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	Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series News & Notes By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director Concord, NC— August 4, 2008—The Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws sprint car series heads west to complete busy month of August, beginning on Tuesday, August 12 at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, North Dakota for an event which was postponed by rain earlier this season. The series then heads to Gillette Thunder Speedway in Wyoming before a return to North Dakota to wrap up the Gerdau Ameristeel Northern Tour at Dacotah Speedway in Mandan and Nodak Speedway in Mandan. The mini-series is comprised of the four events in the state of North Dakota this year. The series then makes a return visit to Billings Motorsports Park in Montana, before heading to Canada for a two-day event at Castrol Raceway, followed by two days at Skagit Speedway in Washington. First Time Visit: The Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series will visit two tracks for the first time this month, when they visit Gillette Thunder Speedway and Dactoah Speedway. The race at Dacotah Speedway will be the first sprint car race at the high-banked 3/8-mile since 2005. The event at Gillette will be the fourth visit to the state of Wyoming for the series with three drivers have picked up wins at Sweetwater Speedway in the late 1990’s. The events will be the third and fourth new venues the series will visit this season, with a total of six inaugural races on the 2008 schedule. Adding to the Record Books: Tony Bruce Jr., added his name to the record books on July 30, when he won his first career World of Outlaws event at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa. A total of 101 drivers have won at least one A-Feature event with the series dating back to 1978. Of the 17 drivers currently competing full-time with the World of Outlaws, 15 have won an A-Feature event with the series. TV Time: The next scheduled Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series event on SPEED will be September at 1 p.m. Eastern, with a broadcast of the Knight Before the Kings Royal from Royal from Eldora Speedway, with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series event from Eldora Speedway immediately airing after the sprint race. The next three events on SPEED for the World of Outlaws will feature the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. First up will be an event from Deer Creek Speedway in Minnesota airing on August 16, followed on August 23 with the Firecracker from Lernerville Speedway in Pennsylvania and on August 31 the event from Sharon Speedway, which was part of the recently completed Alltel Ohio Speedweek will be broadcast. The World of Outlaws Sprint Series will return LIVE on SPEED on September 27 with the finale of the National Open from Williams Grove Speedway, with the season wrapping up LIVE on SPEED with the Vault World Finals on November 1. Penalty Issued: Steve Kinser has been fined $1,000 and placed on probation until the end of the season for verbal and physical abuse of an Official at the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway on July 13. Intense Racing: There have been 10 different drivers win A-Feature events with the World of Outlaws this season, led by Donny Schatz who has 12 victories, followed by Craig Dollansky’s seven triumphs and Jason Meyers’ six wins. A total of 18 drivers have led laps in A-Feature events in 2008, while 19 drivers have won a Crane Cams Dash to earn a pole position. Also, 15 drivers have stopped the clocks first in time trials, with six new track records being established. Cybercast Schedule: DIRTVISION.com will feature live steaming video from the 55th Annual Gold Cup Race of Champions at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, California. All the action will be covered LIVE from September 4-6, including the $50,000 to-win 40-lap A-Feature. The opening night of the National Open at Williams Grove Speedway on September 27 will be broadcast LIVE on DIRTVISION.com, in addition to the first two nights of the Vault World Finals at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway on October 30 and October 31. For more information visit http://www.DIRTVISION.com. A Score to Settle: Daryn Pittman Wins at Wilmot Speedway By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director Wilmot, WI— August 1, 2008—Daryn Pittman had a score to settle at Wilmot Speedway in Wisconsin on Friday night. After leading a majority of the race in the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series inaugural visit to the track in 2006, he wound up third after a three-car battle on the last lap sent him spinning backwards across the finish line. He picked up that win which eluded him two years ago, on Friday night as he led 32 of the 40 laps to earn his third A-Feature win of the season. The native of Owasso, Oklahoma pocketed $10,000 for the 28th win of his Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series career, holding off two-time defending series champion Donny Schatz and Jason Meyers for the victory. It was his fourth career win in the state of Wisconsin and first at Wilmot Speedway. “Wins are tough to get and you hate to give them away and we gave that one away two years ago,” said Pittman. “We were confident coming back in here that we could do it. This is a unique race track and probably one of the flattest places we go and generally makes for some good racing. You hate to lose them, so this is a special win.” For Pittman, the win was his third of the season, which all have come in the last three weeks, beginning with the 25th Annual Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway where he took home the $50,000 top prize. He also recently moved into the Top-10 in the series standings and is up to ninth overall. “This is a relief and it’s a lot of fun to get behind the wheel and drive this thing now,” noted the native of Owasso, Oklahoma. “The year started off so bad and we didn’t know what to blame. The bottom line is that I have a great race team behind me, probably one of the best that I have ever had. I have confidence when I show up that the car will perform and that makes a huge difference. It proves that I didn’t forget how to drive one of these things. I am pumped.” The race began on Friday night with Pittman leading from the pole, with Chad Kemenah pressuring him on the high side of the track. For each of the first three laps, Kemenah looked high on Pittman exiting turn four as the pair charged down the front straightaway. Pittman maintained a couple of car length lead and had pulled away a little bit, when the first caution of the night flew on the fourth lap. On the restart, Pittman led, while Kemenah had his hands full with Donny Schatz and Joey Saldana as the pair battled for third just behind him. Schatz took the third position on the fifth lap and quickly began to pressure Kemenah. At the same time, Kemenah was able to close in on Pittman as he worked lapped traffic. The final caution of the night flew on the 10th lap, giving the leaders open race track. On the restart, Kemenah kept pace with Pittman, again looking high off the fourth turn a couple of times for the lead. On the 13th lap, Kemenah used a strong run through turns one and two to power his way past Pittman on the backstraightaway and pull away on the high side of turns three and four. A couple of laps later, the leaders were in traffic, allowing Pittman and Schatz to close in on Kemenah. At one point, Kemenah and Pittman were three-wide with a lapped car, with Kemenah retaining the lead. On the 22nd lap in heavy traffic, Pittman was able to get back around Kemenah in turns three and four for the lead. He was then able to open a lead in traffic as Kemenah had his hands full with Schatz. Pittman would go on to lead the rest of the way to earn the win. “I think it was the key move that he (Kemenah) got around me and I am glad he did,” Pittman explained. “I knew the bottom slowed up a bit, but when you are out front it’s hard to move off the line that got you there. He basically proved to me that the top was fast and made me move up there and get up on the wheel and start driving harder. I felt like my car was better on top in (turns) one and two and the bottom in (turns) three and four. Sometimes its better to be running second and that was definitely the case tonight.” Pittman has been running very strong the last few weeks aboard the Titan Garages Maxim and cannot wait to get back in the car on Saturday for the finale of the Badger Classic at Charter Raceway Park in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, where he has won three times in his career with the World of Outlaws. While he worked hard on the track to win the race on Friday night, he was also quick to credit his crew who put in countless hours this week on the road and at the track in the extreme summer heat. “We added a few new crew guys and they have been awesome,” stated the winner. “You can’t put a dollar value on team effort and the team you have around you. You are only as good as the people that surround you. Right now, I think we are pretty tough to beat. We are either winning or battling for wins in the last six or seven races.” Schatz, the two-time defending series champion lined up fifth for the 40-lap contest and was battling his teammate Kraig Kinser early in the race, before Kinser spun while running fourth. On the ensuing restart, Schatz got around Joey Saldana for third. After shadowing Chad Kemenah for a number of laps, Schatz was able to get around him for second with 11 laps to go. “We changed a few things and actually got ourselves in a good position,” said Schatz. “It was very untypical of my race car to get slower as the race went on. It doesn’t normally doesn’t do that. We did a few things tonight and learned some things and that’s a bonus.” Jason Meyers started seventh and finished third in the GLR Investments KPC, to earn his 30th Top-Five finish of the season. He battled Jac Haudenschild early in the race before setting his sights on Joey Saldana. He was able to snag third from Kemenah with just two laps to go. “It was definitely a good run,” said Meyers. “Anytime you start seventh and come up through there at a place that was not necessarily tough to pass, but hard to make up ground on anyone, is a good night. You could get two and three-wide, but it was tough to complete the pass. It was a great race tonight. They did a heck of a job with the race track and it was a great race for the fans.” Craig Dollansky started 11th in the Snap-on Tools Maxim and worked his way into the Top-Five to earn a fourth-place finish. He got around Terry McCarl on the opening laps before passing Jason Sides on the second go-around. He got around Kemenah with just two laps remaining to take fourth. “We started out pretty well and then the car got a little loose on me,” said Dollansky. “Even though we were loose, we got stronger as the race went on and to come from 11th is a good run. It would have been nice to have had a few more laps, but to come home fourth from where we started was a good run for the Larry Woodward team.” Joey Saldana finished fifth in the Budweiser/Open Joist Mopar-powered JEI, with Kemenah who led eight laps and began the night by setting fast time in time trials coming home sixth in the Kantor Oil Company Maxim. Kerry Madsen was seventh in the TK Concrete Maxim, with Jac Haudenschild in the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Maxim behind him. Jason Sides picked up his third consecutive Top-10 finish coming home ninth in the Wetherington Tractor Service Maxim. Steve Kinser, the 20-time series champion rounded out the Top-10 in the Q Oil Maxim, after coming from the 20th starting spot to earn the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger Award. Schatz was able to make up ground on the leaders a couple of times in traffic, but once he caught them, he was not able to get even with then. Aboard the Armor All J&J, the North Dakota native remains the only driver that has finished in the Top-10 in each of the 38 A-Feature events this season. “Lapped traffic was pretty tough tonight,” he noted. “There were a couple of guys that really got themselves reared up when they saw somebody lap them. It’s still fun to race like that, and that’s what the races are all about. Daryn (Pittman) did a little bit better job that I did in traffic tonight. That’s the way it goes. Second is not the end of the world for me at a short track like this. We typically haven’t been that good at this place and I’m glad to at least be competitive enough to be racing for a win.” Meyers was glad to see the race end with a 30-lap green flag run on the semi-banked 3/8-mile oval that provided close racing throughout the field. His car was working very well in lapped traffic as he did everything he could to catch the lead duo. “That’s always good for us and we are always good on the long greens,” he shared. “That plays into our part and that is what we concentrate on. Tonight it seemed like it worked.” The Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series returns to action on Saturday night with the finale of the Badger Classic at Charter Raceway Park in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. WILMOT SPEEDWAY NOTEBOOK • FAST QUALIFIER: Chad Kemenah paced the 39 cars that took time with an AMB i.t. timed lap around the semi-banked 3/8-mile oval at 13.345 seconds at 101.161 mph. For his qualifying effort, Kemenah earned five bonus points. The next four fastest qualifiers also earned bonus points, including: Paul McMahan (4), Kraig Kinser (3), Terry McCarl (2), and Craig Dollansky (1). • QUALIFYING WINNERS: