Danny “The Dude” Lasoski earned his first Pennzoil World of Outlaws championship after the season finale at the half-mile dirt oval at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
A season-long battle for the championship between Lasoski and Mark “Mopar Man” Kinser came down to the Mopar Parts World Finals. Kinser started the evening strong with the fastest qualifying time of 14.100. He finished second in his heat race behind “The Dude”. In the 30-lap feature, Kinser started fourth and Lasoski 17th. “The Dude” drove hard through the 24-car field to finish ninth while Kinser finished seventh.
“I knew that starting back there we had to go. We came all this way and I didn’t want to blow it as a driver. We had to earn it,” Lasoski said. “It is a total team effort. We never quit. The 5M car (M. Kinser) had some trouble along the way and we capitalized on it. That is what it takes to make a championship team.”
Andy Hillenburg, pilot of the No. 2 Luxaire sponsored sprint car, won the “A” feature after qualifying sixth fastest and starting sixth. The Broken Arrow, Okla. resident passed Brad Furr on lap 10 to maintain his lead to the checkered flag. Furr, who won the “A” feature Friday night finished second, followed by 16-time champion Steve Kinser, Joey Saldana, and Sammy Swindell.
“We talked about following everybody. We went with the slick track set up,” Hillenburg said. “It worked good for us. Las Vegas has been pretty good to us.”
A Main Results (30 laps): 1. Andy Hillenburg, 2. Brad Furr, 3. Steve Kinser, 4. Joey Saldana, 5. Sammy Swindell, 6. Jeff Shepard, 7. Mark Kinser, 8. Danny Wood, 9. Danny Lasoski, 10. Daryn Pittman, 11. Shane Stewart, 12. Kasey Kahne, 13. Johnny Herrera, 14. P.J. Chesson, 15. Stevie Smith, 16. Donny Schatz, 17. Jason Meyers, 18. Craig Dollansky, 19. Dale Blaney, 20. Tim Shaffer, 21. Blake Feese, 22. Brain Coelho, 23. Zach Chappell, 24. Ricky Logan.
B Main Results (Top four transfer to “A” Main, 12 laps): 1. Donny Schatz, 2. Blake Feese, 3. Zach Chappell, 4. Ricky Logan, 5. Brian Coelho, 6. Jeremy Campbell, 7. Johnny Rodriguez, 8. Raymond Shank, 9. Matt Clevenger, 10. Tommy Tarlton, 11. Orval Burke, 12. Jeff Hodgson, 13. Peter Murphy, 14. Nick Haygood, 15. Mike Faria, 16. Toni Lutar, 17. Ryan Flynn, 18. Roger Crockett.
C Main Results (Top two transfer to “A” Main, 10 laps): 1. Raymond Shank, 2. Orval Burke, 3. Pat Bourke, 4. Dan Oswalt, 5. Doug Lippincott, 6. Destiny Hays, 7. Denny Miller, 8. Tim Boychuk, 9. Randy Waitman, 10. Brad Meyers, 11. Danny Ochs, 12. Gary Ferravanti.
Channellock Dash Results (10 laps): 1. Brad Furr, 2. Joey Saldana, 3. Steve Kinser, 4. Mark Kinser, 5. Shane Stewart, 6. Andy Hillenburg, 7. Danny Wood, 8. Jeff Shepard, 9. Stevie Smith, 10. P.J. Chesson.
O’ Reilly Auto Parts Heat No. 1 Race Results (8 laps): 1. Danny Lasoski, 2. Mark Kinser, 3. Dale Blaney, 4. Stevie Smith, 5. Blake Feese.
O’ Reilly Auto Parts Heat No. 2 Race Results (8 laps): 1. Tim Shaffer, 2. Jeff Shepard, 3. Andy Hillenburg, 4. Johnny Herrera, 5. Brian Coelho.
O’ Reilly Auto Parts Heat No. 3 Race Results (8 laps): 1. Sammy Swindell, 2. Shane Stewart, 3. Kasey Kahne, 4. Daryn Pittman, 5. Zach Chappell.
O’ Reilly Auto Parts Heat No. 4 Race Results (8 laps): 1. Craig Dollansky, 2. Paul McMahan, 3. Jason Meyers, 4. P.J. Chesson, 5. Matt Clevenger.
Qualifying Results: Mark Kinser (14.100), 2. Jeff Shepard (14.273), 3. Shane Stewart (14.288), 4. P.J. Chesson (14.294), 5. Stevie Smith (14.332), 6. Andy Hillenburg (14.348), 7. Daryn Pittman (14.364), 8. Jason Meyers (14.478), 9. Dale Blaney (14.484), 10. Donny Schatz (14.499), 11. Sammy Swindell (14.500), 12. Craig Dollansky (14.598), 13. Danny Lasoski (14.616), 14. Tim Shaffer (14.625), 15. Zach Chappell (14.670), 16. Paul McMahan (14.670), 17. Blake Feese (14.680), 18. Johnny Herrera (14.685), 19. Mike Faria (14.688), 20. Matt Clevenger (14.768), 21. Ricky Logan ( 14.773), 22. Brian Coelho (14.832), 23. Kasey Kahne (14.867), 24. Toni Lutar (14.924), 25. Tommy Tarlton (14.962), 26. Nick Haygood (15.048), 27. Ryan Flynn (15.149), 28. Peter Murphy (15.239), 29. Roger Crockett (15.269), 30. Johnny Rodriquez (15.290), 31. Jeff Hodgson (15.298), 32. Jeremy Campbell (15.428), 33. Gary Ferravanti (15.532), 34. Pat Bourke (15.645), 35. Raymond Shank (15.670), 36. Doug Lippincott ( 15.745), 37. Orval Burke (15.785), 38. Destiny Hays (15.820), 39. Dan Oswalt ( 15.825), 40. Denny Miller (15.925), 41. Randy Waitman (16.205), 42. Tim Boychuk (16.220), 43. Danny Ochs (16.467), 44. Brad Meyers (17.094).
