By Richard Day
SAN FELIPE PUEBLO, NM (November 2) – Steve Kinser moved ever closer to clinching his 17th Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series championship Saturday by winning his third straight feature race at Hollywood Hills Speedway.
“The King of the Outlaws,” who swept the features March 10th when the series christened the new facility, passed pole-sitter Donny Schatz late in the 14th lap and held off cousin Mark Kinser to win his fifth Preliminary Feature of the season.
“We’ve had a good year, and getting a win is a great way to finish up the season,” Kinser said. “We just want to avoid trouble and win a championship. My guys have just done a tremendous job all year long, and we look forward to wrapping things up next week (Friday and Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway).
Kinser, the eighth-fastest qualifier in the 48-car field, finished fifth in the First Heat Race and earned the right to start the 25-lap feature outside the front row by winning his 18th O’Reilly Auto Parts Dash of the year. Schatz, who won his series-leading 24th heat race of the season, started the feature on the pole after winning the First O’Reilly Auto Parts Dash.
Schatz drove his #15 Parker Stores J&J into the lead as the green flag fell in the Preliminary Feature. Brad Furr and Craig Dollansky exchanged fifth place during the first two laps before Tim Shaffer lost 13th place when he spun in turn four.
Fast qualifier Joey Saldana passed both Furr and Dollansky with an inside move between the third and fourth corners late in lap four. Danny Wood collided with several cars in turn four the next time around, bringing out the caution flag. Wood’s crew was unable to repair the damage to the front end of the #6 Casey’s General Stores Maxim in time for him to restart the race.
Furr and Second Heat Race winner Stevie Smith passed Saldana for fifth and sixth place during the eighth and 10th laps.
Schatz was .09 seconds ahead of Kinser when he entered lapped traffic late in lap 12. “The King of the Outlaws” gained on the 1997 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year in lapped traffic for two laps before taking the lead deep in the fourth corner. Mark Kinser, Steve’s second cousin, passed Schatz for the runner-up spot in the same place late in lap 16.
Saldana regained sixth place with an inside move past Smith in turn four the next time around, but lost the position several seconds later when he collided with Jeremy Campbell on the back straightaway. Fuel pump trouble on TH Racing’s #1X K&C Drywall Eagle forced Randy Hannagan into the pits during the caution period.
Danny Lasoski, Furr and Smith passed Schatz during the 19th and 21st laps.
Kinser was 2.9 seconds ahead of cousin Mark when he caught the back-markers early in lap 24. Tim Shaffer lost 13th place again when he collided with Ricky Logan and spun on the back straightaway with 1½ laps remaining, setting up a two-lap dash to the checkered flag.
“The King of the Outlaws” controlled the final restart, and drove his #11 Quaker State Maxim under the checkered flag with two seconds to spare.
“I was looking for something up top in (turns) one and two in case we got into trouble with traffic on the low side,” Kinser said. “I just wanted to see if I could hold my own up there.”
Lasoski finished in third place, ahead of Furr, Smith, Schatz, Dollansky, Fourth Heat Race winner Tyler Walker, Shane Stewart and Jac Haudenschild.
Daryn Pittman, who suffered a back injury in a crash at Hollywood Hills Speedway in March, qualified second quick but collided with Johnny Herrera while battling for the lead in the Second Heat Race. The 2001 World of Outlaws Gumout Series champion won the “B” Feature and drove the #21 Hop & Sac J&J into 11th place from inside the ninth row in the evening’s main event. Pittman also moved into 11th place in the point standings, passing Danny Wood.
