Billings, MT — Aug. 23, 2005 — By Chris Dolack, WoO Sprint Series
Public Relations Director
WHAT
• The World of Outlaws Sprint Series continues Brownfield Promotions’
Wild, Wild Northwest Tour with a two-night event Aug. 26-27 at Grays
Harbor Raceway in Elma, Wash., a state well represented this season on
the tour by the owners of Rush Racing and Rudeen Racing as well as
driver Jason Solwold. After Grays Harbor, the Outlaws invade Cottage
Grove Speedway Aug. 30 in Cottage Grove, Ore., where last season Kraig
Kinser earned the first A-feature victory of his career.
WHERE
• To get to Grays Harbor Raceway, travel 30 miles west of Olympia via
Highway 8.
• To get to Cottage Grove Speedway, take Interstate 5 south to exit
174, then go one block to Gateway, one block on North 19th St., right
for 0.3 miles on Ostrander Lane, then 0.4 miles north on Douglas (next
to fairgrounds).
WHEN
• At Grays Harbor, ticket sales Friday and Saturday are set for 3 p.m.,
front gates slated to open at 5 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.
• At Cottage Grove, the front gates are scheduled to open at noon with
racing at 7 p.m.
TICKETS
• Tickets for the Grays Harbor Raceway event are $72 for a two-day
adult pass and $37 for juniors 10 and under. For ticket information,
call 1-800-825-4832 or go to
http://www.brownfieldent.com/GHR/GHR_home.htm.
• Tickets for Cottage Grove are $36 for adults and $18 for children 10
and under. For more information, call 1-800-825-4832 or go to
http://www.brownfieldent.com/WoO/CGS.htm.
WEB SITES
• The World of Outlaws Sprint Series is at
http://www.dirtmotorsports.com/sprint/.
• Grays Harbor Raceway is at
http://www.brownfieldent.com/GHR/GHR_home.htm.
• Cottage Grove Speedway is at http://www.cottagegrovespeedway.com/ or
http://www.brownfieldent.com/WoO/CGS.htm.
• Brownfield Promotions’ Wild, Wild Northwest Tour is at
http://www.brownfieldent.com/WoO/WoO_home.htm
• Listen live to all World of Outlaws Sprint Series races on the DIRT
Radio Network at Dirtvision.com. Go to http://www.dirtvision.com for
more information.
ABOUT THE TRACKS
• Grays Harbor Raceway is a high-banked 3/8-mile oval. Craig Dollansky
established the single-lap record in a World of Outlaws Sprint Series
event of 11.915 seconds on Aug. 27, 2004.
• Cottage Grove Speedway is a semi-banked 1/4-mile oval. Randy Hannagan
owns the single-lap record in a World of Outlaws event having run a
10.305-second lap on Aug. 23, 1999.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
World of Outlaws A-feature winners at Grays Harbor Raceway include:
2004 – Steve Kinser on Aug. 28
2003 – Jason Meyers on Aug. 23
2002 – Tim Shaffer on Aug. 17
2001 – Stevie Smith on Aug. 18
2000 – Mark Kinser on Aug. 20
1999 – Mark Kinser on Aug. 21
1998 – Steve Kinser on Aug. 22
1997 – Sammy Swindell on Aug. 23
1996 – Dave Blaney on Aug. 24.
World of Outlaws A-feature winners at Cottage Grove Speedway include:
2004 – Kraig Kinser on Aug. 31
2003 – Steve Kinser on Aug. 26
2002 – Danny Lasoski on Aug. 27
2000 – Steve Kinser on Aug. 29
1999 – Danny Lasoski on Aug. 23
1998 – Donny Schatz on Aug. 24
1997 – Sammy Swindell on Aug. 25
1996 – Mark Kinser on Aug. 27
1995 – Steve Kinser on Aug. 29
1994 – Dave Blaney on Aug. 31.
TELEVISION
• The Outdoor Channel will air the Polydome Princeton National from
Princeton Speedway on Aug. 24, followed Aug. 31 by the event from
Billings Motorsports Park and Sept. 7 by the show from Grays Harbor
Raceway.
World of Outlaws Sprint Series Standings, through BMP Speedway
A-feature, Aug. 20, 2005
Driver Team Team Team Team A-feature
Rank Driver Points Points Earnings Diff. Wins Top 5 Top 10
1 Steve Kinser 7421 7421 $375,830 0 17 37 48
2 Jason Meyers 6971 6971 $176,620 -450 4 18 38
3 Craig Dollansky 6909 6909 $161,370 -512 2 18 33
4 Kraig Kinser 6769 6769 $302,450 -652 6 20 32
5 Danny Lasoski 6618 6618 $154,485 -803 0 11 28
6 Donny Schatz 6586 6586 $204,210 -835 4 13 27
7 Paul McMahan 6476 6476 $102,940 -945 0 7 20
8 Brooke Tatnell* 6448 6724 $156,235 -697 2 16 28
9 Tim Shaffer 6414 6414 $145,115 -1007 3 10 21
10 Terry McCarl 6376 6376 $110,600 -1045 0 9 21
11 Daryn Pittman 6362 6362 $122,215 -1059 2 9 22
12 Shane Stewart 6235 6235 $113,485 -1186 0 5 20
13 Joey Saldana 6173 6173 $120,655 -1248 0 10 20
14 Brian Paulus 6124 6124 $105,110 -1297 2 6 16
15 Jason Sides 5988 5988 $65,660 -1433 0 2 7
16 Jason Solwold 5745 5745 $78,240 -1676 0 4 10
17 Tim Kaeding** 5624 6348 $123,560 -1073 2*** 9 22
18 Brandon Wimmer 5315 5315 $40,720 -2106 0 0 2
19 Sammy Swindell 4212 4062 $110,880 -3359 2 14 17
20 Kevin Swindell 2978 2978 $25,105 -4443 0 1 3
*Rush Racing’s No. 8 car driven by Brooke Tatnell is fifth in owners’
points.
