Kinser used his eighth win of the season in the $20,000 finale at Skagit coupled with a fourth-place performance in the opener to get to within single digits of Saldana for the eighth time this year. Kinser leads the series with 50 Top-10 finishes in the 56 A-Feature events that have been contested in 2010, and is tied with Saldana for the series lead with 34 Top-Five finishes.

Meyers finished fifth on Saturday night after a ninth-place effort in the opener at Skagit to remain third in points, just 19 markers behind Kinser for second and 25 out of the lead as he chases his first series title. The California native has 44 Top-10 finishes on the season with 28 of those being Top-Five performances. He earned five bonus points on Friday night for setting fast time, which was his ninth quick time of the year, tying him with Paul McMahan for the lead in that department, and followed that up by turning the second quickest lap on Saturday night to earn four bonus points. Meyers has earned the most qualifying bonus points of any driver this season.

Saldana rebounded from a 17th-place finish on Friday night to lead 23 laps on Saturday and finish second to earn his 34th Top-Five finish of the season which is tied for the series lead with Kinser. Saldana has led the World of Outlaws championship standings after 44 races this season and has held the top spot since a win in the Knight Before the Kings Royal on July 16 as he seeks his first title.

Donny Schatz, the four-time and defending World of Outlaws champion, remains fourth in points, following a third-place finish in the opener at Skagit before getting caught up in a couple of accidents in the finale, relegating him to a 15th-place finish. The North Dakota native has 43 Top-10 finishes this season with 29 of those being Top-Fives. He set fast time in the finale at Skagit to earn five bonus points.

Jason Sides finished second in the opener at Skagit and was sixth in the finale to remain fifth in points. The veteran has racked up 44 Top-10 finishes on the season with 23 of those being Top-Five runs.

Paul McMahan used a podium finish on Saturday night along with an 11th-place run on Friday to remain sixth in points. He has 39 Top-10 finishes with 22 of those being Top-Fives.

Craig Dollansky is currently seventh in points on the strength of 29 Top-10 finishes with 16 Top-Fives, while Lucas Wolfe is eighth having 25 Top-10′s and 14 Top-Fives.

Danny Lasoski finished fifth on the first night at Skagit and was ninth in the finale and is currently ninth in points. The 2001 series champion has 29 Top-10 finishes with seven Top-Fives, including his first win of the season last Wednesday night at Cottage Grove Speedway in Oregon.

Kraig Kinser finished eighth each night at Skagit to remain 10th in points on the strength of 26 Top-10 finishes.

The World of Outlaws return to action on Monday, September 6 at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Washington.

2010 World of Outlaws Championship Standings through September 4

Position

Driver

Pts.

Difference

Earnings

Wins

Top-5

Top-10

1.

Joey Saldana

7577

$245,575

12

34

43

2.

Steve Kinser

7571

-6

$257,500

8

34

50

3.

Jason Meyers

7552

-25

$208,000

9

28

43

4.

Donny Schatz

7437

-140

$166,000

3

29

43

5.

Jason Sides

7382

-195

$158,100

4

23

44

6

Paul McMahan

7286

-291

$136,425

1

23

39

7.

Craig Dollansky

6988

-589

$130,550

3

16

29

8.

Lucas Wolfe

6938

-639

$99,125

0

14

25

9.

Danny Lasoski

6886

-691

$102,450

1

7

29

10.

Kraig Kinser

6830

-747

$84,800

0

7

26

11.

Sam Hafertepe Jr.

6507

-1070

$76,150

0

6

17

12.

Jac Haudenschild

6490

-1087

$107,850

3

10

25

13.

Chad Kemenah

6325

-1252

$62,280

0

2

11

14.

Ben Gregg

5826

-1751

$37,895

0

0

1

15.

Toni Lutar

5558

-2019

$32,950

0

0

1

16.

Brian Ellenberger

4344

-3233

$28,890

0

0

2

17.

Sammy Swindell

3988

-3589

$81,080

2

12

21

18.

Kerry Madsen

3643

-3934

$56,950

0

4

14

19.

Tim Kaeding

3192

-4385

$41,375

0

4

11

20.

Daryn Pittman

2690

-4887

$28,865

0

1

5

2010 STAT ATTACK

There have been 56 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature events this season.

A-Feature winners (18 Different Drivers) Driver, Hometown – Wins

1- Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 12

2- Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 9

3- Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 8

4- Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tennessee – 4

5- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota – 3

Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio – 3

Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 3

6- Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania – 2

Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW, Australia – 2

Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tennessee – 2

7- Dale Blaney, Hartford, Ohio – 1

Doug Esh, Lancaster, Pennsylvania – 1

Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, Pennsylvania – 1

Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri – 1

Chad Layton, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – 1

Paul McMahan, Nashville, Tennessee – 1

Fred Rahmer, Salfordville, Pennsylvania – 1

Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania – 1

Lap leaders, Driver, Hometown – Total laps led (25 Different Drivers)

1- Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana – 333 laps

2- Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 203 laps

3- Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 193 laps

4- Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 116 laps

5- Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tennessee – 104 laps

6- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota – 101 laps

7- Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio – 77 laps

8- Dale Blaney, Hartford, Ohio – 62 laps

9- Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas – 61 laps

10- Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania- 59 laps

11- Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tennessee – 50 laps

12- Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri – 44 laps

13- Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Australia – 42 laps

14- Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania -43 laps

15- Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania – 38 laps

16- Doug Esh, Lancaster, Pennsylvania – 37 laps

17- Paul McMahan, Nashville, Tennessee – 35 laps

Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW, Australia – 35 laps

18- Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana -33 laps

19- Tim Kaeding, San Jose, California- 31 laps

20- Chad Layton, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – 19 laps

21- Brian Leppo, New Oxford, Pennsylvania – 13 laps

22- Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, Pennsylvania – 5 laps

Tyler Walker, Los Angeles, California – 5 laps

23- Fred Rahmer, Salfordville, Pennsylvania – 2 laps

Time trial leaders (17 Different Drivers) Rank – Driver, Hometown – Quick times

1- Paul McMahan, Nashville, Tennessee – 9

Jason Meyers, Clovis, California – 9

2- Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana – 5

Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tennessee- 5

3- Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania -5

Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas – 4

4- Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota – 3

5- Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio – 2

Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana – 2

Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri – 2

6- Dale Blaney, Hartford, Ohio – 1

Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania – 1

Ben Gregg, Phoenix, Arizona – 1

Tim Kaeding, San Jose, California- 1

Kasey Kahne, Enumclaw, Washington- 1

Brian Leppo, New Oxford, Pennsylvania – 1

Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 1

Track Records established in 2010 World of Outlaws events (9)

*Tim Kaeding, March 5, Thunderbowl Raceway (1/3-mile), Tulare, California, 12.651 seconds at 94.759 mph

*Lucas Wolfe, March 13, Houston Raceway Park, (1/4-mile), Baytown, Texas, 11.561 seconds at 77.848 miles per hour

*Kasey Kahne, March 19, Volunteer Speedway (4/10-mile), Bulls Gap, Tennessee, 10.258 seconds at 140.378 mph.

*Sam Hafertepe Jr., May 1, Jackson Speedway (1/2-mile), Jackson, Minnesota, 15.601 seconds at 115.377 mph.

*Joey Saldana, May 22, I-96 Speedway (1/2-mile), Lake Odessa, Michigan, 14.834 seconds at 121.343 mph.

*Lucas Wolfe, June 25, Junction Motor Speedway (3/8-mile), McCool Junction, Nebraska 14.184 seconds at 95.178 mph.

*Lucas Wolfe, July 27, Autodrome Drummond (4/10-mile), Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, 13.788 seconds at 104.439 mph.

*Kraig Kinser, July 30, Ohsweken Speedway (3/8-mile), Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada, 12.047 seconds at 112.061 mph.

*Sam Hafertepe Jr., August 3, Fulton Speedway (3/8-mile), Fulton, New York, 13.240 seconds at 101.964 mph.

Dash Winners (18 Different Winners) Rank – Driver, Hometown – Dash Wins

1- Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota – 8

2- Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana – 6

Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tennessee – 6

3- Paul McMahan, Nashville, Tennessee- 5

4- Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio – 3

Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana – 3

Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania – 3

5- Dale Blaney, Hartford, Ohio – 2

Doug Esh, Lancaster, Pennsylvania – 2

Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas – 2

Tim Kaeding, San Jose, California- 2

Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 2

Jason Meyers, Clovis, California – 2

Fred Rahmer, Salfordville, Pennsylvania – 2

Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania- 2

6- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota – 1

Chad Layton, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – 1

Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW, Australia – 1

Pole Positions (18 Different Drivers) Rank – Driver, Hometown – Poles

1- Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 8

2- Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana – 6

Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tennessee – 6

3- Paul McMahan, Nashville, Tennessee- 5

4- Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio – 3

Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana – 3

Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania – 3

5- Dale Blaney, Hartford, Ohio – 2

Doug Esh, Lancaster, Pennsylvania – 2

Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas – 2

Tim Kaeding, San Jose, California- 2

Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 2

Jason Meyers, Clovis, California – 2

Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania- 2

6- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota – 1

Chad Layton, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – 1

Fred Rahmer, Salfordville, Pennsylvania – 1

Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW, Australia – 1

Last Chance Showdown Winners (30 Different Winners) Rank – Driver, Hometown – Wins

1- Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio – 4

2- Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas – 3

Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 3

Kerry Madsen, St. Mary, NSW, Australia – 3

3- Brian Ellenberger, Butler, Pennsylvania- 2

Ben Gregg, Phoenix, Arizona – 2

Tim Kaeding, San Jose, California – 2

Toni Lutar, White Rock, British Columbia – 2

Wade Nygaard, Fargo, North Dakota – 2

Evan Suggs, Scotts Valley, California- 2

4- Jonathan Allard, Chico, California – 1

Dale Blaney, Hartford, Ohio- 1

Brian Brown, Grain Valley, Missouri – 1

Steve Buckwalter, Royersford, Pennsylvania – 1

Rob Chaney, Wooster, Ohio – 1

Cale Conley, Vienna, West Virginia- 1

Randy Hannagan, San Jose, California – 1

Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio – 1

Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana – 1

Brad Knab, Arcade, New York – 1

Alan Krimes, Denver, Pennsylvania – 1

Ed Lynch Jr., Apollo, Pennsylvania – 1

Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa – 1

Greg Nikitenko, Minot, North Dakota – 1

Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania – 1

Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tennessee – 1

Tyler Walker, Los Angeles, California – 1

Rick Wilson, Joyceville, Ontario – 1

Brandon Wimmer, Fairmount, Indiana – 1

Zach Zimmerly, Portland, Oregon – 1

KSE Racing Products Hard Charger Award

1- Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana – 6

Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota – 6

Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania- 5

2- Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana – 4

3- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota – 3

Brian Ellenberger, Butler, Pennsylvania – 3

Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio – 3

Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 3

Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 3

Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania – 3

4- Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania – 2

Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tennessee – 2

5- Danny Dietrich, Aspers, Pennsylvania – 1

Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, North Dakota – 1

Doug Esh, Lancaster, Pennsylvania – 1

Ben Gregg, Phoenix, Arizona – 1

Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas – 1

Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana – 1

Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 1

Toni Lutar, White Rock, British Columbia – 1

Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Oklahoma – 1

Fred Rahmer, Salfordville, Pennsylvania – 1

Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, California – 1

Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award Standings

Ben Gregg 5826

Toni Lutar 5558 -268

Engine Builder Challenge

Speedway Engines 228

Don Ott 208 -20

Shaver Specialties 191 -37

Kistler 143 -85

Chassis Builder Challenge

Maxim 263

J&J 209 -54
XXX 187 -76

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Kinser led the first three laps from the pole, before Saldana charged around him on the high side of turn four on the fourth lap. Kinser retook the top spot on the 27th lap in heavy traffic and would lead the remaining 15 laps to score his first World of Outlaws A-Feature win at Skagit Speedway and his second overall triumph at the track adding to a preliminary feature win he had at the track in 1995. For the Hall of Famer, it was the 560th World of Outlaws A-Feature win of his illustrious career.