Chad Kemenah, Jason Meyers, Joey Saldana and Jason Sides won heat races… Daryn Pittman won the Crane Cams Dash… Tony Bruce Jr. won the B-Main… Kirk Fehrman won the C-Main. • FEATURE WINNERS: There have been 38 Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature events held in 2008. The winners include: Donny Schatz (Knoxville Raceway-twice, Attica Raceway Park, Eldora Speedway, Tri-City Speedway, Sedalia’s State Fair Speedway, Dodge City Raceway Park, River Cities Speedway, Cedar Lake Speedway, Riverside International Speedway, Williams Grove Speedway and K-C Raceway), Craig Dollansky (Volusia Speedway Park, Eldora Speedway, Huset’s Speedway-twice, Eagle Raceway, Tri-State Speedway and Paducah International Raceway), Jason Meyers (Volusia Speedway Park, Manzanita Speedway, I-55 Raceway, Lernerville Speedway, Virginia Motor Speedway and Limaland Motorsports Park), Steve Kinser (Williams Grove Speedway, Rolling Wheels Raceway Park, Lernerville Speedway and I-96 Speedway), Daryn Pittman (Eldora Speedway, Williams Grove Speedway and Wilmot Speedway), Joey Saldana (Dodge City Raceway Park and Eldora Speedway), Tony Bruce Jr. (34 Raceway), Lance Dewease (The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway), Danny Lasoski (Volusia Speedway Park) and Shane Stewart (Knoxville Raceway). • 3/8-MILE WINNERS: Wilmot Speedway is a semi-banked 3/8-mile oval. The Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series raced 10 times on a track that size this season. The winners include: Donny Schatz (Tri-City Speedway, Dodge City Raceway Park, Cedar Lake Speedway and K-C Raceway), Craig Dollansky (Huset’s Speedway-twice and Paducah International Raceway), Tony Bruce Jr. (34 Raceway), Daryn Pittman (Wilmot Speedway) and Joey Saldana (Dodge City Raceway Park). • ON THE WEB: The Official Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Web site is at http://www.worldofoutlaws.com/sprint. Among the features are updated driver biographies with individual statistics and pictures, race-by-race statistics, detailed track information and race coverage, series news and team press releases. Also, links to the 2008 Official Rulebook can be found at the bottom of the home page. • LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the series, they can experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws live on DIRTVision.com through the DIRT Radio Network. To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.DIRTVision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo. Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail webmaster@DIRTVision.com. • UP NEXT: The finale of the Badger Classic at Charter Raceway Park on Saturday, August 2. • UPCOMING EVENTS: A trip west for an event at Red River Valley Speedway in North Dakota, which was postponed by rain earlier in the season, followed by the series inaugural visit to Gillette Thunder Speedway in Wyoming. Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Wilmot Speedway; Wilmot, WI; August 1, 2008 Qualifying 1) 8K-Chad Kemenah 13.345 2) 6-Paul McMahan 13.428 3) 20-Kraig Kinser 13.509 4) 24-Terry McCarl 13.538 5) 2-Craig Dollansky 13.565 6) R19-Jac Haudenschild 13.587 7) 9-Joey Saldana 13.652 8) 80K-Mike Kertscher 13.698 9) 15-Donny Schatz 13.835 10) 14-Jason Meyers 13.845 11) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 13.929 12) 7S-Jason Sides 13.941 13) 5-Brian Kristan 13.961 14) 3X-Scott Semmelmann 14.003 15) 11D-Darrell Dodd 14.031 16) 21-Daryn Pittman 14.058 17) 1HRP-Todd Hepfner 14.069 18) 4K-Kris Spitz 14.075 19) 55-Kerry Madsen 14.092 20) 83-Shane Stewart 14.098 21) 5C-Chad Hillier 14.113 22) 11-Steve Kinser 14.128 23) 7V-Tim Vandervere 14.129 24) 3K-Scott Uttech 14.229 25) 18-Tony Bruce Jr. 14.270 26) 36-Todd Daun 14.311 27) 83D-Tommy Sexton 14.408 28) 43-Jereme Schroeder 14.464 29) 10W-Kurt Winker 14.492 30) 5H-Patrick Haynes 14.553 31) O7-Jim Lukey 14.598 32) 53W-Bill Wirth 14.659 33) 1M-Phillip Mock 14.714 34) 14V-Larry Vandervere 15.047 35) 79-Michael Dubs 15.458 36) 18X-Daniel Shepherd 15.541 37) 50-Rusty Egan 15.603 38) 33-Kirk Fehrman 15.870 39) 72-David Maynard 16.707 Heat 1 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature) 1) 8K-Chad Kemenah 2) 15-Donny Schatz 3) 2-Craig Dollansky 4) 5C-Chad Hillier 5) 5-Brian Kristan 6) 18-Tony Bruce Jr. 7) 10W-Kurt Winker 8) 1HRP-Todd Hepfner 9) 1M-Phillip Mock 10) 50-Rusty Egan Heat 2 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature) 1) 14-Jason Meyers 2) R19-Jac Haudenschild 3) 6-Paul McMahan 4) 11-Steve Kinser 5) 3X-Scott Semmelmann 6) 5H-Patrick Haynes 7) 4K-Kris Spitz 8) 36-Todd Daun 9) 14V-Larry Vandervere 10) 33-Kirk Fehrman Heat 3 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature) 1) 9-Joey Saldana 2) 20-Kraig Kinser 3) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 4) 55-Kerry Madsen 5) 7V-Tim Vandervere 6) 83D-Tommy Sexton 7) 11D-Darrell Dodd 8) 79-Michael Dubs 9) O7-Jim Lukey 10) 72-David Maynard Heat 4 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature) 1) 7S-Jason Sides 2) 21-Daryn Pittman 3) 24-Terry McCarl 4) 83-Shane Stewart 5) 80K-Mike Kertscher 6) 3K-Scott Uttech 7) 53W-Bill Wirth 8) 43-Jereme Schroeder 9) 18X-Daniel Shepherd Crane Cams Dash (8 laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature) 1) 21-Daryn Pittman 2) 8K-Chad Kemenah 3) 20-Kraig Kinser 4) 9-Joey Saldana 5) 15-Donny Schatz 6) R19-Jac Haudenschild 7) 14-Jason Meyers 8) 7S-Jason Sides 9) 24-Terry McCarl 10) 6-Paul McMahan C-main (8 laps, top 2 finishers transferred to B-main) 1) 33-Kirk Fehrman 2) 79-Michael Dubs 3) 14V-Larry Vandervere [$175] 4) 1M-Phillip Mock [$175] 5) 18X-Daniel Shepherd [$175] 6) 50-Rusty Egan [$150] 7) 72-David Maynard [$150] B-main (12 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature) 1) 18-Tony Bruce Jr. 2) 1HRP-Todd Hepfner 3) 83D-Tommy Sexton 4) 3K-Scott Uttech 5) 4K-Kris Spitz [$350] 6) 36-Todd Daun [$330] 7) 43-Jereme Schroeder [$325] 8) 5H-Patrick Haynes [$310] 9) 53W-Bill Wirth [$300] 10) 33-Kirk Fehrman [$300] 11) 79-Michael Dubs [$300] 12) O7-Jim Lukey [$300] 13) 10W-Kurt Winker [$300] 14) 11D-Darrell Dodd [$300] A-main (40 laps) - Starting Position [#] 1) 21-Daryn Pittman[1] [$10,000] 2) 15-Donny Schatz[5] [$5,500] 3) 14-Jason Meyers[7] [$3,200] 4) 2-Craig Dollansky[11] [$2,800] 5) 9-Joey Saldana[4] [$2,500] 6) 8K-Chad Kemenah[2] [$2,300] 7) 55-Kerry Madsen[17] [$2,200] 8) R19-Jac Haudenschild[6] [$2,100] 9) 7S-Jason Sides[8] [$2,050] 10) 11-Steve Kinser[20] [$2,000] 11) 6-Paul McMahan[10] [$1,500] 12) 24-Terry McCarl[9] [$1,200] 13) 20-Kraig Kinser[3] [$1,100] 14) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[13] [$1,050] 15) 18-Tony Bruce Jr.[23] [$1,000] 16) 83-Shane Stewart[18] [$900] 17) 80K-Mike Kertscher[12] [$800] 18) 5C-Chad Hillier[19] [$800] 19) 1HRP-Todd Hepfner[16] [$800] 20) 83D-Tommy Sexton[24] [$800] 21) 3K-Scott Uttech[22] [$800] 22) 5-Brian Kristan[14] [$800] 23) 3X-Scott Semmelmann[15] [$800] 24) 7V-Tim Vandervere[21] [$800] Lap Leaders: Daryn Pittman 1-12, 22-40; Chad Kemenah 13-21 Chicken Hawk Hot Lap Award: Daryn Pittman Penske Power Position Award: Jason Meyers SuperClean Start of the Night Award: Chad Kemenah KSE Hard Charger Award: Steve Kinser 2008 STAT ATTACK There have been 38 Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature events this season. A-Feature winners (10 Different Drivers) Driver, Hometown - Wins 1- Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 12 2- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 7 3- Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 6 4- Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 4 5- Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Oklahoma- 3 6- Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 2 7- Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, Kansas- 1 Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania- 1 Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 1 Shane Stewart, Bixby, Oklahoma- 1 Lap leaders, including A-features and preliminary features Car, driver, hometown - Total laps led (18 Drivers have led laps) 1- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 284 laps 2- Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 214 laps 3- Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 168 laps 4- Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 130 laps 5- Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 126 laps 6- Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Oklahoma- 72 laps 7- Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 49 laps 8- Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, Kansas- 35 laps 9 Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania- 30 laps Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 30 laps 11- Dale Blaney, Hartford, Ohio- 21 laps 12- Craig Keel, Weedsport, New York- 17 laps Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW- 17 laps 14- Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 10 laps Paul McMahan, Nashville, Tennessee- 10 laps 16- Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW- 9 laps Shane Stewart, Bixby, Oklahoma- 9 laps 18- Tim Kaeding, San Jose, California- 7 laps Time trial leaders (15 different drivers) Rank - Driver, Hometown - Quick times 1- Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 7 2- Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota - 6 3- Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 4 Shane Stewart, Bixby, Oklahoma- 4 5- Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio – 3 Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 3 7- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 2 Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, Ohio- 2 9- Dale Blaney, Hartford, Ohio- 1 Rob Chaney, Wooster, Ohio- 1 Cody Darrah, Red Lion, Pennsylvania- 1 Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania- 1 Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio- 1 Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, Pennsylvania- 1 Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Australia- 1 Track records established during 2008 Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series events (6) * Joey Saldana, May 24, Virginia Motor Speedway (1/2-mile), Jamaica, VA, 14.537 seconds at 123.822 mph * Donny Schatz, July 5, Riverside International Speedway (1/4-mile), West Memphis, AR, 11.055 seconds at 81.411 mph * Shane Stewart, July 9 at Limaland Motorsports Park (1/4-mile), Lima, OH, 10.958 seconds at 82.132 mph * Steve Kinser, July 25 at I-96 Speedway (1/2-mile), Lake Odessa, MI, 15.093 seconds at 119.261 mph * Donny Schatz, July 28 at Paducah International Raceway (3/8-mile), Paducah KY, 13.107 seconds at 102.998 mph * Steve Kinser, July 30 at 34 Raceway (3/8-mile), West Burlington, IA, 12.250 seconds at 110.204 mph Crane Cams Dash Winners (19 different winners) Rank - Driver, Hometown - Dash Wins 1- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota - 4 Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio- 4 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 4 Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana – 4 5- Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Oklahoma- 3 Shane Stewart, Bixby, Oklahoma- 3 7- Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 2 Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 2 Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 2 10- Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, Kansas- 1 Rob Chaney, Wooster, Ohio- 1 Tim Kaeding, San Jose, California- 1 Craig Keel, Weedsport, New York- 1 Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 1 Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 1 Paul McMahan, Nashville, Tennessee- 1 Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania- 1 Jeff Shepard, Upperco, Maryland- 1 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW- 1 Pole Positions (19 different drivers) Rank - Driver, Hometown - Poles 1 – Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota - 4 Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio- 4 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 4 Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana - 4 5- Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Oklahoma- 3 Shane Stewart, Bixby, Oklahoma- 3 7- Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 2 Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 2 Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 2 10- Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, Kansas- 1 Rob Chaney, Wooster, Ohio- 1 Tim Kaeding, San Jose, California- 1 Craig Keel, Weedsport, New York- 1 Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 1 Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 1 Paul McMahan, Nashville, Tennessee- 1 Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania- 1 Jeff Shepard, Upperco, Maryland- 1 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW- 1 B-main Winners (22 different winners) Rank - Driver, Hometown - B-Main Wins 1- Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, Kansas-3 Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas- 3 3- Rob Chaney, Wooster, Ohio-2 Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio- 2 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 2 Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 2 7- Billy Alley, Lincoln, Nebraska- 1 Chris Andrews, Sandusky, Ohio- 1 Pat Cannon, Etters, Pennsylvania- 1 Tim Crawley, Little Rock, Arkansas- 1 Rob Eyler, Franklin, Pennsylvania-1 Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 1 Calvin Landis, Knoxville, Iowa- 1 Paul May, Terre Haute, Indiana- 1 Brian Paulus, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania- 1 Jerry Richart Jr., Forrest Lake, MN- 1 Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 1 Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania- 1 Danny Smith, Danville, Indiana - 1 Shane Stewart, Bixby, Oklahoma- 1 T.J. Stutts, Liverpool, Pennsylvania- 1 Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania- 1 KSE Racing Products Hard Charger Award 1- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 5 Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NWS- 5 3- Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 4 4- Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio-3 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 3 Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 3 Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 3 Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania- 3 9- Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Oklahoma- 2 10- Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, Kansas- 1 Cody Darrah, Red Lion, Pennsylvania- 1 Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania- 1 Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas- 1 Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 1 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Olive Branch, Mississippi- 1 Shane Stewart, Bixby, Oklahoma- 1 Penske Power Position 1- Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 10 2- Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 8 3- Shane Stewart, Bixby, Oklahoma- 4 4- Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 3 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 3 6- Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 2 7- Dale Blaney, Hartford, Ohio- 1 Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 1 Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas- 1 Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio- 1 Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 1 Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, Iowa- 1 Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tennessee- 1 Chicken Hawk Hot Lap 1- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 7 2- Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 5 3- Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 4 4- Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 2 Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 3 Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 3 7- Dale Blaney, Hartford, Ohio- 2 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Oklahoma- 2 9- Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, Kansas- 1 Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania- 1 Tim Kaeding, San Jose, California- 1 Craig Keel, Weedsport, New York- 1 Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 1 Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 1 Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW- 1 Paul McMahan, Nashville, Tennessee- 1 Shane Stewart, Bixby, Oklahoma- 1 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW- 1 SuperClean Start Award 1- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 4 2- Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 3 3- Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 2 4- Rob Chaney, Wooster, Ohio- 1 Cale Conley, Vienna, West Virginia- 1 Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania- 1 Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, North Dakota- 1 Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio- 1 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 1 Alan Krimes, Denver, Pennsylvania- 1 Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 1 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Oklahoma- 1 Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 1 Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, Iowa- 1 Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tennessee- 1 Crane Cams Engine Builder Challenge Shaver Specialties 168 Speedway Engines 125 / -43 Don Ott Engines 117 -51 Kistler Engines 117 / -51 Chassis Builder Challenge Maxim 175 J&J 167 / -8 A Second Home Track: Kinser Looks for Third Consecutive Win at Tri-State Speedway Haubstadt, IN— July 5, 2008—Bloomington Speedway is Steve Kinser’s home track, though Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Indiana can also be considered a home track as well for the native of Bloomington, Indiana. The high-banked ¼-mile is just a about a 100-mile jaunt from his home, and he and his family has many ties to the track, which is in its 51st year of operation this season. Over the years, Kinser, the 20-time Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion has had unmatched success at Tri-State Speedway. He made his first start at the track in 1976, finishing sixth in that event, and since that time has racked up 34 Top-Five finishes at the track, including 21 wins. In his last two starts with the World of Outlaws at the track, he has led all 80 laps of A-Feature competition to pick up two wins. He will look for his third consecutive win at Tri-State Speedway this weekend, as the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series make their annual visit to the always racy southern Indiana track on Sunday, July 6 for an event which was postponed by rain earlier this season. It will be the second consecutive event on a ¼-mile for the series, after a race at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas on Saturday. “I’ve always enjoyed running down there at Tri-State, especially with it being close to home,” he shared. “The Helfrich family is very special to race for and they do a great job there. I’ve been going there since I was just a kid, watching my dad race. I’ve had a lot of success there as well, so it’s always fun to go there.” In 1978, Kinser competed at Tri-State Speedway 10 times, winning all of those events. That was also the inaugural Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series season, in which he won 11 A-Feature events en route to the series title. At Tri-State Speedway in his career, he has finished in the Top-10 in all but three of the 40 starts he has made there. “We were fast pretty much everyone place back in those days,” said Kinser of his early success at Tri-State Speedway. “For years, we just ran good everywhere. We have been struggling a little bit the last few years, but we are getting back on pace. The last couple of times I have run there, I have run pretty good. We’ll just see what happens this year when we get there.” Last season at the ¼-mile, Kinser lined up second for the A-Feature aboard the Q Oil Maxim and quickly powered his way past pole sitter Danny Lasoski to take the top spot. He was setting a blistering fast pace, as he was in heavy lapped traffic just six laps into the 40-lap contest. Early in the race, Paul McMahan closed in on Kinser in traffic and took a couple of looks to the low side of the track, and took the lead briefly coming entering the second turn, but he jumped the cushion and it took a few laps for him to recover. Tim Kaeding likewise tried to power his way under Kinser, but the momentum from the high side of the track helped him fend off all challengers. Each time Kinser was credited as being the leader at the start-finish line, thus leading wire-to-wire. Late in the race, Kinser had to endure five cautions over the last 15 laps of the race, but used strong restarts each time to quickly pull away from the field. The win in 2007, gave him seven in his career with the World of Outlaws at the track. He has finished fourth or better in each of his last four starts at Tri-State Speedway with the series. In each of his last two wins at the track, he stared the A-Feature on the outside of the front row and used the momentum on the high side of the track to take the initial lead, en route to pacing every single lap in those two events. “On the short tracks you have to have a good night and have things go right,” he noted of what it takes to win on ¼-miles. “It does take a little luck to stay out of trouble. Haubstadt is a fun race track and we just enjoy running there.” For Kinser, who has countless memories of visiting Tri-State Speedway with his father Bob, whom he also raced against a couple of times at the track, he will have a chance to race against his son Kraig on Sunday at the track in their home state of Indiana. Kraig, who competed with the World of Outlaws from 2003-2005, during which time he claimed the 2004 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award, as well as a win in the 2005 Knoxville Nationals, while driving for his father, is in the midst of his first season behind the wheel for Tony Stewart Racing. Prior to this season, he spent a couple of years competing in the NASCAR Truck Series. “It’s good to have him back out here,” said Steve. “They have been struggling a little bit, just as we have. It’s enjoyable to have him out here. I think he probably would like to be still doing some pavement racing, but right now the opportunity is with the sprint cars. He’s with a good race team and hopefully things get turned around and they run good the rest of the year.” Steve has won twice this season during the World of Outlaws 30th Anniversary season, at the famed Williams Grove Speedway in Pennsylvania and also at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park in New York. He has 15 Top-10 finishes, including seven consecutive. He finished second last Sunday night at Cedar Lake Speedway in Wisconsin and was third at Huset’s Speedway on Thursday night. He is tied with Jac Haudenschild for the fifth spot in the championship standings and enters the pair of events this weekend with 545 career A-Feature wins with the series. “We’re getting there,” he said. “The last few races have been pretty good. We’ll keep working at it and hopefully can find a few things here with all the big events coming up.” On Sunday, July 6 at Tri-State Speedway, adult general admission tickets will be $30, with general admission tickets for children ages 6-12 $15 and kids 5-under will be admitted free of charge. For ticket information visit: http://www.tristatespeedway.com or call (812)-768-6025. World of Outlaws Event at Red River Valley Speedway Tonight, Postponed by Inclement Weather & Dangerously High Winds West Fargo, ND— June 28, 2008— Persistent rain along with dangerously high winds, gusting up to 50 and 60 miles per hour have forced the postponement of the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series originally scheduled for tonight (Saturday, June 28) at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, North Dakota. The event has been rescheduled for Tuesday, August 12. The Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series has three events remaining in the Gerdau Ameristeel Northern Tour which kicked off last night at River Cities Speedway. In addition to the rescheduled finale of the Duel in the Dakotas at Red River Valley Speedway on August 12, the series will make their inaugural visit to Dacotah Speedway in Mandan on August 16, followed by a stop at Nodak Speedway in Minot on August 17. After his eighth A-Feature win of the season on Friday night, Donny Schatz extended his lead in the championship standings over Jason Meyers as he chases his third consecutive title. The Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series returns to action on Sunday, June 29 at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wisconsin. Patience, Perseverance & A Little Luck Pay Off for Schatz on Wild Night at River Cities Speedway Grand Forks, ND— June 27, 2008— On the second lap of the first heat race on Friday at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Donny Schatz’s night took an unexpected turn, which could have been disastrous. After setting fast time and lining up fourth in the heat race, he was battling for the lead when Jac Haudenschild spun, leaving him no place to go and severely damaging the front end of his car. The two-time defending Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion was forced to race his way into the A-Feature by way of the B-Main, which he handily won. He used a little luck late in the 40-lap A-Feature to inherit the lead when Jason Meyers and Kerry Madsen got together, while they were battling for the lead. He had a late battle with Craig Dollansky to pick up his series leading eighth A-Feature win of the 2008 season, in the opener of the 2008 Gerdau Ameristeel Northern Tour which also served as the opener of the Duel in the Dakotas. “It was a good night,” said the winner after conquering the high-banked three-tenths mile. “The car really came on at the end and we had a very good car late in the race. We could roll through the middle in (turns) one and two. We need lapped traffic and we got it. That allowed us to get some spots and watch the battle-fest with the 14 (Jason Meyers) and 55 (Kerry Madsen).” The race began with Meyers leading from the pole position with Madsen chasing him. Sam Hafertepe Jr. moved up to third on the opening lap. Just five laps into the 40-lap event, Meyers was already in lapped traffic. The traffic became heavier, with Madsen able to close in a little bit, as he looked to the low side of the track on several occasions early in the race as he tried to track down Meyers. The first yellow flag of the race flew on the 11th lap giving the leaders open race track to work with. Meyers used a strong restart to maintain his lead, as several battled ensued behind him, including Hafertepe and Mark Dobmeier jockeying for the third position. Just a couple of laps later, Dollansky was able to get a strong run to take the third position from Dobmeier. The second caution of the night came on the 19th lap just as the leaders were about to enter traffic. Meyers used another strong restart to maintain his lead. At this same time, Jac Haudenschild began to close on the leader as he was running fourth. With 15 laps remaining, Meyers was utilizing the high side of the track to stay ahead of Madsen. The caution flew again on the 29th