Larson Becomes 1st Repeat Winner of the Brad Doty Classic at Attica
ATTICA, Ohio – Kyle Larson became the first back-to-back winner of the 35th Annual Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic presented by Racing Optics Tuesday, July 11 at Attica Raceway Park. Larson led all 40 laps to take home the $15,000 top prize.
Attica Raceway Park has been very kind to the Elk Grove, California native as he has now won three Brad Doty Classics. He has six career wins at the track in just 10 A-main starts including five wins in the last six starts at Attica. It was Larson’s 30th career win with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series in just 133 feature starts (23%).
While the final stats will show Larson led all 40 laps, Wooster, Ohio’s Sheldon Haudenschild hounded Larson through lap 30. A restart with nine laps to go and a clear track saw Larson pull away for the victory in front of a standing room crowd.
“To think no one has won back-to-back in this race is unbelievable. The balance of my race car felt really good thanks to Paul, Trevor, Doug, Kevin…everybody who helps out to get us to the track and get us on track. Thanks to all you fans for coming out. It’s always a great event to come to Ohio…it’s going to be an awesome week of racing. To start out with a win and hopefully build some momentum before we hit Eldora,” said Larson beside his Finley Farms, Folkens Bros Trucking, FloRacing, JVI Group, Glenn Styres Racing backed #57.
“I was making mistakes in three and four because I’d catch traffic or start to see them and start to slow and drive easier and then I wouldn’t get my wheel spin where I needed it and get swallowed up in the cushion. I wasn’t sure where Sheldon was behind me but I figured he would be having a hard time seeing as well. I got to the back bumper of traffic and that was really tough. One and two…the cushion was really tall right in the center…taller than it typically is over there and on exit there was nothing. You couldn’t see it…they were blowing across the bottom and all the dust would end up on top of the race track. I got behind Brad (Sweet) and I figured he was going to make clean laps so I just tried to pace him and we got a caution there and thankfully we didn’t have another double-file restart,” explained Larson.
The runner-up finish was a career best for Haudenschild in the Brad Doty Classic.
“I want to win Brad Doty’s Race bad. Hats off to Ripper and Gravy and Danny…man my car was great. I kept Larson honest the whole time until that last restart. I just got too tight there on the cushion,” said Haudenschild of his NOS Energy Drink, West Tennessee Expediting, Hunt Bros. Pizza, Frozen Farm, DAC Pet Products backed machine.
Cole Macedo survived a chaotic battle for the final podium position, matching his personal best finish in the Brad Doty Classic.
“It was a dog fight the whole race. The restarts were killing me. Kyle would chose the top which was really good for him…he would get awesome starts but it made it to where Sheldon would get a decent start and Gio (Scelzi) would get an awesome start and drive across my nose and I’d be under fire from the people behind me and it took me awhile to get back to the guys ahead of me,” said Macedo of his Albaugh Your Alternative, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Tarleton & Son, Pro Powdercoating, Liquid Trucking backed #41.
Rounding out the top 10 were Donny Schatz from 14th; David Gravel who took over the point lead for the World of Outlaws; Zeb Wise, the night’s hard charger, coming from 19th, Giovanni Scelzi, James McFadden, Logan Schuchart from 21st and Shane Stewart who was in only his second race since retiring three years ago.
Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, July 21 with the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by the Baumann Auto Group for the 410 sprints, the NAPA of Bryan AFCS presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales for the 305 sprints and the Attica Raceway Park/Oakshade Raceway Challenge Series for the UMP Late Models.
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Attica Raceway Park
WoO Brad Doty Classic
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[2]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[5]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz[14]; 5. 2-David Gravel[8]; 6. 26-Zeb Wise[19]; 7. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 8. 83-James McFadden[1]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart[21]; 10. 71-Shane Stewart[6]; 11. 29-Cole Macedo[17]; 12. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[9]; 13. 9P-Parker Price Miller[7]; 14. 83JR-Michael Kofoid[11]; 15. 49-Brad Sweet[13]; 16. 5-Spencer Bayston[12]; 17. 55X-Daryn Pittman[15]; 18. 3J-Trey Jacobs[10]; 19. 9-Kasey Kahne[20]; 20. (DNF) 35-Stuart Brubaker[23]; 21. (DNF) 22-Brandon Spithaler[22]; 22. (DNF) 99-Skylar Gee[16]; 23. (DNF) 1A-Jacob Allen[25]; 24. (DNF) 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[24]; 25. (DNF) 55-Kerry Madsen[18]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 2. 22-Brandon Spithaler[4]; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker[1]; 4. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[6]; 5. 32-Bryce Lucius[3]; 6. 5T-Travis Philo[15]; 7. 09-Craig Mintz[17]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson[13]; 9. 97-JJ Hickle[5]; 10. 4-Chris Windom[18]; 11. 17AU-Jamie Veal[11]; 12. 15C-Chris Andrews[12]; 13. 11N-Harli White[16]; 14. 5R-Byron Reed[14]; 15. (DNF) 23-Zeth Sabo[10]; 16. (DNF) 7-Ian Madsen[9]; 17. (DNF) 33W-Cap Henry[7]; 18. (DNF) 20G-Noah Gass[8]
