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P aulus Gr abs Opener t o Wor ld of Outla w s S pr in t Ser ies Duel in the D ak otas

West Far go, ND — July 1, 2005 — By C hris Dolack, W orld of Outla w s Senior W rit er

Brian P aulus can do no wr ong la t ely. F or the sec ond r ac e nigh t in a r o w, P aulus po w er ed his w a y t o vict ory, this time leading all 25 laps F rida y t o captur e the checker ed flag in the opener of the Duel in the D akotas a t Red Riv er V alle y S peed w a y.

T h i s c o m e s a ft e r w i n n i n g Tu e s d a y n i g h t a t H u s e t’s S p e e d w a y. I n f a ct , P a u l u s h a s h a d o n l y o n e fi n i s h o u t o f t h e t o p - fi v e i n t h e p a s t s i x r a c e n i g h t s . T h e s e r i e s h a s c o m p e t e d 1 2 t i m e s s i n c e J u n e 1 , a n d P a u l u s h a s t w o A - f e a t u r e w i n s , a p r e l i m i n a ry f e a t u r e v i ct o ry a n d e i g h t t o p - 1 0 r u n s a s h i s t e a m h a s c l i m b e d f r o m 1 6 t h t o 1 2 t h i n p o i n t s .

T he goal F rida y nigh t w as t o finish in the t op f our t o be locked in t o the S tacker 2® D ash tha t will set the t op six positions f or the A- F ea tur e Sa tur da y. P aulus start ed on the outside pole and dr o v e t o the lead in the first turn with Jason Me y ers char ging in t o sec ond . T hose tw o pulled out as the field scr ambled behind them.

B r o o k e Ta t n e l l a n d Pa u l M c M a h a n s l i d i n t o t h i r d a n d f o u rt h , b u t h o m e t o w n f a v o r i t e D o n n y S c h a t z w a s d e t e r m i n e d t o c r a c k t h e t o p f o u r. S t a rt i n g n i n t h , S c h a t z p i c k e d o f f c a r a f t e r c a r o n s u c c e s s i v e l a p s , fi r s t g o i n g b y S a m m y S w i n d e l l , t h e n D a n n y L a s o s ki a n d M c M a h a n .

But he w asn ’ t going t o settle f or f ourth. Scha tz caugh t Ta tnell with 12 laps t o go and then pulled off a maneuv er tha t br ough t the huge partisan cr o w d t o its f eet. C oming off Turn 2 and not w an ting t o br eak his momen tum on the high side of the half-mile o v al, Scha tz sta y ed high, Ta tnell do v e lo w and the y split Joe y Saldana on the backstr et ch. Scha tz gr abbed the position going in t o Turn 3 and set his sigh ts on Me y ers .

P aulus and Me y ers had been smoothly cr uising along thr ough tr affic while Scha tz w as making quick w ork of the field . Scha tz poked the nose of his car under Me y ers a c ouple of times , e v en tually getting side-b y-side with thr ee t o go , but Me y ers w as able t o f end him off each time as Ta tnell began t o close the gap t o secur e f ourth. T hose f our — P aulus , Me y ers , Scha tz and Ta tnell — will start in the t op f our positions Sa tur da y in the S tacker 2® D ash.

“ Ob viously w e ’r e r acing t o win, but w e ’r e not str essed out ,” said P aulus , a Mean 15 r ac er fr om Mechanicsbur g , P a. “It’s all about being c onsist en t and bringing home good sta ts because w e had such a pitiful start t o the season. If w e keep r unning in the t op- fiv e w e can get ourselv es back in t o the t op 10 in poin ts and w e can salv age a dec en t season out of this .

“You ’ v e got S t e v e Kinser who is fast e v ery nigh t. Jason Me y ers is ha ving a st orybook y ear. I’m happ y t o see him r unning the w a y he ’s r unning . To kno w tha t he r an righ t behind us , it just lets me kno w tha t w e ’ v e actually been r eally fast if w e ’r e ahead of him because he ’s one of the benchmark cars this season t o be w a t ching f or.”

P aulus also has bec ome a driv er t o w a t ch. T he car he used t o win F rida y, which has 62 r ac es on it and a 4-y ear-old mot or, also w on Tuesda y a t Huset’s S peed w a y and June 1 a t Rolling W heels Rac ew a y P ark. Ho w e v er, his sec ond car is just as good , posting fiv e t op- fiv es in only eigh t r ac es .

