By SmokinNews, on July 31st, 2008%
NDIANAPOLIS (TSR) – Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) and drivers Levi Jones and Tracy Hines will make a whirlwind tour of the Midwest this week, as they’ll compete in USAC National Midget Series and Sprint Car Series in both Kansas and Indiana.
Kicking off this week’s action will be the 31st Annual Belleville Midget Nationals at the Belleville (Kan.) Highbanks on Aug. 1-2. On Sunday, after making a mad dash across the countryside, Jones and Hines will compete in the 49th Annual Joe James/Pat O’Connor Memorial event featuring the USAC Sprint Car Series at Salem (Ind.) Speedway.
Heading into this week’s Belleville Midget Nationals, Hines is currently ranked second in the USAC Midget Series standings. He is only three points behind series leader, Bobby East. Hines’ career has been
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By SmokinNews, on July 31st, 2008%
INDIANAPOLIS (TSR) – Tony Stewart Racing’s (TSR) Kraig Kinser and the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Series are in their final three-race stretch before next week’s Knoxville Nationals. Kinser and company kicked off the week at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa, on Wednesday, and will continue at Wilmot (Wis.) Speedway and Charter Raceway Park (CRP) in Beaver Dam, Wis., on Friday and Saturday this week.
The WoO Sprint Series made its inaugural appearance at 34 Raceway last night, which hosts a 3/8-mile dirt oval. Kinser finished 13th in the A-main. His TSR teammate, Donny Schatz, finished seventh.
For Kinser, Friday’s race will also mark his first career appearance at Wilmot Speedway, which is also a 3/8-mile dirt track. Saturday’s race at CRP will see
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By SmokinNews, on July 31st, 2008%
SHINNSTON, WV. – Up. Down. Up. Down.
Josh Richards rode a rollercoaster for the final week of his busy July stretch of competition with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, culminating with an early-race tangle in Tuesday night’s Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., that ended his shot at a $40,000 victory.
During a swing that included four Alltel Ohio Speedweek events and the rescheduled Firecracker 100, the 20-year-old sensation from Shinnston, W.Va., recorded two solid top-five finishes but also saw three potentially strong runs dive-bombed by bad luck or incorrect decisions.
“We just couldn’t put together good finishes back-to-back,” said Josh, who ended the five-race swing tied with Steve Francis for second in the WoO LMS points standings, 146 points behind leader Darrell Lanigan. “We
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By SmokinNews, on July 30th, 2008%
Tony Stewart Racing’s World of Outlaws Sprint teams finished July at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa tonight. Tony Bruce Jr. got his first World of Outlaws win in the 35 lap feature and took home the $10,000 paycheck.
Here’s how the TSR guys did:
Kinser started 6th in heat #2 and finished 6th
Started 16th in the A Main and finished 13th
Schatz started 3rd in heat #3 and finished 4th
Started 11th in the A Main and
Continue reading Tony Stewart Racing’s World of Outlaws Team Visits Iowa
By SmokinNews, on July 30th, 2008%
ATLANTA (JGR) – Just as Olympians are interested in the air quality in Beijing, site of the 2008 Summer Olympics, drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series are interested in the air quality in Long Pond, Pa., site of Sunday’s Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway.
And just like those throwing the javelin or running the marathon in search of Olympic gold in Beijing, drivers throwing their 3,400-pound race cars around the 2.5-mile oval for a marathon-like four hours want to compete in clean air.
Smog isn’t a worry at scenic Pocono, but when a driver is caught in the wake of another car’s turbulent or “dirty air” at around 200 mph, it makes for an ill-handling race car.
That won’t put a driver anywhere near the
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By SmokinNews, on July 30th, 2008%
INDIANAPOLIS (TSR) – Keeping his attention on the next race has proven to be a successful strategy for Sprint car standout Donny Schatz the past three seasons. The two-time defending Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series champion continues to set a blistering pace in his quest for a third consecutive WoO crown. This week, Schatz will focus on three single-night WoO events beginning Wednesday at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa, Friday at Wilmot (Wis.) Speedway and Saturday at Charter Raceway Park in Beaver Dam, Wis., before he turns his attention toward next week’s Knoxville Nationals.
Since May 30, Schatz has turned the heat up on the competition behind the wheel of the Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) No. 15 Armor All/Chevy/ParkerStore J&J.
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