BARBERVILLE, FL (February 21, 2025) – Logan Schuchart stood on the front stretch of Volusia Speedway Park with a wide smile after the final Feature of the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals. He hadn’t won the race, but a runner-up finish punctuated a winning week for he and the Shark Racing team.
The Hanover, PA driver and his team are open about last year’s World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car campaign. It didn’t go the way they’d hoped. After six victories in 2023 and a fifth-place finish in points, they slipped to a single checkered flag and seventh in the standings in 2024.
They wanted to come out swinging in 2025, and that’s exactly what they did.
With new crew chief Kyle Pruitt and long-standing team members Brendan Collum and Bill Klingbeil alongside, Schuchart opened the season by qualifying second quickest in his flight and finishing fourth in the Feature. The following night, the No. 1S improved to third.
In 2024, it took him until June 29 to find the podium. This year, it took two nights. Schuchart’s final two outings of the week led to a charge from 19th to eighth before his second podium with Saturday’s second-place effort.
“The first two nights we were good,” Schuchart said. “I knew we had a good chance to race well. It was the qualifying part I wanted to gain on and be better. We were top five the first two nights and then the third night we didn’t qualify as well. I felt like we were just missing a little bit of speed there that third night even though we raced well. I felt like the car handled good in qualifying. We just didn’t have the speed we needed. But what I was most proud about was the last night we kind of thought about how we could get more speed out of the car and keep our balance in the car in the same general area, and we were able to go out and set our first Quick Time in over a year and a half.”
There’s a long way to go, but the DIRTcar Nationals speed gave early evidence of the benefits of bringing Pruitt aboard to turn the wrenches. He’s a former driver that competed against Schuchart in the past before switching to crew roles in recent years. For Pruitt, the results are a proof of a productive off-season.
“It was very gratifying,” Pruitt said. “We were very blessed to come out of the gates running like that, but I think it’s a testament to what we did over the winter. Michael (Newman) with the motors. We went to Tim Engler’s and spent time there. Just everything with the cars, looking at every little detail of how they ran last year or the year before and maybe things we felt we could improve on.”
The connection between Schuchart and Pruitt is already clicking. The 42-time World of Outlaws Feature winner is accustomed to calling the shots himself. He’s hands on. He’s been his own crew chief to a certain extent. It’s a new, welcome dynamic for Schuchart.
“Kyle is more going to take on that role as a crew chief and kind of take a little bit of the pressure off myself,” Schuchart said. “I can lean on him for some of the setup changes and have someone to talk to about it instead of it all being on my shoulders, which I think has already proven to be very helpful. I think Kyle is very easy to work with. He’s very driven and passionate about being successful in the sport.”
“It’s a pleasure because he’s very intelligent,” Pruitt said of working with Schuchart. “He’s very hands on with the cars. He knows them from top to bottom. That’s how his granddad Bobby Allen taught him. It’s a good thing. It gives a driver a good outlook and respect for the cars, other racers, and what goes into it.”
Fortunately for Schuchart and company, a return trip to Volusia is next on the agenda as The Greatest Show on Dirt heads to the Barberville, FL oval on Sunday-Monday, March 2-3 for the Bike Week Jamboree.
Then, the campaign kicks into high gear with eight more races in five different states on a variety of tracks of all shapes and sizes. While the No. 1S crew isn’t overlooking Volusia, they’re ready to ensure their season-opening speed translates everywhere they go as Schuchart chases a championship in his 12th season.
“I feel like this can carry over to other racetracks, I hope,” Schuchart said. “We’ve always been fast at Volusia, so it’s hard to judge the whole season off of DIRTcar Nationals. But I’m happy with the start.”
“We try not to get too far ahead of ourselves, but know we’ve got a stretch of short tracks we’re running,” Pruitt said. “So, we kind of have some plans just like we kind of mulled over stuff for Volusia and got our time trial package honed in. We’ve done kind of the same thing with the short tracks. We’ve got a gameplan, and hopefully it all works out.