F or Jason Me y ers , a thr ee-time winner this season fr om C lo vis , C alif ., who has ba ttled his w a y t o sec ond in poin ts , his r unner-up finish locks him in t o the S tacker 2® D ash on the sec ond nigh t of an e v en t f or the first time this season.

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“It’s just gr ea t t o be locked in,” Me y ers said . “I had a gr ea t car, the guy s did a good job and this Don Ott-mot or r an gr ea t. It w as har d t o pass la t e in the r ac e , but with all the r ain w e got this w eek I think the y did a gr ea t job getting the r ac e in.”

Scha tz w as clearly the driv er the cr o w d w as f ocused on, and he w as easy t o f ollo w as he slic ed thr ough the field .

“It’s fun f or us ,” said Scha tz, who has 16 t op-10s this y ear. “W e c ome her e and w an t t o do the best perf ormanc e w e can. Ob viously, w e did bett er than w e ha v e been doing . To ha v e tha t kind of support is a w arm f eeling f or us . W e kno w w e ’ v e got the homet o wn cr o w d and support and tha t’s r eally wha t w e w an t. T his is our job and our passion and it’s supposed t o be fun, as w ell, and when w e see tha t support it makes it a lot mor e fun.

“W e ha v en ’ t been locked in f or a r ac e in so long tha t it’s har d t o belie v e . W e w er e actually pr etty dec en t. You ’ v e got t o cr a wl bef or e y ou can w alk, and t onigh t w e cr a wled , t omorr o w w e ’r e going t o w alk.”

A ustr alia na tiv e Ta tnell also c on tinues t o post some of the most impr essiv e finishes on the cir cuit. He has not finished out of the t op 10 sinc e Ma y 27 a t Williams Gr o v e , a span of 14 r ac es including pr eliminaries .

“I though t w e had something f or Jason ther e f or a little bit , but w e got t o the poin t wher e w e both almost c ollided with a lapped car and Scha tz got b y us and tha t w as the end of the ballgame ,” Ta tnell said . “I w an t t o go and r ac e t o win, but ther e c omes a poin t in time when y ou ha v e t o look a t being smart and ec onomical, get locked in and make amends t omorr o w nigh t.”

Samm y S windell w as fifth f ollo w ed b y poin ts-leader S t e v e Kinser, Kr aig Kinser, Lasoski, Jason S ides and C r aig Dollansky.

DUEL IN THE DAKO TAS NO TEBOOK • J o e y S a l d a n a r e t u r n e d t o a ct i o n F r i d a y n i g h t f o r t h e fi r s t t i m e s i n c e h e w a s i n j u r e d i n a t h r e e - c a r c r a s h d u r i n g a h e a t r a c e J u n e 1 7 a t E a g l e Ra c e w a y. H e p o s t e d a q u i c k l a p o f 1 5 . 9 0 0 s e c o n d s i n t i m e t r i a l s t h e n p o w e r e d t o v i ct o ry i n t h e B - m a i n . “ It f e e l s g o o d t o b e b a c k ,” s a i d S a l d a n a , a fi e r c e c o m p e t i t o r w h o w a s d i s a p p o i n t e d w i t h h i s 2 1 s t - p l a c e fi n i s h d e s p i t e c l i m b i n g b a c k i n t o t h e c a r f o r t h e fi r s t t i m e i n fi v e r a c e s . “Yo u s i t a t h o m e a n d y o u kn o w y o u c a n d o i t a n d y o u fi n a l l y g e t a c h a n c e t o c o m e o u t h e r e a n d i t f e e l s l i k e y o u ’ v e s t a rt e d a l l o v e r a g a i n . ”

• D o n n y S c h a t z h a d t h e s u p p o rt o f h i s h o m e t o w n f a n s a n d s p o n s o r P a r k e r S t o r e F r i d a y n i g h t . S c h a t z , a n a t i v e o f Fa r g o , w o n t h r e e o f t h e fi r s t e i g h t e v e n t s t h i s s e a s o n . S i n c e t h e n h e h a s s t r u g g l e d i n q u a l i f y i n g w h i c h h a s h a m p e r e d h i s t e a m’s e f f o rt . H e b e l i e v e s r a c i n g a t R e d Ri v e r Va l l e y S p e e d w a y, w h e r e h e w o n t h e D u e l i n t h e D a k o t a s i n 2 0 0 2 a n d h a s n’ t fi n i s h e d o u t o f t h e t o p 1 0 i n a n A - Fe a t u r e s i n c e 1 9 9 6 , w i l l t u r n a r o u n d h i s s e a s o n . “T h i s r a c e w i l l a l w a y s b e s p e c i a l t o m e a n d m y f a m i l y,” S c h a t z s a i d . “W i n n i n g a c o u p l e o f y e a r s a g o t o o k a l o t o f p r e s s u r e o f f m e , b u t I s t i l l p u t e xt r a e m p h a s i s o n t h i s r a c e b e c a u s e i t i s h e r e . T h e b e s t t h i n g f o r m e t o d o t h i s w e e k e n d i s g e t b a c k t o b e i n g i n t h e h u n t . We ’r e g o i n g t o w o r k o u r t a i l s o f f a n d t ry t o p u t o u r s e l v e s i n p o s i t i o n t o w i n a n d k e e p g e t t i n g b e t t e r. ”

