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Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Preview: Brad Doty Classic at Limaland Motorsports Park

Lima, OH- July 7, 2008-Brad Doty has been a very important part of the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series for over 25 years. First as a driver, where he won 11 A-Feature events, as well as the 1982 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award, then as a broadcaster and now as a promoter along with continuing his role as a broadcaster. The Ohio native will again be promoting the event that bears his name this season, as the World of Outlaws visit Limaland Motorsports Park on Wednesday, July 9, for the 20th edition of the Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic.

In four races at Limaland Motorsports Park dating back to 1979, there has been four different drivers pick up wins with the World of Outlaws at the ¼-mile, which is owned and operated by the University of Northwestern Ohio. The event will pay $10,000 to the winner, with that driver having a shot at the University of Northwestern Ohio Clean Sweep Bonus, if they can set fast time, win a heat race, win the Crane Cams Dash and win the A-Feature event.

Steve Kinser, the 20-time Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion won the Brad Doty Classic in 1989, when it was held at Attica Raceway Park, also in Ohio. He has three wins with the series at Limaland Motorsports Sport Park and has finished first or second in all five of his starts at the ¼-mile. He is the only driver that has more than one win at the track with the series, and finished second last season in the event, which was his first visit to Limaland in 28 years. The native of Bloomington, Indiana used a runner-up finish on Sunday night at Tri-State Speedway to move into the Top-Five in the World of Outlaws championship standings.

Jac Haudenschild won the Brad Doty Classic for the first time in his career last season, holding off Kinser and Jason Meyers. For the native of Wooster, Ohio, the win was very special due to the fact that Doty has been a lifelong friend. In his career, Haudenschild has four wins at Limaland Motorsports Park. He is currently sixth in points this season on the strength of 19 Top-10 finishes as he continues his first season with the Carnahan Motorsports team.

Joey Saldana won the event in 2006, leading all 40-laps of the A-Feature. In his career, the second generation driver has three wins at the ¼-mile. Driving for Kasey Kahne Racing, he has one win this year and is solidly in the fourth spot in points, on the strength of 23 Top-10 finishes. His car owner competed in the event last season.

Donny Schatz, the two-time defending Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion, finished sixth in the event last season and was third in 2006. He won on a ¼-mile over the weekend at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas, and leads the series with 10 A-Feature wins.

Craig Dollansky finished fourth in the Brad Doty Classic last season, after earning a sixth-place finish the year before. The native of Elk River, Minnesota has won two of the last three World of Outlaws events and recently moved into the second spot in the championship standings. He has six A-Feature wins this season and 26 Top-10 finishes in 27 events, as he chases his first series title.

Jason Meyers finished third at Limaland last season in his first career start at the ¼-mile. He has won five times this year and has racked up 23 Top-10 finishes. He set fast time on Sunday night at Tri-State Speedway and has been fastest in time trials five times this season.

Kerry Madsen made his second career start at Limaland Motorsports Park last season in the Brad Doty Classic. The reigning Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year picked up his 17th Top-10 finish of the season on Sunday night at Tri-State Speedway. Hailing from St. Mary's, NSW, Australia he grew up on small, tight tracks like Limaland.

Chad Kemenah, a native of Findlay, Ohio has competed at Limaland Motorsports Park a number of times in his career, with a good deal of success. He has seven career Top-10 finishes in 10 starts. He picked up his 15th Top-10 finish of the season at Tri-State Speedway and is solidly in the eighth spot in points.

Terry McCarl finished second in the Brad Doty Classic in 2006. He was running in the Top-three last season when he was caught up in an accident while trying to pass a lapped car. In his career, he has three starts at the ¼-mile.

Shane Stewart finished fourth last season at Limaland with the All Star Circuit of Champions during their annual Ohio Speedweek. The native of Bixby, Oklahoma has two career starts at the track. He won earlier this season at Knoxville Raceway and is currently 10th in the championship standings.

Daryn Pittman finished ninth in the Brad Doty Classic in 2006 and was just outside of the Top-10 in the event last season. The former World of Outlaws Gumout Series champion is just 16 points out of the Top-10 in points and has 13 Top-10 finishes this season.

Sam Hafertepe Jr. made his debut at Limaland Motorsports Park last season. The sophomore driver picked up his 11th Top-10 finish of the season on Sunday night at Tri-State Speedway, as he was sixth.

