"It seems like every time I fly back and forth from out West I catch something, but the race car has been running good all year long, from the moment we took it out of the box.
Steve Kinser | Stock Car Racing Wiki | Fandom Despite his malfunctioning top wing, Dollansky kept the VMAC/Karavan J&J in third with Danny Lasoski in the Bass Pro Shops Eagle and Shane Stewart in the Snap-On Maxim rounding out the top five. Weve had a good car all year long.
Steve Kinser, Indiana (16 matches): Phone Number, Email, Address - Spokeo Upcoming Birthday Currently, Steve Kinser is 68 years, 8 months and 12 days old. His family is also involved in racing, as his younger brother Randy Kinser and cousins Kelly Kinser and Mark Kinser, who was also a championship winning driver on the World of Outlaws circuit. The race was a point earning event for HammerDownUSA.com's Racer's Racing Series. See more ideas about sprint car racing, sprint cars, race cars. - Steve Kinser used an outside front row starting spot to his advantage - winning the feature event Friday night at USA Race Park. The Kinser children all grew up experiencing the excitement of the racing lifestyle. He competed in his first career World of Outlaws race on March 18, 1978 at Devil's Bowl Speedway. See more ideas about sprint car racing, sprint cars, race cars. Lasoski, who won the 2001 series championship, cannot catch The King of the Outlaws in the point standings in the season finale at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway event even if he wins both feature races and Kinser receives show-up points. The Racer's Racing Series points earning event was sanctioned by the World of Outlaws. Competed in the first career World of Outlawsrace on March 18, 1978 at Devils Bowl Speedway. 11 sprint car owned by Karl and Diane Kinser and driven by Steve Kinser in 1983 (Paul Arch photo), The Motorsports Authority - Copyright 2014-2023 - Turn 3 Media, LLC All Rights Reserved. Unfortunately, as good as his timing was in 1978 with the Outlaws, the same couldnt be said in 1995 for Kinser in NASCAR. Steve "The King" Kinser (born June 2, 1954) is a former professional sprint car racing driver. We will update Steve Kinser's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible. (read the summary), Steve Kinser King of Las Vegas - 03/02/02 - HD Staff - Las Vegas, NV. The victory was his 16th career A-Feature win at Lernerville Speedway and his 536th with the World of Outlaws. 11 Bass Pro Shops car. Saturday night's $50,000 win came after Kinser passed Joey Saldana on lap 31 of 40. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. Steve Kinser formed his own team back in 1997 after returning from the NASCAR circuit. He returned in 1997 driving a Dallara-Oldsmobile, where he qualified 20th and finished 14th after a late race accident in Turn 4. This branch of the family appears to have been involved with Kinser Logging. Bloomington, Indianas Kinser, winner of this months 50th annual Chico (Calif.) Gold Cup Race of Champions, claimed 23 of 27 first place votes cast by the select panel of winged 410-cubic-inch sprint car racings manufacturers, media members, sanctioning officials and promoters. Ronnie Day led the race early from the pole position but Day encountered a stalled car on the high side of turn four on lap five. 44 cars timed in on night two of the Gold Cup Race of Champions. His success on the track has led to a record . ", 'The King' Caps Special Day With Victory at Eldora By Richard Day ROSSBURG, OH (June 1) - Saturday, two days before his 47th birthday, was a very special day for Steve Kinser. (Travis Branch photo). [3], He became a World of Outlaws driver in 1978. Kinser, who started racing sprint cars in 1973, was successful right off the bat. When the auto-complete results are available, use the up and down arrows to review and Enter to select. 20-time World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series champion. Kraig won the 2005 Knoxville Nationals. It's always fun to win a race, and as long as I can stay competitive, I'm going to keep doing it. Kraig began racing winged Sprint cars in 2000.
