From Tony Stewart Racing
Indianapolis, IN — (February 13, 2013) — Nine times during his illustrious career, Steve Kinser has started the World of Outlaws (WoO) STP Sprint Car Series season by winning the season-opening event, including two seasons ago when he won two of the first three races during the 40th annual UNOH DIRTcar Nationals presented by Summit Racing Equipment at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. In seven of those seasons, Kinser went on to claim the coveted WoO title and, this Friday night, he’ll be looking to earn his 10th victory in season openers as he begins his 34th campaign as part of “The Greatest Show on Dirt.”
Kinser will kick off his fourth season driving for three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart. This season, Bad Boy Buggies has joined Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) as a new marketing partner and lead sponsor on Kinser’s familiar No. 11. The Bloomington, Ind., native is coming off a season during which he finished fifth in the championship standings after posting four WoO triumphs to give him 574 A-Feature wins in his career.
Four of those victories have come at Volusia Speedway Park. “The King” won his first race at the half-mile, dirt oval during the 2005 Speedweeks and then scored his second in the 2010 finale. He won the first two races of the 2011 season to kick off a campaign that saw him win nine times en route to a third-place finish in the standings. Kinser placed second when the Outlaws made their debut at the track back in February 1981.
Other than the change in primary sponsorship on the TSR No. 11, Kinser will be very familiar with his surroundings this season. His longtime crew chief Scott Gerkin will once again lead the team and be aided by crewmen Gary DuBois, who has been with Kinser since 1995. The team will also work closely with the crew of the Steve Kinser Racing No. 11k team, which is led by Mikey Kuemper and Kinser’s daughter Stevie. The team is looking forward to putting up some good finishes in Florida before the series heads west for five weeks of racing during the month of March and the first two weeks of April.
The DIRTcar Nationals begin with a pair of All-Star Circuit of Champions (ASCoC)-sanctioned races Wednesday and Thursday prior to three complete WoO events beginning Friday evening.
For all five races at Volusia Speedway Park, the pit gates open at 1 p.m. EST, and the grandstands open at 5 p.m. Hot laps are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Tickets for the race weekend can be purchased by calling Volusia Speedway Park at (386) 985-4402. For more information on the event, visit www.DIRTcarNationals.com.
Race fans unable to attend this weekend’s races can catch all of the action on DIRTVision.com. Fans can listen live as Johnny Gibson, “Voice of the Outlaws,” calls the action as he does at all WoO STP Sprint Car Series events on the DIRTVision.com cybercast, as well as on the DIRT Radio Network. Go to www.DIRTVision.com for more information on all the site features, including updated results from each night of racing, as well as a chat room to interact with other race fans.