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Alex Bowman wins Kansas Lottery 98.9 in thrilling late race pass; Chris Buescher wins championship

[media-credit name=”ARCARacing.com” align=”alignright” width=”320″][/media-credit]Alex Bowman would take the lead with 15 laps to go in a thrilling three-wide pass by Grant Enfinger and Brennan Poole and never look back, taking the win in the Kansas Lottery 98.9 for his fourth victory of the season.

“Cool to get another one,” Bowman said in victory lane. “It’s been awhile. Good to have everyone at Cunningham Motorsports behind me.”

Meanwhile, Chris Buescher would come home solidly in the top 10 to win the championship. The 19-year-old becomes the youngest series champion, bringing home the first championship for the Roulo Brothers after having a consistant season. Buescher would win the championship, 75 points ahead of nine-time series champion Frank Kimmel.

“This is definitely exciting,” Prosper, Texas native said afterwards. “It’s definitely going to take a little while for this one to sink in. It’s hard to race that way, trying to conserve tires. We had a couple issues, but I was just trying to do everything I could so nothing crazy happened there. Hats off to the Roulo Brothers and Roush Fenway. David Ragan’s been a huge part of my career, and there are a lot of others that mean a lot to my career.”

On-track, it’d be Bowman stealing the headlines as he would win his sixth pole of the year with a new track record as a result of the repave. Bowman would lead the opening 60 laps, before falling back to eighth after a pit stop under caution. He would work his way through the field, passing Kimmel for third with 17 laps to go.

With 15 laps to go, Brennan Poole would get alongside Grant Enfinger for the lead off of turn four. As they came across the start-finish line, Bowman pulled down to the apron to make it three-wide. He would clear Enfinger going into turn one, and then cleared Poole in the middle of the corner.

There’d be a late caution with 14 laps to go as Chris Windom’s left rear tire flew off, causing him to make contact with Brennan Davis and then the wall. Windom’s loose tire hit Nelson Canache’s car, causing a crack in the lexan windshield, as well as hood damage.

[media-credit name=”ARCARacing.com” align=”alignleft” width=”320″][/media-credit]The restart would come with six laps to go and Bowman would get a good restart, putting a second between himself and Enfinger with two laps to go take the victory. As a result, Bowman would take home Rookie of the Year honors.

“That’s a cool thing to win,” Bowman said. “We really thought we had a shot at the championship, but we had a lot of bad luck this year. Hopefully we can get some things lined up for next year.”

Kevin Swindell would pass Enfinger on the last lap to bring home his Venturini Motorsports Toyota in the second position.

“The first part, we were really worried about the tire game and trying to make sure we were there at the end,” Swindell said. “We knew we had a good piece once the fuel ran off. We got our self buried a little deeper than we wanted, but made it exciting at the end.”

Enfinger would finish third after being the only driver to take two tires on lap 60 under a round of yellow flag pit stops.

“We definitely wanted to be in victory lane right now,” Enfinger said. “We’ve worked so hard, but come so close. but a great run for us. Once we got up there, I felt we had a good car, but couldn’t get anywhere beyond fifth with the dirty air.”

Enfinger added that it was a good decision to take two tires, but he just couldn’t hold off the field.

There’d be a scary incident right off the top in the race as on lap three, Chad Boat would get a little sideways, come across the track and contact from Matt Lofton would send Boat up on his roof and over. Chad Hackenbracht was also collected in the incident.

“I just got loose on the outside of the 17 (Buescher) – I think the air of his car took the air off of my car,” Boat said afterwards.

“Well it looked like the 52 (Boat) got loose coming off of two,” Lofton said. “When he got sideways, he was just blocking up both lanes and didn’t really have anywhere to go.

“I’ve been disappointed in these plate races that the ARCA has ran this year. You have to run wide-open and it doesn’t bring the speed down much, making it hard to drive. When something like this happens, you don’t have any control in these situations. Glad to see he is okay.”

Ricky Ehrgott would also make contact with the wall on lap 60 after his right front tire went flat going into turn three.

John Wes Townley started the day in the top five and was running third when he got loose off turn four and got into the wall on lap 71.

“Just got really free,” Townley said. “I was complaining the run before about it being really loose. For whatever reason, we didn’t tighten the car up. We definitely had us a top three car. We definitely had a shot for the win.”

October 20, 2012
ARCA LAP BY LAP: Alex Bowman wins Kansas Lottery 98.9; Chris Buescher wins the Championship

Alex Bowman would take the lead with 15 laps to go and never look back, taking the win for his fourth victory of the season. Chris Buescher would come home solidly in the top 10 to win the championship.

7:41 CT: Engines have been fired on a very cold night in Kansas City, Kansas. Chris Buescher needs to 15th or higher to win the championship tonight.

7:49 CT- 1 to go till the Green

7:51 CT- We are Green!

Lap 1- Bowman leads lap 1 and has already put a full second on John Wes Townley

Lap 3- CAUTION: Chat Boat spins out and flips on the backstretch. Chad Hackenbracht is also involved as is Matt Lofton. All are okay.

Lap 9: Back to green

Lap 13: Kevin Swindell and Brennan Poole are battling for 3rd side by side

Lap 14: Swindell clears Poole while Brennan Newberry battles Poole for 4th.

Lap 21: Kimmel is not happy with the lap down cars telling his crew “They have to do something.”

Lap 23: Townley is gaining on leader Bowman as he has closed the gap to .360 seconds

Lap 25: Only 18 cars on the lead lap.

Lap 28: .284 is the difference between Bowman and Townley

Lap 29: Heavy Lap Traffic causes Townley to close

Lap 30: Side by Side for the lead!!

Lap 31: CAUTION is out for Debris. Nelson Canache gets the free pass as there will be 15 cars on the lead lap.

Lap 32: Pit Stops occur with Townley winning the race on pit road.

Lap 37: Green Flag with Townley leading

Lap 38: Bowman takes the lead back from Townley while Kimmel gets past Swindell.

Lap 39: Swindell is now getting pressured form Buescher for 5.

Lap 41: Poole gets around Townley for 2nd.

Lap 47: Townley is battling Poole for 2nd.

Lap 56: Townley gets passed Poole due to lap traffic getting in the way.

Lap 59: CAUTION #3- Ricky Ehrgott cuts a tire in turn 3. All of the leaders come in and Grant Enfinger gets the lead off pit road

Lap 65- Back to Green

Lap 68- Enfinger leads Townley by .551 seconds

Lap 70: Poole gets past Townley for 2nd

Lap 71: CAUTION- Townley hits the wall hard off of turn 4. He was running in 3rd

Lap 73: Not that many cars pit but Buescher pits along with some other lap down cars. Canache gets another lap back and there will be 14 cars on the lead lap.

Lap 77: Caution is still out due to fluid on the track

Lap 82: Green Flag. Enfinger and Poole were side by side the whole lap the whole lap before Enfinger taking over the top spot

Lap 84: Bowman takes the lead as they all were 3 wide battling for it at the S/F line.

Lap 86: CAUTION #5- #32 of Chris Wisdom as he gets together with the #99 of Brandon Davis. Davis’s car goes airborne but does not flip. Both were okay and Davis was able to drive away while Wisdom took the mandatory trip to the infield care center

Lap 87: Alex Bowman has led 55 of 87 laps tonight in Kansas

Lap 92: 1 to go till the Green! As Larry Mac would say, pull those belts tight one more time! We going to have a wild one!

Lap 93: Green Flag!

Lap 94: Enfinger side by side with Poole for 2nd and clears him while Swindell follows him!

Lap 97: Swindell is creeping up on Enfinger while Bowman has a 2.2 second lead.

White Flag! Swindell gets 2nd over Enfinger with Poole looking for 3rd

ALEX BOWMAN WINS AT KANSAS! CHRIS BUESCHER WINS THE 2012 CHAMPIONSHIP!

