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Sunday, January 31, 2021

Aaron Reutzel scores Screven’s Winter Freeze All Star finale for $10,000


 SYLVANIA, Georgia (January 30, 2021) - Although no longer a full-time traveler with “America’s Series,” three-time All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 champion, Aaron Reutzel, picked up right where he left off in 2020 and maneuvered his way back to All Star victory lane, this time scoring $10,000 in Screven Motor Speedway’s Winter Freeze All Star finale on Saturday, January 30. The Clute, Texas-native earned his triumph from the outside of row two, forced to outduel Wooster, Ohio’s Sheldon Haudenschild, all before fending off a late charge by Neptune City, New Jersey’s Kyle Reinhardt. The Sugarlands Shine Southern Tour presented by Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts victory bumped Reutzel’s All Star win total to 37; his first at Screven Motor Speedway.


“I can’t thank the entire Roth Motorsports team enough for allowing Dylan (Buswell) and I to come on board and bring our package with us. They took a big risk and we appreciate everything they’ve done for us,” Aaron Reutzel said in Screven victory lane. “We struggled a little bit in Arizona, but we took some time during the week to think about some things. We made a few fine changes and now I feel right at home. Everyone has done such a great job and I can’t say how excited I am enough.”


Taking off from the outside-pole position, Sheldon Haudenschild was the early leader, forced to withstand a caution on the initial start, as well as an ensuing red flag incident, all before the main event could officially get underway. It did not take long for Haudenschild to escape to a lengthy advantage, stretching his gap over KCP Racing’s Gio Scelzi to a near-straightaway by lap 15. It was at that time when Reutzel started to come alive on the bottom of the speedway, first working by Scelzi for the runner-up spot on lap 18.


Caution flags appeared again on lap 20 setting up a single file restart with Reutzel on the tail tank of Haudenschild. Keeping his focus on the bottom of the speedway, Reutzel stalked Haudenschild for four circuits, eventually making his move on lap 24 when the Stenhouse Jr Marshall Racing entry slipped up the track allowing Reutzel to squeeze through. Despite a few desperate attempts to regain the top spot, Haudenshild would eventually succumb to his own aggressiveness, spinning to a stop on lap 28.


Reutzel drove on to clinch the $10,000 payday, surviving one final caution on lap 33 and late pressure from 2021 All Star Circuit of Champions Rookie of the Year contender, Kyle Reinhardt.


Sam Hafertepe finished third on Saturday night, followed by a hard-charging Donny Schatz, who climbed from 21st to fourth after winning the evening’s B-Main, and Justin Peck. Schatz was forced to compete in the evening’s B-Main after missing the scales following his respective heat race.


“I really wanted to race Sheldon (Haudenschild) in traffic,” Reutzel added. “I wanted to catch him off guard and think I was just a lapped car that got by him. I knew on that restart that if I stuck my nose under him, he would assume that rubber was coming on the bottom. I tried to just hang back until the groove came in a little bit better for us, but the time came where I had to pull the trigger. I went for it and he didn’t have time to shut the door on us.”


The All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 will enjoy an off day on Sunday, January 31, before returning to Sugarlands Shine Southern Tour presented by Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts competition on Monday evening, February 1, at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, Florida. “America’s Series” will face-off for two straight nights at East Bay chasing a pair of $6,000 top prizes. For more information, please visit East Bay Raceway Park online at https://ebrp.co/.


For those who can not make the journey to Tampa for the two-day East Bay visit, FloRacing, the official media partner and live broadcast provider of the All Star Circuit of Champions, has you covered. Each and every event on the 2021 All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 schedule will be broadcast live exclusively at www.floracing.com.


Contingency Awards/Results: Screven Motor Speedway - January 30, 2021:

Event: Sugarlands Shine Southern Tour presented by Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts | Winter Freeze XI

Entries: 38

C&R Racing Warm-Ups: Donny Schatz | 12.921

Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Donny Schatz | 12.810

Ford Performance Heat #1 Winner: Carson Short

All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2 Winner: Sheldon Haudenschild

Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3 Winner: Aaron Reutzel

Mobil 1 Heat #4 Winner: Hunter Schuerenberg

Kear’s Speed Shop Dash #1 Winner: Gio Scelzi

Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts Dash #2 Winner: Sheldon Haudenschild

Classic Ink USA Screenprinting & Embroidery B-Main Winner: Donny Schatz

Rayce Rudeen Foundation First Non-Transfer: Tyler Ross

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet A-Main Winner: Aaron Reutzel

Hercules Tire A-Main Hard Charger: Donny Schatz (+17)

Sugarlands Shine Lap 21 Leader: Sheldon Haudenschild


Qualifying


Group (A)

