WORLD OF
OUTLAWS SPRINT SERIES: THE WEEK AT A GLANCE
Colorado Springs, CO — March 15, 2005 — By Chris Dolack,
WHAT
The
WHERE
• For Pike County Speedway, take I-55 to exit 8, then 0.2 miles east on
Gillsburg Rd. (SR 568).
• For Houston Raceway Park, take I-10 east of Houston to exit 798, go 3 miles
south on SR 146, 0.8 miles southeast on FM 1405, then 1 1/2 miles northeast on
FM 565.
WHEN
• At Pike County Speedway, general admission begins at noon, with pit gates
opening at 2 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m.
• At Houston Raceway Park, pit gates open at 2 p.m., grandstands at 4 p.m. and
hot laps beginning at 6:30 p.m.
TICKETS
• At Pike County, tickets are available ranging from $35 to $40. Call (601)
684-9230 for more information.
• At Houston Raceway Park, advance tickets are available by calling HRP at
(281) 383-RACE, or event promoter SLS Promotions at (815) 344-2023. General
Admission tickets and pit passes will be available at the gate on race day.
WEB SITES
• The
• Houston Raceway Park is at http://www.houstonraceway.com.
• SLS Promotions is at http://www.slspromotions.com.
ABOUT THE TRACKS
• Pike County
• Houston Raceway Park is a semi-banked, 4/10-mile oval. Mark Kinser’s
13.083-second lap on
PREVIOUS WINNERS
• At Pike County, feature winners include Jeff Shepard on March 21, 2003;
Mark Kinser on March 25, 2002; Mark Kinser on April 9, 2001; Stevie Smith on
April 5, 2000; Mark Kinser on March 19, 1999; Mark Kinser on Feb. 13, 1998;
Steve Kinser on March 14, 1997; Jac Haudenschild on March 15, 1996; Danny
Lasoski on April 2, 1995; and Dave Blaney on March 23, 1994.
• At Houston Raceway Park, feature winners include Steve Kinser on
TELEVISION THIS WEEK: At 8 p.m. Eastern Wednesday (March 16), The
Outdoor Channel will broadcast coverage of the
broadcast on April 6.
STANDINGS, through Las Vegas (March 11, 2005)
Rk Driver Pts Diff Pole Wins Top 5 Top 10 Prelim
/x-tad-smaller>/smaller>1 Craig Dollansky 943
0 1 0 4 5 1
2 Steve Kinser 929 -14 1 1 4 6 0
3 Kraig Kinser 902 -41 0 0 3 4 1
4
5 Danny Lasoski 892 -51 0 0 3 4 1
6 Donny Schatz 881 -62 2 1 3 4 0
7 Mark Kinser 877 -66 0 0 1 4 0
8 Daryn Pittman 855 -88 0 0 1 3 0
9 Shane Stewart 833 -110 0 1 0 4 0
10 Joey Saldana 816 -127 0 1 1 1 0
11 Sammy Swindell 790 -153 0 0 1 1 0
12 Paul McMahan 789 -154 0 0 0 1 0
13 Tim Shaffer 767 -176 1 0 1 2 0
14 Jason Sides 752 -191 0 0 0 1 0
15 Randy Hannagan 747 -196 0 0 0 0 0
16 Tim Kaeding 728 -215 0 0 0 0 0
17 Terry McCarl 714 -229 0 0 0 2 0
18
19 Kevin Swindell 699 -244 0 0 0 0 0
20 Jason Solwold 678 -265 0 0 1 2 0
21 Brandon Wimmer 615 -328 0 0 0 1 0
22 Peter Murphy 388 -555 0 0 0 0 0
23 Natalie Sather 385 -558 0 0 0 0 0
24 Jac Haudenschild 384 -559 0 0 0 0 0
25 Dennis Moore, Jr 369 -574 0 0 1 1 0
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NEWS & NOTES
• New point man: Craig Dollansky took over the points lead with his
third-place finish in the feature at Las Vegas. It marked his fourth top-five
finish in a main event this season and moved him 14 points ahead of 19-time
series champion Steve Kinser. “It’s just good to have a strong start to the
year,” Dollansky said. “If you can get started off strong it definitely helps
you down the stretch. We just need to keep working hard.”
• What happens in Vegas … Well, if you’re Donny Schatz, you hope what
happens in Vegas also happens in Magnolia,
• A
• Remembering a milestone: When the series rolls into
• Making music:
• The Mean 15: The impressive 2005 edition of the
• On tour, too: Several other drivers have committed to running the bulk
of the schedule with the
• Early season winners: Donny Schatz became the first repeat feature
winner this season when he took the checked flag in the J.D. Byrider
• Race review I: The Outlaws return to
• Race review II: Steve Kinser captured the 500th feature victory in his
career when the Outlaws raced at
• Tune into the Web: If fans can’t get to Pike County Speedway or
• Hear it firsthand: RACEceiver is the Official Driver Communicator of
DIRT MotorSports. A compact radio receiver that conveniently fits into a
driver’s pocket, a RACEceiver allows each driver to hear directions from series
officials, which greatly enhances the safety and timeliness of events. A
similar version available to fans will allow RACEceiver users to hear what
information series officials are relaying to the drivers. For more information
about RACEceiver, visit www.raceceiver.com, call 866-301-7223, or look for
their sales trailers at various events.
