Walker Wins World of Outlaws Opener

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Tyler Walker held off Steve Kinser to take the victory in the 25-lap “Cactus Classic” preliminary feature Friday night at Manzanita Speedway.

The event was the opening night of the 2004 season for the World of Outlaws Sprint Series.

RESULTS QUALIFYING: 1. Danny Lasoski, Stewart 20, 15.506 seconds; 2. Tyler Walker, Forbrook 5, 15.703; 3. Steve Kinser, Kinser 11, 15.707; 4. Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7, 15.734; 5. Jason Meyers, Elite 14, 15.771; 6. Paul McMahan, Helm 11H, 15.775; 7. Kraig Kinser, Kinser 11K, 15.793; 8. Brian Brown, Parsons 6, 15.799; 9. Erin Crocker, Woodring 16, 15.825; 10. Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 15.851; 11. Tim Shaffer, Roth 83, 15.852; 12. Toni Lutar, Lutar 4X, 15.852; 13. Jason Sides, Sides Motorsports 7S, 15.865; 14. Brian Paulus, P&P Motorsports 28, 15.857; 15. Sammy Swindell, Roth 83JR, 15.868; 16. Dean Jacobs, Woodward 2, 15.882; 17. Donny Schatz, Schatz 15, 15.896; 18. Daryn Pittman, Sher-Don Motorsports 21, 15.942; 19. Jeff Hodgson, Hodgson V8, 15.986; 20. Jonathan Allard, Wright 35, 16.033; 21. Joey Saldana, Saldana 17, 16.054; 22. Calvin Landis, Landis 70, 16.075; 23. Jason Solwold, K&M Motorsports 18, 16.201; 24. Keith Watkins, Watkins 82, 16.650; 25. Brian O’Donnell, O’Donnell 5B, 16.820; 26. Steve Martin, Martin 20AZ, 16.949; 27. Paul Norbury, Carsten 91, 17.844; 28. Bugs Norbury, Carsten 61, 17.862; 29. James High, High 23H, 17.922; 30. Steve Stone, Stone 57X, 18.384; 31. Buddy Earle, Earle 95, no time; 32. Dennis Moore Jr., Williams 0, no time.

FIRST HEAT (8 laps): 1. Donny Schatz, 2. Dean Jacobs, 3. Keith Watkins, 4. Brian Brown, 5. Brian O’Donnell, 6. James High, 7. Danny Lasoski, 8. Erin Crocker. (top 5 finishers transferred to A-main)

SECOND HEAT (8 laps): 1. Daryn Pittman, 2. Randy Hannagan, 3. Tyler Walker, 4. Jason Solwold, 5. Kraig Kinser, 6. Sammy Swindell, 7. Steve Martin, 8. Steve Stone. (top 5 finishers transferred to A-main)

THIRD HEAT (8 laps): 1. Jeff Hodgson, 2. Calvin Landis, 3. Steve Kinser, 4. Paul McMahan, 5. Tim Shaffer, 6. Brian Paulus, 7. Paul Norbury, 8. Dennis Moore Jr. (DNS). (top 5 finishers transferred to A-main)

FOURTH HEAT (8 laps): 1. Jonathan Allard, 2. Joey Saldana, 3. Jason Sides, 4. Toni Lutar, 5. Craig Dollansky, 6. Jason Meyers, 7. Bugs Norbury, 8. Buddy Earle (DNS). (top 5 finishers transferred to A-main)

FIRST DASH (5 laps): 1. Tyler Walker, 2. Kraig Kinser, 3. Randy Hannagan, 4. Craig Dollansky, 5. Dean Jacobs, 6. Jonathan Allard, 7. Daryn Pittman, 8. Toni Lutar. (finishing order determined the inside first 8 rows of the A-main)

SECOND DASH (5 laps): 1. Brian Brown, 2. Tim Shaffer, 3. Steve Kinser, 4. Paul McMahan, 5. Donny Schatz, 6. Jason Sides, 7. Jeff Hodgson, 8. Joey Saldana (DNS). (finishing order determined the outside first 8 rows of the A-main)

B-MAIN (12 laps): 1. Danny Lasoski, 2. Brian Paulus, 3. Sammy Swindell, 4. Steve Martin, 5. Dennis Moore Jr., 6. Paul Norbury, 7. James High, 8. Steve Stone, 9. Jason Meyers, 10. Bugs Norbury, 11. Erin Crocker (DNS). (top 4 finishers transferred to A-main)

A-MAIN (25 laps): 1. Tyler Walker, 2. Steve Kinser, 3. Tim Shaffer, 4. Donny Schatz, 5. Paul McMahan, 6. Dean Jacobs, 7. Danny Lasoski, 8. Jonathan Allard, 9. Jason Sides, 10. Brian Paulus, 11. Calvin Landis, 12. Toni Lutar, 13. Randy Hannagan, 14. Steve Martin, 15. Craig Dollansky, 16. Joey Saldana, 17. Brian O’Donnell, 18. Daryn Pittman, 19. Jeff Hodgson, 20. Brian Brown, 21. Kraig Kinser, 22. Sammy Swindell, 23. Keith Watkins, 24. Jason Solwold.

Lap leaders: Brown 1, Walker 2-25.



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