**Dennis Roth’s No. 83 car driven by Tim Kaeding is 12th in owners’
points.
***The second of the two victories for the No. 83 car driven by Tim
Kaeding was earned by Jac Haudenschild.
NEWS & NOTES
• On the Web: The Official World of Outlaws Sprint Series Web site is
overhauled and now alive at http://www.dirtmotorsports.com/sprint.
Among the features are updated driver biographies with individual
statistics and pictures, race-by-race statistics, detailed track
information and race coverage, series news and team press releases.
Links to the media kit and official rulebook also can be found at the
bottom of the home page.
• Victory parade: Daryn Pittman’s victory at BMP Speedway in Billings,
Mont., was his second A-feature win this season after previously taking
the checkered flag April 23 at 81 Speedway in Wichita. … Steve Kinser
earned his series-leading 17th A-feature victory Aug. 16 at Red River
Valley Speedway in West Fargo, N.D. Kinser’s victory Friday at Billings
was his second preliminary feature win this season. … Shane Stewart won
the second preliminary A-main Aug. 12 at Knoxville Raceway, visiting
Victory Lane with the Outlaws for the first time this season and making
him the 22nd different driver to do so. There have been 16 different
A-feature winners. … Kraig Kinser captured the Knoxville Nationals on
Aug. 14 for his sixth A-feature victory of the season. He also has a
preliminary feature win at Las Vegas. … Jason Meyers earned his fourth
win of the season July 2 at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo,
N.D. … Donny Schatz also has four A-feature victories, winning most
recently on July 8 in Joliet, Ill. … Tim Shaffer’s victory July 19 in
the Silver Cup was his third of the season, going with wins Lake Ozark
Speedway and Thunderbowl Raceway. … Craig Dollansky has won two
features, most recently at Powercom Park, and he also has two
preliminary feature wins. … Brian Paulus won June 28 at Huset’s
Speedway for his second victory of the season, and picked up a
preliminary feature win in the following race at Red River Valley
Speedway. … Brooke Tatnell has two A-feature victories, winning at
Cedar Lake and Fulton speedways, as well as a preliminary feature win
at Princeton Speedway. … Sammy Swindell won his second A-feature of the
season June 4 at Eldora Speedway. Swindell also has a preliminary
feature win April 8 at Eldora and Aug. 14 at Knoxville Raceway in the
Nationals’ non-qualifiers event. … Fred Rahmer won the Summer Nationals
crown July 23 and picked up a preliminary feature win in the Knoxville
Nationals on Aug. 10. … Single-event winners include Jac Haudenschild
on Aug. 5 at Eldora Speedway, Stevie Smith July 13 at Attica Raceway
Park, Tim Kaeding June 11 at Sheboygan County Fair Park, Chad Kemenah
July 9 at I-55 Raceway, and Jeff Shepard Feb. 11 at Volusia Speedway
Park. … In preliminary features, Danny Lasoski has won twice while Joey
Saldana, Kerry Madsen, Paul McMahan and Jason Johnson have each won
once.
• Preliminary winners: Drivers who have raced to victory in preliminary
features this season include (in alphabetical order) Craig Dollansky
twice (Manzanita/Williams Grove), Jason Johnson once (Williams Grove),
Kraig Kinser once (Las Vegas), Steve Kinser twice (Eagle/Billings),
Danny Lasoski twice (Australia/Knoxville), Kerry Madsen once
(Australia), Paul McMahan once (Williams Grove), Brian Paulus once (Red
River Valley), Fred Rahmer once (Knoxville), Joey Saldana once
(Lernerville), Shane Stewart once (Knoxville), Brooke Tatnell once
(Princeton), Sammy Swindell twice (Eldora/Knoxville).
• 3/8-mile winners: Grays Harbor Raceway is a high-banked 3/8-mile
oval. Including preliminaries, the series has raced 11 times this
season on tracks that length, at Pike County Speedway, Houston Raceway
Park, Batesville Speedway, Outlaw Motor Speedway, 81 Speedway, Huset’s
Speedway, Cedar Lake Speedway, Attica Raceway Park, Fulton Speedway and
BMP Speedway. Steve Kinser held off Brooke Tatnell to win at Pike
County, Donny Schatz edged Steve Kinser at Houston, Kraig Kinser
dominated at Batesville, Steve Kinser snuck past Jason Meyers late at
Outlaw, Daryn Pittman cruised to victory at 81 Speedway, Jason Meyers
outlasted the field at Sharon, Brian Paulus started on the pole and won
at Huset’s, Brooke Tatnell picked up his first win of the year at Cedar
Lake and his second at Fulton, Stevie Smith won at Attica, and Daryn
Pittman and Steve Kinser won at BMP Speedway.
• Quarter masters: The race at Cottage Grove Speedway is on a
quarter-mile oval. The series has raced six times this season on tracks
that size, including preliminary features. Steve Kinser won April 16 at
Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind.; Tim Kaeding won June 11 at
Sheboygan County Fair Park in Sheboygan, Wis.; Kraig Kinser won June 14
at Kokomo Speedway in Kokomo, Ind.; Brooke Tatnell won July 29 at
Princeton Speedway in Princeton, Minn.; Steve Kinser won July 30 at
Princeton; and Kraig Kinser won Aug. 3 at Lawrenceburg.
