 KNOXVILLE,
IA (April 26) -- Once again, a two-day Pennzoil World of Outlaws event was
reduced to a one-day affair. Knoxville Raceway was the latest stop to encounter
rains which cancelled half of the scheduled program. Friday's preliminary was
completed with 16-time Series Champion Steve Kinser capturing the 25-lap win
and rocketing into the series points lead. Rain forced the cancellation of
Saturday's race with points awarded based on a single race event. Kinser now
leads the series standings over Danny Lasoski by 12 points. Lasoski finished
runner-up in Friday's race.
PENNZOIL WORLD OF OUTLAWS REPORT:
A huge 54-car field posted times at famous Knoxville Raceway Friday
evening--33 (or 61%) on Hoosier tires. Defending Series Champion Danny Lasoski
set fast time around the 1/2-mile oval when he circled the track in a scant 15.020
seconds.
Three of the four preliminary heat race winners were drivers using Hoosier
tires. Blake Feese, Craig Dollansky and Paul McMahan each won their respective
8-lap heats for Team-Hoosier.
Each of the 5-lap dash races were also won by Hoosier-shod drivers. In fact,
Team-Hoosier finished 1-2-3-4 in both dashes. Kerry Madsen won the first dash
followed by Steve Kinser, Danny Lasoski and Mark Kinser. Danny Wood took the
win in the second dash and was followed to the stripe by Craig Dollansky, Tim
Shaffer and Ricky Logan.
In the 25-lap feature, 19 of the 24-car field (or nearly 80%) were on Hoosier
tires. At the drop of the green flag, Craig Dollansky shot from fourth to first
to lead the first lap. Dollansky led until lap five, when a third starting Steve
Kinser moved into the race lead. Both Dollansky and Kinser used a pair
of Hoosier D12's for the 25-lap race.
Kinser led the remainder of the way to collect the win and pocket the
$10,000 prize. Finishing in second place was Danny Lasoski who was also using a
pair of D12's.
Other Team-Hoosier drivers finishing in the top ten were: Tim Shaffer
(RD12/D12), fourth; Kerry Madsen (D10/D12), fifth; Paul McMahan, sixth; Donny
Schatz, eighth; Daryn Pittman, ninth; and Terry McCarl, tenth. McMahan, Schatz,
Pittman and McCarl each opted to ride on a Hoosier RD12/D12 combination for the
25-lap event.
All told, 15 of the top 17 finishers rode on Hoosier tires.
Steve Kinser now stands on top of the series standings with 2338 points.
Kinser is followed in the standings by six more Hoosier-shod drivers in sprint
racing's premier series. Danny Lasoski (2326), Mark Kinser (2318), Craig
Dollansky (2213), Tim Shaffer (2200), Joey Saldana (2161) and Brad Furr (2153)
complete the list of the top seven drivers in the Pennzoil World of Outlaws
Series.
The series resumes racing this Friday at Nebraska Raceway Park where
Team-Hoosier was undefeated in three Outlaw races last season.
WORLD OF OUTLAWS GUMOUT REPORT
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MECHANICSBURG,
PA (April 26) -- Todd Shaffer won at Williams Grove Speedway in a
World of Outlaws Gumout sanctioned event on Friday night. The night of
racing was dominated by Hoosier tires--with the top 14 drivers to
cross the finish line in the 30-lap feature using the Hoosier tire
brand. 