• T he Duel in the D akotas a t Red Riv er V alle y S peed w a y is on half-mile o v al. Including pr eliminary f ea tur es , the series has r ac ed 15 times this y ear on half-mile cir cuits with S t e v e Kinser winning f our times (Volusia, Eldor a, Kno xville and Williams Gr o v e), Samm y S windell winning thr ee times (twic e a t Eldor a, onc e a t Hagerst o wn), C r aig Dollansky winning twic e (Manzanita and Williams Gr o v e), Kr aig Kinser winning twic e (Las V egas , Kno xville), and Donn y Scha tz (Las V egas), D ann y Lasoski (Kno xville), Jason Me y ers (Gr anit e C ity) and Jeff S hepar d (Volusia) each winning onc e .

• W orld of Outla w s A-f ea tur e winners a t Red Riv er V alle y S peed w a y include: 2004 – Joe y Saldana on July 10; 2003 – D ann y Lasoski on June 14; 2002 – Donn y Scha tz on July 6; 2001 – C r aig Dollansky on July 7; 2000 – Samm y S windell on July 8; 1999 – S t e v e Kinser on July 10; 1998 – Samm y S windell on July 11; 1997 – S t e vie S mith on July 12; 1996 – Samm y S windell on July 7; 1995 – Samm y S windell on July 8; 1994 – S t e v e Kinser on July 10; 1993 – Johnn y Herr er a on July 10; 1992 – S t e v e Kinser on July 12; 1991 – Doug W olf gang on July 6; 1990 – Doug W olf gang on July 7; 1989 – Jeff S windell on July 8; 1988 – Doug W olf gang on July 9; 1987 – S t e v e Kinser on July 11; 1986 – S t e v e Kinser on July 12; 1985 – S t e v e Kinser on July 13; 1984 – S t e v e Kinser on July 14; 1983 – Samm y S windell on July 9; 1982 – S t e v e Kinser on July 14; 1981 – Samm y S windell on July 13.

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• In the S tacker 2® D ash, P aul McMahan ba ttled past Jason S ides t o earn the pole while Br ooke Ta tnell, S ides , Samm y S windell, Donn y Scha tz and Ke vin S windell filled out the inside t op six r o w s f or the A-main.

• In the sec ond D ash, Brian P aulus picked up wher e he left off a t Huset’s S peed w a y and po w er ed t o the lead in Turn 1 and held off Jason Me y ers t o earn the outside pole . Me y ers , D ann y Lasoski, Kr aig Kinser, S hane S t ew art and S t e v e Kinser r ounded out the outside t op six r o w s f or the A-main.

• In the B-main, Joe y Saldana marked his r eturn t o action with an impr essiv e r un t o the checker ed flag . A ft er a r ac e-long ba ttle f or sec ond betw een Br andon Wimmer and Jason Solw old , Solw old slipped in fr on t in Turn 3 on the final lap . Mark Dobmeier picked up the final tr ansf er spot.

• In the first hea t , Tim S haff er shot out t o a quick lead when John C r essman spun in Turn 3 t o bring out a caution. S haff er po w er ed back in fr on t on the r estart and dr o v e t o the checker ed flag with D aryn P ittman, S hane S t ew art , Brian P aulus and Jason S ides also tr ansf erring t o the f ea tur e .

• In the sec ond hea t , C r aig Dollansky mot or ed t o the fr on t fr om the outside pole as D ann y Lasoski char ged fr om f ourth t o sec ond in the first turn. T he field str et ched out with Dollansky winning and Lasoski, Terry McC arl, Donn y Scha tz, Jason Me y ers and P aul McMahan also tr ansf erring t o the f ea tur e .