• The Mean 15: The impressive 2005 edition of the World of Outlaws
Sprint Series’ Mean 15 racers includes Craig Dollansky (No. 7 owned by
Karavan Motorsports), Tim Kaeding (No. 83 owned by Dennis Roth), Kraig
Kinser (No. 11k owned by Steve Kinser Racing), Steve Kinser (No. 11
owned by Steve Kinser Racing), Danny Lasoski (No. 20 owned by Tony
Stewart Motorsports), Paul McMahan (No. 11h owned by David Helm), Jason
Meyers (No. 14 owned by the Elite Racing Team), Brian Paulus (No. 28
owned by P&P Motorsports), Daryn Pittman (No. 21 owned by Titan
Racing), Joey Saldana (No. 2 owned by Woodward Racing), Donny Schatz
(No. 15 owned by Schatz Motorsports), Tim Shaffer (No. 6 owned by
Parsons Motorsports), Jason Sides (No. 7s owned by Sides Motorsports),
Brooke Tatnell (No. 8 owned by Rush Racing), and Brandon Wimmer (No.
7tw owned by Wimmer-Luck Racing).
• On tour, too: Several other drivers have committed to running the
bulk of the schedule with the World of Outlaws Sprint Series in 2005:
Terry McCarl, who has won the past six 410 sprint championships at
Knoxville Raceway; Shane Stewart, who is battling for the Kevin
Gobrecht Rookie of the Year title; Jason Solwold, a former track
champion at Skagit Speedway who also is chasing top rookie honors; Jac
Haudenschild, a long-time racer who earned a victory in August at
Eldora Speedway; Sammy Swindell, a sprint car legend and three-time
Outlaws champion, who has two A-feature victories this year; Kevin
Swindell, 16, who became the youngest driver to finish in the top 10
with the Outlaws when finished sixth in the feature at Parramatta City
Raceway in January; and Jac Haudenschild, who is in Dennis Roth’s No.
83jr machine but drove the No. 83 car to victory Aug. 5 at Eldora.
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• Tune into the Web: If fans can’t get to any of the upcoming races,
they can experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws Sprint
Series live on Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network, where
announcer John Gibson keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout the
event. 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. For
technical support or questions, e-mail webmaster@dirtvision.com.
• Hear it firsthand: RACEceiver is the Official Driver Communicator of
DIRT MotorSports. A compact radio receiver that conveniently fits into
a driver’s pocket, a RACEceiver allows each driver to hear directions
from series officials, which greatly enhances the safety and timeliness
of events. A similar version available to fans will allow RACEceiver
users to hear what information series officials are relaying to the
drivers. For more information about RACEceiver, visit
www.raceceiver.com, call 866-301-7223, or look for their sales trailers
at various events.
QUOTABLE
Craig Dollansky, driver of the Karavan Motorsports No. 7
VMAC/Karavan/Fulton Performance Products J&J from Elk River, Minn., who
has two A-feature victories and two preliminary feature wins this
season
On staying motivated after the Knoxville Nationals: “I just think July
is definitely a tough month, there’s a lot of racing, a lot of travel.
Heading out West, it’s actually more of a relaxed atmosphere compared
to running through the month of July and preparing for the Nationals
and getting through that event. It’s a little bit more of a relaxed
atmosphere after that and for us we’re going to work hard to finish
this season out as strong as we can and prepare for next year.”
On racing at the same track for two-three nights at a time: “There’s a
need where you need to do that throughout the season where you go to a
bunch of different tracks, but it’s kind of nice where you’re at the
same track for a weekend and then you roll on to the next one for a
weekend. I think it works out pretty well.”
Tim Hanson, Burlington, Wash.-based owner of the No. 8 Rush Racing
Eagle
On going to Elma: “This is second only to the Nationals for our team.
There isn’t another race I’d like to win. Cedar Lake was great, Fulton
was great, but Elma would be the cat’s meow. We reserved about 130
seats, campsites, things for the children, and we’ll be announcing
another sponsor.”
Tim Kaeding, driver of the Dennis Roth No. 83 Beef Packers Eagle from
San Jose, Calif., who won earlier this season at Sheboygan County Fair
Park
On staying motivated after the Knoxville Nationals: “Basically we need
to just keep our chins up. We got hit hard at the Nationals and didn’t
do what we needed to do. We were fast every night but just had a lot of
bad luck. It’s hard to say. We’re going back to California where Dennis
wants us to do good and hopefully we can just do it. We’re going back
to my stomping grounds so hopefully we can just pick up our game, hit
it as hard as we can back at home and have some fun with it. … Every
night you come out here, we have about 30 races left or something like
that, I’m just going to hit every one as hard as I can and try to win
every night. Hopefully the tracks when we get back to California will
be racy. We’re going to a lot of short tracks and some of these guys
don’t like short tracks. It’ll be entertaining, I can tell you that.”
Kraig Kinser, second-year driver of the Steve Kinser Racing No. 11k
Remy/Hoosier/Quaker State/Sander/Pilot Travel Centers Maxim from
Bloomington, Ind., who captured the 45th Annual Knoxville Nationals
championship on Aug. 14
On staying motivated after the Knoxville Nationals: “I guess we’ll
figure out how good we are about doing that in the next little while.
I’m just trying to keep momentum going and running good, finishing
consistently in the top five would be nice and just keep my momentum
driving all the way to the end of the year.”
