Concord, NC—July 5, 2009—
A little luck never hurts: Danny Lasoski used a very fast race car on Saturday night and a little luck in picking up his third career win at Eagle Raceway. He began the night by turning the second fastest lap in time trials and finished third in the second heat race to earn a spot in the Crane Cams Dash. He started on the pole in the dash and won that to earn the top starting spot for the 40-lap A-Feature which he led all 40 laps of to earn his third victory of the season. He also moved to within six points of Jason Sides who is fifth in the standings.
“It was really key the little boy that drew my number in the dash,” said Lasoski after his victory on Saturday night. “Tonight with all the rain they had here, to be able to start on front row was definitely a key to winning.”
Gaining a few points: Joey Saldana used a third-place finish on Saturday night to gain 32 points on Donny Schatz, who has engine trouble and finished 19th. Saldana now trails the three-time and defending series champion by 44 points as he chases his first career series title. Saldana leads the series with 11 A-Feature wins this season and has 18 Top-Five finishes, which is second only to Schatz who has 20.
“It’s very seldom that you see Donny Schatz have a bad night, especially having a motor problem,” noted Saldana. “He has a great motor program and has for quite a few years and that shows why they are so good. For him to have an engine failure tonight was very unexpected. Like I’ve said before, the only way you are going to do anything with Donny with how good he is, is for him to have bad luck like we’re having. Tonight he had some bad luck and we’ll see what happens.”
A new track record: Sammy Swindell began the Eagle Nationals by setting a new track record in qualifying with a lap of 11.076 seconds at 108.234 mph to eclipse the previous mark of 11.124 seconds set by Joey Saldana in 2002. It was the fourth time this season that Swindell has been quickest in time trials with the World of Outlaws, tying him for second in that category with Danny Lasoski and Jason Sides.
Getting closer and closer: Craig Dollansky finished fourth on Saturday night to earn his ninth Top-Five finish of the season as he continues his first season behind the wheel for Kasey Kahne Racing as a teammate to Joey Saldana. Dollansky is currently seventh in the series standings, just 18 points behind Danny Lasoski who is sixth and 24 markers behind Jason Sides who is fifth.
“We sure are working on it,” stated Dollansky of building momentum. “It’s been a bit of a struggle this season for us and we continue to work hard with this Kasey Kahne Racing team. We’ll just keep battling.”
Gearing up for the Month of Money: Sammy Swindell finished second in the Eagle Nationals, which was his 15th Top-10 of the season with the World of Outlaws, with seven of those being Top-Fives. He plans to compete in a number of events with the World of Outlaws over the next month, including the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway, the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup at Lernerville Speedway and the Ironman 55 at I-55 Raceway. He and his Tom Rolfe Racing team have been consistently fast each time they have competed with the series this season and have been close to winning a couple of times.
“We’ve been trying some different things and trying to be ready for the bigger races,” explained Swindell, the three-time World of Outlaws champion. “We have made some changes and have been fine tuning some things. I think we have something to work with and tonight we unloaded it and never touched it. I think we are close with what we are doing. We just have to get the breaks.”
Photo Gallery: The Media Gallery section of www.WorldofOutlaws.com continues to be updated after each event. Visit http://www.worldofoutlaws.com/sprint/MediaGallery.aspx to see Photo Galleries from 2009 World of Outlaws events. A Photo Gallery from the Eagle Nationals at Eagle Raceway will be posted shortly.
Keep up with all the action: The number of “Followers” keeping up with the World of Outlaws via Twitter online and through text messages on cell phones continues to grow. Updates are provided throughout race nights beginning with hot laps and continuing all the way through the final checkered flag of the night. To sign-up visit: http://twitter.com/worldofoutlaws and receive live race updates, anywhere, anytime.
Up next: A trip to 34 Raceway in Burlington, Iowa on Wednesday, July 8, followed by a stop at Charter Raceway Park in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin on Saturday, July 11 and Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wisconsin on Sunday, July 12.
2009 STAT ATTACK
There have been 33 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature events in 2009.
