Steve Kinser Rolls At Tri-State Speedway for Fourth WoO Sprint Win in '05!

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Haubstadt, IN — April 16, 2005 — By Chris Dolack, World of Outlaws
Senior Writer

The A-main is the highlight of any World of Outlaws Sprint Series race
night, but on a short track the qualifying sessions always prove to be
the most crucial. Saturday night at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt,
Ind., was no different.

Mean 15 racer Steve Kinser posted the sixth-fastest time of the night
and won the second Dash to start the main event on the outside of the
front row. In the feature when he got the jump off of Turn 4 as the
green flag waved, pole-sitter Brooke Tatnell was left hoping lapped
traffic on the high-banked, paper-clip quarter-mile oval would hold up
Kinser.

It didn’t. Kinser worked the high groove and led all 40 laps to earn
his fourth feature victory of the season, pick up his sixth World of
Outlaws win at Tri-State Speedway, and capture the 517th victory of his
storied career.

Tatnell chased Kinser to the checkered flag for a runner-up finish.
Behind him, Paul McMahan was strong all night in his David Helm-owned
machine to wind up third, Tim Kaeding finished fourth after an
impressive run from the 15th starting position, and Joey Saldana held
on for fifth, earning his second top-five of the season.

“You just want to try to get the lead, get up on top and go,” said
Kinser, who collected $10,000 for the win. “That’s all I was trying to
do.”

Tatnell won the pole after capturing the Stacker 2® Dash, but he knew
early on he would need help to slide past Kinser.

“On the last restarts I wasn’t confident about figuring out how I was
going to get by him,” said Tatnell, who earlier this season at Pike
County Speedway also started on the pole and finished second to Kinser.
“All I was hoping for was lapped traffic. I knew from about the third
lap on that lapped traffic was all that was going to lose the race for
him. That’s basically all we were clinging to.”

Any advantages Tatnell was making were negated by five cautions. On the
restarts, Kinser quickly shot to the high side of the track and carried
the momentum around the oval.

“You never know which spot is the best,” said Kinser, who finished
eighth Friday at Texas Motor Speedway in an International Race of
Champions event. “I was coming off of starts pretty good whether I was
on the bottom or middle or wherever. I actually didn’t think I would
get the lead off the start but I timed it just right and got off there
even with [Tatnell] and made a little run.”

For Kinser, it was his second consecutive victory on the World of
Outlaws Sprint Series circuit. He easily made the adjustment to
quarter-mile Tri-State Speedway after winning last Saturday on
high-banked, half-mile Eldora Speedway.

“You got to adjust to all of them,” said Kinser, who extended his
series lead over Craig Dollansky to 38 points. “On these little short
tracks, you have to take advantage of good starting spots when you get
them. There are just so many things that can take you out of the races
on these things. You just got to have patience with them and hope
everything goes good. They’re as tough to win on as anything.”

Behind Kinser and Tatnell, the racing was intense. With two grooves
working throughout the night drivers weren’t afraid to try racing
three-wide at times, bringing the capacity crowd to its feet.

In his Larry Woodward--owned car, Saldana was racy all night but he
couldn’t prevent McMahan from gaining third. On Lap 18, McMahan cut to
the inside of Saldana coming off of Turn 2 and powered down the
backstretch to take over the position. Meanwhile, Kaeding, who was
coming off a second-place run at Eldora, mounted a charge through the
field, gaining a position nearly every other lap in his Dennis
Roth-owned car before finally sliding past Saldana and Jason Meyers to
grab fourth on Lap 33.

In the Stacker 2® Dash, Tatnell used the high side to grab the lead as
he held off Brian Paulus to earn the pole position for the feature. In
the second Dash, Steve Kinser led flag to flag to earn the outside
front row starting spot in the feature.

In the B-main, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. made a daring move into the lead by
going to the outside of pole-sitter Daryn Pittman. Once in front,
Stenhouse extended his lead with Pittman solidly in second. A
three-wide battle for third settled down before Kurt Winker edged Kevin
Briscoe by 0.005 for the final transfer spot to the feature.