QUOTABLE
Donny Schatz, driver of the No. 15 Parker Stores car and winner of last week’s
J.D. Byrider
• On building from the momentum gained at Las Vegas: “We need to just keep
winning races. We’re not focusing on seconds and thirds. We need to win races, it’s the plain flat bottom line. You win a lot of
races, things are going to go your way and the points will take care of
themselves. We don’t need to be falling out. We were really good the first
night down in
• On
• On
Steve Kinser, a 19-time series champion and owner of Steve Kinser Racing
• On son Kraig’s performance this season: “He’s
been running good all year. He’s only had one bad race and other than that he’s
run good the whole time. He’s into his second season
and it looks like he’s come out running good. I think he’s going to be OK.”
• On winning No. 500 last year at
Danny Lasoski, driver of the Tony Stewart Motorsports No. 20 Bass Pro Shops
machine
• On recovering from early season qualifying
struggles: “We’ll keep plugging away and get closer and closer, we just
need to get consistent. When we get consistently in the top five we’re going to
win our share. The sign of a good team is that you don’t let one bad night ruin
your season. You just look ahead to the next night because we have 100 nights.”
• On racing at
• On
Mark Kinser, in his first season driving for car owner Rick Wright
• On his season so far: “Well, we’re shaking
down a couple of new cars. I’ve never worked with this team and they’ve never
worked with me but I think we’re pretty well on track. We’ve had a couple of
top-fives and a couple of top-10s so we’re not doing too bad.”
• On racing at Pike County Speedway, where he has won four times with the
Outlaws: “We’ve run very good at Pike County and had a couple of good runs
at Houston, so when you’re going to places where your batting average is up, it
always makes it go a little bit smoother.”
Brandon Wimmer, rookie driver of the No. 7tw Wimmer-Luck car
• On running for the rookie title: “It’s
difficult. It’s not just running against Tim [Kaeding] and Shane [Stewart], it’s running everybody every night. We’ve struggled here
at the beginning of the year but we’ll get going pretty soon. It’s difficult
every night. You got to go out and do your best every night and hopefully we
end up on top at the end of the year.”
Terry McCarl, driver of the No. 24
• On racing at
• On racing at
Daryn Pittman, driver of the No. 21 Titan Racing
car
• On racing at
• On competing at
Joey Saldana, driver of the No. 2 Volcano Joe’s Coffee car
• On the
• On
• On his season to this point: “At
Tim Kaeding, rookie driver of the Dennis Roth-owned No. 83 Beef Packers car
• On racing at Pike County Speedway and Houston Raceway Park for the
first time: “You try to find five or six guys who qualify good on a regular
basis, like Steve [Kinser], Danny [Lasoski], Craig Dollansky. You try to find
five or six guys in hot laps that run a good line around the racetrack who are
fast and just try to mimic their lines for qualifying to try to get as close as
you can to running where they’re running. It’s just a learning curve. This year
Dennis knows it’s a learning curve for us and we’re just coming out here to try
to get more seat time. Hopefully, if everything goes good through the season we
can come back next year and go for the points
championship.”
• On
Tim Shaffer, driver of the No. 6 Casey’s General Store car
• On the fans at
UPCOMING EVENTS
After racing in Texas, the
2005 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT SERIES SCHEDULE
Date, Race, Track, City, ST, TV Date, Winner
January 13, Outlaws Down Under, Parramatta City Raceway, Sydney, AUS, Kerry
Madsen (P)
January 14, Outlaws Down Under, Parramatta City Raceway, Sydney, AUS, Danny
Lasoski (P)
January 15, Outlaws Down Under, Parramatta City Raceway, Sydney, AUS, Donny
Schatz
February 11, Volusia Speedway, Barberville, FL, Jeff Shepard
February 13, Volusia Speedway, Barberville, FL, March 2, Steve Kinser
February 25, Thunderbowl Raceway, Tulare, CA, March 9, Tim Shaffer
February 26, Bakersfield Speedway, Bakersfield, CA, March 16, Craig Dollansky
March 4, Cactus Classic, Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, AZ, Craig Dollansky (P)
March 5, Cactus Classic, Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, AZ, March 23, PPD to Oct.
