March 2, 2026 | By Alex Nietem, WOO Sprint Car PR

Sheldon Haudenschild gets first World of Outlaws victory in new ride

BARBERVILLE, Fla.—There’s no denying that 2026 didn’t get off to exactly the start Sheldon Haudenschild would’ve liked.

A fresh start brought hope. The 32-year-old headed to KCP Racing for his 10th year with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars. Longtime crew chief came along to join him on the next chapter after a successful tenure at Stenhouse Jr./Marshall Racing.

But the new pairing stumbled out of the gate. Haudenschild’s best finish in three nights at February’s Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals was 11th, and his average result was 16.33.

A few weeks off allowed the KCP crew to regroup, and they came back swinging as the tour returned to Volusia Speedway Park Sunday night for the Bike Week Jamboree. Haudenschild unloaded with speed and never slowed down. He wound up with the pole for the 25-lap Feature and never looked back once the green flag flew. Lapped traffic offered some obstacles, but nothing was stopping Haudenschild on his way to Victory Lane.

“It’s just rewarding honestly” Haudenschild said. “(Kyle) Ripper and Adam (Clark), they put the work in this winter. These are the nicest race cars I’ve ever driven. From every nut and bolt to every component on that car, it’s top of the line and put together well. I cannot thank Ripper, Adam, and Dauson (Heitritter) enough. That was Ripper’s win right there. That car was dialed in and rolling good. Huge win to get going with a new team.

“It feels so good to get this win out of the way this week. I’m motivated. My next 10 to 15 years of racing is what I’ve got to take advantage of.”

Haudenschild is up to 47 career victories with The Greatest Show on Dirt. Four of those have come at Volusia, making it the second winningest track on his résumé behind only Beaver Dam Raceway. The Wooster, OH native becomes the third different driver to top a World of Outlaws race with KCP Racing, joining Giovanni Scelzi (eight wins) and Ian Madsen (four wins).

David Gravel recorded his third consecutive runner-up finish as he and Big Game Motorsports took the point lead. Carson Macedo finished third aboard the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 to remain the only competitor to stand on the podium through all four races of 2026.

Michael “Buddy” Kofoid and Daison Pursley completed the top five.


RACE NOTES:

Brent Marks ripped the Race//Ready Hottest Lap of the Night.

David Gravel clocked his second Simpson Quick Time of 2026, coming within a tenth of the Volusia track record (12.569) that’s stood since 2011.

Heat Races belonged to David Gravel (NOS Energy Drink Heat One), Sheldon Haudenschild (DIRTVision Heat Two), and Tanner Holmes (WIX Filters Heat Three).

The SPA Technique #1 Redraw went to Carson Macedo.

Sheldon Haudenschild topped the Toyota Dash.

Cameron Martin won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.

Garet Williamson marched the Fischer Motorsports No. 23 from 21st to 11th to bag his second KSE Racing Products Hard Charger of the Year.

Ashton Torgerson was the Tub O’ Towels Seventh Place Finisher, which also earned him the Five Star Bodies Rookie of the Race Award.

Sheldon Haudenschild took the ACME Trading Company Fastest Lap with a 13.461.

The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Scotty Thiel.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars finish the Bike Week Jamboree at Barberville, FL’s Volusia Speedway Park on Monday, March 2. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

Where can you get tickets to see the World of Outlaws in 2026? Click to see the full schedule.

Where can you watch every World of Outlaws race? Live on DIRTVision.



WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SERIES (31 entries)

Sunday, March 1, 2026

NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[3]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[2]; 4. 83-Michael Kofoid[12]; 5. 9-Daison Pursley[8]; 6. 39M-Anthony Macri[15]; 7. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[6]; 8. 13-Tanner Holmes[5]; 9. 19-Brent Marks[13]; 10. 7S-Chris Windom[14]; 11. 23-Garet Williamson[21]; 12. 88-Austin McCarl[10]; 13. 15-Donny Schatz[18]; 14. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[17]; 15. 17B-Bill Balog[25]; 16. 17-Spencer Bayston[22]; 17. 2C-Cole Macedo[24]; 18. 1S-Logan Schuchart[7]; 19. 51-Scott Bogucki[27]; 20. 32-Bryce Lucius[11]; 21. 16C-Scotty Thiel[9]; 22. 6-Kasey Jedrzejek[26]; 23. 27-Emerson Axsom[20]; 24. 4-Cameron Martin[19]; 25. (DNF) 55-Kerry Madsen[4]; 26. (DNF) 15K-Creed Kemenah[23]; 27. (DNS) 69K-Daryn Pittman

MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 4-Cameron Martin[1]; 2. 27-Emerson Axsom[2]; 3. 23-Garet Williamson[3]; 4. 17-Spencer Bayston[4]; 5. 15K-Creed Kemenah[5]; 6. 2C-Cole Macedo[6]; 7. 44-Chris Martin[7]; 8. 51-Scott Bogucki[8]; 9. 9R-Chase Randall[9]; 10. 6-Kasey Jedrzejek[12]; 11. 28M-Conner Morrell[11]; 12. (DNF) 11-TJ Stutts[13]; 13. (DNS) 17B-Bill Balog

Toyota Dash (6 Laps): 1. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 3. 2-David Gravel[6]; 4. 55-Kerry Madsen[4]; 5. 13-Tanner Holmes[5]; 6. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[3]

NOS Energy Drink Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 55-Kerry Madsen[2]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[3]; 4. 88-Austin McCarl[4]; 5. 19-Brent Marks[6]; 6. 69K-Daryn Pittman[7]; 7. 23-Garet Williamson[9]; 8. 2C-Cole Macedo[8]; 9. 4-Cameron Martin[5]; 10. (DNF) 17B-Bill Balog[10]; 11. (DNS) 11-TJ Stutts

DIRTVision Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild[1]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo[2]; 3. 9-Daison Pursley[4]; 4. 32-Bryce Lucius[3]; 5. 7S-Chris Windom[8]; 6. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[9]; 7. 17-Spencer Bayston[7]; 8. 27-Emerson Axsom[5]; 9. 51-Scott Bogucki[10]; 10. 28M-Conner Morrell[6]

WIX Filters Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Tanner Holmes[1]; 2. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[2]; 3. 16C-Scotty Thiel[4]; 4. 83-Michael Kofoid[3]; 5. 39M-Anthony Macri[5]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz[8]; 7. 15K-Creed Kemenah[7]; 8. 44-Chris Martin[9]; 9. 9R-Chase Randall[10]; 10. (DNF) 6-Kasey Jedrzejek[6]

Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel, 12.673[22]; 2. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.701[6]; 3. 13-Tanner Holmes, 12.750[28]; 4. 55-Kerry Madsen, 12.753[4]; 5. 41-Carson Macedo, 12.761[12]; 6. 1A-Ashton Torgerson, 12.763[8]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.787[21]; 8. 32-Bryce Lucius, 12.812[23]; 9. 83-Michael Kofoid, 12.839[5]; 10. 88-Austin McCarl, 12.843[11]; 11. 9-Daison Pursley, 12.850[24]; 12. 16C-Scotty Thiel, 12.872[19]; 13. 4-Cameron Martin, 12.876[14]; 14. 27-Emerson Axsom, 12.896[17]; 15. 39M-Anthony Macri, 12.910[29]; 16. 19-Brent Marks, 12.911[27]; 17. 28M-Conner Morrell, 12.913[3]; 18. 6-Kasey Jedrzejek, 12.932[31]; 19. 69K-Daryn Pittman, 12.954[13]; 20. 17-Spencer Bayston, 12.969[25]; 21. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 12.986[1]; 22. 2C-Cole Macedo, 12.997[18]; 23. 7S-Chris Windom, 12.999[15]; 24. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.018[20]; 25. 23-Garet Williamson, 13.056[26]; 26. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 13.071[7]; 27. 44-Chris Martin, 13.148[9]; 28. 17B-Bill Balog, 13.149[16]; 29. 51-Scott Bogucki, 13.188[30]; 30. 9R-Chase Randall, 13.228[10]; 31. 11-TJ Stutts, 13.332[2]



