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ill take the MISS BUDWEISER BOAT TO WIN.....
There's a NASCAR contest everywhere you turn these days.
I'd like to have one with Cup, Busch (Nationwide next year), Trucks, ARCA, NHRA (Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock & Bikes), Formula One, Indy Car, COORs Off Road Championship Series, World of Outlaws Sprints & Late Models, etc...
Any or all of the above, with some ATV, Snowmachine & Motorcycle racing, along with maybe some USHRA Truck & Tractor pulling and Monster trucks as possibilities also.
that swounds ok....wadda you mean series ?
I'm open for suggestions...
Just haven't heard any yet.
My thoughts for next year are picking one driver from each event in each series and totaling drivers points.
Carryover picks would be allowed for the whole season, with the only problem being someone joining late.
What say you?
im not sure if you might want to rethink this format before next year....its not very fun.
Standings after race nine...
JupiterJosh************07 1 11 40 (11 7 16 20) 54 562
Capgain*****************48 31 1 40 (1 9 7 20) 37 579
Old_Drummerman******1 6 20 24 (7 32 4 10) 53 589
Lawrenzo******************1 24 40 99 (710 20 42) 79 677
REDFISHER****************2 99 24 40 (12 42 10 20) 84 678
MCArmel1**************99 31 24 7 (42 9 10 24) 83 683
spcalk******************2 31 99 40 (12 9 42 20) 83 831
The Original dpb5!****17 20 48 66 (3 4 1 39) 47 861
RESULTS
2007 Unofficial Race Results : Checker Auto Parts 500 presented by Pennzoil
Checker Auto Parts 500 presented by Pennzoil | November 11, 2007 | Race 35 of 36
FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS
1 6 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 190/5 312 Running
2 7 16 Greg Biffle Ford Dish Network 170/0 312 Running
3 18 17 Matt Kenseth Ford DEWALT NANO Technology 175/10 312 Running
4 21 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet The Home Depot 160/0 312 Running
5 13 12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 160/5 312 Running
6 34 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 150/0 312 Running
7 2 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 151/5 312 Running
8 38 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Kellogg's / CARQUEST 142/0 312 Running
9 12 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet AT&T Mobility 138/0 312 Running
10 3 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 134/0 312 Running
11 20 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 130/0 312 Running
12 9 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 127/0 312 Running
13 11 25 Casey Mears Chevrolet National Guard / GMAC 124/0 312 Running
14 4 18 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Interstate Batteries 121/0 312 Running
15 5 70 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet FleetPride / Yellow 118/0 312 Running
16 15 11 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet FedEx Ground 115/0 312 Running
17 14 42 Juan Montoya * Dodge Texaco / Havoline 112/0 312 Running
18 32 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios / Betty Crocker 109/0 312 Running
19 25 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target 111/5 312 Running
20 37 40 David Stremme Dodge Wrigley's Juicy Fruit 103/0 312 Running
21 22 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 100/0 312 Running
22 19 15 Paul Menard * Chevrolet Johns Manville / Menards 97/0 312 Running
23 23 26 Jamie McMurray Ford IRWIN Industrial Tools 94/0 312 Running
24 39 7 Robby Gordon Ford MAPEI / Menards 91/0 312 Running
25 29 109 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 88/0 311 Running
26 28 01 Aric Almirola Chevrolet U.S. Army 85/0 311 Running
27 16 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Siemens / Dodge Dealers 82/0 311 Running
28 42 38 David Gilliland Ford M&M's 79/0 311 Running
29 36 45 Kyle Petty Dodge Wells Fargo 76/0 311 Running
30 26 06 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 73/0 310 Running
31 17 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 70/0 310 Running
32 41 6 David Ragan * Ford AAA Insurance 67/0 310 Running
33 24 10 Patrick Carpentier Dodge Sears Auto Center / Valvoline / Stanley 64/0 310 Running
34 43 21 Bill Elliott Ford Ore-Ida Extra Crispy / Heinz 61/0 310 Running
35 33 88 Ricky Rudd Ford Pedigree 58/0 309 Running
36 30 36 Johnny Benson Toyota 360 OTC 55/0 308 Running
37 8 96 Tony Raines Chevrolet DLP HDTV 52/0 291 Running
38 31 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 49/0 241 Running
39 40 66 Jeremy Mayfield Chevrolet Haas Automation 46/0 212 Running
40 10 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dodge Dealers Lifetime Powertrain Warranty / UAW 43/0 147 Off Track
41 27 127 Jacques Villeneuve Toyota UNICEF 40/0 136 Off Track
42 1 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot 42/5 125 Off Track
43 35 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Budweiser 34/0 118 Off Track
* Denotes Rookie
Busch and Hendrick End On Top
RacingOne Staff
Posted Saturday, November 10, 2007
Busch won in his 97th and final start driving the No. 5 Chevrolet.
