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FORT WORTH-DALLAS (October 11, 2003) - Jason Johnson, the "Cajun Sensation," electrified the Cheaper Than Dirt Shootout crowd Saturday night enroute to his first career O'Reilly World of Outlaws sprint car feature victory at the Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track. Chris Henigan won the modified stock invitational.

 

Johnson made a late-race rush utilizing the top groove of the four-tenths mile clay oval and shot from mid-pack to the lead, overtaking O'Reilly World of Outlaws point leader Steve Kinser on the 35th lap and proceeding to the $12,000 victory.

 

"I really have to thank (car owner) Al Harrison," shouted the jubilant victor in an emotionally-charged victory lane. "He gets upset with me some days. But he puts me in really good equipment. I lived in Texas for three years, this is home.

 

"I was racing the race track, not the other drivers," continued Johnson. "I

started in the back and ran it for all it was worth. I didn't hold anything

back."

 

Until the last quarter of the race, it appeared Steve Kinser would finish off a

clean sweep of all four nights of O'Reilly WoO competition at the Dirt Track in 2003. Kinser was clearly the class of the field in the Quaker State Maxim with Daryn Pittman the only driver able to keep pace.

 

Johnson made his first real noise of the 40-lap feature when he passed

fourth-place Shane Stewart riding the cushion on lap 30. Two rounds later he pushed the Harrison Trucking Eagle around Joey Saldana at the start-finish line for third. On lap 34 the "Sensation" blew by Pittman then brought the crowd to its feet by finishing off "The King" on lap 35. Johnson ran away to post a

3.97-second victory over Kinser.

 

"This late in the season, it was a successful weekend," said 17-time series

title winner Kinser. "It would have been great to get the win but we extended the lead in the points championship. We had some motor problems and lost a valve with about 10 laps to go. It was just good to finish the race."

 

Saldana kept working the low groove, finding late-race success in his show

position. "We got Pittman at the end," said the "Brownsburg Bullet." "It turned out to be about track position. Jason could run high in three and four, nobody else could. If the race was longer, I could have gotten Steve."

 

Pittman's early challenge to the lead backed up because of motor woes. "We were good but nearly blew up at the end with about 10 laps to go. We finished the race running on six or seven cylinders.

 

Henigan led all 20 laps of the modified invitational for his first career

victory at the Dirt Track. Todd Short moved into the runnerup spot on lap 11 but could never work his way past Henigan. Jason Ilich took the show place payoff.

 

The 2004 Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track schedule will be announced in the near future.

 

CHEAPER THAN DIRT SHOOTOUT - Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track

Saturday, October 11, 2003

O'Reilly World of Outlaws Sprint Cars

 

Qualifying: 1. Paul McMahan, Helm 11H, 13.963; 2. Donny Schatz, Schatz 15,

13.988; 3. Joey Saldana, Saldana 17, 13.997; 4. Sammy Swindell, Roth 1, 14.005;5. Aaron Berryhill, Walden 97, 14.028; 6. Kraig Kinser, Kinser 11K, 14.045; 7.Mark Kinser, Kinser 5M, 14.047; 8. Danny Lasoski, Stewart 20, 14.078; 9. Jason Sides, Sides Motorsports 7S, 14.102; 10. Jason Johnson, Harrison 22, 14.117; 11.Johnny Herrera, Forbrook 5, 14.123; 12. Wayne Johnson, Cox 50D, 14.148; 13.Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 14.150; 14. Ricky Logan, Gifford 17G, 14.169; 15.Brian Brown, Parsons 6, 14.176; 16. Jonathan Allard, Wright 35W, 14.194; 17.Justin Henderson, Carnahan R19, 14.217; 18. Kelly Kinser, C&W Motorsports 35,14.261; 19. Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10C, 14.271; 20. Jason Meyers, Karavan Motorsports 7, 14.341; 21. Jac Haudenschild, Woodward 4, 14.464; 22. Tim Shaffer, Roth 83, 14.495; 23. Eric Vanderploeg, Vanderploeg 57A, 14.499; 24.Zach Chappell, Chappell 50Z, 14.631; 25. Matt Clevenger, Clevenger 31, 14.658;26. Bob Bennett, Acme Trailer 3, 14.680; 27. Tom Busch, Busch 4B, 14.703; 28.Curt Trainer, Busch 36, 14.758; 29. Brian Paulus, P and P Motorsports 28,14.836; 30. Travis Rilat, Threatt 29, 14.837; 31. Brian Carlson, Carlson 18,14.912; 32. Tony Bruce, Bruce 18T, 15.033.

 

Finishing 1-4 in Friday's Preliminary Feature qualified Daryn Pittman, Sher-Don Motorsports 21; Steve Kinser, Kinser 11; Brooke Tatnell, Grandstaff 66; and Shane Stewart, Chilcutt 4M; for the first four starting positions in the Dash Race.

