For Dollansky, the $10,000 win over 20-time World of Outlaws champion Steve Kinser and current series point leader Joey Saldana, was the 32nd of his World of Outlaws career. It was his second career victory in Texas and his first in the state since 2001.

“This is a great way to get this monkey that has been on our back off it,” said Dollansky. “This is a great team effort and we had to work for it. We started in the fourth row of the dash and when you can win races that way, it shows you have a strong team.”

Dollansky used a strong restart on the 19th lap in the Big Game Treestands Maxim to dive under Jac Haudenschild in turns one and two as Haudenschild bounced through a couple of holes and nearly got upside down, somehow keeping the car going and getting it back on all fours, though he lost six spots in the process.

Dollansky then opened up a comfortable lead in open track before a yellow flag bunched the field up. He withstood two double file restarts in the late going, which he chose the low line each time with Kinser lined up to his outside. A single file restart with five laps to go gave Kinser one final shot at Dollansky, but the native of Elk River, Minnesota was too strong and wound up winning by about a second and a half.

“Obviously those are great race cars and we had to deal with strong cars all night long,” Dollansky said. “Steve (Kinser) has definitely been strong and Joey (Saldana) coming from 17th to third, that’s a great run for his team. Thanks to everyone that supports us and digs deep to make this happen, especially my wife Julie who is back home in Minnesota.”

Dollansky began Friday night by turning in the second quickest lap in time trials. He followed that up with a solid third-place finish in the second heat race to pick up a spot in the dash, where he charged from seventh to third to earn a second row starting spot in the 30-lap main event.

“I’m fortunate to have some great people behind me, starting with Tod Quiring,” said Dollansky. “I’m so happy to join with him as our car owner and Big Game Treestands, along with the great sponsors we have in Karavan Trailers and Aggressive Hydraulics. It’s always a team effort when you win races and hopefully the fans enjoyed the race tonight. There was a lot going on there, and I’m just glad to bring home a win.”

Kinser ended up second in the Bass Pro Shops Maxim to earn his fifth Top-Five and sixth Top-10 finish of 2010 and also move up to second in the championship standings, just seven markers behind Joey Saldana as he chases his record 21st title. Kinser tried everything he could on the late restarts, but could not quite get a run on Dollansky.

“I had to hang on and not hit those holes coming off (turn) four,” shared Kinser. “Craig (Dollansky) was able to pick it back up pretty good. I might have tried to get a run on him, but he blocked the bottom and he was a little faster than us in the front. To come home second after starting way back in the dash isn’t too bad. We missed a couple of wrecks and have been running pretty good. We just need to move up a spot or two.”

Joey Saldana, the current World of Outlaws point leader, who was victorious last weekend in California, powered his way through the field to come from the 17th starting spot to finish third in the Budweiser Maxim.

“It was a great night,” Saldana said. “That is definitely the kind of night that you have to have when you start out having a bad night. We had a really good car, we just started really far back. We’ll go to Houston and try to get two spots more.”

The race began with Paul McMahan jumping to an early lead from the pole, with Jac Haudenschild in second, though the first caution of the night flew on the opening lap for an incident involving Donny Schatz and Terry McCarl. On the complete restart, McMahan again led with Dollansky battling Haudenschild for second.

Haudenschild moved into the lead on the ninth lap diving under McMahan in turn one and quickly put some distance between the pair, with Dollansky moving into the runner-up spot on the next circuit. Haudenschild was strong in lapped traffic, though a caution on the 19th lap set up a double file restart with him choosing the outside line and Dollansky lining up down low.

Jason Meyers had a consistent night finishing fourth in the GLR Investments KPC to earn his fifth Top-Five finish of the season. He has finished sixth or better in all six races in 2010 and is just nine points behind Joey Saldana as he chases his first World of Outlaws title.

Jason Sides picked up his third Top-Five finish of the season coming home fifth in the Wetherington Tractor Service Maxim, which moved him up to fourth in the series championship standings after Donny Schatz finished 14th.

Paul McMahan ended up sixth in the Great Clips Maxim after leading the first eight laps, to score his best finish of the season and his best since joining Kasey Kahne Racing filling in for the injured Cody Darrah.

