Weekly Rewind
LEVI JONES – No. 20
TSR/CHEVROLET/MAXIM (USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES)
JONES WILL RESUME ACTION ON NO V. 1 – 3 AT THE PERRIS (CALIF.) AUTO
SPEEDWAY 12TH ANNUAL BUDWEISER OVAL
NATIONALS – USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES
To date:
Jones has won
five sprint feature events this season – (4) USAC and (1) open event. Jones has won one midget feature events this
season (1) USAC/BMARA national event. Jones leads the USAC National Sprint Car Series championship
standings with 1,232 points. 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 NO V. 1 – 3 AT THE PERRIS (CALIF.)
AUTO SPEEDWAY
12TH ANNUAL BUDWEISER OVAL
NATIONALS – USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES
To date:
Stenhouse has won two USAC
Silver Crown Series events this season.
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.
Stenhouse is ranked third in
the USAC Midget Series championship standings with 1,043 points.
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. 15 – Continuing Therapy at St. Vincent
Sports Medicine.
Hines underwent an out-patient procedure on Monday, Oct. 1, to
manipulate the right knee in order to increase flexibility. Following
the procedure, Hines has resumed daily physical therapy at St. Vincent
Sports Medicine.
Hines visited
the TSR shop on Oct. 2 and was able to sit in the No. 21 USAC Midget for
the first time since the accident. 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 THE THUNDERBOWL RACEWAY – OCT. 3
Saturday, Oct. 13 – Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, Calif. – (1/4-mile dirt oval)
McMahan set quick time over
the 42 car field. It was his eighth quick time award of the season. A
broken rear end resulted in a 10th in the first heat race.
After repairs, McMahan
finished second in the B-main.
McMahan
finished 1 1th in the
35-lap A-main after starting 1 1th.
To date:
McMahan is ranked eighth in
the World of Outlaws Sprint Series championship standings with 9,070
points. In 69 starts, he has earned two
victories, eight quick time awards, 14 top-five finishes and 37 top-10
finishes.
HE SAID IT...
PAUL MCMAHAN ON THE NO. 20
TEAM’S BATTLE
AGAINST LUCK AT THE THUNDERBOWL RACEWAY:
“We were just extremely tight in
the A-main event. I spent more time on two wheels than I did on four for
most of the race. The track was really
heavy and sticky and we’re not used to running on those types of tracks.
After we broke the rear end in the heat race, we tried to hang some weight
on the car before the B-main but the bolts wouldn’t stay tight so we ended
up not putting the extra weight on the car. We didn’t have a three-off wheel. We usually run a six
or seven-off wheel, and we couldn’t get the wheel to hang out far enough in
the feature. We’re heading back to familiar territory this weekend.
We’ve had some better luck in Arizona
in the past. We’ll regroup and try to put Bass Pro Shops and Chevrolet in
winner’s circle again this weekend.”
FAST
FORWARD...
Friday, Oct. 19 – Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Ariz. -- (half-mile dirt oval)
McMahan will compete with the
World of Outlaws Sprint Series in a one-day event.
Manzanita
Speedway is
a half-mile oval.
Donny Schatz won the A-main and
McMahan earned a fifth place finish in the last WoO
Sprint Series event at the facility on March 3, 2007.
Pit gates will open at 2 p.m. PDT with gates opening to the public
at 4 p.m. Hot laps are schedule to begin at 6 p.m. The official Web
site of Manzanita Speedway is www.manzanitaspeedway.us.
Saturday, Oct. 20 – Perris (Calif.)
Auto Speedway
-- (1/2-mile semi-banked dirt oval) McMahan will compete with the World of Outlaws Sprint Series in a
one-day event. Perris Auto Speedway is a semi-banked half-mile dirt
oval.
Jason Meyers won the A-main and McMahan earned a sixth-place finish
in the last WoO Sprint Series event at the
facility on Feb. 24, 2004.
Pit gates will open at 2 p.m.
PDT with gates opening to the public at 4 p.m. Hot laps are schedule to
begin at 5:30 p.m.
The official
Web site of the Perris Auto Speedway is www.perrisautospeedway.com.
Saturday, Nov. 3 – SPEED --
Media
The WoO Sprint Series will return to
SPEED, with live racing action set for broadcast on Saturday, Nov. 3. The
live event will air on SPEED from 8 – 11 p.m. EDT.
Action from
the Nov. 3 World of Outlaws World Finals will feature the WoO Sprint and Late Model series. The WoO Sprint
Series will see 20 races broadcast on SPEED and ESPN2 throughout the 2007
season. 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:
Chevrolet, Bass Pro Shops, J.D.
Byrider, Coca-Cola, Old Spice, Hoosier Tire and
Simpson.
Crew
Chiefs:
Bubby Jones –No. 20
USAC National Sprint & USAC National Midget, No. 10 USAC Silver Crown
Series entries driven by Jones.
Bobby Barth – No. 21 USAC National Sprint & USAC
National Midget, No. 22 USAC National Silver Crown Series driven by
Stenhouse.
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.
STENHO
USE, 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...
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updated performance charts, please visit www.TrueSpeedCommunication.com. FOR
MORE INFORMATION...
Contact Misha Geisert at True
Speed Communication
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