On the upcoming West Coast tour: “I’m looking forward to the whole
swing, getting a second go-around at all the tracks and improving at
some of the ones we were bad at and staying good at the ones we were
good at. We’ll try to do that and get the guys some relaxation before
Elma, go fishing for a little bit, keep them happy and we’ll have a
good end of the year.”
Steve Kinser, the 19-time series champion and driver of the Steve
Kinser Racing No. 11 Quaker State/Q Oils/Hoosier/Remy/Pilot Travel
Centers Maxim from Bloomington, Ind., who won the Kings Royal title in
July
On staying motivated after the Knoxville Nationals: “Right now there
are some pretty good point races going all the way back. I’ve stretched
the front out a little bit but there’s pretty close racing all the way
back through there. This group of guys right here, they’re out there to
win races. They’re going to run hard until the last race of the year.
Maybe some of the tension gets away from it a little bit, sort of takes
some of the pressure off. … It just seems a little different this year.
I always come out here to relax. You need to start getting cooled down
a little bit and just sort of take it easy, but still you’ve got to get
up and run. For me, it’s been pretty simple this year. We’ve had good
racecars to drive and it has been a lot of fun to drive. We’ve been
running so good, you don’t want to relax a whole lot. You want to keep
on plugging away and finish the year off good.”
On the upcoming West Coast tour: “I enjoy it all the time. I enjoy it
in the spring when we’re running on the weekends and don’t have the
hectic pace, but I still enjoy racing through June, July and August
when we run really hard, too. That’s still a fun part of it. It’s a
good combination of both.”
Danny Lasoski, the 2001 series champion and driver of the Tony Stewart
Motorsports No. 20 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker/Pilot Fuel/Mopar/JD
Byrider/Hoosier Eagle who has two preliminary feature wins this season
On staying motivated through the end of the season: “Everybody knows on
this team we win together and we lose together. We’ve got the hardest
working guys out here. We struggled all year with having bad luck, but
it just goes to show you we haven’t given up on winning races. We’re
just going to carry on and to try to put together the last part of the
year and win some races.”
On the upcoming West Coast tour: “It’s about the same as always for me.
I’m going to go out and run Elma and stay out. When we get down to
Calistoga, Steve Kinser and I are going to fly to Richmond and run an
IROC race and come back to Chico.”
Terry McCarl, a six-time Knoxville Raceway champion and driver of the
McCarl No. 24 Big Game Treestands/Country Builders/Clean-O/Bosma Eagle
On staying motivated through the end of the season: “It can be
difficult. If you haven’t made money by now, the big chances are gone
but there’s still a lot of good racing left. It’s difficult because you
have to stay focused, crew guys and everything. Right now there’s a lot
of turmoil because some guys are switching teams as far as crew members
and people are worn out and tired and realizing the year might not be
as good as they it was going to be. Reality sets in about this time of
year. For me, I’m disappointed over the Nationals because I thought we
were one of the fastest cars there again and weather kind of played
havoc with that and we had some bad mechanical luck. I try to stay
optimistic and I can’t wait for next year, but right now it’s taking
one race at a time, staying focused and try to finish out what we
started, trying to run top 10 with these guys.
On the upcoming West Coast tour: “There are a lot of neat places to go
and see in California. I lived out there for a couple of years. My wife
is flying into Calistoga. Everybody likes the Calistoga area with the
wineries and then my Country Builders Construction sponsor is from the
Bay Area not too far from there so I usually make a day of it in San
Francisco. There are a lot of things to do in California that makes it
fun. The weather is also almost always good. There are tricky
racetracks, Chico and them can be pretty rough and California guys are
pretty tough on their own turf, too, just like everywhere we go,
really.”
Paul McMahan, a California native living in Nashville who drives the
David Helm No. 11H Selma ShellGarrett Racing Engines/Quality Sound
Maxim
On staying motivated through the end of the season: “Everybody stays
pretty motivated on my team. Knoxville is just another race. It pays a
lot of money, but it’s just another race. Going to the West Coast is
nice because it’s where [car owner] Dave [Helm] and I are from and we
get to see our families that we don’t get to see very often. I get to
see a lot of friends and race in front of a lot of fans I haven’t seen
in a long time. That keeps me going. Just getting back home and seeing
my mom and my dad, my grandparents, my in-laws and all that keeps me
motivated. I’m more motivated just to race. I don’t care if it pays
$100,000 to win or $5,000 to win, I just want to race.”
Jason Meyers, a four-time A-feature winner from Clovis, Calif., and
driver of the Elite Racing Team No. 14 Elite
Landscaping/Pacific-Union/Primerica/Lafferty/Berry/Riverstone/Carter
Maxim
On staying motivated through the end of the season: “For me personally,
we’re going back out to California, which is home first and second we
go to some tracks that I’ve been to more than a lot of the other tracks
I get to. I’m looking forward to the whole swing. I think there are a
lot of things to look forward to on this swing. There are some days
off. We’re going through some beautiful country where we could maybe
enjoy the lake for a couple of days or something like that. As well as,
we’re on the downhill swing of the season. I think we have about 25
races left and we’re going to try to finish real strong and keep up the
momentum that we’ve carried all year long. I think it’s really
important to stay strong through the end of the year and not look at it
as the end of the year, look at it as if we’re still in the middle of
the season, stay fresh, stay strong and finish strong. … I think when
Knoxville is over, everybody takes a deep breath and some guys rebound
from that deep breath and some don’t. It’s real important for our team
to stay focused on what we’re trying to achieve. I think being second
in the points really motivates our team to stay strong and try to keep
the team there. Good guys stay motivated and these guys do a great job.