lap. On the restart, it was Haudenschild and Madsen battling side-by-side for the second spot for a number of laps. With five laps to go, Haudenschild drove deep into the third and fourth turns, with contact ensuing which caused him to go off the track, though he kept the car running and despite losing a few positions, he motored on. At the very same moment that Haudenschild had his off-track excursion, Madsen made contact with Meyers in turns one and two as he made a bid for the lead. This caused Meyers to spin, with Madsen then running into him. Both cars went to the work area and returned at the tail end of the lead lap on the restart. Madsen would finish 14th, while Meyers who led the first 35 laps of the race wound up 16th. Schatz inherited the lead at this point, which was the 36th lap, though on the restart he was passed by Craig Dollansky exiting the fourth turn. He quickly battled back and on the very next lap shot around Dollansky coming off the second turn to take the lead and ultimately the $10,000 win. “I was kind of playing it cool,” Schatz explained of the late restart. “I didn’t know what he was going to do on the restart. He got a run on me. He was running the top and slid me and I just had to be calm and cool and get back by him, which I did. It was a good race. He raced us clean and we had a good time. I’m glad we came out on top.” Schatz, driving the Armor All J&J for Tony Stewart Racing, became the first driver this season to come from the B-Main to win an A-Feature event, earning the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger Award in the process. His 11th-place start in the main event is the farthest back any winner has come from this season. He remains the only driver that has finished in the Top-10 in each and every event in 2008, as he continues to chase his third consecutive title. “Everything happens for a reason and we had to run the B (Main),” Schatz said. “To come from 11th to win, I am happy for these guys. They dug down deep. It goes to show how good these guys are in adversity. We’ll come back tomorrow night and try to do it again.” Schatz received the winner’s trophy from Kevin Hanson of Gerdau Ameristeel in Victory Lane, which was his 78th career Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature victory. He is just three wins shy of breaking into the Top-Five on the all-time wins list. It was his second career win at River Cities Speedway and first with the World of Outlaws at the track in his home state. “It was awesome tonight,” said Schatz. “The stands were full. I think this was one of the best crowd we have seen all season tonight. I’m glad to see that for the folks here and they got to see a good race. They can’t say there wasn’t any passing, because the guy who started 11th won. I’m glad to have that.” Schatz patiently worked his way to the front after starting 11th. He moved into 10th on the fourth lap and then began a steady march to the front. After battling Shane Stewart for a few laps, he got around him and then Jason Sides, before working on Joey Saldana. He then set his sights on Sam Hafertepe Jr. and fellow North Dakotan Mark Dobmeier. With 11 laps to go, Schatz found himself in the Top-Five. He powered his way past Dollansky on the next lap, before gaining a spot on the 35th lap when Jac Haudenschild had his off-track excursion exiting the third and fourth turns. This put him in third, behind Meyers and Madsen. Dollansky led the 36th lap and would up second in a specially painted Aggressive Hydraulics Maxim, after starting fifth. It was his 22nd Top-10 finish in 23 events this season as he continues to chase Schatz and Meyers in the standings. “It would have been nice to have been one more spot better, but we were struggling,” said Dollansky. “The car wasn’t what we were looking for in the feature. We made a few changes that did not work out too well. It was a good second-place effort. Donny (Schatz) did a good job and they had a good race car. We had the Aggressive Hydraulics car tonight and it would have been nice to win for them.” Joey Saldana started seventh aboard the Budweiser/Open Joist Mopar-powered JEI and after losing a couple of spots early, he too steadily worked his way to the front. He also was a benefactor after the contact between Madsen and Meyers. “It was a good finish,” noted Saldana. “We struggled all night and fell back to ninth. We kept sticking with it. The top paid off for me at the end. I think the bottom slicked off for those guys and I just stayed on the top. I don’t know what happened at the end with (Jason) Meyers and (Kerry) Madsen, but it put us in position to run in the Top-Three. It was a good night for us.” Sam Hafertepe Jr. had another strong night in the G.H. Plumbing J&J, as he finished fourth. The sophomore driver has nine Top-10 finishes this season as he continues to close in on his first win of the season, as well as closing in on the Top-10 in the championship standings. “We are really pleased with tonight,” said the native of Sunnyvale, Texas. “If the car hadn’t been so tight, we might have had a better shot at the win. We’ll take a fourth. It was a really good win for the team. We are just performing so well right now. The motors are running good and we are excited for the races coming up.” Daryn Pittman was fifth in the Titan Garages Maxim, with Haudenschild in sixth in the Owerns-Corning Fiberglass Maxim. Mark Dobmeier, a native of Grand Forks was seventh in the Senske & Son J&J. Chad Kemenah was eighth in the Kantor Oil Company Maxim, with Steve Kinser in the Q Oil Maxim ninth and Jason Sides in the Wetherington Tractor Service Maxim rounded out the Top-10. The Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series wraps up the Duel in the Dakotas on Saturday night at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, in the second event of the Gerdau Ameristeel Northern Tour. DUEL IN THE DAKOTAS NIGHT #1 NOTEBOOK • BACK ON THE TRAIL: Paul McMahan made his debut behind the wheel of the No. 6 for the Parson Motorsports team on Friday night at River Cities Speedway. The California native who now calls Nashville home won twice last season with the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series and has seven career A-Feature wins with the series. He finished 13th in his first start for the team. • HOME STATE HONOR: Donny Schatz, the two-time defending World of Outlaws champion was recently named the recipient of the 2008 Dakota Award, from the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, given annually to a North Dakotan excelling outside the state. It was the second time in his career he has received the prestigious honor. • FAST QUALIFIER: Donny Schatz paced the 36 cars that took time with an AMB i.t. timed lap around the high-banked three-tenths-mile oval at 9.832 seconds at 109.845 mph. For his qualifying effort, Schatz earned five bonus points. The next four fastest qualifiers also earned bonus points, including: Kerry Madsen (4), Jason Meyers (3), Steve Kinser (2), and Jason Sides (1). • QUALIFYING WINNERS: Jason Sides, Craig Dollansky, Jason Meyers and Joey Saldana won heat races… Jason Meyers won the Crane Cams Dash….Donny Schatz won the B-Main… Nick Shirek won the C-Main. • FEATURE WINNERS: There have been 23 Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature events held in 2008. The winners include: Donny Schatz (Knoxville Raceway-twice, Attica Raceway Park, Eldora Speedway, Tri-City Speedway, Sedalia’s State Fair Speedway, Dodge City Raceway Park and River Cities Speedway), Jason Meyers (Volusia Speedway Park, Manzanita Speedway, I-55 Raceway, Lernerville Speedway and Virginia Motor Speedway), Craig Dollansky (Volusia Speedway Park, Eldora Speedway, Huset’s Speedway and Eagle Raceway), Steve Kinser (Williams Grove Speedway and Rolling Wheels Raceway Park), Lance Dewease (The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway), Danny Lasoski (Volusia Speedway Park), Joey Saldana (Dodge City Raceway Park) and Shane Stewart (Knoxville Raceway). • 3/10-MILE WINNERS: River Cities Speedway is a high-banked 0.3-mile oval. The Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series have once on a track that size this season. The winner was Donny Schatz. • ON THE WEB: The Official Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Web site is at http://www.worldofoutlaws.com/sprint. Among the features are updated driver biographies with individual statistics and pictures, race-by-race statistics, detailed track information and race coverage, series news and team press releases. Also, links to the 2008 Official Rulebook can be found at the bottom of the home page. • LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the series, they can experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws live on DIRTVision.com through the DIRT Radio Network. To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.DIRTVision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo. Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail webmaster@DIRTVision.com. • UP NEXT: The second round of the Gerdau Ameristeel Northern Tour at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, North Dakota on Saturday night, followed by a stop at Cedar Lake Speedway in Wisconsin to close out the month of June. • UPCOMING EVENTS: The month of July opens with a return to Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, South Dakota on July 3, followed by events at Riverside International Speedway in Arkansas and Tri-State Speedway in Indiana. Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Gerdau Ameristeel Duel in the Dakotas Night #1; Grand Forks, ND; June 27, 2008 Qualifying 1) 15-Donny Schatz 9.832 2) 55-Kerry Madsen 9.887 3) 14-Jason Meyers 9.895 4) 11-Steve Kinser 9.904 5) 7S-Jason Sides 9.917 6) 2-Craig Dollansky 9.933 7) 83-Shane Stewart 10.027 8) 9-Joey Saldana 10.038 9) R19-Jac Haudenschild 10.043 10) 34-Brooke Tatnell 10.061 11) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 10.078 12) 13-Mark Dobmeier 10.083 13) 6-Paul McMahan 10.100 14) 21-Daryn Pittman 10.123 15) 5C-Chad Hillier 10.197 16) 22-Jason Linnell 10.230 17) 8K-Chad Kemenah 10.232 18) 33-Scott McDonald 10.239 19) 10TR-Bob Martin 10.242 20) 56-Johnn Cressman 10.279 21) 21K-Lou Kennedy 10.318 22) 24-Terry McCarl 10.360 23) 6N-Greg Nikitenko 10.394 24) 20-Kraig Kinser 10.409 25) 9K-Brent Kronfuss 10.427 26) 18-Tony Bruce Jr. 10.438 27) 1-Chris Shirek 10.483 28) 9N-Wade Nygaard 10.501 29) 8-Casey Mack 10.566 30) 18X-Ryan Wilson 10.572 31) 20K-Thomas Kennedy 10.916 32) 14X-Tom Egeland 11.089 33) 11K-Nick Shirek 11.194 34) 12-Jeff Vonasek 11.207 35) 17-Todd Mickelson 11.340 36) 20J-Kevin Lawson 11.750 37) 81-Chris Burke -.--- 38) 20L-Dusty Lawson -.--- 39) 99-Jordan Graham -.--- Heat 1 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature) 1) 7S-Jason Sides 2) R19-Jac Haudenschild 3) 6-Paul McMahan 4) 8K-Chad Kemenah 5) 9K-Brent Kronfuss 6) 21K-Lou Kennedy 7) 8-Casey Mack 8) 15-Donny Schatz 9) 20L-Dusty Lawson Heat 2 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature) 1) 2-Craig Dollansky 2) 55-Kerry Madsen 3) 21-Daryn Pittman 4) 24-Terry McCarl 5) 34-Brooke Tatnell 6) 18-Tony Bruce Jr. 7) 18X-Ryan Wilson 8) 12-Jeff Vonasek 9) 33-Scott McDonald Heat 3 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature) 1) 14-Jason Meyers 2) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 3) 83-Shane Stewart 4) 5C-Chad Hillier 5) 1-Chris Shirek 6) 6N-Greg Nikitenko 7) 10TR-Bob Martin 8) 20K-Thomas Kennedy 9) 17-Todd Mickelson Heat 4 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature) 1) 9-Joey Saldana 2) 13-Mark Dobmeier 3) 11-Steve Kinser 4) 20-Kraig Kinser 5) 9N-Wade Nygaard 6) 22-Jason Linnell 7) 14X-Tom Egeland 8) 20J-Kevin Lawson 9) 56-Johnn Cressman Crane Cams Dash (8 laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature) 1) 14-Jason Meyers 2) 55-Kerry Madsen 3) R19-Jac Haudenschild 4) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 5) 2-Craig Dollansky 6) 13-Mark Dobmeier 7) 9-Joey Saldana 8) 7S-Jason Sides 9) 83-Shane Stewart 10) 11-Steve Kinser C-main (6 laps, top 2 finishers transferred to B-main) 1) 11K-Nick Shirek 2) 12-Jeff Vonasek 3) 20J-Kevin Lawson [$275] 4) 17-Todd Mickelson [$275] 5) 20L-Dusty Lawson [$275] 6) 81-Chris Burke [$250] B-main (12 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature) 1) 15-Donny Schatz 2) 18-Tony Bruce Jr. 3) 22-Jason Linnell 4) 33-Scott McDonald 5) 8-Casey Mack 6) 21K-Lou Kennedy 7) 20K-Thomas Kennedy [$350] 8) 14X-Tom Egeland [$330] 9) 18X-Ryan Wilson [$325] 10) 6N-Greg Nikitenko [$310] 11) 11K-Nick Shirek [$300] 12) 12-Jeff Vonasek [$300] 13) 10TR-Bob Martin [$300] 14) 56-Johnn Cressman [$300] A-main (40 laps) - Starting Position [#] 1) 15-Donny Schatz[11] [$10,000] 2) 2-Craig Dollansky[5] [$5,500] 3) 9-Joey Saldana[7] [$3,200] 4) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[4] [$2,800] 5) 21-Daryn Pittman[14] [$2,500] 6) R19-Jac Haudenschild[3] [$2,300] 7) 13-Mark Dobmeier[6] [$2,200] 8) 8K-Chad Kemenah[17] [$2,100] 9) 11-Steve Kinser[10] [$2,050] 10) 7S-Jason Sides[8] [$2,000] 11) 18-Tony Bruce Jr.