“It feels good to win,” said Kinser. “We hadn’t been running all that well since Knoxville, so yesterday we put together a car I had been running and we were able to get it dialed in pretty good. It had a good feel to it tonight and we put ourselves in a good position.”

Kinser took the white flag as the leader when the final caution of the night flew, setting up a two-lap shootout with Saldana for the $20,000 top prize. The race was extended from the schedule 40-laps to 41 laps by way of World of Outlaws rules, which states that a race must end with two consecutive green flag laps. On the final double file restart, Kinser chose the low line as he did on each of the restarts he was out front for. The 20-time series champion used a strong restart to quickly jump to a five car-length lead and would end up winning by nearly a half-a-second in the Bass Pro Shops Maxim.

“I didn’t want Joey (Saldana) to get a big run on me and put a slide job on in (turn) one or get a run on my on the top in three,” he stated of the final restart. “Those were my only concerns. After the first lap I was pretty good. I got a little conservative. I knew he would have a hard time getting by me as long as I didn’t make a big mistake.”

Kinser has a close call on the 33rd lap when Travis Jacobson, Jesse Whitney and Sam Hafertepe Jr. got together right in front of him. He clipped one of the cars as he went to the high side of turn two to avoid the accident, suffering some damage to his front nose wing. During the red flag that followed that incident, his crew was able to make some repairs on his machine for the final few laps.

“It really didn’t affect it too much,” he said of the damage to the front of his machine.
“We were able to keep going and were all right. The car was pretty good all night long tonight.”

Saldana led a total of 23 laps aboard the Budweiser Maxim as he rebounded from some bad luck while running second on Friday. For the second generation driver it was his 34th Top-Five finish of the season which has him tied with Kinser in that department as he continues to lead the series standings as he chases his first series title.

“We did everything right tonight,” said Saldana. “The team has been doing a flawless job. You make a little mistake and you pay the price. Tonight for example we got in lapped traffic and I got in the fence and knocked my Jacobs ladder off and Steve (Kinser) definitely took advantage of that situation and beat me.”

Paul McMahan had an epic battle with his teammate Saldana in the late going for the second spot and wound up coming home third in the Great Clips Maxim to earn his 23rd Top-Five of the season. He started 11th and steadily worked his way to the front, first finding the Top-Five on the 11th lap of the scheduled 40-lapper. He worked his way into third on the 18th go-around.

“It was a good run for us,” McMahan said. “We had a great race car tonight. My guys bust their butts every day to get the race cars ready. We had a shot at Joey (Saldana) and Steve (Kinser) one time and the red came out and that kind of let those guys work on their race cars. We didn’t really want to touch ours much because we had a good race car.”

Saldana lined up on the high side of the track on the final double file restart, the same spot he started on each and every one of the four restarts. He looked high in turns one and two to no avail on the restart and looked low in both turns one and two and again in three and four on the white flag lap, but could not get a run on Kinser.

“That was really my only shot,” shared the native of Brownsburg, Indiana of the final restart. “Once I knocked the ladder off the car was not stuck like it was before. I definitely needed that caution and the green-white-checker. We’ll keep working hard and come back on Monday and see if we can get one.”

McMahan, who ran second for a couple of laps lined up on the inside of the second row on the final double file restart and nearly got around Saldana for second coming off turn four and ended up dropping back a little bit on the final circuit.

“I wanted to get by Joey (Saldana) as fast I could to get a shot at Steve (Kinser),” noted McMahan. “I kind of squeezed Joey up by the fence and left him enough room to get by and he was able to drive back by me two times. If it wasn’t a teammate, I probably would have squeezed him a little harder. We race hard and we race clean and it was a great overall night for Kasey Kahne Racing and this entire team.”

Brad Sweet finished fourth in the Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper Maxim to score his best World of Outlaws finish of the season, also putting all three Kasey Kahne Racing cars in the Top-Five.

Jason Meyers came home fifth in the GLR Investments KPC to earn his 28th Top-Five finish of the season. The California native remains third in points, just 25 markers out of the top spot as he chases his first World of Outlaws title. He opened the night by turning the second fastest lap in time trials to earn four bonus points in the standings.

Jason Sides was sixth in the Wetherington Tractor Service Maxim, with Friday night’s winner Jac Haudenschild coming from 19th to finish seventh in the Owens-Corning Fiberglass XXX to earn the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger Award. Kraig Kinser was eighth in the Quaker State Maxim, with Danny Lasoski ninth aboard the Casey’s General Stores JEI. Kerry Madsen rounded out the Top-10 in the Halls Haulage KPC.

The World of Outlaws return to action on Monday, September 6 at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Washington.

SKAGIT SPEEDWAY NIGHT #2 NOTES

•FAST QUALIFIER: Donny Schatz paced the 34 cars that took time with an AMB i.t. timed lap around the high-banked three-tenths-mile oval at 11.339 seconds at 95.246 miles per hour. For his qualifying effort Schatz earned five bonus points. The next four fastest qualifiers also earned bonus points, including: Jason Meyers (4), Sam Hafertepe Jr. (3), Paul McMahan (2) and Brad Sweet (1).

•SKAGIT SPEEDWAY QUALIFYING WINNERS: Donny Schatz, Joey Saldana, Steve Kinser and Ben Gregg won heat races. Steve Kinser won the dash. Kerry Madsen won the Last Chance Showdown.

• FEATURE WINNERS: There have been 56 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature events held in 2010. The winners include: Joey Saldana (Thunderbowl Raceway, Volunteer Speedway, I-55 Raceway, Eldora Speedway-twice, Dodge City Raceway Park, River Cities Speedway, LaSalle Speedway, Beaver Dam Raceway, Lernerville Speedway, Nodak Speedway and Castrol Raceway), Jason Meyers (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Thunderbowl Raceway, Volunteer Speedway, Tri-State (Okla.) Speedway, Virginia Motor Speedway, I-96 Speedway, North Central Speedway, I-55 Raceway and Castrol Raceway), Steve Kinser (Volusia Speedway Park, Jackson Speedway, River Cities Speedway, Lakeside Speedway, Eldora Speedway, Autodrome Drummond, Fulton Speedway and Skagit Speedway), Jason Sides (Houston Raceway Park , Tri-City Speedway, Missouri State Fair Speedway and Ohsweken Speedway), Craig Dollansky (Lone Star Speedway, Cedar Lake Speedway and Nodak Speedway), Jac Haudenschild (Paducah International Raceway, Knoxville Raceway and Skagit Speedway), Donny Schatz (Volusia Speedway Park, The Dirt Track at Charlotte and Ohsweken Speedway), Lance Dewease (Lernerville Speedway and Williams Grove Speedway), Sammy Swindell (Dodge City Raceway and Huset’s Speedway), Brooke Tatnell (Knoxville Raceway and Junction Motor Speedway), Dale Blaney (Limaland Motorsports Park), Doug Esh (Lebanon Valley Speedway), Greg Hodnett (Williams Grove Speedway), Danny Lasoski (Cottage Grove Speedway), Chad Layton (Williams Grove Speedway), Paul McMahan (Eldora Speedway), Fred Rahmer (Williams Grove Speedway) and Tim Shaffer (I-55 Raceway).

•THREE-TENTHS-MILE-WINNERS: Skagit Speedway is a high-banked three-tenths-mile oval. The World of Outlaws have raced twice this season a track that size. The winners include: Jac Haudenschild (Skagit Speedway) and Steve Kinser (Skagit Speedway).

World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Skagit Speedway; Alger, WA; September 4, 2010

Qualifying

1) 15-Donny Schatz 11.339

2) 14-Jason Meyers 11.343

3) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 11.412

4) 91-Paul McMahan 11.461

5) 49-Brad Sweet 11.466

6) 11K-Kraig Kinser 11.477

7) 11-Steve Kinser 11.478

O-Jonathan Allard 11.499

9) 3-Kerry Madsen 11.501

10) 7-Craig Dollansky 11.540

11) 39C-Jason Solwold 11.545

12) 6-Danny Lasoski 11.550

13) 7S-Jason Sides 11.551

14) 9-Joey Saldana 11.581

15) 8R-Travis Jacobson 11.582

16) 2B-Ben Gregg 11.583

17) 94-Zach Zimmerly 11.599

18) 33-Jayme Barnes 11.602

19) R19-Jac Haudenschild 11.676

20) 63-Chad Kemenah 11.707

21) 83-Tim Kaeding 11.726

22) 23-Seth Bergman 11.752

23) 44W-Austen Wheatley 11.759

24) 5W-Lucas Wolfe 11.775

25) 7K-Shane Stewart 11.788

26) 88-Jesse Whitney 11.789

27) 4X-Toni Lutar 11.797

28) 13C-Colton Heath 11.832

29) 33V-Henry VanDam 11.843

30) 1-Sammy Swindell 11.869

31) 55-Trey Starks 11.982

32) 2L-Logan Forler 11.988

33) 59-Eric Fisher 12.098

34) 75-Kevin Smith 12.208

Heat 1 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 15-Donny Schatz[4]

2) 7S-Jason Sides[1]

3) 49-Brad Sweet[3]

4) 7K-Shane Stewart[7]

5) 83-Tim Kaeding[6]

6) 94-Zach Zimmerly[5]

7) 33V-Henry VanDam[8]

59-Eric Fisher[9]

9) 3-Kerry Madsen[2]

Heat 2 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 9-Joey Saldana[1]

2) 7-Craig Dollansky[2]

3) 14-Jason Meyers[4]

4) 11K-Kraig Kinser[3]

5) 33-Jayme Barnes[5]

6) 23-Seth Bergman[6]

7) 1-Sammy Swindell[8]

88-Jesse Whitney[7]

9) 75-Kevin Smith[9]

Heat 3 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 11-Steve Kinser[3]

2) 8R-Travis Jacobson[1]

3) 39C-Jason Solwold[2]

4) R19-Jac Haudenschild[5]

5) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[4]

6) 44W-Austen Wheatley[6]

7) 4X-Toni Lutar[7]

55-Trey Starks[8]

Heat 4 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 2B-Ben Gregg[1]

2) 6-Danny Lasoski[2]

3) 91-Paul McMahan[4]

4) O-Jonathan Allard[3]

5) 63-Chad Kemenah[5]

6) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[6]

7) 2L-Logan Forler[8]

Dash (8 laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 11-Steve Kinser[1]

2) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[2]

3) 14-Jason Meyers[3]

4) 7S-Jason Sides[7]

5) 15-Donny Schatz[4]

6) 9-Joey Saldana[8]

7) 7-Craig Dollansky[5]

6-Danny Lasoski[6]

9) 8R-Travis Jacobson[9]

10) 2B-Ben Gregg[10]

B-main (12 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 3-Kerry Madsen[1]

2) 94-Zach Zimmerly[2]

3) 23-Seth Bergman[3]

4) 44W-Austen Wheatley[4]

5) 88-Jesse Whitney[6]

6) 1-Sammy Swindell[10] [$180]

7) 4X-Toni Lutar[7] [$175]

33V-Henry VanDam[9] [$160]

9) 59-Eric Fisher[13] [$150]

10) 13C-Colton Heath[8] [$150]

11) 55-Trey Starks[11] [$150]

12) 2L-Logan Forler[12] [$150]

13) 75-Kevin Smith[14] [$150]

14) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[5] [$150]

A-main (40 laps) – Starting Position [#]

1) 11-Steve Kinser[1] [$20,000]

2) 9-Joey Saldana[6] [$5,700]

3) 91-Paul McMahan[11] [$3,500]

4) 49-Brad Sweet[12] [$3,000]

5) 14-Jason Meyers[3] [$2,600]

6) 7S-Jason Sides[4] [$2,400]

7) R19-Jac Haudenschild[19] [$2,300]

11K-Kraig Kinser[13] [$2,200]

9) 6-Danny Lasoski[8] [$2,150]

10) 3-Kerry Madsen[15] [$2,100]

11) 63-Chad Kemenah[20] [$1,600]

12) 33-Jayme Barnes[18] [$1,350]

13) 39C-Jason Solwold[16] [$1,300]

14) 2B-Ben Gregg[10] [$1,200]

15) 15-Donny Schatz[5] [$1,100]

16) O-Jonathan Allard[14] [$1,000]

17) 8R-Travis Jacobson[9] [$900]

18) 4X-Toni Lutar[25] [$50]

19) 94-Zach Zimmerly[17] [$800]

20) 44W-Austen Wheatley[23] [$800]

21) 88-Jesse Whitney[24] [$800]

22) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[2] [$800]

23) 7K-Shane Stewart[22] [$800]

24) 7-Craig Dollansky[7] [$800]

25) 83-Tim Kaeding[21] [$800]

26) 23-Seth Bergman[26] [$200]

Lap Leaders: Steve Kinser 1-3, 27-41; Joey Saldana 4-26

KSE Hard Charger Award: Jac Haudenschild

Penske Power Position Award: Ben Gregg

Note: Toni Lutar used a World of Outlaws Provisional to start the A-Feature. Seth Bergman started the A-Feature as the alternate.

