Gravel comes on strong to get 2nd Brad Doty Classic win at Attica

By Brian Liskai

ATTICA, Ohio – David Gravel searched all over the one-third clay mile of Attica Raceway Park Tuesday, July 16 during the 36th running of the Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic presented by dac Pet Products. When he found his lane and his rhythm, he took the lead on lap 17 and drove away for the $15,000 pay day, his 10th World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink victory of 2024.

The win was the Watertown, Connecticut native’s second Brad Doty Classic win and third career win at Attica.

“I was just bidding my time. Carson (Macedo) was racing pretty defensive. I think he knew he was in trouble of getting passed. I was running a lot of different lines just trying to figure out what the best line was before I could get the lead. You’re just guessing out there…all these cautions…I don’t know how many cautions there were but there were way too many. It was hard to get into a rhythm and you had no one to base it off of with lapped traffic so it was really hard to know where to be in one and two. Every other lap I tried a different lane and the car started getting free and it just kept getting slicker and slicker every lap…40 laps here the track changes so much. Cody (Jacobs, crew chief) gave me a really good card…something I didn’t have to push too hard and I could run my own race. I’m happy to get a Brad Doty Classic for Cody because I stole one from him when I was in the CJB car and he working for Tim Shaffer. Steven and Zack worked real hard in the heat,” said Gravel beside his Huset’s Speedway/Billion Auto.com/Jackson Motorplex/High Performance Lubricants/JRC backed #2.

The early portions of the 40-lap feature saw several cautions. Carson Macedo led laps 1-7 before three time Doty Classic winner Kyle Larson took the lead on lap eight only to see Macedo regain the top spot a circuit later. Gravel, who started third, drove into the lead on lap 17.

Gravel built a nearly three second lead when the caution flew on lap 26. The race for second had been fantastic involving Macedo, Logan Schuchart and Larson.

Following a fuel stop, Gravel continued to lead while 11th starter Donny Schatz with a bent up front wing, charged into second while Larson, Macedo, Cory Day and Giovanni Scelzi battled hard for third. With five laps to go Gravel had caught the back of the pack and Schatz closed in but ran out of time as Gravel took the checkers. Schatz, Larson, Macedo and Day rounded out the top five.

Schatz, a 10 time World of Outlaws champion,

“I’m surprised we didn’t change the nose wing but that’s not my call. It really didn’t effect it like everyone thinks. We’re not on the gas that hard here and there are parts of the race track where it would help. Ultimately I think I would have liked to have had it there to see what would have happened but all and all a good effort. The guys got things rolling and working and this is the type of race tracks you have in the summer. Everyone is digging,” said Schatz beside his CarQuest/Ford Performance/Curb/Sage Fruit/Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts backed #15.

Larson had one bobble on a restart and he felt that may have cost him a shot at his fourth Brad Doty Classic win.

“I wish I could have that last restart back. I knew all I could do was blitz the top. Gravel was really good. I got my right rear hung off the ledge and fell back to fourth and battled Carson and Cory to get back to third. I was hoping for another caution to reset. My car felt pretty good early but got kind of off in the middle but got better later but messed up that restart,” said Larson of his Findley Farms/Folkens Bros. Trucking/FloRacing/JVI Group/Glenn Styres Racing backed #57.

Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, July 26 with the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by the Baumann Auto Group, the NAPA of Bryan AFCS presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales 305 sprints and the Attica/Oakshade UMP Late Model Challenge Series in action.

