World Of Outlaws Racing Returns To Granite City Speedway

(KNSI) – Professional racing returns to Central Minnesota next month.

Tickets are on sale for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series race on June 5th at the Granite City Motor Speedway in Sauk Rapids.

The Sprint Car Series competes on more than 80 race tracks across the nation and is known as the Greatest Show on Dirt.

2021 will be the fifth time the Granite City Speedway has hosted the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series.

In 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019, races were also held at the 3/8th-mile track in Sauk Rapids.

Donny Schatz is the winningest driver at Granite City, with breakthroughs in 2015 and 2017 during his championship campaigns.

The only other victors at the Minnesota facility are Shane Stewart in 2016 and Brad Sweet during the last visit in 2019.

As far as the championship chase is concerned, Brad Sweet and the Kasey Kahne Racing, NAPA Auto Parts #49, are continuing the same onslaught they’ve laid on the World of Outlaws for the past two years.

The Big Cat has topped eight of the first 18 races (fourth time in history) and currently leads David Gravel and the Big Game Motorsports #2 by 90 points.

Also in the mix, as we enter the month of May is Carson Macedo’s Jason Johnson Racing #41 (-110 PTS), Sheldon Haudenschild’s Stenhouse Jr. Marshall Racing #17 (-142 PTS), Aaron Reutzel’s Roth Motorsports #83 (-180 PTS), Donny Schatz’s Tony Stewart Racing #15 (-198 PTS), and Logan Schuchart’s Shark Racing #1S (-206 PTS).

All four Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year contenders will enter on equal footing as all have little-to-no experience at River Cities and Granite City. Through the first 18 of 83 events this season, Aaron Reutzel (Clute, TX) of Roth Motorsports and James McFadden (Alice Springs, NT, AUS) of Kasey Kahne Racing are the only rookie winners. Parker Price-Miller (Kokomo, IN) and Brock Zearfoss (Jonestown, PA) have had some strong runs to their credit as well.

Fans who can’t make it to the track can catch all of the action on DIRTVision with the annual Platinum FAST PASS subscription for $299/year or the monthly FAST PASS subscription for $39/month.

GRANITE CITY SPEEDWAY WINNERS:
2 wins – Donny Schatz (Fargo, ND)
1 win – Shane Stewart (Bixby, OK)
1 win – Brad Sweet (Grass Valley, CA)

For tickets, click here.

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