By SmokinNews, on October 15th, 2008%
by Dick Jordan
INDIANAPOLIS – Jerry Coons Jr. and the Wilke-Pak Racers team from Milwaukee, Wisc. are $15,000 richer after Saturday night’s victory in the inaugural DuPont “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Ill. Coons ranks eighth in the series standings going into the November 6 “Copper World Classic” at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway.
Continue reading “Copper World” Next for Midgets Nov. 6
By SmokinNews, on October 15th, 2008%
ATLANTA (JGR) – Despite Tony Stewart’s 228-point deficit to Jimmie Johnson’s lead in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship point standings, Johnson and the five other drivers ahead of Stewart in this year’s Chase for the Sprint Cup may feel like the second witch in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, for they are well aware of Stewart’s wicked prowess at the five venues remaining on the Sprint Cup schedule.
Continue reading Watch Out NASCAR – It’s Tony Time
By SmokinNews, on October 15th, 2008%
INDIANAPOLIS (TSR) – Right now, all Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series star Donny Schatz wants to do is get to a track and race. The Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) driver has been nearly unbeatable as the 2008 campaign nears conclusion. He’s won his last two WoO starts driving the TSR No. 15 Armor All/Chevy/ParkerStore J&J, leading every lap of both for his fourth set of back-to-back wins this season as the series heads to California for a pair of races this weekend.
Continue reading Donny Schatz Looking for a Three-Peat
By SmokinNews, on October 15th, 2008%
INDIANAPOLIS (TSR) –The long and grueling Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series 2008 season has been one of toughest on the competitors in recent years, primarily because of Mother Nature. Counting last Saturday’s rainout in New Mexico, the WoO series has lost more than 25 nights of racing this year, and Tony Stewart Racing’s (TSR) Kraig Kinser hopes the weather problems are finished for the season.
Continue reading Kraig Kinser Seeks Consistency In Return to California
By SmokinNews, on October 15th, 2008%
INDIANAPOLIS (TSR) –Tony Stewart Racing’s (TSR) Kraig Kinser and the TSR No. 20 Bass Pro Shops/Chevy/JD Byrider team will take part in Bass Pro Shops’ Grand Opening of its 53rd store in Manteca, Calif., on Wednesday.
Continue reading Kraig Kinser and Team To Appear At Bass Pro Shops Grand Opening