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Two Top-Five Finishes At Silver Dollar Speedway

18/03/2009

Steve Kinser Scores Two Top-Five Finishes in the Mini Gold Cup At The Silver Dollar Speedway

The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series returned to action this weekend for the 23rd Annual Mini Gold Cup at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, California. For the first time since 1992, the World of Outlaws sanctioned the Mini Gold Cup at the always racy ¼-mile track.

After starting the 2009 season with four consecutive events on half-mile tracks, Friday and Saturday’s events marked the first short track races of the season for the series.

Kinser, the 20-time World of Outlaws champion, has had unmatched success at Silver Dollar Speedway with the series, scoring 22 wins dating back to 1979. He had nearly 50 Top-10 finishes over the last 30 years at the ¼-mile coming into this weekend’s events.

In the opening night of competition the Bloomsburg, Indiana native turned in a very impressive run coming from the back of the field after having to go to a back-up car after a hard crash in the Crane Cams Dash. Kinser started the evening off with a 13th-place qualifying run and followed that up by winning his 10-lap heat race to move him into the Crane Cams Dash where he was scored with a ninth-place finish.

However under World of Outlaws rules, the Quaker State driver had to start the 40-lap A-main in the rear of the field in his back-up Maxim. For the second time in the last three races, Kinser came from the back of the field to pass the most cars and earn a top-five finish when he took the checkered flag in the fifth spot.

The second night of racing action proved to be just as successful for Kinser as he scored yet another top-five finish in the feature event.The 20-time Champion began the evening with a top-10 qualifying run putting his Quaker State Maxim ninth on the time trails list.

Just like the night before, Kinser won his heat race transferring him into the A-feature and earning him a spot in the Crane Cams Dash, used to determine the first 10 starting spots of the feature. Kinser’s fourth-place finish in the Dash set the Quaker State driver up for a top-five start in the A-main feature.

Kinser’s fifth-place finish in the finale of the Mini Gold Cup on Saturday marked him as the only driver that has finished in the top-10 in each of the six A-Feature events contested in the 2009 season. It also helped the champion gain 21 markers on the points leader as he now sits just 16 points out of the lead as he chases his record 21st series title.

The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series returns to action next weekend at Thunderbowl Speedway in Tulare, California. Two nights of racing action are set to begin on Friday, March 20 with competition continuing on Saturday, March 21.