Kraig Kinser, the 2004 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year will make his second career start at Limaland Motorsports Park on Wednesday. The third generation driver is in his first season behind the wheel for Tony Stewart Racing as a teammate to Donny Schatz.

Jason Sides made his debut at Limaland Motorsports Park last season in the Brad Doty Classic. The 2003 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year has five Top-10 finishes this season.

Tony Bruce Jr. made his first trip to Limaland last year during his rookie campaign with the series. The native of Liberal, Kansas will turn some extra laps this week as he takes part in a 360-sprint car race at Eldora Speedway on Tuesday night.

Chad Hiller also visited Limaland for the first time in his career last season. The native of Burlington, Washington finished ninth on Sunday night at Tri-State Speedway to earn his second Top-10 finish of the season.

Paul McMahan finished ninth in the Brad Doty Classic last season. In four career starts at Limaland, he has three Top-10 finishes. He earned a season-best fourth-place performance at Tri-State Speedway on Sunday night, in just his fourth start behind the wheel of the No. 6 machine for car owner Lonnie Parsons. He has finished in the Top-10 in three of those four events.

Lucas Wolfe, the leading contender for the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award this season will miss the event after sustaining a back injury last month.

2007 Race Recap: Jac Haudenschild picked up his first Brad Doty Classic win, honoring his longtime friend.

Haudenschild ran the top side of the track for most of the race, which is a trademark of the veteran driver. On several occasions in traffic, Steve Kinser closed the gap and was just inches behind Haudenschild, looking for any opening to get by. This constant pressure had Haudenschild driving as hard as he could, as he weaved his through heavy traffic for the majority of the last 20 laps of the race, and this kept the crowd on their feet.

With the yellow flag flying on the 12th lap after Terry McCarl got upside down negotiating lapped traffic as he was closing in on the second position, Haudenschild held off a couple of attempts by Kinser on the ensuing restart to take the lead on the low side of the track.

Kinser lined up fifth for the A-Feature and quickly moved in to the fourth spot just three laps into the event. He took third from McCarl just before the latter got upside down. Once he was in third. Kinser set his sights on pole sitter Craig Dollansky who was running second at that point of the race. He got around Dollansky to earn a runner-up finish.

After having some trouble in the third heat that cost him a spot in the Crane Cams Dash, Jason Meyers lined up 13th for the 40-lap A-Feature. He steadily worked his way to the front with only the aid of an early red flag and then one caution prior to the halfway point of the race. With 27 consecutive green flag laps to finish the race, Meyers charged around car-after-car to earn a third-place finish. Craig Dollansky was fourth, with Brooke Tatnell rounding out the Top-Five.

2007 A-Feature Results Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series; Brad Doty Classic @ Limaland Motorsports Park; July 11, 2007

A-main (40 laps) - Starting Position [#]

1) 35-Jac Haudenschild[2] [$10,000]

2) 11-Steve Kinser[5] [$5,500]

3) 14-Jason Meyers[13] [$3,200]

4) 7-Craig Dollansky[1] [$2,800]

5) 2-Brooke Tatnell[8] [$2,500]

6) 15-Donny Schatz[10] [$2,300]

7) 24H-Rob Chaney[4] [$2,200]

8) 9-Joey Saldana[18] [$2,100]

9) 20-Paul McMahan[9] [$2,050]

10) 83-Danny Lasoski[3] [$2,000]

11) 91-Kasey Kahne[12] [$1,500]

12) 21-Daryn Pittman[25] [$400]

13) 2B-Dale Blaney[17] [$1,100]

14) 11M-Brandon Martin[19] [$1,050]

15) 5C-Chad Hillier[11] [$1,000]

16) 10C-Jeremy Campbell[16] [$900]

17) 4-Danny Smith[14] [$800]

18) W20-Gregg Wilson[22] [$800]

19) D1-Justin Henderson[15] [$800]

20) 11H-Kerry Madsen[7] [$800]

21) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[24] [$800]

22) 7S-Jason Sides[23] [$800]

23) R19-Jason Solwold[26] [$]

24) 5R-Byron Reed[20] [$800]

25) 24-Terry McCarl[6] [$800]

26) 7K-Dean Jacobs[21] [$800]



Lap Leaders: Jac Haudenschild 1-40

Previous Winners World of Outlaws Sprint Series A-Feature winners at Limaland Motorsports Park include:

