By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
There are not too many things that have been able to slow Donny Schatz down this season. A severe cold tried to derail him this week, but could not. Also, Mother Nature tried her best as the finale of the inaugural Oil City Cup for the World of Outlaws at Castrol Raceway was postponed one day due to heavy rain.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
If it wasn’t for bad luck, Brooke Tatnell wouldn’t have any luck at all this season. He had been close to winning a couple of times this season with the World of Outlaws, only to have a tire go down or other problems out of his control plague him. He turned this luck around on Friday night at Skagit Speedway, picking up the win in the opener of the two-day event at the track located in the scenic Pacific Northwest.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
It not only takes a fast car, but also a little luck to win a World of Outlaws event. Craig Dollansky experienced a little bit of both on Saturday night, to earn his third A-Feature win of the season and the healthy $25,000 pay check that went along with it.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
Shane Stewart has truly been an outlaw this season. He has raced from coast-to-coast in a number of different cars and has had success in every machine that he has climbed into. He added to his impressive season on Monday night, earning his first World of Outlaws win of 2007 in just nine starts with the series, taking the checkered flag at Grays Harbor Speedway in Elma, Washington.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
Joey Saldana made history twice on Wednesday night at Cottage Grove Speedway in Oregon. He became the first driver to turn a sub 10-second lap in time trials at the high-banked ¼-mile. He followed that up by winning the A-Feature in front of the largest crowd in the 50-plus year history of the track to add another chapter to the storied tradition of the facility which has one of the most picturesque settings in all of racing, nestled between a river and a forest.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
Paul McMahan spent more time on the track Sunday night in hot laps, time trials and the third heat race, than he did in the A-Feature at Cedar Lake Speedway. In the World of Outlaws return to the high-banked 3/8-mile, the checkered flag flew on a non-stop 30-lap A-Feature in just over six and a half minutes.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
Huset’s Speedway may be 249 miles from Fargo, North Dakota, where he lives, but Donny Schatz considers the high-banked 3/8-mile to be a home track.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
Joey Saldana earned every penny of the $10,000 he pocketed on Saturday night at I-55 Raceway for winning the fourth event of the “SuperClean Summer of Money” on ESPN2 for the World of Outlaws.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
Jac Haudenschild vividly remembers competing against Brad Doty in World of Outlaws competition in the early and mid-1980’s. The pair of Ohio natives have long been friends off the track and Haudenschild always enjoys racing in the annual event that bears the name of the 1982 World of Outlaws Rookie of the Year.
By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
Steve Kinser holds a lot of records with the World of Outlaws. One of the most impressive is the number of wins that he has accumulated at the famed Eldora Speedway. The 20-time series champion in the winningest driver in the history of the track, with over 30 of those coming in World of Outlaws A-Feature events. His first win at the high-banked half-mile came in 1978, the series inaugural season and the most recent was in 2005.
