The World of Outlaws Commonwealth Clash Sprint Classic will be held at Lernerville Speedway Tuesday, paying $10,000 to win.

The WoO Sprints have been plagued with bad weather. Thus far in 2008, they have lost seven out of 14 scheduled shows because of Mother Nature's elements. Four different drivers have won features. Point leader Craig Dollansky (1,032 points) has two victories. Jason Meyers is second with 1,020 points and has three wins. Donny Schatz and Danny Lasoski have both captured one feature.

Last year's Commonwealth Clash winner, the "King" of the Outlaws, Steve Kinser, and Aliquippa's Tim Shaffer are winless, but that could change at Lernerville. Steve Kinser's son, Kraig, who left the NASCAR Truck Series and returned to the WoO Sprints in 2008, will be at the Sarver oval.

Local drivers Ed Lynch Jr., Rod George, Bob Felmlee, and Kevin Schaeffer are ready to battle for the big money.

Brett McDonald is a highly motivated individual. This is finals week at Slippery Rock University and the third-year sports management major has been busy studying for the exams.On Friday evening, the young Pure Stock driver can be seen piloting his #25 racer at Lernerville Speedway."Dad does a lot for me on the racer during the week," said McDonald. "School comes first."His dad, Larry McDonald, used to drive for John Yaroshak. On Saturday and Sundays, Brett doubles out as a cook at Kelly's Restaurant in the morning and the Saxonburg Hotel at night, to help with his finances.This week, he just added a new job to his list. He will help Ed Ferree on his farm during the summer. This is an ambitious young man on a mission!

There will be three ladies racing in the Indy 500 and one has a local connection: Sarah Fisher.In the late 1990's, Fisher raced in the Sprint division at Lernerville. She also followed the All Star Circuit of Champions Sprints. This year, Sarah will become the first female Indy driver to own her own racer.Two other female pilots will join her, Danica Patrick and Milka Dunn. Janet Guthrie was the first lady to enter the Indy race in 1978.

Continuing his winning ways, Alan Dellinger doubled down at Tri-City Speedway last Sunday, winning the Fast Trak Late Model and E-Mod features.Kevin Bolland started his weekend by crashing and sustaining heavy damage to his racer at the Virginia Motor Speedway Super DIRTcar Series race, Thursday. Bolland and his crew attempted to finish repairing his car at Lernerville and were able to make the feature, but did not finish the event.Sunday night at Tri-City, Bolland won the feature, thanks to the work of his dedicated crew.

Lernerville Kids Club will be making Mother's Day crafts at 6:45 p.m. today. At 6 p.m. on Fridays, the youngsters are able to ride through the pits on a school bus, provided by W.L. Roenigk Bus Company, to see the pit crews in action. ... Motordrome Speedway's promoter Stan Laskey is having "The Great Cheap Date" Package Friday, which includes two adult general admission tickets and two dinners at Peggy's NASCAR Kitchen. Cost of the package is only $25. ... Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway will give flowers to the first 300 moms' who enter the track and Pittsburgh Pirate ball caps to the first 100 kids Saturday. ... Mercer Raceway Park is having family night. Mom, dad, and as many kids, 15 and under accompanied by them, will be admitted for just $10. They will also have bike races. ... Sharon Speedway and Roaring Knob will present their season openers.Carol Gamble is a racing columnist for the Butler Eagle.