WEEKLY REWIND
LEVI JONES – No. 20 TSR/CHEVROLET/MAXIM (USAC NATIONAL
SPRINT CAR SERIES)
JONES WILL RESUME ACTION ON NOV. 1 – 3 AT THE
PERRIS (CALIF.) AUTO SPEEDWAY
12TH ANNUAL BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS –
USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES
Ø Jones has won five sprint feature events this
season – (4) USAC and (1) open event.
Ø Jones has won one midget feature events this
season (1) USAC/BMARA national event.
Ø Jones leads the USAC National Sprint Car Series championship
standings with 1,232 points.
Ø Jones is ranked seventh in the USAC National
Midget Car Series championship with 849 points.
RICKY STENHOUSE, JR. -- No. 21 TSR/CHEVROLET/MAXIM (USAC
NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES)
STENHOUSE WILL RESUME ACTION ON NOV. 1 – 3 AT THE
PERRIS (CALIF.) AUTO SPEEDWAY
12TH ANNUAL BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS –
USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES
Ø Stenhouse has won two USAC Silver Crown Series
events this season.
Ø He has won one USAC National Sprint Car Series
feature event and five USAC National Midget Car Series features, making him
the first driver to win in all three USAC National Series in 2007.
Ø Stenhouse is ranked third in the USAC Midget
Series championship standings with 1,043 points.
Ø He is ranked fifth in the USAC Sprint Series title
chase with 874 points.
TRACY HINES – INJURED DRIVER – UPDATE
TRACY
HINES WAS INJURED IN AN OFF-ROAD
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT ON HIS INDIANA
PROPERTY ON APRIL 30. HE CONTINUES TO WORK TOWARD HIS RETURN TO TSR WITH DAILY THERAPY AT ST.
VINCENT SPORTS MEDICINE.
- Monday, Oct. 8 – Continuing Therapy at St. Vincent Sports Medicine.
Ø Hines underwent an out-patient procedure on
Monday, Oct. 1, to manipulate the right knee in order to increase
flexibility.
Ø Following the procedure, Hines has resumed daily
physical therapy at St. Vincent Sports Medicine.
Ø Hines visited the TSR shop on Oct. 2; was able to
sit in the No. 21 USAC Midget for the first time since the accident.
Ø Continues to work toward making his return to the
No. 21 machine at Phoenix International Raceway on Nov. 8.
PAUL MCMAHAN, No. 20 TSR/BASS PRO SHOPS/EAGLE (World of
Outlaws)
WORLD OF
OUTLAWS SPRINT SERIES AT PRINCETON SPEEDWAY
– OCTOBER 5 & 6
- Friday, Oct. 5 – Princeton (Minn.)
Speedway
-- (1/4-mile dirt oval)
Ø Heavy rain canceled Friday’s preliminary event.
Series officials decided to resume racing on Saturday, Oct. 6, with a
one-day show.
- Saturday, Oct. 6 – Princeton (Minn.) Speedway
– (1/4-mile dirt oval)
Ø McMahan timed in 11th quick of 37 cars
in qualifying.
Ø Finished third in the third heat race.
Ø McMahan finished 14th in the 40-lap
A-main after starting 13th.
Ø McMahan is ranked eighth in the World of Outlaws
Sprint Series championship standings with 8,937 points.
Ø In 69 starts, he has earned two victories, seven
quick time awards, 14 top-five finishes and 37 top-10 finishes to date.
HE SAID IT…
PAUL
MCMAHAN ON THE NO. 20 TEAM’S ABREVIATED WEEKEND AT PRINCETON SPEEDWAY:
“Obviously, we would have liked to have finished
the weekend with a solid top-five or top-10 but we did manage to overcome a
flat tire in the A-main to come back to 14th. The guys tried
several different things again this weekend and we’re continuing to learn
each time the car hits the track. The rain definitely didn’t help out, as
you always like to have both nights to work through adjustments for the
A-main finale. I’m ready to head home for the week and then out to California for the
event at the Thunderbowl. It’s always fun to race
in your home state, on your old turf and I’d like to put Bass Pro Shops and
Chevrolet back in the winner’s circle, especially in California.”
FAST FORWARD…
- Saturday, Oct. 13 – Thunderbowl
Raceway in Tulare,
Calif. -- (1/3-mile high-banked dirt oval)
Ø McMahan will compete with the World of Outlaws
Sprint Series in a one-day event.
Ø Thunderbowl Raceway is a 1/3-mile high-banked oval.
Ø The last WoO Sprint
Series event at the facility on Feb. 24, 2007 saw Tim Kaeding
win the A-main.
Ø McMahan earned a 12th place finish at
the facility on Feb. 24, 2007.
Ø Pit gates will open at 3 p.m. PDT with gates
opening to the public at 5 p.m. Hot laps are
schedule to begin at 6 p.m. PDT.
Ø The official Web site of Thunderbowl
Raceway is www.thunderbowlraceway.com.
- Sunday, Oct. 14 – SPEED -- Media
Ø The WoO Sprint Series
will return to SPEED, with racing action set for broadcast on Sunday, Oct.
14.
Ø Action from the Sept. 29 Williams Grove Nationals
Open event at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA.,
will be broadcast 4 p.m. EDT.
Ø The WoO Sprint Series
will see 20 races broadcast on SPEED and ESPN2 throughout the 2007 season.
