By Richard Day
LAS VEGAS, NV (November 9) – No matter how much success Steve Kinser achieves, he always sets more goals for himself. As he approached the Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series championship in recent weeks, “The King of the Outlaws” said he wanted “to win a few more “A” Features to reach an even 20.”
Kinser, who clinched his 17th series championship a week before, reached his goal of 20 victories Saturday in the season finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, holding off P.J. Chesson and Tim Shaffer while leading all 30 laps.
“There’s a lot of good racers here,” Kinser said. “P.J. likes these TV shows and all the bright lights and everything. I saw him getting around the bottom pretty good, but we had a pretty good car, too. After that (10th-lap) restart, I just wanted to stay smooth and not make any mistakes with the lapped cars. It was getting pretty tough to pass, but there was just enough there coming out of (turn) two and (turn) four, and I was trying to keep some lapped cars between us. We’ll let Mark (Kinser) have the prelim; we’ll take the big ones.”
The Speed Channel taped all the action for a January 9, 2003, telecast scheduled to start at 11 p.m. Eastern Time. The preliminary program was also taped and will be aired January 2nd.
Kinser drove his #11 Quaker State Maxim past Mark Kinser to win his 20th O’Reilly Auto Parts Dash of the season. Winning the five-lap race gave him the pole position in the main event.
Kinser burst into the lead as the green flag fell in the “A” Feature. Chesson and Shaffer passed Mark, Steve’s second cousin, early in the opening lap. “The King of the Outlaws” was 10 car-lengths ahead of Chesson when he entered lapped traffic during the seventh lap. Engine problems in the #5M Mopar Maxim forced Mark out of the race two laps later.
Travis Cram’s #92 sprinter lost its left rear tire late in the 10th lap, causing him to turn over. World of Outlaws Gumout Series champion Tyler Walker collided with several cars trying to avoid the crash and flipped into the retaining wall in the fourth corner.
Craig Dollansky, who claimed the $25,000 Ratbag Cup first prize by finishing fourth in the main event, exchanged the position with Randy Hannagan during the 12th and 13th laps. Ratbag is the official developer of the World of Outlaws video games for PC and Sony PlayStation2. The Ratbag Cup is a season-long points battle that involves televised Speed Channel events.
“Ratbag has done a great job with the Playstation game,” Dollansky said. “My sons, Lucas and Garrett, got me hooked on it, and I’m just happy to be here for V-Mac, Polydome and Karavan Motorsports. I’m not sure how they set those cars up, but Lucas is usually pretty good in that #7 car. I’m just glad we had an opportunity to be a part of it.”
Joey Saldana, who led the series with 21 fast times, passed Hannagan for fifth place late in the 17th lap. Kinser caught the back-markers with a 12-car-length advantage the next time around. Chesson, who won the preliminary feature at Red River Valley Speedway in the Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series’ first Speed Channel telecast in July, caught Kinser in dense lapped traffic early in lap 23. Chesson was challenging for the lead two laps later when he bumped the berm in turn two, allowing Shaffer to pass him for the runner-up spot.
Sammy Swindell, who won the 2000 Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series season finale in Las Vegas, started inside the ninth row and passed 11 cars during the first 20 laps. The series’ three-time champion passed 1999 season finale winner Donny Schatz for fifth place late in lap 26.
Shaffer raced wheel-to-wheel with Kinser through the third and fourth corners late in the final lap, but was unable to surge ahead. Less than a car-length separated the 1999 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year from “The King of the Outlaws” at the checkered flag.
“The Beef Packers guys did a great job all year long,” Shaffer said. “We just kept getting better and better all year long, and hopefully we’ll just be stronger next year. We really wanted to win this one. We gave it all we had, but just came up a little bit short. Steve did a great job, not only tonight but all year long.”
Chesson finished in third place, ahead of Dollansky, Swindell, Schatz, Saldana, Hannagan, Johnny Herrera and 15th-starting Shane Stewart.
