Driver & Team News – Page 279

MOTTER EQUIPMENT FATHEADZ EYEWEAR 71M TEAM FINISHES SIXTH TO END WEST COAST SERIES AND MOVES TO SECOND PLACE IN POINTS

The SoCal Showdown at Perris Auto Speedway, the World of Outlaws spring West Coast finale, was a rare 30 lap all-green event with no cautions or red flags.

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SALDANA AND MOTTER 71M TEAM WIN HEAT AND SCORE SIXTH PLACE FINISH IN OUTLAWS EVENT IN HANFORD

Veteran driver Joey Saldana came to one of his favorite tracks, Kings Speedway, looking for his 84th career World of Outlaws STP Sprint Series victory. Having won at this track in 2000, the Brownsburg Bullet was looking to repeat.

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SALDANA JOINS THE OUTLAWS HEADED FOR THE BORDER

After a six-week swing out West, the Outlaws make a run for the border in what is, in Texas jargon, fixin’ ta be a sure-fire shootout among the best STP Sprint Car Series drivers in the nation. The World of Outlaws will make its only Texas stop Tuesday, April 16 for its first-ever race near the Rio Grande at El Paso Speedway Park..

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A Familiar Track: Taylor Ferns to Race in Inaugural Kokomo Grand Prix

Taylor Ferns has a couple of very fond memories of Kokomo Speedway in Indiana. It’s the track at which she made her first start in a full-sized midget in 2009.

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Tracy Hines Geared Up for the Kokomo Grand Prix this Weekend

There are some tracks and combinations that just agree with a driver and they seem to run up front and be in contention every time they visit that particular venue.

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Tony Stewart Racing Teammates Close Outlaws’ California Tour in Hanford, Perris

There was a time when heading to California meant filling your pockets with as much gold as possible.It was just the kind of recipe to attract Outlaws from everywhere.

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David Gravel Wraps Up West Coast Swing at Hanford & Perris

David Gravel began the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series West Coast Swing in early March not really knowing what to expect. He was set to visit tracks he had never seen, racing a car he had never driven, as he was tabbed to fill-in for the injured Bill Rose.

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West Coast Swing Concludes for Kraig Kinser at Hanford & Perris

California has been a home away from home for Kraig Kinser for the last five weeks, racing six times at five different tracks. He’ll make two final starts in the Golden State this weekend as the early season West Coast swing for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series comes to an end.

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STEWART LEADS J&J DRIVERS TO SPRINT CAR WINS

Three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart picked up his first Sprint car win of the season Saturday night racing to victory in central Pennsylvania. J&J Auto Racing also had winners in Alabama, Illinois and two more in Australia.

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Danny Holtgraver Will Debut the ‘D4’ on Sunday, April 14th

After spending the past two weekends racing at the Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio, Danny Holtgraver will now get the opportunity to step away from the Attica oval, and make appearances at two other regional facilities.

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McQueen Racing Picks up Some Momentum With Strong Top 10 Run

Hoping to improve from her Top 10 run last week at her hometown track of Bakersfield Speedway, Bakersfield’s Shannon McQueen had an up-and-down evening in the first round of the ARP “Battle of the Beach” USAC-Western States/VRA Midget event at the 1/5-mile Ventura Raceway on April 6.

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GOLOBIC TOPS THE OUTLAWS AT ANTIOCH AFTER RED HOT START TO 2013

2012 Ocean Sprints champion Shane Golobic of Fremont captured the biggest win of his career on Friday night, storming from the outside pole to the World of Outlaws win at Antioch Speedway. The victory was Golobic’s first against the Outlaws to add to his red hot start to the 2013 season.

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Lance Dewease Second at ‘The Grove’

Returning to action on Friday night at the Williams Grove Speedway, Lance Dewease made a complete 180 from last week as he had quite possibly the fastest car on the track and just came up short of victory as he tallied a second place finish.

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Jessica Bean to Serve as an American Cancer Society Motorsports Champion

Farmland (IN) native Jessica Bean has a new look and a new commitment for the 2013 Mel Kenyon Midget Series racing season. She is forgoing her familiar red number 9 Kenyon Midget for a black number 100 car.

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SALDANA RUNNING STRONG, LOOKING FOR GOOD SHOWING AS OUTLAWS WRAP SPRING WEST COAST COMPETITON IN HANFORD AND PERRIS

World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car driver Joey Saldana has been idle too long. By the time he climbs into his Motter Equipment Fatheadz Eyewear 71M sprint car Friday, April 12 at Kings Speedway, it will have been one week since his second place finish at Antioch, Calif.

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