“I’m very confident that if we can just keep that momentum going in qualifying, whether it’s big tracks or a short track, and we put Logan Schuchart in a situation to excel, then he will. He’ll be at the front of the pack.”
Schuchart, Pruitt, and the entire Shark Racing team resume the 2025 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car season at Volusia Speedway Park on March 2-3. Tickets are available now.
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HANOVER, PA – Logan Schuchart and his Shark Racing team announce today their 2025 racing plans to include a 12th consecutive season of competition with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series with their partners Drydene, DuraMAX, Federated Auto Parts and C&D Rigging all returning to the Shark Racing No. 1s.
“We’re looking forward to another great year of racing and can’t wait to get started in Volusia,” said Schuchart. “It takes so many people to make this all happen and I’m fortunate to be surrounded by so many. We’ve worked extremely hard the past 11 years to be out here racing with the best Sprint car drivers in the world on a nightly basis chasing our dreams. It’s special to continue doing it with our longtime marketing partners – Drydene, DuraMAX, C&D Rigging and Federated Auto Parts – and all of the manufacturers we work with. We can’t wait to get to Volusia in February.”
PARTNERSHIPS CONTINUE WITH DRYDENE, DURAMAX, FEDERATED & C&D
This season will mark the eighth year together for Schuchart and Drydene, the hardest working brand in heavy-duty lubrication. For the fourth season, DuraMAX Motor Oil, which offers full synthetic, synthetic blend, and high mileage motor oils, will also be behind the Shark Racing No. 1s.
C&D Rigging, the renowned millwrighting company offering custom millwrighting and mechanical erection of machinery and heavy equipment begins its sixth season backing Schuchart.
The grandson of National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Shark Racing team owner Bobby Allen will open season three with Federated Auto Parts racing the Federated schemed 1s in the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park February 5-8.
The team is pleased announce the addition of Mark Martin Motors as associate partners for Logan and the 1s in 2025. The Lancaster, PA based dealership is a family-owned and operated business offering a terrific selection of vehicles and service center.
Schuchart will continue being powered by Newman’s Racing Engines aboard his Triple X No. 1s. Smith Ti, DMI Components, Factory Kahne Shocks, Sander Wheels, Wing Dynamics and parts from Walker Filtration, All-Pro Cylinder Heads, SRI, Total Seal, System 1, Engler Injection, Brodix, Brown & Miller, BAM Lifters, Moose and PRIME Composites continue to be part of the program.
“I’ve said it before and it’s worth repeating, I work with the best manufacturers in the business,” continued Schuchart. “My grandfather started this team and built these relationships. We’ve been able to grow our program to one of the best in motorsports and we’re looking forward to a very successful 2025 and beyond.”
TEAM BUILDING
Chasing greatness in the World of Outlaws is the goal for every Sprint car team and it takes an army of people to compete at the highest level. The guys out on the road are crucial to success. For the past two seasons, Lonnie Judy has served as crew chief on the Shark Racing 1s with Brendan Collum as the car chief. Judy has decided to focus on his family in Delaware in 2025.
Shark Racing has hired veteran crew chief Kyle Pruitt to join the 1s team. Pruitt, a former driver that competed against Schuchart during his 358 days, has worked with a number of teams the past few years including RJ Jacobs, Kyle Moody Motorsports and McCandless Motorsports.
“Having a great team starts with the people you surround yourself with,” said Schuchart. “One of the toughest parts about the business is building a team of people that you are with basically 24/7. Change isn’t easy, but sometimes its necessary. We can’t thank Lonnie Judy enough for everything he’s done for me and this team the past two years. He taught me a lot and help lead this team to some historical results. Brendan has been an invaluable part of Shark Racing and continues to grow each year and that will continue next year. Kyle came to us highly recommended and we have already hit the ground running together.”
2025 CAR AT PRI
For those attending PRI, make sure to stop at the Andrews Products booth (1135) and check out the 2025 No. 1s. Special thanks to the team for getting the new car ready for the show. The 2025 cars (both Drydene/DuraMAX and Federated Auto Parts) were designed by Zack Barber with Lakeside Graphics and painted by Nate Berwager with RASmith & Sons Auto Collision.
