Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Preview: Eagle Raceway

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Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Preview: Eagle Raceway
For nearly 25 years, Eagle Raceway has been a staple on the Advance Auto
Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series schedule. The high-banked 1/3-mile
always provides tight racing with wheel-to-wheel action, making the annual
Eagle Nationals one of the most anticipated events on the schedule.

Since three-time Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
champion Sammy Swindell won at the track in 1981, 10 other drivers have
reached the winner's circle at the high-banked 1/3-mile. This year's edition
of the famed Eagle Nationals will take place on Saturday, June 14.

Donny Schatz leads the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
into Eagle Raceway on the strength of three consecutive wins and the
two-time defending series champion has five victories in the last six races.
The North Dakota native has four career wins at Eagle Raceway along with 20
career Top-10 finishes. He is the only driver that has finished in the
Top-10 in every race this season as he chases his third consecutive title.

Steve Kinser, the 20-time World of Outlaws champion has won a total of 24
events at Eagle Raceway including preliminary feature dating back to 1981.
He has two A-Feature wins this season and is currently fifth in points. In
2005, he won four times at Eagle, leading every lap of feature racing
competition.

Jason Meyers has 10 Top-10 finishes in his career at Eagle Raceway. He was
fifth last season in the series lone visit to the Cornhusker State. He is
currently second in championship points on the strength of 15 Top-Five
finishes. He also has won five A-Feature events this season, including at
I-55 Raceway in Missouri, the only race the series has contested thus far on
a 1/3-mile track.

Craig Dollansky has two career wins at Eagle. He won a preliminary feature
in 2002 and also was victorious with the former World of Outlaws Gumout
Series in 2002 at the high-banked track. The native of Elk River, Minnesota
has 17 Top-10 finishes this season entering action this weekend and is third
in points.

Joey Saldana picked up his first career win at Eagle Raceway last season,
scoring a very emotional win with a number of family members from the
Lincoln, Nebraska area on-hand. In his career, he has 21 Top-10 finishes at
the track. He has 15 Top-10 finishes this season as he closes in on his
first A-Feature win of the year.

Jac Haudenschild has always been strong at Eagle Raceway, as he has racked
nearly 40 Top-10 finishes at the track. He has four career wins at the
high-banked 1/3-mile, with the World of Outlaws. He finished second last
season and the track and currently is sixth in points as he closes in on his
first win of the year.

Kerry Madsen, the reigning Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year finished
seventh in the Eagle Nationals last season. The native of St. Mary's, NSW,
Australia has 12 Top-10 finishes this season and is just 28 markers out of
the Top-Five.

Chad Kemenah finished sixth at Eagle Raceway last season driving his own
car. He is in the midst of his first full season behind the wheel for Hard
Eight Racing and has picked up eight Top-10 finishes and sits eighth in
points.

Shane Stewart, the 2005 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year last competed at
Eagle Raceway during his rookie season. The native of Bixby, Oklahoma picked
up his first A-Feature win of the 2008 season last Friday night at Knoxville
Raceway. He has eight Top-10 finishes this season, with seven of those being
in the Top-Five.

Terry McCarl won at Eagle Raceway earlier this season in a 360-sprint car.
He has six career victories at the track. The six-time Knoxville Raceway and
Huset's Speedway track champion has seven Top-10 finishes this season.

Daryn Pittman won the Eagle Nationals in 2006, sweeping both nights of the
event. He has 13 Top-10 finishes in his career at the high-banked facility.
He is just outside of the Top-10 in the current standings on the strength of
nine Top-10 finishes.

Sam Hafertepe Jr. has two career starts at Eagle Raceway, both with the
World of Outlaws. The native of Sunnyvale, Texas has had a very strong start
to his sophomore season with the series, picking up five Top10 finishes
through June 11.

Tim Shaffer won a preliminary feature at Eagle in 2003 and has 18 career
Top-10 finishes, including one last season. The 1999 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie
of the Year has four Top-10 finishes this season.

Kraig Kinser has five Top-10 finishes in his career at Eagle Raceway. He
picked up his second Top-Five of the season on Wednesday night at Sedalia's
State Fair Speedway in his first start at that track since 2005.

Jason Sides has nine Top-10 finishes in his career at Eagle Raceway. The
native of Bartlett, Tennessee has a couple of Top-10 finishes this season.

Tony Bruce Jr. finished fourth in his first career start at Eagle in 2005 in
a 360-sprint car. He has competed with the World of Outlaws at the track in
each of the last two seasons. He finished a season-best fourth last Friday
night at Knoxville Raceway.

Chad Hillier made his first start at Eagle last season. The sophomore driver
picked up his first Top-10 finish of the season on Sunday night at Tri-City
Speedway.

Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year contender Lucas Wolfe will miss the event
after sustaining an injury to his back on June 8 at Tri-City Speedway in
Illinois.

2007 Race Recap: Joey Saldana earned his first A-Feature win with the series
at Eagle Raceway.

Saldana powered his way to the lead on the eighth lap of the Eagle
Nationals, charging under Brooke Tatnell on the back straightaway, and then
holding off a furious charge from Jac Haudenschild over the last 10 laps of
the race.

The race began with polesitter Brooke Tatnell jumping to the early lead over
Steve Kinser and Haudenschild. It was slowed on the fourth lap when an
accident involving several cars that were running in the Top-10 got
together. Daryn Pittman got the worst of it getting upside, ending his
night. Also, Steve Kinser's night was over after the incident. The rest of
the cars involved including current series point leader Donny Schatz were
able to continue after going to the work area.

Saldana lined up sixth for the 40-lap event and gained a couple of spots on
the opening lap. He moved into the third spot on the fourth lap when the
accident occurred. On the ensuing restart, the native of Brownsburg, Indiana
dove under Haudenschild coming off the fourth turn to claim the runner-up
spot. He would then shadow Tatnell for three laps before making the pass for
the lead and ultimately the win.

Jac Haudenschild slipped by Tatnell late in the race to steal the runner-up
spot, with Danny Lasoski and Jason Meyers rounding out the Top-Five.

2007 A-Feature Results

Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series; Eagle Raceway; June
9, 2007

A-main (40 laps) - Starting Position [#]
1) 9-Joey Saldana[6] [$10,000]
2) 35-Jac Haudenschild[4] [$5,500]
3) 2-Brooke Tatnell[1] [$3,200]
4) 83-Danny Lasoski[12] [$2,800]
5) 14-Jason Meyers[16] [$2,500]
6) 3X-Chad Kemenah[9] [$2,300]
7) 11H-Kerry Madsen[23] [$2,200]
8) 20-Paul McMahan[10] [$2,100]
9) 6-Tim Shaffer[14] [$2,050]
10) 15-Donny Schatz[8] [$2,000]