You will see guys start to bounce around from team to team right now
because they’ve gone through the big push of the year and if they were
unhappy this is the time where they’re going to do something about it
and look for something else for next year.”
Public Relations Director
WHAT
• The World of Outlaws Sprint Series continues Brownfield Promotions’
Wild, Wild Northwest Tour with a two-night event Aug. 26-27 at Grays
Harbor Raceway in Elma, Wash., a state well represented this season on
the tour by the owners of Rush Racing and Rudeen Racing as well as
driver Jason Solwold. After Grays Harbor, the Outlaws invade Cottage
Grove Speedway Aug. 30 in Cottage Grove, Ore., where last season Kraig
Kinser earned the first A-feature victory of his career.
WHERE
• To get to Grays Harbor Raceway, travel 30 miles west of Olympia via
Highway 8.
• To get to Cottage Grove Speedway, take Interstate 5 south to exit
174, then go one block to Gateway, one block on North 19th St., right
for 0.3 miles on Ostrander Lane, then 0.4 miles north on Douglas (next
to fairgrounds).
WHEN
• At Grays Harbor, ticket sales Friday and Saturday are set for 3 p.m.,
front gates slated to open at 5 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.
• At Cottage Grove, the front gates are scheduled to open at noon with
racing at 7 p.m.
TICKETS
• Tickets for the Grays Harbor Raceway event are $72 for a two-day
adult pass and $37 for juniors 10 and under. For ticket information,
call 1-800-825-4832 or go to
http://www.brownfieldent.com/GHR/GHR_home.htm.
• Tickets for Cottage Grove are $36 for adults and $18 for children 10
and under. For more information, call 1-800-825-4832 or go to
http://www.brownfieldent.com/WoO/CGS.htm.
WEB SITES
• The World of Outlaws Sprint Series is at
http://www.dirtmotorsports.com/sprint/.
• Grays Harbor Raceway is at
http://www.brownfieldent.com/GHR/GHR_home.htm.
• Cottage Grove Speedway is at http://www.cottagegrovespeedway.com/ or
http://www.brownfieldent.com/WoO/CGS.htm.
• Brownfield Promotions’ Wild, Wild Northwest Tour is at
http://www.brownfieldent.com/WoO/WoO_home.htm
• Listen live to all World of Outlaws Sprint Series races on the DIRT
Radio Network at Dirtvision.com. Go to http://www.dirtvision.com for
more information.
ABOUT THE TRACKS
• Grays Harbor Raceway is a high-banked 3/8-mile oval. Craig Dollansky
established the single-lap record in a World of Outlaws Sprint Series
event of 11.915 seconds on Aug. 27, 2004.
• Cottage Grove Speedway is a semi-banked 1/4-mile oval. Randy Hannagan
owns the single-lap record in a World of Outlaws event having run a
10.305-second lap on Aug. 23, 1999.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
World of Outlaws A-feature winners at Grays Harbor Raceway include:
2004 – Steve Kinser on Aug. 28
2003 – Jason Meyers on Aug. 23
2002 – Tim Shaffer on Aug. 17
2001 – Stevie Smith on Aug. 18
2000 – Mark Kinser on Aug. 20
1999 – Mark Kinser on Aug. 21
1998 – Steve Kinser on Aug. 22
1997 – Sammy Swindell on Aug. 23
1996 – Dave Blaney on Aug. 24.
World of Outlaws A-feature winners at Cottage Grove Speedway include:
2004 – Kraig Kinser on Aug. 31
2003 – Steve Kinser on Aug. 26
2002 – Danny Lasoski on Aug. 27
2000 – Steve Kinser on Aug. 29
1999 – Danny Lasoski on Aug. 23
1998 – Donny Schatz on Aug. 24
1997 – Sammy Swindell on Aug. 25
1996 – Mark Kinser on Aug. 27
1995 – Steve Kinser on Aug. 29
1994 – Dave Blaney on Aug. 31.
TELEVISION
• The Outdoor Channel will air the Polydome Princeton National from
Princeton Speedway on Aug. 24, followed Aug. 31 by the event from
Billings Motorsports Park and Sept. 7 by the show from Grays Harbor
Raceway.
World of Outlaws Sprint Series Standings, through BMP Speedway
A-feature, Aug. 20, 2005
Driver Team Team Team Team A-feature
Rank Driver Points Points Earnings Diff. Wins Top 5 Top 10
1 Steve Kinser 7421 7421 $375,830 0 17 37 48
2 Jason Meyers 6971 6971 $176,620 -450 4 18 38
3 Craig Dollansky 6909 6909 $161,370 -512 2 18 33
4 Kraig Kinser 6769 6769 $302,450 -652 6 20 32
5 Danny Lasoski 6618 6618 $154,485 -803 0 11 28
6 Donny Schatz 6586 6586 $204,210 -835 4 13 27
7 Paul McMahan 6476 6476 $102,940 -945 0 7 20
8 Brooke Tatnell* 6448 6724 $156,235 -697 2 16 28
9 Tim Shaffer 6414 6414 $145,115 -1007 3 10 21
10 Terry McCarl 6376 6376 $110,600 -1045 0 9 21
11 Daryn Pittman 6362 6362 $122,215 -1059 2 9 22
12 Shane Stewart 6235 6235 $113,485 -1186 0 5 20
13 Joey Saldana 6173 6173 $120,655 -1248 0 10 20
14 Brian Paulus 6124 6124 $105,110 -1297 2 6 16
15 Jason Sides 5988 5988 $65,660 -1433 0 2 7
16 Jason Solwold 5745 5745 $78,240 -1676 0 4 10
17 Tim Kaeding** 5624 6348 $123,560 -1073 2*** 9 22
18 Brandon Wimmer 5315 5315 $40,720 -2106 0 0 2
19 Sammy Swindell 4212 4062 $110,880 -3359 2 14 17
20 Kevin Swindell 2978 2978 $25,105 -4443 0 1 3
*Rush Racing’s No. 8 car driven by Brooke Tatnell is fifth in owners’
points.