Schatz’ sixth-place finish pushed him past Brad Furr into seventh place in the final point standings. WoO
2002 Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
Saturday, November 9, Feature Program #67
Qualificiations: 1. Ricky Logan, CSR Racing 3S, 14.854; 2. P.J. Chesson, Chesson 76, 14.858; 3. Tyler Walker, C&W Motorsports 35, 14.950; 4. Roger Crockett, Doyle 11C, 15.003; 5. Jeff Hodgson, Hodgson V8, 15.021; 6. Joey Saldana, Saldana 17, 15.188; 7. Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 15.223; 8. Tim Kaeding, Cowen 7T, 15.245; 9. Donny Schatz, Schatz 15, 15.273; 10. Johnny Herrera, Wilburn 2W, 15.283; 11. Stevie Smith, Helm 11H, 15.316; 12. Shane Stewart, Chilcutt 4M, 15.317; 13. Travis Cram, Brownfield 92, 15.328; 14. Sammy Swindell, Roth 83JR, 15.352; 15. Brad Furr, Furr 2, 15.369; 16. Daryn Pittman, Sher-Don Motorsports 21, 15.514; 17. Jason Meyers, Carter 14, 15.554; 18. Danny Lasoski, Stewart 20, 15.556; 19. Ryan Coniam, Holbrook 8H, 15.571; 20. Brian Paulus, P and P Motorsports 28, 15.676; 21. Danny Wood, Parsons 6, 15.690; 22. Jac Haudenschild, Forbrook 5, 15.748; 23. Jonathan Allard, Wright 35A, 15.931; 24. Matt Clevenger, Clevenger 31, 16.001; 25. Brandon Wimmer, Two Winners 7TW, 16.054; 26. Toni Lutar, Lutar 4X, 16.097; 27. Curt Trainer, Busch 36T, 16.144; 28. Kraig Kinser, Kinser 11K, 16.164; 29. Johnny Gray, Gray 71, 16.214; 30. Blake Mallory, Mallory 6M, 16.247; 31. Dennis Moore, Jr., Williams 0, 16.277; 32. Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10C, 16.229; 33. Tom Busch, Busch 4B, 16.442; 34. Paul May, Shank 7X, 16.486; 35. Kevin Pylant, Pylant 14P, 16.556; 36. Destiny Hays, Hays 20D, 16.682; 37. Willie Hernandez 1M, 16.790; 38. Jim Skinner, Skinner 73, 16.833; 39. Jon Agan, Agan 4, 16.869; 40. Patrick Bourke, Bourke 27, 16.894; 41. Kurt Nelson, Nelson 34, 17.033; 42. Mike Dunham, Dunham 11D, 17.11; 43. Doug Lippincott, Lippincott 4L, 17.432; 44. Jeremy Shaeffer, Shaeffer 47, 18.480; 45. Orval Burke, Naccarotto 0B1, no time; 46. Tee Young, Young 2T, no time.
Finishing 1-4 in Friday’s Preliminary Feature qualified Mark Kinser, Kinser 5M; Steve Kinser, Kinser 11; Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7; and Tim Shaffer, Roth 83; for the first four starting positions in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Dash.
First Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Daryn Pittman, 2. Donny Schatz, 3. Ricky Logan, 4. Jason Meyers, 5. Danny Wood, 6. Tim Kaeding, 7. Tom Busch, 8. Brandon Wimmer, 9. Willie Hernandez, 10. Johnny Gray, 11. Kurt Nelson. (first four qualified for the “A” Feature)
Second Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Johnny Herrera, 2. Brad Furr, 3. P.J. Chesson, 4. Jac Haudenschild, 5. Danny Lasoski, 6. Randy Hannagan, 7. Toni Lutar, 8. Blake Mallory, 9. Paul May, 10. Mike Dunham, 11. Jim Skinner. (first four qualified for the “A” Feature)
Third Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Sammy Swindell, 2. Stevie Smith, 3. Tyler Walker, 4. Joey Saldana, 5. Dennis Moore, Jr., 6. Ryan Coniam, 7. Jonathan Allard, 8. Kevin Pylant, 9. Jon Agan, 10. Doug Lippincott, 11. Curt Trainer. (first four qualified for the “A” Feature)
Fourth Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Shane Stewart, 2. Travis Cram, 3. Roger Crockett, 4. Brian Paulus, 5. Jeff Hodgson, 6. Jeremy Campbell, 7. Kraig Kinser, 8. Matt Clevenger, 9. Destiny Hays, 10. Patrick Bourke, 12. Jeremy Shaeffer. (first four qualified for the “A” Feature)
C Feature (10 laps): 1. Paul May, 2. Destiny Hays, 3. Tom Busch ($125); 4. Willie Hernandez ($100); 5. Parick Bourke ($80); 6. Kevin Pylant ($70); 7. Doug Lippincott ($60); 8. Jim Skinner ($50); 9. Jon Agan ($40); 10. Mike Dunham ($30); 11. Kurt Nelson ($30); 12. Jeremy Shaeffer ($30). (first two qualified for the “B” Feature)