• In the thir d hea t , Tr a vis W hitne y and Tim Kaeding start ed side-b y-side and r ac ed tha t w a y in t o Turn 3 wher e Kaeding slid in fr on t and dr o v e off with the vict ory. W hitne y held on t o finish sec ond with S t e v e Kinser, Ke vin S windell, Samm y S windell and Kr aig Kinser also tr ansf erring .

• Br ooke Ta tnell pac ed the 30-car field with a lap ar ound the half-mile o v al in 15.427 sec onds a t 116.679 mph. C r aig Dollansky set the single lap r ec or d of 14.786 sec onds on July 4, 2002.

• T he Outla w s c onclude the Duel in the D akotas Sa tur da y nigh t a t Red Riv er V alle y S peed w a y, then r ac e July 4 a t C edar Lake S peed w a y in N ew Richmond , Wis ., July 6 a t T he Rac ew a y a t P o w er c om P ark in Bea v er D am, Wis ., July 8 a t Rout e 66 Rac ew a y in Joliet , Ill., and July 9 a t I-55 Rac ew a y in P e v ely, Mo .

• T he Out door C hannel will air all of the action fr om the E agle N a tionals a t 8 p .m. (ET) on July 6. T he Out door C hannel will then air the Duel in the D akotas a t 8 p .m. (ET) on July 13.

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• T he W orld of Outla w s S prin t Series is br ough t t o the fans acr oss the c oun try b y se v er al sponsors and partners , including series sponsors Hoosier Racing Tir e , S tacker 2®, and T he Out door C hannel. P r omotional P artners include AMB i.t., RA CE c eiv er, HUMMERSGONEWILD .C OM, Zippo Ligh t ers , T he U niv ersity of N orthw est ern Ohio , Timberw olf, and Rac e P unk appar el. S lick 50 is an A ssocia t e P r ogr am S ponsor and C on tingency sponsors include DART Machinery, MSD Ignitions , and W risc o Industries .

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Qualifying Stacker 2® Dash (6 laps, finishing order determined A-main (25 laps) 1) Brooke Tatnell, Rush Racing 8, 15.427 inside first 6 rows of A-feature) 1) Brian Paulus [$5,000] 2) Jason Meyers, Elite Racing Team 14, 15.524 1) Paul McMahan 2) Jason Meyers [$3,000] 3) Sammy Swindell, Forbrook 5, 15.529 2) Brooke Tatnell 3) Donny Schatz [$2,500] 4) Kraig Kinser, Kinser 11K, 15.603 3) Jason Sides 4) Brooke Tatnell [$2,200] 5) Paul McMahan, Helm 11H, 15.605 4) Sammy Swindell 5) Sammy Swindell [$2,100] 6) Brian Paulus, Pender 28, 15.641 5) Donny Schatz 6) Steve Kinser [$2,000] 7) Jason Sides, Sides Motorsports 7S, 15.663 6) Kevin Swindell 7) Kraig Kinser [$1,800] 8) Danny Lasoski, Stewart 20, 15.668 8) Danny Lasoski [$1,600] 9) Kevin Swindell, Swindell 1, 15.682 Second Dash (6 laps, finishing order determined outside 9) Jason Sides [$1,500] 10) Steve Kinser, Kinser 11, 15.731 first 6 rows of A-feature) 10) Craig Dollansky [$1,300] 11) Donny Schatz, Schatz 15, 15.748 1) Brian Paulus 11) Shane Stewart [$1,200] 12) Shane Stewart, Rudeen Racing 26, 15.758 2) Jason Meyers 12) Kevin Swindell [$1,100] 13) Daryn Pittman, Titan Racing USA 21, 15.761 3) Danny Lasoski 13) Tim Kaeding [$1,000] 14) Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7, 15.764 4) Kraig Kinser 14) Daryn Pittman [$700] 15) Tim Kaeding, Roth 83, 15.808 5) Shane Stewart 15) Travis Whitney [$600] 16) Travis Whitney, Whitney 9, 15.814 6) Steve Kinser 16) Terry McCarl [$600] 17) Terry McCarl, McCarl 24, 15.849 17) Brandon Wimmer [$600] 18) Tim Shaffer, Parsons 6, 15.870 B-main (12 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) 18) Jason Solwold [$600] 19) Jason Solwold, Carnahan R19, 15.899 1) Joey Saldana [$20] 19) Travis Rilat [$600] 20) Joey Saldana, Woodward 2, 15.900 2) Jason Solwold [$20] 20) Mark Dobmeier [$600] 21) Travis Rilat, Wright 35, 15.960 3) Brandon Wimmer [$20] 21) Joey Saldana [$500] 22) Brandon Wimmer, Two Winners Racing 7TW, 15.962 4) Mark Dobmeier [$20] 22) Paul McMahan [$500] 23) Loren Langerud, Blazin’ Wings 56L, 16.098 5) Travis Rilat [$20] 23) Loren Langerud [$500] 24) Mark Dobmeier, Dobmeier 13, 16.228 6) Loren Langerud [$20] 24) Tim Shaffer [$500] 25) John Cressman, Cressman 56, 16.447 7) Chris Shirek [$150] Lap leaders: Brian Paulus 1-25 26) Chris Shirek, Shirek 1K, 16.508 8) Leigh Thomas [$125] Notes: Lou Kennedy Jr. had engine problems in warm-ups. 27) Natalie Sather, Sather 94S, 16.740 9) John Cressman [$100] … Danny Lasoski changed engines after warm-ups. … 28) Leigh Thomas, Thomas 29, 16.873 10) Natalie Sather (DNS) [$100] Danny Wood broke a rear end on his first qualifying lap, 29) Danny Wood, BG Racing 66, No time 11) Lou Kennedy, Jr. (DNS) [$100] and scratched for the rest of the night. … Jason Sides 30) Lou Kennedy, Jr., Kennedy 21K, No time 12) Danny Wood (DNS) [$100] changed engines after his heat race.

