By Richard Day GRANVILLE, NSW, AU (January
10) – Steve Kinser showed why he is considered the world’s best sprint car
racer Friday at Parramatta City Raceway in the O’Reilly World of Outlaws
Series’ ‘Down Under’ finale. “The King of the Outlaws” drove his #11 Quaker
State Maxim to the 497th victory of his incomparable career to claim the
$20,000 first prize. “This is a great win,” the jubilant Kinser said as
he pumped his fist before the adoring sellout crowd. “After spending so
much of this weekend searching for the right setup on this car, we dialed
it in nicely tonight. My regular crew chief, Scott Gerkin, stayed home and
it is tribute to these guys here that we came on strong when it counted.”
Kinser won the First Heat Race, then earned
the privilege of starting the main event outside the second row by finishing
fourth in the Dash Race. The victory was Kinser’s eighth in an O’Reilly
World of Outlaws Series season opener.
Sammy Swindell, who followed Kinser across
the finish line in Thursday’s Preliminary Feature, earned $11,000 for his
runner-up run. “We had a strong car and I am really happy with our run here
with a new team, driver and track,” Swindell said. “To be up there so quick
is great. We made a few mistakes in traffic there, and that was the difference
with Steve getting by there in the end. I have loved my time here and I
am pretty keen to come back again next year if you will have me back.”
Joey Saldana won the Third Heat Race and passed
four cars to finish third in the “A” Feature. “The car was great and we
had a nice hard tire on that really worked good up top or down low there,”
Saldana said. “Parramatta City Raceway put on one hell of an event here
these three nights, and here is hoping we get even more of these American
guys here next year to treat you guys.”
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