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Steve Kinser Readies for 2009

28/01/2009

World Of Outlaws Kicks off 2009 Season at Volusia Speedway Park

After having one of the strongest second halves of the 2008 season of any driver, Steve Kinser has been anticipating the start of the 2009 racing season since the moment the final checkered flag flew on the World of Outlaws in the VAULT World Finals at The Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway back on November 1, 2008.

Kinser's quest for a record 21st World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series title begins at Volusia Speedway Park in Florida, with the 38th Annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH on February 6. He has four career wins at the blazing fast half-mile.
"I'm ready to get out of this cold weather, that's for sure," said Kinser. "To be honest, I wasn't ready to stop racing last fall. I wish the season would have started this weekend. We're finishing up a few things here and we're definitely ready to go."

Kinser finished the 2008 campaign, 30 top-10 finishes in the final 33 races of the season. He wound up third in the series championship standings on the strength of 49 top-10 finishes, with 33 of those being top-fives, and was one of just five drivers that led more than 200 laps of feature racing competition during the season.

He was tied for the series lead with six wins in the Crane Cams Dash to earn pole positions in feature events and also was quickest in time trials on five occasions, setting new tracks records at I-96 Speedway in Michigan and 34 Raceway in Iowa while scoring seven feature wins throughout the season.

"You never know if you are going to or not," he explained when asked about carrying momentum from one season to the next. "We just hope everything comes out good at the beginning of the year and goes well the rest of the year. We had a terrible beginning of the first half of the year last year and if we can take off like we did the second half of last year, I'll be happy."

Kinser competed in a handful of events at Parramatta City Raceway in Australia over the Holiday's, scoring two victories, including the $50,000 top prize in the Scott Darley Memorial, winning a thrilling battle with Donny Schatz, that saw the pair trade the lead a couple of times over the last few laps. Kinser also picked up a win on Boxing Day in the Annual Valvoline Grand Prix at Parramatta against a number of fellow World of Outlaws drivers. He finished eighth or better in four of his five starts Down Under.

Kinser will be chasing his record 21st title in 2009 and looks to add to his 550 A-Feature wins that he currently has with the World of Outlaws. In his legendary career, he has finished in the top-five in the series championship standings a record 30 times.