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BECHTELSVILLE, PA (July 2, 2024): A pair of traveling men found their ways to Grandview Speedway for Tuesday night’s Thunder on the Hill event that was part of the Pennsylvania Speedweek 2024 edition. Logan Schuchart, who was given a reprieve by the World of Outlaws, made the relatively short trip from his Hanover home to place his name on the Hodnett Cup winning Tuesday’s Thunder on the Hill event at Grandview Speedway that was part of the 2024 Pennsylvania Speedweek 2024.
“Greg Hodnett was awesome to me and winning a race in his honor is really cool,” Schuchart said in Victory Lane. “It means a lot to me to get this win.”
Schuchart did not race at Grandview Speedway for more than a decade, but he quickly remembered the fastest way to get around the track. After setting the evening’s best time in qualifications (12.073 seconds), he battled with Anthony Macri throughout the thirty-five lap affair. The two young lions swapped the lead a couple of times, with Schuchart leading the final seven laps to claim the $10,000 victory.
“I haven’t been here since 2010, but I’ve watched a lot of videos.” Schuchart explained, “the videos showed the top is better until the rubber comes in on the bottom.” He admitted to having some difficulty deciding when to move down. He said that he took his cue from the cars that he was trying to put a lap down.
“When I had some problems with lapped cars, I knew that it was time to move down.”
Schuchart and the Shark Racing crew entered their 11th year with championship aspirations. After a six-win 2023 season, there was reason to hope.
But the first 30 races of the didn’t work out in their favor. Despite showing speed on several nights, the Hanover, PA native had not a win or a podium to show for it. The campaign hit a really low point two weeks ago at Knoxville when Schuchart wound up wrecked with a DNF after battling for a win.
The Hanover, PA native simply refused to lose at the track where he earned his first career win with The Greatest Show on Dirt back in 2016. He started on the pole of the 30-lap finale, held off the season’s two winningest drivers in David Gravel and Sheldon Haudenschild, and took the Shark No. 1S to Victory Lane for the first time in 2024. After suffering through the struggles to start the year, the relief that the victory brought reminded him of that special night eight years ago.
“It almost feels like the very first one just with another eight years in between,” an ecstatic Schuchart said. “This stuff is tough. These guys are so good out here. The smallest things can make or break your night. It feels really good, for sure. It’s been a struggle. It’s been frustrating at times. I can say that I’ve got an amazing team with guys that stick by me and work their butts off no matter the outcome each week and are doing their best job to make us better. Huge thanks to my guys Lonnie Judy, Brendan Collum, Bill Klingbeil, my grandfather.”
The victory ends a 45-race winless streak for Schuchart dating back to September 4, 2023 at Elma, WA’s Grays Harbor Raceway. He’s now at nine consecutive seasons of topping at least one World of Outlaws race. The 42nd win of his career equals him with Andy Hillenburg for 18th on the all-time win list. Cedar Lake also became the 11th track in which he’s won at on multiple occasions.
The box score may show Schuchart led every lap, but it was far from a walk in the park. He lined up on the pole for the 30-lapper with three of the current best in the game – David Gravel, Sheldon Haudenschild, and Carson Macedo – starting in spots two through four. The trio behind him owned a combined 18 wins this year entering the night.
Schuchart darted ahead on the opening start as Haudenschild quickly stole second from Gravel. But the roles were reversed on an early restart with 26 laps to go as Gravel reclaimed second from Haudenschild. The point leader then set his sights on Schuchart and fired a slider attempt that didn’t quite clear him.
Logan Schuchart was forced to hold off one of the year’s hottest driver in Sheldon Haudenschild to get his first win of 2024 (Trent Gower Photo)
Schuchart pulled ahead as the battle for second again warmed up between Gravel and Haudenschild. After a few laps of jockeying that saw Gravel pull a massive wheelie down the entire front straightaway, Haudenschild took the position back. It didn’t take long for Haudenschild to run down Schuchart in traffic, but right as a battle looked to be brewing the red flag flew when Scott Winters flipped in Turn 2 with 12 laps to go.