O'Reilly Auto Parts Dash (five laps): 1. Steve Kinser, 2. Mark Kinser, 3. P.J. Chesson, 4. Tim Shaffer, 5. Tyler Walker, 6. Ricky Logan, 7. Craig Dollansky, 8. Roger Crockett. (finish determined the first eight starting positions in the “A” Feature)
B Feature (12 laps): 1. Danny Lasoski, 2. Danny Wood, 3. Randy Hannagan, 4. Tim Kaeding, 5. Jeff Hodgson ($200); 6. Toni Lutar ($175); 7. Jonathan Allard ($150); 8. Ryan Coniam, 9. Dennis Moore, Jr. ($90); 10. Kraig Kinser ($80); 11. Matt Clevenger ($60); 12. Johnny Gray ($50); 13. Paul May ($70); 14. Jeremy Campbell ($50); 15. Blake Mallory ($50); 16. Brandon Wimmer ($50); 17. Curt Trainer ($50). (first four qualified for the “A” Feature)
A Feature (30 laps): 1. Steve Kinser [1] ($12,000); 2. Tim Shaffer [4] ($6,000); 3. P.J. Chesson [3] ($4,000); 4. Craig Dollansky [7] ($3,500); 5. Sammy Swindell [17] ($3,300); 6. Donny Schatz [12] ($3,100); 7. Joey Saldana [9] ($3,000); 8. Randy Hannagan [10] ($2,520); 9. Johnny Herrera [13] ($2,100); 10. Shane Stewart [15] ($2,050); 11. Stevie Smith [14] ($2,000); 12. Danny Lasoski [21] ($1,620); 13. Ricky Logan [6] ($1,500); 14. Jason Meyers [20] ($1,200); 15. Jac Haudenschild [24] ($1,100); 16. Daryn Pittman [19] ($1,000); 17. Brad Furr [18] ($800); 18. Tim Kaeding [11] ($820); 19. Danny Wood [23] ($820); 20. Brian Paulus [22] ($800); 21. Roger Crockett [8] ($800); 22. Ryan Coniam [25] ($820); 23. Tyler Walker [5] ($800); 24. Mark Kinser [2] ($800); 25. Travis Cram [16] ($800).
Lap leaders: Steve Kinser 1-30
LAS VEGAS, NV (November 9) – No matter how much success Steve Kinser achieves, he always sets more goals for himself. As he approached the Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series championship in recent weeks, “The King of the Outlaws” said he wanted “to win a few more “A” Features to reach an even 20.”
Kinser, who clinched his 17th series championship a week before, reached his goal of 20 victories Saturday in the season finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, holding off P.J. Chesson and Tim Shaffer while leading all 30 laps.
“There’s a lot of good racers here,” Kinser said. “P.J. likes these TV shows and all the bright lights and everything. I saw him getting around the bottom pretty good, but we had a pretty good car, too. After that (10th-lap) restart, I just wanted to stay smooth and not make any mistakes with the lapped cars. It was getting pretty tough to pass, but there was just enough there coming out of (turn) two and (turn) four, and I was trying to keep some lapped cars between us. We’ll let Mark (Kinser) have the prelim; we’ll take the big ones.”
The Speed Channel taped all the action for a January 9, 2003, telecast scheduled to start at 11 p.m. Eastern Time. The preliminary program was also taped and will be aired January 2nd.
Kinser drove his #11 Quaker State Maxim past Mark Kinser to win his 20th O’Reilly Auto Parts Dash of the season. Winning the five-lap race gave him the pole position in the main event.
Kinser burst into the lead as the green flag fell in the “A” Feature. Chesson and Shaffer passed Mark, Steve’s second cousin, early in the opening lap. “The King of the Outlaws” was 10 car-lengths ahead of Chesson when he entered lapped traffic during the seventh lap. Engine problems in the #5M Mopar Maxim forced Mark out of the race two laps later.
Travis Cram’s #92 sprinter lost its left rear tire late in the 10th lap, causing him to turn over. World of Outlaws Gumout Series champion Tyler Walker collided with several cars trying to avoid the crash and flipped into the retaining wall in the fourth corner.
Craig Dollansky, who claimed the $25,000 Ratbag Cup first prize by finishing fourth in the main event, exchanged the position with Randy Hannagan during the 12th and 13th laps. Ratbag is the official developer of the World of Outlaws video games for PC and Sony PlayStation2. The Ratbag Cup is a season-long points battle that involves televised Speed Channel events.