First Heat Race (8 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) Wor ld of Outla w s S pr in t Ser ies S tandings , thr ough Red Riv er Valle y 1) Tim Shaffer S peedw a y, 7-1-2005 2) Daryn Pittman Driver Team Team “A” Top 3) Shane Stewart Rk. Driver Earnings Top 5 4) Brian Paulus Pts. Pts. Diff. Wins 10 5) Brooke Tatnell 1 Steve Kinser 4874 4874 $214,000 0 12 24 32 6) Jason Sides 7) Brandon Wimmer 2 Jason Meyers 4570 4570 $115,770 -304 3 12 27 8) Jason Solwold 3 Craig Dollansky 4528 4528 $104,560 -346 1 14 22 9) John Cressman 10) Leigh Thomas 4 Kraig Kinser 4512 4512 $118,110 -362 4 15 22 5 Danny Lasoski 4394 4394 $78,940 -480 0 6 18 Second Heat Race (8 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) 6 Donny Schatz 4270 4270 $86,370 -604 3 8 16 1) Craig Dollansky 7 Paul McMahan 4218 4218 $68,680 -656 0 7 14 2) Danny Lasoski 3) Terry McCarl 8 Daryn Pittman 4130 4130 $71,410 -744 1 6 15 4) Donny Schatz 9 Tim Shaffer 4103 4103 $67,935 -771 2 4 11 5) Jason Meyers 6) Paul McMahan 10 Shane Stewart 4087 4087 $60,320 -787 0 2 14 7) Loren Langerud 11 Brooke Tatnell 4053 4329 $76,270 -545 0 8 19 8) Joey Saldana 12 Brian Paulus 4047 4047 $71,900 -827 2 5 11 9) Chris Shirek 10) Danny Wood (DNS) 13 Tim Kaeding 4047 4047 $70,240 -827 1 6 12 14 Terry McCarl 3979 3979 $57,720 -895 0 5 12 Third Heat Race (8 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) 15 Jason Sides 3896 3896 $41,670 -978 0 1 5 1) Tim Kaeding 16 Joey Saldana 3878 3878 $59,735 -996 0 6 11 2) Travis Whitney 3) Steve Kinser 17 Jason Solwold 3654 3654 $45,540 -1220 0 3 6 4) Kevin Swindell 18 Brandon Wimmer 3437 3437 $25,690 -1437 0 0 2 5) Sammy Swindell 6) Kraig Kinser 19 Sammy Swindell 3242 3092 $78,540 -1782 2 11 13 7) Travis Rilat 20 Kevin Swindell 2535 2535 $22,105 -2339 0 1 3 8) Mark Dobmeier 9) Natalie Sather * R ush R acing ’s N o . 8 c ar is sixth in o wners ’ points; Rick W r ight’s N o . 35 c ar is 17th in 10) Lou Kennedy, Jr. (DNS) o wners ’ points .