Eldora Speedway | 13929
St Route 118 | New Weston | OH | 45348
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Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws
PR Director
405-623-1442 • tveneziano@dirtmotorsports.com
World
of Outlaws Head to Eldora Speedway
Rossburg, OH—September 19, 2007--By: Tony Veneziano, WoO
Sprint Series PR Director
The World of Outlaws will visit Eldora Speedway
for the final time this season on Friday, September 21 as part
of the American Revolution Weekend presented by Chevrolet. This
will mark the fifth and final event of the season for the series
at the famed half-mile.
In the first four A-Feature events contested
at the track this season, four different drivers have visited
the winner’s circle. Jason Meyers won the first race of
the season at the track on April 13, followed by Paul McMahan’s
victory on June 2. Steve Kinser won the Knight Before the Kings
Royal on July 13, with Donny Schatz taking home the $50,000
win in the Kings Royal on July 14.
The World of Outlaws have sanctioned 119 A-Feature
events at Eldora Speedway dating back to the series inaugural
season of 1978. In that span, 26 different drivers have won
at the track, including 11 current World of Outlaws drivers.
Donny Schatz won the Kings Royal for the first
time in his career in the series last visit to the track in
July, leading 35 laps, en route to his first A-Feature victory
at the track. In four starts this season at Eldora, the native
of Fargo, North Dakota has finished sixth or better in each
one. To date, he has 16 A-Feature wins, including eight on half-mile
tracks, along with 61 Top-10 finishes and leads the championship
standings by 53 markers over Joey Saldana, as he seeks his second
consecutive title.
Saldana finished sixth in the Kings Royal and
was fifth on the Knight Before the Kings Royal this season.
He has won 11 A-Feature events in 2007, and has set fast time
11 times to lead the series. The native of Brownsburg, Indiana
has 58 Top-10 finishes, with 38 of those being in the Top-Five.
Saldana won twice last season at Eldora and has three career
wins at the half-mile, including two in the famed Kings Royal.
Danny Lasoski has three Top-10 finishes at
Eldora this season. The 2001 World of Outlaws champion has one
career A-Feature win at the track. This season he has won five
times, including a sweep of the Harvest Classic at Calistoga
Speedway in California which was on a half-mile. He is third
in championship points with 42 Top-10 finishes heading into
action this week.
Jason Meyers won at Eldora in the series first
visit of the season to the track in April, on a blustery day.
He has won three more events since that time, including most
recently on a half-mile at Lebanon Valley Speedway in New York.
The native of Clovis, California is fourth points, just 26 markers
out of the third spot. He won his eighth Crane Cams Dash of
the season on Sunday night at Charter Raceway Park in Wisconsin
to earn his eighth pole position. He has 43 Top-10 finishes
on the season, with 30 of those being in the Top-Five.
Daryn Pittman won on Sunday night at Charter
Raceway Park in Wisconsin to claim his fifth A-Feature victory
of the season. At Eldora Speedway this season, he has three
Top-10 finishes, including a fourth-place performance on July
2. He recently moved into the fifth position in the championship
points, just 18 markers out of fourth. The native of Owasso,
Oklahoma has 44 Top-10 finishes on the season, with 22 of those
being in the Top-Five.
Steve Kinser led all 30 laps to win the Knight
Before the Kings Royal on July 13 to bring his A-Feature win
total with the World of Outlaws to 33 at the track. He has won
several other events and preliminary feature at the half-mile,
and is the winningest driver in the history of the track. Along
with his win, he has two other Top-10 finishes this season at
Eldora. Heading into action this weekend, the 20-time World
of Outlaws champion has won nine times on the season, including
three events on half-mile tracks. He is just 44 points out of
the Top-Five in the championship standings.
Craig Dollansky led the first five laps of
the Kings Royal in July and finished seventh in the event. The
former World of Outlaws Gumout Series champion won twice at
Eldora last season and has three career A-Feature wins at the
track. He also is the track record holder, turning a lap of
12.707 seconds in time trials in 2002. He has three A-Feature
wins on the season to go along with 42 Top-10 finishes, which
place him solidly in the seventh spot in the championship points.
Paul McMahan won earlier this season at Eldora
on June 2, as he has a spirited battle with Jason Solwold in
that event. Making the win even more special is the fact that
Eldora Speedway is owned by McMahan’s car owner, NASCAR
star Tony Stewart. He has finished in the Top-10 in three of
the four events at the half-mile this season, including a sixth-place
performance in the Kings Royal. McMahan also won at Cedar Lake
Speedway in Wisconsin earlier this season. He has 34 Top-10
finishes and is eighth in the standings.
