Kinser, Outlaws at Lernerville Tuesday
Steve Kinser continues to dominate the professional World of Outlaws Sprint car series.
The 18-time WoO points champion is in the lead again - by 35 points over Danny Lasoski - as the Outlaws roll in to Lernerville Speedway for the Commonwealth Clash Tuesday night.
The 35-lap feature pays $10,000 to the winner.
Kinser picked up his 500th career WoO feature win earlier this season and owns 504 career victories in the series, including eight this year. No other driver even approaches 300 career wins.
Jason Meyers has three WoO feature wins this season, second to Kinser in that category.
The Outlaws have unleashed their "Mean 15," this season, a core of 15 drivers who have agreed to run the entire series.
The Mean 15 consist of veterans Lasoski, Kinser, Craig Dollansky, Aliquippa native and former Lernerville Sprint points champion Tim Shaffer, Donny Schatz, Daryn Pittman, Paul McMahan, Meyers, Jason Sides, Joey Saldana and Brian Paulus, along with rookies Kraig Kinser, Jonathan Allard, Brian Brown and Erin Crocker.
Kraig Kinser is Steve Kinser's son. Crocker became the first female to qualify for the Knoxville Nationals championship feature last year and won several prestigious awards.
Schatz won last year's Commonwealth Clash at Lernerville as the race was held a day late due to rain. Last year's Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup Outlaw race fell victim to the weather.
Rain has washed out three of the past four scheduled Friday night Fab Four racing cards at Lernerville as well.
Schatz is third in the WoO points race so far this season, but has yet to win a feature in 2004.
Other Outlaw drivers to win Sprint features recently at Lernerville include Stevie Smith in 2002 and 2000, Mark Kinser and Danny Wood in 2001, Sammy Swindell twice in 2000.
Ed Lynch Jr. of Apollo stunned the Outlaws when he won the Silver Cup race at Lernerville in 2002. Lynch is the career Sprint victory record holder at the Sarver track with 64.
The WoO 2004 schedule features 71 events over 100 tracks at 50 tracks in 29 states. The series carries more than $10 million in purses, contingencies and point fund awards.
Pit gates open at 4 p.m. Tuesday with the grandstand gates opening at 5 p.m. Time trials are set for 7:15 p.m., racing at 8 p.m.