 

First Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Danny Lasoski, 2. Jason Sides, 3. Paul McMahan,4. Jac Haudenschild, 5. Brian Paulus, 6. Justin Henderson, 7. Jonathan Allard,8. Matt Clevenger. (first four qualified for the "A" Feature)

 

Second Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Donny Schatz, 2. Jason Johnson, 3. Mark

Kinser, 4. Tim Shaffer, 5. Brian Brown, 6. Travis Rilat, 7. Kelly Kinser, 8. Bob

Bennett. (first four qualified for the "A" Feature)

 

Third Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Johnny Herrera, 2. Joey Saldana, 3. Ricky

Logan, 4. Jeremy Campbell, 5. Kraig Kinser, 6. Eric Vanderploug, 7. Tom Busch,8. Brian Carlson. (first four qualified for the "A" Feature)

 

Fourth Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Sammy Swindell, 2. Randy Hannagan, 3. Wayne Johnson, 4. Jason Meyers, 5. Zach Chappell, 6. Aaron Berryhill, 7. Tony Bruce,8. Curt Trainer. (first four qualified for the "A" Feature)

 

Dash Race (five laps): 1. Steve Kinser, 2. Shane Stewart, 3. Daryn Pittman, 4.Brooke Tatnell, 5. Sammy Swindell, 6. Paul McMahan, 7. Joey Saldana, 8. Donny Schatz. (finish determined the first eight starting positions in the "A"

Feature)

 

B Feature (12 laps): 1. Aaron Berryhill, 2. Jonathan Allard, 3. Brian Brown, 4.

Justin Henderson, 5. Kraig Kinser ($200); 6. Zach Chappell ($175); 7. Brian

Paulus ($150); 8. Kelly Kinser ($100); 9. Matt Clevenger ($90); 10. Eric

Vanderploug ($80); 11. Travis Rilat ($60); 12. Curt Trainer ($50); 13. Tony

Bruce ($50); 14. Tom Busch ($50); 15. Bob Bennett ($50); 16. Brian Carlson

($50). (first four qualified for the "A" Feature)

 

A Feature (40 laps): 1. Jason Johnson [13] ($12,000); 2. Steve Kinser [1]

($6,000); 3. Joey Saldana [7] ($4,000); 4. Daryn Pittman [3] ($3,500); 5. Shane Stewart [2] ($3,300); 6. Tim Shaffer [24] ($3,100); 7. Donny Schatz [8]($3,000); 8. Paul McMahan [6] ($2,500); 9. Jac Haudenschild [23] ($2,100); 10.Jason Meyers [22] ($2,050); 11. Danny Lasoski [11] ($2,000); 12. Mark Kinser[10] ($1,600); 13. Brooke Tatnell [4] ($1,500); 14. Wayne Johnson [15] ($1,200);15. Johnny Herrera [14] ($1,100); 16. Jonathan Allard [19] ($1,000); 17. Jason Sides [12] ($920); 18. Aaron Berryhill [9] ($800); 19. Brian Brown [18] ($800);20. Justin Henderson [20] ($800); 21. Jeremy Campbell [21] ($800); 22. Sammy Swindell [5] ($800); 23. Ricky Logan [17] ($800); 24. Randy Hannagan [16] ($800).

 

Lap leaders: Steve Kinser 1-34, Jason Johnson 35-40

 

Modified Stock Cars

First Heat: 1. Kyle Taylor, 2. Gary Baker, 3. Bud Reed, 4. Wes Armstrong, 5.

John Stenhouse, 6. Willie Cook, 7. Jason Ilich, 8. Bobby Lovelis.

 

Second Heat: 1. Chris Henigan, 2. Tom Lorenz, 3. John Riley, 4. Kevin Delashaw,5. Jason Armstrong, 6. Rod Slack, 7. Scott Wells, 8. Donald Nicholson.

 

Third Heat: 1. Clyde Dunn Jr., 2. Billy Melton, 3. Morgan Bagley, 4. Todd Short,5. Shad Wells, 6. Tommy Henigan, 7. Lindsey Shields, 8. Sammy Hipp.

 

Feature (20 laps): 1. Chris Henigan, 2. Todd Short, 3. Jason Ilich, 4. Billy Melton, 5. Wesley Armstrong, 6. John Riley, 7. Kevin Delashaw, 8. Gary Baker, 9.Rod Slack, 10. Lindsey Shields, 11. Tommy Henigan, 12. Jason Armstrong, 13.Bobby Lovelis, 14. Scott Wells, 15. Sammy Hipp, 16. Donald Nicholson, 17. Tom Lorenz, 18. John Stenhouse Jr., 19. Morgan Bagley, 20. Shad Wells, 21. Bud Reed,22. Clyde Dunn Jr., 23. Kyle Taylor, 24. William Cook.

Lap Leaders: 1-20 C. Henigan.