Fresh off his win in Friday night's truck race, Kyle Busch went out and won his first NASCAR Busch Series race at Phoenix International Raceway in his final series start with Hendrick Motorsports.
After a dominating performace, leading 132 laps, Busch was able to grab his 11th career win in the Arizona.Travel 200 after he held off Matt Kenseth on a green-white-checkered finish.
"To go out winning a race that's pretty special," Busch said.
The victory came in his 108th start with Hendrick Motorsports with 97 of the them coming behind the wheel of the No. 5 Chevrolet. Busch started his Hendrick Busch Series tenure driving the No. 87 seven times after the team formed an alliance with Joe Nemechek's NEMCO Motorsports. Four more of his starts came in the No. 57 HMS machine.
"Rick Hendrick gave me my start. I won't ever forget that," Busch said.
After celebrating in victory lane, Busch departed to Las Vegas to compete in the season finale Fall Classic super late model feature at the Las Vegas Bullring.
Defending race winner Kenseth's second-place finish was his sixth consecutive finish of eighth or better at PIR.
"I feel bad - we got beat again this week," Kenseth said. "We just came up a little bit short. We were off of front grip in the middle of the corner and Kyle's in good stuff and he's a great race car driver. He's real smart, he knew where to put his car exactly in the right spot so I couldn't pass him."
Along with trying to pass Busch, Kenseth had to battle a car without power steering.
"Physically it wasn't that hard to turn but at the end of the run, it would stick wherever you had it," Busch said. "It was really hard to feel the front tires. You'd give it so much wheel, you couldn't tell if the tires were chattering or not. You'd have to give it some more. It was tough for that and was tough to catch it if you got loose."
Power steering wasn't the only problem for Kenseth, after the race NASCAR found the right rear quarter panel of his No. 17 Ford to be too high during post-race inspection.
Richard Childress Racing rounded out the top five with spring Phoenix winner Clint Bowyer finishing third. Kevin Harvick was unable to get by Scott Wimmer for fourth in the closing laps to extend the owner's championship another week.
Kasey Kahne, Carl Edwards, Jason Leffler, Jamie McMurray and Ron Hornaday completed the top-10 finishers.
The NASCAR Busch Series will wrap up the season with next Saturday's Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Mark Martin is scheduled to drive the No. 5 Chevrolet in that event.
1 6 20 24 are gonna do it this week.
just kidding josh......
Robby (the 7) isn't running tomorrow? He's qualified 39th..who's filling the field then?
yep.. pretty tight...with 2 to go...
Gonna go with the 99, 31, 24 and the 7 this week...I'd like to 5 instead of the 7 but he's in the top 12...arggggggggg...GL all...
ok...2 99 24 40....hows that
LOL The 16 isn't in the chase.
2 16 24 40...all set
Alright, I'll take the 40...
Everyone else is picking him, so it must be legal. LOL
He was also very fast in Happy Hour.
Wow, I'd better do some research.
the 7 is a scratch for tomorrow.....
It will be exciting to watch the 5 try racing through the pack tomorrow.
He won the Truck race last night, and he's giving them hell in the Busch race right now.
You didn't offend anyone! I would use him too if we could lol
cap.
Who the hell comes up with these rules, anyway?!?
LOL Ok, I'll take the 7 instead.
Sorry if I offended anyone.
gotta play by the rules....
