By Richard Day
ROSSBURG, OH (April 9) – Steve Kinser won Friday’s Preliminary Feature in much the same manner he has many of the World of Outlaws Sprint Series’ first 99 main events at Eldora Speedway.
“The King of the Outlaws” challenged Tyler Walker for several laps before taking the lead, then held off Danny Lasoski through the final 12 laps around “The World’s Fastest Half-Mile” for the victory.
“Danny and I were having our own little race there coming off turn four, and I guess we forgot about the rest of the guys back there,” Kinser said. “We set our car up for the end of the race. When they water this place right before the feature, it makes the bottom pretty good at the beginning until they throw it back up the racetrack. We were actually a little tight tonight, but we were good enough to get the job done.
”We’ve raced here for a lot of years (26-plus) – pretty much as long as I’ve been racing – and it would be great to win the 100th World of Outlaws race here. This team of mine has been doing a great job for the last couple of years, and it’s just been a pleasure being able to drive a car this good.”
Kinser and Lasoski won the Dash Races and started on the front row. They were battling each other for the lead when Walker – who started outside the second row – drove Guy Forbrook’s #5 Wirtgen/MPD Hand Controls Maxim around them in the high groove early in the opening lap.
Walker was a half-straightaway ahead of Kinser when he entered lapped traffic four laps later. “The King of the Outlaws” narrowed the gap to eight car-lengths in dense traffic during the 10th lap, and caught Walker two laps later.
Kinser, whose crew replaced the engine in his #11 Quaker State Maxim following the hot-lap sessions, raced wheel-to-wheel with the 2002 World of Outlaws Gumout Series champion through the third and fourth corners late in lap 13, but was unable to surge ahead. The World of Outlaws Sprint Series’ defending and 18-time champion won a back-straightaway drag race with Walker midway through the 14th lap, and opened a half-straightaway advantage within two laps.
Lasoski, the series’ 2001 champion, steered NASCAR Winston Cup titleist Tony Stewart’s #20 J.D. Byrider Eagle into the low groove in turn four to pass Walker late in the 19th lap. Donny Schatz, who won Eldora’s Historical Big One two years ago, used a similar move to pass Walker the next time around. Fast qualifier Daryn Pittman raced into fourth place as Walker’s engine started losing power late in lap 21.
Joey Saldana, making his debut in Larry Woodward’s #2 Volcano Joe’s Coffee Maxim, took the inside line through turn four to pass Pittman late in the 22nd lap, then duplicated the move to pass Schatz for third place as they headed for the checkered flag.
Kinser claimed his third Preliminary Feature victory of the season with 10 car-lengths to spare. The $5,000 victory pushed him 73 points ahead of Schatz in the World of Outlaws Sprint Series point standings. “The Dude” improved three positions to third place with Friday’s runner-up run.
Schatz finished in fourth place, ahead of Pittman, Mark Kinser, 16th-starting Jason Sides, Sammy Swindell, Chad Kemenah and Tyler Walker.
Mark Kinser, racing with the World of Outlaws Sprint Series for the first time in 2004, appeared to be in mid-season form. The three-time series qualified 10th quick in the 46-car field, then drove father Karl Kinser’s #5M SABKO Maxim into sixth place from inside the sixth row in the evening’s main event.
Craig Dollansky, who set Eldora’s single-lap record with a 141.654-M.P.H. lap on April 13, 2002, drove Karavan Motorsports’ #7 VMAC Maxim past 11 cars to finish 11th. Jason Meyers, the winner of the World of Outlaws Sprint Series “A” Feature at Eldora Speedway last August 8th, drove the #14 Elite Landscaping Maxim into 12th place from outside the 10th row. Steve Kinser’s son, Kraig, passed nine cars to finish 14th.
