By Tony Veneziano

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Donny Schatz continued his midsummer hot streak Saturday night at Williams Grove Speedway, posting his third big-money victory in a week.
The defending World of Outlaws champion added the $20,000 top prize for the Cleveland Brothers Summer Nationals to $30,000 from the Don Martin Memorial at Lernerville Speedway and $50,000 at the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway.
Schatz won the opening night preliminary at the Grove on Thursday but experimented with his car on Friday and raced from 16th to sixth.
“It was a great win,” said Schatz, driver of the ParkerStore J&J. “The last two nights are what got us here and helped us be up front. We had to run the heat race tonight and do a little playing around. We learned a lot about our race car tonight. We learned a lot about tires, and that is what we want to do, because the next time we come back here there is even more money on the line. Hopefully, we can take that and learn from it and come back next time and be even better.”
Schatz took the lead on the opening lap after lining up on the outside of the front row. He won a drag race with Paul McMahan down the long front straightaway at the famed half-mile track. He dove to the bottom of the track in the first turn and quickly put a few car lengths between him and McMahan.
Steve Kinser shadowed Schatz for the last 20 laps of the event. With the laps winding down, he was able to track Schatz down in traffic and make a couple of attempts to pass him. At the line, the margin of victory was just 0.789 second with Kinser finishing in the runner-up spot.
“I was faster than everybody tonight,” said Kinser. “I ran him (Schatz) down, but there wasn’t anywhere to go but the bottom. I tried the middle early. I had one time where I got down under him, but there was so much loose stuff down the straightaway that I couldn’t get a hold of it. I had to settle in and follow him.”
McMahan, Joey Saldana and Danny Lasoski filled the top five.