Kasey Kahne’s Showdown for the Bud Crown Finale Brings World of Outlaws Back to LaSalle Speedway
Kasey Kahne Racing's Joey Saldana held off 20-time World of Outlaws champion Steve Kinser on March 19 in the first round at Volunteer Speedway.
Courtesy: WoO Sprint Car Series Media Relations
CONCORD, N.C. - March 22, 2010 - At Kasey's King of Bulls Gap Presented
By Budweiser Friday at Volunteer Speedway, Kasey Kahne and World Racing
Group officials announced the four-race Showdown for the Bud Crown
featuring the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series will conclude on July
8 with Kasey's King of LaSalle Presented By Budweiser at LaSalle (Ill.)
Speedway outside of Chicago.
Following the first two rounds last
Friday and Saturday at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn., the
Showdown for the Bud Crown moves June 16 to Missouri State Fair
Speedway in Sedalia, Mo., before reaching its finale in LaSalle --
about 50 miles from Joliet where Kahne will be competing in NASCAR
events that weekend.
"Everything at LaSalle Speedway happens so
fast on the track that there's no doubt it will be an exciting night
and a great place to wrap up the Showdown for the Bud Crown," Kahne
said. "Each stop in the Bud Crown series features a different kind of
track, from high-banked Bulls Gap to big Sedalia and the LaSalle
bullring. It's a good test for everybody."
Kasey Kahne Racing's
Joey Saldana held off 20-time World of Outlaws champion Steve Kinser on
Friday night in the first round at Volunteer Speedway. In Round 2 on
Saturday at Bulls Gap, Jason Meyers charged from fourth on the grid to
capture the checkered flag.
The top three overall finishers will
share a $15,000 point fund, with points being awarded every time a car
hits the track. The point system will award 250 points for the A-main
winner, dropping four points per position; 100 points for heat race
winners, dropping three points per position; and 200 points for the
driver who posts quick time, dropping two points per position. Steve
Kinser, who finished second and fifth with strong qualifying efforts in
the first two rounds, is leading the Showdown for the Bud Crown points
by 7 over Jason Meyers. The top five drivers -- Kinser, Meyers, Brad
Sweet, Paul McMahan and Danny Lasoski -- are separated by only 30
points.
LaSalle Speedway is a racy high-banked, quarter-mile
oval. The World of Outlaws Sprint Cars last raced there in 2004, when
Danny Lasoski earned the victory. Other World of Outlaws winners at
LaSalle Speedway include Steve Kinser (1999 and 1994), Stevie Smith
(1998), Mark Kinser (1997), Sammy Swindell (1996) and Dave Blaney
(1995).
For information on the event, visit http://www.WorldofOutlaws.com