Team Reports

INDIANAPOLIS (May 6, 2015) – There’s something special about racing at Tony Stewart’s Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Six-time and reigning World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series champion Donny Schatz has raced all across the United States, in three Canadian provinces and at numerous dirt tracks in Australia during the last 20 years, and he has yet to find any place quite like “the Big E” – where the speed itself makes it unique and tradition from hosting some of the sport’s greatest drivers in victory lane is second to none.

This weekend, the driver of Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing’s (TSR) No. 15 Bad Boy Buggies/Chevrolet Performance J&J will be part of a Friday-Saturday doubleheader being billed as “The Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends.” Schatz, the current WoO points leader, returns to the high-banked, half-mile dirt oval seeking his seventh WoO A-Feature win of 2015 and first at Eldora since the 2009 Kings Royal.

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ROSSBURG, Ohio (May 5, 2015) – Readers of SPEED SPORT Magazine selected Eldora Speedway as their favorite track earlier this year for the fourth consecutive year.

Joey Saldana agrees with the readers who voted for Eldora because it is his favorite track too. The World of Outlaws will be competing at the famed oval Friday and Saturday, May 8-9.

The half-mile track was built in 1954 by the late Earl Baltes and purchased by three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart 50 years later.

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Inside Line Promotions – HAUBSTADT, Ind. (May 5, 2015) – Jason Sides enjoyed a successful weekend with the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, which competed at three different tracks in three different states during a three-day span.

The weekend kicked off last Friday at Salina Highbanks Speedway in Salina, Okla., where Sides timed in 17th quickest.

“We went out early and I think the track cleaned off or laid a little rubber in qualifying,” he said. “It stayed that way all night. It was rubber down at the start of the feature.”

Sides finished fifth in his heat race and he advanced from 17th to 14th during the main event on the one-lane track.

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Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing (TSR) driver Donny Schatz led the World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series into the Midwest over the weekend for the first time in 2015 and came away with three top-10 finishes. The driver of the TSR No. 15 Bad Boy Buggies/Chevrolet Performance J&J improved his finishing position each night, coming home 10^th Friday at the Salina (Okla.) Highbanks, sixth Saturday night at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 near St. Louis, and fourth Sunday night at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Indiana.

The theme of the weekend was charging forward during the A-Feature events. Schatz opened the weekend by qualifying 13^th in the field of 27 cars at Salina. The six-time and reigning WoO champion advanced from fifth to third in the opening heat to transfer directly into the 25-lap A-Feature. It took three tries to get the A-Feature started and Schatz would have preferred either of the first two attempts to stand as he moved from 13^th to eighth on the first attempt and reached ninth on the second start. After a third try, Schatz was back battling for 13^th in the early going and began searching for ways to advance on a surface that quickly became one lane because of rubber. He made two late passes to reach 10^th, but ran out of laps to climb any higher.

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HAUBSTADT, Ind. (May 3, 2015) – The final night of three consecutive World of Outlaws races culminated tonight at Tri-State Speedway. Spirits in the Motter Equipment HE&M Saw Beltline Body Shop pits were high based on Joey Saldana’s success last night driving from 18th position to a third place finish and scoring the Hard Charger award.

Tonight, Saldana was among the top qualifiers at Tri-State, wheeling the 71M to the No. 6 position (12.101 seconds) in a field of 39 cars.

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PEVELY, Mo. (May 2, 2015) – After a long night’s drive and a couple of hours of sleep,World of Outlaws competitors arrived at Federated Auto Parts Raceway I-55. The track, co-owned by Kenny Schrader, is host to the Ironman 55 competition in early August.

Joey Saldana and the Dan Motter-owned team were looking for retribution for last night’s 11th place finish with a race car that wouldn’t respond to set-up changes. Crew chief Randy Wolfe, Sean Strausbaugh and Derek Miller made adjustments tonight that ultimately gave Saldana a horse to ride in spectacular fashion despite some formidable odds.

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SALINA, Okla. (May 1, 2015) – Yesterday the Motter Motorsports team participated in HE&M Saw Employee Recognition Day at the company’s headquarters in Pryor, Okla. The day’s activities included a barbecue and HE&M Saw employees had a chance to examine the 71M Sprint Car and ask driver Joey Saldana and the team questions.

Saldana and team owner Dan Motter also surprised CEO Doug Harris with a Shell Shock designed and painted, race worn HE&M Saw helmet.

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INDIANAPOLIS (April 29, 2015) – Donny Schatz has started the 2015 World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series campaign faster than he has any of his previous 18 seasons of competition with “The Greatest Show on Dirt.” With six wins in the first 18 races, the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing (TSR) driver has set a torrid pace at dirt tracks from Florida to California to Texas during the season’s first three months. And the six-time and reigning series champion is determined to keep the TSR No. 15 Bad Boy Buggies/Chevrolet Performance J&J ahead of the competition as the calendar turns to May.

This weekend, Schatz and his Bad Boy Buggies/Chevrolet Performance team – Rick Warner, Steve Swenson and Eric Prutzman – embark on their first tripleheader weekend of the season as the tour makes its first 2015 run through the Midwest. The first stop is Friday in northeast Oklahoma at the Salina Highbanks, where the Outlaws will make their fourth-ever appearance at the 3/8-mile dirt oval. The series heads northeast to the St. Louis area for Saturday’s annual spring stop at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55, then closes the weekend Sunday in southwest Indiana at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt.

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TELFORD, PA. – April 29, 2015 – As the saying goes, everything is bigger in Texas.

$20,000, a signature cowboy hat and the Ted Johnson Memorial trophy were on the line as the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series invaded Devils Bowl Speedway near Mesquite.

“We felt really good going into Devils Bowl,” said Paul McMahan, driver of the Bairs Tree Service, Nyce Crete & Landis Block & Concrete and All Star Performance sponsored #51. “We ran really well there last year and nearly won the opening night. This season, it was a battle with Mother Nature. We lost Friday night to rain and then the track crew had to work feverishly to get the pits into shape for Saturday night. We really appreciated their efforts. Our car was good and we were decent throughout the night. We ran well. Started 8th and made up one spot. We couldn’t really progress during the feature. Wasn’t bad for our only stop in Texas this year but we were hoping for better.”

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PRYOR, Okla. (April 28, 2015) – A big weekend of racing is on tap for the Motter Equipment HE&M Saw Beltline Body Shop team beginning Thursday, April 30, when the team visits HEMsaw’s headquarters in Pryor, Oklahoma.

Driver Joey Saldana, team owner Dan Motter, team members Randy Wolfe, Sean Strausbaugh, Derek Miller and Skye Michael will visit with HEMsaw employees and answer questions about their World of Outlaws racing experience. The 71M sprint car will also be on display.

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