Pick three racers each week from the top dozen in series points, but no two from the same team (Gibbs, Childress, etc...). Also pick one racer from "Provisional Land" (starting positions 36 through 43) as a "Boat Anchor" pick, providing this particular racer isn't in the top 12, OR a team mate to any of your other picks.
Rowdy Night in Phoenix
RacingOne Staff
Posted Friday, November 9, 2007
Busch won his second NCTS race of the season.
Complete Results
Kyle "Rowdy" Busch outran championship contender Ron Hornaday to the checkered flag to win Friday night's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Casino Arizona 150 at Phoenix International Raceway.
Busch won his second NCT race of the season and sixth of his career in his 35th start.
“It was a great win," Busch said. "To beat guys like Mike Bliss and Hornaday here, this is pretty much their house."
"They must have had better rear springs than I did. Those guys could get better restarts than I did. I just didn’t have any forward bite. I’d just spin my tires all the way down the front straightaway."
Hornaday's second place finish helped him move closer to series point leader Mike Skinner who finished eighth.
“This team never says die," said Hornaday. "We’re going to do whatever we need to do to win this thing. All we can do is go down there and keep doing what has worked for us all season, racing hard. When you have something this fast, this is fun."
Skinner led Hornaday by 57 points entering Friday night's race with the lead now down to 29 heading into the season finale next Friday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Skinner could have gained an additional four points had teammate Johnny Benson not passed him to finish seventh.
"I guess we’re not a team,” Skinner said. "I’m not in too good of mood right now. It’s better than being 29 points behind."
"We’re just one team, the No. 5 team. I don’t know how many teams we’re going to have to race against in Homestead."
Mike Bliss finished third followed by Jason Leffler and Kevin Harvick.
The race was slowed by a record 13 cautions and two red flags, the second coming on lap 136 after Jacques Villeneuve made contact with Stacy Compton, who ran Andy Lally into the inside wall on the frontstretch.
The impact of Lally's truck broke the cement barrier and the race was halted for 15 minutes while officials made repairs. Lally was taken to a local hospital for observation.
The Craftsman Truck Series now heads to Homestead-Miami Speedway to end the season in next Friday night's Ford 200.
Starting Lineup Checker Auto Parts 500 (COT Race)
Phoenix Int'l Raceway | Nov 11, 2007 03:00 PM
(* chase contenders)
Pos # Driver Sponsor Car
1 99 Carl Edwards
Race By Race Results Office Depot Ford*
2 1 Martin Truex Jr.
Race By Race Results Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet*
3 24 Jeff Gordon
Race By Race Results DuPont Chevrolet*
4 18 J.J. Yeley
Race By Race Results Interstate Batteries Chevrolet
5 70 Johnny Sauter
Race By Race Results Yellow Transportation Chevrolet
6 48 Jimmie Johnson
Race By Race Results Lowe's Chevrolet*
7 16 Greg Biffle
Race By Race Results Dish Network Ford
8 96 Tony Raines
Race By Race Results DLP HDTV Chevrolet
9 2 Kurt Busch
Race By Race Results Miller Lite Dodge*
10 9 Kasey Kahne
Race By Race Results Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge
11 25 Casey Mears
Race By Race Results National Guard Chevrolet
12 31 Jeff Burton
Race By Race Results AT&T Mobility Chevrolet*
13 12 Ryan Newman
Race By Race Results Alltel Dodge
14 42 Juan Pablo Montoya
Race By Race Results Texaco/Havoline Dodge
15 11 Denny Hamlin
Race By Race Results FedEx Chevrolet*
16 19 Elliott Sadler
Race By Race Results Siemens Dodge
17 22 Dave Blaney
Race By Race Results Caterpillar Toyota
18 17 Matt Kenseth
Race By Race Results DeWalt Ford*
19 15 Paul Menard
Race By Race Results Menards Chevrolet
20 07 Clint Bowyer
Race By Race Results Jack Daniel's Chevrolet*
21 20 Tony Stewart
Race By Race Results The Home Depot Chevrolet*
22 83 Brian Vickers
Race By Race Results Red Bull Toyota
23 26 Jamie McMurray
Race By Race Results Irwin Industrial Tools Ford
24 10 Patrick Carpentier
Race By Race Results Valvoline Dodge
25 41 Reed Sorenson
Race By Race Results Target Dodge
26 06 Sam Hornish Jr.