World of Outlaws Championship Standings through September 4

Joey Saldana 7577
Steve Kinser 7571 -6
Jason Meyers 7552 -25
Donny Schatz 7437 -140
Jason Sides 7382 -195
Paul McMahan 7286 -291
Craig Dollansky 6988 -589
Lucas Wolfe 6938 -639
Danny Lasoski 6886 -691
Kraig Kinser 6830 -747

The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Chizmark & Larson Insurance , Goodyear Tires (Official Tire), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, Jake’s Custom Golf Carts, KSE Race Products, Penske Shocks , R2C Performance, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo; Engine Builder’s Challenge participants Don Ott Racing Engines, Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and Speedway Engines; and Chassis Builder’s Challenge participants J&J Auto Racing, Maxim Racing and XXX Race Company.

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After having won sprint car racing‚s biggest jewel ˆ the Knoxville
Nationals ˆ the Aliquippa, Pa. resident took a few weeks off from racing.
But it didn‚t show Friday, Sept. 3, as he put on a dominating performance
at Lernerville Speedway to take his 12th win of the year with the O‚Reilly
Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions

Shaffer‚s win in the Second Annual Duel in the Dirt is his 17th overall
feature victory of 2010 as the defending All Star champion continues his
march to the $50,000 series championship. Friday‚s win is Shaffer‚s 31st
career All Star victory, moving him into 15th on the all-time win list.

„Winning the Knoxville Nationals sure puts the pressure on me. Every body
at home is like Œyou should be able to go up there and win,‚ but it‚s a
different night and in dirt track racing anything can happen. But the guys
had the car great,‰ said Shaffer beside his VRP Shocks, Kistler Engines,
J&J Auto Racing, sponsored machine.

It took five tries to finally get a lap in for the feature with Carl Bowser
looping it out on the initial start followed by Dean Jacobs getting crossed
up on the second attempt and Eric Williams getting upside down on the
third. Bowser again spun on the fourth try at the start. The fifth time was
the charm and Dale Blaney, who won the last time the All Stars visited the
historic Lernerville Speedway, grabbed the early lead. But a caution on the
second circuit for track champion Danny Holtgraver who spun, would again
bunch up the field.

On the ensuing restart Blaney would drive the George Fisher Racing, Ti22
Performance machine back into the lead with Lance Dewease, Greg Wilson and
Shaffer in tow. Shaffer would drive his Aaron Call/Janet Holbrook owned
machine under both Wilson and Dewease with a perfect slide job coming out
of turn two on lap five to grab second. Shaffer, a former Lernerville track
champion, began to reel Blaney in and two laps later, took the top spot as
they raced into lapped traffic. By lap 18, Shaffer had seven lapped
machines between himself and Blaney.

Jacobs would spin on lap 24, but Shaffer had seven lapped cars separating
him from Blaney and would set sail to victory lane. However, the crowd was
treated to a great battle for third as Dewease and Lernerville legend Ed
Lynch Jr. would swap the position each lap over the last four circuits
before Lynch would take it at the checkers.

„In sprint car racing you can never give up and run it hard all the time. I
didn‚t know how many lapped cars were between us on that last yellow∑I just
knew I had to run hard,‰ said the driver known as the „Steel City Outlaw.‰

For Blaney, a three-time All Star champion, it‚s hard to be upset finishing
behind the hottest sprint car driver in the country.

„The track was great∑if you were really hooked up like he (Shaffer‚s) was.
That was just kind of an old-fashioned whippin‚ they gave us right
there∑they‚ve been going awful great,‰ said Blaney. „Someone is going to
have to beat this guy one of these days∑he‚s doing a heck of a job.‰

Lynch, a multi-time Lernerville champion, was excited about his third place
finish.

„We had a heck of a race going on∑inside, outside just trying to get a
podium finish. Lance is a good clean, hard racer,‰ said Lynch beside his
Howard Concrete, J&J Racing, Kistler Engines, Ultralight Brakes backed
machine.

For more information go to www.allstarsprint.com

Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr., 13.075; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer, 13.225; 3. 2-Dale Blaney,
13.230; 4. 89G-David Gravel, 13.243; 5. 6-Bill Rose, 13.287; 6. 22C-Cole
Duncan, 13.299; 7. 8-Mike Lutz, 13.303; 8. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.352; 9.
30C-Lance Dewease, 13.368; 10. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr., 13.373; 11. 25-Jimmy
Segar, 13.426; 12. 5-Byron Reed, 13.444; 13. 6F-Bob Felmlee, 13.446; 14.
10-Carl Bowser, 13.480; 15. 39-Keith Kauffmen, 13.486; 16. 22-Brian
Ellenberger, 13.504; 17. 4-Rod George, 13.554; 18. 97-Dean Jacobs, 13.563;
19. O-Brandon Wimmer, 13.567; 20. O8-Dan Kuriger, 13.579; 21. 51K-Doug
Kekich, 13.607; 22. 7-Eric Williams, 13.649; 23. 9-Kevin Shaeffer, 13.654;
24. 24S-Brian Steinman, 13.658; 25. D4-Danny Holtgraver, 13.708; 26.
12-Jared Ridge, 13.714; 27. O4-Cap Henry, 13.758; 28. 15-Scott Priester,
13.774; 29. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.962; 30. 33-Brent Matus, 14.101;
31. OX-Andy McKission, 14.200; 32. 13-Brandon Matus, 14.482; 33. 7X-Herman
Bertolini, 15.164; 34. 70X-Michael Bertolini, 15.623

Heat 1 – MSD Ignition (8 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)
1. 6F-Bob Felmlee; 2. 4-Rod George; 3. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr.; 4. 30C-Lance
Dewease; 5. D4-Danny Holtgraver; 6. 6-Bill Rose; 7. 51K-Doug Kekich; 8.
93-Sheldon Haudenschild; 9. 7X-Herman Bertolini

Heat 2 – Kear’s Speed Shop (8 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)
1. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr.; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer; 3. 97-Dean Jacobs; 4. 7-Eric
Williams; 5. 10-Carl Bowser; 6. 22C-Cole Duncan; 7. 33-Brent Matus; 8.
70X-Michael Bertolini; 9. 12-Jared Ridge

Heat 3 – All Pro Heads (8 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)
1. O-Brandon Wimmer; 2. 9-Kevin Shaeffer; 3. 39-Keith Kauffmen; 4. 25-Jimmy
Segar; 5. 2-Dale Blaney; 6. O4-Cap Henry; 7. 8-Mike Lutz; 8. OX-Andy
McKission

Heat 4 – Outerwear’s Performance Products (8 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)
1. O8-Dan Kuriger; 2. 24S-Brian Steinman; 3. W20-Greg Wilson; 4. 22-Brian
Ellenberger; 5. 89G-David Gravel; 6. 5-Byron Reed; 7. 15-Scott Priester; 8.
13-Brandon Matus

B-Main – University of Northwestern Ohio (12 Laps – Top 4 Transfer)
1. 5-Byron Reed; 2. 8-Mike Lutz; 3. 22C-Cole Duncan; 4. O4-Cap Henry; 5.
33-Brent Matus; 6. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild; 7. 6-Bill Rose; 8. OX-Andy
McKission; 9. 13-Brandon Matus; 10. 7X-Herman Bertolini; 11. 51K-Doug
Kekich; 12. 70X-Michael Bertolini; 13. 15-Scott Priester; 14. 12-Jared
Ridge

A-Main – O’Reilly Auto Parts (30 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 83-Tim Shaffer[5]; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[2]; 3. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr.[6]; 4.
30c-Lance Dewease[4]; 5. w20-Greg Wilson[1]; 6. 8-Mike Lutz[13]; 7. 94-Jack
Sodeman Jr.[3]; 8. 22c-Cole Duncan[12]; 9. 22-Brian Ellenberger[15]; 10.
89g-David Gravel[11]; 11. 6f-Bob Felmlee[8]; 12. 4-Rod George[16]; 13.
D4-Danny Holtgraver[23]; 14. 39-Keith Kauffmen[10]; 15. 10-Carl Bowser[9];
16. 9-Kevin Shaeffer[21]; 17. O4-Cap Henry[24]; 18. O-Brandon Wimmer[18];
19. 25-Jimmy Segar[7]; 20. O8-Dan Kuriger[19]; 21. 97-Dean Jacobs[17]; 22.
5-Byron Reed[14]; 23. 7-Eric Williams[20]; 24. 24S-Brian Steinman[22]

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by Tommy Goudge (September 3, 2010) – Season Championship night presented by Rochester Americans was wild and unpredictable on Friday at Ohsweken Speedway. Glenn Styres emerged with the Corr/Pak Merchandising Sprint Car feature win, while Dave Dykstra needs only to take a green flag during Nationals weekend to claim the season championship. Larry Czinege, Jr. won his second career ESSO Thunder Stocks feature; while Jamie Cox held on to claim the championship. Steve Hess won his third ESSO Mini Stocks feature of the year, and Trevor Goulding claimed the season title. Jesse McDonald won his first Bomber feature of 2010, while Karl Sault won his second championship. Shawn Ireland won the Bomber “Crack The Whip” race, Brian Page and Bill Harju claimed Vintage Car wins, Zeger Van Thuyl won the ESSO Thunder Stocks Mechanics race, and Adam Reidel got the ESSO Mini Stocks Mechanics race win.

CORR/PAK MERCHANDISING SPRINT CARS

Kyle Moffit and Glenn Styres started the twenty-five lap feature on the front row, but the caution flew for Dain Naida spinning wildly in turn one. With the caution waving, the rest of the field did not make it through the second turn before a red flag was needed to stop the race. The incident began as Tom Huppunen spun, collecting Mitchell Brown, Dave Dykstra, Stan Zanchin, Todd Hoddick, and Mike Ling. Zanchin got the worst of the exchange, landing upside down at the exit of turn two requiring the red flag condition. All the drivers emerged uninjured, with only Huppunen and Dykstra able to restart.