Saldana, who leads the Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series with 21 fast times, paced the qualifying session with a 104.497 M.P.H. lap around Hollywood Hills’ semi-banked, 3/8-mile oval. WoO
2002 Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series
Hollywood Hills Speedway, San Felipe Pueblo, NM
Saturday, November 2, Preliminary Program
Qualifications: 1. Joey Saldana, Saldana 17, 12.919; 2. Daryn Pittman, Sher-Don Motorsports 21, 12.922; 3. Danny Wood, Parsons 6, 13.134; 4. Danny Lasoski, Stewart 20, 13.160; 5. Tim Shaffer, Roth 83, 13.229; 6. Mark Kinser, Kinser 5M,13.284; 7. Craig Dollansky, Karavan Racing 7, 13.339; 8. Steve Kinser, Kinser 11, 13.339; 9. Donny Schatz, Schatz 15,13.351; 10. Stevie Smith, Helm 11H, 13.388; 11. Shane Stewart, Chilcutt 4M,13.433; 12. Tyler Walker, C&W Motorsports 35, 13.526; 13. Ricky Logan, CSR Motorsports 3S, 13.554; 14. Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 13.569; 15. Jeff Slinkard, Martin 21AZ, 13.587; 16. Brad Furr, Furr 2, 13.610; 17. Jac Haudenschild, Forbrook 5, 13.627; 18. Johnny Herrera, Wilburn 2W, 13.658; 19. Sammy Swindell, Roth 83JR, 13.758; 20. Rich Bubak, Bubak 9X, 13.802; 21. Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10C, 13.861; 22. Dion Hindi, Hindi 11D, 13.913; 23. James High, High 23H, 13.951; 24. Bud Goodwin, Goodwin 15X, 14.007; 25. Ryan Coniam, Holbrook 8H, 14.022; 26. Marty Wilcox, Wilcox 3, 14.039; 27. Jeff Wheeler, Wheeler 23, 14.069; 28. Craig Stidham, Stidham 3C, 14.084; 29. Brian Paulus, P and P Motorsports 28, 14.143; 30. Danny Williams, Clark 97X, 14.187; 31. Rickey Hood, Herrera 45X, 14.199; 32. Jason Martin, Martin 36, 14.200; 33. Blake Mallory, Mallory 6M, 14.262; 34. Patrick Bourke, Bourke 27, 14.264; 35. Scott Box, Box 40X, 14.265; 36. Steve Martin, Martin 20AZ, 14.305; 37. Steve Cushman, Cushman 30, 14.325; 38. Robert Gomez, Gomez 54, 14.421; 39. Jeremy Shaeffer, Shaeffer 47, 14.422; 40. Jason Grady, Grady 45, 14.611; 41. Zeke Ziska, Ziska 24, 14.623; 42. Tim West, Tomello 77, 14.716; 43. Tim Crawley, Brooks 5X, 14.845; 44. Kyle Martin, Martin 35K, 15.103; 45. Larry Stoerkel, Steel 01, 15.473; 46. Chase Burson, Brooks 37, 15.511; 47. Jerry Johnston, Johnston 5D, 15.666; 48. LeRoy Apodaca, Apodaca 53A, 16.239.
First Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Donny Schatz, 2. Joey Saldana, 3. Brad Furr, 4. Jac Haudenschild, 5. Steve Kinser, 6. Ryan Coniam 7. Brian Paulus; 8. Blake Mallory; 9. Steve Cushman; 10. Zeke Ziska; 11. Larry Stoerkel; 12. Bud Goodwin. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
Second Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Stevie Smith, 2. Craig Dollansky, 3. Johnny Herrera, 4. Jeff Slinkard, 5. Marty Wilcox, 6. Daryn Pittman, 7. James High, 8. Danny Williams, 9. Robert Gomez, 10. Patrick Bourke, 11. Tim West, 12. Chase Burson. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
Third Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Sammy Swindell, 2. Shane Stewart, 3. Randy Hannagan, 4.Danny Wood, 5. Mark Kinser, 6. Dion Hindi, 7. Rickey Hood, 8. Jeff Wheeler, 9. Scott Box, 10. Tim Crawley, 11. Jeremy Shaeffer, 12.Jerry Johnston. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
Fourth Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Tyler Walker, 2. Jeremy Campbell, 3. Rich Bubak, 4. Ricky Logan, 5. Danny Lasoski, 6. Jason Martin, 7. Tim Shaffer, 8. Craig Stidham, 9. Steve Martin, 10. Kyle Martin, 11. Jason Grady, 12. LeRoy Apodaca. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
First O'Reilly Auto Parts Dash (five laps): 1. Donny Schatz, 2. Danny Lasoski, 3. Craig Dollansky, 4. Joey Saldana, 5. Shane Stewart, 6. Jac Haudenschild, 7. Jeff Slinkard, 8. Ricky Logan. (finish determined the inside starting positions in the first eight rows of the Preliminary Feature lineup)
Second O'Reilly Auto Parts Dash (five laps): 1. Steve Kinser, 2. Mark Kinser, 3. Brad Furr, 4. Stevie Smith, 5. Tyler Walker, 6. Randy Hannagan, 7. Danny Wood, 8. Johnny Herrera. (finish determined the outside starting positions in the first eight rows of the Preliminary Feature lineup)
