Rossburg, OH—July 16, 2009—The traditional “Month of Money” kicks off for the World of Outlaws this weekend at Eldora Speedway in Ohio with the 26th running of the legendary Kings Royal on Saturday, July 18. The weekend will kick off with the Knight before the Kings Royal on Friday, July 17. The finale on Saturday night will pay $50,000 to the winner and the cameras from SPEED will be on hand to tape the race for broadcast on Sunday, August 9 at 5 p.m. Eastern.

Joey Saldana was bidding for his third career win in the event last season and was leading when he lost a tire with 13 laps remaining, handing the lead to Daryn Pittman, who would pace the field for the remainder of the distance to score his first win in the Kings Royal.

Steve Kinser, the 20-time World of Outlaws champion, leads all drivers with six wins in event and is the only driver that has made the main event in each of the previous 25 Kings Royals.

Jac Haudenschild has won the race three times and is one of three drivers from the state of Ohio to wear the famed crown and sit on the throne at his home state track.

NHRA Media Photoby Phil Burgess, NHRA.com
Larry Dixon, Jack Beckman, Jason Line, and Andrew Hines collected victories at the third annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park. The race was the 12th event of the 24-race NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.

The victories by the Pro winners were crucial in many aspects. Dixon used his fourth win of the season in Top Fuel to move to second in standings, while Funny Car champ Beckman moved into fourth place. Line was able to move up a spot as well, into third in Pro Stock, while Hines also took one step forward and into second place behind his teammate and fellow finalist Eddie Krawiec.

There was a lot at stake for Dixon in the Top Fuel final as a win would propel him into second place and a loss would drop him to fourth behind opponent Brandon Bernstein. The race ended early though when Bernstein smoked the tires and watched Dixon zoom away to a 3.98, 294.05-mph victory, the 47th of his career. Dixon remains perfect on the season with four wins in four finals.

by Matt Kentfield
CONCORD, N.C. -- Anderson Speedway in Indiana has always been considered the birthplace of the American Speed Association. The days of Bob Senneker, Mike Eddy, Dick Trickle, Mark Martin and Rusty Wallace doing battle at the tight, high-banked quarter-mile oval are legendary. Now officials are celebrating ASA’s heritage by bringing back the historic Redbud 300 race on Tuesday, June 16th, at Anderson Speedway.

“There seems to be a tremendous interest in this race,” said Rick Dawson, promoter of Anderson Speedway. “It is almost like the perfect storm, as we have a NASCAR star coming to town; we have the CRA Series coming; we have resurrected the historic Redbud 300, and we have the added ASA flavor.”

That NASCAR star is none other than phenom Kyle Busch, who won 21 races between the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series in 2008 and has already won in each series again this year. He will bring his KBM Super Late Model team to Anderson, IN, for the Redbud 300.

by Kevin Kovac
CLOSE AGAIN: Defending World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion Darrell Lanigan made another impressive charge in a big-money race on Saturday night, rallying from the 15th starting spot to finish third in the UMP DIRTcar Racing-sanctioned 'Dream XV' at Eldora Speedway.

But pocketing $10,000 and ending up as the highest-finishing WoO LMS regular in the 100-lap A-Main was little consolation for the no-nonsense racer from Union, Ky., who is sick and tired of falling short in extra-distance specials this season.

Lanigan, who turned 39 on June 3, summed up his Dream effort thusly: 'We needed to start up front. If we would've been in front of Scott (Bloomquist, who finished second), I don't know if he would've gotten by us. (Jimmy) Owens (the eventual winner) ' well, he was good and would've been tough to beat even if we started up front, so I'm not saying we would've won it with a better starting spot. But I know that we could've run second.'

Dirt Late Model Race Rescheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009 at Eldora Speedway

ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 3, 2009) – Persistent rain has forced officials at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, to postpone the fifth annual Prelude to the Dream. The all-star dirt late model race has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 9. A decision regarding the broadcast of the event will be made at a later date.

The wet weather made it impossible to run the event that was slated to benefit four military-themed charities – Wounded Warrior Project, Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, Operation Homefront and Fisher House.

“We worked really hard to make sure everything was right for the drivers, fans and viewers at home on HBO Pay-Per-View, but the weather was the one element we couldn’t control,” said Tony Stewart, two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion and owner of Eldora Speedway.

Those who have already purchased the Prelude to the Dream on HBO Pay-Per-View, which was slated to begin today at 7 p.m. EDT, will be refunded.

