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Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Preview: Tri-State Speedway Haubstadt, IN- April 16, 2008--By: Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
The Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series takes to the high-banked ¼-mile Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Indiana on Saturday, April 19 for the second short track race of the 2008 season and the first on a ¼-mile. In ten events last season on ¼-miles, six different drivers picked up wins.
Leading the way will be current series point leader Craig Dollansky who earned his second A-Feature win of the season last Friday night at Eldora Speedway. The native of Elk River, Minnesota is the only driver that has finished in the Top-Five in all six events this season. He won at Tri-State Speedway in 2006. Along with Steve Kinser, he is the only active Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series driver that has scored a victory at the track.
Steve Kinser, the 20-time World of Outlaws champion, has won each of his last two starts at the ¼-mile in his home state, leading all 80 laps of feature racing competition in the process. He held off Jac Haudenschild for the win last year.
Jason Meyers finished third at the high-banked track last season and enters this week's event second in the championship standings, after battling back from some bad luck last weekend. Despite having to change an engine after hot laps and losing two tires, he finished eighth at Eldora to earn his sixth Top-10 finish of the season. He leads the series with three A-Feature wins in 2008.
Donny Schatz, the two-time defending series champion has six consecutive Top-10 finishes at Tri-State Speedway, and also has finished in the Top-10 in each of the six events this season. He has four runner-up finishes in World of Outlaws action as he chases his first win with Tony Stewart Racing with the series.
Joey Saldana led the series last season with four wins on ¼-mile tracks driving for Kasey Kahne Racing. The native of Brownsburg, Indiana has nine career Top-10 finishes at Tri-State Speedway. He enters the event fourth in championship points.
Kerry Madsen, the reigning Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year rounds out the Top-Five in points, after a very solid fourth-place performance last weekend at Eldora Speedway.
2007 Race Recap: Steve Kinser continued to add to his remarkable track record at the ¼-mile in his home state by picking up his seventh career World of Outlaws win at Tri-State Speedway.
Kinser led from the drop of the green, as he used the high side of the track to win a drag race down the front straightaway with Danny Lasoski. By just the sixth lap of the 40-lap contest, Kinser was already in lapped traffic.
Early in the race, Paul McMahan closed in on Kinser in traffic and took a couple of looks to the low side of the track, and took the lead briefly coming entering the second turn, but he jumped the cushion and it took a few laps for him to recover. Likewise, Tim Kaeding, tried to power his way under Kinser, but the momentum from the high side of the track helped him fend off all challengers. Each time Kinser was credited as being the leader at the start-finish line, thus leading wire-to-wire.
Five cautions in the last 15 laps of the event slowed down a race that saw a blistering pace for the first 25 circuits.
Jac Haudenschild thrilled the crowd late in the race as he charged into the Top-Five and lined up second after a late caution. He used the extreme high side of the track, and was just inches off the wall as he chased down Kinser. He jumped the cushion a couple of times late in the race, as he was pushing his car<
http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=249697&FS=WOO> as hard as it would go, and thus lost some momentum on the high side of the track.
Jason Meyers powered his way to a third-place finish, with Jeremy Campbell and Zach Chappell rounding out the Top-Five.
2007 A-Feature Results Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series; Tri-State Speedway; April 21, 2007
A-main (40 laps) - Starting Position [#]
1) 11-Steve Kinser[2] [$10,000]
2) 35-Jac Haudenschild[6] [$5,500]
3) 14-Jason Meyers[5] [$3,200]
4) 10C-Jeremy Campbell[8] [$2,800]
5) 8K-Zach Chappell[10] [$2,500]
6) 15-Donny Schatz[18] [$2,300]
7) 3X-Chad Kemenah[7] [$2,200]
8) 83-Danny Lasoski[1] [$2,100]
9) 24-Terry McCarl[12] [$2,050]
10) 7-Craig Dollansky[13] [$2,000]
11) 4-Danny Smith[9] [$1,500]
12) 5C-Chad Hillier[24] [$1,200]
13) 21-Daryn Pittman[25] [$300]
14) 9-Joey Saldana[11] [$1,050]
15) 7S-Jason Sides[15] [$1,000]
16) 18T-Tony Bruce Jr.[20] [$900]
17) 2-Brooke Tatnell[17] [$800]
18) 20-Paul McMahan[4] [$800]
19) 11H-Kerry Madsen[14] [$800]
20) 6-Tim Shaffer[23] [$800]
21) R19-Jason Solwold[22] [$800]
22) D1-Justin Henderson[21] [$800]
23) 18-Brian Carlson[26] [$0]
24) 11K-Tim Kaeding[3] [$800]
25) 1X-Randy Hannagan[16] [$800]
26) 28-Brian Paulus[19] [$800]
Lap Leader: Steve Kinser, 1-40
Previous Winners World of Outlaws Sprint Series A-Feature winners at Tri-State Speedway include:
2007- Steve Kinser on April 21
2006- Craig Dollansky on April 15
2005- Steve Kinser on April 16
2004- Tim Kaeding on Oct. 8
1999- Mark Kinser on May 16
1998- Mark Kinser on May 10, Sammy Swindell on June 21
1997- Steve Kinser on May 11, Sammy Swindell on June 22
1996- Mark Kinser on May 12
1995- Stevie Smith on May 14, Steve Kinser on July 16
1994- Andy Hillenburg on May 15, Dave Blaney on July 17
1993- Dave Blaney on May 16, Andy Hillenburg on July 18
1992- Gary Wright on May 10, Sammy Swindell on July 26
1991- Doug Wolfgang on May 12, Steve Kinser on July 14
1990- Doug Wolfgang on May 13
1989- Steve Kinser on May 14
1988- Bobby Davis, Jr., Sammy Swindell on May 15 (co-winners)
1980- Steve Kinser on May 11
1979- Lee James on May 13, Larry Gates on Aug. 19
Current Top-10 in Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Points 1. Craig Dollansky 893 2. Jason Meyers 876 3. Donny Schatz 857 4. Joey Saldana 825 5. Kerry Madsen 782 6. Terry McCarl 774 7. Steve Kinser 767 8. Tim Shaffer 762 9. Chad Kemenah 747 10. Jason Sides 746
What to look for this year at Tri-State Speedway: * The event will be the first ¼-mile race of the season for the World of Outlaws. Last year, the series competed 10 times on a track that size, with six different drivers visiting the winner's circle.