Jac Haudenschild finished seventh in the Owens-Corning Fiberglass XXX. Haudenschild, who led 10 laps crossed the line in fifth, but was docked two positions at the finish by way of World of Outlaws rules for passing a car before the restart cone on the front straightaway on the final restart of the night, which was a single file restart due to consecutive yellow flags flying before a lap was completed on the double file restart. Kraig Kinser was eighth in the Quaker State Maxim, with Tim Kaeding ninth piloting the DTR Transport KPC. Danny Lasoski rounded out the Top-10 in the Casey’s General Stores JEI.

The World of Outlaws return to action on Saturday, March 13 at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown for The Texas Shootout to wrap up the Texas Two-Step Weekend.

LONE STAR SPEEDWAY NOTES

*FAST QUALIFIER: Donny Schatz paced the 29 cars that took time with an AMB i.t. timed lap around the high-banked half-mile oval at 14.411 seconds at 124.905 mph. For his qualifying effort, Schatz earned five bonus points. The next four fastest qualifiers also earned bonus points, including: Craig Dollansky (4), Jason Sides (3), Sam Hafertepe Jr. (2) and Kraig Kinser (1).

*LONE STAR SPEEDWAY QUALIFYING WINNERS: Jac Haudenschild, Terry McCarl and Steve Kinser won heat races. Paul McMahan won the dash. Brian Ellenberger won the B-Main.

* FEATURE WINNERS: There have been six World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature events held in 2010. The winners include: Jason Meyers (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Thunderbowl Raceway), Craig Dollansky (Lone Star Speedway), Steve Kinser (Volusia Speedway Park), Joey Saldana (Thunderbowl Raceway) and Donny Schatz (Volusia Speedway Park).

*HALF-MILE WINNERS: Lone Star Speedway is a high-banked half-mile oval. The World of Outlaws have raced four times at a track that size in 2010. The winners include: Craig Dollansky (Lone Star Speedway), Steve Kinser (Volusia Speedway Park), Jason Meyers (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway) and Donny Schatz (Volusia Speedway Park).

World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Lone Star Speedway; Kilgore, TX; March 12, 2010

Qualifying

1) 15-Donny Schatz 14.411

2) 7-Craig Dollansky 14.549

3) 7S-Jason Sides 14.617

4) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 14.670

5) 11K-Kraig Kinser 14.689

6) 6-Danny Lasoski 14.703

7) R19-Jac Haudenschild 14.725

8) 91-Paul McMahan 14.750

9) 14-Jason Meyers 14.760

10) 21-Brian Brown 14.769

11) 24-Terry McCarl 14.773

12) 11-Steve Kinser 14.774

13) 51-Fred Rahmer 14.815

14) 83-Tim Kaeding 14.816

15) 2B-Ben Gregg 14.824

16) 6R-Bill Rose 14.881

17) 9-Joey Saldana 14.881

18) 18-Tony Bruce Jr. 14.887

19) 22-Brian Ellenberger 14.897

20) 4X-Toni Lutar 14.904

21) 17-Daryn Pittman 14.940

22) 30C-Lance Dewease 15.010

23) 45X-Johnny Herrera 15.144

24) 44W-Austen Wheatley 15.167

25) 10A-Ricky Logan 15.294

26) 1-Bronson Maeschen 15.369

27) 63-Chad Kemenah 15.467

28) 4-Eric Baldaccini 15.811

29) 85-Josh Hawkins 16.447

30) 5W-Lucas Wolfe -.—

Heat 1 (8 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) R19-Jac Haudenschild[2]

2) 21-Brian Brown[1]

3) 15-Donny Schatz[4]

4) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[3]

5) 51-Fred Rahmer[5]

6) 6R-Bill Rose[6]

7) 10A-Ricky Logan[9]

8) 22-Brian Ellenberger[7]

9) 30C-Lance Dewease[8]

10) 4-Eric Baldaccini[10]

Heat 2 (8 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 24-Terry McCarl[1]

2) 91-Paul McMahan[2]

