Looking For the Sweep
Tony Stewart Racing, McMahan Prepare For Next
Two Rounds of World of Outlaws Sprint Series Action
INDIANAPOLIS
(Oct. 3, 2007) – Tony Stewart
Racing’s (TSR) Paul McMahan is packed and ready to head north to Minnesota for a two-day
World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Series event at
Princeton (Minn.) Speedway. With the series targeting the final eight races
of the season, McMahan and the No. 20 TSR/Bass Pro Shops/Eagle team are
ready for a battle that could rival a Yankees vs. Twins showdown.
For
McMahan, the return to Minnesota
will be a walk down Memory Lane .
Though it’s only been a little over a year since he has competed at the
¼-mile, high-banked speed plant, McMahan is always up for an event that
coincides with his love for professional baseball. A few years ago, McMahan
was able to sneak off to a Minnesota Twins game prior to the WoO Sprint Series event and the region quickly became
one of his favorites.
In
68 WoO starts this season, McMahan has earned two
wins, 14 top-five finishes, 37 top-10s and seven quick time awards. He
enters this week’s events ranked eighth in the WoO
Sprint Series championship standings with 8,815 points.
Friday
and Saturday, pit gates at Princeton Speedway will open at 2 p.m. CDT. The
grandstands will open at 4 p.m., with hot laps set to begin at 6:30 p.m.
The official track Web site is www.princetonspeedway.com.
Race
fans can also listen to all the action from this weekend on the DIRTVision.com cybercast, as well as
on the DIRT Radio Network. Visit www.DIRTVision.com
for more information on all the features, including updated results from
each night of racing, as well as a chat room to interact with other fans
listening to the action.
The
WoO Sprint Series also returned to television
this year, with the series’ next broadcast scheduled for Oct. 7 on SPEED.
Action from the Sept. 29 finale of the 45th National Open event
at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg , Pa. will be aired at 1 p.m. EDT. A total
of 20 races will be televised either on SPEED or ESPN2 this year, including
the Race to the Championships on SPEED. For a complete television schedule,
log on to www.worldofoutlaws.com.
Quotes from Paul McMahan, driver
of the No. 20 TSR/Bass Pro Shops/Eagle:
With Minnesota
being rich in baseball history and tradition, you’re heading into a region
that understands one of your other sports interests. Are you looking
forward to heading north for this weekend’s doubleheader?
“Anytime
we’re racing in an area that has a baseball tradition, I’m all for it. I
got to go to a Minnesota Twins game a few years ago prior to the PolyDome Nationals and it was really cool to have an
opportunity to do so. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a diehard Yankees
fan. I’ve even had a helmet painted in the past with the team’s paint
scheme. I know that the fans in Minnesota
and I have lot in common. We love racing and baseball. It’s also pretty
cool that this week’s event is a doubleheader. We’ll look at it the same
way a pro ball team would. You go in wanting to win both races but you’ve
got two events to really figure the track out. Hopefully, we’ll be able to
get ahead of it on both nights and have an opportunity to put Bass Pro
Shops and Chevy back in victory lane.”
For
complete WoO Sprint Series results, log on to www.worldofoutlaws.com.
For information regarding TSR, McMahan, Bass Pro Shops or Chevrolet, log on to www.tonystewartracing.com,
www.paulmcmahanracing.com,
www.basspro.com or www.chevrolet.com.
-TSR-