Top rookie contender Shane Stewart captured the first heat race, with
Donny Schatz motoring to victory in the second heat and Danny Lasoski
driving off with a win in the third heat.

Terry McCarl paced the 26-car field with a lap around the quarter-mile,
high-banked oval in 11.359 seconds at 79.232 mph. McCarl’s quick lap
was slightly off of Sammy Swindell’s track record of 11.110 seconds set
Oct. 8, 2004.

“That’s what racing with the Outlaws does for you,” said McCarl, who
has dominated the 410 sprint division the past six years at half-mile
Knoxville Raceway. “Hopefully we can stay out here for years to come.
It makes you so you can adapt to anything, that’s the advantage these
guys who have been at it for a long time have over the local guys. They
can adapt to any kind of track conditions at the drop of the hat
because they’re so used to seeing something different every day. That’s
what makes it awesome to be an Outlaw. You’ve got to be able to run
short tracks, big tracks, middle, high-banked, flat … it doesn’t
matter. That’s what the Outlaws do for you as far as experience."

The World of Outlaws Sprint Series shifts west for races April 22 at
Outlaw Motor Speedway in Muskogee, Okla., and April 23 at 81 Speedway
in Wichita, Kan., before finishing off the month April 29-30 at
Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa.

All the action from Tri-State Speedway can be seen at 8 p.m. ET April
27 on The Outdoor Channel. On April 20, The Outdoor Channel will
broadcast coverage of the World of Outlaws Sprint Series race from
Eldora Speedway.

If fans can’t get to a track to see the series, they can experience the
excitement of the World of Outlaws Sprint Series live on Dirtvision.com
through the DIRT Radio Network. To listen to the audio broadcasts, log
on to www.dirtvision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo.
Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the
DIRT Radio Network. Companies interested in advertising on the new DIRT
Radio Network should contact Mark Noble, DIRT MotorSports VP Sales and
Marketing, at 719-884-2141. For technical support or questions, e-mail
webmaster@dirtvision.com.

The World of Outlaws Sprint Series is brought to the fans across the
country by several sponsors and partners, including series sponsors
Hoosier Racing Tire, VP Racing Fuels, Stacker 2®, and The Outdoor
Channel. Promotional Partners include AMB i.t., RACEceiver,
HUMMERSGONEWILD.COM, Zippo Lighters, The University of Northwestern
Ohio, Timberwolf, and Race Punk apparel. Slick 50 is an Associate
Program Sponsor and Contingency sponsors include DART Machinery, MSD
Ignitions, and Wrisco Industries.

World of Outlaws Sprint Series Statistical Report; Tri-State Speedway;
Haubstadt, Ind.; April 16, 2005
Qualifying
1) Terry McCarl, McCarl 24, 11.359
2) Joey Saldana, Woodward 2, 11.361
3) Paul McMahan, Helm 11H, 11.369
4) Jason Solwold, Carnahan R19, 11.397
5) Brooke Tatnell, Rush Racing 8, 11.440
6) Steve Kinser, Kinser 11, 11.471
7) Brian Paulus, Pender 28, 11.472
8) Jason Meyers, Elite Racing Team 14, 11.494
9) Kraig Kinser, Kinser 11K, 11.497
10) Tim Shaffer, Parsons 6, 11.511
11) Brandon Wimmer, Wimmer-Luck Motorsports 7TW, 11.518
12) Jason Sides, Sides Motorsports 7S, 11.614
13) Shane Stewart, Rudeen Racing 26, 11.670
14) Donny Schatz, Schatz 15, 11.694
15) Tim Kaeding, Roth 83, 11.713
16) Danny Lasoski, Stewart 20, 11.738
17) Kelly Kinser, Kinser 4K, 11.756
18) Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7, 11.775
19) Daryn Pittman, Titan Racing USA 21, 11.781
20) Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Fast Effects 40R, 11.910
21) Peter Murphy, Wright 35, 11.923
22) Joey Moughan, Moughan 2M, 12.024
23) Jason Evans, Evans 88, 12.067
24) Kevin Briscoe, Briscoe 5X, 12.114
25) Kurt Winker, Hartnell 48H, 12.464
26) Kyle Thomas, Thomas 19, 12.493

