SCHATZ DOMINATES OUTLAWS, HEARN DOES SAME IN MODIFIEDS

SCHATZ DOMINATES OUTLAWS, HEARN DOES SAME IN MODIFIEDS

WEST LEBANON, NY- The World of Outlaws Sprint Cars made their annual 
stop at Lebanon Valley Speedway Monday night. Donny Schatz, from Minot, N.D., 
was the winner of the 25-lap World of Outlaw A-main sponsored by CARQUEST 
Auto Parts. The DIRT modifieds were also on hand and Brett Hearn, from 
Sussex, N.J., won the 30-lap feature. 
    Donny Schatz took the lead at the drop of the green flag and never looked 
back. Schatz was making quick work of the field and encountered lapped 
traffic by the third lap. Steve Kinser ran a majority of the race with smoke 
showing off the left side header, but he held on for a fourth place finish. 
The most serious incident of the feature came on lap 12. Former Lebanon 
Valley regular, Carmon Carnibucci flipped hard in turn four. Thankfully he 
was able to get out of the car under his own power.
    When green flag racing resumed Schatz motored away once again. Tim 
Schaffer was running third on the restart, but had mechanical problems and 
dropped from the event. No one could come close to Schatz and he took home 
his second World of Outlaw A-main of the season. Schatz was able to improve 
his finish from the 2000 feature by one. Daryn Pittman was second, with Joey 
Saldana third, Steve Kinser fourth and Mark Kinser fifth.
    Joey Saldana had the fast time for the night in Outlaw qualifying. His 
time of 16.550 was a new track record for the Valley. Mark Kinser, Daryn 
Pittman and Donny Schatz won the O'Reilly heat races. The winner of the 
Channellock Dash was Donny Schatz. Jason Myers won the B-main. 
    Brett Hearn driving his familiar Budweiser #3 grabbed the lead at the 
start of the 30-lap modified feature and never looked back. Problems for 
Chris Moore early in the event as he slowed suddenly in turn two. He would 
return, but would not be a factor. Ronnie Johnson was busy holding off Rich 
Ricci Jr for the runner-up position on lap six. Actually those two did battle 
the whole race with Johnson holding off Ricci in the end. 
    Hearn began to encounter lapped traffic by lap five. The first yellow 
flag of the race came out on lap eleven when John Hewitt suffered a left rear 
flat tire. J.R. Heffner used the restart to move up to the second position. 
Kenny Tremont and Dickie Larkin waged a battle for sixth at the halfway point 
of the event. Lapped traffic continued to plague Hearn, but did not slow him 
down too much. In the final stages of the race Hearn had opened a 
half-straightaway lead over Heffner and Heffner was a full straightaway ahead 
of third. 
    In the end it was Hearn crossing the line first followed by Heffner, 
Johnson, Ricci and Tremont. It was Hearn's 39th modified feature victory at 
Lebanon Valley. Heffner, Mike Benson and Ricci won the modified heat races.

PENNZOIL WORLD OF OUTLAWS PRESENTED BY CARQUEST A-MAIN RESULTS (25 LAPS) 1) 
Donny Schatz, 2) Daryn Pittman, 3) Joey Saldana, 4) Steve Kinser, 5) Mark 
Kinser, 6) Dale Blaney, 7) Danny Lasoski, 9) Jeff Shepard, 10) Craig 
Dollansky, 11) Brad Furr, 12) Stevie Smith, 13) Paul McMahon, 14) Jason 
Meyers, 15) Lance Dewease, 16) Johnny Herrera, 17) Randy Hannagan, 18) Danny 
Wood, 19) Butch Schroeder, 20) Tim Shaffer, 21) Carmon Carnibucci, 22) Dick 
Spadaro, 23) Floyd Billington, 24) Scott Holcomb

5-28 CARQUEST AUTO PARTS MODIFIED RESULTS (30 LAPS) - 1) Brett Hearn, 2) J.R. 
Heffner, 3) Ronnie Johnson, 4) Rich Ricci Jr, 5) Kenny Tremont Jr, 6) Matt 
Quinn, 7) Dickie Larkin, 8) Mike Benson, 9) Eddie Marshall, 10) Jason Goff, 
11) Rob Pitcher, 12) Guy Sheldon, 13) Hector Stratton, 14) Mike King, 15) 
Bill Wilson, 16) Denny Soltis, 17) John Alberti, 18) David Sanchez, 19) John 
Lutes Jr, 20) Steve Devine, 21) Jeremy Matthies, 22) Jeremy Markle, 23) Wes 
Powell, 24) Donnie Corellis, 25) John Hewitt, 26) John Tucker, 27) Chris 
Moore, 28) Jeff Trombley, 29) Jason Herrington, 30) Dave Mosher, 31) Lance 
Harting, 32) Tim Dwyer.