3) 7-Craig Dollansky[4]

4) 11K-Kraig Kinser[3]

5) 9-Joey Saldana[6]

6) 83-Tim Kaeding[5]

7) 4X-Toni Lutar[7]

8) 45X-Johnny Herrera[8]

9) 1-Bronson Maeschen[9]

10) 85-Josh Hawkins[10]

Heat 3 (8 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 11-Steve Kinser[1]

2) 14-Jason Meyers[2]

3) 6-Danny Lasoski[3]

4) 7S-Jason Sides[4]

5) 18-Tony Bruce Jr.[6]

6) 2B-Ben Gregg[5]

7) 63-Chad Kemenah[9]

8) 17-Daryn Pittman[7]

9) 44W-Austen Wheatley[8]

10) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[10]

Dash (6 laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 91-Paul McMahan[3]

2) R19-Jac Haudenschild[4]

3) 7-Craig Dollansky[7]

4) 14-Jason Meyers[2]

5) 7S-Jason Sides[6]

6) 15-Donny Schatz[8]

7) 11-Steve Kinser[10]

8) 24-Terry McCarl[9]

9) 21-Brian Brown[1]

10) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[5]

B-main (12 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) – Starting Position [#]

1) 22-Brian Ellenberger[1]

2) 4X-Toni Lutar[2]

3) 30C-Lance Dewease[4]

4) 17-Daryn Pittman[3]

5) 44W-Austen Wheatley[6]

6) 10A-Ricky Logan[7]

7) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[12] [$200]

8) 63-Chad Kemenah[9] [$180]

9) 45X-Johnny Herrera[5] [$175]

10) 4-Eric Baldaccini[10] [$160]

11) 1-Bronson Maeschen[8] [$150]

12) 85-Josh Hawkins[11] [$150]

A-main (30 laps) – Starting Position [#]

1) 7-Craig Dollansky[3] [$10,000]

2) 11-Steve Kinser[7] [$5,500]

3) 9-Joey Saldana[17] [$3,200]

4) 14-Jason Meyers[4] [$2,800]

5) 7S-Jason Sides[5] [$2,500]

6) 91-Paul McMahan[1] [$2,300]

7) R19-Jac Haudenschild[2] [$2,200]

8) 11K-Kraig Kinser[11] [$2,100]

9) 83-Tim Kaeding[14] [$2,050]

10) 6-Danny Lasoski[12] [$2,000]

11) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[25] [$700]

12) 51-Fred Rahmer[13] [$1,200]

13) 24-Terry McCarl[8] [$1,100]

14) 15-Donny Schatz[6] [$1,050]

15) 63-Chad Kemenah[26] [$200]

16) 2B-Ben Gregg[15] [$900]

17) 4X-Toni Lutar[20] [$800]

18) 17-Daryn Pittman[21] [$800]

19) 6R-Bill Rose[16] [$800]

20) 22-Brian Ellenberger[19] [$800]

21) 44W-Austen Wheatley[23] [$800]

22) 30C-Lance Dewease[22] [$800]

23) 10A-Ricky Logan[24] [$800]

24) 18-Tony Bruce Jr[18] [$800]

25) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[10] [$800]

26) 21-Brian Brown[9] [$800]

Lap Leaders: Paul McMahan 1-8, Jac Haudenschild 9-18, Craig Dollansky 19-30

KSE Hard Charger Award: Lucas Wolfe

Penske Power Position Award: Ben Gregg

Note- Lucas Wolfe and Chad Kemenah used World of Outlaws Provisionals to start the A-Feature.

World of Outlaws Championship Standings through March 12

1. Joey Saldana 877
2. Steve Kinser 870 -7
3. Jason Meyers 868 -9
4. Jason Sides 830 -47
5. Donny Schatz 824 -53
6. Kraig Kinser 796 -81
7. Jac Haudenschild 780 -97
8. Danny Lasoski 778 -99
9. Tim Kaeding 757 -120
10. Craig Dollansky 753 -124

The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Goodyear Tires (Official Tire), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, Jake’s Custom Golf Carts, KSE Race Products, Penske Shocks, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo; Engine Builder’s Challenge participants Don Ott Racing Engines, Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and Speedway Engines; and Chassis Builder’s Challenge participants J&J Auto Racing, Maxim Racing and XXX Race Company.

