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Eldora
Speedway...
World
of
Outlaws Stars not Invincible
Outlaws vs.
Challengers Record Even at 50% in 2011 – New Battle Begins This Weekend
ROSSBURG,
Ohio (May 3) – Although history and statistics favor the travelling
stars of
the World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series whenever they invade the
high-banks of Eldora Speedway, they are not invincible.
In fact, the best the WoO headliners
could
produce last season was a 50% record in their four appearances. Joey Saldana
carried the colors for the WoO
teams with his two wins, while Tim Shaffer and Tyler Walker turned the
trick
for the challengers.
With two
feature events on tap for this weekend’s (May 4 & 5) Outlaw
Thunder by
Goodyear and a clean slate going into the Eldora/WoO 2012 season, both
sides
will be gunning for the upper hand.
Shaffer,
and fellow All Star Circuit of Champions competitor Dale Blaney, are
considered
to be at the head of the pack of challengers; while former WoO regulars
Jac
Haudenschild and Paul McMahan can be classified as members of the
challenger
camp.
All four
have been to Eldora’s hallowed victory lane before, and relish any
opportunity
to best the WoO teams at their game.
Knowing
that WoO teams can indeed be beaten at Eldora Speedway heightens their
momentum
going into the weekend’s chase. In
addition, they are playing that the intense point battle among the top
five WoO
teams will throw them off guard against the invasion of the challengers.
Sammy
Swindell leads that point race with a slim seven tally margin over
Donny
Schatz, while Joey Saldana, Steve Kinser and Kraig Kinser complete the
top
five. Swindell,
Schatz, Saldana and S.
Kinser have combined for 67 WoO wins at Eldora to date.
Friday’s
opening leg of the Outlaw Thunder by Goodyear weekend will be the 138th
race in
a colorful WoO history that began in 1978.
A
doubleheader program each night will feature the Eldora Stock Cars on
Friday
and the UMP DIRTcar Modifieds on Saturday, as those two divisions
continue
their points chase and earn a position in the Feed The Children Prelude
to the
Dream invitational on June 6.
The Outlaw
Thunder by Goodyear will be another flame, firework and
pyrotechnic-filled
weekend of sensory overloading excitement, mixed with unleashed
horsepower.
Tickets for the Outlaw Thunder by Goodyear,
the Kings Royal weekend, and all other Eldora events are available
through the
track office at (937) 338-3815 or online 24 hours a day at
www.EldoraSpeedway.com. Like
us at
www.Facebook.com/EldoraSpeedway or catch all the behind-the-scenes
preparation
for the event on Twitter @EldoraSpeedway.
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