“Ratbag has done a great job with the Playstation game,” Dollansky said. “My sons, Lucas and Garrett, got me hooked on it, and I’m just happy to be here for V-Mac, Polydome and Karavan Motorsports. I’m not sure how they set those cars up, but Lucas is usually pretty good in that #7 car. I’m just glad we had an opportunity to be a part of it.”
Joey Saldana, who led the series with 21 fast times, passed Hannagan for fifth place late in the 17th lap. Kinser caught the back-markers with a 12-car-length advantage the next time around. Chesson, who won the preliminary feature at Red River Valley Speedway in the Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series’ first Speed Channel telecast in July, caught Kinser in dense lapped traffic early in lap 23. Chesson was challenging for the lead two laps later when he bumped the berm in turn two, allowing Shaffer to pass him for the runner-up spot.
Sammy Swindell, who won the 2000 Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series season finale in Las Vegas, started inside the ninth row and passed 11 cars during the first 20 laps. The series’ three-time champion passed 1999 season finale winner Donny Schatz for fifth place late in lap 26.
Shaffer raced wheel-to-wheel with Kinser through the third and fourth corners late in the final lap, but was unable to surge ahead. Less than a car-length separated the 1999 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year from “The King of the Outlaws” at the checkered flag.
“The Beef Packers guys did a great job all year long,” Shaffer said. “We just kept getting better and better all year long, and hopefully we’ll just be stronger next year. We really wanted to win this one. We gave it all we had, but just came up a little bit short. Steve did a great job, not only tonight but all year long.”
Chesson finished in third place, ahead of Dollansky, Swindell, Schatz, Saldana, Hannagan, Johnny Herrera and 15th-starting Shane Stewart.
Schatz’ sixth-place finish pushed him past Brad Furr into seventh place in the final point standings. WoO
2002 Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
Saturday, November 9, Feature Program #67
Qualificiations: 1. Ricky Logan, CSR Racing 3S, 14.854; 2. P.J. Chesson, Chesson 76, 14.858; 3. Tyler Walker, C&W Motorsports 35, 14.950; 4. Roger Crockett, Doyle 11C, 15.003; 5. Jeff Hodgson, Hodgson V8, 15.021; 6. Joey Saldana, Saldana 17, 15.188; 7. Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 15.223; 8. Tim Kaeding, Cowen 7T, 15.245; 9. Donny Schatz, Schatz 15, 15.273; 10. Johnny Herrera, Wilburn 2W, 15.283; 11. Stevie Smith, Helm 11H, 15.316; 12. Shane Stewart, Chilcutt 4M, 15.317; 13. Travis Cram, Brownfield 92, 15.328; 14. Sammy Swindell, Roth 83JR, 15.352; 15. Brad Furr, Furr 2, 15.369; 16. Daryn Pittman, Sher-Don Motorsports 21, 15.514; 17. Jason Meyers, Carter 14, 15.554; 18. Danny Lasoski, Stewart 20, 15.556; 19. Ryan Coniam, Holbrook 8H, 15.571; 20. Brian Paulus, P and P Motorsports 28, 15.676; 21. Danny Wood, Parsons 6, 15.690; 22. Jac Haudenschild, Forbrook 5, 15.748; 23. Jonathan Allard, Wright 35A, 15.931; 24. Matt Clevenger, Clevenger 31, 16.001; 25. Brandon Wimmer, Two Winners 7TW, 16.054; 26. Toni Lutar, Lutar 4X, 16.097; 27. Curt Trainer, Busch 36T, 16.144; 28. Kraig Kinser, Kinser 11K, 16.164; 29. Johnny Gray, Gray 71, 16.214; 30. Blake Mallory, Mallory 6M, 16.247; 31. Dennis Moore, Jr., Williams 0, 16.277; 32. Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10C, 16.229; 33. Tom Busch, Busch 4B, 16.442; 34. Paul May, Shank 7X, 16.486; 35. Kevin Pylant, Pylant 14P, 16.556; 36. Destiny Hays, Hays 20D, 16.682; 37. Willie Hernandez 1M, 16.790; 38. Jim Skinner, Skinner 73, 16.833; 39. Jon Agan, Agan 4, 16.869; 40. Patrick Bourke, Bourke 27, 16.894; 41. Kurt Nelson, Nelson 34, 17.033; 42. Mike Dunham, Dunham 11D, 17.11; 43. Doug Lippincott, Lippincott 4L, 17.432; 44. Jeremy Shaeffer, Shaeffer 47, 18.480; 45. Orval Burke, Naccarotto 0B1, no time; 46. Tee Young, Young 2T, no time.