ARCA RE/MAX Series rookie Parker Kligerman held off a hungry pack of series veterans to win the wild Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care Sunday afternoon at Toledo Speedway.
Kligerman, in the no. 77 Cunningham Motorsports Dodge, turned back a late-race charge from point leader Justin Lofton during a green-white-checker finish to earn his career-first victory in his eighth series start.

"I'm just so proud of these guys," said Kligerman. "Thanks to Briggs Cunningham, Kerry Scherer, the entire Penske Racing organization, my crew chief Chris Carrier; I couldn't do it without any of these guys. I wouldn't even be in a stock car if it wasn't for these guys."

Kligerman also survived several late-race restarts inside of 25 laps from the finish to earn the hard-fought victory.

"If you watched last night in the All Star race, Kyle Busch, one of the best restarters probably in this business. We just mimicked what he did, you know, we just played the game. You make everyone else play your game, you don't play their game when you're the leader."

Rossburg, OH— May 9, 2009—For the second consecutive year, Donny Schatz won a race at Eldora Speedway in the month of May and took the lead in the World of Outlaws championship standings in the process. The three-time and defending series champion used a very fast race car and a little luck when 20-time series champion Steve Kinser broke with just two laps remaining to inherit the lead and ultimately the $10,000 win and take the point lead in the process.

The win for Schatz was the fifth of his career at Eldora Speedway, which is owned by his car owner, two-time NASCAR champions Tony Stewart. For the North Dakota native, it was his 93rd career A-Feature win with the World of Outlaws. He has won five times this season, all on half-mile tracks aboard the Armor All J&J.

“It was a great night,” said Schatz. “This is what we needed here. We learned so much tonight. The car was just great. When you can come from fifth up there and pass those guys like that is a good night. Sometimes you have to be lucky also and we got a little luck tonight as well. I'm very happy to pick up a win here at Eldora.”

Rossburg, OH—May 8, 2009—The opener of the World of Outlaws doubleheader weekend at the famed Eldora Speedway in Ohio on Friday fell to rain. With four heat races in the books, the persistent rains started and were followed by a downpour, forcing track and series officials to cancel the racing program.

The night began with three-time and defending series champion Donny Schatz setting fast time of the 36 cars that took to the blazing fast high-banked half-mile. Jason Sides, Kerry Madsen, Sammy Swindell and Sam Hafertepe Jr. won heat races. Kraig Kinser was scheduled to start on the pole in the Crane Cams Dash driving for track owner Tony Stewart's team.

For information on the credit that each ticket is worth visit http://www.eldoraspeedway.com

The World of Outlaws return to action on Saturday night with the finale at Eldora, which will be a 30-lap A-Feature with $10,000 on the line to the winner.

by Tony Veneziano
ROSSBURG, Ohio -- Jac Haudenschild took to the famed high banks of Eldora Speedway in Ohio for the first time in 1978 with the World of Outlaws, finishing fourth in his debut at the track, and 31 years later the Ohio native is still battling for wins at the legendary track in his home state.

Haudenschild won his first race at Eldora in 1982, in a non-wing sprint car race and followed that victory up later in that same season with his first World of Outlaws win at the half-mile. Over the years, he has racked up 23 victories at the track, with seven of those coming in World of Outlaws events. He will have two opportunities this weekend to add to his impressive record at the track, which includes well over 100 Top-10 finishes, as the World of Outlaws make their first visit of the season to Eldora on Friday, May 8 and Saturday, May 9 for two full nights of racing with $10,000 on the line to the winner each night.

Rossburg, OH—May 7, 2009—Jac Haudenschild took to the famed high banks of Eldora Speedway in Ohio for the first time in 1978 with the World of Outlaws, finishing fourth in his debut at the track, and 31 years later the Ohio native is still battling for wins at the legendary track in his home state.

Haudenschild won his first race at Eldora in 1982, in a non-wing sprint car race and followed that victory up later in that same season with his first World of Outlaws win at the half-mile. Over the years, he has racked up 23 victories at the track, with seven of those coming in World of Outlaws events. He will have two opportunities this weekend to add to his impressive record at the track, which includes well over 100 Top-10 finishes, as the World of Outlaws make their first visit of the season to Eldora on Friday, May 8 and Saturday, May 9 for two full nights of racing with $10,000 on the line to the winner each night.