October 19, 2012
Fox Sports Media Group, ARCA Agree on Multi-Year Television Rights Extension

(KANSAS CITY, Kan.) – Officials from FOX Sports Media Group (FSMG) and the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) have announced a multi-year extension of the current television rights agreement between the two groups, with a minimum of 10 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards events televised either live and/or same-day delay each season.

In 2013, ARCA television coverage begins with the drop of the green flag on the series’ 50th appearance at the world-renowned Daytona International Speedway in February.

“ARCA has a very supportive group of race fans, and for over 15 years they have turned to us for their television coverage,” said Scott Ackerson, FOX Sports Media Group EVP, executive producer, and SPEED president. “We now look forward to continuing in that role over the coming years.”

ARCA’s relationship with SPEED reaches back to April 20, 1997, when the network (then Speedvision) covered the ARCA Racing Series race at Salem Speedway. Since then, SPEED has aired 197 ARCA Racing Series events, with tonight’s season-ending Kansas Lottery 98.9 scheduled as the 198th.

Year-over-year broadcast ratings have spiked by 24 percent in 2012, highlighted by substantial improvements in key demographics.

“We’re very encouraged by the completion of this deal,” said ARCA president Ron Drager. “Fox Sports Media Group has shown its commitment to motorsports in a significant way this week, and we are especially pleased to make this announcement at the season finale to create some momentum as we move forward into 2013.”

The ARCA Racing Series season will close in tonight’s Kansas Lottery 98.9 at Kansas Speedway, with race action starting at 8:30 p.m. ET (7:30 p.m. local) on SPEED. ARCARacing.com will also feature live timing and scoring coverage for the season finale.

2012 is the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards’ 60th Anniversary Season, featuring 20 races at 18 tracks. The complete 2012 event schedule is available at ARCARacing.com.

The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards has crowned an ARCA national champion each year since its inaugural season in 1953, and has toured over 200 race tracks in 26 states since its inception. The series has tested the abilities of drivers and race teams over the most diverse schedule of stock car racing events in the world, visiting tracks ranging from 0.375 mile to 2.66 miles in length, on both paved and dirt surfaces as well as a left- and right-turn road course in its most recent season. This year, the series visited Alabama’s Mobile International Speedway and Minnesota’s Elko Speedway for the first time.

Founded by John and Mildred Marcum in 1953 in Toledo, Ohio, the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) is recognized among the leading sanctioning bodies in the country. Closing in on completing its sixth decade after hundreds of thousands of miles of racing, ARCA administers over 100 race events each season in three professional touring series and local weekly events.

October 19, 2012
Late Models take center stage at Martinsville

Each year as many NASCAR fans are focused on the Cup Series’ Chase for the Sprint Cup, there is another major event taking place in the racing world. Late Model Stock Cars (LMSC), usually the premier division at most NASCAR home tracks and an important stepping stone for many drivers in the NASCAR ranks, will take to the track at Martinsville Speedway for what is arguably the one of the most prestigious events of the year for the LMSC drivers and teams.

The LMSC division is home to a variety of racers from up and coming NASCAR stars trying build a resume’ and gain valuable experience to weekend warriors who work full time jobs and race every weekend for the thrill and excitement of stock car racing at an affordable level. LMSC racing definitely has a blue collar feel to it. Take a stroll through the pits of your local short track and you will find neighbors, fellow church members, or the guy from the local auto parts counter, all living out a dream in a sport they love, though didn’t have the desire or maybe the opportunity to take it to a higher level. Many of these team members are family people with 9 to 5 jobs and deep roots in their community, so the idea of over 40 weeks a year on the road is not a viable option. Many of them are volunteers, working for nothing more than a grilled burger and a free pit pass. The great thing is, that being an unpaid volunteer means you want to be there. It’s not just a job, it’s a passion. Weekend warrior team members work as hard as, or harder than any race team member anywhere.

Every October, Martinsville Speedway hosts a 300 lap LMSC event to showcase the many great talented drivers and teams that compete weekly at short tracks around the country. Often, over 100 cars will show up and try to make their way into the main event. These entries are comprised of the best LMSC teams from the Southeast that include former NASCAR Whelen All American Series national champions, weekly track champions, and drivers that have competed in the NASCAR premier divisions. This level of talent leads to amazing competition at the legendary track. For many of these teams, this event is their Daytona 500. An event they spend most of the season preparing for. A win at Martinsville could be the key to landing that sponsor that permits them to take the next step to a higher division. Fans at the track this Sunday, could be watching the future of NASCAR. Many current and former NASCAR stars raced LMSC early in their career. Denny Hamlin, who is currently entrenched in the battle for the Sprint Cup Championship, worked his way up through the LMSC ranks in the VA-NC area.

Though many times overshadowed by the litany of NASCAR coverage now available on television, online, and satellite radio, the excitement and intensity that will fill the atmosphere at the Virginia is for racing lovers 300 will not be diminished. Hopefully, fans who cannot make it to this weekend’s NASCAR events, will decide to take the trip to Martinsville and support the grassroots racers. It just may be the best race of the weekend!

October 18, 2012

Pevely Double Header Seals Championship.

[media-credit name=”Boyd Adams Photography” align=”alignright” width=”99″][/media-credit]Saturday in Pevely Missouri was a storm of racing activity. Two make up dates for the World of Outlaws in a single day. The Iron Man A Main postponed by rain in August was first up and then the Spring Classic make up from earlier in the year were both set to be run on the same day. It is important to note that while the weather man was predicting thunderstorms for the area the rain stayed away this time. But the fans did not. The anticipation was high. The points race would for the most part be determined in these two races. If Dollansky was going to make up ground he had two races and one night to do it. If Schatz was going to stumble it would be now.

The Iron Man make up ran first. With a few scratches and alternates added, the 24 car field took the green for the longest feature of the season for the outlaws on one of the toughest tracks in country. 55 laps on the high banks of the third mile oval was a true test of the desire and the equipment of the Outlaws.

To win the Iron Man you had to know how to manage tires, engines, fuel, and the track. You had to know when to go. You had to know when to let someone go. You had to be one with the car and one with the race without over driving or using up what you had. That is a task that is a tall hill for any driver regardless of the skill level or experience level.

The Iron Man was a wild race and a precursor of what would come. The race would have 7 cautions and reds. None more frightening than leader Kerry Madsen’s violent roll that nearly destroyed the car when he got tangled in lap traffic. Also in a scarey crash was The King of the Outlaws Steve Kinser. Although Kinser’s car would be repaired and he would return to the track the crowd would hold their breath until his lumbering frame climbed up out of the car. Sammy Swindell would be bitten by a shredded Goodyear that would send him on his lid as well. Although all drivers were uninjured the chaos would reign all the way to the final lap.

The race would end with a Green White Checkered finish that would see Craig Dollansky become the first to win back to back Iron Man races. “It’s a long race,” Dollansky said after his ninth World of Outlaws win of the season. “Tonight was an intense race, but it was great to get a win.”

Dollansky’s win failed to help him much in the points as second place went to points leader Donny Schatz. Schatz had to make the A main and finish in the top half of the field to for all practical purposes seal his 5th championship.

Jason Sides was third, Cody Darrah fourth, and Kraig Kinser would come home 5th.

After clearing the grandstands, and reopening the gates again it was time for the Spring Classic. Yes the SPRING classic. OK so it was October, but it was a sprint car race and the fans were there in force to see it. This would be a full card. The points situation was heavy thing. This was one of two races remaining. Donny Schatz was out of provisionals and he didn’t quite have enough points to cover both if he missed the show.

With 32 cars signed in for the Spring Classic, qualifying would again be at a premium. With the track having already hosted the 55 lap Iron Man it was an open track with high cushion and a run in surface allowing for a lot of speed for the Outlaws.

