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schatz-talladega001.jpg (23535 bytes)TALLADEGA, AL - Just when it looked like Donny Schatz and his ParkerStores #15 team were gaining momentum in the Pennzoil World of Outlaws, bad luck stopped them in their tracks. After Schatz finished 4th in Friday's preliminary program, "The Minot Missile" started Saturday's 40-lap "A" Feature in fifth and was running sixth before contact with Randy Hannagan caused the right front tire to go flat. After the crew changed the tire, Schatz rejoined the field and finished 14th.

schatz-talladega002.jpg (14856 bytes)"I guess I was in the wrong place at the wrong time," said Schatz. "I'm confident we could have stayed up close to the top five the rest of the race. That's part of it racing, but it's really disappointing. My hope is that we've gotten all of this bad luck out of the way, so that we don't have to worry about it the rest of the year. The good thing is that we get to jump right back in the race car on Tuesday and put this behind us. We need to get on a roll to make up some ground in the standings."

The team begins a busy week of action on Tuesday night at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City. Following Tuesday's program, they will travel to Knoxville Raceway for a two-night show and conclude the week at Huset's Speedway in Sioux Falls, SD.

(Article & Photos by Bill Klingbeil)

2001 Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series
Point Standings Through April 21st
Rank Driver         Points Starts Victories 5 10 Victories Earnings
  1. Mark Kinser 1817 11 5 7 10 1 $102,920
  2. Danny Lasoski 1805 11 1 6 10 1 $71,300
 3. Craig Dollansky 1770 11 1 5 8 1 $71,700
 4. Steve Kinser 1732 11 1 6 9 2 $60,120
 5. Andy Hillenburg 1705 11 1 6 7 1 $54,410
 6. Joey Saldana 1697 11 0 3 6 0 $39,400
 7. Brad Furr 1686 11 0 4 7 0 $39,620
 8. Jeff Shepard 1654 11 0 2 6 0 $33,340
 9. Stevie Smith 1648 11 0 2 6 1 $37,990
10. Danny Wood 1646 11 0 0 5 1 $36,580
11. Donny Schatz 1625 11 0 3 4 0 $31,770
12. Paul McMahan 1624 11 1 2 3 0 $35,210
13. Tim Shaffer 1610 11 0 2 5 0 $36,230
14. Brooke Tatnell 1585 11 0 0 3 0 $25,650
15. Jac Haudenschild 1583 11 0 1 5 0 $27,010
16. Randy Hannagan 1577 10 1 2 5 0 $36,060
17. Dale Blaney 1554 11 0 2 3 0 $25,060
18. Jason Meyers 1538 11 0 1 3 0 $25,230
19. Daryn Pittman 1265   8 0 0 1 0 $16,770
20. Brian Paulus 1174   9 0 0 0 0 $12,545

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