Jason Solwold has four Top-10 finishes at the
famed half-mile this season. He was second on June 2, when he
led 22 laps. He was fourth in the Kings Royal, as well as on
the Knight Before the Kings Royal. The native of Mt. Vernon,
Washington won his first career World of Outlaws A-Feature event
in August at Charter Raceway Park in Wisconsin and has 38 Top-10
finishes on the season, to place him ninth in championship points.
Tim Shaffer has two career A-Feature wins at
Eldora. He won for the first time at the track in 1999, the
season in which he earned the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year
Award with the World of Outlaws and followed that up with another
win at the track in 2000. This season, the native of Aliquippa,
Pennsylvania has 35 Top-10 finishes, as he continues to close
in on his first A-Feature win of the season.
Terry McCarl finished second in the Knight
Before the Kings Royal and was third in the Kings Royal this
season. The six-time Knoxville Raceway track champion has won
twice this season, including one event in the state of Ohio
at K-C Raceway, where he had a spirited battle with reigning
World of Outlaws champion Donny Schatz. McCarl has 30 Top-10
finishes on the season.
Jac Haudenschild has won four World of Outlaws
A-Feature events at Eldora during his career. He led 23 laps
in the series first visit of the season to the track and finished
fourth. He was eighth in the most recent stop at the track for
the Kings Royal. The native of Wooster, Ohio has two wins this
season, including one in the state of Ohio at the Brad Doty
Classic at Limaland Motorsports Park, as well as on a half-mile
at Red River Valley Speedway in North Dakota. He has 29 Top-10
finishes on the season as he continues his second season driving
for car owner Rick Wright.
Kerry Madsen who continues to lead the battle
for the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award, was ninth in
the Knight Before the Kings Royal The native of St. Mary’s,
NSW, Australia recently moved into the 13th spot in the championship
points, on the strength of 18 Top-10 finishes. He won his first
career World of Outlaws A-Feature event earlier this season
on a half-mile at Volusia Speedway Park in Florida.
Jason Sides finished third in the series first
visit of the season to Eldora Speedway back in April. The 2004
Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year also won the Kings Royal that
same year to earn his first career World of Outlaws A-Feature
triumph. This season, he won at Ohsweken Speedway in Canada,
as the World of Outlaws returned to Canada for the first time
in over 25 years. The native of Bartlett, Tennessee has 21 Top-10
finishes on the year.
Randy Hannagan finished seventh at Eldora on
June 2. The 1995 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year has won at
the half-mile in the past with All Star Circuit of Champions.
He has 10 Top-10 finishes on the season, including two in the
last three races. He was fifth last Friday night in the series
return to Heartland Park Topeka.
Justin Henderson heads to Eldora with 12 Top-10
finishes on the season. The native of Sioux Falls, South Dakota
has led laps this season at Manzanita Speedway in Arizona as
well as at Cedar Lake Speedway in Wisconsin, where he earned
a career-best third-place finish in the July. He has set fast
time once this season, as well as winning a Crane Cams Dash
to earn a pole position.
Chad Kemenah finished ninth in the Kings Royal
this season. The event was just his fourth race behind the wheel
of the No. 8K for Hard Eight Racing, which he joined in early
July. The reigning Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year finished
sixth on Sunday night at Charter Raceway Park in Wisconsin to
earn his 12th Top-10 finish of the season.
Jeremy Campbell won at Eldora in 2004 with
the All Star Circuit of Champions. The native of Monroe, Michigan
is in his second full season with the World of Outlaws and is
solidly in the Top-20 in points. He has eight Top-10 finishes
on the season and led a number of laps at KC-Raceway in Ohio
earlier this season, after winning the Crane Cams Dash to earn
the pole position.
Sam Hafertepe Jr. visited Eldora for the first
time in his career this season back in April. The native of
Sunnyvale, Texas is currently second in the battle for the Kevin
Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award.
Chad Hillier will compete at Eldora Speedway
for the fifth time this season on Friday night. The native of
Burlington, Washington is third in rookie points.
Tony Bruce Jr. continues his rookie season
with the World of Outlaws and has three Top-10 finishes on the
season, including two Top-Fives. The native of Liberal, Kansas
is just outside of the Top-20 in points.
On Friday, September 21 at Eldora Speedway,
adult tickets for World of Outlaws portion of the American Revolution
Weekend presented by Chevrolet will be $25, with tickets for
children ages 12-15, $15, while tickets for kids 7-11 will be
$6 and kids 6-under will be admitted free.