The green flag brought the action back to life, and Schuchart again stretched his lead as Haudenschild and Gravel resumed their battle. A spinning Christopher Thram brought the yellow out quickly and necessitated a single-file restart.
The clean air on the restart allowed Schuchart to put some significant space between himself and Haudenschild as the race dipped inside 10 laps to go. The driver of the NOS Energy Drink No. 17 began to reel him back in as traffic became more of a factor and pulled within seventh tenths of a second with five laps to go.
But the Shark Racing machine proved to be too strong as Schuchart made some determined moves around lappers and went on to win by more than three seconds.
“I think the No. 2 car (Gravel) is obviously the fastest car out here this year,” Schuchart said. “And the two crew chiefs (Cody Jacobs and Kyle Ripper) are buddies, so I’m sure they’re sharing information. And Sheldon is always gassing it up, and I would expect him to be fast on this type of track. They’re a great group of guys. They’re always going to be fast. When they’re behind you, it’s going to be tough. We just wanted to make sure we got through lapped traffic at the right time.”
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The Hanover, PA driver puts on a clinic to reach 40 career World of Outlaws wins
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars don’t near the ocean for a few more days. But that didn’t stop a shark from surfacing far inland this weekend in North Dakota.
On Friday Logan Schuchart won in dramatic fashion aboard the Shark Racing #1S at Grand Forks, ND’s River Cities Speedway. Then on Saturday the Hanover, PA native didn’t need a late race pass to find his way to Victory Lane. He simply dominated at West Fargo, ND’s Red River Valley Speedway to complete a weekend sweep in “The Peace Garden State.”
Schuchart led from green to checkered in the non-stop 30-lap Feature to top the Gerdau Presents the Duel in the Dakotas for his first Red River Valley triumph. From the moment they unloaded, Schuchart knew they’d be a force through the night.
“The car felt good right out of the box tonight,’ Schuchart said. “We made some very small, minor changes. The track stayed pretty quick. I thought it was an awesome racing surface. If we started fourth or fifth or sixth in that area, I feel like we still would’ve had a really good shot at winning the race. I just tried to pick my spots. Move when lapped cars were in the way and go to the top if I needed to. I could even run the middle of (Turns) 3 and 4 there at the end. This car was just awesome this weekend.”
The win marked a major milestone for the 30-year-old as he reached 40 career World of Outlaws victories – becoming the 19th driver to reach the feat. The sweep was also Schuchart’s first back-to-back trips to Victory Lane with The Greatest Show on Dirt since 2020. He’s up to five wins in 2023, the fifth straight year he’s hit that number.
Schuchart’s path to the checkered flag was paved in large part with his triumph in the Toyota Racing Dash. That sat the Drydene/Duramax machine on the pole for the NOS Energy Drink Feature. When the green lights flashed, Schuchart immediately showed his muscle by darting ahead on the opening circuit.
While Schuchart pulled away early, the first lap also signaled the beginning of what would be a race-long war for second. It began with David Gravel and James McFadden going wheel-to-wheel before Gravel secured the spot.
Only five laps in to the main event was when Schuchart encountered traffic which would persist throughout the race’s entirety with no yellow flags slowing the pace. While a few slower cars allowed Gravel and the battle for second to close in, Schuchart would always pull back ahead after a lap or two.
In the second half of the race, the jockeying for the runner-up position intensified as Giovanni Scelzi and Buddy Kofoid reeled in Gravel. The trio traded sliders and crossovers on the racy surface as the laps wound down.
Up front, Schuchart cruised with a comfortable advantage and ultimately crossed the finish line with nearly a three second advantage.
“We got out in front, and I just wanted to set a good, clean pace, not push the issue too far and not put myself in bad spots,” Schuchart said. “I tried to just hit my marks, and I thought it would make it pretty tough for someone to run up to us and blow by us. I can’t say enough about our team working so hard.”