Steve Kinser - Popular Bio (read it all), The King Reigns in National Sprint Car Poll - By Tom Schmeh - KNOXVILLE, IOWA (April 17, 2003) - Defending National 410 Sprint Car Poll Driver of the Year Steve Kinser of Bloomington, Indiana, has retained his number one ranking in the country, according to the spring edition of the seasonal poll. Coming into the World of Outlaws main event Saturday night, Kinser had won 30 features in his career on the historic high-banked, half-mile track. Kinser's IROC racer pounded the wall of the two and a half mile superspeedway, and then flipped upside down skidding for a considerable distance. In 1985 he became the second-youngest winner of a World of Outlaws . The 20-time World of Outlaws champion led all 40 laps of the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup contested on the fast dirt of the 3/8's mile oval located near Pittsburgh. The USAC Silver Crown event was contested side-by-side with a USAC National Midget event which was snared by Chuck Gurney Jr. "Little Rim" also had fast time for the night in perhaps his biggest career score to date.
Steve Kinser Diecast Sprint Cars - CAROLINA RACING COLLECTIBLES Contents 1 Background 2 World of Outlaws career 11 Karl Kinser sprint car racing team and also involved with the management of her son, Mark's race team. Tyler Walker led a stout top-five at Silver Dollar Speedway Friday night in Golden State Challenge action. His crash with Danny Wood ended his streak of seven straight top-five finishes and cost him the Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series points lead. "The fact that so many of us are racers makes us seem like one big family.". Jerry Kinser? Kinser continued his winning ways with the Outlaws over the next two seasons, capturing 15 feature events and finishing fourth and third, respectively, in the championship standings. He has won the Knoxville Nationals a record 12 times, the Gold Cup Race of Champions 12 times, and the Kings Royal at Eldora 7 times. Karl was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. My car was great top or bottom, and it seemed like no matter where we caught the lapped cars, we could get by them. This track is so much about momentum, and the cushion was really just a big curb up there. The King of the Outlaws has relinquished his throne. Even though Karl is his third cousin, Steve Kinser often joked to reporters that the pair weren't really related. With lightning strikes in the distance off turn one, 24 cars took the green flag in the $25,000 to-win, RRS points earning event. Thanks for clarifying.
Sport: Brown Dirt, Green Money, Black Moods - Car and Driver Steve Kinser - Address & Phone Number | Whitepages I was kind of hoping hed get his first win of the year tonight, but hes done a great job out here. the February 19, 1995 (Daytona 500) to. I was feeling some rubber. In addition to his twenty-five championships, Steve Kinser is a racing icon. He began the night by handily winning the fourth heat and followed that up with a convincing win in the Crane Cams Dash. The defending and 18-time series champion drove his #11 Quaker State Maxim past pole-sitter Brooke Tatnell late in the 10th lap of the Fifth Annual Texas Shootout at Houston Raceway Park Saturday, and held off a furious last-lap charge by Donny Schatz to claim the milestone victory by half a car-length. As the first sprint car. In 2005 debuted and won the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. Kelly Kinser, 28, is Steve's cousin and races sprint cars on the All-Star circuit around Indiana, Illinois and Pennsylvania. Rocketing off the bottom of the corner, Kinser pulled away from fellow front row starter Tyler Walker at each restart to control the 30-lap race on the half-mile dirt. The run included three more championships and numerous additions to the record books along the way. Kinser Clinches 18th Title as Outlaws Cancel Houston Race By Richard Day BAYTOWN, TX (October 25) Steve Kinser clinched his 18th OReilly World of Outlaws Series championship Saturday when inclement weather forced series officials to cancel the $51,600 event at Houston Raceway Park. Neither is close to Kinser. Both of his sons also wrestled in high school.