**Dennis Roth’s No. 83 car driven by Tim Kaeding is 12th in owners’
points.
***The second of the two victories for the No. 83 car driven by Tim
Kaeding was earned by Jac Haudenschild.
NEWS & NOTES
• On the Web: The Official World of Outlaws Sprint Series Web site is
overhauled and now alive at http://www.dirtmotorsports.com/sprint.
Among the features are updated driver biographies with individual
statistics and pictures, race-by-race statistics, detailed track
information and race coverage, series news and team press releases.
Links to the media kit and official rulebook also can be found at the
bottom of the home page.
• Victory parade: Daryn Pittman’s victory at BMP Speedway in Billings,
Mont., was his second A-feature win this season after previously taking
the checkered flag April 23 at 81 Speedway in Wichita. … Steve Kinser
earned his series-leading 17th A-feature victory Aug. 16 at Red River
Valley Speedway in West Fargo, N.D. Kinser’s victory Friday at Billings
was his second preliminary feature win this season. … Shane Stewart won
the second preliminary A-main Aug. 12 at Knoxville Raceway, visiting
Victory Lane with the Outlaws for the first time this season and making
him the 22nd different driver to do so. There have been 16 different
A-feature winners. … Kraig Kinser captured the Knoxville Nationals on
Aug. 14 for his sixth A-feature victory of the season. He also has a
preliminary feature win at Las Vegas. … Jason Meyers earned his fourth
win of the season July 2 at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo,
N.D. … Donny Schatz also has four A-feature victories, winning most
recently on July 8 in Joliet, Ill. … Tim Shaffer’s victory July 19 in
the Silver Cup was his third of the season, going with wins Lake Ozark
Speedway and Thunderbowl Raceway. … Craig Dollansky has won two
features, most recently at Powercom Park, and he also has two
preliminary feature wins. … Brian Paulus won June 28 at Huset’s
Speedway for his second victory of the season, and picked up a
preliminary feature win in the following race at Red River Valley
Speedway. … Brooke Tatnell has two A-feature victories, winning at
Cedar Lake and Fulton speedways, as well as a preliminary feature win
at Princeton Speedway. … Sammy Swindell won his second A-feature of the
season June 4 at Eldora Speedway. Swindell also has a preliminary
feature win April 8 at Eldora and Aug. 14 at Knoxville Raceway in the
Nationals’ non-qualifiers event. … Fred Rahmer won the Summer Nationals
crown July 23 and picked up a preliminary feature win in the Knoxville
Nationals on Aug. 10. … Single-event winners include Jac Haudenschild
on Aug. 5 at Eldora Speedway, Stevie Smith July 13 at Attica Raceway
Park, Tim Kaeding June 11 at Sheboygan County Fair Park, Chad Kemenah
July 9 at I-55 Raceway, and Jeff Shepard Feb. 11 at Volusia Speedway
Park. … In preliminary features, Danny Lasoski has won twice while Joey
Saldana, Kerry Madsen, Paul McMahan and Jason Johnson have each won
once.
• Preliminary winners: Drivers who have raced to victory in preliminary
features this season include (in alphabetical order) Craig Dollansky
twice (Manzanita/Williams Grove), Jason Johnson once (Williams Grove),
Kraig Kinser once (Las Vegas), Steve Kinser twice (Eagle/Billings),
Danny Lasoski twice (Australia/Knoxville), Kerry Madsen once
(Australia), Paul McMahan once (Williams Grove), Brian Paulus once (Red
River Valley), Fred Rahmer once (Knoxville), Joey Saldana once
(Lernerville), Shane Stewart once (Knoxville), Brooke Tatnell once
(Princeton), Sammy Swindell twice (Eldora/Knoxville).
• 3/8-mile winners: Grays Harbor Raceway is a high-banked 3/8-mile
oval. Including preliminaries, the series has raced 11 times this
season on tracks that length, at Pike County Speedway, Houston Raceway
Park, Batesville Speedway, Outlaw Motor Speedway, 81 Speedway, Huset’s
Speedway, Cedar Lake Speedway, Attica Raceway Park, Fulton Speedway and
BMP Speedway. Steve Kinser held off Brooke Tatnell to win at Pike
County, Donny Schatz edged Steve Kinser at Houston, Kraig Kinser
dominated at Batesville, Steve Kinser snuck past Jason Meyers late at
Outlaw, Daryn Pittman cruised to victory at 81 Speedway, Jason Meyers
outlasted the field at Sharon, Brian Paulus started on the pole and won
at Huset’s, Brooke Tatnell picked up his first win of the year at Cedar
Lake and his second at Fulton, Stevie Smith won at Attica, and Daryn
Pittman and Steve Kinser won at BMP Speedway.
