April 2012 – Page 21 – TJSlideways.com

Subpar Paducah

The World of Outlaws made their lone visit of the season in Kentucky on Friday as the Big Game Treestands #7 team returned to Paducah International Raceway. After being rained out at PIR in 2011, this year marked the seventh appearance for Dollansky at the high-banked oval where he was one of the most recent winners in 2008.

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Montieth Repeats in PA; Moody, Ditsworth, Aton and McTaggart Visit Victory Lane

Brian Montieth’s repeat victory during the Sprint Nationals at Lincoln Speedway headlines this week’s XXX chassis winners. Other winners this past weekend included Kyle Moody in PA, Jason Ditsworth in IA, Billy Aton in CA and AJ McTaggart in Australia

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ELITE VINTAGE CAR TO RECEIVE FIRST ROAD & TRACK TROPHY AT IMS

New award to be highlight of Celebration of Automobiles, Indy 500 Opening Day May 12

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On the poll…Border Wars 2012

This week’s poll question asks if you believe one driver will sweep both feature events during Border Wars at Gas City I-69 Speedway and Eldora Speedway with the USAC National Sprint Car Series?

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King of Indiana Sprint Series Opens Sunday, Terre Haute Action Track Drops Green Flag

The King of Indiana Sprint Series returns to action on Sunday, April 22, with the inaugural event of the 2012 season at the Terre Haute Action Track. The Spring Fling racing program is co-sanctioned by the Midwest Sprint Car Series, and will feature the area’s top sprint car stars.

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A Consistent Night for Kraig Kinser at Paducah; Pevely Falls to Rain

Consistency is one of the key ingredients to being successful over the course of the nearly 80-race season when competing with the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series.

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Dawson Doubles Up at Vegas

Bryant Dawson won two featuresa the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring Saturday in USAC Ford Focus action.

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Patriot Sprint Tour

Poirier Powers to Patriot Sprint Tour Opener Win at Fulton

Steve Poirier said that there is not many nights where the setup of the car does not need to be adjusted; but that was his luxury he had on Saturday, and it happened to be on the first night of the year.

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POWER SURGES TO BACK-TO-BACK WINS WITH LONG BEACH WINS

Will Power, who started the 38th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in Row 6 because of a penalty assessed on all 11 Chevrolet-powered cars for unapproved engine changes, overcame the deficit by stretching 18.5 gallons of E85 the last 21 laps on the 1.968-mile, 11-turn street circuit, all the while being chased down by Simon Pagenaud.

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