11
March 10, J.D. Byrider World of Outlaw Nationals, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las
Vegas, NV, Kraig Kinser (P)
March 11, J.D. Byrider World of Outlaw Nationals, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las
Vegas, NV, March 30, Donny Schatz (2)
March 18, Pike County Speedway, Magnolia, MS,
March 19, The Texas Shootout, Houston Raceway Park, Baytown, TX, April 6
April 1, Batesville Speedway, Batesville, AR,
April 2, I-55 Speedway, Pevely, MO, April 13
April 8, Eldora Speedway, Rossburgh, OH,
April 9, Eldora Speedway, Rossburgh, OH, April 20
April 16, Tri-State Speedway, Haubstadt, IN, April 27
April 22, Outlaw Speedway, Muskogee, OK,
April 23, The Twister Showdown, 81 Speedway, Wichita, KS, May 4
April 29, Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, IA,
April 30, Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, IA, May 11
May 6, Lake Ozark Speedway, Eldon, MO,
May 7, Tri-City Speedway, Granite City, IL, May 18
May 10, TBA, TBA
May 13, TBA, TBA
May 14, K-C Raceway, Chillicothe, OH, May 25
May 20, Common Wealth Clash,
May 21, Common Wealth Clash,
May 24, Grandview Raceway, Bechtelsville, PA,
May 26, Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA,
May 27, Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA, June 8
May 28, Hagerstown Speedway, Hagerstown, MD,
May 30, Lebanon Valley Speedway, West Lebanon, NY,
June 1, Rolling Wheels, Elbridge, NY, June 15
June 3, Sharon Speedway, Sharon, OH,
June 4, Eldora Speedway, Rossburgh, OH, June 22
June 9, I-96 Speedway, Lake Odessa, MI, June 29
June 11, Sheboygan County Fair Park, Plymouth, WI,
June 14, Kokomo Speedway, Kokomo, IN,
June 17, Eagle Nationals, Eagle Raceway, Eagle, NE,
June 18, Eagle Nationals, Eagle Raceway, Eagle, NE, July 6
June 22, State Fair Motor Speedway, Sedalia, MO,
June 24, NAPA Classic, Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, IA,
June 25, NAPA Classic, Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, IA, July 13
June 28, Husets Speedway, Brandon, SD,
July 1, Duel in the Dakotas, Red River Valley Speedway, West Fargo, ND,
July 2, Duel in the Dakotas, Red River Valley Speedway, West Fargo, ND, July 20
July 4, Cedar Lake Speedway, Somerset, WI,
July 6, Power Com Park, Beaver Dam, WI,
July 8, Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, IL,
July 9, I-55 Speedway, Pevely, MO,
July 13,
July 15, Eldora Speedway, Rossburgh, OH,
July 16, Kings Royal, Eldora Speedway, Rossburgh, OH, August 3
July 19, Don Martin Memorial,
July 21, Summer Nationals, Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA,
July 22, Summer Nationals, Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA,
July 23, Summer Nationals, Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA, August
17
July 25, Fulton Speedway, Fulton, NY,
July 27, Hartford Raceway, Hartford, MI,
July 29, The Princeton National, Princeton Speedway, Princeton, MN,
July 30, The Princeton National, Princeton Speedway, Princeton, MN, August 24
August 3, Lawrenceburg Speedway, Lawrenceburg, IN,
August 5, Eldora Speedway, Rossburgh, OH,
August 10, Knoxville Nationals, Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, IA,
August 11, Knoxville Nationals, Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, IA,
August 12, Knoxville Nationals, Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, IA,
August 13, Knoxville Nationals, Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, IA,
August 16, Red River Valley Speedway, West Fargo, ND,
August 19, Billings Speedway, Billings, MT,
August 20, Billings Speedway, Billings, MT, August 31
August 26, Grays Harbor Raceway Park, Elma, WA,
August 27, Grays Harbor Raceway Park, Elma, WA, September 7
August 30, Cottage Grove Speedway, Cottage Grove, OR,
September 2, Harvest Classic, Calistoga Speedway, Calistoga, CA,
September 3, Harvest Classic, Calistoga Speedway, Calistoga, CA,
September 4, Harvest Classic, Calistoga Speedway, Calistoga, CA, September 14
September 8, Gold Cup, Silver Dollar Speedway, Chico, CA,
September 9, Gold Cup, Silver Dollar Speedway, Chico, CA,
September 10, Gold Cup, Silver Dollar Speedway, Chico, CA, September 21
September 13, Rocky Mountain Speedway, Denver, CO,
September 16, 1/3 Mile Championship, Eagle Raceway, Eagle, NE,
September 17, 1/3 Mile Championship, Eagle Raceway, Eagle, NE, September 28
September 23, Jackson Speedway, Jackson, MN,
September 24, Power Com Park, Beaver Dam, WI, October 5
September 27, K-C Raceway, Chillicothe, OH,
September 30, Nationals Open, Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA,
October 1, Nationals Open, Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA, October
12
October 3,
October 7, Dodge City Raceway, Dodge City, KS,
October 8, Dodge City Raceway, Dodge City, KS, October 19
October 11, Cactus Classic finale (from March 5), Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix,
AZ
October 14, Thunderbowl Raceway, Tulare, CA,
October 15, Thunderbowl Raceway, Tulare, CA, October 26
October 21, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV,
October 22, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV, November 2
P-Preliminary feature win
(#)-Number in brackets indicates feature wins for that driver
WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT SERIES SPONSORS
The
Program Sponsor and Contingency sponsors include DART Machinery, MSD Ignitions,
and Wrisco Industries.