Race By Race Results Mobil 1 Dodge
27 27 Jacques Villeneuve
Race By Race Results UNICEF Toyota
28 01 Aric Almirola
Race By Race Results U.S. Army Chevrolet
29 09 Sterling Marlin
Race By Race Results Miccosukee Resort Chevrolet
30 36 Johnny Benson
Race By Race Results 360 OTC Toyota
31 78 Joe Nemechek
Race By Race Results Furniture Row Chevrolet
32 43 Bobby Labonte
Race By Race Results Cheerios Dodge
33 88 Ricky Rudd
Race By Race Results Pedigree Ford
34 29 Kevin Harvick
Race By Race Results Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet*
35 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Race By Race Results Budweiser Chevrolet
36 45 Kyle Petty
Race By Race Results Wells Fargo Dodge
37 40 David Stremme
Race By Race Results Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Dodge
38 5 Kyle Busch
Race By Race Results Kellogg's Chevrolet*
39 7 Robby Gordon
Race By Race Results Menards Ford
40 66 Jeremy Mayfield
Race By Race Results Haas Automation Chevrolet
41 6 David Ragan
Race By Race Results AAA Ford
42 38 David Gilliland
Race By Race Results M&M's Ford
43 21 Bill Elliott
Race By Race Results Ore-Ida Ford
Failed To Qualify
# Driver Sponsor Car
84 AJ Allmendinger
Race By Race Results Red Bull Toyota
44 Dale Jarrett
Race By Race Results UPS Toyota
00 David Reutimann
Race By Race Results Burger King Toyota
49 John Andretti
Race By Race Results HealthLife.com Dodge
55 Michael Waltrip
Race By Race Results NAPA Toyota
4 Ward Burton
Race By Race Results State Water Heaters Chevrolet
Naw, not trying to decieve anyone...
I envisioned this occuring. I see nothing wrong with it, as long as I don't pick the 24 or 48 (team mates). And anyone else is welcome to do the same.
But if you guys really feel I'm trying to pull a fast one, let me know and I'll change it.
josh should get a 25 point fine for trying to decieve us...
Pick three racers each week from the top dozen in series points, but no two from the same team (Gibbs, Childress, etc...). Also pick one racer from "Provisional Land" (starting positions 36 through 43) as a "Boat Anchor" pick, providing this particular racer isn't in the top 12, OR a team mate to any of your other picks.
The rules are in the iBox.
i think its 3 drivers from DIFFERENT teams and one driver from the 35th qualifying position or less....nothing about the chase standings...
Josh, the 5 is in the top 12. Therefore he can't be a provisional
pick right?
cap.
The top six all within 96 points...
Now that's what I call a tight battle!
07 1 11, with the 5 as my provisional starter this week (he musta slipped during qualifying).
I have to work today, so I'll update any picks later this afternoon or evening.
Keep a close eye on Red, would ya? LOL
Josh
Thanks bro! Appreciate it... trying hard to make up for my earlier season penalty and fine! ;O) hehe
LOL The 45 was doing just fine...
until David Stremme ran out of talent (or tried to create his own caution flag?).
BTW, WTF is Bill Elliot doing out there in the 21 car? Schrader too busy to run Cup nowdays?!?
Next thing ya know, they'll be suiting up ol' Red Farmer.
Yikes! The 45 really hurt me this week.
Standings after week 8...
JupiterJosh************1 11 29 66 (3 29 10 22) 64 508
Old_Drummerman******1 20 24 96 (3 11 7 20) 41 536
Capgain*****************17 20 45 48 (2 11 42 1) 56 542
REDFISHER****************1 2 24 45 (3 8 7 42) 60 594
Lawrenzo******************00 1 2 48 (43 3 8 1) 55 598
MCArmel1**************17 20 48 96 (2 11 1 34) 34 600
spcalk******************5 11 96 99 (4 29 26 20) 79 748
The Original dpb5!****17 20 48 00 (2 11 1 43) 57 814
Low score, good job!
