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Eldora
Speedway...
Wolfgang
named Sovereign King for 29th Royal
July 14
Historic Moment Will Reunite ‘the Big Three’ of Sprint Car Racing
ROSSBURG,
OH (July 3) – Thirty-five years ago the formation of the World of
Outlaws (WoO)
Sprint Car Series catapulted three names into the weekly headlines. The, then young, drivers
fought intensely
week in and week out, back and forth across the country, for supremacy. Two of them remain active
as drivers, and
amazingly are waging yet another dogfight for the WoO championship
title, while
the third driver remains in the sport, as a mentor to his Sprint Car
racing
son, and as an advocate for racing safety.
Their names are Steve Kinser, Sammy
Swindell and Doug Wolfgang.
All three
will be reunited one-more time in a historic moment.
The
occasion will be the 29th annual running of the prestigious $50,000 to
win
Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway on Saturday evening, July 14. While Kinser and
Swindell will be among the
hopefuls to enter the fabled Eldora victory lane at the completion of
40 laps
for the traditional pomp and circumstance, it will be Wolfgang
presiding over
the stage as the Sovereign King.
First comes
the cape, then comes the scepter, then comes the cherished crown placed
upon
the winner by Sovereign King Doug Wolfgang; all followed by the climb
atop the
oversized throne.
Kinser,
Swindell and Wolfgang have each been the recipient of the laurels, but
none of
the trio has previously had the esteemed honor to bestow the revered
crown atop
a $50,000 winner.
“I am
honored beyond belief to be asked to do this,” quipped Wolfgang from
his Sioux
Falls, SD shop. “I
haven’t seen a race
car go around Eldora for over 20 years and excited to get back there. I came out for
the 25th anniversary and it
rained out, so this is going to be a special treat.
Of all the tracks that I ran, Eldora was
one
of the special ones; partly for the racing, but mostly for the fans.”
A special
Saturday afternoon autograph session will give fans the opportunity to
greet
Doug, along with the drivers hoping to join Wolfgang on stage later
that
evening. Brad
Doty will join the
momentous session as well.
Kinser won
the inaugural Kings Royal in 1984 and followed that up with six more
wins –
1988, 1991, 1997, 2003, 2005 and 2010, while Wolfgang prevailed in
1985’s
second annual Kings Royal and again in 1990.
Swindell had to wait until 1992 before
he could wear the crown and then
returned to the throne in 1999.
Tickets and camping sites for the all
Sprint Car Kings Royal weekend at Eldora, which begins with the Knight
Before
the Kings Royal on Friday, July 13, remain available online at
www.EldoraSpeedway.com or by calling the speedway office at (937)
338-3815.
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