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  • ‘The King’ picks up career Outlaws win No. 573 at Dodge City Raceway Park

    ‘The King’ picks up career Outlaws win No. 573 at Dodge City Raceway Park

    [media-credit name=”World of Outlaws” align=”alignright” width=”184″][/media-credit]DODGE CITY, Kan. – June 22, 2012 – The spin seemed like it was in slow motion.

    Polesitter Jason Sides, who led the first 12 laps on a gusty Night 1 of the Boot Hill Showdown on Friday at Dodge City Raceway Park, looped it in turn one just prior to the midway point. As Sides kept his car under power, Steve Kinser dodged the melee to capture the lead and eventually the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory, which was career No. 573.

    “I was pretty sure we were going to drive by him,” said a grinning Kinser, who also won the first-ever Outlaws event at Dodge City Raceway Park in 2004. “He did get a little sideways. It made it a little bit easier.”

    For Sides, it was the latest heartbreak during a season when he has started on the pole of a World of Outlaws feature a series-best four times.

    “We ran in behind a lapped car going into turn one there and I ran in way faster than I thought he was running,” he said after finishing third. “I had to pitch it sideways to keep from running over him. I thought I was going to be able to save it, but once it started to come around I just had to stand on it and keep it going and hope for the best.”

    However, the race was anything but over following the spin. One lap later the fourth-and-final caution bunched the field up for a shootout during the second half of the 30-lap feature.

    Kinser choose the outside lane on the double-file restart with Sammy Swindell and Lucas Wolfe between himself and Sides. Kinser got a solid jump with Swindell tucking into second and Sides sliding by Wolfe for third place on the restart.

    Kinser sailed into a big lead with Swindell dramatically cutting into it once they reached traffic with 10 laps remaining. Swindell’s best opportunity to win came in the closing laps as he reeled Kinser within a car length.

    As the duo entering turn three coming to the white flag Swindell nearly pulled to the inside of Kinser, but traffic slowed his momentum and Kinser utilized the preferred line to cruise to the victory.

    “Just too much traffic and it didn’t work out for us,” Swindell said after finishing second. “We were just as quick as he was. He had the line and I had to kinda go somewhere else. That’s just the way it is sometimes.”

    Wolfe was fourth and Donny Schatz earned the KSE Hard Charger Award after driving from 13th to fifth. Chad Kemenah ended sixth, Joey Saldana seventh, Kerry Madsen eighth, Tim Kaeding ninth and Craig Dollansky rounded out the top 10.

    Kraig Kinser was the quickest in qualifying with a lap of 13.481 seconds, but was caught up in an opening-lap crash during his heat race. Kinser failed to finish and was relegated to the Last Chance Showdown, which he dominated for the second time this year.

    Kaeding, Kemenah and Rose each picked up a heat race win.

    The final night of the Boot Hill Showdown is tonight – Saturday – with the front gate opening at 5 p.m.

    Night 1 of the Boot Hill Showdown Notebook

    NOTES – Kraig Kinser set quick time for the third race this season. … Tim Kaeding earned his second heat race win of the season, Chad Kemenah claimed his sixth and Bill Rose won his first. … Jason Sides picked up his series-best fourth dash win. … Kinser lapped up to fourth place when he won the Last Chance Showdown for the second time this season.

    WINNERS – Sammy Swindell – 5 (Red River Valley Speedway on June 16, Eldora Speedway on May 5, Knoxville Raceway on April 28, Missouri State Fair Speedway on April 20 and Merced Speedway on March 30); Craig Dollansky – 4 (I-96 Speedway on June 2, Hagerstown Speedway on May 20, Tri-State Speedway on April 21 and Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 19); Steve Kinser – 3 (Dodge City Raceway Park on June 22, Orange County Fair Speedway on May 19 and Williams Grove Speedway on May 12); Joey Saldana – 3 (The Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 25, Paducah International Raceway on April 13 and Perris Auto Speedway on March 10); Donny Schatz – 3 (Farmer City Raceway on April 25, Silver Dollar Speedway on March 23 and Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 19); Tim Kaeding – 2 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 16 and The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 8); Chad Kemenah – 2 (Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 28 and Eldora Speedway on May 4); Kraig Kinser – 2 (River Cities Speedway on June 15 and Kokomo Speedway on June 5); Danny Dietrich – 1 (Lincoln Speedway on May 10); Danny Lasoski – 1 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 18); Kerry Madsen – 1 (Knoxville Raceway on June 9); Paul McMahan – 1 (Rolling Wheels Raceway Park on May 16); Fred Rahmer – 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 11); Brad Sweet – 1 (Clay County Fairgrounds on June 8).

