By Tony Veneziano
Concord, NC- November 4, 2010—Craig Dollansky and Donny Schatz opened the Fourth Annual Lowes Foods World of Outlaws World Finals Presented By Bimbo Bakeries and Tom’s Snacks by setting fast time for the two rounds of time trials that were held on Thursday night at The Dirt Track at Charlotte with a stellar 56-car field on-hand.
Dollansky circled the high-banked four-tenths-mile in 12.538 seconds to best field for Friday’s session of qualifying, while Schatz turned a lap 12.699 seconds to take the top spot in the second round of qualifying for Saturday.
Dollansky has set fast time twice this season aboard the Big Game Treestands Maxim, also turning the quickest lap in the series last race at Tri-State Speedway in Indiana on October 16, an event the native of Elk River, Minnesota won.
“Anytime you can start the night off with quick time is a great start to the night,” said Dollansky after the first round of qualifying. “Qualifying is definitely a big part of our racing. To get quick time tonight for Big Game Treestands and Aggressive Hydraulics is great. We made some changes after hot laps and my Crew Chief D.J. Lindsey did a great job.”
Schatz set fast time for the fifth time this season in the Armor All/STP J&J and for the third time in the last four events during the World Finals. The four-time and defending series champion earned five bonus points in the series championship standings for setting fast time and trails Jason Meyers by 92 markers with the final two races of the season on tap.
“It was a great lap,” said Schatz. “We weren’t so good the first set. We actually feel kind of silly, because we figured out our problem where we have been struggling with our car and applied that to the second and voila. I can’t wait till next year.”
Jason Meyers, the current World of Outlaws championship point leader, was 13th in time trials for Friday night’s event which will put him on the pole of a heat race. The California native was fifth quick in the second round to earn one bonus point in the standings. The veteran has earned the most qualifying bonus points of any driver this season.
Tim Shaffer, who won earlier this season with the World of Outlaws at I-55 Raceway in the opener of the Ironman 55 at I-55 Raceway, was second fastest in both sets of time trials on Thursday night aboard the Kistler Engines J&J.
“The car was running great tonight,” said Shaffer. “This car has just been awesome all year and everyone on this team works so hard. We went out late in the second set and were able to again put the pieces together and be up front. It was a very good night.”
Steve Kinser, who is currently third in the World of Outlaw championship standings, was fifth quick in the first round of time trials to earn one bonus point in the standings and esd third quick in the second round to earn three bonus points. He trails Jason Meyers by 97 points.
The Top-10 in the first round of time trials which will be used to determine the starting lineup for Friday night’s heat races were: Dollansky, Shaffer, Ed Lynch Jr., Daryn Pittman, Kinser, Danny Holtgraver, Chad Kemenah, Jason Sides, Paul McMahan and Joey Saldana.
The Top-10 in the second round of time trials which will be used to set the lineups for Saturday night’s heat races were: Schatz, Shaffer, Kinser, Sides, Meyers, McMahan, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Jessica Zemken, Pittman and Kraig Kinser.
The World Finals continue on Friday night for the World of Outlaws at The Dirt Track at Charlotte with heat races, a dash, and feature events. Hot laps are set for 4 p.m. Eastern on both Friday and Saturday, with the grandstand gates opening at 3 p.m. Eastern on both days as well.
The finale of the World Finals will air live on SPEED on Saturday night in HD beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern.
On Friday, November 5, adult tickets will be $39, with tickets for children ages 12-under $15. Three-day ticket packages are available for adults for $69 and for children ages 12-under for $24. For tickets visit http://www.charlottemotorspeedway.com or call 1-800-455-FANS.
On Saturday, November 6, adult tickets will be $39, with tickets for children ages 12-under $15. Three-day ticket packages are available for adults for $69 and for children ages 12-under for $24. For tickets visit http://www.charlottemotorspeedway.com or call 1-800-455-FANS.
•FAST QUALIFIER: Craig Dollansky paced the 56 cars that took time in the first time trial session with an AMB i.t. timed lap around the high-banked four-tenths-mile oval at 12.538 seconds at 114.581 mph. For his qualifying effort Dollansky earned five bonus points. The next four fastest qualifiers also earned bonus points, including: Tim Shaffer (4), Ed Lynch Jr. (3), Daryn Pittman (2) and Steve Kinser (1).
•FAST QUALIFIER: Donny Schatz paced the 56 cars that took time in the second time trial session with an AMB i.t. timed lap around the high-banked four-tenths-mile oval at 12.699 seconds. For his qualifying effort Schatz earned five bonus points. The next four fastest qualifiers also earned bonus points, including: Tim Shaffer (4), Steve Kinser (3), Jason Sides (2) and Jason Meyers (1).
