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Rough Weekend Of Racing

12/09/2009

Quaker State Driver Finishes Eighth in Earlier Event at Cottage Grove Speedway

Steve Kinser and the Quaker State team continued a busy schedule of racing action remaining on the West Coast for events at Cottage Grove Speedway in Oregon and Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, California. While the Quaker State driver fared well at Cottage Grove earning a top-10 finish, he found trouble in the 56th Annual Gold Cup Race of Champions in Chico.

With Monday's Labor Day race falling to rain the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series moved on to Cottage Grove Speedway in Oregon on Tuesday. Kinser enjoys three victories at the ½-mile track and looked to add another mark to the win column in Tuesday's race.  The King of Outlaws qualified the Quaker State Maxim in the 14th spot before finishing seventh in his heat race. Missing the transfer spot by one position, Kinser moved on to the B-main to get qualified for the feature event and took the checkered flag first. After starting in the 14th position, the Quaker State driver was able to gain several spots to finish in the eighth position collecting yet another top-10 finish.

The Series took a couple of days off before heading to Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, California for three nights of racing action. The first two nights of the 56th Annual Gold Cup Race of Champions split the field with the finale on Saturday being just features. The winner of the 40-lap main event was set to earn $50,000.

Kinser and the Quaker State team were in the first group to take to the track qualifying 20th on the high-banked ¼-mile oval. A fifth-place finish in his heat race transferred the Bloomington, Indiana native to the A-feature where he started in the 20th spot. Struggling just a little, Kinser lost a couple of positions to finish 23rd for the night. After the second night of qualifying the Bloomington, Indiana native started the final night 46th in event points putting him in the C-main where the Quaker State driver got upside down in the 15-lap race. With the option of using a provisional to start Saturday night's main event, Kinser decided not to make the start due to the fact that any points earned were awarded for showing up and he could not gain any additional points toward his championship run.

The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series returns from the West Coast heading next to the Clay County Fairgrounds in Spencer, Iowa on Wednesday, September 16 followed by a stop at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minnesota on Saturday, September 19.