Old Fashioned Texas Tussle
Pete Pistone
Managing Editor Posted Monday, November 5, 2007
Stewart fell one position to sixth in the standings.
Tony Stewart has driven Kevin Harvick's Busch Series cars in the past.
But after the way the two tangled with each other Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway, that may not be the case in the near future.
Stewart and Harvick made contact early in the race, an incident that set off some wild hand gesturing on the track and a war of words over their respective radios.
"He's not the only guy out here," Harvick said after the two nearly touched racing off Turn 4.
He then waved furiously out the window at Stewart.
Stewart's reply was a little more off color than Harvick's before the two finally settled down for the rest of the day.
Harvick went on to finish tenth Sunday, his 100th career top 10 NEXTEL Cup run.
The daytona 500 winner credited his crew for adjusting an ill- handling car all day.
"Our pit stops were awesome today," Harvick said. "We finished in the top 10 because of the pit stops and great calls by (crew chief) Todd (Berrier). Our Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet wasn’t great today. We just couldn’t find the right balance. It was either way too tight or way too loose."
Stewart's day was an adventure as well with a car that also wouldn't handle.
The two-time champion also was involved in a multi-car accident on lap 218, luckily just spinning and avoiding any damage.
He was able to rebound from that and drive home 11th.
"It was a weird race," said Stewart. "The car was tight. It was loose. Whatever it was doing was unpredictable. It was doing so many things in so many weird parts of the racetrack that it was a handful."
Stewart and Harvick didn't confront each other publicly afterward but the high emotions will be something to watch as the week unfolds.
And it will be interesting to see whateher Stewart finds himself a new part-time Busch ride in the future.
Ha! That figures!
The story of my Nascar picks this year! lol
Rough day for the 99.
Ricky Rudd leading some laps.
One incredible racer.
Texas Mess to Musgrave
RacingOne Staff
Posted Friday, November 2, 2007
Ted Musgrave inherited the victory in Friday night's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Silverado 350 at Texas Motor Speedway when Chad McCumbee triggered a multi-truck crash on an attempted green-white-checkered finish.
McCumbee was in the lead as the field took the green in the overtime attempt. But McCumbee spun his wheels on the restart and then swirved to try and block second place Jack Sprague.
Sprague made contact with the rear of McCumbee's machine and both crashed hard into the wall with several trucks piling up behind them.
"He spun his tires, I didn't spin, he spun and that caused a big 'ole mess,'" said Sprague, who earlier in the dayannounced he would join Kevin Harvick's truck operation next season. "I should have finished third, had a chance to win, should have finished second and end up finishing sixth."
The melee ended the race and gave the win to Musgrave, who snapped a 66 race winless drought. The veteran scored his 17th career series win.
"It's a good truck and we got it mixed up on the pit stop strategy and it came to us," said Musgrave, who will join a new team in 2008. "It could be the start of good things to come. We're getting things put back together with my sponsor to try to get it back into victory lane a few more times.
"I kept my head up and was able to get through it."
Brendan Gaughan followed Musgrave across the finish line for second with Mike Skinner, Mike Bliss and Rick Crawford rounding out the top five.
Sprague, Matt Crafton, Jon Wood, Jason Leffler and Tim Sauter completed the first ten.
The overtime was set-up by a dramatic incident that involved series point leader Ron Hornaday and Skinner.
The pair made contact racing through turn three just after being passed for the lead by McCumbee with three laps to go.
The contact spawned a multi-truck crash that forced NASCAR to red flag the race.
Skinner was able to finish third while Hornaday was credited with an 18th place finish. Skinner now leads by 57 points with two races remaining this season.
“Big picture-wise we are better off with the way things turned out than if I had won the race,” said Skinner. “If I had won, Hornaday was going to finish second and I would not have the margin I do now.”
Hornaday wasn't as gracious.
"Another Chevrolet made it three-wide and when he came in there it got us loose," Hornaday said. "We'll take our wounds and move on with two to go. I see they are playing games now. They put in a second truck and all he did was block.
"Now, we know how the game is going to be played."
The Craftsman Truck Series now heads to Phoenix International Raceway next Friday night.
Something ya'll might enjoy...
http://thefiftiesandsixties.com/CarsWeDrove.htm
About ten minutes long, turn up the volume!