Pittman paced the qualifying session with a 136.685-M.P.H. lap around Earl Baltes’ high-banked, ½-mile oval. The series’ 2002 Manufacturers’ Hard Charger Award winner moved into fifth place in the point standings with his fifth-place run in the Preliminary Feature. WoO
2004 World of Outlaws Sprint Series
Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, OH
Friday, April 9, Preliminary Program
Qualifying: 1. Daryn Pittman, Woodburn 21, 13.169; 2. Jason Johnson, Cox 50D, 13.183; 3. Tyler Walker, Forbrook 5, 13.326; 4. Danny Lasoski, Stewart 20, 13.343; 5. Brooke Tatnell, Grandstaff 66, 13.357; 6. Joey Saldana, Woodward 2, 13.419; 7. Sammy Swindell, Vielhauer 12X, 13.437; 8. Paul McMahan, Helm 11H, 13.457; 9. Steve Kinser, Kinser 11, 13.468; 10. Mark Kinser, Kinser 5M, 13.470; 11. Jimmy Stinson, Stinson 84K, 13.479; 12. Bill Rose, Rose 6R, 13.527; 13. Jonathan Allard, Wright 35, 13.546; 14. Donny Schatz, Schatz 15, 13.577; 15. Jason Sides, Sides Motorsports 7S, 13.584; 16. Butch Schroeder, Longworth 410, 13.596; 17. Jac Haudenschild, Miller 6M, 13.602; 18. Chad Kemenah, Harble 15K, 13.610; 19. Dale Blaney, Andrews 72, 13.614; 20. Phil Gressman, Robenalt 98, 13.621; 21. Toni Lutar, Lutar 4X, 13.624; 22. Jason Meyers, Elite Racing 14, 13.638; 23. Erin Crocker, Woodring 16, 13.654; 24. Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7, 13.694; 25. Kraig Kinser, Kinser 11K, 13.699; 26. Jason Solwold, K&M Motorsports 18, 13.761; 27. Greg Wilson, Hampshire 63, 13.763; 28. Brian Carlson, Carlson 18C, 13.774; 29. Ricky Logan, Gifford 17G, 13.791; 30. Rob Chaney, SC Racing 9X, 13.807; 31. Brandon Wimmer, Two Winners 7TW, 13.838; 32. Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 13.842; 33. Ryan Coniam, Grove 70, 13.843; 34. Tim Shaffer, Roth 83, 13.874; 35. Jim Nier, Nier 00, 13.889; 36. Brian Paulus, Pender 28, 13.948; 37. Brock Mayes, Mayes 11B, 13.961; 38. Jason Courtney, Courtney 9C, 14.030; 39. Brian Brown, Parsons 6, 14.064; 40. Shane Stewart, Chilcutt 4M, 14.182; 41. Kyle Stuchel, Stuchel 8, 14.314; 42. Nick Naber, Jarrell 22, 14.326; 43. Bob Bennett, Acme 3, 14.577; 44. Kent Wolters, TLC Racing 1, 14.664; 45. Ron Blair, Double J 35B, 14.855; 46. Ryan Myers, Garrett 56R, 15.628.
First Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Jac Haudenschild, 2. Craig Dollansky, 3. Steve Kinser, 4. Paul McMahan, 5. Daryn Pittman, 6. Kraig Kinser, 7. Ricky Logan, 8. Butch Schroeder, 9. Ryan Coniam, 10. Brock Mayes, 11. Kyle Stuchel, 12. Ron Blair. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
Second Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Chad Kemenah, 2. Mark Kinser, 3. Erin Crocker, 4. Jason Sides, 5. Sammy Swindell, 6. Jason Johnson, 7. Rob Chaney, 8. Jason Solwold, 9. Nick Naber, 10. Ryan Myers, 11. Tim Shaffer, 12. Jason Courtney. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
Third Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Dale Blaney, 2. Jason Meyers, 3. Joey Saldana, 4. Donny Schatz, 5. Tyler Walker, 6. Jim Nier, 7. Jimmy Stinson, 8. Greg Wilson, 9. Brian Brown, 10. Brandon Wimmer, 11. Bob Bennett. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
Fourth Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Jonathan Allard, 2. Toni Lutar, 3. Brooke Tatnell, 4. Danny Lasoski, 5. Phil Gressman, 6. Bill Rose, 7. Shane Stewart, 8. Brian Paulus, 9. Brian Carlson, 10. Randy Hannagan, 11. Kent Wolters. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
C Feature (10 laps): 1. Brian Brown, 2. Nick Naber, 3. Jason Courtney ($100); 4. Kent Wolters ($80); 5. Ryan Myers ($60); 6. Shane Stewart ($50); 7. Bob Bennett ($40); 8. Ron Blair ($30). (first two qualified for the “B” Feature)
First Dash Race (five laps): 1. Danny Lasoski, 2. Daryn Pittman, 3. Donny Schatz, 4. Joey Saldana, 5. Paul McMahan, 6. Mark Kinser, 7. Jac Haudenschild, 8. Dale Blaney. (finish determined the inside starting positions in the first eight rows in the Preliminary Feature lineup)