C Feature (10 laps): 1. Steve Cushman, 2. Robert Gomez, 3. Kyle Martin ($100); 4. Jason Grady ($80); 5. Jeremy Schaeffer ($60); 6. Zeke Ziska ($50); 7. Larry Stoerkel ($40); 8. Jerry Johnston ($30); 9. Tim West ($25); 10. Tim Crawley ($25). (first two qualified for the “B” Feature)
B Feature (12 laps): 1. Daryn Pittman, 2. Tim Shaffer, 3. Dion Hindi, 4. Bud Goodwin, 5. Craig Stidham ($150); 6. Jason Martin ($125); 7. Rickey Hood ($100); 8. Ryan Coniam ($75); 9. Steve Martin ($60); 10. Blake Mallory ($50); 11. Robert Gomez ($60); 12. James High ($40); 13. Steve Cushman ($60); 14. Patrick Bourke ($40); 15. Scott Box ($40); 16. Brian Paulus ($40); 17. Danny Williams ($40); 18. Jeff Wheeler ($40). (first four qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
Preliminary Feature (25 laps): 1. Steve Kinser [2] ($5,000); 2. Mark Kinser [4] ($3,000); 3. Danny Lasoski [3] ($2,500); 4. Brad Furr [6] ($2,200); 5. Stevie Smith [8] ($2,100); 6. Donny Schatz [1] ($2,000); 7. Craig Dollansky [5] ($1,800); 8. Tyler Walker [10] ($1,600); 9. Shane Stewart [9] ($1,500); 10. Jac Haudenschild [11] ($1,300); 11. Daryn Pittman [17] ($1,220); 12. Ricky Logan [15] ($1,100); 13. Johnny Herrera [16] ($1,000); 14. Sammy Swindell [19] ($700); 15. Joey Saldana [7] ($600); 16. Jeff Slinkard [13] ($600); 17. Rich Bubak [20] ($600); 18. Tim Shaffer [18] ($620); 19. Bud Goodwin [23] ($620); 20. Dion Hindi [22] ($620); 21. Randy Hannagan [12] ($500); 22. Marty Wilcox [24] ($500); 23. Jeremy Campbell [21] ($500); 24. Danny Wood [14] ($500).
Lap leaders: Donny Schatz 1-13, Steve Kinser 14-25
SAN FELIPE PUEBLO, NM (November 2) – Steve Kinser moved ever closer to clinching his 17th Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series championship Saturday by winning his third straight feature race at Hollywood Hills Speedway.
“The King of the Outlaws,” who swept the features March 10th when the series christened the new facility, passed pole-sitter Donny Schatz late in the 14th lap and held off cousin Mark Kinser to win his fifth Preliminary Feature of the season.
“We’ve had a good year, and getting a win is a great way to finish up the season,” Kinser said. “We just want to avoid trouble and win a championship. My guys have just done a tremendous job all year long, and we look forward to wrapping things up next week (Friday and Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway).
Kinser, the eighth-fastest qualifier in the 48-car field, finished fifth in the First Heat Race and earned the right to start the 25-lap feature outside the front row by winning his 18th O’Reilly Auto Parts Dash of the year. Schatz, who won his series-leading 24th heat race of the season, started the feature on the pole after winning the First O’Reilly Auto Parts Dash.
Schatz drove his #15 Parker Stores J&J into the lead as the green flag fell in the Preliminary Feature. Brad Furr and Craig Dollansky exchanged fifth place during the first two laps before Tim Shaffer lost 13th place when he spun in turn four.
Fast qualifier Joey Saldana passed both Furr and Dollansky with an inside move between the third and fourth corners late in lap four. Danny Wood collided with several cars in turn four the next time around, bringing out the caution flag. Wood’s crew was unable to repair the damage to the front end of the #6 Casey’s General Stores Maxim in time for him to restart the race.
Furr and Second Heat Race winner Stevie Smith passed Saldana for fifth and sixth place during the eighth and 10th laps.
Schatz was .09 seconds ahead of Kinser when he entered lapped traffic late in lap 12. “The King of the Outlaws” gained on the 1997 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year in lapped traffic for two laps before taking the lead deep in the fourth corner. Mark Kinser, Steve’s second cousin, passed Schatz for the runner-up spot in the same place late in lap 16.
Saldana regained sixth place with an inside move past Smith in turn four the next time around, but lost the position several seconds later when he collided with Jeremy Campbell on the back straightaway. Fuel pump trouble on TH Racing’s #1X K&C Drywall Eagle forced Randy Hannagan into the pits during the caution period.
