Sheldon Haudenschild Bests Emerson Axsom in Angell Park Thriller
Photo by Tyler Carr
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis.—It was quite the weekend for Buckeyes in the state of Wisconsin.
A day after Ohio State football rolled into the “Badger State” and dominated against the home team, Wooster, OH’s Sheldon Haudenschild gave Ohio another reason to celebrate.
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars returned to Sun Prairie, WI’s Angell Park Speedway for the first time in nine years for a Sunday showdown, and the historic track didn’t disappoint.
Haudenschild and Emerson Axsom gave the packed house exactly what they came for. Axsom fired off from the pole for the 35-lapper after winning the Toyota Dash, and Haudenschild started a row behind him. Axsom pulled ahead early and rolled the bottom while Haudenschild started to search for speed up top. It didn’t take him long to find it as he ripped by David Gravel for second despite tapping the Turn 2 wall once while making the pass.
It took Haudenschild only two more circuits to track down Axsom and make the pass on the cushion, but just like the Indiana Hoosiers aren’t ready to bow down to the Buckeyes this year, Axsom, a native of Franklin, IN, wouldn’t go away easily. He fired a slider at the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 that cleared. The two went back and forth for the next several laps before Haudenschild finally gained the upper hand and pulled away. Axsom closed in late to make things interesting but couldn’t find a route by as Haudenschild took the checkered flag.
It's been a tough couple weeks for Haudenschild working with an entirely new crew following the National Open, but he won’t let that slow him down. He was happy to take Kyle Pruitt, Nate Repetz, and Cole Neuhalfen to Victory Lane.
“I said from the start when I told these guys I was leaving that I’m still going to focus on winning these races,” Haudenschild said. “I’ve stuck to my word on finishing the year out on this thing. A little uncomfortable for me with a whole new set of guys in there, but the crew did a good job.
“I kind of figured I had to run the top in (Turns) 1 and 2, and it about bit me there a couple times. I could enter really good, and it was just really powdery off the top. I just think there was a little bit of a benefit to starting third there and kind of get to see what the other guys were doing. Once I started sliding across the track I didn’t feel good. I started on the top over here and was able to turn down, and I felt it latching up a little bit. I kind of figured he’d try and slide me, and I’d be able to do that.”
The victory was Haudenschild’s fourth of the year and the 46th of his career with The Greatest Show on Dirt.” He also kept his perfect record at Angell Park alive. Haudenschild debuted at the Wisconsin track in 2014 with a victory aboard Chris Hartnell’s Sprint Car, and Sunday’s visit was his first since that night.
Emerson Axsom came home with the runner-up spot for his fourth career World of Outlaws podium as he continues to bang on the door of that first Series victory. The Klaasmeyer/Petry Motorsports pilot came away happy with the speed but also a little disappointed to night end the evening celebrating a victory.
“I was racing with him,” Axsom said. “And he just kept leaving the bottom open, and it allowed me to, with how the track is shaped, to build speed below him and not really break my momentum. He must’ve got a run on me, and then David got by me. I got back by David just trying stuff. It’s just bittersweet. Our stuff is really good right now.”
David Gravel took the Big Game Motorsports No. 2 to a third place finish, marking his Series-leading 38th podium of 2025. The Watertown, CT native’s point lead stands at 138 markers with just five races to go as he closes on a second straight championship.
“It was interesting,” Gravel said. “I felt like the bottom was going to be the place to be in (Turns) 1 and 2 the whole time. Sheldon showed us the top was the place to be, and I saw him almost crash that one time outside of me. I thought maybe he just had a hero lap, but then the next lap he drove around me. Then I kind of got up there and followed him.”
Logan Schuchart and Buddy Kofoid completed the top five.
Donny Schatz took the Sides Motorsports No. 15 from 20th to 12th to earn the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger.
David Gravel claimed his 23rd Simpson Quick Time of 2025 in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying and set a new track record.
Heat Races belonged to David Gravel (NOS Energy Drink Heat One), Emerson Axsom (Real American Beer Heat Two), and Buddy Kofoid (WIX Filters Heat Three).
The SPA Technique #1 Redraw went to Emerson Axsom.