Second Dash Race (five laps): 1. Steve Kinser, 2. Tyler Walker, 3. Brooke Tatnell, 4. Sammy Swindell, 5. Chad Kemenah, 6. Jonathan Allard, 7. Phil Gressman, 8. Jason Sides. (finish determined the outside starting positions in the first eight rows in the Preliminary Feature lineup)
B Feature (12 laps): 1. Jimmy Stinson, 2. Bill Rose, 3. Kraig Kinser, 4. Rob Chaney, 5. Jim Nier ($150); 6. Butch Schroeder ($125); 7. Tim Shaffer ($100); 8. Jason Solwold ($75); 9. Ricky Logan ($60); 10. Brock Mayes ($50); 11. Brian Paulus ($40); 12. Brian Carlson ($40); 13. Brian Brown ($60); 14. Greg Wilson ($40); 15. Brandon Wimmer ($40); 16. Jason Johnson ($40); 17. Nick Naber ($60). DNS: Ryan Coniam. (first four qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
Preliminary Feature (25 laps): 1. Steve Kinser [2] ($5,000); 2. Danny Lasoski [1] ($3,000); 3. Joey Saldana [7] ($2,500); 4. Donny Schatz [5] ($2,200); 5. Daryn Pittman [3] ($2,100); 6. Mark Kinser [11] ($2,000); 7. Jason Sides [16] ($1,800); 8. Sammy Swindell [8] ($1,600); 9. Chad Kemenah [10] ($1,500); 10. Tyler Walker [4] ($1,300); 11. Craig Dollansky [22] ($1,200); 12. Jason Meyers [20] ($1,100); 13. Dale Blaney [15] ($1,000); 14. Kraig Kinser [23] ($720); 15. Jac Haudenschild [13] ($600); 16. Jonathan Allard [12] ($600); 17. Erin Crocker [21] ($600); 18. Paul McMahan [9] ($600); 19. Bill Rose [18] ($620); 20. Rob Chaney [24] ($620); 21. Toni Lutar [19] ($500); 22. Brooke Tatnell [6] ($500); 23. Jimmy Stinson [17] ($520); 24. Phil Gressman [14] ($500).
Lap leaders: Tyler Walker 1-13, Steve Kinser 14-25
ROSSBURG, OH (April 9) – Steve Kinser won Friday’s Preliminary Feature in much the same manner he has many of the World of Outlaws Sprint Series’ first 99 main events at Eldora Speedway.
“The King of the Outlaws” challenged Tyler Walker for several laps before taking the lead, then held off Danny Lasoski through the final 12 laps around “The World’s Fastest Half-Mile” for the victory.
“Danny and I were having our own little race there coming off turn four, and I guess we forgot about the rest of the guys back there,” Kinser said. “We set our car up for the end of the race. When they water this place right before the feature, it makes the bottom pretty good at the beginning until they throw it back up the racetrack. We were actually a little tight tonight, but we were good enough to get the job done.
”We’ve raced here for a lot of years (26-plus) – pretty much as long as I’ve been racing – and it would be great to win the 100th World of Outlaws race here. This team of mine has been doing a great job for the last couple of years, and it’s just been a pleasure being able to drive a car this good.”
Kinser and Lasoski won the Dash Races and started on the front row. They were battling each other for the lead when Walker – who started outside the second row – drove Guy Forbrook’s #5 Wirtgen/MPD Hand Controls Maxim around them in the high groove early in the opening lap.
Walker was a half-straightaway ahead of Kinser when he entered lapped traffic four laps later. “The King of the Outlaws” narrowed the gap to eight car-lengths in dense traffic during the 10th lap, and caught Walker two laps later.
Kinser, whose crew replaced the engine in his #11 Quaker State Maxim following the hot-lap sessions, raced wheel-to-wheel with the 2002 World of Outlaws Gumout Series champion through the third and fourth corners late in lap 13, but was unable to surge ahead. The World of Outlaws Sprint Series’ defending and 18-time champion won a back-straightaway drag race with Walker midway through the 14th lap, and opened a half-straightaway advantage within two laps.
Lasoski, the series’ 2001 champion, steered NASCAR Winston Cup titleist Tony Stewart’s #20 J.D. Byrider Eagle into the low groove in turn four to pass Walker late in the 19th lap. Donny Schatz, who won Eldora’s Historical Big One two years ago, used a similar move to pass Walker the next time around. Fast qualifier Daryn Pittman raced into fourth place as Walker’s engine started losing power late in lap 21.
