Russ Egan, 14.580
Heat 1 – (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 5-David Gravel [2]; 3. 2-Shane Stewart [3]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [5]; 6. 10V-Matt Vandevere [6]; 7. 13-Clyde Knipp [7]; 8. 50-Russ Egan [9]; 9. O1-Chris Dodd [8]
Heat 2 – (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 2. 1A-Jacob Allen [2]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog [4]; 4. O2-Mike Reinke [3]; 5. 48-Brandon Wimmer [5]; 6. 94-Ben Schmidt [6]; 7. 70-Raymond Hensley [7]; 8. 12-Mike Decker [8]
Heat 3 – (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 2. 7-Paul McMahan [2]; 3. 41-Jason Johnson [3]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz [4]; 5. 6-Bill Rose [5]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder [6]; 7. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski [7]; 8. 23D-Trey Datweiler [8]
Heat 4 – (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 83-Joey Saldana [1]; 2. 7S-Jason Sides [2]; 3. 65-Jordon Goldesberry [3]; 4. OO-Dane Lorenc [4]; 5. 23B-Russell Borland [6]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech [5]; 7. 7V-Tim Vandevere [8]; 8. 19-Todd Daun [7]
Dash – (8 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) – 1. 5-David Gravel [4]; 2. 7S-Jason Sides [1]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen [3]; 4. 83-Joey Saldana [5]; 5. 7-Paul McMahan [2]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz [7]; 7. 9-Daryn Pittman [6]; 8. 49-Brad Sweet [8]
Last Chance Showdown – (12 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 94-Ben Schmidt [3] [-]; 2. 68-Dave Uttech [1] [-]; 3. 70-Raymond Hensley [6] [-]; 4. 10V-Matt Vandevere [2] [-]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski [7] [$300]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder [4] [$250]; 7. O1-Chris Dodd [9] [$225]; 8. 13-Clyde Knipp [5] [$200]; 9. 19-Todd Daun [8] [$200]; 10. 23D-Trey Datweiler [11] [$200]; 11. 12-Mike Decker [10] [$200]; 12. 7V-Tim Vandevere [12] [$200]; 13. 50-Russ Egan [13] [$200]