CURRENT WORLD OF OUTLAWS STANDINGS

oints Updated: March 1, 2026

Pos. No. Driver Hometown Points Gap Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
1 2 David Gravel Watertown, CT 528  4 0 3 3
2 83 Michael Kofoid Penngrove, CA 524 -4 4 1 4 4
3 41 Carson Macedo Lemoore, CA 522 -6 4 0 4 4
4 39M Anthony Macri Dillsburg, PA 520 -8 4 1 3 4
5 23 Garet Williamson Columbia, MO 492 -36 4 0 0 3
6 18 Sheldon Haudenschild Wooster, OH 488 -40 4 1 1 1
7 15 Donny Schatz Fargo, ND 482 -46 4 0 1 3
8 1S Logan Schuchart Hanover, PA 480 -48 4 0 1 3
9 17 Spencer Bayston Lebanon, IN 460 -68 4 1 1 2
10 2C Cole Macedo Lemoore, CA 456 -72 4 0 0 1


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DIRTcar Factory Stock  (20 entries)

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 1-Dustin Turnage Sr[6]; 2. 23-Willy The Kid Cuddy[2]; 3. 1 SHOT-Mike Tovet[1]; 4. 20-Justin Reynolds[12]; 5. 182-Bud Chancey[3]; 6. 91-Bubba Christian[9]; 7. 118-Ron Adams[11]; 8. 24-Bruce Bennett[4]; 9. 21M-Mayson Mossow[19]; 10. 5-Blake Clouser[10]; 11. 0-Rich Pratt[5]; 12. 69-Derrick Wood[17]; 13. 25TM-Todd Morgan[15]; 14. 00-Shaun Daugharty[8]; 15. 1T-Tanner Thomas[7]; 16. 25T-Patrick Thomas[13]; 17. (DNS) 110-Corey Certain; 18. (DNS) 06-David Showers Jr; 19. (DNS) 41L-Mikey Kopka

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1 SHOT-Mike Tovet[1]; 2. 182-Bud Chancey[2]; 3. 0-Rich Pratt[5]; 4. 1T-Tanner Thomas[7]; 5. 91-Bubba Christian[6]; 6. 118-Ron Adams[8]; 7. 25T-Patrick Thomas[3]; 8. 25TM-Todd Morgan[10]; 9. 69-Derrick Wood[9]; 10. 21M-Mayson Mossow[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Willy The Kid Cuddy[2]; 2. 24-Bruce Bennett[9]; 3. 1-Dustin Turnage Sr[5]; 4. 00-Shaun Daugharty[6]; 5. 5-Blake Clouser[7]; 6. 20-Justin Reynolds[3]; 7. 110-Corey Certain[1]; 8. 06-David Showers Jr[4]; 9. (DNS) 41L-Mikey Kopka

Hot Laps: 1. 5-Blake Clouser, 20.915[14]; 2. 1T-Tanner Thomas, 21.150[15]; 3. 0-Rich Pratt, 21.155[11]; 4. 23-Willy The Kid Cuddy, 21.213[4]; 5. 01-Jason Garver, 21.271[18]; 6. 24-Bruce Bennett, 21.282[20]; 7. 41L-Mikey Kopka, 21.384[16]; 8. 20-Justin Reynolds, 21.403[6]; 9. 25T-Patrick Thomas, 21.506[7]; 10. 06-David Showers Jr, 21.521[8]; 11. 91-Bubba Christian, 21.542[13]; 12. 00-Shaun Daugharty, 21.568[12]; 13. 118-Ron Adams, 21.595[17]; 14. 1 SHOT-Mike Tovet, 21.830[1]; 15. 182-Bud Chancey, 21.849[5]; 16. 1-Dustin Turnage Sr, 21.925[10]; 17. 110-Corey Certain, 22.026[2]; 18. 69-Derrick Wood, 22.150[19]; 19. 25TM-Todd Morgan, 22.323[3]; 20. 21M-Mayson Mossow, 22.362[9]