Team Reports

Sides Produces Two Top 10s as World of Outlaws Swing in California Closes 

Inside Line Promotions – TUCSON, Ariz. (April 21, 2016) – Jason Sides closed the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series spring swing through California with a pair of top-10 finishes last weekend.

The action began on Friday at Bakersfield Speedway in Bakersfield for the Budweiser Bash with Sides qualifying 19th quickest before advancing from seventh to sixth place in a heat race. That lined him up on the outside of the eighth row for the main event.

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Bad Boy/Chevrolet Performance Team Chasing Texas Outlaw Nationals Double

INDIANAPOLIS (April 20, 2016) – One of the most important lessons Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing’s (TSR) Donny Schatz learned during his rookie season with the World of Outlaws (WoO) Craftsman Sprint Car Series in 1997 was respecting the opportunity to race in a series founded by the ultimate Sprint car fan, the late Ted Johnson. In this, his 20^th season of competing with “The Greatest Show on Dirt,” Schatz continues to appreciate his opportunity to compete as an Outlaw at dirt tracks all across the country and have the chance to build his legacy in the sport.

Schatz, the seven-time and reigning WoO champion, leads the Outlaws to Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas, the site of their inaugural race back in March 1978, as the defending champion of the Ted Johnson Memorial. The driver of the TSR No. 15 Bad Boy/Chevrolet Performance J&J enters the two-night Texas Outlaw Nationals tied for the lead in WoO A-Feature victories this season with five and is looking to make it three consecutive seasons with wins at Devil’s Bowl.

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Schatz Closes Outlaws’ California Swing with a Pair of Top-Fives 

Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing (TSR) driver Donny Schatz closed out the World of Outlaws (WoO) Craftsman® Sprint Car Series annual 11-race spring California swing with fifth-place finishes Friday at Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway and Perris Auto Speedway in Lake Perris, California.

With three victories in the first six races of the California swing behind the wheel of the TSR No. 15 Bad Boy/Chevrolet Performance J&J, Schatz was looking to equal his win total of four during the 2015 early season run through the Golden State. Mother Nature washed out three races, including last weekend’s doubleheader at Calistoga Speedway, and the Outlaws returned to Bakersfield Friday for the first time since 2005.

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Larson Marks Racing Looks to wrap up West Coast swing with wins

WEST COAST RUN: Larson Marks Racing will conclude its seven-week West Coast swing with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series at Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway on Friday, Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway Saturday and USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz., on Monday. The team is ready to get back on the racing surface after last weekend’s Wine Country Outlaw Showdown at Calistoga (Calif.) Speedway was cancelled following significant rainfall on Saturday.

BAKERSFIELD RETURN: Although Larson Marks Racing has never raced at Bakersfield Speedway, driver Shane Stewart has competed there with both the National Sprint Tour and the World of Outlaws. Stewarts last visit to Bakersfield Speedway was in 2006 when he earned a top five finish.

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Donny Schatz Bad Boy/Chevrolet Performance Team Seeking Strong California Finish 

INDIANAPOLIS (April 13, 2016) – The nomadic nine-month journey to claim a World of Outlaws (WoO) Craftsman Sprint Car Series championship is filled with a number of challenging chapters. For the 20^th season, Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing’s (TSR) Donny Schatz is embarking on the quest of crisscrossing the United States, and the driver of the TSR No. 15 Bad Boy/Chevrolet Performance J&J is looking to close one of the more challenging parts of the early season on a high note.

Schatz’s next-to-last stop during the Outlaws’ annual spring tour of California takes him to Bakersfield Speedway Friday for the first time since 2005, and the 11-race Golden State tour concludes with the series’ annual stop in Southern California at Perris Auto Speedway Saturday night. The Bad Boy/Chevrolet Performance team made up of Schatz and crewmen Rick Warner, Steve Swenson and Brad Mariscotti knows that making its way through the dirt track battles on dirt ovals ranging in size from quarter-miles to 3/8-miles to half-miles, where oftentimes the surfaces get faster as the night goes on, test even the strongest of teams. With only two races remaining, the team has already matched its win total of four during last year’s early California tour that ultimately led to a career-best 31 WoO A-Feature wins for Schatz and a seventh WoO title by season’s end.

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Larson Marks Racing Aims For Wins In Wine Country 

WEST COAST RUN: The Larson Marks Racing team continues its 15-race West Coast swing this weekend at Calistoga (Calif.) Speedway. In 10 races so far out west, the team has earned one win, six top fives, and 10 top-10 finishes.

STEWART ON CALISTOGA: “I always look forward to Calistoga Speedway,” said Stewart. “It’s a cool place to hang out and David Abreu has really turned it around. We had some strong runs there last year, so I’m hoping to capitalize on that this year.”

CALISTOGA TOP FIVES: In 2015, Stewart qualified 14th and won his heat race on Saturday night. He earned the sixth starting position and climbed to a second-place finish. The following night, Stewart qualified second and finished fourth in his heat race as well as the dash and the main event.

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Sides Scores Top-10 Finish at Silver Dollar Speedway during Mini Gold Cup 

Inside Line Promotions – CHICO, Calif. (April 6, 2016) – Jason Sides capped last weekend by capturing his fourth top 10 of the season with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series.

Sides rallied from 15^th to a ninth-place result on Saturday at Silver Dollar Speedway during the Mini Gold Cup.

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Schatz Races to Fifth Outlaw Triumph of 2016 

Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing (TSR) driver Donny Schatz raced to his fifth World of Outlaws (WoO) Craftsman® Sprint Car Series A-Feature victory Saturday night at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, California to conclude a Friday-Saturday doubleheader in the Golden State. His run from 14^th to first to capture his third career Mini Gold Cup crown at Silver Dollar came on the heels of a charge from 18^th to sixth Friday at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville.

Both Saturday’s victory and his charge Friday came aboard the TSR No. 15 Bad Boy/Chevrolet Performance J&J and earned the seven-time and reigning WoO champion the KSE Hard Charger Award. That’s three consecutive Hard Charger Awards for Schatz, who raced from 20^th to eighth March 23 at Placerville (Calif.) Speedway. The ability to charge forward has been a signature for Schatz during his first 19 seasons with “The Greatest Show on Dirt,” and it’s continued in 2016.

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