    TIME TRIALS – Kraig Kinser was the fastest qualifier around the 3/8-mile oval with a time of 13.481 seconds to earn five championship points. Also earning points were Joey Saldana (4 points), Steve Kinser (3), Sammy Swindell (2) and Jason Sides (1).

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    Night 1 of the Boot Hill Showdown Statistical Report; Dodge City Raceway Park; Dodge City, Kan.; June 22, 2012

    A-Main – (30 Laps) – 1. 11-Steve Kinser [4] [$10,000]; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell [2] [$5,000]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [1] [$3,000]; 4. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [5] [$2,700]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz [13] [$2,500]; 6. 63-Chad Kemenah [8] [$2,200]; 7. 9-Joey Saldana [3] [$2,000]; 8. 29-Kerry Madsen [12] [$1,800]; 9. 83-Tim Kaeding [6] [$1,600]; 10. 7-Craig Dollansky [9] [$1,450]; 11. 11K-Kraig Kinser [11] [$1,300]; 12. 1X-Kevin Swindell [7] [$1,200]; 13. 6-Bill Rose [10] [$1,100]; 14. 4-Cody Darrah [15] [$1,000]; 15. 11S-Patrick Stasa [21] [$950]; 16. 74X-Josh Hodges [14] [$900]; 17. 1T-Ty Williams [16] [$850]; 18. 72-Ray Seeman [19] [$750]; 19. 1W-Jordan Weaver [24] [$725]; 20. 2J-Zach Blurton [17] [$700]; 21. 33-Kris Miller [22] [$700]; 22. 21-Wes Wofford [23] [$700]; 23. 97-Brian Herbert [18] [$700]; 24. O-Steven Richardson [20] [$700]. Lap Leaders: Jason Sides 1-12, Steve Kinser 13-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: 15-Donny Schatz [+8].

    Qualifying – 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.481; 2. 9-Joey Saldana, 13.485; 3. 11-Steve Kinser, 13.646; 4. 1-Sammy Swindell, 13.698; 5. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.726; 6. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 13.746; 7. 1X-Kevin Swindell, 13.874; 8. 7-Craig Dollansky, 13.905; 9. 29-Kerry Madsen, 13.924; 10. 83-Tim Kaeding, 13.935; 11. 63-Chad Kemenah, 13.984; 12. 6-Bill Rose, 14.136; 13. 15-Donny Schatz, 14.144; 14. 74X-Josh Hodges, 14.298; 15. 4-Cody Darrah, 14.308; 16. 1T-Ty Williams, 14.749; 17. 2J-Zach Blurton, 14.949; 18. 97-Brian Herbert, 14.997; 19. 72-Ray Seeman, 15.011; 20. O-Steven Richardson, 15.113; 21. 11S-Patrick Stasa, 15.155; 22. 21-Wes Wofford, 15.164; 23. 1W-Jordan Weaver, 15.281; 24. 91-Jeff Stasa, 15.295; 25. 17-Josh Baughman, 15.356; 26. 16K-Kaden Taylor, 15.364; 27. 15K-Kerry McAlister, 15.431; 28. 33-Kris Miller, 15.449; 29. 77W-Michael Williams, 16.624; 30. 76J-Justin Schwien, No Time.

    Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 83-Tim Kaeding [1]; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell [3]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [5]; 4. 1X-Kevin Swindell [2]; 5. 72-Ray Seeman [7]; 6. 33-Kris Miller [10]; 7. 17-Josh Baughman [9]; 8. 21-Wes Wofford [8]; 9. 1T-Ty Williams [6]; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser [4].

    Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 63-Chad Kemenah [1]; 2. 7-Craig Dollansky [2]; 3. 9-Joey Saldana [4]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [3]; 5. 74X-Josh Hodges [5]; 6. 2J-Zach Blurton [6]; 7. 1W-Jordan Weaver [8]; 8. O-Steven Richardson [7]; 9. 16K-Kaden Taylor [9]; 10. 77W-Michael Williams [10].

    Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 6-Bill Rose [1]; 2. 11-Steve Kinser [4]; 3. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [3]; 4. 29-Kerry Madsen [2]; 5. 4-Cody Darrah [5]; 6. 97-Brian Herbert [6]; 7. 11S-Patrick Stasa [7]; 8. 91-Jeff Stasa [8]; 9. 15K-Kerry McAlister [9]; 10. 76J-Justin Schwien [10].

    Dash – (8 Laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature ) – 1. 7S-Jason Sides [1]; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell [2]; 3. 9-Joey Saldana [4]; 4. 11-Steve Kinser [3]; 5. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [5]; 6. 83-Tim Kaeding [8]; 7. 1X-Kevin Swindell [6]; 8. 63-Chad Kemenah [9]; 9. 7-Craig Dollansky [7]; 10. 6-Bill Rose [10].

    B-Main – (12 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1] [-]; 2. 1T-Ty Williams [2] [-]; 3. 11S-Patrick Stasa [4] [-]; 4. O-Steven Richardson [3] [-]; 5. 21-Wes Wofford [5] [-]; 6. 1W-Jordan Weaver [6] [-]; 7. 91-Jeff Stasa [7] [$200]; 8. 17-Josh Baughman [8] [$180]; 9. 15K-Kerry McAlister [10] [$175]; 10. 77W-Michael Williams [11] [$160]; 11. 16K-Kaden Taylor [9] [$150]; 12. 76J-Justin Schwien [12] [$150].

    World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Top 20 Championship Standings

    Pos. Driver

    Total

    Diff

    Wins

    T5

    T10

    QT
    1 Donny Schatz

    4084

    0

    3

    12

    24

    0
    2 Steve Kinser

    4078

    -6

    3

    14

    21

    0
    3 Sammy Swindell

    4068

    -16

    5

    13

    21

    5
    4 Craig Dollansky

    4022

    -62

    4

    13

    20

    3
    5 Joey Saldana

    4012

    -72

    3

    9

    21

    5
    6 Kraig Kinser

    3964

    -120

    2

    10

    20

    3
    7 Chad Kemenah

    3811

    -273

    2

    7

    14

    2
    8 Kerry Madsen

    3675

    -409

    1

    4

    11

    1
    9 Cody Darrah

    3674

    -410

    0

    5

    11

    2
    10 Lucas Wolfe

    3533

    -551

    0

    3

    8

    0
    11 Jason Sides

    3206

    -878

    0

    9

    15

    0
    12 Bill Rose

    3025

    -1059

    0

    0

    2

    0
    13 Danny Lasoski

    1860

    -2224

    1

    5

    7

    0
    14 Austen Wheatley

    1818

    -2266

    0

    0

    2

    0
    15 Paul McMahan

    1810

    -2274

    1

    2

    3

    0
    16 Daryn Pittman

    1785

    -2299

    0

    5

    9

    1
    17 Jac Haudenschild

    1655

    -2429

    0

    0

    1

    0
    18 David Gravel

    1544

    -2540

    0

    4

    6

    2
    19 Terry McCarl

    1474

    -2610

    0

    1

    4

    0
    20 Sam Hafertepe Jr.

    1408

    -2676

    0

    1

    4

    0
  • Kaeding Brings Thunder to Thunderbowl

    Kaeding Brings Thunder to Thunderbowl

    [media-credit name=”World of Outlaws” align=”alignright” width=”225″][/media-credit]The Outlaws knew the rain was coming to the Thunderbowl Raceway at Tulare, California and they were determined to beat the storm. Hot laps began about 45 minutes early in an attempt to get the whole show in before mother nature dropped added moisture onto an already soupy track. Hot laps went off without a hitch and qualifying saw lap times of 13 seconds around the 1/3 mile track. Quick time was set by Kasey Kahne Racing’s Joey Saldana with a lap of 13.151 seconds. He was followed closely by Sammy Swindell, who entered the event as the series points leader, with a time of 13.641. Craig Dollansky, Tim Kaeding and Kraig Kinser rounded out the fast five all with laps in the 13 second bracket.

