(Bill W) August 23, 2012 – It was a busy two weeks for the Keneric Racing #29 team and driver Kerry Madsen. After a bit of a disappointing Knoxville Nationals, they competed in three events with the World of Outlaws last week, with a pair of seventh place finishes. The WoO is back in Canada this weekend at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta.
World of Outlaws
Northern Exposure: Kraig Kinser Heads North of the Border to Edmonton
Bloomington, Ind.—August 23, 2012— Kraig Kinser has competed at the southernmost track on the World of Outlaws schedule already this season, as well as the easternmost and the westernmost. That leaves just the northernmost venue, and he’ll be able to check that one off the list this weekend, as he heads north of the border for the second time this season to take part in the Oil City Cup at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
WoO LMS Visits Winchester
Gunter & Davis Combine To Bring World of Outlaws Late Model Series Action To Winchester Speedway This Saturday Night (Aug. 25)
Successful Area Businessmen, Team Owners Continue Support Of Dirt Late Model Division
By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director
WINCHESTER, VA – Aug. 22, 2012 – Whom do fans and racers have to thank for bringing a World of Outlaws Late Model Series event to Winchester Speedway this Saturday night (Aug. 25)? Just look at the name of the $10,000-to-win race.
The barnstorming WoO LMS stars and a host of regional and local standouts will compete for glory in the Ernie D’s & Gunter’s Honey 50, a race sponsored by two of dirt Late Model racing’s biggest benefactors: Winchester Speedway owner Greg Gunter and Ernie Davis, a longtime car owner and sponsor (as well as a former driver) affectionately known as the ‘Junk Man.’
Schatz Continues Post-Knoxville Surge with Two Outlaw Wins
Tony Stewart Racing’s (TSR) Donny Schatz continued his torrid pace last week in World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series action by racing the TSR No. 15 STP/Armor All/Chevrolet J&J to victory in a pair of WoO races and added a second-place finish another as the Outlaws raced in Nebraska and North Dakota. TSR’s Steve Kinser closed the week with a top-five run aboard the TSR No. 11 Bass Pro Shops/J.D. Byrider/Chevrolet Maxim after experiencing bad luck in the first two WoO races of the week.
Dollansky Keeping Consistency Going in Minot
Last year flood waters submerged Nodak Speedway preventing the World of Outlaws from racing in Minot, North Dakota. A year later and back on the schedule, the grounds were dry and ready to sling dirt as Craig Dollansky and the Big Game Treestands #7 team returned to the 3/8-mile on Sunday for their 7th appearance at the facility in front of a huge crowd.
Kraig Kinser Finishes Ninth in the Magic City Showdown at Nodak Speedway
Bloomington, Ind.—August 20, 2012— Kraig Kinser has always had a good set-up and run pretty well at Nodak Speedway in Minot, N.D. After a one-year hiatus due to flooding in the area, Kinser and his fellow World of Outlaws competitors returned high-banked three-eighths-mile on Sunday, Aug. 19, for the Magic City Showdown, with a very large crowd in attendance. Kinser entered the event with three career Top-10 finishes in four starts at the facility, and turned in another consistent run at Nodak, finishing ninth to earn his 35th Top-10 finish of the season.
At a Glance: Castrol
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series at a Glance
Castrol Raceway
EDMONTON, Alberta – Aug. 20, 2012 – The two hottest drivers on the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series are atop the championship standings heading into the final trip of the season to Canada.
Donny Schatz, who has won four of the last seven points events, trails championship leader Craig Dollansky by only 20 points entering the Oil City Cup – Friday and Saturday at Castrol Raceway.
Six different drivers have won a World of Outlaws event at the 3/8-mile track, including Schatz. Joey Saldana and Jason Meyers each have a series-leading three victories at Castrol Raceway.
Schatz Magical at Nodak
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Schatz Magical in Front of Hometown Fans at Nodak Speedway
The Minot native records his fourth win in the last seven Outlaws points events
MINOT, N.D. — Aug. 19, 2012 — After arguably the loudest cheer he has heard all season, Donny Schatz had a rare – and brief – emotional moment in Victory Lane on Sunday.
In front of a packed facility in the town where he grew up, Schatz picked up his first career World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory in the Magic City Showdown Presented by Gerdau, Sleep Inn & Suites, Minot Visitors Bureau and Magic City Implement at Nodak Speedway.
“This is where it all started for me,” he said. “This is where I made my first laps in a car and my family is from. To be here a few times and come close to winning, tonight we get to taste that victory. It’s as special as the Knoxville Nationals. To hear the crowds’ reaction and to get that trophy in front of that grandstands means everything to me.”
LIVE UPDATES Nodak 8-19
LIVE UPDATES: Magic City Showdown at Nodak Speedway Click on the graphic or link below to follow along throughout the night for live, interactive updates, including lineups and results for qualifying, heat races, the dash and main events. We will also provide any weather updates when necessary and other interesting tidbits from the pits. Click … Read more
LIVE UPDATES Castrol 8-24
LIVE UPDATES: Oil City Cup Night 1 at Castrol Raceway Click on the graphic or link below to follow along throughout the night for live, interactive updates, including lineups and results for qualifying, heat races, the dash and main events. We will also provide any weather updates when necessary and other interesting tidbits from the … Read more