Most of all, I want to thank the fans. Steve Kinser is a former professional sprint car racing driver. After spending so much of this weekend searching for the right setup on this car, we dialed it in nicely tonight. Have you encountered the name Jerry Kinser in race results, in other words was he a driver? It also gave him sole possession of the series' points lead. Jason Solwold was eighth. - Steve Kinser passed Sammy Swindell early in the 30 lap Silver State Shootout finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Saturday night, to capture his first World of Outlaws victory of the year. King Wins 3rd Consecutive WoO Race - HD Staff, San Felipe, NM. His younger son Kurt also won state as a senior, capping off the Bloomington High School South team's excellent season. the March 26, 1995 (TranSouth 400) This site is NOT associated with NASCAR, The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. What some might not know is that before he started racing, Kinser was an accomplished wrestler. You have to have experience, but you have to have a good car too, and we had a good car all night. We ran behind him and it was just unbelievable how somebody could get so close to the wall and hit it a couple of times and keep going. He is steady, consistent, and smart. I don't know much about Jerry and Dallas; the former was a car owner for Kelly Kinser, I think ("Kinser Timber"? Legendary Sprint Car Crew Chief Scott Gerkin Dies At 62 By Staff Report November 8, 2020 Scott Gerkin, best known as the longtime crew of 20-time World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion Steve Kinser, has died at the age of 62. Steve Kinser is night two Gold Cup prelim winner - By Bobby Gerould - Chico, CA. After starting in the front row alongside Sammy Swindell, Kinser quickly jumped out front and built a lengthy advantage. (More), Steve Kinser Wins WoO at Sedalia, MO. Not that I know of. Finished 14th in the 1997 Indianapolis 500. "I ran pretty good all the way but they said Tim got to beating the top in Turns 1 and 2 and started gaining some time on us, but I got in a little bit of a conservative mode. Steve Kinser will celebrate 69th birthday on a Friday 2nd of June 2023. Steve Kinser Steve Kinser Racing 280 E Smithville Rd Bloomington, IN 47401-9251 USA Not an updated address?
Winter Heat: Steve Kinser, 'King of the Outlaws,' reigns in Night 3 These tracks are really tight and you have to stay away from the lapped cars, said Haudenschild. Showing signs of their predicted Knoxville strength, Jac Haudenschild finished third in the Guy Forbrook tuned #5. Kinser totaled 39 wins that season and quickly became a star in the sport. Steve Kinser, told Chico announcer, Troy Hennig in the post race interview, "I told Dana (his wife) I was going to come into Chico with a better attitude, we havent won this thing in a while, and if we do, well be really happy. (Read more, see summary), Steve Kinser Yakima WoO Winner - HD Staff 08/24/02, Yakima, WA.
Jordan Kinser joins Chase Briscoe Racing for Chili Bowl Nationals debut His first WoO victory as an owner-driver came in his seventh race and, later that summer, he made it clear he was back on top by scoring the $100,000-to-win Historical Big One and, eight days later, racing from his 14. starting position to win his fifth consecutive Knoxville Nationals. Steve Kinser dominated the Knoxville Nationals for so many years that Cynthia Bourbeau highlighted his championships in the heart of her print "50 Years of Sprint Car Racing Legends at the Knoxville Nationals". Best of 2002: Classy move by King Kinser - Steve Kinser just finished notching his 10th Gold Cup but instead of going nuttso himself with a huge front chute celebration, he walked up the track to hug Tim Kaeding, the young charger that pushed Kinser all weekend. The Big Three dominated the sport throughout the decade with Kinser leading the way. (more), Steve Kinser Shows Aussies Why He is King - By Richard Day GRANVILLE, NSW, AU (January 10) Steve Kinser showed why he is considered the worlds best sprint car racer Friday at Parramatta City Raceway in the OReilly World of Outlaws Series Down Under finale. The 20- year-old joined his father to make up the only father-son duo to win the sports most prestigious event. When the car is as good as mine was tonight, you dont really get tiredits when you have an ill-handling car and youre struggling around back in 12th or 13th just trying to hang onto it that wears you out. (Summary), Steve Kinser Holds off Saldana at MetraPark By Richard Day BILLINGS, MT (August 13) Steve Kinser has received more awards than any driver in the history of sprint car racing, but hes never been one to rest on them. In 2005 debuted and won the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. Higginsville, Missouris Lasoski, winner of last months 43rd annual Knoxville Nationals, gathered the other four first place markers. He has enjoyed tremendous success at the legendary, half-mile oval, winning 23 Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series main events there. 690 career WoO Sprint Car Series A-Feature victories, 14-time National 410 Sprint Car Driver of the Year, 19-time American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association All-American honoree, 12-Time Gold Cup Race of Champions Winner, 2-Time United Sprint Association Champion, Listed as Americas winningest driver in StockCar magazine, Won International Race of Champions (IROC) feature at Talladega in 1994, Set National short track record with 56 feature victories, including 46 of 69 World of Outlaws main events in 1987, Inducted into the Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2005, His first feature win was at Paragon Speedway in 1973 at the age of 20, Most current win came in January 2015, at the age of 60, Inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2017. By the time Kaeding and his Dennis Roth-owned car cleared Kraig Kinser, Steve Kinser had built a 1.6-second lead. At 68 years old, Steve Kinser height not available right now. The two mirrored each other for the final circuit with Kinser edging Schatz. Fourteen-time National 410 Sprint Car Driver of the Year. 09/10/05 - One dozen Gold Cups.