• Quarter masters: The race at Cottage Grove Speedway is on a
quarter-mile oval. The series has raced six times this season on tracks
that size, including preliminary features. Steve Kinser won April 16 at
Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind.; Tim Kaeding won June 11 at
Sheboygan County Fair Park in Sheboygan, Wis.; Kraig Kinser won June 14
at Kokomo Speedway in Kokomo, Ind.; Brooke Tatnell won July 29 at
Princeton Speedway in Princeton, Minn.; Steve Kinser won July 30 at
Princeton; and Kraig Kinser won Aug. 3 at Lawrenceburg.
• The Mean 15: The impressive 2005 edition of the World of Outlaws
Sprint Series’ Mean 15 racers includes Craig Dollansky (No. 7 owned by
Karavan Motorsports), Tim Kaeding (No. 83 owned by Dennis Roth), Kraig
Kinser (No. 11k owned by Steve Kinser Racing), Steve Kinser (No. 11
owned by Steve Kinser Racing), Danny Lasoski (No. 20 owned by Tony
Stewart Motorsports), Paul McMahan (No. 11h owned by David Helm), Jason
Meyers (No. 14 owned by the Elite Racing Team), Brian Paulus (No. 28
owned by P&P Motorsports), Daryn Pittman (No. 21 owned by Titan
Racing), Joey Saldana (No. 2 owned by Woodward Racing), Donny Schatz
(No. 15 owned by Schatz Motorsports), Tim Shaffer (No. 6 owned by
Parsons Motorsports), Jason Sides (No. 7s owned by Sides Motorsports),
Brooke Tatnell (No. 8 owned by Rush Racing), and Brandon Wimmer (No.
7tw owned by Wimmer-Luck Racing).
• On tour, too: Several other drivers have committed to running the
bulk of the schedule with the World of Outlaws Sprint Series in 2005:
Terry McCarl, who has won the past six 410 sprint championships at
Knoxville Raceway; Shane Stewart, who is battling for the Kevin
Gobrecht Rookie of the Year title; Jason Solwold, a former track
champion at Skagit Speedway who also is chasing top rookie honors; Jac
Haudenschild, a long-time racer who earned a victory in August at
Eldora Speedway; Sammy Swindell, a sprint car legend and three-time
Outlaws champion, who has two A-feature victories this year; Kevin
Swindell, 16, who became the youngest driver to finish in the top 10
with the Outlaws when finished sixth in the feature at Parramatta City
Raceway in January; and Jac Haudenschild, who is in Dennis Roth’s No.
83jr machine but drove the No. 83 car to victory Aug. 5 at Eldora.
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• Tune into the Web: If fans can’t get to any of the upcoming races,
they can experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws Sprint
Series live on Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network, where
announcer John Gibson keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout the
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QUOTABLE
Craig Dollansky, driver of the Karavan Motorsports No. 7
VMAC/Karavan/Fulton Performance Products J&J from Elk River, Minn., who
has two A-feature victories and two preliminary feature wins this
season
On staying motivated after the Knoxville Nationals: “I just think July
is definitely a tough month, there’s a lot of racing, a lot of travel.
Heading out West, it’s actually more of a relaxed atmosphere compared
to running through the month of July and preparing for the Nationals
and getting through that event. It’s a little bit more of a relaxed
atmosphere after that and for us we’re going to work hard to finish
this season out as strong as we can and prepare for next year.”
On racing at the same track for two-three nights at a time: “There’s a
need where you need to do that throughout the season where you go to a
bunch of different tracks, but it’s kind of nice where you’re at the
same track for a weekend and then you roll on to the next one for a
weekend. I think it works out pretty well.”
Tim Hanson, Burlington, Wash.-based owner of the No. 8 Rush Racing
Eagle
On going to Elma: “This is second only to the Nationals for our team.
There isn’t another race I’d like to win. Cedar Lake was great, Fulton
was great, but Elma would be the cat’s meow. We reserved about 130
seats, campsites, things for the children, and we’ll be announcing
another sponsor.”
Tim Kaeding, driver of the Dennis Roth No. 83 Beef Packers Eagle from
San Jose, Calif., who won earlier this season at Sheboygan County Fair
Park
On staying motivated after the Knoxville Nationals: “Basically we need
to just keep our chins up. We got hit hard at the Nationals and didn’t
do what we needed to do. We were fast every night but just had a lot of
bad luck. It’s hard to say. We’re going back to California where Dennis
wants us to do good and hopefully we can just do it. We’re going back
to my stomping grounds so hopefully we can just pick up our game, hit
it as hard as we can back at home and have some fun with it. … Every
night you come out here, we have about 30 races left or something like
that, I’m just going to hit every one as hard as I can and try to win
every night. Hopefully the tracks when we get back to California will
be racy. We’re going to a lot of short tracks and some of these guys
don’t like short tracks. It’ll be entertaining, I can tell you that.”
Kraig Kinser, second-year driver of the Steve Kinser Racing No. 11k
Remy/Hoosier/Quaker State/Sander/Pilot Travel Centers Maxim from
Bloomington, Ind., who captured the 45th Annual Knoxville Nationals
championship on Aug. 14
On staying motivated after the Knoxville Nationals: “I guess we’ll
figure out how good we are about doing that in the next little while.
I’m just trying to keep momentum going and running good, finishing
consistently in the top five would be nice and just keep my momentum
driving all the way to the end of the year.”
On the upcoming West Coast tour: “I’m looking forward to the whole
swing, getting a second go-around at all the tracks and improving at
some of the ones we were bad at and staying good at the ones we were
good at. We’ll try to do that and get the guys some relaxation before
Elma, go fishing for a little bit, keep them happy and we’ll have a
good end of the year.”