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SHARKS IN THE SWAMP: Volusia Gives Schuchart, New Crew Chief Pruitt Reason for Optimism
by Alex Neiten – World of Outlaws PR
BARBERVILLE, FL (February 21, 2025) – Logan Schuchart stood on the front stretch of Volusia Speedway Park with a wide smile after the final Feature of the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals. He hadn’t won the race, but a runner-up finish punctuated a winning week for he and the Shark Racing team.
The Hanover, PA driver and his team are open about last year’s World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car campaign. It didn’t go the way they’d hoped. After six victories in 2023 and a fifth-place finish in points, they slipped to a single checkered flag and seventh in the standings in 2024.
They wanted to come out swinging in 2025, and that’s exactly what they did.
In 2024, it took him until June 29 to find the podium. This year, it took two nights. Schuchart’s final two outings of the week led to a charge from 19th to eighth before his second podium with Saturday’s second-place effort.
“The first two nights we were good,” Schuchart said. “I knew we had a good chance to race well. It was the qualifying part I wanted to gain on and be better. We were top five the first two nights and then the third night we didn’t qualify as well. I felt like we were just missing a little bit of speed there that third night even though we raced well. I felt like the car handled good in qualifying. We just didn’t have the speed we needed. But what I was most proud about was the last night we kind of thought about how we could get more speed out of the car and keep our balance in the car in the same general area, and we were able to go out and set our first Quick Time in over a year and a half.”
There’s a long way to go, but the DIRTcar Nationals speed gave early evidence of the benefits of bringing Pruitt aboard to turn the wrenches. He’s a former driver that competed against Schuchart in the past before switching to crew roles in recent years. For Pruitt, the results are a proof of a productive off-season.
“It was very gratifying,” Pruitt said. “We were very blessed to come out of the gates running like that, but I think it’s a testament to what we did over the winter. Michael (Newman) with the motors. We went to Tim Engler’s and spent time there. Just everything with the cars, looking at every little detail of how they ran last year or the year before and maybe things we felt we could improve on.”
The connection between Schuchart and Pruitt is already clicking. The 42-time World of Outlaws Feature winner is accustomed to calling the shots himself. He’s hands on. He’s been his own crew chief to a certain extent. It’s a new, welcome dynamic for Schuchart.
“Kyle is more going to take on that role as a crew chief and kind of take a little bit of the pressure off myself,” Schuchart said. “I can lean on him for some of the setup changes and have someone to talk to about it instead of it all being on my shoulders, which I think has already proven to be very helpful. I think Kyle is very easy to work with. He’s very driven and passionate about being successful in the sport.”
“It’s a pleasure because he’s very intelligent,” Pruitt said of working with Schuchart. “He’s very hands on with the cars. He knows them from top to bottom. That’s how his granddad Bobby Allen taught him. It’s a good thing. It gives a driver a good outlook and respect for the cars, other racers, and what goes into it.”
Fortunately for Schuchart and company, a return trip to Volusia is next on the agenda as The Greatest Show on Dirt heads to the Barberville, FL oval on Sunday-Monday, March 2-3 for the Bike Week Jamboree.
Then, the campaign kicks into high gear with eight more races in five different states on a variety of tracks of all shapes and sizes. While the No. 1S crew isn’t overlooking Volusia, they’re ready to ensure their season-opening speed translates everywhere they go as Schuchart chases a championship in his 12th season.
“I feel like this can carry over to other racetracks, I hope,” Schuchart said. “We’ve always been fast at Volusia, so it’s hard to judge the whole season off of DIRTcar Nationals. But I’m happy with the start.”
“We try not to get too far ahead of ourselves, but know we’ve got a stretch of short tracks we’re running,” Pruitt said. “So, we kind of have some plans just like we kind of mulled over stuff for Volusia and got our time trial package honed in. We’ve done kind of the same thing with the short tracks. We’ve got a gameplan, and hopefully it all works out.
“I’m very confident that if we can just keep that momentum going in qualifying, whether it’s big tracks or a short track, and we put Logan Schuchart in a situation to excel, then he will. He’ll be at the front of the pack.”
Schuchart, Pruitt, and the entire Shark Racing team resume the 2025 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car season at Volusia Speedway Park on March 2-3. Tickets are available now.