1. 73-Scotty Thiel, 13.028; 2. 39M-Anthony Macri, 13.176; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.193; 4. 21-Carson Short, 13.230; 5. 22C-Cole Duncan, 13.353; 6. 14-Tony Stewart, 13.356; 7. 48-Danny Dietrich, 13.415; 8. 5-Brent Marks, 13.520; 9. 33M-Mason Daniel, 13.682; 10. 40-Mark Imler, 14.423


Group (B)

1. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.810; 2. 18-Gio Scelzi, 12.965; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.051; 4. 101-Kerry Madsen, 13.096; 5. 26-Cory Eliason, 13.142; 6. 18J-RJ Jacobs, 13.286; 7. 1-Jamie Myers, 13.704; 8. 27-Carson McCarl, 13.758; 9. 70-Nick Tucker, 13.763; 10. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 13.972


Group (C)

1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 12.883; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr., 13.141; 3. 83-Aaron Reutzel, 13.162; 4. 13-Justin Peck, 13.188; 5. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 13.278; 6. 49H-Bradley Howard, 13.415; 7. 75-Tyler Ross, 13.433; 8. 4-Danny Smith, 13.563; 9. 3C-Cale Conley, 13.718


Group (D)

1. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 13.016; 2. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 13.184; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.214; 4. 11-Ian Madsen, 13.248; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.596; 6. O8-Brandon Conkel, 13.669; 7. 25-Chris Myers, 13.974; 8. 27c-Craig Pellegrini, 14.422; 9. 28-Skylar Gee, 99.999


Heat #1 - Group (A) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer

1. 21-Carson Short [1]; 2. 39M-Anthony Macri [3]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen [2]; 4. 73-Scotty Thiel [4]; 5. 22C-Cole Duncan [5]; 6. 14-Tony Stewart [6]; 7. 33M-Mason Daniel [9]; 8. 5-Brent Marks [8]; 9. 48-Danny Dietrich [7]; 10. 40-Mark Imler [10]


Heat #2 - Group (B) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer

1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [2]; 2. 101-Kerry Madsen [1]; 3. 18-Gio Scelzi [3]; 4. 26-Cory Eliason [5]; 5. 18J-RJ Jacobs [6]; 6. 1-Jamie Myers [7]; 7. 27-Carson McCarl [8]; 8. 70-Nick Tucker [9]; 9. 14R-Sean Rayhall [10]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz [4]


Heat #3 - Group (C) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer

1. 83-Aaron Reutzel [2]; 2. 13-Justin Peck [1]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [4]; 4. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [3]; 5. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [5]; 6. 49H-Bradley Howard [6]; 7. 3C-Cale Conley [9]; 8. 75-Tyler Ross [7]; 9. 4-Danny Smith [8]


Heat #4 - Group (D) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer

1. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [3]; 2. 11K-Kraig Kinser [2]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]; 4. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [4]; 5. 25-Chris Myers [7]; 6. O8-Brandon Conkel [6]; 7. 27C-Craig Pellegrini [8]; 8. 11-Ian Madsen [1]; 9. 28-Skylar Gee [9]


Dash #1 (4 Laps)

1. 18-Gio Scelzi [1]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [3]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [5]; 4. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [2]; 5. 101-Kerry Madsen [4]


Dash #2 (4 Laps)

1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [2]; 2. 83-Aaron Reutzel [1]; 3. 21-Carson Short [3]; 4. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [5]; 5. 73-Scotty Thiel [4]


B-Main (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer

1. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 2. 33M-Mason Daniel [7]; 3. 5-Brent Marks [12]; 4. O8-Brandon Conkel [5]; 5. 75-Tyler Ross [11]; 6. 3C-Cale Conley [8]; 7. 27-Carson McCarl [9]; 8. 70-Nick Tucker [13]; 9. 1-Jamie Myers [6]; 10. 14R-Sean Rayhall [15]; 11. 40-Mark Imler [16]; 12. 14-Tony Stewart [3]; 13. 27C-Craig Pellegrini [10]; 14. 49H-Bradley Howard [4]; 15. 4-Danny Smith [14]; 16. 11-Ian Madsen [2]; 17. 48-Danny Dietrich [17]; 18. 28-Skylar Gee [18]


A-Main (35 Laps)

1. 83-Aaron Reutzel [4]; 2. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [7]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [3]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [21]; 5. 13-Justin Peck [12]; 6. 18-Gio Scelzi [1]; 7. 101-Kerry Madsen [9]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart [15]; 9. 39M-Anthony Macri [11]; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser [13]; 11. 26-Cory Eliason [16]; 12. 1A-Jacob Allen [14]; 13. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [2]; 14. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [5]; 15. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [8]; 16. 73-Scotty Thiel [10]; 17. 5-Brent Marks [23]; 18. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [17]; 19. 18J-RJ Jacobs [18]; 20. 25-Chris Myers [20]; 21. O8-Brandon Conkel [24]; 22. 21-Carson Short [6]; 23. 33M-Mason Daniel [22]; 24. 22C-Cole Duncan [19] Lap Leaders: Sheldon Haudenschild (1-23), Aaron Reutzel (24-35)