Quick Time would be set by former Rookie of the Year Cody Darrah with a lap of 10.494 seconds or 114.237 mph. Second would go to Black Jack Brian Brown, third, Craig Dollansky, fourth Sammy Swindell and fifth Joey Saldana. The third place qualifying spot would gain Dollansky another point on Schatz who qualified 9th.

The 4 heat races would be an eclectic mix of Outlaws and locals that would transfer the top 5 to the A and the top 2 to the Dash. The first heat would be captured by The King of the Outlaws, Steve Kinser, Kinser would be followed closely by Donny Schatz and Joey Saldana. Also transferring were Cody Darrah and Jordan Goldesberry.

The 2nd heat would see Chad Kemenah chased to the checkers by Kerry Madsen and a hard charging Brian Brown. Also transferring would be Kraig Kinser and Mike Hess.

The 3rd heat was won by Jason Sides who held off a hard charging Lucas Wolfe. Also transferring would be Craig Dollansky and Brad Loyet in his Outlaws debut as well as Dustin Selvage.

The 4th and final heat was won by Greg Wilson who held off a determined Sammy Swindell. Also transferring were Bill Balog, Paul May and Ben Wagoner.

The Last Chance Showdown was run next in change of the normal pattern for the Outlaws. The 12 car field had one scratch before the green flag when Paul Neinhiser retired from competition. With Bill Rose on the pole and only 4 to transfer the race was a hard fought affair that would find Bill Rose, Jim Moughan, Jimmy Bridgeman and A.J. Bruns moving into the A Main.

The Dash inversion was a 4. Which put Jason Sides on the pole with Sammy Swindell to his outside and Brian Brown behind him. If Jason wasn’t hearing the theme for Jaws in his head he probably should have. But as fate would have it Brown would be penalized for jumping the start and Sammy Swindell would get a bad start at the green. Sides would pull out to a lead that he would never relinquish. Donny Schatz would climb from a 5th place starting place to finish 2nd. Brian Brown came back up to 3rd and Lucas Wolfe would come home 4th.

The A Main would be a dynamic 40 lap affair that would be a test of determination and will between Lucas Wolfe and Jason Sides in the early going with Sides coming out on top. Kasey Kahne Racing driver, Cody Darrah would break a brake rotor and throw pieces of it all over the track causing too much damage for Darrah to continue. Sammy Swindell would experience mechanical issues that would send him to the infield and ultimately 12 laps down before his return to the racing surface. The second Kasey Kahne racing entry would go up in a ball of flame on the back stretch just past halfway. Saldana was uninjured but his night was over. The length of the race with the yellows and reds began to bite drivers late in the going with Steve Kinser being the first to coast to the infield out of gas. It would bring out a caution and set up a Green White Checkered finish. On the restart a spin brought out yet another caution pushing the race to beyond it’s 40 lap distance as the Outlaws rules state that the race must end with 2 consecutive green flag laps. The final Green White Checker would take the race to 41 laps. Jason Sides would outlast Donny Schatz, Brian Brown, Kerry Madsen and Kraig Kinser. However several cars coasted across the line out of gas.

The win was an emotional one for Jason Sides, “I had Mark Hardee riding with me,” Sides said. “It wasn’t his time to go, but the cancer got him and we hate that. He’ll be with us a lot in our hearts and everything, so hopefully we’ll get us a couple more wins with him riding with us.”

It was Sides’ first World of Outlaws feature win since July 2 of last season and extended his streak of at least one Outlaws victory in the each of the past four years.

The KSE Hard Charger Award went to Brad Loyet in his first Outlaws run. Loyet came from 20th to 8th.

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It was a long night. It was an exciting night. It was a night that happened because of the hard work and dedication of the employees at Ken Schraders I-55 Speedway in Pevely, Missouri. It happened because of the hard work of the team of the World of Outlaws. It happened because of the teams and drivers of the greatest Sprint Car Series in the world.

The points race is all but over. All Donny Schatz must do to lock up his 5th World of Outlaws title is attempt to qualify for the World Nationals in Charlotte. But Donny Schatz is a champion. Just attempting to qualify will never be enough. Donny Schatz is there to win. He is there to race as hard as his equipment will allow him and win the race.

Craig Dollansky has given Donny Schatz a hard run staying right there and pushing him hard. Schatz could not lift or coast not even a single race because if he did Dollansky was right there to claim the prize.

Our sport hurts with this weeks winner. We share his hurt and his loss and we send our prayers and our thoughts not only to Jason Sides and his family but to the family and friends of his fallen comrade Mark Hardee. We will stand together and we will support and we will carry our heroes until they can again carry us on their Mighty Wings.

IRON MAN 55

Qualifying – 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 10.705; 2. 9-Joey Saldana, 10.905; 3. 4-Cody Darrah, 10.918; 4. 7S-Jason Sides, 10.942; 5. 29-Kerry Madsen, 10.957; 6. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 10.973; 7. 55X-James McFadden, 11.027; 8. 71M-Paul May, 11.059; 9. 11-Steve Kinser, 11.101; 10. 7-Craig Dollansky, 11.112; 11. 2-Dale Blaney, 11.120; 12. 15-Donny Schatz, 11.207; 13. W20-Greg Wilson, 11.228; 14. 1M-Jim Moughan, 11.265; 15. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 11.365; 16. 1-Sammy Swindell, 11.394; 17. 63-Chad Kemenah, 11.489; 18. 44-Kory Weyant, 11.491; 19. 6-Bill Rose, 11.554; 20. 4K-Kody Kinser, 11.581; 21. 7SX-Joey Moughan, 11.774; 22. 67-Joey Boyd, 11.800; 23. 65-Jordon Goldesberry, 11.908; 24. 84-Ben Wagoner, 11.976; 25. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 12.059; 26. 2K-Ryan Kempin, 12.062; 27. 3B-Brad Greer, 12.082; 28. 9JR-Derick Hagar, 12.105; 29. 28S-Justin Springer, 12.299; 30. 14T-Jimmy Bridgeman, 12.464.

Heat 1 – (10 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 7-Craig Dollansky [1]; 2. 55X-James McFadden [2]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [3]; 4. 1-Sammy Swindell [6]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [4]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson [5]; 7. 9JR-Derick Hagar [10]; 8. 6-Bill Rose [7]; 9. 67-Joey Boyd [8]; 10. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [9].

Heat 2 – (10 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 2-Dale Blaney [1]; 2. 71M-Paul May [2]; 3. 29-Kerry Madsen [3]; 4. 9-Joey Saldana [4]; 5. 63-Chad Kemenah [6]; 6. 4K-Kody Kinser [7]; 7. 65-Jordon Goldesberry [8]; 8. 2K-Ryan Kempin [9]; 9. 1M-Jim Moughan [5]; 10. 28S-Justin Springer [10].

Heat 3 – (10 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 2. 4-Cody Darrah [4]; 3. 11-Steve Kinser [2]; 4. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [3]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]; 6. 84-Ben Wagoner [8]; 7. 3B-Brad Greer [9]; 8. 7SX-Joey Moughan [7]; 9. 44-Kory Weyant [6]; 10. 14T-Jimmy Bridgeman [10].

Dash – (8 Laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature) – 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [2]; 2. 55X-James McFadden [1]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [3]; 4. 4-Cody Darrah [4]; 5. 9-Joey Saldana [5]; 6. 7-Craig Dollansky [8]; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser [6]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz [10]; 9. 71M-Paul May [7]; 10. 2-Dale Blaney [9].