First Heat Race
(10 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Shane Stewart
2) Craig Dollansky
3) Brian Paulus
4) Jason Sides
5) Steve Kinser
6) Terry McCarl
7) Daryn Pittman
8) Joey Moughan
9) Kurt Winker

Second Heat Race
(10 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Donny Schatz
2) Kelly Kinser
3) Brandon Wimmer
4) Jason Meyers
5) Brooke Tatnell
6) Joey Saldana
7) Jason Evans
8) Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
9) Kyle Thomas

Third Heat Race
(10 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Danny Lasoski
2) Tim Kaeding
3) Tim Shaffer
4) Paul McMahan
5) Jason Solwold
6) Kraig Kinser
7) Peter Murphy
8) Kevin Briscoe

Stacker 2® Dash
(6 laps, finishing order determined inside first 6 rows of A-feature)
1) Brooke Tatnell
2) Brian Paulus
3) Paul McMahan
4) Kraig Kinser
5) Terry McCarl
6) Brandon Wimmer

Second Dash
(6 laps, finishing order determined outside first 6 rows of A-feature)
1) Steve Kinser
2) Jason Meyers
3) Joey Saldana
4) Jason Solwold
5) Jason Sides
6) Tim Shaffer

B-main
(10 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. [$20]
2) Daryn Pittman [$20]
3) Jason Evans [$20]
4) Peter Murphy [$20]
5) Joey Moughan [$20]
6) Kurt Winker [$20]
7) Kevin Briscoe [$200]
8) Kyle Thomas[$180]

A-main
(40 laps)
1) Steve Kinser [$10,000]
2) Brooke Tatnell [$5,500]
3) Paul McMahan [$3,200]
4) Tim Kaeding [$2,800]
5) Joey Saldana [$2,500]
6) Shane Stewart [$2,300]
7) Jason Meyers [$2,200]
8) Donny Schatz [$2,100]
9) Craig Dollansky [$2,050]
10) Brandon Wimmer [$2,000]
11) Jason Sides [$1,500]
12) Jason Solwold [$1,200]
13) Brian Paulus [$1,100]
14) Tim Shaffer [$1,050]
15) Terry McCarl [$1,000]
16) Peter Murphy [$900]
17) Danny Lasoski [$800]
18) Daryn Pittman [$800]
19) Kelly Kinser [$800]
20) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. [$800]
21) Joey Moughan [$800]
22) Kurt Winker [$800]
23) Kraig Kinser [$800]
24) Jason Evans [$800]
Lap leader: Steve Kinser 1-40

WoO Sprint Series Standings
(Unofficial)
Rk. Driver Points Back
1 Steve Kinser 1861 0
2 Craig Dollansky 1823 -38
3 Kraig Kinser 1739 -122
4 Jason Meyers 1723 -138
5 Donny Schatz 1722 -139
6 Danny Lasoski 1683 -178
7 Shane Stewart 1658 -203
8 Daryn Pittman 1607 -254
9 Joey Saldana 1602 -259
10 Paul McMahan 1586 -275
11 Tim Kaeding 1566 -295
12 Tim Shaffer 1565 -296
13 Jason Solwold 1453 -408
14 Jason Sides 1445 -416
15 Brian Paulus 1422 -439
16 Terry McCarl 1407 -454
17 Brooke Tatnell 1356 -505
18 Mark Kinser 1333 -528
19 Brandon Wimmer 1313 -548
20 Randy Hannagan 1186 -675
21 Sammy Swindell 932 -929
22 Chad Kemenah 889 -972
23 Danny Smith 844 -1017
24 Kevin Swindell 784 -1077
25 Natalie Sather 566 -1295
 




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