Danny Lasoski, Furr and Smith passed Schatz during the 19th and 21st laps.
Kinser was 2.9 seconds ahead of cousin Mark when he caught the back-markers early in lap 24. Tim Shaffer lost 13th place again when he collided with Ricky Logan and spun on the back straightaway with 1½ laps remaining, setting up a two-lap dash to the checkered flag.
“The King of the Outlaws” controlled the final restart, and drove his #11 Quaker State Maxim under the checkered flag with two seconds to spare.
“I was looking for something up top in (turns) one and two in case we got into trouble with traffic on the low side,” Kinser said. “I just wanted to see if I could hold my own up there.”
Lasoski finished in third place, ahead of Furr, Smith, Schatz, Dollansky, Fourth Heat Race winner Tyler Walker, Shane Stewart and Jac Haudenschild.
Daryn Pittman, who suffered a back injury in a crash at Hollywood Hills Speedway in March, qualified second quick but collided with Johnny Herrera while battling for the lead in the Second Heat Race. The 2001 World of Outlaws Gumout Series champion won the “B” Feature and drove the #21 Hop & Sac J&J into 11th place from inside the ninth row in the evening’s main event. Pittman also moved into 11th place in the point standings, passing Danny Wood.
Saldana, who leads the Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series with 21 fast times, paced the qualifying session with a 104.497 M.P.H. lap around Hollywood Hills’ semi-banked, 3/8-mile oval. WoO
2002 Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series
Hollywood Hills Speedway, San Felipe Pueblo, NM
Saturday, November 2, Preliminary Program
Qualifications: 1. Joey Saldana, Saldana 17, 12.919; 2. Daryn Pittman, Sher-Don Motorsports 21, 12.922; 3. Danny Wood, Parsons 6, 13.134; 4. Danny Lasoski, Stewart 20, 13.160; 5. Tim Shaffer, Roth 83, 13.229; 6. Mark Kinser, Kinser 5M,13.284; 7. Craig Dollansky, Karavan Racing 7, 13.339; 8. Steve Kinser, Kinser 11, 13.339; 9. Donny Schatz, Schatz 15,13.351; 10. Stevie Smith, Helm 11H, 13.388; 11. Shane Stewart, Chilcutt 4M,13.433; 12. Tyler Walker, C&W Motorsports 35, 13.526; 13. Ricky Logan, CSR Motorsports 3S, 13.554; 14. Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 13.569; 15. Jeff Slinkard, Martin 21AZ, 13.587; 16. Brad Furr, Furr 2, 13.610; 17. Jac Haudenschild, Forbrook 5, 13.627; 18. Johnny Herrera, Wilburn 2W, 13.658; 19. Sammy Swindell, Roth 83JR, 13.758; 20. Rich Bubak, Bubak 9X, 13.802; 21. Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10C, 13.861; 22. Dion Hindi, Hindi 11D, 13.913; 23. James High, High 23H, 13.951; 24. Bud Goodwin, Goodwin 15X, 14.007; 25. Ryan Coniam, Holbrook 8H, 14.022; 26. Marty Wilcox, Wilcox 3, 14.039; 27. Jeff Wheeler, Wheeler 23, 14.069; 28. Craig Stidham, Stidham 3C, 14.084; 29. Brian Paulus, P and P Motorsports 28, 14.143; 30. Danny Williams, Clark 97X, 14.187; 31. Rickey Hood, Herrera 45X, 14.199; 32. Jason Martin, Martin 36, 14.200; 33. Blake Mallory, Mallory 6M, 14.262; 34. Patrick Bourke, Bourke 27, 14.264; 35. Scott Box, Box 40X, 14.265; 36. Steve Martin, Martin 20AZ, 14.305; 37. Steve Cushman, Cushman 30, 14.325; 38. Robert Gomez, Gomez 54, 14.421; 39. Jeremy Shaeffer, Shaeffer 47, 14.422; 40. Jason Grady, Grady 45, 14.611; 41. Zeke Ziska, Ziska 24, 14.623; 42. Tim West, Tomello 77, 14.716; 43. Tim Crawley, Brooks 5X, 14.845; 44. Kyle Martin, Martin 35K, 15.103; 45. Larry Stoerkel, Steel 01, 15.473; 46. Chase Burson, Brooks 37, 15.511; 47. Jerry Johnston, Johnston 5D, 15.666; 48. LeRoy Apodaca, Apodaca 53A, 16.239.
First Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Donny Schatz, 2. Joey Saldana, 3. Brad Furr, 4. Jac Haudenschild, 5. Steve Kinser, 6. Ryan Coniam 7. Brian Paulus; 8. Blake Mallory; 9. Steve Cushman; 10. Zeke Ziska; 11. Larry Stoerkel; 12. Bud Goodwin. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
Second Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Stevie Smith, 2. Craig Dollansky, 3. Johnny Herrera, 4. Jeff Slinkard, 5. Marty Wilcox, 6. Daryn Pittman, 7. James High, 8. Danny Williams, 9. Robert Gomez, 10. Patrick Bourke, 11. Tim West, 12. Chase Burson. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
Third Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Sammy Swindell, 2. Shane Stewart, 3. Randy Hannagan, 4.Danny Wood, 5. Mark Kinser, 6. Dion Hindi, 7. Rickey Hood, 8. Jeff Wheeler, 9. Scott Box, 10. Tim Crawley, 11. Jeremy Shaeffer, 12.Jerry Johnston. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
Fourth Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Tyler Walker, 2. Jeremy Campbell, 3. Rich Bubak, 4. Ricky Logan, 5. Danny Lasoski, 6. Jason Martin, 7. Tim Shaffer, 8. Craig Stidham, 9. Steve Martin, 10. Kyle Martin, 11. Jason Grady, 12. LeRoy Apodaca. (first five qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
First O'Reilly Auto Parts Dash (five laps): 1. Donny Schatz, 2. Danny Lasoski, 3. Craig Dollansky, 4. Joey Saldana, 5. Shane Stewart, 6. Jac Haudenschild, 7. Jeff Slinkard, 8. Ricky Logan. (finish determined the inside starting positions in the first eight rows of the Preliminary Feature lineup)
Second O'Reilly Auto Parts Dash (five laps): 1. Steve Kinser, 2. Mark Kinser, 3. Brad Furr, 4. Stevie Smith, 5. Tyler Walker, 6. Randy Hannagan, 7. Danny Wood, 8. Johnny Herrera. (finish determined the outside starting positions in the first eight rows of the Preliminary Feature lineup)
C Feature (10 laps): 1. Steve Cushman, 2. Robert Gomez, 3. Kyle Martin ($100); 4. Jason Grady ($80); 5. Jeremy Schaeffer ($60); 6. Zeke Ziska ($50); 7. Larry Stoerkel ($40); 8. Jerry Johnston ($30); 9. Tim West ($25); 10. Tim Crawley ($25). (first two qualified for the “B” Feature)
B Feature (12 laps): 1. Daryn Pittman, 2. Tim Shaffer, 3. Dion Hindi, 4. Bud Goodwin, 5. Craig Stidham ($150); 6. Jason Martin ($125); 7. Rickey Hood ($100); 8. Ryan Coniam ($75); 9. Steve Martin ($60); 10. Blake Mallory ($50); 11. Robert Gomez ($60); 12. James High ($40); 13. Steve Cushman ($60); 14. Patrick Bourke ($40); 15. Scott Box ($40); 16. Brian Paulus ($40); 17. Danny Williams ($40); 18. Jeff Wheeler ($40). (first four qualified for the Preliminary Feature)
Preliminary Feature (25 laps): 1. Steve Kinser [2] ($5,000); 2. Mark Kinser [4] ($3,000); 3. Danny Lasoski [3] ($2,500); 4. Brad Furr [6] ($2,200); 5. Stevie Smith [8] ($2,100); 6. Donny Schatz [1] ($2,000); 7. Craig Dollansky [5] ($1,800); 8. Tyler Walker [10] ($1,600); 9. Shane Stewart [9] ($1,500); 10. Jac Haudenschild [11] ($1,300); 11. Daryn Pittman [17] ($1,220); 12. Ricky Logan [15] ($1,100); 13. Johnny Herrera [16] ($1,000); 14. Sammy Swindell [19] ($700); 15. Joey Saldana [7] ($600); 16. Jeff Slinkard [13] ($600); 17. Rich Bubak [20] ($600); 18. Tim Shaffer [18] ($620); 19. Bud Goodwin [23] ($620); 20. Dion Hindi [22] ($620); 21. Randy Hannagan [12] ($500); 22. Marty Wilcox [24] ($500); 23. Jeremy Campbell [21] ($500); 24. Danny Wood [14] ($500).
Lap leaders: Donny Schatz 1-13, Steve Kinser 14-25