B-Main – (12 laps-top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 1M-Jim Moughan; 2. 9JR-Derek Hagar; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry; 4. 6-Bill Rose; 5. 17M-Joey Moughan; 6. 99-Kory Weyant; 7. 67-Joey Boyd; 8. 2K-Ryan Kempin; 9. 9X-Paul Nienhiser; 10. 3B-Brad Greer; 11. 28S-Justin Springer; 12. 14T-Jimmy Bridgeman.

Note: James McFadden, Dale Blaney and Logan Schuchart did not return for the A-Main and were replaced by alternates Joey Boyd, Paul Nienhiser and Jimmy Bridgeman. Ryan Kempin, Brad Greer and Justin Springer also did not return.

A-Main – (55 Laps) – 1. 7-Craig Dollansky [5]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [7]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [2]; 4. 4-Cody Darrah [3]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [6]; 6. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [9]; 7. 9-Joey Saldana [4]; 8. 1-Sammy Swindell [13]; 9. 71M-Paul May [8]; 10. 63-Chad Kemenah [14]; 11. 11-Steve Kinser [10]; 12. W20-Greg Wilson [11]; 13. 6-Bill Rose [15]; 14. 29-Kerry Madsen [1]; 15. 67-Joey Boyd [22]; 16. 44-Kory Weyant [21]; 17. 1M-Jim Moughan [12]; 18. 4K-Kody Kinser [16]; 19. 9JR-Derick Hagar [19]; 20. 7SX-Joey Moughan [20]; 21. 84-Ben Wagoner [18]; 22. 65-Jordon Goldesberry [17]; 23. 14T-Jimmy Bridgeman [24]; 24. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [23]. Lap Leaders: Kerry Madsen 1-21, 33-46; Craig Dollansky 22-32, 47-55. KSE Hard Charger Award: 67-Joey Boyd [+7].

I-55 Spring Classic

Qualifying – 1. 4-Cody Darrah, 10.494; 2. 21-Brian Brown, 10.645; 3. 7-Craig Dollansky, 10.679; 4. 1-Sammy Swindell, 10.690; 5. 9-Joey Saldana, 10.704; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 10.748; 7. 7S-Jason Sides, 10.771; 8. 6-Bill Rose, 10.781; 9. 15-Donny Schatz, 10.815; 10. 29-Kerry Madsen, 10.830; 11. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 10.848; 12. 17B-Bill Balog, 10.851; 13. 11-Steve Kinser, 10.911; 14. 63-Chad Kemenah, 10.930; 15. 7K-Dustin Selvage, 11.037; 16. 71M-Paul May, 11.041; 17. 65-Jordon Goldesberry, 11.078; 18. 51-Mike Hess, 11.169; 19. O5-Brad Loyet, 11.177; 20. W20-Greg Wilson, 11.205; 21. 1M-Jim Moughan, 11.268; 22. 66-Geoff Dodge, 11.274; 23. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 11.328; 24. 84-Ben Wagoner, 11.460; 25. 22-Robbie Stanridge, 11.461; 26. 44-Aaron Bruns, 11.474; 27. 67-Joey Boyd, 11.481; 28. 99-Jarrod Schniederman, 11.502; 29. 53W-Bill Wirth, 11.689; 30. 5-Kory Bales, 11.771; 31. 10P-Jim Perricone, 11.908; 32. 14T-Jimmy Bridgeman, 11.980.

Heat 1 – (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 11-Steve Kinser [1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 3. 9-Joey Saldana [3]; 4. 4-Cody Darrah [4]; 5. 65-Jordon Goldesberry [5]; 6. 1M-Jim Moughan [6]; 7. 22-Robbie Stanridge [7]; 8. 53W-Bill Wirth [8].

Heat 2 – (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 63-Chad Kemenah [1]; 2. 29-Kerry Madsen [2]; 3. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [3]; 5. 51-Mike Hess [5]; 6. 44-Aaron Bruns [7]; 7. 5-Kory Bales [8]; 8. 66-Geoff Dodge [6].

Heat 3 – (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 7S-Jason Sides [3]; 2. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [2]; 3. 7-Craig Dollansky [4]; 4. O5-Brad Loyet [5]; 5. 7K-Dustin Selvage [1]; 6. 67-Joey Boyd [7]; 7. 10P-Jim Perricone [8]; 8. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [6].

Heat 4 – (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. W20-Greg Wilson [5]; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell [4]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog [2]; 4. 71M-Paul May [1]; 5. 84-Ben Wagoner [6]; 6. 14T-Jimmy Bridgeman [8]; 7. 99-Jarrod Schniederman [7]; 8. 6-Bill Rose [3].

Dash – (8 Laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature) – 1. 7S-Jason Sides [1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [5]; 3. 21-Brian Brown [3]; 4. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [7]; 5. 1-Sammy Swindell [2]; 6. 63-Chad Kemenah [9]; 7. 4-Cody Darrah [4]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson [10]; 9. 29-Kerry Madsen [6]; 10. 11-Steve Kinser [8].

B-Main – (12 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 6-Bill Rose [1] [-]; 2. 1M-Jim Moughan [2] [-]; 3. 14T-Jimmy Bridgeman [12] [-]; 4. 44-Aaron Bruns [6] [-]; 5. 99-Jarrod Schniederman [8] [$200]; 6. 22-Robbie Stanridge [5] [$180]; 7. 66-Geoff Dodge [3] [$175]; 8. 5-Kory Bales [10] [$160]; 9. 67-Joey Boyd [7] [$150]; 10. 53W-Bill Wirth [9] [$150]; 11. 10P-Jim Perricone [11] [$150]; 12. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [4] [$150].

A-Main – (40 Laps) – 1. 7S-Jason Sides [1] [$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2] [$5,500]; 3. 21-Brian Brown [3] [$3,200]; 4. 29-Kerry Madsen [9] [$2,800]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [13] [$2,500]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson [8] [$2,300]; 7. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [4] [$2,200]; 8. O5-Brad Loyet [20] [$2,100]; 9. 63-Chad Kemenah [6] [$2,050]; 10. 7-Craig Dollansky [11] [$2,000]; 11. 44-Aaron Bruns [23] [$1,500]; 12. 51-Mike Hess [19] [$1,200]; 13. 11-Steve Kinser [10] [$1,100]; 14. 14T-Jimmy Bridgeman [24] [$1,050]; 15. 17B-Bill Balog [15] [$1,000]; 16. 65-Jordon Goldesberry [18] [$900]; 17. 1-Sammy Swindell [5] [$800]; 18. 9-Joey Saldana [12] [$800]; 19. 71M-Paul May [17] [$800]; 20. 7K-Dustin Selvage [16] [$800]; 21. 4-Cody Darrah [7] [$800]; 22. 6-Bill Rose [14] [$800]; 23. 1M-Jim Moughan [21] [$800]; 24. 84-Ben Wagoner [22] [$800]. Lap Leaders: Jason Sides 1-8, 39-41; Lucas Wolfe 9-31; Chad Kemenah 32-38 (Note: Race went 41 laps due to mandatory green-white-checkered finish). KSE Hard Charger Award: O5-Brad Loyet [+12].