Moffit led the first four laps after the restart, but went off track in turn two and tapped the outside wall inflicting enough damage to end his night. Styres assumed the lead and led the rest of the way, but had to survive many restarts along the way as flat tires, crashes, and mechanical issues plagued others in the field. Keith Dempster had one of the harder hits of the night when he contacted the wall in turn one on lap twenty-three. The 2008 champion emerged from his heavily damaged machine gingerly, but uninjured.

As Styres took his second win of the season, Dain Naida came from the back of the pack to take the runner up spot with Tom Huppunen, Jared Zimbardi, and Kyle Patrick rounding out the top five. Heat races for the twenty-three car field were claimed by Jared Zimbardi, Kevin Job, and Tom Huppunen.

Dave Dykstra finished sixth in the feature despite being involved in the crash on the first lap, then changing a flat right rear tire at the midway point putting an exclamation point on his outstanding season.

ESSO THUNDER STOCKS

Rob Disher and Chris Dickie started the twenty-five lap feature up front, but the field quickly fanned out as championship contenders Jamie Cox and Billy Bleich searched for a path to the front. Larry Czinege, Jr. was again very fast on Friday, and quickly took over the lead, while Bleich, Ryan Dinning, and others raced in the top five.

Isaac Pellisero spun in turn two to bring out a caution flag on lap ten, and when the race restarted, Rob Disher and Ed McNamara both lost wheels in turn one to bring the caution back out. Bleich knew he had to finish at the front and looked for ways to get there, but Czinege proved too strong out front, while Ryan Dinning slipped by to claim second at the end. Bleich settled for third, followed by Phil Nyssen and Mike Thorne.

Jamie Cox was cruising in the top five and making sure his championship was wrapped up until the last lap when mechanical problems nearly spelled disaster. Cox was able to hold on and finish eighth, good enough to claim his first ever ESSO Thunder Stock title.

Heat races for the twenty-one car field were claimed by Czinege, Lee Winger, and Nyssen.

ESSO MINI STOCKS

Mike Giberson and Kevin Hilborn began the twenty lap feature on the front row, but Steve Miller was able to get out front and dice with Hilborn for the lead in the early going. Miller felt pressure from Abel Castelein and Craig Erskine before Steve Hess eventually became the main challenger and got by for the lead.

Paul Goodale survived a scary moment when his #14 was sent flipping in turn two. Goodale emerged unhurt, while a handful of cars were sent to the pits for ignoring the red flag.

Hess drove on to his second win in a row, while Erskine, Castelein, Taylor, and Mike Evers rounded out the top five. Heat races for the twenty-two car field were claimed by Hess, Castelein, and Evers. Trevor Goulding finished sixth and wrapped up his first ESSO Mini Stocks championship.

BOMBERS

Brittany Gyokery and Shawn Ireland began the Bomber season championship race on the front row, but Jesse McDonald eventually emerged from the pack to take the lead while Ireland had problems. McDonald got the feature win, followed by Sarah Rutherford, Aaron Turkey, Gyokery, and Matt Smith.

Heat races for the twenty-two car field were claimed by Dave Patton and Shawn Ireland, while John Cote got the B-Main win.

Karl Sault finished sixth and wrapped up his second consecutive Bomber division championship.

NEXT WEEK AT OHSWEKEN

Ohsweken Speedway will be idle next Friday, September 10 for the Fall Nationals at Black Rock Speedway, and then back in action for “Fan Appreciation Night” presented by Speedway Variety on Thursday, September 16. The ASCS Patriots vs. Corr/Pak Merchandising Sprints Challenge and ESSO Thunder Stocks will be on the card for the first of three race nights which make up the Sixth Annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals weekend September 16-18. The first five hundred paid spectators on Fan Appreciation Night will receive a free gift! Gates open at 5:00 on Thursday, September 16 with racing starting at 7:45!

FRIDAY NIGHT THUNDER 2010
ROUND 12 RACE REPORT – SEPTEMBER 3, 2010
OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY
OHSWEKEN, ONTARIO
EVENT SPONSOR – ROCHESTER AMERICANS

CORR/PAK MERCHANDISING SPRINT CARS

HEAT RACES (8 laps each – Top 4 redraw for feature starting spots):

BS&B RADIATOR HEAT RACE #1

1. 35 Jared Zimbardi (Salamanca, NY), 2. 7 Kyle Moffit (South Dayton, NY), 3. 81 Derek Jonathan (Lewiston, NY), 4. 0 Glenn Styres (Ohsweken), 5. 7x Mike Ling (Mount Brydges), 6. 5 Keith Dempster (Alton), 7. 49 Todd Hoddick (Cheektowaga, NY), 8. 67 Chris Durand (Port Stanley) DNF. No Time.

BEST WESTERN CAIRN CROFT HOTEL HEAT RACE #2

1. 21x Kevin Job (Campbellville), 2. 11 Jamie Turner (Caistor Centre), 3. 5d Dave Dykstra (Port Colborne), 4. 33k Kyle Patrick (Tilbury), 5. 6n Dain Naida (Tecumseh, MI), 6. 31 John Burbridge, Jr. (St. Williams), 7. 94 Stan Zanchin (Fort Erie), 8. 30g Stevin Goldner (Aylmer) DNS. Time – 1:51.183.

GRISDALE RACING PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #3

1. 12c Tom Huppunen (Fenwick), 2. 14h Jim Huppunen (Fenwick), 3. 71 Travis Cunningham (Grimsby), 4. 21j John Burbridge, Sr. (Simcoe), 5. 10 Mitchell Brown (Brantford), 6. 23 Steve Garry (Dundas), 7. 7p Jim Price (Wainfleet) DNF. Time – 1:51.796.

CORR/PAK MERCHANDISING
SPRINT CAR FEATURE (25 laps)

Position. # Name (Starting Position)
1. 0 Glenn Styres (2)
2. 6n Dain Naida (14)
3. 12c Tom Huppunen (6)
4. 35 Jared Zimbardi (8)
5. 33k Kyle Patrick (10)
6. 5d Dave Dykstra (11)
7. 14h Jim Huppunen (9)
8. 11 Jamie Turner (7)
9. 71 Travis Cunningham (4)
10. 21x Kevin Job (5)
11. 21j John Burbridge, Sr. (12)
12. 67 Chris Durand (21)
13. 5 Keith Dempster (16) DNF
14. 81 Derek Jonathan (3) DNF
15. 31 John Burbridge, Jr. (17) DNF
16. 7 Kyle Moffit (1) DNF
17. 23 Steve Garry (18) DNF
18. 7x Mike Ling (13) DNF
19. 10 Mitchell Brown (15) DNF
20. 94 Stan Zanchin (20) DNF
21. 49 Todd Hoddick (19) DNF
22. 7p Jim Price (23) DNS
23. 30g Stevin Goldner (22) DNS
No Time.

ESSO THUNDER STOCKS
HEAT RACES (8 laps each)

HEAT RACE #1

1. 33x Larry Czinege, Jr. (Ridgeway), 2. 55 Mike Thorne (Caledonia), 3. 44 Jamie Cox (Cambridge), 4. 17 Rob Disher (Grimsby), 5. 8 Ryan Dinning (Caledonia), 6. 00 Robbie General (Ohsweken), 7. 73 Mike Miller (Caledonia) DNF.

HEAT RACE #2

1. 83 Lee Winger (Caledonia), 2. k51 Ed McNamara (Sherkston), 3. 31 Dave Bailey (Hagersville), 4. 8x Steve Perry (Hamilton), 5. 39 Isaac Pellisero (St. Ann’s), 6. 23 Trevor DeBoer, 7. 04 Wyatt Van Wart (Cambridge).

HEAT RACE #3

1. 51 Phil Nyssen (Burford), 2. 108 Billy Bleich (Port Robinson), 3. 710 Mike Dooley (St. Catharines), 4. 1 Chris Dickie (Brantford), 5. 08 Derek Martin (Hamilton), 6. 293 Doug Crawford, 7. 191 Gord Bates (Selkirk).

ESSO THUNDER STOCKS
FEATURE (25 laps)

Position. # Name (Starting Position)
1. 33x Larry Czinege, Jr. (14)
2. 8 Ryan Dinning (5)
3. 108 Billy Bleich (10)
4. 51 Phil Nyssen (21)
5. 55 Mike Thorne (8)
6. 710 Mike Dooley (13)
7. 8x Steve Perry (12)
8. 44 Jamie Cox (11)
9. 83 Lee Winger (9)
10. 1 Chris Dickie (2)
11. 73 Mike Miller (19)
12. 23 Trevor DeBoer (16)
13. 08 Derek Martin (6) DNF
14. 00 Robbie General (15) DNF
15. 04 Wyatt Van Wart (18) DNF
16. 17 Rob Disher (1) DNF
17. k51 Ed McNamara (3) DNF
18. 31 Dave Bailey (4) DNF
19. 39 Isaac Pellisero (7) DNF
20. 293 Doug Crawford (17) DNF
21. 191 Gord Bates (20) DNS

ESSO THUNDER STOCKS
MECHANICS RACE (5 laps)

1. 8 Zeger Van Thuyl
2. 55 Jeff Shields
3. 23 Team 23
4. 8x Don Day
5. 00
6. 08 Tyler Martin
7. 108 Matt Rudd
8. 1

ESSO MINI STOCKS
HEAT RACES (8 laps each)

HEAT RACE #1

1. 777x Steve Hess (Ohsweken), 2. 14 Paul Goodale (Brantford), 3. 99 Robin Elliott (Woodstock), 4. 48 Craig Erskine (Brantford), 5. 11 Mike Giberson (Caledonia), 6. 6x Mike Sarantakos (Smithville), 7. 55 Rob Slater (Dundas), 8. 44 Dale Cooke DNF.

HEAT RACE #2

1. 28 Abel Castelein (Cayuga), 2. 72 Kevin Hilborn (Brantford), 3. 6 Trevor Goulding (Welland), 4. 05 Dave Goodacre (Brantford), 5. 86 Rick Emberson (Paris), 6. 84rk Ryan Beagle (Vittoria), 7. 22 Brittani Myers (Hamilton).

HEAT RACE #3

1. 265 Mike Evers (Caledonia), 2. 02 Mike Taylor (Burlington), 3. 79 Steve Miller (Paris), 4. 77x Ethan Martin (Ohsweken), 5. 10 Jake Brown (Brantford), 6. 113 Mark Thorne (Waterford), 7. 76 Jamie Goudge (London) DNF.

ESSO MINI STOCKS
FEATURE (25 laps)

Position. # Name (Starting Position)
1. 777x Steve Hess (11)
2. 48 Craig Erskine (8)
3. 28 Abel Castelein (12)
4. 02 Mike Taylor (13)
5. 265 Mike Evers (10)
6. 6 Trevor Goulding (9)
7. 79 Steve Miller (3)
8. 10 Jake Brown (7)
9. 86 Rick Emberson (6)
10. 44 Dale Cooke (21)
11. 99 Robin Elliott (4)
12. 11 Mike Giberson (1)
13. 84rk Ryan Beagle (17)
14. 22 Brittani Myers (20)
15. 77x Ethan Martin (15) DNF
16. 14 Paul Goodale (5) DNF
17. 05 Dave Goodacre (14) DNF
18. 6x Mike Sarantakos (16) DQ
19. 113 Mark Thorne (18) DQ
20. 55 Rob Slater (19) DQ
21. 72 Kevin Hilborn (2) DQ
22. 76 Jamie Goudge (22) DNS

ESSO MINI STOCKS
MECHANICS RACE (5 laps)

1. 02 Adam Reidel
2. 6x Hank Takis
3. 28 Kyle Beatty
4. 77x Jeff Hill
5. 113 John Sargeant
6. 84rk Kevin Beagle
7. 99 Mike Goneau
8. 72 Derek Hilborn
9. 22 Tim Hicks
10. 86 Ian Emberson DNF

BOMBERS
HEAT RACES (6 laps each – Top 6 finishers transfer to A-Feature)

HEAT RACE #1

1. 26 Dave Patton (Rockton), 2. 99cc Chris Cowell (Caledonia), 3. 420 Kyle Andress (Hamilton), 4. 17 Brittany Gyokery (Jarvis), 5. 81 Karl Sault (Dundas), 6. 23 Dusty DeBoer, 7. 13 Kacey Huffman (Hamilton), 8. 9 Rodney Rutherford (Waterdown), 9. 10-4 Trevor Roszell (Waterdown), 10. 14 Gord Hardy (Cambridge) DNF, 11. 97 Derek Chechalk (Hamilton) DNF.