2010 will be no different, as right out of the gate on Friday March 12th the return of the “Fastest Show on Dirt” will make its way back to LSS when the World of Outlaws Sprint Series stages its only scheduled visit of the season. Names of the likes of Steve and Kraig Kinser, Danny Lasoski, Donny Schatz, Craig Dollansky, Joey Saldana, Jason Meyers and son of LSS track owners Sam Hafertepe Jr., amongst many others, will take part in a full night of qualifying, heats, dash and feature race competition. This date was recently announced and support division(s) will be listed on the track website when that news becomes available.

Back for the first time in several years, the World of Outlaws Late Models make a triumphant return to LSS two weeks later on Saturday March 27th. Drivers such as 2009 series champion “Kid Rocket” Josh Richards, Steve Francis, Darrell Lanigan, Tim Fuller and Rick Eckert will all compete in a one night show, plus a host of others. Joining the WoO late models will be the only 2010 appearance of the exciting Winged Modifieds.

Next up, on Friday April 9th, the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series tackles LSS with a full field of top-flight sprint cars. Fans can expect drivers such as Shane Stewart, Gary Wright, Jason Johnson and Travis Rilat. Joining the sprint cars will be the modifieds, limited modifieds and factory stocks; rounding out what will certainly be a huge night of racing.

Then, on Sunday May 30th, the stars and cars of the SUPR Late Model Series will make their return for another night of high-speed action during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. The modifieds, limited modifieds and factory stocks will also be on hand.

Saturday June 26th will mark the first ever visit of the Southern Thunder Sprints to Lone Star Speedway. Once again, fans will enjoy a diverse racing program with the modifieds, limited modifieds and factory stocks all taking part in the show.

Kicking off the Independence Day holiday weekend Friday July 2nd, will mark the second of three appearances for the SUPR Late Model Series. Another full slate of racing can be expected, as the modifieds, limited modifieds and factory stocks will race that evening.

Then the track will take a few weeks off during the “dog days of summer” only to return Saturday September 11th with an exciting double-header for the ASCS Lone Star Sprint Cars and the final SUPR Late Model Series event at LSS in 2010.

After an enormous success in 2009 at LSS, the Monster Truck Nationals will put on another high-flying, crunch-filled program on Saturday September 18th. You certainly won’t want to miss their return.

Wrapping up the 2010 racing calendar will be an inaugural 2-day event for the USMTS Southern Series for Modifieds on Friday and Saturday October 29th-30th. Joining them both nights will be the limited modifieds.

A pair of practice dates is also set on March 7th, from 3-8pm; and March 26th from 6-10pm.

More race dates are still in negotiation at this point, so make sure to visit www.LoneStarSpeedway.com for future updates. The 2010 schedule is also available for download and print on the track website. Also, you can find the latest in LSS news on your local racing forums throughout the 2010 racing season.

From everyone at “The Fastest ½ Mile Dirt Track in Texas,” have a safe and enjoyable racing season; we are looking forward to providing you with great racing action at affordable prices all year long.

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Our partial 2010 schedule is posted, but it’s subject to change.

Thank you, from LONE STAR SPEEDWAY, the ‘FASTEST 1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK IN TEXAS’…

Don’t forget about our upcoming events on the 24th of May and the 3rd of July. May 24th we will be hosting the SUPR Late Models as well as the ASCS Gulf South 360 Sprint Cars. July 3rd is our Fireworks Spectacular featuring the SUPR Late Models and Limited/Sport Modifeds.

Limited Modifieds will race for $1500 to win with a $100 entry fee. Rob Litton will lead the SUPR Late Models back into Lone Star for $2500 to win and a $100 entry fee after his huge win at the Texas Motor Speedway opened the 2009 season for the touring series.

Don’t forget the World of Outlaw Sprint Cars return to Lone Star on FRIDAY night, April 10th.