[22] [$1,500] 12) 34-Brooke Tatnell[12] [$1,200] 13) 6-Paul McMahan[13] [$1,100] 14) 55-Kerry Madsen[2] [$1,050] 15) 24-Terry McCarl[19] [$1,000] 16) 14-Jason Meyers[1] [$900] 17) 5C-Chad Hillier[15] [$800] 18) 9K-Brent Kronfuss[21] [$800] 19) 9N-Wade Nygaard[24] [$800] 20) 83-Shane Stewart[9] [$800] 21) 20-Kraig Kinser[20] [$800] 22) 22-Jason Linnell[16] [$800] 23) 1-Chris Shirek[23] [$800] 24) 33-Scott McDonald[18] [$800] Lap Leaders: Jason Meyers 1-35, Craig Dollansky 36, Donny Schatz 37-40 Chicken Hawk Hotlap Award: Jason Meyers Penske Power Position Award: Joey Saldana SuperClean Start of the Night Award: Mark Dobmeier KSE Hard Charger Award: Donny Schatz 2008 STAT ATTACK There have been 23 Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature events this season. A-Feature winners (8 Different Drivers) Driver, Hometown - Wins 1- Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 8 2- Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 5 3- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 4 4- Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 2 5- Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania- 1 Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 1 Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 1 Shane Stewart, Bixby, Oklahoma- 1 Lap leaders, including A-features and preliminary features Car, driver, hometown - Total laps led (15 Drivers have led laps) 1- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 154 laps 2- Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 149 laps 3- Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 125 laps 4- Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 69 laps 5- Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 53 laps 6- Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania- 30 laps Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 30 laps 8- Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Oklahoma- 27 lap 9- Craig Keel, Weedsport, New York- 17 laps Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW- 17 laps 11- Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 10 laps Paul McMahan, Nashville, Tennessee- 10 laps 13- Shane Stewart, Bixby, Oklahoma- 9 laps 14- Dale Blaney, Hartford, Ohio- 8 laps 15- Tim Kaeding, San Jose, California- 7 laps Time trial leaders (12 different drivers) Rank - Driver, Hometown - Quick times 1- Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota - 5 2- Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 3 Shane Stewart, Bixby, Oklahoma- 3 4- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 2 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 2 Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 2 6- Rob Chaney, Wooster, Ohio- 1 Cody Darrah, Red Lion, Pennsylvania- 1 Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio- 1 Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, Pennsylvania- 1 Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio - 1 Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Australia- 1 Track records established during 2008 Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series events (1) * Joey Saldana, May 24, Virginia Motor Speedway (1/2-mile), Jamaica, VA, 14.537 seconds at 123.822 mph. Crane Cams Dash Winners (15 different winners) Rank - Driver, Hometown - Dash Wins 1- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota - 3 Shane Stewart, Bixby, Oklahoma- 3 3- Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio- 2 Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 2 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Oklahoma- 2 Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana - 2 7- Tim Kaeding, San Jose, California- 1 Craig Keel, Weedsport, New York- 1 Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 1 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 1 Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 1 Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 1 Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 1 Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania- 1 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW- 1 Pole Positions (15 different drivers) Rank - Driver, Hometown - Poles 1 - Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota - 3 Shane Stewart, Bixby, Oklahoma- 3- Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio- 2 Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 2 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Oklahoma- 2 Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana - 2 7- Tim Kaeding, San Jose, California- 1 Craig Keel, Weedsport, New York- 1 Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 1 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 1 Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 1 Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 1 Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 1 Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania- 1 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW- 1 B-main Winners (17 different winners) Rank - Driver, Hometown - B-Main Wins 1- Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, Kansas-2 Rob Chaney, Wooster, Ohio-2 3- Billy Alley, Lincoln, Nebraska- 1 Chris Andrews, Sandusky, Ohio- 1 Pat Cannon, Etters, Pennsylvania- 1 Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas- 1 Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio- 1 Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 1 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 1 Calvin Landis, Knoxville, Iowa- 1 Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 1 Brian Paulus, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania- 1 Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 1 Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania- 1 Danny Smith, Danville, Indiana - 1 T.J. Stutts, Liverpool, Pennsylvania- 1 Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania- 1 KSE Racing Products Hard Charger Award 1- Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NWS- 4 Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 4 3- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 3 Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania- 3 5- Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 2 Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 2 7- Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania- 1 Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas- 1 Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio-1 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 1 Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 1 Penske Power Position 1- Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 5 Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 5 3- Shane Stewart, Bixby, Oklahoma- 4 4- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 1 Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas- 1 Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio- 1 Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 1 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 1 Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 1 Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 1 Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tennessee- 1 Chicken Hawk Hot Lap 1- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 3 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 3 Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 3 4- Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 2 Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 2 5- Dale Blaney, Hartford, Ohio- 1 Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania- 1 Tim Kaeding, San Jose, California- 1 Craig Keel, Weedsport, New York- 1 Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 1 Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 1 Paul McMahan, Nashville, Tennessee- 1 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Oklahoma- 1 Shane Stewart, Bixby, Oklahoma- 1 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW- 1 SuperClean Start Award 1- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 2 2- Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, North Dakota- 1 Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 1 Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 1 Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 1 Crane Cams Engine Builder Challenge Shaver Specialties 103 Speedway Engines 75 / -28 Kistler Engines 71 / -32 Don Ott Engines 68/ -35 Chassis Builder Challenge Maxim 105 J&J 102 / -3 Triple X Race Co. 15 / -90 A Perfect Fit: River Cities Speedway Suits Haudenschild Just Fine Grand Forks, ND— June 26, 2008—If ever there was a track that was perfectly suited for Jac Haudenschild’s always aggressive, no holds barred, take no prisoners driving style, it would River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The high-banked three-tenths-mile bullring lends itself to side-by-side racing with blazing fast speeds as the drivers run just inches off of the wall, with all of this happening in just about 10 seconds each lap. Haudenschild will visit River Cities Speedway for the second consecutive season with the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series on Friday, June 27 in the opener of the Gerdau Ameristeel Northern Tour which will encompass a total of four events in the state of North Dakota this weekend, along with the final two races in August. This weekend’s race will be part of the Duel in the Dakotas which will wrap up at Red River Valley Speedway on Saturday, June 28. Haudenschild won the overall title for the Duel in the Dakotas last season, after finishing second at River Cities Speedway and winning at Red River Valley Speedway. “Short tracks are always fun to race on,” said the veteran driver in regards to his return to River Cities Speedway. “They have always put a good show on there in the past and I imagine it will be the same way this year. We can’t wait to get up there.” River Cities Speedway is one of just three tracks on the 2008 Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series schedule at which the drivers turn sub-10 second laps. Last season, the quickest lap in time trials at the high-banked track was 9.952 seconds, while the track record is 9.66 seconds. Haudenschild would like nothing more than to break the track record on Friday night, as the best sprint car drivers in the world invade the track for a full night of racing, capped off by a 40-lap main event. “It does feel pretty quick behind the wheel,” noted the native of Wooster, Ohio. “At the short tracks you get around them pretty fast. The track over there is usually pretty tacky and very racy. We look to get the (No.) R19 up front there.” The event at River Cities Speedway will be one of three events this season for the World of Outlaws on three-tenths-mile tracks, which is the same number of races the series had on that size track last season. The series has competed a couple of times on 1/3-mile tracks this year, with Haudenschild finishing sixth or better in both of those events. Behind the wheel, things happen a lot quicker on bullrings and a few subtle changes are made when the teams are preparing to run a smaller track. “You put a short track set-up on the car and run more stagger,” explained Haudenschild. “Usually the car gets around tracks like that pretty good. We have been good on the small tracks and the big tracks this year. We look to keep that up this weekend.” Haudenschild won in his debut at River Cities Speedway in 1999, holding off fellow World of Outlaws driver Craig Dollansky for the triumph in weekly competition. In four career starts at the three-tenths mile track, he has four finishes of seventh or better, with three of those being in the Top-Three. He made a late charge on Joey Saldana last season to make a bid for the win, coming up just inches short at the line in a photo finish that had the capacity crowd on their feet. He liked up 13th for that event and passed more cars that anyone else in attendance, to earn the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger Award. “We like going up there,” Haudenschild shared. “There are a lot of good fans up there. This will be our first trip to North Dakota in the Lon Carnahan car, so hopefully we can put it in victory lane.” The veteran driver has been close to winning a number of times this season. In his first year behind the wheel for the Carnahan Motorsports team aboard the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Maxim, he is fifth in World of Outlaws championship points on the strength of 15 Top-10 finishes, with eight of those being in the Top-Five. “Sometimes it is toughest to get that first win of the year,” he admitted. “We have been pretty quick on most nights and we plan to get a win here pretty quick.” Haudenschild is very proud of how hard his crew has worked this season and how quick he has gelled with crew chief Leonard Lee. He also has been thrilled at how fast the team has been each and every night out of the box. He has raced his way into the Crane Cams Dash in 10 of the last 13 events, which have helped him earn Top-10 starting positions in all of those A-Feature events. He also has won the Crane Cams Dash twice this season to earn pole positions, and he also has been quickest in time trials once this season. “Leonard (Lee) and Marie (Lapointe) have been doing a great job,” said Haudenschild of his crew. “The car has been fast every time out and we have a very competitive motor. Every thing is going pretty good right now. We’ll just keep at it and keep working hard.” Haudenschild enters this weekend’s trio of events beginning at River Cities Speedway riding a streak of five consecutive finishes of seventh or better, as he closes in on his first A-Feature win of the season. He is currently 10th on the World of Outlaws all-time win list with 46 A-Feature triumphs and looks to add to his success in the state of North Dakota. “We have been close and had a lot of Top-Five finishes,” he stated. “I think we’ll definitely have a good chance of winning there.” On Friday, June 27 at River Cities Speedway, adult general admission tickets will be $30 if purchased in advance or $32 the day of the race, with general admission tickets for children (ages 6-12) $15, and kids 5-under will be admitted free of charge in the general admission seating. Adult reserved tickets will be $33 in advance or $35 the day of the race, with reserved tickets for children 12-under $15. Two-day tickets for the Duel in the Dakotas, including the event at Red River Valley Speedway on Saturday, June 28 are also available by calling SLS Promotions at: 815-344-2023 or visiting: http://www.slspromotions.com. There will also be a Meet & Greet at the Canad Inn located at 1000 South 42nd St. in Grand Forks, on Thursday, June 26 from 5-8 p.m. Central, featuring several World of Outlaws drivers who will be on-hand to sign autographs and meet with fans. Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Preview: Red River Valley Speedway West Fargo, ND— June 25, 2008— The Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series will continue a swing through the upper Midwest this weekend, with a traditional stop at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, North Dakota. The series has been visiting the high-banked half-mile since 1981, with 12 different drivers picking up A-Feature wins during that time span. The event at Red River Valley on Saturday, June 28 will serve as the second stop on the Gerdau Ameristeel Northern Tour, which encompasses four tracks in the state of North Dakota, wrapping up in August. Donny Schatz, the two-time defending series champion has 11 total wins in his career at Red River Valley Speedway, including four in Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series competition. He has nearly 40 Top-10 finishes in his career at his home track. Schatz ran his first ever World of Outlaws event at the track in 1993. He leads the series with seven A-Feature wins this season. Jason Meyers has won twice at Red River Valley Speedway, in 2004 and 2005. He has finished first or second in three of his last four starts at the track. He has nine career Top-10 finishes at the high-banked half-mile. Entering the trio of races this weekend, the California native has five A-Feature wins to go along with a series-best 18 Top-Five finishes as he continues to chase his first series title. Craig Dollansky has three wins in his career at Red River Valley, with the most recent coming in 2001, when he pocketed $25,000. The Minnesota native has three consecutive Top-10 finishes at the track and heads into action this weekend third in the championship standings on the strength of four A-Feature wins. Joey Saldana has three career wins at the half-mile, with two of those coming during the 2004 season. The native of Brownsburg, Indiana has 15 Top-10 finishes at the track dating back to 1996. He enters this weekend’s event fresh off his first A-Feature win of the season last weekend at Dodge City Raceway Park in Kansas. Jac Haudenschild won for the first time in his career at Red River Valley Speedway last season. The native of Wooster, Ohio has 25 Top-10 finishes over the years at the track. He is currently fifth in points, with 15 Top-10 finishes as he closes in on his first win of the season. Steve Kinser has 16 total wins in his career at Red River Valley, including preliminary features. He most recently visited the winners circle at the track in 2005. He made his first start at the track in 1981 and finished in the Top-Three in each of his first dozen starts there. The 20-time series champion has won twice this season. Kerry Madsen, the reigning Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year, made his first start at the track last season. He won twice in 2007 on half-mile tracks, including on the high-banked Perris Auto Speedway in California. He has racked up 14 Top-10 finishes to open the 2008 campaign and is solidly in the Top-10 in points. Shane Stewart last competed at the half-mile in 2005, when he picked up consecutive sixth-place finishes. The 2005 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year recently moved into eighth in points on the strength of 12 Top-10 finishes, including a win at Knoxville Raceway earlier this month. Chad Kemenah, the 2006 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year, has three career starts at Red River Valley. He finished fourth last Friday night at Dodge City Raceway Park, to earn his 10th Top-10 finish of the season. Terry McCarl has four Top-10 finishes in his career at Red River Valley Speedway, with three of those being Top-Five finishes. The Iowa native has nine Top-10 finishes this season with the World of Outlaws and is currently 10th in points. Daryn Pittman has nine career Top-10 finishes at the track, including in two of his last three starts. The native of Owasso, Oklahoma has 11 Top-10 finishes this season, including his third Top-Five last weekend at Dodge City Raceway Park. Sam Hafertepe Jr. made his first start at Red River Valley Speedway last season, finishing just outside of the Top-10. The sophomore driver from Sunnyvale, Texas recently earned his eighth Top-10 finish of the season at Dodge City Raceway Park, as he continues to close in on the Top-10 in points. Kraig Kinser will make his first start at the half-mile since 2005 this weekend. He has six career Top-10 finishes at the track, including in four of the last six events he has competed in there. Jason Sides finished second last season at Red River Valley Speedway, and has three Top-10 finishes in his last four starts at the half-mile. The 2003 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year has four Top-10 finishes this season. Tony Bruce Jr. made his first start at Red River Valley Speedway last season during his rookie campaign with the World of Outlaws. The native of Liberal, Kansas won an event with the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) on Tuesday night at I-90 Speedway in South Dakota. Chad Hillier also made his first start at the high-banked half-mile last season. The Washington native has one Top-10 finish this season and is just outside of the Top-15 in points. Paul McMahan will return to World of Outlaws action this weekend, behind the wheel of the No. 6 machine for the Parsons Motorsports team. He has eight career Top-10 finishes at Red River Valley Speedway and finished ninth there last season. Lucas Wolfe, the leading contender for the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award this season will miss the event as he continues to recover from a back injury suffered earlier this month. 2007 Race Recap: Jac Haudenschild earned his first career win at Red River Valley Speedway after starting third and taking advantage of Brooke Tatnell having a flat left rear tire late in the race. The race started with Jason Sides on the pole leading and opening up a sizeable advantage before he and Tatnell encountered heavy lapped traffic. On the 11th lap Tatnell dove low in the first turn and took the lead from Sides. The very next lap, Haudenschild ducked under Sides for the runner-up spot. The red flag flew on the 15th lap for Jason Meyers, giving Haudenschild and Sides a shot at Tatnell on the restart. The native of San Souci, NSW, Australia used a strong restart to pull away before encountering lapped traffic, which helped Haudenschild close on him. After Tatnell’s misfortune, Sides inherited the second spot, where he would eventually finish the 30-lap contest. Joey Saldana was third, with Randy Hannagan fourth and Danny Lasoski fifth. 2007 A-Feature Results Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series; Red River Valley Speedway; June 30, 2007 A-main (30 laps) - Starting Position [#] 1) 35-Jac Haudenschild[3] [$10,000] 2) 7S-Jason Sides[1] [$5,500] 3) 9-Joey Saldana[5] [$3,200] 4) 1X-Randy Hannagan[4] [$2,800] 5) 83-Danny Lasoski[6] [$2,500] 6) 15-Donny Schatz[8] [$2,300] 7) R19-Jason Solwold[12] [$2,200] 8) 11-Steve Kinser[10] [$2,100] 9) 20-Paul McMahan[16] [$2,050] 10) 7-Craig Dollansky[15] [$2,000] 11) 11H-Kerry Madsen[22] [$1,500] 12) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[7] [$1,200] 13) 21-Daryn Pittman[24] [$1,100] 14) 10C-Jeremy Campbell[21] [$1,050] 15) 24-Terry McCarl[23] [$1,000] 16) 11D-Dion Hindi[20] [$900] 17) 6-Tim Shaffer[18] [$800] 18) D1-Justin Henderson[19] [$800] 19) 2-Brooke Tatnell[2] [$800] 20) 5C-Chad Hillier[14] [$800] 21) 3X-Chad Kemenah[13] [$800] 22) 14-Jason Meyers[11] [$800] 23) 36-Jason Martin[17] [$800] 24) 18-Brian Carlson[9] [$800] Lap Leaders: Jason Sides 1-10, Brooke Tatnell 11-26, Jac Haudenschild 27-30 Previous Winners World of Outlaws Sprint Series A-Feature winners at Red River Valley Speedway include: 2007- Jac Haudenschild on June 30 2006- Donny Schatz on June 17 2005- Jason Meyers on July 2, Steve Kinser on Aug. 16 2004- Joey Saldana on July 10 2003- Danny Lasoski on June 14 2002- Donny Schatz on July 6 2001- Craig Dollansky on July 7 2000- Sammy Swindell on July 8 1999- Steve Kinser on July 10 1998- Sammy Swindell on July 11 1997- Stevie Smith on July 12 1996- Sammy Swindell on July 7 1995- Sammy Swindell on July 8 1994- Steve Kinser on July 10 1993- Johnny Herrera on July 10 1992- Steve Kinser on July 12 1991- Doug Wolfgang on July 6 1990- Doug Wolfgang on July 7 1989- Jeff Swindell on July 8 1988- Doug Wolfgang on July 9 1987- Steve Kinser on July 11 1986- Steve Kinser on July 12 1985- Steve Kinser on July 13 1984- Steve Kinser on July 14 1983- Sammy Swindell on July 9 1982- Steve Kinser on July 14 1981- Sammy Swindell on July 13 Current Top-10 in Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Points 1. Donny Schatz 3205 2. Jason Meyers 3150 3. Craig Dollansky 3109 4. Joey Saldana 3069 5. Jac Haudenschild 2927 6. Steve Kinser 2921 7. Kerry Madsen 2854 8. Shane Stewart 2788 9. Chad Kemenah 2783 10. Terry McCarl 2751 What to look for at Red River Valley Speedway: * The last six A-Feature events at the half-mile have produced six different winners, and last season three different drivers led laps during the A-Feature. * Donny Schatz has won 11 career wins at Red River Valley Speedway, including four with the World of Outlaws. * Steve Kinser has won nine A-Feature events at the track in his career and has 16 overall wins. He has racked up 39 Top-Five finishes, including in preliminary features. * Craig Dollansky has three wins in his career at Red River Valley, including a $25,000 triumph with the World of Outlaws in 2001. * Jason Meyers has won twice at the half-mile with the World of Outlaws in his career and has eight Top-Five finishes. * Joey Saldana has three wins with the series in his career at the track, including two A-Feature wins. He finished third last season and drives for NASCAR star Kasey Kahne. * Paul McMahan returns to World of Outlaws action behind the wheel of the No. 6 machine for car owner Lonnie Parsons. The California native who now calls Nashville home, won twice in World of Outlaws competition in 2007. By the Numbers- Red River Valley Speedway: 0.5- Miles around Red River Valley Speedway 1- World of Outlaws driver that hails from North Dakota, Donny Schatz 2- A-Feature wins with the World of Outlaws at half-mile for Schatz, the two-time defending series champion 3- Drivers that led laps in the A-Feature at Red River Valley Speedway in 2007 4- Laps led by Jac Haudenschild en route to the win at the track last season; Events in the state of North Dakota for the World of Outlaws this season 7- Current World of Outlaws drivers that have won at the half-mile 8- Drivers that have won A-Feature events with the World of Outlaws this season 10- Laps led by Jason Sides last season at the track en route to a runner-up finish 11- Total wins for Donny Schatz in his career at his home track 12- World of Outlaws drivers that have won an A-Feature event at the half-mile dating back to 1981 14.768- Track record established by Craig Dollansky in time trials in 2002 15- Drivers competing full-time with the World of Outlaws this season who raced at Red River Valley Speedway last season; Drivers that have won the Crane Cams Dash this season to earn pole positions in A-Feature events 16- Total wins for 20-time World of Outlaws champion Steve Kinser at the track, including preliminary features; Laps led by Brooke Tatnell at the track in 200 28- A-Feature events that have been contested by the World of Outlaws at the half-mile dating back to 1981 30- Drivers that competed with the World of Outlaws last season at Red River Valley Speedway 81- Miles from River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, North Dakota where the World of Outlaws compete on June 27 to Red River Valley Fair Speedway 153- Laps led by Craig Dollansky this season in A-Feature competition to lead the series 1981- Year that the World of Outlaws first competed at Red River Valley Speedway 3205- Points earned by Donny Schatz in the first 22 events this season to lead the series 10,000- Dollars the winner will receive on Saturday, June 28 Tickets: On Saturday, June 28 at Red River Valley Speedway, adult general admission tickets will be $30 if purchased in advance or $32 the day of the race, with general admission tickets for children (ages 6-12) $15, and kids 5-under will be admitted free of charge in the general admission seating. Adult reserved tickets will be $33 in advance or $35 the day of the race, with reserved tickets for children 12-under $15. Two-day tickets for the Duel in the Dakotas including the event at River Cities Speedway on Friday, June 27 are also available by calling SLS Promotions at: 815-344-2023 or visiting: http://www.slspromotions.com. Next Up: A trip to Wisconsin for a stop at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond for a full night of racing on the high-banked 3/8-mile. Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Preview: River Cities Speedway Grand Forks, ND— June 24, 2008—Ever since the 2008 Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series schedule was announced most of the drivers had Friday, June 27 circled on their calendars. That’s because the series will make their second consecutive visit to the blazing fast, high-banked, River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The track is one of just three tracks on the schedule where the drivers flirt with sub-10-second laps. The race will serve as the opener of the 2008 Gerdau Ameristeel Northern Tour, which will encompass four tracks in the state of North Dakota beginning this weekend and wrapping up in August. Donny Schatz, the two-time defending Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws champion who hails from North Dakota, has one career win at River Cities Speedway, with that coming in 1995. He finished third in the World of Outlaws debut at the track last season. He currently leads the series with seven A-Feature wins, including in the series most recent event at Dodge City Raceway Park in Kansas. Schatz leads the championship standings by 55 markers over Jason Meyers, and is the only driver that has finished in the Top-10 in all 22 events this season. Jason Meyers has three career Top-10 finishes at River Cities Speedway, including a runner-up performance in 2000 in a World of Outlaws Gumout Series event at the track. The native of Clovis, California leads the series with 18 Top-Five finishes in 2008, as he continues to chase his first World of Outlaws title. He has won five A-Feature wins this season. Craig Dollansky is a former winner at River Cities Speedway, taking the checkered flag in 2000 holding off Meyers in that World of Outlaws Gumout Series event. In three starts at the high-banked three-tenths mile, he has three finishes of eighth or better. The Minnesota native has four A-Feature wins this season, to go along with 21 Top-10 finishes in 22 starts. He is currently third in the championship point standings. Joey Saldana turned in an impressive performance in his debut at River Cities Speedway last season. Having never seen the track until the afternoon of the race, he proceeded to set fast time in time trials, win a heat race, win the Crane Cams Dash and then win the A-Feature, leading all 40 laps. The second generation driver recently won his first event of the season at Dodge City Raceway Park in Kansas. He is fourth in points on the strength of 19 Top-10 finishes. Jac Haudenschild won in his debut at River Cities Speedway in 1999, holding off fellow World of Outlaws driver Craig Dollansky for the triumph in weekly competition. In four career starts at the three-tenths mile track, he has four finishes of seventh or better, with three of those being in the Top-Three. He made a late charge on Saldana last season to make a bid for the win, coming up just inches short at the line in a photo finish that had the capacity crowd on their feet. Steve Kinser, the 20-time World of Outlaws champion has made three starts in his career at the track, earning two Top-10 finishes, including a third in 2006 with the National Sprint Tour. Kinser has two A-Feature wins this season and is just six points out of the Top-Five in the standings, on the strength of 12 Top-10 finishes. Kerry Madsen, the reigning Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award winner finished fifth at River Cities Speedway last season. He has two Top-10 finishes in three career starts at the high-banked track. The native of St. Mary’s, NSW, Australia has 14 Top-10 finishes this season and is seventh in points. Shane Stewart has made nine career starts at River Cities Speedway, earning two wins in 2001 with the World of Outlaws Gumout Series. He has seven career Top-10 finishes at the track and was fifth in his last visit there in 2006. He has won once this year and is currently eight in points on the strength of 12 Top-10 finishes driving for the Roth Motorsports team. Chad Kemenah made his first career start at River Cities Speedway last season. The 2006 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year is currently ninth in points, with 10 Top-10 finishes. He finished fourth last Friday night at Dodge City Raceway Park. Terry McCarl has won twice at River Cities Speedway during his career. The first win for the veteran driver was in 1999 and he followed that up with another triumph in 2003. He has six career Top-10 finishes at the high-banked track. The native of Altoona, Iowa has nine Top-10 finishes this season as he is 10th in points. Daryn Pittman has made three starts in his career at the three-tenths mile, earning finishes of sixth or better in each of those events. He recently matched his season best performance with a runner-up finish at Dodge City Raceway Park. The native of Owasso, Oklahoma is just outside of the Top-10 in points. Sam Hafertepe Jr. made his first career start at the track last season. The sophomore driver from Sunnyvale, Texas earned two Top-10 finishes last weekend at Dodge City Raceway Park and has eight on the season, as he continues to close in on the Top-10 in points. Kraig Kinser, the 2004 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year has four career starts at River Cities Speedway and has finished in the Top-Five in all of those. His best finish of the lot was in 2001, when he was second in a World of Outlaws Gumout Series race at the track. He recently picked up his fifth Top-10 finishes of the season. Jason Sides has five Top-10 finishes at River Cities Speedway in his career. He finished third in his debut at the track back in 1999. The 2003 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year has four Top-10 finishes this season. Tim Shaffer made his first career start at the track last season, finishing just outside of the Top-10. The 1999 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year has four Top-10 finishes this season, with two of those being in the Top-Five. Tony Bruce Jr. made his first start at River Cities Speedway last season during his rookie campaign with the World of Outlaws. The native of Liberal, Kansas picked up a Top-Five finish at the famed Knoxville Raceway a couple of weeks ago. Chad Hillier, who continues his sophomore season with the World of Outlaws also made his debut at River Cities Speedway last season. The Washington native earned a Top-10 finish at Tri-City Speedway earlier this month and has been running very consistent the last few weeks. Lucas Wolfe, the leading contender for the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award this season will miss the event after suffering a back injury at Tri-City Speedway earlier this month. 2007 Race Recap: Joey Saldana became the first driver in 2007 to put together a clean sweep of a racing program at at World of Outlaws event, turning the quickest lap in time trials, winning a heat race, winning the Crane Cams Dash and eventually claiming the A-Feature event, leading all 40 laps of the main event in the process. Saldana held off a furious charge by Jac Haudsenchild over the last two laps to earn the $10,000 payday by just 0.056 seconds, to mark the third closest finish of the season. Donny Schatz who battled Saldana for most of the race finished third, with Danny Lasoski fourth and Kerry Madsen fifth. The race began with Saldana leading from the pole, with Steve Kinser quickly jumping into second. On the seventh lap, Kinser took the lead exiting the second turn in traffic, but Saldana powered back around the 20-time World of Outlaw champion coming off the fourth turn to officially be scored the leader at the line. The pair along with Donny Schatz in third would continue to encounter dense traffic on the high-banked, high speed track. Saldana, Kinser and Schatz were bottled up in traffic for a couple of laps, before Schatz used the low side of the track to take the second spot from Kinser on the 26th lap. The red flag flew on the next go-around for an accident involving Kinser, who was running third at the time. On the ensuing restart, Schatz would pressure Saldana for a number of laps, nearly taking the lead on several occasions. Schatz did take the lead on the 33 lap, but that was negated due to the caution flag flying. By way of World of Outlaws rules, a full lap must be scored for that lap to count. Thus, Schatz lined up in the second spot for the restart. After enduring a couple more cautions, the three leaders were set for a two-lap shootout as the green flag flew. Haudenschild looked low entering the first turn, but could not quite make the pass. He tried the exact same move the next lap and took the leading as the pair exited the second turn. Joey Saldana used the momentum from the high side of the race track to power down the front straightaway and edged Haudenschild by mere inches at the line, in one of the most exciting races of the season, before a packed grandstand, with Schatz finishing third. Danny Lasoski, the 2001 World of Outlaws champion finished fourth with Kerry Madsen rounding out the Top-Five. 2007 A-Feature Results Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series; River Cities Speedway; June 29, 2007 A-main (40 laps) - Starting Position [#] 1) 9-Joey Saldana[1] [$10,000] 2) 35-Jac Haudenschild[13] [$5,500] 3) 15-Donny Schatz[6] [$3,200] 4) 83-Danny Lasoski[11] [$2,800] 5) 11H-Kerry Madsen[4] [$2,500] 6) 21-Daryn Pittman[14] [$2,300] 7) 13-Mark Dobmeier[5] [$2,200] 8) 7-Craig Dollansky[17] [$2,100] 9) 20-Paul McMahan[10] [$2,050] 10) R19-Jason Solwold[12] [$2,000] 11) 6-Tim Shaffer[9] [$1,500] 12) 24-Terry McCarl[2] [$1,200] 13) 14-Jason Meyers[8] [$1,100] 14) D1-Justin Henderson[7] [$1,050] 15) 2-Brooke Tatnell[22] [$1,000] 16) 8K-Zach Chappell[15] [$900] 17) 7S-Jason Sides[23] [$800] 18) 18T-Tony Bruce Jr.[20] [$800] 19) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[16] [$800] 20) 5C-Chad Hillier[19] [$800] 21) 1-Chris Shirek[24] [$800] 22) 11D-Dion Hindi[18] [$800] 23) 36-Jason Martin[21] [$800] 24) 11-Steve Kinser[3] [$800] Lap Leaders: Joey Saldana 1-40 Previous Winners World of Outlaws Sprint Series A-Feature winners at Red River Valley Speedway include: 2007- Joey Saldana on June 29 Current Top-10 in Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Points 1. Donny Schatz 3205 2. Jason Meyers 3150 3. Craig Dollansky 3109 4. Joey Saldana 3069 5. Jac Haudenschild 2927 6. Steve Kinser 2921 7. Kerry Madsen 2854 8. Shane Stewart 2788 9. Chad Kemenah 2783 10. Terry McCarl 2751 What to look for at River Cities Speedway : * The track record at River Cities Speedway is 9.66 seconds, while Joey Saldana set fast time last season in the World of Outlaws event with a lap of 9.952 seconds. The drivers will again be flirting with sub-10 second laps this season. * Terry McCarl and Shane Stewart are the only World of Outlaws drivers that have won more than once at the track. Each has two wins at the high-banked facility. * Donny Schatz, the two-time defending series champion who hails from the state of North Dakota has won once at the track in his home state and was third last season in the World of Outlaws debut at the track. * Joey Saldana won by mere inches last season in a thriller with Jac Haudenschild. Saldana in his debut at the track completed a clean sweep of the racing program, setting fast time, winning a heat race, the Crane Cams Dash and eventually the A-Feature. * Craig Dollansky is a former winner at River Cities Speedway. The Minnesota native has made three starts at the track and has finished eighth or better in all of them. He is currently third in points and has won four times in 2008 with the World of Outlaws. * Jac Haudenschild has won at the track in the past, and always excels on high-banked bullrings. He is in his first season driving for the Carnahan Motorsports team and is fifth in points. He was just inches away from winning last season in a late race battle with Joey Saldana. * Kraig Kinser will be making his first start at River Cities Speedway since 2004. In four career starts at the track, he has four Top-Five finishes. By the Numbers- River Cities Speedway: 0.3- Miles around River Cities Speedway 1- Track record that has been established in time trials by the World of Outlaws this season 2- Drivers that turned sub-10 second laps in time trials last season at the track, Joey Saldana and Paul McMahan 3- Events that the World of Outlaws contested on three-tenths mile track last season; Drivers that won events on three-tenths mile tracks in 2007 with the series 4- Events for the World of Outlaws this season in North Dakota 7- A-Feature wins for current World of Outlaws point leader and North Dakota native Donny Schatz 9.66- Track record at River Cities Speedway 9.952- Lap turned by Joey Saldana in time trials last season at the track 11- Positions earned by Jac Haudenschild last season en route to a runner-up performance, which earned his the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger Award 12- Drivers that have been fastest in time trials this season with the World of Outlaws 15- Drivers that have led laps this season with the series in A-Feature competition; Drivers that have won a Crane Cams Dash to earn a pole position this season 18- Top-Five finishes for Jason Meyers to lead the series 40- Laps led by Joey Saldana last season en route to winning at the track 45- Drivers that competed with the World of Outlaws at River Cities Speedway in 2007 55- Point lead that Donny Schatz has over Jason Meyers in the World of Outlaws championship standings 153- Laps led by Craig Dollansky this season to lead the series 896- Miles from Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, Kansas where the World of Outlaws raced on June 20 and June 21 to River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, North Dakota 10,000- Dollars the winner will receive on Friday, June 27 51,690- Dollars in the total purse on Friday, June 27 125,700- Dollars earned by Donny Schatz thus far in 2008 to lead the series Tickets: On Friday, June 27 at River Cities Speedway, adult general admission tickets will be $30 if purchased in advance or $32 the day of the race, with general admission tickets for children (ages 6-12) $15, and kids 5-under will be admitted free of charge in the general admission