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 MECHANICSBURG,
PA (July 23-24) -- With rain washing out Thursday's World of Outlaws
Series opener at Williams Grove Speedway, that left two nights for the
local drivers, known as the PA Posse, to defend their home turf
against the invading Outlaw drivers. In Friday's preliminary, Lance
Dewease led all 30 laps en route to collecting his 58th win at the
historic track and tying Fred Rahmer for the all-time lead in wins at
the 1/2-mile oval. Dewease was followed to the line by fellow Posse
members Fred Rahmer and Greg Hodnett. The Outlaws would get their
revenge though on Saturday when Danny Lasoski took the win followed by
Dewease and Craig Dollansky. It was the 47th consecutive victory for
Hoosier-shod drivers in the series. Amazingly, the Hoosier brand is
undefeated at Williams Grove Speedway over the past three
seasons. Hoosier Oval Track Dirt Product Manager Neil Cowman traveled
to Pennsylvania to answer questions and to evaluate tire
performance.
PRELIMINARY
MECHANICSBURG, PA (July 23) -- Forty-five cars jammed the pits at
Williams Grove Speedway Friday night with 42 teams riding on Hoosier
tires. Local driver Todd Hestor earned fast qualifier honors with his
lap of 16.649 seconds followed by three more Posse members including
Doug Esh, Kenny Jacobs and Fred Rahmer. Sammy Swindell was fifth on
the qualifying leaderboard for the traveling Outlaws with the Hoosier
brand used by 30 of the 31 fastest cars in time trials.
Paul McMahan, Craig Dollansky, Steve Kinser and Brian
Paulus were the four heat race winners, while Lance Dewease and Greg
Hodnett were the two Dash race winners. All six drivers captured their
respective wins riding on Hoosiers. Also of note, one of the three
teams not using Hoosiers switched to the purple tire brand after
finishing sixth in their heat race.
In the 30-lap feature, all 26 starters were on Hoosier
tires. Lance Dewease, who qualified 10th, got the jump at the drop of
the green flag using a 94" RD12/RD15 (LR/RR) combination. Dewease
was followed to the finish line by Fred Rahmer who charged from 18th
place to finish in the runner-up spot. Rahmer, the current Williams
Grove Speedway points leader, used a 96" RD12/RD15 set up en
route to passing 16 cars. Greg Hodnett, using a pair of D12's, took
third place to give the PA Posse a podium sweep over the Outlaw
regulars.
Steve Kinser finished in fourth place followed by
Kenny Jacobs, Kraig Kinser, Sammy Swindell, Mark Kinser, Keith
Kauffman and Danny Lasoski.
FINALE
MECHANICSBURG, PA (July 24) -- Forty-one drivers posted times in
qualifying with 39 of them on Hoosiers. The top 33 times were recorded
by members of Team Hoosier with Paul McMahan claiming the fastest
time. McMahan circled the 1/2-mile track in 17.038 seconds. Mark
Kinser was second followed by Kenny Jacobs, Don Kreitz, Jr. and Danny
Lasoski.
The four heat race winners were Joey Saldana, Donny
Schatz, Danny Wood and Tim Shaffer. Lance Dewease was the first Dash
winner, while Mark Smith won the second Dash giving the local drivers
claim to the front row for the night's 30-lap feature race.
For the second consecutive night, all 26 feature
starters rode atop the Hoosier brand. Previous night's winner Lance
Dewease again took the lead from the outset--this time using a pair of
RD15's. Dewease led the next 8 laps before third starting Steve Kinser
took over the race lead. Kinser looked to be on his way to the win
when disaster struck with his engine letting go which handed the lead
to Danny Lasoski with seven laps to go. Lasoski, riding on a 94"
RD12/RD15 combination, led the remainder of the distance to claim his
first-ever Outlaws feature win at the facility.
Lasoski was followed to the line by Lance Dewease,
Craig Dollansky (94" RD12/RD15), Jason Meyers (94" D12/RD15)
and Sammy Swindell (96" RD12/RD15) in second through fifth, respectively.
Mark Smith was sixth followed by Kenny Jacobs, Fred Rahmer,
17-year-old Lucas Wolfe and Joey Saldana.
Coupled with the win and Steve Kinser's 25th place
finish after his power plant expired, Danny Lasoski now moves to
within 40 points of Kinser in the World of Outlaws Series point
standings. For more information on the series, visit the Outlaws new website
located at www.theworldofoutlaws.com.
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