World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Top 20 Championship Standings

Pos.	Driver	Total	Diff	Wins	T5	T10	QT
1	Donny Schatz	9669	0	11	39	60	3
2	Craig Dollansky	9493	-176	9	34	51	9
3	Sammy Swindell	9454	-215	12	29	47	14
4	Joey Saldana	9418	-251	5	24	52	9
5	Steve Kinser	9347	-322	4	26	47	0
6	Kraig Kinser	9153	-516	4	20	44	7
7	Cody Darrah	8933	-736	1	23	37	3
8	Kerry Madsen	8875	-794	5	17	39	2
9	Chad Kemenah	8601	-1068	2	11	33	2
10	Lucas Wolfe	8543	-1126	1	10	28	1
11	Bill Rose	7585	-2084	0	0	10	0
12	Jason Sides	6169	-3500	1	19	30	1
13	Jac Haudenschild	4092	-5577	0	4	12	0
14	Tim Kaeding	3524	-6145	4	10	17	0
15	Daryn Pittman	2930	-6739	0	7	15	2
16	Paul McMahan	2844	-6825	2	4	6	2
17	David Gravel	2828	-6841	0	8	10	4
18	Sam Hafertepe Jr.	2779	-6890	0	3	8	0
19	Danny Lasoski	2745	-6924	1	5	9	0
20	Stevie Smith	2667	-7002	0	3	13	2

October 14, 2012

Brandon Watson wins Autumn Colors Classic Feature and OSCAAR Super Late Model Championship

[media-credit id=4 align=”alignright” width=”266″][/media-credit]Continuing the success of his young racing career, Brandon Watson would win the 20^thAnnual Autumn Colors Classic 50-lap OSCAAR Super Late Model feature and be crowned the 2012 series champion. The 20-year-old from Stayner, Ontario becomes the youngest series champion.

As part of OSCAAR tradition, last year’s champion Glenn Watson would hand the championship trophy to his nephew in victory lane.

Also, Jesse Kennedy was officially named 2012 Inside Track Rookie of the Year.

Getting to the action from this past weekend, in the first heat, J.R. Fitzpatrick would take the win driving Roy Passer’s late model. Derrike Tiemersma would finish second, followed by Corey Furkey, Rob Clarke, Owen Smith, Mike Bricknell and Chris Burrows. On the last lap, Jeff Dunford went for the spin.

In the second heat, Jesse Kennedy would turn Shawn McGlynn in turn three. Brandon Watson would take the victory, ahead of George Wilson, Dave Taylor, Tyler Hawn and Keith King.

[media-credit id=4 align=”alignleft” width=”266″][/media-credit]In the third heat, Rob Poole would take the win ahead of Charlie Gallant, Glenn Watson, Rudy Oppersma and Todd Campbell.

In the fourth heat, Clarke would spin on lap four. Owen Smith would take the win ahead of Tiemersma, Furkey, Fitzpatrick, Clarke, Burrows and Bricknell.

In the fifth heat, McGlynn would get spun around on lap two by King. George Wilson would get the win ahead of Brandon Watson, Taylor, McGlynn, Kennedy, Hawn and King.

The sixth and final heat would go to Charlie Gallant ahead of Poole, Glenn Watson, Oppersma, Campbell, Gary Passer and Quinn Misener.

Following the qualifying heats and the draw in the pits, it’d be Rookie Rob Poole starting on pole, with 2012 OSCAAR Super Late Model Champion Brandon Watson starting second. Veteran Derrike Tiemersma would start third, followed by George Wilson, J.R. Fitzpatrick, Charlie Gallant and Glenn Watson.

On the drop of the green flag, Brandon Watson would grab the lead with Wilson second, bumping Poole back to third ahead while Tiemersma and Fitzpatrick battled for fourth. Fitzpatrick would clear Tiemersma on lap three, with Glenn Watson passing Tiemersma for fifth on lap five.

The top five would run single file all the way till the first caution at lap 18 for Keith King slowing in turns one and two. Under caution, Rob Poole would come down pit road and be done for the race with a broken clutch. So with 32 laps to go, it’d be Brandon Watson leading Wilson, Fitzpatrick, Glenn Watson, Gallant, Owen Smith, Rob Clarke and Tiemersma.

On the restart, there’d be another caution as Brandon Watson would run into problems while Dave Taylor spun on the front stretch virtue of Corey Furkey. Brandon Watson would make his way down pit road, work on the car and restart at the back of the field. Fitzpatrick would also make a pit stop under caution. Meanwhile, Chris Burrows would be done for the race. So now it’d be Wilson leading Glenn Watson, Gallant, Smith, Clarke and Tiemersma.

They’d get one lap in, but then the third caution would fly when Wilson was spun by Glenn Watson while battling for the lead. Behind them, Todd Campbell also spun while Gallant, Taylor and Jesse Kennedy were also involved. Under caution, King, Rudy Oppersma and Tyler Hawn would make their way down pit road. Now with 31 laps to go, it’d be Gallant leading Smith, Clarke, Tiemersma, Taylor, Campbell, Jeff Dunford, Fitzpatrick, Kyle Passer and Brandon Watson.

On the restart, Gallant would hold the lead while Smith and Clarke battled for second. Clarke would get by Smith and then challenge Gallant for

[media-credit id=4 align=”alignright” width=”266″][/media-credit]the lead. There would be contact between Clarke and Gallant, resulting in a wreck which brought out the fifth caution of the 50 lap feature. Smith and Tiemersma would also be collected in the wreck. However, because Tiemersma was involved after the instant of the caution being thrown, Tiemersma would keep his position as the race leader. So with 30 laps to go, it’d be Tiemersma leading Dunford, Taylor, Passer, Brandon Watson, Glenn Watson, Campbell, Furkey, Wilson, Oppersma and Shawn McGlynn.

On the restart, Tiemersma would keep the lead ahead of Dunford while Brandon Watson continued his climb back up through the field, getting side-by-side with Taylor for third. Brandon Watson would clear Taylor on lap 24, leaving Taylor to battle with Campbell for fourth. However, Campbell would clear Taylor for fifth on lap 25, and then both Wilson and Glenn Watson would pass Taylor to bump him back to seventh.

On lap 28, Wilson would pass Campbell for fourth. Brandon Watson would pass Dunford for second on lap 30 just before the sixth caution flew for Oppersma spinning in turn four in his own fluid. So with 20 laps to go, it’d be Tiemersma leading Brandon Watson, Dunford, Wilson, Campbell, Glenn Watson, Taylor and Furkey.

[media-credit id=4 align=”alignleft” width=”266″][/media-credit]On the restart, it’d be Tiemesma and Brandon Watson side-by-side for the lead, with Tiemersma keeping Brandon Watson at bay. On lap 33 under green, Fitzpatrick would pit and be done for the race due to an issue in the rear end.

The seventh caution would fly on lap 35 when Quinn Misner spun on the backstretch, collecting Gallant, King and Kennedy. Due to the race being over its time limit, caution laps would now be counted.

The restart would come on lap 38 with Tiemersma holding serve over Brandon Watson, Wilson, Glenn Watson and Jeff Dunford. On lap 40, Tiemersma and Brandon Watson would get side-by-side for the lead. However, the eighth caution would fly the same lap as Shawn McGlynn got wrecked by Kennedy. So with 10 laps to go, it’d be Tiemersma leading Brandon Watson, Wilson, Glenn Watson, Dunford, Campbell, Furkey and Clarke.

The restart would come on lap 46, with Brandon Watson and Wilson both getting by Tiemersma for first and second. The ninth caution would then fly as Smith would stop in the grass. He spun into the grass on the previous lap after contact from Clarke.

On the restart, Glenn Watson would run into trouble and then the caution would fly the next lap as Clarke would wreck in turn four, collecting Taylor. Under caution, Glenn Watson made his way down pit road.

The race would go green with one lap to go and Brandon Watson would lead that lap to take the win. George Wilson finished second, followed by Derrike Tiemersma, Jeff Dunford and Gary Passer. The full results and unofficial standings are posted below.

Results: Autumn Colours Classic 50 (Peterborough Speedway)

1. #9 Brandon Watson; 2. #77 George Wilson; 3. #7 Derrick Tiemersma; 4. #7T Jeff Dunford; 5. #13 Gary Passer; 6. #07 Todd Campbell; 7. #10 Jesse Kennedy; 8. #2 John Owen; 9. #45F Corey Furkey; 10. #91 Keith King; 11. #69 Mike Bricknell; 12. #22 Glenn Watson; 13. #42 Tyler Hawn; 14. #5 Quinn Misener; 15. #49 Rob Clarke (DNF –accident); 16. #51 Dave Taylor (DNF –accident); 17. #81 Shawn McGlynn (DNF-accident); 18. #27x J.R. Fitzpatrick (DNF – rear-end); 19. #04 Rudy Oppersma (DNF – overheated); 20. #40P Charlie Gallant (DNF – accident); 21. #64b Chris Burrows (DNF – mechanical+); 22. #45 Rob Poole (DNF – mechanical).

