The Gold Rush Tour continues for the World of Outlaws at Cottage Grove Speedway in Oregon on Tuesday, September 8 as the series makes their only visit to the state.
Last season it was three-time and defending series champion Donny Schatz picking up the win at the track over Craig Dollansky, after a mid-race battle with Jason Meyers for the top spot. It was the second win of his career at the high-banked ¼-mile bullring. Schatz scored his first career World of Outlaws A-Feature victory at Cottage Grove Speedway in 1998 and recently picked up his 100th career triumph.
Steve Kinser and Danny Lasoski have each won three times with the World of Outlaws at Cottage Grove Speedway to lead all drivers. Wins for Kinser came in 1995, 2000 and 2003, while Lasoski has picked up victories in 1999, 2002 and 2005.
Just like his teammate Donny Schatz, Kraig Kinser scored the first A-Feature win of his World of Outlaws career at Cottage Grove Speedway, with that coming in 2004. For the third generation driver, the victory was extra special as he won over his father, 20-time series champion Steve Kinser.
Joey Saldana was victorious at Cottage Grove Speedway in 2007, on a night that he set a sub-10-second track record, making the bullring the third track on the World of Outlaws circuit with a single digit track record.
The World of Outlaws have competed a total of 13 times at Cottage Grove Speedway dating back to 1994, with eight different drivers picking up A-Feature wins over that span. Five drivers competing full-time with the series this season have won at Cottage Grove Speedway.
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¼-mile Master: Steve Kinser has won at Cottage Grove Speedway three times in his career and has nine Top-Fives at the track. He has been victorious twice this season on ¼-miles, with those wins coming at Tri-State Speedway in his home state of Indiana along with a triumph in the Brad Doty Classic at Limaland Motorsports Park in Ohio in the Brad Doty Classic. The 20-time series champion is currently fourth in points. In his career in the state of Oregon, the native of Bloomington, Indiana has five overall wins.
Knows the track Danny Lasoski has three career wins with the World of Outlaws at Cottage Grove Speedway. In his career at the high-banked bullring, he has finished sixth or better in 11 of his 12 starts. He made two starts at the track last season finishing third and fifth. The 2001 series champion has won five times this season and is currently sixth in points as he battles Jason Sides for the fifth spot in the standings.
The first of many: Donny Schatz, who recently scored the 100th A-Feature win of his World of Outlaw career, picked up his first win with the series at Cottage Grove Speedway in 1998, when the track was known as Riverside Speedway. The three-time and defending series champion won at the ¼-mile last season after battling Jason Meyers in the middle portion of the race for the top spot. Schatz has seven Top-10 finishes at the track in his career. The North Dakota native leads the World of Outlaws in Top-Five finishes and is second in wins as he chases his fourth consecutive title.
One to remember: Kraig Kinser picked up his first World of Outlaws at Cottage Grove Speedway in 2004, winning a duel over his father, Steve, the 20-time World of Outlaws champion. In his first race at the track in over three seasons last year, the third generation driver finished eighth as he continued a very strong Gold Rush Tour. He enters the event this season eighth in points on the strength of 27 Top-10 finishes.
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