SCHUCHART, SHARK RACING SET FOR 2025 RACING SEASON
HANOVER, PA – Logan Schuchart and his Shark Racing team announce today their 2025 racing plans to include a 12th consecutive season of competition with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series with their partners Drydene, DuraMAX, Federated Auto Parts and C&D Rigging all returning to the Shark Racing No. 1s.
“We’re looking forward to another great year of racing and can’t wait to get started in Volusia,” said Schuchart. “It takes so many people to make this all happen and I’m fortunate to be surrounded by so many. We’ve worked extremely hard the past 11 years to be out here racing with the best Sprint car drivers in the world on a nightly basis chasing our dreams. It’s special to continue doing it with our longtime marketing partners – Drydene, DuraMAX, C&D Rigging and Federated Auto Parts – and all of the manufacturers we work with. We can’t wait to get to Volusia in February.”
PARTNERSHIPS CONTINUE WITH DRYDENE, DURAMAX, FEDERATED & C&D
This season will mark the eighth year together for Schuchart and Drydene, the hardest working brand in heavy-duty lubrication. For the fourth season, DuraMAX Motor Oil, which offers full synthetic, synthetic blend, and high mileage motor oils, will also be behind the Shark Racing No. 1s.
C&D Rigging, the renowned millwrighting company offering custom millwrighting and mechanical erection of machinery and heavy equipment begins its sixth season backing Schuchart.
The grandson of National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Shark Racing team owner Bobby Allen will open season three with Federated Auto Parts racing the Federated schemed 1s in the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park February 5-8.
The team is pleased announce the addition of Mark Martin Motors as associate partners for Logan and the 1s in 2025. The Lancaster, PA based dealership is a family-owned and operated business offering a terrific selection of vehicles and service center.
Schuchart will continue being powered by Newman’s Racing Engines aboard his Triple X No. 1s. Smith Ti, DMI Components, Factory Kahne Shocks, Sander Wheels, Wing Dynamics and parts from Walker Filtration, All-Pro Cylinder Heads, SRI, Total Seal, System 1, Engler Injection, Brodix, Brown & Miller, BAM Lifters, Moose and PRIME Composites continue to be part of the program.
“I’ve said it before and it’s worth repeating, I work with the best manufacturers in the business,” continued Schuchart. “My grandfather started this team and built these relationships. We’ve been able to grow our program to one of the best in motorsports and we’re looking forward to a very successful 2025 and beyond.”
TEAM BUILDING
Chasing greatness in the World of Outlaws is the goal for every Sprint car team and it takes an army of people to compete at the highest level. The guys out on the road are crucial to success. For the past two seasons, Lonnie Judy has served as crew chief on the Shark Racing 1s with Brendan Collum as the car chief. Judy has decided to focus on his family in Delaware in 2025.
Shark Racing has hired veteran crew chief Kyle Pruitt to join the 1s team. Pruitt, a former driver that competed against Schuchart during his 358 days, has worked with a number of teams the past few years including RJ Jacobs, Kyle Moody Motorsports and McCandless Motorsports.
“Having a great team starts with the people you surround yourself with,” said Schuchart. “One of the toughest parts about the business is building a team of people that you are with basically 24/7. Change isn’t easy, but sometimes its necessary. We can’t thank Lonnie Judy enough for everything he’s done for me and this team the past two years. He taught me a lot and help lead this team to some historical results. Brendan has been an invaluable part of Shark Racing and continues to grow each year and that will continue next year. Kyle came to us highly recommended and we have already hit the ground running together.”
2025 CAR AT PRI
For those attending PRI, make sure to stop at the Andrews Products booth (1135) and check out the 2025 No. 1s. Special thanks to the team for getting the new car ready for the show. The 2025 cars (both Drydene/DuraMAX and Federated Auto Parts) were designed by Zack Barber with Lakeside Graphics and painted by Nate Berwager with RA Smith & Sons Auto Collision.
