Logan Schuchart had not had the season he was hoping for. Mired in 6th place in the World of Outlaws standings he made up for the frustration by holding off a hard charging Donny Schatz to take the 11th Annual Capitani Classic Sunday night at the Knoxville Raceway heard live on KNIA. Schuchart jumped out to the lead and led the first 16 laps but Schatz got by on lap 17 only to give it back to Schuchart on lap 18. The two battled for the rest of the way, but Schuchart nearly ran into disaster when Brady Bacon suddenly slowed coming out of turn two and Schuchart ran into the back of him. The caution came on due to Bacon’s inability to get back to the pits and Schuchart kept the lead by virtue of the yellow coming out. Schatz would mount a late charge but was unable to get by. Aaron Reutzel, coming off a 360 Nationals title finished 3rd. Schuchart told KNIA/KRLS Sports he had to adapt after Schatz made the first pass.
Schuchart: “It felt like I was running a good line, and I knew there was not enough momentum around the top, but Donny found a way to get by on the bottom so I had to change my line and the lapped cars helped a bit.”
The scene shifts for a day to the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa tonight for the Front Row Challenge. After an off day on Tuesday, the 61st Running of the Knoxville Nationals will begin on Wednesday.
11th Annual Xtream Powered by Mediacom Capitani Classic Presented by Great Southern Bank
Time Trial Group #1 (started), 2 laps: 1. 83, James McFadden, Warrnambool, VIC, Aust. (5), 15.737; 2. 15X, Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND (33), 15.786; 3. 11, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (13), 15.846; 4. 7BC, Tyler Courtney, Indianapolis, IN (29), 15.863; 5. 71, Cory Eliason, Visalia, CA (28), 15.869; 6. 21H, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (4), 15.874; 7. 1S, Logan Schuchart, Hanover, PA (12), 15.874; 8. 2X, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (27), 15.902; 9. 27H, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (9), 15.903; 10. 2M, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (1), 15.917; 11. 11M, Buddy Kofoid, Penngrove, CA (10), 15.932; 12. 83JR, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (14), 15.951; 13. 39, Justin Sanders, Aromas, CA (3), 16.006; 14. 25, JJ Hickle, Quilcene, WA (15), 16.013; 15. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (2), 16.021; 16. 3, Ayrton Gennetten, Gravois Mills, MO (21), 16.044; 17. 88, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (30), 16.075; 18. 26, Zeb Wise, Angola, IN (7), 16.089; 19. 2KS, Ian Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (8), 16.136; 20. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (6), 16.171; 21. 14J, Cole Macedo, Lemoore, CA (23), 16.269; 22. 101, Lachlan McHugh, Gold Coast, QLD, Aust. (35), 16.324; 23. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (36), 16.357; 24. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (24), 16.370; 25. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (18), 16.385; 26. 24, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (34), 16.416; 27. 47X, Dylan Westbrook, Scotland, ONT, Can. (16), 16.423; 28. 14M, Corey Day, Clovis, CA (31), 16.440; 29. 91, Kyle Reinhardt, Neptune City, NJ (32), 16.494; 30. 7S, Robbie Price, Cobble Hill, BC, Can. (25), 16.499; 31. 21K, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (11), 16.518; 32. 20G, Noah Gass, Mounds, OK (19), 16.620; 33. 35, Chad Kemenah, Alvada, OH (26), 16.714; 34. 18R, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (17), 16.744; 35. 10, Skylar Prochaska, Lakefield, MN (20), 17.017