HEAT RACE #2

1. 113 Shawn Ireland (Burlington), 2. 88j Jesse McDonald (Caledonia), 3. 10 Jeremy Hughes (Burlington), 4. 03 Sarah Rutherford (Dundas), 5. 1988 Matt Smith (Rockton), 6. 199 Aaron Turkey (Ohsweken), 7. 13c Corrie Cowell (Delhi), 8. 31 Steve Hils (Dundas), 9. 777 Rob Twitchett (Cambridge), 10. 83 Matt Jansen (Dundas) DNF, 11 38 John Cote (Hamilton) DNF.

B-MAIN (Top 4 finishers transfer to A-Feature)

1. 38 John Cote, 2. 9 Rodney Rutherford, 3. 31 Steven Hils, 4. 13 Kacey Huffman, 5. 13c Corrie Cowell, 6. 777 Rob Twitchett, 7. 97 Derek Chechalk, 8. 10-4 Trevor Roszell DQ, 9. 14 Gord Hardy DNS, 10. 83 Matt Jansen DNS.

BOMBERS
FEATURE (12 laps)

Position. # Name (Starting Position)
1. 88j Jesse McDonald (9)
2. 03 Sarah Rutherford (5)
3. 199 Aaron Turkey (3)
4. 17 Brittany Gyokery (1)
5. 1988 Matt Smith (7)
6. 81 Karl Sault (10)
7. 13 Kacey Huffman (16)
8. 23 Dusty DeBoer (8)
9. 38 John Cote (13)
10. 31 Steven Hils (15)
11. 99cc Chris Cowell (6)
12. 10 Jeremy Hughes (12)
13. 420 Kyle Andress (4) DNF
14. 26 Dave Patton (11) DNF
15. 9 Rodney Rutherford (14) DNF
16. 113 Shawn Ireland (2) DNF.

BOMBERS
CRACK THE WHIP (10 laps)

Position. # Name (Starting Position)
1. 113 Shawn Ireland (1)
2. 88j Jesse McDonald (6)
3. 13 Kacey Huffman (7)
4. 81 Karl Sault (10)
5. 03 Sarah Rutherford (5)
6. 38 John Cote (8)
7. 1988 Matt Smith (3)
8. 10 Jeremy Hughes (9)
9. 99cc Chris Cowell (4)
10. 420 Kyle Andress (2)

VINTAGE CARS
HEAT RACE (8 laps)

1. 99 Dave Szarchuk, 2. 62 Al Harju (Cayuga), 3. 00 Bill Harju (Fisherville), 4. 43 Brian Page (Ridgeway), 5. 9 Jamie Swain, 6. 27 Doug Fralick (Port Colborne), 7. 16 Daryl Bray (Rainham Centre), 8. 6 Lowry Siemens (Dunnville), 9. 4 Chic Voit (Kenmore, NY), 10. 400 Jim Atkinson (Smithville).

VINTAGE CARS
FEATURE (10 laps)

1. 43 Brian Page (3)
2. 99 Dave Szarchuk (5)
3. 27 Doug Fralick (4)
4. 62 Al Harju (2)
5. 9 Jamie Swain (6)
6. 6 Lowry Siemens (1)
7. 00 Bill Harju (10)
8. 78 Pat Sonnenburg (11)
9. 4 Chic Voit (9)
10. 16 Daryl Bray (7)
11. 400 Jim Atkinson (8)

UP NEXT @ OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY:
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
SPEEDWAY VARIETY PRESENTS:
“FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT” FEATURING
ASCS PATRIOTS VS. CORR/PAK MERCHANDISING SPRINT CARS CHALLENGE,
PLUS ESSO THUNDER STOCKS
ADULTS $15, SENIORS AND STUDENTS $10, KIDS AGES 6-12 $5, KIDS AGE 5 AND UNDER FREE!
SPECTATOR GATES OPEN @ 5:00 P.M., RACING @ 7:45 P.M.

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Alger, WA-September 3, 2010- Jac Haudenschild and Tim Kaeding are certainly two of the most exciting drivers to ever climb into a sprint car, and on Friday night at Skagit Speedway in Washington, the pair lived up to this moniker, as they battled tooth and nail in heavy traffic in the opener of the World of Outlaws two-day event at the high-banked three-tenths-mile bullring

Officially they traded the lead four times, but in one stretch of two laps they unofficially swapped the top spot five times, trading slide jobs on both ends of the race track. Haudenschild would end up coming out on top to earn his third A-Feature win of the season and his first career triumph at Skagit.

“I’m glad to win an Outlaws race here at Skagit,” said Haudenschild. “Steve Beitler had the track beautiful tonight. It was great to race on and our car was going good. The crew did a great job giving me a fast car tonight. It was a fun race up there with Tim (Kaeding).”

Haudenschild jumped to the lead at the start and had a few car lengths lead when the first caution of the night flew on the third lap. On the ensuing restart he chose the high line and again led the field into turns one and two, with Kaeding looking look in turns three and four to no avail.

The caution flag flew again on the 10th lap, with Haudenschild choosing the low line for the double file restart. Kaeding took the lead on this restart and would pace the next seven laps. In traffic Haudenschild caught back up to Kaeding and slid under him coming off turn four to take the top spot on the 17th lap. Kaeding would get back around him on the next lap to officially be credited with the lead, with Haudenschild getting back by him on the 19th lap on the back straightaway. Haudenschild would lead the final 12 circuits on his way to the win and led a total of 22 laps on the night in the Owens-Corning Fiberglass XXX.

“The car was good all night,” stated Haudenschild. “You couldn’t ask for a better car than that. We were good in traffic and in open track. It was a pleasure to drive, that’s for sure.”

The final caution of the night came with five laps remaining, with Haudenschild choosing the high side for the double file restart. He wound up choosing the high side twice on restarts and the low side once while out front. The Hall of Famer used a strong restart to pull away at the end.

Kaeding crossed the line second, but was disqualified for losing a muffler on the track on the final lap. By way of World of Outlaws rules, he was scored last in the 24-car field.

“I thought I could get off the bottom good enough to get it done, but the top was definitely faster,” explained Haudenschild when asked about the final double file restart. “I just had to run my own line and get off the corner good.”

Jason Sides ended up second in the Wetherington Tractor Service Maxim after starting fourth and falling back to seventh in the early laps. He restarted fourth on the final restart with five laps to go and shot by Steve Kinser for third. He snagged the runner-up spot coming off turn four to the checkered flag.

“We really didn’t need that caution,” Sides said. “We were going pretty good and I think we had something for them in traffic. In open track they kind of got away from us a little bit. Tim (Kaeding) hurt a motor there at the end and we got around him on the last corner of the last lap. All in all it was a good night for us.”

Donny Schatz made a strong charge at the end after starting the 30-lap contest in the ninth spot. On the final restart he lined up on the outside of the third row and powered his way past Danny Lasoski and Steve Kinser en route to his 29th Top-Five finish of the season aboard the Armor All/STP J&J.

“We had a good car at the end and I’m looking forward to 40 laps tomorrow night,” said Schatz. “This place is tricky and I’m glad to get a Top-Three. The car was real tight at the beginning and was a lot freer at the end. It was fun and I was able to gain some points on guys I needed to gain on, so we’ll keep going.”

Steve Kinser ended fourth in the Bass Pro Shops Maxim and gained 26 points in the World of Outlaws championship standings on Joey Saldana, who ended up 17th after getting on his side when he ran into Shane Stewart’s stopped machine under caution. Saldana went to the work area where his team made quick repairs on the Budweiser Maxim to get him back out. Jason Meyers came home ninth and is currently 23 markers out of the lead as he chases his first series title.

Danny Lasoski picked up his second consecutive Top-Five finish in the Casey’s General Stores JEI coming home fifth on Friday night. Jason Solwold was sixth in the Extreme Oilfield Technology Maxim. Sammy Swindell picked up the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger Award, coming from 18th to finish seventh in the Big Game Treestands Maxim. Jonathan Allard was eighth in the Red Line Oil A.R.T, with Meyers ninth aboard the GLR Investments KPC. Sam Hafertepe Jr. came from 17th to finish 10th in the Lone Star Speedway Maxim, after winning The Last Chance Showdown to race his way into the main event.

The World of Outlaws wrap up the weekend at Skagit Speedway on Saturday, September 4 with a $20,000 40-lap feature event. Saturday will be STP Hat Day at Skagit Speedway, with the first 1,000 fans through the gate beginning at 5 p.m. Pacific, receiving a free STP Hat.

SKAGIT SPEEDWAY NIGHT #1 NOTES

•FAST QUALIFIER: Kerry Madsen paced the 34 cars that took time with an AMB i.t. timed lap around the high-banked three-tenths-mile oval at 11.281 seconds at 95.736 miles per hour. For his qualifying effort Madsen earned five bonus points. The next four fastest qualifiers also earned bonus points, including: Jac Haudenschild (4), Jayme Barnes (3), Tim Kaeding (2) and Travis Jacobson (1).

•SKAGIT SPEEDWAY QUALIFYING WINNERS: Donny Schatz, Joey Saldana, Jason Meyers and Steve Kinser won heat races. Tim Kaeding won the dash. Sam Hafertepe Jr. won the Last Chance Showdown.

• FEATURE WINNERS: There have been 55 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature events held in 2010. The winners include: Joey Saldana (Thunderbowl Raceway, Volunteer Speedway, I-55 Raceway, Eldora Speedway-twice, Dodge City Raceway Park, River Cities Speedway, LaSalle Speedway, Beaver Dam Raceway, Lernerville Speedway, Nodak Speedway and Castrol Raceway), Jason Meyers (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Thunderbowl Raceway, Volunteer Speedway, Tri-State (Okla.) Speedway, Virginia Motor Speedway, I-96 Speedway, North Central Speedway, I-55 Raceway and Castrol Raceway), Steve Kinser (Volusia Speedway Park, Jackson Speedway, River Cities Speedway, Lakeside Speedway, Eldora Speedway, Autodrome Drummond and Fulton Speedway), Jason Sides (Houston Raceway Park , Tri-City Speedway, Missouri State Fair Speedway and Ohsweken Speedway), Craig Dollansky (Lone Star Speedway, Cedar Lake Speedway and Nodak Speedway), Jac Haudenschild (Paducah International Raceway, Knoxville Raceway and Skagit Speedway), Donny Schatz (Volusia Speedway Park, The Dirt Track at Charlotte and Ohsweken Speedway), Lance Dewease (Lernerville Speedway and Williams Grove Speedway), Sammy Swindell (Dodge City Raceway and Huset’s Speedway), Brooke Tatnell (Knoxville Raceway and Junction Motor Speedway), Dale Blaney (Limaland Motorsports Park), Doug Esh (Lebanon Valley Speedway), Greg Hodnett (Williams Grove Speedway), Danny Lasoski (Cottage Grove Speedway), Chad Layton (Williams Grove Speedway), Paul McMahan (Eldora Speedway), Fred Rahmer (Williams Grove Speedway) and Tim Shaffer (I-55 Raceway).