GRANDVIEW THRILLER: Schuchart Wins PA Speedweek Feature at Grandview Speedway
BECHTELSVILLE, PA (July 2, 2024): A pair of traveling men found their ways to Grandview Speedway for Tuesday night’s Thunder on the Hill event that was part of the Pennsylvania Speedweek 2024 edition. Logan Schuchart, who was given a reprieve by the World of Outlaws, made the relatively short trip from his Hanover home to place his name on the Hodnett Cup winning Tuesday’s Thunder on the Hill event at Grandview Speedway that was part of the 2024 Pennsylvania Speedweek 2024.
“Greg Hodnett was awesome to me and winning a race in his honor is really cool,” Schuchart said in Victory Lane. “It means a lot to me to get this win.”
Schuchart did not race at Grandview Speedway for more than a decade, but he quickly remembered the fastest way to get around the track. After setting the evening’s best time in qualifications (12.073 seconds), he battled with Anthony Macri throughout the thirty-five lap affair. The two young lions swapped the lead a couple of times, with Schuchart leading the final seven laps to claim the $10,000 victory.
“I haven’t been here since 2010, but I’ve watched a lot of videos.” Schuchart explained, “the videos showed the top is better until the rubber comes in on the bottom.” He admitted to having some difficulty deciding when to move down. He said that he took his cue from the cars that he was trying to put a lap down.
“When I had some problems with lapped cars, I knew that it was time to move down.”
FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME: Schuchart Wins Outlaw Feature at Cedar Lake
Logan Schuchart isn’t afraid to admit the 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car season hasn’t gone to plan.
Schuchart and the Shark Racing crew entered their 11th year with championship aspirations. After a six-win 2023 season, there was reason to hope.
But the first 30 races of the didn’t work out in their favor. Despite showing speed on several nights, the Hanover, PA native had not a win or a podium to show for it. The campaign hit a really low point two weeks ago at Knoxville when Schuchart wound up wrecked with a DNF after battling for a win.
But then it all turned around on Saturday night at Cedar Lake Speedway.
The Hanover, PA native simply refused to lose at the track where he earned his first career win with The Greatest Show on Dirt back in 2016. He started on the pole of the 30-lap finale, held off the season’s two winningest drivers in David Gravel and Sheldon Haudenschild, and took the Shark No. 1S to Victory Lane for the first time in 2024. After suffering through the struggles to start the year, the relief that the victory brought reminded him of that special night eight years ago.
“It almost feels like the very first one just with another eight years in between,” an ecstatic Schuchart said. “This stuff is tough. These guys are so good out here. The smallest things can make or break your night. It feels really good, for sure. It’s been a struggle. It’s been frustrating at times. I can say that I’ve got an amazing team with guys that stick by me and work their butts off no matter the outcome each week and are doing their best job to make us better. Huge thanks to my guys Lonnie Judy, Brendan Collum, Bill Klingbeil, my grandfather.”
The victory ends a 45-race winless streak for Schuchart dating back to September 4, 2023 at Elma, WA’s Grays Harbor Raceway. He’s now at nine consecutive seasons of topping at least one World of Outlaws race. The 42nd win of his career equals him with Andy Hillenburg for 18th on the all-time win list. Cedar Lake also became the 11th track in which he’s won at on multiple occasions.
The box score may show Schuchart led every lap, but it was far from a walk in the park. He lined up on the pole for the 30-lapper with three of the current best in the game – David Gravel, Sheldon Haudenschild, and Carson Macedo – starting in spots two through four. The trio behind him owned a combined 18 wins this year entering the night.
Schuchart darted ahead on the opening start as Haudenschild quickly stole second from Gravel. But the roles were reversed on an early restart with 26 laps to go as Gravel reclaimed second from Haudenschild. The point leader then set his sights on Schuchart and fired a slider attempt that didn’t quite clear him.
Schuchart pulled ahead as the battle for second again warmed up between Gravel and Haudenschild. After a few laps of jockeying that saw Gravel pull a massive wheelie down the entire front straightaway, Haudenschild took the position back. It didn’t take long for Haudenschild to run down Schuchart in traffic, but right as a battle looked to be brewing the red flag flew when Scott Winters flipped in Turn 2 with 12 laps to go.