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Attica Raceway Park

Brad Doty Classic

World of Outlaws

NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[11]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson[3]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 5. 14-Corey Day[5]; 6. 83-Michael Kofoid[7]; 7. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 8. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[8]; 9. 25-Daison Pursley[10]; 10. 26-Zeb Wise[15]; 11. 23-Cale Thomas[23]; 12. 5T-Ryan Timms[19]; 13. 28M-Conner Morrell[20]; 14. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[18]; 15. 9-Trey Jacobs[22]; 16. 15K-Creed Kemenah[13]; 17. 19H-Joel Myers Jr[21]; 18. 1S-Logan Schuchart[6]; 19. 29-Zeth Sabo[12]; 20. 97-Cole Macedo[24]; 21. 101-Kalib Henry[16]; 22. W20-Greg Wilson[17]; 23. 22-Brandon Spithaler[14]; 24. 99-Skylar Gee[9]

MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 19H-Joel Myers Jr[3]; 2. 9-Trey Jacobs[4]; 3. 23-Cale Thomas[13]; 4. 97-Cole Macedo[2]; 5. 7S-Landon Crawley[6]; 6. 16-DJ Foos[5]; 7. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[8]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog[12]; 9. 18T-Tanner Holmes[9]; 10. 35-Stuart Brubaker[7]; 11. 15C-Chris Andrews[14]; 12. 6-Kelby Watt[15]; 13. 7N-Darin Naida[10]; 14. 70-Kraig Kinser[11]; 15. 33W-Cap Henry[1]

C Feature (10 Laps): 1. 15C-Chris Andrews[2]; 2. 6-Kelby Watt[3]; 3. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[4]; 4. 4-Zane DeVault[1]; 5. 09-Craig Mintz[10]; 6. 45-Landon Brooks[11]; 7. 45B-Devon Borden[9]; 8. 12-Luke Griffith[13]; 9. 26AU-Todd Moule[5]; 10. 14R-Sean Rayhall[6]; 11. 19-TJ Michael[7]; 12. 32-Bryce Lucius[8]; 13. X-Mike Keegan[12]

Toyota Dash (8 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[4]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson[2]; 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 5. 14-Corey Day[3]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart[8]; 7. 83-Michael Kofoid[5]; 8. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[7]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 2. 14-Corey Day[2]; 3. 99-Skylar Gee[4]; 4. 15K-Creed Kemenah[3]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson[6]; 6. 19H-Joel Myers Jr[10]; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker[8]; 8. 70-Kraig Kinser[9]; 9. 4-Zane DeVault[7]; 10. 26AU-Todd Moule[12]; 11. 45B-Devon Borden[11]; 12. 33W-Cap Henry[5]

Milton Hershey School Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[4]; 4. 26-Zeb Wise[3]; 5. 5T-Ryan Timms[5]; 6. 16-DJ Foos[6]; 7. 18T-Tanner Holmes[8]; 8. 23-Cale Thomas[9]; 9. 6-Kelby Watt[10]; 10. 19-TJ Michael[7]; 11. 45-Landon Brooks[11]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 3. 25-Daison Pursley[5]; 4. 22-Brandon Spithaler[6]; 5. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[7]; 6. 9-Trey Jacobs[4]; 7. 97-Cole Macedo[3]; 8. 7N-Darin Naida[10]; 9. 15C-Chris Andrews[8]; 10. 14R-Sean Rayhall[9]; 11. 09-Craig Mintz[11]; 12. 12-Luke Griffith[12]

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[3]; 3. 29-Zeth Sabo[5]; 4. 101-Kalib Henry[4]; 5. 28M-Conner Morrell[2]; 6. 7S-Landon Crawley[6]; 7. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[7]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog[9]; 9. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[10]; 10. 32-Bryce Lucius[11]; 11. X-Mike Keegan[8]

Sea Foam Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:13.211[16]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:13.373[7]; 3. 14-Corey Day, 00:13.376[4]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:13.454[14]; 5. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 00:13.458[12]; 6. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:13.573[19]; 7. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:13.589[2]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:13.646[22]; 9. 33W-Cap Henry, 00:13.697[18]; 10. 5T-Ryan Timms, 00:13.743[10]; 11. W20-Greg Wilson, 00:13.768[13]; 12. 16-DJ Foos, 00:13.786[1]; 13. 4-Zane DeVault, 00:13.790[5]; 14. 19-TJ Michael, 00:13.816[21]; 15. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 00:13.843[15]; 16. 18T-Tanner Holmes, 00:13.853[6]; 17. 70-Kraig Kinser, 00:13.885[23]; 18. 23-Cale Thomas, 00:13.910[8]; 19. 19H-Joel Myers Jr, 00:13.971[3]; 20. 6-Kelby Watt, 00:13.980[20]; 21. 45B-Devon Borden, 00:14.023[11]; 22. 45-Landon Brooks, 00:14.122[9]; 23. 26AU-Todd Moule, 00:14.187[17]

