Day: April 28, 2013

Dollansky Powers to World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Victory at Salina

Minnesotan holds off McMahan in Oklahoma for his second victory of the season

SALINA, Okla. — April 27, 2013 — Craig Dollansky powered to victory Saturday night at Salina Highbanks Speedway for his second World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series win of the season.

Dollansky fought off Paul McMahan’s relentless effort through heavy traffic in the 30-lap A-main to remain perfect in Outlaw competition at Salina, where he also won in 2011. Points leader Daryn Pittman was third with Sammy Swindell and Joey Saldana rounding out the top five.

The event was originally scheduled for Friday night but wet weather forced the race to run a day later, when cool temperatures equaled big horsepower as all but one of the competitors qualified under the previous track record.

“It’s a great racetrack, a beautiful facility,” said Dollansky, of Elk River, Minn. “I was up in the grandstands earlier today, it’s just nice all the way around. It was a fast racetrack tonight with the rain, it definitely made for a fast race. To start with we had to put ourselves in position to have a little luck on our side to get a good pill draw for the dash, but then you also have to capitalize on it. It was a great win for this entire race team.”

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