Saturday, January 30, 2021

Donny Schatz opens Sugarlands Shine Southern Tour with $8,000 victory at Screven


 SYLVANIA, Georgia (January 29, 2021) - Ten-time World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion, Donny Schatz, etched his name in sprint car racing history books yet again, this time by claiming the first round of the inaugural Sugarlands Shine Southern Tour presented by Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Georgia. Schatz, who now owns 19-career All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victories, scored his triumph from the outside of row two, eventually working by Indianapolis, Indiana’s Tyler Courtney to take control on lap 18. The Fargo, North Dakota-native earned $8,000 for his efforts, also solidifying a first-ever All Star win in Sylvania.


“It’s great to be back racing, first and foremost,” Donny Schatz said in Screven victory lane, driver of the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing/Carquest Auto Parts/Curb Records/Ford Performance/No. 15 sprint car. “Hats off to this entire Carquest team. These guys have been digging and working as hard as they can to get the car better. All of these preseason races are great for us because it gives us an opportunity to try some things. I just tried to go where the car in front of me wasn’t and it all worked out.”


Before Schatz took command on lap 18, it was a shootout for the top spot. Former ASCS national champion, Sam Hafertepe, Jr., took command from the outside-pole position to lead the first two circuits, eventually overtaken by Wooster, Ohio’s Sheldon Haudenschild with a wicked slider through turns three and four on lap three. Haudenschild’s campaign at the front of the field was short-lived, as the pilot of the Stenhouse Jr Marshall Racing No. 17 was forced to spin to avoid involvement in an incident involving lap cars; Sam Hafertepe, Jr. inherited control on lap seven.


All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 rookie contender, Tyler Courtney was next to throw his hat into the ring, making his move around Hafertepe to earn the race lead on lap 15. Courtney was a threat on a few attempts prior to his official takeover, but Hafertepe was able to fend off the charge.


Meanwhile, Donny Schatz lurked just behind the pair of front-runners. Utilizing the very bottom groove of Screven Motor Speedway, the ten-time WoO champ followed Courtney by Hafertepe on lap 16, only to miss a slide job attempt on Courtney on lap 17. Schatz redeemed himself the next circuit and squeezed by Courtney at the exit of turn four to take control.


“We knew the top was going to be good. I just tried to find a line that was going to work the best for us,” Schatz continued. “This surface changed so much over the course of the race and it actually got a lot slicker than I thought it would. It really came in nice for me through the middle and bottom. You could really go anywhere.”


Aaron Reutzel finished second on Friday night after a late move around Courtney on lap 24, followed by Tyler Courtney, Carson Short, and Sam Hafertepe, Jr.


Screven Motor Speedway’s Winter Freeze XI will continue on Saturday evening, January 30, with a second, full program featuring the All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1. The two-day Sugarlands Shine Southern Tour presented by Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts finale will award a $10,000 top prize.


For those who can not make the journey to Georgia and Florida for the seven-day/six-race All Star Southern Tour, FloRacing, the official media partner and live broadcast provider of the All Star Circuit of Champions, has you covered. Each and every event on the 2021 All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 schedule will be broadcast live exclusively at www.floracing.com.


Contingency Awards/Results: Screven Motor Speedway - January 29, 2020:

Event: Sugarlands Shine Southern Tour presented by Elliott's Custom Trailers and Carts | Winter Freeze XI

Entries: 34

C&R Racing Warm-Ups: Sheldon Haudenschild | 14.455

Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Donny Schatz | 13.216

Ford Performance Heat #1 Winner: Anthony Macri

All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2 Winner: Carson Short

Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3 Winner: Sam Hafertepe, Jr.

Mobil 1 Heat #4 Winner: Sheldon Haudenschild

Kear’s Speed Shop Dash #1 Winner: Sheldon Haudenschild

Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts Dash #2 Winner: Sam Hafertepe, Jr.

