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At A Glance: How Joey Saldana Prepares for This Week’s Two New Tracks

The series heads to Granite City Speedway, River Cities Speedway and Dakota State Fair Speedway

CONCORD, N.C. - June 15, 2015 - The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series continues its swing through the Upper Midwest this week with stops in Minnesota and both Dakotas.

Two of the tracks the Outlaws will visit, Granite City Speedway in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota on Tuesday, and Dakota State Fair Speedway in Huron, South Dakota on Saturday, are new to the Outlaws schedule.

Without notes from previous appearances the challenge of new tracks is universal among the Outlaws drivers. For series veteran Joey Saldana, the biggest thing for his No. 71M Motter Motorsports team to figure out is the gearing.

"That's really the only thing you can do," Saldana said. "So going to two new tracks you're just trying to figure what track might be similar and get the gear close and go from there."

Saldana used Crawford County Speedway in Denison, Iowa, another new track to the Outlaws schedule this season, as an example.

"It's like Denison and Minot. I've been to Minot and maybe this would be pretty similar to Denison. And you'll go into Granite City that way and you'll go into Huron that way. Look at a similar track in your notes and hopefully you're close. You go out and you hot lap and you're hoping you're pretty close so that you can just tune on your cars all night. That's what we did at Denison and it worked out well - we had a real solid night."

The similar process across the Outlaws teams puts everyone on a level playing field when they take on somewhere new Saldana said. Still, there is one team he and others have their eyes on - the prolific pairing of Donny Schatz and his crew chief Ricky Warner.

"You've still got to beat those guys - it doesn't matter where we're racing. It comes down to a Donny Schatz race. Those guys are pretty spot on everywhere you go."

See Joey Saldana and 'The Greatest Show on Dirt' this week at Granite City Speedway on Tuesday, River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D. on Friday and Dakota State Fair Speedway on Saturday. To find out more information and to learn how to buy tickets to each event, visit http://www.WoOSprint.com.

ABOUT THE TRACKS
GRANITE CITY SPEEDWAY is a semi-banked, 3/8 mile oval. For more event information, visit http://woosprint.com/granite-city-speedway.

Previous A-Feature Winners
There are no previous World of Outlaws winners at the track.

RIVER CITIES SPEEDWAY is a high-banked, 3/10-mile oval. The track record of 9.269 seconds was established by Jason Meyers on Aug. 21, 2009. For more event information, visit http://woosprint.com/river-cities-speedway-june.

Previous A-Feature Winners
2014 - Donny Schatz on June 20, Daryn Pittman on Aug. 15
2013 - Cody Darrah on June 21, Donny Schatz on Aug. 16
2012 - Kraig Kinser on June 15, Sammy Swindell on Aug. 17
2011 - Craig Dollansky on June 17, Craig Dollansky on June 18, Steve Kinser on Aug. 19
2010 - Steve Kinser on June 19, Joey Saldana on June 20
2009 - Donny Schatz on June 19, Craig Dollansky on Aug. 21
2008 - Donny Schatz on June 27
2007 - Joey Saldana on June 29

DAKOTA STATE FAIR SPEEDWAY is a 3/8 mile oval. For more event information, visit http://woosprint.com/dakota-state-fair-speedway..

Previous A-Feature Winners
There are no previous World of Outlaws winners at the track.

DRIVER INFO
The following World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series drivers maintain websites:
Jacob Allen - Shark1s1a.com
David Gravel - DavidGravel89.com
Jason Johnson - JasonJohnsonRacing.com
Kraig Kinser - KraigKinser.com
Kerry Madsen - KenericRacing.com
Paul McMahan - PaulMcMahanRacing.com
Daryn Pittman - DarynPittman.com
Joey Saldana - JoeySaldanaRacing.com
Donny Schatz - DonnySchatz.com
Logan Schuchart - Shark1s1a.com
Jason Sides - SidesMotorsports.com
Shane Stewart - ShaneStewart.com
Brad Sweet - Bradsweetracing.com
For more driver information, visit: WoOsprint.com

SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 13 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, Stockton Dirt Track on March 21, Silver Dollar Speedway on March 28, Placerville Speedway on April 8, Calistoga Speedway on April 12, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 26, Eldora Speedway on May 8, Eldora Speedway on May 9, Williams Grove Speedway on May 15, Weedsport Speedway on May 17, The Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 22, Knoxville Raceway on June 13, Huset's Speedway on June 14); Shane Stewart - 4 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 5, Keller Auto Speedway on April 17, Salina Highbanks Speedway on May 1, Crawford County Speedway on June 12); Daryn Pittman - 3 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Antioch Speedway on March 29, New Egypt Speedway on May 19); Rico Abreu - 2 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 14, Stockton Dirt Track on March 22); Paul McMahan - 2 (Perris Auto Speedway on April 18, Tri-State Speedway on May 3); Brad Sweet - 2 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 15, Calistoga Speedway on April 11); Christopher Bell - 1 (Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 on May 2); Dale Blaney - 1 (Attica Raceway Park on May 29); Brian Brown - 1 (USA Raceway on March 7); Greg Hodnett - 1 (Lincoln Speedway on May 13); Tim Kaeding - 1 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 13); Danny Lasoski - 1 (I-80 Speedway on June 5); Terry McCarl - 1 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 5); Joey Saldana - 1 (Kokomo Speedway on June 3).

LISTEN LIVE: Listen live to the 'Voice of the Outlaws' Johnny Gibson call all the action from Granite City Speedway, River Cities Speedway and Dakota State Fair Speedway on the free audio broadcast on http://www.DIRTVision.com.

LIVE ONLINE UPDATES: Check out the Official World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series website at WoOsprint.com for live, interactive text updates of each race. It also includes driver biographies with statistics and pictures, race-by-race stats, detailed track information and race coverage, series news and team press releases.

GET SOCIAL: Follow the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series on Twitter at www.twitter.com/WorldofOutlaws, like it on Facebook at www.facebook.com/WorldofOutlaws, follow on Instagram at @WoOSprint or check out the latest videos on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/WorldofOutlaws.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series returns to I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Michigan on June 24 to makeup the previously rained out NAPA Auto Parts Rumble in Michigan. The series then heads to 34 Raceway in Burlington, Iowa on June 26 and Beaver Dam (Wis.) Raceway on June 27.

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