Haudenschild Holds on for Red River Valley Win
Photo by Trent Gower
WEST FARGO, ND—The 2025 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series season has built up the hunger for Sheldon Haudenschild.
He’s been piecing together one of the most consistent campaigns of his nine-year career with The Greatest Show on Dirt. The Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 is a steady force in the top 10, and Haudenschild has his fair share of top fives in 2025.
But the son of the legendary Jac Haudenschild is accustomed to winning more. A year ago, the Wooster, OH native came out of the gate on fire with seven checkered flags in the first 27 races. Heading into Saturday’s trip to Red River Valley Speedway, he’d been to Victory Lane just once through 26 nights of action. Haudenschild was ready to win again, and that’s exactly what he did.
The 31-year-old started on the front row of the Ellingson presents the Rumble on the Red and used the cushion to rip by Donny Schatz on the opening circuit. The 30-lapper went green to checkered, and Haudenschild held off an early challenge from Schatz and a late one from David Gravel for his second score of the year.
“I thought I saw someone’s nose peek under me, and I just figured it was time to start moving around a little bit,” Haudenschild explained. “I feel like I did it at the perfect time. Hats off to (Kyle) Ripper, Luke (Vaughn), and Jayce (Wallick). Man, running fifth, sixth, seventh is no fun. We’ve just stayed motivated through it knowing we’ve been fast. Happy to get a win for these guys.”
Haudenschild’s 44th career World of Outlaws victory put him back in a tie with fellow full-timer Logan Schuchart for 19th all-time. Red River Valley is the 27th different track where he’s won. The win also made it eight consecutive seasons of topping multiple races with The Greatest Show on Dirt for Haudenschild.
The path to Victory Lane was paved by having a maneuverable machine. After wrestling the lead away early, he was able to move wherever necessary in traffic to get the job done.
“Really, I felt like you could move around and go fast either way honestly,” Haudenschild said. “I got Donny on the top there and was able to zing the top there then move down once it went away.”
The consistency for David Gravel and Big Game Motorsports just kept on rolling as Gravel took second from Schatz on Lap 26 and held on for his second straight runner-up finish. The Watertown, CT native had sporadic speed throughout the 30-lapper and came on strong in the closing stages.
“I felt pretty good there in stages,” Gravel said. “I felt like I needed some more grip and got the wing back. The car didn’t like it, so I moved it back forward and the car really came to life. I felt like we were just as good as Sheldon there at the end.”
After starting on the pole, Donny Schatz brought the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing No. 15 home third to make it two consecutive podiums on home turf. The Fargo, ND driver was happy with the speed, but he was a little disappointed not to get the win right down the road from home.
“We just tried to go wherever he wasn’t,” Schatz said. “He did a great job. He was a little bit better obviously. Maybe the Dash helped with being out there (on the outside). I used a tire up trying to get there. You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do. I guess it’s better than fourth or fifth, but it would’ve been nice to get a win tonight.”
Carson Macedo and Giovanni Scelzi completed the top five.
A 24th to 16th run gave Jade Hastings the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger.
Giovanni Scelzi earned his 15th career Simpson Quick Time in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying.
Heat Races belonged to Carson Macedo (NOS Energy Drink Heat One), Christopher Thram (Real American Beer Heat Two), and David Gravel (WIX Filters Heat Three).
The SPA Technique #1 Redraw went to Sheldon Haudenschild.
Donny Schatz topped the Toyota Dash.
Cole Macedo won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Conner Morrell.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars will race four times in five nights. First up is a Wednesday, June 4 stop at Minnesota’s Jackson Motorplex for the Fendt Showdown. For Jackson tickets, CLICK HERE.