Classic Ink USA Screenprinting & Embroidery B-Main Winner: Kyle Reinhardt

Rayce Rudeen Foundation First Non-Transfer: Carson McCarl

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet A-Main Winner: Donny Schatz

Hercules Tire A-Main Hard Charger: Aaron Reutzel (+5)

Sugarlands Shine Lap 21 Leader: Donny Schatz


Qualifying


Group (A)

1. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 14.339; 2. 25-Chris Myers, 14.370; 3. 73-Scotty Thiel, 14.512; 4. 39M-Anthony Macri, 14.540; 5. 33M-Mason Daniel, 14.742; 6. 101-Kerry Madsen, 14.819; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 14.872; 8. 49H-Bradley Howard, 14.975; 9. 48-Danny Dietrich, 15.364


Group (B)

1. 26-Cory Eliason, 14.109; 2. 21-Carson Short, 14.165; 3. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 14.366; 4. 11-Ian Madsen, 14.401; 5. 1-Jamie Myers, 14.535; 6. 14-Tony Stewart, 14.542; 7. O8-Brandon Conkel, 14.835; 8. 22C-Cole Duncan, 14.900; 9. 75-Tyler Ross, 14.913


Group (C)

1. 18-Gio Scelzi, 13.732; 2. 13-Justin Peck, 13.963; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr., 13.971; 4. 5-Brent Marks, 14.532; 5. 27-Carson McCarl, 14.856; 6. 28-Skylar Gee, 15.032; 7. 70-Nick Tucker, 15.164; 8. 4-Danny Smith, 15.540


Group (D)

1. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.216; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 13.595; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.608; 4. 83-Aaron Reutzel, 13.926; 5. 3C-Cale Conley, 14.032; 6. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 14.259; 7. 18J-RJ Jacobs, 14.307; 8. 27c-Craig Pellegrini, 15.316


Heat #1 - Group (A) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer

1. 39M-Anthony Macri [1]; 2. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [4]; 3. 101-Kerry Madsen [6]; 4. 73-Scotty Thiel [2]; 5. 33M-Mason Daniel [5]; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser [7]; 7. 48-Danny Dietrich [9]; 8. 25-Chris Myers [3]; 9. 49H-Bradley Howard [8]


Heat #2 - Group (B) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer

1. 21-Carson Short [3]; 2. 11-Ian Madsen [1]; 3. 14R-Sean Rayhall [2]; 4. 26-Cory Eliason [4]; 5. 14-Tony Stewart [6]; 6. 75-Tyler Ross [9]; 7. 22C-Cole Duncan [8]; 8. 1-Jamie Myers [5]; 9. O8-Brandon Conkel [7]


Heat #3 - Group (C) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer

1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [2]; 2. 5-Brent Marks [1]; 3. 13-Justin Peck [3]; 4. 18-Gio Scelzi [4]; 5. 28-Skylar Gee [6]; 6. 27-Carson McCarl [5]; 7. 4-Danny Smith [8]; 8. 70-Nick Tucker [7]


Heat #4 - Group (D) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer

1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 3. 83-Aaron Reutzel [1]; 4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [3]; 5. 3C-Cale Conley [5]; 6. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [6]; 7. 18J-RJ Jacobs [7]; 8. 27C-Craig Pellegrini [8]


Dash #1 (4 Laps)

1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [2]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [1]; 3. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [4]; 4. 83-Aaron Reutzel [3]; 5. 26-Cory Eliason [5]


Dash #2 (4 Laps)

1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 3. 21-Carson Short [2]; 4. 18-Gio Scelzi [3]; 5. 39M-Anthony Macri [5]


B-Main (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer

1. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [1]; 2. 18J-RJ Jacobs [2]; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser [4]; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich [7]; 5. 27-Carson McCarl [3]; 6. 25-Chris Myers [9]; 7. 75-Tyler Ross [5]; 8. 22C-Cole Duncan [6]; 9. 49H-Bradley Howard [14]; 10. 4-Danny Smith [8]; 11. 70-Nick Tucker [11]; 12. 1-Jamie Myers [10]; 13. O8-Brandon Conkel [13]; 14. 27C-Craig Pellegrini [12]


A-Main (30 Laps)

1. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 2. 83-Aaron Reutzel [7]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [3]; 4. 21-Carson Short [6]; 5. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [2]; 6. 26-Cory Eliason [9]; 7. 18-Gio Scelzi [8]; 8. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [5]; 9. 13-Justin Peck [13]; 10. 11-Ian Madsen [11]; 11. 5-Brent Marks [12]; 12. 101-Kerry Madsen [15]; 13. 14-Tony Stewart [18]; 14. 33M-Mason Daniel [19]; 15. 3C-Cale Conley [17]; 16. 39M-Anthony Macri [10]; 17. 18J-RJ Jacobs [22]; 18. 73-Scotty Thiel [16]; 19. 48-Danny Dietrich [24]; 20. 28-Skylar Gee [20]; 21. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [1]; 22. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [21]; 23. 11K-Kraig Kinser [23]; 24. 14R-Sean Rayhall [14] Lap Leaders: Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (1, 2), Sheldon Haudenschild (3-6), Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (7-14), Tyler Courtney (15-17), Donny Schatz (18-30)