Axsom also topped the Toyota Dash.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Conner Morrell.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head to the Heartland for trips to Wichita, KS’ 81 Speedway on Friday, Oct. 24 and Colcord, OK’s Arrowhead Speedway on Saturday, Oct. 25 for the $20,000-to-win Jason Johnson Classic presented by FK Rod Ends. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
RESULTS
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 2. 27-Emerson Axsom[1]; 3. 2-David Gravel[2]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart[7]; 5. 83-Michael Kofoid[4]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog[8]; 7. 2C-Cole Macedo[9]; 8. 41-Carson Macedo[5]; 9. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[14]; 10. 23-Garet Williamson[16]; 11. 7S-Chris Windom[6]; 12. 15-Donny Schatz[20]; 13. 21H-Brady Bacon[12]; 14. 15S-Kerry Madsen[17]; 15. 6-Zach Hampton[11]; 16. 18-Cory Eliason[13]; 17. 99-Skylar Gee[18]; 18. 85J-Logan Julien[10]; 19. 2W-Scott Neitzel[15]; 20. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[19]; 21. 25-Danny Schlafer[21]; 22. O9-Clayton Rossmann[23]; 23. 7-Lance Fassbender[24]; 24. 28M-Conner Morrell[22]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 10V-Matt VanderVere[1]
Toyota Dash (8 Laps): 1. 27-Emerson Axsom[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[2]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 4. 83-Michael Kofoid[5]; 5. 41-Carson Macedo[4]; 6. 7S-Chris Windom[6]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 7S-Chris Windom[4]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 4. 85J-Logan Julien[3]; 5. 18-Cory Eliason[6]; 6. 23-Garet Williamson[7]; 7. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[8]; 8. 28M-Conner Morrell[5]; 9. 7-Lance Fassbender[9]
Real American Beer Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 27-Emerson Axsom[1]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 4. 6-Zach Hampton[5]; 5. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[7]; 6. 15S-Kerry Madsen[4]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz[6]; 8. O9-Clayton Rossmann[8]
WIX Filters Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo[2]; 3. 2C-Cole Macedo[3]; 4. 21H-Brady Bacon[4]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel[7]; 6. 99-Skylar Gee[5]; 7. 25-Danny Schlafer[6]; 8. 10V-Matt VanderVere[8]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel, 00:11.556[23]; 2. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:11.624[11]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:11.676[8]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:11.691[17]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:11.694[13]; 6. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:11.705[3]; 7. 85J-Logan Julien, 00:11.707[6]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.720[16]; 9. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:11.735[9]; 10. 7S-Chris Windom, 00:11.773[20]; 11. 15S-Kerry Madsen, 00:11.803[22]; 12. 21H-Brady Bacon, 00:11.826[1]; 13. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:11.828[5]; 14. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:11.847[4]; 15. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:11.854[12]; 16. 18-Cory Eliason, 00:11.869[7]; 17. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:11.945[24]; 18. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:11.961[2]; 19. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:11.997[21]; 20. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:12.082[10]; 21. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.137[19]; 22. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:12.239[25]; 23. O9-Clayton Rossmann, 00:12.291[14]; 24. 10V-Matt VanderVere, 00:12.300[18]; 25. 7-Lance Fassbender, 00:12.854[15]
