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Inside Line Promotions – JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (April 30, 2019) – Kraig Kinser nearly topped his career-best run at Lake Ozark Speedway last Friday during a World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series show.
Kinser qualified seventh quickest and placed third in a heat race to lock into the 11th starting position for the main event. He ended with a 13th-place outing, which was only one position shy of tying his career-best result at the track.
“Those are the starts we want in qualifying, but we need to finish out a little stronger,” he said. “We made a couple of bad choices with some setup stuff that we need to clean up.”
Saturday’s event at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Mo., rained out and Mother Nature wasn’t nice on Sunday at Jacksonville Speedway either.
Kinser timed in 11th quickest in his group and finished sixth in a heat race to narrowly miss locking into the main event after battling for a top-four position early.
“It’s a short track and guys bonsai in on you so it’s hard to get a good line running,” he said. “Everyone is running closely and people are sliding around. That’s just short track racing.”
He was slated to line up third in the Last Chance Showdown, but rain invaded the area as the race was about to begin.
Kinser will return to action with the World of Outlaws this Friday at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark., and Saturday at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind.
QUICK RESULTS –
April 26 – Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Mo. – Qualifying: 7; Heat race: 3 (2); Feature: 13 (11).
April 28 – Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, Ill. – Qualifying: 11; Heat race: 6 (6); B Main: Rained Out (3).
SEASON STATS –
15 races, 0 wins, 1 top five, 2 top 10s, 8 top 15s, 11 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Friday at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark., and Saturday at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind., with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.SteveKinserRacing.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KraigKinser
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KraigKinser/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/KraigKinserRacing/
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“It’s been a good match with another company close to us in Indiana,” Kinser said. “They are pretty prominent in non-wing stuff and are building their winged program. They spent quite a bit of time getting us going. It’s been a great partnership for us.”
Kinser would also like to thank Mesilla Valley Transportation, Border Tire, Profile by Sanford, Sander Engineering, Schoenfeld Headers, Indiana Steel & Engineering Corp, Engler Machine & Tool, FK Rod Ends, Wilwood Brakes, Allstar Performance, Southern Pacific Farms, The Race Shack, Paint by Steve, Wings Unlimited, KSE Racing Products, Crow Enterprises, MSD Ignition, Bell Helmets, Fel-Pro Performance Gaskets, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Dyer’s Top Rods, Barnes Dry Sump Oil Systems, Racing Optics, Aerodine Composites Group, Momentum Racing Suspensions, Integra Racing Shocks, VanHorn Racing Graphics and Rallye Auto & Truck Sales for their continued support.
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- Shawn Miller on Apr 30, 2019
- Article Date: 4/30/2019 by Inside Line Promotions