Steve Kinser - Bloomingpedia Even though Karl is his third cousin, Steve Kinser often joked to reporters that the pair werent really related. Karl was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. After Hafertepe got into the wall and upside on the 29th lap while running second, Kinser moved into the runner-up spot and set his sights on Meyers. It was during the month of May, when he realized his dream of qualifying for and then competing in The Greatest Spectacle in Racing. He qualified 20, In 1998, he earned his first WoO championship as a team owner and 15, as a driver. Kinser tracked down Swindell and made the winning move high in turn two on lap 29. The King of the Outlaws claimed his 100th World of Outlaws Sprint Series victory at Houstons Big H Speedway on April 20, 1983. Danny Lasoski finished second, and Sammy Swindell was third. Robert Ballou, Pittman, Solwold, and Kyle Hirst were heat winners. Won the 2005 Knoxville Nationals making him and father Steve, the only father-son duo to have won the prestigious event. He has two other children, Stevie and Kurt. This is his last year at Indiana University and his last shot at being an All-American. He won twenty WoO championships and 690 "A" features (including full-field preliminary night wins). They have raised three children together. Were rolling around this track pretty good right now, so well just have to see what happens tomorrow night. Day, the Salinas, CA veteran was knocked from contention. Steve's win extended his points lead in both the World of Outlaws, and HammerDownUSA.com's Racers Racing Series. Well just do our best to win a couple of races in California and, hopefully, he can win a few matches there, Kinser said. In 1981, a 26-year-old rookie, Kinser failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 when his month was ended by a practice crash. His six A-Main wins are tied for second best in WoO with Andy Hillenburg, Donny Schatz, and Stevie Smith. Thanks, Reinhard, although there's not that much new information. Kinser has won more A Features at Knoxville Raceway (33, including 12 Knoxville Nationals championships) than any other racing facility. (key) (Bold Pole position awarded by qualifying time. In 1995 Kinser landed a NASCAR Winston Cup Series ride as drag racing legend Kenny Bernstein hired Kinser to drive his No. At 67 years of age. Achievements include: 690 career WoO Sprint Car Series A-Feature victories Of the 1,663 World of Outlaws Sprint Series has run in its 26-plus-year history, Kinser has won 30% of them. The King of the Outlaws has won a single race at 44 different tracks and at 121 different facilities overall. That season, he won 56 short-track races, with 46 them being WoO A-Features, including 24 of the last 26. Bobby Kinser, 56, who is Steve's father, is still a racer. Ryan Newman finished second.