A-Feature winners (11 Different Drivers) Driver, Hometown – Wins
1- Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 11
2- Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 8
3- Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 4
4- Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 3
5- Dale Blaney, Hartford, Ohio- 1
Randy Hannagan, San Jose, California- 1
Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, Pennsylvania- 1
Tim Kaeding, San Jose, California- 1
Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 1
Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 1
Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 1
Lap leaders, including A-features and preliminary features Car, driver, hometown - Total laps led (21 Different Drivers)
1- Joey Saldana- Brownsburg, Indiana- 248 laps
2- Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 186 laps
3- Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 153 laps
4- Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 82 laps
5- Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 63 laps
6- Randy Hannagan, San Jose, California- 49 laps
7- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 43 laps
8- Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, New Mexico- 39 laps
9- Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 37 laps
10- Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 30 laps
11- Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, Kansas- 22 laps
Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tennessee- 22 laps
12- Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma- 21 laps
13- Tim Kaeding, San Jose, California- 18 laps
14- Cody Darrah, Red Lion, Pennsylvania- 15 laps
Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tennessee- 15 laps
15- Brian Brown, Grain Valley, Missouri- 14 laps
16- Dale Blaney, Hartford, Ohio- 10 laps
Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, Pennsylvania- 10 laps
Peter Murphy, Clovis, California- 10 laps
17- Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 5 laps
Time trial leaders (14 Different Drivers) Rank - Driver, Hometown - Quick times
1- Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 8
2- Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 4
Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tennessee- 4
Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tennessee- 4
3- Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 2
Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Oklahoma- 2
Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 2
4- Ryan Bohlke, Fredon, New Jersey- 1
Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, Kansas- 1
Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas- 1
Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio- 1
Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 1
Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 1
Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania- 1
Track records established during 2009 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series events (4)
Joey Saldana, March 13, Silver Dollar Speedway (1/4-mile), Chico, California, 10.918 seconds at 82.433 mph
Terry McCarl, March 20, Thunderbowl Raceway (1/3-mile), Tulare, California, 12.713 seconds at 94.297 mph
Joey Saldana, April 17, Paducah International Raceway (3/8-mile), Paducah, Kentucky, 12.825 seconds at 105.263 mph
Sammy Swindell, July 4, Eagle Raceway (1/3-mile), Eagle, Nebraska, 11.076 seconds at 108.234 mph
Crane Cams Dash Winners (16 Different Winners) Rank - Driver, Hometown - Dash Wins
1- Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 5
2- Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 4
Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 4
3- Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio- 3
Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 3
Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 3
4- Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 2
5- Brian Brown, Grain Valley, Missouri- 1
Cale Conley, Vienna, West Virginia- 1
Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 1
Randy Hannagan, San Jose, California- 1
Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio-1
Peter Murphy, Clovis, California- 1
Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tennessee- 1
Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma- 1
Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tennessee- 1
Pole Positions (16 Different Drivers) Rank - Driver, Hometown – Poles
1- Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 5
2- Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 4
Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 4
3- Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio- 3
Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 3
Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 3
4- Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 2
5- Brian Brown, Grain Valley, Missouri- 1
Cale Conley, Vienna, West Virginia- 1
Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 1
Randy Hannagan, San Jose, California- 1
Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 1
Peter Murphy, Clovis, California- 1
Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tennessee- 1
Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma- 1
Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tennessee- 1
B-main Winners (21 Different Winners) Rank - Driver, Hometown - B-Main Wins
1- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 3
Tommy Worley, Farmington, Missouri- 3
2- Randy Hannagan, San Jose, California- 2
3- Garry Brazier, Sydney, NSW, Australia- 1
Cale Conley, Vienna, West Virginia- 1
Roger Crockett, Medford, Oregon- 1
Cody Darrah, Red Lion, Pennsylvania- 1
Cole Duncan, Lockborne, Ohio- 1
Brian Ellenberger, Butler, Pennsylvania- 1
Mike Erdley, Elizabethville, Pennsylvania- 1
Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas- 1
Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio- 1
Jesse Hockett, Warsaw, Missouri- 1
Wayne Johnson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma- 1
Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, Manitoba- 1
Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 1
Toni Lutar, White Rock, British Columbia- 1
Bob Martin, East Grand Forks, Minnesota- 1
Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 1
Greg Nikitenko, Minot, North Dakota- 1
Daryn Pittman, Owasso. Oklahoma- 1
Sean Robinson, Bronson, Michigan- 1
Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 1
KSE Racing Products Hard Charger Award
1- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 5
2- Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW- 4
3- Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio- 2
Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 2
Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 2
Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 2
Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tennessee- 2
Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW, Australia- 2
4- Daron Clayton, Sikeston, Missouri- 1
Dustin Daggett, Portland, Michigan- 1
Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, North Dakota- 1
Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas- 1
Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, New Mexico- 1
Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 1
Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 1
Fred Rahmer, Salfordville, Pennsylvania- 1
Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 1
Chris Shirek, Thompson, North Dakota- 1
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Olive Branch, Mississippi- 1
Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tennessee- 1
Penske Power Position
1- Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 4
Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 4
2- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 3
3- Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio-3
Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 3
Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 2
4- Brian Ellenberger, Butler, Pennsylvania- 1
Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas- 1
Randy Hannagan, San Jose, California- 1
Greg Hodnett, Memphis, Tennessee- 1
Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 1
Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 1
Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tennessee- 1
Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 1
Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 1
Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania- 1
Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma- 1
Jason Solwold, Mt. Vernon, Washington- 1
Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tennessee- 1
Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW, Australia- 1
SuperClean Start Award
1- Jason Meyers, Clovis, California- 4
Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tennessee- 4
2- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minnesota- 3
3- Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio- 2
Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana- 2
Donny Schatz, Fargo, North Dakota- 2
Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tennessee- 2
4- Jonanthan Allard, Chico, California- 1
Dale Blaney, Hartford, Ohio- 1
Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas- 1
Jason Johnson, Eunice, Louisiana- 1
Tim Kaeding, San Jose. California- 1
Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW- 1
Danny Lasoski, Dover, Missouri- 1
Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa- 1
Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Indiana- 1
Chris Shirek, Thompsontown, North Dakota- 1
Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW, Australia- 1
Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania- 1
Jessica, Zemken, Sprakers, New York- 1
Crane Cams Engine Builder Challenge
Speedway Engines 124
Shaver Specialties 114 -10
Don Ott 111 -13
Kistler 109 -15
Chassis Builder Challenge
Maxim 153
J&J 144 -9
The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Crane Cams (Official Valvetrain), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), Fusion Energy Boost (Official Energy Boost), Quaker State (Official Motor Oil), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, Jake’s Custom Golf Carts, KSE Race Products, Penske Shocks, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo; Engine Builder's Challenge participants Don Ott Racing Engines, Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and Speedway Engines; and Chassis Builder’s Challenge participants J&J Auto Racing, Maxim Racing and XXX Race Company.
- Tony Veneziano on Jul 06, 2009
- Article Date: 7/6/2009