Ø For a complete listing of air dates and times, log
on to www.worldofoutlaws.com.
NUTS AND BOLTS…
- Jones and
Stenhouse compete with a Maxim chassis in the USAC National Sprint Car
Series and the USAC Silver Crown Series. The Nos. 20 and 21 dirt
midget chassis are designed by Spike Chassis.
- Jones and
Stenhouse compete with BEAST pavement chassis in the USAC National
Sprint Car Series and the USAC National Midget Car Series.
- Paul Kistler of Kistler
Engines builds the Chevrolet powerplants for
TSR’s USAC National Sprint Car and Silver
Crown Series entries. TSR’s Chevrolet Midget
engines are built by Steve Smith of Hawk Race Engines.
- McMahan competes
with an Eagle Chassis in the World of Outlaws Sprint Series.
- Kistler also builds the Chevrolet powerplants for TSR’s
World of Outlaws Sprint Series entry.
- The Nos. 20 and 21
(USAC & WoO) team sponsors are:
Ø Chevrolet, Bass Pro Shops, J.D. Byrider, Coca-Cola, Old Spice, Hoosier Tire and
Simpson.
Ø Bubby
Jones –No. 20 USAC National
Sprint & USAC National Midget, No. 10 USAC Silver Crown Series entries
driven by Jones.
Ø Bobby Barth – No.
21 USAC National Sprint & USAC National Midget, No. 22 USAC National
Silver Crown Series driven by Stenhouse.
Ø Jimmy
Carr – No. 20 World of Outlaws
Sprint Series, driven by McMahan.
LEVI JONES…AT A GLANCE
§
Jones is the
driver of the No. 20 USAC National Sprint Car & USAC National Midget
and the No. 10 USAC National Silver Crown Series entries for Tony Stewart
Racing.
- Jones is in his
second year with TSR. He was the USAC National Sprint Car Series
runner-up in 2006 in his first season with TSR. Jones also earned a
sixth-place finish in the USAC National Midget Car Series championship
in his first full season in the series.
- Jones will enter
his fourth year of USAC National Silver Crown Series competition this
year. The 2007 season will also mark Jones’ second full-time efforts
in the USAC Silver Crown Series and the USAC National Midget Car
Series.
- Jones won the 2005
USAC National Sprint Car Series championship, his first national
title.
- Jones won the
inaugural O’Reilly Sprint Bandit Tour ’N Topless Series in 2005,
sweeping four of five events en route to the title.
- Jones was named as
the 2005 “Driver of the Year” by the North American Non-Winged Sprint
Car Poll voting panel.
- Before becoming a
full-time USAC National Series competitor, Jones honed his racing
skills around the Midwest in various
sprint car classes.
STENHOUSE, JR.,… AT A
GLANCE
§
Stenhouse is
the driver of the No. 21 USAC National Sprint Car & USAC National
Midget and No. 22 USAC National Silver Crown Series entries for Tony
Stewart Racing. He was named as the interim driver for TSR’s
Tracy Hines, who is recovering from injuries he sustained in an off-road
motorcycle accident on April 30.
- Stenhouse joins
TSR after competing in several different winged and non-winged open-wheel
racing series over the past four years. His experience includes events
in several 360 winged sprint divisions, the All Star Circuit of
Champions (ASCoC,) the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS,) and the
United Sprint Car Series (USCS) winged sprint car ranks.
- Stenhouse made his
first USAC National Sprint Car Series start at Memphis Motorsports
Park (MMP) in 2004. He finished seventh in the feature.
- Stenhouse was
named as the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (NSCHoF) driver poll
“Wild Card” nominee in the 360 Winged Sprint and 410 Winged Sprint Car
Series divisions.
- Stenhouse won
three ASCoC Ohio Speedweek A-main features
in 2006.
- Stenhouse won four
USCS features in 2005.
- Before moving into
the professional ranks, Stenhouse recorded 47 A-main karting wins in various series. He also won the
1999 Tulsa Shootout A-main and the 1998 Indoor Thunder Nationals
Championship.
PAUL MCMAHAN…AT A GLANCE
- McMahan is the
driver of the No. 20 World of Outlaws sprint car for Tony Stewart
Racing.
- McMahan is in his
second year with TSR. He earned a sixth-place finish in the 2006
National Sprint Tour Series Championship.
- McMahan posted one
World of Outlaws Sprint Series victory in 2006, winning at USA Race
Park in Tucson, Ariz.,
in March, 2006.
- McMahan has earned
at least one World of Outlaws Sprint Series A-main
victory since 2003.
- McMahan won his
first World of Outlaws Sprint Series A-main in 2001, capturing a
victory at the Sedalia (Mo.) State Fair
Speedway.
- McMahan was named
as the All Star Circuit Champions “Rookie of the Year” in 1999.
- Before joining the
World of Outlaws Sprint Series full-time in 2001, McMahan competed in
the Golden State Challenge Series in California, the World of Outlaws Gumout Racing Series and the All Star Circuit of
Champions.
WEB SITE
INFORMATION…
FOR MORE INFORMATION…
Contact Misha Geisert
at True Speed Communication
317-432-4110 (mobile) or Misha.Geisert@truespeedcommunication.com
Or log on to www.tonystewartracing.com, www.chevrolet.com
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