Kinser Closes Season with a Win
RacingOne Report
Posted Saturday, November 3, 2007
Kinser captured his 543rd win.
Steve Kinser had won a lot of close races in his career, including two of the three closest finishes this season, and he added to this total on Saturday night, inching out Danny Lasoski by 0.150 seconds in the finale of the inaugural Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
Kinser and Lasoski had the capacity crowd of over 14,000 fans on their feet for most of the race, on a track that provided two and three-wide racing all night. For the 543rd A-Feature win of his World of Outlaws career, Kinser earned $10,000, with all the action being caught live on SPEED.
“It was a great race track this weekend,” said Kinser, driver of the Q Oil Maxim. “They did a great job and they got it opened up so you could race on it. The fans saw a great race. I don’t think you can get any better than that and get it any closer than that. I was seeing the (No.) 83 every lap in (turns) three and four.”
The race began with Kinser leading from the pole, with Lasoski who started third getting around Daryn Pittman for the runner-up spot. The top-two pulled away slightly on the third lap, while Jason Meyers closed on Pittman as the pair tussled over the third spot.
On the sixth lap, Kinser began to encounter lapped traffic, allowing Lasoski to close back in. With drivers running high, low and in the middle of the track, there was two and three-wide racing throughout the field.
The caution flag flew on the ninth lap, as Kinser and Lasoski were in traffic, giving them an open race track on the restart. On that restart, Kinser was running on the high side of the track and Lasoski looked low for the lead as they exited the second turn and again in the third and fourth turns. He tried this same move several times over the next few laps. All the while, Daryn Pittman stayed right with him and was looking for an opportunity to make a move.
The caution flew on the 16th lap, with Kinser quickly jumping out to an eight car-length lead on the restart. At the same time, Pittman began to heavily pressure Lasoski for the runner-up spot. By the 19th lap, the three leaders were all within inches. Lasoski again looked for the lead on the low side of the second turn. Kinser fought off his attempts and continued to pace the field, as the laps wound down.
A red flag on the 21st lap set up a nine-lap shootout between Kinser, Lasoski and Pittman. Kinser used another strong start to jump to a slight lead, though Lasoski and Pittman caught him two laps later and the trio was nearly side-by-side going down the front straightaway. Lasoski tried again to dive under Kinser exiting the second turn for the lead and could not quite get enough momentum to make the pass.
On the final lap, Lasoski made a couple of charges at Kinser, and came up just inches short at the finish line. Over the last few laps, Kinser moved to the bottom of the track as held off several attempts by Lasoski to take the top spot.
“You never know what’s going to happen,” explained the winner. “You just run your pace and try not to change you lines and hope that everything works out well.”
After finishing fourth on Friday night in a brand new car, Kinser and his crew made a few changes for Saturday night. In the third heat, he finished second to earn a spot in the Crane Cams Dash, which he won to earn the pole position for the 30-lap A-Feature.
“We learned a little bit last night that we used tonight,” said the 20-time World of Outlaws champion. “Maxim built us a brand new car for down here and it was a little bit different than what we normally run. As tough as tough as everything is right now, you just have to have everything go your way the entire night. There are so many ways to get you out of the race and out of position to win a race, everything has work you way to win a race.”
Lasoski tried a number of lines throughout the race, as he kept pace with Kinser. While he was disappointed he did not win, Lasoski was thrilled that the fans at the track and watching at home on SPEED were able to see one of the best World of Outlaws events of the entire season.
“It was a heck of a show,” said Lasoski, driver of the Roth Motorsports JEI. “We gave it everything we had to try and win. I knew he (Kinser) wasn’t going to move off the top, so we had to run across the bottom and we came up a little short. I think I could have used him up a little bit on the last lap, but I don’t think he would have done that to me and I’m not going to race that way either.”
For Kinser, it was his 10th A-Feature win of the season and the second on a 0.4-mile track. He now has won twice in A-Feature competition at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in his career.
“It’s good going into winter,” noted Kinser. “We know that we still have a lot of work to do. We did good and started in the second row of the heat and got into the dash and got a good draw. That helped a little bit. We had a good race car all night on top of it. It was a combination of everything going well for us tonight.”