UNOFFICIAL Championship Standings (Top-10)

1. #9 Brandon Watson 741 Points; 2. #7 Derrick Tiemersma 683; 3. #77 George Wilson 682; T-4. #22 Glenn Watson 665; T-4. #40P Charlie Gallant 665; 6. #10 Jesse Kennedy (R) 649; 7. #13 Gary Passer 578; 8. #07 Todd Campbell 555; 9. #45 Rob Poole (R) 531; 10. #29 Shawn Chenoweth 500.

October 9, 2012
Gary McLean wins 20th Annual Autumn Colors Classic and OSCAAR Modified Championship

[media-credit id=4 align=”alignright” width=”266″][/media-credit]At the end of the OSCAAR Modified feature, it’d be Gary McLean claiming another feature victory for his eighth win in 12 series starts. It marks the crowning achievement in McLean’s 2012 Championship season. It would be all McLean podium with Brent McLean second and Brian McLean third.

In the first heat on Friday night, Brian Strawn would take the win followed by Brian McLean, Matt Barton, Josh Gruntz, Darren Kearnan, Brandon Crumbie, Dave Terry and Gary McLean.

In the second heat, Justin Demelo would win, followed by Brent McLean, Justin Jones, Tristan Anderson, Tim Burke, Dave Osbourne, David McCollough and Phil Bullen.

In the third heat on Saturday afternoon, Dean Scott would spin around twice. Gary McLean would come home with the victory ahead of Terry, Crumbie, Brian McLean, Strawn, Kearnan, Barton and Gruntz.

[media-credit id=4 align=”alignleft” width=”266″][/media-credit]In the final heat, Burke would take the victory ahead of Brent McLean, Jones, McCollough, Demelo, Mackenzie and Bullen. Anderson went for a spin on the last lap.

Once it came time for the feature, it’d be Gary McLean starting on pole virtue of his win in the Chase for the Colors event earlier this year. He would grab the lead off the start with Brian McLean second while Justin Demelo battled with Brian Strawn for third. Strawn and Brent McLean would both Demelo for positon by lap four.

The first caution would come out at lap six for Tim Burke spinning in turn two. Phil Bullen would make his way down pit road.

On the restart, it’d be Gary McLean in front of Brian McLean again while Strawn and Brent McLean battled for third. They’d battle till the caution for Demelo stalling on track due to a flat tire due to contact with Strawn. He would be spend multiple laps on pit road fixing the damage.

The restart would go clean, though the third caution would quickly fly on lap 10 for Matt Barton getting into Brandon Crumbie, collecting David McCullough. McCullough and Crumbie would get done for the race as a result of the damage, while Barton would get a blackflag for rough driving.

[media-credit id=4 align=”alignright” width=”266″][/media-credit]On the restart, Gary McLean would once again lead ahead of Brian McLean, now with Brent McLean third followed by Strawn and Justin Jones. Brent McLean would then pass Brian McLean for second on lap 16.

The rest of the race would run mostly without further incidents, except for Dean Scott spinning on lap 44.

Gary McLean would claim the victory and the 2012 OSCAAR Modified Championship. Brent McLean would finish second, ahead of Brian McLean, Brian Strawn and Davey Terry. The full results are listed below as per the OSCAAR Modified website, along with the unofficial championship standings. Davey Terry was crowned 2012 Inside Track Rookie of the Year.

Results: OSCAAR Modifieds Autumn Colours Classic 50 (Peterborough Speedway)

1. #8 Gary McLean; 2. #7 Brent McLean; 3. #47 Brian McLean; 4. #77s Brian Strawn; 5. #14 Davey Terry; 6. #4 Tristan Anderson; 7. #77j Justin Jones; 8. #99xTim Burke; 9. #46 Darren Kearnan; 10. #31 Josh Gruntz; 11. #67 Phil Bullen; 12. #19 Dean Scott; 13. #82 Justin Demelo; 14. #39 David McCullough (DNF – accident); 15. #2 Matt Barton (DQ – rough driving); 16. #72 Brandon Crumbie (DQ – rough drving); 17. #11 Dave Osbourne (DNS); 18. #96 Larry Mackenzie (DNS).

UNOFFICIAL Championship Standings (Top-10)

1. #8 Gary McLean 832 Points; 2. #7 Brent McLean 785; 3. #14 Davey Terry 720 (R); 4. #99x Tim Burke 672; 5. #31 Josh Gruntz 630 (R); 6. #47 Brian McLean 612; 7. #72 Brandon Crumbie (R) 603; 8. #1B Brad Pearsall 552; 9. #51 Adam Adams 550; 10. #82 Justin Demelo 446.

October 9, 2012
Steve Kinser Notches Win 574 At Rolling Wheels Raceway

[media-credit name=”Dan Kapuscinski/Rolling Wheels Raceway Park” align=”alignright” width=”198″][/media-credit]Cold and damp. Those are the best descriptions for Rolling Wheels Raceway Saturday night. But cold has never been a deterrent for the Outlaws or their fans. Cold or not when the gates opened at 5PM New York time the crowds began to pour in. With hot laps on the track and not many empty seats seen there was still a line of traffic to get onto the raceway’s grounds. The grandstands were packed. The track was packed and the drivers were rested and ready after almost a week off. It was time to race. And nothing would warm the crowd and the drivers like the mighty wings of the Outlaws on the track.

The evening saw a 28 car field for the 5/8 mile semi banked dirt clay oval track in Elbridge, N.Y.. Qualifying draw would spread the touring Outlaws throughout the order with Sammy Swindell going out last. The track record of 15.952 seconds was set 8 years ago by Craig Dollansky. Though the field would get no where near that record tonight, it was still a very fast field with Quick Time going to Daryn Pittman with a lap of 17.027 seconds or 132.143 mph. Dollansky would time 2nd and Schatz would time 3rd. Allowing Dollansky to pick up a point on Schatz in the very beginning of the night. The remainder of the top 5 were Joey Saldana and local driver Shawn Donath.

The first heat of the night would set the tone for the evening. A fast paced no holds barred 8 lap shootout that saw a return of The King, Steve Kinser to the Dash. The race would be won by Kerry Madsen, with Kinser coming home second, Saldana third, Quick Time holder Daryn Pittman in 4th and Justin Barger in 5th and an old friend from the Canada Glenn Styres rounding out the transferring cars. Not making the cut would be last years rookie of the year Cody Darrah. Darrah who had a uncharacteristically bad evening would struggle all evening.

The second heat would see ASCOC Champion, David Gravel take the checkers over Lucas Wolfe, Shawn Donath, Sammy Swindell, Craig Dollansky and Bill Rose. Sammy Swindell would literally hold class for the young drivers in the field when he climbed from 8th to 4th in a single lap. Although Swindell could advance no further, he gave notice that a poor qualifying lap was not going to hold the Big Game Tree Stands number 1 back. He served notice in a very convincing manner that he was there to win, and starting from the back only meant he would have to work a little harder at it.

The third heat would qualify the final 6 into the A Main. Chad Kemenah, Kraig Kinser, Donny Schatz, Paul McMahan, Jessica Zemken, and Jamie Collard would all advance into the feature. Kemenah, Kinser and Schatz would advance to the Dash.

