Schatz made the pass for the lead and ultimately the win on the 18th lap as he dove under Sides exiting the second turn and quickly began to pull away in traffic. Schatz worked a couple of distinct lines on the track as he negotiated his way through traffic late in the race, while fending off a hard charging Danny Lasoski.

The second night of the three-day event saw Brian Leppo score a win for the Pennsylvania Posse.

Leppo used a strong start from the outside of the front row to win a drag race with Steve Kinser into the first turn. He then opened a consistent lead over the 20-time World of Outlaws champion who was looking for his ninth win of the season.

Several time over the course of the 25-lap event, Kinser looked to the low side of the track in turns one and two and the high side in turns three and four for a way around Leppo. On a couple of occasions he was able to close in on the native of Spring Grove, Pennsylvania but could not quite get even with him.

Lucas Wolfe was third, with Paul McMahan in fourth and Craig Dollansky in fifth.

The finale of the Summer Nationals brought Schatz his third win of the season at the track.

He took the lead on the opening lap, after lining up on the outside of the front row. He won a drag race with Paul McMahan down the long front straightaway at the famed half-mile. He dove to the bottom of the track in the first turn and quickly put a few car lengths between him and McMahan.

Steve Kinser shadowed Schatz for the last 20 laps of the event. With the laps winding down he was able to track Schatz down in traffic and made a couple of attempts to pass him. On the 24th lap he looked low on the back straightaway but could not quite clear the leader. As he exited the fourth turn he tried the same move again on the front straightaway. At the line, the margin of victory was just 0.789 seconds with Kinser finishing in the runner-up spot.

Paul McMahan finished third, with Joey Saldana and Danny Lasoski rounding out the Top-Five.

Chad Layton scored another win for the Pennsylvania Posse on the first night of the National Open on September 28.

He endured a number of early cautions and a couple of red flags, in addition to a hard charging Kerry Madsen. Several times during the first five laps, Madsen dove low in the first turn to inch ahead, with Layton using the high side of the track to power back to the lead as the pair exited the second turn.

This came on the heels of a caution for Steve Kinser, who was fourth when he suffered a problem to his front end that ended his night, and a subsequent red flag for 2006 National Open winner Doug Esh, who got upside-down.

Layton opened about a six-car length on lap five before the caution flew again. On the ensuing restart, Madsen dove low into turn one, reminiscent of the opening lap, and inched ahead as the pair made their way into the second turn, with Layton again taking the lead as Madsen slid high.

Toward the halfway point, Layton began to open a slight lead, while Jeff Shepard began to battle Madsen for runner-up. The leader hit some light traffic on lap 16, continuing to run high as Madsen was able to make up some ground and close. The caution flew for the final time on lap 21, setting up a four-lap shootout.

Layton used a very strong restart to jump to a healthy lead, as T.J Stutts made a late charge on Madsen to take second with Donny Schatz working his way from 21st to fourth at the checkered.