seating. Adult reserved tickets will be $33 in advance or $35 the day of the race, with reserved tickets for children 12-under $15. Two-day tickets for the Duel in the Dakotas, including the event at Red River Valley Speedway on Saturday, June 28 are also available for the Duel in the Dakotas by calling SLS Promotions at: 815-344-2023 or visiting: http://www.slspromotions.com. There will also be a Meet & Greet at the Canad Inn located at 1000 South 42nd St. in Grand Forks, on Thursday, June 26 from 5-8 p.m. Central, featuring several World of Outlaws drivers who will be on-hand to sign autographs and meet with fans. Next Up: The second event of the Gerdau Ameristeel Northern Tour at Red River Valley Speedway on Saturday, June 28, which will wrap up the Duel in the Dakotas. Seventh Heaven: Schatz Wins Finale of Boot Hill Showdown to Earn Seventh Win of 2008 & First Career Win at Dodge City Raceway Park Dodge City, KS— June 21, 2008— There are not too many tracks on the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series schedule that two-time defending series champion Donny Schatz has not won at. One those places just happened to be Dodge City Raceway Park in Kansas, where the World of Outlaws competed in the Boot Hill Showdown this weekend. When the dust settled in the finale of the event on Saturday night, Schatz found himself in the winner’s circle at the state-of-the-art 3/8-mile, to earn his seventh A-Feature win of the season, with the cameras from SPEED capturing all of the action before a standing room only, sellout crowd. Schatz took the lead from Daryn Pittman on the 27th lap on the high side of the second turn, after Pittman was held up by a lapped machine. Schatz nearly took the lead the lap before as he went to the high side of turn four. The North Dakota native lined up sixth for the 30-lap event and picked up two spots on the opening lap, getting around Sam Hafertepe Jr. and Joey Saldana. He powered his way around Shane Stewart on the third lap to move into third, next setting his sights on Craig Dollansky, who he would overtake on the next lap. “It was fun tonight,” said Schatz, after climbing from the Armor All J&J. “I can’t say enough about this whole team. These guys definitely had the Armor All shine tonight. I didn’t know what it would be like when it took rubber. When he slowed down on the bottom and I was running second, I had nothing to lose. I just tried smoking around the top and just barely had enough tire to do it. There was plenty of race track left up there. It was pretty challenging, but we got it done.” During his career with the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, Schatz has won at 46 different tracks, including three in the state of Kansas. He has 77 career A-Feature wins, including a series-best seven this season and is just four triumphs short of breaking into the Top-Five on the all-time win list. He picked up $10,000 for his win on Saturday night. “It always means something to come to a place you have never won at and win,” he noted. “I have really never felt that good racing here. I have qualified well several times and have the track record. To come out and win tonight after not having that great of a race car last night feels good. We found it in time for the feature tonight.” Schatz nearly took the lead from Pittman on the 10th lap as the pair was entering lapped traffic. He was even with the leader and had a run on him when the caution flag came out, putting him in second for the restart. Pittman pulled away on the ensuing restart, but the caution flag would fly again on the 16th lap, bunching the field up and giving Schatz a couple of more chances to battle for the lead. “It was my job to figure out how I was going to pass him,” explained Schatz. “I knew I wasn’t going to pass him on the bottom in the rubber and I had not choice. I had everything to gain and nothing to lose. I come here to win and if I can’t win, I’ll go down trying.” While most of the leaders including Schatz did not have much left on their right rear tire, he was more focused on doing whatever it took to give himself a shot at winning the race than worrying about his tire. He remains the only driver that has finished in the Top-10 in every World of Outlaws event this season. “There was a couple of laps at the end when I slid it in and didn’t grab the corner much,” Schatz shared. “I knew I had used my tires up. When I rode it in high, I smoked it in there pretty hard and probably used more tire up there than any other time. It worked and got the job done.” Pittman led 26 laps on the night en route to the runner-up finish in the Titan Garages Maxim. He had a couple of healthy advantages over the course of the 30-lap contest, one that was negated by a caution and another that shrank when he was held up by a lapped machine. For Pittman, the second-place performance matched his season-best finish. “I could sit here and complain about finishing second, but I won’t do that,” said Pittman. “My hat is off to those guys. When you are leading in rubber and there is a question of another line, second-place is the spot to be. I’m disappointed, but my crew told me that I did nothing wrong and we just got beat.” While he would have liked nothing more than to have won at Dodge City Raceway Park for the second consecutive season, Pittman was pleased with his finish on Saturday night, after a rash of bad luck that his team has endured during the early portion of the 2008 campaign. “Our car was good and we know that our car was good enough to win,” he said. “That’s a big encouragement because we have been struggling. We think we have found some stuff and can hopefully get this thing going in the right direction. Hopefully we can get better from here. It’s a Top-Five finish and that is hard to complain about.” Joey Saldana backed up his win on Friday night in the opener of the Boot Hill Showdown with a strong third-place run on Saturday night. The native of Brownsburg, Indiana started third in the Budweiser/Open Joist Mopar-powered JEI and fell back to sixth on the opening lap, before dropping another position on the fourth circuit. He then steadily worked his way back to the front. First, he got around Chad Kemenah on the fifth lap, before working his way past Steve Kinser and Shane Stewart. He was back up to third by just the 10th lap, and would try several times to run down Pittman. “The start really hurt us,” explained Saldana, who won on Friday night at Dodge City. “We were back to about seventh. I think we were a little tight getting into the rubber and wore our tire out. I was running the top and got to third, but then was just too tight to run up there. I think (Donny) Schatz moved up there because of that. You could make some speed up there. That’s the way it goes and we got a good solid finish. It was a good run for us and we didn’t fall out.” Craig Dollansky earned his seventh consecutive Top-Five finish as he was fourth in the Auto Value Parts Stores Maxim on Saturday night. The Minnesota native started fourth and moved into third on the opening lap, before taking the runner-up spot from Shane Stewart just two laps later. He ran second for a couple of laps before Schatz got around him. “I felt best when we were running the top and were second to Daryn (Pittman),” said Dollansky. “I felt comfortable there and thought we may have had a car good enough to win the race. When the rubber came in, Donny (Schatz) got underneath me and I knew that the rubber was there. I dropped down into the rubber groove and that is where I ran to finish the race off.” Steve Kinser finished fifth in the Q Oil Maxim, after being fastest in time trials for the second consecutive night. The 20-time series champion lined up eighth and picked up three spots on the opening lap. Shane Stewart finished sixth in the Roth Motorsports KCP, with Jac Haudenschild in seventh aboard the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Maxim. Jason Meyers was eighth in the GLR Investments KPC, while Sam Hafertepe Jr. was ninth in the G.H. Plumbing J&J. Kraig Kinser rounded out the Top-10 in the Bass Pro Shops Maxim. Chad Kemenah was running seventh in the Kantor Oil Company Maxim before a mechanical problem ended his night just past the halfway mark of the race. He and his team had to change an engine during the Crane Cams Dash, thus forcing him to miss that event, in which he was scheduled to start second. He started 10th in the A-Feature and gained several spots early in the race. The Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series returns to action on Friday, June 28 at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, North Dakota for the first round of the Gerdau Ameristeel Northern Tour. BOOT HILL SHOWDOWN NIGHT #2 NOTEBOOK • NEW NUMBERS: Tim Shaffer made his second start of the weekend in the No. 7 machine for the Sides Motorsports team on Saturday night in the Boot Hill Showdown. He was a teammate to Jason Sides in the No. 7S. Shaffer, who was the 1999 Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year recently parted ways with the Parson Motorsports team. Mike Wagner of Herrisonville, Pennsylvania was behind the wheel of the No. 6 machine this weekend for car owner Lonnie Parsons. • FAST QUALIFIER: Steve Kinser paced the 25 cars that took time with an AMB i.t. timed lap around the high-banked 3/8-mile oval at 12.889 seconds at 104.740 mph. For his qualifying effort, Kinser earned five bonus points. The next four fastest qualifiers also earned bonus points, including: Sam Hafertepe Jr. (4), Terry McCarl (3), Jac Haudenschild (2), and Craig Dollansky (1). • QUALIFYING WINNERS: Donny Schatz, Chad Kemenah and Joey Saldana won heat races… Shane Stewart won the Crane Cams Dash. • FEATURE WINNERS: There have been 22 Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature events held in 2008. The winners include: Donny Schatz (Knoxville Raceway-twice, Attica Raceway Park, Eldora Speedway, Tri-City Speedway, Sedalia’s State Fair Speedway and Dodge City Raceway Park), Jason Meyers (Volusia Speedway Park, Manzanita Speedway, I-55 Raceway, Lernerville Speedway and Virginia Motor Speedway), Craig Dollansky (Volusia Speedway Park, Eldora Speedway, Huset’s Speedway and Eagle Raceway), Steve Kinser (Williams Grove Speedway and Rolling Wheels Raceway Park), Lance Dewease (The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway), Danny Lasoski (Volusia Speedway Park), Joey Saldana (Dodge City Raceway Park) and Shane Stewart (Knoxville Raceway). • 3/8-MILE WINNERS: Dodge City Raceway Park is a high-banked 3/8-mile oval. The Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series raced four times on a track that size this season. The winners include: Donny Schatz (Tri-City Speedway and Dodge City Raceway Park), Craig Dollansky (Huset’s Speedway) and Joey Saldana (Dodge City Raceway Park). • ON THE WEB: The Official Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Web site is at http://www.worldofoutlaws.com/sprint. Among the features are updated driver biographies with individual statistics and pictures, race-by-race statistics, detailed track information and race coverage, series news and team press releases. Also, links to the 2008 Official Rulebook can be found at the bottom of the home page. • LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the series, they can experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws live on DIRTVision.com through the DIRT Radio Network. To listen to the audio broadcasts, log on to www.DIRTVision.com and click on the DIRT Radio Network logo. Listeners will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to listen to the DIRT Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail webmaster@DIRTVision.com. • UP NEXT: The first two rounds of the Gerdau Ameristeel Northern Tour at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, North Dakota and Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, along with a stop at Cedar Lake Speedway in Wisconsin to close out the month of June. • UPCOMING EVENTS: The month of July opens with a return to Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, South Dakota on July 3, followed by events at I-55 Raceway in Missouri and Tri-State Speedway in Indiana. Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Boot Hill Showdown Night #2; Dodge City, KS; June 21, 2008 Qualifying 1) 11-Steve Kinser 12.889 2) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 13.008 3) 24-Terry McCarl 13.042 4) R19-Jac Haudenschild 13.106 5) 2-Craig Dollansky 13.158 6) 14-Jason Meyers 13.172 7) 15-Donny Schatz 13.206 8) 8K-Chad Kemenah 13.280 9) 9-Joey Saldana 13.297 10) 21-Daryn Pittman 13.317 11) 83-Shane Stewart 13.332 12) 20-Kraig Kinser 13.437 13) 7-Tim Shaffer 13.463 14) 6-Mike Wagner 13.592 15) 18-Tony Bruce Jr. 13.595 16) 5C-Chad Hillier 13.680 17) 1-Jason Martin 13.690 18) 55-Kerry Madsen 13.693 19) 7S-Jason Sides 13.771 20) 24X-Glen Saville 13.885 21) 1X-Dennis Park 14.148 22) 97-Brian Herbert 14.615 23) 15K-Kerry McAlister 14.648 24) 81-Jon Freeman 15.060 25) 33-Kris Miller 15.365 26) 69-Justin Chaffin -.--- Heat 1 (10 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) 1) 15-Donny Schatz 2) 21-Daryn Pittman 3) 11-Steve Kinser 4) R19-Jac Haudenschild 5) 5C-Chad Hillier 6) 7-Tim Shaffer 7) 7S-Jason Sides 8) 97-Brian Herbert 9) 33-Kris Miller Heat 2 (10 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) 1) 8K-Chad Kemenah 2) 83-Shane Stewart 3) 2-Craig Dollansky 4) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 5) 1-Jason Martin 6) 6-Mike Wagner 7) 15K-Kerry McAlister 8) 69-Justin Chaffin Heat 3 (10 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) 1) 9-Joey Saldana 2) 24-Terry McCarl 3) 20-Kraig Kinser 4) 14-Jason Meyers 5) 55-Kerry Madsen 6) 18-Tony Bruce Jr. 7) 1X-Dennis Park 8) 81-Jon Freeman