Time Trial Group #2 (started), 2 laps: 1. 2, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (28), 16.081; 2. 49S, Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (21), 16.118; 3. 18, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (5), 16.126; 4. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (4), 16.154; 5. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (18), 16.201; 6. 8, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (13), 16.209; 7. 42, Sye Lynch, Apollo, PA (2), 16.211; 8. 39M, Anthony Macri, Dillsburg, PA (12), 16.228; 9. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (31), 16.233; 10. 13, Justin Peck, Monrovia, IN (15), 16.235; 11. 9K, Kasey Kahne, Enumclaw, WA (24), 16.238; 12. 52, Blake Hahn, Sapulpa, OK (7), 16.323; 13. 41, Carson Macedo, Lemoore, CA (6), 16.342; 14. 17W, Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA (1), 16.342; 15. 6, Brandon Wimmer, Fairmount, IN (3), 16.431; 16. 16A, Colby Copeland, Roseville, CA (10), 16.479; 17. 45, Rusty Hickman, Bendigo, VIC, Aust. (17), 16.485; 18. 84, Scott Bogucki, McLaren Vale, SA, Aust. (19), 16.488; 19. 1AU, Marcus Dumesny, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (30), 16.490; 20. 14, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (11), 16.522; 21. 17, Sheldon Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (9), 16.531; 22. 3TK, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (23), 16.572; 23. 7, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (33), 16.584; 24. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (25), 16.659; 25. 11N, Harli White, Lindsay, OK (16), 16.681; 26. 11T, TJ Stutts, Liverpool, PA (14), 16.684; 27. 22, Riley Goodno, Knoxville, IA (34), 16.701; 28. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (26), 16.707; 29. 19, Chris Windom, Canton, IL (29), 16.716; 30. 83T, Tanner Carrick, Lincoln, CA (32), 16.758; 31. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (27), 16.846; 32. 7W, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (20), 16.963; 33. 9H, Landon Hansen, Newton, IA (22), 17.708; 34. 3Z, Brock Zearfoss, Jonestown, PA (8), NT
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:15.0: 1. Davey Heskin (1); 2. Logan Schuchart (2); 3. Tyler Courtney (3) / 4. James McFadden (4); 5. Justin Sanders (5); 6. Ayrton Gennetten (6); 7. Lachlan McHugh (8); 8. Thomas Kennedy (9); 9. Ian Madsen (7); 10. Corey Day (10); 11. Ryan Roberts (11) DNS- Josh Schneiderman
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:13.5: 1. Buddy Kofoid (1); 2. David Gravel (2); 3. Donny Schatz (4) / 4. Cory Eliason (3); 5. Austin McCarl (6); 6. JJ Hickle (5); 7. Kyle Reinhardt (10); 8. Matt Juhl (7); 9. Skylar Prochaska (12); 10. Noah Gass (11) DNS – AJ Moeller, Terry McCarl
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:14.9: 1. Daryn Pittman (2); 2. Kerry Madsen (1); 3. Parker Price-Miller (4) / 4. Zeb Wise (6); 5. Brady Bacon (3); 6. Carson McCarl (5); 7. Cole Macedo (7); 8. Robbie Price (10); 9. Dylan Westbrook (9); 10. Sawyer Phillips (8); 11. Chad Kemenah (11)
Heat four (started), 8 Laps, 2:15.3: 1. Justin Peck (1); 2. Carson Macedo (5); 3. Sye Lynch (2) / 4. Tim Kaeding (8); 5. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (3); 6. Harli White (9); 7. Marcus Dumesny (7); 8. Clint Garner (10); 9. Lynton Jeffrey (4); 10. Colby Copeland (6) DNS – Bobby Mincer
Heat five (started), 8 Laps, 2:16.1: 1. Anthony Macri (2); 2. Brad Sweet (4); 3. Kasey Kahne (1) / 4. Shane Golobic (5); 5. Josh Higday (7); 6. Rusty Hickman (6); 7. Chris Windom (8); 8. Dustin Selvage (10); 9. TJ Stutts (9); 10. Brian Brown (3) DNS – Justin Henderson
