DOLLANSKY ALL THE WAY IN WORLD OF OUTLAWS MAIN
>
> By Eldon and Oleva Butcher
>
> Haubstadt, IN - July 6, 2008. Craig Dollansky of Elk River,
> MN, drove to victory Sunday night at Tri-State Speedway in the 40 lap
> World of Outlaws Sprint Car feature event. Dollansky was behind the
> wheel of the Woodward outlaw winged sprint sponsored by Snap-On. The
> occasion was the make-up for the original WoO 2008 race date which
> was rained out back on April 19th. Thirty drivers provided the
> competition during the night’s racing program sponsored by Dewig
> Meats with 25 starting the feature.
>
> Dollansky started outside pole, forged into the lead at the
> outset, and then led all 40 laps of the feature. Steve Kinser of
> Bloomington, IN, who started on the pole by virtue of a win in the
> Crane Cams Dash followed Dollansky throughout, challenging for the
> lead on the restarts. Ironically the 2 drivers were also winners of
> the features held during the last 2 appearances of the WoO drivers at
> Tri-state Speedway. Kinser had won in 2007 with Dollansky winning
> the year before in 2006.
>
> In victory lane Dollansky made note of the his formidable
> competition. “It is never easy when you are racing with Steve
> Kinser. On the restarts Steve was there but after a couple of laps I
> wouldn’t see him anymore.” It was Dollansky’s sixth win on the tour
> this year and Steve was just behind even in or out of lapped traffic
> looking for an opening. There was no ground to gain up high on the
> track where the cushion had widened some 20 feet entering the turns.
>
> World of Outlaws Points leader Donny Schatz was third, Paul
> McMahon fourth, and Joey Saldana placed fifth. Schatz and Saldana
> started outside the top five and worked their way up. Gaining the
> most ground was Kraig Kinser who started 25th using a provisional and
> finished 15th.
>
> Action behind the two leaders produced 5 caution periods and 2
> red flags. Fast qualifier Jason Meyers brought out the first caution
> with three laps on the board as he then headed into the pits for
> repairs. Three laps later Tony Bruce Jr. spun. After 6 more laps
> under the green Tyler Thompson spun sideways. Another yellow came
> two laps later when Danny Smith’s car lost power. With 17 laps
> complete a red flag appeared after Terry McCarl went end for end in
> turn one in the Big Game Tree Stands sprinter. A 2car spin on lap 27
> was followed by a double flip on the backstretch. Jac Haudenschild
> who drove away from the first entanglement was caught up again in the
> one following the restart. Also involved was Shane Stewart.’
> Stewarts car ended upside down on it’s wing in the infield. That
> accident was followed by an open red with crews being allowed to add
> fuel, check air pressure, etc. The nineteen remaining cars were
> pushed off with 13 laps to decide the final positions and some hard
> green flag racing followed.
>
> Randy Hannigan, Sam Hafertepe Jr., and Joey Saldana won the
> three outlaw heats with Paul May from Terre Haute, IN, winning the 12
> lap last chance race. Veteran Bill Rose rolled his car on the front
> stretch in that semi feature.
> In UMP Modified racing Zack Fair of Petersburg, IN, won the 25
> lap feature. Fair finished ahead of Kent Robinson. Both had won
> their heats and used strong runs to stay out front for the distance.
> Fair who competes in a wide loop of tracks in the Tri-State area was
> jubilant. The win was a momentum builder! “We have to work so hard
> to get a win here on what we consider our home track.”
>
> One of those reasons was UMP National Points leader Randle
> Sweeney who finished third after starting sixteenth on the field.
> After he began working the top five the task became even more
> difficult. Clint DeMoss and Matt Huddleston rounded out the top
> five. Mark Cole won the other heat race and Sweeney won the
> shortened consy which ran afoul of the 12 minute track time limit for
> consolation races. Thirty-one modified cars were on hand.
>
> The next event scheduled for Tri-State Speedway will be the
> Grand Finale for USAC Indiana Sprint Week on Saturday night July
> 19th. The event is sanctioned by the United States Auto Club. There
> will be eight races in eleven days at six Hoosier tracks and Tri-
> State Speedway will host the final round to decide the 2008 Champion.
>
> The End
>
>
> SUMMARY
> Tri-State Speedway
> Haubstadt, IN
> July 6, 2008
>
> World Of Outlaws Sprint Cars:
> (30 Entries)
>
> Top Qualifier - Jason Meyers 11.859
>
> First Heat - Randy Hannigan, Craig Dollansky, Jason Meyers, Daryn
> Pittman
> Second Heat - Sam Hafertepe Jr., Steve Kinser, Chad Kemenah, Terry
> McCarl
> Third Heat - Joey Saldana, Paul McMahon, Jac Haudenschild, Donny
> Schatz
> Crane Cams Dash - Steve Kinser, Craig Dollansky, Randy Hannigan,
> Jason Meyers
>
> B-Main - Paul May, Danny Smith, Kody Kinser, Tyler Thompson, Tiffany
> Wyzard
> Tim Engler
>
> Feature(40 Laps) - Craig Dollansky, Steve Kinser, Donny Schatz, Paul
> McMahon,
> Joey Saldana, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Chad
> Kemenah, Daryn Pittman,
> Chad Hillier, Kerry Madsen, Jason
> Sides, Randy Hannigan,
> Paul May, Chad Blonde, Kraig Kinser,
> Tony Bruce Jr.,
> Kody Kinser, Tiffany Wyzard, Jason
> Meyers, Jac Haudenschild,
> Shane Stewart, Tim Engler, Terry
> McCarl, Tyler Thompson,
> Danny Smith
>
>
>
> UMP Open Wheel Modifieds:
> (31 Entries)
>
> First Heat - Zack Fair, Clint DeMoss, Chris Moore, Stan Beadles
> Second Heat - Mark Cole, Matt Huddleston, Dennis Milligan, Mark
> Ballard
> Third Heat - Kent Robinson, Dustin Christie, Mike Stryzinski, Josh
> Landers
>
> Consy - Randle Sweeney, Grant Aiker, Everett Bradham, Robert Smith
>
> Feature(25 Laps) - Zack Fair, Kent Robinson, Randle Sweeney, Clint
> DeMoss,
> Matt Huddleston,
>
>
>
> FROM:
>
> Eldon Butcher,
> For Tri-State Speedway
> E-Mail: ebutcher@gibsoncounty.net
> Phone: (812)749-9715