Steve Kinser, the 19-time series champion and driver of the Steve
Kinser Racing No. 11 Quaker State/Q Oils/Hoosier/Remy/Pilot Travel
Centers Maxim from Bloomington, Ind., who won the Kings Royal title in
July
On staying motivated after the Knoxville Nationals: “Right now there
are some pretty good point races going all the way back. I’ve stretched
the front out a little bit but there’s pretty close racing all the way
back through there. This group of guys right here, they’re out there to
win races. They’re going to run hard until the last race of the year.
Maybe some of the tension gets away from it a little bit, sort of takes
some of the pressure off. … It just seems a little different this year.
I always come out here to relax. You need to start getting cooled down
a little bit and just sort of take it easy, but still you’ve got to get
up and run. For me, it’s been pretty simple this year. We’ve had good
racecars to drive and it has been a lot of fun to drive. We’ve been
running so good, you don’t want to relax a whole lot. You want to keep
on plugging away and finish the year off good.”
On the upcoming West Coast tour: “I enjoy it all the time. I enjoy it
in the spring when we’re running on the weekends and don’t have the
hectic pace, but I still enjoy racing through June, July and August
when we run really hard, too. That’s still a fun part of it. It’s a
good combination of both.”
Danny Lasoski, the 2001 series champion and driver of the Tony Stewart
Motorsports No. 20 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker/Pilot Fuel/Mopar/JD
Byrider/Hoosier Eagle who has two preliminary feature wins this season
On staying motivated through the end of the season: “Everybody knows on
this team we win together and we lose together. We’ve got the hardest
working guys out here. We struggled all year with having bad luck, but
it just goes to show you we haven’t given up on winning races. We’re
just going to carry on and to try to put together the last part of the
year and win some races.”
On the upcoming West Coast tour: “It’s about the same as always for me.
I’m going to go out and run Elma and stay out. When we get down to
Calistoga, Steve Kinser and I are going to fly to Richmond and run an
IROC race and come back to Chico.”
Terry McCarl, a six-time Knoxville Raceway champion and driver of the
McCarl No. 24 Big Game Treestands/Country Builders/Clean-O/Bosma Eagle
On staying motivated through the end of the season: “It can be
difficult. If you haven’t made money by now, the big chances are gone
but there’s still a lot of good racing left. It’s difficult because you
have to stay focused, crew guys and everything. Right now there’s a lot
of turmoil because some guys are switching teams as far as crew members
and people are worn out and tired and realizing the year might not be
as good as they it was going to be. Reality sets in about this time of
year. For me, I’m disappointed over the Nationals because I thought we
were one of the fastest cars there again and weather kind of played
havoc with that and we had some bad mechanical luck. I try to stay
optimistic and I can’t wait for next year, but right now it’s taking
one race at a time, staying focused and try to finish out what we
started, trying to run top 10 with these guys.
On the upcoming West Coast tour: “There are a lot of neat places to go
and see in California. I lived out there for a couple of years. My wife
is flying into Calistoga. Everybody likes the Calistoga area with the
wineries and then my Country Builders Construction sponsor is from the
Bay Area not too far from there so I usually make a day of it in San
Francisco. There are a lot of things to do in California that makes it
fun. The weather is also almost always good. There are tricky
racetracks, Chico and them can be pretty rough and California guys are
pretty tough on their own turf, too, just like everywhere we go,
really.”
Paul McMahan, a California native living in Nashville who drives the
David Helm No. 11H Selma ShellGarrett Racing Engines/Quality Sound
Maxim
On staying motivated through the end of the season: “Everybody stays
pretty motivated on my team. Knoxville is just another race. It pays a
lot of money, but it’s just another race. Going to the West Coast is
nice because it’s where [car owner] Dave [Helm] and I are from and we
get to see our families that we don’t get to see very often. I get to
see a lot of friends and race in front of a lot of fans I haven’t seen
in a long time. That keeps me going. Just getting back home and seeing
my mom and my dad, my grandparents, my in-laws and all that keeps me
motivated. I’m more motivated just to race. I don’t care if it pays
$100,000 to win or $5,000 to win, I just want to race.”
Jason Meyers, a four-time A-feature winner from Clovis, Calif., and
driver of the Elite Racing Team No. 14 Elite
Landscaping/Pacific-Union/Primerica/Lafferty/Berry/Riverstone/Carter
Maxim
On staying motivated through the end of the season: “For me personally,
we’re going back out to California, which is home first and second we
go to some tracks that I’ve been to more than a lot of the other tracks
I get to. I’m looking forward to the whole swing. I think there are a
lot of things to look forward to on this swing. There are some days
off. We’re going through some beautiful country where we could maybe
enjoy the lake for a couple of days or something like that. As well as,
we’re on the downhill swing of the season. I think we have about 25
races left and we’re going to try to finish real strong and keep up the
momentum that we’ve carried all year long. I think it’s really
important to stay strong through the end of the year and not look at it
as the end of the year, look at it as if we’re still in the middle of
the season, stay fresh, stay strong and finish strong. … I think when
Knoxville is over, everybody takes a deep breath and some guys rebound
from that deep breath and some don’t. It’s real important for our team
to stay focused on what we’re trying to achieve. I think being second
in the points really motivates our team to stay strong and try to keep
the team there. Good guys stay motivated and these guys do a great job.
You will see guys start to bounce around from team to team right now
because they’ve gone through the big push of the year and if they were
unhappy this is the time where they’re going to do something about it
and look for something else for next year.”