The Dash was a hard fought battle between the top 4 cars. But it offered a glimpse of what was to come later in the evening with the A Main. The dash was won by Chad Kemenah with Steve Kinser coming home second, Donny Schatz third and Kerry Madsen 4th. There was a bit of foreboding there when Dollansky crossed the stripe in 7th after having Magneto trouble in both the dash and his heat race. Was Dollansky snake bit? Only time would tell.

The Last Chance Showdown would transfer the final 6 cars into the A Main. Looking at the line up one would be tempted to pick Cody Darrah from the outside front row as a sure thing. But making that choice would have been a mistake. Long time modified champ Frank Cozze was starting on the pole. Cozze had won his first Sprint Car race earlier in the year in upstate New York. Frank was determined to make a run for his second tonight. Cozze jumped out into the lead on lap one and never looked backed winning the last chance showdown by a 1.8 second margin over Cody Darrah, Bobby Breen, Joe Smith, Daniel Mazy and Mike Stelter.

The field for the A Main was set and even with the deep chill in the air the anticipation was palpable. Steve Kinser had the most wins of any driver at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park having won 11 out of 34 races could he send the monkey on his back, packing back to the zoo and win number 12? Donny Schatz was lurking back in the third spot, Schatz had been on a terror for 12 weeks, would he take win number 12 on the season? Madsen had run hard all night and was showing the same kind of patience and skills that had made him a contender and winner all season, would he make it number 6 on the year? And far from least sitting back in 21st starting spot was the crafty veteran and 4 time champion Sammy Swindell. Swindell had already shown he could move up very quickly through a field would he find a way to the front tonight?

The 25 lap feature was a hard fought and determined race. Chad Kemenah lead 16 laps and at one time had pulled away from 2nd place Steve Kinser by almost 3 seconds. But then came the traffic, and no one works traffic better than the King of the Outlaws and on lap 17 Steve Kinser took the lead and worked the traffic like a maestro conducting the 5th symphony of Beethoven. Where ever he found them he passed them pulling out to a straight a way lead on Kemenah and Schatz in less than a lap. His teammate Donny Schatz wasn’t done yet and he split lapped traffic on the bottom to take second from Kemenah with 4 laps to go. But the King was long gone. Schatz could close but he was too far back to catch Steve Kinser. Afterward, Schatz would be asked if he had had more time could he have caught him? Schatz replied, “No way he was hooked up. We finished 2nd. We came to win but we finished 2nd.” Chad Kemenah would come home 3rd. And in post race comments said that he had no regrets. Oh and that crafty veteran Sammy Swindell he would be the Hard Charger of the race climbing from 21st to 8th.

There was not a single position that was not hard fought for on the track in the A Main. Every driver, every team ran hard and showed the skills and guts that it takes to take on the might wings of the Outlaws. The winner on the night? Well Steve Kinser took home the trophy and the check and he notched win number 574 for his career. But the real winners were the fans in the stands and at home following with help from Johnny Gibson and the WoO team. The World of Outlaws raced hard. They raced wide open. They took chances. They didn’t points race not even Schatz and Dollansky points raced. They raced for the checkers. They reminded us what the real point of the sport is. To cross the line first. If you cross the line first enough times you come home with the most points at the end and you take home the big prize. But you do that with the grace, courage, skills and determination of a champion.

Oh yeah the points race. Donny Schatz increased his point lead over Craig Dollansky by 9 points going into the final 4 races of the year. That means he has a 168 point lead over Dollansky. Is it insurmountable? No. But Schatz would have to miss at least 2 features for Dollansky to get the championship if Dollansky won both of them. Mathematically it’s possible but it is not very probable. Still however, things happen fast and stranger things have happened. So we go into the next race saying Schatz is close to sealing the championship but he doesn’t have it yet. Will Dollansky find a way? Will Schatz stumble and fall? Will lady luck remain true to her chosen champion thus far Schatz? Or will she jump ship and give Dollansky a hand up to the deck? We have 4 more races to find out.

Qualifying Results: 1) Daryn Pittman 17.027 132.143 mph, 2) Craig Dollansky, 3) Donny Schatz, 4) Joey Saldana 5) Shawn Donnath, 6) Paul McMahan 7) Steve Kinser 8) David Gravel 9) Chad Kemenah 10) Kerry Madsen 11) Lucas Wolfe 12) Kraig Kinser 13) Glenn Styres 14) Bill Rose 15) Jessica Zemken 16) Justin Barger 17) Frank Cozze 18) Jamie Collard 19) Cody Darrah 20) Bobby Breen 21) Michael Parent 22) Danny Franek 23) Sammy Swindell 24) John Smith 25) Mike Stetler 26) Dick Spadaro 27) Daniel Mazy 28) April Wilson.

First Heat Race Results: 1) Kerry Madsen 2) Steve Kinser 3) Joey Saldana 4) Daryn Pittman 5) Justin Barger 6) Glenn Styres 7) Cody Darrah 8) Davey Franek 9) Mike Stelter 10) April Wilson

Second Heat Race Results: 1) David Gravel 2) Lucas Wolfe 3) Shawn Donath 4) Sammy Swindell 5) Craig Dollansky 6) Bill Rose 7) Frank Cozze 8) Bobby Breen 9) Dick Spadaro

Third Heat Race Results: 1) Chad Kemenah 2) Kraig Kinser 3) Donny Schatz 4) Paul McMahan 5) Jessica Zemken 6) Jamie Collard 7) John Smith 8) Daniel Mazy 9) Michael Parent

Dash Results: 1) Chad Kemenah 2) Steve Kinser 3) Donny Schatz 4) Kerry Madsen 5) David Gravel 6) Joey Saldana 7) Craig Dollansky 8) Lucas Wolfe 9) Daryn PIttman 10) Kraig Kinser

Last Chance Showdown Results: 1) Frank Cozze, 2) Cody Darrah, 3) Bobby Breen, 4) John Smith, 5) Daniel Mazy, 6) Mike Stelter 7) Dick Spadaro 8) April Wilson 9) Davey Franek 10) Michael Parent (DNS)

A Main: 1) Steve Kinser 2) Donny Schatz 3) Chad Kemenah 4) Kerry Madsen 5) David Gravel 6) Joey Saldana 7) Craig Dollansky 8) Sammy Swindell (Hard Charger) 9) Paul McMahan 10) Daryn Pittman 11) Lucas Wolfe 12) Justin Barger 13) Shawn Donath 14) Bill Rose 15) Kraig Kinser 16) Cody Darrah 17) Glenn Styres 18) Jessica Zemeken 19) Frank Cozze 20) Jamie Collard 21) Bobby Breen 22) Joe Smith 23) Mike Stelter 24) Daniel Mazy.

KSE Hard Charger Award: Sammy Swindell from 21st to 8th.

October 7, 2012
PIR SIGNS HISTORIC AGREEMENT TO HOST FIRST EVER NASCAR MEXICO TOYOTA SERIES RACE IN THE UNITED STATES

(Phoenix, Ariz.) – Phoenix International Raceway President Bryan R. Sperber, NASCAR and OCESA announced today that the NASCAR Mexico Toyota Series will make its United States debut at PIR during the March, 2013 race weekend.

The landmark international event will run on Friday, March 1, as part of the SUBWAY Fresh Fit 500™ NASCAR Sprint Cup Series weekend at PIR. The race will be televised in the United States, Mexico and Latin America.

“This is a truly significant day in the history of Phoenix International Raceway, we are both humbled and excited to play host to the NASCAR Mexico Toyota Series’ first race in the United States,” said Sperber. “We look forward to welcoming the Series’ great drivers, teams and fans to Phoenix and eagerly anticipate a great event.”

“NASCAR is proud to make this historic announcement with Phoenix International Raceway and OCESA. It represents the next step in the growth of the sport and the international impact NASCAR is making. This is a terrific opportunity to expose our fans in the United States to our exciting series from Mexico and continue to help the series and its impressive array of drivers reach new fans,” said Brian France, NASCAR CEO and Chairman.