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Qualifying Round 1; The Dirt Track at Charlotte; Concord, NC; November 4, 2010
Qualifying-Friday
1) 7-Craig Dollansky 12.538
2) 83-Tim Shaffer 12.607
3) 2L-Ed Lynch Jr. 12.680
4) 27-Daryn Pittman 12.698
5) 11-Steve Kinser 12.742
6) D4-Danny Holtgraver 12.752
7) 63-Chad Kemenah 12.791
8) 7S-Jason Sides 12.825
9) 91-Paul McMahan 12.827
10) 9-Joey Saldana 12.833
11) 30C-Lance Dewease 12.840
12) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 12.846
13) 14-Jason Meyers 12.852
14) 5W-Lucas Wolfe 12.859
15) 15-Donny Schatz 12.868
16) 11K-Kraig Kinser 12.887
17) 2-Dale Blaney 12.891
18) O-Randy Hannagan 12.909
19) 14Z-Jessica Zemken 12.912
20) 4-Cole Duncan 12.965
21) 5G-Curt Michaels 12.967
22) 22-Brian Ellenberger 12.976
23) 51-Fred Rahmer 12.987
24) 7M-Mark Smith 12.992
25) R19-Jac Haudenschild 12.999
26) 1-Sammy Swindell 13.000
27) 2B-Ben Gregg 13.018
28) 98E-Brooke Tatnell 13.026
29) 57-Shane Stewart 13.034
30) 3C-Cale Conley 13.045
31) 89-Cody Darrah 13.058
32) 7K-Kyle Sauder 13.060
33) 89G-David Gravel 13.061
34) 55-Jason Solwold 13.072
35) 55L-Chad Layton 13.102
36) 6-Danny Lasoski 13.111
37) 21-Brian Montieth 13.121
38) 15X-Adam Wilt 13.127
39) 4X-Toni Lutar 13.142
40) 35-Justin Henderson 13.154
41) 49-Brad Sweet 13.169
42) 17B-Bill Balog 13.175
43) 77X-Wayne Johnson 13.189
44) 6F-Bob Felmlee 13.230
45) 93-Sheldon Haudenschild 13.251
46) 80K-Mike Kertscher 13.337
47) 1B-Keith Baxter 13.380
48) 1K-Chuck Hebing 13.439
49) 60-Kory Crabtree 13.548
50) 21X-Joey Moughan 13.671
51) 16-Danny Mumaw 13.853
52) 11N-Edward Neumeister 13.931
53) 6W-Brad Wickham 14.169
54) 2T-Brian Smith 14.339
55) 6X-Mark Cole 15.033
56) 3F-Rick Fraley 15.438
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Qualifying Round 2; The Dirt Track at Charlotte; Concord, NC; November 4, 2010
Qualifying- Saturday
1) 15-Donny Schatz 12.699
2) 83-Tim Shaffer 12.807
3) 11-Steve Kinser 12.844
4) 7S-Jason Sides 12.848
5) 14-Jason Meyers 12.862
6) 91-Paul McMahan 12.894
7) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 12.908
8) 14Z-Jessica Zemken 12.938
9) 27-Daryn Pittman 12.938
10) 11K-Kraig Kinser 12.989
11) 4-Cole Duncan 13.001
12) 63-Chad Kemenah 13.011
13) 2-Dale Blaney 13.016
14) 1-Sammy Swindell 13.022
15) 7K-Kyle Sauder 13.058
16) 30C-Lance Dewease 13.085
17) 5W-Lucas Wolfe 13.103
18) 89G-David Gravel 13.129
19) R19-Jac Haudenschild 13.129
20) 6-Danny Lasoski 13.140
21) 22-Brian Ellenberger 13.143
22) D4-Danny Holtgraver 13.148
23) 35-Justin Henderson 13.169
24) 9-Joey Saldana 13.174
25) 3C-Cale Conley 13.175
26) 5G-Curt Michaels 13.191
27) 57-Shane Stewart 13.212
28) 2L-Ed Lynch Jr. 13.219
29) 89-Cody Darrah 13.255
30) O-Randy Hannagan 13.271
31) 98E-Brooke Tatnell 13.274
32) 7-Craig Dollansky 13.280
33) 49-Brad Sweet 13.301
34) 6F-Bob Felmlee 13.320
35) 55-Jason Solwold 13.342
36) 21-Brian Montieth 13.403
37) 4X-Toni Lutar 13.404
38) 51-Fred Rahmer 13.412
39) 7M-Mark Smith 13.434
40) 2B-Ben Gregg 13.450
41) 15X-Adam Wilt 13.479
42) 80K-Mike Kertscher 13.503
43) 17B-Bill Balog 13.513
44) 21X-Joey Moughan 13.594
45) 55L-Chad Layton 13.602
46) 60-Kory Crabtree 13.603
47) 77X-Wayne Johnson 13.610
48) 1K-Chuck Hebing 13.710
49) 93-Sheldon Haudenschild 13.912
50) 1B-Keith Baxter 13.930
51) 16-Danny Mumaw 14.067
52) 2T-Brian Smith 14.245
53) 6W-Brad Wickham 14.323
54) 6X-Mark Cole 14.473
55) 11N-Edward Neumeister 14.560
56) 3F-Rick Fraley 15.138
The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Chizmark & Larson Insurance, Goodyear Tires (Official Tire), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, Jake’s Custom Golf Carts, KSE Race Products, Penske Shocks, R2C Performance, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo; Engine Builder’s Challenge participants Don Ott Racing Engines, Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and Speedway Engines; and Chassis Builder’s Challenge participants J&J Auto Racing, Maxim Racing and XXX Race Company.