Then it’s off to Wisconsin for the Badger State Triple with visits to Plymouth Dirt Track (June 6), Beaver Dam Raceway (June 7), and Angell Park Speedway (June 8) on the agenda. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
For the remaining 2025 schedule, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
RESULTS
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 2. 2-David Gravel[3]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[1]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[4]; 5. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 6. 3-Tim Kaeding[7]; 7. 83-Michael Kofoid[10]; 8. 23-Garet Williamson[8]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart[9]; 10. 7S-Chris Windom[12]; 11. 17B-Bill Balog[11]; 12. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[17]; 13. 25-Jy Corbett[16]; 14. 99-Skylar Gee[13]; 15. 24T-Christopher Thram[5]; 16. 8H-Jade Hastings[24]; 17. 64-Andy Pake[15]; 18. 2C-Cole Macedo[19]; 19. 13-Mark Dobmeier[18]; 20. 53-Jack Dover[22]; 21. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[20]; 22. 28M-Conner Morrell[14]; 23. 11M-Brendan Mullen[23]; 24. 27-Weston Olson[21]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 2C-Cole Macedo[1]; 2. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[2]; 3. 27-Weston Olson[3]; 4. 53-Jack Dover[6]; 5. 11M-Brendan Mullen[5]; 6. 8H-Jade Hastings[4]; 7. 0-Nick Omdahl[8]; 8. 10-Alex Truscinski[10]; 9. 80P-Jacob Peterson[7]; 10. 9-Dominic Dobesh[9]; 11. 6-Zach Hampton[11]; 12. 91-Reed Allex[12]
Toyota Dash (6 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz[2]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[1]; 3. 2-David Gravel[4]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[6]; 5. 24T-Christopher Thram[3]; 6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[2]; 2. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 3. 3-Tim Kaeding[4]; 4. 83-Michael Kofoid[3]; 5. 99-Skylar Gee[5]; 6. 25-Jy Corbett[7]; 7. 27-Weston Olson[9]; 8. 8H-Jade Hastings[6]; 9. 80P-Jacob Peterson[8]; 10. 10-Alex Truscinski[10]
Real American Beer Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24T-Christopher Thram[2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[3]; 3. 23-Garet Williamson[1]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 5. 28M-Conner Morrell[10]; 6. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[7]; 7. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[4]; 8. 11M-Brendan Mullen[8]; 9. 0-Nick Omdahl[9]; 10. 6-Zach Hampton[5]
WIX Filters Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[4]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[6]; 4. 7S-Chris Windom[5]; 5. 64-Andy Pake[2]; 6. 13-Mark Dobmeier[7]; 7. 2C-Cole Macedo[3]; 8. 53-Jack Dover[9]; 9. 9-Dominic Dobesh[8]; 10. 91-Reed Allex[10]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:12.281[13]; 2. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:12.300[7]; 3. 2-David Gravel, 00:12.304[11]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:12.306[29]; 5. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:12.349[5]; 6. 64-Andy Pake, 00:12.437[3]; 7. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:12.464[26]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:12.473[10]; 9. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:12.475[8]; 10. 3-Tim Kaeding, 00:12.488[24]; 11. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:12.546[1]; 12. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:12.552[21]; 13. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:12.563[18]; 14. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:12.572[17]; 15. 7S-Chris Windom, 00:12.588[9]; 16. 8H-Jade Hastings, 00:12.603[12]; 17. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.606[15]; 18. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:12.664[30]; 19. 25-Jy Corbett, 00:12.678[14]; 20. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:12.680[25]; 21. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 00:12.707[16]; 22. 80P-Jacob Peterson, 00:12.742[28]; 23. 11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:12.761[23]; 24. 9-Dominic Dobesh, 00:12.789[2]; 25. 27-Weston Olson, 00:12.853[19]; 26. 0-Nick Omdahl, 00:12.882[6]; 27. 53-Jack Dover, 00:13.004[20]; 28. 10-Alex Truscinski, 00:13.046[4]; 29. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:15.121[27]; 30. 91-Reed Allex, 01:00.000[22]
CURRENT WORLDOF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS
Points Updated: May 31, 2025
Pos. No. Driver Hometown Points Gap Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
1 2 David Gravel Watertown, CT 3848 27 8 23 27
2 83 Michael Kofoid Penngrove, CA 3660 -188 27 4 9 22
3 1S Logan Schuchart Hanover, PA 3646 -202 27 2 15 22
4 41 Carson Macedo LeMoore, CA 3630 -218 27 3 14 22
5 17 Sheldon Haudenschild Wooster, OH 3602 -246 27 2 13 19
6 15 Donny Schatz Fargo, ND 3502 -346 27 0 6 17
7 18 Giovanni Scelzi Fresno, CA 3484 -364 27 1 6 19
8 17B Bill Balog North Pole, AK 3324 -524 26 1 4 11
9 7S Chris Windom Canton, IL 3296 -552 27 0 2 11
10 23 Garet Williamson Columbia, MO 3240 -608 27 0 0 6
11 55 Hunter Schuerenberg Sikeston, MO 3168 -680 23 0 1 7
12 2C Cole Macedo LeMoore, CA 3142 -706 23 0 3 6
13 6 Zach Hampton Mooresville, IN 3046 -802 22 0 0 4
14 99 Skylar Gee Leduc, AB, CA 3016 -832 19 0 2 4
15 28M Conner Morrell Bradenton, FL 2948 -900 21 0 2 3
16 27 Emerson Axsom Franklin, IN 2312 -1536 16 0 2 7
17 39M Anthony Macri Dillsburg, PA 1440 -2408 12 1 2 5
18 32 Bryce Lucius Findlay, OH 1434 -2414 5 0 0 0
19 88 Austin McCarl Altoona, IA 1236 -2612 11 0 0 2
20 71 Parker Price Miller Kokomo, IN 1218 -2630 9 0 0 3
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Superior Custom Signs & Wraps IMCA RaceSaver Sprin
A Feature 1: 1. 72-Tye Wilke[5]; 2. 3K-Jeremy Kerzman[1]; 3. 13-Ty Hanten[3]; 4. 34DD-Brady Donnohue[4]; 5. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[2]; 6. O7-Owen Carlson[7]; 7. 56-Bill Johnson[6]; 8. 9A-Hunter Hanson[9]; 9. X-Dylan Waxdahl[12]; 10. 30-Matt Johnson[18]; 11. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[10]; 12. 84-Joshua Johnson[8]; 13. 4S-Jeremy Snow[13]; 14. 67-Evan Hendrickson[14]; 15. 69R-Brandon Rekow[22]; 16. 53-Joe Miller[16]; 17. 39-Morgan Nyquist[11]; 18. 28-Madison Miller[20]; 19. 33S-Jeremy Schultz[17]; 20. 100-Jason Berg[25]; 21. 69C-Tom Cummings[26]; 22. (DNF) 3M-Marcus Rothenbacher[21]; 23. (DNF) 91-Andrew Sullivan[19]; 24. (DNF) 3D-Dan Griep[15]; 25. (DNF) 20T-Travis Christensen[23]; 26. (DNS) 87-Matthew Taves
Dash 1: 1. 3K-Jeremy Kerzman[1]; 2. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[2]; 3. 13-Ty Hanten[4]; 4. 34DD-Brady Donnohue[8]; 5. 72-Tye Wilke[3]; 6. 56-Bill Johnson[5]; 7. O7-Owen Carlson[7]; 8. 84-Joshua Johnson[6]
Heat 1: 1. 3K-Jeremy Kerzman[1]; 2. 56-Bill Johnson[2]; 3. X-Dylan Waxdahl[6]; 4. 4S-Jeremy Snow[4]; 5. 33S-Jeremy Schultz[7]; 6. 3M-Marcus Rothenbacher[3]; 7. (DNF) 100-Jason Berg[5]
Heat 2: 1. 34DD-Brady Donnohue[1]; 2. 72-Tye Wilke[4]; 3. 39-Morgan Nyquist[2]; 4. 67-Evan Hendrickson[3]; 5. 30-Matt Johnson[6]; 6. 69R-Brandon Rekow[5]; 7. (DNF) 69C-Tom Cummings[7]
Heat 3: 1. 13-Ty Hanten[1]; 2. O7-Owen Carlson[6]; 3. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[4]; 4. 3D-Dan Griep[2]; 5. 91-Andrew Sullivan[5]; 6. (DNF) 20T-Travis Christensen[3]
Heat 4: 1. 84-Joshua Johnson[1]; 2. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[6]; 3. 9A-Hunter Hanson[3]; 4. 53-Joe Miller[5]; 5. 28-Madison Miller[4]; 6. (DNF) 87-Matthew Taves[2]
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