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WEEKLY REWIND
Week of April 27
All-Star Circuit of Champions
RACE RESULTS: Donny Schatz RACE RESULTS: Kraig Kinser
SERIES: All Star Circuit of Champions (ASCoC) SERIES: All Star Circuit of Champions (ASCoC)
DATE: Saturday, April 26th DATE: Saturday, April 26th
TRACK: Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio TRACK: Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio
TRACK SIZE: Half-mile dirt oval TRACK SIZE: Half-mile dirt oval
QUALIFIED: Fifth of 37 QUALIFIED: NT ¡V drive shaft broke in qualifying
HEAT RACE:
Fourth in the first heat race HEAT RACE:
B-MAIN: DNS
Sixth
A-MAIN: Third A-MAIN DNQ
TOTAL LAPS: 30 TOTAL LAPS: ---
POST-RACE QUOTES & NOTES:
Donny Schatz, driver of the No. 15 Armor All/Chevy/ParkerStore/J&J for TSR:
¡§We were happy to be racing this weekend, even though the weather made it difficult. Once our World of Outlaws races were cancelled, we decided to go over to Eldora (Speedway) and compete with the All-Stars to get some track time.
¡§We were okay all night just not at the level where we want to be yet. In qualifying, I could have made a couple of better corners, which would have helped us. The track was back to the old Eldora where you pounded the cushion and passing was pretty difficult. We had plenty of Chevy horsepower getting us around the track. We just didn¡¦t get to the front first. Ricky (Warner, crew chief) and the crew (Shane Bowers, Kyle Sundby and Evan Funk) did a good job trying a lot of different things that will hopefully help us when we come back in late May and in July for the Kings Royal.
¡§Everyone involved with these Tony Stewart Racing teams continues to work together. We¡¦re optimistic that the weather will cooperate so that we can get some World of Outlaws events in and be putting that first Outlaws victory on the board for TSR, Armor All, Chevy and ParkerStore.¡¨
Kraig Kinser, driver of the No. 20 Bass Pro Shops/Chevy/J.D. Byrider Maxim for TSR:
¡§Once we heard that the race at Huset¡¦s had been canceled, we made the decision to wait a little longer before we headed up to Knoxville (Raceway). As it turned out, we made a good decision on the weather and we were able to head over to Eldora (Speedway) to race with the All-Stars.
¡§We¡¦re still working on figuring out our set-ups and combinations and racing at Eldora on Saturday night gave us a chance to try some new things. This season is kind of like starting over for the TSR/Bass Pro Shops team. With the switch to a Maxim chassis and some of the other changes we¡¦ve made for this season, we¡¦re still learning what works and weeding through what doesn¡¦t. Jimmy (Carr, crew chief) and the guys (Steve Swenson and Mike Kuemper) are doing a great job of moving our program along and I know that we¡¦re learning things each time we get on the track.
¡§At Eldora on Saturday, we changed a lot more than we normally would over the course of a race night. Unfortunately, we broke the drive shaft early in the night and that put us behind, especially with not being able to qualify. We changed a lot on the car between the heat and the B-main and by the time we got to that point we had the car pretty good. We just never had the caution that I needed to see in the B-main to get to the front. It wasn¡¦t the way we would¡¦ve like to have seen the night end but we¡¦ll regroup and head back to Knoxville and US 36 (Raceway) this weekend. I¡¦ve not competed at US 36 before and it would be a great place to get our first victory of the season for Bass Pro Shops and Chevy.¡¨
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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 four All-Star Circuit of Champions (ASCoC) Series starts, Schatz has earned two victories, one quick-time award and four top-five finishes.
Kraig Kinser, driver of the No. 20 Bass Pro Shops/Maxim for TSR:
„« In five 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 standings with 857 points.
Kraig Kinser, driver of the No. 20 Bass Pro Shops/Maxim for TSR:
„« Kinser is ranked 14th in the WoO championship standings with 698 points.
NEXT ON THE DOCKET:
DATE: Friday, May 2
TRACK: US 36 Raceway in Cameron, Mo.
TRACK SIZE: Quarter-mile dirt oval
COMPETING SERIES: WoO Sprint Series
TRACK NEWS & NOTES: For more information, please call the SLS Promotions at (815) 344-2023
The official Web site of US 36 Raceway is www.us36raceway.com.
PREVIOUS RACE WINNERS:
(May 11, 2007) Jason Meyers won the last race at US 36 Raceway. Schatz finished fifth.
Kinser will be making first appearance at the track.
DATE: Saturday, May 3 ¡V race was postponed on 4/26 due to adverse weather conditions.
TRACK: Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway
TRACK SIZE: Half-mile dirt oval
COMPETING SERIES: WoO Sprint Series
TRACK NEWS & NOTES: For more information, please call the track at 614-842-5431.
The official Web site of Knoxville Raceway is www.knoxvilleraceway.com.
PREVIOUS RACE WINNERS:
(Aug. 11, 2007) Schatz won the last race at Knoxville Raceway, marking his second straight Knoxville
Nationals triumph.
Kinser¡¦s last appearance at the facility on Aug. 10, 2006, saw him compete in preliminary
action for the 46th Annual Knoxville Nationals. He won the prestigious event at the facility on
Aug. 14, 2005.
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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