MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Donny Schatz continued two hot streaks Thursday night at Williams Grove Speedway on the opening night of the Cleveland Brothers Summer Nationals.
Schatz sailed under the checkered flag first for the third-straight time at Williams Grove and for the third- straight time in World of Outlaws competition dating back to the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway.
“It was a good night,” said Schatz. “The car was good. We are glad to get this one in the books and return to victory lane.”
Polesitter Jason Sides led the first 17 laps before Schatz, the fast qualifier, took the lead. Schatz then held off Danny Lasoski as the pair charged through lapped traffic.
“We had a little wing problem and could not get it back enough,” noted the winner. “We should have been a little better, but we found the race track first and we got there first and that is what counts. We know what we have to do for tomorrow night, and we’ll come back and try again.”
Lasoski started fourth after losing an engine on the last lap of the Crane Cams Dash.
“I didn’t get to really look at the race track after we blew an engine on the last lap of the dash,” said Lasoski, whose team recently added veteran mechanic Rob Hart to its crew. “We just made a guess at it, and we weren’t even close. I kept working with the race car and getting the wing back to get it balanced. By the time I got the thing all adjusted, Donny (Schatz) had passed us.”
Sides came home third, with Jeff Shepard and Joey Saldana rounding out the top five.