•THREE-TENTHS-MILE-WINNERS: Skagit Speedway is a high-banked three-tenths-mile oval. The World of Outlaws have raced once this season a track that size. The winner was Jac Haudenschild (Skagit Speedway).

World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Skagit Speedway; Alger, WA; September 3, 2010

Qualifying

1) 3-Kerry Madsen 11.281

2) R19-Jac Haudenschild 11.361

3) 33-Jayme Barnes 11.444

4) 83-Tim Kaeding 11.445

5) 8R-Travis Jacobson 11.472

6) 39C-Jason Solwold 11.485

7) 91-Paul McMahan 11.510

O-Jonathan Allard 11.514

9) 2B-Ben Gregg 11.539

10) 9-Joey Saldana 11.561

11) 14-Jason Meyers 11.578

12) 23-Seth Bergman 11.579

13) 15-Donny Schatz 11.601

14) 7S-Jason Sides 11.608

15) 6-Danny Lasoski 11.617

16) 11-Steve Kinser 11.628

17) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 11.671

18) 1-Sammy Swindell 11.686

19) 13C-Colton Heath 11.711

20) 63-Chad Kemenah 11.714

21) 7-Craig Dollansky 11.731

22) 5W-Lucas Wolfe 11.736

23) 11K-Kraig Kinser 11.781

24) 49-Brad Sweet 11.801

25) 44W-Austen Wheatley 11.820

26) 2L-Logan Forler 11.837

27) 75-Kevin Smith 11.879

28) 59-Eric Fisher 11.887

29) 88-Jesse Whitney 11.899

30) 4X-Toni Lutar 11.916

31) 55-Trey Starks 11.918

32) 94-Zach Zimmerly 11.955

33) 7K-Shane Stewart 11.985

34) 33V-Henry VanDam 12.170

35) 23X-Steve Parker -.—

Heat 1 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 15-Donny Schatz[1]

2) 3-Kerry Madsen[4]

3) 2B-Ben Gregg[2]

4) 8R-Travis Jacobson[3]

5) 7-Craig Dollansky[6]

6) 88-Jesse Whitney[8]

7) 7K-Shane Stewart[9]

15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[5]

9) 44W-Austen Wheatley[7]

Heat 2 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 9-Joey Saldana[2]

2) 7S-Jason Sides[1]

3) R19-Jac Haudenschild[4]

4) 39C-Jason Solwold[3]

5) 1-Sammy Swindell[5]

6) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[6]

7) 33V-Henry VanDam[9]

2L-Logan Forler[7]

9) 4X-Toni Lutar[8]

Heat 3 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 14-Jason Meyers[2]

2) 6-Danny Lasoski[1]

3) 91-Paul McMahan[3]

4) 11K-Kraig Kinser[6]

5) 33-Jayme Barnes[4]

6) 13C-Colton Heath[5]

7) 55-Trey Starks[8]

Heat 4 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 11-Steve Kinser[1]

2) 83-Tim Kaeding[4]

3) O-Jonathan Allard[3]

4) 49-Brad Sweet[6]

5) 63-Chad Kemenah[5]

6) 23-Seth Bergman[2]

7) 59-Eric Fisher[7]

94-Zach Zimmerly[8]

Dash (8 laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 83-Tim Kaeding[1]

2) R19-Jac Haudenschild[3]

3) 3-Kerry Madsen[4]

4) 7S-Jason Sides[8]

5) 9-Joey Saldana[5]

6) 11-Steve Kinser[10]

7) 14-Jason Meyers[6]

6-Danny Lasoski[9]

9) 15-Donny Schatz[7]

10) 33-Jayme Barnes[2]

B-main (12 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[2]

2) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[4]

3) 7K-Shane Stewart[12]

4) 23-Seth Bergman[1]

5) 59-Eric Fisher[7] [$200]

6) 88-Jesse Whitney[8] [$180]

7) 44W-Austen Wheatley[5] [$175]

2L-Logan Forler[6] [$160]

9) 4X-Toni Lutar[9] [$150]

10) 33V-Henry VanDam[13] [$150]

11) 55-Trey Starks[10] [$150]

12) 13C-Colton Heath[3] [$150]

13) 94-Zach Zimmerly[11] [$150]

14) 75-Kevin Smith[14] [$150]

15) 23X-Steve Parker[15] [$150]

A-main (30 laps) – Starting Position [#]

1) R19-Jac Haudenschild[2] [$8,000]

2) 7S-Jason Sides[4] [$4,000]

3) 15-Donny Schatz[9] [$2,500]

4) 11-Steve Kinser[6] [$2,200]

5) 6-Danny Lasoski[8] [$2,100]

6) 39C-Jason Solwold[12] [$2,000]

7) 1-Sammy Swindell[18] [$1,800]

O-Jonathan Allard[14] [$1,600]

9) 14-Jason Meyers[7] [$1,500]

10) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[17] [$1,300]

11) 91-Paul McMahan[13] [$1,200]

12) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[21] [$1,100]

13) 11K-Kraig Kinser[22] [$1,000]

14) 7-Craig Dollansky[20] [$700]

15) 8R-Travis Jacobson[11] [$600]

16) 23-Seth Bergman[16] [$600]

17) 9-Joey Saldana[5] [$600]

18) 63-Chad Kemenah[19] [$600]

19) 2B-Ben Gregg[15] [$600]

20) 7K-Shane Stewart[24] [$600]

21) 49-Brad Sweet[23] [$600]

22) 3-Kerry Madsen[3] [$600]

23) 33-Jayme Barnes[10] [$600]

24) 83-Tim Kaeding[1] [$600]

Lap Leaders: Jac Haudenschild 1-9, 17, 19-30; Tim Kaeding 10-16, 18

KSE Hard Charger Award: Sammy Swindell

Penske Power Position Award: Ben Gregg

World of Outlaws Championship Standings through September 3

Joey Saldana 7431
Steve Kinser 7421 -10
Jason Meyers 7408 -23
Donny Schatz 7312 -119
Jason Sides 7244 -187
Paul McMahan 7140 -291
Craig Dollansky 6886 -545
Lucas Wolfe 6863 -568
Danny Lasoski 6754 -677
Kraig Kinser 6696 -735

The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Chizmark & Larson Insurance , Goodyear Tires (Official Tire), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, Jake’s Custom Golf Carts, KSE Race Products, Penske Shocks , R2C Performance, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo; Engine Builder’s Challenge participants Don Ott Racing Engines, Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and Speedway Engines; and Chassis Builder’s Challenge participants J&J Auto Racing, Maxim Racing and XXX Race Company.

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Lutar has competed a number of times at Skagit Speedway over the years and has won three races at the high-banked three-tenths-mile bullring, which is located in the very scenic Northwest corner of Washington.

“It will be nice to go over there and see a lot of people that I haven’t seen for a while,” said Lutar. “I’m looking forward to getting to race there. It will be our only chance to get over there and race this year so it will be a good weekend for us.”

While he has visited many new tracks this season during his rookie year on the road with the World of Outlaws aboard the Northwest Used Auto Parts KPC, Lutar will get the chance to visit one he knows very well when he rolls through the pit gate at Skagit Speedway, as he has turned countless laps at the track over the years. He competed for the first time at the track in 1979, the same year the World of Outlaws first visited Skagit. He won his first race there in 2002 and also scored victories in 2004 and 2005. He has over 50 career Top-10 finishes at the high-banked bullring with nearly 40 of those being Top-Fives.

“It helps a whole bunch, that’s for sure, because you know what to look for and expect there and have a good idea of what to do,” noted the contender for the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award when asked about his experience at Skagit Speedway. “The surface has changed a lot over the years and they say it has changed again this year, so we’ll have to wait until we get there to see what it looks like and we’ll go from there.”

Lutar, who began racing over 30 years ago, before taking a little time away from the sport, had always wanted to take to the road with the World of Outlaws full-time and the right opportunity presented itself this season. In addition to competing against the best sprint car drivers in the world night in and night out, Lutar has still found the time to operate his auto parts business back home in Canada.

“It’s been fun for the most part and I am really enjoying it,” he stated of his first full season on the road with the World of Outlaws. “The travel has been the biggest challenge. I have tried to get home as much as I can and I live on the West Coast (of Canada), so we have been flying across the country quite a bit.”

The Canadian has visited many tracks this season that he had heard and read about for years, including making his first trip to the sprint car hot bed of Central Pennsylvania and the famed Williams Grove Speedway. He also got to race at three tracks in Canada in three difference Provinces as he made his debut at Autodrome Drummond in Quebec and Ohsweken Speedway in Ontario back in July, before competing at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta last weekend.

“Racing all the time has been the best part,” Lutar said with a smile when asked about what the best part of this season has been. “It’s been a lot of fun. We’ve become pretty good friends with a lot of the guys out here and that has helped a lot as well and been a great thing. The fans have been great to us as well. I had a lot of fans out in Pennsylvania so it was great to finally go out there and meet them. The fans all over have been fantastic this year to us.”

Lutar scored the best finish of his World of Outlaws career earlier this season at Tri-State Speedway in Oklahoma, coming home seventh. He has raced his way into the dash twice, first at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in May with the cameras from SPEED rolling and the following night in his debut at Tri-City Speedway in Pennsylvania. He is second in the standings for the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award and 15th overall in points.

“I want to get a few more Top-10′s,” he shared when asked what will make it a good end to the season. “If we can do that, I’ll be happy and it will be a good start for next year. We have learned a lot this year that I think will help us down the road and we’ll keep working at it. You learn every time you race against these guys as they are the best in the business.”

On Friday, September 3 at Skagit Speedway, Adults tickets (ages 18-64) will be $35, with tickets for Seniors (ages 64-over), Juniors (ages 7-17) and Military $25, with tickets for children (6-under) $10. For more information and to purchase tickets call the track office at 360) 724-3567.

On Saturday, September 4 at Skagit Speedway, Adults tickets (ages 18-64) will be $35, with tickets for Seniors (ages 64-over), Juniors (ages 7-17) and Military $25, with tickets for children (6-under) $10. For more information and to purchase tickets call the track office at 360) 724-3567.

Saturday, September 4 is STP Hat Day at Skagit Speedway. The first 1,000 fans through the gate will receive a FREE hat, courtesy of STP. Gates will open at 5 p.m. Pacific on Saturday.

The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Chizmark & Larson Insurance , Goodyear Tires (Official Tire), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, Jake’s Custom Golf Carts, KSE Race Products, Penske Shocks , R2C Performance, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo; Engine Builder’s Challenge participants Don Ott Racing Engines, Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and Speedway Engines; and Chassis Builder’s Challenge participants J&J Auto Racing, Maxim Racing and XXX Race Company.

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Jason Meyers won the finale at Skagit Speedway last season to earn the $20,000 top prize, which at the time was the richest payday of his career. He has since matched that, winning the Ironman 55 last month to again pick up $20,000. The veteran has finished on the podium in each of his last four starts at the track. Meyers is currently third in points just 39 markers out of the lead as he seeks his first World of Outlaws title.

Joey Saldana was victorious in the opener at Skagit Speedway last season, recording a clean sweep of the night, which was the only clean sweep of the entire 2009 season with the World of Outlaws. He leads all current drivers at Skagit with three wins and has finished in the Top-10 in eight of his nine career starts at the track. He currently has a 36-point lead on 20-time World of Outlaws champion Steve Kinser in the series standings as he too chases his first title.

Kinser won a preliminary feature at Skagit Speedway in 1995. He has 11 career Top-10 finishes at the track dating back to 1978, with 10 of those being Top-Fives. He leads the series with 48 Top-10 finishes on the season and has picked up 32 Top-Fives as well.