    The heat races were for the most part hard charging but unremarkable with 20 time Outlaws Champion, Steve Kinser taking the first heat, 4 time series champion, Donny Shatz the second, and Jason Sides the third.

    The Dash inversion was an 8. Which meant that Joey Saldana would start outside the 4th row. By virtue of his heat race win Steve Kinser would start on the pole flanked by Jason Sides for the 8 lap dash to determine the first 5 rows of the A main. Jason Sides would get an early jump on Kinser and take over the point and would hold it until the checkers to claim the pole for the A Main. Transferring in from the B Main were Cody Darrah, Tyler Wolf, Trey Starks, Cory Eliason, Chad Kemenah and Bill Rose. The field was set for what would be a fierce pack battle for the Thunderbowl night 1 trophy.

    Steve Kinser would take the lead early in the Main but Tim Kaeding who started fourth would rocket by Kinser on the high side on lap 9. The pass would not be without it’s price as Kaeding while attempting to lap Bill Rose would have some contact and damage the nose wing of the car. The wing would collapse on the left side but Kaeding would continue to pull away from the 20 time champion. On lap 11 Kinser would got together with Rose and spun the car into the infield and continued on. The caution would fly and Kinser was placed by Outlaws rules where he would have blended into traffic leaving him to restart in the 12th position. This would bring Jason Sides to the second position. Sides would start side by side with Kaeding 6 times but was never able to capitalize on the restart.

    On lap 26 the A main short circuited. The short began when Jonathan Allard stopped on the front stretch because he was out of helmet tear offs and could not see. It was followed by Kerry Madsen’s roll over in turn 2 and Bud Kaeding coming to a stop in turn 2. It was then that mother nature made her presence known. Scattered heavy showers limited visibility for the drivers and they voted that it was too wet to continue. The race was red flagged and the cars were sent to the work area in the pits where they could make whatever changes they wanted to their cars including changing tires.

    Upon return to the track The final red flag would fly on the restart when Sammy Swindell and Lucas Wolfe would tangle and roll in turn 2. Both drivers would walk away uninjured but neither would return to the track. The final yellow would fly for Chad Kemenah’s spin in turn 2. Kaeding would jump out to a big lead once again when Jason Sides hesitated on the restart. The hesitation would cost Sides the second spot to Craig Dollansky. Kaeding would never look back and would win the Thunderbowl with ease. Kaeding who is the first 2nd time winner of the 2012 season stated, “My motto is live and die by the high side and I was livin’ it up tonight.” Finishing 2nd Craig Dollansky,3rd Jason Sides, 4th Terry McCarl, 5th Joey Saldana, 6th Donny Shatz,  7th Steve Kinser, 8th Austen Wheatly, 9th Bud Kaeding and rounding out the top ten was Kraig Kinser.

    This race was a smorgasboard of action. The fierce competiton between Sammy Swindell and Joey Saldana. The incredible skill and determination of Steve Kinser to come back from 12th spot to finish in the top 10. A hail mary move by Donny Shatz to propel him into fifth spot which he eventually lost to Joey Saldana but would pick up 1st in the points with Sammy Swindell’s misfortune late in the race. Kraig Kinser extended his streak to 5 races in the top 10. Honestly, there was no where to look and not see hard core racing. The Outlaws came to dominate the night and to race on the very edge of the envelope and they did exactly that.

    Kudos to Outlaw and track officials on waiting the shower out. With only 10 laps to go many series would have thrown the checkers and said lets go home boys. Instead they waited it out and kept trucks on the track to maintain the pack and went back to racing. Kudos to the drivers for braving a “snotty” (wet and slick) track to quote Johnny Gibson, the voice of the outlaws, to finish the show for the fans in the stands and for those who were listening and following at home.

    Note: In a morning press release from The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series the second night at Thunderbowl speedway has been rained out. But both the track and the series are working diligently to schedule a make up date. For updates on a rescheduled date, go to www.ThunderbowlRaceway.com or www.WorldofOutlaws.com.