C Feature (10 Laps): 1. 09-Craig Mintz[1]; 2. 4-Chris Windom[3]; 3. 7N-Darin Naida[2]; 4. 91-Tyler Gunn[10]; 5. 16TH-Kevin Newton[4]; 6. 6X-Frank Rodgers[7]; 7. 6-Bill Rose[11]; 8. (DNF) 2X-Ricky Peterson[8]; 9. (DNF) 19-Trent Pigdon[6]; 10. (DNF) 7S-Robbie Price[5]; 11. (DNF) 15K-Creed Kemenah[12]; 12. (DNF) 1A-Jacob Allen[9]
Toyota Dash (8 Laps): 1. 83-James McFadden[1]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson[4]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[8]; 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[2]; 5. 41-Carson Macedo[6]; 6. 71-Shane Stewart[3]; 7. 9P-Parker Price Miller[7]; 8. 2-David Gravel[5]
Case No1 Engine Oil Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[2]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[3]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[4]; 5. 29-Cole Macedo[5]; 6. 32-Bryce Lucius[7]; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker[6]; 8. 7-Ian Madsen[9]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson[11]; 10. 09-Craig Mintz[8]; 11. 7S-Robbie Price[10]; 12. (DNS) 1A-Jacob Allen
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[1]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo[2]; 3. 83JR-Michael Kofoid[3]; 4. 55X-Daryn Pittman[5]; 5. 26-Zeb Wise[4]; 6. 97-JJ Hickle[6]; 7. 33W-Cap Henry[9]; 8. 17AU-Jamie Veal[7]; 9. 5T-Travis Philo[11]; 10. 4-Chris Windom[8]; 11. 6X-Frank Rodgers[12]; 12. 6-Bill Rose[10]
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 71-Shane Stewart[1]; 2. 9P-Parker Price Miller[4]; 3. 3J-Trey Jacobs[2]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz[5]; 5. 55-Kerry Madsen[9]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart[3]; 7. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[8]; 8. 23-Zeth Sabo[6]; 9. 5R-Byron Reed[12]; 10. 7N-Darin Naida[11]; 11. 19-Trent Pigdon[10]; 12. 91-Tyler Gunn[7]
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 83-James McFadden[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[2]; 3. 5-Spencer Bayston[3]; 4. 99-Skylar Gee[4]; 5. 9-Kasey Kahne[5]; 6. 22-Brandon Spithaler[8]; 7. 20G-Noah Gass[6]; 8. 15C-Chris Andrews[7]; 9. 11N-Harli White[10]; 10. 16TH-Kevin Newton[12]; 11. (DNF) 2X-Ricky Peterson[11]; 12. (DNF) 15K-Creed Kemenah[9]
Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson, 00:12.545[1]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:12.655[21]; 3. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:12.658[12]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:12.691[8]; 5. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:12.724[23]; 6. 83JR-Michael Kofoid, 00:12.756[19]; 7. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:12.761[5]; 8. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:12.809[22]; 9. 29-Cole Macedo, 00:12.835[2]; 10. 55X-Daryn Pittman, 00:12.902[10]; 11. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 00:12.907[9]; 12. 97-JJ Hickle, 00:12.923[11]; 13. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:12.949[15]; 14. 17AU-Jamie Veal, 00:12.982[6]; 15. 09-Craig Mintz, 00:13.003[4]; 16. 4-Chris Windom, 00:13.055[17]; 17. 7-Ian Madsen, 00:13.124[13]; 18. 33W-Cap Henry, 00:13.135[24]; 19. 7S-Robbie Price, 00:13.266[20]; 20. 6-Bill Rose, 00:13.273[3]; 21. W20-Greg Wilson, 00:13.428[16]; 22. 5T-Travis Philo, 00:13.803[7]; 23. (DNF) 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:13.803[18]; 24. (DNS) 6X-Frank Rodgers, 00:13.803
Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 71-Shane Stewart, 00:12.805[1]; 2. 83-James McFadden, 00:12.849[2]; 3. 3J-Trey Jacobs, 00:12.880[12]; 4. 2-David Gravel, 00:12.918[22]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:12.931[19]; 6. 5-Spencer Bayston, 00:12.941[4]; 7. 9P-Parker Price Miller, 00:12.950[15]; 8. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:13.016[7]; 9. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:13.025[9]; 10. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:13.058[17]; 11. 23-Zeth Sabo, 00:13.074[10]; 12. 20G-Noah Gass, 00:13.104[6]; 13. 91-Tyler Gunn, 00:13.127[20]; 14. 15C-Chris Andrews, 00:13.137[21]; 15. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:13.149[13]; 16. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 00:13.206[18]; 17. 55-Kerry Madsen, 00:13.231[3]; 18. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 00:13.286[8]; 19. 19-Trent Pigdon, 00:13.482[11]; 20. 11N-Harli White, 00:13.571[5]; 21. 7N-Darin Naida, 00:13.649[24]; 22. 2X-Ricky Peterson, 00:13.695[23]; 23. 5R-Byron Reed, 00:13.730[16]; 24. 16TH-Kevin Newton, 00:14.467[14]
Sources: Brian Liskai/Attica Raceway Park PR