Joey Saldana, making his debut in Larry Woodward’s #2 Volcano Joe’s Coffee Maxim, took the inside line through turn four to pass Pittman late in the 22nd lap, then duplicated the move to pass Schatz for third place as they headed for the checkered flag.
Kinser claimed his third Preliminary Feature victory of the season with 10 car-lengths to spare. The $5,000 victory pushed him 73 points ahead of Schatz in the World of Outlaws Sprint Series point standings. “The Dude” improved three positions to third place with Friday’s runner-up run.
Schatz finished in fourth place, ahead of Pittman, Mark Kinser, 16th-starting Jason Sides, Sammy Swindell, Chad Kemenah and Tyler Walker.
Mark Kinser, racing with the World of Outlaws Sprint Series for the first time in 2004, appeared to be in mid-season form. The three-time series qualified 10th quick in the 46-car field, then drove father Karl Kinser’s #5M SABKO Maxim into sixth place from inside the sixth row in the evening’s main event.
Craig Dollansky, who set Eldora’s single-lap record with a 141.654-M.P.H. lap on April 13, 2002, drove Karavan Motorsports’ #7 VMAC Maxim past 11 cars to finish 11th. Jason Meyers, the winner of the World of Outlaws Sprint Series “A” Feature at Eldora Speedway last August 8th, drove the #14 Elite Landscaping Maxim into 12th place from outside the 10th row. Steve Kinser’s son, Kraig, passed nine cars to finish 14th.
Pittman paced the qualifying session with a 136.685-M.P.H. lap around Earl Baltes’ high-banked, ½-mile oval. The series’ 2002 Manufacturers’ Hard Charger Award winner moved into fifth place in the point standings with his fifth-place run in the Preliminary Feature. WoO
2004 World of Outlaws Sprint Series
Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, OH
Friday, April 9, Preliminary Program
Qualifying: 1. Daryn Pittman, Woodburn 21, 13.169; 2. Jason Johnson, Cox 50D, 13.183; 3. Tyler Walker, Forbrook 5, 13.326; 4. Danny Lasoski, Stewart 20, 13.343; 5. Brooke Tatnell, Grandstaff 66, 13.357; 6. Joey Saldana, Woodward 2, 13.419; 7. Sammy Swindell, Vielhauer 12X, 13.437; 8. Paul McMahan, Helm 11H, 13.457; 9. Steve Kinser, Kinser 11, 13.468; 10. Mark Kinser, Kinser 5M, 13.470; 11. Jimmy Stinson, Stinson 84K, 13.479; 12. Bill Rose, Rose 6R, 13.527; 13. Jonathan Allard, Wright 35, 13.546; 14. Donny Schatz, Schatz 15, 13.577; 15. Jason Sides, Sides Motorsports 7S, 13.584; 16. Butch Schroeder, Longworth 410, 13.596; 17. Jac Haudenschild, Miller 6M, 13.602; 18. Chad Kemenah, Harble 15K, 13.610; 19. Dale Blaney, Andrews 72, 13.614; 20. Phil Gressman, Robenalt 98, 13.621; 21. Toni Lutar, Lutar 4X, 13.624; 22. Jason Meyers, Elite Racing 14, 13.638; 23. Erin Crocker, Woodring 16, 13.654; 24. Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7, 13.694; 25. Kraig Kinser, Kinser 11K, 13.699; 26. Jason Solwold, K&M Motorsports 18, 13.761; 27. Greg Wilson, Hampshire 63, 13.763; 28. Brian Carlson, Carlson 18C, 13.774; 29. Ricky Logan, Gifford 17G, 13.791; 30. Rob Chaney, SC Racing 9X, 13.807; 31. Brandon Wimmer, Two Winners 7TW, 13.838; 32. Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 13.842; 33. Ryan Coniam, Grove 70, 13.843; 34. Tim Shaffer, Roth 83, 13.874; 35. Jim Nier, Nier 00, 13.889; 36. Brian Paulus, Pender 28, 13.948; 37. Brock Mayes, Mayes 11B, 13.961; 38. Jason Courtney, Courtney 9C, 14.030; 39. Brian Brown, Parsons 6, 14.064; 40. Shane Stewart, Chilcutt 4M, 14.182; 41. Kyle Stuchel, Stuchel 8, 14.314; 42. Nick Naber, Jarrell 22, 14.326; 43. Bob Bennett, Acme 3, 14.577; 44. Kent Wolters, TLC Racing 1, 14.664; 45. Ron Blair, Double J 35B, 14.855; 46. Ryan Myers, Garrett 56R, 15.628.
First Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Jac Haudenschild, 2. Craig Dollansky, 3. Steve Kinser, 4. Paul McMahan, 5. Daryn Pittman, 6. Kraig Kinser, 7. Ricky Logan, 8. Butch Schroeder, 9. Ryan Coniam, 10. Brock Mayes, 11. Kyle Stuchel, 12. Ron Blair. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
Second Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Chad Kemenah, 2. Mark Kinser, 3. Erin Crocker, 4. Jason Sides, 5. Sammy Swindell, 6. Jason Johnson, 7. Rob Chaney, 8. Jason Solwold, 9. Nick Naber, 10. Ryan Myers, 11. Tim Shaffer, 12. Jason Courtney. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
Third Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Dale Blaney, 2. Jason Meyers, 3. Joey Saldana, 4. Donny Schatz, 5. Tyler Walker, 6. Jim Nier, 7. Jimmy Stinson, 8. Greg Wilson, 9. Brian Brown, 10. Brandon Wimmer, 11. Bob Bennett. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
Fourth Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Jonathan Allard, 2. Toni Lutar, 3. Brooke Tatnell, 4. Danny Lasoski, 5. Phil Gressman, 6. Bill Rose, 7. Shane Stewart, 8. Brian Paulus, 9. Brian Carlson, 10. Randy Hannagan, 11. Kent Wolters. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
C Feature (10 laps): 1. Brian Brown, 2. Nick Naber, 3. Jason Courtney ($100); 4. Kent Wolters ($80); 5. Ryan Myers ($60); 6. Shane Stewart ($50); 7. Bob Bennett ($40); 8. Ron Blair ($30). (first two qualified for the “B” Feature)
First Dash Race (five laps): 1. Danny Lasoski, 2. Daryn Pittman, 3. Donny Schatz, 4. Joey Saldana, 5. Paul McMahan, 6. Mark Kinser, 7. Jac Haudenschild, 8. Dale Blaney. (finish determined the inside starting positions in the first eight rows in the Preliminary Feature lineup)
Second Dash Race (five laps): 1. Steve Kinser, 2. Tyler Walker, 3. Brooke Tatnell, 4. Sammy Swindell, 5. Chad Kemenah, 6. Jonathan Allard, 7. Phil Gressman, 8. Jason Sides. (finish determined the outside starting positions in the first eight rows in the Preliminary Feature lineup)
B Feature (12 laps): 1. Jimmy Stinson, 2. Bill Rose, 3. Kraig Kinser, 4. Rob Chaney, 5. Jim Nier ($150); 6. Butch Schroeder ($125); 7. Tim Shaffer ($100); 8. Jason Solwold ($75); 9. Ricky Logan ($60); 10. Brock Mayes ($50); 11. Brian Paulus ($40); 12. Brian Carlson ($40); 13. Brian Brown ($60); 14. Greg Wilson ($40); 15. Brandon Wimmer ($40); 16. Jason Johnson ($40); 17. Nick Naber ($60). DNS: Ryan Coniam. (first four qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
Preliminary Feature (25 laps): 1. Steve Kinser [2] ($5,000); 2. Danny Lasoski [1] ($3,000); 3. Joey Saldana [7] ($2,500); 4. Donny Schatz [5] ($2,200); 5. Daryn Pittman [3] ($2,100); 6. Mark Kinser [11] ($2,000); 7. Jason Sides [16] ($1,800); 8. Sammy Swindell [8] ($1,600); 9. Chad Kemenah [10] ($1,500); 10. Tyler Walker [4] ($1,300); 11. Craig Dollansky [22] ($1,200); 12. Jason Meyers [20] ($1,100); 13. Dale Blaney [15] ($1,000); 14. Kraig Kinser [23] ($720); 15. Jac Haudenschild [13] ($600); 16. Jonathan Allard [12] ($600); 17. Erin Crocker [21] ($600); 18. Paul McMahan [9] ($600); 19. Bill Rose [18] ($620); 20. Rob Chaney [24] ($620); 21. Toni Lutar [19] ($500); 22. Brooke Tatnell [6] ($500); 23. Jimmy Stinson [17] ($520); 24. Phil Gressman [14] ($500).
Lap leaders: Tyler Walker 1-13, Steve Kinser 14-25