The green flag brought the action back to life, and Schuchart again stretched his lead as Haudenschild and Gravel resumed their battle. A spinning Christopher Thram brought the yellow out quickly and necessitated a single-file restart.
The clean air on the restart allowed Schuchart to put some significant space between himself and Haudenschild as the race dipped inside 10 laps to go. The driver of the NOS Energy Drink No. 17 began to reel him back in as traffic became more of a factor and pulled within seventh tenths of a second with five laps to go.
But the Shark Racing machine proved to be too strong as Schuchart made some determined moves around lappers and went on to win by more than three seconds.
“I think the No. 2 car (Gravel) is obviously the fastest car out here this year,” Schuchart said. “And the two crew chiefs (Cody Jacobs and Kyle Ripper) are buddies, so I’m sure they’re sharing information. And Sheldon is always gassing it up, and I would expect him to be fast on this type of track. They’re a great group of guys. They’re always going to be fast. When they’re behind you, it’s going to be tough. We just wanted to make sure we got through lapped traffic at the right time.”
SHARK SWEEP: LOGAN SCHUCHART CLAIMS RED RIVER VALLEY WIN TO COMPLETE WEEKEND SWEEP IN NORTH DAKOTA
The Hanover, PA driver puts on a clinic to reach 40 career World of Outlaws wins
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars don’t near the ocean for a few more days. But that didn’t stop a shark from surfacing far inland this weekend in North Dakota.
On Friday Logan Schuchart won in dramatic fashion aboard the Shark Racing #1S at Grand Forks, ND’s River Cities Speedway. Then on Saturday the Hanover, PA native didn’t need a late race pass to find his way to Victory Lane. He simply dominated at West Fargo, ND’s Red River Valley Speedway to complete a weekend sweep in “The Peace Garden State.”
Schuchart led from green to checkered in the non-stop 30-lap Feature to top the Gerdau Presents the Duel in the Dakotas for his first Red River Valley triumph. From the moment they unloaded, Schuchart knew they’d be a force through the night.
“The car felt good right out of the box tonight,’ Schuchart said. “We made some very small, minor changes. The track stayed pretty quick. I thought it was an awesome racing surface. If we started fourth or fifth or sixth in that area, I feel like we still would’ve had a really good shot at winning the race. I just tried to pick my spots. Move when lapped cars were in the way and go to the top if I needed to. I could even run the middle of (Turns) 3 and 4 there at the end. This car was just awesome this weekend.”
The win marked a major milestone for the 30-year-old as he reached 40 career World of Outlaws victories – becoming the 19th driver to reach the feat. The sweep was also Schuchart’s first back-to-back trips to Victory Lane with The Greatest Show on Dirt since 2020. He’s up to five wins in 2023, the fifth straight year he’s hit that number.
Schuchart’s path to the checkered flag was paved in large part with his triumph in the Toyota Racing Dash. That sat the Drydene/Duramax machine on the pole for the NOS Energy Drink Feature. When the green lights flashed, Schuchart immediately showed his muscle by darting ahead on the opening circuit.
While Schuchart pulled away early, the first lap also signaled the beginning of what would be a race-long war for second. It began with David Gravel and James McFadden going wheel-to-wheel before Gravel secured the spot.
Only five laps in to the main event was when Schuchart encountered traffic which would persist throughout the race’s entirety with no yellow flags slowing the pace. While a few slower cars allowed Gravel and the battle for second to close in, Schuchart would always pull back ahead after a lap or two.
In the second half of the race, the jockeying for the runner-up position intensified as Giovanni Scelzi and Buddy Kofoid reeled in Gravel. The trio traded sliders and crossovers on the racy surface as the laps wound down.
Up front, Schuchart cruised with a comfortable advantage and ultimately crossed the finish line with nearly a three second advantage.
“We got out in front, and I just wanted to set a good, clean pace, not push the issue too far and not put myself in bad spots,” Schuchart said. “I tried to just hit my marks, and I thought it would make it pretty tough for someone to run up to us and blow by us. I can’t say enough about our team working so hard.”