Heat six (started), 8 Laps, 2:19.0: 1. Gio Scelzi (4); 2. Tasker Phillips (2); 3. Aaron Reutzel (3) / 4. Blake Hahn (1); 5. Scott Bogucki (6); 6. Sheldon Haudenschild (7); 7. Riley Goodno (9); 8. Brandon Wimmer (5); 9. Tanner Carrick (10); 10. Chris Martin (8); 11. Landon Hansen (11)
B main #1 (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. James McFadden (1); 2. Brady Bacon (3); 3. JJ Hickle (5) / 4. Ayrton Gennetten (7); 5. Justin Sanders (4); 6. Cole Macedo (12); 7. Carson McCarl (6); 8. Austin McCarl (8); 9. Ian Madsen (10); 10. Zeb Wise (9); 11. Corey Day (16); 12. Thomas Kennedy (17); 13. Kyle Reinhardt (15); 14. Chad Kemenah (19); 15. Dylan Westbrook (13); 16. Robbie Price (18); 17. Noah Gass (20); 18. Lachlan McHugh (11); 19. Sawyer Phillips (14); 20. Skylar Prochaska (21); 21. Ryan Roberts (22); 22. Cory Eliason (2) DNS – Matt Juhl, Josh Schneiderman, AJ Moeller, Terry McCarl
B main #2 (started), 12 Laps, 3:35.9: 1. Brian Brown (1); 2. Blake Hahn (4); 3. Shane Golobic (3) / 4. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (2); 5. Scott Bogucki (7); 6. Sheldon Haudenschild (12); 7. Marcus Dumesny (10); 8. Harli White (11); 9. Tim Kaeding (9); 10. Riley Goodno (13); 11. Rusty Hickman (8); 12. Clint Garner (19); 13. Brandon Wimmer (6); 14. Tanner Carrick (15); 15. Chris Martin (14); 16. Dustin Selvage (17); 17. TJ Stutts (16); 18. Chris Windom (18); 19. Colby Copeland (5) DNS – Lynton Jeffrey, Josh Higday, Landon Hansen, Bobby Mincer, Justin Henderson
A main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1. Logan Schuchart (2); 2. Donny Schatz (8); 3. Aaron Reutzel (3); 4. Brad Sweet (7); 5. Parker Price-Miller (6); 6. Tyler Courtney (4); 7. David Gravel (9); 8. Gio Scelzi (5); 9. Anthony Macri (10); 10. Davey Heskin (13); 11. Carson Macedo (18); 12. Kasey Kahne (16); 13. Kerry Madsen (17); 14. Daryn Pittman (11); 15. Justin Peck (14); 16. James McFadden (19); 17. JJ Hickle (23); 18. Buddy Kofoid (15); 19. Blake Hahn (22); 20. Shane Golobic (24); 21. Tasker Phillips (12); 22. Brady Bacon (21); 23. Sye Lynch (1); 24. Brian Brown (20). Lap Leaders: Schuchart 1-16, Schatz 17, Schuchart 18-25. Hard-charger: Ca. Macedo.
Pro Series Results
Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 42J, Kade Higday, Pleasant Hill, IA (1), 18.123; 2. 44, Scotty Johnson, Dallas, IA (4), 18.189; 3. 41, Jeff Wilke, Knoxville, IA (6), 18.32; 4. 81E, Eric Bridger, Winterset, IA (2), 18.47; 5. 26M, Chase Young, Des Moines, IA (8), 18.516; 6. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (7), 18.59; 7. 71, Brandon Worthington, Indianola, IA (5), 18.625; 8. 14J, Mike Johnston, Des Moines, IA (3), 18.626; 9. 17X, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA (11), 18.632; 10. 3TJ, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (12), 18.682; 11. 02S, Josh Jones, Knoxville, IA (10), 18.818; 12. 12P, Ryan Navratil, Des Moines, IA (9), 18.902
Heat one (started), 6 Laps, 1:50.9: 1. Tyler Groenendyk (2); 2. Chase Young (4); 3. Josh Jones (1); 4. Kade Higday (6); 5. Jeff Wilke (5); 6. Brandon Worthington (3)
Heat two (started), 6 Laps, 1:52.1: 1. Mike Mayberry (4); 2. Nathan Mills (2); 3. Mike Johnston (3); 4. Eric Bridger (5); 5. Ryan Navratil (1); 6. Scotty Johnson (6)
A main (started), 15 Laps, 4:40.6: 1. Scotty Johnson (2); 2. Kade Higday (8); 3. Mike Johnston (1); 4. Tyler Groenendyk (3); 5. Jeff Wilke (4); 6. Chase Young (6); 7. Mike Mayberry (7); 8. Eric Bridger (5); 9. Ryan Navratil (12); 10. Josh Jones (10); 11. Nathan Mills (9); 12. Brandon Worthington (11). Lap Leaders: Johnston 1-9, Johnson 10-15. Hard-charger: Higday.
Photo from Ryan Northcote