DIRT SPRINT CAR: Steve Kinser World Of Outlaws Season Recap (VIDEO) A native of Bloomington, Ind., Kinser was the 1972 Indiana state wrestling champion at 132 pounds in his senior year of high school. Family man. Like his father, Kurt Kinser is also an Indiana state wrestling champion. Kinser paced time-trials with a 11.361 clocking. Kinser left the World of Outlaws in 2006 to compete with the National Sprint Tour series, but returned to the World of Outlaws for the 2007 season. Chesson) I could barely get out of the car. (Summary), Steve Kinser outduels Tatnell for Pike County cash - HD Staff - 03/18/05 - Magnolia, MS. - The King of the Outlaws, Steve Kinser, was passed by Brooke Tatnell on lap 29 of 35 in the World of Outlaws A-Main Friday night at Pike County Speedway. Steve Kinser was born on 2 June, 1954 in Bloomington, Indiana, United States, is an American racing driver. Check out the updates we were getting from Vegas fans, Mike Zieske, and Steve Gomez. He has been described as the best sprint racer ever by both columnists and even his rivals. March 10, 2002 - Steve Kinser emerged as the the A-Main winner Sunday night at Hollywood Hills Speedway.
The Outsider Auto Racing & Photo Blog: Steve KinserBiography Steve Kinser (@SteveKinser_RCG) | Twitter Most current win came in January 2015, at the age of 60. 52 A-Features comprised the schedule that could actually be traveled. 9. The highest level is the World of Outlaws circuit. 97 records for Steve Kinser. Steve Kinser formed his own team back in 1997 after returning from the NASCAR circuit. So there is a Jerry Kinser, I'd say a cousin/uncle who sponsored Kelly. Steve has won every major Sprint car race during his racing career. This weekend, while he is racing in California on Friday at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway in Hanford and Saturday at Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, Kinsers youngest son, Kurt, will be aiming for an NCAA national wrestling championship at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Kelly Kinser is a son of one of Karl Kinser's brothers, I'm not sure which one. "The King of the Outlaws" recorded the third Knoxville Nationals-MetraPark Raceway double in four years Tuesday when he led all 30 laps in the Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series Wild, Wild Northwest Tour opener at Billings semi-banked, -mile oval. "The King" started on the pole, and withheld challenges by eventual runner-up Craig Dollansky. Kinser did not race in the Florida All-Star show (he never does), but he did practice at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Arizona on his way to the Golden State. He has won 18 main events at Houston-area facilities: 10 at Big H Speedway, five at Houston Raceway Park and three at Battleground Speedway. But as much rain as they had here, its a wonder we get to race at all. Earnhardt has won 11 of 26 races, Rahal 3 of 14 in Indy cars and 3 of 5 in International Motor Sports Assn. Sarver, PA. "Ive had a terrible cold all week long", said Kinser. Bechtelsville, PA. .World of Outlaws Sprint Series points leader Steve Kinser drove his #11 Quaker State Maxim past seven cars, including front row starter Joey Saldana, Sunday at Grandview Speedway for his seventh A Feature victory of the season. In 1985/86, Steve Kinser headlined a four driver tour of Australia which included his brother Randy and cousins Mark and Kelly. We went out and qualified pretty good. (read the whole deal), Steve Kinser Makes it a Dozen - By Richard Day KNOXVILLE, IA (August 10) Tyler Walker performs his cartwheel-back flip-round offs and P.J. But Bob Kinser was hell on wheels long before Steve Kinser ever ascended. If someone else is fast, he's at their car observing. Kinser left the World of Outlaws in 2006 to compete with the National Sprint Tour series, but returned to the World of Outlaws for the 2007 season. I think we had that one well in hand until we got into a lapped car. Read Chris Dolack's story here. The second BIG race in the Month of Money fell to Steve Kinser Tuesday night at Lernerville Speedway. At the end of the night, Steve stood in the winner's circle as the winner of the fourth points earning event in the Racers Racing Series. Vintage NOS 1997 Steve Kinser Sprint Car Tee - Large MotorTs (641) $44.99 Vintage 2003 Steve Kinser 18 Time Outlaw Stock Car Racing Champion Double Side T-shirt - Large unclesamretro (75) $40.00 Vintage 2001 Steve Kinser Neon Sprint Car Tee - 3XL MotorTs (641) $31.99 Rare! Steve Kinser showed more emotion than he had in his previous 463 Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series victories Saturday, standing on the top wing of his #11 Quaker State Maxim and waving the checkered flag after winning the 42nd Annual Mopar Parts Knoxville Nationals.