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WEEKLY REWIND
Week of April 13
World of Outlaws
RACE RESULTS: Donny Schatz RACE RESULTS: Kraig Kinser
SERIES: World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Series SERIES: World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Series
DATE: Friday, April 11 DATE: Friday, April 11
TRACK: Eldora Speedway TRACK: Eldora Speedway
TRACK SIZE: Half-mile dirt oval TRACK SIZE: Half-mile dirt oval
QUALIFIED: First of 30 cars QUALIFIED: 19th of 30
HEAT RACE:
DASH RACE: Second in the first heat
Second in the dash HEAT RACE:
B-MAIN: Seventh in the first heat
Finished second in the B-main
A-MAIN: Second A-MAIN 19th
TOTAL LAPS: 30 TOTAL LAPS: 25
POST-RACE QUOTES & NOTES:
Donny Schatz, driver of the No. 15 Armor All/Chevy/ParkerStore/J&J for TSR:
¡§We finished one spot from where we wanted to be. I¡¦ve got to thank all the people at Eldora Speedway for their hard work. We¡¦ve had so many problems with the weather early this year, but they worked throughout the night to give us a good track. We knew we had a good car and plenty of Chevy power when we went out and set fast time. Moving forward in both our heat and the dash gave us a lot of momentum heading into the feature. We were hoping to have some long runs in the feature so we could use lapped traffic to our advantage. (Race leader) Joey (Saldana) was setting a pretty good pace. But once we started getting into traffic, I was coming to him and then we had a yellow. A couple of laps later, he had a tire problem, but (Craig) Dollansky did a really good job of getting me on the restart. I tried everything I could do to get back by him, but we came home second.
¡§(Crew chief) Ricky (Warner) and all the guys did a great job tonight. I don¡¦t want to sound like a broken record, but we¡¦re not satisfied with second-place finishes. We¡¦re going to keep working as hard we can to get this team to victory lane and that¡¦s our goal next week at Haubstadt.¡¨
Kraig Kinser, driver of the No. 20 Bass Pro Shops/Chevy/J.D. Byrider Maxim for TSR:
¡§The track was a different Eldora Speedway than I remembered. I hadn¡¦t raced there since they added the new dirt last year and it took us a while to get going. The track changed quite a bit during the night and we just didn¡¦t really ever catch up to the track. To start the night off, we didn¡¦t qualify well and that put us behind a little bit going into the heat race. Between the heat and the B-main, we didn¡¦t change a lot on the car. We started in the front and it was a lot better. When you¡¦re up front, the air is better and the car reacts better when it¡¦s clear. The dust wasn¡¦t as bad up front, either, and I was able to see really well in the B-main. We finished second and put the TSR/Bass Pro Shops/Chevy/Maxim in the A-main.
¡§In the A-main, I hit the wall early in the race and the car wasn¡¦t the same from that point on. Late in the race, the car bottomed out and I thought maybe a stop had come off and I brought it into the pits for Jimmy (Carr, crew chief) and the guys to check it out. I didn¡¦t realize that the Outlaws had a new rule in place from last year that prevents cars from being pushed back off if there are five laps or less left in the A-main. Had I known that, I would have definitely stayed out on the track. I thought we might be able to make it better and move up a few positions before the end of the race.
¡§I¡¦m looking forward to heading back to Tri-State Speedway later this week. I really like racing on fast bullrings. Hopefully, we¡¦ll have a good run and continue to move toward getting our first win the season.¡¨
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World of Outlaws Sprint Series Weekly Rewind Page Two
STATISTICS TO DATE:
Donny Schatz, driver of the No. 15 Armor All/J&J for TSR:
„« In six WoO Sprint Series starts, Schatz has earned four top-five finishes and six top-10s.
„« In three All-Star Circuit of Champions (ASCoC) Series starts, Schatz has earned two victories, one quick-time award and three top-five finishes.
Kraig Kinser, driver of the No. 20 Bass Pro Shops/Maxim for TSR:
„« In six WoO starts, Kinser has earned one top-10 finish.
„« In two ASCoC Series starts, Kinser has earned one top-10 finish.
CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS TO DATE:
Donny Schatz, driver of the No. 15 Armor All/J&J for TSR:
„« Schatz is ranked third in the WoO championship with 857 points.
Kraig Kinser, driver of the No. 20 Bass Pro Shops/Maxim for TSR:
„« Kinser is ranked 14th in the WoO championship with 696 points.
NEXT ON THE DOCKET:
DATE: Saturday, April 19
TRACK: Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind.
TRACK SIZE: Quarter-mile dirt oval
COMPETING SERIES: WoO Sprint Series
TRACK NEWS & NOTES: For more information, please call the track at 812-768-5995.
The official Web site of Tri-State Speedway is www.tristatespeedway.com.
PREVIOUS RACE WINNERS:
(April 21, 2007) Steve Kinser won the last race at Tri-State Speedway. Schatz was sixth.
Kinser will be making his first appearance since April 16, 2005, when he finished 23rd.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact Misha Geisert with True Speed Communication at 317-432-4110 or Misha.Geisert@TrueSpeedCommunication.com or log onto www.TrueSpeedCommunication.com for driver bios, stats and updated race results.
Other Tony Stewart Racing-related Web sites: www.tonystewartracing.com, www.bassproshops.com, www.armorall.com, www.chevy.com, www.donnyschatzmotorsports.com or www.kraigkinser.com.
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