Sea Foam Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson, 00:13.514[2]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:13.643[10]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:13.658[17]; 4. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:13.743[7]; 5. 97-Cole Macedo, 00:13.772[16]; 6. 2-David Gravel, 00:13.790[13]; 7. 9-Trey Jacobs, 00:13.795[12]; 8. 101-Kalib Henry, 00:13.893[5]; 9. 25-Daison Pursley, 00:13.899[20]; 10. 29-Zeth Sabo, 00:13.918[3]; 11. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 00:13.951[23]; 12. 7S-Landon Crawley, 00:13.988[22]; 13. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:13.999[11]; 14. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:14.022[4]; 15. 15C-Chris Andrews, 00:14.030[9]; 16. X-Mike Keegan, 00:14.039[18]; 17. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:14.075[6]; 18. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:14.130[19]; 19. 7N-Darin Naida, 00:14.154[15]; 20. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr, 00:14.155[14]; 21. 09-Craig Mintz, 00:14.155[21]; 22. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:14.229[8]; 23. 12-Luke Griffith, 00:14.338[1]

Hot Laps: 1. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:13.144[7]; 2. 2-David Gravel, 00:13.205[36]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:13.257[33]; 4. 14-Corey Day, 00:13.264[4]; 5. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:13.292[2]; 6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:13.309[16]; 7. 101-Kalib Henry, 00:13.358[28]; 8. 57-Kyle Larson, 00:13.385[25]; 9. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:13.409[19]; 10. 9-Trey Jacobs, 00:13.418[35]; 11. 19H-Joel Myers Jr, 00:13.456[3]; 12. 4-Zane DeVault, 00:13.456[5]; 13. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:13.512[22]; 14. 33W-Cap Henry, 00:13.537[18]; 15. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:13.542[34]; 16. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:13.548[30]; 17. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:13.569[40]; 18. 29-Zeth Sabo, 00:13.573[26]; 19. 19-TJ Michael, 00:13.628[21]; 20. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:13.630[14]; 21. 6-Kelby Watt, 00:13.635[20]; 22. 23-Cale Thomas, 00:13.639[8]; 23. 70-Kraig Kinser, 00:13.650[23]; 24. 45B-Devon Borden, 00:13.654[11]; 25. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:13.656[31]; 26. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 00:13.663[15]; 27. W20-Greg Wilson, 00:13.712[13]; 28. 18T-Tanner Holmes, 00:13.713[6]; 29. 45-Landon Brooks, 00:13.713[9]; 30. 5T-Ryan Timms, 00:13.719[10]; 31. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr, 00:13.772[37]; 32. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:13.788[27]; 33. 7N-Darin Naida, 00:13.807[38]; 34. 15C-Chris Andrews, 00:13.822[32]; 35. 26AU-Todd Moule, 00:13.825[17]; 36. 97-Cole Macedo, 00:13.866[39]; 37. 09-Craig Mintz, 00:13.904[44]; 38. 7S-Landon Crawley, 00:13.909[45]; 39. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 00:13.956[46]; 40. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.958[42]; 41. 12-Luke Griffith, 00:13.966[24]; 42. 16-DJ Foos, 00:13.969[1]; 43. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 00:13.992[12]; 44. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:14.014[29]; 45. 25-Daison Pursley, 00:14.044[43]; 46. X-Mike Keegan, 00:14.195[41]