Craig Dollansky won the finale at Skagit in 2007 and has seven career Top-10 finishes in nine starts at the track. He has won a couple of times this season and recently moved up to seventh in points.

Donny Schatz, the four-time and defending series champion, won a preliminary feature at the high-banked bullring in 2006. He has eight career Top-10 finishes in nine starts at the track.

The World of Outlaws competed at Skagit Speedway for the first time in the series inaugural season of 1978 with Hall of Famer Doug Wolfgang picking up a couple of wins. Nine different drivers have visited Victory Lane at the track in the 15 A-Feature events contested.

Saturday, September 4 is STP Hat Day at Skagit Speedway. The first 1,000 fans through the gate will receive a FREE hat, courtesy of STP. Gates will open at 5 p.m. Pacific on Saturday.

The Buzz:

· Jason Meyers won for the first time at Skagit Speedway last season with the World of Outlaws and has five Top-10 finishes with the World of Outlaws in seven starts.

· Joey Saldana has won three times with the World of Outlaws at Skagit Speedway, the most of any driver and has an average finish of 5.3 at the track to lead all drivers in that department as well.

· Steve Kinser won a preliminary feature at Skagit in 1995 and has 11 Top-10 finishes in his career at the track with 10 of those being Top-Five performances. He has made the most starts with the series at the track of any driving competing full-time with the series dating back to his debut at the track in 1978.

· Donny Schatz won a preliminary feature at Skagit in 2006 and has eight career Top-10 finishes in nine starts at the track,

· Jason Sides finished second in the opener and fifth in the finale last year at Skagit Speedway to earn the best two finishes of his career at the track. He also set a new track record in time trials in the finale.

· Craig Dollansky won for the first time at Skagit Speedway in 2007 and has seven career Top-10 finishes in nine starts. He ran fifth in the opener last season.

· Kraig Kinser finished fourth and seventh last season at Skagit and has finished in the Top-10 in three of his four starts at the track.

· Jac Haudenschild finished third in the finale at the high-banked bullring last season and has six career Top-10 finishes at the track.

· Chad Kemenah will make his first appearance at Skagit Speedway since 2008 this weekend. He finished fifth in each of his first two starts at the track in 2006.

· Toni Lutar, who hails from just over the border in White Rock British, Columbia, Canada, considers Skagit Speedway his home track and has been victorious at the track three times in his career.

· Ben Gregg, the leading contender for the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year will make his first start at Skagit Speedway this weekend and the first start of his career in the state of Washington.

· Saturday will be STP Hat Day at the high-banked bullring, with the first 1,000 fans through the gate at 5 p.m. Pacific receiving an STP hat.

One year ago: Jason Meyers scored the richest win of his career pocketing $20,000 for winning the finale at Skagit Speedway last season. The California native got around early leader Jayme Barnes on the ninth lap and would outdistance Joey Saldana and Jac Haudenschild for the win. Jason Sides opened the night by setting a new track record in time trials, while Jonathan Allard, Saldana, Haudenschild and Lucas Wolfe won heat races, with the dash going to Jason Sides.

Joey Saldana opened the two-day event at Skagit Speedway with a clean sweep, setting fast time, winning the first heat race, winning the dash and winning the A-Feature over Jason Sides and Jason Meyers. Tyler Walker, Nick Engberg and Sammy Swindell also won heat races. Saldana took the lead in the main event from Sides on the fourth circuit and would lead the remainder of the distance.

By the Numbers: Skagit Speedway

0.3- Miles around Skagit Speedway

1- Driver that will be visiting Skagit Speedway for the first time- Ben Gregg

2- Races on a three-tenths-mile tracks this season for the World of Outlaws

3- Races in the state of Washington this season for the World of Outlaws; Career wins at Skagit Speedway for current rookie contender Toni Lutar

4- Drivers competing with the World of Outlaws this season that have won at Skagit Speedway; Drives that led laps in the two A-Feature events for the series at the track in 2009

9- Drivers that have won A-Feature events with the World of Outlaws at Skagit Speedway

10.872 – Track record established by Jason Sides in time trials in 2009

11- Drivers competing full-time with the World of Outlaws this season that raced at Skagit Speedway with the series last year

12- A-Feature wins for Joey Saldana this season to lead the series

15- A-Feature events contested by the World of Outlaws at Skagit Speedway dating back to 1978; Starts for Steve Kinser at Skagit with the World of Outlaws to lead all drivers

17- Drivers that have been quickest in time trials this season with the series

18- Drivers that have won A-Feature events with the World of Outlaws in 2010

26- Laps led by Joey Saldana en route to winning the opener at Skagit last season

31- Laps led by Jason Meyers en route to winning the finale at Skagit last season

34- Drivers that competed with the series at Skagit Speedway last season

36- Points that currently separate leader Joey Saldana and Steve Kinser in the World of Outlaws standings

99.338 – Track record in miles per hour established by Jason Sides last year

310- Laps led by Joey Saldana in feature events in 2010 to lead the series

373- Miles from Cottage Grove Speedway in Oregon where the World of Outlaws compete on September 1 to Skagit Speedway in Washington

1978- Year the World of Outlaws first competed at Skagit Speedway

8,000- Dollars the winner will receive on Friday, September 3

20,000- Dollars the winner will receive on Saturday, September 4

97,050- Dollars in the total purse for both nights of racing at Skagit Speedway

Tickets: On Friday, September 3 at Skagit Speedway, Adults tickets (ages 18-64) will be $35, with tickets for Seniors (ages 64-over), Juniors (ages 7-17) and Military $25, with tickets for children (6-under) $10. For more information and to purchase tickets call the track office at 360) 724-3567.

On Saturday, September 4 at Skagit Speedway, Adults tickets (ages 18-64) will be $35, with tickets for Seniors (ages 64-over), Juniors (ages 7-17) and Military $25, with tickets for children (6-under) $10. For more information and to purchase tickets call the track office at 360) 724-3567.

The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Chizmark & Larson Insurance , Goodyear Tires (Official Tire), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, Jake’s Custom Golf Carts, KSE Race Products, Penske Shocks , R2C Performance, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo; Engine Builder’s Challenge participants Don Ott Racing Engines, Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and Speedway Engines; and Chassis Builder’s Challenge participants J&J Auto Racing, Maxim Racing and XXX Race Company.

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Lasoski took the lead from Craig Dollansky coming off turn two on the 23rd lap and would pace the remainder of the 40-lap contest, using four strong double file restarts to stay out front. For the 2001 World of Outlaws champion, the $10,000 win was the 87th of his career with the series.

“This feels great,” said Lasoski. “Lonnie Parsons (Car Owner) deserves a lot more of these. We’ve had a terrible year and want to thank him and Don Lamberti and all the people at Casey’s General Stores and everyone that is involved in this team and makes it strong. This show that we never gave up. Every time you win is great and it definitely builds momentum.”

Lasoski had a big lead coming to the white flag, when the red flag flew, for Lucas Wolfe, who got upside while running in the Top-Five, setting up a final two lap shootout, with Joey Saldana, lining up alongside Lasoski, with Sammy Swindell and Donny Schatz in the second row. Lasoski chose the low side of the track for the double file restart, as he did each and every time when he was leading and quickly jumped to a lead and would pull away on the final circuit aboard the Casey’s General Stores JEI.

“I was going down the back stretch and thinking we might win us one and the red came out, so I did cringe a little bit,” stated Lasoski in Victory Lane. “Our car was good and we could go on the top and the bottom. That’s a testament to my crew and how hard they work and what a good car they gave me tonight.”

Lasoski, who led the final 18 laps on Wednesday night, has finished in the Top-10 in all but one of his 12 starts with the series at the track, with nine of those being Top-Five performances. Lasoski took the lead for the first time on the 19th lap in turns one and two only to have the caution flag fly before that lap was completed, thus placing him back in second on the ensuing double file restart. He then kept pace with Dollansky and once he got around him, the native of Dover, Missouri masterfully worked lapped traffic as the laps wound down.

“Brian (Crockett) does a great job with the track and he gave us a top and a bottom tonight and let us race on this thing,” shared the winner. “I always enjoy coming here to race. Thanks to all the fans for coming out.”

Lucas Wolfe started on the pole and paced the field for the first 10 laps, before Craig Dollansky used a strong restart on the 11th lap to charge by him on the high side of turn two. Dollansky, who wound up running out of fuel on the 36th lap while running third, led 12 laps on Wednesday night.

Donny Schatz charged from the back of the field after getting caught up in a lap-five incident to finish second aboard the Armor All/STP J&J. It was the second consecutive year he came from the back of the pack to finish on the podium at Cottage Grove Speedway, where he scored his first career World of Outlaws A-Feature win in 1998. He originally lined up 15th which helped him earn the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger Award for a series-best sixth time in 2010.

“I just put myself in a beehive there, I don’t know what happened,” said Schatz of the early race incident. “We’ve had to do that here before and it’s a fun little place to race. When you come from the back like that you hope for 50 laps and its fun when it gets like this. My team did a great job and Danny (Lasoski) did a great job tonight. If we keep getting those seconds and thirds, we’ll get the wins.”

Joey Saldana, the current World of Outlaws point leader, finished third in the Budweiser Maxim after lining up eighth, to earn his series leading 33 rd Top-Five finish of the season and gain 10 points on Steve Kinser, who finished eighth on Wednesday night and now has a 26-point advantage over the 20-time series champion, while Jason Meyers who finished sixth, is 39 markers out of the top spot with 16 events remaining in 2010.

“We had a pretty good night,” said Saldana. “We just kind of missed it there. We were close, so I’ll take it. Obviously Donny (Schatz) was pretty good coming from where he did twice. We were trying to be pretty basic tonight. Willie Kahne my crew chief just had a little girl so he was home with her tonight, so it was just Kale (Kahne) Kolten (Gouse) and myself so I’d say it was a pretty good night just going off our notes.”

Schatz lined up on the outside of the second row on the final double file restart with two laps to go, charging by Sammy Swindell to move into third and then getting by Joey Saldana on the final circuit to finish in the runner-up spot. For Schatz, it was his 28th Top-Five finish of the season.

“I knew I was better than Sammy (Swindell) and Joey (Saldana), but I could never really see Danny (Lasoski),” shared Schatz. “When the leader is out front you can see what’s going on behind him, but you can’t see him. Those guys knew where I was going to be on the race track and I had to go somewhere else. We had an awesome car tonight.”

Saldana now has eight career Top-10 finishes at in 10 starts at Cottage Grove Speedway. He worked the high side of the track for a majority of the 40-lap contest as he first battled his way into the Top-Five and then the Top-Three in the late going, as he continues to chase his first World of Outlaws title.

“I wanted to win the race and thought we were in position to win it and just wasn’t good enough,” said Saldana. “I’m not even thinking about points right now, I’m just thinking about what I needed to do to win this race.”

Sammy Swindell finished fourth in the Big Game Treestands Maxim, with Jason Sides fifth in the Wetherington Tractor Service Maxim. Jason Meyers was sixth in the GLR Investments KPC. Paul McMahan was seventh piloting the Great Clips Maxim, with Steve Kinser coming all the way from the 20 th starting spot to finish eighth aboard the Bass Pro Shops Maxim. Brad Sweet came home ninth in the Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper Maxim, with Jonathan Allard rounding out the Top-10 in the Red Line Oil A.R.T.

The World of Outlaws return to action on Friday, September 3 and Saturday, September 4 at Skagit Speedway in Washington.

COTTAGE GROVE SPEEDWAY NOTES

•FAST QUALIFIER: Jason Meyers paced the 30 cars that took time with an AMB i.t. timed lap around the high-banked 1/4-mile oval at 10.411 seconds. For his qualifying effort Meyers earned five bonus points. The next four fastest qualifiers also earned bonus points, including: Craig Dollansky (4), Kraig Kinser (3), Paul McMahan (2) and Jonathan Allard (1).

