BEAVER DAM, Wis. — Often called the master of lapped traffic, Steve Kinser used his experience to his advantage again to win Saturday night’s Badger Classic Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series event at Charter Raceway Park.
Kinser dove under Jason Meyers on the back straightaway on the 33rd lap to take the lead after chasing him for nearly half the race. One lap earlier, Kinser inched ahead of Meyers exiting the fourth turn, but Meyers charged down the front straightaway to officially lead at the line.
Kinser stayed right on Meyers in turns one and two, setting himself up to make the pass for the lead and ultimately the win on the following lap. On the final lap, Meyers gained ground on the back straightaway and tried everything he could exiting the third and fourth turns, as the pair thundered down the front straightaway coming up just .253 second short at the line.
The $10,000 triumph was his fifth of the season and the 548th of his WoO career.
“You had to have patience tonight,” said Kinser. “You were not going to pass him on an open run. You had to wait until we got some lapped cars. He looked like he got a little bit loose at the end, and I got freed up enough to get up a little higher going into (turn) one and got off it a lot better. We got some good runs on him and when we got to the lapped car, I got a good run on the back stretch on him.”
Several times over the course of the race, Kinser looked to the low side of the track aboard the Q Oil Maxim, as he looked to get a run on Meyers.
“We hung around and were there when we got to the lapped cars,” explained the winner. “I made a couple of good moves and got a run on Jason (Meyers) and then just held on the last eight or so laps.”
Meyers led the first 32 circuits, but couldn’t keep Kinser behind him in lapped traffic.
“We had a great race car tonight and there is only one word for it, and that’s disappointing, to lead all of those laps and give it away,” said Meyers. “We got a little tight in lapped traffic and just kind of gave it away to him. I had a great car and these guys did a great job tonight. I just feel bad that I gave it away tonight.”
Kerry Madsen started second and finished third, with Craig Dollansky and point-leader Donny Schatz rounding out the top five.