| FEBRUARY
24, 2005 - TULARE, CA...Still recovering from a
serious IROC wreck, Steve Kinser, showed his fans what
winged sprint car racing is all about with an opening
night National Sprint Tour win at the Tulare, California
Thunderbowl Raceway on Friday night. Race fans packed the
house for this event and there were no disappointments.
A
strong main event finish for third place by Jason Meyers
(14) was overshadowed by the developing showdown between
Steve Kinser (11) and his new driver Tim Kaeding (11K).
Both won their respective dashes, putting them on the
front row of the 30 lap main event. Tim, the faster
qualifier got to choose the starting lane over his boss.
Tim commented in front of the crowd, “Why do we have to
do this on the first night?” Steve was gracious in
accepting the inside pole as Tim picked the fast starting
outside. The lane choice paid off as Kaeding took
the lead at the start only to be brought back by a first
lap caution. “I kinda snookered him on the
restart,” commented Steve after the main win.
Kinser led wire to wire with Kaeding never letting up the
pressure and at several points during the race was close
to passing for the lead.
A
“heavy” track made for challenging driving conditions.
The main was marred by 5 cautions, the most dramatic when
Ronnie Day (1D) and Brooke Tatnell (8) tangled ending an
excellent run for both in 4th and 5th place at the time.
Jason Solwold in the R19 car started in 15th and finished
in 6th place showing speed and patience over the 30 lap
main.
Jason
Meyers commented after the race the event “was
everything we (NST drivers) hoped for and more.
We’re behind this thing 110%.” Tim Kaeding, when
asked about the relationship with Kinser, commented
“this is a dream come true for me”. About his
race long challenge for the lead, “I didn’t know where
third place was and I didn’t care. I was just
racing that green car.”
The
National Sprint Tour will return to the Thunderbowl on
Saturday night. Race fans will get a chance to see
Danny Lasoski and the NST regulars battle again with Sammy
Swindell and his son, Kevin, Joey Saldana, Brooke Tatnell,
Brent Kaeding and California’s best show they can
challenge for the win. The Friday and Saturday races
are scored as separate events so everyone gets a fresh
chance Saturday night.
NATIONAL
SPRINT TOUR - TULARE THUNDERBOWL RACEWAY - TULARE, CA
FEBRUARY 24, 2006 - INAUGURAL EVENT
QUALIFYING
1) 20 Paul McMahan 13.107, 2)
83 Danny Lasoski 13.147, 3) 14 Jason Meyers 13.160, 4) 9
Joey Saldana 13.236, 5) 1d Ronnie Day 13.254, 6) 0 Jon
Allard 13.287, 7) 5 Sammy Swindell 13.290,
8) 26 Shane Stewart 13.319, 9) 11k Tim Kaeding 13.408, 10)
8 Brooke Tatnell 13.445, 11) 7s Jason Sides 13.471, 12) 11
Steve Kinser 13.498, 13) 8r Travis Rutz 13.509, 14) 28
Brian Paulus13.564, 15) R19 Jason Solwold 13.568, 16) 6
Tim Shaffer 13.631, 17) 0k Dennis Moore Jr. 13.632, 18) 89
Ricci Faria 13.649, 19) 11h Lucas Wolfe 13.652, 20)
12 Robert Ballou 13.715,
21) 1 Kevin Swindell 13.730, 22) 71 John Gray 13.766, 23)
99 Kyle Hirst 13.774, 24) 71g Garrett Ishii 13.777, 25)4
Peter Murphy 13.797, 26) 69 Brent Kaeding 13.918, 27) 3
Craig Stidham 13.944, 28) 5c Brian Coehlo 14.108, 29) 44
Matt Shelton 14.171, 30) 51 Chuck Gurney Jr. 14.179, 31)
4x Toni Lutar 14.381, 32) 14j Brandon Johnson 14.558, 33)
83m Mike Stallings 14.596, 34) 9j Steve Osbourne 14.638,
35) 1m Willie Hernandez 14.885, 36) 22b Ben Gregg 15.075,
37) 78 Mark Barroso No Time.
HEAT 1 – 10 Laps (Top 5
transfer to A-Main)
1) Tim Kaeding, 2) Kevin Swindell, 3) Paul McMahan, 4)
Ronnie Day, 5) Dennis Moore Jr., 6) Peter Murphy, 7)
Travis Rutz, 8) Mike Stallings, 9) Matt Shelton.
HEAT 2 – 10 Laps (Top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1) Brooke Tatnell, 2) Ricci Faria, 3) Danny Lasoski, 4)
Jon Allard, 5) Brian Paulus, 6) John Gray,
7) Chuck Gurney Jr., 8) Steve Osbourne, 9) Brent Kaeding.
HEAT 3 – 10 Laps (Top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1) Lucas Wolfe, 2) Jason Meyers, 3) Kyle Hirst, 4) Jason
Sides, 5) Sammy Swindell, 6) Jason Solwold, 7) Craig
Stidham, 8) Willie Hernandez, 9) Toni Lutar.
HEAT 4 – 10 Laps (Top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1)
Robert Ballou,
2) Steve Kinser, 3) Joey Saldana, 4) Shane Stewart, 5) Tim
Shaffer, 6) Garrett Ishii, 7) Brian Coehlo, 8) Ben Gregg,
9) Brandon Johnson.
DASH 1 – 6 Laps
1) Tim Kaeding, 2) Jason Meyers, 3) Jason Sides, 4) Sammy
Swindell, 5) Paul McMahan, 6) Ronnie Day.
DASH 2 – 6 Laps
1) Steve Kinser, 2) Brooke Tatnell, 3) Danny Lasoski, 4)
Shane Stewart, 5) Joey Saldana, 6) Jon Allard.
B-MAIN – 15 Laps (Top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1) Jason Solwold, 2) Travis Rutz, 3) Garrett Ishii, 4)
Craig Stidham, 5) Peter Murphy, 6) Brian Coehlo, 7) Chuck
Gurney Jr., 8) John Gray, 9) Toni Lutar, 10) Steve
Osbourne, 11) Brandon Johnson, 12) Matt Shelton, 13) Ben
Gregg, 14) Willie Hernandez, 15) Mike Stallings, 16) Brent
Kaeding, 17) Mark Barrosso – DNS.
A-MAIN – 30 Laps [Starting Position]
1) Steve Kinser [1], 2) Tim Kaeding [2], 3) Jason Meyers
[4], 4) Joey Saldana [9], 5) Sammy Swindell [8], 6) Jason
Solwold [15], 7) Danny Lasoski [5], 8) Jason Sides [6], 9)
Paul McMahan [10], 10) Ronnie Day [12], 11) Tim Shaffer
[16], 12) Brooke Tatnell [3], 13) Ricci Faria [18], 14)
Brian Paulus [14], 15)
Robert Ballou [20],
16) Garrett Ishii [23], 17) Craig Stidham [24], 18) Jon
Allard [11], 19) Kyle Hirst [22], 20) Lucas Wolfe [19],
21) Shane Stewart [7], 22) Dennis Moore Jr. [17], 23)
Travis Rutz [13], 24) Kevin Swindell [21].
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