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Needed: One More Victory For Schatz

Needed: One More Victory For Schatz

Schatz began the night by setting a new track record in time trials with a lap of 11.055 seconds. He is now just one win away from breaking into the Top-Five on the series all-time win list.

 

Steve Kinser Looks For Third Consecutive Win At Tri-State Speedway

Steve Kinser Looks For Third Consecutive Win At Tri-State Speedway

Steve Kinser

Over the years, Kinser, the 20-time Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion has had unmatched success at Tri-State Speedway. He made his first start at the track in 1976, finishing sixth in that event, and since that time has racked up 34 Top-Five finishes at the track, including 21 wins.

Dollansky Earns 5th WoO A-Feature Win of The Season

Dollansky Earns 5th WoO A-Feature Win of The Season

Criag Dollansky

Dollansky led all 35 laps after starting on the outside of the front row to earn his fifth Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature win of the season and his sixth career victory at Huset’s Speedway. The triumph was worth $10,000 for the native of Elk River, Minnesota.

Loophole In NASCAR’s Car Limit Rule For Roush-Fenway/Yates?
on Jul 01, 2008

Roush-Fenway’s marketing arm is free to seek sponsorship for Yates entries. But the question is whether the sponsors already affiliated with Roush-Fenway paid additional money to be on the Yates cars, or whether any of that sponsorship money came from existing contracts with Roush-Fenway. And if so, would diverting those funds count as one team underwriting another, thereby violating the rule?

A Roush-Fenway spokesperson said that issue should be addressed by Yates Racing personnel. And Yates Racing’s response through its PR staff was, “We do not disclose any terms of our sponsorships to media nor other teams,” later adding, “All of our activities with Yates Racing are in compliance with NASCAR rules.”

But what exactly are those rules? 

Indy Car Series – One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
By David Klein on Jun 30, 2008

Unless some of the Saturday night hot-shots start getting some time in the IndyCar feeder series we are soon going to see the Indy Car TV ratings and attendance numbers go the same direction as the zipper on Danica’s firesuit.

Biffle: Future Part-Time Ride Just A Pipe Dream
on Jun 27, 2008

Fulfilling the sponsor obligations of the current contract can make inking the next one darn near impossible.

“Absolutely. If you can’t get to the office, there’s no way you can sit down and work out details,” said Biffle, who added that the deal might have gotten done this week if not for the trip to LI. “So that’s been one of our things. In May, I had one day off in May. We had something going every day. So it makes it difficult to actually get to sit down and think about it and look it over.”

Unified Indy Car Series Half-Year Progress Report
on Jun 25, 2008

Six months ago, during the negotiations between Indy Car and Champ Car to merge the two series, many were saying “don’t get your hopes up” because unification would not result in some “magic bullet” that would instantly catapult American open-wheel racing back to the prominence of yesteryear. And while that still might be true, two things we now know for sure is unification has already shown significant positive results and the people at the Indy Car Series offices are feeling very good about their prospects for the future.

Let’s look at a few of the positive trends that are shaping American open wheel racing since “the split” ended:

NASCAR Should’ve Parked Kyle Busch
By Josh Stewart on Jun 16, 2008

As much as NASCAR leaves the National Hockey League it its (brake) dust, there is one rulebook item in the land of puck that stock car racing needs to adopt. Hockey, like NASCAR, markets itself on its physical, take-no-prisoners play. It doesn’t want to feminize the sport by not letting the players police themselves. But in hockey there’s a difference between toe-to-toe fisticuffs and something that is considered an “attempt to injure.” The NHL has drawn a clear line between dropping the gloves and parting someone’s molars with a stick. NASCAR has not done nearly as good a job at defining what is aggressive and what is egregious. 

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Tri-State Speedway: World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Preview
Tri-State Speedway: World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Preview

Worldofoutlaws

A busy Fourth of July weekend wraps up for the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car series with a bang on Sunday, July 6 at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Indiana. The event which was originally scheduled for April 19 and postponed by rain will be the second of three consecutive events for the series on ¼-mile tracks over the holiday weekend. 

Riverside International Speedway: World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Preview
Riverside International Speedway: World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Preview

Jason Meyers

The Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series returned to the always racy ¼-mile last season for the first time in over 25 years, with Daryn Pittman picking up a very emotional win with a number of family members in attendance. 

Donny Schatz Looks to Continue WoO Winning Streak
Donny Schatz Looks to Continue WoO Winning Streak

Donny Schatz

With the calendar turning to July and the temperatures rising, Tony Stewart Racing’s (TSR) Donny Schatz has turned up the heat on the competition. After winning seven of his 11 starts during the month June behind the wheel of the TSR No. 15 Armor All/Chevy/ParkerStore J&J, Schatz heads into the season’s busiest month on a three-race winning streak.

Stenhouse Jr. To Run For WoO At Riverside International Speedway
Stenhouse Jr. To Run For WoO At Riverside International Speedway

stenhousejr.com

“It means a lot returning to Riverside International Speedway. I’ve never run a 410 there. I’ve always run 360’s, so I’m looking forward to that. We won some in the 360’s there and I’ve made a lot of laps at the track, so I think we have a good shot at a win. I haven’t run with the Outlaws in a while so I’m looking forward to that too”-- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Schatz And Dollansky Move-Up In National Speed Sport New Power Rankings
Schatz And Dollansky Move-Up In National Speed Sport New Power Rankings

Donny Schatz

Schatz, after earning his seventh A-Feature win of the season at Dodge City Raceway Park in Kansas and Dollansky, who is third in the World of Outlaws championship standings, moved ahead two spots into the eighth position, after a second-place finish at Dodge City Raceway Park.

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O’ Brother Where Art Thou?
Abbot Brothers

“If he is out in front of me, I will pay a lot attention to where he is because I don’t want to hit him, Last year I took him out and I don’t want to do that again.”

A Gearhead’s Time Portal
Hod Rod- Full Of Vintage And V8 Cars

Everywhere you look are vintage car parts and tools and mementos of the cars he’s created or painted or wrenched on.
He concentrates on his own projects, which have become his key source of entertainment. “I threw my TV away over 14 years ago,” he said.

‘55 Bel Air Nomad Drag Racer Restored in Memory of Driver
'55 Bel Air Nomad Drag Racer Restored in Memory of Driver

More than 35 years after Danny Cummins parked his racing station wagon, his lifelong friend, Peter Pearce, pulled it out of storage and restored the car to its original look, something Cummins wanted to do but never had the time. 

Boxer Might Turn Down $5 million So He Can Be Drag Racer
Boxer Might Turn Down $5 million So He Can Be Drag Racer

Green, who was reportedly offered more than $5 million by Mundine’s manager Khoder Nasser to put an end to his retirement and fight in a rematch, could instead take up another adrenaline-fuelled sport.

The ‘Little King’ Of The Track
The ‘Little King’ Of The Track

He might not be able to drive on the street, but around the race track, 12-year-old Clint King can legally burn rubber.