Donny Schatz dominated Friday night's opener of the World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, leading all but one lap of the A-Main from the pole.

“It feels really good to come out here and win to close out the season,” said Schatz, who now has a 17 point advantage over Kinser. “The track held up really well considering the weather we’ve had here all day and the fact that we’ve also had the Late Models and Big Block Modifieds running with us. We were very good from the get go and the restarts did help us. These STP guys deserve to be in victory lane a whole lot more. We’ll take this one tonight and try to get back here again to close out the season.”

Sammy Swindell started ninth in the 25-car field and challenged Schatz, taking the point for one circuit on lap 16 before settling for second.

“We certainly were better on the longer runs,” said Swindell. ”Those restarts towards the end hurt us. When we had the red for a fuel stop, I think Donny must have made some changes or found something. We didn’t make any adjustments and he seemed to be able to get going pretty quick after we fired up again. It was a good night for us though. Just came up a little bit short.”

Jason Meyers clinched the 2011 Outlaws championship title after battling Craig Dollansky for third.

“The outside was the place to be,” said Meyers. ”Craig and I had a great battle going and kept swapping the spot back and forth for awhile. We did really well here last year when we won both races but something felt like it was missing tonight. I searched around to find a spot that would help me pick up some time and I did for awhile. Eventually Donny found it as well and was awesome around it so there wasn’t much we could do.”

Dollansky finished fourth and Joey Saldana fifth.

The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series return to The Dirt Track at Charlotte Saturday night to conclude the 2011 season.

World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Results Friday, November 4, 2011

A-Main -  (30 Laps)
1. 15-Donny Schatz[1][$9,600]; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell[9][$5,280]; 3. 14-Jason
Meyers[4][$3,072]; 4. 7-Craig Dollansky[3][$2,688]; 5. 9-Joey Saldana[15][$2,400]; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[12][$2,208]; 7. 11-Steve Kinser[5][$2,112]; 8. 27-Daryn Pittman[8][$2,016]; 9. 83-Paul McMahan[7][$1,968]; 10. 63-Chad Kemenah[14][$1,920]; 11. 49-Brad Sweet[24][$1,440]; 12. 91-Cody Darrah[11][$1,152]; 13. 6-Kraig Kinser[25][$1,056]; 14. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[19][$1,008]; 15. 1Z-Jessica Zemken[10][$960]; 16. 51-Fred Rahmer[23][$864]; 17. 35-Justin Henderson[18][$768]; 18. 7S-Jason Sides[17][$768]; 19. 92-Kerry Madsen[20][$768]; 20. 39-Greg Hodnett[2][$768]; 21. 59-Brooke Tatnell[21][$768]; 22. 55-Terry McCarl[22][$768]; 23. FVP21-Brian Brown[16][$768]; 24. 6R-Ian Madsen[13][$768]; 25. 2-Dale Blaney[6]

Lap Leaders: Donny Schatz 1-15, 17-30, Sammy Swindell 16
KSE Hard Charger Award: 49-Brad Sweet[+13]

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