Daryn Pittman finished third on Saturday night after making several runs at Kinser and Lasoski, by using the middle of the track.
“The race track was awesome and my car was good all night,” said Pittman, driver of the Titan Garages Maxim. “It was fun and that had to be a great race for the fans to watch. At any time, I thought I could get the lead and we were close a number of times. It was fun to drive and there are not a lot of races that are that much fun. It was three-wide racing and it was fun.”
Donny Schatz finished fourth on Saturday night and was officially crowned the 2007 World of Outlaws champion. He finished the season with 71 Top-10 finishes in the 75 A-Feature events that were contested.
“We had a great year,” said Schatz, driver of the ParkerStore J&J. “It is a good accomplishment with the group of cars that we have out here to have a record like that. We set our goals pretty high and I have them set really high for next year.”
After winning on Friday night, Jason Meyers finished a very solid fifth aboard the Primerica Financial Maxim in the season finale.
Joey Saldana was sixth in the Open Joist JEI, with Terry McCarl finishing seventh in the Big Game Treestands Eagle, to pick up the KSE Race Products Hard Charger Award, after lining up 16th for the 30-lap contest. Jason Sides was eighth in the Wetherington Tractor Services Maxim, with 2005 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award winner Shane Stewart in ninth in the Witgen Maxim. Dale Blaney, another former World of Outlaws rookie of the year was 10th in the Hoosier Tires Maxim.
Just as they have many times in the past, Lasoski and Kinser went wheel-to-wheel and kept the capacity crowd on their feet. Lasoski pondered a couple of different scenarios that may have helped him.
“Traffic a little bit earlier may have helped,” said Lasoski. “I needed anything to break his rhythm. It didn’t get done and my hat is off to them.”
Lasoski had just inched ahead of Kinser on the 21st lap, when the red flag flew for a car that got upside down. With traffic becoming a factor at that stage of the race, the field was bunched up and the lapped machines went to the rear of the field, by way of World of Outlaws rules, thus giving the leaders open track ahead of them.
“That red hurt,” said Lasoski, the 2001 World of Outlaws champion. “We were on a roll and it hurt because I had him cleared when the red came out.”
Pittman was another of the drivers that used multiple grooves on the state-of-the-art 0.4-mile track. While battling Kinser and Lasoski, he looked for any way around the two front runners that he could find.
“We were so close together in open track that I really don’t know if traffic would have helped,” said Pittman. “I think it may have helped Danny (Lasoski) and myself, because Steve (Kinser) would not have known what Danny and I were doing, but you never know.”
Pittman was very appreciative of the hard work and countless hours put in by the crew at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway over the last couple of weeks to make sure that the competitors had the most racy and competitive track that they could prepare.
“This was hands down the best the track has ever been here,” said the native of Owasso, Oklahoma. “There was no distinct fast line. We had every line covered from the top to the middle to the bottom. The faster line was whatever was working best for you car. Hopefully they can duplicate that every time we come back.”
While he wanted to win the season finale, Schatz was proud of his team and the consistency they showed this year. He won earlier in the season at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway and came just inches short of winning on Friday night.
“You can’t win championships, unless you win the battles,” said the native of Fargo, North Dakota. “We won the battles this year and I thought we would be a little better tonight. I don’t know if we sealed up the tire or if I used it too hard. I could not get going. That’s just part of racing. I had a good seat to watch the battle up front and that was neat.”
For the second consecutive season, Schatz won the title driving for his family team which is owned by his parents, Danny and Diane Schatz. The finale of the inaugural Outlaws World Finals marked the final race for Donny behind the wheel of his familiar yellow machine In 2008, he will drive for Tony Stewart Racing, owned by two-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart.
“There is a lot of enjoyment in this,” said Danny Schatz, when asked about his son’s championship. “All of the people that made this possible is the race team and Don. We have had the opportunity to help him and we have been very proud to do that.”
The World of Outlaws will conclude the 2007 season with their annual awards banquet on Monday, November 5. The 2008 season kicks off at Volusia Speedway Park with the 37th Annual Florida DIRTcar Nationals, February 8-10.
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