* Steve Kinser who led all 40 laps last season at the ¼-mile to win, has 21 career wins at the track. He has won his last two starts at the track in his home state, leading every lap of the two A-Feature events. He won for the first time at Tri-State Speedway in 1978, and competed 10 times that year at the track, winning all 10 races.
* Craig Dollansky won at Tri-State Speedway in 2006 and has four consecutive Top-10 finishes at the track. He is the only driver who has finished in the Top-Five in each of the six World of Outlaws events this season.
* Jason Meyers has three starts in his career at the ¼-mile, and has finished in the Top-10 each time, including a third-place run last season after setting fast time. He leads the series with three A-Feature wins this season.
* Donny Schatz, the two-time defending series champion has six consecutive Top-10 finishes at the Southern Indiana track, including a sixth-place effort last season.
* Joey Saldana led the series last season with four wins on ¼-mile tracks. He has nine Top-10 finishes in his career at the track in his home state.
*Chad Kemenah, the 2006 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year won at the track in 2005 with the All Star Circuit of Champions and was seventh last season with the World of Outlaws.
* Jac Haudenschild finished second at the always racy track last year. The native of Wooster, Ohio has 10 Top-10 finishes in his career at the track, as he chases his first victory at the ¼-mile.
* Danny Lasoski, the 2001 World of Outlaws champion has six career Top-10 finishes at Tri-State Speedway. He earned a career-best second-place finish at the track in 1992, driving for the Forbrook Motorsports.
By the Numbers- Tri-State Speedway: 0.25- Miles around Tri-State Speedway 1- Driver that will be making his first career visit to the ¼-mile- Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award contender Lucas Wolfe 3- Drivers competing full-time with the World of Outlaws this season that hail from Indiana 6- Top-Five finishes for current point leader Craig Dollansky in six races 7- A-Feature wins in World of Outlaws competition for Steve Kinser at the track 10- Races in 2007 for the World of Outlaws on ¼-mile track 11.110- Track record at Tri-State Speedway set by Sammy Swindell on October 8, 2004 12- Current drivers competing full-time with the series who have earned Top-10 finishes in their career at the track 13- Drivers that have won an A-Feature event with the series at the track dating back to 1979 16- Drivers competing full-time with the World of Outlaws who competed at Tri-State Speedway in 2007 17- Points that currently separate Craig Dollansky and Jason Meyers atop the championship standings 19- Drivers currently competing full-time with the World of Outlaws 21- Total wins for 20-time series champion Steve Kinser in his career at Tri-State Speedway in both winged and non-wing sprint car 24- Events held by the World of Outlaws at Tri-State Speedway dating back to 1979 33- Drivers that competed last season with the series at the track 40- Laps led by Steve Kinser en route to winning at the ¼-mile in 2007 71- Laps led by Craig Dollansky in A-Feature events this season to lead the series 80- Laps led by Steve Kinser in his last two starts at the track to earn two wins (2005 & 2007) 282- Miles from Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio where the World of Outlaws compete in April 11 to Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Indiana 1979- Year the World of Outlaws first competed at Tri-State Speedway 10,000- Dollars the winner will receive on Saturday, April 19
Tickets: On Saturday, April 19, General Admission tickets for adults will be $30, with general admission tickets for children ages 6-12 just $15 and kids five-under will be admitted free of charge. Reserved tickets have been sold out.
General Admission tickets will be on sale at the track Thursday, April 17 and Friday, April 18 from 12 -6 p.m. Central, and also the day of the race when the ticket booths open at 4:00 p.m. Central. For ticket information visit:
http://www.tristatespeedway.com<
http://www.tristatespeedway.com/> or call 812-768-6025.
There will be an autograph session beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, with Chad Hillier, Kerry Madsen and Joey Saldana.
Next Up: A doubleheader weekend at Huset's Speedway in South Dakota on Friday, April 25 and the famed Knoxville Raceway in Iowa on Saturday, April 26.
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