CURRENT WORLD OF OUTLAWS SERIES STANDINGS
Points Updated: October 19, 2025
Pos. No. Driver Hometown Points Gap Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
1 2 David Gravel Watertown, CT 8916 65 16 54 62
2 83 Michael Kofoid Penngrove, CA 8778 -138 65 11 42 56
3 41 Carson Macedo Lemoore, CA 8618 -298 65 11 35 50
4 1S Logan Schuchart Hanover, PA 8556 -360 63 2 32 51
5 17 Sheldon Haudenschild Wooster, OH 8352 -564 65 4 28 42
6 15 Donny Schatz Fargo, ND 8054 -862 63 0 9 33
7 17B Bill Balog North Pole, AK 8006 -910 63 3 16 36
8 23 Garet Williamson Columbia, MO 7768 -1148 62 0 7 25
9 7S Chris Windom Canton, IL 7642 -1274 56 0 4 21
10 2C Cole Macedo Lemoore, CA 7620 -1296 56 0 5 20
11 55 Hunter Schuerenberg Sikeston, MO 7372 -1544 53 0 1 15
12 6 Zach Hampton Mooresville, IN 7176 -1740 49 0 1 6
13 99 Skylar Gee Leduc, AB, CA 7144 -1772 44 0 2 9
14 28M Conner Morrell Bradenton, FL 6746 -2170 43 0 2 3
15 7BC Giovanni Scelzi Fresno, CA 5506 -3410 43 1 7 29
16 27 Emerson Axsom Franklin, IN 5448 -3468 40 0 4 16
17 15 Kerry Madsen Knoxville, IA 3760 -5156 27 0 3 13
18 39M Anthony Macri Dillsburg, PA 3040 -5876 25 4 7 13
19 G5 Gage Pulkrabek East Grand Forks, MN 2744 -6172 8 0 0 0
20 45X Landon Crawley Benton, AR 2584 -6332 10 0 1 2
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Badger Midgets
Lyco Manufacturing A - Feature (25 Laps): 1. 41-Parker Jones[6]; 2. 55-Todd Kluever[5]; 3. 73W-Luke Wackerlin[2]; 4. 51-Zach Boden[3]; 5. 15J-Logan Julien[8]; 6. 56-Mitchell Davis[7]; 7. 8D-Miles Doherty[1]; 8. 20-Cody Weisensel[21]; 9. 20D-Derek Doerr[4]; 10. 11K-Mark McMahill[11]; 11. 29K-Mike Stroik[10]; 12. 17N-Nick Kilian[13]; 13. 8-Jake Goeglein[18]; 14. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr[15]; 15. 2-Jake Dohner[9]; 16. 68-Eric Blumer[20]; 17. 29-Harrison Kleven[17]; 18. 15C-RJ Corson[12]; 19. 45-Trey Weishoff[16]; 20. (DNS) 4K-Charles Kunz; 21. (DNS) 59-Kyle Koch; 22. (DNS) 7-Brian Peterson
Auto Meter Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8D-Miles Doherty[6]; 2. 20D-Derek Doerr[7]; 3. 56-Mitchell Davis[5]; 4. 2-Jake Dohner[4]; 5. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr[1]; 6. 8-Jake Goeglein[3]; 7. (DNF) 11J-Jordan Nelson[2]
Dave Jones Plumbing HVAC Electrical Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15J-Logan Julien[5]; 2. 73W-Luke Wackerlin[7]; 3. 17N-Nick Kilian[3]; 4. 55-Todd Kluever[8]; 5. 11K-Mark McMahill[4]; 6. 29-Harrison Kleven[2]; 7. 68-Eric Blumer[6]; 8. (DNS) 7-Brian Peterson
Behlings Race Products Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Parker Jones[8]; 2. 51-Zach Boden[7]; 3. 4K-Charles Kunz[2]; 4. 15C-RJ Corson[3]; 5. 29K-Mike Stroik[4]; 6. 45-Trey Weishoff[6]; 7. 59-Kyle Koch[1]; 8. (DNS) 20-Cody Weisensel
Rod End Supply Fast Time Qualifying (100 Laps): 1. 41-Parker Jones, 00:14.733[23]; 2. 55-Todd Kluever, 00:14.890[6]; 3. 20D-Derek Doerr, 00:14.924[11]; 4. 51-Zach Boden, 00:15.044[5]; 5. 73W-Luke Wackerlin, 00:15.091[4]; 6. 8D-Miles Doherty, 00:15.222[3]; 7. 45-Trey Weishoff, 00:15.316[13]; 8. 68-Eric Blumer, 00:15.348[10]; 9. 56-Mitchell Davis, 00:15.390[21]; 10. 20-Cody Weisensel, 00:15.404[19]; 11. 15J-Logan Julien, 00:15.414[20]; 12. 2-Jake Dohner, 00:15.433[12]; 13. 29K-Mike Stroik, 00:15.540[7]; 14. 11K-Mark McMahill, 00:15.735[2]; 15. 8-Jake Goeglein, 00:15.749[17]; 16. 15C-RJ Corson, 00:15.790[8]; 17. 17N-Nick Kilian, 00:15.801[14]; 18. 11J-Jordan Nelson, 00:15.866[22]; 19. 4K-Charles Kunz, 00:15.867[16]; 20. 29-Harrison Kleven, 00:15.884[9]; 21. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr, 00:15.987[15]; 22. 59-Kyle Koch, 00:16.112[18]; 23. 7-Brian Peterson, 00:16.984[1]; 24. (DNS) 20R-Randy Doerr
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