•COTTAGE GROVE SPEEDWAY QUALIFYING WINNERS: Joey Saldana, Sammy Swindell and Danny Lasoski won heat races. Lucas Wolfe won the dash. Jac Haudenschild won the Last Chance Showdown.

•APPEAL FILED: Kasey Kahne Racing has appealed the five-race suspension and fine that was issued to Brad Sweet following an incident at Nodak Speedway in Minot, North Dakota on August 21. Sweet has thus been reinstated and will be able to compete until the appeal is heard.

• FEATURE WINNERS: There have been 54 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature events held in 2010. The winners include: Joey Saldana (Thunderbowl Raceway, Volunteer Speedway, I-55 Raceway, Eldora Speedway-twice, Dodge City Raceway Park, River Cities Speedway, LaSalle Speedway, Beaver Dam Raceway, Lernerville Speedway, Nodak Speedway and Castrol Raceway), Jason Meyers (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Thunderbowl Raceway, Volunteer Speedway, Tri-State (Okla.) Speedway, Virginia Motor Speedway, I-96 Speedway, North Central Speedway, I-55 Raceway and Castrol Raceway), Steve Kinser (Volusia Speedway Park, Jackson Speedway, River Cities Speedway, Lakeside Speedway, Eldora Speedway, Autodrome Drummond and Fulton Speedway), Jason Sides (Houston Raceway Park , Tri-City Speedway, Missouri State Fair Speedway and Ohsweken Speedway), Craig Dollansky (Lone Star Speedway, Cedar Lake Speedway and Nodak Speedway), Donny Schatz (Volusia Speedway Park, The Dirt Track at Charlotte and Ohsweken Speedway), Lance Dewease (Lernerville Speedway and Williams Grove Speedway), Jac Haudenschild (Paducah International Raceway and Knoxville Raceway), Sammy Swindell (Dodge City Raceway and Huset’s Speedway), Brooke Tatnell (Knoxville Raceway and Junction Motor Speedway), Dale Blaney (Limaland Motorsports Park), Doug Esh (Lebanon Valley Speedway), Greg Hodnett (Williams Grove Speedway), Danny Lasoski (Cottage Grove Speedway), Chad Layton (Williams Grove Speedway), Paul McMahan (Eldora Speedway), Fred Rahmer (Williams Grove Speedway) and Tim Shaffer (I-55 Raceway).

•1/4-MILE-WINNERS: Cottage Grove Speedway is a high-banked 1/4-mile oval. The World of Outlaws have raced five times this season on a track that size. The winners include: Joey Saldana (River Cities Speedway and LaSalle Speedway), Dale Blaney (Limaland Motorsports Park), Steve Kinser (River Cities Speedway), Danny Lasoski (Cottage Grove Speedway) and Jason Sides (Houston Raceway Park).

World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Cottage Grove Speedway; Cottage Grove, OR; September 1, 2010

Qualifying

1) 14-Jason Meyers 10.411

2) 7-Craig Dollansky 10.429

3) 11K-Kraig Kinser 10.457

4) 91-Paul McMahan 10.467

5) O-Jonathan Allard 10.525

6) 7S-Jason Sides 10.554

7) R19-Jac Haudenschild 10.587

5W-Lucas Wolfe 10.594

9) 11C-Roger Crockett 10.598

10) 9-Joey Saldana 10.607

11) 1-Sammy Swindell 10.624

12) 6-Danny Lasoski 10.627

13) 63-Chad Kemenah 10.648

14) 2B-Ben Gregg 10.653

15) 15-Donny Schatz 10.666

16) 94-Zach Zimmerly 10.675

17) 49-Brad Sweet 10.680

18) 3-Kerry Madsen 10.730

19) 83-Tim Kaeding 10.730

20) 4X-Toni Lutar 10.832

21) 2L-Logan Forler 10.844

22) 11-Steve Kinser 10.875

23) 75-Kevin Smith 10.936

24) 33V-Henry VanDam 11.071

25) 55-Trey Starks 11.101

26) 6UP-Danielle Simpson 11.102

27) 25C-Chad Groves 11.149

28) 4S-Dan Simpson 11.263

29) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 11.659

30) 26F-Shane Forte 11.705

31) 3-Kerry Madsen -.—

Heat 1 (10 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 9-Joey Saldana[1]

2) 91-Paul McMahan[3]

3) 14-Jason Meyers[4]

4) 63-Chad Kemenah[5]

5) 11-Steve Kinser[8]

6) 83-Tim Kaeding[7]

7) 94-Zach Zimmerly[6]

R19-Jac Haudenschild[2]

9) 4S-Dan Simpson[10]

Heat 2 (10 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 1-Sammy Swindell[1]

2) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[2]

3) O-Jonathan Allard[3]

4) 49-Brad Sweet[6]

5) 7-Craig Dollansky[4]

6) 2B-Ben Gregg[5]

7) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[10]

75-Kevin Smith[8]

9) 4X-Toni Lutar[7]

10) 6UP-Danielle Simpson[9]

Heat 3 (10 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 6-Danny Lasoski[1]

2) 11C-Roger Crockett[2]

3) 7S-Jason Sides[3]

4) 11K-Kraig Kinser[4]

5) 3-Kerry Madsen[6]

6) 15-Donny Schatz[5]

7) 2L-Logan Forler[7]

33V-Henry VanDam[8]

9) 25C-Chad Groves[9]

10) 26F-Shane Forte[10]

Dash (8 laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[1]

2) 91-Paul McMahan[3]

3) O-Jonathan Allard[2]

4) 7-Craig Dollansky[5]

5) 11K-Kraig Kinser[4]

6) 11C-Roger Crockett[7]

7) 1-Sammy Swindell[9]

9-Joey Saldana[8]

9) 6-Danny Lasoski[10]

10) 14-Jason Meyers[6]

B-main (12 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) R19-Jac Haudenschild[1]

2) 33V-Henry VanDam[6]

3) 25C-Chad Groves[9]

4) 94-Zach Zimmerly[2]

5) 4X-Toni Lutar[3]

6) 55-Trey Starks[7]

7) 26F-Shane Forte[12] [$200]

2L-Logan Forler[4] [$180]

9) 4S-Dan Simpson[10] [$175]

10) 6UP-Danielle Simpson[8] [$160]

11) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[11] [$150]

12) 75-Kevin Smith[5] [$150]

A-main (40 laps) – Starting Position [#]

1) 6-Danny Lasoski[9] [$10,000]

2) 15-Donny Schatz[15] [$5,500]

3) 9-Joey Saldana[8] [$3,200]

4) 1-Sammy Swindell[7] [$2,800]

5) 7S-Jason Sides[11] [$2,500]

6) 14-Jason Meyers[10] [$2,300]

7) 91-Paul McMahan[2] [$2,200]

11-Steve Kinser[20] [$2,100]

9) 49-Brad Sweet[17] [$2,050]

10) O-Jonathan Allard[3] [$2,000]

11) 11K-Kraig Kinser[5] [$1,500]

12) 94-Zach Zimmerly[16] [$1,200]

13) 83-Tim Kaeding[19] [$1,100]

14) 11C-Roger Crockett[6] [$1,050]

15) R19-Jac Haudenschild[12] [$1,000]

16) 2B-Ben Gregg[14] [$900]

17) 4X-Toni Lutar[23] [$800]

18) 25C-Chad Groves[22] [$800]

19) 63-Chad Kemenah[13] [$800]

20) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[1] [$800]

21) 7-Craig Dollansky[4] [$800]

22) 55-Trey Starks[24] [$800]

23) 33V-Henry VanDam[21] [$800]

24) 3-Keary Madsen[18] [$800]

25) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[25] [$]

Lap Leaders: Lucas Wolfe 1-10, Craig Dollansky 11-22, Danny Lasoski 23-40

KSE Hard Charger Award: Donny Schatz

Penske Power Position Award: Ben Gregg

Note: Sam Hafertepe Jr. used a World of Outlaws Provisional to start the A-Feature.

World of Outlaws Championship Standings through September 1

Joey Saldana 7315
Steve Kinser 7279 -36
Jason Meyers 7276 -39
Donny Schatz 7168 -147
Jason Sides 7098 -217
Paul McMahan 7012 -303
Craig Dollansky 6764 -551
Lucas Wolfe 6737 -578
Danny Lasoski 6614 -701
Kraig Kinser 6572 -743

The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Chizmark & Larson Insurance , Goodyear Tires (Official Tire), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, Jake’s Custom Golf Carts, KSE Race Products, Penske Shocks , R2C Performance, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo; Engine Builder’s Challenge participants Don Ott Racing Engines, Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and Speedway Engines; and Chassis Builder’s Challenge participants J&J Auto Racing, Maxim Racing and XXX Race Company.

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Saldana, who leads the series standings, was victorious in the finale of the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup at Lernerville back in July, while Meyers had the most consistent night of the title contenders during the Twin 30′s, coming home fifth in the opener and third in the finale. He has won a couple of times in his career at the track. Kinser, who ran into some bad luck during the Silver Cup, has 17 career wins at Lernerville with the World of Outlaws to lead all drivers.

The trio is currently separated by just 38 total points, with Saldana leading Kinser by 26 markers, with Meyers third, only 12 points out of second. Saldana leads the series in wins with 12 through August 28, while Kinser leads the series with 47 Top-10, finishes with both drivers tied with 32 Top-Fives to lead the series, while Meyers has set fast time on eight occasions this season to lead the trio of title contenders.

When the World of Outlaws invade Lernerville Speedway for the Commonwealth Clash on Saturday, September 25 just seven events will remain on the season, which culminate with the World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, November 4-6.

Donny Schatz, the four-time and defending World of Outlaws champion, who is currently fourth in points, won the Commonwealth Clash in 2003, when the event was held in the spring. He is also a three-time winner of the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup, capturing that honor again season.

Jason Sides, who is fifth in points nearly won the opener of the Silver Cup last year and was third and sixth in the Twin 30′s this season as he looks for his first win at the track.

Danny Lasoski, the 2001 World of Outlaws champion, won for the first time in his career at Lernerville in 2009 and also claimed the overall Silver Cup title last year.

Also in action at the Commonwealth Clash will be veteran Craig Dollansky, who finished second in the finale of the Silver Cup in July, Paul McMahan, who drives for Kasey Kahne Racing, Lucas Wolfe, who hails from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, third generation driver Kraig Kinser, young gun Sam Hafertepe Jr., Hall of Famer Jac Haudenschild, veteran Chad Kemenah, and rookie contenders Ben Gregg and Toni Lutar.

A strong contingent of drivers from Western Pennsylvania will contend with the World of Outlaws in the Commonwealth Clash including: Tim Shaffer, who won the 2010 Knoxville Nationals, along with multi-time Lernerville titlist Ed Lynch Jr., Brian Ellenberger, the reigning World of Outlaws Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award winner and Danny Holtgraver, the newly crowned 2010 Lernerville track champion.

Advance Reserved seats are $28 for adults and $24 for those ages 17-under. General Admission seating is $26 for Adults and $22 for students ages 11-17, with kids ages 10-under admitted free of charge in the General Admission section. Advance Reserved tickets include a FREE pit pass upgrade. This offer expires Friday, September 24. To purchase tickets online visit www.Lernerville.com or call 724-353-1511.

The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Chizmark & Larson Insurance , Goodyear Tires (Official Tire), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, Jake’s Custom Golf Carts, KSE Race Products, Penske Shocks , R2C Performance, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo; Engine Builder’s Challenge participants Don Ott Racing Engines, Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and Speedway Engines; and Chassis Builder’s Challenge participants J&J Auto Racing, Maxim Racing and XXX Race Company.

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