Finishing 1-4 in Friday’s Preliminary Feature qualified Mark Kinser, Kinser 5M; Steve Kinser, Kinser 11; Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7; and Tim Shaffer, Roth 83; for the first four starting positions in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Dash.
First Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Daryn Pittman, 2. Donny Schatz, 3. Ricky Logan, 4. Jason Meyers, 5. Danny Wood, 6. Tim Kaeding, 7. Tom Busch, 8. Brandon Wimmer, 9. Willie Hernandez, 10. Johnny Gray, 11. Kurt Nelson. (first four qualified for the “A” Feature)
Second Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Johnny Herrera, 2. Brad Furr, 3. P.J. Chesson, 4. Jac Haudenschild, 5. Danny Lasoski, 6. Randy Hannagan, 7. Toni Lutar, 8. Blake Mallory, 9. Paul May, 10. Mike Dunham, 11. Jim Skinner. (first four qualified for the “A” Feature)
Third Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Sammy Swindell, 2. Stevie Smith, 3. Tyler Walker, 4. Joey Saldana, 5. Dennis Moore, Jr., 6. Ryan Coniam, 7. Jonathan Allard, 8. Kevin Pylant, 9. Jon Agan, 10. Doug Lippincott, 11. Curt Trainer. (first four qualified for the “A” Feature)
Fourth Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Shane Stewart, 2. Travis Cram, 3. Roger Crockett, 4. Brian Paulus, 5. Jeff Hodgson, 6. Jeremy Campbell, 7. Kraig Kinser, 8. Matt Clevenger, 9. Destiny Hays, 10. Patrick Bourke, 12. Jeremy Shaeffer. (first four qualified for the “A” Feature)
C Feature (10 laps): 1. Paul May, 2. Destiny Hays, 3. Tom Busch ($125); 4. Willie Hernandez ($100); 5. Parick Bourke ($80); 6. Kevin Pylant ($70); 7. Doug Lippincott ($60); 8. Jim Skinner ($50); 9. Jon Agan ($40); 10. Mike Dunham ($30); 11. Kurt Nelson ($30); 12. Jeremy Shaeffer ($30). (first two qualified for the “B” Feature)
O'Reilly Auto Parts Dash (five laps): 1. Steve Kinser, 2. Mark Kinser, 3. P.J. Chesson, 4. Tim Shaffer, 5. Tyler Walker, 6. Ricky Logan, 7. Craig Dollansky, 8. Roger Crockett. (finish determined the first eight starting positions in the “A” Feature)
B Feature (12 laps): 1. Danny Lasoski, 2. Danny Wood, 3. Randy Hannagan, 4. Tim Kaeding, 5. Jeff Hodgson ($200); 6. Toni Lutar ($175); 7. Jonathan Allard ($150); 8. Ryan Coniam, 9. Dennis Moore, Jr. ($90); 10. Kraig Kinser ($80); 11. Matt Clevenger ($60); 12. Johnny Gray ($50); 13. Paul May ($70); 14. Jeremy Campbell ($50); 15. Blake Mallory ($50); 16. Brandon Wimmer ($50); 17. Curt Trainer ($50). (first four qualified for the “A” Feature)
A Feature (30 laps): 1. Steve Kinser [1] ($12,000); 2. Tim Shaffer [4] ($6,000); 3. P.J. Chesson [3] ($4,000); 4. Craig Dollansky [7] ($3,500); 5. Sammy Swindell [17] ($3,300); 6. Donny Schatz [12] ($3,100); 7. Joey Saldana [9] ($3,000); 8. Randy Hannagan [10] ($2,520); 9. Johnny Herrera [13] ($2,100); 10. Shane Stewart [15] ($2,050); 11. Stevie Smith [14] ($2,000); 12. Danny Lasoski [21] ($1,620); 13. Ricky Logan [6] ($1,500); 14. Jason Meyers [20] ($1,200); 15. Jac Haudenschild [24] ($1,100); 16. Daryn Pittman [19] ($1,000); 17. Brad Furr [18] ($800); 18. Tim Kaeding [11] ($820); 19. Danny Wood [23] ($820); 20. Brian Paulus [22] ($800); 21. Roger Crockett [8] ($800); 22. Ryan Coniam [25] ($820); 23. Tyler Walker [5] ($800); 24. Mark Kinser [2] ($800); 25. Travis Cram [16] ($800).
Lap leaders: Steve Kinser 1-30