The 75-lap event will feature a format that includes a scheduled break after the first 50-laps followed by a 25-lap sprint to the finish. A full field of drivers from the NASCAR Mexico Toyota Series is expected to participate in this history making race, including current points leader Daniel Suarez, driver of the No. 3 Equipo TELCEL.

“After 10 years of tremendous efforts, NASCAR Mexico Toyota Series has achieved a points race in the U.S. market,” said Federico Alaman, Managing Director of the NASCAR Mexico Toyota Series. “All of our competitors, series officials and partners are delighted to showcase our sport at a venue as prestigious as Phoenix International Raceway and bring the NASCAR Mexico Toyota Series to an American audience.”

“This is an important day for Toyota Mexico and the Series to showcase our teams, drivers and partners to a new audience,” said Ana Maria Vallarino, Director of Marketing for Toyota Mexico. “We look forward to kicking off the season at Phoenix International Raceway.”

The NASCAR Mexico Toyota Series will kick off its 10th season overall and seventh under the NASCAR banner at Phoenix International Raceway on March 1, 2013, followed by 14 races at eight different tracks throughout Mexico.

About Phoenix International Raceway

Since 1964, Phoenix International Raceway has served race fans as the premier motorsports venue in the Southwest. Watch the Semi-Final Race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup at PIR on Sunday, Nov. 11. Tickets for the Spring, 2013 Subway Fresh Fit 500 race weekend at PIR go on sale Oct. 9. For more information about the NASCAR event weekends at Phoenix International Raceway visit PhoenixRaceway.com/Tickets or call 1-866-408-RACE (7223).

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October 2, 2012

IZOD INDYCAR SERIES UNVEILS 19-RACE SCHEDULE FOR 2013

INDIANAPOLIS (Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012) – Nineteen races over 16 event weekends highlight the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series schedule announced today.

The expanded schedule includes the return of Indy car racing to Pocono Raceway and the streets of Houston.

With a 400-mile race at Pocono Raceway joining the 500-mile events at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Auto Club Speedway on the schedule, the IZOD IndyCar Series will institute a Triple Crown award, which will pay a $1 million bonus to a driver that wins on all three ovals. A driver that wins two of the three races will be awarded a $250,000 bonus.

Also new for 2013 are Saturday-Sunday doubleheaders scheduled for the street courses at Detroit’s Belle Isle Park, Toronto and Houston and the implementation of standing starts at those three venues.

Fourteen of the 15 venues that hosted IZOD IndyCar Series races in 2012 return. Six races – Indianapolis, the doubleheader at the Raceway at Belle Isle Park, the prime-time event at Texas Motor Speedway as well as Iowa and Pocono – will be broadcast on ABC. The balance of the schedule, including the season opener at St. Petersburg and the finale at Auto Club Speedway, will be carried on NBC Sports Network. Race distances and broadcast times will be announced at a later date.

“We are proud of the on-track product we provided in 2012,” said Randy Bernard, CEO, INDYCAR. “From the drivers to the new car, we demonstrated that the IZOD IndyCar Series is showcasing the best racing in the world.

“It is important to provide opportunities to generate additional exposure for our sport by expanding our racing schedule, and we feel that our 2013 schedule will certainly challenge the fastest, most versatile drivers in the world with a strong mix of ovals and road and street courses, cumulating in 19 races.”

The stars and cars of the IZOD IndyCar Series return for another exciting year of competition Sunday, March 24, on the challenging 1.8-mile St. Petersburg (Fla.) street circuit. Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., will host the season finale Saturday, Oct. 19, for the second consecutive year. Ryan Hunter-Reay of Andretti Autosport claimed the Astor Cup as the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series driver champion in dramatic fashion over 250 laps on the 2-mile oval on Sept. 15.

The 97th Running of the Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for Sunday, May 26. Pole Day is scheduled for Saturday, May 18.

Six oval events on the schedule include four in a row on diverse racetracks – the 1.5-mile, high-banked Texas Motor Speedway; the flat Milwaukee Mile; the .875-mile Iowa Speedway bullring; and the 2.5-mile triangular Pocono Raceway — in the middle of the season.

Pocono Raceway, which last hosted an Indy car race in 1989, will spring to life with the turbocharged IZOD IndyCar Series cars on Sunday, July 7. Mark Donohue won the inaugural Indy car race on the triangular track in 1971 under USAC sanction, and multiple winners include A.J. Foyt (four times), Rick Mears (three times) and Al Unser and Danny Sullivan (twice). Sullivan won the ’89 race under CART sanction.

A 1.7-mile, 10-turn circuit at Reliant Park will be the setting for the Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston on Saturday, Oct. 7, and Sunday, Oct. 8. Sebastien Bourdais won the last race in 2007 under Champ Car sanction, and Graham Rahal was runner-up.

Bernard added: “Our new events provide the right mix of strategically-located markets and historic tradition to our schedule. Houston gives us exposure in another top-10 U.S. market. Pocono is deep in open-wheel, oval racing tradition and has produced some of the most memorable races in Indy car history. The addition of Pocono allows us to bring back a version of the Triple Crown, restoring a popular legacy of our sport to reward the champion of our three longest races of the season.”

Full-distance doubleheader races on the three street courses are being introduced to the IZOD IndyCar Series. Details regarding qualifications procedures for the doubleheader races will be announced at a later date.

Scintillating racing on the most diverse set of racetracks in motorsports, drama, the re-introduction of engine manufacturer competition and a new universal chassis marked the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season. There were eight different race winners in the 15 events, and Hunter-Reay wrested the championship from Will Power by a scant three points in the finale. The expanded 2013 season promises more excitement.

“We want to create more exposure and content for our sport, and we feel this strong and diverse schedule along with the addition of doubleheader races will provide an opportunity to further showcase the skills and personalities of the IZOD IndyCar Series next season,” said Bernard. “We look forward to watching Ryan Hunter-Reay defend his title, the second year of engine manufacturer competition and the best-of-the-best tackle this challenging schedule in 2013.”

2013 IZOD IndyCar Series Schedule

Date	Track	City	Venue	Network
March 24	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Fla.	1.8-mile street course	NBCSN
April 7	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Ala.	2.38-mile road course	NBCSN
April 21	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, Calif.	1.968-mile street course	NBCSN
May 5	Streets of Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo, Brazil	2.6-mile street course	NBCSN
May 26	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Indianapolis	2.5-mile oval	ABC
June 1	Raceway at Belle Isle Park	Detroit	2.07-mile street course	ABC
June 2	Raceway at Belle Isle Park	Detroit	2.07 mile street course	ABC
June 8	Texas Motor Speedway*	Fort Worth, Texas	1.5-mile oval	ABC
June 15	The Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wis.	1-mile oval	NBCSN
June 23	Iowa Speedway	Newton, Iowa	.875-mile oval	ABC
July 7	Pocono International Raceway	Long Pond, Pa.	2.5-mile oval	ABC
July 13	Streets of Toronto	Toronto	1.75-mile street course	NBCSN
July 14	Streets of Toronto	Toronto	1.75-mile street course	NBCSN
Aug. 4	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	2.258-mile road course	NBCSN
Aug. 25	Raceway at Sonoma	Sonoma, Calif.	2.303-mile road course	NBCSN
Sept. 1	Streets of Baltimore	Baltimore	2.04-mile street course	NBCSN
Oct. 5	Reliant Park	Houston	1.7-mile street course	NBCSN
Oct. 6	Reliant Park	Houston	1.7-mile street course	NBCSN
Oct. 19	Auto Club Speedway*	Fontana, Calif.	2-mile oval	NBCSN

*Denotes Night Race

October 1, 2012