2007- Jac Haudenschild on July 11

2006- Joey Saldana on July 12

1979 - Steve Kinser on May 29

1978 - Rick Ferkel on May 29, Steve Kinser on July 8, Steve Kinser on July 22

Current Top-10 in Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Points 1. Donny Schatz 3961 2. Craig Dollansky 3839 3. Jason Meyers 3816 4. Joey Saldana 3760 5. Steve Kinser 3631 6. Jac Haudenschild 3601 7. Kerry Madsen 3492 8. Chad Kemenah 3443 9. Terry McCarl 3374 10. Shane Stewart 3366

What to look for at Limaland Motorsports Park:

* Steve Kinser is the winningest driver in World of Outlaws competition at the track, having earned three A-Feature wins, including two in the series inaugural season of 1978. He was second at Limaland last season. In five career starts at the track, he has finished first or second in each and every one.

* Jac Haudenschild has won four times in his career at the ¼-mile, including the Brad Doty Classic last season. In nine starts at the track, he has seven Top-10 finishes. He nearly swept the event last season, setting fast time, winning a heat race, finishing second in the Crane Cams Dash and then leading all 40 laps of the A-Feature

* Joey Saldana won the Brad Doty Classic at Limaland Motorsports Park in 2006 and has three career wins at the ¼-mile, to go along with nine Top-10 finishes, many of those with the All Star Circuit of Champions

* Craig Dollansky has three Top-10 finishes in four starts at the track. He was fourth last season in the event. He recently won his sixth A-Feature of the season at the ¼-mile Tri-State Speedway in Indiana.

* Donny Schatz finished third in the Brad Doty Classic in 2006 in his debut at the track and was sixth last season en route to his second consecutive series title. The North Dakota native leads the series with 10 A-Feature wins this season and has a 122 point lead over Dollansky in the standings.

* Jason Meyers finished third in his first career start at Limaland Motorsports Park last season. The native of Clovis, California has five A-Feature wins this season.

* Chad Kemenah, the 2006 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year, has seven career Top-10 finishes at the track located in his home state of Ohio.

* Paul McMahan has three Top-10 finishes in his first four starts with the Parsons Motorsports team, including a four-place performance on Sunday night at Tri-State Speedway.

By the Numbers- Limaland Motorsports Park: 0.25- Miles around Limaland Motorsports Park 2- Drivers competing full-time with the World of Outlaws that hail from the state of Ohio 3- Consecutive seasons that the Brad Doty Classic has taken place at Limaland Motorsports Park; A-Feature wins at the ¼-mile for 20-time World of Outlaws champion Steve Kinser 4- Drivers that have claimed A-Feature wins with the series at the track dating back to 1978 6- A-Feature events that the series has contested at the track dating back to 1978 8- Drivers that have won A-Feature events with the World of Outlaws this season 10.982- Track record established in 1998 in time trials 11- Years that the University of Northwestern Ohio has owned and operated Limaland Motorsports Park; Career A-Feature wins for Brad Doty with the World of Outlaws 12- Drivers that have been fastest in time trials this season 15- Drivers that have won a Crane Cams Dash to earn a pole position in an A-Feature event 16- Current World of Outlaws drivers that competed in the event last season 20- Consecutive years that the Brad Doty Classic has been contested 27- Top-10 finishes for Donny Schatz this season in 27 events 40- Laps led by Jac Haudenschild last season to win the event 42- Drivers that competed in the Brad Doty Classic in 2007 73- Years that Limaland Motorsports Park has been hosting racing 122- Points that separate Donny Schatz and Craig Dollansky atop the standings 229- Laps led by Craig Dollansky this season to lead the series 331- Miles from Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Indiana where the World of Outlaws competed on July 6 to Limaland Motorsports Park in Lima, Ohio 1978- Year that the World of Outlaws first competed at Limaland Motorsports Park 1982- Year that Brad Doty claimed the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award with the World of Outlaws 2001- Year that Brad Doty was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame 10,000- Dollars the winner will receive on Wednesday, July 9

Tickets: On July 9 at Limaland Motorsports Park, reserved tickets will be $32, with general admission tickets $27. Tickets for those ages (11-15) will be just $15, while children 10-under will be admitted free of charge.

Next Up: The Knight Before the Kings Royal followed by the 25th annual Kings Royal at the famed Eldora Speedway.

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