In 2008, Kinser was one of just five drivers that led more than 200 laps of feature racing competition with the World of Outlaws in 2008. In addition to this, he was tied for the series lead with six wins in the Crane Cams Dash to earn pole positions and was quickest in time trials on five occasions. Kinser finished the season third in the championship standings, on the strength of 49 top-10 finishes, with 33 of those being top fives. He has now finished in the top five in points with the World of Outlaws a record 26 times in his career.
Kinser capped the 2007 season off by winning the finale of the inaugural Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway to earn his 51st top-10 finish of the season en route to a sixth-place finish in championship points.
Kinser raced in the National Sprint Tour Series in 2006 and won five races en route to a second-place finish in the standings.
Kinser won his 20th World of Outlaws drivers championship in 2005, his sixth as a car owner
Voted sprint car racing's greatest driver by a panel assembled by the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum in 2000
Kinser won a record 12 Knoxville Nationals championships (1980-1982, 1986-1988, 1991-1995, 2002)
He won a record 11 Gold Cup Race of Champions titles (Silver Dollar Speedway, Chico, CA) (1979-1980, 1983-1984, 1986-1988, 1990, 1992, 2002-2003)
He won a record four Williams Grove National Open championships (1990, 1992, 1994, 2003)
Set the national short-track record with 56 feature victories, including 46 in 69 World of Outlaws main events, in 1987
Has been voted to the American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters (AARWBA) All-America team a record 19 times (14 on the Short Track First Team)
Kinser inished 14th in the 1997 Indianapolis 500 (crashed while running ninth with 12 laps remaining)
Kinser won an IROC event at Talladega Superspeedway on April 30, 1994, in only his third race with the series.
The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway is a semi-banked 0.4-mile oval. The track record of 11.880 seconds was established by Jeff Shepard on October 6, 2001.
2008 Event Winners: Brooke Tatnell on October 31, Donny Schatz on November 1
Pit gates will open at 12:45 p.m. ET, with the grandstand gates opening at 4 p.m. ET with hot laps set for 5:45 p.m. ET.
